John PACK b. Abt 1805 Patrick Co., VA d. Aft 5 March 1897 Tazewell Co. VA: Appalachian Aristocracy

Abt 1805 - Aft 1897 (~ 92 years)

Personal Information | Sources | All | PDF

Name	John PACK
Born	Abt 1805	Patrick Co., VA [1]
Gender	Male
_UID	4036A61156D04BB78CC5570574EDFA258206
Died	Aft 5 March 1897	Tazewell Co. VA
Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1840 Census Patrick County, VA John Pack Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3 [Isham, Fleming and Tinsley] Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1 1850 Census Name: Jno Pack [John Pack] Age: 45 Birth Year: abt 1805 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 1286 Household Members: Name Age Jno Pack 45 Matilde Pack 40 Isham Pack 16 Fleming Pack 14 Cricket Pack 12 [Crocket?] Trnsell Pack 10 [Tinsley?] Sarah Pack 8 Cynthia Pack 7 Wm Pack 5 Elenor Pack 3 Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Livestock as of Jun 1, 1850-3 Milch Cows1 other cattle; 15 swine; Value of Livestock $50; Produce-Tobacco, Lbs (marked with an 'x'); Wool, 30lb; Butter, 150lb; Flax, 30lb; Flaxseed 2 Bushels; Value of Homemade Mfg $50; Val of Animals Slaughtered: $35 1860 Census Name: John Pack Age: 47 Birth Year: abt 1813 Gender: Male Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia Post Office: Baptist Valley Family Number: 1126 Value of real estate: $80 Occupation: farm laborer Household Members: Name Age John Pack 47 Matilda Pack 47 Tinsley Pack 20 Sarah Pack 17 Cynthia Pack 15 William Pack 13 Elenor Pack 10 Amanda Pack 7 Otifane Pack 6 Elenor Pack 20 Jack Gough 25 1870 Census Name: John Pack Age in 1870: 59 Birth Year: abt 1811 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Knob Value of real estate: None listed Household Members: Name Age John Pack 59 Matilda A Pack 57 Elender Pack 20 Stefana F Pack 15 Virginia B Pack 1 TAX LISTS Floyd Co. VA 1835 - John Pack, 1 tithe, no horses 1836 - John Pack, 1 tithe, no horses LEGAL RECORDS Tazewell County John Pack (Breach of Peace) Monday, September 24, 1838 William Taylor, Forman, Joseph Higginbotham, John Cecil, William Smith, George Steel, Archibald Thompson, Jr., James R. Crabtree, Thomas Davis, Erastus G. Harman, William E. Higginbotham, Andrew P. Moore, Howard Bane, James R. Dills, William P. Moore, William A. Kennedy, David Matton, Richard Yates, Jonathan Peery, William Hinkle, James S. Witten and William J. Watts were sworn a grand jury of inquest for the body of this county and having returned into court and presented: An indictment against John Pack for a breach of the peace - A true bill. And the said grand jury not having finished their business, were adjourned till tomorrow 12 o'clock. Law Order Book 1832-1844; Page 286 Monday, April 22, 1839 The Commonwealth against John Pack, Defendant - On an indictment for a breach of the peace. On motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth it is ordered that a capias be awarded against the defendant Pack, directed to the Sheriff of Lee County and returnable here on the first day of the next term. Law Order Book 1832-1844; Page 306 Monday, September 23, 1839 The Commonwealth against John Pack, on an indictment for a breach of the peace. The capias awarded against the defendant at the last term, not being returned, on motion of the attorney for the commonwealth, an alias capias is awarded against the said defendant, to be directed to the sheriff of Mercer County and return able here the first day of the next term. Law Order Book 1832-1844; Page 326 Wednesday, September 29, 1840 The Commonwealth against John Pack, Defendant - On an indictment for a breach of the peace. The alias capias awarded against the defendant in this cause not being executed, on motion of the attorney for the commonwealth, it is ordered, that a pluries capias be awarded against the said defendant, to be directed to the sheriff of this county and returnable here the first day of the next term. Law Order Book 1832-1844; Page 347 Monday, April 25, 1841 The Commonwealth against John Pack, Defendant - On an indictment The attorney for the Commonwealth by leave of the court, saith that he will not further prosecute in this cause. MILITARY RECORDS John is listed in the 29th Regiment, VA Infantry, Co. I, rank Private, along with his son Crockett C. Pack in Co. H. Regimental History 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry 29th Infantry Regiment was authorized in November, 1861, and was to contain seven companies under Colonel A.C. Moore and three companies at Pound Gap. However, this organization never took place. Moore's five companies from Abingdon and companies raised in the spring of 1862 evidently made up the nine-company regiment. It was assigned to the Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia, then moved to Kentucky where it was engaged at Middle Creek. Later it saw action in Western Virginia and for a time served in North Carolina under General French. In March, 1863, it totaled 732 men. Attached to General Corse's Brigade the unit participated in Longstreet's Suffolk Expedition and during the Gettysburg Campaign was on detached duty in Tennessee and North Carolina. In the spring of 1864 it returned to Virginia and took its place in the Petersburg trenches north and south of the James River and ended the war at Appomattox. Many were lost at Sayler's Creek, and only 1 officer and 27 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Giles and Alfred C. Moore; Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Haynes, William Leigh, and Edwin R. Smith; and Majors Ebenezer Bruster, William R.B. Horne, and Isaac White. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES 5 June 1895 Clinch Valley News Pounding Mill Mr. John Pack is suffering with his old complaint rheumatism. --------------- 7 August, 1895 Clinch Valley News, Pounding Mill Mr. John Pack has been quite ill the past week. -------------- 5 March 1897 Clinch Valley News, Pounding Mill Mr. Pack an aged citizen has been ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Quesenberry, (Cynthia Pack) the past week. ------------- Georgia Maud Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), wrote these recollections of early Tazewell County life as told to her by her great-grandmother and her grandmother. Her Recollections appeared in the Tazewell Newspaper sometime in the early 1980's. Georgia was the daughter of George & Mary Frances Burress Quesenberry. From the Past: A Massacre end happily Many years ago, there were a young man and woman who lived somewhere along the banks of the Clinch River with quite a few other settlers. This chapter of Captain John Delong and his wife, Matilda, takes place around the early 1800's. Late one evening a small band of Cherokee Indians had made camp for the night a short distance from the settlement down by the river. There was no love lost for the Indians by some of the men in the settlement. These same Indians had been catching their fish in this spot for many years. This made no difference to the men, they wanted to kill them right then. Captain Delong talked them out of it for the time being. Later that night, these men slipped out of the settlement and killed all the Indians. The next morning, Captain Delong was told of the slaughter and was asked if he would help bury the indians before their cheif could find out. He said he would. As the captain and the other men were finishing the clean up, the captain thought he heard a small dog whining in a teepee that had not burned but rather sat there, smoldering. Captain and Mrs. Delong could have no children, but he was found of animals and he hurried to the teepee. Upon entering, he found, wrapped tightly in a cradle back pack, a beautful Indian baby. Almost overcome with joy, the captain hurried home. With the glimmer of tears in his eyes, he said, "Tilda, I have for thee a present." Matilda too was overcome with joy. She fed the baby cow's milk from a bottle that had been used to feed small animals from time to time. When she undressed the tiny being, she discovered it was girl. They kept her and named her Samantha Delong. In due time, Samantha grew up and married a young man named Jack Pack. As their life progressed, they had a family of three girls and three boys. Their names were Sarah, Cynthia, Ellie, Bill and Flemming. These children grew up while another boy died at birth in the cold, long winter. [Note: from http://burress.us Michelle Burress' analysis: This story has some inconsistencies and while I'm I believe there may be some truth to the story, there are a lot of things that are wrong which backed up with fact. I'm not sure if there as confusion regarding the names or a lot of fiction involved with the telling of the story. There is no evidence that a John DELONG married a Matilda, or that John PACK married a Samantha DELONG. Orman Delong and Sarah Reed seem to be the only resonable couple for a child named Matilda Delong that married John Pack. Orman and Sarah, however, also had many other children. John and Matilda did indeed have children named Sarah (who married a William Burress) Flem, Cynthia, Ella and William, but they also had other children. There is no evidence that either John Pack or Orman Delong were Captains in the Military or that any of these couples were unable to have children). However there was a John Delong listed in the military records of Montgomery county, in the same unit as Orman Delong. Have not figured out the connect yet. ~Michelle EMAIL COMMENTS "Isham and Flem were already born before they got married. I haven't been able to clarify if these are her sons from a previous marriage or his or if by chance they followed the custom of the time which was to set up housekeeping, and then when the 'circuit preacher' came around have a 'formal' marriage ceremony. This often consisted of the minister simply taking down the names of the two people and registering it at the courthouse." Info on him came from Kay Brown HIBWIFE@AOL.COM
Person ID	I2841	Master File
Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

Father	James PACK, b. 1783, Virginia , d. 1853, Virginia (Age 70 years)
Mother	Elizabeth or Martha UNKNOWN
Family ID	F1977	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Matilda Ann DELONG, b. Abt 1810, Patrick Co., VA , d. Bef 1880, Tazewell Co. VA (Age ~ 69 years)

Married 31 Dec 1835 Floyd Co., VA [1]

Marriage Bond

Know all men by these presents, that we, John Pack and Martin Slaughter are held and firmly bound unto, L.W. Tazewell, Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and his successors, in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, to the payment thereof, well and truly be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated this 21 day of Dec 1835.

The condition of the above obligation is such, that, whereas a marriage is intended to be solemnized between the above bound John Pack and Matilda Delong of Floyd County: New, if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed John Pack and Martin Slaughter. Witnessed, Wm. Goodan.

Children

	1. Isham PACK, b. 25 Dec 1833, Floyd Co., VA , d. 15 May 1854, Tazewell Co VA (Age 20 years)
+	2. Fleming (Flem) PACK, b. Aug 1835, Patrick Co. VA , d. 1 Dec 1905, Baptist Valley, Tazewell Co. VA (Age ~ 70 years)
	3. Tinsley PACK, b. Abt 1840, Virginia , d. 1 Mar 1891, Tazewell Co VA (Age ~ 51 years)
	4. Calvin Crockett PACK, b. 1 Jan 1840, Patrick Co. Virginia , d. 27 Jun 1903, Richlands, Tazewell, Co. VA (Age 63 years)
	5. Sarah Elizabeth PACK, b. 15 Sep 1843, Floyd Co., VA , d. 15 Jul 1922, McDowell Co. WV (Age 78 years)
	6. Cynthia PACK, b. 17 Oct 1844, Tazewell Co VA , d. 29 Mar 1921, Pounding Mill, Tazewell Co. VA (Age 76 years)
	7. William M. PACK, b. 17 May 1847, Patrick Co., VA , d. 30 Dec 1929, Mize, Morgan, KY (Age 82 years)
	8. Ellender J. (Ella) PACK, b. 5 Mar 1850, Tazewell Co VA , d. 18 May 1933, Davy, McDowell Co. W. Va (Age 83 years)
	9. Amanda PACK, b. Mar 1853, Tazewell Co VA
	10. Olifano PACK, b. Abt 1855, Tazewell Co VA

Last Modified 5 Apr 2016

Family ID F1975 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources
[S30] Burruss Family, Michelle Burruss.