William Henry Andrews

GEDCOM Note

The name Andrews is a patronymic name, meaning "son of Andrew", with the terminal "s" meaning son, i.e., Andrew's son. There is a record of a Jessie B. Andrews born in 1804 at Georgetown that could possibly be a brother. The 1810 DC Census was lost. He is listed in 1834 Georgetown, DC directory as living in, owning or running a boarding house at west end and south side of Bridge St.

According to Catherine Glattli (a descendent through the Elizabeth Goff lineage), he moved to Florida between 1833 and 1837.

According to Andy Andrews - 1834 - worked in St. Augustine and found him in the territorial records through an unclaimed letter.

It is believed that he married Elizabeth Binns Goff before 1836. Her birth place is Leesburg, Va., and this book believes that they lived in DC before coming to Florida (see "Lest We Forget" 1730-1974" by Nancy Andrews Graham).

There is also another note on this from a Wesley E. Pippenger. A Wesley E. Pippenger rsearched for another client informaiton on William H. Andrews. Here is what he told me. That the marriage of William H. Andrews to Elizabeth Binns could not be proven by a public record, and the evidence that he saw was a bible record to this effect. This evidence was written in the fashion which supports the Virginia tradition of women having multiple given names --that Binns wasn't her surname but a middle name. His proposal was that Elizabeth Binns was really Elizabeth Binns Goff, daughter of Adam Goff of Loudoun County, VA and that she had a sister named Hannah Binns Goff who was also married.

William H. Andrews, he said was apparently the son of Benjamin Andrews and wife Elizabeth Davis based on a brief record in a DC Catholic church. That was all he had at the moment. I believe he wanted me to hire him to look further into the issue.

In 1840 census, he is shown as head of family, living in Tallahassee with his wife, 2 children and 2 female slaves, a 24-35 years old and 1 less than 10 (maybe a child). The white adults were literate. He is listed as being in manfactures or trades.

He was a railroad agent in 1860.

Believe Elizabeth Binns Goff died around the early 1840s (maybe of yellow fever in an epidemic in Tallahassee).

He Was a leutinent in the militia in 1840. He was bankrupt or almost by 1841.

In a home that he bought in 1843 there was a bureau, pine table, 2 beds and desk bought with the home.

He married Mary Adeline Walker of Monticello, Florida, on 12/21/1843 (Deed Book E, page 329).

He voted in first statewide election May 26, 1845 - this means he was a member of the state militia before voting. He voted in the 1st Statewide Election in 1847 at Precinct 1, the Monticello Courthouse.

His cattle brand, dated 1847 was a pole handle in the right ear and poplar leaf in the left ear.

There is a part of a ledger dated 1849 which shows purchases made by William henry Andrews. He bought a lot of whisky and "segars". Also he bought "daks" or "doks", and I'm not sure what those are.

In the 1850 census, dated Feb. 15, 1851, he was the federal census taker for Jefferson County. He lists a personal estate of $300 and no occupation for himself. 7 children live at home. The oldest three attend school. In the 1850 Census, there is a signature of William Henry Andrews on the final page of the Jefferson County census.

1851 - He is paid $10.54 as expenses for conducting James Carter, "a free man of color" out of the stat

9/21/1852 - He purchased 39.79 acres of land from gov't. Millard Fillmore president. Brother-in-law Henry Walker purchased 120 acres of land the same day. 80 of it next to William Henry Andrew's land.

11/2/1855 - Sheriff William H. Andrews describes a runaway slave boy of 13 who was jailed in Monticello as "a very pert spoken; of a dark complexion, and about four feet ten inches high" who "has a scar on his right arm which he says was caused by a mule running away with him". The independent younster said he belonged to Nat Berry of the Sumter district in SC.

According to Sherwood Andrews, WH Andrews was a founder of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge #3. He was a member of the Hiram Lodge No. 5 of Free and Accepted Masons. I don't have proof of this yet.

In the 1860 census, W. H. Andrews was listed as 49, white, male,1860 census - lists him as railroad agent with real estate of $300 and personal estate of $300. Four of his children attend school. One daughter 19 is still at home (Florida); six more are at home. There is also a household boy T. L. Weitz at home, white male.

He was sergeant of arms of the Florida House of Representatives in 1861;

There is a death notice of one of his kids who had died in 1862, but William H. Andrews wasn't listed in it. Andy Andrews has this information.

Julius Williams looked up the veterans records of William H. Andrews. It confirms he was in Company A of the Fourth Florida Infantry as a private. His name appears on a report of wounded of Preston's Brigade, in the battles in front of Murfreesboro, TN. from decmeber 31, 1862 to Jan 2 1863. He received a slight head wound in action on January 2, 1863. On January 10, 1863, he was catured at Stones River and sent to Nashville. This record appears on a register of Prisoners of War, Department of the Cumberland,Reg. No. 1, page 50.

He was hospitalized in Petersburg, VA where his name appears on a Register of General Hospital. He was admitted on April 2, 1863 with pneumonia. He was furloughed 40 day on April 18, 1863. The remarks of the paroled prisoner appear in the record, but we'll need to get the rest of the info. Confederate Archives, Chapter 6, File No. 273,, page. 2.

Believed he died by January 5, 1870 in Florida. In a transaction of property listed on W.D. 128, 1/5/1870 26-(N.4 Mary A. Andrews sold to John W. Powell land. This indicates that William Henry was deceased by this date.

Much of this information came from (Marsha) Lynn McMahon Davis.

From Ida Mae Pewett, I have the following information. Andrews, South Carolina, may be connected to our Andrews ancestors. It is said that a brother of William Henry Andrews may have lived there and run a sawmill. Have found nothing that points back to South Carolina for W. H. Andrews.

Did some searching while in Washington DC for any Andrews and found in the 1800 census: page 891 Benjamin Andrews, pg 891, 26-45 (males 16-25 - 1; females under 10 - 3, and 1 slave); pg 803, George Andrews, 26-45 (males under 10 - 2; females under 10 - 2 and 2 slaves).

Also found in Maryland (Alleghany) on page 37 James Slicer, 45 & over (males under 10 - 2, 10-16 - 2; females 10-16 - 1 and 6 slaves); pg. 125 Nathan Andrews 26-45 (males under 10 - 1, 26-45 - 2; females under 10 - 2, 6-26 - 2 and 26 -45 - 2); pg. 125 Richard Andrews, 10-16 (males under 10 - 1, 10-16 - 2; females under 10 - 1, 16-26 - 1) ; pg. 125 Richard Andrews 26-45 (males 16-26 - 4, 26-45 - 1; females 10-16 - 1, 16-26 - 1); pg. 125 William Andrews, 16-25 (males under 10 - 1; females 16-26 - 1); and pg. 127 Priestly Andrews 26-45 (males under 10 - 1; females 10-16 - 1, 26-45 - 1). 1820 census, Washington, DC - pg. 81 Christopher Andrews (w); pg. 172 Jacob Andrews (a); pg. 9 Nancy Andrews (w); pg. 88 T. P. Andrews (w) and pg. 148 Rev. W Andrews (a). (Again I need to go back and check these.)

Also I did not write anything else on these families. But Julius Williams checked them and said that there weren't any Andrews that had a male in the 10 year age category.

1830 Census, Washington, DC - pg. 91 Christopher Andrews (W); pg. 189 Edward Andrews (w); pg. 236 Elijah Andrews (A); pg. 58 Timothy Andrews. (I also have a note to myself here to do an 1830 census book history of the area which is located in the front of the book).

Also I did not write anything else on these families. Julius Williams thinks that the hint as to who was the father of William H. Andrews is in the name of his child John Slicer Andrews. So he looked up John Andrews in the 1810 census. In federick County, VA, page 374, he found a John Andrews, 2 males 0-10, 1 male 10-15, none 16-25, and 1 26-44. 2 females 0-10, and 1 female 26-44. In Loudoun County, VA he found a Joseph Andrews 1 male 16-25 and 2 females, 0-10 and 1 female 26-44. In Loudoun Co., Leesburg, he found a Charles Binns 1 male 0-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25 and 1 male 45 - over. Females were 1 female 0-10,, 1 female 10-15 and 2 females 16-25. William Binns, 3 males 0-10, 1 male 26-44 and 1 female 0-10, and 1 female 26 -44. Also Thomas Binns, 1 male 0-10, 1 male 26-44. 2 females 0-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 26-44.

He said that Frederick and Loudoun County are located next to each other in Virginia. He also checked the Maryland census but the nearest Andrews was in Baltimore, which is also a possibility. The others were out toward the eastern shore.

Also some info on this line also came from Mrs. Davis, 200 Old SC 11, Travelers Rest, SC 29690-8904. She is from the John Slicer line. Another piece of documentationt hat Lynn Davis found is information in a Georgetown, SC directory for William Andrews at a Boarding house at the west end and south side of Bridge St. We had heard that a brother of his moved to SC. Can this be connected?

Andy Andrews has bible records with Ellizabeth Binns listed. Also we need to check Baltimore, Maryland genealogy records.

In the book "The Red Hills of Florida 1528- 1865" by Clifford Paisley, it read "So many Virginians settled in Jefferson and neighboring Leon counties that their combined domain became known as the "Old Dominion".

Also there was a depression between 1841 and 1847.

In the book "The Red Hills of Florida, 1529-1865 by Clifford Paisley, there is this information. There was a company of Leon County residents calle dthe Howell Guards, who had been one of the first units to leave Florida. In August 1861 it traveled by train from Tallahassee to Monticello then marched to Boston, GA, where the men took a train to Richymond. But the company did not remain there long, by Sept. 20, it was encamped on the banks of the Ptomac a few miles south of Washington. Then the company was reassigned to the Fredericksburg area for a time and then early in May 1862 encamped at the first of several locations near Richmond.

In the "Floridian", November 3, 1855, there is an article about a runaway slave and a quote from William H.Andrews, sheriff of Jefferson County.

I'm fairly certain that he and William Wirt were acquaitances so I looked up info on Wirt in the Florida State Archives Online Catalog. I found four records, and one is worth researching. One is a book on the Gamble Family - family history notes, 1898. Record No. 900000 M72-7.

Other places to search are: .S 162, Florida. Indian War Claims Commission Records, 1849-1926. Youngs Topographical Memoirs of E & W Florida. Also at Leon County Library - FL. Historical Quarterly - 3 issues, 1934 (Oct & July). 1935 (Jan). Also, 000101 .S 32 - Florida Governor. Territorial and State Governors letterbooks, 1836-1909. 83 v. Also, 000101 .S 577 - Florida Governor. State governors' incoming correspondence, 1857-1888. 3.00 cubic ft.

Also. J. B. Rodger's Diary? Found his father and mother's name through the corrspondence between Wesley e. Pippenger and myself, dated 9/17/04. He found a brief record of this in a DC Catholic church.

I have a letter dated 10/29//1996 from Rick andrews to Sherwood Andrews of Greenville. Rick Andrews says that he is a great-great-great grandson of William henry Andrews and Elizbeth Binnes. He says that William H. Andrews was one of the founders of the Indepedent Order of Odd Fellow Lodge 3 (but it doesn't say where).

10/25/15 - Researched Madison County probate records and found nothing regarding William or Mary Andrews. Several of their children moved to Madison County, and since we've been unable to find their probate records in Jefferson County we're looking into Madison County records.

10/25/15 - Researched Madison County marriages to try to find how soon there are Andrews married in that county. The earliest marriages of any Andrews is in the 1890s.