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| 901 | California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 about Eva Mordecai Name: Eva Mordecai Arrival Date: 8 Oct 1918 Age: 57 Birth Date: abt 1861 Birthplace: Sullivan, New York, United States Gender: Female Ship Name: Sonoma Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California Port of Departure: Honolulu, Hawaii Archive information (series:roll number): M1410:112 | Barlow, Eva Rachel (I3114)
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| 902 | Capt. David Daniel Fox, Occupation: Apr 1684 Lancaster Co. Court; 1677 Burgess, also 1680, 1686; 1660 Vestryman Residence: Lancaster Co. VA Birth: 12 Mar 1646 Death: 1702, Lancaster Co. Virginia Will - 22 Jun 1702, Lancaster Co., VA; 14 Oct 1702 Will proved, Bk 8, f. 111. Children: Hannah Fox b. 25 Jul 1671 in Lancaster Co., VA David Fox b. 10 Dec 1672 in Lancaster, VA William Fox b. 20 Jan 1672/73 in Lancaster Co., VA Mary Ball Fox b. About. 1674 in Lancaster Co., VA Samuell Fox b. 28 Feb 1673/74 in Lancaster, VA Catherine Fox b. About. 1676 | Fox, Capt. David I (I10868)
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| 903 | Census 1800*: 4 Aug 1800, Lexington District, South Carolina, Unaccounted for is 1 female 0-10., free wh male 0-10=Joel Culpepper of Crawford Co., GA, free wh male 0-10=Daniel Peek Culpepper, free wh male 0-10=John Jefferson Culpepper, Nancy Culpepper1 Census 1810*: 6 Aug 1810, Richland District, South Carolina, Unaccounted for are 1 male 0-10 and 1 female 16-26., free wh female 26-45=Nancy Gillespie, free wh male 10-16=John Jefferson Culpepper, free wh male 10-16=Joel Culpepper of Crawford Co., GA, free wh male 0-10=Daniel Peek Culpepper, free wh female 0-10=Sarah O. Culpepper, free wh male 0-10=Francis Gillespie Culpepper, free wh male 0-10=James I. J. Culpepper, free wh male 0-10=George Washington Culpepper2,3 Deed*: Feb 1823, Edgefield District, South Carolina, John Culpepper to Josiah Langley Sr. for $800, the tract “where I live” as granted to George Shelnut, 144 acres on Cuffeetown Creek and waters of Stephens Creek and Savannah River, adjoining said Josiah Langley and the heirs of Robert Bell. Witnesses: James Harrison, Mathew Rhodes. Nancy Culpepper gives consent., Grantor=Nancy Gillespie, Adjacent Land Owner=Robert Bell4 Deed*: Jan 1827, Monroe Co., Georgia, Warren T. Castleberry of Newton Co. to John Culpepper, Sr. of Monroe Co. for $800: 202.5 acres in Lot 233 in District 13. Wit: Jas. Wilson, E. Dodson, J.P. Sarah Castleberry releases her dower rights.5 Deed: Feb 1828, Monroe Co., Georgia, John Culpepper, Sr. of Monroe Co. to Wm. G. Fitzpatrick for $800: 202.5 acres in Lot 223 in District 12. Wit: G. W. Elliott, John Haynes, J.P. (Then, John Dean witnesses next deed of John Chappell to Reddick Rutland).6 Census 1830*: 1 Jun 1830, Monroe Co., Georgia, free wh male 10-15=Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper, free wh male 15-20=Rev. William Henry Culpepper, free wh female 50-60=Nancy Gillespie, free wh male 15-20=George Washington Culpepper7 Census 1840*: 1 Jun 1840, Meriwether Co., Georgia, free wh female 50-60=Nancy Gillespie8 Census 1850*: 1850, Randolph Co., Alabama, household member=Lewis Washington Culpepper9 Death*: 13 May 1855, Randolph Co., Alabama Biography*: John Culpepper's Bible is believed to have existed in the early 1900's. Mrs. J. W. (Ira Gay) Deam of Gay, GA, a descendant of Joel Culpepper, John's oldest son, preserved a copy of family records which were supposed to have been in the Bible. Mrs. D. W. (Lavyn Wright) Sisco transcribed Mrs. Deam's records which began with the record of the marriage of John and Nancy (Gillespie) Culpepper followed by the note: John Culpepper was born on October 1, 1772 Full death dates were recorded for John and Nancy (Gillespie) Culpepper and all of their children except for William Henry and Lewis Peek Culpepper. A note was made after William Henry's birth record noting that he had died "1909 Randolph County Alabama." The note after Lewis Peek Culpepper's birth record read "Living in Chambers Co." So the record appears to have been copied sometime after 1909 and before 1915 when Lewis Peek Culpepper died. The Bible is not known to be in the possession of any of the descendants of William Henry or Lewis Peek Culpepper or of Mrs. J. W. (Ira Gay) Deam. There is a possibility that the Bible was still in existence 8 Oct 1942 when Rev. George Bright Culpepper wrote "ONE FAMILY - CULPEPPER" a 25 page typed, double-spaced summary of the descendants of Daniel Peek Culpepper. Rev. Culpepper wrote about Daniel Peek Culpepper's father: John William Culpepper was born in Richland District, fork of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers, South Carolina, October 1, 1772, according to the record in his family Bible, set down in his own hand. The statement raises several questions, one of which is, did Rev. Culpepper have the Bible when he wrote this or was he working from a copy of the record or from other notes. Rev. Culpepper later made reference to "my scrapbook" which had information about the family. A granddaughter of Rev. Culpepper, Mrs. J. D. (Dorothy Culpepper) Wingfield, wrote 12 May 1993 that "I have no idea whether Geo. B. ever had possession of that bible." A second problem is that only two copies of John Culpepper's signature are known to exist. On an 1807 bond which was included in the estate papers of Daniel Peak/Peek, John signed his name "John Culpeper" but in 1853, he signed his name "John Culpepper" on a letter to his son, Francis G. Culpepper. Otherwise the signatures are the same. Spelling was in a state of flux during John Culpepper's lifetime and it was considered a sign of education if one was able to spell the same word several different ways. But apparently, by the end of his life, John had settled on the Culpepper spelling. Neither signature had a middle initial. As noted above, Rev. George B. Culpepper specified that John's name was "John William Culpepper" "according to the record in his family Bible, set down in his own hand." But the record copied by Mrs. Deam and Mrs. Sisco gave the name as "John Culpepper." Where did the "William" come from? Joseph Richard Culpepper, a grandson of John Culpepper, had gotten a copy of a "history" that was being circulated in various branches of the family which showed that the family descended from a "John Marlo Culpeper" who was alleged to have been the John Culpeper of Culpeper's Rebellion and "first cousin to Lord Culpepper (Colepepper) who was Gov. of Virginia." The list continued down through "John William Culpepper" born "1774" a son of "Charles Marion Culpepper." Joseph Richard Culpepper puzzled over this document and did not know what to make of it. Finally, as Joseph Richard Culpepper noted in a letter to his cousin, Rev. George Bright Culpepper: I wrote to Father [Lewis Peek Culpepper] asking him to give me all the information he could relative to his father, grandfather, etc. He knows nothing farther back than his grandfather who was John instead of Charles Marion.... He says there were three brothers, John, Ben and Joseph. John was my great grandfather as was Joseph, also, on my mother's side.... John William was my father's father and your father's grandfather.... If only we had the letter that Lewis Peek Culpepper wrote to his son, we might be able to see if he had actually named his father "John William Culpepper" or if he had named both his father and grandfather "John Culpepper" and Joseph Richard Culpepper had used the "John William Culpepper" from the history in an attempt to reconcile the alleged history with what his father had written and in order to clearly distinguish his grandfather from his great-grandfather in his letter to Rev. Culpepper. In any event, the source of the name "John William Culpepper" was probably the alleged history of the family and Rev. George B. Culpepper would probably have considered Joseph Richard Culpepper's letter a confirmation of the name because Joseph Richard appeared to have been reporting information that he had gotten from his father, Lewis Peek Culpepper. The only other indication of John Culpepper's middle name, if any, is an 1829 Upson Co., GA deed (A 434/5), in which John Jefferson Culpepper deeds land to his father for $5.00, the father's name is listed not once but three times as "John C. Culpepper." The clerk was trying to distinguish the grantor "John J. Culpepper" from the grantee "John Culpepper" and used "John C. Culpepper" to distinguish the two. Since John Culpepper, Senior was not illiterate, the "C" cannot be interpreted as his "mark." But if John Culpepper's middle initial was "C." he did not pass the name to any of his sons. And only one grandson of John Culpepper is known to have a name starting with "C," Charles William Culpepper, a son of Joel. Could John Culpepper have had a middle name of Charles? It would have been a common name for a supporter of the Stuarts but would have fallen out of favor after the Revolution. Joseph went on in the letter to note that John Culpepper "moved from Virginia to Congaree, South Carolina and then to Edgefield [SC] and from Edgefield to Monroe County, Georgia and later to Meriwether County, Georgia, and to Randolph County, Alabama, where he died in 1855, when I was 12 years old" and not in 1852 as in the alleged history. Again it it not possible to know if Joseph Richard Culpepper was still trying to reconcile the alleged history which said that "John William" was born in Virginia with what his father had told him about the movement of the family. However, in the 1850 census of Randolph Co., AL (p. 386, family 189), John Culpepper gave his place of birth as South Carolina. No records have been found in South Carolina for John Culpepper's presumed father, John. The elder John is believed to have lived in Camden District, SC in an area that became Richland District, SC and many early records for this district were destroyed. If the parents of John Culpepper died young, possibly before or during the Revolution, and John was their only child, then it is unlikely that any record of their existence, outside of family tradition, will ever be found. In trying to identify where John Culpepper was born, it is necessary to look at the extant Culpepper records in districts that existed at the time of his birth. In 1769, the Province of South Carolina was divided into seven districts, three of whom have Culpepper connections: Cheraws, Camden and Orangeburg. Cheraws District was bounded on the west by the Lynches River and the Pedee River ran through the center of it. Nancy Gillespie, who married John Culpepper, is believed to have been born in this district. Joseph Richard Culpepper noted that "Congaree, South Carolina" was one of the places where John Culpepper had lived and Rev. George Bright Culpepper indicated that "John William Culpepper" had been born in "Richland District, fork of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers." Richland District did not exist at the time John Culpepper was born but the Congaree River was part of the Western boundary of the Camden District. The Wateree River ran through the center of the district which was bounded on the east by Lynches River and Cheraws District. The Wateree then joined with the Congaree to form the Santee River. On 3 Apr 1772, Joseph Culpepper, a presumed uncle of John Culpepper, received a grant by "George the Third... Four hundred Acres, situate in Craven County on Tom's Creek, in the fork between Santee River & the Wateree, bounding all sides on Vacant land." Tom's, Thom's or Thomson's Creek as it was known was halfway between the Wateree and Congaree near the confluence which forms the Santee river and was south of present day Columbia, SC. The land was listed as being in "Craven County." This was one of three counties established in 1682 and although it had ceased to exist in 1769, it was still used in land transactions to help specify the location of land. 22 Aug 1771, Liddy Culpepper, a presumed grandmother of John Culpepper, was granted 350 acres of land on Griffin's Creek which has not been located but was listed as being "in Craven County on the Fork of the Wateree and Congaree River." If any South Carolina land was granted to John Culpepper's father before the Revolution, no record of it has been found. If John Culpepper was born at the fork of the Congaree and the Wateree Rivers then he would have been born on the land of his presumed grandmother in Camden District, SC in an area which later became Richland District, SC and which today would be located just south of Columbia, Richland Co., SC. After the Revolution, in 1785, counties were formed within the districts which had been defined in 1769 but the district boundaries were maintained. The area in which Joseph and Liddy Culpepper had received grants of land was then considered to be in Richland County. In the first census of the United States in 1790, Benjamin and Joseph Culpepper, presumed uncles of John Culpepper, were the only Culpepper's listed as heads of household in South Carolina. They were both listed in Orangeburg District. This district ran southwest from the Congaree and Santee rivers to the Savannah River. John Culpepper probably moved across the Congaree River to Orangeburg District, SC with his presumed uncles and with his presumed grandmother, if she was still living. It is possible that John Culpepper was one of the three males age 16 and older recorded in Joseph Culpepper's household in the 1790 census of Orangeburg District, SC. . In 1793, John turned twenty-one and on May 18th of the following year he married Nancy Gillespie. Presumably, they would have married in the county where Nancy was living but it is not known whether this would have been Cheraws or Camden district. Since Nancy's presumed grandfather, Daniel Peek, left an estate in what was then Richland District (Richland County was part of Camden District in 1793), it possible that the marriage took place in Richland Co., SC. Mrs. J. W. (Ira Gay) Deam preserved the following John Culpepper Bible record which was copied by Mrs. D. W. (Lavyn Wright) Sisco: John Culpepper Senior(?) and Nancy Gillespie were married on May 8, 1794, at 9:00 A.M. Cloudy, evening fair. In "ONE FAMILY - CULPEPPER" a family summary written 8 Oct 1942, Rev. George Bright Culpepper also references the Bible record of John's marriage: According to the same record, John William Culpepper married Nancey [sic] Gillespie on May 18, 1794, the ceremony being performed by Reverend Reese, at his house on the Congaree. It was on Sunday, cloudy in the morning and fair in the evening. Again, it is frustrating not having the actual Bible record. Which copiest made the error in the date? Was the name really "John William Culpepper"? Supporting Rev. Culpepper's version is that fact that 18 May 1794 actually was a Sunday. The location on the Congaree is logical but was it on the Richland District side or on the Orangeburg District side? What was Rev. Reese's first name and where was he located in the 1790 census? There was a Joseph Reese that had land near Joseph and Liddy Culpepper before the Revolution. The Bible records apparently also mention the exact hour of birth of each of the couple's eleven children, a penchant for detail which would continue in more than one branch of the family. In 1785, Lexington County was one of the counties set up in the Orangeburg District. It was directly across the Congaree River from Richland County in Camden District. The county was abolished in 1791 but was reinstated as a district in 1804. John Culpepper, age 16-26, was listed as a head-of-household on the 1800 census in the Lexington portion of Orangeburg District, SC. Depending on when the census was taken, John would have been 27 or 28 years old. John was living with his wife and three sons near (1 census page after) Joseph Culpepper. There was also one girl 0-10 years of age that has not been accounted for since the first daughter born to John and Nancy's first daughter, Sarah, was not born until 1802. Since Daniel Peek Culpepper was born in April of 1800, it is possible that this was a young relative who was helping out the new mother. In a 2 Feb 1898 article about Francis Gillespie Culpepper, John Culpepper's son, which appeared in the Shiner Gazette Francis Gillespie was reported to have born in Edgefield District, SC. Francis was still living in 1898 and presumably would have been the source of this information. In addition, another son, Lewis Peek Culpepper, read this same article and found it "a tolerable correct historical account." The obituary of another son, George Washington Culpepper, also gave his place of birth as Edgefield District, SC in 1808. Edgefield District was to the west of Lexington District with which it shared half of its southeastern border. It was bounded on the southwest by the Savannah River which formed the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia. Francis Gillespie was born in 1804 and George Washington Culpepper was born in 1808 but John Culpepper does not show up in Edgefield District land records until 1814. Although the John Culpepper family appears to have been in Edgefield District at least by 1813, it is doubtful that the family was there in 1804. It is more likely that the family was still in Lexington District in the early 1800's. A Lexington, SC researcher, Lee R. Gandee, wrote in a 23 May 1974 letter to Billy W. Dunn, that the Congaree plantations were noted for their crops of indigo and tobacco. Lee R. Gandee added: Then nearly all the people in this area pulled up and left, either to the area around Montezuma, Georgia or to Alabama--Kirkpartricks, Taylors, Fitzpatricks, Threewittses--Geigers--everybody who was anybody, for the River began destroying the low land by floods by 1800, and by 1830 the River swamps were grown up in a jungle and stagnant water made it a death-feeding pesthole of fevers as malaria and dengue-carrying mosquitoes swarmed.... Two years ago [1972], I walked 7 miles from Thom's Creek to Cayce on the Old State Road, along which these families lived, and did not pass a single house or building. It is now in huge tracts of swamp or woodland or in fields, and floods still sometimes put 15 feet of water over the old road. Just back from the river, not more than a mile or two, the poorest sand land in the county begins, and here, up from the swampy river land are the few houses that remain of the Plantation families.... By 1807, John Culpepper appears to have moved his family back across the Congaree River to Richland District, SC where he shows up in Richland District, SC estate records as an administrator of the estate of Daniel Peek, Nancy Gillespie's presumed grandfather. It is interesting to note in these estate papers that Joseph Culpepper, John's presumed uncle, signed the $20,000 Administration Bond with John. And although the name was spelled "Culpepper" throughout the documents by whomever drew up the papers, both men signed their names "Culpeper" at the bottom of the bond: ____________________________________________ Administration Bond. S O U T H - C A R O L I N A KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we John Culpepper John Slappy Joseph Culpepper and George Slapy are holden and firmly bound unto James Guignard Esquire, ordinary for the district of Richland in the full and just sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars lawful money of this state, to be paid to the said James S. Guignard or his successors, ordinaries of this district, or their certain attorney or assigns. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and every of us, our and every of our heirs, executors and administrators, for the whole and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated the fourteenth day of December in the year of you Lord one thousand eight hundred and Seven. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That if the within bounden administrat ors of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Daniel Peak deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have, or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of them the said John Culpepper and John Slappy or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for them and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited into the ordinary's office of this district, at or before the first Satur day of February next ensuing. And the same goods, chattels and credits, and all other goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, at the time of his death, which at any time hereafter shall come to the hands or possession of the said John Culpepper and John Slappy or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for them do well and truly administer according to law. And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true and just account of their administration, at or before the first Satur day of January 1809 & afterwards whenever req[uired]. And all rest and residue of the said goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining on the said administrat ors account (the same being first examined and allowed by the ordinary of this district for the time being) shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively as the said ordinary, by his decree or sentence, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the statutes and acts of assembly, of force in this state, for the better settling of intestates' estates, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear, that any last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased, and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same to the said ordinary, making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said John Culpepper and John Slappy within bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of administration, approbation of such testament being first had and made, to the said ordinary; then this obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed and delivered,_______in the presence of______ "And afterwards whenever required" ______Interlined before signing_______/s/ John Culpeper [seal] _________________witness______________/s/ John Slappey [seal] William Guphill_______________________/s/ Joseph Culpeper [seal] Thomas Watts__________________________/s/ George Slappey [seal] Frederick Class John Wolf John Culpepper was again listed as a head-of-household in the 1810 census of Richland District, SC. He was with his wife and a family which now included six sons and a daughter. An additional 26-45 year old woman, a 16-26 year old woman and a 0-10 year old boy were also listed in the household that year and are unidentified. Could they have been Nancy Gillespie Culpepper's mother, Elizabeth (Peek) Gillespie, sister, Elizabeth (Gillespie) Slappey, with a young son, John Slappey? At some point after this census, John Culpepper moved his family west to Edgefield District, SC. As noted above, the family might have been in Edgefield District before 1804 and then returned to Richland District for the administration of Daniel Peek's will but it is more likely that the family moved to Edgefield District after the 1810 census and possibly because of the War of 1812. A son, William Henry Culpepper, who was born 17 Oct 1813, gave his place of birth as Edgefield District, SC on a Civil War Muster Roll. This would seem to indicate that the John Culpepper family was in Edgefield District, SC by this date but John does not appear in the land records of Edgefield District, SC until Nov 1814 when he received a state grant of 138 acres on Cuffee Town Creek. The following is a Grant to John Culpepper 138 A. - Edgefield Nov. 7, 1814, from p. 278 of S. C. Archives State Grants: Vol. 59: _____THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: _____Know Ye, That in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature, entitled, "An Act for establishing the mode of granting the lands vacant in this state, and for allowing a commutation to be received for some lands that have been granted," and by these presents do grant unto John Culpepper his heirs and assigns, a plantation or tract of land, containing One Hundred thirty eight Acres Surveyed for William Dickson the 3rd Octr 1813, Situated in Edgefield District on Cuffeetown Creek Waters of Stevens Creek of Savannah River having such shape, form and marks, as are represented by a plat hereunto annexed, together with all woods, trees, waters, water courses, profits, commodities, appurtenances and hereditaments whatsoever thereabouts belonging: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of One Hundred & thirty eight acres of land, and all and singular other the premises hereby granted unto the said John Culpepper his heirs and assigns forever, in free and common soccage. Given under the Great Seal of the State. WITNESS, his Excellency Joseph Alstar [?] Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the said State, at Columbia, this Seventh Day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred fourteen and of the Independence of the United States of America, the thirty ninth _______________ /s/ Jos [SEAL] Alstar[?] And hath thereunto a plat thereof annexed, representing the same, certified by ___________________ /s/ William Clark Surveyor General ___________________________________________Nov. 1 1814 The land was bounded by Frederick Slappey, Matthew Bassett, and others. Cuffey Town Creek parallels the Abbeville District border. John Culpepper and his family were still living in Edgefield District, SC in 1816 when the youngest child, Lewis Peek Culpepper, was born. John does not appear as a head of household in 1820 census, but is presumed to have been living in Edgefield District, SC with his family since in February 1823, John sold 144 acres "where I now live" on Cuffee Town Creek to Josiah Langley for $800. This parcel was one granted to George Shelnut, not his own 138 acre grant, the sale of which was not recorded. It is possible that one of John's married sons or daughters had been left living on the original parcel. The lot John sold in 1823 adjoined Josiah Langley and the heirs of Robert Bell, one of whom was John Culpepper's son, John Jefferson Culpepper, who had married Bell's daughter Catherine. This appears to be the land that William Bell was living on in the 1820 census of Edgefield District, SC. Perhaps John moved his family from his Edgefield District grant land to this lot between 1820 and 1823. John and Nancy moved to Georgia when their son, Lewis, was seven, about 1823 or 1824. This would be in line with John's sale of the 144 acres "where I now live" February 1823 in Edgefield District, SC to Josiah Langley. At least two and possibly three of John and Nancy's children moved out ahead of them. Daniel Culpepper's son, James Marion Culpepper, was born Feb 1823 and based on later census records he was born in Georgia. No records have been found showing where the family was located at the time but James Marion's son, Rev. John Butler stated that his father was born in Baldwin Co., GA. Based on later census records, Sarah (Culpepper) Elliott's daughter Cynthia was also born in Georgia circa 1823. A specific place of birth is not known. Another son, John Jefferson Culpepper, and his family might also have moved on ahead although there are no records that any children were born to them during this time period. Baldwin Co., GA would have been on the route between South Carolina and Monroe Co., GA where the family finally emerges in land records. John William Culpepper, a great-great-great-grandson of John and Nancy Culpepper wrote about the Wadley City Cemetery in an 18 Aug 1994 letter: On one of the full length stone slabs covering one of the graves in the Wadley Cemetery, there is carving indicating the individual was buried in 1856. Many of the graves with such rock slabs have no carving. It is an old cemetery, and originally the Elliot family cemetery [John Culpepper's daughter, Sarah married an Elliott]. The grave with the carving is near the grave of Wm. Henry Culpepper [a son of John and Nancy Culpepper]. . It is also possible that the unmarked graves are those of Sarah O. (Culpepper) Elliott and her daughter, Cynthia, who are supposed to be buried in the cemetery. Hi Scott, Thanks for sharing the details on the ancestry of the Alabama's Governor, Bob Riley (Robert Renfroe Riley). For those of you who are not familiar with his ancestor Lewis Gibson Dean, he was the son of John Wesley Dean and Betsey Culpepper, and she was the daughter of John Culpepper and Nancy Gillespie, of early Randolph County, AL. You can find Betsey (Mary Elizabeth) Culpepper in our file at: http://gen.culpepper.com/ss/p32071.htm Regards, Lew Griffin | Culpepper, John William (I3043)
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| 904 | Charles Alexander (b. between 1730 - 1735? d. circa 1802) Charles Alexander was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence. History has not recorded a well rounded life of Captain Charles Alexander perhaps due to the shadow cast by his more noted brother, Adam, but it is recorded he was just as staunch a citizen of his adopted county as he was a patriot. It is believed he was born between 1730-35 in Somerset County, Maryland. It is not known when Charles migrated to Mecklenburg County, but we do know that his son, Charles, was born in Mecklenburg in 1775. Evidently Charles led an industrious, uneventful life, as no records are found that connect him with church or political activities, and yet he was evidently a man of integrity and substance, for he was frequently appointed by the Court as bondsman and appraiser of land. Captain Charles Alexander was a staunch patriot and fought in several battles in North and South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. Being a Captain of one of the militia companies, Charles Alexander was a delegate to the Mecklenburg Convention on May 19, 1775. Captain Charles Alexander was a son of William and Agnes Alexander, grandson of Elias and Sophia Alexander, and great-grandson of Joseph Alexander, of Cecil County, Maryland. He was a brother of Colonel Adam Alexander and, like him, was probably born in Somerset County, Maryland. It has been said that he removed to Tennessee after the Revolutionary War, but there are many evidences that he continued to reside in Mecklenburg County and died there, though the exact date of his death and place of his burial are unknown. He came to Mecklenburg County at an early date and we find that he obtained a tract of land from George Augustus Selwyn in 1765. This land was on Sugaw Creek, in the Providence section of the county and not far from the Union County line. To his original grant he later added several other tracts of land until he owned an extensive acreage and was a man of affluence. Charles Alexander was a Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and thereafter was active as a soldier throughout the war. He served in the "Snow Campaign" under Colonels Polk and Alexander (Adam), and was a member of Captain Charles Polk's Company of Light Horse in the Cherokee Indian Campaign. As a Captain he was in the "Raft Swamp" expedition with Colonel Charles Polk's Dragoons. He served until 1781 and was a militiaman until 1785. He had a son Charles, who was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War -- father and son at times serving in the same company. To this son Charles, he deeded land on the west side of Sugaw Creek on December 4, 1800. It is this writer's opinion that it was this Charles who removed to Giles County, Tennessee, in 1814, who stated that he was born on the 4th day of January, 1755, and who died in 1834, though of this there seems to be no documentary proof. There has been a difference of opinion as to which of the Wills of Charles Alexander is that of "Charles, the Signer." However, it seems logical to suppose that the Will of Charles Alexander, filed in Mecklenburg County (Book A, page 43), dated January 28, 1801, and witnessed by Augustus and Paris Alexander (sons of Ezra and cousins of Charles) is that of Charles, the Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. In this will he names his wife, Jean, and children: 1. Adam; 2. Charles; 3. George; 4. Abdon; 5. Peggy (Margaret); 6. Cassandra, m. 1/1/1803, James Houston; 7. Jane. Thus we see that the six Alexanders who signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence were probably all descended from the immigrant, Joseph Alexander, of Cecil County, Maryland: Hezekiah and John McKnitt being sons of James (Joseph); Colonel Abraham and Ezra, sons of Sophia (Joseph); and Colonel Adam and Captain Charles, sons of William (Sophia, Joseph). Many descendants of these six patriots are prominent citizens of Mecklenburg County at this time and many others have made their contributions to the religious, political, and economic life of the nation which their forefathers helped to establish. | Alexander, Capt. Charles (I1285)
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| 905 | England & Wales, Free BMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Frederick Cornelius Cadle Year of Registration: 1882 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Swansea County: Glamorgan, West Glamorgan Volume: 11a England & Wales, Free BMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 Name: Frederick Cornelius Cadle Year of Registration: 1909 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Swansea County: Glamorgan, West Glamorgan Volume: 11a England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Frederick C Cadle Name: Frederick C Cadle Death Registration Month/Year: 1934 Age at death (estimated): 51 Registration district: Swansea Inferred County: Glamorganshire Volume: 11a Page: 1235 | Cadle, Frederick Cornelius (I9637)
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| 906 | England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Name: Frederick M J L Cadle Spouse Surname: Davies Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1951 Registration district: Swansea Registration county (inferred): Glamorgan Volume Number: 8b Page Number: 1726 England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Name: Dilys Davies Spouse Surname: Cadle Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1951 Registration district: Swansea Registration county (inferred): Glamorgan Volume Number: 8b Page Number: 1726 | Cadle, Frederick Morgan John Llewellyn (I9638)
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| 907 | England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Name: James Watson Spouse Surname: Cadle Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1944 Registration district: Swansea Registration county (inferred): Glamorgan Volume Number: 11a Page Number: 1867 England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Name: Dorothy S Cadle Spouse Surname: Watson Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1944 Registration district: Swansea Registration county (inferred): Glamorgan Volume Number: 11a Page Number: 1867 | Watson, James (I9644)
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| 908 | Ezekiel Polk was the Grandfather of the United States President, James Knox Polk. Ezekiel was a Tax Assessor in 1778, Justice of the Peace, Tavern Keeper and Sheriff in 1782. Because of the unpopularity of William Tryon, at one time the royal governor of North Carolina, the General Assembly of NC, in 1779 abolished Tryon Co. and out of its territory organized two new counties, Lincoln and Rutherford. On 22 Jun 1812, from Adlici Osburn of Bellmont Co., NC estate, a transfer and land warrant #2003, 2500 acres on Tennessee River, and #1971, 500 acres on Cane Creek, a fork of Buffalo River to Ezekiel and Samuel Polk. On 12 Jan 1813, Harman Miller conveys 50 acres on Rutherford Creek to Ezekiel Polk. | Polk, Ezekiel Franklin (I5037)
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| 909 | Ezra Alexander 26 Feb 1740 - 6 Jul 1800: Ezra Alexander was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence. His parents married in Somerset County, Maryland, then moved to Cecil County, where he was born. He moved with other members of his family to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1754. Ezra settled in the southwestern part of the county in an area now known as Pineville. In addition to being known as one of the Mecklenburg Declaration signers, he also served in the Continental Army, was a member of the Committee of Safety and fought at the battles at Ramsour’s Mill and Hanging Rock, a skirmish in Lincoln County and was promoted to Captain. After the war, he was appointed an overseer of roads in 1778. He married his neighbor’s daughter, Mary Polk, and is buried next to her in the Polk Cemetery in Pineville. Prior to his death, he fathered Eleazer, James, Dorcas, Abdon, Augustus, Paris, Redempta and Polly Ann and mentions them in his will. Ezra owned a large piece of property on the west bank of the Little Sugar Creek and was a slave owner. He also bought land in Tennessee from his father-in-law, Ezekiel Polk. (Source: Lives and Times of the 27 Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775, by Victor C. King, Charlotte, NC, 1956) Ezra Alexander is identified by the will of Arthur Alexander (Mecklenburg County, N. C.) as the brother of Abraham Alexander. He was, therefore, also a son of Elias and Sophia Alexander of Somerset County, Maryland, and a grandson of Joseph Alexander of Cecil County. He was born in Maryland, probably Frederick County, and died in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. His tombstone, uncovered a few years ago in the Polk family grave-yard, near Pineville, North Carolina, gives the date of his death as "July 6, 1800, aged 60 years." On the same stone we read that "Mary Alexander died September 8, 1814." This Mary -- his wife -- was evidently closely related to the Polk family. Ezra Alexander was living in Mecklenburg County in 1763 when his brother Arthur -- in his will -- appointed him guardian of his son, Elias. He was granted several hundred acres of land on McAlpine and Sugaw Creeks and established his home not far from the present town of Pineville -- with the Polks, Barnetts, and Smarts among his neighbors. He was appointed an Overseer of Roads in 1778. During the Revolution he served as a soldier in several campaigns, taking part in the battles of Ramsaur's Mill and Hanging Rock. He was a Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775. The inventory of his estate (dated July 30, 1800), an account of the sales of the estate (August 19, 1800), and a map showing division of his lands (October 1800) are to be found in the Department of Archives and History in Raleigh, North Carolina. His will, dated Feb. 16, 1798, and filed in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Book A Page 14) mentions the following children: 1. Eleazer, b. 11/23/1763. Removed to Maury County, Tenn. 2. James, one of the Executors of his father's will, d. 10/15/1804, aged 39 years. Buried in Polk Graveyard. 3. Dorcas. 4. Abdon. 5. Augustus, b. 8/20/1772; d. 9/25/1849. Buried at Sharon Presbyterian Church; m. (1) Dorcas Culp, b. 2/11/1779; d. 9/20/1836; m. (2) Sarah Glass. 6. Paris, b. 9/17/1775. Removed to Madison Co., Tennessee; m. Dinah Eugenia Neely, b. 8/21/1777. 7. Redempta. 8. Polly Ann. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Ezra Alexander Parents: Elias Elijah Alexander, Sophiah Alexander Birth Place: Co, Frederick, MD Birth Date: 3 Dec 1720 (contradiction in birthdate) Death Place: Mecklenburg, N, CO, C Death Date: 6 Jul 1800 1800 United States Federal Census Name: Ezra Alexander Township: Salisbury County: Mecklenburg State: North Carolina Free White Males Under 10: 3 Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females Under 10 : 1 Free White Females 26 to 44 : 1 Number of Household Members Under 16 : 4 Number of Household Members Over 25 : 2 Number of Household Members: 6 Will Book A, pg 14, Mecklenburg Co., NC Will of Ezra Alexander 16 Feb 1798, prb in Jul Ct. 1800 son, Eleazer Alexander son, James Alexander dau, Dorcas Alexander son, Augustus Alexander son, Paris Alexander dau, Redemption Alexander dau, Polly Ann Alexander Exrs; son James Alexander and friend Ezekiel Polk Wit; Sam and William Polk Burial record for Ezra Alexander: Ezra was a Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence From Tombstone in Polk Family Cemetery: (the stones are now kept at the James Knox Polk Museum in Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC - MCM 2002) Ezra Alexander, 26 Feb 1740 - 6 Jul 1800 Alexander Ezra 2/26/1740 Cecil County, MD (Note: If birthdate is correct, Ezra can not the son of Sophie Alexander, but must be the son of Mary Taylor - MCM 2002) Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Name: Ezra Capt Alexander Cemetery: Sugaw Creek Cem Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co NC 18 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p. Serial: 7601; Volume: 6 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, dated February 16, 1798, Mecklenburg County, Book A, page 14 Be It remembered that I, Ezra Alexander of Mecklenburg County in the State of North Carolina being in my perfect senses do make this my last Will and Testament. Im Primis; I give and bequeath to my beloved wife a bed and furniture, a chest, a spending wheel, a saddle and $24 per annum to be paid in the manner and form as shall be hereafter described, together all my Dresses and kitchen furniture, one cauldron the only exception. Item; I give and bequeath to my son Eleazer Alexander the sum of $60 which sum he shall retain in his hands as a note from him to me due now in my possessions. Item; I give and bequeath to my son James Alexander a parcel of land on the East side of Little Sugaw Creek beginning at the Northwest corner of the old field that lies on the East side of the Creek and running west to the Creek, thence down the Creek and down the skirts of the high land so as to include the bottom as far down as my land extends down the said Creek, thence by the hickory corner which stands in the old field and thence East as far as my land extends and all the land included in my lines South of these boundaries. Item; I give and bequeath to my daughter Dorcas the sum of $5 to be raised and levied out of my estate. Item; I give and bequeath to my son Abdon the sum of $60 to be raised and levied out of my estate. Item; I give and bequeath to my son Augustus all my land lying North and West of the line beginning on the East bank of Little Sugaw Creek at a point East of the Northeast corner of the rye patch fence and running West to the said corner thence along said line. Item; I give and bequeath to my son Paris all the remaining part of the Plantation or tract of land on which I live. Item; it is my Will that if my son Augustus do fail to make and convey to my son Paris all the land held by him within my Inclosure and also all that he holds on the West side of the Branch between my enclosed ground and William Alexander's line, in case of such failure or refusal the said Augustus shall forfeit as much of the land bequeathed to him lying most contiguous to my Improvement as may be contained within the said boundaries which forfeited land shall revert to to my son Paris. Item; I give and bequeath to my daughter Redempta a bed and furniture and $250 to be raised and levied out of my estate together with a spinning wheel and saddle. Item; I give and bequeath to my daughter Polly Ann a bed and furniture, a spinning wheel, a saddle and $250 to be raised and levied out of my estate. Item; Further, is my Will that if any surplus remain after discharging the above legacies the said surplus be divided between my sons of Augustus and Paris. Lastly; it is my Will that my sons James, Augustus and Paris do on my decease pay to my beloved wife the sum of $8 each year as long as she shall live, and that my son James Alexander and my friend Ezekiel Polk be hereby appointed my whole and sole executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby utterly revoking, disallowing and disannulling all other Wills, Legacies and Bequests by me heretofore made, Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 16th day of February, A.D., 1798. Signed, Sealed and Published and pronounced and declared by the said Ezra Alexander to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names. Witness, Sam Polk (father of President James K. Polk) and William Polk, together with the seal of Ezra Alexander.112 Ezra Alexander - a marker for him stands at his son's grave in Sharon Presbyterian Church Cemetery. He is buried in the Alexander - Polk Cemetery, Pineville, NC. | Alexander, Ezra (I1221)
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| 910 | Family Data Collection - Births Name: Arminda Hall Father: Hiram Hall Birth Date: 17 Mar 1823 State: GA Country: USA | Hall, Arminda (I8540)
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| 911 | Family Data Collection - Births Name: Comfort Anderson Father: William Anderson Mother: Mary Wise Birth Date: 1668 City: Matchatark County: Accomack State: VA Country: USA Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Comfort Anderson Spouse: Elias Taylor Parents: William Anderson, Mary Wise Birth Place: Accomack, VA Birth Date: 1662 Marriage Place: VA Marriage Date: 1675 Death Place: Accomack, VA Death Date: 1742 | Anderson, Comfort (I10070)
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| 912 | Family Data Collection - Births Name: James Amzi Alexander Father: Oswald Alexander Mother: Sarah Sample Birth Date: 27 Jul 1800 State: NC Country: USA | Alexander, James Amzi (I10043)
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| 913 | Family Data Collection - Births Name: Mark Alexander (Marcus F.) Father: Oswald Alexander Mother: Hannah Parks Birth Date: 25 Feb 1821 State: NC Country: USA North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: Mary Johnston Spouse: Marcus F. Alexander Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1844 Marriage County: Mecklenburg Marriage State: North Carolina Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0546461-0546466 Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Marcus Alexander (Marc, son of Oswald, son of Hezekiah) Age: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Hopewell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina Family Number: 467 Household Members: Name Age Marcus Alexander 29 Mary Alexander 24 Rachel Alexander 1 1860 United States Federal Census M.F. Alexander (Marcus F.) Age in 1860: 39 Birth Year: abt 1821 Birthplace: Mecklenburg Home in 1860: Gaston, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Kings Mountain Household Members: Name Age M F Alexander 39 Mary Alexander 42 Rachel Alexander 11 Delia Alexander 7 Marcus Alexander 5 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Marcus Alexander Home in 1880: Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina Age: 61 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819 Birthplace: North Carolina Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mary M. Alexander Father's birthplace: North Carolina Mother's birthplace: North Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Carpenter Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Marcus Alexander 61 Mary M. Alexander 65 | Alexander, Marcus F. (I10052)
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| 914 | Family Data Collection - Births Name: Martha Hamner Father: Richardson Hamner Mother: Mary Hudson Wingfield Birth Date: 1790 City: Albemarle State: VA Country: USA | Hamner, Martha (I88)
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| 915 | Family Data Collection - Births Name: Samuel Alexander Father: William Alexander Birth Date: 1657 City: Raphoe County: Donegal Country: Ireland Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Samuell Alexander Year: 1658 Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 6220 Primary Immigrant: Alexander, Samuell Annotation: Record of 20,000 very early immigrants, with much relevant information. Taken from Patent Books 1 through 5. Title page states, "In 5 volumes," but up to 1979 only three had appeared. See nos. 6221 and 6223 for second and third volumes, published in 1977 Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. Page: 388 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Samuel Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: Ul Birth Year: 1657 Spouse Name: Mary Taylor Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1650 Marriage Year: 1674 Marriage State: An Number Pages: 1 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Mary Taylor Spouse: Samuel Alexander Parents: George Taylor, Comfort Anderson Birth Place: Co, Somerset, MD Birth Date: 1650 Marriage Place: Somerset Marriage Date: 1674 Death Place: Cecil, Co, MD Death Date: 1733 Family Data Collection - Deaths Name: Samuel Alexander Death Date: 1733 City: Cecil State: MD Country: USA 14. Samuel ALEXANDER Sr. (Org 7) was born about 1657/58 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. He was buried in 1733 in Bethel (Chesapeake City)cem. He died on 14 Jun 1733 in Cecil Co., Md. He was married to Mary TAYLOR (daughter of George TAYLOR and Comfort ANDERSON) in 1674 in Annamassex, Somerset Co., Md.. Mary TAYLOR was born about 1650 in Somerset Co., Md.. She died in 1733 in Cecil Co., Md. Samuel ALEXANDER Sr. (Org 7) and Mary TAYLOR had the following children: +52i.James ALEXANDER Farmer & Carpenter.. +53ii.Martin ALEXANDER. +54iii.Sarah ALEXANDER. +55iv.Francis ALEXANDER weaver. +56v.Mary (Craig) (Lowry) ALEXANDER. +57vi.Andrew ALEXANDER. +58vii.Samuel jr. ALEXANDER. +59viii.Mark ALEXANDER. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ | Alexander, Samuel (I8321)
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| 916 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Adam C Alexander Parents: Adam C Alexander, Susan Ives Birth Place: London, Chester CO, PA U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Adam C. Alexander Gender: Male Birth Year: 1806 Spouse Name: Susan Ives Number Pages: 1 Birth Date: 1820 (?) | Alexander, A. C. Sr. (I10526)
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| 917 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Agnes Alexander Spouse: William Alexander Parents: William Alexander, Cathrine Wallace Birth Place: Co, Somerset, MD Birth Date: 1705 Death Date: 1732 | Alexander, Agnes (I1210)
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| 918 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Dionysius Alexander Parents: William Sample Alexander, Elizabeth Alexander Birth Place: NC , Mecklenburg Co. Birth Date: 1788 Death Date: 27 Jan 1864 1850 United States Federal Census Name: D Alexander Age: 63 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1787 Birth Place: Cabarrus Co Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Cabarrus, North Carolina Family Number: 1009 Household Members: Name Age D Alexander 63 Harriet C Alexander 48 Terrissa H Alexander 28 Mary A Alexander 28 Hettey G Alexander 21 Harriet C Alexander 16 F M Alexander 13 Daniel L Alexander 10 Nelson Carrigan 6 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Dionecius Alexander Age in 1860: 73 Birth Year: abt 1787 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Mount Pleasant Household Members: Name Age Dionecius Alexander 73 Harriet C Alexander 56 Mary A Alexander 30 Daniel L Alexander 21 Idi B Harry 3 Nelson Carrigan 17 North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: Dyonisius Alexander Spouse: Ann Caruthers Marriage Date: 1 Oct 1825 Marriage County: Cabarrus Marriage State: North Carolina Source Vendor: County Court Records at Concord, NC Source: County Court Records at Concord, NC Children of Mary Alexander and Dionysius Alexander are: 1. Dorcus H. Alexander was born 1788 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died 27 Jan 1864 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 2. Thomas R. Alexander was born Abt 1810 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died Unknown. 3. Elizabeth Alexander was born Abt 1814 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died 1844 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 4. Mary Ann Alexander was born Abt 1815 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died Unknown. 5. Abraham Cicero Alexander was born Abt 1818 in , Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA. He married Mary Cochran 11 Jan 1837 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She was born 1822 in , Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA, and died 1846 in , Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA. He married Mary Ann White 26 Apr 1847 in , Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA. She was born 6 Aug 1819, and died 7 Aug 1906. 6. Alphonso Alexander was born 1820 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died 19 Mar 1848 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 7. William Horace Alexander was born Abt 1822 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died Unknown. He married Margaret White 24 Feb 1842 in Rocky River Church, , Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA. She died Unknown. 8. Terissa Alexander was born Unknown in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and died Unknown. | Alexander, Dionysius (I10276)
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| 919 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Hezekiah Alexander Spouse: Patsey Alexander Wife Parents: Hezekiah South Alexander, Mary Sample Birth Place: MD, Co, OR Birth Date: 13 Jan 1767 Death Place: Mecklenburg, N, CO, Death Date: 1839 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Hezekiah Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1767 Spouse Name: Patsey Number Pages: 1 1800 United States Federal Census Name: Hezikiah Alexander Jr [Hezikiah Alexander Junior] Township: Salisbury County: Mecklenburg State: North Carolina Free White Males Under 10: 2 Free White Males 26 to 44: 2 Free White Females Under 10 : 1 Free White Females 26 to 44 : 1 Number of Slaves: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16 : 3 Number of Household Members Over 25 : 3 Number of Household Members: 7 Marylander's pg 4, "Hezekiah Alexander Jr.: In 1818, there are records that Hezekiah, Jr., and Kezia came to an agreement that he would board her and her son Julius (Hezekiah J.) Alexander for 5 years for $25.00 and there is also a record that in March 1818, Hezekiah Jr. paid Samuel Glen for schooling for Julius. It seems that Hezekiah, Jr. looked after his sister and later in 1826 took Julius as an apprentice to the joiner's and cabinetmaker's trades. Undoubtely to serve under him. (ref Info compiled by Kathryn Jordan of Stewartstown, Penn.) Alexander History: "In 1821, the court ordered Elias Alexander's sons pay to Joel Alexander Executor of Keziah Alexander, deceased, the sum of $120.00 in full of an allowance in a case of bastardy with the said Keziah to be to the use of Hezekiah J., the illegitimate child of said Keziah Alexander and charged by her to be begotten by the said Elias Alexander- Hist Copies issue " (Archives and History, Raleigh, NC., C.R.65.020) | Alexander, Hezekiah Jr - II (I8854)
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| 920 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: James R Alexander Spouse: Dorcas Garrison Parents: Hezekiah Alexander, Mary Sample Birth Place: County, Cecil, MD Birth Date: 23 Nov 1756 Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1789 Death Place: Allen County, KY Death Date: 11 Mar 1836 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Dorcas Garrison Alexander Gender: Female Birth Place: NC Birth Year: 1766 Spouse Name: James R. Alexander Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1756 Marriage Year: 1789 Marriage State: NC Number Pages: 1 Family Data Collection - Marriages Name: James R Alexander Spouse: Dorcas Garrison Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 26 Nov 1789 1790 United States Federal Census Name: James Alexander Township: North Millford County: Cecil State: Maryland Number of Free White Males Under 16: 2 Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 1 Number of Free White Females: 3 Number of Household Members: 6 Maryland Revolutionary War Records Name: James R. Alexander Spouse Name: Dorcas Garrison Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1789 Marriage Place: York Dist., S.C. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Name: James R Alexander Widow's Name: Dorcas Alexander Pension Office State: Kentucky Year Range: 1835-1850 Maryland Revolutionary War Records (The Widow Applied For Pension) Name: James Alexander (The Widow Applied For Pension) Birth Date: 1756 Rank: Surgeon Establishment: Militia Comment: N. C. Service Kentucky Census, 1810-90 Name: Dorcas Alexander State: KY County: Allen County Township: Age 74 No Township Listed Year: 1840 Page: 160 Database: KY 1840 Pensioners List 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Dorcas Alexander Age: 84 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1766 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Allen, Kentucky Family Number: 84 Household Members: Name Age Dorcas Alexander 84 (wife of James Rankin) M J Alexander 54 (Mark) D R Alexander 42 (Dorcus Reese) C L Alexander 14 | Alexander, Dr. James Rankin (I8847)
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| 921 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Joel Alexander Parents: Hezekiah Alexander, Patsey Alexander Wife Birth Place: N, Mecklenburg, CO Birth Date: Jul 1809 Family Data Collection - Marriages Name: Joel Alexander Spouse: Susan 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Joel Alexander Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Sharon, Mecklenburg, North Carolina Family Number: 1179 Household Members: Name Age Joel Alexander 41 Susan Alexander 31 Robert Alexander 13 William Alexander 9 Martha Alexander 5 Sarah Alexander 2 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Joel Alexander Age in 1860: 4 Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Eastern Division, Mecklenburg, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Charlotte Household Members: Name Age Wm Beaver 55 Margaret Beaver 39 W H Beaver 23 J M Beaver 14 Cicero Beaver 12 Leroy Beaver 8 Marshall Beaver 5 Sarah Beaver 15 Jane Beaver 4 Joel Alexander 46 Wm C Alexander 19 Martha Alexander 16 Sarah Ann Alexander 12 | Alexander, Joel (I10146)
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| 922 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Margaret Mcknitt Spouse: James Alaxander Parents: John Mcknitt, Jane Wallis Birth Place: Cecil, MD Birth Date: 26 Dec 1693 Death Place: Somerset, MD Death Date: 1736 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Margaret Mcknitt Spouse: James Alexander Parents: John Mcknitt, Jane Wallis Birth Place: Somerset, Manokin, MD Birth Date: 26 Dec 1693 Marriage Place: Cecil, MD Marriage Date: 1713 Death Place: Cecil, County, MD Death Date: 1736 | McKnitt, Margaret (I5197)
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| 923 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Mary Taylor Spouse: Samuel Alexander Parents: George Taylor, Comfort Anderson Birth Place: Co, Somerset, MD Birth Date: 1650 Marriage Place: Somerset Marriage Date: 1674 Death Place: Cecil, Co, MD Death Date: 1733 Family Data Collection - Deaths Name: Mary Taylor Death Date: 1733 City: Cecil State: MD Country: USA -- MERGED NOTE ------------ | Taylor, Mary (I9348)
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| 924 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Oswald Alexander Spouse: Sarah Sample Parents: Hezekiah Alexander, Mary Sample Birth Place: Mecklenburg County, Rock House, NC Birth Date: 16 Sep 1775 Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1799 Death Date: 11 Dec 1826 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ozwald Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: NC Birth Year: 1775 Spouse Name: Sarah Sample Spouse Birth Year: 1778 Marriage Year: 1799 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ozwald Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: NC Birth Year: 1775 Spouse Name: Hannah Parks Spouse Birth Place: NC Spouse Birth Year: 1789 Marriage Year: 1809 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ozwald Alexander Gender: Male Birth Year: 1775 Spouse Name: Mary Moore Johnston Spouse Birth Year: 1775 Marriage Year: 1826 | Alexander, Oswald (I8853)
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| 925 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Silas Alexander Spouse: Polly Ann Mary Alexander Parents: Hezekiah South Alexander, Mary Sample Birth Place: N, Mecklenburg, CO Birth Date: 1759 Death Place: Mecklenburg, N, CO, C Death Date: 27 Oct 1831 In the cemetery of Sharon Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a worn gravestone darkened by nearly two centuries of weather. The engraving states that the man whose name is on the stone was "the first buried in this yard," and also that he was "a soldier of '76." He was Silas Alexander, the third son of Hezekiah and Mary Sample Alexander. The stone beside his is that of his wife, also named Mary. Silas Alexander was born January 1, 1759. He would have been about eight years old when his parents moved from the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania to North Carolina. They settled in Mecklenburg County, where they built a log house and started a farm, and Silas's father worked as a blacksmith. Hezekiah built a schoolhouse for his children on the property. Presbyterian ministers traditionally provided instruction for the children of their congregations, and it is thought that Reverend Joseph Alexander, Hezekiah's nephew, taught his children. Silas's father and others were also determined to organize a college, which resulted in the charter of Queen's College in 1771. Silas was of the proper age to be a student there. The family prospered, and in 1774, when Silas was about fifteen, they built a stone house. Silas came of age during a frightening time. Hezekiah was elderly but politically active during the American Revolution of 1776, a signer of the daring Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in 1775. Declaring opposition to the English government was an act of treason, a seriously punishable crime. Silas also served in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians, whose territory the white settlers of North Carolina had invaded, and who were being armed by the British. In 'Hezekiah Alexander and the Revolution in the Backcountry', Norris Preyer decribes Silas as "a blond seventeen-year old who was experiencing warfare for the first time." Under the command of General Griffith Rutherford, the soldiers burned Cherokee villages in the mountains to the west, to drive the Indians back and prevent them from trying to reclaim their territory by attacking white homesteaders. A poem published at the time claimed that Silas was so frightened that he climbed a hickory tree during the battle. In 1777, the unfortunate Cherokee people were forced to sign a treaty giving up all their land east of the Blue Ridge. As an adult, Silas made his home on McAlpine Creek, near his brother, Hezekiah Alexander, Jr. His wife's name was Mary, but like many women named Mary, she was nicknamed Polly, and that was how she was named in her mother-in-law's will in 1805. Howard and Ruth White, in 'Mecklenburg: The Life and Times of a Proud People', speculate that she may have been a member of the Steele family. According to her tombstone, she was born about 1764. She bore at least eight children. The life of the family was probably typical of small planters of the early 19th century in North Carolina. Their house was built of logs and may have had a separate building for the kitchen. Most of the family's needs were grown or crafted on the farm, and all members of the family worked in the fields at busy times. A variety of livestock was raised, including cows, hogs, sheep, and poultry. The economy in 1810 favored white men who owned land. Five slaves belonged to the household in 1810, indicating that Silas probably raised cotton or tobacco. Because cloth was a scarce and important commodity of the time, the 1810 census listed looms, of which Silas had none, but stated that 75 yards of cloth were made in the family that year. Into the 1820's, Mecklenburg County Court records list Silas as serving on a regular basis for jury duty and other services expected of men who owned property. The family probably attended Sugaw Creek or Providence Presbyterian Church, until Sharon Church was built nearby in 1831. Church records indicate that slaves were required to attend church with their owners. Silas' & 1st wife, Mary "Polly's", Children: 1. Silas and Mary's first child was named Ulysses, born in October of 1793. 2. Telemacus Alexander was born September 1, 1795. He married Hannah Smith. He owned a farm near Sharon Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder. He died at age 47, in 1842, and Hannah died only four years afterward. Click on Telemacus and Hannah's names to read about them and their children. 3. William S. Alexander, who was born in 1797, was a member of Sharon Presbyterian Church. In his will of October 1858, William named three children: Martha Sample, Mary Harriet, and Telemachus Henry Clay Alexander. 4. Kisiah Harriet Alexander, who was born October 1, 1799, married Robert Kirkpatrick, who was born February 18, 1790. Kisiah died July 29, 1836, and her husband died May 10, 1858. Names of the Kirkpatrick children include Thomas Morgan, Mary S., John C., Martha, Margaret, Samuel, Silas Alexander, James F., Sarah, and Hugh N.. Kisiah, Robert, and several of their children were buried near Silas and Mary at Sharon Presbyterian Church. 5. Olivia Alexander was born in September of 1801. 6. Silas Alexander, Jr. was born in October of 1803. He was a planter and a member of Sharon Presbyterian Church. The church records mention the names of a number of slaves belonging to his household. Those names include Adam, Jane, and Margaret, from a list of communicants circa 1840. Around 1828 Silas married Sarah S., who was born in February of 1810. Their children were named Mary C., Hannah S., Sarah N., Celia Ann, Harriet, Theophilus, and Baxter. Sarah died July 31, 1844, only 34 years old. She was buried near his parents at Sharon Church. Silas then married Nancy Olivia Brown on May 8, 1846. They had children named Elizabeth Ann, John Kirk, Watson Brown, Jasper, Harrison, Monroe B., and Ida Louola. Silas, Jr. died October 22, 1863. 7. James R. Alexander was born in July of 1807. He married Harriet Baker December 18, 1836, and had children named Eliza Frances, John D. D., and Harriet Olivia. He died February 18 of 1847 and was buried at Paw Creek Presbyterian Church. Harriet died October 15, 1889, and also was buried at Paw Creek. 8. Hezekiah Calvin Alexander was born in August of 1809. He was elected deacon of Sharon Church January 16, 1850, but refused ordination. He died in September of 1854 and was buried at Sharon, next to his parents. The administrator of his will was his brother, Silas, Jr. Silas, Sr. died October 27, 1831, at age 72 and was buried in the cemetery of the newly established Sharon Presbyterian Church. Mary died October 12, 1833, aged 69, only two years after her husband. | Alexander, Silas Sr. (I8851)
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| 926 | Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Theophilus Alexander Parents: James R Alexander, Margaret Abigail Mcknitt Birth Place: Cecil Co, MD Birth Date: 13 Mar 1715 Marriage Place: Cecil Co, MD Marriage Date: 1734 Death Place: Cecil Co, MD Death Date: 7 Aug 1768 Theophilus -- b. 3/13/1715 d. 1768, in Cecil County, Md., m. Catherine (Wallis?) d. 1775 in Mecklenburg Co., N. C. 1. Joseph (Rev.), m. Martha Davies. 2. Margaret, m. James Cannon. 3. Sophia, m. John Sharp. 4. Kezia, m. --- --- Young. 5. George, m. --- ---. 6. Catherine, m. Ezekiel Sharp. 7. Ann, m. --- Cannon. Theophilus Alexander Served with Colonial Militia Troops under command of Captain Thomas Jons on in Cecil Co,with his father James. He became a prominent land owner and a ruling elder in Rock Presbyterian church of Lewisville,Penn. According to the Rev John Henry Johns, Theophilus "lived in Cecil Co on the road running from Cowantown to Kimbleville, just north of where it crosses the Telegraph (Old Kings route) road to Newark. This area,long known as 'Appleton Crossroads', but also called 'Dysart's' and 'Fox Chase'. An old stone Tavern, generally known as 'The Seven Stars', still stands on the Northwest corner of the crossroads. This Tavern could have been Theo's home. Was an Elder of Rock Church. Died prior to his wife. Catherine and children removing to Mecklenburg, NC. Left his plantation in Cecil Co. to his son George in 1768. This plantation was the same land willed to him by his Father James Alexander Here are my notes collected from various sources regarding Theophilus Alexander who married Catherine Wallace. My records indicate that he was born between March 12, 1714/15 in Cecil County MD and died August 7, 1768. I have that he is buried at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery, near Newark DE. I show that he and Catherine m. abt. 1734 in MD. My records indicate that he was the son of Capt. James Robert Alexander and Margaret McKnitt. Theophilus Alexander Served with Colonial Militia Troops under command of Captain Thomas Jonson in Cecil Co,with his father James .He became a prominent land owner and a ruling elder in Rock Presbyterian church of Lewisville,Penn. According to the Rev John Henry Johns, Theophilus "lived in Cecil Co on the road running from Cowantown to Kimbleville, just north of where it crosses the Telegraph (Old Kings route)road to Newark.This area,long known as "Appleton Crossroads,"but also called "Dysart's" and "Fox Chase". An old stone Tavern,generally known as "The Seven Stars,"still stands on the Northwest corner of the crossroads.this Tavern could have been Theo's home. Was and Elder of Rock Church Died prior to his wife Catherine and children removing to Mecklenburg NC Left his plantation in Cecil Co. to his son George in 1768 This plantation was the same land willed to him by his Father James Alexander Wells Hist Pg 40: "The children of James Alexander and Margaret McKnitt were: Amos, Theophilus, Jemima, Edith, Kezia, Hezekiah, Ezekiel, John McKnitt and Margaret." James became a prominent land owner and ruling elder in Rock Presbyterian Church. Lived in Cecil Co on the road running from Cowantown to Kimbleville, just north of where it crosses the telegraph road to Newark. This area long known as "Appleton Crossroads" but also called "Dysart's" and "Long Chase". (History of the Immediate Family of Hezekiah who remained in Cecil Co., Md. by Richard W. Iobst, PhD, Dec 1970, Pg 26) Will of Theophilus Alexander, in which he calls himself "Blacksmith" is dated Feb 20, 1768 Pro 19 Aug 1768 names wife Catherine, sons, Joseph & George, daughters, Margret Cannon, Sophia Sharp, Hosia(Kereia), daughter, Catrine, Ann Cannon, Kezia. (Alexander Family by Aaron Boggs Pub in Monroe Enquirer Aug Sep 1960) | Alexander, Theophilus (I5198)
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| 927 | Family Data Collection - Marriages Name: Mary Marshall Spouse: Thomas Camp Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 1715 City: Westmoreland State: VA | Camp, Thomas II (I11692)
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| 928 | Family Stories: William Walter Love, known as Bill, was born in Tennessee in February 1874. He told his children he was raised on a plantation by a "black mammy," that his father married twice and had a total of 16 children, and that he (Bill) was the "black sheep" of his family. (Ebzan and Sarah actually had only 15 children. MCM-2009) In the 1880 census in Knoxville, Tennessee we find the first listing for William W. Love, age 6. His father is listed as Sam Love, age 50, occupation blacksmith. After considerable research and some guessing, Sam Love is believed to be the same person as Ebzan Love--see story for Ebzan (Sam?) Love. Bill's mother is Sarah E. (Darnell) Love, age 33. Also in the 1880 household are Ruth Darnell, age 54, mother-in-law, and six other children, siblings of Bill: Margarett C. Love (age 13, born about 1867), Milton F. Love (age 12, born about 1868), Mary J. Love, (age 9, born about 1871), Correen A. Love (age 7, born about 1873), Musiadora Love (age 2, born about 1878), and Charles D. Love (age 1, born about 1879). Bill probably had two additional siblings, Eugene Love, born about 1885, and Clide Love, born about 1887, after the family moved to Alabama. In the 1900 census, Bill is a single boarder, age 26, living in Missouri. On January 16, 1904 when Bill was 29, he married Myrtle Dot O'Ryan, who was 18. They had met when he was a boarder at Myrtle Dot's mother's (Josephine Ingmire O'Ryan) boarding house. Bill worked as a wildcat oil field laborer and blacksmith, and moved often. Bill and Myrtle Dot lived in several states including Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas, then moved to Southern California about 1926 or 1927. He worked where the oil fields were, often in Texas and Oklahoma, and was away from home a lot. He was considered to be a hard worker, but also a wanderer and a drinker. Bill and Myrtle Dot had seven children, five girls and two boys. Their first-born daughter, Jessie, died of diphtheria when she was 7 years old in 1914. The children were: * Jessie Louise Love, 1907-1914 * Ruth Jeanette Love, 1909-1995 * Doris (Dorie) Love, 1913-1997 * Helen (Helyn) Love, 1916-1996 * Joseph E. Love, 1918- * Paul Clyde Love, 1921-2006 * Betty Rhea Love, 1922- In the 1925 Kansas State Census Collection, Bill is married and his occupation is blacksmith. Also living with the family in 1900 is Josie [Josephine] O'Ryan, his mother-in-law. By 1930, he is living with his family in San Antonio, Los Angeles County, California and his occupation is listed as as "blacksmith in the manuafacturing industry." Bill's daughter Ruth remembered him as a heavy drinker who often became abusive when drunk. Ruth said Bill would sometimes make her stay home from school to do laundry and take care of the younger children. Ruth loved school and felt resentful when her father would not let her attend. Ruth also said she felt very protective of her mother because sometimes Bill treated her badly. Ruth was not fond of her father. On the more positive side, Myrtle Dot's cousin Juanita Wakefield wrote in a letter that she loved to have Bill Love visit because he was a such a good talker and storyteller. Bill's daughter Dorie remembers Bill sending bushels of pecans home from Texas. Dorie said that Bill regularly sent money home to Myrtle Dot, who was good at stretching the money. When Bill was home, he liked to bring friends home with him and talk about the world. The family moved many times. In first grade daughter Ruth went to three different schools because of the frequent moves. Myrtle Dot disliked moving so often. She told her children that she really hoped that when they moved into their last house in Kansas, a nice home with a garden and a piano, that Bill would finally settle down. But soon after they had they moved into that house, Bill decided work opportunites would be better in California and sold everything, including the piano, to finance the move. The family first lived in Maywood, then on Elizabeth Street in Downey, California. In California, the childrens' recollection was that Bill drank even more heavily than before. One time Ruth found his hidden bottle, poured out the whiskey and put vinegar in it. When Bill drank from the bottle, Ruth said he uttered every curse word he could think of. His sons Joe and Paul recalled helping him try to build a fence when he could barely stand or walk straight. Yet, when Bill Love died, Myrtle Dot cried. Her son Joe asked her why she was crying when he had treated her so badly and she told him, “Well, it wasn’t all bad, you know, we once had something.” Family members believe Bill died about 1949 in Colusa, California, while away from his family working on a large ranch. No death or burial records have been found. (Source: Bev Loomis) | Love, William Walter (I9159)
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| 929 | Florida State Census - 1945 Name: John Earl Smith Age: 44 Gender: Male Race: White Birth Place: Tennessee Est. Birth Year: abt 1901 Census Year: 1945 Locality: Precinct 65 County: Dade Page: 44 Line: 18 Archive Series #: S1371, Roll 9 Household Members: Name Age John Earl Smith 44 | Smith, John Earl (I416)
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| 930 | From "A History of Mulberry Baptist Church - 1818 - 1968" by Ulysses H. Abrhams: A few early Mulberry Community marriages ... 1820, October 15 -- Calvin Glasscock - Catherine Campbell. From "Marriages to 1825 Bibb Co., AL": Glascock, Calvin Campbell, Catherine 22 Oct 1821 Bibb Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 Name: Calvin Glascock Spouse: Catherine Campbell Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1821 County: Bibb State: Alabama Source information: Hunting For Bears Aaron Campbell Sr. had 8 children, Mary, Elijah C., John, Aaron Jr., Martha, Catherine, David. and Rebecca. Some think Lydia LNU was Aaron Sr.'s wife (she was listed in his land records). Three of the children married Glascocks (all siblings and children of John Milton Glascock, Sr. and Mary Polly Caddell) ... Aaron m. Patsy, Martha m. James, and Catherine m. Calvin. David died and left three children, named John, Lacy and Acy (Asa). Catherine and Calvin accepted guardianship for David's children. Charity is found in the Census' of Bibb Co., AL, listing the children. 1830 United States Federal Census Name: Calvin Glascock [Catrina Glascock] Home in 1830: , Bibb, Alabama Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (James M. b. 1811 - 1815) Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (Calvin b. 1791 - 1800) Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Cate b. 1791 - 1800) Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total Slaves: 1 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 Name: Calvin Glascock Issue Date: 1 Jun 1831 State of Record: Alabama Acres: 80.38 Accession Number: AL0240__.432 Metes and Bounds: No Land Office: Cahaba Canceled: No US Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 6043 Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties 28 22-N 12-E St Stephens Bibb, Chilto U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 Name: Calvin Glascock Issue Date: 1 Jun 1831 State of Record: Alabama Acres: 80.18 Accession Number: AL0240__.434 Metes and Bounds: No Land Office: Cahaba Canceled: No US Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 6045 Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties 34 22-N 12-E St Stephens Chilton Alabama Land Records Name: Calvin Glascock Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 11077 Total Acres: 80.8 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 16 Sep 1833 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 E½SW ST STEPHENS No 22N 12E 34 | Glascock, Calvin (I187)
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| 931 | From "Marriage to1825 Bibb Co., AL": Glascock, William Martin, Lucinda 20 Feb 1824 Bibb State of Alabama vs William Glascockand William Marten - April Term 1831 (pages 205-206) Grand Jury: Nathan Tabor, Foreman; ElijahCampbell; James McCall; Thomas Avery; Basel Woolley; Spencer Ray; PhilipShuttlesworth; Samuel Carter; John Garner; Ebenezer Leeth; John Henry;Philander Fletcher; Ezekiel Miller; Jess Webb; James Hollingshead. On 25 April 1831 Glascock and Martin "assembledtogether in a warlike manner with force and arms and terrorized the citizens ofBibb County." Eli Terry,Jr., Solicitor Second Circuit Court prosecuting for state. Trial to be inSeptember. Bond presented by William Glascock and David E. Davis as security.Bond presented by William Martin and James Johnson as security. Jury for Glascock: Ransom Davis, Mark W.Doss, William R. McElroy, John Wilson, Jr., Anthony Stoutenborough, DavidKirsh, Joseph Wood, David L. Brown, John Blake, Jr., Jacob Barr, John Lee andJames Lewis. Fine: 1¢ and costs of prosecution. Jury for Martin: Ransom Davis, MarkW. Doss, William R. McElroy, John Wilson, Jr., Anthony Stoutenborough, DavidKirsh, Joseph Wood, David L. Brown, John Blake, Jr., Jacob Barr, John Lee andJames Lewis. Martin acquitted. Notes from 1826-1836Circuit Court Book, (Records Book 1), Bibb County, AL Compiled (February1993) and submitted by Jacquelyn Cox Otts 1850 US Census ShelbyCo., AL enumerated 5 Dec 1850: Glascock, William 53 m. farmer b. NC, Lucinda 46 f. b. SC, William 20 m. laborer b. AL, Benjamin 18 m. laborer b. AL, Jane 12 f. b. AL, Mary 11 f. b. AL, Newton 8 m. b. AL, John 6 m. b. AL, Munroe 4 m. b. AL, Halda 2 f. b. AL. 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Lucinda Glasscock Home in 1880: Montevallo, Shelby, Alabama Age: 70 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to Head ofHousehold: MotherL Father's birthplace: South Carolina Mother's birthplace: South Carolina Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Female Household Members: Name Age John J. Scot 56 Lucy J. Scot 43 (Lucinda Jane Glasscock) William S. Scot 17 Amand P. Scot 15 Henry L. Scot 13 Drucilla Scot 11 Matilda Scot 6 Samuel H. Scot 5 Lella Scot 4 Amos Scot 2 Lucinda Glasscock 70 1870 Census Baker Co., AL Lucinda Glasscock Age in 1870: 60 Birth Year: abt 1810 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: Precinct 2,Baker, Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Chestnut Creek Household Members: Name Age W Millsted24 Martha Millsted20 Jane Millsted5 Lucinda Glasscock60 | Glasscock, William (I189)
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| 932 | From one of James Madison Shelby's grandchildren: Joseph Shelby, younger brother of James Madison Shelby went to Alabama first, managed to accumulate quite a bit of land, but died an untimely death at the age of 30 years, leaving an estate to be divided among his brothers. The family legend says this is why the sons of Moses Shelby moved to AL. Mary Shelby, Moses' widow, joined her sons there. After the end of the Cvil War, James Madison Shelby, with his wife and all his children, with one exception, migrated to Texas traveling in a caravan of five covered wagons three of which belonged to Grandpa Shelby. They left Selma, Alabama in the fall of 1869 and settled near Tyler, in Smith County, Texas. The son that remained behind was married and his wife refused to move to Texas. There is a copy of a diary that was kept for the first two weeks of the journey in the portion of this sketch entitled "Shelby Family Legends and Stories". (Source: Ernest Perry Bell, courtesy of Jean Taylor, 2004) 1850 United States Federal Census Joseph Shelby Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Selma, Dallas, Alabama Other Household Members: Name Age George P Blevins 27 J C Blevins 18 J H Blevins 1 L H Blevins 24 Mary Blevins 23 R E Blevins 21 W A Blevins 24 Blevins Leawel 7 Matilda Leawel 25 Wm Leawel 40 b. NC abt 1810 John Richardson 40 b. NC abt. 1810 Joseph Shelby 22 b. NC abt 1828 (Note: Wm. Leawel, John Richardson and Joseph Shelby were the only ones born in North Carolina. The rest were born in Alabama. Joseph Theodore Shelby was born 10 Nov 1823 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died 04 Jan 1853 in Dallas County, Alabama. Joseph is the brother who first went to Alabama before the rest of the family. When he died at the age of 30, he left his property in Alabama to his brothers. This is why they all eventually migrated from North Carolina. | Shelby, Joseph Theodore (I891)
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| 933 | From the DAR Archives: GLASCOCK, George Birth: VA 20 Dec 1743 Service: NC Rank: Dr PS Death: NC 8- -1787 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Martha Howard Dr. George Glascock was born 12-20-1743 in VA. Source: Records of Farnham Parish, VA. "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", Vol 7, page 55, which contains extracts from Register of Farnham Parish 'Birth of George, son of William and Ester Glascock, 20 Dec 1743 and other data which shows the date of death as 18 Oct 1787. The court minutes of the first session, on the second day show Philip Alston was unanimously elected clerk of the court and he entered into bond with John Robenson and Charles Crafford as security. Alston appointed George Glascock as his deputy, which the court accepted. This was the first record of George Glascock in Moore Co., NC. George Glascock had lived a number of years on Deep River near Ramsey's Mill in Chatham Co. and had served as deputy clerk of court in Chatham Co. Probably because of this previous experience, he was chosen to act in the same capacity in the Moore Co. court. Sometime prior to November 1773, George Glascock moved with his family to Chatham Co., NC from Richmond Co., VA. On 24 Nov 1773, George Glascock's father, William Glascock of Richmond Co., deeded a slave and household furnishings to Milton Glascock. (Source: Marilyn Poe Laird & Vivian Poe Jackson, Chatham County, North Carolina Deeds 1771-1782. [n.1: Poe Publications, n.d.] Vol 1, pg.17) Three months after the above deed, on 1 Mar 1784, George Glascock sold what appears to be the items deeded to his son, along with other items, to Ambrose Ramsey. George Glascock was still living in Chatham Co. on 12 Feb 1784, when the Chatham court records show: "James Howard appointed overseer of the Road from Red Field Ford to the ford on the Road where Geo. Glascock now lives". (Source: Laird, Chatham County Court Minutes, Vol 2, pg. 50) On 18 Feb 1785, the Chatham County Court Minutes show: "William Clark to work road no further than from south bank of the Islalnd foard to the fork of the Road where Mr. Glascock lived". (Source: Laird, Chatham County Court Minutes, Vol 3, pg. 4) On 22 Feb 1785, George Glascock, John Carrell and John Cox were qualified as justices of the peace for the Moore Co. Court. (Source: Moore Co. Court Minutes, Vol 1, pg. 6). The later record establishes George Glascock as a resident of Moore Co., NC. George Glascock later purchased 300 acres of land from James Muse of Killet Creek, as recorded in Moore County Court Minutes Vol 1, pg. 41. George Glascock is buried in the Old Muse Cemetery at Cross Hill in Carthage, NC, next to his wife, Patty, and K. (Katherine), the wife of their son, Julius Glascock . There is a large DAR Memorial for him on his gravesite. He probably lived out his life there at Cross Hill in Carthage as did his widow until her death. There is a record of a claim that he filed with the state for medicine that he had furnished which states: "Comptrollers Office Kinston - The United States of America to the State of North Carolina for sundries allowed by a Committee of Claims in April 1777 as per Record: ... To Doctor George Glascock for medicine ... 1 pound, 1 shilling and 6 pence..." (Source: North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Vol XI, pg. 14, folio 4, S.115.57, NC Archives) A surgeon, on the American Army Medical Staff, at the battle of Guilford Court House in N. C., between The British General Charles Cornwallis and Colonialist General Greene. After the battle Cornwallis, on his way to Wilmington, bivouacked his army in the doctor's "Glasscock's Field". March 15, 1781 (Greensboro Co.?) Page 92. In 1784, Dr. George moved to Cross Hill, near Carthage in Moore Co. where he was deputy to Col. Philip Alston, the wealthy Clerk of the Court. Became JP in 1785 and Clerk Court of Pleas & Quarter Session in 1786 (Alston resigned). The Colonial & State Records of N.C. Vol 28 Index F-L page 109, Glascock, Geo., Vol 18 page 32 Moore Co., gave deposition against Mr. Phillip Alston for murder and not believing in God. On night of 18 Oct, 1787 Dr. George Glasscock, was murdered apparently by Alston's slave, Dave. Alston, then member of the Gen. Assembly, was arrested. charged with being an accessory to the murder and taken to Wilmington jail, from which he escaped. (Apparently differences had arisen between the two men, aggravated by Glascock's evidence against Alston.) Alston lost his seat in the Assembly because of the incident. (Jack Glasscock, March 2004) From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, N.C. by Rassie E. Wicker pgs. 363-364: "For many years a story current in the county, especially around Carthage, told of the presence of Cornwallis in the county, and of his horse having bitten the top out of a mulberry tath stood until recent years at the old so-called 'Cornwallis ' house just west of the Cross Hill (Carthage) Cemetery. It was said also, that after hs departure, someone found his comb which remained for a time in the family of George Glascock and the Muses. Both Lighthorse Harry Lee and Tarleton's account of Cornwallis's passage through this region, from Ramsey's Mill, on Deep River to Cross Creek, agree that his route lay along Shepherd's road, which led from Ramsey's, via Swan's Station to Fayetteville, and that his movement was rapid, in which case he came no nearer Carthage than Swan's station. Some year's ago the writer, quite by accident, found in the Chatham County records, the explanation of this patently mistaken tale. George Glascock, whom the General was supposed to have been visiting at Carthage, was, according to the Carthage records, was living in the forks of Deep and Raw Rivers during the Revolution. He does not appear in the Moore or Cumberland records before the formation of Moore County in 1784. At a celebration of the Centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Pittsborough, on July 4, 1876, the late Henry Armand London, in an address delivered on that occasion, stated that when Cornwallis arrived at Ramsey's Mill following the battle of Guilford Court House, he made his headquarters in 'the Old Hotel', while his troops bivouacked 'in the Glascock old field nearby'. The solution is obvious-granting the story of the mulberry and the comb to be true, it is very evident that the incident took place in the forks of Deep and Haw River, upon the Glascock Plantation, and that the story itself was brought to Moore when Glascock removed to Moore County, and through error, was applied to that region. Incidentally, the land upon which the Cornwallis house (so-called) stood, was granted to the heirs of George Glascock, Sr., in 1794, long after the death of Glascock. His son, George Glascock, Jr., who married Patsy Dickerson, may have lived there, but he states in a certain grant, that his home was on Rocky Branch, a small stream on the west of the old River Road, between that road and McClendon's Creek, which runs into Cox's Mill Creek (now called Mill Swamp). After his death, this land was divided among his heirs. This division is on record at Carthage. The 'old hotel', first mentioned above, stood until comparatively recent years. The late Mr. Reinicke and Mr. A. B. Bailey jointly purchased this old building and removed the fine paneling for use in houses they were constructing in Southern Pines and some of the old plantation houses in coastal South Carolina. The writer has a small table, the leaf of which is made of this material given him by Mr. Reinicke. It is pretty certain that George Glascock, Sr. lived on the west side of Killet's Creek, between Cabo and the Quarry Branch on land he purchased in May, 1786, from James Muse. There is strong tradition that he, his wife and his son Julius are buried on this plantation, though his monument, placed there in recent years, at least suggest that he is buried in the old Muse Cemetery, just west of the Cross Hill Cemetery, and near the so-called Cornwallis house. From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, N.C. by Rassie E. Wicker pg. 451: "Proclamation by Governor Telfair: GEORGIA: By His Excellency Edward Telfair Governor and Commander-in-Chief In and Over the State aforesaid. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas information has been received that early in the morning of the 28th inst., Philip Alston of the county of Washington was, at his place of residence 'killed by a gun that was fired through the house as he lay in bed' by person unknown. I HAVER THEREFORE thought fit to issue this, my proclamation offering a reward of fifty pounds to be provided out of the contingencies of the current year to be paid (on condition) to such person or persons as may apprehend and secure the offender. By His Excellency's Command Given under my hand and the Great Seal at said State House in Augusta this John Miron thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one and in the sixteenth Year of the Independence of the United States of America. Philip Alston led a colorful and controversial life. During the American Revolution, in addition to the skirmish which took place at his home, he was also captured at Briar Creek, Georgia. After being released he kept his militia activities local. Alston was the son of Joseph John Alston and Elizabeth Chancy Alston of Halifax County. His father was an extremely wealthy man who left an estate consisting of more than one hundred and fifty slaves and over one thousand acres of land at his death. From all this Alston was given by his father only those slaves already in his possession. This fact is often described as being "curious" or "significant" by many writers. However, Alston married well. His wife, Temperance Smith also from Halifax, received a large tract of land on the Roanoke River which increased Philip's holdings. By the time he came to the Cumberland-Moore County area Philip Alston was clearly a man of means and influence. In 1772 he purchased four thousand acres north and south of the bend in Deep River. Soon afterward he built the magnificent house which still stands on its original site. Alston's house was one of the finest in this part of the state. It is believed that a Scotsman named McFadden built the house under the employ of Alston. At this time Alston also owned several slaves. By 1777 his land holdings incorporated 6,936 acres. Philip Alston quickly established himself as a political leader for this area. Much has been written to describe Alston's character. These were reckless times in the North Carolina backcountry and Philip Alston certainly handled himself well. Suffice it to say that Alston was a very bold and aggressive man. For example, he got himself promoted from lieutenant colonel in the Cumberland Militia to full colonel by petitioning the General Assembly. After the war, Alston was one of the first justices at the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and also became clerk of court for Moore County. Later he would become a member of the State Senate. Alston's political success is evidence that he had some support from leaders in this area. It was during his tenure in the Senate that Alston's problems began. Evidence was presented that he had murdered Thomas Taylor during the war while commanding a corps of militia to suppress the tories. It was eventually found that Taylor's death was a legitimate act of war and Alston was pardoned by Governor Caswell. However, considerable debate and controversy swirled around this decision. A bitter feud with George Glascock came next. Glascock had replaced Alston as clerk of court when Alston was elected to the Senate. Following his reelection to the General Assembly Alston's seat was contested by George Glascock; Henry Lightfoot, the county solicitor; and John Cox, a member of the House of Commons from Moore County. They reminded the Senate that Alston had been indicted for murder and George Glascock presented a statement that Alston had threatened to raise a riot if Henry Lightfoot got elected instead of him. It was also pointed out that Alston did not believe in God. The plot was successful, Alston was removed from the Senate and Moore County was told to elect a new senator. Philip Alston became a justice of the peace, but in May 1787, Glascock succeeded in getting him removed from this seat as well. George Glascock's personal victories over his rival Philip Alston would cost him his life. He was murdered three months later by "Dave," one of Alston's slaves. It was stated that Alston gave a party at his home the night of the murder and was careful to establish his presence at all times. Dave was bailed from jail by Alston but fled the state before trial costing Alston two hundred and fifty pounds. In May of the next year Alston was fined twenty five pounds for contempt of court in Moore County. He was released on bond from the Wilmington Jail but soon returned. In December 1790 he escaped from the Wilmington Jail and left North Carolina a fugitive from justice. Alston went to Georgia where he was murdered in 1791. Someone shot him through a window as he lay in bed. Legend has it that it was Dave who murdered him. Soon after, the Alston family sold the house and property and left North Carolina. "Dr. George W. Glascock, grew up as one of the eleven children raised at 'Indian Banks' before the Revolution. He was a surgeon during the war and served on the American Army Medical Staff at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in N.C. in 1781, between Generals Cornwallis and Greene. After the battle, on his way to Wilmington Cornwallis bivouaced his army in 'Glascock's Field'. Glascock then moved to Cross Hill, near Carthage in Moore Co., N.C., where he became deputy to Col. Philip Alston, the Clerk of the Court. Alston was very wealthy and from a powerful family in the south. On February 23, 1785, Alston resigned his clerkship and was succeeded by his 16 year old son James. Then on May 17, 1786, young Alston resigned the office and Dr. Glascock was appointed to take his place. On the following day, apparently Glascock's first official action was to 'commit the said Alston to Wilmington jail' and Alston then 'moved the court to know whether George Glascock was a Justice of the Peace' when he did so. (Glascock was Justice of the Peace in 1785 and Clerk of the Court in 1786.) The records do not divulge the nature of the issue between the two men, but on Oct. 18, 1787, Dr. Glascock was murdered in his home by Alston's slave, Dave, who had been promised his freedom for the murder. Alston, then a member of the General Assembly, was arrested and prosecuted for the murder and taken to Wilmington jail, from which he later escaped. Apparently Alston was later killed in Georgia by the fugitive slave. The events surrounding Glascock's death have been clothed in a certain amount of mystery, but the evidence points to the fact that Alston ordered his slave, Dave, to commit the crime. According to Moore Co. tradition, Alston, to establish an alibi, invited the country-side to his 'House in the Horseshoe' for a dance and took care to establish his presence there at all times. It is a matter of record that Dave was seized and imprisoned for the murder, and then let out on bond, which Alston forfeited when Dave did not appear. Alston was later in Wilmington jail for the murder, was released on bond, and later returned to the jail." (Taken from "The Glascocks of England and America" by Lawrence A. Glassco, 1984.) | Glascock, Dr. George (I104)
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| 934 | From the Presbyterian Church Bulletin November 26, 1896 In Memory of Mrs. A.A. Shelby She was born in North Carolina, 3d March, 1816, and passed away at high noon, 12th Nov. 1896, in Henderson Co., Texas. She was the mother of Presbyterianism in Henderson Co. The Shelby Memorial Church was named for her and her husband who preceded her into glory. She was taken sick at the church that was built principally with her money, on the first Sabbath in this month. She was delighted with the thought of going on to her heavenly home if it was her Father's will. The only thing that troubled her was that Christians were not devoted enough and that sinners were not brought into the fold more rapidly. In her humble devotion to her Christian duties she magnified the power and grace of her Redeemer to whom she owed the beauty and strength of her noble Chriatian life. The little church to which she was so much devoted will greatly miss her counsel, prayers and money. May the great covenant-keeping God sustain that little flock in their sorrow, and her children and friends in their bereavement. God has not promised to keep us from troubles, but He has promised to walk with us in them, and to make all things work for our good and finally to deliver us from them all. May the good Lord carry on the good work which she has left. R.N. Smith, Pastor Records in the First Presbyterian Church History in Tyler, Texas, she is shown as "Amanda Ann", but Henry Horn, her grandson in a letter said, "You have it as Amanda Ann; however, I have in my possession a needlework sampler, October 14, 1841, that reads as follows - 'Ann A. Henderson -- her sampler.' I found it among my mother's things many years ago and asked Papa about it and he said it must be Grandma Shelby's work as a girl." Mrs. A. A. Shelby became ill in Shelby Chapel Church. She was sitting on the west side of the church on the front row on the aisle. She slumped over quietly; her son-in-law Jeffie DeCal Horn went to her, took her to the buggy, then home. She died in a short time. | Henderson, Amanda Ann (I5604)
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| 935 | From: Confederate Military History, Published by Confederate Publishing Co., Atlanta, GA, 1899: "John Rufus Shelby and wife, Mollie Deaton, native of NC, migrated to GA and later to AL. Sons, James Thomas and William H. Shelby served in the War Between the States". NC Archives and History, Book 23, pg. 466; Book 19, pg. 37, Confederate Military History Vol IX. (John Rufus Shelby) According to Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama (stated in 1981): He was from the Evan and Catherine Shelby line. He descended through William Houston Shelby, the son of John Rufus Shelby, b. in Selma, Dallas Co., AL in 1837, and d. Birmingham, AL. John Rufus was his 2x great-grandfather. William Houston Shelby was the senator's great-grandfather and William Cobb Shelby (the oldest son of William Houston and Elizabeth Cobb Shelby) was his grandfather. According to the Senator, William Houston Shelby was a Captain of the 31st Regiment of Alabama during the Civil War and fought at Shiloh and the Battle of Vicksburg where he was captured. And, his grandfather, William Cobb Shelby lived until age 96. [my note-J.A.T (Judy Trolinger)---A study of the county boundry lines, show that Selma, Dallas Co, was not a part of Perry Co, except in 1810, when all of Alabama was Indian land. Alabama became a territory in 1817 and a state in 1819 and by the 1820 census Perry and Dallas were two separate counties- their boundries did change a bit over the coming years, but did not include the area that is around Selma.] Census 1840 Mecklenburg Co., NC from the NC Archives and History, pg. 331: Shelby, Rufus 1 m under 5; 1 m. 30/40; 1 F 20/30. (John Rufus, Mary Ann, and William Houston Shelby) John Rufus Shelby moved from North Carolina to Georgia in about 1853. His children were named in the 1860 and the 1870 Dallas County, Alabama Census. 1860 Census for Perry Co., AL, Chestnut Hill P.O, family 274.: Shelby, J.R. age 53, farmer, b. NC; Mary A., wife 44, b. NC; William, 24, laborer, b. NC; Thomas T., 20, laborer, b. NC; Jane E., 18, domestic, b. NC; Lenora L., 15, school, b. NC; Edda, 12, school, b. NC; (died at age 12) Martha A., 9, school, b. NC; Julia A., 7, b. GA; (1852-1853) Frances S., 5, b. GA; (1854-1855) Margaret A., 4, b. GA; (1855-1856) Cornelia M. 3, b. GA; (1856-1857) Sarah, 9/12, b. GA. (1859) (There are only 11 children in this census, Isabella is missing. The Census for 1870 gives Isabel m. Sydney Cordrey, as age 24, which means she was born in 1846 long before Sarah Ella. Also indicates that this family was in GA from abt. 1852 until 1859.) 1870 Census for Perry Co., AL: Shelby, John, age 60, b. NC; Mary age 28, b. NC. must be "Mary" Jane Alice, age 23, b. NC; must be Martha "Alice" Julia, age 19; b. GA Cornelia, age 14 b. GA Ella, age 10. b. GA, (at this time Edda, Frances and their mother, Mary A. Deaton, are deceased.) "John Rufus may have been in the Yankee army during the Civil War. I have seen it in a book from Tennessee. There are a lot of records in the Knox Estate in North Carolina State Archives, and Moses Shelby (m. Mary Ann Knox who died in Selma, AL) was the executor. Moses died in North Carolina; was born and lived about '6 miles north of Charlotte'. He died about the time his father Evan did before pension was asked for by Susannah P. Shelby." (Source: Johnny M. Johnson) From NC State Department of Archives and History: Deed Records of Mecklenberg Co. -- Book 23, page 466, August 28 1835: "John R. Shelby of Mecklenberg County to James Madison Shelby of same county. Consideration 700 hundred dollars. Tract waters of Beaver Dam Creek, joining the land of Thomas McKall and others - said land purchased by Charles Mitchell of John Jetton of the county and State of Tennessee and A. B. Jetton and as lawful attorney for Jacob and Mary Gilham of the County of Murphy and State of Tennessee, beginning at a Hickory sapling -- MCorkles corner Millens line now Potts - 200 acres. " (This figures $3.50 per acre - note the Gilham in the above deal and the same Gilliam in land transactions earlier - EPB) From NC State Department of Archives and History: Book 19, pg. 37 November 15, 1847, John R. Shelby of Mecklenburg County, NC to Levi Rumple of Cabarrus County ---- consideration 500 dollars. Tract of land in the county of Cabarrus adj. the land of John Goodwin, dec. John Rumple, crossing a branch of Mill Creek. Signed: J.R. Shelby Test: P. Rumple M. Rumple Proven: Jan. term by oath of Peter Rumple. It may be that John Rufus suffered from dementia. On 18 December 1876, a petition was filed by William H. Shelby, John Rufus’ eldest son, to have J.R. Shelby declared a Lunatic. The petition was sustained and John Rufus was found incompetent. It is believed he died within the next two years. There was a petition filed by William H. Shelby to have J.R. Shelby declared a Lunatic -- Filed Dec. 18, 1876, Joseph Gothard, Judge. The jury found the petition sustained and J.R. found non com mentis. A.E. Mott, Foreman: State of Alabama, Dallas Co., Probate Court, Inquisition of Lunacy: "In compliance with an order of Honl. Probate Court for said county & state, I have summoned the following named persons to appear before said court on Wednesday the 27th day of December instant to make inquisition whether J. R. Shelby is of unsound mind, &c. 1. E.A. Mott 2. R.J. Vanhook 3. Chas. Rodenburg 4. Jno. D. Green 5. Chas. Mathews 6. Hartnett Holmes 7. Robert. W. Morrison 8. Wm. J. Morrison 9. W.H. Collins 10. J.A. Waugh 11. W.J. Campbell 12. J.H. Friday Selma, Ala. Dec. 25th, 1876 C.M. Shelby, Shff. The State of Alabama, Dallas County, Probate Court, To the Sheriff of Said County "Greeting: You are hereby commanded to summon twelve disinterested persons of the neighborhood of one J.R. Shelby, an alleged lunatic of this county, to be and appear before the Judge of this County, to be and appear before the Judge of this Court, at the Court House in Selma on Wednesday the 27th day of December 1876, then and there to serve as Jurors to make inquisition whether the said J.R. Shelby is of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his affairs as is alleged by W.H. Shelby in his petition filed in this court. And have you then and there this writ with your endorsement thereon how you have executed the same. Witness, Joseph Gothard, Judge of said Probate Court, at Office in Selma the 19th day of December 1876. Joseph Gothard Probate Judge" John Rufus Shelby was born in 1807 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died between 1877 and 1879 in Avondale, Dallas County, Alabama. He married Mary Ann Deaton in Mecklenburg County. She died in Avondale. It is thought that they are both buried at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church North Selma, Alabama. I visited the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Selma in Oct of 2002 and found no tombstone for John Rufus Shelby or his wife, Mary Ann Deaton. (Martha Mordecai - 2003) In 1950's Barbara Rich Kaiser contacted Dr. Spence of the Historical Society of the Presbyterian Church in Dallas Co., AL. Dr. Spence informed her that John Rufus Shelby and family were members of the Philadelphia Presbyterian Church in Mint Hill Station, Mecklenburg Co., NC.This would have been the 2nd Philadelphia Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg Co., NC. The 1st, in Mint Hill Station, burned to the ground in the late 1700's. (MCM - 2004) John Rufus and Mary Ann Deaton had twelve children: William Houston, James Thomas, Jane E., Lenora L., J Edda, Mary A., Martha Alice, Julia A., Frances S., Margaret A., Cornelia M., and Sarah Ella. Richard Shelby, the present day United States Senator from Alabama, descends from John Rufus through his son, William Houston. | Shelby, John Rufus (I2668)
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| 936 | From: History of Sonoma County Generations of the Barlow family had lived useful lives ill their native England before the name was transplanted to the soil of the new world, and the first member of the family of whom we have any record, is Warren Barlow, the grandfather of Solomon Q. Barlow. From Connecticut Warren Barlow went to New York state and settled in Sullivan county, where his three sons and three daughters were born. The fifth child in this family was Thomas Barlow, born June 25, 1809, and who died April 22, 1882, his entire life having been passed in Sullivan county. His companion and helpmate in life, Rachel Quimby was also a native and lifetime resident of Sullivan county, her death occurring there April 16, 1883, almost a year to a day, following the death of her husband. In the family of his worthy couple were four sons and four daughters, one of whom was Solomon Q. Barlow. He was born May 20, 1837, and was given such education as the times and place afforded, finishing his schooling in Ellenville high school, where he was fortunate to have as tutor Prof. S. A. Law, who was then the efficient principal of the school. During his boyhood Mr. Barlow had been a competent assistant to his father in his farming and lumbering interests, and after his graduation from high school he purchased the homestead farm and sawmill, his father thereafter removing to Napanoch, N. J. Solomon Barlow continued the business which he thus assumed until 1862, when he removed to Pompton, N. J., where for two years he was agent for James Horner & Co., during the erection of their steel and file works. It was upon resigning his position with this firm that he came to California by the Isthmus route. Corning direct to Sonoma county, he made settlement in Two Rock valley, and on April 21, 1864, located on the ranch which was the home of the family for the following eight years. It was then, in 1872, that he purchased and located upon the ranch of two hundred and twenty acres in the same valley, six miles west of Petaluma, which was his home until his death. Here he followed dairying, general farming, horticulture and poultry raising, and at his death, August 20, 1895, left a valuable property to his widow and children. The marriage of Solomon Q. Barlow was solemnized February 8, 1860, and united him with Elizabeth J. Denman, who was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., March 14, 1937, the daughter of William Denman, and who died December 3, 1874. Five children were. born of this marriage, as follows: Thomas E., deceased; Anna D., also deceased; Mrs. W. H. Darden, of Corning, Cal.; Mrs. J. W. McNeal, of Honolulu; and Mrs. Eva Mordecai, of Petaluma. The second marriage of Mr. Barlow occurred in Point Arena, Mendocino county, October 9, 1879, uniting him with Louise E. Brandon, who was born in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of John and Sarah (Robbins) Brandon, natives respectively of Carlisle, Pa., and New Carlisle, Clark county, Ohio. Mr. Brandon became a pioneer settler in Iowa City, where he was living at the time of the discovery of gold in California. He crossed the plains with ox-teams and followed mining until 1854, when he returned east, settling in Dayton, Ohio, where he was a merchant until his death. Mrs. Barlow was reared in Dayton, Ohio, and attended the public schools of that city. She came to California in the spring of 1877 and up to the time of her marriage was a resident of Point Arena. After the death of her husband she assumed charge of the ranch and ran it until 190?, since which time she has leased it and made her home in Berkeley. Mrs. Barlow has one daughter. Grace, who is a graduate of the University of California, class of 1905, and now the wife of R. J. Brower, of Belmont. Mrs. Barlow is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley and is an active worker, in its varied charities. 1810 United States Federal Census about Warren Barlow Name: Warren Barlow Township: Neversink County: Sullivan State: New York Free White Males Under 10: 2 Free White Males 10 to 15: 1 Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females Under 10: 2 Free White Females 26 to 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 5 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 7 1820 United States Federal Census about Warren Barlow Junior Name: Warren Barlow Junior Township: Neversink County: Sullivan State: New York Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Males - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Females - Under 10: 2 Free White Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 2 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4 1830 United States Federal Census about Warren Barlow Name: Warren Barlow Home in 1830: Fallsburgh, Sullivan, New York View Map Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 6 Total Free White Persons: 8 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8 1840 United States Federal Census about Warren Barlow Name: Warren Barlow Township: Wawarsing County: Ulster State: New York Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 7 Persons Employed in Navigation of Canals, Lakes, Rivers: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 4 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7 | Barlow, Warren (I9749)
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| 937 | From: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/i/l/Marianne-Dillow/index.html Notes for Henry Thacker, Sr.: Henry Thacker, Sr. was a member of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, VA. Mr. Henry Thacker of of Pyankatanke River was made vestryman of Christ Church, Middlesex. (Vestry Book p. 72). There are three entries for Henry Thacker and one was being transported by Capt. Augustine Warner in 1652 and Payankatanke River was mentioned. It is clear that Henry Thacker, Sr. and his wife Eltonhead Conway were married not later than 1662. In 1672, Henry was made high sherriff of Middlesex County, Va. He did not continue long in this office for the record shows that on 7 Dec 1764 administration was granted Mrs. Eltonhead Thacker "on the estate of her husband. Mr. Henry Thacker, deceased" (Middlesex Co., Va. Orders I-23.) Their children: 1. Henry, Jr. born 19 Aug 1663 married Elizabeth Payne. 2. Edwin born 7 Jan 1665 married Frances Dangerfield. 3. Martha born 5 Dec 1667 married Thomas Hickman. 4. Lettice born 24 Feb 1669. 5. Alice 30 Dec 1671 married William Gough. 6. chickeley Corbin born 4 Jan 1673. There is a will for: PETER THACKER, the younger of the parish of Saint Peter's Mancrofte in Norwich, England. The will was written 12 April 1652 and proven 2 July 1653. It is not known until more research is done in Norwich but Henry Thacker, Sr. was in England in 1656 and he made the statement required by law at that time stating that he "intended to go to Norwich and there remain among friends," while in England. It has been said that Richard Thacker was his father. Henry Thacker, Sr. was a member of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia and was a vestryman of that church. There are three entries for Henry Thacker and one was transported by Capt. Augustine Warner in 1652 and Payankatanke River was mentioned. | Thacker, Henry (I10847)
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| 938 | Garrison Gibson Medlock (Unknown, John1) was born April 19, 1820 in Laurens Co, SC1,2, and died November 13, 1896 in Clayton County, GA. He married Rebecca Evelyn Poole 1840 in Laurens County, SC, daughter of William Poole and Mary Shaw. (Note: Garrison Gibson was most probably an illegitimate child of one of John Reeder Medlock's sisters. John R. and Lucinda took him into their family and raised him. MCM 2002) Notes for Garrison Gibson Medlock: Our Medlock name is believed from family legend to have begun with a family or clan living near the River Medlock, Lancashire, England. Our roots begin with Garrison Gibson Medlock. He told his children before he died that his parents were not married and that he was raised by his grandparents The John Medlocks. Garrison and Rebecca Medlock left their home, with 4 of their 14 children, near Anderson SC about 1848 and settled in Clayton County, GA ( Henry County ?) between Jonesboro and McDonough. He and three sons-in-law served in the Confederate War. His unit followed the Union Army after it had passed through Henry County to the coast. he later served as a guard at the Andersonville Military Prison. He was a deacon in the Baptist church near Lovejoy, Ga and is said to have been very loyal. Garrison is said to have three loves in his life his family, his church, and his farming. Garrison Gibson Medlock purchased land in Albertville, Al after the Civil War but he never lived there. He would travel to Albertville once a year to collect rent. His children Molly and John Reeder also bought land in that area. John R and his brother James Garrison later moved to Albertville. Garrison G. Medlock was a farmer. He planted cotton, corn, peas, wheat, and oats. He planted all of the food for his live stock and all the vegetables for his family. He raised hogs, cows, sheep, etc. He would shear the sheep, and his wife would wash, dye and spin the wool into thread making the family clothes and bed linen. Medlock, Garrison G. - Military Record: G.G. Medlock Civil War Company: I Unit: 2 Georgia Reserves. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate 1850 United States Federal Census Name: G Medlock Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1820 Birth Place: South Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 42, Henry, Georgia Family Number: 1298 Household Members: Name Age G Medlock 30 R Medlock 26 M A Medlock 6 S C Medlock 5 T C Medlock 4 M E Medlock 0 1870 United States Federal Census about Grrison Medlock Name: Grrison Medlock Birth Year: abt 1818 Age in 1870: 52 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1870: Clayton, Georgia Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Jonesboro Household Members: Name Age Grrison Medlock 52 Rebecca Medlock 45 Sarah C. Medlock 24 Martha E. Medlock 19 James G. 18 John 16 Nancy 15 Joseph 11 (Josephine) Emily 9 George 7 Neal 5 Henry Thomas 3 (first three born in SC, last 9 born in GA) 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Garison Medlock Home in 1880: District 538, Clayton, Georgia Age: 61 Estimated birth year: abt 1819 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Becky Medlock Father's birthplace: South Carolina Mother's birthplace: South Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Garison Medlock 61 Becky Medlock 58 Josiphine Medlock 20 Emly F. Medlock 18 George B. Medlock 17 Henry T. Medlock 13 James Brooks 19 Buried in the Babb Family Cemetery Name on headstone G. G. Medlock Birth 1820 - Laurens, South Carolina, USA Death 1896 - Clayton, Georgia, USA | Medlock, Garrison Gibson (I601)
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| 939 | George Glascock's Will was dated 20 Jan 1713-1714, and was probated 7 Apr 1714. Richmond County Deed Book 14, 1772-1779 57 pp. 244 - 246 (On margin: Scurlock to Downman) This Indenture made the 27th day of July in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland, King, Defender of the faith &c., and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three; Between Richard Glascock of the Parish of Northfarnham in the County of Richmond of one part and Rawleigh Downman of the Parish and County aforesd. of other part; Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and ninety eight pounds current money of Virginia to Richard Glascock in hand paid by Rawleigh Downman, the receipt whereof Richard Glascock doth hereby acknowledge, hath and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto Rawleigh Downman his heirs all that Plantation or tract of land containing One hundeed and seventy nine acres more or less lying in the Fork of Moratico Creek in Richmond County and bounded; Begining at a white Oak on the side of a Marsh on a small Creek runing N. 17d. W. 220 poles to a large red Oak Stump on a Hill side, thence S. 70d. W. 38 pole to a Stake, thence S. 1 1/2d. E. 155 pole to a large Chesnut on a hill side, thence S. 85 West 61 pole to a Chesnut Bush on Beaver Dam Branch, thence down the Branch reduced to a straight line is S. 11, E. 196 pole to a dry point on the East Branch of Moratico Creek, thence up the Creek and the meanders of a small Branch to the begining, being the land devised by Wm. SMITH unto Hannah, Daughter of Abram Goad, who by virtue in the nature of an ad quod damnum did dock the entail and convey the same to Richard GLascock, which may more fully appear; together with all houses orchards profits and appurtenances belonging; To have and to hold the plantation or tract of land with appurtenances unto Rawleigh Downman his heirs and Richard Glascock the premises unto Rawleigh Downman his heirs against the lawfill claim and demand of every person shall warrant and forever defend by these presents; In Witness whereof Richard Glascock to the presents hath set his hand and seal the day and year above written Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of Mary Glascock, Richard Glascock, Thomas Glascock, William Smith, Thad. McCarty Received of Rawleigh Downman this 27th day of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy three the sum of Three hundred and ninety eight pounds current money of Virginia, being the consideration money within mentioned, p me , Mary Glascock Thomas Glascock William Smith, Thad. McCarty Richard Glascock At a Court held for Richmond County the 7th day of March 1774 This Deed of Bargain and Sale from Richard Glascock of the one part to Rawleigh Downman of the other part, with the Receipt thereon Indorsed, was acknowledged by the said Glascock and admitted to Record Mary Glascock Thomas Glascock William Smith, Thad. McCarty Richard Glascock Col. George Glascock,, born Abt. 1675 is named in 1677 Will of Geo. Nichols VA; died Abt. 1714 in Will Jan 20, 1713/14 at Indian Banks, Farnham, Richmond Co VA. He was the son of Thomas Glascock and Anne (Nichols) Glascock. He married Millicent "Million" Downman Abt. 1700 in or 1706 Richmond Co, VA. Million (Downman) Glascock was born bet. October 21 - November 21, 1683 in Richmond Co, VA; died October 25, 1750 in Indian Banks, Farnham, Richmond Co, VA, age 67. She was the daughter of William Downman and Million Travers Downman. Notes for Col. George Glascock: - Col. George (Thomas II, Thomas I) & Million Downman... GeorgeGlascock b.1675 VA m.1700 VA d.1714 VA Million Downman b.21 Oct 1683 VA d.25 Oct 1750 VA Resided at Rapahannock River, Va "In 1699 (the year that the capitol was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and also the year that the pirate Captain Kidd, sailed into the Chesapeake) Col. George presumably built 'Indian Banks', which was near the home of Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington. The Glasscock Plantation was named 'Indian Banks' because it was a part of the land where the Moraughtacund Indians lived when white men first settled at Jamestown in 1607. These Indians were one of 30 or more tribes in the Algonquian nation ruled by Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas, who did so much to help the Jamestown settlers in their first years of struggle and who so dramatically saved the life of John Smith. This tribe's principle town was at the site of Glasscock's plantation at 'Indian Banks'. Col. George married Million Downman, the granddaughter of a prominent Virginia planter Col. Raleigh Travers who patented 300 acres in Rapahannock Co. in 1653 and over 3,000 acres in Westmoreland Co. by 1663. Apparently with the inheritance of the bulk of the estate of his grandfather Nichols, land from his father Thomas, and maybe some of his wife's acquisitions, Col. George moved into the society of the Virginia 'Gentry'. He is listed as a 'Merchant living at Rapahannock River, Virginia'. Although the records were destroyed by fire, it appears the Col. George and his family lived at 'Indian Banks' after 1699 and that his family had much to do with the 'aristocracy' of the Old Dominion. Indian Banks "is constructed of remarkable well preserved red brick and is L-shaped wit broad chimneys rising out of either end of a high gabled roof. The lower part of the exterior walls is 26 inches thick, tapering to 18 inches at the top. Over the front porch is a serpentine brick decoration which a member of the national Geodetic survey who studied and photographed the house has said he has seen duplicated only once in the United States - and that in New England. The timber, which is hand hewn white oak, is dovetailed at the joints and held together at other places by blacksmith nails. Clay packed in open spaces in the interior walls gives excellent insulation and air-conditioning. The plank floors are six inches wide. The house contains many-paneled doors, HL hinges (standin for "Holy Lord" to drive ghosts away from the doors), original locks, a curved chimney in the main living room, built-in window seats like those in the nearby famous 'Sabine Hall' of the Carter family, 18-pane windows, a five sided dining room and living room, attractive mantels in every room, and black iron chandeliers. Upstairs are two doors only four feet high, which lead to small rooms for powdering wigs. Outbuildings included slaves' quarters, a barn, a carriage shed and a well house. Foundations of the old kitchen, ice house and well still remain. 'Indian Banks' remained a center of Glascock activity for about a hundred and thirty years until 1822 when it was sold outside the Glascock family. About 4 1/2 miles east of Indian Banks stands 'Epping Forest' where Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington, was born. Mary was called the 'Rose of Epping Forest' and "The Reigning Belle of the Northern Neck". She became orphaned by age 13 and was raised by Capt. George Eskridge, her guardian. Because of her respect for Capt. George, Mary named her son George. Mary Ball's half brother, Joseph Ball, a wealthy London Barrister, was interested in genealogy and wrote 'A History of the Ball family from a Downman MS.' This document indicates that there were many other Ball-Downman marriages in England, prior to the coming of these families to Virginia, where there were a number of subsequent Ball-Downman-Glascock marriages and Million Downman married Col. George Glascock c' 1700." (Source: The Glas(s)cock--Saga, by Lawrence A. Glassco) Indian Banks may be found in Farnham, not far from the Farnham Parish, about 100-200 yards north of Simonson. What is now Lancaster Creek was called Morattico Creek in the late 1600's. There is a book "Place Names of the Northern Neck of VA, from John Smith's Map of 1606 to the Present", ISBN 0-88490-095, by Mary Miller, VA State Library, 1983. Record of Bruton Parish 929.3 G page 165 list George Glasscock d. 1717. Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 by Headley, Genealogy Publishing Co. 1983 Will Bk. 3, p.168: George Glascock, Will; Jan 1713/14, 7 Apr 1714, sons William and George the plant, where I now live and the plant I bought of the Ingo's, to them and their male heirs; if neither has heirs, land to go to two younger sons, Thomas and John; fr. (Mr.) Griffin; fr. Capt. George Eskridge a silver-hilted sword; wife Million; executrix wife; desires Thomas Griffin, Capt. George Eskridge, Mr.Thomas Glascock, and Mr. Robert Downman to assist wife; wits: Robert Downman, John Hipkins, Samuel Baker. VA Wills & Admin 1632-1800 Va Gen 929.3 T page 171 | Glascock, George I (I112)
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| 940 | George was born June 5, 1827 in Coosa Co. Al. Died February 22, 1900, Coosa Co. Married Catherine (Kate) Tankersley b. 1831 d, Sept. 30, 1901, both buried in Smyrna Cemetery in Coosa Co., Ala. Great article about this family in the Coosa Co. Heritage Book. | Campbell, George W. (I6541)
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| 941 | Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 Not sure who this is. Name: Absolom Gray Spouse: Sarah Mathews Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1829 County: Fayette State: Georgia 1850 United States Federal Census Name: A Gray (Absolom) Age: 47 Birth Year: abt 1803 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1850: District 68, Pike, Georgia Gender: Male Family Number: 1246 Household Members: Name Age A Gray 47 w. m. b. NC (Absolom) M F Gray 35 w. f. b. NC (Mary F.) J T Gray 16 w. m. b. GA (James T.) M J E Gray 13 w. f. b. GA (Mary J. E.) F A Gray 11 w. f. (?) b. GA (Francis A.) Sarah Gray 1 w. f. b. GA 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Abraham Gray [Absalom Gray] Age in 1860: 56 Birth Year: abt 1804 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: District 1001, Spalding, Georgia Gender: Male Post Office: Griffin Household Members: Name Age Abraham Gray 56 m. b. NC Merchant Mary F Gray 45 f. b. NC Mary J E Gray 21 f. b. GA Francis A Grayer 18 m. b. GA (James T. living next door with wife, Laura, and daughter, Estelle.) CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH (WILLIAMS) GRAY By Joseph Henry Hightower Moore 1998/2008 ADDENDUM TO GRAY HISTORY BY ALFRED L. HOLMAN (This is an addendum to postings #9067, 9069, and 9070, giving the Gray History by Alfred L. Holman, being an account of the Grays of Augusta/Rockbridge County, VA, Tryon/Rutherford County, NC, and Wilkes and Monroe Counties, GA.) 1. Absalom Gray (1803-ca.1865) married first in Fayette County, Georgia, 23 December 1829, Sarah Matthews (b.1800-1810-d. by 1834); and second, probably in Meriwether County, Georgia, ca.1834, Mary F. (ca.1815-ca.1865). Absalom Gray first settled in Meriwether County, where he appears in the 1830 and 1840 Censuses. Soon after 1840 he moved to the new town of Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, where he was a prosperous merchant and owner of the mercantile firm of A. Gray & Company. He was a strong Methodist and was a founding trustee of the Griffin (Methodist) Female College in 1845, and continued as a trustee until he moved from Griffin late in his life. In 1864, as the Union army began its invasion of Georgia, the Grays were among a group of Griffin families who were refugees to the neighborhood of Troy in Pike County, Alabama. They remained there until Absalom Gray’s death some time near the end of the war. It appears that by 1867, neither Absalom nor his wife Mary, nor any of their children, were still living. Only one granddaughter, Laura Estelle Gray, is known to have survived the family’s war experience (see below). Children of Absalom Gray, all born to his second wife Mary: (1) James Thomas Gray (ca.1835–ca.1862), stated by descendants to have been John Thomas Gray, but his name appears in records consistently as James, evidently died in Confederate service. He married in Spalding County, Georgia, 10 July 1855, Laura Morton Leslie (ca.1836-1867), and had one daughter, Laura Estelle Gray (4 March 1859–1942), who was brought up in the family of her grandaunt and uncle Alston and Annie (Gray) Harris in Henry County, Georgia. EstelleS married in Henry County, 2 October 1884, James Wiley Brannan (1859-1919). (See Patricia Branan Austin, “Branan/Brannan,” and Robert Earl Brannan, Jr., “Brannan,” in Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, ed., First Families of Henry County, Georgia [Alpharetta, Ga.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993], pp.76-82.) (2) Mary Jane E. Gray (ca.1839–post 1860), age 21 in the Spalding County, Georgia, 1860 Census in the Absalom Gray household; no further record, presumed to have died. (3) Francis A. Gray (b. ca.1842), age 18 in the 1860 Spalding County Census; no further record, presumed to have died in the Confederate War. (4) Queen Gray, given in a list of Absalom Gray’s children compiled by descendants of his siblings and attached to Alfred L. Holman’s “Gray History.” This child was apparently not listed in the 1860 Spalding County Census, and is presumed to have died young, although “Queen” may have been a nickname for Mary Jane E. Gray. It is unlikely to have been a formal given name. (See research of Joseph H. H. Moore drawn largely from the records of Griffin and Spalding County, Georgia, and from Quimby Melton, Jr., History of Griffin, 1840-1900 [Griffin: Griffin Daily News, 1959], and History of Griffin, 1840-1940 [Griffin: Hometown Press, 1996].) 2. Ambrose Williams Gray, (5 May 1805-18 September 1867), married 13 December 1832, probably in Meriwether County, Georgia, Sarah Collier Hodnett (11 May 1814-12 February 1907), daughter of John Wyatt and Elizabeth (Tigner) Hodnett of Jasper and Meriwether Counties, and grand-daughter of Benjamin and Betsy (Collier) Hodnett of Virginia and Jasper County, Georgia. (See Mary Glover Thompson, “Benjamin Hodnett,” in Jasper County Historical Foundation, Inc., History of Jasper County, Georgia, 1984, pp. 206-207; and Ruth Hodnett Pendergrast, “Hodnett,” in Alice Copeland Kilgore, Edith Hanes Smith and Frances Partridge Tuck, eds., A History of Clayton County, Georgia, [Roswell, Ga., W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1983], pp. 293-295. See also accounts of the Gray and Burch families in Carolyn C. Cary, ed., History of Fayette County, 1977, and Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, “Ambrose Williams Gray,” in The Fayette County, Georgia, Heritage Book [Waynesville, N.C.: Walsworth Publishing Co., copyright Fayette County Historical Society, Inc., 2003], pp. 80-81.) Ambrose and Sarah (Hodnett) Gray first settled in Meriwether County, Georgia, where they are found in the Census of 1840 and where members of both their families were then living. In 1849 they moved to Henry County, where Ambrose Gray assembled a plantation west of the present town of Hampton, where Tara Field (Clayton County Airport) is now located. They sold this place in 1851 and moved to a plantation in Fayette County, between the communities of Inman and Woolsey. Ambrose Gray was a wealthy planter and a trustee of Liberty Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church at Inman. Children: (1) Son, born dead. (2) Martha Elizabeth Gray (24 November 1834-13 November 1879), married Pleasant Wade Merritt (20 September 1827-8 March 1906), son of Henry Merritt, a wealthy planter of Henry County. (3) Sarah Caroline Gray (9 August 1838–18 May 1879), married 12 October 1858, Col. Quintus Cincinnatus Grice (18 March 1830–23 June 1915), named for his kinsman, the Honorable Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. Colonel Grice was a son of Garry and Nancy Ann (Lamar) Grice of Henry, Spalding, and Fayette Counties. Quintus and Caroline (Gray) Grice lived at Inman, Fayette County, and in Jonesboro and Fairburn, Georgia, where he practiced law. (4) Mary Ellen “Ella” Gray (1850-1934), married 15 December 1868, Col. Charles Wesley Hodnett (24 December 1848–11 August 1898), her first cousin, son of Dr. Wesley Forbush and Caroline (Goodnall) Hodnett. Col. Charles Wesley Hodnett practiced law in Jonesboro, and for a time in Hampton, Henry County, and in Riverdale, Clayton County. (5) Ida Tigner Gray (27 December 1854–8 March 1926), married 22 September 1881, John Thomas Burch (10 July 1854–16 October 1931), son of William Henry and Frances Aurelia (Rowe) Burch of Monroe and Harris Counties, Georgia. The Burches lived in Fayette County (grandsons included Robert J. Burch, 1925-2007, of Fayetteville, popular author of juvenile books, and James G. “Jim” Minter of Inman, Fayette County, former managing editor of the Atlanta Journal/Constitution newspapers). 3. Ann Williams Gray (29 March 1807–5 April. 1888), married in Monroe County, Georgia, 6 December 1827, Alston Green Harris (12 January 1806–17 October 1896), son of Nelson and Nancy (Long) Harris of Greene and Hancock Counties, Georgia, grandson of Matthew and Mary (Morris) Harris, natives of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, who had moved to Granville (now Warren) County, North Carolina, and of Drury and Sarah (Green) Long of Halifax and Warren Counties, North Carolina. The Harrises belonged to the large family connection known as the Granville County Harrises of North Carolina, and previously the Isle of Wight Harrises of Virginia. (See John A. Brayton, The Five Thomas Harrises of Isle of Wight County, Virginia [Winston Salem, N.C.: privately published, 1995]. See also Robert E. Harris, From Essex, England, to the Sunny Southern USA: A Harris Family Journey [Atlanta: Genealogical Press, 1994]. The Longs, Greens, and their close connections (including in this direct line the Tomlin, Turner, Birchet, Lundy and allied families) were early landowners in the James River area of Virginia. Alston and Ann (Gray) Harris first settled near Macon in Bibb County, Georgia. After a few years they moved to northwest Upson County and settled at the place where White Oak Creek enters the Flint River. In 1833 they moved over the Flint River into Meriwether County, and in 1852 they moved to their final home in Henry County, at the plantation called Big Springs northwest of McDonough near the later village of Flippen. The Harrises were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his obituary in 1896 stated that Alston had first joined the Methodist Church under the ministry of the Reverend Jeremiah Norman in Monroe County in the spring of 1827. The family for many years belonged to old Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church in Henry County, and they maintained a tent at Shingleroof Methodist Campground north of McDonough. Alston Harris’s obituary in the Griffin newspapers stated that “His home was always the preacher’s home.” He was a trustee of the Zoar Academy which was established in connection with the church about 1857. (See “Gray” in Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, ed., First Families of Henry County, Georgia, 1993, pp. 287-289, and “Harris of McDonough,” same volume, pp. 315-322.) Children: (1) Joseph Nelson Harris (5 September 1828–28 Mar. 1900) Griffin pharmacist and merchant, locally known as Dr. J. N. Harris, married in Spalding County, 2 September 1856, Mary Adaline Andrews (10 October 1838–26 March 1921), daughter of Jacob Woodson and Mary (Thompson) Andrews of Orchard Hill plantation southeast of Griffin in the community that now bears that name. (2) James Alston Harris (22 March 1830–6 March 1836). (3) Seaborn Drury Harris (25 April 1838–2 January 1863), moved to Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, where his aunt and uncle, Charles N. and Eva (Gray) Hartsfield, were living. He died in Confederate service, unmarried. (4) Matilda Ann Harris (4 November 1843–2 June 1931) married 2 November 1865, James Osgood Andrew Hightower (5 May 1845–7 July 1922), son of James Calhoun and Manervia Ann (Armstrong) Hightower, faithful members of Liberty Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church in Fayette County. James and Matilda (Harris) Hightower settled in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia. (See Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, “Hightower,” in The History of Clayton County, Georgia [Roswell, Ga.: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1983], pp. 285-291. The present writer is a great-grandson of James and Matilda [Harris] Hightower.) (5) Elizabeth Williams Harris (8 February1845–25 February 1920) married in Henry County, 11 October1866, John W. Rountree (8 April 1846–14 December 1916), son of James and Martha (Long) Rountree of Henry County, and lived near Flippen in Henry County. (6) Judge Absalom Guilford Harris (15 March 1847– 1 March 1943) married in Monroe County, Georgia, 22 September 1870, Helen Ophelia Burch (1 August 1852–22 August 1928), daughter of William Henry and Frances Aurelia (Rowe) Burch of Troup and Harris Counties, Georgia. Judge Harris was many years Ordinary of Henry County and was the county’s last living Confederate veteran, having risen late in his life to the office of Commander of the Georgia Division, United Confederate Veterans, whereby he was known as General Harris. He represented the United Confederate Veterans at the lighting of the Eternal Flame at the Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania, in 1938, and at the world premier of the film Gone With the Wind in Atlanta in 1939. (7) Sarah Frances Harris (28 October 1849–1 June 1918), married in Henry County, 9 November 1871, Manson D. Rountree (25 August 1848–4 October 1908), brother of John W. Rountree, and lived near Flippen, Henry County. 4. Martha Gray (22 August 1809-6 November 1892) married in Monroe County, Georgia, 6 December 1827, Simeon Clower (5 March 1805-1835), son of Thomas Clower (1780-1855) of Monroe County and later of Alabama. Simeon and Martha (Gray) Clower lived near present Hampton in Henry County. After his death Martha Clower lived with her children in Coweta County, Georgia. (See James Otis Rogers, Jr., and Martha Virginia Rogers Fall, “Simeon Clower and Martha Gray,” “John Selfridge and Millie Terrell Daily,” and “Simeon Clower Selfridge and Frances Ellen Elizabeth Everett,” in Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, ed., First Families of Henry County, Georgia, 1993, pp. 230-132 [Clower], and 602-606 [Selfridge].) Children: (1) Samuel T. Clower (1828-11 November 1857) married in Coweta County, 21 July 1851, Drusilla Catherine Addy (24 March 1834-5 October 1861), daughter of Jacob and Mary (Rall) Addy of Haralson, Coweta County, where they were early members of Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church. Samuel T. Clower was a school teacher. His widow married second, Jonathan P. Milner of Griffin, and was one of his five wives who died in or soon after childbirth, all buried in a row in the J. P. Milner lot in Oak Hill Cemetery (Griffin City Cemetery). (2) Joseph Gray Clower (1830-17 September 1869) married in Spalding County, 23 March 1853, Ellen P. Turnipseed (5 September 1832-13 September 1908), daughter of David and Frances (Dubard) Turnipseed of Spalding County. Joseph and Ellen (Turnipseed) Clower lived west of Hampton, Henry County, near Mt. Pleasant M.E. Church, and left local descendants. (3) Mary Ann Bryant Clower (15 December 1831-23 March 1832). (4) Elizabeth Williams Clower (29 January 1833-28 April 1904) married 16 November 1854, David Selfridge (31 March 1829-16 March 1885) and lived in northern Henry County, where they left many descendants. (5) Sarah Jane Clower (14 January 1835-5 January 1903) married first, 22 December 1859, Simeon J. Bernhard (b.ca.1830-d. CSA), son of Jacob and Esther (Lites) Bernhard, who were wealthy planters of Henry County, and members of Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church at Haralson, Coweta, County. Sarah Jane (Clower) Bernhard married second, 8 August 1872, Dr. Benjamin F. Hodnett (11 February 1830-28 November 1912), son of William Collier and Caroline (Finley) Hodnett of Troup County, Georgia, and lived in Senoia, Coweta County. Sarah’s mother Martha (Gray) Clower lived her last years in the Hodnett household. 5. Davis Gray (17 January 1812-21 April 1878) married in 1839, Media (Leslie) Jones (4 October 1815-21 April 1874), daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Thornton) Leslie of Wilkes County, Georgia. (The writer assumes that Media [Leslie] Jones was a relative of Laura Morton Leslie of Pike County, Georgia, who married Davis Gray’s nephew James T. Gray, given above under #1 Absalom Gray.) Davis Gray lived in Monroe and Harris Counties, Georgia, and in 1856 moved to Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, where his sister and brother-in-law, Charles N. and Frances Eva (Gray) Hartsfield, were living. He served in the Confederate War in the Greenwood Home Guard of the Jackson County Militia and fought in the Battle of Marianna, Florida, 2 October 1864. (For the Davis Gray family, see Eleanor Blake Dunson, The Dunson Family in the South (Also Rogers, Adams, & Gray) [Atlanta: privately published, 1960], pp. 108-112. This work gives the wrong lineage for the ancestry of Joseph Gray of Monroe County, Georgia, but is reliable in its data on Joseph Gray’s descendants.) Children of Davis and Media [Leslie] Jones Gray: (1) Mary Ann Gray (b.1840). (2) Sara Catherine Gray (b.1842), died in Tennessee. (3) Elizabeth Williams Gray (b.1844). (4) William Varnum Gray (7 January 1847-14 August 1921) married 20 December 1876, Ella Willis Render (3 February 1851-16 June 1923), daughter of Robert Leback to Georgia from Florida and settled in LaGrange, Troup County, where he was a merchant and became one of the founders of the LaGrange Cotton Oil and Manufacturing Company, which in 1888 became the LaGrange Textile Mills. His home in LaGrange was the historic antebellum Frost-Gray house, one of the city’s fine Greek revival structures. (See William H. Davidson, Pine Log and Greek Revival [Alexander City, Ala.: Outlook Publishing Company, 1964], p. 101; and D. Gregory Jeane and Douglas Clare Purcell, eds., The Architectural Legacy of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley in Alabama and Georgia [University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978], pp. 78-81.) (5) Frances Leslie Gray (b.1849) married Mr. Barclay and moved to Colorado. (6) Laura Gray (b.1851). (7) Alice Florence Gray (b. 1853) married Mr. Turner and moved to Tennessee. (8) Joseph Absolom Gray (b.1856) moved to Tennessee. (9) Felix Davis Gray (b.1859). (10) Lula Jackson Gray (b.1862).wis and Elizabeth Harris (Anderson) Render of Wilkes and Meriwether Counties, Georgia. In 1866, W. V. Gray, after service in the Confederate War, moved 6. Sarah Elizabeth Gray (b.1816) married 1 February 1838, Joseph George Washington Howard (d. 26 September 1878), son of Joseph and Amelia (Howard) Howard of Monroe County, Georgia, and first cousin of Eliza Howard who married Elizabeth’s brother Joseph Gray, Jr. Joseph and Elizabeth (Gray) Howard moved to near Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, and later to Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. (See records of Mary Scott and postings on Howard Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com.) Children: (1) Joseph Howard, evidently died young, possibly in CSA. (2) Edmond Davis “Bud” Howard (11 March 1848-5 December 1919), married Julia Idella Dysart (8 July 1851-8 June 1921), daughter of Joseph Lowery and Sarah Elizabeth (Upshaw) Dysart. They moved to Hubbard (now extinct), near Safford, Graham County, Arizona, north of the Gila River, being early residents there, and left descendants in that area. This family is buried in the Hubbard Cemetery, Graham County, Arizona. 7. Matilda Gray (1820-1900) married in Monroe County, 6 December 1838, Matthew P. Harris (1810-1903), brother of Alston Green Harris (see #3 above). They lived in Meriwether County, Georgia, in 1850, and in Upson County, Georgia, by 1860, and until shortly after 1880, when they moved to Caddo, Stephens County, Texas, where their son Joseph L. Harris had settled. Matilda and Matthew Harris both died in Stephens County, Texas. (See Harris sources as referenced in #3 above, Ann Williams [Gray] Harris, especially as referenced to Robert E. Harris, A Harris Family Journey, 1994, pp. 838-848.) The children of Matthew and Matilda (Gray) Harris were: (1) Ann Elizabeth Harris (b.1840) married in Upson County, Georgia, 26 December 1860, Robert Colquitt. (2) Davis W. Harris (b.1841). (3) James H. Harris (20 January 1844-26 April 1902) married in Upson County, 23 November 1879, Georgia Ann Burgess (b.1859). They made their home in Upson County. (4) Joseph L. Harris (30 December 1845-24 June 1943) married in Upson County, 22 December1872, Caroline M. Pierce (1851-ca.1890). Sometime between 1878 and 1880 Joseph and Caroline Harris left Upson County and moved to Caddo, Stephens County, Texas. Other Harrises, including his parents, later joined them in this move. In old age Joseph L. Harris moved to Weatherford, Tex. to live with his daughter there. (5) Martha F. Harris (b.1848). (6) Mary J. Harris (b.1850). (7) Richard P. Harris (b. November 1852) moved to Stephens County, Texas, by 1880, and married there, 26 September 1906, Annie E. Thomas (b. ca.1877). (8) P. K. Harris (b. 1854), a daughter. (9) Cordelia P. Harris (b. 1856) married in Stephens County, Texas, 5 July 1885, J. D. Childs. (10) Clara Harris (b. 1860) married in Upson County, Georgia, 7 October 1874, Josiah S. Freeman. 8. Joseph Gray, Jr., (10 December 1821-7 December 1899) married in Monroe County, Georgia, 12 December 1844, Elizabeth Amelia “Eliza” Howard (12 August 1831-18 March 1889), daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Shi) Howard and first cousin of Joseph G. W. Howard, who married Joseph Gray’s sister Elizabeth (see #7 above). Joseph and Eliza (Howard) Gray made their home at the old Joseph Gray, Sr., plantation near Bolingbroke, Monroe County. (See Alfred L. Holman, “Gray History,” and records of the late Shi Gray Holmes, Zebulon, Georgia. Mr. Holmes, who was for some years Clerk of the Pike County Superior Court, had accounts pertaining to the Holmes, Mitchell, Harris, Williams, Gray, Hollis, Howard, Shi, Pennington, Harwell, Tyler, Ashburn, Denson, Milner, Jordan, Singleton, Gwyn, Davis, Aiken, Chapman, Beckham, Carriker, Pilkenton, and Lee families all recorded in Deed Book 58, Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, Pike County Court House, Zebulon, Georgia, under date of 29 March 1975.) Children: (1) Dr. Samuel Shi Howard Gray (10 January 1846-31 August 1885), served in the Confederate Army in Virginia at age 16, and an 1868 graduate of the Georgia Medical College in Augusta, married in 1872, Lula Hollis (30 October 1857-4 May 1942). He died in Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia. A grandson was the late family historian Shi Gray Holmes of Zebulon, Georgia. (2) The Reverend John Davis Gray (11 May 1852-21 February 1887), known as Davis Gray, married in Newton County, Georgia, 16 December 1875, Sarah Cornelia Burge (11 December 1855-8 June 1892), daughter of Thomas Burge of Burge Plantation near Mansfield, Newton County, and his second wife, Dorothy “Dolly” Sumner (Lunt) Lewis. (See James I. Robertson, ed., The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge [Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1962]. See also Medora Field Perkerson, White Columns in Georgia, New York, Rinehart & Co., Incorporated, 1952, chapters 3 and 4.) The Reverend Davis Gray was a Methodist minister in the South Georgia and Florida Conferences and was the youngest Presiding Elder in the conference. Both he and Sarah (Burge) Gray died in Hawthorne, Florida, but are buried in Oxford, Newton County, Georgia. Descendants (members of the Usher, Bolton, and Morehouse families) now live in Covington, Georgia, and at Burge Plantation. (3) Dr. James Gray. (4) Florence Emma Gray, married ca.1888, Joseph James Singleton III (1 December 1857-10 October 1927), a native of Dahlonega, Georgia, who graduated in 1878 from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, and lived in Arcadia and Fort Mead, Florida. (5) Sarah Frances Gray (24 July 1859-20 February 1918) married in Monroe County, 15 December 1880, Dr. Thomas Baldwin Hollis (15 December 1855-11 March 1901). They were married at the Gray plantation near Bolingbroke, the ceremony performed by her brother, the Reverend Davis Gray, and made their home in Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia. Present descendants include the Hollises of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. (Mention of the historic Newnan house owned by the Edgar Baldwin Hollises is found in Perkerson, White Columns in Georgia, cited above, p. 314.) 9. Frances Eva Gray (1828-post 1870) married 10 October, 1844, Monroe County, Charles N. Hartsfield (ca.1825-ante 1870), son of William S. and Pelletiah (McLeroy) Hartsfield of Oglethorpe and Harris Counties, Georgia, and Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, where they moved late in life. (For early Hartsfield ancestry, see Nell Hartsfield Clover, The Hartsfields of America [Tyler, Tex.: privately published]. See also Hartsfield Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com, and records and postings of Eric Hartsfield and Lee Carlson.) Charles and Eva (Gray) Hartsfield lived in Harris and Muscogee Counties, Georgia, and moved by 1854 to Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida. A letter written by their nephew Seaborn D. Harris (see under #3, Ann [Williams] Gray Harris), dated at Camp Hunt near Jacksonville, Florida, 3 May 1862, to his brother Joseph N. Harris, Griffin, Georgia, states: “I got letters from home [Jackson County, Fla.] yesterday. Uncle C. [Charles Hartsfield] had to trot from St. Andrews – the Yankees got too close after him. He is almost pegged out. I would like to see him again before he dies.” The reference to St. Andrews is no doubt to St. Andrews Bay at Panama City, Florida. (Ironically, it was Seaborn Harris who died first, on 2 January 1863, when he was killed in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) A later mention in the same letter of “Coz. Francina” and her unnamed baby was no doubt a reference to Frances Eva (Gray) Hartsfield, whom Seaborn Harris called “Coz. Francina” rather than “Aunt,” probably due to her being younger than her siblings and only ten years older than Seaborn. The unnamed baby in May, 1862, was the child later called Robert, born ca. 1861. (Although Seaborn Harris’s uncle Davis Gray, #5 above, of Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, had a daughter named Frances, who was thirteen in 1862, her age makes it clear that she was not the “Coz. Francina” of this letter.) Children: (1) Pelletiah “Polly” Hartsfield (b.ca.1847); (2) Henry M. (McLeroy?) Hartsfield (b.ca. 1848); (3) William Richardson Hartsfield (ca.1850-13 November 1898), married 23 February 1887, Marianna, Florida, Charlotte Marie (Daffin) Pittman; (4) Joseph D. (Davis?) Hartsfield (b. September 1852), married first, 2 May 1876, Jackson County, Florida, Josephine E. Pooser, second, 28 February 1888, same place, Hettie Pooser; (5) Charles G. (Gray?) Hartsfield (b.ca.1854); (6) Frances Hartsfield (b.ca.1857); and (7) Robert Hartsfield (b.ca.1861). | Gray, Absolom (I12148)
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| 942 | Gerald W. Crenshaw and William F. Crenshaw , of Jasper Co. Georgia , deed to Henry Fowlkes , of Lunenburg Co., Va. œ285. 95 acres in Lunenburg Co. , being the residue of the land that descended to us from our father Mathew Crenshaw , adj. John Wood , the north fork of Juniper Creek , John Fowlkes , Daniel W. Baynes &c. Nov. 4, 1817 . D. B. 24, p. 334. Nathaniel Crenshaw , of Jasper Co., Georgia , deed to William F. Crenshaw , of same Co. & State, $600; sd. Nathaniel Crenshaw 's interest in the estate bequeathed him by his father Mathew Crenshaw , which real estate lies in Lunenburg Co. Va. , and upon which the mother of said Nathaniel Crenshaw has a life estate. Sept. 19, 1821 . D. B. 25, p. 353. Wm. F. Crenshaw , and Jane , his wife, of Lunenburg Co. , deed to Henry Fowlkes of the same Co., $500; sd. Wm. F. Crenshaw 's right in a tract of land on the north side of Juniper Creek in Lunenburg Co. , the only land his father owned or claimed on the north side of said Creek, and whereon his said father lived, being now in possession of Henry Fowlkes ; sd. land was bequeathed to sd. Wm. Crenshaw by the will of his father and is subpect to his mother's life interest. Dec. 24, 1824 . D. B. 26, p. 381. Wm. F. Crenshaw , deed of trust of Munfort S. Hurt , James Shelton and Miles Jordan Sr. , to secure a bond given to the executors of Bellington Dunn &c. certain horse, cattle &c. together with the following books, viz; Chapman 's Therapeutics, 2 vol. Gibon 's Surgery 2 vols. Caldwell 's Cullen, 2 vols. Horners Special Anatomy 2 vols., Haies Chemistry complement &c., Chayces Chemistry, 2, vols. Davies System of Midwifery, Thomas Practice, American Dispensetory by T. R. Coxe , Richard Physeology, Hoopers Medical Dictionary, Clarke 's practice, Johnson on the Liver, Stephenson on Deseases of the eye, Tookes Pantheon , Locks Essay on the Human understanding, Reed on the Mind, Thompsons Seasons, Hudebras, Homers Iliad, 2 vols. Pleasures of Frindship, Harveys Meditations, Lawnns Sermons, Culpepers Family Physician, Walker's Large Dictionary, Goldsmith, Oliver Branch, Hennings Justice, Boston on the Covenants, Paulus Sermons, Watt Hymns and songs, The Rise and Progress of Religion, Masonic Chart and Family Bible. Recd. Mch. 31, 1827 . D. B. 27, p. 286. Emeline Amanda Crenshaw , and Martha Gerald Crenshaw , children of William F. Crenshaw and grandchildren of Absolem Hunt (Hurt?) decd of Lunenburg Co. , have two negro slaves purchased for their benefit by Patrick H. Hunt , executor of the sd. Absolem Hunt . May 28, 1828 . D. B. 28, p. 113. | Crenshaw, William F. (I12242)
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| 943 | Hezekiah Alexander 1728-1801: Hezekiah Alexander was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence. In 1774, Maryland native Hezekiah Alexander built a two-story stone house that remains the oldest dwelling in Mecklenburg County. The 600-acre plantation was home to Alexander, his wife Mary Sample, and their 10 children. Alexander, like many of the other wealthy Mecklenburg leaders, owned slaves. He was one of five men — John McKnitt Alexander, Ephraim Brevard, Abraham Alexander and Thomas Polk — who were at the center of Mecklenburg's political and economic struggles during the Revolutionary War years. These men, the "Committee of Safety," maintained order and kept citizens informed of the turbulent events taking place. In 1775, news of a British attack on Massachusetts colonists reached the Carolinas. Mecklenburgers angrily announced their freedom in documents called the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the Mecklenburg Resolves. Alexander was one of the 27 signers of the proclamation. The existence of the actual "Meck Dec" would be a source of controversy for generations to come. Today, the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite, part of the Charlotte Museum of History, has been designated an historic site and can be visited by the public. (Source: Lives and Times of the 27 Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775, by Victor C. King, Charlotte, NC, 1956) Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Hezekiah Alexander Spouse: Mary Sample Parents: James Alexander, Margaret Mcknight Birth Place: Cecil, MD Birth Date: 13 Jan 1722 Marriage Place: PA Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1752 Death Place: Mecklenburg, NC Death Date: 17 Jul 1801 1790 United States Federal Census Name: Hezekiah Alexander [Hezikiah Alexander] County: Mecklenburg State: North Carolina Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 1 Number of Free White Females: 2 Number of Slaves : 1 Number of Household Members: 4 Hezekiah Alexander and his wife, Mary Sample Alexander, both lie buried in the graveyard at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, where he was a ruling elder. They had eight sons and three daughters: 1. William Sample, d. 10/20/1826, aged 70 years; m. (1) Elizabeth Alexander; m. (2) Sarah Rodgers; m. (3) Martha Nichols. 2. Silas, b. 1759, d. 10/27/1831. 3. James R., ---. 4. Hezekiah, ---. 5. Esther, m. --- Garrison. 6. Mary, m. Charles Polk. 7. Amos, b. 1769; d. 1/25/1847; m. Mildred Orr, b. 1772, d. 1828. 8. Joel, b. 1773; d. 5/17/1825. 9. Kezia, d. 1819. 10. Oswald. 11. Joseph, b. 1776; d. 1851; m. Elizabeth McReynolds. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Name: Hezekiah Alexander Cemetery: Second Sugaw Creek Cem Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co NC 18 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p. Serial: 7601; Volume: 6 Will of Hezekiah Alexander Will of Hezkekiah Alexander dated Aug 8 1796, proven Jan 28 1797: names these heirs "wife Mary, son William, son Amos, son Joel, son Oswald. dau Esther Garrison, and granddaughter Caroline Garrison and dau Kezia." Will NC A:20 Mary wife of Hezekiah Alexander: Will names her sons Silas, Hezekiah, Joel, and Oswald and dau. Kesia and Esther, Polly (Mary) wife of Silas and Patsey, wife of Hezekiah. Her executors were Joab Alexanddr and James Wilson. Simpson pg 182: Family Tree " Hezikiah Alexander's children, William, Margaret, Joseph, James, Silas, Esther m Garrison, Mary m Polk, Hezekiah b Apr 1767, Amos b Apr 1769 d 1847, Kisiah, Joel b Apr 1776, & Ozwald". Merton Alexander " Esther Alexander b. 28 Sep 1762 m. Samuel Garrison d. 27 Mar 1833" Olive: "Hezekiah Alexander (father James Alexander, mother Margaret McKnitt) b. Jan. 13, 1722 in Penn, Md. d. July 16, 1801, Mecklenburg Co, buried Charlotte, Sugaw Cr. Presby. Cem. NC. m. Jan. 13, 1760, Mary Sample b. 1734 d. May 17, 1806 (father William Sample and Esther). Children: Esther b. Sept. 23, 1762, d. Sept. 12, 1829, m. Samuel Garrison b. Aug. 24, 1762, d. Mar. 27, 1833. Children: Caroline Alexander Garrison b. Jan. 9, 1789, m. William Ray; John Milton Garrison b. Oct. 4, 1788; Hezekiah Alexander Garrison b. Feb. 8, 1791, m. Rebecca Lyles. A misinterpretation of the Last Will & Testament, James Alexander 'yeoman', has resulted in the attribution of the middle name "South" for his son, Hezekiah Alexander (1722-1801). In the final section of the 1772/1779 Will of James Alexander 'yeoman'James 'yeoman' names his 'executors'. "...and I do hereby constitute and apoint my two sons, Amos Alexander and Josiah Alexander, and Hezekiah South my only and sole executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills and testaments, gifts, legices, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will & testament. James Alexander (SEAL) In the presence of John Alexander Andrew Work John McGregor" Elkton, Cecil County. Maryland Wills: Liber C.C., Folio 10. Page 67 Date: 17 June 1772; Proved (Probate): 31 May 1779; Recorded 16 July 1779] If you read this carefully, James 'yeoman' appoints "my two sons, Amos Alexander and Josiah Alexander" and a third executor is a man named Hezekiah South. Hezekiah South was a 'real' man who was one of the executor's of the 1772 Cecil Co, MD Will of James Alexander 'yeoman'. At some point in time, someone misidentified the known son, Hezekiah Alexander, as having the middle name 'South'." (Source: carol vass http://genforum.genealogy.com/my/) Burial record for Alexander, Hezekiah Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church Last Name First Name Middle Name Date Death Age Burial site Alexander, Hezekiah ? / ? / ? 7/16/1801 78; graveyard no. 2 [x] Family Data Collection - Deaths Name: Hezekiah Alexander Death Date: 17 Jul 1801 City: Mecklenburg State: NC Country: USA Hezekiah moved to the Cumberland Valley in western Pennsylvania around 1750 only to be ran out by Indians in the French and Indian war. He wound up in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina where he and several other Alexanders were signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independance. His house built in 1774 is on the grounds of the Charlotte Historical Museum. History records the name of Hezekiah Alexander as an administrator and councilor. He held the post as Magistrate from the first appointed one in the county and historians have said 'He was one of the most clear headed Magistrates in the County before the Revolutionary War and following the Declaration of Independence was named one of the members of the State Councul [sic] of Safety. His most important contribution to Mecklenburg County was his participation in the Declaration Convention and his signing of that immortal document, The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. During the Revolutionary War, he was paymaster of Col. Thomas Polk's regiment. Hezekiah Alexander's first purchased [sic] of land was recorded in May of 1765. He later purchased land in April of 1767 from Lord Selwyn on Alexander's Creek. He purchased 400 acres on the Broad River, now Gaston County from William Minter. His home was two stories high and built of stone with a full basement where Mary Alexander stored food for her family of eleven children. The story is told how English soldiers raided her basement one day and what food they could not carry they destroyed. It was necessary at times for her to hide her sons in the weeds to prevent them from being kidnapped and held as hostages by the British Soldiers. [Page] IV One of the unusual proofs of Hezekiah's love of religious freedom was a carving of a fish on his house, the secret symbol, which Presbyterians used in Scotland and Ireland to signify allegiance to the Presbyterian faith. From the day when marauding [sic] Indians, killed the settlers; to the day when Tory neighbors informed the enemy where supplies could be obtained by foraging; to the days when the British Soldiers burned homes and confiscated personal belongings, Hezekiah Alexander remained calm and led the people of his community toward a just peace. ALEXANDER My line came from James Alexander born 1624 in Bughall, Scotland. He moved his family to Northern Ireland and died there in 1704. The Alexanders were Presbyterians and didn't get along to well amoung the Catholics in Ireland. Some time in the late 1600's, James sent his 7 sons and 2 daughters to the New World. They settled in Cecil county Maryland. A GGreat grandson, Hezekiah, who is in my line, moved to the Cumberland valley in western Pennsylvania around 1750 only to be ran out by Indians in the French and Indian war. He wound up in Mecklenburg county North Carolina where he and several other Alexander's were signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. His house built in 1774 is on the grounds of the Charlotte Historical Museum'." Came across this passage in a book--should be of interest to descendants of the Alexanders of North Carolina: "The Scotch-Irish came to America with no love for the British government whose injustices had caused them to migrate en masse from Northern Ireland. As the conflict with the motherland developed, they espoused the Revolutionary cause almost to a man. . . . More far-reaching, more truly revolutionary, than either of the above resolutions [i.e., Abingdon VA Jan. 20, 1775 and Staunton VA Feb. 22, 1775] were those adopted by the Scotch-Irish of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Leading men of the county [i.e., the Alexanders] held meetings in March and April 1775, to ascertain the sense of the people and to confirm them in their opposition to the claim of Parliament to impose taxes and regulate the internal policy of the colonies. At one of these meetings plans were made for a representative meeting in Charlotte. According to a statement written from memory in 1800 by John McKnitt Alexander (a Presbyterian elder whose minutes of the meeting had been burned), a convention was held in Charlotte on May 20, 1775, which declared 'That we the citizens of Mecklenburg County do hereby dissolve the political bands which have connected us to the mother country and hereby absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British Crown' and 'That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people'. Professional historians are inclined to reject this Mecklenburg Declaration as thus reconstructed. We have, however, a June 1775 newspaper account of a convention held in Charlotte on May 31 which adopted a series of resolutions that constituted a virtual declaration of independence. All British authority and forms of government were declared to be suspended, and steps were taken for the appointment of officers who should exercise their authority 'independent of the Crown of Great Britain and former constitution of this Province'. Any person accepting office from the Crown was declared to be 'an enemy to his country' . . . . A copy of these resolves was carried to the North Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia. It was not presented to the Congress, however, probably because its leaders were at that time discouraging all moves for independence and preparing instead the famous but abortive 'Olive Branch' message to King George. The action of the Mecklenburgers, therefore, had no [direct] influence on the Congress’s subsequent action, but there is some justification for the claim that 'the first voice publicly raised in America to dissolve all connection with Great Britain came, not from the Puritans of New England, nor the Dutch of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians'. When the war came the Scotch-Irish, with few exceptions, were on the side of the colonies. Many of the Scotch Highlanders in North Carolina, on the other hand, and a large proportion of all Scots on the Atlantic seaboard from Maryland south to Georgia . . . along with some of the Scotch-Irish in South Carolina, remained loyal to the mother country." Article by Frank Coxe of Polk County, NC in 1913: "The Alexanders are originally Scotch and were a branch of the Clan Campbell of Argyleshire, and were the only part of that famous Clan adhering to, and fighting for both the old and the young Pretender. In 1715 they were in the army of the old Pretender at Sherriff Muir,and afterwards in 1746 at the battle of Culloden with the young pretender, being in both cases the only Campbell's for them. After the disaster at Culloden the English Government ordered the Alexander's and others to leave the country and go to either Ireland or America, and they chose the former, where they remained until about 1750, and thus became mixed with the Irish by marriage, and are, therefore, Scotch-Irish, and not regular Irish as erroneously supposed. They finally discovered that Ireland had too much 'papacy' for them-(as they were Presbyterians) and they determined to go to America, and chartered a ship and sailed from Londonderry, and landed in Philadelphia. They were undoubtedly turbulent as the British styled them, and showed it by having a riot with the papists on the dock just before the ship sailed- in which several persons were killed. They brought with them their own minister. After landing at Philadelphia they started South and scattered all along down as far as Southwestern Georgia. The first settlement being at Alligator Creek in Maryland." (And an interesting sidelight): "The battle of King’s Mountain, however, 'was essentially a battle between a revived Highland army in North Carolina and a force of Scotch-Irish patriots'." (Source: E. T. Thompson’s *Presbyterians in the South*, Vol. I, pp. 88-91) | Alexander, Hezekiah Sr. (I5204)
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| 944 | Hezekiah Julius Alexander (male) a. born in or around 1809 (date's been in dispute, though several census records confirm it was around 1809) b. born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina c. descendant from the line of Hezekiah Alexander's of Mecklenburg on his mother's side d. Wife's name can't be confirmed, but one census record showed her name as "Martha" e. fathered 8 children f. The 8 children were born in Mecklenburg by 1848, but family is shown living in Madison County, TN in the 1850 Census. g. In 1860 census, family is living in in Macon County, TN census (several counties to the northeast) h. Then in 1873, Hezekiah dies after a full life in Madison County, TN i. After 1870 the family of Hezekiah is not listed on the census reports. Hezekiah Julius & Martha Alexander's children: James A. Alexander, born 1832 Joseph S. Alexander, born about 1834 Henry F. Alexander, born 1835 Mary A. Alexander, born 1837 John W. C. Alexander, born 1839 Charles M. Alexander, born 1841 William J. Alexander, born about 1843 Nixon Marcellus Alexander, born about 1846 1850 United States Federal Census Name: H J Alexander (Hezekiah Julius Alexander) Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 1, Madison, Tennessee Family Number: 142 Household Members: Name Age H J Alexander 41 Martha Alexander 40 Joseph S Alexander 17 Mary A Alexander 13 Henry F Alexander 15 Charles M Alexander 9 William J Alexander 7 Nixon M Alexander 4 James F Alexander 2 1860 United States Federal Census Name: H J Alexander (Hezekiah Julius Alexander) Age in 1860: 51 Birth Year: abt 1809 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: District 1, Madison, Tennessee Gender: Male Post Office: Mt Pinson Household Members: Name Age H J Alexander 51 Martha Alexander 52 Joseph Alexander 25 Henry Alexander 23 Mary Alexander 20 Charles Alexander 18 Wm J Alexander 16 Marcellus Alexander 14 Junius Alexander 10 Soldiers of the Revolutionary War (or their heirs) received bounty warrants for free land in Tennessee or Kentucky. Since most couples had numerous children, if they survived to adulthood, some would inherit the home places and some would move to the new lands. My gggrandfather, James Augustus Grier b. 1783, Mecklenburg, NC, whose mother was Hannah Alexander, came to Tennessee as a surveyor. He first went to Lincoln Co., married Delia McElroy (daughter of a Rev. War Veteran), and moved to Madison County TN, along with some of his Alexander, Neely, and Sharpe relatives from Mecklenburg. In the book Tales of Madison, by Harbert Alexander, the author writes that Jackson, TN was originally named Alexandria for one of the early settlers, a land grant surveyor named Adam Rankin Alexander (son of Adam Alexander of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence fame). The name was changed to honor Andrew Jackson because another TN town was already named Alexandria. http://tn-roots.com/tngibson/ (Sources: The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence - May 20, 1775 - and Lives of It's Signers, by George W. Graham M.D. Hezekiah Alexander and the Revolution in the Backcountry, by Norris W. Preyer Family History and Potpourri, by J. T. Alexander | Alexander, Hezekiah Julius (I10054)
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| 945 | History of Montgomery Co., TN, pg. 173: Clinard Cemetery, Ft. Campbell, KY Edward-Darnell-Smith-Butts: Enoch (b. Oct 21, 1790, d. Nov 20, 1872) and Eunice Darnell Edwards (b. 1796 and d. Jan or Jun 7, 1865) lived in district 4, Montgomery Co., TN. Enoch born in NC is listed in the Rutherford Co. census of 1810. Moving to Tennessee around 1815, he lived near Big Meadow where he was a farmer and a cabinet maker. Enoch's great granddaughter's, Grace and Myrtle Shelby told that Enoch was the son of a wealthy planter who demanded more work than Enoch wanted to do. Once his father gave him corn to plant and Enoch planted it all in one hill. This was discovered making his father angry. Enoch left home returning only when his mother placed a lantern in a window to signal that his father was absent. Enoch and Eunice are buried in the old Edwards Cemetery listed as the Bailey Darnell Cemetery in Ft. Campbell. Their children built wooden houses to mark the graves, but they have long sense rotted.... Enoch was in Montgomery Co., TN before 1820 as he is listed in the 1820 Montgomery Co. census. His family tradition says that he and his father, believed also to be, named Enoch, had a dispute over corn planting and Enoch left home. He was married circa 1815 - 1820. Edwards--Griffin, pg. 173: Enoch Edwards and Eunice Darnell Edwards' children were: John, William D., Bazel, Asa W., Isaac, Nancy Tyner, Mary Lowe Bryant, Malinda Powers, Martha Eunice Gilbert, and Charlotte Averitt. 1820 Census, Montgomery Co., TN, series #M33, roll 122, page 192; Edwards, Enoch 30001001001. (3 males under 10 1 male between 26-45; 1 female 10 - 16 1 female 26-45. 1830 Census Montgomery Co. TN Edwards, Enoch: 1 m 0-5 , 3 m. 5 - 10 , 1 m. 15-20 , 1 m. 30-40 , 2 f. under 5 , 1 f. 15-20 , 1 f. 30-40 1840 Census Montgomery Co., TN: Edwards, Enoch head of household, shows 8 males and 5 females. males: 1/10-15 , 5 15- 20 1/20-30 , 1/50-60 females: 2/5-10 , 2/10-15, {Malinda, Charlotte), 1/15-20 (Nancy), 1/40-50 (Nicey Edwards b. abt 1790 - 1800). 1850 Census Montgomery Co., TN: HH #350: Edwards, Enoch m. age 45 b. NC (incorrect birth date) Nicey f age 44 b. NC (incorrect birth date) Nancy f age 30 b. TN Shepherd, Franklin age 3 b. TN, (Benjamin Franklin Edwards - Isaac's son) Mary age 25 b. TN, (William's wife) Charlotte age 23 b. TN (Edwards Averitt) Edwards, Spring age 16 b. TN, (b. 1834) Same Census, HH #349, Edwards, William m. 28 farmer b. TN, Mary f. 21 b. TN, Elizabeth f. 4 b. TN, Missouri f. 2 b. TN. Same Census, HH #354 Edwards, John m. 34 farmer, b. TN, Martha f. 34, b. TN, Harriet f. 8 b. TN, Sally f. 6 b. TN (Sarah ?), John m. 4 b. TN, James m. 2 b. TN, William m. 1 b. TN. Same Census, HH #365 Edwards, Basel w. m. 35, b. TN, Mary w f 30 b. TN, James w m 10 b. TN, Martha w f 8 b. TN, Julia w f 5 b. TN, Cain w m 7 b. TN. (Cave) 1860 Census Montgomery Co., TN Palmyra, N and E of Cumberland River. (Enoch Edwards) E Edwards 70 b. SC (Enoch) Lucy Edwards 66 (Nicey) Martha Edwards 23 (daughter) L S Howell 35 F N Howell 34 E E Howell 14 John Howell 13 S Howell 11 J L Howell 9 R B Howell 7 A M Howell 1 C E Revelle 33 James Revelle 14 J L Revelle 12 Frances Revelle 10 Newton Revelle 8 1870 United States Federal Census about E Edward (Enoch Edwards) Name: E Edward Birth Year: abt 1791 Age in 1870: 79 Home in 1870: District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Clarksville Household Members: Name Age Mary Lowe 38 (Mary Edwards Lowe) E Edward 79 (Enoch Edwards) Wesley Edward 16 (Leonidas Wesley Lowe) Douglass Edward 14 (Daniel Douglass) Adaline Edward 12 (Virginia Adaline Lowe) Ellen Edward 8 (Mary Ellen Lowe) | Edwards, Enoch II (I8892)
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| 946 | In April Sessions, Book 4, Court Minutes of Mecklenburg Co., NC, Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions: 1797 APRIL SESSION Guardians( appointed) Ordered by the Court that Robert Davidson and Jos McK Alexander be and they are hereby appointed Guardian for Mary, John and Wilson Davidson, Orphans of John Davidson, deceased who came into Court and entered into bond with Jno McK. Alexander, James Alexander and Geo. Graham, seurities in the sum of L 3000. Ezekiel Robison, and orphan of Robert Robison, deceased, came into court and made choice of Wallace Alexander for his Guardian and was also appointed by Court Guardian for Martha Robison, an Orphan of the Said Decd., who came into Ct. and entered into Bond with Ezekiel Alexander, Senr. Secy in the sum of L500. Isbell Robison, an orphan of Robert Robison, deceased came into Court and make choice of Matthew Wallace, Junr. for her Guardian who was also at the same time appointed by Court Guardian for her sister Sarah Robison who came into Court and was bound with John Sharpe, Security in L500. Ezekiel Alexander had daughers named Deborah and Sarah Robison (from will 1810/11. He had a grandson Ezekiel Robison at the time. Robert Robison died in 1797 and left his wife unable to care for the children: Ezekiel, Martha, Isabell and Sarah. Ezekiel and Isabell were at least 14 or 15, able to choose their guardians. Martha and Sarah were younger. Wallace Alexander was Sarah's brother. What was the relation of Mathew Wallace Jr. and John Sharpe? Ordered by Court that Ezekiel Alexander, Junr. and Wallace Alexander administer on all and singular the goods and etc of David Alexander, Decd. who came into Court and was qualified and bound with Wm Alexander and William Black (Wagon Maker) securietes in L500 David was Ezekiel Sr.'s cousin. In 1797 Ezekiel Jr. would have been 30 years old. Martin had a son, David m. to Elizabeth Caldwell. David and Elizabeth had David Jr. and Martin's son Aaron had a son David. . This being in the year 1796 must have been David mar. to Elizabeth Caldwell. Amos, son of Martin died 1813, had son Ezekiel d. 1823, who married Rachel Price (25 Mar. 1811 (wit. Ephraim Alexander) 1799 April session Samuel Sample to Deborah Robison for 150 acres of land dated 12th of Oct. 1798, proved by Wallace Alexander (her brother)? Could Samuel Sample be a relative? There is no mention of money exchange. Book 4 #67 (MNCMinutes and Quarter S. 1780-1800) Sarah Robison, widow of Richard Robison dec., Wallace Alexander and Robt Barnett. Bond with Matthew Robison and James Sharpe. Other children named in Joel's Baldwin Alexander will were: Sarah Robison, James Taylor, Wallace, Deborah Robison, grandson, Ezekiel Robison. The orphans of Deborah and Robert Robison (jr) are mentioned in Quarter Sessions, 1797. Wallace is named a guardian , Ezekiel Sr. puts up security. | Robison, Richard (I10594)
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| 947 | Indiana Marriages to 1850 Spouse 1: Alexander, Charles G. Spouse 2: Lamar, Polly Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1821 Marriage Location: Indiana Spencer County 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Charles G Alexander Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1794 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Richland, Washington, Arkansas Family Number: 38 Household Members: Name Age Charles G Alexander 56 (Charles Grandison) (b. NC) Sarah Alexander 33 (b. GA) Dorcus Alexander 17 (Polly's daughter) (b. AR) John Loyd 65 (Sarah's father-In-law) (b. GA) Malinda Griffin 14 (?) (b. AR) Sultana Loyd 8 (Sarah's daughter) (b. GA) Samuel Loyd 6 (Sarah's son) (b. GA) | Alexander, Charles G. (I10350)
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| 948 | James B. Alexander weaver was born about 1652 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. He died between 1719 and 1735 in New Munster, Cecil Co.,Md. He was married to Mary Steele (daughter of John/James Steele Sr.) about 1670 in Raphoe, Somersetshire, Annemessex, MD. Mary Steele was born about 1650 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. She died before 1714 in Cecil Co., Md. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: James Alexander Spouse: Mary Steele Parents: Samuel Alexander, Mary Taylor Birth Place: Somersetshire, Annemessex, MD Birth Date: 1 Jan 1685 (mistake ... should be 1652) Death Place: Cecil Death Date: 1717 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: James Alexander Gender: Male Birth Place: UK Birth Year: 1652 Spouse Name: Mary Steele Spouse Birth Year: 1655 Number Pages: 1 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: James Alexander Year: 1715 Place: America Source Publication Code: 9760 Primary Immigrant: Alexander, James Annotation: Covers era prior to 1855. Compiled from correspondence and monument inscriptions, 17th and, mainly, 18th century. Prepared for the Scottish Genealogical Society. 6,470 emigrants. Source Bibliography: Whyte, Donald - A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981. Page: 5 James B. Alexander, weaver, and Mary Steele had the following children: 1. James Alexander, Jr., Farmer & Carpenter, 2. David Alexander, Sr., weaver, 3. Arthur Alexander, Farmer, 4. John Alexander, 5. Francis Alexander, 6. Mary Alexander, 7. Mark Alexander, 8. Moses Alexander, farmer. Abstracts of Cecil County Land Records 1734 - 1753: Deed Book 5 1734-2739 pg 119: Deed of Release John Read of Cecil Co. merchant for £30 releases to Mary Noeland of same county, widow 100 acres of land part of a tract called Hopewell Wit. David Alexander, James Aikin Jun 26 1735 pg 122: Thomas Stratton of Kent co in the Territories of Pa for £50 and because he is moving---part of two tracts, one called Hispaniole formerly released by Wm Richardson to Samuel Alexander and other tract called Bullin’s range adjacent to the first tract was acquired by said Samuel Alexander by patent from Lord Baltimore. Samuel Alexander sold 125 acres of the land to said Thomas Stratton 20 March1729. Wit Martin Alexander, R’d Thompson June 1735 pg 203: Deed William Pollock of Cecil Co. cordwainer , and Margaret his wife , for £37.10s and because they are moving, to Walter Betty, late of Ireland, blacksmith, 80 acres of land, part of a tract called “Moyn” (where David Alexander now lives) on Christiana Creek by the land of James and Moses Alexander. Made 2 Apr 1736. Wit: James Alexander, Isaac Breeding, J. Lawson. Ackn: 5 Apr 1736 JP A. Barry, R’d Thompson. Rec 11 Jun 1736 Wm Knight, Clerk Deed Book 6 1739-1745 pg 16: Deed. Andrew Alexander of Cecil Co. and Jean his wife to Robert Patton of said county---which the said Alexander purchased from Richard Nash. Said land is part of a tract called Bullin’s Range granted to Alexander by patent dated 24 Jun 1740. (Appears that Andrew son of Samuel purchased Bullin’s Range, not Samuel) pg 66 Deed Joseph Alexander of Cecil Co., carpenter and Margaret his wife, for £60 and because they are moving, to Adam Wilson of Newcastle upon Delaware Co. cooper, 105 acres of land east of the great road from Emmitt’s Mill, part of a tract called Newmunster on the east side of the main branch of Elk River. Said land was left to Joseph Alexander by the Last Will and testament of James Alexander, carpenter, who bought the land from Thomas Stevenson by deed dated 15 Aug. 1718 Thomas Stevenson had bought the land from Robert Roberts by deed dated 1 Apr 1714. made 12 Dec. 1740. Ackn 15 Dec 1740. (James the carpenter actually died before title was completed and his widow Mary is found in 1714 deed along with sons, Francis, Joseph and John.) pg 168 Deed William Sample and Esther his wife of Chester Co. Pa for £14 to John Reed of the same place, 40 acres of land in Cecil Co. on the east side of Christiana Run by the New Munster tract at the corner of James Alexander’s land, part of 903 acres granted to Robert Roberts of Queen Anne’s Co who by deed dated 14 Aug. 1718 conveyed the land to John Stevenson of Bucks Co. Pa. John Stevenson by deed dated 15 Aug 1718 conveyed to James and Moses Alexander of Cecil Co 92 3/4 acres of the 903-acre tract James and Moses Alexander and Moses’s wife Mary conveyed 40 acres of the land to William Sample by deed dated 8 Apr 1735 for L23. (Reed also spelled Read) made & Ackn: 5 Jun 1742 Wit: A. Barry, Mos’s. Andrews, JPs A. Barry R’d Thompson. Rec 10 Jun 1742. Wm Knight, Clerk (Note: it should say Thomas Stevenson of Bucks Co Pa.) pg 225: Deed. John Starrat of New Munster, Mary Ann Parish, Cecil Co. and Leah his wife for L145 and because they are moving to Robert Given of White Clay Creek, Newcastle Co. Delaware, miller, 110 acres by the land of David Alexander, deceased, by land formerly Joseph Alexanders’ but now James Alexander’s. (son of Joseph) Said land was formerly conveyed 1727/8 by James and Moses Alexander to John Starrat (Starat) Made and Ackn: 18 Feb 1742/3 Wit: Henry Baker, A. Barry, James Cowdon Rec 10 Mar. 1742. Wm Knight, Clerk. (So David Alexander is deceased by early 1742) pg 361: Deed Water Betty and his wife Martha of Cecil Co., blacksmith for £47 to Robert Mitchell of the same county 80 acres of land on Christian Creek by the land of James and Moses Alexander. David Alexander conveyed to William Pollock 80 acres of land called “Moyn”, part of a tract called Newmunster, by deed dated 20 Apr. 1727 in Lib. S. K. No. 5, folios 81-82. William Pollock sold it to the said Walter Betty by deed dated Apr 1736, recorded in Lib W.K. No 2 folios 171-172. Made 20 Oct 1774 Wit Rec 13 Nov 1744. (David is deceased by 1742. Is James still living?) pg 485: Andrew Alexander of Cecil Co. for rents and services ------near Elk River. To John Crozier (Andrew, probably son of Samuel is leasing his land for planting of apple orchard for rent of 700 lbs of tobacco yearly. DEED BOOK 7 1745-1753 pg 87: Deed Timothy Roberts of New Munster, Mary Anns Parish, Cecil co, miller and Mary his wife for £300 to John Passmore of the same county and Timothy Griffith of Pencader Hundred, Newcastle Co. gent of Elk River near the land of David Alexander, deceased and the land that is now James Alexander’s including the mills and mill dams. Made 19 Apr. 1749 Rec 15 Jun 1749. (This James is probably James, son of Joseph. This could refer to James Jr, brother of David) pg 95: Deed. Robert Richy and Margaret his wife of Cecil Co. farmer, to Joseph Wallace of the same county, blacksmith for------2 tracts of land between the branches of Elk River. One tract part of a tract called “Sligo” which was the estate of Ninian Dunlap by patent granted 10 Oct 1708.------Wit: Tho’s Alexander, James Alexander, Rick’d Norton Rec 8 Aug. 1749. (Sligo is the name of land owned by Andrew, son of Samuel. P. 112 Lease Francis Alexander is a witness for a lease by Joseph Wood to William Armstrong on north side of Back Creek part of tract called the Three Sisters, formerly devised by Augustine Herman to his daughter Francina. This is probably Francis, son of ___?) pg 120: Deed. Aaron Alexander of Lancaster Co. Pa, farmer for £5 to John Alexander of London Britain, Chester Co. Pa, farmer 28 acres of land part of tract called New Munster at Christiana Creek by Robert Mitchell’s land Said land formerly belonged to David Alexander of Cecil Co. “and now conveyed to John Alexander by Aaron Alexander being the righteous heir at law of the said David Alexander”. Made 15 Nov 1749 Wit: Zebulon Alexander, Sam’l Steel. Ackn. 28 Nov 1749 by James Alexander attorney for Aaron Alexander. JPs: R’d Thompson, Tim o Roberts. Rec 29 Nov 1749 M. Bordley, Clerk. (This is the land deed which connects Aaron as son and heir of David of New Munster. Aaron at this time is living in Lancaster Co. Pa. The John is probably a cousin. James, his attorney is the son of Joseph. I believe Zebulon is a son of his uncle Moses.) pg 121: Power of Attorney Aaron Alexander of Lancaster Co. Pa. farmer because he is moving appoints his well beloved and trusty friend James Alexander of Cecil Co. to acknowledge a deed to John Alexander. Made 15 Nov 1749. Wit: Zebulon Alexander, Sam’l Steel. Ackn: 28 Nov 1749 Rec. 29 Nov. 1749. (This is when Aaron and is brothers are preparing to move to Mecklenburg NC.) pg 146: Deed Jedediah Alexander (son and heir of Elias Alexander) and Anna his wife of Lancaster Co. Pa, yeoman, for £6 to James Porter of Cecil Co. yeoman, 15 acres of land called Slate Hill on the east side of Susquehanna River by a tract called Poplar Valley. Made & Ackn. 15 Aug 1749 Wit: C. Shepherd, L. Hill, H. Gibbon, Nathan Baker. JPs Nathan Baker, Benja Chew. Rec 13 Mar 1749/50 M. Bordley. Clerk. pg 152: Deed Robert Mitchell of Cecil Co., weaver, for £67 to Hugh Longwool of the same county, 80 acres at Christiana Creek by the lands of James and Moses Alexander, part of tract called Newmunster, formerly granted to Wm Pollock by deed dated 24 Apr 1727 from David Alexander. Pollock sold the land to Walter Beaty who sold it to the said Robert Mitchell by deed dated Oct 1744. Made 6 Oct 1749. Wit: William Longwell, Nathan Baker, James Baxter. Ackn 7 Oct 1749. pg 230: Anna Alexander, widow and executrix of Jedediah Alexander, deceased, late of Cecil Co. for £150 to James Caldwell of the same place, planter, 85 acres of land part of Slate Hill by the land Jedediah sold to James Porter. In his lifetime, Jedediah Alexander son and heir of Elias Alexander, deceased, borrowed L150 from James Caldwell and secured the loan with a parcel of land part of a tract called Slate Hill by deed dated 13 Nov 1749. By his Last will and Testament filed in the registers office of York, Pa., Jedediah Alexander ordered the land to be released to James Caldwell same day by Anna Alexander and John McDonald. JPs “Geor Rock, Nathan Baker. James Caldwell paid 3s.5 1/2 p alienation fine to Alex’r Baird 18 Oct. 1750. Nov 1750. M. Bordley, Clerk. pg 271: Deed Aaron Alexander of Cumberland Co. Pa, farmer, for £41 to William Langwill of Cecil co., merchant, 152 acres and 95 perches of land in Cecil Co, part of a tract called Newmunster, on the east side of Elk river by Hugh Langwall’s line. It is the land which Aron Alexander enjoyed as the heir of his father David Alexander who bought the land from Thomas Stevenson of Bucks Co., Pa, gent, by deed dated 18 May 1714, the assignee of Robert Roberts of Queen Annes Co., glover. Signed by Aaron Alexander and Ann Alexander made her mark. (Langwill also spelled Longwall, Longwill) made 11 Dec 1750 Wit: Andrew Moor, Tho’s Rees. Ackn: 18 mar 1750/51 by Moses Alexander, attorney for Aaron Alexander. JPs Nath’n Baker, Geo Rock. Rec 15 Apr 1751. M. Bordley, Clerk. (It appears that Aaron has moved from Lancaster Co. Pa to Cumberland Co. Pa by 1751. Ann may be his sister named Ann.) pg 475: Andrew Alexander of Cecil co for £60 to Isaac Alexander of the same county 71 ¼ acres of land by a tract called Blancestine’s Park which was patented to Andrew Wallace in 1749. made 2 Sept 1752 Ackn: same day by Andrew Alexander hand his wife Lewey. Rec 29 Jan 1753. pg 546: Jacob VanBebber to John Passmore of Cecil Co yeoman a plantation and 110 acres of land in Newmunster, Cecil co on Elk River near the lands of David Alexander and James Alexander. Etc. 1753 (Still referring to land of David and James, prob. son of Joseph) Notes from Susan on Alexander Families. Finding below shows that Francis, Andrew, James and Samuel were all in Somerset by 1688. Andrew Alexander is admin for the 1723/24 will of Adam Noble in Cecil Co. MD Andrew Alexander is listed as creditor - Samuel Hailer 1728/29 Cecil Co. MD Andrew Alexander is listed on huge list of debts due estate of James Bayard 1753 Cecil Co. MD. Andrew Alexander admin for will of Samuel Alexander 1733 Cecil Co. MD Andrew Alexander on list of debts (on trial before Richard Thompson) - John McKnite 1734 C source - FTM CD #206 titled "Genealogical Records: Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774" -- MERGED NOTE ------------ | Alexander, James (the weaver) (I10085)
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| 949 | John McKnitt Alexander 6 Jun 1733 - 10 Jul 1817: John McKnitt Alexander was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence. He is probably one of the most famous signers. Born in Maryland, his came to Mecklenburg County with some siblings. His brother, Hezekiah, built a home that is reportedly one of the oldest homes in the county. When he arrived, he settled in the Hopewell section (north) of Mecklenburg County, before it was established in 1762. After arriving he left the occupation of tailor and became a surveyor. He acquired large tracts of land, many of which are now in other counties. His property may have been as large as ten miles square. He was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church and served as the treasurer for the Presbyterian Synod, which included what is now North and South Carolina. When he was summoned to Salisbury to serve on a jury, he declined and was forced and fined by the sheriff to serve as a juror. When the British soldiers invaded Charlotte, he ordered his supplies be destroyed, rather than have them fall into the hands of the enemy. He served as Mecklenburg’s Register of Deeds from 1788 to 1792. After the Revolutionary War, he served as a member of the State Senate, the House of Commons and the convention that formed the North Carolina State Constitution. He reportedly was the secretary of the convention where the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was adopted. This duty made him the custodian of the original document. Richard Barry, Sr., a neighbor and fellow signer, was named an executor of his will. When John died, he was one of the largest landowners in the county. Two of his daughters married Presbyterian ministers. He sent his oldest son, Joseph McKnitt, to get an education at what is now Princeton University. (Source: Lives and Times of the 27 Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775, by Victor C. King, Charlotte, NC, 1956) John McKnitt, b. 6/6/1733, in Cecil County, Maryland; d. 7/10/1817, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; m. September, 1762, Jean Bean (Bain) (daughter of William); d. 3/16/1789, aged 49 years. Children: 1. William Bain (Bean), b. 4/25/1764; d. 1/23/1844; m. 8/25/1791, Violet Davidson, b. 8/28/1771; d. 10/26/1821. 2. Margaret, b. 4/3/1766; d. 7/7/1805; m. 4/7/178, Francis A. Ramsey, b. 5/31/1764; d. 11/5/1820. 3. Jean Bain (called Polly), b. 7/6/1768; d. 5/18/1816; m. Rev. James Wallis; d. 12/27/1817; aged 57 years. 4. Abigail Bain, b. 11/25/1770; d. 5/15/1802; m. 1792, Rev. Samuel C. Caldwell; d. 10/5/1826, aged 59 years. 5. Joseph McKnitt, b. 4/23/1773; d. 10/18/1841; m. 8/3/1797, Dovey Winslow; d. 9/6/1801, aged 25 years. John McKnitt Alexander, accompanied by his brother, Hezekiah, and other relatives removed to Mecklenburg, North Carolina, about 1754. Later his brother, Ezekiel, and his sisters, Jemima Sharp, Elizabeth Sample, Abigail Bradley, and Margaret McCoy, with their families, came to live in the same section, as did also Catherine Alexander, widow of his brother, Theophilus. He established his home ten miles north of Charlotte, in the Hopewell section of the County. He was a tailor by trade and later became Public Surveyor under the Crown. He acquired extensive tracts of land, was very successful in business, and a leader in the community. He was a zealous patriot, active in the cause of liberty from the beginning. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1772; a member of the Committee of Safety in 1775; Secretary of the Convention which met at Charlotte on May 19 and 20, 1775; and a Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20, 1775. In 1777 he served as the first State Senator from Mecklenburg County. It has been said that he was a Scout for General Greene and that he was with him at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. John McKnitt Alexander served his County in many capacities. He was a Justice of the Peace; a member of the first organized Court of the County; a trustee of Queen's Museum; and Register of Deeds from 1792 to 1808. He was very much interested in church affairs and served as Treasurer of the Synod of North Carolina. He gave the original tract of land on which Hopewell Presbyterian Church was built. He lies buried in the graveyard of that church, in which he was an elder from the time of its organization (about 1762) until his death in 1817. McKnitt, Margaret Abigail (b. 26 DEC 1698, d. 1736) Note: The Colonial Families of Eastern Shore lists her birth date as 26 Feb 1693. | Alexander, John McKnitt (I5206)
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| 950 | Joseph H. Daugherty CSA 24th Miss cavalry Co. A b.Oct 1846 in AL d. ? md on 3 Apr. 1867 2nd wife Margaret A. Singley b. 30 June 1848 Wayne County MS d. 29 Nov. 1911 Joseph H. Daugherty father was Arnett Daugherty b. 1803 d. 28 Aug. 1883 In Isney AL md. on 13 Oct. 1826 inn Washington Co. AL to Sarah A. Earle b. 3 April 1807 d. 27 )ct 1900. Rueben Daugherty and Charity Gough are the parents of Arnett. Joseph H. Daugherty and Margaret A. Singley are the parents of my grandmother Annie Victoria (Viola) Daugherty. My grandfather William M. Atchley was the husband of Annie Victoria (Viola) Daugherty. Wendy I have some information about Patrick Daugherty which was given to me but I can not put it on this board . I will share it with you by direct e-mail My e-mail is lillis-fred@juno.com Joseph H Daughety Precinct 7, Choctaw, AL abt 1846 Alabama White Father-in-law (?) 1870 Census for Choctaw Co., AL, P.O. Butler, Township #11, enumerated 13 Aug 1870, pg. 52: Household #418 Daugherty, Joseph 25, m. w. farmer, b. AL; Magaret 22, f. w. keeping house, b. MS; (1848) Alice G. 2 f. w. b. AL; (1868) Ann Victoria 1/12 f. w. b. AL. (1870) 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph H. Doughety Age: 34 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1880: Beat 9 and 10, Choctaw, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Margaret A. Doughety Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Household Members: Name Age Joseph H. Doughety 34 Margaret A. Doughety 31 Alice S. Doughety 12 Annie V. Doughety 10 Francis E. Doughety 5 Sarah F. Doughety 1 1900 Census for Choctaw Co., AL: Daugherty, Joseph head w.m. b. Oct 1845 age 54 farmer b. AL, f.b. TN, m.b. VA; Margaret wife w.f. Jun 1857 age 43 b. MS, f.b. SC, m.b. AL; Arnet J. son, w.m. Mar 1883 age 17 farm laborer b. AL, f.b. AL, m.b. MS; Jennie dau. w.f. Aug 1886, ditto 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph H Doughety Age in 1910: 64 Birth Year: 1846 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1910: Precinct 7, Choctaw, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head [Self (Head)] Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Margret A Doughety Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Joseph H Doughety 64 Margret A Doughety 61 Jannie Doughety 23 (Jennie) 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Joe H Daughety [Joseph H. Daugherty] Age: 74 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1920: Precinct 7, Choctaw, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Widowed [Widow] Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Joe H Daughety 74 (Joseph H. Daugherty) Jennie Daughety 33 Hasel R Kagan 1 4/12 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph H Daughety Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Alabama Race: White Home in 1930: Precinct 7, Choctaw, Alabama Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law Father's Birthplace: United States Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi Household Members: Name Age Ollie H Hiatt 54 Fannie E Hiatt 54 (Frances Daugherty) Mamie Hiatt 27 Henry C Hiatt 24 V Cecil Hiatt 10 Otis S Hiatt 1 4/12 Joseph H Daughety 84 (father-in-law) Hurricane Baptist Church Cemetery Located on County Road 13, between Gilbertown and Melvin. Tombstones: Joseph H. Daughety, Co. A 24 Miss. Cav. C.S.A. (no death date) M. A. Daughety, Wife of J. H. Daughety b. June 30, 1848 d. Nov. 29, 1911 | Daugherty, Joseph H. (I6649)
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