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NON-CIRCULATING

JEFFERSONDAVIS President orTHE ConfederateStates mr_ America Copyright1922 By ZELLAARMSTRONG NOTABLE

SOUTHERN

FAMILIES

VOLUME11

COMPILEDBY ZELLAARMSTRONG MemberoftheTennesseeHistoricalCommission

PRICE$4.00

PUBLISHEDBY THELOOKOUTPUBLISHINGCO. CHATTANOOGA,TENN. cs

FOREWORD

IncompilingthisbookofvaluablefamilyrecordsI amindebtedtoscoresofpeople.Inmanycasessomeof 1hemcontributedonlya fewnamesanddatesbutallof greatvalue,whileothersgavetimetothepreparationof extendedfamilydatawhichcouldnototherwisehave beenobtained. Amongthosetowhomcreditmustbegivenforvaluable assistanceare: RobertA.J.Armstrong,S.G.Heiskall,RichardLee KeltonwhopreparedtheKeltondataandaportionofthe Weararticle;JohnA.Kelly,Mrs.AnnaBelleHardwick Brown,whopreparedtheHardwickandMontgomerydata; Mrs.J.P.Stephenson,whopreparedtheDonelsondata; Mrs.C.R.Greer,whopreparedIheRhearecord;Mrs.Sally StrotherHollingsworthwhopreparedtheHollingsworth line;Mrs.LouiseWilsonReynoldswhowrotetheBean, Magill,CarterandWilliams,anda partoftheWear;Mrs. AliceVanceRobinsonwhowrotethe.Vancerecord; Mrs. BernisBrienwhopreparedtheBricnandHollidaydata; Mrs.CharlesPolkMcGuirewhopreparedtheShelbystory; MissLucyM.Ball,Mrs.C.L.Hardwick,Mrs.J.E.Johnston; thelateOscarK.Lyle,thelateJamesA.Caldwell,Mrs. RobertHoustonSlickley,Mrs.MettaAndrewsGreen.Mrs. A.S.Bowen,C.K.Hill,Mrs.JosephC.Vanceandothers. Hundredsofhistories,courtrecords,Biblesandfamily documentshavealsobeenconsulted.

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BEAN boon*: BORDEN BRYAN CARTER DAVIS DONALDSON HARDWICK HAYWOOD HOLLIDAY HOLLINGSWORTH HOUSTON JOHNSTON KELTON MAGILL RHEA MONTGOMERY SHELBY VANCE WEAR WILLIAMS NotableSouthernFamilies

BEAN

LetusvisualizethepresentTennesseeasitwasabout theyear1770—notanunknownwildernesswhereanyman mightgoandbuildhiscabinifnotintimidatedbytheIn dians,butasanareajealouslywatchedbybothFranceand England.WheretheboatsoftheFrenchmanduBoisglided sidebysidewiththeIndiancanoe,andFrenchadventurers weremadewelcomeinthewigwam;where,ontheother hand,tradersandexplorersfromVirginia,Pennsylvania andtheCarolinastraversedvalleyandmountaintrailslo theIndiantownsunmolested,andcarriedawayrichpeltries ontheirpack-horses. BeforeFortLoudonwaserectedinEastTennessee, Frenchtradershadbuilta fortnearthepresentsiteof Nashville,andFrenchmenwereoperatingsilvermiivs uponthetributariesoftheCumberland. DatingpossiblyasfarbackastheerectionofForiLou denandLongIsland.Wataugahadbeenthemeccafor traders.Two.ifnolmorecabinswereerecledtherefor theirconveniencebeforetheyear1769,thedateofilsfirst settlement. Thesetradersplayednolittlepartintheearlyeventson theWatauga.Throughfriendshipforthepeople,some lostgoodwilloftheIndiansandbecamevictimsoftheir animosity. Whileitispossiblethataninteresting,ifnolbulky, volumemightbewrittenofthedaysbeforeTennesseeis generallysupposedlohaveattainedthedignityofswad dlingclothes,ourhistorybeginswiththecomingofone WilliamBeantoBoone'sCreek,in1769. AllhistoriansspeakofWilliamBeanasan"intrepid man,"anditisdoubtfulifanyotherwordcouldsowell describehim. Othermenhadgoneintothewildernessaloneorin companies,butWilliamBeancameencumberedwithwife andchildren.

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Afewyearsagothewritercameintopossessionofthe boldautographofRussellBean,andlookingatitfeltade siretoknowmoreabouttheBeanfamilyingeneral,and moreparticularlyconcerningtheparentsof,sofarasis known,thefirstbabyborninTennesseeofEnglishparent age. Theresultoltheresearchwasaliltledisappointingin thatsomanyofthetraditionswerecontradictoryorun authentic,buttherewerecompensations.AndI became convincedthatwhenTennesseegelsIhehabitofbuilding monuments,thememoryofWilliamBeanwillmeanas muchloTennesseeansasthatofDanielBoonetoKentucky, andtheslatewillcreelamonumenttoWilliamBeanandlo hiswifewhowasthefirstheroinementionedin Ihe pioneerhistoryofTennessee. CaptainWilliamBean,ofWatauga,isbelievedlohave beendescendedfromJohnBean,whoin1600camefrom IrelandandsettledinExeter.Massachusetts.TheBeans wereworthypeoplewhoboasteda coat-of-armsandwho contributedtotheeducationalandsocialdevelopmentof Exeter.Williamwasa favoritenamewiththeExeter family,andoneWilliamatleastdriftedmiluponIhebig Pennsylvaniafrontier. WhileCaptainWilliamBeancamefromPittsylvania CountyofVirginia,toWatauga,hewashorninPennsyl vania,andhadpossiblylivedinNorthCarolina.Thereis a traditionthaihehaitspenthishoneymoonatForiLou donandthatthroughtheinterventionofNancyWard,the daughterofaBritishadventurer,andIhegranddaughterof Oconostolo.heandhiswifeweresavedfromthemassacre. ThetraditionpossiblyoriginatedthroughIheeffortsof somewritertocorrupthistoricaltactstomeetthedemand ofpopularfiction. Mrs.WilliamBeanwasbeforehermarriageLydiaRus sell,daughterofJamesRussell,ofVirginia,andamember ofthatpioneerfamilyofthenamewhofurnishedsomany well-knownfrontiersoldiersandstatesmen.WhenMrs. BeanaccompaniedherhusbandtoWataugashewasthe motheroffivechildren,William.Robert,George,Sarahand Jane.Itispossiblethattherewereotherchildrenwhose namesarenotknown.Beforebuildinghiscabin,William BeanandhiswifekepthouseintheshantyerectedbyBean andDanielBooneona huntingexpeditioninthatregion; RussellBean,sosaystradition,wasborninthisrude habitation. ItwasJulyi,1776,thatIhememorableIndianattack wasmaite.uponFortWatauga.Ithadbeensevenyears

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sincetheBeanscametoWatauga,andtheWataugaand Holstonsettlementsnumberedaboutsixhundredpeople. ForewarnedbyIsaacThomas,atrader,towhomNancy Wardhadconfidedtheplansofthecominguprising,the familiessurroundingWataugahadtakenrefugeinthefort, butalthoughherhusbandwasonmilitaryduty,Mrs.Bean hadforsomereasonfailedtodoso,andwastakencaptive bytheIndiansundertheCherokeechief,OldAbraham. TheIndians,onretreating,carriedMrs.Beanwiththemto theircampontheNollichuckyRiver.Here,atthepointof agun,shewasforcedtowitnessthetortureanddeathofa neighbor.Mrs.Beanwasquestionedconcerningthe strengthandprovisionsofthegarrisonatthefort.Al thoughfacingdeath,sheretainedhercomposureandan sweredinamannerthatwouldleadherquestionerslocon cludethatthefortwaswelldefendedandpossessedofpro visionssufficienttowithstandalongsiege. IjftterMrs.Beanwastold"shewouldnotbeputlodeath buthetakentothetheIndiantowns,wheresheshould teachtheIndiansquawshowtomakebutter".Subse quentlyshedidaccompanythemtotheirtown,whereshe remainedsometimeincaptivitybeforebeingransomed. IIissaidshewassavedbyNancyWardwhosaidthat theMagicPowershadrevealedtoherthattheNation wouldbedestroyediftheyburnedMrs.Bean. WilliamBeanwasoneofthefirstpatenteesoftheland leasedfromtheIndiansbyCharlesRobertsonastrusteefor thesettlersandlatersecuredbytreaty.Hisnameisfound tothepetitionforannexationtoNorthCarolina,whichis inthearchivesatRaleigh,andwasreceivedbymessenger August22,1776.Hewasoneoftheearliestcaptainsof militia,andhisnameisgivenasoneofthecaptainswhen inresponsetoGovernorRutherford'srequisitionthecom missionedofficersmetforthepurposeofdispatchingtroops forthereliefofSouthCarolina. Fromthebeginning,theWataugaandHolstonsettle mentshadbeentroubledwithafewundesirablecitizens, who,withtheideaofobtainingmorelicense,openly avowedtheirTorysentiments.Inrealitytheywerebutthe renegadessuchasarefoundinallisolatedandfrontier settlements. Asthedepredationsofthesemenincreased,twomilitary companiesseemtohaveassumed,ortohavebeendelegated thedutyofdrivingthemoutoftheneighborhood—atask notsoeasybecauseofthewideareaandmountainous natureofthecountry.

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ThecaptainsofthesetwocompanieswereWilliam BeanandRobertSevier(abrotherofColonelJohnSevier whowasmortallywoundedlateratthebattleofKings Mountain). CaptainSevierhadrecentlylocatedintheNollichucky settlementnearthepresentGreenandCockeCountyline. WilliamBeaninthisyear,1778,whenthedepredationsof iheToriesbecameserious,settledBeanStationinGrainger County;thisstationwastheforemostfrontierpost.Itis nowknownasTate. TheworstoftheTorydesperadoeswasGrimes.or "Captain"Grimes,asheiscalledbythehistoriansHay woodandRamsey.HisreulnamewasHenryGrimes,and hehadatonetimepossessedasortofrespectabilityandwas oneoftheoriginalpatenteesatWatauga. Grimeshadgatheredtogethera bandittiwhosecrimes rangedfromhorsestealingtomurder.Theirlairsinthe mountainsforatimeseemedinaccessible.Theykilleda Mr.Milliban(MillicaninWashingtonCounty),anda Mr. GrubhswholivedontheNollichucky,hadbeencarried ioahighcliffoftheriver,andwiththreatsof'throwing himoff.forcedlopurchasehislifewriththepromiseto conveyallofhisproperlytotheToryband.Mr.James Roddy,prominentduringtheSlateofFranklin,andrep resentativeofGreenCountyintheNorthCarolinaAssem blyof1785,wasalsocapturedbyGrimes,butlateref fectedhisescape. CaptainBean'scompany,"havingsucceededindriving IshamYearley,a seditiousTory,fromtheNollichucky,de terminedtopenetratetheWataugamountainsanddrive outCaptainGrimesandhismen.Grimes,thoughwound ed,managedtoescapetoNorthCarolina.Herehejoined Ferguson.AfterthebattleofKingsMountainhewastaken prisoner,andagainfallingintothehandsoftheover- mountainmen.thelattersawthathepaidinfulltho penallyforallofhiscrimes.HewasoneofthenineTories convictedandhangedafterthebattle. ServingunderCaptainWilliamBeanintheexpedition thatpursuedCaptainGrimeswashisbrother,JohnBean,a manofeducation,andadelegatetotheconventionof FranklinfromWashingtonCounty,andalsoCaptain Bean'sson,GeorgeBean,andEdmondBean,probablyason ofJohnBean. TheBeanswereallfamousasriflemen,andhistory chroniclesmorethanoneinstanceoftheirmarksmanship. Itisnotgenerallyknown1hatatonecrucialperiod duringtheRevolutiontheWataugasettlementbcame;»

10 BEAN havenofrefugenotonlyforthehard-pressedlittleWhig bandsfrombothGeorgiaandNorthCarolina,butforthe familiesaswelloftheboldleaderswhomightsufferperse cutionatthehandsoftheBritishandTories.Sowelcome weretheserefugeesandsohospitablethepeopleofthe over-mountainsettlements,thatfollowingtheRevolution manyweregladtotakeuptheirpermanentresidence amongthem. Ramseyrelatesthat"whenColonelClarkreturnedto GeorgiaafterexileintheWataugaandHolstonsettlements hewasaccompaniedbymanyrecruitsfromthissection". OneoftheserecruitswasRobertBean,thesonofCap tainWilliamBean.ColonelClarkwithhissmallarmyin Georgiawasforcedtousethesamestrategicmethodsof warfarepracticedbyMarionandSumpterinSouthCaro lina.OnoneoccasionheapproachedaBritishcamp,and postedhismen,amongwhomweremanyofthenewre cruits,inambush,andsentasmalldetachmenttodrawthe enemywithintheambuscade.Therusewassuccessful. TheunerringriflemenkilledseveralBritish,withthelossof onlyoneGeorgian.ThecommandingofficeroftheBritish campwasshotdownbyRobertBean.Thebehaviorofthe mountainsoldiersonthisoccasionissaidtohavedone muchtoperpetuatethefriendshipClarkalreadyfeltforthe peopleofthewesternsettlements. AnotherhistoricincidentisthatwhichoccurredonSe vier'sexpeditionin1782,whenheinvadedasfarasChicka- mauga.MuchofthetroublewiththeIndianshadlong beenattributedtotheactivitiesofBritishspiesintheIn diantowns.ThedisaffectionamongtheIndiansofthi' lowertownsseemedtoradiatefromtownsoftheChicka- maugas,andinSeptemberColonelJohnSevierandColonel JosephAnderson,ofSullivanCounty,marchedintothe hostilecountry,killedthewarriorsandburnedtheirtowns. Thespytowhomthetroublewasattributedwasdis coveredatCoosa.HehadassumedthenameofClements andwaslivingwithanIndianwomanbythenameof NancyCoody.Paperswerefoundonhispersonwhich provedhimtobea Britishsergeant."Bean,oneofthe soldiers,shothimdead".ThismemberoftheBeanfamily mayhavebeenJesseBean,oneofSevier'scaptains,andwho alsoparticipatedinthebattleofKingsMountain.Jesse BeanaccompaniedCaptainWilliamBeantoBeanStation andownedlandnearthefort:whetherhewasasonof CaptainWilliam.Bean,orasonofJohnBeanofWashing tonCounty,hasnotbeenascertained.

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LikeDanielBopne,hisoldfriendandcompanion,Cap- M tainBean"didnotliketobecrowded".Hehadhelped blazetheBoonetrailandwatchedemigrantssettleupon theWataugaandHolstonuntiltheynumberedperhapsa thousandpeople,thenhebegantolookaroundforahome withmorelatitude,andwheregamewasmoreplentiful. ItisafamilytraditionthatheselectedthesiteofBeanSat- tionbecauseofthegapinthemountain,andbecauseofthe sulphursprings,andsaltlicks,wbichlatterattracteddeer andothergame. CaptainBeanerectedBeanStationabouttheyear1778. Sincehehadgrandchildrenatthisdate,hecouldnolonger beconsideredayoungman,butasthisistheyearofhis activitiesagainsttheToriesitwillbeseenthathewasstill veryactiveinfrontiermilitaryaffairs.Thefortissaidto havebeenstronglybuiltandwelldefended,whenoccasion necessitated,bythefewfamilieswhosettledinitsprox imity. Thenumberofyearsthatpioneerfamilieslivedinfear andsufferedtheatrocitiesfromtheIndiansisshownby themassacreofJaneBean,a daughterofCaptainWilliam Bean,twenty-oneyearsafterthefamilyhadmovedto BeanStation. JaneBeanhadgonetoanearbyspringforthepurpose ofdoingawashingwhenIndianshiddeninacedarthicket jumpedout,killedandscalpedher.Thegravemayyetbe seenintherearofa barnnearthepublicroad,andis markedwitharoughstonebearingtheinscription,"Jane Bean,Nov.12,1799,"nowontheplaceofMr.Ethelbert Williams,oncepartoftheestateoftheCobbsatTate. TheonlyremainingdaughterofCaptainBeanofwhom wehaverecordisSarah,whobecamethewifeofJohn Bowen,brotherofthebraveLieutenantReeceBowen, whosedeathissographicallydescribedbyMr.Draperin "KingsMountainandIt'sHeroes". Therearemanyinterestingtraditionsextantin this branchofthefamilyoftheearlydaysatBeanStation. Thestorygoesthat"onthedayprecedingthemarriage ofSarahBean,whenallplanshadbeenmadeforthecele bration,JohnBowenwascalledawaytoassistinquelling anIndianuprising,andtheweddinghadtobepostponed". Twoweekslater,however,theweddingtookplaceand aftertheculminationoftheceremonythegroomtookhis bridetohiscabinfivemilesdistantfromthestation. Thehoneymoonwasspentincontinuoustrepidation andfearoftheIndians,whoatthisparticulartimeeither throughrealorimaginarygrievancesagainstencroach

12 BEAN iweivlsandbrokenfaithofthesettlers,werestealinginto everyse'itlemen't,massacreingandplundering.. IntheearlymorningSarahBowenwould'takeherpail, andwhileherhusbandstood'guard'inthedoorwaywith hisgun,hastentothespringforwater. OnenightSara'handJohnBowenwereawakenedbya stealthyandsuggestivetappingoutsidethedoor.They arose,armedthemselveswith'hatchetandgunand'awaited themomentofattack. Momentsandhourspassedandnothingmorealarming transpiredKhanthesamesuggestiveTap!Tap!Tap! Withdawnth^myslteryofthedelayedatlltackwas solved.Whiledlippingcandlesonthedoorstep,Mrs.Bowen hadspilledsomeofthefallow,whichhad!attractedagan deroneofseveralthatMrs.WilliamBean'hadbrough'ther daughterthesamedayithatshemightcollectfeathersfora newfeathertick! WhenIndiandangerthreatenedandMir.Bowenwasoff onduty,oneofSarahBean'sbrotherswouldhastenforher, forcehertojumpastridethehorsebehindhim,a feat shocking'tothemodesty,butnecessaryintheemergency, anddashawaywithnertoi!heprotectionofthefort. Mrs.Bowenwasa truedaughterofthefrontier,and livedto'beninety-threeyearsold.Afterthedeathofher husbandsheaccompanied'asononaflat-boattoTexasand livedanddiednearthepresentcityofDallas. RussellBeanwasitheyoungestchildofCaptainWilliam BeanandLyd'iaRussellBean,andhisnamehasbeenim- mortalzedas"'thefirstwhilechild:borninTennessee".If traditionisto'bebelieved,hegrewuptobeahandsome youthwi'hMack,curlyhairandfinephysique.Hemarried adamg'MerofCaptainCharlesRobertson,amanofculture, anemigrantfromSouthCarolinaand'trusteeofitheWra- faugas:Oilersuntiltheirlandswere'purchasedoutright fromtheIndians.Hewassometimescalled"BlackCharles Robertson,"eiMhr becauseof'hisswar'thinessofcom plexionortodistinguishhimfromanotherCharlesRobert sonofthesettlement RusseliBeanearlydevelopedapropensityforadventlure, oftenleavinghiswifeinWashingtonCounty,heactedas pilotforconvoysdowntheriverfromKnoxvilletothe Cumberlandsettlements.Laterinthesamecapacityhe 'Iravel''dbetweenMemphisandNaitchez. OnoneoccasionRussellBeanremainedawayforso longt'hat'hiswife,heflievinghimdead,marriedagain.On hisreturn,findinghermarried,heproceeded'totakethelaw

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inhisownhandsina imannerwhichplacedhimina position'tobepresecutedbytheRobertsonfamily. After^hisunfortunateincident:.RussellBeanleftEast Tennessee,goingtoNashville,wherehemarriedagain,and itissaidbecameoneofthefirstpoliceofthatcity,a po sitionofferedhimnodoubtbecauseofhisunusualsizeand strength. Thesequeai'HothestoryofRussellBean,iftrue,isone inwhich"OldHickory's"eloquencereunitedRussellBean withhisfirstwife,deathinthecourseofyearshaving claimedt'heotherparticipantsinmaitriunony. OnhiswaytobeinauguratedinWashington.Andrew Jacksonwasdiningatthe'hotelinthei Idtownid'Jones- boro.AsadinnerwasbeingservedMr.JacksonsowRussell Beanontheverandaofthehotel.HistimeIbmlthedo mesticfelicityofthetwomenhadbeendisruptedina mannernoitidissimilarincharacter,bu'l.Jacksonhadbeen Hiestate'sprosseoivtingattorneyagainstBean,andRussell Bean'spresenceaitthistimemaynothaveindicateden thusiasmorgoodwilltowardHhenewPresident. However,Mr.Jacksongreetedhimcordially,engaged himinconversation,eventuallysecludinghiminacorner ofthehotel,wereobliviousofdinnerandwaitingguesta, hetalkedlongandeloquently.Asaresultofithismeetingit issaidRussellBeansought!a.reconciliationwithhiswife. OfcoursetheremaybedoubtingThomaseswhowill disbelievethistradition,butwhodoesnotwishthefirst littlebabeborninthehunter'sshantyonthebanksoflthe Wataugatheculminationofahappyromance? Theonetraditionthatcansafelybedeniedisthatwheh slates"ThatCaptainWilliamBeaninhiswilldisin heritedRussell,becauseofhistreatmenttowardhiswife'. RussellBean'sdomestictroublesoccurredaboutibeyear 1796.fourteenyearsafterthedeathofCaptainBean. CaptainWilliamBean'swillwasproveda'titheMay termoft'heWashingtonCountycourtintheyear1782. Thenextyear,bytheformationofanewcounty,Bean StationwasthrownintoGreeneCounliy.Itisnowin GraingerCounty. RussellBean,thefirstwhitechildbnrninwhatisnow Tennessee,marriedfirstRosamundRobertson,daughter ofCharlesRobertson,asbeforeslated. TherchildrenasgivenbyDraper,were:Baxt'r Charles,James,Joseph,RobertandCamilla.Shemarried aGarland. EarlyrecordsShowthatRobertBean,sonid'William, residednear'theItownofGreenevilleintheyear1874.lb'

1 i BEAN lalcrmovedtoBeanStation."JacobBean"ownedlandon thesouthsideoftheNollichuckyRiverin1788-99.David Bean,in 1790,livedontheFrenchBroadinJefferson County.RussellBeanwasprosecutedinthecourtsof Greenevillein1796;hewasaninhabitantoftheCountyin 1799,althoughGraingerCountywasformedfromHawkins andKnoxCountiesintheyear1796. AlloftheearlyBeansaresupposedtohavedescended fromCaptainWilliamBeanandhisbrotherJohn,of WashingtonCounty. 1 havebeentoldthatallofthefamilyofCaptainBean hadlefttheneighborhoodofBeanStationshortlyafterthe year1800. OfthelastdaysofCaptainBeanthereisnotradition. In1780hewasoneofthecaptainsofthemilitiawhenre inforcementsweresentintoSouthCarolina,andthewriter iscertainthatsometimeshehasseenn recordofhis servedwhileunderMarioninthatstate. Thereseemstobenocertaintyofhisburialplace. AfewyearsagoapileofrocknearthegraveofJane Benn wassupposedtomarkhisgrave,andperhapsother membersofthefamily.Itisprobablethatthisistrue; suchmonumentswerecommoninthedayswhenIndians violatedthegravesofthosewhoweretheirswornenemies. TherewasadaywhenBeanStation,locatedonthemain stageroadatthegapinthemountain,promisedtobe somewhatofa metropolis.Thatdayispast,butitisstill oftenvisitedbytheloverofhistoricalspots.Thesprings visitedbymanydeerinCaptainBean'stimearetodayan nuallyvisitedbymanyseekersafterhealthandpleasure. TateSpringsis typicallya Tennesseeresort.Thesite of BeanStation,wherethefirstmanwhobrought hisfamilyto resideinTennesseelivedanddied,as didhiswife,whointhefaceofanIndianrifledaredto quibblewiththetruth,hopingbysodoingthatshemight saveherneighbors,gatheredinthelittlefortofWatauga, issurelyworthyofamonument. I BOONE

ThefamilyofDanielBoone(whoisbestknownofthe name),beginsapparentlywithoneGeorgeBoone,bornin Englandabout1625orearlier.HemarriedinEnglandand diedinEngland.TherearefourGeorgeBoonesinadirect line,showingthatGeorgewasanestablishedfamilyfavor itebeforeDanielmadethenameBooneahouseholdword. ThefirstGeorgeBoone,bornabout1625orearlier,had asonGeorgeBoone,bornabout1646orearlier.Hewasa blacksmith.HemarriedSarahUppenin England about1665.Hediedattheageofsixtyyears.SarahUppen Boonelivedtobeeightyyearsofage.Theyhadatleast onesonwhomtheynamedGeorgeandwhoistheGeorge BoonetheThirdinthischronicle.Hewasbornin1666 atStoak.nearExeter.DevonshireEngland.Hewasa weaverandwhenhecametomaturityhewenttoaneigh boringtowntopursuehiscatting.TherehemarriedMary Maugridge.TheywereQuakers.Theyhadninechildren andemigratedtoAmericaafterthreeoftheninechildren hademigratedtothenewcountry.GeorgeBoonetheThird diedinAmericain 1744inPennsylvania.Hiswife, MaryBoone,born1669inBrandnich,England,married about1688inBradnich,diedinPennsyivonia,Feb.2,1740. TheirninechildrenwereborninBradnich,'England, thebirthplaceofthemotherandthemarriageplaceof GeorgeandMary.Thethreeeldestchildrenprecededtheir parentstoAmericaandinAugust1717theparentssailed fromEnglandaccompaniedbytheremainingmembersof thefamily.Eightoftheninechildren,allsaveJohn, marriedandraisedfamilies. Theninechildrenwere: I GeorgeBoonethefourth. IISarahBoonemarriedJacobStover,aGerman. IIISquireBoonebornNovember25,1696,married SarahMorgan(1720)atGwyneddMeetingHousewitha Quakerceremony. IVMaryBoonemarriedJamesWebb. VJohnBoonediedunmarried. VIJosephBoone. VIIBenjaminBoonemarriedSusannah . V11IJamesBoonemarriedMaryFoulks. IXSamuelHoone.

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I GEORGEBOONE GeorgeBoone,fourthofthenameandoneofthenine childrenofGeorgeandMaryMaugridgeBoonewasoneof theemigrantsthatlandedatPhiladelphia,October10, 1717. GeorgeBonne,theFourthwasborninBradnich.Eng land,July13,1690.diedNov.20,1753inAmerica.Early traditionssaythaiwhenhewasabouttwenty-twoorthree he,hissisterSarahandhisbrotherSquireBoone,were sentbythefamilytoAmericaandthathereturnedwitha favorablereportandthatremainingmembersofthefamily thenaccompaniedhimonhissecondjourneytoAmerica, landingat PhiladelphiaOctober10,1717.Hemarried DeborahHowell,1713.ShewasbornAugust1691,died January26,1759. Theirchildrenwere: 1 GeorgeBoone,Fifth,ina directline,born'713or 1714;diedunmarriedin1730. 2 MaryBoone,born1716,marriedIsaacLee. 3 HannahBoone,born1718.died1753;marriedGeorge Hughesandhadthreechildren: BooneHughes,JenHughea andSamuelBooneHughes,born1766,andperhapshad otherchildren. 4 DeborahBoone,horn1720. 5 DinahBoone,born1722,married,first, Williams,Cotes,andandhailhadAbnerSolomonWilliams,Cotes.andmarried,second,

0 WilliamBoone,born1724.marriedSarahLincoln andhadeightchildren:Jeremiah.William.George, Thomas,Hezikah,Abigail(whomarriedAdinPancost), MaryandMordicai. 7 JosephBoone,born1726,married and hadatleastoneson,GeorgeBoone,andperhapsothers. 8 JeremiahBoone,born1728. 9 AbigailBoone. 10 HesekiahBoone,born1743. Anotherrecordgivesalso: I t SarahBoone,marriedDavidWilcoxen. IISARAHBOONE I havebeenunabletofindanyrecordofSarahBoone subsequenttohermarriagetoJacobStover,a German,or JacobStuber,March15.1715,ShewasborninBrandnich. England.February18.1691. ' IIISQUIREBOONE SquireBoone,sonofGeorgeandMaryMaugridge Boone,wasborninBrandnich.England.November26, IN BOONE 1619.Hewasoneofthethreeeldestchildrenofthefamily whoweresenttoAmericaprecedingthefamilyemigration in1717.HemarriedSarahMorgan,July23,1720,atthe GwyneddMeetingHouse,accordinglotheQuakercere mony.Shewasa daughterofJohnMorgan.Thename Squireisnotjusta corruptionofEsquireora titlebut seemstohavebecomeafamilycogomenbecauseofsome previousconnectionanditdescendsforseveralgenera tions.SquireBoonewasdismissedfromtheQuaker Churchin1748becausehegavehisapprovallohisson, IsraelBoone,formarrying"outofthechurch".Squire Boonemovedforthisreasonto Holman'sFord,North Carolina,ontheYadkinRiverduringorbeforetheyear 1750.Itistothiscircumstancethathisson,DanielBoone, mostfamousofthename,becamea pioneeroftheNorth Carolina,TennesseeandKentuckyMountains. SquireandSarahBoonehadtwelvechildren,namely: 1 SarahBoone,bornApril7.1724;died1824;married JohnWilcoxen. 2 Israel,bornMay20,1729;marriedabout1748"out oftheChurch"forinthatyearSquireBooneisdismissed fromtheQuakercongregationlorapprovinghisson's marriage. 3 SamuelBoone,bornMay3.1878;died1815.Hewas intheRevolution.MarriedSarahDay,whowasalive October19,1730. 5 ElizabethBoone,bornFebruaryHi.1732;married WilliamGrant,born1720anddied18(i4.inFayetteCounty, Kentucky.HewasamongtheVirginianswhoemigrated toKentuckyin1779andbuilta fortat Bryan'sStation withhisbrother-in-law,DanielBoone.Meis mentioned inhistoriesofKentucky.ItissaidlhatKlizabethafterhis death,marriedBoutonFletcherandanotherrecordsaysshe marriedJohnTurner. 0 DanielBoone,born . 17:51.Hisrecordwill follow. 7 MaryBoone,bornNovember14.1730,married,first WilliamBryan(see'Bryanfamily),andmarried,second, GeneralCharlesSmith. 8 GeorgeBoone,bornJanuary13,1738or1739. 9 EdwardBoone,bornNovember30,1740or1742. 10 SquireBoone,Second. 11 HannahBoone,bornAugust1. 1740.died1820; married,first.JohnStuart,whodied1770.Theyhadfour children.Shemarried,second,RichardPenningtonandhad afifthchildwhosenamewasRichardPennington,andshe perhapshadotherPenningtonchildren.

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12 NathanBoone. OftheforegoingtwelvechildrenofSquireBoonethe First,andhiswife,SarahMorganBoone,therecordofeach is wellestablished,butthestoryofDanielBoone,the PioneerandRevolutionaryhero,ratherovershadowsallhis brothersandsistersandtheirfamilies. DANIELBOONE DanielBoonewasthesixthchildofSquireBooneand SarahMorganBoone.Hewasborn1734inBucksCounty, Pennsylvania,andcametoHolman'sFord,YadkinRivei% NorthCarolinasometimeduringorbefore1750(some recordssay1749)whilehewasstillquiteyoung.Hedied in1820inSt.Charles,Missouri,atthehomeofhisgrand son,NathanBoone.Hisbodyandhiswife'swerere- interedinFrankfort.Kentucky! HemarriedRebeccaBryanin1755,hisfatherSquire Boone,thena JusticeofthePeaceinRowanCountyof ficiating.RebeccawasadaughterofMorganBryan(see Bryanhistory).ShediedinMissouriin1813.Hismeeting withRebeccawhenhethoughtshewasadeer,oratleast awildcreature—shehadgoneouttotheSpringtobring inwater—hislevelinghisgunatherandlaterfollowing thesupposeddeerintoherfather'shousetomeetherthere andfallin lovewithher,is alla partofhisro mantichistorywhichisalldeeplyenmeshedinthehistory ofthethreestales:NorthCarolina,TennesseeandKen tucky.Thisrecordhoweverisbrieflya genealogicalstory andhasnotspaceforhisremarkablehistorynomatterhow interestingitis. TherewereburntoDanielBooneandRebeccaBryan Boonechildren,namely: 1 JamesBoone,burnMav5,1757;killedbyIndians October10,1775. 2 IsraelBoone,born1759;killedbyIndians. 3 SusannahBoone,bornNovember2.1760;married WilliamHays. 4 JemimaBoone,bornOctober4,1762(Kentuckyhis torysaysshewasborn1775); marriedFlandersCalloway. 5 LavinaBoone,burnMarch13.1776;marriedJoseph Echoll. 6 DanielMorganBoone,born1708,saidtobethefirsi settlerinKansas;marriedSarahLewis. 7 RebeccaBoone,born1770;marriedPhillipGoe. 8 JesseBryanBoone,born1773;marriedChloeVan Bibber,daughterofCaptainJohnVanBibber. 9 WilliamBoone.bornJune1775;diedyoung.

20 BOONE 10 NathanBoone,born1781;marriedOliveVanBib ber;buriedatAshGrove,Missouri. RebeccaBryanBoonewasprobablythefirstwhite womaninKentuckyandwithherhusbandmustbecalled oneofthefoundersofBoonsborough,thesecondoldest settlementinKentucky.Thefirstwomantoownapiece oflandinKentuckywasSusannah,daughterofDanieland RebeccaBoone,whoatanearlydateobtaineda patent foratractinMadisonCounty.Danielkeptonexploring allhislifeandhiswanderingsweremany,finallytaking himtothepresentslateofMissouriwherehediea. SusannahBoone,thirdchildofDanielandRebecca BryanBoone,marriedWilliamHays.TheywenttoKen tuckywithDanielaniiHartley'sLifeofDanielBoone speaksofhislivingwithhisdaughter,SusannahHays,in PlatteCounty,Missouri.Amongherchildrenwere: Lucy Hays,whomarried Lancaster,andhadRamsonM. Lancaster,( whomarriedSarahA.Roberts)andLucy Lancaster,(whomarried Jenkins); andSusanHays whomarriedIsaacVanBibberandhadFannieVanBibber whomarriedCyreniusCoxandhadMissouriCoxand JamesM.Cox.. JemimaBoone,daughterofDanielBooneandRebecca BryanBoonewasbornOctober4,1762.Shewascapturedby theIndianswhenshewasachildbutwasrescued.She marriedFlandersCallowayandhadtenchildren,namely: JohnB.Calloway(whomarriedElizabethCotton); Larkins Calloway(whomarriedSusanHowell); CaptainJames Calloway(whomarriedNancyHowell); SusannahCallo way(whomarriedThomasHowell);FrancesCalloway; DanielBooneCalloway;SallieBooneCalloway;Tabitha Calloway;BetsyCallowayandMinervaCalloway.

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ThefounderoftheBordenfamilyinAmericawasRich ardBorden,asonofMatthew"Borden,churchwardenof HedcornParish,CountyKent.England,andhiswife,Joan. MatthewBordenistracedbacktoHenryBordenofHedcorn Parishwhowasbornabout1375.andhiswife,Robergia. TheBordenfamilyisofNorman-Englishorigin;theorigi nalspellingofthenamewasBourdon.Therehavebeen manyvariantsonthenameBorden,themostfrequentbe ing,atleastintheAmericanfamily,theformBurden. RichardBorden,theimmigrant,wasbornatHedcornand wasbapiizedSeptember22,1505.OnSeptember28.1625, hewasmarriedinHedcornchurchto.loanFowle.In1628 Richardand.loan(Fowle)Bordenremovedfromtheparish ofHedcorntotheneighboringparishofCranbrook,thence in1635toNewEngland,settlinginBostonNeck,nearRox- bury,Massachusetts.Inthespringof1638,theybecame membersofthefirstcolonyofsettlersofRhodeIsland. RichardBordenwasoneofthethreemenwholaidoutthe originaltownofPortsmouth.RhodeIsland,andaccording toMussell(AmericanAncestry.Vol.VII).hewaselected in1654treasureroftheUnitedColonies.Thefirstfive childrenofRichardandJoan(Fowle)Bordenwereborn inEngland;thesixth.Matthew,bornMay16,1638,wasthe firstwhitechildburnonRhodeIsland.Inalltherewere ISwelvechildren.Fromtheseventh.John,theSouthern Bordensaredescended.Duringthelastcenturyhisde scendantshavegreatlyoutnumberedthoseofallhis brothers,andnowtheymayhefoundinalmosteverystate oftheUnion.HemarriedMaryEarle,daughterofWilliam andMary(Walker)Earle,andgranddaughterofRalphand JonmEarle,whoweiralsoamongtheoriginalsettersof RhodeIsland. JohnandMary(Earle)Bordenhadninechildren.Of thesethesixthsouandyoungestchild,Benjamin,bornin Portsmouth1692,inherited5,000acresoflandinPennsyl vaniaandalsoacquiredalargeestateinNewJersey,where hesettled.ItissaidthathefirstwenttoVirginiain1732. ByagrantdatedJuly12.1734.1.122acresofland"onthe westernsideoftheShenandoahRiverinthecountytobe called'Orange"'werepatentedtoBenjaminBorden.Andrew HaptonandDavidGriffith.ThecountycourtofOrange

23 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES wasopenedJanuary12,i734,andthejusticesincludedinthe "CommissionofPeace",wereJamesBarbour(grandfather ofGovernorJamesBarbourandPhillipPendletonBar bour),ZacharyTaylor(grandfatherofPresidentTaylor), JoistHite,MorganMorgan.BenjaminBorden,andthe ubiquitousJohnSmith. BenjaminBordendeservestohavehisnameremem beredchieflyonaccountofthepartheplayedinsettling upthevalleyofVirginia,heobtainedfromGovernor Gooch,October3, 1734,patentfora tractoflandin FrederickCountywhichwascalledBorden'sManor.At thesamelimehewaspromised100,000acres(accordingto Peyton'sHistoryofAugustaCounty(500,000),onthewaters oftheJamesRiver,assoonasheshouldlocateonehundred settlersonthi>trad.Borden'sManorwassouthof Beverly'sManor,anditembracedthewholeupperpartof AugustaandRockbridgeCounties,thefamousNatural Bridgebeinglocatedonthetract.NeitherBordennorthe proprietorsofBeverly'sManor(WilliamBeverly,John Randolph,RichardRandolphandJohnRobertson)tired intheireffortstosecureimmigrants.Bordenmadeatleast twotripstoEuropeforthispurpose.Hereturnedfromthe firstonein1737witha numberofcolonists.Thefirst settlersonBorden'sManorwereEphriamMcDowellandhis family.TheyweresoonfollowedbyArchibaldAlexander, JohnPalton,AndrewMoore,HughTelford,JohnMatthews, thePrestons,Paxtons,Lyles,Gngsbys,Stewarts,Wallaces, Wilsons,Caruthers,Campbells,McOlungs,McRaes,and otherswhobecamethefoundersofsomeofVirginia'sdis tinguishedfamilies. BenjaminBordendiedNovember,—:—, possessedof 130,000acresoflandinVirginiaandNewJersey.Hewas survivedbyhiswife,Jerusah,whosoonreturnedtoNew Jerseytoreside,andbytenchildren,asfollows:(1)Ben jamin,whomarriedMrs.Magdalene(Woods)McDowell (theyhadonlyonechildwhogrewtomaturity,adaughter, Mariha,whomarried,firstBenjaminHawkins,andhad fourchildren::(1)Sarah,whomarriedWilliamMitchell, (2)Magdalene,whomarriedColonelHarvey,(3)William and(4)James.Martha(Borden)Hawkinsmarried, second,RobertHarvey); (2)Hannah,whomarriedEdward Rogers(theirson,Edward,wasa Revolutionarysoldier); (3)Mercy,whomarriedWilliamFearnley;(John(see below); (5)Abigail,whomarried,first,JacobWorthing- ton(theyhada son,William,whomarriedElizabeth Machir),and,second,JamesPritchard;(6)Rebecca,who marriedThomasBronson,andhadtwosons,LeviandEli,

24 BORDEN (7)Deborah,whomarriedThomasHenley;(8)Lydia,who marriedJacobPeck(seebelow); (9)Elizabeth,who married,firstNicholsandhadason,William,born1747, and,second,PattonandleftPattondescendantsinTennes see,and(10)Joseph,whoremovedtoTennessee. JohnBorden,sonofBenjamin,Sr.,diedin1875in Covington,Kentucky,leavingeightchildren:(1)Joseph, ofKnoxville,Tennessee,(seebelow),andWilliam,who settledinWhiteCounty,Tennessee,andlaterremovedto WashingtonCounty,Arknasas,whereheleftthreesons, John,JosephandWilliam;(3)Benjomin,whomarried andhadseveraldaughters;(4)John,whodiedinHarde manCounty,Tennessee,leavingseveraldaughters;(5)Re becca,whomarriedOverstreei;ofOvertonCounty,Tennes see;(6)Margaret,whomarriedJudgeKeither,ofKnox ville;(7)Nancy,whomarriedJohnMcWilliams,ofBled soeCounty,Tennessee,and(8)Sarah,whomarriedAlex anderMcCoy,ofKnoxville. JosephBordenofKnoxville,marriedMaryEchols. Theyhadfivechildren:(1)Eli,whomarriedMarcha Wheeler;(2)Hawkins,whosettledinWalkerCounty, Alabama;(3)John,whomarried,first,CatherineMatlock, andsecond,CatherineSevier,agrandaughterofGovernor Sevier(seeSevierfamily); (4)Joseph,whosettledin1818 inCalhounCounty,Alabama,and(5)Ann,whomarried MosesJohnsonandhadoneson,Allan. I thinkitprobablethatBorden'sfirstwife.Catherine Matlock,wasalsooftheSevierfamilyandthatshewasa daughterofWilliamandPollySevierMatlock,thelattera sisterofGovernorJohnSevier,andnamedCatherinefor thegovernor'sothersister. LydiaBorden,daughterofBenjamin,Sr.,(born1720, died1801),marriedJacobPeck,anativeofWurttemberg, Germany,whosettled1738inPennsylvania.Thisnamewas writtenBeck,butinsouthernGermanywaspronounced Peck.AllofthesonsofJacobusedtheformPeck,withthe possibleexceptionofJoseph,whoselastreferencefound in1785,.isunderthenameBeck.Josephprobablysettled inNorthernAlabama;Hardesty(HistoricalandGeograph icalEncyclopedia)saysthatJacobsettledinAlabama,but fhisdoubtlessincorrect,ashewasstilllivingatStaunton, Virginia,attheageof71).JacobandLydia(Borden)Peck hadeightchildren:(1)Benjamin(seebelow); Jacob,who married, first,MaryAbney,andsecond,ElizabethDash- kam;(3)JohnH.,ofBotecourtCounty,Virginia,who marriedMaryMcCreary;(4)Adam,whosettledinEast Tennessee,andlefta numberofdescendants,including

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JudgeJ.Peck,oneofthefoundersofEmoryandHenry College;(5)Mary,whomarriedJacobCarper;(6)Joseph, whomarriedHannahThomas(Josephwasasoldierofthe Revolution,assomeofhisbrothersaresaidtohavebeen; (7)Hester(seebelow),and(8)HannahwhomarriedPeter Holm. Benjamin,sonofJacobandLydia(Borden)Peck,was bornin1746.HemarriedMargaretCarperandsettledin whatisnowCraigCounty;Virginia.Theyhadfivesons: John,Jacob,Adam,BenjaminandJoseph.John,the eldestson,wasbornSeptember10,177^.HesettledinGiles County,\irginia,andin1806wasappointedoneofthefirst JusticesofthePeaceofthatcounty.HemarriedElizabeth Snidow,daughterofColonelChristianSnidowandhis wife,MaryBurke,a granddaughterofCaptainJames Burke,whoin1753,discoveredthepicturesquevalleyin TazewellCounty,Virginia,knownasBurke'sGarden. TheirChildrenwere:(1)MaryBurke,whomarriedher cousin,BenjaminBordenPeck;(2)MargaretCarper,who marriedCharlesLewisPearis.sonofColonelGeorgeand Rebecca(Clay)Pearis(theironlychild,Electra,married Dr.CharlesW.Pearis,sonofSamuelP.andRebecca (Chapmab)Pearis);(3)ChristianLewis,whomarried SusanPriceandleftdescendantsinGilesCounty;(4) ClaraS.,whomarriedJohnH.Vawter(theyhadseveral children,amongthemason,CaptainCharlesE.Vawter,for manyyearsprincipaloftheMillerSchool,ofAlbermarle County,Virginia,whomarriedVirginiaLongley); (5) JosephAddison,whomarriedEellenBakerandsettledin Texas;(6)SarahS.,whomarriedEdwinAmos(theyhad a daughter,Sarah,whomarriedColonelWilliamPalmer, ofRichmondandBlacksburg,Virginia.Theirdaughter, Sarah,married'RobertPrestonReamsandtheironlychild isMrs.ValentineNesbit,ofBirmingham.Anotherdaugh ter,ElizabethPalmer,marriedFrankChristian,a third, Lelia,marriedEgbertLeigh,ofRichmond,andthefourth, Claudia,isMrs.WilliamOrmondYoung,ofRichmond); (7)WilliamHenry,whomarriedElizabethAmos,a sister ofEdwin,andsettledinLoganCounty,WestVirginia; (8)RebeccaR.,whodiedyoung;(9)CharlesDecatur,who marriedRachelHogeThomas,adaughterofColonelWil liamThomasandwife,RachelMontgomeryHoge,who wasagranddaughterofJamesandElizabeth(Howe)Hoge, pioneersettlersofwhatisnowPulaskiCounty,Virginia; (10)Dr.ErastusWatsonPeck,whomarriedfirst,Mary Mason,ofLynchburg,secondAnnHandley,andthird MarthaH'obbs';(11)ElizabethE..whomarriedDr.RobertB.

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McNult(theyhadseveralsonsandIwodaughters(1)Mary, whomarriedColonelJamesBarbeePeckandhadseveral childrenamongthemadaughter,Josephine,whomarried Dr.S.U.Long,presidenlofMarthaWashingtonCollege, andJuanita.whomarriedJudgeGeorgeB.Sinclair,form erlyofCharlottesville,Virginia,nowofNewYork); (12) MarthaM.whomarriedJudgeJohnAlexanderKelly,son ofVincentHowellandAnnSimmons(Alexander)Kelly (oneoftheirsons,FrancisAlexanderKelly,marriedEliz.i Patfon(seeGainesfamily.VolumeI NotableSouthern Families);another.JudgeL.Kelly,ofVirginiaCourtof Appeals,marriedMaryHull,daughterofCaptainD.D. Hull,ofMarion.Virginia),and(13)JosephineE.,who marriedDr.RichardPhillipsandsettledinAlabama. Jacob,thesecondsonof BenjamineandMargaret (Carper)Peck,marriedMalindaGivens.Theyhadeleven children:(1)BenjaminBorden,whomarriedMaryBurke Peck(theyhadsixsons.Pembroke,Charles,Lewis,James H..JacobA..ErastusH.amlBordenWallace,whowas killedinthebattleofGettysburg); (2)VVilliamGivens, whodiedunmarried;(3)ElishaG..whomarriedMargaret Peters;(4'iDanielR..whodiedunmarried;(5)George Harrison,whomarriedSarahJ.Handley;(fi)JamesPres ton.whomarriedElizabethScott;(7)JacobH.,who marriedAnnHendley;(8)MargaretCarper,whomarried ArchibaldPeck,souofJohnandJane(Hutcheson)Peck; (9)RhodaE.,whomarriedJamesMcClaugherty;(10) LouisaS.,whomarriedLewisPayneand(11)Rebecca, whomarriedJohnA.Calfee. Benjamine.sonofBenjaminandMargaret(Carper) Peck,marriedRebeccaSnidow.sisterofhisbrother'swife, andsettledinMonroeCounty,WestVirginia.Theirchil drenwere:(1)WilliamH..(2)Christian.(3)Francis, (4)JohnS..whomarriedMaryBurkeSnidow.daughter ofJohnandRachel(Chapman)Snidow.(Theyhadthe followingchildren:JamesP..whowaskilledin18fiiin thebattleofColdHarbor;HughT..wholivesinMaryland. ChapmanJ.,ofGilesCounty.John.Ann,whomarriedJohn P.Peek,andElizabeth,whomarriedHarveySnidow);(5) MarthaHobbs;(11)ElizabethE.,whomarriedDr.RobertB. whomarriedJohnA.Chalfee. HesterPeck,daughterofJacobandLydia(Borden)Peck, marriedIsaacVanMeter.Theyhadeightchildren:(1) Hannah,whomarriedMcFerrin;(2)Mary,whomarried CharlesHedrick;(3)Elizabeth,whomarriedBenjamin Carper(theyhadthreesons.James.GeorgeandJoseph, whomarriedAnnWestandhadfourchildren:Elizabeth,

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whomarried Echols,Robertwhowaskillednear Williamsburg,Virginia,in the WarBetween theStates;Wyndham,andArianaWilliamson,who marriedWilliamB. Bean—Dr.RobertBennetBean, of the Universityof Virgnia,is theirson); (4) Placentia,whomarried McFerrin; (5)Jacob,whomarriedPatsyUshurShrewsbury(seebe low); Joseph,ofMarion,Virginia,whomarriedDamaris Lockland,ofHagerstown,Maryland.(Theyhadseven children,noneofwhomleftdescendants;(7)SarahHaw kins,whomarriedDr.EleazerSweetlandandsettledin GreenupCounty,Kentucky(seebelow). JacobandPatsy(Shrewbury)VanMeterhadeight children: (1)WilliamSteel,whomarriedMaryShrews- berry;(2)Mary,whomarriedWilliamCooke;(3)Julia, whomarriedAtwoodG.Hobson;(4)CarolineE.,who marriedGeorgeBradleyAdams,ofBowlingGreen,Ken tucky;(5)SamuelKirk,whomarriedJaneSharp;(6) CharlesJoseph,whomarriedMrs.Catherine(Moss)Overall; (7)Sarah,whomarriedM.P.Clarksonand(8)Clinton Clay,whodiedunmarried. Dr.EleazerandSarahHawkins(VanMeter)Sweetland hadtenchildren:(1)Elizabeth,whomarriedThomas JeffersonObenchain,ofWythville,Virginia;(theireldest son,Dr.WilliamAlexanderObenchain,presidentofOgden College,BowlingGreen,Kentucky,marriedElizaCalvert, thenovelist,whosenomdeplumeisElizaCalvertHall. Theyhavefourchildren: Margery,William,ThomasHale andCeciliaCalvert); (2)MaryHester,whomarriedGeorge WalterStrickland;(3)CharlesGould,whodiedinStrick land,California,unmarried;(4)SamuelMcFerrin,who marriedfirstMarthaAbernethyandsecond,MarvAber- nethy;(5)Martha,whomarriedElijahWalker;(6)Isaac VanMeter,whomarriedMarthaRussell;(7)HenryPettit, whomarriedAugustaLadd;(8)CaptainWilliamA.,wh» waskilledinthebattleofGettysburg;(9)'Sarah,who marriedLukePowell,and(10)JamesOtis,whomarried MarthaScott. WilliamBorden,fifthsonofJohnand*Mary(Earle) BordenmarriedAliceHull,daughterofJohnandAlioe (Teddeman)Hull,andsettledin1733inBeaufortCounty, NorthCarolina,ontheriverwhichhenamedNewport River.Theyhadthreedaughtersandoneson,William, whomarriedMrs.Comfort(Lovett)Small.Theyhadsix children,asfollows:(1)John,whodiedyoung;(2)Wil liam,marriedAnnDelaney,andhadoneson,Barcley;(3) AlicewhomarriedColonelDavidWard;(4)Benjamine,

28 BORDEN whomarried,firstNancyWallace,and'second,Rebecca Staunton;(5)Hope,whomarriedAsaHatch,'ofJones County,NorthCarolina,and(6)Joseph,whomarriedMrs. Esther(Wallace)Easton,daughterofDavidandMary (Willis)Wallace.Josephand'Esther(Wallace)Borden residedinCarteretCounty,NorthCarolina.Theyhadnine children:(1)William,whomarriedElizabethDickson. (Theyhadtwochildren,EleanorHull,whodiedunmarried, andMarthaWebb,whomarried,JohnS.Telfair;(2)Ben jamin,whomarried,firstMargaretHillandsecond,Mrs. Martha(Cocke)Gray,ofLynchburg,Virginia.(Theyhad sevenchildren,asfollows:JosephwhomarriedFrances ScottGray;ThomasJ.,whomarriedElizabethByrn; Miranda,whomarriedMajorThomasCrawfordClark; WilliamA.,whomarriedAliceG.Moore;Mary,who married,firstWilliamT.CheneyandsecondEdwardFen- wickCampbell;BenjaminClayborn,whomarriedRobert Moore,andJamesPennington,whomarriedMelissaPar- ham.(3)DavidWallace,whomarriedhiscousin,Hope Ward(theirchildrenwereElizabethGraham,whomarried GeorgeLovicPierce,MaryJames,whomarriedDavid GraceofBirmingham,HannahWar,whomarried,first GeorgeLovicPierceandsecond,WilliamKirkWallace, andJoshuaA.,whodiedyoung).(4)Joseph,ofBorden, California,whomarriedJulietRhodes;(theyhadeight children:ThomasPennington,Mary,JudgeRhodesBor den,oftheSupremeCourtofSanFrancisco,NathanLane, whomarriedMinnieLeeBorden,Sheldon,whomarried FrancesBurnett,IveyLewis,whomarriedHettyThompson, andAnnHelen).(5)ThomasRichardson,whomarried AnnM.Jones;(6)JudgeJamesWallaceBorden,who marriedEmmaGriswold(theirchildrenareEsther,who marriedGeorgeH.Aylesworth,Mary,Rebecca,Kenyon, whomarriedCharlesE.Grover,Joseph,William,who marriedLavinnaFielding,Brigadier-GeneralGeorgePen ningtonBorden,whomarriedElizabethReynolds;Emiline, whomarriedCaptainCharlesE.HargousandDavidH. whomarriedMaryNelson); (7)MaryWallace,who marriedIsraelSheldon;(theyhadonedaughter,Mary,who married,firstWilliamWatsonWoolseyandsecond,Colonel WoolseyRogersHopkins).(8)IsaacPennington,who marriedElizabethMar'setand(9)HannahG.,whodied young. AthirdbranchoftheBordenfamilythatsettledinthe SouthisdescendedfromArnoldBorden,(bornSeptember 3,1795),agrandsonofJoseph,thethirdsonofJohnand Mary(Earle)Borden.ArnoldBordenmarriedAnnBrown

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riggandmovedtoGoldsboro,NorthCarolina,andalso purchasedanestateinNorthAlabama.Theyhadseven children:(1)Harriet,whomarriedDr.CharlesF.Dewey, uncleofAdmiralDewey;(2)JamesCole,acaptaininthe ConfederateArmy,whomarriedMaryCaruthers;(3) EdwinBrownrigg,whomarriedGeorgiaWhitefield;(4) Louisa,whomarriedFrancesW.Kornegay;(5)Sarah, whomarriedDr.JohnMiller;(6)EugeniaArnold,who diedininfancy,and(7)WilliamHenry,whomarried,first SusanEdmondson,second,JuliaEdmondson.andthird HarrietKennedy. Thefounderofa fourthbranchoftheBordenfamily wasGailBordenII,whomarriedPhiladelphiaWheeler,a descendantofRogerWilliams.ThisGailBordenwasa grandsonofJohn,whowasthesecondsonofJohnand Mary(Earle)Borden.GailandPhiladelphia(Wheeler) Bordensettledin1841inKentucky.Theyhadfoursons: (1)GailIII(seebelow); (2)ThomasHenry,whomarried, firstDennisWoodwardandsecondLouisaA.Graves,ana settledinGalveston,Texas;(3)PaschalPavolo,who marriedMaryS.HatchandsettledinWeimar,Texas.The eldestofthesefourbrotherswasbornNovember6,1801. HewasanimportantfigureintheearlyhistoryofTexas, wherehewasintimatelyconnectedwithStephenF.Austin. Hewastheinventorofpemmicanmeatbiscuitsandanex cellentbeefextractandin1856hepatentedhiscelebrated condensedmilk.TexascommomoraieshisnameinBorden County,ofwhichtheprincipaltownisGail.Hemarried PenelopeMercer,andhadsevenchildren:(1)HenryLee, whowasheadoftheBordenCondensedMilkCompanyof Chicago;(2)MortonQuinn,whodiedyoung;(3)Philadel phiaWheeler,whomarriedJudgeJehuWarnerParkerof Clarksburg,WestVirginia;(4)StephenAustin,whodied young;(6)Mary,whomarriedMillsS.MunsillofCon necticut;(5)JohnGailofOnnond,Florida,whomarried EllaL.Graves.HesucceededtothepresidencyoftheNew YorkCondensedMilkCompanyatthedeathofhisfather. ThomasHenryandLouisa(Graves)Bordenhadtwo sons,JohnwhomarriedMaryMcKeeandJamesCochran, whomarriedPalmyraAtkinson,daughterofDorseyand Mary(PattomAtkinson,ofWilliamsonCounty,Tenn. ParschalPavoloandMartha(Stafford)Bordenalsohad twosons,Milan,whomarriedEllaUnderwood,andWil liam,whomarriedEmmaGraves. JohnPettitandMary(Hatch)Borden,hadfourchil dren: ThaddeusH.,whowaskilledintheWarBetweenthe States;SidneyG..whomarriedMarySullivan;Fielda,who

30 BORDKN marriedWilliamJ.DuffelandLeedeWitt,whomarried MaryA.Green,ofLouisville,Kentucky. TheBordencoatofarmsisasfollows:Thefieldazure, achevronengrailed,ermine,twobourbons,orpilgrim's stavesproperinchief;anda cross-crossletinbase,or Crest;alionrampantaboveascroll(argent)onhissinis terfoot:MottoP.ilmaVirtuti: andabovethecrest.Ex celsior.

BRIAN

IIhasbeensaidlh.ilthefamilytreeoftheO'Briens bendsbeneaththeweightofitsroyalancestry."Onevery branchhangsamonarch"whsalmosttootrneatonetime. KingsofThomound,ofMmisterandLimrick,Earlsof IchqninandBaronsofTadcasterareofthisline. TheMonarch,BrienBorn,killedatthebattleofCloutart in1014.issaidtoheresponsibleforthenameBryanasthe surname,the"0"meaningthesonof.ordescendantof Brien.andnomatterwhatthesl)ellngofthename.Ihey areallthesamefamily,fromMachiasO'BrienofMaine withhissixlightingsonstoJosephBryan,theEnglish planter,whosettledinSonthCarolinapriorto1700. Pennsylvania.VirginiaandNorthCarolinareceived theirquotaofemigrantsofthename,threemainlinesalladd tothesaini'storyofpoliticalintrigueintheoidcountry, showinga commonancestor.Manybelievethisto be WilliamSmi'ihBryan,"deportedtothecolonyofVirginia in1650,asanundesirablecitizen,withhisfamilygoods andchatties,consistingofa shipload(McKenzieColonial Families.Vol.VI). HewasthesonofSirFrancisBryan,aprominentman ofIrelandaboutthemiddleofthe16thcentury. Oneauthority'makesFrancisBryanthesonofWilliam SmithBryanandplacesWilliamSmithBryan'sarrivalin Virginia,in1015,withthestatementthatbetweentheyears 1623and1666thereweretwenty-oneBryans,sonsand grandsonsofWilliamSmithBryan,whotookuplandsin Virginia.Certainitisthatin1631.January2.JohnBryan, aged25,wastransportedtoVirginiainboat"Bonaventure" WilliamSmithBryanissaidtobetheancestorofSir EdwardO'Brien,ofWilliamSmithO'BrienandLord Ichifuin.TheEdwardO'Brienlinesettledin North Carolina."Edwardwastheeldestoffivebrothers,and broughtwithhimthecoronetwhichwashisbirth-right".

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NeedhamBryan,borninVirginiain1690,settledin NorthCarolina,"'urgedbyrelativesalreadythere".William SmithBryan,thefirstinVirginia,sonofSirFrancisBryan, settledinGloucesterCounty,Virginia,andhadelevensons. Wearconlysureofone,Francis,theeldest,althoMorgan BryaninNorfolkCountyin1693isthoughttobeason. PerhapsalsoJamesBryanalandownerinIsleofWight Countyandhisbrother,WilliamBryan(fatherofNeed- ham)whosettledinIsleofWightCountyin1688,Richard inKingGeorgeCounty,1694andJohnthefatheroffive O'BrienswhosettledinNorthCarolina(Edward,William, John,CouncilandHardy).InVol.VI.VirginiaColonial Records,page12,thewillofThomasWight,Sept.20,1672, ofMoraticoCreek,mentionssons-in-lawThomasand RobertBryan. FrancisBryan,eldestsonofWilliamSmithBryan,born about1630.returnedtoIrelandin1667andendeavoredto recoverhishereditarytitlesandestates,butwassoperse cutedbytheEnglishGovernmentthalhesoughtrefugein DenmarkwherehemarriedSarahBrinkerorBrunker.He laterreturnedtoIreland,wherehediedin1fi94.Hisson, Morgan,WasborninDenmarkin1681andWilliamin Ireland,in1685. ::i, ' THIRDGENERATION "AfterMorganBryan(Francis.WilliamSmith)came toyearsofmaturity,helefthisparentsinIrelandandcam:; toAmerica,toPennsylvania.TherecordshowsthatMor ganBryanlivedinChesterCounty,wherein 1719he marriedMarthaStrode".Severalchildrenwerebornin Pennsylvania.Thenin1728or1730,hewithAlexanderRoss andothersreceivedagrantofonethousandacresofland onthePotomacandOpequanRiversinVirginia,andsettled nearthepresentsiteofWinchester.Heretherestofhis childrenwerehorn,andMarthaStrodeBryandiedin1747. AfterherdeathhesoldhisinterestinVirginiaandinttie fallof1748movedhisfamilytoNorthCarolinaandsettled intheforksoftheYadkinRiver,thenAnsonCounty,later (1753)Rowan.AbouttwoyearslaterSquireBoonemoved fromPennsylvaniatoNorthCarolina,andbecameanear neighbor.HereDanielBooneandRebeccaBryanwere weremarriedin1755andWilliamBryanandMaryBoone thesameyear.Allfamilyrecordssay'thatMarthaStrode Bryandied1747inVirginia,hutin AugustaCounty Records.Vol:III.p.340,wefindthaionSeptember27,1753, EdwardHughes.SquireBooneandJamesCarter,ofRoane County.WereappointedI" lakeacknowledgementof BRYAN

Martha,wifeofMorganBryan. MorganBryandiedin1703,aged92years.(Thiswould makehisbirthlfiTl)andwasburiedinRowanCounty. HiswillonfileatSalisburyCounty.NorthCarolina,Will BookA,p.13.givesuntomybelovedson.Thomas,my mansionhouseandplantation;untomybeloved"daughter, ElinorLinville,allmywife'sapparel.I giveandbequeath, Joseph,Samuel.Morgan.John,Willam.JamesandThomas anddaughterElinorLinville,etc. ThechildrenofMorganandMarthaStrodeBryanwere: 1 Joseph,horn1720;marriedHesterHampton(second wife)ornameAliceandHester. 2 Samuel,marriedMasmillaSimpson. 3 James,bonr1723-1802;married175(i.RebeccaKnox. 4 MorganJr.,hornMay20.17v".);marriedMary Forbes. 5 John,marriedFiancesBattle. 6 Elinor,marriedWilliamLinville. 7 Mary,marriedForbes. 8 William,died1781;married1755.MaryBoone. 9 Thomas,born1736.died1789;married.—Hmnt. 10 Sarah. 11Rebecca,married1755.DanielBoone. Ofthese,James.MorganandWilliamandsomerecords sayJoseph,wenttoKentuckywithBoonemidbuiltthefort knownasBryan'sStation.

1 Joseph,theeldest,remainedinVirginia,whilethe othersmovedtoNorthCarolinawiththeirfather.Heis foundinmanydeedsinAugustaCounty,andhiswifeAlice aslateas1754and1755,("Alice,wifeofJosephBryan, hasaprivateexamination'. Theyhadthreesons:William, MorganandJohn.

2 SamuelwastheonlysonofMarganBryanwhodid notserveintheRevolution.Heraisedanarmyofeight hundredmenandtenderedthemwithhimselftotheGover norofNorthCarolinatofightfortheKing.Afterthewar hewascourtmarshalledandhisproperlywasconfiscated. Norecordofdescendants.

3 JamesBryan,sonofMorganand.Martha(Strode) Bryan,wasbornin1723.diedin1802.Hemarriedin1756, RebeccaKnox.Theyhadthefollowingchildren: DavidBryan,bornOct.29,1757.whomarriedMary Poorandhadtenchildren:James,Morgan,Elizabeth, Mary.Willis.John,Susan.Hrizella,SamuelandWilliam. NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Jonathan,bornJuly15,175!),marriedMaryHughes Coshonandhadtenchildren: Parthenia,Phoebe,Nancy, Elijah,Abner,Mary,Alsey,James,DelilahandLavinia. Henry,bornJan.15,1759;marriedElizabethSparks andhadeightchildren:Susan,Joseph,Rebecca,Elizabeth. Cynthia,Johannah,JohnW.andPolly. Susannah,bornApril11,1763;marriedIsraeliIrani andhadthreechildren: James.WilliamandIsraelB.Grant. Mary,bornDecember13,1765. Rebecca,bornMarch1,1767;marriedfirstHughLogan, andmarriedsecond,JamesSmith.Hersevenchildren were:William,Alexander.Hugh,HenryandMaryLogan andSusanandJamesSmith. 4 MorganBryan,Jr.,diedMay2,1729;marriedMary Forbes;wasoneofthecommitteeofPublicSafetyfor RowanCounty.NorthCarolina.MorganalsowenttoKen tucky.Hisson.GeorgeBryan,(died1758)marriedinthe Fort,"ElizabethNealRogers,inMay.1780.thefirstmarriage solemnizedinKentucky.GeorgeBryanservedinIheRevo lutionandisonthepensionlistof181'0fromBourbon County,Kentucky.Hemarriedsecond,Mrs.Cassandra Miller',in1830,anddiedNovember22,1845,inSpringfield, Illinois.Onlyrecordofoneson.WilliamSmith,died March17.1785,atBryansStation;marriedJudithField, January25,1814.Theyhadthreesonsandonedaughter: 1 WilliamSmith,marriedMissBartlett,ofLouisville, 2 GeorgeW.,bornAugust23,1815,marriedElizabeth Miller. 3 RobertT..marriedfirst,MissKenny;marriedsecond. MaryOtTutt. 4 Eliza,marriedFrankTucker;noissue.

5 JohnBryan,marriedFrancesBattle.HewasaCatpain intheRevolutionandwhilehomeona furlough,thefirst orsecondmorning,waskilledathisowndoorbyColonel Planning,aBritishofficerwithasquadofmen,whohad bysomemeanslearnedofhispresence.Theycalledhimto Ihedooranddemandedthathehikeoathtosupportthe King"scauseand'shothimuponhisrefusaltodoso.Heis saidtohavehadalargefamily.Oneson,LewisBryan, marriedElizabethWhiteandhadsixchildren: 1 Sarah,marriedJesseSalts. 2 Annie,marriedIsaacRebber. 3 Polly,marriedPeterBarnes. 4. Fannie,marriedJamesDavis. 5 Battle,marriedRebeccaMiller.

36 BRYAN fi JohnGilson,marriedPollieMorris. JohnGilsonBryanlivedtobe98yearsold.Batlle BryanandRebeccaMillerhadtwelvechildren: Polly, Susan,JohnGilson,HenryM.,William,Lewis,Nancy, Elizabeth,JosephD.,Sally,Jane,CarolineandAnn. WilliamLewisBryanmarriedSallieHayes;hadeight children: JuliaC.,JamesH.,CoraL.,GeorgeA.,CarrieH., RobertK.,BartlettR.andLewisL. 0 ElinorBryan,daughterofMorgan,senior,married WilliamLinville.NameappearsinmanydeedsofAugusta County.TheylaterwenttoNorthCarolinaandbothare saidtohavebeenkilledbyIndians.

7 Mary(daughterofMorgan),probablymarriedaMr. Forbes,asMorganinhiswillleaves"tomygranddaughter, MaryForbes,mygreatpotoffiveshillings".Thiscould notbeMary,daughterolhisson,Thomas,asshewasnot bornuntil1769,althoughshedidmarryaMr.Forbes.

WILLIAMBRYANANDMARYBOONEBRYAN 8 WilliamBryan,1733-1781,married1755,Mary Boone,sisterofDanielBoone. WilliamBryanwasalsooneoftheKentuckypioneers, andwaskilledbytheIndiansin1781,whiledefendingthe" Fort.WilliamandMaryBooneBryanhadissue: 1 Samuelmarried1775,IsabellaHunt,daughterof JonathanandIsabellaHunt.SamuelservedintheRevo lution(PensionDepartment,Washington). 2 DanielBoone,marriedElizabethTurner. 3 Sarah,marriedCol.WilliamChinn;movedto Missouri. 4 William. 5 Phoebe. 6 Hannah. 7 John. 8 Abner. 9 Elizabeth. 10 Mary ThechildrenofSamuelBryanandIsabellaHuntBryan were:(1)Anne,(2)Phoebe,(3)William,(4)Abner,(5) Luke,(6)Thomas,(7)Sarah,(8)Mary,(9)Daniel,(10) and(11)Samuel.LukeBryan,bornNovember22,1784, marriedMarySanders(daughterofCapt.JohnSandersand wifeSarah),hadtwelvechildren:AlphonseH.,John, Samuel,MaryBoone,ElbertW.,Doroas,Armilda,Jesse, JosephMcM.,WilliamS.,JamesL.,andThomasN.

37 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES DanielBooneBryan(William,Morgan),bornFob.10, 1758,inRowanCounty,NorthCarolina,diedFeb.27,1845; marriedElizabethTurner,andhadissue: 1 JosephBryan. 2 ThomasBryan,marriedMary(Polly)Kay. 3 LouisBryan. 4 WilliamBryan. 5 SamuelBryan. 0 DanielBryan,ElizabethBryan(Twins). 7 SallieBryan,marriedWilliamBarr. 8 PhoebeBryan,marriedJohnWomack. ThomasBryan(Daniel,William,Morgan),born . died1872,inFayetteCounty,Kentucky;married1830and hadissue: 1 ThomasBryan,marriedMaryBarton,ofKansasCity. 2 PhoebeElizabethBryan(Thomas,Daniel.William, Morgan),born1841,died1880,inJessamineCountyKen tucky;marriedJohnJ.Cassell,andhadissue: 1 RobertBryanCassell,marriedPearlHill. 2 HenryBryanCassell,marriedFloraLilian!. 3 JosephBrynnC.irfll.marriedEttaGray. 4 AllieBrvauC.u'sell.marrie.lFrancesGibson. RobertBryanCassell,whomarriedPearlHill,hadissue: 1 Margai"!BryanCassell.unmarried; 2 HenryBryanCassell,whomarriedEttaGray, hadissue: 1 JohnCassell,unmarried. 2 FrancesCassell,unmarried. 3 FloraLewisCassell,unmarried. AllieBryanCassell.marriedFrancesGibsonandhad issue: 1 JohnCassell,unmarried. 2 TomCassell,unmarried.' 3 MargaretCassell,unmarried. \ FrancesGibsonCassell,unmarried.

9 ThomasBryan,born1736,died1789;servedasa surgeonintheRevolution.HemarriedHunt,daugh teroftheRev.JonathanHunt.AftertheRevolutionho practicedmedicineinMississippi;laterreturnedtoNorth Carolina;hadissue: 1 JesseBryan,bornNov.1757,diedJan.18,1834. 2 Jonathan,bornOct.1766,died1830. 3 Mary,bornApril1796married'Mr.Forbes. 4 Martha,bornAug.1772,died1848;marriedStephen Gano.

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5' MorganHunt,burnDee.16.1774.diedSept.17.184.3; marriedJan.17.1805SallieHunt,bornDec.15,1786; daughterofJohnHuntandMargaretWilson,a sisterof JamesWilson,thesinger. 6 Thomas,bornJan6.1776;nevermarried.

7 William,bornJan.6.1776;nevermarried. ThewidowofDr.ThomasBryanissaidtohavemarried forhersecondhusbandtheReV.JohnGano,"Fighting ChaplainoftheRevolution".ShemovedtoKentucky,with himin179:?.andwaskilledbya fallfromherhorse. ThechildrenofMorganHuntBryanandSallieHuntwere: 1 MiltonE.,bornDec.1805.died1892. 2 JohnH.,bornJuly1807 3 Cordelia,bornMarch1810. 4 WilliamW.,bornJan.1811.died1886. 5 James,bornMarch1813. 6 Thomas,bornSept.1815. 7 Martha,bornSept.1817. 8 Mary,bornMarch1821. 10 Sarah(daughterofMorgan),marriedFrancis Puisen.Deed,AugustaCountyRecords,Vol.lit.p.318, July26.1753,FrancesPuisen(PuisenandSarahofRowan County.NorthCarolina,toJohnHinton,236acreson MuddyCreek.Test,JosephandJohnBryan). 11RebeccaBryan,marriedDanielBoone.Theirdescend antswillbe foundin theBoonearticle.Twosons werekilledbyIndians:JameswhileonthewaytoKen tucky,andIsraellaterina battlewi!htheIndians.One daughter.Jemnra.wascarriedoffbytheIndians,but rescuedbyherfather.ShelatermarriedMr.Calloway. Dr.J.D.Bryan,inhisBoone-BryanHistory,says:"After thedeathofJamesBryan'svfife.hischildrenwereraised byhissister.Rebecca,wifeofDanielBoone,andmarried fromtheirhome". HealsosaysthatJamesandMorgan Bryanwerebothwiththeforce'satKing'sMountain.1780. WILLIAMBRYANLINE

LineofWilliamBryan,brotherofMorganBryan.In followingthis(WilliamBryanlinewemustalwayskeep inmindtheCountyDivisionsmadeatdifferenttimes. SpotsylvaniawastheoriginalWesternCountyofVir giniaformedin1721byanactofVirginiaLegislature"to

3!) NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES extendtotheriver(Shenandoah)beyondthehighmoun tains".IthasoneParishcalledSt.George's.In1730,this wasdividedintoSt.George'sandSt.Mark's.Thelatter lyingintheupperpartoftheCountybecamein1734 OrangeCounty.In1738.AugustaCountywastakenfrom Orange,alsoCulpepperandMadison.Rappahanockfrom Culpepperin183'^.Rockbridge.BotetourtandRoanoke were'nilatonetimepartofAugusta. OldWilliamBryanisinoneofthefirstdeedsof SpotsylvaniaCounty,butalwaysspokenofas Orange County.Hisson.William,livedinthenAugustaCounty, thoughhishomewasdownontheRoanokenearSalem (nowRoanokeCounty),andhiswillisnowonfil^in BotetourtCounty.

FirstGenerationinAmerica

InMcKenzie'sColonialFamilies.Vol.VI,wefind: WilliamSmithBryan1.alandholderinIreland,proba blyCountyClare,atthetimeoftheBritishinvasionunder Cromwell,andfortakingthesideofIrelandwastrans portedasarebellioussubjectin1650toAmericanColonies withhisfamily,goods'andchattels,consistingofa ship load.HesettledinGloucesterCounty,Virginia;hartelevn suns;MorganBryaninNorfolkCountyin1693,thoughtto havebeenason. FrancisBryan2,theoldestson,hadMorgan,born1671, died1763,age92years;William,horn1685;wifeMargaret. ThirdGeneration WilliamBryan3.andwife.Margaret,livedatBally- coney,CountyDown.Ireland.TheywerePresbyterians. ThetownofHryansf'ordnearbyissaidtohavebeennamed forsomeofthisfamily.WilliamandMargaretBryansent theirlittlesonJohn,intothewoodstocutasticktomak" a handleforahookusedinweaving,andhewasarrestedfor poaching.Aftermuchtroubleandexpense,hisfather gothimclear,andimmediatelysailedforAmerica,where, ashesaid,"timberwasfreeandtherewerenoconstables". Thiswasintheyear1718.TheyfirstsettledinNewJersey orPennsylvania.MorganBryan(hisbrother),wasin ChesterCounty,Pennsylvania,asearlyas1719.whereho marriedMarthaStrode. About1745.WilliamBryanandhissons.Jamesand David,eitherasonorabrotherbutthoughttobeabrother, died1767,wifeElizabeth,removedtotheStauntonRiver in(present)RoanokeCounty.Theywithothers,werethe

k) BRYAN firstwhitesettlersinthatlocality. WilliamBryansettledattheplacecalledLakeSprings, "wherehediedattheageof104years(1685-1789),and DavidntBigLick,bothnearRoanokeCity. PriortotheStauntonRiversettlement,WilliamBryan livedinthepartofSpotsylvaniaCountythatin1730was calledOrangeCounty.Herein1733,March5,heigivesto PhilipBusheighthundredpoundsoftobaccoand102acres inSt.Mark'sParish. DavidBryanalsowitnessesawill,March11,1733,and David'swife,Elizabeth,witnessesdeed,1733,Aug.2. WilliamBryan'sdaughter,Mary,marriedPhilipBush (hedied1772,sonofJohnandMargaretBush),andtheir sonWilliam,born1746,wenttoKentuckywiththeBryans andBonnes.DavidBryanmovedtoNorthCarolinaonac countofbeingtroubleo1withtheIndians.Thechildrenof WilliamandMargaretBryanwere: 1 JohnAndrew,bornpriorto1717,died1799;married MaryMorrison. 2 James. 3 William,marriedMargaretWatson. 4 Mary,marriedPhilipBush; died1772.PhilipBush kepttavernnearWinchester. FourthGeneration WilliamBryanandwife,MargaretWatson,alsosettled onRoanokeRiversoonafter.Hewasknownas'William BrvanofRoanoke'.Theirchildrenwere: ' 1 William,died1806. 2 John. 3 James,marriedElizabethVineyard: hadAndrewand Alexander. 4 Catherine,marriedSamuelCole. 5 DaughtermarriedAndrewLewis.(SeeDeed). 6 David. 7 Daughter,married,first,Martin;second,Boyd. William,JamesandDavidBryanwereintheRevolu tion.WilliamwasaCaptain.Hecameintopossessionof DavidBryan'splaceatBigLake,whileJamesinheritedhis father'splaceatLakeSprings. SomeofthedescendantsofWilliamBryansettledin MasonCounty,WestVirginia.ThePostofficeofBryan wasdoubtlessnamedforsomeofthem. JamesmovedtoNorthCarolinathentoKentucky,and hissou,Alexanderandwife,ElizabethParkermovedfrom MontgomeryCountytoPutnamCounty,Indiana,in1834. Hadthefollowingchildren:

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1 George,marriedEliza. 2 James. 3 Harvey. 4 Barton. 5 Nancy,marriedJacobCox. 6 Ellen,marriedParkerCoffmon. 7 AlexanderS.,bornSept.24,1824,inMontgomery County.Kentucky,marriedJaneFarrow. AugustaCountyRecords,Vol.IIl,p.97. WillofDarrickBryan,ofRoanoke.Dee.IS,1770.Ex. wife,dndBrotherWilliam. Daughter,Mary. Son.William. Son,David. ProvedMarch18,1767,byBarnesandWilliamBryan. Elizabeth(hermark). AugustaCountyRecords.Vol.1,p.135. ElizabethBryan,Ex.ofDavidBryan.May25,1767. In1771,widowhadmarriedJohnBowman. AugustaCountyRecords,Vol.II,p.223.Priorto1771. WilliamBryanowned400acresonRoanokeRivernear Salem,dividedbetweensonsWilliamandJames.James soldtoAndrewLewis,andmovedtoMasonCounty.Wil liamBryan,junior,died1806.Jameshadason,Andrew. WillofWilliamBryan,ofRoanoke,inBoleJourl County,wifeElizabeth(secondwife),sons,William,James andJohn;daughter,CatherineCole. AugustaCountyRecords,Vol.I,p.61. Roadordered,WilliamBryan,overseer,fromWilliam Carravansplantationto WilliamBryan'sonRonnOak. Workers:WilliamBryan.junior,andJohnBryan,same p.123. 1765.WillainBryanexemptfromCounty:Levy(which meanshewasanoldman),Oct.11,1765.WilliamBryan, senior,toWilliamBryan,junior,sonofWilliam,senior 133acresonRoanokeRiver,adjoiningJamesLove. JohnAndrewBryan,andwifeMaryMorrison,moved to BurdenCounty,nearFairfield,RockbridgeCounty (whichwasfoundedin1737),aboutthesametimethat WilliamandMargaretWatsonBryanmovedtoStaunton Riversettlement.ThisJohnBryanisthoughttohavebeen atthebattleofGreatMeadows,1754,CaptainPeterHogg'.* Company.(VirginiaCountyRecords,Vol.II,p.Ill,Au gustaCounty.'AfterBattleofGreatMeadows,returnedto CaptainStobo'sCompany,1754.Menfitforduty,John Bryan'). Afterlivinga fewyearsattheBordenColony,John

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AndrewandMaryandfamilyproceededtoIheStaunton River,wherehebecameowneroflandupona partof whichSalemisnowsituated.HelefttheStauntonRiver in1863-4,tradedhislandforapairofcart-wheels,and movedwithhisfamilyto(present)CampbellCounty,Va., Herehebought329acresofRichardStithand439acres ofBenjaminArnold.Onthelastnamedtract,heatonce erecteda barkhutabouttwomilesSoutheastofRust- burg,andlaterbuilta housefartherdownontheother branch(Molly'sCreek).Alotontheplacewasusedasa mustergroundfurmanyyearsaftertheRevolution). ThechildrenofJohnAndrewandMaryMorrisonBryan were: 1 William,born1774,marriedMary. 2 AndrewMorrison,bornApril25.1748.diedApril20, 1821; married'MaryAkers. 3 Mary,bornMay27,1750.diedyoung. 4 Margaret,bornMarch14,1752,marriedfirst.Daniel Mitchell;second.PatrickGibson. 5 John,marriedCatherineEvans. 6 Jane,bornMay16,1761,marriedJohnDavison. 7 Agnes,bornAugust9. 1763.marriedfirst.John Akers;second,ReubenBagby. 8 Catherine,bornOct.21,1765. FifthGeneration WilliamBryan,sonofJohnAndrew,receivedfromhis fatherthetractof320acresonMolly'sCreek,butin1779 soldhisland'andmovedtoBedfordCounty,wherehedied withoutissue. AndrewMorrison,marriedMaryAkers.receivedfrom hisfather.JohnA.Bryan,in1773,156acresofland.He probablysoldhislandonMollys Creektohisbrother, John,andheandhiswifewerelivinginNorthCarolina whentheiryoungestson,David,wasborn.Oct.24.1793. AfewyearslatertheyreturnedtoCampbellCounty,Vir ginia.ItisthoughthewasinthewaroftheRevolution. DanielandMargaretBryanMitchellkepttavernnear BedfordCountyline.AfterMargaretmarriedPatrickGib sontheymovedtoRockbridgeCounty. John,sonofJohnAndrew,marriedCatherineEvans, wasalargeman;weighedatdeathabout350pounds.He wasintheRevolutionaryWarinBattlesofEutawSprings. GuilfordCourtHouse,WaxhamandYorktown.Heowned andlivedonhisfather'splaceinCampbellCounty;was prosperousforthetimes.

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JaneBryanmarriedJohnDavidson.Theywerewelloff andownedslaves. SixthGeneration ThechildrenofAndrewMorrisonBryanandMary Akerswere: 1 John,marriedReheeca. 2 Elizabeth,marriedJohnPage. 3 WilliamAkers.married. 4 Morrison,married1805,RhodaJohnson.RhodaJ. Bryanmarriedsecond,PeytonShort. 5 James,marriedMaryJohnson. 6 Mary,marriedGeorgeEvans. 7 Thomas,marriedMaryBryan. 8 David,hornNorthCarolina,Oct.24,1793,married MildredJohnson. ThechildrenofJohnBryan(sonofJohnA.Bryan)and CatherineEvans,were: 1 Rees.marriedfirst,BridgetEvans;second.Mrs. ElizabethJaslier. 2 Mary,marriedThomasBryan(cousins). 3 Bridget,marriedRobertRussell. 4 Agnes,marriedEphriamGardner. 5 John,marriedElizabethRichardsonGeorge. 6 Catherine,marriedHenryRobinson. 7 Nancy,marriedWilliamWalthallDinwiddic. O'BRIEN,OFNORTHCAROLINA "AtthetimeIrelandwasdividedintosmallmonarchies MunsterwasthehouseoftheO'Briens,andonecompetitor forthecrownwasJohnO'Brien.(Itissaidanaccountof himisfoundinGrimshaw'sHistoryofEngland).Some timeduringthelatterpartoftheSeventeenthCentury,his fivesons,whowereunderpoliticalproscriptiononaccount oftherebellion,lefttheirnativelandforAmerica.Their nameswereEdward.John,William,HardyandCouncil, whodiedatsea.Edwardwastheeldest,andbroughtwith himthecoronet,whichwashisbirthright.Theylandedat NewBerne,priorto1700.Theysoondroppedthe'O'and wrotethename'Bryan'". Theyworkedwithtar,andbeforemanyyearshadpur chasedslavesandinvestedinsea-goingvessels. Edward,theeldest,marriedAnne,widow,and!diedin 1746.HiswillisdatedJan.28,1745,provedMay9,1746. Givesson,JohnBryan220acresofland;givessonWil liam,,300acresofland;givesson,Edward,alotinNew Berne;giveswife,AnnBryan,oneplantation.Ex.wife

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Anne,BrotherHardyandLewisBryan. Familyrecordsgivehischildrenas: 1 John,marriedRehecoaMartin. 2 Penelope,marriedfirsl,LevinLane;second,Daniel Yates. 3 Edward,nevermarried. 1 JohnBryan,eldestsonofEdwardandAnnHand BryanmarriedRebeccaMartin,"anamiable,goodwoman, ofhighfamily'. JohnBryanwasaColonelintheRevo lution(D.A.R.LineageBook,Vol.IX,p.320),diedMay 25,1801,inJonesCounty,NorthCarolina.Issue: 1 John,marriedfirst,MaryTootle;second,Ann Zilpah,daughlerofWilliamandSusanBryan. 2 Edward,marriedElizabethEllington. 3 James,marriedWidowExum;noissue. 4 William,marriedMarthaHodges. 5 Joseph,marriedEleanorEvans. 6 Susan,nevermarried. 7 MaryBush,mariedRichardGrice,Jr. 8 Elizabeth,marriedElijahBryan,a cousinonthe mothersside.Theirfathers hadthesamenameand sameIrishdescent(probablycousins). 2 JohnHillBryan,marriedElizabethHarrison(daiigh ter.ofWilliam)Nov.27,1782.Hewas.born1761;was amemberoftheHouseofCommonsfromJonesCounty, NorthCarolina,1788.TookpartintheRevolution,Captain JonesCompanyMilitia.MovedtoGeorgiaabout1801, wherehediedin1826.Issue: 1 Penelope,born1784;marriedJohnCoffee. 2 Edward,born1786;marriedSusanHorn. 3 John,born1788;norecord. 4 Mary,born1790;marriedShadrachAtkinson. 5 William,born1792.diedinfancy, ii James,born1790,diedinfancy. 7 Joseph,born1795;marriedLucyWarner;son, LuciusE.,marriedMrs.EmmaBryanDabnev. 8 Susan,born1797.marriedHiranAtkinson. 9 Fred,born1798,diedinfancy. 10 Elizabeth,born1798,diedinfancy. 11 Hardy,born1799,marriedfirst'MarthaWyche; second.MariaWyche. 3 Penelope,daughterofJohnandRebeccaMartin Bryan,marriedfirst.JamesMontford.Issue: 1 BryanMontford.

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2 ElizabethMontford. 3 RebeccaMontford. 4 JamesMontford. Shemarriedsecond,FredMargate,andhadissue: 5 JohnMargate,marriedElizabethZilpahBryan, daughterofJoseph. 6 Penelope. 7 Frederick. 8 Penie. 9 Durant. Married,third.BothwickGillespie.Noissue. 4 William(3),marriedSusanHarrison,sisterofMrs. JohnHillBryan.Issue: 1 John. 2 William. 3 Edward. 4 Frederick. 5 Joab. 6 Nancy. 7 Elizabeth. 8 Zilpah.marriedJohnBryan. 9 Penelope,marriedJosephGreen. 10 Rebecca. 5 Frederick,marriedSusanHargate.Issue: 1 Elizabeth. 2 JohnCouncil.

6 AnnZilpah,marriedfirst,RichardGrice(sunof RichardGriceandMrs.AnnaHillSlade,widow).Issue: 1 NancyGrice,marriedBryanGrimes,ofPittCounty, acousin. 2 Richard,marriedMaryBushBryan,daughterof Edward,a cousin.Shemarried,second,JohnBryan,son ofEdwardandSusannah. 7 JosephBryan,married,first,ElizabethMargate. Issue: 1 Zilpah,marriedJohnHargrave. 2.Elizabeth. 3 Louis. Josephmarriedsecond.SusanHargate,cousinoffirst wife.Issue: 4 Nancy,marriedIsaacHathway. 5 John. 6 Polly. 7 Edward. Hi BRYAN

8 Peter. 9 William. 10Joseph. Marriedthird,a widow.Mrs.1'arsons.Issue: 11 Frederick. 2 Penelope,Bryan,daughterofEdwardandAnneHand Bryan,marriedfirst,LevinLane.Issue: 1 Levin. V Kzekiel. 3 Polly. 4 Penelope,marriedfirst,WilliamBush(sonof HardyBushandKatherineFrank); marriedsecond,Necd- hamWhitfield.(Fourthwife). ."i Elizabeth,marriedsecond.DanielYates.Issue: 0 NancyYates. 8 LeachYates. FourthGeneration—ChildrenofEdwardandSusannah 1 JohnBryan(Edward,John,Edward),sonofEd wardandSusannahBlackshearBryan,marriedfirst,Mary Tootle;marriedsecond,AnnZilpahBryan,hiscousin, ■laughterofWilliamandSusanHarrisonBryan;only i^cordoneson. 1 JohnT,marriedMaryArmistead. 2 Edward(sonid'EdwardandSusannah),married ElizaEllington.Issue: 1 Susan,marriedDavidBlackshear,sonofGen.David BlackshearofGeorgia. 2 John(givenasmarryingZilpahBryan). 3 MaryHarriet,diedinfancy. 4 Fanny,marriedfirst,HenryKing;secondWashing tonChapman. 5 Mary,marriedDr.I,.L.Newsom. 6 Louisa. 7 EllingtonB. 8 JamesWm..diedinfancy. 3 WilliamBryan(sonof EdwardandSusannah), marriedMarthaHodges.Issue: 1 Elizabeth,marriedW.J.Robinson. 2 Mary,marriedIt.YY.Davis. 3 Blackledge,nevermarried. 4 Martha,marriedJohnW.Pooser.

Josephine,marriedDr..1.i).Lewis, i JosephBryan(sonof EdwardandSusannah), marriedEleanorEvans.Issue: NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

1 James,marriedMarcissaHayes. 2 SusanP.,marriedDr.FrankWakefield. 3 Mary,marriedDr.Win.Standifer. 5 MaryBush(daughterofEdwardandSusannah), marriedhercousin,RichardGrice(sonofAnnZilpah BryanGrice,sisterofEdward).Issue: 1 FrederickGrice,marriedMaryWardlaw. AfterdeathofMaryBushBryan,RichardGricemarried MarthaCook.Issue:Twodaughters. 0 ElizabethBryan(daughterofEdwardandSusan nah),marriedElijahBryan,afirstcousinthroughtheir mothers(Blackshear).Theirfathershadthesamename. EdwardBryan,born1759,Elijah'sfather,wasasonof Col.JosephBryanandSarahMaule.HemarriedPenelope Blackshear(sisterofSusannah). 1 Harriet,marriedJamesE.Heam. Joseph,marriedHarrietHamister. 3 Hamilton,marriedChristianaBaemes. 4 Frank. 5 Penelope,marriedJ.M.Erwin. 0 Georgia,marriedErwin. 7 AnnieLaura. 8 Lizzie. 9 Robert. 10 Elijah. 11 Emily,marriedLouisH.Smith. Col.JosephBryanwasasonofeitherWilliamorJohn, thetwobrothersofwhomwehavenorecord. FourthGeneration—ChildrenofJohnHillBryan 1 PenelopeBryan,bornSept.23,1784,daughterof JohnHillBryanandElizabethHarrison,marriedGen. JoshuaCoffee,borninVirginia1780.Issue: 1 SarahAnn.marriedMarkWilcox. ",J Joshua,marriedEmilyChurch. 8 PeterHarrison,marriedSusanaA.Rodgers. 4 Johnmarriedfirst,RebeccaWilcox;second.Mar- eellaGriffin;third,MaryE.Waranack. ChristopherC.,marriedMaryRodgers. 6 Susah,marriedJohnBryan,acousin. 7 AndrewJ.,marriedSusahChurch. 8 HillBryan,marriedMaryChurch. 10 HardyBryan,bornDec.1799(youngestsonofJohn HillandElizabethBryan)marriedfirst,MarthaWyche; marriedsecond,MariaWyche,Aug.5,1824—(sisters; daughtersofCol.LittletonWycheandSusannahMitchell 48 BRYAN Wyche).Issuebysecondwife: *1 Leon,born1825,died1857;unmarried. 2 Caroline,marriedfirst,Mr.Hall;second,Gillespie. 3 MagnoliaE.,marriedGeorgeM.Brannon. 4 IredelleE.,marriedMaryEdwards. 5 Hardy,Jr.,nevermarried. 6 Courlland. 7 LouiseB.,marriedWilliamGalahin. 8 Rudolph,nevermarried. 9 Baltimore,diedyoung. 10 Idella,marriedNeedhamBryanWhitfield. FamilyrecordssaythatEdwardBryan,sonofEdward, Sr.,nevermarried,andnoimentionismadeoftheson, William,whoreceived300acresofland.Thewillofone WilliamBryanhasbeenfor.'idinBertieCounty(North CarolinaHistoryandGenealogyRegister,Vol.IIl,p.167), datedDecember12,1746,provedJuneCourt,1747,mentions wifeAnne;sonsWilliam,Lewis.John,Jesse,daughter ElizabethandAnn.Ex.,AnnBryan,wife,JosephBryan, brotherand'WilliamBryan,son.ThisWilliamcouldnot havebeenoneofthefivebrothers,ashementionsabrother, Joseph.ThesetwoareprobablysonsofeitherWilliamor John,ofwhomwehavenorecord. Joseph,orCol.JosephBryan,bornabout1730,married about1753,SarahMaule,daughterofDr.PatrickMaule. Hadissue: 1 George. 2 William. 3 Edward,born1759,died1825;marriedPenelope Blackshear;movedtoTwigsCounty,Georgia.Histomb stonesaysheservedintheRevolutionattheageofsixteen. 4 Lewis. 5 Mary,diedunmarried. 6 Sarah. 7 Elizabeth,marriedMr.Grist. 8 Gennett,marriedMr.Dawson. 9 Ann,marriedWilliamGrimes. ThelineofHardyBryan,oneofthefivebrothers,is giveninMcKenzie'sColonialFamilies,Vol.I,p.53,as follows: "TheBryanfamilyisIrishinorigin.Col.HardyBryan emigratedtoAmericaatthebeginningoftheEighteenth CenturyfromMunster,Ireland.SeitlednearNewBerne, NorthCarolina;marriedMrs.BonnerWorsely(other recordsgivehernameasMrs.Reynolds,formerlySarah Bonner).Hadissue:

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1 William(ofwhombelow),born1730,died1810. 2 Mary,marriedfirst,Mr.Hatch;second,Mr.Tooley. 3 Thomas,died1760;marriedMrs.RachelLavender. 4 Hardy,marriedMrs.Hatch. 5 Nathan,married1773;first,WinifredBryan(daugh terofNeedham); marriedsecond,NancyReynolds. 6 Isaac,marriedfirst,Mrs.Cox;second,Mrs.Herritage (RachelWhitford—herfourthhusband). 7 Lewis,marriedfirst,Mrs.Saper;second,Mrs.Hatch Bryan. Wheeler,p.221,says:"Hon.NathanBryanwasaman ofpietyandusefulness.In1799,representedthisCounty (Jones,fromCravan),inHouseofCommons,in1794he representedNewBerneDistrictinCongress.Hediedin Philadelphia,1798,whileinCongress,andwasburiedin theBaptistMeetingHouseYard". WilliamBryan,born1730,died1810(seeD.A.R. LineageBook,Vol.XLIX,p.446);marriedthreewives; first,MissGreen;second,Mrs.Respas;third,Mrs.McKay. Hewasalargelandownerandprominentpatriot.Repre sentedCravenCountyintheHillsboroAssemblyof1775; representativeto ProvisionalCongress,1776;Lieut- Co.ofMinutemen;appointedBrig-Gen.4776,byConti nentalCongress.Gen.WilliamBryanwasa memberof theHouseofAssemblyfromCravenCounty1780-83. Issue: 1 Holland,marriedMr.Mastin. 2 Sarah,marriedMr.Green. 3 Nancy,married,first,Allen;second,Lane;third, Mastin. 4 Elizabeth,marriedFrederickLane. 5 Green,marriedNancyBlackledge. 6 Hardy,marriedMrs.Swan. 7 Eleanor,marriedMr.Wadsworth. 8 Susan,marriedfirst,Armstrong;second,Mince. 9 Margaret,diedunmarried. Otherrecordsgivea son,John,whomarried1796-7, ElizabethOliver,andhada son,James,whomarried RachelHeritage,ofNeedham-Bryanline. NEEDHAMBRYAN ThattherewereBryansinNorthCarolinabeforethe fiveO'BriensorBryanslandedatNewBerne,hasbeen provenbyearlyrecords.IntheHistoryofHalifaxCounty (W.C.Allen),wefindalistoftheearlylandholderswhose descendantsarestilllivingintheCounty,andamongthem isThomasBryan,whosegrantwasbetween1720-30.This 5ij BRYAN

mayhavebeenasonoftheThomasBryanwhosewillis datedMarch13,1709-10,andgiveshisfriendasBenjamin West. Alsowefind(HabershamCol.Ga.,VolII),that"John Gray,fromScotland,marriedAnneBryan,in Bertie ' County,NorthCarolina,"andtheirgrand-daughter.Eliza bethGray,marriedWilliamBryan,grandsonofNeedham Bryan. TheseearlyBryanswerethecauseofNeedhamBryan leavingVirginiain1722andsettlinginBertieCounty, NorthCarolina.TheyaresaidtohavebeenlivinginNorth Carolinaasearlyas1653 TwoBryans,brothers,WilliamandJames(somerec ordsgiveJohn),settledinIsleofWightCounty.James wasalargelandowner,in1683hehadagrantof315 acres,in1689-,762acresandin1702,100acresmore.No recordofdescendants. ThefactthatnorecordofthearrivalofthisWilliam Bryancanbefoundinearlyrecords,makesitseempossible thathewasoneoftheelevensonsofWilliamSmithBryan, inVirginia1650. WilliamBryan,marriedinIreland,AliceNeedham,said tobea daughteroftheLordofKilmorey.Theywere livinginIsleofWightCountyin1688.andtheirson,Need ham,wasbornthereFeb.11,1690. NeedhamBryan,born1690,inVirginia,marriedNov. 16,1711,AnnieRambeau,andin1722movedtoNorth CarolinaandsettledonafarmonAlbemarleSound,Bertie County,wherehediedin1770,attheageof80years. AnnieRambeauBryandiedMarch16,1730,andNeed hammarriedasecondwife,SusannahHorrell,andathird wifein1752.SarahWoodward,whosurvivedhim. Issuebyfirstwife,AnnieRambeau: 1 Rachel,bornJune10,1723;marriedWilliamWhit field. 2 William,bornOct.31,1724,died1785;married174i ElizabethSmith. 3 Needham,born1726,died1784;married1749,Nancy Smith. ElizabethandNancySmithweredaughtersofJohn Smith(theSmithswereinIsleofWightCountyin1622) andElizabethWhitfield,married1700.Shewasthedaugh terofMatthewWhitfield.Hisson,WilliamWhitfield, bornabout1690,marriedElizabethGoodman,andtheir son,William,bornMay29,1715,inBertieCounty,North Carolina,wasthehusbandofRachelBryan.

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1 William,bornJune1743,diedMarch1817;married HesterWilliams. 2 Elizabeth,born1745;married1765,Alexander Smith. 3 Sarah,bornApril16,1747;married1769,ColJoseph Greer. 4 Bryan,bornFeb.19,1754,diedJan.3,1817;married first1780,NancyBryan(daughterofNeedham,Jr); second,1798,WinifredBryan(daughterofHon.Nathan Bryan. 5 Charily,bomApril1756,died1818;married1771, DavidSmith. 6 Needham,bornFeb.20,1758,diedApril6,1812. 7 Rachel,bornApril16,1760;marriedfirst,McCabe; second,JamesWhitfield;third,JohnHentage;fourth. IsaacBryan(sonofColHardyBryan). 8 Mary,bornMay8, 1763,married1785-6,Kedar Bryan,secondwife(sonofNeedhaan). 9 Rev.Lewis,bornJune23,1765,marriedfirst,Char lotteMooreBryan(daughterofNeedhamBryan,Jr.); marriedsecond,TabithaAtkinson;marriedthird,Patsy HintonBryanandwidowofJohnBryan(sonofWilliam BryanandElizabethSmith). WilliamBryan,secondchildofNeedhamBryanand AnnieRambeau,borninBertieCounty,NorthCarolina, Oct.31,1724,died1785;marriedinJohnstonCounty,1744, ElizabethSmith,daughterofJohnSmithandElizabeth Whitfield.Issue: 1 LouisBryan,bornNov.4,1745,JohnsIonCounty, NorthCarolina;marriedabout1769,NancyHinton(daugh terofMaj.JohnHintonandSallySmith).Norecord. 2 WilliamBryan,bornJuly1747,diedSept.1800,in BertieCounty;marriedElizabethGray(daughterofWil liamGrayandFrancesLee.WilliamGray'smotherwas AnneBryanoftheColony,1653). 3 Arthur,bornMay12,1749. 4 Elizabeth,bornMay28,1751. 5 Hardy,bornJune4,1753(thenameHardyshows someconnectionwiththeO'Brienline). 6 Blake,bornJune12,1759. 7 Esther,bornJune22,1760 8 Susannah,bornNov.25.1763. 9 John,bornJan.14,1765. WilliamBryanwasamemberoftheProvincialCon gress1775,wasamongtheofficersappointedbytheCon ventionwhichorganizedthemilitia.

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2 WilliamBryan(William-Needham),bornJuy1747, diedSept.1800;marriedElizabethGray.Issue: 1 FrancisLeeBryan,born1779,diedatWindsor, NorthCarolina,1850. 2 WilliamBryan,bornMarch5,1781,diedyoung. 3 Elizabeth,bornMarch26,1783,diedJuly30,1840. 4 AnnGray,bornDec.5,1784,diedOct.12,1864. 5 JaneSmithbornApril24,1786,diedFeb.18,1818. 6 SusannahBush,bornApril11,1791. 7 JohnGray,born1796,diedOct.31,1830. 8 JohnStevens,bornApril1797,died1848,inNew York. 9 JamesLouis,bornAug.6,1799,diedNov.26,1856. AnnGrayBryanmarried1808.SamHymari,ofBertie County,hadFrancisLee,Elizabeth,John,Samuel,Susan andWilliam. JaneSmithBryanmarried1812,PeterBoydMartin; issue:RobertC.,ElizabethG.,SusanB.,andMary. JohnStevensBryan,marriedLucyHaywood,ofRal eigh;issue:Janet,Lucy,Eleanor,Elizabeth,Williamand JohnS.,Jr. 3 ArthurBryan(William-Needham),bornMay12, 1749;marriedabout1780,MissMcCullen,ofJohnstown County;movedtoTwiggsCounty,Georgia,1800.Issue: Onlyoneson: 1 JohnArthurBryan. 4 ElizabethBryan(William-Needham),bornMay28, 1751;marriedDec.20,1770,Col.JosiahSasser.Issue: 1 LewisSasser. 2 BlakeSasser. 3 WilliamSasser. 4 MarySasser,born1775;marriedAug28,1792, WilliamStevens.Issue: 1 Henry,born1793;marriedMaryBass. 2 Josiah,born1795;marriedMargaretMelton. 3 Edmund,born1798. MarySasserStevens,marriedsecond,hercousin,Ben jaminBryan,sonofNeedhamIII,andSallyHinton.They movedtoGeorgiain1818.Issue: 4 BenjaminBryan,Jr.,bornNorthCarolina,1801. 5 WilliamBryan. 6 RoseBryanmarriedWilliamBoynton. 7 Louis. 8 PenelopeBryan,marriedJosephBoynton. 9 AlgernonS.,marriedSarahOliver. ElizabethBryanSasser,widowofCol.JosiahSasser,

53 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES married1783.Col.WilliamBlackman;had: 5 Elizabeth15. Blackman,born1784.died1811; marriedIsaacWilliams. 5 HardyBryan(William-Needham),boraJune4r 1753;married1777,WinifredMcCullersof Johnston County.' Issue: 1 'William,bornSept.10,1779. 2 Hardy,bornAug.10,1781 3 Matthew,bornDec.1783. 4 Gen.Harry,bornMay7.1786. 5 David,bornDec.1790. 6 JohnGray,born1792. Gen.HarryBryan,born178G,married1815,Susan Blackman;hadWilliam.Hardy,Susan,Joseph,Johnand James.DavidBryan,born1790,'marriedthewidowof EdwinSmith;had:Washington,NeedhamandHarry. 6 BlakeBryan(William-Needham),bornJune12, 1759;married1790,ElizabethBlackshearofJonesCounty, NorthCarolina(shewasbornSept.10,1765,daughterof JosephBlackshearandCatherineFranks;widowBush). Issuv: 1 MaryBryan,born1792;married1814Maj.Ezekiel Wimb.'Tley. 2 Elizabeth,bornDec.9,1795;marriedinGeorgia, 1814,JoelWalker. 3 Joseph,born1798,marriedinGeorgia,1819.Mary Walker. 4 Blake.Jr.,diedyoung. 7 EslhirBryan(William-Needham),bornNorthCaro lina,1760;marriedabout1780,JonathanSmith,hercousin. Issue: 1 Elizabeth,born1787,married1802,NathanielLane. 2 EstherB..nevermarried. 8 SusannahBryan(William-Needham),born1763; marriedJohnBush,ofJonesCounty,movedto"Georgia. Issue: 1 David.1784. 2 Elizabeth,born1785;married1805,JamesTooke. 3 Zilpah,marriedMr.Baker. 9 JohnBryan(William-Needham),bornJan.1765; married1795,PatsyHinton(daughterofCol.SamHinton andDelilahHunter.Col.SamHintonwasabrotherofCol. JohnHinton).ShewasbornJuly25,1775. 1 Bythan.born1796;married1825,JuliaSmith, daughterofMaj.SamSmith,Jr. 2" Nancy,born1798;married1827,JamesHinton Smith,sonofEdwardSmithandTemperanceHinton.

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AfterJohnBryan'sdeath,PatsyHintonBryanmarried Rev.LewisWhitfield,sonofRachelBryanandWilliam Whitfield. 3 NeedhamBryan,Jr.,thirdandlastchildofNeedham BryanandAnnieRambean,bornBertieCounty,1726,died 1784;marriedNancySmith(daughterofJohnSmithand ElizabethWhitfield).Issue: 1 NeedhamIII,born1750. 2 Kedar.born1752. 3 Winifred,born1754. 4 Nancy,born1756. 1 Needham(Needham-Needham),born1750,died 1798;married1768,when19yearsofage,SallieHinton (daughterofMaj.JohnHintonandSallieSmith).Had Issue: 1 Leonard,born1769;marriedElizabethGreen, daughterofCol.JosephGreenandSarahWhitfild.Had: 1 NeedhamGreenBryan,born1795,died1837. 2 ElizabethGreenBryan. 3 Daughter. SallieHintonBryan,marriedsecond.ProbestCollier. 2 Clement,bornOct.13,1770.died1839;marriedEdith Smith,bornDee.1772(daughterofColDavidSmithand CharifyWhitfield).Issue: 1 SarahHintonBryan,born1793. 2 MaryS.Bryan,born1795. 3 CharilyBryan,bornApril30,1798,died1841; married1816.O.P.Cheatham. 4 PollyBryan,born1800;marriedJohnRains. 5 EdithBryan,born1802,died1843;marriedMartin Brown. 6 JudgeLeonardBryan,bornOct.13,1804.diedAug. 15,1887;marriedElizaWyche. 7 NeedhamBryan,bornAug27,1806.died1841; MarriedMarthaBattle. 8 AnnBryan,bornDec.1808;marriedWilliam Ingraham. 9 Grazella.born1811;marriedJeffersonHines. 10 Emmeline,born1814;marriedMr.Watts. 11 David,born1816;marriedNancyBattle. 3 BenjaminBryan,bornNorthCarolina1771;married June,1800.MarySasserStevens,widowofWilliam, Stevens.Issue: 1 BenjaminBryan,Jr..bornNorthCarolina.1801. 2 WilliamBryan. 3 RoseBryan;marriedWilliamBoynton. 4 LouisBryan.

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5 PenelopeBryan;marriedJosephBoynton. 6 AlgernonSBryan;marriedSarahOliver. 4 SallieBryan,born1773;married1793,JackHinton. NeedhamBryan,married'second,1780,CharlotteMoore, daughterofCol.JosephMoore.Had: 5 CharlotteMooreBryan,bornApril1785,died1808; marriedLouisWhitfield(hisfirstwife). 2 KedarBryan(Needham-Needham),born1752; marriedabout1781,ElizabethSmith(daughterofAlex anderSmithandElizabethWhitfield).Issue: 1 John,born1784;marriedEleanorTorrence.Had: Eliza,Eleanor,Susan,ThomasK.,JohnA.andKedar. KedarBryanmarriedsroond,1786,MaryWhitfield. Issue: 2 Rachel,born1781; married1805,GibsonSloane. KedarBryan, marriedthird,1793,BetsyJones.No issue;marriedfourth.1800.NancyDickson.Hadissue: 3 Needham. 4 Kedar. 5 Robert. 6 Nancy. 7 Catherine. 8 Elizabeth. 3 WinifredBryan(Needham-Needham),born1754; married1773,Hon.NathanBryan(sonofCol.Hardy Bryan).HediedinPhiladelphiawhileattendingCongress. Issue: 1 Mary,born1774;marriedGen.WilliamCroom. 2 John,;born1776;marriedMissHatch. 3 Nathan,born1777;marriedRachelWhitfield, daughterofGen.BryanWhitfieldandNancyBryan. 6eoondwife. 4 Winifred,born1778;married1797,Gen.Bryan Whitfield,secondwife. 5 Needham,born1781.. 4 NancyBryan(Needham-Needham),born1756; married1780,Gen.BryanWhitfield.Issue: 1 BryanWhitfield,Jr.,born1782;married1810, ElizabethTurner. 2 NeedhamWhitfielddiedyoung. 3 Rachel,marriedfirst,NathanBryan;second.Wil liamHerring. 4 Nancy,married1815,JohnCobb. 5 Patsy,marriedWilliamOoom. GeneralBryanWhitfield,marriedsecond,Winifred Bryan,daughterofWinifredBryanandHon.Nathan Bryan.

56 BRYAN 6 NathanBryanWhitfield,bornSept.1779;married BetsyWhitfield. 7 LouisWhitfield. 8 GeorgeWhitfield. 9 JamesBryanWhitfield,marriedSallyWooton. 10 WinifredWhitfield,marriedRichardCroom. 11 MaryAnnWhitfield,marriedGainsWhitfield. BRIEN—TUBBOFTENNESSEE: WilliamBryanwasa nativeofCumberlandCounty, Pennsylvania.HemovedtoNorthCarolinabeforethe Revolution;marriedJaneClarke,eitherinPennsylvaniaor NorthCarolina.HelivedwithhisfamilyinOrangeCounty, nearHillsboro.Theirchildrenwere: 1 James,marriedAnneLytle,May11,1779;movedto LoganCounty,Kentucky,1798;diedOct31,1815.Served intheRevolution. 2 Elijah,marriedMissMarshall. 3 William,diedinVirginia,1835. 4 Thomas,marriedPollyBaker,Nov.20,1794. 5 David,marriedMissRany. 6 Sallie,marriedWilliamClark,movedto Logan County,Kentucky. 7 Hannah,marriedJosephWhite. 9 Nancy,marriedSamuelScott. 9 John,hadfivechildren,onlytwoknown;Johnand Cynthia. JamesBryanandAnnLytleBryanhadissue: 1 Robert,bornFeb.28,1780,diedJan.15,1834;married MaryGuder,ofWarrenCounty,Kentucky. 2 William,bornOct.1,1781,died 3 Daniel,bornAug.26,1783. 4 Jane,bornAug.9,1785;marriedMr.Mitchell;moved toIllinois. 5 Lytle, 6 James,Jr.,bornJune25,1792;servedinWarof 1812;wasStateSenator,andthetownofBriensburg,Mar shallCounty,isnamedforhim. 7 Archie,bornOct.2,1794. 8 John,bornDec.16,1796;marriedElizaMarshall; livedinLouisville. 9 Hannah,born,Jan.22,diedJan.26,1813. 10 JosephH,bornAug.4,1802,diedAug.23,1823. 11 FruisE.bomAug.4,1802,diedAug.23,1823. 12 AlfredMcG.,bornAug.19,1805;Presbyterian minister.

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13 Sally,born , marriedMr.Riggs,movedto Springfield,Illinois. OneofthesonsofWilliamandJaneClarkBryanhada son,Elisha.Whohisfatherwashefailedtotell,huthe spelledthenameBrien.WefindhismarriagetoAnnMil nertookplaceinCampbellCounty,Virginia,in1806,and in1810hesoldhispropertytoJohnHancock,andmovedto Smith,nowDeKalbCounty,Tennessee,wherehediedabout 1834,andisburiednearAlexandria. 1 ThefatherofElishaBrienissaidtohavecometoTen nesseealso,andhisfamilywerethetwelfthtosettleat Lebanon,Tennessee. ElishaBrienhadbrothers,Elijah,WilliamandDavid. DavidsettledinIllinois;Williamwasanoldbachelor.He foughtintheCreekWarsunderGen.Jackson,anddied about1804,whileonavisittohisbrother,David. ThechildrenofElishaBrienandAnnMilnerwere borninTennessee,exceptthetwooldest. 1 JohnSmith,1807-1868,byfirstwifehadissue: Carleton,WilliamandJohn.Bysecondwife,Rochie, Howard.Onedaughter,Rochie,whomarriedGen.Don CarlosBuell. 2 PaschelWinston,bomMay8T1809,diedFeb.20, 1881; marriedfirstOct.16.1828.NarcissaPurnellDuncan, fivechildren,alldiedyoungbutMarthaAnn,bornAug.8, 1829,whlomarriedElielTubb,sonofCol.JamesTubb. PaschalW.Brien.marriedsecond,EvelynTriggJackson, July26,1842;noissue. 3 MansonMilner.1811-1886,marriedPollyTubb, daughterofCol.JamesTubb.ShediedOct.1892.Their childrenwere,MansonMilner,Jr.,lawyerofNashville; marriedVirginiaK.Shoup,James,WilliamA.,Robert, John.MaryandAlice. 4' AlfredWatson,bornFeb.14,1814,diedFeb.28,1884, marriedfirst,Oct.27,1835,inTennessee.MaryP.Stewart, oih'daughter,Mary,1836-1869,marriedDr.JosephWarren Maybie.AlfredWatsonBrien,marriedsecond,inMissis sippi,June1841,AmandaCowan;noissue. 5 Martha,marriedJosephStuart,died1863,hadfour daughtersandoneson. AllthesesonsofElishaBrienwerelawyers.John SmithBrienwasJudgeofthecircuitcourtandchancellor ofthestateofTennessee.Hon.MansonMilnerBrienwas CircuitJudgeofDavidsonCounty,laterlivedinNashville. AlfredW.Brienwasoneofthemostsuccessfulcriminal lawyersofhistime.AlsoservedintheRevolution. After!hedeathofAnnMilnerBrien,Elishamarriedin

58 BRYAN Tennessee,SarahElizabethJohnston,andhad:(1)Elisha, (2)James,(3)Livingston,,bornMarch5,1820,died..ay17, 1904,marriedSarahElizabethBillingslea,(4)Ellen,(5) Susan. TUBB—SOUTHCAROLINA-TENNESSEE JamesTiibbofSouthCarolinamarriedPollyFisher,and hadelevenchildren, 1 AbeTubb,marriedPollyLancaster. 2 JohnTubb.marridPollyBenson. 3 NicholasTubb,marriedRhodaLancaster. 4 GeorgeTubb,marriedPatsyCorley. 5 SamuelTubb,marriedPollyTerry. 0 ThomasTubb.Jr.marriedMalindaDecker. 7 JamesTubb,Jr.,marriedElizabethReynolds. 8 WilliamTubb,marriedMinerva 9 PollyTubb,married Iwncaster. 10 DidameTubb,marriedIsaacBales. 11 PeggyTubb,married Barnett. Allthesechildrenwiththeirfamilies,exceptJames,Jr., movedtoMississippiand toTexas,beforetheWar BetweentheStates. JamesTubb,Jr.,bornMarch18,1788.diedJuly18, 1868,wasoneofthepioneersandoneofthebestknown menofDeKalbCounty,Tennessee.HelivedonSmith's ForkCreek,eastofAlexandria.Heownedhundredsof acresoffineland.Hewasacolonelinthewarof1812.His militaryrecordandcommissionaregiveninWillS.Hale's HistoryofDeKalbCounty. Theirchildrenwere: 1 NarcissaTubb,marriedMr.Simpson. 2 JuliaTubb,marriedMr.Ashworth. 3 HelenTubb,marriedMr.Shurer. 4 MonroeTubb. 5 JohnB.Tubb. 6 CarolineTubb,marriedMr.Fite. 7 ElielTubb,marriedMarthaAnnBrien,daughterof P.W.Brien,hadLivingston,James,Brien,Harryand Callie. 8 JamesTubb. 9 PollyTubb,marriedMansonMilnerBrien,(sonof Elisha),hadMM..Jr.,James,WilliamA.,Robert,John, Mary,ElizabethandAlice. 10AdeliaTubb. 1

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ThehistoryoftheVirginiaCartersbeginswith JohnDarter,whoissupposedtohavebeena Cavalier Norfolkabouttheyear 1649.JohnCarterremovedtoLancasterCounty,whichhe representedintheHouseofBurgesses,andfromwhence hewasappointeda memberoftheGovernor'sCouncil. HealsoreceivedacommissionasColonelCommandantof theLancasterMili'lia,andassuchissaidtohaveentirely exterminatedtheRappahannockIndians. JohnCarterbuilthishomeontheRappahannockand calleditbytheIndianname"Crotoman".BishopMeade relatesthatwhenhewasaboytheruinsofthisoldman sion,togetherwithitsancientwallsandfortress,couldbe seenamidthetanglewood. JohnCarteralsobuilttheoriginalChristChurch,which, rebuiltbyhisson,istheoldestreligiousedificeinVirginia. ItisherethatthefirstgenerationsofCartersareburied. Unfortunately,bythetimethe"preservationandrestora tionmovement"reachedVirginia,decadenceandvandalism hadrunrifeforyears.Atouristvisitingtheoldchurch ofLancastersomefiftyyearsago,writes: "Thewallsofdullredbrickarelittlediscoloredby time.EnteringbyOneofthemassivedoors,whichare neverlocked,wediscoveraninteriorwithwhichour modernfiguresseemaltogetheroutofkeeping.Thecruci formaisle,flaggedwithstone,isborderedbyhigh,square pewsoverthetopsofwhichtheoccupantscouldbehold onlytheparsoninhisloftycock-pitpulpitwellupunder theeaves.Threeoftheaislesterminateinthedoorways, andthefourthleadstothechancelwhichispanneledall aroundalmosthalfwayuptothegroinedceiling.Above thecommuniontablearetwoframedtabletsofblackcan vaswiththeLord'sPrayer,CreedandCommandments paintedinqueerlettersthereon.Thebaptismalfontof

iit NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES whitemarblehasbecomeseparatedfromitspedestalbythe rustingoftheirondowelwhichjoinedthemandnowrests uponthetable,itscherub-bedightbrimgivingitafanciful resemblancetoHolmes'ancientpunchbowl'." AtthisdaletheinscriptionsontheCartergravestones, whichhavebeenpreservedtohistorythroughBishopMeade, himselfadescendantofJohnCarter,seemtohavebeen legible.TheepitaphofthefirstColonelJohnCarterin quaintphraseologyinformsallwhomightperchancebe interestedthatthis"ColonialNatGoodwin"tookuntohim selffivewives:Jane,daughterofMr.MorganGlynn; Elinor,yewidowBrocas;Anne,yedaughterofMr.Cleve Carter;Sarah,yedaughterofMr.GabrielLudlow;and lastly,thewifewhosurvivedhim,ElizabethShirley. ThewillofColonelJohnCarterisstillpreservedin LancasterCounty,Virginia,asisalsotheinventoryofhis estate.ThereisatraditonthatthetombofColonelCarter originallyboreacarved'andmysterious"coat-of-arms,"and thatthefamilysilverandlinensweremarkedwithun identifiedmonograms.Notwithstanding,"Cleave"wasone ofthebeautifulfamilyestatesoftheCarters,posterityhas notbeenabletoplaceinthefamilytree,"YeMr.Cleve Carter"whosedaughterbecamethethirdwifeofColonel John,thefounderoftheCarterfamilyinVirginia.Itwould seemthatduringthelifetimeofthelattertheCartersmust havebeenalreadyprettywellestablishedinthecolony,and thatthefirstJohnformedtheunfortunateprecedentof marryingintohisownfamilyandbeginningthetangleof intermarriagesthatisalmostimpossibletounravel. Althoughsomanytimesmarried,ColonelJohnCarter of"Crotoman"onlyleftonesonfromwhomthereisany knownissue,RobertCarter,the"KingCarter"ofromance andhistory.RobertCarterwascarefullytrainedandedu catedfromtheageoffiveyearsasbefittedthesonofone ofVirginia'swealthiestplanters. AsagentforLordFairfaxfortheNorthernNeck,and bylandspeculationandtobacco,KingCartertrebledhis fortuneuntilhiswealthissupposedtohaveexceededthat ofanyotherplanterofColonialVirginia. TheepitaphofKingCarterwasdoneinLatin,andhis tombissaidtohavebeenwilfullydefacedbythosewho resentedhisoverbearingdispositonandarrogancedis playedduringhislifetime.Thistraditionmaybetaken withtheproverbialgrainofsaltsincethereisnoproof extat Asa memberoftheKing'sCouncilheseemsto havedisplayedgoodstatesmanship,andduringaninterreg numofgovernors,filledthepositionforthecolony

•8 CARTER TheGentlemen'sMagazineinLondonforNovember, 1732,containsthefollowingnoticeofhisdeath."Robert Carter,Esq.,August4thinVirginia.Hewaspresidentof theCouncilandlefttohischildrenaboutonethousand negroesandtenthousandpounds". KingCarterwasmarriedin1668toJudithArmistead. AfterthedeathofJudith,in1701,heagainmarried,his secondwifebeinga widow,ElizabethWillis,butbefore marriageElizabethLangdon,thebeautifuldaughterof ThomasLangdon,ofMiddlesexCounty,Virginia OfthefoursonsofRobertCarter,John,ofCrotoman theeldest,willbetheonlyonementionedinthissketch sinceitisthroughhimthe'Tennesseefamilytracesitsline ofdescentfromtheVirginiaCarters. JohnofCrotomaninheritedhisgrandfather'splantation ontheRappahannock,butthroughhismarriagewith ElizabethHillhecameintopossessionofwhatwasthen themostrenowned'plantationinVirginia,thatofShirley, whichSirEdwardHillhadpurchased'forhisbride,a Welshheiressandcourtbeauty. JohnCarter"thesecond,"studiedlawinLondonatthe InnerTemple.In1722hewasappointedsecretaryof VirginiaandisknowninCartergenealogyas"Secretary Carter". AssecretaryheseemstohaveresidedmostlyatWil liamsburgandatShirley.Crotomanwasatobaccomart, andrecordsshowthatatonetimeheupheldoneJoseph Carterasinspectordespitetheaccusationsagainsthimand theprotestationsofCorbin,ReceiverofCustoms,andother officials. DeathcametoSecretaryCarterJuly31,1742.After theprescribedperiodofmourningexpired,Elizabeth Cartermarrieda certainBrowlerCockeofwhomlittleis knownexceptthatheheldShirleyuntiltheyear1771,at whichdateCharlesCarterofCrotomancameintothees tateofShirley. Allfamilyrecordshandeddown,andfamouspaintings ofbothByrdsandCartershavebeenpreservedthroughthe linesofCharlesCarter,ofCrotomanandofShirley.There arenotraditionsorrecordsofdeathsormissalliancesorof domesticnpheavelsinthefamilyofSecretaryCarter. However,thereisfoodforthoughtintheobservation thatallhoughSecretaryCartermarriedin 1723.Charles, thesupposedeldestsonofSecretaryCarter,wasnotborn untiltenyearslater.ElizabethHill,whowasbutone yearolderthanherbrother,becamethewifeof"William ByrdIII"ofWestover.Therewasa differenceofsix

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yearsbetweenthebirthofCharlesandtheyoungerandonly remainingson,EdwardofBlenheim.Itwould'seemalso thattheeldestsonwould,aswasthecustomusuallyob served,havebornethenameofJohn,sincethatwasthe nameofboththeSecretaryandhisfather.Onewould suppose,too,thatCharlesastheeldestsonreceivedthe paternalestateijf Crotoman,thatEdwardwould havebeenentitledto theestateShirley,sincehewas christenedthenamesakeofEdwardHill,thebrotherfrom whomhismotherinheritedShirley. Whytoo,wemuse,wasthestep-fatherpermittedto usurpShirleysolongafterCharlesbecameofage?It could'nothavebeenindifferenceonthepartoftheCarters, forofallColonialhomesShirleywasthemosttobedesired. Onecouldimagineamissingheir,eccentricitiesonthe partofSecretaryCarter,andirregularitiesonthepartof CharlesofShirley,toconcoctabookoffiction.Butit wouldbefiction.Thereisnothinginhistory,writtenrec ordsortraditionstoupholdsuchasupposition. CharlesCarterofShirley,issaidtohavebeenamanof splendidcharacterandrenownedforhischarity.Hewas twicemarried(1)Mary,thedaughterofhisuncle,Charles CarterofCleve,(2)MaryButlerMoore.Hewasthefather oftwenty-threechildren.JohnHillCarter,eldestson,born 1750,isgiveninthefamilytreeoftheByrdsashaving beenamemberoftheHouseofDelegatesfromLancaster Countyin1780,andasdyingunmarried.Charles,the secondson,alsodiedunmarried.Thethirdson,George Carter,marriedadaughterofSirPeytonSkipworth.Mary Carter,theeldo&tdaughter,marriedGeorgeBraxton. ElizabethCartermarriedColonelRobertRandolph.Charles CartermarriedNancyCarterofSabineHall.Edward CartermarriedJaneCarterofSudley.LandonCarterdied unmarried.RobertCarter,theeldestsonbythesecond marriage(tio MaryMoore),dliedunmarried;the nextdaughter,AnneHillCarter,marriedGen eralHenryLeeofStratford.RobertCarter(2)married Mary,daughterofGovernorNelson.BernardCarter marrieda daughterofGeneralHenryLeeofStratford (whosewifewasdaughterofPhilipLudwellLee).Anne LeeCarter(born1773,died1829)wasthemotherofRobert E.Lee.CalphurniaCarterofShirleywasbornaslateas 1796. ThetraditionthatthePioneerJohnCarter,ofTennessee, wasa memberofthesamefamilyasAnneCarterLeeis evidentlyunfounded.Theeldestofthislargefamilyof

04 CARTER twenty-threechildren,JohnHillCarter,whoissaidtohave diedunmarriedwasbornin1750,andJohnCarterofTen nesseehadgrownsonsandprobablygrandsonsin1775. AnneCarterLee,however,wasnotonlyadaughterof CharlesCarterofShirley,butshewasgranddaughterof Charles,"UncleCharlesofCleve". CharlesCarterofCleve,sonofKingCarter,married(1) MaryWalker,(2)AnneByrd,(3)LucyTaliaferro.The onlyJohnofthisfamilywasthesonofAnneByrd,who marriedinPhiladelphiain1771.thedaughterofColonel Claiborne. LandonCarter,brotherofCharlesCarterofCleveby hissecondwife,MariaByrd,hadason,knownasJohn ofSudleywhomarriedJanetHamilton. ByglancingoverthenamesbytheearlyCarterfamily linebothinthemaleand'femalelines,inTennessee,it wouldseemthattheTennesseefamilyweredescended fromRobertCarterofNomoniandhiswife,PricillaBladen ofMaryland.RobertCarterwasthesecondsonofWilliam (King)'Carter.Robertdiedafewmonthsbeforehisfather, andhisbrother.SecretaryCarterwasguardianforhistwo children,RobertandElizabeth.Robertwasmarriedin 1727andhisdeathoccurredin1732.In1736orpriorto thisdate.PricillaBladenCartermarriedColonelJohnLewis ofWarnerHall.Theexpenseaccountsforthechildren, Robertand?]lizabeth,havebeenkept,andtheyseemto havebeenprovidedforina mannerbefittingthegrand childrenofKingCarter. RobertCarter,junior,oneofthemostfamousCarters, knownas'"ChancellorRobert,''inheritedhisfather's estate.Hewasbornin1728anddiedin1804.Hemarried FrancesTaskerofMaryland.ThemostprominentVirginia familyinthislineisdescendedfromason,GeorgeCarter, ofOallands. ThefirstchildrenofRobertandPricillaCarter,viz: Benjamin,Robert,John,Sophia,Harriet,Mary,allare giveninthefamilytreeasdyingunmarried,whichafter allseemsaneasyandeffectivemethodofdisposingof surplusprogenyinfamilygenealogy.Pricillamarrieda Mr.Mitchell.Francesmarrieda MajorThomasJones,of EssexCounty. BettyLandonmarriedSpencerBall.AnnaTasker marriedJohnMound.Sarah,thefourteenthandlastchild ofRobertandFrancesTaskerCarter,marriedChinn. ElizabethCarter,daughterofRobertCarterandPricilla Bladen,andsisteroftheCouncillor,aitheageofseventeen married,FrancisWillisofGlouces!er. 65 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

Againitisatemptationtolettheimaginationrunriot andconjectureanotheroffspring,a youngerchildof PricillaBladenCarter,buthereagaintraditionandfamily recordrefusetosupportanysuchclaim. ColonelJohnCarter,thefounderoftheTennesseeCar ters,isprecludedfrombeingthesonofChancellorCarter, anda grandsonofRobertCarterandPricillaBladen,if familyrecordsarecorrect.However,thewriterbelieves thatsonsoftheChancellorandalliedandcollateralfamilies ofJones,Lewis,WillisandBalls,wereamongthosewho choseto followtheirkinsmento theNorthCarolina frontier. Havingtraveledaround"RobinHood'sBarn"andback tothestartingplacethewritermustconfessthatinall publishedrecordsandgenealogiesofVirginiafamilies ofCarters,thereisnomention—andapparentlynoplace— forColonelJohnCarter,ofTennessee.Hishistoryisnot unlikethatofthefirstColonelJohnCarterofCrotoman, whobuiltandfortifiedhishomeupontheRappahannock andwhodespiteeffortstoattachhimtodifferentancestral trees,stillremains"JohntheFounder". TheCartersofTennessee ConcerningthefortbuiltatLongIslandin1759weare toldthatitcoveredagoodlyareaonasmoothgreenlevel, wasbuiltstrong,fortifiedwithsmallcannon,andthe heavygatesspikedwithnails"sothatthewoodwasall covered". WemaywellimaginethatIhereweregentlemenad venturersamongthesoldiersandsurveyorswhospentthat memorablewinterwithColonelByrdatLongIsland. Followinginthefootstepsofthehuntersandtraders, alliedfamiliesoftheByrdswhosenamesareassociated withColonialVirginia,settleduponthebanksofthe WataugaHolston.JohnCarterandAmosByrdwere pioneers,anderetheRevolutionwascommencedwefind familiesofHills,Loyds,Harrisons,Randolphs,Nelsonsand CartersresidinginWashingtonCounty,Tennessee. ColonelJohnCarterofVirginia Fifteenyearssubsequenttothedateofitsfirstsettle menttherewereseveralbranchesoftheCarterfamilyin ' Tennessee,eachofwhomissupposedtohavehadashead asonorgrandsonofColonelJohnCarter. TheyearofColonelJohnCarter'sbirthisnotknown. HecametoWataugaataboutthesametimethatthe Sevierfamilycame,orearlier,andselectedforhishome

GO CARTER aspotaboutone-halfmiledistantfromthepresenttown ofElizabethton. TheWataugaAssociationwascomposedofthirteen Commissioners,inwhomallpowerwasvested.It is probablethattheArticlesoftheAssociationwereoutlined byColonelCarter.Concerninghisactivitiesatthistime Mr.Ramseywrites: "Intelligentand'patriotic,hewassoonaleaderinthe WataugaAssociation,andbecametheChairmanofits Committee,anditsCourt—whichforseveralyearscom binedthelegislative,thejudicial,andtheexecutivefunc tionsoftheinfantgovernmentwestofAllegheny.His administrationwaswiseandpopular". TheAssociation,whichassembledin1772,issaidto havehad'thefirstwrittenlawswestoftheAllegheny Mountains. FouryearslaterColonelCarterwasChairmanofthe ConventionwhichframedthepetitiontoNorthCarolina forannexation.ThesignatureofColonelCarterisreferred tobyMr.Ramseyasbeingwritten"inapalsiedhand". Notwithstanding'thissupposedoldageColonelCarter seemstohaveledrathera strenuouslifeduringthetwo yearsfollowing.InresponsetotheWataugasettlers' petition,NorthCarolinacreatedWashingtonDistinctand JohnCarter,JohnSevierandCharlesRobertsonwereap pointedto representtheDistrictintheNorthCarolina AssemblyatHalifax,November,12,1776.Itwasoneyear laterthatJohnCarterreceivedhiscommissionfromGov ernorAlexanderMartin,asColonelCommandantofthe MilitiaalWashingtonCounty. In1778thestrengthofthesettlementswasdepleted throughtheenlistmentoftheyoungermen,intheNorth CarolinaandVirginiaservice.BesideIndiandepredations, Toriesdribbledintothesettlementandseemto havegatheredinsomenumbersin"Brown'sSettlement" ontheNollichucky. ColonelCartersentto Virginiaforreinforcements, marchedto Browns,whereheforceduponallBritish sympathizerstheTestOathwhichtheyhadhopedtoescape byfleeingtoVirginiaandNorth'Carolina.. Insomemanner,wearetold,olfieersactingunderthe ordersofGeneralRutherford,interferingwithhisauthor ity.ColonelCarterdispatchedthefollowinglaconicepistle toHieGovernor: ."'. "YourExcellencymaybeassuredthatI willdoevery- Ihinginmypowerforregulatingthemilitiaforthedefense ofourfrontier,andforthebenefitoftheUnitedStates; 67 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

butifmydignityistobesportedwiihunderthosecircum stances,1havenoneedofyourcommissionasCommanding OfficerofWashingtonDistrict".—Ramsey'sAnnalsof Tennessee). WhenthefirstcourtforWashingtonCountywasheld February3,1778.ColonelCarterwasappointednotonly chairmanofthecourt,butentrytakerlorWashington County. In1780whenameetingofmilitaryofficerswasheldfor thepurposeofsendingrecruitsintoSouthCarolina, ColonelJohnSevierhadsucceededColonelCarteras ColoneloftheWashingtonCountymilitia. AlsoinOctoberofIhissameyearwhenColonelSevier wasinneedofmoneyforprovisioningtheexpeditionto King'sMountain.JohnAdtoirwastheentry-lakerwho furnishedthemoneyamiwhosepatrioticreplytoColonel Sevieronhisrequestforthesamehasgonedownin history. LandonCarter,SoldierandStatesman WhilenottheoldestofthesonsofColonelJohnCarter ofWatauga,LandonCarteristheonlyonewhosename hasgom'downinhistoricalannals.Thename"Landon" nodoubtreceivedfromhispaternalgrandmother,Elizabeth Landon,secondwifeofRobert(KingCarter)wasalso bornebyaVirginiaStatesmanoftheRevolution,Landon CarterofSabineHall,ofwhomitwaswritten,"Thatwhen .amemberof'theKing'sCouncil,hefavoredtheColonists .andnottheKinginallthings". Tennessee'spioneer,LandonCarter,reachedmaturity duringtheroughandconstructivedaysofthefrontier. Possessinginheritedability,andabettereducationthanthe averagefrontiersman,hislalenlswerenotunrecognized andheservedwithequaldevotionNorthCarolina,Frank lin,theTerritorialgovernmentandTennessee. Thename,LandonCarter,isfoundonthepetitionof WataugasettlerstoNorthCarolinaforannexation. Hewasalieutenantofmilitiain1780andisthoughtto havebeenatKing'sMountain,andservedwiththerecruits whoweresentintoSouthCarolina. HeparticipatedintheBattleofBoyd'sCreek,after whichhe wascommissionedMajor.Lateras a ColonelhewasconspicuousintheIndianwars. LandonCarter'ssympathieswerewiththeStateof Franklin.Becauseofjudicialtraining,personalityand popularityhewaschosenbyGovernorSevierasanam

68 CARTER bassadortotheNorthCarolinaAssemblytoinformitof thesecessionoftheover-mountaincounties. DuringtheexistenceofFranklinheservedasamember ofitsCouncil,SecretaryofState,andSpeakeroftheSenate. UnderGovernorBlount' andtheTerritorialregime, ColonelCarterheldtheimportantpositionastreasurerfor WashingtonDistrict,apositionheretainedafterthefor mationof

69 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Theprimaryobjectofthisstorewasnodoubtlodoa profitabletradewiththeIndians,anditseemsto have prosperedtosuchanextentthatwhenitwasplundered byamaraudingparty,theownersdidnotattempttore taliate.ButattheTreatyofSycamoreShoalsatwhich timeDanielBoone,ColonelHenderson,andCharlesRobert sonsecuredtitlestotheirlandbypurchase.Carterand Parkerlikewisewerepresentanddemandeddamages,"an extensionoftheirland'sfromChimneyTopMountainto Cloud'sCreek". InordertomeettheconditionsoftheIndians,itwas necessaryforCarterandParkerto'takeRobertLucasasa partnerinthebusiness.Thelatter'sinterestwasprobably purchasedbyoneormoreofJohnCarter'sbrotherssince RobertLucasaccompaniedGeneralJamesRobertsontothe Cumberland,andlatermethisdeathattheattackonFree- land'sStation. TheCartersmayhavehadambitiontr becomelanded Barons,butthelandtheyhadsettleduponthinkingitin Virginia,wasinNorthCarolinaandthela!ierstatedidnot recognizethevalidityoflaudspurchased'fromtheIndians TheCartersandParkersdidsecuretheirimprovementsand grantsfromNorthCarolina,whichplacedtheformer amongthelargestlandownersinGreeneand'Hawkins Counties. JohnCarterdiedintheyear1812. DanielCarterandOtherCarters DanielCarterwasoneofthelargestlandownersamong theearlyCarters,andowned2,000acresinGreeneCounty. HewaseitherthesonorbrotherofJohnCarterandwasthe executorofhisestateHewasamagistratein1788,and againin1798.Intheyear1803hewasoneofthecom missionerstolayofftheboundarylinebetweenGreeneville andHawkinsCounty.Adaughter,Sophie,marriedason ofJohnPogue,oneoftheearlysettlersfromAugusta County,Virginia.Ason,Elisha,marriedMargaretAnder son,andhadason,Benjamin,whomarriedPeggyFoster in18^4.Danielwasnodoubtthefatherofalargefamily, includingsonsDanielandJohnandBenjamin,ofwhom 'thereareseveralofthenamesintheearlyrecords. OneoftheoldestmillsinGreeneCountywasonebuilt byPhilipRabb,ontheroadfromGreenevilletoRodgersville Thismillseemstohavebeenthenucleusaroundwhich anumberofVirginiafamilies,whoevidentlycamethrough Carter'sValley,settled.Priorto1800theCarterswhore

70 CARTER sidedinthissectionwerenumerous,andnodoubtwerethe sonsandgrandsonsofColonelJohnCarter,ofWatauga. Someofthefamilieswithwhomtheyintermarriedwere theTempleton,Harrison,PogueKeller,Jones,Weems, Corbin,Newman,HardinLoyd,Hill,LaneandParker. AbrahamCarter,perhapsoneofthesonsofColonel Carter,wasalargelandownerandresidedbetweenDabb's MillandRodgersville.Hisson,Ekial,was

71 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES GeorgiaandMississippireceivedrepresenlalivesofthese samefamilies. ConcerningJosephParker,who,withJohnGarier, establishedthefirststore.Heisbelievedtohavehadsons, William,GeorgeandJohn. OnesonwasaCaptainofmilitiain1793. GeorgeParkerprobablymarrieda daughterofCaleb Carter;hebadasonCaleb,wholivedon"LandonChurn,'' CampCreek.Thisland'hadevidentlyatone4imebeen intheCarterfamily. ThevillageofOttway,somedistanceremovedfromthe countyseatofGreensville,inStageCcachdays,wasnot wi'tihoutitsaspirations.Nowaneducational,andprogress ivefarmingcenteritwasinpioneerdaysthecradleofmany ofthebestfamiliesofWashington,GreeneandHawkins counties.TheOttwaysofVirginiawereacollateralfamily oftheByrds,andwerealsoalliedwiththeCarters. AsonofColonelWilliamByrdandElisabethCarter Byrdwaseducatedandresignedhiscommissioninthe BritisharmytoacceptaplaceonthestaffofGeneralHenry Ottwaywasperhapsintendedasa familyseatofthe Carierfamilysuchaspossessedby'theirancestorsinEng landandlaterplantedonVirginiasoil,butwhichcouldnot materializeinthenewanddemocraticfrontier,whichis nowTennessee.

FrancisJacksonCarter,born —, marriedFebruary , died1857,saidtobeasonofJohnCarterofHawkins County,andbrotherofLandonCarter,settledinSweet waterValley,Tennessee.HemarriedEstherCrockett,a kinswomanofDavyCrockett.Themarriagetookplace February17,17—. Shewasborn anddiedJuly9, 1870. Mr.W.B.LenoirintheHistoryofSweetwaterValley, saysthisFrancisJacksonCarter,wasasonofJohnGarter ofHawkinsCounty,anda brotherofLandonCarter,and ashemusthaveknownFrancisJacksonCarter'swidow well,theevidenceisconvincing. AmongtheseveralchildrenofFrancisJ.andEsther CrockettCarterwere: 1 TheresaNewellCarter,whomarriedJohnScruggs. ShewasbornnearNewport,Tennessee,October8,1806. ShewasmarriedSeptember7,1824,anddiedNovember9, 1888.Shehadfourteenchildren,amongthem(a)Richard FrancisScruggs,whomarriedElizabethRamseyHeiskell;

72 CARTER andtheyhad(1)Martha,diedyoung.(2)FrankHeiskell; marriedLowry.(3)JohnFrederick,marriedMayWilliams. (4)DanielPope,marriedEvaDulaneyRodgers.(5)Arthur Bruce,marriedBelleHeabler.(6)SusanNewman.(7) Joseph.(8)Katherine,marriedHenryHairdey.(9)Annie Nelson,marriedRossOwen.(10)RichardAbjah. ElizabethEstherScruggs,daughterofJohnScruggs, marriedSeptember30,1847,HoraceBurtonYearwood. ShediedOctober25,1905.Theirchildrenwere:William C.G.; JohnScruggs;RichardJ.;LavinaIda;HoraceBur ton;DanielBonne;JamesBennie;FrancisCarter;Charles; Hugh.Oftheforegoing.JohnScruggsYearwoodmarried MaryBellFMzgerald,and.hadsevenchildren:Pearl;Ida Zee;SadieEthel;JamesHorace;EllaHortense;MackFitz gerald,andHughGaines.FrancisCarterYearwood marriedMattieMoulton,andtheirchildrenwere: Esther, diedyoung,andFrancisC.Yearwood',junior. RichardJarniganYearwoodmarriedJennieWalker. Theirchildrenare:Maude,marriedJohnStaubFouche, (theyhaveoneson,JohnStaubFouche.junior); Fawn Yearwood.andRichardHoraceYearwood.

OTHERTENNESSEECARTERS PascalCarter,marriedBc'lseyDurett.andhadfour children: 1 SerenaCarter,marriedJohnShadden.andhadone child',Margaret. 2 JohnG.Garter,marriedtwice;first,DarthulaAnn Inman,andhadsixchildren:(a)AnneElizabethCarter, whomarriedW.F.Hutchenson.W.F.Hutchesonand'Anne Elizabeth(deceased)hadonechild,SamuelCarterHutche son(whomarriedKatherineAndrews). (b)JamesInmanCarter,whomarriedSamuellaChil dress.JamesInmanandSam'ueilaChildressCarterhave fivechildren,namely:JohnGarnett(whomarriedFreida Uf!ermoehle'n—nochildren); MaryLane(whomanned RichardStiles—onechild,Richardjunior); Paul,un marriedLucile(whomarriedJamesGlascockand'has AnnandLouGlascock),andDorrisInman(whomarried EdwardYoungChapin,junior). (c) JohnBowieCarter,'married'ElizabethFlinn,and hasthreechildren:John,JamesandFrank. (d)RJhodaInmanCarter,diedinchildhood. (e) MaeCarter,marriedWilliamAlbertJones,and

73 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES hasfourchildren: AnneMae,whomarried,first,Richard GarnerWatkins(deceased),andsecond,JamesNihill Condon); MargaretInman(whomarriedRobertWinthrop Barr,junior,andhasonechild:MargaretJonesBarr); EnsignHalGarterJones,unmarried;BarbaraLeaJones, unmarried. (f)HughLeaCarter;diedininfancy. 2 JohnGoodleyCarter,marriedsecond,MyraInman, andhadthreechildren: (a)AugustJarnagin,whofirst marriedBlancheCrossland(deceased),onechild,John Allen;second,MarieBurguine(noissue); (b)PeytonLea, whomarriedRowell;(c)Darthula(deceased),who marriedOscarMcLain,andhadonechild.DeliaCarter (deceased). 3 PascalCarter,whomarried . 4 PeytonCarter;unmarried.

AnotherwellknownTennesseebranchoftheCarter familyisthatofMathewCarter,borninGreeneville,South Carolina,December15,1829.HemovedtoJonesboro,Ten nessee,whena youngmanandmarriedMaryEmma Brown,daughterofCaptainEnochBrownofJonesboro. TheymovedtoCleveland,Tennesseein1857.MaryEmma BrownbornOctober17,1831,diedMay29,1906.Mathew Carter,bornDecember15,1829.in Greenville,South Carolina,diedApril1885.Thoirchildrenwere: 1 EdgarV.Carter,marriedKateRobeson,daughterof A.C.Robeson,ofAthens,Tennessee,andnowlivesin Atlanta.TheirchildrenareRobesonCarter,EdgarV. Carter,junior,FrankCarterandKatherineCarter. 2 RobertLafayet'teCartermarriedViolaCleveland. 3 AndrewP.Carter,marriedfirst,PaulineGray,of Atlanta,andhadonechild,AndrewP.Geiler,junior,and marriedsecond,EvaWintersmith,hadonechild,Richard Carter. 4 WallerBlandCartermarriedPearlLinchandhad AftionW.Carter,WalterCarter,junior,andPearlC.Carter. 5 FredA.CartermarriedfirstJosephineKing,daugh terofA.S.King,andhadCwodaughters,Josephineand MaryCraigCarter;marriedsecond.BelleJones,daughter ofJohnM.Jones,ofSweetwater,Tennessee. 6 MayCarter,marriedFrankY. Jackson.Their childrenare: Mary,FrankY.,MargaretandMansfield Jackson. 74 DAVIS

DavisisoneoftheoldestWelshfamilynames.The linecanbetracedformanycenturiesandissaidtoinclude KingsColeandCadwaldar.Themottoofthefamilyis "WithGodasaLeaderandaSwordasaComrad". OfthemanyDavisemigrantstoAmericathefamily whichlaterbecamemostnotableisthatofEvanDavis, SamuelDavisandJosephDavis;threebrotherswhoemi gratedfromCardiff,Wales,about1730.EvanDavisand SamuelDavislandedatPhiladelphia:JosephDaviswas drownedonthevoyage.SamuelDaviswenttowhatwas thentheMiddleWest. Sometimeafter1761,theexactdatenotbeingknown, EvanDavisemigratedfromPennsylvaniatoGeorgia.He marriedwhilestillinPennsylvania,Mrs.MaryEmory Williams,awidow.HerfatherwasJosephEmory.By herfirstmarriagethisladyhadtwosons,DanielWilliams andIsaacWilliams,bothofwhomweresoldiersinthe Revolution.Itwasdueto'Iheirparticipationinthewar thattheiryounghalf-brother,SamuelDavisalsojoined theforcesoftheRevolution,beingsentbytheirmotherto jointhem. EvanDavisandhiswife(MaryEmoryDavis),hadat leastoneson,SamuelDavis,mentionedabove,whowas borninPennsylvaniain1756.ThisSamuelDavis,who wasintheRevolution,wasthefatherofPresidentJefferson DavisoftheConfederateStatesofAmerica. Mrs.MettaAndrewsGreen,thewell-knownhistorian ofGeorgia,hasmadeclosestudyofthelifeandresidence ofEvanDavis.Shewrites:"EvanDavismovedtoGeorgia fromPennsylvaniaandsettledaboutfortymilesabove Augusta,sosaysMrs.Davisinthelifeofherhusband. '"Theplacefortymilesabove)Augusta'isinWilkes CouniyfourmilessouthofWashington.Itbelongsto theestateofMr.GabrielToombs.BeforeMr.Toombsdied

73 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES I hadalongtalkwitihhim.I wasatthistimewriting somethingofJeffersonDavis'ancestry.Mr.Toombstold' methathehimselfwasthethirdowneroftheplacefrom SamuelDavis,thefatherofJeffersonDavis.Thedeeds areallrecordedhereinourcourthouse. "IalsofoundifchatSamuelDavisfoughtattheBattle ofKettleCreek:HisnameiscertifiedtobyGeneralElijah Clarke.EvanDavisdiedandisburiedontheplacenow' ownedbytheestateofGabrielToombs.Thespotwas pointedou'ttome.Ihavevisiteditmanytimes.Thereis alargeIndianmoundnearby.TheplaceI speakofis onBeaverDamCreek,neartheWashingtonbranchofthe Georgiarailroad. "Ifrecordsfiledinthecourthouseandhumantesti monycountforanything,therecanbenodoubtofthese facts.I wroitetoMrs.DavisaboutthematterandI have herletteragreeingwithmystatement.I alsovisitedherin herapartmentinNewYork.I wasatthetimeveryinter estedincollectingnamesof'thosewhofoughtatKettle Greek,andwhenI foundSamuelDavis'name,I beganto studytheDavis'familyhistory,alsothegenealogy. TheKettleCreekbattlealludedtowasfoughtFebruary 14,1780,atWarHill.GeneralToombsusedtospeakof WilkesCountyasthe"HornetsNest"oftheRevolution. Itwasmorethanthat.LikethebattleofKing'sMountain, itwasaturningpoint. SavannahhadbeencapturedandtheBritishcommand ersweremakingplanstoaidtheToriesinpossessing Georgia.TothisendColonelBoyd,aBritishofficer,was secretlyemployedtoorganizetheToriesinSouthCarolina andhadcrossedtheSavannahRiverandenteredWilkes onhiswaytotheBritisharmy,expectingtojointhe BritishforceswhichhadpossessionofAugusta.This wouldhavegiventheBritishcommandersasweepofthe Southerncountry.TheRoyalGovernorhadbeenrestored topowerinSavannah.Thus'theimportanceoftheKettle Creekbattle. SamuelDaviswasatthesiegeofSavannah,andashe hadraisedandwascaptainofaGeorgiacompanyduring thewar,itismorethanprobablethathehad,withhim underGeneralClarkeatKettleCreekaportionofhis'com pany.Ashisfather,EvanDavis,livedinWilkes,the SamuelDaviscompanymusthaveenlistedmostofitsmen fromthe"HornetsNest"andwere"Wilkesboys". Col.ElijahClarkelivedtorealizehisfondhopestosee AugustaagainundertheAmericancolors.TheStateof Georgiaasa rewardforhisservices,gavehima oom 76 DAVIS missionasamajor-generalandahandsomegrantofland. AndSouthCarolinagavelargelandgrants•toSamuelDavis. CAPTAINSAMUELDAVIS SamuelDavis,theRevolutionarysoldier,sonofEvan DavistheEmigrant,and'hiswifeMaryEmoryDavis,was bornin1756,inPennsylvania.Hediedin1824inMissis sippi.Asstatedinforegoingparagraphs,hewasaCaptain intheRevolution,havingraiseda.companyofVolunteers inGeorgia.LaterhejoinedtheContinentalArmyand servedinSouthCarolinaaswellasGeorgia.Hewasinthe BattleofKettleCreekandintheSiegeofSavannah.For hisservicestheStateofSouthCarolinagrantedhima thousandacresofland(inwhatisnowKentucky)andhe movedtosettleupon'thatproperty.Therehisfamousson JeffersonDaviswasborn.FromKentuckySamuelDavis movedtoLouisiana,andagainin1811hemovedtoMissis sippiwherein1824hedied. CaptainSamuelDavismarriedin1782,JaneCook,a daughterofMrs.SarahSimpsonCook,whowasherself adaughterofSamuelSimpson,saidtohavebeenassisitant QuartermasterofthePennsylvaniaRegimentduringthe Revolution.HislatherwasThomasSimpsonandhisfather wasJohnSimpson,whoemigratedfromScotlandto IrelandandfromIrelandtoAmerica,settlinginPennsyl vaniaasdidmanyoftheScotch-Irishpeople. SamuelDavisandhiswife,JaneSimpsonCook Davis,hadienchildren,namely: 1 JosephEmoryDavis. 2 BenjaminDavis. 3 SamuelDavis,Second. 4 IsaacDavis. 5 AnneDavis. 6 AmandaDavis. 7 LucindaDavis. 8 MatildaDavis. 9 MaryAnneDavis. 10 JeffersonDavis. JOSEPHEMORYDAVIS 1 JosephEmoryDavis,born1784,died1870;wasa lawyerandplanterinMississippi.Hisyoungbrother,Jef fersonDavis,spentmuchtimewithhimandinthesplendid libraryofthehomeabsorbedmuchofthewealthofknowl edgeforwhichhewasnotedinafteryears.JosephEmory

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DavismarriedElizabethVanBenthysenandhadone daughter,MaryLucindaDavis,whomarriedin1837,Dr. CharlesJouettMitchell,ofVicksburg,ashisfirstwife. 2 BenjaminDavis,Second,wasaplanter.Hemarried CynthiaCampbell(Moably)anddiedleavingchildren. 3 SamuelDavis,Second,wasa planter.Hemarried LucyThrockmarton.Theyhadonedaughter,HelenDavis, whomarried Keary,andhadRobertKeary,Samuel Keary,PaulineKearyandEllenKeary. 4 IsaacDavismarriedSusanGuerthy.Theyhadone sonwhowasGeneralJosephEmoryDavis,Second. 5 AnneDavismarriedLutherSmith,andhada daughter,AnneDavisSmith. AMANDADAVIS 6 AmandaDavis,marriedDavidBradford.Theyhad fourchildren,namely: (a)JeffersonDavisBradford(who wasanenginerinthelinitedStatesArmy;(b)LucyBrad ford(whomarriedDr.CharlesJouettMitchell,ofVicksburg, herfirst.cousin'swidower,ashissecondwifeandhad atleastonedaughter Mitchell,whomarriedEli JosephGanier.Theyhadtwosons,LincolnMitchell Ganier,whoisunmarriedandlivesinChattanooga,and AlbertFrancisGanierwholivesinNashvilleandmarried AnnEastman,daughterofMr.andMrs.RogerEastman ofNashvile.Theirtwosonsare:AlbertFrancisGanier, junior,andRogerEastmanGanier. (c)ElizabethPorterBradford,whomarriedMansell II,sonofMansellWhiteI,intheUnitedStates.Their childrenwereMansellWhite.IIl,whoisunmarried;Lucy White,whomarriedClementPenroseWilkersonandhas fourchildren;MaryBradfordWhite,whomarriedRing goldBrouspearsandhadfivechildren;CarlWhite(who marriedMaryMitchellof Cincinnati,andhadseven children,namely:CarlWhite,Second,whoisunmarried, ElizabethWhilewhoisanunintheconventoftheSacred Heart,NancyMilesWhitewhomarriedCharlesEarlJohn son,junior,ofRaleigh,NorthCarolina,andhasa son. CharlesEarlJohnson,Third.CharlofleWhitewhomarried RobertSwepsonCowan,Second,andhasa sonRobert SwepsonCowan,junior,MansellWhite.Fourth. LincolnMitchellWhiteandRichardWhilewhoareun married); AlbertSidneyJohnsonWhitewhomarriedEllen Tobinandhasfivechildren;(d)ElizabethParkerBradford White,whomarriedEdwinRodd,,NancyMilesWhite whomarriedThomasHelmsAndersonandhastwochil

78 DAVIS dren); andDavidBradford,Second,(whoservedinthe ConfederateA!rmy.Hemarriedin1838,AdaElizaPot- tenger). 7 LucindaDavis,marriedWilliamStampesofWood- ville,Mississippi. 8 MatildaDavis,diedunmarried. . 9 MaryAnneDavis,marriedRobertDavisofSouth Carolina. JEFFERSONDAVIS,PRESIDENTOFTHECON FEDERATESTATESOFAMERICA 10 JeffersonDaviswasthe'tenthchiktandthe fifthsonofCaptainSamuelDavisandJaneCookDavis. HewasborninChristianCounty,Kentucky,June3,1808. HediedinNewOrleans,December8,1889.Hisfatherand motherremovedfromWilkesCounty,Georgia,toKentucky, shortlyaftertherevolutionowingtoagrantofsixthousand acresofland',a rewardfordistinguishedRevolutionary service. CaptainSamuelDavis,whenhisdistinguishedsonwas stillsmall,movedagain,.mistimetoMississippi.Jefferson DavisattendedschoolsinMississippi,St,ThomasCollege Kentucky,TransylvaniaUniversity,atLexington,Ken tuckyandhegraduatedfromWestPointin1828,withhigh honorsandservedintheIndianWars.In182.5whilean officerinthearmyhemarriedSarahKnoxTaylor,daugh terofGeneralZacharyTaylorandMargaretMackallSmith Taylor.Uponhismarriage,LieutenantDavisresigned fromthearmyandretiredtoBriarfield,theplantationin Mississippi,whichhadbeengivenhimbyhisbrother, JosephEmoryDavis. TherehisyoungwifediedwiUhinayear.Hedevoted himselftostudyintbeyearssucceedingherdeathandin thelibraryofhisbrother,JosephEmoryDavis,then probablythelargestandmostextensiveinMississippi, heacquiredaprofoundknowledgeofhistoryandliterature thatinafterpubliclifeservedhimwell.In1845hewas electedtocongress.UponthebreakingoutoftheMexican WarheresignedfromCongress,volunteered,andwas ColoneloftheFirstMississippiRifles.Hewongreatdis tinction,andwasacclaimedastheHeroofBuenaVista wherehesavedtheAmercan.Armyfromcompletedisaster. Hewasseverelywoundedintheengagement.Hedeclined therankofBrigadier-Generalandonceagainretiredfrom Militaryservice.In1847hewasappointedUnitedStates

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Senatorandlaterwaselectedtothesameoffice.Whilein theSenatehewasChairmanofMilitaryaffairs.In1851 hedecidedtobecomeacandidateforGovernorofMissis sippiandthereforeresignedhisseatintheSenate.Hedid notwintheelectionhoweverandretiredtoBriarfield.In 1853PresidentPierceappointedhimSecretaryofWar,an officehewaseminentlyfittedtooccupybyhisnaturalgifts andattainmentsandheranksasthegreatestSecretaryof War.Amongtheachievementsofhisadministrationwere thesurveymadefortherouteofthePacificRailway;the extensionoftheCapitol; thebuildingoftheaqueductwhich suppliesWashingtonwithwater;thebuildingofCabin JohnsBridge,aremarkableengineeringfeatwhichwas solelyhisdesign.HisnameasSecretaryofWarwascut fromthetabletonthebridgeandhasonlyrecentlybeen restoredafterfiftyyearsofeffortonthepartoftheDaugh tersoftheConfederacy,theConfederateVeteransandthe ConfederateMemorialAssociation. HewasagainelectedtotheSenateatthecloseofPresi dentPierce'stermandwas'theleaderinthatbodywhenthe questionofsecessionbegantobediscussed.ColonelDavis ashewascalledonlyapprovedsecessionasalastresort, butin1861whenMississippisecededhereturnedtohis StateandwasalmostimmediatelymadeaMajor-General oftheMississippitroops.HiselectiontothePresidencyof theConfederateStatesofAmericasoonfollowed. AninterestingincidentofhisinaugurationinMont gomeryWasthefamouslyeloquentintroductionofMr. Davisto'tiheassembledpeopleby'WilliamYancey.The sevenwordsareclassicintheirsimplicity: "Thehourandthemanhavemet". Col.Davishimselfwasa brilliantspeakerandshared withYanceythereputationofbeingthegreatest;oratorin theUnitedStales.Hisvoicewaspurestmelodyandhe couldmoveanyaudiencetohiswill.Exceptforthewar andhiselectiontothePresidencyoftheConfederateStates, hewouldprobablyhavebeenPresidentoftheUnitedStates, ashewasimmenselypopularithroughouttheNorth.His keenpoliticalpowerasanoratormadehimapopularcan didatefortheofficeforwhichhewasbeingwidelydis cussedthroughouttheNorthaswellastheSouth. IntheformationoftheConfederateGovernmenthow everhehopedformilitaryrankandhisgeniusandaccom plishmentinmilitaryaffairsentitledhimtoexpectit. He

80 DAVIS wasinstead,giventhegreatestofficeinthegiftofSouthern people. Hewasreluctanttotalkwarandhopedforreunion. Hishistoryforfouryearsisidentifiedwiththatofthis ConfederateStatesandneednotbegivenindetailhere. WhentheConfederacyfellhewasimprisonedandkeptin closeconfinement,muchofIhetimemanacled,formany months. In1876hewasadmittedtobail,but'theindic!ment wasneverdismissedandJeffersonDavisdiedstillunder indictment,thoughheandhisfriendscontinuallyimplored fortrial.ItissaidthattheAttorney-GeneraloftheUnited Statesadvisedagainsttrialastreasoncouldnotbeproved, thestateshavingtherighipreviousto1861towithdrawand alsobecauseeveryWestPointstudentwasinstructed(until 1861)thatintheeventofanystatewithdrawing,allegiance wasduetothestate.ThiswasinRawl'sConstitution whichwasatextbookatWestPointuntil1861,whenthe booksweredestroyed.Onlyafewarenowinexistence. Returningfromprison,whenbailwasadmitted,tohis belovedMississippitothehomeofhisbrother,Joseph EmoryDavis,whohadbeenafatherandolderbrotherto him,hewasreceivedbyhispeoplewithadorationthat musthavesoftenedsomewhatthesorrowofsuffering.His niece,Mrs.LucyMitchell,ofVicksburg,wholiveduntila shortlimesince,thedaughterofa favoritesister, AmandaDavis,recentlytoldthewriter,oftheaffecting sceneswhenthepeoplewouldcomeformilestoseehim, tokneelbyhischairwherehisthinformhalfreclined, toweepoverbimandtokissthewriststhathadbeen manacledsolong. Hisheal.hwasshatteredbyhislongandarduouscon finementandhetraveledforthreeyearsinCanadaand Europe.In1879hesettledatBeauvoir,Mississippi,and wrotehis"RiseandFalloftheConfederacy".During hislastyearshewasbelovedbyhispeopleandworshipped whereverhewent."Helivedadignifiedlifetoadignified close.""Hewasastatesmanwithcleanhandsandapure, heart,whoservedhispeoplefaithfullyfrombudding manhoodtohoaryage,withoutthoughtofhimselfwith unbendingintegrity,andtothebestofhisability". Dr.HenryE.Shepperd,ofBallimore,saidofJefferson Davis:" "Themarkedversatilityofintellectualpowerrevealed inMr.Davis'charactersuggestedaparallelbetweenhim

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andThomasJefferson.Afailureinthesphereoforatory, intherichnessandamplitudeofhiisknowledge,Jefferson stoodwithoutapeeruntiltheadventofMr.Davis. "ThePrisonLifeofJeffersonDavis',hyhisattending physician,Dr.Craven,recallstomemorytheexuberant wealthofacquirementillustratedinthelivesofthreefore mostlightsofmodernstatesmanship—Jefferson,Gladstone, andthelateLordSalisbury.ThePrometheusoftheCon federacyinthegloomofhiscellatFortressMonroe,took allhumanknowledgeforhisprovince,discourseduponart, literature,philosophy,strategy,economicproblems,po liticalissuesuntilthedarknessofhiscasementwasradiant withthelightoftheBaconianideal,amfold'ledtohispro pheticvision,andinterpretedto a singlelistener.His masteryoverlanguageandgiftofilluminatingwhatever themehetouched,displayeditspowerineveryrelation, personalorofficial,intheexecutivestationwhenhestood onFortune'scrowningslope,orlaterwhenheenjoyedthe sweetaloofnessofsocialconverse". TheworkofDr.Cravenholdsauniqueplaceinour literaryrecord.ItwaspublishedbytheNealCompany, NewYork."Rarelyhassomarvelousa narativeofheroic endurancebeenpresentedtotheworld. ItisamatterofregretIhatsosmalla portionofMr. Davis'speechesassociatedwiththeConfederacy,havebeen preserved.ParticularlyitisregrettedthattheonetoGeneral LeedeliveredinRichmondinNovember,1870,isnotpre served;"Anoration",saysDr.Shepperd,"worthyofPericles hasvanishedanditisbutoneofaselectcompanyupon whichasealofimmortalityshouldbewroughtinstrongest relief". "InallMr.Davis'writingsandspeeches,artgrace, fervor,patriotismblendintoagoldenharmony". JeffersonDavismarriedforMssecondwife.February 28,1845,VarinaBanksHowell(born1828,died1908), daughterofWilliamBurrHowell,ofNewJersey,andhis wifeMargaretLouisaKempHowell.WilliamBurrHowell wasasonofMajorandGovernorRichardHowell(born 1752,died1802),ofNewJerseyandhiswifeKeziahBurr Howell.MargaretLouisaKemp'sfatherwasColonelJames Kemp,anIrishgentlemanwhocametoAmericaafterthe EmmettRebellion. VarinaBanksHowellwasbornMay7,1828.Shewas

82 DAVIS namedinhonorofhermother'sfriend,Mrs.GeorgeBanks (VarinaStauntonBanks),ofNatchez,Mississippi. ShemarriedJeffersonDavis,February28,1845,at Briarfield,whichisstillstandingaboutamilesouthof Natchezona bluffoverlookingtheriver.Themarriage recordsshowthenamesJeffersonDavis,WilliamB.How ell,VarinaHowellandthenameoftheofficiatingminister. Mrs.Davis,afterthedeathofherhusband,often signedhername"V.JeffersonDavis",the"V",beingthe initialof"veuve",theFrenchwordforwidow.Thisisa customintheSouth,inNewOrleansandMobileregions andintheLowerMississippicountry.Hersignaturewhen soshownmeans'"WidowJeffersonDavis"andnotVarina JeffersonDavisasmanyhistoriansstate.Onehistorian sayshernamewasVarinaJeffersonHowell.Thisismani festlyamistake.Itisaverysingularfactthattherecords theChanceryCourtofVicksburg,Mississippi,showthat shesignedherwillasVarinaJeffersonDaviswhichmust havebeenaninadvertanceandcouldnothavebeencorrect. Theproperlegalsignatureforsuchadocumentwouldhave beenVarinaBanksHowellDavisifshehadsignedherfull name. JeffersonDavisandVarinaHowellDavishadsixchil dren,namely: 1 SamuelEmoryDavis,whodiedininfancy. 2 MargaretHowellDavis. 3 JeffersonDavis,whodiedunmarried. 4 JosephEvanDavis,whodiedyoung.. 5 VarinaAnnHowellJeffersonDavis,diedunmarried. SamuelDavisdiedininfancy.JeffersonDavis,junior, born1858,diedunmarriedin1878,inMemphis,Tennesseej a herooftheyellowfeverepidemicwhichafflictedthe Southin1878. JosephEvanDavis,diedininfancy. VarinaAnnHowellJeffersonDaviswasborninth•' WhiteHouseinRichmond,in1864.Shewascalled WinnieandwasadoptedasthedaughteroftheCon federacy.Shediedunmarriedin1898. MargaretHowellDavismarriedin1877JoelAddison Hayesandhadfivechildren,namely: 1 Asonwhodiedininfancy. 2 VarinaHowellDavisHayes. 3 LucyWhiteHayes. 4 JeffersonDavisHayes. 5 WilliamDavisHayes.

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OftheforegoingVarinaHowellHayesmarriedDr. GeraldBertramWebb.Theirchildrenare:VarinaMar garetWebb,GeraldBertramWebb,junior,FrancesRobina Webb,EleanorLeilaConstanceWebb,JoelAddisonHayes' Webb, LuceyWhiteHayesmarriedGeorgeBowerYoung. Theirchildrenare:MargaretJosephineYoung,Harvey Young,GeorgeOliverYoung. JeffersonDavisHayes,born1884,wasthefirstliving sonofMargaretHowellDavisHayesandJoelAddison Hayes.Hewasfiveyearsoldwhenhisgrandfather,the GreatSouthernerdied.Standingbyhisgrandfather'sbier heheardsomeonesaythatthedeadstatesmanleftnoone tobearhisname.Theboyproudlyclaimedthathewashis grandfather'snamiesake,whichwasofcoursequitetrue. Thewholecircumstancewasexplainedtohimandhein sistedthathewantedtobe namedforhisgrandfather. TheBishopofMississippi,whowaspresentwasdeeply touchedandinthepresenceofthefamilyandclosefriends, helaidhishands,oneupontheboy'shead,theotherupoa. thecoldforeheadofPresidentDavisandsaid:

"IchristentheeJeffersonDavis". Thechangeofnamewassubsequentlylegalizedby legislativeenactmentinthreestates:Louisiana,Missssippi andVirginia.Heuseshisfather'snamewithhisown. JeffersonHayes-Davis.HegraduatedfromPrinceton,1907, andfromColumbiaasaminingengineerin1911.Hefol lowedthisprofessionintheWes»lforseveralyears,and thensettledatColoradoSpringsasassistantcashierofthe FirstNationalBankofwhichhisfatherwaspresident. HisfirstmilitaryexperiencewaswiththeNational GuardontheMexicanborder,asagunnerinabatteryof fieldartillery;andbeforehiscompanywasmusteredouthe waspromotedtotherankofFirstLieutenant.Onthefol lowingAugustthebatteryenteredtheFederalservice,and afteraperiodoftrainingwasorderedabroad.Thevesselon whichhecrossedtheAtlanticwaswiththeTuscaniawhen thatillfatedshipmetdisaster;butitreachedanIrishport insafety,andFirstLieutenantDavisandhiscomrades crossedovertoFranceinsafety.Asobservationofficerfor hisbattery,itwash'isdutytogoaloftinananchored

81 DAVIS balloon,watchthefireofhisguns,andsignalordersto thegunners. HemarriedDoreeDewitt.Theyhavetwochildren: JeffersonAddisonHayes-Davis,andHarrietAdeleHayes- Davis. WilliamDavisHayes,sonofJoelAddisonHayesand MargaretHowellDavisHayes,marriedElizabeth. Theyhavetwochildren,ElsieHayesandWilliamDavis Hayes,junior.

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TheDonaldsonfamilycamefromScotlandwhereth« namewasspelledDonaldson.Thenamecamefromthe Christianname,Donald.(FamilyNamesandtheirStory, S.BaringGould).Intheearlygenerationsinthiscountry itwasvariouslyspelledDonaldson,Donalson,Donelson, Doneldson,DonolsonandDonilson.(VirginiaMilitiain 'theRevolution,J.T.McAllister).Stockley,asonofCol. JohnDonelson,spelledhisnameseveralwaysinsigning legaluocuments.(Ramsey'sAnnalsofTennessee). Tnebrothers,Col.JohnDonelsonandWilliamDonald son,ioundersofthefamilyinTennessee,useddiflVent speiiings.Mostofthedescendantsoftheformercontinue tousehisspelling,Donelson,whilethedescendantsof Wiiiiamusetheoriginalspelling,Donaldson,asusedby him.Inthisarticlethecompilerwillendeavortousethe spellingadoptedbyt'heindividual. TheDonaldsonCoat-of-Arms,dated1312,hasthesingle word,"Promtus",asitsmotto.(Burke'sGeneralArmory). Theemigre.JohnDonaldson,(whosefatherwasJohn L>onaldsonofScotland),cametoAmericain1716,and settlednearDelawarebay.Atthistimeheownedhis vesselandwasengagedintheshippingbusinessbetween AmericaandLondon.Itissaidthathisfatherandgrand fatherhudbeenshippers,liemarriedCatherineDavies, daughterofDavidDaviesandMarthaThomasDaviesof Virginia,(asisterofSamuelDavies,D.D.,LL.D.,third PresidentofPrincetownCollege,(1761-1766)afteritsre organization).Theyhadchildren: I JohnDonelsonII. IIWilliamDonaldson. IIIAndrewDonaldson. IVAdaughter(nameunknown),marriedHenry.

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I JOHNDONELSONII.

I JohnDonelsonII (1720-1785)issaidtohavebeen borninPittsylvaniaCounty,Virginia.HemarriedRachel Stockley,ofVirginia,andhadchildren: I AlexanderDonelson,nevermarried. II CaitherineDonelson. IIIJohnDonelsonIII. IVMaryDonelson. VJaneDonelson. VIWilliamDonelson VIIStockleyDonelson. VIIISamuelDonelson. IXSevernDonelson. XLevinDonelson,nevermarried. XIRachelDonelson. XIIElizabethDonelson. 'ColonelJohnDonelsonIIwasamanofeducationand achievedprominenceinVirginia."Hewasaburgessfrom PHIsylvanuftCountyinassembliesofMay1769.1769- i771,1772-1774".(VirginiaBiography.Tyler).Priorto \heDeclarationofIndependencehewasmadecolonelofhis regimentofmilitia.(HistoryofTennessee.Putnam).He wasappointedseveraltimesto negotiatetreatieswith Indiantribes,andineachcasewassuccessful.He,with tnreeothermen,surveyedtheboundarybetweenGeorgia andNorthCarolina,which,atthattime,ranwesttothe MississippiRiver.(HistoryofTennessee.Haywood.His toryofKentucky.Butler). Oneofthemostremarkableadventuresundertakenin thesettlementoftheWestwasthevoyageofthecompany of pioneerswithCol.JohnDonelsonas com mander.WhichlefttheWataugaSettlement,(Dec. 22, 1789),traversedtheHolston,Tennessee,Ohio andCumberlandRiversto FrenchLick,nowNash ville,arrivingonApril24,1780.Nearlytwohundred personsmadethisremarkablevoyageonflatboats,dug outsandscows,traversingdangerousrapidsandconstantly surroundedbyhostileIndians.Inthiscompanywerehis familyandtnefamiliesofanumberofmenwho,under JamesRobertson,hadprecededthemgoingoverland throughthewilderness. ss DONALDSON Col.Donelson'sjournalofthegoodboat,Adventure, formsanimportantchapterinallthehistoriesofearly Tennessee.TheodoreRooseveltsays,inhisWinningof theWest,"Robertson'sspecialpartnerwasamannamed JohnDonelson.Thelatterwentbywaterandtookalarge partyofimmigrants,includingallthewomenandchildren, downtheTennessee,andthenceuptheOhioandCumber landtotheBluff,orFrenchLick,a distanceofmore thantwo'thousandmiles.Amongthemwere Ronertson'sentirefamilyandDonelson'sdaughter,Rachel, thefuturewifeofAndrewJackson,whomissedbyso nai'iowamarginbeingmistressoftheWhiteHouse. . . The settierswhocamebywaterpassedthroughmuchgreater pernandharaship(thantheparty,underRobertsonwhich wentoverland).Byastrokeofgoodfortunethejournalkept by'Donaldson,theleaderoftheexpedition,hasbeenpre served.Aswithalltheotherrecordedwanderingsandex pediiionsoftheseback-woodsadventurers,itmustbere- memDeredwhilethistripwasremarkableinitself,itises peciaiiynoteworthybecause,outofmanysuch,itisthe onlyoneofwhichwehaveafullaccount.. . . Donelson's flotilia,afterbeingjoinedbyanumberofotherboats,con sistedofsomethirtycraftall'told—flatboats,dug-outs, andcanoes.Therewereprobablytwoorthreehundred people,perhapsmanymore,inthecompany.Thechief boat,tneflagshipoftheflotilla,wastheAdventure,agreat scow,inwhichtherewereoverthirtymen,besidesthe familiesofsomeofthem".Ramsey,inhisAnnalsofTen nessee,says,"Thedistancetraveledonthisinlandvoyage, byCol.Donelson.theextremedangerineveryrespect marksiheexpeditionasoneofthegreatestachievementsin theseiiiementofourwesterncountry". FindingFrenchLicksurroundedbyhostileIndiansCol. DonelsonmovedtoKentucky,wherehehadlargeinterests inland,anaresidedthereforafewyears.Then,returning kiTennessee,helocatedonafarmnearwhatnowisNash ville,whereheliveduntil1785.whenhewasshotfromam bush,oyanIndian,andkilled.

//CatherineDonelson

CatherineDonelsonwasborninPittsylvaniaCounty, Virginia.ShemarriedCol.ThomasHutohingsandhad children:(1)JohnMulchings(marriedMarySmith);(2) StockleyHutohings(marriedElizabethAtwoodandhad

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Ch'ilren:(a)MaryQaitherineHutChingswhoraamedJames Murdack;(b)ElizabethA.HutchingswhomarriedAndrew J.Coffee).(3)LemuelHutchings(married Owen and^adchildren:Alexander,Arthur,StockleyDonelson and'wodaughters,namesunknown); (4)Christopher Hutchings(married(1829)LouisaAnnEdwardsandhad children:(a)MaryHutchingswhomarriedJohnH.Cross; (b)ElizabethCookeHutchings;(c)JohnHutchings;(d) FrankHutchings,killedinCivilWar;(e)JacksonHutch ings;(f)FannieA.Hutchings;(g)JohnHutchings;(h) StockleyHutchings;(i)WilliamHultchings); (5)Rachel DonelsonHutchings(marriedJamesSmithRawlings); (6) MaryHutcMngs(manned. Small)(7)JennieHutch ings;(8)ThomasHutchings;(9)ElizabethHutchings. ///JohnDonelsonIII IIIJohnDonelsonIII(1755-1840),married(1779)Mary Purnell(1763-1848).CaptainJohnDonelsonIIIwasborn inVirginia,andhiswifeinSnowHill,Maryland.They asbrideandgroom,madethetripfromWataugaSettle menttoFrenchLick,in1779,onthe"Adventure"inthe Companycommandedbyhisfather,ColonelJohnDonel son.Theyhadchildren: 1 Ohesed,diedininfancy. 2 TabithaDonelson, 3 AlexanderDonelson, 4 JohnDonelsonIV,(1787-1840),married(1823' Eliza Butler. 5 LemuelDonelson. 6 RachelDonelson, 7 MaryDonelson,marridJohnCoffee, 8 WilliamDonelson, 9 ElizabethDonelson, 10 CatherineDonelson, 11 ChisedDonelson,diedininfancy, 12 StockleyDonelson, 13 EmilyDonelson, 2 TabithaDonelson(1781-1854).married(1854) GeorgeSmith(1876-1849).andhadchildren:(1)Marv Smith(1798-1853),whomarried(1826)LafayetteSaunders, and'hadchildren: AugustaSaunders(1827-1898),(married (1845)JohnKing(jurist).Children:(a)LafayetteSaunders

90 DONALDSON King(marriedtwin.':First.HelenIngersol;Second, JosephineStrickland); (b)MarySaundersKing(married (189b)L.P.Lastrapse.Children:HelenLastrapse,who marriedValentineKingIrion,andhadchildren: Mary Caroline,AlfredKing,AliceandAlbert;AugustaLastrapse, whomarried(1894)WalterWebbDuson,M.D.,andhad children:Waiter,CarolineandDonaldMcNaughton); (c) NannieM.King;(d)AxigusitaSaundersKing,(married LindsayDunnBeale,(jurist).Children:LindsayDunn BealeII;AugustaBeale,WhomarriedWilliamMercerHall, and'hadchildren:WilliamMercerHallII,Lindsay,and Minnie;AnnaMarianBeale,Whomarried(1911)Gordon BakewellGolson,andhadchildren: LindsayandGordon BakewellGolsonII;ThomasBuffingtonBeale.whomar- ried(1911)JennieMunson,andhadachild,WilliamRuf- fin;JohnE.K.Beale;RobertGeorgeBeale;PhoebeL. Beale;HelenBeale;LafayetteSaundersBeale);Tabitha Saunders,married(1852)AndrewS.Herron.Clhild:May SaundersHerron,whomarriedCharlesCecilBird,andhad children:AndrewHerron,CharlesCecilBirdII,Thomas BuffingtonandMary);(2)SallieSmith(1801-). whomar riedThomasWaitson,andhadchildren:(a)Winifred ScottWatson,(married—Schofield); (b)Harriet Watsonmarriedtwice:First,OrviMeCage;Second, JamesDouglas.Childrenbysecondhusband:Noeland Lula); (c)GeorgeSmithWatson,(marriedItwice:Chil drenThomasandMaryJane); (d)TabithaWatson,(mar ried.twice:First, Gordon;Second, Miller. ThreeChildrenbyfirsthusband); (e)MargaretWatson, (married Dunn.Children:MaryLee,HarrySmith andSallie);(3)TabithaSmith(1803-1849),whomarried (1821)AnsehnD.Bugg,andhadchildren:(a)GeorgeS. Bugg;(b)SamuelBugg;(c)MarySaundersBugg,(mar ried(185if))WilliamMurray.Children:RufusSaunders Murray,whomarriedMinnieMills,andhadchildren: Samuel,Mary,(who,marriedJamesSmith,andhadchil dren:MinnieLou(married—.——Phillips),another daughterandtwosons); JohnDean,docMillsandWil liam;AnslemBuggMurray,whomarriedTheda.Bland Pitzhugh.andhadchildren: MaryEtta,ThedaBland, FitzhughandKatieTrousdale;WilliamMurray;George SmithMurray;JohnAnnfieldMurray;AnnaMurray,who marriedM.T.CarlMTight.andhadchildren:MurrayAns lem,MaryAnmfieldandMyraEugenia); (d)EmilyDon

'i! NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES elsonBugg;(4)HarrySmith(1806-1888),Whomarried (1859)SallieSypert,andhadchildren:(a)TabithaDon elsonSmith;(b)DannieSmith,(married(1880)Horatio Berry.Children:HarrySmithBerry,whomarriedGeorgia Knox,andhadchildren:KaltherineKnoxandNancy;Jane E.Berry,whomarriedCharlesE.Buntin,and'hadohildren: CharlesErwin,RachelCraighead.HoraliioBerryandWil liam;EmmaHoratioBerry,whomarriedW.A.Bryan,M. D.,andhadohildren: Ann.ElizabethandAllen;Sarah CrosbyBerry;JuliusTrousdaleBerry,whomarriedGrod Cornell);(5)ElizabethSmith;(6)'JaneSmith(1818-), whomarriedJohnJ.Wherry,aindhadohildren:(a) TabithaWherry,(marriedAlexanderCowan(aministerof theGospel),andhadohildren:Sarah,andJaneWhomar riedDavidC.Kelly); (b)JohnWherry;(c)EmilyWherry; (d)WilliamWherry;(e)HarryWherry,(marriedCelia Wil'Msl; (f)GeorgeWherry;(g)AugustaWherry,('mar riedWilliamHamilton); (h)DanielWherry,,(married SusieKnox). 5 LemuelDonel8on(1789-1832)marriedElizabethWhite, (daughterofJudgeHughLawsonWhite)andhadchil dren:(1)JohnDonelsonV(marriedKateAllen.Children: JohnDonelsonVIandLemuelDonelsonII); (2)Pheriba WhiteDonelson(marriedHarperSheppard). 6 RachelJacksonDonelson(1791-),whomarried (1809)WilliamEaslin.andhadohildren:(1)Mary Eastin,whomarried(1832)LuciusPolk,andhadchildren: (a)SarahRachelPolk,(married(1855)RobinaCadwalla- derJones.Children:MaryPolkJones,whoinacri.'d (1877)DuncanBrownCooper,and'hadchildren: Sarah (marriedLuciusBuroh.M.D.Child,JohnC.),William, RobinJones(marriedEvaLeeSmith),MaryPolk,(mar riedBeverlyR.Wilson.Children: MaryandBeverly)and DuncanBrownCooperII(marriedDorothyCrowe);Re beccaEdwardJones;RobinJones;SarahPolk Jones,whomarried(1888)JamesC.Bradford,andhad children:SarahPolkandThomas;LucyGreenJones,who married(1888)StanleyBellHemdon,andhadchildren: RobinC.Jones.Virginia.RebeccaandLucy); (b)Mary BrownPolk,Married(1858)HenryClayYeaitman.Chil dren:MaryEaslinYeatman.whomarriedThomasShep herdWebb,HenryClay.RussellHouston,TrezevantPlayer,

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JaneandLuciaPolk);(c)EmilyDonelsonPolk,(married (1860)J.MinnickWilliams.Children:Harry,whomar- riedLouisePitcher,Emily.LuciusPolk,Minnick,Anna Passman,ElizaPolkandPricillaShelbyWilliams,who marriedG.W.Briggs,and'hadason,GeorgeShelby); (d) WilliamPolk,(marriedRebeccaMays);(e)Eliza"Eastin Polk;(f)FrancesAnnPolk,(married(1866)Edward Dillon.Children:EdwardDillon,whomarriedSusanS. PendMun.andihadchildren:Edward,EdmundP.,Mary Unity,WilliamPolkandSusan;JamesRoyalDillon: LuciusPolkDillon,whomarriedMaryEvelynMorton,and hada child,LuciusPolkDillonII;JohnCunningham Dillon,whomarriedMayMcClungChildress;ElizaPolk Dillon,whomarriedRobertScottSpillman,andhadchil dren:FrancesPolkandRobertSoott(twins),andEdward D.;FrancesPolkDillon;FrancesCunninghamDillon);(g) SusanRebeccaPolk,(married(1866)GeiorgeCampbell Drown.Children:LuciusPolkBrown,whomarriedtwice: First.JessieRoberts;Second,SusanKalherineMassey. Childbyfirstwife.JesseRoberts;Second,SusanKatherine Massey.Childbyfirstwife,CampbellHuxleyBrown.Chil drenbysecond"wife:SusanMasseyPolk,Lazinkaand Lucia;EweMRichardBrown,whomarriedMabelLee; GeorgeCampbellBrownII;PercyBrown,whomarried GertrudePlunket,andhadason,JamesPkinket!t; Lazinka CampbellBrown); (h)GeorgeWashingtonPolk,(married (1885)JaneJackson.Children:Kate.George,Janeand Harry;)(2)ElizaEastin;(3)SusieEastin;(4)Rachel EasiLin.whomarried(1842)RichardO.Ourrey.M.D.,and hadchildren: Robert,andMarywhomarriedWilliam Whorton,andhadchildren: Sadie,Mary,William,Richard andAnnie;(5)JohnDonelsonEastin(1820-),whomarried (1848)AmandaGalloway,andhadchildren:(a)Rosa Eastin,(married(1875)HyderAliBedon,M.D.Children: Eva,(whomarriedFrankPitKman,andhadonechild, Rosa),Susie,TuliaD.,(marriedWilliamHuntBurress, M.D.Children,SarahandSusan),HyderandRichard); (b)JamesEastin;(c)MaryPolkEasilin,(married(1868) WilliamLitflefield.Children:Elizabeth,(whomarried BruceBuckner,andhadchildren: Mary,Sadie,Bruce, Elizabeth,HenryandIsabelle),John,Preston,Williamand Frank); (d)SusanAmandaEastin,(marriedGeorgeE. Purvis.Children:Rachel(marriedRichardSnyder,M.D.), Mary(marriedGD.Andrews,andhadchildren:George andWalter),Eastin,SusieandEmily).

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7 MaryDonclson(1793-1871),married(1809)John Coffee(1772-1833).(GeneralJohnCoffeetookpartinthe CreekWarandwasintheBailtleofNewOrleans).They "hadchildren:(1)MaryDonelsonCoffee(1812-1839),who marriedAndrewHatchings,andhadchildren:Mary,John Coffee.Coffee,andAndrew;(2)JohnDonelsonCoffee(1815- 1837),whomarriedMaryNarcissaBrahan,and'hadone child.JohnDonelsonCoffeeII,whomarriedSallieRuffin Tucker,andhadchildren:(a)MaryPercyCoffee,(married FrederickH.Long.Child,HarryLong); (b)SarahDonel sonCoffee;(3)ElizabethGravesCoffee;(4)AndrewJack sonCoffee(1819-1891),whomarriedElizabethHu'tchings, andhadchildren: (a)KateCoffee,(marriedCharlesJ.Mc- Dougal.Children: KatherineCoffeeMcDougal,whomar riedCarpenterGorgas,hadchild,Mary;ElizabethCoffee McDougal,whomarriedStuartCooper,andhadchildren: Elizabeth.Stuart,KateandElizabethStuart;Caroline MarianMcDougal,Who.marriedJohnLandNeilson,and hadchildren:CarolineMcDougalandMaryC'harlesworth; DouglasCasselMcDougal,whomarriedSabinaWood Waltits,andhadchildren:DouglasandDavidStockton); (b)SusanCoffee,(marriedLewisC.Heilner.Onechild, Katherine.whomarriedRayStrathMcDonald,andhadone child,RayStrathMcDonaldII); (c)FrankLarnedCoffee, (marrieditwice:First,PoseyBeauregardGreen;Second, BlanchMarieElizabethPitard.Childrenbyfirsitwife:An drewJacksonCoffeeandElizabethHutchingsCoffeewho marriedRobertNavarreCorbalay.Children: Carroll DouglasMarionandRobertNavarreCorbalay,andhadchil dren:CarrollDouglasMarionandRobertNavarreCorba layIIandhadchildren:Theariore.RobertandCarroli. Childrenbysecondwifi:iflau'rhoMarie,CatherineCopley, DorothyPitardandEvelynMercedes;(d)JohnCoffee; (e)AndrewJacksonGoffee;'tf)MaryElizabethCoffee:(g) StockleyMulchingsCoffea;;h;EllenPoseyCoffee;(i) AndrewJacksonCoffee,(marriedtwice:First,EdithHin- ton:Second,EllenLenoreMuffley.Childbyfirstwife, LuenPope.Childbysecondwife,LenoreJackson);(5) AlexanderDonelsonCoffee(1821-1901),whomarriedtwice: First,AnnElizaSloss;Second,Mrs.CamillaMaddenJones. Childbyfirslt,MaryCoffee,marriedtwice:First,Ed wardAsburyO'Neal;Second,WilhamParkeCampbell. Childbyfirsthusband,Edward,whomarriedJuliaCamper, andhadchildren:Edward,CamperandAmelia;(6)Rachel JacksonCoffee(1823-1892),whomarriedAlexanderJack sonDyas,andhadchildren:RobertDyas.andAlexander

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JacksonDyaswhomarriedAnnieLamarCurry,andhad children:RachelJackson,HammondCurry,Alexander JacksonDyasIIandJohnCoffee;(7)KafcherineHarriet Colfee;(8)EmilyCoffee;(9)WilliamCoffee(1830-1903). whomarriedVirginiaMalone,andhadonechild,Mary DonelsonwhomarriedCharlesAlbertNye,andhodchil dren:(a)VirginiaCoffeeNye,('married Irvine); (b)AnnaRogersNye;(c)CharlesAlbertNyeIf;(10) JosuaCoffee. 9 ElizabethDonelson(1796-)marriedJohnC.McLe more,andhad'children:(1)MaryMcLemore(married MonroeWalker,M.D.Child:ElizabethWalker,whomar riedAndrewJacksonHays,acousin); (2)CatherineMc Lemore(married Gholstion.Child:JosephineGhol- ston.whomarriedRobertButlerHays,acousin,andhad children:Andrew,William,JosephandWilloughby); (3) JohnC.McLemoreII(marriedSallieLane.Hadseveral children,oneofwhomisJohnC.McLemoreIII). 10 CatherineDonelson(1799-1836),marriedJames GlasgowMartin,andhadchildren:(1) Elizabeth Martin,whomarriedtwice.Nodescendants;(2)James GlasgowMartinII,(1823-1904),whomarried(1851)Mary Donelson,(daughterofDanielSmithDonelsonandMar garet(Branch)Donelson).Theyhadchildren:(a)Mar garetBranchMartin,(marriedtwice:Firsit,JamesM.Grif- fice;Second,AndrewWatson.Childrenbyfirsthusband: JamesH.GriffieeII,whomarried(1907)EstelleMcLaugh lin,andhadchildren:JamesMartin,andBranchGordon andVio'llne(twins); BranchDonelsonGriffiee,whomar riedGenaSolium;DavidDismukesGriffiee,whomarried (1903)MaidieLemuman,andhadchildren;Ruth,David, LawrenceandMarrin;JohnShuteGriffiee,whomarried (1900)LucyVanceHarmon,andhadchildren: JohnFayand Ada;AnrewJacksonGriffiee,whomarried(1907)Jennie Bruner;MaryE.Griffiee;HillmanGriffiee);(b)Daniel DonelsonMartin,('married(1886)FannyLevelSpears. Children: WilliamLee,MaryWoodfalk,IslaVictoriaand CharlesSpears);(c)KatherineMartin;(d)ElizabethMar- ton;(e)NannieGreenwayMarfun,(married(1885)William LeslieFranklin.Children:MaryDonelsonFranklin,who married(1906)WilliamHughBlackwood,andhadchil dren: WilliamHughBlackwoodIIandMaryLeslie; Lucelia DouglasFranklin,whomarried(1905)JosephE.Johnson andhadchildren: WilliamRichardandJosephE.Johnson

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II;Emi'lyCurreyFranklin,whomarried(1915)Walker Pendleton;IsaacDouglasFranklin;WilliamLeslieFrank lin;RebeccaDonelsonFranklin);(f)JamesGlasgowMar tinIII,(married(1898)JaneWoodruff.Children:Annie May.MaryDonelsonandJaneElizabeth); (3)Catherine DonelsonMartin;(4)MaryDonelsonMartin((1818-1860;, whomarriedRobertBrownleeCurrey,andhadonechild. MaryElizabethCurrey,(marriedWilliamFox.Children: MaryElizabeth,Trescott,RobertB.,Lewis,Marion,Albert andHenry);(5)EmilyDonelsonMartin(1825-1892),who married(1846)GeorgeWashingtonGurreyandhadchil dren:(a)MartinCurrey,(married(1879)DoraSawyers); (b)MaryClementinaCurrey.(married(1870)Duncan RobertsonDorris.Children:DuncanRobertsonDorrisII. whomarried(1899)ElizabethBryan,andhadonechild, CatherineHardy;GeorgePrestonDorris,whomarried (1899)EdithJenkins,andhadchildren:EmmaMay. GeorgePrestonDorrisIIandDuncanKrenning;LewisRan dolphDorris,whomarried(1905)AugustaDonelson,and hadchildren:MargaretandLewisRandolphDorrisII; AndrewCurreyDorris); (c) RobertBrownleeCurrey. (married(1884)ElizabethNorton.Children:Rober! BrownleeCurreyII,BradleyNorton,GeorgeWashington, Elizabeth(marriedCharlesLeSueurCornelius),Jennie Gray,SarahElmiraandBrownlee); (d)JennieGrayCur rey;(e)AndrewDonelsonCurrey;(f)KaiteSumpterCur rey;(g)GeorgeRingoldCurrey,(inairiedLil'lieMcCarthy): (h)PrestonCurrey;(6)RachelJacksonMartin;(7)John DonelsonMartin,whomarried(1857)RosalieAdellaWhite, andhadchildren:(a)JohnDonelsonMartinII,(married (1882)MaryWalkerHullChildren:JohnDonelsonMar tinIII.whomarried!(1909)SavillaDriver,andhadason, JohnDonelsonMartinIV;Man'ClaytonMartfin,whomar ried'(1909)FarisR.Russell);(b)ClarkWhiteMartin;(8) AndrewJacksonMartin,whomarriedthreetimes:First, ElizabethFrMoe;Second,AnnaHarris;Third,(1869 RosalieAdellaMartin,neeWhite,thewidowofhisbrother. JohnDonelsonMartin.Byhisfirsitiwifehehadchildren: (a)ThomasFristoeMartin.M.D.,(.marriedLolaLong. Children:Hazel,MartinaandVenoy); (b)RobertMartin; (c)CatherineMartin.Childrenbyhisthirdwife: (d)Mary Martin,(nmrried(1898))WilliamF.FrostChildren:Wal kerE.andWilliamP.); (e)AndrewJ.Martin;(f)Shelton WhiteMartin;(g)RosadellaMartin,(married(1907) HeiskellWeatherford.Children: MaryandJosephHeis- kell);(9)AnnHardyMartin. 96 DONALDSON

12SfockleyDonelson(1805)married(1828)PhilaAnn Lawrence(1809-1852),andhadohildren:(1)JohnPurnell Donelson;(2)LauraAnnDonelson(1833-1894),married W.J.Wade.Children:(a)MaryEmilyWade,(mar riedRobertW.Thompson.Children: LauraandMathew Noil); (b)MatildaHendersonWade,(marriedAlbert Hadley.Ohildren: Albert,Wade,Caroline,Laura andHoward;(c) CarolineWade(twinof MaitildaHenderson,marriedDavidBurkeDisnvukes.Chil dren:David,SusieandStockley);(d)StockleyDonelson Wade,marriedNettieTurnley.Children: Ednelia,William James,NettieandSusie); (e)LeviLawsonWade,(mar riedLizziedeanKennedy.Children: Lizziedean,Lauraand Caroline); (f)LauraMedoraWade,(marriedJohnBoyd Hayes.Children:JohnBoydHayesII,Susie,Laura,and Lawrence); (g)JohnLawrenceWade,(marriedOctavia Weaver.Child:John);(h)SusieWade;(i) WilMam JamesWadeII);(3)WiilliaimStockleyDonelson(1835- 1895)(marriedtwice:First,AliceEwin;Second MedoraWadeSmith.Children:(a)MaryElizabethDonel son(1882-),whomarriedEdwardR.Dabney,(b)John DonelsonVII(1874-),whomarriedBettieM.Hooper;(c) AliceE.Donelson(1876-1891);(d)WenaE. Donelson (1880-),whomarriedThomasOoodall;(e)PhilaAnnDon elson(1887-),whomarrie'dlNisbetHambaugh); (4)Mary EmilyDonelson(1837-),(marriedtwice:First,JosephE. liudciie;Second,WilMamB.Walton.Childbyfirsthus band;(a)LauraAnnieBodd'ie,(married(1880)MoraHam mondSharpe.Children:Mary,Catherine,Moraand Laura).Childrenbysecond'husband:(b)EmilyWalton, (n.iuviedJrsephMannFord.Children:Charles,William, Lwis,Lucien,Eugene,JosephandIda);(c)Caroline Walton(marriedAndrewArthurAdams.Child,Arthur Ad.ins); (d)A'licjWaK'on;(e)FannieWalton;(f)Daisy WaLon,(marriedWilliamMillerDisinukes.Child.John IMfuiukcs));(5)LawrenceDonelson(1845-65);(6)Caro lineMinervaDonelsiu,.whomarriedAlfredGibsonMerritt, andhadchildren:AnnieLawrence,AlfredGibsonMerritt II (marriedBonidaTurner),StockleyDonelson(married MaudeL'jgue),IdaJohnsonandLawrence. 13 EmilyDonelson(1807-1836)marriedAndrewJack sonDonelson.sonofSamuelDonelsonandMary(Smith) Donelson.Childrenunderi,hefather,AndrewJackson Di.iulson. Af!erthedeathofhiswifeAndrewJackson,President NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES electappointedMajorAndrewJacksonDonelsonhis privatesecretary,andinvitedMrs.Donelsontoofficiateas MistressoftheWhiteHouse. "ShewasborninDavidsonCounty,Tennessee,and educatedattheoldAcademy,inNashville.Ofrareper sonallovelinessandsplendidintellect,noexpenseorcare wassparedtofitherforthehighpositionshewasdestined tofillinsociety.Thoughherchildhoodwasspentinwhat wasthencalledthe'backwoods',it wasnotpassedin obscurityfor hercloserelationshipwithMrs. AndrewJackson,thepublicprominenceofhernearrela tions.GeneralsSmith,CoffeeandHays,andthewealth andhighstandingofheilather,earlymadeherfamiliar withcampsandcrowds,anddevelopedthatcourtlygrace andeaseofmannerforwhichshewasafterwardssopre eminent....Hertactandgracecontributedmuchtorender GeneralJackson'stermsuchabrilliantepochinAmerican history".(TheLadiesoftheWhiteHouse,Holloway).

IVMaryDonelson IVMaryDonelsonmarriedJohnCaffrey.Theylived inNewOrleans,Louisiana,andhadchildren:(1)Jeffer sonCaffrey,(2)DonelsonCaffreywhomarriedLydiaMur- phey,andbadoneson.DonelsonCaffreyII.whomarried (1869)BethiaRichardson,andhadchildren:(a)Donel sonCatfreyIII,(marriedMarthaTaylor.Children: Katherine,Martin.BethiaDonelsonCaffreyIV.Mary Louise,Emma,S<.JohnLiddellandJohnTaylor); (b)FrankRichardfeonCaffrey;(riRalphEarleCaffrey (marriedLeticeDeenir.Children:LeticeEula'lie,Frank RichardsonandEarleDeenir); (d) JohnMurphy Caffrey,(marriedMaryFrere.Children:JohnMurphy DonelsonThomasandMary); (e)GertrudeCaffrey,(mar riedHenryHaywoodGlassie.Children: DonelsonCaffrey, Gertrudeand"HenryHaywoodGlassieII);(f)Bethia Caffivy;(g)SI.JohnLiddellCaffrey;(h)CharlesSmith Caffrey,(marriedCoraNellHunt.Child,CoraNell);(i) EdwardCaffrey;(3)JaneCafrrey;(4) Gaffrey,who married VanDorn,andhadchildren:(a)Earle VanDorn,(GeneralinConfederateArmyduringWarBe tweentheStates); (b)AaronVanDorn;(c)JaneVanDorn, (married Vertner.Child, whomarried M.D.Leonard;)(d) VanDorn.(married Lacy); (5)NancyCaffrey,whomarried:JohnJenkins,M.

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D.,andhadchildren:ElizabethMajors,MaryDonelson, JohnJenkinsII (hada smiJohnJenkinsill),Nancy Rachel.SophiaVanDorn(married McCarrelli, WilliamBanksandDonelsonCaffrey;(6) Qaffrey(a daughterwhomarriedWalker,and'hadason,t.C. Walker;(7)MaryCaffrey,whomarriedJohnKnox,andhad children:WilliamL.Knox.andSarahKnox,whomarried GeorgeWashingtonSevier(seeSevierFamily.Notable SouthernFamilies.Vol.I,p.201)andhadchildren:(a) MaryKateSevier,(marriedRobertJosephShieldsDunbar. Children:NannieBellwhomarried'CharlesP.Kanning, andRobertShieldsDunbarII); (b)AndrewJacksonSc- vier.(marriedColumbiaElizabethDobyns.Children: SailioKnox.ColumbiaSimpson(whomarriedWilliamH. Utz,andhadonechild,Merrick).AndrewJacksonSevier II(marriedMaryDay.andhadoneChild,AndrewJackson SevierIII),AnnieChampe(marriedJosephAgee,andhad achild.Curtis).JennieVertner(marriedT.FredYoung, andhadonechild.Elizabeth),MaryKate(married W.T.Ward.Children.WilliamHenry.Kathrynand Louise)andAdaE.(marriedA.C.Williamson)); (c)Jane VertnerSevier,(marriedtwice:First,GeorgeClark;Second. AdolphusWatsonHarris.Childbyfirsthusband,George SevierClark;Childbysecondhusband,SadieKnoxHarris, whomarriedGeorgeHenrySager); (d)ElizaSevier,(mar riedWilliamE.Jeffries.Children:EvanShelby.Mary Dunbar,WilliamT.JefferiesIIandGeorgeSevier.

VJiineDonelson. V JaneDonelsonmarried(1787)ColonelRobertHays, whowasbornin Scotland.OncoiningtoAmericaIn' locatedaitNashville,lateratHavsville,Tennessee.Thev hadchildren:(1)StockleyDonelsonHays(1788-1831), whomarriedLvdia(Lvda)Butler,andhadachildnamed RichardJacksonHays(18",J2-1899) . whomarried(1847) SarahAnnBallon,andhadonechild,StocklevDonelson Hays(1852-1905),whomarried(1876)IdaGertrudeSto- vall.andhadchildren:(a)KatherineStovallHays(1877-). (married(1898iJamesErnestEdenton.Onechild.James ErnestEdentonII(1909));(b)RichardHartwellHays;(c) SarahBallonHays(1884-),(married(1903)EdwinSmith- sonRogers.Onechild,EdwiuSmithsonRogersII(1905-); (di)MargaretAngelynHays,married(1911)JamesP.Mc- Millin;(e)IdaGertrudeHays(1889-),(married(1911)

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ReubenH.Scott);(f)EleanorDonelsonHays(1891-), (married(1919)ElbertS.Stegall.Onechild,ElbertS. StegallII(1920-)); (g)StockleyDonelsonHays;(h)Henry DonelsonHays(1897-);(2)MarthaHays(1791-1856),who marriedWilliamButler,M.D.;(3)WilliamHays;(4) SamuelJacksonHays(1800-1865),whomarried(1829) FrancesMiddleton,andhadchildren: (a)AndrewJackson Hays(1830-1878),(marriedElizabethWalker,acousin. Children:SamuelJacksonHaysII;JamesWalkerHays (-1862),(marriedMinnieBolster,andhadchildren:James WalkerHaysII,Mary,DanielS.,Frances,Mildredand George); JohnMcLemoreHays,(marriedMaryGregory, andhadchildren:JosephGregory,IdaMyrtle(married JamesE.M.White.Onechild,DorrisWhite),JohnMc LemoreHaysII));(b)MaryHays;(c)JamesHays;(d) RachelJacksonHays;(e)ElizabethHays;(f)FrancesLa MotiteHays(-1891),marriedtwice:First,WalterPreston,no issue.Second,LuciusBattle,M.D.,andhadchildren: Wal'SerPrestonandPickney); (g)RobertButlerHays (1840-1909),(marriedJosieGohlsiton.Children:Andrew William,JosephandWilloughby); (h)JohnMiddleton Hays(1843-),(married(1869)SallieParkerCaruthers. Children: JohnMiddletonHayII.FrancesCaruthers(mar ried(1892),JamesCaruthers,SamuelJ.(married(1904), MusidoraMcCorry(married(1902),Stoddert,Mary Caruthers,FlorenceParker(married(1902),ElinorVir ginia(-1909)andTrimbleMiddleton); (i)SamuelJackson Hays;(j)MarthaHays;(k)RebeccaHays;(1)Lydia Hays;(m)PatriciaHays;(5)RachelHays,whomarried RobertBinder;(6)NarcissaHays;(7)MaryHays;(8) ElizabethHays,whomarriedRobertI.Chesiter. VIWilliamDonelson VIWilliamDonelsonmarried(1796)CharityDickinson, andhadchildren:(1)MaryDonelson,(marriedDr. Hamblen); (2)SevernDonelson,(marriedMarySampson, andhadchildren:George,WilliamandRachel); (3)Jacob Donelson(1801-),whomarried(1825)AgnesSampson,and hadchildren:(a)MarthaDonelson(1826-1871),( married sixtimes.Bysecondhusband,ThomasPatton,shehadone child,William;Byherfifthhusband.EdwardLittlebridge, shehadchildren:EdwardLittlebridgeII andWilliam Terry);(b)WilliamAlexanderDonelson(1828-1882), (married(1850)LauraBeaty.Children;DavidAgnes. Rober!,MaryAdelaide); (c)MicajahTerrylDomlson;(d)

100 DONALDSON JohnCoffeeDonelson;(e)GeorgeSampsonDonelsen;if) AgnesCharilyDonelson(1835-1875),(marriedL)ewitt ClintonThompson.Children:Odeneal,whomarried JosephH.Bishop,andhadSarah); (g)JacobDickerson Donelson(1837-),(marriedMarySmith;(h)AndrewJack sonDonelson;(i)JamesK.PolkDonelson;(j)RobertM. BurtonDonelson;(4)MarthaDonelson(18(i01873),who marriedtwice:First,RobertM.Burton;Second,PaulAn derson.Childrenbyfirsthusband:(a)ElizabeihCharity Burton(1827-),(marriedRalphMartin.Children:Robert Martha,WilliamBurton,SallieWalker(marriedJ. P. Eastman,andhadonechild,Marion),Temple0.Harris (marriedBessieWilliamson,andhadchildren: Marguerite KirkpatrickandTempleO.HarrisII).MinnieNelson(mar riedJudgeW.A.Roane,grandsonofGovernorRoane,of Tennessee,andhadchildren:BessieDonelson,Temple, Ralph,Archibald,EnaAlice,MaryFrost,Minnis,Gladys, JamesandlEvelyn); MarthaDonelsonMartin(married HenryE.Williams,andhadchildren:PercyWarner, HenryE.WilliamsII,RalphMartin,BurtonHeath,Thelma Burton,WilliamandRobertBurton),RalphMartin,(mar riedAlexanderWytheWhitaker,andhadchildren;Alex anderWytheWhititakerIIandRalph)); (b)WilliamDon elsonBurton(1829-),marriedMinnie(orMary)Nelson Children:JohnNelsonBurton,whomarriedDaisyWad1; SallieBurton,whomarriedW.E.Drake;RobertBurton; WilliamDonelsonBurton;)(c)AndrewJacksonBurion (1831-1862),(marriedCaroline(orFanny)Smith.One child,GeorgeWashington);(d)RobertMontgomeryCa- ruthersBurton(1834-),(marriedJennieVogeine.Chil dren:Beulah.Cornelia,RobertMontgomeryandNora); (5)ElizabethHaysDonelson,whomarriedRobertA.Bur ton,andhad'children:(a)MarthaBurton;(b)MaryM. Burton,(married(1867)JohnM.Williams.Children: JosiahBurtonWilliams,whomarriedKiltieC.Cunning ham,andhadchildren: JohnMaxey,Walton,MaryBurton andJosiaihBurtonWilliamsII;RobertPercyWilliams, whomarriedMaryPhillips,andhadonechil'd,Robert PercyWilliamsII);(c)AlfredM.Burton;(d)William Burton;(e)EmmaC.Burton;(f)EllenS.Burton(married HughM.McAdoo.Children:MaryElizabeth(marriedF. E.Gulick.Onechild),Hugh,Porter(marriedA.Ander son),AlfredH.andMaryBurton);(6)MilberryDonelson, (marriedJohnMcGregor.Children:(a)MarthaMcGregor, whomarriedTempleO.Harris,noissue;(b)MaryMc

101 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Gregor(1826-1904)whomarriedColonelPatrickAnderson, andhadchildren:TimesAnderson;LovieAnderson;(mar ried.CarmottCobb,'andhadchildren:LilaCobbwhomar riedSethGordan,JoeCobb,andGarmoititAshleyCobb); BerryAnderson;PaulAnderson;EdgarPoeAnderson; DonelsonAnderson;LadyAnderson,(marriedTemple Bowling.Children:TempleBowlingandElbe Bowlingwhomarried Barnes,andhad two'sons);SallieErskineAnderson;(c)FlowersMc Gregor,whomarriedFannieRoane,noissue;(d)Donel- sonMcGregor,whonevermarried.Hewasacolonel»i theConfederateArmyandwaskilledattheBattleofMur- I'reesboro;(e)AndrewMcGregor,whoservedintheCon federateArmyasCaptainoftheFourthTennesseeCavalry, marriedEudoraAnderson,andhadchildren:JohnMc Gregor;HordeMcGregorwhomarriedD.A.McKnight,and hadonechild,Paul;AndrewMcGregor;PaulBrittonMc Gregor:LeonardMcGregorwhomarriedEdward!A.Barbour andhadchildren:McGregor,EdwardandMaryEllis; TempleHarrisMcGregorwhomarriedNellieHerndon,and hadchildren:DouglassMcGregor,andMarietta.;Eudora McGregor;GraemeMcGregorwhomarriedRuUodgeSmith andhadchildren:AlbertPerrine,McGregorandDollie; SallieAsheMcGregor,FrankMonroeMcGregorandDewitt McGregor,M.D.; (f)MilberryMcGregor,(married—- McKissack,andhadadaughter,Mollie); (8)AndrewJack sonDonelson(1815-),whomarriedtwice:First, Nelson;Second,—Nelson.Hehadchildren:(a) CatherineDonelson,(married Ellis); (b)Alice Donelson,(married McPadden); (c)LouisaDonel son,(married— Crichlow.Children:Jamesanda daughterwhomarriedJakeBoyles); (d)WilliamDonel son;(e)JohnDonelson;(f)AndrewDonelson,(married Mrs.BobertBurton.Children:AndrewJacksonDonelson II,andadaughterwhomarried Crutchert,andhad ason,AndrewJ.Donelson);(g)ElizabethDonelson,mar ried Lewen); (h)MamieDonelson,(married Breau.Onechild,AHie); (i)SallieDonelson;(9)Rachel Donelson;(10)AlexanderS. Donelson;(11)William DonelsonII. 17/SlockleyDonelson VIIStockleyDonelsonmarriedElizabethMartin,nee Glasgow,widowofJohnMartin.Noissue.

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17//SamuelDonelson VIIISu'inudDonelson(-1802)married(1797)Mary(or Polly)Smith,andhadchildren: 1 AndrewJacksonDonelson, 2 DanielSmithDonelson. 3 JohnDonelson,diedyoung. 1 AndrewJacksonDonelson(1799-1871)marriedtwice: First,EmilyDonelson,daughterofJohnDonelsonand Mary(Purnell)Donelson;Second,ElizabethAnderson RandolphneeMartin,(daughterofJamesGlasgowMartin andKatherine(Donelson)Martin),anieceofhisfirstwife. AndrewDonelsongraduatedat theU. S. Military Academy.WhileSecondLieutenant,Engineers,heserved asAid'-de-CamptoGeneralAndrewJackson,whilethe latterwasTerritorialGovernorofFlorida((1821-1823). "OnJackson'selectiontothePresidencyhebecamehis confidentialadviserandprivatesecretary,continuingin thatcapacityuntilthecloseofhissecondadministration. HewasMinisterto theRepublicofTexasin 1845. In1846hewasappointedMinistertoPrussia,and,in 1848,totheFederalGovernmentofGermany,whichoffice heresignedin1849.In1856heabandonedtheDemocrats andjoinedtheAmericanparly,receivingthenomination ofVice-presidentontheticketwithMillardFillmore". (CyclopediaofAmericanBiography,Appleton). (1)AndrewJacksonDonelson;(2)MaryEmilyDonel son(firstchildbornintheWhileHouse)(bornin1829, anddied1905).married(1852)JohnAlexanderWilcox (wasa memberoftheConfederateCongress).Theyhad children:(aiAndrewDonelsonWilcox,(.marriedIdaR. Seymour.Children:CadmusMarcellusaniPaulineSey- mouri;(b)MaryRachelWilcox;(3)JohnSamuelDonel son;(4)RachelJacksonDonelson; Childrenbysecond wife:DanielS.Donelson;AndrewJacksonDonelsonbvhis secondwife.ElizabethAndersonRandolph,hadnochildren; (5)DanielSmithDonelsonII;(6)MartinDonelson(1846- 1889)(wasborninBerlin.Germany.HemarriedEliza Glenn,(-1888)andhadchildren:(a)GlennDonelson,who marriedLouiseGinon,andhadone'Child,Louise;(b) MartinDonelson.whowasasergeantintheU.S.Navy'.; WilliamA.Donelson(1848-1901) (wasbornatFrankfort-bn- the-Main.Germany.HemarriedBeltieMizell,andhadone child,WilliamA.DonelsonII);(8)VinetDonelson(1854- 1913;(married.Mary(Brown,daughterofGov.NeilS.

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Brown,ofTennessee); (9)KatreneDonelson(diedyoung); (10)LewisRandolphDonelson(1856-)(married(1880) LouisaDeSaulesMcAllister(1856-)(seeRheafamily). Children:(a)LewisRandolphDonelson11,(1881)whomar riedKatherineCampbell,andhadchildren: LewisRandolph DonelsonIIIandWilliamCampbellDonelson;(b)Elsie Donelson(1883-)whomarriedDonaldWhiteMcKeller, andhadchildren:LadyCarolyn,ElsieandMarionCraw ford); (11)RoseDonelson(diedininfancy); (12)Andrew JacksonDonelsonIII(1861-1914)(marriedSallieTaylor, andhadchildren:(a)HarryDonelson;(b)Andrew JacksonDonelsonIV,whomarriedNancyBusby;(c) FrankDonelson;(d)HelenDonelson,whomarried Powell;(e)AnnaDonelson;(f)ElizaDonelson). 2 DanielSmithDonelson,marriedMargaretBranch, (daughterofJohnBranch,whowasGovernorofNorth Carolina,SecretaryoftheNavy,andtwiceGovernorof Florida).Theyhadchildren:(1)ElizabethBranchDonel son(1831-),whomarried(1849)WilliamWilliams,and hadchiMren:(a)MargaretBranchWilliams,(married (1871)WaiterScottDavis.Children:WilliamHenryand Bessie); (b)MaryElizabethWilliams;(c)EvanderMc- IverWilliams,(marriedLizzieBates.Children:William BatesandElizabeth);(d)SalliePhillipsWilliams,(mar riedNicholasLove.Children:WilhamMelverandDonel son); (e)WilliamHenryWilliams;(f)EmmaHorton Williams,(marriedWilliamLouhDismukes); (g)Eula RamseyWilliams,("marriedRobertVaughn.Children: BessieDonelsonaniiiEmmaBaxter); (2)MaryAnnDonel son(1834-),whomarried(lS5hJamesGlasgowMartinIT. (Thechildrenaregivenunderthefather); (3'SarahSmith Donelson(1836-1869),whomarried(1856)WilliamHenry Bradford,andhadchildren:(a)NannieBradford,(mar riedWilliamPhelps.Children.SarahBradford,Robert andBradford);(b)EmilyBradford;(4)EmilyDonelson (1838-),whomarried(1860:JamesE.Horton,andhad children:(a)DanielD.Horton;(b)LucyHorton;(c) MargaretDonelsonHorton,(marriedtwice:First.John Tanner;Second,McALewis.Childrenbysecondhusband JamesEdward,andWilliamG.); (d)SaranB.Horton;(e) MaryRebeccaHorton;(f)EmilyDonelsonHorton,(married (1894)ThomasMcClelland.Onechild,Robert);(g)Jessie DonelsonHorton,(married(1900)JackWrightFrost.One child,JackWrightFrostII); (h)JamesEdwinHorton;(5) RebeccaWilliamsDonelson;(6)JamesBranchDonelson

104 DONALDSON (1843-1912),wthomarried(1867)JosephineEvans,andhad children:(a)DanielSmithDonelson;^b)JohnEvans Donelson,(.marriedtwice:First,KatieLeeCole;Second, HelenEichelberg.Childbyfirstwife,JohnLee); 'c) SusanHopkinsDonelson;(d)AugustaFrancesDonelson, (married(1906)LewisRandolphDorris.Children:Mar garetDorrisandLewisRandolphDorrisII); (e)Margaret BranchDonelson;(f)JamesBranchDonelsonIII;(g) EmilyHilhnanDonelson,(marriedAlbertEdwardWhalley. Onechild,AlbertEdwardWhalleyII); (7)SamuelDavis Donelson;(8)MartinaBradfordDonelson,(1847-1893),who married(1867)JohnM.Shute,andhadchildren: ('*.;Mar garetLeeShute,(marriedGilbertG.Bradbury.Children: Gilbert,RobertClarkandRuth); (b)MaryDonelsonShute, (marriedHenrySmithDunn.Children:LouiseHamilton Dunn,whomarriedWoodfordHallDunn,andhadchil dren: MaryLouiseandason;HarrySmaithDunn);(c) JohnBranchShute,(marriedLizzieDunn.Children:Mary, ElizabethBranchanidJohnDonelson); (d)MarthaBrad~ fordShute,(marriedEdwardDunn.Children:JohnDon elson,Edward,MarthaDonelson,MargaretLeeand William);(9)SusanBranchDonelson(1848-1871),who married(1866)MarcusL.Dismukes,andhadchildren: DanielDonelson,JamesD.,andMarcusL.DismukesII; (10)JohnBranchDonelson,whomarriedJennieAlex ander;(11)DanielSmithDonelsonII (1853-1914),who married(1890)FlorenceHood,andhadchildren:Mar garetSusanDonelson,andSamuelDonelsonwhomarried (1913)FlorenceDiehl. /.VSevernDonelson IXSevernDonelsonwasborninVirginia,in1773,and diedOctober1818.HemarriedElizabethRucker,whowas bornJune8,1783,anddiedMarch31,1828.Theyhad children: 1 JohnDonelsonII 2 SamuelDonelson 3 AndrewDonelson,laterAndrewJackson 4 ThomasJefferson 5 AlexanderDonelson 6 RachelDonelson 7 LucindaRuckerDonelson 1 JohnDonelsonII(1807-1879),marriedtwice:First, (1833)LauraMatildaLawrence(1815-1844);Second, (1849)DeliaCatherineWaters(1824-).Children:byfirst

105 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES wife:(1)CarolineMinervaDonelson(1834-1895),who married(1856)AlexanderWihyteWhitaker,andhad children:(a)LauraMaudeWhitaker.(marriedJ.William Berry); (b)WilliamHenrvWhitaker,(married(1887) EvaHallChild,WilliamWhyte); (c)AlexanderWhyte WhitakerII,(married(1890)RalphMartin.Children: AlexanderWhyteWhitakerIII,andRalphMartinDonel son); (d)LevenDonelsonWhitaker,(marriedMrs.Bettie Jackson;(e)GeorgeCampbellWhitaker;(2)LevenDonel son;(3)BenjaminRisleyDonelson;! (4)ElizabethAnn Donelson.Childrenbysecondwife:(5)LauraElmaDon elson(1849-1903),whomarried(1868)JamesHudson,and hadchildren:(a)VirginiaGraceHudson,(marriedH.P. Pearson.Children:EdnaGrace,WilberPreston,Benjamin Donelson,SarahElma,MacajaLyle,HenryLawrenceand ChesterAlan); (b)DonelsonHudson,(marriedAgatha Junes.Child,AndrewJackson); (c)LenaRembertHudson; (id)MarionEmmett Hudson,(marriedRellaShire.Chil dren:MarionDouglas,MarjorieandRuJthElma);(e) DeliaWatersHukJson,(marriedShellyBlackwood.Chil dren:JessieLee(marriedHenryW.Jett),NellieD.,Mollie Ida,JamesHudson,Risley,NonaCatherine,LouiseFlorence andMaryCorinne); (f)RisleyZenoniaHudson;(g)Ben jaminWallaceHudson;(h)JamesRembertHudson,mar riedEvaClark); (i)CharlesTalbotHudson,(married CarrieBrown.Children:RembertCarlisle.CharlesTalbot HudsonII,JamesDavidsonandMarionBrown);(j) ElmaDonelsonHudson,(marriedT.B.Shoemaker.Chil dren:CrystalWannitaandJamesRembert);(6)Delia CorinneDonelson;(7)WilliamSevernDonelson;(8) DanielSmithDonelson;(9)RachelDonelson;(10)Mary WatersDonelson,whomarriedtwice:First,E.B.Kelly; Second,WilliamWood. 2SamuelDonelson(1810-),married'twice: FirstEliza bethEastin;Second',JaneRoysler.Childrenbyfirstwife: John.SamuelandAlexander.Childbysecondwife:Linnie Donelson,whomarried Crew's,andhadonechild, Linnie. 3 AndrewDonelson(AndrewDonelsonandThomas JeffersonDonelsonweretwins,bornDecember4,1804). Hisaunl,Rachel(Donelson)Jackson'tookAndirew.when hewasafewdaysold,toherhome,theHermitage,forthe purposeofrelievinghismother.Afterafewdayssheand GeneralJacksonrequestedthatthechildbegiventothem. ThisrequestbeinggrantedGeneralJacksonwentbefore

106 DONALDSON HieLegislatureandformallyadoptedthechild,changing hisnametoAndrewJackson,Jr.(Forhisfamilyseeunder hisadoptedmother,Rachel(Donelson)Jackson). 4 ThomasDonelson(twinofAndrewDonelson,later AndrewJackson.BornDecember4,1804),marriedEmma Farquar.Theyhad'children:(1)FannieDonelson,who married Gatzy;(2)ElizaYorkeDonelson,whomar riedBernardAdolphusHoopes,andhadonechild,Eliza bethYorke,whomarriedJosiahBedonII. 5AlexanderDonelson(1816-1887),married(1841)Kaite Royster,and'hadchildren:(1)HelenDonelson,whomar ried(1866)WilliamMcLean,andhadchildren: Donelson, Helen,KatieandDurell;(2)RichardDonelson,whomar ried(1874)FannieBragg,andhadchildren:(a)Mary Donelson;(b)RichardSampsonDonelson,(married'Mary Armistead.Children:ElizabethArmistead,RichardSamp sonDonelsonII.andFannieRosalie); (c)AlexanderDon elson;(d)ArmisteadDonelson;(e)KateDonelson;(3) AlexanderDonelson;(4)SarahJacksonDonelson,who marriedWinchesterLake,aridihadonechild,Henry,who marriedNettieWilson. 7LucindaRuckerDonelson(1812-),married(1830) GeorgeW.Martin.Theyhadchildren: (1)JacksonMartin, whomarriedMaryBarrWarfleld,andhadchildren:Marie Griffith,GeorgeWashington(married!OliveGravesEllis), HarrietElizabeth(marriedCharlesMeadowcroft), and WilliamPollock; (2)GeorgeMartin;(3)ElizabethDonelson Martin,whomarriedJacobMelchoirHoffa,andhadchil dren:(a)StellaMcKnightHolla,(marriedRichardPinkney Lake.Children:RichardHenry,EstelleHoffa,Elizabeth Donelson(marriedLeeDameronJones.Children: Eliza bethDonelsonandLeeDameronJonesII),RobertPinkney LakeII,EdithRead.AdeleDorothy,DonelsonMartin,Alice MauryandCharlesHoffa); (b)GeorgeW.Hoffa;(c)May Hoffa,(married(1888)GeorgeRead.Children:Mary, GeorgeReedIIandPhilipCourtney;(d)CharlesBellHoffa; (e)WilliamBrand'Hoffa,(marriedVelmaCloud.Chil dren:Louisa,ElizabethMartinandWilliamBrandHoffa II);(f)AdeleDonelsonHoffa;(g)HenryHoffa. A7RachelDonelson XIRachelDonelsonwasborninVirginia,in1777,and diedattheHermitage,nearNashville,Tennessee,Dec.22, 1828.Shemarriedtwice:FirstCapt.LewisRobards,of Kentucky.SecondGen.AndrewJackson.Shehadno

107 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES childrenbutsheandGen.JacksonadoptedAndrew,ason ofSevernDonelson,(q.v.). RachelDonelson'sfirstmarriageproveda mostun fortunateallianceand,afterherfriendshipandmarriageto Gen.AndrewJackson,wasusedasanexcuseforthevent offiercepartyspiritfor,inthosedays,politicalanimosity respectedneithersexnorthemostsacredrelationshipsof life.Holloway,inLadiesoftheWhiteHouse,says,"The cruelmisrepresentationsofherhusband'spoliticaloppo nentshadcrushedherheart,andendedherdaysbeforehe tookpossessionof'thehomeofthePresidents.Shewas deniedthegratificationofaccompanyinghimtoWashing ton,andofgracingtheWhiteHouse,butshewas,evenin death,thePresident'swife,andassuchisranked".Con tinuing,shegivesafullandjusthistoryoftheimportant eventsinthiswoman'slife,andshowshertohavebeenof noblecharacterandsuperiorsense,belovedbyallwho cameincontactwithher,andtheadoredwifeofadis tinguishedhusbandwhosehonorsandresponsibilitiesshe shared.It wasforherthatGen.Jacksonbuiltthe Hermitage. Dying,asbeforesaiid,afewweeksafterherhusband's electiontothePresidency,shewasdeniedtheprivilegeof sharingthehonorsofthatpositionwithhim,butitwasher niecewhomheselectedasthepresidingMistressofthe WhiteHouse,anditwashernephewwhomhehadpre viouslyadoptedashissonandheir,givingtohimhis name,AndrewJackson,(bornthesonofSevern-Donelson andElizabeth(Rucker)Donelson.) AndrewJacksonIImarried(1831)SarahYorke(daugh terofPeterYorke.ofPhiladelphia,whosegrandfather. JudgeYorke,heldanappointmentunderthecrownof GreatBritain,priortoi!he'Revolution).Marryingsoon aftertheinaugurationofPresidentJackson,Mrs.Jackson Jr.madeherentreetotheWhiteHouseasabride."To settleaquestionofprecedencebetweenMrs.Jackson,Jr. andMrs.Donelson,whowerebothinmatesofthePresi dent'shouse,hesaidtoMrs.Jackson,'you,mydear,are MistressoftheHermitage,andEmilyisHostessofthe WhiteHouse.'Bothweresatisfiedwiththisdecision"). (LadiesoftheWhiteHouse,Holloway). AftertheretirementofPresidentJacksontoprivatelife sheassumedthearduousdutiesoftheMistressof'theHer mitage,wheresheliveduntilherdeathatanadvancedage.

108 DONALDSON ChildrenofAndrewJacksonIIandSarah(Yorke)Jack- j»n:(1)RachelJackson(1832-)),whomarried(1853) JohnMarshallLawrence,theofficialcustodianoftheAn drewJacksonHistoricalHome,TheHermitage),andhad children:(a)SarahYorkeLawrence,marriedCharlesWinn, M.D.Child,Lawrence,whomarriedMinnieHendersonand hada child,Marion); (b)AnnieLawrence(married JoshuaSmith.Children:WilliamWaltonandRachelJack son); (c)AndrewJacksonLawrence,(marriedtwice:First, EmmaGeorge;Second,JuliaMillican.Childrenbyfirst wife: AndrewJacksonLawrenceII(marriedSarahSchell) andMarieLawrence.Childrenbysecondwife:Mary Louise,JamesWaltonandEdward!Montgomery); (d) CarrieLawrence,(marriedWilliamD.Bradfield,aminister. Children:Florence,Landon,JamesLeeandJohnLaw rence); (e)SamuelJacksonLawrence,(marriedMaudeV. Johnson.Children:SamuelJacksonLawrenceII,Maude Wanda,JohnMarshallandCliftonHyde); (f)JohnMar shallLawrence;(g)MarionYorkLawrence,(marriedJohn CleavesSymmesII,SueRae,'andMarionYorke); (h). WilliamWaltonLawrence,(marriedMaryFisher.Child, EditihEudora); (i)ThomasJeffersonLawrence;(2)An drewJacksonIII(1834-),(served!intheWarBetweenIhe StatesasColonelintheConfederateArmy).Hemarried AmyRich(1920),ofOhio,andhadchildren:(a)Andrew JacksonIV,(marriedMarionCaulkins.Onechild,Amy Lee);(b)AlbertMarble;(3)SamuelJackson;(4)Thomas JeffersonJackson;(5)RobertJackson. AndrewDonaldson AndrewDonaldsonissaidtohavebeenburninVirginia andmovedtomiddleTennesseewhereheresideduntilhis death,in1870.HewasadescendantofColonelJohnDonel- son,saidtobeagrandson.HemarriedIsabellaLuckey,of. middleTennessee.Afterhisdeathhiswidowandhersons movedto CoryelleCounty,Texas.Theyhadchildren: (1)JohnMarshallDonaldson(marriedHarriet , and hadchildren:AndrewandIsabella;)(2)JasperDonaldson (nevermarried); (3)HarriettDonaldson(marriedArthur Williams,noissue);(4)MaryDonaldson(1826-1902), (married,,inTennessee,MasitersonColemanMcCormiok Abernathy,andmovedto Texas.Children(a) JohnSterlingAbernathy(1848-),whomarried RosaBeckham,noissue;(b)CharlesEdgarAber nathy(1850-), whomarriedBenjaminSmith;Pink

109 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES AbernathywhomarriedAmandaBell;Isabella AbernathywhomarriedJohnReese;EttaAbernathy whomarriedMikeLaxton;SusanAbernathy;LutherAber nathy;(c)FrancesAlineAbernathy(1852-),whomarried GeorgeRiser,andhadonechild,GemRiserwhomarried JohnPetty;(d)MaryFlorenceAbernathy(1854-),who marriedJuneL.Cogdelle.andhadchildren:LenaCogdell* whomarriedLucienSuttle;BerthaCogdellewhomarried JamesAtkins,andhadchildren,Florence,Tad,Guy, BerthaandRhea;LillianCogdellewhomarriedWilliam Erskin;MarvinCogdellewhomarriedOlga ; Wyatt CogdellewhomarriedMaryAlexander;StanleyCogdelle whomarriedAlmaBounds;BeulahCogdellewhomarried SamuelScott;EllaCogdellewhomarriedEugeneAcock; CatherineCogdellewhomarriedStuartGdelle;Dougless Cogdelle;(e) OrphaDorinAbernathy(1856-),who marriedFrederickStithJackson,andhadchildren:Walker G.Jackson,whomarriedElizabethStroud;MaryPearl Jackson;JohnGillmanJackson,whomarriedRueBertha Roberts;ZuletteJacksonwhomarriedDuwaineHughes, andhadchildren: Loring,JacksonKatherine,andFrances; (f)IsabellaAndellaAbernathy(1858-),whomarriedPeter S.Kauffman,andhadchildren:MaryLawrenceKauff- man;PhilipSterlingKauffman,whomarriedMargaret MabelHarper;EthelRheaKauffman,whomarriedBell StephenHuey,andhadchildren:JohnPeterandPhillip; (g)LoraIsabellaAbernathy(I860-),whomarriedJohn AdolphusRhea,andhadchildren:JohnRhea,MaryRhea andWilliamRhea(1882-1904)whomarriedDaisyHasson. (seeRheafamiy); (h)MastersonColemanMcCormick AbernathyII(18*82-),whomarriedWinniePoolandhad children:Mary,Joseph,Martha,Gertrude,Marvin,Wen dell,Ireneand*Lora;(i)ZuletteAbernathy,diedyoung; (j)MarthaElizabethAbernathy,diedyoung;(k)Isaac LuckeyAbernathy(1868-),whomarriedMinnieStuck,and hadchildren:GladysandGertrude); (5)MarthaDonaldson (marriedArthurWilliamsandhadonechild: Alice); (6) ElizabethDonaldson(marriedJohnGabbertandhadone child:Elizabeth);(7)JohnDonaldson(marriedFrances Harper,andhadchildren:Abigail,Andrew,Johnand Mary). IIWILLIAMDONALDSON IIWilliamDonaldsonwasbornApril25,1738,inVir ginia,anddiedMarch19,1819.HewasthesonofJohn DonaldsonandCatherine(Davies)Donaldson,whowas

110 DONALDSON marriednearPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania,toMarySweeney (1748-1839.Theymoved,about1766,totheHolstonCoun try,thena partofNorthCarolina,nowTennessee,and locatedonafarmwheretheirchildrenwereborn. "WilliamDonaldsonenlistedasa privateinColonel Wood'sCompanyofEighthVirginiaRegimentofFoot, RevolutionaryWar.Hewasenlisted,March6,1777,to servethreeyearsandhisnamelastappearsontherollof thecompany,datedMorristown,Tennessee,December9, 1779.(WarDept.andPensionofficeRecord). ListedinVirginiaMilitiaintheRevolution,byJ.T.Mc Allister,as"Ensign,June22,1778,WilliamDonaldson". WilliamDonaldsonandMary(Sweeney)Donaldsonhad children: I ElizabethDonaldson, IIAndrewDonaldson. IIIMaryDonaldson, IVAnnDonaldson. VJohnDonaldson, VIRebeccaDonaldson, VIIJaneDonaldson / ElisabethDonaldson I ElizabethDonaldson(1767-1847)married(about 1784)JosephRodgers(-1833).ShemovedtotheHolston Country,wheretheymarried.TheywentatoncetoKnox County,Tennessee,atthattimea partofNorthCarolina, andlocatedonBigSinkingCreek,threemilesfromCamp bell'sStation.Theirhomewassurroundedbya vast forest.JosephRodgerswasasoldierintheRevolutionary War,wasintheBattleofCowpensandservedasWagon- masterintheWarof1812.HewasstationedatMobile duringtheBattleofNewOrleans.Hiswifeissaidtohave beenabeautifulwomanofcommandingpersonality.They hadchildren: 1 JamesRodgers,married(1815)ElizabethBond, movedtoTexas. (1850). 2 WilliamRodgers. 3 JosephRodgers,marriedAdalineScottofVirginia. 4 ThomasRodgers,marriedPartheneClark,movedto Texas(1850). 5 MaryRodgers, 6 ElizabethRodgers,marriedJacobLowe, 7 SarahRodgers,marriedJamesErwin, 8 RebeccaRodgers,marriedMartinLowe,

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9 MargaretRodgers,marriedStephenLowe. 2 WilliamRodgerswasbornFebruary13,1794,anddied January29,1866,atConcord.Tennessee., Hemarried, March30,1816,MahalaLowe(1798-1873)(adaughterof AbramLoweandMary(Martin)Lowe,anda sisterof MartinandStephenLowewhomarriedRebecca.'andMar garetRodgers).ShewasbornatLov)'sFerry(Campbell's Station)ontheTennesseeRiver,inKnoxCounty,inthe ancestralhomeoftheLowes.This;homewaslocatedona highwayandbecamenotedforitsgeneroushospitalityas theywelcomed'travelersofalldegrees.One,bythename ofFarragut,comingdowntheRiver,withhisfamily, stoppedatthisfarmsteadtoavordtravelingbyflatboat,in winter,andremainedseveralmonths.AbramLowegave themtheuseofalogcabinandhiswifeassistedinpro vidingalayetteforthelittlebabywhowasborntothetrav elerswhilethere.Thisbabybecame^.diniralFarragut. In 1900TheDaughtersof'theRevolutiouerectedamonument toAdmiralFarragutonthespotthatwasformallythe sightoftheoldLowehome.Amongthemanydistin guishedguestsofthishome,inthoseearlydays,wasthe eminentEnglishphilanthropistandminister,William ' Forester,whosickenedanddiedwhiletherecaredforby hishost,GeneralSamuelD.W.Lowe,asonofAbramLow';. WilliamRodgerswasamanoflargemeans,benevolent, andaleaderinhiscommunity.Howasprogressiveand didmuchtointroducefine'stocki...tohissection.He broughtthefirstironplowintoeastTennessee(about 1825).HemadeseveraltripstoKentucky,bybarges,down theriverscarryingstockandgrainforsale,andreturning overland—a perilousjourneyatthattime.Heservedin. MajorChild'sBrigade,underGeneralJackson,intheWar of1812.Enlistedasaprivate,promotedtolieutenant,was inMobileduringtheBattleofNewOrleans. WilliamRodgersandMahala(Lowe)Rodgershad children: (1) JamesMartinRodgers, (2)JosephNelsonRodgers, (3) AbramWileyRodgers, (4) GeorgeDonnelRodgers. (5)SemiraAnnAmandaRodger.'. (6) SamuelAndrewRodgers, (7)WilliamDonaldsonRodgen (1)JamesMartinRodgers(1818-1901)marriedtwice": first,MarthaGourley,noissue,second(1846)Malvina,

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Galbraith(1828-1904).'Howithhisbrothers,Joseph.Wiley andGeorge,traveledfromS\.Louiis,in1853,acrossthe plains,bywagon.HemovedtoWilsonville,California, (1805),withhis'familyandremainedthereuntilhisdeath. Hehadchildren:(a)ArthurRodgers(1848-1903),(married (1895)Mrs.ElizabethMontgomery,mdhadonechild: MillieLucileRodgers(1896-),whou.arried(1921)Frank J.Jones.ArthurRodgerswasaneminentlawyerofSan FranciscoandwasamemberoftheboardofRegentsofthe UniversityofCalifornia); (b)LeeomarRodgers,M.D., (1851-),(married(1873)EmmaJones,andhadonechild: WalterRodgers(1876-),whomarriedJuliaBurt,andhad onechild,LeeWalterRodgers(1918-;.LeeOmarRodgers wasapracticingphysicianinSanFranciscountilheretired, in1904toPaloAlto);(c)MaryRodgers(1853-),(married (1881)HoraceCowles.iJhi'hl'ren:FlorenceBellCowles (1883-),whomarried(1905)GeorgeWebb,andhadchil dren:Arthur(1906-),Mildred(1908-),Earl(1911-), Gordon(1913-),andEvelyn(19io-);Herber!James Cowles(1885-),whomarried(1906;EdnaMann,andhad children:George(1908-),Eloise(1909-),andHazel (1911-);LillieMayCowles(1888-);EthelMalvinaCowles (1891-),whomarried(1918)FrederickHudson,andhad onechild,FrederickRodgersHudson(1919-);Gertrude EmilyCowles(1894-).whomarried(1921)HarlowBron- nerKurd);(d)LutherRodgers(1bo0-);(e)CharlesH. Rodgers(1858-1912),(married(1890)JosephineJacobsen. Children:CarrolJames(1891-),HaroldMarion(1895-), FlorencMalvina(1897-).andMargaretAmelia(1899-.); (f)MaggieRodgers(1860-),(maniedLeeShideler,no issue);(g)JuliaRodgers,(diedvoung); (h)Elizabeth Rodgers(1860-),(married(1892)Fr.'dNohrden.Children: Elmer(1894-),Chester(1898-).andOliveElizabeth (1902-));(i)AliceRodgers(1871-). (married(1895)John S.Brown.Children:Kpnneth(1905-;,andDorris(1908-)). (2)JosephNelsonRodgers(1819-i887),marriedMary AnnRankin(1825-1910),andhadchildlren: (a)LauraAnn Rodgers(1846-1917).(marriedSamuelPrideBrown. Children:LenaD.Brown(1862-),whomarriedWilliamA. Doughty,andhadonechild:Fred'whomarriedAdraSmith andhadchildren:FredDoughtyII andBillie; VictorBrown;MaryE.Brown(18b5-),whomarried (1909)RobertLongbotlom;SpencerC.Brown(1867-),who marriedSallieBellPreston;LutherL.Brown(1870-),'who marriedNelliePalmer;NellBrown(1872-),whomarried J.G.Young;MinnieLeeBrown(1875-),whomarried

113 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES WilliamG.West;FrancesMayBrown(1877-),who marriedGeorgeE.Knox;StellaF*ayBrown(1880-),who marriedCharlesRayCalloway;DoraReidBrown(1884-), whomarriedHalDoggelil;JoeRodgersBrown(1887-); (b)EllenJaneRodgers(1850-),(marriedIwice:First (1868)J.M.Smith;Second,(1884)BenjaminLongbottom. Childrenbyfirsthusband:SpencerC.Smith(1869->,who married , andhadchildren:Alfratta,Frank, EllenClifford,Bessie,AnnieandJ.D.;IdaMaySmith (1875-),whomarriedDavidNelsonFox;AnnieLaura Smith(1877-).Childrenbyhersecondhusband:Lassie EllenLongboltom(1885-).'whomarriedWilliamDavid Peters;BessieLeeLongbottom(1890-),whomarriedJoseph MelvinPorter,andhadonechild,MildredVirginia(1916-); EdgarB.Longbottom(1887-1950));(c)TennesseeRodgers (1852-),(married(1868)HenryC.Anderson.Children: JosephW.Anderson(1871-),whomarriedFrancesCham- ness,andhadchildren:Carl(1907-),Mildred(1909-),and JosephWillis(1914-); CoraPearlAnderson(1875-),who marriedJohnF. |Hinton,andhadchildren: Thelma (1902-),Iva(1904-),Helen(1911-).Harry(1918-),and JohnF.HintonII(1909-); DaisyAnderson(1878-),who marriedCharlesDavidHughes,andhadchildren: Ralph 1900-)andMaryLouise(1910-}; 'JennieGraceAnderson 1879-),whomarriedCharlesBell;OpheliaRankinAnder son,whomarriedRobertTaylorGammon,andhadchil dren:MaryEleanor(1909-),RobertTaylorGammonII (1911-),andVirginia(1920); OmarRodgersAnderson); (d)SpencerClayRodgers.M.1).(1848-),(married(1874) CordeliaVirginiaHaun(1853-1920).HemovedfromTen nessee(1890)toWatsonville,California,whereheattained eminenceasaphysicianandprogressivecitizen.Theyhad children:FrankRodgers(1876-),whomarried(1905) MabelGrimer,andhadchildren:Kathryn(1907-) and Arthur(1909-); ClaraRodgers(1879-),whomarried (1903)FrankSilliman,andhadchildren:George(1905-), twins—FloydandFrances(1908-).andMildred(1910-) ; FloydRodgers(1884-),whomarriedAlmaYale;Grace Rodgers(1887-),whoisteachinginaschoolforsoldiers inManilla,P.I.(1921); IvaRodgers(1901-); (e)AliceBelle Rodgers(1859-),(marriedJohnW.Alexander.Children: Lena,Lucy,CoraJane,Austin,FloydRodg ers. Annand Irene);(f) SamuelArthur Rodgers(1862-),(marriedElizabethWells,no issue);(g) ElizabethMalvinaRodgers(1866-1898), (married(1884)AlbertAddisonWoods.Children:Roy

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Woods(1886-);MabelWoods(1888-).whomarriedFmi Hobbs,andhadchildren:James,RaymondandClara; AlmaWoods(1895-),whomarriedRoliertSingleton,and hadchildren:Mabel,HelenandNelly;LidaElizabeth Woods(1893-),whomarriedCalvinDavenport,andhad children:HarryandWilma;(h)RufusDonaldRodgers (1870-).(married(1894)LidaPotts,andhadonechild; ElizabethRodgers(1890-),whomarriedLewisStanley Adcock,andhadchildren:Josephine(1917-),andJack (1918-)). (3)AbramWileyRodgers(1823-1883),marriedtwice: First.MaryEllenWallace(1830-1867);Second,Mrs.Isa bellaScruggs,neeSaffel,anieceofhisfirstwife.Abram WileyRodgerswhileintheshippingbusinessdiedat Mazatlanwhileona triptoMexico.Hiswidowwasa beautifulculturedwomanoffinesenseandcharacter, capableofassumingtheresponsibilitiesofrearingher largefamily,whichshedidwithsuccess.Childrenbyfirst wife:(a)CharlesCraigRodgers.diedvoung;(b)Lucy BellRodgers(1858-1908),(married(1881)WilliamAbra hamStingley.Children:Raymond,Sarah(1888-)and Leroy(1891-).whomarriedJulia andhadonechild, MaudLeone(1913-);(c)WilliamRodgers;(d)Mary AmandaRodgers(1862-),(marriedOttoDamcke.Chil dren:EmilyandRodgers);(e)SarahTennesseeRodgers (1864-),(marriedDanielS.Stewart.Children:Evelyn, Marie,DanielandMildred); Childrenbysecondwife:(f) GeorgeRodgers;(g)FrankRodgers(-1905),(diedin China.Hemarriedandhadonechild); (h)ViolaRodgers (whodistinguishedherselfinnewspaperwork); (i)Rosa Rodgers,(diedyoung);(j) HarryRodgers(-1914), (marriedandhadoneormorechildren). (4)GeorgeDonnelRodgers(1825-1894)marriedJulia LenoirBrowder(1834-1907).Theywerebornandmarried inTennessee,andmovedtoWatsonville,California.They hadchildren:(a)HenryBrowderRodgers(1873-), (married(1908)AnnaBieth); (b)GeorgeFloydRodger.s (1875-),(unarmed(1904)HelenSmith;(c)BlancheLe noirRodgers(1879-),married(1899)EdwardWilkinson. Hadonechild:Catherine(1900-); (d)MinnieArthur Rodgers(1880-). (5i SamiraAnnAmandaRodgers(1827-1904)married (1846)SamuelLoveRussell(1822-1903),andhadchildren: (a)AliceDonnelRussell(1847-),(Awomanofrare characterwhodevotedthechiefeffortsofherlifetothead vancementofeducation);(b)WilliamP.Russell(1849

115 saniwvdNHSHinos:mvj,ON 1920),(married(1874)FannieR. Wheeler(1849-). Children:BessieRodgersRussell(1876-);MaryA.Russell (1877-); LucyNorvellRussell(1879-),whomarried(1904) WilliamElbertAndrews,andhadchildren:Frances Adelene(1905-),DorothyAlice(1906-),MarjoryNorvell (1908-),WilliamElbertAndrewsII(1909-),ThomasRus- sell(diedyoung),andRobertAndrews(1918-);Bertie VirginiaRussell(1881-);AnnieWheelerRussell(1883-), whomarried(1913)WillTuckerBanks,andhadonechild, AnneRussell(1914-); WillieFrancesRussell(1886-),who married(1913)FrankElliottBarnard,andhadonechild: FrankElliottBarnardII(1914-));(c)RobertWileyRus sell(1852-),(married(1885)RenaGertrudeScott((1859-). Children:RobertaGertrudeRussell(1885-),whomarried (1918)WalterFranklinHeycock;WileyScottRussell (1888-));(d)AnnElizaRussell(1857-),(married (1878-),FinisEwingGalbraiii'b(1854-).Children:Zella MaeGalbraith(1880-),whomarried(1904)HerbertCollie Tallev(1879-),andhadchi'dren:. CawlDean(1905-), HerbertRussell(1907-),andMargaretMoren(1910-), AdahEwingGalbraith(1883-),S.URussellGalbraith (1886-),whomarried(1913)SadieGarb^r(1889-),andhad children:JamesGarber(1914-),Winifred\(1916-)andMary (1919-));(e)LizzieLoveRussell(1859-),(hevermarried); It) SamuelAndrewRussell(1861-),(n^rriedtwice: First,(1889).HattieDobbins(1868-1903);Second,(1905) MaryLeolaAdair(1883-).Childrenbyfirstwire:Samuel AndrewRussellII (1890-),whomarried(191>3)Nettie O'Brien(1891-),andhadchildren:MaryLouisev(1914-) andSamuel(1916-); EleanorRuthRussell(1891'M,who married(1916)JamesCourtney,ofAtlanta,Georgte,and hadonechild,HarrietAgnes(1917-);JamesDonnell\Rus sell(1893-); JuliaBellRussell(1896-),whomarried(15618) HerndonClementsAderhold,andhadonechild,HerniHon ClemenlsAderholdII(1920-); twins—AnnieRodgersai\d MargaretRussell(diedyoung);FrankE.Russell(1899-)\ HattieD.Russell(1902-).Childrenbysecondwife: George^ SpencerRussell(1906-) ; LillianAdairRussell(1909-); V RobinAdairRussell(1919-));(g)MaryRodgersRussell! (1864-),(.married!(1890)BratleyRussellMcBath(1855-), Chil dren:MaryLucileMcBath(1891-),whomarried(1913-) WilliamHenryEagle(1887-),andhadonechild;Hazel McBath(1895-);BrafleyRussellMcBratthII(1901-); Helen VirginiaMcBath(1904-);(h)JaneAmandaRussell(1867-), (nevermarried);(i)GeorgeDonnelRussell(1871-), (married('1894)KateWatt(1873-).Children:AllieD.

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Russell(1895-),whomarried(1914)RollinC. Nichols (1894-),andhadonechild,CatheryneTeresa(1915-); JamesM.Russell(1898-); KathleenRussell(1902-); George DonnellRussellII (1904-); RobertRussell(1906-); Ed wardEarleRussell(1915). 6 SamuelAndrewRodgers(1830-1902)married (1863)SarahElizabethRhea(1843-1893).(seeRhea family).SamuelAndrewRodgerswasborninKnox County,Tennessee.Whentwentyoneyearsoldhewent toCaliforniainthewakeofthe"Forty-niners".Hegrad uatedfromCumberlandUniversityin1856,andfromits Lawdepartmentin1858.PractisedLawinKnoxvilleuntil thecourtswereclosedbythewar.In1878hewaselected, fromLoudon,Tennessee,judgeoftheThirdJudicial CircuitCourtandservedforthreesuccessiveterms,of eightyearseach.Thisistheonlyofficeheeverheldbut hewasatonetimeappointedAttorneyGeneralandRe porterfortheState,whichhedeclinedtoaccept.Hewas oneoftheseveralmenofeasternTennessewholabored topreventTennesseefromsecedingfromtheunion.When WilliamG.BrownlowwasreleasedfromConfederate prisonheselectedSamuelA.Rodgersashispersonal friendtoaccompanyhimthroughthelinesfromKnoxville toNashville.JudgeOliverP.Temple,inhisbook,Notable MenofTennessee,says"Toomuchcreditcannotbegiven tohimforhisfaithfulnesstoMr.Brownlowduringallhis trials.Heexposedhisownlifetothegreatestdangerand enduredgreathardshipsinservinghisfriend.Naturehas giventotheworldfewasfinemenasJudgeSamuelA. Rodders'".JudgeRodgershadmuchtodointheestablish mentofLoudonCounty.Hedidmuchforthepromotionof educationandtheChristianReligion;wasanelderinthe PresbyterianChurch....Hada liberaleducation,was a closeobserverandstudentofmenandevents,wasa farmerandlawyer.Wasfullofactivityandbenevolence andtheworldwasbetterforhishavinglivedinit".(Wil liamL.Welcker,inKnoxvilleJournalandTribune). SamuelAndrewRodgersandSarahElizabeth(Rhea) Rodgershadchildren:(a)AliceRodgers(diedyoung); (b)CaliforniaElizabethRodgers(1869-),(married(1888) ColonelJosephMarionGreer.Hadonechild:Rhea RodgersGreer(1890-),whomarried(1913)GuyLycan Hammitt(1887-)ofDenver,Colorado); (c)Adaline MahalaRodgers(1871-1898),(marriedCaptainJohn JohnstonBlair);(d)SamuelRheaRodgers(1873-),(Was anattorneyatlaw.Nevermarried); (e)MaryBelleRodgers

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(1875-),(marriedJasperPorterStephenson(1871-).No issue);(f)AnnieElizaRodgers(1877-),(married(1904) UlrichItaIII(1874-1918).Hadonechild,UlrichItaIV (diedyoung); (g)ArthurRodgers(1879-)(married(1909) DeanStuartPenland(1888-),daughterofJudgeJamesR. PenlandandGertrude(Stuart)Penland.Children:Arthur RodgersII(1912-),JamesPenland(1914-),SamuelAndrew RodgersII(1916-) andJasperRhea(1919-).ArthurRodg erslivesontheDodson-Rheahomestead,inLoudon County,Tennessee,whichhasbeeninpossessionofthe familysince1825); (h)MinnieRodgers(diedyoung); (i) JohnRheaRodgers(1885-).(married(1908)GeorgeSteele Dewey(1881-),(sonofCharlesDeweyandMaryAlice( (Steele)Dewey,ofGoldsboro,NorthCarolina.GeorgeSteele Deweyisa prominentmanufacturerofNorthCarolina). Theyhadchildren:ElizabethRhea(1909-),GeorgeSteele DeweyII(1910-),MaryAlice(1913-),SamuelRodgers (1915-),andCharlesDeweyII(1919-),

(7) WilliamDonaldsonRodgers,M.D. (1837-1900) married(1865)MaryAmandaKnox.HewasHospital StewardintheConfederateArmy,from1860to 1864. MovedtoCalifornia,in1875,wherehebecameaneminent physician.Hehadchildren:(a)WilliamL. Rodgers, (married(1894)Roberta . Children:DonaldRives (18D5-i and'HelenSingleton(1897-);(b)JuliaRodgers, (diedyoung);(c)CharlesRodgers(diedyoung);(d) SamuelA.Rodgers,(notmarried); (e)EvaRodgers(not married).

5MaryRodgers,daughterofJosephRodgersandEliza beth(Donaldson)Rodgers,wasbornin1796,andmarried,in 1813toWilliamSansburyGound,andhadchildren:(1) ElizabethRitlerGound(1814-),whomarriedM.A.Mc- Culluugh;(2)JamesAlexanderGound;(3)VerlindaRe beccaGound(1819-1894),whomarriedEzekielP.Stone, andhadonechild.LucretiaJane;(4)JosephRodgers Gound;(5)SarahJaneGound;(6)MargaretMahalaGound (1826-1869),whomarried(1856)OliverP.Stone,andhad children:(a)HughMarionStone;(b)MagnoliaEveline Stone;(c)CharlesLeeStone,(marriedMaryL.Jett.Chil dren:MabelClare,MaryGladysandCharlesEdwin);(d) LucretiaC.Stone;(7)PhylanderDavisGound;(8)Robert TateGound;(9)MaryAnnDonaldsonGound,whomarried AlexanderMcClelland.andhadonechild: CallieMcClelland, whomarried Upton;(10)WilliamEdwardGound.

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//AndrewDonaldson [I AndrewDonelson(1708-1823)marriedIsabella Carmichael,andhadchildren:(1)MaryDonaldson (1797-).whomarriedWilliamReese;(2)AnnaDonaldson (1799-).whomarriedSamuelHawkins;(3)and(4)Su sannaandElizabethDonaldson(twins,1801-).Susanna marriedColonelAndrewC.EatonandElizabethmarried ThomasSnoddy;(5)MargaretDonaldson(1802-),who marriedSolomonShipley;(6)JaneDonaldson(1809-), nevermarried;(8)WilliamDonadlson(1813-).who married Whiteside. ///MaryDonaldson IIIMaryDonaldsonmarried(1797),inJeffersonCounty, Tennessee,' ThomasRodgers,whowasborn(1770)in WashingtonCounty,Tennessee.Nameof onechild known:ThomasLeslieRodgers,born(1807)inKnox County,Tennessee,whomarriedElizabethPickle,(daugh terofHenryPickle),andhadchildren:(1)Elizabeth Rodgers;(2)RebeccaRodgere;(3)CatherineRodgers;(4) WilliamRodgers;(5)JonathanRodgers;(6)HenryRodg ere(killedinBattleofResasa;(7)ThomasRodgersIT; .8)JamesRodgers;(9)GeorgeRodgers;(10)JacobB. Rodgers(1838-1920).whomarried(1859)inRoaneCounty, Tennessee.NancyAnnMagill(1839-1920)daughterof WilliamMagill).Soonafteri theWarBetweentheStates theymovedtosouthernMissouri.JacobB.Rodgerswasa memberofCompanyK,FirstTennesseeVolunteerRegi mentoftheFederal'ArmyduringtheWarBetween1ha Stales.Hehadchildren:(a)WilliamThomasRodgers, D.D..(1861-),(AprominentministerofthePresbyterian Church.Married(1895)EulaHunter(1870-).Children: WilliamHunterRodgers(1896-); MaryE.Rodgers(1897); RuthM.Rodgers(1899-);RobertH.Rodgers(1901-); JamesJ.Rodgers(1900-);ElizabethRodgers(1908-); (b) HenryA.Rodgers;(c)FrancesElizabethRodgers. IVAnnDonaldson IVAnnDonaldson(1775-1836)marriedinTennessee AlexanderThompson,(1778-1822).AlexanderThompson wasthesonofJamesThompsonwhocametoAmerica about1774.(JnanesThompsonmarried(1776), ithewidow of his cousin,AlfredCarmichael.JamesThomp son and his wifelivedin Virginia,later in Tennessee.It is not knownin whichslate

119 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES theirson,Alexanderwasborn.Alexandergrewtoman hoodinGrainger,nowHamblin,County,Tennesseeand latermovedtoIndiana.FromthattimetheThompson familyhasbeenprominentinthedevelopmentofthatstate. AlexanderThompsonandAnn(Donaldson)Thompsonhad children: 1 JamesThompsonII, 2 IsabellaCarmichaelThompson. 3 JohnS.Thompson, 4 MaryThompson, 5 AlfredCarmichaelThompson, 6, JanetThompson, 7 AlexanderThompsonII(1817-1825), 8 CeliaDonaldsonThompson. 1 JamesThompsonII(1802-1872)marriedtwice:First, SusanCollier(1802-1850); Second,PhoebeHicks.Children byfirstwife:(1)RebeccaAnnThompson(1826-1882), whomarriedAlexanderBreeding,andhadchildren:(a) JohnBreeding(marriedMarthaPilford); (b)JamesBreed ing(marriedJaneCooper); (c)EffieL.Breeding(married WilliamM.Perry); ('d)WilliamBreeding(marriedKittle Cutsinger); (e)MaryBreeding;(f)AdelaideBreeding (marriedJamesL.Dorsey); (g)FrankBreeding;(2)John AlexanderThompson(1828-1886),whomarriedMary Cutsinger,andhadchildren:(a)SusanThompson (marriedHenryC. Bailey); (b)SamuelC. Thompson (marriedtwice:First:AliceLewis;Second,TillieVan- bnskirk); (c)JamesEdwardThompson(marriedFrances Wilson); (d)LilyJeffersonThompson(marriedOliverM. Mitchell); (e)WilliamT. Thompson(marriedOlive Wade);(f)IsaacC.Thompson(marriedMinnieMc- Danieli ; (3)IsaacMitchellThompson(1831-1915).who married(1858)HarrietPinney(1832-1898),andhadchil dren:(a)LauraEstelleThompson(1859-),(married (1883)ArthurW.McLaughlin.Children:HarryAlfred McLaughlin(1885),whomarried(1914)MarthaDawson; EdnaMcLaughlin(1887-).whomarried(1910)WilliamA. Ambrose,andhadchildren:WilliamA.AmbroseII, HarrietEstelleandRichardArthur); (b)JesseBenton Thompson(1861-),(married(1881)WilHamOverstreet (1858-).Hadonechild,Anette); (c)AlfredCarmichael ThompsonIV(1864-1903),(married(1885)Elizabeth Slater.Children:HaskellAlfredandMargaret); (d)Edna Thompson(1867-),(married(1889)OtisBice(1866-1907). Hadonechild:IsaacThompsonBice(1890-),whomarried RuthEdellePritchard(1895).andhadonechild,Rose

120 DONALDSON mary); (4)AlfredCarmichaelThompsonII(1831-1858); (5)WilliamHamilton(1833-1912),whomarriedAnnJ. Forgarty,andhadchildren:(a)MargaretThompson (1868-);(b)FlorenceThompson(1870-),(marriedS.R. Mutz);(c)JosephineThompson(1872-),(marriedCharles Pruitt);(d)CharlesW.Thompson(1875-),(married ClaudieWiley);(e)GenevieveThompson;(6)ReddingB. Thompson(1838-1849); (7)JamesIrwinThompson(1841- 1876),whomarriedJaneCutsinger(1842-),andhadchil dren:(a)ElizabethThompson(1865-),(marriedThomas J.Moffel.Children:JaneMoffettwhomarriedOliverKes- sing;RalphCharlesMoffett;MaryLouiseMoffettwho marriedGeorgeMiddleton); (b)MinnieThompson(1867-), (marriedtwice:First,JohnMaley;Second,CarlF.Payne, M.D.,noissue); (c)JamesSamuelThompson(1868-1890) (marriedLucyMutz.Hadonechild,Corneliawhomarried W.D.Reddish,M.D.;(d)LewisJeffersonThompson (1870-1902),(marriedIdaM.Sherer.Hadonechild,Mar garet(1898);(e)JohnAlexanderThompson;(f)Stella Thompson;(g)MaryIrwinThompson(1876-),(married (1902)SamuelMoore(1875-).Hadonechild,JohnThomp sonMoore(1903)).Bysecondwife,PhoebeHicks:(8) MarvEmilyThompson(1852-),whomarriedD.R.Malone, M.D.,(9)CharlesFremontThompson;(10)LydiaH. Thompson,whomarriedDanielBecker. 2IsabellaCarmichaelThompson(1804-1834)married NathanWheeler,andhadonechild,Martha,whomarried LeeBradley. 3 JohnS.Thompson(1806-1845)marriedSarahCar- vin,andhadchildren:Maria,Harrison,MaryandAlfred CarmichaelThompsonIII. 4 MaryThompson(1809-1873)marriedWilliam Hensley.andhadonechild,Mary,whomarried Bickford. 5AlfredCarmichaelThompsonmarriedMariaCarvin andhadchildren:(1)EdwardC.Thompson,whomarried MaryPruett,andhadchildren:Maurice,BelleandBona; (2)HannahElizaThompson,whomarriedGideonMc- Ewin,andhadchildren:Imogene,AlfredC,Mariaand Lilly;(3)JohnAlexanderThompson. 6JanetThompson(1814-1876)marriedTimothyThul- keld,andhadchildren:Angie,Mary,William,Ottoand Travis. 8 CeceliaDonaldsonThompson(1822-1867)married DarwinM.Sapp,andhadonechild,Edward.

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VJohnDonaldson V JohnDonaldson(1778-1859)married(1811)Celia Jordan(1790-1865),andhadchildren: 1 ElizaPorterDonaldson, 2 MariaDonaldson, 3 CeliaDonaldson, 4 CatherineDonaldson, 5 MaryJaneDonaldson. 6 1 ElizaPorterDonaldson,(1812-1890)married'(1829) ThomasBartonJarnagin,andhadchildren:(1)Maria Jarnagin(1830-1860),whomarriedThomasEckel,andhad children:MollieandJennie;(2)MarthaAnnJarnagin, diedyoung;(3)AlbertMillerJarnagin;(4)LaviniaCelia Jarnagin(1839-),whomarriedJohnLeroyFoust,andhad children:(a)EvaLeaFoust,(marriedAugustaC.Bowers. Children:LawrenceLeroyBowers;AlbertBoiseBowers whomarriedMaryTaylor,andhadonechild,Josephine: HughAugustusBowerswhomarriedWinifredGross,and hadonechild,MaryLavinia); (b)AnnaLauraFoust;(c) MaryFoust;(d)WileyBartonFoust;(e)HughJarnagin Foust;(f)RobertLeroyFoust(1879-),(marriedEdnaFarr); (5)MaryElizaJarnagin;(6)JohnChesleyJarnagin;(7) HughEarnestJarnagin(1847-1907),whomarriedAmelia Fisher,andhadchildren:(a)NellieJarnagin;(b)Herbert Jarnagin,marriedLucyLynch.Children:MaryElizabeth, andHerbert); (8)LauraAmandaJarnagin. 2MariaDonaldson(1814-1911)marriedWilliamMur phyBarton(sonoi'IsaacBartonandJane( )Barton), andhadchildren:(1)CatherineBarton;(2)JesseBarton; (3)DavidBarton(1838-1912),whomarriedRebeccaLong; (4)CeliaJaneBarton;(5)JohnIsaacBarton;(6)Eliza Barton;(7)RobertWesleyBarton(1850-),whomarried PhoebeJanePost,andhadchildren:(a)JesseMaeBar ton,(marriedEdgarLeeKeener); (b)WilliamDavidBar ton,(marriedBessieGlennMatthews.Hadonechild. Dorothy);(8)WilliamJoshuaBarton(1856-),whomarried twice:First,AliceLyle;Second,LauraKing.Childrenby firstwife:(a)LenaBarton,(marriedJohnG.Kane);(b) LorettaKateBarton;(c)JohnMurphyBarton,(married EmmaLeeWeiler); (d)and(e)EdithandEthelBarton (twins);(f)WilliamJoshuaBartonII;(g)MaryAlice Barton;(h)RobertDavidBarton;(i) LyleDonaldson Barton;(j)JamesBarton.Bysecondwife:(k)Norman KingBarton;(1)EmmaLouiseBarton.

122 DONALDSON 3CeliaDonaldsonmarriedtwice:First,DavidWesley Barton;Second,JamesCraig.Childbyfirsthusband:(1) DavidWesleyBartonII.Childrenbysecondhusband:(2) LafayetteCraig,whomarriedandhadchildren: Mabeland Roy;(3)RobertDonaldsonCraig;(4)DecaturCraig,who marriedAliceJohnson,andhadchildren: Rollo,Chapman, OneyandPauline;(5)JosephCraig;(6)FlorenceCraig; (7)MaryCraig. 4 CatherineDonaldson(1818-1888)marriedJamesT. Carmichael,andhadchildren:(1)JohnDonaldsonCar- michael;(2)JamesW.Carmichael;(3)GeorgeA.Car michael;(4)ThomasB.Carmichael(1846-).whomarried OraRader,andhadchildren:James,William.Bulah, StellaandAnnie;(5)MyraCarmichael(1848).who marriedJohnMartinSmith,andhadchildren:Glen, Charles,Catherine,AlbertandRoy;(6)MaryCarmichael (1851-),whomarriedHenryJarnagin,andhadchildren: Kate,Frank,Myra,MinnieandMay;(7)CharlesH.Car michael(1857-),whomarriedMerleKirkpatrick,andhad children: GeorgeandCharles;(8)RobertM.Carmichael (I860-),whomarriedLauraGoodson,andhadchildren: Robert,George,JeanetleandMildred. 5 MaryJaneDonaldson(1820-1883)marriedtwice: First,GarvinLeeperLong;Second,JosephEckel.Children byfirsthusband:JohnRobertLong,andElizaLongwho marriedElijahBentonHale,M.D. 6 WilliamJordanDonaldson(1823-1889)married (1851)AmandaJaneWorley,andhadchildren:(1)John WorleyDonaldson(1852-),whomarriedLouiseKing,and hadchildren:(a)HughDonaldson;(b)LeanderKing Donaldson,(marriedCamillePonder); (c)OllieKateDon aldson,(marriedClintonDewittMaiier); (d)WilliamJohn Donaldson(marriedAnneFrancesStubblefU'ld. Children:AnnieandWilliamJohnDonaldsonII):(2) JosephEckelDonaldson(1854-1904),whomarriedMary ElizabethLane,andhadchildren:(a)FrankWarren Donaldson;(marriedNetaRice.Hadonechild,Mildred Virginia); (b)WilliamJ. Donaldson,(marriedEmily Craig.Children:Lucile,MaryElizabethandEmily);(c) MamieLeeDonaldson,(marriedFrancisF.Painter,M.D. Children:FrancisandJosephine);(d) Robert LaneDonaldson;(e)AdahBeatriceDonaldson,(married FrankMontgomery.Children:Mary,GeorgeandBe atrice);(3)MaryElizaDonaldson;(4)WilliamGaines Donaldson;(5)KatieJaneDonaldson(1861-),whe married(1883)JamesAlexanderEckel(1856-),andhad

123 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES children:(a)LucyMayEckel(1884-h(marriedHenry C.Brandon);(b)DonaldsonKingdonEckel(1886-); (c) AnnaKateEckel(1889-),(marriedRobertB.Holloman); (d)WayneAlexanderEckel(1892-);(e)BonnieSwingle Eckel(1897-); (f)JamesRobertEckel(1905-); (6)Mildred Donaldson;<7)CharlesDonaldson;(8)GeorgeRobert Donaldson(1868-),whomarriedDaisyTrent,andhad children:George,Jessie,Francisand'Richard;(9)Hugh Donaldson;(10)AnnaMayDonaldson(1874-),who'married HarryDosser,andhadonechild,AmandaFrances. VIRebeccaDonaldson VIRebeccaDonaldson,daughterofWilliamDonaldson andMary(Sweeny)Donaldson,'marriedPerryPullen,and livedinKentucky.Theyhadchildren:PerryPullenII, nevermarried,andMaryPullenwhowasrearedbyher aunt,Jane(Donaldson)Ogle. VIIJaneDonaldson VIIJaneDonaldson,daughterofWilliamDonaldson andMary(Sweeney)Donaldson,marriedJohnOgle,and livedinKentucky.Theyhadonechildwhodiedininfancy.

WORLDWARRECORD

TheDonaldsonfamily,truetoitsinheritance,nobly respondedtoitsCountry'scallduringthewar.Thefol lowingisapartiallistofthosewhoserved: Arthur15.AdamsII.Captainin317thFieldArtillery, 81stDivision. OmarRodgersAnderson. EdwardBarbour. LindsleyBoal.S.A.T.C,Lafayette,Louisiana. JuliusTrousdaleBerry.2ndLieutenantinBatteryC, 36thFieldArtillery,CampMcClellan,Alabama. HarryS.Berry.ColonelinH5thFieldArtillery. JohnC.Birch.CampHancock,Georgia. WilliamLandonBradfield'.1stLieutenantin 3rd Aviation.Instructor.CenterGermanprison. ThomasH.Bradford.1stLieutenantin 144thField Artillery,42ndDivision. CampbellHuxleyBrown.iCaptain,AdjutanttoMajor, in3rdBattalionMarineCorps. LuciusPolkBrown.CaptaininSanitaryCorpsofthe Army. DuglessCogdelle.WasoneoftheLostBattalionin

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Francethathadnofoodorwaterforseveraldays. RheaCogdtelle.Onhiseighteenthbirthdayhevolun teeredforserviceintheWirelessDepartment;waspro moted,inafewdays,toinstructor;aftergoingtoFrance hecontinuedinthispositionuntiltheendofthewar.He wassoveryproficient:MarconitookhimtoSouthAmerica assoonashewasmusteredoutoftheservice. WilliamF.Cooper.Captainin165thDepotBrigade, 7thBattalion. BradleyCurrey.Captain,A.P.O.714,A.E.F.,France. JohnDismukes.Captain. JohnL.Dismukes.Highprivate.IntelligenceSection Headquarters3rdBattalion,RainbowDivision. AndrewJ.Donelson.Captainin115thFieldArtillery. FrankDonelson.CaptaininHeadquartersDevelopment Battalion,CampSevier. AndrewJ.Donelson.U.S.A. TrainingDetachment, S.A.T.C. MartinDonelson,M.D.,inchargeofNavalHospital, Norfolk,Virginia. JohnMartinDonelson.SectionW.TennesseeDraft Board. HammondCurryDyas,servedintheMarineCorpsin BelgiumandFrance. JohnBranchDonelson.TankService,A.E.F. HarrySmithDunn.1stLieutenantGrenadeInstructor CompanyF,229thInfantry,A.E.F. EdwardDunn.S.A.T.C. VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville,Tennessee. JosephFord.Corporalin340thAeroSquadron,Field No.2,Hempstead,LongIsland. WilliamWaltonFord.1stLieutenantin317thField Artillery,81stDivision. LewisE.Ford.2ndLieutenantinAirService,A.E.F. EugeneC.Ford.Sergeant/tinOrdnanceDepartment. A.E.F. WilliamFrost.CadetC.M.A.ReserveOfficersTraining Camp,GulfPort,Mississippi. WalkerEdwardFros'i.U.S.A.BaseHospital57,Paris France.HewasdecoratedbytheFrenchMinisterofWar for"extremedevotiontodutyintimeofperil". WilliamFranklin.SupplySergeant,OfficersTraining Camp,CampPike. SamuelGordon.Captain,CampHancock,Georgia. RecommendedforMajorwhenArmisticewassigned.

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T.C.Gordon.Sergeant,SupplyCompany49thField Artillery,FortSill. RheaRodgersGreerHamill.ColoradoVolunteersState ServiceNo.3334. WadeHadlev.SanitaryDetachment105SupplyTrain. A.E.F. CharlesHardy.Corporalin130thFieldArtillery. AndrewJ.Hays.2ndLieutenantin113thMachineGun BattalionCompany,C.A.P.O.749,A.E.F. DennisSmithHays.Corporalin49thFieldArtillery, BatteryB,FortSill. HughDonelsonHays.Lieutenantin2ndM.S.Battalion, 1st.Division.Servedoverseas. JohnMcLemoreHays.Sergeant,Marines,ParisIsland. JosephGregoryHays.115thFieldArtillery. J.WalkerHays.FieldArtilery. AndrewJackson.Sergeantin Headquarters157th ArtilleryBrigade,82ndDivision. AlbertMarbleJackson.CorporalinCanadianExpedi tionaryForces. A.G.Kean.First-ClassYeoman,Shoreduty.NewYork. RichardGordonKean.Captainin43rdCompany2nd Battalion165D.B. HarryKean.BuglerU.S.Albatross. Charles* H. Lake.2ndLieutenantin FieldArtillery, CampZacharyTaylor. DonelsonMartinLake.1stLieutenantin151stField Artillery,RainbowDivision. HenryLake.CaptaininSignalCorpsChiefSignal, Washington,D.C. JohnMarshallLawrence.TrainingforAviationService, CampBowie,Texas. FrankLitllefield.Sergeant-Major,GasDefense,Rhode Island. WilliamLove.57thPioneerInfantry. PaulMcKnight.S.A.T.C. FilzhughMurray.S.A.T.C.,BatonRouge,Louisiana. WilliamMurray.3GthDivision. GeorgeW.Polk.2ndLieutenantinAirService,Boston SchoolofTechnology. HarryPolk.33rdRegimentEngineers,CompanyD, A.E.F. PhilipRead.ObservationSectionAviation,Hempstead,

GeorgeRead.CommanderinMachineGunCompany, RegularArmy,52ndInfantry,A.E.F.

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HunterRodgers.Y.M.C.A.Secretary. ViolaRodgers.WenttoFranceatthecommencement ofthewarandengagedinHospitalwork.AfterAmerica enteredthewarsheandafriendwereinchargeofahos pitalinParis. FrankEdmondRussell.S.A.T.C. Universityof Alabama. JamesDonaldRussell.Instructoninbayonetpractice, wasinEngineersCorpsatCampHumphries,nearWashing ton.D.C.,andamemberofthesquadthatwontheWorld's highestrecordihbuildingapontoonbridge,whichthey builtacrossthePotomac. WileyScottRussell. AlbertPerrineSmith.Corporalin115thFiledArtillery. McGregorSmith.2ndLieutenantinInfantry. JohnC.SymmesII.SergeantinHeadquartersDepart ment896thDivision,CampWadsworth. MattN.Thomson.CorporalinBatteryE114thField Artillery. FannieWalton.RedCrossnurse.Wentoverseaswith theVanderbiltUnit.ServedattheRedCrossBaseHospital No.17,A.E.F. PriestlyWherry.55thFieldArtilleryBrigade,A.E.F.

HARDWICK

WilliamHardwickwasabouttwenty-sevenyearsoldin 1655,accordingtohisdepositionmadeinWestmorland County,Virginia.Wemayplacehisbirthabout161S. Aswillbeseenbelow,hedied1668or69.Heisprobably identicalwithtiheWilliamHardigetransportedintoMary landin1636,thatis,wheneighteenyearsold. In1642WilliamHardige,NathanielPopeetal.were livinginSt.Mary'sHundred,Maryland.In1645William HardwickandThomasSturman,(hisfather-in-law),be ingPuritans,wereinvolvedinthed'i&turbancesofRich ardIngle.In1650WilliamHardwick,JohnSturman et al.signeda petitioninMaryland.Apparentlysoon afterthis,HardwickandiheSlurmans,andprobably'also NathanielPope,movedtoVirginia. InNorthumberlandCounty,Virginia,in1653,William Hardigereceivedpatentforonethousandacres.In1659 WilliamHardwick,Gent,soldtoRichardSturman,in WestmorelandCounty.In1664WilliamHardwickre- reivedpatentforonehundredacresinWestmoreland County,Virginia. WilliamHardwick,whobecameLieutenant-Colonelof Militia,marriedfirst,Elizabeth,daughterofThomasStur man,probablybefore1650..'Sheseemstohavebeenthe motherofhischildren.Hemarriedsecond,Margaret, daughterofColonelNathanielPope,whodiedinWest- imorelandCounty,in 1660.ColonelPope'sdaugh ter,Anne,marriedJohnWashington,ancestorof GeorgeWashington.SoWilliamHardwickwasgreat- greatunclebymarriageofourfirstPresident.Hardwick's secondmarriage'lookplacein1659orbefore.i WilliamHardwick,"lateofNominy,Westmoreland County,Virginia,Gent.,andnowofBristol,England,"

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'madehiswillOctobertwenty-fourth,1668,whichwas probatedJanuaryeighth,1669.Thiswilldealswiththe testator'sestateinEnglandandhereferstoanotherof thesamedaterelatingtohispropertyinVirginia,which willhasnotyetbeendiscovered.Alltheheirsmentioned inthesurvivingwill,seemitobelivinginEnglandatthat lime,sofarasascertainablefromthewill.Possiblythere wereoiherheirsinVirginianamedinthelostwill.The survivingwillmentionswifeMargaret,whoreceived150 poundsonconditionoffulfillingcertainrequestsmentioned intheotherwillregarding'theestateinVirginia;sister ElizabethBoyce;DorothyCyleandMaryPenyman(norela tionshipstated);brotherThomasHardwick;sonWilliam Hardwick,whoistocontinuehisschoolinginEngland untilheistwenty-one;daughterElizabethWynston.He namesbrother-in-lawMr.AugustineHullandCozen ThomasYouleinhiswill.Overseersofthepresentwill areThomasBurg,s,ofBristol,Chirurgon,andson-in-law RobertWynston.WitnessesareFranc**Bell.JamesBell, ThomasBoyce,junior.Fulwood.! Theexecutorsofthe otherwillundoubtedlylivedinVirginia.OftheseCozen ThomasYoulewasthesonofCaptainThomasEwell,or Yonell,whomarriedAnneSturman,sistertoHardwick's firstwife,henceheiscallediiozen(nephewbymarriage). WilliamHardwick.thefirst,certainlyhadIwochildren, namely(1)WilliamHardwick,thesecond.(Captainand a memberoftheHouseofKurgessesin1682).and(2) ElizabeththewifeofRobertWynston.WilliamHardwick (2),returnedloVirginiaandmarriedFrances,saidtobe thedaughterof Dr.Thomasiierrtard.Beforeshe marriedHardwicksheissaidlohavebeenthewifeof ColonelThomasSpake,ColonelValentinePeytonandCap tainJohnAppleton,soherunionwithHardwickwasher fouiithmarriage.However,anotherwriter,uponwhat authorityI donotknow,whilerepresentingthefirstthree marriagesofFrancesGerrardasabove,givesherColonel JohnWashingtonasherfourthhusband.Butitiscertain thatHardwickwasoneofherhusband'sforthereasonthat saidHardwick'sdaughterhada brother(half-brother) namedGerrardPeyton(seebelow). WilliamHardige,merchant,ofWestmorelandCounty, receivedpowerofattorneyJune19.1677.fromThomas PopeofBristol,England,madeawillSeptember3,1684,pro bandOctober20,1685,inwhichhementionsplantations onPope'sCreek.WestmorelandCounty,.Virginia,and names"lovingfriendsanddearkinsmen.Mr.William

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Hardridge,Mr.LawrenceWashingtonandMr.JohnWash ington,allofVirginia,"usguardiansofhissons.William Hardrid'gewas,oneofa jurywhichon.:August25,Ki77, PoundJosephHardridge(undoubtedlyhiskinsman)guilty ofrebellion.ApparentlyColonelWashingtonwasalsoin volvedinthisrebellion.WilliamHardridgewasa Bur gessalvarioustimesfroml082to1693fromWestmore landCounty.InOctober,1692,heismentionedasliving nearthemouthofNominyCreekinWestmorelandCounty. Heseemstio havediedsoonaftertha'tdate,forJohn Washington'swill.1697-98.referstoa watchgivenhim byCaptainWilliamHardridge'swill(whichwillhasnot beendiscovered' . JohnWashingtonleavesthiswatchto Mrs.ElizabethHurd'ridge.TheonlyMrs.ElizabethHar dridgeofwhomweknow,whomightqualifyhere,isthe wifeofWilliamHurdwick,sonofJaimes,whoserelation shiptotheemigrantWilliamisindoubt.RutHispossible thatthemarriageofWilliamHardwick(sonofJames) andElizabeth(Hrown,asweshallseelater)hadnottaken placesoearlyas1697.IftheprefixMrs.wereanerror wemightsupposethaiElizabethHartridge,soleheirof CaptainWilliamHardridge.wastherecipientofthewatch. CaptainWilliamHardridgehadonlyonechild.Eliza beth,born1078.itiedFebruary25.1722.Sheis men tionedassister(half-sister)ofGerrardPeytoninhis willof l0S7-8S(inwhichthetestatorappointshis father-in-law.Mr.WilliamHardridge.asexecutor).She isalsomentionedina willofRichardSturman,1691,'of WestmorelandCountyVirginia.Hewasprobablyher greatuncle.ShemarriedColonelHenryAshton,born July30.1671.ColonelHenryAshtonandwife,Elizabeth HardridgeAshton.hadfourdaughters,namelyFrances Elizabeth.Anne'andGraceAsh'tonandtheirdescendants, ifany,arethesoledescendantsofCaptainWilliamHard ridge,Oheemigrant,ifCaptainWilliamwashisonlyson. LivingcontemporaneouslywithCaptainWilliamHard- wickinWestmorelandCounty.Virginia,wefindthree othersofthename.James.JosephandGeorgeHardwick. JamesandJosephwerebrothers.Georgemayalsohave beenabrother,thoughnoindicationofsuchrelationship hasbeenfound.AllthreemayhavebeensonsofWil liamHardwicktheemigrant.Thelatterwill,madein BristolEngland,mentionsonlyoneson.Williamwan Withhisfaitherin Englandatthattime.But!testator refersfcoasecondwilltouchingpropertyinVirginiaand thiswill,nowlost,mighthaveshownrelationofthese

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threeHardwicks.Theymighthavebeenoldersonsre- maiminginVirginia.However,norecordofanyofthem earlierthan1670inVirginiahasbeenfound'.Aswill beseenbelow.JamesHardwickwasundoubtedlyarela tiveofCaptainWilliamHardwick,forJamesinhiswill, 1698,refersitoswordandbeltgivenhimbyCaptlainHard wick.ThiswouldindicatethatCaptainWilliamHardwick havingnosonbequeathedthesemanlytrappingstohis nearestmalereflation.IfJameswasnott"hesonofWilliam, theemigrant,hemayhavebeenitihesonofthelatter's brother,Thomas,mentioned'inthewillcitedabove.Beyond thisnoithingcanbesaiduntilfurtherevidenceisdiscovered. GeorgeHardwickmarriedMaryPowell,daughterof JohnPowell,in1678,orbefore.In1696,heconveyedto JohnBulflerandwife,Sarah,theirson,RobertBuller, "fornaturalaffedtionbornetoward'them"100acres,as aninheritance.ProbablySarahBullerwashisdaughter, butsheisnotmentionedinhiswilldatedMay26.1704. InthiswillherepresentshimselfasofCopleParish, planter.He*mentionswifeMary;sonRobertHardwick andthefarter'sson,GeorgeHardwick.IfgrandsonGeorge shoulddie,hisestateistogotothethreedaughtersof WilliamStewart(norelationshowntotestator).Apparently hishopoofmaleoffspringdependedonbisgrandson George.ProbablythishopefailedasnolaterHardwicks arefoundtraceabletohim.GeorgeHardwick'sinventory isdatedMarch25,1713. JosephHardwick,asalreadyseen,wasinvolvedinthe rebellionof1676.OnSeptember25.1675,RichardGo'lly, ofBristol.England,grantedpowerofattorneytohis brother,PeterGotly,nowboundforVirginia,todealwith JosephHardwick,lateofWestburyintheCountyofSom erset.England,Sergemaker,butnowresidentinVirginia orMaryland.ThispaperwaswitnessedbyThomasPope, WilliamAndrews,andJohnSpencer.Westburyisnot farfromBristolandtothisregionwoshouldprobably turntofindtheEnglishancestorsoftheseHardwicks.The factthatJosephHardwickisin1675referredtoaslateof Westburyisa strongindicationithathehadnotyetlived inVirginiaandwasnotthereforeasonofWilliamHard wick,theemigrant.JosephHardwickismentionedbyJohn CarrierofCopleParishinhiswillof1696,asfather-in- law(probablyforstep-father).JohnCarrier'swifewas Elizabeth.In1698JosephHardwick,ofCopleParish,sold toElizabethCurrier(sic).JosephHardwick,ofNominy,in ParishofCople,madewillJune22,1698,probatedAugust

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31,1698.Hemen!ionsnowifeorchildren.Hementions kinsman(brother)JamesHardwick;cousins(nephews) JamesHardwickandThomasHardwick;childrenofWil liamEarleto remainwithexecutor(norelationship stated);referstolandboughtofRichardSturman;other personsmentioned:inthewillareSarahClark,William Sanford.senior,HenriettaBuckley.RichardSutton,Richard Middleton,TemperanceBlanch.flower,BenjaminBlanch- flower(executor),ColonelWilliamPierce,and.Captain WilliamBridges. WenowcometoJAMESHARDWICK,brotherof Joseph.HefirstappearsinadeedinWestmorelandCounty, of1670asJamesHarditCh.HebuysofHenryandSarah DurantlandwhichhadoncebelongedtoRichardSturman. InsameyearheboughtfromThomasFoster.Hemarried AnnAransleyorArmsby,apparentlyonlychildofJohn Armsby(diedinWestmorelandCounty,Virginia,1659), andwife,Anne.OnNovember20,1672,JamesHardwick andwife,Ann,soldtoNicholasSpencer,landpatentedby JohnArmsbyin1650,whosedaughteriswifeofJames Hardwickatthetimeofthetransaction.Allthelater Hard,wicksofthenextandlatergenerationsseemtobe descendedfromthisJames. JAMESHARDWICKwasbornabout1647(howas twentysevenyearsoldin(1674)anddiedin1698.Hiswill isdatedFebruary7,1698,proba'tedMarch30,1698.He mentionswifeAnn;sonsWilliam,Joseph(whoreceives theswordlefthimbyCaptainWilliamHardwick); daughtersElizabethandLydiaHardwick(Lydiabeing underfourteenyears); wife'sdaughterAnne(fromwhich wemayinferthatJamesHarwickwashersecondhus band); brotherJosephHardwick;ThomasHardwickand JamesHardwick(norelationshipstatedbutundoubtedly sonsofthetestatorfortheyreceiveportionoftheestate andarealsonamedascousins,thatis,nephews,inJosepti Hardwick'swill;andfurthermoreasweshallseebelow JosephHardwickin1708hadbrotherJames;HenryAs- bury,JohnWrightandBenjaminBlanchfloweraremore executors. WeshallnowtakeupthechildrenofJamesHardwick, 1698,leavingWILLIAM,probablytheoldest,tothelast. NofurtherrecordhasbeenfoundofElizabethandThomas. PossiblyLydia,daughterofJamesHardwick,married ThomasWalker,whosewilld'aled1726inWestmoreland, nameswifeLydia,sonHardigeWalker,andothers.James

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HardwickappearsonHieWestmorelandOrderBookfor 1708wilhwileElizabethandwithbrotherJosephHard- wick.Heis undoubtedlythesonofJames,1698,and identicalwithJamesHardwick,ofCopleParish,whomade willJune12,1749,probated1749.In(hiswillhementions wifeElizabeth,sonsThomasandJohnHardwick;son-in- lawEllasDavis;daughtersElizabethNash,SarahSum mers,andCyoway(?)Lime.In1759ThomasHardwick, ofCopleParish,amiwifeElizabeth,soldtoGerrardHulls. Hewassonof'theJameswhodied1749.JamesHardige LanewhomarriedMarySnuMionJanuary12,1758,in OverwhortenParish.Stafford'County,Virginia,andlater appearsinLoudonCounty,Virginia,maybea descendant of'theaboveHardwick-Lanemarriage.Ina published workI findmentionofa JamesLane%whoabout1834 marriedLydiaHardage.SheisprobablytheCyowayofthe abovewill. JosephHardAvick,sonofJames,1698.madewillDecem- 1«t24,1726,probatedMarch29,1727.Hementionswife Ann;childrenunder16;"toallmychildren"(notby name)equallylandsatCople.WifeandnephewJames Hardwickarenamedasexecutors.Sofaronlytwonames ofJoseph'schildrenhavebeendiscovered,viz:Hazel (Haswell)HardwickandJamesHardwick.In1748Hazle HardwickofStaffordCounty.Virginia,planter,soldto GerrardHutt,ofCopleParish,WestmorelandCounty,land lyinginCopleParish,beingpartofthelandJoseph Hardwick,fatherofsaidHazel,willedtohim.Nowife signs.InOverwharlonParish,StaffordCounty,about 1749HaswellHardwickmarriedMaryNorthcu'lt.They.had childrenasfollows: AnnHardwick,bornJanuary4,1752. WilliamHardwick,bornSeptember5,1753. ElizabethHardwick,bornSeptember8.1775. Andperhapsothers. In1753HazelHardwick,ofFrederickCounty,Virginia, patented407acresinFrederickCounty.Insamecounty onMay2,1763,HazelHardwickandwife,Mary,soldthe above'tractof407acrestoAndrewBeardandJohnTate. TheChesterCounty,SouthCarolina,censusfor1790shows HazelHardwickattheheadofa family.Probablyheis /thesameastheaboveasnorecordofhisinVirginiahas beenfound. JamesHardwick,ofCopleParish,sonofJoseph,1727, onOctober25,1743,soldthirty-fiveacresofCople,part

134 HARDWICK oflandwhereonJosephHardwick,fatherofsaidJames, lived.Isabel,wifeofJamesHardwick,joinsinthedeed. Nofurtherrecordof#iedeseenantsofJoseph,1727,has beenfound. WenowtakeupWILLIAMHARDWICK.probably theoldestsonofJamesHardwick.1698.Hemarried ElizabethBrown,sisterofGeorgeBrown,whosewilldated 1724inWestmorelandCauraty,referstohissisterEliza beth,wifeofWilliamHardwick(probablymeantfor widow).WilliamHardwickmadeawillOctober31,1718, probatedFebruary25,1719.ItwaswitnessedbyWilliam Hardwick,JosephHardwick.AaronHardwick,andAnn Robinson.OfthesewitnessesJosephHardwickwasthe testator'sbrother,wtiodiedin1727.ButKheothertwo, WilliamandAaronHardwick,arenotyetplaced.Possi blytheyareoldersonsofthetestator'notmentionedin hiswill.ThisAaronHardwickisprobablytheAaron Hardwick,ofCopleParish,whoin1722bough!100acres ofHenryAsburw WILLIAMHARDWICK.1718-19.mentionswifeELIZA BETH,daughtersFrancesandDorcas,sonsGeorgeand James,mentionschildrenunder16;wifeElizabethandson Jamesarenamedasexecutors. ELIZABETHHARDWICK,widowoftheABOVEWIL LIAM,madewillAugust12.1734.probated1734.She mentionsgrandchildrenBaileyWalker,RachelWalker, FrancesHardwick.nephew(sic)HannahHardwick; nephew(sic)Ann.HannahAshton(norelationship slated);andsonJamesHardAvick.ThenephewHannah Hardwickhasnotyetbeenplaced.Apparentlyoneofthe daughtersofWilliamHardwickhadmarrieda Walker before'thisdate.ThegrandchildFrancesHardwickis probablythedaughterofJames,seebelow. GeorgeHardwick.sonoftheaboveWilliamandEliza- beth,in1724,withPatrickSpence,ThomasSturman,and ThomasJames,tookup1678acresin Westmoreland County.Hediedapparentlyunmarried.Hemadewill June30.1732.probatedsoonafterward.Hementions mother| ElizabethHardwick.brotherJamesandhisson William(under21).BrotherJamesisappointedexecutor. JAMESHARDWICK.sonofWilliam,1718-19,married HENRIETTAGARLAND,daughterofWilliamGarland. HemadewillJune8,1737,probatedSeptember27,1737. Intheprobateheis calledJamesHardwick,junior, apparentlytodistinguishhimfromhisuncleJamesHard

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wick,whooutlivedhimby'twelveyears,seeabove.He mentionswifeHaneyRiHa.(sic); sonsAaron,Georgeand WILLIAMHARDWICK;WilliamGarland,junior,"brother ofmywife";daughterFrances,anddeceasedbrother GeorgeHardwick.HenriettaHardwickandWilliam, tiand,junior,wereexecutorsofwillofJamesHardwick, junior,in1737.ThefatherofHenriettaHardwickwas probablyWilliamGarland,whosewilldatedFebruary21, 1743,inRichmondCounty,Virginia,mentionssonWilliam Garland,daughterMaryandgrandsonGeorgeHardwick. ThisGeorgeHardwickwasstillaminorin1750,whenas heirofJamesHardwick,deceased',hechoseWilliamHard wickasguardian(probablyhisolderbrother).Nofurther recordofGeorgeorFrances,childrenofJamesHardwick, 1737,hasbeenfound. HoweverintherecordsofJell'ersonCounty,Arkansas, isfoundthewillofaGarlandHardwick,whonodonhi wasthesonoftheaboveGeorge.Thewill,datedDecember 12,1850andprobatedDecember29,1852,nameshiswife, Nancy,andgrandchildrenGarlandH.and',MargaretR. Dorris.childrenofdeceaseddaughter,RobiniaT.Dorriss, assolelegatees. WenowtakeupAaronHardwick.Aaron,sonof JamesHardwick,1737,couldnotbeidenticalwithAaron Hardwick,whoin1718witnessedwillofWilliamHard wick,andin1722boughtland.Thereferencegiven belowmaynotallbelongtothesameAaronHardwick.In WestmorelandCountyinabout1756AaronHardwick*s mentioned,inconnectionwiththebuildingofa road. AboutsametimeAaronHardwicksuesThomasHard wick,whichsuitwasdismissed.About1760JohnDeboc wasorderedto paytoAaronHardwick638poundsof tobaccoforhisservicesaswitnessineaseofDebocvs. GerrardHult.About1758WilliamHardwickwasordered topayAaronHardwick203poundsoftobaccoforservices aswitnessincaseofHardwickvs.EdmundBulger.In PrinceWilliamCounty,Virginia,onJune10,1765,Aaron HardwicksuedGeorgeBolandforasmallamount. Wenowapproachthislinefromadifferentangid.In FauquierCounty,Virginia,onDecember12,1787,license wasgrantedtoCorneliusMcCartyIdmarrySukeyHard wick.Theoldestsonofthislargefamilywasnamed AaronHard'ridgeMcCarty,fromwhichfactit seems probablethathismaternalgrandfatherwasnamedAaron Hardridge(Hardwick).Theprobabilitybecomesalmost

136 * HARDWIQK acertaintywhenwefindthat'l'heaboveSusanHardwick McCartyhadabrother,WilliamHardwick, whonamed hisoldestsonGarlandHardwick,whichfactnaturally connectshimwithJamesHardwick.1737,whomarried HenriettaGarland,seeabove. AsidefromthisbrotherWilliam,SusanHardwickMc- CarlyalsohadbrotherJohnHardwickandsisterEliza bethHardwick.JamesKincheloewasgrantedlicenseto marryElizabethHardwickinFauquierCounty,Virginia, December7,1790.TheyhadBrandt,Hardwick,Eleanor Kincheloe.airedprobablyothers.Thewriterhasseena deed(notrcordedapparently)datedDecember23.1816, bywhichCorneliusMcCartyandSusannah,hiswife,late Hardridge(sic)ofHardinCounty,Kentucky,selltoJames Kincheloe,ofFauquierCounty,Virginia,200acresin FauquierCounty,boughtbyMargareitHardridge(mother ofthesaidSusannahMcCarty),whileawidow,ofThomas Glasscock,whichsaidMargaretHardridgeafterwards marriedWilliamTurley.TheaboveMargaretHardridge wasbornGlasscockandnotOrear.Shewasthedaughter ofJohnGlasscockwhopatentedlandinpresentFauquier Countyin1728,andmadewillinFauquierCounty,No vember27,1774,inwhichwillhementionsamongothers, daughterMargaretTurley.OnOctober1,1771,Thomas Glasscock(sonoftheaboveJohnandbrotherofMar garet)andwifeAgnessoldtoMargaretHardwick,244 acres.It is thistransactionthatthedeedofCornelius McCartyandbiswifeSusannah,abovementioned,refersto. In1774ThomasGlasscockandwifeAgnessoldtoWilliam Turley.OnMarch1,1815,SampsonTurley,ofFauquier County,soldtoJamesKincheloethelandwhichThomas GlasscockandwifeAgnesin1771sold'toMargartHard wick.Thisseemstobethesarnielandreferredtointhe unrecordeddeedofCorneliusandSusannahHardwickMc- Oarlycitedabove.Wemayconcludethenthatliefore October1,1771,thefirsthusband(Aaron?)Hardwick,of MwrgaretGlasscockhaddiedandin1774orbeforeshe hadmarriedWilliamTurley,bywhomasweknowfrom oifchersourcesshehad*eightchildren.Fromthisfactwe mayinferthatshewascomparativelyyoungwhenher firsthusbanddied.Forthereasonalreadygiventhe writeris convincedthaiherfirsthusbandwas.Aaron Hardwick,sonofJames,1737.Italsoseemscertainthat AaronHardwickwastwicemarried,MargaretGlasscock beingthesecondwife.Thereasonsareasfollows:Susan

137 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Hardwickhadabrother(half-brother)WilliamHardwick whowasmarriedin1770.Butbetween1771and1774 Susan'smotherMargaretHardwickmarrieda second lime,'toTurley,towhomsheboreeightchildren.Shewas notlikelythereforetohethemotherofWilliamHard wick.oldenoughtomnrryin 1776.Furthermorecon firmatoryevidenceisfoundinthefragmentsofanold letter,whichthewriterhasseenwrittenbytheabovo WilliamHardwickto CorneliusMcCartyandSusanMc- Cartyabout1811.In thisletterhecallsSusan,his sister,huthealsospeaksof"yourstepfather(William Turley)whomyourmother"married'.Thepronoun YOUR(twiceused)indicatesMinttheyhad'different mot'hens.HementionsremovalofhermotherInilouse Creek,nearRectorTown.Andthen"onmyreturn(frou where,notshowninexistingfragments)I foundyou, brotherJohnandsisterElizabethplayingin thenegro house,whichwasthefirstlimeI eversowyou"(con firmsconjecturethaihewasanolderhalf-hrother). "The year1783wasthelast'timeI eversawyou".Hesneaks ofour"nieceEllenKincheloe"throughwhomhehadheard ofSusanMcGarty'swhereabouts.Hestatesthathebecame aMothodistin1788andin1792hewentink)theministryin whichhehadbeenlaboringfornineteenyears.Fromthis statementweplaced"thedaleoftheletterin1811.He slatesthathehasbeenmarriedfhir'ly-fiveyearsnextJune 26(apparentlythenin1776;furtherconfirmedbythefact thaitheiroldestsonwasbornin1777)."Wehavefivesons andfourdaughtersandhaveneverhada deathinour family.OldSarah,thenegrothainursedme,isstillwith ine"."WelivenearLouisville."(thaiisJeffersonCounty, Georgia).HementionssonWilliamP.Hardwick.a sur veyor,whoismakinga triptoKentuckyandwhoisto carrythisletter.HealsomentionseldestsonGarland Hardwick,nearwhomtheyareliving.Descendantsofthis WilliamHardwickagreethatheoncelivedinFauquier County,Virginia,andlatersettledinJeffersonCounty, Georgia.HemarriedJudithParker,June26,1776.They hadfivesonsandfourdaughters(seeobiletter)asfollows: GarlandHardwick(theeldest),bornApril8.1777.in FauquierCounty,Virginia,anddiedApril8,1837. WilliamParkerHardwick1850.MarriedSarah Cheatham. GeorgeW.Hardwick,marriedfirstElizabethKennon. second.NancyFontaine,andthird,ElisabethBush.

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JohnWesleyHard!wick,marriedMaryRiversNally. CharlesHardwiek. , Hu'ldahHardwiek(marriedDawson). MargaretHardwiek. FrancesHardwiek. (Namesofonlythreedaughtershavebeenhandeddown, buttherewasafourthlivingin1811,whoprobablydied soonafter). GarlandHardwiek.bornApril8,1777,married,first, JanePanletit,bornJuly12,1783,inLouisaCounty,Vir ginia.ThismarriagetookplaceApril16,1800.Shedied August11,1807.withoutissue.Hemarried,second, DorothyKennedy.December22,1807.Shewasborn January7.1785.inOrangeburghDistrict,SouthCarolina, anddiedAugust23rd,1849.Theyhadfivesons: William. GeorgeW. BenjaminF. Garland. ThomasCokeHardwiek. WilliamParker(notPark)Hardwiek,sonofWilliam andJudithParkerHardwiek.marriedabout1S15Sarah BakerCheatham.Theirson,ThomasWilliamHardwiek, marriedMaryElizabeithDavisin1848andtheirson,Rob ertWilliamHardwiek,wasthefatherofthepresentSen atorThomasW.Hardwiek. Wenowreturnto WILLIAMHARDWICK,sonof JaniesHardwiek,1737,ofWestmorelandCounty.Virginia. About1752WilliamHardwieksuedEdmundBulger, AaronHardwiekwasa witnessatthissuit.AIioutthe same'limeWilliamHardwick'sattachmentagainstestate ofJohnStoryisdismissed.I regardhim;asidentical withWilliamHardwiekwhomadewillonMarch^3, 1802,inGreenCounty,Georgia,dateofProbateApril 1,1803.HementionsheirsofdeceasedsonJamesHard wiek;sonsWilliamHardwiek,GeorgeHardwiek.and GARLANDHARDWICK;daughtersMarthaJones,Han nahDawkins,NancyDaniel,MollyFitzpatrick,andPeggy Hardwiek,granddaughterCynthiaHardwiekFilzpatrick, daughterofRene(sic)andMollyFitzpatrick;sonsGeorge andGARLANDHARDWICKarenamedasexecutors. WitnessesareP.Park.SusanPark,B.Fitzpatrick.Here •gaintheoccurrenceofthenameGarlandseemstocon nectWilliamwithJamesHardwiek,1737,ofWestmore landCounty,Virginia.HeseemsolderthanWilliamof NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES JeffersonCounty,Georgia,andifthenameGarlandrep resentsanyrelationshiptotheaboveH'ardwick-Garland marriage,hecouldbenoother'thanWilliam,thesonof JamesHnrdwick,1737. ChildrenoftheaboveWilliamHardwick,Whomadewill inGreenCourtty,Georgia,1802-1803,andwifeNancy, (1) James.(Nothingknownofdescendants). (2) Martha.(Nothingknownofdescendants). (3) Hannah(orHaney). (4) Nancy.(Nothingknownofherdescendants). (5)William. (6) George. (7) Gadand. (8)Mollie. (9) Peggy.(Nothingknownofherdescendants). Oftheforegoing: (1)Jamesmarriedandleftheirs,butofthemthe writerknowsnothing. (2) Marthamarried Jonesand'ismentionedin herfather'swill. (3) Haney(Hannah)HardW'ick,(born1755,died 1837),married,first, Taylorbywhomshehadone child. 1 Nancy,born1779. HersecondmarriagewastoWilliamDawkinsabout 1786or1787.Thechildrenwere: 2 GarlandDawkins,born1788. 3 GeorgeDawkins,born1790. i DanielDawkins,born1793. 5 ReubenDawkins,born1795. 0 PalsyDawkins,born1798. Oftheabove: GarlandDawkins(1788-1892)marrieddaughterof CaptainWilliamBarksdale.HancockCounty,Georgia. Ch.1 HaneyAnnmarriedWilliamIverson. 2 MarthaAnn,marriedDavidLovejoy,Henry County. 3 DewittClinton(JasperCounty,1829), married 1854FannieJones.MuscogeeCounty,movedtoJackson ville,Florida. 4 GarlandDawkinsdiedunmarried. 5 Virginia. 0 E.LaFayetleDawkinesdied'indefenseofSa vannah. 140 HARDWICK 7 Myrtie,marriedDr.S.B.Hopgood,Boaden, Georgia. DeWittClintonDawkinsmarriedFannieJones. Ch.I MarthaL. Ida M.. marriedJohnH. Howell;3. DewiltandiHaneyYoung;4. SallieA.and GeorgeM.(fromProminentMenofGeorgiaandFlorida). ReubenDawkins(1795-1869),married1.MarthaBird Fitzpatriek(died1837).Ch.1. Johndied:unmarried. 2.WalterScottandIsaacNewton(1833-1866). ReubenDawkins(1795-1865),married'(2)Elizabeth (Johnson)Hines1881. Ch.1 Sara'hAnnVictoria(1839-1885),marriedJohn WilliamPace. 2 HaneyLouisiana(1841-1915),married1. Isaac Pace.(2)FrancisA.Bovkin. 3 AnnElizabeth(1844-1869),married1869S.A. Garlick. 4 MarthaBirdFitzpatriek(1847-1900),married EdwinA.Houston1866. 5 WilliamDaniel(1840),married(1)MaryLou Pollard.(2)WinifredCarter. JohnWilliamPaceandSarahDawkins. Ch.1 Stephen,marriedCoraPerdue,Carrollton,Geor gia.Ch.1. Alva. 2 Thomas,married'.LivesinTexas. 3 Downer,marriedSarahBrown,Troy,Alabama. 4 ElizabetfhLou,marriedOlinCraven. 5 Emmefct,marriedandlivesinTexas. 6 SarahFrancis,.marriedWeemsBaskins,Car rollton,Georgia. (3)John,marriedAnnicePetty. FrancisA.BoykinandHaneyDawkinsPace. 1 FrankMarshall,deceased. 2 Marvin,deceased. 3 Cecil,marriedCorinneMoses,CarTolMon,Georgia. S.A.GarlickandAnneE.Dawkins,deceased. EdwinA.HoustonandMarthaBirdFitzpatriekDaw kins. 1 Elizabeth,marriedJereR.Traylor,daughterMartha ElizabethTaylor. 2 Walter,marriedSallieAdair;twochildren:Adair andMarguerite. 3 MarthaLouisiana. 4 Edwin,marriedNettieBakter;twochildren:Charles andElizabeth. 141 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

WilliamDanielDawkinsandMaryLornPollard.(1). 1 Carrie,marriedGaryPruett,Burtsboro,Alabama. 2 Waller,marriedandlivesinAlabama. 3 Marshall,marriedMissEvans,Alabama. ChildrenofWilliamDanielDawkinsandWinifred Darter: I 1 Carter. 2 Reuben. 3 LollieBelle. 4 AnnieSarah. (4)NiancymarriedWilliam(?)Danielsandwasmen tionedinwillofherfather.Nothingisknownofher descendants. (5) WilliamHardwickbornMarch17,1760.married NancyShippApril22,1790,anddiedMarch1,1828,Han cockCounty,Georgia,(NancyShippHardwick,born March27,1766,anddiedFebruary2,1854).Theirchildren were: Betsy,bornJanuary17,1791.marriedAllenRoberis November17,1809. Palsy,bornMarch19.1792.marriedDavidLewis May2,1809. Frankey,bornJanuary22.1794,diedDecember31,1801. Polly,bornFebruary11,1796,marriedAdamJones October161811. RichardShipp.bornDecember7,1797.marriedMartha HamiltonApril19,1825. SophieGarland,bornMarch10,1800,marriedStephen Jones,January28,1819.diedNovember7,1821. ElizaHart,"bornDecember28,1801. NancyBarron,bornOctober17,1803,marriedEliMans field,diedApril19,1852. JaimesJefferson,bornOctober10,1805,marriedMilicy PrideJanuary19,1826. WilliamMilerson,bornMarch19,1808. HarriotWashington,bornApril30,1810. (6) GeorgeHardwick,born— —17. DiedSt. ClairCouraty,Alabama,aboutJune,1824.Willdated April16,1823,recordedJuly1, 1824.M'arried Mary(orPolly)McTyeire.BelivedinJasperCounty, Georgia,1809,"toabout1818.MovedtoSI.ClairCounty, Alabama,about1818anddiedthere. Issue—Children: 1 James,married;hada son,JamesHardwick,men tionedingrandfather'swill.Son,PickensHardwick,at

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Bmnchville,Ala.DiedinSI.ClairCounty,Alabama.Left largefamily. 2 Daughter,whomarriedWillisGermany.(Namo no.)mentionedinfather'swill,whichmentionsson-in-law, WillisGermany. 3 George. 4 William.WaskilledinMississippi. 5 Garland.Diedabout1888,aged84,leftnumberof children,TalledtegaCounty,Georgia.Oldestsou,Owen Hardwick,Croswell,Alabama.SonB.G.Hardwick,H'iu^t- selle,Alabama.(Son,JamesO.Hardwick,Easonvillo,Ala bama,1901). 0 FrizzeilMcTyerie,bornJuly14,1806.Represented CherokeeCounty,Alabama,inLegislature.DiedinCher okee,Alabama.FourorfivesonskilledC.S.A. Mrs. S.B.Ramey'sfaither). DiedNovember19,1869. 7 Robert.Died'inHenryorBarbourCounty.Alabama. Leftlargefamily.ColonelMcTyerieHardwick.oldestson. ThefamilylivesatHardwicksburg,HenryCounty,Ala bama. X Sidney.Born . Married(priorto1823). Win.H.Rarn'hill. 9 Kissiah.Rom.July16,1800.Died'April16,18.S3, atCovington,Georgia.Married,first,October24,iMi., CorneliusRobinson.JasperCounty,Georgia.Married second,January11,1838.WilliamGiuySmith.Issueby firslmarriage,JamesHardwick.Caroline,SalineFram.'es andSarahJane.Issuebysecond'marriage.BovkinSmith. 10 Nancy.(Unmarried1823). (7) GarlandHardwick.BorninSouthCarolina(?) about1770.MarriedSusanVenableabout1796anddied BentonCounty,Arkansas,1847.Theirchildrenwere: " I JohnWesley.BornAugust15,1797.MarriedJane MontgomerySeptember22,1818.DiedApril4.1852. .2 George.Born . . 1800.MarriedEllenAn drewsanddied1807. 3 Thomas.MarriedAnnMcFarlane. 4 Jamies. 5 Mary.MarriedJosephBarnetl. 6 Cynthia.MarriedRev.Pearson. 7 JosephTarply.BornAugust3,1811.MarriedRe- bekahMcFarlaneanddied1851or1852. 8 CharlesF. Born . 1814.MarriedEliz abethHolmes;second,StirongorStroud. JohnWesleyHardwick.BornAugust15,1797.Mar

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riedJaneMontgomerySeptember22,1818,anddiedApril 4,1852.Theirchildrenwere: I NancyCarolineElizabeth.BornOctober16,1810. Died,Angust27,1838. . 2 WilliamH.FosterJune28,1838.DiednearDecatur, Texas. 3 CelineAugusla.BornJune14,1822.MarriedW. HenryTibbsFebruary2,1843.DiedSeptember28.1888, atDalton,Georgia.. 4 SusanEvaline.BornDecember16,1823.Married J.MiltonHolmesNovember21,1849.DiedJanuary,1911, nearDecatur,Texas. 5 HuldaMargaret.BornAugust!12,1825.Married RobertH.WallaceMarch27,1865.DiednearDecatur, Texas. 6 ChristopherLaFayette.BornFebruary14.1827. MarriedIsabelTuckerApril3,1851.DiedMarch3,1901. atCleveland,Tennessee. 7 MarthaEliza.BornOctober27,1829.Married WilliamE.KeyDecember15,1852,anddiedMarch10, 1884.nearRodgers,Arkansas. 8 FranklinEleflet.BornSeptember27,1831.Mar riedSalHeB.BarkesdaleJune23.1859.Second,Minnie KellyJuly23,1878.Died1912.NoChildren. 9 HmghMontgomery.BornSeptember27,1833.Mar riedMarthaDeanJanuary5, 1859.Second,FrancesP. GriderSeptember6,1866.DiedAugust,1907,inOklahoma. II WilliamHenryHarrison.BornJanuary29,1840, anddiedSeptember8,1840. 12 CynthiaAnnAmelia.BornJuly30,1842.Married LemuelH.ChapmanJanuary27,1865.DiedOctober21, 1880,nearCleveland,Tennessee. 13 MaryVirginiaAgnes.BornOctober31,1844. MarriedAndrewM.RodgersApril28,1870.LivesinCleve land,Tennessee. Literally'hundredsofdescendantsofJohnW.Hard- wickarescatteredovertheSouthandWest. (6) ChristopherLafayetteHardwickwasbornFeb ruary14,1827,attheCherokeeAgency(nowCharleston, Tennessee),whilehisfattier,JohnWesleyHardwick,was notingasAssistantAgentto hisgrandfather,Colonel HughL.Montgomery,whoservedasIndianAgenttothe Cherokeesfrom1824to1838,oruntiltheIndianswere movedWest.AtanearlyagetheaboveChristopher LafayetteHardwickmovedtoCleveland,Tennessee,where

144 HARDWICK laterhemarriedIsabelTucker(daughterofJosephand MaryIsabelTucker)onApril3,1851.Hewasveryactive in Churchaffairs,wasoneofthefoundersandmost liberalfriendsofCentenaryFemaleCollege.President ClevelandWoolenMill,PresidentHardwickStovoWorks atClevelandandPresidentofC.L.Hardlwick& Son, BankersatDalton,Georgia.HeDiedMarch3,1901. ChildrenofChristopherLafayetteHardwickandwife, IsabelTuckerHardwick,were: 1 FrankTucker.BornMarch23,1852.MarriedCarrie BelleMcCutcheonMarch11,1880.PresidentC.L.Hard wickCompany,Bankers,DaltonGeorgia. 2 JosephHenry.BornFebruary23,1854.Married CookseyA'dellaHarrisNovember16,1875.President HardwickStoveCompany,Cleveland,Tennessee. 3 JohnMillard.BornAugust14,1856.Waskilledin arailroad'accidentwhileonhiswaytoEuropeJuly2,1889. 4 JamesOscar.BornMay3,1859.MarriedIdaRuff February12,1885.BusinessmanatAtlanta,Georgia. 5 GeorgeLee.BornOctober13,1861.MarriedFanii'e McCutcheonJanuary22,1885.PresidentClevelandWoolen Mills.Cleveland.Tennessee. 6 NoraIsabel.BornOctober23,1863.MarriedJohn C.RamseyMarch30,1883.LivesinCleveland,Tennessee. 7 MaggieJulia.BornMay20,1866.MarriedJames L.CaldwellJanuary3,1888.DiedinChattanooga,Ten nessee.September2,1897. 8 FrenchMontgomery.BornSeptember26,1808.and diedMav4,1869. 9 HoustonLafayette.BornMarch29,1870.anddied February28,1899. 10 JuliusHolmes.BornDecember4,1872.Married FierineEstellJonesOctober23,1895,anddiedJanuary 19,1904. 11 FannieLucrelia.HornSeptember30,1875,and elicitfromeffectsofabumJanuary23,1878. 12 AnnaBell.BornJuly16,1878.MarriedReeves BrownOctober15,1903.LivesinMacon,Georgia. FordescendantsofaboveseeHowardFamilyinVol.1 NotableSouthernFamilies. 2 GeorgeHardwick.Born1800.MarriedEllenAn drews1825.Died1867inMissouri. Theirchildrenwere; James.Born1826. GeorgeA.Born1829.

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" HiBardP. Born1833. FiilIonE.P. Born1836. 3 Thomas.MarriedAnnMcFarlane,butoftheirde scendantsI knownothing. 4 James.(Nothingisknownofhimorhisdescend ants). 5 M«ry.MarriedJosephBurnett. 6 Cynthia.MarriedRev.Mr.Pearson. 7 JosephTarply.BornAugust3. 1811.Married RebekahMcFarlane1837anddied1851or1852inBenton County,Arkansas. Theirchildrenwere: Washington.Bora1838. ThomasB. Born1840. Lucy.Born18W. Robert.Born1814. 8William.CharlesBornF. 1847.Born1814.MarriedfirstElizabeth HolmesandsecondAmandaStrongorStroud. CMfldrenbyfirstwife: Mary.Born1837. Sop'hronia.Born1842. !)Rachel.MollieBornHardwick1844.marriedReneFitzpatrickFebruary 5,1798.anddiedinJasperCounty,Georgia. 1 CynthiaHardwickPHzpatrick. 2 NancyFitzpatrick. CynthiaHardwickFitzpatrickwasborn . Mar riedfirstJohnByromMarch9,1815,anddiedDecember l0,1882. Theirsonswere: 1 WilliamHardwickByrom.BornAugust21,1817. MarriedSusanMariaGunn(bornJuneHi,1829).anddied

Angust2 Seymour18.1873.ScoltByrom.BornJanuary15.1819.and diedOctober15.1827. ThechildrenoftheaboveWilliamHardwickByromand SusanMariaGunnwere: 1 JohnSeymourByrom. 2 AdvllaVirginiaByrom. 3 AnneMaudByrom. 4 WilliamFranklinByrom. I JohnSeymourByrom.BornSeptember3, 1849. MarriedMrs.EolineButtsWhite(widowofGoodrich Whilei,May3,1876. 146 HARDWICK

Theirchildrenwere: 1 WilliamHardwickByrum(unmarried). . 2 SevmourDullsHvrom. (li SeymourHulls'Byrom.BornJune26,1880.Mar riedKalitierineRogersiClaytonJanuary29,1901. 1 JohnSeymourByrom,Junior.Born1901. KatherineEolineByrom.Born1903. (2) Adel1aVirginiaBvroun.BornDecember20,1852. MarriedJamesM.DuPreeJuly,1875. Theirchildrenare: 1 Julia. 2 James. 3 Hattie. OfI'heaboveJuliaDupreemarriedLacyBoydand hasonesou.JamesBoyd. 2 JamesDupree,Junior.MarriedIdaClewsandhas JamesDupreethird. 3 Hattie1)u|n"«'e.MarriedNewmanGallaherandhas onedaughter,HarrietGallaher. (3)AnnieMaudByrom.BornFebruary20,1853. MarriedAYillfawnH.ClarkeDecember,1885,anddiedJulv 25,1896. Theirchildrenwere: 1 SusieClarke. 2 HvromClarke. 3 WilliamClarke. 4 PaulineClarke. SusieClarkemarriedJamesChapmanandhasonechild, HenryChapman. ByromClarkemarriedDelphineMarion.Theirchildren are: 1 Louise. 2 Delphine. 3 Marion. WilliamClarkeisunmarried. PaulineClarkemarriedAlverJoinerandhasonechild, PaulineJoiner. (4) WilliamFranklinByrom.BornMay12,1856. (5 JuliaBrooksByrom.BornJuly23.1858.Mar riedDempsyBrownWimberlyOctober27,1875. Theirchildrenare: 1 MaryWimberly. "J BrownWimberly.(Unmarried). MaryWimberlymarriedNorwoodRobsonandhastwo daughters: 147 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

1 JuliaWimberly. 2 Norwood. CynthiaHardwickFitzpatrick(widowofJohnByrom) wasimarried

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(1)JohnS.D.Byrom,Junior.Born1848.Married, first,LenoraSmithin1873and;second,ElizabethSenter in1883. (2) NancyByrom.Born1850.MarriedO.G.Harris 1873. (3)WilliamHenryB.(Doc)Byrom.BornNovember 23,1852.MarriedSudieR.Mayfield1878. Theirchildrenare: 1 NancyByrom.BornJune30,1881. 2 JuliaByrom.BornSeptember27,1883. 3 Alex.MayfieldByrom.BornNovember16,1885. 4 OraByrom.BornNovember1,1887. 5 WilliamClintonByrom.BornJune20,1892. 6 MaudByrom.BornAugust22,1896. (9) Peggy,mentionedinWilliamHardwick'swilland unmarriedin1801-1803.Sheisthoughttohavelatermar riedaVenable. ThetidesofemigrationseemtohavecarriedtheHard- wickssoutih.Thecensusof1790forSouthCarolinagives thefollowing:InCamdenDistrict,ChesterCounty,Hazel HardrichandMosesHardridge.InGeorgetownDistrict, PrinceGeorgeParish,JohnHardwick,AaronHardwick, andSamuelHardwick.InUnionCounty,ThomasHard wick.ThedescendantsofthetwoWilliamHardwicksof GeorgiaarescatteredfromGeorgiatoTexas. Thenamealmostdisappearsfrom'Westmoreland County,Virginia.OnJuly11,1787,AaronHardageinthis countywasgrantedlicensetomarrySallieHarrison,in 1819AaronHardwickboughtofRichardStraugh.On July8,1823,DarnelH.Hardwickwasgrantedlicenseto marryLucySmith.Thewriterisinformed'thatthereis onlyonepersonnowinWestimrlandCountyofthe Hardwickname,andapparentlynoi;einStafford.Prince William,andFauquierCounties.

HAYWOOD

JohnHaywood,thefounderoftheHaywoodfamilyin NorthCarolina,wisborninChristChurchParish,near St.Michael's,intheIslandofBarbadoes.Hewastheson ofSirJohnHaywood,a youngerbrotherofSirHenry Haywood,a KnightandmagistrateinEnglandandhe musthavebeenamanofsomenote,asEvelyninhis Memoirsspeaksofhavingmethimatcourt,notinghis "arrogantmanner". JohnHaywiMidsettledin 1730at.themouthofthe Coneeanarie,inHalifaxwhichwasthenapartofEdge- comb,NorthiCarolina.Hewasa manofimportanceia thesettlementandwasmadetreasurerofithenorthern countiesoftheProvincein1752.Heheldthisofficeuntil hisdeathin1758. JohnHaywoodmarriedMaryLovett.Theirseven Childrenwere: (I)WilliauuHenryHaywood (II)SherwoodHaywood (III)MaryHaywood (IV)ElizabethHaywood (V)DeborahHaywood (VI)EgbertHaywood (VIIJohnHaywood'.Second. I WILLIAMHAYWOOD WilliamHenryHaywood,sonofJohnHaywood,the emigrantandhiswifeMaryLovettHaywood,wasborn about1735.HewasamemberofHheCommitteeofsafely fortheHalifaxDistrict,1775;amemberoftheProvincial CongressatHalifaxinApril1770;alsoamemberofthe samebodyatthesameplaceinNovember1776;andwas oneoftheCommitteetoformtheStateConstitutionand

151 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES wasappointedamemberofHieCouncilofSlate.Helived inEdgecombCounty,NorthCarolina.HemarriedCharity Hare,presumablyabout1755.Theyhadtenchildren: (1) JemimaHaywood (2)JohnHaywood (3) AnnHaywood (4) CharityHaywood (5) MaryHaywood (6) SherwoodHaywood (7) ElizabethHaywood (8) WilliamHenryHaywood,Second (9) StephenHaywood (10)ElizabethHaywood Of'theforegoing: (1)JemimaHaywood,daughterofWilliamHenryHay woodandhiswifeCharilyHareHaywood,marriedJohn WhitfieldofLenoir.Shediedin1837.Herchildrenwere (a)WilliamHaywoodWhitfield(whomarriedtwiceand leftsevenchildren) : (b)ConstantineWhitfield(wholeft fivechildren); (c)SherwoodWhitfield(whodiedunmar ried); (d)JohnWalterWhitfield(wholeftthreechildren); (e)JemimaWhi'Ifield(whomarriedfirst Middleton, andsecond, Williamsandleftsixchildren);(f) MaryftuffinWhitfield;(g)KeziahArabellaWhitfield(who leftthreechildren);(h)RachelDanielWhitfield(who marriedJohnJonesandhadfivechildren);(i'iGeorge WashingtonWhitfield. (2)JohnHaywood,sonofColonelWilliamHenryHay woodandhiswifeCharityHareHaywoodwasstateTreas urerofNorthCarolinaforfortyyears.Hemarriedtwice, first,SarahLeigh,andsecondElizaWilliams,daughterof JohnPughWilliams.Hehadsixchildren:(a)JohnHay wood(whodiedunmarried); (b)GeorgeWashington Haywood(whodiedunmarried); (c)ThomasBurgesHay wood(whod'iedunmarried):(d)Dr.FabiusJuliusHay wood(whomarriedMarthaWhitakerandhadfourchil dren,FabiusJuliusHaywood,second,JohnPughHay wood,JosephHaywood,andMaryHaywoodwhomarried JudgeDanielG.Fowler);(e)FrancesAnnHaywood(who diedunmarried);(f)EdmundBurkeHaywood(whomar riedLucyWilliamsandhadsevenchildren: Edmund BurkeHaywood,second,AlfredHaywood.Dr.HubertHay wood.ErnestHaywood,EdgarHaywood.JohnHaywood andElizaHaywood,whomarriedPrestonBridgei's.

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(3)AnnHaywood,daughterofColonelWilliamHenry Haywoodandwife,CharityHaywood,wasbornin1760 anddiedin1842.ShemarriedDr.RobertWilliams,a surgeonintheContinentalArmyandlhadtwochildren: (a)ElizaWilliams(whomarriedReverendJohnSingle tonandhadthreesons,ColonelGeorgeB.Singledonwho waskilledinbattle.ColonelRichardSingletonandColonel ThomasSingleton); (b)Dr.RobertWilliams,second(who marriedandleftchildren). (4)CharityHaywood,daughterofColonelWilliam HenryHaywoodandhiswifeCharityHareHaywood,mar riedColonelLawrenceofAlabama,andleftthreechildren. (5)MaryHaywood,daughterofColonelWilliamHenry HaywoodandhiswifeCharilyHareHaywood,married EthelredRufflinandhadtwochildren:(a)SarahRuffin (whomarriedlDr.HenryHaywood;(b)HenryG.Ruffin (whomarried Tartandhadtwosons,Colonel SamuelRulTinandColonelThomasRuffin(whowas.killed attheBattleofHamiltonCrossinginVirginia). (6)SherwoodHaywood,sonofColonelWilliamHenry HaywoodandhiswifeCharityHareHaywood,wasborn in1782.Hediedin1829.HemarriedEleanorHawkins (whowvisborn1776,died1855).Theyhadninechildren: (aiAnnHaywood(whomarriedWilliamA.Blount,and hadchildren,MajorWilliamA.Blount,second,ofRaleigh, andAnnBlount,whomarriedGeneralL.O'BryanBranch andhadSusanO'BryanBranch,marriedRobert!H.Jones, WilliamA. Branch;andAnnBranch,married ArmisiteadJones;andJosephineBranch,whomarriedKerr CraigoofSalisbury); (b)SarahHaywood(whomarried twice,firstJohnGrayBlountandsecondGavinHogg, leavingnochildrenbyeitherhusband); (c)DeliaHaywood (whomarriedtwice,firstGeneralWilliamWilliamsand secondGeorgeE.Badger.Hersonbyherfirstmarriage wasColonelJosephJohnWilliamsofTallahassee,Florida. Byhersecondmarriageshehadsevenchildren,namely: MaryBadger,marriedP.M.Hale,GeorgeBadger,second, MajorRichardCogdellBadger,ThomasBadger,Sherwood Badger,EdwardStanleyBadger,andAnnBadger,who marriedtwice,first Bryanandsecond,ColonelPaul Eaison): (d)Dr.RufusHaywood(whodiedunmarried); "(e)LucyHaywood(WhomarriedJohnS.Bryanandhad fourchildren,namely:A daughterwhomarriedBail Manly,a daughterwhomarriedThomasBadger,a daughterwhomarriedWilliamH.YoungandJohnS.

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Bryan,second,);(f)FrancisP.Haywood(whomarried twice,firstAnnFarellandsecondMrs.MarthaJoyner Austin,daughterofColonelAndrewJoynerofHalifax;(g) RobertW.Haywood(whomarriedMaryWhiteandleft onechild',MaryHaywood); (h)MariaT.Haywood(who nevermarried); (i)Dr.RichardB.Haywood(whomar- riedJuliaHicksandhadeightChildren,namely:Sher woodHaywood,GrahamHaywood.EffiieHaywood(who marriedColonelCarlA.Woodruff,U.S.A.).LaviniaHay wood,HowardHaywood,MarshallHaywood,EleanorHay woodandMarianHaywood). ThenextchildinthisliStlasgivenbyWheeler'sRemi niscenceisElizabethHaywood(seventhchildofWilliam HenryHaywoodandhiswifeCharityHareHaywood). HoweverthetenithchildisalsogivenasElizabethHaywood andasmarriedtoGovernorEdwardB.Dudley,thereis 'manifestlyanerror.I concludethattheerrorisinthe naimeofthisdaughterwhomarriedHenryIrwinToole,as GovernorEdwardB.DudleyisclearlygivenintheDudley recordasmarriedto ElizabethHaywood.Howeverthe recordasgiveninWheeler'sReminiscencesis: (7)ElizabethHaywood,daughterofColonelWilham HenryHaywoodandhiswifeCharityHareHaywood,was born1759.Shedied1832.ShemarriedHenryIrwinToole. First,ofEdgecomb,whowasbornin1750anddiedin1791. Theyhadthreechildren,(a)HenryIrwinToole,Second born1768,died1816(whomarriedAnnBlount,daughter ofGovernorWilliamBlountofTennesseeandlefi'.wo Children,namelyHenryIrwinToole.Third,bora1810,died 1850,marriedMargaretTelfairandMaryElizaToole,born 1812,marriedDr.JosephJ.LawrenceofTarboro,North Carolina); (b)ArabellaTook'(whomarriedJaunesWest Clarke)and(c)MaryToole(whomarriedTheophilusPar ker,born1775.died1849.atTarboro.Theyhadsixchil dren,namely:ReverendJohnHaywoodParker,born1815, died1858,(iitherineC.Parker,bom1817,marriedtwice, firstfJohnHargraveandseondReverendRobertB.Draue; ElizabethT.Parker,born1820.ReverendJosephBlount iJhesihire;MaryW.Parker,born1822,marriedtwice,first FrankHargraveandmarriedsecond,GovernorHenryT. Clark;ColonelFrancisM.Parker,andArabellaC.Parker. (8)WilliamHemyHaywood,Second,sonofColonel WilliamHenryHaywoodandhiswifeCharityHareHay woodwasborn1770;hedied1857.He'marriedAnne Sheperdandhadthreechildren:(1)WilliamHenryHay

154 HAYWOOD wood,Third,born1810.HewasUnitedStatesSenatorfrom NorthCarolina.HemarriedJaneGrahamandhadnine children,namely:WilliamHenryHaywood,Fourth,(who waskilledintheBattleof theWilderness); Duncan CameronHaywood(whowaskilledaittheBattleofCold Harbor),EdwardG.Haywood,MinervaHaywood(who married Baker),JaneHaywood(whomarriedSion H.Rogers'),AnnHaywoodi'whomarriedSamuelRiggin), MargaretHaywood(whomarried—Cameron),Ger trudeHaywood(whomarriedGeorgeTrapier).andEliza bethHaywoodwhodiedunmarried); (2)CharityHaywjod marriedGovernorCharlesManlyandhadeightchildren, namely:ColonelJohnH.Manly(whomarriedCaroline Henry.)LangdonC.Manly,CoraManly(whomarried ColonelGeorgeB.Sing'Mary),HelenManly(whomarried JohnGrimes).JuliaManly(whomarriedColonel— McDowell(whowaskilledinTheWarBetweentheStates), SophiaManly(whomarried Harding).IdaManly (whomarriedDr.JosephBakerofTarboro).andBasil Manly,CommanderofManly'sBatteryintheWarBetween theStates,whomarriedLucyBrvan. (9)StephenHaywood,born1772.died1824.sonofWil liamHenryHaywoodandhiswifeCharityHareHaywood marriedtwice,first Lane,bywhomhehad'twosons, Dr.JohnLeighHaywoodandBenjaminFranklinHaywood, andmannedsecond.DeMaHawkinsbywhomhehadfive children,namely:WilliamDallasHaywood(whomarried MaryCannon),MargaretCravenHaywood(whomarried GeorgeLitrie); LucindaHaywood(whomarried Sasser).SarahHaywood,andPhilemomH.Haywoodof theUnitedStatesNavy. (10ElizabethHaywoodisgiveninWheeler'sReminis cence,fromwhichmostof'thisdatawasobtained,asthe tenthchildofWilliamHenryHaywood.First,andhiswife CharityHaywood.Astheseventhchildisalsolistedas ElizabethandisgivenasmarriedtoHenrylIrwinToole, thereismanifestlyanerror.Howevertherecordasitap pearsinWheeleris:ElizabethHaywood(tenthchild) marriedGovernorEdwardB.Dudley.Theyhadsixchil dren,namely:EdwardB.Dudley.Second,WilliamHeiv.y Dudley(whomarried" Baker),ChristopherDudby, ElizaAnnDudley(whomarried Purnell),Jane Dudley(whomarried Johnson),andMargaretDud ley(whomarriedColonelMcllhenny). InanaccountoftheDudleyFamily,alsoinWheelar,

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GovernorEdwardB.Dudleyisclearlygivenasmarriedto ElizabethHaywood.MisthereforeprobablethattheEliza bethHaywoodwhoisgivenastheseventhchildandmar riedtoHenryIrwinTooleisanerror. IISHERWOODHAYWOOD ITSherwoodHaywood,sonofJohnHaywoodofCone- oanarieandhiswifeMaryLovattHaywood,marriedHan nahGrayandhad'oneson,AdamJohnHaywood(who marriedhiscousinSarahHaywood,daughterofEgbert HaywoodandhiswifeSarahWareHaywood).Theyhad onedaughter,MargaretHaywood( died1874),whowas thewifeofLouisD.Henry,born1788,died1840,andhad onedaughter,VirginiaHenry(whomarriedColonelDun canK.McRea); CarolineHenry(whomarriedColonelJohn H.Manly);AugustaHenrywhoimarriedR.P.Waring); MargaretHenry(whomarriedEdwardG.Haywood); Mary Henry(whomarriedMathewP.Taylor); MalvinaHenry (whomarriedDouglassBell),and'LouisD.Henry,second, (WhomarriedVirginiaMnssenburg). IIlMARYHAYWOOD IIIMaryHaywood,thirdchildofJohnHaywoodof ConecanarieandhiswifeMaryLovettHaywood),married theReverendThomasBurgessin1761.Theirson,Lovett Burgess,marriedtwice,first.PriscillaMonniieandsecond, Mrs.Black.Bythelastmarriagehehadfivechildren, namely:MaryBurgess(whomarried Alston,1824), ElizabethBurgess(whomarried AlstonofBedford' County,NorthCarolina1812).MelissaBurgess(whomar riedGeneralWilliamWilliams,whosedaughterMelissa WilliamsmarriedColonelJosephJohnLong,andtheir daughterEllenLongmarriedGeneralJuniusDanielwho waskilledatChancellorsviHe), JohnBurford(whomarried MarthaAlston),andThomasBurgess(whowasalawyer ofHalifaxandleftnochildren). IVELIZABETHHAYWOOD IVElizabethHaywood,daughterofJohnHaywoodof ConecanarieandhiswifeMaryLovettHaywood,married JesseHareanddiedin1774.Shehadtwochildren, namely:AnnHare(whomarriedIsaacCroom;theirson IsaacCroom,second,marredSarahPierson),andMary Hare(whomarriedtwice,firstRichardCroomandsecond, —Hicks).

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VDEBORAHHAYWOOD

VDEBORAHHAYWOOD,daughterofJohnHaywood ofConecanarieandhiswifeMaryLovettHaywood,mar riedJohnHardy,buitleftnochildren.

VIEGBERTHAYWOOD VI.Egbert,thesixthchildofJohnHaywood,ofConeca- naire,andhiswifeMaryLovettHaywood,marriedSarah Ware.Hediedin1801.Theyihadfivechildren,namely: (a)Sarah;(b)John;(c)Henry;(d)Mary,and(e)Be4sy, orasvariouslygiven,Elizabeth. (a)Sarahmarriedhercousin,AdarniJohnHaywood. (b)JohnHaywood,secondchildandfirstsonofEgbert Haywoodandhiswife,SarahWare,isofespecialinterest becausehebecameafamousJudgeinNorthCarolinaand agreathistorian.Haywood'sHistoryofTennesseeisone ofthe'mostimportanitvolumesinTennesseeandSouthern history.JudgeJohnHaywoodisancestoroftheTennessee familyofthename,mosi!ofwhomresideinWestTen nessee. JudgeJohnHaywoodmarriedMarthaEdwards,andthey had,amongotherchildren,GeorgeW.Haywood(whomar riedSallieDabneyandwhosedescendantsareinGiles County,Tennessee,oneofwhombearsthefamilyname EgbertHaywood(whomarriedSusanCannonGlasgow, andhasdrscendentsinBrownsville,Tennessee). (c) HenryHaywood,a physician,marriedSarah Ruffin. (d)MaryHaywoodmarriedalawyerwhosenameis givenononepageofWheeler'sReminiscencesasCaptain RobertBellandon anotherCaptainWilliamBell. (As theirfirstsouwasnamedWilliamHay woodBellandastheyhadnosonRobert,itisprobable thathewasnamedWilliamHell).CaptainBelldiedleaving a largefamilyofsmallchildren.Theirmother'ssisiter, BetsyorElizabeth,wasmarriedtoColonelWilliamShep- perd.ColonelandMrs.ShepperdlooktheorphanedBells intotheirfamily,adoptedthemandraisedthemtouseful lives.MargaretBell,thefirstchild,marriedfirsil Duffie,aneminentlawyerofNorthCarolina,married

157 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES second,Dr. Ruchanon,ofSt.Stephens,Alabama, andmarriedthird,AdlaiOshorne.leavingbyhimoneson, EgbertOsborne,whomarriedMargaretStrudwick,aniece ofColonelShepperd(daughterofMarthaShepperd,and MajorWilliamF.Strudvvick,ofHLllsboro,NorthCarolma;.

WilliamHaywoodBellenteredtheUnitedStatesArmy androsetoaCaptain'sconunission.WhileasecondL'eu- tenantheinventedacontrivanceforturningheavyordi nancewithrapidity.ForthisinventiontheGovernment votedhimanappropriationof$25,000,whichmoneyhe investedinSt.Louisrealestate.Thecitygrewrapidlyand CaptainHellbecameimmenselywealthy.Whenaboutto die,shortly'afterthecloseoftheWarBetweentheStates, hewilledalargeshareofbispropertytothedescendantsof his"benefactor,"ColonelWilMamShepperd,ofOrange County,NorthCarolina.HenryHaywoodBellbecamean admiralintheUnitedStalesNavy.JohnBellbecamea CaptainintheUnited;StaitesNavy.Elizabeth.1.Bellmar riedThomasAshe,grandsonofGovernorAshe,andthe otherdaughter.Bell,marriedDr. Howell,of WestTennessee. (e)BcitsyHaywood,orElizabethassometimesgiven, marriedColonelWilliamSheplx'rd.(This'couplegener ouslyadoptedI heirsister'schildrenandraisedthem,as notedinforegoingparagraph). ColonelandMrs.William Shepperdhadeightchildren,namely: (1)Sarah;(2)Betsy; (3'Susan;(4)Mary;(5)Margaret;(6)William;(7) Egbert;(8)Henry.(1)SarahmarriedHonorableWilliam B.Grove,ofFayeltesville,a memberofCongress(1791- 1802);theybada son,David,whomarriedSusanAshe; (2)Betsy,namedfortiermother,marriedColonelSamuel Ashe,born1763anddiedin1835.(TheyhadchildrenBetsy Ashe,whomarriedOwenHolmes;MaryPorterAshe,who married)Dr.S.G.Moses,ofSt.Louis;JohnB.Ashe,member ofCongressfromTennessee,whomarriedbiscousin,Eliza Hay,andmovedtoTexas:WilliamS.Ashe,whomarried SarahAnnGreen;ThomasAshe,whomarriedRosaHill; RichardPorterAshe,ofSanFrancisco,whomarriedLina Loyal;SusanAshe,whomarriedtiercousin.DavidGrove, andSara'hAsihewhomarriedJudgeSamuelHall,of Georgia.(3)SusanShepperdmarriedDavidHay.(Their child.ElizaHay.marriedHonorableJ.H.Ashe.*asabove

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noted.(4)MaryShepperdmarriedSamuelP.Ashe,of Halifax,NorthCarolina.(5)MargaretShepperdmarried Dr.JohnRogers.(0.7..S)William,EgbertandHenryShep perdprobablydiedunmarried.Wheelersaysthatanother daughterofthisfamily"married:i Mr.Johnstonandmoved toTennessee".Thismayrefertoasecondmarriageofone ofthedaughters. VIIJOHNHAYWOOD,SRCOND MIJohnHaywood,second,sonofJohnHaywoodof ConecanarieandhiswileMaryLovett,diedunmarried.

HOLLIDAY

HALLIDAY

ArmsweregrantedtoWalterHallidayin1470byEd wardIV.,andconfirmedtohisdescendantSirLeonard HallidaywhowasLordMayorofLondon1640. 1 WalterHalliday,MasteroftheRevelstoEdward IV.,hadamongothersa son,Henry,whomarriedMiss PayneofPaynesCourt,andwassealedatMinchinHamp ton. 2 Theirson,WilliamHalliday,marriedSarahBridges, AunttoLordChandas. 3 Theirson,SirLeonardHalliday,married'Ann,daugh terandheiressofWilliamDineatorDinhold,ofLaug- ham,Suffolk,widowofHenry,EarlofLancaster. 4 Theirson,John,seatedat Frome,married'Alice, daughterofAldermanFerravs. 5 Theirson,Thomas,settledinVirginia,marriedthe wiiduwofCol.JohnHinton. Vol.IIColonialFamiliesinU.S.byGeorgeN.Mc- Kenzie,says: "ThomasHalliday,(sonofJohnofFrome,England), waslivinginJamestownin1660,andhadelevenchildren. ButonlyiIwoarementionedintherecordaitWilliamsburg, ThomastheancestoroftheMarylandfamilyandJohn Marshall,ancestoroftheVirginiafamily. ThomasHallidayofJamestown(JamesCityCo.) patented'landinIsleofWightCounty. AnithonyHallidayofIsleofWightCounty,wasason ofThomasofJamesii'own,andmentionshlisbrother,Mar shall,inhiswill,"Landspurchasedfromhisin1717". ThethreesonsofThomasHalliday,1.,(sonofJohnof Frame,England),andthefirstofthenameinVirginia, were. A. Thomas,2.,died1703,marriedMissTrueman,set

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tiedinPrinceGeorgeCounty,Md. B. Anthony,2..willdatedJanuary1818,marriedprior to1671,thewidowofJohnBrewer,ofIsleofWightCounty. C. JohnMarshall,whosettledinSpotsylvaniaCounty, Virginia,diedin1742. TheHallidaysgavelthelandonwhicholdSt.John's Churchisbuilt.'ThevestrybookisextantinSuffolknow beginsin1749,andHieHa1liday"sfromfathertosonwer$ vestry-menandwardrns. HOLLIDAY Thomas2.,Thomas1.ofVirginia,(JohnofEngland), SettledinPrinceGeorgeCounty,Maryland.1703.married MissTruemanofEngland.Hailsons. 1 JamesHallidayofReadbourne,QueenAnneCol. Maryland. 2 Col.LeonardHollidayofBrookfield,PrinceGeorge County,Maryland.Norecord. Hon.JamesHallidayofReadbourne,boraJune18,1696, died1747,marriedMay3,1720.Mrs.Sarah*Covington Lloyd(widow)andhad': 1 JamesHalliday.eminentlawyerandcolonialstates man. 2 Henry,bornMarch9,1725.diedNovember11.1789s 3 Sarah. 4 Talbot,marriedDecember9, 1749,AnnaMaria RobinsofPeachBlossom,had: 1 HenriettaMaria. 2 Sarah. 3 AnnaMaria,bornDecember9,1756. 4 James(below). 5 Thomas. 6 Rebecca. 7 Elizabeth. 8 Henry. 9 Margaret. PrinceGeorgoCounty,Maryland,Census,1776. JamesHolliday35years,wifeElizabeth25years. William1 year. Elizabeth8years. Mary7years. HOLLIDAY Anthony2,(Thomas1. JohnofEngland). SettledinIsleofWightCounty.Virginia,marriedprior to1671.thewidowofJohnBrewerofsameCounty.An

162 HOLLIDAY thonywasBurgessofIsleofWightin1690,andother years.WasoneoftheJusticesandaccordingtotherecords, wasalawyer. Hiswillisdated1717,proved'January1718.hischil drenwere: 1 Jonas,willdatedJuly4,1713-14,died1717,married Hannah. 2 Joseph,born1669,(probablytheoldest),diedabout 1712-13,marriedCharity;had,1. John,2. Anthony,3. Lemuel,'mentionedinthewillofJonas^Anthony,Jonas, SarahandMary.4.Brewerhaddaughters,oneElizabeth. 3 Lemaiel,norecord. 4 Brewer,norecord. 5 Sarah,norecord. 6 Mary,norecord. 7 Anthony,norecord. Anthony4 (Joseph3,Anthony2.Thomas,)calledAn thonyII.marriedElizabethGodwin,andtheirchildren were: 1 Charity,whomarriedJonathanGodwin. 2 Mary,whomarriedJeremiahGodwin. 3 Thomas,whomarriedMaryBrewer. ThechildrenofThomasHol'lidayandMaryBrewer were: 1 Elizabeth,whomarriedJositthGodwin. 2 Brewer,marrieidbutnosons. 3 Andrew,lefthomeafterquarrelingwithhisfather. 4 CaptainJoseph,born1736,died1814.servedin Revolutionarywar,marriedPatienceGodwin,hada son, James,whomarriedAnnaGrayGodwin. JosephHollidayservedas Lieutenantin Captain NathanielFox'sCompany,6thVirginiaRegiment,bornin NausemondCounty. Jonas3.(Anthony2,Thomas1. (1stinVirginia.)Was burgessforNorfolkCountv,isstyledasJonasHalliday Gent.WilldatedJuly4.1713-14.Leftnochildren.Men tionshisbrothersandsisters.WifeHannahwasE.Upon deathofhissister-in-law.ClarityHalloday,wifeofhis brother,Joseph,latelydin'eased,heleavesI heproperty givenhertohisson.John,atdeath.Elsewhereinthe will,hecallsmisJohnan'dhisbrotherAnthonyhisCous ins,sonsofhisbrotherJoseph,latelydeceased. ThefirstmentionofJonasinNorfolkCounty,records isin1705,whenasjusticeIn'ispresentatthetermofcount. Hehada patentoflandin1711.Wife,Hannah,maiden

H53 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES nameprobablyHalliday.asincourtrecordssheisstyled' Mrs.HannahHolliday,Holliday. JonasHollidayreceived93acresinNorfolkCounty,for' transportingRobertSluardandHannahHollidayinto theColony,April27,1711. WasSheriffofNorfolkCounty,1713-14-18. WilliamHolliday,broltherofJohnMarshall.Thomas andAnthony,St.George'sParish,diedDecember4,1744. WillprovedMay0,1746,Ex-sonsCharlesandRobert,Leg. WifeAnne,sonsJohn.Charles,Georgeand'Robert. Daughter,Elizabeth,wifeofThomasDillard;daughter. Ann,wifeofJohnRobinson;grandsonofJohnRobinson; grandsonWilliamHolliday,andofRobert;grandsonWil liamHolliday,sonofJohn. (Query). CouldaboveJohnbeoneWhomarriedElizabethLong anddied1762,andhadason,William,born1751,who marriedCatherineHutton,andhadRobed,Thomas,Louise,. HarrieitandMary. SecondGeneration Elizabeth2.daughterofWilliam1st,(whodied1744), wifeofThomasDillard.HediedOctober23,1774,will provedDecember15,1784,Ex.wifeSarah,sonJohnDil lardandElishaDesmukes. Myfirsitwife'schildren,Joseph,John,William,James. ThomasDillard,AnnPefeis,JaneDevaU,Lucy.Han nahDillardi,Mywife'schildren,Richard,Fieldingand Mary. NOTE.Allpagereferencesinfollowingrecordsare toCrozier'sSpotsylvaniaCountyReords,unlessotherwse stated. JOHNMARSHALLHOLLODAY,IIOFVIRGINIA CaptainJohnHolloday,II,(ThomasI),CaptainofVir giniaRangersofSpotsylvania'County,Virginiawherehe waslocatedin1702.LivedonEastCreekinSouthwestpart ofCountywhereheis buried.HomecalledBellefonte, fromspringsnearby.AnactofVirginiaAssembledordered courttobebeldlinthehomeof/JohnHollodayuntilcourt housecouldbecomplelted. SessionwasheldinCaptainJohn'sson'shouse,John junior,April7Kh,1779.AlwayscalledJohnHolloday Gent.WifeAnneLewis(orElizabeth).Findhimaswit nesstomanywillsanddeedsinSpotsylvaniaCounty. HediedNovember4th,1742.Willproved'atSt.Georges.

164 HOLLIDAY , Parish,KingWilliamCounty,December7th,1742.Witness JohnWaller,JohnWaller,juniorandThomasCartwright. Ex.sonsJosephandBenjaminandson-in-lawThomasPul liam. 1 GivessonWilliam200acresofland. 2 GivessonJohn250acresofland. 3 GivessonDaniel200acresofland. 4 GivessonJoseph300acresofland. 5 GivessonBenjamin300acresofland. 6 GivesdaughterElizabeth300acresofland'.(Wifeof PattusonPulliam). 7 GivesdaughterWinifred300acresofland.(Wifeof ThomasPulliam). 8 GivesdaughterSarah300acresofland.(Wifeof JamesRollins). 9 GivesdaughterSusanna200acresofland. October7th,1735,JohnHollowayGentofSpts.County, loThomasPulliam,Plant,ofsameCounty,200acresin 'Spts.Courily. November6th.1739,ThomasSertainofSt.GeorgePar ish,Spts.CountytoJohnHolloday,senior,ofsaidParish, 25pds.curr.and200acres,tec. JohnHollodayreceived400acresofland.Movedfrom lowerVirginiaonPamuskyR.toSpotsylvaniaCountyten milesaboveN.Walesin1711.Hiswife,Elizabethreceived 400acresin1724inSt.GeorgeParish. NOTE Hayden,p.358. "CountmetatthehouseofJohnHolliday, junior,on Wednesday,April7tfh,1779,asJohnthefirst(Captain John)wasthendead,andJohnIt.whodiedJune1780was thenJohnHolliday,senior,theJohninquestionwasason, ifnotanephewofJOhnII." ThirdGeneration 1 WilliamHolliday,III,(JohnII,ThomasI,)mention edfirsit:inwill.Bornabout1720.Norecordbutdeeddated August2nd,1743(p.163,)St.GeorgeParsh."William HollodayandJudey,hiswife,toJohnHiolloday,ofsame Parish,30pds.curr.and200acresoflandinsaidCounty, part,ofpatentgrantedThomasSertainMay6th,1727,and byhimconveyedtoJohnHollodayGent,deed'fatherof saidWilliam. Deedp.149,November6th,1739,ThomasSerttainofSt.

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GeorgeParish,Spts.County,toJohnHolloday,senior,of saidParishandComity25pete,ofcurr.and200acres,with plantation,saidSertainnowliveson,ankfpartofpatent grantedsaidSertaiin.May6th,1727.Wit.JosephThomas, DanielHollodayandElizabelthHolloday. ThirdGeneration 2 JohnHolloday3,(John2,Sr.Gent.Thomas1.)was hornabout1728. HiswillinSpotsylvaniaCountyprovedApril8th,1781. Ex.bonddated!November15th,1781.Ex.bros.Joseph andBenjamin,wife,Tabiltha2ndwife),sunsWilliamand Benjamin,daughters,Lucy,AnnaandElizabeth.Men tionsfourchildrenofElizabeth,wifeofJohnPenn,also sonJohnbyfirstwife,ElizabethRawlings(Daughterof JamesRawlings,whodied1757). DeedJanuarylQUh,1749 "JohnHollodayofSt.GeorgeParishandElizabeth,his wife,toThomasMcGee,etc." DeedAugustl6tih,1770. "JohnHollodayandElizabeth,hiswife,ofSpts.County totheirson,JohnHolloday,junior,Deedofgift". DeedNovember21st,1771. '"JohnHolloday,senior,andElizabeth,hiswife,"and againin1776,(Allchildrenmusthavebeenbvfirstwife.) Then,in1777,December13ih,(p.336)wefind"Tabitha Gatewood,widow,andJohnHolloday,widower,toWil liamGolsonintrust,foruseoftheGatewoodandHolloday etc. TabithaGatewood,widowofHenryGatewood,wasthe daughterofJosephandSusannahCollins.HediedAugust 1759.WilldatedNovember1st,1757. HenryGatewooddiedJanuary2Sth,1777.Sons,Rich ard.Dudley,Henry,WilliamandAnne,hiswife,Peterand Larkin.Daughters.KeziahSandridgeandDorothvFoster. Deed(p.348)September10th,1779. JohnHolloddayandTabitha,hiswife,ofSpts.County, toJamesTate,etc.Witness,JohnHolloday,junior. FourthGeneration ThechildrenofElizabethandJosephPennwerePhillip, Moses.Thomas.Catherine.Maryand'Francis.

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"Childrenof.saidJoseph,wifeElizabethPenn.Estate pirtintrustSeptember19th,1763. JohnIII.ornowJohnjunior,appearsindeodof1771, withMildred,hiswife,ofBerkleyParish. Johnjunior,diedJune17th,1781,twomonthsafterhis falther. DeedJune28th,1783. "Benj.JohnsontoMildredHolloday,wi'dbwandex.of JohnHolloday". MildredHollodav.marriedAbramSimons.Seedeed p.482. ^ChildrenofJohnaud'MildredHolloday,February6th, 1786-7.AhraimSimons,Guard,toSally,Benj.andPeggy Holloday.orphansofJohnHolloday. 1795,JohnWoodGuard,toPollyHolliday,VincentVass Guard.toJohnHolliday;orphansofJohnHolloday. DeedApril1st,1788,p.415. Agatha,WifeofBenj.Weeks. Elizabeth,wifeofJohnWood. Ann(or.NancywifeofNorcutSlaven. Sarah,singleatthetimeofdeed.LaitermarriedMr. Freeman. Alltheseindeed'wenttoWilkesCounty,Georgia. DeedFebnuary7th,1786. "OwenThomasHolloday,'orphan,sonofJohnHolliday, ego16'years13thofSeptemberlast(born1769),appren tice,etc'. MildredHolloday,wifeofJohnHolloday,junior,wasthe widowofOwenThomas.November14th,1768,p.265, MildredThomas,ofSpts.Countytohertwochildren,James andAgnes,wifeofThomasMerry,etc.Deedofgift,right ortitleshemay'haveunderwillofherhusband,Owen Thomas,deceased".Witness,i).Thomas,JohnHolloday, junior. DeedApril17th.1772.p.76. "JohnHollodayGuard,to Robert,JamesandSally Thivmas.orphanswfOwenThomas,withBenj.Holloday andJosephHolloday". JohnHolloday,junior,musthavehadtwowives.If MildredwasstillMildredThomasin17ii8(timeofdeedto herchildren),thenOwenThomasHollodaywasheroldest child(born1709)byJohnHolloday. Thefourdaughterswhoweremarriedattimeofdeed

167 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES 1788,Agatha,Elizabeth,AnnandSarahmusthavebeen childrenoffirstwife.Althoughnotrackofheristob" foundindeedorCountyrecords. ThirdGeneration 3 .IosephHolloday(thirdsonofJohnII,senior,Gent. Thomas1)born1726.MarriedElizabethLewis(daugh terofHenryLewis),about1747-8.HediedSeptember 23rd,1785.(HaydensaysJuly24th,1795. Ex.BonddaltedSeptember1st,1795.p.51Crozier). Ex.sonsLewis,JamesJoseph,Benj.StephenJohn, "WilliamandThomas. Daughters,Jemima,BettyandWinifred'. Codicildialed,July17t(h,1795,mentionssons.Stephen, John,LewisandThomas,anddaughters,Jemima,Bettyand Winifred. DeedJuly1st,174ii,JosephHollodayofSpts.Countyto ZacharyLewis,ofsame parioflandsdevised saidJosephbylastwillandtestamentofhisfather.John Holloday,deceased. DeedOctober7th,1765,JosephHollodayofSps.County andElizabeth,hiswife,toBenj.Lewis,ofsaid!County,etc. paiUoftractdevisedsaidJosephbyhisfather,JohnHollo day,deceased. JosephHollodayserveddn;theRevolution,Ensign,Feb ruary16th,1776,2nd,Lieut.September11th,1776,1st, Lieut.March1st,1777Promote'dtoCaptainContinental line,1780.WasinBattlesofGuilford,CamdenandYork- town.EnlistedunderCaptainNat.FoxandColStubble- fieid(Crozierp.234). JosephandElizabethLewisHollodayhadelevenchild ren. FourthGeneration 1 John,bornSeptember1749,Spts.County.DiedMay 21st,1819.Killedbyhogsheadoftobaccorollingdownhill onhim.Served'in theRevolutionaryWarinCaptain ThomasMinor"sSpts.Troops,1780.MannedMartha Winston.Hadson.John. (HavdensayshemovedHoClarkeCounty,Kentucky,in 1795.) 2 Lewis,born1751,died'October20th.1820.married, March15th,1774,Elizabeth(Lewis)Lrttlepage,widowof Col.Jamestittlepage.Hedied1769.Shewasthedaugh terZacharyLewis,andwasbornin1732.LewisHollo daywasOverseerofthepoorinSpts.County,from1783

168 HOLLIDAY to1788.HeservedinHieRevolutionaryWaras2ndLieut, underCaptainThomasMinor,with'hisbrother,John. LivedatBellefonte.Hadissue: 1 Ann.bomApril18th,1775,diedJanuary26th,1846, marriedHughBoggs. 2 Waller,bornAugust17th,1776,diedAugust27th, 1863.marriedSeptember3rd',1793,HuldahFontaineLewis, daughterofCol.ZacharyLewisandwife,AnnOverton Terrill,married1771. 3 MajorJamesWilliam,bornJune19th,1753,died 1823.marriedftrsit1773,MaryAnnLewis;'marriedsecond, Suffier(Sophia).Servedin"theRevolutionaryWaras Ensign1stCon.Reg.ofVirginia,February16th,1776,2nd Lieut.1stCon.Reg.ofVirginia,August10th,1776,2nd, Lieut.1st,Pa.Rog.January1st,1777.Issuebyfirstwife: 1 Lewis,bmrn1775,married',had1st,James,2nd, Lewis,3rd.Polly. 2 William,diedatParkersburg. 3 Mary,born1780.died1839,marriedabout1805,John DeFreesofRockridgo'Go.unity,had: 1st,James,bornNov ember6th,1807,diedApril3rd,1883,marriedSophiaPot ter.2nd,John\V.,bornNovember4th,1890,diedMarch 10th.1882,marriedElizaAnnLindsay.3rd,Isabella, born1810,died1849,marriedJohnEskew.4th,William C.born1812.died1855.marriedKateCampbell. JohnandMaryHollodayDeFreeslivedinRockridge Countyuntil181if,whentheymovedtoOhio,MiamiCoun tyabouttwomilessouthofPiqua.TheparentsofMary HtollodayDeFreescameouttoOhiotoseeher,intendingto stayifiheylikedit. Theystayedoneweek,Ithentheold gentlemanandhiswifestartedbacktoVirginia, 4Mi.Jemia,hornPay29th,marriedIsaacGravesofNew- berne,Nortlharolina,laterOrangeCounty,Virginia.Had Lewis,EdwardandWinifred. 5th,William,barnAugust7th,1756,diedJune29th, 1816,marriedJuly31st.1777,MildredJaneLewis, William,junior,born1778,Nancy,Sallie,Jemimaand James.MovrtftoNicholasCounty,Kentuckyabout1800. William,junior,marriedMargaretHughesandhadeight sons,oneWilliam,horn1800.MarriedPatsyMcKim, youngestchild,Mary,born1844.(Hoydenplaceshisbirth as1765.August7th,deaithApril25th,1816,marriedJuly 31st.1788,tenyearslater.) 6th,Winifred,bornSeptember25Mi,1758.Baptized Sunday,November12th,1758,inNewPamukyChurch.

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7th,Stephen,bornSeptember8th,1760,married1783, AmiHickman,bornCulpepperCounty,1754.Movedto ClarkCounty,Kentucky,in1795.Hadissue: 1st.Elliott,borninKentucky,1786,died1869.married RachelJohnson.2nd.Jemima,born1788,died1812.mar riedElizahHarris.3rd,James,diedunmarried.4th,Joseph, born1791,marriedSarahWoodfolk.5th,Lewis,born1793. 6fch,Elizabeth,born1795,died1833,mannedJohnHuston. 7th,Waller,born1797.married1843,SarahA.Dunahoo, widowofJosephIt.Whittington. 8th,Benjamin,bornJune8th,1703.diedinKentucky, about1825,marriedabout1784,SarahHampton.Had1st, Benjaminjunior,bornJune8th.1786.diedApril1st,1859, movedtoMissouri1817,marriedAugust16th,1823,Eliza Basye.2nd.MaryC,born1785,died1859.marriedAu gustusC.Davis.3rd,Virginia.4th,Stephen. 9Dh,Joseph,junior,born1765,died , married AgnesHolloday,daughterofBenjaminandSusannahHol- loday.Son,JosephIII,born1789,movedtoMissouriin 1817andmarriedNancyMcCune. DeedJanuary26ith,1794,JosephHollodayofSpts.Coun tyandAgnes,hiswife,toRobertHartofsameCounty,129 acres,partoftractlatelybelongingtoBenjaminHolloday, Ideceasedandallotedtosd.Agnesashershareofher father'sland.Wit.LewisHollodav,BenjaminHollodavand H.C.Boggs. 10th,Elizabeth,born1767,diedJune15th.1785. 11th,Thomas,born1769.Norecord.

ThirdGeneration 4 DanielHolloday3rd,(sonofJohn2nd,senior, Thomas1stJ Dedd,June7th,1743,DanielHollodayandAgnes,his wifofSt.GeorgeParish,Spts.County,toThomasPulliam ofsameParish. OnlyrecordofDaniel,Cozier,p.6-149-162. witnesstoadeedforhisfatherin1739.Orozier,p.149. ThirdGeneration 5 BenjaminHolloday3rd;,(sonofJohn2nd.senior, Thomas1st.)Deedp.176. October4th,1747,BenjaminHollodayandSusanna,his wife,(first,)ofSpits.County,toZacharyLewisofsame, 295';2acresinsaidCounty,devisedsaidBenjaminbylastwill

170 HOLLIDAY andtestamentofhisfather,JohnHolloday,deceased,mar ried2nd,Mary,widowofIsaacScott. WillofBenjaminHolloday,p.42.BerkleyParish,SpLs. Qounty,diedMarch18th,1785.Witness,JosephHollo'd'ay, junior,StephenHollodayandWilliamHolloday.Ex.Son- in-Law,JosephPulliam.Leg.mywife(Mary)grandson, BenjaminHolloday(sonofJoseph)anddaughterSusanna Holloday,daughterAgnesHolloday,marriedJosephHollo day,junior,MarthaHolloday,daughterMaryHolloday, marriedAustinSandridge,daughterNancyHolloday,imar ried!JohnRawlings,daughterElizabethHolloday,married JosephPulliam.

"November19th,1778,BenjaminHollodayandMary, hliswife,''Sons,Josephand;Benjamin,notmentionedin will. Childrenbyfirsitwife:1st,Elizabeth,wifeofJoseph Pulliam.2nd,Joseph,born1747,died1783,married1780, Mrs.FannieJohnson,had,1st,Benjamin,bom1781.2nd, Fanny,born1783.3rd,Susanna.4Jtih.Agnes,born1750, died'1792,marriedJosephHolliday,junior.5th,Sarah, born1752,diedI8U<).iMb,Mary,born1756.7th,Martha, born1757.8th.Benjamin,born1758. Bysecondwife.!Hh,Mary,burn1760.died1830,married AustinSandridge.10th,Nancy,born1762.died1800, marriedJohnRawlings. FifthGeneration ChildrenofNancyHollodayandJohnRawlings:1st, ThomasRawlings,bornApril1st.1784.2nd,MaryRaw lings,bornApril13th,1785.3rd,BenjaminHollodayRaw lings,bornAugust29th,1786.4th,LeviRawlings,born February29th,1788.5th,JohnRawlings,bornDecember 22nkf,1789.6th.RobertRawlings,bornJune2nd,1794. ath,OliverRawlingsborn1796.(Lt.GovofMo.) '"LeviRawlings,I learnfromoldlettersandunderstand fromelsewhere,wastheonlysonofthechildrenwhore mainedinVirginia.JohnandNancyRawlings,theparents, alsowentloKentuckyabout1800.latertoMissouri,where Johndiedin1820.JohnRawlingsmarriedforsecondwife, JaneBusihEmery(orEmbree)inKentuckyandGen.John AaronRawlingswasagrandsonofthiismarriege". LeviRawlinsmarriedElizaHansbrough,May29th,1817, andhediedOctober29th,1824.Theirchildrenwere:1st,

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MaryAnn,bornMarch9th,1818,marriedWilliamParker. 2nd.FrancesVirginia,bornNovember14th,1819,married CharlesHume3rd.Nancy'Holloday,bornMay18th,1822, marriedGeorgeWaiigh,4th.SarahEllen,bornJune7th, 1823,unmarried,died1905.

AmongthechildrenofCharlesHumeandFrancesVir giniaRawlinswasFrankHume.bornJuly21st,1843,who marriedEmmaPhillipsNorris.andamongil!heirchildrenis Alice,wifeofRev.ThomasWortbingtonCooke. Rev.ThomasW.CookeandMrs.AliceHumeCooke have.lstt,Alice,2nd.Margaret,3rd,Thomas,junior. ThirdGeneration 6 Elizabeth3rd,(daughterofJohn2nd.senior, Thomas:lst.)MarriedPalltersonPulliam.Hediedprior toApril6th,1758,asonthatdateJohnHollodayand JosephHawkinsadtasAdm.forPattersonPulliam,de ceased,(p.60). Son,Joseph,mentionedindeeds.SonPattersonappears indeedsof1760-61,etc.,afterthefather'sdeath. ThirdGeneration 7 Winifred,3rd.daughterofJohn2nd,senior,Thom as1st.WifenfThomasPulliam.WillofThomasPulliam, p.17. "St.GeorgeParish,diedApril17th,1758,provedJune 6th,1758.WitnessJosephHollodayandBenjaminHolo- day.Ex.sons.JamesandThomasPulliam.Leg.sons, James.ThomasandBenjamin,daughters,Winifred,Sus anna,Elizabeth,Agnes.Mary,Anna,wifeofDavidSand- ridge,Sarah,wifeofChristopherRickin". ThirdGeneration S Sarah3rd.(daughterofJohn2nd.senior,Thomas lsrt.)WifeofJamesRawlings. Will,p.41. JamesRawlings,diedNovember15Hh,1781.Ex.Bond datedApril15th,1785.Witness.LewisHolloday,Raw lingsPulliamandSarahPulliam.Ex.wife.SarahRaw lings.Sons,Thomas,Joseph,JamesandJohn.Daughters, MaryGaines,AgnesGainesandRebecca. 9 Susanna3rd.daughterofJohn2nd',senior.Thomas 1st.)Unmarriedin1742.Norecord. HOLLIDAY

Holliday,James,'EnsigninCaptainStuibblefielxfs Company. Spts.Mililtia, FromCrozier'sSpts.CountyRecords,p.523. Holloday,James.CaptainJohnF.Mercer'sCompany No.1,asitsltoodFebruary1st,1778. FromSaffefl's''SoldiersintheRevolutionfromVir ginia,"p.292. Holloday,James,pr.W.D.72,1: W.D.78,1:W. D.293.1: W.D.307,4. (Whichmeans"Photographsof payrollsofVirginiaContinentalLine,referredtobyfolder. Thereare353folders.) From"VirginiaSoldiersintheRevolution"Supplement, p.152. Holloday,James,pr.Perni.ContinentalLine.Drewpen sionin1833,inOhioCounly,Virginia. FromVirginiapension'rolls,U.S.WarDept.Pension Rolls.1835,Vol.2,p.180. Holloday,Joseph(Va.)Ensign6th,Virginia,16th,Feb- italArmy(Page179.)Orderbook129-1832,Spts.County, Virginia,CourtChapterleading,"RevolutionaryPrisoners". Frim'Qrozier'sSpts.CountyRecords,p.534. Holloday.Joseph(Va.)Ensign6th,Virginia,16th,Feb. ruary1776,2nd,Lieut.11th,September1776,1st,Lieut. March1777.registered23rdJuly1777,CaptainVirginia Militia.1780-1781. FromHeitman's'"OfficersoftheRevolution"p.296. Holloday,Joseph.Ensign.February16th,1776. FromStaffeH's"SoldiersintheRevolution" fromVir ginia,p.289. Holloday.Joseph,(Lieut.)H.D.1835-6.(Whichmeans Houseofdelegates.) Holloday,Joseph,War4,43,207(Whichmeans)"ACol lectionofms.volumesbearingonthemiMltaryestablish mentofthestateduringand'aftertheRevolution". From"RevolutionarySoldiersofVirginia"p.222.

HOLLINGSWORTH

JamesHollingsworthcamefromWinchester,Virginia, about1786.andsettledintheMeetingStreetsectionof EdgefieldCounty,SouthCarolina.Heleft'onebrotherin Virginia,anotherwenttoNorthCarolina,athirdwentto Ohio,afourthtoKentuckyandonetoMississippi. JaimesHollingsworthwasborn , diedSeptember 12.1821,inEdgefieldCounty. AgnesEvans(wife)born —. diedin1812. Children (1)John,bominVirginia1773,diedinFloridain 1841. (2) Alexander,bornin1775.Twosons,Jamesand Alexander. (3) James,born1778.Oneson,James. (4) Lucy,bornin1780,married Miller,daugh terOinseyMiller. (5) Sarah,born1782.marriedJamesCarson. (6)Mary,born1776,marriedin1808,JamesHarrison (bornJune6,1781,died18—,asonofJamesandSusannah HarrisonofVirginia. (7) Daughter(nameillegibleinihewill,butseemsto beLottyorLettv,marriedEnochWalton.Son,Enoch Walton'. Johntheeldestchild,marriedBeershebaOliphant,third rlanghterofJohnandNancy(Fraser)Oliphant(born 1786).Theirchildrenwen': (1)WilliamF.Hollingsworth.born1809,diedOctober 23.1831. (2) JohnHamptonHoHingswoflth,bornFebruary15, 1811.diedJuly31.1887. (3 ElizaA.HollingswoHh.bornSeptember3,1813, dierlSeptember19.1903. NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

(4)EmilyD.Hollingsworth.bornMay20,1816.died June26,1900. (5 DiomedeF.Hollingsworth,bornJune25.1819,died February25.1857. (6) MansfieldE.Hollingsworth,bornAugust2.1821. diedOctober23.1853. William,theeldestson,marriedbutleftnoheirs. JohnHamptonHollingsworth(sonofJohnH.andBeer- sbebaOliphanl)wasmarriedtwice. (1)ElizabethRichardson,onNovember15.1853.(2) LucindaBranson,born1838;marriedDecember23.1858; diedMay16,1883. Issue—ByFirstWife (1) ElizabethRichardsonHollingsworthwasbom August24,1855;marriedJanuary15,1880toWilliam HavneFolk;issue:onedaughter,JuliaFolk,bornSeptem ber8i1895.Col.FolkdiedMay16,1898. BySecondWife (1) Diomede,born1895;died1862. (2) LucrefiaHelen,born1861;died1865. (3) JohnHampton,born1864:died1865. (4) DanielBrunson,bornJuly14,1868(stillliving!. DanielBrunsonHollingswor'lhmarriedOctober19,1889, SallieSfcrothers,bornApril25,1871;theirchildrenare: (1) JohnHampton,bornApril24,1892(unmarried). (2) AnnaBaAlStrother,bornFebruary24.1894.mar riedWad.D.Allen,June1915,andhasoneson,Horde, junior,March7,1916. (3)ElizabethFolk,bornFebruary23.1896,married WilliamS.Andersonand'hasonedaughter,F'lizabeth,born November7,1920. (4) DiomedeFranklyn,bornJuly12,1898(unmar ried'). (5) WilliamStrother,bornFebruary18,1900(un married). ElizaAnnHollingsworth.thirdchildofJohnHoiliuiis- worthandhiswife,BeershebaOliphani,marriedAlexander Walker,December15,1831,andhadsixchildren,viz: (1)Virginia,marriedMr.Harmon. (2)Caroline,married(1)Mr.Freeman,(2)Mr.Wil liamsand'haschildrenbybothmarriages. (3) JohnH.(diedwithoutissue). (4 AlexanderSpann,died'inLouisianabutleftdaugh ters. (5) MiltonScott(diedwithoutissue).

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(fi) EnwnnK.,diedunmarried. (7' HerbertW.,livingbutunmarried. Emily1).Hollingswortfo.''.'hefourthchildofJohnHol- linaswiI't'handwife,BeerstoebaOliphant,marriedTzraG. Taibrtandhadchildren:(1)Cornelia.(2)John,(3)Ezra. Ezricnlybadchildren.TheylivenowinEdgefieldibounty. DiomedeFranklin,fifthchildofJohnHollingsworthand biswife,marriedElizaGriffinandhadonesonwhodiedin Childhood. MansfieldEmilius,sixthchildofJohnHollingsworth andbiswife,BeershebaOliphant,marriedMargaretGomil- lian.May10.1843;theirchildren: (1) MargaretCornelia,bornAugust26,1846,died March13.1906.Shewastwicemarried,firstto.RobertD. Brunson(bornDecember11,1841;diedOctober1.1870); secondto.VrtemasLoweBrunson(bornJanuary28,1846 andlefttwochildrenbyeachmarriigo. (1) SusanBrunson.bornFebruary2,1869;marriedJ. WalterHill(noissuie). (2) Cornelia,bornJune6, 1870;imarriedWadeS. Oothranandbasason.JamesS.Cothran,bornOctober20, 1895(unmarried),andadaughter.MargaretCornelia,born December25,1900,married.March15,1921toJulianD. Holstein,junior. (3) Cleora,bornJanuary17,1881,marriedWallaceC. Tompkins.November25,1908;has'nochildren. (4) ArtemasLowe,junior,bornOctober28,1886;mar riedVirginiaL.Thomason,August9,1917.Theyhavetwo children.AKdmasLowe(third)andIdaliaWalkerBrunson. (2) MansfieldE.Hollingsworth,junior,secondchildof MansfieldandMargaret(Gomillian)Hollingswonth,mar riedJaneHolcombandhaseightcbildren:(Idonotknow theiragrs).Theyare:Jane(marriedMantonMcCutcheon andhasfiurdaughters); ThomasThompson(marriedbut nochildren);Margaret(marriedWilliamAddy;Septima (rmmeiRoyGillerland); WilliamGroverMansfield, junior,andLaurenceareunmarried';CorneliamarriedMr. Creech.

HOUSTON

TheHoustonwhoisthemostfamousinAmericanan nalsisGeneralSamHoustonwhoachieved'thedistinction ofbeingGovernorofawostates,TennesseeandTexas,and PresidentofTexaswhenthatstatewasanindependent republic.ItisbelievedthatalltheHowstonsoftheSouth ernStatesaremoreorlessconnectedwiththefamily whichproducedGovernorSamHouston. ThefamilyisofScotch-rrishorigin,likesomanyof thosewhichhavebenwrittenofinthisseries. In1835JohnHoustonemigratedfromtheNorthof IrelandtoAmericasettlingfirstinPennsylvaniaandfrom thenceremovedtoVirginia.HewasaccompaniedbyUis mother(whoisrecordedasbeinga widow,Mrs.John Houston,showingthatJohnHouston'sfatherwasalso JohnHouston)andhiswifewhowasbeforehermarriage, MargaretCunningham.OnechildofJohnHoustonandhis wifeMargaretCunninghamHouston.JamesHouston,was leftinIrelandanddiedthere.Theyhadsixotherchildren allofwhommarried.Theirdescendantsareintheentire Southern'territory. ThewidowHoustonwhoaccompanied'hersonJohn HoustontoAmericain1735wasbornabout1650.She livedtobe97anddiedinRockbridgeCounty,Virginia,and wasburiednotfardistantfromthepresentNewProvi denceChurchcemetery,RockbridgeCounty,Virginia. InthenameofthefatheroftheemigrantJohnHouston, thereappearstobedivergenceofopinion.OnI>age426,. "NinthScotch-IrishCongress",thenameis givenas SamvuetHouston,withthefollowingadditionaldatare gardinghisancestry: "HughHustoncamefromWighanshire,Scotland,to Ireland:therehemarriedSarahHoustonofCountyof Antrim(Ireland)familyofHoustons:theirsonSamuel marriedMargaretMoCkingand'theirson,John,cameto AmericaearlyintheEighteenthCentury:remainedfora timeinPennsylvania,thenpriorto1750.removedtothe 'BordenGranS',Virginia".

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Theaboverecordistakenfromthefamilychartgiven byArchibaldWoodHouston,Toledo,Ohio,1895,adescend antfromJohnHoustontheemigrant,throughhisfourth child,JohnHoustonwhomarried'SarahTodd.Mr.Houston isalsoadescendantoftheRev.JamesWaddell—theBlind PreacherofAugustaCounty,Virginia,anditwouldappear thathewouldhaveathiscommandthebestauthority. JohnHouston,theemigrant,fromwhomthelinesgiven inthisarticlediverge,wasborninIrelandin1689-90.He diediinRockbridgeCounty,Virginia,in1754andisburied therebesidehiswifeandmother. AsthefamilyrecordstatesthattheyremainedinPenn sylvaniauntiltiheirthreeeldeS'tchildrenweremarried,they musthaveleftPennsylvaniaforVirginiandtearlerthan 1744whentheirseconddaughterandthirdchild,Ester, wouldhavebeenabouttwentyyearsold.Thethreechild renreferredtoare:Robert(whomarriedMargaretDavid son),Isabella(whomarriedaHenderson)andEsther(who marriedJohnMontgomery). SevenChildrenoftheEmigrantJohnHouston 'ThechildrenofJohnHoustonjndMargaretCunning hamHoustonwere: I RobertHouston. II IsabellaHouston. III EstherHouston. IV JohnHouston.Third. V SamuelHousiton. VI MatthewHousilon. VIIJamesHouston.

I. ROBERTHOUSTON RobertHouston,sonofJohnHoustonitheemigrantand hiswifeMargaretCunninghamHouston,whowasborn about1720inIreland,marriedMargaretDavidson,daughter ofSamuelandAnnDunlapDavidson.Thechildrenof RobertHoustonand'hiswifewere: (1)JohnHouston. (2) SamuelHouston. (3)BettieHouston. (4)MargaretHouston. (5) EstherHouston. (6)MaryHouston. Chalkley's'^ChroniclesofAugustaCounty,Virginia," givesthewillofaRobertHoustondatedSeptember11, 1760,inwthichthewife'snameappearsasMaryandhis

180 HOUSTON childrenasfollows:SonJohn(infant)95acreson CollierCreek:son,James(infant)200acresadjoining placetestatorliveson:son,Samuel(infanlt)plantation 'tieslatorliveson,307acres:daughter,Elizabeth—5shillings, alreadyprovidedfor:daughtersAnn,Esther,Margaret, Mary.WifeMary,sonJohnandhroitherSamuelHuston, Executors.Witnesses:DanielLyle,MosesTrimble,Sam'l McCroskey.Willproved19May1761byLyleandTrimble. ExecutorsqualifywithDanielLyle.JohnHustonassur eties.. AlsoChalkelygivesthewillofRobertDavidson,dated January10.1751,inwhichmentionismadeofwife,Ann, sonJohnanddaughterMaryHouston. WhiletheHoustonGenealogybyRev.S.R.Houston givesithenameofRobenlHouston'swifeasMargaretDavid son,daughterofSamuelDavidsonandAnnDunlap,the recordsaboveindicatethathernamewasMaryDavidson andthatshewasa daughterofRobertandnotSamuel Davidson. Oftheforegoing(1)JohnHouston,sonof Robert HoustonandhiswifemarriedMarch16,1769AnnLogan. TheylivedanddiedinCollierilown.Notethelandwill JohninRobertHouston'swillabovewasonOollierGreek. (2) SamuelHouston,sonofRobertHoustonandMar garetDavidsonHoustonmarriedElizabethPaxton.They hadninechildren: PaxtonHouston,RobertHouston,James Houston,JohnHousiton,SamuelHousiton(General),Wil liamHouston,IsabellHouston,MaryHoustonandElizabeth Houston. Oftheeightbrothersandsistersof'thefamousGeneral SamuelHouston:PaxtonHouston,diedyoung;Robert Housltondiedunmarried;JamesHoustonsettledinNash villeandleftafamily;JohnHouston,calledMajorJohn Houstonlivedin Memphisandlefta family;William HousitonmarriedMissBail,ofKerftiucky,andhadthree children,adaughterMaryHoustonandtwosons,Eugene HoustonandWilliamsHouston,Second';IsthellaHouston diedyoung;MaryHoustonmarriedtwice,firstColonel MatthewWallaceandsecondhiskinsmanGeneralWilliam Wallace,leavingonesonbythefirsitmarriage;ElizaHous tonmarried MooreandlivedinTexas. SamuelHoustonbecameifchemostfamousmemberof thefamilyandoneofthefamousmienofAmerican.In1793 atthetimeofhisbirth,thefamilywasresidinginRock- brid'geCounty,Virginia.Thefatherofthesturdyfamily

181 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES ofninediedwhenthelittleSamwasthirteen—'thatisin 180H.Thereweresixsonsandthreedaughters.The widowElizabethPaxtonHoustonandhergroupofchildren undertookthearduousjourneyfromVirginiatowhatis nowTennessee. Varioushistorianshavespeculatedherreasonsfor thismovewhichhad'resultsofsuchimportancetoher famoussonofSamuelandtothetwogreatStateswhich claimhimas'heroandalmostpatronsaint. Howeveratthattimeawaveofemigrationtothenew countryhadsetinandalreadymanyofthewidow'skins- peoplewereinthenewcountryanddoubtlessurgingher tofollow.Therewerebetteropportunitiesalsoapparently inthe"newcountry"forhersonsanddaughters.Her 'husband'skinsman, HoustonhadmarriedAlice ArmstrongandtheArmstrongsandthatbranchofthe Housfconswerealreadyin Tennessee.Herhusband's uncle,MatthewHouston,nadmarriedMarthaLyleand wasalreadyaresidentofTennessee.Herhusband'saunt, EstherHoustonhadmarriedJohnMontgomeryandthey werein Tennessee.AlsoElizabeiliiPaxtonHouston's ownkinsman,JosephPaxtonhadmarriedintotheLyle familyandwaslivinginTennessee. ArrivinginTennesseetheninechildrenaresaidtohave developedamazingly.Sampickedupanintimateacquaint ance,withtheIndiansandverysoonpracticallyleftthe waysofcivilizationfortheIndiancamps.Helearnedtheir languageandtotheendofhislifeconversedfluentlywith membersofmanytribes.Heworetheirdressandfollowed theircustoms.Hisinfluenceandauthorityamongthem continueduntilhisdeath. Hisfameandpoliticalcareerarenotthesubjectofthis article.IllisenoughtosayhewaselectedGovernorof Tennessee,resignedtheofficeatIheheightofhispopu larityandpower,andwenttoTexas,foughttomakeitfree becameitsfirstPresidentinthedaysoftheRepublicand latteritsGovernorwhenTexasenteredtheUnion. In1829whilehewasGovernorofTennesseehemarried ElizaAllenofanoldandaristocraticfamily.The,marriage wasmostunhappyandasaresultofitGovernorHouston resignedhisexaltedofficeandwenttoTexaswherehe becameidentifiedwithWhatstale.May9,1840hemarried forhissecondwifeMargaretMoffefttLeain Marion,, Alabama,ElizaAllenHoustonhavingsecuredadivorceby authorityof'theTennesseelegislature.

182 HOUSTON GeneralSamHouston,byhissecondmarriagehadeight children: (1)SamuelHouston,Third. (2)NannieE.Houston. (3) MargaretLeaHouston,daughterofGeneralSam (4) MaryW.Houston. (5 NettiePowerHouston. (6) AndrewJacksonHouston. (7)TempleHouston. (8)WilliamRogerHouston. Oftheforegoing: (1) SamuelHouston,Third,eldestsonofGeneralSam HoustonandMargaretMoffettLeaHouston,married Andersonandhad'twochildren:MaggieBelleHouston andHenryHowardHouston. (2) NannieE.Houston,daughterof GeneralSam HoustonandMargareitMoffettLeaHouston,marriedJ.C.S. Morrowandhadsixchildren: MaggieMorrow,Mary Morrow,JennieMorrow,PrestonMorrow,TempleMorrow andElizabethMorrow. (3) MargaretLeaHouston,adughlerofGeneralSam HoustonandMargaroI. MoffettLeaHouston,married WestonL.Williamsandhadfivechildren:HoustonWil liams,MadgeWilliams,FranklinW.Williams,James RoystonWilliamsandMarianL.Williams. (4) MaryW.Houston,daughterofGeneralSamHous tonandMargaretMoffettLeaHouston,married Morrowandhadthreechildren: JohnH.Marrow,Maud MorrowandJesseMorrow. (5) NettiePowerHouston,daughterofGeneralSam HoustonandMargaretMoffettLeaHouston,marriedW. L.Bringhurstandhadtwochildren:SamHoustonBring- hurstandNettieBringhurst. (0) AndrewJacksonHouston,sonof GeneralSam HoustonandMargaretMoffeti!LeaHouston,marriedtwice, firstCarrieParnellandsecondBettieGoodeandhadthree children:AriadneHouston,MargueriteHoustonand JosephineHouston. (7) TempleHouston,sonofGeneralSamHoustonand MargaretMoffettLeaHouston,marriedLauraCrossandhad threechildren,amongthembeingTempleHouston,Second, andSamuelHouston.Fourth. (8)WilliamRogersHouston,sonofGeneralSam HoustonandMargaretMoffettLeaHouston,nevermarried. FiveoftheeightchildrenofGeneralHoustonsurvive

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(1921),andtheyareMrs.NannieE.HoustonMorrow.Mrs. MaryW.HoustonMorrow,Mrs.NettieHoustonBringhurst, ColonelAndrewJacksonHoustonand'WilliamRogers Houston. (3)BettieHouston,thirdchildofRobertandMargaret DavidsonHouston,marriedJohnMcClung,andhadsix children:JohnMcClung,Second,JaneMcClung,Saunuel McOlung,MargaretMcOlung,JamesMcClungandMary McClung. (4)MargaretHouston,fourthchildofRobertHouston andMargaretDavidsonHouston,marriedJamesHopkins andhadtwochildren:JohnHopkinsandJamesHopkins, Second. (5) EstherHouston,sometimescalledNannie,fifth childofRobertHoustonandMargaretDavidsonHouston marriedJamesMcKeeandhadfourchildren,NancyMcKee, RobertMcKee,JohnMcKeeandWilliamMcKee'. (6)MaryHouston,sixthchildofRobertHoustonand MargaretDavidsonHouston,marriedJohnLechterandhad ninechildren:JohnLetcher,Second;HannahLetcher, SallieLetcher,AnnLeiteher,WilliamHoustonLetcher,Isaac Letcher,Mary(Polly)Letcher,JamesLetcherandGiles Letcher.

IIISABELLAHOUSTON IsabellaHouston,daughterof theemigrantJohn HoustonandhiswifeMargaretCunningham.Houstonwas bornaboutt1722.Accountsconflictastohermarriage,but itisbelievedthatshemarriedfirstJohnorGeorgeHender son,andmarriedsecondWilliamGillespieandthather childrenwere: (1) WilliamHenderson. (2)JaneHenderson. (3) SusanHenderson. (4) AnnGillespie. (5)PollieGillespie. (6) BetsyGillespie. (7) JamesGillespie. (8) JohnGillespie. (9)RobertGillespie. (10)NancyGillespie.

HI.ESTHERHOUSTON EstherHouston,daughterofJohnHoustontheemigrant andhiswifeMargaretCunninghamHoustonwasborn

184 HOUSTON about1724.ShemarriedJohnMontgomeryandsettledin AugustaCounty,Virginia.Shehudtwelvechildren: 1 JohnMontgomery,Second. 2 " MollieMontgomery. 3 AnnMontgomery. + JamesMontgomery. 5 DorcasMontgomery. ii JaneMontgomery. 7 RobertMontgomery. 8 EsiMierMontgomery. '.) AlexanderMontgomery. IT) IsabellaMontgomery. 11 . _ 12 — nftheforegoingDorcasmarriedJohnLowryandsettled inRockbridgeCounty.Virginia.Shehadfivechildren.John MontgomeryLowry,DavidLowry,RobertEdmonson Dowry,JamesLowryandWilliamLowry.RobertEdmond- sonLowrymarriedElizabethMooreandsettledinWash ingtonCounty.Virginia,Theyhadsixchildren:William MouivLowry.JohnMontgomeryLowry,JamesMoore Lowry,DorcasLowry,SamuelMooreLowryandElizabeth MooreLowry.WilliamMooreLowrysettledinGreeneville, EastTennesseeandsubsequentlymovedtoAtlanta,Geor gia.HemarriedJuliaEaston,adescendant,oftheDeader- ickfamily.SeethatfamilyinNotableSouthernFamilies VolumeI. Theyhadninechildren.(1)JohnEastonLowry, (2)RobertJamesLowry,(whomarriedEmmaCelestia Markham),(3)FannieTalbotLowry(whomarried — —Porterandhastwochildren,LowryPorterwho marriedAnnieMayCrassandhasMargaretCrass,and JuliaLowryPotterwhomarriedE.BatesBlock)(6)Mary HazllineLowry,(7)JuliaMargaretLowry,(8)AliceMay Lowry,and(9)LeliaPrenticeLowry. IV.JOHNHOUSTON,THETHIRD JohnHoustonthefourthchildofJohnHoustontheemi grant,wasborninIrelandin1726.HemarriedSarah Todd.Theyhadninechildren: 'I) JamesHouston. 2) JohnHouston,Fourth. 3) SamuelHouston(Rev.) i) WilliamHouston. '5) RobertHouston. 6) MatthewHouston. '7) AliceHouston.

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(8) MargaretHouston. (9) EstherHouston. ThedescendantsofthisJohnHouston,fourthchildof JohnHouston,4heemigrant,havebeenidentifiedvery closelywithTennesseehistorysincethedaysoftheill- fatedstateofFranklinwhoseconstitutionRev.Samuel Houston,thirdsonofaboveJohn,assistedinframing.Rev. SamuelRutherford,sonofRev.SamuelHouston,wasthe compilerof"BiographicalAccountsoftheHoustonFamily accompaniedbyaGenealogicalTable",publishedinCincin nati1882. ThreedaughtersofJohnHoustonand!SarahTodd marriedinTennesseeandtheirdescendantshaveplayeda prominentpartinthechurchhistoryoftheof'thestate. AliceHouston,seventhchildofJohnandSarah(Todd) HoustonmarriedWilliamStephensonofJonesiboro,Ten- oessee.Theirthirdchild,ElizabethStephenson,married herfirstcousin.JohnMcEwen,andthrough'themarriage of(heirfifthchild,ElizabethMcEwenwhomarriedWilliam T.Mason,isdescendedtheMasonfamilyofMemphis,Ten- nesse.CarringtonMason,secondsonofWilliamT.Mason andElizabeth(McEwen)Mason,marriedMariaBoddieand tothemwerebornsevenchildren:Elleston,Carrington, LunsfordYandell,Yandell,MariaB.,AlfredD.,andEliza bethMcEwenMason.LunsfordY.Mason,thirdchild above,marriedSarahSale:theirelderson,LunsfordY. Mason,junior,graduatedfromAnnapolisandisnowin theU.S.Navy.Theyhaveanothersonalso:William CorneliusMason.MariaB.Masonabove,married StanfordofU.S.Navyandhastwochildren:ElizaStan fordSackettandCarringtonStanford.AlfredD.Mason, sixthchildabove,marriedMaryE.Walkerandhastwo children:AlfredD.Mason,junior,andCarringtonMason. ElizabethMcEwenMasonlastchildofCarringtonMason andMaria(Boddie)Mason,marriedDr.HenryLloydand hasthreechildren:HenryLloyd,junior,CarringtonLloyd andElizabethLloyd. MargaretHouston,eighthchildofJohnHoustonand SarahToddmarriedAlexanderMcEwenwhodied atJonesboro,Tennessee,andatadvancedageshemarried Rev.SamuelDoak,senior,thevenerated;FounderofHigher EducationintheStateofTennessee.MargartHoustonby herfirstmarriagehadfivechildren:JohnMcEwen.Eb- enezerMcEwen,AlexanderMcEwen,RobertHoustonMc EwenandSarahMcEwen.RobertHousllonMcEwen,

186 HOUSTON fourthchild,marriedHenriettaKennedyandbecamea pillarinthePresbyterianChurchinNashville,Tennessee. Throughthemarriageoftheirfifthchild,toJudgeJohnT. JonesofHelena,Arkansas,wasdescendedthattwoeminent physiciansofMemphis,Dr.KennedyandDr.HeberJones, andtheirbrothers,ThomasJones,lateofMemphis,and PawlJones.AttorneyofNewYorkCity. V. SAMUELHOUSTON SamuelHouston,fifthchildofJohnHoustontheemi grantandhiswifeMargaretCunninghamHouston,was borninIrelandabout1728andcametoAmericawithhis parentsin1735.Hedied1797aittheageofsixty-nineyears inBlountorKnoxCounty,Tennessee.HemarriedEliza bethMcCrosky,daug'hlerofJohnMcCroskyandhiswife ElizabethofAugustaCounty,Virginia.Theirchildrenwere: (1)JohnHouston. (2) JamesHouston. (3) RobertHouston. (4)MargaretHouston. (5)WilliamHouston. (6) MathewHouston. (7) ElizabethHouston(bysecond?wife). RobertHouston,thirdsonofSamuelHoustonandhis wife,Elizabeth(McCrosky)Houston,wasborninRock bridgeCouny,Virginia,1760.Abouttheyear1792Robert HoustonremovedfromWashingtonCounty,Virginia,to Tennesseewherehelived"tillhisdeathin1835.Hisfarm wasaboutfightmilesSouth-eastofKnoxville,onthesouth sideoftheFrenchBroadRiver.Ataboutthesametime anotherRobertHoustoncametoKnoxCountyfromAbbe villeDistrict,SouthCarolina,andsingularlyenoughthe deathofthelatterRobertHoustonoccurredApril2,1834— thusbutafewmonthsdifferenceinthedeci'aseofthetwo. Theabovefactshaveledtoa considerableconfusionby historiansastothecountyofficesheldbyeach.Itiscer tainthatRobertofAbbevillewastheTerritorialSecretary andthathefora timewasSheriffofKnoxCounty,but itseemslikelythatRobertHoustonofRockbridgeCounty, Virginia,alsoheldofficeofSheriffofKnoxand1810-1814 thatofClerkoftfheCircuitCourtofBlount'County. RobertHoustonofRockbridgeCounty,Virginia,sonof SamuelHoustonandwife,ElizabethMcCroskyHouston, marriedtwice:firstElizabethLochart(orLochard)grand daughterofCol.DavidCampbellwhoestablishedCamp

187 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES bell'sstationnearKnoxvilleinpioneerdays;secondwife wasMarthaBlackburn,'daughtero'fLieuitWiHiamBlack- bumwhofellattheBattleofKing'sMountain,October 1780,andwhosewidowElizabeth(Black)Blackburn,with herbrotherJosephBlackandJohnBlackburnadministered uponherdeceasedhusband'sestate,1780-1796,asthe recordsofWashingtonCounty,Virginia,show.Itissaid thatMarthaBlackburnwasa nieceofthedistinguished PresbyterianDivine,Rev.GideonBlackburn;sinceacom pletelistofl'hechildrenofRobertBlackburn,fatherof Rev.GideonBlackburn,hasnotbeenfoundtihisstatement cannotbeverifiedfully.ElizabethLochardandMartha Blackburnweredevotedfriendsbeforethedeathofthe first.Elizabeth(Lochard)Houston)diedyoung,leaving butfoursmallchildrentosurviveher—'fourhavingdied previously. ThechildrenofRobertHoustonandihisfirstwife, ElizabethLochardHouston,wereasfollows: 1 ElizabethHouston. 2 WHliaunL.Houston. "i SamuelHouston. A JaunesHouston. 5 MathewHouston, ii JohnHouston. 7. RobertHouston. 8 MaryHouston. Rutthreeoftheforegoingleftdescendants:WilliamL. HoustonmarriedRebeccaWoodwardandtothemwere bornthefollowingchildren:Robert,CiceroandRichard. MathewHouston(No.5)abovemarriedJaneMcCroskya thirdcousin,andthefamilyremovedto Iowa.Robert Houston,No.7above,marriedDortheaCresswell: heir eldestdaughtermarriedRobertPickensofBlountCounty wheretheirdescendantslive. RoberlBlackburnandMarthaBlackburn,hissecond wifeweremarriedOctober17,1809.Tothemwereborn fivechildren,asfollows: 9 GeorgeBlackburnHouston. 10 JosephErasmusHouslon. 11 LochardE.Houston. 1^ SamuelMooreHouston. 13 ElizabethL.Houston. 9 Oftheforegoingchildren,GeorgeBlackburnHous tonmarriedLamandaMonday:theirdescendantslivenear Cottonwood.Kansas.

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10 JosephE.Houston,No.10above,camein1834to Madisonville,Tennessee,whereduringhislongandevent fullifeheheldnearlyeverypublicofficeintheCounty. April2,1834,he married'ElizaMcDonaldClarkHaire, daughterof MonroeCounty'ssecondSheriff,James A.Haireandhiswife.MaryBrownMcDonaldHaire, ofYorkDistrict,SouthCarolina.ToJosephE.Houstonand hiswife,ElizaMc.C.HaireHoustonwereborn: 1 CaptainRoot.E.Houston. 2 MaryCarolineHouston. 3 MarthaElizaHouston. 4 JamesHaireHouston. 5 JosephineElliotHouston. 6 LizzieAliceHouston. 7 BlancheMcDonaldHouston. Oftheforegoing,Capt.RobertHouston,C.S.Aonthe staffofGen.J.C.Vaughn,marriedMissMaryWeaverof Columbus,MississippiButonechildsurvivedhim: J.E. HoustonofAberdeen,Mississippi,whomarriedfirst.Miss Willie'Cox.Shortlyafterwardsshediedleavingonedaugh terwhoisnowMrs.LawrenceTuckerofHollySprings, Mississippi.J.E.Houstonmarriedsecond,FannieG. Carlisle:theyhavethefollowingchildren:FannieMay, JosephE.,BlanchardWeaverHouston,BirtC.Houston, MaryWeaverHouston.CaptainRobt.E.Houstonhadno childrenbyhissecondwife,Mrs.HelmStoddard. MaryC.Houston,seconddaughterofJosephE.Houston 'andhliswifeElizaMc.C.HaireHouston,marriedSamuel MatlockBrowderandtoKheinwerebornthreedaughters: (a)BlancheMcKinneyBrowderwhomarriedChas.Freder ickLatlimoreandhasthefollowingchildren: MaryElla LattimorewhomarriedKingWalkerandhasIWochildren, KingBensonWalkerandFrancesLattimoreWalker. MargaretHoustonBrowder,whomarriedMr.Heffington andhasthreechildren:Chas.A.Heffington,NancyHeffing ton,BlancheB.Heffiington.SamuelBrowderLattimore whomarriedRuthGailMcPeek:andlastly,ChasFrederick Lattimore,junior,(b)ElizabethAliceBrowder,second daughterof SamuelandMaryC.(Houston)Browder, marriedDavidErskinLowryand't'heyhave.threechildren: FrankH.,MaryEmeline.andAddieBlanchLowry.(c) EllenBrowder,thirddaughter,marriedUlyssesMilligan andhastwochildren:ElizabethandUlysses,junior. 11 JudgeLockhartE.Houston,thirdsonofRobert Houstonbyhissecondwife,MarthaBlackburn,removed

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Houstonbyhissecondwife,MarthaBlackburn,settledin St.Louisabout1867.HemarriedMaryP.Hendon,eldest daughterofDr.WilliamP.HendonofNewbern,Alabama. TheyhadamongotherchildrenHiefollowing:WilliamS. HoustonofChichasawCounty,Mississippi,Whomarried MissMaryFoorsche,ofOklahoma.Tothemhavebeen bornchildren: SamuelandMaryHouston.MaryHouston, secondchildofSamuelMooreHouston:JessieHousbon, anotherdaughtermarrieda lawyerofStLouis, Walker;HannahHouston;AlbertHouston. 13 ElizabethL.Houston,fifthchildofRobertHousion byhissecondwife,MarthaBlackburn,'marriedJ.W. NorwoodofJackson.Tennessee.Thyhadthefollowing children:JohnNorwood,SamuelNorwood,SallieNorwood whomarriedMr.JohnsonofLoudon,Tennessee,;i yer; RobertLoeh'dNorwoodwhomarriedin Kentuckyand residesthen'. MarinaElizaHuston,thirdchildofJosephE.Houston ofMadisonville,Tennessee(No.10)above,married'Thomas Elisha,MooreofCockeCounty,Tennessee.Tothemwere bornsixsonsandthreedaughters,namely:William ThomasMooreofCleveland,Tennessee,whomarried JennieWillis;JanieR.MooreandElizabethMooredid unmarried;JoeMcDonaldMoore,whomarried'Bessie Gl'arkandwhowit'htheirsixchildren:ThomasE., Edward,Paul,WilliamGlenn,J.DonandMarthaMae MooreresidbintheWest;PaulAndrewMooreofKnox- ville.marriedStellaHauinandhasonedaughter,Freda RamiMoore;RobertLockeMooreofMorristown,Tennes see,whomarriedTessieCourtneyandto.whomhavebeen bornfourdaughters:AHyn,EdnaLynn,MattieRoe,and ElizabethMoore;LyleSticklerMooreofNewport,Tennes see.AvhomarriedMadgeMimsandwhohavetwochildren: Lyleand'MyraLuciaMoore; HalMooreofCleveland,Ten nessee,whomarriedMargaretHardwick,andtowhomtwo daughtershavebeenborn: MargaretHardwickMoore,de ceased,andMartha.FrancisMoore.MargaretElizaMoore, youngestdaughterofMarthaEliza(Houston)Mooreand herhusband,ThomasE.Moore,resideswithherwidowed motherinCleveland,Tennessee. JosephineElliotHouston,sixthchildofJosephE. HoustonofMadisonville,Tennessee,marriedSeptember13, 1880,VastineStickley,sonofVastineSlickleyof Lee County.Virginiaandhiswife,ElizabethDuff,grand daughterofRobinDuffandMaryPowell(Dickenson)Duff

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" ofRussellCoumly.ToVastineStiokleyandhiswife, JosephineE.(Houston)Stickleyhavebeenbornthreesons and1hreedaughters,namely:(1)ElizabethDuffStickley whomarriedThomasM.HinesoftheVirginiaMarshall- Keithfamily.ThomasM.HinesdiedMarch17,1920 leavinghiswidowandtheirfivechildren:MaxwellA., RobentS.,ElizabethH.,JosephineE.,andThomasKeith Hines.(2)ThesecondchildofVastineStickleyandhis wife,JosephineE.(Houston)StickleyisRobertHouston Stickley,attorneyofMemphis.HemarriedNancyE.Jones, daughterofJohnM.JonesofSweetwater,Tennessee.(3) ElizaMcDonaldStickley,'thirdchildof Vastineand andJosephine(Houston)StickleymarriedDr.RobertC. KimbroughofMonroeCounty.Theyhaveoneson,Robert CookKinvbrough,junior.(4)Dr.JsephE.HoustonStick lerofMadisonville,marriedEdithRhoererofKentuckyand hasonedaughter,AntoinetteHoustonStickley(5)Mary McDonaldStickleymarriedThomasFrederickWildsmith ofBirminghamandtheyhavethreesons: Vastine,Thomas Frederick,junior,andEdwardTaylorWildsmith.(6)Vasr tineStickley,third'sonofVastineandJosephine(Houston) StickleynowastudentinCollegeofPharmacyatLouisville. BlancheMcDonaldHouston,seventhchildofJosephE. HoustonofMadisonviMe,Tennessee,marriedhercousin, Hon.RobertCromptonMcCroskeyofGarfield,Washington. Tothemhavebeenhomethreesonsandthreedaughters, namely:ElizaPriscillaMcCroskey,RobertCromptonMc- Ooskey.junior,HoustonMcDonaldMcCroskey,GladysMc- Crosky,BlancheMcCroskey.andEarlMcCroskey.Of thesechildren,Elizadiedininfancy;RobertComptonMc Croskey,junior,ismarriedandlivesinGarfield':hehasa sonRobertMcCroskey.HoustonMcCroskeylivesinGar fieldalso,andhasa daughter,Jeanette.GladysMc CroskeymarriedabankerofSpokane,Mr.Kimbrough.and hastwodaughters.BlancheMcCroskeyismarriedandlives inGarfield,asdiesEarlMcCroskey,whoisalsomarried. JamesHaireHouston,fourthchildofJosephE.Houston ofMadisonvilleandLizzieAliceHouston,sixthchildofthe same,diedshortlyaftermaturityunmarried.

VI.MATTHEWHOUSTON MatthewHouston,sonofJohnHoustontheemigrant andhiswife,MargaretCunnrnghamHouston,wasborn about1730. HemarriedMarthaLyle,daughterofMathewLyle, 192 HOUSTON

MarthaLylewasbornabout1740.' MatthewHoustonandMarthaLyleHoustonmovedin 1790fromVirginiatoTennessee,settlingfirstonthe FrenchBroadRiverinBlountCountyandlateronNine MileCreek.Theyhadsevenchildren: (1)JohnHouston. (2)SamuelHouston. (3)JamesHouston. (4) MatithewHouston,Second. (5) RobertHouston. (6) EstherHouston. (7)MargaretHouston. Alargefamilycomesthroughthesesevenchildren. TheirdescendantsareinTennessee,Alabama,Mississippi andTexasinhundreds. JohnHoustonthefirstchildmarriedRachelBalchand hadeightchildren: SamuelHoustonmarried'NancyGilles pieandhad'tenchildren; JamesHoustonmarriedPhoebe McClungandhadfivechildren; MatthewHouston,Second, marriedMargaretCloydandhadtwochildren;Robert Houstondied'unmarried;EstherHoustonmarriedher cousinMajorJamesHoustonandhadfourchildren;Mar garetHoustonmarriedCaptainJamesGillespieandhad tenchildren. JamesHoustonthethirdsonintheforegoinggroup, marriedPhoebeMcClungandhad'fivechildren,namely: Robert,Matthew,McClung,HettieandAnn.Ofthese; MatthewHoustonmarriedMaryGillespieandhadamong otherchildrenMarthaGillespieHoustonwhomarried JohnElderandhadamongotherchildren,LeanderM. ElderandEvaGraceElder. LeanderM.EldermarriedMarySaffarvausandhad sixchildren,namely:BlancheLouiseElder(whomarried ThomasH.UrmstonandhasThomasH.Urmston,Second), IreneHoustonElder(whomarriedChesterWatkinsand hasElizabethWatkins,CharlotteWatkinsandChester Watkins,Second),GeorgeSaffarvausElder(whomarried HazelGarrisonandhasOliverLawrenceGarrisonElder andMaryElder),ElizabethElder(whomarriedHalseyB. LeavittandhasHalseyB.Leavitt,Second,andMartha ElderLeavitt),MaryGraceElder(whomarriedHenry' Berryandhasoneson,DanBerry); andMarthaElder (whomarriedJamesT.Monahananddiedwithoutissue). EvaGraceEldermarriedForrestFergusonofSt.Louis. FromMatthewHoustonandhiswifeMarthaLyie

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HoustoncomesalsotinefamilyofwhichMrs.S.C.Peeples, ofChattanooga,andherbrother,Mr.JohnRussellPitner aremembers. VII.JAMESHOUSTON JamesHouston,sonofJohnHoustontheemigrantand hiswifeMargaretCunninghamHoustonwasborninIre landsometimepreviousto1735asinthatyearhisparents emigratedtoAmericaandlefthimbehind.Hediedin Ireland. Thoughlastinthislist.Wissaidthat'hewastheeldest son;inthatcasehewasbornabout1715.Hediedinyoung manhood,unmarried'. AHouston,probablycloselyrelatedtothefamilycalled the"SamHoustonFamily"becauseitproducedthatfamous character,marriedAliceArmstrong.Thetwofamilies ArmstrongandHouston,camefromthenorthofIreland inthesameyear,(1735)andsettledneareachotherin Pennsylvania.AliceArmstrongwasa daughterofthe emigrantRobertArmstrongand'JohnHoustonwasthe emigrantHouston.Sincehissons'marriagesareac countedforinthefamilyrecord,hereingiventheHouston whomAliceArmstrongmarried'mayhavebeenhisbrother, ('traditionsayshehadtwobrotherswhocame'toAmerica withhim)ormoreprobablyanephew.Afurtherpointof connectioninadditiontothename,locationanddateof emigrationis thefactthatAliceArmstrong'sbrother, RobertArmstrong,marriedMargaretCunninghamand JohnHouston'swifewasalsoMargaretCunningham. HoustonmarriedAliceArmstronginAbbeville District,SouthCarolina,wiheretheyremainedforashort time,latermovingtoTennessee.(Alargefamilywasborn tothem.AmongtiheirchildrenwasRobertArmstrong Houston,borninAbbevilleDistrict.SouthCarolina,in1765, (HiedinTennesseeApril2,1834.Hewasappointedby SecretaryofWarJohnC.Calthoun(hismother'skinsman) UnitedStatesCommissionertotheIndians.Thiswasfor theIndianTreatyof1819.RobertArmstrongHouston marriedMargaretDavisand'hadfourdaughtersandat least'twosons,AliceHouston,AmeliaHouston,Malinda HoustonandRuteliaHouston,JamesHoustonandHorace Houston. AliceHouston,daughterofRobertHoustonandMargaret Houston,marriedJamesMcMillanandhadRobertHouston McMillan(whomarriedtwiceandhadbyhisfirstwife 194 HOUSTON

(MarthaIsbell)twochildrenAliceMcMillanwhoisnob marriedandJamesBenjaminMcMillanwhomarried CynthiaCunninghamandhadWilliamCunninghamMc Millan,AliceMcMillan,RuleliaIsbellMcMillan,Mary McMillanandKittyB.McMillan;andhadbybissecond wife(MissouriIsbell)towchildren,RobertHoustonMc Millan,Second,whomarriedSarahGreyandleftRobert HoustonMcMillan,Third,diedyoung,AllenGrayMcMillan andCatherineMcMillan,andFannieMcMillan(whomar riedJ.F.Winklean!leftRobertMcMillanWinkleandJ F. Winkle;AliceMcMillan(whomarriedMajorGainesMc Millanashissecondwifeandhadnochikfoen); andJames WhiteMcMillan(wbomarriedLauraHendrickandhad JuliaHardinMcMillan,AmeliaAliceMcMillan,AnnieL. McMillan,MaryLurinaMcMillan,WilliamHendrickMc Millan,NannieMissouriMcMillan,JamesWhiteMcMillan, Second;LukeHamptonMcMillan,LauraHoustonMcMillan, FrancesLouiseMcMillanandFrankAlexanderMcMillan.) AmeliaHouston,daughterof RobertHoustonand MargaretDavisHouston,marriedhercousin.DruryPaine . Armstrongin1823.TheirchildrenwereRobertHouston Armstrong(whomarriedLouiseFranklinandhadthree children,RobertFranklinArmstrongwhomarriedtwice, firstCeliaHoustonandsecond'AnnieWetzelandhasno children,ElizabethArmstrongwhomarriedJamesP. McMillanandhadRobertArmstrongMcMillan,diedyoung, JamesP.McMillanandhadRobertArmstrongMcMillan andLauraMcMillinwhomarriedThomasH.Wagnerand hasMaryElizabethWagnerandAnnieMcMillanWagner, andActeiiaArmstrongwhomarriedJ.EdwardLutzandhas LouiseLutzwhomarriedDr.VictorHolloway.andEdwin Lutz,whomarriedEleanorAtkin); MarcellusMuratArm strong,calledWhack(whomarriedElizabethC.McGee andhadDruryPaineArmstrong,diedunmarried,Joseph McGeeArmstrongmarriedMaryL.Hampton,Leonidas BruceArmstrong,Second,marriedfirstPaulineFearnand marriedsecondMargaretBradford,andAmeliaArmstrong whomarried'J.A.Bankston); LeonidasBruceArmstrong. First,(whodiedunmarried); andAdeliaArmstrong(who marriedWilliamCalvertHillandhadGeorgeArmstrong HillmarriedGeorgiaAnnWallisandhaschildrenand AmeliaHillwhomarriedClementC.Douglasandhas dhildren). MalindaHouston,daughterof RobertHoustonand

195 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES MargaretDavisHoustonmarriedRobertMcNutt. RuteliaHouston,fourthdaughterofRobertHoustonand MargaretDavisHoustonmarriedJamesIsbellandhad MargaretIsbell(whomarriedMajorJamesHardieand hadnochildren); FannieIsbell(whomarriedWilliam Boynton); HoustonIsbell(whodiedunmarried); Thomas LivingstonIsbell(whomarriedMa'ttieJ.Norrisandhad RuteliaHoustonArmstrongwhomarriedW.H.Laneand hasonechild,RuteliaIsbellLane); andAliceIsbell(who marriedhercousinWilliamParkArmstrong,andhad WilliamParkArmstrong,Second,marriedRebekaPurvis andhasRebekahPurvisArmstrong,WiliamParkArm strong,Third,GeorgePurvisArmstrong.AnnElizabeth ArmstrongandJaneCrozierArmstrong;HoustonC. ArmstrongmarriedMinaLamarandhasHoustonChurch- CareyArmstrong); MargaretHardieArmstrongmarried AinsliePowerArdaghand'hasMargaretArdagh,Ainslee PowerArdagh,Second,AliceArdagh,KathleenArdaghand EdithArdagh,andAnnieElizabethArmstrongmarried ThomasStooJohnsonand'hasnochildren). JamesHouston'theeldestsonofRobertHoustonand hiswifeMargaretDavisHoustonmarried—— . • HoraceHouston,thesecondsonofRobertHoustonand MargaretDavisHoustonmarriedinBlountCounty,Tennes- ———Howard.

GEORGEHOUSTON,EMIGRANT GeorgeHoustonmarriedaMissWareabout1760.He camefromIrelandtoPennsylvaniatihencetoMecklenburg County,NorthCarolina,alongwiththeJacks,Rosses, Wilsonsandothers.Thiscouple,GeorgeHoustonand wifehadatleastfoursons,Thomas,William,Samueland GeorgeWare.Ofthesefoursons,nothingisknownofthe twofirstnamed. SamuelHoustonmarriedMaryKirkinMecklenburg County,NorthCarolina,1795.TheirchildrenwereJohn, Margaret,GeorgeWare,Nancy,Abner,MaryMelissa,Jane Eliza,SamuelAllison,WilliamWilsonandSeth.Johnwas lastheardofinArkansas;MargaretmarriedJosephWal laceandlivedinNorthCarolina.NancymarriedW.A. Brown,livedinTennesseeandmovedtoTexas;Abner marriedandlivedinTexas;MaryMelissamarriedJohn McCannandlivedinTennessee,afterwardsmovedtoTexas; JaneElizamarriedWilliamNaillandlivedinTennessee

19(5 HOUSTON theninTexas;SamuelAllison,WilliamWilson,andSarah diedyoung. GeorgeWareHoustonwenttoGeorgiaasearlyas1820, andfinallysettledinHarrisCountywhereheliveduntil hisdeathin1886.Hewasfourtimes.married,first,toMiss SarahBlaokmon.Shediedleavingoneson,James,who diedyoung.Second,hemarriedAmyBean,daughterof AlexanderandIsabella(Youngblood)Bean.Shelivedonly ashorttimeleavingoneson,Edwin,whomarriedMartha BirdFitzpatrickDawkins,daughterofReubenandEliza bethJohnstonDawkins.Theyhadfourchildren,Elizabeth Ware(deceasedmarriedJere R. Traylor,one daughter,MarthaTraylor;WalterReubenmarried Sailie Adair,hadtwochildren,AdairandMarguerite; MarthaLou;Edwin(deceased),married'AntonietteBaker andlefttwochildren,CharlesandElizabeth.GeorgeWare Houstonmarriedthird,NancyOliverWard,daughterof ThomasandEd'na(Poole)Ward.Shediedleavingsix children: MarthaCaroline(diedyoung); SamuelOliver diedunmarried;MaryEdnamarriedW.E.Palmerand diedleavingfourchildren:LeeMay,GeorgeHouston, RalphAlexanderandEdith;SarahFrancesmarried TheodoreDwightPowerandhasoneson,SamuelHouston; ThomasWardandGeorgiaLeediedunmarried'.George Ware.Houstonmarriedfourth,Mrs.MaryWrightMoore, nochildren.Of'theseMrs.T.D.Power,S.H.Power,Miss Mart)haLouHouston,andMissMarthaTaylorlivein Columbus,Georgia. GeorgeWareHouston,sonof Georgeand (Ware)HoustonmarriedJaneKirkin Mecklenburg County,NorthCarolina,andhad'elevenchildren:James Amzie,Margaret,Harris,WilsonC.,Frank,GeorgeW., ThomasD.,WilliamLee,Eliza,RobertAllisonandB.K. ThomasmarriedHesterCrockettandhad,Archie,Alma, Lena,Lee,Hester,Lidia,ThomasandJames.Archie marriedBelieGrayandhadThomasD.,AlmaandMary Lee.LeemarriedNannieLouMooreandhadHester, Josephine,andThomas.AlmamarriedOscarAlexander. NearlyalloftheselastnamedliveinMississippi.Some ofthedescendantsof GeorgeWareandJane(Kirk) HoustonliveinMecklenburgCounty,NorthCarolina.One descendant,SamuelFrankHouston,livesinSelma,Ala

197 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES bama.HemarriedMissPearlWhitmanandtheyhadKvo children,SamuelFrankandMargaret. MaryKirkandJaneKirkweredaughtersofJohnand Sarah(Steele)KirkofNorthCarolina. JOHNSTON

TheJohnstonsareoftenreferred!toasthe"'Gentle Johnstons,"andina Borderballad,entitled"TheLadsof Wamphray,"wefindtheGalliardafterstealingSim Critchton's'wisdomdun',callinganinvitation: "NowSimmy,Simmyoftheside, Coinooutand'seeaJohnstonride, Here'sthebonniesthorseina'N'itihside, AndagentleJohnstonaboonhis'hide'. ThefamilyhonorsincludetheMarquisateofAnnan- d'ale;theEarldomsofAmmndferle,HartfellandBath;the VisoonnlsofAnnandale;theBaroniesofLochwood,Loch- ben.MolTatdale,Evandale,BathandDerrvent,andthe BaronetciesofCaskieben,Elpihinstone,Westerhall,Hack- nessandGilford. AScottishborderantiquary(A.85)wasofopinion thattheoriginalJohnstonslikeBruce,Baliel,Gordonand Jardine.camefromFrancewithWilliamI. Heidentified himwiththeSeigneurdeJoinville,mentionedbytheold obroniel'TGuillammeA'Tailleur,asassistingatthebattle ofHastings,andthenameappearsagainhalf'-Saxonized intoJanvil.onthenoliofBattleAbbey. SirWilliamWallaceissaidtohavebeenbroughtup inthefamilyofa Johnston,andtheassertionisquite credibleashishomewasinLenark,justNorthofAnnan- dale. InScotlandi!wasallowableforeachknighttowear thesamedesignonihisshieldashischief;somechange incolororlinebeingnecessary,ofcourse,todistinguish onefromanother.ThefirstlordsofAnonandalewere theUnices,whosearansweresilver,witha redsaltire (diagononalcross)andagoldchiefbandacrosstheupper section;andwhileservingasvassalsoftheBrucesthe Johnstonsworefortheirarmsa silvershieldwithablack

199 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES saltireandredchief.Afteri*heBrucescametheRandolphs, whosearmsconsistedofthr.eeredcushionsonthesilver field;andinordertoshowtheirallegianceftotheirnew' masters,theJohnstonsputthreegoldcushionsonthered ohiefoftfhetirshields.WhenthhJohnstonswereraisedto theIieeragetheirarmswereconfirmedintheabovedesign, WhichisofficiallydescribedArgent,a saltiresable,ona ohiefgules,threecushions. \ ThecrestoftheclanisawingedspuV,or"flyingspur", asSirWalterScottcallsit. Thereisalegendexplaining thewayinwhichthecrestwasawanledNwhichrecites thatwhileJohnBaliolwasKingofScotland,Reward.King ofEngland,triedtomakehimacknowledgeSooV[iil1d'°De tributaryitoEngland,andRobertBruce,then\Earl>f Carrick,bitterlyopposedthescheme.EdwanJjLupon hearingofBruce'sopposition,laidaplottoseizehi\ijani'l wasonlypreventedfromdoingsobyBaliol'ssendingVJhe chiefoftheJohnstonstoBrucewithawarning.BalioliHi[* notwishtowritetoBruceforfearthemessageshouldb\ interceptedbythefollowersofEdward,sohesent;aspur^ towhichwastiedabird'swing.Brucelookthehintand savedhimselfbyflight,andwhenhebecameKinghecon ferredthecrestofthewingedspuruponthemessenger. WhenSirJamesJohnstonwasLordWardenofWest Marcheshismottowas"alightthievesall";butwhenthe chiefoftheclanwasraisedtothepeeragethemottowas changedto'Nunquamnonparatus'(Neverunready).This mottowasparticularlyappropriate,asitissaidthatwhen thechiefusedtomuster'hisclanforbaittleitwasthecustom forhimtoask: "MenofAnnandale,areyeready?"andthe answerwasinvariably,"Aye,ready". TheClanbadgeisredhawthorn.TheSeatofthe Johnstonclan,is Locherby,nearcenterofdistrictof Annandale-CastleofLochvvood,situatedat'thatplace. ThoughtheiroriginisScotch,someoftheJohnstons wenttoIriland,CountyofAntrim,atthe.timesomany Scotchmenemigratedhereashasbeenofltennotedn thisseries.Thetraditionthattheemigrantto Ireland, orpossiblyoneofhisimmediatesuccssorsmarriedan "Irishlady"isscarcelyborneout/bytherecordsofthe people,foritwastheirboastthatfortwohundredyearsthe ScotchNationofIreland"astheylikedtocallthemselves never"intermarried"withtheIrish.Ofcourse,theJohn ston,whoissaidtohavemarriedtheIrishladymayhave beentheexceptionwhichprovedtherule.Thiswouldseem

200 JOHNSTON indeedtobeindicatedbythebirthnearDublinoftheseven Johnstons,whoemigratedtoAmerica. AfterlivinginIreland'alengthoftimenotnowkno*m, theJohnstonslikehundredsoftheirScotchIrishneighbors decidedtoemigratetothenewlandofAmerica.In1768 thefourJohnstonbrothers,John,William,Francisand JosephwhowereallbornnearDublinandpresumablytheir threesisters,Margaret,NancyandJean,allsetsailfor America.TheylandedinPhiladelphiaandsettledfora shorttimeinPennsylvania,whenfollowingthetideof emigration,theymovedtoVirginiaandfromthenceto SouthCarolina'andTennessee. WhilethisarticleprimarilyconcernstheTennessee Johnstons,a'briefreferencetotheNorthCarolinagroup isnotamiss.GovernorJohnstonandhisfamilyofthat stateareallfromthesamestock,andit is believed thattheextinctMarquisiteofAnnandaleShouldbevested intheNorthCarolinabranch.AlabamaJohnstonsare fromtheNorthCarolinafamily,thelateGovernorJoseph ForneyJohnstonbeingofNorthCarolinaextraction. TherewerethreeGovernorsofNorthCarolinaofthe familyandname.AHwereemigrantsfromScotlandand allwereborninornearDundee.Theywere:Governor GabrielJohnston,GovernorJohnJohnston,andthelatter's son.GovernorSamuelJohnston.SamuelJohnstonwasborn nearDundee.Scotland,in1733andthisdateshowsthe approximatedateofhisfather'sanduncle'sbirthtobe about1700,ora littleearlier.GabrielJohnstonwasGov ernoroftheProvinceofNorthCarolinain1734andwas followedin1736byhisbrother,JohnJohnston.Governor JohnJohnstonsemigrationevidentlytookplacebetweenthe dateofhisson'sbirthinDundeein1733andthisappoint menttotheGovernorshipin1736.Noapproximatedateof GovernorGabrielJohnston'semigrationcanbegiven. SamuelJohnston,borninDundee,Scotland,in1733, emigrated'withhisfather,JohnJohnston,say1734.He heldalmosteverypossibleofficeintheProvinceandState andin1787waselectedGovernorofthatState. GovernorJohnston'swifewasHelenScrymsour. GovernorSamuelJohnston'swifewasPenelopeEden,only daughterofGovernorEden. InAmericaintheRevolutionthereweremanyJohn stonsandintheWarBetweentheStatestherewerefour GeneralsintheConfederateArmyallsupposedlykinsmen andallof(henamesspelled'witha"t".BrigadierGeneral

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GeorgeD.Johnston,LieutenantGeneralAlbertSidney Johnston,LieutnantGeneralJosephEgglestonJohnston andBrigadierGeneralRobertD.Johnston.Ofthemost famousareGeneralAlbert'SidneyJohnston,whogavehis lifefortheSouthatShiloh,April6,1862,andGeneral JosephE.Johnstonwhosebrilliantcareerthroughoutthe Warisalsowellknown. TheTennesseefamilyofJohnstoncomesfromtheline ofthefourbrotherswhowerebornnearDublin.Ireland, inthemiddleof theEighteenthCentury.Thesefour brothers,JohnJohnston,JosephJohnston,FrancisJohnston andWilliamJohnstonhadthreesisters,MargaretJohnson, NancyJohnstonandJeanJohnston.Margaretmarrieda Mr.Shaw,NancyaMr.HendersonandJeanaMr.Jones. Itisthebeliefofthefamilythattheysprangfromthe Annand'aleJohnstons,and'thatoneofthefamilywentover intoIrelandduringthepersculionandmarriedanIrish lady. JohnJohnston,theeldestchildoftheforegoinggroup wasbornnearDublin,Ireland,in1735.Hishalfbrother, JosephJohnston,wasbornnearDublinFebruary28,1745, thebirthsof'theotherfivebrothersandsistershavenot beengiven. ThefamilyoffourbrothersemigratedfromIrelandto Pennsylvaniaabouttheyear1768.Twoyearslaterthey wenttoVirginiaandtheremadesettlementsin1770.John JohnstonsettledinRockbridgeCounty,Virginia,married andraisedafamily. ThesevenbrothersandsisterswhocamefromDublin toAmericaabouttheyear1768willbetokenupinthe followingorder: I. JohnJohnston. II. JosephJohnston. III.FrancisJohnston. IV.WilliamJohnston. V. MargaretJohnston. VI.NancyJohnston. VII.JeanJohnston.

I. JOHNJOHNSTON JohnJohnston,eldesitofthegroupofbrotherswho emigratedtoAmericafromIrelandaboutitheyear1768, wastheonlysonofhismotherandwasahalfbrother toJosephJohnston,FrancisJohnston,WilliamJohnston, MargaretJohnston,NancyJohnston,andJeanJohnston.

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HewasbornnearDublinabout1735andemigrated toAmericaabout1768.TheymovedtoVirginiaabout 1770andfromtheretoWashingtonCounty,Tennessee abouttheyear1800.Hediedthereabout1806.Hehad marriedandhadafamily.Someofhischildrenremained inVirginia,but'hissonSamuelJohnstonaccompanied himtoTennesseeandafterhisfather'sdeathmovedto BlountCounty. SamoielJohnston"marriedNancyShawanddiedin1846. Helefttenchildren: (1)JohnJohnston,Second. (2) SamuelMcMillanJohnston. (3) EstherJohnston. (4)MargaretJohnston. (5)WilliamJohnston. (6)Josia)hJohnston. (7)FrancisJohnston. (8) JamesHarveyJohnston. (9)AnnaJohnston. (10)HamiltonJohnston. (1)JohnJohnstonHieeldestsonofSamuelJohnston andNancyShawJohnstonmarried!KeziahRowanin1815. (2)SamuelMcMillanJohnston,sonofSamuelJohn stonandNancyShawJohnston,marriedhiscousin, MargaretJohnston,daughterofJosephJohnston,about 1817.Theirchildrenwere:NancyA. (whomarried Z.Edwardsandhad'SamuelEdwards,WilliamEdwards andSarahEdwards,allofvVhomdiedwithoutissueand MargaretEdwardswhomarriedW.H.Lowryandhadfour children); JamesHarveyJohnson(whomarriedJane Oaldwellin1845andhadsixchildren); EbenezerE. Johnson(who'marriedArminaMontgomeryin1846and hadfourchildren); LucindaJaneJohnston(whomarried O.H.P.CaldwellinDecember1843andhadfivechildren, JamesA.CaldwellwhomarriedElizabethGillespieandhas PercyA.Caldwell,RhobieCaldwellmarriedFredSmaJlman andElsieCaldwellmarriedRolandOlmstead;AliceCald well;MaryCaldwell;SamuelCaldlwell;andSarahCald well); JeffersonLaFayetteJohnston(whomarriedBettie Blairin1858andhadonechildand,afterherdeathmarried BettieMcGheeandhadfivechildren.Amongtheirchildren "are:HughM.Johnston,whomarriedLillieShippandhas

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twodaughters,LynnRussellJohnstonandElizabethJohn son.SamuelHughHardin,whomarriedLillieShippandhas ThomasH.Johnston,whosewifewasNonaG.McDermott. TheyhaveHughSamuelJohnstonand'LouiseJohnston. EsterJohnston(whomarriedPeterHardinandleftone son,SamuelM.Hardin,whomtrriedLillieShippandhas nochildren); MargaretJohnston(whomarriedJ.F.MeGill anddiedin1910,ihavinghadeightchildren,fiveofwhom areliving). (3)EstherJohnston,daughterofSamuelJohnstonand NancyShawJohnstonmarriedJosiahRowanin1819.They hadseveralchildren,oneofwhomwasColonelJohnA. Rowanwhocommanded62TennesseeConfederateReg iment. (4)MargaretJohnston,daughterofSamuelJohnston andNancyShawJohnstonmarriedhercousin,Samuel Johnston,sonofJosephJohnstonin1818. (5)WilliamJohnston,sonofSamuelJohnstonand NancyShawJohnston,marriedNancyFinleyin1820. (6)JosiahJohnston,sonofSamuelJohnstonandNancy ShawJohnstonmarriedClarissaPraterabout1828. (7)FrancisJohnston,sonof SamuelJohnstonand NancyShawJohnstonmarriedJ'aneFergusonin1838. (8)JamesHarveyJohnston,sonofSamuelJohnston andNancyShawJohnston,marriedNancyWalkerin1835. (9)AnnaJohnston,daughterofSamuelJohnstonand NancyJohnston,nevermarried. (10)HamiltonJohnston,sonofSamuelJohnstonand NancyShawJohnston,marriedIsabellaAuneauin1835. II. JOSEPHJOHNSTON JosephJohnston,whowasborninornear,Dublin, Ireland,February28,1745andemigratedtoAmericain abouttheyear1767,settledwithbisbrothersinVirginia in1770.HeservedintheRevolutionandwasaSergeant inCaptainJosephSpencer'sCompany. InJuly1778,JosephJohnstonandhisbrotherFrancis Johnston'madeatriptoCharleston,SouthCarolina,and weresodelightedwilththecountrythatJosephJohnston decided'toremainthere.HemarriedMargaretGrahami ofGraham'sFord,in1781. MargaretGrahamhademigratedfromIrelandin1770 withherbrother,RobertGraham.Theyhadsettledin SouthwesternVirginianearWytheville,accordingtoDr.J. T.Graham,ofWytheville.Thetensonsanddaughtersof JosephandMargaretGrahamJohnslonwereborninYork

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District,SouthiCarolina.TheylivedonthePad'enRiver nearthe"OldNationalFond,". AbouttheYear1816,JosephandMargaretGraham Johnstonandtheirentirefamilymovedto Tennessee, BlountCounty,andhelaterboughttenfarmsinMonroe andRoaneCounties,Tennessee,leavingonefarmtoeach ofhistenchildren. HediedAugust15,1825,onthefarmwtoerehelived forseveralyears,oneandahalfmilessouthofBlair's Perry,nownearLoudonwherehisgrandson,' James HarrisonJohnstonnowlives.JosephandMargaretGra hamJohnstonareburiedattheOldBrick'Ghurchwhere theylivedinBlountCounty. FromamemorandumbookkeptbyJosephJohnston, beginningFebruary16th,1770,wefindthathecameto VirginiafromPennsylvania.Otheritemsinthebookshow thathehadbusinesstransactionswithFrancisJohnston, whomusthavebeenabrother. HekeptaccountswiththeExchangeBankofGeorge town.MechanicsBankofBaltimore,andaVirginiaBank in1773.InJuly1778,heand'FrancisJohnstonmadea triptoCharleston,SouthCarolina,andanaccountofthe expensesofbothonthattripwaskept.Hehasaccounts alsowithJohnJohnstonand'JamesJohnston,presumably brothers.HehasentriesofnotesonBankofTennessee, payableatNashville,andtheStateBankofNorthCarolina, Wilmington,NorthCarolina. Anotherentryinthebookreads:"Receivedfrom RobertGrahamona note,13poundsand12shillings. ReceivedfromJohnJohnston,on FrancisJohnston's account,sixpoundsand'sixshillings,Aprilthe10th,1797,. and260feetofboard.Decemberye10th,1779;thisis thebargainbetweenFrancisJohnstonandJosephJohnston, viz.,thatJosephJohnstonboughtyehalfofasteeland vesselsfor300pounds". AfterJosephJohnstonremovedtoSouthCarolinahe accumulateda fortune,and'whenhischildrenwereall grown,hemoved'toBlountCounty,Tennessee,andafter wardstoRoane,whichisnowLoudonCounty. Heboughttenplantationsinthatsectionofthecountry knownas"SweetewaterValley",betweenBlountCounty, andChattanooga.Hegaveaplantationtoeachoneofhis childrenanidfurnisheditwithstockandnegroes;buthe setmostofhisownnegroesfreeafterhemovedtoTennes see,andsentthembacktoLiberia.Onenegrowhowas

205 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES liberated,wasveryyoungatthetime,andstarted,with hismother,toLiberia,butwhentheyembarked'atSavan nah,Georgia,heturnedbackwithoneortwootihers,pre ferringrathertobear'theillshealreadyhadthantoflyto thoseheknewnotof.Hismother,aftershearrivedin Africa,wrotetohermistressseveraltimes,andoccasionally sentpresentsofcoffeeandotherproductsofthecountry, inexchangefortobaccoandpresentssentthemfromthis county.TheywerenotsatisfiedinLiberiaandwishedto return.InJosephJohnston'swillitwillbefoundthathe gavetoeachofhisChildrenabodyservantormaid,with theprovisothattheyshouldbetaughttoreadandandbe setfreeattheageofthirty.Inhiswillhealsoordered thathisbooksofdivinityshouldbedividedamongsthis sonsanddaughters,butthathisotherbooksshouldbe dividedamongsthissonsonly.Evidentlybelievingthatit wasnotnecessaryforwomentoknowanythingexcept religion.JosephJoihnstonserved'ascourierinheConti nentalforces,duringtheRevolutionarywar,and,formany years,thefamilypossessedthenotebook,keptbyhim,with remarksuponthecampaignfromNewport,RhodeIsland, toCharleston,SouthCarolina. He.'hisancestorsandmostof hisdescendantsliave beenScotoh-IrishPresbyterians,ofthestrictestfaith,and havebeennoted'fortheirintegrityofcharacterandsolid qualities,althoughatrifleaustere.Theyacknowledgebut onerightandonewrong,andrecognizenocircuitousroutes betweenthetwo. ThechildrenofJosephJohnstonandMargaretGraham Johnstonwere: (1)JamesJohnston. (2)JosiahJohnston,born1785. (3) FrancesJohnston. (4) SamuelJohnston. (5) JosephJohnston,Second. (6)RobertJohnston. (7) EbenezerJohnsiton. (8) WilliamJohnston. (9)MargaretJohnston. (10)JeanJohnston. (1)JamesJohnstonmarriedRachelMartin.Their childrenwere:JosephJohnston,WilliamJohnston, EbenezerJohnston.FrancisJohnston,PollyJohnston, MichaelJohnstonandMarthaJohnston. (2)JosiahJohnstonmarriedEstherWalker,ofPenn

206 JOHNSTON sylvania.Theirchildrenwere:JosephJohnston,Walker Johnston,JamesJohnston,FrancisJohnston,William Johnston,EmmettJohnstonandNancyAnnJohnston(who marriedDr.Ford). Oftheforegoing: JosephJohnstonmarriedCarolineHairandhadseven children,namely:JamesJohnston,InezJohnston,Hester Johnston,AliceJohnston,CarolineJohnston,Francis JohnstonandJosephJohnston.JamesJohnstonmarried LucyCallaway.Shediedsoonaftertheirmarriage.He livesattheoldJohnstonplacenearMadisonville,Tennes see.InezJohnstonmarriedCaptainH.H.TaylorofKnox- villeandlefttwochildren,CarolineTaylorandAlfred Taylor.HesterJohnstonmarriedReed,ofLexington, Kentuckyand'hadtwosons,oneofwhomdiedininfancy, Theother,JosephJ.ReedmarriedFeliciaMurrayofAnder son.SouthCarolinaandlivesinKnoxville.AliceJohnston diedyoung.CarolineJohnstonmarriedLukeCallaway, andhadtwochildren,LucyCallaw^aywhodiedyoungand ThomasCall'ovvaywhomarriedRhodaKingShieldsand livesi inKnoxville.FrancisJohnstonmarriedElizabeth Houstonandhastwochildren,ElizabethJohnstonand LockeJohnston. JosephJohnston. WalkerJohnstonnevermarried. JamesMillerJohnston,married'SarahTuckerwho wasthedaughterof JohnTuckerandMary(Polly) HaiglerofLenoirCoun'ty,NorthCarolina,whohadmoved fromNorthCarolinatoTennesseein1838andsettledat Tucker'sSpringsinBradleyCounty,sevenmilessouthof Cleveland,Tennessee. ThechildrenofJamesJohnstonandSarahTucker, wereJohnTuckerJohnston,IdaJohnston,JosiahEinmeit Johnston,EstherMayJohnston.JamesFrancisJohnston, SamuelMarshallJohnstonandWilliamThomasJohnston. JohnTuckerJohnstonmarriedMaryTiptonofCleve land,theyhadthreechildren,JamesJohnstonwhodied young;WillieJohnston,"Bunnie"(asshewasaffection atelycalled^)whodiedattheageoftwen'ty-twoinHahn emannhospitalinPhiladelphiauponreturningtoThe Slatesafteravisit:inJamaica;audiClydeJohnston,who marriedC.L.HardwickandlivedinCleveland. IdaJohnstonmarried'JohnA.Steedof'Cleveland;their eldestchild,MaryJohnstonSteedmarriedW.C.Nevinof Sewickley,Pennsylvania,andhadthreechildren:Sarah

207 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES AmeliaNevin,EstherJohnstonNevin(died*ininfancy)and WilliamCunninghamNevin,SadieSteedmarriedWalter WilsonofCleveland,Tennessee;theyhavetwochildren: SarahGordonWilsonandWilliamSteedWilson.Campbell Steeddiedyoung.GertrudeSteedmarriedJohnBlackwood ofOsceola,Arkansas,FrancisGrahamSteed. JosiahEmmett(JohnstonmarriedRovthFrancesNuck ollsofGalax,Virginia,theyhaveonechild,MaryRuth Johnston,whomarriedDr.CarlThomasSpec,ofMorris- town,Tennessee. EstherMayJohnstonmarriedfirst,JamesH.Bibleof Cleveland,theyhadonesonwhodiedininfancy;ske marriedsecond,JohnG.BrownofBlackfoot,Idaho,ana hasnochildren. JamesFrancisJohnstonmarriedBessieKeyofChatta nooga,theyhad'twochildren,adaughter,MaryFrane«« Johnston,whodiedyoungandason,SummcrfieldKey Johnston. SamuelMarshallJohnstonmarriedOpheliaKnoxof Charleston,Tennessee,theyhaveonedaughter,Elizabeth Johnstonandoneson,JamesMillerJohnston. WilliamThomasJohnsitonmarriedGertrudeMorgan, whodiedin1906,theyhadthreechildren,MorganJohn ston,RhodaInmanJohnstonandWilliamThomas Johnston. FrancisJohnstonnevermarried. WilliamJohnstonmarriedBelleMcCartyandlived nearCharleston,Tennessee.Theyhadthreechildren, namely:MaryJohnston,NannieJohnstonandBetty Johnston.MaryJohnstonmarriedElijahBrownofAtlanta, andhastwochildren,WilliamBrownandEstherBrown. NannieJohnstonmarriedJ.E.Craigandhadtwochildren, FrankCraigandJ.E.Craig,junior.TheylivedinGaines ville,Georgia.BettyJohnstonmarried Mozier.She liveswithhermother.Mrs.WilliamJohnstoninCathoun, Tennessee.WilliamJohnstonwasasurgeonintheCon federateArmyandwaskilledintheBattleofVicksburg whileattendingwoundedsoldiers. EmmettJohnstonmarriedCarolineTucker(SeeHow ardFamily)andhadsixchildren,namely:EugeneJohn ston,FrancisJohnston,andFrenchJohnston.Eugene Johnstondied!in1915.MaryJohnstonmarriedM.L.Beard andhadthreechildren,FrankieBeard,MayBeardand FrenchBeard.JosephJohnstonmarriedEllaWehunt

208 JOHNSTON andhadonechild,CarolineJohnston.FrenchJohnston diedin1907. NancyAnnJohnstonmarriedDr.Ford.Theyhadthree children,J.D.Ford,WilliamFordandFrancisFord,all ofwhomaremarriedandliveinTexas. (3) FrancisJohnstonmarriedKatieDuncan.Their Childrenwere:JosephJohnston,GeorgeJohnston,and twodaughters,allofwhommoved'toIowain1855. (4)SamuelJohnstonmarriedhiscousin,Margaret Johnston.Theirchildrenwere:FrancisJohnston,John Johnston,EbenezerJohnston,JosephJohnstonand MiargaretJohnston. (5)JosephJohnston,theSecond;marriedHesterHen derson.Theirchildrenwere:JohnJohnston,Francis Johnston,MargaretJohnston,CynthiaJohnstonand anotherdaughter. (6)RobertJohnstondiedunmarried. (7)EbenezerJohnston,seventhchildofJosephJohn stonandMargaretiGrahamJohnstonWasbornAugust30, 1800.HemarriedAugust5th,1830,HannahHughesHuff. Ebenezerandhisbachelorbrother,Robert,inherited theplantationwheretheirparentsdied,andcontinuedto dwellthereuntiltheirdeath;RobertinJuly1863,and EbenezerinSeptember1867;thewifeofEbenezeralso diedatthesameplace,inSeptember1878,andthelihree areburiedintheoldburying*groundthere.Theirhome steadhasdescendedtoJamesH.Johnston,third'sonof Ebenezer,whoisatpresentlivingwithhisfamilyinthe houseoriginallybuiltbyJosephJohnston. RobertJohnstonservedasColoneland'EbenezerJohn stonasCaptainoftheStatemilitiaformanyyears,having receivedtheircommissionsfromGovernor.Jan'oil. Allthesonsofandthetwosons4n-lawofEbenezer servedintheConfederatearmy,exceptWilliamMcEwen Johnston,whowastooyoung—hisnextolderbrother, JeromeVonAlbadiehavingenteredtheserviceattheage ofseventeen.Hewasshotthroughthelegatthebattle of"BigBlock"nearVicksburg,Mississippi,andmadea prisoner.Hisolderbrother,JohnYatesJohnston,Captain ofCompanyF,62ndTennesseeVolunteers,wascaptured atthesametimeandwasaprisoneronJohnston'sIsland, Ohio,fortwenty-twomonths.Afterthewarwasclosed JosephMarshallJohnstonwenttoNewYorkandwasfor manyyearsa partnerin thefirmofR.T.Wilson& Company,bankers.Heafterwardssettledin Macon,

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Georgia.HewasoneofthelargestplantersintheState andpresident:oftheAmericanNationalBank.JohnYates Johnstonwasa capitalistofKnoxville,Tennessee.James H.Johnston,aspreviouslymentioned,is livingat the homesteadinTennessee;JeromeVonAlbadeJohnstonis largelyinterestedindevelopingthemineralresourcesof SouthwesternVirginia. WilliamMcEwenJohnston,theyoungestson,ifterleav ingWashingtonCollege,inLexington,Virginia,in1870, wenttoNewYorkCity,wherehewasamemberofthefirm ofR.T.Wilson&"Company,Bankersformanyyears. AfterhismarriageheremovedtoMacon,Georgia,where henowlives,notbeingactivelyengagedinanybusiness. ThechildrenofEbenezerJohnstonandHannahHughes HuffJohnstonwere:MelissaClementineJohnston,born May. 96Ii.l831; RobertFranklinJohnston,bornDecember 8tla,1832;MaryJeanJohnston,bornOctober9th,1834; JosephMarshallJohnston,bornMay21st,1837;JohnYates Johnston,bornOoltober20fen,1839;JamesHarrisonJohn ston,bornJanuary22nd,1842;JeromeVonAlbadeJohn ston,bornFebruary4th,1845;MiltonGrahamJohnston, bornNovember14th,1847;WilliamMcEwenJohnston, bornJuly20,1850;andHannahElizabethJohnston,born October17,1857. MelissaClementineJohnstonmarriedRichardThornton Wilson.ShelivedinNew'Yorkandlivedtobenearly eighty.Theyhadfivechildren,theoldestdaughter MaryWilsonmarriedOgdenGoelet.Theirchildrenwere wasfrequentlycomparedtothatofQueenofDenmark, whomarriedeverychildtoacrown.TheWilsonsmarried theAmericanequivalent—wealth.Theeldestdaughter, MaryWilsonMarriedOgdenGoelet.Theirchildrenwere: MayGoelet,whoisDuchessofRoxburgheandRobert Goelet.OrmeWilsonmarriedCarolineAs'farandhastwo sons,RichardThorntonWilson,andMarshallOrmeWil son,JuniorLeilaBelleWilson,theseconddaughter, marriedMichaelHenryHerbert,thenanattacheofthe BritishEmbassyatWashington.Atthetimeofhisdeath hewasSirMichaelHerbertandBritishAmbassadorat Washington.LadyHerberthastwosons.RichardThorn- IonWilson,Junior,thesecondsonni .Mr.llichfrd ThorntonWilsonandMelissaClementineJohnstonWilson marriedMarianMasonofBostonandhastwochildren. GraceWilson,theyoungestdaughtermarriedCornelius Vanderbilt,BrigadierGeneraloftheUnitedStatesArmy

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Armyandhastwochildren,CorneliusVanderbilf,Third, whowasalsointheUnitedStatesArmyandGraceVander- bilt.CorneliusVanderbilt,ithirdmarriedRachelLittleton. RobertFranklinJohnstondiedyoung. MaryJeanJohnstonmarriedSimeonD.Reynolds.She hadnochildren. JosephMarshallJohnstonmarriedMartihaFannin Huegueninandhadtwochildren,MarthaJohnston,who marriedWilliamdeLaceyKountze,andhadtwochildren, MarthaandHelen;andRichardW.Johnston,whomarried IsabelleThomasandleftdaughters,IsabelleandPamella. RichardW.JohnstondiedDecember28.1808. 28,1808. JohnYatesJohnstonmarriedSueAyersandhadthree children,asonwhodiedininfancy,andtwodaughters: JanieJohnston,whomarriedHepburnSaundersandSue Johnston,,whomarriedDavidC.Chapman. JamesHarrisonJohnstonislivingontheoldJohnston placenearLoudon.HemarriedMaryAnnKlineandhad fourchildren:MamieJohnstonwho'diedunmarried, SallieJohnston(whomarriedJohnC.Griffiss,junior,and hasJohnC.Griffiss,ThirdandJamesJohnstonGriffiss). AlbertSidneyJohnstonwhoisunmarriedandElizabeth Johnston( whomarriedHughMcClungThomas,andhas LucyThomasandCharlieMcClungThomas). JeromeVonAlbadeJohnstonisunmarriedandlives inMacon. WilliamMcEwenJohnstonmarriedLlewellynReese andhastwochildren,ViolaJohnstonwhomarriedKing manMooreandWilliamMcEwenJohnston,junior. HannahElizabethJohnstonmarriedAlmsteadMason Cookeandhasnochildren. (8)WilliamJohnstonmarriedAnnMaclyn.Their childrenwere:JohnJohnston,CampbellJohnstonand RobertJohnston. (9)MargaretJohnstonmarriedhercousin,Samuel McMillanJohnston.Theirchildrenwere:NancyAnn Johnston(whomarriedZ.Edwards).JamesHarvey Johnston,EbenezerE.Johnston,LucindaJaneJohnston, JeffersonLafayetteJohnston,MargaretJohnston,Esther I.Johnstonandhadtwosonswhodiedininfancy.(Seede scendantsofSamuelMcMillanJohnston). (10)JeanJohnstonmarriedDavidWalker.Theyhad tenchildren,amongothers,WilliamWalker,Francis WalkerandElizaWalker.

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(s)WilliamJohnston,sonof JosephJohnstonand MargaretGrahamJohnston,whowasborn1800anddied 1864,agedsixty-four,marriedAnneMcClyn,born1805* died1869.Theyhadsixchildren,namely:RobertAlex anderJohnston,AdalineJohnston,FrancisCarlyleJohn ston,JacksonGrahamJohnston,WilliamCampbellJohn ston,andColumbusMcCivinJohnston. Oftheforegoing: RobertAlexanderJohnston,firstchildofWilliamJohn stonandMargaretGrahamJohnston,marriedthreetimes and'hadchildrenbyhisfirstandsecondmarriages.He marriedfirst,VuityTurner)andtheyhadeightchildren, namely:AnnJohnston,HesterJohnston,SusanJohnston,. WilliamJohnston,FrankJohnston,GolumbusJohnston, BelleJohnston,NancyJohnston.RobertAlexanderJohn ston,imarriedsecond,Mrs.LucyJaneBeanandIheyhad sevenchildren,namely:LyleJohnston,IdaJohnston,Lula Johnston,CharlieJohnston,MollleJohnston,OscarJohn stonandOraJohnston.RobertAlexanderJohnstonmar ried,third,Tabi'thaA.Goodner'andtheyhadnochildren. OfthechildrenofRobertAlexanderJohnstonbyhisfirst wife: SusanJohnston,marriedHenryBergerandhadnine children,namely:MaryBerger,LucyBerger,NannieBer ger,ClaraBerger,OscarBerger,GeorgeBerger,FredBer ger,andFrankBerger;WilliamJohnstonmarriedEllen Pairandhadfourchildren,namely:EugeniaJohnston, SamuelJohnston,ArthurJohnstonandHoraceJohnston. FrankJohnstonmarriedMinervaWolfandhadsixchild ren,namely:StellaJohnston,JamesJohnston,Margaret Johnston,OllieJohnston,JohnnyJohnstonandAbbeyJohn ston; ColuimbusJohnstonmarriedLeliaWolfand'hadtwo. children,namely:CarlJohnston,landBurtaJohnston. BelleJohnstonmarriedSimHarrisandhadsevenchildren, namely:IdaHarris,RobertHarris,EulaHarris,Hentie Harris,MaryHarrisandJessieHarris;NancyJohnston marriedJamesEverhart,andhadfivechildren,namely: ClarenceEverhart,UnityEverhart,RuthEverhart.Robert Everhart,andWillieEverhart.OfthechildrenofRobert AlexanderJohnstonbyhissecondwife:LyleJohnston marriedEugeniaHawkandhad'twochildren,namely: MauriceJohnstonandEugeneJohnston;IdaJohnston marriedChampRamsey,andhadtenchildren,namely: OraRamsey,JohnRamsey,LillianRamsey,NannieRam sey,ThomasRamsey,McKinleyRamsey,GeorgeRamsey,. PerryRamsey,RobertRamsey,andMaryRamsey;Charles

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JohnstonmarriedSareptaSims,andhadfourchildren, namely:GateJohnston,WillieJohnston,MyrtleJohnston, andVictorJohnson,MoliieJohnstonmarried'William NaitihanbargerandhadtwochildrenClayNathanbarger andOraNathanbarger;OscarJohnstonmarriedBurta Martinand!hadthreechildren,namely:RobertJohnston, LyieJohnstonandOscarJohnston,junior;OraJohnston ma.TiedSamuelBean,junior,andhadnochildren. AdelineJohnston,secondchildofWilliamJohnston andMargaretGrahamJohnstonmarriedA.W.Ford. FrancisCarlyleJohnston,thirdchildofWilliwrnJohn stonandMargaretGrahamJohnston,wasbornDecember 22,1829.HemarriedMaryKatherineMacPhearson,born February10,1837,diedOctober30,1851.Theyhadfive children,namely:William'JacksonJohnston,JohnMac PhearsonJohnston,RobertSamuelJohnston,CharlesFrank linJohnston,andFrancesHenryJohnston.Ofthese,WiK liamJacksonJohnstonmarriedHarrietHunterandhad fivechildren,namely:FrederickJohnston,MargaretJohn ston,ArthurJohnston,AugustaJohnstonandRobertJohn ston.RobertSamuelJohnston,marriedthreetimesand hadchildrenbyeachmarriage.Hemarriedfirst,Elizabeth Karrandhadthreechildren,namely: MaryJohnston,John JohnstonandRobertJohnston;hemarriedsecond,Nannie Westmorelandandhadonechild,namely:FrancisJeffiie Johnston; hemarriedthird,MarthaAnnWilliamsandhad onechild,namely:RuthEmilyJohnsiton.CharlesFrank linJohnston,marriedNannieStanfieldandhadonechild, namely:LulaJohnston.FrancesHenryJohnstonmarried EmmaSm'allingandhadfourchildren,namely:Clint Johnston,CharlieJohnstonandClarenceJohnston. JacksonGrahamJohnston,fourthchildofWilliam Johnstonand'MargaretGrahamJohnstonmarriedNancy AnnFrancisco. William'CampbellJohnston,fifthchildofWilliam JohnstonandMargaretGrahamJohnstonmarriedNancyA. Prater.Theyhadtwelvechildren,namely:JamesJohn ston,SamuelA.Johnston,ThomasN.Johnston,SarahA, Johnston,FrancisC.Johnston,GeorgeG.Johnston,Alice Johnston,CarrieLeaJohnston,J.W.Johnston,AddieJohn siton,MinnieV.Johnston,andMarthaJohnston.Ofthese, JamesH.JohnstonmarriedFannieJulianandhadseven children,namely:WarrenJohnston(whomarried an1 had) Wheelerfourchildren)JohnstonClifford(whoJohnstonmarriedNora(whoJonesmarriedand

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hadthreechildren),MyrtleJohnston;MackJohnston(who marriedClaudeJohnstonandhadonechild),andJulia Johnston.SarahA.JohnstonmarriedAndersonBarger andhadtwelvechildren,namely:JohnBarger,William Barger(whomarried andhadonechild),James Barger,ThomasBarger,BlucherBarger,MollieBarger, (vvhumarried Franciscoandhadonechild),Leona Barger(whomarriedJosephSeaborn),IdaBarger(who married Steeleandhasonechild),JessieBarger, BertieBarger,SallieBarger,andAddieBarger;Francis JohnstonmarriedJennieSmallingandhadfourchildren, namely:MaeJohnston(whomarriedJohnA.Leeandhas onechild),BenjaminJohnston(whomarriedMinnie Rinehartandhasthreechildren),ThomasLeeJohnston (whomarriedLucyDavisandhasonechild),andPearl Johnston.AliceJohnstonmarriedJamesHehnandhad eightchildren,namely:JohnHelm(whomarriedMargaret Allisonandhadthreechildren),ByronHelm,LucyHelm (whomarried.—Johnstonandhadonechild),Fred Hehn,MinnieHelm,AddieHelm,MaryHelm,andDouglas Helm.CarrieJohnstonmarriedHoraceLuttrellandhad threechildren,namely:HughLuttrell,CarlLuttrell,and BerniceLuttrell;J.\V.JohnstonmarriedNannieButtsand haulfourchildren,namely:WillieJohnston,FaeJohnston, AddieJohnston,MaeJohnstonandRayJohnston. AddieJohnstonmarriedJohnBrenizerandhadtwo children,namely:MorrisBrenizerandEdisonBrenizer, MinnieV.JohnstonmarriedAndrewMooreandhadthree children,namely:EarlMoore,MackMooreandCecilMoore. MarthaAdieJohnstonmarriedWilliamSmallingandhad onechild,IraSmalling. KELTON

TheKeltonsareanancientfamilyinScotland.Many referencesaregiventotheminScottishhistory.Therethe nameispronouncedwiththeaccentonthesecondsyllahle. ThelandonwhichthenewcityofEdinburghisbuiltissaid tobelongtotheKeltonheirs.MaryKeltonmarriedJohn Glasselle,ofthefamilywho'accompaniedMary,Queenof ScotsfromPoictiers,onherreturntohernativeland.The Keltonsearlybeganto emigrateto America,thefirst emigrantofthatnamereachingSouthCarolinabetween 1640and1645.LikemanyotherScots,theKeltonsaided incolonizingIreland.SomeoftheselatercameioAmerica withtheUlsterimmigration.Oneofthem,JamesKelton camefromIrelandtoChesterCounty,Pennsylvania,about 1735andwasthegreat-grandfatherofGeneralJohnCun- nighamKeltonthesoldierandauthorofa trealiseon militaryaffairs.Theycamehereingreatnumber.'!forthe Censusof1790givestwenty-oneheadsoffamiliesofthis nameinMassachusetts,fourforRhodeIsland,onefor Pennsylvania,twoforNorthCarolina,andoneforSouth Carolina.Dr.ClaudeKelton,whoservedsixyearsinthe HospitalCorpsoftheU.S.Army,saysthattherecordsat WashingtonshowthattheU.S.ArmyhashadKelton recruitsfromnearlyeverystateintheUnion.Alsothat thenamehasnotbeenmissingfromtherecordd single yearsince1776. WILLIAMANDELIZABETHKELTON WilliamKeltonwasbornSeptember20,1753.Hiswife ElizabethwasbornMarch8,1754.AstowhetherWilliam KeltoncamedirectfromEdinburgh,orwasthesonofthe emigrantfromthatplace,hasnotbeenascertained;butthat heandhiswifeElizabethwereinNorthCarolina,witha largefamilyandnumerousslaves,isgivenintheCensus

215 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES of1780.OfWilliamKelton'sRevolutionaryrecord,nothing definiteisknown,butthathewasofRevolutionarytimber afewscatteredfactsattest.HewasScotch-Presbyterian, Hieistraditionallyknowntohavebeenconcernedwith!he MecklinburgDeclarationofIndependenceandln'lings!o theregionwhereitwasframed.Hisnan.;'dusp,l ap pearortthelistofsigners,probablybecauseofhisyouth. HedoesappearasamemberoftheMilitiaofMcrga'nDis trictintheperiodimmediatelyfollowingtheRevilulion. BywayofSmithCounty,Tennessee,wherehi'hadre sidedforashorttime,WilliamKeltoncameloRutherford County,Tennessee,andin1801purchasedalarg.tractof landknownas"BlackFoxCamp".BlackFoxwhsan Indianchiefwhoformerlyhuntedandencampedatthe magnificentspringnotfarfromthepresentsitei f Mnr- freesboro.ThestoryisthatBlackFoxwaspursud tottiis place,andratherthanbecaughtbythesoldiers,sprang intothewateranddisappearedfromsighlt.Tin'soldirs believedhimtobelost,butbyanundergroundchannel,he cametosurfaceagainatMurfree'sSpring,twoamion'- halfmilesbelow.ThisBlackFoxcamphasoftenbeen mentionedin the historyof Tennessee,its unusuallylargespringbeingalandmark.Theexpediiion ofGeneralRobertson,in1792.sentoneifitsscoutscvvr theoldtrailfromNashvilletoChattanooga,whoreported thathe"hadbeenasfarasBlackFoxCamp,vvhr' hehad seenthesignsofanumerousarmyofIndians.Againin 1794,MajorOre'sExpeditionagainsttheCreekandChero- keesoftheLowerTown,"marchedtoBlackFix'scamp andremainedthereforthenight".Thedeedtothistract oflandsaysthatitwasgrantedbytheStaleof North CarolinatoThomasHarris,andthatthesaidThimasHarris ofMecklenburgCounty,NorthCarolina,conveysInWilliam KeltonofSmithCounty.Tennessee,in1801.theBlackFox Gamp,atractof619acresforsixhundreddollars.The witnesseswere:L.SullivanandAlexanderSloan.IIisof interesttoknowthatthisdeedwasacknowledgedbefore AndrewJackson,atthattimeoneofthejudgesofthe "SupremeCourtofLawandEquity".WilliamKeltonpur chasedmyothertractsofland,owningfinalymanylhou- sandacresinthisandotherpartsofTennessee. RutherfordCounty,formerlyincludedin Davidson andWilliamsonComities,wasorganizedbyanaclofthe GeneralAssemblyatKnoxville.October25.1803.Thefirst courtmotatthehomeofThomasRucker,January3.180*.

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Ofthiscourt,WilliamKeltonwasoneofthefirstgrand- jurymen.Murfreesborowasfoundedin1811,butitwa9 notuntil1813thatelectionswereorderedtobeheldat MurfreesboroinsteadofBlackFoxCamp,showingthat muchofthecountybusinesshasbeentransacteda!thu latterplace. AfamilystoryofthefoursonsofWilliamgoinginto thfwoodstohewlogsforthefirstPresbyterianChurchis sustainedbytherecordoftheirmother,Elizabeth,beinga chartermemberofthecongregation.Thereisnowonthe originalsiteaneatnewbrickbuilding. Here,then,ona plantationofseveralthousand'acres aroundthisspring,fromwhichthetownofMurfreesboro isnowsuppliedwithwater,WilliamandElizabethKelton establishedtheirlargefamiliy.WilliamKeltonbiid•i■ is13. Achartnowonfileshowsthedivisionamonghisheirsof theoriginalholdings.ThisdivisionwasmadeOctober10, 1816.SamuelBigany,MosesBellakandSamBarberbeing thetrustees.Thisnamesthe'heirsasArchibaldSloanand wifeAgnes.JohnSloanandwifeMary,RobertKelton, SamuelB.Kelton.ElizabethKelton,senior,JamesKelton, ElizabethKelton,junior,William,AlexanderLarkeyand wifeMargaret,thesebeingthewidowandeightchildren. David,anotherchild,diedquiteyoung,andwasnotliving a1thistime. I. MARYKELTON MaryKelton,daughterofWilliamandElizabethKelton wasbornAugust,1774.ShemarriedWilliamSloan. II.ROBERTKELTON RobertKelton.oldestsonofWilliamandElizabeth KeltonwasbornMay6,1776.Hemarriedwhilestillin MecklenburgCounty,NorthCarolina,RachelJetton.This namehasbeenvariouslyspelledJeton,GietonandJelton, thelatterspellingisusedinthefirstGensaisofNorth Carolina(1790).HediedinRutherfordCounty,Tennessee, in1.S26,intestate,andhisbrotherWilliamwasappointed administrator.HiswifeRachelsurvivedhijnanumberof years,certainlyuntil1844,asdeedssignedbyheratthat dateareonrecordatMurfreesboro.RobertKelton,probably livedonthesouthwestcorneroftheBlackFoxCampplan

217 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES tation,asthathadbeens^tasideforhiminthedivision hisfather'sestate.Theirchildrenwere: A. WilliamPleasant,1800. B. Jackson,1802. C. Samuel,1805. D. Emily,1808. E. Mary,1810. F. Robert,1812. G. GeorgeandDavid,1814. H. Margaret,1816. I. JamesII.,1818. Ofthesechildren: A WilliamPleasant,sonofRobertandRachelJetton Kelton,wasborninMecklinburgCounty,SalisburyDistrict, NorthCarolina,'onJanuary11,1800,beingtheonlyone ofthechildrenwhowasbornbeforetheycametoTennes see.Hewasmarriedin1819toLucindaWhite,whowas borninSouthCarolinain 1802.TheyleftRutherford CountyandsettledinGibsonCounty,Tennessee,some timein thethirties.WilliamPleasantKeltonbecame sheriffofGibsonCountyandatonetimekneweveryman inthatcounty.Herearedalargefamilyandaccumulated alargefortune.Hediedin1886.Hiswife,Lucinda,died in1875.Theirchildrenwere: 1 ThomasWhiteKelton.ofwhosefamilyacomplete accountwillbegivenbelow 2 Lavinia.marriedAbrahamPenn. 3 Julia,marriedJamesHill. 4 William,marriedHesterftucker. 5 Elizabeth,marriedJasperHardy,andlivesinDenver withherdaughterMrs.InezHoover,whohasonedaughter Margaret. 6 Joseph,nevermarried. 7 Frank,marriedSarahHardy.Theyhadadaughter, Elizabeth,whomarriedMr.FinisWhiteofMissouri.They hadalsooneortwosons. 8 Samuel,marriedHarrietBritton. 9 Mary,marriedF.P.Hill. 1 ThomasWhiteKelton,(heoldestchildofWilliamPleas antandLucindaWhiteKelton,wasbornAugust,28,1821. HemarriedCatherineMargaretGuthrie,daughterofJohn andMinervaWearGuthrie.JohnGuthriecamefirstfrom GlasgowtoRichmond,Virginia,thencetoTennessee,where hemetMinerva,daughterofColonelSamuelWear,afull accountofwhoseservicescanbefoundinthehistoryof

218 KELTON theWearfamily.CatherineMargaretGuthriewasbornin GreeneCounty,Tennessee,June11.1830,anddiedinVan Buren.Arkansas,December24.1918.ThomasWhile KeltonwaseducatedattheoldBradleyAcademy,Mur- f'reesboro,andattheLouisvilleMedicalCollege.Thtmar riagetookplaceatVernon,HickmanCounty,Tennessee,on March12,1848.AfterashortresidenceatEatonTennessee, andatJacksonport.Arkansas,thefamilyremovedwith ♦heirslavestoMountVernon,Missonri,whereDr.Kelton practisedhisprofessionformanyyears.Hediedthere October28,1883.Theirchildrenwere:(a)Eudora;(b) WilliamPleasant;(c)ThomasWhite,junior;(d)Lucie Belle;(eiRichardLee;(f)MarthaGuthrie;(g)Charles George;(h)HarrvClay;(i)GrangerLatta;(j)Ona;(k) ThaddeusWhite.'Ofthese: (a)EudorawasbornApril13.1849inEalonTennessee Shewasmarriedin1872toDr.M.L.Gaither.Theyh.i'ino children.HerdeathoccuredinAurora,Missouri,January 26,1905. (b)WilliamPleasantKeltonwasborninEatonTen nessee,November18.1851.Hediedin MountVernon, Missouri.December11,1862. (c)ThomasWhite,junior,wasbornSeptember1, 1853,inoldJacksonport,Arkansas.HediedinOklahoma, October10,1891,unmarried. (d)LucileBelleKeltonwasbornOctober10.1858, marriedMartinFranklinHouseSmeltzeronApril25,1877. HewasbornMay26,1853.inMiddletown,inthefamous andbeautifulMarylandvalleyofthatname.Hisfamily wereSwissLutheransandwereamongtheearlyemigrants tothiscountry.TheyliveinVanBuren,Arkansas,where Mr.Smeltzerestablisheda fruitranch.Theirchildren are:(i)HomerCecilSmeltzer,bornAugust28,1878,a fruitgrowerofSapulpa,Oklahoma,whomarriedinVan Buren,Arkansas,Nov.I, 1905.MyraOrrickborninFt. Worth.Texas.April26.1885.andhastwochildren:Marion, bornMay18, 191^andFranklin,bornMav23, 1915.(2) Catherine,bornJuly27, 1882,'un married,(3)Edna,bornAugust22,1887,marriedApril3, 1905,EarlWard,whowasborninVanBuren,June23, 1884,andhasthreechildren,Smeltzer,bornFebruary14, 1906,Virginia,bornJuly1908,andCatherinebornAugust 31,1910;(4)DoraSmeltzerwasbornOctober21,1890,and

219 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES wasmarriedApril25,1911,toWilliamReynolds,whowas bornOctober5,1884,inF*.Smith,Arkansas.JamesR. Reynolds,great-grandfatherofWillReynoldswasoneof lb*defendersofFortMcHenryinQhesepeakBay,wh'nthe Britishtriedtotakeit (1814).FrancisScottKeywason boardtheBritishshipnegotiatingforanexchangeof prisonersandlookingoutonthedefenseofFortMcHenry wasinspired!towritethe"StarSpangledBanner'. The ReynoldscametoAmericawithLordBaltimore. (e)RichardLeeKeltonwasbornin MountVemon, Missouri,October18,1860,marriedinPalmyra,Missouri, in1894,JesseLee.Theyhavenochildren.Hehaslivedin VanBurenArkansas,formanyyears,indisastudentof literatureandart. (f) MarthaGu'tihrieKeLon,bornJuly8,inMount Vernon,Missouri.Stirmarriedin 1883to George ArthurMoCanse,abankerofMountVernon,whowasborn November24th.1860.HeisofanoldScotch-IrishPresby terianfamilyofRheaCounty,Tennessee,whoearlyemi gratedtoMountVernonandwereilsmostprominentand publicspiritedcitizen.Theirchildrenor (1)WilliamKeith,bornMay10,1885,marredJune1909in JeffersonCity,Missouri,EsfelleWagner,whowasborn April17,1887,andhasthreechildren,WilliamKeith, JuniorbornSept.'mber21,1910,*liedMarch29,1913 Marjorie,borninSpringfield,Missouri,August7,19l2,and GeorgeArthurborninDallas,Texas.1anuary15,1915;(2; Francis.MarieMcCanse,bornDeennlie-fi,I8S7,anddied unmarriedNovember22,1920;(3)CatherineBernioeMc- Canse,bornDecember25,1889.marriedin Springfield, Missouri,November16,1910.HendersonPercyMayberry andhasthefollowingchildren:MarthaEmma,bornin Quincy,Illinois,February6,1913,diedApril21,1913,Mary Jane,bornin KansasCity,Missouri,November3,1916, ThomasHendersonbornSeptember6.1921;(4)Caroline MargaretMcCanse,bornMay22,1893,marriedDecember 23,1917,LeslieRoseberryMillsap,whoservedintheWorld War;(5)OhaunceyArthurMcCanse,bornAugusi'>7,1895, servedintheWorldWar,andunmarried;(6)MarthaLois McCanse,bornJune30,1895,unmarried. (g)CharlesGeorgeKeltonwasbornFebruary23,1867, diedAugust9,1868. (h)HarryClayKeltonwasbornMarch23,1868,died July19,1916.HemarriedHaltieFergusononJuly15,1899

220 KELTOX altNorman,Oklahomas.Theyhadoneson,WilliamPaul, whowasbornOctober22,1902andis nowa medical studentintheUniversityofOklahoma. (i) GrangerLattaKeltonbornSept.16,1870.During theSpanishAmericanWarhevolunteeredandservedin the17thBatteryFieldArtillery,GeorgeF.Catting,Captain A.C.andwastransferredtoHospitalCorps. (J) OnaKeltonwasbornSeptember13,1872died May4,1874. (k)ThaddeusWhite,youngestsonofThomasWhite KeltonbornJan.,4,1875,marriedNoraWhitmore,by whomhebad'asonHaroldLee,bornMay24,1899and whovolunteeredforservicein foeXavyduring theWorldWar.Dr.ThaddeusKeltonmarriedDec ember24,1920,MrsLillianAnderson(MissRunyon) a granddaughterofthefirstAmericanAmbassadorlo Germany,TheodoreRnnyonofXewJersey. B.Jackson,sonofRobertandRachelJettonKeltonwas bornin1802. C. Samuel,sonofRobertandRachelJettonKeltonwas bornnearFoxCampRutherford'County,Tennessee Hemarriedtwice.HisfirstwifewasMargaretC.White towhomhewasmarriedJune17,1829.Theyhadfour children,Minerva,Bradshaw,Isabella,andMartha.His wifediedFebruary16,1838.Hemarriedasecondtimeto MargaretShepherd,February18,1839andhadthreechild ren,MaryAnn,RachelandSamuelT.'Hissecondwile diedDecember16,1889andhediedApril9,1891,aged86 years,onemonthand26days.Hischildrenwere: 1 MinervaKelton,oldestchildofSamuelandMargaret WhiteKelton,wasbornAugust22,1830.Shewasmarried January30,1849toCalvinC.Lowe,whoservedintheCon federateArmyintheWarBetweentheStates.Tothis unionwereborneightchildren:Samuel,Elizabeth,Sarah, Wesley,Marcha,MargaretandOalvin,junior.Minerva KeltonLowediedApril14,1863. 2 BradshawKeltonwasbornJanuary1833anddied August11,1842. 3 IsabellaKeltonwasbornDecember11,1834,and marriedSeptember5,1854,JacksonPrater,whohadserved intheMexicanWar.Theyhadtenchildren:Thomas, Robert,Minerva,Charley,Jamre,Mattie,Alice,Hattie,Ern estandRachel.ThisfamilyremovedtotheStateofTexas*,

221 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES whereIsabellaKeltouPraterdiedandherchildrenmarried andrearedfamilies. 4 MarthaKeltonwasbornSeptember12,1837,andwas marriedionSeptember14th,foWalterLoweandhad fourchildren: Margaret,Calvin,WilliamandJames. MarthaKeltonLoweisstillliving,havingreachedthead vancedageof84years. 5 MaryAnnKelton,daughterofSamuelKeltonandbis secondwife,MargaretShepherd,wasbornJuly24,1845 andmarriedDecember20,1860,toSalmuelFox,whoserved asaConfederatesoldier.Theyhadthreechildren,Bettie, MaggieandSamuelT.Therearenowelevengrandchildren andthirty-fourgreatgrandchildren. 6 RachelKeltonwasbornOctober4,1846andwas marriedJanuary20,1869toJamesY.Lowe,asoldierinthe SouthernArmyintheWarBetweentheStates.Theyhad twochildren: SammieS.LoweandWilliamLowe. 7 SamuelT.KeltonwasbornJuly15,1850andwas marriedloMaryF.Lowe,February5,1871andhadone child,WilliamS.Kelton. TherearemanydescendantsofSamuelKeltonlivingin differentstates.Theiirnumberwouldbeinthehundreds ifithadbeenpossibletogetrecordsofallofthem.Three eons-in-lawsweresoldiersintheWarBetweentheStates, andone.JackParter,served'intheMexicanWar.Healso hadtwogreatgrandsons,KirkLoweandElamKeltonto serveintheWorldWar.Hehasthreechildrennowliving, MarthaKeltonLowe,aged84years,MaryAnnKelton,aged 76yearsandSamuelT.Kelton,aged72years. ThereisarecordofaWilliamKelton,whowasmadea prisonerintheWarBetweentheStates,andwhilein prisoninErieCounty,Ohio,madeawill,whichwaspro batedinRutherfordCounty,October4,1864,inwhichhe mentionswifeNancyandhisson,Andrew.Itisnotknown justwhatrelationshipheboretothefirstWilliamKelton. D.Emily,daughterofRobertandRachelJettonKelton, wasbornnearMurfreesboro,Tennessee,February3,1808. ShediediSeptember7.1884.ShemarriedWilliamClark whow

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6 JohnThomas. 7 MargaretJane 8 MaryE. 9 MelissaTennessee. 10 SusanCassie. Ofthesechildren: 1 RachelClarkwasbornAugust9,1835,andmarried in1857,MosesWoodfin,whowasbornMarch8,1829and diedJanuary30,1908.Theirchildrenwere:WhiteWood- fin,whowasanelderin PhePresbyterianChurch,and MosesWoodfin,junior,whowasanelderintheCumber landPresbyterianChurch. 2 JamesA. 3 RobertNewtonwasbornAugust24,1839.Hewas inthe45thRegimentofTennesseeInfantry,andwaskilled atthebattleofMissionaryRidgein1863. 4 SarahE.wasbornSeptember22,1841anddied December22,1883. 5 WilliamG.wasbornFebruary6,1844andwasin thesameRegimentashisbrotherNewton,andwaskilled inthesamebattle. (> JamesThomasbornFebruary3,1846and'died August4,1860. 7 MargaretJane,bornAugust1,1849,diedNovember 1,1913. 8 MaryE.ClarkwasbornMarch11,1851andmarried atLibertyGap.bytheReverendMilleronSepi'Mnber5,1840 HenryL.Woodfin,bornDecember5,1840.Theirchildren are:(a)JohnT.Woodfin,bornDecember13,1867,mar riedin1895KeulahJacobsandhadRiceWoodfin,born October10,1897atChristiana;MaryClarkWoodfiin,born August19,1900atMurfreesboro;John,junior,born August23.1903atMurfreesboro;JamesCollinsbornDe cember26.1909.atMurfreesboro;(b)CiceroNbornAugust 27.1871,marriedDecember1893,LidaG.Sims,andhadone childEvaFlertcherbornJanuary9, 1901atOhristaira. Tennessee.TheynowresidleinNashville,whereCiceroN. Woodfinisaninsuranceman;(c)LizzieL.,bornNovember 9,1874andmarriedAndrewMiller,whowasborninSep tember1874.Theirchildrenare:Evelyn,bornNovember 1905;Tracy,bornOctober1908;(d)SusanE.,bornDecem ber8,1876,andmarriedMay21,1896,CharliesB.Marlin. Theirchildrenare:HughRobert,bornAugust31,1897; Welburn,bornAugust24.1900;RovBenton,bornMarch 10.1906;Charles,junior,bornJune1,1909;(e)William NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

Moses,bornDecember28,1878,aPrebylerianministerin Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania;(f)EvaS.,bornMarch13,1884 andmarriedDecember25,1914,JaunesMillerandtheyhad onechild,JamesWoodlflnMiller,bornJanuary29,1916. 9 MelissaTennesseewasbornFebruary22,1855and marriedHarveyArnoldwhowasbornin1837. 10SusanCassiewasbornJune5,1859,married1881 BuckArnald,anddiedin1917. E. Mary,daughterofRobertandRachelJettonKelton, marriedRobertBrothers. F. RobertKelton,thesecond,sonofRobertandRachel, wasbornin1812.About1838hemarriedSarahClarkand hadMaryJane,bornin1839;Elizabehbornin1841.and Eliza,bornin1844.Robert'swifediedin1858.Hemarried NancyClark,bywhomhehadReubenGradyKelton,wLo wasbornApril21,1860.ThedaughterElizabeth,born 1841,marriedHarveyClarkin1859,whowasborninDe cember1839,andtheyhadthefollowingchildren:(a) SarahFrances,bornMay9,1860.diedFebruary16,1913. ShemarriedMr.Beavers,whodiedDecember16,1912; (b)WilliamRiley,bornOctober3,1868;(c)ElizaGiven, bornSeptember1,1871;(id)CharleyH.,bornJuly1,1874; (e)Molly,bornAugust8,1877.ReubenGradyKeltonborn 1860,marriedMaggieClarkin1886.Heisnowa sub stantialfarmerofRutherfordCounty,Tennessee,andhas severalchildren:(a)RobertJames,bornSeptember14. 1887,whomarriedBeulahTaylorinDecember,1914;(bj WilliamB.,bornOctober2,1889,whoservedinthe\\o.-ld War;(c)CharlesC,bornOctober251891,whoalsoserved overseasanddiedofpneumoniainFrance;(d)FrankE., bornDecember1893,marriedLelaEarlesin1916;(e) NancyA.,bornMarch9,1895;(f)ReubenGrady,junior, bornOctober2,1897,marriedAliceThomasinDecember 1920. G. GeorgeandDavid,twinsof RobertandRachel Kelton,werebornin1814.GeorgemarriedSallieClark. DavidmarriedandwenttoArkansas,butwehaveno recordofhisfamily.Itisknown,however,thathelivedto agoodoldage. H. Margaret,daughterofRobertandRachelJetton Kelton,wasbornin1816.ShemarriedWilliamStcvensin. Theirchildrenwere:John,whomarrieda MissAdock; Robert,Newton,SisandTobe,whomarriedMissSummers. I. JamesH.Kelton,youngestsonofRobertandRachel JcltonKelton,wasbornOctober21,1818.Hemarried

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MarthaJaneYardley,whowasbornJune15,1824,daughter ofCaptainThomasYardley,whowasinJackson'sArmy attheBattleofNewOrleans.JamesH.Keltonwasinthe armythatlooktheIndiansfromTennesseetotheIndian Territory.Heandhiswifehadsevenchildren,namely: 1 JohnThomas. 2 SarahElizabeth. 3 AliceJane. 4 MaryLouise. 5 WilliamJames. 6 MargaretTennessee. 7 MattieJ. Oftheforegoing: JohnThomaswasbornJuly1,1841,isnownearlyeighty HeservedintheWarBetweentheS'tiatesasamemberof CompanyE,23rd'TennesseeInfantry,C.S.A.,underCaptain W. S. Lowe.. He marriedAmandaE. Prater. Theirchildrenare: (a) Mollie,whowasborn March3.1866anddiedAugust20,1866;(b)William T,bornAugust10,1867andmarriedMrs.AmandaStam mer,December18,1870;(d)Octa,bornDecember31,1871, d*edOctober8,1874;(e)EttaAtrice,bornMarch31,1875 andisunmarried;(f)CharlesEphraitfuKeltonwasborn July31,1877,wasmarriedDecember11,1911to Lula Ridley,whowasbornSeptember3,1884.Theirchildren are:SamuelWeakleyKelton,bornJanuary7, 1913; JohnKnoxKelton,bornApril24,1914;RobertRidleyand WilliamThomasweretwinsbornMarch5,1917,William diedApril1,1917;SarahElizabethwasbornApril29,1920. (g)ElizabethKeltonwasbornJuly12,1884.Shemarried December3.1907,SamuelPearsonandlivesinMurfrees- boro.Theirchildrenare:JamesFranklin,bornNovember 1,1908.MinnieJane,whowasbornJune12,1909;Willie Lewis,bornMarch17,1913. 2 SarahElizabeth,daughterofJamesH.andMartha JaneKelton,wasbornMarch15,1845.ShemaJrriedMr. Prater,bywhomshehadchildrenasfollows:(1)Ida,born September25,1867,marriedtheReverendC.A.McNabb, aBaptistpreacher,andhadoneson,S.B.McNabb;(b) W.F.Prater,bornMay10,1869;(c)JaniePrater,married S.E.Pearson;(d)EdwardPrater;(e)CeliaPrater. 3 AliceJane,daughterofJamesandMarthaJane Kelton,wasbornJuly26,1847.ShemarriedWilliam

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Manlcin.junior.Thevhadonechild,Lily,bomJanuary 25,1870,whomarriedJuly18,1887,G.F.*Prater,andhad threesons,WilliamGregg,marriedMollyToddandhad threesmallchildren;Lesliemarrieda youngladyfrom Ohio.HewassecondSergeantofhiscompanyinthe WorldWar.G.F.Prater,junior,wasbornFebruary8, 1894,marriedHelenHerrellonDecember17,1919 4 MarvLouisa,daughterofJamesandMarthaJane Kelton,wasbornMay20,1849. 5. WilliamJamesKelton,sonofJamesH.andMartha JaneKelton,wasbornAugust19,1853.Hemarried November20.1895MollieFrizzel,born1872.Heisasub stantialfarmerandlivesonorneartheoldBlackFox Campplantation.Theirchildrenare:(1)Lorenzo,born March3,1897.HeservedintheWorldWar.(b)LuluLee, bornJune25,1899.diedJuly10.1900.(c)BernicePauline, bornAugust25,1901.(d)MarvAileen,bornMav23.1904. (e)WilliamRovcebornDoenvber3,1905(died'March30, 1917). 6 Margaret!TennesseeKelton.daughterofJamesand MarthaJaneKelton,wasbornJune19,1855.Shemarried T.L.Webb,whosefamilywereamringthosewhofirst settledRutherfordCounty.Hewasbornin1849.They fiveinsightoftheiroldplace.Theirchildrenare:(a) LeliaAgnes,bornDecember29.1874,diedin'infancy,(b) JamesRobert,bornJanuary28.1877.marriedKateJohn stonandhasKirk,HallandSmith,(c)MattieMyrtleWebb wasbornFebruary26,1879andmarriedBurrielJohnston; childrenareRolley,ThomasWebb,junior,Marguerite, LylaBell,B.F.,ElizabethandJo.(d)JosephWilliamwas bornSeptember13,1881andmarriedLillianWallace.No issue,(e)BessieLeeWebbwasbornDecember31.1883, marriedClaytonBowen.Theirchildrenwere:Orman, J.T..ElizabethandChristine,(f)NewtonThomasWebb wasbornNovember8,1886,andmarriedFrancesBuchan an,daughterofEx-GovernorJ.P.Buchanan. 7 MattieJ.Kelton,daughterofJamesH.andMartha JaneKelton,wasbornOctober6.1865. III.AGNESKELTON AgnesKelton,daughterofWilliamandElizabeth KeltonwasbornJanuary20.1776.ShemarriedArchibald Sloan. IV.WILLIAMKELTON WilliamKelton.second,sonofWilliamandElizabeth

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Kelton,wasbornJuly12,1718.HediedOctober23,1868. Hiswife'snamewasMinerva.Hehadseveralchildren. Littleisknownofhislife.SometimebeforetheWar BetweentheStates,heleftRutherfordCounty,Tennessee, andsettledinthemoremountainouscountyofWarren. There,duringtheWar,Mr.JohnThomasKelton,aprivate inthe'Confederateservice,foundhimselfinfrontofalargo brickresidence,theownerofwhich,onhearingthename ofKelton,introducedhimself,anditwasestablishedthat hewasWilliam,thegreatuncleofthesoldier.Theold manaskedtheyoungprivatekilohishouseand pointedoutanoilpaintingwiththeremarkthatitwasthe workofason.Thisson,wethink,becamearesidentof PhiladelphiaandhadasonwholivesinNewYorkCity. TheTennesseerelativesrecallRobert,WilliamandWilson asthenamesofhissons,thelastprobablybeingthegrand fatherofMissWinifredKelton,a teacherof Sotanta, Kansas. V. DAVIDKELTON DavidKelton,sonofWilliamandElizabethKelton,was bornDecember15,1783.Hediedyoung. VI.ELIZABETHKELTON ElizabethKelton,daughterofWilliamandElizabeih KeltonwasbornDecember7,1785. VII.JAMESKELTON JamesKelton,sonofWilliam.andElizabethKeltonwas bornin1788,andmarriedElizabethWhite,whowasborn in1790,ofaPresbyterianfamilyofSouthCarolinaanda kinswomanoftheLucindaWhilewhomarriedWilliam PleasantKelton.TheylivedinRutherfordCountyandhad thefollowingchildren: A. Margaret,bornin1818,marriedG.i1.Peay. B. Martha,born1820,marriedWilliamVaughn. C. William,born1822,diedin1844or1846. D. Matilda,born1824,marriedJenkinsMcCauI. E. Mary,born1826,marriedWilliamHenry. F. ThomasEggleton,born1829andmarriedSarahE. Dunn,whowasbornin1826.Hediedin1880.Their childrenwere:1, Elizabeth,born1848,marriedAndrew McClendnn.TheyliveinWilliamsonCounty.Texas.2 JamesT.Kelton,born1850,married(1)Ha'ttieWhiteBos- tickandhadbyheronedaughter,Edna,whomarriedMr. NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES deJarnetteandlivesinAtlanta,Georgia,and',hastwosons, WilliamwholivesinJacksonville,Florida,andDr.Claude M.,livesinKentucky,ismarriedandhasfivechildren.(3) WilliamRamsey,ofBastropCounty,Texas,bornAugust 14,1851.marriedAmandaComer,whowasborninTennes seein1858,andhas:(a)LillianBelleKelton,bornDecem ber4,1876,marriedClaudeThomasWynn,whodiedin 1921,andhasfivechildren:ClaudineElizabeth,bornFeb ruary28,1900,DorisAmanda,bornJuly11,1902.Thomas Kelton,bornJune27,1904,LillianBelle,bomOctober2, 1906,andWilliamRamsey,bdrnOctober5,1913;(b)John SamuelmarriedSusannaHickerson.4Harvey,born1863, isunmarriedandlivesinTexas.(5)JohnSamuel,bornin 1865marriedMaryComerofTennessee.(6)HelenGrafton Kelton,bornJanuary29,1872atVervilla,Tennessee,mar riedD.B.Spillaron'December23,1891.TheyliveinAustin Texasandhavethefollowingchildren:(a)HomerKelton bornMarch24,1893;(b)BeulahRoseland',bornJune23, 1894;(c)WillisRobinson,bornMay31.1897;(d)Thomas Bascom,bornApril1.1901; (e)OliveElizabeth,bornMarch 13.1903;(f)KelleyWilson,bornMarch10.1906;(g)John Harvey,bornMav10,19f)7;(h)HowardWillard.born. September25,1910. G. Nancy,daughterofJamesandElizabethKelton,was bornin1831,andmarriedG.G.Peayafterthedeathofher sister,Margaret. H. Elizabeth,daughterofJamesandElizabethKelton wasbornin1833andmarried'ColonelJamesGoode. I. Paulina,bornin1835andmarriedSamuelBriggs. J. Sarah,daughterofJamesandElizabethKeltonwas bornin1837,andmarriedSamuelBurgessandhadchild ren:Sammie,whomarriedCharlesE.Rhodes;Matilda whomarriedaMcCaul;ThomasandJames. K. Justinewasbornin1839andmarriedDr.Dill. L. Amanda,daughterofJamesandElizabethKelton wasbornin1841,andmarriedJohnFrost. M.JamesPeayKelton,sonofJamesandElizabeth Keltonwasbornin1844anddiedin1910.Hisparentsdied whenhewasthreeyearsold,andhisuncle,JamesPeay raisedhim.Hewasmarried;December8,1868inTennessee toNellieCarnes,whowasbornin1848,thedaughterof WilliamandElizabethCarnes.Theirchildrenare:1 LeslieEugeneKelton,aphysicianofCorsicana,Texas,who marriedEmmaGrayandhadLeslieEugene,junior,Philip. DavidandElizabeth;2Hersc'hell,whodiedininfancy.3

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AlvaLeeKelton,whoisconnectedwithawholesaledrug companyandlivesinDallas,Texas.HemarriedLulaRice ofFrosl,Texas,and'hashvodaughters,MonaRuth,horn January1,1901,andNettieRebecca,bornAugust24,1902. Thesegirlsarestiudentsat Williamsburg,Virginia,in WilliamandMaryCollege.4Walter,aphysician,unmar ried,livesinSeattle,Washington.5 RoraceAlmanezer, marriedEdithBennettofGreenville,Texas,in1903.They liveinSanAntonio,whereheisintherealestatebusiness. Theirchildrenare:EdwardOarnes,bornin1912;Harry Bennett,bornJanuary,1916;MaryAnette,bornJanuv"1, 1921;6WilliamWhiteKelton,marriedStellaRicketts. TheyliveinSanAntonio.Theirchildrenare:William White,junior,bornin1913,HughRickettsborn1914, Katherine,born1915.7 MyrteKeltonmarriedDavidW. LoweandlivesinRoswell,NewMexico.Theyhaveno children.8 IillieKeltonmarriedCharlesE.Ericksonof Seattle,Washington,andhasonechild,Elizabeth,born 1921. VIII.SAMUELKELTON SamuelKelton,sonofWilliamandElizabethKelton, wasbornin1791andmarriedElizabethManleyin1815.All herfamilyweremassacredbytheIndians,whileshewas awayfromhome.AfterwardsshewasrearedbyJames Montgomery.Theyhavefivechildren: A. Mary. B. Elizabeth. C. Jane. D. William. E. JamesLeander. Oftheforegoing: A. MaryKeltonmarriedAndersonOttandhadason, CaptainWilliamOttoftheConfederateArmy.Hediedin 1919. B. ElizabethmarriedWilliamClark.Theywentto Texasabout1850. C. JaneKelton,aftertheearlydeathofhersisterMary, becamethesecondwifeofAndersonOttandhad:Robert, Deleska,Erskine,Rosa,LauraandCallic D. WilliamKeltonmarriedAnnRowland,1848and wenttoMississippi.Theiroldestson,bornabout1850was namedGranville. E. JamesLeander,bornabout1824,marriedEugenia

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McKnight,daughterofMajorDavidMcKnight,December 10,1844.Theyhadsixchildren:Mary,Sarah,Janie, SamuelT.,AdolphusA.,andJaunesE. 1 Mary,bornin1846,marriedW.L.Lewisin1863. Theyhadnochildren. 2 Sarah,whowasbornin1850andmarriedMichael Lawrence,hadonechildElizabeth,anddiedin1873. 3 JanieLiveduntilmaturityanddiedunmarried. 4 SamuelT.wasbornin1847,marriedabout1877, MarthaLawrence,whodiedin1914.Hediedin1915.Their childrenwere:George,James,Henry,Williama,Clyde, Rebecca,MaryandLola. 5 AdolphusA.,whowasbornin1852,wasmarried threetimes.Hemarried(1)in1869,MaryBarkerandhad onechild(a)Dr.JamesC.,whoIwasbornJuly4,1870 andmarriedDecember19,1894ElizabethHarris.They liveat'Lascassas,Tennessee,andhavethefollowingchild ren: Marcella,bornOctober10,1895,marriedClydeJen ningsin1914andhasonechild,ClydeStacy,junior;Mary Ruth,Katherine,RichardA.,bornDecember17,1900and marriedBetsyNixonAugust10,1921.MaryBarkerKelton diedin1872.AdolphusA.,married(2)SallieA.Barker, sistertoMary,andhadbyherthreechildren:(a)William, diedininfancy;(b)Florence,bornin1874,marriedW.A. Jordanin1891.Theyhadeightboysandonegirland liveatCentertown,Tennessee,(c)LillieJ.marriedProf. HomerKnoxin1901.Shediedinafewmonthswithout issue.SarahBarkerKeltondiedin 1878,andin 1900 AdolphusA.wasmarried'to(3)MattieF.Crockettwho;s nowliving.Theyhadthreegirlsandoneboy:(a)Nettie, bornin1881,marriedG.C.Smothermanin1905.Theyhad twoboys,FredandCecilandliveinMurfreesboro.(b) Bessie,bornin1884,marriedE.L.Crockettin1904andhad William,Edwin,JaanesandElizabeth.Theylivenear Murfreesboro;(c)MattieLou,wasborn1893andmarried O.B.Pembertonin1909andhas:Neal,Clarence,Allenand Lorena.TheyliveinRossville,Georgia;(d)RobertH.who wasbornin1886,marriedNannieMcGrewin1920andlives inMurfreesboro,Tennessee.Heservedfortwoyearsonthe battlefieldsofFrance. 6 JamesE.,liveduntilmaturityanddiedunmarried. 7 Janie,diedyoung. IX.MARGARETKELTON MargaretKelton,daughterofWilliamandElizabeth KeltonmarriedAlexanderLackey.

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Intheyear1907thereissuedfromMagillPublishing Company,ofRichmond,Virginia,"TheMagillFamily Record,"theauthorbeingRobertM.Magill,ofMaryville, Tennessee.Itis,astoldontheexplanatorypage,' Thecom pleterecordofdescendantsofJamesMagill,a nativeof Virginia,Revolutionarysoldier,andpioneerinthesettle- ment ofTennessee". Sine*thepaternalfamilyofthewriterhasmorethan once"crossedhands"withmembersoftheMagillfamily atthemarriagealtarandbecauseofabilitytoaddafew leavestoIheMagillFamilyRecord,thewriterhascompiled thefollowingsketch. OriginoftheMagillFamily ThenameRobertislegionamongtheMagillfamiliesof America.ThefirstRobert,sofarasisknown,was"yeSir RobertMagilloftheIsleofMull,"off(hecoastofScotland, who,April19.1651,wasknightedbyCharlesIIfor"heroic action"inassistingthesaidCharlestoeffecthisescape fromtheArmyoftheCovenanters.Accordingtotraditioa RobertMagillhidtheKingintheforestsofScotlandand providedhimwithwineandbreadduringhisexile.Thus ajugandaloafofbread'aresaidtohaveformedapartof theescutcheonofsomeoftheearlyfamiliesofMagills. BesidesbeingcreatedViscountof Oxingfond,Robert MakgillreceivedalargeestateinTullycairn,Ireland.Here heestablishedafamilyseat—andfromtherecamehisde scendantstoAmerica.PriortotheRevolutionaryWar, familiesofMakgillshadbeenplantedin Connecticut, PennsylvaniaandVirginia.Thesefamilieswereclosely related!,andwerepossiblydescendedfromCharles,asonof SirRobert,sincethenameCharlesseemstohavebeena favoriteoneinallbranchesofthedifferentfamilies.

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WhencomingtoAmericatineMakgillsdroppedthe"k" andpickedupa "c".TheRevolutionaryandpioneer familiesspelledthenameMcGill,andthisspellingisad heredtobymanyfamiliestoday.Thepresent"Magill"was a naturalcorruption. ThePennsylvaniaMcGills Thefusttwoemigrantsarebelieved!to havebeen brothers,CharlesandWilliam,whoemigratedtoPennsyl vaniaprobablytothatpartnowlyingwithintheMaryland boundary. CharlesMcGillaLieutenantintheColonialMilitiafrom "yeSnsquehank"From1742until1748. In1765CharlesMcGillsettledinCumberlandCounty, Pennsylvania.Thisisthesameyearinwhichanother CharlesissaidtohavecomefromIrelandandsellledin Connecticut.WhetherthelatterCharlesfirstsellledin inPennsylvaniaand!laterinConnecticutcanonlybecon jectured.TheCumberlandCountyfamilyis thoughtto havebeenfoundedbvthefirstCharles.Lieutenantof Militia. Charles'wifewasprobablynamedSarah,andthefol lowingwerehischildren: JamesMcGill,whomarried!firslElizabethJohnson, 1764,andmarriedsecondEstherBlack.1766. JohnMcGill.whomarriedMauyWinston,1765. SarahMcGill.who'marriedGeorgeEly,1765. RobertMcGill,whomarried'SarahDunlay,1765. Anothertheorywhichcannotbe overlookedis that WilliamMcGill.brotherofCharlesMcGill(Lieutenant), whoemigratedfromPennsylvaniatoVirginiaabout1742, onlymentionschildren.WilliamMcGill.JohnMcGilland ElizabethMcGill.inhiswillandprobably'hadot'herchild reninPennsylvania.AlexanderHamilton,SouthCarolina Revolutionaryheroandstatesman,marriedJaneMcGillin RockinghamCounty,Virginia,andemigratedtoSouth Carolinaabout1765.Shewasprobablya granddaughter ofWilliamMcGill.theemigrant,andpossiblybornin Pennsylvania. ThePennsylvaniafamilywasnotlargeatanytime priortotheRevolution,anditcouldeasilyhavebeende scendedfromWilliamMcGill.theemigrant.Inthiscaseit isnotprobablethat'CharlesMcGill,thebrother,leftainy issue. However,il isevidentthattheCumberlandCounty

232 MAGILL familyhadCharlesMcGillasaprogenitor,whethersonof CJharlesorsonofWilliam. Charles,probablyabrotherofJamesandJohn(whose marriagesarerecorded),residedinCumberlandCountyin 1865,Charles,probablyason,andHughresidedinthesame township..Iohn,WilliamandtheWidowMcGillin1781 werelivinginBucksCounty,Pennsylvania.Johnwasa Revolutionarysoldier. WILLIAMMcGILLTHEFIRST OfRockinghamCounty,Virginia. WilliamMcGill,presumablyagrandsonofSirRobert Makgill,ofTulycaim,Ireland,andeitherbrotherorfather ofLieutenantCharlesMcGill,oftheProvincialMilitiaof Pennsylvania,settledin Rockingham'County,Virginia, whileitwasyetapartofAugustaCounty,aboutthetime thatsomanyoftheScotch-IrishfamiliesfromtheCumber land/ValleyofPennsylvaniawerefillinguptheBordenand oHhergrantsontheVirginiafrontier. WilliamMcGilldiedinVirginiain1749.Helefta widow.Margaret,a secondwife,formerlythe"Widow Gass"(Glass),bywhomhehadnochildren*.Thechildren bythefirstwifeasmentionedinhiswillwereJohn,James, WilliamandElizabeth. TheMagillrecordstatesthatthenameofJohnMcGill hasbeenfoundattachedtoademandforthemilitiacom paniesofAugustaCounty,Virginia,1776,'"Thatallre ligiousdenominationsbe givenequallibertieswithout preferenceofpre-eminence". InhiswillWilliamleavesJohn"amareandyebrown cote(coat)";Williaminheritshisfathers"whitecote"and "halfofthehouseholdplenishings,"andshareswithJames anequaldivisionofthelands.Heisrequestedtospend thewinterontheplantation,retainingthere,withhisown cattle,thestockofbisstep-motherandsister,Elizabeth. Whetherbecauseofsomedomesticdisagreementorbe causepossessedofindependentmeansorindependenceof disposition,whenthewillwasprobatedthewidow,Mar garetGassMcGill,appearedincourtandrefusedtoaccept anylegacywhateverfromtheestate. OtherMcGillEmigrants—John,ArthurandCharles,j. GrandsonsofSirRobertMcGill. Neartheyear1766theabovementionedbrothersemi gratedfromCountyDown,Ireland.CharlesandArthur

233 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES arebothsaid:tohavelocatedinMiddletown,Connecticut. John,alawyerofsomenotepriortotheRevolution,settled nearWinchester,Virginia.Hewasapronounced'Royalist. Littleelseisknown himexceptthathewasthe fatherofColonelCharlesMcGll,ofHiePatriotArmy,from whomaredescendedmanydistinguishedVirginiaand otherSouthernfamilies. FamiliesWhoTraceDescentFromtheConnecticut Emigrants ThroughcorrespondencewiththeHonorableHenry L.Messieur,atthattimeAssistantCollectorofPortsatSt. Johns,NovaScotia,itwaslearnedthatthefamilytowhich hismotherbelongedandwhichhasmanyrepresentatives,' notonlyinCanada,butinmanyofourWesternstates,was 'descendedfromoneMcGill,whomarriedElisabethDenny and!residedinNewHaven,Connecticut.ElisabethDenny outlived'herhusband,dyingin1806.TheDennyfamily\s anoldandwell-knownColonialfamily,claimingasforbear SirAnthonyDenny,thepersonalmedicalattendantof HenryVIII.TheDennysseemalsotohaveclaimedfavor withCharlesII,sincetheCanadianfamilypossessacup withtheDenny"arms"engraveduponit, presentedto CharlesDennybythismonarch. AdaughterofElizabethDennyMcGill,Sarahbyname, marriedaBermudamerchant,JohnDunsoombbyname, andremovedtoNewfoundland.Sarahlookwithherher youngestbrother,evidentlyanorphan,namedWilliam. ThisWillamfoundedtheCanadianfamilyofMagills. Thereisatraditionin thefamilyoftheReverend MathewMagill,whomarriedLucindaMerwyninParish Church,Ireland,andemigratedtoAmericain1827,thatthe Magillfamily'hadforseveralgenerationsbeenfamedfor itswanderlust.Itisquiteprobablethatsomeoftheearly McGillsreturned'toIreland'(perhapscertainestateswere involved,aswasoftenthecase)andinafteryearsthe childrenagainemigratedtoAmerica. Itwouldseemfromfamilynamesandcertaincoinci dencesthatthisfamilymusthaveoriginallybelongedto oneoftheConnecticutfamilies. TheReverendMathewMagillfirstlocateainOntario, "butlaterremoved'toIllinois.Herehiswifediedin1883. HereturnedtoIreland,wherehesubsequentlyremarried. Threesons,however,remainedintheUnited'States.Henry

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-marriedandlocatedinKentucky;ArthurresidedinOak land,California,andRobertinPasadenia,California,afew yearsago. COLONELCHARLESMAGILL VirginiaPatriotandStatesman CharlesMagill,educatedtohisfather'sprofession,the law,notwithstandinghisfather'sRoyalistsympathies, beforehewastwenty-oneenteredthe,PatrioticArmy.He spentthememorablewinteratValleyForgewithGeneral Washingtonandwaswoundedinoneoftheearlybattles. Hegraduallyroseinrankand)whenGeneralLincolntook overtheSouthernDivisionhewasmadeamemberof GeneralWashington'sstaff. Incensedbecausehiseldestson,Charles,hadenteredthe PatriotArmy,JohnMagilldisinheritedhim,leavingthe familyestateand'moneystohissecondsonArthur(or Archibald). ColonelCharlesMagillbegunIhepracticeoflawin Winchester.Hepurchasedtwenty-fivethousandacresof landlyingwithinfivemilesofWinchester.Ona slight eminencehebuiltacommodiousbrickmansionrenowned foritshospitaltyamongoldVirginians.Thegroundswere laidoffbylandscapegardenersandaresaidtohavecon tainedmanyrareand'beautifulshrubsandflowers.Colonel Charleswasalargeslaveownerandnegro"patches"and quarterswerealsomuchinevidence.Recauseofthegreat stretchoffertilegrazingfieldsormeadowstheestatewas called"MeadowLands". ColonelCharlesMagillwastwicemarried.Hisfirstwife wasaMissDangerfield;byherhehadnoissue. Thesecondwife,MaryBuckner,borehimelevenchil dren,asfollows: 1 JohnMagill,whoinheritedMeadowLandsandin whosefamilyil wasretaineduntilaftertheWarBetween theStates,marriedaMissGlass,ofFrederickCounty. 2 AlfredMagill,whowasaprofessorintheUniversity ofVirginia,married*adaughterofJudgeHenrySt.George Tucker. 3 HenryMagill,aphysician,,ofLeesburg,marrieda daughteroftheHonorableTempleMason,ofTempleHall, Virginia. 4 AugustineMagill,whowasalawyerinLouisiana, marriedaMissWeeks.

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5 BucknerMagill,asurgeonintheUnitedStatesArmy, diedunmarried. 6 ElisabethMagill,whomarriedColonelSmith,ofthe UnitedSlatesArmy. 7 AnneMagill,whomarriedGeneralTurnerFaunt- leroy. 8 MaryMagill,whomarriedRobertLeeRandolph. 10 FrancesMagill.whomarriedAlfredThurston,of Washington,District-ofColumbia. WILLIAMMAGILL TennesseePioneer,Born1749. SinceallroadsleadtoRome—inthesearticlestheTen nessee'trail—wehaveatlastreachedthepatriarchofthe firstTennesseefamilyofMcGill,orMagill.assomeof weresoontobecomeknown.ThiswasWilliam Magill.sonofWilliamMagill.ofRockinghamCounty, Virginia. WilliamMagillwastwenty-fouryearsofageatthe timeofhisfather'sdeathin1749.andsomethirty-four yearshadelalisedwhenwefmdhiminTennesseeinthe year1783. TheauthoroftheMagillFamilyRecordstates"Thatin hisoldageWilliamaccompaniedhisson,JamestoTen- nesse,andthatJamescaredforhimduringhisdeclining years".WilliamMagillwassixtyyearsofageatthetime ofthemigration,andhelivedtobeninety-two. Heaccompaniednotonlyoneson,butsixsons,one daughterandawife.IIissupposedhehadasecondwife, namedJean. 11isthoughtthatmost,ifnotall.ofhischildrenwere borninVirginia.Duringtheyears1777-78-79Jeanresided miBedfordCounty,Pennsylvania,buthaddisappearedfrom thetownshipinwhehshelivedintheyear1785.Aprobable theoryisthai WilliamMcGillmarriedJeaninPennsylvania, andthaishereturned'therewhileherhusbandandhissons wereservingintheRevolution. Mentionhasbeenmadeina previousarticleof the North'Carolinafamilieswhosettledaroundold"Timber Ri'igeChurch"inGreeneCounty.WilliamMcGillandhis familywereamongthechartermembersofthischurch. AlmostallofthefamiliesinthisvicinitywereScotch-Irish whooriginallysettledinmeCumberlandValley,butwho hadbranchesinAugustaCounty,Virginia,andinNorth Carolina.SomeofthefamiliescamedirectfromPennsyl

236 MAGILL vaniaandanumberfromthetownshipinwhichJeanMc GillresidedduringtheRevolution.Itispossiblethatthe familyofWilliamMagillemigratedwiththePennsylvania colony. i TheWilliamMcGill,senior,plantationlayonwhatis nowknown,asitwasthen,asMeadowOeek,andcon tainedthreehundredacres;heownedothertractsofland inthecounty.Jameslivedontwohundredacresnearby. Theoldest,perhaps,ofthesonslivedonwhatisknownus "PigeonCreek"'.Hemarriedeitherin Pennsylvaniaor Virginia,anddidnotlongsurvivehisfat'her.Hewasa vvdoweralthelimeofhisdeath,andlefttenchildren,five ofwhomweremarrieddaughters. Anotherson.whomarriedinGreeneCounty,diedjust aboutthetimetheauthoroftheMagillRecordterms'"the breakingup"ofdheMagillfamilyinTennessee—thatis, thebreakingupofthe"JamesMagillfamily"in1829or possiblya littlelater.Withtheexceptionof thesetwo brothersandtheirfamilies,probablytheyoungestofthe childrenofWilliamMagill.theotherMagiilshadlongsince migratedtoothercountiesandotfherstates.Twoofthe sonsofWilliam,senior,movedto WayneCounty.The daughter.Elizabeth,marriedJohnWalker. JAMESMAGILL VirginiaPatriotandTennesseePioneer. JamesMcGill.sonofWilliam,andgrandsonofWilliam, ofRockinghamCounty,Virginia,wasbornin 1756,in AugustaCounty,Virginia.HeservedintheRevolutionin theTwelfthVirginiaRegiment. Heemigratedwithhisfather'sfamilytoNorthCarolina, no\vGreeneCounty,Tennessee,about1783.Hemarried twice,hiswivesbelongingtoneighboringfamilies.Byhis firstwife,ElizabethEvans,hehada daughter,Margaret, andason.William.JamesMcGillmarriedasecondtime, MaryMcMeans;theissueofthismarriagewasninesons andonedaughter.In1839,JamesMagillmovedtoMonroe County,Tennessee.Ayearlater.1840,hedied'athishome, three'mileswestofMadisonville.ThewidowofJames Magill,MaryMcMeansMagill,afterherhusband'sdeath, madeherhomewithherdaughter,Mrs.NathanAnderson, inRinggold.Georgia,whereherdeathtookplaceDecember 4,1845. Thefollowingdatais takenfromtheMagillFamily Record;

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" Margaret,daughterofJamesMagillandBetsyEvans, marriedAdamWilsonandemigratedtoIndianaabout1832. William,sonofJamesMagillandBetsyEvans,marriedin Tennessee.SarahHenry;heemigratedHoHopewell,Indiana. HerehiswifediedandbemarriedagainNancyHenderson. Thomas,eldestsonofJamesMagillandMaryMcMeans, marriedinGreeneCounty,Tennessee,MaryHall;he,too, emigratedtoIndiana. "James,JohnandHarveydiedunmarried. "Nathaniel,marriedinGreeneCounty,JaneRankin,and removedtoMadisonville,Tennessee. "SamuelWallaceMcGill,marriedin GreeneCounty, MargaretWilsonRankin,widowofDavidRankin,andre movedtoMadisonville,Tennessee. "HughMarshallMagill,marriedElizaMcSpaddenin MonroeCounty,andemigratedtoCatoosaCounty,Georgia. "IsaacNewtonMagill,marriedinGreeneCounty,Ten nessee,HannahEvans,andremovedtoKentucky. "SusanMatildaMcGill,marriedNa'tihanAndersonin GreeneCounty,andremovedtoRinggold,Georgia. "RobertMagillmarriedFannieLowry". Theyhada.son,AureliusNewtonMagill,whomarried JaneLouise"Wilson. Theirchildrenwere: 1 WilliamLeonidasMagill. 2 RobertEdwardMagill. 3 JamesAlexanderMagill. WilliamLeonidasMagillmarried,first,MaryGaines, andhadfourchildren,AlexanderMagill,WilliamMagill, BessieMagillandSadieMagill;WilliamLeonidasMagill marriedforhissecondwife,FrancesBachman. RobertEdwardMagillmarriedElizabethLynn,of BowlingGreene,Kentucky,and'hadtwochildren,Elizabeth LynnMagillandCorneliaMagill,whomarriedRobertMc- GlennonWhittetandhasonechikJ,RobertMcdennon Whittett,junior. JamesAlexanderMagillmarriedAlicePaffonanddied withoutissue.

ThedescendantsofJamesMagillareintimatelyasso ciatedwiththreehistoricchurches:"TimberRidge," GreeneCounty,oneofthepioneerchurcheswhosecongre gationsettled'initsneighborhoodwhileTennessewasyet apartofNorthCaroline;HopewellPresbyterianChurch."

238 MAGILL nearFranklin,Indiana,wherethefifthgeneration,—de scendantsofWilliamMagillandSarahHenrystillworship. Andthe"OldStoneChurch"atChickamauga,Georgia, foundedabout1848. RobertMcCorckleMagill,sonof RobertMagilland FannyLoweryandauthorof"TheMagillFamilyRecord,'7" inhisreminiscence,says:"Hisfather,RobertMagill,son ofJamesMagill,movedfromMonroeCountyto North GeorgiaandsettledonEastChattanoogaCreekin1837.The IndianshadnotyetbeenremovedtotheirWesternReser vation.Inalittlevalleytotheeastoftihehousewherethe Indianshadkepttheleavesburnedoffeachwinterand' called'TheFlatWoods''itwasnotanuncommonsightto seefromsixtotendeergrazing". PerhapsnootherfamilyinTennesseehas'bymarriage allieditselfwithsomanyofthe.mostprominentandold pinoeerstockofthestateashastheMagillfamily. EarlyMagillMarriagesinRockinghamCounty,Virginia

JamesMagill,junior,marriedJaneFultonMay28,1781. EstherMagillmarried!AlexanderGilmerSeptember24, 1728. SamuelMagillmarriedMarthaShannonNovember4, 1782. MargaretMagillmarriedRobertHenryMarch28,1872.

MONTGOMERY

Traditioninseveralbranchesofthefamilysaysthe . Montgomerys(thenamemeans"MountGomer"orMoun tainDwellers)weredrivenonaccountofreligiousper secutionfromScotlandearlyinthe1700"s,tothenorthof Ireland.There,James,founderofthisparticularbranch andsonof Montgomeryandwife,Miss Cunninghamwasborn.Traditionalsoisverystrongthat ThesuppositionthathecamefirsttoPennsylvania(per hapswithhisparents)andlatertoAugustaCounty(Vir ginia,beforefinallysettlinginoldPendletonDistrict,South Carolinain1849,hasmuchtosupportit. Certainitisthat manyofthenamealongwithotherScotch-Irishsettlers tookthatroute.Thenameisfoundmostfrequentlyinthe early'historyofPennsylvania. JamesMontgomery,bornabout1740,wasmarriedtwice. FirsttoElizabethMcDonnell,bywhomhehadthreesons. AfterheirdeathinoldPendletonDistrict.SouthCarolina, hemarriedSusannahStrange,whoborehimsix(somesay seven)children. LivingalmostonthelinebetweenSouthCarolinaand Georgia,heelectedtojointheBurkeCounty,(Ga),Militia andfoughtwiththatcompanyduringatleastapartofth'' RevolutionasaSecondLieutenant.Hewascommissioned November8th,1777,byJohnAdamsNeisler,Esq.Proof ofthisisfoundin"CommissionBookB",Page276,at Capitol.Atlanta,Georgia. In1786.heappliedforandreceiveda land!grantin FranklinCounty,Georgiaandevidentlymovedtheresooa afterwards. InolddocumentsconcerningtheTalaseeColonyand publishedinMr."Wilson'sHistoryofJacksonCounty,Geor- gia",frequentmentionismadeofhim.Anaccountofa

241 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES skirmishwiththeIndiansinwhichheisseriouslywounded isgiven.Dr.G.G.Smith'sHistoryofGeorgiaandHer People"alsorecordsthisincident.Mentionisalsomads ofithefactthaihehuillthefirsthouseintheCountyand that'"Cabin'Creek"deriveditsnametherefrom. HediedinJacksonCounty,( whichonlya fewyears beforeb'adbeenformedfromFranklin)onJanuary1st, 1808andwasburiedontheoldhomeplace,nowownedby aMr.Twitty.Hiswife,SusannahStrangeMontgomery, diedOctober8th,1804. Childrenbyfirstwife,ElizabethMcConnellwereI.John (saidtohavedieda BritishprisoneratBattleofWax- baws). II.Hug4ibornJanuary8th,1707.marriedMargaret Barclay,(bornF'brnarv8th, 17HS).November 1788,diedJanuary22nd,1852.Shedied,July28th,1848. III.JamesMcConnell,bornMayl9th.1770,married NancyFarlow,(bornOctoberlih,i7S1. November14th, 1797).Bothdied1842. Childrenbythesecondwife,Susanna'hStrang(shedied October8th.1*804)were: IV.John(?). V. JeaneWe,born1780,marriedJos.N.McCain,(born 1777). VI.Virginia,born1781,marriedJamesAppleby,June 1,1806.Shedied1875. VII.William,bornJuly11th.1783.married(1st,Kath- erineBoyle,March31,1807),(2ndMrs.Adelia.Turner, Odtober12th,1854),diedDecemberith,1877. VIII.MargaretorSusie,bornI7S5,marriedThonma Niblack. IX.Eleanor,born1787,marriedHenryCunningham. X. SarahA.,born1789,married'NathanielVenable,he died1832.shedied1864. II. HUGHMONTCOMERY II. Col.HughL.Montgomery(secondsonofJamegand hisfirstwife.ElizabethMcConnell)wasborninSouth Carolina,January8th,1767,andmarried.November1788, MargaretBarclay,(daughterofJohnandAgnes). HisnameappearsfirstintheGeorgiarecords,whenin 1786hewusemployedtosurveytheline'"betweenFrank linCountyandtheIndians'. Tinslinehasalwaysbeen knownastheHawkinslinefromthefactthatCol.Benj. Hawkins,theUnitedStatesIndianAgent,ainhorizedthe surveyoftheGovernment.Theoriginalplatsmadeby MONTGOMERY

HughMontgomery'and'bearinghissignaturearcontileand arealmostdailyconsulted,beingrecognized'asauthority inlinedisputes,etc. Thestoryofthissurveyhasbeenrecalledbyanolder memberofHiefamilyjustastoldtohimwhena buy,by UncleDave,oneoftheslavesonceownedbyCol.Mont gomeryandwhoaccompaniedthesurveyingparty.It seemstheCherokeeshadagreedfortheusualirinkeis, blankets,straps,ponies,etc.,togiveoveralltheland!hat thesurveyorscouldrunoffinagivenlengthoftime.He- ginningatSavannahRivertheytraveledwesttotheOco nee,thencesouthsomanymiles.AfterwhiletheIndians begantolaghackandonlywithmuchpersuasionaccom paniedbymoretrinketscouldthewhitepartypersuade themtomoveon.Afterafewhoursoftravelthough,the Indianleaderstuckhistomahawkina largeoaktreesay ing,"Indiansgonofurther"hencetheoriginofCherokee Corner"'oftoday. Col.MontgomeryrepresentedJacksonCountyin !ho statelegislaturefortheyears1807-08-09-10and1811.In theslntesenateheserved'in1812."13.'14,"15."16,"17.'18, '23,'24and1825.Beinga Scotchman,hewasanardent PresbyterianandwithEx-GovernorMcMinnofTennessee, hebecameinterestedinmissionworkamongtheCherokee IndiansofNorthGeorgiaandreallyfinancedthesending ofthefirstmissionariestothem.UponthedeathofEx- GovernorMcMinn.hewasnominated'onMarch3rd.1825 byPresidentMonroetoheIndianAgentoftheCherokee Purchase,hisappointmentlveingconfirmedbythese;iate afewdayslater.Heentereduponhisdutiesshortlythere after,makinghisheadquartersatornearCathoun,Tenn esseeandserveduntiltheIndiansweremovedWestin1838. Hissalarywas$1500.00ayear(quitelargeforthosedays) anduponretirementwasalsogivena tractof3.000acr,^ in ChattoogaCounty,Georgia.There,surroundedby severalmembersofhislargefamily,heliveduntilJanuary 22nd.1852.HewasburiedaitAlpine(samecounty)by thesideofhiswifewhodiedJuly25th,1848.Shewas bornFebruary8th.1768. HiswillrecordedinChattoogaCountyhasbeenlost alongwithotherrecords,thoughminutesoftheInferior Courtstatethaititwasofferedforprobatebythreewit nesses,JohnMontgomery,JohnW'yattandWilliamSmith onFebruary2nd,1852. Hischildrenwere: NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

1st,Agnes,2nd,Barclay,3rd,Mary,4th,Cynthia,5th, James,6th,Elizabeth,7th,Jane,8th,Christopher,9th, William,10th,Madison,11th,ElizaAnn. (1) AgnesbornFebruary7th,1790,marriedJoseph ThomasCunninghamJune25th,1807anddiedDecember 8th,1862. Thechildrenwere: 1 HughMontgomeryCunningham,unmarried. 2 MargaretCunningham,married Liddell. Theirdaughter,(A)BettymarriedMr.Boswell.Their children,(a)John,marriedHallieBoswell(twochildren) (b)Frank,marriedMrs.M.C.Jinks(nochildren),(c) Agnes,married , (d)Margaretun married. 3 JaneCunningham,married,JohnCunningham,(son ofAnsel).Nochildren. 4 CynthiaCunningham,married Storey. 5 AmandaCunningham,marriedDr.JohnNesbit. Theyhadonedaughter,AddieNesbitwhomarriedJames HenryandhasadaughterMaryHenrywhomarried. 6 AndrewCunningham,marriedJaneVeneable.Their children:(a)Margaret,marriedJ.A.Storey.Theirchild ren:(a)A.G.Storey,marriedNellieToole.Theirchild renare:BarckleyAugustusStorey,MargaretVirginia Storey.(B)AgnesElizabeth,marriedJohnWinbourne. Theirdaughter,(a)AgnesElizabeth,married'D.M.Rem- son.Theirchildren:AndrewCunninghamRemson, CarolineKingRemson,JohnWinbourneRemson,Agnes ElizabethRemsonandDavidMurryRemson.(c)Robert Joseph(living)unmarried,(d)JohnReid,diedunmarried, (e) FannyForrester,marriedlW.E.Storey,(f) Jean Veneable.marriedOtisCook. 7 Columbus'GoldenCunnigham,marriedFredonta Oameron.Their, (b)children:SarahAgnes,(a)marriedJosephThomas,married,Leveret,

(c)Adeline,marriedMcDonald,(d)HughMontgomery, married* McDonald. 8 JosephCunningham,marriedMarthaR.Mclellan. Theirchildren: (a)AmandaStorey,married,(b)John Reid,marriedAnnElizaTurner,(c)MarthaRoby,married RufusTurner. (2)Barclay,bornJanuary31st,1792,marriedMiss Chandler. (3) Mary,bornMarch16th,1794,marriedSamuel

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Knox(uncleofhersisterElizabeth'shusband)October.5th, 1809. Theirchildren: 1 Dr.JamesCrollKnox,bornMarch28,1812,married first,MaryJaneBowie,second,MaryElizabethBarnettand third,Mrs.MargaretJohnstonRice. 2 CynthiaL.Knox,bornMay24,1813,marriedJudge. T.J.DavisanddiedNovember19,1861. 3 HughMontgomeryKnox,bornDecember12,1814, marriedHarrietLamar(daughterofGen.JohnLamar). 4 JohnBarclayKnox,bornFebruary5,1816,married AgnesBoylein1840. 5 WilliamW.Knox,bornJiuly7,1819,marriedMary Bowie,Decmber23,1843. 6 MargaretAnnKnox,bornSeptember30,1820,mar riedSamuelMcWhorter. 7 ChristopherC.Knox,bornApril19,1822,married firstMissClark,andsecondJuliaA.Stricklandin1865. 8 D.L.Knox,bornAugust25,1824,diedininfancy. 9 SamuelM.Knox,bornMay31,1826,diedwithout issue. 10 MaryJ.Knox,bornNovember7,1827,marriedJohn Mackeyand'diedJanuary7,1846. 11 ElizabethE.Knox,bornAugust6,1829,diedFeb ruary16th,1882,unmarried. 12ThomasJ.Knox,bornFebruary21,1831,married first,MaggieBannar,second,AnnMontgomeryandthird, JaneMaddox. 13 ElizaAgnesKnox,bornJuly14,1832,marriedDr. R.Y.Rudicilin1857anddiedJanuary,1897. 14 EvelynKnox,diedunmarried. (4)Cynthia,bornApril5.1796,marriedRobertBroyles April10J1817and'died1835! (5)James,bornMarch20,1798,marriedfirst,AnnOun- nighamMarch28,1820,(daughterofAnsel,aRevolution arysoldier)and?second',SarahOrr. (6) Elizabeth,bornApril20.1800,married!DavidL. Knox1820anddiedFebruary7,1859. Theirchildrenwere: 1 CynthiaAnnKnox,married'JamesParks,hadseveral childrenallofwhomdiedyoung. 2 JamesMontgomeryKnox,bornJuly11,1822,mar riedNancyCampin1848,nochildren.

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3 HughCrawfordKnox,nevermarried. 4 SamuelKnox,marriedMaryE.Grills,anddied1887. 5 ChristopherC.Knox,bornFebruary21,1827,mar riedMelita.laneWeirFebruary21,1850,and!diedApril11, 1899. 7 MaryJane,marriedEleazerFreemananddied1884 (7)WilliamKnox,bornSeptember10,1828,married TennesseeSmith,March1i.1861. Theirchildrenwere: (A)ElizabethM.,marriedGeorgeNixon. (B)JohnC.marriedAnnieLauraJohnston. (C)ErnestLee,marriedJosephineIsabellaWheeler. (D)WilliamLuckie,died!unmarred. (E)WalterSmithKnox,marriedAnnieCarmack. (F)HenryThomas. (G)JamesMontgomery,diedininfancy. (H)PearlOphelia,marriedSamuelJohnston. (I) DavidKnox. 8 JosephScottKnox,bornNovember1829,married MaryElizabethCarlock,October9,1860,anddiedMarch 23,1886. 9 MargaretKnox,bornApril15,1830.marriedHenry Rice1857,anddiedNovember23,1876,nochildren. 10 ThomasJeffersonKnox,bornJanuary10,1833, marriedMarthaAMorrisonAugust29,1859,anddied' . Theirchildrenwere: (A)HaitieE.,marriedJamesMcKamy(hercousin). (B)RobertLee,marriedBelleFeaitherstone. (0)EbonThomas,marriedFlorenceWheeler. (I))OscarA.,marriedHarrieHardwick(distant cousin). Theirchildrenwere: (A)Adella,marriedJosephJamigan. (B)Irene,marriedJamesF.Corn. (E)MaryLeonia,marriedFrankHarle. (F)HughMontgomery,marriedAgnesGaut. 11 JulietE.Knox,bornMay23,1834,marriedWilliam H.McKamyNovember2,1854,anddied . Theirchildrenwere: (A)DavidKnox,married:LauraS.Wailes. (B)James,marriedHettieKnox(abovementioned). (C)WilliamH.,junior,diedunmarried'.

246 MONTGOMERY (D)Annie,diedunmarried. (E)ThomasJ.,unmarried. (F)JosephA.,diedunmarried. (G)MinnieJ.,marriedD.G.McLean. 12 NancyAgnesKnox,bom1836,diedunmarried. 13 CarolineElizabethKnox,bornDecember28,1838, married'AlexanderC.RobesonNovember9,1859, Theirchildrenwere: (A)WilliamHenryKnoxRobeson,marriedIndiaFer guson,andhadEdithMaxwellRobeson,diedunmarried; GertrudeRobeson;IndiaRobeson,marriedGeorgeFeather- stone;andLouiseRobesondiedininfancy. (B)KatherineElizabethRobesonmarriedEdgarV. CarterandhasRobersonCarter;EdgarV.Carter,junior, FrankCarterandKatherineCarter. (C)A.C.,jumor,diedininfancy. 14 HenryHarrisonKnox,bornJuly16,1840,married JennieVaughn.H.H.KnoxdiedJune18,1910.Jennie VaughnKnoxwashornDecember31,1845anddied October3,1905. Theirchildrenwere: (A)EmmaSueKnoxwhomarriedGeorgeMadison SmarttandhadHenryKnoxSmartt(whomarriedMrs. ElizabethCollierMeade); CoraVaughnSmartt(whomar riedJamesFergusonFinlayandhasElizabethSmarttFin- layandJamesFergusonFinlay,junior); HaroldRobert Smartt(whomarriedVirginiaHillandhasHaroldRobert Smartt,junior); GeorgeMadisonSmartt;EmmaSue Smartt(whomarriedRichardGwynBrockandhasRich ardGwinBrock,junioin:JamesPolkSmartt;andFoley VaughnSmarvl. (B)CoraKnox,diedyoung. (C)FoleyVaughnKnox. (7)Jane,hornAugust1, 1802,marriedJohnWesley Hardwick,September22.1818,anddiedinDalton,Georgia, March28.1879.WasburiedinCleveland!Tennessee. ForlistofherdescendantsseeHardwickFamily. (8) ChristopherG.,bornDecember12,1804,died1824 inAthens.Georgia,whileattendingtheUniversityof Georgia. (9)William,bornDecember20,1807,married1st,Ann Jones,2nd,AnnMoore. (10)Madison,bornMarch29,1810,marriedNarcissa Hemphill.Livedandpractisedmedicinein Chattooga County.Georgia. 247 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Amonghischildrenwere: 1 AnnR.C.,born1838. 2 Hugh,born1840. 3 James,born1842. 4 William,born1844. 5 Margaret,born1846. 6 Sarah,born1849. (11)'ElizaAim,bornDecember13,1812,andmarried Dr.GeorgeR,GnaritofMemphis,Tennessee.

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III.JamesMeConnell(thirdsonofJamesMontgomery andfirstwife,ElizabethMeConnell),wasborninSouth Carolina,May19,1770,andmovedwithhisfather'sfamily loJacksonCounty,Georgia.Herein1806to1807heserved asSheriff.WasalsojudgeoftheInferiorCourtin1829. AboutthisyearhemovedtoDeKaLbCoun'ty,andsettledat Montgomery'sFerry(nowDeFoors).HediedOctob1rii, 1842.JamesM.C.MontgomeryservedintheWarof1812 asa wagonmasterinFloyd'sBrigade,GeorgiaMilitia.His servicesbeganOctober31.1813.Healsoservedwit'hrankof specialcomunissiarvinsaidorganizationfromOctober 13,1813toMarch1,1814(RecordfromWarDepartment). Hemarried'inHancockCounty,Georgia,NancyFarlow, whowasborninMaryland,October7,1781.ShediedJuly 27.1842. Theirchildrenwere: (1) AdeciaF.,bornApril4,1799,marriedSamud Pruitt,junior,1st,in1816,andWvatt2nd. (3) LucindttMc,bornOctober28,1800,marriedD.J. Connally.1821. (3)AmeliaS.,bornApril19,1802,marriedJosephD. Shumate,1819. (4) SophroniaP.,bornOctober24,1803,marriedJohn Franklin,1819. (5) UlyssesMc,bornDecember15.1805.married ElizabethHumber,1826. (6)TelemachusF.,bornJanuary14,1808,married EmilyFelder,lsit,andMaryTurner,2nd. 7 RhadamanthusJ.,bornNovember29,1811,married HarrietBogle,1835. (8)JamesFloyd,bornSeptember10,1813,married ElizabethYoung,1837. (9) NewmanG.,bornAugust8,1815,diedininfancy.

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(10)WilliamF.,bornDecember16,1816,diedNovem ber2,1833. Ml)JosephT.,bornMay23,1819,marriedJuliaCam eron.1842. ( 12) RhodaNaroissa,bornMarch22,1822,marriedAl fredB.Brown,1st,andHenryDean,2nd. '13)HughB.Thorpe,bornApril17,1824,married MaryBroughlon,1849. Oftheabove,RhadamantnusandTelemachuswerePres byterianministers. JosephandHughThorpewereteachers,andfounded theLagrangeFemaleCollege. UlyssesandJamesFloydwereplanters. TheaboveFloydMontgomerywasbornin Jackson CountyGeorgia,September10,1813,marriedElizabethAnn Young(daughterofSamuelYoung),January12,1837,and diedinDeKalbCounty,Georgia,June8,1847.Shewas borninAbbeville,SouthCarolina,August1,1816,anddied October1900. Childrenwere: 1 EmmaM.,bornOctober13,1837,marriedC.P.Bay iiesMay17,1855,anddiedJanuary23,1913.Hadthree ohild'ren. 2 WilliamRhadamanthus,bornFebruary15,1839, married1st,EmmaNorthcuttMay17,1866,and2nd,Anna TowersSeptember12,1895.HediedinMarietta,Georgia, November30,1906. 3 NancyJane,bornDecember17,1841,anddiedJune 11,1855. 4 JosephS.,bornDecember26th,1843anddied'at Harne,Texas.Lefttwochildren. 5 HenryT.,bornDecember20th,1846,married1st, MaryLinder.HissecondmarriagewastoWillieWallis, September4.1907. ChildrenofWilliamRhadamanthusMontgomeryand 1stwife.EmmaNort'frcu'ttwere: (A)JessieLee,bornJune24,1867,marriedJamesT. Anxft'rson,February6,1895.Theyhavefivechildren. 'B)JamesHarrold,bornNovember23,1868,anddied July18,1870. *(C)LillyAsenah,bornOctober31,1872,diedNovember 1874. (D)MaryEmma,bornMarch14,1874. (F)JuliaPearl,bornJuly6,1877,anddiedJuly31, 1879. 249 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

(G)GeorgeFloyd,bornMay14,1879,marriedSusie MayWallaceNovember27,1900. (H)NellieMay,bornNovember8,1880,anddiedAug ust13,1881. (I) WilliamR.,junior,bornSeptember10,1882,and diedSeptember2,1886. (J)AnnieElizabeth,bornOctober1,1883,married HarryDuPree,January8,1902. IV.JeanneMeMontgomery,(theoldestchildofJames Montgomery'andhissecond!wife,SusannahStrange,was born1780,married'JosephN.McCain,andhadseveral children,amongwhomwere: (1) JamesMontgomeryMcCain,born1805,married LouisaWood(?).Theyhadatleastonechild. (AJoseph,born1837. (2).,JosephandhadH.children,McCain,amongborn1820,whommarriedwas: Susan

(A)Elizabeth,bom1884. TheabovemenlionedJeaneMeMontgomeryafterher mairriagetoJosephN.McCain,ofNorthCarolina,seems tohavelivedseveralyearsinthatslate—herchildrenhav ingbeenbeenbornthere—beforemoving'to Chattooga County,Georgia,wheresheisthoughttohavedied. V VirginiaMontgomery,(thesecondchild'ofJames Montgomeryandbissecondwife,SusannahStrange),was born1781,marriedJamesAppleby,June1,1805,anddied 1875.Hewasborn1779,anddied1866. Theirchildrenwere: (1) William,bornJune16,1806. (2)John,bornMay24,1808,marriedVirginiaKev, October14,1830. (3)Casandria,bornAugust1,1810,marriedThomas Cheatham,October18,1827. (4) Evelyn,bornDecember7,1812,marriedBishop ThomasT.Scott,November25,1830. (5)JamesM.,bornJune2,1815,marriedElizabeth Horlon,Septmber3,1836. (6)HughC.,bornJune21,1818,marriedElizaDavis, October15,1840. (7)WilliamD.,bornMarch2,1821,marriedMaryE. Williamson,December29,1841. ManyofIhedescendantsof1heaboveVirginiaMont gomeryAppebylivein andaroundJacksonCounty, Georgia.

250 MONTGOMERY VI.WilliamMontgomery,(thethirdchildofJames Montgomeryandhissecondwife,SusannahStrange,was bornn SouthCarolina,July11.1783,livedinGwinnett, County,Georgia,thenmovedtoVann'sValleynearRom*, Georgia,wherehediedDcember14,1877.Hewastwice married,1sttoCatherineBoyle,March31,1807.Shewas bornDecember23,1786,anddiedDecember16,1851. AfterherdeathhemarriedMrs.AdeliaTurner,October 12.1854. Childrenbyfirstwife: (1) MildredBoyle,bornFebruary13.1808,nevermar ried,diedDecember29,1890. (2)John,bornJanuary23,1810,marriedMaryGaliton Stewart,anddiedNovember'S,1891. (3)Polly(orMary),bornApril17,1812,married McNeese(nochildren),anddtiedJuly23. (4)Hugh,bornFebruary22,1814,marriedCaroline Orr,anddiedApril11,1887. (5)CynthiaAnn,bornJuiv27,1818,marriedW.C. Orr,anddiedAugust31,1889. (6)RebeccaCaroline,bornMay23,1816,married'Wm, Cunningham,anddiedMarch8,1875. (7) JamesMadison,bornJune22,1820,nevermarried, anddiedOctober26,1891. (8)Wm.Martin,bornApril27,1822,nevermarried, anddiedSeptember4,1845. (9)JaneAmanda,bornApril25,1824,married ThomasMayfield,anddiedJuly23,1867. (10)KatherineNarcissa,bornJune5,1826,nevermar ried,anddied!November23,1846. (11)ChristopherStyle's,bornSeptember12,1828, victimofWaronNovember21,1864. (12)GeorgeCicero,bornAugust13,1830,victimof WaronNovember1,1863. (John'sdaughtermarriedThomasKnox). VII.MargaretMontgomery,(thethirdchildofJames Montgomeryandhissecondwife,SusannahStrange,was born1785,marriedThomasNiblack. Theirchildrenwere: (1)William. (2) Samuel. (3) Hugh,marriedMissHoward. (4)Augustus.

251 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES (5)Virginia,married Epperson. (6)Caroline,marriedHafltsfordHoward. (7)Amelia,marriedBenj.Lampkins. MargaretMontgomeryNiblackandallherfamilyex cept'hersonHugh,movedtoTexas. DescendantsofthisHughlived!inandaround; i :kson County,Georgia. VIII.EleanorMontgomery,(thefifthchildofJames Montgomeryandhissecondwife,SusannahStrange,was born1787,marriedHenryCunningham. Theyhadseveralch'klren,amongwhomwasIaabelle whomarriedRobertVeneable. AgnesVeneable,daughterofabove,marriedhercousin, AndrewCunningham. Mr.A.G.Storey,ofTalladega,Alabama,isagrandson ofAndrewandAgnesCunningham. IX.SarahMontgomery,(thesixthchildofJames Montgomeryandhissecondwife,SusannahStrange,was borninGeorgia,1789,marriedNathanielVeneable. Theirchildrenwere: (1) Buford. (2) Elizabeth. (3) Cynthia, (i) Martha. (5) Anna. (6) Pleasant. (7) John. (8) James. (9) WilliamRichard,married'SarahCorneliaHoyt. (10)Sarah. (11)Jane. ChildrenofWilliamVeneableandwifeSarahCornelia Hoytare: 1 WilliamHoyt,marriedSallieMiller,anddiedSept ember1,1905. 2 SarahMariah,diedMarch1857. 3 SamuelHoyt,(unmarried), i WalterLouis,(unmarried'). 5 ArthurOrr,marriedBlancheBeverlyCooke. 6 Charles,marriedSarahAdftir,(diedJuly11,1890). 7 JamesDarius,died1865. 8 ClarenceDarius,marriedMafctieRagon. 9 LeliaElla,marriedDr.JamesNimsEllis,anddied 1920. 10 ElizabethRichard,marriedFrankTuckerMason.

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TheRiheafamilydescendsfromtheCampbellsofScot- land.TheCampbellfamilywasofNormanandCeltic descent,and"oflargepossessions,andbeingalliedtothe royalfamilydidmuchtosecurethepeopleofthatcountry fromrelapsingintothebarbariousindependenceoftheir ancestors".(Scott'sHistoryofScotland). FromthetimeofArchibaldCampbell,FourthEarlof Argyll,whoembracedprotestanism,theHouseofArgyll wasthebulwarkofprotestantisminScotland ArchibaldCampbell,NinthEarlofArgyll,intakingthe testoath,underCharlestheSecond',addedtihephrase,'"so farasconsistentwiththeprotestantfaith,"forthishewas triedfortreasonandcondemnedtobeexecuted.Thesen tencewassuspendedbyroyalorders. OntheaccessionofJamestheSecond,aRomanCath olic,Argylltookaleadingpartinfomentingtherebellion infavoroftheprotestant,DukeofMonmouth.When MonmouthsailedtoEnglandtheDukeendeavoredtoraise anarmybuttheScotchwerenotripeforrebellionandhe succeeded'inlevyingonlya smallbodyofmen,oneof whomwashiscousin,MatthewCampbell. Aftertwoorthreeskirmishesmostofthesefollowers deserted'thestandardoftheEarlofArgyll,buthe,andthe faithfulfewremaining,undertooktomaketheirwayinto EnglandtojointheDukeofMonmouth,butweresur rounded'andtakenprisoners.Argyllwasexecuted,in June1865,withouttrial,undertheoldsentence.Hiscousin, MatthewCampbell,wastriedandcondemnedtolifeim prisonment,andwasconfinedontheIsleofMan.From thenceheescaped,fledintoIreland,andassumedthename ofReah,(variouslyspelledlReagh,Reahgh,Rea,Rayand finallyestablishedintoRhea)andbythisactbecamethe

253 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES founderofthefamilyofRhea,inIreland.(Someofthe descendantsinNovaScotiausethespellingReah). AfterlocatinginIreland,truetohisPresbyterianblood, hetookaprominentpartinthesiegeofLondonderry. JohnRhea,inhismemoirsoftheRheafamily,saysitis notknownwhetherthewifeofMatthewCampbellRhea wasmarried'tohiminScotland,beforehisimprisonment, orwhetherhemarried»wifeinIreland,buthehadthree sons.Thenamesoftwoareunknown,butathird,Matthew RheaII,marrieda wife,whosenameisunknown,and hadfoursons: I SamuelRhea, II WilliamRhea, IIIIsaacRhea, IV MATTHEWRHEAIII, Byhissecondwife,ElizabethMcLain,hehadfive children: V AbrahamRhea,d'iedwithoutissue, VI JamesRhea,diedwithoutissue, VII MargeryRhea, MilAgnesRhea, IX JOSEPHRHEA. I SAMUELRHEA I SamuelRhea,borninIreland,cameearlytoAmer icaandsettledatPortPin,nearNewCastle,Delaware. Wife'snameunknown.Theyhadoneson,nameunknown, whomarriedawife,nameunknown,andhadasonand daughter.Thissonwasasurgeonononeofthelargest armedshipsoftheAmericanNavyduringtheRevolutionary War.Thisshipsailedonacruiseandwasnomoreheard of. Thedaughtermarriedtwice:First O'Hara; Second, Frazier.TheylivednearNewCastle,Del aware.Shehadchildrenbyhersecondhusband. II WILLIAMRHEA II WilliamRhea,borninIreland,cameearlyto AmericaandsettledinChesterCounty,Pennsylvania.He marriedawife,name'unknown,andhadthreechildren: (1)JamesRhea;(2)MaryRhea,whomarried'JohnBrown andlivednearWilmington,Delaware;(3)ElizabethRhea, whomarriedJamesMcCorkle,andlivedinWashington,D. C. Theyhadseveraldaughtersandtwosons:(a)James

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McCorkle;(b)WilliamMoCorkle,wholivedinPennsyl vaniaandwaseditorofanewspaper. IIlISAACRHEA IIIIsaacRheacameearlyto Americaand!livedin Pennsylvania.Hemarrieda wifenamed Peoples andhada daughter,nameunknown. IVMATTHEWRHEAIII IV MatthewRheaIIIlivedanddiedin Kinnically, nearSt.Johnston,Ireland.HehadasonnamedWilliam RheaII,whomarriedElizabethLockhart.WilliamRhea wasbornandmarriedinIreland.Afterthebirthofhis childrenhemoved,withhisfamilytoAmerica(1785)and locatedinWashingtonCounty,Virginia,wherehelived untilhisdeath.Hehadchildren:(1)MatthewRheaIV, whomarriedMargaretBreden,(sisterofFrances,Elizabeth andNancyBreden.whomarried,respectively,Joseph, WilliamandSamuelRhea)andhadchildren:(a)Eliza bethRhea;(b)WilliamRhea;(c)MargaretRhea;(d) RobertBruceRhea(1814-1888)(married;twice:First, SurahAnnWhite,noissue;Second,SarahSells.Children: MargaretRebeccaRhea,(1876-)whomarriedRobertEar- hartRhea(sonofJosephRheaandElizabethAnn(Ear- heart)Rhea).ChildrenunderRobertEarhenrtRhea:John MatthewRhea,(1878-)whomannedElizabethPayne Gresham,andhadchildren:EleanorElizabethandJohn MailhewRheaII;WilliamRankinRhea,(1880-)whomar riedMaryZetaSlack,andhadchildren:RobertBruceand JuliaHolston); (e)SallieRhea;(f)JaneRhea,(married AlexanderDoggett,andhadchldren:Catherine,James, andWilliam);(2)JennieRhea;(3)JosephRhea;(4) WilliamRhea;(5)SarahRhea;(6)ElizabethRhea;(7) ROBERTRHEA.(1784-1841)(wasborninIrelandand cameInAmericawithhisfather(1785)andlocatedin WashingtonCounty.Virginia.LaterhemovedtoSullivan County,Tennessee,whereheliveduntilhisdeath).He marriedtwice:First,ElizabethRhea(daughterofRev. JosephRheaandElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea); Second, JaneScott(daughterofJohnScott,acolonelintheRevo lutionaryWar).Byhisfirst'wifehehadfourchildren, giveninfullunderElizabethRhea.Bythesecondwifehe hadchildren:(a)MaryRhea,(1827-1882)whomarried JamesJ.Snapp,andhadchildren:RobertL.Snapp;Mary J.Snapp;JamesB.Snapp;SarahE.Snapp;MargaretV.

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Snapp,(1857)(whomarriedRobert.Snapp,andhad children: MaryE.Snapp,whomarriedCharlesR.Bright, andhadchildren:VirgniaandWilliam;MyrtleSnapp; JamesSnapp;MattieL. Snapp,whomarriedJoseph Booher,andhadchildren:BelleandEverett;Margarett Snapp;LandbnSnapp); LouejaSnapp;LauraSnapp; WilliamSnapp;(b)JaneRhea,whomarried Smith;(c)Margaret'Rhea,whomarriedAudleyAnderson (sonofEdwardB.AndersonandEleanor(Rhea)Ander son).ChildrenunderEdwardB.Anderson. Note: WilliamF.Rhea,memberofcongressfrom9th VirginiaDistrict,isagrandsonofWilliamRheaandEliza beth(Lockhart)Rhea. VIIMARGERYRHEA VIIMargeryRheamarried McCrabb,livedand diedinIreland.Namesofchildrenunknownexceptingone son,JohnMcCrabb,whomarriedhiscousin,Elizabeth Latta.and'cametoAmerica(1783)andlocatedinWilming ton.Delaware.Aftertihebirthofhischildrenhemovedto theHotstonCountry,Tennessee,andlocatedona farm whereheandhiswifeliveduntiltheirdeath.William, biseldestson(namesofotherchildrenunknown)lived onthepaternalfarm. VIIIAGNESRHEA VIIIAgnesRheamarriedWilliamLatta.ofCoslilan, nearSt.Johnston,Ireland.Shehadchildrn,namesun knownexceptingElizabethLa'titaandJosephLatta.Joseph LattacametoAmerica,marriedandlivednearBrandywine, Pennsylvania. IXJOSEPHRHEA IXJosephRhea,(1715-1777),sonofMatthewRheaU andhissecondwife,Elizabeth(McClain)Rhea,wasbom inParishLaughlin,Ireland,diedinPineyCreek.Maryland. Hemarried(1752)ElizabethMcllwaine(1732-1793) (daughterofJohnMcllwaineandMargaret(Scott)Mc llwaine,ofTifannan,nearLondonderry,Ireland.Awill executedin1773byherfather,JohnMcllwaine,shows thahepossessedalargepropertyin money,landsand leases).Theyhadchildren: I JOHNRHEA, II MATTHEWRHEAIV. III MARGARETRHEA,

256 RHEA " "11 IV WILLIAMRHEA, V JOSEPHRHEA. VI ELIZABETHRHEA, VII SAMUELRHEA, VIIIJAMESRHEA. JosephRheagraduatedattheUniversityofGlasgow, Scotland,withhonorarid!distinction,in'1742;wasa ministerofthePresbyterianChurohandhadchargeofa churchatFahan,Ireland,atthetimeheresignedtogoto America. Rev.JosephRheawithhiswifeandchildren,John, Matthew,Margaret,William,Joseph,Elizabeth,(Samuel andJameswerebornlaterinAmerica), sailedfromIreland and)landedinAmerica,atPhiladelphia,in1769. HecommencedpreachinginPineyCreek,Maryland,in 1772.In1775hewenttotheHotetonCountry,Tennessee, tolocateland,andtherepurchasedabouttwothousand! acresofland.In1776hejoinedas'Chaplain,thetroops underCol.Christian,andinthiscapacitycampaignedinto VirginiaandTennessee. ThereismuchinDraper'sMss.(HistoricalSociety, Madison,Wisconsin),aboutChristian'sCherokeeCompany. Thefollowingiscitedfromanorderlybook,oncethe propert"ofCapt.JosephMartin: "SixMileCamp,Oct5,1776. "ParoleWilliamBurge. GeneralOrders: "Mr.RaywillpreachontheAugustaLineatoneo'clock, andMr.CumminsontheFincastleLine.Allotherswho choosetoattendmaydoit. "Thechurchwillbeatthetimetogivewarning,the mentoattendwiththeirarmsbycompanies,andtoob serveasmuchdecencyandregularityasthegroundwill admitof." Intheircapaciyaschaplains,atthistime,Rev.Rhea andRev.Cumminswerethefirstministerstopreachinthe territorythatisnowTennessee. Rev.JosephRheadiedinPineyCreek,Maryland,in1777. Inthefollowingyear,1778,hisfamilymoved,by wagons,tothelandinSullivanCounty,Tennessee,which hehadpurchasedandwhichisstillinpossessionofhis descendants. Rev.JosephRheabecamethefounderofalargefamily

257 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES whichresidies,principally,inTennesseeand'Virginia.His descendantsaremorenumerousthanthoseoftheother • emigresoftheRheafamily. I JOHNRHEA I JohnRhea,firstchildofRev.JosephRheaandEliza beth(Mcllwaine)Rhea,wasbornin1753inIreland,and diedin1839inSullivanCounty,Tennessee.Hegraduated' atPrincetonin1789.HeandhisfatherwerenotedasLatin andGreekschol'ars,and'whileJohnwasinGen.Washing ton'sarmytheycorrespondedinLa'tin.Aletterfromthe father,datedApril19,1777.endsVhus:"Benignaisestoilli quilvoslilitibi." JohnRheaassistedintheorganizationofthestateof Tennessee,andthewritingofMsconstitution,andwas ohosenthefirstrepresentativefromSullivanCountytoI'he legislature.WhenTennesseewasdividedintothreeCon gressionalDistrictsJohnRhea,in1803,waselectedtoCon gressfromtheFirstDistrict,whereheserved'withdistinc tion.In1815heacceptedanappointmentfromthePresi dent,JamesMadison,asacommissionerlotreatwiththe 'ChoctawIndians,butin1817wasreturnedtoCongress wherehecontinuedtoserveuntil1823whenheretiredto privatelife. HewasaJell'ersuniandemocratanda friendofAndrew Jackson. RheaCounty,RheatownandRheaSprings.Tennessee, werenaunedinhishonor. Hedied,unmarried,andleftaverylargeestateinlands, muchofwhichhadbeenGovernmentgrantsforspecial servicesrendered.(Ramsey'sHistoryofTennessee.Por ter'sHistory.HistoricSullivan). II MATTHEWRHEAIV II MatthewRheaIV(1755-1816),(sonofRev.Joseph RheaandElizabeth(Mcllwaine)RheiOmarried(1778) JanePreston(asisterofRobertPrestonwhomarriedIII MargaretRhea).Theyhadchildren: 1 JosephMathewRhea. 2 RobertPrestonRhea, 3 MargaretRhea. 4 MatthewRhea'V. 1 JosephMaitOhewRhea.1789-1860).married(1806) CatherineMyers(daughterofCharlesMyersandAnnie

258 RHEA (Case)Myers).Accordingtotraditiontheyhadelevenchild ren,namesofsixknown:(i)EmmaRhea;(2)EdmundRhea; (3)JaneRhea;(4)EleanorRhea;(5)MargaretRhea;(6) WalterPrestonRhea(1831-1897),whomarriedSarahJano Pile.TheymovedfromTennesseetoArkansas,in186G. Theyhadchildren:(a)LauraEllaRhea(1856-),'(married R.A.Rohbins.Children:MauldeEthel.Lillian,Bernice Preston,Sarah.NeillRhea.PaulineElizabethandAlfred Gerald);(b)DavidCharlesRhea(1858-).(marriedM. Ripetoe); (c)JosephMatthewRhea(I860-),(married AlicePowell.Children:Preston.David,SamuelandVir giniaLee); (kJ)MargaretLilliasRhea(1862-),(marriedA. W.Ellis.Children: EulaMaudeandMaggieLee);(e) EdmundGeorgeRhea;(fiElizabethEleanorRhea(1868-), (marriedE.X.Keiger); (g)RobertPrestonRhea;(hi KitlieRhea;(i)OscarLeeRhea(1876-).(marriedJennie Rand.Children:Orion.LucileandWalterPreston);(j) HolmesGansRhea(1878-).(marriddEthelWaters.Ohild- ren:Lelia.Hughand!Edmund). 2 RobertPrestonRhea(1791-1872),married(1868) NancyDavidson.Ohildren:(1)JaneRhea,whomarried Dr.Rivers;(2)JosiahDavidsonRhea;(3)SarahRhea. whomarried Jackson:(4)JohnPrestonRhea,who marriedMatildaLongacre;(5)MatthewRheaVI,who marriedSallieRhea,noissue;(0lRobertCampbellRhea M.D.(1837-1911),whomarriedMargaretCarolineMc Queen,andhadchildren:(a)SamuelRobertRhea(1868-1, (marriedNellieHendrickson.Children:Caroline.Robert RandolphandMargaret) ; (b)MaryElizabethRhea(1869-), (marriedDr.JosephShounDonnelly.Ohildren:Irene, HarrisonRheaandMargaretEdith):(«)XancvMarlilia Rhea(1X71-).(marriedDr.CharlesMeigsDulaney.Ohild ren:CharlesMeigsDulaneyII.RobertNathan,William Davis.MaryElizabeth.JohnJay,LauraandJamesRheai; (d)MargaretBellRhea(1873-);(e)JosiahDavidsonRIvm; (')FrancesPrestonRhea;(g)JohnWayneRhea:'li) CharlesCaldwellRhea;(i)EdwinBruceRhea;(j)Elean.ir CampbellRhea(1885-).(.marriedWilliam0. Wright. Child:CharlesMcQueen);(k) BeulahCarolynRh'a (1890.;(7)MargaretRhea,nevermarried. 3 MargaretRheamamed Fickleandhadi ne son.RoberlP.Fickle. 4 MaHhewRheaV(1795-1870).married(1818)Mary Looney.ofMiddleTennessee.Mat'.hewRheaVwasbom

259 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES nearBluffCity.SullivanCounty,Tennessee.Movedto WestTennesseeabout1836.WasPresidentoftheFemale InstituteofSomerville.Hewasamanofgreatlearning andtookanespecialinterestinhistory.Assistedbyhis cousin,MatthewCampbellRhea,hemadethefirstmapof "thestateofTennessee.Hewasamanofgreatlearning duringtheWarBetweentheStates.Hehadchildren:(I) MargaretRhea(1820-1880),whomarriedtwice:Firjt, NicholasLong;Second.JamesDysartRhea,(sonofWilliam RheaandElizabeth(BredeniRhea).Byherfirsthusbmd shehadonechild.NicholasM.LongII(1849-h(marriedE. ShirleyWilson.NicholasM.LongII is an eminent ministerofthePresbyterianChurchandlivesinMemphis, Tennessee.HehasChildren: Richard.MargaretRhea, ShirleyW.(1888-).WalterPreston(1889-),PhelosW. (1891-),FrancesM.(1893-) andEmmaLaw).Byher secondhusbandshehadonechild.MatthewBelmontRh^u; (2)ElizabethRhea(1822-1892).whomarriedJohnRhea (sonofWilliamRheaandElizabeth(Breden)Rhea). ChildrenunderJohnRhva;(3)EllenPrestonRh^a;'i) SarahLucinlitaRhea,noissue;(5)JohnWilliamRhea (1828-),whomarriedItaliaG.Porler,andhadchildrjn: William,Annie,LillianandPearl;(6)AbramRhea(1830- 1912),whomarriedEmmaCross,andhadchildren:(a) Matthew1).Rhea;(b)WilliamRhea;(c)Jenniei.ouRh«a (1874-),(marriedGeorgeT.Webb.Children:Abriiniihea andVirginia);(d)RichardCaryRhea(1877-),(mamed Mrs.MaltieL.Anderson.Children:LouiseandRichard OarvRheaII); (e)FrankP.Rhea;(f)NellC.Rheai 'vSl-), (marriedE.L.Stewarld'); (g)ElizabethRhea(1883-), (marriedG.L.Rhodes,andhadoneChild,AlbertH.); (h) RubyF.Rhea;(7)MathewRheaVI,diedwithoutissue; (8)MaryAnnisRhea;(9)SamuelDoakRhea;(10) JennettPrestonRhea;(11)WalterPrestonRhea(1841- 1880),w*homarriedJennieEdmondson,(daughterofWil liamC.EdmondsonandSusieE.(Rhea)Edmondson'and hadchildren:(a)HughPrestonRhea(1871-1901),(mar riediLouiseBrown,andhadonechild,HughPrestonRhea II);(b)WilliamEdmondsonRhea;(c)SusieBowenRhea (1875-),(marriedThomasBuford.Children:JohnEd mondson.ClaraMayandThomasEdmondson); (d)Mamie LooneyRhea(1877-),(marriedLunsfordY.Williamson, andhadonechild,JeanRhea); (e)WalterPreslonRheaII (1879-),(marriedMazieSale.Children:WalterPreston RheaIIIandHenrySaleRhea);(12EllenPrestonRhea

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(1844-),whomarriedHudsonGary,andhadchildren:(a) MilesFairfaxCary;(b)MarionCary;(c)RheaPreston Carey(1871-),(marriedCharlieEwing); (d)Eleanor MarionCary(1884-),(marriedSamuelEarnestRaglaadl Children:EleanorMarion,MargaretElizabethandFairfnx Gary);(e)HudsonFairfaxCary;(13)FrancesBellVea (1848-),whomarriedJamesT.Rhea(sonofJamesDysart RheaandElizabeth(Carter)Rhea).ChildrenunderT. Rhea. IIlMargaretRhea IIIMargaretRhea(1757-1822),(daughterofRevJo sephRheaandElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea).Lived'in WashingtonCounty,Virginia.ShemarriedRobertPreston (1750-1833)(sonofJohnPrestonandEleanor(Fairman) Preston). Theyhadonechild,JohnPrestonII. JohnPrestonII(1781-1864),married(1802)Margaret BrownPreston,(daughterof Col.WilliamPrestonand Susanna(Smith)Preston)andbadchildren: 1 ThomasPreston,hasnolivingdescendants, 2 HenryPreston, 3 WilliamAlfredPreston, 4 JohnPrestonIII,noissue. 5 JamesT.Preston. 6 RobertFairmanPreston. 7 FrankPreston, 8 SusanRheaPreston, 9 MargaretRheaPreston. 10 EleanorFairmanPreston. 11 ElizabethPreston,nevermarried, 12WalterE.Preston,noissue, 13 JanePreston, 14 JosephPreston,nevermarried. 2 HenryPreston(1826-1905),marriedAnnCarter,and hak}children: (1)MaryColesPreston; (2)MargaretBrown Preston;(3)ElizabethM.Preston;(4)EllenPreston,who married Bailey;(5)CaryPreston;(6)JanePreston; (7)IsaettaPreston;(8)EugeniaPreston;(9)HenryPres tonII,whomarriedNellCarson;(10)PercyPreston. 3 WilliamAlfredPreston(-1864),whomarriedtwice: First, Wylie,noissue;Second,ElizabethRadford, hiscousin,whohadonechild.WilliamAlfredPrestonII. 5 JamesT.Preston(1824-1883),whomarried(1850) FrancesRhea,(daughterofVIIIJamesRheaandElizabeth (Snapp)Rhea)andhadchildren:(1)JohnPrestonIV,

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(1851-),whomarriedAnnieLewisWhite,(daughterof JohnPrestonWhiteandAnnieStuart(Lewis)White). JohnPrestonisa physicianandSuperintendentofState InsaneAsylumatAustin,Texas.Theyhavechildren:(a) WalterWhitePreston(1880-),(marriedAnnieMarie FrederickBonhan.Children:WalterBonhan,JohnCourt ney,andtwins—FrederickLewisandFrances); (b)John LewisPreston.M.D.(1883-), (marriedLeonoraMcKeMar. Onechild:JohnLewisPrestonII);(c)JamesRheaPres ton(1885-);(d)FannieRheaPreston(1890-);(e)Robert WhitePreston(1892-);(f)AnnieLewisPreston(1898-); (g)MargaretLynnPreston(1904); (2)JamesRheaPres ton(1853-),whomarriedElizabethVaughan,and'had children:ElizabethMcMwaine,FrancesRheaandJames Rhea;(3)WalterEugenePreston;(4)RobertFairman Preston(1857-),whomarriedElizabetihMcDonaldPreston, andhadchildren:ArthurCummings,Mildred,Lucy, EleanorFairman,Fannieanda twin,diedunnamed,and RobertFaii'manPrestonII;(5)FannieRheaPreston;(6) FrancesMcllwainePreston. 6 RobertFairmanPreston(1805-1889).whomarried SarahMarshall.Dr.RobertFairmanPrestonwasanem inentphysicianofPhiladelphia.In1884heretiredtohis ancestralestateinVirginia,whereheliveduntilhisdeath. Hehadchildren: (1)MaryMarshallPreston; (2)Elizabeth Preston,whomarriedDr.KzraN.Sheffey,andhadchild ren: (a)RobertPrestonSheffey,(marriedandhadchild ren:RobertPrestonSheffeyII'andMargaretSheffey);(b) CharlesMarshallSheffey,(marriedCarrieWinston); (cj SarahSheffey,(married- BSdtile); (d)HenrySheffey, (marriedFaithFulkerson). 7 FrankPreston(1820-1891).whomarriedtwice: First,VirginiaMoffet;Second,MattiePulton.Childrenby firstwife:Robert,FrancesandJohn.Childbysecond wife:Mary. 8 SusanRJheaPreston(-1828),whomarried(1825) "JosephCampbellR!hea,(sonofIVWilliamRheaandEliza beth(Brefcien)Rhea).ChildrenunderJosephCampbell Rhea. 9 MargaretRheaPreston,whomarried(1825)James LowrvWhite,ofAbingdan,Virginia.Children:(1)Eliza bethWilsonWhite(1827-1902),whomarriedDavidC. Cummings,andhadchildren:(a)JamesWhiteCummings, M.D.(1855),(marriedtwice:FirstElizabethMadison Preston,noissue;Second,FannieClark,andhadchildren:

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Francos,MaryCampbellandElizaPreston);(b)RobertP. Cummings(1858-),(marriedSusieKellar.Onechild, ArthurCummings);(c)David0.CummingsII;(2)'Mar garetRheaWhite(1828-),whomarriedGen.W.Y.C. Humes,andhadchildren:.famesLowryandNewton;(3) JaneConnWhite,marriedJohnGordonOgden;(4)John PrestonWhile(1832-1904),whomarriedAnnieStuart Lewis,hiscousin,(daughterofJohnB.Lewisandhis secondwife.Mrs/CarolineSmith,neeThompson).He livedatAbingdon.Virginia,laterAustin,Texas.Hehad children:(a)JamesLewisWhite(1857-i. (marriedEllen DouglasClark.Children:AnniePrestonWhite(1880-), whomarriedDr.GeorgeGilbertCrawford,andhadchild ren:EllenClark,AnniePreston.JamesJamisonandJean Maxwell;ColinClarkeWhite(1884-),whomarriedEthel Halloi'an.andhadonechild.Phyllis); (h)AnnieLewis White(1801-),(married'Dr.JohnPreston,(sonofJamesT. PrestonandFrances(Rhea)Preston)ChildrenunderDr. JohnPreston);(c)MiltonWhite;(d)MaryMagdalene While(1807-),(marriedBenjaminMillsCrenshaw.Child ren:Fien.ja.iniuMillsCrenshawIIandMargaretWhiteCren shaw); (e)Wal!erLewisWhite;(t')MontgomeryLewis White(1871-1910).(marriedMarvBellNelson,ihiechild, LewisNelsonWhite);(g)BessieLeliaWhite(1883-);(5) JamesLowryWhileI;noissue;(6)WilliamYoungConn White.M.I).(1835-1904),whomarriedElizabethCampbell Carter,andhadchildren:(a)StuartWhile(1870-),(mar riedEmilyWest);(b)PaulineCampbellWhite(1871-), marriedThomasHillMason);(7)EllenS'hefFeyWhile (1830-1912),whomarriedDr.EdwardCampbell,andhad children:(a)DanielTriggCampbell;(b)EdwardDonald Campbell;(c)MargaretPrestonCampbell(1863-),(mar riedCol.LaurensW.Youmans.Children:McDonaldCamp bell,MargaretPrestonandLucile.whomarriedWalter Haines);(d)BessieCummingsCampbell(1806-)(married HenryRamseyLenoir.Children:EllenWhiteLenoir (1890-);VirginiaBallardLenoir(1894-)whomarried' WyallH.Stover;EdwardCampbellLenoir(1896-));(e) SusieTriggCampbell(1868-).(marriedEdwinElisha Hundley.iChildren:ElizabethEstes(1895-).Campbell (1896-)'.MargaretPreston(1898-)andFrancesEdmunds (1902-));(f)WilliamWhiteCampbell(1809-)."(married HallieMcCracken.Onechild.MaryEllen);(g)Josephine TriggCampbell;(h)JamesWhiteCampbell;(i)Frank Campbell(1871-).marriedSaWieJonett.Children:JoneH,

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EllenFrancesandMalcolm):(j)PrestonWhiteCampbell (1874-),(marriedLouiseHoward.Children:Preston WhiteandEdwardMalcolm); (k)MalcolmCampbell,M.D. (1875-),(married'CharlotteLueilaBrader); (8) Susan PrestonWhite(1838-1908).whomarriedAbramByrd Twig,(1872-),(marriedRobertR.Campbell);(b)Margaret PrestonTrigg. 10 EleanorFairmanPreston(-1887),whomarried (1835)Judge.lamesSheffey.Children:(1) Margaret Sheffey(1836-186!)).v\-homarriedCol.WilliamE.Peters, andhadchildren: JamesWhiteSheffeyarid!William Edgar;(2)JohnPrestonSheffey(1837-).whomarried JosephineSpiller,andhadchildren:(a)MargaretPeters Sheffey(1865-),(marriedPercyC.March);(h)Eleanor FairmanSheffey(1866-). (marriedB.F.Buchanan.Child ren:JohnPrestonBuchanan,whemarriedandhad chi'kJren: EleanorFairmanandJohnPrestonBuchanan II;JosephineSpillerBuchanan;CampbellBuchanan; VirginiaBuchanan;FrankBuchanan;NellieBuchanan; DavidBuchanan); (c) SusieMontgomerySheffey (1867-),(marriedDr.E.M.Oopeuhaver.Children:Preston andElizabelihMaic.'lius); (d)JosephineSpillerSheffey; (e)JamesWhiteSheffey(1871-),(marriedLucyLeeCar- lock.ChildrenLucyLee,Caroline,JamesWhiteSheffeyII, JosephineSpillerWhite.EleanorFairmanandHaroldCar- lock); (f)MiriamSheffey;(g)JohnPrestonSheffeyII (1876-),(marriedVirginiaHarrington.Children:Mar garetandVirginia);(3)JaneSheffey;(4)ElizabethShef fey(1842-1875).whomarriedMaj.JamesA.i1.Pendleton, andhadonechild.JamesSheffeyPendleton.(1874-) who marriedMargaretFudge,andhadchildren:Albert0., ElizabethandGranvilleF.;(5)EllenWhiteSheffey(H13- 49i14),whom'arriedJosephBrainardRhea,(sonoflev. SamuelRheaandhissecondwife.Martha(Lynn)Rhe.i). ChildrenunderJosephBrainardRhea;(6)MarySheffey (1844-1906),whomarriedOoJ.WilliamE.Peiers,(wh)sc firstwifehadbeenhersister.Margaret),andhadonechild: DonPrestonPeters(1887-) , whomarriedRhettuGhangh. andhadchildren:MaryPetersandDonPrestonPetersII; (7)MarthaSheffey(1859-1899).whomarriedRobertJ. Preston.M.D.,andhadchildren:(a) EleanorFairman Preston(1876-),(marriedf)r.J.T.Watkins.Children: JamesThomasWatkinsII,RobertSheffey,Williamand Sherman);(b)RobertSheffeyPreston(1885-),(married

264 RHEA AliceReed); (8)VirginiaSheffey(1850-),whomarriedH. B.Haller. 13 JanePreston,whomarriedtwice:First,JamesB. Craighead;Second, Marshall,noissue.Childrenby firsthusband:David,John,Jennie,James,Prestonand Thomas. IVWILLIAMRHEA IVWilliamRhea,(1761-1836),(sonofRev.Joseph RheaandElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea).Hewasmarried' (1795)toElizabethBreden(1766-1835),whowasbornin IcelandanddiedinTennessee.Theylivedontheoldfarm on,BeaverGreek,SullivanCounty,Tennessee,andhad children: 1 MargaretBredenRhea. 2 ElizabethRhea, 3 JosephCampbellRhea, 4 JamesDysartRhea, 5 WilliamR.Rhea, 6 FrancesRhea. 7 JohnRheaII. 1 MargaretBredenRhea(1798-1864),married(1828i SamuelWoodNetheriand,andhadchildren:(1)Elizabeth RheaNetheriand(1830-1896), whomarriedWilliamPhillip Brewer,andhadchildren:(a)MargaretDuflieldBrewer (1852-),(marriedRev.JamesChalmersCowan.Children: WilliamMcLaminCowan(1876-),RobertL. Cowan (1880-),whomarriedBessieBrown;FredC. Cowan (1882-),who.marriedGraceBrisbo;SidneyK. Cowan (1884-);HughBrewerCowan(1886-));(b) EvaNeil Brewer(1854-).(marriedHenryH.Newman); (c)Samuel NetheriandBrewer;(d)JohnAlt'Brewer(1859-),married WillieSueHuge.Children:Bessie(1884-),whoimarried JohnAlt'Muse,andhadchildren:ElizaB.,J'amesArthur, MaryMintolaandJohnAlt'MuseII;MaryEvaBrewer ' 1X85-),who'marriedHerbertC.Marcy,andhadchildren: JohnArbanandHerbertC.MarcyII;HorenHogeBrewer (1885-),whomarriedJamieBachman;WilliamPhillip Brewer;A.TheimaBrewer:(e)BenjaminWillisBrewer; (f)JamesKingBrewer(1864-),(marriedMaryOliveCar- lock.Children:JamesCariock(1896-1918),CatherineF N.LouiseandDouglasC.;(g)HattieAdelaideBrewer (1864-),(twinsofJamesKingBrewer),(marriedDr.Jo sephS.Bachman.Children:HarryW.,PhillipM.,Joseph S.BachmanII.aridElizabeth); (h)NicholasVanceBrewer;

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(2)HarrietSamuelWoodsNetherland,whomarriedJohnG. King(brotherofJamesKing),andhadchildren:(a)Lynn King(1857-),(marriedJosephW.Owen.Children: 'HattieKing(1890-)andRivelyKing(1892-));(b)Hattie GoodsonKing(1858-),(marrieid'HughW.Taylor);(c) EilaWa'tkinsKing(I860-),(marriedDr.FrankMaxwell Children:EvelynKingMaxwell(1891-), (whomarried E.Harris;AnnieMaxwell(1893-));(d)SamuelLeeKing (1863-),(marriedAnniePhipps.Children:SamuelLee KingII.JohnG.KingandCharlesLoganKing). 2 ElizabethRhea(1798-1856).married'Reyhurn Buchanan,and'hadchildren:(1) ElizabethBuchanan (1828-1900),whomarriedJamesKingII.(brotherofJohn G.King,whomarriedHarrietSamuelWoodsNetherland), andhadchildren:(a)JamiesKingIII;(b)WilliamRy- burnKing;(c)MicajahWatkinsKing,(marriedRobert HanlzellGray.Children:WilliamMicajah,JamesKing, JohnBuchanan,QampbellWatkins.ElizabethandRobert HartzellGrayII);(doMargaretElizabethKing;(e)John BuchananKing,(marriedLouiseBarrett); (2)William Buchanan,whomarriedAddieHill,andhadohldren:(a) JohnHillBuchanan;(b)ElizabethRheaBuchanan;(c) NellieScottBuchanan,(married!JohnB.MeOord); (d) MargaretShannonBuchanan,(marriedSturmCarson. Onechild,Clifton);(e)WilliamHarveyBuchanan;(3) JohnBuchanan,whomarriedMattieCross,andhadchild ren:RvburnDeBarry,WilliamLane,EdwardKing.Sarah Elizabeth,AnnieGreen,FannSeLinnandJohnMatthew.. 3 JosephCampbellRhea(1800-1853),marriedtwice: First.SusanRheaPreston(-1828)(daughterof Robert PrestonandMargaret(Rhea)Preston);Marriedsecond, (183i5)CatherineReynolds(-1857).JosephCampbellRhea 'livedinSullivanCounty,Tennessee,uinMl1841whenhe movedtoGilesCounty,Tennessee,whereresideduntilhis death.Heassistedhiscousin.MaitthewRhea,inmaking thefirstmapofTennessee.HewascolonelintheTennes seeMilitia.Byhisfirstwifehehadohildren:(1)Margaret Rhea,whomarriedDr.EzraN.Shelley(whosesecondwife wasElizabethPreston,daughterofRobertFairmanPreston andSarah(Marshall)Preston),andhadchildren: William, ElizabethandJohnPreston;(2)SusanE.Rhea(1828- 1860). whomarriedWilliamiCampbellEdmonidson,and hadchildren:(a)JohnPrestonEdmonson,(nolivingde scendants);(b)JennieEdmonson(1851-1919),(married WalterPrestonRhea,sonofMatthewRheaIIandMary

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(Looney)Rhea.ChildrenunderWalterPrestonRhea); (c)LouiseSmythEdmonson,(,marriedWilliamAbram Rhea,acousin.Noissue); (3)WilliamRhea,nevermar ried.JosephRheabyhissecondwife,CatherineReynolds, hadchildren:(4)JamesDavidRhea(1838-1882).whomar riedBettieBuford(daughterofHon.ThomasBufordof GilesCounty,Tennessee),andhadchildren:(a)James BufordRhea;(b)CliffordRhea(.1866-),(marriedDelia Donovan.Children:Margaret(1898-).CliffordCampbell (1900-),David(1901-).MamieLouise(1902-),AnnieDelia (1905-),Joseph(1908-) andEdwardBuford(1910-));(c) AnnieRihea(1868-),(marriedWilliamPreslevDabney. Onechild,WilliamRheaDabney(1892-));(d)James DavklRheaII(1870-),(marriedSadieGardner.Children: JamesDavidRheaIII,WilliamGardnerRheaandJoseph CampbellRhea.JamesDavidRheaIII,amedicalstudent VanderbiHUniversity,istheonlyfirstyearmanfroreceive FoundersMedalforOratory);(e)FrankBufordRhea;(f) BessieBufordRhea;(g)JosephCampbellRhea(1877-), (marriedAddieMarthaBooth.Child:BufordBoothRhea. JosephiiampbellRheagraduatedin Lawat Harvard University,hissonBuford,is nowa studentatLeland StanfordUniversity); (h)LomiseBufordRhea(1880-), (marriedHarryH.Chandler.Children:BettieBuford (1905-)andAnnieRhea(1913-));(i)Mary~SumpterRhea, (whodiedyoung); (5)MaryA.Rhea(1840-),whomarried (1857)Dr.JamesA.Sumpter(-1885).andhadchildren: ( a)EdwardRandolphSumpter,M.])..(1858-1917),(mar ried(1885)MinnieWade.Children:JamesA.SumpterII (1888-).whomarriedBertaPorter,andhadonechild: JamesA.SumpterIII(1916-) ; Ella.Sumpter(1890-),who marriedWvker,andhadonechild,WilliamWvkerII (1913-);MarySumpter(1829-);EdwardRandolphSump terII(1898-));(b)BulahSumpter(1863-),(married (1887)EdgarAnderson(-1911).Children:JamesSumpter (1893-)andMaryFrances(1903));(c)WilliamD.Sump ter,M.D.,(1872-),(married(1902)TonmrieWrenn. (daughterofThomasWrenn,of Nashville.Children: iHara(1903-).Tom(1906-) andMaryRhea(1910-).Dr. Sumpterisaneminentsurgeonandmemberoftheboard oftheProtestantHospitalat Nashville,Tennessee); (d) JosephRheaSumpter(1874-1913).(marriedtwice:First, JuliaFlounov(-1900); Second,L.MayHaves.Noissue); (6)EllenRhea(1846-),whomarried'(187"1)OscarAber- nathy,andhadchildren:(a)KatherineAbernathy(1872-).

297 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES imarriedWillFarmer.Onechild',Karherine(1913-));(b) MaryAbernathy(1874-),(marriedBaylessFroman); (o) NellieAbernathy(1878-),(marriedD.Landis); (d)Oscar AbernathvII (1881-), (marriedAnnieAdams);(7)Wil liamSamuelRhea(1849-1894),whomarried(1876)Ida EudoraOsborne,and'badchildren:(a)CalebOsborne Rhea,M.D.(1877-),(marriedMargaretDonelson.Chil- d:"en:CalebOsborneRheaII(1912-)andSamuelDonald sonRhea(1916-));(b)ErmaValenaRhea(1879-),(mar riedGeorgeReed.Children: IdaCatherine(1902-)and ErmaRhea(1912-));(c)EdwardSumpterRhea(1882-), (marriedHannahSmith.Children:Robert(1908-),Alice Cordelia,(diedyoung),HelenPearl(1912-) andDavid Osborne(1914-)*);(d)WilliamSamuelRheaII(1885-), (marriedHattieMiller.Onechild.WilliamSamuelRhea 111(1912-));(e)DavidRankinRhea(1886-),(married VernonPorler.OneChild.RobertPorterRhea(1914-)); (f)AlwynPorlerRhea,diedyoung;(g)AliceCatherine Rhea,(died'young). 4 JamesDvsartRhea(1802-1886),marriedtwice: First,(1831)ElizabethCarter;Second,(1858)Margaret Long,neeRhea.Childrenbyfirstwife:(1)MatildaWendel Rhea,died'withoutissue;(2)WilliamRhea,nevermarried; (3)ElizabethRhea(1836-),whomarried'BeverlyNorvel'l, andhadchildren:Maude,MaggieLou,Adah,Mary,Clara, FrankandWade;(4)AlfredRhea,nevermarried';(5) MargaretRhea(1840-1912),whomarried(1863)Byron GiggsMcDowell,andchildren:(a)JamesRheaMcDowell, (diedwithoutissue); (b)IreneMcDowell;(c)Albert SidneyMcDowell,(1870-),(marriedInezCarter.Onechild', MarjorieCarter);(d)ElizabethMcDowell(1868-),(mar riedJiimesB.Lyons.Onechild.McDowell(1895-));(e) MaryEvaMcDowell(1875-),(marriedWilliamS.Stuart. Onechild,EllenIrene); (f) MargaretRheaMcDowell (1880-),(marriedWilliamFerguson.Children:Margaret andRobert);(6)JohnH.Rhea,nevermarried';(7)Sarah F.Rhea;(8)JamesT.Rhea(1847-1914.)whomarried FrancesBellRhea,(daughterofMatthewRheaandMary (Looney)Rhea),andhadchildren:(a)JamesRhea,(died young); (b)AlfredLongRhea,(marriedMaryWauchope. Children:JamesTaylorRheaII, KaitherineWauchope, MaryFrancesandEllenPreston);(c)MaryEllenRhea, (marriedDr.JohnKerrCrawford.Children:Mary Frances.LouiseEdmonson.Eleanor,JamesTaylor,Mary RheaandJohnKerrCrawfordID; (d")JamesDysartRhea

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II,(marriedJesseHearn.Onechild,JessieHearn);(e) HowardMatthewRhea,(marriedWithedminaLitterer.One child,ElizabethWeaver); (9)MaryEllenRhea(1849-1882). whomarriedEdwardAndersonMcClellan,andhadchil dren:(a)SamuelDavidMoCleMan(1880-),(marriedMary EffleSugle.Children:WilliamEdwardMcCleMan(1S95-), whomarriedClaraIsabellaSims,andhadonechild,Mary Eveiyn);(b)JamesNicholasMcClellan(1872-1912), (marriedAlmiraLeveniaBenham.Children:BerthaEhza bethMcClellan(1894-),whomarriedThomasHubbard,and hadchildren:JamesDeVerneandBurmidene;Howard PlemeyMcCleilan(1895-),whomarriedSarahBurton,and hadchildren:MadgeLorainandMildredBettie;Lora IreneMcClellan(1898-),whomarriedAveryMortonShel don; (c)JohnLooneyMcClellan(1874-),(marriedMyrtle Benner); (d)MargaretElizabethMcClellan(1ST?!, mar riedWilliamEdwardCogswell.Children:JohnMc- McCMlan,LevertDeV'ere.MortonEdwardandAliceRhea); (e)AbrahamBJheaMcClellan(1879-),(marriedGeorgia Desgranger.iChildren:J.Wallace,WallerRheaand Hugh);(f)EdwardAndersonMcCleMan(18S2-),(married GraceEdricHelms.Onechild,RalphEdw'inh;^0) SusanElizabethRhea(1853-1905);JamesDysartRheaby hissecondwifehadonechildi,MatthewBelmontRhea,died young. 5 WilliamR.Rhea(1804-1861),married(1833)Mary AnnMoseleyRockhold.(sisterofRuthRockholdwhomar riedJohnN.Rhea),andhadchildren:(1)HarrietNether- landRhea(1834-1880),whomarried'Dr.JohnW.SeJhorn. Children:(a)CharlesLeeSehorn(1863-),(marriedRella Amos.Children:HowardRhea(1891-),CharlesLee SehornII,diedyoung,andThomasLund(1903-));(b) JohnSehorn.(marriedSueAddieSusong); (2)Elizabeth BredenRhea;(3)FrancesRuthRhea(1838-1904),who marriedOscarMarvilleLewis,M.1). Children:(a)Wil liamDulaneyLewis;(b)MaryCeceliaLewis(1866-),mar riedJohnM.Lyon.Children:RheaB.Lyon(1885-),who marriedA.Maney,andbadchildren: Catihline,Fowler. JamesandJohn,;JohnP.Lyon(1887-),JessieLewisLyon (1889-).whomarried'R.Burton,andhadchildren:Lamar andMarie;EarnestJ.Lyon(1892-);A.RuthLyon(1896-), whomarriedW.McNew.andhadonechild,B.Ruth); (c) HarrietElizabethLewis(1867-).(marriedD.RileyProfTitt. Children:Eilene.Vivian,RuthandHarriett);(d)Ida LeeLewis,notmarried;(e)OscarRheaLewis(1872-),

269 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES (marriedMargaretW.Ray.Children:Dora,Elizabeth, Ralph,Margaret.JoeLee,OliverandJohnRhea); (f)Dora LynnLewis(1874-1902),(marriedGeorgeW.Anglon); (g) GeorgeGertrudeLewis(1877-),(marriedSamuelClavton Riddle.Children: PhyllisCecelia,OscarLewisandFranks Margaret!;(h)CharlesGrantLewis;(4)WilliamRock- holdRhea(1840-1903).marriedtwice:First,SueNeth?r- land;Second,MargaretR.Carr.noissue.By'hisfirstwife hehadonechild:MayRhea,whomarriedDr.RobertLee Gallaher;(5)GeorgeDuffieldRhea,whomarriedMrs. LottieJaneRhea,neeRoss,widowofhisbrotherJames CampbellRhea).Noissue;(6)JosephCunninghamRhea; (7)JohnAdolphusRhea(1848-1903),whomarriedLora Abernathv.(seeDonaldsonFaimilv),andhadchildren:(a) WilliamAbernathvRhea(1882-1913),(marriedDaisy VaughnHiasson.Noissue);(b)MaryRhea;(c)John Rhea;(c)JohnRhea);(8)CharlesRhea(1853-1890),who marriedEmmaSarahRobertson,andhadonechild:Hattie MabelRhea(1883-),(whomarriedClaudeBennett.Chil dren:RheaWorthandSarahBess,);(9)JamesCampbell Rhea(1855-1912),whomarriedLottieJaneRoss,andhad children:(a)GeorgeSehornRhea(1882-),(marriedtwice: First.AlmaPetty;Second,EmmaJones.Childrenbyfirst wife: JamesClarence,CharlesWilliamandGeorgeHunter. Bysecondwife,onechild,Eldridge); (b)WilliamRock- holdRheaIT (1887-).(marriedElvaBlalack.Children: RogerJackson.RitaAlineandElizabethLloyd); (c) CharlesLyonRhea(1889-).(marriedWillieKateBlalack). 6 FrancesRhea(1808-1854),marriedMontgomery Irvin,andhadchildren: (1)ElizabethIrvin;(2)William RheaIrvin(1875-),whomarriedJosephineBarley,andhad children:JamesandMary;(3)MaggieIrvin(1844-),who marriedCapt. GeorgeW.Allen,andhadchildren:Annie Mauy,Cora,WillieV.andLillie,(4)MaryR.Irvin(1840-), whomarriedWilliamAbramRhea,(sonofJohnRheaand Elizabeth(Rhea)Rhea).ChildrenunderWilliamAbram Rhea;(5)SarahIrvin(1849-),whomarriedSamuelWood Rhea,(sonof JohnNancyRheaandMary(Rockhold) Rhea).ChildrenunderSamuelWoodRhea. 7 JohnRhea(1811-1882).married(1840)Elizabeth Rhea,(daughterofMatthewRheaVandMary(Looney) Rhea),andhadchildren:(1)MaryElizabethRhea,never married;(2)WilliamAbrainRhea(1844-1869).married twice:Firrft,MaryR.Irwin;SecondLouiseEdmondson. Childrenbyfirstwife:(a)ElizabethRhea(1870-),(mar

270 RHEA riedThomasDelanyCobb.Children:MollieRheaandDe- lanev); (b)Al'lieRhea;(c)FannieRhea(1874-),(married SamuelTaylor.Children:MatthewEdmund(1899-),Rhea Venable,MaryLouise.Lois,JennieandSamuelChunn); (d')HarrietRhea(1876-),(marriedArthurP.Winfrey. Children:MattieSweeney,Elizabeth,JohnAllen,Mont gomeryRhea,ArthurPeter,HarrietandWilliamRhea); (e)JohnMontgomeryRhea;(f)WilliamRhea;(g)Jennie EdmondsonRhea(1883-),(marriedRev.Her manA.Butts); (3)MatthewRobertRhea(1846-1902), marriedAddieTucker,andhadchildren:(a)Thomas TuckerRhea(1871-),(marriedSueMaeThomson);(b) JohnWilliamRhea;(c)LulaMayRhea(1876-1912),(mar riedDr.GeorgeM.Shaw.Onechild.LucyAdelaide); (d) EdwardFrancesRhea(1878-) , (marriedAdeleHerbert.One child,FrancesAdele); (4) JamesSamuelRhea(1849- 1898),married'FannieTrotter,andhadchildren:(a)Ben jaminEdwardRhea;(b)MatthewRhea;(c)JamesWilson Rhea(1883-).(marriedMaryLouCross.Children:Frances Elizabeth,MarionOverton.SarahBeM.JamesSamueland WilliamCross); (d)JohnEd/mondsonRhea,(married FannieWatkins.Children:AddieFrancesandThomas Waitkins); (e)SarahBellRhea,(marriedSidneyA. Bavnes); (f)WilliamAbrahamRhea;(g)HudsonCary Rhea;(h)MaryElizabethRhea;(i)RobertHenryRhea; (5)MargaretEllenRhea,nevermarried; (6)SarahFrances Rhea(1853-).(marriedHenryHarrisonLewis,andhad children:(a)BessieMayLewis(1876-),(marriedThomas A.Jayroe.iChildren:ThomasA.JayroeII.FrancesL., HenryLewis,JackC,RobertRhea.FrankC.,andHenry Lewis);(b)JohnHampdenLewis(1878-),(marriedLula MayMorris.Children:FannieLou,WilliamH.andBes sie);(c)MaggieLouLewis(1881-),(marriedArthur Fleming.Children: W.Arthur,D.Henry,GillyM.and M.Frauces); (d)JamesRheaLewis(1883-). (marriedRosa Reviere.Children: JamesRheaLewisII, Carolea,John MontgomeryandHenryH.); (e)WiltshireM.Lewis(1885-), (married.MargaretMaclin.Children:RobertSpencerand HenryHarrison); (f) GillyM.Lewis;(g)MatthewH. Lewis(1891-),(unarriedMrs.LouiseHavnesMoorer); (h) GillyC.Lewis;(7)JohnRufusWells"Rhea(1855-1917), marriedtwice:First,TillieLockett;Second,Eleanor Lockelt,(sisterofTillieLockett).Childrenbvfirstwife: (a)JohnLockedRhea;(b)FrankLeeRhea(1886-),(mar riedMaryTeall.Children:John,Patricia,and'twins—

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GeraldandGeraldine); (c)WalterH.Rhea;(d)OscarP. Rhea;(e)LizzieSueRhea(1894-),(marriedEgbertSmith. Onechild:EgbertFranklin); (f)AnnieRhea(1897-); (8) WalterRhea;(9)LucindaHarrietRhea. V JOSEPHRHEAII V JosephRheaII(1762-1825),sonofRev.JosephRhe* andElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea.Hemarried(1789)at Abingdon,Virginia,FrancesBreden(1764-1850)."Joseph Rheaandwife,Frances,rearedtheirfamilyina housa whichheerected,in1800,onBackCreek,SullivanCounty, three-fourthsofamilefromwherehisfatherlocatedoa BeaverCreek.Mostofthebuildingwasoflogs,ceiledinsda andweather-boardedoutside.Atthistime(1915)thehouse isinfinecondition".((extractfromletterofWilliamLynfe Rhea).JosephRheaIIhadchildren: 1 ElizabethRhea, 2 MargaretRhea, 3 JohnRhea,diedininfancy, 4 SamuelRhea, 5 EllenRhea, 6 FannieRhea, 7 NancyRhea, 8 RobertJ.Rhea. 9 SarahRhea. 1 ElizabethRhea(1789-1853),marriedtwice:First, (1812)AudleyAnderson,(brotherofIsaacAndersonwho marriedhersister,Margaret); Second',NicholasFain. Childrenbyfirsthusband:(1) FannieRheaAnderson (1812-1856).whomarried1830)WilliamKingMcAlister, andhadchildren:(a) JohnAud'levMcAlister,(die'i young);{b)HarryHillMcAlister(1833-1893),(married MaggieShapard.Children:FrancesRheaMcAlsler(1806-), whomarriedMorganWilliamBrownIV,andhadchildren: MorganWilliamBrownVII(1894-),whomarried'Minni'i Bell,andhadchildren:MorganWilliamBrownIII.died ininfancy,andMorganWilliamBrawnIX;MarjorieMc AlisterBrown(1895-),whomarriedJohnMarshallEwing. andhadonechild,JohnMarshallEwingII;HarryHill McAlisterII(1864-),whomarriedMaudeDavidson,ami hadchildren: MaudMcAllister(1888-),whomarried twice:First, Franklin;Second, Ebbert: HarryHillMcAlisterIII(1890-); MargeryMcAlister(4892-) whomarriedMarkW.Libbart,andhadchildren: MarkW. LibbertI andMargery;IroBurnsMcAlister,whomarried

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Cox;JamesAikenMcAlisterII(1868-),whomar redtwice:First,M.R. ; Second,ElizabethFry.By firstwifehehadonechild,JamesAikenMcAlisterIII; RachaelCarterMcAlister(-1911),whomarriedRobertLee Buroh,andhadchildren:RobertLeeBurchIIandHill McAlisterBurcb); (c)MargaretE.McAlister(-1919), (married'JamesErwin.CSiildren:JamesErwinII;Wil liamMcAlisterErwin,(1857-),whomarriedAnnieMay Jolly;CharlesBosleyErwin(1859-); JosephGibsonErwin (1861-),whomarriedClaraDavidson,andhadchildren: JosephGibsonErwinII,RobertDavidsonErwinandJames ErwinIII;(d)ElizabethAndersonMcAlister(-1919),(mar riedRobertBiddle.Children:ElizaMcAlisterBiddle (1875-),whomarriedJ.WhitefordRussell;WilliamKink Biddle(1876-),whomarriedNettaRussell,andhadone child,MaryElizabeth); (e)FrancesAikenMcAlister (1840-)(marriedJohnF.Wheless.Children:JohnWhe less(-1891)andPercyWheless; (f)SarahLuckyMcAlister, (diedyoung);(g)JamesAikenMcAlister;(h)MarionMc Alister(-1890),(married'WilliamSummerfieldSawrie. Children:WilliamG.Sawrie(-1906),whomarriedMamie Bang;FrancesMcAlisterSawrie,whomarried'J.Eaton Webb,andhadchildren: Marion(1894-)andFrances (1899); MargaretSawrie,whomarried!JohnT.Hendrson, andhadchildren:MarionMcAlisterHenderson(189t-), whomarriedEdwinCraig,andhadchildren:MaronHen dersonCraig,andMargaretCraig;MargaretHenderson, (1896-),whomarriedWilliamT.Hutcheson,andhadone child.WilliamT.HutchesonII;IdeelaSawrie,whomar riedSheffieldClark,andhadchildren:MargaretMcAlister andSheffieldClarkII;HenrySperrySawrie,whomarried FlorenceJohnson,andhadonechild,Florence;Herbert Sawrie,whomarriedBessieBeach,andhadchildren: Bes sieBeachandEarnestWilliam); (i)SamuelMcAlister;(j) WilliamK.McAlisterII (1850-),(marriedLauraBrown Dortch.Attorneyatlaw.ServedonthebenchoftheSu premeCoiirtofTennessee.RceiverfortheTennesseeCen tralRailroadCompany.Hehadchildren:MedoraMc Alister(1873-),whomarried'GeorgeF.Blackie,andhad onechild,WilliamMcAlisterBlackie;HarryHillMcAlister (1875-),whomarriedLouiseJackson,daughterofJudge HaroldE.Jackson,andhadchildren:MaryJackson. LouiseJackson,andLaura;SamuelDysartMcAlister (1868-),whomarriedEvelynKrumbhaar); (k)Florence McAlister;(1)JohnWalterMcAlister;(m)LadyLouisa

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DeSaullesMcAlister(1856-),(marriedLewisRandolph Donelson.(seeDonaldsonfamily).Children:LewisRan dolphDonelsonII(1881-),Elsie"Donelson(1883-),Jennie DonelsonandAndrewJacksonDonelson); (2) Rebecca Anderson(1814-1863),whomarriedWilliamB.Gammon, (brotherofAbramGammonwhomarriedhersister,Nancy Anderson),andhadchildren:(a)GeorgeGammon,(mar riedBarshebaRutledge.Children:RobertandRebecca); (b)AudleyAndersonGammon(1834-1905),(marriedMary JohnFarris.Children:WilliamFarrisGammon(1860-), whomarriedtwice: KirsI. .MinnieHicks;Second,IdaLee Baumgardner); ElizaRebeccaGammon;SamuelRhea Gammon(1865-),marriedtwice:First,WillieBrown Hwmphreys;Second,ClaraGennelMoore."Heis the HonoredRev.SamuelRheaGammonofLavras,Brazil,one ofthehighlyesteemedmissionariesoftheSouthernPres byterian'Church";NannieSpenceGaunmon(1867-),married CharlesEdwardGammon;MinnieGammon(1869), married Dr.CharlesK.Kernan);(r)NancyGammon;(df)SallieJ. Gammon;(e)ElizabethGammon;(f)WilliamD.Gammon, imarriedAureliaShields,daughterofJudgeJ.K.Shields); (g)FrancesGammon,(marriedRobertAllen); ((h)Abram LooneyGammon;(i) MarthaEllenGammon,(married twice:First,RichardMcGhee;Second.JohnW.Spence); (3)ElizaRheaAnderson(1816-1892).whomarriedGen. RichardGammonFain(stepbrother),andhadchildren: (a)HiramFain(1834-1869).(marriedBoftieLyons.Chil dren:MattieMatildwFain,whomarriedJosephSevier Vance,andhadchildren:JamesFosterVance.Charles RutledgeVance(1885-).whomarriedLnlaHurlWarrick, andhadchldren; EthelandJosephLaFayette;Elizabeth LyonsVance(1887-),whomarriedWilliamS.Pierceand hadonechild,WilliamVancePierce;SamuelFainVance (1893-);David'LyonFain(18fi5-i;SamuelKempFain; AnnieHiramFain);(b)ElizabethFain;(c)SarahG.Fain (1838-1912),(marriedColonelSamuelN.Fain,a distant relative.Children:Samuel,Sallie.ElizaAmelia.Mattie, Frances.Bessie,JohnandLida); (d)NicholasFain(1840- 1899),(marriedAnnieKingsbury.Children:Mary, RichardandCatherine);(e)SamuelAudleyFain;(f) IsaacAndersonFain(1844-1917).(marriedMattieJones. Children:LillieBell,whomarriedJohnBonnett,andhad onedaughter;Richard,JessieandOlive);(g)G.Powell (1846-1914),marriedSallieE.Fain.Ohidren:William Rhea,RobertRogan,Samuel.NellieFoster,andtwins— RHEA

RichardandHiramRathbone,andJulia); (h)FrancosFain (1848-1914),(marriedAmosLeeSmith.Children:Richard FainandLeeJackson);(\)JohnFain;(j)Richard'Gam- monFainII(1851-),(marriedJuliaBrace.Onechild: LeonhardBraceFain(1885-).whomarried , and hadonechild,MaryHelen);(k)NancyAndersonFain (1854-1876);(1)EllenRheaFain;(m)ElizaRuthFain; (4)NancyAnderson(1818-i.whomarriedAbrahamGam mon.ElizabethRiheabyhersecondhusband,Nicholas Fain,hadchildren:(5)HiramFain,whomarriedBettie Lyonsandhadtwochildren:Ernest,Lucia,Mollyand Sallie;(0)LizzieFain,whomarried'RutledgePowell,and hadasonwhomarried andbada daughterwho marriedWalterLyons. 2 MargaretRhea(1791-1883),married(1816)Col.Isaac CampbellAnderson(brotherofAudleyAndersonwhomar ried''hersister,Elizabeth)."Thisfamilywasbornand rearedina houseinScottCounty.Virginia,whichwas formerlyusedasablockbouseandfortagainsttheIndians. ItwasboughtbyJosephAnderson,fatherofIsaacAnder son"(SeldonNelson,KnoxvilleSentinel.1908).Margaret Rheahadchildren:(1)RebeccaMaxwellAnderson(1818- 1893) . whomarriedJosephNewland,andhadchildren: (a) MarthaNewland(18364911),(marriedWilliamA.Dooley. children,Currell;Ruth;Charles;JamesIsaac Andes,andhadchildren:J.Earnest(1890-).MarvLvnn (1891-))ai»dGeorgeAndes(1894-); Rebecca*Dooley (1862-1916),whomarried'J.WrightHoss.and'hadchil dren:Margaret,J.WrightHossII,StantonM.andDooley; JosephMarchDooley(1864-1906),whomarriedBell Thoma,andhadchildren:Maude.whomarriedLebHard ing.MartinandJosephDooleyII:NellieDooley(1872-). whomarriedJohnR.Snow,andhadchildren:.Nellie MarthaandJoseph);(b)MarthaJaneNewland(1838- 1914).(marriedCharlesRobertsonVance.Children:James IsaacVance(1862-),whomarriedMaryCurrell,andhad childrenCurrell:Currell;Ruth;Charles;JamesIsaac VanceII.JamesIsaacNanceisa ministerofthePresby terianChurch.HeispastorofGraceChurchatNashville. Tennessee;JosephAndersonVance(1864-),whomarried MaryForman.and'hadchildren:Dorothy.Maryand JosephAndersonII.JosephAndersonVanceisaprominent evangelistofthePresbyterianChurch;CharlesRobertson NanceII;MargaretJaneVance;RebeccaMalindaVance (1874-),whomarriedCharlesI..Hendrick,andhadchil

275 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES dren:MargaretandMary);(c)ElizaBarbaraNewland (1840-1912),(marriedWilliamPowellDuff.Children: JosephNewlandDuff(1869-),whomarriedNettieDelila Young,andhadchildren:LeliaRhea(1891-),whomar riedCliffordE.Maze;WilliamVastine(1893-),whomar riedBlanchIreneHunt;RalphTyler(1900-); CarrieAnita; PowellRheaDuff(1870-),whomarriedMayRichmond Youny,andhadchildren:Edif SarahFrancis;MaxwellNewland(1889-)); (e)EllenAn dersonNewland(1H44-),(marriedJamesP. Doggett. MinisterofPresbyter:anChurch.Children:LidaBeatrice Doggett(1873-)whomarriedNicholasPeterErnest.Chil drenunderNicholasPeterEarnest;RebeccaHallDoggett (1875-) ; FanLinDoggett(1877-),whomarriedWalter ReeveEarnest,andhadchildren:WalterReeveEearnestII,.

276 RHEA RobertDoggettandMarthaBeatrice;JosephNewladDog- gett(1879-),whomarriedCoraLeftwich;MargaretEleanor Doggett(1885-),whomarriedSamuelRheaEarnest,brother ofNicholasPeterEarnest,(ChildrenunderSamuelRhea Earnest));(f)JosephMitchellNewland(1847-),(married JudithLesley.Child-en:)RebeccaNewland(1876-),who marriedRev.R.H.Taylor,andhadchildren: Joseph Harold,MaryNewfand,RuthLesleyandHubertVance; AllieNewland;LesleyNewland;JosephNewland);(g) FannieAndersonNewland(1849-),(marriedElkanah DulaneyPence.ChMdren:MarthaEllen(1886-)and JosephJames(18PS-));(h)SamuelAndersonNewland (1852-),(marriedHelenBrown.Children:MargaretRe beccaNewland(18S7-),whomarriedAlbertPendleton Henderson,andha^onechild,AlbertPendletonHenderson II;JosephNewland(1888-);MaryEleanorNewland (1890-);StellaRn«aNewland(1892-);VanceNewland (1896-); HelenBmwnNewland(1899-); NathanNewland (1902-));(i) RobertRheaNewland(I860-),(married ElizabethWolford.Children:LyndsayWolfordNewland, M.D.(1887-),whomarriedAgathaGregg;LydiaRebecca Newland;GraceNewland(1892-); LoisSalomeNewland (1897-));(2)JosephRheaAnderson(1819-1888),who marriedMalindaWilliamsKing.JosephRheaAnderson wasabankerandmerchant;ofBristol,Tennessee,infact thefounderofBristol.Hehadchildren:(a)JamesKing Anderson;(b)'^arahAnnAnderson;(c)JohnCampbell Anderson(1850-1913).(marriedtwice: First,AnnieAnder son;Second,FaunaeWilliamson.Childrenbyfirstwife: AudleyKing(1878-),JosephRhea,AliceMelinda,Florence AlexanderandJohnCampbell.Bysecondwife:Margaret Williamson,JohnCampbell,ThomasParrishandRobert Banks);(d)MnrgaretMicajahAnderson(1857-),(married JohnHendersonCaldwell.Children:MargaretMelinda Caldwell;JohnHendersonCaldwellII(1882-),whomar riedGenevieveRice,andhadchildren:MargaretRiceand Genevieve;JonephAndersonCaldwell(1884-),whomar riedIsabellaHawley,andhadchildren:JosephAnderson andJohnHenderson;GeorgeAikenCaldWell(1887-),who marriedHarriotParish; WalterMcFarlandCaldwell; Mable Caldwell(1893-);AlmediaBrooksCaldlwell(1896-));(e) IsaacSamuelAndersn(1854-),aministerofthePresby terianChurch,(marriedOllieGibson.Onechild:Nancy Melinda(1894-),whomarriedJohnFrankKineaid,andhad

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onechild,.JohnFrankKincaidII);(f)JosephKingAn derson:(3)JohnAnderson; (4)AuJleyAnderson(1822- 1894).marriedtwice:FirstCorneliaAlexander;Second, Mrs.JanePrestonVance,neeRhea,hiscousin.Childrenby firstwife:(a)AnnieAnderson,(marriedJohnCampbell Anderson,sonof JosephRheaAndersonandMelinda (King)Anderson.ChildrenunderJohnCampbellAnder son);(b)AliceAnderson,(marriedRev.A.S.Newman); (c)JohnP.Anderson,a ministerof IhePresbyterian Church,(marriedRoxieMcCoslan); (d)AudleyS.Ander son:(e)AlexanderAnderson(1856-),(marriedElizabeth Rhea,daughterof TheodericBlandRheaandFrances Elizabeth(Rhea)Rhea.Onechild:AudleyRheaAnderson (1881-),whomarriedBerthaEleanorShort,andhadone child.Audle»RheaAndersonII);(f)CampbellAnderson; (5) Dr.SamuelAnderson;(6) FannieAnderson(1824- 1874),marriedJamesHughes,andhadchildren:(a) JamesHughesII;(b)MargaretHughes(-1893),(married JohnMongle.Onechild,Josephine); (c)MollieHughes (marriedThomasMongle,a brotherof JohnMongle. Children:MargaretandFannieRhea); (7)ElizaAnderson (1826-1890).whomarriedDavidCarr,andhadchildren: (a)AaronB.Carr,(marriedMrs.AngieDodd.Children: Edith,LauraandDavid);(b)MargaretR.Carr,(married twice:First,WilliamRockholdRhea,(sonofWilliamR. RheaandMaryAnnMosley(Rockhold)Rhea),noissue. Second,JohnMitchellFain,(sonof JohnH.Fainand FannieAnderson(Rhea)Fain).ChildrenunderJohn MitchellFain) ; (c)JamesW.Carr(-1886),marriedWoodie Johnson.Children:JamesandAlda); (d)WilliamCarr; (e)JosephCarr;(f)JennieCarr,(marriedBaldwin, andhadchildren:WilliamLusbrookeandMargaretRhea); (g)LuckyCarr;(8)SarahAnderson(1827-1906),married HenryS.Kane,andhadchildren:(a)MargaretKane (1856-, (married'JamesM.Barker.Children:Lucile (1880-),Sarah(1885-),JamesM.BarkerII(1888-).Henry Neville(1892-),andMargaretKane(1894-)); (b)Hannah Kane;(c)HenryS.KaneII (I860-),(marriedFrancisA. Koiner.Children: HenryS.KaneIII(1885-);PatrickLee Kane(1887-);LetcherKane(1888-),whomarriedPearl Potter;EslelleKane(1893-); ElishaKentKane(1895-).who marriedEulaMacG'aven;JaneKane(1897-);Katherine Kane(1899-); JulianKane(1815-)) ;(d)I.PatrickKane;(e) RobertRheaKane(1868-1901),(marriedJosephineEd monds.Children:RobertRheaKaneII (1894-) Esther

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Kane(181)5-)andSarahKane(1898-));(9)CarolineAn derson;(10'MaryAnderson(1830-1877),whomarried JesseR.Earnest,andhadchildren:(a)MattieEarnest, (marriedGeorgeF.Robertson.Children:PaulD.Earn"st, Lynn,Jesse,Robert,CarlWilliamandGeorgeOliphant); (b)WilliamA.Earnest,(marriedFlorenceDonelly.Chil dren:Jesse,Robert.CarlKing,Joseph,William,Charles andSamuelRhea); (e)IsaacEarnest,(marriedMinnieMiil. Onechild.Charles);(d)WallerR.Earnest;(il)Isaac CampbellAnderson(1832-;.whomarriedNannieStewart; (12)JaneAnderson(1833-),whomarriedWilliamStewart, andhadonechild.LinnStewart,whomarriedHugh MitchellNewland,(sonofIsaacAndersonNewlandand Martha(Lewis)Newland).ChildrenunderHughMitchell Newland. 4 SamuelRhea(1795-1863),married'twice:First, (1826)AnnM.Rutledge(daughterofGen.JohnRutledg.'); Second.(1832)MarthaLynn(1810-1878).Childbyfirst wife:(1)SamuelAudleyRhea(1827-1865).whomarried twice:First,MarthaAnnHarris.Noissue;Second,(1859) Sarah.laneFoster.SamuelAudleyRheawasaministerof thePresbyterianChurch,andamissionarytoPersiawhere hedied,andwasburiedatMountSeir.(ATennesseeanin Persia,byMarsh).Hehadchildren:(a)RobertLeighton Rhea;(b)Annii DwightRhea(1861-),(marriedSamuelG. Wilson,a missionarytoPersia.Children:SamuelRhea, MaryAgnes,RowDulless,Esther.Andrew.AnnieRhea and'RobertLeighton);(oFosterAudleyRhea;(d)Sophia PerkinsRhea(-1907).(marriedRev'.WilliamDullness, Children:MabelRutledge,Dorothy,Edith,FosterRheaand Winslow); SamuelRheabyhissecondwifehadchildren: (2)JohnLynn.Rhea(1832-1910).nevermarried.Heend hisbrother.WilliamLynnRhea,engagedinThemercantile businessinKnoxville.Tennessee,inwhichtheyprospered andwerenotedfortheirhonestyandintegrity.AfterHie deathofJohn,in1910.Williamsoldoutthebusinessand retired.TheywiththeirsisterEllenhadahomeinKnox- ville.wheretheyweremembersofthePresbyterianChurch andwereactiveinthereligiouslifeofthecity.Johnand Williamdevoted'agreatdealoftimeandstudytocollecting ahistoryoflheRheafamily,andhavethemostcomplete recordofit'smembersandearlvhistoryinexistenceatt!is time(1921);(3)FannieAndersonRhea(1834-1903),who marriedJohnH.Fain,andhadchildren:(a)SamuelRhea Fain;(b^MarthaEllenFain(-1901),(marriedRobertN.

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Dosser.Children:FannieRhea,MargaretCowan,Mary NellandRobertN.DosserII; (c)JohnMitchellFain, (marriedtwice:First,LauraGertrudeWorley;Second, MargaretRCarr,widowofWilliamRockholdRhea. Childrenbyfirstwife: Worley,JamesRhea,MarthaEllen andJohnMitchellFainII);(d)JanwsRheaFain,(mar riedLillianMaeLinkheart.Onechild,MargeryCowan Fain); (e)MaryLynnFain(-1894),(marriedSamuelD. Stuart.Onechild.Samuel);(4)MaryMarthaRhea(1836- 1894),whomarriedBenjaminFranklinEarnest,andhad children:(a)SamuelRheaEarnest(1869-),(marriedMar garetEleanorDoggett,(sisterofLidaDoggetlwhomarried BisbrotherNicholasPeterEarnest).Onechild'.Eleanor Elizabeth);(b)NicholasPeterEarnest(1871-),(married LidaDoggett.Children:MaryEleanor,JamesDoggetl, JosephRhea,BenjaminFoster,CharlesEdwardandKath- erneLouise);(c)EleanorLvnnEarnest,(nevermarried); (5)JosephBrainerdRhea(1838-1902),whomarriedEllen WhiteSheffey(daughterofJudgeJamesWhiteSheffey andEllenFuirman(Preston)Shefl'ey),andhadchildren: (a)JamesWhiteSheffeyRhea(1869-1918),nevermarried. (Wasaprominenteducator); (biEleanorLynnRhea (1871-), marriedtwice:First,WilliamH.Adams;Second, SturuW.Carson,noissue.Childrenbvfirsthusband: CharlesLinwood(1896-) andBrainerdRhea(1898-);(c) MargaretPrestonRhea(1886-)(marriedHenryBoydStan ley.Children:EllenSheffey,PaulineHullandHenry BoydStanleyII) ; (d)VirginiaSheffeyRhea,(diedin infancy);(6)JamesAlexanderRhea(1840-1871),no issue;(8)RobertMorrisonRhea(1842-1903),whomarried BellaW.Cowan,(daughterofJamesCowanandLiwinda (Dickinson)Cowan),andhadchildren:(a)MamieRhea, (diedyoung); (b)CharlesMcClungRhea(-1903); (c) LucyFosterRhea;(d)MarthaLynnRhea,(married FayetteVanDeveniter.Children:Christopher.Rob'rlRhea, LaiitiaundIsabella);(8)MargaretElizabethRhea(1848-), whomarriedRev.PerezD.Cowan,(brotherofBellaCowan whomarriedherbrother.RobertMorrisonRhea),andhad children:(a)MargaretMcClungCowan,(diedyoung); (b) EleanorRheaCowan,(marriedAllenDaviesi; (c)James DickensonCowan,(marriedElsieBailey.Onechild.James DickinsonCowanII);(9)ElizaEleanorRhea(1844-1914), nevermarried;(10)WilliamLynnRhea(1846-).never married;(11)CharlesStoddardRhea,diedininfancy. 5 EleanorRhea(1797-1865).married(1818)Edward

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B.Andersonandhadchildren:(1)WilliamR.Anderson (1821),whomarriedLouiseSmith,andhadchildren:(a) BettieAnderson;(b)WilliamS.Anderson,(marriedElla Spurgeon.Children:George,Joseph,RheaandPaul); (c) EdwardB.Anderson,(marriedFannieWaskey.Children: Clarence,LynnandGlenn); (d)EllenAnderson;(e)Mar garetAnderson;(f)RobertAnderson;(g)OllieAnderson; (h)JosephAnderson;(i)MaryAnuVrson;(2)JosephAnder son(1824-);(3)AudleyAnderson(1826-),whomarried MargaretRhea,(daughterofMajorRheaand'Jane(Scott) Rhon).andhadchildren:JosephandRobert;(4)Fannie Anderson;(5)MargaretE.Anderson(1832-);(6)Robert R.Anderson(1834-),whomarriedWinnieBoy,andchil dren:(a)AmandaB.Anderson,(marriedJosephNeal. Children:KateandRhea);(b)AlexanderAnderson,(mar riedMarySmith.Children:HalandEthel); (c)EllenAn- oVrson:(d. SamuelR.Anderson,(marriedMelissaBlevins. Children:Samuel.SallieandRobert);(e)JamesAnder son:(f)FannieMayAnderson;(g)FrankB.Anderson; i7 SamuelR.Anderson,(atwinofRobertR.Anderson burn1834); (8)SarahAnderson. ii FannieRhea(1799-1850), married(18^5)Jonathan Bachman.andhadchildren:(1)JosephR.Bachman;(2) AnnPeoplesBachman(1827-1901),whomarriedthree times:FirstJoshuaPhipps;Second,RevC.Waterbury; Third. Lyons.Byherfirsthusbandshehadone child:JoshuaMcKinneyPhipps(1853-),whomarried MaryMcKinney,andhadchildren:(a) ArmiePhipps (1884-),('marriedSamuelLeeKing.Children:SamulLee KingII. J.Phipps.JohnG. andCharlesLogan); (b) CharlesMcKinneyPhipps(1877-),(marriedAnnieSevier Morrison.Children:MaryMcKinney.andMargeretSe vier);(c) KennethLoganPhipps;(d') JamesGaines Phipps(1881-),(marriedMabelSevierMorrison.Children: KennethLoganandJamesGainesPhippsII);(e)Mary Phipps;(f)JoshuaMcKinneyPhippsII; (g)FanniePhipps (1889-),(marriedArthurS.Cosier.Gnechild:ArthurS. Cosier);(3)FrancesBachman;(4)ElizabethBachman: (5)NathanBachman(1832-1914),aneminentevangelistof thePresbyterianChurch,whomarriedSarahJaneCun ningham,andhadonechild:SarahJaneBachman,who marriedJohnCharlesMoore,andhadchildren:John CharlesMooreII.Nathan,LawrenceandRobert;(fi) SamuelRheaBachman;(7) MaryJaneBachman;(8) JonathanWaverlyBachmanD.D..(1837-).Hasbeena

281 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES ministeroftheFirstPresbyteranChurchatChattanooga, Tennessee.since1873,andislovinglyreferredtoas"The BishopofChattanooga".HemarriedEvalinaDulaney,and hudchildren:(a) FrancosTaylorBachman,(married WilliamL.Magill); (b)'MaryBachman(-1897),(married CharlesC.Anderson.Children:JohnWaverlyAnderson (1890-),whomarriedDorothyMorgan,andhadonechild: DorothyDulaneyAnderson;WilliamDulaneyAnderson (1892-);MaryMargaretAndersonilS'Ju-i.whomarried CharlesShelbyCoffeyand'hastwochildren); (c)Annie RheaBachman.imarriedRev.CharlesR.Hyde.Onechild: JohnBachmanHyde(1890-).whomarriedWilliaFoster andhasonechild.Rose);(d)"WilliamHachman;(e) MargaretWalkerBachman(-1899).(marriedJamesL. Caldwell); (f)NathanLynnBachman,(marriedPearl Duke.Onechild.MarthaDulaneyBachman.NathanLynn Bachmanisanatforney-at-lawandis a memberofthe SupremeCourtofTennessee); (g)EvalinaDulaneyBach man.('marriedCharlesEdwardBuck); (handi) Alfred JacksonandRobertRheaBach/man,(twinsi; (j)Carrie VanDykeBachman;(9)JohnLynnBachman(1842-1918). AministerofthePresbyterianChurch;founderandPres identofSweetwaterCollege,atSweetwater,Tennessee.He marriedFannieRogan,andhadchildren:(a)JamesRogan Bachman(1874-). (marriedElizabethEubanks); (b) AnnieLynnBachman(1876-),(marriedDr.WilliamA. McClain.Children:WilliamA.McClainII.Fannie,Lynn andAnnie);(c)ByresBachman;(d)BessieBachman (1881-),(marriedJamesR.Palton.Onechild.JamesH.); (e)JohnW.Bachman;(f)LillieBellBachman(1880-., (marriedJamesM.Harris.Children:JamesM.HarrisII, andFannie); (g)FannieRheaBachman;(10)Robert LuckyBachman(1844-),(marriedMayRose.Children: Robert.Elsie,whomarriedFredClymerandhasonechild, Rose,andKirk). 7 NancyRhea(1801-1839).marriedJohnLynn, (brotherofMarthaLynnwhomarriedSamuelRhea).She hadchildren:(1)FrancesLynn;(2)MarthaLynn(1827- 1887),whomarriedJohnLampson.andhadchildren:(a) WilliamRoyalLampson(I860-);(marriedAmandaHop kinsParker);(b)JohnLynnLampson;(c)NannieRhea Lampson;(d)EleanorW.Lampson(1864-),(married ElbridgeJamesBaxter.Children:Martha(1894-)and EleanorLynn(1897-));(3)EllenLynn;(4)JohnLynn: (5)JosephLynn;(6) MarvAnnLynn(1835-1871).

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(marriedDr.JosephWalker.Children:(a)FanmeRogan Walker,(marriedEarnestPowell.Children:Hugh,Ella, andSallie); (b)HugoKelsoWalker,(Aministeroftihe PresbyterianChurch.MarriedLizzieMoore.Children: WilliamMoore,HughWiles.AllieRheawhomarriedF.E. Prior.Elizabeth,MaryLinn.Ruth,Joseph.MargaretEleanor andJennie);(c)JamesRheaLynnWalker(Aministerof thePresbyterianChurch.Marriedtwice:First,Venable Holt;Second'.Mrs. . Byfirstwifehehadone child:Catherine);(d)ThomasFrancesWalker;(e) JosephRogersWalker;(f)JonnieWalker; (7)JamesLynn (1837-),whomarriedSallieRogan.andhadchildren:(a) SamuelEdwardLynn;(b)CarrieLynn;(c)RevJohn Lynn;(d)FlemingLynn;'(e)MaryLynn;(f)Nannie Lynn;(g)PerryLynn;(8) SamuelAlexanderLynn (1839-),whomarried'OpheliaRogan.andhadchildren: William.James.AnnieBell.JohnRoganandAdah. 8 RobertP.Rhea(1803-1881),marriedSarahJ.Pres tonandhadchildren:(1)JanePrestonRhea;(2)Frances ElizabethRhea(1832-1870).whomarriedTheodericBland Rhea(sonofVIIIJamesRheaandElizabeth(Snapp)Rhea. ChildrenunderTheodoricBlandRhea); (3)JosephRhea III(1830-1909),whomarriedElizaAnnEarhart,andhad children:(a)RobertEarhartRhea(1869-)(marriedMar garetRebeccaRhea,daughterofRobertBruceRheaand Sarah(Sells)Rhea,andhadchildren:Eleanorandtwins Margaret,andHelenBruce); (b)AlexanderPrestonRhea (1871-);(c)JosephAndersonRhea(1873-); (d)Lady SarahRhea(1874-); (e) MargaretDavisRhea(1876-., (marriedChesterBnliard.ChilnVen:WillieMargaretand JoeRhea);(f)JohnRhea(1878-);(i)MargaretPreston Rhea(1835-1913),whomarriedJohnTaylorEarhart,and hadchildren:(a)GeorgeJacksonEarhart;(b)Charles BalfourEarhart(1864-),(marriedEttaEmmaPowell. Children:JohnPowellEarhart.whomarriedViolaSan ders,andhadonechild.CharlesSanders;SamuelPierce Earhart(1887-),whomarriedEveleenB.Mauk,andhad children:MargaretCathleenandEttaElizabeth;Robert RheaEarhart;CharlesBalfourEarhartII; Margaret Earhart(1893-); VioletEttaEarhart(1898-); NellieRoller Earhart;RalphPrestonEarhart); (c)RobertRheaEarhart; (d)SarahEllaEarhart(1866-).(marriedWilliamEdgar Garter.Children:Joseph,HubertandCarrie);(e)Joseph PrestonEarhart(1869-),(marriedSarahAnnBoy.Chil

283 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES dren:JohnSidney,MaryLillianandPhillipBoy);(f) MargaretJaneEarhart(1872-),(marriedThomasJ Fain. Children: William,Ruth,ThomasJ.FainII,Florenceand MargaretPreston);(g)JohnHenryEarhart(1874-),(mar riedFrancesSusanFleenor.Children:ClarenWade, HazelEtta,CharlesHenry,WilliamHurmanandtwin MarthaEvalin,andJohnHoward); (5)RobertJamesRhea.

9 SarahRhea(1800-1862),married(1831)JudgeSeth J.W.Lucky,andhadchildren:(1)FrancesA.Lucky;(2) SarahJaneLucky(1834-1884), whomarriedWilliam KirkpatrickMoore,andhadchildren:(a)AllieRheaMoore (4859); (b)LizzieMoversMoore(1861-),(marriedHugh KelsoWalker.Children:WilliamMoore(1885-),Hugh Kelso(1887-).marriedFannieCarpenter,AllieRhea(1891-) marriedFordPrior,ElizabethSterling(1893-),MaryLynn (1895-),JaneSmith(1897-),RuthRankin(1899-),JosephR. amiMargaretEleanor); (c)JohnLuckyMoore(1866- 1897);(d)RheaMoffettMoore(1870-1895);(e)NellWil liamsMoore(1873-);(f)WilliamKirkpatrickMooreII (1876-) ; (3)EllenLucky(1836-),whomarriedJesseHam iltonGflul,andhadChildren:(a)SarahLuckyGaut(1868- 1902).(marriedJamesG.DeArmond.Children:Cornelius HamiltonandMargaretEleanor); (b)JohnWatsonLucky; (c)JesseRheaLucky;(d)AgnesMooreLucky(1875-) (marridHughMontgomeryKnox.Children:AgnesMoore andThomasJefferson); (e)LuellaErwinMoore(1875-), (marriedThomasOscarMarshall.Children:OrlandoGaut andAgnesLucky);(f)CorneliusLucky(1877-),(married WillaCleveland.Onechild.CorneliusLuckyII);(4) SophiaLucky;(5)JosephLucky;(6)CorneliusEugenia Lucky(1841-),whomarriedJuliaSims.OneChild:Mary vviho"marriedH.J.Kelso,M.D.;(7)MarthaMcAlister Lucky(1843-),whomarriedJohnE.Williams.Children: (ai EdmundLuckyWilliams;(b)AnnieE.Williams, (married1).0.Miiau'd'eri; (c)CorneliusL. Williams, marriedGeorgiaHurge'tte): (d)BessieWilliams,(married WilliamDempster.Onechild.ElizabethAnn);(e)Agnes Williams:(8)AgnesMitchellLucky(1845-1903),whomar riedDr.JosephR.Walker,andhadchildren:CorneliusL., SethL..MargaretKelso.JesseG.,MaryGainesmarried GeorgeWebster,andBellMoore;(9) ElizabethDysart Lucky(1847-),whomarriedGeorgeW.Hamilton,andhad children:JennieMoore,Bessie,Seth,GeorgeW.,Cornelius, HenryandJaneRhea.

284 RHEA VI ELIZABETHRHEA VI ElizabethRhea(1767-1821),daughterofRev. JosephRheaandElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea,married MajorRobertRhea(1784-1841).MajorRobertRheaand ElizabethRheawereborninIreland,theformer,presuma blynearSt.Johnstone,thelatteratFahan,nearLondon derry.HecametoAmerica,withhisparents,in1785,she, withherparents,in1769.Theyweremarriedandlived untiltheirdeathsinSullivanCounty,Tennessee.Shehad children: 1 SarahRhea. 2 JosephR.Rhea. 3 JohnRhea, 4 ElizabethM.Rhea. 1 SarahRhea(-1849).married(1826)GeorgeWo.xi- sunGaines,(NotableSouthernFamilies,Vol.I),andhad children:(1)JohnRheaGaines(1827-1911),whomarried threetimes:First,SarahRi.ce;Second,ElizabetihBlair; Third,HarrietAmandaCraig.Untilthelastthreeyearsof hislifeJohnRheaGaineslivedonhisfarminMonroe County.Tennessee.Hewasdistinguishedforsterlinghonor andloyally.Byhisfirstwifehehadchildren:(a)Frances HenryGaines(1852-),a ministerofthePresbyterian Churchand'PresidentofAgnesScottInstitute,whichhe established.(HemarriedMaryLouiseLewis.Onechild: LewisMcFarlandGaines,M.D.(1878-),whomarriedEthel Alexander,andhadchildren:MaryEloise,Alexander PendletonandVirginiaEthel); (b)WilliamSfrother Gaines,M.D. (1854-),(married'LauraBrown.Children: SueBrownGaine«(1878-),whomarriedEdwardP.Betz, andhadchildren:DorothyandWilliamEdward;Sallie RiceGaines(1880-),w^homarriedReeseB.Brown;Mable JosephineGaines;HattiePendletonGaines(1884-).who marriedThomasW.Secrest,andbadonechild'.William Gaines;MinnieLauraGaines(1887-),whomarriedHoward Shubert;WilliamRheaGaines(1891-);FrankP.Gaines (1892-)).JohnRheaGaineshadchildrenbyhissecond wife:(c)MaryGaines(1861-1902),(marriedWilliamL. Magill.Children:BessieWilson(1885-).SadieGaines (1886-),EdwardAlexander(1890-),andWilliamL.Magill II(1899-)).JohnRheaGaineshadchildrenbyhisthird wife:(d)AnnieRheaGaines(1880-),(marriedCharles LeonidlasClark.Children:JamesWilliam,JohnCraig, CharlesPalmerandMaryClark); (e)SusieRiceGaines

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(1883-),(marriedFrankKnoxHutcheson.Children:John Gaines,FrankHutchesonII.SusanCraigandCharles Strother); (f)FrancesLouisaGaines(1888-),(married JackCottonOates.Children:JackCottonIIandCatherine Craig);(2)RobertJ.Gaines(1829-1890),whomarried SarahCook,andhadchildren:GeorgeW.Gaines,M.D. JohnA.Gaines,M.D.,andAllieGaines;'(3)William Gaines(1834-1854);(4)AugustPendletonGaines(1831- 1902),whomarriedDorcasHenderson.Theylivedontheir farmnearSweetwafcer,Tennessee,andwerenoitedfortheir hospitality.Hehadchildren: (a)MollieGaines;(b)Sadie Gaines;(c)CarrieGaines(1862-),(marriedHughMack Willson.Children:JamesGaines(1893-),DorcasHender son(1895-),MintioN.(1897-)andSadieGaines(1899-:); (5)ElizabethMcCuinGaines(1837-1873),whomarried FrankBogart,M.D. (1827-1887),andhadchidren: (a)WalterGainesBogart,M.D.(1858-),(marriedLorella J.Magill.WalterGainesBogartwasaprofessorin"hat- tanoogaMedicalCollegeandownsHighlandSanitariim, whichheestablished,atChattanooga,Tennessee.Hehad children:ElizabethGainesBogart(1886-).whomarried TolcotlCrosbyOlney;FrankMagillBogart(1888-),who marriedPaulineSfauffer); (b)ThomasC.Bogarl; (c)John NewtonBogart:(d)AnnaBogarl;(e)FrankBogartII; (f)WilliamMooreBogart.M.D.(1867-).(marriedKeturah MontgomeryThompson.HeservedontheChattanooga LocalDraftBoardlduringtheWorldWar.Hehadchildren: FranklinBlevinsBogarl.M.1).(1894-).whomarriedAlice Harloff;MarthaJosephineBogart(1898); AnnaMarvBo gart(1901-));(6)SarahGaines(1849-1901),whomarried JohnW.Johnston(1871-1915).(marriedPearlSnapp. Children:EllenElizabethandCliffordSnapp);(c)Ella Johnston;(d)AnnieJohnston(1874),marriedFrankC. McKenzie.Children:JohnLee.HarryGaines,Frank Blair,WilliamYancy,SarahLouise.Mary-Ella.Margaret ElviraandDonaldPenland); (e)JohnJohnson(1876-), marriedJulia.Forkncr.Children:JamesRhea,Bessie Lee,MaryMelvinaandLulaFrances); (f)RobertJohnston; (g)WalterJohnston;(h)MaryJohnston. 2 JosephR.Rhea,married(1830)EmalineM.Alexan der.TheylivedinLoudonCounty,Tennessee,until1855, WhentheymovedtoCollinCounty.Texas,wherethey prospered'inbusiness.Theybuiltmillswhichgavethe name.Rhea'sMills,tothetowninwhichthevlived.He hadchildren:(1)Rob.-'P.Rhea(1831-1915);(2)William

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AlexanderRhea(1833-1906),whomarriedtwice:First, EllaFoote;Second,Mrs.FlorenceParkins,noissueChil drenbyfirstwife:(a)JeanFoot(1872-),(marriedClifton Bmerson.Children:EllaEmerson(1895-),whomarried RobertFilzhughNewsome,andhadonechild,Robert FitzhughNewsomeII;JamesFrederickEmerson;Clifton AlexanderEmerson); (b)WilliamAlexanderRheaII,M. D.(1874-).(marriedMaryHerndon.Children:Lawrence Herndon(1897-),andAlexanderFootie(1899-));(c)Law renceJosephRhea,M.D.(1878-); (d)MaryElliottRhea (1880-).(married!LewisLindemuth); (e)JohnEdwinRhea (1883-!,(marriedIdaDowell.Children:JohnEdwinRhea IIandMaryIda);(3)JohnW.Rhea(1835-1862i married VeronicaSlaughterMayesandhadchildren:(a)Joseph E.Rhea(1858-1917),(married'FlorenceBass);(b)John W.RheaII(1861-).(marriedWinfieldLedbelter.Children: Olivia.JohnW.RheaIII,VeronicaandWinfield); (4) JamesC.Rhea(1837-),whomarriedMaryA.Gossett,and hadchildren:(a)LulaMayRhea;(b)WilliamJoseph Rhea([811-),(marriedElizabethGroves.Onechild,Wil liamJosephRhoaII); (c)HattieEmmaRhea;(d)John AlexanderRhea;(e)RobertLeeRhea,M.D.(1882-),(mar riedMargaretBuckholz.Onechild,RobertLeeRheaII); (f)JamesLongRhea;(5)MaryElizabethRhea(1840- 1913),whomarriedWilliamMiller,andhadchildren:(a) RheaMiller(1874-),(marriedMayMcKamey.Children: Truman,WillamFrederickandSarahElizabeth); (b) MaryEmmaMiller;(c)JosephW.Miller;(d)StellaElla Miller;(e)LulaAlexanderMiller(1882-),(marriedJ.Fred Smith.Children: RheaMarshandJ.FredSmithII. 3 JohnRhea(1810-1863),married(1839)Elizabeth Dodson.JohnRheawasborninSullivanCounty,Tennes see,moved>toRoane,laterLoudOn,County,Tennesse.He hadchildren:(1)AlexanderDodsonRhea(1841-1917),who marriedMaryFrancesHatcheit,andhadchildren:(a) JohnRhea;(b)SamRhea;(c)RobertRhea(1865-).(mar riedMaudeLove.Onechild,JohnLoveRhea(1881-)(d) AdalineRhea(1866-1909),(marriedLeeE.Burgess.Chil dren:AddieLeeBurgess(1891-),who marriedJosephA. Rudnick;RheaBurgess(1897-));(e)JosephRhea(1871-), (marriedAnnaB. Peeples.One (1906);(f) ElizabethRhea;(g) LouiseBhea(1877- 1911),(married'LilianLesterDavis); (h)FrancesRodgers Rhea(1879-),(marriedMrs.AnnieWrightMaxeyl; (i) CleavesRhea(1882-),(marriedMaeB.Lowdon.Children:

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AlaryAliceandHelenLouise); (j)AlexanderDodsonRhea II(1885-),(marriedAnnieL.Boesch.Children:Elizabeth andAlexanderDodsonRhea.IIl;)(2)SarahElizabethRhea (1843-1893),whomarriedSamuelAndrewRodgers(see DonaldsonFamily),andhadchildren:(a)AliceRodgers; (b)OaliforniaElizabethRodgers(18ii9-),(married'Joseph MarionGreer.Onechild;RheaRodgersGreer(1890-),who marriedGuyLyconHammirt;(c)AdalineMahalaRodgers, (marriedJohnJohnstonBlair);(dl)SamiuelRheaRudd ers;(e)MaryBelleRodgers,MarriedJasperPorterStephen son); (f) AnnieElizaRodgers,(marriedUlrichItaIII. Onechild,UlrichItaIV); (g)ArthurRodgers(1879-), (marriedDeanStuartPenland.Children:ArthurRodgers II,JamesPenland,SamuelAndrewRodgersIIandJasper RheaRodgers); (h)JohnRheaRodgers(1885-).(married GeorgeSteeleDewey.Children.ElizabethRhea.George SteeleDeweyII,MaryAlice,SamuelRodgersandCharles'. 4 ElizabethM.R'hea(1807-1853),married(1831)Jo sephAnderson,andhadchildren:(1)RobertAnderson (1832-1895),whomarriedEmilyHuff,andhadchildren: (a)ElizabethAnderson;(b)AdahAnderson;(c)Rhea HuffAnderson;(d)EmilyJaneAnderson; (1871-). (mar riedOscarEverettMahoney.Children:RobertRh''a (1894-),MarthaEmily(1896-)\andOscarEverettMahonev II(1899-);(2)SarahG.Anderson;(3)IsabellaJ.Ander son;(4)ElizabethM.Anderson(1840-1881).whomarried JamesHuff,andhadchildren:(a) ElizabethK.Huff (18B8-),(marriedDr.Jump);(b)WilliamE.Hull'(1872-, (marriedLucyGalkuhcr.Children:JamesGallaher(1898-) andHughMcCroskey(1901-));(c)JamesAndersonHuff (1875-),(marriedMabelWilson.Children:JamesAnder sonHuffII,F.Elizabeth,WoodsWilson.MabelClaire. MargaretAnnandIsabelRhea);(d)MamieHuff(1877-;, marriedJamesC.Miller;(6)SamuelAnderson(1845- Huff);(5)JohnA.Anderson,(1842-1868),whomarried IsabellaHotchkiss,andhadonechild:LouAddie,who marriedJamesC.Mller;(6)SamuelAnderson(1845. 1900),whomarriedMargaretHuff,andhadchildren:(a) EmmaAnderson(1868-),(marriedSamuelO. Henly. Children:Margaret,Janie,LenaReese,MarshallFranklin, FrancesAdalineandMaudeTeressa); (b)JosephMarshall Anderson;(8)RachelA.Anderson(1848-1911),whomar riedJ.EbbCrowder,andhadchildren:(a)JohnA. Crowder(1869-),(marriedBettieEldridge.Onechild:

288 RHEA JohnEldridge); Crowder); ElizabetthJaneCrowder (1871-), (marriedWilliamH.Boggs.Children:Annis Irene(1891-) andUoydWatson(1897-));(c)Addie AmeliaCrowder;(d)MaggieSueCrowder(1877-1901), (marriedA.B.Smith.Children:RobertReagan(1898-) andRaymondCrowder(1901-)); (e)SamuelRheaCrowder (1879-),(marriedDorothyShaw.Children:DorothyHelen, WinfieldRhea,JoeAndersonandRachelElizabeth); (f) WillieAneMeCrowder(1882-),(marriedCharlesKirby. Children: HughHerbert,PaulJennings,ClarenceBirch- fieldandOliverJay); (g)RachelAdahCrowder;(h)Nellie HughCrowder;(9)AmandaAnderson(1851-1907),who marriedJohnTaylorLowery,andhadchildren:(a)Mary EmmaLowery(1872-),(marriedEdgarEvans);(b)Hugh FainLowery(1874-),marriedLauraBellClick);(c) ElizabethLowery(1876-); (d)EllaLowery;(e)Maggie Lowery(1883-);(f) RheaEvan*Lowery(1889-); (g) RobertLowery(1895-). VIISAMUELRHEA VIISamuelRhea(1769-1843),sonofRev.JosephRhea andElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea,wasbornanddiedin America.HemarriedNancyBreden(-1856),sisterof ElizabethandFYaneesBredenwhomarriedhisbrothers, WilliamandJosephRhea.Hehadchildren: 1 JohnNancyRhea, 2 FannieB.Rhea, 3 MargaretRhea, 4 JosephS.Rhea, 5 JaneRhea, 6 EllenRhea, 7 ElizabethRhea. 1 JohnNancyRhea(-1876),marriedRuthM.Rock- hold(-1872),(asisterofMaryRockholdwhomarried WilliamRhea),andhadchildren:(1)ElizabethCrawford Rhea,whomarriedSamuelPattonSpurgeon,andhad children:(a)AliceAnnSpurgeon,(marriedWilliamHenry Fain.Children: Rachel,Thomas,MargaretE.,LillaLinn, CarrieRulthwhomarriedS.T.Moser,andSamuelPatton Spurgeon);(b)OliviaJamesSpurgeon;(2)SamuelWood Rhea(1841-),whomarriedSarahIrvin(daughterof MontgomeryIrvinandFrances(Rhea)Irvin),andhad children:(a)JohnIrvinRhea(1869-),(marriedRetta Slagle.Children:AlphaJosephine,JohnIrvinRheaII,

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SarahHarriot,andTomRye); (b)FannieRuthRhea (1870-),(marriedJohnJ.Hicks.Onechild,VelmaE.); (c)MyrabelRhea(1872-),(marriedDanielA.Witcher. Children:MaryIrvin.JamesRheaamfJohn Daniel);(d)JennieDysartRhea(1874-),(marriedJames I.A.Hughes.Children:JamesRhea,SamuelDysartand AllenCampbell);(e)MaryMargaretRhea(187"/-),(mar riedCharlesL.Cooper.Children:PerryCarson,Sallie Lavine.CarlLeeandArtfSne); (f)SarahAliceRhea(1880-) ; (g)ElizabethBredenRhea(18S3-).(marriedHenryA. Glover);(h)FlavinConverseRhea(1885-),(married'J. MonroeBrovles.Children:SallieKate,NannieBess,Lillian RuthandIrvinLewis);(i)SamuelWoodRheaII(1889-), (marriedtwice:First,MinolaLindenwood;Second.Mar garet.Harr.Childrenbysecondwife:GienaLeotaand KennethD.) (3)JohnM.Rhea,a ministerofthePresby terianChurch,marriedElizabethSmith,andhadchildren: Carrie,May.CoraLee,JohnYV..WilliamPlumnver.Joseph C.,Maggie,PearlandJohnL.;(4)HarrieitRhea,whomarried Rev.L.M.Cartwright,andhadchildren:Rhea,Laura, JosephW.,Fannie.Robert.LizzieandBettie;(5)MaryRhea whomarriedW.R.Smith,andhadehilUivn:Mary(-1891) andLydia;(6)JosephRhea(-1906),whomarriedAddie Smith,andhadchildren:Elizabeth.John.EzraandMary; (7)MaggieRhea(-1906).whomarriedW.R.Hull,andhad children:JohnH.andMinnieL. 3 MargaretRhea,marriedWendellStiurm,andhad children:(1)NancyStrum,whomarriedFultonHall;(2) FannieStrum,whomarried Cartwright;(3)Kate Strum,whomarriedSaimuelHall. * JosephS.Rhea,D.D.S.,marriedSaraphinaS.Wil liams,andhadchildren:(1)NannieA.Rhea;(2)Archie W.Rhea,M.D.,whomarriedMarySmith,andhadchil dren:(a)LuciaRhea,(marriedCharlesMims.Children: Myrtle.Madge,Carl,Myra.Marv.EdwardandDrew); (b) ArchieW.RheaII,(marriedMarySmith); (3)RhodaJ. Rhea,whomarriedCapt.JohnPierce,andhadchildren: Nbla,John,Ethel.Rhea.HenryandRhoda;(4)SamuelW. Rhea.D.D.S.,(I850-),who"marriedEllaD.Carterand hadchildren: JosephCarter.JamesWendellandJanie. 5 JaneRhea,'marriedJohnF.Preston(sonofRev.Rhea Preston),andhadchildren:(1)NanniePreston(-1906), whomarriedJohnC.Summers,andhadchildren:John FairmanP.whomarriedMaryElder,wndhadchildren: VonMoltkeandMaryEM.t;LewisAlivia;RobertJ.;Jennie

290 RHEA Pinkneywhomarried'GeorgeT.Miltiohell;NannieA. FannieRhea;SunshineAndrew;VonMoltkeandJohn Carlisle;(2)RobertJ.Preston,M.D.,(-1906)whomarried MarthaSheffey,andhadchildren: EMeanorFairman,and RobertJ.PreslonII;(3)SarahEllenPreston,whomarried DavidFlournoyBailey,and'hadchildren:JaneRhea,Julia Flournoy,NannieLouise,MarthaPreston,RobertP.and DanielElla;(4)JamesBrainerdPreston,whomarried HaMieB.Tinsley,and'hadonechlid,SeatonTinsley;(5) SamuelR.Preston,whomarriedIdaSuiphen,andhad children:JohnFairman.SamuelRhea,MaryFlorence, JamesBrainerd.RobertJamesandIdaSutphen;(6)Jennie FairmanPrestonwhomarriedThomasJamesNewman. 6 EllenRhea,marriedWashingtonMontgomery,and had!onechild,Nanniewhomarried Jones. 7 ElizabethRhea(-1876), marriedThomasCrawford, andhadchildren:JohnR.Crawford,M.D.,whomarried MaryBachman;SeraphincCrawford,whomarriedRev. WilliamCrawford;JosephR.iCrawford,whomarriedCor neliaRogan;SamuelH.Crawford,whomarriedFannie Bachman;NannieCrawford,whomarriedJamesDarr VIIIJAMESRHEA MilJamesRhea(1774-1885),sonofRev.JosephRhea andElizabeth(Mcllwaine)Rhea,married(1815)Elizabeth Snapp,(1833-1857),whomarriedRev.AlexanderBlair,(2) 1 MargaretRhea, 2 JohnQuintasRhea. 3 JamesRheaII, 4 ElizabethRhea. 5 FrancesRhea, 6 SamuelRhea, 8 TheodericBlandRhea. 1 MargaretRhea(1815-1898).married(1832)John PembertonSnapp,andhadchildren:(1)ElizabethRhea Snapp.(183311857),whomarriedRev.AlexanderBlair,(2) FlorenceDianaSnapp(1835-1908),WhomarriedPaulWil liams,andhadchildren:FrederickWilliams;RebeccaV. Williamswhomarried McNight;ElsieWilliams; FlorenceWilliamswhomarried Peak;Elizabeth Williams;(3)VivoluneM.Snapp(1839-),whomarried twice:First,Rev.AlexanderAdamsBlair;Second,— Brazelton.ShehadadaugtherwhomarriedB.A.Williams; (4)CynthiaLodovilleSnapp(1844-1917),whomarried

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WendellDanielsSnapp,andhad!children:(a)Abram. LawrenceSnapp(1870-),('marriedFloraC.Martin.ChiU dren:Tennie,JohnWendell,HawkinsSevier,ElmerE., andElizabethRachel);(b)JohnPembertonSnappII(1872-)S (marriedJuliaAdlahShields.Children:LectaPemberton andIvanShields);(c)HawkinsWendellSnapp(1874-), (marriedLauraBayle); (d)RheaMcllwaineSnapp(1880-,. [marriedBoraRowe.Children:OnellRhea,LesterWise man,AliaJunettaandJanevaFlorena); (5)JohnRay mondSnapp;(6)TulenVelossoSnapp(1846-),(married IsaacEarnest); (7)CiceroDeForestSnapp. 2 John:QuintasRhea(1818-1883),marriedtwice First,(1843)CynthiaWilliams;Second,CorneliaCath erineWilliamssisteroffirstwife.Childrenbyfirstwife: (1)MargaretFrancisRhea;(2)WilliamFortRhea;(3) JamesRhea;(4)JohnRhea,whomarried , andhad children:JosephandIvy;(5)ElizabethRhea.Bysecond wifehehad'onechild:(6)AnnieCopelandRhea,who marriedThomasHumesWilliamsII,andhadchildren: GopelandRheaandThomasHumesWilliamsIII. 3 JamesRheaII(1820-1891),married(1847)Louisa Smith,andhadchildren:(1)WrightSmithRhea(1848- 1917),whomarriedJennieRice,andhadchildren:Walter Preston,GrovorC.,WrightSmithRheaIIandAlexander; (2)JamesRheaIII(1850-1917),whomarriedEugme Cochran,andhadchildren:Willa(1890-)andElizabeth (1899-);(3)AlexanderSmithRhea(1852-),whomarri:d SallieVirginiaHarris;(4)BryantWhitfieldRhea(1854'),. whomarriedSadieRoseberry,andhadchildren: Raymond,. Ruby,WilberandLesley;(5)PriscillaAdaRhea(1850- 1920),whomarriedDr.J.G.Ivey;(6)FlorenceRhea (1859-1893),whomarried'JohnC.Locke,andhadchildren: CharlesL.andDavidRhea;(7)DavidM.Rhea(1870-',. whomarriedMargaretHaston,andhadonechild,Flora; (8)RobertLeeRhea(1872-1909); (9)ThomasB.Rhea (1873),vVhomarriedMayLogg,andhadonechild, RobertL. 5 FrancesRhea(1826-1888KmarriedJamesT.Preston, sonofJohnPrestonandMargaretBrown(Preston)Pres ton.ChildrenunderJamesT.Preston. 6 SamuelRhea(1829-1902),married(1857)LucyJ. Williams(sisterofCynthiaand'CorneliaWilliams),and hadchildren:(1)JamesCopelandRhea(1862-1889),who marriedAnnaLouisaOwens,andhadonechild,James CopelandRheaII;(2)SamuelWilliamsRhea(1864-),who.

292 RHEA marriedDoraWelsh,and'hadionechild,Frances;(3) ThomasHumesRhea,whomarriedMrs.Latham,andhad onechild,ThomasHumesII;(4)MaryLucyRhea,who marriedJacobW.Denny,andhadchildren:Lucywho marriedCharlesWorley,MaxiewhomarriedWilburHan- ncr,andMarywhomarriedScottPatton.(Thesesisters hadatriplewedding); (5)AnnieElizabethRhea,who marriedWilliamT.Enser;(6)KateRhea,whomarried JohnH.Anderson,andhadchildren:GeorgeRheaand Lucy;(7)HalHenryRhea:(8)FannieMcllwaineRhea. 7 TheodoraBlandRhea(1833-1868)married(1856) FrancesElizabethRhea(daughterofRobertP.Rheaand SarahG.(Preston)Rhea,andhadchildren:(1)Elizabeth DysartRhea(1857-),whomarriedAlexanderAnderson (sonofAudleyAndersonandCornelia(Alexander)Ander son),andhadonechild: AudleyRheaAndersonII;(2) RobertPrestonRhea(1859-),whomarriedNannieBell Gillespie,andhadchildren:JosephEarhartRhea(1882-), whomarriedJeanneWeMcNabb;FrankBlandRhea(1884-), whomarriedNellHill,andhadonechild,SaraCarolvn; LillianBunts(1889-);RobertPrestonRheaII(1894-);(3) JamesTheodericRhea(I860-),whomarriedCarolineLea RiggsandhadChildren:ClarenceWard(1890-),William Edwin(1894-),andJamesTheodericRheaII(1902-); (4) SarahGillelandRhea(1862-),whomarriedFrankMilton Adams,andhadchildren:FrankMiltonAdamsII,(1888), whomarriedJessieLeeFrench;LetaRheaAdams(1894-) ; YanceyDaileyAdams(1899-);(5) FannieRhea (1863-1864). AsafamilytheRheashavefollowedprincipallythepur suitsofministers,lawyerr,doctors,fannersandmerchants. Therewereseveralofthefamilywhowerestockholders andassistedinorganizingU'heEastTennesseeandVirginia Railroad(nowtheSouhern). SeldonNelspn,inhisseriesofarticlesontheRhea familysays:"Thedescendants(ofRevJosephRhea)have occupiednearlyeverypositioninlife....Theministry seemstohavebeenthechiefcallingintheprofessional line,but'therehavebeensomemerchantprincesamong them Therehave'beenveryfewpoliticiansamong thedescendants,andveryfewwhohaveheldoffice" Thefamilyhasalwaysrespondedtoithecountry'scall intimeofwar.TherewerethreewhoservedintheRevo lutionaryWar:Rev.JosephRheaasChaplain,andhissons JohnandMatthewRhea,asofficers.Atleastfourofthe

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RheafamilywereintheWarof1812,ofhvowerecap tured,Threeserved,andonedied,inWheMexicanWar. AbouteightymembersofthefamilyservedintheWar BetweentheStates,allbuttwobeingintiheConfederate Army.Ofthese,twodiedfromdbeirwounds;fivewere killedinbattle;andweremadeprisoners,orcaptured. Manywereonstaffsofofficersorcommandedcompanies, regimentsorbattalions.Atleastfourteenofthefamily servedintheSpanish-AmericanWar.Oneentered,the WorldWar,duringitsfirstyear,asa surgeonwiththe CanadianContingent.Morethansixty,mostof whom wereofficers,servedatthefrontandatleastonewaskilled andseveralwerewoundedorgassed. Thefollowingispartiallistofthosewhohaveserved: WARRECORD RevolutionaryWar Rev.JosephRhea.ChaplainwithColonelChristain's CherokeeCompany. I JohnRhea,sonofRev.JosephRheaandElizabeth (Mcllwaine)Rhea,EnsigninHieFifthVirginiaRegiment ofContinerilals.TookpartinthebattlesofKing'sMoun tainandBrandywine. II MatthewRhea,sonofRev.JosephRheaandEliza beth(Mcllwaine)Rhea.Heservedwithdistinction,.is Major,intheFifthVirginiaRegimieniofContinentalsand 'tookpartinthe'batlitlesofKing'sMountainandBrandywine. Warof1812 JosephMatthewRhea,sonofMatthewRheaandJane (Preston)Rhea.Orderlysergeant.WasinCanadaasa privatesecretarytoanofficer. RobertPrestonRhea,sonofMatthewRheaandJane (Preston)Rhea.ServedunderGeneralScott,Wascap turedbytheBritishnearCanadianBorderandtakento Quebec,caslintoprison,andputinirons. RobertRhea,sonof WilliamRheaandElizabeth (Lockhart)Rhea.MajorinAllison'sRegimentEastTen nesseeMilitia. MexicanWar AudleyAnderson,sonofEdwardB.Andersonand Eleanor(Rhea)Anderson.ServedunderColonelGeorgeR. McClellan.WasalsoinWarBetweentheStates.

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Dr.SamuelR.Anderson,sonofColonelIsaacCampbell AndersonandMargaret(Rhea)Anderson.Lieutenantin Shaver'sCompany,ColonelMcClellanCommander.Wasin twobattles.Capturedmanyprisonersanddidnotiose aman. WilliamRhea,sonofJosephCampbellRheaandSusan Rhea(Preston)Rhea.GraduatedatWestPoint.WasFirst LieutenantinUnitedStatesArmy.Diedof measlesat Monterey,Mexico,whileinservice,an'Jwasburied'there. WarBetweentheStales FederalArmy: JohnA.Anderson,sonofJosephAndersonandEliza beth(Rhea)Anderson.ServedinFirstTennesseeInfantry. Diedofhardshipsandexposure. AlexanderDodsonRhea,sonofJohnRheaandEliza beth( DoiJison)Rhea.EnlistedasaprivateinFirstTennes seeInfantry.Promoted,inturn,'loLiontenantandCaptain inFirstTennesseeInfantry,andlater,MajorinEleventh TennesseeCavalry. Con/ederateArmy. Audley,RobertR,SamuelR.andWilliamR.Anderson, sonsofEdwardB.Andersonanid'Eleanor(Rhea)Anderson: AudleyAnderson(whohadpreviouslyservedintheMex icanWar)servedin FourthTennesseeCavalry:Was woundedseventimesinBattleofChattanooga(September 1803)anddiedof'hiswounds.RobertR.Andersonwasin Companyi1.SixtiethTennesseeCavalry.SamuelR.Ander sons.Tvi'd,first,inThirdTennesseeInfantry;latertrans ferredtoSixty-ThirdTennesseeInfantry.WilliamR.An dersonwasanenrollingofficerandbelongedtoliheReserve Corps. WilliamandJohnBuchanan,sonsofRyburnBuchanan andElizabeth(Rhea)Buchanan:WilliamBuchanan served'inSixty-thirdTennesseeInfantry,andJohnBuch ananintheWesternArmy. Samuel,JonathanWaverly,JohnLynnandRobert LuckeyBaohman,sonsofJonathanBachmanandFannie (Rhea)Bachman:SamuelBachunanenlistedinaHawkins County,Tennessee,Company.DiedofFeveratCumberland Gapinearlypartofthewar.JonathanWaverlyBachman firstenlistedtoserveunderGeneralCooke,inVirginia;later servedasLieu'ienant,Captain,andChaplaininSixtieth TennesseeCavalry.JohnLynnBaohmanservedinThirty- seventhVirginiaInfantry.StonewallJacksonDivision.

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RobertLuckyBachimanserved.'inCompanyG.Sixteenth TennesseeCavalry. JosephR.andSamuelHCrawford,sonsofThomas CrawfordandElizabeth(Rhea)Crawford:JosephR. Crawfordwasthirdsergeant,CompanyG.NineteenthTen nesseeInfantry,and,later,CaptainofCompanyG.,Six teenthTennesseeCavalry.SamuelH.Crawfordservedin CompanyF.,Sixty-'third'TennesseeInfantry. RobertP.Fickle,sonof FickleandMargaret (Rhea)Fickle.WasFirstLieutenantofReserveCorps. Nicholas,SamuelR.,IsaacandPowellFain,sonsof GeneralRichardFainandEliza(Anderson)Fain.Nicho las,Samuel.,andIsaacFainservedinSixAy-ihirdTennessee Infaniiy,andPowellFaininSixtiethTennesseeCavalry. WilliamD.andAbrahamL.Gammon,sonsofWilliam GammonandRebecca(Anderson)Gammon.WilliamD. GammonwasFirstLieutenant,CompanyC.NineteenthTen nesseeInfantry.AbrahamL.GammonwasinReserveCorps andservedinlatterpartofwar. SamiuelR.Gammon,sonofCaptainAbrahamL.Gam monandNancy(Anderson)Gammon.CaptainofHaw kinsCountyCompany,Tennessee. WilliamRheaIrvin,sonofMontgomeryIrvinand Frances(Rhea)Irvin. CorneliusE.Lucky,sonofJudgeSethJ.W.Luckyand Sarah(Rhea)Lucky.ServedinCompanyK.,SixtiethTen nesseeInfantry. SamuelAlexanderLynn,sonofJohnLynnandNancy (Rhea)Lynn. HarryHillMcAlister,sonofWilliamKingMcAlister andFannieRhea(Anderson)McAlister.CommissaryDe partmentofConfederateStatesArmy. IsaacAndersonNewland,sonofJosephNewlandand Rebecca(Anderson)Newland.SecondCorporal,Company B.,FourthTennesseeBattalion.WascapturedatWood bury. Thomasand'J'amesT.Preston,sonsofColonelJohn PrestonandMargaretBrown(Preston)Preston:Thomas PrestonwaskilledinBattleofShiloh.JamesT.Preston servedinMilitiaofVirginia. RobertJ.Preston,sonofJohnF.PrestonandJane (Rhea)Preston.OfficerinaVirginiaRegiment. JohnH.andJamesT.Rhea,sonsofJamesB.Rheaand Elizabeth(Carter)Rhea:JohnH.RheaFirstCorporal, CompanyG.,NineteenthTennesseeInfantry.Woundedat

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Chiokamauga(1863)anddiedfromhiswounds.JamesT. RheawasinTennesseeReserveCorps. Matthew,JohnPrestonandRobertCampbellRhea,sons ofRobertPrestonRheaandNancy(Davidson)Rhea. MatthewRheaservedinCompanyF.,Sixty-thirdTennessee Infantry.JohnPrestonRheawasasergeantinReserve Corps. WilliamR.and'JohnA.Rhea,sonsofWilliaanRheaand Mary(Rockhold)Rhea.WilliamR.RheaservedinCom panyG.,NineteenthTennesseeInfantry.Losita legat BattleofResacca,Georgia.JohnA.RheaservedinTennes seeReserveCorps. SamuelWoodRhea,sonofJohnNancyRheaandRuth M.i Roi'klVixld)Rhea.ServedinCompanyF.,Sixty-third' TennesseeInfantry. WilliamAbramandMatthewRhea,sonsofJohnRhea andElizabeth(Rhea)Rhea.WilliamAbramRheaserved intheFifthTennesseeCavalry,CompanyH.MatthewRhea served'inCompanyG.,FifthTennesseeRegimen! WalterPrestonRhea,sonofJosephMatthewRheaand Catherine(Myers)Rhoa,servedasFirstLieutenantin CompanyF.,Sixty-thirdTennesseeInfantry. MatthewRheaVI,AbramRheaandWalterPreston Rhea,sonsofMatthewRheaVandMary(Looney)Rhea: MatthewRheaVIwasFirstLieutenant,CompanyA.,ofa TennesseeRegiment.Wascarryingtheswordwhichhad belongedtohisgrandfather,MatthewRheaIV,whencap tured,atBelmont,Missouri.Thisherefusedtosurrender andwaskilled.AbramRheaservedinCompanyB.,Thir teenthTennesseeInfantry.WalterPrestonRheawasCap- tain.FourthTennesseeCavalry. JamesO.,JohnW.aridWilliamAlexanderRhea,sons ofJosephRheaandEmalineM.(Alexander)Rhea.All wereinCompanyD.,SixthTexasCavalry.WilliamA., Captain;JohnW.,OrderlySergeant.Allwerewounded inBaWleofCorinth.JohnW.wastakenprisonerandcar riedtoaFederalHospitalwherehediedofhiswounds. RobertBruceRhea,sonofMatthewRheaandMargaret (Breeden)Rhea,wasinReserveCorps. JosephandRobertJames,sonofRobertP.Rheaand SarahG.(Preston)Rhea:BothservedinCompanyG., NineteenthTennesseeInfantry.RobertJamesRheawas wounded,inbattle,nearAHlanta,Georgia,anddiedfrom hiswounds. JohnLynn,JosephBrainerd,JamesAlexander,Robert

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MorrisonandWilliamLynnRhea,sonsofSamueland Martha(Lynn)Rhea:JohnLynnRheaservedinCompany G.,NineteenthTennesseeCavalry.JamesAlexanderRhea wasFirstLieutenant,CompanyG.,NineteenthTennessee Infantry;later,SixtiethTennesseeRegiment;waselected Majorand,afterwards,LieutenantColonel.Waswounded andcapturedbyFederalsandrecapturedbyhisownmen. RobertMorrisonRheawasOrderlySergeantinCompanyF, Sixty-thirdTennesseeInfantry.WilliamLynnRheawasin ReserveCorpsofTennessee. JamesDavidRhea,sonofJosephCampbellRheaand Catherine(Reynolds)Rhea,wasCaptain,CompanyG., ThirdTennesseeRegiment."CaptainJamesDavidRhea wascapturedatFortDonaldson,andcarriedprisonerto CampChasefromwhichheescaped".(Confederate Veteran,Feb.1914). JohnPrestonSheffey,sonofJudgeJamesWhiteShef- feyandEleanorFairman(Preston)Sheffey,wasCaptainof aVirginiaCompany. JamesLowryWhiteII,Dr.WilliamYoungConnWhile «ndPrestonJohnWhite,sonsofJamesLowryWhiteand MargaretRhea(Preston)White:JamesLowryWhiteII wasCaptainofCompanyK,Thirty-seventhVirginiaIn fantry,inStonewallJackson'sBrigade.Dr.WilliamYoung ConnWhitewasCaptainin CompanyB,Thirty-seventh Infantry,Virginia. SpanishAmerican WilliamBuchananII,sonofWilliamBuchananand Addie(Hill)Buchanan,wasSergeant,CompanyI,Sixth U.S.Volunteers,Immunes. JamesR.Fain,sonofJohnH.FainandFannieA. (Rhea)Fain,wasSecondLieutenantofEngineers,Volun teers,L.S.Regiment. SamuelEdwardLynn,sonofJamesLynnandSarah (Rogan)Lynn,wasFirstLieutenant,CompanyF,Third TennesseeInfantry. PerryLynn,sonofJamesLynnandSarah(Rogan) Lynn,wasSergeant,CompanyK,ThirdTennesseeVolun teers,Infantry. SamuelDysartMcAlister,sonofJudgeWilliamK.Mc AlisterIIandLauraBrown(Dortch)McAlister,wasFirst Lieutenant,CompanyG,FourthTennesseeInfantry. WilliamA.RheasonofJohnA.RheaandLora(Aber- nathy)Rhea,servedinThirdTennesseeInfantry.

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FrancisRodgersRhea,sonofAlexanderDodsonRhea andMafltie(Hatchet)Rhea,wasCorporal,CompanyL, SecondTexasVolunteerInfantry.Whileencamped,in Florida,hesufferedasevereattackoftyphoidfever. SamuelRheaRodgers,sonofJudgeSamuelAndrew RodgersandSarahElizabeth(RheaRodgers.WasSecond Lieutenant,CompanyB,FourthTennesseeInfantry.Served inCuba. WORLDWAR Aviation RobertLeeBurchII,sonofRobertLeeBurchand RachelC.(McAIister)Burch.StudentinMarineAviation Corps.Whenvolunteeredwasundertwentyyearsofage. EarnestDooley,sonofI. EarnestDooleyandMary (Andes)Dooely.Lieutenant.Servedoverseas. MarshallFranklinHenly,sonofSamelO.Henlyand (AndersonHenly.StudtentinSamp. McDowellLyon,sonofJ.B.LyonandLizzie(McDowell) Lyon.ServedasinStifluctorinAviation. RobertRheaMahoney,sonofOscarE.Mahoneyand Emma(Anderson)Mahoney.Studenitat CampSarfley, whichwasanaerialgunneryschool. NathanBachmanPreston,sonofSamuelRheaPreston andIda(Sutphen)Preston.Clericalof AviationCorps. ServedOverseas. Medicals

WilliamAnderson,sonofCharlesAndersonandMary (Bachman) Anderson. JamesSumpterAnderson,sonofEdgarAndersonand Beulah(Sumpter)Anderson.Wasat CampGordonin hospitalworkandwasreturnedtoVanderbiHUniversityto finishhismedicalcorse. MalcomCampbell,M.D.,sonofDr.EdwardM.Camp- bellandEllenSheffey(White)Campbell.Captain.First servedforoneyearontheLocalDraftBoardinNewYork City;laterwasinactiveserviceatGampSyracuse.During theInfluenzaepidamictheGovernmenttookoverCrouse- IrvingHospital,inSyracuse,andhewasputatthehead ofit,untiltransferredtoFortEthanAllenwherehewas dischargedfromservice. LindsleyNewland,M.D.,sonofRobertRheaNewland andBettie(Wolford)Newland.ServedoverseasinAmbu lanceCorps,RainbowDivison.

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DonPreston,M.D.,sonofColonelWilliamPetersand Margaret(Sheffey)Peters.Servedoverseas. JohnPrestonIV,M.D.,sonofJamesT.Prestonand Frances(Rhea)Preston.WasinVoluriHeerMedicalService Corps,inTexas. RobertSheffey.M.D.,sonDr.RobertJ..Prestonand Maritiha(Sheffey)Preston. LawrenceRhea,M.D,sonofWilliamA.RheaandElla (Foot)Rhea.OfferedhisservicestotheBritishGovernment atthecommencementoftheWorldWar.Hewasattached totheMcGillMedicalStaffasLi'etenant,andsailedfor FrancewiththeSecondCanadianContingent,in1915.Pen dingthecompletionof'theCanadianGeneralHospital,No. 3,atBoulogne,hewasstationedinLondonaspurchasing agentforequipment,and,onitscompletion,heassumed chargeifitspathologicalwork.HewaspromotedtoMajor, in1916.Hishealthfailing,fromoverwork.,hewassentto Englandforcounipleitierestbutdid)notrecuperatesuf ficientlytoresumeactivedutyandwasinvalidedtoCan adain1918.MajorRheareceivedmanyhonorswhilein EnglandandFrance.Hewasamemberofhecommittee pppointedbytheBritishGovernmenttoinspectallMilitary hospitalsinFrance.Andwasselecteditopersonallycon ducttheQueenofEnglandonherinspectionofhispitals. EdwardRandolphSumpter,sonofEdwardRandolph SumpterandMinnie(WadelSumpter.Servedoverseasin AmbuleneeCorpsNo55.WasontheLoraineSector,bring ingwoundedfromthefront,whenhisamublancewas blawnupandheescapedwithslightwounds. Navyg CharlesLinwoodAdams,sonofW.H.Adamsand EleanorLynn(Rhea)Adams. WilliamKingBiddlesonofRobertBiddleandElizabeth A.(McAlister)Biddle.LieutenantOommanderofInspec- tonotriceU.S.NavyYard,Boston. LloydWilliamBoggs,sonofWilliamH.Boggsand ElizaJane(Crowdier)Boggs.MachinistFirstClass. HenryHamilton,sonofGeorgeHamiltonandBettie Dycart(Lucky)Hamilton. EdwardAlexanderMagill,sonofWilliamL.Magiland Mary(Gaines)Magill.EnteredNavalserviceDecember, 1917;wascommissionedEnsign,April1918,andsentto Annapolisforfurthertraining,fromtherewasorderedto U.S.S.SouthDakota,abattleshipdoingconvoyduty,

300 RHEA whereheremaineduntiltheArmisticewassigned. Army. BrainerdAdams,sonofW.H.AdamsandEleanor (Rhea)Adams. JohnWaverlyAnderson,sonofGharlesAndersonand Mary(Bachman)Anderson.SecondLieutenantinRegular Army. PaulFainAnderson,sonofWilliamS.Andersonand Ella(Spurgeon)Anderson.Servedoverseas. JosephS.BachmanII,sonofDr.JosephS.Bachman andHaHieA.(Brewer)Bachman.DiedinCampofIn fluenza, WilliamLasbrookeBaldwin,sonof Baldwinand Jennie(Carr)Baldwin.InEngineeringCorps. HorenHogeBrewer,sonofJohnAlt'BrewerandWillie Sue(Hoge)Brewer.SergeantFirsitClass.InQuarter mastersDepartment,atCampGordon,Georgia. WilliamPhillipBrewerII,sonofJohnAlfBrewerand WillieSue(Hoge)Brewer.Servedoverseas.CompanyA, 356thInfantry.89thDivision. JamesCarlockBrewersonofJamesKingBrewerand Olive('Carlock)Brewer.Lieutenant.WaskilledinBattle ofBellauWoods.ReceivedtwoCitationsforbravery. MorganWilliamBrownVII,sonofMorganWilliam BrownVI,andFannieR.(McAlister)Brown.Volunteered. HillMcAlisterBurch,sonof RobertLeeBurchand RachelC.(McAlister)Burch.WasinS.A.T.C. JohnJonetlCampbell,sonof FrankCampbelland SallieJonetl.MechanicalDepartment.CampMabry. CliftonCarson,sonofSturmW.CarsonandMargaret (Buchanan)Carson.SergeantFirstClass.ServedinCom panyE.302StevedoreInfantry. HughBrewerCowan,sonof Rev.JamesChalmers CowanandMargaretD.(Brewer)Cbwan.Servedoverseas. BenjaminMillsCrenshawII,sonof BenjaminMills CrenshawandMaryMagadelene(White)Crenshaw.Cap tain.ServedinFrance;waswoundedandgassed'.Here mained'intheArmyaftertheArmisticewassigned. WilliamRheaDabney,sonofWilliamPresleyDabney andAnnie(Rhea)Dabney.Captain. RobertN.DosserII,sonofRobertN.DosserandMartha E.(Fain)Dosser. FosterRheaDulles,sonofWilliamDullesandSophia (Rhea)Dulles. JamesDoggeWiEarnest,sonofNicholasP.Earnestand Lida(Doggatt)Earnest.Studentin'Camp.

301 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Car],JosephandWilliamEarnest,sonsofWilliamA. EarnestandFlorence(Donnelly)Earnest.Allservedover seas,andwereinseveralbattles. JosephGibsonErwin,sunofJamesBrwinandMar- gareMa(McAlister)Erwin.CorporalinBaltiteryD,115th FieldArtillery.Servedoverseas. RobertDavidsonErwin,sonofJamesErwinandMar- gauvlts(McAlister)Erwin.Homeguard;'tooyoungtogo toFrance,wasseventeenyearsofage. RobertRoganandRichardFain,sonsofG.Powelland SallieE.(Fain)Fain. WorleyW.Fain,sonofJohnMitchellFainandGer trude(Wurley)Fain.FirstLieutenantinVirginiaCoast Artillery. JamesRheaFain,sonofJohnMitchellFainandGer trude(Worley)Fain.Lieutenant.WassentbytheGovern menttoteachinaMilitarySchoolinSmithCarolina. SamuelRheaGammon,sonofWilliamF.Gammon,of Bristol,Tennessee.Lieutenant JosephDooleyHoss,sonofWrightHossandRebecca (Dooley)Hoss.Servedoverseas. JohnHyde,sonofRev.CharlesR.HydeandAnnieRhea (Bachman)Hyde. SamuelLeeKingII,sonofSamuelLeeKingandAnnie (Phipps)King.SecondLieutenant.Aftergoingovvrseis wasloanedtoGreatBrititain;wasassignedtoTwenty-first LondonRitles.Wasinbattle. EdwardOampl)ellLenoir,sonofHenryRamiseyLenoir andBessie(Campbell)Lenoir.Sergeantin105thTrench MortarBattery,aunitoftheThirtiethDivision(OldHicory Division).ServedinFrance.Hisunitwassenttothe frontwithanotherdivisionwheretheywereusedasshock troopswhennotusingtheir'trenchmortars.WTasatthe frontwhentheArmisticewassigned;wassentintoLux emburgaspartoftheArmyofOccupation.Afterarriving inFrancehewasofferedanopportunityofgoingintoan OfficersTrainingSchoolbutpreferredgoingtothefront. DavidRheaIxicke.sonofJohnC.LockeandFlorence (Rhea)Locke. RobertAndersonLowery,sonofJohnTaylorLowery aud'Amanda(Anderson!Lowery.CorporalinBaltteryA, Thirty-sixthDivisionof133rdFieldArtillery.Servedover seas.WhileenroutetoFrancehistransporthada battle withsuhmarines.

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JohnCharlesMooreII,sonofJohnCharlesMoorefind SarahJ.(Bach'man)Moore.InRadioService. NathanT.Moore,sonofJohnCharlesMooreandSarah J.(Bachman)Moore.InArtillery. OscarE.MahoneyII.sonofOscarE.MahoneyandEmily Jane(Anderson)Mahoney.WasinS.A.T.C. HarryHillMcAlisrterIII,sonofHarryHillMcAlisterII andMaude(Davidson)McAlrsaer.Sergeantin0'M.C. CampDix. IroBurnsMcAlistersonofHarryHillMcAlisiterIIand Maude(Davidson)McAlister.Sergeantin107thSupply Train.Servedoverseas.Wasontheill fatedTuscania whenitwentdownoffthenorthcoastofIreland. VanceNewland,sonofSamuelA.NewlandandHelen (Rn)vvn)Newland.Servedoverseas. JosephJamesPence,sonofElkanaPenceandFannyA. (Newland)Pence. RobertWhitePreston,sonofDr.JohnPrestonIVand AnnieLewis(White)Preston.ServedinQuartermasters Department,CampMcArthur,Texas. SeatonTinsleyPreston,sonofJamesB.Prestonand HafileB.(Tinsley)) Preston.Lieutenant.Servedoverseas.. JamesDysartRhea,sonofJamesT.RheaandFrances Bell(Rhea)Rhea.'Captain.ServedoverseasintheRenting, RequisitionandClaimsbranchoftheSupplyDepartment. LawrenceHerndonRhea,sonofWilliamAlexander RheaIIandMary(Herndon)Rhea.SecondLieutenantin CoastArtillery.WasunderorderstosailwhenArmistice wassigned. PaulD.Robertson,sonofRev.GeorgeE.Robertsonand Maittie(Earnest)Rohertson.Servedoverseas. Raymond.WilberandLesleyRhea,sonsofBryantW. RheaandSadie(Rosoherry)Rhea. McDonald'CampbellYoumans,sonof LawrenceW. YoumansandMargaretP.(Campbell)Youmans.Entered asprivate,hisSecondLieutenantcommissionreachedhim justastheAnmisticewassigned. Note.ToWilliamLynnandMaryRheaSumptcr,the compilerofthisarticleisindebtedfortheearlydatagiven here,andforothergenerousassistance.

SHELBY

ThefirstShelbyinAmerica,sardtohaveoomcfrom Glammorgansbire,inWales,was"EvanDhuShelbymar ried'CatherineDavies".ThiscouplecametoAmericaabout 1730andsetfledinPrinceGeorgeCounty(afterwardsFred erickCounty,Maryland),nearHagersiown,inwhatisnovr WashingtonCounty,Maryland,had(hefollowingchildren: I Maj.MosesShelby,borninWales,1718,diedMecklen burgCounty,NorthCarolina;marriedIsabel . borninMaryland,diedalter1780. IIHrig.-GenEvanShelby,bornWales,1720,diedKing's Meadow,December4,1794; marriedfirst,LetitiaCoxe, daughterofDavidCoxeofMaryland,bornMaryland1723, diedSeptember6,1777,andisburiedat Charlottesville, Virginia;marriedsecond,Mrs.IsabellaElliott,widowof JamesElliott,inthestateofFranklin(nowWashington County,Tennessee). IIIThomasShellry,bornabout1725,diedMecklenburg County,NorthCarolina,about1776;married . IVEleanorShelbymarriedJohnPolkinNorthCaro lina,bornCarlisle,Pennsylvania,about1740,diedTennes see. V JohnShelbymarriedLouisaLooney. VI MarySheby,born1734.died1813;married AdamAlexander,borninPennsylvania,1728,died11-13- 1798. VIIReesShelby. VIII , adaughterwhomarriedJosephChap lain. TheShelbysareidentifiedwi'.htheearlyhistoryofTen nesseeandKentucky,andtheysharewiththeSeviersanil theIsbells,thehonorofhavingthegreatestnumberor representativesintheBattleof King'sMountain.Thero

305 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES weresevenSeviers,sixIsbellsandsixShelbys.Byape culiarcoincidencealso,theyoungestsoldiersinthat famousBatllewereofthesefamilies:JamesSevier,aged sixteen,WilliamIsbellagedfifteen,aimlDavidShelbyaged seventeen. I MOSESSHELBY MosesShelby,sonofEvanDhuShelbyandCatherine UaviesShelby,joinedthegreattideofSouthernemigration, andsettledonCaldwell'sCreek,intheEasternpartofMeck lenburgCounty(nowCabarrusCounty)NorthCarolina, in1760.Hiswillisonrecordin MecklenburgCounty. Somethinkhewasmarriedtwiceashementionsinhiswill "wifeandsixchildren".Hischildrenwere: 1 ThomasShelby,wkomarriedSarahHelms. 2 MaryShelby,born1746,died1822.married1768 OliverWiley. 3 EvanShelbymarriedSusanPolkAlexander. 4 MosesShelby,married . 5 EleanorShelby,married Caruthers. 4 MargaretShelby,born1772,died1838;married OliverHarris,born1763,died1833. 7 RachelShelbv. 8 WilliaunShelbv. 9 JohnShelby. 10 IsabellaShelby. 11 CatherineShelby. ChildrenofThomasShelbyandSarahHelms: TheonlyknownchildwiisSarahEllenShelby,married JamesMcLarty,borninMecklenburgCounty,NorthCaro lina,anddiedinDouglasCounty,Georgia.Theonlyknown childofSarahEllenShelbyMcLartywasCatherineMc Larty,marriedCharlesShelbyPolk(theirShdbygrand fatherswerefirstcousins).ShewasborninMecklenburg County,NorthCarolina,in1S17.diedinDouglasConily. i5'orgia.in1905. ChildrenofEvanShelbyandSusanAlexander: TheonlyknownchildwasMaryShelby,married ThomasPolkabout1786,diedabout1842. Thiscouplehadissue: (1)ShelbyPolk,marriedWinnifredColburn.He emigratedtoTennesseein1813anddiedabout181.7,leaving issue:Esther;Headley;Thomas;William;Shelby;Mary; Eliza. 306 SHELBY (2) AndrewMarshallPolk,marriedfirsttoMissCar- raway,hadissue:ThomasJ.;JamesK.;marriedsecond, toLoremaAutery,hadissue:L.L.Polk,ofRaleigh,North Carolina. (3)ThomasShelbyPolk,Fourth,marriedSarah Brooks.Hadissue:William;Andrew;Marshall.The lattertwosonswerekilledintheConfederateservice. (4)JobePolk,diedunmarried'. (5)HannahPolk,marriedfirst,Mr.Sides,issue:Han nah;second,AdamLung,issue:Thomas;Henry;Adam an;Iiseveraldaughters. (6) DiceyPolk,marriedFrancisColburn;emigrated toTennessee. (7)PatsyPolk,marriedWilliamCrittenden;emigrated toTennessee. (8 MaryPolk,marriedAaronLittle.ShediedinIS62 leavingtenchldren. (9) ElizabethPolk,marriedRichmondMcManus. DescendantsofMaryShelbyandOliverWiley EvanShelbyWiley,born1783.died1825,married in1804MaryMcCaleb,(born1786,died'1840).Heemi gratedtoAlabama,andwasa farmerandmillernear Courlland.Hehada son,JaimesMcCalebWiley,born CabarrusCounty,NorthCarolina,March12th,1806,died Troy,Alabama.*1878.Hemarriedfirst,April19m,1827, ElizabethDuckworth.Marriedsecond,November15th, 1843.CorneliaAppling.Marriedthird,January3rd,1875, RebeccaCovingtonWales.Issuebyfirstwife:Rhydonia Wiley,JamesHoratioWiley,ThomasWalterWiley,and HenryClayWiley.HenryClayWiley,wasbornatClay ton.Alabama,onOctober4th,1840,andresidedatTroy, Alabama.Hemarriedfirst,in1861,HenriettaWorthy. Issuebyfirstwife,HenriettaWorthyWiley,Lizzie,Rhy doniaOphelia.HenryClayWileymarriedsecond,Ophelia Worthy,sisterofhisfirstwife,and'hadissue:Henrietta, Walterand'Harry.ChildrenofJamesMcCalebWiley, andCorneliaApplingWiley:(1)AriosotoApplingWiley, bornatClayton.Alabama.November6th,1848.diedatHot Springs,Virginia.June17th,1908,marriedMattieA.Noble atMontgomery,Alabama,November6th.1877,andhad issue:NobleJamesWileyofHieUnited'SlatesArmy.(2) OliverQiceroWiley,bornatTroy,Alabama,January30th, 1851,diedTroy,Alabama,October18th,1917;marriedat Troy,J'une25th,1874,AugustaMurphy,andhadissue:

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OliverLeeWiley,marriedMaryGrahamMcKellar.James McCalebWiley,marriedMaryAdelaideBailey.LoisWiley, marriedMarshallBibbFohner,JuliaLamarWiley,married JamesT.Brantley. II BRIG.-GEN.EVANSHELBY EvanShelby,eonofEvanDhaiShelbyandCatherine DaviesShelby,wasborninWalesin1720anddiedin King'sMeadow,nowBristol,December4,1794.Hemarried first,LetiitiaCoxe,daughterofDavidCoxeofMaryland,who wasbornin1723inMarylandanddiedSeptember6,1777,. andisburiedinCharlottesville,Virginia.Hemarried second,Mrs.IsabellaElliottintheStateofFranklin,now WashingtonCounty,Tennessee. ThereisnotmuchmentionmadeofGen.EvanShelby'9 secondmarriage,butthefollowingpaperwasfoundamong thepapersofGov.IsaacShelby,whowashisfather's executor: "Inowcertify,towhomitmayconcern,'!ihat I per formedtheceremonyofmarriagebetweenthelateGen. EvanShelbyandIsabellaElliott(widowofJamesElliott), whenI actedasoneoftheassociateJudgesoftheassumed SiateofFranklin. "Givenundermyhand,this14thdayofNov.,1779. "Signed':Jno.Anderson "Witness:J.A.Thompson,J.Shelby". Adaughter,nameunmentioned,wasgivenlandonac countofthiscertificate. Brig.-Gen.ShelbywasfirstappointedCaptainofaCom panyofRangersintheFrenchandIndianWars.Hewas Captainin'JheProvincialArmyandpersonalfriendofGen. Washington,beingwithhimatGreatMeadowsandFt. Necessity.HewasalsoinBraddock'sexpedition.Ledthe advanceoftheArmyunderForbes,whichtookFt. Duquesnein1758. InearlylifehewasinterestedinthefurtradeinMechil- macinack,ontheGreatLakes. In 1756he wasa residentof Marylandand PotomacCounty.In1772emigrated(oFincastleCounty, Virginia.In1774hecommandedaCompanyunderDun- moreandLewisagainsttheIndians.HeservedatPoint Pleasant.In1776'hewasappointedbyGov.HenryofVir

308 SHELBY giniaasMajorinthearmyofCol.Christianagainstthe G'herokees.In1777hewasappointedColonelofaSundry garrisonexposedonfrontiersofVirginia.In1779heled anexpeditionof2000menagainsttheChickamaugaIn dians,forwhichservicehewasthankedbytheContinental Congress.LaterhewasappointedBrigadierGeneralinthe SllateMilitia. AftertheFrenchandIndianwarshemovedhisfamily fromMarylandtoSalem,onHheYadkinRuver,inNorth Carolina,andin1765removedtoSoutheastVirginia.It wassupposedatthattimetobeinVirginia,butthesurvey of1779showedhisland!obeinNorthCarolina.This propertywasinwhatisnowSullivanCounty,Tennessee, andhecalledit"SaplingGrove".Healsoownedlandin Burke'sGardenFarm,TazewellCounty,Virginia.Brig.- Gen.ShelbyisburiedatBristol,Virginia! Hisdescendantshaveasamaternalancestor,Opechan- caraoe,saidto'bea'brotherofPowhatwn,theIndianChief. Powhatandiedin1618andwassucceededbyOpetchapan, whowasoldandwasdeposedbyOpenchancanoe.The traditioninthetimeofBeverlywasthatOpenchancanoe wasnottherealbrotherofPowhatanbutastrangerfrom MexicoorsomeSouth-westerncounty.Hemadehislasfc attackonthewhitepeopleandwaskilledApril14th,1644, whennearlyonehundredyearsold.Hehada grand daughter,NickeC'ti,whosedaughtermarriedNathanielDavig in1618.Thiscouplehadason,RobertDavis,whowasthe grandfatherofLetitiaCoxe,wifeofBrig.-Gen.Shelby. Brig.-Gen.ShelbyandLetitiaCoxeShelbyhadthefok lowingchildren: (1)SusannahShelby,born1746,diedyoung. (2) JohnShelby,born1748,marriedElizabethPile. (3) IsaacShelby,marriedSusannahHart,liewas borninMarylandin1750.'marriedinMarylandin1783, diedinKentucky,July18,1826. (4) EvanShelbybornin1754inMaryland,waskilled byIndians,January15,1793.Hemarriedhisfirstconsinr CatherineShelby,daughterofhisuncle,JohnShelby. (5)MosesShelby,marredElizabethNeil. (6)JamesShelby,killedbyIndiansinLincolnCounty, Kentucky,in1786. (7) CatherineShelbymarriedCaptainJamesA. Thompson,ofWashingtonCounty,Virginia. (8)SarahShelby,marriedEphraimMcDowell. (9) RachelShelby,marriedMichaelLeggett.

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(2)JohnShelby JnhnShelbymarriedElizabethPile. (3)IsaacShelby IsaacShelby,ofMaryland,born1750.died1820, marriedSusannaHart,1783(born1763.died1826). IsaacShelbywasborninHagerstown,Maryland,De- * oemb'T11th,1750.Attheageoftwentyhewaselected d.'pufysheriffofFrederickCounty,Maryland,butmovedin 1771toi!hepresentsiteofBristol,Tennessee. HisfirstessayatarmswasasLieutenantinaCompany commandedby'hisfatherintheBatifleatthemouthof Kehnawa,ontheOhioRiver.HecameSouthandsettledin WashingtonGounty.Whinihelinewassurveyedbetween NorthCarolinaandVirginia,itplacedhiminNorlhCarolina, whichcircumstanceinducedirov.Caswelltoappointhim ColonelofMilitliaofSullivanCounty(afterwardTennes see).HeservedasanumberoftheNorthCarolinaHouse ofCommons,thenmovedtoKentuckyandwasamember ofthe'Constitutional';'onvcn'jioninthatslateandafterwards, waselectedfirstiiovernorofKentucky.Hegave'thesignal fortheattackonFergusonatKing'sMountainandwasone oftheheroesofthaicelebratedbailie.In1782hereturned.lo Ifoonsville,Kentucky,animarriedin1783,SusannaHart. WaselectedmemberoftheConventioninKentuckytoob tainseparationfromVirginia.InitheWarof1812hecom mandedtwelveKentuckyregimentsinIheBattleof the Thames.DiedinLincolnCounty,July18th,1826. Thechildren.ofGov.IsaacShelbyandSusannaiiHurl Shelbywere: 1 James,marriedMaryPindcll. ^ Sarah,marriedEphraimMcDowell. 3 Evan,marriedNancyWarren. 4 ThomasHail,marriedfirst,MaryMcDowell;second, MaryBullock. 5 Susannah. 6 Nancy,:marriedSamuelK.Nelson. 7 Isaac,married'MariaWarren. 8 John,diedunmarried. i) Letitia,marriedCol.CharlesStewartTodd. 10 Catherine,diedyoung. 11 Alfred,marriedVirginiaHart. Alongand!distinguishedlinecomesthroughthese childrenofGovernorIsaacShelbvandSusannahHart Shelby.

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4 EvanShelby EvanShelby,sonofEvanShelbyandLettitiaCoxe ShelbywasafamoussoldierlikehisMiner;servedwith himinChickamaugacampaignin1779Jandtookcon spicuouspartintheBattleofKing'sMountainatwhichhe wisMajorofhisbrotherIsaac'sregiment.WhenGov. IsaacShelbycametoCumberlandas Commissionerof bountylandsandpre-emptionsin1783,thisEvancame withhimandsefJMed'inWestForkofRedRiver,somedis tancetotheWestofClarkesville,Tennessee.Ashewasre lurningonthe18thofJanuary,1793,fromtheFallsofthe Ohio,inalargecanoeladenwithsaltandothersupplies, hewasfireduponandkilledbyapartyofIndiansnearthe mouthofCassey'sCreek,inTriggCounty,Kentucky.His gun,swordandotherpropertyweretakenbytheIndians. Hemarriedhisfirstcousin,CaitherineShelby,andtheyhad onlytwochildren,IsaacandPriscilla,whomarriedMr. Jeffries. (Anotherauthoritygivesthei!lwochildrenasPriscilla andEleanor,thelafltermarriedto WilliamCaldwell, junior). AfterhewaskilledIhesechildrenwererearedbyMaj. SmithintheFort.AmonumentiserectedtoEvanShelbyat Knoxville,Tenn.Thereisatraditioninthefamilythaihe andhiswifeseparated.PriscillaShelbymannedinTennes see,JamesJeffries,andwenttoMississippi,awidowwith severalchildren,asdidherbrother,Isaac.Agranddaughter ofMrs.Jeffries,Mrs.PriscillaMetcalf,wholivedwithher grandmother,isstillliving,aged87,atMetcalf,Mssissippi. ThedescendantsofthisbrotherandsisterliveinMissis sippi. ThehonorofreceivingtheSwordfromDePeysteratthe endoftheBattleofKing'sMountainisclaimedforthis EvanShelby. 5 MosesShelby MosesShelby,sonofBrig.-Gen.Evan'Shelbyinherited aisothemilitaryandpatrioticspiritofhisfather.He servedalsowithhimintheGhickamaugacampaignin1779 andwaswoundedatKing'sMountain,forGov.Isaac i Shelby,himself,sayssoinaleMer(nowinprint),toJohn J.Crittentilm,statingthatMosesluynearKing'sMountain threemonthsrecoveringfromawoundinthethigh.He wasaCaptainintheregimentcommandedbyIsaacShelby,

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atKind'sMountain;wasthetrustedmessengerbdlweenhis brotherIsaacandQui.Campbell,twooftheleadersinthe campaignagainstCol.Ferguson.HemovedfrcmClarkes- villetoNewMadrid,Missouri,whorehedied,September17, 18i?8.AuthenticrecordsseemtocredithimwiKhtwowives. OnewasMissRenfro,andanotherrecordstateshemarried ElizabethNeal,WhowasbornApril1,1763,anddiedSep tember19,1897.. 6 JamesShelby JamesShelby,sonofBrig.-Gen.Shelbycommandeda companyduringthewholeofCol.Christian'scampaignin 1776;wasa CaptainwithGen.GeorgeClark,and woskilledbyt'heIndiansinLincolnCounty,Kentucky,in 1786. 9 RachelShelby RadhelShelby,daughterofEvanShelbyandL'itilaCixe, mhmedMichaelLeggelt.Theirchildrenwere: 1 RachelLeggelt,whomarriedThomasMcCrory.They had,SallyMcCrory,marriedThomasHiter,andCharles S.McCrory,marriedMarthaDouglasCaldwell. EleanorShelby EleanorShelbywasmarriedinMecklenburg.North Carolina,toJohnPolk,brotherof CaptainCharlesPolk (whoalsomarriedanEleanorShelby,daughterof ThomasShelby,sonof EvanDimShelby).JohnPolk wasaCaptainduringtheRevolutionandinhislateyears movedtoTennessee,wherehedied.Itisthoughtthathis wifediedalsoinTennessee.ShewasgivenlandinSouth westVirginiaasadaughterofGeneralEvanShelby.Asher nameisnotgiveninthelistofGeneralShelby'schildren bybisfirstwife'itisprobablethatsheisthedaughterby thesecondmarriagetoIsabellaEllioM.Herchildrenwere: (1) CharlesPolk,marriedMargaretBaxter.Charles PolkservedintheRevolutionandwascalled'"CivilCharlie" Polk.Hadissue:John;Jennie;Andrew;William; iQharles;Cynthia;Isaac;Alfred.HediedinSanAugustine County,Texas,in1846-47.BornJanuary18th,1760. (2)TaylorPolk,marriedJencyWalker;hadissue: Benjamin;Taylor;James;Cumberland;WilliamWalker; Alfred;Warnell.TaylorPolkemigratedtoArkansas.

'V)JohnA.Polk,borninCharfoMte.NorthCarolina,176;?, SHELBY diedinLeonCounty,Texas,1849;marriedElizabethOld- sonabout1789.Hewasin tiheRevolutionunderhis Mher.Hadissue:BenjaminD.A.; Nancy;Evan; Robert; Elizabeth;John(Jackie); Armstead;allborninTennessee. TiflcsonEvanShelbyPolkleftsonJudgeJohnPolk,who hadadaughterJane,whomarried Larvy.Evan ShelbyPolkalsohadasonnamedCharlesPolk,whodied inMadisonCourtty,Arkansas,in1919,leavingason,Elmer Polk. IIlTHOMASSHELBY ThomasShelby,sonofEvanDhuShelbyandCatherine DaviesShelby,settledonCaldwell'sCreekin theEastern partofMecklenburgCounty,NorthCarolina,nowevidently CabirrusCounty,in1700.Hediedatthebeginningofthe Revolutionandleftfoursons,onewasnamedThomas Shelby,andwasaprivateinCaptainCharlesPolk'sCom pany,in1776.Hischildrenwen': (4)JacobShelby,untraced;livedinUnionCounty. NorthCarolinafrom1787to1790;wasinthefirstUnited StatescensusfromFayeftiedistrict,AnsonCounty,North Carolina. (2)ThomasShelby,married . UnitedStates censusfor1790fromFayettedistrict,AnsonCounty,North Otmdina,about1785.Shewhslefta widowin1829 CharlesPolk,junior,borninMecklenburgCounty,North Carolina.Onlyknownissue:EleanorShelby,married andemigratedto(now)DouglasCounty,Georgia,in1835 with'herfourchildren.Diedin1852inCampbell(now Douglas)County,Georgia;buriedintiheWatsongrave yard. (3)Asonunknown. ' '0 Asonunknown. V JOHNSHELBY JohnShelby,sonofEvanDhuShelbyandCatherine DavisShelby,servedwithihisbrother.Brig.-Gen.Shelby,at theHattleof King'sMountain.HeandLouisaLooney Shelbyhadissue:(1}JohnShelby,junior,marriedEliza bethBrighaun;(2)David'Shelbybornabout1763inVir ginia,marriedSarahBledsoe;(3)EvanShelby;(4)Thomas Shelby;(5)IsaacShelby;(6)LouisaShelby,marriedWil liamMeCrab;(7)CatherineSheiby,marriedEvanShelby III"hercousin.

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DavidShelby DavidShelby,sonofJohnShelbyandLouisaLooney, wasbornabout1763inVirginia.Hewastheancestorofa funnilywhichhasbeenprominentinAmericaandEngland. DavidShelbywasalsoaKing'sMountainherothoughhe wasonlyaladofseventeen.HeservedinIsaacShelby's Regiment.HemovedtoSumnerCounty,Tennessee,and wasClerkoftheCourtun)!Slhisdeathin1822. HemarriedSarahBledsoe,daughterofAnthonyBledsoe. GeorgeBledsoewasthefirstoftheBledsoelinetraced inAmerica.HelivedinNorthumberlandCounty,Virginia. HiswillwasprobatedthereJuly23,1704.Theonlychild onrecordwasAbrahamBledsoe,whoaftermarryingsettled inthatpartofOrangeCountywhichwaslaterembracedin CulpepperCounty.AmonghischildrenwasAnthonyBled soe,bornin(then)OrangeCounty,Virginia,1733,married about1760toMaryRamsey,ofAugustaCounty,whowas bornin1734.Col.BledsoewaskilledbytheIndiansat Bledsoe'sCreek.SumnerCounty,Term.,onJuly20,178S. HiswidowdiedinSumnerCountyin1808.Theirchildren were,Abraham,borninVirginiaabout1762;Thomas Sarah,Anthony,junior.Isaac,HenryRamsey.Rachel, Polly,borninVirginia1780;Betey,PrudenceandSusan. SarahBledsoewasborninVirginiain1763,cameto SunmerCounty.Tennessee,in1781,thesameyearshemar riedDavidShelby,anddiedMarch11,1852.Theyhad issue: 1 JohnShelby,bornMav24.1785. 2 AnthonyBledsoeShelby,bornJan.15,1789. 3 PhilipDaviesShelby,bornMarch7,1791,diedMav 27,1799. ' 4 PriscillaShelby,bornMarch8,1793. 5 LucirodaShelby,bornMarch24,1795. 6 JamesShelby,bornJulv13,1797;duedAug.28, 1797. 7 NellieShelby,bornJan.14.1799. 8 DavidDaviesShelby,bornJuly15.1801.diedAug. 2,1805. 9 OrvilleShelbv.liornJan.21,1803. 10 SarahBledsoeShelbv.bornJan.21,1806. 11 AlbertShelby,bornMay25.1808. 1 JohnShetlby,sowofDavidandSarah(Bledsoe) Shelbywasthefirstwhilechildtobeborninwhatisnow SumnerCounty.Tennessee,onMay24.1785.Hereceived

314 SHKLBY a liberalednivilion.thenwen!InPhiladelphia,wherehe studiedmedicineandwherehemarriedAnnaMariaMin- nick.v\fterhisreturntoTennessee,helocatedonalarge tradoflandontheoastsideoftheCumberlandRiver. Hewasthefounderof ShelbyMedicalCollege, afterwardsmergedintothemedicaldepartmentoPIbeUni versityofNashville.liewastheprimemoverin the 'company,whichbuiltthefirstsuspensionbridgeatNash ville.HewasoneofthefoundersofSt.Ann'sEpiscopal Church.MwasforhimthatShelbyavenuewassonam*}. HewasawarmpersonalfriendofSamHoustonandother menofprominenceofhisday.Hisresidencestoodnear thecentreofWoodlandstreet,directlyinfrontofthe presentresidenceofHon.A.V.Goodpasture.Hadchildren: AnnaShelby. PriscillaShelby. /. AnnaorAnnShelby AnnShelby(inoneplacenamegivenAnna,onother Ann),daughterof1)r.JohnandAnnaMaria(Minnick) Shelby.MarriedWashingtonBarrow,whowasbornin DavidsonCounty,Tennessee,Oct.5,1817.Hewasalawyer byprofession,andamanofaffairs.Hewas'thefirst "PresidentoftheNashvilleGasCompany.HewasMinister toPortugalfrom1841to1844andarepresentativeinCon gressfrom1847to1849.WasforatimeeditoroftheNash villeBanner.WasSlateSenatorin1860and1861.Was identifiedwiththeConfederacyduringtheWarBetween theStates.WasarrestedbyorderofAndrewJohnsonbut soonafterwardsw^asreleasedbyorderofihaPresident. DiedinSt.Louis,Oct.19,1866.Hadchildren: JohnShelbyBarrow. Adaughter,whodiedyoung. JohnShelbyBarrow,sonof WashingtonandAnn (Shelby)Barrow,marriedMissMargaretArmstrong.Had children: Adaughter,wfliodiedyoung. JohnShelbyBarrow,.junior. JohnShelbyBarrow,junior,sonofJohnandMargaret (Armstrong)Barrow,marriedadaughterofCol.HalClai borne,ofNashville.TheyresideinNewYork.Theirchil dren: JohnShelbyBarrow,Third. WashingtonBarrow. AnnBarrow. ClaytonBarrow. 315 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

I'risdllaShelby'sDescendants PriscillaShelby,daughterofDr.JohnandAnnaMaria (Minnick)Shelby.MarriedDavidWilliamsofWestTen ness1e.Hadchildren: JohnShelbyWilliams. JosephMinnickWilliams. AnnaMinnickWilliams. 1 JohnShelbyWilliamsandhisDescendants I) JohnShelbyWilliams,sonofDavidandPriscilla iShelby)Williams,marriedMattieSevier,daughterof Hon.AmbroseH.Sevier,formerlyaSenatorfromArkansas. Hal children: DavidShelbyWilliams. JulietteSevierWilliams;diedyoung. MaudeJohnsonWilliams. AnnaPassmanWilliams. AmbroseSevierWilliams. DavidShelbyWilliams,sonofJohnShelbyandMattie (Sevier)Williams,marriedfirst.MayLawsonMcGhee,of Knoxville,daughterofCol.CharlesMcGhee. MaudeWilliams,daughterofJohnShelbyandMattii (Sevier'WilliamsmarriedRobertP.Bonnie,ofLouisville, Kentucky.Havechildren: ShelbyWilliamsBonnie. MaIlieSevierBonnie. RobertP.Bonnie. AnnaPassmanWilliams,daughterofJohnShelbyand Matlie(Sevier)Williams,marriedWentworthP.Johnson ofNorfolk,Virginia.Children: Wen'IiworrhP.Johnson,junior. ShelbyWilliamsJohnson(adaughter). Threechildrendiedininfancy.

(2)JosephMinnickWilliams JosephMinnickWilliams,sonofDavid'andPriscilla (Shelby)Williams,marriedNov.13th.180i\EmilyD. Polk,daughterofGeneralLuciusPolk,ofMauryC'/unty, Tennessee.ShewasbornMarch29th,1837.Hadchildren: 1 HenryYeatnianWilliams,bornHamiltonPlace, Nashville.March29th,1803;marriedLouisePitcher.March 8ih.1894.Residence.SanAntonio,Texas. 2 J. MinnickWilliams,junior,unmarried;bom February8th,1866.

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(3) LuciusPolkWilliams,unmarried;bornNovember 18i57. 4 NannieM.Williams,bornJuly1870,diedApril0th, 1890. 5 FlizaPolkWilliams,bornApril1872,diedJuly3rd, 1891. 6 PriscillaShelbyWilliams,bornatAshwood,Ten- nessee,January4th,1878;marriedGeorgeS.Briggs,March 7':b,1901.Hadissue: GeorgeShelbyBriggs,bornMarch7th,1902,atNorfoik, Virginia. (3) AnnaMinnickWilliams AnnieMinnickWilliams,daughterofDavidandPris- illa(Shelby)Williams,marriedFrankFassman,ofNhw Orleans.Hadchildren: MariaShelbyFassman,marriedMr.Brook,hasone child. AnnaMinnickFassman,marriedRev.J.G.Shackelford; hasonechild'. AnthonyBledsoeShelby AnthonyBledsoeShelby,sonofDavidandSarah(Bled soe)Shelby,wasborninSumnerCounty,Jan.15,1789 HemarriedMarianWinchester,daughterofStephenWin chester.Hestudiedlaw,andafterpracticingatGallatin forsometime,removed

317 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES BennettHendersonShelby,boraMarch24,1834. AntonctfeMarianShelby,bornNov.16,1834,diedyoung NelsonShelby,diedin1838. SnllieShelbyandHerDescendants (I) SallieShelby,daughterofJudgeAnthonyBIe«J' soeandMarian(Winchester)Sinlbv.birn in Sumner County,May10.1812.marriedDr.MilesSeldonWatkins, ofMississippi.Hadchildren: SeldeuWatkins. LeighWatkins. MarianShelbyWatkins. ErskinWatkins. NettieShelbyWatkins. FearnWatkins.Noinformation.. LeighWatkins.sonofDr.MilesSeldenandSallie (Shelby)Watkins,marriedWillieKearney,ofMadison County,Mississippi.Hadchildren: MaryLeighWatkins. LeighWatkins. MaryLeighWatkins.daughterof LeighandWillie, (Kearney)Watkins,marriedWm.H. McCulloch,of Ferguson,Missouri.Hadchildren. ErskinWatkinsMcCulloch. EizabethZaneMcOulloch. WilliamH.McCulloch.junior. MarianShelbyWatkins.daughterofDr.MilesSeldon andSally(Shelby)Watkins.marriedWilliamEwingRoss, ofMadisonCounty,Mississippi.Hadchildren: WillieB.Ross.' MarianShelbyRoss. SallyShelbyRoss. WatkinsRoss. .lamesB.Ross. WillieH.Ross,sunofWin.EwingandMarian(Watkins) Ross,marredLillicPcwlros,ofJackson,Mississippi.Hav» child: WillieB.Ross. WillieH.Russ.sunid'Wm.EwingandMarian(Watkins) (Sh:lbyWatkins.marriedAlicePetrie.ofJackson,Mis sissippi,wheretheynowreside.Hadchildren: RosaFarrarWatkins. MarianShelbyWatkins. ErskinWatkins.junior. HerhiTlPetrieWatkins.

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AlicePetrieWatkins. Aninfantwhodliedyoung. RoseFarrarWatkins,daughterofErskinandAlice (Pefrie)Watkins.marriedCalvinWells,junior,alawyer ofJackson,Mississippi.Onechild: AlicePetrieWells. NettieShebyWatkins,daughterofDr.MilesSeldunand Sally(Shelby)Watkins.Unmarried'.ResidesinJackson, Mississppi. (2) DavidShelbyandHisDescendants DavidShelby,sonof AnthonyBledsoeandMarion (Winchester)Shelby,wasbornatGallatin,May7,1814; marriedMaryT.Boiildin,Jan13,1837.Hadchildren: AnthonyDaviesDouldinShelby,bornOct.10.1845. DavidD.Shelby,bornOct.24,1847;marriedEason DavisinHuntsville,Alabama,August8th,1872;noissue. MariaBledsoeShelby. MarianWinchesterShelby;noinformation. VancyHowardShelby;noinformation. DavidShelby,sonofDavidand/MaryT. (Bouldin; Shelby,wasbornOct.24,1847;marriedAug.8,1872,Annie EastonDavis.In1882-86heservedintheAlabamaSenate, wasappointedlJudgeoftheUnitedStatesCourt.Fifth Circuit,1899.ResidesinHuntsville,Alabama.Nochildren. MariaBledsoeShelby MariaBledsoeShelby,daughterofDavidandMaryT. (Bouldin)Shelby,marriedMay14,1871,SamuelPleasants. Hadchildren: NellieS.Pleasants,bornMay2,1872. MarianShelbyPleasants,horninMarch,1874. MarianShelbyPleasants MarianShelbyPleasants,daughterof Samueland MariaBlnrteoe(Shelby)PleasantswasborninMarch187k MarriedRev.OscarHaywood,Aug.1896;diedin1898;no issue. PriscillaKateShelbyandHerDescendants PriseilloKaleShelby,daughterofJudgeAnthonyBled- srvandMarian(Winchesteri Shelby,wasborninSumner CounT/y,July15.1818:married!J.C.P.Hammond,ofMis sissippi.Hadchildren: EliShelbyHammond. F.McLarenHammond. PriscillaHammond.

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EliShelbyHammond EliShelbyHammond,sonofJ.C.P.andPriscillaKate (Shelby)Hammond,wasbornat Brandon,Mississippi, April)il,1838.Servedint'heConfederatearmy,men studiedlawandpracticeduntil1878,whenhewasap pointedUnitedStatesDistrictJudgeforWes*Tennessee, andservedtohisdeath.Dec.17,1904.Hemarried'Jan.13, 1864,FannieDavis.Hadchildren: I PattyHammond. II OrlandoD.Hammond. 1 PattyHammond,daughterofJudgeEliShelbyand Fannie(Davis)Haimmond,wasborninRipley,Mississippi, Junei5,1868.MarriedDr.GeorgeW.Jarman,sonofProf. Oeorge\V.Jarman,whowasformanyyearsPresidentof CheS.W.B.UniversityatJackson,Tennessee.Residence, No.54W.76thSt.,NewYork.Havechildren: GeorgeWallaceJarman. ShelbyHammondJarman. MarthaShelbyJarman. /.'.McLarenHammondandDescendants F.McLarenHammond,sonofJ.C.P.andPriscillaKite (Shelby)Hammondmarrkd'MaryMayes.Hadchildren: floraHammond. Ferdinand'McLarenHammond. MaryHammond. HarryHammond. GoraHammond,daughterof McLarenandMary (MayesiHammond,married\Yesley~Owen._Residencain Texas.Haschildren.Noinformation...—. FerdinandMcLarenHammond,sonofMcLaren'"and Mary(Mayes)Hammond,marriedandhaschildren.N*i\ information. MaryHammond,daughterofMcLarenandMary (MayesiHammond,marriedandhaschildren.Noin formation. \ HarryHammond,sonf McLarenandMary(Mayesi\ Hammond,marriedandhaschildren.Noinformation. PriscillaHammond PriscillaShelbyHammond,daughterofJ.C.P.and PriscillaKate(Shelby)Hammond,marriedJ.M.Scruggsof Byhalia,Mississippi,Oct.19,1864.Hadchildren: FrancesLynnScruggs. Janus Merriwe'lherScruggs.

320 SHELBY FrancisLynnScruggs,daughterofJ.M.andPriscilla Shelby(Hammond)ScruggswasbornatJackson,Tennes see.July25,1805.MarriedJ.HancockRobinson,inHolly Springs,Mississippi,August24,1886.TheyresideinWash ington,D.C. Haveonechild: ShelbyGoldteboroughRobinson,daughter,bornJulv8. 1888. JamesMerriwetherScruggs,sonpfJ.M.andPriscilla Shelby(Hammond)Scruggs,marriedLillieWhitney,of Memphis,wheretheyhaveahome.Havechildren: WhitneyScruggs,daughter. JamesMerriwetherScruggs,junior. NolanFountaineScruggs. JuliaWinchesterShelby,daughterofJudgeAnthony BledsoeandMarian(Winchester)Shelby,wasbomaltGai- l'alin,July15,1822.MarriedMr.Ware,alawyer,ofJack son,Mississippi.Hadchildren: WinchesterBledsoeWare.Diedyoung. WinchesterBledsoeShelby,sonofJudgeAnthonyBled soeandMarian(Winchester)Shelby,wasbornatDixon Springs,Tennessee,Jan.18,1827.HeservedintheCon federateArmy,withtherankofColonel.MarriedMargaret Alexander.Hadchildren: BledsoeAlexanderShelby,merchant,St.Louis,Mis souri;noinformation. WilliamH.Shelby,merchant,St.Louis;noinformation. EdwinShelby,insuranceagent,NewOrleans;noin formation. DavidShelby,lawyerinOklahoma;noinformation. Haddaughtersalso: PriscillaShelby (4)PriscillaShelby,daughterof DavidandSarah (Bleiteoe)ShelbywasborninSumnerCounty.Married HenryL.Douglass,anativeofSumnerCounty.Hewasa merchantofVicksburg,Mississippi,wherehe'diedin185*. Theirdaughterwas: PriscillaDouglass. Afterthedeathofhiswife,PriscillaShelby,Henry L.DouglassmarriedMissAlcorn,sisterofGovernorAlcorn, ofMississippi.AfterherdeathhemarriedMrs.Jane Crabb.motherofHenryCrabbofSonorafame.Colonel DouglasswasoneofthelargestmerchantsinVicksburg andwasownerofthefirstcottoncompressinMississippi. PriscillaDouglass,daughterofHenryL.andPriscilla

321 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES (Shelby)Douglass,marriedI)r.Robert0.K.Martin,who wasbornInNashville,Aug.9, 1808.Afterreceivinga classicaleducationhegraduatedfromFranklinMedical College,Philadelphia,wiffihdistinguishedhonors,thensuc cessfullypracticedmedicineforapproximatelyfortyyears, winningeminenceinbisprofession,andwasnotedfor hisphilanthropy. HediedinNashville,Feb.9,1872.Hadchildren: BeltieMartin. Mary'ShelbyMartin.Nevermarried. AliceMartin. HenryDouglassMartin. PlayerMartin.Nevermarried. RobertC.K.Margin,junior. MariaMartin. ShelbyMartin.Nevermarried. IlettieMartin BettieMartin,daughterof RobertC.K.andPriscilla (Douglass)Martin,marriedW.C.Butterfield.Hadchl- dren: WilliamButterfield;unmarried. RobertButterfield. NellieButterfield:unmarried; residesatLittleRook, Arkansas. RobertM.Bu'ttrefieJd,sonofW.C.andBettie(Martin) Butterfield,marriedMissPhonesofLittleRock.Arkansas, when'theyreside.Children: JosephPhonesButterfield. BettieMartinBuMerfleld. 2 AliceMartin,daughterofRobert0.K.andPriscilla (Douglass)Martin,married\V.H.Hart.Noissue.After .thedeathofMr.HartshemanuedJohnLamiahan. 3 HenryDouglassMartin,sonofDr.RuberiIi1.K.and Priscilla(Douglass)Martin,marriedLizzieNichols.No issue. 4 RobertC.K.Martin,sonofRobertC.K.andPriscilla (Douglass)Martin,marriedSarahShelbyAnderson.Re sidesinNashville.Haveonechild: BettieMartin,unmarried. 5 MariaMartin,daughterofDr.RobertC.K.andPris cilla(Douglass)Martin,marriedW.0.Butterfield.whohad previouslymarriedhersister.Bettie.Hadchildren: BettieButterfiield; unmarried. DuncanButterfield;unmarried;residesinNashville, SHELBY

EleanororNellieShelbyandHerDescendants NellieShelby,daughterofDavidandSarah(Bledsoe) ShelbywasborninSumnerCounty,atSpencer'sChoice, Jan.14,1799.ShemarriedGen.RobertDesha,sonof RobertDesha.Gen.Desha'smotherwas,beforehermar riage,EleanorWheeler,whowasadaughterofJoseph Wheeler,aCaptaininitheRevolutionaryWar.Heserved asaCaptainandaBrigadier-MajorintheWarof1812.He wasarepresentativeinCongressfromTennesseefrom1827 to1831.HewasforsometimeamerchantinGallatinand laterremovedtoMobile,Alabama,whereheconducteda flourishingbusinessuntilhisdeath.Feb.8,1849.Their childrenwere: CarolineDesha. PhoebeAnnDesha. JuliaDesha. I CarolineDesha,daughterof GeneralRobertand Nellie(Shelby)Desha,marredfirst,RobertBarney;second, LloydAbbott.No.information. II PhoebeAnnDesha,daughterofGen.Robertand Nellie(Shelby)Desha,marriedfirst.RobertBarney;second, Mobile,Alabama.Hadchildren: (1) AlvaErskinSmith AlvaErskinSmith,daughterofDr.MurrayForbesand Phoebe(Desha)Smiflh,wasborninMobile,Alabama.Mar riedfirst,WilliamK.VanderbiltofNewYork;second, OliverH.P.Belmont,whowasborninNewYork,Nov.12. 1858,sonofAugustusBelmont;educatedattheU.S.Naval Academy,andservedtwoyearsintheNavy;thenresigned. WasforsometimeamemberofthebankingfirmofAugust Belmont&Company.Electedtothe57thCongressasa Democrat.DiedinNewYork.June8,1898.Shehaschil dren: ConsueloVanderbilt,borninNewYork.March2,1877. WilliamKissmanVanderbilt,borninNewYork,Oct.26, 1878. HaroldStirlingVanderbilt,borninNewYork,Julyfi 1884. K ConsueloVandrbilt.daughterof Win.K.andAlva Erskine(Smith)Vanderbilt.wasborninNewYork,March 2,1877.Marriedfirst,Nov.6,1895,CharlesRichardJohn SpencerChmchill.DukeofMarlbrough.HasChildren: JohnWilliamChurchill,MarquisofBlanford. IvoryChurchill(Lord). NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

Shere-marriedin1921. WilliamKissmanVanderbi'lt,junior,sonofWm..K. andAlvaErskin(Smith)VanderbiltwasborninNew York,Oct.26,1878.MarriedApril1900,VirginiaPair.Has *.hildren: MurielVanderbilt. ConsueloVandbrbiM. WilliamVanderbilt,Third,marriedRachelLittleton. 2 MaryVirginiaSmith,daughterofDr.MurrayForbes andPhoebe(Desha))Smith,marriedfirst,Fernando Yzanga;second,W.G.Tiffany,ofNewYork. 3 FlorenceSmith,daughterofDr:MurrayForbesand Phoebe(Desha)SmithmarriedGastonDeFontenilliat.Had children: . ReneeFontenilliat. (9) OrvilleShelbyandDescendants OrvilleShelby,sonofDavidandSarah(Bledsoe)Shelby wasborninSumnerCounty,onJanuary21,1803.He marriedCarolineWinchester,daughterof Gen.James Winchesterandsoonthereafterremovedto Lexington, Kentucky.Hischildrenwere: JosephOrvilleShelby. CarrieShelby. IsaacShelby. /. JosephOrvilleShelby GeneralJosephOrvilleShelby,sonof Orvilleand Caroline(Wncnester)Shelby,wasbornatLexington, Kentucky,in1831.Receivedaliberalreducationandengaged inmercantilepursuits.RemovedtoWaverly,Missouri,in 1850.andcommencedthemanufactureofbaledrope.Soon afterwardstheKansastroublebrokeout,andhereturned toKentucky,whereheorganizedacompanyfor'territorial service.Whenquiethadbeenrestoredhereturndtohis ropefactory.AtthebreakingoutoftheWarBetweenthe. Statesheraisedacompanyofcavalryand!enterediheCon federateservicewiththerankofCaptain.In1862here cruitedaregiment,ofwhichhewaschosenColonel,and wasgivencommandofabrigadeofwhichhisregiment formed.a part.InMarch1864,hewascommissioneda BrigadierGeneral,andlatera MajorGeneral.Shelby's BrigadewasoneofthemostfamouscommandsinmeCon federateservice.Gen.Shelbywasabornleaderofmen. Brave,daring,chivalrous,andknewnoitithemeaningof thewoivifear.Hewas(heidolofhismenandwastothe Trans-MississippidepartmentwhatForrestwastotheEast,

324 SHELBY i Nobravermanthan'OldJoeShelby',everdrewasword". In1893hewasappointedUnitedStatesMarshalbyPresi dentCleveland,andheldtheofficeuntilhisdeath,February 13,1897,athishomeinAdrian,Missouri.* JosephOrvilleShelby,married1858,BettyShelby;had issue: 1 OrvilleShelby;livedinOklahoma, 2 JosephShelby;livedinKansasCity,Missouri. II CarrieShelby CarrieShelby,daughterofOrvilleandCaroline(Win chester)Shelby,marriedHenryBlood;hadchildren: HenryBlood;dead. LawtonBlood;Noinformation. MayBlood. LauraBlood. OlgaBlood;noinformation. MaudBlood. MayBlood,daughterofHenryandCarrie(Shelby) Blood,marriedaMr.Walsh.Residesin NewYork.No information. LauraBlood,daughterofHenryandCarrie(Shelby) Blood,marriedaMr.Walsh. MaudeBlood,daughterofHenryandCarrie(Shelby) BloodmarriedHaroldSanderson,managerofifiheWhite StarLineofSteamshipsofLiverpool.Hewaslostatsea. ///.IsaacShelby IsaacShelby,sonofOrvilleandCaroline(Winchester) Shelby,ayoungerbrotherofGeneralJoseph0.Shelby, wasborninLexington,Kentucky.RemovedtoMissouri. HeservedintheConfederateAitmyascolor-bearerinGor don'sBrigade,intheTrans-Mississippidepartment,andwas distinguishedforhisdaring.Nootherinformaition. 10 Sa'rahBledsoeShelbyandDescendants (10SarahBledsoeShelby,daughterof Davidand Sarah(Bledsoe)Shelby,borninSumnerCounty,Jan.21, 1806.MarriedDr.ThomasFearnonFeb.26,1822.Died May22.1842.Dr.FearnwasasonofThomasFearnand wasborninPittsylvaniaCounty,Virginia,Nov.15.1789; iliedJan.16,1863.Herchildrenwere: MaryEleanorFearn. SarahFearn.marriedHon.WilliamS.Barry,Columbus, Mississippi;bothdead. KateFearn. AdaFearn.

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MariaFearn. BemioeFearn. Lucy\a'vFearn. /. MaryFearn MaryFearndaughterofDr.ThomasandSarah JJledsoe(Shelby)Fearn,marriedGustavusL.Mastin.Had children: ArabellaMastin;nevermarried. ThuimasMastin. JamesMastin. FrankMastin;never'married. SallieShelbyMastin. GnstavusL.Mastin,junior. 1 ThomasMastin/sonofGustavisL.andMary(Fearn) Mastin.marriedMaryIrbyBate,daughterofthelateSen atorWilliamB.Ba'te.ofTennessee.Residesin Grand View.Texas.Theirchildren: Bate'Mastin. MaryEleanorMastin. JulienMastin. MaryEleanorMastin,daughterofThomasandMary Irby(Bates)MastinmarriedJohnStevensDouglass. 2 JamesMastin,sonofGustavusL.andMary(Fearn) Mastin.marriedMattieTutwilerofAlabama.Noissue. 3 SallieShelbyMasWn,daughterofGustavusL.and Mary(Fearne)MastinmarriedEugeneBucknor.No.issue. 4 GustavusL.Mastin,junior,sonf GustavusL|and Mary(Fearn':MastinmarriedLucyMatthews.Hadchil dren: JohnMastin. SallieShelby.Mastin. ClaraMastin. LucyMastin. FrankMastin. II SarahFearn SarahFearn,daughterofDr.ThomasandSarahBledsoe (Shelby)Fearn,marriedColonelWilliamF.Barry.Had children: WilliamShelbyBarry. WilliamShelbyBarry,sonofColonelWilliamF.and Sarah(Fearn)Barry,marriedfirst,BerniceSteel,a first cousin.Hadonechild: WilliamShelbyBarry,junior.

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IIIKateFearn

KateFearn,daughterofDr.ThomasandSarahBled soe(Shelby)Fearnmarried'in1848,ColonelMatthewSteele. HadChildren: ThomasSteele. SallieSteele. ElizaSteele;nevermarried. GeorgeSteele;nevermarried. RobertSteele. BerniceSteele. MaMhewSteele. TracySteele. KatyWilleSteele;nevermarried. ThomasSteele,sonofGol.MatthewandRate(Fearne) Steele,marriedLovieStrode.Hadchildren: .ShelbySteele. KateSteele. MaySteele. SallieSteele. StellaSteele. BerniceSteele. MatthewSteele,junior. AnnieSteele. 2 SallieSteele,daughterofCol.MatthewandKate (Fearn)SteelemarriedJohnNewman.Hadonechild: RobertE.Newman. 3 RobertSteele,sonofCol.MathewandKate(Fearn) SteelemarriedTil'lieWeaver.Noissue. 4 BerniceSteele,daughterofCol.MatthewandKate (Fearn)SteelemarriedWilliamShelbyBarry,herfirst oousin.Hadonechild: WilliamShelbyBarry,junior. 5 MatthewForneySteele,junior,sonofCol.Matthew andKate(Fearn)Steeleisa CaptainintheU.S.Army, SixthRegimentofCavalry.MarriedStellaFolsom.No issue. 6 TracySteele,sonofCol.MatthewandKate(Fearn) SteelemarriedCourtneyCrulchfield.Havechildren: TracySteele,junior. WilliamSteele. NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES

Secondmarriage,JosephineHolliques^.Hadonechild: JosephineBarry. IVAdaFearn AdaFearn,daughterofDr.ThomasandSarahBledsoe (Shelby)Fearnmarriedfirst,Dr.GeorgeSteele;had children: AnnaSteele.. FearnSteele. .Marriedsecond,JudgeHook. AnnaSteelemarriedMr.Edgar.Hadchildren: AnnieD.Eager. FearnEager;diedyoung. FearnSteele,sonofDr.GeorgeandAda(Fearn)Steele, marriedSadie . Hadonechild': GeorgeSteele. V MariaFearn MariaElizaFearn,daughterofDr.ThomasandSarah Bledsoe(Shelby)Farn,June25,1855marriedCol.William W.Garth,ofHuntsvilleAlabama,whoservedonthestaff ofG.'nLongstreet MuringtheWarBetweenWieStates.He wasborninMorganCounty,Alabama;pursuedclassical studiesn'fLagrangeandatEmoryandHenryCollege,then studied'lawall!theUniversityof Virginia.Commenced practiceatHuntsville.ElectedarepresentativeinCongress in1888,andservedonetermasaDemocrat.Hudchildren: WinstonF.Garth. WinstonF.Garth,sonofCol.WilliamWillisandMaria Eliza(Fearn)Garth,marriedLenaGarth,acousin.Had children: WilliamWillisGarth,junior. i AliceD. Garth;unmarried;livesin Huntsville, Alabama. MariaFearnGarth. HoraceEverettGarth. WilliamWillisGarth,junior,sonofWinstonFearnand LenaGarth,married'LouisaDodsworth.Haveonechildi: LenaGarth. VILucyFearn LucyLeeFearn,daughterofDr.ThomasandSarah Bledsoe(Shelby)Fearn,marriedGeorgeMiller;noissue. VI MARYSHELBY MaryShelby,daughterofBrig.-Gen.Shelbymarried AdamAlexanderofnoteinconnectionwiththeMecklen

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burgDeclarationofIndependence,andstillfurtherknownin NorthCarolinahistoryforhismilitaryservicesduringUhe RevolutionaryWar.HewasbornSeptember28,1728,in Pennsylvania,ofScotch-Irishparentage.Theyhadissue: (l.iEvanShelbyAlexander,graduateatPrinceton1787, wasalawyerandamemberoftheNinthCongressfrom SalisburyDistrict,NorthCarolina,in1808-9,diedin1809 unmarried;(2)IsaacAlexander;(3)CharlesTaylorAlex ander.(ThreeoftheTaylorsistersofCarlisle,Pennsyl vania,marriedAlexanders,ancestorsoftheNorthCarolina Alexanders;anothersister,MargaretTaylor,married WilliamPolk,andthiscoupleweretheprogenitorsofthe SouthernlineofthePolkfamilyinNorthCarolina).(4) SarahAlexander;(5)MaryAlexander.Theoldestmarried CaoainJohnSprings.Therearemanydescendantsof IsaacandCharlesAlexander,andtheSpringslivinginthat sectionofNorthCarolinanow.

VANCE

Theancestryofanyfamilyorpersongoesbackinsnch a multiplicityoflinesitishardinanycaseto trace thepredominatestrain. Onemayhowever,tracewithfairdegreeofcertainty theoriginandvariouschangesinHienamethefamily bears. Miis

331 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES inenlstjaperiodofstillgreaterantiquity,theirancestors holdingthemaverydistinguishedrank,theirprincipalresi dencebeingtheCastleofBaux,situatedonanelevatedrock near'tineCityofAries,wheretheruinsmayyetbeseen. Therehavebeenmanyconjecturesastotheriseofthe familyoftheancientBaronsofBaux,buttheNorman historians(whocertainlymustbeconsideredthebestau thoritiesoftheirltSimes),aredecidedlyoftheopinionthat theyareabranchoftheVisigothicBalti,a racewhich boastedhavinggivenalonglineofmonarchstotheYVest^ ernGoths,withtheformidablenameof Alaricat their head'. Thiswasinitheyear500oftheChristianEra,butthe firstofparticularrecord,isRollin.orGorsallindeBaux, sellledatBauxinProvence800.HemarriedHerrinbuck, daughterandheiressofWilliam,SovereignofCountof OrangeandnieceofBertha,wifeofEmperorCharlemgne. In929BerlraiurfdeBauxofProvence,went'toNormandy byinvitationoftineDukeofNormandy.In1096Raoulde VauxofNormandy,borathesamearmsasVausofthe houseofProvence. OniI(hecontinentofEuropethedeVauxfamilyhave beenDukesofAndrea,PrincesofJoinville,Tarantaand AltaMara,SovereignCountofOrangeandProvenceand KingsofVienneandArlisaswellasLordsdeVauxofNor mandy.HubertdeVauxordeVallibus,wastheeldestson ofHarold,LorddeVauxofNormandy,whowentoverwith William,theConqueror,in1060andwasasfirstlordof ParliamentfortheBaronyofGilliesland. ThisHubertwasancestoroftheLordsofRuthvine,Ker, andHomeaswellasilheEarlsofBothwell.Allofthese familiesbearthequarteredarmsofVaux. ItismanycenturiessincethenoblehouseofVauxin Englandbecameextinctand'thepeerageremainedinabey anceuntil1838,whenitwasrevivedinthepersonofGeorge Mostyn,Esq..heirmaletoMary,sisterofthelastLord VauxofHarrowden. However,accordingloPlayfair,themalelinewas carriedbyJohannisVauxwhosettledinGalloway,married anheiressandcbtainedthelandsofBran'barrochinScot land. BarnbarrouchHouse,locatedintheParishofKirkimer, nearthetownofWigton.issaidtobeoneofthemost beautifulini'hecountry..Thepresentowner,withwhom thewriterhascorresponded,isJamesVans-Agnew,twenly

332 VANCE firstlairdofBarnbarroch.HequartersthearmsofVans withHhoseofAgnew.Allchildrenexcepttheoldestsonbear thenameVans.Onmestoneabovethedoorofthehouse theVansarmsarecutinthestonewiththedale1433and initialsJ.V.&E.K. Rev.JohnVans,firstofthenameofIreland,whosewill fded1662,intherecordsofDublinCastlebearsonitsseal thearmsofVansofBarnbarroch,wasagrandsonofSir PatrickVansandMargaivOKennedy,hiswife,grand daughterofKingRobertIII,ofScotland. FromthisJohnVans,theVancefamiliesofNorth IrelandandAmericatracetheirdescent. SomeyearsagoMi'.WilliamBalbrinie,ofGlasgow,at therequestofanolderbrotherlivinginMelbourne,who hadbeengrantedtherigh'ltoassumethenameBalbirnie- Vans,undertooktotracethehistoryoftheIrishbranchof theVancefamily. Hehailaccesstoafamilyhistorydrawnupbyhis uncle,GeorgeWashingtonVance(born1790.died1825), andonewrittenpreviousto1825by'oneof(helairdsof Barnbarroch.HevisitedthefamilyinScotlandandIreland andwasgivenmuchassistancebySirBernardBurke, UlsterKingatArms,andotherprominentgenealogists. Theresultofbislabors,theVancebookpublished1860, contains,nodoub!',alltheauthenticdatainregardtothe familyinIrelanduptothatlime. TheVancefamilyinAmericaarepracticallyallde scendedfromtheIrishfamilyofthatname.I havebeen endeavoringtoconnectupsomeofthefamilygroupswith thoseMr.Balbriniementionsascomingtothiscounty. Theaccountof GeorgeWashingtonVancesays"a daughterofJohnVance(mygrandfather), marriedAndrew Jackson,ofMagherfelt,whoemigratedtoAmericaand theregavebirthtoAndrewJackson,thegeneral,latepresi dentofitiheUnitedStates,ofwhomi't iswrittenheisthe bravestsoldierandwiseststatesmanthateverancientor modernhistoryrecorded'. "AndrewVance,fourthsonofJohn,alsoemigratedto America.andtherebecamethefounderofa family;one ofhissonswasanofficerintheAmericanwarandwas killedinactionfightingunderWashington.Adescendent ofhiswasmemberofCongressfromNorthCarolinain 1824". I givehisstatementinfvdl:Mr.Vance,whosefather wasfirstcousintoAndrewJackson,wasnamedforGeroge

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Washington,probablyonaccountofhisfather'sinability tocarryIhrughhisplantocnmftoAmerica,andthefamily were,nndoubt,incorrespondncewithrelativeshere.The statementinregardtoJackson'smother'snameisaccepted byO'HarlandotherauthoritieshutforsomereasonJack son'sbiographerslurehavenevercreditedhimwil'hany prominentancestry.muchbeingmadeofhisrisefroma commonfamiily.Hismother'sfatherwasJohnVance,son ofLaunceloitVance,sonofRev.JohnVansofIreland". AnotherfamilythatofHughofGorfwood5,Thomas4, George3.PatrickRev.John1.alsohasarecordofseveral memberswhorumcto America.Patrick,sonofHugh, cameloAmericaunmarried.ThisPatrickhadabrother alsonamedHughwhohadfivesons,fourofwhomfollowed theiruncletoAmerica.TheywereJohn,wholocatedin Baltimoreandhaultwosons,Patrickwhohadtwodaugh ters,ThomasofBaltimoreandHugh,whomarriedaMiss Corscaddon,ofDonegal,andemigratedtoPittsburg. TheScotch-Irishbegancomingtothiscountryfrom NorthIrelandearlyinseventeenhundred.Theywereurged tocomeltoavoidpersecutionathomeandlargemanors weregrantedalongthefrontiertovariouspersonswho agreedtobringa certainnumberofsettlers.Jamesand WilliamVancehadgrantsinBeverlyManorintheShenan doahValley. Itseemswelltoputdownforuseofanyoneinterested afewoftheVancegroupswhowerehereearly,evenifthe connectionbetweenthegroupsisnotclear. TheVirginiaVancescamefirsttoLancasterandChester CountiesinPennsylvaniaandfromthesewithWilliam Hoge,orHogg,arelativeofAndrewVance,toformthefirst settlementintheShenandoahValley.TheseScotchPres byterianswereWhereasearlyas1736. I. JamesVancewhomarriedinIreland1734,Mary GambleGlassnamesinhiswill,filedFrederickCounty, Virginia,1754.hisbrothersWilliamandDavid,anilsons WilliamandSamuel.Onebranchof theOhioVances descendfromthisSamuel. If. Maj.WilliamVance(1718-88).wasin Augusta County.Virginia,1742and1756and1758wasengagedin theIndianwarswithhisbrothersJohnandPatrick,M.D. ThisPaitrick,accordingitothefamilyrecord'sofhisdescen dants,wasdirecfiydescendedofRev.JohnVans. MajorWilliamVancewithhissonJosephandIj1s_ nephewJohn(sonofJohn),movedtoWashingtonCounty,

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Pennsylvania,1778.TheywerethefoundersofVance's FortatCrossCreek.Pennsylvania,wheremanyofthename werehorn.Afullaccountoftheirdescendantsmaybe foundintheCountyHistoryonfilewiththeWashington CountyHistoricalAssociation.. ^'s*" III.CharlesVancewasinPiqua,Pennsylvania,1730, MissonsJohn.AlexanderandJosephlocatedinOhio.(See AlexanderGenealogy.PorjjfieldGenealogyandHayden's HistoryofVirginia). IV.DavidVanceofFrederickCounty,Virginiaprobably, agrandsonofMajorWilliam,leftaccordingto hiswill^, , filed1708.thefollowingchildren.David,marriedSarah Quimby(seeQivimbyGenealogy),John,JosephColvill, Mary.Ann,(marriedJosephVance).MarthamarriedSol- onionVailandJeanefctemarriedMilesWilson.Joseph ColvillebornMarch24,1759,sonofDavid,wenttoKen tuckyin1788latermovedtoOhio.HissonswereJohn M.,wholocatedinIllinois,William,Wilson,Moses,and JosephwhowasoneoftheearlvGovernorsoftheState ofOhio(1836.) ALEXFRANKLINVANCE SonofJosephColvilleVance AlexanderFranklinVance(ofUrbana,Ohio),married M«ryRebeccaWardandhadthirteenchildrenamong whomwere: JosephColvilleVancemarriedEmilyPatrickandhad twosons,namely.JosephMacArthurVance(mannedGrace andhadtwosons,JosephColvilleVance,diedin infancy,andDuncanMacArthurVance),andHarryVance (.nwirriedAugustaReidandhasnochildren). 2 JohnCorwinVance(livinginChattanooga)mar riedEdHiPriceandhastwodaughters,Elizabeth(married ,. BurleighAnnisandhasa daughter,VanceAnnis),and EstherVance(marriedRichardRennerandhasnochil dren. 3 HenryCaldwellVance,married andhad asonMarion,andadaughterMargaret. * FrankVancemarriedMaryJamison.Theirdaughter, LouiseVance,marriedSenatorCharlesBrand. 5 EllaVance,unmarried,nowlivinginUrbana,Ohio. V. Col.SamuelVancelivedinAugustaCounty,Vir ginia.Hischildrenwere:Rachelmarried'Hamilton, 178fi;2JamesmarriedMarshall;MargaretmarriedCocke

335 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES rill,Betsy,SarahPatsy.BenjaminmarriedMargaretLind say,ofKentucky,andJames. iV. VI.John(1736-1823),imarriedJaneBlack.Hehad brothersDavid,Arthur.SamuelandJosephC. Hischildren wereJames,born1760,John1762.Elizabeth1765,Andrew 1768,Samuel1769.marriedBlackburn,Joseph1772.Ester 1786,Christian1778andJohn1783. VII.SamuelVancemarriedin Ireland,Margaret Laughlin.Children:1 Samuel,born17847marriedEliza bethBrown(adescendantofKingRobertIII).Hediedat Clarkesville,Tennessee,1823.TheirchildrenwereMorgan. William,Samuel,ElizabethmarriedTopp,andMargaret marriedChildress.2 Robert,3John,4 David(ofNorth Carolina),5James,6 Elizabeth.7 Sarahand8 Margaret AbrammarriedAliceGaleArmstrong. VIII.PatrickandbrotherJohn,whohadlargeestates alongtheFallingSpringnearChambersburg,Pennsylvania. Themansionhouseofthesebrothersstillstands.They weredirectdescendantsofRev.JohnVance.Patrickleftno issue.JohnhadasonJohnfromwhomGeorgeVance Johnsondescends. IV.HughVanceofBoston,born1699.marriedMary Pemberton.Children:John,WilliammarriedClark, EbenezerandSamuel. X. SamuelVance,whosefatherbornon'theHighSeas, andlivedinBaltimoreCounty.Maryland,marriedAgnes(?) ofEnglishQuakerstock.Samuelhadfourbrothers: 1 David,whosechildrenwereRobert,Samuel,anddaugh terswhomarriedClymr,ThompsonandRittenhaus;.2 Joseph,wholivedinPennsylvania;3 William,4 James. 5JonathanmarriedBaxter,6BetsyandMary.Twobroth ers,accordingtofamilytraditions,sealedin the"Caro- linas."SamuelbornBaltimoreCounty,Maryland,1762and marriedOct.14,1798atBelAir,MarylandtoMaryAnn Waters,bornMarch29,1779was14yearsoldwhenthe Revolutionstartedandservedforashorttimewhenabout 17..Hisfourbrothersalsoservedandhisfathererectedan arsenalandgavepowdertotheStateofMaryland'.The mother,however,remainedloyaltoGreatBritain.Samuel waseducatedatUniversityofBaltimoreandalsolearned thewheelwrighttrade.Hetraveled'throughNewYorkand LancasterCounties.Pennsylvania,buyinghorsehair,from whichseiveswerethenmad!e.Aftermarriage,however,he followedteachingexclusively.HediedMarch1,1843at Connersville,Ind.

336 VANCE ThefourchildrenofSamuelandMaryWatersVance were,ElishaandElijah,twins,horninHarnerdCounty, Maryland,1801.Eli,bornFeb.5,1810,WashingtonCounty, Pennsylvania,diedyoung.Eliza,bornJan.21,1813,'died young. ElijahVancehadltiwodaughterswholeftnoissue.He wasalawyerandprominentintheearlyhistoryofOhio, beingamemberofthefirstconstructionalconvention,and servingseveraltimesinthelegislature. Elisha.twintoElijah,camedowntheOhiotoCincin natiabout1820ona flatboat,withAlexanderVance,a distantrelative,whowasapotterbytradeandwholocated nearCincinnati.ElisfralivedinButlerCounty.Ohio,and Connersville,Indiana,wherehedied.Hewasalawyerand prominen'!inpolitics.HemarriedinButlerCounty,Ohio, 1820,Mary,

337 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES childrenwere:Ed'wardSawyer(byfirstwife Saw yer),bornAug.14,1855;2Maud,bumApril1.1860.died Feb.15,1864. 3 MiltonCallender,bornNashville,July13,1863.mar riedatOsceola,MissouriMay14,1895toFrancesRussell. Children:LouisWhaley,boriiApril12.1891atOsceola.Mis souri,andEdwardMilton,barnDec.2,1898.anddiedin serviceOct.2,1818. 4 Alice,bornJune8,1872atClinton,Missouri;mar riedSt.Louis,Oct.21,1900.EdwardNelsonRobinson,son ofGeorgeWoodforJandCorneliaBeckwithRobinson. Children:MaryRuth,bornJune22,1901atSt.Louis; MortonJouirdanandGeorgeNelson,twins,bornSt.Louis, May23,1903;MargaretHelen,bornFob.27.1907,St.Louis. 5 MaryHardingVance,bornNov.5,1875atClinton, Missouri. IV.KatherineDemoss.bornConnersville,Indiana, Aug.23,1878,married1851 iTrabor.Onechild, Hairry,bornNov.28,1852. V. FloraA.,bornDec.15,1830.Connersville,Indiana, marriedSept.7.1851toJohnGregg.Children:Horace, andMarymarriedHoraceFlora. VI.Mary,bornApril15,1833;marriedMaj.Mc- Ilevainwhowaswaskilledin WarBetweentheStates, Jum'.1864.Shedied1867. VII.Josephine,bornAug.5,1835;marriedDec.28.1871 atMit.VernonIllinois.Id Hoskins.Children:1 MaryRebecca,bornatJackson,Tennessee;marriedRev. JamesHawkins.TheirchiloVenareRuthandDorothy. ElishaVance,bornDec.1,1874atKansasCity,Kansas; marriedtoLeeniePricewhodiedleavingchildrenWilliam andAndrew.Hemarried,sacond.MargaretWright VIII.VanRoland,bornFayetteCounty.Indiana,June 4,1838,dliedsingleatColumbus.Ohio.Sept.14.1906. IXRobertBurns,bornConnerssville,Indiana.Feb.11, 1845.diedsingle.Feb.15.1918. X. AliceHibbard,bornOct.26,1842.atConnersville, Indiana,diedsingleOct28,1908. WilliamKirkpatrickVance WilliamKirkpatrickVance,sonofPatrick8.(Patrick 7,Hugh6,Hugh5,Thomas4,GeorgeofRaneel3.Patrick2, Rev.J'hnVans1)wasbornMarch2,1780atLexington, Virginia;marriedin WashingtonCounty.Tennessee, Keziah,granddaughterofCharlesRobinson,prominentin

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earlyTennesseehistory,daughterofhisson,CharlesRob inson,junior.Hedied1852atKingspart,Tennessee.His childrenwereCharlesRobectison,JamesHarvey,Maria, diedyoung;David0.,diedinGeorgia;WilliamNicholas, Catherne,PatrickH.CarolinemarriedCraigheadorCraig- noyes;Harrietmarried!Thornton;SusanmarriedPatton; KeziahmarriedDr.RerndonofKentucky. JamesHarvey,sonofWilliamVance,bornJan.4.1811, Greeneville,Tennessee,marriedAug.26,1832at Warm Springs,NorthCarolina,JaneSevier(daughterofValentine SevierandNancyDinwiddleSevier),diedJuly7,1893at Kngsport,Tennessee.Children: I. CharlesRobertson,bornAug.22,1833,Jonesboro; marriedOct.16.1860MargaretNewlaiYd.Theyhad: (a) JamesIsaac,bornSept.25,18Q2r_Arcadia,Tonnes-'] see;marriedDec.22,1886_atYoriteville,SouthCarolina, MamieStileCurrell.Children:Margaret,William,Agnes, Ruth,James,junior,andCharlesR. (b)Rev.JosephAndersonVance,Nov.17,1864. (c)CharlesR . (d) Margaret.Jan.20.1877. (e) Rebecca.Jan.20,1877. II. MariaC.,marriedRev.JohnKing,Leesburg, Virginia. III.AnnaElizabeth,diedyoung. IV.Keziah.died'single V. JamesH..marriedFastenPadlock. VI.Wm.K..marriedFannieMiller.UnionCity. VII.Nannie,diedsingle. VIII.Joseph,marriedMatlieFainandhadJamesF., andCharlesR. IN.Jennie. Patrick,sonofWilliamK.Vance.marriedElizabeth .—andhadJohn.James,David,William.Robert, Sarah,marriedCampbell;Elizabflh,'marriedDavis;Jean, Mary.Joseph,amiSmuel. WilliamNicholasVance,M.D.,sonofWilliamK.born Nov.12,1814atGreenville,Tennessee,marriedSarahAnn Netherlandanddied'Nov.12,1875.Children:KeziahR., MaryH.,SamuelX..CharlesS..Alice.WilliamK..Ida, JennieandRobert. WillimK..sonofWilliamN..barnMay27.1852at Bristol,marriedSusan*M.Dorit.Children:Frederick, WilliamK.,DavidandDouglasD. .V.'Airess.Bristol,Ten nessee.

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CaptainDavidVance CaptainDavidVanceborn1745inFrederickCounty, Virginia,movedin1775toBurkeCounty,NorthCarolina, wherehelaug'h!!schoolandbecameasurveyor.Heserved atKing'sMountainndprobablyalsoatRamsons,Musgrove Mills,,CowpensandValleyForge.Hewasamemberofthe HouseofCommons1786-91,thenremoved!to Bumcomb Countyandin1797,wasoneofthecommissionersforrun ningthelinebetwenNorthCarolinaandTennessee,andbe cameaColonelof'themilitia.Hediedabout1826.Some authoritiesgivehimasthesonof SamuelandMar- gretLaughlinVance,othersassonofSamuelandMiss Colville.othersasa sonofAndrew,asbrotherofSamuel (born1762),brotherofJosephColvilleVance,etc.Either wouldindicatehimtobedescendantoftheIrishfamilyof Vans,asheno.doubtwas,thenameDavidbeingcommon inallbranchesofthefmily. DavidVancemarriedPriscillaBraukandlivedabout ninemilesnorthofAsheville,NorthCarolina,onReevesor ReewisCreek.Theplaceofburialisuponabeautifulknoll selectedbyhimasaplacefromwhichtoriseontheresur rectionday.TheD.A.R's.haveerectedamonumentover hisgrave.Thereisalsoaveryhandsomemonumenttohis memoryinthePublicSquareatAsheville,NorthCarolina. BesideshiswifeheletftsonsSamluel,DavidandRobertand daughtersJean,Elizabeth,SarahmarriedMcLean,Priscilla marriedGeorgeWhilson,Celiamarried!BenjaminBrittain. SamuelandthedaughtersexceptElizabeth,moved'toEast Tennesseeandsettledonlandsprovidedforthemalongthe DuckRiverbytheirfather.Mrs.MaryBurdett,ofAustin, Texas,isdt'scendentofSamuel. JaneorJean,daughterofDavidandPriscillaVancewas bornNov.1777,nearAsheville.North)Carolina,andmarried Aug.24,1796toHugh.Davidson.ShediedJan.12,1858 nearWartrace,Tennessee.Childrenofthiscouplewere: 1 WilliamMitchell,bornAug.21,1797;marriedJuly 6,1837anddiedMarch6.1877.Onechild. 2 Priscilla.burnJulv6.1799;marriedJan.2,1821, diedAug.20,1840.Tenchildren. 3 MargaretM.,bornOct.18,1801;marriedNov.1, 1832,diedApril21,1868.Fourchildren. 4 DavidV.,bornNov.20,1803;marriedJan.22,1829, diedNov.3,1869.Ninechildren.

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5. Angeline,bornJuly26,1806;marriedDec.24,1824; diedAug.16,184—. Ninechildren. 6 JohnJ.,bornJuly26,1808;marriedDec.3,1833; diedOct.12.1897.Elevenchildren. 7 SarahEliza,bornApril25,1810;diedDec.2,1810. 8 SamuelLeandler,bornApril19,1812;marriedthree times;diedDec.13,1870.Fivechildren. 9. HughLawson,bornApril17,1814,marredtwice; diedApril30,1889.Twochildren. 10 RobertBrauk,bornMarch12,1817;marriedtwioe; diedOct.3,1900.Twochildren. 11 ElizaJane,bornJune3,1819;diedSept.18,1822. 12 MarthaAnn,Dec.16,1822;marriedDec.24,1840; diedMarch3,1857. JohnQuincyDavidson,sonofHughandJeanVance, bornJune26,1808;.married'Dec.3,1833,SusanHord,and diedOct.12,1879.Theyhadelevenchildren,namely: 1 MaryJane,bornNov.14,1834;married'May5,1865. Ninechildren. 2 RufusEdmund,bornAug.3,1836;marriedSept.25, 1862;died1908.Tenchildren. 3 HughAlbert,bornJan.8,1839;marriedJuly30, 1885.Twochildren. 4 SamuelA.,born'.Nov.15,1840. 5 William,bornAug.20,1842. 6 SusanAgnes,bornMarch12,1844;marriedNov.15, 1866.Ninechildren. 7 JamesMitchell,bornSept.6,1849. 8 Harriet,Sept.13,1851;marriedOct.3,1871;died June25,1917.Eightchildren. 9 ColemanLawrence,March1855;marriedJuly6. 1892. 10 Robl.V.,bornMarch26,1858;marriedOct.14,1884. Fourchildren. 11 HarrieteE.,daughterJohnandSusan,bornSept. 13,1851;marriedOct,3,1871toJosephOliverArnoldand diedJune25,1917;had1 LeonlaArnoldbornNov.14, 1872;married'June5,1899atWartrace,Tennessee,toDr. JohnLaneWalker.Children: Elizabeth,Feb.26,1901. PerryArnold,Aug.7,1902. Leola,Aug.1,1905. LydirLane,Sept.16,1908.

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Etlizabeth.daughterofDavid,andMaryPriscillaB. Vncemarriedfirsi!,WilliamMitchellDavidson,andsecond, SamuelDavi'dfeon.TheAsheville,NorthCarolinafamily descendfrmthiscouple. RobeirtBra,uk,sonofDavidandPiiiscillaVancewasa memberofcongress1824and25andwaskilledinaduel nthelatteryear. David,sonofDavid!andPriscillaVance,bornJan.2, 1792.diedJan.14.1844.HemarriedJan.1825,MiraMar garetBaird,bornDec.22,1802anddied'1878.Theyhad: LauraHenrietta,bornApril13,1826. i RobertBrank,April24.1828. ZobulonB.,May13,1830. JamiesNoel,Feb.10,1833. AnnaEdgeworth,April25.1836. SarahPriscilla.Jan4,1838. DavidL.,Jan.10,1846. i HannahMoore,Aug.10,1842. ZcbulonBairdVance,bornBuncombCounty,North Oarolna,May13,1830anddiedApril14,1894.Hemarried HarrietNewellEpsyandsecondMrs.FlorenceMartn. Hehad'twosonsandthreedaughters.Hewas Colonelof the25thNorthCarolina'Regiment.Hewas electedGovernorofNorthCarolina.Hewasoneofthemost brilliantmenwhoeversatintheSenatorialHalls,adding tohisintellectualabli'iyakenandreadywit.Hehadfour sons.OneThomasM.Vanceisaprominentlawyerand politicianlivinginQlympia,Wasihngton. RobertBrankVance,brotherofDavid,wasBrgadier- GeneralinConfederateArmyandmemberofCongrsssev eralterms.HemarriedHarrietMcllroyandhadfoursons andt\\*odaughters. VanceintheColonialWarsofVirginia

Vance,Andrew—HenningsStatutes,Vol.7,p.216. Vance.John—AugustaRecords,Vol.i,p.518. Vance,Patrick—HenningsStatutes,Vol.7,p.191. VanceSamuel—HenningsStatutes,Vol.7,p.216; Vol.8,p.129. Vance,Thomas—HenningsStatutes,Vol.7,p.198. Vance.William—R.G.Thwai/ters,Dunmore'sWars, p.412. 342 VANCE

VanceintheRevolutionaryWar WhoServedinVirginia. (FromRevolutionarySoldiersofVirginia—Stale Librarian'sList). Vnce,l>avid—IllinoisPapers,D.48;Rom.15. Vance.Hadley—'ConquestoftheNorthwest,2:849. Vance.James—(Washington'County)/SecretaryofWar, 135;Nen..2205. Vance.John—(Ensign)R.C. Vance,Joseph—(PiKIs)50;Saffell263;War4,284,386. Vance.Robert—(Capiain)Ar.C.L.26.Audacct.VII,214. Vance.Robert—(Lieutenant)Heitman408. Vance,Robert—(Pitts)16;War4,68. Vance,William—(Captain)Heitanan408. Vance,William—Illinoispapers.D.156. PatrickVancewasappointedlfthirdsorrgeoninChris tian'sCampaignatCamI)LadyAmller,Oct.20,1776.— "HstoricSullivan."Page63.

WEAR

TheWearscamefromtslster,IrelandTheyreached AugustaCounty,Virginia,bywayofPennsylvaniaasdid manyoftheAugustaCounty,Virginia,earlyfamilies. InApril1719,RobertWierwasoneofthesettlersin Nutfield,nearHaverhill,Massachusetts,(butinNewHamp shire)undertheleadershipofJamesMcKee.Itisprobable tha'thisRobertWearwasthefatherofRobertWear,who laterwasestablishedinAugustaCounlty,Virginia,andwas thefatherofGol.SaiouolWear. ThesettlementofNaitfieldwasthoughttobeinMassa chusetts,but'thegeneralcourtofMay.1719,decided!that itwasinNewHampshire.JamesGreggandRobertWear, inb.halfoftheScotch-IrishsettlersatNuffield,askedthe GovernorandCourtassembledatPortsmouth,NewHamp shire,lora townshiptenmilessquare.Theyandothers obtainedadeedfromColJohnWheelwright.Londonderry, NewHampshire,wasthenincorporatedinJune,1719., U voted'togivealot'toeachofthefirstcomers,"whichisthe numberof'twenty"RobertWearisoneofthetwenty.To RobertWearand'hiswife.MarthaWear,adaughter,Eliza- be'thWearwasbornin17^3. ARobertWearwasCommissionerinAntrimCounty, Ireland.1717. Fewnameshavebeensubjectedtosuchvariedspelling asthatof'"Wear''.Wier,Weyr,WeerandWarearea feu'ofthevariations.Theearlyrecorder'sorthography conformedonlytothesoundofanameandthereitsnicety ended.Quiteoftenafamilyacceptedthechangewithout protest,fortothepioneer,publicrecordsweremorevital thanthemeredifferencofaletterortwointhespelling ofhisname.ThefamiliesofColonelSamuelWearandhis brother,JohnWear,seemtohavepreferred!'"Wear".There rreseveralromanticstoriesaccountingforthatpreference.

3'i". NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES A laterfuunily,spellingthename"Weyr".setlledin N'1 iliCarolinashortlypriortotheRvohilion.TheVir giniafamilyofwhichHieTennesseefamilywasabranch, spelledthenameWeirasmanyofthedescendantsdoto thisday Whileitispossiblethatthefamilynameisacorruption oftheAnglo-Saxonword"DeVere,Mrs.LouiseWilson Reynolds,attributesitsoriginto theGothic"Wehren", tocheckorfromthekindredAnglo-Saxon"Wer",which, literallytranscribed,means"Todefend,ltoprotect".From thelatterwereceivetheword"Weir',adam. AfamilyofScotch,' Weirs"wasestablishedinIreland in1664bytheRev.JohnWeir,who,withJamesAdair andseveralotherministerswassentintoIreland"toad ministerthecovenanttoalloftheofficersandsoldiersand Pri.'lestantsinIreland". TheRev.JohnWearmayhavebeenthefatheror grandfafiherofRobertWeir,orWear,ofNuffield,Massa chusetts. Asearlyas1090,wefindintheCityofBrotherlyLove, CharlesWeiraskingfor"yethirtyfoothitonyeriver's bankadjoiningRichardWallandTimothyClements". CharlesWeirreceivedthelot;healsoisrecordedas oneofthefirstattorneysofPhiladelphia. AnearlylineofPennsylvaniaWeirs,withbranchesin CumberlandCounty,isthoughttohavedescendedfrom CharlesWeir;thenamesbeara imarkeddissimilarityto thoseintheRobertWearline. Robert,JohnandWilliamWeirweretheroundei'sof theRucksCounty,Pennsylvania,"Weirs".Theyarebe lievedtohavecomefromMassachusettsabouttheyear 1737,andtohavebeensonsofRobert,Weir,ofNuffield. InthatcasetheirmotherwasMarthaand'theirsister wasElizabeth,anamefrequentinthefamilytothisday. (Col.SamuelWearnamedhiseldestdaughter,Eliza beth). JohnWeirmarriedElizabethHolmes.September3.1737. Norecordhasbeenfoundof'themarriageofRobertorof WilliamWeir. SincenolinehasbeenfoundinPennsylvaniaforsome timepriortotheRevolutionthatcouldbecreditedtoJohn Weir,and"assubsequentlysucha linedoesappearin Virginia,weareledtothebeliefthatJohnWeiremigrated toRichmondbeforeRobertWeirpurchasedlandinthe Bordengrantin1752.

346 WEAR RobertHear,FatherofVol.SamuelWear

In1752,adeedisrecordedtoRobertWearandJohn Cunninghamofeighthundredandthirty-threeacresin Borden'sTract,AugustaCounty,Virginia,andin 1754, Borden'sexecutorsdeeded240acrestoRobertWearand ihiswife.Rebecca. ItisevidentthereforethatRobertWearandhiswife whowasRebecca—. , weresettledinAugustaCounty, Virginiaabout1752.'PhisRobertWearmusthavebeen bornabout1715.HismarriagetoRebecca— , took placeabout1740.Oneoftheirsons.JohnWear,wasborn inBucksCounty,Pennsylvania,October-,1742.Samuel Wear,toneothersunofwhomwehaverecord,wasborn inAugustaCounty,Virginia,1753.RobertWearwasliving i.itheyear1789.andatthaltperiodwasprobablyabout seventy-fouryearsold'.ToRobertandRebecca Wearwerebornatleasttwosons,JohnandSamuel,and possiblyotherchildrenwhosenameshavenotbeenpre served. Neartheyear1792therewereresidinginGreeneCounty, Tennessee,ThomasWear,JohnWear,junior,HughWear, ThomasWearand'SamuelWear.ThenameRobert WearappearsonColonelWear'scompanyfortheyear 1785,buittheivisnoevidencethatbeownedlandinthe county.WhetherhewasthefatherorabrotherofColonel SamuelWearcanonlybeconjectured. ThepioneerfamilyofWearswasnotlarge.Hughand JohnWear,junior,aresupposedto'havebeensonsofJohn Wear,senior,asuppositionbasedonthefactthatthey residednearoradjoiningthefarmonwhichJohnWear settledafterhisreomvelfromWashingtonCountyinto GreenCounty.Thisfarm,ontheNollichuckyriversouth ofGreeneville.isnowknownastheDevaullplace. ThomasWearin1783residedbetweenGreenevilleand Newport!; hiswifewasnamedElizabeth.OfThomasWear nothingmoreisknown. OneoftheaboveWears,unfortunatelythehistorians donotgivethename,waskilledattheBattleofEtowah, April,1793. TwoWearmarriagesarerecordedinGreeneCounty, namely: Margare'lWeartoHughCunningham,Oeiober8.179V. JaneWeartoThomasLovelady,October14,I796.

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JohnWear,SonofRobertWear "JohnWear,sonofRobertWearandbrotherofColonel SamuelWearandreferredtointheearlyrecordsofWash ingtonandGreeneCountiesas"JohnWear,Gentleman," wasborninBucksCounty,Pennsylvania,October,174vi, anddiedinSevierCounty,Tennessee,attheageofninety- twoyears.Hewasabouttenyearsofagewhenhisfather emigratedto Borden'sgrant.AugustaCounty,Virginia. Amongothercontemporaryfamilieswhohademigrated fromPennsylvaniatoAugustaCountywas'tfiatofBlack burn. GeneralSamuelBlackburn,wasa diistingnisihedofficer oftheRevolution,oneofthemostbelovedfriendsofGen eralWashingtonandoneofthepallbearersatWashington's funeral. JohnWearmarriedinAugustaCounty,Virginia,Nancy Blackburn,adaughterofBenjaminBlackburnandasister ofGeneralSamuelBlackburn. JohnWearemigrated,withhisbrother,SamuelWear, toWashingtonCounty,Tennessee,abouttheyear1778.He purchasedtheplantationadjoiningthatofJohnSevierand hereheresidedforseveralyears.Arockintineriverknown as"Wear'sRock"issupposedtomarkthespotofanac cidentaldrowningofsomememberofhisfamily,buttra ditiondoesnotrelatefurtherdetails. JohnWearservedunderhisbrother,ColonelSamuel Wear,aitKing'sMountainandwasasoldierund!erGeneral NathanielGreeneatthe"SurrenctedofYorktown,"ashis pensionpapersshow,mentioningalsoCol.Wear'spresence atYorktown.Heisalsoreputedtohavehadmuchofthe prowesswhichdistinguishedhis'brotherinIndianwar fare.Hewasamanofeulltureandintelligenceandwas oneoftheearlymagistratesofbothWashingtonand'Greene Counties.Afltierthemarriageofhisdaughter,Margaret Wear,toJohnWilson.In1792.JohnWearmovedinto GreeneCounty.Hepurchasedoneofthefirsttownlots surveyedinthetownofGreeneville.butresidedonhis farm,thencalleda "plantation,"whichlaybelowtheold GreenevilleCollegeinalovelyvalleyontheriver,andwhich formanyyearshaslieenownedbytheDeVaultfamily. Otherfriendsmayhavefailed'intheirallegiance:toJohn Sevier.GovernorofFranklin,butSairtuleandJohnWear werefaithfultotheend.Alaconicrecordoncetobefound

348 WEAR onthebooksintheGreensvillecourthouse,inthebeautiful fadedohirographyofitsclerk,GeneralDanielKennedy, hasinitnotaliMlepaMios: "OnthisdayofFebruary,1789,JohnSevierandJohn Wearrodeintocourtandtooktheoaththussubscribedin suchcases". Theoathinquestionbeingthatofrenewedallegiance toNorthGarolina. ThiswasafterthefalloftheheroiclittlestateofFrank lininwhichSevierandtheWareshadbeenleadingsiprits. InNovemberofthesameyear,withoutacompetitive rival,JohnSevierwaselectedto representWashington District,NorthCarolina,intheUnfledStatesCongress. JohnWearandhiswife,NancyBlackburnWearhad children: ElizabethWear,marriedJamesGray. PhoebeWear,marriedGeorgeMatthews. Susan(?)mamiied Bird. HughWear. GeorgeWear. BenjaminWear,driedbetween1835and1839. MargaretWear,marriedJohnW.Wilson,179"^.She died'between1835and1840. NancyWear,marriedThomasAlexander. GeneralSamulBlackburn,ofVirginia,dyingwithout issue,MargaretWearwasoneofthemanyniecesaccord ingtothetermsofhiswill,amongwhomhislargeestate wasdivided. Atthedatethislegacywasreceived,awitnessincourt, ValentineSevier,sonofGovernorJohnSevier,testifiedto yearsofintimatefriendshipwithJohnWilsonandhis wife,MargaretWearWilson,and'slated"thatwhenaboy, withhisfather'sfamily,hehadattendedthecelebrationof theweddingofMargaretWeartoJohnWilsoninWash ingtonCounty". MargaretWilson'snamehascomedowntoherdescen dantsasawomanpossessingmanycharmsand!virtues. ShewasafullcousinofbothGideonBlackburnandof hiswife,andtheformeralwaysntadehishomewithher whenhispastoraldutiesbrought'hiiintoWashingtonand GreeneCounties. MargaretWilsonwasthemotherofseveralchildren.

349 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Mrs.LouiseWilsonReynoldshasinheritedMargaret WearWilson'sBible,whichgiv.sHieeldestson,John WearWilson,asbornSeptember10,17fl3.JohnWear WilsonwasasoldierunderGeneralAndrewJacksonatthe BattleofNewOrleans.H?wastwicemarried;,firsttoIsa.1 belhiRankin,andsecond,toSarahHull. Theeldestdaughter.NancyWilson,wasnamedfor MargaretWilson'smother.ShemarriedThomasLee. COL.SAMUELWEAR RobertWear,thefatherof SamuelWearandJohn Wear(whosehistoryhasjustbeengiven),purchasedland intheBordenTractinVirginiain1752,andonWhatprop erty,in1753.SamuelWearwasborn.Hisolder'brother, JohnWear,wasbornin1742,inRucksCounty,Pennsyl vania,beforethefamilyleftthatstate. SamuelWearbeganthemilitarylifewhichhewasto followalwaysin1777,whenhewasappointedensignin theAugustaMiliitia.AshelivednearJohnSevier,andas bothwereyoungofficersintheAugustaMilitia,it isbe lievedthattheirintimatefriendshipbeganintheirearly youth.Itlastedthroughout'theirlivesandtheypursued careerssingularlysimilar.ItisbelievedthatJohnSevier's removali!othe"Mountains''nowTennessee,influencedthat ofhisfriend'.Theyweretogetherinalltheadventurous lifeofearlyTennesseeandservedintheIndiancampaigns, atKing'sMountainandotherbattlesandlaterintheWar of1812.Theyeachmarriedtwiceandeachnamedason fortheother,Samuelbeinga namefrequentlybornein itheSevierconnectiontothisd.iy;JohnWearIwingequally familiar.Johnhadbeena frequentnameintheWear family,asisevidencedintheforegoingrecord,butSamuel isnotapparentinItheSevierrecordsbeforelthebirthof GovernorJohnSevier'ssonwhowasnamed'Samuel. In1778SamuelWearmarried'inAugustaCounty,Vir ginia.Mary(sometimescalled"Polly")Thompson,daugh terofWilliamThompsonandElizabethLyleThompson (see"NotableSouthernFamilies,VolumeI, fortheLylo rcord'). ThechildrenofSamuelWearandMaryThompson Wearwere: I. ElizabethWear,bornOctober4.1780.whomarried RobertArmstrong.Third.(SeeArmstrongFamily,"Nota bleSouithernFamilies.VolumeI). II. RobertWear,whomarriedLucretiaThomas.

350 WEAR III.RebeccaWear,whomarriedJohnWitt. IV.SamuelWear,Second. V. JohnWear,whomumedfirst.SusannahMullen- (kue,andmarriedsecond.SarahM.Patty. VI.MaryWear,whomarriedColonelSimeonPerry. ColonelSamuelWear,afterthedeathofMaryThomp sonWear,marriedMaryGilliland.daughterofJohnand Ivli/.ahetihOillilandandhadchildren: VII.DianaWear,whomarriidDavidJohnson. VIII.PleasantM.Wear,whomarriedTryphcnaTiplon. IV.MargaretWear,whomarriedD.B.Oummings. X. MinervaWear,whomarriedJohnGuthrie. ColonelWearservedinpubliclifeforhalfa cenury. Heremoved'withJohnSevierfromAugustaCounty,Vir ginia,tothe"Mountains"sometimeafterhismarriagein 1778.toMaryThompsonandbeforetheBattleofKing's Mountain,October7.1780,whenhewasalreadyaresident ofthemountaincountry. SamuelWear,aftermakingachoiceoflandforhisnew home,aboutfivenvi'lcsfromSevierville,onthewestside ofLittlePidgeonRiver,returnedtoVirginiaforhisfamily, leavinganegroslavenamedFranktotakecareoftheplace andraisecorn. Hisdaughter.ElizabethWear,wasbornin Augusta County.Virginia,October4,1780. TheiJ'iherchildrenofSamuelWearseemtohave'been bornin"themountains"'inwhatisnowTennessee. ColonelWearservedintheWarof1812asaColonel. HediedApril3,1817andisburiedwithinamileofHen dersonSprings,Tennessee.Hewilledhisentireproperly tohissecondwifeuntilhisyoungestchildshouldbecome ofage. SamuelWearwasa captainintheBattleofKing's Mountainaud'oneoftheorganizersofthehistoricband whichintheI!attleofKing's'mountainputtheenemyto route/andpracticallyendedI'heRevolutionaryWar. HisparticipationinKing'sMountainisprovedbyevery earlyTennesseehistoryandhundredsofdocuments.He wasalsopresentatthesurrenderofYork'town,and'this;s aiftested'bythepensionpapersofhisbrother.JohnWear. SamuelWear'sparticipationinallt'heearlylifeofTen nesseeandthevariousgovernmentswhichprecededthe

351 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES rtateiswdlknown.HowasanardentIndiancampaigner, quiteasenthusiasticandassuccessfulasJohnSevier,and Ramsey'sisfullofhisachievements. HewisaclerkoftheStateofFranklinandColonelof itsmilitia.Hewasamemberofthefirstlegislativebody everassembledinTennessee,thefirstFranklinconvention. HewasamemberofthefirstTennesseeLegislaturealso andamemberofthecommitteewhichmadetheconstitu tionofthenewstate. HewasformanyyearsclerkofliheCountyofSevier andheservedintheWarof1812. HelivedtoagoodoldageandisdescribedbyLyman Draperin'"HeroesofKing'sMountain"asbeingtall,fully sixfeetinheight,dark-complexionedandpossessedmuch energyofcharacter. HisdescendantsarealleligibletotheSocietiesofthe RevolutionandtheSocietiesof1812. TheplaceselectedbySamuelWearforhishomeis knowntothisdayas"Wear'sCove". Heandtwoyoungsonswerefireduponbyapartyof thirtysavagesononeoccasion.AgainonJune19,1793. abandofIndiansentered"Wear'sCove,"outdownthe growingcorn,stoleonehorse,killedHenanddestroyedthe mill.Col.Wearwitha parlyofneighborspursuedthe mauraudersandatTallahasseeabattleresulted!inwhich sixteenIndianswerekilledandfourtakenprisoner. In1784,Col.Wearwaselected"deputytotheconvention todeliberateuponpublicaffairs".Theconventionmetat Jonesboro.August23.1784.Atthat,convention,thefirst everheldinwhatisnowTennessee,wasborntheStale ofFranklin. WhentheStateofFranklinhadbecomeafactafterthat "deliberationuponpublicaffairs",itsnewGovernor,John Sevier,appointedSamuelWear,ClerkoftheCountyCourt ofSevierCounlty,andColoneloftheRegiment,Inthe summerof1786,hewasappointedoneoftheCommission erstonegotiateatreatywiththeIndians.Theconference betweentheCommissionersandtheIndianslastedfour daysand'endedatCoyton,August3,1786. OldTasselandHangingMawwerepresentatChotei Fordforthistreaty.ThelandclaimedbytheCommis sionersincludedtheIslandintheTennesseeatthemouth oftheHolstonandfromtheheadoftheIslandtothedivid ingRidgebetweentheHolston,LittleRiverandtheTennes-.

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see,whichhadbeentransferredtothesettlersbyNorth Carolina. After'iheshortlifeandfallofFranklin,GovernorWil liamlilountcalledanelectionwhichwasheldinDecember, 1793,andSamuelWearwaselectedamemberofthefirst AssemblyoftheTerritoryofTennessee(representingthe CountyofJefferson).TheAssemblywascalledtoorderia Knoxville,February,1794.Hewasoneofthecommittee offiveappointedbythisAssemblytodraftanaddressto Congress.InthisaddressthepeopleoftheTerritoryof Tennesseedemandeda declarationofWaragainstthe Greeksand'ifeheCherokees. Hisnameisfoundcontinuallyintheearlyrecordsof theTerritoryandtheStateandhewasamemberofthe firstTennesseeLegislatureaftertheTerritorypassedinto aSlate.HewasamemberoftheCommitteewhichwro!e thefirstConstitution. InIheWarof1812hewasaColonel,thoughthattitle hadalreadybeenbestowedoiponhimduringthebrieflife oftheSlateofFranklin.Hedied'April3,1817,onhisplan tationandisburiedwithinamileofHendersonSprings, nearSevierville,Tennessee.Hewassurvivedbyhissecond wife.Hiswill,whichisrecorded,leftallhispropertyto hiswifeuntilhisyoungestchildshouldcomeofage. I. ELIZABETHWEAR ElizabethWear,eldestchildofSamuelWearandhis firsil'wife,MaryThompsonWear,wasbornOctober4,1780, a fewdaysbeforeherfather'sparticipationintheBattle ofKing'sMountain.ShewasborninAugustaCounty, Virginia,thoughherfatherhadremovedtothe"Moun tains"beforethatdate,returningshortlyaftertheKing's MountainBattletoaccompanyhiswifeanddaughterk) thenewhome. ElizabethWearmarriedRobertArmstrongtheThird. Theirchildrenwere: (1)DruryPayneArmstrong,marriedAmeliaHouston. (2)AddisonWearArmstrong,marriedNancyMc Millan. (3) MariahArmstrong,marriedJohnBrooksand JamesMcMillan. (4) RuteliaArmstrong,marriedThomasGillespie Craighead. J *4 (5)CharlottePerryArmstrong,marriedSamuelArm strongandHenryBaldwin.

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(6) RobertHoraceArmstrong,diedyoung. (7)MargaretCunninghamArmstrong,marriedSamuel HannibalLove. (8) DialtheaPerryArmstrong,marriedPleasantM. Love. (9) JamesHoustonArmstrong,marriedAnnE.Park. (10)MalindaArmstrong,marriedSamuelMorrow. (11)SamuelThompsonArmstrong,diedyoung. (12)BettyArmartrong.diedatbirih. ElizabethWearwasaccustomedtothesomewhatex citinglifeofasoldier'shousehold,asshewastihedaughter ofthestalwartSamuelWear.Shemust,therefore,have beenresignedtoRobertArmstrong'scareerwhichwasalso thatofasoldierandIndianfighter.Itisrelatedinthe familyannalsthatononeoccasion(1819),RobertArm strongreturnedfroma campaignagainsttheIndiansto findhiswifeand'newbornbabedeadanda littleson, Robert,lyingdeadbesidethem.Thelittleboyhadprobably beenexposedinsomewayduringhismother'sillness. ElizabethWearandRobertArmstrongtheThird,andthese twolittlechildrenareburiedontheplaceuponwhichthey lived,nowknownastheBoundsplace,oniheriverafew milesaboveKnoxville. ForIhedescendantsofRobertandElizabethWear ArmstrongseeArmstrongFamilyVol.1 NotableSouthern Families. \

RobertWear,sonofCol.SamuelWearandhiswife MaryThompsonWear,wasborn1781,afterhisfatherand motherhadmovedfromAugustaCounty,Virginia,tothe newcountry.HemarriedLncreliaThomas.Theirchildren were: (1) LouisianaWear. (2) ElizaWear. (3) BetsyT.Wear. (4)AlbertG.Wear,whodiedyoung. (5) MaryThompsonWear,orPollyasshewascalled. (6)ErskineHaywoodWear. (7) MalvinaWear. (8)GilbertN.Wear. (9) LetitiaWear. (10)IsaacD.Wear. (11)LucindaD.Wear. (12)LucretiaA.Wear. WEAR

(13)RobertH.Wear. (1)LouisianaWear,born1803,died1890;married JohnB.Tipton.Theirchildrenwere: LucretiaTipton(whomarriedRobertL.McNuttandhad nochildren); Lavinia(whomnrriediWilliamH.Dawsonandhad JohnB.DawsonwhomarriedPhoebeSteedandhadchil dren;WilliamR.Dawson,whomarriedBettieElmoreand hadEvaL.,ChadesE.andEdnaE.Dawson;SarahL.Daw son,whomarriedFrankBealsandhadFrankandDaisy Beals,andmarriedsecond,DavidSimpsonandhadJessie Simpson;Man'L.Dawson(whomarriedLewisA.Hunt andhadCharlesF.,LewisandGladysHunt). MarshallC.TiptonwhomarriedSarahJ.Dawsonand hadMaryElizabethTipton(whomarriedHenryC.Cobb andhadFrankS.,Rober!t;C.,Lena,Edgar,Oharlesand MargaretCobb); LouiseTipton(whomarriedPrestonP. SooyandhadFrankSooy,andmarriedsecond,D.L.Ed monson); MarshallAlexanderTipton(whomarriedLaura A.ShelterlyandhadBefltieG.Frank,MaudeandMarshall). ElizabethTiptonmarriedJohnC.Wilkey. AmeliaM.TiptonmarriedHughL.McNu'ttandhad LucretiaMcNutt(whomarriedArchibaldHitchandhad RobertE.,SadieD.,WilliamB.andLinaHitch); andMary E.McNutt(whomarriedSamuelP.ClarkandhadHughM., LulaandJohnThomasClark). SarahT.TiptonmarriedElbertS.CobbandhadMary (whodiedyoung), Lena(whodiedunmarried), Arty(who marriedAndrewB.MontgomeryandhadFrankM.,Myrtis, ArtyandJosephMontgomery),Aurelia(whomarriedLon- nieM.Wim'berlyandhadDoraC.Wimberly),MalvinaLee (whomarriedJosephReaganandhadMadgeT.Reagan), Rachel(whomarriedWilliamW.McCormackandhad Clifforddiedyoungandanotherson),andEva(whomar riedBennettWhite). MalcomMTiptonmarriedAmandaRiderand'hadno children. JonathanN.TiptonmarriedElizaJaneBlairandhad ninechildren: JohnBlairTipton(whomarriedAddieAn derson); HenryF.Tipton(whomarriedDaisyBelleWil son); MalcomM.Tipton(wbomarriedAlmaW.Mayo); CoraE.Tipton;RobertF.Tipton;DavidD.Tipton;Laura E.Tipton;EdgarE.TiptonandPearlE.Tipton. GilbertH.TiptonmarriedMarthaNelsonandhadSid

355 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES aeyN.Tipton(whomarriedElbridgeGerryMayo),John B.,HopeM.,Nelson,LawrenceP.andBessieA.Tipton. CaswellT.Tiptonmarried'EvalineMontgomeryandhad SamuelH.,RobertO.,EdgarB.,NinaL.,FrankC.,Horace C.andLouAnnieTipton. HenryT.TiptonmarriedMattieT.Tiptonandhad Louise,Lula,JohnH.,Nellie,Lucy,MalcolmandHenry Tipton. (2) ElizaWear,daughterofRobertWearandLu- oretiaThomasWear,marriedMichaelGirdnerandhad sevenchildren: LorindaGirdnermarriedJohnW.W.Deanmondand hadJamesM.,MaryE.,LucretiaAdeline,Haywood,Robert B.,AllenJ.,Samuel,CatherineL.,SarahT.,HermanW. ElizaJaneGirdnermarried'WilliamA.Aud&uand hadHenryA.Audas,EllaA.Audas,MaryC.Audas,Eliza- bethJ.Audas,MariaE.Audas,JamesW.Audas,Lorenzo D.AudasandRichardM.Audas. AlexanderAugustusGirdnermarriedNancyVanBiddcr and'hadlElizaH.,AsenathAnnandNancyAugustus. LucretiaMalvinaGirdnermarriedJohnAudasandhad J.Thomas.,Michael,MarthaJane,SamuelR.,William Henry,Isaac1'..JamesB.,CharlesH.,Haywood,JohnM, andLucretiaAudas. LeomdasHaywoodGirdnermarriedMrs.AsenathM. LoweryandhadRobertT.,D.Richard,Bettie,Amanda, Lillie,WilliamHaywood,CharlesE.andHattie. MariaLouiseGirdnermarriedJosephLowryMeekand haXiKatieC.,JamesG.,CharlesW.,NancyE.,SusanE., MarthaJ.,MinnieF.,JosephF.andAmandaE.Meek. MaryEmilineGirdnermarriedHughHamiltonCraig andhadWilliamG,JamesB.,AnnEliza,JohnH.,Samuel H.andRobertC. (3)BetsyT.Wear,daughterofRobertWearandLu- Cretia"Thomas,marriedCreedFultonandhadFerdinand FultonandAureliaFulton;bothdiedyoung. (5)MaryThompsonWear,daughterofRobertWear andLucre'iaThomasWear,marriedJamesA.Gallegher anihadElla(whomarriedZopharCase),Louisa(who marriedJamesShradVr),andLeeAlbertGallagher(who marriedAntoinetteHolly. JohnAlbertGallaghermarriedKateH.Gillmanand hadLeoandVictor;marriedsecond;LinaCatherineGillum andhadCatherine. (6) ErskineHaywoodWear,sonofRobertandLu

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cretiaThomasWear,marriedRachelE.Morrowandhad. twodaughtersLucretiaPenelopeWearandMargawtE.Wear LucretiaPenelopeWearmarriedAndersonL. Carson andhadseveralchildrenwhodiedyoungandMaryAlije Carson(marriedHughL.Isbell,AddleRoselia(married JamesHightower),LillieLucre'liaCarson(marriedAnder sonR.Tallent),AndersonL. Carson(marriedAlice Newman).MargaretE.WTearmarriedJohnA.HullandhadAlice May(marriedLenryF.Lieb),MaryE.Hull(married HenryF.Hughes).LillieC.Hull(marriedJohnIrvineHos- tetter),NannieMorrowHull(marriedCharlesW.Barnes). (7)MalvinaWear,daughterofRobertWearandLu cretiaThomasWear,married'JamesW.Leaandhad: MaryL.Lea(marriedRobertK.Byrd). MyrteleA.Lea(marriedDenning). AlbertT.LeamarriedVirginiaA.Darnellandhadason,' AlbertEugeneLea.whomarriedhiscousin,DeborahWear. (8) GilbertN.Wear,sonof RobertandLucretia ThomasWearmarriedMargaretA.StrainandhadJames H.,NancyL..SusanJane,MargaretM.,MarthaL.,Robert T.,MaryL..ElizaW.;andmarriedsecond,MaryA.Wilson, 'bywhomhehadthefollowingchildren:WilliamC., ElbertN.,OscarLowe,Mary,JuliaA.,Eugenia,Emma, GilbertL.,Viola,HowardT. GilbertN.Wearhadtwnty- threechildrenbyhistwowives.Someof'the'mdiedyoung andarenotenumeratedinthislist. (10)IsaacDecaturWear,sonof RobertWearand LucretiaThomasWearmarriedfirst,M.A.Blankenship,by whomhehadElizabethL.andRobertT.; marriedsecond, SusannahA.J.SheltonbywhomhehadJohnM.,Talbert B.,LouisianaA.aridSusanD.;andmarried'third,Susanna Isbell,bywhamhehadnochildren. (11)LucindftJaneWear,marriedWilliamSingleton. (12)LurcetiaA.Wear,marriedThomasHarvey. (13)RobertH.Wear. III.REBECCAWEAR RebeccaWear,thirdchildofCol.SamuelWearbyhis firstwife,MaryThompsonWear,wasborn1787.Shedied 1836.Shemarriedin1807,JohnWitt.Theywentfrom TennesseeloFayetteville,Arkansas,CrittendonCounty,to reside.Thevhadeightchildren,namely:RobertWitt, WilliamSamuelWitt,JohnWitt,ElizabethWitt,Caroline Witt,MargaretWilt,CharlotteWitt,MalindaJaneWitt.

357 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES Rob;i t Witt,sonofJohnandRebeccaWearWitt,bora about1808,marriedabout1829,SarahWallaceandmoved, itissaid,'toFortSrniiC'h,Arkansas,wherehedied.They hadtwochildren, WilliamSamuelWitt,sonofJohnWittandRebecca WearWitt,wasbornabout1801.Hemarriedfirst,in1832, MaryDennisandhadtwochildren:ElizabethWitt(who married Ghestonandhaula daughterthatmarried GeorgeTrapp); WilliamJacksonWitt,born1845,died 1893,(whomarriedCatherineV.Gardner,daughterof WilliamGardnerandMatildaRabbinsGardner.Their childrenwereWilliamSamuelWitt.MaryM.Witt(mar riedWilliamHobbsWatsonofHotSprings,andhasason, WilliamHobbsWatson); LillianMaeWilt,FrederickWitt, andMilesB.Witt). JohnWittsonofJohnWittandRebeccaWittmarriea .LillianHarrington. ElizabethWilt,daughterofJohnWittandRebecca WearWearWitt,marriedWilliamLewisandwenttothe' IndianTerritorytoreside.Theyhadfourchildren,two daughtersnamesunknown,andMaggieLewis(whomar ried Davis,livedinVincent,Arkansas,an'dhads son.PerryDavis),andJosephLewis,whomarriedinHot Springs,Arkansas,andwenttoIndianTerritorytoreside. CarolineWitt,daughterofJohnWiltandRebeccaWear Witt,marriedIsaacCrabb.Nothingfurtherisknown, ofher. Margare'IWitt,daughterof JohnWittandRebecca WearWitt,marriedOliverWallaceandhadfourchildren, amongthemHoustonWallace. CharlotteWitt,daughterof JohnWittandRebecca WearWitt,married Berry.Sheleftnochildren. MaitiIdaJaneWitt,daughterofJohnWittanid'Rebecca WearWittmarriedfirstin Vincent,Arkansas, LockerandhadFrancesLocker;marriedsecond, Edwardsandhaid'JosephineEdwards;marriedthirdBerry Lackandhad'nochildrenbyhim.FrancesLockermarried ThomasSmith,ofVincent,Arkansas,andhadAdolphus Smith,'CharlesSmith,KatieSmitharid'EthelSmith.Katie SmiltiunarriedWilliamCraven.JosephineEdwards,the onlychildbyMalindaJaneWitt'ssecondmarriage,mar riedJamesBrownandhadonedaughternamedCleveland Brown.MatildaJaneWiW,marriedthirdBerryBlack but'hadnochildrenbythismarriage.

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IV.SAMUELWEAR,JUNIOR SamuelWear,sonof Col.SamuelWearandMary ThomsonWear,marriedandliveidinAlabama. I'tisbelievedthath''marriedSa'MieWhite,asamarriage recordinKnoxCounty,Tennessee,September2i>,1811,isof SamuelWeai,junior,itoSallieWbi'tie.Hischildrenwere DavidWear,RebeccaWearandMaryWear. V. JOHNWEAR

JohnWear,sonofCol.SamuelWearandMaryThomp sonWear,bornabout1792,marriedSusannahMullendore, andmarriedsecondSarahM.Pafly.Hischildrenwere: MaryWear(whomarriedfirstIsaacT.R.Ellisandmarried secondGeorgeW.Waters); MusadoraWeair(whomarried MastonE.Eslinger); RobertWear(whomarriedMatilda AnnFrancisco); LavaterWear(whomarriedMarthaJane Meyers); ElizabethWear(whomarriedfirstAlfredBaker andmarriedsecond'EnochL.Watery); MalindaH.Wear (whomarriedJohnMurrayMarshall); JohnWear(who marriedJuliaL.Cabler); ThomasJ.Wear(whomarried MaryCrow'sen); HotenG.Wear(whomarriedSarahE. Stevenson); CreedF.Wear(whodiedunmarried!); Diana Wear(whomarriedEzikelK.Hurst); MarthaWear(who 'marriedJamesM.Bird); NancyWear(whomarriedJohn Caylor); Isaac1).Wear;RebeccaWear(whomarriedBart Sullies);JosephineWear(whomarriedNathanMeyers); SollyWear(whomarried*JamesA.Kerley); MalvinaWear (whomarriedfirstWyleyBrickley,andmarriedsecond AlfredBoiling); LetitiaWear(whomarriedWillam Hatcher); andPleasautA.Wear(whomarriedOliveBruce MoCown). VI.MARYWEAR MaryWear,sixthchildofCol.SamuelWearandhis firstwife,MaryThompsonWear,wasborn1795.She died1821.Shemarried1801,SimeonPerry.Theirchil drenwere: (1)CarolineFrances,whomarriedDruryH.Fieldand hadMaryF.Field(whomarriedIsaacNewtonJonesand hadJohnF.Jones,WilliamI.Jones,WoodF.Jonesand GeorgeA.Jones); DruryH.Field,junior(whomarried LauraA.PearceandhadJohnE.,WilliamH.,andSusanna P.)JohnEdwinField(whomarriedFannieS.Brownand

359 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES hadJesseB.FieldandWilliamR.Field),GameEliza Field(whomarriedBradleyHenryandhadSurreyHenry, ThomasP.,HenryandJohnM.Henry),FlorenceField(who marriedJohnWoodLindley),EudoraField(whomarried firstDanielW.HearneandmarriedsecondWilliamBoul- ware),andMa'ttieLeeField(whomarriedGabrielM. Eddins). JamesMonroePerry,whomarriedMrs.HannahJack sonBruce,widowofDr.RobertBruceanddaughterof GreenJackson.Theirchildrenwere:Imogen?andHo ratio,(diedyoung);MozellePerry(whomarriedJohnG. Kirkseyandhadhnogene,WallerP.,KenmoreV.,Mozells, Pauline,Hirmance,Guy,Gertrude,andIna); Deucalion Perry(whomarriedMattieBarnesandhadHaile,Mozells, andHattie); ConradPerry(whomarriedAliceBarnesand hadStewartEstelleandTemvpe),ami!TempePerry (whomarriedCokimbusHaileandhadTempeand'Colum buswhobothdiedyoung,and'TempeandElsie). i',OlonelSamuelWearmarried'twice.Hisfirstwife, MaryThompson,diedin17U7.Hissecondwifewas MaryGilliland.Shesurvivedherdistinguishedhusband formorethantwentyyears,andaccordingtodescriptions leftbyhergrandchildren,wasapretty,vivaciouswoman, fondofgailyandthecenterofaninterestinggroup.Colo nelWeardiedApril3,1817.AsaCaptainatKing'sMoun tain,aColonelintheWarof1812,and'animportantman inthecommunityfromeveirypointofview,hiswidowhad astationtomaintainandsheseemstohaveenjoyedmain tainingit. ColonelWeardidno'tapplytorapension,nor didhiswidow.Hismeansandhers,follownghisdeath, wereample.Sheliveduntilsometimeintheearlyforties, theexactdateofherdeathnotbeingknown. Shehadfourchildren,namely:Diana;PleasantM.; MargaretandMinerva. VII.DIANAWEAR Diana,pi'Obably"beeldestchildofColonelSamuelWear andMaryGillilandWear,marriedDovidJohnson,who wenttoMissouribefore1840,beingthefirstofthefamily togothere.HebuiltandestablishedthefirstDryGoods storeinSpringfield,Missouri. VIII.PLEASANTM.WEAR PleasantM.Wear,sonofColonelSamuelWearandhis secondwife,MaryGillilandWear,wasbornOctober12th,

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1802,inSevierounty,Tennessee.PleasantM.Wearwas ClerkoftheCircuitCourtofSevierCountyfrom1828to 1838.HethenservedasaMajorintheSeminoleWarin Florida.Sometimein1840heremovedwithhisfamily andslavestoMissouri,whereformanyyearshewasClerk oftheCourtofLawrenceCounty.HediedinMountVer non.LawrenceCounty,Missouri,January71Hh,1870.He married,beforeleavingTennessee,TryphenaTipton,daugh terofColonelJohnTipton.Thereisaninterestingstory aboutthismarriage.WeknowoftheSevier-Tiptonfeud. WeknowoftheSevier—Trpto«friendship.AWearboy andaTiptongirlweresweethearts.TheWearswereop posed,probablytheTiptonsalso.Theboyandgirlwere determined.Theyagreedtoburythesubjectoftheinherited illfeelingandgetmarried.Thistheydidandloyallykept theagreement.ThisboywasPleasant!M.Wearandthegirl TryphenaTipton.ShediedinMountVernon,September 1st.1863.Hemarriedforhissecondwife,Mrs.Naomi McFall.Hehadnochildrenbyhissecondwife.Hischil drenby'hisfirstwife.Tryphena,were:Malinda;Lavinia; Mary;HelenMar;Margaret;Oscar;Lucretia;JohnGuth rie;CaswellTipton;PleasantM.,junior;Alice. MalindaWear,daughterofPleasantM.WearandTry phenaTiptonWear,wasbornNovember27th,1827.She diedintheearlypartofDecember,1862in Fayetteville, Arkansas,asaresultofexposureinthatmostsevereof allwinters,whileamendingwonuufedConfederatesoldiers. Sh.'wasmarriedDecemberlOUh,1845toJohnSpillerKim- braughwhowasborninLouisaCounty,Virginia,July5th, 1819,anddiedinClinton,Missouri,May16th,1895.Their childrenwere: MaryKatherine;PleasantM.,andAnna NixonWear. ManKatherine,daughterofMelindaWearandJohn SpillerKimbrough,wasborninSpringfield,Missouri,Jun> 24th.1850;diedinClinton,Missouri,August28th,1894; marriedinClintonMissouri,November16th,1871,Harvey WallisSalmon,whowasbomJanuary16fck,1839,Green villeDistrict,SouthCarolina.Theyhadfivechildren: HarveyWoodsonSalmon,bornMarch18th,1873,in Clinton,Missouri,marriedin KansasCity,Missouri, Auguist21st,1905,MyraQuintillaSmithwhowasborn August12th,1882inSeattle,Washington.Theyhadtwo children,KatherineBush,bornin StLouis,Missouri, August11,1906,andElizabethKimbroughSalmon,born May1st,1910,inSt.Louis,Missouri.

361 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES JohnYoungSalmon,bornAugust28th,1875,died January26th,1886. MeiraittKimbroughSalmon,borninClinton.Missouri, August23rd,1877.Hewasmarried!inAugust,1917.to Flor:nceEs!?lloMeLccd,ofMichigan,andnewresidesin LosAngeles',California.Theyhavenochildien. LouisSalmonwas'bornSeptember9th,1879,atClin ton,MissouriandmarriedJune7th,1905atClinton,How- BirdBailey,whowasbornin Georgetown,Kentucky, October24th,1861.Theyhavenochildren. WarrenDavisSalmon,wasbornatClinton,Missouri, January2nd'.1882,diedinSt.Louis.Missouri,November 27th,1916.HemarriedKatherineLindsey,March19th, 1904,atSedalia,Missouri.Theirchildrenare:Harvey Wallis,bornClintonMissouri,January12th.1905.Mar garetLindsay,bornJune27th,1909inClinton,Missouri. PleasantWear,sonof MaiindaWearandJohn Spill:r Kimbrough,marriedMaryBrooksandhadseven children,namely:RussellWear,married;Katherine Salmon,marriedES.Nolenbywhomshehada son, EdwinSalmonNolen;Maude;PleasantWear;Oscar; SusanandAllenBrooks. Anna.Nixon,daughterof MaiindaWearandJohn SpillerKimbrough,married'W.A.Davison,alawyerof JeffersonCity,Missouri.Theyhavenochildren. Lavinia,daughterofPleasan'tM.WearandTry- phenaTiptonWear,wasborninTennessee,July17,1829, andmarriedDr.NicholasB.Rocker,April7th,1846.Their childrenwere: Katherine,(MaryT.),whowasbornJanuary3, 1848,marriedHenryGeorge,January15,1867,inMount Vernon,Missouri,andhadtwochildren:Sarah(Sallie), wdiomarriedGeorgeKingandhadtwosons,Pauland Charles,wholiveinLittleRock,Arkansas;CharlesB. whodiedunmarried. WilliamBarnes,whowasbornNovember13,1850. Heisunmarried. Oharies,bornOctober24.1855,whomarriedTtoursa Bell.May25,1879,livesin MountVernon,andhastwo children: ClydeandFloss,dydfimarriedAndyMcCanse, February7,1904,andtothemwerebornthreechildren: Harrell,McCaneeandN.B. FlossmarriedHenryToliver, February7,1907. PleasantM..washernDecember11,1907. Mary,daughterofPleasantM.Wearand/Typhena

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TiptonWearwasborninTennessee,March25,1831.She marriedfirstThomasJeffersonCook,August17,1848,by whomshehadoneson,ThomasJ.,junior,Shemarried secondJohnW.Ween,bywhomshehadfivechildren: OscarHolmes,whomarriedCatherineReynolds,ofMount Vernon;Tipton,JesseWear,WhomarriedMinnieBarker, SarahTryphena,whomarriedJohnHenryBrown,andto flhisuniontourchildrenwereborn:DanielMarion, Florence,OpheliaandThomas,andWilliamWoodson,who marriedHattieKirby(onechild).Lelia. ShemarriedthirdThomasStephens,bywhomshehad threegirls,FrancesKate,bornMarch25.1870,andmarried JackReynolds,diedlaterinCoffeyville,Kansas.January 1889;NaomiBlanche,bornAugust29,187^.married'first J.AMiller,secondS.K.Gibson;LaviniaJosephine.born May15,1868,married1).M.Fenton,November10,1892,and hasonedaughter,FredaMadeline,whomarriedR.B. HarnessandlivedinKansasCity.Missouri. HelenMar,dlaiughterof PleasantM. andTryphena TiptonWear,wasbornDecember27th,1832,anddied young. Margaret,daughterof PleasantM.WearandTry phenaTiptonWear,wasbornJanuary7th,1835,diedin infancy. OscarWear,sonofPleasantM.WearandTry phenaTiptonWear,wasibornOctober.1830;married FrancesBrownin1859.Theyhadnochildren. LucretiaWear,daughterofPleasantM.andTry phenaTiptonWear,wasbornNovember10th,1838,and marriedThomasEverettin1854. JohnGuthrie,sonofPleasantM.andTryphena TiptonWear,wasbornNovember4th.1840.Hewasalaw yer,aConfederatesoldier,andJudgeoftheU.S.District CourtofSoutheastMissouri.Hereceivedtheappointment fromPresidentClevelandandservedasJudgeforsixteen years.Hesaystihathisfather.PleasantM.,usedto tell himofthechangeinthespellingofthename.Colonel Samuel,apatriot,'hadabreakwithmembersofthefamily whowereforKingGeorge.Indefianceofkingsand"tax ationwithoutrepresentation'",hechangedthe"i"lo"a" makingWeirintoWear.JohnGuthrieWearwas marriedonNovember,1865,'to MissYoung: Theirchil drenwere:CharlesYoungWear,diedlinearlymanhood; PleasantM..diedyoung;Catherine,marriedWilliam Dickey,andhasonesonJohn,married.

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CaswellTipton\Year,sonofPleasantM.Wearand hiswifeTryphenaTiptonWearwasborninGreeneCounty, Missouri,June25,1842.HemarriedSarahElizabethPar rot!!,May31,1863,atMountVernon,Missouri.Hedied Jan.23,1921,atPlacentia,California,andwasburiledat Pawnee,Oklahoma,bythesideofhiswifewhohaddied severalyearsbeforehim.ThechildrenwereOscarDe- WiMWear,whodiedyoung;HoraceG.Wearwhowasborn October25,1865(marriedNelliaKellyandhadonechild); SamuelTiptonWear,bornSeptember27,1867;Frances TryphenaWear,bornDecember11,1869,diedNovember 19,1898(marriedWilliamC.Cherryandhadonechild whodiedyoung); MaryEleanorWear,daughterofCas wellT.and'SarahElizabethWear,bornJan.28,1872,mar riedPhilipDixonSergent,atMountVernon.Missouri,Dec. 29.1891.Theirchildrenare: DavidWearSergenl,bornOct.23, 1893,and marriedCarrieAlineWining,atAshland,Oregon,Dec.8, 1915. HildaMargueriteSergemtbornDec.28.1875,married ErnestJosephVaillancouratAshland,Oregon,'Feb.18, 1920. MildredDorothySergcnt,bornJune22,1897. MaryElizabethSergemt,'bornMarch3, 1899.mar riedRalphWilberSwihar1!,April23,1921,atVancouver, Washington. HoraceCaswellSargent,bornNov.4. 1902,mar riedVioletEstherMeCoHum,July16,1921,at Kalama, Washington. MildredClayWear,bornJanuary27,1874(married July18,1904,CharlesE.Booth,marriedsecond,April5, 1919,ArthurHamiltonVanHays); JudsonPleasantWear, bornApril4,1879(marriedMyrtleReese,July,1901.She diedOctober2,1904.Theironlychilddiedyoung); Judson PleasantWearmarriedforhissecondwife,DoraEllen Spears); WilliamVictorWear,bornAugust20,1881, (marriedOraNelson,December26,1901.Theirchildren are:RaymondVictorWear,bornJune22,1903,andMil dredEugeniaWear,bornJune22,1909). PleasantM.Wear,junior,souiof'PleasantM.and TryphenaTiptonWear,wasborninMt.Vernon,Missouri, February29.1848.Hemarried'andhasafamilyandnow residesinVinita,Oklahoma. Alice,daughterof PleasantM. andTryphena TiptonWear,wasbornin MountVernon,Missouri.

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February29th.1848.: ShemarriedSeptember1st,1869, RichardMcFall,whodiedJanuary2nd,1889,inMacDon- aldCounty,Missouri.Tenchildrenwereborntothem: Triphena,bornOctober9Qi,1870,whomarriedOctober 9th,,1887,RobertBoyd,andhadonechild:Nora,born September20th,1888('marriedW.W.Henderson,1905,and hadonechild,Louise,whowasbornin1908). EttaMcFall,bornFebruary27t:h,1872;unmarried. OscarMcFall,bornMarch1st,1874,diedNovember 9th,1892. EurahMcFall,bornJanuary29th,1876;diedininfancy. GabrielA.McFall,bornNovember28th,1878,married March20th,1904,EthelGilletteandhadthreechildren: AlmondG.,June18th,1906,diedDcember3rd.1906;Byron, bornJanuary17th,1908;andThyra,bornJuly7th,1811. EleanorMcFall,bornMarch27th,1881;diedininfancy. IjawrenceMcFall,bornMarch27th.1882;unmarried. C.H.McFall,bornAugust26th,1884;unmarried. CaswellMcFall.bornOctober25th,1887. JesseG.McFall,bornJanuary22nd,1889,marriedin 1911AndrewBennett.Theirchildren.were:Harold Bennett,bornNovnuber26th,1911;WilliamBennett,born May15th,1914;DonaldBennett,bornMay8th,1917; LoletaBennett,bornJanuary1st,1920. IX.MARGARETWEAR MargaretWear,daughterofColonelSamuelWarand hissecondwifeMaryGillilandWear,marriedtheReverend D.B.Cummings,whowassentasoneofthefirstmission ariestotheIndiansaftertheirremove!totheIndianTerri tory.Theyhad'atleastonechild,ColonelPleasantWear Cummings,whocommanded'the10!'hMissouriInfantry, C.S.A.,andparticipatedinthebattleofPrairieGrove,in Arkansas.December7th,1862,PleasantMill.Louisiana, April9th,1864,andJenkinsFerry,Arkansas.April30th, 1864. X. MINERVAWEAR MinervaWear,theyoungestchildofColonelSamuel Wearandhiswife,MaryGillilandWear,wasborninSe vierCounty,Tennessee,October20,1807.Shemarried JohnGuthrieMarch29!h,1825.JohnGuthriewasbornin ScotlandandcamefromRichmondto SevierCounty. HeownedtheSwedenFurnace.Hebuiltthefirstpapermill intheSouth.HeownedtheHolstonPaperMill,theBright

365 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES hopeFurnace,nearGreenville,and:theMiddlebrookPaper Mill,atKnoxville.JohnGuthrie,atthereorganizationof theUniversityofTennessee,wasa memberofthefirst BoardofTrustees.Hishomein Knoxvillewascalled Middiebrook(laterownedbyMajorWebb).Johnand MinervaWearGuthrieleftKnoxvilleintheearlyforties. TheywenttoNashville,thentoColumbia,Tennessee,where MinervadiedJqine4.1844.JohnGut'hriediedalsoin Columbia.Sptend)er,1844.AsonJohnGuthrie,junior, diedaboutthesarnie"time,andthegravesof'thethreeliea fewfeelt'nmthegravesofPresidentPolk'sfatherand mother.ThechildrenofJohnandMinervaWearGuthrie were: FranklinGuthrie,horn1827.diedininfancy. CatherineMargaretGuilihrie,bomJune11,1830. MarvGrangerGuthrie,born1833. HelenMarGuthrie,bornOctober21.1835. JohnChavalleeGuthrie,'born1838.diied1843. VictoriaGuthrie,'bornFebruary2, 1841,died1908, MarthaJaneGuthrie,bornFebruary24,1843,died1855. Onthedeathoftheirparents,theMauryCountyCourt appointedguardiansforthechildren:W.H.Mack,aPres byterianminister,wastheguardianforCatherineGuthrie; MajorGordonwasguardianforMaryGrangerGuthrie; ReverendW.M.SbemandwasguardianforVictoriaGuth rie.JohnGuthriewassaidtobelthewealthiest'manin EastTennessee.AmongWlherproperties,hisdaughtersin heritedseveralnegroes,someofwhomliveduntila few yeareago.AninterestingoldcourtrecordofMaury County,Tennessee,datedl1849,givesa partiallistofthe darkieslefttothechildrenofJohnandMinervaWear Guthrie,namely:Hannah,Leah,Sarah,Abram,Mary, Blount,WesleyandJane. OfthechildrenofJohnandMinervaGuthrie: OatherineMargaretGuthriemarried!Dr.Thomas WhiteKelton,ofNorthCarolinaparentage,bornnearMur- freesboro,RutherfordCounty,Tennessee.(Forherdescen dantsseeKeltonFamily). Man'GrangerGuthriewasbornin1833.Shemar riedCaptainSamuelRankinLatlaofDyersburg.Tennessee, in1852.ThemarriagetookplaceinEaton,Tennessee,at thehomeofthebride'ssister,Mrs.ThomasWhiteKelton, (CatherineMargaretGuthrie).CaptainLattewasbornin Pennsylvaniain1827.andwasdescendedfromtheRevo

366 WEAR lutionaryfamilyofLalWaofthatstate.HecametoTen nesseein1850.HeandMaryGrangerGuthriecelebrated 'theirgoldenweddinganniversaryintheihomeinDyers burgikiwhichhehadbrougbJtih'isbride.CaptainLattadied 1911.HiswifeliveduntilSeptember,1922.Theirchildren were: JohnGuthrieLatta. KateLatta. MaryElinorLatta. SarahLatta. FrankLatito. SamuelGrangerLatta. Ofltheforegoing: JohnGuthrieLattawasbornin 1858.Hemarried December6th,1882,LeonoraPoland.Theirchildrenare: LeslieLatta,bornNovember13,1883,inMarshall,Texas; marriedHarryB.Watkinsin1908.TheyliveinMemphis andhavethefollowingchildren: Leonora,bornAugust6, 1908,diedFebruary11,1913;HarryB..junior,bornSep tember3,1910;Mary,bornApril24,1912;Jacquelyn,born September28,1914.(h)NellLatta,'bornin Dyersburg, April26.1885,marriedH.C.Madey,in1907.Shelives inMemphisandhastwochildren:JohnHampton,born March26,1910,andRichard,bornAugoislt3,1916.(c)Floy LeMa,bornMay6,1892,marriedRobertJ.Beasieyin1912. Theylivein Beeville,Texas,*and!havetwochildren. RobertJ.,junior,bornJanuary26,1913,andDorothy,born May19,1914. KateLatta.wasbornin Dyersburg,October17,1858, andmarriedT.C.Gordon,whowasbornin Jackson, Louisiana,onthe7thofMay,1856.Tothemwerebornsix children: MaryGordon,bornApril26,1880,inDyersburg, Tennessee.ShewasmarriedtoJ.P.PelhamonJune11, 1901,andhadthreechildren:Gordon;Mary;William. WinfieldOsceola,borninDyersburg,January27,1882.He hasnevermarried.SadieLouise,borninDyersburg,July 6,1884.anddiedinSissetonAgency,Dakota,December 111887.KateLat'laGordonwasbornatSissetonAgency, Dakota,May7,1887.ShewasmarriedtoClarkTinda'll Jones,ofColumbia,Tennessee,andhadtwogirls:Harriett andClark.Mr.JonesdiedinFebruary,1919.InSept™- ber,1921,Mrs.JonesmarriedDoctorWallaceWilkes,of OoJumbia.SamuelLattaGordonwasborninDyersburg, August22,1889.HeisaMpresentalawyer.Heservedas aOaptainintheWorldWar.HelenMarrGordon,was

367 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES bornJanuary11,1892.Shemarried!inLosAngeles,Cal ifornia,toJ.Y.Johnstononthe15thofMay,1918.and diedSeptember30,1918. SarahKnottLaMawasbornFebruary12,1862,and marriedNovember14,1888,WilliamMadisonAnderson andMarthaAnnHolmes.Theirchildrenare: Dr.Win.M.Anderson,junior,bornSeptember"29, 1889.Hemarried!October23,1916,NancyLeeGosseJtt.at Dallas,Texas,andtheyhaveonedaughter,SarahCatherine, bornFebruary'11,1921. SamuelLattaAnderson,bornJuly19,1891,is a lawyer.HeservedintiheWorldWar.Heenteredthe TrainingCamp,May,1917;wascommissionedCaptainand assignedtoCampTravis,165DepotBrigade;served'ascom panycommander;battalioncommander;regimentaladju tant;assistantbrigadeadjutant.Hewascommissioned Major.September,1919;BrigadeAdjutantuntilDecember 22.1919,whenhereceived!bisdischarge. PresidentofCourtMarshalluntildischarged." JohnFranklinAnderson,bornFebruary19,1921 marriedDecember23,1919,toCarrieLucyStrain,andthey haveoneson.HolmesGuthrieAnderson,junior,bornNo vember3,1920. GrangerAnderson,bornJuly27.1895.Heservd intheWorldWar.EnteredtheTrainingCamp1917,was commissioned2ndLieutenantandassignedtothe345Field Artillery;wasmade1stLieutenantlater.Hewentto France,Juno,1919,withthe90thDivision,andserved'in theArmyofoccupationuntilorderedhome.Hemarried, August20,1919,ForestRichardson,andtheyhaveone child.ForrestIsabelleAnderson,bornFebruary19,1921. JohnFranklinAnderson,bornFbiuiary19,1921. Heenteredthe|R.O.T.C.asastu'denatAustinCollege, 1918,andwenttoCampArthur,Waco,Texas,1918.He marreidAugust14,1919,JewelThomason,andhasason, JohnFranklinAnderson,junior,bornMay27,11920. RobertAlbertAnderson,bornJanuary11,1900; July24,1901. JamesRankinAnderson,bornMarch9th,1802.is nowastudeni!;.Heentered*heR.O.T.C.inForrestAvenue HighSchoolandtrained!atLouisville,Kentucky,inthe siummerof1919. MaryEleanorLatta,fourthchildofCaptainSamuel LattlaandMaryGrangerLatta,wasbornMarch9th,1864; marriedNovember30,1897,toJohnP.Grigsby,whowas

368 WEAR bornApril4th,1840.HewasagallantsoldierintheWar BetweentheStatesanddiedApril21,1921.Theylivedin Dyers'burgandhadonechild,MaryGrangerGrigsby,who wasbornAugust26,1899.TheyliveintheoldLattahome. PrankWallaceLatta,fifthchildofSamuelRankin andMaryGrangerLatta,werebornJuly4th,1866.Hehas for'manyyearsbeenPostMasterofDyersburg,holdingthat positionduringmanypoliticalupheavals.Hewasmarried April29th,1891,toPearlWillisDoyle,ofKnoxville.Their childrenare: Ason,bornMarch22,1892;diediininfancy. StanleyDoyleLatita,bornMay11,1893,servedasavolun teerini IheNavythroughtheWorldWar.HeWasmarried onDecember28,1920toEdnaMooreofClinton,Kentucky. HediedFebruary5th,1921.SamuelRankinLattawas liornApril3, 1896.Heservedasa volunteerinthe ArtillerythroughoutUhewar.JohnHickmanLatta,born December10th,1897,served!asavolunteerduringthelatter monthsofthewar.EvelynBelleLatta,bornOctober24, 1898.SadieKnottLatta,bornJanuary22,1906. SamuelGrangerLatta,sonof SamuelR. andMary GrangerLatta,wasbornAngus.)5,1871.Heisalawyer, beingtheseniormemberofIhefirmofLattaandLattaof Dyersburg,ofwhichhissonFranklinW.Lattaisapartner HewasmarriedOctober1,1896,toEveleenPardoeandhas thefollowingchildren:Frankl'inWallaceLatta,whoserved intheWorldWarinAviation,marriedtoRuthFumbanks, November18,1920,and'hasonechild,S.GrangerLattajr. bornSeptnmber4,1921.MaryLatta,bornMay29,1899, marriedonJanuary19,1919.itoHomerMurphyRichards and!hasonechild; HomerLattaRichardsbornFebruary15, 1920.KaiteLatta,bornAugust9,1901.GordonGranger LiuHa.bornSeptember30,1903.EveleenLatta,bornJ'une 15,1905. HelenMarGuthrie,daughterof MinervaWearand JohnGuthrie,marriedDr.JohnRocker,a brotherto LaviniaWear'shusband,inMountVernon,Missouri.They diedabout1870,leavingnochildren.

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TheV/illiamsFamilyofNorthCaroliyiaandTennessee OneoftheoldanddistinguishedfamiliesofNorthCaro linaandTennesseeistheWilliams.Theprogenitorofthe familywasNathanielWilliams,whowasanailiveofHan overCounty,Virginia.Hehadfoursonsandonedaughter, namely: I. RobertWilliams. II. BetsyorElizabethWilliams. III.JohnWilliams. IV.NathanielWilliams,Scond. V. JosephWilliams. I. ROUERTWILLIAMS RobertWilliams,theeldestsonofNathanielWilliams, movedfrom)PittsylvaniaCounty,Virginia.RobertWilliams wasAdjutantGeneraloftheStateofNorthCarolinaand collectedtheonlycopyoftheActsoftheAssembly.He marriedSarahLanier.Theyhadsevenchildrenandpos siblyonemore.Thesevenwere:(1)NathanielWilliams (whowasJudgeoftheSuperiorCourtofTennessee); (2) PollyWilliams(whomarriedMatlthewCay,memberof Congress1797-1813); (3)LucyWilliams(whomarried RobertCall); (4)PalsyWilliams(whomarriedJohn Henry;(5)SarahWilliams(whomarriedJamesChalmers andlivedin Halifax,Virginia,andwasgrandparent ofGeneralJamesR.Chalmers,memberofCongressfrom Mississippi); (6)ElizabethWilliams(whomarriedJohn Kerr,memberofCongress,andhadthreechildren,namely: JohnKerr,Second,whowasalsoamemberofCongivss; MaryG.Kerr,whomarriedhercousin,.NicholasLanier

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Williams,andMarthaKerr,whomarriedDr.FrankMartin; and(second)FrancesWilliams(whomarriedThomasD. OonallyofTennessee.Theyhadthreechildren,namely:Nov. JohnKettTConnelly,whomarriedAliceC.Thomas,daugh terofJamesThomasofRichmond';MaryE.Conally,who marriedJamesTurnerMorehead,sonofGovernorJ.M. MoreheadofNorthCarolina;and!FrancesConally.who marriedC.W.GuerrantofRockingham,NorthCarolina). TheofheirdaughterofRobertWilliamsandhiswife,Sarah LanierWilliams,whowas'heeighthchild,isgivenby JohnH.Wheeler"asalsoa"Frances,"'butitisimprobable thattwodaughterswouldhavereached'malturitycontinu allyca.lled'bythesamename.. Sheisgiven,however,as "Frances,thewifeofGeneralBoirciliaGraves". II. BETSYORELIZABETHWILLIAMS BetsyorElizabethWilliams,daughterofNathaniel Williams,married Hicks. III.JOHNWILLIAMS JohnWilliams,sonofNathanielWilliams,Fir^t,born inHanoverCounty,Virgnia,in1745;diedin1799.Hewas aColonelof'theRevolutionandcommandedtheMinute MenfromHillsboroDistrict,NorthCarolina.InApril1770, hewasamemberofthecourtwhiChmetaitHillsboro.He wasoneofthefirstJudgesundertheStaleConstitutionin NorthCarolina,in1777Hewasamemberdistinguished forhissoundjudgmentandcommonsense.Hediedin October.1799. tiemarriedElizabethWilliamsonandsettledinNorth Carolina,HillsboroDistrict.Theyhadtwochidren, namely:ChristopherH.Williams(whowasamemberof CongressfromTennessee1837-1853,'andElizabethWilliams (whomarriedGeneralAzariahGraves.The&rdaughter, HenriettaGraves,marriedJudgeThomasSettle,Firsti,and hadtwochildren,ThomasSettle,Second,andFannieSettle, whomarriedColonelJohnW.Covingtonandhadadaugh ter,NettieCovington,whomarriedP.D.WalshofRock ingham,NorthCarolina). SenatorJohnSharpWilliamsofMississippicomesof thisline.HeisasonofColonelChristopherHarrisWil liamsandhiswifeAnnieLouiseSharpWilliams.John SharpWilliamswasborninMemphis.HemarriedEliza bethDialWebb.

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IV.NATHANIELWILLIAMS,SECOND NathanielWilliams,Second',sonofNathanielWilliams, Firstmarried andhadthreechildren,namely: RobertWilliams(whowasappointedGovernorofMis sissippibyPresidentThomasJefferson); NathanielWil liams,Third;andElizabethWilliams(whomarried BaldwinofLouisiana). V. JOSEPHWILLIAMS JosephWilliams,sonofNathanielWilliams,theFirst wasbarninHanoverCounty,Virginia,and'moved*toNorth Carolinawhenhewaseighteenyearsold.Hesettlednear ShallowFord,inwhatwasafterwardsSurreyCounty,be fore'theRevolution.Hewasoneofthedelegatesfrom SurreytotheConventionatHillsboroin1775,theother delegatesbeingRobertLanier,WilliamHall,MartinArm strong,andJosephWinston. In1776hewasappointedLieutenantColonelofthe SurreyCountyMilitia.MartinArmstrongwasColonel. JosephWilliamswas'distinguishedforhisenterprise,ac tivityandpatriotism.HewasClerkofthecourtofSurrey formanyyearsandcontinuedinifhatpositionuntlhe died,ataripeoldage,in1828.HemarriedRebccaLanier ofGranvilleCounty,NorthCarolina.I Theirchildrenwere: (1) RobertWilliams;marriedRebeccaSmith. (2) JosephWilliams;marriedSusanTaylor. (3) JohnWilliams;marriedMelindaWhite. . (4)WilliamWilliams;marriedSarahKing. (5)LewisWilliams;diedunmarried'. (6)ThomasL.Williams;marriedPollyMcClung. (7) RebeccaWilliams;marriedJohnH.Wimbish. (8) AlexanderWilliams;marred'CatherineDixon. (9)FannieWilliams;marriedJohnP.Erwin. (10)NicholasLanierWilliams; marredMaryG.King. Oftheforegoing: (1)GeneralRobertWilliams,sonofJosephWilliams andRebeccaLanierWilliams,wasborninCaswellCounty, andwasprominentinthepubliclifeofNorthCarolina.He wasamemberofCongressfromNorthCarolna1797-1803, andin1805wasappointedCommissionerofLandTitlesin MississippibyPresidentJefferson.Heservedforfooir

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years.HemarriedRebeccaSmithofGranville,NorthCaro lina,anddiedinLouisiana. (2)JosephWilliams,Second',sonofJosephWilliams andRelieccaLanierWilliams,wasClerkofSurreyCourt. He'marriedSusanTaylor.Theyhadthreechildren, namely:SusanWilliams(whomarriedJamesR.Dodge andihad: RichardIrwinDodge,U.S.A.,whosesonwas FYettorickP.Dodge;AnnieDodge,whomarriedChalmers Li.Glenn,andhadJamesL.Glenn,RobertB.Glenn,and EdwardT.B.Glenn;andMaryH.Dodge);RebeccaWil liams(whomarriedFrankDeaderick); andMidshipman JohnT.Wlliams. (3) JohnWilliams,thethirdsonofJosephWilliams andRebeccaLanierWilliams,movedto Knoxville,Ten nessee.Herehebeganlopracticelaw.DuringtheSemi noleWarheraisedatroopofvolunteers,afterwhichhe wasmadeColonelof'the39thInfantry,UnitedStatesArmy. IntheBaiWleoftheHorseshoethe39th,underhiscommand', issaidtohavebornethebruntofthebattle.From1815to 1823hewasSenatorfromTennessee.In1825hewasap pointed,byPresidentAdams,EnvoytotheCentralAmer icanStates.HediedinKnoxville,August7,1837.Hemar riedMalindaWhite,daughterofGeneralJamesWhite,and sistertoHughLawsonWhite.Hehadthreechildren, namely:JosephLanierWilliams(memberofCongress from1839to1843); MargaretWilliams(whomarried ChiefJusticePearsonofNorthCarolinaashisfirstwife: 'fromthislinecomesRichardPearsonHobsonof Greensboro,Alabama); andColonelJohnWilliams,Second, (whomarriedRh'odiaMorganandhadthreechildren, namely:JohnWilliams,Third;ThomasLanierWilliams andLizzieWilliams.Ofthese:JohnWilliams,Third,mar riedLizzieNelson,daughterofJudgeThomasA.R.Nelson, ofKnoxville,Tennessee,and'hadadaughterMaryWilliams, whomarriedMerriweatberandlivesinWashington; ThomasLaniierWilliamsmarriedIsabellaCoffin(seeSevier FamilyinNotableSouthernFamilies,VolumeI),andhad EllaWilliamswhomarriedWilliamGarinaway Brownlow(see BrownlowFamilyin Notable SouthernFamilies,Vol.I, andhasnochildren; andCorneliusCoffinWilliams,whomarridEdwinaDakin, andlivesinSt.Louisandhastwochildren,RoseIsabella WilliamsandThomasLanierWilliams,Second!;Lizzie Williams,married'JosephW.SneedofKnoxville,Tennes see,andhadJohnSeed.JosephSneed,LidaSneed',Eliza

374 WILLIAMS bethSneed,LindaSneed,whomarriedAlexBrandeau,and WilliamSneed,whomarriedElizbe'thLoganandhad JosephLoganSneed,ElizabethSneedandRebeccaSneed. (4)WilliamWilliams,thefourthsonofJosephWil liamsandRebeccaLanierWilliams,wasbornabout1782, Hegraduated!fromitbeUniversityofNorthCarolinain1808 HewaselectedtoCongressin1815,andconliOiedtobea memberofCongressduringhislife.HediedlwhileinWash ington,February25,1842.Hewasunmarried. (6)ThomasLanierWilliams,sonofJosephWilliams andRebeccaLanierWilliams,wasatwinbrotherofLewis Williams,andwasbornabout1782.HemovedtoTen nesseeandwasChancellorofTennesseformanyyears.He marriedPollyMcClung,daughterofCharlesMcClungand MargaretWhite,daughterofGeneralJanusWhiteofTen nessee.Theyhadfourchildren,namely:RebeccaWil liams(whoiissaidtohavemarridasonoifGovernorIsaac ShelbyofKentucky); MalindaWilliams(whomarried ChiefJusticeNaptonof Missouri); MargaretWilliams (whomarriedJohnG.Miller,memberofCongressfrom Missouri,and'marriedasliersecondhusband,H.W. DouglassofNashville); and Williams(whomarried Dr.J.WalkerPercyofHuntsviile,Alabama). (RebeccaWilliams. seventhchiliand'firstdaughter ofJosephWilliamsandRebeccaLanierWilliams,married ColonelJohnH.WimbishofHalifax,Virginia.Theyhad oneChild,Rebecca,whomarriedfirstDr.PleasantHender son,andsecondRogerQ.Mills,memberofCongressfrom Texas. (8) AlexanderWilliams,wholivedatGreeneville,Ten nessee,seventhsonofJosephWilliamsan.ilRebeccaLanier Williams,wasaphysician.HemarriedCatherineDixon, onlydaughterofColonelWilliamDixon. (9) FannieWilliams,ninthchildofJosephWilliams aridRebeccaWilliams,marriedColonelJohnP.Erwinof Nashville. (10)NicholasLanierWilliams,tenthChildandeighth sonofJosephWilliamsandRebeccaLaniierWilliams,was bornabout1800.HemarriedMaryG.Kerrandhadthree children,namely:BettlieWilliams(whomarried'JoihnA. Lillington;JosephWilliams(whomarriedM.LouGlenn, daughterofTyreGlennofYadkinCounty,NorthCarolina, andhadtwoohildren,GlennWilliamsandMaryWil liams); andLewisWilliams,whomarriedSarahA.Smith, daughterofColonelWilliamC.SmiiihofAnsonCounty,

375 NOTABLESOUTHERNFAMILIES NorthCarolina,andhadfivechildren:MaryC.Williams, ElizaHelmsWilliams,WilliamSmithWilliams,LenaPearl WilliamsandLanierWilliams. FromTennesseeReports,VolumeIII,page14. CARTHAGE,1816 NathanielWilliams,officerinColonialLine,March7, 1786,grantforservices,in SmithCountyTennessee.on CumberlandRiver.Nathanieldiedandleftsons,Nathaniel andWilliamWilliams.Thelatterdiedunmarried,leaving NathanielWilliamssoleheir.Hesoldthelandwarrantin 1785ltoGraftonIreland. Note:AnotherWilliamsofRevolutionaryServicewas* QolonelJamesWilliam,borninGranvilleCounty,North Carolina,1737;died1780Hecopimandleda regimentat King'sMountainandinotherbattles.AtKing'sMountain hewasmortalywounded'.HemarriedMaryWallace. DescendantsofWiiisColonelWilliamsareMissCarolineWil liamsSproulofAbbeville,SouithCarolina,andMissMary MilesJordanofGreenwood,SouthCarolina,and'the WilliamsfamilyofAlabama. THEWTLLOUGHBYWILLIAMSLINE ColonelWiloughbyWilliamsof NorthCarolinawas anotherdistinguishedofficeroftheRevolution.Heserved us"CommisaryofIssues".Hefoughtin.manybattlesand wasImdlywoundedattheBattleofCowpens.Anotherau thoritysaysthalfchewaskilledintheBattleofCowpens. HemarriedNancyGlasgow(afterhisdeathshemarried GovernorJosephMcMinnofTennessee,bu!tbyhimhadno children).ColonelWillough'byWilliamsleftason,Wil- loughbyWilliams,Second,whomarriedNancyNicholls. Theyhadason,RobertNiohollsWilliams.Hemarried MaryMatildaMorgan,whoisnowlivingin Columbia, Tennessee.Theirchildrenwere: GenevieveWilliams(who marriedJamesHillaryMulligan); NancyLeeWilliams (whomarriedWilliamPorterMorgan,andisnowliving inColumbia,Tennessee); MorganWilliams(ofGreene- ville,Florida); andWillough'byWilliams,Third(whodied November23,1919,inNashville,Tennessee,leavingtwo sons). JudgeJosephV.WilliamsofChailanooga,isofafamily WhichmovedtotheslateofTennesseemorethanacentury agofromMaryland.JamesWilliams(great-grandfather

376 WILLIAMS ofJosephV.Williams),movedtoElizabethton,Tennessee, earlyintheyear1805;fromMarylandwherehehadseen revolutionaryservice.Sometimebefore1814,hediedin Elizabethton.Inthaltyearhisson,JesseWilliams,moved toOvertonCounty,Tennessee,andafterlivingthereone yearmovedagain,thistimetoWhiteCounty,wherehe liveduntilhisdeath.HemarriedElizabethTalteof a wellknownTennesseefamily,andtheirson,JamesTate WilliamsmarriedMatildaWallaceofanoldrevolutionary family.Theirchildrenwere:JosephV.Williams,and MayWilliams.JudgeJosephV.WilliamsmovedtoChat tanoogatoreside,andmarriedAnnieScholze.Theirchil drenare:JosephV.Williams,junior,RobertWilliams, MargaretWilliamsandAnnieGertrudeWilliams.May Williams,daughterofJamesTalteWilliamsandMatilda WallaceWilliams,marriedJ.T.Quarles,ofCookeville, Tennessee.

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