Matilda Ann DELONG

Other Events:

• _UID: CC5EFCA32EFF4BAD9482377B9DF393A47D67

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Matilde Pack
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1286
Household Members:
Name Age
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Cricket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3

1860 Census
Name: Matilda Pack
Age: 47
Birth Year: abt 1813
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley
Family Number: 1126
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

1870 Census
Name: Matilda A Pack
Age in 1870: 57
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pack 59
Matilda A Pack 57
Elender Pack 20
Stefana F Pack 15
Virginia B Pack 1

STORIES

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

---------------
*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.

[Note: There was a Josiah and Anne Spence that lived a few house away from the Pack's in the 1850 Census.]

Granny Spence's Witchcraft solution saves Cousin Flem

Sarah had a 17 year old brother, Flem. The closest neighbor was one we shall not call by name since grandma as well as everybody else said the old woman of the house was a witch.

She had several children, one was a girl about the same age as Flem, and she was madly in love with him. One evening as he walked home she met him and begain to flirt with him. Flem payed her no mind and left her standing in the road with hurt feelings. By the time he go home he had a sick headache.

Grandma stayed up all night with him. At her wit's end, she sent for another neighbor, Granny Spence, who was not afraid of witches. Spence went in to talk to Flem. She asked Flem if he had made any water since the headache began. He managed a weak no. She asked him if he had talked to the neighbor girl. He said yes, she had given him a bloom from a crab apple tree. She asked him what he did with it. Flem said he had put it in his shirt pocket.

Granny Spence reached over the bed and took it from his pocket. She then took a new piece of small silver coin from her apron pocket, wrapped the flower around it and swiftly cast them both in the flames of the back log of the fireplace.

She told grandma never to take the silver out, always put it back after cleaning the fireplace. Then she told Samantha to fill the three legged iron kettle with water and let it strike a rolling boil. She told her to take a tin dipper and pour a dipper at a time on the hearth, spreading it all around slowly, letting it fizzle and pop until it drys each time. According to Granny Spence, after half the water had been used, the maggots that would have eaten Flem alive would crawl out of the hearth.

This grandma did, taking special care to follow Granny Spence's instructions to the letter. Just as the old lady had told her, the wiggly creatures appeared. Samantha hurried and poured the remaining water on them then swept them up and cast them int the fire. Granny Spence told her when this part had been done, the guilty party would come and knock on the door and want to borrow something. She told her not to let her have anything, not even a crumb of bread.

After Samantha had burned the creatures, she went into the bedroom to see how Flem was feeling. Just then, the wicket neighbor came to the door and knocked. Grandma opened the door with her big homemade broom in her hand. The neighbor wanted to know if Samantha could loan her a cup of dry coffee for supper. Anger welled in grandma, she shook the broom at her and told her no, and never to come to her house again. By the next morning, Cousin Flem was good as new. Shortly after the wicket neighbor moved and was never heard from again.


Birth:
Another source gives Montgomery Co. or Floyd Co. VA as her place of birth. Sue Prideaux,
sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Matilda married John PACK 31 Dec 1835, Floyd Co., VA. John (son of James PACK and Elizabeth or Martha UNKNOWN) was born Abt 1805, Patrick Co., VA; died Aft 5 March 1897, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 2E85D196A4B9498F82BABACF67FCB5F420B6

Notes:

Isham was born before the marriage of Matilda and John Pack, which wasn't unusual for a couple to set up housekeeping and have children before the circuit riding preacher came into the area to perform marriages.

On his death record only Matilda's name is given, father's name is blank. On his sister Cynthia's death record it gives her mothers name as Matilda Reed - Wondering if the informant gave her grandmother's maiden name which was Reed instead of Delong as her maiden name.

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Isham Pack
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Cricket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3

Died:
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: Isham Pack
Birth Date: abt 1834
Birth Place: Floyd County, Virginia
Death Date: 15 May 1854
Death Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Death Age: 20
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Male
Father Name: John Pack
Mother Name: Marilda [Matilda] Pack
FHL Film Number: 2048586

Title: Tazewell County Death Register 1872-1896
Page: Page 4, Line 170

Name of Deceased: Isham Pack Race: White Sex: Male Date of Death: May 15, 1854 Place of Death: Tazewell County, Virginia Cause of Death: Yellow Jaundice Father: Not Given Mother: Matilda Pack Age: 20 years, 4 months, 29 days

Isham married Mary BOWMAN 19 Nov 1853, Patrick Co., VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 01E1806ACC43493EAD2D6832EEDFA5256DEB

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Fleming Pack
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Family Number: 1286
Household Members:
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Crocket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10 [Tinsley]
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Fleming Pack
Age in 1860: 23
Birth Year: abt 1837
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob and Cedar Bluff
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 23
Rebecca J Pack 23

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Fleming Pack
Age in 1870: 35
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 35
Rebecca T Pack 30
Levi Pack 7
James Pack 9
William Pack 5
Eliza Pack 14
John Pack 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Fleming Pack
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widower
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 40
Louisa Pack 18
Leova Pack 16
William Pack 12
John Pack 10
Margret Pack 7

1900 United States Federal Census a
Name: Fleniners Pack [Fleming]
Age: 64
Birth Date: Aug 1835
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Flemming Pack 64
Liza Pack 32
James Pack 9
Mandy Buster 44 [servant] his sister
Crocket Buster 18 [servant's son] nephew
Matilda Buster 15 [servant's daughter] niece

----------

Owned a lot of land around Berwind, WV. [See his second wife's will below and the court case from this land.] One his sons died as a child, and was buried under the water tank. (Source Ella Pack Whitaker) This could have been Levi. Older family members gave Jane Burress as another wife. She could have been this third wife, but this had not been confirmed, and I suspect they have her confused with his first wife, Rebecca J. [Jane ?] Burruss. First name is spelled Flemon in Tazewell County deeds and land transfers.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Clinch Valley News; 28 October 1904

Mistake Corrected
Pounding Mill, Va.,
J. A. Leslie, Ed., Oct. 25, 1904.
Tazewell, Va.

Dear Sir;

I desire to correct a misstatement of J. F. Griffith published in your paper of the 21st. inst. Mr. Griffith states that Flem Pack was turned down at Pounding Mill, because he had failed to pay his capitation tax. This is not true. Mr. Pack was a good soldier and Is exempt from
the prepayment of his tax as a prerequisite to voting. Mr. Pack never has made application to register since
the 1st of January, 1904, at Pounding Mill. I would like for Mr. Griffith to give his author for the information he
obtained with regard to Mr. Pack.
Yours truly,
W C Williams
---------------

DEATH

Clinch Valley News; 12 Jan 1906

Flem Pack died at his home in Baptist Valley on Dec 1 at the age of 60 years.

DEEDS

Sale of Lands from Flemming Pack to William and Angeline Pack (1903) Transcribed by Cheryl Duke

THIS DEED made this 8th day of Sept. in the year one thousand nine hundred and three between Flemon (sic) Pack, parties of the first part, and William Pack & Angeline Pack, his wife, parties of the second part.

WITNESSETH That in consideration of the sum of One Hundred and fifty Dollars in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged for one tract of land hereafter described, the said Flemon Pack does grant unto the said William Pack and Angeline Pack with general warranty, all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Tazewell and State of Va., being a part of the home tract containing fifty acres more or less beginning at Moses Beavers' corner, running up the public road three hundred and 33 yards to a stake in middle of road; thence a due southerly course to the top of Sugar Camp Mountain; thence running with top of said Mountain to Moses Beavers' line and with said line to the beginning.

It is further stipulated in this deed that the said William Pack shall have this land during their life time and at their death it shall be the property of their children to have and to hold.

The said Flemon Pack covenant that he has the right to convey the said land to the grantee; that he has done no act to encumber the said land; that the grantee shall have quiet possession of the said land free from all encumbrances, and that the said party of the first part will execute such further assurance of the said land as may be requisite.

Witness the following signature and seal.

Flemon Pack (SEAL)

STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF TAZEWELL, to-wit:

I, J. R. Sparks, a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Flemon Pack whose name is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date on the 8th day of Sept., 1903 has acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid.

Given under my hand this 8 day of Sept., 1903.

J. R. Sparks.

My commission expires March 11th, 1906.

VIRGINIA TAZEWELL COUNTY to-wit:

In the Office of Tazewell County Court the 9th day of Sept., 1903, This deed was presented and, with the certificates annexed, admitted to record.

Teste: T. E. George, Clerk.

A true copy.

----------------

Tazewell Co. VA Dee Book 53, page 190

Flemon Pack to William Pack.

THIS DEED made this March 22, 1904 between Flemon Pack of the first part and William Pack of the second part all of the County of Tazewell and State of Virginia, WITNESSETH That in consideration of One Dollar in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said party of the first part hath this day bargained, sold and conveyed. unto the said. party of the second part all that tract, lot or parcel of land lying and being in the County and State aforesaid on the south side of the County road between Baptist Valley and Cedar Bluff and known as a part of the Sheffey lands, adjoining a small tract of said Sheffey land conveyed to William Pack and Angeline, his wife, by deed from Flemon Pack, bearing date on Sept. the 8th, 1903, and containing 25 acres, more or less and bounded as follows - to?wit:

Beginning at a stake in the road 333 yards above Moses Beavers? corner and running with said road an easterly course a distance of 2.84 yards to a small white oak and a dead oak stmp (SIC) near the branch that crosses the road thence south to a marked chestnut oak on top of Sugar Camp Mountain and with the top of said mountain to a stake designated a corner between the lands of Flemon Pack and William Pack and Angeline Pack, his wife; thence with the said William Pack and Angeline Pack?s line back to the beginning corner.

And the party of the first part covenants with the party of the second part that he will warrant and defend this deed against all other deeds, titles and claims and that he shall forever have quiet and peaceable possession of said land free from all encumbrances and that he has a right to convey the said land and that he has done not acct (SIC) whatever to encumber the said land.

Witness the following signature and seal, the day and date first above written

Flemon Pack (SEAL)

STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF TAZEWELL, to-wit:

I, T. R. Wingo, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Flemon Pack, whose name is signed to the foregoing writeing (SIC) bearing date on the 22nd of March 1904, has acknowledged the same before me in my County

Given under my hand this March 22nd, 1904.

T. R. Wingo, J. P.

VIRGINIA In the Clerk?s Office of Tazewell County Circuit Court May 4th, 1904.

This deed was presented and upon the annexed certificate of acknowledgment, was admitted to record.

Teste; T. E. . George, Clerk

---------

MILITARY RECORDS

American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Fleming Pack
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company K, 37th Battn Cavalry Regiment Virginia.
Sources: 425

Civil War Service: 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Dunn's Partisan Rangers, Co. K, rank private.

37th Cavalry Battalion was organized in August, 1862, as Dunn's Partisan Rangers. The battalion contained four companies and in November was changed to regular cavalry. Company B was composed of former members of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company F of North Carolinians, and Company K was formerly Captain Pack's Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Cavalry.[his brother, Crockett Pack] Company H was transferred to Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry by S.O. No. 130, Hdqrs. Dept. W.Va. and E. Tenn, dated December 28, 1864. It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totaled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command.

Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Fleming Pack
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment Name: 188 Virginia Militia
Regiment Name Expanded: 188th Regiment, Virginia Militia
Company: C
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M382 roll 42

Flem also served in the The 188th Virginia Militia Regiment, Company C from Tazewell County, under the command of Colonel Henry S. Bowen. His brother Tinsley served with him in the same unit.




WILL OF REBECCA JANE HOLBROOK PACK

Last Will and Testament of Rebecca Jane Pack, recorded in McDowell Co. WV.

August 7, 1888

I, Rebeckey Jane Pack, of McDowell County, and State of West Virginia, (but now of Webster County, W. Va.,)do make and declare this to be my last will and testament as follow s: I will and bequeath unto Cosby Holbrook, my mother, and William T. Holbrook, my brother, all of my land situated on the Dry Fork of Tug River, in McDowell county and state of West Virginia, known as my home place, to hold in trust for my two children until they become of age, and in the event of the death of one or both of the children , Flem o r Jennie [Jimmie], the land goes to Cosby Holbrook her lifetime, and In the even t of the death of Cosby Holbrook and one or both of my children, any time before the children
should become of age, the land goes to William T. Holbrook, his heirs and assigns forever.

Given under my hand , the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.

REBECKEY JONES [Jane] PACK.(Seal)

Signed and sealed in the presence of these witnesses:
John W. Wease,
Casander Gadd,
J. B. Bentley ,
Marshal Mullins,

Note in margin: "This will was set aside by the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, West Virginia. See Deed Book No. 52, page 41.

Her husband was left out of her will. This has an impact on the court case brought by her brother against coal magnate Edwin J. Berwind.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, November 22, 1906, page 5

[Note: all of this happened after Flem's death]

TITLE OF BERWIND SYNDICATE QUESTIONED

McDowell Coal Lands Bone of Contention in Important Suit in Federal Court.

REMARKABLE WILL OF REBECCA JANE PACK

August 7, 1888

I, Rebeckey Jane Pack, of McDowell County, and State of West Virginia, (but now of Webster County, W. Va.,)do make and declare this to be my last will and testament as follow s: I will and bequeath unto Cosby Holbrook, my mother, and William T. Holbrook, my brother, all of my land situated on the Dry Fork of Tug River, in McDowell county and state of West Virginia, known as my home place, to hold in trust for my two children until they become of age, and in the event of the death of one or both of the children , Flem o r Jennie [Jimmie], the land goes to Cosby Holbrook her lifetime, and In the even t of the death of Cosby Holbrook and one or both of my children, any time before the children
should become of age, the land goes to William T. Holbrook, his heirs and assigns forever.

Given under my hand , the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.

REBECKEY JONES [Jame] PACK.(Seal)

Signed and sealed in the presence of these witnesses:
John W. Wease,
Casander Gadd,
J. B. Bentley ,
Marshal Mullins,

The lands devised In the foregoing testament are the bone of contention in one of the most important suits ever known in West Virginia? the case of Edwin J. Berwind et als. vs. W. T. Holbrook, which is now claiming the attention of the federal court at Charleston . There are witnesses from
Tazewell county, Va., Cincinnati and McDowell, Webster and Kanawha counties, and the legal battle is being bitterly contested.

The attorneys for Holbrook and his associates are William R. Thompson, of Huntington, and the law firm of Avis, Jordan & Hardy, of Charlteston, Edwln J. Berwind and Thomas
Fisher, the plaintiffs in the case are represented by Brown Jackson & Knight, of Charleston and Attorneys
Chapman and Gillespie, of Tazewell, Va.

The case is a most important one, as it is claimed by Berwind and Fisher that the will of Mrs. Pack, which the defense has brought into court, is a rank forgery and one of the rankest ever put on probate.

In opening the case Ivory C. Jordan stated in behalf of the defense that they would prove to the jury that the will which was probated is genuine. They claim that in August, 1888, Rebecca Jane Pack was ill at the home of her father, Isaac W. Holbrook, in Webster county, and on the 7th day
of August of that year she made a will. Prior to making the will she had stated how she wanted her property, consisting of about 120 acres on Tug river, divided. This will, it is claimed, was made out by Joh n W. Weese in the presence of three witnesses and several relatives of the family. The defense claims that the reason the will was not sent to McDowell county for probate until July, 1904, was that when Mrs. Pack died, she gave the w ill to her mother, Mrs. Cosby Holbrook. This was in a sealed envelope, and just as it was handed to Mrs. Pack on her death bed by Mr. Weese. The mother did not open the will but put it in an old trunk
until 1901, when she became sick and gave it to her son, W. J . Holbrook, the defendant in the case, who was poor, and did not take it to the county court in McDowell county until 1904, where he at that time hired attorneys
and had the will put on record. Mr. Jordan claims that Mr. Holbrook in the year 1901 started to walk to McDowell from Webster for the purpose of filing the will, but while en route he stopped on Cabin Creek to work and after two years went to McDowell where he placed the will in the hands of the county clerk.

Mr. Jackson, in behalf of the state, offered an enlarged photographic copy of the will which was recorded in McDowell, supposed to be the last will and testament of Mrs. P ack. He told of Mr. Pack returning to McDowell
county after his wife?s death in Webster with their two infant children; how in the course of time the land owned by Mrs. Pack began to grow' in value, and in 1901 Mr. Pack
sold his life interest to Mr. Berwind and Mr. Fisher. In 1902 he sold the estate which belonged to the one surviving
child, the other having died when quite young.

This land now is being developed as one of the richest coal fields in the state and on these grounds Mr. Jackson claims that the defendant thought they could secure land which did not belong to them, by producing a will which he says is forgery, but if proven to be genuine, it would destroy every title that Mr. Berwind and his associates had on the land.

Attorney Jackson pointed out to the jury the peculiar wording of the will and said no sane woman would
make a will which would give to h e r older brother property which rightly belonged to her own son. In the will
which is in evidence, Mrs. Pack states that she bequeaths on the death of one or both of her sons all of her property to her mother, Mrs. Cosby Holbrook, and in case of her death
or the death of one or both of her sons; before they become of age, the property goes to her brother, W. T. Holbrook.

T he attorneys for the plain tiff claim that they will be able to show that John W. Weese never made out the will and that it is not in his handwriting.

There is only one surviving witness to the will introduced by the defense and he is J. W. Bentley, who was the first witness called after Mr.Black, of Tazewell, and Mr. Rumbach,
of Cincinnati, testified as to the photographs exhibited.

Mr. Bentley is an old gentleman from McDowell county and claims that he is 75 years of age. He was called in at the Holbrook home in 1888 by John Weese to sign his name to what, he supposes was the will of Mrs. Pack.

The attorneys for the plaintiff strongly objected to the witness? testimony and the jury was ordered from the room while the case was argued before Judge Dayton.

Mr. Bentley was put upon the stand. He testified that he could neither read nor write and that when he was ca11ed
in at the time the alleged will was made as a witness he so informed the parties. The will was read to him and he authorized the signature of his name to it, as he could not write himself. The will in question was handed to him to identify, but he could not identify it as the one that was read to him on that occasion.


STORIES

Note: Georgia Maude Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), has written 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. Collected by Michelle Burruss

Flem And The Panther

One time, Uncle Flem said he had gone to a place in the woods called a deer lick. It was near a small sink hole, and there were a lot of leaves on the ground. He stretched out ot wait for a deer. He hadn't meant to go to sleep, but nevertheless he did. When he woke up, he judged he'd been asleep about an hour, but he was all covered with leaves. He got up quietly and climbed on a fallen tree - way up high in the roots and hid.

He didn't wait long until he heard a sound in the leaves. Lo and behold, there was a mother panther and two cubs. The mother dived into the sink hole and started to dig frantically.

This made cold chills go over his entire body. He vowed right then he would never go to sleep in the woods again. So far as we know, he never did.

After the panther had searched but not found him, she must have smelled him. She lifted her head and looked straight at him. Flem took careful aim and shot her. He found a club and knocked the cubs in the head. He skinned them and kept their hides to sell to the man from Baltimore.

--------

Granny Spence's Witchcraft Solution Saves Cousin Flem

Note: There was a Josiah and Anne Spence that lived a few house away from the Pack's in the 1850 Census.

Sarah had a 17 year old brother, Flem. The closest neighbor was one we shall not call by name since grandma as well as everybody else said the old woman of the house was a witch.

She had several children, one was a girl about the same age as Flem, and she was madly in love with him. One evening as he walked home she met him and began to flirt with him. Flem payed her no mind and left her standing in the road with hurt feelings. By the time he go home he had a sick headache.

Grandma stayed up all night with him. At her wit's end, she sent for another neighbor, Granny Spence, who was not afraid of witches. Spence went in to talk to Flem. She asked Flem if he had made any water since the headache began. He managed a weak no. She asked him if he had talked to the neighbor girl. He said yes, she had given him a bloom from a crab apple tree. She asked him what he did with it. Flem said he had put it in his shirt pocket.

Granny Spence reached over the bed and took it from his pocket. She then took a new piece of small silver coin from her apron pocket, wrapped the flower around it and swiftly cast them both in the flames of the back log of the fireplace.

She told grandma never to take the silver out, always put it back after cleaning the fireplace. Then she told Samantha to fill the three-legged iron kettle with water and let it strike a rolling boil. She told her to take a tin dipper and pour a dipper at a time on the hearth, spreading it all around slowly, letting it fizzle and pop until it drys each time. According to Granny Spence, after half the water had been used, the maggots that would have eaten Flem alive would crawl out of the hearth.

This grandma did, taking special care to follow Granny Spence's instructions to the letter. Just as the old lady had told her, the wiggly creatures appeared. Samantha hurried and poured the remaining wather on them then swept them up and cast them int the fire. Granny Spence told her when this part had been done, the guilty party would come and knock on the door and want to borrow something. She told her not to let her have anything, not even a crumb of bread.

After Samantha had burned the creatures, she went into the bedroom to see how Flem was feeling. Just then, the wicked neighbor came to the door and knocked. Grandma opened the door with her big homemade broom in her hand. The neighbor wanted to know if Samantha could loan her a cup of dry coffee for supper. Anger welled in grandma, she shook the broom at her and told her no, and never to come to her house again. By the next morning, Cousin Flem was good as new. Shortly after the wicked neighbor moved and was never heard from again.



Name:
Name also spelled Fleman or Flemon in some documents.

Fleming married Rebecca Jane BURRESS Abt 1856. Rebecca (daughter of James Burress and Mary Frances (Franky) Neel) was born ca 1844, Virginia; died Bef 1880, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Fleming married Rebecca Jane Holbrook 15 Jul 1884, McDowell Co. WV. Rebecca (daughter of Isaac W. Holbrook and Cosby Brewster) was born ca 1868, McDowell Co. WV; died Aft Aug 7, 1888, Webster Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• MILI: He was a Confederate Veteran, serving in the The 188th Virginia Militia Regiment, Company C from Tazewell County, under the command of Colonel Henry S. Bowen was called into service from November 19 - 24, 1861. His brother Fleming served with him in the same unit.
• _UID: 4F7E55F380614A3AA24634C5AFBF4A001300

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Trnsell Pack
[Tinsley Pack]
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 1286
Household Members:
Name Age
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Cricket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3

1860 Census
Name: Tinsley Pack
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1840
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley
Family Number: 1126
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

MILITARY RECORDS

Served in 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Company K along with his brothers Flem, Calvin Crockett, and William.

37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (also known as Dunn's Battalion Partisan Rangers) was organized about August 2, 1862. Company B was composed of former members of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company F of North Carolinians, and Company K was formerly Captain Pack's Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Company H was transferred to Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry by S.O. No. 130, Hdqrs. Dept. W.Va. and E. Tenn, dated December 28, 1864. In November it was changed to regular cavalry. It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totaled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command.
----------------

Listed as having served in the Civil War, 188th Regiment, VA Militia, Co. C as a Private along with his brother Fleming. 188th Virginia Militia Regiment, from Tazewell County, under the command of Colonel Henry S. Bowen was called into service from November 19 - 24, 1861.

Died:
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Birth Date: abt 1845
Birth Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Death Date: 1 Mar 1891
Death Place: Marion, Tazewell, Virginia
Death Age: 46
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jack Pack
Spouse Name: Sarah Pack
FHL Film Number: 2048586

Title: Death Certificate
Page: 1891 Tazewell County Death Register, Maiden Springs District, Line 47
Cause of death was insanity, and he died at the Marion Lunatic Asylum

Tinsley married Sarah (Nellie) Bowling Abt 1860, Bristol, Sullivan Co. TN. Sarah was born ca 1843, Tazewell Co VA; died 08 Dec 1928, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• MILI: Co. K, 37th VA Cav. Battn., Capt. C. C. Pack's Co.
• _UID: D52846401CCB4EDCA52F235B1948ECA5D850

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Cricket Pack [Crockett Pack]
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 1286
Household Members:
Name Age
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Cricket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3

1860 Census Place
Name: Crockett C Pack
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1841
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley
Family Number: 1358
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C Pack 19
Hanah Pack 22
Tinsley Pack 1

1870 Census
Name: C C Pack
Age in 1870: 30
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 30
Hannah Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 11
Matilda Pack 9
Junius Pack 7
Rachel Pack 5
Oliva Pack 4
Susert Pack 7 months

1880 Census
Name: Crockett C. Pack
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Hanah Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Crocket C Pack [Crocket Pack]
Age: 62
Birth Date: May 1838
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Hannah Pack
Marriage Year: 1859
Years Married: 41
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crocket C Pack 62
Hannah Pack 63
Ollie Pack 26
Crocket C Pack 20

LAND RECORDS

24 Dec 1877 Tazewell County, Virginia

Homestead Exemption This deed of Homestead made this the 24th day of December 1877 by C.C. Pack, witnesseth that the said Pack doth by these present declare his intention to claim the following property as a homestead under the constitution and law of Virginia in such case made and provided known as "Homestead Law" the said Pack being a resident of Tazewell County, Virginia and a householder and head of a family. The following is property claimed as such homestead, viz: 3 head horses of the value of $150.00 3 cows $45.00 9 sheep $15 12 hogs $12 1 Longan? $70 Gearing and farming utensils $25 Household and kitchen furniture $50 150 bushels of corn $75 55 acres of land more or less of the value of $500 Witness the following signature and seal: C.C. Pack (Seal) Tazewell County to Wit: I, A.P. Brown, a Justice of the peace for the County of aforesaid, do certify that C.C. Pack whose name is signed to the writing above bearing date on the 24th day of December 1877 has acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid, given under my hand this 24th day of December 1877. A.P Brown

25 Nov 1899 Tazewell County, Virginia

This deed made the 25th day of November in the year eighteen hundred and ninety nine (1899) between Robert W. Clifton and Margaret, his wife, party of the first part, and C.C. Pack, party of the second part. Witnesseth, that in consideration of thirty dollars, the receipt wherefore is hereby acknowledge, the said Robert W. Clifton and Margaret, his wife, doth grant, with generally warranty of title, unto the said C.C. Pack, his heirs and assigns, forever, a certain lot or parcel of land in the town of Richlands, Tazewell Count, State of Virginia, in what is known as "Lick Lot" The lot herein conveyed being one half of a certain lot conveyed by J.F. Prater to George E. Steele by deed dated May 2nd, 1892 and of record in the Clerk's office in D.B. No. 36 page 95 being the northern half of the above mentioned lot and bounded as follows. Beginning at a stake on main street a corner of John D. Newberry lots, thence N 55 1/2 E 100 feet to a stake on main street and with said street S. 37 E 25 feet to the beginning to have a frontage of 25 feet on main street and moving back 100 feet together with all the appurtenances to the said lot belonging; to have and to hold the said lot, with the appurtenances aforesaid, unto the said C.C. Pack his heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof, the said Robert W. Clifton, and Margaret Clifton, have this day set their hand and seals this the day and year first above written. R.W. Clifton Margaret Clifton

MILITARY RECORDS

Enlisted as a Private on 29 May 1861 at the age of 23; Enlisted in Company A, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 29 May 1861; Sick on 15 September 1861; Furloughed on 15 December 1861; Promoted to Full Captain on 15 May 1863; Discharged for promotion Company A, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 15 May 1863; Commission in 37th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 15 May 1863.

Promoted to Full Captain (As of Va 37th Inf); Enlisted as a Private on 10 September 1862; Transferred 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 September 1862; Transferred in Company H, 29th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 September 1862; Enlisted in State Line Regiment Virginia on 15 September 1862.

Enlisted as a Captain on 17 August 1863; Commission in Company H, 21st Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 17 August 1863; Transferred Company H, 21st Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 01 March 1864; Commission in 37th Battn Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 01 March 1864.

37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (also known as Dunn's Battalion Partisan Rangers) was organized about August 2, 1862. Company B was composed of former members of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company F of North Carolinians, and Company K was formerly Captain Pack's Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Company H was transferred to Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry by S.O. No. 130, Hdqrs. Dept. W.Va. and E. Tenn, dated December 28, 1864. In November it was changed to regular cavalry. It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totaled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April,1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command..

45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry was formed in May, 1861, with men from Tazewell, Wythe, Grayson, Carroll, and Bland counties. It was assigned to Echols', G.C. Wharton's, and Forsberg's Brigade, and served in western Virginia. The regiment fought at Carnifax Ferry, reported 26 killed, 96 wounded, 46 captured, and 6 missing in the fight at Cloyd's Mountain, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. It sustained many casualties at Third Winchester and during April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Colonels William H. Browne, Henry Heth, and W.E. Peters; Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin F. Ficklin, Edwin H. Harman, and William H. Werth; and Majors A.M. David, William C. Sanders, and Gabriel C. Wharton.

29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry 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.

21st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry was organized in August, 1862, with companies which had served in the Virginia State Line. The unit was assigned to W.E. Jones' and McCausland's Brigade, and in April, 1864, it contained 317 effectives. It took an active part in various conflicts in East Tennessee, western Virginia, and in the Shenandoah Valley. During mid-April, 1865, the regiment disbanded. Its field officers were Colonel W.E. Peters, Lieutenant Colonel David Edmundson, and Major Stephen P. Halsey.

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION

Calvin Crockett Pack

FORM NO. 2 Application of Soldier, Sailor, or Marine for Disability by Wound

I, C.C. Pack do hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1903, entitled an act to aid the citizens of Virginia, who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who are now disabled by disease contracted during the war, or by the infirmities of age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the provisions of this act, and I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia resident at Richlands in the County of Tazewell in the said State, and that I have been an actual resident of the said state for two years, and of the said city (or county) for one year next preceding the date of this application, and that I was a soldier (or sailor or marine) of the State of Virginia in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, as a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of service to which the applicant belonged and the names of his immediate superior officers) Company A 45th Regiment 18 months ?? after ?? as captain of Company K 37th Battalion ?? close of war

What is your age? Ans. 64

Where were you born? Ans. Tazewell County, Va

How long have you resided in Virginia? Ans. All my life

How long have you resided in the city or county of your present residence? Ans. Life

What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a livelihood? Ans. Farmer

How long have you followed such occupation or employment? Ans. Life

Have you followed such occupation or employment, or any other occupation or employment, within the last two years? If so, state when and where and the amount of your annual income form the same. Ans. No

Are you totally disabled from following your usual and ordinary occupation and employment or any other occupation and employment, by which you can earn a livelihood. If not totally disabled but partially, state the extent of your partial disability. Ans. I was totally disabled

When and where did you enter service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States? Ans. Tazewell County, 1861

In what command and service were you engaged during the war between the States? Ans. 45th Regiment ??? Julius B. Floyd (note: name not clear) Capt. J. Harrisson

How long were you in the service? Ans. Four years

Give here any other information you may possess relating to your service, or disability, that will support the justice of your claim for aid. Ans. I am totally disabled ?????

Is there any camp of Confederate Veterans in the city or county of your residence? Ans. No

Is there any one living the residence and address of whom is known to you, either comrade or otherwise, who has knowledge of your service and of the cause of your disability? if so or not, state. Ans. ??? Col. J. Harrisson, Tazewell, Va , James S.S. Higginbotham, Richlands, Va.

Witness my hand this 22nd day of May 1902.
C.C. Pack

(B)
AFFADAVIT OF COMRADES

We, G.B. Brittian (?) and J.S.S. Higginbotham do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, and that CC Pack whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1902, is personally well known to us, and that we have known her for 30 years, and that we were soldiers (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in the said service during the said war, and that we were, with the said CC Pack, members of 45th Virginia Reg Co. A and that to our personal knowledge the said applicant was wounded on our about _________ day, 18 __ at the battle of ________ and that the said ___________ was a true and loyal soldier in that said service, and that at the time was said wound received the said applicant was in the faithful discharge of his duties and such soldier, in the said battle or combat and that we have no personal interest in the allowence of the applicants claim.

G.B. Brittian (?)
G.S. Higginbotham

Subscribed and sworn to before me, notery public for the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, this ???, 1902
????

Note.-- If only one comrade is living whose residence and address is known to applicant, let him make the above affidavit. If no such comrade is living whose address is known to applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and of cause of his disability, make the following affidavit.

(C)
AFFADAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES

We, ______ of the County in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that we personally know, and are well acquainted with ______ whose name is signed to the annexed application, and who is applying for aid under the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that we have known the said applicant for ____ and that to our personal knowledge the said ______, who was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, in the war between the States, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty and that we verily believe he is disabled from the cause and in the manner in his application set forth and that his claim is just and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of his claim under the said act.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, ________ Virginia this _____

(D)
CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN

I, W.R. Williamson (???) a practicing physician in the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with CC Pack, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that from a personal examination of the said CC Pack, as to the disability set forth in his application of the cause thereof I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (physician will here state specifically the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and if such disability is total, whether the applicant is deprived thereby of all ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation for a livelihood, and if the disability be partial, to what extent the applicant is hindered thereby from pursuing such occupation as aforesaid. If the physician considers the disability total, he will, in addition to the cause disclosed by the examination, repeat the language underscored above) Totally Disabled by ???? of the heart and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.

Given under my hand, this 24th day of May 1902. W.R. William son (??_

(F)
CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

We, D Kitts & J. Jaffreys (??) , of the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of Virginia in the war between the States, and that we have examined into the merits of the annexed application of CC Pack for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1902, and that we are satisfied of the justice of his claim, and recommend the said Adam Pack for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. Given under our hands, this 24th day of May, 1902

D. Kitts
J. Jafferys (??)

(G)
CERTIFICATE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE

I, John Pack, Commissioner of the revenue, in the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that, CC Pack, or his wife, or his trustee, or trustee for his wife, whose name is signed to the annered application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1902, is charged on the land and personal property books of the said CC Pack, with estate, real, personal and mixed, of the ??? value of ??? dollars. Given under my hand this ??? 1902.

John Pack

Buried:
Grave location and military records photos:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1969539&GRid=7839756&

Calvin married Hannah BREWSTER 24 Jun 1858, Tazewell Co VA. Hannah was born 05 Apr 1838, Virginia; died 23 Oct 1917, Wise Co. VA; was buried , Andover Cemetery, Wise Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 05B5E402B82B4A27A8348002D86FB2E530E5

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Pack
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1286
Household Members:
Jno Pack 45
Matilde Pack 40
Isham Pack 16
Fleming Pack 14
Cricket Pack 12
Trnsell Pack 10
Sarah Pack 8
Cynthia Pack 7
Wm Pack 5
Elenor Pack 3

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Pack
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Gender: Female
Post Office: Baptist Valley
Household Members:
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

[Note: Sarah was enumerated twice in the 1860 census, in her parent's household and then as a newlywed.]

1860 Census
Name: Sarah E Burriss [Burress]
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley and Knob
Family Number: 1134
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 26
Sarah E Burress 17

1870 Census
Name: Sarah Burran [Sarah Burress]
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 43
Sarah Burress 26
John Burress 10
Matilda Burress 8
Mary Burress 6
Cynthia Burress 4
James Burress 1

1880 Census
Name: Sarah E. Burriss [Sarah Burress]
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William H. Burriss [Burress]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
William H. Burress 49
Sarah E. Burress 36
Mary E. Burress 16
James H. Burress 12
Cintha A. Burress 13
Caldona Burress 9
Laura B. Burress 7
Charles P. Burress 3
Olla Burress 11 months

1910 Census
Name: Sarah E Berress [Burress]
Age: 57
Birth Date: Sep 1842
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 7
Mother: How many children: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah E Burress 57
Allie E Burress 20
George W Burress 15

1910 Census
Name: Sarah Buress
Age in 1910: 67
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Sarah Buress 67
Allie Buress 29 [daughter]
George L Buress 8 [grandson]
Lessie M Buress 5 [grandaughter]

CONFEDERATE WIDOW'S APPLICATION

Sarah Pack Burress Widows Pension

FORM NO. 3 APPLICATION OF WIDOW

I, Sarah Burress, do hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, entitled an act to aid the citizens of Virginia who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who are now disabled by disease contracted during the war, or by the infirmities of age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the provisions of this act, and I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia resident at North Tazewell, in the County Tazewell in the said State, and that I have been an actual resident of the State for two years, and of the said city (or county) for one year next preceding the date of this application, and that I am the widow of William H. Burress, who was a soldier (sailor or marine) in the service of the State of Virginia in the war between the States, and who was a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of the service to which the husband of the applicant belonged, and, if possible, the names of his immediate superior officers) 37 Battalion Capt. C.C. Pack and S.C. Morgan and who, while in the discharge of his duty in the military or naval service of the State of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, during the said war, lost his life (if the husband of such widow was killed or died during the war as the result of wounds received, state the facts of the case as near as possible, giving the date of the husband's death) died since the war (if husband died after the war, strike out all relating to his death during the war, and then proceed as follows:), and who has since the said war died (here state specifically the cause of the death of the husband of the applicant and the date thereof) died since the war contracted lung ??? which resulted in consumption and that, to the best of my knowledge, during the said war my said husband was loyal and true to his duty, and never, at any time, deserted his command or voluntarily abandoned his post of duty in the said service, and that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful, and lawful wife up to the date of his death, and that I have never married since his death, and that I am now entitled to receive, under the said act, the sum of forty dollars annually. And I do further swear that I do not hold any position or office, weather national, state, city or county, which pays me in salary or fees one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nor have I an income from any other employment or other source whatever which amounts to one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does any one hold in trust for my benefit or use estate or property, either real, personal, or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assessed value to five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of any public institution, and that I am without means of support, direct or indirect; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

What is your age? 60

Where were you born? Floyd County, Virginia

How long have you resided in Virginia? All my life

How long have you resided in the city or county of your residence? Ever since I was 5 years old

What is your husband's full name? William H. Burress

When and where were you married and by whom? Tazewell, by Bird Lockhart

When and where, as near as you can state, did your husband die, and from what cause? Tazewell County, Virginia

Have you been married since the death of your said husband? Never

Where and with whom do you now reside? By myself, one daughter, 20 years old, and one son 18 years old

What property - real, personal or mixed - do you own? Very little ??? need ??? after finances

What assistance do you receive, and what income have you from any source? Nothing

If your husband died since the war, please state where he died, and, if possible, the name and address of the attending physician? Died since the war in Tazewell Co. Dr. Alexander Hufford

Give the names and addresses, if possible of two comrades in arms of your deceased husband. C.C. Pack, Raven Va. Mack (?) Pruett

Give the names and addresses of two persons who are familiar with the circumstances of your husband's death. Reese Peery and Wesley P.W Lilly, North Tazewell, Va.

If your husband died since the war, please state whether his death resulted from wounds received in the war or from disease. Contracted consumption during the war

Give, as near as you can, the nature of the wound or the character of the disease from which your husband died. No answer

Give here any other information you may possess relating to the service of your husband or of his death that will support the justice of your claim for aid. No answer

Is there any camp of Confederate veterans in the city or county of your residence? Yes

Is there any one living, the residence and address of whom is known to you, either comrade or otherwise, who has knowledge of your husband's service and the cause of his death? If so or not, state. C.C. Pack and Mack (?) Pruett

Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1903 Sarah Burress

I H. Bane Harman, Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Sarah Burress, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in my office aforesaid and having the aforesaid application read to her and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said Sarah Burress made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true.

Given under my hand this 28th day of May, 1903
H. Bane Harman Clerk, Tazewell Circuit Clerk

(A)
OATH OF RESIDENT WITNESS

We ________ , do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of ________, in the State, and that we have known personally and well for ________ years ________, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that the said ________is a resident of the said county, and is a woman of good reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have read the annexed application and the answers to the questions therein propounded, made by the said applicant, and verily believe that the said applicant has been truthful in the said statements and answers, and that from our personal knowledge we verily believe the said applicant is justly entitled to aid under the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.

Subscribed to and sworn to before me, ________ for the County of ________, State of Virginia, this ________19___.

Signed ________

-------------

(B)
AFFIDAVIT OF COMRADES

We, C.C. Pack and ? Gillespie do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, and that Sarah Burress whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, is personally well known to us, and that we have known her for life, and know her to be the widow of William H. Burress, who was a soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in the said service during the said war, and that we were, with the said William H. Burress, members of (here state the command and the immediate superior officers thereof) 37 Battalion under Col. A.C. Dunn, Major Claiborne and Captain C.C. Pack and that our personal knowledge, on or about the ----------- day of -------- 186- at (here state battle or combat where killed or fatal wounds received) ------------ and that the said ------------------------ during the said war (state here whether killed or died as a result of wounds received, or surgical operation therefore) ------------------------ (if he died after the war, strike out all relating to death during the war and proceed as follows), on or about the 5th day of ???? the said William H. Burress died, and that the said William H. Burress was a true and loyal soldier in the said service, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty as a soldier (sailor or marine) in the said service, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.

C.C. Pack

Subscribed and sworn to before me, ???? for the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, this 2nd day of August, 1902
W.B. Spratt

Note.-- If only one comrade is living whose residence and address is known to applicant, let him make the above affidavit. If no such comrade is living whose address is known to applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and of cause of his disability, make the following affidavit.

(C)
AFFADAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES, AS TO WOUNDS

We, _______ of the County in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that we personally know, and are well acquainted with _______ whose name is signed to the annexed application, and who is applying for aid under the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that we have known the said applicant for _______ and that to our personal knowledge she is the widow of _______, who was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, in the war between the States, and that on or about the -------- day of --------- 186-- at (here state battle of combat where killed or fatal wound received) ------------------------------- the said ---------------- during the said war (state here whether killed or died as the result of wounds received, or surgical operation therefore) -------------------- (if he died after the war, strike out all relating to death during the war and proceed as follows), on or about the _______ day of _______, the said _______ died, and that the said _______ and _______ lived as husband and wife up to the date of the death of the said _______ and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.

Subscribed and sworn to before me _______, in and for the County of _______ Virginia this _______ day of _______, 19__.

(D)
CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN

I, C.W. Greever a practicing physician in the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Burress, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that I attended her husband, did wit attack the said William H. Burress, during his last illness, and that from my professional knowledge of the cause of his death, I verily believe that his death resulted from ??? lung trouble and I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.

Given under my hand, this 28th May, 1902.
C.W. Greever M.D

NOTE.-- This certificate of physician shall only be required in cases where the husband has died since the close of the war.

(E)
CERTIFICATE OF CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

The _________ Camp of Confederate Veterans of the County of _________, in the State of Virginia, hereby certifies that it has examined into the merits of the annexed application of _________ for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and being satisfied of the justice of her claim, hereby recommends the said _________ for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that it has no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant?s claim.

NOTE - If there is no camp of Confederate veterans in applicant?s city or county, then the affidavit of two ex-Confederate soldiers residing in said city or county must be obtained, as follows:

(F)
CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

We, ------------------------------ and ------------------, of the ------------ of --------- State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of Virginia in the war between the States, and that we have examined into the merits of the annexed application of ---------------- for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that we are satisfied of the justice of her claim, and recommend the said -------------------------- for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant?s claim. Given under our hands, this ---------day of--------, 19--

(G)
CERTIFICATE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE.

I, J. N. Johnson, Commissioner of the revenue, in the County of Tazewell in the State of Virginia, do certify that Sarah Burress or her trustee, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, is charged on the land and personal property books of the said County with estate, real, personal and mixed, of the assessed value of $500 (or 100??) dollars. Given under my hand, this ??? day of September, 1902.
J.N. Johnson

STORIES

Note: Georgia Maude Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), has written 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.

Grandma Sarah and Grandma Cynthia Pack Quesenberry took turns telling us things. As far as we could tell, they never told us anything that wasn't true, for they were Christians. Grandma Sarah smoked a clay pipe. Mother would let her smoke it till it became strong, and then mother would get her a new one and threw the old one in the stump down by the river. I remember the little boys would slip them out of the stump and try to find tobacoo or cown silk to smoke in them.

One the other hand, Grandma Cynthia liked to sleep. She'd go to bed early and sleep late. When they both stayed together they would argue like small children. Sarah would say, "Cynthia, I don't see how in the world you can lay in bed and sleep so much." Cynthia would answer, "Well Sarah, I don't see how in the world you can stand to puff on that smelly old pipe, either, but you do." Nevertheless, they would go to church together whenever they could.

Grandma said there was once a long rain that was what was to become known as the Jun Flood. Grandma lived at Busthead then, and there was a store there that sat close to the creek. Now there was a man who ran the store whose wife had gone to spend the weekend with her mother. When it became night, he locked up the store, when upstairs where they lived over the store and went to bed. It had been raining for a few days and the water was up some. He said he awakened long into the night by something banging against the house. He got up and raised the window, and lo and behold, the house - store and all, was floating down the creek that had now become a river. He knew the house would eventually turn over, so he dressed and waited at the windown till the house floated near a tree. He reached out, and caught a limb, and hung on. The house floated on downstream until it came to Cedar Bluff. Then it turned over and destroyed everything they had.

At this same time, there was a preacher known as Brother Sheffy, who had been holding services at the church at Busthead. The people gathered at the church that morning for services as usual. After church, some of the people tried to get him to go home with them for dinner, but he said no, he had promised to be at Pounding Mill Branch for prayer meeting that night. They began to tell him he couldn't get across the wather, but he just said he had to try. The people were afraid he would drown, so they stayed and watched him. He climbed on his horse and rode down to the water, then got off, took a sheepskin off his saddle, and untied it, and spread it out on the dry ground. He knelt down and prayed fervently, then got up, rolled up his sheepskin, tied it back on his saddle, and rode across the water. The horse did not walk in the water, it walked on top of it. All the people from the church saw it, and proclaimed it a miracle to themselves. They said nothing outside the community about it, for fear that other people woldn't believe them.

Once he was on the other side of the waters, the water once again became wild and full of sawlogs and other debris. But all the while Brother Sheffy was crossing, it had been calm - no sawlogs or anything else odd went by. Mother wouldn't tell anyone outside the family about it for fear they would think she was crazy, but she said she saw it with her own eyes and knew it to be one of many miracles God had performed for Brother Sheffy.

This was what was to be the June flood. It caused an awful lot of damage and loss of life. There was a swinging bridge you had to cross to get to Pounding Mill, the store, and the post office. A woman named Margie Johnson lived there at that time, and she wanted to go to the store and the post office. Her family begged her to wait until the water went down, but she said the bridge was high up off the water. So she waded into the water and up on the bridge. when she was about half-way acorss, a sawlog hit the bridge and swung it high, throwing her off into the water. She was swept away to her death.

The Hoops family who lived on Pounding Mill Branch had a two part house. Several rooms were on one side of the creek, and a small two room building across the creek was used for a wash house and a dining room in the summer. There was a small bridge from one to the other. Mrs. Hoops always served meals there in summer, for it was too hot to eat in the kitchen. She put the noon meal on the table, then went back across the bridge and got her one year old baby, her teenage daughter, and her sweetheart. All four of them started back across the bridge to eat, when a great wall of water - later known as a cloudburst - came down the hollow and swept all four to their deaths. The water had swept away the samll house and damaged about everything in the other house. When the water began to recede early the next week, the neighbors banded together to search for the bodies. By the end of the week they had found all by Mr. Hoop's wife. My uncle Isam joined the search and he quickly told them they were looking in the wrong direction. They were looking down in the bushes, and he said to look up because the water was over the tops of some of the trees. They searched till they came to a place that was called the horse shoe bend. there they found her body, caught fast by her apron and her long hair, high in the top of a sycamore tree. These were just a few things that happened then. It was time of grave danger, mourning and loss of life and property. They people never forgot the June flood.

[Note to this story from Michelle Burress, this was posted in the Clinch Valley News: July 12 1901 Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia, Mrs. Hoop's baby, about one year old, that was drowned in the flood, was found on the ninth day by Isom Quesenberry, in a bad state of decomposition.]

-----------

Cynthia Gets A Husband

Now as Bill and Amelia Pack's lives went along, Amy found she was expecting a baby. Back in those days, the new monther wasn't allowed to even put her feet on the floor till the the baby was nine days old. There were those that said it was even bad luck to get out of bed until the baby was nine days old, so, you see Amy was going to need help.

So Bill made the long trip from Floyd County back to Pounding Mill to ask his sister Cynthia to come stay with them. Now Cynthia was at the ripe old age of 24, she was more then glad to go - giving her one more chance to meet someone of marrying age, as she was going to stay all summer.

Bill had a neighbor whose name was Fred Quesenberry. One day Fred came over to Bill's and in no time at all he was head over heels in love with Cynthia. He told Bill she bothered him so much that he was going to have to marry her to see any peace. Bill told him he had better do it before she went back to Pounding Mill, because if she did, there wasn't much chance he'd ever see her again. So when the circuit rider came by, Fred and Cynthia were married.

Now, Fred already had a nice big three room cabin on his land, along with the animals they would need to survive. One thing Cynthia didn't know was that Fred had 17 full blood brothers and three sisters - a whole lot of Quesenberry's. He told Cynthia if she would agree to live one year in Floyd County, he would come back to Pounding Mill to live with her, for she was fast becoming homesick. So Fred worked hard and saved everything he could, and in one year's time, they were on their way to Pounding Mill.

Fred had a one horse wagon. On the way over the first mountain, one wheel came loose on the wagon. While he was repairing the wheel, Cynthia said she would get out and walk around a while. Fred said to her, "Don't go far, there are all kinds of wild animals around here." Now it was the time of year for hunkleberries to ripen, and there were plenty along the road. There wasn't much to take along to eat, so she said she'd pick them and some to eat. She was busy picking berries, and in no time she had gone out of sight around the bend from Fred.

Just then, she heard something that sounded like children playing. She listened again, and decided it was an animal. She was just about to panic when Grandpa Fred came in sight "Hurry, Cynthia, get here." he said. "That's a panther with cubs or a bear with cubs. If you don't want to be their Sunday dinner, we'd better make some kind of tracks."

He loaded his big old muzzle loader rifle just as a precaution, and proceeded on down the mountain, just one of several they had to cross coming back to Pounding Mill. It took them two weeks - they very best they could do.

They always tried to find a farm cabin before dark where they might stay the night. They were never turned away. Grandma said, everybody was always friendly. One time they couldn't find a farm, but found where a cabin had burned down, and stayed in the barn for the night. Another time they had arrived at the base of a mountain, and hadn't found a farm. They made camp, not wanting to cross the mountain at night, and slept in the wagon.

The trip took so long because sometimes they had to stop and cut the bushes out of the way, or chop a tree out of the road, but they finally made it to Pounding Mill. They settled down between Cliffield and Pounding Mill, and there they raided their children - four boys and three girls - and lost one boy at a young age. (more but cut off...)

Grandpa had fought in the Civil War. When he got to retirement age, he received a check every month and paid their way with that, as they were very independent. Thirty dollars was a lot of money then, and Fred had been proud of it. When their children were grown with homes of their own and Grandpa Fred was getting old, the couple decided to stay with their children. They went to stay with their boy, Jim Quesenberry, who took care of them until Grandpa Fred died at the age of 84. Then Grandma went to stay with Aunt Martha and Uncle Jim Brewster's house in Pounding Mill. (Aunt Martha was Grandma's second child).

My Great Grandmother was Samantha, the Indian baby found by John Delong [Note from Michelle Burress all records are pretty solid that her great grandmother was Matilda Delong, not Samantha, and that she was not an only child]. My other great grandmother (*Sarah Pack Burress) and grandmother were sisters. They were Great Grandma Sarah and Grandma Cynthia Pack.

One of Cynthia and Fred Quesenberry's several children was George Mansfield Quesenberry, who married Mary Frances Burress, the daughter of Mailda Earls and John Burress. These two were my parents and I was born at Pounding Mill. My mother and grandmother used to tellus about what they thought to be the only real total eclipse. Mother said it was around 1870, or thereabouts, and happened in the later morning hours. She and the girls were getting ready to pick berries, when Grandma Jenny (*would this be Jenny Chambers, John Burress' second wife?) said it suddenly began to grow dark. The cows came back to the barn, and the chickens that were out in the field scratching around all came back. They didn't go back in the henhouse as usual, but instead went under the house and cooed and cawed softly, just as if they were discussing the matter that was taking place.

Grandma said it was more than spooky. Grandpa was out in the fields plowing, and had to come home cause he couldn't see to work. The birds quit singing and the frogs and crickets became very still. There was a hush all around - you could hear a pin drop almost, even if it didn't drop.

She gathered the children around and sat on the porch with Grandpa for what seemed like a couple of hours, till it because bright light again. The old chickens hurried out into the bright sunlight and stretched and carried on as if they had been asleep all night. the other animals did the same. The next day, down at the store, Grandpa said he heard of several people that had tried to kill themselves. They had thought the wold was coming to an end. Grandma Cynthia and Grandma Sarah would come and stay for as much as up to a month at a time together. Talk about fun, we had it. Us kids would ask them to tell us about their lives 79 some years ago, which would be well over 100 now.



Birth:
Info is from her death certificate.

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1010690&Type=Death

Sarah married William H. (Billy) BURRESS 10 May 1860, Tazewell Co VA. William (son of James Burress and Mary Frances (Franky) Neel) was born Abt 1832, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 28 May 1903, Pounding Mill, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: C7E6952A66494DEFAADDA8B2EE32686727D0

Notes:

Isom was born in Floyd Co. VA, all the rest of the children were born in Tazewell Co. VA.

Clinch Valley News
1912 Pounding Mill
March 22 - Mrs. Fred Quesenberry (nee Cynthia Pack) is very ill at her home near here, with neuralgia (?) of the stomach. She has been unable to turn herself or raise her head off the pillow.

April 12 - Mrs. Quesenberry, (Cynthia Pack) who suffered a relapse last week, is better at this writing.

4 Feb 1921 Clinch Valley News
Bandy
Mrs. Cynthia QUESENBERRY, who has been sick, is reported some better at this writing, as is also Mrs. Maggie CREEK, who has been ill for some time.

1928 Pounding Mill
March 16 - Mrs. Cynthia Quesenberry is able to sit up and is feeling better.

May 11 - Mrs. George Steele (nee Miss Matilda Quesenberry) of near Bandy, visited her mother Cynthia Queseberry and sister, Mrs. James Brewster, Monday. Mrs. Quesenberry still remains ill.

June 29 - Mrs. Cynthia Quesenberry, who has been confined to her home at Mr. and Mrs. James Brewster's is some better.

November 30 - Mrs. Cynthia Quesenberry has been very ill this week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Bruster.

1929 Cliffield
February 15 - Mrs. George F. Steele, (Matilda Quesenberry) Bandy, visited her sick mother, Mrs. Cynthia Quesenberry at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruster, the past week.

1929 Pounding Mill
October 25 - Mrs. Cynthia Quesenberry observed her 85th birthday on Thursday, October 17th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Bruster. She is bedfast but sits up in bed some.

1930 Pounding Mill
May 23 - Mrs. George Steele (Matilda Quesenberry) and daughter, Mrs. Virgie, of Bandy, spent Sunday with their mother and grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Quesenberry.



Cynthia Pack Quesenberry Widows Pension


NOTICE: NO FEE TO BE CHARGED FOR SERVICES RENDERED APPLICANT; PENALTY; EXEMPT FROM LEVY, GARNISHMENT OR ATTACHMENT.

That no fee or other compensation shall be charged or received by any clerk, attorney, officer, or other person for any service rendered to any applicant under the provisions of this act; and any person who shall purchase from a soldier, sailor, or marine, or from any widow of any deceased, soldier, sailor or marine, any claim allowed under the provisions of this act for a price or sum of money less than the full amount thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five, nor more then one hundred dollars, or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court. The provisions hereby made for disabled soldiers, sailors, or marines and widows of deceased soldiers, sailors, or marines, shall be exempt from levy, garnishment, or attachment for any debt or pecuniary demand. (Section 18, Pension Law).

May 1 (??). 192???
Filed in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia this 19th day of April 192???

Pension application for Widow of a Confederate Soldier (Act 1918)
Roll Number: 283
County/City: Tazewell
Name: Cynthia Quesenberry
Post Office: Bandy (??)
Paid Warrant No: 16157 $30.00

FORM NO. 5
APPLICATION of a Widow or a Soldier, Sailor, or Maine of the Late Confederacy Under Act Approved February, 18, 1918

I, Cynthia Quesenberry, do hereby apply for a pension under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved February, 28, 1918, entitled "An Act in ??? an act approved March 21st, 1914, relating to Confederate pensions."

I do by solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia, and that I have been an actual resident of the said state for two years ??? preceding the date of this application and that I am the widow of Frederick Quesenberry, who was a soldier, in the service of the Confederate States in the war between the states, and that, to the best of my knowledge during the said war my husband was loyal and true to his duty, and never at any time deserted his command or ??? abandoned his ?? of duty in the said service, and that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned his during his life, but remained his true, faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death, and that I am a widow at the date of making this application, and that I am now entitled to receive a pension under the provisions of said act. And I do further swear that I do not hold any position or office, either national, State, City or County, which pays me in salary or ?? Three hundred dollars per ??? nor have I ??? from any other employment or source whatsoever which amounts to three hundred dollars per ???, nor do I receive from any source whatsoever, money or other means of support amounting in value to three hundred dollars per ???? nor do I own in my own right, nor does any ??? hold in trust for my benefit or ???? estate or property, either real, personal or ???? Nor do I receive any pension from any other state, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am without ??? means of support, from any source, and I do further swear that answers given to the following questions are true.

All questions must be answered fully. Widows married after May 1, 1870 are not entitled to pensions.

What is your name? Cynthia Quesenberry
What is your age? 75
Where were you born? Floyd County, Va.
How long have you resided in Virginia? All my life
How long have you resided in the City/County of your present residence? 70 Years
Where do you reside? Bandy, County of Tazewell, Va.
With whom do you reside? My son, James Quesenberry
What was your husbands full name? Frederick Quesenberry
When, where and by whom were you married? March 18, 1868, Helton, Floyd County, Va. by the rev. Hardin Helton
When and were did your husband die? Pounding Mill, Va; January 2, 1918
What was the cause of death? Died suddenly, had no physician at time of death
Give name and address of physician who attended your husband at the time of his death: None
Have you married since the death of your husband? No
In what branch of the army did your husband serve? Does not remember
Who were his immediate superior officers? Col. ?? Trigg; Captain ?? Harman (?)
Give the names and addresses of two comrades who served in the same command with your husband during the war: All dead as far as I can find out.
Give the name and addresses of two person who are familiar with the circumstances of your husbands service and death; George W. Barnett, Pounding Mill; W.B. Steele, Pounding Mill
What assistance do you receive and what income have you from all sources. No money whatever, my children furnish me with clothes and board.
How much property do you own? None
Was your husband on the pension roll of Virginia? If Yes, in what county or city was his pension allowed? Yes, Tazewell Co., Virginia.
Have you ever applied for a pension in Virginia before? If yes, why are you not drawing one at this time? No

A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested by a witness.
Witness: ?? Brittian
Signature of Applicant: Cynthia Quesenberry

I, S. Surface, a clerk in and for the county of Tazewell in the State of Virginia, do certify that the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in my county aforesaid, having the aforesaid application read to her and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers herein made, the said applicant made oath before me that the said statements and answers were true.

Given under my hand this 19th day of April, 1920.

Cynthia married Frederick QUESENBERRY 18 Mar 1868, Floyd Co., VA. Frederick was born 3 Mar 1836, Floyd Co., VA; died 2 Jan 1917, Pounding Mill, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Ringstaff Cemetery, Pounding Mill, VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 5B33F135D5DB43F4B29F12FCA28EB65D3D5F

Notes:

Served in 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Company K along with his brothers Flem, Calvin Crockett, and Tinsley.

37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (also known as Dunn's Battalion Partisan Rangers) was organized about August 2, 1862. Company B was composed of former members of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company F of North Carolinians, and Company K was formerly Captain Pack's Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Company H was transferred to Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry by S.O. No. 130, Hdqrs. Dept. W.Va. and E. Tenn, dated December 28, 1864. In November it was changed to regular cavalry. It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totaled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command..

William married Rebecca DESKINS 13 Mar 1867, Tazewell Co VA; divorced ca 1883. Rebecca was born 1851, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 1884. [Group Sheet]

William married Sarah (Sallie) CECIL 26 Feb 1884, Mize, Morgan Co. KY. Sarah was born 30 Sep 1862, Mize, Morgan Co. KY; died 13 Oct 1941, Mize, Morgan Co. KY; was buried , Cecil Cemetery, Jackson Farm, Casey Fork, Mize KY. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: BF45004EB53946358B09E3BB0A87D03A88A0

Notes:

Ellen, 22 and Melvin, 24 were married in Tazewell in May of 1873. This was Melvin's second marriage and Ellen's first. They were married by the Rev. William P. Linkous.

Title: Marriage Record Page: Tazewell County Marriage Register 3 Page 38 Line 38

Source Text: Husand Name: M.H. Anderson Husband Age: 24 Husband Birthplace: Grayson County, Va Husband Residence: Tazewell Co., Va Husband Condition: Divorced Husband Father: Henry Anderson Husband Mother: Not Given Husband Occupation: Farmer Wife Name: Ellen Pack Wife Age: 22 Wife Birthplace: Tazewell County, Virginia Wife Residence: Tazewell County, Virginia Wife Condition: Single Wife father: John Pack Wife Mother: Matilda Pack Marriage date: 18 May 1873 Marriage Place: Tazewell County, Va Performed By: William P. Linkous [Entry Recording Date : 18 MAY 1873]

CLINCH VALLEY NEWS

1895 Pounding Mill
June 5 - Mr. Melville Anderson (husband of Ellen Pack) who has been confined to his room for several weeks, with a cut knee, is improving.

June 26 - Mrs. Melville Anderson (Ellen Pack) and Mrs. Fred Quesenberry (Cynthia Pack) attended the quarterly meeting at Lockhart's Chapel Sunday.

1896 Pounding Mill

July 10 - Mrs. Melvin Anderson, (Ellen Pack) Mrs. Jim Osborn, Mrs. John Asbury, and Miss Sallie Maxwell attended quarterly meeting at Jones Chapel Sunday.

1897 Pounding Mill

January 8 - Mrs. Melville (sic) Anderson (Ellen Pack) has been confined to her bed since Monday before Xmas suffering with neuralgia of the stomach. We are glad to note that she is improving. Dr. Melvin Crockett of Knob, attending physician.

1898 Pounding Mill
April 1 - The following persons attended the quarterly meeting at Maxwell on last Sunday viz: Mrs. Melvin Anderson (Ellen Pack), Mr. and Mrs. Richard White, Miss Matilda Anderson, Messrs. Will McGraw, R.M. Sparks and C.P Williams.

1899 Pounding Mill

May 12 - Mr. Melvin Anderson got his knee badly hurt at saw mill one day this week, and is still confined to his bed. (this may be 1895, might have gotten the dates mixed up???)

November 3 - Mr. Melvin Anderson has moved into the Southeastern suburbs of the town.

Death Certificate
Name of Deceased Ella J. Anderson { Death Certificate }
Race White
Sex Female
Date of Death May 18, 1933
Place of Death Davy, McDowell County, West Virginia
Cause of Death Can't Read
Father Jack Pack
Birthplace of Father Tazewell County, Virginia
Mother Matilda Delong
Birthplace of Mother Virginia
Date of Birth March 5, 1850
Birth Place Tazewell County, Virginia
Occupation None
Marital Status Widowed
Name of Informant Charles W. Anderson
Burial Pounding Mill, Virginia
Date of Burial May 20, 1933

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2135545&Type=Death

Ellender married Melvin Harvey ANDERSON 18 May 1873, Tazewell Co VA. Melvin was born Abt 1849, Grayson Co. VA; died Bef 1910. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 0D1581ECD4CD41DEBCAF3B1ECD1BA652F3F0

Notes:

1860 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Baptist Valley PO, taken on 2 Aug 1860, Page 853, Family #1176. Listed as Amanda Pack, age 7, born in VA, in household of father, John Pack.

1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Big Creek District, page 74B, Family #35. Listed as Amanda Brewster, age 44, born in Jul 1855 in VA, widow, 2 children, 2 living, in household of brother, Fleming Pack, with two children.

Amanda married Robert BREWSTER 21 Oct 1868, Tazewell Co VA. Robert was born 20 Jun 1850, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Amanda married Joseph L. HARRIS 18 Jan 1911, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: EFE5AE0F93DE4797BE1CE9D05DC05A705A37

Other Events:

• _UID: 1E0FE4CDCBDA40119C7B3CC578BBE4B0B3A4

Notes:

She was called Aunt Lize. Lived near John R. Pack in a one room cabin. Had many cats and talked to herself. Believes her divorce was over her being mistreated or over husband wanting her money and land. (From Nancy Whitaker Tate)

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
taken on 29 Aug 1870; Page 297B; Family #585
Name: Eliza Pack
Age in 1870: 14 [4]
Birth Year: abt 1856 [1866]
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 35
Rebecca T Pack 30
Levi Pack 7
James Pack 9
William Pack 5
Eliza Pack 4
John Pack 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Pack [Eliza]
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Fleming Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 40
Eliza Pack 18
Leova Pack 16
William Pack 12
John Pack 10
Margret Pack 7

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Lueyra Pack [Eliza]
Age: 32
Birth Date: Nov 1867
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Name: Flemmers Pack [Fleming]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Fleniners Pack 64
Liza Pack 32
James Pack 9
Mandy Buster 44 [servant, but was her aunt Amanda Pack]
Crocket Buster 18 [laborer, but was her cousin]
Matilda Buster 15 [help, but was her cousin]

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliza Pack
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: No
Able to Write: No
Household Members:
Eliza Pack 52


OBITUARY

Bluefield Daily Telegraph; 6 February 1938

Impressive last rites were held Wed afternoon for Mrs. Elizabeth Pack. 78 year old Baptist Valley lady, who died instantly in the morning at the home of a nephew, Brooks Pack. Mrs. Pack was born In McDowell county on March 18, 1861, and moved to this community when a young girl. Surviving are two brothers, John R. Pack, of Cedar Bluff, and William Pack, of War, W. Va., and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Dennie, of Finwick. W. Va. The Rev. Herman Lovelace officiated at the services. Interment took place In the family cemetery near the Pack home.

STORY

Story by Georgia Mansfield says the second wife, also named Rebecca, died of Consumption (Tuberulosis)

Note: Georgia Maude Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), has written 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. Collected by Michelle Burruss

Little Liza Pack Eases Her Ailing Stepmother's Worries

Now along about this time, Sarah's brother Flemming Pack had grown up, fallen in love, and married a beautiful frontier woman name Becky Hoback. [Actually it was Recebba Burruss] Flem was a good sized man, and he dearly loved his Becky, but love alone was not enough to stop the deadly typhoid fever that took her young life. No one could put a name to the immense sorrow Flem endured while mourning the loss of Becky, but his was doing nothing to find a mother for three kids. Flem then turned his interest to finding a new wife, which didn't take long.

This wife, too, was young and pretty, and her name was Becky Jones. She and Flem endured many hardships, and presently they had two children of their own, bringing their family total to five. Now, believe me, life in those days was a trail in itself - long, cold, dark winters without much to eat at any one given time. Their cabin was not only small and drafty, but it was damp. It sat on the banks of what was a great river.

The way grandmother told it, it was much larger then, it was the almighty Clinch River. The fog off that river could bring a chill clean to the bones. Such was the case with Flem and Becky the second. While Flem worked at the sawmill somewhere between Cliffield and Pounding Mill, work of any kind was hard to come by. There were no roads except dirt roads, and no railroad until many years later in 1905. Even though Flem worked very hard at the mill and Becky worked hard at home, there came a time when things began to change at home. At first, cousin Flem thought it might be possible that Becky was beginning to resent his children by his first marriage.

Now Flemming Pack was a man of few words. He was quiet even to the point of shyness. When the men teased him about it, he'd just laugh and say that was how he got his women. But he began to study in his own mind if he was really right.

One warm, clear evening, he took a walk in the woods looking for wild game, and he thought, "Self, let us study this thing about a while and see what turns about." So that night, instead of falling asleep straight away as usual, he just pretended to sleep. When young Becky's didn't come in to bed right away, Flem called out, "Becky, what are you doing? Are you coming to bed?" Becky replied, "I'll be there shortly, I'm sewing." After a long while, Flem heard no sound. He slipped out of bed and looked around the door, only to find Becky asleep, with her head lying on the hard, homemade table. Flem just let her sleep for a long while.

Becky slept this way until along toward morning, when Flem decided it was time to get her to bed without her finding out he had known she was asleep. He pretended to put wood on the fire, dropped a log with a loud bang, and Becky stated awake and came running.

"I'm sorry about the noise," he said, hugged her close, and carried her off to bed, pretending not to notice the time. No sooner had he started to go to sleep than Becky started to cough, softly at first, then profusely.

The next morning, Flem asked her how long she had been doing this. "Oh," Becky sighed, "for a long time now..." Her neglect of the children was not of any one child. Instead of washing them herself and dressing them, she began to tell them to go wash up and dress themselves. This was beginning to get to Flemming. The next day being Friday, after work was over, instead of riding straight home, he said down on the porch of the mill. A big man called Irish stopped and asked, "What's eatin' ye?" Flem told his best friend how Becky had been acting. Irish sucked on his corn cob pipe and allowed that something wasn't clicking just right, so if it was okay with Flem, he and his Mandy would pay them a visit on Sunday. They had to come from Pounding Mill Branch, a long way by horse and wagon.

Come Sunday, Becky was excited at the thought of company, and hurried to do her chores. Flem noticed a slight stoop in her shoulder as he tried to hurry with all her might, every few mintues stopping to cough.

Around noon, the red-headed Irishman and his blond, blue-eyed Mandy came calling on Flem and Becky. As the lunch drew to a close, the talk grew less and less, and Flem allowed as how he would like to show Irish some animals outside. While the women washed the dishes, Becky stopped and went to the window. Looking out at the men, she began to cry softly. Now this was a little more than Mandy Irish could take, so big Mandy took Becky in her arms and held her close. Mandy could feel the rattle in Becky's body, just above the waist. "Becky, Flem told Irish how you've been coughing all night." Mandy said. Becky tried in vain to deny it. Mandy walked over to the double bed, pulled down the double wedding ring quilt top, and said, "Now Becky, look at these bleached pillow cases. I guess you've been carrying strawberries in these cases in October. Is these red and brown spots anything but from your mouth at night?" finished Mandy, pointing to the bright red stains on Becky's pillow only. Becky's face was a grayish white. She just stook and looked at Mandy speechlessly. Mandy asked, "How long have you been staining your pillow?" "Oh, a couple of weeks or so, I guess. After a while, I just didn't pay any attention," answered Becky.

Mandy hugged her. "If you stay wrapped up and don't do hardly any work - you'll have to stay in the house when it gets colder - you just may get to see the spring come." Mandy smiled trying to make Becky feel better. Becky began to cry, "Oh Mandy, whatever will become of Flem? He's lost one Becky, that nearly killed him, and now it's my turn. I feel so guilty. I told him I would raise his children when we were married." Mandy held her tight, "it's this darn river" she said. Both were unaware of the three pointed little faces peering around the door. There were Flem's children. His and Becky's were asleep.

The late fall sunshine made halo's around the blonde heads of the children. The oldest was 12 year old Liza, who promptly spoke up. "Mommy Becky, please don't cry. I will take care of Poppy till as long as he lives."

Mandy and Becky turned around to face them. Becky grabbed Liza by the arm. "Will you swear on the Bible to always put your father first? Oh, Liza, if only I knew you would I could die in peace." "Becky," scolded Mandy, "The Bible!" By this time Becky had gotten the Bible off the mantelpiece. "Yes, the Bible," whispered Becky. "Becky, that's not fair to Liza," objected Mandy. "It's all right," said Liza, placing her hand on the Bible, "I swear by this Bible and all that's holy to look after my Poppy as long as he lives," said Liza. Then, turning to Mandy, she asked, "What's wrong with Mommy Becky?"

Mandy sat down in the bark bottom chair. "Oh my child," she said, taking Liza on her lap. "Your momma is dying of comsumption. The wealthy folk call it tuberculosis, but no matter anyway, there's still no cure, for it's deadly. It always kills those afflicted with it. We couldn't cure it, even if we could find a doctor," said Mandy. Now Mandy and Becky were both God fearing Christians. Irish and Flem came in about that time, they had heard the whole thing. Flemming hugged Becky to his chest. Little Liza patted both their hands, "It'll be all right, Poppy."

"Now, now," said Irish. "It mightn't be all that bad as we think. Any howsomever, we can pray. God always has a way with sickness," he finished, hanging his head to hide the tears.

---------------------
Flemming Pack Loses Another Wife

For the second time in young Flemming Pack's life, God didn't take a hand. As fall wore on into winter, the mill shut down, and poor Becky grew worse and worse. By Christmas it was all Becky could do to put a meal on the table, even with Liza's help.

Shortly after New Year's she could no longer leave her bed, except when Flem would pick up her bony little frame and sit it in the big chair he had made for her by the fireplace. One day Becky said to Flem, "Flemming, I'm truly sorry to take so much of your time." Flem bowed down on his knees in front of Becky, laid his head in her lap for just a moment, and cried softly. When he raised his head he smiled at Becky and said, "Becky, you know what I was thinking?" I know you are sick but I will have you. What I mean is, I was down at the store this morning, and Thacker and the others said them devilish Indians got two more white women yesterday, that's what they said," finished Flem. "They left by way of Roark's Gap again, too."

Becky said, "I guess my sickness is a blessing in disguise. I'd rather be dead than to have to endure what those women are going to go through."

Time went very fast from then on. One day in early spring, the sun came in so warm that Becky asked Flem to take her outside, as she believed spring had broke. He carried her out to the big oak tree and propped her up on her quilt with pillows. She saw robins, read birds, and blue jays busy building nests, a couple of squirrels, and their faithful old crows that always built a nest across the river in the tall sycamore. Liza and the other four little children picked dandelions and violets by the bunch and brought them to Becky.

"Flem," said Becky, "Do you see that little sycamore where the land is level? Please bury me there, put these flowers on my grave, and bring me that square green stone down by the river for my head stone. I love you all." Becky started to cough badly. Now, by the time Flem could put her to bed there was no breath left in her. Becky the second was gone to meet her Maker.

Liza ran as fast as her young legs would carry her to the Irishes' place. All out of breath, she managed to say, "Aunt Mandy, Momma Becky's gone. Would you all please come over?" Mandy said she would, Irish went to tell the neighbors. By sundown, the older ladies of the community had Becky "all laid out" as it was called, which was to bathe and dress her in her best clothes and high top button shoes, and comb her hair. The men helped Flem to make her coffin of dressed poplar boards he had been saving up. He insisted on doing it mostly himself. They all stayed for the setting up all night, and buried her the next morning at sunrise in the flat under the sycamore. They placed the green stone at her head. All summer Flem worked hard gathering roots and herbs in the mountain to sell to a man who traveled in a covered wagon from community to community. He bought them as well as all the furs he could buy in the fall.

Now back in those days where West Virginia was all the way to Cedar Bluff, it was all Virginia wilderness. Flem made it through that winter after Becky had died, but when it came spring again and his children put flowers on her grave, it was a little more than he could take. He gave away everything that he could travel without, packed up his five young children, and set out for the high mountains of West Virginia. He went back far into the wilderness where the soil was good and black and built them a cabin. Flem and the children gathered herbs and roots all summer. That fall, he explained to the children he'd have to make a trip to Pounding Mill to sell their herbs and furs. Liza was now 13, and quite grown up. Cousin Flem said for her to take good care of the children and not let them go away from the cabin, for the moon would be big and full so they wouldn't be afraid, and he would be back some time the next day.

So that evening Liza made them a pot of corn meal mush for supper. They took their wooden spoons and sat down in the floor. Liza took their three legged iron pot off the fireplace and set it on the floor, so they ate this for supper. The iron pot was all the had to cook in, so when they were through eating they just left the iron pot on the floor. Now, cousin Flem hadn't gotten around to making a door to the cabin - he said he would when he got back - so they hung a homemade quilt over the door and they went to bed. Their beds were bunks framed to the wall and woven with rope or hickory bark.

Now it was getting dark. They pulled the covers up over their heads to sleep. All the children had gone to sleep a short time later, except for Liza. Out on the ease point of the ridge, just behind the house, Liza heard the gathering call of the well-known timber wolf. She listened intently. soon another and then another - they were close now, and she began to be afraid. She silently woke the children and put them on the top bunk and warned them to be quiet. They stuffed the cover into their mouths to make sure one wouldn't cry out. They next thing they knew, the leader of the pack came sliding under the quilt. It was a large gray wolf with a ruff around its neck. The another and another, until all five have come in.

Luck and God himself were with the children. The wolves didn't notice the children, they were intent on fighting over the pot, which luckily for all them turned over and rolled out the door, down the hill, and into the creek. Liza and the children jumped out of bed, turned the heavy homemade table over, and put it and everything else across the door.

Now as all this was taking place with the children, Cousin Flem was having a bad experience of his own. By the time he'd left Pounding Mill and gotten to Amonate, he could tell by the way his horse was acting, it kept shying and stopping and shivering, that they were being tracked by a predatory animal. So when he go to the top of the first mountain he saw his quarry, a large yellow panther.

It seemed to be jumping from tree to tree and bank to bank. This kept up for miles and miles, until the back horse was almost given out. They had arrived almost home, at the edge of the clearning, when the great panther jumped out of the tree to jump on Flem, but it missed him and clawed the hors's hinquarters badly. Flem jumped down, ran into the house, got his muzzle load gun, and killed the panther.

When Liza got up that morning, she had to go down the hill and get her pot, which had been licked clean by the wolves. So after Flem was told of their horrifying experience, he made them a heavy door to do until cold weather.

Grandma had been praying diligently, as had Cousin Ellie, that he would bring the children back out of the wilderness for the winter. Their prayers were answered. Flem brought them back to Pounding Mill and never took then back. He would go, but never again with the children. He went every summer and gathered as long as he was able. When he brought them back the first time, he bought a three acre farm with a three room house on it in what is now known as Baptist Valley.

Liza never stayed married. She had gotten married after Flem died, but her husband wanted here to will her land over to him. She wouldn't, and ran him off. Before this, you see, Liza had stayed single and true to her promise to Becky, she kept house for her poppy and younger brother Jim, until Jim grew up. When Flem died in his late fifties or early sixites, it was learned he had willed the land to Liza. Flem had willed Liza his Civil War pension as well as the land. He left his whole little life's savings to young Jim - it was $900. At that time, it was a lot of money.

---------------
A Cape Becomes a Coffin

Now, along about this time everywhere you would look there were posters and advertisements, every one just alike, "Go west, young man, go west." After Jim having talked it over with some of the older men in Pounding Mill, he decided this was the thing for him to do.

Second Cousin Jim Pack left on the No. 5 train headed west on April 30, 1905, taking his ring with him and leaving Grandma and the rest of the families weeping. They all felt sure they were never see him again. They prayed for many years - Grandma prayed on 'til the very day she died, but they never heard from young Jim again, at least not that we know of. The woman writing this was his second cousin born the next day after Jim left. Her real name is Maudie Georgia Quesenberry, but it was changed later to Georgia Maude Quesenberry. She married a Scotch-Irishman named Robert Nathan Maxfield. At this writing she is still living.

Liza Pack lived to be in her 70's. She stayed in what we know as Baptist Valley. She had a room or two added to the house, and raised a garden and corn for her hogs and cow. She also had a giant dog. He was a bloodhound, though we don't know how she came by it. Duke is what she called it.

Now, it was known that a wealthy farmer in the upper end of the valley tried to buy an acre of her land. They made the deal and he planted his corn on it, but he never paid her for it. When the corn got ripe, she politely took a sack and shocked it full of corn. Now, somebody told the gentleman, and he came running. He said she'd better not use his corn, and she told him that while that was the truth, he had never paid her for the land. He looked at her and departed, and that was the last of that.

Now in that valley there was a lot of young boys who passed her house a lot going fishing and other things. They would rock her house, break out her windows, tear down her gates, and a number of other things that weren't right. In time, Liza grew tired of this, and trained big Duke to really put them on the move. He'd bite them if he could, and tore their pockets off, and their sleeves, and Liza would just laugh. "Severs them right," she'd say. So Duke broke up the rocking.

Liza had plenty of clothes, but none like the beautiful black velvet cape lined with red satin. What made it more interesting is, clothes back then were usually made from gingham, percale, linen, calico, and flannelette. That cape certainly was not the thing a poor person would wear. As time went along, old Duke grew old and died. It was in the winter and the ground was frozen, so Liza dug a long, deep grave in an old shed where it was sheltered. She wrapped Duke carefully in the velvet and satin cape and buried him. This was much to the disgrace and shame of the family. They raised a row that could be heard that could be heard all around. My daddy (George M. Quesenberry) solved the problem by saying to Uncle Jim (Quesenberry) and Uncle Isom (Quesenberry) that it was Liza's cape, and he guessed she could do with it whatever she wanted.



Birth:
DOB according to 1900 census is Nov 1867, but her death certificate says 17 Nov 1858, but the newspaper article gives her birth date as March 18, 1861. Either she or her father gave the birth date to census taker in 1900, however, she gave her age as 27 on her 1890 marriage certificate which would make her YOB as 1863. Two sources agree her month of birth is November, and 1863 is more than likely closer to her birth year.

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Louisa Pack Beavers
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Divorced
Age at Death: 79
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1858
Death Date: 30 Jan 1938
Death Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Cause of Death: Do doctor attended case, death caused by sudden heart attack
Registration Date: 2 Feb 1938
Father: Fleming Pack
Mother: Burrs [Burruss]
Spouse: Marion Beavers
Informant: J. R. Pack [John Riley]
Certificate Number: 1938002560

Louisa married Thomas Marion BEAVERS 15 Oct 1890, McDowell Co. W. Va.; divorced Bef 1898. Thomas (son of John BEAVERS, Jr. and Eleanor CHRISTIAN) was born 23 Jul 1867, McDowell Co., WVA; died 22 Mar 1951, McDowell Co., WVA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 30E6A987E800475498B6DCBE065E5B0777B4

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: William Pack
Age in 1870: 5
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
Fleming Pack 35
Rebecca T Pack 30
Levi Pack 7
James Pack 9
William Pack 5
Eliza Pack 14
John Pack 1

1880 Census
Name: William Pack
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Fleming Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Fleming Pack 40
Louisa Pack 18
Leova Pack 16 [Levie]
William Pack 12
John Pack 10
Margret Pack 7

1900 Census
Name: William Parr [William Pack]
Age: 33
Birth Date: Mar 1867
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Baileysville, Wyoming, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Angeline Parr [Pack]
Marriage Year: 1888
Years Married: 12
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 33
Angeline Pack 26
Ida Pack 10
Medea Pack 6
Lully Pack 6
Jesse J Pack 4

1910 Census
Name: William Pack
Age in 1910: 44
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Angeline Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Planing Mill
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 20
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 44
Angeline Pack 37
Meda Pack 18
Lula Pack 16
Jesse Pack 14
Lake Pack 5

1920 Census
Name: William Pack
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Angeline Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Coal Mine
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 56
Angeline Pack 46
Lake Pack 14

1930 Census
Name: William Pack
Birth Year: abt 1864
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Big Creek, Mcdowell, West Virginia
Street address: Berwind Newhall Road
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: Yes
Age at First Marriage: 24
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Timber
Industry: Coal Mines
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 66
Angeline Pack 65
Norma Pack 8 [Puckett, granddaughter]
Meada Hicks 34
Carl Hicks 10
Elmer Hicks 8
Harison Hicks 6

1940 Census
Name: Williams Jack [Pack]
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $1300
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 5th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Williams Pack 74
Angeline Pack 68
Norma Owens 17 [granddaughter]
Wesley Owens 26
Phylis Owens 9 months [great-granddaughter]

Buried:
Grave location
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=761463&GRid=48256809&

Died:
West Virginia Vital Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=55126&Type=Death

West Virginia Deaths, 1853?1970 Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Name: William Pack
Birth Date: Apr 1860
Birth Place: Virginia
Death Date: 8 Dec 1954
Cause of Death: Cerebral accident due to arterial disease
Death Place: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Burial Date: 12 Dec 1954
Burial Place: Big Creek
Death Age: 94
Occupation: Retired Tiberman
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Residence: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Father Name: Flynn Pack
Mother Name: Rebecca Buress
FHL Film Number: 800214
[Note: Informant was Worley Owens, unsure of relationship to William or how accurate he was with his information.]

William married Angeline HARMAN 2 Apr 1890, McDowell Co. WV. Angeline was born 30 Jun 1873, Virginia; died 11 Feb 1955, McDowell Co. W. Va; was buried , Big Creek Cemetery, McDowell Co WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 1CCCB048DB914961BFB8DB0CF9C1E312031B

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Taken on 29 Aug 1870; Page 297B; Family #585
Name: James Pack
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 35
Rebecca T Pack 30
Levi Pack 7
James Pack 9
William Pack 5
Eliza Pack 4
John Pack 1

1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Big Creek District, page 74B, Family #35. Listed as James Pack, age 30, born in Sep 1870 in VA, in household of father, Flemming Pack.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Tazewell Republican; 13 January 1910

Pounding Mill Items

James Pack, who has been attending Roanoke College, Salem, Va., is now touring the West.

--------------

Clinch Valley News 10 June 1910

Pounding Mill

W.B. STEELE has bought James A. PACK'S farm near here, price paid, thirty three hundred dollars.

Mr. James A. PACK returned the first of the week from visiting at Bristol and his old schoolmates at VPI, Blackburg and Emory and Henry College. He expects to leave on tomorrow for the West. His many friends here wish him
much success.

----------------
Tazewell Republican; 16 June 1910

POUNDING MILL NEWS

James Pack was a visitor to Tazewell today, returning in the afternoon.

----------------
July 8, 1910 Clinch Valley News

Pounding Mill

James PACK left yesterday for Oklahoma, and will attend a business school in Kentucky on his way and brighten up in bookkeeping, and accept a position in Oklahoma in that capacity.

STORIES

Note: Georgia Maude Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), has written 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.

A Cape Becomes A Coffin

Now, along about this time everywhere you would look there were posters and advertisements, every one just alike, "Go west, young man, go west." After Jim having talked it over with some of the older men in Pounding Mill, he decied this was the thing for him to do.

Second Cousin Jim Pack left on the No. 5 train headed west on April 30, 1905, taking his ring with him and leaving Grandma and the rest of the families weeping. They all felt sure they were never see him again. They prayed for many years - Grandma prayed on 'til the very day she died, but they never heard from young Jim again, at least not that we know of. The woman writing this was his second cousin born the next day after Jim left. Her real name is Maudie Georgia Quesenberry, but it was changed later to Georgia Maude Quesenberry. She married a Scotch-Irishman named Robert Nathan Maxfield. At this writing she is still living.

Other Events:

• _UID: 9467AE19B5A043979B2651F9EAEDE08C3FBB

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Levi Pack
Age in 1870: 7
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male [Female]
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
Fleming Pack 35
Rebecca T Pack 30
Levi Pack 7
James Pack 9
William Pack 5
Eliza Pack 4
John Pack 1

1880 Census
Name: Leova Pack [Levie]
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Fleming Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Fleming Pack 40
Louisa Pack 18 [Eliza]
Levie Pack 16
William Pack 12
John Pack 10
Margret Pack 7

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Lovia Barrett [Levie F Barrett]
Age: 35
Birth Date: 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jasper N Barrett
Marriage Year: 1882
Years Married: 18
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 7
Mother: How many children: 7
Household Members:
Jasper N Barrett 42
Lovia Barrett 35
Rebecca J Barrett 16
Nancy M Barrett 14
Mary M Barrett 11
Bertha S Barrett 9
Pearl F Barrett 7
Jasper V Barrett 4
Lessie Gay Barrett 1

1910 United States Federal Census a
Name: Levenia Barret [Levie F Barret]
Age in 1910: 46
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jasper N Barret
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Jasper N Barret 51
Levenia Barret 46
Bertha S Barret 18
Jasper N Barret Jr 15
Jesse J Barret 7
Louise Barret 9 months

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Jane Barrett [Anne Barrett]
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Camp Creek, Pike, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jasper N Barrett
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Read: No
Able to Write: No
Household Members:
Jasper N Barrett 63
Jane Barrett 54
Shone Barrett 26
Jesse Barrett 17
Myrtle Nelson 13 [granddaughter]
Maizey Nelson 11 [granddaughter]

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Loy F Barrett [Levie F Barrett]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Camp Creek, Pike, Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Jasper N Barrett
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Jasper N Barrett 72
Loy F Barrett 65
Ula F Altizer 14 [granddaughter]



Name:
Source for name is from Tazewell County Court Chancery Records, in which she is a defendant in William Pack vs. John R. Pack et al heirs of Flemming Pack, 1909. Her name is given as Evaline Frances Barrett in the summons dated 1 Aug 1906.

Evaline married Jasper Newton BARRETT 10 Oct 1882, Tazewell Co VA. Jasper was born Dec 1857, Virginia; died 30 Jan 1932, Pike Co. OH. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: A44893E1DB52414F94D7955608CC444AD50D

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: John Pack
Age in 1870: 1
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his father, Fleming Pack]
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
Fleming Pack 35
Rebecca T Pack 30
Eliza Pack 14
Levi Pack 7
James Pack 9
William Pack 5
John Pack 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: John Pack
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Fleming Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Fleming Pack 40
Louisa Pack 18
Levie Pack 16
William Pack 12
John Pack 10
Margret Pack 7

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: John Pack
Age: 29
Birth Date: Apr 1871
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Rosa Pack
Marriage Year: 1890
Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
John Pack 29
Rosa Pack 22
Ellie Pack 8
Brook Pack 6
Robert Pack 4
Mack Pack 2
Charles S Pack 2 months

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John R Pack
Age in 1910: 41
Birth Year: 1869
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mollie R Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer, general farm
Household Members:
John R Pack 41
Mollie R Pack 33
Brooks F Pack 17
Robert W Pack 14
Charles R Pack 10
Nannie T Pack 8
Emory E Pack 5

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: John R Pack
Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mollie R Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Farmer, General Farm
Household Members:
Name Age
John R Pack 49
Mollie R Pack 42
Thelma Pack 19
Helen M Pack 6
John Pack 3 years 9 months

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John R Pack
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: May E Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Manager, Farm
Household Members:
John R Pack 59
May E Pack 29
Helen M Pack 16
John J Pack 13

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: J R Pack
Respondent: Yes
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
House Number: 96
Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Owned home, worth $800
Education: 2nd grade
Occupation: Farmer
Worked 40 weeks in 1939, amount earned is blank
Household Members:
J R Pack 68
Russell McCann 30
Hellen McCann 23
Bill McCann 6
Charles McCann 4
Mary McCann 1

ORAL HISTORY

Lived in home place in Baptist Valley until he died. Daughter Helen and her family took care of him.

Kept a stable of riding horses. Nancy Whitaker Tate broke her arm as a child when she, Uncle Buddy (John Riley, Jr.), and Theodore Pack, took one of the horses without permission. Theodore lost his balance and pulled Nancy off who then pulled Buddy off. Nancy was afraid to tell what happened and hid until after dark in the once the granaries. One of the boys told where she was, so they found her and took her to the doctor. John R. Pack didn't fuss. Cheryl Tate Duke remembers seeing Ella Pack Whitaker's side saddle in the garage when Cheryl was a teenager.

Owned land from the home place in Baptist Valley all the way to Pounding Mill.

Played the banjo well. He would sing the old songs he grew up with.

Never drove a car, he always rode horseback.

5 ft 8 in. to 5 ft. 10 in. Very slim, had red hair when he was young. According to Nancy Whitaker Tate, he didn't take anything off of anybody. People knew he has honest and didn't mess with him. Minded his own business. He always wore up in dress clothes. He always had money and sold beautiful riding horses.

LAND RECORDS

This Deed, made this 5th day of July in the year of 1913 between J.R. Pack and Rosie Pack his wife of the first part, and William Whitaker of the second part.

Witnesseth: That in consideration of two hundred and eight dollars cash in hand paid the receipt whereof is here by acknowledged, the said parties of the first part do grant unto the said parties of the second part, all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, lying in Tazewell County, Va. and bounded as follows. To Wit: Beginning at a bunch of Lynn sprouts on the top of a ridge a corner to William Whitaker thense leaving ridge S. 20 - 10 E 528 feet to a stake on end of spur at a wire fence in a line of W.B. Steel and with his line N 61' 30 W 640 5/10 ft to a locust post on said ridge a corner to WB Steel and William Whitaker and with several of Whitakers line and with top of Ridge N. 44' 30 E. 132 9/10 ft. N 37' 30 E. 146 5/10 ft. to a stake 4 ft. north of a marked locust N. 52' 30 E. 145 ft. N 49 E 146 ft to the beginning containing 4 16/100 acres more or less the said Whitaker and the said parties of the first part do covenant that they will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed; that they have the right to convey the said land to the said William Whitaker and the said William Whitaker shall have quiet possession of the said land free from encumbrances; that they will execute such further assurance of the said land as may be requisite; and that they have done no act to encumber the said lands.

Witness the following signatures and seals:
J.R. Pack
Rosa Pack

State of Virginia County of Tazewell to Wit:

I, J.H. Beavers, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Tazewell aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, do certify that J.R. Pack and Rosa, his wife, whose names are signed to the within deed bearing date on the 5th day of July 1913 have acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid. Given under my hand this the 26th day of July, 1913 J.H. Beavers, JP

Virginia: In the Clerks Office of Tazewell Circuit Court, Oct. 18, 1913. This deed was presented and upon the annexed certification of acknowledgement, admitted to record.

Source:
Tazewell County Deed Book 75, Page 164

Date: 5 July 1913

WILL

Last Will and Testament of John Riley Pack

I, John R. Pack of Tazewell County, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me at any time heretofore made.

First, I do give and bequeath all my money and a One Thousand Dollar Government Bond equally to my four children, namely: Brooks F. Pack, Ellie Whitaker, Thelma Christian, and Helen McCann.

Second, I do give and bequeath all other personal property found upon my farm at my decease equally to my four children above named. It is my desire that they divide the property in kind if they can come upon an agreement as to how it should be divided, and if they cannot do this, it is to be sold by my executor and the proceeds divided equally.

Third, I do give, devise and bequeath my two daughters, Ellie Whitaker and Thelma Christian, the lower part of my farm joining Bill Whitaker and starting below the house at a locust post on the edge of the public highway; thence from this post a straight line to the main branch and from there running with the fence as far as it goes, then dividing the spur a straight line to where my land joins the Gillespie heirs. The said devise is in fee simple.

Fourth, I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Helen McCann, that portion of my farm where the home stands, starting at a small locust thence a straight line to a stake near the center of a point; thence a straight line to a stake in the short crook in the line between my land and the Gillespie heirs. The said devise is in fee simple with the exception of the cemetery. The said cemetery is to be excepted and reserved from any conveyance that might be made of the said land by the said Helen McCann, her heirs, assigns, or personal representative.

Fifth, I do give, devise and bequeath to my son, Brooks F. Pack, the balance of my farm up to the Duncan Line. The said devise is in fee simple.

Sixth, I give, devise and bequeath to all of my four children hereinbefore named, a right to use the spring located near my home place with a right of ingress and egress to the said spring.

Seventh, Although the portions hereinbefore set out and devised to each of my children is a fee simple, none of them shall sell his or her portion to any person other than a brother or sister within a period of five years. After the said period of five years each one of them may sell or transfer to any person they desire.

Eighth, I do give, devise and bequeath to each of my four children hereinbefore named and mentioned a right of way over the portions granted to all of them. This is, each and every child shall have a right to pass over the portions granted to the others.

Ninth, I do appoint my son, Brooks F. Pack, as the executor of this my last will and testament; and I do direct that no security be required of the said Brooks F. Pack as executor hereof upon his qualification.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal to this, my last will and testament, which is written without any interlineations of erasures on one side only of two sheets of paper, this the 20th dy of May 1944.

John R. Pack

The above signature of the testator was made and the foregoing will was acknowledged to be his last will and testament by the said testator, in the presence of us, three competent witnesses, present at the same time; and we, the said witnesses, do hereunto subscribe the said will on the date last above written, in the presence of the said testator and of each other, at the request of the said testator, who was then of sound mind and over the age of twenty one years.

J.K. McFarlene
John W. Buchanan
Mrs. Ida Buchanan

Virginia: In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, the 15th day of July 1944

PROBATE RECORDS

In Re: Last Will and Testament of John R. Pack, deceased.

A writing dated the 20th day of May, 1944, purporting to be the last will and testament of John R. Pack was this day produced in said Clerk's Office and offered for probate. It appearing from the evidence introduced that the said John R. Pack died on the 7th day of July, 1944; that at the time of his death he was a resident of Tazewell County, Virginia, and owned personal property and real estate therein.

Thereupon came John W. Buchanan and Mrs. Ida Buchanan, two of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, who, after being duly sworn, stated that the said writing dated the 20th day of May, 1944, was signed and acknowledged by the said John R. Pack in their presence, and in the presence of J.K. McFarlene, the other subscribing witness thereto, and that they, the said John W. Buchanan, Mrs. Ida Buchanan and J.K. McFarlane, signed their names thereto as subscribing witnesses at the request of the said John R. Pack and in his presence and in the presence of each other, all four being present together at the same time, and that, in their opinion, the said John R. Pack was of sound mind and memory at the time thereof. It therefore appearing that the said writing was properly executed as a will is required to be executed by law, and that the same has been legally proven the said writing is hereby admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of John R. Pack, deceased.

Thereupon came Brooks F. Pack, who is named in said writing as Executor thereof, and qualified as such Executor by taking and subscribing the oath required by law, and by entering into bond in the penalty of Thirty-five Hundred ($3,500.00) Dollars, without security as set out in said writing.

Given under my hand this 15th day of July, 1944

Malve G. Hurt, Deputy Clerk.

---------

Virginia - Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell

Estate of John R. Pack, deceased:

I, the undersigned, who this day qualified before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, Virginia, on my oath do say that I have diligently made inquiry and that I believe that following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and addresses of the heirs of my decedent, John R. Pack, or of those who would have been his heirs had he died intestate. I do further declare on oath that my name is Brooks F. Pack and my post office address is Cedar Bluff, Virginia.

List of Heirs:

Ella P. Whittaker 52 Daughter Cedar Bluff Virginia
Brooks F. Pack 50 Son Cedar Bluff Virginia
Thelma Christian 42 Daughter Bluefield West Virginia
Helen P. McCann 30 Daughter Cedar Bluff Virginia

Given under my hand this 14th day of July 1944
Brooks F. Pack, Executor

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of July, 1944

Detail: Last Will and Testament of John Riley Pack

Date: 15 July 1944


Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, P83 L121"
Name:John Pack
Date of Birth: 18 Sep 1869 [birth date different from other records]
Place: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia
Parents: Flem and Rebecca J. Pack

1900 Census gives his DOB as Apr 1871.

Occupation:
Farmer

Died:
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia

Name: John Riley Pack
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 73
Birth Date: 6 Apr 1871
Birth Place: Tazewell Co. VA
Death Date: 7 Jul 1944
Death Place: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia
Cause of Death: Pulmonary TB
Registration Date: 18 Jul 1944
Father: Flem Pack
Mother: Jane Burress
Spouse: Rosa Beavers
Certificate Number: 1944016704
Informant: Russell McCann [son-in-law]

John married Mollie Rosa BEAVERS 3 Jul 1890, McDowell Co. WV. Mollie (daughter of Henry Harrison and Phoebe J. BEAVERS) was born 24 Aug 1877, Berwind, McDowell Co. WV; died 31 Jan 1923, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Pack Cemetery, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

John married Mae SHREVE 12 Oct 1927, Tazewell Co. VA. Mae was born 06 Sep 1901, Tazewell Co. VA; died 27 Jun 1930, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Doran, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: C000D7EC8AE74A04B9409EF4C83E4EAECF4F

Notes:

Nancy Whitaker Tate remember her as Aunt Meg. Lived in West Virginia.

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Margret Pack
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Fleming Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Fleming Pack 40
Louisa Pack 18
Leova Pack 16 [Levie]
William Pack 12
John Pack 10
Margret Pack 7

1900 Census
Name: Emma Dana [Denna]
Age: 27
Birth Date: Mar 1873
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wiley C Dana [Denna]
Marriage Year: 1885
Years Married: 15
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
Wiley C Denna 30
Emma Denna 27
William W Denna 12
Dora L Denna 10
Mary L Denna 7
Nora E Denna 6
Rhoda B Dana 2

1910 Census
Name: Margaret A Denna
Age in 1910: 39
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wiley C Denna
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Wiley C Denna 39
Margaret A Denna 39
Willie Denna 22
Ellen Denna 17
Cecil Denna 2 years 8 months

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Margarett Denna
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wiley Denna
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Wiley Denna 54
Margarett Denna 48
Cecil Denna 12
Mary M Denna 83 [mother-in-law]

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Denva [Margaret Denna]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Wiley Denna
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Wiley Denna 62
Margaret Denna 59

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret A Denna
Age: 69
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia
Inferred Residence in 1935: Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 2nd grade
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Willie Denna 74
Margaret A Denna 69




Birth:
DOB is from her West Virginia Death Certificate.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=DE&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=52&GScntry=4&GSsr=5681&GRid=9739611&

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate:
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1463690&Type=Death

Margaret married Wiley C. DENNA 23 Nov 1886, McDowell Co. WV. Wiley was born ca 1866, Ashe, North Carolina; died 29 Apr 1950, Nicholas Co. WV; was buried , Denna Family Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 96C5F90218DE422983A1957B84FA6CECC178

Notes:

Was the son who died at age of 14 from a tooth infection. Buried in the Pack cemetary.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James Pack
Age: 9
Birth Date: Sep 1890
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Fleniners Pack [Fleming]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

He is mentioned in his mother's will.

WILL

Last Will and Testament of Rebecca Jane Pack, recorded in McDowell Co. WV.

August 7, 1888

I, Rebeckey Jane Pack, of McDowell County, and State of West Virginia, (but now of Webster County, W. Va.,)do make and declare this to be my last will and testament as follow s: I will and bequeath unto Cosby Holbrook, my mother, and William T. Holbrook, my brother, all of my land situated on the Dry Fork of Tug River, in McDowell county and state of West Virginia, known as my home place, to hold in trust for my two children until they become of age, and in the event of the death of one or both of the children , Flem o r Jennie [Jimmie], the land goes to Cosby Holbrook her lifetime, and In the even t of the death of Cosby Holbrook and one or both of my children, any time before the children
should become of age, the land goes to William T. Holbrook, his heirs and assigns forever.

Given under my hand , the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.

REBECKEY JONES [Jane] PACK.(Seal)

Signed and sealed in the presence of these witnesses:
John W. Wease,
Casander Gadd,
J. B. Bentley ,
Marshal Mullins,

Note in margin: "This will was set aside by the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, West Virginia. See Deed Book No. 52, page 41.

Her husband was left out of her will. This has an impact on the court case brought by her brother against coal magnate Edwin J. Berwind.

Notes:

He was mentioned in his mother's will.WILL

Last Will and Testament of Rebecca Jane Pack, recorded in McDowell Co. WV.

August 7, 1888

I, Rebeckey Jane Pack, of McDowell County, and State of West Virginia, (but now of Webster County, W. Va.,)do make and declare this to be my last will and testament as follow s: I will and bequeath unto Cosby Holbrook, my mother, and William T. Holbrook, my brother, all of my land situated on the Dry Fork of Tug River, in McDowell county and state of West Virginia, known as my home place, to hold in trust for my two children until they become of age, and in the event of the death of one or both of the children , Flem o r Jennie [Jimmie], the land goes to Cosby Holbrook her lifetime, and In the even t of the death of Cosby Holbrook and one or both of my children, any time before the children
should become of age, the land goes to William T. Holbrook, his heirs and assigns forever.

Given under my hand , the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.

REBECKEY JONES [Jane] PACK.(Seal)

Signed and sealed in the presence of these witnesses:
John W. Wease,
Casander Gadd,
J. B. Bentley ,
Marshal Mullins,

Note in margin: "This will was set aside by the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, West Virginia. See Deed Book No. 52, page 41.

Her husband was left out of her will. This has an impact on the court case brought by her brother against coal magnate Edwin J. Berwind.

Other Events:

• _UID: 05E90B0C3A8E4A51B295337261951D0F7657

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Census
Name: Tinsley Pack
Age: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Post Office: Baptist Valley
Family Number: 1358
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C Pack 19
Hanah Pack 22
Tinsley Pack 1

1870 Census
Name: Tinsley Pack
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 30
Hannah Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 11
Matilda Pack 9
Junius Pack 7
Rachel Pack 5
Oliva Pack 4
Sarah Pack 7 months

1880 Census
Name: Tinsley Pack
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Thomas M Pack [Tinsley Pack]
Age: 41
Birth Date: Mar 1859
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Gilley, Wise, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Pack
Marriage Year: 1881
Years Married: 19
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas M Pack 41
Mary Pack 37
Ollie Pack 16
James Pack 14
Sarah B Pack 9
John S Pack 6
Ira B Pack 4
Crocket H Pack 8 months
Ollie Pack 32 [sister]
William Bunk 21 [boarder]
John Large 27 [boarder]
Robert A Quinley 30 [boarder]
Bramble Mckinney 23 [boarder]
John Gibson 24 [boarder]
John Williams 21 [boarder]

1910 Census
Name: Tinsley W Pack
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Civil District 1, Hawkins, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mollie Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Home Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 30
Household Members:
Name Age
Tinsley W Pack 51
Mollie Pack 46
Bertha Pack 19
John S Pack 17
Ira B Pack 15
Crocket H Pack 10
Una Z Pack 7

1920 Census
Name: Tinsley Pack
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky [Virginia]
Home in 1920: Lower Poor Fork, Harlan, Kentucky
Street: Poos Fark
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Widow
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky [Virginia]
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky [Virginia]
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Carpenter
Industry: House
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Household Members:
Name Age
John Slyger 30
Ollie Slyger 36
Carl Slyger 18
George Slyger 14
Alen Slyger 13
Robert Slyger 9
Mollie Slyger 7
Lily Slyger 4 years 2 months
Gen Slyger 1 year 3 months
Tinsley Pack 60

1930 Census
Name: Tinsley Pack
Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Father
Home in 1930: District 3, Harlan, Kentucky
Street address: Machine Shop Hallow
House Number in Cities or Towns: 228
Age at First Marriage: 21
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett Pack 29
Clara Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 71

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=pack&GSiman=1&GScid=49250&GRid=127834421&

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: William Tinsley Pack [Tinsley William Pack}
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 72
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1858
Death Date: 17 Jan 1931
Death Place: Big Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia
Registration Date: 17 Jan 1931
Father: William Pack [Calvin Crockett Pack]
Mother: Not known [Hannah Brewster]
Informant: Clyde Knight [unsure of his relationship]

Tinsley married Mary (Mollie) BRUSTER 10 Mar 1881, Tazewell Co VA. Mary was born 25 Nov 1863, Tazewell Co VA; died 18 Jul 1914, Wise Co. VA; was buried , Andover Cemetery, Preacher Creek, Wise Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 38E20FF5E3FE4B0083E7550C0E5911831008

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Matilda Pack
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 30
Hannah Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 11
Matilda Pack 9
Junius Pack 7
Rachel Pack 5
Oliva Pack 4
Susert Pack 7 months

1880 Census
Name: Matilda F. Pack
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Matilda F Bassham
Age: 39
Birth Date: Jan 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Gilley, Wise, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Isaac H Bassham
Marriage Year: 1888
Years Married: 12
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 5
Mother: How many children: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac H Bassham 43
Matilda F Bassham 39
Joseph P Bassham 10
Olivia S Bassham 8
Crocket A Bassham 6
John H Bassham 11
William H Bassham 2
Plus 10 boarders living in the household

1910 Census
Name: M F Scott
[Matilda F Pack]
Age in 1910: 48
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Castlewood, Russell, Virginia
Street: Bear Wallow Road
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John J Scott
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 6
Number of Children Born: 6
Number of Children Living: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John J Scott 35
M F Scott 48
Pearl Bassham 20
Crockett Bassham 17
John Bassham 15
Lillie Bassham 13
Zell Bassham 8
Glimer Herndon 23 [boarder]
Lester Fair 21 [boarder]
Ernest Fair 19 [boarder]

Matilda married Isaac Henderson BASSHAM 17 Dec 1888, Tazewell Co. VA. Isaac was born Mar 1857, Tazewell Co VA; died 09 Apr 1902, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Ratliff Cemetery, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Matilda married John J. Scott 01 Jun 1904, Tazewell Co. VA. John was born ca 1875, Virginia; died 20 Jun 1933, Pike Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: BFF979AE992141B7B753D30CD5F717D633F3

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

Name: James Pack
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: James Pack
Age: 36
Birth Date: Jun 1863
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ella E Pack
Marriage Year: 1890
Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
James Pack 36
Ella E Pack 32
Lela May Pack 9
Mary C Pack 5

1910 Census
Name: James Pack
Age in 1910: 46
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ella E Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Stable Boss
Industry: Coal Mine
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 20
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Household Members:
Name Age
James Pack 46
Ella E Pack 42
Lelia M Pack 19
Mary C Pack 15
Cecil Smith 8 [nephew]

1920 Census
Name: James Pack
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Union, Monroe, West Virginia
Street: Back Road to Union
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ella E Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General farm
Employment Field: Employer
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Household Members:
Name Age
James Pack 56
Ella E Pack 51
Mary K Pack 24

1930 Census
Name: James Pack
Birth Year: abt 1864
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Union, Monroe, West Virginia
Street address: North Back Road
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: Yes
Age at First Marriage: 26
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Genl Farming
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
James Pack 66
Ella E Pack 63
Mary C Pack 35

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=PAC&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSsr=761&GRid=26052923&

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=729063&Type=Death

West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970 Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah
Name: James Pack
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1863
Birth Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Death Date: 12 Dec 1936
Death Place: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
Burial Date: 14 Dec 1936
Burial Place: Tazewell VA
Cemetery Name: Maple Cem.
Death Age: 73 years 5 months 20 days
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: C. C. Pack
Father Birth Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Mother Name: Hannah Brewster
Mother Birth Place: Tazewell County, Virginia
Spouse Name: Ella Gillespie
FHL Film Number: 804478

James married Ella GILLESPIE 16 Jul 1889, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA. Ella was born 28 Jan 1868, Tazewell Co VA; died 22 Oct 1946, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV; was buried , Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefied Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 5A91DECC0C7B41E883C4CDB5D5B2386B383A

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Rachel Pack
Age in 1870: 5
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 30
Hannah Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 11
Matilda Pack 9
Junius Pack 7
Rachel Pack 5
Oliva Pack 4
Susert Pack 7 months

1880 Census
Name: Rachael Pack
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Rachel Ratliff
Age: 35
Birth Date: Apr 1865
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1896
Years Married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Ratliff 46
Rachel Ratliff 35
Stella Ratliff 15
Mattie M Ratliff 12
Willie Ratliff 6
Ella Ratliff 4
Ula H Ratliff 3
Mary A Ratliff 14

1910 Census
Name: Rachel Ratliff
Age in 1910: 46
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Garden, Buchanan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles W Ratiff
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 18
Number of Children Born: 6
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles W Ratiff 56
Rachel Ratliff 46
Willie Ratliff 16
Ella Ratliff 12
Ula Ratliff 10
Marvin Ratliff 8

1930 Census
Name: Rachel Ratliff
Birth Year: abt 1865
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: $500
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 27
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Ratliff 65
Charles Ratliff 18 [grandson]

Birth:
DOB on death certificate is 1 May 1865.

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Mrs Rachel Ratcliff
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 73
Birth Date: 1 May 1865
Death Date: 29 Jul 1938
Death Place: Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Date: 9 Aug 1938
Father: C C Pack
Mother: Hannah Brewster
Spouse: Chas W Ratcliff
Informant: Mrs. Willie Ratcliff

Rachel married Charles W. RATLIFF 22 Jul 1892, Tazewell Co VA. Charles was born 1854, Tazewell Co VA; died Aft 1910. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 45AFDC808A044A6696A2132C0AFCC0AE79ED

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Oliva Pack
Age in 1870: 4
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 30
Hannah Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 11
Matilda Pack 9
Junius Pack 7
Rachel Pack 5
Oliva Pack 4
Susert Pack 7 months

1880 Census
Name: Oliva Pack
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Ollie Pack
Age: 26
Birth Date: May 1874
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crocket C Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hannah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crocket C Pack 62
Hannah Pack 63
Ollie Pack 26
Crocket C Pack 20

1910 Census
Name: Ollie Pack
Age in 1910: 40
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Norton South Ward, Wise, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Sister-in-law
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Ed Thomas 38
Ella Thomas 32
Nella Thomas 7
Margaret Thomas 4
Letha Thomas 7 months
Ollie Pack 40

Other Events:

• _UID: 363CE02391C940DAA58F8DF9CAC36228BA1D

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Susert Pack [Sarah Pack]
Age in 1870: 7 months
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 30
Hannah Pack 31
Tinsley Pack 11
Matilda Pack 9
Junius Pack 7
Rachel Pack 5
Oliva Pack 4
Susert Pack 7 months

1880 Census
Name: Sarah E. Pack
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Sarah E Joyce
Age: 30
Birth Date: Sep 1869
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Robt N Joyce
Marriage Year: 1896
Years Married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Robt N Joyce 50
Sarah E Joyce 30
Ila Oliva Joyce 4
Robt H Joyce 2
Lawrence I Compton 13 [nephew]

1910 Census
Name: Sarah E Joice [Joyce]
Age in 1910: 40
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Robert N Joice [Joyce]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hannah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 15
Number of Children Born: 4
Number of Children Living: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert N Joyce 60
Sarah E Joyce 40
Olivia Joyce 14
Robert H Joyce 12
Emma H Joyce 6
Hannah Pack 72

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, and tombstone:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=JOY&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSsr=641&GRid=82906213&

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Joyce
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 62
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1869
Death Date: 23 Jan 1932
Death Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Date: 12 Feb 1932
Father: Crockett Pack
Mother: Hanna Brewster
Spouse: Robt N Joyce

Sarah married Robert N. JOYCE 7 Aug 1895, Tazewell Co VA. Robert was born 03 Mar 1850, Stokes Co. NC; died 06 May 1938, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Shreve Cemetery, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: BA7FD8A799674965AC45FA6B3B1CC9DEBA42

Notes:

CENSUS

1880 Census
Name: John Pack
Age: 9
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: John Pack
Age: 28
Birth Date: Sep 1872
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Julia R Pack
Marriage Year: 1899
Years Married: 1
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pack 28
Julia R Pack 23
[Son] Pack 1 month

1900 Census
Name: John Pack
Age: 28
Birth Date: Sep 1872
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Julia R Pack
Marriage Year: 1899
Years Married: 1
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pack 28
Julia R Pack 23
[Son] Pack 1 month

1910 Census
Name: John Pack
Age in 1910: 32
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Garden, Buchanan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bertie Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Manufacturer
Industry: Lumber
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pack 32
Bertie Pack 28
Winnifred E Pack 5
Anna Lowe 64 [servant]

1920 Census
Name: John Pack
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Civil District 5, Morgan, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Berttie Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Wagon driver
Industry: Lumber public
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pack 48
Berttie Pack 43
Eldredy W Pack 14
Mary O Pack 9

1930 Census
Name: John Pack
Birth Year: abt 1872
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: District 5, Morgan, Tennessee
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 10
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 28
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Grader
Industry: Lumber Mill
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: No
Household Members:
Name Age
John Pack 58
Bertie Pack 53
Homer W Hutcherson 22
Madge O Hutcherson 19



Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 p104," John Pack 26 Sep 1871 Clinch River, Tazewell, Virginia Parents: C.C. and Hannah Pack.

Death certificate has his YOB as 1872. His daughter, Madge Pack Hutchison was the informant.

Died:
Name: John Pack
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1871
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 64
Death Date: 22 Aug 1936
Cause of Death: Apoplexy, due to arteriosclerosis
Death Place: Sunbright, Morgan, Tennessee
Father's name: Crockett Pack
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's name: Hannah Bruster
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Certificate Number: 20690
Burial: Sunbright Cemetery

John married Julia Roberta (Bertie) Gillespie 7 Dec 1899, Tazewell Co VA. Julia was born Mar 1877, Tazewell Co. VA; died Aft 1940, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: FA9FFA5F42E34429BB4507DADEA958F438A0

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: William Pack
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: William M Pach [Pack]
Age: 26
Birth Date: Oct 1873
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Gilley, Wise, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Barbra A Pach [Pack]
Marriage Year: 1895
Years Married: 5
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
William M Pack 26
Barbra A Pack 21
Bessie E Pack 3
Hazel Pack 8 months
Ed Christon 30 [boarder]

1910 Census
Name: William M Peck [Pack]
Age in 1910: 36
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Elkhorn, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Barbara Peck [Pack]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Foreman
Industry: Coal Mine
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 15
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Household Members:
Name Age
William M Pack 36
Barbara Pack 32
Bessie Pack 13
Hazel Pack 11
Leola Pack 9
Gladis Pack 6
Willie Pack 4
Claude Pack 1
Clyde Pack 1

1920 Census
Name: William M Pack
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Marrowbone, Pike, Kentucky
House Number: 15
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Barbery Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: General Miner
Industry: Foreman
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Household Members:
Name Age
William M Pack 46
Barbery Pack 41
Hazel Pack 20
Ola Pack 18
Gladis Pack 16
Willie Pack 14
Claud Pack 11
Clide Pack 11
Beulah Pack 9
Glen Pack 5
Ruth Pack 2 years 7 months

1930 Census
Name: William Pack
Birth Year: abt 1880
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: District 7, Floyd, Kentucky
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $15
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 21
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Foreman
Industry: Coal Mine
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 50
Barbaria Pack 50
Claude Pack 22
Clyde Pack 22
Glenn Pack 18
Ruth Pack 12
Roberta Pack 10
Donald Pack 7

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100858584

Died:
Kentucky. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Name: William M Pack
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1873
Birth Place: Virginia
Death Date: 19 Oct 1932
Cause of Death: pernicious anemia
Death Place: Floyd, Kentucky
Father: Crockett Pack
Mother: Hannah Brewster
Spouse: Barbara Shreve

William married Barbara Alice SHREVE 25 Dec 1894, Tazewell Co VA. Barbara was born 18 Oct 1879, Tazewell Co VA; died 26 Sep 1953, Knott Co. KY; was buried , Tom Martin Cemetery, Garrett, Floyd Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 1769227F413540D197E2144B5144B532FC93

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: Samuel Pack
Age: 5
Birth Year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Samuel Pack
Age: 25
Birth Date: Mar 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Kate Pack
Marriage Year: 1899
Years Married: 1
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Pack 25
Kate Pack 19



Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Samuel Austin Pack
SSN: 233246985
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1875
Birth Place: Tazewell CO, Virginia
Father: Crockett Pack
Mother: Hannah Brewster
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jul 1938: Name listed as SAMUEL AUSTIN PACK

Buried:
Grave location and photo of death certificate:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46061030&ref=acom

Died:
West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970 Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Name: Samuel Austin Pack
Death Date: 23 Sep 1953
Death Place: Wayne, West Virginia
Father Name: Crockett C. Pack
Mother Name: Hannah Brewster
FHL Film Number: 1984308

Samuel married Sarah Catherine (Kate) Stephenson 30 Nov 1899, Tazewell Co. VA. Sarah was born Aug 1882, Tazewell Co. VA; died Aft 1949, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 8D205DD54F36426888FAFA6B8E0184ABB3D0

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: Elender Pack
Age: 2
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Ella Smith
Age: 20
Birth Date: Sep 1879
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Joseph T Smith
Marriage Year: 1899
Years Married: 1
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph T Smith 23
Ella Smith 20
Carley May Smith 3 months

1910 Census
Name: Ella Thomas
Age in 1910: 32
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Norton South Ward, Wise, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ed Thomas
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Years Married: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
Ed Thomas 38
Ella Thomas 32
Nella Thomas 7
Margaret Thomas 4
Letha Thomas 7 months
Ollie Pack 40 [sister]

1920 Census
Name: Ella Thomas
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Gladeville, Wise, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Edd Thomas
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Edd Thomas 41
Ella Thomas 40
Nellie Thomas 16
Margarett Thomas 13
Letha Thomas 11
Luther Thomas 8
Edna Thomas 6
Milliard Thomas 3
Lida Thomas 6 months

1930 Census
Name: Ellie Thomas
Birth Year: abt 1878
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Gladeville, Wise, Virginia
Age at First Marriage: 23
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Class of Worker: Unpaid worker, member of the family
Household Members:
Name Age
Ed W Thomas 52
Ellie Thomas 52
Margaret Thomas 23
Letha Thomas 20
Luther Thomas 17
Edna Thomas 16
Millard Thomas 12
Lydia Thomas 10
Ralph Teague 20

1940 Census
Name: Ella Thomas
Respondent: Yes
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Norton, Wise, Virginia
Street: Park Avenue
House Number: 442
Inferred Residence in 1935: Norton, Wise, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward W Thomas 62
Ella Thomas 62
Milard Thomas 22
Luther Thomas 27
Katherine Thomas 24
Eddie Thomas 7 months
Lydia Thomas 20



Birth:
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Ella Pack
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1877
Birth Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Father: Crocket Pack Sr
Mother: Hannah Bruster Pack

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95920648&ref=acom

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Ella E Thomas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 92
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1877
Death Date: 25 Jul 1970
Death Place: Norton, Virginia
Registration Date: 29 Jul 1970
Father: Crocket Pack
Mother: Hannah Brewster
Spouse: Edward W Thomas

Elender married Joseph T. SMITH 22 Dec 1898, Tazewell Co VA. Joseph was born Nov 1876, Tazewell Co VA; died Bef 1902, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Elender married Edward Wallace Thomas 30 Mar 1902, Wise Co. VA. Edward was born 17 Apr 1878, Lexington, Fayette Co. KY; died 06 Aug 1941, Norton, Wise Co. VA; was buried , Highland Cemetery, Norton, Wise Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 6779D582B7404BA1AA532DFBD82173A44F89

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: Crockett Pack
Age: 2 months
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crockett C. Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hanah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett C. Pack 40
Hanah Pack 41
Tinsley Pack 21
Matilda F. Pack 19
James Pack 17
Rachael Pack 15
Oliva Pack 13
Sarah E. Pack 11
John Pack 9
William Pack 7
Samuel Pack 5
Elender Pack 2
Crockett Pack 2 months

1900 Census
Name: Crocket C Pack
Age: 20
Birth Date: Mar 1880
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Crocket C Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Hannah Pack
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Crocket C Pack 62
Hannah Pack 63
Ollie Pack 26
Crocket C Pack 20

1910 Census
Name: Crocket C Packer [Crocket C Pack]
Age in 1910: 30
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Liberty, Sullivan, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lula Packer [Lillie Pack]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
Crocket C Pack 30
Lillie Pack 25
Clarence D Pack 3
Bula M Pack 1 year 11 months
Clyde A Pack 7 months
Henry Smith 23 [brother-in-law]
Polly Smith 15 [sister-in-law]

1920 Census
Name: C C Pack
Age: 39
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Polk, Sullivan, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lillie Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Pack 39
Lillie Pack 35
Clarence Pack 13
Beulah M Pack 11
Clyde Pack 9
Johnnie Pack 6

1930 Census
Name: Crockett Pack
Birth Year: abt 1880
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Kirksville, Adair, Missouri
Street address: S. Franklin
House Number in Cities or Towns: 404
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $45
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 26
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Carpenter
Industry: House
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Crockett Pack 50
Lillie Pack 46
Clyde Pack 20
Johnnie Pack 17
Beulah Montgomery 21 [daughter]
James C Montgomery 17
Myrtle E Montgomery 2 months
Sam W Sloop 56

Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Crockett Calvin Pack
SSN: 486187875
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1880
Birth Place: Tazewell Cou, Virginia
Father: Crockett C Pack
Mother: Hannah Bruster
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Oct 1937: Name listed as CROCKETT CALVIN PACK

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Crockett Calvin Pack
County: Sullivan
State: Missouri
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1880
Race: White

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90128287&ref=acom

Crockett married Lillie SMITH 29 Aug 1905, Russell Co. VA. Lillie was born 11 Dec 1883, Russell Co. VA; died 18 Mar 1964, Adair Co. MO; was buried , Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Sullivan Co. MO. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: A25E100199AA4EF09B10E5FF9119CA60F5A9

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: John Burran [John Burress]
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Knob
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burress 43
Sarah Burress 26
John Burress 10
Matilda Burress 8
Mary Burran 6
Cynthia Burran 4
James Burran 1

OBITUARY

JOHN BURRESS, RICHLANDS, DIES
Native of Tazewell County Had Been Bedfast from Rheumatism For Past Six Months; Funeral Today Richlands, VA, May 24 --

John Burress, 68 died at his home one mile northeast of Richlands early this morning from rheumatism, from which he had been bedfast for the past six months. He was a native of Tazewell County and was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Tilda Earls of near Gillespie. His second wife was a Miss Cinthia Chambers of near Richlands. He was known quite well among the people of Tazewell County as the "horse trader" on account of his good judgement of horses.

He is survived by his wife and the following children: John Burress, Jr.; Raleigh Burress of West Virginia; Newton Burress of North Tazewell; Mrs. George Quesenberry of Pounding Mill; Mrs. Henry Shortridge and Mrs. Vergil Reedy of Richlands. Funeral will be held at the home Saturday and interment will be in the Jones Chapel cemetery near Cedar Bluff.

BIOGRAPHY

From the website of Michelle Burress

http://burress.us

Written by Matilda Burress Bledsoe, daughter of Raleigh & Cana Combs Burress in her later years, and at times repeats herself.

My father was the oldest boy. His name was Raleigh Hamilton Burress. He grew up with the Combs family. My father and mother were neighbors. They were raised on farms that joined. They were both large families. My father's family was 5 girls and 4 boys. One set of twins. They were nick named Bud and Sis. Then the next girl was Sarah Ann. Then the next was another John. W. Burress. Then the other girl, Mary Lou. Then Dora Elizabeth. The Flora. The other boy came along, his name was Newt.

My grandfather, John W. Burress, didn't take too much care of his family all though he had a wonderful wife She had a hard life with John. He mistreated his wife and children. He was a horse trader. He was a heavy drunkard. The children, when they would see him coming would ran to safety. Sometimes at the neighbors. If the weather was warm, they would hide other places. I have heard my mother say he would be gone from his family for days just horse trading around. So when Newt was only three weeks old, grandfather was out on one if his sprees. It was a rainy season, low in the 18's and with the children all very young. So Grandmother needed milk for the children. Grandfather wasn't home to help out so she went out and milked the cow so should could have milk for the children. She had a severe cold at the time, so took pneumonia and lived only a few days. Then the children were scattered around their kin folk.

Grandmother had a sister, Ollie, she had another sister Mattie, who married Byrd Patton Brewster. They didn't have any children. They were both middle aged, and they had always liked my father, Raleigh, very much. At the time, Dad was about 15 years old. So he made his home with his Aunt Mattie Brewster and his Uncle Byrd Brewster who was a railroad man. He got his leg cut off by a train. He didn't live to long after that. The other children were scattered around until grandfather married Jennie Chambers. Then they kept all the children together.

Granddad (John W. Burress) met a fine widow, Jennie Chambers. She had two little girls by her first husband. He was a railroad man before he got killed by a train.

The girls were Mollie and Cynthia. So Granddad and Jennie became married. Both had children. Now there were 10 for them to raise and they had two children of their own. Back in those days people raised their food. Some of them were very thrifty. So they did a very good food.

Granddad didn't care to much about work. He would rather beat about then work for the family so the children did little jobs around such as picking berries in the summer and selling them.

At the time Granddaddy would come in drunk and would be very rude with his family. When he wasn't drinking he had a nice personality, but when he drank he was mean. The children were afraid of him. I have heard my mother say, the children and grandmother would have to hide when they saw him coming. Some times they wouldn't have time to hide. He would beat them, he didn't care. Grandmother hardly knew how to please him. He was wicked when he was drinking. My mother said he came in one time after they had a little son. He was three years old. He had had pneumonia, but had got over it and was running across the floor in front of the fireplace, which had a hot fire of logs like they used in those days. The weather was very cold with large snow. So Robert, the child's name, fell into the fireplace and was so severely burned he almost died. But after so long he regained his health and was getting along fine. But one night, Granddaddy came home drunk and mean. Robert was playing.

Granddad got mad at grandmother and threw a large coffe cup at her. The cup hit the child in the head. He took pneumonia and died. Then Grandfather finally began to see himself, but he still couldn't do without his drinking.Granddaddy was a smart man. If he could have left off the liquor, the lawyers could have helped him. They tried to get him to let it alone so they could use him in law work. They told him he was to intellegent to let liquor fool with him. They gave him a law job. He had the opportunity to become a lawyer in Tazewell County. He read law books and could have been a great help to the law service but he could not let liquor alone. So they couldn't use him. So he was a horse trader and a drunkard. He wasn't an honest man either. I have heard my mother say he would bloat horses up on baking soda to make them look healthy until he got them sold. The children were all very young when Grandmother died, they had a very hard life after grandmother's death, but they were all nice children. They all married.

Aunt Sis married a law man by the name of Edgar Harman. They raised a large family. Uncle Bud married a young lady by the name of Mary Quesenberry. They too, had a large family. Sarah married Henry Shortridge in Tazewell. Mary married her cousin, George Quesenberry. Dora Elizabeth married Jim Hooker, John W. married Nora Griffith. Flora married Bill Whitt. Newt married Verge Reedy. The two step children Cynthia and Mollie, Cynthia married Robert and Mollie married Robert Waldron.

Grandmother Jennie had another girl by John. Her name was Beatrice. Then a son, Robert, who died at four years. Beatrice married Walter Reedy, he was from Virginia, he died at a young age. They had 7 children.

After all the children grew up, grandfather came to West Virginia. He was stable boss there for several years when the coal companies had horses and wagons to haul coal to their employee's homes back in the earl 1900's. Grandfather lived to be 85. He lay bedfast for 3 1/2 years with what was called in those days white swelling (in his leg).

My father, Raleigh, married Cannie Combs, but in the meantime, there was an orphan girl. Mother's father had a large family. His name was Richard Combs. He married Susie Totten from Scott County. (Although I'm sure she confused that with Symth County) That was my mother's mother's name. So they took this small girl in and gave her a home with their children. They had at that time about six children, so this girl, her name was Rose Mae Stamper was added to their family.

As time went on the Combs and the Burress' lived on joining farms. As the children grew to what we call today teenagers, they call them the young folks. My father fell in love with Rose and they were engaged, but they broke up. The dad began going with Cannie Mae Combs. Cannie was young, Rose was older. Cannie had four sisters at that time. Three brothers, and a set of twin girls. Mother Cannie had a brother older than she was named Charles. The twins were Laura and Rachel. Laura married a man by the name of William Rose. Rachel married a widower man with four children. His name was Robert Martin. Uncle Charles soon married a lady by the name of Ollie. Mother had a sister Beatrice. She married Jimmy Smith. They only had two girls, but Aunt Laura had four children; two sets of twin girls. Rose, the girl mother's family raised married George Blankenship, who was a relative of my father.

My grandfather Combs was an orphan. He was raised by a relative by the name of Pennington, but grandmother Combs was related to the Catterns (sp).

My Grandfather's father was William Burress. His wife was from the Pack family Her name was Sarah Ann. They had five children that I can remember. Three girls and two boys. One of the boys was John W. The other was George and one was Jim. They had 3 girls, Mollie, Cynthia and Ollie. Mollie married Billy Marrs, Cynthia married Bud Sharader, ollie married a Quesenberry. George, I think married a Lambert.

Grandfather married Sarah Rose Matilda Earls. He was a drunkard and a horse trader. A Horse Jacky, I guess we say, but grandmother was a christian. She loved the Lord. She had a brother, Dudley, older than her. He owned (unreadable) the wool mill there in Tazewell, Virginia. Uncle George was manager of the meat packing house in Tazewell, Va, but Jim wasn't to good. He scouted around.

The house was in a wood land gust. They had padlocks on their doors and hardly any windows. When the twins were only a day or so old, this was in Scott (maybe Smyth) county, there were bears there. So Grandfather had to sit by a small window all night long with a shot gun barrel in the window to keep the bears away. They smelled the young babies.

In those days there were wild onions in Tazewell County. So my father had a sister named Sarah Ann. She was the girl, then John W., a brother, then Mary. Mary married her cousin, a Quesenberry. Flora married a Whitt. Dora Elizabeth married a Hooker. Then there was another boy. They named him Newt.

Back in those days, people had only what they raised. Every family made their own clothes, knitted their stockings, made their bed clothing. They hardly had blankets, all were quilts.

The Combs were a large family when my mother and father got acquainted. Grandmother Combs was Susan Totten. Grandfather Combs was an orphan boy. He was raised by the Pennington family. Grandmother Combs was from Scott County, but at that time the Burress' and combs lived in Tazewell County. So did all the young folks.

My grandfather Combs was Richard Combs. My mother's name was Cannie Mae. She had a brother older than her. His name was Charley. There were a set of twins. Their names were Laura and Rachel. Berty (Bertie) was another girl. John, then Brytain, then Mannie. They had a girl Evelon and Ervin, Robert and Clara. But in the meantime, there was an orphan girl. Her name was Rose Stamper. My mother's father and mother took Rose and raised her too. She was older then Cannie. Mother had a brother Charles. He married a girl by the name of Ollie. They had 2 girls and 1 boy. The boys name was Clarence. One of the girls was Edna.

Mother's sister, Laura married Bill Rose. Her sister Rachel married Robert Martin. He had four children. His first wife died at child birth when the youngest girl was born. There were two girls and two boys, Eric and Lee as the boys names. Elsie and Zulta were the girls.

Uncle John, Mother's other brother, married Norah Jones. They never had any children, but uncle John was wounded in WWI. Mother's other brother married Floocy Bear. There were no children. This brother's name was Britan. Three of mother's brothers were railroad men. Rose Stamper married George Blankenship, my father's cousin. He was tongue-tied. Berta, mother's other sister, married Jim Smith. They had two girls, Lola and Lula.

My mother's first child, Walter, was born December 7, 1900. Matilda Glady's Cannie's next child was born 1902. She was named after Raleigh's mother. They Byrd Patton in 1905. He was named after Raleigh's Uncle Byrd Brewster. Then in 1907, Emery Hamilton was born. Then Dora Helen in 1909. Then Arthur Ernest in 1911. In 1912 Sherman Woodrow. Then twins - a boy and a girl - Emmison and Georgia Emma. The boy died at age four months and the girl Georgia married Bill Harman. In 1921 Perry Vernon was born to the Burress family. He went by the nickname Jack. He was in WWII. He had to marry a girl by the name of Adaline Whitt. They had four children. After the children, they didn't get along too well, so they separated and adopted the children. Adaline died after several years and Jack married a woman, Allen was her name. They both worked at the General Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He was a Janitor and she a nurses aid.

My mother was 16 when she married. My father was a cook on the railroad at that time. My mother's oldest brother was Charles Combs. Grandfather Combs lived on the farm and they were cutting timber when Raleigh and Charles fell out with anger. They threatened each other, but they lived and got along very well as brothers-in-law.

My father had a high temper. He would fight a circle saw. He wasn't afraid of anyone and he lead the banjo picking. He called the figures for the dances. He was very famous. So father and mother lived on the farm for several years until they had four children. At that time the Burress' lived in Pounding Mill, Virginia. in 1905, Byrd Patton was born, then in November the Burress' moved to West Virginia. Then Emory Hamilton was born in 1907. So when Emery was 8 months weeks old, my father moved back to the farm. At that time Dad was working in the coal mines at Canebrake. He worked after the coal cutting machine at Mine No. 3. He helped to open up No. 3 mine. He worked night shift. So one night he got his big toe broken, so he never did work at the machine any more, but moved to the farm in Virginia. Mother's brother in law ran the machine. That was in 1907. So we lived on the farm for a little while.

So dad got dissatisfied and moved back to Canebrake. The company came to see if the would move back, so he did. He had laid track for the railroad company in his young life. So the coal company gave him a job laying main line track. So he later became main line track boss. He liked his job very much, he had several men under him learning to lay track from dad. Then in 1909, there was born the family another child, a daughter. Her name was Dora Elizabeth Helen Burress. She was born February 1909. Then when Dora was two months old, dad flew up and moved back to the farm in Tazewell, Va. So he lived in Virginia until after the fall. Dad moved back to West Virginia and picked up his old job and stayed until 1914. Then he moved back to Virginia and lived in Virginia until after the death of my brother, Walter. Walter died in 1915, on April 6th on Mother's birthday. Georgia and her twin brother were born on April 19, 1915. Then in June dad moved back to West Virginia. He stayed in West Virginia until after the death of my mother. Mother liked West Virginia. She always said she wanted to die in West Virginia, so she died in War and was buried in West Virginia.

My dad was a preacher at that time. So after mother's death, dad met a fine woman, Frances Alley, who had lost her husband a short time before mother's death. This lady lived in Richlands, Virginia, so dad and Frances kept seeing each other, so they got married in 1929. Mother died February 28, 1927. She was quick with TB.

After Raleigh and Frances married they lived in West Virginia for a few years. Then he got cut off from work. He worked outside the mines at Berwind, WV. He had for 32 years. Then the moved to Richlands, VA. He sold products for different companies. She did many extra jobs such as sewing. She was a fine hand to sew scarves, quilt, and did laundry for the hotel there in Richlands. So they both did every well. Raleigh had three boys and one girl at home. At the present, Frances had two boys and one girl, Elsie. Raleigh's daughter was Georgie, the boys were Ernest and Sherman. Frances boys were Cecil and Joe. So Raleighs children stayed with their brothers and sisters until they grew up. When the children married off, Raleigh and Frances moved to Cedar Bluff. They lived there about 12 years and Frances sewed for the sewing factory there in Tazewell. Raleigh sold products and other items as well. They both had to work very hard to earn a living. They were never poor but the work was hard. They farmed, raised the gardens, did lots of canning and some times raised their hogs. Raleigh was a hard working man when his first wife was living most of the time. He raised their hogs, had his cows, kept plenty of milk for the children.

There were three girls that grew to women, Matilda G., Dora Helen, Georgia Emma. There were five boys that grew to be men, Byrd P., Emery H. Earnest A., Sherman W. and Perry N. Burress.

There were several children that died in childhood. Dad had a sweet red-readed boy. Him and Georgia were twins. He lived to be four months old. In April 1916 there was another girl born to the Burress family. He name was Lola Mae. She was killed by a car running over her in 1921 September. There was another son born to the Burress family in October. His name was Perry Vernon. He was 5 years and 4 months when Mother died. She called me to her room on Tuesday, before she died on Monday and told me to move in my furniture with father and take care of the home as I had always done. So my husband and I moved what furniture we wanted to keep and lived on with the family until Dad married Frances Alley. This was in April 1929. Tyler and I had already moved out by the time dad and his new wife came in. She was a wonderful person, a real Christian and was so good to all the children.

Buried:
Grave location, portrait and death certificate photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42742098&ref=acom

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: John Burress
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Date: 24 May 1929
Death Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Date: 25 May 1929
Father: Billy Burress
Mother: Sarah Pack
Spouse: Jennie Burress

John married Matilda Rose EARLS 09 Sep 1879, Tazewell Co. VA. Matilda (daughter of Samuel EARLS and Amanda Melvina DELONG) was born 1863, Tazewell Co. VA; died 03 Nov 1896, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

John married Jennie Chambers VANCE 23 Sep 1896, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: AFF2B91E8D2F4448B4731D4112587C5F8AF2

Matilda married Andrew Jackson SHRADER 25 Mar 1880, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4AE0053D4A4A44D9B64454481688F293D661

Mary married William M. (Billy) MARRS. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 84F52FB9EA0A40ECB2F0660DA75A6FC7CDD8

Cynthia married George F. (Bud) SHRADER 29 Nov 1887, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 1E4349B3E08548E0A1ABAB38CC632B0E8155

Other Events:

• _UID: 74794A0BBA564B94BAF093FDF9BA4A0A72F1

Caldona married Samuel C. JONES 20 Jun 1892, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: D5AE444D3DBD404B853D0DD4C9C826584BA6

Laura married R. J. PEARMAN 27 Jul 1893, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Laura married VANN. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 19CFB11F153C46E499DC9024F31A5F51194B

Other Events:

• _UID: 8B73A2E392EF4CCA93D6AD6D7EC168DE2289

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name Olla Burriss [Burress]
Age 11m
Birth Year abt 1879
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1880 Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Daughter
Marital Status Single
Father's Name William H. Burriss [Burress]
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Name Sarah E. Burriss [Burress]
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Household Members
Name Age
William H. Burress 49
Sarah E. Burress 36
Mary E. Burress 16
James H. Burress 12
Cintha A. Burress 13
Caldona Burress 9
Laura B. Burress 7
Charles P. Burress 3
Olla Burress 11 months

1900 Census
Name: Allie E Berress [Ollie E Burress]
Age: 20
Birth Date: Jun 1879
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Sarah E Berress
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah E Burress 57
Allie E Burress 20
George W Burress 15

1910 Census
Name Allie Buress [Ollie E Burress]
Age in 1910 29
Birth Year abt 1881
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1910 Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Daughter
Marital Status Married
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Name Sarah Buress
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Native Tongue English
Occupation Laundress
Industry At Home
Employer, Employee or Other Own Account
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Number of Children Born 2
Number of Children Living 2
Out of Work N
Number of Weeks Out of Work 0
Household Members
Name Age
Sarah Buress 67
Allie Buress 29
George L Buress 8
Lessie M Buress 5

[Note: Ollie was enumerated twice in the 1910 census, once in her mother's household and again in as a newlywed.]

1910 Census
Name: Ollie Cornwell [Ollie Conwell]
Age in 1910: 27
Birth Year: abt 1883
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wm H Conwell
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 3 months
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm H Conwell 41
Ollie Cornwell 27
Maggie Cornwell 15
Corbin Cornwell 12
Gordon Cornwell 5
Jemima Cornwell 65 [mother-in-law]

Olla married William H. Cornwell 21 Dec 1909, Tazewell Co. VA. William was born Mar 1868, Tazewell Co. VA; died 14 Dec 1912, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Graham [Bluefield] Tazwell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Olla married John Creger 10 Sep 1913, Tazewell Co. VA. John was born 31 Aug 1845, Wythe Co. VA; died 10 Feb 1924, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 05C67E69318A4873B1FDA9651A40DD3C57B8

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1910 Census
Name: George W Buress
Age in 1910: 26
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Daisie A Buress
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Machine Shop
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 1
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Buress 26
Daisie A Buress 23
Omie V Buress 7 months

1930 Census
Name: George Burroughs
Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Street address: Car Line
Dwelling Number: 11
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $8
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 27
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Clerk
Industry: General Store
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
George Burroughs 49
Daisy Burroughs 43
Virginia Burroughs 20
Paul Burroughs 18
Loyd Burroughs 17
Elizabeth Burroughs 14
Vernon Burroughs 9

OBITUARY

George W. Burress, 65 years of age, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wade Jennings at Adria. He had been in declining health for several years.

He was the son of the late William and Sarah Pack Burress, of Pounding Mill. He had been a resident of North Tazewell for about fifty years. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Daisy Arnold, two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. James Whitman, of North Tazewell; Paul and Lloyd, of Norfolk, and Vernon, of Whiteville, W. Va. A sister also survives, Mrs. Laura Vann, of Huntington WV.

Funeral services were held from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. C.B. Dickenson, of Crumpler, WV., and the Rev. M. E. N. Lindsay in charge.


Birth:
World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: George Washington Burroughs
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1884
Birth Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Residence: Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25593121&ref=acom

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: George Washington Burroughs
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 65
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1882
Death Date: 22 Feb 1948
Death Place: North Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Date: 8 Mar 1948
Father: William Burroughs [Burress]
Mother: Sarah Pack
Spouse: Daisey Burroughs

George married Daisy Lou ARNOLD 3 Feb 1909, Tazewell Co VA. Daisy was born 14 Feb 1887, Washington Co. VA; died 07 Oct 1962, Portsmouth, VA; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4D38B412881B4BBEAED47CD44495AEC01032

Isom married Sarah Katherine CALDWELL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 141DF2456A534215AE2CE693679952FD1E79

Martha married James (Jim) BRUSTER 24 Jul 1889, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 98911A0E6D814795893C0DEE5523C493AA83

James married Alice Matilda CALDWELL 15 Aug 1895, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: B0D6E6742CE7470CBFB4E2BC3473DBD1AABD

George married Mary Frances BURRESS 16 Mar 1902, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 2A56F0E770DE46AB99A5E394FA74A7B717D8

Other Events:

• _UID: 9B4C21A168934DB3B43629D56927AEDCA627

Matilda married George Fl STEELE 18 Jan 1899, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: E66AE7930F3E4F8395AEF7DB4FD90C104228

Thomas married Lisa NISWANDER 11 Dec 1910, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: E10278DD07004563BDC1069D01786EC2B1E6

Other Events:

• _UID: F7AAF0B5232D499BB11C6D46BEF08C7AAE29

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Mary F Queisenberry [Mary F Quesenberry]
Age: 14
Birth Date: Aug 1885
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Fred Queisenberry
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Cynthia B Queisenberry
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Fred Queisenberry 64
Cynthia B Queisenberry 55
Geo F Queisenberry 22
Melvin T Queisenberry 16
Mary F Queisenberry 14

1910 Census
Name: Mary Burris
Age in 1910: 24
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Henry P Burris
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 6
Number of Children Born: 5
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry P Burris 24
Mary Burris 24
Arry Burris 4
Helen Burris 3
Melvin Burris 2
Dora M Burris 4 months

1920 Census
Name: Mary F Burris [Mary F Burress]
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Street: Baptist Valley Road
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bud Burris
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Bud Burris 36
Mary F Burris 34
Ira F Burris 14
Helen C Burris 13
Melvin W Burris 12
Dora M Burris 9
William Burris 8
Rosa G Burris 7
Luther H Burris 6
Clarence B Burris 5
Pearl Burris 3 years 9 months
Margaret Burris 1 year 8 months

1930 Census
Name: Mary F Burress
Birth Year: abt 1886
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Age at First Marriage: 20
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry P Burress 45
Mary F Burress 44
Ira F Burress 24
William H Burress 18
Rosa G Burress 17
Luther H Burress 16
Clarence B Burress 15
Lena P Burress 14
Margaret L Burress 11
Blanch V Burress 9
George E Burress 8
James I Burress 6

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110559772

Mary married Henry Preston BURRESS 27 Jul 1904. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Henry Preston (Bud) BURRESS 27 Jul 1904, Tazewell Co. VA. Henry (son of John W. BURRESS and Matilda Rose EARLS) was born 30 May 1884, Tazewell Co. VA; died 22 Dec 1964, Bristol, Sullivan Co. TN; was buried , Burress Cemetery, Bandy, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7D6145E75613422991086636D002BCBE5F8C

Arbelia married Jonathan Crittenden OSBORN 1888, KY. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: A04424644E8F465581AA87D53858B32DDB0A

Calvin married Flora H. BISHOP 27 Jun 1895, Morgan Co., KY. Flora was born 20 Apr 1878, KY. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 219F7C5EBE734AB98FF20597AE76BF340220

George married Emma SAMPLE 5 Jan 1913, Morgan Co., KY. Emma was born 19 Sep 1889. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7FCE28A820D346A3B780E1E973DA4A9D2E58

Gillie married Charles BOWLING 12 Mar 1896, Tazewell Co VA. Charles was born 1875, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 9E5799AE667E4DC889D2293C18DB9A72F428

Laura married Kit PHILLIPS 26 Dec 1907, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Laura married Arthur WOLFE 1918. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 53E888CAB2484313A22DB522042DB0E1453E

Other Events:

• _UID: 7CB07F57C4EC4B0C8A1CEAEE96E77DD7582F

Murtie married Taylor HAVENS 23 Dec 1909, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 06762EF19678431B86EC67A738E79C8FD179

Golden married Clarence HAVENS Nov 1911, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 155984992C25491487B4914BF7BEC219E06D

Dee married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 8845C47701D041968CBAE98FD4F2B38E75EB

Osa married Minnie Ellen JONES 2 Mar 1922, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: BB274A915A504F5E9297DBDE027A37E58E60

Other Events:

• _UID: 72D23606F3AA4A4A9E1A3B31EA36B9F8A691

Jennie married Charles R. LITTLE 1 May 1921. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: B6BBC51EF1A04055ACDFE9B14D43BA8B74AA

Notes:

She may be a daughter from Melvin's first marriage, but on Virginia's marriage record Ellen Pack is listed as her mother. Not sure who her mother is.

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=christian&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScnty=2112&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=96634359&df=all&

Virginia married Alonzo Columbus CHRISTIAN 8 Aug 1887, Tazewell Co VA. Alonzo (son of Thomas Beavers CHRISTIAN and Elizabeth (Betsy) WHITT) was born 25 Nov 1866, Tazewell Co. VA; died 20 Oct 1952, McDowell Co. WV; was buried , Mount Joy Christian Church Cemetery, Mount Joy, Scioto Co. OH. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 908CE73CFC904C81BA3F6626F6E8D1C49004

Columbus married Emma Lucy THORNTON. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 786AEE88059E42C289E9591F411DBD282C63

Notes:

Clinch Valley News
1897 Pounding Mill
October 22 - Mr. Lee Anderson (Son of Ellen Pack) has gone to WV to engage in mining business till Xmas, but he's expected back this week.

Marraige Certificate
Husband's Name Lee Anderson
Husband's Age 28
Husband's Birthplace Tazewell County, Virginia
Husband's Residence Tazewell County, Virginia
Husband's Condition Single
Husband's Father Melvin Anderson
Husband's Mother Ellen Anderson
Husband's Occupation Miner
Wife's Name Margaret Clay
Wife's Age 22
Wife's Birthplace Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wife's Residence Tazewell County, Virginia
Wife's Condition Single
Wife's Father Not Given
Wife's Mother Not Given
Marriage Date 28 September 1903
Marriage Place Tazewell County, Virginia
Performed By George Buston

Source: Tazewell County Marriage Register 3 :: Page 161 :: Line 211

Lee married Margaret CLAY 28 Sep 1903, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: D2998090B5BF4B90B1FB15D1D169AB3D7E20

Other Events:

• _UID: AB2E1ADDB9674222B779EC6863AA0F231748

Other Events:

• _UID: 5FD9CA063F784F0CABFF6CFAB64E312382A1

Other Events:

• _UID: 84C7CADB44134CBEA4C4DDDCC7EA961FD8D6

Kizzie married Bernard Caldwell BURR. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 1D6D947D03AC426EB8F2AABDCF7313BD1D21

Other Events:

• _UID: 73E0823416E54124855EB63974DA84A2AFE0

Other Events:

• _UID: D4E4E409FD9A4239AAC7F71286FB97B6FF6A

Other Events:

• _UID: 69E547C21A85429EA06C69A8AA3424ECE1F2

Other Events:

• _UID: 6522EE964535400BA5638AFF950D894FDB46

Other Events:

• _UID: 7CBF55D1B2CC432888A959EB951C1BCF5A8F

Other Events:

• _UID: 4A6BDD948C084B90B2EFD472B5C234C0E7F2

Other Events:

• _UID: FD5215C487AB41C38E280F0A05CCECBBA5E9

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Ida Parr [Ida Pack]
Age: 10
Birth Date: Apr 1890
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Baileysville, Wyoming, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Parr
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Parr
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
William Parr 33
Angeline Parr 26
Ida Parr 10
Medea Parr 6
Lully Parr 6
Jesse J Parr 4

1910 Census
Name: Ida Pack
Age in 1910: 20
Birth Year: abt 1890
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Cook
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Cook
Industry: Private Family
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Household Members:
Name Age
John Mckinney 65
Caroline Mckinney 50
William Mckinney 26
Guy H Mckinney 16
Alice Haywood 9
Donard Hazlewood 18
Ida Pack 20

Ida married James W. Harman 05 Aug 1905, Tazewell Co. VA; divorced Bef 1910. James was born ca 1883. [Group Sheet]

Ida married Clarence Jefferson Eaton 21 Jul 1911, McDowell Co. WV. Clarence was born 01 Dec 1889, Tazewell Co. VA; died 04 Dec 1949, McDowell Co. WV; was buried , Cove Cemetery, War, McDowell Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 5DA125DEE87E4D1EB57162A58601B0093FAD

Notes:

1900 Census
Name: Medea Parr [Medea Pack]
Age: 6
Birth Date: Apr 1882 [Apr 1892]
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Baileysville, Wyoming, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Parr [Pack]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Parr
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 33
Angeline Pack 26
Ida Pack 10
Medea Pack 6
Lully Pack 6 [Lula]
Jesse J Pack 4

1910 Census
Name: Meda Pack
Age in 1910: 18
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Pack
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 44
Angeline Pack 37
Meda Pack 18
Lula Pack 16
Jesse Pack 14
Lake Pack 5

1920 Census
Name: Neadie Hicks
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Harrison Hicks
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Harrison Hicks 28
Neadie Hicks 28

1930 Census
Name: Meada Hicks
Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1930: Big Creek, Mcdowell, West Virginia
Street address: Berwind Newhall Road
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 66
Angeline Pack 65
Norma Pack 8
Meada Hicks 34
Carl Hicks 10
Elmer Hicks 8
Harison Hicks 6

Mary married Charlie Cooper 20 Jun 1914, McDowell Co. WV. Charlie was born ca 1892, Giles Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Mary married William Harrison HICKS. William was born 8 Apr 1890, Bradshaw, McDowell Co. WV; died 28 Mar 1924, Yukon, McDowell Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 07AEFFA835A943AAAA13972E3367E6022B87

Notes:

1900 Census
Name: Lully Parr [Lully Pack]
Age: 6
Birth Date: Jan 1894
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Baileysville, Wyoming, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Parr [Pack]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Parr [Pack]
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 33
Angeline Pack 26
Ida Pack 10
Medea Pack 6
Lully Pack 6
Jesse J Pack 4

1910 Census
Name: Lula Pack
Age in 1910: 16
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Pack
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 44
Angeline Pack 37
Meda Pack 18
Lula Pack 16
Jesse Pack 14
Lake Pack 5

1920 Census
Name: Lula Staten
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Theodore Staten
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Theodore Staten 36
Lula Staten 26
Vivian Staten 8
Juanita Staten 2 years 6 months

1930 Census
Name: Lulie Staten
Birth Year: abt 1894
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Big Creek, Mcdowell, West Virginia
Street address: Berwind - New Hall Road
Age at First Marriage: 16
Able to Read and Write: No
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Theridor S Staten 47 [Theodore]
Lulie Staten 36
Wanada Staten 13
Della Staten 9
Hayler Staten 8
Hellen Staten 6
William Staten 1 year 5 months

Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Lula Rosie Staten
SSN: 233405170
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1894
Birth Place: Huffcreek WY, West Virginia
Death Date: 19 Dec 1988
Father: William Pack
Mother: Angline Harmon
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jul 1943: Name listed as LULA ROSIE STATEN; 11 Jan 1989: Name listed as LULA STATEN

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114251364&ref=acom

Died:
State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
Name: Lula Rose Staten
Race: White
Age at Death: 94
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1894
Death Date: 19 Dec 1988
Death Place: Duval Co. FL

Social Security Death Index
Name: Lula Staten
SSN: 233-40-5170
Last Residence: 32218 Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
BORN: 20 Jan 1894
Died: 19 Dec 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

Lula married Theodore S. Staten 24 Dec 1910, McDowell Co. WV. Theodore was born 03 Jun 1882, Jackson Co. OH; died 28 Mar 1967, Duval Co. FL; was buried , Bosque Bello Cemetery, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Co. FL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 95273EBF85C24D67AE256979BC6C665F5688

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Jesse J Parr [Jesse J Pack]
Age: 4
Birth Date: Mar 1896
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Baileysville, Wyoming, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Parr [Pack]
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Parr [Pack]
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 33
Angeline Pack 26
Ida Pack 10
Medea Pack 6
Lully Pack 6
Jesse J Parr 4

1910 Census
Name: Jesse Pack
Age in 1910: 14
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William Pack
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Angeline Pack
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pack 44
Angeline Pack 37
Meda Pack 18
Lula Pack 16
Jesse Pack 14
Lake Pack 5

1930 Census
Name: Jess Pack
Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Street address: Berwind New Hall Road
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $4
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 18
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Miner
Industry: Coal Mines
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Jess Pack 34
Susie Pack 30
Pauline Pack 13
Irean Pack 10
William L Pack 7
Genieva Pack 4
Jenett Pack 3
Georgie Pack 0


Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Jessie James Pack
County: McDowell
State: West Virginia
Birthplace: West Virginia
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)

World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Jessie James Pack
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1896
Birth Place: Wyoming, West Virginia
Residence: Mcdowell, West Virginia

Died:
Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH

Name: Jessie J Pack
Birth Date: 1896
Birth Place: West Virginia
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Place: Clermont, Ohio
Death Date: 19 Jul 1979
Hospital of Death: Home
Death Place: Clermont, Ohio, USA
Certificate: 053703
Age at Death: 83
Certifier: Physician
Social Security Number: 232-14-2812
Marital Status: Married

Social Security Death Index
Name: Jessie Pack
SSN: 232-14-2812
Last Residence: 45106 Bethel, Clermont, Ohio
BORN: 22 Mar 1896
Died: Jul 1979
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina or West Virginia (Before 1951)