T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
AUTHOR ’ S P R EFACE
n When one crosses the Atlantic g o i g East , he turns his back on the new and faces the o ld. It is the old palaces , old paintings , o ld cathedrals , old abbeys , old museums , filled
o l . with rare d curios , that one goes in search of And what is it that gives such fascination to the old "There is surely nothing in mere crumbling stones to enchant one . It is the c history embodied in it , the tale of a past ivilization with its colossal characters , that swayed the minds of men and made great achievements possible . How we like to look upon
o some o f these memorials , and people them with our wn ancestors who passed, as history records , through scenes
' of blood to perpetuate the nation s honor " B9 It was soon after returning , in l 4 , from a first view of these old world monuments of the past that the present writer was impressed with the duty o f helping a little in the making of history , by collecting memorials for future gen eratio ns ; the impulse thus begun has born e fruit in this little book of family lore and memories . " It began with the query , what of our remote ancestors Where did they come from " I had learned very little of them in my childhood home ; but I had read somewhere f that each individual is the sum o his ancestors , and that each
' person is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride . The ques
' tion haunted me and would have itself answered.
A few years before this inquiry began , a Baptist minister in Kentucky had written me that he had a book called the " " f ain Broadmead Records o f Bristol , Englan d , c ont ing interesting information of one Nathaniel Snead , in 1 672 , a
Baptist deacon . The book could not be bought , as the owner prized it highly, but later there came into my posses sion a typewritten copy o f the memorandum to which he
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referred , from the Library of Colgate University . A part f o this document will appear in this book . From that time began the search ‘into books at the Virginia State Library at Richmond , turning up old grants m the Land Grant
Office , old wills and records , and talking with the older members of the family , until many valuable data of entirely authentic sources concerning the Snead family had been acquired . The suggestion was ventured several years ago , too , that it would be interesting to have , at Fork Union ,
Virginia , a reunion o f the Sneads , as there were so many living in this neighborhood on the land held in uninter rup ted possession by their family for more than one hundred and thirty years . This summer the suggestion was revived by one of the family , Miss Lucy Snead , and the reunion appointed to be held at Fork Union Church grounds , as nearly was ascertainable , on the anniversary , or near ‘ as i that time , of the landing n this country of the first Sneads in August, 1 634 , was held .
8 This book 1 , i n a sense , the outcome of the reunion , as it was there definitely determined upon, a committee being given charge of its publication . The scope i s indicated by
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luva n a . its n ame , f T he Sneads of F n The task I have set myself, i n the way of lineage , is to give a practically complete list of the families and descendants of the three
B en amm Snead do wn brothers , William , George and J g to
' the present generation ; n o t o f all the descendants of Archi
bald o r John Snead , the father of the three brothers . One — — o f the brothers there were four of them had moved to
Texas in early life , and. it was impracticable to trace his
o f descendants , or those of the sisters the three brothers ,
haVe most of whom , for one reason or another, left the
c lo sm family seat . Some of them are given in the g parts of the book along with other fragmentary data , such as could be obtained of other branches of the Snead or Sneed [4] T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
family . The genealogical line traced begins with the three brothers , sons of John , of Archibald , probably of Charles , of William , Sr . , and of Samuel , the first colonist , and t closes wi h the seventh generation of the three brothers , as represented by the babies in the picture . After this work was begun , so much data proved available in libraries and elsewhere that th e writer has been led to enlarge the original plan , and admit into the columns much that has been o b ta ined concerning the Sneads of England , without under taking , in every case , to trace indisputable connections ; the reader being left to make his own inferences . A chrono
be logical order will be followed in the material treated , ginning with the Sneads of England in early times . Some one asked a historian , in the time o f Charles the First, if he thought the monarch ought to have been executed . He “ ” replied , I am not a judge , I am a narrator. Somewhat akin to this is the attitude of the writer . It has been a pleasing task to rescue from the oblivion that overwhelms all , names that are held near and dear of those who served well their generation . It has been such a burden as old Anchises was to the willing shoulders “ of PEne as . Perpetuating testimony is an apt phrase in law . To perpetuate testimony , by receiving it from one generation and passing it to the next, is a recognized duty .
May it continue from this beginning .
Acknowledgments are hereby made , first, to the patrons ; to Mr . William Sclater, Miss Helen Thomas , Register
. Mc I lwaine . . . . ; J W Richardson , State Librarian Dr H R to Mr . Frank Snead , Miss Lucy Stone , Mrs . E . S . Ligon ,
Captain E . N . Macon , Miss Catherine Snead , Mrs . Evelyn
‘ ’ Snead Barnett , and all who have aided in the work ; also to the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company for many courtesies extended . T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
GENEALOGY
i or e e (Furn shed by Mr. W sl y, G en alo gis t of Lo ndo n )
SN EYD OR SNEDE OR ‘ SN EAD OR SN EED
f a m e a Eadwul , o r E dulf, A lfwyn , daughter n d r ar l er e r a son of O dg , ea d heir o f Aeth l ed, l st “ man o f the De fenso etas king and first earl o f Aethelflo ed ( Devon and Cornwall) . Mercia , by , daughter o f Alfred the Great (died 90 1 )
o f Leo fwine , m Alwara , daughter
Earl o f Mercia . Aethelstan , Duke of the
East Angles . I ss ue
Godwine , ’ Fourth so n tain us regis ’ a (king s thegn) , lord , o
cording to Domesday , of many manors in Staf
fo rdshire and Cheshire .
I ssue
m o f Wilfrid , Cild or Uluric , daughter o f Lord o f Aldithley , Bal William , Count o f d terley, and many other Arques , son Richar
o f . manors in Staffordshire II , Duke Normandy
and Cheshire , according
to Domesday.
I ss ue ] m Game , ’ tain e is . Eldest son , us r g , Probably a Verdun
Lord of Aldithley , Tal
kc and Balterley , etc . ,
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Staffordshire , Mottram ,
Andrew, Cedde and
Chester.
I ss ue Adam de Aldithley (le m
Verdun) , Lord of Al dithle y , etc . , Staffords , brother o f Robert de
Stanley , Sheriff of Staf
- fords , 1 1 2 3 8 .
I ss ue
L nul hu l y p s de A dithley, m
Son and heir , Sheriff o f
Cheshire . Temp . King
Stephen .
I ssue
Adam de Aldithley,
of Aldithley .
I ssue
Henry de Aldithley, Lord of large estates in f Sta fords and Cheshire , and founder of Hulton
Abbey, 1 2 33 . Died
1 2 36 . and
Robert de Aldithley ,
I ssue
Richard de Aldithley , m Rosia , daughter and heir
Who took the name of of Henry de P raers, of
Sned or Snede from the Barthomley, Cheshire . lands of Sned which he
held under his cousin ,
Henry de Aldithley. He gave a hide of land T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N ' A
called Sithefield, near
the wood of Sned , to b the Ab ey of Hulton ,
1 2 33 . He was buried
on Festival of St . Ma 3 ‘ I I I thias , 2 Henry (24th Feb 1 2 38
I ss ue
‘
m Stonlei h. Richard de Sned , Joanna de g assumed his mother’ s
arms : gules , a scythe
argent .
(Also Roger, who married
' o m as del issue , T h Sned , living 1 2 7 7
I ss ue m William de Sned or Snede , Matilda , daughter of Gave lands near the
wood of Sned , called
R o uthesc ro ft, to Hulton 1 280 Abbey , ; buried
o n Feast o f St . Martin , 2 1 Edward I ( 1 1 th
November ,
I ss ue m Henry de Sned or Snede , Margaret , daughter and Gave lands to Hulton heir o f Nicho las de Al dithle who 1 98 . , had as Abbey , 2 Living , y sumed name of Tunstall 1 3 1 0. from manor of that name held under his i kinsman , N cholas de
Aldithley .
I ss ue m Ae N icho las de Snede , Idonia , daughter of ldithle son Sometimes assumed his fidius de A y,
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’ mother s name , de Tun of William de Aldith
stall ; had grants o f land ley, son of Henry de
1 3 1 3 1 3 1 8. Aldithle and y , who founded
Hulton Abbey . I ss ue Richard de Tunstall de m
Snede , who was en gaged under Lord Aud ley (Aldithley ) in the
French wars . He fought P o ic tiers 1 35 at , 6 , and in commemoration of which services bore the
- - fleur de lis in his arms .
I ssue m Richard Snede ,
Son and heir of Snede ,
Bradwell and Tunstall . Lord Audley granted
him manor of Bradwell , 1 00 4 , in fee farm .
I ssue
n e e William S yd , m
Of Sneyde Bradwell ,
son and heir living temp .
Henry IV .
I ss ue
e m “ Richard Sn yde , Agnes , daughter of John
Of Snede Bradwell . Sutton , of Sutton , Che
shire . I ssue
de m Nicholas Sn ey , Margaret , daughter and
Of Sn eyde Bradwell . heir of Robert Downes ,
of Shrigley , Cheshire . I ss ue
m William Sneyde , Johanna , daughter and T H E S N E A D' S F L U V A N N A
Sn e e Of yd and Tun heir of Roger Ledsham ,
stall ; Sheriff o f Chester, of Chester.
1 473 ; Mayor, 1 479 .
I ss ue
r e o f Richa d Sn yde , m Anne, daughter Sir l rs o f Recorder o f Chester. Robert Fo w ehu t,
Died 2 7 Henry VIII Crewe .
- 1 5 35 6) and others .
I ssue
m An n r Sir William Sneyd, , daughter and hei
Of Bradwell ; had grant of Thomas Barrows .
o f Keele from Crown ,
36 Henry VIII . Died
1 5 7 1 .
I ssue
Ralph Sneyd , Mary Chetwynd .
Of Keefe .
Felicia , daughter o f c Died 1 643 . Ni holas Archbold
1 659 .
I ssue
Sn eyds Keele , T H E N E A D S S O F F L U V A N N A.
CHAPT ER I
ANCESTRY ; HERALDRY ; COAT OF ARMS SNEAD “ COAT”
f It is said that pride o ancestry is innate , and only those scoff at it who can lay no claim to hereditary insignia o f
' honor Over against this are the wo rds o f the poet,
Honor and shame from no condition rise ,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies . " - The Hand Book of Heraldry says , that the knowledge o f o ur o wn family from a remote period will always be esteemed as an abstract preeminence , since it can never be promiscuously enjoyed . There are few more engaging topics o f the present day
’ than one s ancestry . From supreme indifference in the past ,
o the pendulum has swun g t the other extreme , of intense interest . The spirit o f the olden days disc o uraged loo kin g backwards . The forward look seemed more in keeping
o with young America , who had set out t make her own name . Conforming to the spirit of the times , it is said that
Washington did not know his own an cestry . The Pioneers thought it far better to be at the head o f a line o f dis tinguished descendants than to be the descendant o f a dis “ tin g uished head . Carve out your own destiny , achieve ” greatness , was the slogan of the past generation ; but the tide has changed ; people everywhere are seeking to learn something of those who have gone before them— whose blood is the same as theirs and whose name they bear. Not an ignoble desire . The reasons are many why one should
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' seek to know the rills that go to make up the current o f one s existence . It is not an unusual thing to see a family trait
' “ " show itself in successive generations . Blood will tell , is a homely , but sensible proverb . Ofttimes , too , the posses sion of great estates is got by tracing ancestry . The ques tion is often asked , What is meant by crest and coat of arms "
Armorial devices are o f very ancient origin . Morgan “ says that , after the fall , o ur great ancestor placed on his shield a garland of fig leaves , which his son Abel quar tered with arg on apple vert in right of his mother , Eve .
The Jews recognized something akin to it in their tribal life .
to In the beginning , when words were few, men sought communicate with each other by symbols . War and the
’ n chase filled the p eople s mi ds , and physical strength and prowess counted for much that was desirable . From his
' tory , it is found that , if one was distinguished for valor, a
f . lio n would typify it ; i distinguished for the chase , a horse
' o f Then the son , being proud his ancestor s attainment , would conti nue the symbol . Out of this custom was
, evolved a system of heraldry . The word comes from the
o German harem, to call . Not only individuals , but nati ns I use symbols ; as , the Chinese the dragon , the ndian the totem.
During the middle ages , learning was at a low ebb . The youths were trained in the arts of war. Every soldier was
battle with o n clad in a heavy coat o f mail in , an iron cap l ffi his head , and , as it was di cult to distinguish friend from
o f foe , the using of crests , something on top the cap that was easily seen , came into use at this time . Manor estates were also given to the wearer, that he might live in a manner “ ” “ " suited to his position , and the word gentleman or gent was written after his name . No o ne could wear a crest T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A whose ancestor had no t been distinguished in the service of his country , and so had worn the honor of knighthood . The right of bearing a crest was a greater honor than escutc heo nal arms , as a noble could succeed by birth to the latter, but no t to the former. The great historian , Thomas Hume , wrote that it was during the Crusades that the custom of using coats of arms was first introduced into Europe . The knights , cased up in armor, had no way to make themselves be known and distinguished in battle but by the devices on their shields , and these were gradually adopted by their posterity and families , who were proud o f the pious and ” military enterprises of their ancestors . The shield was a broad piece of defensive armor carried on the arm held over the heart. On it was inscribed armorial bearings . Shake speare said , Now put your shields before your hearts and " ”
fight . The Lord said to Abram , I am thy shield . The
a crest is the uppermost design o f the coat of arm s . The using of crests antedated that of coats of arms .
It must be said , however, that while originally coats of
" arms may have been limited to the Crusades , after that time they could be obtained through a patent from the king by
so gentlemen of manorial estates , who lived in the style of called gentlemen . Many were got in this way . It is said that Thomas Jefferson wrote to know if he was entitled to a coat of arms , saying that he supposed the distinction could be purchased like many other prizes that were originally lim " ited in scope . The reason the word coat of arms is used , is that the coat worn over the armor displayed the symbol ; sometimes it was a red velvet coat, and in the case of the
Hospitallers it was a black one . It has been said that the flag of the Union was fashioned after the Washington co at of arms . It is often asked how such minute information concerning T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
ancient families can be got . The answer is that William the Conqueror had a survey made of all the lan ds in the king dom : their extent, proprietors , value , the quantity o f meadow and woodland and the number of tenants an d cottages . It required six years for the commissioners to complete their — work every detail b eing passed o n by a verdict of juries .
This book was called Do mesday Book , a most valuable production . Alfred the Great had begun a similar work , and it was probable that William took his mo del from
Alfred . Now there is the College o f Heralds and books galore .
I T he Snead coat o f arms given in this book seems to be I “ e the original and b st authenticated one , Sneyd of Willas to n and Keefe . From an illuminated roll , original charter
( and other evidences , an d, in the late descents , from informa
- tion of the family . Arms : Argent a scythe , the blade in chief ; the sued in bend sen ester (but by a seal of Richard f Sneyd , recorder Chester , rom which this engraving is
, o n taken , the sned is in bend dexter) ; sable a fess point ,
- - o f which also differs slightly in the seal , a fleur de lis the ” second .
o n The Snead coat is an unique ne , and is well k own in
Heraldry . It is s usceptible of several interpretations . The — pun is in the scythe the handle meaning snead or sneyd .
The lion . is taken to represent military prowess , the Sneads — having been in the Crusades and other w ars . The fleur de
o f P o ic tiers lis , given for services at the battle , some think “ is suggestive rather o f the mortality of man as the flower
e i i s w of the field , which in th even ng cut down and ither " r o ne : N ec eth . The motto seems to be a characte istic " o ppri mere nec o pprimi .
T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
CHAPT ER I I
A OF — SN EYDS, SNE DS ENGLAND WEAVERS OR W EVER ES
The following valuable paper was furnished the writer by Miss Lucy Stone , Head o f Art Department of Hollins
a o Institute , and a genealogist . It appeared several years g " in a magazine called the China Decora to r, published in " New York City (now o ut o f print) under N otes o n ” Heraldry . A part o f the notes was lost .
N E N E DS S YDS, S ADS o n SN EE
Sne ds o f — y Keel , in the County o f Stafford a family whose lineage is as ancient as the valor o f her sons is famous . Their loyalty , stamped and proved with their best blood , and the beauty o f the daughters of their race is a matter of history. The very name o f this family is a standing proof o f its
a . great ntiquity It bears upon its shield argent a scythe , the
- - blade in chief, the reed or handle in bend sinister ; sable on " the tess point ; a fleur- de- lis o f the second Crest A lion o f as a d England o r p s an t, g r ant. Motto , N ee opprimere ” — nec o rimi . pp (neither to oppress , nor to be oppressed i . e — I will neither oppress nor endure oppression) . A right good worthy Saxon motto , bespeaking the true English stur
ess din and good will o f the old blood o f the Saxon thane , who took his name from the scythe he honestly handled (the
r word sned o sneyd , fo r handle , is still used in New
England) . The family o f the Sneyds have formed alliances with T H E S N E A D S T L U V A N N A
n oble families in both kingdoms , etc etc . , especially about the beautiful daughters , among them Miss Honora Sneyd , m entioned by Sir . Walter Scott in connection with Miss
Anna Seward (her co usin) . Confirmation o f the identity of the names is herewith given by an eminent English genealogist, Mr . Clement F .
W S e s orsley, a descendant of the n eyd of Keel Hall , Whose
a 7 le tt Ci esc en t . ddress is R y , Ravens Court Park , London
I n 0 a letter to the writer, dated January 3d, 1 9 1 , he says ,
“ ' The name Sn eyds ( o r Sneads) for the name is spelled e ither way , 1 9 1 0 In a subsequent letter , dated February 1 0, , he “ ' writes : Of course you know of the descent of the Sn eyds from Alfred the Great , King of England , in the male line
c a from the Earl of Mer r .
From a little book called Noble and Gentle Men ,
' l written by Shirley, is , the fo lowing concerning the name “ ‘ Sn eyde fi a parish in Shropshi re and hamlet in parish Tun
es fi th stall . From the latter , the family d ign ated e noble r Sn ds and o — e , t ace of y , of great worship acc unt derive heir
o f . origin . They were seated in the time Henry III By
i T marr age with heiress of unstall , they acquired other lands ‘ i in that parish , and for generat ons they were called Sneyd
’ alias Tunstall .
From Burke ’ s Peerage and Baronetage is taken the following extracts from the lineage of Rev . Walter Sneyd ,
. A. . . o f . S f r . . Keel Hall , co ta fo d , M A F S , J P It will serve to acquaint the reader with some of . the more
* N o te - I t i s m o r e p r o b able that th e to w n was n am e d fo r th e p e o p l e than th e p eo p le f o r th e to w n . T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
prominent o f the early Sneads , the English ancestors and cousins .
LIN EAG E
d Henry de Sney e , o f Tunstall and Sneyde , county
Stafford , was living 3 Edward II and was seiz ed o f l an ds in the hamlet of Sneyde , which had been in the family from the reign of Henry III . He m . Margaret. dau. and heir o f Nicholas de Tunstall , by whom he had a son and successor
Nicholas de Sneyde, alias Tunstal l , who was also seized of lands within the manor of Bradwell , c o . Stafford , 7 Edward III He was father o f Richard de Tun stall , alias Sn eyde , who was engaged in the French wars under the Lord Audley and fought with him at the battle ~ o f P o ic tiers , 30 Edward III in commemoration o f
- - which services he bore the fleur de lis in his arms , as appears by his seal , the family having previously carried the scythe plain . He was the last o f the family who bore the name of de Tunstall , and was 5 . by his son and heir
e Richard Sn yde of Bradwell and Tunstall , to whom Lord Audley and others granted the manor and demesne lands of Bradwell , 2 Henry IV in fee farm . He was 3 . by his son and heir f f William , citizen o Chester, o which city he was sheriff, 1 5 0 5 6 5 4 , and mayor, 1 1 and 1 32 ; and Ann , m . Edward
Massey, o f Broxton , c o . Chester. William Sn eyde was
o f 1 3 1 9 . sheriff the City o f Chester , 47 , and mayor, 47
He was 5 . by his eldest son
S e o . Richard n yde , f Bradwell , recorder of Chester , m
h rs Ann Fowle u t, of Crewe , co . Chester, and had issue
William (Sir) , his heir.
. ; Richard , M . P for Chester , 7 Edward VI T H S N E A D S L E F U V A N N A.
Ann , m . first, William , eldest son and heir of John
- Leycester , Esq . , of Tabley ; and second , R oger
o Hurlest n , Esq . , of Chester .
Jane, m . Sir John Leigh , Kut. of Bo oths .
e Elizabeth , m . Sir William Cav rley , of C averley .
He . 2 7 . son d Henry VIII , and was s by his and heir
Sn e de ut. B Sir William y , K of radwell , high sheriff o f 3 co . Stafford , Edward VI and 5 and 6 o f Philip and f Mary , who had a grant of Keefe , which had been parcel o the possessions o f the Knights of St . John of Jerusalem , from the crown , 1 36 Henry VIII . He had been engaged in the Scottish wars and participated in the victory of Pinkie , ’ 5 1 1 0 October, 1 53 7 , 1 Edward VI . He d . 6 June , 1 7 , and was buried in the chancel o f Wolstanton Church.
Mr . Ralph Snead was buried at Keefe , where , m the
f ' to chancel of Kee e Church , there is a monument his mem
o f l o ry, with the effigies , in marble , himse f m armor and his wife in the co stume o f the time .
lusham Llo nt. Esc Margaret , married Sir Richard yd of r B art Del assey ; and Felicia , m . first , Sir Edwa d Fitton , ,
Knt. and second , Sir Charles Adderly , Ralph Sneyd was
1 9 . d . sheriff of the County o f Stafford , Charles I He
1 s s 1 643 . and was s . by hi on
o f eefe c o l. Ralph Sneyd , Esq. , K and Bradwell , in the
f o . o f Royal Army ; m . Jane , dau . o Roger D wns , Esq ,
“ who . 1 670 l c o . Ward ey , Lancaster, and by her ( d ) had issue
1 76. Edward , d . s . in America , 7
n f William of Bradwell , capt. i the Sta fordshire
1 836. Militia , d . s . p .
n 1 766 o o f f r . Rev. John , M . A bor ; rect r E fo d
i i rri . He was s n s . p . m ean s d ed unma ed up p osedly T E A D S L ' V' A N N H E S N O F F U A.
Barbara , m . Ven John Gooch , Archdeacon of
Sudberry , April , 1 79 1 . Fran ces maid of honor to Queen Ade
faide ; m . February , 1 83 1 , Ven William Bou
c . veri , Archdeacon o f Norfolk , son of Hon Bar
ho lo t mew Bouverie , second son of William , first
Earl of Radner , by second marriage , age eighty
five. 9 Colonel Snead d . June 2 3 , 1 82 . 9 ee e . . 1 7 3 Ralph Snead , Esq . , of K f , D L ; born ; high sheriff ; died 1 870 , and was srirvived by his bro Rev . f Walter Snead , now o Keefe . Colonel Sn eyde was a staunch adheren t to the ro yal cause , and his mansion of Keefe was plundered by the rebel 1 65 0 soldiers , 1 643. He was killed in the Isle of Man , ,
" and dying witho ut surviving male issue , was 5 . m the family estate by his brother f 6 1 William Sneyde , Esq . , o f Kee e , b . 1 2 ; aged fifty 66 years at the visitation of co . Stafford , 5 April , 1 3 . He
- e e o f m . Elizabeth , dau . and co heir o f Robert Aud f y , 0 Gransden , co . Huntingdon , and by her ( who d . 2 June , 1 686) had issue
Ralph , his heir.
’ f e s f s t B ef William , ancestor o the Sn yd o Bi h on ,
“
mont, Ashcombe and Basford , c o . Stafford .
s . o f Crakemarsh Felicia , m . Rowland Cotton , E q , ,
co . Stafford .
Elizabeth , 1 1 1 . Richard Walter, Esq .
William Sneyde was M . P . for c o . Stafford in the Par liam ent which restored Charles II . He served as high sher
1 n iff fo r c o . f 1 6 r 7 Sta ford , Charles II , was bu ied Jan ary ,
- so 1 694 5 , and was succeeded by his elder n
” - Ralph Sneyd , Esq . , o f Keefe , aged twenty two years at T H E S N E A D S F L U ' V A N N A
the visitation o f co . Stafford, 1 663. He married Frances ,
- dau . o f Sir John Dryden , 2d Bart ., and sister and c o hcir
c o . o f Sir Robert Dryden , 3d B art , o f Canons Ashby ,
Northampton , and by her had issue
William , died unmarried 7 September, 1 689 .
f b. 1 9 . Ralph o Bradwell , 22d December, 66 ; m
Frances , dau . o f Sir William No el , Bart. o f
Kirkby Mallory , co . Le1 cester, by Frances , his
s s wife, dau . o f Bumble , fir t Lord Ward , and hi
n h wife , Fra ces , in her own rig t Baroness Dudley
(whose maternal great- grandmother was Katha
o f r we , wrfe o f Edward Seymour, first Earl
o f a Hertford, sister L dy Jane Grey , and grand
. f , dau , by ‘ Charles Brandon , Duke of Su folk c K. G . , of Mary , Queen Dowager of Fran e ,
who was dau, of King Henry VII) ; by whom , — to who survived him , he had issue Ralph , heir
b s a . Euse m his grandfather , nd Honora , m Sir
Buswell , Bart.
. r John , heir by will to his uncle , Sir Robt D yden ,
7 - 1 B art ; d . 2 3 March , 1 1 0 1 .
e Ralph Sneyd d . 9 March, 1 703, and was succ eded by his grandson an d heir.
o f The following, taken from The History Chester , a book of old official documents 1 n the Library 1 n Lynch e burg, Virginia , shows that m the early dat the name was a — spelled Snead as now, as in the h ndle of a scythe the orig inal spelling
4 - 1 479 William Snead, Mayor of Chester City , Eng
— o f t 1 5 1 6 William Snead , Mayor Chester Ci y , Eng
—’ 1 5 04 e f o f , William Sn ad , Sheri f Chester City Eng
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“ “ e stall, served under Lord Audl igh at battle o f P oictiers ,
- - Edward III , first bearer o f fleur de fis in commemoration o f these services;
William Sneyd , M.P . for New Castle , 1 685 a q uo
, , Achco mbe Co . Sneyd of Bishton Belmont N and Basford ,
f . Sta ford Edward Sneyd , Lieut. R. N bap . 1 754 , killed in America , November 22d, 1 7 76 .
George Sneyd settled in East Ind1 es . At end o f south aislein chancel at church , Chester, is a small tablet in mem f o ry o f Matilda , youngest daughter of John Sneyd , Esq . , o
- . 1 9 e . Belmo nt Co , obit May 5th , 1 7 7 , aged twenty o n years
1 5 1 8. Richard Sneyd , recorder of Chester in He was four times chosen Member of Parliament for that city in reign o f Edward VI and his successor.
e — Sneyds of B eckf y Lodge , Stafford Honora and Eliza
. o f beth , dau Major Edward Sneyd ,, married successively
o f w w Richard Lovell Edgeworth , Esq . , Edge orthsto n , Ire
o f Rear Admiral Sneyd , son o f John Sneyd , Esq . ,
B ishton . 9 7. Matilda , d . am 1 7
Rev . John Sneyd , rector of Chastleton , co . Oxford .
H o f Archc o mbe Staf Rev . enry Dryden Sneyd , Park, " ford—nineteenth in direct male descent "from‘ Henry de
. f o Sneyde , lord of Sneyde and Tunstall , co . Sta f rd, living 3 0 3 Edward II , 1 1 . f John William Sneyd , Esq . , o f Basford Hall , Sta ford,
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P . and D. . . o J . L, late captain Queen s Own R yal Yeo 3 manry , d . 1 64 . — N ote T h e Sn eads o f Ches te r an d B elm o n t ar e m ost p r ob ably th e n ear rel ative s o f the Flu van n a b ran ch. r r T h f e o f N am e s p e rp e tuated a e s ig n m a ks . ( e ath r the r r s i i m r an d B n am i n S ad w as thr ee b othe , W ll a , G eo g e e j ne ,
d H h a i t n am d M ati a . n ame J ohn . e ad s s er e ld ) T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
John William Sneyd , Esq . , of Basford Half, co . Staf — en . . o f ford Ralph , his heir , W itt hall D . D , married dau
c . Bishop o . , heir o f famous Jeremy Taylor , Bish
- o ne . o f Down , had twenty children
Edward, lived in Dublin , and was father of N athaniel
Snead , for many years M . P married sister o f Lord Down ,
Ireland . l Ra ph Snead , of Bradwell and Keefe and Willaston ,
Esq . , a colonel in royal army , whose house Cromwell o r dered to be destroyed , act 2 an 1 6 1 4 ; killed in the Isle o f
Man 1 65 0. , f Honora , bap . 1 634 ; married Sir Eusebius Buswell , o
Clipston Cardely, c o . Leicester, B art , 1 7 1 0 .
Edward Sneyd , Lieut. R . N . , bap . December 5 th , 1 754 killed in America , November 22d, 1 7 76 .
Frances , maid of honor to Queen Adelaide ; married
Rev. Arundel Bouverie , son of Ho n . Barth . Bouverie ,
Archdeac on o f N orfolk .
From a number of authentic sources it has been found
ant1 1 t that the name of this family , Snead , is of great qu y ,
- dating back to Anglo Saxon days , when the little isle was “ ” o not Great Britain as n w , but Britain only ; possibly even to the time before the Roman invasion . History records
that the name is taken from the handle of a scythe , as Snead ,
’ Sned , and is the first spelling given in Webster s Diction " m . y The changes that came to the name are not unusual . f Di ferent branches often make changes to suit their tastes . “y ” " ” to e The seems have b en inserted in place of a , making
* — — N ote B ro adhu rs t becam e B r o addu s o n e f am ily u sing o n o n e (1 as o n B d ly J h A. r o a u s . T H E S N E A D S F L U ' V A N N A
“ ” so m et1 mes Sneyd , with e at the end . After the French a 1 066 inv sion m , when the customs of the people were changed , and the dominating influence o f the conquerers was so evident, we find that the name Sneyd was preceded “ ” by a de .
te i n ro mm enc e N xt p to the great and go od Alfred , who did so much for the Christian and educ atio n af advancement
n f of the E glish people , is Lord Henry de Sneyd , possessor o lands that had been 1 n the family since Edward III m the thirteenth century , who was living m 1 31 0 . He owned m anori al estates m r1 ght of himself and his
W 1 fe , as Sn eyde and Tunstall . We find Richard Sn eyde " and other Sneads members of Parliament HenryVIII bestowed o n Sir William Sneyd the property o f Keefe , for having been in the Crusades , in the highest
St. Ho s m 1 litary order , Knights of John of Jerusalem or
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. I sfan o f pitaffers . Afterwards , they were given the d Malta o r Melita , where Paul was shipwrecked .
‘ Elizabeth married Lord Audley of Heliegh , who was ,
‘ Sn e de l n prominent in French wars . William y took part
o f P arliam en t. restoration of Charles II , as a member . One
a o f an e , n was , sister Lady J Grey and gra ddaughter of
e ' so n n King Henry VII . On was a rear admiral , of Joh o f Bishton . T he greatest distinction accorded the family was the “ ” 1 - - o n bestowal of the national French flower, F eur de lis ,
o f 0 1 ct1 ers a their c rest for g allantry at the battle P , as p 1 6 1 2 pears in Snead coat of arms . Long after this , in , we find that Nathaniel Snead was hunted down with his family and imprisoned for being a dissenter . The Con law ventic le Act made . it against the for four or five people JA . t to hold service , not according to Church of England
"‘ — 1 N ote T h e nam e bein g s p elled both w ay s .
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that time there was a great reaction from Puritanism o f ’ Cromwell s time . Each party as it came in power became tyrannical .
o f The father Nathaniel signed his name Sneyde , while his name is put down as Snead . Nathaniel was a
a B ptist deacon , as seen by the records , and was also mem
o ber f Parliament . One of the distinguishing traits o f the daughters o f the Sneads of the Fork of Fluvanna of the present and near past generations is a talent for music . Many o f them have distinguished themselves in that line , some studying piano and voice un der the great musicians of the world . The allusion to Miss Honora Sneyd in the paper in
hi e C na D cora to r is a pleasing o ne . She became the mother — in law of Maria Edgeworth , the novelist , who inspired Sir
Walter Scott to write his novels . Miss Edgeworth was an honored guest once in Abbotsford , spending two weeks there . Afterwards , Sir Walter visited her in her beautiful home , over which Mrs . Honora Sneyd Edgeworth presided ,
’ and from Chambers Encyclopaedia may be found compli mentary allusions by him to this family and its surroundings , a fter his visit to Miss Edgeworth in Ireland . ‘ T H E s n n a n s F L U V A fl z m A
‘ NAT HAN AEL SN EAD
“ t ‘ Ex rac ts fro m N o tes in B roa dmead R ecords ,
B ri o l a st , Engl nd
. 1 88. P Brother Nathanael Snead and sister Snead ,
“ nd C 1 -g his wife , a sister Rachel lark. . the r servant, were p ro
[ d to the o pose c ngregation , as their desire to join upon the ]
fifth day , the third month, 1 672 , and on the seventh day; , ’ following , being the churche s mo nthly day, they made
i c o e their declarat on before the ng r g at1 o n of their co nversro n , or work of G o d upon their souls ; with which the church
m . r h r . o f A ong the, names of the b et ren p esent is that Brother Snead 1 l
‘ P . 39 1 . In the matter of ra1 s1 ng the gift o f £ 1 50 for ’ a the pastor s wife , his death , among the names o f the “ fter subscribers occurs the name o f
Brother Nathanael Snead 5 0 O
P . 394 . In the matter of a letter addressed to Mr .
o o s Browne , whom the church wished t bec me their pa tor
a the after the death o f Mr . Hardcastle , appears mong names of the signers (ten ln number) that o f Nathanael Snead
. 42 7 . O the i o f , t P n n nth , November brother Rober
Bodenham and brother N athanaef Snead were set apart, f by fasting and p rayer, for the office o deacon , which they were before chosen to ; hands were not laid on them because the pastor somewhat scrupled it, though it was the judgment of the church to use that ceremony for admission and co n
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The following letter was in response to a query as to
o the cause f the pursuit, whether for political o r religious reasons .
VIRG IN IA STAT E LI B R AR Y
RIC HMON D, VA.
9 . September 1 5 , 1 90
Ha e . W. E. tch r Mrs ,
Fork Unio n , V1 rg1 n1 a . — MY DEAR MADAM z I have carefully considered the question which yo u ask in your favor o f September 1 2th .
Undoubtedly the . persons referred to in the records , copies
o o f which yo u sent, were Dissenters ( Baptist) wh had broken what was known as the Conventicle Law . After the return of Charles II the Conventicle Act was passed by the Cavalier Parliament in 1 664 , forbidding the meetings o f Dissenters .
Very truly yours ,
H . R . MC ILWAIN .
State Librarian .
WEAVER OR W EVER E
It seems proper to introduce here a copy o f some inter
o esting facts about this family , taken from a rare b ok com piled from Doomsday Book and other highly authentic
o f sources , because o f the fact that the mother the three brothers who constitute the magna pars o f this little volume ,
. William , George and Benjamin Snead , was a Miss Weaver The Weavers of England lived at W evére Hall in the
so o f . Cheshire district, near where many the Sneads lived
They came to Virginia about the same time , evidently living near Williamsburg, fo r a time at least , when the record
Ann was sent in by Mrs . Martha Snead Weaver, her T H E S N E A D S O F F L U ' V' A N ' N A
maiden name being Snead . Early in the nineteenth century ,
John Snead married Sally Weaver, both o f Fork o f Flu vanna, whose granddaughter, Martha Ann Saunders , mar ried Mosby Weaver. In the history o f Cheshire is the following “ Between parish o f Over and river Weever, a single township , Weever, extends into this hundred . It is twice f noted in Doomsday Book , Henry dc Wever, a forester o
Mandram . “ Richard de Wever , son o r grandson , and buried at
W istanton , 1 736 , b . at Over, 1 695 . Suffered to be back o f f male heirs o f Weevers o Poole in this hundred , descended from the parent family , settled at Weever. The Weevers o f Poole continued the pedigree , in Dugdale visitation , and had an allowance of family arms . Thomas de Weever was seized at o ne time of his manor estate ; Henry de
W evére was probably direct heir of this Thomas , and seems to have died Lord of Weever.
Edward de Weever married Elizabeth . By her he had — issue Elizabeth , an heiress , wife of Sir John Stanley ,
first Lord o f Stanley , to whom King Henry VI gave her in marriage as his ward . She remarried .
FROM HIST ORY OF CHESHIRE
ev r — W é e o f W evére arms Sable , two bars argent On a canton o f the first, a garb of the second .
r ‘ Hen y de W evére , probably Lord o f W evére by service o f Grand Serjeantry , viz . , by Castle guard and as a forester o f ondra M m , 5 5 Henry III . Richard de W evére acknowledged to be an hereditary forester of same forest, 3 1 Edward I . Son o f Henry dc
W evére , Lord of Wever.
Sir Edward de W evérc , Knt. , son and heir, 1 4 1 3 .
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Sir John Stanley, Knight o f Wever and Alderly . Elisa beth , sole daughter and heiress , ward of King Henry VI . It says o f Wevere Half)
Wevére Hall ground fell in to the depth Of twelve feet-a i only one wing is standing . The residence o f several ( gen
’ ‘ eratio ns of W evéres an d severaf generatio ns o f Stanleys down o e to a e 1 f Ar ur »o f t el vation b ron tcy n chitect e , time “ ‘ James I . An en gravmg of Weaver Hall i s m the Histo ry " o f Chester in library in Lynchburg .
1 399 t 1 7th e o f In , Sep ember , Isab l, his wife , Z Thomas de W évér as vdo wer two d a s o r . e . had livery of hun red cre ,
l [
‘ - marriage , Elizabeth Weever 1 5 2 7 ; time o f Henry VIII
I had manors Alderly and Weever . Thomas Stanley, buried
~ Sir at private c hapel at Alderly . He had great estates .
‘ l o Thomas Stanley o f Alder y , bar net 1 1 th 1 n descent from
a . Elizabeth de W evére , lady of Weaver, created p eer
’ “ s e ' rm s For information of the Sn eyd , Sneads , s e Du Vis " ’ “ a r sshi e G en itatio n o f Whales of St ffo d r , Burk s Landed ” ’ ‘ For in fo r try and Burk s Royal Families , Londo n .
s e Harliam b on5 mation o f the Weavers, e Society, Ro ins " " ” o . Mansions of Herefordshire , also Hist ry of Chester country surrounding " low n B y natural situation 1 t lieth , evertheless very
o f all df l pleasant , abounding m plenteousness things nee u and necessary fo r m an5 use insomuch that rt merited and nam which he founded o n river Weever.
a was he fi m o f the Chester is fromLatin c astr . I t t rst ca p “ " e ed to Romans; called the camp o r Chester. I t s em
h o f o f the Sn d and W s. have been the ome many , ea s eaver [30]
DO WN I N VI R G I N I A
The roses no where bloo m so white
As in Virginia The sunshine no where shines so bright As in Virginia ;
Th b d o w i e ir s sing n here q u te so s weet,
A o w ar l b nd n here he ts so light y eat,
Fo r heaven and earth bo th seem to meet
Do wn in Virginia .
The days are never q uite so long As in Virginia
o ui o e with a son N r q te s fill d h ppy g . As in Virginia
An w e m m a d d h n y ti e h s co me to ie , just take me back and le t me lie Close where the l ames go es r o lling
Do wn in Virginia.
There is no where a land so fair As in Virginia ;
e 3 0 f ull of song , so fr e of care , As in Virginia ; And I believe that Happy Land ’ The Lord s prepared fo r mo rtal man I s built exac tly o n the plan r Of o ld Vi ginia. T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N ' N A
CHAPT ER I I I
THE FIRST SNEADS I N VIRGINIA
By reason o f the burning o f many o f the court-houses in
Virginia during the Civil War, it will not be possible to produce the links that bind the Sneads o f the n ew country to those o f the Old , in many cases , as is true o f many other families . But the evidence seems to be conclusive that they are one and the same . Although the first idea with the writer was o nly to record the generations from the three brothers , giving the names of their parents and grandparents , yet a considerable effort has been made to secure the names o f other ancestors , but with only partial success . The pre “ ” sumption is , from reading between the lines (it is said that all pedigrees are only presumably true) , that the gen ealo gical line is Samuel , William , William, or Charles ,
va n a . Archibald , John , etc . , o f the Flu n branch
The first Snead to arrive in the colony , by reference to
’ o n and the Land G rant Ofli ce , was Samuel , with his wife , s f servant, in 1 635 . The patent O land was given them by
King Charles I .
so n It declares that Samuel Snead and Alice , his wife ,
, re William and servant , Thomas , Vincent, after arriving c eived two hundred acres o f land , fifty each , in James City ’ s County, at head o f Heth s Creek, for which the charge ' The was o ne shilling fee , on each St. Michael s day . ’ ’ s m s plantation adjoined Samuel G rige , near Thomas S ith
and plantation ; signed by Captain John West , Captain f Governor o f Virginia , in the re1 gn o the Sovereign Lord ,
] h 1 635 . on King Charles o f England , The document, parc
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William Snead , who came over with his father, Samuel , ' “ ar es were n amed Ch l , Zechariah , William and Robert . The
Kentucky Sneeds . of Diamond Springs are descended from
Zechariah . Others in Louisville have Charles for ancestor. It is thought by some that William is the ancestor of the
, Fluvann a branch . From the following item it is seen that “ W illiam was living in Henrico in 1 740 : The attachment obtained by WilliamSneed against the estate of Story Hall is dismissed at the P laintiff ’ s costs It is also “ stated in the Albemarle records that Charles Snead wit
‘ nessed for a will in 1 740 m presence of David Lewis and
Abram Musick . Some think that this Charles was the
o r father of Archibald . Fluvann a was not cut ff f om Albe marle until 1 744 . So 1 t seems the weight of evidence is in
ie in v 1 78 1 favor o f Charles as father of Archibald , who d d , as he is the only Snead to be found living in Fluvann a at
l that early date . It is not kn Own whether the Ch Who transported six persons into the colony in another colonistOr a descendant of the first one . came over later.
Senator Claiborne Sneed , of Georgia , m a letter to Miss
1 904 » Catherine Sneed , of Kentucky , wrote , in , I am satis
o . fied, however, from a conference with the late Th mas L
Misso url h Sneed , o f the Confederate Congress from , t at all the Sneeds of America spran g from the same family , whether “ " “ cc th s spelling their name with an e a or , e name denote the handle o f a scythe blade . It i s a Saxon word , and it is indiscriminatingly spelt “Sneed and “Snead" (see Web
’ stet s Unabridged Dictionary) .
n . He He sent, by request , his li eage has been judge
' * - R h w i r i n u di n s an d N ote . obert ad t elve ch ld en cl g Je se T h H n r T as L w n d w as ra d s Albert . e o o able hom o es , a g n on
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R R . wi S ad r r at B u a o f obert, as i s al s o ev Ed n ne , ecto en
i a n e . V st , a d many oth rs [34] T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
o f Supreme Court, several times member o f General Assem bly and was then a Senator . He has since died .
Family record of John Snead , Sr. , copied from the o ld family Bible o f the Snead family . It was printed in the year 1 765 in London , with notes by William B inkelt. M . A. “ John Snead , Sr . , was born in the year of o ur Lord 698 1 in London . John Snead , J r. , was born June 2 7 , 9 1 73 , in Virginia . John Snead and Mary Gooch , his wife , 6 were married March 25 , 1 7 5 , and moved to South Caro lina . Janey Snead , their daughter, was born January 4 ,
1 66 . 7 Other children were Nathaniel , Fran key, Mo lley,
o Sicily , Garland, John G oOh , William Claiborne , Nathaniel
Claiborne, Keziah Hurt, Tilman , Lavinia , Susan Poin e— dext r the last was born February 7 , 1 796 . The dates o f the birth o f some are omitted in this paper, but not in the
William a d ar ua e From n M y Q rt rly, Historical Magazine ,
- Vo l. " 5 1 6 , Richmond , Virginia , 1 902 . Pages 1 2 2 .
Fro m Snead Family B ible .
u Comm mc ated by Mrs . Martha Ann Snead Weaver .
- Licut. Co l . 1 03 . T John West, died May 2 7 , 7
Mrs . Mathilda West, died
Catherine West , bo rn May 6 , 1 677 .
Charles Snead and Catherine West married January 7 ,
1 7 1 1 4 2 .
Children o f Charles and Catherine Snead
- Huldah Snead , born March 1 , 1 7 1 2 1 3 ; died young.
a Charles Sne d , born August 26 , 1 7 1 4 ; died February
1 8. 1 720.
- John Snead , born February 3, 1 7 1 5 1 6 .
* — N . M rs . E s ote . G . K er h , the daug hter o f Senator Clai s borne Sneed , live in Aug usta , G a.
‘ ’ L r r 1 o d de la W ar . ‘ ' T H E S N E A D S o n F L U V A N N A
Smith Snead, born July 1 3 , 1 7 1 8 .
1 . Charles Snead, the 2d, b orn November 1 3 , 72 3
. , the E , i 30 , 1 712 7. Charles Snead lder died Apr l ,
1 9 . Catherine Snead , died February , 1 75 0
[ 5 Children o f John Snead, born February 3 , 1 7 1 ; died
s 6 Charle Snead , born December 2 , 1 74 1 . 0 John Snead, born March 1 , 1 743
Anne Snead; born September 1 , 1 746 . 9 Mary Snead , born December 25 , 1 74
Thomas Sneadg bo rn November 28, 1 752 .
5 6 . C atharine Snead, born July 2 , 1 75
u 2 3 1 75 8. Scarbro gh Snead , born November ,
‘ ‘
i 7 1 780 . Scarbrough Snead , d ed December ,
. 78 . Thomas Snead , son o f John , died March 20 , 1 7
2 3 1 777. John Snead , died March , o Sons of Charles Snead , son f J ohn
0 1 63 9 1 8 1 1 . Tully Snead , born July 1 , 7 ; died April ,
1 1 768. Thomas Snead , born December 2 ,
n 1 94 Tully Snead married , i 7 , Rosetta Ann Oldham 9 1 8 (born Februairy 1 4 , 1 77 ; died October , He
9 1 8 1 1 . , o f died April , They were parents George Fred I b r 2 1 99 2 erick Snead, bo rn Sep tem e 2 , 7 ; died September ,
i 1 849. This last married Henrietta Waddey Snead (born
8 dau h May 9 , 1 803 ; died October 2 , who was a g
‘ ter o f Thomas Snead (born December 2 1 1 768 ; died 3 e 1 December 4 , 1 83 ) and Ann Wadd y (born September . " 8 1 764 ; died December 2 , George Frederick Snead and Henrietta Waddey Snead had rssue : 0 Professor Thomas Tully Lynch Snead (born March 2 ,
'
l o f a . He attended ate Willi m and [ Mary College ”
' a the excellent school called Margaret Acade my , at On n to cock , Accomac County . Thence he went William and e Mary Colleg e; where h e graduated m 1 85 6 . El cted 1361 T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N ' A
Professor o f Mathematics at the opening o f the next session .
He served during the war under General H . A . Wise in his winter campaign o f 1 86 1 and 1 862 , in West Virginia. After that with Jackson in Maryland campaign during ’ o 6 summer f 1 8 2 . Also o n General D . H . Hill s staff in the Wilderness and at Chancellorsville . Transferred o n ’ account o f disability to engineer s department under General
Walter H . Stevens , as his A . A . Gen . Served under him until the war ended . At the end of the war resumed his position as Professor o f Mathematics at William and Mary .
- and died July 3 , 1 872 , in his forty first year. His health was much impaired by exposure during the war. By t e quest o f the co llege faculty , he was interred in the college graveyard .
A worm had attacked and destroyed , some time before the war , the old lindens which graced the college lawn , and
Professor Snead set out the present trees about 1 867 . “ Mr. Charles Snead , whose lands are referred to , was a brother of Major Thomas Snead , of 7th Virginia Regiment o f Continental United Army , also of Accomac , and great
o f grandfather o f Thomas Tully Lynch Snead , Professor
Mathematics in College o f William and Mary . (See this
DWA . ES. magazine , E RD S JOYN
B UILDIN G OF T HE CAPIT OL I N 1 70 1 * “ Appointed to inspect the act directing the building o f the Capitol , and to examine proceedings of court appointing
to m said act, to oversee building and state whole atter as it
to appears to them . T o lumber carpenters were according ’ for Mr . Snead s proposition , eleven hundred dollars salary “ overseers .
*T hi s it em f rom th e W i l li am an d M ary Qu ar terly i s in tro w a a r Sn ad i vi n t e d u c ed here to s how that t her e s M . e l g h n , wh o w as o n th e B u il din g Co m m ittee fo r th e Cap itol o f i i i a V rg n . [371 ' T H E S N E A D S o n F L U V A N N A
The intermingling of the names Snead and Weaver 1 n marriages long kept up between the families is significant , if no t convincing; Circumstantial evidence is the next best thing to positive assurance. The Fluvann a branch with the Weaver connection must
1 date back to th s period . In book of colonial families in Virginia Historical Society appears the name o f Richard
- Wever, twenty seven years o ld.
Also , Thomas Weaver came over in the ship Mallego .
3 1 79 . September , 6
Thomas Weaver , Esq . , appointed collector and receiver of New York (during pleasure) with a salary of £200 vice
Childrey Brook , who was appointed 1 4 December, in time of William and Mary.
Also , Robert Etheridge m . Catherine Weaver.
Elisabeth Myer m . Nicholas Weaver , 1 790.
' Josiah Mc R o berts m . Sneed .
Mr. Thomas F . Bashaw , a great grandson of Archibald
Sneed to fi used , say that the way this branch of the Sneads got separated f rom the Sneads of the tidewater region was that a party of them came up the river prospecting, soon
n , t after the Indians were , drive back and hat they took back with them some of the black so il of the low grounds . The report that they rendered induced them to come to this part o f Middle Virginia an d take up land between the rivers near
‘ the p o mt m the Fork section . It is wr1 tten that the fore
“ ’ “ r mothers said to the forefathers , For o u children s sake let
* o t —M r o r s w r it f r En an d : T h e o ur N e . . W ley es om g l cc
' r en ce O i th n n am e Ar c hib ald am o n g s t y o u r anc e s tor s i s ' 1 643 a n f h n ad s Ra d . in t r e i n s o e o t e K . e st g , eele S e ( lp h, ) I m ar r i e d Elli c ia Ar c hib ald o r Ar c hb o ld a s s o m etim es g iven ; an d I hav e O ften f o u n d s uc h a r e p etiti o n o f a p ar
‘ ti c ul ar n am e m o r e than a c o rn c l den c e . L N N T H E S N E A D S O F F U V A A.
us journey to the westward . This accounts for the fact “ ” that so many are far within the land . It has not been ascertained when Archibald o r his father
u no reached Fl vanna, hardly before 1 730, for there were settlements before that time. They were the first settlers . “ Mo st probably it was soon afterwards . It is said that I t
- did is a well known fact, that the early settlers of Virginia ” o e not come t seek a home , but to escape oppression . T h bulk o f them came just before and soon after King Charles was executed , but the situation was no happier in England
’ a 9 60 the after Cromwell s rule began , nd from 1 64 to 1 6 number o f colonists increased fro m fifteen to thirty thousand .
They feared the rule o f the Puritans in old England . It is interesting to look at the condition o f things in the o ld and new countries . There had not been a Parliament fo r twelve years . In the extravagances and excesses of court life , one is reminded o f the unjust and wicked rule o f
V o f ."I e Louis France , and of how , in each cas , in time , ’ a king s head had to settle the dispute and pay the penalty.
In England , the war was between the Royalists or Cav a liers and Parliament or Roundheads . The Cavaliers wore long and the Roundheads had theirs cropped close to the head . The latter, under Cromwell , were gaining victories everywhere . The friends o f the king fled to Vir
o f ginia , where he gave them large tracts land for a mere song , a few shillings .
Life among the Indians , in lower Virginia , was full o f
o peril , for there had been tw big massacres o f the whites .
It is said , though , that living was easy at this time , the woods and waters were full o f game and fish, and tobacco soon became a great source of wealth . Many o f the old world
* — f i i i a a a i s N o te . A ash on l o ng m t ted by the C v l e r o f i r i n i V g a. T E E S N E A D S F L U V A N N fA
o civilities and cust ms were kept up among the colonists , and there was “frequent communication with English and Dutch shores , by means of the many trading vessels that plied the waters . Some one has declared that the colony was born
- - grown up . It is recorded that more than one half of the o c lonists in Virginia were Cavaliers , the others were car p en ters, servants , etc . , hence the distinction accorded Vir ginians everywhere . T he Virginia colony made n o dem o n strat1 o n in favor o f
Cromwell , the Protector, but after his death they promptly sent a vessel to France , whither the son of Charles I had
n gone , in banishment , a d invited him to co me and rule over
Virginia . He accepted , very naturally , another invitation — b to take the throne of England that came at that time , ut
' he honored Virginia in giving her the name of Old Dominion , u and p tting her coat of arms alongside that of England ,
u . Scotland and Ireland . He wore at his ina guration a robe ’ w esen o . o f silk , a p r t fr m Virginia After Sir Walter R aleigh s discovery o f Virginia , Spenser who was a friend of his , “ ' dedicated his Faerie Queene to Elizabeth , as Queen of "
England , Scotlan d , Ireland and Virginia .
T o their shame , however, be it said, that these early col o nists became excessively intolerant . They thought that as the Quakers had brought o n the Civil War in England , by
to way of avoiding it here , they would require every one e worship according to the Church of England , r cognizing
o a n other form of religion , during which time the B ptists suffered imprisonment rather ' than c o mp ro m1 se their convie~ — nous preaching often through prison bars . The Sneads were living in lower Virginia during these troublous times , and we hear little of them , except that one
o ee Mr. Snead was on building c mm1 tt for building Capitol at Williamsburg , in 1 70 1 . Later, one was a professor in
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CHAPT ER I V
ARCHIBALD SNEED FOUNDS A HOME FOR HIS DESCENDANTS IN THE HISTORIC FORK
The Fork o f Fluvanna has long been noted . as one o f the ‘
a most attractive places in Virg1 n1 , rendered so o n account o f e the intelligence , morality and ho mogeni ty o f the peopl and the healthfulness Of its climate . It has an historical
o . record , als , that entitles 1 t to distinction B eg mmng at the "“ confluence o f the R ivanna and James rivers, at Columbia (the Rivanna being first called North Fork and the James the South Fork) to a point a few miles above Fork Union, it is that portion o f the county included between the n vers.
r Mr. Brown , in his valuable book, Cabells an d Thei ” “ " o Kin, says that the Fork was for a l ng time the head — quarters o f the . Mano rca o r Tuscarora Indians one of the Six Nations ; that they owned the James River valley from
o the falls to the Blue Ridge , and that it was very difficult t drive them beyond the mountams . They kept coming back “ to their happy hunting grounds It is known that the colonists did not venture far above tidewater till the be ginning o f the eighteenth century . It was in this Fork section that Archibald selected a
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d . I t r o n l st home for his escendants is w itten that July ‘ ,
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1 777 , Benjamin Woo dson conveyed to Archibald Sneed one hundred and seventy - seven acres of land in Fluvanna
a . County, on branches of Cary Creek , both of Fluv nn a He was living in Fluvanna when he bought more land . He must have reached here soon after the Indians vacated . He ‘ o n ee fl was a real p i r He made his will in 1 78 1 , which was probated in 1 782 . The year 1 78 1 was a memorable o n e . That was the year that Lord Cornwallis entered Vir ginia and the council and legislature fled from Richmond to
Charlottesville . An arsenal had been fitted up at Point of
Fork, Fluvanna, and Baron Steuben was in charge of the
Americans . General Simcoe made a feint attacking ( of them at this place . He built fires all around , as if the whole army were present, and Baron Steuben withdrew his forces to the other side o f the James River, leaving the stores in ’ the enemy s line .
The indications are that this place , called The Bar ” racks , was the first home of Archibald Sneed , that he or his father took up land near the point up the river road to that he afterwards purchased ; also that the excitement caused by the proximity o f the two armies hastened his
a demise . Three years before his will W s written , he had
- bought one hundred and seventy seven acres of land . This purchase became the home of John Snead , the youngest son o f Archibald . It is to be noted, in the will alluded to , that
Archibald spelled his name Sneed , while his son John spelled it Snead , which form this branch has held to without ’ change . From this will , it is learn ed that Archibald s chil dren were Burwell , Holman , Archibald , John and Matilda , and some younger ones whose names are not given . The estate was valued in pounds , shillings and pence , about
* - I t i s s aid w n h o w s c m u at n i N o te . he t e c a e p g ht the T h d o o n t deer cam e with them . hey a t be l cked up at ig h l e s t th e w olve s attack them . ' ' - T H E S N E A D S . F L U V A N N A
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a a . seven thous nd doll rs He had twelve negroes . In 1 78 1 , there were eight in family , after his death .
o f The law primogeniture was i n force here in Virginia, as it has always been in England . And, ln accordance with that, all of the landed estate was given to Burwell , as heir, he being the oldest child . Thomas Jefferson had the law changed so on afterwards , so as to give every son an equal — share a result o f the same spirit which inaugurated the custom of presidential hand-shaking at receptions at the
White House . General Washington received with sword in hand when he was President. It is found from ‘ records that the estate passed into Bur ' well s name . He sold two hundred acres o f it to John
Payne , beginning at the R ectory , towards Columbia .
John , the forefather o f the three brothers , William , Benja
r th min and George , came into possession of the new pa t of e estate , after the law was repealed . It is supposed that “ Archibald lc o ntinued at the old homestead , at The Bar r racks , where his d aughters , Ma ia, Malinda and Eliza beth (well remembered by ' the writer as old ladies of gra
‘ c1 ous bearing) lived and died . Another daughter, P ar thenia , married a Mr. Hunter, f rom En gland , from whom d M s . o f . C . r Trotter, Reidsville, N , and others , are descen e so f ed . Holman Sn ad , another n o Archibald seems to have established a line of stage coaches to the sp rxngs in the western part o f the State . Matilda , the only daughter of
Archibald, is not mentioned any more in the records ; it is ” supposed that she died unmarried . The same was true o f
who another Matilda , whose father was named John , and was buried in a church at Old Chester , England , where
I there is a tablet to her memory . After that Burwell sold two hundred acres of land to John Payne , he probably
o f moved West, as Jack Snead , the son John , who moved T E E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
to Tennessee, said that he met o ut there young Burwell and
William Snead . They were most probably the sons o f
Burwell and his wife , Sukey , who lived near Nashville ,
Tennessee , where many o f their descendan ts n ow live . After the death of Archibald , the estate was presided over by
o Holman , wh was executor , and he took out license to keep boarders in 1 789 .
Before leaving this subject , it may be well to state here “ the names o f the sons of Archibald , who lived at The ” Barracks after the death of their father, Archibald . They were John and Holman . Holman lived for a time in Lynch burg . One o f the descendants of John , the only one known
‘ o . f, was James, who lived at Pond Gap , Virginia His descendants are in the western part of the State ; one of them , Mrs . Alice Dudley , lives in Craigsville . Mrs . Buck
u a Huckstep , o f Fl van n , is another one of the grandchildren o f John . From the Powhatan records , it is found that
. 2 5 th , 1 8 1 0 , Archibald B Sneed was married November , to Sallie Price , her maiden name being Sallie Kerr, daugh ter o f Elizabeth and William Kerr. The next statement is that John is in possession o f the “ ” land , which became the Snead Goldmine Farm, gold being found here about the time o f the rush for the Cali fo a rn i mines . He added a great many more acres , till his plantation amounted to abo ut two thousand acres , and ex “ " o tended from the Rectory to a p int above Fork Union , including , as it happened , a large grist mill . As his children married , he settled them on it, giving to each o ne a home and some negroes , on each side of the river road . In this connection , it might not be amiss to say that there is small wonder that the Sneads of the Fork o f Fluvanna are nu
' merc us , as they have lived on the lands o f their fathers for
s more than one hundred and thirty years . They are re p on ’ ' T H E S N E A D S F L UI V A N N A
o r sible for much that is good bad in this section , and they will be held largely accountable , in the great Assize , fo r its future achievements . Let them remember, Better not be , " than not be no ble .
This Fork section , beginning at Columbia an d extending above Fork Union , besides resoun ding to the tread of the
o opposing forces f Revolutio nary troops , came in fo r its share of prominence in the Civil War . General Sheridan thought it worth while , in his efforts to reach Grant in 1 864 , to come to Columbia and try to destroy the aqueduct there ,
s that uperb piece of masonry , but he failed in that . This war history , added to its being a loved haunt o f the Indian
u t savages , who with diffic l y were forced , back to the Blue
Ridge Mountains , gives it a record that may account, in f l part, for the great love o the Snead children for the o d “ " Fork , called by some o f its lovers the kingdom , so many o f whom annually return to it.
Little is known o f the character o f Archibald Sneed , ex cept from his will . He valued education , for he wrote that the younger children were to be educated before the prop
so n o erty was divided. John , the youngest , is said t have been a man o f affairs , keen witted , upright, energetic and
‘ honorable . The records show that he was appointed a
f - a constable , which corresponds to the office o judge now days . It is not thought that he ever co nnected himself with
- o f the church . A prayer book is given in the inventory
f s o f . Church o f e fect Archibald The l England had suprem acy in Virginia at that time . When Archibald built his
d fo r house in the Fork, he was required to buil a room worship according to the rites o f the Church o f England , as every o ne who built ahome in Virginia had to do at that
to time . All marriage ceremo nies had be performed by a minister o f that church . It is much to be regretted that this
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s de cendants still live o n it, an d o n which the Fo rk Union
Academy is situated . Civilization sometimes seemed to move by leaps and
o bounds , and then t pause a while . Those sec t1 o ns far away
' from tidewater were the slowest to respond to progress. But by degrees conditions began to improve in the Fork
“ section .
8 - About 1 79 , astage coach line was begun between Char “ ” lottesvill an c e d R i hmond, on the River road , made mem ’ “ ” o rable by Miss Mary Johnston s boo k, Lewis Rand. At convenient points along the road were stopping places for ' “ the travelers . One was at Central Plains , called Frog ” Q u ery , for Ordinary , as in old England ; another at ’ ’ Captain Winn s , another at John Snead s , another o ne at
Fork Tavern . The coming o f the travelers opened up this
m o interior country, adding uch interest t it , and gave the settlers a broade r outlook. This River road , that runs
as a through Fork Union , w a m n highway from the moun tains to the sea shore . There was one other, called the " ” Three Chop road , on the north side of the Rivanna .
Many wagons , With bells on horses , passed this road, and later carriages filled with persons going to the springs from the Tidewater section .
This was a time when intemperance held sway, and many young men fell early victims to its evil effects . The amuse ments of the better class were tournaments and the chase , and
o f the pleasure o f the cup , from start to finish , with most them , was the order o f procedure .
o f It is a wonder, indeed , that the sons John Snead should have grown to manhood free fro m the vices o f the day . Possibly they were saved by the disgusting sight o f so many drinking men around , and were held in check by the mother,
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o pposite side. It is said that she marched in the procession at the opening o f the Temperance Hall in Fork Union . The children o f John Snead and Sarah Weaver were n amed John . William, George , Benjamin , Sarah , Jane and
o r to as Polly. John , Jack , as he was called , went Tex soon a fter he was married to Nancy N orvell , and took with him
Pomfrey, the son o f George , who afterwards returned . Sarah Snead married John Saunders ; Jane married Howell
Duncan , and Polly, Holman Bashaw. Descendants o f
Jack (who was a Baptist minister) live in Texas . They have not been included in this little volume , no r o f the sisters , most o f whom have left the county. It has not been practicable to do such extensive work. That may be done by the future historian .
The Weavers, who had come to this section about the time the Sneads did , were not so favorably impressed with the Fork as were the Sneads . The lands were no t produc tive enough , an d Berry Weaver moved his family to Ten h essee, traveling by wagons . It must have been a sad day to Grandmother Snead when all o f her family , except one 55 sister, Mrs . Austin Seay , left fo r the West. Some o f the de scendants live in Louisville , Kentucky ; one so n returned , “ ” he was ever after called the Prodigal . By his leaving home he lost his opportunity to be educated as he would
n have been here. The o ld Weaver home was sold and take ’ down ; a part o f it is in the rear o f Benjamin s house.
s William and son , Bernard , are the only Weavers in thi section .
* r r B i to r i L ui s i i s o f D . J . M . W eave , ap t st p as n o v lle ,
i an I i n m o f th s br ch . t s to be reg retted that the a es these f r descen dant s came too late o insertion . T hey are among f o f th e leading olk th at city . ' T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N ' N A
CHAPTER v
T HE T HR EE MOTHERS
' Ances tr —P o llards ohnso ns C o a s y , j , che , P o mfreys
Characteriz ation
T HE POLLARDS
I a n nother county, Buckingham , Virginia, another home w s s a being made , seemingly soon to ufi er effacement , only to , merge itself into other centers o f influence and power, in accordance with the universal law o f indestructibility . "
Benj amin Pollard had come from his native county .
o Kin g William , where s many o f that family now live, to
Buckingham. There he met and married Sarah Johnson .
Their children were Katharine and Lucinda , who were born at the close o f the eighteenth century , Eliz abeth and
Oranie John son an d o ne son , Peyton . They lived at Buck
- ingham Court House . The parents both died and soon after , the house was burned, leaving the orphans without a
v home. The details attending their moving to Flu anna are " — ” told in Pomfrey Johnson paper . Suffice it here to say that the orphans were given a happy home with their two
s s and On n who f m maiden aunt , Bet y y Joh son , came ro
Amelia to mother them. The death o f their only brother.
s soon after coming, was a great sorrow to them . The e
' Pollard sisters were so far removed from their Pollard kin that they never saw any o f them . It is not known that they ever went visiting o ut o f the neighborhood except once. in when they spent several weeks at the home o f their cous ,
Stephen Gouge ( o r Gooch) who lived near Union Mills.
Virginia . [5 0] H S N E A D S O F V A T E F L U N N A.
I t is a source o f regret that so little has been prese rved o f this bran ch o f the Pollards . When Katharine Pollard the oldest o ne , married Burwell Seay , she named her home “ ” “ ” Cherry Hill after the Cherry Hill o f her paternal an cestors . " S e dre e a l h ss s ape s e c ean and neat,
B o d th ecent and gen teel, ’ And then there s some thing in her gait " C ars any dress look we el.
" Mrs . Samuel Pettit , an octogenarian o f wonderful mem o ry , says that the Pollard girls were very popular in the neighborhood ; that her mother , Mrs . Captain Thomas Omo
a hundro , used to tell her how she enjoyed their society , th t they were so bright and attractive she , loved to have them visit her ; and Mr. John Wood said he liked to visit them
‘ because they lived at the South Creek home , where he had such pleasant memories o f the Pollard ladies . She tells o f some o f the amusements of country life in the early part o f the nineteenth century . The wood was not used for lumber to any extent as it is now, and there were
- only whip saws and not saw mills . When forests had to be leveled to make a place fo r cultivating crops , an invitation went out to the young men to assist in rolling the logs into a pile to be burned . That invitation was accompanied with o ne to the young ladies o f the families to a quilting bee , which mean t that after the quilting was done in the day , and the logs rolled and burned , a great feast was served , when evening costume was donned , which was followed by — — a dance sometimes called a play such as b 1 will e the reaper, Yo u will be the binder; hav lo r e o ve I e st my t u l , And where shall 1 find her "
Sometimes it was Choosing a bride. o ld There is an barn still stan ding, not far from south
Creek plantation , that served the sparsely settled community
' fo s - r a chool house and preaching place before . the Fo rk l church was built. A comical story is told by the o ld people o f a who h x c f Methodist minister , w ile e er isinghimsel rather m violently , standing o n an i provised pulpit with slender sup ports , was thrown to the floor. The refrain o f the worldly “ minded was that as the preacher repeated the words , The righteous shall stand , the wicked shall fall, . that down came ” Goodwin , pulpit and all . T hemother o f the writer had a sad exp en ence in her
W s young life . hile attending a tournament, o common in those days , o n the Snead plantation , she saw a young man
o who had been her suitor, nameless here, dash his brains ut against a tree, a broad old century o ak , that stands now on “ the public road . The horse that he was riding shied . and ran to o near the tree . This in fo rmat1 o n was gotten from
o f no to was others , and was a matter history,but allusion it
Austin Sé ay , a first c o usm o f the three brothers, said that “ once he called o n Lucinda Pollard at her home, and that
' while he was talking to her another young man Was an no unced, and she excused herself to add some touches to her
Mbra e toilet. He took g at this, and left the room before
ne she returned . He did no t tell whether the favored o was the o ne she married o r no t t In reading these pages , o ne c an but be s ruck with the love and devotion of the Pollard sisters to each other, as
and shown when they would not be separated as orphans , in after life they selected fo r their life co mpan ions three
e o n brothers , all of whom settl d near each other, the land r a o f the fathers. There was one sister who did not ma ry
— e Snead there were only three , the fourth having gone W st .
' ’ a . But she married very acceptably to the f mily, a Mr [5 2]
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c pi ture o f his mother, that he always carried near his heart.
That was a tribute to the son as well as to the mother. As
“ o a devoted t the sons s they were , they saw them go frbm
e ‘ if n cessary , without raising a word o f p rotest . Surely the women were as great heroes often as the men in the Civil
J o aqum Miller said : “ The bravest battle that ever was fo ught
l I o J Shal tell y u where or when .
’ On the maps of the world yo u will find it not
’ ’ Fo r t was fo ught by the mo thers of men.
I n those days o f blockade , it was the housewife who kept
‘ S a n . he o ha o f r the family movi g it was wh d t provide o sug r , coffee , tea and wearing apparel . They had to bring out the spinning wheels and looms from their hiding to make clothes fo r colored and white . The writer recalls how proudly , she wore a real homespun blue checked gingham m 1 863.
These mothers were great lovers o f their neighbors , and delighted to do them a kindness .
' Most people are apt to t hink well o f their mothers , and they should . But after coming ln contact with many o mothers of high and low degree , it is my firm convicti n I have never met women o f higher and purer ideas and ideals
1 s o f life, whose influence knew no taint. And not this a legacy w hich they have left us o f which we vshould be proudly and justly grateful "
T HE Mo T HER
e o o b a Dear earth, yo u must ho ld her clos t y ur re st,
Ho an ar e weet lee er at res t ld her, d w m th s s p ; Thro w over that mo und a mantle of green ' And soft be her sleep neath the wealth of i ts sheen.
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The following is taken from a list o f passengers arriving — in the colony , February , 1 633 Thomas Pollard , twenty " o f three years , from Port Plymouth , in the Robert Bona ” ' " ve nture , for St . Christopher sfi The names o f John and
’ Richard Pollard are in the records o f St. Michael s Parish ; later record also o f Sarah , daughter o f Henry Pollard . In a list o f the Chamberlains to the King in the time o f “ ” William and Mary , published in the History o f Chester, ap pears the name o f Sir John P ollard . The volume called “ King William Homes and Families contains the following about the Pollards : “ This family appears first to have settled in King and
Queen County, Virginia , in the early part o f the eighteenth century , and its history includes many distinguished names , amon g them the o ld clerks o f King and Queen and King
a s William . They intermarried with the D n dridge , Spotts woods , Edwards , etc . ; the descendants have spread over the land . The little book called Americans o f Gentle Birth c on tains the following item concerning the Pollards ' " The Pollards were o f Welsh descent, two brothers having come to this country in 1 700. One of them settled
r in Pennsylvania , the othe , Joseph Pollard , located in
Goochland Coun ty , Virginia , where he married Priscilla
Ho ames and had two sons . The eldest, Thomas Pollard , born in Goochland , was a captain in the Virginia Line in ” the Revolution . He married Sarah Harding .
me - s a r A recent number o f the Ti s Di p tch says , In o u 63 article of January l st, 1 905 , it is stated that in 1 7 , Joseph and John Pollard patented between them about
o s ten thous and acres o f land in Harrison County , n w We t " Virginia . W ho were they "
* N o t — s s i s s th e w a e . Ve s el stop p ed at the land on y to i i i V rg n a . [5 5] T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N ' A
In the land grant office , Richmond , Virginia , is recorded " a wo o deed of t c unties , Monroe and Wise , now Harrison , to two of the Pollards , Joseph and John , brothers o f the father of the three Misses Pollard . That made the Sneads heirs to this land . Some of them sold their claim to it and received about half of its known value at that time . T he others did no t sell , hoping to recover it . But the taxes were
o f no t paid for a number years , and the squatters took p os
u s . session of it, and , co ld never be fully disposses ed If taxes had been kept up, the Sneads would have been wealthy
a o from these lands , with their rich mines . A few years g , a lawyer from Monroe told the writer that he was very " ” ne familiar with the Pollard survey , which was the first o o n record , and very valuable .
The most distinguished of the P ollards of the past genera- t d f “ ” “ tion was E . A . Pollar , author o Lost Cause , Life of , ” c o - Davis , and other works . He was a editor of the Rich m ond Exami ner with his brother, James , who was killed in
Richmond o n account of some newspaper article . They
who were sons o f Richard Pollard , of United States Army ,
ar 1 8 1 2 w to w as prominent in the W of , ent China and was
] o f United States Consul , and whose wife was a daughter
r Senator William C . Rives . E . A . Pollard was a write o f great distinction , and his death was much regretted . The wife of Benjamin Pollard was Sarah Johnson ; her
Was h o r grandmother, it is believed , a Gooc Gouge, as the
1 n family was called then . They lived another part of the the county , but they often visited each other. Through
la res C ooches they were related to the Al g , Porters , Nel sons and Daniels . It was the same family as that of Gov
‘ ’ ern o r Gooch , who was made a baronet by Queen Anne , and from whom Goo chland was named . The Virginia
C ooches are descended from his brother , William Gooch ,
President o f the Council . [5 6] T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
The Johnson family was a large one . The first one o f
ohnson who which any record is found is William J . was a large property owner in Henrico County , afterwards called
Goo chland and Albemarle. His name and that o f Philip and William Gooch appear in many places in the Albe
o marle records . The Johnsons were a quiet, sturdy set f ‘ farmers ; all of them , by frugality and industry , seem to have amassed considerable property in negroes and lands . They had little taste for public life . The most prominent among them was Rev . Thomas N . Johnson , the silvery voiced o rator o f Buckingham , a man o f fine talents , o f modest
- m ien , and o f far reaching influence. He lived on his own plantation , serving the same churches during his long min istry . His friends were legion . His face betokened the geniality of his loving nature . He made ready his last ser “ mon on I have fought a good fight , I am ready to be offered up . Finding that he could not be able to deliver
- — in . . it , he sent for his son law, Dr Thomas J Shipman , who married his daughter , Lula Johnson , to preach it for him , which he did after the death o f this much-mourned- fo r pastor. Another daughter married Rev . Dr . J . A . Mundy .
The descendants o f Rev . T . N . Johnson are among the prominent folk of the State .
T HE POMFREYS The manner in which the Pomfrey name came into the family has not been a scertained . The information is scant . We only know that it was a name held in affection by the
ohn sons J , as Pomfrey Johnson and in the next generation , — Pomfrey Snead the last one named . The children were always told that there was a fortune in England coming to " n ~ them from the Pomfrey estate . One of the Johnson a c esto rs was a Pomfrey .
* — o d P um fri ette . N te . Sp elle also p T H E S N E A D S F L U ' V A N N A
During the last few years , there has s everal times been published the fact, o r fancy , that the Pomfrey fortune was ready, o f several millions, in London fo r its American heirs .
Some still have hopes . o f getting it, but the chances a re slight. There are some who believe that there is little doubt but that a large section o f land i n the older part o f London belongs to the Pomfreys a nd their descendants in this coun try. Their coat o f arms is in possession o f some Pomfreys living near R ichmond , Virginia . The English estate is said to be worth several millions , and every once in a while a h report springs up that it is about to be se cured . The tec nicalities o f law and manip ulations o f lawyers form an ia vincible barrier in the e ffort to gain anything from this source .
However. what follows may throw some light onthe above.
In a book in the Virginia Historical Society rooms , gi v mg a list o f names o f persons who came in the early days , is the following : " ’ Thom as P omfrett, in Monmouth s Rebellion transported ” fro m Taunton . “ a f eard u o f e Also , Abrah m Pollard, o Ch , o t Bridg
f e » water Prison , that came from Taunton (seat o the reb l lion) .
a the The followers of Lord Monmouth were Protest nts ,
King , James II , whom he tried to overthrow, was a Catholic .
The rebellion was suppressed and prisoners sent to Virginia . In same book is the name o f Ann P omfrett in Parish
Christ Church in Lancaster, five in family .
POMFREY JOHN SON
The M an with the B ig Heart
He was a gentleman o f wealth . His home was called
o mes the South Creek Plantation , and was n t far from Ja
ur River . He never married , lived alone in his house, s
r h rounded by a large number o f servants . Unlike most ic [5 8] T E E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
planters in the South , he did not employ overseers . He was afraid they would no t be kind to his slaves , fo r he was notably lenient with them . The only products fo r market from his large farm were tobacco an d wheat. That brought him a large sum each year. Practically everything else was fo r home consumption . The year before he died he did not draw his money p romptly from Walthall and Brown ,
o Richmond , c mmission merchants , not needing the money .
The firm broke , owing him three thousand dollars fo r his ‘ crop , not a cent o f which he ever receivedfi His servants about an hundred o f them , lived in cabins alongside the road from his house o n the hill to the new one , o n the op p o site hill , that he had built for his s isters in which to raise the orphan Pollard children . It was a Village with o s s r ne street , with blacksmith and wheelwright hop and othe farm buildings in the rear. The colored people said that Uncle Pomfrey buried a pot o f gold near his house just before he died . Many o f them have engaged in the search fo r it.
a Abram Barnett, a highly respected colored man , he d " " man of George H . Snead , Sr. , said that Mars Pomfrey
to exercised good government with his slaves , that he used
r whip with willows , ten in a bunch , o rather have them whipped by the elders o f their o wn race , fo r any stories they
fo r told . Next, he whipped them for stealing , fighting each
o . other and lastly , for talking ugly t their parents They were whipped for these four things . It was not unlike the feudal system. N o chief was more respe cted o r beloved by his s ubjects . History has born e out the fact that South
Creek negroes have almos t every o ne turned o ut well , not a rogue among them . Only one o f these o ld servants , born at South Creek , old Aunt Nancy is left , so far
* —T h a s f an d w N o te . e hog she ads h d ha ts p ut to them ere r rolled alon g the road to m a ket . T H E S N E A D S L V ‘ O F F U A N N A.
. S e o n to m as is known h must be close the century ark, if not over it. Do you ask what part Pomfrey Johnson played in Snead
- history A great part . We have seen from another paper t hat the three Sneads married three Pollard ladies . W ho
" w " are i ere they There no Pollards n this county , as far
‘ as . is known They came from Buckingham . Their father,
Benjamin Pollard, came from one o f the lower counties . We have n o t felt it important to traceany c onnection with the Pollards now liv1 ng i n the lower counties: There is a
- full record of Pollards in the Times Dispatch. Our imme
a diate Pollard kin h d close relatives in Norfolk . f the Benjamin Pollard, a r of these three ladies , married
Miss Sallie Johnson , of Buckingham . T hey lived at Buck
“ ‘ - ingham Court House . He and his wife therefi and ldied
s b . oon after, the house was urned As there were no P ol
l ohn o ns Mrs . ard kin near, the J s , brothers of the mother, P c ollard , de ided to divide out among themselves these five orphan children .
* to be . And here a most pathetic scene is l recorded His
‘ tory scarcely furnishes a parallel . Think of it , you children
' of happy homes , and think o f the sorrow that must have
,
' filled the hearts of these children when they found that bo th parents and their home were taken from them , and they were to be separated fo r life .
T he e t , and childr n had heard wha ( was to be their lot
o f o n being devoted to each other , decided on a plan their w to show their disapproval o f it . On the day when they were to be separated from each other to go to the respective homes of their uncles and aunts ,
[ they went to the wheat field and hid themselves“ Poor h " n o no . little waifs They had money, ome , but they had
* o —T a r e ri at T v s R N te . hey bu ed ra eller est
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( manufactured in looms at home , the cotton and wool b eing , raised on the farm . So there was little to buy outside o f the home establishment. Every kind o f fruit was raised
- in abundance . There were peafowls , guinea pigs and othe r fowls . The cabins were presided over bythe o ld mammies . When the older members were at work in the fields the little pickaninnies were taken care o f by the mammies , who a s t like queens in the cabins , sometimes c arding and spin ning. I t was difficult to keep from running over children . as one would drive down this cabin street, there were so man y o f them .
Some o f the apples and pe aches : that were grown o n the
' farm were made into brandy, which was served to all vis
' itors, as was the custom in that day ; and the dec anter was always on the sidebo ard, but it was the pure juice o f the fruit, no t like the whiskey o f the present day, with its p oxson ous mixtures . I t is said that if a visitor imbibed too much he was never offered anything to drink again . " Uncle Pomfrey was a member o f the Fork Baptist
Church and a regular attendant at its services, though a very
- modest and retiring man . He ] was bald headed and o f rather slender build . Dr. N . B . Gay said he remembered the seat he always occupied near the window o f the o ld part
s o ar o f the c hurch, where the leader o f the choir now its, n t f from the pulpit. As soon as services were over, he made
an e fo r his horse, a handsome o ne with a bow neck , fat d fle t “ ” o l e no m s o f f ot, called F y, a nam . which was misno er, a he was soon out o f sight for his South Creek home . All honor to this o ld man with the big heart. May there be many o f his relatives who shall follow in his foo tsteps in this respect.
* s t av Uncle Pomfre y never m arried . He was aid o h e r M s S rah vi sited Mis s Catha ine G ooch, a cousin , and a is a
d r wi i ia i t i s n o t w . W oo , whethe th matr mon l nten kno n [62] T E E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
While we are doing honor to the forefathers o f this a ssembly , let us not for o ne moment forget the foremothers ,
nson the two o ld maiden ladies , Aunts Betsey and Onie J oh , who came over from their home in Amelia to mother live m otherless and fatherless Pollard children . Surely the
for Sneads should be kind to orphans , wherever found, they were so kindly cared for by these o ld aunts and uncles .
to run th Their brother, Pomfrey, furnished the money e
e to ho me , gave the Pollard girls on hundred dollars each — g et their wedding trousseaux that always included kid slippers , bombazine crepe dress , etc . , and a number o f serv an ts as well , when they went to housekeeping . These uh m arried Johnsons adopted them as their own . N o children had a happier home , and when they married and had families o s f their own , the nieces and nephews came to visit them , a they often did , they were sent back loaded with fruit an d o ther good things , after spending a happy time .
They were very different in temperament. Whenever o ne o f the family is found to be cross o r quarrelsome , we are apt to say , a real Aunt Onie . She was not so socia ble and affable as Aunt Betsy ; she was blunt an d plain to
a . o degree She loved t spin fl ax , and she would no t always ‘ f r e to is greet you if she was very busy , but say , Lo rd. "— child; what made you come o ut this bad day " or so me thing like it. But the children soon learned to know that — it was only her manner that her heart beat warm and ten — der fo r . them all Aun t Betsy was a saint, indeed always busy , always cheerful and always ready to greet visito rs . People came from far and wide to see them and partake o f " t heir hospitality . Aunt Betsy would say, Help your " s elves , children , to the berries , there are thousan ds o f them , ’ " instead o f Don t take many . The vision o f her in empire dress , with arms filled with baskets o f good things to take hospitality. They believed 1 n the goo d old Virginia custom
a d o f always breaking bread with your visitor . Honey. n
- as hoe cakes cooked o n griddles , with sweet milk tb drink , w
ften offered to callers . Their cupboard was always full,
Their whole life was in their home . did no t leave ‘ They SOME OF T HE SON S OF T HE T HR EE SON S
T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
CHAP T ER VI
LAT ER GEN ERAT ION S
The following is a running history o f the Sneads descends
ho c d from the three brothers , w were descended from
r bil John , and from his father, A chi l or Archibold , in the
' - last hundred and thirty five years . William and George and Benjamin married respectively , Lucinda , Oranie and
Elizabeth Pollard . There are about two hundred and fifty living descendants .
o f All three o f these had seven sons ; tw o them , George
u and Benjamin , had seve n sons and one da g hter ; the other
live one had seven sons and three daughters , making only
- girls and twenty one sons . One daughter seems to run in
o f the family . Oranie Virginia was the youngest child
George and Ella Elizabeth of Benjamin . Archibald, the d father of John , had only one aughter, Matilda , and from the old English records , it is found that there was a Matilda , only daughter of John , of Belmont .
‘ — Six o f the twenty- one sons died unm arn ed Peyto n and
’
Louis , o f William s family ; Philip and Gideon , of Benja
’ ’ min s ; and Burwell and Nash , o f George s family . Most of the married ones have families or descendants living in this
Fork se ction , on the lands of their fathers . Scarcely any of
the land has gone out o f the family . The original tract was
’ ’ ’ in Archibald s name , then in Burwell s , and later in John s .
’
o . While in Burwell s possession , the lower part was sold ff
o . John , by degrees , added many more acres t the plantation A part of it was sold once to a gold mining company for
— i i n n u w r f N ot e From th s g old m e , g g et s e e ound larg e r s n w an d w enoug h fo r b ea tp ins a d ri n g s , th at ere m ade orn
h s f i i m w h o o w n d i at t a i . by t e daug hter o W ll a , e t h t t me [65] T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
fifteen thousand dollars, and yielded good results fo r a time .
Later, it was closed for want of proper machinery . I t has been bought into the family again by the purchase o f Dr .
W. E . Hatcher, who married Oranie Virginia Snead . George and William Snead were both deacons in the
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Fo rk . Church Benjamin , the shrinking one, led the congre
a g tio n al singing befo re the choir was organized under Mr .
John Nicholas Perkins , who served so long and well . The
Sneads were noted fo r their hospitality. Their doors were ever open to their kindred and friends , and they esteemed it an honor and Christian privilege to entertain . William often
o o entertained . soldiers n furlough , wh came home with his sons in the army for a rest o f several weeks,who were too far from their o wn homes down South to return to them.
“ They were noted fo r kindness to the poor o f the neighbor w hood . Many wido s received help from them , depending entirely upon them for meat. William and Benjamin had about thirty negroes ; George only about fifteen .
George and wife economized to educate their children .
vrn William and Ben set theirs up in business , g1 g them a good start . Most o f them lived on their lands ; some be
ccumu came merchants , and but for the war might have a " lated considerable wealth . Improve your mind , for that
e can no t be taken away from you like riches , which can tak " wmgs and fly away , was the word often repeated in ’ - o s George s home, by the book lover, Burwell, t his brother ' ut o f o f s and sister, and by parents . Five o the eight George children had degrees from universities and colleges . Three graduated from the University . While we would no t be fulsome and extravagant in the
- - are praise o f any, yet this heart to heart talk that we having f all among ourselves , fo r the sake o history , seems allowable
n and justifiable . I n one o f the families , that o f Joh Peyton,
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son . Holman and , Dr Nash Perkins Snead , and Dr . George
. o f . . A. n T Snead , this branch , and Mr E Snead , of Clifto
Forge, o f the Lynchburg Sneads .
so Burwell William , oldest n o f George , graduated in
law at the University of Virg1 ula in one session , as did his
brother , George , afterwards in medicine . Junius was a
student for a time at West Point, and graduated in several
departments at the University. He has g1 ven his life to
teaching, being specially fond of the classics . Virginia
va a graduated at Flu nn Institute , under Dr. Henson , at the “ o age f fifteen , an d afterwards at Albemarle Institute , under
John Hart, with the degree o f M . A . Ella Elisabeth ,
a daughter of Benjamin , was also a student at Fluvann and
Albemarle Institutes , and graduated in several departments .
She had a beautiful soprano voice . Lewis Brown attended
Richmond College . English records state that the Women were noted for their
T 51 1 s beauty in the olden days . heir talent for mu c also a
o f e o f matter of history. Many the desc ndants the three
brothers have attained eminence in vo 1 ce and piano . One f has studied abroad . Some have attained to the highest o
the university degrees . It is a remarkable fact that there has never been a mar
s o . riage among the first c ousm , wh were both Sneads There
have been several third or fourth , but no fi rst. The elder Sneads taught their children that marriage among close kin
was e t a h not desirable , whil hey were much devoted to e c
as other . The young men especially loved to get together
o ften as possible to talk o f the current events o f the day . All coarse and vulgar conversation was frowned down upon. It was said that when Burwell snead found that anything al was being said that his mother could not hear , that he
ways got up and left the company. T H E S N E A D S L O F F U V A N N A.
o f The Sneads the Fork are lovers o f peace , above the
o ordinary . They d not love to pick a quarrel . The phrase " ” c o rime c adopted by the Snead family , N c pp r , nec opprimi
— to — neither oppress , no r to be oppressed shows itself in them . In the main , they early become Christians , and are patrons of good order and sobriety— not a confirmed drunk ard among them . Their church is their Mecca , and few
r neglect its se vices , at least , while under the sound of the old church bell . They are great lovers o f their home and
fireside (though Thackeray says we have no firesides , since stoves came into use) . Not very many are in the public eye . They seem to think with the poet, Burns , that “ To make a happy fires ide clime
Fo r means and wife
I s the true pa tho s and s ublime
Of human life .
They are industrious and liberal with their families . Di vo rc es are unknown among them . Possibly this is because x they have made such wise c o mp anio nship s . They have intermarried with the prominent folk , the old families of
P erkinses o neses this and other counties , such as the , J ,
’
Thomases , Seays, Winns , Pettits and others . William
Pomfrey married , first , Miss Henrietta Tapscott , of Buck
luvann a . ingham, and afterwards Miss Julia Seay , of F
Captain Charles G . Snead married , first, Miss Sallie Miller
Broaddus , of Caroline County , and afterwards Miss Eliza beth Payne , of Goochland . Mr . Luther R . Snead married e Miss Emma Elliott, of Charlottesville . John N wton mar ried Miss Virginia Katherine Robertson , of Chesterfield ,
Virginia . Cornelius married Miss Helen Winn . Walker
Gilmer married Miss Bell Jones , daughter of Deacon Silas
B . Jones . Benjamin Snead married , first , Mary Elizabeth Bashaw and afterwards Rebecca Pettit ; Thomas married T H E S N E A D S L U V A . F N N A
t a Fanny , a sis er, d ughter o f Samuel Pettit . John Peyton
r ' ma ried Sallie Ford , of Goochland . George Holman mar
Vir rnia ried g Perkins , daughter of John Perkins ; Marcellus
married Anne Judson , daughter of Isaac Perkins , all of
luvann a. F Junius P . Snead mam ed , first, Adella Yar
Mi331 ss1 brough , of pp1 , next Miss Elizabeth Chandler, of m Virginia . Po frey Pollard married Miss Betty George , ‘ 3 o f Fluvann a. Ella Elizabeth married Charles Madison
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Thomas , of Fluvann a. Betty Snead m arried Willis C . ne a m Thomas ; Sallie A n m rried Sa uel Sadler, afterwards
B e amm Valentine Snead married nj Seay ,
' of luva n a. R e n . m arrred all F ob rt P Snead Mary Terry , o f luva a a F nn Or me Virginia Snead married Rev . William
d Ht B edfo d El ridge a cher,of r , Virgin1 a
John Newton Snead , son of William , was named for the 3 o good and great J hn Newton , the friend of the po et , Cow
’
er. He a p was g reat favorite with his kindred and friends .
' s Gentle and retiring in manner , he had the granite in hi
character. He was a devoted and faithful member of the
o ld h h n he First C urc i Richmond , where lived and raised e his family. He was , in his early lif , a merchant in Char
m ss . lo ttesville , afterwards a c o m r 1 o n merchant ii1 Richmond
as . His descendants and his wife , who w Miss Virginia K f Robertson , a cultivated member o an old Virginia family ,
m. who survives him , live in Birmingham, Alaba a His
r. cture . grandson , William Warren , J , appears in the p 1
o m fre m £ y Pollard returned fro Texas in middle life , and v married Miss Bettie George , o f Flu ann a; The greatest f w “ joy o this orthy , aged pair is in their descendants , who l delight to honor them . Marce lus Snead , son of George ,
was first a merchant. He lived in Charlottesville , Mem
1 r as . i n phis and Richmond . Since the wa he h been living
retm n wrth Fluvann a, near Carysbrook . He is of g nature , T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
optimistic spirit . He is a decided humorist and choice en tertainer. He grips his friends with hooks of steel . He is
- Superintendent of the Bethel Sunday School , and deacon o f the church . He has long served as Chairman of the
Board o f Supervisors of Fluvann a, Virginia .
s Benjamin Hadad , son o f William , belongs to the clas of country gentlemen whose lives are spent far from the public gaze , and yet , not so far but that his influence is known and recogn ized far and wide for truth and righteous
s ness . His modesty is only exceeded by his worth . His on
Rufus is a worthy descendant . Those persons who knew
to William Snead and his father, William , did not fail
perceive the likeness between them . He seemed . to be cast in the same mold of strict probity and devotion to duty . His adherence to what he believed sometimes carried him into the borderland o f prejudice . He was a prominent citizen , successful farmer and deacon ln the old Fork Church , as is now his son , Frank Snead .
o o f Peyton Nash , son of George , wh died as a result exposure in the war , was a gifted conversationalist , a great lover of his home . His early death was a great sorrow to ’ his family , and hastened his father s death , who returned from a business trip to Richmond and found Nash a corpse .
He said he could never recover from it, that it was the first thought in the morning and the last at night . He died soon afterwards . Robert possessed many o f the sterling q ualrtres of his
o f - father . He was the first one the twenty one young men to found a home in the Fork section . He was of cheery nature . He was a strict moralist, but did not connect him self with the church until late in life , he had such high con cep tio ns of what a church member ought to be . None of the young men approach the model Apollo de Belvedere , but T H E S N E A D S F L U V A u N N A
Lewis and Gideon came nearer to it than any o f the others .
They were both noted fo r their good looks . They died u nmarried, soon after the war , having lived down South fo r a number of years Lewis looked o nly on the bright side
“ ’ o f life ; he seemed to think that mirth was Go d s sunshine , and all the world should bask in Cornelius Pollard has lived continuously near the old home . He was first a merchant with his cousin , Thomas F .
Bashaw, a notably strong character , afterwards a tobacco nist . He has long since retired , but is an active member of
o f the Board Trustees of the Fork Union Academy , and “ r ide ntified with the g o w mg town of Fork Union . Uncle ”
Neal , as he is familiarly called , is much beloved by kin dred and friends , has long been Treasurer of the Fdrk
Church . Walker Gilmer and Thomas , sons of Benjamin ,
‘ were modest and retm ng , averse to p ro mrnenc e . They were faithful and true and devoted to their families . They both died in middle age . Walker Gilmer was the youngest child , and lived at the old home , where his son , Gilmer, now lives .
Luther P . Snead , of splendid physique and affectionate n ature , chose Charlottesville for his home . He was , for a long time , Cashier of the National Bank there . He was an active member of the church and a member o f the choir, as was his wife . He was cut o ff suddenly . in the prime o f his manhood . John Peyton Snead was for a long time a mer chant in Goochland ; he afterwards settled in Fluvanna, where he raised his family . 1 11 health interfered with his usefulness and prominence. He was a great reader, and few know how intellectual he was . Junius Snead had the advantages of a umversrty course , and his taste led him to teaching . He had charge of an academy in Meridian ,
Mississippi , and afterwards taught Latin and Greek in South
Boston , with his wife , Miss Betty Chandler, who was a T E E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
full graduate o f Hollins Institute . He is still active in church work , teaching a large class o f men in the Sun day
. o School of his church He is n t unlike Burwell William , his brother, in his characteristics . * so o Captain Charles G . Snead , the youngest n f George H has been prominent in this county for many years in church relations as well as in politics . He is a great lover o f his church and is a deacon and a leader in many of its enterprises . He was recently recommended by the County
Executive Committee fo r the Senate .
A special to the Times-Dispatch says of him : He has been County Chairman for a number of years and has always taken an active interest in politics . He is a success ful farmer and business man , a cultured and refined gentle ” man , and will ably represent the district in the Senate .
He declined the position .
Dr. George H . Snead had good school advantages in early life . He graduated in medicine at the University o f
Virginia in one session . He was , for a time , in a hospital
r c s in Philadelphia , and then began the p a t1 e of medicine in the Fork section . He had a wide practise for fifty years , being a member of Conscript Board in the Civil War . He was the first Academy physician and lecturer on Physiolo gy and Hygiene . He has been pastor of the Fork Church and o f - Bethel for thirty two years , having felt the call to preach
e . after the death of his mother, aft r becoming a physician
He has always been a close student , and has wonderful virility , even at his advanced age . A few years ago , he celebrated his golden wedding with his wife , who has
u walked lovingly at his side all these years . He has ill m ined the name by a long life of usefulness and prominence .
Burwell William Snead , of Charlottesville , law partner
"" — N o te He h as be e n r e c en tly m ade Co m m an de r o f Flu
r n van n a Cam p o f Co n federate Ve te a s . T H E S N E A D S V N F L U A N A.
- . o f of Shelton F Leake , who died at thirty one years age , in l 863 , much loved and honored in church relations (he was Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of
Virginia) , was fast making an enviable reputation in poli tics . [ He was i n the c amp al g n of Douglas and Lincoln , making many political addresses . His feeble health , after , an f attack o pneumonia , prevented him from taking any active part in the war . From his youth he had been deli cate ; his father, George Snead , taking him to the White
Sulphur Springs a number of years until he was restored , ’ but he was never strong. Dr . Snead s address , o n his char acter, made at the reunion by request, appears later on in this boo k . It seems fittrng , however, that he should have special mention here . No one will g al nsay the statement that Burwell William
first set the standard for high education among his kindred.
e o who H and Poindexter Hens n , lived a close, neighbor,
c Were in the same grade o f classes .at the University and om h panions in their country homes . Both loved books and bot were public speakers and prominent church members . The
a wrl ter recalls delightful hours spent l n their presence , as
( child , listening to them as they discoursed on matters literary
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whic as v . and historic , much of h w abo e her comprehension , but enough was 1 mbibed to stir her intellectual ambition fo r
sa hat . . . . to t more Dr A B Brown used y , he read and com mitted to memory , in early life , books too deep for him then , but that, in later life , he had them so imbedded in him that “ ” they were always on tap . His death was the first sorrow that ever came to the wr1 ter, and for long it seemed to shut
so out all light and joy . He was much beloved and looked
o t1 m es fo r up to . W ho is the one who d es not at long the touch of the vanished hand , and the sound of the voice that is still "
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s shaking his hand , My on , do right, do right , and then with tearful eyes turn away from him . A merchant moved into the vicinity and opened up his store . An officer o f the county came into his store o ne day , who said to the mer “ " chant , Tell me whom I can trust around here Who is ” the man who will pay his debts as soo n as they are due " “ " — William Snead is the man, said he a very high en c o mium for any one . Some o ne who heard that in after “ years said , Put down his son Robert in the same category This trait o f strict honesty and probity must be accorded to all of his sons .
Captain Charles G . Snead tells an interesting story o f how, when he was a soldier , he returned home one night
- about bed time . His father, George , was o ne o f the pious
o o Christians who had family w rship , the loss of which is s much deprecated in these days . He said he rode up quietly , and when he put his foot o n the doorstep he heard his ’ father s voice in prayer. He stopped a n d listened, and , reader, do you know that he was praying at that instant for
is t " f him , for h safe return ohis home With his face su fused with tears , he entered the beloved home circle .
George greatly loved the Wednesday night prayer- meet
’ - ing . It was the writer s part to carry the hymn book for the service . George was a man of great faith and prayer . A neighbor said that once he was passing not far o ff from an old tobacco house , near the home , when he heard a voice as o f some one talking” He went near, and found his Uncle
George on his knees pleading with his Lord in prayer . He always had the highest respect for his piety after that.
Benjamin was as humorous as the other two , a fine business man and , as Dr. Hatcher said in his address at “ u the reumo n , that he was the gentleman , tho gh they were
o all gentlemen . He was the one who stayed at home , wh T E E S N E A D S O F F L U ' V A N N A
took care o f his mother in her last days . He was a man o f fine sense ; his pastor s aid that his extreme timidity inter fere d with his usefulness . When called at church meeting, he said it frightened him to answer to his These — blessed o ld men the aro ma o f their influence for righteous ness lingers still in this o ld Fork neighbo rhood . Peace to their ashes " Gran dmother Snead was said to have been a handsome woman when a widow . A story is told o f her , that she had a suitor at that time from over the river, whose company seemed very agreeable to her . In a conference o f the sons , — it was decided that it ought to be broken up that he was probably after her money, as she was so much older than he was . Accordingly , Benjamin , who lived with her , was
to 1 5 - deputed carry out this comm 5 1 on , which thing he did very successfully , and she remained unmarried . Grandmother Snead had a little carriage called a gig — or chaise ; there were only two 1 n the neighborhood hers
’ and old Mrs . Payne s, an d some o f the neighbors gave great annoyance by borrowing it . Once old Mr. Shipp , who seemed to have been a wit in the neighborhood , kept
o the gig away to long . She said to him on returning it, “ ” “ “ You are a pretty fellow, keeping my gig so long . Yes , “ ” said he , my wife always said I was . He was the one who had said to Grandfather John when he could n o t get “ ’ him to do as he wanted him , I ll take my spade and turn d the branch from my spring away from your mill pon , and ” so dry it up . The memory o f the funeral o f Grandmother Snead is very vivid to the writer, probably because her brother, Bur well , living from home at that time as Principal of Columbia
"" T h e childr en s eeme d to p artake o f th e ch aracteri stics o f h f r h i t e athe . T e s o n s o f B enjamin w e r e n otably r e t r i n a r t u i i i s g , ve se o p bl c p os t on . 1 Academy , returned that day and presented her, a child of
‘ ‘ - ten years of age , with a pair o f gold hoop ear rmgs .
The funeral address was at the church, a long while
a — he after the buri lf no preacher could be gotten before . T great congregation was invited to dinner at the home o f the
- o . f s youngest s n, Benjamin The g rove o wide preading century oaks surrounding the house was filled with the high * o f t carriages and buggies tha day that , had not long come
s ee open , and quarters o f lamb , veal , old ham and vv ts served to the multitude fro m the lo ng dining table . The effort to keep from being crushed in the moving throng 1 ns1 de is also
o a distinct memory , if n t a pleasant
*I t w as o ften a contention with the drivers as to which
one dr ove the hig hest carriag e .
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CHAPT ER VI I
WAR RECORD— PERSONAL E"PERIENCE
o u t love ee My c n ry, 1 th , Each valley and height There is n o thing abo ve thee " Save C o d and the right.
Seventeen o f the twenty- one sons o f the three brothers f were in the Civil War . One , the son o William , Robert
- Snead , was past forty five ; Burwell was disabled by ill
o f . health , and one , named Peyt n , son o William , had died “ “ " o f At the call T o arms they came from the marts trade , the halls of learning , and from home and fireside . Marcellus
o u was in Memphis , Tennessee , and went t from there with
o o ut o f the cavalry . Luther, with Gideon , wh was scarcely ’ his teens , went from Charlottesville to Harper s Ferry . Junius came home from the University o f Virginia to mm the Fluvanna artillery with his brothers and kindred . They used to drill o n the church grounds here . They all enlisted
son in the beginning and stayed to the close . Peyton Nash ,
o f o f George , died after the war ended , as a result exposure in the Maryland campaign . Junius , who was Orderly
o . Sergeant, and Benjamin were imprisoned for tw years
Dr . George H . Snead was appointed and served on the board for examining conscripts with Dr. Winston , of Farm ville . Captain Charles G . Snead, youngest son o f George , who went out as a private , retu rned as Captain o f Artillery .
He filled every office in the compan y, showing decided mili tary gifts . He was detailed as a drill master while only a ser T H E S N E A D S F L U ' V A N N A
. o f geant At the battle Winchester, o n September 1 9th , 86 1 4 , having the first and second guns , was fighting on that part o f the line held by . General Rodes . When this gallant officer was killed , his whole line gave away and fell back in great confusion an d disorder, when Lieutenant Snead rushed his two guns up on a little eminence and Opened a terrific
o fire n the advancing columns of the army, and instantly checked them, rallying the infantry around his guns , and saved them from rout. Just as this was done , the General “ commanding rode up to him and s aid, Lieutenant , you ” have saved the day .
Soon after this , Captain Massie was killed and Lieutenant
Snead was made Captain by order o f General Lee himself, an honor he has always highly prized . Lewis Brown , Will iam Pomfrey , John Peyton , Luther Rice , Philip and Pom ’ frey Johnson were in Captain Roger s company o f cavalry .
Some of the t1 me they did picket duty around Richmo nd . John Peyton rode up to a well to water his horse and was captured . i One of the three brothers , William , the oldest, was n 1 8 1 2 the war . of , and was in camp near Richmond , at Camp
f . . Co o ke 1 n o Holley , General John H command camp The wagon an d horses of Grandfather John Snead were impressed into service as being the best to be got in the
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sent to dr . county, and were Camp Holley with ivers John Snead was in the Revolutionary War
If the Sneads o f ancient days were noted fo r their valor, the same meed o f praise should be accorded by the historian o f the present day . Many o f the name had been in the
Revolutionary War ; one , a Major Smith Snead , was a
. e member o f the Society of Cincinnati Georg Holman , Jr
— r N ot e Later in th e day the Confederates h ad to ret eat .
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all the masculine contingent mounted horses and took to the woods , taking with them a number o f farm horses . That i " left six lad es in the house worse than unprotected , fo r there
e o were half a h undred negro s n the plantation , and many left their work an d congregated at the gate to see the so l diers come in almost every hour. The meat house was well
T wo nigh emptied, keys being demanded without scruple .
- men o f cut throat appearan ce , hirelings, n o doubt , came up
' - the Walk way . W e always presented a solid phalanx in the porch . They asked fo r money ; they were to ld to look in a bureau drawer, where were two do llars and o ne
, the negroes at the gate giving them the info rmatio n , “ but that did not satisfy them . They said , We want your
” ' “ s —- o no t watch , speaking to my si ter in law, and if y u do ’ " g ive it to us I ll burn yo ur house . She did not have o ne , but there were three ladies present who did have watches .
I to ok m ine , that was a bridal present from my husband , and bridal presents were scarce then , and told her to save her house. She gave it to the miscreant and he walked away . Another watch was given by her in place o f it, and
’ ex er I had no loss except a sentime ntal o ne . But oh, the p i
“ ence [ of that hour "T he wonder is that our hair was not whitened by it . ' a s One night, during the time th t we were in the enemy
n lines , when we were worn and troubled much from lo g
one at a waking hours , fo r we kept awake , only sleeping
o k t to da time , an incident occurred at White R c hat this y
e needs explanation . About a dozen soldiers rode up to th
o house and soondisarmed o ur fears , shedding sunshine int ’ our hearts by telling us that t hey were Colonel Mosby s
is a to s w us men . One o f them pulled aside h gre t coat ho
*Some g old h ad jus t b een hidden under a rock in th e
yard . T E E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
that they had on two uniforms . Somehow we were blinded and believed all that they s aid . When they asked fo r some “ thing to eat, offering to pay fo r it, we said, N o , indeed , " ou we would not have any pay , we are to o glad to serve y ,
- and forthwith we ushered them into the dining room , where each vied with the other to see how many good things could be put o n the table . And such a feast it was , for we had scarcely touched the big turkey , ham , shoat , lamb , cakes and jellies that had been prepared fo r the wedding party .
How pleasant they were , an d how we talked o f how badly “ ” the Yankees had treated us . They were sympathetic and courteous , and promised to protect us from that time forth from the raiders . W e retired and slept sweetly , the first time fo r five mghts . They must have belonged to Sheri
’ dan s army , but they were clever men . Deception can no t be justified , but if it ever could be , this incident would be ' blameless , for they gave us peace an d a good night s rest.
Who were they "It may be explained somewhere in history . “ But how about the o ld people left at The Old Home " " the stead That night when army made its appearance , o ne man knocked at the door, and he was tho ught to be o ne o f o ur soldiers . It was only by a candle light that he was
My father to ok him to the pantry in the basement to get something to eat, and quickly the room began to fill , when o ne uttered an oath to him because he was so slow, and then my father perceived that he was in the hands o f the enemy . ’ The whole o f Sheridan s army passed through the house and yard as they felt disposed . When the children re turned , after they had passed alo ng , there was scarcely anything to eat left, the larder was emptied and much deso lation was around . T he o ld people were in tears .
An incident had o ccurred worthy o f being remembered. My mother was much excited and almost sick by the pres “ “ " o f so ence many soldiers . The old gardener, Uncle Sam, “ ’ s aid , Ole Missus , if y ou will go in that back room, I ll sit in the door, and they will have to pass over my dead body
to . get in there He took his seat there , and no t a single soldier dared to 0 0 53 the threshold. General Sheridan had his horse shod in the yard o f the ” ’ Old Homestead, now Captain Snead s . The colored maid, Mary Ann , who waited o n me as a young lady ,
' ’ c ooked breakfast for him, that he ate ln my mother s bed chamber, a large room with a door opening outside , accord ing to . the fashion o f that day.
- e s ‘ Philip Benjamin , o ne o f the twenty o n , lost hi life in
c o re onno rten ng , a few days before the raid , expecting t ’ obtain the correct information as to where Sheridan s army was . In company with another soldier, he rode some dis tance fromhome , and in attempting to cross the River James o n r , his retu n with the information , the river being much
' o f swo llen by rams , his boat was upset and both the young men were drowned . f It looked as if the words o the poet, Misfortunes never
' ” “ come singly, but always 1 n battalions, were being verified , ’ fo r a few days afterwards , the sister o f Captain Snead s wife; Jeannette Broaddus , was returning from the wedding,
he . and , was drowned in a river near r home The writer , returning to her home in Richmond , Manchester side, about
to this time , reached there in time see a pageant the world — ’ has seldom equalledL that o f Lee s Army of Miserables ‘ l ' chmon d an d going south to their surrender, witt i in flames, ’ ’ a f ew days later, Grant s army, also Sherman s , coming in
a so ne s with . their gaily c p an d steeds , soldier with glittering
‘ ' o f con iierin uniforms , bands playing W ildly all the airs q g heroes, that, if o ne had been in sympathy with it, would
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have sent the blood a- tingling with raptu re unspeakable ;
o but instead , the Southerner, wh had no t dreamed o f defeat o r dared to mention it. was face to face with the sorrowful moment. Never can the picture presented in the days after ’ the Surrender, of G eneral Lee s return to Richmond be effaced from memory . The rain was falling ; some o ne called that General Lee was coming . It was on the south f side o the James River. A rush to the door, and there, sure enough , was General Lee , the great , good man , on “ ” -r Traveller with an aide on either side . He wore a water proof cape . It was the only sight of General Lee ever given
is tc f s the writer. The Richmond D pa h, in writing o thi “ return to his home , says that A small group o f horsemen appeared in the morning on the further side o f the Richmond pontoon across the James . By some strange 1 ntu1 t1 0 n , 1 t became known that General Lee was o f the party, and,
o silent and uncovered , a crowd f Virginians all gathered along the route the horsemen would take . There was no excitement , no hurrahing ; but as the great chief passed , a deep , loving murmur greater than these rose from the very hearts of the crowd . Taking o ff his hat, and simply bow
to ing his head , the man , great in adversity , passed silently his own door ; it closed upon him , and his people had seen “ him fo r the last time in battle harness . ’ Some of the soldiers from Sheridan s Army rode up to Uncle Benjamin ’ s home and began to catch the fowls in the “ "" yard , when one o f them asked his name . Snead ” “ Snead " I went to the University with Burwell Snead . ” “ Was he a relative of yours P He was my nephew , said “ ” he . Then I will not take but o ne hen . — Mrs . Cornelius Snead owned a pretty grey pony the soldiers found him in the woods , where an old colored man was hiding him . They too k him, and the old man said , T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
Oh , master, Missus will be so sorry . She loved this horse ; she thought so much ' of him she called him Abraham Lin ’ coln . Please don t take him , she thought so much o f him .
Whereupon the pony was g1 ven back to the man . A similar thing occurred with the colored man , Samuel , Mr. William ’ Snead s carriage driver , whose picture 1 3 o n the corner o f the group o f the reunion (an honorable old man is he ) .
’ T he soldiers were going off with all o f William Snead s ’ horses , when Sam begged for his o ld master s fine riding
a . horse, and s ved him for, him Does the reader think that the presence of these aged family servants , Sam, Martha an i trus1 o n " d others , are any n in this picture You can not get any One who knows them as they are to think so . Not many are left o f these trusted old ones . In the early part o f the nineteenth century there was held annually a general muster o f all the militia ; each company drilling tW 1 ce each year. The annual muster, when Gen f eral Brown , o Nelson , would come to review them , was a great occasion, and there was always a large turnout o f the people to witness it. The officers with their epaulets , glit tering swords and fine horses , accompanied with the stirring
o f martial music drum and fife , served as a great drawing * card . Mr. Marcellus Snead tells of an occasion when his father, George , took all of his boys to the general muster. He says that the older ones used up all o f t he best riding
o horses and gear, an d that he had t be content with the
‘ inferior horse and trapp mgs . He was conscious that he did
o f no t lo ok very presentable , and rode in the rear his brothers , keeping them in sight . He saw ahead of him an
f r o ld family servant named Mallie , who was famed o her
* - D s a o f M ar s w as N ote . r . J eter u s ed to y cellu th at he the o n ly p er s o n i n th e w o r ld w h o c o uld p l ay a tune with r hi s knuckle s lou d enoug h to be he a d all Ove r the room .
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CHAPT ER VI I I DESCENDANTS OF THE THREE BROTHERS"
’ WILLIAM SN EAD s DESC EN DAN T S
uc William Snead m . L 1 nda Pollard , b . May 6th , 1 796. — Issue Sallie Ann , Peyton Pollard , George Washing
ton , Robert Pollard , John Newton , Benjamin Hadad , M William Pumphrey, Bettie , ary Katherine , Lewis
Robert Pollard m . Mary Terry . — Issue Jane Lucinda , Sarah Katharine , Willie Ann,
s s . Robert Newton , William Cen adiu , Jo eph Terry
Peyton Pollard died unm arried .
Sallie Ann m . Samuel Sadler.
' ‘ — Issue Willis Granville , William Henry, Helen , Sallie
Ann .
’ Sallie Ann m . Valentine Duncan .
Lemuel , died unmarried . George W ashingto m
William Pumphrey m . Henrietta Tapscott . — Issue Willie Frank , George Tapscott, Waverly Hull ,
Sallie Lou died .
William Pumphrey m . Julia M . Seay. — Issue Henry Martin , Ruth Spencer, Lottie Moon .
Benjamin Hadad m . Mary Elisabeth Bashaw . — Issue James Rufus .
Benjamin Hadad m. Rebecca Pettit. — Issue Emma , Samuel Pollard.
* ~— i i i s i v n as s i n b f a i i s N ote . T h s l st g e ent y the m l e withou t comm ent o r chan g e . A D T H E S N E S O F F L U V A N N A.
Bettie m . Willis Carl Thomas . — Issue Marion Carl , Lena May , Eugene Willis , Clara
Alice .
John Newton m . Virginia Kate Robertson .
— r Issue John Newton , J . , William Warren , Annie Belle ,
Mary Katharine, Hazel .
Lewis Brown died unm arried .
Mary Katharine m . Benjamin Seay . — Issue Willie Lee , An na Lo u, died .
William R o bert. ,
Jane Lucinda Snead m . N efferson Fleming .
— e Issue Robert Maynard , Ernest , Betty de G raffenri d.
N efferson Willard , Elsie .
Sarah Katharine Snead m . Eugene Toney . — Issue Medora Gertrude , Mary Ella , Bettie Eugenia ,
o Sallie , Lucy Winn , Melbourne , Emmett , Newt n ,
Spurgeon , Frank.
Willie Ann Snead m . W illl am Weaver . — Issue Eddy Bernard .
Robert Newton Snead m . Emma Hutchinson . — Issue Roy Newton .
William Cen adius Snead m . Mrs . Annie de G raffenried. — Issue Kate , Aberdeen , Emma Terry , Edgar , Emmet,
William .
Joseph Terry Snead m . Florence Snead . — Issue Grafton , Mary V1 rg1 nia , Harry Leland , Earle .
l iam ami Wi l , B enj n .
Emma Snead m . Ashby Snead . — Issue Alice Lee , Grattan , Hollis .
Samuel Pollard Snead m . Rose Melton . — Issue Rebecca .
William B e ttie . ,
Marion Carl Thomas m . Loula Topp Snead . ‘ ‘ T H E S N E A D S ' o r F L U VA N N A
— Issue Arline Claire .
Lena May Thomas m . Ho llis Rinehart. ‘ — Issue William Alonzo , James Hollis , Jack Roger.
Eugene Willis Thomas m . Gertrude Toney . — Issue Willis Wendell , Byron , Marlon Eugene .
m . Clara AliceTho as m Peyton Strange . — Issue Bertha Claudine , Alice May, Mary Love , Eva ,
‘ Archer, Lena , Peyton Eugene .
William , J o hn N ewto n .
William Warren Snead m . Edna Fearing, June 1 2th, 1 907. — e l m . Issu Wil ia Warren , Jr
Anna Belle Snead m . Edward Baird , July 1 8th , 1 907 .
l 1 907 . Mary Katharine Snead a. Wi liam Blocker, July as,
William Sallie Anne. ,
Willis Granville Sadler m . Mrs . Jennie Jones .
i . William Henry Sadler m . Lyd a Snead l — ' W i . I ssue Mary Agnes , Henry inn , Helen Virg nia ,
Helen Sadler m. James N oel , died .
Sallie Anne Sadler m . Dr. John P. Cleaveland. — Issue Helen Lyda , Louise .
a m Willi m, Sr. , Willia , f r.
Willie Frank Snead m . Willie P ayne . — b Issue Ca ell Hill , Henrietta Tapscott, Joseph Payne ,
William Frank , Rosalie , Stewart, Susie Cameron ,
Louise Mosby .
George Tapscott Snead m . Jennie Fentress .
Waverly Hull Snead m. Sallie Elisabeth B ashaw. — Issue Paul Winn , Elisabeth Tapscott, Eva Hill , Maud
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GEORGE HOLMAN SNEAD ’ S DESCEN DAN TS
George Holman Snead (b . 1 804) m . Oran ie Pollard. — 1 863 Issue Burwell ,William , died December, ; Pum
friette o hnson u . eb J , Marcell s , George Holman , b F r a o u ry 1 7th , 1 833 ; Peyt n Nash , died 1 865 ; Junius
Pollard , Charles Goodall , Oranie Virginia .
Burwell died unmarried.
Pomfrey Johnson m . Elisabeth Ann Geo rge .
— o e e Ho l Issue Edl Gathright, Essl r Pomfrey , George
man , Oranie Octav1 a .
Marcellus m . Ann Judson Perkins . — Issue Ashby , Marcellus Burwell , Lou Blanche .
l George Holman , J r. , m . - Virginia Clopton Perkins , October
1 4th, 1 85 6 . — Is sue John Burwell , infant died ; Charming Charles,
o hn ' Earle two J , died ; Florence Perkins , Mary Snead,
and a half years died ; Georgie , Nash Perkins , b . Sep
tember 22d, 1 872 ; Carrie Winder.
Peyton Nash Snead died 1 866 .
Junius Pollard Snead m . Adella Yarbrough.
é - I ssue Junius Pollard , infant, died .
Junius Pollard Snead m . Elisabeth Chandler. — Issue Burwell Chandler.
Charles Goodall Snead m . Sallie Miller Broaddus . — Issue Jeannette Eugenia , Sallie Miller .
Charles Goodall Snead m . Elisabeth Payne . — r. Issue Charles Goodall , J , William Overton , Martha
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Mosby , Bessie Travers , Ellis Pollard , George Hatcher .
1 843 m . Oran ie Virginia Snead (b . November 24th, ) , T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
December 22d, 1 864 , Rev. William Eldridge Hatcher
(b . July 25 th, — I ssue Eldridge Burwell , Virginia Mabel , died ; Orie l 0th Latham , Katharine Jeter, David Steel , b . August ,
1 874 ; died ; Elisabeth Herndon , Edith Logwood,
a Brantly and Elsie Mc Don ld, twins , died .
dloe E G—athright Snead m . Ada Fleming Riddell . Issue Edlo e Gathright, Claudius Carlisle , Harold
Fleming .
George Holman Snead m . Lucile Banks .
Ashby Snead m. Emma Snead . — Issue Alice Lee , Hollis Pettit, Grattan Perkins , R e
becca Judson, died.
Burwell Marcellus m . Ann a Bell Campbell . — I ssue Burwell Marcellus , Robert Campbell , Lou
Blanche , Anna Valentine , Nathaniel Howard .
Charles Channing m . Annie Kent . — Issue Pollard , George Holman , Virginia Hughes ,
Lilly , Robert Kent.
John Earle Snead m . Bessie Glenn . — Issue Margaret Earle .
N ash Perkins Snead m . Janie E . Minor, October 22d,
1 895 . — Issue Florence Minor, Stuart Whitney, Janet , Martha ,
Virginia , Phyllis Winder, Nash Perkins , George Har
o ld, Doswell Park , Mary Allene .
F . . lorenc—e Perkins Snead m Joseph Grafton Snead Issue Joseph Grafton , Harry Leland , Mary Virginia ,
Newton Earle .
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Georgie Snead m . G eo rge F. Bashaw .
Carrie Winder Snead m . C . Vernon Snyder .
Jeann ette Eugene Snead m . Walter Eugene Daniel , June
6th, 1 888. T E E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
s — Issue Jeannette Miller Broaddus Daniel , born April
1 3th, 1 889 ; Eugene Allen Daniel , b . November 24th ,
1 89 1 ; Charles Rufus Daniel , b . July 24th , 1 894
i ) . 2d 1 897 s Donald Snead Dan el , I February , ; Loui a Poteat Broaddus Daniel , b. April 6th, 1 899 , N arciss
s 0 r Ann Bruce Daniel , b . September l t, 1 9 1 ; Walte 90 Eugene Daniel , J r. , b . November 1 3th , 1 5 . Sallie Broaddus Snead and Algernon Sidney Allen were i
1 896 . marr ed April 29th , — Aen Issue Sidney Broaddus Allen , Charles Snead ll .
Walter Daniel Allen , Burwell Algernon Allen .
William Overton Snead m . Lillie Dickinson . — n r. k n. Issue William Overton , J , Charles Dic i so
Martha Mosby Snead m . Elliott Averitt.
De Mo tt u Kate Jeter Hatcher m . Charles Leonard , J ne
1 9th , 1 895 . — ; Issue Virginia Bagby , Katherine
Eldridge Burwell Hatcher m . Anna Granville Denson , March 28th, 1 899;
Issue- William Eldridge, Anna Granville .
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B e am o nj in , C rnelius .
n James A—rcher m . Fannie Put ey e r. L Issu James Ellis, J , Rosa Wilkinson , ucile Olivia ,
‘ . e Harry Lamont, John Winn , Lillie Mae , Helen R
becca , G uy Kemper,Edwin Dewey , Eldridge Hatchet ,
Ellett McG eorg e , Cornelius Pollard.
Lucy Olivia .
Lydia Winn (died February 9th, 1 9 07) m . William Sad
ler.
— a Issue Mary Agnes , Henry Winn , Helen Virgini ,
Benjamin Atlee . m B enjamin , Tho as .
Julian Snead .
Rena Snead m. Dnmett Griffin . — I ssue Russell , Jack , Mabel , Guy, Paul , Emmett.
Courtney , died .
Susie .
- — Children o f John P . Snead Mary Miller.
’
r us arsar a . Lillie Ford m . R eyno r Licu g V , L wyer — c us r. . Issue R eyno r Li urg , J , died
‘ “ ot e ton e r. . e e . J y Sn ad , J , m Anni K yser —“ Issue John Peyton , J r. , Anna Miller.
Elizabeth Pollard.
a l er Snead. B enj min , Wa k
Gilmer Jones .
G ui er. Horace—Boardman m . Lillian g G ui er. Issue Gladys Claudine , Beverly g
‘ Ruby Claudine m . Julian Martin .
~
Carrie Belle .
An drew Broaddus .
m n Ella. B enja i , a o f Arthur P ercy Thomas 1 11 . Lena Sne d , King
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APP EN DI "g N OT ES ON T HE REUN ION
I nvitations were sent to those at a distance to be present and r o f t e a the reco d h d y, set for the r eumon by the de sc en ants f e d o the three brothers , William, George and Ben a ’ jamin Sne d , and their wives , was a high one .
Captain Charles Goodall Snead was called to the chair, the other children o f the three brothers now liv1 ng occupied
o . the front row f seats , nine being present, o ne absent
“ Captain Snead , in explainingthe purpose o f the occasion , . e recalled that in Numb rs ii , 2 , the Lord commanded the children o f Israel every man to pitch his tent by his own
a o f 3 stand rd , with the ensign their father house , and said that we, as they , had met by the standard o f Our fathers . , The choir gallery was filled with the younger members o f
‘ ho n d s the n the family, w fur ishe the mu ic for gatheri g The material that had been gotten together during the last ten years was read by Joseph Tapscott Snead , Harry
e o f Lamont Snead and Dr. Eldridge Burwell Hatch r , the third and fourth generations from the three bro thers .
unl ue o f n. 1 n o ne A q feature the , reunio was the presence " “ l the use o c o rner o f the o ld church , where y d t sit before free
o to do m , o f seven o f the o ld family servants wh belonged
' " a the three brothers . They listened with keenest interest nd were shown marked attention . A bounteous luncheon was served under the shade o f the
' century oaks , and the social cheer that prevailed when kin ' " dred grasped each other s hands and looked into each ’ o ther s eyes made the hours pass too quickly.
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T HE FORK CHURCH TEMPERANCE— SCHOOLS— ACADEMY
The Fork Baptist Church, inFork Union, V1 rg1 n1 a, the
o f f r home church the Sneads o several generations , is among the oldest and most prominent country churches in the State
’ and has a notable reco rd. Many distinguished minl sters and laymen have spoken from its desk . It Was organized from ’ Lyle s Church in 1 774 , and its first ho use was about three [ f miles above Fork Union . The present building o brick was e rected in 1 820. Since then there have been several ’ as additions , the l t cne being pastor s study and baptistry, s o
‘ no O that w , it looks like an ld English parish church, with its transept , choir a nd nave . It stands in a o f cen [ grove “ ” tury O aks “ I t was originally called the Brick . Church .
s o At first it was a free church , but only the Baptist and Ep i c
was p alians had regular serV1 ces there . The land for it g 1 ven by Benjamin Seay, a brother o f Austin,a Methodist. FOr a long time the Episcopalians worshipped in this church s tW1 c e a month , the Baptists uniting with them in the erv
a . ices , and they with the Baptists , in a cordi l relationship The Baptists hav e recently bought the exclusive right to the property . Dr. Poindexter S . Henson , a preacher and lec
n Ol turer of national reputation , atte ded this d church , his home being near here when he was a boy . Dr. George B .
1 ss1 o a o was Taylor, the late distinguished m n ry t Italy, licensed to preach here while a young m an teaching schoo l
' u in the home o f Mr. Silas B . Jones . Dr. John A . Broad s preached his first sermo n in the o ld closed-up pulpit while he lived near by and taught in the family o f General JOhn
H . Cocke , o f B remo . The pastor, Rev. Mr. Fife , failing T HE FOR K CHUR CH
Dr . G eo rg e Ho lm a n Sn ea d P a sto r si n ce 1 87 9
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for o ne o f ( it was in his meetings , held at Corinth Church, ’ that she was converted) . God s hand must have brought
o ut o f f good what seemed evil in the . division o the church
o f in the conversion great numbers in the revivals at Corinth. Some o f the members o f the Fork Church were so embittered by the church feud that they did not avail themselves o f the b advantages offered y the Institute in their m1 dst. Fo r
- tun ately, the Sneads were not such extremists .
Dr. George H . Snead was the o nly pastor o f the Fork
' Church called to be pastor at Corinth , an d as soon as he took charge , he began to try to induce the members to return
to . the mother church He preached there , in October, the
o . last serm n The fourth Sunday in December , as they were coming out o f the Fork Church , they heard a g reat rumbling noise , and looking towards Corinth they saw the dust r1 s1 ng . They knew that Corinth had fallen . It had been predicted that it would fall . The snow on the roof the night before caused it .
, t he W s one o r two 1 Afterwards hole member hip but came back into the o ld Fork Church . Possibly this was the greatest work this pastor o f more than a quarter of a cen tury ever did , in reuniting the church so completely that few kn ow that there has ever been a division .
Rev . Charles Goodall , a traveling minister, preached at ’ o the Fork Church . He went to Mr. William Snead s t dinner, and was taken with a chill that developed into \ '
ne moma. as burie . p u He died and w . d near by, in old Mrs ’ — ' Payne s cemetery now Mrs . Gay s . Before his death.
a . his physician , Dr . George Holm n,told him he would die “ "” He remarked , I am ready ; are you This talk convicted
o f a he the doctor, and he and several members the f mily came Christians . It began a revival in the church that
' was spread far and wide. Captain Charles Goodall Snead name d fo r him. [1 02] T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
In the churchyard stands a tall granite monument, erected
o t the memory of Poindexter Smith , the first p astor here , and in the church building is a tablet to the memory of another loved pastor, William A . Whitescarver, who mar
' ried Sallie Ann , the daughter o f the honored deacon ,
Isaac O . Perkins , his first wife being a sister o f John A .
Broadus . Rev . Mr . Fife , a Scotchman , was supply pastor for a few months , and Andrew Broaddus fo r a number o f years , his res1 gn at1 on being much regretted .
During the Civil War, the church building was used as a temporary hospital , Richmond being so crowded with the sick and wounded they were sent out to other places to relieve the congestion . Those sent to the Fork Church were mainly North Carolinians .
In giving a history o f these times , it would not be well to omit all reference to the temperance mo vement . General ’
John H . Cocke , Fluvanna s greatest philanthropist, a Bap tist, though he did not connect himself with a church here , “ i led in the movement, this society being called Wash ng tonian . He built a large brick hall with stately co lumns in Fork Union , that was burned after standing many years .
He brought John B . Gough, of national reputation , twice
e to make lectures here . When the hall was opened , ther ’ to was a procession from Mr. Bashaw s , on the hill , down the church , in which both women and men marched . Dr.
Henson was frequently put up to spe ak o n temperance , when
to a small bo y, and accompanied General Cocke once speak on temperance when he went N orth . A story is told that
Mr . Silas Jones once lifted him to a table to make a speech in the old church , and in after years when he met him, “ when his fame had gone abroad as a speaker . said , Young “
o u . man , you must not forget that I gave y your first lift The Fork neig hbo rhood has long enjoyed the name far T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N ' N A
above the ordinary country districts for culture as well as ‘ mo ralityfi The congregation worshiping here looks like a city one , and there are many intellectual folk in it who read a great deal and are literary critics . Because there were no public schools in the South befo re the war, northern people thought that education was neg lected n d a below par . But in this they were mistaken . It l is true , however, that the poorer c lasses did nbt have school advantages , the o nly learning they got for a time was at the — ' Sunday School , where they were taught to read . The Southern ' people of means sent their children to clas
' e sic l schools , to college and university. The three brothers ,
William , George and Benjamin Snead , who were bo rn in
n r the early part of the ineteenth centu y , did n o t have the a dvantages that their children had , but they had a fairly g o od English education for those t1 m es . They were too busy leveling forests and driving o ut wild animals that they
‘ might make a fit habitation for their descendants , and fort 20 we . 1 8 their success should be duly grateful About , they began to secure men , highly educated , to come among them and establish schools . SO eager were their children to get learning that many o f them walked several miles to school .
ur Austin Seay , the son o f Austm , who married O grand
’ a mother s sister, Miss Weaver , was greatly stirred with desire to educate his daughters . He had a large family,
m w . was married three ti es , his last wife t ice He was a prominent citizen , noted fo r his kindness to the poor and for ho spitality . He employed every year a governess a
. wn ter lady teacher from Boston , for his daughters The had the happy privilege o f going to the school of Mr. Austin
* T h e l ate J udg e G rim s ley u s ed to s ay he g o t his bes t ju ries f rom Fluvann a .
T H E S N E A D S F L U ' V A N N A
FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY
It is evidently true that n o history o f the Sneads o f the
[ Fork o f Fluvann a could be correct that failed to note their connection with the Fork Union Military Academy ; and yet, for Obvious reasons , it must have here only a passing notice .
When Dr. W, E . Hatcher, o f Richm ond , built his sum mer home in the Fork, he noticed that the young ladies were being sent ' o ff to the colleges while the boys were kept at ' home to make mo ney on the farms . Being interested in the education and advancement Of b oys from his early man hoo d , he induced the parents in the community to join m a plan to bring a graduate o f Richmond College , Mr. Julian
B . here to open a classical school , which was t o be
- co educational . It Ought to be said that the intense anxiety
) displayed by Mr . and Mrs . William Snead to have their , children educated , greatly facilitated the project, as they gave the first section o f l and upon which the Academy was built. There were eleven students the first year, forty the
. w o a and second , etc Others anted t come from distance , enlargement o f faculty and buildings soo n became a n eces sity. Dr. George H . Snead was the author o f the motion ,
f was in Board o Trustees, to have a military feature , which adopted . The enrolment for the present session is about two hundred . The present Headmaster is E . S . Ligon ; the Commandant of the Post is Captain Edward N . Macon ,
* - M a i af wa m a i Mi R b N ote . M r . rt n ter rds rr ed ss u y n d d au ht r o f W alk r G il . Sh e was h fi o e Snea , g e e mer t e rst a to r eceive the schol arship med l . T H E S N E A D S O F F L U ' V' A N N A
O f the United States Army. The Sneads , from the beginning, have been the devoted friends o f the Academy , giving with o ut stint o f their time and money, many o f the younger gen eration sharing in its educational advantages .
The Board o f Trustees is composed o f Rev . William E .
Hatcher, D . D LL . D L . H . D President ; W . Frank
Snead, Financial Secretary ; Rev. George H . Snead,
. u . . . . . M D Ruf s J Snead , R A Justis , W W Hughes ,
L. w . . . B . A . Burgess , W. Boat right, A S Burgess , A . J
Chewning , Charles G . Snead , W. J . Weaver , Cornelius P.
Snead , R . S . Barbour, C . L. De Mott, Joseph S . Payne,
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. . . . . W . H. C B Wood , Floyd Moon , G J Snead , Rev
Lawson , Rev. L . H . Walton , B . H . Snead , Dr. John R.
Bagby , Rev . T . Ryland Sanford , C. E . Jones , C . M .
Hughes , Rev. W. L . Ball, Rev . Peyton Little , Dr. D . M .
. . . . e . Ramsay , Dr F H Martin , Gilmer J Snead , Georg M
Bashaw. Dr. Henry Snead , Academy Physician . T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
FRAGMENTS
Some data, o f a fragmentary nature , has been obtained and is here inserted . It may be o f some service to the
Snead genealogist Of the future .
Mrs . Anthony,daughter o f Rev. L. U . Snead , now t e
a e e sides in M yfi ld, N w York . Z Miss Etta eigler Calhoun , o f Snead and Gooch auces try , resides in Shreveport , Louisiana . f The only other brother, o three brothers whose de [ the c a s s end nt have been given , was Jack Snead , who married
Nancy Nowell and moved to Texas about 1 820. His children were
Martha m . Wm . Hamilton .
Mary m . Joel Henry (Sheriff) .
Margaret Pierson B elfield.
Nancy.
Marion .
John .
William .
The above list was furnished by Pumphrey Snead, who left Texas about 1 85 8.
Children of Archibald , Jr .
Archibald S . a r , Archib ld, f r john Snead.
James Holman , born March 3 1 , 1 82 7 ; died J un e 26 ,
1 908. — Issue Cornelius Moore Snead , b . 1 85 1 Edmonia
Quarles , Elizabeth Anne , James Crowder, Lida Blaine ,
Mary Alice Snead , b . September 1 6 , 1 860 .
James C . m . Ada Blanche Dull .
T H E S N E A D S F L U 'V A N N A — Issue N ancy , Lucinda, Howell Robert , German,
James George , Berry , Valentine , William,
Nancy i n. William Pettit .
e — Issu Alta , Cornelia .
Lucinda m . Edward Poindexter.
Howell m . Sarah Totty . — Issue Nannie .
Jennie m . William Layne .
e . Salli m Jackson . died .
Aubrey died .
Robert . 1 1 1 . Elisabeth Saunders .
Valentine m . Sallie Sadler
Mary m . John Waldrop . The following was fu rnished by Miss Stone
e a ' ame G o Z chari h , j s , e rge . 1
‘ ‘ Zechariah m . Mary de Loche Sneed . — Issue Nicholas , James B ethuma. "
James Sneed, the son o f Zechariah and Martha
Sneed (b. December 29th, 1 764) m . , December 6th,
1 789 , to Betbunia Harding Perkins .
— i s a Issue Constantine Perk ns, Charles , Jame , M rtha , a Nicholas” Tate , George William , Joseph , B ethuni
Harding, Mark, Sara , Alexander. 9 Constantine Perkins Sneed (b . November 29th , 1 7 0)
1 6 5 . m . Susanna Hardeman , February 2 31 . 1 82 — Issue Jame s Hardeman .
a r es Z ech riah, james , Cha l . v r Charles Sneed (b . February 8th, 1 792 ; d . N o embe .
1 838) m . Ann B eamis . — Issue James , Charles and Betbunia Harding .
a e ames james , Ch rl s , j . c a i son James B . Sneed m . Martha N an e ; lives in D v d ;
Texas . T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
William and Jonah were killed in army , 1 86 1 .
Constantine lives in Texas .
- Dr. P. S . Henson , a teacher and life long friend o f the “ writer, was asked to write the Foreword to this little
a s volume . Extracts from his letter from Boston , M s achu s o etts , are given below , in lieu f the promised article . “ u I wo ld be glad to do at once what you ask o f me , and “ my memo ries o f the Sneads are such that I could do it can ’ amo e r , but I am just reco vering from a serious sickness , as a result o f overwork, and tomorrow morning Mrs . H . and myself will start to Southern California where I shall have six months o f solid rest. After reaching o ur destination , I ‘ ’ ” hope I shall find time for the Foreword yo u want. There are many scions o f these sturdy old ancestors — scattered through the states and elsewhere some worthy and possibly some unworthy . Here is o ne , the book O f whose character is closed , whose name has gone into history unclouded . Dr. Dodd , of the Chair of History in Chicago “ ”
University , author of Life o f Davis and other works , has this to say o f him “ Thomas L . Snead was a prominent lawyer in 1 879 he had been Representative for Missouri in the Confederate
Congress and became a staun ch friend o f President Davis , being specially trusted and relied upon by Davis near the close of the war , when Alex . Stephens and John M . Daniel were trying to have Davis removed from office . Snead re mained a friend and occasional correspondent o f Davis as long as the former lived . The American historian says , ‘ ’ Snead was a very high man . He was a Missourian by birth , I believe , but his family home was in o ld Virginia .
I think he died about 1 883 in New York City . Some letters o f his are in the Confederate Museum in Richmond,
Vl f gml a° A D (Signed) W I LLl M E . DOD . T H E S N E A D S F L U 'V A N N A ‘
Thomas Lowndes Snead , a cousin o f the Fluvann a branch, was in descent from Robert, o ne o f the four broth ers , sons o f William , probably a so n o f Samuel , the first colonist . Thomas Lown de s and Burwell William were at the Uni versity o f Virg1 n1 a at the same time and were close friends through life . His brother Quintus was a frequent visitor in the homes of the Fluvann a c o usm s and was a groomsman at the wedding of Cornelius Snead . — Of the Albemarle Sneeds Stapleton , Benjamin and
Evan, who lived in Albemarle Co unty , were brothers ; also Littleton in Orange . Children of Stapleton lived in
Nelson . Grandchildren married into the Loving and Jacob families . , — a Other Sneads in Nelson From Zion , Louisa , ne r
Fluvann a , William and John , Albert and Sam were sons o f Carey , probably of Archibald . William had four sons
Chapman , of King William ; Eugene , Albert and Emmett .
Thomas B Urto n Snead , Attorney at Law , Richmond, is a son of Chapman . John s children were
- o f i nCol Mr. S . C . Snead, Secretary Treasurer Christ a lege , a student for the ministry , is of this branch .
Some of the Lynchburg Sneads : Robert W. and George were sons of Moses (of Big Island) , son of Jesse , who lived n ear Richmond . Jesse was brother o f Dr. Albert Snead , of
Richmond . E . A . Snead , of Clifton Forge , son of Rob
o ne th ert Snead. Miss Georgie Tillman Snead is of e
1 5 descendants o f Jesse Snead . She the accomplished author “ an d o f o f o f the bo ok, Neath Virginia Skies , a number poems . Dr . E . F. Snead was a distinguished physician of
Lynchburg .
Lineage o f Mrs . Evelyn Snead B arnettfi Louisville, Ken
*A “ u thor o f T h e Drag net .
- T ' E E s in s a n s o r a c c u s e r“.
’ a S e Inventory of Holm n need s estat . dated August, 8 6 b o 1 0 , from old Al emarle rec rds
o c n Negro woman, Sally, ne hild, £50 mulatto girl, A n £ 0 b 0 3 ; oy, Peyton. £4 ; Wilson, £ 1 6 ; one b ay horse. six ’ e beds , on walnut desk and cupboard . o ne sho tgun . ladies
- saddle, rum case, ten Windsor chairs , thirty two earthen
pairs snuffers , family Bible , etc.
h, 1 781 b i k , but c in m , re 7t e n sic in bo y perfe t ind “ 1 , g d flecting o n the uncertainty O f life and the certainty of death
o do here write my last will and testarrient. I lend t my
( e n w n s o f wife , Sarah Sn ed , the house I o live in a d a much the p lantati o n an d: produce as shall be sufficient fo r syp porting her during the time she shall be my widow. ” n t t im I give to my son , Burwell , land a d planta ion o h
s e o s s and his heirs . If he should die without rs ue, th n t on
M r u Holman , Archibald and John . y negroes with esid e 5 o f the whole estate to be kept together till December 2 th ,
-— u r f is on to 1 79 1 , then divided amo ng children pa t o div i
o o f u c d en ho se daughter Matilda . Th se yo nger hil r (w names are no t mentio ned) to be kept together and schoo led with the necessary support out o f pro duce o f my estate. I
as appoint Holman Sneed executo r. Witnessed by Thom
mas arm-a 1 7th o Winn and Tho . Pope , J m , Als
AR C Hl B l LL SN EED
(Seal . ) T H E S N E A D S O F F L U V A N N A
A a co a 5 7 2 t urt held in Fluv nna Coun ty, July th, 1 8 , the
o f to . inventory the estate admitted record , signed by J King ,
. W T an . £836 1 z s J illiamson , Daniel ilm Estate valued at
(T he inventory c an be seen in Book 2 at Fluvanna
- Court House. ) There were twelve negroes .
- jo hn Sn ead, thirty one acres , Fluvanna. (4ih March,
1 822 , to J o hn Snead f o r receipt. ) f n Thomas N . Randolph , Esq . , Governor o Commo m wealth o f Virginia , to all to whom these presents shall co e ,
Greeting. Know ye that in co nformity with a survey made
c in February 8th, 1 82 1 , by virtue o f land o fli e exchange 80 treasury warrant, I 735 , issued May 5 th, 1 5 , there is
- granted a certain tract o f land containing thirty one acres , situ ate in the Coun ty o f Fluvanna , on the branches o f Cary
Creek , an d bounded as follows, to wit ’ e Beginning at pointers o n Wm . Woodson s deed lin , then ce with his line south forty degrees west o ne hundred and sixteen poles (details o mitted here ) to have and to hold the said tract o f land with its appurtenances to the said
John Snead and his heirs forever.
Signed , THOMAS N . RAN DOLP H.
’ Archibald Snead s will signed I 782 . ’
B . John Snead s will made in same county , Fluvanna, l ZZ
' n Archibald s children were Archibald . Holman , Joh , a Burwell , Matilda and so me younger children whose n mes are not mentioned in the will . T H E S N E A D S F L U V A N N A
DEEDS COPIED AT FLUVAN N A COURT - HOUSE
Co unty formed in I 777
1 1 7 con By deed dated July, . 77 , Benjamin Woodso n veyed to Archbill Snead all of Fluvanna County , one ‘ hundred and seventy- four acres o f land lying in said county o n branches of Cary Creek . See deed N o . 1 , page 1 4 .
‘ 1 9 o f By de ed 26 December, 7 Sarah Snead , widow
‘ Arch . Snead deceased , conveyed to Burwell Snead all her title and claim in a certain tract o f land lying in the County
" ‘ ' o f Fluvanna , which was willed to the said B . Snead by
’ ' said Sarah Snead s late husband , Arch . Snead . See record 87 deed book No . 2 , page 4 .
ucke By deed dated 6 , 1 79 7 , Burwell Snead and S y
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to uo . l e Snead , his wife , conveyed J Payne, being the and l ft ’ t n o n me by my father s will , containing wo hu dred acres
o . 3 299 . Cary Creek . See deed bo k No , page
1 6 1 798 . o By deed August, , Jno Robins n sold and con veyed to John Snead thirty acres adjoining David Ro ss and
Spencer Bashaw o n Pond Branch . See deed book No .
L
805 . By deed dated 28 Oc to ber. 1 , Benj Weaver gave
‘ ad o ne G eo r e to his daughter , Sally Sne , negro boy, named g L
o . 4 and negro girl named Lucy . See deed book N , page
5 1 0 .
806 co n By deed dated 3 May , 1 , David Ross sold and — veyed to John Snead one hundred and seventy five acres o n
35 . Cary Creek . See deed book N o . 5 , page
o f 8 1 . o By deed dated 1 5 December, 1 2 , Thos P pe ,
o o ne Goochland County, conveyed t John Snead hundred ' and twenty acres o n Crooks Creek at head (Austin Seay s
N o . 6 35 . mill pond) . See deed book , page 6 o s c o n By deed dated 1 9 February, 1 8 1 , David R s
— CHAPT ER I Ancestry ; Heraldry ; Coat of Arms ; ” Snead Coat.
A - CH PT ER III . The first Sneads in Virginia . — ' CHAPT ER IV. Archibald Sneed founds a Home for his
Descendants in the Historic Fork. — — CHAP TER V. The Three Mothers . Ancestry P ollards , — o hnsons C CharacteriZation. J , ooches , Pomfreys — CHAPT ER VI . Later Generatio ns .
- CHAPT ER VII . War Record . Personal Experience ( - CHAPT ER VIII . Descendants o f the Three Brothers . — _ APPEN DI" Notes o n the Reunion . The Fork Chu rch.
Sneyd o r snead o r Sneed Coat o f Arms
The Home o f Miss Edgeworth and Mrs. Honora Snead
Mr. William Snead and Mrs . William Snead .
Snead . The Old Homestead— Home Charles G oodall
Snead.
Snead .
Original Home o f Benjamin , now o f his Grandson, Gilmer
Jones Snead.
W l W S r. i n hi il iam arren nead, J , sixth generat o from Arc era bald Snead , and Isaac Paul P erkins , seventh gen
tion from Archibald Snead. — AP P ENDI " Reunion . The Fork Church.
o rth Caro lina State"Librarz