Jonas WHITT

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John married Catherine BEAVERS 4 Apr 1842, Tazewell, Va.. Catherine (daughter of Alexander BEAVERS, Jr. and Sarah RICE) was born 1819, Tazewell, Co. VA; died 08 Jun 1855, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: John Bunyan Whitt
Spouse's Name: Katharine Beavers
Event Date: 14 Apr 1842
Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01695-4
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
GS Film number: 34214
Reference ID: Page 152

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Jonas married his first cousin Susannah Whitt, daughter of Archibald Whitt. Archibald was the brother of Hezekiah Whitt, father of Jonas. Jonas Followed his father Hezekiah Whitt to Tazewell county after David Crockett Whitt was born, around 1837.
After Susannah died about 1839, (probably in child birth with Hannah) Jonas took his son David Crockett, and Moved to Greenup County Kentucky. This trip of about 200 miles had to be hard. Jonas went to KY. to build a grist mill on Big White Oak Creek Farm, for Dr.Samuel Truitt, The Post Master of Truittsville. How this Job and move come about I have not found out.(Most likely through Richard Nelson "Devil Dick" Whitt, his brother who lived the next county over from Greenup, Carter County Kentucky) Samuel Truitt had a daughter named Milred who Married Jonas on 08 Feb.1848.
I visited the cemetery on a bluff overlooking Big White Oak Creek where Jonas is buried. I was shown the trace where Jonas dug for the mill. It is grown up with brush and briars now. David Crockett Whitt son of Jonas and Susannah was a young boy when he went to Ky. with his father Jonas. Crockett was born in 1836 and Jonas remarried in 1848, makeing David Crockett about 12 at the time.
David Crockett Whitt moved back to Virigina sometime between 1848 and 1859 where He married Arminda Robinett. D.C. Whitt's family lived in Tazewell and Russell County VA.

Jonas married Susannah WHITT. Susannah (daughter of Archibald WHITT and Hannah LOWE) was born Abt 1794, Montgomery Co. VA; died 1839, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

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Daughter of Archibald Whitt, making her a first cousin to Jonas Whitt her husband.

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FamilySearch.com, LDS Internet Site, 16 Sep 2000, wbarnett@netscope.net

CENSUS RECORDS

1810 Census
Name: Alexr Beavers
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2

1830 Census
Name: Alexander Beavanrs [Alexander Beavers]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Tazewell, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Alexr Beavers [Alex Jr Beavers]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Tazewell, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Alex Beavers
Age: 77
Birth Year: abt 1773
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 1178
Household Members:
Moses Christian 56
Polly Christian 50 [daughter]
Lome Christian 23 [Samuel]
Jno Christian 15
Shone Christian 13
Mosten Christian 10 [Mastin]
Alex Beavers 77
[Note: his wife is still alive and is living with John Altizer, their son-in-law and daughter Sally.]



Buried:
Grave site is listed on findagrave.com.

Beavers Family Cemetery, Dicks Creek, Tazewell Co. VA

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Beavers&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=48&GScnty=2891&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16960234&

Died:
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: Alex Beavers
Birth Date: abt 1773
Death Date: Dec 1858
Death Place: Dicks Creek, Tazewell, Virginia
Death Age: 85
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 34185

Alexander married Sarah RICE 7 Jan 1793, Montgomery Co. , Va.. Sarah (daughter of James RICE and Elinor) was born Abt 1774, Virginia; died 1850, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Beavers Family Cemetery, Dicks Creek, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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FamilySearch.com, LDS Internet Site, 16 Sep 2000, wbarnett@netscope.net

Moses Jackson Beavers, born in 1793 in Giles Co, VA; died 28 Dec 1870 in Tazewell Co, VA; son of Alexander and Sarah Rice Beavers; married Phebe Harman. Sarah Rice was daughter of James Rice.

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Sally Beavis [Sarah Beavers]
Age: 75
Birth Year: abt 1775
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1158
Household Members:
Jno Altiser 25 [son-in-law]
Sally Altiser 30 [daughter]
Susan Altiser 7
Cathrine Altiser 4
Robbin Altiser 1
Sally Beavers 75
[Note: her husband is still alive and is living with Moses Christian, their son-in-law and daughter Polly.]





Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2199276&GRid=16960241&

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Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Alexander Beavers
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1772
Spouse Name: Sarah Rice
Spouse Birth Year: 1775
Marriage
Year: 1793
Marriage State: VA
Number Pages: 1

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Hezekiah was employed as Farmer, Hunter, Indian fighter & Rev. War. Vet. Gentleman Justice of the Peace, appointed Sheriff by Pastrick Henry gov. of Va. He joined religion Most likely Baptist.

Source: http://dahnmonwhittfamily.com/genealogy/individual.php?pid=I42&ged=Whitt

Hezekiah moved from South Carolina to Montgomery county, Va.

After the war for Independence Hezekiah was awarded land grants along the upper Clinch River in what is now Tazewell County, Va. Hezekiah settled near Ceder Bluff in Baptist Valley. Hezekiah helped organize Tazewell county, along with eight other Gentlemen Justices of the Peaces, all appointed by Governor Patrick Henry. Hezekiah also served as Sheriff and Judge of Tazewell County.

Granted Land no.70 page 305; Tazewell County 120A. On Indian Creek, a branch of the Clinch River. 22 Aug 1821; Grant number 95, Page 393 98A. On Dismal Creek waters of the Louisa Fork of Sandy River; 29 Jun 1844.

Hezekiah and his father, Richard signed the Patriot's Oath to the Free State of Virginia on Sep. 13,1777 in Montgomery Co., Va. They were members of Capt. Trigg's Company. He was scarcely 17 years old when he first saw military action in the Revolutionary war. His pension deposition states that in 1776 or 1777 he was drafted to go to the relief of the New River Island creek fort to help protect it from the Indians. He marched under the command of Lieutenant Israel Lorton.

In 1777 he was a volunteer under Captian Thomas Mastin against the Cherokee Indians in the Chickamauga expedition in Tennessee. Their rendezvous point was at Colonel William Campbell's in Washington county. They marched to the big Island of the Holston River and were incorporated into General Evan Shelby's outfit. From there they marched on the Indian towns. Hezekiah was then drafted to serve in a fort on Back Creek in Montgomery county. Next He was drafted by Colonel William Preston in the summer of 1888 to march to North Carolina to join the Army of General Gates, but Hezekiah was chosen to guard the lead mines in montgomery county. Hezekiah also acted as Indian spy when needed, and always was ready to serve to win freedom for the new United States.

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Revolutionary War Pension Application

Virginia # S7885

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Lt. S. Evans, Clerk

Book E. Vol. 642 Page 39

Coped from the National Archives.

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
Name: Hezekiah Whitt
Pension Year: 1845
Application State: Virginia
Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
Archive Publication Number: M804
Archive Roll Number: 2569
Total Pages in Packet: 16

U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
Name: Hezekiah Whitt
Pension Office State: Virginia
Year Range: 1831-1848

County of Tazewell

On this the 27th day of March eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared in open court Hezekiah Whit a resident of the County of Tazewell and State of Virginia aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of

the provision made by Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

The declarant states that he was born in the State of South Carolina in the year 1760, that from thence his father removed to Stewards Creek, North Carolina and afterwards to Montgomery County Virginia. That in the June of 1776 or 1777 (he is not clear in his recollection which) he was drafted to go to the relief of Island Creek Fort, against the Indians. This fort stood upon New River, and an express was sent to Colonel William Preston informing him of the danger from the presence of the Indians. The declarant marched under the command of Lieutenant Israel Lorton, and entered the fort which was then commanded by

Captain Henry Patton. This draft was ordered by the Colonel Commandant William Preston of Montgomery County. Owing to the necessity of cultivating the growing crop, the service only was

ordered for the space of one month for which space of time this declarant served. In the month of March and he thinks in the year 1770, he went as a volunteer under Captain Thomas Mast! in upon the expedition against the Cherokee Indians to Tennessee, called the "Chickamaugy Expedition". the point of

rendezvous was at Colonel Campbell's in the County of Washington, Virginia. The men were marched to the big Island of Holston, where they were incorporated into the regiment of General Evan Shelby. From thence they marched against the Indian towns, but found upon entering them that they had already been abandoned by the Indians. this declarant was three months in this service having left home in the early part of March and returning after the troops were disbanded sometime in June.

On this expedition there was a regiment of regular troops, declarant thinks of the "State Line" destined for service in the Illinois country. The Colonel who commanded them was Montgomery and the Major he thinks was Quirk. These troops continued their march westward after the militia returned home.

This declarant got a regular discharge for his serviced under Shelby, which was signed by Captain Aaron Lewis, who had been sent to New Dublin in Montgomery, for the purpose of paying off the men and giving them discharges.

In the following October this declarant was drafted to serve in a fort on Back Creek in Montgomery County, in which service he continued until the next March under the command of Captain James

Thompson, an officer serving in the militia of Virginia. Colonel /William Thompson held the chief command of this fort. After the expiration of this service this declarant was regularly discharged by Colonel William Thompson.

In the early part of the summer of 1780 (as this declarant thinks, for at this distance of time he cannot pretend to strict accuracy in dates) he was drafted by order of Colonel William Preston, to go into Caroling for the purpose of joining the army under the command of General Gates. The lead mines in Montgomery

County was designate as the place of rendezvous for the troops. Here Colonel Cloyd took command. He marched with the main body of the men into Carolina. It was determined however to leave a strong guard at the lead mines, which was accordingly done. Under Colonel Saunders of this guard, this declarant stayed and remained one month. In August after wards, there was much excitement and alarm in the county least a large body of Tories and deserters should embody themselves and harass the inhabitants. Colonel William Preston ordered out the militia, and in the company of Captain Daniel Trigg this declarant served

twenty days. From this time until the close of the Revolution this declarant always held himself ready to go upon any service to which he might be ordered, either in the militia or as an Indian spy.

He further states that except in the instances mentioned, he never received a regular discharge, and that those he did receive have long since been lost, declarant supposing after the close of the war that a discharge was of no value. this declarant states that he has no documentary evidence to prove the facts he has stated, nor does he know of any living witness by whom he can prove his service except those rendered in the Chickemaugy or Tennessee campaigns, that he can prove by the testimony of a

witness who was on the expeditions.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Hezekiah Whitt

We William McGuire a clergyman residing in the County of Tazewell and Thomas Christain residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hezekiah Whit, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty four years of age that he is reputed and

believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in the opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

William McGuire

Thomas Christian

Certified by Geo. W. G. Brown, Clerk of Court

Tazewell County, March 27th, 1844

Lyles Dolsbury certifies that he served with Hezekiah Whit in various services and has known him since.

Lyles (X) Dolsbury

In addition to the certificate given by this affiant, he would state that this affiant was raised from childhood (being Left an orphan) by Captain Thomas Martin, whom he has often heard say, that Hezekaih Whit, the applicant for a pension in the foregoing declaration, was a soldier under him in the Cherokee Expedition

into Tennessee. this affiant knew the said Whit at that time and has known him ever since. This affiant knows nothing of any other service stated by the said Whit, but he believes them to have been performed as stated. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written in open court.

Thomas Christian

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LAND RECORDS

Page 137

Hezekiah Whitt

Washington County

Henry Lee Esquire governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia to all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Know ye that by virtue of a Certificate in right of Settlement given by the Commissioners- for adjusting the Titles to unpatented Lands in the District of Washington and Montgomery, and in Consideration of the Ancient Composition of ten Shillings Sterling paid by Hezekiah Whitt into the Treasury of this Commonwealth there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Hezekiah Whitt Assignee of John Hankins a certain tract or parcel of Land, containing eighty four Acres by Survey bearing date the twenty sixth day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty three Lying and being in the County of Washington on the waters of Clinch River in the Baptist Valley and bounded as followeth towit: Beginning at two white oaks on a hill thence South forty degrees East Sixty seven poles to a large sugar tree at the foot of Kents Ridge and along the same North fifty three degrees E!

ast two hundred and twenty six poles to a Lynn on Major Matins land and along his line North thirty one degrees West fifty seven poles crossing a branch to a large Chestnut oak on a high ridge corner to said Mastins land, thence leaving Mastins line and a long the said ridge South fifty five degrees West two hundred and thirty six poles to the beginning: with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Hezekiah Whitt and his Heirs forever. In Witness whereof the said Henry Lee Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and of the Commonwealth the Seventeenth.

Hezekiah Whitt

Tazewell Land Survey

Tazewell Co. VA

Land survey

March 20, 1820

page 190

Surveyed for Hez Whit 120 acres of land by virtue of an entry made the 20th March 1820 a part of a land office treasury warrant assigned to him by Hez Harmon assignee of John Cally and part of warrant No. 5334 for 500 acres dated the 6 January 1814 being in Tazewell Co. on Indian Creek a branch of Clinch River and bounded as follows; Beginning at a black oak W oak and cucumber on the top of Ready Ridge a corner of James Whitts and with the same line S 63 E 48 poles to 3 W oaks S 9 W 40 poles to a W oak on a hillside S 30 E 40 poles crossing a cabin branch to a white poplar on the point of a ridge S 86 W 80 poles to a buckeye in a rich hollow N 56 W 44 poles to a sugar sapling on a rich hillside N 80 W 60poles crossing Indian Creek to 3 sp pines in an island S 65 W 66 poles crossing said Creek to a dogwood N 8 E 32 poles crossing the creek to two birches N 53 W 10 poles to 3 black gums on top of the ridge N 7 to 50 poles to a red oak N 70 E 80 poles crossing Loone Creek to a !

W oak and birch in a bottom S 84 E 120 poles to the beginning March 24, 1820.

Isaac Brown Sur

for Hez Harmon S.T.C.


Buried:
The DAR & SAR of Tazewell County put up Rev. War Vet. markers on his grave at the WHITT-LOWE Cemetery in Baptist Valley, Virginia June 4, 2006 at his dedication.

Grave location
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Whitt&GSfn=Hezekiah&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2891&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=18310142&df=all&

Hezekiah married Rachel SKAGGS 1782, Montgomery Co. VA. Rachel (daughter of Ellinipsico Cornstalk and Standing Deer Bailey) was born Abt 1761, Shawnee Nation, Ohio; died Abt 1846, Indian Creek Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Whitt-Lowe Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Waiting for DNA results to prove her ancestry. The information below has been proved.

As with Hezekiah N. (Low Hawk) Whitt, her supposed older brother, Rachel's mother most likely is not Standing Deer Bailey given her date of birth.

Rachel Skaggs is thought to be Shawnee/Cherokee Indian, daughter of Chief Cornstalk, born 1709 Western PA, died 10 Oct 1777 in Point Plesant, VA. Now WV.

She was given her white name in honor of William Skaggs who led an expedition that Hezekiah and Richard Whitt were part of.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=adkinsfam&id=I19526



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107008885

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Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Hezekiah Whitt
Gender: Male
Birth Place: SC
Birth Year: 1760
Spouse Name: Rachel Skaggs
Marriage Year: 1782
Marriage State: VA
Number Pages: 1

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Archibald married Hannah LOWE. Hannah was born 1765, Montgomery Co. VA; died 1831, Montgomery Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Last name may have been Bruster/Brewster.

Source: http://dahnmonwhittfamily.com/genealogy/aqwn328.htm#4021

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WILL ABSTRACT

1774 Nov 9 Robert Bevers of Mansfield, Woodhouse Township, Sussex Co. NJ, yeoman, Will of. Wife Elizabeth Bevers £200. Son Alexander £40. To Abraham Bevers, oldest son of my oldest son, Alexander, £10. Daughter Sarah, wife of Abraham Axford, £80. Son William, £100. Daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Doctor Samuel Cannady,£80. Son Robert, £100, Son Moses £200. To George Bevers, oldest son of my brother, Joseph Bevers, £10. Lands to be sold and money divided among my children, Alexander, Sarah, William, Elizabeth, Robert, and Moses.

Executors: Wife, Elizabeth; and my sons, Robert and Moses; and my son-in-law, Doctor Samual Cannady.

Witnesses: John Marlatt, Nathan Marlatt, and Mary Bevers.

Proved Oct. 17, 1777. Inventory £1,342.10.3 made by Garrett Rapalje and Newbold Wootson.

Alexander married Nancy UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet]

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Most likely she was his first wife.

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LAND, TAX, AND CENSUS RECORDS

1782 Montgomery Co. tax list. Spencer, John and James Rice. "James Rice and Robert Bristoe lived two houses apart. Later two land sales were listed as the James Rice and Robert Fristoe/Bristoe improvements."

1793 Wythe Co. Va tax list area North of Walker's Mountain, Elijah, William and James Rice. Also Phillip Lambert.

1793 & 1796 On petitions from residents of Wythe Co., Va who wish to form Tazewell Co. the following three names appear in sequence on both the petitions: James Rice, William Rice, Elisha Rice.

1794 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1795 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1797 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1798 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1800 Kanawha County, VA (land sale document)

1801 Kanawha County, VA (tax list)

1806 Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio (historical account)

1810 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1810 Gallia County Ohio, Jeremyer, Eliger, Ezekial Rice listed in 1800 census, Gallia County, Ohio.


1812,1818, and 1819 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1820 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1830 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1840 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

CENSUS RECORDS

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 2

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1
[Note made on census record: "was 116 years old on x day of August 1840 is now in good health, laboring under no infirmities."

SOURCES

Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 1382
Wythe County Minutes of County Court 1790-1800; November 14, 1796

Re: road from the top of Iron Mountain to the Cripple Creek road. "James Rice, appointed Surveyor of the Road."

1801 Annals of Tazewell Co. Va. : July 6, 1801
James Rice and Mary his wife, sold land for a token price to Jeremiah Lambert (son of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert). Tazwell Co. Va Deed Book 1801, page 78. James and Mary Rice of Kanawha Co. Virginia (fr) Wolf Creek.

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History of Gallia County, H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882, Page XXIII.

Greenfield Township

The first to settle in the township were Daniel Faulkner, James Rice (who died at the advanced age of one hundred and twenty years), and Andrew Faulkner. On the 22d of June, 1882, the latter gave an account of his early pioneer recollections to the one appointed to collect and record them for this work, and four days later he had "passed beyond the river," dying suddenly June 26th, 1882. The pioneers first settled at the forks of Symmes creek, Daniel Faulkner building the first cabin, in 1806.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 59, September 1840 ? March 1841, Printed by the Editor: Jeremiah Hughes, Baltimore, MD, page 288 which states "Longevity: There is a man living in Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio by the name of James Rice who was 116 years old on the 24th of April last and yet bids fair to add some years to the days of his earthly pilgrimage."

Gallipolis Journal, 8 Aug 1839

James Rice of Greenfield Twp. Gallia County, Ohio was 116 years old last June. His health is good, and he still retains strength sufficient to walk about without assistance. He has a son living, who is 83 years of age.

INTERNET INFORMATION

Posted by Sandra Salyers
To: < RICE-SOUTHERN-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790

A James Rice and Robert Bristco/Frisco had a large land holding in the area of Montgomery, Wythe, Tazewell County, Virginia called the James Rice Robert Frisco improvement. A number of land sales from this improvement are listed
in the court record books of Montgomery, Wythe and Tazewell Counties.

James and his wife Mary sold their land in Virginia and moved to Gallia County, Ohio in their later years. James is listed in the 1840 census as 116 years old in good health. This was so unusual that the census taker wrote it across the line from James' name. A Gallia County News paper mentioned his longevity a couple of years later. The last Virginia land sale I have listed is to their grandson Jeremiah Lambert for a token price.

They spent their last few years of life in Gallia County with the offspring of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert. Some of the children of this Rice-Lambert related family migrated to Carter and Lawrence County Kentucky in the early 1800's.

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From: SALYERS9@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:11:40 EDT

James was born Aug. 24, 1724 according to the census record. The news article stated he was born in June. James's daughter Hannah married John Withrow in Cabell County, Virginia after the death of her husband Job Lambert. The 1850 census records list Hannah as age 90 born in Virginia. That would place James in Virginia in 1760. James was living in Montgomery County in 1782 next door
to Robert Briscoe, other Rice's on the tax list that year were John and Spencer. Job Lambert's father Phillip was also there.




Buried:
Grave location and biographical information:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100286070

James married Elinor. [Group Sheet]