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| 2051 | Was in the Civil War and probably died during the war. | Herron, Ewell Eldridge (I630)
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| 2052 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Lucinda Jane (I8352)
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| 2053 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Battle W. (I8353)
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| 2054 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Samantha (I8354)
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| 2055 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Damantha (I8355)
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| 2056 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Giles Matison (I8357)
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| 2057 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Alexander Pinto (I8358)
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| 2058 | Went by the name "Matlock". | Medlock, Nancy Ann (I8359)
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| 2059 | Wes Willie May's husband. | Herron, Willie Mae (I653)
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| 2060 | When Charles IV dies, at the age of thirty-four in 1328, he has been three times married but he has no son. Since the death of Hugh Capet in 996 there has always been a son (or very occasionally a brother) to inherit the French crown. In the present generation the pattern is broken. Charles IV succeeds two elder brothers (Louis X and Philip V), and he leaves two daughters - one of them born posthumously. The claim of Charles's elder daughter is rejected on the grounds of her sex, even though the Salic law is not yet officially enshrined in the French system. A great assembly of feudal magnates is charged with deciding who is the rightful heir. The closest male relative of Charles IV is his nephew Edward, the son of Charles's sister Isabella. There is a certain logical objection to Edward's inheritance; if the crown may not be inherited by a woman, it would seem inconsistent for it to be inherited through a woman. There is another factor which the chronicles of the time imply to be an even more powerful obstacle. Edward is now Edward III, king of England. France does not want an English king. In the circumstances it is not surprising that the assembly awards the crown to a more distant relation. Philip of Valois is only a cousin of Charles IV, but his descent is all-male and all-French (he is the son of a younger brother of Charles's father, Philip IV). The Valois prince is crowned king at Reims in May 1328 as Philip VI, beginning a new (though closely related) line on the French throne. The dynasty's first reign is a difficult one. It includes the human and economic disaster of the Black Death. And the disputed succession brings on the long-drawn-out conflict known as the Hundred Years' War. | Of L'Hospital, Piers II (I7286)
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| 2061 | When Charles Price, her son, was married she married Dan Wall. | Jarre, Cornelia (I2358)
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| 2062 | When Henry IV dies, in 1610, he has had six children by his second wife, Marie de Médicis, in the previous nine years. This level of productivity is remarkable in that Henry is famous also for the number of his mistresses (causing him to become known as le vert galant, the "evergreen gallant"). Henry's infidelities have strained his relationship with Marie (married for the advantages which a Medici dowry will bring to the French exchequer), and it is only on the day before his assassination that she finally manages to be crowned queen. The coincidence provokes rumours as to her possible involvement in the crime. But as the crowned queen she successfully asserts her claim to be regent for her son, the 9-year-old Louis XIII. Marie immediately reverses the anti-Habsburg policy prevailing at the end of Henry's reign. She admits the Spanish ambassador to her council and arranges for two of her children to marry the infanta and infante, the two elder children of Philip III of Spain; Louis XIII is betrothed to Anne, and his sister Elizabeth to the future Philip IV. Marie's regency is extravagant and incompetent. It ends in violence when Louis XIII, at the age of seventeen, arranges for the assassination of his mother's favourite, the Marquis d'Ancre, and takes power into his own hands. In the long run Marie's main contribution is her employment of a very talented administrator - Richelieu. Armand du Plessis, created cardinal in 1622 and duc de Richelieu in 1631, begins his public career as the 21-year-old bishop of the small diocese of Luçon. He comes to the attention of Marie de Médicis when he is one of the representatives of the clergy in the estates general of 1614 (summoned by her for the purpose of raising funds). He becomes one of her secretaries of state in 1616. When Marie is exiled from Paris in 1617 by her son, Richelieu goes with her. But there is a reconciliation between mother and son in 1622. By 1624 Richelieu is on Louis XIII's council of state. Later in that same year he is declared to be the "principal minister". Over the next eighteen years the two men, minister and king, devote themselves to raising the status of France. On his appointment, Richelieu declares to his king that he will undertake four important tasks. They are, in his own sequence: to destroy the Huguenots; to weaken the power of the nobles; to bring the French people to obedience; and to raise the name of the king to its rightful place among foreign nations. When Richelieu makes these resolutions, in 1624, the Huguenots have recently been up in arms against the crown over an issue of church property. As a result their fortresses, allowed them by the edict of Nantes, have been reduced to just two - La Rochelle and Montauban. Huguenot assistance to an English raid in 1627 gives Richelieu the pretext he needs. He besieges the stronghold of La Rochelle. The Huguenots hold out for a year, but finally yield in October 1628. In the resulting peace of Alès, in 1629, all the political privileges granted them in the edict of Nantes are removed, together with their last two strongholds. But they are left with their freedom to worship as Calvinists. Richelieu's next aims (reducing the power of the nobles and increasing the obedience of the populace) are resolved, almost as one package, by making more effective France's steady progress towards absolutism - or unbridled centralized rule by the monarch. Strong centralized rule was attempted by Francis I, was improved upon by Henry IV, and is now - thanks to Richelieu - successfully achieved by Louis XIII. The estates general summoned in 1614 by Marie de Médicis proves to be the last for almost two centuries (until the fateful assembly of 1789). The administration now put in place is run by bureaucrats from the centre, not by nobles dispersed around the country. To have influence now one needs to be at court, under the eye of the king and his minister. Richelieu taxes the country hard, prompting several peasant uprisings. He needs the money for his last purpose, promoting the international dignity of the French king. This aim embroils him in the Thirty Years' War. The threat to France's international stature comes, as it has done since the days of Charles V and Francis I, from the joint Habsburg dynasties of Spain and Austria. From 1629, when the Austrian emperor seems to have the upper hand in Germany's war, Richelieu is busy diplomatically - in particular urging intervention by Gustavus II of Sweden. When Gustavus does invade, and in 1632 reaches as far south as Munich, Richelieu takes advantage of the general turmoil to slip a French army into Lorraine. But by 1635 Gustavus is dead, the Austrian emperor is about to make peace with his German subjects, and Spain is actively campaigning against the United Provinces on France's northern border. Richelieu decides that it is time for overt action. In 1635 he makes an alliance with the United Provinces and Sweden and declares war on Spain and the Austrian empire. The war is still going on when Richelieu dies in 1642, to be followed by Louis XIII in 1643. Had they lived until the peace of Westphalia in 1648, they would have known that Richelieu had made major strides in his aim of boosting the French king's prestige. The treaty gives France territorial rights in Lorraine and Alsace (both left a little vague), and it reflects a subtle change in Europe's balance of power. By the end of the century the nation which everyone else fears will be no longer Spain or the Austrian empire, but France. | Deupree, Louis (I7171)
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| 2063 | When James Simpson Herron was born on 4 November 1849, in Carrollton, Carroll, Georgia, United States, his father, Thomas Simpson Herron, was 36 and his mother, Arminda Hall, was 26. He married Clara Olley McCracken about 1872. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 5 Carbon Hill, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 25 Eldridge, Walker, Alabama, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 October 1935, in Eldridge, Walker, Alabama, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Eldridge, Walker, Alabama, United States. | Herron, James (I8541)
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| 2064 | When John Belcher, Jr. married he paid lelvy to the clerk fee to Belllshar, Jr., the balance of 338 lb. tobacco paid by the inspectors. | Belcher, Jr. John (I4603)
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| 2065 | Where Taylor Polk was born is not certain, but it is probable that he was born in Mecklenburg Co., NC or immediately across the state line in York Co., SC. Many of the Polk families settled in that area and moved back and forth across the state boundary. The 1800 Census of York Co., SC, pg. 629 lists Taylor Polk as head of household in his own home. It also lists Charles (probably Taylor's older brother). "Taylor was a big man boasting that he 'stood six feet two in his stockings' at age seventeen... He apparently lived in York Co. for several years after his marriage to Jency Walker in 1798. He was there on 6 May 1803 when he signed his mother's Will as a witness. He was able to sign his name on the Will, indicating that he had at least a rudimentary education." (Source: Lola Withrow, Ancestry.com post 1998). According to Lola Withrow, sometime between 1806 and 1815, Taylor most likely went to the area that was, at the time, Louisiana Territory, which is now Arkansas. He probably went to the area that is presently Nashville, TN and was originally Davidson Co., then later to Maury Co.. | Polk, Taylor Sr. (I1624)
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| 2066 | While Alexander reigned over the Highlands of Scotland, north of the Forth and Clyde from 1107 - 1124. His brother David, who had been trained in England, and was Earl of Northumberland, ruled with the title of Earl in Lothian and Cumbria. | Of Scotland, Alexander I (I8367)
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| 2067 | While his father Aethelwulf, was on pilgrimage to Rome in 855, Aethelbald plotted with the Bishop of Sherbourne and the ealdorman of Somerset against him. The specific details of the plot are unknown, but upon his return from Rome, Aethelwulf found his direct authority limited to the sub-kingdom of Kent, while Aethelbald controlled Wessex. Aethelwulf died in 858 and full control passed to Aethelbald. Perhaps Aethelbald's premature power grab was occasioned by impatience, or greed, or lack of confidence in his father's succession plans. Whatever the case, he did not live long to enjoy it. He died in 860, passing the throne to his brother, Aethelbert, just as Aethelwullf had planned. Aethelbald was King of England 858 - 860. | Of Wessex, AEthelbald (I846)
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| 2068 | Wiley Jerome Powers as a young man, began his business career as a clerk in a drygoods store, eventually becoming a merchant in New Providence, TN. \ He maintained a lively correspondence with his father and brother. It was filled with much advice and he kept them posted on the activity of the tobacco market. He frequently handled his father's affairs in Clarksville. (Sources: Rives-Young Family Bible belonging to Jessie Giles Young; Correspondence in possession of Madolyn Vickers; B. C. Powers Family Bible; Material compiled by Geneva Swain and Thelma Hayes) | Powers, Wiley J. (I2259)
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| 2069 | Will of Rawleigh Chinn, pro. Staff'd Co., 10 Mar 1760 , names dear wife Elilzabeth, and, in this order, children: Betty, John, Hannah, Rawleigh III, James, Sarah Ellen, Ann, and --- (defaced). Rawleigh Chinn, of St. Mary's, White Chapel, gent, and Rawleigh Chinn, of do., Mariner, one of the sons of said Rawleigh Chinn, made deed 10 May 1736. Jos. Ball, Jno. and Jos. Chinn, wit. (Source: Virginia Genealogies by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden) | Chinn, II Rawleigh (I1699)
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| 2070 | William Alexander, son of Elias and Sophia Alexander and brother of Abraham and Ezra, was born in Maryland and died in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1772. He married his cousin, Agnes Alexander (daughter of William Alexander, Jr., and Catherine Wallace Alexander), who survived him. Maryland records indicate that William and Agnes Alexander lived for some years in Somerset County, Maryland. Later -- before joining the group migrating to North Carolina -- they were in Frederick County. As early as 1751 we find him in Anson County, North Carolina (later Mecklenburg County), where he was known as a merchant and farmer. From the Colonial Records of North Carolina, we learn that the Rev. Hugh McAden -- on his missionary journey to the Mecklenburg Section -- was a guest in home of William Alexander in October, 1755. In his will he mentioned only one child, Adam -- whom he appointed Executor. It is known, however, that he had a son Charles. He may also have had other children. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: William Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Spouse Name: Agnes Alexander Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1705 Number Pages: 1 Family Data Collection - Deaths about William Alexander Name: William Alexander Death Date: 1772 City: Mecklenburg State: NC Country: USA DAR Mag: " MD records indicate that William and Agnes Alexander lived for some years in Somerset Co MD. Later, before joining the group migrating to NC, they were in Frederick Co. As early as 1751 we find him in Anston Co NC (later Mecklenburg Co.) where he was known as a merchant and farmer. From the Colonial Records of NC we learn that the Rev. Hugh McAden, on his missionary journey to the Mecklenburg section, was a guest in the home of William Alexander in 1755. In his will he mentioned only one child, Adam, whom he appointed Executor. He is known, however, that he had a son Charles, he may also have had other children." DAR Mag: " William Alexander, son of Elias and Sophia Alexander, and brother of Abraham and Ezra, was born in MD and died in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1772" DAR Books: " William Alexander b 1715; AMREV Meck Co NC" DAR Mag: "William Alexander, born in Somerset Co., Md. died 1772 in Mecklenburg Co., NC was undoubtedly a son of Elias and Sophia Alexander and a grandson of Joseph Alexander of Cecil Co MD. He was the father of Adam and Charles Alexander --- Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence." Brevard: "William left a Will in Mecklenburg Co., NC (Will Bk A,pg 6) dated 22 Mar 1772 and died in Mecklenburg Co. His will names wife Agnes and son Adam". and " William Alexander, son of Elias and Sophia Alexander, died in Mecklenburg Co., NC, m.Agnes." Administration Bonds, York Co., PA, A, 77, 22 Feb 1754: Estate of William Alexander of York Co., "Francis Alexander, Admr. Tenet in £100. Inventory filed 23 Feb 1754 mentions that he was of Chanceford Twp. and lists a legacy of £5 from his brother Jededia." Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families, Series II, by Alice Norris Parran, 1938. Page 66: "Elias Alexander, son of Andrew (and grandson of William Sr. of Somerset); wife, dau--of Joseph Alexander of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract. Issue--six sons anddaughters--William 1715, m. Agnes, his cousin. Abraham 1717-1786, m. Dorcas. Zebulon, 1720-1784, m.(first two unnamed) 3rd. Jane McClung. Ezra, 172?-1800, m.(wife not listed.); Arthur, d. 1763, m. Margaret McKamy. Daughter of Elias unnamed. MD Cal Wills VII -141, pg. 3: "Agnes Alexander m. William Alexander, cousin , son of Elias Alexander". Richard B, Alexander: "William Alexander married Agnes Alexander, daughter of William Alexander, Jr. and Catherine Wallace. He was born at Somerset Co., MD. He died in 1772 at Mecklenburg Co NC. | Alexander, William (I1209)
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| 2071 | William came to MA first, then immigrated to VA in 1655 to Glouchester Co. | Belcher, William (I4729)
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| 2072 | William Cross Jr. and Nancy Boyd were 1st cousins, once removed. | Boyd, Nancy (I1081)
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| 2073 | William Daniel Deupree, Sr. and Wm. Daniel Deupree, Jr. were both in the Noxubee Cavalry, returned to Noxubee County and were prominent businessmen in Macon. William Jr. later moved to Jackson, Tenn. to engage in the cotton business. | Deupree, William Daniel I (I6822)
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| 2074 | William H. Knox, born in April of 1844, was the fourth child of Samuel B. Knox and Ann Sloan Lowrie Knox. He served in Company H of the 11th North Carolina Volunteers during the Civil War, and was wounded, but never fully recovered from his injury. Like his elder brother, James, he never married. After his death in 1919 he was buried in the cemetery of the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. (Source: Knox Family Papers, Mss 403, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library) William Harrison Knox is buried in plot 9AE. (MCM-2004) | Knox, William Harrison (I3658)
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| 2075 | William I AKA William the Lion, William Leo, William Dunkeld or William Canmore. Traditionally, William founded Arbroath Abbey Arbroath Abbey is a Tironensian abbey founded in 1178 by King William the Lion in honour of Saint Thomas a Becket, murdered in 1170. The King is thought to be buried there. It is most famous for its association with the Declaration of Arbroath. The abbey fell into ruin after the Reformation. From 1590 onwards, it became a source of building stone for the town of Arbroath. This continued until 1815 when steps were taken to preserve the remaining ruins. It is now under the supervision of the Government and is open to the public. He became known as "the Lion" because of his flag or standard, a red lion rampant on a yellow background. This went on to become the Royal standard of Scotland; the British Monarch when in Scotland still uses it today. The rampant lion also forms part of the Royal Standard The Royal Standard is the official flag of Her Majesty The Queen in her capacity as Sovereign of the United Kingdom and of various other Realms. Several realms posses their own Royal Standards. The Standard generally consists of the nation's coat of arms. Outside of the United Kingdom, a blue disc containing the crowned letter 'E' (for 'Elizabeth'), encircled by a wreath of gold roses, is superimposed over the coat of arms. William also arranged the Auld Alliance. The Auld Alliance was an alliance between Scotland, France, and Norway. (Norway never invoked the treaty, but was involved in Franco-Scottish politics until 1746.) The alliance is thought to reach as far back as 1165 and William the Lion, although the first documentary evidence dates from the treaty signed by John Balliol in 1295. The terms of the treaty stipulated that if any country was attacked by England the other countries would invade English territory, as became evident at the Battle of Flodden Field. William died in Stirling in 1214 and lies buried in Arbroath Abbey. His son, Alexander II (August 24, 1198 - July 6, 1249), King of Scotland, son of William I, the Lion, and of Ermengarde of Beaumont, was born at Haddington in 1198, and succeeded to the kingdom on the death of his father on 4 December1214. | Of the Scots, William I (I8134)
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| 2076 | William is listed in Land Grands of Henrico Co., VA as owning 336 acres on the so. side of Locust Branch. | Belcher, William (I4647)
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| 2077 | William Jervis was found in Welsh St Donats, Wales 1881Census age as 36. | Jervis, William (I9575)
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| 2078 | William Joseph Dupree's mother, Charlotte Bell, was on the Trail of Tears. | Bell, Charlotte (I7382)
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| 2079 | William Knox who came into Ireland, settled in Dublin, by Merchandise he acquired a considerable estate. (Source: | Knox, William (I3719)
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| 2080 | William Knox; second son, of the third Uchter Knox of that name, who married the heiress of the ancient family of Silvyland, in the shire of Renfrewshire, by this Lady he had a son. William Knox who succeeded at Silvyland, and married Margaret daughter of Patrick Fleming of Barrochan, in the shire of Renfrew, in the county of Renfrew, descended from the Earl of Wigtown, His son, William Knox, built the house of Silvyland in 1601 whereon are carved his own name and arms and those of his wife.-He married Margaret daughter of George Maxwell of Newark, widow of Uchter Knox of Ranfurley fifth of that name, and had two sons, the elder who died without issue, and Mark. (Source: Ivan Knox, Corcam Ballybofey, Lifford, Co Donegal, Ireland Sept 2009. Taken from The Gentleman's and London Magazine Monthly Chronologer 1714-1794) | Knox, William (I3748)
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| 2081 | William lived at Mt. Pleasant, TN. | Powers, William Jennings (I2444)
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| 2082 | William McCoy came to Craven Co. about 1739. He came with Elijah and Willis McCoy, Sr. (probably brothers). William had 100 acres deeded 17 Aug 1786 in Craven Co., Core Creek, joining Slade and George Bryan's lands. In a deed 19 Feb 1787, he had 50 acres on Core Creek, Great Sand Hill (DB 327, page 44). On 11 Oct 1788, he had an additional 100 acres or Ready Pond and Deep Poc.; 11 Oct 1788, 60 acres on the south side of Neuse River; 12 Apr 1791, 50 acres on Cypress Poc.; 12 Apr 1791, 100 acres in Craven Co., Core Creek - gum tree at Sam Pope upper corner to Sam Pope Jr.'s line issued 12 Nov 1779 (DB 380, page 239). (Source: World Connect file at Rootsweb) | McCoy, William (I7593)
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| 2083 | William Pinckney Cobb was born Jan. 25, 1813 in South Carolina and died November 28, 1888 in Rusk County, Texas. For many years it was thought that William died before 1870 in the Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama area. Whatever William it was that died in that area, it was not Alexander’s son. We have no idea what happened to William’s son, Wm. P. perhaps he might have been the one to move to Jefferson County. Thanks to the access to census records that is now available we have been able to prove that Alex’s son, William moved to Texas and married twice more. He is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Rusk County, Texas. Location on the south side of Highway 323 about half way between Henderson and Overton. This is a very old cemetery originally at a Cumberland Presbyterian Church but since about 1856 has been a Missionary Baptist Church. His head stone reads W. E., but it is our William. It also states that he was a Mason. The descendants of William’s brother, James passed down a story about one of James’ brothers packing up his family and leaving in the dead of night on the night after James was killed. James’s death was the fifth killing in the Cobb family in 1865 and the brother must have worried that he might not be able to stay alive for his family. Today’s descendants could not remember which brother it was, but it would have had to be William since both John and Levi had migrated before the Civil War and Charles had been murdered six months before James. Something serious must have happened during the journey because only William and sons, John Newton and James W., along with daughter, Martha arrived in Texas and appear on the 1870 Rusk County, Texas census. William first appears on record in the papers of the Mulberry Baptist Church. He was very active and served as clerk/secretary for the church. Many of Alexander’s family were among the charter members of this church when they moved to Alabama. He next appears on the Alabama land records purchasing land prior to his first marriage. He married Lucinda A. Arnold on August 6, 1838 in Bibb County, Alabama. Lucinda was born about 1816 in Tennessee, was reported to have been the adopted or step daughter of Alexander Hill, and she was the mother of all of William’s children. According to the 1850 and 1860 Alabama census records those children were William P. b. 1840, Mary E. b. 1841, Martha C. b.1843, James W. b. 1844, John Newton b. 1846, Juliann b. 1849, Gemina b. 1851 and Julia b. 1853. William – three of Alexander’s sons named a son William Cobb, we only know what happened to John’s William. Of William’s William and Charles’ William we have no record that we can connect with them after 1860. One or more of those William’s may have died in the Civil War, all being the right age to serve. There appears to a record for this son of William P., as having served in the 20th Alabama Inf. Company B. There is a record for a William D. or William P. as is one for James, J W, probably his brother. According to service records, William D., possible son of William P. died early in the Civil War, Dec. 18, 186?, from disease. He was described in the records as being 6 feet tall with black eyes, black hair and a dark complexion. Mary E. is reported to first have married a Mr. Crinn or Crim and second to have married James Hamrick on May 6, 1866 in Alabama and they migrated to Texas. They first show up as family on the 1870 Bonham, Fannin County, Texas census; listed with one son, Homer age 1 b. TX, and with Mary’s brother, John Newton living with them. Her brother, James Cobb is living next door, with another gentleman in the household. Their reported 12 children seem to be William’s only grandchildren. One of their daughters age 16 is living with William’s children in 1900. Then their grandson Rex B. Hamrick is living with John and James Cobb in 1910. Rex and John migrate to Oklahoma by 1920, showing up in the household of Shaw Hamrick. According to the only researcher I talked to from this line, Mary’s children were Henry D. b. 1868 in AL, Homer b. 1869 TX, William Sceifert b. 1/21/1874 TX, John C. b. 1880, Knowles Shaw b. 1882 TX, and Mattie M. b. 1884. Mattie is the one that shows up on the 1900 census in her uncle’s house in Rusk County. Martha C. – Besides being on the 1850 and 1860 Alabama census records, she shows up in her father’s house in Texas. Never marrying, she lives with her step mother and brothers after her father death. She last appears on the 1910 Rusk County Texas census. James W. – had a distinguished service record during the Civil War. After the war he first shows up in Fannin County, Texas in 1870 living next door to his sister Mary’s family. His second appearance in Texas is on the 1880 Rusk County census, not living in his father’s house, but in town as a constable, in the home of J. S. Boygers as a boarder. He moves into his brother’s household after his father’s death, or by the 1900 census. On both the 1900 and 1910 census he states that he is married, but there is no sign of a wife and no known Texas marriage certificate. According to the number of years he states he was married, he would have married about 1885 to 1887. In 1900 he says married 15 years and in 1910 he says married 23 years. He does not appear on the 1920 census in Texas. There is a CSA service record for a James, J. W. and James W. serving with the 20th Alabama Infantry companies “B”, and “C” that is probably him. John Newton – lives with his father starting with the 1880 census record and becomes head of the house after William’s death. He is called Newton on one Texas census, and John on the Texas census and the 1920 Pottawatomie County, Shawnee Dist. Oklahoma census. Juliann did not appear on anything but the 1850 census, so must have died young. Gemina and Julia last appeared on the 1860 census as far as I could tell. I found no marriage record that I could connect with either of them. Perhaps something happened to them and their mother on the trip west, or perhaps they married some unknown fellow during the long trek. William was obviously in Texas by 1868, as I found a marriage license for him when he married a widow, Louisa Armstrong on Jan. 22, 1869 in Rusk County. On the 1870 Rusk County census William’s household consists of Wm. P. age 57 b. SC, Louisa 39 b. AL, Thomas Armstrong 12 b. AL, Isabella Armstrong 9 b. Al and Frederic Cobb a 9 year old black male b. AL. The two Armstrong children helped me to trace Louisa. She was originally Louisa Crim that married Elias Armstrong on August 20, 1853 in Shelby County, AL. They then showed up on the 1860 Shelby County census, and must have been neighbors of William and Lucinda. Perhaps the two families traveled west together. Louisa obviously died about 1875 because William remarried in 1876. On March 12, 1876 William P. married another widow, Margaret Spence. She was b. AL and her parents were born in Kentucky. Margaret outlived William by many years and showed up in a census living with William’s children in 1900 and 1910. Margaret was born Margaret B. Rogers and married Harvey B. Spence on March 27, 1850 in Rusk County, Texas. The 1860 census shows Margaret and Harvey with 4 children and an older male of the Spence family, possibly a brother to Harvey. (Source: Barbara Cobb Rowe From "Tracking Your Roots": COBB, William P ARNOLD, Lucinda A Aug 06 1838 1850 U.S. Census, E.C. River, Bibb Co., AL enumerated 15 Nov 1850 Cobb, Wm. P. w.m. 37 b. abt 1803 SC, farmer, Lucinda w.f. 34 b. abt 1816 TN, Wm. D. w.m. 10 b. abt 1840 AL, Mary E. w.f. 9 b. abt 1841 AL, Martha C. w.f. 7 b. abt 1843 AL James W. w.m. 6 b. abt 1844 AL, John M. w.m. 3 b. abt 1847 AL, Juliann w.f. 1 b. 1849 AL. 1860 U.S. Census East Side Cahaba River, Bibb Co., AL PO Randolph, enumerated 10 Aug 1860: Cobb, William P. w.m. 47 farmer b. SC Lucinda w.f. 44 domestic b. TN, Mary w.f. 19 domestic b. AL, Martha w.f. 17 domestic b. AL, William w.m. 21 farmer b. AL, James w. m. 15 b. AL, Gemima w.f. 9 b. AL. (Jemima) Juliann w.f. 7 b. AL. William Pinkney and family moved to TX bet. 1860 - 1870. 1870 Census Precinct #1, Rusk Co., TX, enumerated 13 Oct 1870, H.H. #528: Cobb, William P. 67 farmer b. SC, Louisa 39 keeping house b. AL, Martha 27 without occupation b. AL, Frederic 9 work on farm b. AL, Armstrong, Thos. 12 work on farm b. AL, Isabella 9 attending school b. AL, 1880 U.S. Census Henderson, rusk, TX enumerated 26 Jun 1880: Cobb, Wm. P. 67 farmer b. abt 1813 SC f.b. SC m.b. SC, Margaret 63 keeps house b. abt 1817 KY f.b. KY m.b. KY, Martha C. 35 daughter b. abt 1845 AL f.b. SC m.b. TN, John N. 33 son single farmer b. abt 1847 AL f.b. SC m.b. TN, William Pinckney Cobb, son of Alexander. As you already know, he moved with at least 3 of his children to Rusk County Texas between 1860 and 1867. Just guessing that it was probably between 1865 and 1867, after the war, but prior to his marriage to his second wife in 1867. William P. Cobb is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in New London, Rusk County, Texas. The same place my family and relatives are located. The person that sent this to me says that the stone is broken but the dates are Jan. 26, 1813 and Nov. 28, 1888. It also says that he was a Mason. (From Martin Thames, courtesy of Barbara Rowe) Name: William P. Cobb Gender: Male Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1869 Spouse: Louisa Armstrong Marriage city: Rusk Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002: Name: W. P. Cobb Gender: Male Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1876 Spouse: Margaret Spence Marriage city: Rusk Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 | Cobb, William Pinkney (I4650)
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| 2084 | William served with Lt. Andrew Alexander, about the same age, in Mecklenburg Co. area, and were believed to be related. Benjamin and Susannah had a son, Andrew, also. The dates of their children are sometimes questionable. their Andrew was supposedly born in 1777. Was Lt. Andrew a brother or an unle? One of the census in Sugar Creek District shows the Alexanders and both Will (Black Billy) and Capt. Andrew, at the time, were shown in the same house with other siblings. (Source: Ezra McLauren "Mac" Alexander) | Alexander, William (I985)
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| 2085 | William stated in his declaration to obtain a Rev. War pension that he was born in York Co. Pa. As William and Robert are older than Thomas -- it is *presumed* that they were born in Pennsylvania, too. (Source: Linda Boyd Lawhon) On 20 April 1780 Burke Co., North Carolina, the land of John Gable Sr. was said to have been surveyed by William Boyd, Dep. Surveyor to Christopher Beekman, but the survey was not given to him because it was lost or burnt in said Boyd house (Huggins, Burke County Land 1778, Volume I, page 151). On 3 May 1780 Burke Co., North Carolina, # 1569 entry, p. 519 "William Boyd, son of Robert Boyd, 200 acres on Lower Little River. May 3, 1780" (Ibid., Volume II, page 14.). He appeared on the census of 1790 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina; Morgan District, 8th Co., William Boyd 1m +16, 3m -16, 1f. In 1791 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, William appeared on a tax list in Capt. Forrister's Dist. with 100 acres. In 1793 Burke Co., North Carolina,::: Capt. Austin's Company: William Boyd 300 acres, 1 poll (Huggins, Burke County Land 1778, Volume II, page 131). In 1794 Burke Co., North Carolina, he was on the tax list of Capt. Austin, listed with 300 acres and 1 poll (Ibid., Volume IV, page 110). On 22 October 1794 Burke Co., North Carolina, Hugh Reed to Wm. Boyd, 300a., pr. William Reed. This deed was recorded in the court minutes of 1794, p. 242 (Ibid., Volume IV, page 21). In 1795 Burke Co., North Carolina,: he was on the tax list of Capt. Austin, 300 acres, 1 poll (Ibid., Volume IV, page 114). On 25 March 1796 in Burke Co., North Carolina, he sold 200 acres to John Boyd. On 30 September 1799 in Sumner County, Tennessee, William Boyd: was listed on a petition of citizens wanting a new county formed and his name appeared near to those of Jeremiah Taylor, Samuel Young, and some Beards ("Petitions to the General Assembly of Tennessee," The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Ansearchin' News, Spring, Vol. 39 No. 1 (1992): page 23. Hereinafter cited as "Tennessee Petitions".). In 1801 in Smith County, Tennessee: his signature appeared on a petition. In 1803 in Wilson County, Tennessee, on a tax list in Capt. Wood's District with 257 acres on Sander's Fork (Partlow, Tax Lists of Wilson, page 11). In 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, he was listed in Capt. Cannon's District No. 2 with 200 acres on Sanders Fork. His brother, Aaron Boyd, is listed with 57 acres (Ibid., page 15.). On 20 June 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, page 407: Jeremiah Taylor of Smith Co., to Wm. Boyd of Wilson Co., 357 acres. Wit. Abrm. Britton and Robert Boyd. On 25 June 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, pages 407-408: William Boyd of Smith Co., to Joseph McCleskey of Wilson Co., 100 a. lying on the water of Sander's fork of Smith's fork. Wit. James McBride and Samuel McCleskey. On 12 May 1807 in Wilson County, Tennessee, a William Boyd attended the estate sale of Samuel Bogle -- it may not be this older William Boyd. ("Research and Records of Patricia Wilson Spradley (Dallas, Texas) , Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:39; From: Pat Spradley Records".). On 15 July 1808 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book C, page 252: William Boyd of Wilson County to William C. Hodges, 200 acres on Sanders Fork of Smiths Fork. Wit. Christopher Cooper, Arthur Harris, Robert Bogle. On 15 February 1809 Iredell County, North Carolina, William Leach, Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd Sr., Joseph Bogle, and John Boyd Jr., legatees of John Leich, to William Hines of Iredell Co., part of a tract originally granted to Samuel Woods, both sides of Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, 640 acres, bearing the date 29 Oct 1782. Wits. William Reed, Thomas Mordak, William Smith (Black, Iredell County, North Carolina, (citing Deed Book G:226).). On 23 October 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book D, page 440: William Boyd of Bedford Co. to Aaron Boyd of Wilson Co., 57 acres lying and being in the County of Wilson on Sanders Fork and Smiths fork and being a part of a tract of land that the sd. Wm. Boyd purchased of Jeremiah Taylor (Wilson County Deeds: Deed Book D:440, County Clerk's Office, Wilson County, Tennessee; Hereinafter cited as Wilson County Deeds.). In 1812 Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax List, Capt. Duncan Nulle's Co. lists: William Boyd, William Boyd (2), and Alexander Boyd. | Boyd, William (I1426)
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| 2086 | William Taylor Alexander apparently migrated to Rutherford Co., NC, perhaps with his parents, Col. Elias and Agnes Nancy (McCall) Alexander. (Record and anecdote of Elias Alexander in "North Carolina 1780-1781 by Judge Shenck). After serving in the War of 1812, Wm Taylor married and made his home near Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, in the Sugar Creek neighborhood on the old stage road leading from Charlotte to Statesville. Post office at that time was about a mile from their home and was called Alexandria or Alexandriana. Their home was 1 1/2 story log house, a large room furnished according to the style of the day with mahogany writing desk and chest of drawers (this is owned sand prized very highly by their granddaughter., Mrs. John D. Hunter, i.e., Lillian Cornelia (Pitman) Poole Hunter, of Tupelo MS.) "There was a large grandfather clock in which my grandmother, Mary Isabella (Alexander) Pitman would hide when she was a little girl, in the game of hide and seek. Nearby was a Spring, orchard and beehives. My great grandmother, Mary Shelby Alexander, was affectionately called 'Polly' by her husband and neighbors, some of whom were the families of Dan, Allison, Amos and other Alexander families, and a Dutch family named Orton, also the Steele, Henderson and Davidson families. They attended Sugar Creek and Hopewell Presbyterian churches. I have heard my grandmother, Mary Isabelle Alexander, tell of her school days in NC, where her little chum was Amanda Steele and her first sweetheart was Matthew Henderson, bro. of poet Phil Henderson. She would carry a goose quill to the teacher, who would make a writing pen for her. On the way to school, she would stop and pick up oak balls for ink. One of her teachers was Dr. Wilson. About the year of 1832-1833, Wm. Taylor and family, his son-in-law, William Wilson, and several other Alexander families emigrated to West TN; Mary Shelby's bro's Willliam and John Milton Shelby, emigrated, too. Shelby Co., is named for the first gov. of KY, Isaac Shelby, whose father, Gen. Evan Shelby, was brother to Moses Shelby, who was Dr. Evan Shelby's father; Dr. Evan was father of Mary Shelby, wife to Wm. Taylor Alexander. Wm. Taylor often told of having hunted deer in Fayette and Shelby Counties before Memphis, TN, was scarcely a village, with friends Dr. Cole, Capt. Pitman, George Thompson, Baker, McDowell, and Billy Carr of Fayette Co. Two of his deer hounds were call "Trap" and "Drum". The site of the old Alexander home between Barlett and Raleigh is most beautiful. Other early settlers were the Gifts, Browns, and Duncans. The old log house has long since been torn down and a modern brick home stands in its place; but the magnificent grove of giant oaks stands as a memorial to these splendid pioneers of early days. The Alexanders and Shelbys were staunch Presbyterians and were officers in the churches they helped to organize in Shelby and Fayette Co's. After a time, Wm. Taylor, with his family, moved to Fayette Co., TN, near the little village of Wythe, or Hickory Wythe as it is now called. The old home still stands, surrounded by a grove of magnificent old trees, and even the old log cabin offices and out houses are in a good state of preservation. During the late war, Maj. Alexander, as he was called, entertained a General of the Federal Army in his home, who immediately had returned to him several fine horses that had been stolen. One of the servants recalled my grandmother, Mary Isabella, as a pretty auburn haired girl and quite witty. On one occasion, she had ridden horse-back with her cousin from Raleigh to her home near Wythe during inclement weather. On alighting, the servant who attended her called attention to her red clay bespattered attire, whereupon she gave a cheer and said, 'Hurrah for Clay'. This was in 1844 when Henry Clay came forward for the third time to run for the presidency (he was defeated by a relative of Mary Shelby Alexander ... James Knox Polk. They seemed to be for Clay!) Wm. Taylor was blind for years, and during his declining days, his greatest comfort was his violin, on which he would play for hours at a time. He died Oct 19, 1868, and both he and Mary, with other members of the family, are buried at Mount Pleasant, a cemetery near the old home. Wm. Taylor is said to have brought the seed of the tomato back from the Southwest to NC after the War of 1812, and that this was the first introduction of the tomato in NC in 1815." (written by Caroline Isabel Pole Jones). 1850 Census in Fayette Co., TN, #738 Dist. 7: William T. Alexander 65 m NC (farmer), Mary Alexander 55 f NC (Mary Shelby Alexander), Milton T. Alexander 19 m NC Susan Alexander 35 f NC (m. to Jon K. Orr who died 1844-1850) Mary Orr 12 f NC Henrietta Orr 5 f NC (Notes: courtesy of Ezra Mac Alexander, 2003) | Alexander, Taylor (I5348)
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| 2087 | William Thomas lived in Jefferson Co., OK. | Reynolds, William Thomas (I2898)
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| 2088 | William Travers testified in 1692 that he was "aged 48", and was about 25 when his mother, Elizabeth, gave him power of att'y in 1669, supra. (Source: Virginia Genealogies by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden) | Travers, William (I1738)
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| 2089 | William was born about 1800 and was on the 1800 Edgefield Co., SC Census. | Cobb, William (I4021)
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| 2090 | William Watt arrived from Pennsylvania probably in late 1749 with the Allison’s, who were the first settlers on Fourth Creek near Statesville. William Watt married Jean Allison on an unknown date. James Allison of Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania named William Watt as his son-in-law in his will of August 31, 1762. Thomas Allison, Andrew Allison and Robert Allison probably were brothers of Jean Allison, and if not were closely related. They had entries on Fourth Creek in 1750 and were issued Granville grants on March 25, 1752. The Allison’s grants on Fourth Creek were on good bottom land. It appears William Watt chose to settle on Sherrill’s Path, the only route of travel at that time in the present Iredell County near Statesville. Fort Dobbs was built in 1756 near Sherrill’s Path and William Watt lived nearer to the fort than any other settler. He probably furnished oxen and helped construct Fort Dobbs. The Rowan Court Minutes show William Watt had two horses stolen by the Cherokee Indians when they made their attack on Fort Dobbs in February of 1760. William Watt was the third Constable in Captain Allison's District after Rowan County was formed in 1753. Thomas Allison was the first Constable, John McElwrath was the second and William Watt was appointed on April 17, 1755. On March 24, 1754, William Watt had his brand recorded for his livestock. He served as tax collector, overseer of road, and numerous times was on jury duty in Rowan County. William Watt's land holdings of Granville and state grants consist of about 800 acres, the southern boundary being the present Hartness Road and Race Street in Statesville. His home is shown on the William Sharpe Map. William Watt had a family of five children by Jean Allison, his first wife. She died October 14, 1763 and was buried in the Fourth Creek Cemetery. The children were William, Jr. born about 1755, James, Rebecca born about 1760, Margaret born 1755 and Jane born 1757. | Allison, James (I9429)
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| 2091 | William Watt, Jr. was known as “William Watt, the distiller.” He operated a mill and still on Third Creek. His wife was Elizabeth and could have been a Stroud by her first marriage. William Watt's will of 1809 names sons, James, John and William M. and refers to daughters, but not by name. The children by records moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee. | Watt, William Jr. (I9460)
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| 2092 | William, Duke of Normandy, invaded France in 1066 and defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings, 14 Oct 1066, a battle that changed the course of history. He became King of England by conquest and was crowned in Westminster Abbey 25 Dec 1066 as William I. | Of England, The Conqueror William I (I8733)
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| 2093 | Willliam Leach appeared on the census of 1790 in Iredell County, North Carolina,: 1 m +16, 1m -16, 2 f. On 19 May 1793 Iredell County, North Carolina,: is listed as a neighbor to Robert Bogle, Samuel Bogle, & William Reynolds on the W. side of the Little fork of S. Yadkin River. On 28 December 1795 Sumner County, Tennessee: "Articles of agreement: John Deloach & Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross & William Leach, for clearing title to 50 a. on W side of Station on sd Deloach's land, leasing sd land for 5 yrs. Wit. John Sadler, Wm. Sadler, Jurat" (Murray, Sumner County, Tennessee Deed, page 27). In 1803 Wilson County, Tennessee tax list, Capt. Wood's District. In 1804 Wilson County, Tennessee tax list, Capt. Cannon's District 2, 320 acres on Sander's Fork. Between 1805 and 1807 Wilson County, Tennessee tax lists: Capt. Leech's District. His land was on Sander's Fork. On 16 April 1805 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Samuel Cross sold to William Leech, 120 a on Smith's Fork. (DB B:436). On 15 February 1809 Iredell County, North Carolina, William Leatch, Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd Sr., Josiah Bogle, and John Boyd Jr., legatees of John Leich, to William Hines of Iredell Co., part of a tract originally granted to Samuel Woods, both sides of Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, 640 acres, bearing the date 29 Oct 1782. Wits. William Reed, Thomas Mordak, William Smith (Black, Iredell County, North Carolina, citing Deed Book G:226). (Pg. 15. Book G, page 226. William Leatch, Thomas Leatch, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd Sr., Josiah Bogle and John Boyd Junr. Legatees of John Leech, dec. to Wm Hines 320 a on both sides Muddy Fork of Lower Little River. 15 Feb. 1809) (Pg. 100. November Session 1809. 706. William Leach, Thomas Leach, Alexander Weatherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd, Sr., John Boyd, Jr., Joseph Bogle to William Hains, 320 acres, dated 15 February 1809. Proved by Thomas Murdah) On 20 November 1812 Iredell County, 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 (Surry County Deeds Records: DB H:352-353, County Court House, unknown repository address, Black, Iredell County, North Carolina, citing Deed Book H:352). (Pg. 63. Deed Book H: Page 352. Dated 20 Nov. 1812. William Leach, Thomas Leach, Alexander and Martha Witherspoon, Samuel and Margaret Cross, John and Elizabeth Boyd and John Boyd Jr. of Wilson Co., Tennessee to Edward Barns. For the sum of $400, 320 acres, lying on the muddy fork of lower Little River. Part of tract of 640 acres originally granted to Samuel Woods and by him to John Leach 28 Oct. 1782. Signed: Above named grantors. Witness: George Bogle, Robert Erwin and James Bogle jurat. Proved Aug. 1814. Registered 20 Jan. 1815) On 19 September 1813 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Wm. Moore of Rutherford Co., sold to William Leech, 145 a. (DB E:385). 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). On 8 November 1817 in Wilson County, Tennessee, William Leech of Edwards Co., Territory of Illinois, sold to Abner Alexander, 145 a on a branch of Smiths Fork. (DB F:483). On 10 November 1817 in Wilson County, Tennessee, William Leech of Edwards Co., Territory of Illinois, sold to Samuel Bryson of Wilson Co., 100 a on branch of Smith's fork, adjacent William Bogle. (DB G:284). William appeared on the census of 1820 in Edwards Co., Illinois: (1820 U.S. Census, Illinois; Edwards County; National Archives: Micropublication M-33, Roll 11, Page 2.); Page 2: William Leech 010202 - 11101 (1 m 10-16, 2 m 16-26, 2m +45: 1f -10, 1f 10-15, 1f 16-26, 1f +45). He appeared on the census of 1830 in Carroll County, Tennessee, Page 174, William Leach 0000100011-000100001. He appeared on the census of 1850 in Carroll County, Tennessee, in HH #263-42 William Leech 89 NC, William P. 24 Tn, Mary M. 24, Amanda E. 3, Martha J. 1, John D. 21, Jesse H.T. 14. On 17 October 1832 Carroll County, Tennessee, William Leach: made a declaration in order to obtain a pension for his Revolutionary War service. " Personally appeared in open court this the 17th of Oct. 1832, William Leach age seventy one who made oath in due form of law and files the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. States that he was a resident of the county of Rowan at the commencement of the war of the revolution and previous to the year 1780 he was called out in several excursions against the tories, and on the 17th of July he volunteered for a tour of three months in the company commanded by Capt. William Stewart in the corps commanded by Col. Davie. Maj. James Rutherford was his major and who was afterwards killed at the battle of Eutaw Springs and that he served out his tour of three months as will appear by his discharge herewith filed. During the first part of this service, the corps to which he belonged were ranging on the south fork of the Cataba river in North Carolina for the purpose of keeping down the tories until after the Brittish Army under Cornwallis moved from South Carolina to Mecklenburg County North Carolina. They were then marched in the neighborhood of the brittish for the purpose of keeping down pillaging and plundering parties of the brittish army in which service he was engaged until he was discharged. In this service he was in no regular engagements. Further states that again in the year 1781 he was drafted for a term of three months under Capt. Thomas Morrison & Col. Loftins' regiment, the whole under the command of Gen. Rutherford, during which tour he served three months as will appear by the affidavit of one of his fellow soldiers which is hereto amended & who is too infirm to ride this far to court. In this service he went on what was called the Wilmington campaign, then in the possession of the Brittish army. After the surrender of Cornwallis the town ( or tour) was evacuated & shortly afterwards they were marched home & discharged. In this tour he was in no regular engagement nor out of State. This service closed the war or nearly. So further he states that he has no documen-tary evidence except his discharge as above stated to prove his services and has no living testimony that he knows of except Henry Thomas who has certified as above stated that in the excursions before his regular service were verry ------ & for short periods of time but he verily believes he was engaged as long in those excursions as the whole of his regular tours. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension except the present and that his name is not on the pension roll of any state. Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 17th Oct. 1832. Signed William Leech. James H. Gee, Clerk. B. M Burrow & John Stewart, residing in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Leach who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 71 years of age and that he has reported and he lived in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Signed: Banks M. Burrow, John Stewart.Answers to Questions: What year were you born? 1. Rowan County, can't recollect the year but will be seventy one the 6th of December next. Record of birth? 2. I believe not. Where have you resided since your service? 3. As before stated, in Rowan County, North Carolina--after the war the county was divided and he fell in Iredell where he continued until about thirty seven years ago, he came to Tennessee, Sumner County, afterwards moved to Wilson and from there to Illinois where he resided for seven years and from thence to this county where he now resides. Names of some regular officers? 4. As well as recollects, he never was with any regular officers, A Major Hogg joined them in the Wilmington campaign and on the rout to Wilmington they were joined by Gen. (Butlers?) Brigade of Militia." | Leach, William (I1484)
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| 2094 | With the consent of the great nobles, Charlemagne, Charles the Great, became King of France and Holy Roman Emperor of the West from 771 to 814, following the death of his brother. He was born April 2, 742, probably at Aix-La-Chapelle. When only twelve years old we find him commissioned to receive and welcome the pontiff who came to implore his father's aid against the barbarians that threatened Rome. He probably accompanied his father in his campaigns at an early age, but the first time that we really see him in the field, is on the renewal of the war with the rebellious Duke of Aquitaine. Upon the death of Pepin, in 768, Charlemagne and his younger brother Carloman succeeded to equal portions of one of the most powerful of European kingdoms, bounded by the Pyrenees, the Alps, Mediterranean, and the ocean. But this would hardly enabled the monarchs, even had they been united, to resist successfully the incursions of the barbarous tribes on the German frontiers of France, which had commenced with the first establishment of the Frankish dominion in Gaul; and which were kept alive by the constant pouring forth of fresh hordes from the overpopulated north. The situation of Charlemagne was rendered yet more perilous by the massive enmity of his brother, and the rebellion of Hunald, the turbulent Duke of Aquitaine. But fortunately Charlemagne had a genius equal to the difficulties of his situation; though his brother refused to aid him, he defeated Huald; and no less illustrious by his clemency than by his valor and military skill, he forgave the vanquished rebel. Desiderius, the King of Lombardy, had made large encroachments upon the states of the Roman Pontiff, whose cause was taken up by Charlemagne. This led to feuds, which Bertha, his mother, endeavored to appease by arranging a marriage between her son and the daughter of the Lombard. But Charlemagne soon took a disgust to the wife thus imposed upon him, and repudiated her, that he might marry Hildegarde, the daughter of a noble family in Swabia. Thus he married Hildegarde of Swabia (Linzgau), Countess, born in 757/758, died April 30, 782/3. In 771 Carloman died, and Charlemagne was elected to the vacant throne, to the exclusion of his nephews, whose extreme youth made then incapable of wearing the crown in such troubled times. Gilberge, the widow of Carloman, immediately fled, and sought refuse with Desiderius, the common retreat for all who were hostile to the Frankish monarch. From that time, sole ruler during a reign of forty-three years, he waged incessant wars on all his borders, subduing rebellions, extending his domains and at the same time advancing Christianity. In 772 he began a thirty-year war with the determined Saxons, after the successful opening of Charlemagne was called to the assistance of Pope Hadrian I. against Desiderius, King of the Lombards. Charlemagne marched two armies over the Alps and conquered Lombardy in 774; returned and beat the Saxons again and hastened into Spain, in 778, to help the Arabian rulers of that country against the Osman Caliph of Cordova. It was in this war that Roland, the hero of romance, fell in the pass of Roncesvalles. In 799 the Romans revolted against Pope Leo III., and were again brought into subjection by Charlemagne. In return, while he was praying on the steps of St. Peter's Church, he was crowned by Leo with the iron crown of the Western Empire, successor of the Roman Caesars, unexpectedly to him, as he pretended, on Christmas Day, 800, amidst the popular acclamations, "Long life and victory to Charles Augustus, crowned by God, great and pacific Emperor of the Romans!" The extensive domain of Charlemagne was rendered secure only by ceaseless vigilance and warfare. The short intervals of peace which ere allowed him, he employed in endeavoring to educate and civilize his people. He made a tour through his dominions, causing local and general improvement, reforming laws, advancing knowledge, and building churches and monasteries. Christianity being one of the chief means to which he trusted for the attainment of his grand objects. In this he was no less successful than he had before been in war. With exception of the Eastern empire, France was now the most cultivated nation in Europe, even Rome herself sending thither for skillful workmen, while commerce, roads, and mechanics must have been much advanced, as we may infer from the facility with which marble columns and immense stone crosses were often carried through the whole extent of France upon carriages of native construction. Luxury, too, with its attendant arts had made considerable strides. Vases of gold and silver richly carved, silver tables highly wrought, bracelets, rings, and table cloths of fine linen, might be seen in the houses of the nobles. The people must have been dexterous in working iron, for their superiority in this respect is shown by the severe laws forbidding the exportation of arms. Charlemagne drove back the Arabs, reduced the Huns, and effectually protected his long line of coast from the attempted invasion of the Northmen. It is said, that upon one occasion he arrived at a certain port just as the pirates were preparing to land; but the moment they learned of the presence of the monarch, they immediately fled in great terror at the mere mention of his name. It was always an object of first importance with Charlemagne to support the papal authority, as holding out the only means of spreading Christianity, which he justly considered the most effectual instrument he could employ to enlighten and civilize the world. Charlemagne securely laid the foundations of his empire. He was vigilant, judicious, and energetic, both as a ruler and commander. He fostered agriculture, trade, arts, and letters with untiring zeal, clearing forests, draining swamps, founding monasteries and schools, building cities, constructing splendid palaces, as at Aix, Worms, and Ingelheim, and drawing to his court scholars and poets from all nations, being himself proficient in science, as well as all hardy accomplishments. Charlemagne was tall and a commanding presence, and could speak and write Latin as well as his native German. He fostered all learning and the fine arts, studying rhetoric and astronomy. He reigned over France, half of Germany, and four-fifths of Italy. The Caliph Haroun-al-Rashid sent an embassy to the court of Charlemagne with gifts in token of good will. Attacked with pleurisy, he died after a short illness, in the seventy-second year of age, and the forty-seventh of his reign, on January 28, 814. Some years later Charlemagne was canonized by the church. | Of France, Charlemagne (I55)
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| 2095 | Wm. & Mary Quarterly Vol 17, July 1908, page 63. Lancaster Recorder, - On December 6, 1694 it was stated that Ann daughter of John Chinn would be 13 years old on May 5 next. (dob would have been May 5, 1682). Rawleigh son of same, 11 years old on May 23 next. (dob would have been May 23,1684) and Catherine, (m. George Heale) dau of same would be 9 on June 7 next. (dob would have been June 7, 1686) Old Rappahannock County, Virginia was established in 1656 from Lancaster County, Virginia. In 1691, the counties of Richmond and Essex were organized from Old Rappahannock (which was then abolished), with the land of the Smoots of Old Rappahannock becoming part of Richmond County. Old Rappahannock County should not confused with the later Rappahannock County which was erected in 1833 from parts of Culpeper County. John Chynn, also known as: John Chinn, b. 1640/1642, ENG, (son of Thomas Chynn) ref: LDS AF, occupation: Colonist, m. (1) 1680, in Lancaster County, VA, Alice Smoot , b. 1642/1668, Lancaster County, VA, ref: LDS AF, d. BEF 28 Aug 1701, Lancaster County, VA, and Elizabeth Travers. John died 12-Nov-1692, Morattico Creek, LancasterCo, VA, buried: LancasterCo, VA. 1691 - John Chinn writes his Will In Lancaster County, VA. He records that his wife is Alice; he has sons John and Rawleigh; he lists his son-in-law as "son", John Trussell and my daughter Elizabeth, his wife"; he does the same for "son Thomas Chilton and my daughter Sarah Chilton his wife". he lists his daughters as Ann and Katherine Chinn. Extrix is his wife Alice. Witnesses are Wm. Smith, Alex. Dun, Edw. Geffrey. W.B. 8, p. 34. [Lancaster Co., VA Will 15 Dec. 1691. Rec. 13 May 1692] | Chinn, John (I1696)
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| 2096 | World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Geo William Shuff Name: Geo William Shuff City: Not Stated County: Stewart State: Tennessee Birthplace: Tennessee;United States of America Birth Date: 5 Apr 1889 Race: White Roll: 1877694 DraftBoard: 0 1910 United States Federal Census Name: George Shuff Jr [George Jr Shuff Jr] Age in 1910: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889 Birthplace: Tennessee Relation to Head of House: Boarder Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Home in 1910: Civil District 6, Stewart, Tennessee Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Thomas, Henry J 39 Head Lizzie 36 Wife Shuff, George Jr 21 Boarder Myers, Clifton 19 Boarder Margaret11 Servant Name: George William Shuff Age: 82 Born: April 5, 1889 a native of Stewart County, TN. Died: September 20, 1971 at General Care Convalescent Center in Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN. Funeral: September 22, 1971 with Nave Funeral Home in Erin, Houston County, TN. Burial: Erin Cemetery in Houston County, TN. Parents: George Shuff and Isabella Powers Surviving Spouse: Rosa (Parker) Shuff Surviving Children: None Listed Surviving Siblings: L.L. Shuff, Mrs. Charlie Jarman, Mrs. Joe Mundy | Shuff, George William III (I8751)
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| 2097 | World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about George Clark Medlock Name: George Clark Medlock County: Clayton State: Georgia Birthplace: Georgia; United States of America Birth Date: 18 Apr 1892 Race: Caucasian (White) FHL Roll Number: 1557015 DraftBoard: 0 1920 United States Federal Census about George D Medlock Name: George D Medlock Home in 1920: Jonesboro, Clayton, Georgia Age: 56 Estimated birth year: abt 1864 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Spouse's name: Caroline Medlock Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age George D Medlock 56 Caroline Medlock 49 George C Medlock 27 Claud H Medlock 25 Emmett P Medlock 23 Clara M Medlock 21 Jannie I Medlock 19 Bertha Medlock 17 Allie Medlock 14 Winnie Medlock 12 1930 United States Federal Census Name: George D Medlock Home in 1930: Militia District 1088, Clayton, Georgia View Map Age: 67 Estimated birth year: abt 1863 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: C Ophelia Medlock Race: White Household Members: Name Age George D Medlock 67 C Ophelia Medlock 59 Claude H Medlock 36 Bertha Medlock 27 Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 Name: George C. Medlock Death Date: 23 Dec 1973 County of Death: Fulton Gender: M (Male) Race: White Age: 81 years County of Residence: Fulton Certificate: 042496 | Medlock, George Clark (I9603)
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| 2098 | Wylie J. (Jerome) was a private in World War I. Wylie Powers April 23, 1982 Wylie J. Powers. 89, Route 1 Pal-myra, died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sykes Chapel with the Rev Howard Herndon officiating. Burial with Maonic rites will follow in the Powers Family Cemetery. Born Dec. 17, 1894 in Montgomery County, he was the son of the late Wilson Powers and Mary Webb Powers. Mr. Powers was a retired farmer a World War I Veteran of the U.S Army, treasurer of the Tarsus United Methodist Church for 30 years. a member of Palmyra Masonic Lodge for 50 years and had served on Montgomery County Quarterly Court. Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Reagan Powers; one daughter Mrs. Jewell Gannaway, Clarksville: one brother Homer Powers, Michigan; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Lemoine Vickers, Wendell Jones, Julius Powers, Jewell Yarbrough, Marshall Ragan, Edgar Atkins, Warren Neblett, and Louis Powers. Visitation will begin after 5 p.m. today at Sykes Funeral Home. Arrangements are being handled by Sykes Funeral Home. | Powers, Wiley Jerome (I2272)
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| 2099 | York Co Taxables 1779: Mount Pleasant Twp. Thomas Neely, Thomas Neely Sr., James Neely. Reading Twp. John Neely, Jonathan Neely, Thomas Neely. Huntington Twp. John Neely, Thomas Neely. Notes: Thomas Neely IV: I have a copy of Thomas Neely's will of Reading Twp., Adams Co.( written 1818, admin. 1827 and probated 1837) and it names his wife as Margaret, the dau. of John White Sr., his dau. Marthew wife of Joab Dicks, and his niece SUSANA dau. of his brother, JOHN NEELY. He also names his grandson Thomas Neely Dicks, son of Marthew, and his sister Margaret Dicks, and his brother William Weakly Dicks, and to his sister Eata Maria Dicks, and his brother James Dicks and his brother John Dicks, and his brother Robert Dicks. Appoints as executors, John Graft of Strabane Twp. and William Hodg of Riding Twp. Signed by Job Dicks, John Graft,William Gilliland and James Neely. | Neely, III Thomas (I9294)
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| 2100 | President Thomas Lee b. 1690, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., VA, d. 14 Nov 1750, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co., VA, m. May 1722, Green Spring, Williamsburg, VA, Hannah Harrison Ludwell b. 5 Dec 1701, Rich Neck, Bruton Parish, James City Co., VA, d. 25 Jan 1749, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co., VA, (daughter of Col. Philip and Hannah (Harrison) Ludwell, II). Of Thomass early days, his son has written, Thomas, the fourth son, though with none but a common Virginia Education, yet having strong natural parts, long after he was a man, he learned the Languages without any assistance but his own genius, and became a tolerable adept in Greek and Latin .This Thomas, by his Industry and Parts, acquired a considerable Fortune; for, being a younger Brother, with many children, his Paternal Estate was very small. He was also appointed of the Council, and though he had very few acquaintances in England, he was so well known by reputation that upon his receiving a loss by fire, the late Queen Caroline sent him over a bountiful present out of her own Privy Purse. Upon the late Sir William Goochs being recalled, who had been the Governor of Virginia, he became President and Commander in Chief over the Colony, in which Station he continued for some time, til the King thought proper to appoint him Governor of the Colony, but he dyed in 1750 before his commission got over to him. Besides being for many years a member of the House of Burgesses, a member of the Council and later its president, he became after the death of John Robinson, on the 5th of Sep 1749, the Acting Governor of the Colony, and held that position until his death. He served also upon various commissions for arranging boundaries, for making treaties with the Indians, and held other similar positions of trust and responsibility. Where Thomas lived during the first years of his married life is a matter of some doubt. It seems most probable that his first home was at Mt. Pleasant and that the loss by fire, of which his son William wrote, was the destruction of that mansion. It is certain that the house at Mt. Pleasant was burned early in the last century, but there is no evidence of a fire ever having occurred at Stratford. If Queen Caroline gave Thomas Lee a bountiful present out of her own Privy Purse, while she was Queen, she must have given it between 1727 and 1737, as she became Queen in the former year and died in the latter. It seems, therefore, highly probable that the Stratford House was erected about 1725-30, hardly later, as it is said that all of Thomass sons were born in that mansion. Stratford House, with its solid walls and massive, rough-hewn timbers, seems rather to represent strength and solidity than elegance or comfort. Its large rooms, with numerous doors and windows, heated only by the large open fireplaces, would today scarcely be considered habitable. The modern housewife would not appreciate the outside kitchen, some fifty or sixty feet from the dining room! The house was built in the shape of the letter H, the cross line being a large hall room of some twenty-five by thirty feet, serving as the connecting link between the two wings; these wings are about thirty feet wide by sixty deep. The house contains some eighteen large rooms, exclusive of the hall. The view given here represents the rear, the small stairway leads up to the rear door of the hall room. The room to the right, as one faces the picture, is the bed room in which tradition states that Richard Henry Lee and his brothers were born; also, Gen. Robert E. Lee. The hall room was, in those days, used as the library and general sitting room, especially in summer, being large, airy, well lighted and ventilated. The ceiling is very high, dome shaped, the walls are paneled in oak, with book cases set in them; back and front are doors, leading into the garden, flanked by windows on either side. On the other two sides of this hall, between the book cases, are two doors, opening into the wings. Outside, at the four corners of the house, are four out-houses, used as storehouses, office, kitchen, and such like purposes. At the corner of the house was the kitchen, with its immense fireplace, which by actual measurement was found to be twelve feet wide, six high, and five deep, evidently capable of roasting a fair sized ox. Lying on the grass, there is seen a large, old fashioned shell or cannon ball, which tradition says was once fired at the house by an English warship. In recent years is has served as a hitching block for horses. The portions of the stable are very large; the kitchen garden was surrounded by the usual brick wall. At the foot of the kitchen garden are the remains of the large brick burial vault, of which Bishop Meade wrote: I have been assured by Mrs. Eliza Turner, who was there at the time, that it was built by General Henry Lee. The cemetery [vault] is much larger than any other in the Northern Neck, consisting of several apartments or alcoves for different branches of the family. Instead of an arch over them there is a brick house, perhaps twenty feet square, covered in. A floor covers the cemetery. In the centre is a trap door, through which you descend by a ladder to the apartments below. This brick house having fallen into ruin, a late proprietor of Stratford had it torn down and the bricks heaped up into a mound, which, covered with earth and surmounted by the tombstone of Thomas Lee, would serve as a fitting mark for the unknown dead reposing underneath. There has been some uncertainty as to the burial place of both Thomas Lee and his son, Richard Henry Lee; the former has always been thought to have been buried at Old Popes Creek Church, and the latter at Chantilly. But an examination of their wills and other data proves most conclusively that both of them were buried in the Old Burnt House Fields at Mt. Pleasant. It requires no proof to show that Richard Lee and Laetitia Corbin, his wife, were buried at this place, as their tombstone is still to be seen there. Thomas Lees wife died about a year before her husband, and of course had been duly buried; in his will he desired to be buried between my Late Dearest wife and my Honoured Mother, and that the bricks on the side next my wife be moved and my coffin Placed as near hers as is possible, without moving or disturbing the remains of my Mother. This request proves his wife had been buried very near the grave of his mother. There can be no doubt that Thomas Lee was buried, as he desired, beside his wife, for one slab covered the two graves, and had the following inscription : Here lies Buried the Honble Col. Thomas Lee, Who dyed 14 November, 1750; Aged 60 years; and his beloved wife, Mrs. Hannah Lee. She departed this life 25 January, 1749-50. Their monument is erected in the lower church of Washington Parish, in this County; five miles above their County Seat, Stratford Hall. The monument is no longer, but a manuscript remains of the inscription, only the family burying place name is torn: This Monument is erected to the Memory of the Honourable Col. Thomas Lee, Commander-in-chief and President of His Majesties Council for this Colony, descended from the very ancient and Honourable Family of Lees in Shropshire in England, who dyed November 14, 1750, aged 60 years; and of the Hon. Mrs. Hannah Lee, his Wife, by Philip Ludwell Lee, their eldest son, as a just and dutyfull Tribute to so excellant a Father and Mother, Patterns of Conjugal Virtue. They are buryed eighteen miles from this in the family burying place, called Old _______ in Cople Parish, in this County. No one can well doubt that the family burying place was in the old Burnt House Fields at Mt. Pleasant. This was the one acre where my Hond Father is Buryed that Thomas, in his will, desired should not be disposed of upon any pretense whatsoever. It was the family burying place at the burnt House, as it is called, where Richard Henry Lee desired to be buried. Thomas Lees will was dated 22 Feb 1749, probated in Westmoreland Co., VA 30 Jul 1751. (Source: Lee Family, http://members.tripod.com/~Bonestwo/index-30.html) | Lee, Thomas (I8091)
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