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Azaleas Now Abound, Says I Mrs. Barton Lane ' M1·s. Barton Lnne, who once sat sndly and watched her planted aialeas and canH•llias die~ now has the flowers abounding over I her entire yard by above-ground

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l Mrs. Lane reports remar'kable . success by planting the flowers\ in peat moss, after fir:1t ckaring

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I the ground and placing six inches o( sand as a drain:tge base.

Five or six inches of pf'at moss ' is put down for planting, and

morP peat moss is spread about 1

the plants . . "We first started planting aza-

le.is as a hobby after a trip to T<'lorida in 1946," :Mr!!. Lane re­calls, losing mnny plants before C'xperimenting with the planting innovation.

"We haven't losl one single plant since that time,'" sho """' recently, and som" 160 azalf!nS :ind camellias of 4ii vRndieil are growing prolificly.

Mrs. Lane explains that the black soil here smothers the plants with its alkalinity, keep­ing away neces~ary a<'id.

With )lrs. Lane's m" tho d, watering ii; ne<'e~ary every other day during the l!ummer, and if yellowing is dett>ded one-half

I cup of cider vinegar is mixed with a gallon of w;tter and al-

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cess has nevPr needed repeatmg · more than once, she added. \

"Anyone who }llants azaleas and camellias as we do won't ever lrnve trouble with black soil killing their flowers," Mrs. Lane\ promised.

She also explained that she re-moves the sack in whit-h t~; plants come, and spreads roo 11111.~ much as possible before pl:.-

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CASHIER, IS DEAD de

Had Engaged in Banking Bus· iness in San Antonio for

32 Years.

~ .......... -. .............. •....... H. D, Brown, assistant cashier of • .. .. the San Antonio National Bank. died , .. SOCIAL CALE:SDAR. .. Sunday night at the family resi-' .. .. dence. 107 Park avenue. He was a

.. Mrs. H. P. Drought gives .. natl of l\'Iemphis, Tenn .. and had · .. an informal tea for the pa- •. rP.sided in San Antonio for the last • .. tronesses of the I<~anning con- .. 32 years, throughout this time hav­.. cert to meet Cecil Fanning .. I ing been in the employ of the San

, .. and H. B. Turpin. .. Anoonlo bank. .,•. .. Mr. Brown was the eldest son of i<: .' 1-. The San Antonio Dramatic ..

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Captain Isaac Newton Brown Of the .. Club meets at 8 p. m. at the •. Confederate navy, who commanded

• •. home of Mrs. Lewis Krams- •.I the famous "Arkansas." He recelv-.. Beck, 625 Camden street. .. ed his education at the Episcopal .. .. CollEge at Sewanee and at Knox-.................... ._ .. • ..... •. •. ville, Tenn. He was married to Miss

Jeannie Brehan of Penola county, MIAslssippi, who died some years ILgo. In June, 1913, he married Mrs. llufus Lewis of San Antonio, who sun-Ives him. together with two daughters, Mrs. B. G. Lane and Miss Mt.:rtha Brown.

~ The Daught,;;;;--;;f Isabella met Ji Sunday afternoon to Initiate new 1'members. After the initiation serv-1 Ices, a supper was ser\'ed at the ,:Knights o! Columbus hall. Talks .i, were made by Father Quinn, Miss

Essie Crawford, Miss Cecile Stein­.. feldt, ::Miss Spellesy, Mr. O'Leary, ;) Nelson Lytle, Miss Mary Glenne'y,

Mrs. Leon J<'rlsble, Mrs. William Cas-6" sin, Mrs. H. P. ].):·ought, Mrs. Robert J 'Maxey, Mrs. Thomas Logan, Mrs. <'.Joseph Graham, Mrs. Zimmerman .~nd Mr3. Hugh B. Rice. Mrs. E. T.

\\"Stafford acted as toastmistress. ~ c .Mrs. M. G. Boone of Sabinal Is the ~uest ;if Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wil­

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'IJl" tuneral w!ll be held at 4: 30 o clock Monday afternoon from the resldence. Interment will be pri­vate. The following pallbearers, 0

chollen from among the employes or the San Antonio National Bank and St. :\lark's vestry of which he was a member for the last ten y<:>ars. will officiate: Ferdinand Herff, Wil­liam Herff, T. D. Anderson, Judge A. W. Houston, Judge A. W. Seellgson and Clarence Jonell. At a meeting In St. Mark's Church Monday noon, rel'mlutions on the death of Mr. Brown were passed by the rector. wardens and vestry.

l General David Stanley Circle N fl, Ladies of the Grand Army of the

9'.4"tepuhllc, will meet at 2:30 o'clock ;_i'I'uesday afternoon at the Knights of , 0 ythlas hall. All visiting members

ARMY" TO HOLD COUNC1l !~ c"!ire cordially invited. Automobile Club Mcmbcrt"hlp Teams

The Twentieth Century Study Club to Meet at Luncheon. <,·ill meet Wednesday. a~ternoon at The first general "council of war"

he \Volff & Marx bmldmg. I between "General" Herman G. Hays. lfl -. -.-- . , commander-In-chief of the "army" 'I The 'l'exas-Br1tish Ch<;iral Soc1et;, ot officers and high privates waging

11 viii meet Tuesday evemng at 8: 15 the campaign for an Increased mem­'clock ·1t MonJ'oe hall, 123 Soledad bership of the San Antonio Automo-treet. bile Club, will be held at the weekly . . luncheon of the Automobile Club , Miss .. Ethel \V1l~~n entertained 1 Tuesday noon at the St. Anthony ho­< Ith a the dansant at the St. An-\ tel. The program for the luncheon

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.leanor Smith of Towanda, Pa. In I plans for the campaign. 1e party were Misses Smith, Mo- The companies now heading the helle Berman, Mrs. A. Toepperwein, list In the competitive campaign are: !rs. John T. Wilson, Dr. Wange-1 Hupmohlle> Company, 2250 points; as -an, Hufus Boylan, con Anderson · Buick Company, l 800 points; Reo 19

.1d Jesse Lentz. Company, 1250 point~: Paige Com-1 pany, 1000 points. Three new com-

The music department of ~he San panles organized Mondav are the <ntonio Se!f-Culture. Club will meet Case, Lozier and Max\vell Com­t 3:30 o clock Fnday afternoon panics 11th Miss Erna Webb, 433 West · 3;oodlawn avenue. The following

ogram Will be glYen: Paper, "Life TURNOUTS WILL BE LAID Caruso," Miss Floy Tarbutton:

ano and violin selection, Misses ~ba Fitch and Eunice Gray; paper, Trn<'tlon Comwny Will Soon tie .!fe of Mischa Elman," Miss Willie Ready for Houston Street Padng .. ight; vocal solo, Miss Marie Lind­•; paper, "Life of Paderewskl,"

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A Priceless Heritage

A Sacred Trust

31st Anniversary March 1, 1940

Members in Forty-eight States and in Eight Countries Overseas

OFFICERS 1946-1947

S ccretaries:

Miss MARGARET CURTIS MERRITT

l\fiss ELIZABETH FISHER WASHINGTO N

Miss ELIZABETH \VINSLOW DULLES

For convenience kindly address correspondence to P . O. Box 4222, Philadelphia, Pa.

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~ with a unique oblong <led cake cm wh!cti Santa 01

rode in a red sleigh dnl.wn by e1 ~1!:1e reindeer. The sleigh was

ying through a miniatlln! forest formed of tiny green bU8hes with red candy berries. In the top ot eaoh of the nine bushes was h ~a tiny red bird holding r~ii

candle. Slung over Santa's shoulder was

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In the 1795 tax digest of Oglethorpe William Freeman was listed No. 93. He was listed there 1795 and 1796 William Freeman was listed as No . 2 and as No. 3 for "the heirs of Lane."

In Clarke County in 1807 Wm. Freeman in the Tax Book Wm . Freeman 16o acres originally granted to Lane adjoining Josiah Freeman.

WILL OF POLLY FREEMAN Munroe County, Ga. Will Book A, pages 195-196

Georgia, Munroe County: In the Name of God Amen: Note that I Polly Freeman being in sound mind and memory and knowing that life is uncertain and that death is certain, do proceed to make this my last will and testament, and do give and bequeath in the following manner that is to say; First, I give my soul to God who first gave it and my body to be buried decently at discretion of my execu­tor and children and friends. Secondly: I give to my daughter-in-law, Mory Freeman, the widow of my beloved son, Josiah Freeman, 1 bed and stead and the following furniture: 2 sheets, 2 counterpanes and pillows, and 2 bed quilts . Thirdly: I give to my beloved daughter, Cynthia Pendergrass, as follows: 2 sheets, 2 counterpanes and 2 bed quilts. Fourthly: I give to my beloved daughter, Elizabeth Ellison, as follows: 2 sheets; 2 bed quilts, and 2 counterpanes . Fifthly: To my beloved and dutiful son, William Freeman, I give as follows: 1 bed and Furniture and one large iron pot and one oven and 5 sitting chairs; l pine slab; l pine table, and 1 black walnut chest. Sixthly: To my grandson, William Capers Freeman, the son of my beloved son, Josiah Freeman, I give as follows: 100 dollars and in case of his death with­out bodily heirs, to go to his Mother . Seventhly: To my 4 grandchildren i .e . or namely: Frances; Eliza C. ; Tarpley, and Josiah Herring, the children of my beloved daughter, Sarah, I give as fol·· lows the sum of 100 dollars to be equally divided between them. Eighthly: To my beloved daughter's Cynthia's children, I give the sum of 100 dollars to be equally divided between them . Ninethly: To my beloved daughter's Elizabeth's children, I give the sum of 100 dollars to be equally divided among them . Tenthly: To my beloved son, William's children, I give the sum of 100 dollars to be equally divided among them. Eleventhly: To my granddaughter, Amanda Freeman, I give one fine dressing table. Twelfthly: To my granddaughter, Mary Freeman, I give my loom. Twelfthly: I leave my friend, John M Settle, my executor to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills made by me. Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, this 16th day of November in the year of our Lord 1841 .

Signed Polly Freeman Witnesses: James B. Hanson, Samantha Farley, Permelia C. Hanson (She signed her mark)

Ga. Munroe County: Personally appeared in open court, James B. Hanson & Permelia C Hanson who being duly sworn , depose and say they saw Polly Freeu.a.n sign, seal and publish and declare the foregoing as and for her last will and testament j that they in the presence of Testatrix and at her request and in the presence of each other, attested said will as witnesses and that Samantha Far­ley in presence of Testatrix and at her request and in presence of deponents attested said will as witness, that Testatrix at the time of execution of said

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Ma y Lane was born in North Carolina about 1779· Mary Lane in 1784 was taken by her parents to Wilkes County, Georgia, where Ri chard settled oti Long Creek. When Wilkes County was divided on 12-19-1793, Long Creek propert:v became Oglethorpe County, so Richard Lane was living in Oglethorpe County. His will filed in 1793 was the first will filed in Oglethorpe County , .

hv'5b0J1Jiiary Lane ma.rried August 1794 William Freeman, a close friend of her f~ The bond for her ma.rriage is No . 17 in Oglethorpe County .

Mary Lane always called herself Polly. She made her will in Munroe County, Georgia, in 1841, Nov. 16 , This will was proved Nov . 7, 1842. Polly Lane was then a widow, and a grandmother in 1841 . Her husband's death date is not known by this compiler -

Polly Lane and her husband William Freeman had the following children:

I. Rev. Josiah Freeman who married Mary and had children .

II . Cynthia Freeman who married Pendergrass.

III. Elizabeth Freeman who married Ellison.

J)l Sarah Freeman who married P.rthur Herring.

V William Freeman who married and had children . vY10-riler

Polly Freeman's brother Richard Quim1ey Lane owed his ~ Polly $324.00 . Return Book Munro County Ga John M Settle executor of Polly Freeman among notes due the estate was one on R ~: Lane 1-5-1839 due 12-25-1839 for $324. 00 . The will of Polly Freeman names only seven of her grandchildren.

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WICK COUNTY DEEDS AU]) WILLS

s Godwynne, exhibited this account due him fron1 s Godwynne, heir of said Thomas.

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449-50. 2 May 1739. William Gent of Brunswick pJanter, to Theophilus Field of Prince George Co.,

·~ nt. For~ 70. 702 acres on both sides of ~ ~ ion Run. One tract of 376 acres surveyed by Rcbt. ~ i ne; 15 0 t. 1723 • • • on Sturgion Run • • • on the · .~ y branch ••• The other tract of 326 acres on north

e of Beaver pond branch joining on aforementioned es t,nd surveyed by Drury Stith surveyor 30 Nov. 1725, -; ng been patented by Wm. Gent 28 Sept. 1728 for 726

es. William (W) Gent Wit: Drury Stith, M. Cadet Young, Abraham .Michaux.

Mayl739. Livery and seizin granted Theophilus 1ld. 3 May 1739. Ack. by William Gent •

• ges 451-52. 2 AUG• 1738, John Betty, Cl~rk, of Bruns-ck Co. to George Sims of same, For ~ 8. 235 acres in

t, Andrew's Pari'sh ••• .Mr. Harrison's land ••• John Betty

2 Aug. 1738. Possession granted to George Sims. [No entry of recording.]

~ges 452-53, 22 July 1738. Thomas Williams of Prince . orge Co. to William Batte of same. For ~ 7,10.-.

50 acres in Brunswick County ( forr.ierly Is le of Wight County) ••• on Maherrin River bank a corner of John niV/ea t 1 s land • • • Thos. Williams

Wit: John Peterson, I1ary (M T) Thweat. 3 Aug. 17J3. Ack. by Thomas Williams.

Pages 453-54• 2 Aug. 1738. William Maclin Senr. of Brunswick Co. to John Maclin of same. · The plan ta ti on whereon William now lives, on both sides of the Three Creeks up to James Maclin' s line, being one-half of 500 acres granted William Maclin in 1723.

William .Maclin Wit: Thomas Lanier, James .Macl:l.n. 2 Aug. 1738. Possession granted by delivering turf

and twig. 3 Aug. 1738. Ack. by William Maclin Senr.

Pages 454-57. 5-6 Sept. 1738. John Duke of Brunswick Co,, Gent'., to Richard Cocke of Surry Co., Gent. Lease and release; ~ 100. 285 acres where John Duke lives on north side of the Three Creeks, patented by Richard Pace 12 July 1718 and by Pace conveyed to John Bradford, and by him to Nicholas Hatch, and by him to John Duke.

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1. RURIK, prob. a Danish Viking, Grand Prince of Kiev, d. 879. 2. IGOR, Grand Prince of Kiev, d. 947; m. 903, St. Olga, d. 969. 3. SVATISLAV I, Grand Prince of Kiev, d. 973; m, Maloucha. 4. ST. VLADIMIR, Grand Pi-ince o(Kiev, d.15 Jul. 1015; m. aft.1011, a

dau. (d. 14 Aug. 1014) of Kuno, Count of Ohningen, by Richilde, dau. of OTTO I, the Great (147- 19); m. also Rogneide, dau. of Rognald of Polotzk.

* 5. JAROSLA VI (son by Ilogneide), Grand Prince of Kiev, d. 20 Feb. 1053/

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4; m. (2) 1019, Ingegard, d. 10 Feb.1050, dau. of Olaf, first Christian king of Sweden.

6. ANNE of Russia, d. 1075; m. 19 May 1051, HENRY I (53-22, 101-22), d.1060, King of France.

5. OOBRONIEGA (dau. of St. Vladimir by the dau. of Kuno), b. aft. 1011, d. 1087; m. CASIMIR I (147-23), b. 28 Jul. 1016, d. 28 Nov. 1058, King of Po­land. (Generations 1-6: G. Andrews Moriarty and Walter L. Sheppard, Jr. in Am. Gen. 28: 91-95, cf. 93).

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5. JAROSLA VI (241-5), m. 1019, Ingegard of Sweden. 6. WSEVOLOD I, Grand Prince of Kiev, b. 1030, d. 13 Apr. 1093; m. (1) j

1046, a Monomacha, who d. 1067. 'f 7. VLADIMIR II, Monomachus, Grand Prince of Kiev, b. 1053, d. 19 May

1125; m. (1) ca. 1070, Gytha, dau. of Harold, King of England. 8. MSTISLAS II, Grand Prince of Kiev, b. 1076, d. 15 Apr. 1132; m. (2)

1122, the dau. (d. 1168) of Dmitri I of Novogorod. 9. EUPHROSINE, b. ca. 1130, d. 1175/86; m. 1146, GEZA II, King of

Hungary (Bela II9, Almos8, Geza I7, BELA I (243-6), q. v.) 10. BELA III, b. 1148, d. 18 Apr. 1196, King of Hungary; m. ca. 1171,

AGNES DE CHATILLON (103-27). (Am.Gen. 28: 93).

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4. ST. VLADIMIR (241-4), m. Rogneide. 5. PREMYSLAVA, d.1018; m. Ladislas I, d. ca.1038, King of Hungary. 6. BELA I, d. ca. 1063, King of Hungary; m. Rixa, living 1051, dau. of

Miesco II (see 147-22). 7. SOPHIA, d. 18 Jun. 1095; m. MAGNUS of Saxony, b. bef. 1045, d. 23

Aug.1106. 8. WULFHILDA of Saxony, b. ca. 1075, d. 29 Dec. 1126; m. 1095/1100,

HENRY I (166-24), Duke of Bavaria. (Brandenburg).

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5. PREMYSLAVA (243-5); m. Ladislas I, King of Hungary. 6. ANDREW I, d. 1060, King of Hungary; m. ca. 1046, Anastasia, living

1064, dau. of JAROSLA VI (241-5) and Ingegard. 7. ADELAIDE, d. 27 Jan.1061/2; m. ca. 1058, Wratislav, b. ca.1035, d.

14 Jan. 1092, King of Bohemia. 8. JUDITH, d. 25 Dec.1085; m. ca.1080, VLADISLAV I (147-24), b. ca.

1043, d. 4 Jun. 1102, King of Poland. (Am. Gen. 28: 93).

TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM PAINT LICKS CEMETERY

HWilliam Miller was born the thirtieth of March in the year of our Lord 174? departed this life August 31, 1841 Settled Paint Lick 1?6 11

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"Nancy Y. Miller was born 3rd day of Jan.in the year of our Lord 1?61 departed th~) ! life October 23, 1837" ·

"Isabella !rtiller Lt"avell born 1783 or (83 stone chipped) died Nov. 21, 1847"

nBe.,..jamin Leavell Sen. born Nov 1, 1772 died Jan 20, 1861° "Benjamin Leavell Jr. born Nov 26, 1823 died Feb 2, 1862 11

"In Memory of John Leavell Sr. WM born Dec 13, 1782 died Feb 18, 1846" "Nancy J. Adams born Nov 9, 1826 died Sept 21, 184811

"In Memory of Jinney Adams who was born Sept 30, 1791 ~r 9~ and was killed by thunder August 1, 180611

"In Memory of Betsy Miller who was born Sept 30, 1791 and departed this life Dec 25, 1795" 1trn Memory of 14rs Margaret Leavell born Nov 15, 1?95 died Dec 9, 1823" "John Slavin was born Dec 25, 175? died Dec 16, 1851 11

"Sacred to the memory of George Denny Wiie born Sept 10, 1774 departed this life August 23, 18411~ Margaret Wife of George Denny born Oct 22, 1784, died Nov 9, 1847 ttBlessed are the dead, which die in the Lord"'

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LANE of SURRY and NORTH CAROLINA

(Continued. from page 295, S. V.F. Vol. II.)

JOHN LANE, eldest son of Col. Joseph and Patience (McKin­nie) Lane, was born about 1731 in Edgecomb (Halifax) County, North Carolina. He was married to MARY SHEPARD, daughter of Col. Abraham Shepard and his wife Ann, about 1750. Their first three children were girls, Ann, Mary, and Patience, named for their two grandmothers and their mother. Their first son was born in 1757 in Duplin County, N. C. during the period when the boundry line between the two Carolinas was in dispute.

PA TIEN CE (McKINNIE) LANE died a short time previous to Feb. 1755. On Feb. 19, 1755, Col. Joseph Lane, who survived her twenty years, made a deed of gift to his grandchildren, Ann, Mary and Patience Lane, the daughters of his son JOHN LANE. This instrument is of special significence in explaining the reason Joseph Lane does not mention his eldest son, JOHN, in his will, 1774. At his mother's death John Lane inherited the estate, re­ceived by his father through the will of his grandfather, Col. Bar­naby McKinne. Mary (Shepard) and John Lane's family increased later to several sons, ALEXANDER, Abraham Shepard, John and Benjamin were four of them.

Col. Joseph Lane died in Halifax Co., N. C. in 1774, leaving his will dated Nov. 29th, 1773, probated Feb. 1774. He names sons, Joseph, James, Jesse, Joel and grandson, Henry Lane (son of Joel); of whom Joel was residuary legatee and sole Exr. (V. H. G. -295)

John Lane moved to South Carolina, as shown by the follow­ing transaction: "Petition of JOHN LANE OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, son of Patience (McKinne) Lane; May 7th. 1760 , and again on April 6th, 1 761, sets forth that Barnaby Mc­Kinne, late of Edgecomb County, N. C., in his life time was seized of 690 acres in Halifax County (formerly Edgecomb Coun­ty, N.C.)Hislastwill, datedAug. 13, 1737, bequeathed to his son, RICHARD McKINNE, "that if said Richard should dye with­out issue than to Patience Lane, mother of said John Lane and Mourning Pope, equally divided between them." He mentions Richard McKinne, late of Edgecomb Co., N.C., son of Barnaby McKinne; and Col. Barnaby McKinne's daughter, Christian, wife of William Hurst. M'l.ry, daughter of Christian and William Hurst, came to Georgia and documents will be found in Screven and Bul­lock Counties, Ga., relative to her. Separate petitions were filed by Barnaby McKinne, Jr., and William Hurst (Halifax Bk. 7-p. 35)

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Our JOHN LANE, four of his brothers, his father-in-law, several of his nephews, and three of his sons, served as soldiers in the American Revolution. John Lane, Sr., as Sergeant, served a total of 84 months. His heirs received a warrent to 1000 acres of land for his services on Feb. 3rd, 1795. (N. C. Roster, p. 309-#3832)

His son, Benjamin Lane, enlisted as a private in the Contin­ental Line from Halifax District, N. C., and served until Aug., 1782. (N. C. Roster, pp. 13, 142, 361, 579)

His son, John Lane, served as a private and drew a pension for his services. (N.C. Ros. p. 579)

His son, Captain Abraham Shepard Lane, served a total of 84 m :mths in the Continental Line and the N. C. Militia, rising to the rank of Captain. (N.C. Ros. p. 289) (heirs received 640 acres, warrent #2743; Ga. Ros. Rev. p. 359) He was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Guilford Court House, N. C.

John Lane's father-in-law, Col. Abraham Shepard, had a distinguished Revolutionary service record. He was a member of the General Congress from Dobbs County, N. C., held at Hillsborough Aug. 21, 1775 (N. C. Ros. p. 498); was commission­ed Colonel of three companies of Minute Men organized in Dobbs Co., Saturday, Sept. 9, 1775 (N.C. Ros. p. 503) and was com­missioned Colonel of the Tenth North Carolina Line, April 17, 1777, serving in this capacity until his retirement, June 1, 1778. (Heitman) (N.C. Ros. pp. 26, 47, 160, 192, 303; received 2,571 acres for 30 months service) His sons, Abraham Shepard, Jr., and William Shepard, served in the Tenth Continental Line, both with the rank of Captain.

John Lane died in Bullock County, Ga., in 1811. Children of John and Mary (Shepard) Lane:

I. Ann Lane m. a Bryce II. Mary Lane, m. John Richardson III. Patience Lane. IV. Capt. Abraham Shepard Lane, b. 1757; d. 1848; m. Mar­

tha Wood. v. ALEXANDER LANE, called "Sanders" m. Mary, dau. of

Richard and Elizabeth Quinn. (See later) VI. John Lane, m. Elizabeth Quinn, sister of Mary Quinn VII. Benjamin Lane. (Perhaps others)

Alexander Lane, son of John and Mary (Shepard) Lane, was born in North Carolina June 1, 1760, and died in Troup Co., Ga., Sept. 10, 1843. He married Mary Guinn. born Oct. 17, 1774, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Guinn. Richard Guinn was a Soldier of the Revolution. He died in Effingham Co., Ga., about January 20, 1785. (Notice in Georgia Gazet~e of that date} Eliza­beth, his wife, died in Bullock Co., ii\ 1807. (Savannah Adver­tiser, March 20, 1807, Page 4, Col. 2)

Alexander Lane patented 150 acres in Duplin Co., N. C., Nov. 10, 1784. (BK.NP. 55, p. 147) He afterwards moved to Jasper County, Ga., then to Bullock County and from there to Troup Co. , Ga., where he died at the age of 83 years. His will, dated Aug. 16, 1828, was probated in Jasper County, Ga.

Children:

Mary Lane (Polly), b. July 28, 1794; m. John W. Phillips (See later)

II. Alexander Lane, Jr., b. March 8, 1796 ill. Sarah Lane~ b. April 6, 1798 IV. Eliza Lane, b. June 13, 1800 V. Daniel T. Lane, b. Oct. 17, 1802 VI. Lanny Lane, b. Oct. 31, 1804 VII. John B. Lane, b. Jan. 10, 1806 Vlll. Jane Lane, b. Oct. 13, 1808 IX. Shepherd Guinn Lane, b. Dec. 17, 1811; m. Adiline

Booth (Robert) X. Martha A. Lane, b. Oct. 12, 1813 XI. Brannah G. Lane, b. Oct. 3, 1815

Mary Lane, dau. of Alexander Lane (1760-1843) was born July 28, 1794; died Jan. 29, 1888, Butts, Ga., married, License Dec. 17, 1815, Recorded Dec. 25, 1816, Jasper Co., Ga., John W. Phillips, born Dec. 13, 1788, in South Carolina (1850 Cen­sus); died April 8, 1871, Buried Fellowship Church, Butts Co., Ga. He was a planter and a member of the Methodist Church.

Children: I. John Lane Phillips, b. April 13, 1817; d. Aug. 22, 1894 II. James Ray Phillips ill. Wm. P. Phillips, called Doc, m. Polly McKibben IV. Julia Anne Phillips, b. January 3, 1818; m. Willis Jarrel

Hamil (See later) V. Beatrice Almeda Phillips, m. ------Morris VI. Mary J. Phillips, b. Feb. 20, 1820; m. ------Mason VII. Bethia M. Phillips, m. ------Wallace Vill. Elizabeth F. Phillips, m. ------Madden; left will, 1888

Julia Anne Phillips was born Jan. 3, 1818, Jasper Co., Ga.; died 1861, buried Providence Cemetery, near High Falls, Mon­roe Co., Ga.; married Nov. l" 1893, Butts Co., Ga., Willis Jarrell Hamil (Clark2) (Nancy.:! Jarrell) born Dec. 24, 1820, Wilkes Co., Ga., died July 1, 1895, Haralson Co., Ga. He mar­ried (2) Sewell.

Children by (1) marriage I. William Clark Hamil, moved to Texas 1885 II. John R. Hamil, b. 1844; moved to Col. ill. Ollie Hamil (Mary A.) m. John Grissum, d. 1893 IV. Rufus. Wyley Hamil, m. Malissa Greene V. Robert Etheridge Hamil, m. Ava Anne Green (sister of

Malissa) (See later) VI. James Henry Hamil, b. April 6, 1870; d. Dec. 1948 VII. D. McDuffie Hamil VIII. Carrie Adda Hamil, b. John Albright IX. Permelia Hamil, d. young X. Elizabeth Hamil, d. 1936, aged 61

Robert Etheridge Hamil was born Oct. 4, 1848, in Pikes Co., Ga.; died June 6, 1918, Jackson, Butts Co., Ga.; married Oct. 18, 1869, Pike Co., Ga., Ava Anne Greene, born Jan. 3, 1848, Pike Co., Ga.; died March 21, 1924, Jackson, Ga., daughter of Daniel Floyd and Nancy Scott (Bledsoe) Greene. Robert Ether­idge Hamil was a Confederate Soldier from Ga. His widow, Ava

145 Anne Greene Hamil, received a Pension. Ava Anne Greene's father was Daniel Floyd Greene, Confederate Soldier, born Nov. 17, 1821, in Jones County, Ga.; died in Pike Co., Ga., married Nancy Scott Bledsoe Nov. 12, 1843, descendant of Captain Wil­liam Bledsoe, first Sheriff of Spotsylvania County, Va.

Children: I. Kedron, died young II. Philip Theridge Hamil, b. May 30, 1873, m. Eunice Head

(See later) III. Mary Carson Hamil, m. Thomas Thomason IV. Eunice Hamil, m. Jack Thurston V. Roy Hamil, m. Florida Steele VI. Selina Hamil, m. ------ Goins VII. Lucian Hamil, m. Kate Brooks

Philip Etheridge Hamil was born May 30, 1873, Pikes Co., Ga.; died Dec. 7, 1930, Pooler, Chatham Co., Ga.; married Nov. 28, 1897, Brushy, Spalding Co., Ga., Eunice Esther Head, born April 20, 1880, "Headshop", Spalding Co., Ga.; died Nov. 3, 1943, Savannah, Ga., daughter of Rev. Joseph Head and his wife, Luckie Isabella Pearson; who was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Farmer (Turner) Pearson. Luckie Isabella Head was left with two children and one slave while her husband, Rev. Joseph Head, a Confederate Soldier, was fighting in Virginia. When she heard that General Sherman's army would pass her home, "Headshop", after the burning of Atlanta, she bravely stood in front of her home with a reaphook in her hand and two small children beside her. General Sherm.'in was so impressed with her bravery, he did not burn her home or destroy any of her property. "Headshop" is in Spalding County, Ga. Joseph Head was the son of James Head and the grandson of John Stro­matt Head of Virginia. Joseph and Luckie Isabella Head had fif­teen children.

Children of Philip Etheridge and Eunice Esther (Head) Hamil:

I. Grace Hamil, died young II. Ouida Rochelle Hamil, b. March 7, 1902; m. (1) Wm.

Penn Waller, (2) John Franklin White (See later) III. Archie Etheridge Hamil, b. Feb. 3, 1907, m. Eugenia

Baker IV. Kiel Head Hamil, b. Sept. 15, 1910; m. (1) Margaret

Flanders, (2) Anne Phillips V. Dean Lacount Hamil, b. May 31, 1919, m. (1) Marie

Smith, (2) Miss Bordant Ouida Rochelle Hamil was born March 7, 1901, Griffin,

Spalding Co., Ga.; married (1) Nov. 10, 1921, Savannah, Ga., William Penn Waller, born Aug. 6,· 1893, Savannah, Ga., son of Horace and Virginia (Whitaker) Waller; m. (2) March 29, 1933, John Franklin White, son of John F. White- (b. in N.C.) and his wife, Maud Wilkins, born in England. Mrs White is a member of Saint Johns Episcopal Church; Savannah Chapter, D.A.R.; Past Historian, Savannah Chapter, U.D.C.; Past President, Garden Club of Savannah. Mr. White is a member of Savannah Chapter, Sons of Revolution; St. Johns Episcopal Church;

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A6 Kiwanis Club; Oglethorpe Mens Club; and the Savannah Yacht Club. They reside at 220 East 44th St., Savannah, Country Home, Bradley Point, Wilmington Island, Ga.

Child by (1) marriage: I. Ouida Dale Waller, b. Dec. 8, 1921; educated at Ward-Bel­

mont, Nashville, Tenn.; married Feb. 2, 1945, in Christ C Church, Savannah, John Charles Plebes, a graduate of West Point Military Academy. Their residence is in White Plains, N.Y.

Children: 1. Ouida Dale Piebes, b. April 14, 1949, Providence, R.I. 2. John Charles Plebes, b. Aug. 6, 1952, White Plains,

N.Y. 3. Rochelle Hamil Plebes, b. July 2, 1955, White Plains,

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S.ophia Shorter 1'lorsham was born in Hanover County, Virginia. She died in i•ashine:ton after July 1820

Sophia Shorter 7orshe.m was the first wi fe of Osborne Stone. Osborne Stone married second Jan 15, 1824 Ann ( rancy) Mnr;field Butler--pc>['e 296 F. rf't Marria8e Book of 'Ni lkes County, ,Janes rmstrong the mi.nister.

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A man not wanting .i.n mascuUne energy But distineui shed rather for warm affe-ction Quiet domestjc virtues and Fidelity ir his relations to Goo and Man

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ANN W. STONE Daughter of Edward Butler and Elizabeth iinefield, djed Jan 23, 1859 aged 74 yrs 7 mos 14 days Endowed by nature with t;reat force of Character with R ,. arm hc.s.rt a1 d a Re:;.dy hand, :~crupulous i:r. her Fidelity to daily. Very humble in Her ovm Esteecm hut ~reatly Honored arid Beloved by others r:er life was Levoted in tle Fear cf God to active Proloneed and unfelflfh Usefulnes~.

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By my desk there lies a thimble; Yonder lies a spool. Both my kittens, sweet and playful, Have just come to school.

Here's a winsome golden lassie Curled around a scarlet ball. And the noise of all their frolic Echoes through the empty hall.

Printed pages cannot charm me When I note the carPIE~ss grace Of a meek gray kitten's playing; Stealthy time creeps on apace.

Let all ideas go a--straying · When I hold the Kittens' school;

Find a · keener satisfaction Helping nature's golden rule.

Barton Lane, age 13.

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Sway of ships on barren seas, Where strange birds pass by.

Beat of blood in Viking hearts When danger looms nigh:

Swing of ships beneath full sails, Where wild sea-birds cry.

Song from vibrant, bearded throats, Hoarse and wild and fref';

Through long ages, dimly heard, These sounds come down to me.

I throb with wildest longings; Life's a battle-cry!

Romance lies in lonely ships, Where sea-birds pass by.

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19 "Bermuda Cltty" (Charin City) 1-... 19A Bermuda Hundred-1813 19B Rochdalo Hundred-1813 19C Bermuda Clty-1813 20 Plen:ey's Plantatlon-o. 1620 21 Jordan'• Journey-<. 1619 22 Woodleefe'a Plantatlon--t. 1819 23 Chaplain'• Cholcs-c. 1623 24 Tru1J1ve'1 Plantati1n--c. 1821 25 "Powle-Brooke" or Merchant's Hoo..,_1619 28 M.,-oock'• Plantatlon-<1. 1818

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33 PlaRtatlona 00~ the rlYW fram Jam 33A- Treasurer's Plantatlon-o. 1821 33B Hugh Crowder'• Plantation-.. 1122 33C Edward Blano1'1 Plantatlon-c. 1824 330 Roger Smith's Plantatlon-o. 1622 33E Samuel Mathews' Plantatloll-4. 1822 M Hot loland-1609 35 Lawne'1 Plantatlon--1819 38 Warraoeo)'llck (Bennett's Plaat&tiH)-112l 37 "Baase'a Choyat"-1622 38 NanMmond-1609 39 Tho Eastern Shoro--o. 1814 40 Elizabeth City (K-ghtan)-1810 41 Newport News-1821 .-42 Blunt Polnt-t. 1821 43 Mulberry Island-I. 1817 44 Martin'• H undrod-1818 , ·"" 45 Archer's Htp ......... 1619 -48 "Neck·•f·Land noara James Cltty"-Bft. I

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HD Brown To Deed IN Brown Trustee for the use Eloise N. Brown & Collins S. Brown

The State of Mississippi County of Coahoma

Known all men by these presents That I, H.D. Brown of said state and county in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me in hand paid and the further consideration of the love and affection I have and hear for my sister Eloise N. Brown and brother Collins S. Brown, do give, grant and convey and by this instrument have given, granted, sold and conveyed unto I.N. Brown for the use and benefit of my sister and brother aforesaid and by him to be held in trust for them all and entire my interest and estate in and to the following described land and property to wit: The West hal fr of section 25, Township 30, Range 3 West, also lots Nos. 7 and 8 \ of section 24, township 30 Range 3 West also The S.W. quarter ofj section 26, Township 30 Range 3 West and Lot No. 1 of section 25 Township 30 Range 3 West said land lying in What is known as the Grenada Land District and in said county of Coahoma and state of Mississippi and the tract together constituting the plantation on which my father now resides. To have and to hold unto the said Eloise N. and Collins S. Brown together with all and singular the rights, ------- ------- improvements and app ...... to the same belonging on in any wise incident or appertaining, subject, however to the provision her in after contained. This conveyance in trust is made with and under the following conditions and limitations. That the said trustee herein appointed, the said I.N. Brown shall have and execute the trust and powers herein granted for and during the term of his natural life and shall by will appoint a trustee to take charge of the estate herein granted at his death and in default of such appointment by will, the granter herein shall have power, by and instrument executed for that purpose, to appoint such trustee, and the trustee in which-ever way appointed shall have and exercise all the powers herein granted to or that may be lawfully exercised by the original trustee herein appointed. The said I. N. Brown, for the use and benefit of the aforesaid Eloise N. and Collins S. Brown shall at once take charge of and assume control of all my interest in and to the property herein conveyed and shall have power to rent, lease, and sell the same or any part thereof upon such terms and for such -----or may to him seem for the best interest of the beneficiaries herein and shall execute and deliver to the renters, leasers or purchasers thereof all receipts, deeds or other instruments needful or necessary and it shall not be the duty of the purchaser of all or any part of said estate to see to the proper application of the purchase money. The entire control and management of the property herein conveyed is remitted to and left to the discretion of the said I.N. brown, trustee as aforesaid and to his successors in this trust and in the event of the sale of the whole or any part of said property the fund so created by such sale shall be for the sole and entire use and

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WALK THROUGH THE GRAVEYARD; CEMETERIES REWAHD Mrs. Viele found too buxom, and which were then sunk in the ironist. The collision between what once was and the Hudson River. Cemeteries reward the ironist. 'what is no more, the ineffability of a last impression, Walk around. Walter Schulze was assigned to fly the the follow-up question that can never be answered- news that the Great War was over to units east of the Rhine;

it's all right there. ln the cemetery at the U.S. Milita1y Acade- on the way home, his plane crashed and he was killed. A1t my at West Point, Veterans Day will pass without formal ob- Bonifas, near the end of his tour, took a group out one day in servation; if the weather holds, the 6,827 men, women and 1976 to prune a poplar in the DMZ; the North Koreans set c.:hildre.n interred there will spend the clay under a c.:crulcan sky upon them and killed him. In Vietnam, Rcfn Zinn, twice an and pompon trees, and the Jiving around them will give them Olympic race walker, went out on patrol ahead of his unit the merest thought. Cemeteries reward the ironist. and stepped on a mine. Bob Fuellhart was advising a Viet-

Start in a bit from the entrance. ~ namese battalion; while word was be-The;-e is a stone marking the plot of a ing sent up from the rear that his Colonel Buchwald. It is large but not daughter had just been born, word enormous, and Buchwald probably was being sent back that he had been served his country well. The site killed. Cemeteries reward the ironist. would blend unnoticed if his neigh- "I got interested in this place," bar to the left, lying under a small gov- says Lieut. Colonel Conrad Crane, a ernment··issue marker, wasn't Nor- member of West Point's history de-man Cota, the general who on D-day partment, "when I asked the cadets in rallied the scattered American inva- my class why they were here. Some sion force on Omaha Beach and said free education or to get a job on pushed it past the German defenses; Wall Street. I wanted to show them Robert Mitchum played him in The what being a West Pointer is all Lryngost Drry A hirndred vards away, about." He shows them a graveyard under a similarly modest headstone, foll c.f th:: yc:.11'6, :hti!'.g fr0m thP. first rests Alonzo H. Cushing, who com- man buried here in 1782. manded the federal batte1y at "Gettys- Walk along the western edge, and burg that stood at the very point Pick- you find the dead of World War II, ett aimed his charge. Cushing, twice many of whom perished young. wounded, stayed at his guns, firing Charles Finley of the class of 1943, double canister at the converging killed in Normandy in 1944. Henry Confederates until a third shot got Benitez of the class of. '42, killed at him. Right behind him is buried Jud- Falaise in '44. Turner Chambliss Jr., son Kilpatrick, a general considered so '43, killed June 6, 1944. And so on, un-profligate with the Jives of his men that . ti] you turn a corner and start finding they called him "Kill Cavalry." At the Gravestonu of Alonzo H. Cushmg George Tow and Samuel Coursen of end of the row, under an obelisk, lies George Armstrong the class of'49, killed in action in Korea, 1950. Over behind Custer. Or what may be Custer. When Custer was disin- the Viele monument are the graves from Vietnam. There is a terred a year after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, diggers row in which 10of11 graves are occupied by members of the found that animals had scattered the bones. They took their class of'66, and that does not begin to encompass that class's best guess. Cemeteries reward the ironist. contribution. When that run ends, you have five in a row

There are heroes here: Paul Bunker, the only Army play- from the class of '64. One belongs to John Hottell III-a er to make Walter Camp's .'\JI-America team at two different Rhodes scholar, twice a recipient of the Silver Star-who was positions, who died in a Japanese POW camp after smuggling killed in 1970. The year before, he had written his own obit-his unit's flag past his captors; Ed White, who walked iii uary and sent it in a sealed envelope to his wife. "I deny that space and died in Apollo l; Joe Stilwell of China; Lucius Clay I died for anything-not my country, not my Army, not my of the Berlin airlift; George Goethals of the Panama Canal. fellow man," he wrote."! Jived for these things, and the man-The biggest monument, however, a large pyramid, belongs ner in which I chose to do it involved the verv real chance to a general named Egbert Viele. An eminent engineer, he that I would die ... my Jove for West Point and the Army was helped design the cemetery, which perhaps explains his great enough ... for me to accept this possibility as part of a prominence. The entrance to the pyramid is guarded by a price which must be paid for things of great value." Walk pair of sphinxes. These are not the original sphinxes, which through the graveyard; cemeteries humble the ironist. •

''A price must be paid for things of great value.'' -JOHN HOTTELl. m

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Scholars~ historians on trail of mysterious Melungeons

More than four decades be­fore the English settled the swampy peninsula at James­town, Va, a contingent of Span­ish and Portuguese soldiers had already established the frontier colony of Santa Elena on pre­sent-day Parris Island, S.C.

The South Carolina colony repre­sented the northernmost presence of imperial Spain in America. Along with St. Augustine, Fla., built in 1565, and a string of small outposts and missions scattered up and down the East Coast, Santa Elena's role was to help strengthen Madrid's hold in the New World while explorers sought treasure and a fabled passageway to the Far East.

In 1566 and again in 1567, a small detachment of soldiers led by Capt. Juan Pardo was ordered into Caro­lina's back country. Pardo's mission was s}Inple: Find new sources of gold and establish an overland route to the riches of Mexico, which Cortez had conquered only a few years earlier.

Along the way, Pardo built five small forts near the modem towns of Camden, S.C.; Marion; Knoxville, Tenn.; and along the upper reaches of the French Broad River in western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee. Small bands of conquistadors were left behind to guard each post.

Pardo returned to Santa Elena, but the men posted at his remote garri­sons were never heard from again. Their fate remains one of the South­east's most enduring mysteries.

Like the more famous English col­ony of Roanoke settled by Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition in 1588, the lost Iberian forts and the whereabouts of their occupants still figure promi­nently in local folklore.

Some scholars believe the Span­iards - like Raleigh's Roanoke colo­nists - were wiped out by hostile In­dians. Others claim. survivors moved ~eeper in~ the interior where they mtermamed and gradually became assimilated with local tribes.

The controversy has sparked years of debate among historians and some inhabitants of the Southern Ap­palachian Mountains who insisted they are the descendants of those lost Spanish and Portuguese soldiers.

Known as the Melungeons, these dark-skinned, black-haired hill folk long have questioned their heritage.

Based on physical appearance alone, the Melungeons appear to be a curious blend of Europeans, Moors, Jews and native Americans.

"I was always told that we were Scotch-Irish," said Brent Kennedy, an Atlanta businessman who believes his ancestors were among the lost con­tingent of soldiers. "But I questioned that because every morning at break­fast I'd look at my brother and moth­er, and it was like sitting down with Saddam Hussein."

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There is some evidence to suggest tho~ Sequoyah, the Indian scholar who invented the Cherokee written language, might have been related to the Melungeons. Kennedy said he found 11 branches of his family that he believes to be Me­lungeons, all originating in western North Carolina.

Kennedy is spearheading an effort to learn more about the Melungeons - who they were, where they came from and how it came to be that such a large group of people could have been forgotten by history.

Chester DePratter, an archaeolo­gist at the University of South Caro­lina, lends credibility to the theory that the Melungeons are descended from the missing Spanish and Portu­guese soldiers.

"I'm looking at whether some of those people from Santa Elena might have moved into the interior," DePratter said. "It seems like there well could have been (a movement into the interior)."

The possibility has excited Spanish and Portuguese officials, most of whom claim never to have heard the theory before.

"We received this news with a cer­tain amount of surprise, because we had never heard it," said Louis de Sousa, press officer at the Portu­guese Embassy in Washington. "But the research is interesting and the material is quite convincing."

For years the Melungeons were the outcasts of this bleak region of craggy hills and rugged forests along the Virginia-Tennessee border. French and English explorers and colonists pushed them off their lands and denied them voting rights be­cause of their curious skin color, or "melange," the French word that pre­sumably gave rise to the term "Me­lungeon."

As Scotch-Irish settlers advanced into the region, the Melungeons re­treated to the higher elevations of eastern Tennessee. Many settled in Hancock County, where some still live.

Scholars in North Carolina are re­searching connections between Me­lungeons and Cherokees.

Sparked by a magazine article on the Melungeons, Kennedy traced his family's history from west~rn North Carolina to present-day West 'Vrrgin-ia, then back: down to Tennessee and Viigi.rii.a. In a newspaper interview,

Melungeons and Cherokees share some surnames, and there is some evidence to suggest that Sequoyah, the Indian scholar who invented the CherokeE! written language, might have been related to the M:elungeons.

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Dear Elise: I started copying from some of the xeroxed material on the Baldridge's, decided to see what was available on the Internet. I found this chart of the Baldridge from Westmoreland Wills and it is so easy to look at and see who went where am sending it on to you. I know you have the wills, but it sort of makes it easier to look at them. There are only the facts of course. Out of my notes and not sure ifl might have sent them: Westmoreland Records 1661-64 ... p. 25 Mar 1662, Mrs. Dorothy Baldridge then still living and in possession of the land now in possession of James Baldridge. *[son of Maj. Thomas Baldridge]

Westmoreland Records 1658-61: Will of William Baldridge: wife Eliz.a.beth, son Charles, brother­Baynham, his 3 children *[this shows William is the son of James & Dorothy and brother of Ann Baldridge-Baynham. It is strange how close the dates of James and William's deaths were, I think William was first and why he was not recorded in will of James Baldridge, but whose grandson Charles was in the will of Dorothy]

"Virginia County Records Publication" Vol i Bk 1, p. 1: John Tew, will, 1655, wife Grace. *[this is proof of how early Thomas Baldridge died]

Deeds and Patents 1665-67 Part i ... p .. 14: Eliz.a.beth Baldridge, her now husband, Richard Heaberd/ 21 July 1665.

Part iii p. 51: 20 Feb. 1675: Eliz Whitliff age 25 yrs or thereabouts that about five years since your deponets husband David Whitliff did buy a servant a horse from Mr. Pope & paid full price, that it is his horse*[ is this a first wife ofDavid? Mary Nicholas did the deed of gifts to sons Nathaniel Pope alias Bridges and Lewis Nicholas in 1677]

Order Bk Part 1- 1698-99: p. 42 .. John Higdon as marrying Eliz the relict to David Whitliff*[ is this our David or his son, did he marry 3 times and a second Eliz.?]

I hope this material will be eajoyable to you to read and give thought to, unless you already have it all. Stay well dear lady, Genealogy keeps us younger than some of our friends that just do not know what they have missed.

Always, Marie Kuhlman

CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY RESEARCH GUIDE:

CONFEDERATE NAVAL IMPRINTS DESCRIBED AND ANNOTATED

CHRONOLOGY OF NAVAL OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION

MARINE CORPS AND NAVAL OFFICER BIOGRAPHIES

DESCRIPTION AND SERVICE OF VESSELS

SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Specifically Compiled for Collectors, Historians and Librarians

BY THOMAS TRUXTUN MOEBS

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Bronson, J. J. Born in Appointed from -----. Acting

master's mate, December 30, 1863. Acting master's mate, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Served on C. S. S. Roanoke, James River Squadron, 1863. Drewry's Bluff, Va., 1864. C. S. S. Fredericksburg, James River Squadron, 1864.

Brooke, Henry St. George T. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia .

Acting midshipman, October 10, 1861. Appointment re­voked, April 12, 1863. Served on C. S. R. S. United States, 1861-1862. C. S.S. Nansemond, James River Squadron, 1862-1863.

Brooke, John M. Born in Florida. Appointed from Virginia.

Formerly lieutenant, U. S. Navy. Lieutenant, May 2, 1861. Commander for the war, September 17, 1862, to rank from September 13, 1862. Commander, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Special duty, Richmond station , 1861-1863. Chief, Bvreau of Ordnance and Hy­drography, 1863-1864; paroled at Greensboro, N. C., May 1, 1865.

Brooke, Walter W. Born in -----. Appointed from ------. Master's

mate, -----. Discharged, May 6, 1862. Served on C. S. S. Rappahannock, James River Squadron, 1861-1862. Richmond station, 1862.

Brooks, Leslie B . Born in Alabama. Appointed from Alabama.

Assistant paymaster, March 18, 1862. Assistant pay­master, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Serving on C. S. S. Louisiana when destroyed, April 28, 1862; prisoner at Fort Warren; exchanged at Aikens Landing, August 5, 1862; C. S. S. Chattahoochee, 1862-1864. Mobile sta­tion, 1864. C. S. S. Tallahassee, 1864. C. S. S. Columbia, Charleston station, 1864-1865; paroled at Greensboro, N. C., April 28, 1865.

Brooks, Thomas R.. Born in -----. Appointed from Missouri. Re­

signed from U.S. Naval Academy. Served in C. S. Army. Acting midshipman, August 14, 1863. Resigned, January 9, 1864. Served on C. S.S. Patrick Henry, 1863.

Brooks, William P . Born in Louisiana. Appointed from Louisiana.

Second assistant engineer, May 11, 1861. First assistant engineer, August 15, 1863. First assistant engineer, Provisional Navv. June 2, 1864. Served on C. S. S. Sumter, 1861-1862. C. S. S. Alabama, 1862-1864; par­ticipated in engagement with U. S. S. Kearsarge off Cberbourg, France, June 19, 1864. C. S. S. Stonewall, 1865.

Brough, John Born in -----. Appointed from -----. First as­

sistant engineer, September 28, 1861. Served on New Orleans station, 1861-1862. Jackson station, 1862.

Brown, Eugene H . Born in -----. Appointed from Virginia. Third

assistant engineer, 1862. Second assistant engineer, May 21, 1863. Second assistant engineer, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Served on C. S. S. Arkansas, 1862. Jack­son station, 1862. C. S. cruiser Florida; reported, Octo­ber 18, 1862. Clarence-Tacony-Archer Expedition, 1863; captured in Portland Harbor, June 27, 1863; paroled at Fort Warren, September 28, 1864; exchanged at Cox Wharf, Va., October 18, 1864. Semmes naval brigade, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865.

Brown, George B . Born in -----. Appointed from -----. Acting

master, October 7, 1861. Resigned, March 8, 1862. Served on C. S. steamers Tuscarora and Pontchar ­train (Lizzie Simmons), New Orleans station, 1861-1862.

Brown,H. H . Born in Appointed from ------. Acting

master, January 30, 1862. Appointment revoked, September 1, 1862. Served on C. S.S. Carondelet, New Orleans station, 1862. Ordered with cutter and crew to Mobile, 1862. Jackson station, 1862.

Brown, Isaac N. • Born in Kentucky, Appointed from Missis­

sippi. Formerly lieutenant, U . S. Navy. Lieutenant, June 6, 1861. Lieutenant for the war, July 15, 1862. Comman­der, August 25, 1862. "Promoted for gallant conduct in successfully engaging the enemy's fleet on the Missis­sippi River before the city of Vicksburg, while in com­mand of the ironclad steamer Arkansas, on July 15, 1862." Commander, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from May 15, 1863. Served on Mississippi River de­fenses, 1861-1863; commanding C. S. S. Arkansas, 1862; commanding C. S. S. Charleston, Charleston station, 1863-1865; paroled, May 22, 1865, Montgomery,Ala.

Brown, James Born in -----. Appointed from -----. Acting

master's mate, October 7, 1861. Acting master, Novem­ber 5, 1861. Resigned, March 30, 1862. Served on C. S. steamers Tuscarora and Man ass as, New Orleans sta­tion, 1861-1862. Jackson station, 1862.

Brown, John Born in -----. Appointed from -----. Boatswain,

Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Served on C. S. S. Chicora, Charleston station, 1864.

Brown, John B . Born in -----. Appointed from -----. Third as­

sistant engineer, March 4, 1863. Third assistant en­gineer, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Served on C. S.S. Torpedo, James River Squadron, 1863. C. S. S. Chicora, Charleston station, 1863-1864. C. S. cruiser Florida, 1864; captured by U. S. S. Wachusett, at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; released at Fort Warren, February 1, 1865.

Brown, Marshall Born in -----. Appointed from North Carolina.

Lieutenant for the war, February 26, 1863. Resigned, November 13, 1863. Served on Wilmington station, 1863. C. S.S. Charleston, Charleston station, 1863.

Brown, Pike Born in South Carolina. Appointed from South

Carolina. Assistant surgeon for the war, September, 1863. Assistant surgeon, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Naval battery, Drewry's Bluff, Va., 1863-1864. C. S. S. Richmond, James River Squadron, 1864. Charleston station , 1864.

Brown, W . N . Born in Appointed from -----. Acting

master's mate (no date) . Served on Charleston station, 1864.

Browne, Orris A. Born in Virginia . Appointed from Virginia .

Resigned as acting midshipman, U. S. Navy, April 25, 1861. Midshipman, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Passed midshipman (no date) . On rolls of C. S. R. S. United States, 1861. Gosport Navy Yard, 1862. Char-

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defend Fort Hatteras, by transferring the officers and men from the other forts to do it. During the fight the next day (the 29th of August) Commodore Barron did not have a single gun that could reach the enemy's ships, while their batteries were throwing shells into the fort every few seconds ... the articles of capitulation agreed upon at the surrender of the forts, at the inlet of Hat­teras, N. C., - (were) the first agreed upon after the war began ... After the surrender Commodore Barron was sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, until exchanged in 1862. During the remainder of the war he was in England and France engaged in carrying out the plans of his gov­ernment, in getting war vessels afloat. He secured for the Confederacy the cruisers Stonewall and Georgia. After the close of the war he returned to Virginia and now (1887) resides, a great invalid, at Loretto, Essex County, Virginia." - p. 371

Benton, Mortimer Murray "Mortimer Murray Benton was born at Cov­

ington, Ky ., Feb. 18th, 1841, and entered the U. S. navy as midshipman at the naval academy at Annapolis in Sept. 1858. In April, 1860, he resigned, and in June, 1861, was appointed lieut. of engineers in the Ky. State Guard. Feb. 1862, he received a commission as midshipman in the C. S. navy, and was ordered to the gunboat Gaines at Mobile. After passing an examination, he was promoted to be master and assigned to service on the captured ship H arriel Lane at Galveston; thence to the Webb at Shreveport, La., and thence to duty at Richmond in Nov. 1863; but in passing through Mobile he was detained by Adm. Buchanan and placed in charge of equipping the Tennessee. He was commissioned as lieutenant in 1863, and in May, 1864, was assigned to command of the gun­boat Raleigh of the James River squadron. In July he and his crew participated in the Point Lookout expedi­tion. He next served on the Tallahassee, and then in torpedo operations at Charleston. On the evacuation of that city he was ordered to Drewry's Bluff, commanded a company of the naval brigade and was made prisoner at the battle of Saylor's Creek. In 1869 he was ordained deacon, and the next year priest, of the Protestant Epis­copal Church, and is now (1887) rector of the Parish of the Advent, Louisville." - p. 745

Brown, Isaac N. "Isaac N. Brown, son of Rev. Samuel Brown, of

the Presbyterian Church, was born in Livingston County, Ky., and appointed an officer in the U. S. navy from Mississippi on the 15th of May, 1834. He served five years on the West India station and Gulf of Mexico, and performed efficient service in the Seminole war on the Florida coast in open boats and also in the interior. In 1840 he stood his examination at the naval school, then in Philadelphia, and passed No. 1. He served in the Mexi­can War, first in the Gulf, and was present at the capture of Vera Cruz. He was then transferred to the Pacific coast, where he performed arduous service during the remainder of the war. His service afloat took him three times around Capes Horn and Good Hope, including a voyage to Australia and going twice around the globe . For a time he served on the Coast Survey, and also at the U . S. Naval Observatory, then under the charge of Com­mander M. F. Maury. He served one cruise as executive officer of the U . S. frigate Susquehannah in the Mediterranean, and assisted in the first attempt to lay the Atlantic cable. He was the Executive officer of the U. S. frigate Niagara when that vessel returned to their homes the first Japanese Embassy to the United States. On the return of the Niagara to Boston in 1861 Lieut. Brown finding two governments where the year previous he had left but one, promptly resigned his commission af­ter having given twenty-seven years of his life to the

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naval service of the United States. He entered the ser­vice of the C. S. navy on June 6, 1861, with the rank of lieutenant, and was assigned for duty at the headquarters of the Army of the West, to aid in the defences of the Mississippi River. When Randolph, Fort Pillow and Columbus were armed with heavy guns, Lieut. Brown was sent to Nashville with instructions to purchase and change into gunboats certain river steamers for the de­fence of the Cumberland River. This work was inter­rupted by the withdrawal of the Confederate forces from the Cumberland as a line of defence. He was then or­dered to New Orleans to contract for and superintend the construction of four iron-clad gunboats. He was pushing this work at the ship yards at Algi~rs, opposite New Orleans, when that unfortunate city fell into the hands of the enemy. Lieut. Brown proceeded to Vicks­burg where he received on May 26th, 1862, a telegraphic order from the Navy Department to assume command of the gunboat Arkansas. For his gallant service on board of the Arkansas he was promoted to the rank of Com­mander on August 25th, 1862. After her destruction, during his absence on account of sickness, he resumed command of her surviving officers and men and was en­gaged on shore duty in the batteries at Port Hudson. In a short time most of the officers were detached for service on the seaboard, leaving Lieut. Brown with a small com­mand with which he defended the defences on the Yazoo River. While engaged in this duty he destroyed the Fed­eral iron-clads DeKalb and Cairo by torpedoes in the Yazoo . He was then assigned by Lieut. Gen . Pemberton to the command of a body of troops, and in conjunction with an improvised cotton-clad squadron of river steam­ers, materially aided in the repulse of an expedition com­posed of 10,000 men, with several iron-clads, under the command of Gen. Ross, which made an attack on Fort Pemberton. In this engagement a small detachment of the crew of the Arkansas with a sixty-four pounder gun rendered the most effective service . After the fall of Vicksburg Commander Brown was ordered to the com­mand of the C. S. iron-clad Charleston, at Charleston, S. C., where he performed good service in the defence of that historic city . After the fall of Charleston he was ap­pointed to the command of all the naval defences west of the Mississippi, including the coast of Louisiana and Texas. Before reaching his destination, however, be re­ceived intelligence of the cession of hostilities. Return­ing on parole to his plantation in Mississippi, without a dollar, he overcame the difficulties of his station, and surrounded by his interesting family cultivated it for the following twenty years. Half of this time he was disfran­chised, but on the restoration of his citizenship he de­clined to take any part in civil or political affairs. Com­mander Brown is now (1887) a resident of Corsicana, Texas, though still retaining his property in Mississippi.• - p. 306

Buchanan, Franklin "Franklin Buchanan was born in Baltimore,

Md., on the 11th of September, 1800. He was a grandson of Governor McKean, of Pennsylvania, and a brother of Paymaster Buchanan, who was in the U. S. ship Congress when she was destroyed in the fight with the Virginia . When a youth, Franklin Buchanan resided in Pennsylvania, from which State he was appointed a mid­shipman. He entered the U. S. navy on the 28th of Jan­uary, 1815; became a lieutenant January 13th, 1825; mas­ter commander, September 8th, 1841; first super­intendent of the Annapolis Naval Academy, 1845-7; cap­tain, September 14th, 1855. On the 19th of April, 1861, when the Sixth Massachusetts regiment was attacked on its passage through Baltimore, Capt. Buchanan was in charge of the navy-yard at Washington. He immediately resigned his commission, but finding that Maryland did not secede, petitioned to recall his commission, but was

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LUCY ANN Married Dr. J. M . Hundley

MARIA E . Married Thomas !. Hundley

MARY Daughter of Jacob, married John Yancey

MARY Daughter of Jacob, married John Yancey, Culpeper County

CATHARINE Daughter of James, Charlotte Co . , married Peachy Dunn

MARY Married Burnett Williamson

SUSANNA Daughter of James, Charlotte Co. married Alex . Gordon

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1878, Jan . 6 LEE,

1757,

1773,

1746,

17l3,

1673,

1710,

LEY,

LEY,

LEY,

LEMON,

LENTON,

LEPLEY,

1708, LEVERETT,

1847, Aug. 16 LEWIS,

1872, Sep. 19 LEWIS,

1866, Dec . 24 LEWIS,

1749, LEWIS,

1890, Feb. 14 LEWIS,

1872, Dec . 28 LEWIS,

1864, Dec. 28 LEWIS

JOHN

JOHN

LALA

Father of John P . Lee, married Daughter o! Philip Smith, Wicomico Parish, Northumberland Co . Married Martha Clarke

Married Benjamin F . Jones

LETTICE Daughter o! John, married Capt. Whiting

MARY Daughter of John, married Pa.ul Micou

MARYS. Daughter o! Philip, married James C . Anthony

PHILIP Married Lucy Morton

PHOEBE Married Austin Oliver

PATSEY Daughter of Baldwin, married Harrison Beazley. Caroline Co.

ROSETTA Married John B. Potter

SUSANNA Married Thomas Halbert

THOMAS Married Sarah Parker

THOMAS B . Married Martha A . Loving

WILLIAM Married Olivia Courtney

WILLIAM R. Married Sally Patterson

SARAH

SARAH

THOMAS

JOSEPH

HENRY

ROBERT

ANN L.

Widow of Thomas, married Isaac Scandrett Widow o! Thomas, married Isaac Scandrett Married Sarah Griffing

Married Margaret, daughter of John Williams Married Sarah, daughter o! Dennis Swc llivant Married Sarah, daughter of John Smith Richmond Co., married Elizabeth, daughter o! Thomas Coggin Married Robert A . Munday

CATESBY E. Married Lucy E. Temple

CATHARINE Married Henry Banks

EDWARD Married Esther Evans, si~tcr

of Macajah !c Grccnsbce Evans GEORGE Lanca!ter Co., married Mary

F. Griffin GEORGIANA Married George Landrum . HARRIET S. Married Robert M . Anderson,

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SPARTANBURGH COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

MINUTESOFTHECOUNTYCOURT 1785-1799

by Brent H. Holcomb, C. A. L. S.

Gilt to s. A. GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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INTRODUCTION

Spartanburgh (or Spartan) County was created by the County Court Act of 1785. The court was scheduled to sit beginning on the third Mondays of March, June, September, and December of each year . At this time the court had jurisdiction to record deeds, issue tavern licenses, try small court cases, appoint road gangs or juries, and other duties important to the residents of the county. In 1787 , the duties were increased to include probate court. Formerly, residents of this county had had to journey to Ninety Six Court House for probate court. In 1788, it became no longer necessary to prove deeds in open court, but it still could be done . The many dedimi in this particular series of court minutes are excellent clues to persons having immigrated from various counties in North Carolina and emigrated to various counties in Georgia. The sitting of this court was altered in 1791 to be on the second Mondays in April and September for what was them called intermediate court, and the county court to sit beginning the 12th days of J anuary and June.

These minutes themselves are found in four original volumes, now in the South Carolina Archives. The first volume was 260 pages in length. Only the first 106 pages of the original are now extant ( through March term 1787), the remainder exists now only in the W. P . A. copy . The probates were recorded in a separate volumes 1790-1799 , an unusual situation for such minutes. The volumes are as follows :

Volume 1784-1799 Volume 1789-1794 Volume 1794-1799 Volume 1790-1799 (probate)

pp. 1-99 pp. 100-190 pp. 191-270 pp. 271-307

Brent H. Holcomb, C. A. L. S. Box 21766 Columbia, South Carolina December 19, 1979

216 STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE

descent from the Royal Smarts*," and so on. The asterisk, which is Mr. Young " refers to this slippery foomoce: "Ir is understaod that the link was the Duke of M,)11 mouth, it being stated that the certificate of his mother's mJrriage ta King Charles 11 had been destroyed by the Duke of Buccleuch and Monmouth." See Stewart Cl.1•: Magazine, C: 105, for a sketch of James Smarr, duke of Monmouth. In our opinion he was no more the grandfather of Andrew Stewart of Omagh, County Tyrone, lrc

land, than he was of Captain Kidd.

The eight most common surnames in Scocland taday, according ta the regisrr:tc general for that country, are, in the order of their occurrence, Smith, MacDonalJ . Brown, Wilson, Thomson, Robenson, Campbell and Srewarr. In former rimes sur­

names with the prefix Mac predominated.

Quite a Lot of Fill-in Information was Obtained This year the editar of the Stewart Clan /Hagazine searched in court houses 111

Hardeman, McNairy, Hardin, Wayne, Lawrence and Giles counties in Tenness{" Jackson county in Alabama; Moore, Montgomery, Cabarrus and Mecklenbt1rg cou n­ties in North Carolina; Laurens county in South Carolina; Columbia county in Georgia; and-on the way back ta Memphis-Lauderdale county in Alabama, which adjoins Lawrence county, Tenn. Previously he had done LimeStone, Morgan an,I

_,.

Madison counties, Ala. There were early Stewarts in every county bur Wayne, although in some counties most of the early records had been destroyed, wanconly or by fire, mice or worms. In Montgomery county. N. C., which was formed in 1778 from Anson coun:y, the old deed bouka

were lost in a courr house fire. All in all, it was a very succ~ssful roundup, and manv desirable data were found. The expense was very close to che budgec-$209.87.

Contributors to this 1957 search were: Mrs. J. W. Lee, Amarillo, Tex., $2; Mr, _ L. D. Jennings, Sharon, Pa., $10; Mrs. R.H. Malone, Albuquerque, N. M., $4; Mrs. J.E. Wilson, Quincy, Ill., $l0; W. W .. McCullough, Weft CheMer, Pa., $10; Mis ' Jennie Belle Lyle, Lircle Rock, Ark., $2; Mrs. Waltan]. Miller, Sapulpa, Okla., $> Mrs.]. E. Tompkins, Winslow, Ariz .. $2; J. George Stewart, \'V'ashingcon, D. C., $2 '>. Reid W. Stewart, New Kensingron, Pa., $1; Mrs. W.W. Housewright, San Benito. Tex., $2; Mrs. E. Kircredge Sims, Shreveport, La., $6; Mrs. Harold E. Weaver, Ed­mondson, Ark., $5; Aubrey H. Scarke, Washington, D. C., $5; Mrs. Clifford C. Gregg. Valparaiso, Ind., $3; Mrs. Grady Holman, sr., Blakely, Ga., $5; Mrs. Jesseye Dicker­man, Washingron, D. C., $2; Mrs. John A. Gibson, Butler, Pa., $2; Mrs. Marierca Workman, Washingron, Ia., $2;]. Carter Stewart, Louisvitle. Ky., $6; Dr. Anonym­ous, $2;]. L. Stewart, Charles City, Ia., $2; Mrs. Margaret Scruggs Carruth, Dallas. Tex., $2; Byron R. Lewis, Bridgeport, III., $25; Mrs.]. W. Oglesby, ValdoSta, Ga., $2 . Mrs. R. E. Tomlinson, Montclair, N. ]., $2; Miss Grace Brown, Woodbury, Tenn., $2. Mrs. June E. Shapiro, Jersey Cicy, N. ]., $2; Charles Sceuart, Jackson Heights, N. Y. , .$10; Mrs. Eleanor M. Hall, Kamas, Ucah, $2; Mrs. S. B. Bundy, Monroe, N. C., $2: William C. Stewart, Los Angeles, Calif., $5; Bradford A. Scewarr, Taylorville, Ill., $5; MiiS Ora L. Stewart, Wathena, Kan., $5; Mrs. Ione M. Pare, St.Petersburg, Fla., $5; Mrs. Erne.ft Rees, Fayetteville, Tenn., $5; Mrs. Angie Boyd Hansen, Atlanta, Ga.,$ lO; Mrs. James Dutcher, Oxford, 0., $1; Mrs. Anica Scewart Arm.ftrong, Atlanta, Ga., $5 : Mrs. Irma S. Grider, We§t Palm Beach, Fla., $10; Mrs. Frank S. Harrell, ValdoSt~. Ga., $2. The total was $213. Some contributions which came in late are being car­ried over for next year-if and when.

TME INGLIS STUART PRE5S

NOV 6 1965 agaz1ne Stewart Clan Fa~NEALOGY INf.afiMAilON FILE AfONTHLY

VOLUME 35

$3 a year

SEPTEMBER, 1957

Edited by George Edson, 81 l Ease Park Street, Olathe, Kansas

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NUMBER 3

25c a copy

STEW ARTS OF HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA Continued from pag• 214

IN ORDER ro understand betcer che Scewarts in Charlotte and Halifax counties, Virginia, we might rake a look at che Weakley- sometimes spelled \Vakeley-fam­ily, which intermarried with cht" Srcwans. The basis is Tennessee archives.

R r, berc' Weakley

I from Councy Wicklow, Ireland, ta Pennsylvania: went to Virp;inia wirh son Roberc when l2tter was about 10.

William• Samuel' Robert' serried in Pennsylvania went to Ohio I m. Eleanor Stewart

William 5 Roberc5 :t-f,.rv' Samuel·' David5 Thomas5 Marrha5

I soldier ir. i',evnlutinn at 15 m. Jane, daugl"tr of Gen. Matthew Locke, in Rowan county, N. C.

I sercleJ <lll \X/i1ae'.; creek, D<.viJ;on councy; colonel; landowner

The Eleanor Stewart whom Robert' Weakley married wa~ a daughter of Thomas Srewarc of Antrim parish, Halifax c:iunry, = E: 37. She was a sister to John Stewart, "ho married (bond May 22, 1756) Jern We&l.iey, a11d to Mary (Stewart) Middlecon, Lfargarec ( ~tf'warr) Green, Jean (Stewart ) Boyd and CIHrles Stewart, = 213. Rober<' \V'eakley made his will Jan. 27, 1798, in Halitin: CO'lnty, naming his wife l Eleanor and children Samuel, Thomas, Roberr, Mary, Jean, Martha and l Isabel, besides grandchildren Thomas Parker, Rhoda Parker and Berry Hac-field. The son Robert,' who was born abom 1 763, apparently joined a N orch Carolina company in the Revolution, for he was granted a military warrant for 640 acres of lanJ by di.tr ;rate, which he assigned Nov. 23, 1789, to Charles Longmier of 'Xla;hingcon councy, Tenn. Longmier ap-plied the warrant ro a tract of land on the east fork of Stone's river in Davidson councy, Tenn., which he sold on Nov. 7, 179l, to James Stewart of Washington county. On Sep. 1, 1803, Robtrc \"{/eakley of Davidson councy, for special regard and friendship which he had for John Stewart of Montgomery county, deeded him 200 acres of laod on Sycamore creek in Robenson (Cheatham] county, which had been granted t? Weakley on Aug. 29, 1793, = E: n2.

Margaret• Stewart, a sister of Eleanor, married------ Green, as shown by her father's will, daced July 17, 1772. Perhaps his name was Bartholomew Green: he has not been traced. There was a Roberc Green in Orange county, Virginia, who made his will Feb. 24, 1747-8, which was probated July 28, 1748. He owned 100 acres of l~d in Prince William county which descended to him as heir at law of William Duff. Duff owned 500 J.Cres, and bequeathed 100 acres of ic to Ann Shot­well "and the remainder of said tract to Anne Duff, now wife of Tully Choice." Tully Choice is a very unusual name. On page 214 yo~ may have noticed that James Stewart on June 23, 1768, bought 220 acres of land on Che.ftnut creek in Franklin councy of Tully Choice. This could have been the same man, twenty years older. James Stewart, too, may have come from Orange or Culpeper county.

W I L L B 0 0 K 1

1773-1783

HALIFAX COUNTY

VIRGINIA

MARIAN DODSON CHIARITO

Vil JI.~/.''/

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land whereon I now dwell to be divided equally in such manner as to leave out the plantation I now dwell on to the other moiety of the said land which said woodland moiety I give to him & his assigns after the death of my wife Pheobe Mann. To my son Joel Mann two negroe boys Isaac & Abraham. Also the other moiety of land whereon I now dwell including the plantation after the death of my wife Pheobe Mann to him & his heirs & assigns. To my daughter Polly Mann two negroes a girl named Sook & a boy named Ben to her & her heirs. I lend unto my beloved wife Pheobe Mann during her natural life for the use & toward supporting & raising my children the following negro slaves namely, Jack, London, Sarah, Neice, Tom & Jude together with their increase. Also all my stocks of horses, cattle, sheep & hogs, household & kitchen furniture & plantation utensils of all sorts except such parts as have herein before & hereafter given. To my children namely, Patience, Robert, John, Joel & Polly each one beast, saddle & bridle, two cows & calves, three ewes, three sows & pigs, one feather bed & furniture to be given as they marry or come to full age by my said wife ?heobe Mann. It is my will & I accordingly order that all my estate lent to my said wife after her death be sold & money arising be equally divided among all my children namely, Lucy iJichols, Sally Easley, Agness Harrison, Betsey Mann, William Mann, Frances Mann, Pheobe, Patience, Robert, John, rroel & Polly Mann to them or their legal representatives. Exr: Paul·Carrington, Matthew Sims & Evan Ragland WO 14 January 178d S/ R. Mann Wit: H. Goare, Elizabeth (x) Younger, William (x) Ferguson WP 17 February 1780. Presented in Court & proved by two of wit. O.R. Paul Carrington one of Exr. refused to take upon himself the burthen of execution hereof. 21 April 1780. Matthew Sims & Evan Ragland the other Exr. also re­fused. On the motion of Pheobe Mann, widow & reliqt who made Oath according to law certificate granted her for obtaining letters of administration. Sec: Evan Ragland & John Irby

302 CHARLES STUART Will " ••• being at this time of sound and perfect mind and memory ••• " To my wife Agness Stuart all my personal estate during life or widowhood then to ·be equally ·divided between my four daughters, Rachal, Ruth, Elener & Hannah. Also I allow my wife Agness the use of my land for the support of my children until my son Charles comes to age then to be equally divided be­tween my three sons, Thomas, Robert & Charles. Exr: wife Agness Stuart & my friend Thomas Weakley WO 11 January 1780 S/ Charles STUART Wit: James Echols, David Logan, John Stewart WP 16 March 1780. Presented by Agness Stewart, widow & relict, Exr. & proved by two of wit. O.R. Sec: John Stewart & Thomas Weadley

302 RICHARD SMITH Will (nuncupative) Everything I possess to be sold to pay debts except my negro · wench Sall who I - give to my mother Sarah Smith during her life & at her death I give the said wench Sall to my sister Sarah M. Smith. And one horse Tom I give to my father & my one eyde mare I give to my brother James Smith instead of his horse. All monies that remain in hands of my Exr. after paying debts I give to my mother Sarah Smith for her use. Exr: Micajah Watkins The above is a true copy of Richard Smith's verbal will as wit. our hands this 12th day of December 1779 S/ Jas. Turner & Mary Ward

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WILL BOOK 2

1783-1792

HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA

MARIAN DODSON CHIARITO

and

JAMES HADLEY PRENDERGAST

v fl Ho. I: ?

One bond £275 dated 25 August 1779 paper money, one bond of £35/ 15 do., paper money £1377/10. S/Blackman Ligon, Joseph Ligon, John Ligon Recorded 18 March 1784

67 JAMES WELLS Accounts Current Jeremiah Keen, guardian

To: ( 1779 April) Your part of a debt due from your father's estate to Buchannan Hastie & Co. 1/3 part £12/0/82 ( 1782 August 14) Ballance of my account £0/9/0, my ex pence at court, Clk. of Pittsylvania Co., do Halifax Co., cash pd Isaac Read Exs. for tax on a writ 1/3 part. Total £13/13/6 ( 1783 Febuary 20) By: Bond due from Richd. Payne & Benja. Vaughan for 3350 lb. tobo. with interest from 1 January 1781 to Colo Morgan, bond due from Wm. Wells & Wm. Davis for 2500 lb. tobo. with interest from 1 January 1782, bond due from Walter Bennet payable 1 May next. (1784 January) By 1185 lb. tobo. rec'd of Walter Bennet. Total: Recorded 18 March 1784 Jeremiah Keen, guardian of James Wells

67 ELIAS DEJARNAT Will 11

••• of perfect sense & sound memory ••• 11• To my dau. Frances Dejarnat one

negro named Fillice, to my dau. Hannah Dejarnat one negro named Usley, to my son Rubin Dejarnat one negro Amos, to my dau. Elizabeth Dejarnat one negro girl Jenny, to my dau. Sarah Dejarnat one negro Dinah, to my dau. Nancy Dejarnat negro girl Juner. To my aforesaid son negro girl Winny. I lend to my well beloved wife, Sarah Dejarnat negro man Harry, woman Sarah, girl Lidda during her natural life then to be equally divided among all my children. To my beloved mother Elizabeth Dejarnat & my sister Annaka Dejarnat one hundred acres of land whereon they now live during their natural life and at their decease to be the _property of my son Reubin Dejarnat. To my son Reubin 200 acres of the upper end of my land when he comes of age. To my wife 100 acres of the lower end of my land during her life then to my son, Reubin. Exr/ Thomas Dejarnat of county aforesaid (Halifax), & James Hines (also Hynes) of Charlotte Co. WD 23 April 1783 S/Elias Dejarnat Wit/ Nathl. Hall, John Hall, Ursley (x) Hall Recorded 18 March 1784 The Exrs. named refused execution & Sarah Dejarnat, widow & relict was granted Letters of Administration. Sec/ Nathl. Hall, Fenton Hall, John Car & John Griggs

70 THOMAS STE\'lART

The Elstate of Thomas dec'd.

Stewart,

Accounts Current Agnes Stewart, Admr.

dee' d to the Estate of Charles Stewart,

To: the support & maintaince of Thomas Stewart, dec'd as pr. his Bond for that purpose, quit rents for land to Jno. Daniel, the hire of some negroes .to Robt. Weakley, pd. David George, expence travelling to Charlotte Court­house 4 times, do. do. to Halifax Courthouse , pd. James Stewart for land, pd. John Stewart of the estate of Thomas Stewart. Total: £146/5/9 By: land sold John Daniel. 142/10/0

Ballance due Chs. Stewart 3/15/9 Taken of the books of Charles Stewart, dec'd 5 April 1784

S/ Agnes Stewart, Admrx. Recorded 20 May 1784

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CITAPTE!{ VII.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY.

13uncombe worthily prnscrves to nil time

tl1e name of Edwn1·d Buncombe, n patriot and

n soluie1", who served his country faithfully,

anu who gave up liis life in her defence, a more minute accou11t of whom is presented iu the

sketch of the 111en of 'f)'nell Connty, of which

h1~ w:1s n resident.

There is perhaps 110 sectio11 of the State

more familiar by name, and less known abroaJ.

"Talki11g for Buucombe" bus become as fa111iliar ns a 11ousehold wor1l, not ouly in

our own 11ativc, but ha8 pervaded other

co1111trics.• This slnug phl'asc had tltis origin.

So111c years ago the member in Con­gress from thi; district t urose to address the llousc 011 a question of local irnpo1tancci t10111c

of the members left the Hall, wbich he ob­serving, very nai\'Cly said to those remaining,

tl1at. they 1night go too; ns he should speak for ti01110 time a11d was only" talking for l3un­co111be."

Ample 111aterials fordese1·iptio11 of the lovely scene ry nn<l the gc11ial climate, the fertile soil,

nnd its gold giving ore, exidt, but these arc not germane to our object; it is of the meu of

ll11n,,0111Le 011ly we prnposc to writ9.

~fa11y of the e:arlier i11habita11ts an<l pioneer; of this lovely rcgio11 of the Stntc we are com.

pcllcd to pass over. It wc1·c a pleasing duty to dwell ll[lOll the cJiarnctcr illltl SCl"Viecs or the

Alexande1·s; the lhrnctts, (the first 111c11 that ever piloted a wng-011 over the mouut.ai11s;}

The HeMch, Headou and Zchulon; Thonrn• Case, (who died iu 18-19, nge<l. 82," who lived

longc1', easier a11d hcm·tier, u;ul left rno1·u <lc­

scc1Hla11t!i t!Ja11 any man of his day;") tltC Davi<faons; th e .l.!:<l11ep; the Lowries; the

* At..taclte i_n ]~ngland, by Jutl~e lfnllilmrton. t lienl'ral Felix Walker was 1nc1111Jcr iu the Iluuso of

RepnJse11t.alivc:; fro111 tl1u IJunco1111Jo District. from 1817 to 1823.

Irwius; the l'attons, (especially James, who

<lieu 1845, aged 90, the fou11der of the Warm

Springs;) Rev. Humphrey Posey; James Mc­

Smith, the fir,;t white child born in the State

west of lllue Hidge; and rnany others.

\Ve leave these for some son of Buncombe as

indicated by II011. George Davis," who shall

gird up his loi11s to the task, with unwearied

i11clustry and unflinching devotion to t.l1e ho11or of Iii• dear old 1oothe1·."

David Lowry Swain, born 4th of Jtrnunry,

1801; died 27th of August, 1868. l<'cw men have lived in North Carolina who

have made a deeper or more lastin.t: imprcs· sion 011 her histm·y than the sulJject of our present sketch.

\Vithout forttrne m· thornugh e1lucation, or n.ny pcr~onal advantages, . hut by hio own in.

tri11sic mct·its, his unspotted character nnd stcrli11g virtues, he was called on to fill the

highest ofticcs in the State.

If hi:3 education was, frorn his lirnited cit·­

curnst,lllces, not colllplcte, lie was lilesaod with

an unque11chable thirst for knowledge, habits

of unremilti11g labor that \rn• never s;1ti s lied

u11til it exhauJted a question, a11.J a powc1·ful

111cmo1·y. He remai11cu a short time ( 1821)

at Lhe U11i vcrsity, "but he did not neecl, (tis J ohuson says of Shakespeare,) the spect.acles or books to study the great works of nature or

tho character of mon." He was a stuuc11t nil hia life. 'l'rnly-

-- Ile sought rich jewels ]h·o111 tho dark caves of knowlellgd,

'l'o wiu his mnsom from from those twin jailorsot the daring heart,

Low birth anU iron fortune--

n11d so •ucccsofully did he labor, that at the time of his death he had no superior in the

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coa11try upon tho science of Constitutio11nl

law, 111oral scic11cc, 01· political economy.• His anceotors were Eup;lisb. llis father,

George Swain, wns n native of Uoxhoro, i\Ja:3-

snchusett•, (born 1763.) l[e c~l111e Sonth and

aettlc<l in (h:oq.dn. lie was a man nf mark

nnd influence. He was u 111c111bcr of the con­

veution thnt revised the Constitutio11 of

Gcorgin, a11d served in tho Legislature ful' five years. His l1calth failing, he moved to

the hcallh-giving cli111ate of lluncombe, an<l was ma11y yca1·; postmnstcr nt Asheville. Ile

mn1-ricd ll!rs. Cnrnli11e Lowry, \\"idow of Unp·

tain Lowry, (who had bcc11 killeu by tho fn. dians,) ancl the da11ghte1· of Jesse Laue, ,,f 'Nnke Co1111ty, who was the p;ranJfathor of Gencrnl Joseph Laue, of Oregou, n11d Guv~rnor Swain i l>y hcl' ~1r. Swai11 lnul scvc11 cliil<ll'en,

all now clcnJ. Governor Swain was born, as stated, iu

1801, at .Asheville. Jlis early euncation ""'" couducted l1y Hov. George Newton :i11d Rev. K ~[. l'.>rtcr. He orten rel"e1Tcd ill gratitnde to their palient labors, a11d they were pro111l

c.f their diligent pupil. llis father wa• nmlJi. tiOllS for him. ffe tn11ght his SOii early lo

choose 011ly goo<l society, and to ai11) at excel~ lencc in whato\'er pu1·; 11il ho followcu . .Aller

his carlyedncation wa8 co111plcted he came (in

1821) to Hnlcigl1, whcrn he entered the Jaw

ollice of Jfon. John Lo11i• Taylor, and was ml· mittcd lo lhc b;ir i11 1823.

On the 12th of Ja1111ary fullowing, he mar­

ried :Eleanor White, dnughler of \\'illiarn

Wl1ite, late Secretary or Slate, n11d the gra111l­da11gl1tcr llf Govcrn~u· Oaswoll. Jlc thc11 re­

turucd to hia 111ountai11 home, ant.I commenced

the pr~lctico uf luw with great aucces.i.

I11 I 82-l- '25- '2ti- '2B an<l 'i9 ho was a mem­ber of" lhc Legi slature l"roui Hu11co111lie Cou11ty. During this .1ieriou ( 1827) he was elccteu 80-

* 'L'hcso wcro tho subjects of which ho was Professor in dw Uuiver;;;ity, aud upon wlliclt be <lelivorcd lee· tu res.

licitor of the E1lc11lon Distri ct ,"'"] ro<h thi • circuit 011ly once, when he re:ligncJ. In 18:30

he was a 111c111Ler of the Boaru of Internal

Irnprovmnc11t8, and was acti,·e in proltl(•tiug

the best intcrc,ts of the State. In lhe wi11tcr

of I his year he was eloctc<l Juuge of the ~II·

pcrior Conrt or Law an<I Equity. In Deccmucr, 1835, he was called lo the

prc>iclc11cy of the University. J [ere """ his proper clcmc11t, and licrc he spent the hc~t

years or his life, (till 1808.) ".Ncvcr, 11 8ays l1is alJ!e biographer, Govcru-•r

Vance, "did a Gr~cian philosopher galhol'

aron11d hi111 his llisciplcs with more pride ;\11(}

delight, tlia11 did Uover11or Swain. Tn the mid st of his tl1rec or !'our 111111tlrctl 'Loy;;' who :1111111ally •u1-rou11ded him at Uli:q1cl Jlill , he was c11Lircly at horne and l1nppy, un1l trncl1

Rocicty was lho c.:har111 of hi:; life. llis knowledge wa s cueytlopcdic in its range, es­

pecially iu l~11gli::;li literature. ::)o O\'C!'whcli11-

ing were hi :; 8lOrus, that the wrilcr rcmc11il1ul':i

with grntcl'ul pleasure, when forgetting alto­

gcll1cr the subject on hand he would st.:uid up in front of }1i ::; cla8::i 1 anJ in Hll Ullt:{llSh Of c)O·

quc uce, poetry, history, aucc<lote antl hu111ur,

wrap us all as with enchaut111c11t. Iii.-; rnu::; l rc111nrkablc trait of 111iml was his power·

ful 11tc11wry, a11d th0 (lircctiou iu which that faculty was 11otaldy exercised, wa!i in biogra. phy an•I i;c11ealogy. fo thi; pa1·licular he Ji:1,I

no tillperio1· iu .A.1n1.:nca. A youth cn1ni11g Lu collc.~c needed !lO lotter ur introduction. Not 011ly was it !;:1 iu hi.1 own ::Halo, hut frorn the m ol::! l di stant ::::i1n1thcn1 a11d Soutliwc;,tCl'll tit ates

it waa the s1imc. Knowing ull tl1e prin c ipal

t'11111ilica uf the Suutlicr11 Atlanti c ::)talc_::;, h< tuok note of their 111igratio11s westwa rd; and

wlie11 tl1ci1· sous rctur11cJ East for education

he woul1l gc11cl'ally tell tlicm more of tl1cir family hi st<HY thnn they kuew uef"orc.

"A111;1zed at Iii::; display of this genealogical

hi sto ry," Governor Vaucc continues, he 011co

askeU hi tu,'' Do11 1t you, <.:Jovernor, know when

58 WllEELEWS REMINISCENCES.

every man of North Carolina cut his eye teeth?" ·•Oh no," said he, " hut I kr.ow very well

when you, sir, had the measles." "'l'hus for a period of an ordinary lifetime

(33 year•) he de,·otcd himself to the highest and nol>lest service to his State and country in trnining the future statcsme11, ju rials and

divines of our country. Eternity alone cnn reveal the influence which he thus· indirectly

exerted on the intelligence and morals of society; not only of bis native State. hut of

all tl1nt Ya't region kno"n as tlie South and Southwest, wbero his pupils filled e\"ery pos­sible place of honor, trnot or profit. Ile pre­ferred to ti·ead the noiseless tenor of his way in the quiet paths of science nnd philanthropy thon those of political ambition. The plaudits of statesmanship, the rennwu of the warrior, had no charm• for him. Ile felt truly-

--Tho warrior's JlRme

&>J~~~ \~~~~~~1~~~~~s~o0~1~v:~~t~~~f~i~~~ame, Than he who fabhions and' improves mankind.

1' Ae an author," continues Governor Vnnce,

" with nil his stores of knowledge, and his grnat capacities, he left hut little for posterity to judge and admire. His literary reputation is confine1l to those who were his cotcmpu· rnrics, nntl such tra<litioua as affc,:tion and

friendship may prnscn·e. Many fragmentary articles from his pen and lec·tures exist; som~ of which arc preserved in the University M :igazine, relating chiefly to North Carolina l11stMy. !Ie bait collected a con•idcrable amount of historic material, nud 1t was ex­pected that he would have left a work Oil that subject as u legacy to his countrymen. His ngc, the troubled times, and an aversion to continued systematic laLor, doubtless pre­vented him."

A vast nnmberof rich tra1litions of the curly tinies nnd the men of Carolina were locked up in the vast stores of his 1nen1ory; the key to which is buried with him. Yet be was ever forward and ready to aid other laborers

in the historic field. As Caruthers, Wiley,. \V,hee.ler, and Hawks could testify. Ile materi­ally aided me in my poor efforts in this re­

spect, nnd in gratitude to him I dedicated my "History of North Carolina."

At his sug_gestion and request., with n letter from Governor Vance, in 1863 I visited Eng­land, and ~pent nil my time in the Rolls Of­fi~o collcctin_g material from the p1·igi11nl re­cords as lo the early history of North Carolina.

But his name could not hn\"e received nny additional lustre than it nli·eacly enjoyed.

His fame will fornver rest upon tho success with which he conducted the Unh·ersity of the· State. When he went to Chapel Hill there were not ninety students. In 1860 there were nearly fhe hundred. Ile clctermine<l to make its influence powerful, and he succeeded. It was by intuitive perception of character, gentle but firm administrution of 11uthority, and high considcrntion and gentlemanly treat­ment of his pup.ils. In the clns•ic hulls of the Uuiveroity he never assumed the co111ruanding anu repellant attitude of a" .Jupiter Tonans," but like the cour•e of the Apollo, leadiug by graceful manners aud gentle words his admir­irig votari.cs.

But the unhappy internecine war came-the call for men and arms to defend the homes and beartbs of the South was heard, and tho gallant youths of the University obeyed the call. Of the class of 1860," every one, (with perhaps a single exception,) entered tho ser­vice, and morn than a fourth of the entire number now fill a soldier's gruve. Every ex­ertion was need by Goveruor Swain to prt)· sm·vo the University. It was owing to his ex­ertions that the conscript law," that robbed alike the cradle and the gravo," was not rigidly e11forced, and when the Federal army took possession of Chapel Hill in 1865, a fo1r studcuts were Rtill there. In order to avert

•"Last Ninety Days of the War'' by Voruelia .Phil­li11s Spencer, .New York, 1866, 27u.

TIUNCO~!ilE COUNTY. 5!)

from the iustitution the fate of all others lyi11~ in tlie route c11' a conquering army, Gov.

Swain was appointed by Gov. Vance one of the co111111issioners to Geueral Sherman to prn­

servc tlic Capital and Univernity. After the war he visited Kew York and

Washington to interest northern capitnlistsns to the finnucial condition of the University,

and was greatly instrunienlal in securiug the land scrip donated by Congress for agricul­

tund sd1ools.

But the election of 18G8 adopted the new Constitution, an<l destroyed what war had spal"CU. The <lours of the University wns cloBc<l Ly ne,,;r11 troops, nnd with the vener­nble president, foll, unwept, without. a crime.

"This was the unki11clest cut of nil." This unexpected blow completely prostrated Gov. Swain; lii8 enel'gics seer11ed suh<lue<l, and be

seemed suddenly to grow old, losing all his

vivucity an•J clnsticity. The aLlc tribute to the UICl!lory or Gov.

Swain by Iii• life-Icing fnicnd Gov. Vance evinces the deep nffcction of the lnltcr, which lias been so liberally drawn 011, and this fecl­i.ng was rully reciprocated by .. his gentle, pat riot ic 1 nnd disti11gui::il11.H.l preceptor."

In n letter which I rcceiveu from Gov.

Swuin when at West Puint "" uneof the tJ11ard of visitors to the Uniter! State• Military Acad­emy al that place, <lated ltith Jone, 1865, he write:-> tl111s:

"I liavc been detained hcre111uch longer than I expected; I ca1111ot leave earlier than Mon­clny next, and be in Washington on Werlnes­day. I will l>e very anxious to sec Gov. Vance. \Viii it "ot be in you1· 11owcr to obtain for me pcrmis;ion from the IV ar Depart­nwnt to do so, in anticipation of my arrival? I ha,·c been hoping constantly to hear of hie recei,·ing permis::;ion to return home. Please Wl"ite to me in11ncdiatcly to New York. I will prohauly hnYe mily a day to spend i11 \'{ash­ington, and during tliat day I rnust see Gov. Vnnce

''I re111ain very truly yours, ~'· D. L ... SWAIN.' 1

I procnrcd for him the desirecl permit, and togc1hc1· we went to the Carroll l'rison, whern we 111et in the snme place the 0Mernors of three so\·crcign StatcH "i11 <l11ra11cc vile," Gov. Vn11cc, Gov. Bl'own. of Virgi11ia, ttnd Gov. Lctcl1cr, of Virgi11in. Tlic cause of the visit of Gov. Swain to ,V,1slii11gto11 at. this tin1c (20tb ~lay, 1865,) wa•11n invitatiu11 fro111 tlic l'rcsidcnl of the U11ited States. Andrew Juh11::;011, exte11cled also to Il. i11. Moore, n11U

'Vi I liarn l~ttton, to co usu It in regard to" Hcco11-stn1cLion of tho Union."

This was no i1llc co111plin1c11t. The country

hnd just ended a lout!, cxhaustiug- 1111'1 <leso~

lnting war. The Pl'c:;iJc11t, Lincoln, had l1ccn

murdered by au assassin; c,·ery Urn11ch of industry was pa1·1dyzcd; the cnmmcrcc of n 11ation dcstruycd, u11d confui:iion a111l di;111ay pervaded every section. Thal. the Prcisi1le11t shonl1l call from their h.n111et1 men

who had never tigurcd in the field or the foru1n, lrnt only kuow11 as pt1l'C. ho11ornUlc 1.rn<l Cl•11scie11 t iuus tHcn, was cv1dc11ce of hid sagacity and uf tl1cir hil(h character.

They met the President on 22d ~lay, 18G5, al his oflicc in the Trea,;ury. Neither of them personally knew the l'rcsirlcnt, and r intro­duced thc111. I tlic11 wtts about to retire whl)u the President. rc<1ucsted me to remain an<l p11rticipalc in lhc con1rnltation. No qucstious of ruorc vital importance tu tbc 8ontl.t since tlie foundation of the Govcr11mc11t were cve1·

uiscnssctl. All of those who participu!cd in that cu11ferencc have gone. No account ha.a ever been published of their deliberation•. Fron1 my diary of that elate I extract the fol­

lowi11g:

''Saturday, 20th May, 18f.5.-Mr. A. G. Allen, editor of the National Intdtigencer, lllet me on the street and informed me that Gov. Vance, of our State, had been hr•Hl;(ht to the city, a prisoner of war, and that I might do good by going to sec him, und that Gov. Swain was at the Elibitt House and wi&hcd to see we. I went to the EbLitt lion•• and found Goy:

GO Wlll!:ELEll'S REMINISCENCES.

S. :111d Willinm Ea.ton,jr. Gov. S. 11ccon1pa­nit.•<l 1110 horne.. I scut for bis haggngc. as he Wishes to ue lllOl'C quie:t than at the hotel. Ile, with l\fessrs. Ento11 n.11J ~[oorc, arc here, invited by the !'resident lo ad vise measures to restore North C.::irnlina to the Union.

" Sunday, 21st lif.ty.-Gov. S. 11cco111panied 111c to churc. Dr. J 'inckney preached.

"111 eve11i11~, at rt.•quest of Gov. S. n11J .Mr. Moore, 1 called on the I'resident und n1adc anan;.{clllents for tlicir mccti11g at 2 .. P· m. tu-nnHTOW.

11 Jllo1nl·ty, 22d lllay.-Gov. Swnin e11gagc(l in writing, preparing for the c.:011fcre11ec with the President.

,, At 2 I WC !1l with lii111 and ~lessrs. ntoorlJ and E:1to11 to the l'rt!si<lt!nt's oflicc and intL't>­duced then1. ~lr. Thomas :111d General Mussey, or Lcwisb ur ~ . \'v"CJ'C with him.

·'After i11.t l'11<lucing thcn1 I arose to l'ctire, wlic11 the President l\!..{;.tiu Ucsircll 1ue lo remain. A co11ferc11ce deeply i11terc;li11g- i11 all its ue­tails o<.:c111-rcU.

·"l'11c !'resilient directe<.I his Secretary to rea d a pro<::la11111tiun wliich ho µropuscd to i &-;1 1c, a11J all anrn csty to certain clt\sScs Uy which North Cnl'Olinn was to be ro;torc<l to the U11ion. Ile invited "fra11k, free, and open discuss1011.

".\1 r. ~\looro, w i l h OHH:h dccisiun, car11cstucss, nnd c"untgu, du1101111ceil Lim pla.11, especially as tut lie clas::>es \\'Ito were lo be cxc111ptcd from l' ' '"'lo11. The plan, he alleged, w:is illegal, a11d he dc11icd thc,powerof the l'resiue11t to issue it. u ~ den-1a11dcd or hilll whel'C in th e o.rn. :;titutio11 or Laws lie found such µower. The l'rcside11t replied 'that uy l \T Art.,-! Sec., the, U 11itcd t>tates slrnll gu:irantce to e\·e1·y State a Hl'JJUblil·a11 fon11 of Govcrnme11t, &c. ~ "l'ruc,' 1·cplicd ~lr. ;\loore, 'bul the l'resi­d u11t ia 11ut tl1c United Stntcs.'

"As tu excrnpli11g from all pa1·clo11, or l'cguir. i11g all ptJr;;u11s ow11i11g a certai11 amou11t of property to lie pardu11ed 1 was s imply rH.licu. lo us. You rniglit ns well s 1y that every man wlto had bread nud 111c:.1t e11ou~h to feed liis ra111iiy WU:3 u trnitor, a.ud lilU ~ t Uc pardoned.' \Ir. 1\loore co11ti:iueJ in that tiamc caustic n.1a1111er, lo exn11lino othc1· }JOiuts of the pro. t:lamatiou, atH.l i:.pccially the nppointme11t of' a (1u\'er11or Uy tlie l>resident, aveni11g that tbe P1·esicle11t had no such power. He ti11ally sug­gestc1l to the J;'rcside11t to meddle as lillle a; possiulc with the olnle, that she was nule to take care of herself by aid nf her own citi­ze11s; that his plan was to let the Legislature be called, which, n• the Governor was a pris-

011er, the S.penkcl'S of tho Le!{islnture conl<i do; then the Legislature would authorize .the people to cull a Co11vc11tio11, who could repeal the Secession Ordina11ce of the 20th of May, 1861, and thus 1·cstore good co1Tc•pondc11ce with the U11io11, with theJ·ighlsof the State 11n­i111p11ire<l and her dig11ity respected. '!'he rresident li stened with much attention, and borc with great dignity the fiery phillipics of Mr. Moore.

"Uovcr110!' Swaiu, iu a long a11<l temperate speech, but with mnch earnest11ess, a.dvocatcd the plan of ~fr. Moore . Uc delailecl circum­sta11ccs of much iuterest before unknown, illustrative or his COlll'ile. and that of Gov­ernors G rnharn and Vance. Ho 1·ead severnl letters from Gover11or Graham.

"'!'lie 1'reoide11t stated ' that he appreciated the able views and the 1'1·a11k enu11ciatio11; of his frie11ds, but still thought thnt the Provisional Governor should bo appoi11ted uy the lJnited States; that lhc Preside11t wns the Exec11ti\'e Office1· of lhe Uuitccl State;, a11d thcrcforo, tho Governor, lit..: thought, slwulcl Uc appoi utoU by hi111. lic uid 11ot seem mud1 i11 c li11e<l to give any grnund. As it was tl1e11 half-p.tst six: o'clock he adjour11ed tl1e Co11fercnce tu meet ngnin 011 'l'l1ursday next at 2 p. m.'"

" 'l'hursday, 25th Ma,y, 18G5. • "At 2 o'clock I weut with Governor Swain

to tho Prcs1do11i's liouse; we found ~lcssrs. Moore and Eatu11, a11d abo \\T. IV. Holden, R P. Di ck, Hichard Mason, J. 1'. H. H11os, Ricliard :=io1t, Be\', ~Ir. ~ki11ner, DI'. Hoi,t. J. l'owcll, a11d Colonel Jo11es. The !'resident laid before ns the Amnesty l'rnclamatio11, hy which ho proposecl to re:store the t>tate of North Carolina lo tho U11io11, a ~lililary Gov­ernor to be app•> i11ted by the l'r.isi<lent, who should proceed forthwith to u1·ga11izo the Stale Government; direct the people to call u. Uu11ve11tio11, appoint Judges, o!Jicers, &c.

" The L'residc11t f11rthc1· stn:cd that the name of the l-'erson as Uovcl'nor was ptll'p03cly left blank i11 the prnclamalion, n11d req11e;tcd that we ~houlll sclel!t some 11a1ne, and that whocvel' we selected he woul<l 1tppoint. Tho Presidc11t. the11 retil'tJ(_l.

"Governor Swain stalc<l t.Lrnt it wus n pre­ferable 111utlc to him, anti . more in acconlanco with lhe laws of tforth C.:arnlina, t.hat the Co11-ve11tiou sl1onld be culled by Lile Legislature, which eould ue su111111011cd uy the Speaker of the Se11atc, or they might meet of their ow11 accord. But the 1'1·esidcnt wns 11nwilli11g to trust that body.

"'Mr. Eaton declared himself opposed to the

DUNCOMBE C.:OlJN'l'Y. HI

appointment of Governor by the President; t.hat he was only invited for advice a11d con­ference, and 11ot fo1· maki11g office•, anti that he would not unite in auy 1·ecomme11<lation of a11y one for this, or n11y othe1· oflice.

"It was then proposed to organize the meeting: nn<l on motion of Dr. Powell, 1\'lr. Moore was called to the chair.

".Afr. i\loorc said he conc1l!'red in the saga. cious views of Mr. l~aton, n11d declined to tako the chai1'. !Ic, with Governor Swai11 and Eato11, retired to another l'OOm."

"Dr. Powell then moved that Oolonol J. P. IL Huss lie ''i'Poi11tcd chairman, which was carried, n11d on motion of Dr. Powell, the name of 'vV. \V. lloluc11 was i11serled as Gov­ernor.

"The President was then sent for, who came in a11tl seemed gratified at tho selection.

"The party then di spersed. "'The Pre$idc11t gave Governor Swai u and

myself permits to visit Gover11or Va11ce in !Jl'iSull.

"Frida.v, 2Glh May, 18G5. " • • Governor Swai11 and myself rode

to Carrol Pri::;on where we saw Guver11or Vance, Governor Letcher, n.nd Governor Ilrown confinl!<l in the same pla~c. GovernUl' Vance was in gpo<l spirits a11d health.

"Governor Corwi11, of Ohio, also called to sec Governor Vance, and <lenollnccd the .out­rage of impl'isoning him without process of Jaw an<l without crirne, tine~ Q-overnors of sovcrei,;;11 Slates conlincd together, and he pl'Omisetl Va11ce that he should use evory effort to get him out. Which pledge he nouly re­deemed.

·•He a;kcd Vance, •for what crime was he impri:wncd ?'

"\Tancc nq,Jicd, 'lie di<l .not know,' 'un· less that Go\'el'll111· lloldcn, wlio had voted for th e Onli11n11cc of Secession i11 Uo11ve11ti1rn,anJ haLl plc<lgc'<l llie la"t 111t1n :.111J the List d.,llal', and failed to 1·cdec1u hi.:! pl edge, null now he, Vn11ce, wa.s JiL; ::;cc111·ity, nnd had to suffer.'

"\Vu rernaincd wilh Gov. Vance 111orc tlia11 an hour, when WtJ rctnl'l1ed to my house.

".As wcaLlicr \\'HS rainy a1ul disagreeable, Gov. Swni11 remained within dool'::;, ::n<l we conversed 011l·bto1·ical111attcr::i, and the stirring cvc11ts of the last few days, of which ho fo1·e­hodl's much l..Vil.

"I read, :~t his request, n1y d i;11·.r /' (as above rcco1·de<l.)

"lle asked fo1· a c11py, as he thought it con­ci•e and correct, to send to Mrs. S."

The memori es of these times cannot bul be

intcresti11~, as sliowing the pro1ninc11t l!art thal Gov. Swain bore in t.hc::;e eventful scc11es,

a11d the sad c1111<lition of rdl'airs. They liave

ne\'er been publishecl. (3ov. Swain, after visiting New )~ork, re­

turned ho1ne with feelin!{S of depression t1nd

distress.

J lopi11g to restore tone to hia rnind und urnly,

uoforc taking a fi11al le.we of Chapel Hill, he wns JJreparing for n visit to his native rnou11-tains of H11ncomue. On the 11th August, l8G8

1 ritli11g in nu open lrnggy, hid liorac took

fright, ran away, and tltrew him with violence to the grvund. llc was canic•l homo i11 a

!Jruisctl con<lit.io11. No 0110 tliought lii111 sel'i­ou;ly in,il11·ed; but his lwur had come. 011 27lh August he f'ainle<l away, a11<.I without a strug.~lc or ~1·uan passo<l fro1n time to ctc1·­

nity. Gov. S. married, 12th January, 182-l, as

previoualy stated, J.£lcanor, daughter of \Vi I­

lium White, Seeretary of Stale, (177il lo 18ll ,) anu grnnddaughlc1· of Gov. Wchard Caswell. ]lid widow now resides in l{;\Jeigl1. A daugh­ter, who married Gonernl Aila11 (in 18G5, J of Illi11ois, where ishe now 1·esi<lcs. Gov. S. 1s re­

main~ a.ro iut errcd at Haleigh.

\Ve have 11ow tini sh Jd, from a11thcnlic sourcl~S, an account of the ser\'icc::; of David L. ~wai11, or which hia St.:1tc may wull li e

pl'Oud. fo l1is publi c as well us his private character, lhcrc was much to admire u11tl t~>

love. J\ S a fiitale.-H11a11 n1Hl politi ci:1n lw was pat­

rioLic, yet couscl'\'1Lti\'C autl cautious. J{·1tl1er a !1clicvcr in 8t. Paul'.:; advi ce , if it be pD~:-Si­

ble, live ill peace with all me11 --alinost ,·erg· i11g u11 the pnwlice of the good saint of-

Bciug all things to al1 men.

1le certainly 11 cver was inloleraut or vi11Uic.

tive. In the early <lays of the Hepublic he woulu have been a Federnlist; in the log cabin

Register 10, page 293, re Gorham family:

"The following account of the family in England and France, we take from Mr. Savage's 'Gleanings for New England History' - -Hist. Coll., Vol. 8, 3d series, and from the valuable work in the library of the N. E. Hist. and Gen. Society of this city, entitled "Collectanea, Topographica and Genea­logica," communicated by Rev. George C. Gorham, of Remenham, England.

"This family was descended from the De Gorrams, of La Tanniere, in Brittany, where William, son of Ralph de Gorram, built a castle in 1128. It was situated in the town of Gorram, from which place, doubtless, the family name originated. A branch came over to England with the Conqueror. Sir Hugh de Gorram died at Churchfield in 1332, from which time the family declined, but continued in that vicinity, at Benefield, King's Cliff and Glapthorne, till the latter part of the 17th century. The only remaining branch of the Northamptonshire Gorhams, settled at St. Neats, in Hunting­donshire, about 1676, and is still continued in the Rev. Geo. C. Gorham mentioned above as the author of an elaborate account of the Anglo-Norman family of the name in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, and who possesses many ancient charters and seals of the Norman family, from 1162 to 1238, when it became extinct in France.

The Gorhams of New England are supposed to have emigrated from Benefield, in Northamptonshire, in the reign of Charles the first. In the Register of Baptisms is found the following entry: "John Gorram, son of Ralph Gorram, baptized Jan. 28, 1621," the name of Ralph is not found in any subsequent register, neither is the death of John recorded. Hence it is probable both Ralph and John quitted Benefield for some other abode. It was probably, therefore, this Ralph Gorram who had a grant of land in New Plymouth, in 1637, and that John, of Barnstable, before mentioned, was his son. The father of Ralph, above mentioned, who emigrated to New England, was James, of Benefield, b. 1550, married Agnes Bemington, 1572, and died 1576. Ralph was born 157 5. The name has been variously spelt. Gorram, (the most ancient mode) Goram, Gorran, Goran, Garren, and its English orthography of Gorham.

TH AS !ESTER VALLIANT ( 1888

Thomas lester Valliant was the fifth child and last child born to Thomas Newton Valliant and hie wife Louisa Jane Henderson

Thomas lester Valliant was born Oct 9, 1888.

Thomas Lester V lliant married to audie Young about Jan 1909 Their two daught r s are

I.Winona Valliant married

2510 Sanger, aco, Texas Vr Joseph Cook of --------

II. Iesta Vaudine Valliant married Vr Joseph Herring of 3204 Lasker Ave, Waco, Texas

Jlr Thomas Lester Valliant died at ndham, Texu Oct 20, 1923.

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Paul V. Rudden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooklyn George A. Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston Vito Summa, Jr. .. . . . ... .... ... . ... . . Brooklyn

Horace E. Frame . ... ...... New York-Wm. St. W. Ray Turley, Jr. .... ... . .. . ....... Louisville C. Douglas Freberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas James Watchmaker ..... . .... . .. . .. . ... Boston Arthur C. Granville, J r. . . .. .. . . . . .... . . Boston Albert J. Wiener . . . .. .. . . ... ....... .. Chicago Donald H. Griffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Des Moines Kenneth Wier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham Benjamin Hallock, Jr . .... . ... . ... . .... Syracuse D. Lee Wilcher . .. .. . .. . .. . ..... . . .. Cincinnati Walter H. Hart . . . . .... . .. . .. . . . .... . . . Toledo Dean E. Wolcott . .... .. . . .... . . . . ... . . Buffalo Charles C. Hawes, Jr. . .... . ... . .. . .. Shreveport Thomas J . Wolff . .. . ... .. ... .... . . . .. Hartford Charles A. Hodges, Jr ............. . . Baltimore Melvin P. Ziegler .... . ........ . .... . . Hartford

Barton G. Lane, Sr.

Our deepest sympathies go to the family of Barton G . Lane, Sr. , who died on March 8 in San An­tonio, Texas. He was 82 years old.

Mr. Lane joined the /Etna Life at San Antonio in 1925 and the following year was named Agency Supervisor. He served in that ca­pacity until 1931 when he retired from active business although keeping a contract with the Com­pany.

He was a graduate of Southwest­ern University and a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He was also a member of St. Mark's Epis­copal Church and Alamo Lodge No. 44, A.F. & A.M.

Messrs. Blair, Boyce, and Mock of the Agency served as pallbearers and General Agent Twyman acted as honorary bearer at the funeral.

James L. Wallin

It is with deep sympathy that we report the death, on March 25, of James L. Wallin of Little Rock. He had been confined to St. Vin­cent's Infirmary almost continually since January 3 following an op­eration.

Mr. Wallin was an outstanding

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underwriter and had compiled an enviable record through the nearly twenty years that he had been with the Company. During his career, he had qualified for the Regionals 12 times including this year's meet­ing. Seven of these times he had been a quick qualifier. He had also been a member of the Life Leaders Club ten times.

He was buried in Roselawn Cemetery beside his wife who died in February, 1955.

Mark M. Borland

It was tragic news to learn that one of the victims of the airplane crash at Pittsburgh on April 1, was Mark M. Borland of the Reading Agency. He was on his way home to York, Pennsylvania after spend­ing the Easter holidays at his par­ents' home near Pittsburgh.

Mr. Borland joined the Com­pany's Group Department in 1950 upon graduation from Pennsylvania State College where he was a mem­ber of Phi Gamma Delta Frater­nity. He was then called to the service and when discharged two years later, was assigned to the Philadelphia Agency. Subsequently, he went to the Reading Agency. This past January, he w· s ap-

pointed manager of the Group De­partment of the newly opened branch office of the Reading Agency in York.

Our heartfelt sympathies to his family and many friends.

Alonzo K.. Bailey

With deep sorrow, we record the death of Alonzo K. Bailey of Montgomery, West Virginia, on March 8. He had represented the /Etna Life since 1926. A full-time representative during his first twelve years in the life insurance business, he became manager of the Mountain State Insurance Agency in 1938, although retain­ing his contract. with the Com­pany.

An outstanding producer of quality business, Mr. Bailey had qualified for the Regionals many times during his affiliation with the Company.

He was an elder and member of the Montgomery Presbyterian Church, the Royal Arch Masons, and Berri Kedem Temple of Charleston, West Virginia. At the t:me of his death, he was president of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce and a director of the state Chamber of Commerce.

The Life t'Etna-izer

l

Observations of a

Career Underwrite1•

Wally Ott , center, and John Duling listen as Cochran Fisher, C.L.U., queries Leaders Panel.

by Wallace E. Ott, San Francisco An adaptation of Mr. Ott's talk before the SOth Anniversary of the San Francisco Life Underwriters Association.

AFTER MANY YEARS in the Cashier's Department, I felt I wanted to enlarge my field of action, and as I stepped out from behind a desk into the world of selling, I decided life underwriting would be my career. At that time I went to my dictionary, and found the word "career" defined as:

"A profession or other calling demanding special preparation and undertaken as a life work."

I already had some of the "special preparation"­fundamentals about policy contracts, rate books, beneficiary and settlement arrangements, loans and premiums.

However, the part of the definition that hit me was:

May, 1956

"Calling ... undertaken as a life work." So I burned my bridges behind me and went into

the field, determined to make life underwriting my career. I promised myself I would do whatever was necessary for me to know inside and enable others to see I am a Career Life Insurance Counsel­lor.

While I am not at all satisfied with my accomplish­ments to date, I vision greater things ahead. Let me recite a few of the intermediate goals I have reached.

I am not a member of the MDRT, neither am I the number one man with the .-Etna Life.

However, since I started eight years ago, I have been continuously on the Company's Leaders List-

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Ancest1al File (TM) ver 416F FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HUSBAND: William COOKE JR (AFN : 4QFF - G6)

BORN : Cl\ 1633 PLACE : Bristol , Gloucester Co . , England

CHR.: PLACE:

DI ED: PLACE : Bristol , Gloucester Co . , England

BUR. : 9 Aug 1698 PLACE :

MAR .: Abt 1697 PJ,ACE:

FATHER: William COOKE (AFN : 4QFF - lX)

MOTHER: Mary (MILES) (AFN : 4QFF 24)

OTHER WIVES: Joan (AFN:CSQZ - SF)

WIFE : Joan JANE (AFN:L64D - 79)

BORN : Abt 1640 PLACE:

CHR .: PJ,ACE :

DIED : Abt 1720 PLACE :

BUR.: 27 Jun 1720 PLACE :

Isle

Isle

Isle

Isle

FATHER : Hugh ROPER (AFN : L64D - 5X)

MOTHER : Mrs . Hugh ROPER (AFN : L64D - 64)

OTHER HUSBANDS :

Sex CHILDREN

1 . NAME : Henry COOKE {AFN : L64C - XR)

Of Wight Co , Virgi n ia

0( Wight Co , Virginia

0( Wight Co , Virginia

Of Wight Co , Virginia

BORN : Abt 1653 PLACE : Isle Of Wight Co , Virginia

M CHR. :

DIED :

BUR . : 9 Aug 1698

SPOUSE:

MJ\R.:

PLACE :

PL ACE :

PLACE : Isle Of Wi ght Co , Virginia

PLACE :

2 . NAME: William COOKE (AFN : L64C - ZX)

M

BORN : /\bl 1654

CHR.:

DIED :

BUR.: 17 Nov 1740

SPOUSE :

MJ\R .:

PLACE : Isle Of Wight Co , Virginia

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE : Isle Of Wight Co , Virginia

PLACE :

3 . NAME : Reuben COOKE (AFN : L64D - 03)

M

4 .

M

BORN : [ 1656]

CHR. :

DIED :

BUR . : 1 Aug 1751

SPOUSE:

MAR.:

NAME : Elizabeth COOKE

BORN : [1658]

CHR. :

DIED :

BUR .:

SPOUSE :

MAR. :

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE :

PLACE: Isle Of Wight Co , Virginia

PLACE :

(AFN:LG4D 18)

PLACE :

PLACE :

PLACE :

PLACE :

PLACE :

?

Codes : AFN=Ancestral File Number B=Baplized E=Endowed SS=Sealed Lo Spouse

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Ancestral File (TM) - ver 416F FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HUSBAND : William COOKE JR (AFN:4QFF - G6)

WIFE : Joan JANE (AFN:L64D - 79)

Sex CHILDREN (Continued)

5. NAME : Thomas COOKE (AFN:L647 - 8R)

BORN : Abt 1680 PLACE : Isle

M CHR .: PLACE :

DIED : PLACE:

BUR . : 22 Nov 1736 PLACE : Wayne

SPOUSE : Mary JONES (AFN : L647 - 9X)

MAR . : Abt 1703 PLACE : Isle

6. NAME: John COOKE (AFN:L64D - 2F)

M

BORN : Abt 1680

CHR . :

DIED:

PLACE:

PLACE :

PLACE :

Of Wight Co, Virginia

Co, Nor th Carolina

Of Wight Co, Virginia

BUR . : 2 Apr 1762

SPOUSE:

PLACE: Isle Of Wight Co, Virginia

MAR.: PLACE:

7. NAME: Sarah COOKE (AFN:L64D 9M)

F

- BORN : Abt 1601

CHR. :

DIED :

BUR.:

PLACE: Isle Of Wight Co, Virginia

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE :

SPOUSE: Samuel CORNWALL (AFN : L64D - 8G)

MAR .: Abt 1700 PLACE: Isle Of Wight Co , Virginia

8 . NAME: Joanna COOKE (AFN : L64D - CO)

F

9 .

10 .

BORN : Abt 1683

CHR . :

DIED:

BUR.:

PLACE: Isle Of Wight Co, Virginia

PLACE:

PI,ACE :

PLACE :

SPOUSE : Unknown BUR.AH (AFN:LG4D BS)

MAR. : Abt 1700 PLACE:

NAME :

BORN : PLACE:

CHR . : PLACE :

DIED : PLACE:

BUR .: PLACE:

SPOUSE:

MAR .: PLACE :

NAME :

BORN : PLACE :

CHR. : PLACE :

DIED : PLACE :

BUR.: PLACE:

SPOUSE :

MAR.: PLACE:

Codes : AFN ~AncestraJ File Number B=BapU zed E=Endowed SS =Sealed to Spouse

11 OCT 1996

BORN: CA 1633

BORN: Abt 1640

SP =Sealed to Parents

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Ancestral File (TM) - ver 416F

HUSBAND: William COOKE JR (AFN :4QFF - G6)

WIFE: Joan JANE (AFN : L64D-79)

OTHER MARRIAGES

HUSBl\ND: Wi llicim COOKE JR (l\FN:4QFF - G6)

SPOUSE : Jocin (AFN : CSQZ SF)

MAR.: PLACE :

Codes: AFN =Ancestral File Number

FAMILY GROUP RECORD OTHER MARRIAGES

B=Baptized E=Endowed SS=Sealed to Spouse

11 OCT 1996

BORN: CA 1633

BORN: Abt 1640

SP=Sealed to P"'"'ents

Copyright© 1987, August 1993 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints . All rights reserved.

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Ancestral File (TM) - ver 416F FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HUSBAND: William COOKE (AFN:4QFF - 1X)

BORN : Abt 1613

CHR .: Mar 1613

DIED: 27 Mar 1613

BUR.: 4 Jul 1635

MAR.: 4 Jun 1632

PL/ICE: Bri stol , Gloucester, Eng

PLACE: St Augustine Parish Church

PLACE: , Surry Co. , VA

PLACE:

PL/ICE:

FATHER: Phillip COOKE (/IFN:4QFF 39)

MOTHER: ElizabeU1 (llFN : 4QFF 4G)

OTHER WIVES : Mary BLACKBORNE (AFN : CSQZ-MK) and 3 Others

WIFE: Mary (MILES) (AFN:4QFF - 24)

BORN: Abt 1613/1615

CHR.:

DIED: 1716

BUR .:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

FATHER: (William MILES) (AFN : CSQZ-PW)

MOTHER: Unknown

OTHER HUSBANDS: Robert LACEY (AFN : CSQZ - Q3)

Sex CHILDREN

1. NAME: Frances COOK(E) (AFN:4QFF - OR)

F

BORN: CA11640

CHR.:

PLACE: ' Isle 0( Wight Co., VA

PL/ICE :

2 .

M

DlED : Cl\ 1721

BUR. :

PLACE : ' lsle 0( Wight Co ., VA

PLACE :

SPOUSE : John PERSON SR (AFN : 4QFD - ZM)

MAR.: CA 1658 PLACE : ' Isle Of Wight Co., VA

NAME: William COOKE JR (AFN:4QFF - G6)

BORN: CA 1633 PLACE: Bristol, Gloucester Co .,

CHR. : PLACE :

DIED : PLACE : Bristol, Gloucester Co . ,

England

England

BUR.: 9 Aug 1698 PLACE: Isle Of Wight Co, Virginia

SPOUSE: Joan JANE (AFN:L64D - 79) and 1 Others

MAR.: Abt 1697 '

PLACE : Isle Of Wighl Co, Virginia :

3. NN·1E: Phillip COOKE (AFN:4QFF HC )

M

4 .

BORN: 5 Jan 1637

CHR .:

DIED :

BUR.:

SPOUSE:

MAR.:

NAME:

BORN:

CHR. :

DIED:

BUR. :

SPOUSE:

MAR.:

PL/ICE : Dtislol, Cloucesler , Eng

PLACE :

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE :

PLACE :

PLACE:

Codes: AFN • llnc estral File Number B• Baptized E=Endowed SS=Sealed to Spouse

11 OCT 1996 Page 1

SP=Sealed to Parents

Ancestral File (TM) ver 416F

HUSBAND : William COOKE (AFN : 4QFF - 1X)

WIFE: Mary (MILES) (l\FN:4QFF -2 4)

OTHER MARRIAGES

HUSBAND: William COOKE (AFN : 4QFF lX)

SPOUSE: Mary BLACKBORNE (AFN:CSQZ - MK)

Fl\MILY GROUP RECORD - OTHER MARRIAGES

MAR .: 4 Jun 163 2 PLACE : Bristol, Gloucester Co. , England

SPOUSE: Anne COOKE (l\FN : L64H - 31)

MAR.: Aft 1667 PLACE:

SPOUSE: Mary COOKE (l\FN:L6411 46)

MAR.: Aef 1679 PLl\CE:

SPOUSE : Anne (AFN:CSQZ - NQ)

MAR . : PLACE :

WIFE : Mary (MILES) (AFN:4QFF -2 4)

SPOUSE: Robert LACEY (AFN : CSQZ - QJ)

MAR.: M Before 10 Nov PLACE :

CHILD 2: WilU am COOKE JR ( AFN: 4QFF - G6)

SPOUSE: Joan (AFN: CSQZ - SF)

MAR .: PLACE :

11 OCT 1996

BORN : Abt 1613

BORN : Abt 1613/1615

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Ancestral File (TM) ver 4 16F FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HU SBAN D: Phillip COOKE (AFN:4QFF 39)

BORN:

CHR.: 27 Dec 1589

DIED : 27 Dec 1589

BUR . :

MAR . :

PLACE: Bristol, Gloucester , Eng

PLACE: St Augustine Parish Church

PLACE : Bri stol, Gloucester Co . , England

PLA CE :

PLACE:

FATHER : Ric hard COOKE (AFN : L6 4G- Wl)

MOTHER : Mrs. Richard COOKE (AFN:L64G - X6)

OTHER WIVES: Mrs . Philip COOKE (AFN : L64C - QQ) and 1 Others

WIFE: Elizabeth (AFN:4QFF - 4G)

BORN: Abt 1591

CHR .:

DIED :

BUR. :

FATHER :

MOTHER :

OTHER HU SBANDS :

Sex CHILDREN

1. NAME: William COOKE

BORN : Abt 1613

M CHR .: Mar 1613

DIED : 27 Mar 1613

BUR .: 4 JuJ 1635

SPOUSE : Mary (MILES)

MAR. : 4 Ju n 1632

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

(AFN:4QFF - 1X)

PLACE : Bristol, Gloucester, Eng

PLACE: St Augustine Parish Church

PLACE : . Surr y Co ., VA

PLACE :

(AFN : 4QFF - 24) and 4 Others

PLACE:

2. NAM E: Anne COOKF. (AFN: J,64G SH)

F

ROHN: Abt 1614

CHR . :

DIED : Abt 1614

BUR .:

SPOUSE:

MAR. :

PLACE : Bristol , Gloucester Co ., England

PLACE:

PLACE: Bristol, Gloucester Co . , England

PLACE:

PLACE:

3. NAME: Anne COOKE (AFN:4QFF - JJ )

F

BORN : 2 Oct 1614

CHR.:

DIED :

BUR.:

SPOUSE :

MAR .:

PLACE: Bristol, Gloucester, Eng

PLACE:

PLACE :

PLACE :

PJ,ACE:

4 . NAME: Lucie COOKE (AFN : 4QFF -KP)

F

BORN: 15 Feb 1626/7

CHR.:

DIED:

BUR. :

SPOUSE:

MAR. :

PLACE: Bristol, Glouc ester, Eng

PLACE:

PLACE:

PJ,ACE:

PLACE :

Codes: AFN=Ancestral File Number B=Bapti zed E=Endowed SS=Sealed to Spouse

11 OCT 1996 Page 1

SP=Sealed to Parents

Ancestral File (TM) - ver 416F FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HUSBAND : Phillip COOKE (AFN : 4QFF - 39)

WIFE: Elizabeth (AFN:4QFF - 4G)

Sex CHILDREN (Continued)

5. NAME: Mary COOKE (AFN:4QFF - LV)

F

BORN: 22 Aug 1628

CHR.:

PLACE : Bristol, Gloucester , Eng

PLACE:

DIED: PLACE:

BUR. : PLACE:

SPOUSE :

MAR.: PLACE:

6 . NAME : Martha COOKE (AFN:4QFF - M2)

F

BORN: 13 Jan 1610/l

CHR . :

DIED:

BUR. :

SPOUSE :

MAR.:

7. NAME:

BORN:

CHR.:

DIED :

BUR.:

SPOUSE :

MAR. :

8 . NAME:

BORN :

CHR .:

DIED :

BUR .:

SPOUSE:

MAR .:

9 . NAME :

BORN:

CHR .:

DIED :

BUR. :

SPOUSE:

MAR.:

10 . NAME :

BORN:

CHR .:

DIED :

BUR . :

SPOUSE:

MAR.:

PLACE : RrJstol, Gloucester , Eng

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE :

PLACE :

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

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PLACE:

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PLACE:

PLACE:

PLACE:

Codes: AFN =Ancestral File Number B=Baptized E=Endowed SS=Sealed to Spouse

11 OCT 1996 Page 2

BORN:

BORN : Abt 1591

SP=Sealed to Parents

OLIVER, Jamee Patent Book JL, Page 596

1900 acres on Allens Creek, adjoining Murray, et als.

7-15-1 760

PARHAM, Ephraim Patent Book 15, Page Lll

13n acres on Routh side of Roan o ke River. 1-27-1734

PARHAM, Lewi~ Patent Book 28, Pa ge 218

388 acres on b o th sides of middle fork of Bluestone Cr e ek.

10-1-1747

PARKER, John Patent Book 24, Page 259

327 acres on north side of Dry Creek, adjoining Stephen Evans.

6-5-17L6

Patent Book 25, Page 578

278 acres on both sides of Little Creek. 1-12-1746

PARRISH, Jamee Patent Book 26, Page L6

385 acres on west side of Butchers Creek. 6-25-1747

PENNINGTnN, James Patent Book Ll, Page LOO

135 acres on Avents Creek adjoining ht~ own land, and adjoinin g William Pennington.

6-15-1773

PENNINGTON, Sack (Isaac) Patent Book Ll, Page 399

405 acres on Jeneto and Avents Creeks, adjoinin g Pennington, Malone, et als.

6-15-1773

PENNINGTON, WiJliam Patent Book 19, Page 917

274 acres on south side of Meherrin River, adjoining Malone a n d hiR own line.

3-24-111.io

Patent Book 33, Pa ge 66

56

-~r .

l·I )67 acres on both sides of Stiths Creek, adjoining

William Hagood. 8-16-175 6

Patent Book 3L, Page 1002

uOO acres on both sides of Miles Creek, adjoining Hudf'on, et als.

3-25-1762

Patent Book Ll, Page uOl

LlO acres on Avents Creek, adjoining his own land and adj oinin g John Brown, Junr., et ale.

6-15-177)

PHIFER, Martin Patent Book 32, Page ul)

795 acres on head branch of south fork of Allene Creek.

11-1-1 754

PINSON, Aaron Patent Book 29, Page 495

40u acres on south side of Roanoke River. 8-5-1751

POINDEXTER, Philip Patent Book 31, Page 6u5

1250 acres on south side of Meherrin River. 9-10-1755

POOL, Adam Patent Book 3L, Page 829

304 acres on west side of Flatt Creek, adjoining Taylor Duke. 2-lL-1761

POOL, William Patent Book 29, Page 228

330 acres on both sides of Flatt Creek, adjoining James Mitchell. 6 5 -1-17 0

Patent Book 29, Page u28

178 acres on upper side of Flatt Creek. 4-10-1751

Patent Book 30, Page 406

87 acres on lower side of Flatt Creek, adjoining Amos Timms. 11-3-1750

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BROWN, Chs. Died before 10 March 1824 when the heirs were on the delinquent tax list. (Crl TN, Co Ct Min, 1/142)

BROWN, David Died before 1 December 1828 when the will bearing date 31st January 1826 was presented for probate. William Brown contested the will. Another will bearing date 17th November 1828 was presented for probate and was contested by David Brown. (Tip TN, Co Ct Min, A/191) John Robison was appointed Administrator Pendentelita of the estale of David Brown Deed. during the pending litigation to determine the validity of two wins. (Ibid 192) Honour Brown the widow of David Brown Snr. deed. came into open court and disented to Two wills of the said David Brown which have been presented for probate. (Ibid 196) A years provision was set off to Honour Brown by William McGuire, Bini Ashburn and Hobson Ferrell. (Ibid 197) 5 March 1829 a suit by David Brown vs William Brown was heard . The jury found that the will was good in all its parts (evidently the older will). William Brown was granted an appeal to the next Circuit Court . (Ibid 220) A will of David Brown Sr. bearing date the thirty first day January 1826 and a codisel bearing date the 14th December 1827 was proven by George Keller. (Ibid 224) David Brown Jr. qualified as Executor. (Ibid 229)

BROWN, David c. Died before 4 March 1833 when William M. Brown was appointed Administrator with Joseph G. Hall, William Harper, John Eckford and Marquis Calmes as security. (Tip TN, Co Ct Min, B/350) On 8 March 1833 William M. Brown petitioned to have set off to him the part of the estate of Samuel Brown deceased that David C. Brown Deed . would be entitled to. (Ibid 388)

BROWN, Dudley Died before 12 December 1826 when Joel R. Smith, Coroner, was allowed five dollars tor holding an inquest over his body. (Crl TN, Co Ct Min, 2/22) John McKerman was administrator. (Ibid 105)

BROWN, G. Died before 22 March 1847 as shown in the suit of Tho. Turner & Nancy Brown, Admrs. vs Jonathan Brown & others. A negro is to be hired out. (War TN, Ch Ct Min, 1/1)

BROWN, George Died before 5 September 1842, intestate, leaving goods & chattles in the state of Tennessee. George was late of the stale of Alabama. Smith Brown, son of the deceased, was appointed administrator, with J. L. Daniel & J. C. Roberson as security. (Mar TN, Co Ct Min, 1/55)

BROWN, Henry Died before 14 October 1822 when James C. McGhee was ordered to administrate on the estate. (And TN, Co Ct Min, 3/231)

BROWN, Jno. B. Was a resident of Lousiana on 28 September 1857 as shown in the suit of Elisha Baker vs Jno. Lee, Jno. B. Brown, Benjamin Hill & J. M. Castleman. (War TN, Ch Ct Mil), 21253)

BROWN, Joel On 12 March 1830 it was reported by Thomas Banks, Tax Collector, that he was unable to collect the tax because this person had removed from the county, leaving no property in the county. (Crl TN, Co Ct Min, 21326)

BROWN, John T. On 1 June 1829, with Kelsey H. Douglass, made a deed of gift of a Town Lot in the town of Randolph to Ceylon B. Frazer and George W. Frazer Jr. (Tip TN, Co Ct Min, N224) On 4 June 1832 John T. Brown sold land in Faye!! County to William Quarles. (Ibid B/224)

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BROWN, Jordan

Was a resident of Wilson County 7 September 1832 when his deposition was to be taken for the Plainlilf in the case of John Stone vs William Harper Admr. of the estate of Augustus Hill Deed. (Tip TN, Co Ct Min, B/310)

BROWN, Nancy

Died before 12 August 1869 when her death was suggested in the suit of Joseph Brown (Braun) & wne vs John Gregory et als. Her only heirs were James Brown , J. D. Brown and Leroy Braun. (Mac TN Ch Ct Min, 21234)

BROWN, P. [Braun)

Died before 3 June 1870 when the death was suggested in the suit of Mary R. Adams vs A. M. Meadow. There were other initials in front of the P. that were erased. They look like Y. B. Publication is to be made for the non residents. (Mac TN, Ch Ct Min, 21312)

BROWN, Robert

Died before 24 March 1851 as shown in the suit of Johnathan McMahan and others vs The Heirs of Robert Brown deed. (War TN, Ch Ct Min, 11273) In bills and cross bills by Wm. A. Garriston Admr? &c vs Johnathan McMahan and others and Jessee Lock Admr. vs Wm. A. Garriston et als, land and slaves are to be sold. Publication has been made to the non residents. An account will be taken of all the advancements made by Robert Brown to Johnathan McMahan and wile and to Wm. Brown and to Margaret Isbell. (Ibid 277) In the suit of Rebecca McMahan vs Jonathan McMahan & ochers it is shown that Rebecca was a daughter of Robert Brown, who died in 1849. Rebecca is entitled to one third of the estate and she requested that her son-in-law, Andrew J. Brewer. be made trustee to receive the money to be used for her and her children without the control of her husband, Jonathan McMahan. (Ibid 302) In the suit of Jonathan McMahan & others vs Robt. Isbell & others, negroes were sold amounting to more than $10,000. (Ibid 313) A settlement was made paying to A. J . Brewer trustee of Rebecca Mc Mahan $3250.41 , to the heirs of Margaret Isbell $3250.41 divided among the nine heirs gives to each heir $361.15 and to the heirs of William Brown Deceased, $3250.41, divided among the nine heirs of said Wm. Brown gives to each heir $361.15. William L. Garritson was purchased six shares of Margaret lsbell's estate. (Ibid 324)

BROWN, Samuel

Probably died before 8 July 1890 when the heirs were on the tax list. (Mar TN , Co Ct Min, A/ 48)

BROWN, Samuel

Died before 12 December 1829 as shown in the suit of John T. Brown Agent for the Proprietors of Randolph vs Susan Brown Administralrix of Samuel Brown Deed. (Tip TN, Co Ct Min, A/276) 10 March 1831 Susan Brown, wile of Sarni. Brown Deed., petitioned for dower and division of the estate. On the same day William M. Brown and Jessee W. Critendon petitioned for their portion of the estate. (Ibid B/45) Susan Brown was appointed Guradian of Isaac N., Elvira A., Samuel M. and Matilda Brown, with William M. Brown, Jas. G. Hall, James N. Smith, Marquis Calmus, Daniel [David) A. Dunham, William Harper, Aquila Davis & William Lamb as security. {Ibid 60) Division was made 6 June 1831. Negroes were valued at $7465 leaving the sum of $933.12 to each heir [8 heirs). William M. Brown & Jesse W. Crittenton were given their share. (Ibid 67) 5 March 1832, on petition of David C. Brown by his agent William M. Brown, ordered that George Robinson, Alexander Robinson, Wm. Harper, Merayweather L. Anderson & George Shandie be appointed to set apart to David C. Brown his portion of the Estate of Samuel Brown deceased Farther of the said David. (Ibid 175) 8 March 1833 Addison H. White petitioned to have set apart to him the part of the estate of Samuel Brown deceased to which he may be entitled by law. The other heirs have had notice. Robert B. Clarkson, Thomas Moncrief, Daniel A. Dunham, Jacob Tipton, Asher.Branch, John McKee and Joseph White were appointed for this purpose. (Ibid 388)

BROWN, Susan

Probably died before 6 July 1891 when the heirs were on the tax list. (Mar TN, Co Ct Min, A/162)

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' WATTENBERGER, Adam (cont.) - whom gave receipts agreeable to the will, also Jessee Brown, Solomon Waterbarger and Michael Warterbarger. Report was made in October 1831. (Ibid 167-8) Another report was made 29 May 1836 with receipts from Adam, Solomon, F. F., George, Samuel, Jacob, William, Michael and Sarah Wattenbarger. (Ibid 271-3)

WATTS, John - Was a resident of Barben County, Kentucky 29 October 1807 when he sold a slave to Christopher Lots~eich of Greene County , Tennessee . (Gre TN, Co Ct Min, no#/26)

WATTS, Jones - Was bound as an apprentice to James Bale on 21 June 1819. (Rut TN , Co Ct Min, N/219)

WATTS, Stephen - Was a resident of Amhurst County, Virginia October 1815 when his deposition was to be taken. (Gil TN, Cir Ct Min, no#/298)

WAUGH, Richard - Died before 17 October 1842 when the administrators, Jacob Voorheis and Jonathan Ward, petitioned for sale of land. The heirs are non-residents of Tennessee. (Die TN, Cir Ct Min, AA/no#)

WAY, Safronia - Divorce was granted 6 March 1850 from Simon C. Way for desertion. They were married in December 1844. She resumed her maiden name of-"Safronia Jones. (Hay TN, Cir Ct Min , no/1/348)

WEAKLEY, Benjamin - Died before 2 January 1821 when the heirs were in a case. (Die TN, Co Ct Min, 2/no#)

WEAKLEY, Robert - Died before February term 1839 as shown in the case of Anthony W. Vanlier versus Robert Weakley. Robert had died since last court. (Die TN, Cir Ct Min, A/3)

WEAR, Jonathan - Died before 24 March 1834 when the executor, Matthew Hannah , made petition that the slave of Jonathan Wear be emancipated according to the will. (Blo TN, Co Ct Min, 1/ 57)

WEAR, William - 26 August 1814 was given a receipt from Ruth Stovall clearing him of all damage for an illegitimate child sworn to him by said Ruth. The receipt was for $65.00. (Rut TN, Co Ct Min , K/96) William's name was shown as Weir. (Ibid 164) Ruth Stovall obtained a judgement 23 July 1817 for $26 .12\ and costs. (Ibid L/ 101)

WEATHERLY, Job P. - Died before 21 September 1835 when a settlement was made by Margaret Weatherly , administratrix. (Har TN, Co Ct Min , C/75)

WEATHERLY, William P. - Died before 6 October 1857 as shown in the case of George Whiteside and Luther Whiteside versus Noah G. Weatherly et al. He left heirs, Noah G. Weatherly, Sarah A. Weatherly, Adalene Weatherly, John Y. Weatherly and James D. Weatherly, George Whiteside son of Aldzena Whiteside formerly Aldzena Weatherly, and Luther Whiteside husband of said Aldzena, deceased. A will was introduced and Robertson Whiteside was appointed administrator with the will annexed. James Sharp was guardian of James D. Weatherly a minor . James P . Baird was guardian of Sarah A. and Lucretia A. Weatherly minors . P. W. Whiteside was guardian of John F. Weatherly. Luther and George Whiteside contested the will. The will was listed in the minutes and had bequests to daughter Adalean (her mothers saddle), daughter Sarah Ann , son John F., grandson George Whiteside l/5th of a child's part and no more, son James D., son Noah G. The will was dated 15 May 1857. The daughter Adalean was also shown as Adaline (she is probably Lucritia Adaline). (Hie TN, Cir Ct Min, no#/no#, October term 1857)

WEAVER, Cannon - 1 May 1848 a charge of bastardy was made against him . (Hum TN, Co Ct Min, no#/371) 5 June 1848 he came into court and proved the death of said bastard child born to Nancy Boulton. (Ibid 374)

WEAVER, Hubert - April 1798 William Holt was paid for the support of Hubert Weaver, an orphan. (Gre TN, Co Ct Min, no#/85)

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WEBB, Ar.assa - Was a resident of Kentucky 21 June 1820 when his deposi­tion w,- 3 tr, be taken for the defendant in the case of Thomas B. Bell vers,. L::' :.c: \lendle . (Rut TN, Co Ct Min, 0/284)

WEBR, Jo'·.« .. - Divorce was granted 14 August 1856 from Druci la Webb for adult-·y. They were married about seven years. (Put TN, Cir Ct Min, no/!/ 390

WEb'>, Monrce - tarried before 7 September 1863 to Sarah Black, heir of :. W. Black , deceased. (Fay TN, Co Ct Min, H/76)

WEBB, Sarah A. - Divorce petition was made 20 October 1854 against Wm. Web. The ?laintiff dismissed the petition. (Hie TN, Cir Ct Min, no#/ 669) Sar~n stated that she was married to William C. Webb about 19 December 1852 in Hickman County, Tennessee . They lived together over a year and then he was guilty of adultry and lewdness. They have a son named James Robert and she asked for custody. Wm. answered and stPCed that he was not guilty of the acts charged and he asked - •r cu~~Juy of the child. He also stated that Sarah is living with heI fa: ~--r who is a renter . (Ibid no#/no#, October term 1854)

WEBB, William - Died 7 January 1851 as shown in the indictment of Robert Webb Jr. for his murder . (Hay TN, Cir Ct Min, no#/464)

WEBB, William - Was a resident of Overton, Putnam or Cumberland County , Tennessee 10 September 1900 when summoned as a witness in the case of the state versus Tex Tucker. (Put TN, Cir Ct Min, 17 /39 0)

WEBSTER, Shadrack - Was a resident of Mississippi Territory 3 May 1815 when his deposition was to be taken . (Lin TN, Co Ct Min, no#/ 187)

WEBSTER, William - At the March term 1814, with his wife Catherine, conveyed their interest in a tract of land in Orange County, North Carolina. (Gil TN, Co Ct Min, no# /7 1)

WEEMS, P . V. H. - Died before 27 November 1866 when the executor, Joseph Weems, was in a case. (Hie TN, Cir Ct Min, A/140)

WEEMS, William J... - D~ ed before 20 October 1852 when his death was suggested in the suit of Bank of Tennessee versus William L. Weems and others. (Hie TN, Cir Ct Min, no#/49 9) 21 February 1853 Eliza­beth Ann Weems as executrix and plaintiff versus Nathaneil Weems and Joseph Weems, who contest the will of William L . Weems. The will was listed in the minutes with bequests to wife Elizabeth Ann, son Phillip Vanhorn Weems (youngest son), son Nathaniel C. Weems, son Joseph Weems, daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, grand daughter Alber­tine Wilson , grand daughter Eleanor Ann Nicks. His wife was appointed executrix and guardian of Phillip V. H. Weems. He also requested that his wife consult friends, Col. Wallace Dixon, Major Wm. H. Marshall of Tennessee, and Wm. H. Bullock Esq. of Alabama . The will was dated 22 May 1852. His sons Nathaniel and Joseph contested the will. (Ibid 530) Nathaniel and Joseph Weems took out letters of administration on this estate as shown in a case. (Ibid 544) The will was withdrawn. (Ibid 564) A jury found that the will was valid and it was proved. (Ibid 580)

WEESE, Andrew - Was a minor under 21 as shown in the suit of Samuel Weese versus Andrew Weese for Assault and Battery 26 October 1809. Michael Weese was security for Andrew. (Gre TN, Co Ct Min , no#/440)

WELBORNE, James - 16 August 1830 sold land in Wilks County, North Carolina to Samuel S, Starns, Newt~n Canon, Bernard Franklin and William Ledbetter. (Rut TN, Co Ct Min, M/327)

WELCH, Nicholas - Died before 8 December 1814 when Sarah Welch was appointed administratrix. (Gil TN, Co Ct Min , no/1/303) Sarah was the widow. (Ibid 309)

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Out of the God's Gift.

Mr. Clare, mafter, Wllliam Bennett. ·

Out of the Margrett & '.f ohn.

Mr. Langley, Mr. Wright.

The Gun.er df the vVil!iam & '.fohn.

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EDITOR'S NOTE.

The reader will perceive that the foregoing list of the dead reports only those who had died "since April last" (1622), consequently does not include the vir:tims of the Indinn massacre, which occurred on the 22d of March of that year. The number which fell by that diabolical conspiracy, as reported by Smith, amounted to 347, and in his Generall Historie, at page 149, he has a list of the numbers murdered at different places. Nilil copies from the Records of the Virginia Company (now in the Congressional Library at Washington) a list of their names-see his "History of the Virginia Company," pp. 339-346-and considering that it is proper to annex this to the list preceding we here· with give it. The total corresponds with the statement in Smith's Historie.

The number of deaths in the census list shows a mortality amounting in one year to upwards of twenty per cent. of the whole population, exceeding the number which fell in the massacre by twenty-four. The fullest details of this and many other matters relating to the Colony while under the Virginia Company, can be found more fully s)iown in Neil's History of the Virginia Company than in any other work we have seen,

"Here following is fet downe a true lift of the names of all thofe that were maffacred by the treachery of the Sauages in Virginia, the 22nd March laft.

"To the end that their lawfull heyres may take f peedy order for the inheritinge of their lands and eftates there. For ~hich the hon­ourable Company of Virginia are ready to do them all right and fauour:"

At Captaine Berckley's Plantation, seated at Falling Creeke, s011ze 66 miles from :fames Cit£e, in Virginia.

John Berkley, Efquire, Thomas Brafington; John Sawyer, Roger Dauid, Francis Gowfh, Bartholmew Peram, Giles Peram, John Dowler, Laurence Dowler, Lewis Williams, Richard Bafcough, Thomas Holland,

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- John Hunt, Robert Horner Mafon, Phillip Barnes, William Swandal, Robert Williams, his Wife and

Childe, Giles Bradfhawe, his Wife and

Childe, John Howlet and his fonne, Thomas Wood and Collins his man, Jofeph Fitch, apothecary to Doltor

l'ots.

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Colonial Records ef Virg1iiia.

JI.Jaster Thomas Sheffield Plantation, some t!wee miles .from the Fa!Hng Crec!.:e.

flcr Th: Shefficl<l 1 an<l Rachel Mathew---iis wife, 111 Rceu e, lliam Tyler, a boy, nu el Reeue, n .Ellen, !Je rt Tyler, a boy,

] uclc th Howard, Thomas Poole, Methufalem --­Thomas Taylor, vVilliam Tyler.

AL Ji"cnrico lla11d, about two miles _from Sheffield's Plantation.

- Atkins, - Wefl:on, lip Shatford,

William Perigo, Owen Jones, .one of Capt. Berk­

ley's people.

S'/aine ef the Colledg·c People, about two miles .from Ii"enrico-Citie.

rncl Stringer, >rgc Soldan, liam Baffet; i Perry, vard Ember, ·at Moore,

Thomas Xerles, Thomas l'reeman, John J\.ll en, Thomas Cooke, John Clements, James l'aulkoner,

Chriflophcr Henley, William J orclan, Robert Dauis, Thomas Hobfon, ,,_ William Bailey.

. 1po-mattucke River, at llf(fster Abraham P1:erce his Plantation, some five miles off the Colledge People.

liam Charte, 'vV aterhowf e,

John Barker, a boy, Robert Yeoman.

l C!zarles- Gtt'e and about the precincts ef Capt. Smith's Company.

:er Royal, mas Jones,

Robert Maruel, Edward Heydon,

Henry Buil1el.

At otlier Plantations next ad1'oyn£ng-.

,ard Plat and bis Brother, ry Milward, his wife, his Childe 1d his Sifler,

Richard, a boy, · Goodwife Redhead.

At M1·. Wz'lliam Farrar's House.

lr. r John England and his man, ! Bel, ri ckc Pctcrfon and /\lice, his ' ifc, and \Villiam, hr. r fonn c,

Thomas, his man, James Woodil1aw, Mary ;1ncl l l\r . _1 1

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At Berkley-Iiundred, some five 1mles .from Charles-Citic.

Capt. George Sharpe, Efq., one of his Maieflics Pentioners.

John Rowles, Richard Rowles, his Wife and

Childe, Giles Wilkins,

Giles Bradway, Richard Fereby, Thomas Sharpe, Robert Jordan, Edward Painter,

1 At T1/estouer, about a mile _from B erkley -Hundred.

And Firfl: at Cap. Fr. Wefl's Plantation: James Engliili, Richard Dafl1.

At Mafler John Wefl's Plantation: Chriflopher Turi1er, Dauicl Owen.

At Capt. Nathanael W efls: Michael J\.leworth, John vVright.

At Lieutenant Gibs his Dividend: John Paly, Thomas Ratcliffe,

William Parker, Richard Wainham, Benomy Keyman, Thomas Gay, James Vpfall,

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"' Michael Booker, John Higglet, Nathanael Earle, John Gib bes, Daniel, Mr Dombelo,ves man .

At Mr. Richard Owen's Houfe: · Richard Owen,

Stephen Du bo, Francis, an Iriil1man, Thomas Paine,

At Mafler Owen Macar's Houfe: Owen Macar, Garret Farrel,

At Mafl:er Macock's Dividen: Capt. Samuel Macock, Efquire, Edward Lifler,

One old Maid called blinde Margaret,

William Reeue,

Richard Yeaw, One Boy.

• Thomas Browne, John Downes.

At Flowerdieu-Hundred, Sir Geo1-ge Yem-dley's Plan-'

John Philips, Thomas N ufon,

John Braford, Robert Taylor,

Samu,,.· Elir

I.E. Tri= CO :ED RI)~ 'I:'~ T VO F ,..ES

Josep l •. ddl son Brown c3e1,art~d thj s life ·•ay 31 , 1819 ared one month .:.n Livingston county , Kentucky 1.1emuel rvm departed this life JuJj· 16, 1328 in Tipton count , T r.n ssee · n !:e 55th :·ear of his ar;e of · lious fever after an illness c,f nine dr.ys 'inerva ro·m departed th· s life Sept 12 , 182? after a.., · 111.e .... s o: ~bout thirty hours in the 22nd year ~f r aee .:.n Ti?ton COQnty , Ten..~. Davi ro·m departed this life Jan 15 , 1833 at ashington, d&~s county , Ui~sissippi oft e siatic cr0l ra age 24 yrs 6 months 1 dar. Jes sc ' o Cri t · ntum dep"' 1'.'t~d t'" ~s life 5aturday <Tuly 2 , 1831 of the head dropsy in Ti pto County, Tennessee Ee.tilde> Isabella 'hite oepPrted t'.->is life .Iov ? , 1 37 of consumption in F2:ret te County!fi Tenn~ ssee

C'J".l'.iel .. ~ lton rown de:;-arted this life 'u.gu.st 15 , l 42 of Bilious ,..,ever ~ n Coahoma County, "·· s c:issippi- - and i~., uried near the ban'< of tr.e river Or' the efl :rnnd of h, s n.:. ce --.ry ·ratilda Bro1 m whom fie greatly loved and ·nho departed this l:fe but a few months efore him . Tlley were lovely in their lives and in their deaths were not lone a~ v.:.ded .

LANE FAMILY TREE

Sir Richard Lane reared a large family in England. One of his sons was capt ain of the ship that brought to America Thomas Lane Sr. and Thomas Lane Jr. , also Wm. D. Lane and several other brothers.

They landed at Charleston, s.c. and settled in Edgefield Dis­trict. Both brothers, Thomas and Wm. D. Lane were married in s.c. The wife of Thomas was Rhoda Nicholson, a lovely young girl. They reared a large family. Their first two sons died young-- Richard Nicholson and Thomas, and were buried in s.c. With their other children (and when their fifth child was 8 years old) Thomas and Rhoda Lane moved to Putnam County, near Eatonton , G~ ~ . Later they bought land in Jasper County, about 9 miles northwest of Monticello, Georgia, known as the Zach Bailey place. Their children; ~l, Davis, Mary, An (Polly), only daughter, Augustus Washington Lane, James, Thomas, William, Benjamin F., Harvey (Doc) lived to old age.

Just as Thomas Lane, the father of all these sons had built his new home and was ready to move in, he died of chills and fever. His daughter Polly was then 12 years old, and his youngest son Doc was 9 months old. Joel, his eldest son, was 18 years old.

Rhoda Nicholson Lane owned a good negro woman who proved a great blessing to all of them. Thomas Lane and his son Thomas were interred in Putnam County where his brother William D. Lane lived.

Joel Lane became a teacher • Augustus Washington Lane studied law. He was a major in the Indian (Creek and Seminole) war and led his troops into Florida.

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LANE FAMILY TREE

Davis and James o. Lane lost their lives in the Indian war. Dr. Jphn Lane was killed in the war between the states. Joel Lane married Temple Parnell and had four sons; Davis, Thomas, J,?ffi.JiS and Charles, and one daughter, Laura Lane Carmen.

Augustus Washington Lane married at the age of 28 years, Martga Chapman. One son, Leonidas was born to them. Leonidas, who was Captain Lee Lane in the war between the states was at school at West Point when his mother died. Augustus lived single for five years, and then married Mrs. Mollie Williams Leverette , age 25 years with one daughter Emma (Mrs. Mckinley). One child , Maxie, died in infancy. William Thomas Lane , a lawyer of Americus, married Massie Crttenden of Shellman. Andrew Washington-nicknamed Major for his father- practiced law in Macon, Ga. and married Hattie McKibben of Jackson, Ga. Their children were: Andrew Wade, Van McKibben, Mary, Hattie Lucia , Louis Jasper, Eugenia, Margaret, Harry and Virginia. Two little girls Lucia and Eugenia died in infancy.

Other children of Augustus and Mollie Lane: J~~es Luke, . a farmer living at the old Lane home near Monticello, married Lillie Thompson of Flovilla, Ga; three daughters of Augustus and Mollie Lane, Genie, Mollie and Minnie.

Thomas Lane - born- , died 1820. Rhoda icholson , his wife, born 1776, died 1856 at age of BO Mary Ann (Aunt Polly) born 1808, died 1897 at age of 89

MR. NOAH WEST CALLN1JAY c.f Iiolly Gr ove .• Arkt'msas., vras tl:.e t,L:!_r d child of John Ca llaway and. bis w~ fe j Bet°!jye M~Creight.. H\)c-1.t. w:1s born Dec. 17, 1892. He wr::.s ma:::-r:._ed to Minnie Dyer. They have seven children:

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2 3 4 5 6

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Geneva Callaway, married Robert Hughen, one daughter, Minnie Lou Wilbur, killed in Army serv:tce John William who mar1"j.ed Scph.:'.'onia (Frony} Breeding Lorene Callaway married J ak8 B~e eding Louise Calle.way Bessie Callaway ma:."ried Mr. Sor.n:,~ Phillipe Bobby Jean Callawa~r Pauline Callaway died aged three.

MR. JAY CALLAWAY, fourth child or John Callaway and Bettye Mc· Creight, was born April 19, 1894. Mr. Jay Callaway married Tillye Aldridge. They had six children:

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Rudolph Callaway, married Virginia Smith. They have (a) Sue Callaway (b) Jerry Callaway Bernice Callaway married Harry Gene Sylar ot Holly Grove, has (a} Harry Gene Sylar, Junior John Sidney Callaway married Margarett Smith, Clarendon, owna a farm on Maddox Bay. They have (a) John Callaway (b) Michael Callaway Elizabeth Callaway married Walter Reid ot Clarendon. They have (a) Betty Ann Reid (b) Henry Jay Reid Tommy Callaway married Micky Brown, Marionia, Arkansas. They have: (a) Patsey (b) Nancy Willow Jean Callaway of Holly Grove, graduate of University of Arkansas, is a t eacher at Holly Grove •

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MR. JAMES (JIM) PARKS CALLAWAY ot Brinkley, Arkansas, grandson of William Taylor Valliant

Jim Parks Callaway was the seventh child born to Jones Callawey anc wife Elizabeth Jane (Betty) Valliant. Jim Parks Callaway was bor n in Jim Callaway married Viola Helmns. Jim Callaway and Viola Helmns Callaway, his wife, had two cor.s, Jimmie and John, livj .. ng in 1949.

I. Jimmie J. Callaway married They had (l) Onita Callaway, married in 1948 Chester Frost. In 1949

Mr. and l:I.t>s. Uhest.er Fros t had one daughter {2) Ida Ruth Ca.llaway

tI. Johnie Callaway married They had (1) Joyce Ann Callawa~ (b) Johnnie Callaway1 Jr.

MR. JOE CALLAWAY OF BLACKTON, ARKANSAS, grandson of William Taylor Valliant

Joseph Callaway, called Joe, was the s0n of Jones Callaway and his wife, Elizabeth Jane (Betty) Valliant.

Joseph Callaway was born July 4, 1878. Joseph Callaway married Tabitha Ingram the 25th of May 1899 in Clarendon, Arkansas. Tabitha was born May 29, 1877.

Joseph Callaway and wife, Tabitha Ingram had four children:

I, Ella May born 6 Dec.1909

II. William Archey born Sept. 4, 1910

III. Sallie Callaway born June 28, 1915.

IV. Joe Callaway Jr. born Sept. 6, 1917

Mrs. Tabitha Ingram Callaway was born May 29, 1877. She will be 72 the 29th of May, 1949.

Information by Mr. Joe Callaway of Blackton.

-- - - - ~ ~ -- -BIBLE RECORDS OF JOHN CHESTER McCREIGHT

John Chester Mccreight and Margaret Ann Peek were married January 3, 1858

James Parks Callaway and Margaret Ann Bettye Clough Mccreight we~e married June 3, 1887

Births

John Chester Mccreight and Margaret Ann Peik a daughter R.A.E.L. Mccreight was born Feb. 8, 1859

John Chester Mccreight was born Dec. 24, 1860

Margaret Ann Bettye Clough Mccreight was born August 25, 1863

Deaths

John Chester Mccreight 8r. departed this life August 18, 1863

Abie Joney Olar Callaway departed this life December 26, 1890

State Georgia

To the Honourable the President and Members of Council now Sitting in Augusta for the purpose of Gre.nting Lands in the two new Counties of Washington & Franklin

The Petition of Richard Lane a Citizen of the Said State Sheweth that Your Petitioner is intitled to Six hundred Acres of Lane on the head rights of himself & eight others as appears per affidavit annexed for which he hath never had any Lands granted him in this State --

May it therefore please your Honourable Board to grant your Petitioner three hundred acres in two warrants in the County of Washington on the right aforesaid and on his complying with the terms mentioned in the late land Act and Your Petitioner will Pray etc.

(Copied from photostat, Wilkes County,Ga.)

The death of Mary Flint Lo.ne probably occurred in Clarke County, Georgia, in l8o2 .

MARY LA.NE, cuIIed· Polly, v;us t11.; el;:k~t chi.Let of the Revolutiurn:i.i·y soldier Richard Lane and his wife, Mary Flint .

Mary Inne was born in North Carolina about 17'79· Mary Lane in 1784 was taken by her parents to Wilkes County, Georgia, where Ri chnrd settled on Long Creek. Wh~n Wilkes County was divided on 12-19-1793, Long Creek property became Oglethorpe County, so Richard Lane was living in Oglethorpe County. His will filed in 1793 was the first will filed in Oglethorpe County . .

Mary Lane married August 1794 William Freeman, a close friend of her father. The bond for her marriage is No . 17 in Oglethorpe County .

Mary Lane always called herself Polly. She made her will in Munroe County, Georgia, in 1841, Nov. 16 . This will was proved Nov . 7, 1842. Polly Lane was then a widow, and a grandmother in 1841. Her husband's death date is not known by this compiler

Polly Lane and her husband William Freeman had the following children:

I. Rev. Josiah Freeman who married Mary and had children .

II. Cynthia Freeman who married Pendergrass.

III. Elizabeth Freeman who married Ellison.

IV Sarah Freeman who married Arthur Herring.

V William Freeman who married and had children.

Polly Freeman's brother Richard Quinney Lane owed his Sister Polly $324.00 . Return Book Munro County Ga - John M Settle ~xecutor of Polly Freeman among notes due the estate was one on R q Lane 1-5-1839 due 12-25-1839 for $324.oo. 'l'he will of Polly Freeman names only seven of her grandchildren.

Isl e of Wight

1731 Widow Parrom's land not possessioned - no attend-ance o St. Luke's Vestry Rook

John Pet erson; to Burrel Prown 400 acres in default of issue to my son Batt Peterson, to Jeremiah Brown 200 acres , being the plantation whereon Joseph Perry did live , j n default i..?-.s.sue to my son John, to John ..-rlJ. _ ~­Smith 100 acres on ~ Branch ,,,.. t,Q ~end ~.-"ti"~~

ff~ i k& 111!,~fl:!?N fu-... Thp.,--~ -lo J/!"~~~//),~~ --(J,~d:.<J~}cdwld~~~~ ~~ ~~~/jtJtl~~47te~ ~0£~ 7j~ yf!4f?t~~~~ ~~#~ - -1 ~ fni . ii'~fl ' A ~~ ~7i::::lt~ ~+~~~-lJ?~I 17~1- ~c?- ~ (7:71 ~--cf~ W.Jr/YYJ~~~ ~{i<rn/Y-c!k&-flf"r~~/,2.j~,

WILLIAM PARHAM of Nottoway County, Va

Nottoway Will Book I page 296 28 Jan 1794 William Parham of parish of Raleigh in Nottoway To my son Danial 2 negros. To my son John negro and furniture To my son YWilliam negro and furniture. To my son JfN!leS 3 negroes. Daugher Sarah Parham To my daughter Martha Sturdivant To my daughter Mary daughter Eady Parham. To my daughs Sa:cah, Mary and Eady To my sons John, William and James and to my daus Sarah, Martha, Mary and Eady when my son James reaches 21 To my sons John, Wm all my land. All rest to my children except Daniel and lartha. Son Daniel & John excrs. Abner Osborne, Isham Clay Frederick Leonard Pro. Dec 7, 1797 by John Parham, with Dan'l Sturdivant Luke Pryor & Wm. sec.

Nottoway County Wills - Will Book I f 7 2.

Page 72 Oct 4, 1792. Susannah Parham widow and relict of James Parham, has 1/3 estate of said James dcd. gives unto William Gower Parham, Eliz. Parham, Archer Parham, Ephraim Parham, Christiana Parham, Major Parham, and Rebecca Parham, childern of said James.

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Nottoway Will Book 2

Estate of Danl Parham 29 Jan 1803

Cash paid Jim for money lent to help bear expenses of bringing the negroes f r om Georgia 3 times.

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Only Ap. on land Books

J-457 1-11-1806- John crufj of Co of Sussex and Sudwell r'owell of said county for 700 lbs Tract 612-1/2 Acres- etc

#ife Lucy to on N.S. Joseph Sno ?-

~r~ 1-385 5-16-1814 Lt Sudwill Powerll and wife Eliza of Bk to John Raines Mason for $2,450. at n.e. tract iii t: Thos W Jones Kary A Jones

Hinchea Parham

A-166 4-12-1756 Iii t Nath Green of county of F Bk and Pr.oebe his wife to Lewis ?arham of Co of P Geo. 1'1erchant 300 lbs T. of 440 ac::-es- The said Nath lately li V"'d but now in Tenure of said land .~ . ~ ,.~: ,

Nath Parham John '{1tam;nt- Eph .Parham "m Nyche John Pettway

~ F- 262 Nath Parham of Sussex for 44at/~and ~o Son lewis negro Isham - Aggy Dinah Nan and Hannah 4-15-1784

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I 164 1-1-1798 - Lt John lfilkenson of S~sex and Lewis Parha.,11 and Geo Randolpl- of Sussex for 5 shilling -tract in aforesaid county 100 acres on Harry's S.W. - adj. said lewis P. Bank's line t.rto John P and Reb P Fool Wm Parham

No other consid named

J-469 Geo nand and h#r..ucy sold for ojjil.00 tl"i~ir ~ to Lewis ?arhmm in 18060

I-528 4-12-1794 - between Ann P:;.rham and lewis .rarham 5 shilling 100 acres on Stephen Parham d~ line between ~ vVin and Stephen i'arham Ch :-ct ~'ason Harwell Samuel Gilliam ,t Samual Gillia~ John P Pool

Sarah Tucker no other consid m.

34- 38- 99-103- 459 - 470- 471 474- 529

F-34 Anderson Parham to Thos rarham son of Abraham negro Roger Patt Afgin, Sussex> Scort". Cate, Tomj to folly Parham daughter of 1

Abraham Parha.i11 J negro Ussey 1 to Patty daug of Abraham l""arham negro Silvey, to Nancy ii1nfield wife of Ephraim v'fi nfield negro Suchey, to Folly Tucker daugh of Hobt Tucker negro Lucy . to Lucy Parham- w:i.fe of Abraham Parham - negro Ephram, negro Chas. Negro. Hartwell, to ~set rrree Exs - Samuel Newes and Thos Parham 4-10-1797 7-6-1797 -ii t: Abraham Haddon Abraham Parham

~amuel 'i ves

38 Ap by John Hall Sarah Palmer ~arah Jackson 9-7-1797

99 Est cf Jas Parham 1795 Board of ~. Celiah Parham

Susan Parham Frederick Parham

John Graves Ex and Test Guard for child Signed ,;in Parham and John ~raves

Ex by Stith Parha"ll and Tto!"las Eldridge

F-103 ReK.hw of lllbemc:rle W daughter Amy daugl ter of my dead dau Susannah :;erringten

Herring

sen iillia•r said son Exec. 5-5-1797 .iit: 1obt Jones

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459 lewis ?arham of Sussex

5-3-1798 HugL. t(irkland

secUon 1st page

470 Sarah Parham 11-21-1 "0J .J!.1 by Ro t Jones ~;ath Chamth.: Joel tkinson

~-4-1805 17-5-5

471 1803 - p~. same John, vrances and Raines arham ~ l".iewis Parham 51-16-J other Parhams

L,74 -~J Ll. t tlc b rry John Cork

narred pd une1rnal a~. Ex by John Trezwart(_ 7) Thos Travis Rott Jones

2-21-1 ''!.:; by Samuel Sm 1th

5-2-1205

529 Stith Parham - to c-a~ly Harrison Garret~ so to Anna and "•ary .. infiela if they make Edw Sec a good ..!note to a tr-,ct of land del to then . Son Smith land I Lo~ ht of mJ son Ttomas Son c-ti tl-i. . c.augh Nan, y; Son John Son ,fill r tb Ldmund and Hill Jones n.11 my

1claim to est' of Collier Hill - all ¥ind

0 1 my child - Anne Jones~.m. Thos and John ~~ Exs - ~ons rn, Thomas and John 1-15-1806 2-6-1 06

Theodore Chambliss N:! choilas Howard Drury Green and Ephraim Owen

gurad Bk 446 Sally and Step~phans of :.M. Parham 1782- Ex y Ishai.:1 "":rl. th Sterling Har1vell W!n Yarbrough 17 2

74-148-153-372~432

G-79 Thos Moyl:r - prop in ~ 1uf_Jo~ L. 1'oyler 1806 - est of Jas. Parham "'"Yu

34 J8 99 459 - 470

474 - 529

I - 'p f{! to Thos. Parham 34- .Anderson l'arh

Son of bPaham · to olly d·u~hter of brah~~ . J J

to ::fancy linfield vife of .1.:.Phram inLelc.)

to PoiHy Tucker daughter of Robert Tucker deed . J

to Lucy Parham ·vi f e of Abraham - Exs

:.,aniel ~i ves and Tho!"las : arham X

4-10-1797 7-?-1797

braharn Haddon A raham ~arham

C'amuel Ki ves

38 ~P llohn Hall :-rc.nces Palmer e.nd

Frances vackson 9-7-1797

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99 - child of James Parham -

Selah Sees en Frederick

Jt~ Dec 1785 Anderson Parham married Ianry larham p-259

rec 18, 1834 f.in i Johnston married Ann Eliz. ~arham p-J28

:lll" 1 5 ou "' ns . 0011.

3ees p- 116

Ludwell Powell - Elizabeth Parhan' Rec ., lewis Parham l-J-l:i05

253

69

107

Ludwell L. Powell married a.ary E. Ezell

lewis Parham m~rried Elizabeth Chappell 11-21-1792 ""ec . James Chappell

Lewis .Larham ma:::·r:ied )olly Gibbons flother Lucy Gibbons 8-2-1802

143 Lewis .farham guard of Ilebec~a)1arl;.a.n; ." your ~ of Nath ParhaJD.,5~Y~ st Sarah Parham's est . 1805

F-459 Lewis l arham vd.fe Rebecca as long a s she is my widovr estate equally dL vided 1~etween Elizat0etr)r~m; Fenry Nicholas J and Charles Lewis ( not 18) --~ 1

F..xs wife Rebecca frs~ -John Potts and "'eth 'ason 1-7-1~05 2-7-1805

'llm Harrison Sr . Thos Potts , Chas X Tjan

G-153 Estate of Lew-5 s .l:'arham - Ludwell Powell pd a bill among others listed after moctors bill .

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N.C. Berte . Co . We James Parham and lewis Parham of 3runswick for 50 L two negro children, Nan and Cutty the children of 'Margery, to Mary Parham of the County of bertie , Jan 26 , 1767.

Deed Bk. 8, p . 423.

Feb . 17, 1770. Ind. bet . James farham of Brunswick and 1\athaniel Raines and Pat . Ramsey of 1-rince George County, for 50 L a tract of 800 A. adjoining Rob •rt Hicks and '"argaret Bruce , on the north side of the Reedy Creek being the land on which t he sai d Parham onw lives and two negroes Jack and Ned. vV:it: Richard Yarbrough, John McNabb, Thomas Crawford, dilliam

Mcllhann, Daniel Fisher, Henry Edmunds, James Balfour . Deed 9, p . 649 .

Nicholas Lanier of Brunswick, : or love and goodwill to grandson Nicholas Parham of frince George, a negro 1774.

Deed Bk 11, pa. 340.

Dec 1, 1778. Ind . lJet . James larham and w:ife Mary of Bk . to Benjamin Bass for 125 L a tract of 120 A. on the east side of Meherrin River, adjoining said Parham. Wit: John B. Goldsberry, Jesse Berryman, Thomas Bass .

Deed Bk . 13, pa. 235 .

James Parham deed of gi f t to son Nathaniel of negroes , Wi.11 a~d James Jan 25, 1790. Deed Bk. 14, p . 555 .

How many men named 'illiam Parham ? Not arranged chronologically sons Thomas arid illiam Parham. In Fristol Parish Rezister we find that Gower and Archer arham had a son William born July 2, 1736 and daughters .. ~ary and Elizabeth

In sa~e parish we find that Thomas and ''ary arha.m had a son, . 'lliam born Sep 22, 1729 also children named Isham and Thomas.

7iilliam Parham wills probated ~n Va . before 1°00 -Brunswick county 1llia~ 1763 names brothers Johh and James - no wife and children

William 1780 names wife Hannah - children Nancy Lucas Parham, • sons Ephraim and Hi.nchea, mother H.ebecca Parham, son in law (step son'?) Abner Hill. Surry county Inventory of will of .d.lliam .Parham 1733 Sussex County ~~11 of 'lliam ~arham 1775

will of 1"1illiam 1'arham 1758

Albemarle Parish Register etates that Captain • illiarn larha.m died of tl!e flux ~ay 16, 1775, certified by .t'eter handolph. ( I have never had an abstract of his will sent me, a photostat can be obteined from Va . State Library for one dollar, also a p:botostat of will of ••illiam .t'arham 1758 for seve..,ty cents, with five cents added to each for postage)

Va. county records Vol 7 Crozier page 137- land grants in Brunswicb- tilliam P~rham Sr. in 1726, 145 acres. Sussex co. Book E-119 Oct 21, 1773- \iilliam Parham of Sussex deed of Trust to 16I!l kason of county Brunswick for care of father and mother t,atthew and Susannah Parham, etc.----Sussex Co Book page 108- will of 'dlliam Parham 15 Dec 1756, Oct 20, 1758, wife Ann: sons Thomas and Stith; executors wife and two sons, etc-----

\ill of '{illiam l:'arham probated i.n Sussex 1813 Wyatt Harper in his will probated 1759 gives to 1 'illiam Parham, Thomas Huson and Jo eph ?ennington, all the lands he owns in Gloucester Co. He names two children, calling one Frances, underage; wife Ann and brother Edward Harper

William Parham married Mary Stevens, daughter of Edward Stevens Sept 18, 1755 surety JO!-!N ViA$0N

Vim Parham married haney G. Malone march 28, 1820 - Surety Wm Winfield.

w'i"l Parham married ary Coman(?) in Sussex Dec 18, 1787 - Sec . Robt Baily

.1m Parham married iary Kelley, daughter of John Kelley 7 Oct 1772

l!fill Parham married Sally !lalone 14 JJec 1815- Sec. George Booth Parham

Yvm Parham married Lucy Cross 4 Dec 1806 Sec. John Potts

·rm f'arham married Margaret Spain 6 Dec 1790- Sec. 11.m • . 'alone

Wm Parham married Susannah hunt between Sep 25, 1771 and Oct 10, 1772

Nathaniel ra.rham married Rebecca, daughter of llliam .. ar:bam 10 Feb 1769

Wm Parham surety 18 Oct 1799 when Thomas Farham married Eliz. Moody

Same from John Parham. Recorded Jan. 24, 1?58. Wit . iilliam and Frances Parham. Deed Bk . 6, p. 229.

Same to Frances .Parham. Same V;i t. p. 230.

Same from Abraham Atkinson. Signed Lucracy Atkinson. Same Vnt . Rec. Fee. 28, 1?58.. Po 239.

Same from Benjamin Fernando and wife ~aryo Wit. James Thweatt Jr. Absalom Atkinson. p. 239.

I, Benjamin Gofe (or Go =;e, written with the long a) of the Frovi~ce of Virginia do agree to take of my brother James Parham the full and just sum of 25 L-?-1 in right of the ewtate of Benjamin Gofe deed. and Elizabeth Gofe deed. ---release said brother James Parham etc.

March 24, 1?58. May 23, 1?58. n t: "1illiam Parham, Nicholas F'ennell, Frances Parham

Deed Bk 6, p. 254.

James Parham of Brunswick to son Lewis Parham, a neGro named Pate . Dec 2?, 1750. Witt. Robert Hicks, Charles hilliamson Jr. Nathan Hicks

Deed Bk 7, p. 58

James Parham of ~ runswick, Meherrjn Parish to John Parham a negro named Tibbs. March 5, 176 3. Signed with a mark. vfit: Nathaniel Hjcks, Frances Parham. Deed Book 7, p. 252.

James Parham of the county of Brunswick for 120 L to Lewis Parham of Prince George, negroes Peter and Dick l\i t: Robert Hicks Jr and Sr. Zachari us Sims .

Deed Bk 7, page 420.

Same to Charles Duncan of Prince George, Merchant, several negroes as security for 160 L Same Vii t. Deed Bk. ? , pa. 421.

May 28, 1?64. Indo bet. Robert Hicks and wife Mary of St . Andrews Parish to James Parham for 100 L a tract of 50 A. on Wdery Branch, Hicks Parham Branch .

~it . lewis Lanier, Zach. Sims, lewis Parham. Deed Bk 7, p. 464

May 28, 1?64. James ,.-arham and wife Mary of St. Andrewa Parish to Robert Hkcks, for 100 La tract of 150 A. on the Miery Branch, Meherrin Branch and Hicks . Same iVi t. Deed Bk. ? • p. 466.

James Parham of Brunswick for 89 L to Robert Ruffin of Dinwiddie, negroes Sall, Humphry and ~eter .

Wit: Daniel Ja.ckson, ifilliarn Clack. Deed 8, p. 130.

Wm Parham Surety 3 Apr 1800 when James Rainey married Uartha Parham

In will of Matthew Parham dated 1770, proh. 1772 he gives negro to Thomas Parham son of i1illiam Parham, without stating what the kinship was

From Albemarle Register- 11illiam and Mary (Stevens) Parham' s children born between 1758 and 1775 were - Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Frances, qtevens, Lewis , vVi lli am, Sarah. Child of 11M Parham and wife Susannah Joanna- Stith born Jan 18, 1749/50 Child of 1m Parham and Martha his wife- Nancy Lucas born Kar 7, 176°9

John Parham and Mary his wife had a son 1rilliam horn July 15, 1746 to Thomas Parham and Ann his wife, w:i.th brothers and sisters -lfatthe1!'f, Stith, John, Thomas, A son V1lliam born March 14, 1744/45 to Ephraim and Rebecca ?arham

A son 1Villiam born May 13, 1759 to George and Milly Parham

In the will of James .r-arha.! probated in Sussex county 1793, he names a brother idlliam rarham • This was James ..t'arham who married Yary or Molly Graves, He was the son of Nathaniel and Celia (Pettway) Parham.

In the will of Ephraim }arham probated 1763, he nanes a son VQ lliam rarham, wi tJ other children - Nathaniel, Jane Thweatt, Frances Gee, Rebecca Parham and their mother, Rebecca larham .

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Dear .rs Chapman ,

118~ Crenshaw lvd Los An~eles , Calif 'ay 18 , 1936

I mail~d a letter to you this morning and tonight ~ have heen studying

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over the interesting items you recently sent me, and want to discuss some of them with you and as· you some 'VJUest:ions , as you probably have a clearer grasp of the situation then I have .

I am wondering if the James .t'arham who married Rachel Batt and moved from rince George count;{ to Isle of 1Jight county was the brother of Ephraim (died 172{)

or the son . It may te that Ephraim }1ad only the three sons named in his will in 1726 and also nrured in the will of Frances rarham, widow of Brunswick, who I feel fairly sure •as the widow Frances named in his will and supposed to be a daughter cf Lewis Green Sr . The fact that she mentioned her 11 Daugh~er 's Children'• makes me feel more sure, for Mrs Draper wrote me that the clau;hter Frances died young and her husband Hinchea lvabury married aeain a ndow-Ann Courtney before •ar 27 , 1751 and he died before Jan 6, 1763. In case you are interested to know the children of Hinchea and Frances (Parham) Marbury­they were Elizabeth who married 1 before 1737 John Pettway, tlinchea who married Celj a Evans , daughter of 11fn :;vans; Ephrc>..im; Joshua who married Lucretia; and Nathaniel; Jane , Fran~es , Rebecca , vl'illiam, Joel ( married iinifred Smith), Daniel ( married Elizabeth).

Mrs Draper thinks that we are very close tin to the Browns and }A'athews from records sht,-has- Surry county Book 1-334 has a deed of 230 acres from James Mathews Jr and Ann "Pis wife to John Pettway, with the understanding that the land will descend to e child of his wife, Elizabeth ( daughter of Hinchea and Frances .r arham llabury) dated ~.arch 2, 1737. Tr en on page 391 of same book d <>ted Nov 1737- John Brovm and Jlary his wtfe deed to Hinchey )•!abury for five shillings 240 acres part of land granted to James Mathews Feb 8, 1722 and conveyed by him to John Brovm and his heirs by deed of lease Oct 28, 17350

Records show that my Randolrhs inherited land patented by iarmaduke Prown and we also find this record- in Surry Big Boo~ 1715-30 page 1~6- 19 MPy 1719-Jndenture between Charles Gilliam of t=rince George Co . and Hinchea Mayberry for 600 lbs tobacco land on Nottoway River by a corner of tree of Marmaduke's Brown's land- v;i tnesses - Lewis Green Jr . James ...i.atthews, Mary Green. ldaybe tne widow ary Green married either James Mathews or John Brown; or lfary may have been a daughter of James .wathews ard married first Lewis Green Sr. and secondly, John Brown. James 11i.athews must have heen his father, he had wife Ann and moved to North Carolina • .l. had alwazrs thoue:at that m, Jeroe s-I had always thought that my James Parham was much older than he seems to be from records sent me . The James Parham who married Elizabeth Greenway in Greensville or Brunswick county in 1778, could hardly be his son, for his son, James was not of age in 1791. Then there is the James Parham, who left an Inventory in Amelia County in 1787. My James might not be the grandson named in the will in 1726, but probably was born a few years later, may be the son of Ephraim or Lewis . Laybe the James mentioned in the will was the son of ·atthew and the father of those three borthers- James , John and .i:illiam in

Brunswick and the father of the Frances born in 1746/7 and may be the one who went to N.C. for I do not believe my James was the one who lived in North Carolina .

I am convinced that Mary was the wife of all of his children, for note that you sent me an indenture dated Nov 26, 1?56 mentioning James Parham and ~ary his wife, proving they were married soon after the death of her father; but it seems they were disposing of that grist mill in 1?56, mentioned in the record dated Oct ?, 1?42, which is so condensed I do not know whether Lewis Parham gave the mill to James or sold it t~ him. If the James rarham mentioned in 1?56 is the same as the one mentioned in 1?42, he must be the James named in the will in 1?26, in order to be old enough to received a deed of gift from his uncle lewis Pa:itbam, as such gifts were seldom made before a man was sixteen though they were probably made to small chi.ldren under certain circumstances.

The names of the children mentioned in James ~arham's ~~11 are also very enlightening, for notice ~ Atkinson must be for Mary's mother, Sarah Parish; 1;ary Duke for ilary, herself, Rebecca for Ephraim Parham's wife, Of course Frances was a Parham name from earliest days.

In the record dated Dec 2?, 1?60 ( practically 1761) where James Parham gives his son lewis a negro named rate, would Lewis have to be 21 or could be received suet a gift, when 16. I have been told that Virginia men matured so early that they often married at sixteen and were given their own plantations to manage at that ape, so lewis .might really have been just 16 and so born about 1?45/46; but he could not be the son of the wife, i.i.ary. Of course that older James ?arham might also have had a son, Lewis.

You did not send n:e the date of this record, as follows: - "James Parham of Brunswick for 120 lbs to lewis Parham of Frince George, negroes Peter and Dick I am curious to know what the date of that record is. And you did not send date of the transaction between James Parham and Robert Ru~fin of Dinwiddie.

James Parham deed of gift to his son Nathaniel of two negroes vllill and James Jan 25, 1790, must have been oust as the son came of age; and I do not imagine he had given lewis negroes, for he left him such a generous sum of money, Nathaniel and Lewis had evidently come of age, as they were made Executors in 1790. I wonder if the sons lewis and Ephraim were dead in 1811, when Mary Parham left her entire estate to her two sons, Nathaniel and James ''• Parham.

Of course our first Parham ancestor in Va. named in the 1655 record was James Parham father of Matthew Parham and then in 1690, James Parham and Henry King patent a tract of land jointly near fuOnksneck on the side of the Great Swamp. Then in 1 ?17, James l arham of Prine e George county conveyed to Joshua Poythress 200 acres of land of Bayly's Creek adjoining Henry Batt. Then 1720 James Parham of Isle of ,fight gives Lewis Green Jr. a power of attorney in Prince George county. Then Sep 10, 1720 James Parham of Isle of >vight had maJ"ried Rachel, a daughter of Capt Henry Batt( 1714-28 Prince George Coo records) Then in 1726 Ephraim Parham names a young grandson James Parham in his will.

Capt Hinchea Gilliam and Nathaniel Harrison owned land together in Surry in 1701. and in the will of the former he speaks of land adjoining Benjamin Harrisono ~7rs Fothergill wrote lfrs Draper that she thought the earliest James Parham had two sons Matthew and James( who patented land in 1690) and a daughter Frances, who married Francis King in Henrico courty before 1696 She thour-ht that •··atthewhad several cMldren -Thomas, Ephraim, James,

Matthew, lewis and Fdward (that is the first Matthew ment·oned as a child of James in 1655, when Elias Holmes left. him cattle for his schoolingo She also thought that the first Matthew may have married a Gower(Gore). Va. Mag. 2-280 names a George Holmes in James City Co . livine on hand adjoin­ing John Johnson, granted for himself, wife Rebecca and servant Aug 4, 1635. Va. '""ago 2-69 has a John Holmes in Va. in 1622; and Va. Mag. 1-256 gives will of Capt. Ro•land probated 1656 who names legatee "brother Ttomas Holmes". This is especially interesting for this Capt Rowland married lice, daught of Richard Eltonhead, and th:i s Alice married 2ndly before 1657, He Corbin and they were ancestors of the Va. Corbins, Alice Eltonhead had a sister to marry a Parham1 Henry Parham, if I remember correctly.

I wonder what kin lewis Parham was to v~illi am Green, who names him in his will in 1749. Amelia C9l was formed from Prince George Co. in 1734, so that James rarham in Amelia may have never left the old "stamping r.round'. From a record in Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, a James Perham was l)ving in N.C. as early as 1736 and made a deed of gift of land to Francis Exum of Southampton Co. Va. or rather Isle of ~lght Co. the part that must have become Southampton as the will of rrancis Exum was probated in the latter county in 1753, naming those 'lliamson sisters; arld James Perham in r~nswick was surety for the marriage of Yary Parham to John ·~illiamson in 1753.

Had you noticed that Matthew arham with child James born 1760 had ·wife Rebecca or Rebeckah; and Ephra.:i m Parham with children - Frances, 11illiam, Rebecca borr. between 1741 and 1752. also had a wife named Rebecca. Another record i n V • ag. 15-381-Brunswick county shows that in 1742, James Parham was in N.C. and land involved in lawsuit was given to Joshua. Clark. A James r>arham was listed ;n first Poll List of Bruns;Ti..ck in 1748, also 1€vtl s Parl1am.

V9.. Mago 5-70 Lewj s Parham, Justice of Brunswick county in 1746 Fri.nee George county records Deed of Lewis Parham to :•couzln lewis Parhal'l'1 son of James arham l~v. 12, 1759

Va. county record by Crozier Vol. and shows t r.at ·illiam arham Sr. was granted land in what is now Brunswick coclnty in 1726 and Ephraim Parham, the 2nd was granted land ~n that section, 398 acres in 1728. It was :ienry ?arham who married Elizabeth Eltonhe.:d, sister of Alice, and a also sister of Agatha who married 1st Ralph Worihley and 2nd Cuthbert Fenwick and there were several other Eltonhead sisters of these three, married to prominent men ~n Va. but l cannot locate my note. Their brother Richard Eltonhead born 1611 ~arried Ann daughter of Richard Massey and he was very prominent in "aryland, closely connected wj th the Lucas and Jacobus or Ja.coby families.

Brunswick county deed book 5-143-Jan 1, 1752 Hinchia Mabry the elder and nn his wife to Clack Courtney for 150 pounds, 57 acres of land, 5 July last

granted to the sa.~d Anne by the name of Anne Courtney. This was the ninchea Uabry whose first wife was Frances rarham named in tte will of her father Ephraim in 1726. In 1763 a rPcord in Book 7 ~runswick county seems to indicate that this second wife of ·~nchia :·abry, Ann was living

MR VILLI AM TA LOR VALLIANT ( 1806-1865)

Mr. illiam Taylor Valliant was the third son of Rob ~rt Spencer ·-,ialliant and wife Martha Hurlock Valliant,his wife

William Taylor Valliant was born Sep 3, 1806 in Kent !Cky according to tne ig50 census,

His marriage is published in The Democrat of Marsha· 1 County, Alabama. thus tt Married 6 Feb 1833 Mr 'illiam Valliant to Mi~ s Margaret Hussey by Rev. J. h. Thompson, all of this c ounty11 The license to marry is dated Feb 4, 1833 Book 4 page 84 of adison C unty Marriages" at Huntsville.

William Taylor Valliant and Margaret Hussey Valliant had one son and two daughters all horn in lladis.on County, Alabama

Io Their eldest child was Margaret .rm Valliant born 1836. She married Captain Li.a:ft B. Uoyd who l·ved in Ft 11orth Texas and left a daughter

II. The second child a son John Denton Valliant was born Sep 16, 1837. He mar.ried Julia Ann Smith about 1865. They moved to McCondy in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, and two of their sons grew to manhood.

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:i.JI. Elizabeth Jane Valliant born Jan 1844 married in Aberdeen, Mississippi Mr Jones Callaway in 18660 Betty Valliant Callaway became the mother of eight c~ildrenG She died in 1899

At the courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama are the records of some legal transactions of Win T Valliant

. lilliami T Valliant to Samuel H Dedman 1833 Deed Bc·ok O, p-431 ~lliam T Valliant to Wm East 1835 Book P page 436

William T Valliant to Vicent Gravitt 1834 Book P, page 207 ~ T alliant deed to Jeremiah Canterbury Book 8 P 393, 1841

Win T Valliant wife Margaret to James Gray 1842 Book T, 156 W.T.Valliant note to James Gray for $1700 dated Jan 12, 1839 paid in full Dec 1843 Book R page 121 \\ln T. Valliant and wife ~argaret to James Gray, all of Madison County 1

1920, the south P.ast quarter of section 34, 160 acres Feb 15, 1842. Marraret wife of !{m T Valliiint separately gives her consent Book T p-J

The Madison County Census of 1850 of Alabama page 434 taken Oct 29, J 1Vill~a.m T Valliant 42 yrs Male born Kentucky/brick mason Margaret Valliant 32 yrs Female l- orn AJ.abama Margaret Ann Valliant 14 yrs b~n fe~ale in Alabama John D. Valliant 12 yrs male born in Alabama Elizabeth J. Valliant 7 yrs boti'n fEfrn~le in Alabama

The. grave of 1ti.llia11 T Valliant is in Old Souls Chapel Cemetery ne McCondy~ The tombstone states:

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MR ..:LLI.AM TAY.lDR VALLIANT ( :i..806-1865)

Mr. .illiQJ!l Taylor Valliant was the third son of Rob ~rt Spencer\talliant and wife Martha Hurlock Valliant,his wife

William Taylor Valliant was born Sep 3, 1806 in Kent•cky according to tne 1950 census,

His marriage is published in The Democrat of Marsha· l County, Alabama thus u Married 6 Feb 1833 Mr villiam Valliant to }li~ s Margaret Hussey by Rev. J. Ii. Thompson, all of this county" The license to marry is dated Feb 4, 1833 Book 4 page 84 of 'adison C unty Marriages" at Huntsville •

Vtllliam Taylor Valliant and Margaret Hussey Valliant had one son and two daughters all horn in Madis.on County, Alabama

Io Their eldest child was Alzrgaret Ann Valliant born 1836. She married Captain liliait B. Lloyd who l" ved in Ft 11orth Texas and left a daughter

II. The second child a son John Denton Valliant was born Sep 16, 1837. He married Julia Ann Smith about 1865. They moved to V.cCondy in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, and tw? of their sons grew to manhood • .. .

J.JI. Elizabeth Jane Valliant born Jan 1844 married in Aberdeen, Mississippi Mr Jones Callaway in 1866. Betty Valliant Callaway became the mother of eight children. She died in 1899

At the courthouse in Huntsville, /llabama are the records of some legal transactions of Wm T Valliant

.V1illiami T Valliant to Samuel H Dedman 1833 Deed Book O, p-431 filliam T Valliant to ·~ East 1835 Book P page 436

¥nlliam T Valliant to Vicent Gravitt 1834 Book P, page 207 Wm T Valliant deed to Jeremiah Canterbury Book 8 P 393, 1841 Wm T Valliant wife Margaret to James Gray 1842 Book T, 156

.T.Valliant note to James Gray for $1700 dated Jan 12, 1839 paid in full Dec 1843 Book R page 121 '\\in T. Valliant and wife ~argaret to James Gray, all of Madison County 1

1920, the south ~ast quarter of section 34, 160 acres Feb 15, 1842. argaret wife of '.fm T Valliant separately gives her consent Book T p-J

The Madison County Census of 1850 of Alabama page 434 taken Oct 29, J vnllitmi T Valliant 42 yrs Male born Kentucky/brick mason Margaret Valliant 32 yrs Female born A.+abama Margaret Ann Valliant 14 yrs b~n ferhale in Alabama John D. Valli ant 12 yrs male born in Alabama Elizabeth J. Valliant 7 yrs botc'n f~m~le in .Alabama

The. grave of ·~illiam T Valliant is in Old Souls Chapel Cemetery ne McCondy. The tombstone states:

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In October 1948 Mr James Leroy Valliant found this stone broken near the base , but he was able to read all the letterine except a verse at the bottomo

Our Father William T Valliant

Died Mar 14, 1865

Aged 58 yrs 6 mos. 11 days

MARGARET HUSSEY - MRS WILLIAM TAYLOR VALLIANT

Margaret Hussey was born in 1818 in Alabama The 1850 Census of Madison County page 434 shows Margaret Hussey aged 32 Margaret Hussey's marriage announcement is recorded in The Democrat of Marshall County, Alabama. "Married on Feb 6, 1833 Mr William Taylor Valliant to Miss margaret Hussey, all of .Madison County. Their license to marry is in Book 4 page 84 of Madison County. Margaret Hussey Valliant gave one son and two daughters to her hus and William Taylor Valliant. The 1850 census of Madison County lists these children:

I. Margaret Ann aged 14 female born in Alabama

II. John D. aged 12 male born in Alabama

III. Elizabeth aged 7 female born in Alabama ~

Margaret Ann Valliant married Captain M~ i:oyd who removed to Ft -'>nAA7/~t:t.tL .'Torth Texas ,---

Elizabeth J. Valliant moved to Monroe County, Arkansas after livingfor some years with her husband Jones Calloway in Chickasaw County, · 'ississippi/ eight children were born to this couple

John Denton Valliant born Sep 16, 1837 died March 22, 1909 was married to Juli~ Ann Smith .

After 1850 ?lr '\Ulliam Taylor Valliant and his wife Margaret Hussey Valliant removed with their children to a farm near McCondy, ffdssissippi where they lived the balance of their lives. Margaret Hussey Valliant lost her husband by death arch 14, 1865. She lived a widow for a number of years at the Valliant home near WcCondy. Her grandson John \~lliam Valliant in 1948 when aged 82 told M:rJI' James Leroy Valliant that he remembered his grandmother; and that when she died he remembered that a long period of heavy rains so filled the ground that the grave dug beside William Taylor Valliant filled with water before it could be finished. So another grate on higher ground in the Gates lot was made for Margaret Russey Valliant. Thie l:i.es near the East Boundary of the cemetery and a trifle north of center line at "Old Souls Chapel Cemetery near McCondy Missj ssippi tt

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MR JOHN DENTON VALLIANT /I ~7 - / 9 o 9

Mr John Denton Valliant was the son of 1lilliam Taylor Valliant and his wife Margaret Hussey

John Denton Valliant was born Sep 16, 183? in Alabama in Madison County ~,~,b~+n-~"fn ~~3/~31

John Denton Valliant married Julia Anne Smith, daughter of . f Joel Smith and Elizabeth McDaniel Smith both .1:io.i:n ~South Carolina. Joel in 1804, Elizabeth in 1805 1)f ~IS

8 Valliant ~ ~ ~ John Denton / ., and his wife Julia Anne Smith had 4 children

I. John William Valliant born May 4, 1866 who married Cornelia Burch .

II. James Madison Valliant born June 4, 1868 who married Maude Wilds .

III. Margaret E. Valliant ( Maggie born 1875 died aged fourteen)

IV. Stephen Valliant while playi ng ball at school was struck by a Ball over the heart and killed.

John Denton Valliant visited Como to meet his first cousin Martha Valliant Brahaa(. He called Denton Hurlock Valliant, "Uncle Dentontt

John Denton Valliant ~oved to McCondy in Chickasaw County Mississippi before 1866

John Denton Velliant died ~rch 22, 1909 and was buried at Old Souls Chapel His wife Julia Anne Smith Valliant had moved from South Caroli~? in 1843 to Fayette County, Alabama and to Chickasaw County, Mississippi .about 1850 accompanied by her parents. ~

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The 1880 Census of Chickasaw County, Mississippi

J.D. Valliant,vfuite,male,aged 43 farmer born Alabama both parents born Alabama J.A. Valliant, white, female, aged 43 born Ala. keeps house, both parents born South Carolina

John William, son, white, male, 14 born Mississippi both parents born Ala. James Madison, whi~e, son, 13 born, Miss . both parents born Ala.

M~::~ l!a 1 lot+) M.E. female 5 white female both parents born Ala. •

Miss Eugenia Brahan daughter of Martha Valliant Brahan wrote in 1947 " I do irtemember Cousin John D .Valliant and his good wife Cousin Julia whom I visited al)out 1900 when attending school at Houston, 1fissi,..'?~ippi There were two grandchildren, Roberta and Annie Grace, aged res­pectively 12 and 8 yrs as I remember. His only sister in Ft '••orth, Texas visited Uncle Leroy's family. Cousin John was a wealthy fanner".

Letter of Mi Martha V lliant Br an written in 1947. " I do member John • Valliant an his good tlfe "ulin ulia whom I visited bout 1900 wH n attending chool at Ho ston,Texas. There were two and childre Roberta an .Annie Grace , aged res 12 and 8 as I re mber o His ly_: si ster in 1i'Iorth vi ted Uncle family. Cousin Jo was a wealthy farmer~.

A letter of Miss Eugenia Brahan "Cousin John's middle name was Denton. 7lt41-f~ AJ.l he knew about his uncle Denton hurlock Valliant. He visited my 1.other in Como. They were all ~p-pleased"with~hi~.'

MR JOHN WILLIAM VALIJANT of Mt Hermon,

MR JOHN WILI.JAM VALLIANT was the eldest son of Mr John Denton Valliant (Sept 16, 1837 died Sept 16, 1909) of McCondy, Mississippi. /i _ _

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Mr John William Valliant was born May 4, 1866 in or near I>cCondy, Mississippi

h/4'.~'Jf~//~~efpt:f"~~; ! /f!J-;,.-Mr John ".\illiam Valliant married Cornelia Burch on Dec 11, 1902 at ll t Herman, Louisiana

Mr John William Valliant and his wife Cornelia. Burch ~, 1 Lat had six children.

I. Alberta Mae Valliant married Herbert~ Bi5kham Dec 26, 1921~ ~i11"1V~~-.q~1 /f2'b

II. Denton Burch Valliant! married James Bickham Dec 25, 1925 . Lj __ _ • ..A Q /-/,lfA J~-- ~fijr~''(7:· /~~

III. Franc s Anne Valliant married Curtis J. Bcown o~e~k 1etty ;I:.,,..-•• -1::n4,, ~

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v. Nedra Grace Valliant' marr:ted Walter Smith 1.~&~41"" ... ~~,{},,,,

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JAMES MADISON VALIJANT C!,~~-i"l" 1 inc;Ctrnrh; ~. 7 tr~!~~ . "l'f .

James Madison fa1liant was the 3econd child born to John Denton Valliant and his wife Julia Anne Smith

Madison James Ma~ion Valliant was born June 4, 1868 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi

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EIJ ZABETH JANE V ALIJANT - MRS JONES CAILAWAY

Elizabeth Jane Valliant called Betty, was the youngest of the three children of William Taylor Valliant and his wife ... argaret Hussey.

Elizabeth ane Valliant was born in January 1844 in Madison County, Alabama 1850 Census~

She was married in Aberdeen Mississippi to Jones Callaway. Mr Jones Callaway was born il\._IXU .,:,~b: 1833 He died Jan 6, 190L,f.,;.~l!rtf,6~.

IW ~ ~· fli-1>1.wo~-WiAi/~~~ "' If" Mr Jones Callaway an ~ty Valliant had eight childr~n, ss 111• ef -

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IL Margaret ~laway married filliarn Newby, 10 children ( Maggie)

III. Eliza Callaway married Rufus Channey. ( Lizzie) After his death she married Mr Wagner,

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Henry Callaway died1Be4 ~~a;11.,.,-~~ ,,., /Z. ,., _ ~

Joseph Callaway married Tabitha Ingram ( Jo )'1 ~ ~~ v. VI. William Callaway married Etta Bowers, no children

VII. James Callaway (Cm) married Viola Helums 2 children

:ohnnie and Jinnnie 41 fa ~I ~-VIII. Susie C:.,llaway died a small child.

Elizabeth Jane Valliant died 1899 leaving several young children §he 7- 1 was fifty-five years of age at her death,

Jones Callaway d~d aee«r'PG ~s.£.u/_r.' /'/a/_, ~ 7K',,..t../lt..-tA,

Elizabeth Jane Callaway was buried in White Church Cemetery which is fifteen miles south of Brinkley, Arkansas.

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JOHN CALLAWAY ~1/f/~ 1rU;;;t John Callaway was the son of Jones Callaway and Elizabeth Jane Valliant

~mo~ ~ John Callaway was born in Chick~-;a~1county, Mississippi ; died cln May 1, 1919

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John Caiiaway was married June 24, 1877 or 1879 six miles east of Clarendon, Arkansas to Miss Clough Mccreight, a native of Monroe County, Arkansas, daughter of Clough Mccreight . Miss Clough Mccreight was born two months after her father's death

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born in .ug 25, 1863 il=jed i: 1 he..,,Jf'M:-"lwo~

John Calloway and Miss Clough McCreight were married in a log cabin house June 24, 1877.

Miss Clough Mccreight was born six miles east of Clarendon in Pine Ridge Community of Monroe, County. /l Ll:I:;-;; Mr John Callaway and his wif;Ci~Qgh foCreight Callaway had 8 children

dt~$$/y ~ Io Hoy Char]~ Callaway born April 27, 1888.married Bessie Thompson of

Marvel , Arkansas. They had one daughter :tlodena. Uoy wee horn At:!il %7 •

• Ellen May Callaway born May 20, 1896J{,~~ W.o.st o

• NoahACailaway was born Dec 17, 1892 married Minnie TJyerJ. They had 7 children.

19, 1894 married Tillye Aldridge, had Jay Callaway was born April 6 child~ep

O]or "' Joh~/Callaway .-t s born Oct 25, 1889 died aged fourteen months ,

~ El/kabeth Bertha Callaway born Dec 1, 1898 married Clyde Harbino She lives in Hollygrove Arkansas, no children,

i; Tommy T. ( Henry) Callaway born Sep 7, 1900 died age 17, July 4, 1921.

)~ • Adron Callawey died at the age of five. Adron was born May 1, 1902 rY ( Q;jQ awiba*-~l!!d!!'-1i1~:::::ii1F1

J llr A.Clough Meg~ Callaway died 11"3' 17, 194B.. w;w~bz-/1,,.t._ -r~. -!J:' .c~~~.$~:~'iJ!,~~~~~.P«f-~ as. ·_ · 1Iolly Grove Ceme.t.e ~ Ma 19'/i~

· Mt Jolm Cl?Haw~-bu~i 1 o~ Cemet•ey six miles east of CJ ePefldefh ~ He-l:la,d liyed rn~t of his tjrne within one mile a~is ~

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From 1900 until 1938 'r and Mr Callaway lived six miles from Clarendon • .... ~~Mccreight Callaway was five feet six inches tall and very

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MR JAMES ( JIM) PARKS CALLAWAY OF BRINKLEY,

/~/!~ JIM iARKS CALLAWAY was the s venth child born to wife Elizabeth Jane ( Betty) Valliant

JIM PARKS CALLA.'.VAY was born in

JIM CALLANAY married Viola Helmns ( HEI.MNS)

Jones Callaway and

Jim Callaway and Viola Helmns Callaway his wife , had 2 sons Jimmie and John living in 1949

I. Jimmie J. Callaway married They had a. Onita Cailaway and

· b. Ida Ruth Callaway

" II . Johnie Callaway married a. They had Joyce Ann Callaway-

b . They had Johnnie Callaway, Jro

Onita married 1948 Chester Frost In 1949 Mr & rs Chester Frost had one daughter

MR JOE CALT 'LY OF BLACKTON,

J oseph Cal l away , called Joe , 1as the son of Jones Callaway and his wife Elizabeth Jane (Betty) Valliant

Joseph Callawa~r wais born JuJ_~, 4, 1878 ,,z,r Joseph Calla11c.: .':larriec Ta"1 : tna Ingrani the~ of ~!"ay 1899 in Cla:r;endon,

rkansas . -f til,A;f!J£/iYru:>~ ln 4j.2J /~77 Joseph Callaway !!.nd wife Tabitha Ingra.-;i had 4 children

L Ella May born 6 Dec 1909 ™'.£'= 43 h1 :~Mi NMn:.sb • '' l'@'~

III.Salli(' Callaway-.iiajl!lfifiilill!EIR•~:-::.;.;;il.f'~ccal!s!~B~14±ieeti~. Born J1me 2" , 1915 .

II. 1illiam Archey born Sept 4 , 1910

IV. Joe Callaway Jr born Sept 6 , 1917

rfris Tabi tta Ingren Callaway was born 1·ay 20 , 1377. ~he vdll be 72 the 29 of 1Tay l 'J,49