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THOMAS BAILEY CHRISTIAN WAS NOT A DESCENDANT OF CHIEF CORNSTALK.
We know Thomas Bailey Christian (TBC) was orphaned and raised by Capt. Thomas Mastin, Sumner Co. TN. His parentage is the subject of much dispute among Christian researchers. One group says that Thomas Bailey Christian is the grandson of Chief Cornstalk and his father was Ellinipsico. Another group puts his parents as Nathaniel and Jane Christian with his ancestry going to the Isle of Man.
DNA studies are underway of several Christian descendants. The initial result shows no Native American ancestry, but rather European and Scandinavian, indicating the Isle of Man connection.
Kennith Simpson has been the leader in getting clarity the question of Christian DNA and Native American ancestry and of finding out more about Thomas Bailey Christian and Thoma Mastin. Kennith is a direct descendant of TBC on the "wrong side of the sheets" as his ancestor, Addison Christian, fathered a child out of wedlock.
Kennith A. Simpson > son of Addison D. Simpson > son of
Jerry Mastin Simpson > son of John Walden Simpson > son of
Elizabeth Simpson and Unknown Father. [Notice how Christan names like Mastin and Addison are used in his Simpson family.]
DNA, death certificate, and research indicates that the father was Addison "Attie" Bailey Christian > son of
Mastin Harman "Shootekitehl" Christian > son of Thomas Bailey Christian.
Kennith has written extensively about DNA testing and his test results on the Rootsweb Christian message board.
THOMAS BAILEY CHRISTIAN WAS NOT NATIVE AMERICAN
"I am matched with Nathaniel Christian by DNA Y-Chromosome,both via Y-Search and Ancestry.Com, handed down from father to son etc. My Y-Search DNA match is with Nathaniel Christian from the G. Payne family tree. My Ancestry.Com matches me up with Nathaniel J. Christian from the Fred Christian DNA and in the Christian Family Tree.
Posted: 20 Sep 2012 7:00PM GMT by Kennith Simpson on Rootsweb Christian Family message board.
"It does appear that my assumptions are correct in that Addison "Attie" Bailey Christian was not Native American. If in fact Addison Christian was the grandson of Thomas Bailey "Cornstalk" Christian, then TBC was not the son of Elinipsico or Chief Cornstalk since the Y-DNA would have been handed down from father to son to grandson etc. However this does indicate that Thomas Bailey Kumskaka Christian Cornstalk was not NA.
We both share the same Haplogroup R1B which is of European and West Asia ancestry. Native Americans are not in the R1B Haplogroup.
While this does not show conclusive evidence that Addison "Attie" Bailey Chritian was my great, great, grandfather it does show that who ever it was, was a member of his family. My only conclusive evidence is of Course the Death Certificate naming Attie Christian as the father.
What the Y-DNA test and the BETA Ethnicity test has been able to conclude is that I am descended from the Christian family, Tazewell Virginia and that there is no Native American blood in the male lines. This does not rule out the possibility of NA blood in the maternal or female lines."
Posted: 31 Jan 2013 3:07 AM GMT by Kennith Simpson on Rootsweb Christian Family message board.
FINAL CONFIRMATION: THOMAS BAILEY CHRISTIAN WAS NOT NATIVE AMERICAN
Kennith Simpson took a second DNA test form 23 and Me to confirm what Ancestry's test had indicated. Here are the results:
Today I received my DNA test results back from 23 andMe. The test results confirm that there is no Native American DNA in my blood line on either side. Therefore any Native American ancestry in my family would only be possible if it is by marriage and not by actual blood line. Both ancestry.com and 23 and Me stipulate 0% NA DNA results in all of my tests. I am still waiting on the results for DNA matches and will keep everyone informed.
What this means in a nutshell is that any one related to Thomas Bailey Christian the reported adopted son of Thomas Mastin would not be NA on the paternal side. Any Native American ancestry could only come down through the maternal side. Since the BETA ancestry test included both the maternal and paternal side it would also mean that Mastin Harman Christian nor his wife Jane McKinster had NA DNA. It would also mean that Louisa Katherine Harman did not carry any NA DNA. Any children of these men who had different mothers could still carry NA DNA from their maternal side.
Me, my father Addison D. Simpson son of Jerry Mastin Simpson son of John Walden Simpson, son of Addison "Attie" Bailey Christian son of Mastin Christian, son of Thomas Bailey Christian, are not or were not of Native American Descent. Thomas Bailey Christian was not the son of Chief Cornstalk or his son Elinispisco, and his mother was not of NA ancestry either. BETA DNA testing would have shown any NA DNA on either side of Thomas Bailey Christian.
Posted: 26 Nov 2013 3:01 AM GMT by Kennith Simpson on Rootsweb Christian Family message board.
FINAL WORD: NO NATIVE AMERICAN DNA PERIOD
Just to let everyone know that I have gotten other DNA matches, this time through the 23 and Me DNA testing. This has opened up a new problem however. Both the ancestry.com and the 23 and Me DNA BETA tests are ethnicity tests and help individuals determine their ethnicity. These test are not gender specific such as the Y-DNA and Mitochondrial DNA tests. The BETA test includes DNA findings for virtually every member of the family. Thus far I have not had a single match that shows any Native American DNA in any line of the families, male or female.
I am now convinced beyond a doubt that Thomas Bailey Christian was not Native American nor was his mother. And most likely no relative was related via DNA to any Native American Tribe, but I do not rule out that some distant relatives may have been raised NA and considered themselves as such. Thus passing down from generation to generation their Native American Ancestry. I also believe that there are two kinds of Ancestry, that which is substantiated by DNA testing and passed down through our DNA and that which we associate with as being our ethnicity the group or heritage that we most commonly relate to.
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:55:51
OTHERS MALES CHRISTIAN RESULTS
"We now have three members of the TBC line that have taken at least one of the DNA test. Myself and Charlie have taken both the Y-DNA and the BETA DNA test. All tests show the same conclusion, NO NA DNA. Here is what is so good about this. You trace your line back to Thomas Scaggs Christian, Charlie goes back to Moses Christian and I go back to Mastin Christian. all are brothers, all are sons of Thomas Bailey Christian. Our big stumbling block now is connecting TBC Christian and Thomas Christian of Tazewell to the Christians of Charles City."
Posted: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:32:30 by Kennith Simpson on Rootsweb Christian Family message board.
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THOMAS BAILEY CHRISTIAN'S ANCESTRY GOES BACK TO THE ISLE OF MAN
From Kennith Simpson:
"I now have two verifiable matches from the BETA DNA test. One which does prove the connection with Charles City, Bedford Virginia area and one that does come back to Tazewell.
This is all good because the Tazewell connection is from DNA. Matching DNA is an indication that Thomas Bailey Christian was not Indian and that his origins most likely does go back to Charles City or to a member of that family.
The problem of narrowing it down is so difficult, because the Y-Chromosome DNA pertaining to the male line, pertains to all the male line. So, Thomas Bailey Christian would have the Christian DNA but he could have been born in Tazewell from a father or grandfather from Charles City. All male Christians from a single line would carry the same DNA but could come from many areas. The original Christian line that carries my DNA goes back to the Isle of Man and then to Scandinavia. some Christians of the same line can go back to Ireland, England or Scotland but be of the same origin. It depends on how far back you can trace your ancestors. Everyone that shares the same Y-Chromosome DNA will eventually end up at a single beginning. When I said I had yet to find any thing that will connect the Tazewell Christians with the Charles City Christians. I would prefer to have male Y-Chromosome DNA in order to make the connection but any DNA is better than none.
May Elizabeth Christian is a direct descendent of Thomas Bailey Christian and a DNA match does connect the two branches, Tazewell and Charles City.
This would be my first verifiable BETA match to Tazewell.
The Young family DNA results connect the Charles City Christians with me. Elizabeth is my first match back to the old country through the BETA testing as opposed to the Y-Chromosome test.
In a nutshell, Elizabeth is old Country England. Young connects me with Charles City May Christian connects me with the Tazewell branch. Both Young and May Christian share my DNA per BETA testing therefor the two branches do meet and are one."
Posted: 10 Jan 2013 2:28PM GMT by Kennith Simpson on Rootsweb Christian Family message board.
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AGNES BRANCH PEARLMAN, FOUNDER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY CHRONICLES: THOMAS BAILEY CHRISTIAN IS NOT THE SON OF NATHANIEL CHRISTIAN AND JANE EWING
Agnes Branch Pearlman, long-time Christian Family researcher and publisher of the Christian Family Chronicles, presented the best research that Thomas Bailey Christian of Tazewell County, VA is NOT the son of Nathaniel Christian and Jane Ewing, Thomas Ewing Christian.
Below is her response to this question in a message posted December 31, 2000 at 10:19:53 on http://genforum.genealogy.com/christian/messages/1207.html.
Mrs. Pearlman died 21 May 2010.
I am posting her research and results so this misinformation will not be continued to be spread.
"Dear Linda and other Christian Cousins:
The following is being sent to all of you who received information that "Old Lewis' brother Nathaniel settled in Tazewell Co., VA . . ."
Not so! Or at least I have never seen any evidence that would substantiate such a move. Indeed, I have written numerous letters within the last year showing that Nathaniel Christian's son Thomas was not the one who settled in Tazewell Co., VA. Where on earth is all this erroneous and dubious information coming from?
Thomas Christian, progenitor of Tazewell Co., VA, was born about 1770?a boy of only 9 years of age when Nathaniel Christian's estate was settled in Montgomery Co., VA. A 9-year-old boy would have been too young to have served as security of his father's estate. Nathaniel Christian's son.
Thomas, born about 1750-57, was one of the securities of Nathaniel's estate (along with Thomas' brother-in-law William Boydston); and, of course, as a 22 to 29-year-old was quite old enough to serve in such a capacity.
Nathaniel's son Thomas was living in Cocke Co., TN, in 1830 at the same time the other Thomas was living in Tazewell Co., VA. The U. S. census as well as other records document their presence and approximate ages. It is my guess that because, as court records reveal, Thomas of Tazewell was "an orphan," someone simply assumed that he must have been Nathaniel's son, but that simply was not the case.
As for Nathaniel Christian: Following are a few documented events of his life:
Nathaniel was born between 1723-1733 since he was named as underaged son in 23 October 1743 Goochland Co., VA, will of father, Thomas Christian.
Nathaniel married Jane (Ewing?) about 1747.
Nathaniel's daughter Elizabeth Christian was born 1748.
Nathaniel's son Thomas Christian was born 1750-57.
Nathaniel was listed as tithe in Lunenburg Co., VA, in 1752 as was his brother Thomas.
Nathaniel purchased 175 acres (of 225) on Cub Creek in Lunenburg Co., VA, 1 July 1754. Brother Thomas was witness to the purchase..
Bedford Co., VA, was formed from part of Albemarle and Lunenburg 1753-4.
Brother Thomas in Bedford Co., VA, by 25 November 1760.
Nathaniel's son Isham was born about 1760.
Nathaniel sold 175 acres on Cub Creek of Lunenburg Co., VA, 12 March 1762 with brother Thomas as witness.
Nathaniel made entry of 400 acres in Bedford Co., VA, lower side south of Blackwater on Hastie's & Smith's lines beginning at Irwin's corner red oak under Smith's Mountain 28 February 1763.
Nathaniel's son Anthony was born about 1765.
Pittsylvania formed from Halifax adjacent Bedford 1766-7; county boundaries in state of flux for several years.
Nathaniel was on list of tithables in Pittsylvania 1767.
Nathaniel attended Bedford Co., VA, court in August 1768 (28 miles from home).
Nathaniel entered 400 acres Poison Fork of Bull Run in Bedford Co., VA, adjacent his own lines & Swanson's 4 April 1769.
Nathaniel's daughter Drucilla was born about 1769.
Brother Thomas allowed 30 miles to Bedford Co., VA, Courthouse March 1771.
Nathaniel living in Pittsylvania Co., VA, 22 July 1773
[Note: Nathaniel's home location in Pittsylvania Co., VA, straddled Bedford Co., VA, near where his brother Thomas lived on Staunton River in Bedford.]
Nathaniel was assigned 400 acres on East River below Five-Mile Fork, 3 Miles from Mouth in Montgomery Co., VA, by James Adair about 1777.
Daughter Elizabeth married William Boydston 1777 in Montgomery Co., VA.
In 1777/1778 Nathaniel Christian and William Boydston swore allegiance to Militia in Montgomery Co., VA.
Sometime after 1777 and before November 1781, Nathaniel's brother Thomas died, apparently in Bedford Co., VA.
Nathaniel died intestate and estate was administered in Montgomery Co., VA, 2 March 1779. Widow Jane was named as administrator with son Thomas and son-in-law William Boydston as security.
As heir under laws of primogenitor, eldest son Thomas inherited 400 acres on East River in Montgomery Co., VA, which he assigned to brothers Isham and Anthony Christian 3 April 1786.
By 18 September 1799 Nathaniel's son Thomas Christian was of Cocke Co., TN
One final comment: I believe that the Thomas Christian of Tazewell Co., VA, was probably related in some way to this family; however, I do not have any documentation that proves such a connection. Was he perhaps a son of David Christian, another son named in the 1743 will of Thomas Christian?
I welcome your input and evaluation of the above information.
Agnes Branch Pearlman"
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THERE MAY BE A NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTION THROUGH THE WOMEN WHO MARRIED INTO THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY
The lack of connection to this Christian line has provided credence to an oral tradition handed down through several branches of Thomas Bailey Christian's descendants. So far there have been no Native American DNA from Thomas Bailey Christian's Y-DNA (Male line) from his descendants who have been tested through Ancestry.com.
HOWEVER, Native American ancestry most likely was from MATERNAL lines who married into this Christian family, especially the Skaggs, Whitt, and Lester families. There is no doubt of contact with Native American culture through the long hunter ancestry of the Whitt, Skaggs, and Harman men. With these two influences, TBS and his children may have been given Native American names. TBCs' Native American name was "Kumskaka." Are these names accurate? Are they Cherokee or Shawnee in origin? Who are the sources for these names?
I have made an editorial decision to keep these names rather than delete them because of the maternal lines as well as the cultural contacts.
There is a very active Yahoo group discussing this ancestry at http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/nikitie/conversations/messages.
According to James Red Wolf, after Chief Cornstalk and Ellinipsico were murdered at Point Pleasant. Ellinipsico's four children including his son Thomas Bailey were adopted by the Long Hunters. It now appears that TBC was not his son, but the other three may have been his children. Whatever the reason or circumstance, they came under the care or guardianship of Thomas Mastin and others.
There is a lot of discussion on the Christian family forums on Rootsweb, Ancestry, and Genealogy.com about the possible parentage of Thomas Bailey Christian and Rachel Skaggs.
Here is some of the discussion threads:
http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/christian/messages/2898.html
You can also search for more discussion at http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/christian/
There has been no definitive proof on this, although Mr. Red Wolf alludes to "proof" in the Virginia State Archives, but has not shared any proof beyond oral history from one part of the Christian and Skaggs families. His family tree is available at
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=adkinsfam&id=I19526
Other source:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Christian_%2813%29
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DISCOUNTED
Tales of Native American heritage were passed down to his descendants. His great-grandchild Sallie Christian Charles, grandaughter of Moses Bailey Christian, and daughter of John Christian and Clemmie Harman, applied to the Eastern Cherokee in 1908. Application #10464. In her application she spells his name "Mose." Her application was rejected.
For more information about Cherokee genealogy, check out http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com. The following is from her article about Cherokee Wannabes. Since so much has been written about Moses' father, Thomas Bailey Christan, having Native American heritage, which has NOT been borne out by Y-DNA results or autosomal DNA results by any of his descendants.
This site has excellent articles on how to prove Cherokee ancestry. http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com/2011/06/fortune-hunters-guion-miller-roll-and.html#comment-form
The Guion Miller Roll is a list of Eastern Cherokee Indians who applied for compensation because of a 1906 lawsuit, and judgment in the tribe's favor in the United States Court of Claims on May 28, 1906, for them. This resulted in the appropriation of $1 million to the Tribe's eligible individuals and families. Newspapers were full of announcements that the Cherokees and/or Cherokee heirs would be receiving money anywhere from $5,000,000 to $11,000,000. Many times it was not made clear this was money for nearly the entire tribe but instead gave the impression that it was for specific families.
To be approved for funds the individual must have:
1. Been alive as of May 28, 1906
2. Established that he/she was a member or descendants of a person that had been included in the forced removal to Indian Territory, known as the Ross Party.
3. Not been affiliated with a tribe other than the Cherokee
4. Been members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaties of 1835,1836, and 1845 between the United States and Eastern Cherokee.
There were 45,857 applications filed for about 900,000 claimants. 30,254 of those claimants were entitled to share in the funds. This means nearly 2/3 of all claimants were NOT entitled and therefore rejected.
A common assumption of those who descend from people who were rejected on the Miller Roll is that their ancestors were Cherokee, but they just couldn't prove it at that time. These families were usually always listed as white in vital records and were never listed in the Cherokee records or on any Cherokee rolls. They simply had no documentation or proof.
People applied for the Miller Roll who had never heard they were Cherokee before the money or land topic came up. They were suddenly informed by someone that they were Cherokee or related to a specific family and should apply. There were families who had heard they were Indian or "kin" to them, so they applied even though they had never heard what tribe of Indians they might be "kin" to. There were people who were notified by "claim agents" and lawyers that they were entitled to lots of money so they applied. There were people who were told they would be receiving both land and money, so they applied. There were people who applied because they thought they were enrolling in the Eastern Cherokee tribe and then would be entitled to land and money.
Many of the rejected claimants, for one reason or another, filed a claim believing they were going to come into money. One has to be careful of not basing claim to Cherokee ancestry based on a rejected claim from the Miller Roll. Though these applications often offer a lot of genealogical information, they don't necessarily offer any proof of Cherokee ancestry.
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Thomas bought 250 acres of land for 10 pounds from John Williams and his wife Ann on the N S Roanoke River in August of 1729. John Williams and Ann were Thomas' grandparents.
Thomas was in Duplin Co., North Carolina on May 22, 1753. It is believed that Thomas brought his mother and sisters to Duplin County with him.
On February 17, 1755, in Duplin County, Thomas sold to Thomas Rhodes two tracts of land on Rocquist in Bertie County. He then purchased land on Gosen Swamp from Lemuel Lanier on August 12,1755 in a deed witnessed by Sarah Castellaw. This deed was made shortly before Sarah's marriage to Jesse Barfield.
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Thomas Hurst's will
To dau. Elizabeth Lee & female children, Vitz, Rose (and her young child) Beck Ellen & Mima. | HURST, Elizabeth (I6800)
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Thomas J. Wallace provided security for a marriage bond Peter H. Sullivan and Judith E. Sims on 10 Dec 1849.
Source: The Marriage License Bonds of Northumberland County, Virginia, from 1783 to 1850, Stratton Nottingham, p. 96 | Wallace, Thomas (I24154)
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Thomas Leavitt was a man of considerable stature within Hampton. | LEAVITT, Thomas (I8228)
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Thomas Mastin and Daniel Smith were among the many Virginians who migrated to the Territory South of the Ohio River (now TN) in the latter part of the 1700s. Major Mastin was an outstanding frontiersman, having been one of the leaders in fighting the Indians during the Chickamauga
Campaign. He was involved in other frontier actions which I shall not enlarge on at this time. He was the first sheriff of Davidson County, TN; also, the first sheriff of Sumner County, TN, where he died ca 1810. Source: "Reed and Related Families of Tazewell County, Virginia and McDowell
County, West Virginia", by Juanita S Halstead.
About 1772 and 1773 Thomas Mastin was living on the western side of Baptist Valley (in what is now Tazewell County). [Note: At that time it was part of Fincastle Co. which was formed in 1772 1772 from Botetourt County. It became extinct in 1776 when it was divided to form Montgomery and Washington counties in Virginia.]
Source: Johnston, David E. (David Emmons). A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory. (Huntington), Chapter V. 1795 - 1836 (Part 2), 1906.
Excerpt: "Thomas, John and William Peery settled where the present town of Tazewell is now located, and John Peery, Jr. at the fork of Clinch one and one half miles east of the present county site. In the meantime a number of settlers, among them the Scaggs, Richard Pemberton, Johnson, Roark, and others settled in Baptist Valley, and Thomas Mastin, William Patterson, and John Deskins farther west in the same valley, Richard Oney and Obadiah Paine in what is now known as Deskins Valley."
Source: Bickley, George W. L. (George Washington Lafayette), and J. Allen Neal. History of the settlement and Indian Wars of Tazewell County, Virginia. (Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Print. Co., 1974), CHAPTER VII.
Excerpt: I have been unable to learn anything of the particulars of this occurrence, more than the bare fact, that Joseph Ray and his family were killed by the Indians, on Indian Creek, in 1788 or '9. It is from this circumstance that Indian Creek has taken its name.
Thomas Maston (sic), William Patterson, and John Deskins farther west in the same (Baptist) valley in what is now Tazewell County.
Source: Hamilton, Emory L. Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers of Southwest Virginia, 1773-1794. (Unpublished).
Excerpt: 19th of May, 1783 letter written by Colonel Daniel Smith to Arthur Campbell, on that date, wherein he states: On my return from Cumberland, I came through Cassells Woods just after the Indians had been at the Fort at Hamlin?s Mill.(1) The people were greatly distressed: half of them had moved away, and the remainder ready to go, should the Indians make their appearance again. This was due, to their not having any assistance or protection from the interior...Last Wednesday the Indians murdered Joseph Ray, and several members of his family, also one Samuel Hughes, who happened to be there. Mr. Ray was a neighbor to Major (Thomas) Mastin. They have killed and made prisoner eight persons.
26 Oct 1773 Fincastle Co., Virginia, purchased land from James Skaggs and wife Rachael 78 acres on Me(a)dow Creek, New River, Fincastle Co.
Source: Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, John H. Gwathmey, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979 p. 506.
He is listed as Captain Thomas Mastin, Washington Co. VA Militia.
Source: Whitt, Hezekiah. Revolutionary War Pension Application. (Tazewell County, Virginia: National Archives, 27 March 1844).
Describes his service under Thoams Mastin and includes an affidavit from his adoptive son, Thomas Bailey Christian stating the friendship between Thomas Mastin and Hezekiah Whitt.
Mastin was a captain of a company of militia for Col. William Christian's Cherokee Campaign in 1776. Among Mastin's soldiers on this campaign were Richard Cavett, John Harmon, Israel Harmon, Jacob Harmon, Sr. and Jacob Harmon, Jr.
About 1777, Thomas and his wife Agnes adopted 4 orphans from the Cornstalk family. When Chief Cornstalk and his son, Elinipsico, were murdered at Ft. Randolph, WV November 10, 1777, Thomas Mastin, and his wife Agnes, took in the orphans Kumskaka (renamed Thomas Bailey Christian), Low Hawk (renamed Hezekiah N. Whitt), Outhowwa Shokka Cornstalk, and Mountain Raven (renamed Sarah Mastin).
Mastin was part of the campaign against the Cherokees of Chickamauga in 1779 led by Col. Evan Shelby. Two pension statements preserve the names of two of his men: Lyles Dolsberry and James Elkins. It is also known that Hezekiah Whitt was in that company.
Source: Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. (Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press, 1929, 1967, 1972).
26 Feb 1777 Washington County, Virginia, he became Captain in the militia.
29 April 1777 Washington County, Virginia, Daniel Smith & Thomas Mastin, two of the Gentlemen named in the Commission of the Peace for this County, took the Oath of Office.
22 March 1781 Washington County, Virginia,(now Tazewell County) became a Major in the militia.
Source: Aronhime, Gordon. Thomas Mastin: important unknown of the early Clinch River Settlement, 3-11, May 1982.
Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia, Publication 17 - 1984, Historical Society of Southwest Virginia, he Ten Washington County Years, 1776-1786
"The tithable list of Major Thomas Mastin of Baptist Valley, Daniel Smith's close friend, ..... Major Mastin's list contained 82 taxable males, each with the number of horses, cattle, and slaves owned. It is interesting that no one in the precinct besides the brothers Smith had slaves in 1782, save for Levisa, widow of Rees Bowan with two slaves. In the entire precinct of 82 persons taxed, only six others had as many as ten cattle listed. These were Thomas Mastin with 20, Simon Cockrell with 19, Levisa Bowen and her neighbor, David Ward, with 16 each, John Deskins, Sr., with 13, and Mrs. Comfort Brewster with 11."
1 Apr 1785 Washington County, Virginia,(now Tazewell County) sold 275 acres in Baptist Valley, moved to Tennessee.
Source: Historic Sumner County, Tennessee By Jay Guy Cisco, 1909
Chapter 2
" The first settlers came chiefly from the Watauga, North Carolina and from Virginia, though a few came from Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Many of these hardy men were fresh from the battlefields of the revolution, and brought with them the rifles and the muskets with which they had helped to win independence for their country. Better than rifles and muskets, they brought with them strong and vigorous minds, strong and healthy bodies, a love of freedom, undaunted courage and a determination to conquer dangers and difficulties and build new homes for their descendants or die in the wilderness.
Gilmore says in his "Life of John Sevier:" "With but one exception, the trans-Allegheny leaders were all Virginians, Sevier, Donelson, and the two being from the ranks of the gentry, Robertson and Cocke from that of the yeoman class, which has given some of its most honored names to English history.
Among the early settlers, of whom the writer has not been able to collect detailed information are the following families: Alexander, Allen, Bryson, Belote, Bentley, Brown, Baker, Baber, Bowyer, Bracken, Chenault, Cantrell, Chapman, Cryer, Crenshaw, Carter, Cummings, Dickinson, Dunn, Darnell, Duffey, Franklin, Gillespie, Clendening, Hassell, Hargrove, Hays, Hanna, House, Harris, Joyner, King, Lewis, Mitchner, Murray, Montgomery, McCain, Provine, Perdue, Pond, Pryor, Roscoe, Read, Rawling, Robb, Turner, Tompkins, Mastin, Watkins, Wherry, Witherspoon, Woodson, Walton, Williams, Grant, and others.
From the beginning, the settlers of Sumner county were in constant peril. The men seldom ventured from their homes without arms. They lived in groups of several families, bound together by ties of common interest, exposed to common dangers, and ever ready to hazard their lives for the common good. Most of them had been born and reared on the frontiers of Virginia and North Carolina during the stirring times immediately preceding the Revolution.
The Cherokees and the Creeks were constantly on the war path. There ,was no safety for the settlers until General Robertson ordered the destruction of the Chickamauga towns, and that order was successfully executed on September 13, 1794. After that time there was peace and safety. But many homes were in mourning for loved ones who had fallen victims to savage cruelty."
Chapter 3
"The first court held under the Tennessee State government was in July, 1796 (previous to that date they were held under the jurisdiction of North Carolina), at the home of Ezekiel Douglass. It was composed of the following members, commissioned by Governor John Sevier: William Cage, Stephen Cantrell, James Douglass, Edward Douglass, James Gwyn, Wetheral Lattimore, Thomas Masten, Thomas Donald, James Pearce, David Wilson, James Winchester and Isaac Walton.
December 15, 1790. Appointed and commissioned for the County of Sumner, Isaac Bledsoe, David Wilson, George Winchester, William Walton, Anthony Sharp, Edward Douglas, Joseph Kuykendall, James Winchester and Thomas Masten Justices of the Peace for Sumner county, of whom George Winchester, Anthony Sharp, and Edward Douglass, being those present, did take be- fore Judge McNairy in presence of the Governor an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and also an oath of office."
Tax List, Sumner Co. TN
Consists of a portion of a tax list for Sumner County, Tennessee, taken by Thomas Mastin, Justice of the Peace, in the district of Capt. Hansb[roug]h's militia company. The document lists names, number of acres owned, location, number of free polls and black polls, number of stud horses, and amount of taxable property. Based on the names included, the tax list appears to be from the 1790s or early 1800s.
April, 1787, Record of Stock marks and Brands of the inhabitants of Sumner County lists Thomas Mastin.
7 June 1787 Sumner, Tennessee, first Sheriff of Sumner County (for one year).
12 July 1788 Sumner, Tennessee, purchased 200 acres from his old friend Daniel Smith, then 68 acres, where he lived the rest of his life.
Record of the Taxable Property in Sumner County for the Year 1789 lists Thomas Mastin, 200 acres.
Source: U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
Name: Thomas Masten
Gender: M (Male)
State: Tennessee
Locality: Territory South of Ohio River
County: Sumner County
Residence Year: 1790
Household Remarks: He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Sumner County, 15 Dec 1790.
Source: Aronhime, Gordon. Thomas Mastin: important unknown of the early Clinch River Settlement, 3-11, May 1982.
1790 Sumner, Tennessee, tax list
On 2 Jan 1796, Thomas Masten sold to Peter Hansbrough, 505 acres on the north bank of Cumberland River abutting land of William Green and Robert Green in Sumner County. On 14 Feb 1798, William Green sold to James Mason, 227 acres part of a tract of 1,000 acres granted to Hezekiah Linton heir of Jesse Linton on the north side of Cumberland River in Sumner County with witnesses Smith Hansbrough and Thomas Maston.
Sumner County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, 1796
At a Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (illegible) met at the house of Ezekiel Douglass on the first Monday in October 1796. Deed of Conveyance from Thomas Mastin to James Fugate for two hundred & twenty five acres of land lying in Russell County & Commonwealth of Virginia was duly acknowledged by the said Thomas Mastin.
Russell Co. VA Deed Book Page 440 - September 27, 1797 between Thomas Masten of Sumner Co., TN and James Fugate of Bourboun Co., KY...275 ac granted to Thomas Masten dated April 1, 7985 on the waters of Clinch River in the Baptist Valey...Beginning on a high ridge corner to John Hankins land...on the side of Cants Ridge...Signed: Thomas Masten. No witnesses.
Was bondsman in Sumner Co. TN 1 Feb. 1790 for the marriage of Robert Erspy and Curry Cribbins, 7 May 1796 for the marriage of John Reed and Sarah Dixon, and 7 October 1796 for the marriage of John Searcy and Patty Claybrook Whitworth.
Sumner County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, held for the County of aforesaid on the first Monday in April 1798.
At the house of William Gillespie agreeable to adjournment.
Members Present :
Wm. Cage
Thomas Mastin
James Gwin
Witheral Latimer
The Court Adjourns till tomorrow 9 o'clock - Tuesday April the 3rd 1798.
The Court met according to adjournment, present: Esquires
Edward Douglas
Thomas Mastin
Witheral Latimer
Deed from William Green to James Mason for 227 acres of land was proved by Thomas Mastin.
Record of the Taxes in Sumner County for the Year 1792
Thomas Mastin, 1 poll, 200 acres tax 1 pound 8 shillings. Next household is Thomas Christian.
1804-1808 Sumner, Tennessee, Sheriff of Sumner County
Deed 20 Feb 1804 Thomas Mastin, Collector Direct Tax, to Joshua Rice, $ 1.43, having been the property of Andrew Armstrong, 640 acres. Wit: None" "Sumner County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts 1793-1805"
6 Oct 1808 Sumner, Co. Tennessee, No children mentioned. Only "beloved wife, Agnes"
Source: Lula Hunter. Skaggs & Hankins, Beginnings with Never Endings Msg 3-A.
Excerpt: Thomas Mastin and Daniel Smith were among the many Virginians who migrated to the Territory South of the Ohio River (now TN) in the latter part of the 1700s. Major Mastin was an outstanding frontiersman, having been one of the leaders in fighting the Indians during the Chickamauga Campaign. He was involved in other frontier actions which I shall not enlarge on at this time. He was the first sheriff of Davidson County, TN; also, the first sheriff of Sumner County, TN, where he died ca 1810.
17 March 1812, Russell County, Virginia now Tazewell County
This is a land grant for Walter Preston dated 17 March 1812. Thomas Mastin is mentioned, along with John Hankins in the description of the property.
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Thomas of Leswalt obtained his degree at the University of Edinburg July 27, 1663. he preached at The Presbytry of Dunfemline in April 1691. He was minister at Leswalt from 1692 until his death in 1703.
He was a member of the Assembly January 15, 1692.
Reference: Fasti (Register) Volume I
Various wills by Thomas identify Katherine Hutcheson as his wife as well as his children James, William, Elizabeth and Bethia.
The will of Thomas was not recorded when he died, but in 1715 his daughter's recorded it to collect a debt Robert Pollock owed their father. In it is found the following:
"Mr. Thomas Castellaw minister of the Gospel at Leswalt and Katherine Hutchosone his spouse." "James Castellaw, indweller in Paislai and Katerhine Veitch his spouse. " James is called his brother and his heir. "Elizabeth Castellaw lawful eldest daughter of the said Mr. Thomas Castellaw." Elizabeth and Bethia Castellaw, daughter's and wards of kin to the defunct and William Houston in Mains for Carleton husband to the said Bethia the remainder amoung my two daughters and my son James and son William. | CASTELLAW, Thomas (I7330)
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Thomas Paxton was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta Co. VA.
Chalkley
Page 249 10th June, 1763. Nathaniel Evins and Mary ( ) to Thos. Paxton, £100, 190 acres on North Branch of James, part of the tract where Nathaniel now lives, mouth of Buffalo Creek; corner Alexander Baggs. Teste: James Trimble, Sarah Trimble, Mary Preston. Delivered: Thomas Paxton, June, 1766.
Page 711 11th August, 1764. James McDowell and Francis, of the County of James City, Virginia, to Thomas Paxton, £250, 400 acres patented to James, 1st March, 1743, said river. Delivered: Thomas Paxton, June. 1766.
Page 197--8th November, 1768. Thomas Paxton and Elizabeth ( ) sold to John Paxton, their son, £100, 230 acres on James River, corner another tract of Thomas Paxton. Teste: William Paxton. Delivered: Thomas Paxton, your father, 31st [sic] June, 1773.
He came from Pennsylvania about 1747, and settled on North River (VA) at the mouth of Buffalo Creek. Hence he was distinguished from his cousins, of the same name as "Buffalo Thomas Paxton". He kept a boatyard, and had Flour and Saw Mills. He was also a thrifty farmer, and acquired wealth and influence. Presbyterian in faith, he was an Elder in the old Falling Spring Church, and there, his dust reposes. His epitaph is but his names and dates. "Here lies the interred body of Thomas Paxton, who departed this life Sept 27, 1788, aged 69 years". His first wife lies at his side. Her epitaph reads "Here lieth the body of Elizabeth Paxton, who departed this life March 3, 1773, her age being 49 years."
Paxton, W. M. (William McClung). The Paxtons: their origin in Scotland, and their migrations through England and Ireland, to the colony of Pennsylvania, whence they moved south and west, and found homes in many states and territories. (Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society, 1966).
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Thomas Tate
Date: May 17, 1756
Location: Augusta Co., VA
This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: William Smith's appraisement by John Mitchell, Robert Wilson and Robert Alexander - Widow Howston, Thomas Tate, John Brownlee, widow Fulton, owe by accounts.
Description: Debtor Book date: Augusta Co. VA Will Book 2, page 145.
Thos. Tate
Date: Mar 21, 1759
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: 299 acres in Beverley Manor; corner Nicholas Leeper.
This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks:130
Description: Grantee | TATE, LT. Thomas (I5592)
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Thomas was a devout presbyterian who came to Ulster or Northern Ireland in 1652 and settled in County Donegal.
Alexander, Austin and Arnold Families, by Frances Austin Arnold, pp 1-7, states that Thomas Alexander (son of Archibald Alexander, b 1610) was born in Scotland in 1630 and with his two brothers, Strong and William, went to Ireland in 1652 for "distates of the Rump pariliament of Cromwell. They were intensely Prsbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts, being blood kinsmen."
MARYLAND HERALDIC FAMILIES pg 60-61 extracts from "The McClure Family by Rev James Alexander McClure, published 1914, Petersburg Va. and Genealogy as given in Rogers "Memorial of The Earl of Sterling" and by Francis T. A. Junkin's "Genealogical Chart' , Junkin's "Virginia .Family "1908 Thomas Alexander b in Scotland 1630 but removed to Ireland, 1652 for distaste of The Parliament of Cromwell. An intense Presbyterian, but loyal to The Catholic Stuarts of whom he was a blood kinsman.
The FIRST NOVA SCOTIAN "Thomas Alexander (son of Archibald Alexander b. in 1610) was b. in Scotland in 1630.He went, with his 2 brothers, Strong and William, to Ireland in 1652 for distaste of The Rump Parliament of Cromwell. They were intensely Presbyterian but loyal to The Catholic Stuarts, being blood kinsmen. Thomas had a son William, and "a daughter who married Joseph Parks."
He may descend from the House of MacALEXANDER of Tarbet, Kintyre, Scotland. Unconfirmed and needs more research. | ALEXANDER, Thomas (I5789)
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Thomas' wife, Margaret Tallakarne Argall's will makes it clear her wish to be buried next to him at the Church of St. Faith The Virgin under St. Paul's Cathedral in London. St. Faith The Virgin Church was originally above ground next to Jesus Chapel but is now underground below St. Paul's Cathedral. | Tallakarne, Margaret (I35980)
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Though far from proved, strong onomastic evidence indicates that this George Huntress was the father of George Huntress (1644-1715). | HUNTRESS, George (I6990)
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Three of the children were born in Edmonson Co., KY. | MEREDITH, Lindsey (I4619)
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Three of the children were born in Edmonson Co., KY. | SKAGGS, William (I4634)
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Through Joan, the Barony of Strange of Knockin passes into the Stanley family when she marries George Stanley. Joan inherits the title of 7th Baroness Lady Strange Strange of Knockin. Her husband George become the 9th Lord Strange of Knockin. | LE STRANGE, Baroness Joan (I7582)
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Times West Virginian website
Friday, 1 August 2008
UPDATE - Infant's headstone retured to grave
Associated Press
"A headstone recovered earlier this year from a South Carolina houseboat has been returned to West Virginia to mark the grave of an unnamed infant who died in 1894.
A handful of relatives gathered Thursday at Monte Vista Cemetery in Mercer County as the marker was reset.
It's not clear how the headstone got aboard a boat docked at the Charleston City Marina in South Carolina, where it was discovered in February by a police officer.
According to an engraving on the family headstone, the infant son of George Asbury Hypes and Sarah McClanahan Hypes was born Nov. 1, 1894 and died 28 days later.
Henry "Bub" Hypes is a nephew to the infant. He says he's sure his uncle would appreciate Thursday's efforts." | Hypes (I12471)
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Times-News, Burlington, N.C., Real People column
GRAHAM, Sep 26, 2011 (Menafn - Times-News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --The paintings on the walls of Dolly Vipperman's apartment might be paint-by-numbers, but her work is no child's play.
The pieces she completes are of detailed natural scenes with thousands of numbered spaces -- many as small as the head of a pin.
"The secret is a lot of patience and a good, steady hand," Vipperman, 78, says. "It's relaxing to sit and paint. It's good therapy, too."
Since 1992, when she first started collecting the sets, she's done hundreds of paintings. Many are landscapes and nature scenes -- eagles in flight, birds and flowers, countryside cottages. Others are amazingly accurate reproductions of masterpieces, like da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," which hangs in her living room.
It takes Vipperman about two weeks to finish most paintings, depending on the detail involved. Detailed street scenes take the longest and she doesn't like painting most animals. Snow scenes, she's learned, nearly blind her because the variations of whites and blues used are so similar.
Incidentally, she's currently completing a painting of a cardinal on a snowy branch for her daughter, Donna Heddington.
"This one will take me a month! I ought to make her do it herself," Vipperman said, laughing, shooting her daughter a sly look.
Next on her list is a New York City skyline scene featuring the World Trade Center towers. Heddington orders the sets for her mother through catalogs and online. Most hobby stores don't carry many paint-by-number sets anymore, they said.
Most sets come with 18 paint colors. Vipperman often has to mix multiple colors to create additional shades required for an illustration. She's become something of an expert at it.
Vipperman keeps a collection of brushes, many of which she's cut down to just a sliver of brush for edging and extremely small spaces.
"Two hairs and some air," she says, showing off a brush she fashioned.
Vipperman gets pleasure from the craft, and calls herself "a painter, not an artist." She also says the hobby keeps her from boredom and a life dependent on TV watching to pass the time. She isn't lonely when she paints, hovered over the canvas with a magnifying glass in one hand and a brush in the other.
As much as she enjoys creating the paintings, she enjoys giving them away more. Because there simply isn't enough room to hang all her works at home, she gives them to family members, friends and local organizations.
An eagle she painted is with the Audubon Society. Her painting of American woodpeckers, along with their Latin names, hangs in the Graham Middle School library. She gave her great-granddaughter a framed painting with a letter passed down from her own grandmother, to be opened on the girl's 16th birthday. Heddington, who styles hair for a living, often gives the paintings to special customers.
She notes that well-done paint-by-number sets gain value over time. Some even hang in the Smithsonian Institution, she says.
Vipperman was born and raised near Bradley, W. Va. She loved art from the get-go, and spent as much time coloring as she could. She enrolled in an art class and met her first husband, Johnny Fontana, there. They were married at 20 and had three children: Tony, David and Donna. Fontana was killed after a tragic accident at the age of 26.
She was always good with her hands. In Orlando, she worked as a seamstress in her own shop, Dolly's Sewing Boutique, making wedding gowns and men's suits. Then she switched to upholstering furniture.
She moved to the Burlington area in 1985, marrying Laten Vipperman, who ran Signs Etc. on South Church Street before his death.
Now she and Heddington share a Graham apartment. Vipperman keeps house while Heddington works to pay the bills. Well into her 70s, Vipperman can still wallpaper. She brags too about being able to hang sheetrock, repair and install plumbing and fix things herself.
"I'm little, but I'm loud," she quips.
As she approaches her 79th birthday this December, Vipperman hopes other seniors will find productive hobbies to help keep their minds sharp. She also hopes that when the Children's Museum of Alamance County opens next year, she'll be able to visit and run workshops with children about how to paint-by-numbers.
Michael Abernethy can be reached at mabernethy@thetimesnews.com or 336-506-3042. | Smoot, Dolly Genevieve (I21438)
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Title: Louisiana Statewide Death Indeces 1900-1929
Name: Mary M. Calk
Death Date: 3 Sep 1921
Estimated birth year: 1845
Age: 76 years
Parish: Grant
Certificate Number: 8879
Volume: 17
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Title: "Drake in England"
Author: Sir Anthony Wagner
Publication: New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH, 1970
Note: Revised Edition, Original published in 1963
p. 75: "Joan Drake...was presented for the assizes of bread and ale between 1424 and 1438 and, at the Court held on June 8, 1441 as 'a common scold and disturber of the peace.' She survived her husband, to whose lands she had the reversion according to the terms of his death-bed surrender, and it was reported to the Court on August 28, 1481 that she had died since the previous Court." Based on these court dates, it is evident that she was married no later than 1424 and was very likely born no later than 1408. | Joan (I6875)
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Title: Marriage Record
Page: Tazewell County Marriage Register 3, Page 115, Line 116.
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: S. E. Pack
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1869
Birth Place: Tazewell, VA
Marriage Date: 7 Aug 1895
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Father: C. C.
Mother: Hannah
Spouse: R. N. Joyce
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 45
Birth Date: 1850
Father: Hamilton
Mother: Caroline M.
FHL Film Number: 34214 | Family F2008
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Title: Woodkirk Bishops Transcripts
Original is in Borthwick Library, Yorkshire
Microfilm
Page: Burials 1748
Text: June 21 Elizabeth Scott of Nettleton Hill Widow in this parish
Tombstone inscription: Here Lieth the body of Elizabeth Scott late wife of John Scot of New Laythes who departed the life the 19th day of June in the 62th (sic) year of her age AD 1748 | Whitaker, Elizabeth (I12297)
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Today the location is in Rockbridge Co. VA. | Paxton, Samuel (I10194)
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Today the town is in Cambridgeshire. | Townley, Margaret (I10303)
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Tolbert buys 36 acres for $180 from James BOSTICK in DB 12, page 230.
After Civil War, Tolbert moves his family to KY where they lived the rest of their lives. | ELSWICK, Talbert (Tolbert) Birdwen (Bird) (I9782)
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Toledo Blade, June 25, 2010
Veon V. McCourt Obituary
"He is also survived by one sister, Mae Walker..." | Family F9164
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Tombstone
b. Mar. 21, 1721 d. Nov. 16, 1778 | THORNTON, Mildred (I6441)
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Tombstone age given as 76 years 7 months 11 days.
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradford Russell
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Alfred, York, Maine
Gender: Male
Family Number: 231
Household Members:
Joshua Russell 55
Nancy Russell 50
Ruth Russell 26
Nancy Runell 3
Alonzo Tripp 13
William Rounds 18
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradford Russell
Age in 1860: 37
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Alfred, York, Maine
Gender: Male
Post Office: Alfred
Household Members:
Ruth Russell 36
Nancy Russell 13
Frank Russell 9
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradford Russell
Age in 1870: 47
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Alfred, York, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of father, Joshua Russell]
Post Office: Alfred
Household Members:
Joshua Russell 74
Nancy Russell 70
Ruth Russell 46
Frank Russell 19
Edgar Seavey 15
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradford Russell
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Alfred, York, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ruth Russell
Father's Name: Joshua Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Name: Nancy Russell
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Ruth Russell 56
Joshua Russell 84
Nancy Russell 80
Frank W. Russell 29
Adelie E. Russell 26
Harry E. Russell 7
Freddie Russell 4
Wilbur Russell 2
Gertrude Russell 2 months
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Tombstone dates
b. Jan. 25, 1715 d. Mar. 19, 1794 | WALKER, Dr. Thomas (I6439)
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Tombstone DOD is 1874
Taught in a one room school. Said she was meaner than her students and that was how she kept them from misbehaving (childhood remembrance of Cheryl T. Duke) Taught her cousins Nettie and Fannie, daughter of Dock, and her half-sisters.
CENSUS RECORDS
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora L. Whitaker
Age: 5
Birth Year: abt 1875 [1874]
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: Hiram Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Jane Whitaker
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora L Whitaker
Age: 24
Birth Date: Mar 1876
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: Hiram Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Lillie B Whitaker
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: School teacher
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora L Harman
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: 1876
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: French Harman
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
French Harman 26
Nora L Harman 34
William T Harman 1
James N Harman 4 months
Virginia C Harman 8 [Sister]
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora L Harman
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: French Harman
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
French Harman 37
Nora L Harman 43
William F Harman 11
James N Harman 10
Anna M Harman 5
Henry G Harman 3 years 11 months
Roy T Harman 1 year 6 months
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Nora Harman
Respondent: Yes
Age: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Education: 9th grade | WHITAKER, Nora Louise (I24)
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Tombstone has DOB as 13 Mar 1877. | Harrison, Mary Elizabeth (I26230)
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Tombstone has DOB as 1856, but census records indicate 1850. | Thomas, Sarah Ann (I17627)
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Tombstone has her date of birth as 1602 in Harwich, England. | Clerke, Elizabeth (I12531)
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Tombstone has her date of birth as 1629 in Harwich, England. | Stacy, Susanna (I12526)
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Tombstone has her date of death as Feb. 12, 1687. | Stacy, Susanna (I12526)
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Tombstone has her date of death as Oct. 9, 1669. | Clerke, Elizabeth (I12531)
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Tombstone has her DOB as 21 Feb. 1868 and DOD as 29 Sept 1943.
She made all of her own rugs. Had a room with her loom in it. She knew a lot about herbs for medicine, and Nancy Whitaker Tate would go with her as a child to gather various types of plants. NWT would help her water her plants and bug her beans.
In 1934 her house was burned in an act of arson while she was visiting her daughter, Laura Gaynell in PA. She lost everything, including family photos. Her grand daughter Rosie Whitaker Shepherd and husband Elmer lived with her. Elmer was mad at his wife, and while Rosie was out, he got drunk and set the house on fire. He was convicted on arson and sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Newton Whitaker, her son, built her a small house in front of the one that burned. | CHRISTIAN, Lillie Belle (I11)
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Tombstone has her year of birth as 1859, but her death certificate has it as 1858. | Cox, Emma (I22485)
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Tombstone has her YOB as 1872. | BEAVERS, Mary Belle (I5144)
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Tombstone has his date of birth as 1597 in Harwich, England. | Stacy, Simon (I12530)
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Tombstone has his date of birth as 1633 in Salisbury,Essex County, Massachusetts | French, Joseph (I12525)
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Tombstone has his date of death as Jun. 6, 1710. | French, Joseph (I12525)
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Tombstone has his date of death as Oct. 27, 1644. | Stacy, Simon (I12530)
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Tombstone has YOB as 1863. 1900 census information is most likely more reliable. | McGraw, John C. (I22011)
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Tombstone has YOB as 1870, but 1900 census is more likely the most accurate. | McGraw, Cynthia (I22012)
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Tombstone indicates he was a TEC4 in the US Army in World War II.
Spent time in jail. Lived at cottage on hill above the home built by Newton Hubbard Whitaker. Conned Rosa Whitaker Shepherd into signing a note so he could buy a used Buick Skylark from Nancy Whitaker Tate, mother of Cheryl Tate Duke. He never repaid the loan. When he died, his daughter, Patricia, came and claimed his life insurance money, returned to Indiana, but never repaid Rosa the money.
CENSUS RECORDS
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James N Harman
Age in 1910: 4 months
Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: \Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: French Harman
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Nora L Harman
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: James N Harman
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: French Harman
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Nora L Harman
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Newton Harman
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: South Bend, Fulton, Georgia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Prisoner
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Newton Harman
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Education: High School, 2 years
Occupation: Farmer
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 35
Income: 400
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
French Harman 56
Nora Harman 64
Grat Harman 24
Newton Harman 30
Margaret Harman 22
Kathryn Harman 4 [daughter]
Cormen Perkins 18 [lodger] | HARMAN, James Newton (I35)
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Tombstone inscription
Sacred to the Memory of
[J]EAN ALEXANDER (ALIAS) BEAN
who died March 16, 1789
Aged 50 years
A Perfon unrelated [&] unrequefted takes the
Liberty in Justice to her character to fay
That as a faithful & agreeable Friend [&] Wife
[&] Mother[,] a Miftrefs [&] an Economift[,] Fhe
merited the imitation of all her female [a]c[-]
quaintance & reftricted Honour on her fex.
Hark fhe bids her friends adieu
Some angel calls her to the fpheres
Our eyes the radiant faint perfue
Thro liquid telescopes of tears.
Farewel [sic] bright foul, a fhort farewel [sic],
Till we fhall meet again above
In the fweet groves where pleafures dwell,
And trees of life bears fruits of love.
Sweet foul we leave thee to thy reft,
Enjoy thy Jefus and thy God,
Till we, from bands of clay releas'd,
Spring out and climb the fhining road.
While the dear duft fhe leaves behind
Sleeps in thy bofom facred tomb;
Soft be her bed, in her flumbers kind,
And all her dreams of joys to come.
Her Saviour fhall her life reftore,
And raife her from the dark abode;
Her flefh and foul fhall part no more,
But dwell for ever near her God.
AB HOC MOMENTO
PENDET [AE]TERNITAS.
Tombstone photo
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=8581258&PIpi=9511813 | Bane, Jean (I11494)
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Tombstone Inscription:
"Sleep on in thy beauty,
Thou sweet Angel child,
By sorrow unblighted,
By sin undefiled.
Like the dove to the ark,
Thou hast flown to thy rest,
From the wild sea...to the home of..."
| Davenport, William G. Jr. (I14462)
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Tombstone Inscription:
"Esther McClung, his consort: Departed this life Oct. 27, 1818 - aged 74 years" | Caruthers, Esther (I10375)
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Tombstone Inscription:
ADOLINE F. BATCHELDER
died June 5, 1853
age 26 years & 2 days
wife of Joshua C. Batchelder | BAKER, Adoline (I12565)
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