Notes There's a letter from Genl. George Washington regarding Capt. Richard Davis who appears to have been a prisoner of war who set out for the "back country" once he was "paroled" which didn't se...

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Sources Davis Family Revolutionary War Records "Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son Rezin Davis in trust for the use Benefit and support of my Son Danus Davis his heirs Executors and Administ...

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From will of Moses White made on June 14, 1783 and probated 1786: "Sons David and William to have all the land with David to have negro boy Prince and William to have negro boy Samson ..." Links

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Moses White's second marriage was to Elanor (McCulloch ?). In Moses White's Will made on June 14, 1783 and probated in 1786 is quoted " Wife Elanor to have livelihood on plantation and negro girl Barb ...

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Robert "Councillor" Carter III was an American plantation owner, founding father and onetime British government official. After the death of his wife, Frances Ann Tasker Carter, in 1787, Carter embrace...

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Biography Moses White, Jr., son of Moses White, Sr. and his wife Mary (Campbell) was born in Ireland in c.1715. In 1722, a small group of "Newcomers from Ireland" were received by certificate into th...

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6. Thomas Wilson b 15 Aug 1817, married 1840, Susan Bradley. Thomas died 30 May, 1889. His home still stands in Huntsville, at the corner of White Street and Maiden Lane. He received that portion of hi...

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Stith, Mary Anderson, Ro., Account Books, etc., 1808-1812. Virginia Historical Society. p. 44. In the name of God, Amen, I Mary Stith of the City of Williamsburg being weak in body but in per...

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Dr. William Pasteur served as a surgeon in the Virginia line during the Revolutionary war, He .established his first Williamsburg shop in 1759. He then combined forces with John M. Galt and open the Pa...

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Nathaniel Jones, husband of Sarah Howson Calvert, was probably a decendant of the Nathaniel Jones who died in Westmoreland County in 1662; his widow, Judith Jones, married secondly, John Whiston. He (N...

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KING GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA WILL BOOK A; 1752-1780 {Antient Press}; Page 230-231 I ROBERT PECK of county of King George being very sick and weak in body .. give and bequeath to my son WILLIAM PECK ...

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Molly Welsh, was an English dairy maid who was falsely convicted of theft and indentured to a Maryland tobacco farmer. After working out her indenture, Welsh rented and farmed some land, eventually pur...

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary: "... William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and th...

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Notes owned 20 slaves before the Civil War

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Captain John Ballard will dated 24 Oct 1744 proved 16 Sep 1745 Wills and inventories No 2o PP. 3 10 York Co. VA

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Her died leaving his wife with at least one small child, John Bell. Her father John Alloway acted as executor of Samuel Bell's estate, and in his own will states that he has advanced his grandson John ...

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He died in his father's lifetime. An inventory of his estate was filed at Amherst County, Virginia on 26 March 1800 and included a slave James, a negro boy worth $250. His father's will gave a house an...

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He was a planter. His birthdate is known from a bible record made by one of his sons, but his birthplace is not known. His father might have been Edmond Alloway Strange 3d, or he might have been an ado...

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Additional Curator's Notes: Katherine Banks was born into a prosperous family in Canterbury, England in County Kent in 1627, the same year the Massachusetts Bay Colony had been chartered to colonize ...

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Leonard and Frances Estes were fairly prosperous and owned a large number of slaves. He was a judge for many years in Burke County, and later in Caldwell County after it was separated from Burke in 1841.

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William and Susannah Robinson Bradshaw moved to North Carolina from Cumberland County, Virginia, with Susannah's sister Judith, who married William's brother, Field, and her sister Elizabeth, who marri...

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He was an innkeeper. He served as a delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1776, and was Captain of the 3rd Regiment of Continental Troops. He and his wife Alice came to what is now Hawkins County, T...

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The 1850 census shows him as a farmer, with an estate valued at $35,000. There were no other people in his household. Cleve plantation was sold after his death in 1851. He left his estate to the childr...

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He served as a Colonel in the Royalist Army (1647), and as Secretary to John Lord Berkeley of Stratton when he was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1670 and Ambassador to France in 1675. He was also one o...

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The heirs of his father James Genn appear on 1770 Virginia Rent Rolls, holding 774 acres. (Southern District of Fauquier County, Virgina.): 78Be 81BC-84, 87B-96H (NW Dist). Deed 4:316, 1771. 28 Febru...

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He was the earliest documented ancestor of this line, although family tradition makes him son of another Charles Yancey and his wife (Mary?) Leighton (Rose Faulkner Yancey, Lynchburg and Its Neighbors ...

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Pierre Louis Soblet was born 15 Aug 1695, Sedan, Ardennes, France or Wesel, Germany and died 24 Nov 1754, Cumberland Co. Virginia. His name was anglicized to Peter Lewis Soblet according to his will ma...

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Enslaved persons listed in his will: to my son Abraham Soblet, my negro man Prymus?; to my son Lewis Soblet, a negro woman Candis to my son Lewis Soblet one negro gall named Judy

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Adam Stailey was born 1787 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA, and died 1867 in Huntersville, Clinton County, Kentucky, USA. Parents: Adam Jacob Stailey (1763-1825) and Evaline "Eva" Porter (1760-...

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Children 1. ENOCH JOHNSON STALEY b: 2 FEB 1809 in WILKES COUNTY, NC. 2. MARY ANN STALEY b: 1811 in NORTH CAROLINA 3. JESSE FIELDING STALEY b: 1814 in WILKES COUNTY, NC. 4. LUCINDA STALEY b: A...

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1842 - 23 July. From the will of William Cargile of Wilkes, NC.Two negro boys, WILLIAM and ALBERT, bequeathed to his daughter Elizabeth and her heirs. CARGILE FAMILY OF WILKES COUNTY, NC.

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A group of pioneers from Wilkes County, North Carolina came to the Stevenson area of Jackson County, Alabama in the early 1800s. Many families in the Stevenson area are descendants. Notes This Ca...

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1842 - 23 July. From the will of William Cargile of Wilkes, NC. A negro girl, EMILY, bequeathed to his son Joel Cargile, along with the home tract of land containing 130 acres lying in Wilkes Co., NC o...

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1842 - 23 July. From the will of William Cargile of Wilkes, NC.A negro girl, MARY, bequeathed to his daughter Polly and her children. CARGILE FAMILY OF WILKES COUNTY, NC. 'Polly was married to Willia...

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David Witt was a witness to the will of John Witt d.1782 of Amherst Co., VA - and so it has been assumed that John is the father of David. Rather weak, but there you are Links

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1842 - 23 July. From the will of William Cargile of Wilkes, NC. Two negro men, JACH and ELLICH, bequeathed to his sons Lewis and Jason Cargile, with the son keeping both slaves to pay the other son $20...

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Denied pension for Revolutionary War service. Was a volunteer horseman or ranger under Captain Joshua Lawson. Notes A son-in-law of William Cargile filed for the pension due the heirs of William ...

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John Fitzpatrick signed the Albemarle Declaration of Independence in 1779. (he is not in DAR database, but his father - Thomas- and son William are). His descendents went to Coles Co. Ill. To assist ...

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Charles McCall was born in Pennsylvania, near the Virginia line. On 21 February 1772 Charles McCall received a land grant for 450 acres on Lynche's Creek on the southwest side of the PeeDee River, SC...

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Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen was a lawyer, planter, and veteran of the Texas Revolution. He was the second husband of Adelicia Hayes Franklin, later Cheatham, and the man with whom Adelicia built her ...

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James Henry Howton, Sr. was born 17 August 1807 in Hopkins County, Kentucky and died 30 July 1865 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. He is buried in the Irvin Howton Cemetery in Hopkins, Kentucky. Note o...

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Robert Francis Withers Allston (April 21, 1801 – April 7, 1864) was the 67th Governor of South Carolina. He was born in All Saints Parish, South Carolina in 1801. He graduated from the United Sta...

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John Laurence Manning, (January 29, 1816 – October 24, 1889) was the 65th Governor of South Carolina from 1852 to 1854. In 1838, John L. Manning married Susan Frances Hampton (1816–1845), daughte...

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Dr. Stephen Duncan was a native of the Keystone state, born in Carlisle March 4, 1787, and was educated at Dickinson college, in his native city, from which he graduated in medicine in 1805. Three year...

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary: "... John Caldwell Calhoun March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th centu...

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United States Senator from Mississippi and an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. A W...

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Rec...

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[edit] Biography Helme was baptized on 24 Jul 1603 in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England, the son of William Elme and Grisill Spratt. He arrived in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in July 1637...

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1. ANDREW JACKSON, JR., b. 15 Mar. 1767, Waxhaws, South Carolina—d. 8 Jun. 1845, Nashville, Davidson Co. Tennessee; m. Aug. 1791, Natchez, Mississippi (re-m. 17 Jan. 1794, Nashville), to Rachel Donelso...

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Thomas Jefferson was part of the Committee of Five appointed by the Continental Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence and the main author. The others were John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert ...

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William Mahone (December 1, 1826 – October 8, 1895) was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Congress. Small of stature, he w...

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James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 (O.S. March 5) – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is hailed as the “F...

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James Knox Polk (pronounced /ˈpoʊk/ POKE; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later live...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician from Georgia. He was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He a...

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Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the 12th President of the United States. Known as "Old Rough and Ready," Taylor had a 40-year military career i...

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John TYLER (10th President of the USA) was born on 29 Mar 1790 in Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia. He served as as President of the United States from 1841 to 1845. He died on 17 Jan 1862 in Ri...

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Some sources claim that John Key married an Elizabeth Witt, but there was no Elizabeth named in the will of William Witt, father of Agnes, who clearly named his daughter Agnes and her husband John Key ...

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Overview 1st president of the United States of America, George Washington Links Biography George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President o...

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I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Canidey one Feather Bed and Furniture and all the Meat and Corn on my Plantation for the use of her and her Children this ensuing Year. Likewise I lend to my sa...

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William Cornett (c. 1817 – c. 1861) was an American farmer and cattle rancher from Hempstead, Texas. William Cornett was born in South Carolina around 1817. His parents are unknown. Sometime before 1...

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