George REED

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LAND RECORDS

9 Feb 1816 Montgomery County, Virginia

George Reed, Sr. & Nancy his wife and George Weaver for $140, a part of land on the waters of Bever Creek, a branch of Little River adjoining the land of Robert Grimes where Jeremiah L. Ratliff and John Tice formerly lived containing 144 acres being part of a tract of 1,100 acres of land granted to said George Reed by patent bearing date _______(not listed) signed: George (his x mark) Reed, Nancy (her x mark) Reed recorded: February Court 1816

WILL

Source: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Floyd Co. Will Book I 1831-1852
REED, George. Will proved December 1837. Names wife, Elizabeth and children, Elijah, Mark and others unnamed.

George married Nancy MCGEORGE 13 Jul 1786, Montgomery Co. VA. Nancy (daughter of John W. McGeorge and Janet Henderson) was born Abt 1760, Franklin Co. VA; died 1810, Montgomery Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Sarah married Ormond/Orman DELONG 8 Nov 1809, Virginia. Ormond/Orman was born Abt 1785, Virginia; died Between 1840 and 1850, Floyd Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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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

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*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]

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• _UID: AD27C684CDCE4DE4AD24B7B6A9EAB52B9B50

Notes:

Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Tabitha married Joshua HYLTON. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 8472DF56D96C4DC3A02989C3C51E7E73692C

Notes:

She appeared on the census in 1860 in Floyd Co., VA. She appeared on the census in 1870 in Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA.

She died of kidney disease. She was also known as Elender.

Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Ellender married William SLUSHER 24 Apr 1837, Surry Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 157FE7FBED824EDF8068B378C77609D43F7D

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Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Sarah married George B. HYLTON, Jr. 4 Feb 1839. George was born 1817; died 22 Apr 1888. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 4609F0A78BF342CDA78ACB192814DB650474

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Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbr/delong.htm
b. c1822 FCVA , d. 11-22-1878 FCVA of apoplexy, 50y, s/o Orman & Sarah & b. FCVA.

1850 FCVA H371: Calvin Delany (Delong), 21 yo w/m farmer, b. Floyd, $100, can not read or write, HOH.

1860 FCVA GC PO H1104: Calvin Delong, 32 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $0/35, HOH.

1870 FCVA IV H139: Calvin Delong, 42 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $300/100, HOH.

Calvin married Mary Ann. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 9C65988D9F3D4BAAB3BFF36E252E1B6FA78B

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Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Amanda married Samuel EARLS 27 Apr 1843, Floyd Co., VA. Samuel was born Abt 1822, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 8718B7538F13466C96740569F6208B112784

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Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net


Sourcce: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbr/delong.htm

1860 FCVA GC PO H1104: Timanda Delong, 33 yo w/f, b. VA.

1880 FCVA BF H261: Timandre Delong, 36 yo single sister-in-law, b. VA, George B. Hylton HOH.

1890 FCVA JT: Timanda Delong, 56 yo HOH.

1900 FCVA IV15 H167: Timandra DeLong, 62 yo single w/f farmer, b. Oct 1837 VA, 1 ch with 1 living, can not read/write, O-M-F-143, alone.

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• _UID: 7362ADEC83084E2FA6BCA48EBCD868373D00

Notes:

Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Mary married Jacob SUTPHIN. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 90408166466D4D28877464A4F5526567F548

Notes:

She appeared on the census in 1860 in Floyd Co., VA. She was a house keeper with William Turner in 1870. She appeared on the census in 1880 in Hiawassie, Pulaski Co., VA

1860 FCVA FCH PO H861: Elizabeth 25 yo w/f, b. VA.

1870 FCVA IV H55:

Turner, William 29 yo w/m farm laborer, b. VA, $0/0, can not read or write, HOH;

Elizabeth 34 yo w/f, b. VA, keeping house, $300/100;

Sarah V. 3 yo w/f, b. VA;

Robert L. 1 yo w/m, b. VA;

Altizer, Jephthal, 15 yo w/m, b. VA;

Delilah H. yo w/f, b. VA;

Arron C. 9 yo w/m, b. VA;

Margaret M. 8 yo w/f, b. VA;

Reed, Anna 73 yo w/f, b. VA, without occ.

1900 FCVA IV16 Pg7 H66: Elizabeth (Altizer?), 43 yo widowed mother, b. Mar 1837 VA, 8 ch with 7 living. (should be Turner?), Jeptha E. Altizer HOH.

Elizabeth married Emery Griffith ALTIZER 4 Oct 1855, Montgomery Co. VA. Emery was born 1836; died 1862. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married William TURNER. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 0B2471E9375D428D9B42958FBD167E32703E

Notes:

Information: Sue Prideaux, sueprideaux@earthlink.net

Michelle Burruss has her DOD as between 1850-1860 in Tazewell Co. VA

Maria married Hardin PACK 20 Jan 1842, Floyd Co., VA. Hardin (son of James PACK and Elizabeth or Martha UNKNOWN) was born Abt 1820, Patrick Co., VA. [Group Sheet]

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• _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]

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• _UID: 01E1806ACC43493EAD2D6832EEDFA5256DEB

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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

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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
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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.

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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

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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.

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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.
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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 ________

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(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.]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Matilda Earls
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
Samiel Earls 56
Amanda E Earls 55 [56]
Amaniel Earls 22
James Earls 10
Dudley Earls 12
Cyntha Earls 14
Matilda Earls 9
Martha Earls 3

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"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.
Name: Matilda Burress
Birth Date: abt 1863
Birth Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Death Date: 3 Nov 1896
Death Place: Cavatts Creek, Tazewell, Virginia
Death Age: 33
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: J. W. Burress
FHL Film Number: 2048586


Tazewell County Death Register, Maiden Springs District, Line 7

Name of Deceased: Matilda Burress Race: White Sex: Female Date of Death: November 3, 1896 Place of Death: Cavatts Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia Cause of Death: Fever Father: Not Given Mother: Not Given Age: 33 Birth Place: Not Given Marital Status: Married Name of Informant: J.W. Burress (Husband)

Matilda married John W. BURRESS 09 Sep 1879, Tazewell Co. VA. John (son of William H. (Billy) BURRESS and Sarah Elizabeth PACK) was born 10 Mar 1861, Tazewell Co VA; died 24 May 1929, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Jones Chapel Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Info on Adam came from Michelle Burruss at burruss.us

Enlisted as a Private on 29 May 1861 at the age of 15; Enlisted in Company G, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 29 May 1861; Sick on 12 July 1861 at Wytheville, VA; Sick on 15 September 1861; Received a disability discharge Company G, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 01 October 1861

Enlisted as a Private on 19 May 1862; Enlisted in Company B, 23rd Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia on 19 May 1862.

Enlist Date 29 May 1861
Residence Tazewell County, Virginia
Enlist Rank Private
Enlist Age 15
Discharge Rank Private
State Served Virginia
Company G
Unit 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia
Enlist Date 19 May 1862
Company B
Unit 23rd Battalion Infantry Regiment Virginia
Height 5'6"
Eye Color Dark
Hair Color Dark

Source: Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System


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.

Others in this unit were: Calvin C. Pack

23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry was formed in January, 1862, with five companies, later increased to eight. It was attached to Echols' and Patton's Brigade, fought at Greenbrier River, then lost eighteen percent of the 350 engaged at Droop Mountain. During 1864 it was active in the Shenandoah Valley and in mid-April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick; and Majors William Blessing, William P. Cecil, and David S. Hounshell.

Adam married Sarah Simmons 2 Jan 1881, Tazewell Co VA. [Group Sheet]