Margaret BENTLEY

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Margaret Bentley, their daughter married William Yonts. [From the Jacob Bollinger papers]

Margaret Bentley married William Yonts; their Lincoln County, North Carolina, marriage bond dated 25 September 1794. Bondsman for the marriage was Christian Eaker.

On 1 April 1793 Hannah Bentley sold all her earthly goods to her daughter Margaret Bentley.

To all People to whom these Presents shall come, I, Hannah Bentley, of Lincoln County in the State of North Carolina and on the first day April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three send greeting know ye that I, Hannah Bentley for and in consideration of the natural love and affection I bear and have unto my daughter Mergert Bentley and also for other causes and considerations met hereunto moving have given and granted and by these presents do give grant & confirm unto the said Mergret Bentley all my goods & chattels my land & plantation my debts plate, jewels working tools one negro man named Saul and all my other substance whatsoever moveable & immoveable of what kind Nature & Quality soever the same are and in what place or places. Soever the same shall be found as well as in my custody of possessions as in the possession or hands power & custody of any other person or persons whatsoever, or all those goods & chattels land & plantation, debts and all the other aforesaid premises unto the said Margaret Bentley her heirs Executors & admrs [administrators] to her and their own proper use forever and I the said Hannah Bentley all & singular the aforesaid goods & chattels & premises to the said Margaret Bentley her executors admrs I assign against all persons & do warrant and do forever defend and by these presents. In witness thereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal the day & year first above written.

Test. Francis McNemar Hannah (her mark) Bentley

Lydia (her mark) McNemar

Lincoln County April Sessions 1793) The within deed was proved in open court by the oath of Francis McNemar and ordered to be registered. Witness: Jo Dickson Cle [Clerk]

Lincoln Co., NC, Deed Book 16 page 371.

Margaret married William YONTS 25 Sep 1794, Lincoln Co. NC. William was born Abt 1771, Rowan Co. NC; died 1836, Perry Co. KY; was buried , Yonts Cemetery, Goose Creek, Jefferson Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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Information from Shannonsimpson@comcast.net.

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Catherine married Solomon Caleb LITTON. Solomon was born 15 Jan 1803, Russell Co. VA; died 18 Feb 1842, Russell Co. VA; was buried , Litton Hill Cemetery, Elk Garden, Russell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Born at Litton Hill, Elk Garden, Washington Co. VA.

John was the only child of Soloman C. Litton and Catherine Yontz.  Both parents died young and he lived with his grandfather who died in 1853.

Was 17 years old when he married.

Aug 30, 1849..Washington Co.VA Deed Book 20..1850-1852...John W. Litton, Lydia, wife, James D. Litton & Margaret, wife, Martin D. Snyder, and Sarah, wife, heirs at law of Sarah Litton, formerly Sarah Fullen, who was one of the heirs of James Fullen, dec. and also Hiram Fullen and Hannah, his wife, another of heirs of James Fullen, Sr., dec. all of Russell Co. Virginia one and Whitley Fullen, other $200. 2 tracts of land by NFHR.  Ack 23 Dec 1850.

From family stories handed down, John was a gambler and kept race horses. It is told the Litton Plantation was a good place to raise hell on weekends.

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: John W Litton
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 54, Russell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 85
Household Members:
Name Age
John W Litton 21
Lydia E Litton 22
Louisa C Litton 3
Moses W Litton 2

1860 Census
Name: John W Sitton [John W Litton]
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Washington, Virginia
Post Office: Abingdon
Family Number: 63
Household Members:
Name Age
John W Litton 30
Lydia Litton 33
Lavica Litton 14
Moses Litton 12
Lafayette Litton 10
Lilburn Litton 8
Donaldson Litton 4

CIVIL WAR RECORDS

National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online Name: John W. Litton
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment: Washington County, Virginia Militia
Film Number: M382 roll 34

Name: John W. Litton
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment: 16th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M382 roll 34
Enlisting 05 Aug 1862 at Abingdon, VA

Family stories having him joining the US Army after the war ended and supposedly dying in the Mountain Meadow Indian Massacre in 1867 Utah. This was the story told by his son, Lilburn to cover the fact that he may have deserted his family. This story is documented in "Russell County, Virginia: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors" M. Secrist, Lulu Press, Inc, Feb 18, 2013.

However, the massacre took place in 1857. The Mountain Meadows Association has the following information showing he was not a victim of the is massacre.

http://www.mtn-meadows-assoc.com/john_w__linton.htm

The MMA investigates every person who is believed to have died in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. According to a family tradition, John Whitely Litton died in a "Mormon Indian Massacre in Utah", in 1867. Although the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place in 1857, stories usually get some facts wrong, and he was investigated as a possible victim.

John Whitely Litton was the son of John S. Litton and Catherine Younce, born 5 March 1830 in Elk Grove, Russell County, Virginia. He married Lydia Eva Whitaker on 14 May 1845 in Russell County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Moses Whitaker and Polly Bowman. In the 1850 census, they are enumerated in Russell County, Virginia, and in the 1860 census they are enumerated in the Western District of Washington County, Virginia. Lydia (Whitaker) Litton is enumerated as a widow in both the 1870 and 1880 census for Washington County, Virginia. These census records indicate that Litton probably died sometime between 1860 and 1870, and not before 1860, which would have been the case if he was a victim of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in September 1857.

John W. Litton was in Wade's Regiment, Local Defense (Washington County VA Militia), in April 1862, before he enlisted in the Confederate Army. Litton served the Confederacy during the Civil War, in Company A (originally Stevenson's Company, Ferguson's Battalion) of the 16th Virginia Calvary. This Company was primarily made up of men from Russell County, Virginia. John W. Litton was a wagon master in the Civil War. Most Confederate records from Virginia were burned in Richmond, however a copy of a Company Muster roll for 31 October 1863 to 1 April 1864 shows he enlisted 5 August 1862 at Lebanon, VA. for a period of 3 years. He was signed in by Capt. Stevenson. He appears on a Receipt Roll for pay on 31 December 1863. He was paid $.25 for service from 1 August 1863 to 31 December 1863. These records indicate that Litton was still alive in at the end of December in 1863. There is no record of Litton's wife filing for a widow's pension.

Lydia (Whitaker) and John W. Litton had seven children. The two youngest children were Clementine Catherine Litton, born in September 1861, and Mary Cordelia Litton, born 31 March 1865. The birth of Litton's youngest daughter indicates that he was living in 1864. The census records, military records, and birth date of his youngest daughter, prove that he was not a victim of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Another family story states that when he returned from the Civil War, he didn't like the reconstruction, so he enlisted in U.S. Army and was sent to Utah, where he died as an Indian fighter. A different story said that he settled in Texas and married again. He was rumored to have several children and was living in Campbell County, Texas. [Note: There is no Campbell Co. TX. There is the town of Campbell in Hunt Co. TX] No evidence, that would support either story, has been found.

In Lydia (Whitaker) Litton's father's will of 31 March 1874, proved 22 November 1875, Moses Whitaker left her land, and other property, and further stated that the "devise to Lydia E. Litton, dau., are not to be liable for any debts due for any one from her husband, John Litton, if he is now alive." When and where John Whitely Litton died remains a mystery. It is evident, from her father's Will, that as late as 1874, Litton's wife did not know what happened to her husband. She never remarried, and Lydia Eva (Whitaker) Litton died 14 May 1901 and is buried in the Hayter Cemetery in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia.

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There may be records of him in Texas around 1880.

Died:
Info from shannonsimpson@comcast.net.

John married Lydia Eva WHITAKER 14 May 1845, Elk Garden, Russell Co. VA. Lydia (daughter of Moses X. WHITAKER and Mary (Polly) BOWMAN) was born 24 Jun 1830, Washington, Co. VA; died 31 May 1901, Washington Co. VA; was buried , Hayter Cemetery, Washington Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Callie' and Thomas were married by Julius T. Davenport. 

Identified in 1900 Washington Co.VA Census as Lucy C. Aistrop, age 53, married 29 years;

Identified in 1910 Washington Co..VA as Callie Aistrop, age 63, widow, living in the household of brother-in-law, Marion Hawthorn.


buried Hayter/Litton Cem., Poor Valley, VA, close by her mother and grandfather, Moses Whitaker. 

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Luvicia married Thomas Henderson (Henry) AISTROP 3 Jun 1870. Thomas (son of Andrew Jackson AISTROP and Malinda HENDERSON) was born 25 Dec 1849, Washington Co. VA; died 11 Jun 1904, Washington Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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1900 Washington Co.VA Census - Saltville Dist..HH 287. Moses Lytton, 52, Farmer; Rachel J.

1910 Washington Co..VA C. states Moses W. Litton, age 62, married 25 yrs. no children.

1920 Washington Co.VA Census - Moses Litton living on Rich Valley Road.  71 years old.

Moses married Josie. [Group Sheet]

Moses married Rachael BARB 10 Feb 1885. Rachael (daughter of Jacob BARB and Sarah) died Aft 1920. [Group Sheet]

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1880 Washington Co.VA Census shows Lafayette at age 29, Molly 23, living with his sister, Caldonia Litton Aistrop. 

1900 Washington Co.VA Census..Saltville Dist..HH 285.  Lafayette Litton, 50; farmer, Molley E., 43, wife, married 20 years, mother of 7 with 6 children living.. Ellie E., daughter, 21, schoolteacher; Lula, 17, daughter, Darrey, 16, daughter, May 14, daughter; Thomas J., 11, son; Moses P. 5, son.

1910 Washington Co Census has Lafayette as age 68, Molly 61, and states Molly is mother of 7 children with 5 living in 1910. They were living with sister, 'Callie'.

buried Litton Cem., WASHINGTON CO.VA; Headstone states: 'Father'

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Lafayette married Mlilnda E. (Molly) FARMER 22 Apr 1880. Mlilnda was born 7 Oct 1856, West Virginia; died 3 Nov 1941. [Group Sheet]

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Lilbern was an elected Washington County Commissioner for two terms.

June 4, 1900 Washington Co.VA Census..Saltville Dist.  Lilburn Litton, farmer, married 18 years, James, 14; Gilbert M, 9; Mabel S., 8; Tr8ula P., 6; Edith M, 5, Lesley E. son, 3.
 
buried Litton Cem. Washington Co.VA. Headstone: John R. Francis, born Aug 2, 1834 - died March 13, 1907

Lilburn married Emma Elizabeth FRANCIS 14 Sep 1881. Emma (daughter of John R. FRANCIS and Sarah THOMPSON) was born 20 Feb 1858, Washington Co. VA; died 3 Jun 1934, Washington Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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1910 Washington Co.VA Census states Donaldson had 4 children, 2 alive in 1910.

1920 Washington Co..VA Census, Donaldson is 63, Laura is 61, living with them is their grandson, Charles Johnson, age 3.

John married Laura Jane FARMER 1881. [Group Sheet]

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Marriage Register states: Clementine was age 20, single on 21 Oct 1880, d/o John & Lydia E. Litton.  Clementine was married by John J. Kain. Witnessed by Moses Little. 

1910 Washington Co.VA Census states: Clemmia Hawthorn was age 49, married 12 years, no children.  Living in the household are 'Adopted son, Harry Henderson, 13, born in Texas; adopted daughter, Patricia Hawthorn, age 6 and sister, Callie Aistrop, age 63, widow. 

Marion Hawthorne was age 34, married 12 years a farmer and resident "North of Railroad Meadowview". Glade Spring District. Clementine inherited from her grandfather, Moses, a bay mare called 'Sal'. 

Clementine married Henry George SPRATT 21 Oct 1880, Washington Co. VA. Henry (son of John W. SPRATT and Jane) was born 1855, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Clementine married Marion S. (Bud) HAWTHORNE. Marion was born 1879, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Identified by 1870 Washington Co.VA Census as Cordelia Liten, age 5, living with mother. 

Marriage Record states: Mary C. Casteel, 63, widow. A. A. McFaddin, 60, widowed, farmer, Resident Lebanon, Virginia.

Mary married John R. CASTELL 24 Nov 1887, Washington Co. VA. (son of C. J. CASTELL and Jane) [Group Sheet]

Mary married Abraham A. MCFADDEN 26 Dec 1928, Dante, VA. Abraham (son of Jeremiah Boyd (Jerry) MCFADDEN and Rachel HANSON) was born 1868, Russell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]