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| 1851 | Rhodri the Great AKA Roderick the Great (in Welsh, "Rhodri Mawr") was the first ruler of Wales to be called "Great", and the first to rule most of present-day Wales. The son of Merfyn Frych, he inherited the principality of Gwynedd on his father's death in 844, and Powys from his uncle. He proceeded to marry Angharad, daughter of the ruler of Seisyllwg, which he duly inherited on the accidental death of his brother-in-law in 871. Rhodri succeeded in holding off both Viking and Saxon invaders, offering security to his subjects at a time of great danger and unrest throughout the British Isles. It was, however, the Vikings who drove Rhodri away from his home territory in 877, and he fled to Ireland. Returning the following year in an attempt to regain his kingdom, he was killed in battle against the Mercians. According to legend, the first Dinefwr Castle was built by Rhodri Mawr - King of Wales in the 9th century. It is unavoidable that attention should focus on those Welsh rulers who extended their power over much of Wales in the centuries prior to the Norman conquest. They foreshadowed the attempts by the princes of Gwynedd in the 13th century to create a unified Welsh state, and they matched contemporary developments in England, and similar, but later, developments in Scotland. So, Rhodri Mawr (844-78) is presented as one who set a pattern for the future. He either ruled or, by his personal qualities, dominated much of Wales. Chroniclers of his generation hailed Rhodri ap Merfyn as Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great), a distinction bestowed upon two other rulers in the same century - Charles the Great (Charlemagne, died 814) and Alfred the Great (died 899). The three tributes are of a similar nature - recognition of the achievements of men who contributed significantly to the growth of statehood among the nations of the Welsh, the Franks and the English. Unfortunately, the entire evidence relating to the life of Rhodri consists of a few sentences; yet he must have made a deep impression upon the Welsh, for in later centuries being of the line of Rhodri was a primary qualification for their rulers. Until his death, Rhodri was acknowledged as ruler of more than half of Wales, and that as much by diplomacy as by conquest. Rhodri's fame sprang from his success as a warrior. That success was noted by The Ulster Chronicle and by Sedulius Scottus, an Irish scholar at the court of the Emperor Charles the Bald at Liege. It was his victory over the Vikings in 856 which brought him international acclaim. Wales was less richly provided with fertile land and with the navigable rivers that attracted the Vikings, and the Welsh kings had considerable success in resisting them. Anglesey bore the brunt of the attacks, and it was there in 856 that Rhodri won his great victory over Horn, the leader of the Danes, much to the delight of the Irish and the Franks. It was not only from the west that the kingdom of Rhodri was threatened. By becoming the ruler of Powys, his mother's land, he inherited the old struggle with the kingdom of Mercia. Although Offa's Dyke had been constructed in order to define the territories of the Welsh and the English, this did not prevent the successors of Offa from attacking Wales. The pressure on Powys continued; after 855, Rhodri was its defender, and he and his son, Gwriad, were killed in battle against the English in 878. (Source: http://www.castlewales.com/rhodri.html) | Of Wales, Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn (I6110)
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| 1852 | Richard Caswell was born in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) in 1778. He was named for the first governor of revolutionary North Carolina. In 1800 he married Rebecca Buckingham (daughter of Thomas Buckingham). Their children were Louisa Buckingham (born February 26, 1801), Barsheba Whitehead (born circa 1803), and Sarah Caswell (born February 6, 1806). Richard died in 1811. (Source: http://64.235.34.221/rosehill/gencobb.htm) | Cobb, Richard Caswell (I7942)
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| 1853 | Richard Cobb was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was educated at Oxford University. Richard served Queen Elizabeth as a member of Henry Champions troop. In 1576 he married Sybil Sheetz and settled in Holland. (Source: http://64.235.34.221/rosehill/gencobb.htm) | Cobbs, Richard (I7916)
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| 1854 | Richard Henry Lee b. 20 Jan 1731/32, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co., VA, d. 19 Jun 1794, Chantilly, Westmoreland Co., VA, m. (2) Jul 1769, Anne Gaskins (daughter of Col. Thomas and Sarah (Eustace) Gaskins, V). After the course of private tuition at home, Richard was sent to the Wakefield Academy, in Yorkshire, England; on leaving that school, he made a brief tour of northern Europe, and returned to Virginia, being then only 19 years old. For some years, prior to his marriage, he resided with his eldest brother at Stratford Hall, and passed the time in diligent reading of the ancient classics and modern histories. His taste for the classics was constantly displayed in after life by the frequent and appropriate quotations he made from them to enrich his diction or to fortify his argument. The greater part of the estate left to Richard by his father, was in Prince William Co., but he continued to live in Westmoreland County even after he married. It is said that his eldest brother was so devoted to him, that he insisted that he should build near Stratford, and leased for him, the estate called Chantilly. It appears that this name was given by Richard Henry and that the estate was formerly known as Hollis Marsh; it was situated about 3 miles below Stratford, and was also on the Potomac River. Later in life, Richard paid a rental for it to General Henry Lee, and mentions in his own will that he only held the estate on a lease. When Richard was 23, he raised a company to join General Braddock in his ill-fated expedition against the French and Indians; their aid was declined by the haughty Englishman, who had no use for provincials. When Richard was 25, he was appointed as Justice for Westmoreland, a position of influence and much sought after in those days. It was about this time that he made his first appearance in the political arena [1757], by being chosen member of the House of Burgesses; he continued a member of that body, when not in Congress, until 1792, when he retired from active public life. His first effort in that body was a speech against the importation of slaves to the Colony; the proposition was to lay so heavy a tax upon the importation of slaves as effectually to put an end to that iniquitous and disgraceful traffic within the Colony. When the proposed Stamp tax was under discussion and before its full purport was understood, Mr. Lee applied for the position of collector under it. For this he was afterwards censured; he defended himself in a letter published in the Virginia Gazette on 25 Jul 1766, stating in one portion it: .I considered that to err is certainly the portion of humanity, but that it was the business of an honest man to recede from error as soon as he discovered it, and that the strongest principle of duty called upon every citizen to prevent the ruin of his country, without being restrained by any consideration which could interrupt the primary obligation . As stated in his long letter Mr. Lee was the one to bring before the Assembly the Act of Parliament, claiming their right to tax America, and he served on the special committee appointed to draft an address to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the Commons. He was selected to prepare the first and last of these three papers. Shortly afterwards, he organized the Westmoreland Association of patriots and wrote their resolutions. The articles were chiefly a direct protest against the Stamp Act, and expressed their determination to exert every faculty to prevent the execution of the said Stamp Act in any instance whatsoever within this Colony. In 1773, the Virginia Assembly appointed a Committee of Correspondence, of which Richard was a member. The first voice raised was that of Patrick Henry; who in a speech it is said, of impassioned eloquence, unfolded to his anxious listeners the perils and duties of the hour. The second speaker was Richard Henry Lee, who supplementing and enlarging on Henrys words, impressed the members with his wisdom and sagacity. Such evidently was the result of his eloquence, for he immediately took a leading place in that body. Mr. Lee was an active and energetic member of many of the leading committees of this Congress; from his pen emanated the memorial of Congress to the people of British America, which has been generally considered a masterly document. His most important and distinguished service was rendered on the 7th of Jun 1776, when, in accordance with the instructions of the Virginia Convention , and at the request of his colleagues, he proposed the resolution for the independence of the colonies. The motion was seconded by John Adams, of Massachusetts; the discussion upon its adoption continued until the 10th of June, when a committee was appointed to prepare a declaration, in accordance with this motion. It is a uniform rule of all deliberative bodies to appoint the member who has offered a resolution the chairman of the committee selected to report on that motion. In this case, therefore, Mr. Lee would have been chosen chairman of the committee for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, had he been present. On the evening of the 10th of June, he received word of the serious illness of his wife; he left Philadelphia to visit her on the very day this committee was appointed. Thus an accidental sickness in his family probably deprived him of the signal honor of being the author as well as the mover of the Declaration of American Independence. It is said that the English papers, which gave the first intelligence of the adoption of the DOI, headed their columns with this line: Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry have at last accomplished their object: The colonies have declared themselves independent of the mother country. Mr. Lee continued to serve in Congress for many years, being a member in 1778-80-84-87, and was one of the signers of the articles of confederation in 1778. During the session of 1784, he occupied the chair as President, being, it is said, the unanimous choice of all the delegates present. He served some 100 committees during the sessions of 1776-77. Mr. Lee opposed the adoption of the Constitution of 1787; in this opposition, he was in agreement with George Mason, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Jefferson and others, in Virginia, and many of the ablest patriots of the time in other States. But, after the ratification of the Constitution, he consented to serve as one of the Senators from Virginia, mainly for the purpose of urging some amendments which he believed to be needed; many of these he was instrumental in securing. After many years of active service in Congress, and all the while a member of the Virginia Assembly, he finally, in 1792, retired from public life. Of Richard Henry Lees personal appearance and the style of his oratory, William Wirt wrote: His face was on the Roman model; his nose Caesarean; the port and carriage of his head, leaning persuasively and gracefully forward; and the whole contour, noble and fine. He had studied in the classics in the true spirit of criticism. His taste had that delicate touch which seized with intuitive certainty every beauty of an author, and his genius that native affinity which combined them without effort. Into every walk of literature and science he had carried this mind of exquisite selection, and brought it back to the business of life, crowned with every light of learning and decked with every wreath that all the muses and all the graces could entwine. Nor did these light decorations constitute the whole value of its freight. He possessed a rich store of historical and political knowledge, with an activity of observation and a certainty of judgment which turned that knowledge to the very best account. He was not a lawyer by profession, but he understood thoroughly the Constitution, both of the mother country and of her colonies; and the elements also of civil and municipal law. Thus, while his eloquence was free from those stiff and technical restraints which habits of forensic speaking are apt to generate, he had all the legal learning necessary to a statesman. He reasoned well, and declaimed freely and splendidly. The note of his voice was deep and melodious. It was not the cancerous voice of Cicero. He had lost the use of one of his hands, which he kept constantly covered with a black silk bandage, neatly fitted in the palm of his hand, but leaving his thumb free; yet, notwithstand- ing this disadvantage, his gesture was so graceful and highly finished that it is said that he acquired it by practising before a mirror. Such was his promptitude that he required no preparation for debate. He was ready for any subject as soon as it was announced; and his speech was so copious, so rich, so mellifluous, set off with such bewitching cadence of voice and such captivating grace of action that, while you listened to him, you desired to hear nothing superior, and indeed thought him perfect. He had a quick sensibility and a fervid imagination. Dr. Rush said of him, I never knew so great an orator whose speeches were so short. Indeed, I might say that he could not speak long. He had conceived his subject so clearly, and presented it so immediately to his hearers, that there appeared nothing more to be said about it. He did not use figures to ornament discourse, but made them the vehicles of argument. Mr. Lee died two years after retirement. He was troubled much with gout, which attacked his abdominal viscera, and caused him great suffering, but, though his body became feeble, his mind retained its vigor. His will was dated 18 June 1793, and probated in Westmoreland Co., VA the 24th of June, 1794. He died at Chantilly on the 19th of June, 1794, and was buried in the old family burial-place, at the Burnt House Fields, Mt. Pleasant, as he desired in his will. Of the home of Richard Henry Lee, little is known. Thomas Lee Shippen, when describing his visit to Westmoreland, wrote his father that Chantilly commands a much finer view than Stratford by reason of a large bay into which the Potomac forms itself opposite Chantilly ..The house is rather commodious than elegant. The sitting-room, which is very well ornamented, is 18x30 feet, and the dining-room, 20x24. From the inventory and appraisement of the furniture, etc., it is learned that there were a dining room, library, parlor, and chamber on the first floor. The hall being, as was usual, furnished as a sitting-room, contained: a mahogany desk, twelve arm chairs, a round and a square table, a covered walnut table, two boxes of tools, and a trumpet. On the second floor there were four large chambers, and a smaller one at the head of the stairs; two rooms in the third floor; store rooms, and closets. The outbuildings mentioned were: kitchen, dairy, blacksmith shop, stable, and barn. The enumeration of books in the library showed about 500 which were appraised at L229 10s.7d. Of money in the house at the time of his death, there were $54 silver, valued at L16 4s.; in bank at Alexandria, L181 19s.7d.; Tobacco notes for 13,907 pounds, nett. In 1783, Thomas Gaskins, Sr., of Westmoreland, executed a gift deed to his daughter Anne Lee, now intermarried with Richard Henry Lee. [Anne was the widow of Thomas Pinkard, by whom she had at least one child]. | Lee, Richard Henry (I8103)
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| 1855 | Richard inherited "Indian Banks" from his father. In 1771, in a poll for the House of Burgesses, he voted for Col. Francis Lightfoot Lee, who constantly voted for revellion against England. In 1782 he was allowed a claim against the commonwealth under the act for "adjusting claims for property impressed or taken for public service". (Source: Lawrence Glassco, "The Glas(s)cock--Glassco Saga", pg. 91) | Glascock, Richard (I206)
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| 1856 | Richard Lee apparently died suddenly in early 1735 indicated in the records of the Court Sessions of 21 May 17354, which report, "Account of Richard Lee for building a warehouse at Indian Creek" , which was read and allowed. At this same Session, a Will of said Richard Lee was presented by Wm. Eustace, Gent., one of his executors. An erroneous date of the death of Richard Lee had been previous- ly assumed to be 17405. This was based upon the appointment on June 9, 174O6 of Hrs. Judith Lee, as administratrix of "the est- ate of Richard Lee, deceased", not yet administered by William Eustace, also deceased, who was executor under the will. However, the 1735 records cited above, prove the death of Richard Lee in that year. Furthermore,on September ll, 1738, Wm Eustace, as Executor of Richard Lee's estate7, deeded 200 acres which had been inherited by "Richard Lee, deceased",from his father, Hancock Lee8. (This date correction was made by Grace M. Moses) Richard Lee's real estate was inherited by his only son, Kendall Lee9. His personal estate was divided, giving his widow one-third, and the other two-thirds were divided into seven portions for his children. The exact number of the inheriting children is specified in a document dated September S, 1740, at which time Mrs·Judith Lee received her third of the estate, and Major Peter Conway received his wife's share of "her father's estate", which the records specify was one-seventh of the re- maining two-thirds. At the time of publication of LEE OF VIR- GINIA by Edmund J. Lee, Philadelohia 1895, the following five children had been identified by documented evidence, and in- cluded therein on pages 534 and 535:- Kendall Lee10 who married Betty Heale of Lancaster 2. Elizabeth Lee11who married Major Peter Conway 3. Mary Lee12 who marrzed her cousin, Charles Lee 4. Judith Lee13 who married David Galloway 5. Letrice Lee14 who married Colonel James Ball Subsequently, the previously two unidentified children have been identified as follows:- (Source:The Society of the Lee's of Virginia, The Seven Children of Richard Lee of Ditchley, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lelandva/solv1.htm) | Lee, Richard (I8079)
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| 1857 | Richard Lee, Col. b. 1647, Paradise, Gloucester Co., VA, d. 12 Mar 1714, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., VA, m. 1674, Laetitia Corbin b. 1656/57, Westmoreland Co., VA, d. 6 Oct 1706, Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., VA, (daughter of Henry and Alice (Eltonhead) Corbin). Mt. Pleasant, an estate consisting of about 2,600 acres, had been bequeathed by the Immigrant to his eldest son John, and was inherited by Richard as heir-at-law to their father. The large brick house, largely inclosed by a brick wall, was burned down and another was built on the surrounding heights of the Potomac. This written by William Lee. The date of the fire is not known, but must have occurred between 1716 and 1730. Thomas Lee obtained a lease of this estate in 1716, and apparently lived there until he built the Stratford mansion. It seems likely that the loss by fire, mentioned by William Lee, occurred at Mt. Pleasant, not at Stratford, as has been generally supposed. There is no record of a fire ever having occurred at the latter place; while frequent mention has been made of burnt house fields, at the former, evidently showing that a fire there had been so serious that the field had been named as a record of the disaster. The new house, built further back from the river and upon higher ground, was probably erected by George Lee when he came from England to settle in Virginia. It, too, has been burned. Richard Lee was educated at Oxford. He was a member of the Council in 1676, 1680-83-88, 1692-98. A Burgess in 1677, and probably earlier. Governor Spotswood described Richard Lee as, a gentleman of as fair character as any in the country for his exact justice, honesty and unexceptional loyalty. In all the stations wherein he has served in this government, he has behaved himself with great integrity and sufficiency; and when his advanced age would no longer permit him to execute to his won satisfaction the duty of Naval Officer of the same district, I thought I could not better reward his merit than by bestowing that employment on his son. [I Spotswood, 178]. Richard and Laetitias tombstone is still to be seen at Mt. Pleasant, it is a very large slab of hard white marble. The inscription was written in Latin, and translated, it reads: Here lieth the body of Richard Lee, Esq., born in Virginia, son of Richard Lee, Gentleman, descended of an ancient family of Merton-Regis, in Shropshire. While he exercised the office of magistrate he was a zealous promoter of the public good. He was very skillful in the Greek and Latin languages and other parts of polite learning. He quietly resigned his soul to God, whom he always devoutly worshiped, on the 12th day of March, in the year 1714, in the 68th year of his age. Near by interred the body of Laetitia, his faithful wife, daughter of Henry Corbyn, Gentleman. A most affectionate mother, she was also distinguished by piety toward God, charity to the poor, and kindness to all. She died on the 6th day of October, 1706, in the 49th year of her age. It is supposed that Thomas Lee in 1749, Arthur Lee in 1792, and Richard Henry Lee in 1794 were buried there as well. Richard Lees will, dated 3 Mar 1714, probated in Westmoreland Co., VA on 27 Apr 1715. | Lee, Richard II (I8088)
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| 1858 | Richard lived on the Black Water portion of Bedford Co., VA, (later Franklin Co., VA). He was a soldier in the American Army during the war of the Revolution. He and his elder sons were great Indian scouts and fiighters and were splendid specimens of great physical strength and courage. He and his sons were directed to go to NC because of the approach of the British Army. The many descendants of Rilchard and Mary have made a great contribution to the growth and welfare of Mercer Co., VA, many being prominent in civic, government, educational, religious and other areas of public service to the county. Richard owned many thousand acres of VA land. | Bailey, Richard (I4616)
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| 1859 | Richard Melton II was a Quaker before 1700. (Source: Quaker Genealogy Volume 6, page 198) New Kent Co., VA 1704 Quit Rents lists Richard Melton with 290 acres of land. (Source: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 31, page 224 ) | Melton, II Richard (I461)
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| 1860 | Robert "Curthose", d. 10 Feb 1134 duke of Normandy; m. Sibyl de Conversano. | Of Normandy, Curthose Robert II (I8767)
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| 1861 | Robert & Elizabeth had 5 children while living on the McFall farm: Maston Cornelius, Sarah, Robert W., George and Adeline. | Powers, Robert C. (I2431)
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| 1862 | Robert Boyd appeared on the census of 1790 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He appeared on the census of 1800 in Iredell County, North Carolina: 3m -10, 2m 10-16, 1m 26-45; 1f -10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45. On 14 Nov 1806 in Iredell Co., North Carolina, Robert Boyd, executor of the estate of Robert Bogle, deceased, sold to William Bogal, 220 acres lying on the south side of the South Yadkin River, joining Samuel Bogal, Robert Carson and the wagon road near said Bogle's line. A tract of land conveyed to Robert Bogle by James McCollom in 1802. Witnesses: John Boyd, Alexander Boyd. Proved Aug. 1808. Registered 27 Nov 1808. On 15 Apr 1809 in Iredell County, North Carolina, Deed Bk G:152, Robert Boyd Jr. sold to George Hines, 100a on Lower Little River adj. Robert Boyd, Robert Bogle, Samuel Carson. Granted 16 Nov 1790. Wits. George Bogle & Obed Parrish. Recorded 17 Aug 1809. Robert appeared on the census of 1810 in Iredell County, North Carolina: 3m -10, 2m 10-16, 1m 26-45; 1f -10, 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26, 1f 26-45. On 19 Aug 1811 in Iredell County, North Carolina, Deed Bk G:616, Robert Boyd to Edward Barnes, 234 a. Muddy Fork of Lower Little River, adj. James Morrison, James Watts, part of 200a granted 1792 and the whole of 100a patented in 1782. Wits. William Smith and William Warren. Recorded 5 Apr 1812. Sometime before 1820, Robert and family moved to Kentucky. He appeared on the census of 1820 in Trigg Co., Kentucky: 000001-0000: Robert Boyd 1m +45 -- no one else in household The names of his children were said to have come from the bible of Josiah Boyd. To date no one has been able to locate the bible. The name of Robert Boyd's wife is not known. His appearance in the Bogfle records makes one wonder if his wife was related to that family. I have also read that his wife was Margaret Gamble, but I have seen no proof of that and I have not found any Gamble families near where the Boyds lived. (Source: Linda Boyd Lawhon) | Boyd, Robert Jr. (I1427)
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| 1863 | Robert Daugherty, the youngest son of Owen II, born about 1769 in Craven Co., NC married Sarah (Sally) Taylor, November 18, 1784 in Craven Co., NC. She was the sister of the wife of Robert's brother, Daniel. Robert and Sally had three children born in NC prior to their move to KY. Elizabeth Daugherty, born 1784, Sina T. Daugherty, born 1786, and Mary T. Daugherty, born 1793. Sugsequent to the death of his father, Owen II, in 1785, and his mother in 1786, Robert received the "land and plantation" of Owen II, according to Owen's Will. With the land and plantation, Robert appeared to be established in NC. Nevertheless, he pulled up roots ten years later, in 1795, and moved. Although Robert ultimately settled in KY prior 1808 when a daughter married, from NC, he may have first traveled to Ireland and remained there for a few years, before returning to KY where his brothers had re-established. In KY Robert was a minister, as he had been in NC. He settled in Warren Co. on top of a hill, known locally as "Hadley Hill", on what is now known as highway 231. After the move from NC, two other children were born; Anna wo's birthplalce is unknown, and Robert's youngest child, Peter Daugherty, who was born in Ireland in 1798. Robert Daugherty died in Dec 1844 in Warren Co., KY. His wife, Sarah, had previously died in 1828 in Warren Co., KY. (Source: Hal Daugherty - 2005) Kentucky Land Grants Record about Daugherty, Robt Grantee: Daugherty, Robt Acres: 2,562 Book: 10 Survey Date: 6-15-1798 County: Lincoln WaterCourse: Cumberland R Reference: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1 CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 167 More Info: Grantee: Daugherty, Robt Acres: 2,562 Book: 10 Page: 325 Date Survey: 6-15-1798 County: Lincoln Watercourse: Cumberland R | Daugherty, Robert T. (I6630)
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| 1864 | Robert De Bruce, Lord of Annandale, who was Earl of Carrick, in right of his wife, Margaret, the Countess of Carrick. On the death of Margaret in 1292, Robert resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his eldest son. In 1296, he, along with his eldest son, swore fealty to King Edward I. Robert was summoned to parliament as a Baron of England from 23 Jun 1295 to 26 Jan 1297. At age 24, Robert went on a crusade to the Holy Land under Prince Edward of England (eventually to become King Edward I). Among his fellow crusaders was Adam de Kilconcath Kilconquahar, the husband of Robert's future wife Margaret (or Marjory). Adam was killed in battle and Robert brought the sad news to Adam's young wife in 1272. Not long after, they were married and they had a large family of five sons and five daughters. (Source: Billy Polk) Robert de Bruce, Lord of Annandale who was one of the 13 claimants to the Throne in 1291 | Of Bruce, Robert (I7302)
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| 1865 | Robert De Bruce, Lord of Skelton, made a figure at the court of King Henry I, where he came to know Prince David, the King's brother-in-law. When the Prince became King of Scotland, as David I, in 1124, Robert obtained from him the lordship of Annandale and 200, 000 acres, and great possessions in the south of Scotland. Straddling the western route, the lordship of Annandale was a key to one of the gateways of Scotland. | Of Brus\Bruce, II Robert (I7913)
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| 1866 | Robert de Brus was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire, England, in the reign of William The Conquerer, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had the castle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness, in the Bishoprick of Durham. Before the end of the reign of the Conqueror, Robert De Brus possessed ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire. Robert became one of the great magnates of northern England, Lord of Cleveland and a Royal Justice for King Henry I. (Source: "My Ancestors Came With The Conquerer," by Anthony J. Camp, 1994, Genealogical Publishing Co.) | Of Brus, I Robert (I7957)
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| 1867 | Robert emerges in Norfolk County records in 1692 when he bought 50 acres from Thomas and Elizabeth Green, for 2,000 pounds of tobacco. Records on the Culpepper family in Norfolk County in the early 1700's are scarce. 12 Feb 1710 -- THOMAS GREEN of the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River Parish and heir at law to THOMAS GREEN late of the same parish to RICHARD BUNTING, weaver, of the same place for 2,250 pounds of tobacco, and also in consideration of the vast expense and charge that hath bin in a suite of law between the said RICHARD BUNTING and JOHN WILLIS, guardian to the said Green, about a certain tract and dividend of land, wherefore the said Green being come to age to avoid further charge about the land doth give and confer to the said Bunting this indenture of lease and release -- 200 acres on the south side of the West Brand of the Elizabeth River known by the name of Fishey Neck, being that land which PETER SMITH late of this county, deceased, patented and after sold and conferred to the said Bunting which said land was and is within the bounds of the said Green and his patent, bounded ... etc. Witnesses: ROBERT CULPEPPER, James Sabord(?), John Portlock In 1713, Robert Culpepper and Eleazer Tart witnessed the will of Robert's uncle, Richard Bunting (Norfolk Co DB 9, p. 269). There were two Eleazer Tarts, father and son. This Eleazer Tart was probably the son of Eleazer Tart, Sr. Eleazer Tart, Jr, married Robert Culpepper's daughter, Mary. In 1716, Robert Culpepper and Edward Lewelling witnessed the will of William Dale. (Richard Dale later witnessed Robert Culpepper's will.) In 1727, Robert Culpepper bought 50 acres on the West Branch of the Elizabeth River from his cousin Jonas Winfield, for £10. (See will of Jeane Green, Robert's grandmother). Robert Culpepper died in 1743. He must have been about 80 years old, which was well above average for his day and age. Robert's will, written in 1739 and proven in 1743, is important, as he and his brother Henry are the ancestors of most of the American Culpeppers. It is necessary to look at a copy of the actual document and not the abstract, to note that Robert had a son, Robert, Jr., to whom he gave his great Bible, his "lancets, horse flemes, and other instruments of iron for the use of horses." A fleam was a surgical knife, as was a lancet. Robert gave five Shillings each to his sons Joseph and Benjamin Culpepper, who by this time were in Edgecombe County, NC. He gave half a Crown each to his daughters Rachel Wilder and Ann Wilder. These small gifts of money indicate that Rachel and Ann had moved away from Norfolk County, and had probably already had some help along the way from Robert. He gave his daughter Elizabeth Ward, wife of John Ward, an ewe and a lamb, suggesting that she still lived nearby in 1743. And daughter Mury Green must have been nearby in 1743, as she received an ewe as well. Mury's husband may have been Henry Green (see below). At the moment, descendants of Mury Green are unidentified. However, there were folks named Green in early Edgecombe County, NC records. Robert Culpepper made a point of mentioning his grandson, William Culpepper, in his will. William got a cow and calf, and an ewe and lamb. Robert must have been particularly fond of William, since William got more live stock than Robert's daughters, Elizabeth Ward, and Mury Green. This was probably his grandson William, son of Robert Culpepper, Jr. Robert gave all his land in Norfolk County to "his loving daughter Mary Tart," and appointed her husband, Eleazer Tart, as his sole executor. Henry Green, John Joyce, and Richard Dale witnessed the will. One could suspect that Robert's daughter Mary was the one who was looking after him in his old age, and so she was the one who was rewarded with Robert's land. | Culpepper, Robert Sr. (I3432)
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| 1868 | Robert Knox. Pitt Co NC DB T, p. 225, May 6, 1813, James Knox, Allison Knox, Robert Knox and Susan Knox to Orman Knox, part of tract of David Knox and by death of David Knox, descended to parties herein. David Knox - never married. | Knox, David (I3579)
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| 1869 | Robert lived to be very old and reared a large family. | Boyd, Robert S. (I1454)
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| 1870 | Robert settled near Colliersville, TN bet 1820 - 1830. | Knox, Robert (I3468)
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| 1871 | Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland who was the victor of Bannockburn in 1314, established Scottish independence from England and is revered as one of Scotland's great national heroes. Acceded on March 27, 1306 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire Robert the Bruce married first to Isobel of Mar. Robert the Bruce and Isobel of Mar had a daughter: Princess Marjorie Bruce Robert the Bruce married second in 1302 to Elizabeth de Burgh and they had the following children: Margaret Bruce Matilda Bruce David (II) Bruce, King of Scotland 1329 - 1371 John Bruce Robert the Bruce also had a number of natural children: Sir Robert Bruce, Earl of Ross. For the continuation of this line, click on Bruce of Airth. Sir Neil Bruce of Carrick Walter Bruce of Odistoun Christina Bruce of Carrick Margaret Bruce Elizabeth Bruce | Of Scotland, Robert I (I1064)
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| 1872 | Robert was a Presbyterian Preacher (and her guardian). He was suspended from church on 4 Oct 1794 because of his belief in Doctrine of Universal Salvation. (Source: Johnnie M. Johnson in her book A Chronology of Moses and Isabel Shelby and Their Sons) | Archibald, Robert (I1797)
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| 1873 | Ruled 1005 - 1034. The MacAlpin dynasty came to an end with Malcolm II and at the end of his reign Scotland had become a much more clearly defined national unit. To begin with, however, it looked like Malcolm's reign would be as bloodthirsty as many of his predecessors - he won the throne by murdering Kenneth III and his son near Perth. Following this he attacked England and was defeated by Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria at Durham. This meant that Lothian remained in English hands. After finding no luck to the south Malcolm then turned his attentions to the north. He was defeated by the mormaer of Moray near Forres in 1008 but two years later he defeated a Viking army at Carron. In a more diplomatic attempt to subdue the north his daughter was probably married to Findlaech, the mormaer of Moray. Another daughter was married to Sigura 'the Stout', Earl of Orkney. Malcolm then turned his attention south once more, this time with more success. In 1018, assisted by Owen the Bald, King of Strathclyde, he defeated Uhtred at Carham on Tweed. King Cnut had Uhtred assassinated on hearing the news of his defeat and Northumbria was given to Eadulf, who ceded Lothian to Malcolm. As the last of the House of Alpin, he did not have any sons to succeed him. He, therefore, arranged good marriages for his daughters. One daughter married Earl Sigurd of Orkney and their son Thorfinn brought the lands of Caithness and Sutherland under the control of the King of Alba. His elder daughter, Bethoc, married the Abbot of Dunkeld and their son became Duncan I(c.1010-1040), who succeeded Malcolm upon his death in 1034. Having no children of his own Malcolm named Duncan as his successor and to make sure Duncan became king and Malcolm had all of Kenneth III's male decendants killed. Conquered Lothian 1018. King of Alba, King of Strathclyde. Was said to have married an Irishwoman from Ossory. Killed by his kinsman. He was murdered at Glamis at the age of 80, by his grandson Duncan, ruler of Strathclyde. | Of the Scots, MacKenneth Malcolm II (I8456)
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| 1874 | Ruled 695 - 696. | Of Dalriada, Eochaid I Rinevel (Eochaidh - (I5747)
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| 1875 | Ruled from 568 - 561. | Of France, the Old Clothiare Meroving I (I1757)
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| 1876 | Ruth (Clarence) Shattuck Edward Axmacher David Axmacher | Family: Archie C Axmacher / Margaret M Loard (F8)
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| 1877 | Ruth Sara became mentally unbalanced to the point that she had to be watched constantly. At night William tied her in his bed with ropes. One night she escaped and jumped down the well and drowned. (Source: "The Turner Family" by Lucille McLees Myers. Oral history, Ben and Wilbur Woolbright) | Reese, Ruth Sara (I693)
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| 1878 | 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 CULPEPPER, 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.) | Culpepper, Mary Elizabeth (I3154)
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| 1879 | Sallie is shown in the 1850 US Census, Dist. 42, Henry, GA as "S.C.", age 5 in household of G. Medlock and R. Medlock. Sallie is shown in the 1870 US Census Jonesboro, GA as Sarah C. age 24, b. SC. in household of Grrison Medlock. 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Sarah C Thomas Home in 1900: Red Apple, Marshall, Alabama [Boaz, Marshall, Alabama] Age: 55 Birth Date: Mar 1845 Birthplace: South Carolina Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to Head of House: Wife Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother: number of living children: 5 Mother: How many children: 5 Spouse's name: James R Thomas Marriage Year: 1872 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 28 Household Members: Name Age James R Thomas 47 Sarah C Thomas 55 Ema Thomas 20 | Medlock, Sara Catherine (I6279)
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| 1880 | Samuel Barnabas wasa Sgt. in the C.S.A. 3rd Regiment, Co. B, 14th TN, Regular Infantry. NAME: Powers, Samuel Barney PENSION #: S12819 COUNTY: Montgomery UNIT: 14th Inf. NAME: Powers, Samuel Barney. WIDOW: Powers, Mary Evannah PENSION #: W9146 COUNTY: Montgomery | Powers, Samuel Barney (I2573)
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| 1881 | Samuel Buie Knox was the eldest children of James and Hannah Knox. He first married Cynthia Pettus (his second cousin), of York, South Carolina in 1825. This marriage was short-lived, as Cynthia died in childbirth the following year, and she and her child were buried in the family cemetery in 1826. Knox remarried in 1836 to Ann Sloan Lowrie, a widow with two children-Robert B. Lowrie and Samuel J. Lowrie (both of whom served in the Civil War). According to his will, at the time of his death, he owned hundreds of acres of land and was a man of considerable wealth. (Source: Knox Family Papers, Mss 403, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library) 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. Old Samuel Neely owned property not far from the Knox's, so these were neighbors marrying each other. Knox, Samuel of Mecklenburg Co., and Cynthia Pettus of York, District SC, on July 12, 1827 by Rev. Mr. Hunter. July 24, 1827 Knox, Samuel B. & Ann Lowrie 2 Oct 1835, George S. Sloan bondsman, B. Oates, C.C.C., wit. The Will of Samuel B. Knox is dated the 14th day of August, 1874. (See Attached). In this Will, he leaves to Ann Knox, his wife the plantation he now lives on with "40 acres included that I bought of Samuel Knox" and other things. He leaves to his son, William H. Knox, "the Porter place containing 240 acres, also one hundred acres of the T. J. Grier Tract and other things. He will to his daughter Cynthia H. Price, "eighty acres to be laid off thro the west end of the Thomas J. Grier tract" and other things. He wills to his daughter Eliza Knox, "one hundred acres of land laid off the east end of the Thomas J. Grier land" and other things. He leaves to his daughter Kizia Knox "the J. B. Knox tract of land containing 140 acres". (This tells us that James B. Knox, his brother, probably did sell his land to Samuel B. and moved away). He wills to his daughter Margaret Stow "my old home place containing 237 acres and she is to pay back $150". He wills to his son Charles Knox "the plantation I now live on subject to the interest of his mother in Item 1. (This is the tract of land that Uncle Sam said was either the Neal property or adjoined the Neal property. Today, that property would have been on both side of Withers Cove across from Westinghouse and across the bridge. Uncle Sam told me he was born and raised in a house that would have been on Wildlife Club Rd. running down to Withers Cove. This was probably the old homeplace.) He directed that his "two daughters Eliza & Kizia are to have a home with their mother at my present residence while they remain single…." He appointed Isaac J. Price and W. H. Knox as his executors to settle his estate. Witnesses were neighbors, Thomas J. Simeril and Thomas P. Grier. When the will was filed in 1875, the estate was worth approximately $7000 and that Ann Knox, C. H. Price, W. H. Knox, R. E. Knox, M. K. Knox, M. A. Stowe & C. P. Knox are the proper persons entitled under said will. (will filed in Mecklenburg County, NC) Samuel Buie Knox was the oldest child of James & Hannah Knox. He married 1st to Cynthia Pettus around 1825 probably at her home in York Co., S.C. The Pettus'lived just across the line in the area of Pleasant Road bounded by Gold Hill Road and I-77 or near that area. Cynthia Pettus was the daughter of Capt. George Pettus (1752 - 1816) and Jane Knox (1766 - 1847). Cynthia Pettus died in childbirth on August 27, 1826 and was buried in the Pettus family cemetery along with her 3 day old infant. This cemetery is in the Saddlegate subdivision on Pleasant Road. (information on the Pettus family from Louise Pettus of Rock Hill.) The interesting part of this marriage is that Jane Knox Pettus was the daughter of Samuel Knox, who was the brother of John Knox (1722 - 1777). John Knox was the grandfather of Samuel B. Knox, so Samuel B. and Cynthia Pettus were 2nd cousins. Old John also had a son Samuel, brother of James, Samuel B.'s father. Samuel Knox, son of John, had a son James B. Knox who married Rebecca Pettus, who was the sister of Cynthia. This James would have been a 1st cousin of Samuel B., so that James B. also married his 2nd cousin. After the death of Cynthia, Samuel B. remained single for some time. In the 1830 census, he was living alone on his land adjoining his father, James. On 2 October 1835, Samuel Buie Knox married a widow with 2 children. Ann Sloan Lowrie, was the daughter of Robert Sloan and Ruth Beaty who were married 14 Feb 1800 (bond date). She married first to Robert J. Lowrie on 28 July 1827. They had two sons, Robert B. and Samuel J. Lowrie. Neither son married. Both of these boys served in the Civil War. Samuel J. was wounded and never completely recovered and he died in 1866. Robert died young at a young age in 1869. The children of Samuel B. and Ann Sloan Lowrie are all listed in the Charles Pettus Knox bible in the possession of Sambo Knox. (see attached group sheet) It appears that Samuel B. and his wife attended Steele Creek Presbyterian, however, many of their children are buried at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian. The oldest child of Sam B. and Ann Knox was Cynthia Hannah Knox. Cynthia H. Knox was born 4 August 1836, d. 23 Dec 1903. She married on 31 Oct 1854 to Isaac Jasper Price. Isaac was first married to Amanda Neely on 23 Jan 1851. Isaac Price was born 28 Dec 1819 in Steele Creek, the son of Isaac Price (II) and Nancy Barnett. He married to Nancy Amanda Neely, b. 30 Aug 1830 in York Co. to John Neely (II) and Cynthia Starr. Of this marriage one child was born. She was Margaret Roseanna Jane Price, b. 16 Sept 1852. This child married John Randolph Porter and had 8 children. Amanda Neely Price died on 28 Jan 1853 leaving a 4 month old for Isaac to raise. Eighteen year old Cynthia married Isaac Jasper, who was 35 years old at the time and by that time, Margaret was almost 2 years old. This couple lived nearby both the Price and Knox family. They lived in the vicinity of where the Westinghouse Plant is today at the corner of Westinghouse Blvd and Shopton Road West. This couple had 6six children in addition to two unnamed infants who died at birth, one in 1862 and the other in 1872. Of the other six children, one died at the age of 3 and one at the age of 1 ½ years. The other four married and had families. This couple is buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian church cemetery. (See attached group sheet). The next oldest child was a son, James S. Knox, b. 23 Dec 1837. He was known as Jim. He never married. He fought in the Civil War and was wounded. He was able to make it home before he died on 4 Apr 1865. He is buried at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. The next child was John H. B. Knox, b. 10 Oct 1839. He never married and was killed in the Civil War on 31 May 1864. He has a tombstone at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian that says he is buried at Staunton, Va. The 4th child was William Harrison Knox, b. 110 April 1841. He also never married and he died 25 Jul 1919. He was wounded in the Civil War but he didn't die from the wounds even though it gave him problems for the rest of his life. He is buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. The next child was Ruth Eliza Knox, b. 8 Jan 1843. She was called Eliza. Her marriage record in Mecklenburg County reads, "Elias J. Garrison, age 30 of Mecklenburg County, son of J. A. & R. Garrison of South Carolina (father-living, mother-dead) married to Ruth E. Knox, age 30 of Mecklenburg County, daughter of S. B. & Ann Knox of Mecklenburg. (father-dead, mother-living) married on 19 April 1876 at Mrs. Ann Knox in Steele Creek by John Douglas, min. Witnesses were: W. A. Wilson, H. A. Stowe and Thomas J. Simeril of Mecklenburg County." This was a second marriage for Elias Garrison. He married 1st to Hannah Catherine Youngblood, daughter of Richard Calvin Youngblood and Nancy Hannah Lessley on December 26, 1867. There was one child, Hanna D. Garrison, d. October 3, 1874 at the age of 1 year, 7 months and 12 days. Hannah Catherine died February 28, 1874. It is thought by this writer, that she died in childbirth and the baby was born dead. (Taken from this writer's research on the Youngblood family). Elias was wounded in the Civil War and walked with a limp. It appears that Ruth Eliza and Elias J. Garrison did not have any children. She died 20 March 1919 and Elias died 2 Oct 1909. Both are buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. The next child was Joseph G. Knox, b. 22 Oct 1845. He never married. Was killed in the Civil War on 7 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA and is buried there. There is a marker for him at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church cemetery. The 7th child was Margaret Ann Knox, b. 5 Feb 1847. She married Herbert A. Stowe on 3 December 1872. Her marriage record filed at the Register of Deeds reads, "License issued 29 Nov 1872 for Herbert A. Stowe, age 22, of Mecklenburg County, son of Herbert and Martha Stowe of Mecklenburg (father - dead, mother - dead) to Maggie A. Knox, age 24 of Mecklenburg, daughter of S. B. & Ann Knox of Mecklenburg (father and mother living……which is not correct. S. B. died in 1868) married 3 December 1872 at the residence of Sam'l B. Knox in Steele Creek by J. C. Chalmers, Min. AR Presby Church." This was a little strange in that J. C. Chalmers was the minister of Little Steele Creek Associate Reformed Church and Lower Steele Creek ARP. Little Steele Creek ARP was located on Sandy Porter Rd. (These two churches merged to form Central Steele Creek ARP-latter Presbyterian Church) It may be that Herbert Stowe was a member of that church and perhaps there was a reason why Rev. Douglas of Steele Creek Presbyterian couldn't marry them. This couple lived in Gaston County and therefore little is known of them. They did have children but their names are not known. Margaret (Maggie) died on 10 October 1901 and is probably buried in Gaston County, NC. The 8th child was Mary A. Kezia was born 5 Feburary 1848. Kezia never married and lived at home with her mother and later with her brother Charles Pettus Knox who had inherited the home place under the direction of Sam. B.'s will that their mother and Kezia would have a home there. Kezia died 19 Jan 1936. She is buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. The 9th and last child was Charles Pettus Knox, born 25 June 1849. He was the father of Uncle Sam Knox. 1850 Census for Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC: Sam'l B. Knox m, age 52, b. NC; Ann, f., age 43; Cynthia, f., age 14; James, m, age 12; John, m. age 10; William, m. age 9; Eliza, f., age 7; Joseph, m., age 6; Mary, f., age 4; Charles, m., age 1; Robert Lowrie, m., age 18. | Knox, Samuel Buie (I3607)
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| 1882 | Samuel Jr. was in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was in Sumner Co., TN in 1795. He was in Wilson Co., TN in 1831 at age 60. Court Minutes, 9 Aug 1786: Samuel Cross orphan of Samuel Cross, deceased, age 15 yrs. 6 mo., bound to Robert Bogle to learn the trade of a taylor (tailor). He married Margaret Leach, daughter of John Leach and Margaret Courtney. He joined his brothers-in-law, Alexander Witherspoon and William Leach for clearing title to 50 acres on W side of Station on said DeLoach's land, leasing said land for 5 years. 28 Dec 1795 in Sumner County, Tennessee. 16 Apr 1805 in Wilson County, Tennessee he sold 120 acres on Smith's Fork to William Leach. 15 Feb 1809: Iredell Co., North Carolina; William Leach, Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd Sr., Joseph Bogle, and John Boyd Jr., legatees of John Leich, to William Hines of Iredell Co., part of a tract originally granted to Samuel Woods, both sides of Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, 640 acres, bearing the date 29 Oct 1782. Wits. William Reed, Thomas Mordak, William Smith. On 20 Nov 1812 in Iredell County, North Carolina, 20 Nov 1812, Iredell Co., North Carolina: William Leach, Thomas Leach, Alexander & Martha Witherspoon, Samuel & Margaret Cross, John & Elizabeth Boyd, and John Boyd Jr. all of the State of Tennessee, Wilson County, of one part, to Edward Barnes of Iredell Co. of the other part, the remaining 320 acres of the land of John Leach. Wit. George Bogle, James Bogle, Jurat, Robt. Erwin. He sold 100 acres on a branch of Smith's Fork on the Caney Fork to William Leach on 14 Nov 1814 in Wilson County, Tennessee. On 14 November 1814 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Samuel Cross sold to William Leech, 100 a on a branch of Smith's Fork on the Caney Fork bounded by Cross and William Bogle. (DB F:200). Lsted in the 1820 Edwards Co. IL census: Cross, Samuel 001012100000. Leech, John 310020301000; Bogle, William Listed in the Edwards Co., IL 1820 Census: Cross, John with 5 in family, Boyd, Joel with 4 in family, Boyd, Thomas with 3 in family, Leech, William Note: Thomas and William Leech sons of John Leech and Margaret Courtney. John Leech (Luck?) Cross and Samuel Cross (III) sons of Samuel Cross Jr. & Margaret Leech. Joel and Thomas Boyd sons of William Boyd and Isabel Leech. Isabel Leech and Margaret Leech children of John Leech and Margaret Courtney. William Bogle son of Robert Bogle (Samuel Cross assigned to Robert Bogle as an orphan) Joseph Bogle Sr. was probably Robert and James' father, and William was most likely son of either Robert or James. (MCM-2004) 1820 Census, Sullivan Co., TN, roll 535, pg 103: Cross, Samuel living alone at age above 45. Cross's in Edwards Co., Il probably his sons. In Nov 1831, Legislative Petition #76-1831. From the Tennessee State Library & Archives. To the Honorable general Assembly of the State of Tennessee greeting, we the undersigners of Wilson County your humble petitioners Do beg that your honorable boddy will grant to Samuel Cross the priviledge to hawk and peddle annywhear in said state without license so as to enable him in his dotage to make a sustainance to support him and enable him to visit his children that are settled in different parts of the said state. We the undersigned your petitioners do recommend to your honorable boddy the person of said Cross to be a man of good morrels and religious habits and highly worthy of your benevolints as he was a soldier in the last war and of the Revolution and is old and of delicate constitution and wishes to sustain himself with that independence that is in the Bosom of all the American republic. We your humble petitioners are in hopes you will grant the said priviledge to said Cross and oblige your petitoners and C. November --, 1831 H. Samuel Hays John Smith John Gossett James Brien Thomas P. Wilson John Wallace William Willard Thomas Steon-- Simson Madows James Thomas Samuel Bryson John Bryson John Bryson, Jr. J.M. Alexander Ezekiel Alexander Thomas Leech John J. Sneed Andrew Morrison Judiah McMinn James T. Leech William C. Leech, Jr. James Michie Matthew T. Cartwright Nelson Bryan Burwell Reeves John Adams James Madows, Jr. Zach Adams Winston Canler James Madow, Sr. Leroy Adams William Madows Isaac Lanire (?) John J. Brogan William Jennings Jehu McAdoo Note: William C. Leech, Jr, Thomas Leech and James T. Leach listed above. L. Lock Richard Harrison N.S. McAdoo P. Watson John Williamson Zac ? Williamson Robert Williamson John Adams, Jr. William Adams Robert Rogers William Sadler James Coleman (MIDDLE TENNESSEE CROSSROADS, Vol. 4, No.2 Editor, Louise G. Lynch). Possible descendents of Samuel Cross, Jr. & Margaret Leach: William Langham to Samuel J. Cross, Land He conveys to Samuel James Cross, Abner Silas Cross, Mary Jane Cross, Thomas Adley Cross, brothers and sisters of John Luck Cross. 1855 A different William: This one age 45, the 1840 Census age 50-60... 1850 Census, Stewart Co., TN, pg 431A, fam 690: Cross, William, w, m, 45, b. unknown; (b. 1805) Abner, w, m, 16, b. TN; (b. 1834) (Abner Silas ?) William, w, m, 14, b. TN; (b. 1836) Mary, w, f, 12, b. TN; (b. 1838) (Mary Jane?) Addy, w, f, 9, b. TN. (b. 1841) (Thomas Adley ?) (John Luck ?) (Samuel James ?) | Cross, Samuel Jr. (I4325)
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| 1883 | Samuel Stacker Cross served in Company B, 50th Tennessee Regiment, during the War Between the States. Samuel contracted measles while in service and died from complications of the disease in 1868. (Source: Tommy Allen, 2002) NAME: Cross, S.S. PENSION #: S4031 COUNTY: Giles UNIT: 3rd Inf. NAME: Cross, Samuel Stacker. WIDOW: Cross, Margaret J. PENSION #: W753 COUNTY: Henry (Source: TN State Library & Archives http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen038.htm) Jane was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Paris, Henry Co, TN. I am not sure where Sam was buried. Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index Name: Samuel Stacker Cross Soldier Name: Samuel Stacker Cross State Served: TN Application Type: Widow Application Numbers: W753 Application Location: Henry, TN Note: The name Cross, Samuel Stacker appears on a Tennesse Confederate Application Info: A photocopy of this pension application may be obtained from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Please contact the Tennessee State Library and Archives for pricing and availability at the following address: Tennessee State Library and Archives, R | Cross, Samuel Stacker (I520)
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| 1884 | Samuel, died 1800, owned very large tracts of land in both Steele Creek of Meck and upper York Co. (Indian leases). One tract appears to have been in the Westinghouse Blvd and hwy 160 area (around Armour's creek and on a path from Armour's ford. Today this is Wither's Cove and the area around the Westinghouse plant back to Hwy 160.) He received a patent on this land in 1763 and sold it to Samuel McRum in 1769. He also owned property near the intersection of York Rd. & Hwy 160. (Not to be confused with the Dr. John Knox who purchased that property in the late 1800s. That John Knox was from Chester, SC.) It appears that at one time, he also owned property near the end of Youngblood Road adjoining the Bigger property. Bigger owned land on both sides of the Catawba River and appears to have had the 1st ferry which today would have been near the end of Youngblood Rd. and the Red Fez Club. The Mason family also owned property on both sides of the River in the early 1800s when the Bigger's ferry became known as the Mason's Ferry. Samuel is buried in the next plot adjacent to Sarah, John and Ann. It is said that the Sarah Knox tombstone (d. 1765) is the oldest in the Steele Creek Cemetery. Tombstone reads: "Three score and ten do sum our days and years we see". Samuel gave money to the Whig cause. Samuel had considerable wealth and land. In John's will dated 30 March 1772, probated at July court, 1777 , he names his brother Samuel Knox & (neighbor) Hugh Herron as executors. In Samuel's will he indicates the following: 1. To my brother John's son Samuel Knox- a horse.(no doubt because John had named this son after brother Samuel). Other son's of John were not named. 2. " to William Pettus I bequeath all the remainder of the land in South Carolina EXCEPT the tract my brother Robert Knox lives on which he is to hold during his life and then to descend to William Pettus " . It is not known if this brother Robert had children or not. 3. Samuel leaves his "wearing apparel" to his brothers David Knox and Matthew Knox. | Knox, Samuel (I3578)
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| 1885 | Sarah and Daniel lived in Atlanta, GA and Gadsden, AL after the Civil War. Marriage and Death Notice from Pendleton S.C. Messenger, page 52, by Brent Holcomb. Spouse and middle name from Walterine H. Sharp, Farmersville, TX. The Pendleton Messinger wedding announcement spelled the name "Birket". | Woolbright, Sarah Catherine (I686)
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| 1886 | Sarah was born on February 6, 1806, probably in Anderson County, Tennessee. She was known as Sally. Her father died when she was five years old. On April 6, 1825 she married George Washington Rutledge (son of General George Rutledge and Annis Armstrong, who was born on January 25, 1798). They lived in Sullivan County, Tennessee on part of his fathers 600 or 700 acre estate. Their children were: William Billy George (born March 1826); Richard Caswell; and Annis Penelope. George died December 15, 1840 in Sullivan County. In 1842 Sally married John Crockett Rutledge, (born September 22, 1806 (or 1800), son of Robert Rutledge and Catherine Crockett. He was first cousin of Sallys first husband, George. Their children were Catherine Rebecca (born 1843), Sarah Buckingham (born 1844) and Barsheba Ellen (born 1846). As a child John was cripple by a disease called the white swelling, and walked with a cane the rest of his life. He served as Sullivan County Court Clerk from 1836 to 1844 and from 1852 to 1865. John and Sally bought a home on Main Street in Blountville on July 4, 1863. John died November 25, 1868, and is buried in the Blountville Cemetery. Sally died February 25, 1875. (Source: http://64.235.34.221/rosehill/gencobb.htm_ | Cobb, Sarah Caswell (I7944)
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| 1887 | Sarah's full name was Sarah Young Mottrom Nowsom. (Source: "The Glas(s)cock-Glassco Saga" and "The Gals(s)cocks of England and America" by Lawrence Glasco, 608 Virginia Ave., Fredricksburg, VA 22401, pgs. 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 83A. Source: Marriages of Richmond Co., VA 1668-1853, by George N. S. King, pgs. 78-79 states "Ester Ball was the daughter of Captain Richard and Sarah (Young) Ball, Hayden, pg. 62-63. Source: "Colonial Families of the United States of America", Vol II.) | Young ( Mottrom Nowsom), Sarah (I117)
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| 1888 | Scottish Monarch, queen consort of Alexander I, King of Scots. The illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England and his mistress Sybilla Corbet, she married Alexander in 1107. They had no children. She died at approximately 30 years old in Loch Tay, Perth. | Of Normandy, Sybilla (I8378)
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| 1889 | Second surviving son of his generation, he makes his first appearance on the existing record as 'my brother John Colepipir's son, my godson, ' in the 1581 will of his maternal uncle, John Sidley of Southfleet (P.C.C. Darcy, 31; Waters' Gleanings, ii, 969). In October, 1587, or soon after the death of his brother William, when, according to the later testimony of his tombstone, he would be 17 years of age, he was entered at the Middle Temple under the description 'late of New Inn, gent... second son of John Colepeper of Wigsell, Sussex, esq.' (Hopwood, i, 293). Unlike his eldest brother, whose record so far runs parallel, he had entered upon a professional career. Duly called to the bar, by 1595 he was having his youthful kinsmen 'bound' with him, and in 1599 is listed as a Bencher. Frequenting the household of his uncle Francis at Greenway Court, he there met and married his first wife, and after Francis' death established her at Greenway Court (then the property of his younger brother Alexander), as appears from the baptism of one of his children in Harrietsham; but later he occupied a house in Salehurst, as appears from his elder brother's inq. p.m. already cited. That his law practice was profitable, despite his reputation, recorded on his MI., for composing more litigation that he fomented, appears from his ability to subscribe to the Virginia Company under the charter of 1609; and a year later, under the third charter, to make one of the largest individual subscriptions (£37, 10s. 6d.) to the 'supply' which saved the colony at Jamestown from death by inanition (Brown, Genesis, 218, 407, 546). Having been designated, by the will of his uncle Martin, the contingent remainderman of Astwood in Feckenham, he removed his family to Astwood after the inheritance had become certain by the death without issue of his cousin Sir Stephen12; and there buried his first wife in June, 1612. This occupancy was by arrangement with Dr. Martin Culpeper's widow, who had a life estate but had meanwhile re-married and removed her residence elsewhere. In 1616 he bought out that aunt's interest, and then gave over his law practice to become a country gentleman. Being now 'of Feckenham,' he became a diligent presiding magistrate at quarter sessions; being included, a generation ahead of Sir Roger de Coverley, of the quorum in the Worcestershire commission from 1618-1628; again, like Sir Roger, in 1624 he served the office of Sheriff of that county 'with music before me, a feather in my hat and my horse well bitted' (Bund, Cal. Quarter Sessions Papers, Worcestershire, 1591-1643, 1900; Sheriff Lists in Fuller's Worthies). But when he was nearly seventy years of age, for what reason does not appear, he sold Astwood to one Thomas Rich, and returned to Greenway Court to die. There, on December 14, 1635, he made his will and on December 18th following, as the parish register testifies, 'Mr. John Culpeper, Armiger,' was buried in the chancel of Hollingbourne church. His will was as follows: P.C.C. Pile, 4 Will dated December 14, 1635 Proved January 23, 1635/6. John Culpeper of Greenway Court, co. Kent, esq. To he bur. in the Chancel of the Church of Hollingbourne where Sir Thomas Culpepper shall think fit. To my wife Ann C. bed in the wainscoat chamber, all debts owing to her as Admix. of her former husband, except the debt owing by the Lord Lambert and Lady Lambert; which I bequeath to my son Thomas C., hereby confirming his actions for compounding sd. debt. To my son John C., £30 Rent charge payable by Sir John [afterwards first lord] Culpeper during my son John's life. To my daur, Sicely C., £300 & £20 [annuity]. To James Medlicote my son in law and Frances Medlicote my daur, 20s. each. My [eldest] son Thomas C. to be exer., and to him my personal estate. Witnesses: Tho. Culpeper [i. e., Sir Thomas of Hollingbourne], Alexander Culpeper [i. e., Sir Alexander of Greenway Court], John Culpeper [i. e., Sir John, soon to be first Lord], William Cragge [i. e., the vicar of Hollingbourne]. Prov. by Thomas C., son & exer. His brother Sir Alexander subsequently erected to his memory in the Culpeper Chapel of Hollingbourne church the following MI., which, it will be observed, contains several misstatements of fact, viz: "Joh(ann)es Culpeper de Fakenharn in Com(itatu) Wigorn(ense) Ar(miger), filius secundus Johannis de Wigsell, vicesimo Decembris Anno D(omi)ni 1635, Aetatis 70. Corpus in cancello adjacente sepultum humo animam Creatori reddidit. Optimus vir et Cives, Juris admodum peritus, unde tantum, hoc pium sibi lucrum fecerit ut amicis jurisconsulti pacifici proximis officiurn praestaret. "Uxorem duxit Ursulam Thomae Woodcock, Aldermanni Londinensis et Praetoris electi, filiam, per quam liberos quatuor Thomam, Cecil, Johannem, et Franciscum, paternae pietatis haeredes reliquit." (Source: Fairfax Harrison, "The Proprietors of the Northern Neck" ) His Will was made December 14, 1635. Probate: January 23, 1635 in Kent, England. | Culpeper, John (I3685)
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| 1890 | Served 758 - 769. | Of Razes, Sigebert IV (I5263)
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| 1891 | Served 770 - 795. | Of Razes, Guilhelm I (I5265)
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| 1892 | Served 990 - 1043. Banquo was killed by MacBeth. | Of Lochaber, Banquo (I5816)
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| 1893 | Served about 610 AD. | Of Gwynedd (Wales), Jacob ap Beli (I5477)
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| 1894 | Served about 850 AD. | Of Gwynedd (Wales), Beli ap Rhun (I5476)
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| 1895 | Served in the Revolution, enlisting in NC troops. He was Capt. of a Company according to NC Revolutinary War Records. He served first with the Company of Capt. John Ingals, then the regiment of Col. John Patton, in which he enlisted 3 May 1770. He was with Gen. Washington at Valley Forge. He and his wife Amanda Allen Knox had seven children. It is thought that they lived some time in Pa before coming to NC. The descendants say that their ancestor, William Knox, became heir to a tract of land that was granted to this father in the old country, and that they located it in Rowan Co., NC, and settled upon it. During the Irish Rebellion quite a few of the Knoxes came from Scotland to Ireland, and for service rendered the English government, some of them obtained a land warrant for six hundred acres of land. If William was the eldest son of the family, as it is supposed, and the old English law in regardng to settling estates prevailed in North Carolina at that time, the oldest son wojld be heir to the whole of the real estate. And this may account for the absence of any mention of real estate in Jean Knox's Will. | Knox, William Sr. (I3546)
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| 1896 | Served until 758. | Of Razes, Sigebert III (I5261)
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| 1897 | Served with the Alabama Coast Guard during the Civil War which was disbanded and the memebers dispersed to other units of military. | Summerlin, David Mason (I6505)
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| 1898 | Session Records - Book #2: page 18. | Shelby, Mary Ellen (I3869)
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| 1899 | She (Lois) may have divorced both Charles Turner and Lemon Cathrine LaMon b. 21 Mar 1908 Gadsden, AL, United States, d. August 1972 Lackland AFB, Tx, United States She was the daughter of Charles Turner and Lois Herron Turner Lamon (1889-1989) - according to findagrave.com notes. She married MG John Paul Doyle J. P. Doyle (General) in Washington DC Birth 1 Oct 1904 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Death 30 Aug 1988 (aged 83) San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Burial United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point, Orange County, New York, USA Plot Section X, Row D, Site 93. Cathrine and JP had 1 child: Jp (jack) DOYLE JR. graduated from Westpoint c1962 | Herron, Lois Catherine (I650)
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| 1900 | She lived in Morristown, Tennessee , she died at the age of 87 years, 7 months, 14 days. A part of her obituary reads "A great many years ago she professed religion and joined the Methodist Church, and remained in connection with that church till her death. She was stricken down a year ago with paralysis, which slowly but surely did its work." | Massengill, Alcey (I9181)
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