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12251	Charles was retired from U.S. Gypsum Company. died in a Marion, VA Hospital. Services were held for Charles at Tumbling Creek Union Church with Rev. Jack Carniery and Rev. R. B. Henderson. Pallbearers were Rusty Woodward, Darrell Woodward, E. C. Woodward, Henry Moore, Johnny Moore and Wilfred Moore. buried in the Worley Cemetery.	WOODWARD, Charles William (I1861)
12252	Charles was supposedly murdered by Italian neighbors from an adjacent California vineyard. CENSUS RECORDS 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Charles Mc Cormick Age in 1870: 6 Birth Year: abt 1864 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Division 1, Washington, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Abingdon Household Members: S W McComick 45 Bettie McCormick 33 Mary McCormick 15 Thomas McCormick 7 Charles McCormick 6 Hellen McCormick 4 Josephine McCormick 2 Victor McCormick 1 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Charles McCormick Age: 16 Birth Year: abt 1864 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Denton, Texas Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital status: Single Father's Name: Samuel McCormick Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Bettie McCormick Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farm Laborer	MCCORMICK, Charles (I862)
12253	Charles, brother of Adam Alexander, moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and purchased property there. Charles was a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of independence, was an active soldier and a captain in the Revolutionary War, serving under both Colonel Charles Polk and his brother, Colonel Adam Alexander. He had a son, Charles, Jr. who also served together in the same company. Charles Alexander and his wife, Jean Polk, had seven children.	Alexander, Capt. Charles (I10710)
12254	Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Business Directory 1888-89 Tazewell County Principal Farmers: Pleasant Hill, B. V. Elswick. was an industrious farmer and stockman who always kept a high stepping horse for riding through parts of Tazewell and Buchanan Counties as he supplied beef to the coal company stores of Seaborad, Coaldan, and Jewell Ridge in the days before refrigeration. He farmed a tract near Stinson Ridge.	ELSWICK, Buena Vista (I4400)
12255	Check marriage date. 1910 census indicated they had been married for 40 years, putting their marriage date in 1870. DOM possibly 1867. Alafair (Allie) was a large woman. She had a goiter on her neck. She nursed Oscar Elswick. Her husband, Tom Christian, had a cabinet shop and made caskets of wood. Allie lined the caskets and then attached handmade lace. They lived in Harman, near Bandy, VA. CENSUS RECORDS 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Allefair Chambers Age: 6 months Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: District 54, Russell, Virginia Gender: Female [in household of her grandmother, Nancy Chambers with her mother Emeline] Household Members: Nancy Chambers 38 Lydia Chambers 21 Emeline Chambers 19 Joannah Chambers 15 Hugh Chambers 12 John Chambers 10 Sarah Jane Chambers 9 Davis Chambers 8 months [son of Lydia] Allefair Chambers 6 months 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Euphemia Chambers Age in 1860: 11 Birth Year: abt 1849 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia Gender: Female Post Office: Cedar Bluff Household Members: Emiline J Chamber 28 Euphemia Chamber 11 Elbert W Chamber 7 James B Chamber 1 Chapman Elsick 23 [he later married Emeline] 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Eufema A Christian Age in 1870: 19 Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female [in household of Thomas C. Christian] Post Office: Knob 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Euphemia Christian Age: 25 Birth Year: abt 1855 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: Thomas Christian Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Allie Christian [Euphemia A Christian] Age: 49 Birth Date: Dec 1850 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Thos C Christian Marriage Year: 1869 Years Married: 31 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Mother: number of living children: 9 Mother: How many children: 11 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Alafair Christian Age in 1910: 58 Birth Year: 1852 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Thomas C Christian Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Alafair Christian Age: 69 Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Thomas C Christian Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes	CHAMBERS, Euphemia Alifair (I3781)
12256	Check on marriage location. May have been Russell or Washington Counties VA. No Garrett families living in Ashe Co. NC in 1850 Census. Listed on 1850 Census for Washington, Co. VA household 361, age 23, born in VA, occupation as a laborer. Also listed in household is his parents Daniel, age 53, Catherine, age 52, and sisters Sarah, age 20, Amelia [Emeline] age 18, and Eliza, age 13. 1860 Census for Ashe Co. NC, household 369, Harvey Nelson, age 30, farmer, personal property woth $185 born in VA, living with wife Sarah, age 27, and chidren Jane age 7, James age 5, Mary age 3, Susan age 1, and Jospeh Nelson age 10. Was Joseph from an earlier marriage, an illegitimate child, or the child of a arelative? Since Harvey has a son named James, this gives weight that his first name is James as indicated in the 1850 Washington Co. VA census, plus the fact they are living 2 households from Daniel and Catherine Nelson in NC. His wife Sarah was born in VA, and they relocated to Ashe Co. by 1850 according to the birth of their oldest child Jane, age 7 in North Carolina.	NELSON, Harvey (I166)
12257	check probate records in York Co. ME, David Russell 1835-36, Book 46, p. 183. Age given on tombstone as 37 years 2 months 10 days. CENSUS RECORDS 1830 United States Federal Census Name: David Russell Home in 1830: Waterboro, York, Maine Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [Nathaniel] Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [David] Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Louisa] Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [wife Mary] Free White Persons - Under 20: 2 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 4	RUSSELL, David (I6006)
12258	Chemistry Professor at Virginia Tech	RUSSELL, Edgar Vincent Jr. (I5238)
12259	Chess and his family lived in Carswell Hollow, outside of Kimball, WVA. Chess worked in the mines. Joye Boardman's grandmother, Floy Callahan Henderson, who was a cousin to both Chess and Lula helped take care of the two boys. Newspaper Obituary for Chess F. Woodward of near Saltville, died Thursday night at home following a lingering illness. He was a prominent farmer of Washington Co.VA and a member of the Methodist Church. Survived by wife, Lucy and children, 1 brother, Rev. George W. Woodward, Plasterco and one sister, Mrs. M. A. McCray, Meadowview, VA. Services were held Sunday, Oct 17, 1946, with the Rev. Roy Poston officiating. His headstone : Chester F. Woodward Jan 1881 - Oct 17, 1946	WOODWARD, William Chesterfield (Chess) (I1859)
12260	Chesterfield County, Virginia Births, 1860-72 Surname: Overby Child: Nellie Volume covering Jan 1864/65 Race: W Sex: F (Female) Father: A.T. Mother: Sarah Page #: 94	OVERBY, Nellie G. (I5995)
12261	Chesterfield County, Virginia Births, 1892-96 Surname: Tucker Child: Annie Month: May Day: 11 Year: 1892 Race: W Sex: F (Female) Father: Anderson Mother: Rosa Page #: 428	Tucker, Annie M. (I26361)
12262	Chesterfield County, Virginia Births, 1892-96 Surname: Tucker Child: Gracie Month: Sept Day: 11 Year: 1894 Race: W Sex: F (Female) Father: Anderson Mother: Rosa Page #: 464	Tucker, Grace Estelle (I26362)
12263	Chicago and North Western Railroad Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Name: Curtis L Poff Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 25 Dec 1948 Birth Place: Anawalt, W Virginia Father: Everett C Poff Mother: Helen L Chambers Hire Date: May 1973 Record Date: 29 Apr 1973 Record Place: Sterling, Illinois Occupation: Laborer	Poff, Curtis Lee (I34350)
12264	Children and wife Elizabeth named in will. Though not a citizen of Shapleigh, ME, he was a surveyor of much Shapleigh property.	WARREN, James IV (I7087)
12265	Children by his first wife Sally included Joseph, Jr., Fdelia, Mary, Nancy, Han nah, and Sarah	DAVIS, Sally (I6979)
12266	Children by his second wife Mary included Almira, Daniel, and Charles.	Mary (I6978)
12267	Children were taken in by various families in the Squire, WV area. CENSUS RECORDS 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Celia Whiteaker Age in 1910: 9 Birth Year: abt 1901 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Thomas W Whiteaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's name: Mirtie S Whiteaker Mother's Birthplace: Virginia 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Alice Whitaker [Celia] Age: 18 Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Thomas Whitaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's name: Myrtle Whitaker Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Celia Whitaker Age: 18 Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Niece Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Samuel G Altizer 25 Josie Altizer 24 Alice N Altizer 5 Noah Altizer 4 Carl R Altizer 2 years 8 months Phillis A Altizer 2 months Celia Whitaker 18	WHITAKER, Cecilia (Celia) Day (I107)
12268	Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812 Name: John Relationship: Son Parents: Christopher Chaffin and Sarah Chaffin Birth Date: 1 Apr 1716 Baptism Date: 29 Apr 1716	Chaffin, John (I13836)
12269	Christ Church Parish, Virginia Deaths, 1653-1812 Name: Mary Kemp Death Date: 9 Dec 1728	Lovett, Mary Ann (I26101)
12270	Christian was baptized in Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., on 2 Mar 1743. Christian married Elisabeth Laury. Source: Pane-Joyce Genealogy http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr21/rr21_134.html#P36978	Althauser, Christian (I8518)
12271	Christopher Richards (cmrichards@blueyonder.co.uk) has done the best research on Mark and his ancestors to this point. Here is his reasoning for the Maryland Mark Whitaker to be the same as the one baptized in Thornhill, Yorkshire, England. 1. The spelling is the same as in the Thornhill registers 2. The naming patterns used for his children are the same as the naming patterns for his presumed ancestors. 3. Mark seems to be of some status when he arrived in New England. So were his presumed father and grandfather in Yorkshire. 4. The dates fit. 5. Mark of Thornhill's younger siblings died young but he seems to have survived. 6. Mark Whitaker (and all spelling variants) is not a common name but there is a group of Mark Whitakers in the Dewsbury are in the seventeenth century. But these are all reasons for making the identification - they do not prove that Mark of Maryland is the same man as Mark of Thornhill. However, the Mark Whitaker of Maryland was an educated man as evidenced by his position in St. George's Parish and status in society. Records show that he worked for the St. George's Parish as a vestry clerk in 1724, 1725 and 1726. He went to Cambridge. The records of his matriculation are as follows: Whiteacre, Mark Adm. sizar at EMMANUEL, Nov. 27, 1693. Of Yorkshire. S. of Thomas, of Thornhill. Bapt. Nov. 8, 1677. ' Matric. 1697. (J. B. Peace.) [Note: "Sizar" is an undergraduate at Cambridge University, receiving financial help from the college and formerly having certain menial duties.] Emmanuel was the seminary school for Church of England Priests/ministers. -------- Why did Mark Whitaker immigrate? The educated and religious class in England had a secure life and had little desire to leave that life for one of danger and struggle. On the other hand, England was desperate to secure educated and church trained immigrants to the Colonies. We may never know the reason. His father, Thomas, died in 1684 and we don't his mother's name or death at this time. His only surviving sibling, George, died in 1698. With no surviving family and possible inducements from the Church of England for a responsible position in a church in the colonies, Mark may have decided to immigrate. There may not have been many opportunities for church positions in Thornhill or Dewsbury or advancement may have been limited. We may never know the true reason, but the Colonies may have offered an opportunity he couldn't refuse. In the period of 1670-1700, the Colonial Parish Church was both the church and the local government. The vestry house was used to hold civil trials, as a jail, record wills and deeds and keep records of business transactions with England. Church records show Mark was a Vestryman. Crops, primarily tobacco, were harvested and shipped to England. The merchant would pay the church and the funds would be dispersed to the farmers after debts were settled. This position required an educated and a trusted man by the inhabitants. Many deed and wills were witnessed by Mark, another indication of trust in the man. ---------- Beaumont W. Whitaker, "The Whitaker Family of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1677-1767" Maryland Historical Magazine, Volume 79 (Summer 1984), pages 165-182 "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759" He appears in the Tax rolls of Spesutia Hundred for 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705 and 1706. Mark Whitaker & Elizabeth his wife, Baltimore Co., MD (Ellerton) 500 acres, 1 Nov. 1725, Reference PL6/143; ILA/636 Emerson, Anne & Rachel: Baltimore Co., MD (Ellerton), 500 acres; 1 Nov. 1725. 3 Mar 1713, Robert & Sarah West, planter, of Baltimore Cp., Maryland to Mark Whitaker, planter, of same, 2,500 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres...Deer Creek. Signed Robert (X) West. Wit: John Miles and Gregory Farmer. 3 Mar 1713, John & Mary Miles, carpenter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Thomas Cullin, shoemaker, of same, 100 acres. Signed John Miles. Wit. Mark Whitaker and Gregory Farmer. 3 Aug 1715, John & Mary Miles, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Robert Hawkins, planter, of same, 2,800 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres. Signed John Miles and Mary (X) Miles. Wit: James Isham and Mark Whitaker. June 1718 Mark Whittaker appointed overseer of the rolling road from Deer Creek to the rolling house of John Hall, Esq., and the other roads from said creek to the main road through the county or to the water. 14 Aug 1718, Robert West, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to John Hall, gentleman, of same, 78 acres...Dear Creek. Signed Robert (X) West. Wit: John Deavor, Marke Whiteaker and Thomas Bucknell. 1722, Thomas & Mary Tully, gentleman, of Baltimore Co., Maryland and Jane Thomas, of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland to Samuel Howell, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, 24 lbs., formerly owned by Richard Freeborne, deceased of Baltimore Co., Maryland. Signed Thomas Tolley, Mary Tolley and Jane Thomas. Wit: Mark Whiteaker and John Stokes. 20 Jul 1725, Samuel & Mary Brown, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to John Durbin, gentleman, of same, 200 acres...head of Bush River...except part sold to Charles Whiteacre. Signed Samuel Brown. Wit: Mark Whiteakers and Thomas Jones. ---------- WITNESS TO DR. EVANS' WILL Page 101. Evan EVANS, D. D.. St. George's Parish, Baltimore CO; 25 may 1721; 10 Nov 1721. To Rev. Geo. ROSS, of New ___ ___, for preaching funeral sermon, 2 guineas; eldest son of only dau. Mary (wife of Rev. Thos. LOYD, of Denbigh CO, England), proceeds from sale of 2 tracts of manatiane, Philadelphia CO, PA, viz. 600 A. "Rhydyearn" and 400 a. "Trevaglnys"; sd au. Failing male issue, to her eldest dau, rs. Int. of proceeds for use of wife Alice, during widowhood, to revert t hrs of dau. Mary as afsd; wife Alice, rents & profits due from living at Sutterton, CO Lincoln, and 1/3 int. in mortage on est. of Wm. ROBINSON, Esq, CO Denbigh, during life; dau Mary afsd, res. Of sd. Mortage, w/reversion of third beq. Wife; Mr. Charles READ, mercht, in Philadelphia, 5 lbs; Edw. HALL & Roger MATHEWS, exs, personalty. Test. Directs he be buried a n. end of the altar table in st. George's Church. Test: Mark WHITAKER, Chas. BAKER, Obidiah PRICHARD. Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 5 PROBATE Prerogative Court Abstracts 1728-1734 MARK WHITAKER 15.452 BA (Baltimore) L50,186 June 14, 1729 Apr.18, 1730 Appraisers: Antel Deaver, Richard Deaver Creditors: Jon. Middlemore, Tim Keen Next of Kin: Flowers Swift [husband of Elizabeth; son-in-law of Mark Whitaker] Administrex: Elizabeth Taylor. widow of Mark Whitaker. She married Francis Taylor.Mark Whitaker died intestate. CHURCH HISTORY St. George's Episcopal Church is also known as Spesutia Church is located in Perryman, Harford County, MD. Detailed church records exist going back to the 17th century. It is the oldest Episcopal parish in MD. Founded in 1761, the original wooden church was built in what is now part of Aberdeen Proving Grounds, about 2 miles away from its current site. In 1718 the parish moved to the current location with the present church constructed in 1851. It is the third to be built on the site. The cemetery dates from 1718 when the second church was built on the same site. Source: Maryland Historical Society, "The Migrations of Baltimore Town." http://www.mdhs.org/migrations-baltimore-town Rev. S. W. Crampton, in 1851, published an account of St. George's Parish, in which he states, " The first Church stood near Michaelsville, at a place called "Gravelly." Here are the almost obliterated remains of the Log Church where the first founders of this Parish worshiped, while the sunken graves on every side mark their last earthly resting places. A bridge near this locality called 'Church Bridge,' corroborates this evidence." In the journal of Freeborn Garretson in 1809, he wrote, "As the country became more settled and probably with a desire to reach a less miasmatic region, James Philips, Esq., the ancestor of the Philips already mentioned in the epitaph, gave in 1718, two acres of ground to the vestry of St. George's Parish, at what is now known as " Spesutia Church," and about that year, six years after the decadence of Old Baltimore, the remains of the dead with their tombstones were probably removed to the new burial ground about seven miles westwards. The monuments in the Spesutia ground are of a historical character, representing generation after generation. Among the names I recognized, was that of Giles, a family recorded among the earliest settlers of Baltimore County. Edward Giles married Cordelia, daughter of James Philips. There is belonging to the vestry of this parish a parchment Registry of births, marriages and deaths, and the first name recorded is John Cook, son of John Cook, born at Bush River, 25th September, 1681. The record of Vestry Acts is unfortunately lost." ----------------- The St. George's Parish Vestry House, also known as Spesutia Vestry House, is a small structure of Flemish bond brick construction dating to about 1766. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although it was built after Mark Whitaker served as vestry clerk, the building he used was a meeting place to conduct parish business and to perform certain civil duties, particularly the monitoring of the moral codes of the day and the administering of justice for violations in colonial Maryland. Vestry Houses were often used as schoolhouses, school being conducted by the clergyman or a member of his family, or someone else hired by the parish for the purpose. According to an article in the Baltimore Sun, the church had its final service in December 30, 2012. http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/publications/the-aegis/ph-ag-st-georges-0102-20121230-story.html A Pentecostal congregation now uses church, but churchyard remains Maryland diocesan property of the Episcopal Church. AREA HISTORY Harford County Maryland was explored in 1608 by Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony, when he mapped the upper country and its islands and shores. Colonel Nathaniel Utie came from Virginia to explore the upper bay region and find a place to settle around 1649, and he was granted an island located a few hundred yards south of Havre de Grace. He named it Spesutie, using the Latin Spes-Utie, meaning Utie's Hope. The spelling was later changed to Spesutia. When the Church of England became the established church in Maryland, Spesutie Parish was divided into St. George's and St. John's Parishes. The Spesutia Church of St. George's Parish was erected near Perryman, where it still stands today. Until 1773 it was part of Baltimore County. Source: THE MIGRATIONS OF BALTIMORE TOWN, Maryland Historical Society http://www.mdhs.org/migrations-baltimore-town In 1659, Baltimore County was established, including not only Harford, Cecil and Kent, but all the Western Shore north and northwest of Anne Arundel County. Baltimore County was divided into Hundreds. The site of our present Baltimore City was in Deptford Hundred (then Patapsco Hundred), Gunpowder, Middle River, and that part on Bush Neck up to the Susquehanna River was known as the "Baltimore Hundreds." The " Hundreds" included so many able-bodied men, and their history would furnish a most interesting chapter extending back to their introduction into England by Alfred the Great, derived by him from Denmark, where they yet exist. "Old Baltimore" was, in 1674, "New Baltimore." It became old when its Court House was removed to Forster's Neck, on Gunpowder River, in 1700, at which time the ground probably reverted to the original proprietor.	Whitaker, Mark (I10247)
12272	Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800, Deed Book No. 16, page 49. Page 49.--26th April, 1769. JAMES ( ) SCAGGS (SKEGGS), Sr., and RACHEL ( ) to JAMES SCAGGS, Jr., £100, 104 acres patented to Samuel Ratlive 22d August, 1753, and conveyed to JAMES, Sr., on Meadow Creek, a branch of New River. Teste: William Preston, Richard Whitt, James ( ) Skggs,* John ( ) Skggs,** Is. Christian, James Buchanan, W. Ingles. Note that James Sr. conveyed to James Jr., and a third James signed as witness. *This John may a grandson rather than the son of James and Rachel. 1773: The first permanent settlers [in Tazewell Co., VA] came from Augusta and Rockbridge counties, New River and its tributaries. . . . In 1773 there were settled [among others] JAMES and CHARLES SCAGGS in Baptist Valley, five miles from site of Tazewell. --Robert Bell Woodworth, The Captives of Abb's Valley: A Legend of Frontier Life (Staunton, VA: McClure Co., Inc., Publishers, 1942), xi Deposition of WILLIAM RATLIFF (27 April 1836 at the home of WILLIAM SKAGGS, Aleck Fork of Pitman Creek). I was acquainted with MOSES SKAGGS of Green County, KY. He had 4 sisters, to wit: SUSANNAH, wife of RICHARD WHIT; LYDIA, wife of MATTHIAS HARMON, ELIZABETH "Betsy," wife of JOHN HANKINS; and NANCY, wife of WILLIAM MERIDY. I was quite intimate with them in Virginia. I knew them before they married. MOSES had a brother named JOHN SKAGGS. . . I knew the brothers of MOSES SKAGGS. They were HENRY, JAMES, CHARLES, JOHN, RICHARD and JACOB SKAGGS. I knew them in Kentucky and they all raised large families. Deposition of FRANCES SAMPLES (27 April 1836). I was familiar with MOSES SKAGGS who died in Green County about 40 years ago. He had 4 sisters, to wit: SUSANNAH, wife of RICHARD WHIT; LYDIA, wife of MATTHIAS HARMAN; ELIZABETH, wife of JOHN HANKINS, and NANCY, wife of WILLIAM MERIDY. They lived in Virginia. When I knew them, MOSES had 6 brothers: HENRY, JOHN, JAMES, CHARLES, RICHARD and JACOB. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/green/estates/skaggs1.txt http://www.getnet.com/~cingram/f614.htm Kegley, Early Adventurers, p. 367: "James SKAGGS, Jr. first appeared in the records in 1769 when he received lands from his father and mother, James and Rachel SKAGGS. He may be the one designated as "Little James SKAGGS" who reported in 1774 that he had seen Indians between Ninian CLOYD's and Peter POOR's (Chalkley, Chronicles, III, 490; Preston Papers, Draper Mss., 3 QQ 54). "In 1779 he purchased the 100 acres which had been selected by John BUCHANAN in 1748 from his son, William BUCHANAN (August County Surveys; Montgomery Deed Book A, p.190). Here SKAGGS operated a ferry across New River, and once in legal possession of the lands, SKAGGS petitioned the Montgomery County court to view the possibility of a 'nearer and better Road which may be had either by SKAGG's place commonly called the old ferry, or by Dunker Bottom, rather than the one presently occupied by William INGLES.' Three months later in March 1779 no report had been forthcoming and men were chosen to meet and view the road by . . . [to be continued] SKAGGS' STATION, on Brush Creek, in Green County; about 1781. --William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, Charles Kerr, ed. (Chicgo: American Historical Society, 1922), 209. Another station, called Shank Painter, or SKAGG'S STATION, was situated where the small village of Summersville now stands, six miles northwest of Greensburg. --William B. Allen, A History of Kentucky (Louisville: Bradley & Gilbert, 1872), 126; actual page image at Ancestry.com "South Fork Church was possibly the first church organized within the boundary of the territory which is now LaRue County. Spencer, in his 'History of Kentucky Baptists,' Volume 1, page 194, says: 'It was originally a Separate Baptist Church, and, according to tradition, was gathered by Benjamin Lynn and JAMES SKAGGS in the summer of 1782.' If any organization was in existence on Nolynn at that early date, it could have been nowhere except in Phillips' fort." --Otis M. Mather, Six Generations of LaRues And Allied Families (Hodgenville, KY: by the compiler, 1921), 150. This is the James Skaggs that had an early well documented Station in the Green Co., KY, area. James deserted his family about 1787 and ran off to Missouri with neighbor Mrs. Leah Carter, wife of Meshack Carter. James and Leah returned Kentucky in 1793 and Leah's husband filed for, and was awarded, a divorce from her, Nov. 23, 1793, Nelson Co., KY. Leah outlived James and is referred to as Widow Skaggs in his estate file in Jefferson Co., MO (formerly Joachim Twp.), but a marriage record has not been located for them. JAMES HENRY SKAGGS was born on the 2d of August, 1840, near Danby, Jefferson County, Mo., and is the son of HENRY SKAGGS, the grandson of STEPHEN SKAGGS, and the great-grandson of JAMES SKAGGS, who was a native of Virginia, a man of great physical strength and activity, and of whom it is said that he settled in Kentucky before Daniel Boone. --excerpt from Randolph County in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas (Chicago, IL: Goodspeed Publishers, 1889), 431; Bob VanDyne to Skaggs-L, Nov. 15, 1998: The inventory of James SKAGGS of Indian Ck. Joachim twp. Dist. of St. Louis [MO] 22 Nov, 1811. 2 pgs.; 1st page inventory of goods, 2nd pg. named people who purchased items at the sale -- "Widow SKAGGS", Joseph HAWKS, Benjamin HORNE, Jacob SKAGGS, Benjamin SKAGGS, Charles PATTEN, Samuel SKAGGS, William TWITTY, John [DIXON?], Henry SKAGGS & George MARR. Bemjamin SKAGGS Admr. Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 04:04:47 -0800 From: Bob Vandyne To: skaggs-L@rootsweb.com Subject: James SKAGGS' Station To SKAGGS rooters all; My own notes: This is only portion of the actual article) \ From the "Green Co. Review" Vol.4,#1 Oct,1980 [pgs. unknown] James SKAGGS' Station The 3rd station to be established within the present area of Green Co.,KY was SKAGGS' Station, which was located on Bruch Ck. & settled by James SKAGGS 1780. References to SKAGGS' Station in court recs. are appallingly scant so we will go to oral tradition for the story of its settlement. The following acct. was furnished us by several different sources but all gave as the original source a letter written 3 Jly,1974 by Albert JONES of Scottsburg, IN to James SCOTT of Louisville, KY. My knowledge of James SKAGGS is mostly what my father & Uncle Joe "Paddy" WARREN told me when I was a small boy. James, his wife & dau. & 3 sons came to Green Co, KY on Brush Ck. where the Jones Cem. is located & built a cabin fort somewhere on the site of the cemetery - This was in the yr 1779/1780 - That fall, in Oct., it was decided that provisions for winter were insignificant & it would be necessary to return to BRIANs Station to spend the winter. James & his wife had their dau. take a cooking pot & dutch oven to Indian Hollow to a small cave [now destroyed by construction of Hwy.#61] to hide them for their return the next spring. While the dau. was there a small party of Indians [4 or 5] came upon her, killed & skalped her @ Indian Hollow. Her father & bros. sought & found her & brought her body back to the fort/cabin & buried her inside it. This was the 1st burying @ the Jones Cem. & probably the 1st in Green Co. The exact site of the grave is unknown. The following spring after her burying, James,his wife & sons with a party of others returned & built a Fort @ the site of the house where my sister lives. On their return they found the 1st structure burned to the ground. The new Fort was 22 & 24 ft., 2 stories high, built of large hewed yellow popular logs w/port holes in the upper story, an inside stairway & a large stone chimney @ the south end. There was a fireplace on the 1st floor w/a smaller fireplace on the 2nd. floor. This site was selected because of a large spring nearby, but it went dry several yrs. ago. James discovered Brush Ck. Valley by following the Indian Trail down Indian Hollow. This trail extended from the eastern part of the US. to a site on the south west part of land owned by my sister where there was a seam of highly colored clay that the Indians used for war paint. When a boy I have obtained the clay from this seam in bright red, white, purple & lt. green, there was also a small amount of blue. The seam has been covered by a landslide. This farm where my sister now lives & Jones Cem., Joe"Paddy" WARREN & John "Fox" WARREN farms are in the area I'm speaking of. One of James? sons died & my g-grandfather bought the farm from the survivors. The exact date of the founding of SKAGGS' Station is unknown, however treas. warrant # 11533 for 450acs. of land on Brush Ck. was issued to James SKAGGS on the 1st day of Apr,1780. This probably corresponds closely to the date of actual settlement. The tract of land in question was originally located in Jefferson Co but had been thrown into Nelson Co by the date it was formally granted by Gov. Patrick HENRY on 8 May,1786. [This land grant is listed in the Master Index, Va. Surveys & Grants,1774-1791, Kentucky His. Soc., Vol.16, Original Survey #3841,to James SKAGGS survey date 7 Jly, 1784, original bk. #5, pgs.2-3,grantee James SKAGGS & heirs, grant date 8 May,1786, original bk. #3, pgs. 336-337]. Henry SKAGGS gave a deposition in the case of RHEA vs. ABNEY,from his house in Grayson Co, in 1835. He stated that he came to PITMANs Station in the month of Oct.[1780] & left in the mar. following. There was only one other station on Green River at that time [GLOVERs Station having been broken up by Indians prior to his arrival],this was SKAGGS' Station by Brush Ck. Although Henry SKAGGS' home was @ PITMANs Station he used to hunt from PITMANs to James SKAGGS' Station. In a deposition given on 30 Jly,1810 to be read as evidence in a suit then pending in the Green Circuit Ct. between Smith TANDY & James SMITH,William SKAGGS stated that PITMANs & SKAGGS' Stations were broken up by Indians in Mar, 1781 & that the settlers moved to POTTENGERs. LYNNs, DAVIS' & LOGANs Stations. Settlements in Green Co. were not reestablished until the fall or 1784. Another deposition, perhaps by a different William SKAGGS, was given on 4 May, 1821, to be read as evidence in the suit of RHEA vs. ABNEY, in the Green Co. Cir. Ct. William SKAGGS stated that he had been a resident of PITMANs Station & that he was a young man at the time,having been 17 yrs old on 2nd of Sep. [1779],before the settlement of the station the following spring [1780]. He gave the distance from PITMANs Station to SKAGG' Station as 7 miles. He thought that PITMANs Station was broken up in Feb,1781 [another depositions gave the month of March]. He deposes that when the station was broken up, "We moved near Bardstown & PITMAN & the rest went into what is since called the upper counties. The 1785 tax list for Nelson Co [as pub. in the Nelson Co. Pioneer, Vol.1, #1,pg.9, summer of '77,a quarterly pub. of the Nelson Co. His. Soc., P.O. Box 311,bardstown,KY 40004] lists among the entries turned in by Joseph BARNETT,which included the settlers ""on all the southern waters of Rolling Beach Forks westwardly of the waters of Hardin Ck"", the following tithables. [the 1st figure following the name gives the # of whites, the 2nd figure gives the # of white tithables]. William SKEGGS 4-2 James SKEGGS,jr 3-1 Meshack CARTER 7-1 The forgoing names were given in their original order,they are followed by the names of 40 other tithables & then these names appear: James SKEGGS,sr 9-4 Henry SKEGGS 4-1 "J.H. SPENCER, "A History of KY. Baptist Vol.1,pg.17 gives us additional information about James SKAGGS. Benjamin LYNN,who is supposed to have emigrated from VA.,came to KY in1780. He probably remained a short time in PHILIPS' Fort in what is now LaRueCo., where according to tradition he raised up the church now called South Fork, in 1782. Afterwards he settled on Beech Fork in Nelson Co.,where he raised up Pottenger's church, in 1785. Of these 2 churches & another which he & his co-laborer James SKAGGS, constituted under the style of Level Woods, he was pastor during about 15yrs. [pg.18] James SKAGGS came from VA. to KY about the same time Benj. LYNN did, & was associated with that famous pioneer in he early labors in the new country. After a few yrs.,he fell under reproach on account of immoral conduct & moved further west. After this nothing more is known of him. A creek or small river in barren Co. bears his name. [I have additional information on the statement of the last paragraph on James SKAGGS' elopment & whereabouts at the end of this work.] Bob VanDYNE At the close of the yr, 1780 there were one licenced & 5 ordained Baptist preachers in what is now the large populous state of Kentucky - Wm. MARSHALL, Joseph BARNETT, John WHITAKER, Benj. LYNN, James SKAGGS & licentiate John GERRARD. If there were others it is not known. There was no preacher of any sect in the new country. The broad field was left, for the present Baptist alone. We know of few Baptist church members & doubtless there were others whose names we shall not know. But few as they were, at this period, they had brought with them, the seed of discord, some of the bitter fruits of which we shall see in the sequel. Some of them were SEPARATE & others were REGULAR Baptist - a distinction almost without a difference. Of the preachers MARSHALL, LYNN, & SKAGGS were Separates, while BARNETT,WHITAKER & GERRARD were Regulars. [This information inserted here to give more information on the James SKAGGS & Leah CARTER elopement. Copied from a book [which I did not get a title from !! - Vol. 8,#3 5 Oct,1793 (a newspaper I think, two separate listings) Mechach CARTER gives public notice that 6 yrs & 4 mos. ago his wife, Leah eloped with James SKAGGS, & they are now back in Nelson Co. Meshech CARTER, Nelson Co, 9 Sep, 1793, notice he will petition the Assembly for a divorce from his wife Leah.] Returing back to James SKAGGS' Station - The nature of James SKAGGS' immoral conduct is revealed in a document recorded in Nelson Co. Deed Bk. 4, pg. 882-883 "I do hearby certify that I do forever quit all claim of my wright & title to Masheck CARTER as husband & forever quit all claim to any wright or title of any part of Sd. CARTER estate either real or personal. Given under my hand this 23rd day of Nov,1793 Leah [her X mark] CARTER Wit:Atkinson HILL, James CRAVEN." At the court heald for Nelson Co. on Tuesday the 10th of Dec,1793 the with-in instrument of writing was proved by Atkinson HILL one of the subscribing witnesses & ordered to record we the under named subscribers mutually chosen by Masheck CARTER & Leah his wife that formerly was to settle & determine the dispute that subsisted between them by reason of her elopment with James SKAGGS from sd. CARTER do give our opinion." pg.883 "in the following manner the parties being 1st sworn to abide by the award given by us which is in the following manner, We award that sd. Leah is no more the wife of sd. CARTER nor to have any claim to any of his estate either real or personal only is given by bond bearing date with this interwement, given under our hands this 23rd day of Nov,1793. (signed) John CARNAHAN, John DAVIS, John CAMERON, James BROWN, Samuel McADAMS, Atkinson HILL. At the court held for Nelson Co on Tuesday the 10th day of Dec, 1793. This award was produced & ordered to be recorded. Teste Ben GRAYSON. The foregoing document helps to explain another record which was filed in the corresponding time period in Green Co, KY. Deed Bk. 1, pg. 5 Know all men I, James SKAGGS,have bargained & sold unto Henry SKAGGS, Stephen SKAGGS & James SKAGGS all that tract of land situated on Brush Ck. in Green Co. containing 450 acs. being the same tract or parcel of land that was granted by patent from the state of VA. to me, served the2nd day of July, 1784 which land I will forever defend from me & all manner of persons claiming under me unto them, their heirs or assigns forever for the sum of 100 pds. to me in hand paid the receipt is hereby acknowledged given under my hand & seal the 15th of Nov, 1793. (signed) James SKAGGS Wit: John EMERSON, Alexander VANCE. At the County Court held for Green Co the 14th day of Nov,1793, this indenture was acknowledged by said James SKAGGS to be his act & deed & ordered to be recorded. Teste: James ALLEN. It is evident that James SKAGGS left this area soon after executing the deed for the Brush Ck. Station tract to his 3 sons. Whether he returned after wagging toungs began to slack or whether he died in self imposed exile is not known; nor has it been established where he went when he left this region. [I must insert new information here & tell where James SKAGGS died. An inventory of all the goods & chatels of the late dec'd James SKAGGS of Indian Cr. Joachim Township Dist. of St.Louis Nov. 22nd,1811. The appraisment bill....(list of goods on inventory). pg.2 "Widow SKAGGS [her purchase] Joseph HAWKS,jr [his " ] Benjamin HARMAN ? [his " ] Widow SKAGGS [her " ] Joseph HAWKS,jr [his " ] Widow SKAGGS [her " ] Jacob SKAGGS [his " ] Benjamin SKAGGS [his " ] Charles PATTEN [his " ] Samuel MEGEE ? [his " ] Widow SKAGGS [her " ] William TWITTY? [his " ] John PEARSON?? [his " ] Henry SKAGGS [his " ] George MARR [his " ]" The total taken in @ the sale $253.37 1/2 dollars. Signed "Benjamin [his X mark] SKAGGS admr." "filed 24th Feb,1812 Samuel BAY". In the above list is one Jacob SKAGGS, I would like to prove this is the Jacob SKAGGS who md. Mary Jane GORE/FLETCHER/EDWARDS. Joachim Township turned into Jefferson Co, MO. in 1818. So who are Henry & Benjamin SKAGGS ?, brothers ? We return again to James SKAGGS Station. Green Co. order bk. 6, pg. 196 dated 23 Sep,1816 contains the following entry: "On the motion of William SKAGGS it is orderd that Wm. BARNETT, Nathaniel OWEN & James SCOTT be & they are hereby appointed commissioners to divide a tract of land on Brush Ck., Green Co. agreeable to quanity which was left by James SKAGGS, sr dec'd. to his 3 sons James SKAGGS, Stephen SKAGGS & Henry SKAGGS all since departed this life & divide the said land unto three parts so as to allot to the said representatives, heirs of said James SKAGGS Stephen SKAGGS & Henry SKAGGS their respective parts of said land." If we view the forgoing court order apart from other records it appears that the Brush Ck. station tract descended to the sons of James SKAGGS, by inheritance at his death. We know that this is not the case because the deed recorded in Green Co. Deed Bk. 1, pg. 5 which has previously been quoted, grants the property to his 3 sons Henry, Stephen & James in Nov, 1793 for a purchase price of 100 pds. This entry does prove, however that by Sep,1816, James SKAGGS the founder of SKAGGS Station & his 3 sons were all dec'd. Another entry which appears in Order Bk.6, pg.447 dated 25 Oct,1819 gives us additional information: "William SKAGGS is appointed guardian to the infant heirs of Stephen SKAGGS dec'd, & also the infant heirs of James SKAGGS dec'd & it is ordered that Nathaniel OWENS, James SCOTT & Wm. BARNETT be appointed Commissioners to divide the land of James SKAGGS,sr, dec'd between the sons & daus. of his 3 sons Stephen, Henry & James SKAGGS which 3 sons have departed this life having recieved a joint deed from their father for said land. It is ordered that the said Commissioners convey to the sons & daus. of the said Stephen SKAGGS their proportion of said lands & in like manner convey to the sons & daus. of Henry SKAGGS dec'd their proportion & in like manner to the sons & daus. of James SKAGGS, jr dec'd their proportion of said land" In the above entry James SKAGGS founder of SKAGGS' Station, is obviously referred to as James SKAGGS, sr, however his is probably the same individual designated as James SKAGGS, jr on the 1785 tax list for Nelson Co. A James SKAGGS, sr also appears on that tax list. We might assume that James SKAGGS, jr was s/o James SKAGGS, sr & this way may indeed be true, but many a researcher has learned from bitter experience that this is not necessarily so. Although we cannot identify, with certainty, the parents of James SKAGGS, founder of SKAGGS' Station, we are better able to identify his decendents. The children of his sons, Stephen, Henry & James are named in a deed which is located in Green Co. Deed Bk. 9, pgs. 500-502, dated 9 Oct,1820. Date: Thu, 16 Oct 97 02:21:23 UT From: "Russell Perkins" To: Skaggs-L@rootsweb.com Subject: SKAGGS line I have the following line from the Old Long Hunter James Skaggs. Would like to have someone check it out and send comments to me. I need a double check because it has a few differences from my file. Rather than start a large discussion or disagreement, it might be best to reply to me off the list. If I find that the list is accurate, I will repost it later. Thanks to everone!! Russell fdrmanowar@msn.com Lineage of Old Long Hunter James Skaggs James, Sr. b. 1720 His Children: (1) Henry, b. 1750 (2) Stephen b. (3) James, Jr. Children of (3) James, Jr: Matthew Henry James Stephen Sally Lydia Nancy William John (Father of Benjamin Owen Skaggs) Mary Moses Lettie Children of (2) Stephen: Henry James Stephen Polly Jane Sally Betsy Children of (1) Henry b. 1750 James Stephen Joseph Sally Nancy Jeremiah (4) Children of Jeremiah (4): Jeremiah, Jr Mary Matthew William T. "Bluehead" (5) b. 1797 Children of William T. "Bluehead" (5): William H. Harrison Cynthia Matthew Jeremiah John Lorenzo Leander John R. (may be Cynthia's Son) Daughter Daughter James Thomas, (6) b. 1830 Children of James Thomas, (6): James Thomas "Tom" Lewis Warner Mason Anthony Louanna Loucritia Sarah Cathryn John Will, (7) b. 1852 Children of John Will, (7): Mary Angeline Reuben Erasmus James Ransom Noah Morris, b. 1879 Robert Miller Lucinthia Jane Mason Alonzo Children were: James Skaggs, William Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, Stephen Skaggs, Rachel Skaggs, Jeremiah Skaggs, Jenny Skaggs, Loveless Skaggs, Mary Skaggs. He was married to Leah ??? in 1776 in Nelson County, Kentucky.	SKAGGS, James Jr. (I4564)
12273	circa 1750 left Germany for America. Wife died on the voyage. Upon arrival in New York City, purchased land about 8 miles from the wharf. Met a gentleman who was the operator for a pigiron furnace near Pattonsburg, now Buchanan, VA. He hired Nicholas as the manager of the wagon-making and repair deparment of this furnace. Eventually bought land in the Spreading Spring, later known as Horsefly Valley in Botetourt Co. Paid $30 cash, one small bay filly, and a bushel of onions to an English bachelor for the land.	Heibst, Johann Nicholas (I5808)
12274	circuit riders for St. Louis conference in 1838.	MYERS, Samuel (I5809)
12275	circuit riders for St. Louis conference in 1838.	MYERS, David (I5810)
12276	CITY DIRECTORIES City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication Title: Petersburg, Virginia, City Directory, 1958 Name: Ellen C Whiteaker Gender: Female Residence Year: 1958 Street Address: 612 Reservoir av Residence Place: Petersburg, Virginia Spouse: Arthur L Whiteaker [US Army] OBITUARY The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA; 15 Mar 2004 Ellen C. Whiteaker, 72, of Enola, died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Jan. 31, 1932, in Williamsburg, she was a daughter of the late Benjamian and Irene C. Hatch Lear. She was the widow of Arthur L. Whiteaker Sr. A graduate of Williamsburg High School and Dickinson College, Mrs. Whiteaker was retired from AMP Inc. in Harrisburg. She was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Enola and American Legion Post 109 Auxiliary in Mechanicsburg. She is survived by three daughters, Carolyn S. Sunday of Mechanicsburg, Linda L. Look of Carlisle and Hazel I. Chisholm of Denver, CO; three sons, Arthur L. Jr. and Joseph W., both of Enola, and James R. of Etters; seven sisters, Martha Blair and Joyce Verbonitz, both of Williamsburg, Marie Wilson and Geraldine Favasuli, both of Harrisburg, Helen Dodson of State College, Marion Lear of Indiana, Pa., and Thelma Morley of New York; six brothers, Donald and Raymond Lear, both of Williamsburg, George Lear of Williamsport, Charles and Earl Lear, both of Harrisburg, and Benjamian Lear of Virginia; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at Myers Funeral Home, 37 E. Main St., Mechanicsburg, with the Rev. James A. Houck officiating. Private burial will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville. Friends may call Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund of American Legion Post 109, P.O. Box 189, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.	Lear, Ellen C. (I25171)
12277	CITY DIRECTORIES City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication Title: Plymouth, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1925 Name: Mabel H Hooper Gender: Female Residence Year: 1925 Residence Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts Spouse: Willis L Hooper City Directories, 1821-1989 about Mabel H Hooper Publication Title: Eliot, Maine, City Directory, 1928 Name: Mabel H Hooper Gender: Female Residence Year: 1928 Street Address: Chase Pond rd Y C Residence Place: Eliot; York, Maine Spouse: Willis L Hooper	Haley, Mabel (I24779)
12278	City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication Title: Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1956 Name: Gertrude Battles Gender: Female Residence Year: 1956 Street Address: 513 Date Residence Place: Bakersfield, California Spouse: Ovie L Battles	Wilcox, Alice Gertrude (I23905)
12279	City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication Title: Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1953 Name: Kenner E Rodgers Residence Year: 1953 Street Address: 307 S Washn av Residence Place: Mobile, Alabama Occupation: Clerk	Rogers, Kenner E. (I20010)
12280	City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication Title: Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1955 Name: Stella D Ellison Gender: Female Residence Year: 1955 Street Address: 512 E 4th av Chic Residence Place: Mobile, Alabama Spouse: Donald L Ellison	DUKE, Stella Ann (I20009)
12281	City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication Title: Richmond, Virginia, City Directory, 1936 Name: Minnie V Cofer Gender: Female Residence Year: 1936 Street address: 402 S Sheppard apt 1 Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia Spouse: Wm E Cofer	VINCENT, Minnie Hall (I26326)
12282	CITY DIRECTORY Publication Title: Greensboro, North Carolina, City Directory, 1924 Name: J W Woodell Gender: Male Spouse: Lena Woodell	Woodell, J. W. (I27964)
12283	City of Ann Arbor, Michigan is named after her. Bidlack, Russel E. The Story of Ann Allen, Ann Arbor's First Lady, in Washtenaw County Historical Society. ... Ann Isabella Barry McCue Allen was born January 22, 1797. George Washington was still president, though he would give the title over to John Adams in another six weeks. She was born in Staunton, a town in Augusta County, Virginia, on the pike between Lexington and Winchester. Winchester was a famous spot during the Civil War. Seventy-eight years later, on November 27, 1875, Ann died in Augusta County about ten miles from the place she was born. Thomas Barry, her father, was born in 1767 near Londonderry, Ireland. He was not a true Irishman however. The Barry family was French. ...	Barry, Ann Isabella (I30658)
12284	Civil engineer	HAMMOND, Francis (Frank) (I5212)
12285	CIVIL WAR SERVICE Private Jacob Lewis Hypes Co D, 22nd Virginia Infantry ?Nicholas Blues? Resident Craig Co. VA, Enlisted White Sulphur Springs, VA Served in the Co. C., 189th Militia until integrated into 22nd VA Infantry on May 1, 1862. Fought at Giles Court House, Lewisburg, Kanawha Valley Campaign, Beverely,White Sulphur Springs, then captured at Droop Mountain November 6, 1863 (age 28) Arrived Camp Chase POW Camp November 18, 1863, then due to small pox epidemic. Transferred to Ft Delaware POW Camp March 3, 1864, assigned to wood barracks 19. Took oath June 20 ,1865 and returned to southwest Virginia. Died in Princeton, VA December 28, 1922. paulette.litteral@verizon.net	Hypes, Jacob Lewis (I8919)
12286	CIVIL WAR SERVICE Private John Madison Hypes Co K, 22nd Virginia Infantry Resident of Craig Co., began service in the 108th Militia, McNeer?s Company, Co. E. Integrated into 22nd Virginia Infantry May 1, 1862 at While Sulphur Springs, VA Brother of Jacob Lewis and George Asbury Hypes. Information from paulette.litteral@verizon.net	Hypes, John Madison (I8921)
12287	CIVIL WAR SERVICE Served with the 19th Mississippi Infantry, Co. K. They were the Jake Thompson Guards raised in Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties. Dr. Kirk was on the list of those that surrendered at Appomattox. TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: Farewell my wife and children all, from you a father Christ doth call. Mourn not for me it is vain to call me to your sight again. Note: top is broken off	KIRK, Dr. James Dixon (I7456)
12288	CIVIL WAR SERVICE RECORDS VMI Record: Entered VMI- July 30, 1856 as a 3rd Classman; Graduated July 4, 1859 standing 18 in a class of 29. Enlisted on 7/26/1861 at West Point, VA as a 1st Lieutenant. On 7/26/1861 he was commissioned into "H" Co. VA 53rd Infantry. He was discharged on 5/5/1862 Failed reelection) On 5/12/1862 he was commissioned into VA Corps Of Engineers (date and method of discharge not given) (May have served) He was listed as: Detailed 12/15/1861 Fort Grafton, VA (In charge of working party) Detached 4/17/1862 Engineer Department Wounded 5/15/1864 New Market, VA (While commanding Co C. Cadet Battn) He also had service in: "C" Co. VA Cadet Battn Elected 1st Lt. of Co. H. of the 53rd Va. Regt. July 20, 1861; On detached service with Engineers on the Peninsula much of 1861-62; Applied for assignment to Engineers April 1862, but was not re-elected (According to Hill, he declined re-election, but according to another officer he was thrown out of the Corps of Engineers in May 1862. No official records indicate which account was correct) Employed at VMI 1862-64 as Lt. (1862-63) and Captain, Assistant Instructor of French & Tactics; Commanded Co. C. of the Corps of Cadets during the Battle to New Market May 15, 1864 and was seriously wounded in the head during that Battle. Signed parole June 16, 1865 at Charlottesville, Va. died 10/20/1914 in Green Springs, Louisa County, VA	HILL, Archibald Govan (I26850)
12289	Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name: Samuel Finley Pilson Residence: Augusta County, Virginia Age at Enlistment: 24 Enlistment Date: 18 Mar 1863 Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant Enlistment Place: Augusta County, Virginia State Served: Virginia Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Virginia 23rd Cavalry Regiment on 18 Mar 1863. Birth Date: 3 Sep 1838 Death Date: 10 Mar 1914 Death Place: Staunton, Virginia Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series	Pilson, Samuel Finley (I30410)
12290	Civil War veteran. Lived with Bill and Susie Whitaker until he died. CENSUS RECORDS 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Jno Whitaker [John] Age: 4 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia Gender: Male [in household of James and Nancy Whitaker] 1860 United States Federal Census Name: John Whitaker Age in 1860: 14 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia Gender: Male [in household of James and Nancy Whitaker] Post Office: Baptist Valley Had attended school with the census year. 1880 United States Federal Census Name: John Whitaker Age: 35 Birth Year: abt 1845 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: Nancy Whitaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farmer Household Members: John Whitaker 35 Nancy Whitaker 34 James Whitaker 11 Jeremiah Whitaker 10 Lilly Whitaker 5 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Jno Whitaker [John] Age: 53 Birth Date: Aug 1846 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: Nancy Whitaker Marriage Year: 1868 Years Married: 32 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Jno Whitaker 53 Nancy Whitaker 54 Robert L Whitaker 16 Edna M Whitaker 14 Walter Whitaker 8 1910 United States Federal Census Name: John Whiteaker Age in 1910: 54 [64] Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Nancy Whiteaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: John Whiteaker 54 [64] Nancy Whiteaker 62 Lee Whiteaker 22 Walter Whiteaker 18 CIVIL WAR SERVICE In the Fall of 1862 at Dry Fork, John enlisted, along with his father James and his older brother William James to fight for the Confederacy. John served in Co. E of the 34th Virginia Cavalry under Col. W. A. Witcher until the war ended at Appomattox in April, 1864. He was about 16 years old when he became a soldier. 34th Virginia Cavalry (CSA)was probably the most distinguished confederate unit in West Virginia history. The 34th Virginia Cavalry's core company, Company A, was formed in Wayne County. Buchanan County Men in the Civil War: "The 34th Virginia Cavalry came into being in September, 1861. Early in the war, the 34th operated mostly in the region between Grundy and Piketon (Pikeville). Many times,the 34th won the distinction of being the advance guard on operations involving numerous units, including the Confederate armies advance into Pennsylvania. The 34th fought an engagement within 2 miles of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in late June, 1863. The 34th then fell back and occupied the city of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, before being called to Gettysburg. The East Cavalry Battlefield is generally credited as a Union victory because the goal of the Union Cavalry to delay Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Cavalry on July 3rd was accomplished. On the morning of the 4th of July, 1863, it was Lt. Col. Vincent Addison Witcher of the 34th VA and General Stuart who walked the battlefield. The Western Virginia men of the 34th, along with only a portion of the rest of the Brigade, had fought the 1st New Jersey, 3rd Pennsylvania, 5th Michigan, and the 7th Michigan led by newly promoted Gen. George Armstrong Custer. The 5th Michigan was armed with the 7 shot Spencer repeating rifles. Witcher later wrote: "the 34th Battalion, which had alone rallied with me, opened upon the 5th Michigan, sweeping down its ranks with a most deadly fire, killing its Major, capturing its colors, and covering the ground with the killed and wounded men and horses of the 5th Michigan. I was within 30 yards and saw the Major fall, a gallant and heroic man he was." General Stuart said "the34th had made the worse massacre of Alger's command and had piled more dead and wounded men and horses on as little space as he had ever seen on any field." The 34th had dismounted that morning with 332 men. After the war, Witcher wrote: "I shall never, no never, forget that eventful night when accompanied by one courier, my Adjutant Edwards and Sergeant Major, both being wounded, I full of grief and bitterness, rode to the barns in our rear and saw with tears in my eyes, my brave fellows from away over the mountains in West Virginia, laid out in windrows, torn and bleeding. I shall never forget that night or the next mornings parade when I could muster but 96 enlisted men. Brave fellows, not a slave holder among them." [John Whitaker in his 1923 Civil War pension application he said, "I was in the battle of Gettysburg three days and nights, and if I never performed any other military service for the state of Virginia, this baptism of fire and shell should certainly be sufficient credit for my eligibility rolls, at least it seems so to me after 57 years have passed by. I am old and worn out and tired. Have perhaps lived beyond the allotted time already, and if the pension does not come pretty soon. I will not need it."] The 34th was also given the honor of leading Lee's Army back into Virginia. "The Virginians, and they were almost all that, whether from the counties of Southwest Virginia or the mountain counties of the new state of West Virginia, left knowing they had fought with honor."	WHITAKER, John Henry (I65)
12291	Civil War Veteran: 7th Tennessee Calvary, CSA	CASTELLAW, Joseph Dawson (Joe) (I10963)
12292	Civil War Veteran: 7th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA	CASTELLAW, James William (I10985)
12293	Civil War Veteran: Co.C, 34th Va.Cav.Battn.	BEAVERS, Moses Jackson Jr. (I3156)
12294	Civil War Veteran: private in Co. F., 7th Duckworth's Tennessee Cavalry, CSA	CASTELLAW, Thomas Jefferson Jr. (I10999)
12295	Claim made by Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. But his research is a fraud. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud	Cornstalk, Newa (I10044)
12296	Claim made by Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. This is a fraud. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud	Helizikinopo (I9967)
12297	Claim made by Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. This is a fraud. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud	Cornstalk, Greenbrier (I9982)
12298	Claim made in Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. This is a fraud. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud --------- HOWEVER, descendant C. S. Stackpole at csstackpole@ameritech.net states that Oceana died from falling off a cliff in WV on the way to visit her sister Aracoma. He provides information on marriage and children. I had included his data from an email message to me. Please contact him for more information.	Cornstalk, Oceana (I9963)
12299	Claim made in Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. This is a fraud. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud ---------------- This is what is known about him. He was the youngest son of Cornstalk ans was described as being over six feet tall. He spoke some English. He participated in the Cornstalk War in 1765, the Pontiac War in 1766 with raids into the the Little Kanawha and Big Sany River Valleys. He was an emmissary for Cornstalk to Point Pleasant in 1775, and became a chief in 1777. He and his father were murdered at Point Pleasant. According to James Red Wolf, after Chief Cornstalk and his son, Elinipsico were murdered at Point Pleasant, his children were adopted by the Long Hunters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornstalk From the VIRGINIA GAZETTE 3 April 1778 By HIS Excellency PATRICK HENRY Governor, or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of VIRGINIA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a most barbarous murder was on the tenth day of November last committed by a number of persons belonging to a detachment of the militia of this state an Indian chief called CORNSTALK, his son, and two other Indians at Fort Randolph on the Ohio, although the said Indians had been convicted of no hostile act or purpose, and were at that time under the pl ghted (sic) protection of the garrison of the place, whereby a deep wound has been given to the honor and faith of this country, the laws of the state have been most flagrantly violated, and the vengeance of a cruel enemy provoked on the innocent inhabitants of the western frontiers, as well as a dangerous example given to licentious and bloodthirsty men wantonly to involve their country in the horrours of a savage war; and whereas it appears from sundry depositions transmitted to me that James Hall of the county of Rockbridqe, and Malcolm McCown of Augusta, Adam Barnes of Greenbrier, William Roane of Rockbridge and Hugh Galbreath of Rockbridge were deeply concerned in promoting and perpetrating the said outrage, I do by and with the advice of the Council of State issue this my proclamation strictly requiring the citizens of this commonwealth, more especially all officers civil and military, to use the most vigorous exertions to bring these seperate offenders to the punishment due their guilt. And as an encouragement thereto, as well as a proof of the public abhorrence of such detestable crimes, I do offer to such person or persons as shall secure any of the offenders so that they be brought to justice the following rewards that is for James Hall 200 dollars, for Malcolm McCown 150 dollars, for Adam Barnes, William Roane and Hugh Galbreath i00 dollars each. Given under my hand at the Council Chamber in the city of Williamsburg this 27th day of March in the second year of the commonwealth, Anno Dom 1778 There is a lot of discussion on the Christian family forums on Rootsweb, Ancestry, and Genealogy.com about this possible parentage of Thomas Bailey Christian and Rachel Skaggs. There has been no definitive proof on this, although Mr. Red Wolf alludes to "proof" in the Virginia State Archives, but has not shared any proof beyond oral history from one part of the Christian and Skaggs families. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=adkinsfam&id=I19526 Another source: http://dahnmonwhittgenealogy.com/individual.php?pid=I14685&ged=Dahnmon-Whitt%20Family	Cornstalk, Ellinipsico (I17)
12300	Claim made in Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene. This is a fraud. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shawnee_Heritage_Fraud	Cornstalk, Margaret "Peggy" (I10056)