wax .v.v.fikuI..m., :....£v..un.. 1V%4u.vv.»u..n1m.HT..Hr. 5...» J.ma.. vxwumrJ:.......M\. .YR..1.... .....fi... ,°1«;_ W/L\[’wl!‘4.L\'l‘T.‘3 >‘1'J[4*V£\\L\'M-,\o \\‘:,Z HOWARD WILLIAMS LLOYD FUND F)?/-"“;">v‘T”, THE DUNAWAYS OF VIRGINIA ‘O6 Compiled by A. Elizabeth Clendening Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 59-14861. Published by S. Judson Dunaway Ogunquit, Maine MCMLIX flkmainag One of several Dunaway Coats-of-Arms. (See Appendix IV.) CONTENTS Foreword ............................................................ i Acknowledgments ............................................ _.ii How Our History Grew A. Elizabeth Clendening ..................iii A Tribute to the Author S. Judson Dunaway ..........................iv The Pride of a Virginian S. Judson Dunaway ........................._v Part Page I THE DUNAWAY FAMILY OF VIRGINIA .............................................................. 1 II DERBY DUNAWAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY .................................................... 3 III DESCENDANTS OF JOHN DUNAWAY Eldest Son of Derby Dunaway ..................................................................................... 9 IV DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DUNAWAY Second Son of Derby Dunaway ................................................................................... 12 V DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL DUNAWAY Third Son of Derby Dunaway ..................................................................................... 89 VI A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF OPIE DUNAWAY of Northumberland County...........................................................................................120 APPENDICES Appendix I A History of Lebanon Baptist Church Robert O. Norris, J1‘.................................................................................. _.121 Appendix II The Unfinished Autobiography of Raleigh Dunaway ..................................._128 Appendix III The Hume Descent............................................................................................136 Appendix IV What About Coats of Arms? S. Judson Dunaway ....................................................................................138 Footnotes...................................................................................................................................... 7146 Index of Master Numbers ...........................................................................................................142 Index ............................................................................................................................................ H143 Genealogical Charts ............................................................................ Inserts (Inside back Cover) FOREWORD This is a genealogy of the descendants of Derby Dunaway of Lancaster County, Virginia, but does not include those of the other early Dunaways of the Northern Neck who were probably his near kinsmen, but whose relationship has not been established. Not all of Derby‘s descendants are in­ cluded, as no detailed search has been made outside of Virginia, but there is consider­ able information regarding the branch of the family which migrated to Tennessee. This is, however, a fairly complete ac­ count of Derby's descendants in Virginia. In every work of this nature, there are bound to be errors of omission and commis­ sion, although every effort has been made foracorrect account. Anyadditions or cor­ rections will be gratefully received by the compiler. A.E.C. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To acknowledge the help of each person who contributed to our publication would require the listing of each living descendant of Derby Dunaway, because we needed the cooperation of each to make our history complete. We are grateful to Miss Maxine Dunaway, Mrs. Rolland C. Mossman and Vernon F. Dunaway, who have been most helpful, although their descent from Derby Dunaway has not been definitely established. We express our special thanks to Alf J. Mapp, Jr. , who supplied the only existing portrait of Deacon Rawleigh Dunaway, and who helpedus adhere to factual data concerning our ancestors rather than divert to traditional verbal accounts;to Miss Jessie O. Dunaway for pertinent newspaper clippings and correspondence; to Bernard D. Parham for pictures of Raleigh Dunawayand his wife, the former Anna C. George; to Miss Anna M. Baker for her report on the de­ scendants of Dr. T. S. Dunaway; to Mrs. Bayne Palmer O'Brien for locating obscure Dunaway data and supplying pictures of the early Dunawayhomes; to Robert O. Norris, Jr. for his vivid "History of Lebanon Baptist Church," and to G. Andrews Moriarty for his inval­ uable assistance in piecing together bits of data into the comprehen­ sive report we now have. And most of all, we are grateful for the encouragement and sponsorship of S. Judson Dunaway. Without his help, this histo­ ry would not have been published. A. E. C. HOW OUR HISTORY GREW Some years ago when I saw the formal registration certificate for a dairy cow, I marveled at the records kept on the ancestry of a mere cow. That cow had a more complete family history than most humans. How much did I know about my own ancestors ? AS I began to fill in a crude family tree, I regretted that I had not listened more attentively as my grandfather, Raleigh Dunaway, talked of his childhood in Lancaster County, Virginia, where his fam­ 113’livedfor more than 200 years. After searching through old let­ ters, newspaper clippings, family birth and death records, I sent my Cmnpilation to Mrs. Jennie Harding, Heathsville, Virginia, who had een recommended bythe Clerk of Lancaster County Court, and asked her help in tracing my Dunaway line. She wrote me that many Duna­ W.3'Yshadlived in the Northern Neck counties in years past, and inten­ S1Vestudy of court records would be required to trace my direct line. My uncle, S. Judson Dunaway, Ogunquit, Maine, had for years manifested interest in his ancestryby seekingout persons ofthe Dun­ aW3-Yname,whether related or not, during his business trips through­ out the United States. I told him of my attempt to learn more of our early forbears and of Mrs. Harding's suggestions for carrying onthe research. At once he gave his support to the project, and, as the Workprogressed, expressed his enthusiasm by proposing wenot stop with our direct line, but expand the scope of research to include all descendants of our first established ancestor, Derby Dunaway. Several days‘ searching through city directories inthe Library OfCongress, Washington, D. C. , resulted in a mailing list of more than 1,200 Dunaways scattered through forty states, the District of Columbia and Hawaii. To these persons we mailed preliminary post­ 9.1-lstotell them what we were attempting to do and to ask their help 111Supplyingfamily records. A summary of our replies was not too encouraging, but we did locate several of Derby's descendants we Wouldnot otherwise have found. We also received bits of information concerning other Dunawaylines, as well as several interesting in­ formal Dunawayfamily histories. A search of early Census Records in the National Archives in Washington,D. C. , helpedus a great dealin establishingfamily units, in identifying the various Dunaways, in estimating their birthdates , their movements between counties and states, and showed us the Value of property owned at the time of the census. As the data accumulated, we enlisted the services ofan experi­ enced genealogist, G. Andrews Moriarty, Ogunquit, Maine, to help ‘~13analyzeour material and assemble it in proper sequence. Mrs. Harding, who conducted our research in the Northern Neck counties, passed away in August, 1957. She evidenced great Personal interest in our work because she was familiar withthe area being studied and had known personally some of the Dunaways who ap­ Pear in our history. She read the initial draft of our manuscript and expressed her satisfaction with the manner in which the records had been assembled. Gathering these records has been both fascinating and educa ­ tional, and while searching for relatives, I found many friends. iii A. E. C. A TRIBUTE TO THE AUTHOR For many years I had promised myself that when time permit­ ted Iwas going to do some research work on the Dunaway Family Tree, as the only book extant was"Personal Memoirs"of Dr. Thom­ as S. Dunaway, published in 1900, in which he sketchily touched on some of his forbears. But this was postponed, as are manydesires as the years advance, and I never got started. And I doubt now that I ever would have, had it not been for my niece, A. Elizabeth Clen­ dening, who, some five years ago expressed the desire to undertake the task. I was delighted to become the sponsor and be of any possi­ ble assistance. In her preceding sketch, "How Our History Grew," she has been too modest in minimizing the prodigious amount of work in­ volved. You should review my accumulated files over the years. She gave unstintingly and untiringly of her time and efforts. My con­ tribution to her authorship has been practically negligible; compris­ ing mostly the bit of writing on "The Pride of a Virginian," and a sketch in the Appendix on "What About Coats of Arms ?" The reader of this volume will appreciate the amount of work involved and will want to know more about the author. Even though it was decided for practical reasons to limit the scope of this work to the male line and their descendants, I feel that anexception shouldbe made inher case, even over her protests. She was born July 9, 1916 at Fort Maginnis, Montana, the tenth of eleven children. Whenher mother, my sister, died