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24601	She was baptised at Blethington, Oxfordshire on 17 September 1693. Her Godparents were John Coghill and Mrs. Coghill (presumably her maternal grandparents), and Mrs. Knapp (her aunt Elizabeth, née Coghill). She married William Walter, MD around 1721 and had one son. She then married William Austen, another physician.	Hampson, Rebecca (I36328)
24602	She was born afte the death of her father. She was the first wife of Sidney Fitch of Clifton Forge, Va.	HENLEY, Elizabeth Thomas (I6392)
24603	She was born either in PA or VA.	DOAK, Eleanor (I5740)
24604	She was buried at her daughter Susannah Walker Fleet's home, Rural Felicity. Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters ..., Volume 1 By MALCOLM HART HARRIS, MD, p. 451-52 After John Walker's death she married Obediah Marriott, an attorney with a small fortune. She lived to be a very old woman, and her great-grandson recalls her living with his father Humphrey Walker a few years after he was born and then living with her grandson, Capt. William Fleet living below King and Queen Court House, on the river.	BAYLOR, Elizabeth (I6422)
24605	She was called Aunt Lize. Lived near John R. Pack in a one room cabin. Had many cats and talked to herself. Believes her divorce was over her being mistreated or over husband wanting her money and land. (From Nancy Whitaker Tate) CENSUS RECORDS 1870 United States Federal Census taken on 29 Aug 1870; Page 297B; Family #585 Name: Eliza Pack Age in 1870: 14 [4] Birth Year: abt 1856 [1866] Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Knob Household Members: Fleming Pack 35 Rebecca T Pack 30 Levi Pack 7 James Pack 9 William Pack 5 Eliza Pack 4 John Pack 1 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Louisa Pack [Eliza] Age: 18 Birth Year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Fleming Pack Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Keeping House Household Members: Fleming Pack 40 Eliza Pack 18 Leova Pack 16 William Pack 12 John Pack 10 Margret Pack 7 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Lueyra Pack [Eliza] Age: 32 Birth Date: Nov 1867 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Divorced Father's Name: Flemmers Pack [Fleming] Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Fleniners Pack 64 Liza Pack 32 James Pack 9 Mandy Buster 44 [servant, but was her aunt Amanda Pack] Crocket Buster 18 [laborer, but was her cousin] Matilda Buster 15 [help, but was her cousin] 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Eliza Pack Age: 52 Birth Year: abt 1868 Birthplace: West Virginia Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Divorced Father's Birthplace: Virginia Home Owned: Rent Able to Read: No Able to Write: No Household Members: Eliza Pack 52 OBITUARY Bluefield Daily Telegraph; 6 February 1938 Impressive last rites were held Wed afternoon for Mrs. Elizabeth Pack. 78 year old Baptist Valley lady, who died instantly in the morning at the home of a nephew, Brooks Pack. Mrs. Pack was born In McDowell county on March 18, 1861, and moved to this community when a young girl. Surviving are two brothers, John R. Pack, of Cedar Bluff, and William Pack, of War, W. Va., and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Dennie, of Finwick. W. Va. The Rev. Herman Lovelace officiated at the services. Interment took place In the family cemetery near the Pack home. STORY Story by Georgia Mansfield says the second wife, also named Rebecca, died of Consumption (Tuberulosis) Note: Georgia Maude Quesenberry Maxfield, an 80 year old Tazewell resident (deceased), has written these recollections of early Tazewell County life as told to her by her great-grandmother and her grandmother. Her Recollections appeared in the Tazewell Newspaper sometime in the early 1980's. Georgia was the daughter of George & Mary Frances Burress Quesenberry. Collected by Michelle Burruss Little Liza Pack Eases Her Ailing Stepmother's Worries Now along about this time, Sarah's brother Flemming Pack had grown up, fallen in love, and married a beautiful frontier woman name Becky Hoback. [Actually it was Recebba Burruss] Flem was a good sized man, and he dearly loved his Becky, but love alone was not enough to stop the deadly typhoid fever that took her young life. No one could put a name to the immense sorrow Flem endured while mourning the loss of Becky, but his was doing nothing to find a mother for three kids. Flem then turned his interest to finding a new wife, which didn't take long. This wife, too, was young and pretty, and her name was Becky Jones. She and Flem endured many hardships, and presently they had two children of their own, bringing their family total to five. Now, believe me, life in those days was a trail in itself - long, cold, dark winters without much to eat at any one given time. Their cabin was not only small and drafty, but it was damp. It sat on the banks of what was a great river. The way grandmother told it, it was much larger then, it was the almighty Clinch River. The fog off that river could bring a chill clean to the bones. Such was the case with Flem and Becky the second. While Flem worked at the sawmill somewhere between Cliffield and Pounding Mill, work of any kind was hard to come by. There were no roads except dirt roads, and no railroad until many years later in 1905. Even though Flem worked very hard at the mill and Becky worked hard at home, there came a time when things began to change at home. At first, cousin Flem thought it might be possible that Becky was beginning to resent his children by his first marriage. Now Flemming Pack was a man of few words. He was quiet even to the point of shyness. When the men teased him about it, he'd just laugh and say that was how he got his women. But he began to study in his own mind if he was really right. One warm, clear evening, he took a walk in the woods looking for wild game, and he thought, "Self, let us study this thing about a while and see what turns about." So that night, instead of falling asleep straight away as usual, he just pretended to sleep. When young Becky's didn't come in to bed right away, Flem called out, "Becky, what are you doing? Are you coming to bed?" Becky replied, "I'll be there shortly, I'm sewing." After a long while, Flem heard no sound. He slipped out of bed and looked around the door, only to find Becky asleep, with her head lying on the hard, homemade table. Flem just let her sleep for a long while. Becky slept this way until along toward morning, when Flem decided it was time to get her to bed without her finding out he had known she was asleep. He pretended to put wood on the fire, dropped a log with a loud bang, and Becky stated awake and came running. "I'm sorry about the noise," he said, hugged her close, and carried her off to bed, pretending not to notice the time. No sooner had he started to go to sleep than Becky started to cough, softly at first, then profusely. The next morning, Flem asked her how long she had been doing this. "Oh," Becky sighed, "for a long time now..." Her neglect of the children was not of any one child. Instead of washing them herself and dressing them, she began to tell them to go wash up and dress themselves. This was beginning to get to Flemming. The next day being Friday, after work was over, instead of riding straight home, he said down on the porch of the mill. A big man called Irish stopped and asked, "What's eatin' ye?" Flem told his best friend how Becky had been acting. Irish sucked on his corn cob pipe and allowed that something wasn't clicking just right, so if it was okay with Flem, he and his Mandy would pay them a visit on Sunday. They had to come from Pounding Mill Branch, a long way by horse and wagon. Come Sunday, Becky was excited at the thought of company, and hurried to do her chores. Flem noticed a slight stoop in her shoulder as he tried to hurry with all her might, every few mintues stopping to cough. Around noon, the red-headed Irishman and his blond, blue-eyed Mandy came calling on Flem and Becky. As the lunch drew to a close, the talk grew less and less, and Flem allowed as how he would like to show Irish some animals outside. While the women washed the dishes, Becky stopped and went to the window. Looking out at the men, she began to cry softly. Now this was a little more than Mandy Irish could take, so big Mandy took Becky in her arms and held her close. Mandy could feel the rattle in Becky's body, just above the waist. "Becky, Flem told Irish how you've been coughing all night." Mandy said. Becky tried in vain to deny it. Mandy walked over to the double bed, pulled down the double wedding ring quilt top, and said, "Now Becky, look at these bleached pillow cases. I guess you've been carrying strawberries in these cases in October. Is these red and brown spots anything but from your mouth at night?" finished Mandy, pointing to the bright red stains on Becky's pillow only. Becky's face was a grayish white. She just stook and looked at Mandy speechlessly. Mandy asked, "How long have you been staining your pillow?" "Oh, a couple of weeks or so, I guess. After a while, I just didn't pay any attention," answered Becky. Mandy hugged her. "If you stay wrapped up and don't do hardly any work - you'll have to stay in the house when it gets colder - you just may get to see the spring come." Mandy smiled trying to make Becky feel better. Becky began to cry, "Oh Mandy, whatever will become of Flem? He's lost one Becky, that nearly killed him, and now it's my turn. I feel so guilty. I told him I would raise his children when we were married." Mandy held her tight, "it's this darn river" she said. Both were unaware of the three pointed little faces peering around the door. There were Flem's children. His and Becky's were asleep. The late fall sunshine made halo's around the blonde heads of the children. The oldest was 12 year old Liza, who promptly spoke up. "Mommy Becky, please don't cry. I will take care of Poppy till as long as he lives." Mandy and Becky turned around to face them. Becky grabbed Liza by the arm. "Will you swear on the Bible to always put your father first? Oh, Liza, if only I knew you would I could die in peace." "Becky," scolded Mandy, "The Bible!" By this time Becky had gotten the Bible off the mantelpiece. "Yes, the Bible," whispered Becky. "Becky, that's not fair to Liza," objected Mandy. "It's all right," said Liza, placing her hand on the Bible, "I swear by this Bible and all that's holy to look after my Poppy as long as he lives," said Liza. Then, turning to Mandy, she asked, "What's wrong with Mommy Becky?" Mandy sat down in the bark bottom chair. "Oh my child," she said, taking Liza on her lap. "Your momma is dying of comsumption. The wealthy folk call it tuberculosis, but no matter anyway, there's still no cure, for it's deadly. It always kills those afflicted with it. We couldn't cure it, even if we could find a doctor," said Mandy. Now Mandy and Becky were both God fearing Christians. Irish and Flem came in about that time, they had heard the whole thing. Flemming hugged Becky to his chest. Little Liza patted both their hands, "It'll be all right, Poppy." "Now, now," said Irish. "It mightn't be all that bad as we think. Any howsomever, we can pray. God always has a way with sickness," he finished, hanging his head to hide the tears. --------------------- Flemming Pack Loses Another Wife For the second time in young Flemming Pack's life, God didn't take a hand. As fall wore on into winter, the mill shut down, and poor Becky grew worse and worse. By Christmas it was all Becky could do to put a meal on the table, even with Liza's help. Shortly after New Year's she could no longer leave her bed, except when Flem would pick up her bony little frame and sit it in the big chair he had made for her by the fireplace. One day Becky said to Flem, "Flemming, I'm truly sorry to take so much of your time." Flem bowed down on his knees in front of Becky, laid his head in her lap for just a moment, and cried softly. When he raised his head he smiled at Becky and said, "Becky, you know what I was thinking?" I know you are sick but I will have you. What I mean is, I was down at the store this morning, and Thacker and the others said them devilish Indians got two more white women yesterday, that's what they said," finished Flem. "They left by way of Roark's Gap again, too." Becky said, "I guess my sickness is a blessing in disguise. I'd rather be dead than to have to endure what those women are going to go through." Time went very fast from then on. One day in early spring, the sun came in so warm that Becky asked Flem to take her outside, as she believed spring had broke. He carried her out to the big oak tree and propped her up on her quilt with pillows. She saw robins, read birds, and blue jays busy building nests, a couple of squirrels, and their faithful old crows that always built a nest across the river in the tall sycamore. Liza and the other four little children picked dandelions and violets by the bunch and brought them to Becky. "Flem," said Becky, "Do you see that little sycamore where the land is level? Please bury me there, put these flowers on my grave, and bring me that square green stone down by the river for my head stone. I love you all." Becky started to cough badly. Now, by the time Flem could put her to bed there was no breath left in her. Becky the second was gone to meet her Maker. Liza ran as fast as her young legs would carry her to the Irishes' place. All out of breath, she managed to say, "Aunt Mandy, Momma Becky's gone. Would you all please come over?" Mandy said she would, Irish went to tell the neighbors. By sundown, the older ladies of the community had Becky "all laid out" as it was called, which was to bathe and dress her in her best clothes and high top button shoes, and comb her hair. The men helped Flem to make her coffin of dressed poplar boards he had been saving up. He insisted on doing it mostly himself. They all stayed for the setting up all night, and buried her the next morning at sunrise in the flat under the sycamore. They placed the green stone at her head. All summer Flem worked hard gathering roots and herbs in the mountain to sell to a man who traveled in a covered wagon from community to community. He bought them as well as all the furs he could buy in the fall. Now back in those days where West Virginia was all the way to Cedar Bluff, it was all Virginia wilderness. Flem made it through that winter after Becky had died, but when it came spring again and his children put flowers on her grave, it was a little more than he could take. He gave away everything that he could travel without, packed up his five young children, and set out for the high mountains of West Virginia. He went back far into the wilderness where the soil was good and black and built them a cabin. Flem and the children gathered herbs and roots all summer. That fall, he explained to the children he'd have to make a trip to Pounding Mill to sell their herbs and furs. Liza was now 13, and quite grown up. Cousin Flem said for her to take good care of the children and not let them go away from the cabin, for the moon would be big and full so they wouldn't be afraid, and he would be back some time the next day. So that evening Liza made them a pot of corn meal mush for supper. They took their wooden spoons and sat down in the floor. Liza took their three legged iron pot off the fireplace and set it on the floor, so they ate this for supper. The iron pot was all the had to cook in, so when they were through eating they just left the iron pot on the floor. Now, cousin Flem hadn't gotten around to making a door to the cabin - he said he would when he got back - so they hung a homemade quilt over the door and they went to bed. Their beds were bunks framed to the wall and woven with rope or hickory bark. Now it was getting dark. They pulled the covers up over their heads to sleep. All the children had gone to sleep a short time later, except for Liza. Out on the ease point of the ridge, just behind the house, Liza heard the gathering call of the well-known timber wolf. She listened intently. soon another and then another - they were close now, and she began to be afraid. She silently woke the children and put them on the top bunk and warned them to be quiet. They stuffed the cover into their mouths to make sure one wouldn't cry out. They next thing they knew, the leader of the pack came sliding under the quilt. It was a large gray wolf with a ruff around its neck. The another and another, until all five have come in. Luck and God himself were with the children. The wolves didn't notice the children, they were intent on fighting over the pot, which luckily for all them turned over and rolled out the door, down the hill, and into the creek. Liza and the children jumped out of bed, turned the heavy homemade table over, and put it and everything else across the door. Now as all this was taking place with the children, Cousin Flem was having a bad experience of his own. By the time he'd left Pounding Mill and gotten to Amonate, he could tell by the way his horse was acting, it kept shying and stopping and shivering, that they were being tracked by a predatory animal. So when he go to the top of the first mountain he saw his quarry, a large yellow panther. It seemed to be jumping from tree to tree and bank to bank. This kept up for miles and miles, until the back horse was almost given out. They had arrived almost home, at the edge of the clearning, when the great panther jumped out of the tree to jump on Flem, but it missed him and clawed the hors's hinquarters badly. Flem jumped down, ran into the house, got his muzzle load gun, and killed the panther. When Liza got up that morning, she had to go down the hill and get her pot, which had been licked clean by the wolves. So after Flem was told of their horrifying experience, he made them a heavy door to do until cold weather. Grandma had been praying diligently, as had Cousin Ellie, that he would bring the children back out of the wilderness for the winter. Their prayers were answered. Flem brought them back to Pounding Mill and never took then back. He would go, but never again with the children. He went every summer and gathered as long as he was able. When he brought them back the first time, he bought a three acre farm with a three room house on it in what is now known as Baptist Valley. Liza never stayed married. She had gotten married after Flem died, but her husband wanted here to will her land over to him. She wouldn't, and ran him off. Before this, you see, Liza had stayed single and true to her promise to Becky, she kept house for her poppy and younger brother Jim, until Jim grew up. When Flem died in his late fifties or early sixites, it was learned he had willed the land to Liza. Flem had willed Liza his Civil War pension as well as the land. He left his whole little life's savings to young Jim - it was $900. At that time, it was a lot of money. --------------- A Cape Becomes a Coffin Now, along about this time everywhere you would look there were posters and advertisements, every one just alike, "Go west, young man, go west." After Jim having talked it over with some of the older men in Pounding Mill, he decided this was the thing for him to do. Second Cousin Jim Pack left on the No. 5 train headed west on April 30, 1905, taking his ring with him and leaving Grandma and the rest of the families weeping. They all felt sure they were never see him again. They prayed for many years - Grandma prayed on 'til the very day she died, but they never heard from young Jim again, at least not that we know of. The woman writing this was his second cousin born the next day after Jim left. Her real name is Maudie Georgia Quesenberry, but it was changed later to Georgia Maude Quesenberry. She married a Scotch-Irishman named Robert Nathan Maxfield. At this writing she is still living. Liza Pack lived to be in her 70's. She stayed in what we know as Baptist Valley. She had a room or two added to the house, and raised a garden and corn for her hogs and cow. She also had a giant dog. He was a bloodhound, though we don't know how she came by it. Duke is what she called it. Now, it was known that a wealthy farmer in the upper end of the valley tried to buy an acre of her land. They made the deal and he planted his corn on it, but he never paid her for it. When the corn got ripe, she politely took a sack and shocked it full of corn. Now, somebody told the gentleman, and he came running. He said she'd better not use his corn, and she told him that while that was the truth, he had never paid her for the land. He looked at her and departed, and that was the last of that. Now in that valley there was a lot of young boys who passed her house a lot going fishing and other things. They would rock her house, break out her windows, tear down her gates, and a number of other things that weren't right. In time, Liza grew tired of this, and trained big Duke to really put them on the move. He'd bite them if he could, and tore their pockets off, and their sleeves, and Liza would just laugh. "Severs them right," she'd say. So Duke broke up the rocking. Liza had plenty of clothes, but none like the beautiful black velvet cape lined with red satin. What made it more interesting is, clothes back then were usually made from gingham, percale, linen, calico, and flannelette. That cape certainly was not the thing a poor person would wear. As time went along, old Duke grew old and died. It was in the winter and the ground was frozen, so Liza dug a long, deep grave in an old shed where it was sheltered. She wrapped Duke carefully in the velvet and satin cape and buried him. This was much to the disgrace and shame of the family. They raised a row that could be heard that could be heard all around. My daddy (George M. Quesenberry) solved the problem by saying to Uncle Jim (Quesenberry) and Uncle Isom (Quesenberry) that it was Liza's cape, and he guessed she could do with it whatever she wanted.	PACK, Louisa Elizabeth (Eliza) (I2879)
24606	She was first cousin to Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Virginia and to Gov. Samuel Argall, who traded a copper kettle for Pocahontas.	SCOTT, Deborah (I6689)
24607	She was from Goshen, VA.	BROWNE, Sarah (I6406)
24608	She was from KY and lived in Abingdon, VA.	SUMPTER, Frances (I84)
24609	She was from KY.	RAY, Lula (I6273)
24610	She was from KY.	MCCORMICK (I6626)
24611	She was from Middlesex Co. VA	JONES, Ann (I6678)
24612	She was from Millers Tavern, VA	HOSKINS, Hannah Elizabeth (Lizzie) (I6263)
24613	She was from Panama.	WHITE, Eugenia (I2112)
24614	She was from Saltville. CENSUS RECORDS 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Kate Whiteaker Age: 30 Birth Date: Oct 1869 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Broadford, Smyth, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital status: Married Spouse's Name: James B Whiteaker Marriage Year: 1898 Years Married: 2 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Mother: number of living children: 0 Mother: How many children: 0 Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: James B Whiteaker 33 Kate Whiteaker 30 Miriah Murphy 55 [servant] 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Kate G Whiteaker Age in 1910: 40 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Broadford, Smyth, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital status: Married Spouse's Name: James B Whiteaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: England Household Members: James B Whiteaker 42 Kate G Whiteaker 40 James A Whiteaker 9 Mary E Whiteaker 7 Robert B Whiteaker 4 Gary H J Whiteaker 1 year 7 months James Kimbrough 61 [husband's cousin] 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Katherine Whitticker [Katherine Whitteaker] Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital status: Married Spouse's Name: James Whitteaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: England Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: James Whitteaker 52 Katherine Whitteaker 50 James Whitteaker 19 Mary E Whitteaker 16 Robert B Whitteaker 14 Garry S Whitteaker 11 Henry C Whitteaker 8 Alan B Whitteaer 7 Minnie Barley 15 [lodger] James Kimbrough 71 [husband's cousin]	GARY, Katherine (Kate) (I744)
24615	She was from Winterpock in Chesterfield Co., VA.	GRIMES, Susie (I6252)
24616	She was his cousin.	WILLIAMS, Eloise (I6485)
24617	She was his first cousin.	HARRISON, Juliette (I6448)
24618	She was his first cousin. They had 10 children. Their grandson, Thomas Walker Gilmer, was Gov. of VA in 1840.	WALKER, Lucy (I6445)
24619	She was his first wife.	UNKNOWN (I1423)
24620	She was his second wife.	DAVIS, Cora Lee (I2641)
24621	She was his second wife. His first wife was her sister Elizabeth Thomas.	HENLEY, Roberta Lee (I6386)
24622	She was killed along with her mother when they were thrown from a carriage. CENSUS RECORDS 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Sarah Alexander Age in 1870: 1 Birth Year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: Township 9 Range 29, Barbour, Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Eufaula Household Members: Moses Alexander 34 Lou Alexander 34 Sarah Alexander 1 Saml Alexander 77 James Poston 26	ALEXANDER, Sarah Edna (I12250)
24623	She was killed in an Indian massacre along with her father. Her mother and infant sister were carried off to Quebec and sold to the French.	Otis, Hannah (I12959)
24624	She was killed on her 20th birthday by a drunk driver.	NIELSEN, SherRee Elicia (I8321)
24625	She was most likely a daughter of one of the Quaker families who resided in the area. On 21 June 1751 Jacob Banker purchased the Hill Spring tract from Thomas Bentley of Frederick Co., MD. His wife, Hannah, relinquished her dower rights to the said land. On 5 June 1767 Thomas Bentley of "Roan" [Rowan] Co. NC sold land to Jacob Banker. Hannah again relinquished her dower rights. Lincoln Co., NC Deeds Book 18, Sept 1, 1785, Hannah Bentley & Daniel Bentley to George Savage & Catharine Bollinger [all of Lincoln Co.] for 20 sold 25 acres on waters of side of Indian Creek, being plantation she lives on; being land accepted in the deed that Daniel Bently made to Jacob Bollinger and being tract the was left to Hannah Bentley by "infremtion"; part of tract sold by Thomas Welch to Thomas Bentley. Signed Hannah's mark and Daniel Bentley. Witness, Benj Moore, Richard Whitaker and William Yonts. [Note: Husband of Margaret Bentley] 3 Wit. oath Jan 1797 by Benjamin Moore. Book 18, page 145. [Note: Benjamin Moore was the Constable. 1879 fourth of May that year he conveyed to his wife, Hannah for the natural love and affection "which I bear & have unto Hannah Bentley, my beloved wife" all his goods, chattels, leases, plate jewels, working tools and one negro man named Saul. To All People to Whom These Presents Come, I, Thomas Bentley of Lincoln County in the State of North Carolina & on the fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty nine Send Greeting Know ye, that I, Thomas Bentley, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I bear & have unto Hannah Bentley, my beloved wife and for also other good causes and considerations met thereunto moving here given granted and by these presents do give grant & confirm unto the said Hannah Bentley, all my goods, chattels, Lesses, debts, plate, jewels, working tools, one Negro man named Saul, and all my other substance. In presence of Thomas Bentley (his B mark) Test. Francis McNemar Lamuel Saunders Lincoln Co., NC, Deed Book 3, page 508 In the 1790 Lincoln County census, Hannah Bentley was listed as the head of household with three other females in her house which are probably the younger daughters, or grand-daughters, which are not yet married, and one slave. Thus it can be determined Thomas died between the dates of May 4, 1789, and the census of 1790. Hannah sold to her "daughter," Margaret Bentley, all her goods, chattels, and plantation for "natural love and affection" on April 1, 1793. To all People to whom these Presents shall come, I, Hannah Bentley, of Lincoln County in the State of North Carolina and on the first day April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three send greeting know ye that I, Hannah Bentley for and in consideration of the natural love and affection I bear and have unto my daughter Mergert Bentley and also for other causes and considerations met hereunto moving have given and granted and by these presents do give grant & confirm unto the said Mergret Bentley all my goods & chattels my land & plantation my debts plate, jewels working tools one negro man named Saul and all my other substance whatsoever moveable & immoveable of what kind Nature & Quality soever the same are and in what place or places. Soever the same shall be found as well as in my custody of possessions as in the possession or hands power & custody of any other person or persons whatsoever, or all those goods & chattels land & plantation, debts and all the other aforesaid premises unto the said Margaret Bentley her heirs Executors & admrs [administrators] to her and their own proper use forever and I the said Hannah Bentley all & singular the aforesaid goods & chattels & premises to the said Margaret Bentley her executors admrs I assign against all persons & do warrant and do forever defend and by these presents. In witness thereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal the day & year first above written. Test. Francis McNemar Hannah (her mark) Bentley Lydia (her mark) McNemar Lincoln County April Sessions 1793) The within deed was proved in open court by the oath of Francis McNemar and ordered to be registered. Witness: Jo Dickson Cle [Clerk] Lincoln Co., NC, Deed Book 16 page 371. During the January 1795 court session for Lincoln County, the court ordered that "Hannah Bentley be notified to attend our next County court to administer on the Estate of Thomas Bentley her late husband otherwise Letters [of administration] will issue accordingly." At the April 1795 court session letters of administration were issued to Hannah, "?widow & relict," with Jacob Ricard and Jacob Bollinger as her securities in the sum of 400 pounds. Hannah Bentley, acting as administrator of her deceased husband's estate, stated in a document to the Lincoln County Court dated 8 July 1795 that Thomas Bentley, in his life, had at different times given parts of his property to his children to provide for and to advance them and that also before his death had made a deed of appointment for the purpose of supporting her in the event that she survived him. She knew of no debts due from the estate. Hannah proceeded to name the articles that had been conveyed to her, consisting of livestock, household articles, a negro boy named Saul, one big Bible, and other farm and clothing articles. Hannah signed her mark upon the document. On 1 September 1795 the widow Hannah Bentley and her son, Daniel, sold to George Savage and Catherine Bollinger the plantation on which Hannah lived. 1 September 1795. Hannah Bentley & Daniel Bentley of Lincoln County to George Savage & Catherine Bollinger, both of Lincoln County, for 20 pounds, a tract of land that Thomas Bentley bought of Thomas Welch in Lincoln County on the waters of Indian Creek on the south side of the creek, it being the plantation she [Hannah Bentley] now lives on. It being the land [25 acres] that was accepted [excepted] in the deed that Daniel Bentley made to Jacob Bollinger [doesn't give boundaries] Signed: Hannah Bentley (her mark), Daniel Bentley. Witnesses: Benj. Moore, Richard Whiteakker, William Yonts. Lincoln Co., NC, Deed Book 18, page 146. Hannah seems to have lived with son, Benjamin, in Alexander County, NC after Thomas' death. Hannah was approximately 70 -75 years old when she sold this land. She had sold all her possessions to her daughter, Margaret Bentley, two years earlier. It is possible Hannah sold her goods and land so she could migrate with the families of her son Daniel Bentley and son-in-law Richard Whitaker to Washington County, Virginia, where they appear in the personal property tax lists for the years 1803, 1804 and 1805. Hannah probably died in Washington County, Virginia. She was not enumerated in the 1800 Lincoln County, NC, census.	Hannah (I840)
24626	She was named by Dr. James D. Whiteaker of KY who visited the week of her birth. Zeralda was the name of his wife. She and her husband were first cousins. By all accounts Mertie was colorful, petite and pretty. After her husband's death, Mertie lived in house provided for her by her father, Dock. Was foster mother to two Altizer boys, Curtis and Ulysses, Tom's grandsons. (children of Nannie Whitaker and Grover Altizer.) Ulysses inherited everything after her death including the land where the cemetery was located. CENSUS RECORDS 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Mertie S Whitaker Age: 13 Birth Date: Aug 1886 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: D L Whitaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Lou Whitaker Mother's Birthplace: Virginia 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Mirtie S Whiteaker Age in 1910: 23 Birth Year: abt 1887 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 W Whiteaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Thomas W Whiteaker 28 Mirtie S Whiteaker 23 Henderson Whiteaker 11 Celia Whiteaker 9 Nannie Whiteaker 6 Doak Whiteaker 4 Ray Whiteaker 2 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Myrtle Whitaker Age: 33 Birth Year: abt 1887 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Thomas Whitaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Thomas Whitaker 38 Myrtle Whitaker 33 Alice Whitaker 18 Nannie Whitaker 16 Doak Whitaker 14 Ray Whitaker 11 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Myrtle S Whitaker Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1887 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Name Age Myrtle S Whitaker 43 Doak E Whitaker 24 Ulys Whitaker 5 [step-grandson] Dock Whitaker 74 [father-in-law] 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Myrtle Whittaker Respondent: Yes Age: 53 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Street: County Road 627 Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Residence in 1935: Same House House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $800 Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Household Members: Myrtle Whittaker 53 Doak Whittaker 35 Erivas Whittaker 15 [Ulysses] Curtis Whittaker 18	WHITAKER, Myrtle Zarilda (I110)
24627	She was named for her sister who died. This naming custom wasn't that unusual.	McNamara, Zipporah (I25538)
24628	She was no longer alive in 1900 as her husband is listed as widowed and living in Tazewell Co. VA	Wall, Alice (I34219)
24629	She was one half Shawnee and is listed as Fleetie on the Cherokee/Shawnee roll. From the Bluejacket, OK Gazette Everett Tate of Bluejacket and Miss Fleeta Barbee of Afton applied for a marriage license on December 20, 1917.	Barbee, Fleeta (I15651)
24630	She was sister to General William Campbell (1745 ? August 22, 1781) the Revolutionary War hero of such battles as King?s Mountain, Guilford Court House, and many campaigns against area Loyalists. He inherited the large "Buffalo LIck" tract of land in VA from his father, Charles Campbell. He may also have received a large grant of land for his military service. He was married to Elizabeth Henry, one of Patrick Henry's many sisters.	CAMPBELL, Jane (Jean) (I10108)
24631	She was sister to Johanna McIllwain who married William Kirk's brother, Robert Nathaniel (Robin) Kirk.	MCILLWAIN, Elizabeth (I7453)
24632	She was sister to Walter Emmett Russell's wife, Lula. 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Bettie Via Age: 26 Birth Year: abt 1854 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: James Via Occupation: Horticulturalist Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Lucy A. Via Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Anne Elizabeth Via was living a few houses from Warren Russell, her future father-in-law. Charles wasn't living at home during that time, but is highly likely both families knew each other well. 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Ann E Russell Age: 45 Birth Date: Jan 1855 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Richmond, Clay Ward, Richmond City, Virginia [Henrico] Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Charles I Russell Marriage Year: 1882 Years Married: 18 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Mother: number of living children: 5 Mother: How many children: 6 Household Members: Charles I Russell 43 Ann E Russell 45 Sallie L Russell 16 Charles C Russell 13 James Warren Russell 11 William A Russell 9 Frances V Russell 4 Lula B Via 32 [sister 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Anne E Russell Age in 1910: 50 Birth Year: 1860 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Richmond Clay Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Charles F Russell Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Charles F Russell 50 Anne E Russell 50 Sauce L Russell 25 Chas C Russell 23 Joe W Russell 21 Willie A Russel 18 Frank V Russel 13 Lula B Via 30 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Annie E Russell Age: 65 Birth Year: abt 1855 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Midlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Charles F Russell Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Charles F Russell 64 Annie E Russell 65 Sallie T Russell 35 William A Russell 28 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Anne E Russell Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1855 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Home in 1930: Midlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Charles F Russell Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Charles F Russell 74 Anne E Russell 75 Sally L Russell 44 William A Russell 38	VIA, Ann Elizabeth (Bettie) (I5955)
24633	She was the aunt of Gen. Sam Houston of Texas, and daughter of Robert Houston. Find A Grave Info http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89636262 Elizabeth and James lived on the North Fork of the James River in Rockbridge County and were members of the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church. This page also has information on her children.	Houston, Elizabeth (I10373)
24634	She was the d/o James Biss and Sarah Christian Altizer. Noah Altizer, her brother, married Tom Whitaker's neice, Mollie, d/o of Hiram. This marriage increased the boiling point for the feud.	ALTIZER, Mary L. (I105)
24635	She was the daughter of a Presbyterian preacher, James Waddel. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Waddel	Waddel, Janetta (I10383)
24636	She was the daughter of Captain John Buchanan and Margaret Campbell of Beverly Manor, one of the fist settlers of Augusta Co. John Buchanan (Beverley Manor SW, 784 acres, 1741) and (from Benj. Borden, heir, executor to John Buchanan. Testator agreed in his lifetime to sell to J. B. (John Buchanan) £3; part of 98,100 acres, beginning on the creek corner to Jno. Edmiston; 100 acres, 19 March 1747 from Chalkley's)	Buchanan, Margaret (I16411)
24637	She was the daughter of Isaac Shelby, who was twice governor of KY, and was a a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. While governor, he personally led the Kentucky militia in the Battle of the Thames, an action that was rewarded with a Congressional Gold Medal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Shelby Find A Grave info http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65537530 Sarah was the daughter of Governor Isaac Shelby and Susannah Hart. She married Dr. Ephraim McDowell in 1802 and they were the parents of nine children with only five living to adulthood. Sarah and Ephraim were both originally buried in the Shelby Family Burying Ground in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Their remains were reinterred in 1879 in McDowell Park, which was created and dedicated in Dr. McDowell's honor by the Kentucky Medical Society on December 13th and 14th, 1879. Four of their children remain interred in the Shelby Family Burying Ground in Lincoln County. (bio by: Deb Redmon)	Shelby, Sarah (I10222)
24638	She was the daughter of John Benjamin Murrell and Louisa Jane Tabor.	Murrell, Jennie Evelyn (I14127)
24639	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	DAVIDSON, Clara (I618)
24640	She was the daughter of Samuel Garlick of " Mt. Pleasant," King William County. Samuel Garlick was the immigrant for this family.	GARLICK, Hannah (I6654)
24641	She was the daughter of William Wesley Key, who went by the name "Wesley" and who appears as "insane" in the Daniel Bryant household on the 1850 Census for Jasper County, MO.	Key, Lucy (I32892)
24642	She was the oldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. She was the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth (Republican-Ohio), a party leader and 43rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and the couple's only child was a result of her affair with Senator William Borah of Idaho. Alice Roosevelt Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roosevelt_Longworth	Roosevelt, Alice Lee (I10475)
24643	She was the only child and heiress of Reginald Pympe, Sheriff of Kent and Elizabeth Pashley. She was heir to her mother in respect of the manor of Evegate in Smeeth,etc, and on the reversal of the attainder in 1485 of John Gower of Clapham, her great uncle, she became his heir. ---------------- The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, by Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, pp113-115 "The petition of Ann Pympe in the I of Henry VII for the reversal of said John Gower's attainder contains much information on the pedigree of that family. She describes her self as 'Ann Pympe daughter of Reginald Pympe and of Elizabeth, his late wife, cousin and heir of John Gower, late of Clapham in Surrey, Esquire, now dead. That is to say the daughter of said Elizabeth, daughter of Lowys, sister of the same John' who she states lost all of his lands and good supporting Henry VI, at Palm Sunday Field, and afterward attending the late Prince of Wales at Tewkesbury Field was taken and slain. [Note: this was during the War of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.] From her petition, which was successful, and the will of Thomas Gower in 1458, in is manifest that the said John and Thomas Gower, and William and Isabel Paselse all died without issues before 1485, and the petitioner Ann Pympe, became the heiress of Passele and Gower families of Clapham." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_(died_1533) Scott married, before 22 November 1506, Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire. Sir John Scott and Anne Pympe had five sons and seven daughters: William Scott, who died in 1536 without issue. Sir Reginald (or Reynold) Scott (1512-15 December 1554), Sheriff of Kent in 1541-42 and Captain of Calais and Sandgate, who married firstly Emeline Kempe, the daughter of Sir William Kempe of Olantigh, Kent, by Eleanor Browne, the daughter of Sir Robert Browne, by whom he was the father of Sir Thomas Scott (1535-30 December 1594) and two daughters, Katherine Scott, who married John Baker (c.1531-1604/6), by whom she was the mother of Richard Baker, and Anne Scott, who married Walter Mayney. Sir Reginald Scott married secondly Mary Tuke, the daughter of Sir Brian Tuke. Sir John Scott Richard Scott, esquire, the father of Reginald Scott (d. 1599), author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, George Scott. Mildred Scott, who married firstly, John Digges, esquire, the son of James Digges and half brother of Leonard Digges, and secondly, Richard Keyes, gentleman, by whom she was the mother of Thomas Keyes, who married Lady Mary Grey. Katherine Scott, who married Sir Henry Crispe. Isabel Scott, who married Richard Adams, esquire. Alice Scott. Mary Scott, who married Nicholas Ballard, gentleman. Elizabeth Scott. Sibyl Scott, who married Richard Hynde, esquire.	Pympe, Anne (I35965)
24644	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	MCNEW, Trully/Trula Victoria (I1960)
24645	She was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt and served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909. Edith grew up next door to Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt in New York and was best friends with his younger sister Corinne. She was T.R.'s first real playmate outside his immediate family. A quiet girl who loved books, she was often T.R.'s companion for summer outings at Oyster Bay, Long Island; but this ended when he entered Harvard College. Although she attended his wedding to Alice Hathaway Lee in 1880, their lives ran separately until 1885. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Roosevelt	Carrow, Edith Kermit (I10450)
24646	She was the sister of CSA Brigadier General James Byron Gordon.	Gordon, Martha Lenoir (I30373)
24647	She was the sister of Dr. John McChesney.	McChesney, Mary (I16224)
24648	She was the sister to Elizabeth McIllwain, wife of William Kirk who was the brother to Robert Nathaniel (Robin) Kirk.	MCILLWAIN, Johanna (I7460)
24649	She was the sister to Lexie Hutton who married Charles Whitaker. CENSUS RECORDS 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Orvel Hutton Age in 1910: 6 Birth Year: abt 1904 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Bristol, Bristol (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital status: Single Father's Name: M K Hutton Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Name: Louzety Hutton Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Orville Hutton Age: 16 Birth Year: abt 1904 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Bristol Ward 3, Bristol (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital status: Single Father's Name: M Kelly Hutton Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Name: Louzety Hutton Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Orvil Whittaker Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1904 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Home in 1930: Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Harry T Whittaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Harry T Whittaker 27 Orvil Whittaker 26 Zella F Whittaker 8 James K Whittaker 5 Harry B Whittaker 3 years 8 months Doris W Whittaker 1 year 7 months 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Orville Wittaker [Whitaker] Respondent: Yes Age: 36 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Home in 1940: Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee Street: Charlemont Inferred Residence in 1935: Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: No Household Members: Harry Wittaker 37 Orville Wittaker 36 Zella Wittaker 18 J K Wittaker 15 Harry Wittaker 13 Doris Wittaker 11 Anne Wittaker 6 Ronald Wittaker 2	Huttom, Orville Anna (I25123)
24650	She was the sister-in-law to his first wife. Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters ..., Volume 1 By MALCOLM HART HARRIS, MD p. 452 daughter of Co. Roger Gregory and Mildred Washington of Stratton Major Parish of King and Queen Co. Mildred Washington. Mildred was born 1695, Wakefield,Westmoreland Co. VA. Mildred Washington was the daughter of daughter of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner. Lawrence and Mildred Washington were the grandparents of President George Washington. Ruben Thornton was the brother to Mildred Thornton, Dr. Walker's first wife. Elizabeth outlived Dr. Walker, and married her 3rd husband a month before she died. She had no children by any of her husbands.	Gregory, Elizabeth (I6440)