Notes: Appalachian Aristocracy

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29401	The family reunion of 2004 was hosted at Milfords home in London, Kentuck. Where it was disco vered that he was the eldest livibg relative.	TATE, Milford Herman (I5607)
29402	The family story that has been passed down that Parker Adkins although being married to Mary Fry, he fathered a daughter with Bluesky. When Bluesky died at a young age, Parker took the child (Charity) back to his wife, Mary Fry Adkins, and she raised her as her own. Mary claimed this child as her own, knowing that it wasn't, but she had several sons and no daughter.	Adkins, Charity (I9947)
29403	The farm he inherited was held from the Earl of Halifax The YAS publication of the 1709 Wakefield Manor Book records that he was a resident of Hanging Heaton and paid 3 shillings. He was a freeholder and copyholder in the graveship of Ossett (page 99). He also paid (page 103) 5 pence rent for two houses and Lands in Ossett He is known from Deed in Vol A page 596 at Wakefield Registry of Deeds The date is 9 Nov in 8th year of Queen Anne's reign People involved Mark Whitaker the elder of Streetside, Ossett Samuel Williams of the City of York Doctor of Physick Theodore Williams John Whittaker, fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Mark's son) In the second part are Mark Whitaker the younger, Grocer and Anne Gleadhill of Mirfield, Spinster Concerning 3 houses in Kirkgate in the hands of John Fox John Fowler Joseph Holbrook The witnesses were William Oates and William Heron	Whitaker, Mark Jr. (I12279)
29404	The following was written by Alma Reed and copied verbatim By Juanita Collinsworth Oney. July 1, 1957 Midland, Ohio. To the best of my rememberance, my grandmother, Mary "Polly" Whitt Reed if she had lived up until now would have been 113 years old the 8th day of August 1957. She took me in when I was five days old after my mother died. She was a dear and loving grandmother to me. The Whitt generation about one hundred and twenty-five years ago came from Tazewell County, Virginia. He and his wife, Rebecca Day Whitt two years later was fixing for a working. He was cutting stove wood and supposedly a friend came along and gave him a few drinks of whiskey and so he was dead in four or five hours. Susannah Allen (was call "Sukey" by all) and a good neighbor was putting on his gloves after he was dressed for burial and he gripped her hand and she was so upset some one else had to put the gloves on him. So a few days latershe mentioned it to some one and they raised the casket and he had turned on his face in the casket. So the whiskey supposedly had put him in a coma for a time. Note By Juanita Collinsworth Oney I have heard this story from my father-in-law, George Kelly Oney, the great grandson of James Madison Whitt and Rebecca Day Whitt. James Madison Whitt and Rebecca owned all the land including the Kelly Oney, George Oney, and probably the Bowel Whitt farm on left hand fork of White Oak Creed at the time he died. Elisha Oney, who married James' daughter, Elizabeth Whitt bought out most of the heirs. Elisha and Elizabeth had several children. One son, James Madison was named after James Madison Whitt. James Madison Oney married a daughter of Susannah (Sukey) Allen and Daniel W. Allen. Her name was Rosa Belle Allen and the land was handed down through the generations. James Madison Whitt and Rebecca Day Whitt are buried in the old garden spot on the bank of White Oak Creek fairly close to the Morgan and Magoffin county line. After James Madison Whitt died the children that were still at home were taken in by relatives. Elisha and Elizabeth took in two or three and James and Rhoda Day Oney took James according to the census. Rhoda and Rebecca were sisters.	WHITT, Mary (Polly) (I4827)
29405	The groom's father, Dr. E.E. Wiley married the couple.	WILEY, Olin Fiske (I975)
29406	The groom's father, Dr. E.E. Wiley married the couple.	Family F579
29407	The History of Oregon: George was six years old when they crossed the plains to Oregon. After his arrival he had a severe attack of mountain fever and it affected his memory of the journey. He attended public schools and remained with his father until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he married. After his marriage he settled on the donation claim of his brother William Whitaker which contained 320 acres. This farm he purchased and farmed for twelve years. He is a stockholder in both the banks of Independence and has been a director of the First National Bank since its organization. CENSUS RECORDS 1850 Census Name: Washington Whitiker [Washington Whiteaker] Age: 7 Birth Year: abt 1843 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1850: Polk, Oregon Territory Gender: Male Family Number: 121 Household Members: Benj Whitiker 55 Mary Whitiker 42 David Whitiker 25 William Whitiker 24 Ellen Whitiker 18 Joseph Whitiker 15 Benjn Whitiker 12 Maria Whitiker 9 Washington Whitiker 7 Mary Whitiker 4 Baby Whitiker 0 1860 Census Name: G W Whitaker Age in 1860: 17 Birth Year: abt 1843 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1860: Independence, Polk, Oregon Gender: Male Post Office: Independence Household Members: B Whitaker 63 Mary Whitaker 53 I R Whitaker 23 G W Whitaker 17 Mary Whitaker 13 1870 Census Name: George Whitcher [George Whiteaker] Age in 1870: 26 Birth Year: abt 1844 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1870: Monmouth, Polk, Oregon Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Monmouth Household Members: Benjamin Whiteaker 73 Mary Whiteaker 63 George Whiteaker 26 1880 Census Name: George Whitteaker Age: 37 Birth Year: abt 1843 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1880: Derry, Polk, Oregon Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Nancy Whitteaker Father's Birthplace: South Carolina [North Carolina] Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farmer Household Members: George Whitteaker 37 Nancy Whitteaker 29 George Whitteaker 5 J. David Whitteaker 3 L. Frank Whitteaker 1 1900 Census Name: George W Whiteaker Age: 57 Birth Date: Jul 1842 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1900: Independence, Polk, Oregon Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Nancy Ann Whiteaker Marriage Year: 1870 Years Married: 30 Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age George W Whiteaker 57 Nancy Ann Whiteaker 49 Frank L Whiteaker 21 Ethel A Whiteaker 14 Olen Whiteaker 11 Agatha V Whiteaker 3 HISTORICAL RECORDS Early Oregonians Database Index. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon Name: George Washington Whiteaker Birth Date: 12 Jul 1842 Birth Place: Lee, Illinois Death Date: 19 Apr 1909 Cemetery: Hilltop Cemetery Early Oregonian Search Whiteaker, George Washington Date of Birth 12 Jul 1842 Place of Birth Lee Co., IL Occupation farmer Date of Death 19 Apr 1909 Place of Burial Hilltop Cemetery, Independence, Polk Co., OR Mother Hayter, Virginia Mary Date of Arrival 1849 Father Whiteaker, Benjamin J Marriage Information Osborn, Nancy Ann 21 Dec 1870 Polk Co., OR Associated Persons Hayter, Virginia Mary Mother Osborn, Nancy Ann Spouse Whiteaker, Benjamin J Father Census Events 1850 Federal OR Polk Co. 0121 7yrs 1860 Federal OR Polk Co. 654 17yrs 1870 Federal OR Polk Co. 1880 Federal OR Polk Co.	WHITEAKER, George Washington (I958)
29408	The last family heard of him, he was in Texas during the Civil War.	WALKER, Thomas (I6226)
29409	The Last Will and Testament of John Austen of Horsmonden, Clothier PROB11/483 Written 12 May 1705 Proved 24 November 1705	Austen, John (I36323)
29410	The Lee's of Cobb's Hall.	LEE, Richard (I6810)
29411	THE LUTHERAN CHURCH New Hanover, Montgomery County, PA. 1745-1809 1767, Oct. 20, Heibst, Nicholas, and Appolonia Warmser.	Family F3380
29412	The Marriage License Bonds of Northumberland County, Virginia, from 1783 to 1850, Stratton Nottingham, p. 102 security provided by John T. Hedman.	Family F11165
29413	The Marriage License Bonds of Northumberland County, Virginia, from 1783 to 1850, Stratton Nottingham, p. 102. security provided by Stewart A. Wallace.	Family F10781
29414	The marriage license says she was born in Washington County, WV, but there is no Washington County in that state. So I am assuming the clerk meant Washington County, VA.	Thomas, Stella R. (I22334)
29415	The marriage record has her POB as Wilkes Co. NC	SPARKS, Martha (I3248)
29416	The marriage record says she was born in Greenbrier Co. WV.	Cline, Josephine E. (I33319)
29417	The McClung Family Association Web Site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/PA-Wm.htm He was a teamster in Washington's army during the Revolutionary War. The following incident is told of his army experiences: "On a certain occation he was driving an army wagon containing some empty barrels. The road being very rough, the barrels made a rumbling noise. The British army, encamped not far away, heard the noice and supposing it to be the drums of the American troops, called for a line of battle and made ready for a fight." He moved from Rockbridge County, VA to Wilkes Co. Georgia in 1787. He was a farmer. The following church certificate was given him by the session of the Presbyterian church at Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co., VA: "That the bearer, William McClung, was a single young man when he left this society the 15th of May, 1787, and from his childhood behaved without blame or reproach, was admitted to full communion with the church and left us free from any imputation that would expose him to public shame or the censures of the church, is certified at Timber Ridge Sept. 2nd, 1788. By: John Lyle, William Walker, John McClung, Elders." William McClung owned a farm of 391 acres in Wilkes County, Georgia on Upton's Creek. See: Deed Index in Wilkes County. He also owned a farm of 213 acres in Greene County, GA. on Richland Creek. The Deed Index may show this purchase in 1797. William moved his family to Blount County, Tennessee about 1806. The following church certficate was given William McClung upon his departure from Wilkes County, GA: "Smyrna, GA: 13 Jan 1806: That the bearer, William McClung, an elder, and Euphemia, his wife, have lived in this congregation a number of years past and behaved in a sober, Christian manner--are in the communion of the church and leave us with unimpeachable character, is certified by the pastor: Fras. Cummins." The first year they lived on the Houston farm, on Nine Mile Creek, eight miles southwest of Maryville, TN. The next year he entered a 300 acre farm on Baker's Creek, Blount (now Loudon) County, adjoining the present village of Greenback, TN. About the year 1810, he built a large brick house, in which he dwelt the remainder of his life. He was an Elder in the Baker's Creek Presbyterian Church for probably thirty years. he following pen picture of him was furnished by William Craig, whoknew him intimately for twenty-five years: "William McClung was tall, slender, raw-boned, about six feet high; slightly stoopt in his old age. In his prime he stood erect. He had rather narrow shoulders; head medium size; hair gray and mediumlength, beard heavy; upper lip cleanshaven, according to the custom in his day; eye-brows rather heavy; nose medium size; cheek bones prominent; eyes dark gray, sharp and piercing; face lean. He was a man of good sense, lively, and full of fun; joking with the neighbors, and servants in his employ. He was a very religious man." He seems to have been a man of fair education. The only civil office he ever held so far as known was that of Justice of the Peace. His Will is recorded in Blount County, TN. While carrying a basket of corn to feed his hogs, he stepped on a corncob, fell, and dislocated his hip, which accident hastened his death. He was buried in the family grave-yard about two furlongs south of the house. He died 14 Feb 1837 in his 70th year.	MCCLUNG, William (I10189)
29418	The McClung Genealogy: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the McClung Family from the Time of Their Emigration to the Year 1904 ,William McClung, McClung Print. Company, 1904, p. 104.	Family F12979
29419	The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery Alabama, August 27, 1963 Mrs. Ella M. Rushing, 89, died Monday at her residence, 1925West St., Montgomery. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m.Tuesday from the McGehee Funeral Chapel with the Rev. W. H.Swearingen officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, McGehee Funeral Home of Troy directing. Surviving are two daughter's, Mrs. Kate Sells and Mrs. Foye Black, both of Montgomery; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Lee Porath, Montgomery and Mrs. Carrie M. Coll, Baton Rouge, LA; nine grandchildren and 19great great grandchildren.	Spradley, Ella Melissa (I11155)
29420	The Mountain Democrat Placerville, California January 12, 1901 - Tuolumne Ira Kouns, a shoveler in the Dutch mine at Jamestown, was instantly killed by falling from the tenth level into the sump below, a distance of 225 feet. His remains were shipped to Calistoga. He was a member of the Native Sons of that town. The deceased was 23 years old. His home is at Lower Lake, where his parents reside. The Lower Lake Bulletin, Jan. 5, 1901 On Saturday afternoon a telephone message was received here of the death of Ira M., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kouns near Spruce Grove. The message was at once taken to his parents. He was working in the Dutch mine in Tuolumne county under ground and in some way fell down a shaft 225 feet into some 30 feet of water. Just how the accident occurred we did not learn, in fact little could be learned as he was alone. It was several hours before the miners learned of the accident, and then it was his failing to appear with other workmen lead (sic) to a search when he was found at the bottom of the shaft as stated. His death was a severe blow to his parents from which they are almost prostrate with grief. He was a member of the Native Sons' of the Golden West and Miner's Union, which orders took charge of the body and sent it by express with a messenger in charge, to his parents. He was burried (sic) at this place on Monday afternoon under the auspices of the Lower Lake Parlor N. S. G. W., assisted by Rev. Conrad of Middletown and was attended by the largest concourse of sympathizing friends we have ever witnessed in this place. Ira was an exemplary young man, just entering manhood, 22 years of age, the mainstay and help of his parents, a devoted member of the orders to which he belonged, and loved and esteemed by all. He was a native of this county, and his death has cast a gloom over our community.	Kouns, Ira Manary (I27486)
29421	The name Grizet, Grizell, or Griselle appears during the Middle Ages and is said to be a nickname for Grace. Grizzel was carried to Canada by Indians with her younger, infant daughter Margaret Otis, later renamed Christine by the Catholic priests. Grizzel was rebaptized as a Catholic with the name Marie-Madeline and was married to Phillipe Robataille under the name Madeline Warren. She remained the rest of her life in French Canada. Naturalization: May 1710 Canada, Nouvelle France Donation d'une terre située à la côte St Laurents par Paul Otesse natif du village de Douvres, à Philippe Robitaille et Griselle Warennes, son épouse 1 Apr 1703 Will: 20 Mar 1750 Inventaire des biens de la communauté de Madeleine Varin, veuve de Philippe Robitaille. Source: The Otis Genealogy, Horatio N. Otis, New England Historical Genealogical Register (1851) Vol 5: 184	WARREN, Grizel (Marie Madeline) (I12956)
29422	The name is Dutch and was originally Van Schiac.	Van Scyoc, Aaron (I10004)
29423	The name of William's wife is unknown, though "Drake in England", p. 82, states that he must have been married before 1465. In turn, it is likely that the latest possible year of his birth is 1445. Among his Court entries was one in which he was presented (May 22, 1483) for not doing his office as ale taster and was fined 2d. When his lands were seized following his death, it was learned that, contrary to his tenure and to the loss of the Queen, he had sold two acres of timber in "Grangerysgrove." Title: "Drake in England" Author: Sir Anthony Wagner Publication: New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH, 1970 Note: Revised Edition, Original published in 1963	DRAKE, William (I6873)
29424	The names of his parents are given as Mastin and Margaret Christian, however his POB is Logan Co. WV. He gives his marital status as single. Did his first wife die or were they divorced?	Family F9117
29425	The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Records of the US Customs Service, RG36; NAI Number: 2655153; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85 Name: Edward Reissig Gender: Male Race: German Birthdate: 1907 Birth Place: Tscherbakorka, Russia Age: 5 Arrival Date: Mar 1912 Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Ship Name: Rhein Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland Last Residence: Russia	Reisig, Edward (I32500)
29426	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Catasus, Ana Teresa (I33893)
29427	The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for West Virginia 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 314 Name: Glen McCoy Race: White Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Mingo, West Virginia Birth Date: 12 Dec 1897 Residence: Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942 Occupation: Red Jacket Coal Corporation Weight: 180 Complexion: Ruddy Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 6 1 Next of Kin: Pearl Mccoy	McCoy, Glen (I36447)
29428	The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 144 Name: James Frazier Clear Race: White Age: 19 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: McCready, Virginia Birth Date: 19 Dec 1923 Residence Place: Portsmouth, Virginia Registration Date: 1942 Employer: U S Government Norfolk Navy Yard Weight: 140 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Black Height: 5 7 Next of Kin: J F Clear	Clear, James Frazier (I7289)
29429	The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 153 Name: James Thomas Colley Race: White Age: 23 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Tazewell, Tennessee Birth Date: 13 Sep 1917 Residence Place: Emory, Washington, Virginia Registration Date: 1940 Employer: University Of Virginia Student Weight: 140 Complexion: Dark Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 8 Next of Kin: Stanford Jessie Colley	Colley, Dr. James Thomas M. D. (I14160)
29430	The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 524 Name: George Washington Whitaker Gender: Male Race: White Age: 26 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: McDowell, West Virginia Birth Date: 26 Jun 1914 Residence Place: Horsepen, Virginia Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Employer: Pocahontas Corporation Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Next of Kin: Martha Whitaker	WHITAKER, George Washington (I268)
29431	The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 719 Name: Chas Ransom Tate Race: White Age: 41 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Coeburn, Virginia, USA Birth Date: 10 Aug 1901 Residence Place: Coeburn, Wise, Virginia Registration Date: 1942 Employer: Plaster - Gen Con Weight: 145 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Gray Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 11 Next of Kin: C R Tate	TATE, Charles Ransom (I29893)
29432	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	TATE, Vincent Gilmer Jr. (I6997)
29433	The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 671 Name: Norman Claude Skelton Gender: Male Race: White Age: 29 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 2 Mar 1911 Birth Place: Lunenburg, Virginia Residence Place: Petersburg, Virginia Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Petersburg, Virginia Employer: American Hardware Co Weight: 172 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Hazel Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 11 Next of Kin: Lula Mae Skelton Household Members: Name Relationship Norman Claude Skelton Self (Head) Lula Mae Skelton Wife	Skelton, Norman Claude (I36472)
29434	The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Name: Edward Hilton Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 1654 Marriage Place: USA Spouse Name: Katherine Shapleigh Spouse Father Name: Alexander Shapleigh Page Number: 181 Volume Number: 095	Family F12560
29435	The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Name: Mr Newbury H Welch Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 6 Nov 1867 Marriage Place: York, Maine, USA Spouse Name: Miss Malissa A Fitzgerald Page Number: 147 Volume Number: 121	Family F10987
29436	The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Name: Mr Theodore Welch Jr Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 2 Nov 1842 Marriage Place: York, Maine, USA Spouse Name: Miss Keziah Welch [Russell] Page Number: 228 Volume Number: 119	Family F4521
29437	The other possibility for his place of death is in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory which could be NC. More research needs to be done to substantiate this.	CHRISTIAN, James (I4419)
29438	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."	Gower, Lady Lowys (Lois) (I35992)
29439	The Rowan County court minutes dated 8 August 1778 lists those persons who "refused or neglected" to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Sate. Included in the list for Capt. Lyon's District is the name of Daniel Bentley, and the names of Bentley neighbors: Mesheck Davis, John Willcockson, Snr., Mark Whitacre, Adam Hall Snr., Samuel Willcoxson and Israel Willcoxson being also on the list. Evidently Daniel Bentley and his future brother-in-law, Meshack Davis, neglected to take the oath for they both would later apply for Revolutionary War pensions. Meshack Davis, who witnessed the 17 April 1795 deed wherein Daniel Bentley and Benjamin Bentley sold land to Jacob Bullinger, applied for a Revolutionary War pension in Haywood County, North Carolina, at that county's January 1841 session of court. In his pension application (number 2747), transcribed from microfilm in the Birmingham Public Library by Mrs. Joanne Smith Pirkle Wright, Mesheck Davis gave the following information in his declaration: That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit. He was drafted and served a three months tour against the Cherokee Indians under Capt. Elijah Lyons, Colonel Locke and General Rutherford being his field officers. Some years after he turned out as volunteer and served three months in Capt. Jesse Knighton's company in the vicinity of Wilminghton [sic] on the sea board and was at the skirmish of the Brick House. General Rutherford being the commanding officers of the campaign. That during both terms of service his place of residence was near Salisbury in Rowan County, N. C., that some three or four years after the close of the Revolutionary War, he removed to Lincoln County, N. C. [ca 1782], where he lived about fourteen years [ca 1796]. That he then removed to Wilkes County [NC] where he lived about eight years [ca 1804], then to Buncombe County where he lived at different places in that county until about three years ago when he became and yet is a citizen of Haywood County. That he has no record of his age to be relied on, but thinks from the best of means of reckon in his power he is about ninety two years of age [born 1749]. That he has no distinct recollection of his age when he first entered the service but thinks he was between twenty five and twenty six years of age having married at twenty five [ca 1774] and entered the service the same years [sic] about four months afterwards. That he was born in the state of Maryland and moved to North Carolina at the age of fifteen [ca 1764] being an orphan. â?¦He further states that the reason he has not heretofore made any application for a pension is that he has been sick and confined for nearly eight years and lives some seventeen or twenty miles from town in a remote part of Haywood County on Pines Creek and have not been enabled to to since his first application to counsel, some sic months ago until this week to obtain the testimony of Simion Lewis whose affidavit is hereunto annexed. Also offered as evidence was a letter addressed to Cpt. Richmond Person [Pearson] living at the Fourth Yadkin from Jesse Knighten. December 25th 1781 Dear Sir Meshack Davis was at my house after his Tickett of fifteen pounds fifteen shilling and likewise Daniel Bentleys Tickett that he is to receive for D. Bentley You remember I left a passel of Tickett with you after I moved a way to give to the men that was with me at the Wilmington Expodition and I left them with you please to pay to the men I left for you and you will oblidge your Friend [Signed] Jesse Knighten Simion Lewis gave his deposition to the court on the behalf of Meshack Davis in the form of an affidavit taken by Samuel Pagdett, justice of the peace. Lewis, a very aged individual living in Burke County, North Carolina, had also been proved in open court to have been a soldier of the Revolution. In his affidavit Lewis gave oath to the following: Simion Lewis age 72 years swears that he was well acquainted with Meshack Davis the applicate. That Deponentâ??s [Simion Lewis] brother intermarried with the sister of said applicant's wife Patience Bentley. Deponent further states that he was in the tour secondly spoken of by applicant from Salisbury to the sea shore near Wilmington and had a skirmish at what was called the Brick House. Jesse Knighten was our Capt. Applicant states he belonged to the same mess as Meshack Davis during the said tour. Sworn before me this 26 day of January, 1841. Simeon (his X mark) Lewis, Samuel Padgett, Jp. As of 11 June 1851 Meshack Davis, aged "about 101," still had not been able to obtain a pension from the government beauracracy. Isaac Davis, son of Meshack, of Union County, Georgia, entered a claim for his deceased father's pension on 6 August 1853, stating that Meshack died â??on or about the 15th day of Oct. A.D. 1852 and that his mother Lidia Davis died on or about the 15th day of July, A.D. 1847, and that they were married on the 7th of May in the A.D. 1870 [sic]. Isaac Davis also named the other children and surviving heirs of Meshack Davis as follows: Aaron, William, Rutha, and John Davis. Meshack Davis, named in the 1790 Lincoln County, North Carolina, census as "Mish Davis" and listed immediately after the household of Hana Bentley, had living in his household one white male above the age of sixteen, four white males below sixteen, and four white females. On 9 November 1906 Mary "Polly" Caroline [Davis] Garland, daughter of Isaac Davis, entered a claim for a share of the money appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by the Act of Congress approved 30 June 1906, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of 18 May 1905 and 28 May 1906. In her claim she stated the following: Father's name was Isaac Davis his father's name was Meshack Davis who married Lydia Bentley her mother's name was Easter Downing a full blooded Cherokee Indian from whom we claim. If interpretation of the above information is correct, it is doubtful as far as Lydia's mother being Easter Downing. Prior research shows Lydia to be the daughter of Thomas Bentley's wife, Hannah, and that Hannah and Thomas married in Maryland, she probably being born in Maryland or England to one of the families of Quakers or Brethren who settled in the Frederick County, Maryland, area. Polly Garland stated she was born 11 March 1821 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, a daughter of Isaac Davis, born in Buncombe County, and Rhoda (James) Davis, born "don't know." Polly named her husband as Ezekiel Garland, aged ninety-three years and deceased. Here parents were living in Fannin County, Georgia, in 1851. Polly named here brothers and sisters as follows: William Davis, born about 1819, died about 1862; John Davis, born about 1823, died "unknown"; Adline Davis, born about 1825, died 1905; Lizzie Davis, born about 1827, died "unknown"; Nancy Davis, born about 1829, died "unknown"; James Davis, born about 1831, died "unknown"; Sarah Davis, born 1833, living; and George Davis, born 1835, living. Paternal grandparents named were Meshack Davis, born in England [sic], and Lydia Davis, born in North Carolina. Her maternal grandparents were named as William James and Polly James, birthplaces unknown. Polly named the children of Meshack and Lydia Davis as follows: Elijah Davis, dead; Benjamin Davis, dead; Aaron Davis, dead; Isaac Davis, dead; James Davis, dead; Sarah Davis, dead; Elizabeth Davis, dead; and Ruth Davis, dead. Polly C. (Davis) Garland died before a ruling was made on her claim. John Davis, age sixty-three, and Isaac L. Garland, age forty-four, both of Wilscot, Fannin County, Georgia, entered a claim 22 August 1907 for their share of any monies due them as heirs-at-law of Polly Garland. Both gave oath that Polly C. Garland died 17 May 1907. Isaac L. Garland stated he saw her buried on 18 May 1907 at Mt. Pleasant grave yard in Fannin County, Georgia.	DAVIS, Meshack (I8044)
29440	The Rowan County court minutes dated 8 August 1778 lists those persons who "refused or neglected" to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Sate. Included in the list for Capt. Lyon's District is the name of Daniel Bentley, and the names of Bentley neighbors: Mesheck Davis, John Willcockson, Snr., Mark Whitacre, Adam Hall Snr., Samuel Willcoxson and Israel Willcoxson being also on the list. Evidently Daniel Bentley and his future brother-in-law, Meshack Davis, neglected to take the oath for they both would later apply for Revolutionary War pensions. Thomas's son, Daniel, received a pension for serving as a soldier. After having served as a soldier and returned home, Daniel married Nancy Lewis, their Rowan County marriage bond dated 8 February 1782. Daniel Bentley and Peter (his mark) Lewis signed the bond. Nancy Lewis was a member of the family who established the Lewis Quaker Meeting House that existed as early as 1771 about two miles north-northeast of the Bentley homestead. Shortly after their marriage, Daniel and Nancy left Rowan County in 1782 with Thomas and Hannah Bentley and the rest of the family to settle in the Indian Creek area of eastern Lincoln County, North Carolina. Daniel and Nancy would later remove to Washington County, Virginia, for a few years and then on to Perry County, Kentucky. On 17 April 1795 Daniel Bentley and Benjamin, the only "two sons and heirs" of Thomas Bentley, deceased, sold both of the tracts of land Thomas had purchased in 1783, withholding 25 acres for the use of Hannah Bentley, "widow & relict of Thomas Bentley." This land was sold to Jacob Bollinger. Witnesses were sons-in-law of Thomas Bentley who were Meshack Davis and William Yonts. This is a very important deed for it establishes the fact that Thomas and Hannah Bentley were the parents of Daniel and Benjamin Bentley. The deed states as follows, "Know all men by these parents; that this indenture made this 17th day of April in the year of our Lord 1795 between Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY both of the county of Lincoln and State of North Carolina of the one part and Jacob Bullinger of the county and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth for and in consideration of the sum of 80 pounds to the said Daniel and Benjamin BENTLEY in hand paid the said Jacob Bullinger the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and they the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY have bargained sold and aliened enf_____ and confirmed and by these presents doth bargain sell align enf _______ and confirm unto the said Jacob Bullinger his heirs and asigns forever under the condition and exceptions hereafter mentioned two parcels and tracts of land joining each other one situated lying and being in the county and state aforesaid on both sides of Indian Creek between two tracts of land formerly granted to Francis Beatty including a shoal beginning at a black oak thence east 126 poles to a hickory thence south 127 poles to a black oak thece west 126 poles crossing the creek to a white oak then north to the begining containing by survey 100 acres being a tract of land granted to Francis Beatty by a patent bearing date December 22 AD 1768 and by Robert Armstrong and Hugh Beatty executor of the said Francis Beatty deceased and by a virtus of a power given then by the will of the said Francis Beatty conveyed to Thomas BENTLEY by a deed bearing date January 1, 1783 and the said Thomas BENTLEY dying intestate the aforesaid tract of land by due and regular course of law descended to the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY the only sons and heirs of the said Thomas (BENTLEY) deceased. The other tract joining running into and intersecting the above described land on both sides of Indian Creek begining at a white oak on the east side of the creek abnd runs north 42 degrees west 180 poles to a white oak then south 42 degrees # 180 poles to a hickory thence crossing the creek to the begining containing by estimation 200 acres but only 120 acres is intended to be conveyed or so much thereof as may remain after the claim or interference of the above described land is satisfied which runs into a big tract of the title older and better whereby a part is lost being a tract of land surveyed for Thomas Welch and granted to him by a patent bearing date May 5, AD 1769 and conveyed by the said Thmas Welch to Thomas BENTLEY by a deed bearing date January 1, AD 1783 and at the decease of the said Thomas BENTLEY who died intestate left to his two sons and heirs Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY and now by them conveyed in manner and form aforesaid excepting notwithstanding 25 acres out of what remains on the south side of the creek for the purpose and to the use of Hannah BENTLEY widow and relict of the said Thomas Bentley deceased and to be left and remain to her the said Hannah BENTLEY her heirs and asigns forever being the land on which the said Hannah now lives and improves and the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY heirs of Thomas BENTLEY aforesaid for themselves and Thier heirs doth hereby set over and convey to the said Jacob Bullinger his heirs and assigns together with the before mentioned premises as there described and the aportenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or appertaining and also all woods ways waters and water courses and all the right interest profits and estate of then the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY in any manner or sort appertaining to belonging to the premises to have and to hold the said lands tenements and hereditaments hereby dold with their appurtenances to the said Jacob Bullinger to the only proper use and behoof of him and the said Jacob Bullinger his heirs and assigns forever and the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY for themselves and their heirs doth hereby promise covenant and agree to and with the said Jacob Bullinger his heirs that they the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY and Thier heirs executors and administrators shall and will warrant and defend the said premises to the said Jacob Bullinger his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claim or claims of all persons whatsoever which might in any manner affect or incumber the premises contrary to the true intent and meaning of these presents provided nevertheless that this warranty shall not extend and it is hereby expressed and declared to be the true intent of the parties contracting that it does not extend so as to make the said Daniel and Benjamin BENTLEY any way liable to the said Jacob Bullinger or his heirs or assigns for the before mentioned deficiency or loss in the last describes tract or as to the 25 acres intended to be reserved for the use of Hannah BENTLEY aforesaid and it is also expressly provided to be the meaning and intention of the parties contracting that the 25 acres as aforesaid referenced for the use of Hannah BENTLEY is not included neither shall it by any possible construction either in law or equity by considered as included in this deed of conveyance made in manner and form as aforesaid. In witness whereof the said Daniel BENTLEY and Benjamin BENTLEY hath hereunto set their hands and affixed Their seals the day and year 1st above written." Daniel Bentley Benjamin Bentley (their marks) Lincoln County April Session 1795 The within deed was proven in open court by the oath of William Yonts and ordered to be registered. Witnesses: Meshack Davies (his mark) William Yonts Lincoln Co., NC, Deed Book 17, page 211. "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 [doesnâ??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." Daniel Bentley moved to KY after 1800. On the first day of January, 1830, Daniel Bentley, seventy-eight years old [born 1752], appeared at the Perry County, Kentucky, Court in order to make application for a Revolutionary War pension. He declared on oath that "the year forgotten at Rowan County CH [Court House] N Carolina he enlisted for 2 years in the company commanded by Burris in the 7th Regiment..he supposes in N Carolina line on continental establishment but it may have been the 7th Regiment on Virginia line on continental establishment either Regiment was commanded by Col. Campbell..that he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of his term of service when he was discharged from the service by Capt. Burris at the place of his enlistment aforesaid.." Daniel also made oath that "he resides a considerable distance from the court house and for several years has been confined at home by disease besides he was told that he had no chance to succeed unless he had a discharge or could prove his service." Continuing Daniel swore "That he is by occupation a farmer but so old and diseased he is unable to work he has no family but his wife Betsey ___ years of age unable to support herself they are supported by the charity of their children grown and left them and kind neighbors." Anthony Hall and Thomas Stuart gave oath before the court they knew from their own knowledge that the statement of Daniel Bentley as to his enlistment under Capt. Burris in the 7th Regiment North Carolina line on continental establishment was true having seen him enlist and they knew he served in the continental line for about two years. Stuart was present and saw Bentley discharged by Capt. Burris at the place stated and they "have long known said Bentley and that he is to be relied upon as a man of strict integrity." Daniel and Nancy (Lewis) Bentley are buried in the hilltop Bentley family cemetery located near Neon Junction in Letcher County. His tombstone reads "Daniel Bentley Born in England Died Jan. 15, 1839." Nancy's tombstone reads "Nancy Wife of Daniel Bently Born in England Died Oct. 4, 1843." There has been heavy discussion among descendants as to the phrase "Born in England" which is found on both Daniel and Nancy's tombstones. In looking at the stones of Daniel, Nancy, John, and Margaret one notices all the stones are similar in appearance with a rounded top and the picture of a flying dove within the circumference of a circle at the top of the stone. An ascending dove, or flying bird, represents rebirth; the transport of the departed's soul to Heaven. One would venture to guess these stones were all erected within a close time period of each other; thus perhaps offering an explanation the place of birth on Daniel and Nancy's tombstones was given by a descendant and erected at a later date. Land records seem to confirm Daniel's parents, Thomas and Hannah Bentley, were in Maryland at the time of their marriage, so it seems more reasonable to think Daniel was born in the Frederick County area of Maryland.	BENTLEY, Daniel (I1018)
29441	The seventh child of George and Cassandra Leigh Austen, she is one of the premier novelists of English literature, known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. Her novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her little fame during her lifetime. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary have earned her great and historical importance to critics and scholars. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen	Austen, Jane (I36331)
29442	The spelling was changed to Hypes or Hipes, both spellings used interchangeably. Some descendants spell it Hypes and others Hipes.	Heibst, Johann Nicholas (I5808)
29443	The state of Missouri was torn by differing politics during the Civil War. Julia A. Tate married John M. Boyles who fought for the Confederacy. Her older sister, Louisa A. Tate married William T. Tally who fought for the Union and was eventually imprisoned by the Confederacy at Andersonville, GA. On Julia Death Certificate from the Department of Health - Division of Vital Statistics, State of Illinois, there appear to be some errors. It states that her father was John Tate and that she was born in Boonville, MO. This seems to be incorrect. Other documentation indicates that her father was Jahiel Douglas Tate and that she was born in Sherrill, Texas County, MO. The informant on the Death Certificate was her son, Stanley Boyles. Source: "The History of Cooper County", by W. F. Johnson, 1919. The Tate Families of Southern States, Updike and Metzel, 1972 CENSUS RECORDS 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Julia F Tate Age in 1860: 3 Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1860: Sherrill, Texas, Missouri Gender: Female Post Office: Licking Household Members: J D Tate 40 Sarah Tate 37 John A Tate 18 Laura Tate 15 Lorenza D Tate 13 Marica Tate 10 Philander Tate 7 Silas Tate 5 Julia F Tate 3 Sharill Tate 1 month 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Julia Boyles Age: 43 Birth Date: May 1857 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1900: Saline, Cooper, Missouri Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: John Boyles Marriage Year: 1876 Years Married: 24 Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother: number of living children: 7 Mother: How many children: 8 Household Members: John Boyles 58 Julia Boyles 43 Stanly Boyles 15 Lesley Boyles 17 Owen Boyles 11 Jessie Boyles 8 Elonzo Boyles 5 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Julia Boyles Age in 1910: 53 Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1910: Kansas Ward 14, Jackson, Missouri Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Mother Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Household Members: Leslie Boyles 26 Mattie Boyles 19 Julia Boyles 53 Owen Boyles 22 Alonzo Boyles 15 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Julia Boyles Age: 62 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1920: Dover, Lafayette, Missouri Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Inmate, Missouri Confederate Home Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Missouri Mother's Birthplace: Missouri Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes	TATE, Julia A. (I14657)
29444	The Story of Besford Court by the Right Rev. Monsignor Newsome (Administrator), Birmingham: The Herald Press: 1927. ...by the marriage of Dickleston's daughter Elizabeth to William Harewell, became the property of the Harewells. Roger Harewell, their son, does not appear to have lived at Bedsford, as he married the co-heiress of Corbett of Cowleigh, in which place he dwelt as a man of much account. In the reign of Henry VI, he was a Commissioner, jointly with the Abbot of Eversham, for raising by levy 149 archers in the county.	Harewell, Roger (I12203)
29445	The Story of Besford Court by the Right Rev. Monsignor Newsome (Administrator), Birmingham: The Herald Press: 1927. Edmund, married Jane, the daughter of Robert Russell of Strensham, and lived at Besford. Some very interesting documents have lately been found at the Public Record Office, relative to a dispute between William Compton, Abbot of Pershore, and this Edmund Harewell. The year in which the dispute culminated is not certain, but it was probably towards the close of the period 1504-1527, during which time William Compton ruled at Pershore. The first file (Court of Requests, Bun. 5/194) of these documents consists of the complaint of the Abbot, and of Harewell's answer thereto. Another document (Court of Requests, Bun. 4/146), now unfortunately separated from the other two, is the replication of the Abbot. In his complaint the Abbot says that he and his servants, on the 11th July last, were in God's and the King's peace, within the Monastery and town of Pershore, not intending harm to anybody, when Harewell, accompained by John More, John Hill, John Ledyngton and William Nashe, arrived in the town. They were accompanied by ten or eleven riotous persons, so the Abbot alleges, and they were all "defensibly arraied in manner of Warre," with bows, arrows, swords, bucklers, and other unlawful weapons. Meeting with some of the Abbot's servants they forthwith assaulted them, no reason being given for this sudden attack. The servants were at once in fear and jeopardy of their lives, and "were gladde to flea with an hard escape" into the Abbey precincts, and to shut the gates--"to spare the abbey gats"--against the pursuers. This is not enough for Harewell, but daily he threatens the Abbot's servants in such a manner that they really are afraid to go outside the precincts of the Abbey, which is greatly to the Abbot's and their hindrance, discomfort and peril and, of course, creates a position that is contrary to the law of the land. The Abbot therefore begs that Letters of Privy Seal may be issued to Harewell and his confederates summoning them to appear before the Court of Requests to answer for their very wrong behaviour. Harewell, with John More, answers that none of them are guilty of the Abbot's charges against them. It is true, Harewell continues, that he came into Pershore on the day as stated, accompained by some of his servants and tenants, but they all came from Besford in a quite peaceable manner, and simply because they wanted to have spoken with Gyles Grevill, gentleman--who, presumably, was the Abbot's Steward. They did not know that John Salbrugge was in the town, a man unmentioned by the Abbot in his complaint, but who evidently was a storm-centre. They all called at a certain alehouse, kept by a man named Peryn, and there asked for a cup of ale. Peryn's wife invited them all to enter the inn, but Harewell sent More in to bring out the ale. As he entered he was met by Salbrugge and another man unknown to them. Salbrugge struck violently at More with a wood-knife, and put him in jeopardy of his life, so if he received any hurt from More it was because the latter was forced to defend himself. Noboby else entered the inn, and nobody else struck any blows and, as for weapons of offence and defence, they only bore such as they were daily accustomed to have with them, except that More was wearing "a scull"--an iron defence for the head, sewed inside of the cap. This he wore for the surety of his life, for fear of the threats that Salbrugge, for a long time past, had been making that he would slay him whenever he should chance to meet him. In conclusion, Harewell derides the allegation of the Abbot that his servants had to flee for safety within the Abbey gates, and says that, on the contrary, he himself had to entreat them to keep inside the gates and to observe the King's peace. The Abbot returns to the charge and, in his replication--of which the following is a modernised form of ther original document, of which a photograph (facing p.15) is alson given--now paints his picture in deeper colours:-- "The replication of the Abbot of Pershore to the answer of Edmund Harewell and John More. The said Abbot saith that the said bill is good and true in every point and that the matter in the said bill specified the said Edmund with all the other persons in the said bill mentioned in forcible manner with bows, bills, swords, and bucklers of their perpense malice came to Pershore aforesaid and perceived where the said John Salbrugge was drinking in a house near the Abbey Gate the same Edmund sent into the house five of his servants to the intent there to quarrel and beat the said John Salbrugge. And in the meantime he himself with his bow bent and others of his company with him ready with their weapons stood about the Abbey Gate aforesaid that if any of the said Abbot's servants had come forth to have beaten or slain them. And when his said servants came into the house where the said John Salbrugge was he knew them not but offered them to drink. And they answered unto him and said that they would drink with him anon. And forthwith they drew their weapons and sore wounded him almost to death and then drew him by the legs to the street. And the said John Salbrugge then thinking no otherwise but they would slay him called for a priest. Then came a friar that was waiting upon the said Edmund Harwell(sic) unto him. And the said Edmund then in a great fury came to the said John Salbrugge where he lay and gave him with his weapon a great stroke. And nay had the said friar been [there] he would have slain him out of hand but by means of the said friar which kneeled upon his knees and beseeched him to have pity with many lamentable words. And by means thereof he then forebore further meddling with him. And after incontinent [suddenly] the same Edmund went into a house and asked for water and said: "I have washed my hands in a knave's blood." And then a man of the said town said unto him, "I am sorry that this trouble is now fortuned." And he said "So I am not for this shall teach Abbey knaves to beware." And the said Edmund was not yet herewith content but on the morrow next ensuing he came to Pershore aforesaid accompanied with eight or nine persons with weapons and walked up and down in the said town. And divers times by the Abbey Gates aforesaid to the intent to have quarreled with the Abbot's servants. And when the said Abbot perceived that he charged all his servants, to keep them within the said Gates and so they did. Without that the said Edmund and those persons in the said bill named came to Pershore aforesaid for any other cause or intent than in this Replication is expressed and without that that the said John Salbrugge or any other person with him violently with a wood knife or any other weapon struck at the said John More in manner and form as the said answer is alleged all which matters the said Abbot is ready to prove..." There the matter ends for there is no further record of this suit or of its result. Probably the Lord Abbot charitably omitted to mention the original provocation given by his own servants, but doubtless Harewell was as well able to take care of himself in the courts of justice an in a brawl.	Harewell, Edmund (I12201)
29446	The story of Cornstalk's seizure and murder is one of the dark spots in American history. Born about 1735 in what is now Ohio, the future chieftain was named "Hokoleskwa," meaning "maize plant"hence the English name "Cornstalk." He was also known as Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika. He may have had at least 8 wives and possibly as many as 30 children. Little is known of his early life, but by 1763 he had become a Shawnee tribal chieftain and led war parties against several white settlements. He was described as being over 6 ft 6 in. tall with flowing white hair. He was spoke English well and was known for eloquent speeches before colonists. In 1764, soldiers raided his tribal town and took him captive. He was carried to Fort Pitt as a hostage, but escaped the following year. In the following years, he became Sachem of all Shawnee tribes and finally king of the northern confederacy of Indian tribes, composed of the Shawnees, Delawares, Mingoes, Wyandottes and Cayugas. On Oct. 10, 1774, he led 1,100 of his braves against an equal number of Colonial troops at Pt. Pleasant and after a violent battle, was defeated. Following his defeat, Cornstalk pursued a peace policy and forbade his braves to molest whites. But in 1777, with the American Revolution at its height, he returned to Pt. Pleasant with two companions to warn settlers that the British were trying to incite his tribesmen to attack them. Fearing an attack, Colonial soldiers seized Cornstalk and his companions and imprisoned them in Fort Randolph as hostages. A month later, Cornstalk's son, Ellinipsico, came to the fort to see his father. During his visit, a soldier walking near the fort was killed by an Indian, and other soldiers rushed to Cornstalk's quarters to kill him in revenge. During the American Revolution the British tried to build a coalition of Indians to fight against the colonists. Chief Cornstalk alone refused to join, although many members of his tribe opposed him. Chief Cornstalk, however, had come to believe that his people's survival depended on their friendly relations with the Virginians. In the spring of 1777, he visited the garrison at Point Pleasant with a small contingent of Indians, and he informed the colonials of the coalition that was forming. While the Virginians waited for reinforcements, the Indians were held as hostages. Following the killing of a white man outside the fort by other Indians, Chief Cornstalk and his men (including his son, Elinipsico) were murdered by the soldiers. Chief Cornstalk was admired, even by his enemies, as a fine orator and courageous warrior. Cornstalk, who is described by historians as a handsome, intelligent, and highly honorable man, stood calmly in the doorway to his room and faced his slayers. He was felled by nearly a dozen rifle shots. The soldiers then entered the room and killed Cornstalk's son and two companions. The murder of their chieftain turned the Shawnees from a neutral people into the most implacable warriors, who raided Virginia settlements for 20 years after the incident. More detailed information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornstalk	Cornstalk, Chief Hokoleskwa Peter (I8315)
29447	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	TATE, Joe Burke II (I5389)
29448	The Tates are a tangle to unravel. Robert's grandparetns are most likely John Tate and Sarah Beaty. His parents, John Tate II or Jr. and Mary Mitchell's descendants tended to stay in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA and marry into other Scot-Irish families of the Shenandoah Valley i.e. the Campbells, McClungs, Stuarts, Finley, and Alexanders. Robert, who married Margaret McClung, has been confused by researchers with his uncle, Robert Tate, who settled in Washington Co. VA and had three sons, Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, and William Tate all played prominent roles in the history of Southwestern Virginia. Robert and Margaret McClung had about 11 children who had deep ties to Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, but some researchers have combined the uncle and nephew Robert's families. See what I mean about a tangle of Tates? Uncle Robert's descendants were the Traveling Tates. His offspring founded Tatesville in Pulaski Co. KY or settled in Warren and Grundy Co. TN and DeKalb Co. AL. Robert's grandchildren ended up in Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma. GENEALOGY SOURCES: Riley, Agnes Graham Sanders. The Pioneer Tate family of Augusta County, Virginia. National Genealogical Society Quarterly (National Genealogical Society). (Vol 57, Issue 3 (Sep 1969)), 181, Secondary quality. giving 8 Mar 175? and place Source: Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes). Vol. 2 - Marriage Bond: 1794--April 15, Samuel Wallace and Robert Tate, surety. Samuel Wallace and Mary Tate, daughter of Robert Tate. Page 252.--18th April, 1801. John Tate's will--To wife and children, whole estate to be kept together for their benefit. Executors, wife Jinney, friends Robert Tate, Samuel Finley, Isaac Tate. Teste: John Tate. 3d; James Henry, Wm. Fulton, Geo. Berry. Proved, 27th December, 1802. Jinney, Robert, and Sam. qualify. [Note: John Tate was Robert Tate's brother].	TATE, Robert (I30360)
29449	The Virginia Mountaineer Obituaries Aileen Altizer Brown (Pilgrim's Knob) Aileen (Al) Altizer Brown, 76, of Pilgrim?s Knob, died Thursday, March 2, 2006 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. Born in Amonate, she was the daughter of the late Samuel (Slick) and Essie Altizer. She attended Garden High School and was later inducted into the Garden High School Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to girls basketball. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Brown, and two brothers, Willis Altizer and Wade Altizer. She is survived by one son, Jeff, and wife, Glenna, of Richlands; brothers and sisters, Tootsie Matney and husband, Raymond, of Oakwood, JoAnn Johnson of Keen Mountain, Peggy Webb and husband, Johnny, of Keen Mountain, Janie Coleman and husband, Roger, of Deel and Sam Altizer of Abingdon, one brother-in-law, Hurtle Brown of Ocala, FL, one sister-in-law, Rethal Brown of Pilgrim?s Knob; one granddaughter, Ally, one grandson, Corey, several nieces and nephews. Services were held Saturday, March 4 at Buchanan Funeral Home, Keen Mountain, with Minister Chris Webb officiating. Burial followed in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands. Nephews and friends served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Joe Ward, Rufus Keen, Carl Keen, Russell Rash, Raymond Matney, Roger Coleman, Johnny Webb and Dr. Ramesh Kabaria. Buchanan Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. Additional Obituary Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV March 3, 2006 Saturday, March 04, 2006 http://bdtonline.com/obituaries/x519490620/Saturday-March-04-2006/print ttp://www.genealogybuff.com/ucd/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/1416 Aileen Altizer Brown Aileen Altizer Brown, 76, of Pilgrims Knob, died Mar. 2 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. Born May 3, 1929 at Amonate, she was the daughter of the late Samuel (Slick) and Essie Altizer. She was born as Aileen Altizer but was known to family and friends as Al. She attended Garden High School and was later inducted into the Garden High School Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to girls basketball. She spent her life as a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Brown, and two brothers, Willis Altizer and Wade Altizer. She left behind a son, Jeff, and daughter-in-law, Glenna, from Richlands and her most precious gifts ever, granddaughter Ally and grandson Corey, which were the light of her life. She will be sorely missed by her brothers and sisters, Sam Altizer of Abingdon; Tootsie Matney and husband, Raymond, of Oakwood, JoAnn Johnson and Peggy Webb and husband, Johnny, all of Keen Mountain, Janie Coleman and husband, Roger, of Deel; brother-in-law, Hurtle Brown of Ocala, FL; and sister-in-law, Rethal Brown of Pilgrims Knob. She was blessed with loving nieces and nephews not to mention selfless neighbors who she considered part of her family. A celebration of her life was held Mar. 4 at 1 p.m. at Buchanan Funeral Home in Keen Mountain with Minister Chris Webb officiating. Burial followed in the Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands.	ALTIZER, Aileen (I174)
29450	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	BROWN, Jeff (I8317)