ALBERT S O HN S ON RACE BARROW A M R . S . J ( G ) , uthor
E n N n H n S . Member of the Mu Phi psilo , atio al o orary Musical orority A FEW EARLY FAMILIES
IN AMERICA
MR N S . ALBERT S . JOH SON} ( GRACE BARROW )
NDIANAPOL I S NDIANA I , I
R WM MITC ELL P INTIN CO . . H G
REENF IELD INDIA N A G ,
Printed only in United States o f America Copyright 1 941
By MR A R S E . . LB T S JOHN SON ( Grac e Barrow) 1 8364216 8 4
D edicated t o
ARAH INKLE S E . H
i e a a Un onvill , Indi n
a I see my way as birds their trackless w y .
r e a e a a a . W I sh ll r iv h t tim , wh t circuit first ,
sk e e a I a not ; but unl ss God s nds His h il,
e- a ee Or blinding fir b lls , sl t or stifling snow ,
e e e a a e In som tim , His good tim , I sh ll rriv ;
H n h e . e guides me a d t e bird . In His good tim
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
The Name and F amily of B arrow
Line of D escen t of the B arrow F amily
’ h Rev a a s a Extracts from t e . D vid B rrow Circul r
4 a e e e a 1 1 798 . L tt r , F bru ry Virgini His Biog raphy
’ A t h Rev a a s Copy of e . D vid B rrow
a e a e Extr cts from a Letter Writt n by Mrs . Ch rl s
a i e a on Ma 1 4 1 940 89 E . D vis , Sm thfi ld , Virgini , y ,
Old Wills an d D eeds ; a Biography of Alexan der
a an e i a a a e B rrow , St . Fr cisvill , Lou si n ; Sk tch of William Ruffin B arrow
The Hooke F amily D ata
The B all and Custer Lin es
The Rader Lin e
1 0 Th m a an ra a . e B ss d G y F ily Tree
1 1 Th e n e en . e P terso Line of D sc t
The E arly Counties of Virgin ia an d Other Im portan t D at a on Genealogy
1 3 a t h L a e . P rt of e ee F mily Lin
PREFACE
“ at o f A few items the beginning this book , seem to help the reader fathom the tremendous undertaking that on e h as in attempting to tra ce an on e of an d ar e y line descent , there some few a c an a a a notes th t be dded here , th t evidently h ve a a t o ami close rel tionship the f lies mentioned , but the relationship cannot be definitely a est blished . w a s a a a wh o w as a There Thom s B rrow , m de as o f an d a M ter Rolls , received other ppoint to o 1 497 an d ments , ; He died in his will is in the Pero ative of a g Court C nterbury . His brother , a w as a a o f a of a a Rich rd , merch nt st ples C l is , “ wh 1 505 a a o died in . There is br ss in the at a church Winthrop , ne r by Burgh , Lincoln
a . a a shire , Engl nd ( T ken from the p mphlet , “ d ” 1 48 f an o 3 . Notes Queries , p. , series , vol V II . ) a 449 2 vol In the s me book , p . , series , . XI , it D f a a a a . o st tes th t S muel B rrow, M . , Trinity A 1 643 -4 w as of 1 660 College , B . . , , in August a a to a constituted Physici n in Ordin ry Ch rles II , of n a a a a a an d E gl nd . The celebr ted m them tici n aa a of a w as a the Divine Is c B rrow, Engl nd, f f Ah a o aa a . o gr ndson Is c B rrow , Esq , Spinney a a a a i a bey , C mbridge , Engl nd, f m ly long se ted an d had a in Suffolk Norfolk , which origin lly a w as come from Lincoln , Engl nd , where it a a a o f an se ted tempor rily with Edw rd IV Engl d . The Barrows in Lanca shire are best represented ar e in the Ambleside District , but represented an d strongly in Sussex Kent .
’ AUTHOR S NOTE
Many years have been spent in gathering the
“ a a for an d a a m teri l this book , I wish to th nk e ch an d h as an w a everyone , who in y y contributed a a a an d tow rds m king it success , I sincerely hope that the names an d dates and places are as a a s ne rly right possible . Sincerely MR L ERT S B . OHNSON . . A S J ( Gra c e B arrow ) THE NAME AND FAMILY OF BARROW
THE NAME AND FAMILY OF BARRow
HE name of BARROW is believed t o have been derived from the name Borough or a h ad Boroughs , which origin lly reference to a a so - a a at pl ce , c lled in Engl nd , which the a o f a on first be rer the n me resided . It is found
ancient English records in the. various spellings
B arou h a B ar ou hs Bor Of g , B rugh , Borough , g , B orr ow e B orr ow es Bar rough , Borroughs , , , Barrow es Barrow e Barow es a rowe , , , , B row, Berew e Bar ew e Bar ew es a a and , , , B rrus , B rrows an d a i BARROW, innumer ble others , Of wh ch the form last mentioned is a well-known sur a in i a a n me Amer c tod y . Among the earliest records Of the name in i E n land are of la B er ew e of g those John de , Wh orest er shire a 1 2 72 of a , bout ; those ‘ Rich rd la B ar ew e of 1 2 73 de , Of the County Suffolk , in ; a la B ar ew e of those Of Willi m de , Of the County a a o f Essex , bout the s me time ; those Robert de
la Bar ew e of 1 2 75 a a or , ; those Of John tte B rew, Berw e o f S omm er setshire 1 3 2 7 an d of , , in ; those a la Barr ow e of a 1 3 41 W lter de , the ye r Of . About the beginning Of the following century a a of Rich rd B rrow resided in the city Chester , a an d w as a o f wh o w as Engl nd, the f ther John , a o f an d a of the f ther Robert Thom s , whom the w as a of at a tw o a first the f ther le st sons , Thom s 1 4 A FEW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA an d a of Robert . Thom s , the young brother the w as a of first Robert Of this line , m yor the city 1 495 an d h ad of Chester in , issue by his first w of a an d of ife , Ann , Thom s Roger , whom the a w as 1 544 an d l tter killed in , left issue by his a of a a wife , K therine Singleton , son n med John , who settled in North ampt on shir e an d w as the a a a Of at a f ther , by his wife , M ry St ndish , le st on e a a a a son n med Edw rd , who m rried Eliz beth an d a Cheney prob bly left issue . a a a Rich rd B rrow, of Lincolnshire , died bout 1 502 a a , le ving issue of Thom s or Roger , John , an d a Of w as a Rich rd , whom the first the f ther a an d an d of Thom s John others , of whom the h ad by a a first issue his wife , M rg ret Goodrich , a y Of Thom s , who resided in the Count of Nor and w a s at a folk the f her , by his wife , M ry a a Bures , of Thom s (died young) , Willi m, a Henry , John , Edw rd , Stephen , Ann , Bridget , 1 a an d a W a a Eliz beth M ry . Of these , illi m m de Of his home in the County Suffolk , where his a first wife , Fr nces Wingfield , died without is an d a Dau n d a sue , his second wife , Eliz beth y, g ve
: a an d him three children Morris , Eliz beth a Fr nces . About the beginning of the sixteenth century a a a Henry B rrow , who descended from H mp a i w as a Of a a shire f m ly , the f ther son n med a John , who m de his home in the County of Suf an d w a s a h aa and folk , the f ther of P ilip , Is c , NAME AND FAMILY OF BARROW 1 5
o an e of a J , whom the first resided in C mbridge an d w as a a shire the f ther , by his wife , C therine a a Linton , of S muel (died without m le issue) , a aa a an d Dor Ch rles (died young) , Is c , Thom s , th aa w o . as a y Of these , Is c the f ther , by his first a o f aa wife; Rebecc Yong , Is c (died young) , a an d a an d Thom s , five d ughters , by his second a R ese aa an d wife , C therine y , of Philip , Is c , Martha ; an d Thomas (son Of Philip) settled in Of an d w as a the County Essex the f ther , by his a a a son wife , Dorothy W lpole , of , mong others , , a w as a a S muel , who the f ther , in the e rly seven teenth G effre century, by his wife , Judith Fitz y, a a an d a a Of S muel , Thom s sever l d ughters . a B ar ow e of w as One Rich rd , Herefordshire , a the f ther , before the middle of the sixteenth a a wh o w a s century , by his wife , J ne , Of J mes , a a a Warn ec ombe the f ther , by his wife , M rg ret a a a and a of Rich rd Thom s , J mes six d ughters . a Of these , the son , Rich rd , left issue , by his wife ,
a ar e n ot on Eliz beth Boyle , but their children record . Not a a without distinction in Gre t Brit in , where many bearers of the name Of B arrows or B arrow were Of the landed gentry an d yeo a a w as a m nry , the f mily represented mong the
earliest British settlers in the New World . It is probably that the first of the name in Am a a or a wh o eric is John B rrow B rrows , set tled at a a a S lem, M ss chusetts , with his wife , 1 6 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
An n a t o a . He l ter moved Plymouth , in the s me and di 1 692 a six h colony, ed there in , le ving c il
: a a a dren Robert , Joshu , Ben j h , Ebenezer , a an d a as as a i M ry, Debor h , well w dow (his sec ond a a wh o w as a wife) n med Debor h , prob bly the mother Of several Of the above mentioned chil dren . son of immi a al Robert, the the gr nt, John ( though some authorities have referred to him as of at an d the brother John) , resided Plymouth h ad issue by his first wife , Ruth Bonum, whom a 1 666 of Eliezu r di he m rried in , John , ( ed a an d a young) , George , S muel Mehit ble . Shortly a a a a 1 689 a a fterw rds , perh ps the ye r , he m rried a a a second wife n med Lydi Dunh m, by whom he had Th ankfu ll a further issue Of Robert , , Elish , a an d i a Thom s Lyd . a son of i mi a a Joshu , the m gr nt , John , m rried Deliver enc e Wedge an d ma de his home at Attle a a and a borough , M ss chusetts , his children (m ny “ ” f re be o whom spelled the name B arrus ) a . lieved to a a a a h ve been Ben j h , Joshu , John, a and a Thom s , Ebenezer S muel . a a son of i a w as Ben j h , the imm gr nt, John , a to a first m rried Eliz beth Bucklin , by whom he had at a a issue , Attleborough , M ss chusetts , Of
' a Neh emiah Ben ami n e John, Joseph , Debor h , , j , a a an d a Elij h , Lydi Ich bod . It is considered probable that he h ad n o further issue by his sec ond i a w fe , the widow Lincoln , whom he m rried
1 8 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA.
a a A a nm th t he c me to meric from Mo outhshire , a a w a s a a W les . George B rrow m rried bout 1 72 0 at a a a R a Ch rlestown , M ss chusetts , to ther a a a son ine Ivory, who died the next ye r , le ving a a y n med George , who died in inf nc . 1 772 a Of a n mar In George B rrow , Ch rlestow , h ad ried Relief Rows , by whom he issue of Re a an d a a lief , M ry prob bly George , lthough the a m a a a a l st y h ve been by his third wife , H nn h Ch an dl ier a 1 783 , whom he m rried in . By this third marriage he is known t o have h ad an issue t an d a a a . Of le st two sons , John Thom s O an d The ffsprings of these two , other a a a a S a br nches of the f mily in Americ , h ve pre d to all p arts Of the country an d have been promi n n f a ent in the growth a d development O the n tion . m a a s an a They y be described upright , soci lly mi an d c a nded onscientious r ce , possessed of a a r ther high intellectual bility . Members of the family have rendered hu m anitarian services in a a and the fields of medicine , liter ture , educ tion st mini ry . Among those who fought in the War of Revo a a an d a Of lu tion were Lieuten nts J cob S muel ,
a a a a on a North C rolin ; Lieuten nts Jeremi h , J a an d a Of a a an d th n A ron , M ss chusetts , the Rev
a a of a D vid B rrow, the Isle of Wight , Virgini a a Daniel B rrow, of Surry county, North C ro n d m a a . lin , nu erous others ’ NAME AND FAMILY OF BARROW 1 9
a a a a John , S muel , D vid , D niel , Robert , Thom s , a aa a Roger , Edw rd , Henry, Is c , Rich rd , George , Ben e ah a an d a j , Joseph , J mes , Ebenezer Willi m ar e among the Christian names most frequently the a a ami found in nn ls of the f ly . Here ar e a few of the many members of this family who have distinguished themselves in America in more recent years Elizah - Porter B arrow ( 1 807 of Con n ecticu t a an d a , clergym n educ tor . S amuel June B arrows ( 1 845 Of New r a an d a Yo k , clergym n uthor . e a 1 84 a John H nry B rrows ( 7 educ tor . a of John Vincent B rrows Illinois , a clinici n . D avid Prescott B arrows of Illinois u niversity professor . a a a 1 877 a H rl n H . B rrows ( Of Michig n , a geogr pher . Harold Kilbrith B arrows Of Ma ssa hu Setts c .
a a of St nley Hill B rrows Illinois , a a m nuf cturer . William Morton B arrows of New of an d York , professor zoology entomology . a a 1 753 Rev . D vid B rrow ( of Brunswick a a a county, Virgini , eminent B ptist pre cher . James B arrow ( 1 757 of Brunswick a who Am i a county, Virgini , fought in the er c n
Revolution . 2 0 A F EW EARLY FAM ILIES IN AMERICA
ani a 1 757 of D el B rrow ( Surry county, N a a wh o in Am a orth C rolin , fought the eric n a War Revolution ry . a i a a of a D v d Crensh w B rrow Georgi , w as a of f i who ch ncellor University o Georg a . a ia a Pope B rrow (b . Of Georg , l wyer . a a of a Cr ig B rrow Georgi , doctor . Al a a of a ill ex nder B rrow, N shv e, Tennessee an d a u i a a a St . Fr ncisville , Lo si n , United St tes a sen tor . Henry Augustine B arrow ( 1 760 Of a a of m a Georgi , veter n the A eric n Revolution . George Washington B arrow of Ten nessee a , congressm n . NAME AND FAMILY OF BARROW 2 1
BIBLIOGRAPHY
u 1 860 Lower Dictionary of Family Name s . . — 1 901 B ardsley English an d Welsh Surnames . . — 1 887 a e . Metcalfe Visitations of North mptonshir . — 1 882 Metcalfe Visit ations of Suffolk . . — 1 1 a 89 . Harleian Society Norfolk Visit tions . — 1 97 a 8 . Harleian Society C ambridge Visit tions . — 1 6 e a 87 . Harleian Society Ess x Visit tions . — 1 6 e 88 . Weaver Visitations of Herefordshir . — 1 860 Savage Genealogical Dictionary of New England . .
1 3 -1 89 a 89 5 . Maine Historical and Genealogic l Record . — 1 883 D avis Ancient L andmarks of Plymouth . .
— s 1 891 Munsell American Ance try . . — 1 864 ea e W a . . W v r History of indh m , Conn — 1 881 a e . . B rrus History of Gosh n , Conn — i 1 3 2 e . 8 Hinman E arly Settlers of Conn ct cut . — 1 1 2 9 . Greer E arly Virginia Immigr ant .
— a Virku s Abridged Comp endium of American Gene logy . 1 9 2 6. — a e ea e an d a e a e a . Wym n G n logi s Est t s of Ch rl stown , M ss 1 87 9 . — 1 91 4 h e a . Heitman Officers of t e Contin nt l Army . Massachusetts Soldiers an d S ailors of th e Revolutionary 1 6 r 89 . Wa . Th 1 2 e a . 93 e Am ric ns . — 1 88 Burks General Armory . 4. NOTI CE
The names in all famil y-trees c an easily be traced by noticing the su mm ary at the end of ” each chapter According t o the Letter Signs at i o f a a the beg nning e ch n me . LINE OF DE S CENT OF BARROW FAMILY
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a w as lin . He born in Brunswick county , Vir a gini .
a a an d a ( ) John B rrow, his wife , the Journ l ’ a 1 795 an d mentions Willi m in , John s children lived in Mercer county , Kentucky . His children were Elizabeth David Polly Nancy Herman an d a a Peter , born while the Rev . D vid B rrow w as there . a a a (b) Willi m B rrow, who lived ne r his y a brother , John , in Mercer county, Kentuck , l ter 1 9 5 h d a ad a . th n 7 . He been m rrie since The Veterans Administration in Washington furn “ ish the following Wil liam B arrow w as born a a 8 1 762 c ou ntv a J nu ry , , in Brunswick Virgini .
i a - Wh le resident of Guilford county , North a a a a nl or C rolin , Willi m B rrow e isted in August 1 780 as a September , , served three months pri ’ a a a s a n v te in C pt . George Pe rce Comp ny, Colo el ’ a a an d a Moore s North C rolin Regiment , eng ged an d a a an d in spying scouting in South C rolin , w a s in several skirmishes ; he volunteered in Jan u a 1 781 m a a a ry, , im edi tely fter the b ttle of the a Wal Copens , or Cowpens , served in C pt . John ’ ’ n a a a ker s , Colo el P isley s North C rolin Regi an d a a w as ment , while out on scouting p rty LINE OF DESCENT OF BARROW FAMILY 2 7
’ taken a prisoner by Colonel Tarlet on s Dr a an d w as a on a goons , pl ced bo rd the British fleet , at a a an d then lying Wilmington , North C rolin , 1 781 held in confinement until in August , , when he w as exchanged an d returned home ; reaching there about the first week in September follow a a at Of a ing ; he st ted th t the time his c pture , he e an d received two wounds , one on the should r one on a the he d .
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After the Revolution, he resided in North a a 1 789 C rolin , until , then he moved to Kentucky, an d a a a lived for time in Fr nklin county , th t n d 1 802 v a a a . St te , in , mo ed to Pul ski county w as a a on a a He llowed pension his pplic tion , ex ec u ted 1 6 1 83 3 September , , while residing in the
a a . s id Pul ski county , Kentucky a a 3 1 83 9 Willi m B rrow died September , ; a 2 9 1 96 a . a 7 pl ce not shown M rried , M rch , , Sus a an d a anna Miskell . The d te pl ce of her birth n a ar e n t a a d the names Of her p rents o st ted . ’ a a w as a d a The soldier s widow, Sus nn , llowe 1 1 850 at pension , executed April , , which time w as a e 73 a an d a she g ye rs , resided in Pul ski county, Kentucky Their children ar e a a 2 6 1 797 ¢ Rebecc Lee , born Febru ry , . 2 5 1 98 a 7 . Ch rles Miskell , born November , 3 1 800 0 a a . } N ncy , born Febru ry , 2 1 801 a . D vid , born October , 3 0 1 803 a . ¢ Thom s , born April , 2 8 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a 1 7 1 804 S muel , born December , . a a a 1 1 1 806 cSus nn , born M rch , . a a Ma 1 1 808 H nn h , born y , . a a 1 6 1 81 0 ¢ M ry, born Febru ry , .
t a r . 1 8 1 81 1 g Willi m , J , born June , . 2 6 1 81 3 Moses , born April , . a a 2 0 1 81 5 John , born J nu ry , . aa 2 1 81 6 Is c , born August , . a a 2 7 1 81 9 ¢ S lly, born M rch , . In 1 850 Rebecca Lee B arrow S adl er dau gh of an d i a a ter the soldier his w fe , Sus nn , lived in a a a on Pul ski county, Kentucky ; in the s me ye r , e S amuel S adler also resided in Pu l aski county ; but n o relationship of S amuel t o Rebecca was a st ted . 1 83 3 a a of di In A ron B rrow, brother the sol er w as a ix - an d ged s ty one , his wife w as Si - r a a a a . e M rth B rrow, xty four ye rs They ’ a sided in Pul ski county, Kentucky . D aniel B arrow lived on Torns a a an d m ar Creek , Surry county, North C rolin , ried Hannah Stone ; an d his Revolutionary War “ a as a a record re ds follows D niel B rrow, born i a on 8 in Brunsw ck county, Virgini , December ,
1 757 h ad a w ar as : di , record follows ed Novem 8 1 83 7 a 79 a an d 1 1 mar ber , , ged ye rs months ; Ma 1 783 t o a a wh o w as ried y, , H nn h Stone , born 6 1 764 and 1 9 1 83 4 a August , , died August , , ged 70 a in w ar 1 776 i ye rs . He served the from unt l f 1 6 a nl at a e o . its close . He e isted the g ye rs
R0 BERT “1 ILSON B ARROW UDGE R G RR W J B I HT G . B A O
A n i s i . l wyer of M co , M s our La o f n a a wyer Maco , Missouri , who built
Hildreth home . LINE OF DE SCENT OF BARROW FAMILY 2 9
3 2 1 04 His pension number is S . ; while living I n i a nl Brunsw ck county , Virgini , he e isted in h of 1 776 and as t e spring , served three months ’ a a a a a a priv te in C pt in Willi mson s Comp ny . While l1 v1 ng in North Carolina he enl isted in 1 779 an d 1 3 as a a Ca , served months priv te in p ’ ’ ’ a a Tartan son s an d a t in Hill s , Fr ncis Br dley s ’ a Col a a comp nies , under . J mes Hog n s North a a 4 r 5 a at C rolin regiment . He served O d ys of a the time the b ttle Of Guilford . w ar After the he lived in Surry county , North a a t o C rolin , then moved Knox county, Tennes a an d see , from there to W yne county, Kentucky , ” a t o a fin lly J ckson county, Illinois . The children Of Daniel B arrow an d Hannah ( Stone) are 1 ia . ¢ Will m . 2 ra a a 1 788 . Hi m, born J nu ry, . 3 a . ¢ Eliz beth . 4 a . ¢ N ncy , born 5 a a 1 794 . Meh ll h , born October , .
6. a a 5 1 804 N th n , born July , . Nathan lived in Missouri an d w as a lawver and a a a a and a judge . He m rried Gilstr p c me t a a 1 90 Wa s o 7 . W yne county, Kentucky, in bout a a ar 1 850 judge in M con , Missouri , in the ye s 1 855 an d an d a , he his brother were in symp thy f ar with the cause o the South in the Civil W . as i an man He w conv cted when Old . There were
: a eight children George West B rrow, Dwight 3 0 A FEW EARLY FAM ILIES IN AMERICA
. a a a G B rrow, Robert Wilson B rrow I , J mes a a a a a a Lewis B rrow, J ne B nt , M liss Cooley a a a a We lthy B rrow Cooley , Louise B rrow L mb . 792 7 . 1 Polly, born .
8 . a a a 1 1 Tyree , Missouri f rmer , born J nu ry 1 797 wh f 9 . A o a O a ¢ girl , m rried the son D niel
Boone . 1 0 a ul 1 0 99 . a 1 7 ¢ D niel S . B rrow, born J y , . h ad a a w h o He son , Robert Wilson B rrow,
a a a as a a . m rried Gilstr p girl , did N th n Another w as 1 82 8 brother Judge Bright, born in in Lex in t on a g , Kentucky, who c me with his brother , a a a D niel S . B rrow, to M con , Missouri . His his t rv as a a o judge is very illustrious . He m rried a a an d h ad M rg ret Ferguson they two sons , John an d a a i Bud B rrow . He m rried the second t me
a y a h ad a to M r J ne Downing . He son , Robert a w a s 1 1 Wilson B rrow , who born November , 8 w as a an d a 1 3 3 . , who the son of D niel S M ry
a w as a an d a a B rrow . He noted violinist te cher
an d a a a a a Was m rried S r h J ne W lker . killed by at a e 2 5 a h ad a son lightning the g of ye rs . They a 1 2 Robert Wilson B rrow II , born December 1 864 w as a mi bar at a . He d tted to the M con , a Of a Al a Missouri . Being member the Sigm ph
Epsilon ; married Sophia Pipkins Simmons . h a d a a at They son , Robert Wilson B rrow III , a 69 a 1 4 at . e torney, who died the g of ye rs , June , 1 93 4 .
D AVI D BARROW
B n A 1 3 1 801 W n n Ken or ugust , , ay e Cou ty , D A 1 7 1 879 n B n tucky . ied pril , ear loomi g
I n H m . to n n . T , dia a e married three ti es he z n m first time was to Eli abeth You g . Fro thence comes our family . LINE OF DE S CE NT OF BARROW FAMILY 3 1
1 1 a 1 9 1 785 . ¢ John B rrow, born November , , h ad four children and married th esecond time to a and h ad one M ry Steele , they nine children ; a w as a a mong Jemim B rrow Burke , born Novem 6 1 82 0 an d h ad a ber , , they son , Edvin Burke . ha d a a a This Edvin Burke d ughter , Mrs . Thom s a had a dau h J . Felton , Of Chic go , Illinois . She g a ter , Estell B . Felton . 1 2 a a 1 2 1 806 . ¢ J mes B rrow, born July , , in an d an d Kentucky, moved to Monroe county , to a a a northern p rt of Indi n . Their children were a a wh o a a man a ( ) J sper , m rried by the n me
f Br nkl O a e .
a a (b) M rth . a (c) S muel . a at a a a (d) J cob , lived Windf ll Indi n .
(e) Seth .
“ a i (f) D v d .
(R) Benj . a a r 1 3 ¢ D vid B r ow, born August , 1 801 8 9 a a w as 1 7 1 7 . ; died April , First m rri ge a 1 8 1 789 Eliz beth Young , born November , ; died 2 6 1 83 2 a a w a s a July , . Second m rri ge Eliz beth a an d w as a a R der , the third wife Eliz beth W rd ar e Pucket . The children by the first wife
- a a a a a ( ) M h ll , who m rried John Butcher , f O a a a . a D ll s , Tex s She m rried the first time to Charles Young an d their children were Chris
a a an d a . a tine , N th n S muel Her second husb nd w as John Butcher an d their children were 3 2 A F EW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a a who a a nk of N ncy, M ry, m rried Hi le , Red Oak a Dan a i l mn . S o o , Tex s ; Eliz , John, , D v d, ’ one of a a wh o a ( Indi n s Oldest settlers) , m rried Mattie Allen ; their children were Lewis and
Minnie . — (b ) Jul ia ( a twin) married Dan E rwin e an d : a and their children were M ry, Ike , John a D vid . — c a a ( ) M ry, from W yne county, Ken t o a a tucky , Indi n , settling in Monroe county, ia w a a . as a I a . Ind n She buried ne r Ch riton, ow a a a of had M rried C rol B tes , Tennessee . She
il : a an d wh o a ch dren D vid Ester , m rried Wil a of a I a an d il li m Brown , Ch riton, ow , their ch
: d I ra 1 862 dren were Rho y Johnson , , born ; a 1 864 a il a a an d M ry, born , m rried W li m Th rp
il : a a w as their ch dren were D isy, whose husb nd h a a and ad a . Sidebottom, they son , Clifford Ell a a l an d h ad a son Har m rried H rry Mi ler they , ld l 1 896 1 892 o . Mi ler , born . Myrtle Brown, died 1 878 a a Vic ers Effie , born , who m rried Edw rd an d h ad a Vic ers 1 901 an d they son, Lee , born , a i wh o w as a D v d Brown , very we lthy . ( d) Eliza B arrow married John Grimes an d il e : a l a their ch dren wer W lter , A len , J mes , a an d i who married Belle Tr cy ; Em ly Grimes , wh a a a a a an d h a d a dau h o m rried C ll h n , they g a wh o a a m an a ter , N nnie , m rried by the n me of h d son a a a a . D vis . They , Merle D vis LINE OF DESCENT OF BARROW FAMILY 3 3
a a a a m an Eliz B rrow m rried , the second time ,
a a wh o . n med Joshu Brummett , died in the Civil h d a a a War . a They d ughter , N ncy Brummett
wh o a . married Albert Irel nd , Of Oregon They h ad a a a wh o a nother d ughter , M ry, m rried Bill n far B aker a d they lived in the West . Their a a an d children were Willie , W lker , Fr nk a a wh o a an d h as a a a L ur , is m rried girl , L ur an d a a Belle , son , R ymond . J — e a a a 5 1 82 7 ( ) D niel B rrow, born M rch , an d 1 901 an d a a died December , , m rried R chel n d a 1 1 899 2 1 1 83 1 a . Long , born June , died M rch ,
h ad a a J r . They children D vid B rrow, , Of
a a h ad a Unionville , Indi n ; he son , Christopher , a a a an d a a who m rried M mmie Sl ter , they h ve a m aried daughter , R chel , who is an d they have a child Christopher an d Mammie have two more sons a Edward an d Woodrow Wilson B rrow . Clem a of a Of a a Of B rrow, Iow , brother D vid B rrow,
" v an d s Union ille , The other brothers isters of
ar e : a a a an d Clem Willi m , Ch rlotte , c lled Lottie , a a a m an Mary Jane B rrow . Lottie m rried by the name Branum an d their children ar e Oscar and a an d Arthur , who m rried Doris Polly , their d ar e : a an a . children Ollie , Dell Pe rl — ( f) Andrew B arrow ( a twin to Julia ) w as an a and an d wife were cousins . He rchitect
a a a a a m rried M ry J ne Young , d ughter of H rvey
a a . Young , l wyer Their children are Emer 3 4 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
E th era e a son g B rrow, of Springfield, Illinois , a a an d a m rried Minnie Willi ms , their d ughter, Ad l d a a e e a a . Cor , m rried Fred Schr der Besides
Eth er a e w a s a . son Emerson g , there , Andrew a a m ar J ckson B rrow, of St . Joe , Missouri , who ried Lulu Mitchell an d their children ar e : Vir a a a gini , M ry Lucile , Vernon , D vid Frederick at 1 8 a Strawber (died months) , Eliz Adele , Of g, a a a an d Missouri , m rried Thom s H . S nford their
ar e : a children Genevieve Doty , G ylord Goss , a a Erle Edwin , who m rried Flossie Light ; M ry a a R of a Louise , m rried D niel ogers , Ch riton ,
a Iow ; Ruth , Etheridge , Leroy Nevin , Elbert
Elgin .
- a 1 82 5 ( g) John Preston B rrow, born , 1 900 a i t o a died , m rried first t me Remembr nce di 3 1 1 889 an d a Wright , ed December , , l ter on
a a a a w o he m rried Ruth Ann Pr ther , very l rge man ar e : a . Their children Lizzie , who m rried
a h ad 6 ar e : a Fred H rris , children ; they M ry, d wh M an . o innie , Nell , Fred , Edith Jessie Nell K n dri h a v a married e c . D id m rried Louise Pow
an d h ad 1 4 : a a wh o ers , they children H nn h Lee , h a d a and a . m rried Mr Piper , who John , W lter a Ch rles . h a a a ( ) J mes M dison B rrow, born a 6 1 82 9 a 1 3 1 91 3 M rch , , died Febru ry , , buried in a a a a a a Unionville , Indi n , m rried M rth V nnoy , 2 1 1 92 2 a 2 5 1 82 9 a . born M rch , , died M rch , The
ar e a w as NO children : D vid , who unwed , born REV M . A E B ARROW J S M .
B n t n I n n B n . 6 loomi g o , dia a or March 1 82 9 . D F 2 3 1 91 3 ied ebruary .
3 6 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AM ERICA
1 1 92 6 an d a Judith Lynn , born August , , M rgie 5 1 92 9 Glenn , born June , . a After Jennie Stivers comes Leslie B rrow, 2 9 1 888 a born June , , who m rried Minnie Eng
an d h ad : a ler they children D vid , born Septem 2 3 1 91 3 an d a w as 2 ber , , Thom s , who born June , 1 91 5 an d 1 8 1 91 8 an d , Leon , born August , died
an a 6 1 93 2 a Bar by ccident September , . W lter a an d has row is m rried three children . a a w as Then comes Rebecc B rrow , who born Ma 2 5 1 849 2 3 1 93 3 w as m ar y , , died November , , a a a a a ried to Orl ndo Cl rk , of Fr nklin , Indi n , born 1 1 875 an d September , , died October They h ad il n : a a a ch dre J mes , who m rried Pe rl Pick er ell an d h ad a a a a a , they d ughter , M rg ret Cl rk , a a was of Greenfield Indi na . J mes born Octo 1 4 1 876 Elizabeth Clark a a 1 4 ber , . , born J nu ry , 1 879 w a s a a um w a s , m rried to Fr nk Kell , who 1 4 1 873 are born December , . Their children a a m 1 91 9 a M rth Kellu , born December , ; Cl rk 1 2 1 909 a Kellum, born July , ; P ul Kellum , born ul 1 2 1 91 2 a an d J y , , who m rried Louise Bly they a a a a a m h ve d ughter, N ncy J ne Kellu , born No m r 9 8 a a Of ve be 1 1 3 . , J mes Kellum , nother son . a an d a w as Eliz beth Fr nk Kellum, born October 1 4 1 91 0 an d a a an d , he m rried Robert Jones they a a e a a a h ve two d ught rs , M ry Ann , born J nu ry 1 5 1 93 7 an d a a a a , , S r h J ne Kellum , born M rch 1 4 1 941 a a , . Another sister to Eliz beth Cl rk Kel a a a a 2 3 1 885 lum is Cordeli Cl rk , born J nu ry , ,
SPURGEON BARROW
Born March Died May Assistant Superintend 6 n 3 . ent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance for years Atte ded
University o f Indiana . SPURGEON B ARROW JOH N SON
' n in 1 93 6 I m Graduated from Butler U iversity . s a ember of the Phi D T n elta heta frater ity .
LINE OF DESCENT OF BARROW FAMILY 3 7
who married Ross Perkins an d they have one a h a 1 6 d ug ter , Eliz beth Perkins , born November 1 92 1 a a a . Her home is in Fr nklin, Indi n . a a 6 B rrow, born M rch 1 858 and Ma 2 7 1 92 9 a died y , , m rried November 6 1 879 l a a , to A m Cordeli Peterson , born Decem 862 h ad n a B r 8 1 . o e a a ber , They d ughter , Gr ce row who a Al , m rried bert Sidney Johnson , born 3 1 1 887 w as 6 August , . She born November , 1 888 and a i I n , they were m rried in Un onville , a a 2 2 1 91 2 a one son di n , September , . They h ve a B rrow Johnson , born 5 1 91 4 a a November , . His p rents reside in Indi n a olis I a a a a p , ndi n . He m rried Fr nces Amick , 1 0 1 91 4 and I n born July , , she lived in Delphi ,
a a . a 1 8 di n , where they were m rried, September 1 93 8 a a a . They h ve son, Thom s Albert Johnson w as Ma 1 4 1 940 who born y , . a of (d) Moses B rrow, Stokes county, North a a a 1 795 C rolin . (The f ther lived in in Stokes ’ a a and a a county, North C rolin , lso the f ther s a a to a brother . Th t would be brother Willi m a a B rrow, who m rried Amy Lee . ) (e) Aaron B arrow lived in Stokes county a a North C rolin . F or erson a (f) Mrs . g , sister (the oldest) lived there and her children were 1 a 6 . ¢ M ry . ¢ John 2 . a a a ¢ M rth 7 . ¢ Eliz beth 3 8 . a h ¢ Rebecc . ¢ Josep 3 8 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
4 a 9 a . ¢ Willi m . ¢ Benj mine 5 a a 1 0 a a . ¢ N th n . ¢H nn h 1 1 . ¢ Moses Rev a i a (g) The . D v d B rrow, born October 3 0 1 753 a a , in Brunswick county, Virgini , m rried a a a a a of i a S r h Gilli m, d ughter Hinchey G lli m, w as a t 1 9 a w as when he bou ye rs Old . She from a and had 1 2 Sussex county, Virgini , they chil dren Nathan William Elizabeth Hinchey Gilliam S arah Amy Lee Abraham David Gilliam c il a 1 795 a The other h dren were de d in , ccord ’
t o a a s a . ing the Rev . D vid B rrow Journ l a wh o 1 1 a as an An Old Aunt Cl rk , lived ye rs a a a w as inv lid in Stokes county, North C rolin , 1 795 still living in . a an old a and a wh o He spe ks Of unt uncle Re d, i a lived in Brunswick county, Virgin . wh o (g) A brother , lived in Jefferson county Kentucky wh w as a in 1 795 o . (h) A sister , de d a (i) Philip B rrow, in Surry county North a a C rolin . Asa a of Al a a a an d C . B rrow, Auburn , b m , a a a Winchester , Kentucky, is the gre t gre t gr nd f a a son O . the Rev D vid B rrow .
D AVI D CRE N S H AW B ARROW
1 852 -1 92 9
n a . T U v A , Chancellor of he ni ersity of Georgia , the s Georgi LINE OF DESCENT OF BARROW FAMILY 3 9
ONE BRANC H OF T HE BARROW LINE
* 1 a a m a an d ) Thom s B rrow, im igr nt brother a a a 1 62 0 from L nc shire , Engl nd , H 2 Th omas a 1 640 e 1 763 ( ) B rrow, born , di d , t o a a on moved South mpton county, Virgini , the a of Nottaw a w ters the y river . 3 a ( ) B rrow . 4 a wh o ( ) B rrow , married Amy ,
Lee . a wh o a Han B rrow , m rried n ah Stone ( 6) B arrow of near Blooming ton a a , Indi n . 7 a a a of ( ) J mes M dison B rrow , a a a ne r Bloomington , Indi n . 8 a of I n diana ( ) B rrow, p a a olis , Indi n . 9 ( ) B . Johnson . 1 0 ( ) Johnson . 1 1 t ( ) Thommy Alber Johnson . — DAVID CRENS HAw BARROW CHANOELLOR OF T HE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
a a 1 m a an d A . Thom s B rrow m igr nt , his a r a a a brother c me ove to Americ , from L nc shire ,
a an d Engl nd , settled in the North Neck of Vir a 1 62 0 gini in . “ a a 1 640 an d Thom s B rrow , his son , born died
1 73 0 move d ‘ t o a in , Southh mpton county , Vir 40 A FEW EARLY FAM ILIES IN AMERICA
a a Nottaw a an d gini , on the w ters of the y River , a w as 91 a Old there he died , fter he ye rs . His as a as c an children were , ne r be found out 1 a . ( a a Simon . S r h a b . Eliz beth e . Fortune
0 . a J ne f . John born 1 690 settled on the Notto w a a a y river in Southh mpton county, Virgini , and married the second time to Elizabeth At kinson . a a a 3 1 1 757 B rrow, born J nu ry , . He w a s a Revolutionary War veteran an d the record is as follows He enlisted when 1 9 a a e 1 776 a a ye rs of g , April , , in the North C rolin a as a a of Continent l Line , priv te in the regiment ” m a Col . Jethro Su ner . (From this st tement it appears that his people h ad moved from Vir a a a gini to North C rolin . ) Continuing his writ “ a a : at a ing in his di ry, he s ys they were Ch rles a a w as ton , South C rolin , when independence de
clar ed and published ; from there , were ordered
a a a a a to S v nn h , Georgi , under Gener l Lee , were a a an d at m rched thence northw rd Georgetown , a h ad a a on the Potom c , I the sm ll pox , by inocul an d 1 777 a tion , in June , , j oined the rmy in Penn a a w as a sylv ni . I , this ye r in the noted battles Of Brandywine an d German a town , still being preserved by the s me Provi “ dence saw service in New York ; dis a 1 0 1 778 a ch rged November , , in North C roline LINE OF DESCENT OF BARROW FAMILY 41
a a a a c lled to service g in under Col . Jon s John an d w ar son served until the close Of the , Novem 1 789 a an d 1 792 ber , ; removed to Georgi in pur a a in ch sed cres Burke county, which I yet ” “ a hold . He moved to B ldwin county in 1 802 where he purchased a large plantation an d “ a a 1 82 7 m de his home until his de th in . he had a in a home Milledgeville , Georgi . a to him by his third wife , P ti a a a Bar ence Crensh w, were two , D vid Crensh w row an d a a a Precious P tience B rrow, who bec me of a Mc Kinle of the wife Willi m y, Lexington , ” a a a w as Georgia . D vid Crensh w B rrow the father of the late Chancellor Of the University a a a Of Georgi , Crensh w B rrow, 1 852 -1 92 9 a 5 1 879 a . On Febru ry , , he m rried Frances Ingle Childs an d they ha d the following children
Childs , B arrow Benj amine a a a a and Henry B rrow, Ele nor Priscill B rrow
a a a d D vid Fr ncis B rrow . His wi ow is still as ew ett ( 1 941 ) living ; she is known Mrs . J Wil f a a o a . li ms , De ring street , Athens , Georgi
’ E XTRAOTS DAVID BARRow s CIRCULAR LETTER
a 1 4 1 798 Febru ry , Virginia
X TRACT taken from a photostat copy of a the circul r letter written by the Rev . a a of D vid B rrow, the Isle of Wight , to his
‘ church members just before he departed for a at of Kentucky . I quote note the bottom the page “ THe author w as the fon Of William B arrow of a Am Lee Brunswick County, who m rried y , a w a the daughter of William Lee . D vid s his fe con d an d eldeft w as child fon , born October 3 0th 1 753 w as bu fin eff Of a the , ; bred to the f rm a a a as ing, bec me cqu inted with religion , he 1 7th a of a e hoped , in the ye r his g ; j oined the Baptift Church at about fevent een ; began to im prove the gift at a bout eighteen ; married about the middle Of the nineteenth year of his a e G M a o f g , SARAH ILLIA , d ughter Hinchey a of h ad Gilli m, Sussex County , by whom he of are ftill twelve children , eight whom living
a ar e : a a a a a their n mes N th n , Eliz beth , S r h , a a a a Am Abr h m, Willi m Hinchey Gilli m , y Lee n d a a — a Of a a D vid Gilli m, the c ll Church on — a of Mill Sw mp , Isle Wight County , he moved a a a 1 774 w a s or into th t neighborhood , J nu ry , , dained a Pr efbyt ery to the work of the Min iftry 46 A FEW EARLY FAMILI ES IN AMERICA
at i af the follow June , which t me he took the p a a and has tor l c re Of the Church , continued ever fin c e (since) to exer cife his Office among them an d a neighbouring Churches , g thered under his ” Miniftr y .
RAP Y REV V RR W F V R BIOG H . DA ID BA O O I GINIA AND KENTUCKY
1 885 V l f o . 1 O Written by G . H . Spencer in in a a History of Kentucky B ptists . The uthor a an a son of this rticle is indebted to ged of Mr . a r ec entlv B rrow, living in Montgomery county Ken tu ckv for many interesting facts concern a ing his f ther . D avid B arrow w as much the most di stin gu ish ed prea cher among the emancipationists of a Kentucky . With the exception of John G no , w as a a a an d he prob bly the blest pre cher , with ou t a a Ba exception , the blest writer mong the p tist mi at ni nistry in Kentucky , the begin ng of Of the present century . Of this purity Life , de v otion a of a and to the C use his beloved M ster , a Of a an d u l ul const ncy ze l piety, it wo d diffic t to sa a a y too much . He beg n his ministry with fl m a an d a a at a ing ze l d untless cou r ge , an unusu lly ‘ a an d at a a e rly period of Life , time th t tried
’ ’ ' an d a trials su f men s souls , l bored on through , ferin and a a a a g persecutions , without pp rent b ti a an d a a a ment of ze l , f ltering cour ge , or visible E V ’ R . DAVID BAR ROW S LETTER 47
S a pot on his g rment , till God took him to himself at a a e a a a as all ripe Old g , Th t he m de mist kes , c an men in the flesh do , there be no doubt , but a a a V th t he cted from sincere motives , with iew o f G o d and f to promote the glory , the good O a men, during his entire ministry, we h ve the united opinion Of all his contemporaries whose h as a testimony re ched us . ‘ David B arrow w as born in Brunswick Coun t Va 3 0 1 753 a a Bar y, . Oct . , , His F ther , Willi m r ow w as a a a a ami f rmer , who , fter r ising his f ly, a a an d 9 l st moved to North C rolin , died in the a of a e a w as a a ye r his g . D vid brought up f rmer ,
a a m ar with very little educ tion . But fter his ria e amm a g , he studied gr r under Elder Jere mi a a an d a a a an h W lker , it is s id th t he bec me a a a a excellent gr mm ri n . He professed convers
at a a e a an d w a s tion bout the g of sixteen ye rs , a " a a a b ptised by ch ri h Thompson , into the Foun L t is tain Creek Church . ike most contem
or aries wh o a a Va p , bec me B ptist Ministers , in , a t o a al he beg n exhort others to seek the S vior , most immediately after he himself h a d found w as a him precious to his Soul . He ord ined to the full work Of the gospel ministry in h is 1 9th
a an d a a w as a a dau h ye r , in the s me ye r , to S r h , g a a a a of ter Of Hinchey Gilli m, respect ble f rmer d a Va . an a a . Sussex County , , n tive of Scotl nd a 1 771 The ordination of Mr . B rrow occurred in .
F or three years from this time , he did not enter 48 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
ast orial a an d a the p Office , but tr veled pre ched Va an d a a extensively in . North C rolin . During an d a a this period till two or three ye rs l ter , he w as called upon to endure much hardness for the a as a e M ster . But he bore it good soldi r Of 1 774 a . a Christ In , he bec me the p stor Of the Isle Of Wight Church There ar e several and c onti iou s a of churches in this vicinity, g p rts a a a h ad a a North C rolin , th t been g thered by sect a a h ad then called Gener l B ptists . They sub st antially the same doctrine that is now preached a by the Campbellites . Some ccount of the sect f a O . w as given in the sketch John T nner . Mr a i a an d B rrow j o ned with Mr . T nner others , in t renovating these churches . In his they suc
c eeded an d a a h ad a a , in few ye rs they respect ble a a ssoci tion of churches , formed on the orthodox Of Old plan . They took out the churches , such as could give satisfactory a ccount of a change
Of a an d he rt , formed them into new churches , to which many were a dded by experience an d b ap
tism Old . . The churches soon perished By this means the Kehu ke e association w as formed . “ 1 776 At breaking out of the Revolution , in ,
a ul a an d Mr . B rrow sho dered musket , entered the army in defence of his country . When his he a term of service expired entered , or r ther , continued his warfare in the service of Christ . His unexceptionable deportment rendered him very popu l ar with all classes of Men . ’ REV . DAVID BARROW S LETTER 49
t as Mr . Benedic gives the following incident a speciman of the rude persecutions this emin ent an d devoted servant of Christ w as compelled t o 1 778 a w w as endure . In , Mr . B rro invited to preach at the house of a gentleman living on an semon d ri a a of N ver . A pre cher by the n me a a a a Mintz ccomp nied him . On their rriv l , they were informed that they might expect rough
a so a . a us ge . And it h ppened A g ng of well a a h ad dressed men c me up to the st ge , which been erected under some tree . “ as a w a s ou t As soon hymn given , the perse u t r s a an siezed c o s ng Obscene song . They then a an d a a both pre chers , dr gged them down to ‘ a ar e muddy pond, s ying to them , As you fond f u ’ o a a . dipping, you sh ll h ve eno gh of it They a the an d then plunged Mr . B rrow into mud a w as a w ter , holding him under until he lmost a an d a drowned . They then r ised him up sked finiall a him derisively if he believed . He y s id ‘ ’ I believe you will drown me . They plunged a w as Mr . Mintz but once . The whole ssembly an d a shocked . The women shrieked , none d red i for a 2 0 en nterfere , bout stout fellows were ul gaged in this horrid measure . They ins ted an d abused the gentlemen who invited them to
a as as pre ch , well every one who spoke in their a f vor . Before these persecuted men could Change their clothes they were dragged from the house an d driven Off by outrageous churchmen . 50 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Such were some of the persecutions the B ap tist s h ad nl a u n a n o to endure , o y h dred ye r , for i a a a other cr me th n th t of pre ching the gospel . And let it not be forgotten th at persecutors were f a n o members O the Episcop l Church . Let one a a u nk entert in vindictive , or even ind feeling a a tow rd the church , under whose uspices these a mm horrid outr ges were co itted . Three or four of these persecutors died in a distracted a a an d Of i m nner , in few weeks , one them w shed that he h a d been in HELL before he h ad j oined ” ’ a di Of a the comp ny . (Bene ct s History B ptists , 2 a Vol . , p ge ‘ a w as After the Revolution , Mr . B rrow per su a ded a a a to ccept the Office of M gistr te , the duties of which he disch arged with fidelity for a inter efer ed some y e rs . But finding the Office
i r l s min st e a . with his duties , he re igned it Hence forth he gave himself wholly to his s acred call of ing . While contending for the liberty the
a embib ed Americ n Colonies , he the notion of
y a a un iversal libert . Upon this princip l he c me u l a to the conclusion that it w a s sinf to hold sl ves . Accordingly he freed all his negroes of which he ” own ed a considerable number . Besides the w Of . a as church on the Isle Wight , Mr B rrow f l B a an d p a stor O Shoulder Hi l , l ck Creek , Mill all Swamp Churches , of which prospered under mi i a a his n stry . For number of ye rs he moved w as a a Of to the west , he gener lly the Moder tor
52 A FEW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA
an d w as knowledge of the Scriptures , known in “ ” “ h da as Man a is y The wise , He bec me a in excited on the subj ect Of sl very , through the a a an d a a Bar temper te ze l of Sutton C rm n . Mr .
" w as an a a a an d row em ncip tionist from princip l , ” “ w as this well known . The North District Association made a nearer approa ch to pap al ar l ro an c e . n a g It not o y expelled Mr . B rrow from a a a a a his se t in th t body , but lso ppointed com mittee C a a Of to go to his hurch , the ltern tive ex a cluding their P stor from the Church , or being a w as excluded from the Associ tion . There no f mm a a B ar charge O i orality or heresy g inst Mr . or a w as a row his Church . The compl int th t he ” “ a preached emancipation . The m dness of a a u l an d influ f n ticism r ed the hour , under its
a . ence , they m de this blunder Thus expelled from the fellowship from the great body of Bap tist s Of a i at Kentucky , Mr . B rrow d rected his tention to the few that would follow him . He soon brought order out Of confusion The Churches an d fragments of Churches that held a at a an d to the em ncip ion scheme were org nized , B ar a respectable Association w a s formed . Mr . row published a p amphl et of sixty- four pages on ‘ the Evils Of It is said to have been ” written in a calm digni fied an d manly style . “ t Th e society soon began o wither . How Of a m an sa d that fourteen years of the life such , n was wasted in so hopeless a enterprise . As the ’ REV. DAVID BARROW S LETTER 53
’ of a a a close this good m n s life drew ne r , he nti ci ated a o p it with triumph nt j y. A little before a a a a a of he bre thed his l st , he repe ted p rt the 2 3 r d a a a Ps lm . On the S bb th morning, Novem ber 1 4 1 81 9 he passed triumphantly from the a of to a a a f thorny w lks men p r dise o God . Al I ndian a ( Copied by Mrs . bert S . Johnson p I a a olis , ndi n . )
A COPY OF THE REV DAVID BARROW S JOURNAL
Written by Him on His Trip in 1 795 (Photostat Copy bv SHANE )
COPY OF T HE OURNAL BY REV AVID BARRow A J . D
a t o a and Written from Virgini Cincinn ti , Ohio , a to I of a B ck sle Wight County , Virgini
’ AY 5 1 795 a 3 , . Left Home bout O clock for in the P . m . the Western Country, ’ ' to Bro a a Rode . Willi m B rlow s in the ’ I of ab t 2 2 6 sle Wight , miles . ( ) Preformed ’ ’ kf t Be Divine worship in the morning ; took b . a a a t o ack ing ccomp nied by bro . B rlow, rode J ’ son a a bro a Fr zier s in Henrico County, . ne r a 7 Richmond , Virgini . ( ) After Divine Serv an d o n ec c esar ices , ther y refreshments , found myself much mortified by my horse being foun a a a dered but fter some consult tion , exch nged n d br a a . him with o . Fr zier rode on to Richmond ’ 8 br a a at o . ( ) Put up . Elliott s Bought p ir Of
- — 4 " a a a a a . s ddle b gs , Li S , lso p id Mr Thom s Nich a a a I a N a e olson b l nce owed him for ews P p r , Of h 2 and a . / , discontinued t king t em longer " ’ ’ (8) Left Richmond ab t 7 O clock and rode t o ’ ou r a an d ho s Mr . Fox s in Louis County, were
itabl a for a . a p y tre ted , which I felt th nkful Tr v l 9 ou t a e ed 45 miles . ) Set very e rly this morn ’ ’ ing to the Round-About M T G house in the a of above named County . Met goodly number Br o . Ministers an d other brethren . . Jer Moore preached the introductory Sermon t o the Com mittee ec t o bu isness an d a , then pr eded , h rmony 58 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
seemed to run thro . the whole . I lodged at bro . ’ a 1 8 ll a . Poindexter s with number of others , in 1 0 a a a ( ) Sund y Morning , Rep ired e rly to the ’ ’ ’ r ea h e d w i h M T G house . I p c t brethren Moore an d X I I 3 h ad a com Semple , from I Cor . , . We f rt abl o e . a a at Meeting Lodged g in bro . Poin ’ 1 1 a dexter s . ( ) We entered e rly this morning bu isn ess an d a on enj oyed much Pe ce . Brotherly a a Love ppe red to run thro . the Whole . Rode ’ that evening to C aptain Bell s in Orange Coun t a 2 5 mi 1 2 th w as a y, bout les . ( ) Here I to w it a a a for Comp ny , therefore ppointed meeting in an d a a a a the evening , ccordingly, pre ched to sm ll a n a 6 a Congreg tio from M tt . V , . I find the F ce Of n a a a the country, eve here , we rs different p r n a wit u s a p ea a c e to wh t it does h . The l nd is and - very red , here lie the South West moun
- a an d V . t ins , the Blue Ledge , perfectly in iew I ’ at a a lodged this evening C pt in Bell s , where I 3 h at a 1 t . did l st night . ( ) Rested bro Pretty ’ i dl m an Was a . Merry s . tre ted very k n y He gave me necessary bags for my j ourney and all ’
a 1 4th t o . gr tis . ( ) Rode Elder George Eve s In a the evening , met with my comp nions , which d a a nn an . were the bro . B rtlett , Be ett , bro Thom s
f a un a 1 5 il . Watt o M dison Co ty, m king m es ( 1 5th ) Went to Rapidem Meeting-house an d r 2 0 a Co . . pre ched from I VI , After meeting , t a ou r w a an d a . . went on y, put up Mr Ed Gr ves a an d were kindly received . The l nd is very red O ’ O REV . DAVID BARR W S J URNAL 59
an d a and toler bly rich , but very broken Moun t in u s a 7 da 1 6th f a o . A I tr veled miles this y. ( ) an d a a sat ter Divine Worship bre kf st , out for ’ - da ab t a Red Stone . This y we steered north
- course , close under the Blue Ledge . Crossed a a ar e a sever l be utiful Rivers , which w ters of the ah ann o ck a ar e Rapp . The l nds very good over a a small river c lled the Robertson River . I Observed that apple trees thrive very well in this
ar e a a . da soil , when they properly m n ged This y a a all at mountains ppe r in directions . Put up a Hic cles a a Mr . J cob , Dutchm n in Culpepper a County . They were kind people . (Pr ise be to l D al . a GO for his mercies ) Thus , I tr veled this 1 7th a d a 3 5 . a . y, bout miles ( ) Sund y Morning We seemed under the necessity Of traveling this Of at a day without the privilege being Meeting . ’ a I thought so often Of GOD S de r worshippers , an d how glad I should be to be with them . This ’ - at a day we crossed the Blue Ledge Chester s G p . w as a Pro ect and I exceedingly ple sed with the p , w could but admire several curiosities that I sa . We went through a corner Of Sh ennan doah County an d crossed a beautiful River by th at
a a a an d a n me , bounding with good l nd , ffording a fine prospects , before which we went thro . vil a L ebu se a a lage c lled , then nother c lled Newton, an d the 3 r d called Carn st ow n and so on to VVin
Ch a a saw . ester , the l rgest inl nd town I ever These ar e surrounded with large tra cts of rich 60 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a i i i a country, (fine) bound ng w th mmense qu nti an d ties Of Limestone , every necessity Of Life . a n a This is in the County c lled Frederick, i h bited ar a saw by the most independent f mers th t I ever . 1 07 mi les from F r edericksbu rge an d 1 3 0 mil es h to a a a . a a ar e B ltimore , M ryl nd The in bit nts mi a a mostly e gr nts from the Northw rd . They a a an d ar e h ve few sl ves , consequently, indus n n a to a trio s . The women thi k it. no sh me ttend to their household an d kitchen affairs with their d bu i n ss ow n a an s e . h nds , the men , to their This part of Virginia promi ses future greatness and w as a Independency . Upon the whole , I gre tly i a and pleased w th every prospect . The m nners a ar e a a a mor ls of the people gree ble in gener l . I also find several religious denomi nations a a as a pe ce bly in these regions , such the B ptist ’ ’ P b n s a a an d y , Luther ns , Qu kers , the C . We ’ put up at Huffman s T avern in the last men ’ t 3 mi a da i n d . I t o e town Ab 3 les h ve gone this y. ( 1 8th ) One of ou r company h ad some affairs t o ’ a to a a ab t ttend in this pl ce which det ined us, until ’ 1 2 at i u ou r O clock , which t me , we p rsued j our ’ ne an d of a c on y, the wonders GOD S Cre tion ’ ’ n to : a u l M T n s tin ed burst upon my sight be utif , a a a a verd nt v les , cryst l stre ms , wending their de i l s a lightful c c e in h rmonious murmurs , every de l tai delighted my every sense . This evening, we ’ at on e Ca s a on a a put up , p t vern the gre t C pe a a a u l in AM C pon, be utif River H PSHIRE AR O ’ O A REV . DAVID B R W S J URN L 61
a 1 00 a a COUNTY, ( bout y rds wide) Tr veled this da 2 5 1 9th an d . a y, miles ( ) Cloudy thre tening, a a an d h ad but we st rted e rly this morning , my admiration still kept up by new an d pleasing a a h da scenes . Crossed sever l mount ins t is y, a - a of a a a lso the South Br nch the Potom c , be uti ’ fu l a ab t 1 2 0 a i a l rge River y rds w de , bounding w a a da ith excellent l nd . It r ined this y, but no a at a a a a great de l . We put up sm ll vill ge c lled ’ a at a a Fr nkford, the widow Ad m s . Tr veled this da a 2 2 0th w s y bout 6 miles . ( ) It a still cloudy and mi a a sty this morning . We st rted e rly ; rode on awhile an d called at a Public-House an d took a a a a Bre kf st , Still pursued over mount in fter a a of a u mount in . Sever l light showers r in fell p on u s a of . Crossed the North Br nch the Poto ’ m a a a a a an d ac t pl ce c lled W shington s Bottom , this is most excellent land as ever I saw in all ’ m a ab t 1 00 a . y tr vels This is fine bold River ,
‘ a a a of a a c on sid y rds wide , c p ble be ring Bo ts of erable an d - a burden , so is the South Br nch , which said River is the Line between Virginia an d Ma a a a a ryl nd , which le d us into County c lled ’ ’ t 1 0 a Allegheny , Ab o clock , we re ched the Foot of the Great Al legheny . Ascended the Steep with astonishment . Showers frequently moist a a ened us . The l nd on the Am zing Ridge is very
a a h eav l wi strong, in m ny pl ces y y timbered th an d Oak a a Chestnut , with good de l Of White Pi an d a a r esembl ne , wh t they c ll Spruce , much 62 A FEW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA
a ing Juniper . I find some pl ces very rocky . We p assed several places called the Shades - o f a a a x a of a De th , m de by lu uri nt growth t ll trees a a a in deep v iles . I took notice th t veget tion on this Mountain w as not more forward at this t ime a l st saw - th n with us , the of April . I snow birds
a an i :vix here which s tisfied Old inqu ry with me , a ul mm where these cre tures co d go in Su er . When we ascended the main ba ck -bone of this w as a Monster , I surprised to see the w ter issue an d a from the top thereof , on the very ridge , p Pu r c o son a pear so much like . Here the W ter a a a a in few y rds , p rted ; some went to the E st n m a d . ern , so e to the Western Rivers This eve ’ 3 2 at a a . a ning, we put up Mr . Isr el s Tr veled mi l a a 2 st . les . ( ) Thursd y Morning (A he vy air a a su c ) We set out e rly . He vy showers d ll da w a s di a a c ee ed a a . e ch , this y It s gree ble h an d w an d a a ad . up do n m zing Steep , we to cross Here lives on e Tu m blest on e on the hea d-waters h n li Yoh on alia a f Y o a a . o the o g River The g , ’ wester bold River ab t 1 00 yards wide . Here we ’ a a h a d to swim our horses by c noe . Ab t here ,
a Pa . a we entered the st te of , F yette County, but M a a . . rode on in the r in until l te in the P , when ’ at a a a 1 9 i we put up Mr . H ll s t vern , bout m les , 2 n da 2 n d . we rode this y. ( ) Friday Morni g Still F re a a a . very he vy . Took bre kf st , then set out quent heavy showers of rain watered the Moun w as a a a a tain . It dis gree ble tr veling on ccount
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licianism as as m a an d a i , well hu nity, Christi n ty . ’ a 3 a a i At bout O clock , we re ched thriv ng vil a a a a l ge c lled BESONTOWN , li s UNION at a — TOWN . Here we dined public house , but at a ak while dinner , were interrupted by r ish wh o a a ou r drunken fellow, c me st ggering into an d a ou r a room being desired to withdr w by l dy, (her husband being absent) raised a most horrid riot an d wounded ou r ears with oaths an d impri a so a of a - a are c tions , th t I find some the bl ck c st w to be found every here . After this , we rode to - of a Red Stone in the County F yette , where we n d at a a a . were to t ke the W ter , put up Mr Kin ’ mil 2 3 r d Hav s a 3 5 a . near . I tr veled es tod y ( ) ing passed the App ala chian Mountains an d come t o a a a a the bove mention st tion , the r in ce sed, a a tho , I found by tr velers who followed , th t it n a an d a continued o the Mount in, indeed fter we a an d left it , it hovered round it , seemed to issue ou t nk a a of it , which , I thi t ught me piece of
i h ad so an a . Ph losophy, I not good ide Of , before da at - Old This y we continued Red Stone , Fort , M on on alia a little Village on the g River , the most - a Of a Southernl y Br nch the Ohio , with the fore h d a a a . a s id Kinne r , our Host We greed with a h ad a a a cert in Mr . West , who C rgo Of Euro a pean goods to t ke to Kentucky , with whom we n a u n were to go dow , but He could not get re dy
’ ’ t 1 1 all Ab O clock , things being in order , we let ’ REV . DAVID BARROW S J OURNAL 65
for a n loose Limestone in Kentucky, h ving o
a 7 a 3 2 a bo rd grown m les , white women , bl ck D O . 3 2 a DO 6 . 1 , white children , bl ck , horses , cow, 1 do a an d a w as all ou r g, fiest , puppy , live
a r a stock ; born by bold current , we went with p idit 2 5th at da - y. ( ) Found ourselves y light near f P a o a . Fort Pitt , still in the St te , the County Al on a and a Of legheny the E st, W shington
a a a miles bove this , before the w ter f lls into the River Yoh on gelia comi ng in upon the right at
a a . V : the bove mentioned pl ce ig Fort Pitt , we fam eou s Al a fell in with the legheni River , com ing in still on the right ; which . forms 3 branches ’ f a a o the celebr ted Ohio Or F ir River . 2 6 h a a a t . ( ) Tuesd y Morning At d ybre k , found a a WHE ELI N at ourselves little bove G, which ’ a a at 6 pl ce we rrived O clock in the morning , where we landed our provisions an d pr ovidenti on w a to a . lly fell in with Dr D avid Jones , his y “ a a a a he dqu rters , where we took bo rd ’ This evening about 1 2 o clock came a severe
r u st ou r all a thu n de g . Here crew were of sud f a at a den called Out o sleep . All h nds were wh t “ ” they called do in the mi dst of horror an d a darkness ; but to the pr ises of the good LORD ,
V . be it attributed , ALL WERE PRE SER ED ’ at a a 8 ( 2 7 ) This morning h lf fter O clock, we on - a came to a little town the North side , c lled Marietta at the mouth of a bold River coming 66 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN A MERICA in a a M G M on the s me side c lled USKIN U . V ’ V HE ELI NG ab t 64 (from " miles) w as a all This tiresome night with us , for we w an a “ ere in uncultiv ted wild . The
“ w as y and River ver high , the current strong, a of a a fo p rt the night ttended with thick g,
' which subj ected us to frequent alarm for fear
a on a or a a . of being d shed isl nds , g inst trees etc , “ mi d on one shore or the other . About a Of - a a a night we p ssed the mouth Big S ndy, l rge
fine River , coming in on this side . This is the
It bounds with multitudes Of excellent fish of n an a a various ki ds . Here is bund nce of fine
y a an d an d Perch , ver l rge , every P . M . night ,
are a a a they to be he rd , in gre t numbers , m king a curious noise nearly like the mew or singing
' a a a When d ylight smiled g in , we found ourselves ’ t 6 an d at a an with in ab miles of Limestone , h lf ’ t 6 M . a a a . hour fter O clock A , we l nded Lime a an d a a stone , much f tigued exh usted for the w nt 3 1 st Of sleep an d fresh provisions . ( )
a . Sund y Morning , I found myself revived The ’ meeting being appointed at 1 0 O clock in the 8 9 - 1 5 P . a S . A . M . I pre ched from , , We dined
a a u with brother , fter which we pursued our j o r — a a ney tow rd Lexington , p st the Blue Lick , where
a a a of a they ma de s lt . This is on the m in br nch saw 3 of a River called Licking . Here I the l rg ’ REV . DAVID BARROW S J OURNAL 67 est teeth I ever saw in my life : 2 tusks an d a ou t grinder . They were dug Of the E arth in the a a t open . They ppe red o me to have belonged to a a a a an d a gr zing nim l , I suppose without doubt , a an a it must h ve been Eleph nt . We traveled ’ ’ ab t 8 until o clock in the evening , when we put at a w as indes osed up Public House . I p from much violent cold that I h a d taken by being in the r am that fell on us as we passed the Moun
a a ou r a on a . t ins , lso exposed situ tion the w ter ’ b ’t 1 a a a 8 . 1 From M y s St tion , , miles JUNE , 1 95 a l 7 . . Mond y Morning I stil felt poorly, but Off a a a we sat e rly . P ssed through thriving town BOURBON , Bourbon County , here bro . ’ bu isness a a w a Bennett s c lled him nother y, so a a he took le ve Of us . This evening we re ched ’
a t a . a bro . W tt in F yette County (from our l st 2 n a 8 d . a 2 . . st tion , miles) Tuesd y Morning This a a a sat Off morning fter bre kf st , for MY ’ a a BROTHER S . P ssed Lexington , populous a on a of town in F yette County , the w ters the a Elkhorn . Just beyond which I unfortun tely
Was n ow a . a a . took wrong ro d lone , for bro ’ a w as Watts h ad gone to his F ther s . I much a an d b —a saw an bothered with p ths y w ys , but abu an dan c e o f good land . This evening I got ’
as . to bro . J Dupree s in Woodford County, 2 0 after rambling, I suppose miles , when in 1 5 a a w as not 1 2 . re lity, I im gine it over or miles ’ r d a tak (3 ) Wednesd y . After g some refresh 68 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AM ERICA
’ sat ou t for MY O ments , I B-R THER S , whom I found lived on the South s ide of the Kentucky ’t 2 ’ River in Mercer County . Ab O clock in the M a an d all P . . , I re ched there found in good a h ad an a n i . a a d n he lth We ffection te meeting , ’ consideration of GOD S preservi ng goodn ess t o us all since the time we h ad seen on e another a h ad a m a a l st, which been nu ber Of ye rs , r ised , a i n to ou r V I hope some gr titude me , HEA EN LY AR h ad k t o P ENT , who been so ind us . My br h ad 1 0 t o . o : a JOHN children, wit Eliz beth , a Am as ia a D vid , Polly, y, J , Will m , John , N ncy, a an d w as w a s Herm n , Peter , who born while I t Had a bad o u . . Continued poorly cough Of the a h a d a AS of Cold th t I t ken . both my brothers live together, I rested myself there . In the eve a t o on e a a wh o ning, I w lked over J b z Jones , a a o f a - a of m rried cousin our , the gr nd d ughter 5th at my Aunt READ . ( ) Rested my BROTH ’
6th a a i . t o a ER S . ( ) S turd y Morn ng Come a t determination t o set Ont next week . I w nt o o - of t o at g over Nort West the Ohio River , be t w ou r the TREATY , if possible , be een people n Was t o a a a a d the INDIANS . h ve be st Of my ’ 7th t . a br o . G o . John s it shod etc ( ) Sund y i wi M Morn ng . Went th my Brother WILLIA
— - ‘ t o BUCK RUN MEETING House in Wood
t w as t o t obliged o return from here . He mee ” 0 h a at me the l t inst nt GEORGETOWN . ’ REV . DAVID BARROW S J OURNAL 69
‘ a t r u . a b o D Mond y Morning Lodged . ’
. a t o pree s Rode in comp ny with bro . Dupree , a S aw a a F yette Court , Lexington . l rge con f 1 3 th O . a course people ( ) Thursd y Evening . a Went home with Elder Elij h Craig . “ a a a h ad I visited his p per m nuf ctory . He been a a to h ad a gre t blessing this Country, for he a - a a -mi a a p per mill , distillery, merch nt ll , t vern an d a a a l 0 s store . Bought p ir of stockings / . Wh a to a m e en I c me ex mine this morning , y hors had a a au eloped , which g ve me une siness bec se the horse belonged to my bro . , John . We hunted ’ a 1 2 bout but could not find him . About O clock ,
br o M a . my . WILLIA , c me to me Now, we were ll a w as a a a at loss . But I t ught to exercise f ith in the promi se that all things work together for a good etc . However we determined th t I should stay at this place while he hunted the horse . i at ( 1 1 th ) Still at Elder Cra g GEORGETOWN .
I found he an d his woman very , kind . The
a a a . LORD , I pr y , to rew rd their Hospit lity ’ 1 2 O a a a a About clock , cert in Benj mine Gr ves t dl took my horse o me unexpecte y, for which I
a at the same station . Much fflicted with cold ” 1 3 th a a an d cough . ( ) S turd y Morn h d not at a a . . a ing . Still the s me pl ce My bro
Bu a a a come , yet . t, th nk GOD , I felt resign tion V ’ 1 2 ’ to the DI INE WILL . Ab t O clock my an to a a a o f anxiety w as put end , by the ppe r nce 70 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
br o w . a as r an d my The we ther showe y , the a a a ro ds very muddy . A respect ble gentlem n by
a on w a t o a in this st te , his y Greenville , the pl ce a w as t o est er da fell where the tre ty be held , y yf at a an d a for u r in this pl ce w ited o Company . At ’ ab t sat ou t 1 4th an we . ( ) Being now in uninhabited part ( Sunday) an d provisions not t o h ad f or Man a be or Be st , we were forced to
a an d da a a Of tr vel , this y p ssed thro . v st bodies
a a a da r e Mond y . He vy r in this y. I felt much ’ vived . We pursued ou r j ourney to ’ a N -VVest t 1 2 w rd the orth Territory . Ab ’ a a a O clock , we re ched the be utiful circling stre m , f o . the Ohio , just below the mouth the Licking a t o This is C mpbell County . We crossed over
a a Cincinn ti . This is thriving town on the North
an d V horses refreshed ourselves , then we isited d G S . an . the ARRISON Of the U . , my bro intro du c ed me to a clever young m an of his a cquaint a a mm a nce by the n me of Jos . Bo er , who tre ted
5 n S a a . n ti , it is miles The tow , t nds just below
the mouth of the little Miami . This da o f y we went up the Ohio , to the mouth the lit ami for of a a tle Mi , the town Columbi st nds just
A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA met a number o f wa gons going to an d from a a Qu rters , which in some me sure seemed to free ou r a a h ad minds from Fe r , for several outr ges ” m on a been com itted the ro d not long since . ‘ A pack-horse master w as also badl y di a an d il wounded by the In ns , some others k led a a o on the Ohio , l tely, with / / of horses being as w as a a stolen , supposed , by str ggling Indi ns , ‘ unfriendly to the Treaty . In a short a a 5 - time we c me to mile Spring , where some of h a d a an d our Hunters enc mped , growing hun ” a eat gry, we sked them for something to a sa w as a a I c nnot y I fr id , but I must “ confess I felt what is c omm onl v termed skit
a a an d 3 the Woods . Left c mp bout Sunrise , men a a joined us by the n mes of John Dunc n , Mit
an d . chell , Terrill We now felt much more cour a eou s a g , but to my mortific tion , I found the worst roa d I ever traveled . However a do a a a : h ad we did , with much m ke he dw y We to stop an d graze our horses several times in the da a y . This evening , little before Sunset , we
a at at . rrived Fort Jefferson , which we stopped a a ( 2 4th ) Wednesd y . We hunted our horses e rly an d this morning , pressed on for Greenville , ’ “ - a head quarters . When we c me , they — a a a . were on grand p ar de . Here I g in met Dr wh o a w as an d Jones , insisted th t I lost , indeed I a w as so felt a good de l like it , for being now ’ REV . DAVID BARROW S J OURNAL 73
’ ab t 900 r a miles f om home , in strange place an d n ot a very well in he lth , seemed discouraging in
of a - a a number Indi n Chief , here lso my stonish w as an d a ment excited , my curiosity ple sed , to ’ ‘ the highest degree . Here I saw h u — man a a n ture without disguise , un ssisted by the
a are ou r a a an d di ns , by sh ckling Christi ns their
as a brethren , the Priests , looked upon He then , and a a an d are h rdly the s me Species , therefore a not entitled even to hum n justice . All of this to an d is pretended be proved from the BIBLE , a when it will nswer selfish or sinister views , it a E a a a is FIN BOOK , but t ke it ltogether , it is - a a Priest Cr ft , it is nonsense , it must be expl ined .
a sa a ar e a But I d re y, when m tters nicely sc nned , that these very Feathers possessed as good prin c iples an d exhibit in their general conduct as an d a as much honesty hum nity, those very good and brethren , so forth , who deride them . It is a a true , they we r no breeches , nor pettico ts , a a a an d w istco ts , h ts , gowns , shoes , or stockings , a as a pluck up their be rd by the roots , it first p ear ed an d a an d p , live in d rkened Cells or Huts a a a t o siman onat subsist on pe s , be ns , pot toes , , ’ “ d a a an . venison Their p int , be ds , a a a a a fe thers , t ssels , med ls , b nd ges for their a an d et c ar e a a rms , legs . not more extr ordin ry a a ou r and th n is pr cticed by Nymphs Popes , in 74 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
n d a a a e . this most enlightened , Christi n g If I am i a ar e a a not m st ken , they very kind to str n “ ” an d a as a h as h ar dlv ger , such crime r pe , been known among them or h a s ever been committed on an o f a e a a y their fem l c ptives , who h ve been a a a am t ken by them . As to prof ne Swe ring , I a a a informed , they h ve no l ngu ge in which , they c an as a W express it only they le rn it of the hites . ar a a I n They e gener lly punctu l to their word . dissoluble in friendship since they follow u n in a a bia sed nature their manners . Their l ngu ge ” t a an d appears o me e sy expressive . “ But who provoked them to these acts of cruel a m an an d an d Do they p rt wife , sell one to one tribe an d the other to another "
Do they whip some of their prisoners very , se ver ely an d put others t o cruel deaths " It must a an nh a a a be nswered . It is u ppy c se , th t the ’ n s a white Christ h ve provoked them to , or
learned them most of these things . “ They evidently ar e our predecessors an d u n doubtedly ar e our equal an d consequently ar e
naturally entitled to our respects , protection , a a mi an an d a ssistance . We gl dly d t emigr ts
a a ar e a from bro d , who no better by n ture , or
a a an d a a pr ctice , th n they ; in some inst nces h ve
' VVh n ot expended sums of money on them . y ex pend a little money in settling English schools among them an d send an d encourage artifices of ‘ ri s 2 different kinds to settle in their b ou n de e . O ’ O 75 REV . DAVID BARR W S J URNAL
and a a This such like procedure , would nswer better purpose toward reforming and n atu raliz a a a ing them, th n sending w gon lo ds of
a a a gener lly spe king , were violently opposed to
A . M N I THINK M N I s AN I EVERY CLIME , I N WHAT SOEVER DRE S S OR WHAT SO V C C C M C AND E ER OLOR , OR IR U STAN E , ALL E E P THAT AR ALIKE GOOD , SUS C OF AND TABLE KNOWLEDGE , EQUAL BY AND ARE AL NATURE , IKE JUSTLY ENTITLED To EQUAL LIBERTY AND “ C MM C —I saw at O ON JUSTI E . the a a a a a Lin a ries Tre ty, the Del w res , li s pp , Poto w atom s a a a Taww a s a y , Mi mis , li s y , Chippew ys ,
Shaw ew a s an d a . y , Wy ndots were not come in “ There were present , One to whom w as w as a 1 1 0 a I introduced , s id to be ye rs old an d appeared hale and hearty I w as surprised at the subj ection an d modesty of their at forbides a women . Time present longer de
a a t il , which I intend to enl rge when opportunity ” 2 7th S at affords by w ay of notes . ( )
u r da a a th e y. The ro d much better th n ones we ’ a on a c me in . This evening we re ched Tucker s
a an d a da St tion , we supposed we tr veled this y ’ ” Af 2 8th a . ab t 3 0 miles . ( ) Sund y ’ ’ ’ d at a a a ter m t g , we ined C pt in White s fter which we rode t o Columbia an d put up at Maj or 7 6 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
’ ” an d a at i Stites , c lled bro . Sm th s . In t o a n d the evening , we rode Cincinn ti a put up at ’ ” a Mr . Cochr n s . (3 0th ) Tuesday Morn h . a ad ing Cincinn ti . We come to a determina to h w a tion go from ere , do n the Ohio by W ter , to the F alls an d having procured a p assage in a a an d bo t with Mr . Hite , sundry other gentle vi f : o Rd . . i men , g Col Pryor , , Mr . Lew s , Mr . ’
a . a a n d . a s a He th , Mr Br dsh w , Mr Bobb Col . w it — m an an d ou r 2 3 on a ing selves , with horses bo rd , ’ ’ ab t 9 w as im o clock we let loose , but much p eded in our progress by a strong South- West ed the mouth of the Gunpowder Creek coming in on the Kentucky side ; a bold Creek below the ’ ’ - ami t 9 4 of mouth of the Big Mi . Ab o clock , ou r a i an d comp ny went out w th rifles , between ’ 1 1 an d 1 2 o clock they came in with 2 fine a a a h ad a a F wns , of p rt of which , we most s vory and a a eleg nt dinner , rendered still more gree a o f of ble by plenty Punch . After which some ou r comp any took our Canoes an d went t o the Shore an d brought in a quantity of fine gra ss ” ‘ w as a for our horses . The Col . so ffi a a Man a an d ble , th t he cursed swore in common conversation as profanely an d as comm onl y a s n all a a na ever I heard a y one in my cqu i t nces . Ma y I believe , he does not know when he does a a w as a a it . I thought wh t pity it , th t gentle n h man should be reduced to such a un appy habit . O ’ J O 7 7 REV . DAVID BARR W S URNAL
a h ad for Ag in we dinner , Venison with plenty ’ ’ f on e a a 1 o punch . Ab t h lf fter 1 O clock we came t o shore imm ediately below the mouth o f a a a - a a a a Creek c lled Be r Gr ss , g inst pretty well a of a l situ ted town Kentucky, c lled Louisville , y a a ing opposite the F lls , surrounded with most fertile Country . On the opposite shore , over ’ a t a a fortifi g the before mentioned town , st nds a a Stu eben on a c tion c lled , just below, the s me side stands another town known by the name o f a a a Clarksville . We rode thro . wh t is c lled Be r t a a o . Gr ss settlement , most excellent l nd, Mr ’ ami a a a Benj ne Hite s , gentlem n we c me in with il a 1 2 from Greenv le . He lives from the F lls , 4th a . miles , who tre ted us extremely kind ( ) ’ ’ ’
8 . S aturday . Ab t o clock , we left Mr Hite s , f of br o n u t or . a d set o the County Jefferson , (my ’
a . lives there . ) Louisville is lso in this County
“ - Our land la dy, proved very contrary n ot an d w as a her husband being present , she “ ” th w as a o . S woman of Ple sure , , I uppose , she 40 a a n ot a sac turned , s id th t she could fford to rific e the pleasures of the day foranyone or any
n ot for . thing , even money itself ’ all da 6th ) Mercer County . At my brother s y. ” ( 7th ) Tuesday Morning . I felt revived . h ad a This is Woodford Court day. I meeting ’ ’ 1 2 a at my brother s house . By o clock there g th ’ ered a congregation o f ab t 1 50 people . Being f I a o f a extremely ill o cholic , m de use sever l A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN Al\IERI CA
a of a a me ns relief, but the p in incre sed . At length made use of a Tea made of Butterfly R ‘ ’ ’ . 2 oot Ab t o clock , I found relief . i eve I went home with Elder George Sm th , this ’ ni for ab t 9 a t o El ng miles . He is bro . der of Pr oh at an a a Smith . Here I went into c ve , ’ that is in Elder Smith s yard . It is 1 6 or 1 8
a . feet below the surf ce The mouth is small . The a a a an d interior p rt is l rge , w lled up topped with ’ - ab t 40 a Limestone rock , y rds in length . There
a a . is very cool , fresh , sweet brook p ssing thro a a dl air it . We went by the light of c n e . The ‘ w w as a as very cool . There w ter issue a a an d ing from the inside in very slow m nner , a a a it conge led into kind of stone , in the form a e a of icicles . At my return , from the Subterr n n ” i n l h ad I f t as a . exc er s o e . , tho I entered stove “ As I am now leaving the State of Ken an d ni nh a a tucky, the u bited p rts thereof , I think it a most sui table place to drop in my remarks a concerning this celebrated SPOT of Cre tion . a a a As to the Soil , I think , th t the Gre t Cre tor endowed it with every rich property , in the greatest proportion that is to be found in the
h . a W ole U . S . A The growth of these p rts is - a a a a a a Black w lnut in gre t bund nce , v stly l rge n d a - a - a tall ; sug r trees , Honey Locust , Bl ck Lo V a - V aln u t cust , Lynn , H ckberry , White , Wild - -ey e a Cherry, Coffee nut trees , the Buck , with mixture of other too tedious to
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” or or a a a ine pestilence , wh t is the more n tur l ,
i a off a a r were in t me tot lly cut by the S v ges , o a a a a a whether the Sp ni rds , some ges p st , in se rch of mi a a to mi a nes , t ken rmy defend them, e gr ted to a an d so a an d these p rts built fortific tions etc . , n ot t o a re finding things their expect tions ,
a a - a to turned , fter some ye rs , is wh t is yet is us
Ma on a a squirrels in dison County, the pl nt tion ’ ’ o f r ab t a of Ma A cher Wood s , sometime the l st y or 1 st of an d 2 a il the June , in d ys , k led 3 1 st a I squirrels . ( ) Frid y Morning . a entered the Wilderness . We proceeded , le ving ’ the waters of Dick s River an d came on the a o f - a a a W ters Rock C stle . The ro d beg n to be
f a of a a ber o W ters the Cumberl nd , t king them a a a ar e as fol in rot tion from the Cr bb Orch rd , ’ ’ : - a lows Dick s river , Skegg s Creek, Rock C stle , a - a a - a Rac H zel P tch , R coon Creek, L urel River , on - Lin c am a o Spring , p Creek , Richl nd Creek , a a Stinky Creek, Fl t Lick , Cumberl nd River , ’ ’ a Ch rles , Yellow Creek, Powell s Creek , Russell s a a Creek , Syc more Creek , Clinch Creek , Indi n ou t on an d . Creek, others This brought us this side Of Clinch Mountain ; then German - a a e an d Creek, Poor v lley Creek , C n y Creek ,
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’ a a a a St rted very e rly . Ro d desper te . ’ a a on u m In the evening, re ched D niel s , the C n d a . a a d berl nd River (2 ) Sund y Morning . H t o ou r at a i swim horses good r sk . At length , t a o . a g over s fely Crossed Yellow Creek . C me ’ ” i ou r to Dav s s . We still pursued route across the mountain which led us through a ’ a of a sm ll corner Virgini , into Lee s County in ’ a Powell s v lley , thence into the ceded territory, a Pow H wkins County . In the evening , crossed ’ a a an d ell s river in a bo t . ( Cumberl nd River f 3 r ar e a o . d Tenn . River both w ters the Ohio ) ( ) a Mond y Morning . Crossed the Clinch River in
' a This br ou ht a a a bo t . g us into thickly inh bited a an d country, Knoxville , town in this territory, ’ f a 4th lies ab t 40 mi les South west o this pl ce . ( ) a an d Tuesd y Morning . Elder Rhees myself took breakfast an d pursued ou r j ourney up the Hol
’ o clock came to Hawkins County Court House . ’ ’ a a s This is a little town c lled Rogersville , C rter
a of . . . V lley , northside the Holston This P M I parted with all my company an d rode t o Jacob ’ ’ ’
8 I n o . a Turney s . Ab t o clock met J Gilli m, ’ bro 5th a . a my wife s . ( ) Wednesd y Spent tod y 6th at his House t o rest myself a n d horse . ( ) ” “ —Bro a ao Thursday Morning . . Gilli m companied me a few miles an d then we p arted .
7th a ( ) Frid y . Crossed the North fork of the —“ I a . Holston , ne r the Ross Iron Works A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
’ an d at s a rode put up Mr . Lewis Pitt , W shing t on Va 8th a a County, . ( ) S turd y a Morning . Rode to Abingdon , W shington 9th . a County Court House ( ) Sund y . n a Hot a d threatening more r in . “ Shortly after I crossed the mi ddle fork of the a Holston . Shortly fter I crossed the South ” “ t o fork . I continued still to pursue a a w a a w rd the he d thereof . The y le ds to Flour
G a . a a p I re ched , this evening , the celebr ted
’ at L assl e s ple Creek . I put up Mr . y , Wythe ” 0 h r County ( l t ) Monday Mo ning . an d a Put out early . Come to p ssed the Iron a a Mount in , most lofty ridge . This led me into
a on a a Tuesd y . Rode while ; stopped to get mouthfu l of an d met a kind old m an an d Th a w as a . ev Woman . His n me Ev n Lewis
a at e a a a mi an d were Qu kers . I v riety bre d , lk , h ad a butter , which been my m in support since I t o a came through the wil derness . I offered p y a them, but they would receive nothing . I t ke notice that these people will be kind , find them ’ ’ n e t 1 0 a where o will . Ab o clock , I re ched Flour f G a h ad a deli ht u ll . p , from whence I g prospect ’ ab t an d I descended the Steep , which is one mile ’ a half from the ut most verge to the foot of the a Pat Mountain . This led me through corner of
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of I i in the setting the Sun . felt much rev ved body and mind for I seemed as though I h ad got own hi ten into my neighborhood . Rode t s day 3 5 i a bro M m les . I re ched my . OSE S . “ I sent word t o MY FATHER that I w as come ’ t br o s o . a a t o my . He c me e rly see me . We went t o - the Meeting House . This evening , I went to ’ h ad a a a MY FATHER S . I most ffection te a an d meeting with my F ther , brother , I . Rode da 9 1 7th a to an d this y miles . ) Mond y . I went at Br o AR wh o a -b lodged MY . A ON , lives h rd y ’ a 1 8th a a my F ther s . ( ) Tuesd y . C me to my ’ a c om F ther s in the morning . In the P . M . in ' a w him an d a w ent t o p ny ith bro . A ron , my Sis ’ F or erson s -in —law w as at ter g . My brother not ” a : all 1 9th a home . T rried night . ( ) Wednesd y .
a a a a a a Na M ry , M rth , Rebecc , Willi m, D vid , a a a Han th n , John , Eliz beth , J Benj mine , h n d 2 0th a n a a . , Moses . ( ) Thursd y In the h d n t M . a . a o P . , I visited my Aunt Cl rk She a a 1 1 a h as al w lked step in ye rs . She been most a a i an d fr ntic with p in the whole t me , the rheu a ll a a a a matic p ins sti prev il . It ppe rs th t every u a joint in her whole frame is o t of pl ce . She is f dmi a as as a an o a . re lly obj ect r tion , well pity d i 2 1 st a 2 2 n d a 8 . Rode this y m les . ( ) Frid y ( ) f r a at u a ul an d o a . S rd y . S try like r in At F th ’ ” ’ br and a at o a . er s Went t rried . A ron s ’ ’ 2 4 h a ni 8 t . ( ) Mond y Mor ng Ab t o clock , the ’ REV . DAVID BARROW S J OURNAL 85
a a and h ot I we ther bids f ir very , took leave of and all of wh my brothers Sisters , them o live in
’ a an d a at as a s we tr veled qu rtered Mr . J . Y ncy
’ a a i . 49 P tton Wood s in Gr inville County m les . ’ Reached Moseley s-Ferry on the Ro k ano e a . and , while before Sunset We crossed ” a a a I for while fterw rds left my County . 2 6th a a ( ) Wednesd y . I qu rtered this evening ’ at r a b o . Va f . D niel Hu f s , in Brunswick County, a da 40 2 7th Tr veling , this y, miles . ( ) Thurs ” ’ da to old a an d y. I went my Uncle Re d s , found an d a low a of a him his wife in very st te he lth . 2 8th a a as a ( ) Frid y . We ther bove . sat ou t for a After refreshments , the Associ tion Va a in Sussex County, . This evening , I qu rtered ’ 2 9th a a . with Mr . P ul H rdwood s in Sussex ( ) ’ a ni to , This eve ng, I went Sister Gilli m s . This I an d day wrote t o my F ather bros . in Ken
1 st 1 795 a . a tucky . ( ) September , Tuesd y Re ched ’ ’ ll M ab t 5 a . HO E o clock . Found well I know not what I c an render to GOD for his G OOD to a of a wh o has NE S S me , poor dust the E rth , a a i 4 mou nth a been bsent from his F m ly , l cking ” “ mi ” 4 a I a 2 8 . d ys . rode tod y, les
FINIS , RR DAVID BA OW .
XTRACTS F ROM A ETTER RITTEN BY MRS E L W . CHARLES AVIS MITHF I ELD VIR INIA E . D , S , G , MAY 1 4 1 940 ,
of a Surry County , Isle Wight , Southh mpton County
HE BARROW F amily seem to have settled
’ in a part of Virginia that subsequently em bra ced both Surry an d Isle of Wight counties an d thus we find records in both of a a these counties rel tive to the s me people . The ar e first records in Surry county . 3 a 1 3 1 50 Book , p ge , Surry County Records . of a an d Acres l nd sold by John Smith his wife , a to a a a of M ry , Thom s B rrow , d ted ye sixth July, 1 680 Vizt — a a . Written . Thom s B rrow makes t o i . w over Henry Norton his heirs etc , the thin specified conveyance of land with all rights an d title . Ro a a a . Cr wford Thom s B rrow Joseph Ford Signa
Thomas B arrow acknowledges it . a a a Thom s B rrow died without will . As he appears t o be the only family of B arrows in a Surry county , we deduce th t the men men tion ed a a a a an d l ter , Thom s B rrow, John B rrow a Edmund B rrow, were his children . W an d s 3 a 2 4 ills Deed , p ge , Surry County Ma 5 1 685 and I n Records . y , . A true perfect 90 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA vent ory of the goods an d chattels of Thoma s a a a a B rrow, dece sed , ppr ised by us the sub a a scribers , S muel Blow , George Willi ms , a a a Thom s W rren , before Joseph M lden . His w h a d a a a an d w as a l ife m rried g in , Eliz B ow wife of Geo . Blow .
8 a 1 02 Deed Book , p ge , Isle of Wight County, 2 9th 48 b e V a . 1 7 irgini . Indenture of April , a a a a tween Thom s B rrow , Nottow y P rish , Isle of Wight County an d John B arrow of the s ame 50 1 00 a a a of a at county for lbs . for cres , p rt p ent to Thomas B arrow for 2 2 0 a cres from Hugh a a a — Drysd le , l te Gov . of Virgini south side of the Nottoway River an d North side of the South Fork of Angelica Swamp in the county afore said etc . Nath an el Ridlev Thomas B arrow l Jno . Dunk ey
” an d N h as C avaliers Pioneers by ell Nugent , V 1 1 1 642 Sw eet e 650 : NO . . the following , John , a cres for the transportation of 1 3 persons : Al a a a ex Pil nd , Jo n Pil nd, JOHN BARROW ,
‘ a a G o effr a An Willi m White , Rich rd y, Isr el t a a a . o drews , John M rsh ll , Willi m Houe (etc )
Va . the Isle of Wight ,
Ma a a 6th o f 1 654 jor Abr h m Wood , December , Va a a Henrico County , . , tr nsported mong others ,
a a a Thom s B rrow .
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6 a 481 a a Deed book , p ge . Thom s B rrow a t o a 1 8 1 744 f r . o Pl nter , sells B tt Peterson Oct . , 5 pounds 1 0 shillings 1 00 acres on the North side Deep Creek close by the Bridge on William ’ ’ a —t o a an d Lee s L nd John Ruffin s l nd Wm . a Willi ms . Nathaniel Hicks Thomas B arrow Tho . Wood Eliza Killebrew
a a a It is ordered th t Edmund B rrow, orph n, a a a continue with C pt . Robert R nd ll until the next court when further plan is t o be taken of e a e d a him, till com s of g . E mund B rrow seems a 1 72 1 a to t o have died without will in . Appe rs a h ad h ve no children . OLD WILL S AND DEEDS A BIOGRAPHY OF ALEX ANDER BAR Ro w M S T C V , FRO . FRAN IS ILLE LOUISIANA A SKETCH OF WILLIAM RUFFIN BAR ROW
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I fu rthu r give unto my wife half of all the rea dy a a a at a c sh th t sh ll be in the House my De th . My will an d desire that all that part o f my estate a a lent my wife , fter her de th be sold by my exe cu tors an d equally divided amongst all my Chil — dren that is the part that falls to my dau gh E liza beth a am ou n ter , , be equ lly divided g her C an d a a a to son hildren , the p rt th t f lls my , Thomas a am ou n , be equ lly divided g his children . — I t o S imon B arr ow Item give my son , , the of a an d o f best suit my we ring, clothes the rest my wearing clothes should be equally divided an d a between my sons , John Thom s Jr . — Item My will an d desire is that all of my estate both real an d personal n ot already dis of posed , be sold by my executor for the best a to h ad an d t h e a price th t is be , money rising thereon be equally divided by my SEVEN
C J ohn and Thomas J r . a HILDREN to wit : , p rt t o be diveded amongst his children : S imon an d ’ E liza beth s part to be divided amongst her chil dren ; J an e an d S arah an d F ortu n e ; I do hereby empower my executors t o convey by deeds a good an d lawful title to all the land ordered by me to be sold t o any purchaser whatsoever as I might h have done myself ad I been living . My will an d desire is that my estate be not appraised an d
a an d a a l stly, I do here constitute ppoint Rich rd n d an d Avory a Joseph Phillips my loving wife , LI" ABETH ARROW an d exec u E B , my whole sole OLD WILLS AND DEEDS 97
of a and a r evok tors this my l st Will Test ment , all a ing other Wills by me m de . In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand an d seal this da 2 6th f ov 1 o . 761 y, N , his Thomas X B arrow mark David Edmunds Thomas Day a 1 4 1 763 Howell Edmunds Prob ted Oct . John B arrow 3 a 1 62 a Will Book . P ge . Abstr ct of the Will of a a a John B rrow, South mpton County, Virgini . William B arrow Devises to his eldest son , , a an d S am an d T o Daniel negroes , Lydi etc . son , B arrow an d a , negro , poney , negro Abr m, ewes , a To J ohn B a rr ow a an d l mbs etc . son , the l nd “ a a n ow an d a pl nt tion where I live , the Still , p a aa a - and purten nces , negro Is c , fe ther bed , fur nitu r e To a l Bar etc . the gr ndchild , Phoebe Hil r ow of all a , pewter kinds , spice mort r, pestle , - - T a a . o a br ss kettle , looking gl ss etc d ughter , Ann K enn r w a dau h eb e a ot a . , p , h tchet etc To g Hannah Pitman a a ter , , negroes Cel , J cob , she a a an d i p y John B rrow Sr . , one pound six sh ll
a on e a . ings , lso l rge Bible T o a M artha F rizzell a d ughter , , negro Venus Ame o t o an d - t o Bar g , be sold , two thirds John - i a a row an d on e th rd to D niel B rrow . Moses to ll be sold and the rest o f the estate a divided . 98 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Makes John B arrow an d B enj im an Turner exors Jr . . 9 1 776 a a July . John B rrow ( Se l) John Blake Lucy Stephenson Henry Stephenson
a 9 J an 1 777 Prob ted . .
a 6 0 . a 7 3 Will of John B rrow Book , P ges
a a - a a a M kes bequest to gr nd d ughter , N rciss a 500 a and B rrow, of pounds c sh , two negroes
1 8 a . a when she is ye rs old To my gr ndson , a a a a Rich rd B rrow, l nd North of Angelic a 840 a 1 50 d a an d Sw mp , cres , poun s c sh , three 1 8 a 1 82 2 negroes , when he is ye rs old , or . To a n a a my gr ndso Henry B rrow , l nd on the South a a 800 a a - an d of Angelic Sw mp , cres , grist mill , 1 8 a two negroes , when he is ye rs old . To my a - a a an d gr nd son , Thom s B rrow , two negroes , 1 00 a 1 8 a pounds in c sh when he is ye rs old .
a a a To son , Henry B rrow, the rest of the Est te an d at a a his de th , to his children , leg lly begot t — a an E dm exor s en m kes him d Ethelred unds .
2 2 n d a 1 809 of M rch , .
a John B rrow ( Seal) .
Wa les Henry B . y Richard ( Stephens) Harrison Burwell Westbrook Vl illiam Vaughan
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4 a 1 2 3 . Deed Book . P ge Indenture between D ani el B arrow an d Mar th a a a his wife , of Berte County, North C rolin , an d of of S ou th am Geo . Gurley , Clerk Court p ton ni a for him County, Virgi , two pounds , sells 3 1 5 a o f a N of Meh erran cres l nd , the orth side ’ a a a River , to C bin Sw mp , to Edw rd Chitty s ’ a a s to a l nd , to S muel Bridger , Wolf Pit Br nch . John B arrow Thomas B arrow a X John B rrow Jr . Lucy Gurley 9th June 1 768 Martha B arrow
4 a 1 3 1 Deed Book . P ge . a an d Indenture between John B rrow Sr . John a 1 3 th of 1 768 a —2 2 7 B rrow Jr . April , , l nd , — a cres lying on the South side of An gelica ’ Swamp extending from Thomas D ay s t o Thom ’ as a 1 50 a to a a . Bl ke s , cres s id John B rrow Sept 0 5 an 2 0th of a 1 742 2 1 74 d M . , y, a a Edith Newsum John B rrow ( Se l) . G eo . Gurley Thomas Day Thoma s Blake 6 a 2 08 Deed Book . P ge . a a a u mi a ao Rev . D vid B rrow m n tted his Sl ves , di a a 2 3 cor ng to the Golden Rule , Ben Bl ckhe d , a old c a L u c r esia a a ye rs , negro wom n , Bl ckhe d , a ld an d so on an d a all 1 8 ye rs O , m de them free citizens . l 0 h 1 784 a a a . t . l . of Feb , D vid B rrow ( Se ) OLD WILLS AND DEEDS 1 01
7 a 570 Deed Book . P ge a a Indenture between John B rrow, Nick M get , A a a rthur Whitehe d , J mes Wilkinson , north side of a 783 a a a the Nottow y River , cres , l nd purch sed a a an d of by Thom s Blunt, dece sed , by his Will 2 6th of 1 777 a in Sept . to Jesse Whitehe d , died a an d n o t o a a test te , issue , Willi m Whitehe d the 1 0th of 1 784 to a Dec . , , then John B rrow etc .
3 a 1 62 Will Book . P ge . a of Am I m rimise i In the N me God en . p I g ve an d a son M beque th unto my eldest , WILLIA a — saw an d a BARROW , cross cut , set of wedges an d a a n e roe a a a an d a t lso g wom n n med , Lydi p o an d iron hooks an d also a stone jug holding three a an d g llons , to him his heirs forever . an d a D n . i a Item I g ve beque th unto my son ,
‘ iel a c m an a an d a a , negro c lled Pompey , lso bo a a n ow negro y c lled Abr m , in his possession an d also two ewes an d lambs an d also an iron pot an d hooks an d also a three gallon stone - jug to an d his him heirs forever . an d a Item . I give beque th unto my son , John a a and a a n ow B rrow, the l nd pl nt tion whereon I live together with its appurtenances and like wise a Still an d its appurtenances an d also a aa an d a a an d negro boy, Is c fe ther bed furniture o f ow n a - an d a a his choosing, copper kettle l rge pot an d half my hogs an d cattle I shall have at ’ a im and all u ndermition d an d th t t e , the sheep 1 02 A FEW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA all the stone an d glass ware of all kinds an d also all the cider Barrells an d hogsheads of all kinds an d also I likewise give all my Tobacco prized or a di at a an d a a st n ng th t time , h lf my crop th t
“ a a or a at a sh ll be st nding g thered th t time , to an d him his heirs forever .
an d a a Item . I give beque th unto my gr nd l Ph ebea a all of all chi d, Hill B rrow , my pewter kinds an d Spice -morter an d pestle an d also a bra ss - kettle an d a looking- glass an d a coffee -pot an d the weave belonging to it to h er an d her heirs forever .
an d a a e Item . I give beque th unto my d ught r Kenn sh ew a a a an d a a Anne , fl t h tchet sm ll iron
an d . pot , to her her heirs forever an d a o my a Item . I give beque th unt d ughter , a a a a a a an d H nn h Pitm n, negro girl n med Celi a a a a a lso negro boy n med J cob , providing p y
' a S r on e ment of me , John B rrow, . pound , six an d a a shilling , to her her heirs forever , lso a l rge Bible . an d a a Item . I give beque th unto my d ughter , a a a a an d M rth Frizzell , negro wom n Venus , her increase to her an d her heirs forever . a at Item . I le ve my negro Will , to be sold public sale an d I give two - thirds of that money a an d - to my son , John B rrow , the other one third a a an d to my son , D niel B rrow, likewise the other a half of my crop unmentioned to my son , D niel
a t o and . B rrow, they their heirs forever
1 04 A FEW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA wherewith it h as pleased G o d to bestow on me an d a in this life , I give devise dispose of the s me a an d in the following m nner form . I m r emi s i an d a p . I g ve beque th unto Peter a n Lee , my gr ndson , the sum of Five Shilli gs , an d an d a Sterling , to him his heirs ssigns for ever . an d a Item . I give beque th unto my son , Wil a s t o li m Lee , the sum of Five Shilling Sterling h an d an d a im his heirs ssigns forever . an d a Item . I give beque th unto my four a a a an d d ughters , Eliz beth , Ann , Rebecc , AMY an d a a an d all one negro n med M son , my per sonal propertyafter the deceased of my beloved a a a wife to be equ lly divided mong the s id Four , n n to them an d their heirs a d assig s forever .
a M an d Item . I ppoint WILLI BARROW, Henr y Lee Executors to this my last Will an d
a a ul Test ment . And I do hereby revoke , dis nn an d disallow all an d every other Will an d Testa ment by me before made confirmi ng this an d no n a other to be my last Will a d Test ment . “ IN WITNE S S whereof I h ave hereunto set my h and an d seal this third day of August one an d nI n e thousand seven hundred fifty .
a an d Signed , Se led Delivered In the of Isaa c Walton William Lee Elizabeth Mallory Elizabeth Walton OLD WILLS AND DEEDS 1 05
3 a 2 46 Deed Book . P ge . —A Copy a t o a a John B rrow Willi m B rrow . u u THIS INDENTURE ma de the fourth day of a of ou r on e a December in the ye r Lord , thous nd an d Six seven hundred forty , between John Bur r ow of the County o f Prince George of the one a an d a of of p rt , Willi m Burrow the County o f a t Brunswick the other p r . WITNE S SETH : That for an d in considera tion of Divers services the said John Burrow a a a a an d an d h th given gr nted , b rg ined , sold by a a a and these presents , doth give , gr nt , b rg in, son a sell unto my well beloved , Willi m Burrow, two a of a hundred cres l nd more or less , being the half of a tract of four hundred a cres in the Coun t of a a a one y Brunswick, the p tent be ring d te , thousand seven hundred forty five near Stur geon- Run an d bounded as followeth :t o -wit : Be ginning at a Red oak Corner between L anier an d ’ a Gee , thence long Gee s line South fourteen de grees west , thirty two poles to his corner line , a a - thence long the s id South , seventy eight de a - o ak grees west , forty four poles to white , - e thence South , thirty five degr es west two hun a a -oak dred twenty four poles to bl ck , thence a fifty degrees E st , one hundred thirty two poles a - oak - to white , thence North Sixty one degrees a and t o a E st , three hundred sixteen poles shrub 1 06 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
-oak white , thence South , seventy degrees West ’ a - o ak eighteen poles to L nier s corner white , thence along his line west fourteen degrees north one hundred an d sixty poles to the beginning be ing the upper p art or one-half of the s aid tract o f a : at a —an d l nd , divided thus Beginning fore — after white oak on the South - E a st side from thence to a fore - an d- a fter popular on the Rocky a a an d a a Br nch . To h ve to hold the s id l nd to a a a the s id Willi m Burrow , his heirs or ssigns an d forever , I do hereby by these presents put the said William Burrow in full an d quiet pos session of the said land without au v molesta tion by he or his heirs forever or anv other per
son or persons for me or my heirs . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand an d seal this the day an d year above e writt n . a an d Signed , se led delivered John Burrow in the presence of ( Seal) Thomas Sh akell Isaac Howe a a a a A letter , which is f mily relic st tes th t the
a a 1 753 - 1 81 9 hi s Rev . D vid B rrow ( ) wrote to a a a a an d a rel tive , J mes B rrow , of Georgi , spe ks
a a a of his f ther , Willi m B rrow , of Brunswick
a an d a a a a county , Virgini , lso his gre t gr ndf ther , a a a Thom s B rrow, who lived in Southh mpton on a a an d county, the Nottow y River , Virgini ,
that he lived t o be about 1 00 years old .
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a a Mrs . Robert B rrow, M con , Missouri . a a a i Mrs . S r h E . (B rrow) Hinkle , Bloom ng a a ton , Indi n . a a di a a Mrs . Cordeli Perkins , Fr nklin , In n . a aw a Pope B rrow, l y er , Athens , Georgi . a a mi a Mrs . Ch rles E . D vis , S thfield , Virgini .
a r a a w a a has The B r ow line of Louisi n , hose d t not been approved but wh o no do u bt belong to ' “ h as a articles in a this Tree , printed few E rly ” a a a i Felici n Politics , by the St . Fr ncisv lle a 1 83 8 Democr t , in .
AL EXANDER BARROW
l a a a a A ex nder B rrow, who c lled Cl rk Wood “ ” a a a a an d a roff d mned r sc l , thus set in series of events which led to the near - duel at Pinckney w as a a ville , born ne r N shville , Tennessee , on n d a 2 7 1 801 a . M rch . Thus he his friend , John B a a D wson , were neighbors before they c me to a a w as Louisi n . There but little difference in l a a . their ges , B rrow being the younger A ex ’ ander B arrow s father w as Willie B arrow who emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1 795 an d a a he , settled ne r N shville , when he a came a promi nent an d successful pl nter . His ’ i w as a a . mother J ne Green , his f ther s first w fe At the age of 1 5 years he w as appointed t o the a a at United States Milit ry Ac demy West Point, 81 6 1 81 8 a 1 . New York , which he ttended from to HO M E OF ALE X A NDER B ARROW
1 801 n n 7 . A x n B n N v T n . B le a der arrow , of ear ash ille , e essee or March ,
D D 2 5 1 846 H , n B n R . W ied ecember e was a reside t of est ato ouge , L n ouisia a .
HO M E OF WILLIA M RU F F IN B ARROW
B S F n v L n . B n D W R n . illiam uffi arrow , t ra cis ille , ouisia a or ecember 2 1 862 1 1 D 2 . 2 800 . , ied March , OLD WILLS AND DEEDS 1 09
a a law After le ving the Ac demy, he studied in a an d w as a mi bar N shville , d tted to the there in 1 82 2 a t o a a an d . He l ter moved Louisi n being a “ ” - a a new comer in these p rts , he bec me em in a broiled the stirring politic l controversy . He gave up the pra ctice of law an d devoted his at “ ” a a tention to pl nting, owning the Homeste d “ ” and B arrow za a a a l the pl nt tion , the l tter o c ated ea a a n r Port Allen , in West B ton P rish . Alexander B arrow married Mary Ann B ar r ow a o f a a r an d , d ughter B rtholomew B r ow his B eththier a wh o a t o second wife , Br ntly, c me Lou isian a 1 82 0 a a Al a in from North C rolin . ex nder B arrow and Mary Ann were the parents of Al ex a a r a a ah a an d nder B rrow , J . , Willie M c j B rrow a a J ne B rrow . 1 840 a a a w as In , B rrow, st unch Whig, elected a a a a U . S . sen tor from Louisi n . Senator B arrow left Wa shington on Thurs da 2 4 1 846 for a t o Bal y, December , , short visit a a w as nl a timore , M ryl nd . He sudde y t ken ill on Christma s Day while a guest at B arnum Ho ’ in a at a tel th t city . He died five O clock Tuesd y .
WILLIAM RUFF IN BARROW
a a 2 1 Willi m Ruffin B rrow, born December 1 800 w as son of a a an d , the Willi m B rrow, Jr . Pherab a h a d of be y Hill rd . He the distinction ing the first child born t o the B arrow family in 1 1 0 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a a a a a Louisi n . He m rried Olivi Ruffin B rrow , il 1 806 1 1 857 w as born Apr , , died June , . She the a of a and d ughter his uncle , Bennett B rrow , a a a a an d a M rth Hill . Willi m R . B rrow Olivi
a h ad : Ruffin B rrow six children Rosalie , a a a a a r a Am nd , M rth , Willi m Ruffin , J . , Olivi a an d a Ele nor E . Willi m Ruffin . William Ruffin B arrow w as noted as a fi n an c ial u an d w as a y a geni s , prob bl the we lthiest of the well- to - do members of the B arrow fami ly a a a in Louisi n . He built the Gre t Greenwood a a 1 83 0 on e pl nt tion home in . It is of the finest a f a a all a a ex mples o Coloni l d ys in Louisi n . a h a a o a a Built over undred ye rs g , it st nds on
a a . high bluff few miles from St . Fr ncisville a on e a This m j estic house is hundred feet squ re . Huge pillars flank the galleries which complete l a a n all y surround its st tely eleg nce o four sides . The woodwork of Greenwood house w as built in n a a a the North a d shipped to Louisi n . The pl n t ation surrounding the Greenwood house , orig in all a a an d 800 a y cont ined cres , sl ves a a were once quartered on the pl ce . It bo sts of a a a far a a an d - r ce tr ck of re ching f me , fox hunt w of an d ing as a great sport the host his guests . a n an Greenwood is tod y ow ed by Fr k Percy . a a a 2 2 1 862 Willi m Ruffin B rrow died M rch , an d w as buried in the family cemetery near the h a a a a ome . Willi m B rrow, the m le ncestor , lived a w E a . as in dgecombe County , North C rolin He
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as a a a ttested by the tombstone m rking his gr ve .
w as a a of He m rried first to J ne Greene , Ken a i as tucky, prob bly from Cov ngton , they visited a a rel tives there . J ne Green died in Virginia a w as a when her d ughter born . After her de th , ill a a t o An n W ie B rrow m rried second H . Beck, w as 2 7 1 789 an d di u who born July , , ed Aug st 6 1 83 1 a an d i ar . e , Willie B rrow his second w fe a or a a i buried in cemetery in ne r N shv lle , Ten n e ssee . Will ie B arrow an d Jane Green were the p ar ents of three children : Al exander B arrow Da a Ann a vid , J ne B rrow . ar an d Ann ha d Willie B row H . Beck four
h l : a a ll c i dren George W shington B rrow, Wi ie Mac a ah a Al a j B rrow, bert G . B rrow, John E . a Al a a a MAR B rrow . ex nder B rrow m rried Y AR of a a an d ANN B ROW, sister D vid B rrow, she w as the daughter of B artholomew B arrow ( 1 766 an d his second wife Beththier Brantley ( 1 777 - 1 843 ) wh o came to Lou i siana in 82 0 a a a B ar 1 from North C rolin . B rtholomew r ow w as the last on e of his imm edi ate family t o a a as h a d t o move to Louisi n , he been preceded a a V West Felici n by his mother , OLI IA RUF FIN ( died widow o f William B arrow 1 787 an d a nn (died ) his brothers , Willi m , Be ett , an d as as An n Robert , Ruffin , well his sisters , , a a an d a all of nn S r h , M ry, whom ( except Be ett wh o foll owed in 1 81 6) j ourney in covered w a OLD WILLS AND DE EDS 1 1 3
Ed c ombe a a gons from g County, North C rolin , via and a i t o Tennessee N tchez , M ssissippi , Feli a a a ou t ci n in where they settled , t king SPANISH grants and soon began the erection of the FIRST BARROW HOME IN LOUI “ n ow SIANA, Locust Grove , which is known as G HI HLAND PLANTATION .
l a an d a a A ex nder M ry Ann B rrow, were the
a n of : a p re ts three children Alex nder II , Wil Mac a ah an d a a lie j J ne B rrow . Al a a an d ex nder II m rried Effie Cockerell , h ad on e son a a a they , Alex nder III . Willie M c j ah B arrow married Martha Pilcher an d h ad
: i a a Bar three children Merr tt B rrow, N nnie row an d a a a a m r R dcliff B rrow . J ne B rrow a a a and h ad ried Thom s G . Sp rks they the follow
: a I sabele T om a a ing Willie Sp rks , , , M ry Ele n or a a an d L ou a , Effie , M ttie , J ne , Lise G le a Sp rks . ’ Al a a a a ex nder B rrow s brother , D vid B rrow, a an d h ad a son a a an d a m rried , D vid N . B rrow, a a a I wh o at gr ndson , D vid N . B rrow I , lived a mi a a Pl que ne , Louisi n . ’ a a a B ar Alex nder B rrow s sister , J ne Ann a a of S u row, m rried Judge Henry Cr bb , the of h are ar preme Court Tennessee . T ey the p
o f : Al a a ents three children Henry ex nder Cr bb , a a an d a a a J ne Ann Cr bb , M ry Ele nor Cr bb . Mary Eleanor Crabb married Robert James “ ” a o f a a a B rrow I , Roseb nk pl nt tion , West Fel 1 1 4 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA i i n c a a a a . a B , Louisi n Their son , Robert J mes ar
a a a a dau h row II , m rried S r h Louise B rrow, g
ter of Col . Robert Hillard an d Mary Eliza Bar
a a a a a Of row, the l tter d ughter of D vid B rrow, “ ” a a a r Afton Vill , whose sister , M ry Ann B r ow, w i as . a a the w fe of Hon Alex nder B rrow .
a a an c es The writer believes th t Willie B rrow, of a tor these Tennessee B rrows , who left North
' a a in 1 795 C rolin , WAS RELATED by BLOOD a a a to Willi m B rrow, ncestor of the Louisiana a wi an d r a B rrows , whose dow child en c me from a a a a i North C rolin bout the s me t me .
ROSEDOWN
“ Daniel Turnbull an d his wife built Rose ” a a 1 83 5 down Pl nt tion home in . It is the pres “ ” da - a a an d ent y show pl ce of St . Fr ncisville , h as been made the subj ect of many c omplim en
a - b nd t ry write ups in oth press a books . Rose ” down h as an enviable name for all is m agn ifi c all cen e over the country . It is considered by many to h ave the most beautiful garden in Loni hil a a siana . W e its mansion w as built on l rge a an d a an d a sc le l vish in its designs ppointments , “ ” the gardens of Ro sedow n ar e of the loveliest w a s a a a in America . It l id out by French l nd i scape architect whil e the house w as being bu lt . Leading u p through the great garden is an a —oak venue of huge live trees , interspersed
a are a C a a mong which m ny l ssic st tues , imported
THE HOOKE FAM ILY DATA
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3 a a a a a 1 6 ( ) M rth J ne Hooke , born J nu ry , 1 745 .
4 a a 1 746 a ( ) J ne Hooke , born Febru ry, ( an d 1 780 a twin) , died October . M rried a Mr . Re d .
5 e a 1 46 a 7 . ( ) George Hook , twin , Febru ry,
6 a wh o a a m an the ( ) M ry Hooke , m rried by a o f a an d h ad a son a n me Murr y , they , J mes Murray
7 Eli ah a ( g Hooke , who m rried first time , l a a Ann A len ; second time , J ne W lker .
8 a 1 747 or 1 757 ( ) J mes Hooke , unwed , died a 1 780 r - 1 785 h ad a a ne r o . He Revolution ry War record according to the old family Bible a (B rrow) .
9 a a 1 741 and ( ) Willi m Hooke , born bout , a a a a 1 772 an d m rried S r h C mpbell , born , their children were
Third Generation
ennette a a A . J Hooke , m rried John Fr zier ;
i a at . a went to live w th her brother , J mes , Xeni , w s a 55 a ld 1 857 a o . Ohio in , when she p st ye rs i a a n a . B . M rth Hooke , went to Xe , Ohio
a wh o a C . C therine Hooke , m rried John Lyon a a 2 5 1 794 J nu ry , . a a 1 782 an d D . Rebecc Hooke , born ne r died a 1 861 t o a i i ne r , went Xeni , Oh o , with her s sters 1 83 7 in . HOOKE FAMILY DATA 1 2 1
a 1 773 1 1 E . J mes Hooke , born , died October , 1 844 a Mat i a a 2 5 1 798 ; m rried Lew s J nu ry , , Aug a a ust county, Virgini . 0 6 . 1 1 77 i F Robert Hooke , born October , , d ed 9 1 852 a a a a of October , . C pt in in comp ny rifle men belonging t o 58th regiment in the county Of a a i a of Mac Rockingh m, Virgini , Fly ng C mp ’ a a w as r Dowell s Virgini Militi . He in the w a o f 1 81 2 ; a — a a His gre t gr ndson , Willi m Robert of ani a a a h as Hooke , Pennsylv , L ird , Virgini , - on w ar 1 81 2 his minute book the of . He built ” a - an d w as a a it Sl te Hill very we lthy , obt ining a - a a a from his gre t gr ndf ther , Willi m Hooke , ’ a w as Sr . His wife s n me Scott . t o t o G . Ann Hooke , went Ohio live with her w as a 55 a of a e sisters when she p st ye rs g . G a a EORGE HOOKE , twin , ccord a 1 1 1 750 ing to the f mily Bible , born October , , an d a 7 1 83 5 a J ane Bleakle died M rch , , m rried y, w as daughter of Thomas B leakley . She born 2 an d 1 83 5 mar March 1 7 1 76 died . They were 8 1 789 a of a a . ried J nu ry , The D ughters The Am erican Revolution have furnished this record for many wh o belong t o that organization : Rev
lu i n ar War a 1 01 1 2 a h o t o y Pension Cl im W , W s
' a G eor e Hooke w as in t n . a o C . g , D . , st tes th t g , Sr a ia a tw o reared in August county , Virgin , bout r to years prior to the w a . He went Guilford a i a county, North C rol n , where he enlisted in 1 776 an d served tw o years a s sergeant in Cap 1 2 2 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
’ a a 4th a t in Nelson s Comp ny , in the North C ro l a w as a in Regiment . He in the b ttle of Prince w a s a Ma 7 1 778 ton ; disch rged y , . He returned a c ou nt v a an d a i to August Virgini , fter some t me enlisted an d served three months in the Virginia
Militia ; w as in Plymouth camp aign . Served three months in the Virginia Militia at York an d 1 801 mi town , in moved to Fle ngton , Ken an d 1 83 0 n tucky , then in to Mo roe county, In w a s a a . di n , where he pensioned He served six n d w a s 1 00 a a years a entitled to cres of l nd . Pen i n 1 9 1 841 w as l s o ed a . a Febru ry , His widow a 1 9 1 841 of 1 2 0 lowed the pension Febru ry , , $ e per year . Th ir children were Ma 1 8 1 798 a A . John Hooke , born y , m rried Thit e a 2 8 1 82 2 a a “ . M rg ret M rch , 2 6 1 789 B . Ann Hooke , born September , , ma 7 1 81 2 a rried April , , to Gibson B kley, born
2 2 1 790 an d . July , , lived in Brown county, Ohio a 2 8 1 790 C . J mes Hooke , born November , ,
a 4 1 8 t o a . m rried April , Betty P tton a 1 1 1 793 D . Thom s Hooke , born October , 2 5 1 854 a a 2 1 died April , ; m rried Je n Dye April 1 83 0 .
E a a 3 0 E . liz beth (Betsy) Hooke , born M rch 1 796 an d a t o a a 1 2 , m rried D vid B ker December 1 81 6 an d , their children were Fourth Generation Am a a a a . nd Hooke , m rried
‘ b . Morris Hooke .
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4 1 851 a and , . M rried Addison Byers lived in a ldr Iow . Their chi en were
z . Morris L . Byers .
. a a a 2 8 1 854 z N th n B . Byers , born M rch , , and 2 3 1 91 1 died August , . ank an d di z . Fr Byers , born ed .
. a Ma 1 2 1 856 z Nichol s C . Byers , born y , , died 2 5 1 860 October , . Am a a z . nd J . Byers . a w as and w as z . H rvey L . Byers unwed born a 1 0 1 861 an d di 2 0 1 865 M rch , , ed November , . 2 9 z . Schuyler C . Byers , born November , 1 865 .
w as 3 1 865 an d z . Ben . born October , died 2 6 1 883 December , . a 2 3 z . Rebecc A . Byers , born September 1 867 an d 1 0 1 91 5 , died August , . a 1 4 1 869 z . D vid A . Byers , born October , , w as a a a a C liforni b nker . 2 3 1 869 z . Ann R . Byers , born September , di 1 0 1 92 5 an d a c ou ed August , , m rried the first Of a an a a I a a sin Mord C rter , Indi n polis , ndi n , ank b er . a a w as c . Eliz beth Glenn V nnoy born October 9 1 83 5 an d a adi an d , m rried M son Huston their children were son a z . A , de d . a a a a z . K te Huston m rried W mpler . a a X . Will rd W mpler . a a X . J ke W mpler . HOOKE FAMILY DATA 1 2 5
a a X . Thurm n W mpler .
. a a Ma 2 1 1 82 6 d Elsie J ne V nnoy, born y , , and a i n ot m rr ed John Fleener , but they did live
a a i : in Indi n . Their ch ldren were L ou S . Fleener . a a S . S r h Fleener . a S . Huld Fleener .
S . Emily Fleener .
S . Andrew Fleener .
. a a 2 8 1 83 8 a e Eliz V nnoy, born June , m rried a an d i a a first time Foster , second t me Willi m Whisnand and i il , the r ch dren were Whisnan d J . John . hisnan d J . Willie W . hi n n d . W s a J Homer . hi n nd i n d i a W s a a s a . J . Ch rley , cr pple , de d Wh isnand wh a . o J Ann , m rried Minter
Stives . hi n n d wh a . a a W s a o J S r h , m rried first time a a Ma of (n me unknown) ; second time , J ck y, I a a h ad Bloomington , ndi n ; they Ma wh o a a a Bonnie y, m rried Ch rles Bl k l n h ad n s n a l e a d o e o a . y, they , Willi m Bl k ey Fred May a Ma wh o a a a Cor y, m rried H rry H rris an d had
a Russell H rris . a Gilbert H rris . a a a f . George V nnoy , c lled George W shing n 1 845 2 2 1 92 6 to 1 4 . , born December , , died April , 1 2 6 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AM ERICA
a a Barrn ett He m rried first time , J ne . C enthia a a a a V . y V nnoy who m rried M t an d h ad a thews , they son . a a Ch rles M tthews . a a a a a and V . J ne V nnoy, who m rried B rnett, they h ad children a a Ell B rnett .
Minni e B arnett ; a a Fr nk B rnett . a a a 1 7 1 82 4 an d g . C leb V nnoy, born M rch a m rried first time , unknown ; second time , Eliz abeth a a a Hinkle ; third time , S r h Umste d , who ha d the following children
Dru zella a a U . V nnoy, de d . aa a a U . Is c V nnoy , de d . a a U . John Andrew V nnoy , de d . Continued line of C aleb Vannoy ; second mar
e a k ri ge , or Eliz beth Hin le a a ar e U . F nny V nnoy , whose children by her man , Lovejoy a Gl dys Lovej oy .
Lee Lovej oy . a Uc l Lovej oy . a a a a a U . M ry V nnoy, m rried Ch rley F rris whose children ar e a c a a a an d Per le F rris , m rried Riggs had a daughter ( a a a . ab Gl dys Riggs , m rried J mes U Stone , ad a a a an d they h two children , M rth Je n Stone
an d James Virgil Stone .
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a a S . Ch rley V nnoy . a a S . Eliz beth V nnoy . a a S . M ggie V nnoy .
. a a 5 h S lly Ann V nnoy, born November , 1 841 3 0 1 900 a ; died December , ; m rried JOHN a a 4 1 83 0 Hols pple , born Febru ry , , died August
8 1 900 an d h a d : , , they the following children
'
. a a a a a u n Y L ur Hols pple , m rried D vid J an d h ad kins , they the following children
a a Hou s Ethel Junkins , m rried Ch rles t on an d h ad a a I a , they d ughter , nes Je nette a a a Houston, who m rried Ch rles E ton .
I n s H lsa le u nkins a Har . e o Y pp J , m rried a v rd Crews .
a who a Y . George Hols pple , m rried first m a a and a time , Em Ad ms , second time , C rrie
Dodds .
a a a a 2 5 M rth Ann V nnoy, born M rch , 1 82 9 a 2 1 1 92 2 an d m arried Au u st ; died M rch , , , g 1 0 1 848 to a a an d , , Rev . J mes B rrow, the follow ing children were born 4 . av a Q D id B rrow , unwed , born November , 1 85 1 1 93 0 w as a a an d 3 . , died October , He l wyer di a a a at . doctor . He lived Unionville , In n
a a a 1 Q . Rebecc B rrow, m rried September 1 875 Ma 2 5 1 849 an d 2 3 , born y , , died November h 93 5 1 93 3 a a w o 1 . . M rried O . B . Cl rk died in at a a a had She lived Fr nklin , Indi n They Children MR : S . MARTH A VA N NOY B ARROW
n 2 5 1 82 9 B . D , h 2 1 1 92 2 93 or March ied Marc , , years old . Martha B w as m S n B arrow the other of purgeo arrow .
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8 1 862 an d h ad a a ber , , they d ughter a a a Al Gr ce B rrow , who m rried n 3 1 1 887 an d bert Sid ey Johnson , born August , a 2 2 1 9 1 2 w as No m rried September , . She born vemb er 6 1 888 an d h ad a , , they son a Spurgeon B rrow Johnson , born 5 1 91 4 an d a a November , , m rried Fr nces Amick 1 8 1 93 8 w as u l 1 0 1 91 4 September , . She born J y , , an d they have a son a Ma Thom s Albert Johnson , born y
a a Q . Emily Glenn B rrow, de d . a 4 1 856 Q . Andrew B rrow , born April , , died 1 940 a a in . M rried N ncy Coffelt , born October 7 1 879 1 92 8 h a d , , died April , ; these children mi a a Victor S th B rrow , born Febru ry 2 7 1 893 ; his first wi fe is dea d ; married second time . 2 3 1 895 a . Ruth B rrow , born September , a 2 0 Walter Wilson B rrow, October 1 902 a an d . He m rried Ruby they have chil dren ( a 52 Nancy Lee B rrow . a a A son . a 2 9 1 888 m ar Leslie B rrow, born June , l 2 6 1 888 m ar ried Minnie Engler , born Ju y , , 2 9 1 9 1 1 h ad ried November , . They children a Q") David Engler B rrow, born September HOOKE FAMILY DATA 1 3 1
G) a a 4 1 91 5 Thom s Leslie B rrow, born June , .
G) a an a Leon B rrow, died by ccident .
a a 1 7 1 885 Elsie B rrow, born Febru ry , a Ro wh o 1 93 2 h ad m rried y Moore , died in . She no children .
a a a 7 1 881 Jennie B rrow, born J nu ry , , a 1 4 1 903 t o m rried April , Henry Stivers , born a 1 8 h d 1 4 67 . a M rch , They the following chil dren
GD 2 1 906 m ar Robert Stivers , born June , ,
" 2 4 1 91 5 and Ruth M . Stivers , born July , , 1 1 1 91 6 died November , .
a 1 4 1 904 an d Eliz beth Stivers , born June , , a a a m rried Deputy . They h ve two children .
Or a a a C therine B rrow , born December 8 1 891 a a an d h ad , , died , m rried Leslie W lker , the following children
a a Alm W lker .
QB a a a 2 0 1 9 1 1 Fr nces Je n W lker , born July , . a a a She is now m rried to Mr . Thom s .
a a a M a 2 8 Dorothy Eliz beth W lker , born y
5 a a . 1 91 . . She is now m rried to Mr Stucker
6) a a a a Ann M rg ret W lker .
a a a 6 M rth Ann B rrow, born October , 1 882 an d a died shortly fter .
a a 2 2 1 887 Emm Bell B rrow, born April , . a She died shortly fter . 1 3 2 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
One Line of the Hooke F amily
* A a a . C pt in ROBERT HOOKE , SR . , born 1 71 2 a 1 6 1 802 , died fter October , . 1 a 1 1 . George , Hooke , twin , born October , 0 n i a 1 83 5 1 75 a d 7 . d ed M rch , a a a 1 3 . Rebecc Hooke , born Febru ry , 1 806 Ma 1 875 , died in y, . a a a r a M rth Ann V nnoy, bo n M rch
‘ 92 2 an d a ev 2 5 1 82 8 a 2 1 1 R . , , died M rch , , m rried 1 0 1 848 a a u . J mes M . B rrow Aug st , a a 6 1 858 B rrow, born M rch , an d Ma 2 7 1 92 9 a Alm a a died y , ; m rried Cordeli 6 1 879 Peterson November , . a B rrow Johnson , born November Al 6 1 888 a . , , m rried bert S Johnson September
a No B rrow Johnson, born vember 5 1 91 4 a i a mi , , m rr ed Fr nces A ck Septem 8 93 8 1 1 . ber , Ma Al bert Johnson , born y
BALL CREST
CREST or JOSEPH B ALL
' \Vashingto n s Grandfather .
1 3 6 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
America
I . JO SEPH BALL . 1 S on a a n H n . of Willi m B ll ( Colonel) a d a nah Ath erall of s , London , settled Epping Fore t ; Ma 2 5 1 649 1 71 6 or 1 71 1 born y , , died June , . He Am a at a e of one a entered eric the g ye r . His w as a of a who wife Mrs . M ry Johnson , Engl nd,
1 72 0 h a d a a b . her died . She d ughter y first a husb nd . a A . Eliz beth Johnson . a a 1 707 and i B . M ry B ll , born November , , d ed 2 5 1 789 w as a t o a August , . She m rried Ch rles a an d had an i son one W shington they llustrious , a a mong m ny children . 1 G G ( ) EORGE WASHIN TON , first Pres o f a Am a a i ident United St tes of eric . He m rr ed h d n a a o . M rtha Custis . They children 2 a a a wh o a a ; a i . H nn h B ll , m rried C pt D v d 1 651 F x a w as a . o o f . , Engl nd She born M rch , They h ad a son
a F ox who a a a u n C . S muel , m rried wom n
an d h ad a a : known , they d ughter
1 a F ox wh o a a of ( ) Fr nces , m rried Burges , a Engl nd .
I a a a . JOSEPH BALL m rried g in , Miss
r a a of Rogers o Eliz beth Romney, d ughter
a n and h ad : Thom s Rom ey, they
a wh o a a . A . Ester B ll , m rried R leigh Chinn i 5 a i 1 703 Born 1 685 an d d ed 1 7 1 ; m rr ed . ’ WA S H I NGTON S COURT S H IP OF T HE WIDOW MARTH A CU STI S
' Washington s proposal of marriage to the Widow Martha Custis after a i nd a-n n n n a . T S W few days courtsh p , she accepted he p i ti g how ashi gto meet ’ in W and n W n n v n B g the idow her two childre , with ashi gto s ser a t , ishop , in hold g his horse outside the door .
1 3 8 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a 2 2 1 788 Mildred T . B ll , born October , . w as a a Cul She m rried to Willi m Thompson , of a h ad a a pepper county, Virgini . They d ughter
a a a - (A) C therine Thompson , h lf sister to T a 1v a a Hon . Rich rd . Thompson , of Indi n . She a a E s m rried Rich rd Littleton , of London ( q ) . a a War C pt . G . W . B ll , died in the of 1 81 2 .
a a a F yette B ll , godson of W shington , 2 0 1 749 a a Th om born April , . He m rried M ry p a a a a son M son gr ndd ughter to George M son , of “ ” a an d y h a d a Gunston (dece sed) , the son a a a (A) George W shington B ll , who m rried M r Ra a a a . ry Beve ly ndolph , d ughter of C pt a a a Ch rles C rter R ndolph . a a a Dr . Ch s . B . B ll , who m rried Lucy a a o f Potts , rel tive to President M dison , United a of a h ad n St tes Americ . They two so s a or a (A) Ebenezer B ll Burges B ll . a a wh o w as (A) Judge Ch s . B . B ll , born to m - t o f Mr s a a . . Em B ll , Vice Regen Mt Vernon a Associ tion . a a a Fr nces W shington B ll , whose line is
extinct . a a a a M rth D ndridge B ll , whose line is
extinct .
Chart II of B all an d Custer Lines o f Descent C M AL OL . WILLIA B L (continued) , emi a t o a a an d gr nt Americ from Engl nd, settled Mil BALL AND CUSTER LINE S 1 3 9
lenbeck a a Ra ah an n k Est tes , Virgini , on the pp o c “ an d 1 680. died Linked with the STUART S , o f ENGLAND .
a a a w as a C pt . Willi m B ll , of Millenbeck a a a a na son of Col . Willi m B ll who m rried H n h
h r ll n 6 At e a a d a a . 1 1 5 c me to Americ Born , died 1 680 L an c est er a in county, Virgini .
a a a w a s 2 1 641 C pt in B ll born June , died Sep 3 0 1 694 h a d as n . o tember , He eight sons shown a a a a D ow nman an d Ch rt I . He m rried M rg ret they h a d a son
a a Penn s l A . Willi m B ll , of Berkes county , y a a a v ni . The n me of his wife is not known but they h a d a daughter :
1 a a a a a wh o w as 1 71 5 ( ) S r h M rth B ll , born 1 72 2 an d 1 0 1 779 a or died December , , m rried , 1 740 a w as a t o , to P ul Custer ( She second cousin a a a o f s M ry B ll W shington , mother Pre ident a George W shington) .
Paul Kuster (Ancestry Unknown)
a 1 684 a a In the ye r , PAUL KUSTER , f rmer and a a a m son by occup tion , his wife , Gertrude Ste ers a a a yp Kuster , n tive of K ldenkirchen in a C the Rheinl nd , with their hildren , Arnold , Her a a an d a a m nus , Joh nnes ( Eliz ) emigr ted from ma a - Crefeld , Ger ny, long with twenty eight other emigrants from Crefeld an d other neigh 1 40 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
an d at a boring towns , settled Germ ntown, Penn a a sylv ni . These fami lies formed the second German wh o at a Penns l colony settled Germ ntown , y of a vania . The first colony thirteen f milies a at a a 6 1 683 e l nded Phil delphi , October , . Th y were Mennonites an d were under the leadership
of a a i a who w as . Fr nz D n el P storius , both their a an d - a p stor school te cher . The church organization founded by these a mi a s Germ n e gr nts is till in existence . It rec at m and a ords Com union , Arnold Herm nus Kus a of Ma 2 3 1 708 ter , under the d te y , .
i a The first church build ng in Germ ntown , a lo a 1 700 w as g structure erected bout , torn an d a a 1 770 down repl ced with stone building in . The old stone church is still standing an d is still as a a of used pl ce worship by the Mennonites . The 2 2 5 anniversary of the first settlement at a w as a 6 1 908 and Germ ntown celebr ted October , , a monument erected there bearing the names o f the heads of fami lies wh o occupied an d c om prised the first colony . ARNOLD KUSTER married ELI" ABE TH
a 1 73 4 died in ye r . JOHANNE S KUSTER married Elizabeth a 3 1 1 692 C ssel August , .
at a PAUL KUSTER died Germ ntown , Penn a a a a a 1 708 sylv ni , bout J nu ry, .
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h a d a known . He child a w a s m ar Em nuel Custer , who twice an d h a d 1 5 all a ried , he children in , but we t ke one : ow (A) John Custer , whose wife is not kn n , but h ad the following children a 1 804 ( ) Ann Custer , born . a 1 81 (b) M ry Custer , born 1 . a 1 81 7 (c) J mes Custer , born . Al a 1 81 9 (d) ex nder Custer , born . 1 82 5 (e) Ellen Custer , born . a (f) George Custer , who m rried Sidney Reeda an d they h a d a daughter : - a an a Y Lottie Custer , m rried Edw rds . a a Y Is belle Custer , whose husb nd is not
h a d : known , but they
2 Two sons .
’ A Letter from General Custer s Widow
“ h 71 a 87t . E st Str , New York J an 3 1 .
a Mr s ohn son My de r . J Your kind letter h a s just arrived an d I am afraid to put it I n huge pile of unanswered a alw avs a m y a a ters th t is he ped on desk , w iting m am a the ti e when I under less pressure , for fe r that you will think me indifferent to this ques — tion of the Custer pedi gree I am deeply inter est ed an d shou l d consider it a favor to know your Researches n ow an d then an d also if you publish BALL AND CUSTER LINES 1 43
a so nything , I should like much to put The Cus ter genealogy in a little book I have begun of my ’ husband s but which will be a long time in the a all m king , unless I shut myself from friends , an d a a a le ve this New York , for ye r . Regarding what information I have of the ” Custers an d answering your question last ’ whether the General s F ather or Grand- father “ a War an fought in the Revolution ry . The Gr d ’ ’ father s name w a s JOHN an d the F ather s name
w as a . Em nuel H . Custer Mr . Milo Custer of h as a Bloomington , Ill . , compiled little book of the F amily which he considers very adequate beginning 1 53 5 with a PETER KOSTER of — — HOLLAND I find one preceding Peter L aw 3 am a a rence Custer of 1 3 7 . I fr id to trust my “ ” Custer pamplet in the mail (I keep it in a safe) or I would send it to vou to Study . I wrote an h a d to Mr . Milo Custer for other , but He none . m a a h ad a He y h ve some printed , l ter . He is custodian of the M cL ean County Historical S o iet a c y. I wrote to him for his uthority for the statement that the Custers in this country were — descended from the Hessians the horrid Sol — diers of the Revolution but he h ad no author
M . ity , BUT JUST RU OR You would doubtless be as anxious as I am to
a a put down such ch rge . h h as a a l a Sta Monroe Mic , be utifu Equestri n
a a . tue of my Husb nd , given by the St te Monroe 1 44 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
was my birth- place an d when after the GENER AL a a gr du ted from West Point , he brought h a an d t o t o is p rents brother Nevin , my Home ’ s an d on a live . Nevin widow her children live a a F rm ne r Monroe .
a of mm o f a In Oct . , the Ch mber Co erce B ttle Creek invited me t o attend the Formal Opening of on e of the Sixteen Great National Camps — named for my Husband I t w as a great day in my Life an d I feel the deepest gratitude that forty Thousand Soldiers will go ou t from there ’ with my husband s name imprinted in their m a a a ou a emory . Ple se write me g in if y find th t f m a n ot a I c an be o a service . I y be ble to reply at once but I rarely let an y letter about my Hus a a b nd go un nswered . When I tell you that I wrote Eight-Hundred - on e a ou a letters in Six Months , ye r , y will see th t I a do try to m ster my correspondences .
ul Very tr y Yours ,
" C ELI ABETH B . USTER .
’ ( This letter w a s written by General Custer s t Al of a o . widow Mrs . bert S Johnson , Indi n a olis a a a p , Indi n , in bout
1 806 a r . (g) Em nuel Custer , J , born , died 1 7 1 892 a a a November , m rried M rie W rd Kirk a Ma 3 1 1 807 an d d a a 1 3 p trick , born y , , ied J nu ry ,
1 882 h a d n : . They the following childre
ER R E U ER GEN AL GEO G A . C ST
G n A . so n n H and e eral George Custer of Ema uel . Marie
i A adem ‘ u ne 1 5 1861 H E z B n M litary c y , J , . e married li abeth aco , - r G I D n B n n n e O . daught Judge a iel aco , of Mo roe , Michiga n S n 1 5 1862 B - n S U A U . . Captai . . rmy , Ju e , ; rigadier Ge eral , A V n n 1 9 1 863 in S A 3 U . rmy olu teers , Ju e , ; Major . rmy, July , 1 - m 1 1 864 86 B v n . S A S 9 3 U . ; re et Colo el , rmy, epte ber , ; Major n n O 1 9 1 864 e V . S A U . c G eral , of olu teers , rmy, tober , ; - n n 1 1 865 B V . S A 3 U . rigadier Ge eral of olu teers , rmy , March , , ; n 1 5 1 865 in . S A A U . Major Ge eral of rmy , pril , ; participated the Battles of Bull Ru n ; fought the Battle of Washita against the Cheyenne Indians ; was killed with his brothers in the Battle Li l Bi - n in n n o tt e Ho . f g r , Mo t l a a
M NEVI N CU STER CAPTAI N T HO A S W . J .
A G n A n T W 0 1 5 t e . brother of George . Custer Captai homas U v n n E n nd O f n A . G S“ N . so a e i J Custer , of ma uel Marie Ge eral George W K Ann ( ard ) irkpatrick Custer , married
. H F n n N . orth e was a armer of Mo roe , Michiga S o n in o n W O . T he was b r o d Cou ty , hio heir c n : Clairbel V v n hildre are ( Custer ) i ia , George 2 nd and L B A . . Custer , ; ula G . Custer , all of
n n . . W . E Mo roe , Michiga , Mrs C lmer , of To mkinsville nd N Y . a , ew ork ; James C Custer
B . n n W . illiam Custer of Mo roe , Michiga BALL AND CUSTER LINE S 1 45
fa Y GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER , the a a a Ba mous Indi n fighter , who m rried Eliz beth c on w as 5 1 889 an d . He born December , died 1 876 .
Ca a an d w a s Y pt . Thom s Custer , unwed a 1 5 1 845 born M rch , . 1 848 Y Boston Custer , , unwed .
a a 1 852 a a . Y M rg ret Custer , , m rried C lhoun Cu st er a . Y Nevin , m rried Ann North He w as 1 842 h ad born . They the following children
u t er . a C s . z J mes C .
eo . G . A . Custer a Lul Custer .
a C . Willi m B . uster a Mrs . C . W . Custer , m rried Elmer . a b Cu ste r a a Cl ri el , m rried Vivi n . 3 e . GEORGE CUSTER , born December 1 744 1 7 1 82 9 a a , died December . M rried C ther a a 2 8 1 784 ine Le therm n November , ; born April 7 1 765 an d 2 2 1 844 , , died September , . There
n o . a a a were children He m rried then , Sus nn h w as Ma 1 5 1 755 Long, who born y , , died O ctober 1 7 1 784 an d Cu ster an d a a h a d , , George Sus nn h one daughter a a wh o a an H nn h Custer , m rried Ache and had they no children . r a 1 7 DAVID CUSTER , born Feb u ry , 1 780 and av Cu ster a , D id J . P . m rried MARTHA F I S GH or an d h ad FISCHER , they children h a a w o a a . (A) H nn h Custer , m rried Fouch 1 46 A FEW EAR LY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a a an d (A) Ann Custer , who m rried Hutson , h a d a a she niece , H rriett Peterson Miller , who a m rried Robert Miller , in Ohio .
a a a an d (A) D vid Custer , son of M rth Fisch a D vid Custer .
(A) George Custer . a a a (A) M tild Custer , who m rried the Acker m n a .
a a (A) C therine Custer , who m rried the l Ack ey . a a Thomas (A) M ry Custer , who m rried w P et ers on . as ml She born in New Ru ey , Ohio , a a known then to be Columbi n county, Septem 2 4 1 81 0 6 1 887 a ber , , died December , . Thom s w as a 4 1 809 an d di Peterson born M rch , , ed in w a Jefferson county , Ohio , on his y home to
a a War . Bloomington , Indi n , from the Civil He w a s 1 864 buried in Louisville , Kentucky , in . They h ad the following children a a a w as ( ) H nn h ( Sis) Peterson , who born a 3 0 1 848 M rch , . ( a ) Andrew Jackson (Jack) Peterson born Ma 1 1 1 842 y , . a a a a 2 0 1 840 ( ) B lind Peterson , born M rch , . a a w a s a ( ) Eliz beth Peterson , who born J nu
ar 1 0 1 83 4 an d a a a . y , , m rried Cr bb a a w as ( ) H rriett Peterson, who born Octo 6 an d 9 1 83 a . ber , , m rried Robert Miller , of Ohio a a w as a ( ) M ry Peterson , who born Febru ry 2 1 1 852 an d a a a o f a , , m rried George R m ge Ark n
M ARY and HAN N A H CU STER PET ERSO N
Daughters of Mary Custer Peterson near B n n In n loomi gto , dia a .
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2 5 1 869 . had il Young , born November , They ch
and in : dren , lived Ohio Oberl wh o w as a a 2 z Young , born J nu ry , 1 896 a t o F ox an d h ad ; m rried Gene , they children J o e F ox X Young . Al F ox X ice Young . a F ox X Virgini Young . a z C rl Essex Young . L ou allie z Young . a a 1 9 z E rle Thom s Young , born December 1 898 w as a i ; m rried tw ce .
z Arthur Young . a z H rlie Young . wh o w as a a 7 z Jefferson Young , born J nu ry , 1 909 an d a an d h as a son , m rried, J im X Young .
By a wh o a an d h as tw o z rd Young, is m rried boys
a X How rd Young .
a and a i X Ge n Jo n Young tw ns .
X Merritt Young .
a X C rl Young .
a Oberl wh o w as Y Estell Peterson , born 4 1 888 an d w as a a 6 October , , m rried Febru ry t o a Ma 2 0 1 884 an d Courtl nd Young , born y , , they had the following children an d lived in Mary ’ a mi I n Custer Peterson s house , ne r Bloo ngton , di ana
I LLI A M T N W T . PE ERSO
n n 1 2 1 83 N v W v . B A 0 e w Ci il ar etera or ugust , , R O and 1 9 1 904 ne umley , hio died March , ar B n n In n loomi gto , dia a .
1 50 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA an d 2 0 1 866 h ad died August , . They the follow ing children by their first marriage : l a w as a a Y Wi li m Peterson , who born J nu ry 2 6 1 864 an d a a a a , , m rried to S r h J ne Young, 1 1 1 866 h a d lo born September , . They the fol w ing children
a t w a s 1 4 z W l er Peterson , who born July , 1 889 an d a m a a Lin c ec omb e an d , who m rried A nd a a a a they h ve l rge f mily . 2 w as Irene Peterson , who born an d a a tw o married Fr nk Hendricks . They h ve living children
X Mildred Hendricks .
’ a a X J mes Edw rd Hendricks .
z Orville Peterson .
Ma a z y Peterson , who m rried Herschel a a Floyd . They h ve one d ughter a a X Susie Floyd , m rried Young . X Pauline Floyd (Herschel Floyd alrea dy h ad a a d ughter) . I r a o a a a Y Peters n , who m rried S r h Russ . They h ad the following children Harrv a z Peterson , who m rried an d h a s no children . a z M ry Peterson , single . 2 Ca rl Peterson , single .
2 Forest Peterson , single . a z Russell Peterson , m rried w as Ma Y Finney H . Peterson , who born y 1 2 1 861 an d M a 1 2 1 93 1 a i a , , died y , ; m rried Lou s
- CI TY WO M EN TR ACE A N CES TRY To W A S HI N GTO N A ND CU STER A
C. an n n 4 1 7 . A B d A S 3 Mrs lma arrow her daughter , Mrs . lbert . Joh so , Col nd n n Av . a n B lege e , a few of their relics ha ded dow by a cestors of Mary all n n n n W W . ashi gto , mother of George ashi gto
1 52 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
1 891 an d a a a , m rried Am nd Thompson . They h a d tw o a children to die in inf ncy .
COPY OF WIL L OF MARY (BALL ) WAS H INGTON
a Va . From Offici l Records in Fredericksburg,
a a a In the n me Of God , Amen . I , M ry W sh in t on g , Of Fredericksburg , in the County Of ‘ S ott s lvan ia a a p y , being in good he lth , but c lling , mi a Of an d il to nd the uncert inty this life , w ling t o Of a a a do dispose wh t rem ins of worldly est te , a an d a m ke publish this , my l st Will , recommend a of a ing my soul into the H nds my Cre tor , hop ing for a remi ssion Of all my sins through the an d a a i merits medi tion of Jesus Christ , the S v or of a M nkind . I dispose Of all my worldly estate as follows t o son a IMPRIMIS . I give my , Gener l a all a on George W shington , my l nds Accokeek a an d a n e Run , in the county Of Str fford , lso my to an d i gro boy, George , him his he rs forever ; a a an d a lso my best bed , bedste d Virgini cloth a a a a curt in (the s me th t st nds in my best room, an d u i and my quilted blue white q lt, my best - a dressing gl ss . “ an d i t o a Item . I give dev se my d ughter, a and ba Betty Lewis , my ph eton y horse . “ i an d i t o son a s Item . I g ve dev se my , Ch rle a man T om to him an d W shington , my negro , , his a ssigns forever .
m I i and devise ' to a -in Ite . g ve my d ughter BALL AND CUSTER LINES 1 53
law a a a a , H nn h W shington, my purple clo k, a lined with sh g . “ I and t o a -s n tem . I give devise my gr nd o a Corbin W shington, my negro wench , Old Bet , a an d tw o a to and my riding ch ir bl ck horses , him a his ssigns forever .
an d t o a -son Item . I give devise my gr nd , man to Fielding Lewis , my negro , Frederick, him an d his assigns forever ; also 8 silver table a a and an spoons , h lf my crockeryw re , the blue d w t ea a - a va a hite chine , w lnut book c se , o l t ble , - a on e a on e a of one bed spre d , p ir Of sheets , p ir a and a a tw o bl nkets white cotton counterp ne , a — Six a a a t ble cloths , red le ther ch irs , h lf my pew on e- a of ter , h lf my iron kitchen furniture .
‘ I I i and t o a -son tem . g ve devise my gr nd , a a to him L wrence Lewis , my negro wench , Lydi , and a r his ssigns foreve .
and i to a -dau h Item . I give dev se my gr nd g i a m ne ro a ter , Bett e C rter , y g wom n , Little Bet , and a t o an d a her future incre se , her her ssigns a a —a a forever lso my l rge looking gl ss , my W lnut - i a a a writing desk w th dr wers , squ re dinning a on e on e a one i t ble , bed , bedste d , bol ster , p llow, on e a and a ai i i a bl nket , p r Of sheets, wh te V rgini a and ai cloth , counterp ne , purple curt ns , new red and it tea a a and al wh e chin , te spoons the other h f of a and ai of pewter , crockeryw re the rem nder ki i u my tchen furn t re . 1 54 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a - a Item . I give to my gr nd son, George W sh in t on - a on e g , my next best dressing gl ss , bed a on e on e a Of ste d , bed , bolster , pillow, p ir sheets , a an d a one bl nket counterp ne . “ all a a a l Item . I devise my we ring pp re to be a a a equ lly divided between my gr ndd ughters , a a a an d a Betty C rter , F nny B ll Milly W shing a L a ton ; but should my d ughter , Bettie ewis , f ncy an a -Of y one , two , or three rticles there , she is to a a h ve them before division thereof . a an d a a L astly . I nomin te ppoint my s id son G a a h ener l George W shington , executor of t is , m an d as y Will , I owe few or no debts , I direct exec u t ort o a a my give no security , nor to ppr ise , my estate ; but desire the same m ay be alloted to my devisees with as little trouble an d delay as m a a a a s all y be , desiring their ccept nce thereof the token i now have to give them of my love for them . “ In witness Whereof i have hereunto set m v a an d a 2 0th da Ma 1 788 h nd se l this y of y .
Mary Washington ( Seal)
a an d Signed , se led , published in our pres ence an d signed by us in the presence of said a IVashin ton at M ry g her desire . W’ itnesses Jam es Mercer I Joseph Walker John F ern eyh ou gh
MT VER N O N .
n n n . t V rnon Hom of G n r l G org W sh gto , t k from th r r M . e e e e a e e a i a e e ea BALL AND CUSTER LINES 1 55
Tw o Letters o f Mary Wa shington to her a Brother , Joseph B ll
Mary (B all) Washington w as born in L an a i a 1 707 -8 an d di at c ster county, Virg ni , , ed a 2 5 1 789 Mount Vernon , Virgini , August , . The poor educational fa cilities of the 1 8th centu ry in the Colonies were spoken of in history , in ex planation of the seeming illitera cy of many Of a a the people , especi lly the fem les , in signing w and a as a m at ills deeds with their m rk . Here , of a ter interest , is inserted two letters of M ry a v a a ar e a a a W shington , erb tim , th t f ir illustr tion of the matter in question “ on To a es : at (Address cover) Joseph B ll , q “ a -b - a Str tford y Bow, London . De r Brothers a so e an o ertu nit a H ving good pp y by Mr . Fr nk n ot all o ling I could ( ) lett slipe . I enquire by p ertu nit am a a an d p y from you , gl d to he r you my an d D own man an d a sister Mr . his l dy keeps your a a he lths soe well . I sometimes he r you intend I n t o a ( ) Virgini once more . I should be proud to a a a a See you . I h ve known gre t De l Of trou ble since I see you butt Th ear s no end to my w as trouble while George in the Army , butt he has n ow a m given it up , pr y Give y kind love to my Sister an d Cozen Dow nm an and I am Dear and a a Brother your Loving ffection te sister .
Mary Washington . 1 56 A FEW EAR LY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
2 6th 1 759 July the , . a — a ickel De r Brother This comes by C pt . N son you seem t o blam me for n o writing t o you I do e a shour it is not for wante of a very great r e ’ a for an d a i as S g rd you , the f m ly butt I don t hip tobacco the Captains never call on me soe that I th a or th a Never Know when come when goe . I believe you have got a very good overseer at thi s a a h as ak a a qu rter now C pt . Newton t en L rge peace of grond from which I dear say if you h ad a h a d been he r your Self it not been don Mr . Daniel an d his wife an d famil y is well Cozen a a h as a an d a H nn h been m rried lost her husb nd . She h a d on e chil d a boy pray give my Love t o all an d Downm an an d a an d Sister B Mr . his l dy m i i a Dear Brother your Lov ng S ster . a i M ry Wash ngton .
To all at a Bow Joseph B Esq . Str tford by ” i h Ma 1 02 1 77 N g London (His . g. X , , ) im a an d Addressed s il rly , endorsed ; docketed u l 2 1 760 a by the receiver J y , , from Mrs . W shing t n o . Copies of these tw o letters may be found in ‘ ’ ini a a a a Virg Gene logies by Hor ce E . H yden , - a a a 81 Wilkes B rre , Pennsylv ni , p . .
World Book B alls B ack t o 1 1 3 0 England
il a all of a of Berkham I . W li m B , Lord M nor a 1 1 40 or 1 440 Berkes , Engl nd , in .
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a a 6 X . Gr ce B rrow Johnson born November 1 888 .
a z . Spurgeon B rrow Johnson , born Novem 5 1 91 4 an d h ad a son a Al ber , he Thom s bert Ma 1 4 1 940 Johnson born y , . THE RADER FAMILY TREE
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a a a (A) Thom s R der , twin to Annie , born 1 0 1 787 an d a a July , , m rried Eliz beth Miller , a 1 792 an d 886 1 . born M rch , died The children were 1 a Ma 2 4 1 813 ( ) Ruth Ann R der , born y , . 1 a a Ma 7 1 81 5 ( ) Louis J . R der , born y , . a 1 a a . ( ) J ne R der , who m rried the Fleener a a a (I) C therine R der , who m rried the
Skirvin . a a w as M a 3 0 (I) Thom s Y . R der , who born y , 1 81 9 an d d a 1 1 908 w as a , die M rch , ; m rried to 1 9 1 83 3 a a a . N ncy J ne Gr y, born December , He w as at born Mt . Sterling , Montgomery county h a d Kentucky . They children 2 6 1 858 Ma . a . a a S llie R der , born y , a 2 9 a . a Rose C therine R der , born October , 1 8 5 1 854 an d 1 7 . , died August , ; single w as ul v 3 0 a . a a a Lol Ett R der , who born J 6 an d w as a to a L eF leu r 1 8 7 m rried Ch rlie , who
h ad a a . is dead . They son who died in inf ncy a 1 5 1 861 an d a . Rev . Scott R der , born June , , married Hul da Can at say who h ad one child a a Helen (Bines) R der . who m rried
a a a a a . Ch rles H wkins , of Ev nsville , Indi n They h ul a an d ave several children . H d died Scott
a a a a an d m rried g in to Mrs . Mildred M son , she died .
a . a Twins , died in inf ncy . a a a wh o w as a a . M ry J ne R der, born M rch 3 0 1 844 and 2 6 1 844 , died November , . EV SCOTT RADER R .
In n n . Gree castle , dia a
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a a a a w as 1 . Abr h m R der , who born June , 1 0 1 865 w as 1 845 . , died November , He single r a and a Civil Wa veter n . w as 5 1 846 a . a Wesley R der , who born June , 8 91 w as an d w as and 1 1 8 . died June , He single a War man a 1 45 Civil , belonging to Comp ny E , a a Indi n Volunteers . w as 2 1 a . a a D vid G . R der , who born August , n d 1 865 w as 1 847 a 1 7 . died June . He single Ma 2 5 1 852 an d a . a a Louis J ne , born y , died a a 1 2 1 93 5 w as J nu ry , . She single mm a . a a a a M rth E line R der , born December 2 7 1 850 an d 2 6 1 900 a , died April , . She m rried Marian B ales an d they h ad a Edith B les . B a a m ernice B les , who m rried El er a Cl rk . a a a a Lol Alm B les , who m rried M . C . a w a s v 2 0 1 896 Cl rk . She born No ember , . Til th a a w as a a . a 2 Ann R der , born Febru ry 1 849 an d a 1 4 1 9 1 0 a Ab died Febru ry , ; m rried a a an d h ad sol m B iley, they children a a at a e u H rry B iley , died the g of fo r a ye rs . a at a e Of Bertice B iley , died the g two a ye rs . a wh o a a Essie B iley , m rried Edw rd a Shirem n . ‘ Eliz a . abeth Rader wh o w as Ma 1 5 , born y 1 842 an d 2 died in Bergholz , Ohio , November 1 64 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
1 92 7 a an d had . M rried to John Miller they the following children :
Fred Miller . I da S Miller , ingle . a a Lou nn Miller , single . a C rrie Miller , single . a a a M ry J ne Miller , who m rried Mr . w He itt .
a a a a . Ell Miller , who m rried Mr . J ckm n a a a L ur Miller , m rried Hewitt . a a Nor Miller , m rried White . a a Mac I ntosh Fr nkie Miller , m rried . a S ar ah E llen Ra der w as . , who born Novem 2 8 1 840 an d 2 0 1 866 a ber , died August , :m rried a an d h ad Willi m Peterson , they children I r a a a a Peterson , m rried S r h Russ . a a Finney H . Peterson , m rried Lou B tes . a a a a Willi m T . Peterson , m rried S r h a a J ne Young, de d . Cordelia Alma P et ers on a i , who m rr ed a h ad a Spurgeon B rrow . They one d ughter a a an d a Gr ce B rrow , she m rried Albert S . John
son an d h ad a : , they son S u r eon B J o hnson wh o w as NO A . p g . , born
vemb er 5 1 91 4 an d a a , , m rried Fr nces Amick , 1 0 1 91 4 an d a born July , , they were m rried Sep 1 8 1 93 8 h ad a son tember , . They a T homas Albert J ohnson Ma 1 4 ( ) , born y , 1 940 .
a 1 3 1 82 7 (I) George B . R der , born April ,
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. a a a A Thom s R der , twin to Annie , born 1 787 1 886 , died . a a 1 81 9 1 908 (I) Thom s Y . R der , born , died ,
Mt . Sterling , Kentucky 0 1 66 a . a a a 1 84 8 S r h Ellen R der , born , died . a a Cordeli Alm Peterson , born Decem 8 1 862 a a 1 879 ber , ; m rried Spurgeon B rrow . a a v 6 Gr ce B rrow Johnson , born No ember 1 888 a 2 2 1 91 2 ; m rried September , . " 5 . Spurgeon B . Johnson , born November 1 91 4 a 1 8 1 93 8 ; m rried September , . a Al Ma 1 4 X . Thom s bert Johnson , born y , 1 940 .
Maternal Line of Rader F amily
a I . CHARLES MANN m rried MARY
TRUMBO .
a a a a a . A . Eliz beth M nn , m rried Abr h m Miller a a a Ra (I) Eliz beth Miller , m rried Thom s der b orn 1 787 N n a . a a THOMAS Y . RADER , who m rried c a a a w a s y J ne GRAY . Thom s Y . R der born 1 81 9 o f on a . The rest this line is found the R der a Ch rt . BAS S AND GRAY FAMILY
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w as b A . ROBERT GRAY , who orn in Ire land an d came to the United States an d settled a a 1 805 in H rrisburg , Virgini , in . His son , A . S . a w as 1 1 781 an d mar Gr y , born November , , he a a a 1 1 ried Is belle W term n , who died December ,
1 859 h a d : a . He four sons Robert , Dougl s , Jou an d l a w a s ett Algernon . The wi l of Robert Gr y
a a 1 7 1 859 a 407 VVa prob ted M rch , (P ge of y ’ a a a l nd s Virgini V lley Records) . a A . A d ughter . a r A . A d ughte . AAI E J S . A . GRAY 1 02 A . SAMUEL GRAY who lived to be a and a a a an d ye rs old , m rried Rhod Be rd they had children a a a a (I) Andrew Gr y, m rried N ncy B ss , sis of a a ter S llie B ss . a (I) Henry Gr y . a a a a (I) J mes Gr y, who m rried C therine
Hedden , of Kentucky . R a a a Of I n (I) hod Gr y , m rried Nick Cook , a a an d di n Illinois . a a a (I) Rose Gr v , m rried J mes Alsop , Of
Kentucky . a a a dm a Of (I) R chel Gr y , m rried E ond P ul a a Indi n .
a a a 1 a (I) M ry Gr y, m rried Lew s H rmond , of a a Indi n .
a a a a (I) Eliz beth Gr y , m rried Rich rd Sni of a a der, Indi n . BASS AND GRAYFAMILY TREE 1 71
a a a (I) Willi m B . Gr y, m rried a a a 1 805 an d (I) D vid Gr y , who m rried in a a at moved from Kentucky to Indi n . He lived a a a Mt . Eden , Kentucky . He m rried S llie B ss w as 1 789 an d a 1 9 1 880 who born died M rch , . They h ad children : An n h a . a a a w o a a M rth Gr y , m rried J mes a w as 7 1 83 2 F . G . P yne . She born September , a George P yne . a a A J ckson P yne . a A John P yne . a a A J cob P yne . a a n Tibith P y e . mm a a E P yne . William Payne wh o married Florence a f a a D le , o El P so , Tex s . 2 3 1 83 0 m ar a . a a Rose Ann Gr y , born M rch , , f h a o . ried Willi m B . Shirley , Kentucky T ey h ad children I a a Willi m a a . M rth Shirley , m rried Bell
a Shirle u D vid, y
Willis Shirley .
a J mes Shirley .
a Thom s Shirley .
a a a a . M ry Shirley , m rried Willi m M ves i a . a ar c ssa a e Rhod N , m rri d Theodore Kel 2 . w as 2 1 83 5 sey She born September , in Indi ana and had , they the following children a Fr nk Kelsey . 1 72 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a a a M ry Ett Kelsey, m rried Arthur
Hotchkiss . l a Wi li m Kelsey . a D vid Kelsey .
Arthur Rosco Kelsey . a a S muel W lter Kelsey . 1 a . a a c 3 J mes Henry Gr y, born De ember , 1 82 4 an d a 2 1 91 5 and a i , died Febru ry , , m rr ed h ad i Melinda Stine . They ch ldren D avid Gray married Nettie Hinkle and they ha d tw o girls (A) m rrI ed i a a . (A) Gert e Gr y , Herschel Floyd They h ad onegirl wh a i You n a S o . ( ) usie Floyd , m rried P ney y wh w as 8 a . a o Polly J . Gr y , born November , 1 83 3 of a a and a a and , Indi n , m rried John P yne they h ad children
M a n a . Shirley y P y e , unwed
i a n Pearl S dney P y e unwed .
lla a who a F r on e . P yne , m rried G. A a C rven .
a a n wh o a i Ch rles Newton P y e , m rr ed
Minnie Myres .
a who di in i a John Norton P yne , ed nf ncy .
a a a a wh o a a M rth J ne P yne , m rried J mes
H . Glover .
a a wh o marrI ed z Eli L wrence P yne , Eli abeth a E . C rt .
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wh o a n a . a a a as a N omi Gr y, died in Indi n , a inf nt . T r sa a w a s a . e e I n y Ellen Gr y , who born in diana in 1 848 an d married Abraham Conra d an d they h a d children a a Dur nd Conr d . a a ac o Birdseye Conr d , b hel r , of Mil a a burn , Okl hom . a Henry Conr d .
a a a Virgil Conr d (d ughter) , m rried
i a . David Besw ck Gray ( called Uncle
1 8 1 846 a i Bez born September , ; who m rr ed
a a Ma 2 7 1 844 an d Louise R chel Ev ns , born y , Ma 7 1 872 an d h a d died y , , they children I da a 9 . . 1 868 E B Gr y, born November , , an d a Al 8 1 869 an d m rried ic Oliver , December , , they h a d children
(A) Ruth Ellen Oliver . a Ma (A) F nny y Oliver . Au bn e e (A) y Oliv r . (A) Or a Austen Oliver w as married to ' Gra ce Wright an d th ev h ad two children ( a ) ( a )
a a (A) Ethel Oliver m rried Geo . Norm n an h ad d no children . ' a W (A) Norine Oliver , who m rried arren an d h a d Young , they no children . BASS AND GRAY FAMILY TREE 1 75
a a L o ett (A) Herm n Oliver , who m rried a an d ha d Wright they no children . a wh o a (A) Tr cey Ellen Oliver , m rried Clyde h a d a Arthur , who one child , de d . a (A) Arthur Beswick Oliver , who m rried a a an d a L ur Rumple they h ve one child . Ann a c a a i (A) y Eliz beth Oliver , who m rr ed a an d a Guy Thom s h ve two children . a n ot (A) Benton Alex nder Oliver , who is a m rried .
a . a a a D vid Beswick Gr y , m rried the second a a w as time to M ry Eliz beth Griffith , who born 2 n d 7 1 84 a 1 5 1 92 7 . October , , died November , They h ad children a a w as C rrie B . Gr y, who born October 2 3 1 877 an d a Ma 1 0 1 902 a l , m rried y , , to Ch r es
Fyffe . a a a w a s Asen th Gr y, died in inf ncy . He 3 0 1 881 ; born September , a a w as M bel Gr y , who born September 2 883 an d w as a 2 6 1 902 1 . , , m rried October , to A
an d h ad : H . Robinson they children m a L aVern e S (A) Em Robinson , ingle . a a a a a (A) E rth Ad ir Robinson , m rried M ry VVhitm or e an d h ad two children . a a a a (A) M ry Louell Robinson , m rried Cl r an d h ad ence Rogers they no children . a L eRo a i (A) Holl nd y Robinson , m rr ed a Bu enne al h ad all Eliz beth g ; three children , of ar e a whom de d . 1 76 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a wh o w as a a 1 6 Hettie Gr y , born J nu ry , 1 876 an d a 3 0 1 898 t o m rried , October , , Peter
an d h ad : Oliver , they children
(A) Luther Oliver , single . a wh o a a (A) R ymond Oliver , m rried Edn m an d h ad Cru they seven children . Ma wh o ma L eo (A) Inez y Oliver , rried Fisher an d they had two children a wh o a a a (A) Ch rles Oliver , m rried V nett an d had Fulford they three children .
a a Pat (A) M bel Oliver , who m rried John t on an d h ad , they five children .
a Nan c J an e ra w as . G y y, who born Decem 1 2 1 82 3 an d Ma 9 1 881 an d w as m ar ber , , died y , , a 8 1 840 to ried M rch , , THOMAS Y . RADER , Ma 3 0 1 81 9 an d a 1 1 908 born y , , died M rch , . They h ad the foll owing children :
a a Ma 2 6 S llie C . R der , spinster , born y 1 858 an d 1 940 is still living in November , .
a a w as Rose C therine R der , single , born 2 9 1 854 an d 1 1 875 October , , died August , .
a a a w as u . 3 0 Ett Lol R der , born J ly , 1 867 an d a a a , m rried Ch rlie Lefleur , now de d, an d h ad a son a they who died in inf ncy .
a w h o w a s Rev . Scott W . R der , born 1 5 1 861 an d a June , , m rried the first time to Hul da Can atsay an d they h ad an adopted daughter
a wh o a (A) Helen (Bindes) R der , m rried a a an d a a Ch rles H wkins they h ve sever l children .
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a a a a h a d Shirem n , of M rtinsville , Indi n . They
children . a a w a s Ma Eliz beth F . R der , who born y 1 5 1 842 an d 2 1 92 7 an d m ar , died November , , h ad w ried John P . Miller . They the follo ing children :
(A) Fred Miller . I da (A) Miller . a a (A) Lou nn Miller . a (A) C rrie Miller . (A) Marv Jane Miller who married a
Hewitt .
a a a a a . (A) Ell Miller , who m rried J ckm n
au a a a . (A) L r Miller , who m rried Hewitt h a a a . (A) Nor Miller , who m rried W ite a a a Mac I n (A) Fr nkie Miller , who m rried
tosh . S arah E llen Ra der w as NO , who born v emb er 2 8 1 840 an d 2 0 1 866 an d , , died August , , I Nilliam Of n married T . Peterson , Bloomingto ,
a h a d Indian . They the following children a L ou (A) Finney H . Peterson , m rried IBat es
I r a a a a . (A) Peterson , m rried S r h Russ a a a a (A) Willi m T . Peterson , m rried S r h a J ne Young . Alma 0 P et ers on a (A) . , m rried Spurgeon B arrow an d they h a d one daughter
a ra c e B arrow a . ( ) G , who m rried Albert S Johnson an d they h ad a son BASS AND GRAY FAMILY TREE 1 79
S u r eon B a rrow J o hnson a Y p g , who m rried Frances Amick an d they have a son " Th m Alb r t hn n n h o as e J o s o . (D ates a d c il dren of the Petersons ar e found in the Peterson
Line . )
The B a ss F amily
a I . The first BAS S c me from ENGLAND to an d Am a AMERICA, fought in the eric n Rev olu tion a or a a , either for Americ , g inst her . at A . Henry BASS ; born Mt . Eden , Ken tucky . a at (I) S llie BAS S GRAY ; born Mt . Eden , 1 789 and 1 880 a i Kentucky, in , died in : m rr ed
DAVE GRAY .
Gray F ami ly a I . JAME S GRAY , c me from SCOTLAND , an d at lived Mt . Eden , Kentucky . AM 1 02 a A . S UEL GRAY ; lived to be ye rs Old a ; m rried RHODA BEARD . a (I) DAVE GRAY ; m rried SALLIE BASS . (A) NANCY JANE GRAY ; married w a s 1 82 3 an d THOMAS Y . RADER ; she born 1 881 died . ( gt) SARAH ELLEN RADER ; born 1 840 and 1 866 a IVilliam died . She m rried T . PETER
SON . ( a ) Cordelia ALMA PETERSON ; born De c ember 8 1 862 a , m rried Spurgeon BARROW in N 6 1 879 ovember , . 1 80 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
t N No g GRACE BARROW JOH SON , born vember 6 1 888 a A , ; m rried LBERT S . JOHN on 2 2 1 91 2 SON , September , . SPURGEON BARROW JOHNSON 5 1 91 4 a a born November , ; m rried Fr nces 1 8 1 93 8 AMICK , on September , . THOMAS ALBERT JOHNSON ; born Ma 1 4 1 940 y , .
PETERSON LI NE OF DESCEN T
OHN PETERSON w as a Quaker an d be longed to the United Brethren Church an d a w a s a a an d a his f ther Virgini n , loc ted in w as a an d a Ohio when it wilderness , he re red an d a five sons two d ughters . The United States Dep artment of Interior Land Office gave an a ccount Of Thomas P et er s on a in 1 804 3 0 ef buying l nd on November , in J fer son h county , O io . a Al The following is letter received by Mrs . at a a a a bert S . Johnson , Indi n polis , Indi n , in answer to an inquiry
History of a Pioneer F amily Crossing the ” Plains in a Covered VYagon
a P e ter P eters on w as ef My f ther , , born in J ferson ct 1 3 1 83 9 an d O . County , Ohio , , , lived w as 1 9 there until he , when he went to Blooming n d m . a G a ton , Ind , there lived with his Uncle , a saw — mel Peterson , who owned mill , where he went to work . ' E liza be th J an e Wa rd w as My mother , , born in hn n a a a O so , Willi msburg Indi n (J County) , Aug . 1 0 1 841 a , . Her p rents moved to Bloomington , I n d w as a 1 4 a Old , when she bout ye rs , where she i w as a t o a on l ved until she m rried my f ther Dec . 2 7 1 860 a a , . Soon fterw rd , the young couple to a moved Bement , Ill . (Pl tt County) . 1 84 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
il 1 0th 1 862 i w as On Apr , , their first ch ld born , Charles Ru u s a a tw o a f , n med fter his gr nd a f thers . a w as a old a When the b by week , my f ther left for a a all in a C liforni , with their belongings , a a n a a of u l a covered w gon dr w by sp n m es , le v ing my mother to j oin him tw o w eeks later with a an d a n at the b by her person l belo gings , Des a a of ai Moines , Iow , the western termin l the r l a l st 1 862 a a . M ro d On y , , she st rted West , the ro ads being so muddy she w as obliged to ride the a a a an d 1 three on horseb ck , c rrying the b by a -ba i a c rpet g, wh le neighbor kindly rode with a tw o a t o her c rrying her other b gs . Her trip a w as u l Des Moines by tr in uneventf , where she as a a h ad as met per greement, her husb nd , who a a a of a mi a sembled l rge tr in Overl nd E gr nts , of on e a a consisting hundred W gons , dr wn by ul an d t o ou t M es , horses , cows oxen , be strung t o a il a a in this order , f c it te their tr vel . a a nl a il They st rted West , tr veling o y few m es each day an d camping each ni ght where they an d for found water feed stock, crossed the Mis souri River on ferry an d traveled for weeks up the Platte River t o a place on the North Fork where there w as a ford an d Indi an gu i des to di r Th a t o a a . e ect them cross , void the quicks nds bank of the River w as cut down so they could approach the water and with logs la shed to the wheels on either side of th e wagon to keep it
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the route rolling up clouds of dust that darkened a on the sun till they p ssed . There w as little wood on the plains an d pra e tically all the cooking w as done by using the dry “ ” a an d a k buff lo Chips for fuel , picked up s c ed a da Of a e ch y on the route tr vel . One day a team ran away an d their wa gon tongue punched a hole through the little sheet a Of a an d iron stove in the b ck the w gon ruined it , so from then on all the cooking w as done over a a - w as c mp fire , which with the fuel used , so dis a t o a a h ad t steful my Mother , th t in fter life she a a da little desire for c mping . They tr veled on y a da -u a r a fter y over cut p tr ils , crossing rocks , and a a an d vines encountering h il , r in dust
a a a a storms , the l tter frightening the nim ls so th t a m an h a d to stand at the hea d of e ach until it subsided . a a th e a a an d Occ sion lly v met few Indi ns , one dav when they stopped at the noon hour to rest an d a a a a w it for the w gons behind to c tch up ,
a a - a sm ll b nd on horse b ck rode up , seeming to s mi a a I n ize up the E gr nt tr in . One of these ’ a w a s a di ns noticed to be we ring women s shoes . a an d which looked very str nge suspicious . The next day they camped early on a stream
mi a a h ad an d where some E gr nt w gons burned , as o f a h ad - ou t one the p rty worn tires , they de c ided to lay over an d repla ce them with better m h a d ones fro those found . After they dinner , PETERSON LINE OF DESCENT 1 87 some of the young la dies in the party strolled up the stream to pick wild currants an d while a a one le ning down to get drink, of them dis covered a HUMAN foot protruding from the a ran a to a an d w ter . They b ck c mp , notified the a an d men, who went b ck with them pulled out Of the water nude bodies of four a dults an d 8 children . w as n o w a There y Of identifying them , so they a a do dug one big gr ve , wr pped them in sheets n at ed a an d by members of the tr in buried them . a a a w a M ny people , no doubt , dis ppe red in this y, on their w ay to C alifo rnia an d were never heard a a from g in . a da a da w They tr veled on , y fter y, follo ing the - a deep cut crooked tr il , through the Territories of an d a Wyoming Id ho into Oregon , crossing the Snake River by swimmi ng stock hitched to
a as a . w gons , they did crossing the Pl tte River Finally the trail forked and some went North at a an d to the Mines J cksonville , Oregon , the on to a a others pressed C liforni , crossing north — ern Neva da an d the Black rock desert to Susan a a a a ville , L ssen County , C liforni , where my f th to a a er decided stop , fter being on the Ro d just 5 a a an d months in w gon . He sold his Mules out nd a - fit a went to work in a h rvest field for a Mr . a a r an a saw - Sch effer , fter which he mill for the a man a a a s me in Indi n V lley, ne r Greenville , a a a for 1 8 Plum s County , C liforni , months , when 1 88 A FEW EAR LY FAMILIES IN AMERICA he decided t o set ou t a gai n to look for a ranch so a an d a a an he could f rm r ise c ttle . He bought ox- a a a i u t ensiles an d a te m , w gon, f rm ng few milk- cows an d traveled about 1 00 mil es North an d located on a ranch to su i te him in the North , — End of Surprise Valley in the NOrth east corner of a w as Siski ou the St te which then y County, a a F i t o now, Modoc County, C liforni . rom t me tim e he a dded several a dj oini ng claims t o his a i an d o er at ed R nch , which is st ll owned pp by an d a - his sons gr nd sons .
w . Mrs . Josephine (D . P . ) Peterson Bro ne 2 3 75 a a i a Ced r Street , Berkeley, C liforn .
’ a i Mrs . D . P . Browne s Inform tion Concern ng Peterson Line
Petersons came from Virgini a into West Vir i a a S al gin , then to Jefferson county, Ohio ne r in vill e e .
Ru sk wh o w as a a a of , direct line l descend nt the “ ” a ini a di R ndolphs Of Virg . He ed very shortly a h ad an a son and after the marri ge . She inf nt r e-married a Peterson an d call ed the son Ja ck h ad (Rusk) Peterson . She more children by Peterson : ’ An n a a w as t o a Wood s first m rri ge J ck Rusk,
' wh o di son a w as ed when their , J ck Rusk , three Ann a a ai a S months Old . m rried g n , in very hort
’ i to a man am of r and t me , by the n e Pete son,
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a a ers to Jack (Rusk) Peterson . Eliz beth D niels w a s a Scotch l ady an d they h ad children
a (I) Willi m Peterson . a (I) J mes Peterson . a a a (I) Lucind Peterson , m rried Archib ld a B ker . at i (I) Henry Peterson , who lived Bloom ng - a a a i n 1 858 ton , Indi n , h ving moved there . He a a m rried Ficher . a a a (I) M ry Peterson , who m rried Miller . a (I) Prudence Peterson , who m rried Joe an d a a a Robinson lived ne r Bloomington , Indi n . “
a r . a (I) Ch rles Peterson , J , N poleon Bon “ a a a . p rt , c lled Bonny a a a a (I) G mmel Peterson , who m rried H nn h n d h ad w as Morrow a they 1 4 children . He born e 3 1 82 7 an d a a 1 4 Sept mber , , m rried Febru ry , 4 m an v 1 8 4 . Among his children were
a . a a a Serept Peterson , who m rried J mes a an d 91 a a 1 93 W rd lived to be ye rs of ge . In 7 she h a d a familv reunion at her home in Bloom in t on a a an d Of 1 4 g , Indi n , four the children
: Of were there she , herself , John G . Peterson , mi a a a Bloo ngton , Indi n ; W lter Peterson , of amm a a an d I da H ond , Indi n , Peterson , of Indi a a a a an d a a n polis , Indi n , m ny, m ny others . Gamm el Peterson h ad a saw - mill a cross from a a a where Indi n University now st nds , where an a a Al a a st ds the K pp ph Thet House .
T H n o n Ro 45 B n n he ome of Mary Custer Peterso ad just out of loomi gto , 1 0 S n S 2 4 1 81 0 Indi n built by her bout 87 . he w s bor eptember , t a a , a a a I D 1 887 in . t New Rumley Ohio and died ecember , this house is still , , in owned by her k .
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wh w a . a o as H rriett Peterson , born October 9 1 83 6 an d a a il , m rried M ler . a wh o w s . a a Andrew J ckson Peterson , born Ma 1 1 1 842 y , . wh w as a a . a a o H nn h Peterson , born M rch 3 0 1 848 , . wh w s a . a o a a Belind Peterson , born M rch 2 0 1 840 , . l mn wh o w as b il a . Abso o Peterson , orn Apr
wh w as a a . a o M ry J . Peterson , born Febru ry 2 1 1 852 an d w as a to a a , , m rried George R m ge an d their children ar e a n a a a an d h as W y e R m ge , who is m rried il ch dr en . a a and a Olive R m ge , single , te ches school .
Ra a a wh o is a . y R m ge , m rried a A son , who is de d . a a w as . Thom s J . Peterson , who born Sep 7 1 844 an d a a 2 0 1 92 5 an d tember , , died J nu ry , , a Al wh o w a s 2 0 m rried to ice Sluss , born April , 84 n 1 2 3 0 1 9 a d a a 1 9 . died J nu ry , His Civil War record is as follows : Sergeant a nl Thom s J . Peterson Vet . e isted from Monroe a a 2 1 861 an d w as county , Indi n , December , , mus t er ed in the Uni ted States armv service at Bed a a a a as a i a ford , Indi n ; soon fterw rds pr v te in a 50th i di a a Comp ny H , Reg ment In n Volunteers
a a . an d n Inf ntry , under C pt John Scott Colo el PETERSON LINE OF DESCENT 1 93
a a on C . B . Durh m, to serve for three ye rs , dur r w as a ing the w a . He honor bly discharged a 2 1 864 at L ewbu r a a on a M rch , g, Ark ns s , ccount of r e- enl isting as a veteran the same day for three years in the same company an d regiment n d 1 a a a CO . a under C pt . G . W . T ylor S muel F . w as a 3 2 n d a Wells . He tr nsferred to the Indi na Volunteers Infantry an d w as promoted t o the a a an d 1 9 r nk Of corpor l sergeant , September , 1 865 a a at . He received his fin l disch rge Mont a a a on a of w ar gomery, Al b m , ccount close of . ’ ’ He fought Forest s army at Parker s Cross Roads under General Steele ; marched t o Cam in an a at den expedition , including b ttles Terre 2 1 864 a 1 0 Nois , April , ; Pr irie Leon , April ; Red - ‘ 1 7 a 1 8 an d a Mound , April C mden , April ; S line River ; afterwards on garrison duty at Little a a a i Rock ; lso p rticip ted in the seige of Mob le , a a a a a Al b m , including the c pture of Sp nish Fort , an d a a 2 8 9 1 865 an d Fort Bl kley , M rch to April , , a at a a a a in skirmish Whistlers St tion , Al b m . Thomas an d Al ice Peterson h ad the following children a R ymond Peterson . a A son , died in inf ncy .
son a . A , died in inf ncy a A son , died in inf ncy . a w as 1 D isy Peterson , who born April , 1 876 an d a a a 2 4 1 898 a , m rried , J nu ry , , to Will rd 1 94 A F E IV EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
. a a a Wooding Their home is Fort W yne , Indi n . They h ad children :
(A) Twins . a w as NO E rle Joseph Wooding , who born vember 1 2 1 900 , . a a VVOOdin a C rl Thom s g, who died by cci a t dent , h nging himself on his lit le bed , June , 1 901 .
Al wh O . w as (A) Helen ice Wooding , born 1 903 an d a a 2 4 1 93 1 September , , is m rried , M rch a les to S ey . a a a 5 1 875 Edn Peterson , born J nu ry , an d a a 2 4 1 894 a 2 5 1 895 m rried M rch , or M rch , , ” a a an d to Jim Young or J mes How rd Young , they h a d these children a w as a 2 8 (A) C rl Young , who born M rch 1 91 4 .
Oberl w as a a 2 (A) Nellie , who born J nu ry , 1 896 an d a a 2 8 , m rried to Gene Fox , Febru ry 1 92 0 ; they h ad children : 2 3 1 92 6 a a a . ( ) Joe Fox, born J nu ry , Al a 1 9 1 92 4 a . ( ) ice Fox , born Febru ry , a a 2 2 1 93 0 ( ) Virgini Fox , born September , . L ou allie w as a (A) Young, who born M rch 2 1 1 900 an d a 2 3 1 92 2 a , , m rried , December , , to C rl
Essex . a 1 9 1 897 (A) E rl Young , born December , , an d a i 8 1 92 0 Ha m rried first t me , December , , to an d 1 92 9 zel Brown , second time , ,
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2 3 1 907 an d a a i born December , , they h ve ch ld a 2 1 1 9 4 . 3 ( ) Denzil Jr Krick , born April , . a 1 1 92 8 (A) Will rd Young , born November , . a Oberl 1 (A) Je nnette Young , born June 1 91 6 a ; m rried . a a You n born a 1 3 (A) M ry Genev gh M rch 1 91 9 .
a a ul 1 0 (A) Fr nces Ele nor Young , born J y 1 92 0 .
a a a a (A) M urice Thom s Young , born J nu ry
w 2 a . a as 1 Willi m T . Peterson born August , 1 83 0 an d a 1 9 1 904 w as a died M rch , . He m rried a 2 9 twice ; the second time he m rried , April , “ ” 1 877 a a a a , to M rg ret ( c lled M gg ) Reimer , 2 6 1 851 an d 1 5 1 92 6 born July , , died August , . They h ad chil dren a a w a s M ry C therine Peterson , who born 1 8 1 880 an d a 1 6 1 905 December , , m rried April , a a 8 1 877 h a d to Owen H rris , born M rch , They two sons a a 4 (A) Cl rence H rris , born November , 1 906 a , who is m rried to an d a a a a lives in Indi n polis , Indi n . a a 2 4 1 908 (A) W lter H rris , born October , , wh o is married to an d i a a a a an d h as lives in Ind n polis , Indi n , three
children . a h o w as a 2 4 C ry Peterson , w born M rch , 1 879 an d a a 1 1 1 901 an d a died J nu ry , , who m rried PETERSON LINE OF DE SCENT 1 97 a d an d one son wh o a a Chitwoo , be rs his n me survives a (A) C ry Peterson . a 1 2 1 891 an d Ch rlie Peterson , born July , a to m a a at is m rried A nd Thompson . They live a a an d h ad tw o wh o Muncie , Indi n , they children died while very young an d ar e buried at Old U a a nionville , Indi n . ’ w as a . W a a a illi m T . Peterson s first m rri ge 1 9 1 859 t o a a a NO June , , S r h Ellen R der , born vember 2 8 1 940 an d 2 2 1 866 and , , died August , , they h ad the following children who w as Ma Finney H . Peterson , born y 2 1 1 861 and i Ma 1 2 1 93 1 an d a i , , d ed y , , m rr ed a 3 0 1 865 and i Louise B tes , born July , , d ed June 3 h ad n hi 1 1 93 6 o . , . They c ldren I ra who w as l 3 0 Peterson , born Apri , 1 860 and 1 4 1 93 2 an d a , died June , , m rried Feb ru ar 1 4 1 889 t o a a wh o w as y , S r h Russ , born and a a 2 6 1 908 died J nu ry , . They had the following children a a (A) H rry Peterson, m rried . a i (A) M ry Peterson , s ngle . a (A) C rl Peterson , single . or ar i (A) Russ Russel Peterson, m r ed . s at al (A) Fore t Peterson, sick the Centr h a a a a a ospit l , Indi n polis , Indi n . a a wh o w as Cordeli Alm Peterson , born 8 1 862 and a 6 1 879 December , , m rried November , to a who w as a h 6 Spurgeon B rrow, born M rc , 1 98 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
1 858 an d M a 2 7 1 92 9 h d . a a , died y , They daughter : G ra c e B a rro w w s (A) , who a born Novem 6 1 888 an d a 2 2 1 91 2 ber , , m rried September , to b 3 1 1 887 T Al ert S . Johnson , born August , . hey ha d one son
a a NO ( ) Spurgeon B rrow Johnson , born vemb er 5 1 91 4 an d a 1 8 1 93 8 , , m rried September , a w a s 1 0 1 91 4 to Fr nces Amick , who born July , . They have a son
a Ma 1 4 Y . Thom s Albert Johnson , born y , 1 940 .
V Y i li m r w as l a . T . Peterson , J , who born a a 2 6 1 864 an d a 1 940 a J nu ry , , is de d in ; m rried a a a w a s 1 1 S r h J ne Young , who born September
1 868 an d a 1 889 , who m rried . They h a d children
IValter w as 1 4 (A) Peterson , who born July 1 889 an d a a a , m rried Am nd Lincicome , born n 4 1 889 Ju e , .
a a w a s ( ) Robert H rold Peterson , who born M a 1 1 91 4 rch , .
a a ( ) H zel Fern Peterson , born September
a ( ) Helen Louise Peterson , born December 3 1 1 91 5 an d a 2 1 93 5 a , , m rried November , to
Cr o ssthw ait e .
a a a r . ( ) Willi m Fr nklin , J , born November
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a w as i War as Willi m T . Peterson in the Civ l a a of w as c rpenter much merit . He born August 1 2 1 83 0 an d a 1 9 1 904 w as , , died M rch . He born
in Jefferson county, Ohio .
a of Copy of Letter from M . R . Peterson , a a L wrenceville , Virgini , Brunswick County
N 5 1 93 7 ovember , .
Mrs . Albert S . Johnson
43 1 7 . College Ave , a a Indi n polis , Ind . a My De r Mrs . Johnson I am perhaps the eldest member Of the genera a tion Of Petersons in this p rt Of Virginia . My information concerning the origin of the family is a for a not ble its me gerness . a a w as as a al My gr ndf ther Peterson , I h ve a an a a w ys understood , orph n , origin lly residing Va wh o ma a in Chesterfield County , . , y h ve come f a from the neighborhood o Edinburg Scotl nd . a a mi an d a The n me is p trony c bound, I pre “ a of a as do sume , in the lowl nds Scotl nd, JOhn ” “ ” J osh son son, , etc . am as n ot a a I , you suggest , p rticul rly inter ested in pedi grees or lineage an d have made lit a tle or no effort t o explore my ntecedents . My family is identified with the South- Side f V a o . irgini , in the vicinity Petersburg John mi nk Peterson is n ot an unfa liar name . I thi I have seen some records of this name in Prince PETERSON LINE OF DE SCENT 2 01
a a a to George County, which is County dj cent n o Petersburg . I know Of scion in my stock , to am wh o w as a migrant West Virginia . The f ily seemed fixed in the neighborhood o f Peters a i an d c on burg through the gener t ons , incurious “ ” n tent to dwell o the native heath . a a a The n me ppe rs in Surry County, which is c onti eou s to G g Prince eorge County . I know of another family by the name Of a in Peterson lso resident Petersburg, but with w av n o so far as I am a a hich I h e connection , w re . a is a a a l a The n me lso prev lent in North C ro in . I a a o c ndeed , I pprehend , th t it is Of frequent u r i a a c ance throughout the Un ted St tes . Str nge to sa I a of a y, know Of negro the n me in the in hi wh o has county . w ch I live , Brunswick, my i a niti ls . There are one or tw o families of B arrows in
County . I may say that I have never heard of any c on nections of the Petersons with either the Bar a or a rows , the R ndolphs D niels . a w a a a D niels , by the y, is quite common n me a in Brunswick , where the f mily is numerous . I have n o knowledge Of the existence Of any a compil tive writings Of the older Petersons . Regretting that I c an afford you no aid of any am consequence in your quest, I nevertheless ,
very truly yours ,
M . R . Peterson . 2 02 A F EIV EARLY FAMILIES I N AMERICA
The Peterson Line of Descent
YVOOD a a I . ANN of VIRGINIA , m rried
PETERSON .
. a AR A JOHN PETERSON , m rried M Y " ELI ABETH DANNIELS .
( a ) THOMAS PETE RSON ; w as in the T Civil “ ar an d died and w a s bu r ied on his w ay at w as in home Louisville , Kentucky . He born
a y a S lineville , Jefferson count , Ohio ; m rried
MARY CUSTER . I M T 1 83 0 ( ) WILLIA . PETERSON , born d 1 904 w a s l ied . He born in New Rum ey , Ohio a y a a w a s then c me to Monroe count , Indi n . He T “ ar a in the Civil ; m rried twice . First time to a a S r h Ellen RADER . CORDELIA AL MA PETERSON BAR VY 8 1 862 a 1 879 RO born December , ; m rried in
to Spurgeon BARROW .
a Gr ce BARROW JOHNSON , born No 6 1 888 a Al vember , ; m rried bert S . Johnson Sep 2 2 1 9 1 2 tember , . E SPURG ON BARROW JOHNSON , born e r 5 1 91 4 a Nov mbe , m rried FRANCES AMICK , u l 1 0 1 9 1 4 born J y , .
AL E N n G O THOMAS B RT JOHNSO , bor Ma 1 4 1 940 y , .
EARLY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA
f —1 63 4 a o . Isle Wight , Virgini —1 652 a Surry County , Virgini . —1 72 0 a Brunswick County , Virgini .
a —1 63 4 a Ch rles City County , Virgini . — 702 a Prince George County 1 , Virgini .
—1 754 a Sussex County , Virgini . - 1 61 1 a Henrico County , Virgini .
—1 789 a a Stokes County , North C rolin . —1 770 a a Surry County , North C rolin .
Ra ahann o ck 1 656 Vir Old pp County , in in a 1 692 gini , discontinued in . Records kept in
Essex county . Essex and Richmond counties originated from Ra ah ann ock Old pp .
Henrico w as divided into eight original coun in 1 63 4 — a a ties J mes City county , Ch rles City a a county, Eliz beth City county , W rwick River a Ac cw ammack an d county , Ch rles River county, Wanos u e- oake of q y (Isle Wight) .
a 1 754 Sussex county , Virgini , from Surry u co nty . 2 0 6 A F EW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Brunswick county from Surry county in 1 72 0 an d a i a Isle of Wight , L wrencev lle county se t , a an d 2 5 cont ins two churches dwellings .
Charles Ci t v one of the eight original counties in 1 63 4
1 752 from Princ e Dinwiddie county , , . George an d a a Dinnw 1 ddie n med fter Robert , governor a 1 750 - 1 754 of Virgini , .
1 692 Richmond county , , complete .
a 1 63 4 W rwick county , , records destroyed .
a a 1 61 1 as i Henrico , pl ce known in Henr co a a a 3 00 im when C pt . Thom s G tes settled with migrants
1 776 m Pitts lvania Henry county, , formed fro y .
1 691 Nor Norfolk county, formed from lower a a a an sem on d folk , fterw rds ch nged to N county .
IVi ht a Isle of g , one of the origin l divisions in 1 684 a a w as . A church , Episcop li n , erected here in this county near the ro ad to Suffolk in the an d a forest . Timber , brick lime c me from Eng ’ a an d l nd , is one hour s ride from Smithfield county seat ; a population of The church i i is in good cond t on .
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Notes on John Burrows or Burrowes or Barrow
“ John BARROWE embarked in the Plain e ” a Ma 1 5 1 63 5 2 6 a . Jo n in y , . Age ye rs
The Book written by Greer gives John Bar 1 642 a an d a a row, , to Virgini , in nother pl ce in a a 1 654 this book , he gives John B rrow, , by John VV r e an d y , John Gillet Andrew Gibson .
John Burroughs ( as spelled in the Virginia 3 88 at a a a . a M g zine , vol XIX , p ) lived pl ce “ a a a on of c lled P ces P ins , the opposite side
m town ~ Bri et —h a es . e J He lived with his wife , g “ ” a at a a a lso lived pl ce c lled Burrow Hill , south
o f a . the river , where six men were st tioned
“ a John Burrow or B rrow , given in the Wil ” d a a v ol 1 6 2 2 2 and a an . li m M ry Qu rterly, . , pp 2 3 1 62 4 w as a 2 . In , John Burrows m rried to a Bridget Buck , widow of the Rev . Rich rd Buck a a a (he performed the m rri ge ceremony of C pt . John Smi th and Po c ah anta s ) an d lived with his “ ” w n d at a a ife a her children P ces P ins , when a he called his residence Burrows Hill . He l ter
a a a sold this tr ct to Smith , who ch nged the n me ’ ” 62 9 a 1 . to Smith s Mount in October , In note
a 2 2 3 a a at bottom of p ge , it st tes , th t John Bur an d Vir row sold his land left Surry county ,
a an d a a gini , th t his f mily settled in Princess i a Anne county , Virg ni . EARLY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA 2 09
a of Vir John B rrow, Prince George county, a a a 1 73 8 on Ma 5 — gini , l nd gr nts in , y given in a a a v ol 2 9 Virgini M g zine , . XIV, p . .
“ Brunswick county B arrows in the poll of “ 1 748— an d a an d John , Henry Philip ( Willi m ” a a 2 6 62 an d M ry Qu rterly, vol . , pp .
a of a o John B rrow, J mes City c unty , spelled B a 1 62 5 i a urrows , Febru ry, , w shed l nd registered for a a an d S am three sl ves , Nichol s Goldsmith w a — 1 50 a Bo m n cres .
a t o a 1 62 8 John Burrowes st bbed de th , in in a a a J mes City county, by Willi m Re de . A full “ account given in Minutes of Council and Gen ” a 1 83 er l Court , p . .
’ 1 685 Ra ah ann o ck John Burrow s will of , in pp “ a a an d county, Virgini , found in Virgini Wills a Administr tion .
1 695 - 1 702 of John Burrowes , House Bur n 2 82 43 9 1 64 a a o . gesses , p . , l nd p tent issued p ; a 4 1 701 cres , September , . — JOHN BARROW 61 2 a cres of land to John
“ B arrow from the Clements estate near Surry ’ n a a an d county, Virgi i (Tyler s Qu rterly Gene 2 1 0 A F EIV EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA a a a a 2 51 logic l M g zine , p . . A full description of a n the l nd is give ) .
a a John B rrow , of Surry county, Virgini 01 2 2 4 Ma 1 656 a l in y, ; on ccount of goods so d to IVilliam a a of John , by Thom s , for ccounts
Hen rv an d a John Rich rds .
a c ou ntv a John B rrow, of Brunswick Virgini , a a a w as an m rried C therine H rdy, who born J a 1 7 1 800 u ry , .
a a 2 0 1 72 9 John B rrow, born Febru ry , , son of a an d a a Edw rd Eliz beth B rrow, of Richmond a county , Virgini .
’ a a a a John Burrowe s l nd given , e st of Is bell ’ a a a Perry s l nd , within the corpor tion of J mes 0 2 8 a 2 1 6 a . City , Virgini , September , . Abstr ct
I John B arrow died 1 704 ; married Anne Nil a 1 645 E a w a s lis bout in ngl nd . He President of a Oxford College in Engl nd . (From the Ameri n m c a Compendiu . )
a m a a 1 63 5 John B rrow, im igr nt to Virgini in n d w as 1 609 at a e 2 6 a a . the g of ye rs , born in He h nn k a a Ra a a o c . c me to pp county, Virgini (Vir a gini County Records , p .
2 1 2 A FEW EARLY FAMILI ES IN AMERICA — Burrows Family (William an d Mary Quart 1 2 2 3 4 a Ma erly , series , p . . Vol . , of the Virgini g a zine , p .
’ a 2 1 781 h John B rrow s will of June , , s ows a a his a a B ar John L nier m rried d ughter , F nny row (Lanier)
a ia John B rrow , of Culpepper county , Virgin , a a a a a 1 6 1 751 m rried M rg ret B ll , fter August , n of a a of a show in the will S muel B ll , th t county . d a l a a an a vo . ( T ken from Willi m M ry Qu rterly, 5 , p .
a 1 2 1 785 of John B rrow, December , , Surry a a a of 61 2 a o f county, Virgini , convey nce cres ’ a a a a land . ( Tyler s Qu rterly Historic l M g zine p .
John BARROW took up land-grant o f 400 a a 1 cres in Brunswick county, Virgini , August 1 745 a a a . L ter Willi m B rrow settled in Bruns i t a w a . o ick county, Virgin Moved North C ro “ a a of a lina . ( Given in M g zine Americ n Gene a No 2 2 logy, . , p .
a il a an d a a John B rrow (W li m M ry Qu rterly, vol 3 1 99 -2 01 a o f a . , pp . , under ccount J meson am a a a a a f ily) . M rg ret B ll m rried John B rrow, o f a a a Essex county, Virgini . Her f ther , S muel EARLY COUNTIE S OF VIRGINIA 2 1 3
a a a ni a B ll , m de Will in Culpepper county, Virgi . ’ “ ” w as a His wife s name Ann C therine . Her ’ s a a a w as sister s name w a Judith B ll . S muel B ll ’ 2 f a an d one of the 1 vestrymen o St . M rk s she (Judith) w as the first cousin t o the MOTHER a a OF WASHINGTON . (Virgini Gene logies by a H yden . )
’ John BARROW S will of 1 776 ( an d pro a son a son b ted) mentions his eldest , Willi m ; , a son a a a D niel ; , John ; gr ndd ughter , Pheb Hill a a Kenn sh aw a B rrow ; d ughter , Anne ; d ughter a a an d a a a a to son M rth , he le ves pl nt tion his
John .
Notes on Thomas B arrow
on 43 of THOMAS BARROW is given p .
an d Rec ords ' of Deed Book Surry County, Vir a 1 684—1 686 of a an d gini , . An inventory the est te a a l on Ma 5 1 685 Ta is ppr ised by E iz . Blow y , . ( at a a ken the Virgini St te Library . )
a a of i ia Thom s B rrow, Surry county, V rgin , an d 2 3 a of Deeds Records p . , 4 record a of 1 50 a t o a a of l nd cres sold Thom s B rrow, a 6 1 684 Surry county , Virgini , July , . Signed i i a a . and Thom s T . B . B rrow John Sm th w fe , a l a a M ry, were the clerks . (Wil i m Edw rds . ) (Virginia State Library 2 1 4 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Thomas B arrow to Virginia from England in “ ” w a s 1 654 b . , given y Greer He brought over ’ a a W by Abr h m ood .
n d a a a a a . Thom s B rrow or Burrow wife , T bith a an d The will is in Sussex county, Virgini , is “ vol 1 9 47 a mentioned in . , p . , of the Virgini a a 1 5 1 760 M g zine , August , .
a a 1 654 of Thom s B rrow, in , Henrico , county , a a Virginia . (Abr h m Wood took eight persons “ ” as a a an d P there , given in C v liers ioneers Ab
r st a c ts of Virginia . )
Thomas B arrow witnessed the will of John
a a a 5 1 71 7 L nier , J nu ry , , in Prince George c ou n tv a Virgini .
a a as a a Thom s B rrow, given mong the de d in a 1 62 3 Virgini , in by Hotten in his book Orig ” mm i r ant s inal List of E g .
a a 1 640 an d 1 73 0 Thom s B rrow , born , died
a a a from L nc shire , Engl nd , to the Northern Neck a 1 680 a 1 690 of Virgini , in . A son , Thom s , born , moved from Virgini a t o North Carolina an d a a married Elizabeth Atkinson . ( T ken from “ book called The First F amilies in America . a a 1 640 a a Thom s B rrow , born , from L nc shire , a t o a a Engl nd , went South mpton county, Virgini ,
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a a a t o a an d l nd , gr nted form lly M j or Bellew by an d a an of him deserted , now gr nted by ‘ order n d f . a a a the court etc , for the tr nsport tion o eight
: a a persons Dunkin , M kins , Eliz beth Phillips , E a a a a a and liz beth Ev ns , Jo n Ev ns , Sisley Ev ns
THOMAS BARROW .
Notes on William B arrow IVI LLI AM BARROW , OF BRUNSWICK a COUNTY , VIRGINIA , m rried AMY LEE , daughter of WILLIAM LEE of BRUNSWICK w as a COUNTY , VIRGINIA . He the f ther of a a DANIEL , Rev . D vid , John , Willi m, Moses , a an d a a a F er orsen A ron , sister , who m rried g , ’ Am an d a w as etc . Their first child ( y Willi m s) a an d w as a Bar girl the second the Rev . D vid 3 0 1 753 an d a at row, born October , m rried the a e 1 9 t o a a a of g of S r h Gilli m, Sussex county, a a w as a a Virgini . Her f ther Hinchey Gilli m , d r an d a an . Scotchm n , they resided the e Amy
a h ad 1 2 Willi m children , eight were living in
1 798 a : a an a a a a , n mely N th , Eliz beth , S r h , Abr ham l a and a a Bar , Wi li m, Amy Lee D vid Gilli m a a a of a row . (T ken from photost tic copy news a Rev a ar of p per letter written by . D vid B row, i a c n a . South mpton ounty, Virgi )
IVill iam a of a Pope B rrow, Bristol , Engl nd a i a and mar settled in N nsemond county, Virg ni , — 2 —an di 1 707 ried Marie before 1 66 d he ed . EARLY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA 2 1 7
a a J r of 1 762 o f Willi m B rrow, . , , Brunswick a county , Virgini , served in the Revolutionary War 1 780 to 1 781 t . o from August , Thence Kentucky (Franklin county) an d from there t o u l a 1 802 Al a P ski county in . lowed pension Sep 1 6 1 83 3 3 . 3 1 8 9 a e tember , Died September , , g 77 a an d w as a t o a ye rs , he brother Rev . D vid an a a a d D niel B rrow . He m rried Susanne Mit
1 850 I n . a w ar schel , who died Her n me the rec d “ ” or . is spelled Miskell His number is W . 1 53 3 .
a a a DANIEL BARROW, the gre t , gre t gr nd a o f f ther GRACE BARROW JOHNSON (Mrs . Al w a s 8 1 757 bert S . Johnson) , born December , a an d in Brunswick county , Virgini , died Novem a n w as 8 1 83 7 a e 79 a d 1 1 . ber , , g ye rs months He a to a a Ma of 1 783 m rried H nn h Stone in y . She w as 6 1 764 an d di 1 9 born August , ed August , nd ld 1 83 4 70 a a 1 3 a o . , being ye rs d ys He served in the American Revolutionary “ ” War an d nl at a e of 1 8 , e isted the g while in u m w as reality he w as sixteen . His pension n ber 3 2 1 04 S . . While living in Brunswick county, Vi ia as a a e S of rgin , he enlisted priv t in the pring 1 76 nd as i a in a 7 a served three months pr v te C pt . ’ a i Williamson s Comp ny . While liv ng in North a a in 1 779 and 1 3 C rolin , he enlisted served ’ as a a ai a i months priv te in C pt n Hill s , Fr nc s ’ ’ Tartanson s and Bradl ey s Companies and u h 2 1 8 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
’ a a a a i der Col . J mes Hog n s North C rolin Reg a at ment . He served three or five d ys the time o f a of an d w a s a a the B ttle Guilford in th t b ttle . a a He mentions his brother , Rev . D vid B rrow , in h w ar is record .
w ar h e - After the , lived in Surry county, North a a an d C rolin , thence to Knox county , Tennessee , a e and fi from there to W yne county , K ntucky, a a n lly to J ckson county , Illinois , where he died . (Information from United States War Dep art an d a 2 949 a ment Mrs . Estell Felton , of E stwood a a a Avenue , Chic go , Illinois , who is direct rel a a an d tive of D niel B rrow belongs to D . A . R . )
a a a T 496 a L nd w rr nts Bk . . , p . , W yne county , Kentu ckv a a . D niel B rrow .
— — Dani el B arrow land warrants land south of —a 2 00 2 499 Green River cres , . Book , p . , Green
county , Kentucky .
a a a a a D niel B rrow p id t xes in W yne county , “ n 1 801 a Kentucky, i ; t ken from Pioneers of K entucky .
a an d a D niel his brother , Philip B rrow, given in the census o f 1 790 in Surry c ou ntv North a a C rolin .
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a a 3 0 1 753 and i D vid B rrow, born October , d ed
‘ N 1 4 1 81 9 w as son of a Bar ovember , , the Willi m a a e t o row, f rmer , who subs quently moved North a a t o an d to a C rolin , then Tennessee then C iro , a a a o f Am ri a Illinois . (N tion l Cyclopedi e c n
Biography . )
Rev a a son of il a a . D vid B rrow, W li m B rrow, a a w as a at a f rmer , b ptized Fount in Creek f 6 a w as Church at the age o 1 ye rs . He born in a an d a a mi n Brunswick county , Virgini , bec me f a ister at 1 9 years o age . He pre ched in Vir a an d a a for a gini North C rolin three ye rs . In 1 774 a a of of bec me the p stor Isle Wight Church . a a This book st tes , th t he served during the Rev olu tion ary War an d filled the office of magis a Had a of l a tr te . ch rge Shou der Hill , Bl ck an d a I 1 798 re Creek Mill Sw mp Churches . n 2 4 moved to Kentucky, June . He settled in a at Montgomery county, Kentucky . He pre ched “ Mt a . Sterling Church . ( T ken from Kentucky ” a vol B ptists , . I , p .
Phil ip B arrow (Notes)
Philip B arrow w as elected t o the Senate in 8 u n a a 1 50 . in Stokes co ty, North C rolin
Aaron B arrow (Notes)
a a n A ron B rrow, born in Bru swick county, Vi i a 1 772 w as of avi rg ni , , the brother Rev . D d EARLY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA 2 2 1 an d a a w as a a D niel B rrow . His wife M rth wh o w as 1 69 a 7 . B rrow , born They l a a a ta ived in Pul ski county, Kentucky . (D t ken from the Revolutionary War Record of Wil
a a a . li m B rrow, his f ther )
Moses B arrow
a o f Rev a ar Moses B rrow, brother . D vid B row l a a an d ived ne r his brother , A ron , his brother
a u r a a Willi m, in Stokes co nty , No th C rolin , in
95 a . a 1 7 . , when the Rev D vid visited him ( T ken ’ f a a t o from a copy o Rev . D vid B rrow s visit a an d a t o of Cincinn ti , Ohio , b ck Isle Wight a Virgini . )
Pope B arrow
Pope B arrow lawyer, w as born in Oglethorpe a 1 1 83 9 t e of Da county, Georgi , August , , h son a vid Crenshaw an d S arah Eliza (Pope) B rrow . a a a w a s for a a His f ther , pl nter , m ny ye rs trus of a an d a tee the University of Georgi , member a e a a of a of the sen t (st te) . ( Cyclopedi Americ n I 501 a a a a vol . Biogr phy , . X , p . Indi n St te
Library . ) a a a a w as His gr ndf ther , J mes B rrow , in the a War and a a Revolution ry , took p rt in the b ttles , f w an d a a o Brandy ine Germ ntown, fighting ne r an d a a New York , l ter in the comp ny in the 2 2 2 A F E W EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
a n South . His l st wife a d the mother of his chil w a s a a o a dren P tience Crensh w, f Virgini . The a a a a a a gr ndf ther of J mes B rrow , Thom s B rrow, w a s a a a an d mi a born in L nc shire , Engl nd , e gr ted a 1 680 N to Virgini , in , settling the Northern eck a a a a of Virgini . He fterw rds removed to wh t is as a ia now known South mpton county , Virgin . a a a a a Pope B rrow , fter good element ry educ a a tion in the schools of his n tive county , ttend of a ed the University Georgi . Then he entered a as a a an d w as the Confeder te Army , lieuten nt , a a w ar t ken prisoner ne r the close of the , when he w as a captain an d aid on the staff of Maj or n a w h ad a e Ge er l Ho ell Cobb . He been m mber of the legislature of Georgia ; a member of the constitutional convention of Georgia in 1 877 an d a a a of the United St tes Sen te , h ving been elected to the Senate by the Georgia legislature Hon il to fill the unexpired term of . B . H . H l . a h ad a Mr . B rrow been twice m rried , first in a 1 867 a a C a a M rch , to S r h hurch Cr ig , d ughter of a Ar Col . Lewis Stevenson Cr ig , of the U . S . my ; dl 1 881 a . she died in le ving five children Secon y, 1 884 a a a o f in , to Corneli August , d ughter Henry
a S . R . J ckson .
James B arrow
a a a J mes B rrow, of J mes City county, Vir a 1 8 1 677 a M . gini , given y ,
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2 9 1 846 a a a o f December , . (N tion l Cyclopedi a vol 1 05 a a a Americ , . III , p . , in Indi n polis St te a Libr ry . )
Extra Notes
“ ” Ship called Sun bore Thomas Gates in 1 609 “ ” who lived at a place called Pa ce Pains on the side of the river opposite Jam est ow n ; In 1 62 5 John Bu rr ou gh es w as mentioned as living here
. Va Ma then ( . g , vol . XIX , p .
— B arrow Plantation A place on the north side o f a a the River J mes , Henrico county Virgini , 1 679 1 069 of a a September , . (On p . Edw rd Pe s ’ n s a a t Valentines P pers . )
Ships
” “ “ a a an d Sun , Sus n Const nt Goodspeed ,
Discovery .
Jamestown w as the first seat of any govern a a ment . The c pitol , however , fter the fire in 1 61 9 w as a n , moved to Willi msburg , first know dl - w as a a a s Mid e Plantation . It n med fter King a dl William an d later formed by Governor Y r ey .
Colonial Societies found in American Com l 1 000 en diu m o f Am a a vo . . p eric n Gene logy , I , p , a a a b a at the Indi n St te Li r ry . EARLY C OUNTIES OF VIRGINIA 2 2 5
Barrow Crest
” “ B arrow Crest is found in the Compend ” a ium of American Gene logy .
William Lee
i of a a W ll Willi m Lee , gr ndson , Peter Lee son a a a , Willi m Lee , d ughters , Eliz beth , Ann a A MY w as o f a Rebecc , (Amy the wife Willi m B arrow)
Henry Lee , executor . a 3 1 759 D ted August , . Ma 1 761 Proved y, .
Hannah Stone
of Danniel a HANNAH STONE , wife B rrow , o f a a w as Surry county, North C rolin , born Aug 6 1 764 and 1 9 1 83 4 a e 70 ust , , died August , , g a ye rs .
Extra Notes
London Company 1 659
“ LONDON COMPANY consisted of 2 1 8 1 1 0 an 96 5 . peers, Knights , Gentlemen, Merch ts and 2 82 Citizens .
Foreign References
a of —C of Co t Arms ollege Arms , Queen n d 4 a a . Victori Street, London , E gl n E C 2 2 6 A FEW EARLY FAMILI ES IN AMERICA
1 2 0 a The British Record Society , Ch ncey a 2 a L ne , W , C , , London , Engl nd .
’ a a i s i Register Gener l , Gener l Reg ster Off ce , a 2 Somerset House , London , Engl nd . W . C . .
” of a a Society Gene logists , Ch ucer House a a a M let Pl ce , London , Engl nd . W . C . I .
Reference Books an d Genealogists an d Others
an d of n Deed Books Records Surry cou ty , a—1 6454 672 a 1 680 - 1 686 al 1 694 Virgini , lso , so 1 709 at a a , the St te Libr ry in Richmond, Vir
ginia .
' Al berm arle Parish Register State Li brar at a y Richmond, Virgini . — House of Burgesses State Library at a Richmond , Virgini .
Virgini a Ma ga zine published at the Home of 707 a ank r i the Society, E st Fr lin st eet , R chmond , a Virgini .
History of Princ ess Ann County by Edward a vol 1 09 S a e Li W . J mes , . III , p . , Richmond t t brar hm i i ia y, Ric ond , V rg n .
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O a a f D o . Gene logic l Records . A . R . by Dr
Stephenson .
m i a at hm Rich ond T mes Disp tch , Ric ond , Vir a a a a gini , E . H . Collins , circul ting m n ger .
a on Am a a H ndbook eric n Gene logy .
' a a i a s N tion l Arch ves , Nelson V nce Ru sell a W shington, D . C .
a a of War a Adjut nt Gener l the Dep rtment , a W shington, D . C .
of a a a 1 770 Certified Book Virgini L nd Gr nts , 1 780 .
t a a a . Historic l Society Fr nkfort, Kentucky
Am a a 440 -442 a eric n Gene logy, South De rborn a street , Chic go , Illinois .
f a a a o . Libr ri n Congress , W shington , D . C — Bristol and Am erica Lists passengers ” n “ h ” when a d w ere to .
of a Lees Virgini by Burton .
Ma dison Historical Society Madi son Wis consin . EARLY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA 2 2 9
Stone Family
’ a l a m an Torn s D nie B rrow, the from Creek , a a who w as Surry county, North C rolin , born in 1 757 an d a , m rried HANNAH STONE , born 1 764 6 1 9 1 83 4 , August ; died August , .
“ (From a book called Notable Southern F am ” ilies by Armstrong . ) “ a w as a Willi m Stone born in Engl nd , North a 1 603 w as h mpshire , in . He the nephew of a 1 648 THOMAS STONE of th t shire . In , he immigrated from England to Virginia an d set tled a a on the e stern shore , ne r Hunger Creek, and w a s al a a c led C pt . Willi m Stone . In the a a 1 648 a a of s me ye r , , he negoti ted the remov l - a to non conformists , like himself , from Virgini a a an d 1 648 w as a M ryl nd in August , , ppointed of o f a a Deputy Governor the colony M ryl nd, by a an d G ov Lord B ltimore , the Lord Proprietor ern or a a a . He m rried in Engl nd , prob bly before i a an d h ad at a t w o of his em gr tion , le st sons
a : an d whom we know , n mely JOHN DAVID .
a son a and D vid , the second of the emigr nt a a Colonel Governor , m rried Eliz beth Jenifer , a of a an d had h d ughter Dr . D niel Jenifer , c il a dren , Mich el Jenifer Stone , John Hopkins o f a a a Stone (Governor M ryl nd) , Thom s Stone of a a of (the signer the Decl r tion Independence) , an d Frederick Stone , Ezekiel Stone “ Thomas Stone w as the grandson of Colonel 2 3 0 A F EW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA
a w as Governor Willi m Stone . He born in the 1 743 o f a a a . County Ch rles , M ryl nd , in 1 787 E zekial He died in . Stone , the fourth son a an d a eni of D vid Stone his wife , Eliz beth J
“ w as a a a C fer Stone , born in M ryl nd , Ch rles ity 1 760 nl county, in . He e isted in the Revolution ar War an d nl 1 6 a of a e y , though o y ye rs g , he
f . H m r o . e a served until the close the conflict . of a a a d ried JANE WOOD , North C rolin , n moved from Maryland to the French Broad a a n ow River in Sevier county , North C rolin , 1 784 E zekial an d a Tennessee , in . J ne Wood had the following children 1 il a . W li m . 2 . John .
3 . a Rich rd . 4 a . Thom s . 5 a . M ry . 6 a . Rebecc . 7 a . Eliz beth . 8 AH . HANN STONE . di a a He ed in Sequ tchie V lley, Tennessee , in 1 860 at a a a e of 99 a an d 1 1 , the dv nced g ye rs months .
LEE FAM ILY LINE
I CHARD LEE . 1 4 . 6 5 1 673 A John Lee , born , died .
. a a a 1 647 and A Rich rd P r dise Lee , born 1 71 5 an d a a a died , m rried L etiti Corbin , born 1 647 an d 1 706 died . a 1 648 an d 1 71 4 A . Fr ncis C . Lee , born died . a 1 651 an d 1 69 . 7 A Willi m C . Lee born died . a 1 65 n d . 3 a 1 09 7 . A H ncock Lee , born died From his descendants in the fifth generation " of ACHARY TAYLOR , twelfth president the United States of America an d father of Richard a a a T ylor , Lieuten nt Gener l C . S . A . a A . Eliz beth Lee .
A . Ann Lee . a wh o w as 1 656 and A . Ch rles C . Lee , born a died 1 700 ; married Cobb H ll . a RICHARD PARADISE LEE , st rts 1 691 and 1 747 (I ) Henry C . Lee , born , died an d married Mary Bland (from whom de lvania scended the L eesy Lees) . 2 4 an d 1 767 1 7 . a . John C . Lee , born , died n d 1 788 a a 1 73 0 a . a . L etiti Lee , born , died n d 1 795 a 1 72 6 a . a . Rich rd C . Lee , born died 1 72 9 an d 1 787 a . Henry C . Lee , born died ;
m h ad : married Lucy Gry es . They children “ ” Henry called Light Horse Harry who 1 81 8 w as born 1 756 an d died . 2 3 4 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
h a 1 758 and 1 81 5 C rles , born died ; a - a 1 795 -1 801 United St tes Attorney Gener l . a a 1 761 an d Rich rd Bl nd Lee , born died 1 82 7 .
1 766 an d d Theodorick Lee , born ied 1 840 .
i 1 772 an d Edmond Jenn ngs Lee , born 1 843 died . 1 774 Lucy Lee , born . a M ry Lee . 1 776 an d 1 857 Anne Lee , born died “ a a HENRY LEE , c lled Light Horse H rry
f a d an d had o Str tfor , they children 1 786 and (A) Lucy Grymes Lee , born died 1 860 . d 1 83 7 1 781 an . (A) Henry Lee , born died He w as the last Ma ster of Stratford ; died in
a a P ris , Fr nce . “ a a HENRY LEE , c lled Light Horse H rry t o a o f w as married second time Ann Hill C rter ,
an d h a d Shirley , they children Al 1 795 and (A) gernon Sidney Lee , born 1 796 died . a a 1 798 an d (A) Ch rles C rter Lee , born died 1 871 . 1 800 an d (A) Anne Kinlock Lee , born died 864 1 .
mi 1 802 an d (A) Sidney S th Lee , born died a a an d w as a 1 869 . He m rried Fitzhugh M j or
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V a who w as a a o f ill a irgini , the gr ndf ther W i m Chath an who w as a a Fitzhugh , of , the gr ndf ther of Mrs . Robert E . Lee
di an (I) John Lee , ed in inf cy . a a of (I) Rich rd Lee , merch nt London ; his i a children settled in Virg ni . 1 681 an d 1 744 (I) Philip C . Lee , born died . “ ” From his line descended the Maryland Lees an d a i 1 745-1 81 9 an d Thom s S mon Lee , , the Rev . of a George Lee , Maryl nd . a (I) Fr ncis Lee . a wh o w as 1 690 and (I) Thom s Lee , born 1 750 an d a a a a died , m rried H nn h H rrison Lud “ ” well an d from them descended the Stratford h ad Lees . They issue il 1 72 6 an d a . Ph ip Ludwell Lee , born died 1 775 an d a a had , m rried Eliz beth Steptoe ; he
several years o f education in England . They h ad issue a a wh o a a M tild Lee , m rried M j or Gen eral Henry Lee (Light Horse Harry) l a a . Flor Lee , m rried Ludwel Lee
a a a . H nn h Lee . a 1 73 0 an d a . Thom s Ludwell Lee , born died 1 778 a a a . M ny descend nts , the most f mous being f a a o . . . Edw rd D . White , l te Chief Justice U S A a Supreme Court ; w as educated in Engl nd . a 1 73 2 an d a . Rich rd Henry Lee , born died 1 794 ha d a a . He m ny descend nts including
a a . . a S amuel Philips Lee , Re r Admir l U S N vy , PART OF LEE FAMILY LINE 2 3 7 and a a a 1 91 3 BLAIR Lee , Sen tor from M ryl nd , 1 91 7 w as a a . He educ ted in Engl nd . i 1 3 4 an a . a 7 d Fr nc s Light Foot Lee , born 1 797 no da died . There were descen nts . i 1 73 6 and i 1 81 8 a . l A ce Lee , born d ed . i 1 73 9 and i 1 795 a . a . W lli m Lee , born d ed a a and a There were descend nts . Merch nt tr der of London . 1 740 and 1 792 w as a . Arthur Lee , born died ; a educated in Engl nd ; unwed . ( Taken from the c hart of the L ees of Vir ” “ inia iven in The L ees o Vir inia b g , g f g , y dri k rt n Hen c . Bu o J . )
C ON TE N TS OR IN DEX OF THI S B OOK
e n a B n Va . e . a e e e Ab r thy , Mrs Willi , L wr c vill , An h n Account of t e Rough Treatme t Given th e Rev . a a e e a 45 D vid B rrow , Whil Pr ching , e ae Andr ws , Isr l e a a a a in a Ang lic Sw mp , Pl c e North C rolina Owned by n a an d ee e n a Joh B rrow , Sr . , D d d to Joh B rrow r 1 7 68 J . , in
Va . a a . Ann ls of August County ,
e an a a . All gh y , County of Virgini “ ” e an th e ea n a All gh y , Gr t , in Virgi i
Al an a . p , Sus n h n a e e a a Atki son , Eliz b th , Wif of Thom s B rrow ’ Avor a e a a s a e y , Rich rd , Ex cutor of Thom s B rrow Est t
Ball Lin e
a Absolm an d a e e n 7th Gen B ll , Thom s P t rso , a Ann an n a a e an d se e an d B ll , , H h , Eliz b th Jo ph , Broth r 2 1 3 6 e e a n d Gen . . Sist rs of Est r B ll , , a e a a e e a e an d e e B ll , Ann Cust r , M ry J m s , Al x nd r G org e 7t h Gen Cust r , a n a e e e n an d E vard B ll, Arthur You g , H rli , J ff rso Youn g a n e e B ll , Colo l Burg s a a e e n a a e n e and a e B ll , C ry P t rso , M rv C th ri Ch rli n e e 8 Ge . P t rson , th a a e n e n 6t h Gen B ll , C th ri Thompso , B n 5t h e . a C a e . G B ll , Dr . h rl s , a a en e an d a e a 9th Gen B ll , Cl r c W lt r H rris , af Ball t he a e e , DAVID CUSTER ; F th r of MARY Cust r a 5 h e t Gen . . Who M rri d THOMAS PETERSON, a a e e n n 8 Gen B ll , D isy P t rso Woodi g , th l D zi l 0th n a an l r . G e B l , Krick , J , 6 h a e e e n d e ha e B . t n B ll , Eb n z r a Judg C rl s , Ge a a e e an d an e e 5t h an d B ll , Emm nu l Cust r Emm u l Cust r , 7th en 1 42 G . , a e a e e 8 Gen B ll , Est ll P t rson Young , th 1 703 2 n n d . a e a e Ge . B ll , Est r , M rri d in , 2 42 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AM ERICA
a a an d a a a e a n e ex B ll , Fr ncis M rth D ndridg B ll , (Li is 5th Gen tinct ) , .
a a e a e a e a . B ll , Fr nc s Fox , M rri d Burg s , of Engl nd t BALL l st , GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT A 3 r en . d G . OF U . S . . , a e e a t a 6th Gen B ll , G org W shing on , B ll a e e e 7th Gen B ll , G org Cust r , a 9th Gen B ll , Two Sons , * e e a BALL , GEORGE CUSTER ( G n r l ) , THE IN e Wh o a e " DIAN Fight r , M rri d ELI ABETH 1 4 8 n . 5 Ge . BACON , th 1 W. an d a e a 5th en 3 8 a e G . . B ll , G . , F y tt B ll , a"‘ B ll a n 9th en 1 51 a a e a e . . G . , Gr c B rrow , M rri d A S Johnso ,
l 1 3 . a a a l st Gen . 6 B l , H nn h , a a n a an d a e 5th Gen 1 45 B ll , H n h D vid Cust r , a a n a e a a n a a e B ll , H n h , Andr w J ckson , B li d , Eliz b th , a e an d a e e 7th Gen H rri tt M ry P t rson , a l I r a an d e and e a a e e 8 B l , Finn y Cord li Alm P t rson , th en 1 5 1 G . 0 51 , a 3 r a . e e e a d Gen . 1 3 B ll , Col J m s , of B wdl y , Engl nd , 7 al a a e a e a a e e 2 nd en 1 3 G . . 7 B l , M jor J m s , M rri d D ing rfi ld , a ea e e a e e a a e ea Mau B ll , J n tt , M ry G n v , Fr nc s El nor , e e an d a 9th Gen ric , Alic Will rd Young , ll a a e . e e e . e a a B , J m s C Cust r , G org A Cust r , Lul , Willi m B . n l i l . . e a d C a rbe . e 9th , Mrs C W Cust r Cust r ,
Gen .
a edu th an a e a e e n a B ll , J ; m rri d Eliz b th Burg s , of E gl nd 3 rd en G .
a n a ea a e and a B ll , Jim You g,How rd , G n , Jo n , M rrit C rl l 0th n Ge . Young , a J oe Al e an d i i a l 0th Gen B ll , Fox , ic Virg n 6 h n a e t Ge . B ll , John Cust r ,
a a k a an 4th Gen B ll , John , of B r h m , Engl d , ‘ a 1 62 8 l e e e a B ll , John , of , of uscomb , B rk s , Engl nd 5th n Ge .
a a a e a a an d a B ll , Jon th n Cust r , Nichol s , Willi m P ul 4th Gen e . Cust r ,
st‘ Ball n e JOSEPH , Son of WILLIAM ( Colo l ) BALL ; S ettled EPPING FOREST IN VIRGINIA at On e ea A e l st Y r of g , a 2 n d a a e 1 st Gen B ll , JOSEPH , M rri g ,
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”“ BALL , CAPTAIN WILLIAM OF MILLENBECK “ ” PLANTATION ; Lin k with th e STUARTS of ENGLAND ; Marrie d MARGAR ET DOWNMAN ( THE MOTHER OF GENERAL GEORGE
l st . . WASHINGTON , PRESIDENT OF U S 1 3 8
2 n d en a a e e n Pa . G B ll , Willi m , of B rk s Cou ty , , a a l t e e Ra a . e e e s B ll , Willi m T P t rson , M rri d Tim Ell n 2 t h n 1 49 d er n d e a a e e e 7 Ge . . . ; Tim M rg r t R im r , ‘ h en a a e e 8t G . B ll , Willi m P t rson , h n V a a t e e a . . B rlow , Willi m , of Isl of Wight Cou ty , Barrew e a de l a , Willi m Barrw e n 1 3 2 7 , Joh , of Barw e e de la 1 2 75 , Rob rt , of a e e B rrow , D riv d from Borough or Boroughs a a an d a a a e an d e -in B rrow , A ron M rth , Broth r Sist r l w R v a a 2 a e . 8 to D vid B rrow . , a e an e Barrdw e ea B rrow , Al x d r , G n logy a a am a a B rrow , F ily in Louisi n
a e an e a e a a a an B rrow , Al x d r , S n tor from Louisi n d of a e e e ee 2 0 N shvill , T nn ss ,
a e a l a a a e B rrow , Andr w , Twin to Ju i B rrow ; M rri d J an e Young a n e a e a Coffeldt B rrow , A dr w , M rri d N ncy a a . e a . B rrow, A Wilson , Judg from M con , Mo . a Asa n Al a a a an d B rrow , C , of Aubur , b m , of Win C e e en h st r , K tucky a en a a THE B rrow , B j h , Son of EMIGRANT JOHN BARROW ; His Children Are
a e th e a a e a e B rrow , Christoph r , Husb nd of M mmi Sl t r f BARROW TORNS , DANIEL OF CREEK , SURRY U e CO NTY, NORTH CAROLINA ; His R volution
“ ary War Record ; Wife Was HANNAH STONE ; en e e 1 8 2 8 83 His Childr W r , , , (Will of John B arrow Sr Mention s John an d D aniel B arrow )
a an e e ea B rrow , D i l ; Liv d N r Bloomington , Ind a a e e e n a B rrow , D ni l , of B rti Cou ty , North C rolin a ; n e e e ee an d e a a I d ntur B tw n Him His Wif , M rth an d e e e a Va G org Curl y , South mpton , County , n a . a e M S . e a n O . B rrow D i l , Liv d in M co , INDEX AND CONTENTS 2 45
the e BARROW , REV . DAVID , of Isl of WIGHT VA COUNTY, . , HIS REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD ; EMINENT BAPTIST MINISTER ; a a THE EMANCIPATOR ; Willi m B rrow , His F ather ; Manumitted His SLAVES ; Born in th n Va . e e e e Bru swick County , , His Childr n W r e 7 3 8 45 1 00 1 0 6 Church R cords , , , , , * a a en and a a a e B rrow , D vid , of K tucky , Indi n , M rri d 1 st e " 2 n d e Tim , ELI ABETH YOUNG ; Tim , Eliz ab eth a e 3 rd e a e e R d r ; Tim , Eliz b th Puck t
a a ea . . e B rrow , D vid , of N r Bloomington Ind , Unw d
th n th Rev a a . . n d . a e S o of e J mes M . B rrow a a en a a e the e B rrow , D vid Cr sh w , Ch nc llor of Univ rsity of Georgi a a a e n e B rrow , D vid Pr scott of Illi ois Univ rsity Pro fessor
a en e e Son a B rrow , Eb z r , of Emigr nt JOHN to Cum I th Ar e a . . e e e b rl nd , R , Childr n
a a e e e a B rrows , Elij h Port r , of Conn cticut Cl rgym n an d Author
a a e e Her e B rrow , Eliz , Wif of John Grim s ; Childr n Were lBarrow a e a e a a : , Eliz b th , D ught r of Thom s B rrow Eliz abeth e e a a , Ex cutor , Wif of Thom s B rrow
a e e a e n a “ B rrow , G org , Ch rl sto , M ss a a Kilbrith a a hue s B rrows , H rold , of M ss c s tts , Con ult ing Engin eer a e e e a War e e a B rrow , H nry Augustin , R volution ry V t r n
e a e 1 652 of G orgi , H nry of a e 1 500 e e a a B rrow , H nry , of , d sc nd nt of H mpshire
a F mily . a ac ob and a e t he e a Revolu B rrow , J S mu l , of Am ric n
a J ane and e a e a B rrow , Fortun , D ught rs of Thom s B arrow a a e the a e a a and B rrow , J m s , F th r of Rich rd , Thom s a e e e 1 540 e e e a J m s B for in H r fordshir , Engl nd ; 1 670 a e a e a War Vet James of ; J m s , R volution ry e a 1 5 r n . ,
a a e he a a a an d B rrow , J m s , of Nort rn P rt of Indi n , His Children 2 46 A FEW EARLY FAMILI ES IN AMERICA
* a B rrow , REV . JAMES BARROW , OF NEAR BL MIN T D a e OO G . ON , IN , M rri d MARTHA VAN NOY ; Their Children Are a the a e h aa e B rrow , John , F th r of P ilip , Is c ; Liv d in Va Suffolk County , . a the a a e e a and B rrow , John , Emigr nt ; C m to Am ric e e a e a s e Are S ttl d in S l m , M s , His Childr n ; John a 1 642 1 5 1 6 B rrow of , , a an d a B rrow , John Thom s a n e a B rrows , Joh H nry , Educ tor a en B rrows , John Vinc t , of Illinois a the e Are B rrow , John , Childr n a n e e e u His B rrow , Joh , of M rc r County , K nt cky ; Chil dren Are a a Va B rrow , John , His Will , of South mpton County , n an d a e Joh D ni l , Sons of a n e an e e a e B rrow , Joh Pr ston , Husb d of R m mbr nc Wright ; Ruth Ann Prather ’ a 1 77 6 en n B rrow , John s Will of ; M tio s His Son , Wil a a Va li m B rrow ; John , of Surry County , , John ’ B arrow Married Ann e Willis ; John B arrow s - 1 03 2 1 0 a a . L nd Gr nt , , a a e a a e a Cu ll e er B rrow, John , M rri d M rg r t B ll, of p pp Va a an - a County , . , John B rrow , L d Gr nt in Surry V a an - a n a . Cou ty , , John B rrow , L d Gr nt in Bruns Va wick County , . a a a n a r e Dan E rw ine B rrow , Juli , Twi ; M r i d a a a la a e a a B rrow , M h l , D ught r of D vid B rrow a a ew 1 656 B rrow, M tth , of a a a a aa a B rrow, M rth , Child of Is c B rrow a a a e e B rrow , M ry , of W yn County , K ntucky
a a a a e a e Bar B rrow , M ry Ann , D ught r of B rtholom w an d l st e e an e a row, Wif of Al x d r B rrow
a ae 1 653 B rrow , Mich l , of a a a e and a e B rrow , Morris B rrow , Eliz b th Fr nc s ; Chil dren of Willi am B arrow
a e a e h Rev a t e . a 3 8 B rrow, Mos s , Broth r of D vid B rrow , a a a a e an d a e o a B rrow , N th n , Judg L wy r fr m M con , M Ar O . e , His Childr n e
a a a e W B B rrow , Olivi Ruffin B rrow , Wif of illiam ar
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a a n n n e a en e ee . B rrow , W shi gto , Co gr ssm n from T n ss a a e an d n e B rrow , Willi m , Stok s Surry Cou ti s , North Va 2 5 a n a an d n n . C roli , Bru swick Cou ty , a a t he e n a War e 2 6 2 7 B rrow , Willi m , R volutio ry R cord of , a a en a e an d B rrow , Willi m , Childr , D t s of Birth D eath 2 7 2 8 R v a a 45 a a a e e . B rrow , Willi m , F th r of D vid B rrow Rev a a 69 e . a a . B rrow , Willi m , Broth r of D vid B rrow a 1 0 a a e e V . 7 B rrow , Willi m J of N wport N ws , a e a e of e an e a e B rrow , Willi , F th r Al x d r B rrow , Liv d i a n a en in enn e ee n North C roli , th T ss a a n Gl an dson e a e Bar B rrow , Willi m Ruffi , of Al x nd r e e e row , Childr n W r a l a n n Va a i ed B r ow , Willi m , Bru swick Cou ty , M rr a t e Amy LEE , d ugh r of WILLIAM LEE a a e n an B rrow , Willi m Pop , of E gl d a a n in 1 7 62 n C n B rrow, Willi m , Bor in Bru swick ou ty Va e n a War e , His R volutio ry R cord th e Rev a a e a an n . . B rtl tt , Comp io of D B rrow in en e a e n . B ss , H nry , Bor Mt Ed , K ntucky a an B ss , N cy a a e en in 1 7 89 B ss , S lli , Born in K tucky a e a a a a B t s , C rol , Husb nd of M ry B rrow ea - a a e e en B r Gr ss , S ttl m t in Ohio ea - a a ee in en B r Gr ss , Cr k K tucky i an V e a a n n e a . B ll , C pt i , Or g County , h Rev a en e a an n t e . a B n tt , Comp io of D vid B rrow en e e a a 3 rd e e a a a B tt , H nn h , Wif of B n j h B rrow Berew e de l a in 1 2 72 , John , Besont own Al a n n a a e e , i s U io town , Town in F y tt P County a . 64 - an a e nn n Big S dy , Riv r Ru i g into Ohio 66 ’ - h R a ee On e t e ev . a a Bl ck Cr k Church , of D vid B rrow s 50 a e a a e th e ee n a Bl k , Thom s , Sign r of D d of Joh B rrow 1 00 - n an V e e e a e a . Blu L dg Mount i s , Or g County , 58
' e - a a e e e a a e 6 Blu Lick , Pl c Wh r S lt Is M d , in Ohio 6
e- n e - ee t e “ Blu Spri g or Crippl d Cr k , Wy h County , 82 n a a e a th Blu t , Thom s , Purch s d L nd on e North Side of th e Nott aw ay River 1 01
e e a a e 1 666 Bonum , Ruth , Wif of Rob rt B rrow , M rri d in 1 6 e a e e a a r Boyl , Eliz b th , Wif of Rich rd B rrow, of He e fordshire a , Engl nd INDEX AND CONTENTS 2 49
a e a a Br dl y , Comp ny an e Beththier 2 nd e e a e a Br tl y , , Wif of Al x nd r B rrow an d the Children Are - in e a e a an e a n a . Bridg r , S mu l , L d Own r North C roli and e a a e e e Bristol Am ric , P ss ng rs List d - a in e Buck Run , Church K ntucky e a e a a Bur s , M ry , Wif of Thom s B rrow , of Norfolk , Va County , . e a Burrow s , Burrow , or B rrow e n 2 md an Of a a a a Butch r , Joh , Husb d M h li B rrow a a a a e in e e C bin Sw mp , Pl c B rti County , North C aro lin a C alen der of Virgin i a St ate P ap ers a e a n in C mpb ll , Cou ty Ohio ’ Ca s a a e n on the a a p , T v r Gre t C p e C apon a e a n a e in a e n Va C p C po , Riv r H mpshir Cou ty , . Carn st ow n a e Rev a , Town Wh re . D vid B arrow Stop p ed C ertified BoOk of Virgini a L an d Grants Chan dlier a n a 3 rd e e , H n h , Wif of G orge Barrow e e a e e Ch n y , Eliz b th , Wif of Edward B arrow a a a Chic go Libr ry , Chic go , Ill . CHILDREN OF DANIEL BARROW F en . or erson the e Rev Childr of Mrs g , Sist r of . D avid B arrow Children of John B arrow a a a - w e Chitty , Edw rd , L nd O n r in North C arolina . n n n a Ci ci ti , Ohio a the e n Rev Cl rk , Crippl d Au t of . D avid B arrow a e a in e Cl rksvill , Town K ntucky M a r . a e e a n a Cochr n , , G ntl m n of Ci cinn ti , Ohio Coloni al Records n 1 72 0 County , Bru swick , , Virginia a e 1 63 4 County , Ch rl s City , , Virginia e Va County , Dinwiddi , . e e and RichmOn d Va Counti s , Ess x , . en Va County , H ry , . n e 1 61 1 Cou ty , H nrico , , Virginia e e Va County , Fr d rick , . e 1 63 4 County , Isl of Wight , , Virginia a e Va County , J m s City , . e e e 1 702 County , Princ G org , , Virginia Ra ahann ock Va . o o o o o o o o o o o o o County , Old pp , o o o o o o 2 50 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Va es . County , Princ s Ann , h n n k Va Ra a a oc . County , pp , Va County , Richmond , . Va County, Norfolk , . e a a 1 789 County , Stok s , in North C rolin , a Va County , South mpton , . 1 652 a a County , Surry , , in North C rolin n e 1 754 a Cou ty , Suss x , , Virgini V the e a . County , Division of H nrico , k Va NVan os u e oa e . County , q y , V a a . County , W rwick , a e a an e a e e Lex Cr ig , Eld r Elij h , Eld r , of F y tt County , in t on e g , K ntucky ee a e the s e e ee e Cr ks , W t rs of Hol ton , or T nn ss Riv r e the a Cr st , B rrow ’ en e " G . Cust r s Widow , CUSTER , ELI ABETH BA CON ’ S LETTER n a at a o . . D . A . R . Libr ry W shingt , D C
’ a a e e a e a D wson , John , fri nd of Al x nd r B rrow Dau n d a e 2 n d e a y , Eliz b th , Wif of W . B rrow Da a a e the J a y , Thom s , Sign r of Will of ohn B rrow E V a . a e . e a D vis , Mrs Ch rl s , of Smithfi ld , . D escription of a C ave in Kentucky D escription of the Graves in Ken tucky e n th ee n D scriptio of e Tr s of Ke tucky . a Downing , M ry e e an d Sessu me ake Dr w , N witt Bl , Sign ers of the Will a an d a a e e of Thom s M ry B rrow , of Edg comb a n a County , North C roli n a a 2 n d Du h m , Lydi , Wife of Rob ert B arrow ee a e a Man in n Dupr , J m s , Woodford Cou ty , Ky n Da an d e n n Edmu ds , y How ll Edmu ds , Wit e sses of t he Will of Thomas B arrow Eve e e an V e a . , G org , in Or g County , a e e in e a a F y tt , County P nnsylv ni e a a e e e a F rguson , M rg r t , Wif of Judg Bright B rrow , a n of M co , Mo . F or erson Mrs th e e o f the Rev a g , , . v a Sist r D id B rrow , Her en Are 2 1 7 3 7 Childr , Foreign References 2 2 6 Mr . a n Va Fox , , of Louis Cou ty , . 57 an a a e I n a e Va Fr kford , Vill g H mpshir County , 61 a e a e n Va Fr zi r , J ckson , of H nrico County , Richmo d , . 57
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a Ge e a e a k a a Gr y , org P yn , J c son , John , J cob , Tibith , Emm a an d William P ayne a a a e e e an d e a e Gr y , H rry B il y , B rtic Essi B il y a e en e a e a Gr y , H l (Bin s ) R d r H wkins a en Gr y , H ry a e e Gr y , H tti
a I d a . . Gr y , E B a a e a Gr y , J m s from Scotl nd a a e en Gr y , J m s H ry r a e G y , Jou tt a n a Gr y , Joh B ss a a a An n Gr y , M rth a a a e Gr y , M rth Shirl y a a Gr y , M ry a Mal Gr y , y Polly a a e a a Gr y , Who M rri d N ncy B ss f GRAY a e S , NANCY JANE , Who M rri d THOMA RADER
a . Gr y , Polly J
a a ae . Gr y , R ch l a a n ve Lil tliu r n e Ma a e Gr y , R ymo d Oli r , I z y , Ch rl s an d Mab el Oliver a a arc issa Gr y , Rhod N a a Gr y , Rhod a e in e an Gr y , Rob rt , Born Ir l d
a e Son . . a Gr y , Rob rt , of A S Gr y G ay e r , Ros a se An n Gr y , Ro a e e a n Ma Au bn e Or a Gr y , Ruth Ell n Oliv r , F n y y , y , t n e n e e a a e e Aus i , Eth l , Nori , H rm n , Tr c y Ell n , Ar e Ann ac a e e thur B swick , y Eliz b th , B nton Alex an der Oliver a a a a h e e . e e e a a Gr y , S lli C R d r , Ros C t rin , Lol Ett ,
R v . a e a e . . a e a a W S R d r , Twins , M ry J n , Abr h m , \ y e e a G . a a e a a a V sl , D vid , Louis J n , M rth Emm n e Tilath an an d a e 1 . 76 li , Ann , Eliz b th F a a e a Gr y , S lli B ss f GRAY 1 02 , SAMUEL , LIVED TO BE YEARS OLD a e a e ea F rost ella a e Gr y , Shirl y P yn , P rl , , Ch rl s , John n a a an e a e e i a Wal Norto , M rth J , Eli L wr nc , W lli m t er a a n a an d a e a e , L ur Alto , Cor Fr ncis Nobl P yn . a u ssan n a Gr y , S a Eliz b eth INDEX AND CONTENTS 2 53
' a S u sie F lo d Gr y , y a T eresa en Gr y , y Ell
a a . Gr y , Willi m B ee a e l st e of a a th e a e Gr n , J n , Wif Willi m B rrow , F th r of Alexan der B arrow een e a the a e e e th e I n Gr vill , Town in Ohio , Pl c Wh r ” dian Treaty Was H eld ” a e ana a e n Greenwood , Hom in Louisi , D scriptio of the a e Guilford , B ttl of e ee a ee e ee an d Ken Gunpowd r Cr k, Cr k B tw n Ohio tucky a n a H milto , Fort , Fort in Ohio P a a a e a e e a . H ll , T v rn in F y tt County , H an d -Book on Americ an Genealogy a a e Va H rdwood , P ul , of Suss x County , Hen nin gs St atues Hevitt a a in e a e , C pt in , Am ric n R volution
Hic cles a a an e e Va . , J cob , Dutchm , of Culp pp r County a a a the a a e e Hill , C pt in of North C rolin R gim nt
e a a . a e Hinkl , S r h E (B rrow ) , of Unionvill , Ind ’ h Rev a e a a n t e . a s Hit , Comp nio of D vid B rrow Historical Colle ctions of Virgin ia a e at ra en Historic l Soci ty F nkfort , K tucky a e a e the e Hog n , Colon l J m s , of R volution H e a e ea an d a a e ook , Ann W lk r , Dorothy , J n Alm W lk r 7th n Ge .
e n e Ma ak e a Son a 6th an d Hook , Bon i y Bl l y, , Willi m , 7 h n t Ge . ’ e a e a 4th en al n n r G . e a 3 d Hook , C l b V nnoy , , C b V oy s a a e e the 3 rd Mar l ia e M rri g , Childr n by g e a e a e an d a e 6 li a ec t . t Hook , Ch rl s M tth ws Ell B rn tt , ,
e a e a e a an d a a 7th Hook , Cl rk K llum , J m s , P ul M rth ,
G n . e 0
e a Ma a 6th an d 7 th en Hook , Cor y H rris , Two Sons , G . e e a a e and Her Hook , Cord li Cl rk P rkins , Brother a e a 6th en J m s Cl rk , G . e a an d e e a a 5 h en Hook , D vid R b cc B rrow , t G . e C enthia an 5 h n t Ge . Hook , y V noy , e a n e 7th Gen Hook , D vid E gl r , . e a and e Hook , Dorothy F rris , Four Oth rs e Dru z ella an et c 5th G n . Hook , V noy , . , e Hodke a e the 4 h n e t . , Eliz b th Gl nn , of Ge 2 54 A F EW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
e a 4 h n a e a t e e . Hook , Elij J n V nnoy , G continu d e a e 6 h n e t Ge . Hook , Eliz b th K llum , e a e e i an d a a e a 7th Hook , Eliz b th P rk ns M rg r t Cl rk , 1 2 9 Gen . 1 3 0 e e an d e a e . Hook , Emily Gl nn Andr w B rrow , continu d
4 h n . 1 2 5 e e a e t Ge . Hook , Elsi J n , E m l a t c 6th n 1 2 7 Ge . e e . Hook , y F rris , , e e 1 1 9 Hook , Est r e 2 n d e e a e 1 2 0 Hook , G n r tion of Childr n e 3 rd en e a e 1 2 0 Hook , G r tion of Childr n e 3 rd en e a n e 1 2 1 Hook , G r tio of Childr n e 3 rd en e a e e 1 2 2 Hook , G r tion of Childr n , continu d e 4th en e a e 1 2 2 1 2 3 Hook , G r tion of Childr n , e 5 e e a e 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 Hook , th G n r tion of Childr n e 6th en e a e 1 2 3 Hook , G r tion of Childr n AN 4th Gen 1 2 5 HOOKE , GEORGE V NOY , . * N a e HOOKE , GEORGE VA NOY , Twin , R cord for h h e a . t e a t e Am ric n D . A R . Found in Old F mily 1 2 1 1 2 2 e . a a . e e . Bibl , Mrs S r h E Hinkl , Own r , 6th n 1 2 6 a Ge . e e et c . Hook , Gl dys Lov joy , , d n a i 7 h n 1 2 6 e a an e a a e t Ge . Hook , Gl dys Riggs O t Gr c F rr s , e a e a 6th Gen 1 3 0 Hook , Gr c B rrow Johnson , e a a u nkins n e an d e e a e 5th Hook , L ur J , I s G org Hols ppl , 6th n Gen e Ge . . , Eth l Junkins , * ANN AN 4 h n t Ge . HOOKE , MARTHA V NOY , * a a e a a a and HOOKE , M rth Louis B rrow, S r h E * 5th Gen SPURGEON BARROW , L a 7th en e a ee G . Hook , N ncy B rrow, e a Ann 8 n e Ge . Hook , M ry K llum , th e a a a 3 r d n e e e Ge . Hook , R b cc J n B rrow , e e 1 71 2 e a 1 st Gen Hook , Rob rt , of , from Ir l nd , e e a e n a n a a Hook , Cord li P rki s , of Fr nklin , I di n e e e an d a e e Hook , Rob rt Stiv rs , Ruth Eliz b th Stiv rs 7th en G .
e l n 4th en a e a G . Hook , S l y Ann V n oy , =X‘ Ho k n a n 7th n o e e Ge . , Spurg o B rrow Johnso , * e a l e n 8 Gen Hook , Thom s A b rt Johnso , th e n d e a 7th en a G . Hook , Thommy L on B rrow , e a a e e e e Hook , Victor B rrow, Ruth , W lt r , L sli , Elsi , Ora e e a a An n an d a a 1 3 0 1 3 1 , J nni , M rth , Emm B rrow an e Va 85 Huff , D i l , of Brunswick County , . ’ a a e e e Va 60 Huffm n s T v rn , Fr d rick County , . Mr n ae . e e Va 62 Isr l , , Living in All gh y County , .
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Le L ee n Lee a Paradic e Lee an . e , Joh , Rich rd , Fr cis C , a Lee an Lee a e Lee An n Willi m C . , H cock , Eliz b th , L ee an d a e Le Ch rl s C . e L ee n . , Joh C L Le a L L an ee n e ee . ee , Joh , Rich rd Philip C , Fr cis Lee a Lee , Thom s Lee ae a , L titi Lee a a an d a Lee , M tild Flor Lee e Lee , Philip Ludw ll
Lee a . , Rich rd C Lee e a a An n e , Rob rt Edw rd Custis , M ry , Childr n of e e a n n : al s n e G org W shi gto Custis M y Cu tis , A ni , e e e a Agn s , Mildr d , Rob rt Edw rd Custis Lee e a an d e e Lee , Rob rt Edw rd G org Bolling Lee e t a L ee , Rob r Edw rd IV f LE E ME HE RRAN , WILLIAM , of PARISH , VA 1 03 BRUNSWICK COUNTY , . , THE WILL , Lee a a Meh erran a , Willi m , Son of Willi m , of P rish n n Va Bru swick Cou ty , . ii LE E Th e a e Four D ught rs of WILLIAM , OF ME 1 759 : a e HERRAN PARISH , of Eliz b th , Ann Reb ecc a an d AMY Lees of Virginia n n a I n Ken Lexi gto , City tucky n n e a n a a . Libr ri of Co gr ss , W shingto , D C . e n e a in Lim sto , Town Ohio n e en a a a Li coln , Widow , Wif of B j h B rrow n n a e e e a am Li to , C th rin , Wif of Philip B rrow , of C bride shire a g , Engl nd Lon don Comp an y e en Louisvill , K tucky Low er Norfolk Coun ty An tiquary n a e e en e e a Lyo , Eliz b th , Wif of Eb z r B rrow , of Cum e a b rl nd , R . I . Mac Gr aw an in n a a , Fr cis , Surry Cou ty , North C rolin Magazin e of American Genealogy a e an a u M g t , Nick , Sold L d to Thom s Bl nt Marriett e a in , Town Ohio a a n M rsh ll , Joh e a e ea ea a n n M di R s rch Bur u , W shi gto , D . C . e e n K n h e . t e e a M rc r Cou ty , , Hom of John B rrow ,
‘ e th Rev a a Broth r of e . D vid B rrow e e an a e e an n V e a . M rry , Pr ttym , R sid nt in Or g Cou ty , INDEX AND CONTENTS 2 57
- Va a a Chu rch the e . Mill Sw mp , in Isl of Wight County, e a n a W e a a a Misk ll , Sus n , if of Willi m B rrow, of Pul ski e County, K ntucky h R e a an d e a t e ev . Mitch ll , Dunc n, T rrill , Comp nions of h a a W ee e . . D avid B rrow on t e y to Gr nvill , Ohio M n li a e Pa o on a a e e . g Riv r , of F y tt County , m a e er . a ea e Moor , J , Pr ch r of Virgini e e the e a e Moor , Colon l , in Am ric n R volution e e the a e the Rev Mt . St rling , K ntucky , L st Hom of D avid B arrow u e Musking m Riv r , in Ohio a a e e an e e N tion l Archiv s , N lson V c Russ ll ’ e e a e a s N wsom , Edith Sign r of John B rrow (Sr . ) Indenture e Va a e e . N wton , Town in Culp pp r County , a e th e a Nicholson , Thom s , Own r of Richmond P p er . a e a Norm n , Louis Dobson , North C rolina en e e e a a Norton , H ry , R c iv d L nd from Thom s B arrow Notes an d Qu erl es a e h P isl y, Colonel in t e American Revolution V a a . P trick County , ’ P earce s Comp any in t he Revolutionary War
e e a e e . e e h . t e P t rson , L tt r from M R P t rson , OLDEST 1 940 2 00 LIVING PETERSON IN . , ’ e e 2 nd a a e a P t rson , Ann Wood s M rri g , PETERSON * ’ 1 st a PETERSON, ANN WOOD S MARRIAGE ; J ck RUSK e e P t rson , (Rusk) Annis e e e e J o n P t rson , P ggi e a d Jean e e a e e e P t rson , Twin Broth r to Mildr d H ndricks e e e a e a e a ah B P t rson , Andr w, Eliz b th , H rri tt , H nn , al a Absolmn and a ind , M ry J e e a an d a e W P t rson , C rl E rl ooding , Twins e e a P t rson , C rl Young e e a P t rson , Ch rles e e P t rson , (Rusk ) Charles
e e a f P t rson , Ch rles Ru fu s
e e a e a and a a P t rson , Ch rli , C ry , M ry C therine P eterson e e H I r e . a T a . and P t rson , Finn y , , Willi m , Cordelia Alma Peterson
e e a e the a a a P t rson , G mm l , Husb nd of H nn h Morrow . * PETERSON, GRACE BARROW JOHNSON 2 58 A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
e e a e a Lou allie e e and By a P t rson , H rl y , E rl , , J ff rson rd Young 1 95 e e a a a an d e e e 1 97 P t rson , H rry , M ry, C rl , Russ For st P t rson e e e e e 1 94 P t rson , H l n Alic Wooding P e e e . e e t rson , History Writt n by Mrs Jos phin (Rusk) 1 83 ‘ 1 8 e . . 8 P et rson Browne (Mrs D . P ) 1 89 e e a . P t rson , J ck Rusk , Sr 1 e e a . 89 P t rson , J ck Rusk, Jr e e a e a 1 99 P t rson , J m s Edw rd e e a e e i Ma e an d P t rson , J m s Orvill , Ed th , y, Ir ne, Ed ward P eterson e e e an d Su e a P t rson , J rry Twins , How rd e e P t rson , Jim Young e e J oe e and a P t rson , , Alic Virgini Fox e e P t rson , John e e e e e P t rson , Jos phin (Rusk ) Brown a" PE TERSON , MARY CUSTER e e e an d a e n P t rson , M rritt J m s Arthur You g " e e e e Ob erl P t rson , N lli Young e e a n e P t rson , P uli Floyd e e e e e 1 3 1 83 9 e e n P t rson , P t r , Born Octob r , , in J ff rso an d a e a e a e a County , Ohio , M rri d Eliz b th J n W rd , h e e s e t e Mother of Mrs . Jos phin (Ru k ) P terson Brown e e a ee n a a Ed P t rson , R ymond , thr I f nts (sons ) , D isy n a and e a e e 1 93 1 5 , Est ll P t rson 9 e e e a a e e e e e P t rson , Rob rt H rold , H z l F rn , H l n Louis , a a n a a e a Leo and Willi m Fr nkli , N omi M dg , R lph a 1 98 1 99 Rich rd B . , e e e e a 1 90 P t rson, S r pt e e e 1 99 P t rson , Susi Floyd Young * 1 804 PETERSON, THOMAS OF , JEFFERSON
COUNTY, OHIO f PE TERSON , THOMAS
e e a . P t rson , Thom s J it‘ PE TER ON a S , Thom s ALBERT JOHNSON, Born Ma 1 4 1 940 y ,
e e a e P t rson , W lt r
e e a e e e a e e e a ha P t rson , W rr n , L sli How rd , H l n Alic , M rt ee a e an e e a ene a a e Col n , Will rd , J tt , M ry G v , Fr nc s Eleanor an d M aurice Thomas Youn g 1 95 1 96 e e a e a a e e Ra a a e 1 92 P t rson , W yn R m g , Oliv , y R m g
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a e a a e e e and s e a e Al l R d r , H rry B il y , B rtic E si B il y , of a n e a a M rti svill , Indi n
a e e e e a a e . . R d r , H l n (Bin s ) H wkins , of Ev nsvill , Ind f T RADE R e . , IRA PETERSON, Finn y , WILLIAM , an d CORDELIA ALMA PETERSON BARROW a e an e a e a ee e R d r , J , M rri d Fl n r
a e e e a e a e . a e R d r , J ssi , M rri d R ch l B Pr th r ’ a e h e Was a Raffid R d r , Jo n s Wif Lydi y a e the e e R d r , John , son of J ssi a e ea R d r , L h a e a a R d r , Lol Ett a e a a a e R d r , Lol Alm B l s a e a a e R d r , Louis J n a e a a e R d r, M ry J n a e a a a e R d r , M rth Emm lin a e e a e e R d r , Ros C th rin a e R d r , Ruth Ann a e a e R d r , S lli * D RA ER, SARAH ELLEN f RADER , SPURGEON BARROW JOHNSON a e the Rev R d r , . Scott a e a n e 1 0 1 787 R d r , Thom s (A Twin to A ni ) , Born July , * Y 3 0 1 81 9 M r . a RADER , THOMAS , BORN MAY , , ried NANCY JANE GRAY i ‘ RADER Ma , THOMAS ALBERT JOHNSON, born y 1 4 1 940 , a e Tilath a R d r , Ann a e e e R d r , W sl y
a a a . e e R nd ll , C pt Rob rt , H ld by Edmund B arrow ’ e a Th R e ev . a a s R d , An Old Aunt of D vid B rrow , (of Va Brunswick County , . ) Red- e a a e a e e Pa Ston , Pl c in F y tt County , . ’ Rheese e a th R e e ev . a a s , Eld r , Fri nd of D vid B rrow . e a a e a e Richmond Tim s Disp tch , City N wsp p r , of Rich Va mond , . ’ e a a e Ridl y , N th n , a Sign r of Thom as B arrow s Estate e e e 2 n d e e Row , R li f , Wif of G orge B arrow R ese a e e 2 n d e y , C th rin , Wif of Is aac B arrow e e a ea e a Va S mpl , Pr ch r from Louis County , . Ships ’ e - a the Rev a Should r Hill , Church of . D vid B arrow s . a i e e a Simmons , Sophi Pipk ns , Wif of Rob rt B rrow II , a of M con , Mo . INDEX AND CONTENTS 2 61
e a e e e e a w Singl ton , K th rin , Wif of Rob rt B rro e a e Squirr l Hunt , M dison County , K ntucky a a e a St ndish , M ry, Wif of John B rrow a e a e a St t Historic l Soci ty of M dison , Wisconsin t a Lu R the . R. a C. . e e e . . . Sp nc r , , D A , W shington , D ee e a W e a a St l , M ry , if of John B rrow , of Chic go , Ill , the Children Were e e and e e the W St ph nson , Lucy H nry , Sign rs of ill of John B arrow e a th t e . e e e R. a St ph nsons , Dr J n , Soci ty of D . A . ,
Wa . shington , D C e a a F e the Rev a a Stit s , M jor, ri nd of . D vid B rrow e a a Stok s , County in North C rolin f e e e DANI EL W Ston , Eld r , Liv d by BARRO , in North C arolina Stu ebenville e , Anoth r Town in Ohio ”“ STONE , HANNAH a e Mr e th Rev B T nn r , . , Who Work d with e . D avid ar row a e e th a T rl ton , Colon l of e Dr goons Tar anson F a a t , r ncis , of North C rolina " a a a e a Thompson , ch ri h , An Emin nt B ptist Preacher of Fountain Creek Church e e a e Turn r , B nj min An Executor of the Will of John B arrow Tylers Quarterly e e a a Wa h t V t r ns Administr tion , s ing on , D . C . Virginia Historical Register Virginia Magazine of History Virginia State Library Virginia Valley Re cords a e a W lk r, a C ptain in the Revolutionary War Wa e W e a a e lpol , Dorothy , if of Thom s B rrow , of Ess x Va County , . a a a a the Re W tt , Thom s , Comp nion of v . D avid B arrow a e e e e W rd , Eld r Eb n z r , His Last Will and T estament ’ a a a e W shington s Bottom , Pl c on the Potom ac River Wa Va shington County , . ee a Wh ling , Town in West Virginia e a a “ Whit , Willi m , C me to America on the Jo an e ea a Whit h d , Arthur L nd to Thomas Blun t W a and a a e illi m M ry s Qu rt rly , of Brunswick County V a . 2 62 A F Ew EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA
I illiamson n Va V a a a . , C pt i from Brunswick County, e a e e a a Wingfi ld , Fr nc s , Wif of Willi m B rrow, of Suf Va folk County , . a e a a Wisconsin St t Libr ry , M dison , Wisconsin a o f en Va e e e 6 Wood , M jor, H rico County , . D c mb r 1 654 an e a a , Tr sport d Thom s B rrow a a e a a Wood , P tton of Gr invill County, North C rolin ” V e . Wyth County , a an a e a e a a Y cy, J m s , of C sw ll County , North C rolin . e ee en Y llow Cr k , K tucky n a e a a a a a You g , Ch rl s , Husb nd of M h li B rrow e e a e aa a Yong , R b cc , Wif of Is c B rrow
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a e e a e B rrow Cr st , n xt to p g
e . a n e a Judg Bright G B rrow , xt to p ge e a e a e Rob rt Wilson B rrow , n xt to p g * e a e DAVID BARROW , n xt to p g i‘REV . e a e JAMES BARROW , n xt to p g A sa . a e a e C B rrow, n xt to p g ’ R a a s 1 795 ev . e a e D vid B rrow Trip in , n xt to p g e e a e a e a e Hom of Al x nd r B rrow , n xt to p g e a a e a Hom of Willi m Ruffin B rrow , n xt to p ge a a a a e a e M rth V nnoy B rrow , n xt to p g a e e a e B ll Cr st , n xt to p g M . a a and rs . e Mrs Alm C B rrow . Alb rt S . Johnson
a and e e a W shington Custis Pictur , n xt to p ge ’ a e e a e W shington s Hom , n xt to p g a e e e a Em nu l H . Cust r , n xt to p ge * e e a e e e e a e G n r l G org Cust r , n xt to p g a a n d e e . a e C pt Thom s N vin Cust r , n xt to p age * e a e MARY CUSTER PETERSON , n xt to p g a an d a n a e e e a e M ry H n h P t rson , n xt to p g if illi m W a . e e e a e T P t rson , n xt to p g *
a . a e e a e Thom s Y R d r , n xt to p g
Rev . a e e a Scott R d r , n xt to p ge
. e n e e e e e a e Mrs Jos phi (Rusk) P t rson Brown , n xt to p g The Present P eterson or the Home Which Mary Custer e e e a e P t rson Built , n xt to p g
. e . e a e Mrs Alb rt S Johnson , n xt to p g
. e a e a e Mr Spurg on B rrow , n xt to p g
. e a e a e Mr Spurg on B rrow Johnson , n xt to p g a e a a e to a D vid Cr nsh w B rrow , n xt p ge