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| 2051 | Vivian and R. B. Frank resided in Dyersburg, TN. | Ware, Vivian (I2566)
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| 2052 | Vocation: Barber draft record in 1917 said he was married with 2 children. | Glascock, Collie W. (I8390)
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| 2053 | Vocation: Farmer | Simpson, James Grant (I2179)
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| 2054 | Vocation: Painter | Glascock, James B. (I8391)
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| 2055 | W. L. Henderson Post Civil War Diary "The following is a copy of a diary kept by W.L. Henderson, a member of a caravan of covered wagons that departed Selma, Alabama for Texas. Three of the wagons belonged to the James Madison Shelby family. Monday the ninth I left Perry Co. Ala.for Texas Smith Co. 5 wagons of us we came 8 miles and campt. Tuesday 11 1 ½ miles fro Greensbrough Cousin D Moor came to camp Wednesday 12 We left camp went 2 miles and missed a chair & sachel I got on parmer (?) And went back but did not find it I searched one negro house but it was in vane we crossed the War. (Warrior?) river and gave the dog I had taken from John Moore to par ferrage & $1.00 we campt 2 miles from Forkland. Thursday 13 We came though Forkland. I bout 50 ct. of flour we cross the Tom bigby river and campt one mile from it. Friday 14 We pass through Livingston. I bought some cream tarter and a pocket com we camp at Un (Uniontown) after dark came 25 miles today Saturday 15 We did not travel today it rained a big rain and is still cloudy. Sunday 16 It is a pretty day and how I wish I was back at my old home. Monday 17 We came 18 miles today we are in 21 miles of Merian Miss. It is threaten rain Tuesday 18 It rain lass night and it is cole now. We traveled within 1 ½ miles of Merioa. U.B., Jessy and My Self and we bought $18.30 of flour, meat chesse crackers shot and molasses. Wednesday 19 We pass through M traveled 16 ½ and campt on the Chunky river. Thursday 20 We left camp I kill 2 sqrils we pass through Clinton I bought 40 ct. gun powder and put a posal card in the P O we campt 1 ½ Newton Friday 21 We left camp Henry and myself taken the railroad and went 2 miles and Jim Murry, Luse and Vroos (?) Came to us and we pass through a station and went wrong road and had to walk 5 miles to get with the wagons We pass through Lake and we are camp 9 miles from L in the piny woods. Saturday 22 we are 40 miles from Jackson and we stopt at dinner and we are campt 1 mile from Web Gadlock's Henry and me went squrle hunting and we killed 4 one fox sq. Sunday 23 Henry Wil U.B. and myself went to preaching and went to Gadlock's for dinner I came back and roat a letter Perry Co Monday 24 we traveled 20 miles camped in creak swamp Tuesday 25 we came 20 miles today passed though Brandon I bought a tin cup 5 ct. a pocket knife for Jim 50 ct and had to run 1 ½ miles to kech up with the wagons campt 1 ½ miles of Jackson on the Perl river Wednesday 26 We passed through J (Jackson) and went 8 miles and passed thorugh Clinton 8 more miles and pass through Raimon ( apparently he had little difficulty in the spelling as it was written once then scratched out and he started over again - EPB) and campt 1 ½ miles from it Thursday 27 we traveled 20 miles pass throu Edward cross big black I have tooth ache I sent to Stasion (?) And bought 2 aples it threating rain we are 13 miles from Victburg Friday 28 We are campt 2 miles from V I saw more hills in one hour than I saw in the rest of my life it is cole and the wind blows so hard we don't turn our hats luse. The diary ends abruptly right here. It is a pity he did not keep up his entries until the end of the journey, which for him, I suppose was what is now, and probaly then Lindale, Texas. He does not give the month or the year - only the days of the week but this wagon train left Perry County, Alabama in 1869, and presumably in the fall of the year for he does not mention anything that would lead us to believe any of the rivers crossed were at flood stage, as would be the case in the spring, and then too, most of the group were farmers and doubtless were anxious to make a crop the following year. Written by W.L. Henderson." 1880 Smith, TX Census, E.D. #180, enum. 15 June 1880: Henderson, William, age 71, b. NC; Ellen, wife, age 65, b. NC; John, son, age 24, b. AL; William, son, age 22, b. AL; Franklin, son, age 20, b. AL; Sallie, daughter, age 26, b. AL. (Wife Ellen is Elenor Selina Shelby). | Henderson, William Lee (I1978)
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| 2056 | Walter and (OB-2) Agnes (FLATEL) GIFFARD, who was born in 1034 in Longueville, Normandy, and died after 1133. [1, 2] | Of Longueville, Rohese Giffard (I3303)
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| 2057 | Walter FitzAlan, 1st Steward of Scotland. Lord O' Oswestrie, Title: High Stewart of Scotland Walter Stewart, the youngest son of Alan Fitzflaald, went to Scotland, where he received from David I land in Renfrew, including Paisley, and the hereditary dignity of High Steward or Seneschal of Scotland, whence the surname, Stewart, (modified by some branches to "Steuart", or to French from "Stuart") took origin in rein (1153-1165) of Malcolm IV. The title of Steward of Scotland was bestowed on Walter FitzAlan by David I, King of Scotland (1124 - 1153); under whose reign and the reigns of his brothers Edgar and Alexander before him, the Anglo-Norman feudal system and culture became more established in Scotland. King Malcolm IV (1153 - 1165) confirmed the honour bestowed by David I and made the office of Steward of Scotland hereditary in Walter's family. Walter founded the Abbey of Paisley for monks of the Clunic order in 1160; and he defeated Somerled of the Isles in 1164. Walter married to Eschina de Londonius, widow of Robert de Croc and probably daughter of Thomas de Londonius. | Of Stewart, 1st High Stewart of Scotl Walter Fitzwalter (I3819)
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| 2058 | Walter of Dundonald. Justiciar of Northern Scotland. Raised Paisley Priory to an Abbey. | Of Scotland, Walter Stewart (I5866)
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| 2059 | Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Justicar of Scotland. Instead of taking the name "Walter FitzAlan", Walter adopted the name of his office and became known as Walter Stewart. Thus, he is the first Stewart from whom all the names are descended. He was appointed Justicar of Scotland in 1230. | Of Stewart, 3rd High Stewart of Scotl Walter Fitzallan (I3800)
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| 2060 | Walter Stewart, the 6th Great Steward of Scotland, commanded the left wing of the Scottish army at the Battle of Bannockburn (with his cousin, Sir James Douglas), in 1314, when he was age twenty-one. Walter was knighted by King Robert Bruce for his bravery at Bannockburn. At the end of 1314, Walter was sent by Robert Bruce to the English to retrieve the king's wife and other members of his family who had been held prisoners of the English for many years. In 1315, King Robert Bruce gave his daughter Marjory in marriage to the now twenty-two year-old Walter, and with her gave in free marriage the barony of Bathgate, with Riccarton and Ratho, and other lands. Before that marriage, the issue of who would succeed to the Crown of Scotland had been settled. If the brother of Robert Bruce, Edward Bruce, had no male heirs (which he died in Ireland without male heirs), then the Crown went to Marjory. After Robert Stewart was born to Marjory and Walter Stewart, he (Robert) was made the heir to the Crown (parliament held at Scone 3 Dec 1318). At the death of King David Bruce, Robert Stewart (Robert II) became the King of Scotland, and the first of the Stewart line. Walter was Regent of Scotland during Robert Bruce's expedition into Ireland in 1316. He defended Berwick, Scotland, against an English army. Walter made a raid into Yorkshire, in England, in 1322, with Sir James Douglas, that nearly resulted in the capture of King Edward II of England. Commander at Bannockburn in 1314. He was Regent of Scotland. | Of Scotland, Sir Walter (I7147)
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| 2061 | Walter was killed in 1093 at Alnwick. | Of Lochaber, Walter (I5823)
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| 2062 | Was a descendant of Vonones II, King of Parthia, Persia | Of Parthia, the Great Vologaeses V (I9369)
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| 2063 | Was a forgeman and manager of the Iron Works in the 1850 Dickson Co., TN Census | White, Henry (I2895)
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| 2064 | Was in the Civil War and probably died during the war. | Herron, Ewell Eldridge (I630)
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| 2065 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Lucinda Jane (I8352)
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| 2066 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Battle W. (I8353)
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| 2067 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Samantha (I8354)
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| 2068 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Damantha (I8355)
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| 2069 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Giles Matison (I8357)
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| 2070 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Alexander Pinto (I8358)
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| 2071 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Nancy Ann (I8359)
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| 2072 | Wes Willie May's husband. | Herron, Willie Mae (I653)
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| 2073 | When Aiken McCloud Bullock was born on 14 September 1894, in Edwardsville, Cleburne, Alabama, United States, his father, Alva Billups Bullock, was 25 and his mother, Beulah Beatrice Burton, was 22. He married Sybil Aileen Love on 4 June 1917, in Woodlawn, Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States in 1930. He died on 18 June 1975, in Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. | Bulloch, Aiken McCloed (I1821)
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| 2074 | When Charles IV dies, at the age of thirty-four in 1328, he has been three times married but he has no son. Since the death of Hugh Capet in 996 there has always been a son (or very occasionally a brother) to inherit the French crown. In the present generation the pattern is broken. Charles IV succeeds two elder brothers (Louis X and Philip V), and he leaves two daughters - one of them born posthumously. The claim of Charles's elder daughter is rejected on the grounds of her sex, even though the Salic law is not yet officially enshrined in the French system. A great assembly of feudal magnates is charged with deciding who is the rightful heir. The closest male relative of Charles IV is his nephew Edward, the son of Charles's sister Isabella. There is a certain logical objection to Edward's inheritance; if the crown may not be inherited by a woman, it would seem inconsistent for it to be inherited through a woman. There is another factor which the chronicles of the time imply to be an even more powerful obstacle. Edward is now Edward III, king of England. France does not want an English king. In the circumstances it is not surprising that the assembly awards the crown to a more distant relation. Philip of Valois is only a cousin of Charles IV, but his descent is all-male and all-French (he is the son of a younger brother of Charles's father, Philip IV). The Valois prince is crowned king at Reims in May 1328 as Philip VI, beginning a new (though closely related) line on the French throne. The dynasty's first reign is a difficult one. It includes the human and economic disaster of the Black Death. And the disputed succession brings on the long-drawn-out conflict known as the Hundred Years' War. | Of L'Hospital, Piers II (I7286)
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| 2075 | When Charles Price, her son, was married she married Dan Wall. | Jarre, Cornelia (I2358)
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| 2076 | When Ellen Baxter Abston was born on 3 August 1877, in Alabama, United States, her father, William D Abston, was 22 and her mother, Amanda Cobb, was 23. She married Charles Jefferson Menasco on 16 August 1894, in Walker, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States for about 20 years and Election Precinct 42, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 24 December 1952, in Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 75. | Abston, Ellen Baxter (I8730)
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| 2077 | When Henry IV dies, in 1610, he has had six children by his second wife, Marie de Médicis, in the previous nine years. This level of productivity is remarkable in that Henry is famous also for the number of his mistresses (causing him to become known as le vert galant, the "evergreen gallant"). Henry's infidelities have strained his relationship with Marie (married for the advantages which a Medici dowry will bring to the French exchequer), and it is only on the day before his assassination that she finally manages to be crowned queen. The coincidence provokes rumours as to her possible involvement in the crime. But as the crowned queen she successfully asserts her claim to be regent for her son, the 9-year-old Louis XIII. Marie immediately reverses the anti-Habsburg policy prevailing at the end of Henry's reign. She admits the Spanish ambassador to her council and arranges for two of her children to marry the infanta and infante, the two elder children of Philip III of Spain; Louis XIII is betrothed to Anne, and his sister Elizabeth to the future Philip IV. Marie's regency is extravagant and incompetent. It ends in violence when Louis XIII, at the age of seventeen, arranges for the assassination of his mother's favourite, the Marquis d'Ancre, and takes power into his own hands. In the long run Marie's main contribution is her employment of a very talented administrator - Richelieu. Armand du Plessis, created cardinal in 1622 and duc de Richelieu in 1631, begins his public career as the 21-year-old bishop of the small diocese of Luçon. He comes to the attention of Marie de Médicis when he is one of the representatives of the clergy in the estates general of 1614 (summoned by her for the purpose of raising funds). He becomes one of her secretaries of state in 1616. When Marie is exiled from Paris in 1617 by her son, Richelieu goes with her. But there is a reconciliation between mother and son in 1622. By 1624 Richelieu is on Louis XIII's council of state. Later in that same year he is declared to be the "principal minister". Over the next eighteen years the two men, minister and king, devote themselves to raising the status of France. On his appointment, Richelieu declares to his king that he will undertake four important tasks. They are, in his own sequence: to destroy the Huguenots; to weaken the power of the nobles; to bring the French people to obedience; and to raise the name of the king to its rightful place among foreign nations. When Richelieu makes these resolutions, in 1624, the Huguenots have recently been up in arms against the crown over an issue of church property. As a result their fortresses, allowed them by the edict of Nantes, have been reduced to just two - La Rochelle and Montauban. Huguenot assistance to an English raid in 1627 gives Richelieu the pretext he needs. He besieges the stronghold of La Rochelle. The Huguenots hold out for a year, but finally yield in October 1628. In the resulting peace of Alès, in 1629, all the political privileges granted them in the edict of Nantes are removed, together with their last two strongholds. But they are left with their freedom to worship as Calvinists. Richelieu's next aims (reducing the power of the nobles and increasing the obedience of the populace) are resolved, almost as one package, by making more effective France's steady progress towards absolutism - or unbridled centralized rule by the monarch. Strong centralized rule was attempted by Francis I, was improved upon by Henry IV, and is now - thanks to Richelieu - successfully achieved by Louis XIII. The estates general summoned in 1614 by Marie de Médicis proves to be the last for almost two centuries (until the fateful assembly of 1789). The administration now put in place is run by bureaucrats from the centre, not by nobles dispersed around the country. To have influence now one needs to be at court, under the eye of the king and his minister. Richelieu taxes the country hard, prompting several peasant uprisings. He needs the money for his last purpose, promoting the international dignity of the French king. This aim embroils him in the Thirty Years' War. The threat to France's international stature comes, as it has done since the days of Charles V and Francis I, from the joint Habsburg dynasties of Spain and Austria. From 1629, when the Austrian emperor seems to have the upper hand in Germany's war, Richelieu is busy diplomatically - in particular urging intervention by Gustavus II of Sweden. When Gustavus does invade, and in 1632 reaches as far south as Munich, Richelieu takes advantage of the general turmoil to slip a French army into Lorraine. But by 1635 Gustavus is dead, the Austrian emperor is about to make peace with his German subjects, and Spain is actively campaigning against the United Provinces on France's northern border. Richelieu decides that it is time for overt action. In 1635 he makes an alliance with the United Provinces and Sweden and declares war on Spain and the Austrian empire. The war is still going on when Richelieu dies in 1642, to be followed by Louis XIII in 1643. Had they lived until the peace of Westphalia in 1648, they would have known that Richelieu had made major strides in his aim of boosting the French king's prestige. The treaty gives France territorial rights in Lorraine and Alsace (both left a little vague), and it reflects a subtle change in Europe's balance of power. By the end of the century the nation which everyone else fears will be no longer Spain or the Austrian empire, but France. | Deupree, Louis (I7171)
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| 2078 | When John Belcher, Jr. married he paid lelvy to the clerk fee to Belllshar, Jr., the balance of 338 lb. tobacco paid by the inspectors. | Belcher, Jr. John (I4603)
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| 2079 | Where Taylor Polk was born is not certain, but it is probable that he was born in Mecklenburg Co., NC or immediately across the state line in York Co., SC. Many of the Polk families settled in that area and moved back and forth across the state boundary. The 1800 Census of York Co., SC, pg. 629 lists Taylor Polk as head of household in his own home. It also lists Charles (probably Taylor's older brother). "Taylor was a big man boasting that he 'stood six feet two in his stockings' at age seventeen... He apparently lived in York Co. for several years after his marriage to Jency Walker in 1798. He was there on 6 May 1803 when he signed his mother's Will as a witness. He was able to sign his name on the Will, indicating that he had at least a rudimentary education." (Source: Lola Withrow, Ancestry.com post 1998). According to Lola Withrow, sometime between 1806 and 1815, Taylor most likely went to the area that was, at the time, Louisiana Territory, which is now Arkansas. He probably went to the area that is presently Nashville, TN and was originally Davidson Co., then later to Maury Co.. | Polk, Taylor Sr. (I1624)
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| 2080 | While Alexander reigned over the Highlands of Scotland, north of the Forth and Clyde from 1107 - 1124. His brother David, who had been trained in England, and was Earl of Northumberland, ruled with the title of Earl in Lothian and Cumbria. | Of Scotland, Alexander I (I8367)
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| 2081 | While his father Aethelwulf, was on pilgrimage to Rome in 855, Aethelbald plotted with the Bishop of Sherbourne and the ealdorman of Somerset against him. The specific details of the plot are unknown, but upon his return from Rome, Aethelwulf found his direct authority limited to the sub-kingdom of Kent, while Aethelbald controlled Wessex. Aethelwulf died in 858 and full control passed to Aethelbald. Perhaps Aethelbald's premature power grab was occasioned by impatience, or greed, or lack of confidence in his father's succession plans. Whatever the case, he did not live long to enjoy it. He died in 860, passing the throne to his brother, Aethelbert, just as Aethelwullf had planned. Aethelbald was King of England 858 - 860. | Of Wessex, AEthelbald (I846)
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| 2082 | Wiley Jerome Powers as a young man, began his business career as a clerk in a drygoods store, eventually becoming a merchant in New Providence, TN. \ He maintained a lively correspondence with his father and brother. It was filled with much advice and he kept them posted on the activity of the tobacco market. He frequently handled his father's affairs in Clarksville. (Sources: Rives-Young Family Bible belonging to Jessie Giles Young; Correspondence in possession of Madolyn Vickers; B. C. Powers Family Bible; Material compiled by Geneva Swain and Thelma Hayes) | Powers, Wiley J. (I2259)
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| 2083 | Will of Rawleigh Chinn, pro. Staff'd Co., 10 Mar 1760 , names dear wife Elilzabeth, and, in this order, children: Betty, John, Hannah, Rawleigh III, James, Sarah Ellen, Ann, and --- (defaced). Rawleigh Chinn, of St. Mary's, White Chapel, gent, and Rawleigh Chinn, of do., Mariner, one of the sons of said Rawleigh Chinn, made deed 10 May 1736. Jos. Ball, Jno. and Jos. Chinn, wit. (Source: Virginia Genealogies by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden) | Chinn, II Rawleigh (I1699)
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| 2084 | William Alexander, son of Elias and Sophia Alexander and brother of Abraham and Ezra, was born in Maryland and died in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1772. He married his cousin, Agnes Alexander (daughter of William Alexander, Jr., and Catherine Wallace Alexander), who survived him. Maryland records indicate that William and Agnes Alexander lived for some years in Somerset County, Maryland. Later -- before joining the group migrating to North Carolina -- they were in Frederick County. As early as 1751 we find him in Anson County, North Carolina (later Mecklenburg County), where he was known as a merchant and farmer. From the Colonial Records of North Carolina, we learn that the Rev. Hugh McAden -- on his missionary journey to the Mecklenburg Section -- was a guest in home of William Alexander in October, 1755. In his will he mentioned only one child, Adam -- whom he appointed Executor. It is known, however, that he had a son Charles. He may also have had other children. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: William Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Spouse Name: Agnes Alexander Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1705 Number Pages: 1 Family Data Collection - Deaths about William Alexander Name: William Alexander Death Date: 1772 City: Mecklenburg State: NC Country: USA DAR Mag: " MD records indicate that William and Agnes Alexander lived for some years in Somerset Co MD. Later, before joining the group migrating to NC, they were in Frederick Co. As early as 1751 we find him in Anston Co NC (later Mecklenburg Co.) where he was known as a merchant and farmer. From the Colonial Records of NC we learn that the Rev. Hugh McAden, on his missionary journey to the Mecklenburg section, was a guest in the home of William Alexander in 1755. In his will he mentioned only one child, Adam, whom he appointed Executor. He is known, however, that he had a son Charles, he may also have had other children." DAR Mag: " William Alexander, son of Elias and Sophia Alexander, and brother of Abraham and Ezra, was born in MD and died in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1772" DAR Books: " William Alexander b 1715; AMREV Meck Co NC" DAR Mag: "William Alexander, born in Somerset Co., Md. died 1772 in Mecklenburg Co., NC was undoubtedly a son of Elias and Sophia Alexander and a grandson of Joseph Alexander of Cecil Co MD. He was the father of Adam and Charles Alexander --- Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence." Brevard: "William left a Will in Mecklenburg Co., NC (Will Bk A,pg 6) dated 22 Mar 1772 and died in Mecklenburg Co. His will names wife Agnes and son Adam". and " William Alexander, son of Elias and Sophia Alexander, died in Mecklenburg Co., NC, m.Agnes." Administration Bonds, York Co., PA, A, 77, 22 Feb 1754: Estate of William Alexander of York Co., "Francis Alexander, Admr. Tenet in £100. Inventory filed 23 Feb 1754 mentions that he was of Chanceford Twp. and lists a legacy of £5 from his brother Jededia." Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families, Series II, by Alice Norris Parran, 1938. Page 66: "Elias Alexander, son of Andrew (and grandson of William Sr. of Somerset); wife, dau--of Joseph Alexander of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract. Issue--six sons anddaughters--William 1715, m. Agnes, his cousin. Abraham 1717-1786, m. Dorcas. Zebulon, 1720-1784, m.(first two unnamed) 3rd. Jane McClung. Ezra, 172?-1800, m.(wife not listed.); Arthur, d. 1763, m. Margaret McKamy. Daughter of Elias unnamed. MD Cal Wills VII -141, pg. 3: "Agnes Alexander m. William Alexander, cousin , son of Elias Alexander". Richard B, Alexander: "William Alexander married Agnes Alexander, daughter of William Alexander, Jr. and Catherine Wallace. He was born at Somerset Co., MD. He died in 1772 at Mecklenburg Co NC. | Alexander, William (I1209)
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| 2085 | William and Prudence lost an infant son, born and died in summer of 1930; marker placed at Ward Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, TN | Shattuck, William Henry (I5209)
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| 2086 | William came to MA first, then immigrated to VA in 1655 to Glouchester Co. | Belcher, William (I4729)
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| 2087 | William Cross Jr. and Nancy Boyd were 1st cousins, once removed. | Boyd, Nancy (I1081)
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| 2088 | William Daniel Deupree, Sr. and Wm. Daniel Deupree, Jr. were both in the Noxubee Cavalry, returned to Noxubee County and were prominent businessmen in Macon. William Jr. later moved to Jackson, Tenn. to engage in the cotton business. | Deupree, William Daniel I (I6822)
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| 2089 | William H. Knox, born in April of 1844, was the fourth child of Samuel B. Knox and Ann Sloan Lowrie Knox. He served in Company H of the 11th North Carolina Volunteers during the Civil War, and was wounded, but never fully recovered from his injury. Like his elder brother, James, he never married. After his death in 1919 he was buried in the cemetery of the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. (Source: Knox Family Papers, Mss 403, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library) William Harrison Knox is buried in plot 9AE. (MCM-2004) | Knox, William Harrison (I3658)
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| 2090 | William I AKA William the Lion, William Leo, William Dunkeld or William Canmore. Traditionally, William founded Arbroath Abbey Arbroath Abbey is a Tironensian abbey founded in 1178 by King William the Lion in honour of Saint Thomas a Becket, murdered in 1170. The King is thought to be buried there. It is most famous for its association with the Declaration of Arbroath. The abbey fell into ruin after the Reformation. From 1590 onwards, it became a source of building stone for the town of Arbroath. This continued until 1815 when steps were taken to preserve the remaining ruins. It is now under the supervision of the Government and is open to the public. He became known as "the Lion" because of his flag or standard, a red lion rampant on a yellow background. This went on to become the Royal standard of Scotland; the British Monarch when in Scotland still uses it today. The rampant lion also forms part of the Royal Standard The Royal Standard is the official flag of Her Majesty The Queen in her capacity as Sovereign of the United Kingdom and of various other Realms. Several realms posses their own Royal Standards. The Standard generally consists of the nation's coat of arms. Outside of the United Kingdom, a blue disc containing the crowned letter 'E' (for 'Elizabeth'), encircled by a wreath of gold roses, is superimposed over the coat of arms. William also arranged the Auld Alliance. The Auld Alliance was an alliance between Scotland, France, and Norway. (Norway never invoked the treaty, but was involved in Franco-Scottish politics until 1746.) The alliance is thought to reach as far back as 1165 and William the Lion, although the first documentary evidence dates from the treaty signed by John Balliol in 1295. The terms of the treaty stipulated that if any country was attacked by England the other countries would invade English territory, as became evident at the Battle of Flodden Field. William died in Stirling in 1214 and lies buried in Arbroath Abbey. His son, Alexander II (August 24, 1198 - July 6, 1249), King of Scotland, son of William I, the Lion, and of Ermengarde of Beaumont, was born at Haddington in 1198, and succeeded to the kingdom on the death of his father on 4 December1214. | Of the Scots, William I (I8134)
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| 2091 | William is listed in Land Grands of Henrico Co., VA as owning 336 acres on the so. side of Locust Branch. | Belcher, William (I4647)
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| 2092 | William Jervis was found in Welsh St Donats, Wales 1881Census age as 36. | Jervis, William (I9575)
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| 2093 | William Joseph Dupree's mother, Charlotte Bell, was on the Trail of Tears. | Bell, Charlotte (I7382)
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| 2094 | William Knox who came into Ireland, settled in Dublin, by Merchandise he acquired a considerable estate. (Source: | Knox, William (I3719)
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| 2095 | William Knox; second son, of the third Uchter Knox of that name, who married the heiress of the ancient family of Silvyland, in the shire of Renfrewshire, by this Lady he had a son. William Knox who succeeded at Silvyland, and married Margaret daughter of Patrick Fleming of Barrochan, in the shire of Renfrew, in the county of Renfrew, descended from the Earl of Wigtown, His son, William Knox, built the house of Silvyland in 1601 whereon are carved his own name and arms and those of his wife.-He married Margaret daughter of George Maxwell of Newark, widow of Uchter Knox of Ranfurley fifth of that name, and had two sons, the elder who died without issue, and Mark. (Source: Ivan Knox, Corcam Ballybofey, Lifford, Co Donegal, Ireland Sept 2009. Taken from The Gentleman's and London Magazine Monthly Chronologer 1714-1794) | Knox, William (I3748)
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| 2096 | William lived at Mt. Pleasant, TN. | Powers, William Jennings (I2444)
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| 2097 | William McCoy came to Craven Co. about 1739. He came with Elijah and Willis McCoy, Sr. (probably brothers). William had 100 acres deeded 17 Aug 1786 in Craven Co., Core Creek, joining Slade and George Bryan's lands. In a deed 19 Feb 1787, he had 50 acres on Core Creek, Great Sand Hill (DB 327, page 44). On 11 Oct 1788, he had an additional 100 acres or Ready Pond and Deep Poc.; 11 Oct 1788, 60 acres on the south side of Neuse River; 12 Apr 1791, 50 acres on Cypress Poc.; 12 Apr 1791, 100 acres in Craven Co., Core Creek - gum tree at Sam Pope upper corner to Sam Pope Jr.'s line issued 12 Nov 1779 (DB 380, page 239). (Source: World Connect file at Rootsweb) | McCoy, William (I7593)
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| 2098 | William Pinckney Cobb was born Jan. 25, 1813 in South Carolina and died November 28, 1888 in Rusk County, Texas. For many years it was thought that William died before 1870 in the Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama area. Whatever William it was that died in that area, it was not Alexander’s son. We have no idea what happened to William’s son, Wm. P. perhaps he might have been the one to move to Jefferson County. Thanks to the access to census records that is now available we have been able to prove that Alex’s son, William moved to Texas and married twice more. He is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Rusk County, Texas. Location on the south side of Highway 323 about half way between Henderson and Overton. This is a very old cemetery originally at a Cumberland Presbyterian Church but since about 1856 has been a Missionary Baptist Church. His head stone reads W. E., but it is our William. It also states that he was a Mason. The descendants of William’s brother, James passed down a story about one of James’ brothers packing up his family and leaving in the dead of night on the night after James was killed. James’s death was the fifth killing in the Cobb family in 1865 and the brother must have worried that he might not be able to stay alive for his family. Today’s descendants could not remember which brother it was, but it would have had to be William since both John and Levi had migrated before the Civil War and Charles had been murdered six months before James. Something serious must have happened during the journey because only William and sons, John Newton and James W., along with daughter, Martha arrived in Texas and appear on the 1870 Rusk County, Texas census. William first appears on record in the papers of the Mulberry Baptist Church. He was very active and served as clerk/secretary for the church. Many of Alexander’s family were among the charter members of this church when they moved to Alabama. He next appears on the Alabama land records purchasing land prior to his first marriage. He married Lucinda A. Arnold on August 6, 1838 in Bibb County, Alabama. Lucinda was born about 1816 in Tennessee, was reported to have been the adopted or step daughter of Alexander Hill, and she was the mother of all of William’s children. According to the 1850 and 1860 Alabama census records those children were William P. b. 1840, Mary E. b. 1841, Martha C. b.1843, James W. b. 1844, John Newton b. 1846, Juliann b. 1849, Gemina b. 1851 and Julia b. 1853. William – three of Alexander’s sons named a son William Cobb, we only know what happened to John’s William. Of William’s William and Charles’ William we have no record that we can connect with them after 1860. One or more of those William’s may have died in the Civil War, all being the right age to serve. There appears to a record for this son of William P., as having served in the 20th Alabama Inf. Company B. There is a record for a William D. or William P. as is one for James, J W, probably his brother. According to service records, William D., possible son of William P. died early in the Civil War, Dec. 18, 186?, from disease. He was described in the records as being 6 feet tall with black eyes, black hair and a dark complexion. Mary E. is reported to first have married a Mr. Crinn or Crim and second to have married James Hamrick on May 6, 1866 in Alabama and they migrated to Texas. They first show up as family on the 1870 Bonham, Fannin County, Texas census; listed with one son, Homer age 1 b. TX, and with Mary’s brother, John Newton living with them. Her brother, James Cobb is living next door, with another gentleman in the household. Their reported 12 children seem to be William’s only grandchildren. One of their daughters age 16 is living with William’s children in 1900. Then their grandson Rex B. Hamrick is living with John and James Cobb in 1910. Rex and John migrate to Oklahoma by 1920, showing up in the household of Shaw Hamrick. According to the only researcher I talked to from this line, Mary’s children were Henry D. b. 1868 in AL, Homer b. 1869 TX, William Sceifert b. 1/21/1874 TX, John C. b. 1880, Knowles Shaw b. 1882 TX, and Mattie M. b. 1884. Mattie is the one that shows up on the 1900 census in her uncle’s house in Rusk County. Martha C. – Besides being on the 1850 and 1860 Alabama census records, she shows up in her father’s house in Texas. Never marrying, she lives with her step mother and brothers after her father death. She last appears on the 1910 Rusk County Texas census. James W. – had a distinguished service record during the Civil War. After the war he first shows up in Fannin County, Texas in 1870 living next door to his sister Mary’s family. His second appearance in Texas is on the 1880 Rusk County census, not living in his father’s house, but in town as a constable, in the home of J. S. Boygers as a boarder. He moves into his brother’s household after his father’s death, or by the 1900 census. On both the 1900 and 1910 census he states that he is married, but there is no sign of a wife and no known Texas marriage certificate. According to the number of years he states he was married, he would have married about 1885 to 1887. In 1900 he says married 15 years and in 1910 he says married 23 years. He does not appear on the 1920 census in Texas. There is a CSA service record for a James, J. W. and James W. serving with the 20th Alabama Infantry companies “B”, and “C” that is probably him. John Newton – lives with his father starting with the 1880 census record and becomes head of the house after William’s death. He is called Newton on one Texas census, and John on the Texas census and the 1920 Pottawatomie County, Shawnee Dist. Oklahoma census. Juliann did not appear on anything but the 1850 census, so must have died young. Gemina and Julia last appeared on the 1860 census as far as I could tell. I found no marriage record that I could connect with either of them. Perhaps something happened to them and their mother on the trip west, or perhaps they married some unknown fellow during the long trek. William was obviously in Texas by 1868, as I found a marriage license for him when he married a widow, Louisa Armstrong on Jan. 22, 1869 in Rusk County. On the 1870 Rusk County census William’s household consists of Wm. P. age 57 b. SC, Louisa 39 b. AL, Thomas Armstrong 12 b. AL, Isabella Armstrong 9 b. Al and Frederic Cobb a 9 year old black male b. AL. The two Armstrong children helped me to trace Louisa. She was originally Louisa Crim that married Elias Armstrong on August 20, 1853 in Shelby County, AL. They then showed up on the 1860 Shelby County census, and must have been neighbors of William and Lucinda. Perhaps the two families traveled west together. Louisa obviously died about 1875 because William remarried in 1876. On March 12, 1876 William P. married another widow, Margaret Spence. She was b. AL and her parents were born in Kentucky. Margaret outlived William by many years and showed up in a census living with William’s children in 1900 and 1910. Margaret was born Margaret B. Rogers and married Harvey B. Spence on March 27, 1850 in Rusk County, Texas. The 1860 census shows Margaret and Harvey with 4 children and an older male of the Spence family, possibly a brother to Harvey. (Source: Barbara Cobb Rowe From "Tracking Your Roots": COBB, William P ARNOLD, Lucinda A Aug 06 1838 1850 U.S. Census, E.C. River, Bibb Co., AL enumerated 15 Nov 1850 Cobb, Wm. P. w.m. 37 b. abt 1803 SC, farmer, Lucinda w.f. 34 b. abt 1816 TN, Wm. D. w.m. 10 b. abt 1840 AL, Mary E. w.f. 9 b. abt 1841 AL, Martha C. w.f. 7 b. abt 1843 AL James W. w.m. 6 b. abt 1844 AL, John M. w.m. 3 b. abt 1847 AL, Juliann w.f. 1 b. 1849 AL. 1860 U.S. Census East Side Cahaba River, Bibb Co., AL PO Randolph, enumerated 10 Aug 1860: Cobb, William P. w.m. 47 farmer b. SC Lucinda w.f. 44 domestic b. TN, Mary w.f. 19 domestic b. AL, Martha w.f. 17 domestic b. AL, William w.m. 21 farmer b. AL, James w. m. 15 b. AL, Gemima w.f. 9 b. AL. (Jemima) Juliann w.f. 7 b. AL. William Pinkney and family moved to TX bet. 1860 - 1870. 1870 Census Precinct #1, Rusk Co., TX, enumerated 13 Oct 1870, H.H. #528: Cobb, William P. 67 farmer b. SC, Louisa 39 keeping house b. AL, Martha 27 without occupation b. AL, Frederic 9 work on farm b. AL, Armstrong, Thos. 12 work on farm b. AL, Isabella 9 attending school b. AL, 1880 U.S. Census Henderson, rusk, TX enumerated 26 Jun 1880: Cobb, Wm. P. 67 farmer b. abt 1813 SC f.b. SC m.b. SC, Margaret 63 keeps house b. abt 1817 KY f.b. KY m.b. KY, Martha C. 35 daughter b. abt 1845 AL f.b. SC m.b. TN, John N. 33 son single farmer b. abt 1847 AL f.b. SC m.b. TN, William Pinckney Cobb, son of Alexander. As you already know, he moved with at least 3 of his children to Rusk County Texas between 1860 and 1867. Just guessing that it was probably between 1865 and 1867, after the war, but prior to his marriage to his second wife in 1867. William P. Cobb is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in New London, Rusk County, Texas. The same place my family and relatives are located. The person that sent this to me says that the stone is broken but the dates are Jan. 26, 1813 and Nov. 28, 1888. It also says that he was a Mason. (From Martin Thames, courtesy of Barbara Rowe) Name: William P. Cobb Gender: Male Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1869 Spouse: Louisa Armstrong Marriage city: Rusk Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002: Name: W. P. Cobb Gender: Male Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1876 Spouse: Margaret Spence Marriage city: Rusk Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 | Cobb, William Pinkney (I4650)
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| 2099 | William served with Lt. Andrew Alexander, about the same age, in Mecklenburg Co. area, and were believed to be related. Benjamin and Susannah had a son, Andrew, also. The dates of their children are sometimes questionable. their Andrew was supposedly born in 1777. Was Lt. Andrew a brother or an unle? One of the census in Sugar Creek District shows the Alexanders and both Will (Black Billy) and Capt. Andrew, at the time, were shown in the same house with other siblings. (Source: Ezra McLauren "Mac" Alexander) | Alexander, William (I985)
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| 2100 | William stated in his declaration to obtain a Rev. War pension that he was born in York Co. Pa. As William and Robert are older than Thomas -- it is *presumed* that they were born in Pennsylvania, too. (Source: Linda Boyd Lawhon) On 20 April 1780 Burke Co., North Carolina, the land of John Gable Sr. was said to have been surveyed by William Boyd, Dep. Surveyor to Christopher Beekman, but the survey was not given to him because it was lost or burnt in said Boyd house (Huggins, Burke County Land 1778, Volume I, page 151). On 3 May 1780 Burke Co., North Carolina, # 1569 entry, p. 519 "William Boyd, son of Robert Boyd, 200 acres on Lower Little River. May 3, 1780" (Ibid., Volume II, page 14.). He appeared on the census of 1790 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina; Morgan District, 8th Co., William Boyd 1m +16, 3m -16, 1f. In 1791 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, William appeared on a tax list in Capt. Forrister's Dist. with 100 acres. In 1793 Burke Co., North Carolina,::: Capt. Austin's Company: William Boyd 300 acres, 1 poll (Huggins, Burke County Land 1778, Volume II, page 131). In 1794 Burke Co., North Carolina, he was on the tax list of Capt. Austin, listed with 300 acres and 1 poll (Ibid., Volume IV, page 110). On 22 October 1794 Burke Co., North Carolina, Hugh Reed to Wm. Boyd, 300a., pr. William Reed. This deed was recorded in the court minutes of 1794, p. 242 (Ibid., Volume IV, page 21). In 1795 Burke Co., North Carolina,: he was on the tax list of Capt. Austin, 300 acres, 1 poll (Ibid., Volume IV, page 114). On 25 March 1796 in Burke Co., North Carolina, he sold 200 acres to John Boyd. On 30 September 1799 in Sumner County, Tennessee, William Boyd: was listed on a petition of citizens wanting a new county formed and his name appeared near to those of Jeremiah Taylor, Samuel Young, and some Beards ("Petitions to the General Assembly of Tennessee," The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Ansearchin' News, Spring, Vol. 39 No. 1 (1992): page 23. Hereinafter cited as "Tennessee Petitions".). In 1801 in Smith County, Tennessee: his signature appeared on a petition. In 1803 in Wilson County, Tennessee, on a tax list in Capt. Wood's District with 257 acres on Sander's Fork (Partlow, Tax Lists of Wilson, page 11). In 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, he was listed in Capt. Cannon's District No. 2 with 200 acres on Sanders Fork. His brother, Aaron Boyd, is listed with 57 acres (Ibid., page 15.). On 20 June 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, page 407: Jeremiah Taylor of Smith Co., to Wm. Boyd of Wilson Co., 357 acres. Wit. Abrm. Britton and Robert Boyd. On 25 June 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, pages 407-408: William Boyd of Smith Co., to Joseph McCleskey of Wilson Co., 100 a. lying on the water of Sander's fork of Smith's fork. Wit. James McBride and Samuel McCleskey. On 12 May 1807 in Wilson County, Tennessee, a William Boyd attended the estate sale of Samuel Bogle -- it may not be this older William Boyd. ("Research and Records of Patricia Wilson Spradley (Dallas, Texas) , Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:39; From: Pat Spradley Records".). On 15 July 1808 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book C, page 252: William Boyd of Wilson County to William C. Hodges, 200 acres on Sanders Fork of Smiths Fork. Wit. Christopher Cooper, Arthur Harris, Robert Bogle. On 15 February 1809 Iredell County, North Carolina, William Leach, Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd Sr., Joseph Bogle, and John Boyd Jr., legatees of John Leich, to William Hines of Iredell Co., part of a tract originally granted to Samuel Woods, both sides of Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, 640 acres, bearing the date 29 Oct 1782. Wits. William Reed, Thomas Mordak, William Smith (Black, Iredell County, North Carolina, (citing Deed Book G:226).). On 23 October 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book D, page 440: William Boyd of Bedford Co. to Aaron Boyd of Wilson Co., 57 acres lying and being in the County of Wilson on Sanders Fork and Smiths fork and being a part of a tract of land that the sd. Wm. Boyd purchased of Jeremiah Taylor (Wilson County Deeds: Deed Book D:440, County Clerk's Office, Wilson County, Tennessee; Hereinafter cited as Wilson County Deeds.). In 1812 Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax List, Capt. Duncan Nulle's Co. lists: William Boyd, William Boyd (2), and Alexander Boyd. | Boyd, William (I1426)
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