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| 1451 | In the 1785 Amherst Co, VA census he is listed as "Aron", with 7 white souls.Williamson 25 Surety, James Williamson - Bedford Co, VA) | Campbell, Aaron (I6571)
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| 1452 | In the 1840 Census for Dickson, TN: Joshua Claxton, head household with 1 m under 5 (Thomas J.) , 1 m. 5-10 (?), 1 m. 50-60 (Joshua); 1 f. under 5 (Queen), 2 f. 10 - -20 (Nancy & Elizabeth), and 1 f. 20-30 (Delilah).. Who is the male 5 - 10? James would have been 20. In the 1850 Census for Dickson, TN: Susan Claxton 50 b. abt. 1800 GA Caroline Cox 24 b. abt. 1826 TN,. Caroline Williams 21 b. abt 1829 TN, Catherine Scarmone 22 b. abt. 1828 TN, Queen T. Claxton 17 b. abt 1833 TN. Fanny Tolbert 90 b. abt 1760 VA. mulatto, 1850 Census for Dickson, TN, Middle Dist.: HH #96 Clanton (sic), Delilah 39 b. abt 1811 TN, Elizabeth T. 20 b. abt 1830 TN, Nancy J. 18 b. abt 1832 TN, Thomas R. 16 b abt 1834 TN. farmer William H. 14 b abt 1836 TN. Martha J. 11 b. abt 1839 TN, M. T. f 7 b. abt 1843 TN, James L. 5 b abt 1845 TN, Joseph H. 3 b. abt 1847 TN, Edwards, John B. 54 b. abt 1796 Unk. H. Carpenter HH #94 Hand, Kesiah w f 55 b. GA, (Spouse ?) Wm w m 26 L B Pilot b. TN Lettitia w f 18 b. TN, Mary 19 f b. TN, Jno V W w m 18 m. b. TN, John w m 2 b. TN, Louisa w f 8/12 b. TN. 1860 Census District 5, Stewart, Tennessee, Bowling Green PO: William Mc Bride 45 Delilah Mc Bride 44 (50 in 1860) Thomas Mc Bride 29 Betsy Mc Bride 20 James Claxton 16 Joseph Claxton 11 Louisiana Claxton 9 (Note: Delilah and William McBride were just married in 1858) 1870 Cumberland City, Stewart Co, TN Census, Roll 1564, Book 1, pg 185A: Fam 15-16: Cross, John, 34, m, w, digging Iron Ore, b. TN; Louisa, 17, f, w, keeping house, b. TN; (should have been "Lucy") Emily, 60, f, w, b. NC; Robert 3, m, w, b. TN; Mary, 3/12, f, w, b. TN; McBride, Delila, 50, f, w, b. TN. (age?) | Hand, Delilah (I47)
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| 1453 | In the 1860 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Census in household 881 with his wife. He's a farm laborer with $200 personal property. | Cobb, Jasper (I6120)
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| 1454 | In the 1860 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Census in household 881 with his wife. He's a farm laborer with $200 personal property. | LNU (Cobb), Nancy (I6131)
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| 1455 | In the 1870 Baker Co., AL Census living next noor to James and Elizabeth Davenport. | Davenport, D.H. (I6264)
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| 1456 | In the 1870 Clayton Co., GA Census, Becky Medlock is shown as living alone. | Poole, Rebecca Evelyn (I6272)
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| 1457 | In the 1880 Census of Clay Co, AL, Melissa Catherine was listed as "Mollie" but she was later known as "Kate." She was listed with her husband in a 1937 article about a John James Culpepper family reunion as being from Atlanta, GA. | Culpepper, Melissa Catherine (I2855)
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| 1458 | In the 1880 Stewart Co., TN Census listed are: Dwelling #213, Family #220: Claxton, Biddy age 30 b. Canada father and mother b. Ireland, James16 son, Robert 14 son, Margaret 12 dau, George 9 son, ... father b. TN, mother b. Canada. | Mullins, Bridgett (I259)
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| 1459 | In the Bible records of the John Culpepper family which were preserved by Mrs. J. W. (Ira Gay) Deam of Gay, GA, and copied by Mrs. D. W. (Lyvyn Wright) Sisco, John Culpepper's wife was recorded as "Nancy Gillespie" born "about 1778." Joseph Richard Culpepper, in a letter to Rev. George Bright Culpepper circa 1910-1915, wrote that Nancy Gillespie's "mother was a Peek." Mrs. John (Dorothy Culpepper) Wingfield preserved a 25 page typed manuscript "ONE FAMILY - CULPEPPER" written by her grandfather, Rev. George Bright Culpepper, who noted: According to the same [John Culpepper Bible] record, John William Culpepper married Nancy Gillespie on May 18, 1794, the ceremony being performed by Reverend Reese, at his house on the Congaree. It was on Sunday, cloudy in the morning and fair in the evening. As best it can be figured, Nancy Gillespie was six years younger than John William, the man she married, and was born on the Peedee River, in South Carolina, near Cheraw. The record recites that to this couple were born eight sons and two daughters. Nancy Gillespie is presumed to have been the daughter of Francis Gillespie of South Carolina since one of her sons was named Francis Gillespie Culpepper. Francis Gillespie owned land in Cheraws District, SC and family tradition is that this was where Nancy Gillespie was born. Francis Gillespie's wife was named Elizabeth based on South Carolina deeds (Book O-3, pp. 436-450) as was Nancy's sister Elizabeth "Betsy" Gillespie who married John Slappey (John Culpepper letter 1853). Nancy and Betsy Gillespie's presumed mother, Elizabeth, was perhaps a daughter or sister of Daniel Peek. In 1807, John Culpepper and John Slappey were listed as administrators of Daniel Peek's Richland District estate. The bond was also signed by Joseph Culpepper and George Slappey. Buyers at the estate sale included John Culpepper and John Slappey, Elizabeth Gillespie, and others. Prior to his death, Daniel Peek may have given land to John and Nancy Gillespie Culpepper which would account for their move back to Richland District, SC. Daniel Peek's surviving estate records do not mention land but include sixteen slaves, several horses, hogs, and farm produce, indicating that he had been a planter and landowner. In Feburary 1823 when John Culpepper sold (Deed Book 43, pp. 322-323, Edgefield Co., SC) 144 acres "where I now live" on Cuffeetown Creek in Edgefield District, SC, this was not the land that he had been granted in 1814. Nancy Gillespy had to relinquish her dower rights to the land: John Culpepper____Deed._____South Carolina______ _____To_____________________Edgefield District____Know all Josiah Langley____men by these presents that I John Culpepper of Edgefield district in the State aforesaid for and In consideration of the Sum of Eight hundred dollars paid to me paid by Josiah Langley Senr of the State and district aforesaid have granted bargained sold and released and by these presents do grant bargain sell and release unto the Said Josiah Langley all that plantation or tract of land where I now live originally granted to George Shelnut Containing one hundred and forty four acres be the Same more or less. Lying and being in Edgefield district on Cuffeetown Creek waters of Stephen's Creek and Savannah River and adjoining Land held by the Said Josiah Langley and the heirs of Rovert Bell beginning at a White oak corner on the Creek thence South 60 E to 50 chain to Stake, thence N 30 E 27 ch 50 Links to white oak corner, thence Nor 60 W. 50 chains to white oak on Cuffeetown Creek, thence down the Said Creek following the windings and bendings of the Said Creek to the beginning corner, containing one hundred and forty acres; Together with all & Singular the rights members hereditaments and appurtenances the said premises belonging or in any wise ________[?] or appertaining; To Have and to hold all and Singular the premises before mentioned unto the Said Josiah Langley Senr. his heirs and assigns for Ever; and I do hereby bind myself, my heirs Exrs and admns to warrant and for Ever defend all and Singular the Said premises unto the Said Josiah Langley Senr. his heirs and assigns against myself, my heirs and assigns, and against any other person or persons whomsoever Lawfully Claiming or to claim the Same or any part thereof. Witness my hand and Seal this third day of February eighteen hundred and twenty three, and in the forty Seventh year of American Independence Test James Harrison_____________/s/ John Culpepper [Seal] Mathew (his X mark) Rodes__ South Carolina________Personally appeared before me Edgefield District____James Harrison Sn. and made oath that he was present and see John Culpepper Sign Seal and as his Act to deed, Sign Seal and deliver the within instrument of Writing to and for the uses and purposes therein mention, and did also See Mathew Roads with himself Sign his name as a Witness to the due Execution thereof - Sworn to before me this 29th March 1823. __________William Thurmond J.Q_____James Harrison The State of South Carolina____I William Thurmond Edgefield District_____________one of the Justices of the quorum for Said District do hereby Certify unto all whom it may concern that Nancy Culpepper the wife of the within named John Culpepper did this day appear before me and upon being privately and Separately Examined by me did declare that She does freely Voluntarily and without any Compulsion dread or fear of any person or persons whomsoever renounce release and forever relinquish unto the within Josiah Langley his heirs and assigns all her Interest and estate and also all her right and claim of Dower, of, in or to all and Singular the premises within mentioned and released. Given under my hand and Seal this the 29th March 1823___________________________Nancy Culpepper [Seal] William Thurmond J. Q.____Recorded 4th Oct 1828. There is a question about whether Mrs. John (Nancy Gillespie) Culpepper died in Meriwether Co., GA or in Randolph Co., AL. Mrs. J. (Clara Haralson) Moorcroft wrote in "THE WILLIAM CULPEPPER AND SALLY LESLIE FAMILY," that the widowed John Culpepper accompanied the William Henry Culpepper family from Meriwether Co., GA to Randolph Co., AL when Clara's mother's was six years old. This would seem to indicate that Nancy Gillespie Culpepper died in Meriwether Co., GA. However there were Elliott descendants living near the Wadley City Cemetery, Randolph Co., AL in the mid 1970's who believed that both John and Nancy Culpepper were buried on their land in Randolph Co., AL. Unfortunately, no records of the location of that land have been found. Lavyn (Wright) Sisco wrote 15 Apr 1994 that she had visited the Wadley City Cemetery with a Dean descendant in 1985 and was told that the two graves to the left of William Henry Culpepper were the graves of John and Nancy (Gillsepie) Culpepper. However Lavyn was also told in a 1973 letter from James Harris that William Henry Culpepper's first wife, Sarah Leslie, was the first person buried in the cemetery. If that is correct then Nancy died a year before Sarah and is not buried in the cemetery. It is possible that the two graves to the left of William Henry are those of Sarah O. (Culpepper) Elliott and her daughter Cynthia, both of whom are supposed to be buried in the cemetery but whose graves have not been identified. The cemetery was known as the Elliott family cemetery before it became the Wadley City Cemetery. Ruth Vincent Carlisle Brice, born in July 1906, is a triple Culpepper descendant. Her paternal grandmother was Emily Miriam Culpepper, who was the daughter of William Henry and Sarah Leslie Culpepper. Ruth's paternal grandfather was Broxon Yarbrough Carlisle, whose maternal grandmother was Sarah Oglethorpe Culpepper, a daughter of JOHN and NANCY GILLESPIE CULPEPPER. Ruth's mother's paternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Culpeper, sister of the above Sarah Oglethorpe Culpepper. Ruth now lives in Georgia near her son, Forrest Brice (Source: Granddaughter, Kathryn Ruth Brice.) (Ruth died 1 May 2004.) No records have been found in Georgia for John Culpepper or any of his children until John appears in land lottery and deed records in Monroe Co., GA in 1827. According to p. 42 of Monroe County, Georgia A History compiled and published in 1979 by the Monroe County Historical Society, Inc. in Forsythe, GA: The territory which comprises Monroe County is part of the land ceded by the Creek Nation in a number of treaties with the United States. The principal treaty was entered into at Indian Springs in the Creek Nation on January 8, 1821, between the United States, represented by Daniel M. Farney of the State of North Carolina, and David Meriwether of the State of Georgia, and chiefs, headman, warriors of the Creek Nation, in Council assembled. The land in question was all land lying east of the Flint River and running up the eastern bank of the same, along the water's edge to the head of the principal western branch, which was later named Line Creek. From the head of Line Creek the direction took the nearest and most direct line to the Chattahoochee River. It then followed the eastern bank of the Chattahoochee to the "Shallow Ford," where the boundary between the Creek Nation and the State of Georgia at the time touched the river. The Creek Nation had made many improvements in several sections of this land, and these were one thousand acres to be laid off in a square so as to include the Indian Springs in the center; six hundred forty acres on the western bank of the Ocmulgee River to include the improvements in the possession of the Indian Chief, General William McIntosh.... Within this treaty there was agreed to be paid to the Creek Nation for the cession of this land a total amount of two hundred thousand dollars in fourteen consecutive payments.... This treaty at Indian Springs was not generally accepted by Creek people since they were being gradually crowded out of the land of their forefathers. For this reason it was decreed by the Creek Nation that no further treaty would be signed with the whites unless the entire Creek Nation was in full agreement and then it was only to be signed by those appointed by the nation for that purpose. In spite of this, however, on February 12, 1825, another treaty was entered into with the Creek Nation at Indian Springs. This treaty was signed by all the chiefs and headmen of all Creek towns except those of Tohauhatchee. The land ceded in this treaty included all the land lying within the boundaries of the State of Georgia as defined by the compact.... The land was divided into five counties: Dooly, Houston, Monroe, Fayette and Henry.... 3 Jan 1827, "John Culpepper Sr. of Monroe" bought 202 1/2 acres (Lot 223 Book E p. 179 witnessed by James Wilson and E. Dodson, recorded 20 Nov 1827) in the Twelfth District of Monroe County, GA for $800 from Warren T. Castleberry and sold it the next year for the same price. This would seem to show that John was already in Monroe before he bought the land. G. W. Elliott, witnessed the 1828 deed. It is not known if he was related to William Elliott, the husband of John Culpepper's daughter, Sarah. By 1830, John and Nancy had only one son, Lewis, still living at home with them in Monroe County, GA. Living nearby was Mary (Corley) Culpepper, widow of John's son, Daniel. Sometime between 1830 and 1832, John and Nancy apparently moved on to Crawford Co., GA where there sons Joel and James had been recorded in the 1830 census. "John Culpepper, Sen[ior]" of "Marshall's, Crawford" drew lot 174 in the 22nd district of section 3 of the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia. As a married man who was a U. S. citizen with a son under 18 years of age who was a U. S. citizen and who had lived in Georgia for three years, he would have been entitled to two draws. The land was a 160 acre lot located in the southeast corner of what was Floyd Co., GA and is now on the southern border of Bartow Co., GA near where Paulding and Cobb Co. meet the Bartow Co., line. No record has been found of John and Nancy moving to the land, nor has any record been found of the sale of the land. The family is next noted moving on to Meriwether Co., GA. In the mid-1830's, John and Nancy Culpepper moved to Meriwether County, GA along with son, William Henry Culpepper, and his family. Another son, George W. Culpepper, was already living in Meriwether Co., GA. John and Nancy bought land there in 1838. A descendant, John William Culpepper, obtained a copy of deed F-396 in which, on 24 May 1838, Eli Peavy sold 50 acres on the north side of land lot #255 in the 8th District of Meriwether County, Georgia, containing 50 acres to John Culpepper for $35.35. John and Nancy were noted in the 1840 census of Meriwether Co., GA (p. 123, John Culpepper 1 male 60-70 with 1 female 50-60 living next to son, William H. Culpepper). The following is an account of John Culpepper as a settler in Greenville, Meriwether Co., GA which appeared in the Greenville, GA Vindicator on April 21, 1905: Nearly eighty years ago a group of hardy yeomanry settled on adjacent farms a few miles northwest of Greenville near the old Ector mill (now Maffett's). They were John, George and William Culpepper, Allen, Eli and David Peavy, Freeman Blount, Daniel Keith, Joel Sears, William Sutherland, Robert Kendrick, James Martin and the Carlisles. At that time these denizens were neither rich or very poor, but self-reliant, self-sustaining and mutually helpful in many ways. Then and in many sequent years it was customary in the country to have log-rollings, house-raisings and wheat-reapings in which the neighbors joined forces either personally or by colored proxy. In the dark hours of sickness, death, or misfortune of any kind the sympathetic hearts and hands of the neighborhood were promptly united to assist and relieve the distressed. This was especially the era of the best men and women of Georgia and from such have sprung those who have done most in the private and public walks of life to conserve true nobility of character, moral and christian civilization. John Culpepper removed in early life from Virginia [according to the 1850 census record, he was born in South Carolina and all indications are that his extended family had recently moved to South Carolina when John Culpepper was born] to South Carolina thence emigrating to Monroe county, Georgia from where he came to Meriwether locating on what is now known as the Willis Jarrell place near town. After residing here some years he disposed of his farm reinvesting in a choice plantation in Randolph county, Ala. Then he spent the remainder of his long life contentedly as he harvested luxuriant crops from the alluvial lands bordering on the Chattahoochee [read Tallapoosa River?]. He belonged to the honest primitive class of citizenry who scorned deceit, lying and trickery, esteeming true character and a good name above filthy lucre and corrupted honors. Though not a churchman, the old patriot was a firm believer in the christian religion as was attested by his conduct in the practice of its precepts. He was the father of eight sons and two daughters, all of whom located in various parts of this state and Alabama. All were substantial highly respected citizens, reflecting honor on their special callings and the name of their revered ancestor. This is a remarkable family for longevity. All attained very old age some of them having lived more than a century. John William Culpepper also obtained a copy of deed G-458-459 dated 28 Jan 1842 in which George Washington and William Henry Culpepper sold the west half of land lot "#226" [should be 256] which they had purchased in 1838 in the 8th District containing 100 acres, to John Culpepper for $400.00. In a 25 Apr 1995 letter, John William Culpepper wrote: The Mead Board Company currently owns [lot] 226 [256?] and part of [lot] 225 [255?]. We talked to Bill Gibbs at the Meriwether office and he could not provide any information regarding burial sites on the property, but suggested contacting Tom Brannon at their Yatesville Office in Upson County, which we did. Mr. Brannon pulled out the plat maps and we looked at them without noting any burial sites on the property.... Land Lots 225 & 226 [255? & 256?], 8th District are located approximately 2 to 3 miles northwest of Greenville, about one mile east off of Georgia Route 100 on the Jarrell road. 255 cuts across Jarrell Road. Eleanor [Willingham] and I located a cemetery nearby lot 255 and just off of the Jarrell Road and it had a number of Peavy graves but no Nancy Culpepper. It is not clear at what point, John Culpepper moved on to Randolph Co., AL. According to Meriwether Co., GA Deed I-392 obtained by John William Culpepper, John Culpepper and William H. Culpepper sold for $1,000 to Jacob Moon the Meriwether Co., GA District 8 lot 256 containing 202 1/2 acres which George Washington and William H. Culpepper purchased in 1838 half of which John Culpepper purchased from George Washington and William H. Culpepper in 1842. John and William H. Culpepper also sold as part of the package the 50 acres off of the north side of lot 255 which John Culpepper had bought in 1838. The question that this raises is whether or not John Culpepper moved to Randolph Co., AL before or after Nancy's death. According to Mrs. J. (Clara Haralson) Moorcroft, writing about her grandparents in "THE WILLIAM CULPEPPER AND SALLY LESLIE FAMILY," Clara's mother, Sarah Jane Culpepper, was six years old when the William Henry Culpepper family moved with the widowed John Culpepper from Meriwether Co., GA to Randolph Co., GA. Sarah Jane Culpepper would have been six years old in 1850 and in fact both William Henry and the widowed, John Culpepper were listed in the 1850 Randolph Co., AL census. However, "William H. Culpepper" is noted in Randolph Co., AL land records in 1848. He bought or was granted 39 acres and 24 rods of land (Certificate or Warrant 10628) in the southwest part of the northeast division of Section 10 in Township 22 South, Range 10 East of Randolph Co., AL. The land appears to be to the west of Wadley about half way between the town and Pleasant Hill Church. All records on William Henry's youngest daughter, Caroline F., show that she was born in January 1849 in Alabama. This would seem to verify that the family was already in Alabama by 1849. If John Culpepper was a widower, then it appears that the William Henry Culpepper family moved to Randolph Co., AL with William Henry's father around the time that William Henry Culpepper purchased land there in Aug 1848 and after the July 1848 death of Nancy (Gillespie) Culpepper. A 78 year old John Culpepper was listed (p. 386, family 189) on the 1850 census in Randolph County, AL living nearby his son, William Henry (p. 386, family 183). John listed his birthplace as South Carolina and he owned $5,500 worth of real estate. An 8 year old grandson, Lewis W. Culpepper, a son of William Henry Culpepper, was also listed as living with his grandfather. Unfortunately no record has been found of the land that John Culpepper bought in Randolph Co., AL but based on census records it must have been very close to William Henry's land and probably at least four times as large based on the amount of real estate he was supposed to have owned. Section 11 which covers the western portion of Wadley was already accounted for by early settlers (1835 - 1837) with the exception of one 40 acre portion that William Henry Culpepper purchased in 1855 (poor ink makes the entry almost impossible to read). Section 10 where William Henry had his land seems to be similarly accounted for by people who settled in the late 1830's and 1840's with the exception of another piece of land that William Henry purchased in 1855 which was a parcel immediately north of his own land. The records of Section 3 which was immediately north of Section 11 are in many cases impossible to read because of the poor ink. The entry for John J. Culpepper's land is still legible. It is about the right size to account for the amount of property that John Culpepper owned in 1850 and it is near enough to William Henry to account for the proximity of the census records. Is it possible that John Culpepper actually owned the land that John J. Culpepper was noted with in the 1850 land record? But according to the letter which follows, John Culpepper had broken up housekeeping by 1853. The question is then where was he living when he died. One possibility is with William Henry. The other possibility is with his daughter, Sarah (Culpepper) Elliott. The Wadley City Cemetery, which is in this grid area, was originally named the Elliott Cemetery and was presumably on land owned by Sarah (Culpepper) Elliott, John Culpepper's daughter. She is believed to have been in the area before 1855 since one of her sons married in Randolph Co., AL in 1855. Sarah was also recorded in the Almond P. O. district in the 1870 census but was not living close to her brothers. In the 1880 census, she was recorded in the Louina P. O. district whereas William Henry was in the Flatrock district. This suggests that she was probably living in the Wadley area. In the 1853 letter which follows, John Culpepper writes of trying to get some of his children to come to Randolph Co., AL. It is possible that Sarah came shortly after this and settled on land that John Culpepper had purchased and that the Wadley City Cemetery land and the land to the south of Wadley where John Jefferson Culpepper descendants were found was at one time owned by John Culpepper. In 1853, John Culpepper wrote a letter to his son Francis G. in Lavaca County, Texas, which has been preserved all of these years by that branch of the family. He mentions various relatives but unfortunately does not tell us anything of his own ancestry. John died in Randolph County, AL, May 13, 1855. The following is the letter that John Culpepper, living near Louina, Randolph County, AL wrote to Francis G. Culpepper who had been in Sweet Home, TX for about two years: ______________Randolphs County Ala'a, 26th June 1853 Dear Children, I rec'd your letter, dated 7th May, on 13th June And was very happy to hear you was all well and hope these lines May still find you Likewise. I have to inform you we are (mostly) Complaining, but all up, its common in our country for complaints And many Deaths, this is 3rd Letter I have wrote, I have just return'd from An uncommon Broad (of two months) and found many of our kin poorly. I shou'd have wrote Sooner but waiting to hear from them, thinking I cou'd Give you their Situation, I find all I have heard from better, but Washingtons oldest Daughter, left this world on Wednesday night 15th last. Sick two months. While gone, I saw mostly our kind, they are something like Old times, not as much alteration as I expected, but great alteration in The Country, Crops thare is Sorry, so it is here, but Wheat is good all over. Very dry now, I have nothing more worth Notice, to inform you. I am glad to hear you are Still pleas'd with your Country, likewise Hear your Children settled near, I thought Daniel was gone. I am glad to hear of Mr. Humphries, I can't git the Boys to write no how nor no whare, Lewis is in Pike Zebulon, by promise him & wife will be Here July, Some others of our relations have promis'd to Come but uncertain. I am trying to git more of them here but don't know how it may turn. I am trading my blacks for Land and quit Houskeeping, but am Lonesom and Dissatisfi'd, Stile, but am Old and cant hear makes more difficulties. But thank God I wore out Shoes fast, and travil all the way alone. I wish to hear from you often, but I don't know how to fix it, I think the falt is In the Post Masters, your letter Lay there 11 days, you never Said anything of a change in your Post Office, this Letter comes from a new name, I understand it Sweet Home whare I have Directed this Letter. Perhaps it wou'd be something more Satisfactory to know whare your Relations Are Settled. Joels Widow & family (John in Morgan) are at Haralson Viledge Coweta County. Daniels d[itt]o Dead, James & Caroline Talbot yet, John gone West. John Slappey is Living with your Aunt Betsy, he is mar'd got One Child. The rest is whare you left them. I Dont know of anything more worth your Notice. Write Soon Long Coming, ____________________So Ends _________________________From your Father _____________________/s/ John Culpepper "Washington's oldest daughter" mentioned in the letter was Nancy Louisan, daughter of George Washington Culpepper, of Meriwether Co. GA, who died June 16, 1853, at 11:25 A.M., according to the G.W.C. Bible record. "I thought Daniel gone" refers to Daniel Fey Culpepper, the son of Francis Gillespie Culpepper. He did not leave Lavaca Co. TX until around 1900, and died shortly thereafter in Devine, TX. "Lewis is in Pike Zebulon, by promise him & wife will be Here July" refers to Lewis Peek Culpepper, the youngest son of John W., who lived in Zebulon, GA until 1859, when he moved to Randolph Co. AL. In a letter written in the early 1900's to Rev. George B. Culpepper, a son of Lewis, Joseph Richard Culpepper, mentions going with his father to visit John Culpepper when Joseph was 12 years old, i. e., in 1853. John Culpepper was not listed as a slave-owner in the 1850 slave schedule of Randolph County, Alabama so it is not clear when or where he got the slaves that he intended to trade "for land." "This letter comes from Sweet Home" refers to the name that Francis Gillespie Culpepper gave to the land when he arrived in Lavaca County, TX, in the spring of 1851. According to his granddaughter, Jessie Burke Heard, "he stopped the wagons and told the people that this was the place he wanted to make his home, so he then and there named the place Sweet Home." "Joel's widow and family (John in Morgan) are at Harelson Viledge" refers to Nancy (Corley) Culepper, widow of John's oldest son, Joel, who was in Coweta County, GA in 1850, as were her children, Charles W., Sara A. B., James Benjamin, and Elijah Milton. "John in Morgan" refers to Nancy's oldest son, John L., who was in Morgan Co. GA, and was later killed in the Civil War, at Winchester, VA, on Feb 24, 1862. "Daniels d[itt]o Dead" is a problem. If it was a reference to his son, Daniel P. Culpepper, as a mental note before going to talk about Daniel's children, James and Caroline, then it is odd since Daniel would have been dead for over 25 years and Francis Culpepper would have known that. If it referred to the fourth son of Joel and Nancy, then it is odd that the death was not noted in the Family Bible of his sister, Mrs. I. W. (Sarah A. B. Culpepper) Sims who did note the death of her brother John in 1862. The abbreviated ditto symbol "do" is under the word Widow of the line above. Possibly the line should be read "Daniels [Widow] Dead" since Daniel's widow, Mary (Corley) Culpepper had died in 1851 the year when Francis G. Culpepper left for Texas and he might not have heard the news. "James and Caroline Talbot yet, John gone West" refers to James Marion Culpepper and Nancy Caroline Culpepper Cooper who were children of John's son, Daniel Peek Culpepper, who had died in 1825. James and Nancy Caroline were in Talbot Co., GA in 1850. Daniel Peek Culpepper's youngest son was John Francis Culpepper who died in Johnson Co. TX in 1916. "John Slappey is living with your Aunt Betsey." This reference is to Betsey (Gillespie) Slappey who was the sister of Nancy Gillespie Culpepper, the wife of John Culpepper. John Slappey was apparently her son. The Slappeys have not been located in 1850 census records. The graves of John and Nancy (Gillespie) Culpepper have not been found although there are memorial stones for them in the cemetery of the Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist Church in Lone Oak, GA. If, as appears to be the case, Nancy died before John Culpepper moved on to Alabama, then she probably is buried somewhere near Greenville, GA. Mrs. Eleanor (Culpepper) Willingham, in a 28 Sep 1987 letter, wrote of trying to locate the graves of John and Nancy Gillespie Culpepper. In Wadley, AL she located a "Mr. Smith" who was "over 80" and who had married a Culpepper descendant who thought that John Culpepper had lived in the neighborhood. He also spoke of a cemetery "down on the [Tallapoosa] river-which would be almost inaccessible." Mr. Smith had not heard that John and Nancy were buried there but said "it could be a possibility." Mr. Charles Lee Culpepper, Sr. wrote 4 Jul 1978: My | Gillespie, Nancy J. (I3054)
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| 1460 | In the first part of Louis VII's reign he was vigorous and jealous of his prerogatives, but after his crusade his piety limited his ability to become an effective statesman. His accession was marked by no disturbances, save the uprisings of the burgesses of Orléans and of Poitiers, who wished to organize communes. But soon he came into violent conflict with Pope Innocent II. The archbishopric of Bourges became vacant, and the king supported as candidate the chancellor Cadurc, against the pope's nominee Pierre de la Chatre, swearing upon relics that so long as he lived Pierre should never enter Bourges. This brought the interdict upon the king's lands. Louis became involved in a war with Theobald II of Champagne, by permitting Raoul I of Vermandois and seneschal of France, to repudiate his wife, Theobald's niece, and to marry Petronilla of Aquitaine, sister of the queen of France. Champagne also sided with the pope in the dispute over Bourges. The war lasted two years (1142-44) and ended with the occupation of Champagne by the royal army. Louis was personally involved in the assault and burning of the town of Vitry. More than a thousand people who had sought refuge in the church, died in the flames. Overcome with guilt, Louis declared on Christmas Day 1145 at Bourges his intention of going on a crusade. Bernard of Clairvaux assured its popularity by his preaching at Vezelay (Easter 1146). Meanwhile in 1144, Geoffrey the Handsome, count of Anjou, completed his conquest of Normandy, threatening the royal domains. Louis VII by a clever manoeuvre threw his army on the Norman frontier and gained Gisors, one of the keys of Normandy. In June 1147 Louis and his queen, Eleanor, set out from Metz, Lorraine, on the overland route to Syria. Just beyond Laodicea the French army was ambushed by Turks. The French were bombarded by arrows and heavy stones, the Turks swarmed down from the mountains and the massacre began. The historian Odo of Deuil reported: "During the fighting the king [Louis] lost his small and famous royal guard, but he remained in good heart and nimbly and courageously scaled the side of the mountain by gripping the tree roots ... The enemy climbed after him, hoping to capture him, and the enemy in the distance continued to fire arrows at him. But God willed that his cuirass should protect him from the arrows, and to prevent himself from being captured he defended the crag with his bloody sword, cutting off many heads and hands." Louis and his army finally reached the Holy Land in 1148. His queen Eleanor supported her uncle, Raymond of Antioch, and prevailed upon Louis to help Antioch against Aleppo. But Louis' interest lay in Jerusalem, and so he slipped out of Antioch in secret. He united with Conrad III of Germany and King Baldwin III of Jerusalem to lay seige to Damascus; this ended in disaster and the project was abandoned. Louis decided to leave the Holy Land, despite the protests of Eleanor, who still wanted to help her doomed uncle Raymond of Antioch. Louis and the French army returned to France in 1149. The expedition came to a great cost to the royal treasury and military. It also precipitated a conflict with Eleanor, leading to the annulment of their marriage at the council of Beaugency (March 1152). The pretext of kinship was the basis for annulment. Its reasons had more to do with quarrels between Louis and Eleanor, her scandalous behavior during the Crusades, and the decreasing odds that their marriage would produce a male heir to the throne of France. Eleanor subsequently married Henry, Count of Anjou in the following May, which brought him the duchy of Aquitaine. Louis VII led an ineffective war against Henry for having married without the authorization of his suzerain; but in August 1154 gave up his rights over Aquitaine, and contented himself with an indemnity. In 1154 Louis married Constance, daughter of Alfonso VII, king of Castile. She, too, failed to give him a son and heir, bearing two more daughters: Marguerite of France(1158-1197), married (1) Henry the Young King; (2) King Bela III of Hungary Alys, Countess of the Vexin (October 4, 1160), engaged to Richard I of England; she married William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu As part of a peace process with Henry II of England, Louis imprudently pledged his daughter, Marguerite, in the treaty of Gisors (1158) to Henry, Henry's eldest son, promising as a dowry the Norman Vexin and Gisors. Constance died in childbirth on the 4th of October 1160, and five weeks later Louis VII married Adèle of Champagne. Henry II, to counterbalance the advantage this would give the king of France, had the marriage of their children celebrated at once. Louis VII understood the danger of the growing Angevin power, however, through indecision and lack of fiscal and military resources compared to Henry's, Louis failed to oppose Angevin hegemony effectively. One of the few military successes of Louis, in 1159, was his expedition in the south to aid Raymond V, Count of Toulouse who had been attacked by Henry II. At the same time the emperor Frederick I in the east was making good the imperial claims on Arles. When the schism broke out, Louis took the part of the pope Alexander III, the enemy of Frederick, and after two comical failures of Frederick to meet Louis VII at Saint Jean de Losne (on the 29th of August and the 22nd of September 1162), Louis definitely gave himself up to the cause of Alexander, who lived at Sens from 1163 to 1165. Alexander gave the king, in return for his loyal support, the golden rose. Finally, in 1165 Adèle gave birth to them much longed-for son, along with a daughter a few years later. Louis and Adèle's children were: Philip II Augustus (August 22, 1165-1223) Agnes of France (1171-1240), who married (1) Alexius II Comnenus; (2) Andronicus I Comnenus; (3) Theodosius Branas Louis VII received Thomas Becket and tried to reconcile him with King Henry II. Louis sided with Thomas Becket as a way to weaken Henry politically. He also supported Henry's rebellious sons, but the rivalry between Henry's sons and Louis' own indecisiveness contributed to the break up of the coalition (1173-1174). Finally in 1177 the pope intervened to bring the two kings to terms at Vitry. His reign was a difficult and unfortunate one, from the point of view of royal territory and military power. Yet the royal authority made progress in the parts of France distant from the royal domains. More direct and more frequent connection was made with distant vassals, a result largely due to the alliance of the clergy with the crown. Louis thus reaped the reward for services rendered the church during the least successful portion of his reign. His greater accomplishments lie in the development of agriculture, population, commerce, the building of stone fortresses, as well as an intellectual renaissance. Considering the significant disparity of political leverage and financial resources between Louis and his Angevin rival, not to mention Henry's superior military skills, Louis should be credited with preserving the Capetian dynasty. He was to be succeeded by his son by Adèle, Philip II Augustus and had him crowned at Reims in 1179. However, already stricken with paralysis, King Louis himself was not able to be present at the ceremony. Louis VII died on September 18, 1180 at the Abbey at Saint-Pont, Allier and is interred in Saint Denis Basilica. | Of France, VII Louis (I7246)
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| 1461 | In the New Forest where he was gored by a stag | Of Normandy, Richard (I8778)
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| 1462 | Info on Levi Banks, he was in the 44th. Says born Marshall County, AL Last Name: Banks Date of Birth: Birth Information: USA, Alabama, Marshall County Date of Death: 1862/06/01 Death Information: Killed At Cold Harbor Discharge Date: Discharge Information: Branch: Regimental Unit: 44th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: H Co. Unit Name: Pension Rec: Authority: Final Statement by J. S. Gardner, Lt, Petersburg, Sep 10 64, approved by J. K. Elliot, Ast Agt First Name: Levi MI: Marital Status: Occupation: Enlistment Date: 1862/05/08 Enlistment Information: Alabama, Randolph, Private Engagements: Engage. con't: Remarks: Enlisted by F. M. Goode for 3 years or the war. Last paid by Capt Lapsley to include 31 Oct 63 and entitled to pay therefrom to 1 Jun 64(?) entitled to commutation for clothing from 8 Oct 62 to 1 Jun less stopages for clothing drawn to amount of $71.75 Remarks con't: | Banks, Levi (I6601)
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| 1463 | Information from Shanna Palmer, the wife of Mark Alexander Palmer. xandria50@hotmail.com According to Charles and Virginia Alexander in "Alexander Kin" a family of seven brothers and two sisters came to America by about 1680. A previous Alexander had come to Nova Scotia, son of Sir William Alexander Earl of Stirling who was born in 1580 and died in London in 1640, buried in Stirling. Most Alexander genealogists believe that Rev. James Alexander born about 1628 (wife, Mary Maxwell of Raphoe, Ulster, Ireland, died in Raphoe, Ireland 17 Nov. 1704) was the father of the seven brothers Alexander who came early to America. Norris Preyer in his book, Hezekiah and the Revolution in the Backcountry states that William, not Rev. James was the father and that this William came to Northampton County, Va and married and with grown sons moved to Maryland. He states that this William was probably a brother or cousin to Rev. James John Alexander, born abt. 1603/4 in Stirling, Scotland was fourth son of the Earl of Stirling, William Alexander. His wife was either Chloe Vershoyle-Greene born in Tassagart, Saggart, Co Dublin, Ireland. (Her father was I. K. Vershoyle-Campbell born in Tassagart, Saggart, Dublin, Ireland) or Agnes Graham, born between 1623 and 1627 in Tassagart;, Saggart Co Dublin, Ireland, dau of Robert of Dartmore Graham. John Alexander had sons named: Robert b. about 1600-1610 in Stirling, Scotland-wife-Mary Hamilton born abt 1600 in Bughall Scotland, William, Phillip, John, Archibald and Andrew (DD who was born about 1630 in Colerain Ireland.). John b. 1603, died in Eridy, Donegal Ireland. Robert is supposedly the father of Rev. James Alexander who was born abt. 1630 and d. 1704. James, a member of the Laggan Presbytery in Raphoe was imprisoned there in 1680, which may have induced the brothers to flee to America. Another writer suggests that a William Alexander found on Hearth Roll taxes in Raphoe in ___ was father to both Rev. James and William who came to Somerset. In the year 1688 a group of seven brothers Alexander fled the cruelties inflicted by James II upon his Scottish subjects in Ireland, carrying aboard their preacher who had come to the dock to administer services. This company landed in Manhattan Island (New York). Their descendants of these families went into Pennsylvania and North Carolina (Foote's Sketches of NC). One source says this family was known as the Manhattan Alexanders. Our line of Alexanders have been called the Somerset Maryland Alexanders, and probably in America before 1665. Originally from Scotland this family of Alexanders was supposedly in Ireland about 1610. But their grievances increasing a few years preceding the Revolution of 1688, their ministers imprisoned for holding fasts , Fellow ministers, David Brown, Thomas Wilson and William Traile also came to America. One Stephen Horsey lead a group of settlers from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, then called Accomac and now Accomac and Northampton Counties and settled between the Little and Big Annemessex Rivers in what is now Somerset County Maryland between 1665 and 1670. . Maryland had made overtures to the dissenters and Quakers, so they moved across the line into Maryland. As early as 1665 some settlers named Alexander began to purchase land in the most southern county of Eastern Shore of Maryland-on the Annemessex and Pocomoke Rivers of Somerset Co. Md. Stephen Horsey died there in 1722. About 1675 William Alexander Sr. and Junior were engaged in buying and selling land there. Rev. Francis McKemie was sent from the Barbados and established the first Presbyterian Church on American soil. McKemie lived over the line in Accomac Va, but his labors included these folks. Dr Stafford states that this family Alexander was the first group of Alexanders to settle in the United States. Andrew, William, Samuel, James, Francis and John Alexander were early found in Somerset County. Early Presbyterian Churches in Somerset County were Rehobeth, Manokin, Wicomico and Snow Hill. We know that the first members of Manokin Church were Alexanders, Browns, Wallaces, Polks and others. There is documentary proof that all had settled in Maryland between the years 1677 and 1714. Probably some of them were there before 1677. (Stafford) A William Alexander named his land Raphoe in Somerset County. He also owned "Hunting Quarter" and "Hogg Quarter". His son, William Alexander jr. married Catherine Wallace. Andrew has children born named Abigail and Elias. in Somerset in 1677 and 1679 respectively. Elias married Sophia, dau of Joseph ( the tanner). Elias is found in Cecil County in 1714. In the year 1714 James Stephenson, gentleman of Bucks Co. Pa appointed John McKnitt of Back Creek, Cecil Co. Md. his attorney to sell a tract of land in the NC corner of Cecil Co. called "New Munster". This tract of some 6000 acres began where the Sure Creek enters the Big Elk and with a breadth of two miles tan North six miles up the Elk river until it entered some distance within the present Pennsylvania line in Chester Co. Edward Odine had first patented these lands from King Charles and Odine sold them to Daniel Taos. Daniel Taos willed them to his son John and he, having run into debt to Robert Roberts, the colonial Legislature granted 4500 acres to Roberts to satisfy his claim against Taos who had absconded. Robert Roberts then sold 407 acres to Daniel Pearce of Kent Co for 6000 pounds of tobacco, deed for which is dated the 4th of Sept 1713. This 407 acres was located in the southwest corner of New Munster" and contained the site of the mill near the mouth of the Shure now owned by Howard Scott. Roberts also sold to Thomas Stephenson of Bucks County Pa nearly three thousand acres of the same tract, a large part of which was east of the Big Elk for sum of £300 current money of Maryland The deed from Roberts to Stephenson is dated April 1 1714. On the 8th of May following Stephenson sold the track on the east side of the Big Elk containing upwards of 1100 acres through John McKnitt acres to a company consisting of James Alexander, farmer; Arthur Alexander, farmer; David and James Alexander, weavers; Joseph Alexander, tanner and his son James.; and Mathias (Matthew) Wallace. It was noted that they had already worked the land for some years so their settlement was prior to 1714. Johnston states that there is no doubt that these were part of the "15 other Irishmen" mentioned in the certificate of survey and that they located upon New Munster many years prior to the time at which they obtained the deed to their farms. In accordance with a covenant that the grantor Stephenson would make them another and better deed if they demanded it any time during the next seven years after the date of the first deed. By eight deeds, each of which is dated August 15th 1718 (recorded in Cecil Co Deed Book 3) Stephenson reconveyed his interest in nine hundred and three acres of the New Munster" tract to Joseph, James, David, Arthur, Elijah and Mary Alexander (widow of James the farmer who died in 1717 and was son of Samuel and later known as the carpenter) Also John Gillespie and Mathias Wallace jr. received deeds. This land conveyed to the Alexanders embraced the northeast part of the New Munster" tract and extended from a short distance north of Cowantown to the extreme northern boundary of New Munster" which was about a mile north of the State line and was located by Mason and Dixon fifty years afterward. It was bounded on the west by the big Elk and the west branch of Christiana flowed through it for about a mile near the NE corner of that part of it that is now in Maryland. James the farmer was located south toward the Elk; Arthur was east of James toward the Christiana; David was north of both James and Arthur; James the weaver and his son Moses were north of David; Elias east of James and Moses. Near these John Alexander bought land in 1718. Afterwards others of the same name came and settled along the borders of Pa. and Md. from Munster" to Nottingham. (Arthur may be another son of James the weaver). In 1718 Stephenson gave them individually deeds to each one for that part on which hey had settled and improved. These lands lay on the East side of the Elk and between that a river and Christiana Creek and were close to the borders of Pennsylvania and Delaware. In 1680 George Talbot cousin of the third Lord Baltimore was granted a large tract of land which lay between the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers and known as Susquehanna Manor. He later christened this land New Connnaught and is now Cecil County. In 1683 George Talbot issued the following certificate" Surveyed for Edwin ODwire and 15 other Irishmen-a certain tract of land called New Munster". (Mostly Alexanders and Wallaces).(See photo of New Munster" sign). Samuel Alexander with his sons Andrew and Francis bought lands in 1723 in the southern part of Cecil county called "Sligo" and "Alexandria" tracts. In the same year Samuel and others bought a lot of land for a Presbyterian church in Bohemia in the same county. In the same year Robert Alexander from city of Glasgow, Scotland then a merchant of Annapolis had lands in the same part of Cecil County with in 1737 he left to his cousin, William Alexander of North Britain, (Scotland). This William became a large land-holder in the vicinity of Elkton, Md. In 1741 he and Araminta his wife deeded a lot in Elkton for the erection of the first Presbyterian Church in that town. His lands descended to a second Robert who went off to England at the Revolutionary war and never returned. His lands were confiscated but after the war one-third and one-half his Negroes were restored to his wife Isabell and his six children,-- William, Lawson, Araminta, Henry, Andrew and Roberts. Of these William settled on the lands near Elkton while the rest of the family seem to have remained in Baltimore. The son of this William, Robert succeeded his father on the homestead, but finally sold it and became a hardware merchant in New York city. Nearly all of these Alexanders of Cecil county seem to have been related and came either direct from Ireland and Scotland or else from the older colony in Somerset county, Md. (Rev. J. Alexander) From the History of Cecil County by George Johnston we learn that in 1723 many of the inhabitants of Milford Hundred which then embraced the northeastern part of the county, petitioned the court for a road from the New Munster road at David Alexander's, across the main fresh of Elk River at Stephen Hollingsworth's mill (which was the mill on Big Elk west of Cowantown) to the church at North East. A few months afterwards they presented another petition stating that the "road was difficult, dangerous and troublesome to maintain by reason of crossing the east branch of North East twice and that it was only intended for a bridle path and that a cart road was much needed and mighty be make by a much nearer route and Etc This petition was granted and Stephen Hollingsworth was ordered to see the road laid out so that it would not damnify any of the inhabitants of said Hundred. Of the original Alexanders of the New Munster" purchase, David sold to John Alexander of Chester county; Pa. David himself removed to Chester county and died there after which his widow married a Mr Dobins and removed with her husband to the Cape Fear river, NC where her daughter Anne Alexander married Gilbert Clark, the first elder of the first Presbyterian church which was gathered in that region under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Campbell in 1765. Several other Alexander families removed from Chester County to North Carolina with Dobins and his wife and settled in Mecklenburg county. This was in 1749. David Alexander's son Aaron removed from the Munster settlement and settled in Sherman's Valley Pa in 1748.(Stafford) Aaron, son of David was found in Lancaster Co. Pa. and Petersburg Twp, Cumberland County and went to Sherman's Valley. He was a farmer. In Cecil Co. deeds 7:12, 15 Nov. 1749 he sells to John Alexander of Chester Co. farmer part of New Munster which was his father David's. In 7:121 he appoints friend James Alexander tanner and has sold to John 1749 7:270 1751 he appoints friend Moses of Milford Hundred to sell part of New Munster which was David's. 7: 271, the same. Preyer states on pg. 30 of Hezekiah and the Revolution that the Sample party settled in a lovely part of the Valley which today is Peters Township in Franklin County, then known as Conococheague Stettlement after the creek where Hezekiah married Mary Sample. Pg 31 states: "By 1752 large numbers of Scotch-Irish had moved into the Conocheague Settlement. In addition to Alexander and his father-in-law, 160 other families were now on the tax lists. Others who had come from Cecil County were Arthur and David Alexander and members of the Harris, Patton, Rees, and Wallace families. A year later they had a Presbyterian minister when Rev. James Steele left the West Nottingham Church in Cecil County and immigrated to Conococheague.. Also settled in the community were the Campbell, Flanaghin (Flenniken), McCellan, McCoy, Morison and Rankin families. Members of all these families will later migrate to Mecklenburg Co. NC. Indian raids began to occur in which many inhabitants were killed. Reverend Steele reported to the governor that "since McCords' Fort has been taken and the men defeated and pursued, our country is in the utmost confusion. Great numbers have left the country and many are preparing to follow". The Governor Robert Morris advised them to evacuate. The community's minister, Rev. James Steele abandoned Fort Steele to Carlisle. Some returned to York while others moved back to Maryland or went to North Carolina." (Preyer) The Alexanders came to Mecklenburg in such numbers between 1749 and 1760's so that the Alexanders were the most numbered people of one name in Mecklenburg county and they with the Harrises formed one-third of the population. They were among the earliest founders, members and elders of the seven Presbyterian churches of Mecklenburg. In the year 1755 the Rev. Mc. McAden went from the New Castle Presbytery on a missionary tour through that part of North Carolina. We find in his journal that he preached at that time in the houses of William and James Alexander on Sugar Creek and in that of Justice Alexander on Rocky River, NC. (William and James are very likely brothers to Ezekiel Sr.) In 1793 Hezekiah, William, Thomas Elijah, Isaac and Thomas Alexander were all elders in the Sugar Creek church and John McKnitt and Ezekiel his brother were elders in Hopewell church. * Ezekiel is buried in Sugaw Creek and another grandshire of my husband's. (there are two Ezekiel's Sr. and Jr.) Much has been written of the family descended from Joseph and Abigail (McKnitt) Alexander, son James who fathered Hezekiah and John McKnitt as well as an Ezekiel born 1754 in Cecil County and was granted land on Long Creek by his father about _____. From "Alexander Kin" who are primarily concerned with the descendants of James the weaver we learn the following about James (pg 8,9): They had not connected our David to this line. "One source says that James Alexander the weaver, transported to Somerset in 1678.(Tompkins). James Alexander disappears from the records about 1740. His wife must have died before 1714. James's children were: Moses, James jr, David and Mary. James Jr. was on the rent roll in New Munster in 1738. Moses's wife was Mary. (Wallace?) Deed book 5 p 97 Cecil Co Md. dated April 1 1735 records: "James Alexander and son Moses and Mary wife of ye said Moses" selling part of their New Munster tract to William Sample of Chester Co.Pa. Pg. 235 of same book: James Alexander gentleman of Milford Hundred, New Munster, releases to his son Moses the remainder of the tract jointly purchased by them from Thomas Stevenson." Mary and David are other children now known as children of James the weaver. Moses was born about 1690 in Cecil Co. Md d. 1762 in Cecil Co. Wife, Mary d. Oct 25 1758, tombstone in Head of Christiana Church cemetery. * Still stands and is celebrating it's 300 year anniversary. Birth dates of the seven brothers as stated by "Alexander Kin" are as follows: l. William 1646, 2. Andrew 1648, 3. James 1652, 4.Francis 1654,5. Samuel 1657, 6. Joseph 1660 and 7. John 1662. Their sister Elizabeth was said to be the wife of Matthew Wallace and sister Jane the wife of John McKnitt. William's wife was Ann Liston, his son Wm Jr. was married to Catherine Wallace. Wiliam's cattle mark was regestered in March 1687. On Nov. 12 he was deeded land know as "Hunting Quarter" between the heads of Wicomico and Manokin Rivers. April 25 1689 Wm. bought a tract called "Hogg Quarter" adjoining his other land. William Sr and Jr are found on the document dated Nov 28 1689 declaring for William and Mary along with other Somerset inhabitants. (2) Andrew was married to Ann Taylor, dau of George and Comfort Taylor in Somerset Co. Md. He died before 1700.Their children, Abigail, 1677 and Elias, 1679 were born in Somerset Md. 3)Francis found in Somerset probably died before 1712 and Henry Alexander is receiving title to land Francis bought from George and Comfort Taylor. Rebecca Alexander administered the estate of Francis in 1701 with Henry as surety. Henry's will was probated in 1727 by Rachel Alexander. They probably had a son named Henry. (4 Samuel died in Cecil Co. Md in 1733, wife Mary lived in Broad Creek area. Children: James d. 1717 in New Castle Del., Martin b. 1687, d. 1751, Francis, Mary Craig and Lowry, Andrew (wives-Jean, Lewey, and Sarah)and Samuel jr. 5) Joseph was the father of James who was the father of Hezekiah and John McKnitt Alexander. Joseph and James were both tanners and lived in New Munster and found in Head of Christiana Church. 6) John was married to Barbara (Barbary) and had Ester in 1693. He possibly moved to Cecil Co. | Maxwell, Mary (I1233)
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| 1464 | Information on Salinda Ann Daugherty's m. to Isaac Colman Ogden from: Rebecca Davis Davis@computron.net 12 Oct 2000) | Daugherty, Salinda Ann (I6619)
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| 1465 | Information Source: Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, Book 31, p. 820. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Moses Alexander Spouse: Mary Wallace Parents: James B. Alexander Birth Place: Cecil Co., MD Birth Date: 1690 Death Place: Milford Hd, Cecil Co., MD Death Date: Dec 1762 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Moses Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1690 Spouse Name: Mary Wallace Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1700 Number Pages: 1 Maryland Census, 1772-1890 Year: 1723 Name: Moses Alexander State: MD County: Somerset County Township: Wicomico Hundred Page: NPL Database: MD Early Census Index Maryland Census, 1772-1890 Year: 1740 Name: Moses Alexander State: MD County: Cecil County Township: Milita Foot Company Page: NPL Database: MD Early Census Index U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Moses Alexander (Jr.) Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1726 Spouse Name: Hannah Carr Number Pages: 1 -- MERGED NOTE ------------ | Alexander, Moses (I5211)
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| 1466 | Ingild, son of Cenred and father of Eoppa, did not rule. "A.D. 718. This year died Ingild, the brother of Ina." Ina reigned thirty-seven winters, fought at Wanborough, 715, and in 728, "went to Rome, and there gave up the ghost". "A.D. 688. Ina was the son of Cenred, Cenred of Ceolwald; Ceolwald was the brother of Cynegils; and both were the sons of Cuthwin, who was the son of Ceawlin; Ceawlin was the son of Cynric, and Cynric of Cerdic ... 854. And, Ethelwulf was the son of Egbert, Egbert of Eahlmund, Eahlmund of Eafa, Eafa of Eoppa, Eoppa of Ingild; Ingild was the brother of Ina, King of the West Saxons, who held that, kingom thirty-seven winters and afterwards went to St. Peters, where he died. And they were the sons of Cenred, Cenred of Ceolwald, Ceolwald of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwine, Cuthwine of Ceawlin, Ceawlin of Cynric, Cynric of (Creoda, Creada of) Cerdic". (ASC 688, 715, 718, 722, 728, 854; Bede Book V, Chapter VII, last paragraph). Ingild, son of Cenred and father of Eoppa, did not rule. "A.D. 718. This year died Ingild, the brother of Ina." Ina reigned thirty-seven winters, fought at Wanborough, 715, and in 728, "went to Rome, and there gave up the ghost." "A.D. 688. Ina was the son of Cenred, Cenred of Ceolwald; Ceolwald was the brother of Cynegils; and both were the sons of Cuthwin, who was the son of Ceawlin; Ceawlin was the son of Cynric, and Cynric of Cerdic ... 854. And Ethelwulf was the son of Egbert, Egbert of Eahlmund, Eahlmund of Eafa, Eafa of Eoppa, Eoppa of Ingild; Ingild was the brother of Ina, King of the West Saxons, who held that, kingdom thirty-seven winters, and afterwards went to St. Peter, where he died. And they were the sons of Cenred, Cenred of Ceolwald, Ceolwald of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwine, Cuthwine of Ceawlin, Ceawlin of Cynric, Cynric of (Creoda, Creoda of ) Cerdic." (ASC 688, 715, 718, 722, 728, 854) (Source: Bede Book V, Chapter VII, last paragraph). | Of Saxony, Ingild (I1002)
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| 1467 | Inscription Nancy C. Wilson Aug. 11, 1851 June 19, 1906 | Avery, Nancy Caroline (I3488)
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| 1468 | Inscription Peter S. Wilson Dec. 22, 1833 Mar. 6, 1915 Rest Soldier Rest Thy Warfare O'er | Wilson, Peter S. (I11264)
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| 1469 | Interestingly, the Knox-DNA project evidence also now excludes John Knox, b. 1708, Knox DNA Project Line [#8], from sharing a common ancestor with Robert or Patrick Knox since 1500 AD. This "John Knox" is "old" John Knox, b. 1708 - d. 1758, who is buried at Thyatira, who m. Jean/Jane/Jeane Gracie/Gracey/Gracy, and who is said to have been the father of Capt James Knox. There are actually three genetically disconnected groups of Knoxes in this study who claim kinship with Captain James Knox, grandfather of President Polk. Obviously, they can't all be correct. I suspect that two of these lines believe they are connected because of Miss Hattie S. Goodman's book, "The Knox Family, compiled and published in 1905. (Source: Peggy Bruckner) John Knox, immigrant, was born in Scotland about 1708, possibly in Renfrewshire. He went from Scotland to Coleraine, Ireland where he married Jean Gracy, an Irish Presbyterian. Jean Gracy’s mother was Jean Sinclair, a relative of the mother of John Knox, the Reformer. About 1740, John Knox, his wife Jean, brother-in-law Patrick Gracy and others emigrated to America. The crossing took three months because of unfavorable winds and they ran short of water and provisions. The Knoxes may have first settled in Pennsylvania before going to Rowan County, North Carolina. John Knox bought 600 acres on the south side of Third Creek for 37.10. John and Jean Knox had seven sons and one daughter. They were William, Samuel, James, Absalom, John, Joseph, Benjamin and Mary. All of the sons took part in the revolution and one son, James, was the grandfather of President James K. Polk. John Knox died October 12, 1758, when he was 50 years old and Jean Gracy Knox died September 18, 1772, at age 64. John Knox Jr. married Hannah Reid and raised eight children. Their names were Mary, Jane, George, Francis, Margaret, Robert, Ann and John. John Knox Jr. served in the Revolutionary War. A family story tells of a time when he was in charge of a commissary wagon. While he was fleeing from the British, he lost a clevis pin from his wagon. Quickly, he snatched a bridle from one of the rear horses and tied it in place. John Knox Jr. died in 1802 and his wife Hannah died in 1793. Mary Knox was born in the early 1760’s in Rowan County, North Carolina. She married Benjamin Brandon, a Revolutionary War veteran, on February 6, 1790. Their children were Jesse, Benjamin K., Eliza, Fannie, Gideon, Jane, Levi G. and John. Benjamin and Mary (or Polly) left Rowan County, North Carolina for Tennessee in 1804. They left Tennessee in 1808 for Miami County, Ohio, where both died. Benjamin died on May 5, 1837, and Mary followed him about 1850. A descendant of Mary Knox Brandon said of her: "She was a most excellent woman, and one whose memory is still bright with us. She raised my grandfather Brandon (Armstrong Brandon, brother-in-law of Mary) who was deprived of both of his parents at an early age, and to him she was indeed a mother." Mary was a pensioner after Benjamin’s death because of his service in the Revolution. (Source: The Knox and Brandon Families by Christa Chaney Barton and The Knox Family by Hattie S. Goodman) Whittet and Shepperson; Richmond, Va. 1905 The exact locality of his birthplace is not certainly known. Some of the descendents on two different branches have it by tradition that Renfrewshire was his native place. He went from Scotland to Ireland with other Scot emigrants, by invitation of the King of England, to constitute a balance of power against the insurgent Irish Catholics. He married an Irish Presbyterian wife, Miss Jean Gracy, whose mother's name was Jean Sinclair, a relative of the mother of John Knox, the Reformer, who was a Sinclair. They emigrated to America from Coleraine, (Londonderry), Ireland about 1740, in company with his brother-in-law, Patrick Gracy, and others. It is thought that he first settled in PA before coming south to Carolina. He was one of the early settlers of Rowan Co., NC. He bought six hundred acres of land on the south side of Third Creek for 37 lbs and 10 shillings, which land had been granted by Earl Granville to James Stuart. We know very little of the life and character of this ancestor, John Knox. An old paper gotten up and signed by several of his neighbors or friends as a certificate of recommendation "to show as he traveled southerly, selling some of his horses," certifies that he was a man of worth and integrity. We are informed by the family of "Knox the Hatter" that they have old letters and papers which show that the Knox family from Glasgow and Edinburgh and from the North of Ireland, are of one family, and were persecuted on account of their religion, some of them having to leave their homes in the night. Coleraine, where, as we have it, our Knox people came from, is in the extreme north of Ireland. Toward the end of the seventeenth century the disputes between the Presbyterian's, or Covenanter's, and the representatives of the church of England were marked with great intolerance, to which was added the Stuart uprising. Many of a peace-loving Scotchman grew weary of such continual strife, and began to seek freedom of conscience and other blessings in the American colonies of the new world. (Source: The Knox Family, A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, By Hattie S. Goodman) In the old Thyatira Church graveyard, Rowan CO., among the old graves we find a small tombstone, now overgrown with moss, and blackened with age, bearing the following inscription: John Knox died October 12, 1758, (b. 1708) age 50 years Also Jean Knox, his wife, died September 18, 1772, age 64." (b. (1708) Seven of John and Jean Gracy Knox' children ( 7 sons and 1 daughter) are buried in the same Church Cemetery as are they, in the Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The old records of the church were destroyed by fire in 1826. Listed in The Battle of King's Mountain are: Knox, Benjamin Knox, James Knox, Robert Knox, Samuel (Possible son's of John & Jean Gracy Knox) | Knox, John (?) I (I1504)
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| 1470 | Is Alice maybe a sister of William Smoot, rather than a daughter? Notes: Mary, d/o Thomas Sr. and Dorothy, was born 5 Jun 1686, married before ?, Thomas Dodson, s/o Charles and Ann, b 15 May 1681. Thomas, Jr., s/o Thomas Sr. and Dorothy, was born 27 Jun 1690, married before 1708, Mary Smoot, born 7 Apr 1693, d/o William and Jane Smoot. According to Headley, / Dorothy Durham was probably related to William Smoot, Sr. She married (2) JeremiahGreenham, Feb 1714/15. (Marriages of Richmond Co, VA, p. 81). After the death of John Chinn, Alice Chinn married John Stretchley (clerk of the court), whose will dated 6 Dec. 1698 was proved 14 Dec. 1698. Alice was Exrx. He died in 8 Dec. 1698 in his 50th year. According to DNFP, Dorothy, wife of Thomas Durham, Sr., was the daughter of William and Jane Smoot, Sr. / Two of Dorothy Smoot Durham's sisters were Alice Smoot who married (1) John Chinn; (2) John Strechley; Alice died in 1701 in Lancaster Co, VA (WB8:105-6). Her children named in the will were Ann FOX, wife of Capt. William Fox, Catherine Heal and Rawleigh Chinn. The other sister was Thomazin Smoot who married a Marshall. DNFP does not state their source for Dorothys parents, but Lancaster records have not yet been examined. Aug - 8 Oct 1701 Lancaster Co, VA WB08:106. Will of Alice Stretchley of Lancaster County, Parish of St. Marys White Chapel. To sister Dorothy Durham; my cousin Mary Dodson, as much black crepe as will make her a mourning suit; daughters Anne Fox, in lieu and full satisfaction of her portion left by her father Mr. Jno. Chin and of the Legacy left her by her Father in Law Mr. Jno Strechley; daughter Catherine Head (Heal?); son in law Capt. William Fox sterling left him by my husband, Mr. John Strechley, sister Tomalin [sic] Marshall; son, Rawleigh Chinn. Wits: Joseph Tayloe, Lewis Pugh, David Smith. | Smoot, Alice (I6410)
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| 1471 | Is this Howard listed in 1870 Western District, Marion Co., AL HH #667 age 50, with wife "M", age 43, living close to John & John Milton Glasscock, Jr. ? | Glascock, Howard (I12290)
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| 1472 | Is this the John age 44 in the 1870 Census, Western Dist. Marion Co., AL living in HH #690 close to John Milton Glasscock Jr.? Wife name Fan, age 30. daughter, Dillie King age 7. | Glascock, John W. (I10762)
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| 1473 | Isaac Gentry (also spelled Jentry) served in Captain Thomas D. Carr's Company of Georgia Militia in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ignatius A. Few. Isaac entered service September 24, 1814 at Camp Jackson for a 6 month enlistment. Isaac was at Camp Covington February 28, 1815. Isaac was discharged from Camp Covington on March 02, 1815. The distance from Camp Covington to Isaac's home was 150 miles. A description of the uniform that Isaac Gentry would have been issued during his service in the Georgia Militia War of 1812: Georgia : Georgian infantry wore a plain blue coatee with brass buttons, white pant with black gaiters, and a First Model shako with red festooning and a red over white plumette in front. Crossbelts were white, other equipment issue were standard issue. Isaac Gentry was a soldier of General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814, or the larger War of 1812-1815 of which the war with the Creek Indians was a part. He was given a land bounty by the National Government by virtue of his service in this war. He chose land near the headwaters of Oakmulgee Creek along about the time many others were settling in this locality. He settled in the environs of what became the Randolph community. He married here in Cahawba County, sometime during the year 1819, Sarah Hubbard Giles, a widow with two or three children, her husband having died before her removal here. Her mother, Mary Giles, came along with other members of her family to this new land. Isaac Gentry became the brother-in-law to John Giles, who settled on Mulberry Creek, and also to Richard Whatley and John Littlejohn, the first being the son of Mary Giles and the latter two being sons-in-law. Isaac Gentry was prosperous, acquired much land, and farmed with some slave labor. He accumulated a sizeable estate, as his will testifies. From the Administrators Book C: (Page 53), Taken from one of the "Alabama Records" - by Gandrud. "(page 412). Isaac Gentry, guardian for Elizabeth Hubbard, Ausmus Hubbard and William Hubbard, infants of Davis Hubbard, deceased. 6 July 1829." According to Mitchlene Shaddix, Rt. 6, Box 2930, Cullman, Alabama 35055, phone: 334-734-4815. Sarah Giles was married to Davis Hubbard. Davis and Sarah had a daughter Elizabeth "Betty" Hubbard. Elizabeth Hubbard married Madison Rasberry. Mitchlene Shaddix says she has a big oval picture of Elizabeth "Betty" Hubbard. This information was given to me in 1995. (Source: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3071/gentry.html) | Gentry, Isaac Sr. (I6251)
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| 1474 | Isabel's death is recorded in the Session minutes, pg. 16, Stone River Presbyterian Church Session Record, Rutherford Co., TN. | Leach, Isabel (I1489)
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| 1475 | Isabella died of Typhoid Fever during an epidemic. She and Abner lived near the Dover Church in Pike Co., MO | Fullerton, Isabella (I1449)
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| 1476 | Isadore served in the US Army and was taken prisoner in World War II. | Mikrut, Isadore A. (I4809)
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| 1477 | Isobel of Mar Garnait(Gratney) of Mar, 7th Earl of Mar Duncan of Mar Alexander of Mar | Of Mar, Isobel (I1065)
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| 1478 | It has not been proven that Rachel actually married William Yarborough. | Shelby, Rachel (I5214)
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| 1479 | It has not yet been proven that Moses Shelby's wife's maiden name was Alexander. (Source: Judith Trolinger.) Perhaps Isabel married James Creighton/Creaton/Craton after the death of Moses. "The last Will of testament of Isable Craton was proved in Apr Court by the Oath of E. Speiars? Letters of Testamentary issued to Oliver Harris, Executor, named in said Will, wihch was done according to law. Cabarrus Co NC, Min's of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Apr 1806." (Source: Johnnie M. Johnson) Cabarrus Co, NC Minutes of the Court of PQs 1805-1817, p40: Jan 1808, Cabarrus Co..."Isable CRATAIN dec'd. Daughter, Mary WILEY, bequeathed a woman slave, was to be sold after being valued by Robert COCHRAN, William and James HARRIS. 3 hundred dollar value to be distributed among legatees." Following are some miscellaneous data concerning James CREATON [James signs his name this way in Moses estate papers]: The Cabarrus Co Court Minutes of Apr 1806 for Isabel's Will being proved in court- Letters of Testamentary issued to Oliver HARRIS, Executor named in said will which was done according to law-makes no mention of her husband- The actual Will apparently hasn't been found- so we don't know what it may have contained. There is a James CREATTON with a wife- both over 45, with 2 slaves-on the 1800 census for Cabarrus Co, p678 1810 census this county, p137- there is a James CRATON living alone & none on 1820 census. From Jean- April 1784-microfilm of Court Minutes, Cabarrus Co, NC: James CRATON is given leave to move the property of several orphans & legatees of Moses SHELBY dec'd, not exceeding 3 miles provided he enters into bond with sufficient security to be approved of by Adam ALEXANDER, Esq, for the decent maintenance of said orphans during the space of 3 months. From Moses SHELBYs original estate records- 27 Dec 1785- James CRATON & Evan SHELBY are bound by Adam ALEXANDER, John McNitt ALEXANDER ..50 lbs for Isabella SHELBY, minor & orphan of Moses SHELBY. James CRATON is appt guardian. ibid- 18 Jan 1786- James CREATON rec'd of the Exec of Moses SHELBY estate, [etc]..part of a portion bequeathed to his wife Issable[sic] SHELBY. James signs... [Oliver HARRIS is married to Moses SHELBYs sister, Margaret- Oliver & Margaret name their children: Isabel, Moses & Thomas HARRIS.] (Source: Judy Trolinger-Oct. 2004) | Alexander(?), M. Isabel (I8963)
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| 1480 | It is said that Sophia, daughter of Joseph Alexander, of Cecil County, Maryland, married Elias, son of Andrew Alexander of Somerset County. Many evidences point to the fact that this is true. Joseph Alexander, in his will, mentions "my son-in-law Elias Alexander," and it seems to be generally accepted that he married Sophia. That being the case they -- Elias and Sophia Alexander -- were the parents of two Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (Abraham and Ezra Alexander) and the grandparents of two others (Adam and Charles Alexander). The dates of the birth and death of Sophia Alexander are unknown. The Somerset Register states that Elias was born 26 February, 1679, and he died in Frederick County, Maryland, about 1750, leaving a second wife Ann (Taylor) and a number of children by whom Elias (Colonel Elias of Rutherford County, North Carolina) was one. William Alexander, born in Somerset County, Maryland, died 1772 in Mecklenburg County, N. C., was undoubtedly a son of Elias and Sophia Alexander, and a grandson of Joseph Alexander of Cecil County, Maryland. He was the father of Adam and Charles Alexander -- Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. There seems to be no reason to doubt the fact that Abraham and Ezra Alexander, also Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, were sons of Elias and Sophia Alexander. This well established tradition is supported by family relationships, as suggested in the Maryland records. They were brothers also of Arthur Alexander, whose will was filed in Mecklenburg County in 1763. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Sophia Alexander Gender: Female Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1692 Spouse Name: Elias Alexander Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1679 Number Pages: 1 | Alexander, Sophia (I1216)
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| 1481 | J. E. Shelby was not shown in the 1860 nor 1870 Census of Dallas Co., AL with John Rufus Shelby family. The Land Sale Petition brought against William Houston Shelby, et als, by Joseph D. Pardue, et als, of 1893, listed her as a daughter, married to Sidney Cordry and living in TX. J. E. Shelby (M. Sidney Cordry) shown in the Land was not shown in the 1860 Dallas Co., AL Census with her father and other syblings, nor was her mother. Where does she come in? | Shelby, Isabella E. (I1851)
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| 1482 | James Alexander Fullerton served, 1777, in Capt. Janes Powers' Company, Pennsylvania Militia. He was born in Scotland, died in 1788, in Bridgeport, Pa. | Fullerton, James Alexander (I8749)
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| 1483 | James Alexander, son of Joseph Alexander of "New Munster," was born about 1690, and died in Cecil County, Maryland, where his will, dated 17 June, 1772, was probated in 1779. He married (1) about 1713/14, Margaret McKnitt, who was born December 26, 1693, and died between 1736 and 1745. He married (2) Abigail ---. (Some genealogists think she may have been a McKnitt, sister to Margaret, the first wife of James). James Alexander lived in Cecil County, Maryland, where he was a large landowner. He, as well as his father, has sometimes been called Tanner, and in his will he designated himself as Yeoman. In 1740 he is said to have served as Cornet of a Troop under Captain Thomas Johnson. He was a Justice of Cecil County and a prominent churchman, being an elder and a member of New Castle Presbytery. It is known that he spent some time in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, where he owned land on Long Creek, in the Hopewell section. This land he willed to his son, Ezekiel, who lived on it for some time before he removed to Tennessee. James Alexander was the father of fifteen children -- several of whom resided in Mecklenburg County and two of whom were Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, on May 20, 1775. James Alexander, the son of Joseph Alexander, was born in 1695 in Cecil County, Maryland and died there. This is verified by his Father Joseph Alexander's will which was filed at Elkton, Maryland on March 9th, 1726. James married Margaret McKnitt in 1714. She was born December 26th, 1693 and died between 1736 and 1745. For his second wife, he married Abigail. James Alexander inherited land from his father and cultivated it, selling his produce in Philadelphia to the Pennsylvania Colony. He was also a tanner by trade. To each of his sons he gave an opportunity to learn a lucrative trade, as well as learning the cultivation of the land. James Alexander purchased land, as an investment, from agents in the North Carolina Colony. He was chosen an elder in the New Munster Presbyterian Church and tradition records that he was a prominent layman. Children of James Alexander & Margaret McKnitt: 1. Theophilius Alexander 2. Edith Alexander 3. Kezia Alexander 4. Amos Alexander 5. Ezekial Alexander 6. Jemima Alexander 7. Hezikiah Alexander 8. Margaret Alexander 9. John McKnitt Alexander Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: James Alexander (James Robert Alexander) Parents: Joseph Alexander, Abigail Mc Mcknitt Birth Place: Cecil, MD Birth Date: 1690 Death Place: Cecil, MD Death Date: 1779 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (?) Name: James Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1695 Spouse Name: Margaret Mcknitt Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1693 Marriage State: MD Maryland Census, 1772-1890 Name: James Alexander State: MD County: Cecil County Township: Militia Troopers Year: 1740 Page: NPL Database: MD Early Census Index Family Data Collection - Deaths about James Capt Alexander Name: James Capt Alexander Death Date: May 1779 City: Cecil State: MD Country: USA Family Data Collection - Deaths Name: James Alexander Death Date: 15 Jul 1779 City: Cecil State: MD Country: USA Millennium File Name: James Alexander Spouse: Abigail Birth Date: 1690 Birth County: Cecil Birth State: Maryland Birth Country: USA Death Date: 1779 Death County: Cecil Death State: Maryland Death Country: USA (James) Parents: Joseph Alexander, Abigail (Mc Knitt?) (James & Abigail's) Children: Josiah Alexander Elizabeth Alexander Abigail Alexander Margaret Alexander Welch Research: " Ezekiel Alexandeer b 21 Oct 1754 m Jemima Esther McCoy 1772/3. d after 1832 at which time he was living in Wislon Co., Tenn He had eight childrren with Jemima " Welch #71-F: "as a final note on the family of James, father of Josiah his last child Ezekiel Alexander b 21 Oct 1754 md 1772/3 Jemima Eather McCoy. He d. after 1832 at which time he was living in Wilson Co., Tenn. There were 8 children in this union. PA Genealogy Mag: "Ezekiel Alexander. James Alexander his father granted in his will (WillsCecil CC-3:100 dated 17 June 1772 and probated 31 May 1779) to his son Ezekial "all that tract of land lying on Long Creek in Mecklenburg Co.NC.,together with all the improvements thereon together with a one year old horse colt. and pounds 10 in money." Deeds NC He was Elder in the Hopwell Church NC. John Alexander, of Cecil Co Md.,sold 300 acres to Ezekiel Alexander of Mecklenburg Co., NC,on Nov 26 1778 (ref RWB citing Brent Holcomb's abstracts of Mecklenburg Co.NC. Deeds,Book 9 Page 274) Deeds NC 1763-1799 Ezekiel Alexander, brother to John McKnitt Hezekiah Alexander is shown in several records as owning land in the Long Creek area. (1)#1806 p 118 7 Dec 1792 J. McK. Alexander to his brother Ezekiel Alexander for 6 sh, grantor relinquished all claim to 5 A on which the grantee lived. It appears that sd 5 A was part of 377 A devised to the two brothers by their father, James Alexander, late of Cecil Co. Md. Wit Wm B. Alexander and Joseph M. Alexander. (2). PP. 274-277 26 Nov. 1778 James Alexander of Cissil (sic) Co, Md. to Ezekiel Alexander of Mecklenburg for L200 land on both sides of Long Creek adj John smith, John McKnitt Alexander 300 A....James Alexander seal. with Amos Alexander, Jos Gilhin, Beaty McCoy jurat. no recording date.. Cathy Burger " . Elizkiah is in Capt Walter Alexande's Regt 1776 as per History of Wales & Allied Families. Cecil Co Wills 3:1000, 1772 of father James (his wife Abigail). See also C Co Distribution for father 1779 | Alexander, Capt. James Robert (the Carpenter) (I8285)
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| 1484 | James and Dorothy had three daughters, two still living, one, Lynette Margaret Nancy Cadle, born 8 Dec 1949 in Blantyre, Scotland, and died 8 Apr 1951 same place; three sons, two still living, one, Allan Edward Cadle, born 19 Feb 1948, and died 4 Sept 1951, Blantyre, Scotland. | Cadle, Dorothy Italia (I9643)
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| 1485 | James and Julia had 9 children. In the 1900 Census only 7 were living. | Cobb, Julia Leola (I914)
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| 1486 | James and Lenora settled in the Summerfield area of what is now Dallas Co., AL. | Pardue, James D. (I1088)
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| 1487 | James B. Knox was the third child of James Knox and Hannah McFalls Knox and was born in Steele Creek Township, Mecklenburg County in 1803. As an adult, he became a lawyer and served as the executor of several estates, including those of his parents and other family members. He married Ann Graham Price on August 31, 1842. (Source: Knox Family Papers, Mss 403, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library) Mecklenburg Marriages 1783 - 1868: Knox, James B. & Ann G. Price 31 Aug 1842, Henry N. Knox bondsman Both of the James B. Knoxes would have lived at one time near Isaac Price who was the father of Ann. Several of Samuel's sons appear in Steele Creek in the 1850 census and it shows they were born in SC, however in the 1860 census, many of these sons show as being born in NC. (If in fact these were his sons.) It appears they were living on his property that he split with James in the 1850 census. Rebecca Pettus would have lived in York County, however, Samuel B. Knox's, James B. Knox's brother did marry first to a Pettus. One James B. Knox was mentioned in James' will as receiving a slave and other items, and for whatever reason, he did not leave any real property to James B. If the James that had just married Ann Price was the son of old James then he married her three months before old James' death. His father may have deeded him property when he married. I noted that Samuel Buie Knox, brother of James B., and oldest son of James, did receive property by deed just prior to his marriage, however, he also left property to Samuel B. Maybe he gave James B. more at his marriage than Samuel B. got. Also, James B. purchased several other tracts of land as the years went by. One James B. Knox was mentioned in James' will as receiving a slave and other items, and for whatever reason, he did not leave any real property to James B. If the James that had just married Ann Price was the son of old James then he married her three months before old James' death. His father may have deeded him property when he married. I noted that Samuel Buie Knox, brother of James B., and oldest son of James, did receive property by deed just prior to his marriage, however, he also left property to Samuel B. Maybe he gave James B. more at his marriage than Samuel B. got. Also, James B. purchased several other tracts of land as the years went by. Little is known of James B. Knox that married Ann G. Price, daughter of Isaac and Nancy Price, adjoining neighbors. He married her on 31 August 1842 and his bondsman was his 1st cousin, Henry N. Knox.(or his brother if this James B. belonged to Samuel). His wife, Ann, died on 23 Feb 1847 leaving him two children, Isaac age 3 yrs and William P. age 1 year. James appears in the Steele Creek 1850 census with only the two sons, but appears that he may have married late in 1850 to someone possibly in South Carolina. It appears that after his marriage in late 1850+, he must have moved from Steele Creek. He does not appear in the 1860 census in Steele Creek. James appears in the Steele Creek 1850 census with only the two sons, but appears that he may have married late in 1850 to someone possibly in South Carolina. It appears that after his marriage in late 1850+, he must have moved from Steele Creek. He does not appear in the 1860 census in Steele Creek. In the Mecklenburg County court minutes from 1830-1840, he is listed as Capt. James B. Knox, of the lower Steele Creek Militia Company. It is probable that sometime in the 1840s. he was promoted to a Major. | Knox, James B. (I3605)
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| 1488 | James Claxton parents apparently divorced. His father, Joshua Claxton, moved to Dickson Co. TN about nine miles from Charlotte. His mother pursued a different lilne and moved to Davidson Co., TN where she operated a house of ill fame near Vinegar Hill in Nashville. In 1840, James was sentenced to the TN State Penitentiary for stabbing Moses Parks to death in an argument over a torn shirt. On December 21, 1840, James was described in his penitentiary record as 21 years old, 5'9" tall, 167 pounds weight. He was born in sumner County, TN and brought up in Davidson Co., TN. Since then he has followed the river as a deck hand, fireman, and cabin boy. He had black hair, hazel eyes and dark skin. He had his right arm broken in the elbow joint which made his arm crooked. He had a scar on the top of his forhead and another just above the left eye and another on his left cheekbone. He had a dark scar on the shinbone of his left leg. He had a cut on his left arm and had been shot in his left arm and left leg. His grandmother was living seven miles from Madisonville, Kentucky and two brothers lived on the Duck River. He had a brother living in Arkansas about forty miles from Memphis, TN. He was discharged from prison on March 18, 1844 and died of Marasumas." Some information proven from TN State Prison Records - some information NOT PROVEN. "In 1840, James was sentenced to the TN State Penitentiary for stabbing Moses Parks to death in an argument over a torn shirt. On December 21, 1840, James was described in his penitentiary record as 21 years old, 5'9" tall, 167 pounds weight. He was born in Sumner County, TN and brought up in Davidson Co., TN. Since then he has followed the river as a deck hand, fireman, and cabin boy. He had black hair, hazel eyes and dark skin. He had his right arm broken in the elbow joint which made his arm crooked. He had a scar on the top of his forhead and another just above the left eye and another on his left cheekbone. He had a dark scar on the shinbone of his left leg. He had a cut on his left arm and had been shot in his left arm and left leg. His grandmother was living seven miles from Madisonville, Kentucky and two brothers lived on the Duck River. He had a brother living in Arkansas about forty miles from Memphis, TN. He was discharged from prison on March 18, 1844 and died of Marasumas." (J. Brittain - 2008) | Claxton, James (I265)
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| 1489 | James F. Knox was in the Ranalesburg Rifles (N.C. 13th Reg., Co. B, made up of lower Steele Creek men in the Civil War) and he enlisted at the age of 18 on 3 April 1861. On May 5th, 1862 he was wounded in the leg and captured at Williamsburg, VA. He died in a hospital near Fort Monroe, VA on May 16, 1862 of that wound. Even though he is buried in Virginia, he has a tombstone at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery. It states he died on May 1st, however, I suspect that whoever informed the family of the death may have made an error as to his actual death. | Knox, James F. (I3592)
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| 1490 | James Francis Edward Stuart was James VIII of Scots and James III of Britain. James VIII of Scots and James III of England. Chevalier St. George. Proclaimed in 1701. | Of the Scots, James VIII \James III (I6016)
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| 1491 | James Franklin and Martha Eaves had six children. | Eaves, James Franklin (I711)
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| 1492 | James Herron came from Ireland when he was 17. He came over on the ship "Earl of Hillsborough" from Belfast. He was granted 100 acres of land 2/27-1767. He arrived in Charleston, and the land was in the "Booneboro" Township of SC. He married Jane Simpson, who came over on 12/1/1772. They had 7 children: David, John, Thomas, James, Caroline, Jane, Lysena. All except John moved to Alabama. Their descendants are in Jasper and Walker counties. Children of James Herron and Jane Simpson are: 16 i. James Herron, born Abt. 1772; married Ann Unknown. ii. David Herron iii. John Herron iv. Caroline Herron v. Jane Herron vi. Lysena Herron vii. Thomas Herron From: Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:28:29 EST Subject: Janie Revill - Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to SC To: otime1@yahoo.com CC: Patty2rome@aol.com, indigo@alltel.net, MarthaCMordecai@aol.com I went to the Western Reserve Historical library yesterday and was able to do some descent research. I found a copy of "A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina 1763-1173" by Janie Revill, published 1939. Directly from the book: COUNCIL JOURNAL 33, page 41-50. Meeting of 27th, February 1767. "His Excellency informed the Board that a vessel with poor Irish Protestants had lately arrived here on the encouragement of the Bounty given by the Act of the General Assembly passed the 25th July 1761 and that he had now directed them to attend and they being called the Council Chamber they presented the following Petitions for the Warrants of Survey for Land on the Bounty VIZ'T [lists all recipients, 114 in all] James Herron 100 acres In Boonesborough or Belfast Township. ORDERED that the secretary do prepare Warrants of Survey on the Bounty agreeable to the prayers of their petitions and that the public Treasurer do pay the Bounties given by the said Act to Messrs. Torrans and Pouag and Mr. Robert Bath for the owners of the ship Hillsborough in consideration of their passages to the said province agreeable to the directions of the said Act. The following persons also presented petitions setting forth that they were Protestants and had come into this Province in the said ship Earl of Hillsborough on the encouragement of the said Act and therefore prayed to be allowed the Bounty given by the same. [Lists each additional individual and their age, 115 in total ranging in ages from 1-60] The Petitioners set forth that they were Protestants and that they had lately arrived in this Province on the encouragement of the Bounty given by the Act of the General Assembly of this Province passed the 25th July 1761 and therefore praying the same and they haveing [sic] severally produced Certificates required by the Act. IT WAS ORDERED that the public Treasurer do pay the several Bounties to Messrs. Torrans and Pouag and Bath in Consideration for their passages in the said Ship. " COUNCIL JOURNAL 36, page 242-243. Meeting of 1st December 1772. "The following Persons presented Petitions setting forth that they were Protestants and had lately come to settle in this Province with their Respective Familys [sic] from Ireland and were desirous to settle and cultivate some vacant lands in the back parts of this Country. But by Reason of their extreem [sic] Poverty they were altogether unable to pay the Fees due to the several offices for their Grants and that they were in hopes to have received some aid from the Province, as their Countrymen had hitherto done and therefore Prayed His Excellency to Grant them such Relief as in his Goodness he should see fit. His Excellency thereupon observed to them that the Bounty given by the Province had ceased long since, & that they had no Reason from Government to expect any such assistance as they craved But it appearing that they were very poor his Excellency proposed to the several officers to deliver out their Warrants without expence [sic] to them and to take the Risk of being paid by the Public which they severally agreed to and Secretary was Ordered to prepare Warrants of Survey for the undermentioned persons VIZ'T [Lists all petitioners, 35 in all) John Simpson 350 acres Jane Simpson 100 acres William Simpson 100 acres Robert Simpson 100 acres In South Carolina." A side note: I also found an Andrew Simpson listed as receiving 350 acres "In South Carolina, on the Bounty" listed in the Council Journal 36, Part 2, page 222-223. Meeting of 8th November 1772. I wonder if he is related to Jane Simpson, considering he came about a month before her and to the same port. John Simpson is her father, correct? Would William and Robert be her siblings? It appears that the pattern of land grant amounts suggests that 350 acres would be given to a head of household with an already established family, and that 100 acres would be given to a younger, not yet established individual. So if Andrew were related he might be the oldest sibling with already established family, or might be Jane's paternal uncle, which could suggest that William and/or Robert might be a first cousin(s). Any thoughts about that? Here is some more interesting info I was able to find at the SC Department of Archives and History Online. Date: 1767/04/24 Description: HERRON, JAMES, Plat for 100 acres in Boonesborough Township. Name Indexed: TROUP, JOHN/HERRON, JAMES/JOHNSTON, GEORGE/NELSON, JOHN Location: Boonesborough Township/Long Cane Creek Type: Plat ************************************************************************** **** Date: 1767/09/22 Description: HERRON, JAMES, land grant for 100 acres in Boonesborough Township. Name Indexed: HERRON, JAMES Location: Boonesborough Township Type: Land Grant ************************************************************************** **** Date: 1767/11/17 Description: HERRON, JAMES, Memorial for 100 acres in Boonesborough Township, Granville County. Name Indexed: HERRON, JAMES/JOHNSTON, GEORGE Location: Granville County/Boonesboro Township/Long Cane Creek Type: Memorial ************************************************************************** **** | Herron/Heron, James (I639)
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| 1493 | James Honeycutt and Bethany Honeycutt moved into the Providence community about the year of 1845 and became members of the Providence Baptist Church. The family name is still very much around in Chilton County today. | Cobb, Elizabeth (I4606)
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| 1494 | James is listed as Master of the Ship, "The Berry", 1744-1748 in Colonial Records of VA. No wife is listed, many ships masters weren't married. In 1756, James is listed on a list of disbursements from a Will of Capt. Seabrook's Estate. James Belcher (Cloth), the letter was written on the 13 Nov 1756 from William Nelson of VA to Mabella Wilkinson near Ratcliffe Cross in London. Payment of Estate was to be sent to her and her sister after disbursements. | Belcher, James (I4641)
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| 1495 | James Levi Claxton joined the Confederate Army when he was seventeen years of age. He served in Company B, 50th Tennessee Infantry from 1861 to 1864. He was captured but escaped from the Union Army. After his return from the Civil lWar he left his wife, Bridget, and moved to Cheatham Co., TN. There he married Elizabeth Groves. On April 10, 1864 he was arrested by the United States Army Provost Marshall in Stewart Co., TN, and charged with killing a Negro. He was never tried for the crime. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about James L. Claxton Name: James L. Claxton Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee Regiment Name: 50 Tennessee Infantry. Regiment Name Expanded: 50th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry COMPANY: B Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M231 roll 8 | Claxton, James Levi (I254)
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| 1496 | James VII of Scots and James II of England. Reigned 1685 - 1688. Was deposed by Whig Revolution with no abdication. Succeeded his brother, Charles II (Stuart) of Scots. | Of the Scots, James VII James II (I6012)
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| 1497 | James was found in Welsh St Donats, Wales 1881 Census as age 28 | Jervis, James (I9576)
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| 1498 | James Watt, the second son, was a Revolutionary War soldier. His record is in "The Catawba Frontier" by Mary Elinor Lazenby. He died about 1834 and probably is buried in Fourth Creek Cemetery in an unmarked grave. | Watt, James (I9461)
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| 1499 | James Wayne Deupree entered service as a volunteer when he was 36 years of age. He was a farmer by avocation. He finished his education at Howard Colege, Marion, Alabama. He inherited the old Dupree place from his father, to which he took his bride, Della Bush. He took charge of Deerbrook Academy as Institute Conductor for ten years, also serving as County Treasurer before retiring to his farm. | Deupree, James Wayne (I6849)
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| 1500 | JAMES1 DE ST. HILARY of Dalling, Norfolk, England was born circa 1107, and died between 1136 and 1217. He married before 1132, AVELINE of Norfolk, who was born circa 1112 | Of Norfolk, James de St. Hilary (I3278)
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