Nancy Anna Wigington

Nancy married George Reed, Sr. 1754, Virginia. George was born 1730, Pennsylvania; died Oct 1807, Montgomery Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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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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Tabitha married Joshua HYLTON. [Group Sheet]

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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.

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

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

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

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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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Mary married Jacob SUTPHIN. [Group Sheet]

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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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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]