ASA AKERS AKA ACY DEATH CERTIFICATE

THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF MY THIRD GREAT GRANDFATHER ACY AKERS.

TRANSCRIBED INCORRECTLY OF COURSE.... 

Name	Aly Akins
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age at Death	72
Birth Date	Jan 1851
Death Date	10 May 1923
Death Place	Pulaski, Virginia, USA
Registration Date	16 May 1923
Spouse	Katherine Akers

58/ 59 Zachariah Taylor and Elizabeth Peak

1850 census of PLEASANT COLEMAN TAYLOR, CARROLL CO., VA.

It's Family History Friday and number 58 on my ancestor list is my third great grandfather, Zachariah Taylor, the husband of Elizabeth Peak. The Taylors are the last names on my ancestor list in generation 6 as I have not yet found the names of the next four ancestors and so this will be the end of my generation 6 posts for now...

Zack Taylor was the son of Pleasant Coleman Taylor and Jane Reed Tharp.
Zack married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Peak on December 16, 1873 in Wythe Co., VA. 

Zack's marriage record says he was born in Carroll county, Virginia as was his wife Elizabeth.
Lizzie's parents were Aaron Peak and Sally Christley. Zack's parents were Pleasant Taylor and Jane AKA "Jincy" Tharp. Pleasant and Jane were born in North Carolina, as were their children Thomas and Eliza A. Taylor. Their other children were born in Virginia, so the family must have moved to Virginia about 1944. Pleasant's mother was living with him in 1850 when Zack was age 3.



LINKS
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LDTH-3BZ     
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5NB-68S                                   
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17656147         
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88Y-3BZ      1850 census
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41P-JSZ     1860    
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRS7-T47         marriage
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taylor-15881                   

54/55 David Johnson and Deborah #FamilyHistoryFriday 1/12

Its Family History Friday again and today I will be continuing the Ancestor List Challenge I started in 2014. Also, this will be the 1st of 12 ancestors in 12 months for 2015.

Number 54 and 55 on my ancestor list is David Johnson and his wife Deborah...

David Johnson is the father of Margaret Elizabeth Johnson who married Robert Lee Linville. David's wife is believed to be named Deborah and some speculate her maiden name to be Shinall or Chenault. Who were his parents? Who were his wife's parents? Who knows? Sometimes you just hit a wall and crash. C'est la genealogy!

David and Deborah probably lived in Surry county, NC. They are my 6th generation great-great-great grandparents

52. MOSES LINVILLE and 53. HENRIETTA WHITE #52ancestors

Number 52 on my ancestor list is Moses Linville, who was the father of Robert Lee Linville. Moses married Henrietta White, the daughter of John White and Elizabeth Callahan in Surry County, NC. Their son Robert married Margaret Elizabeth Johnson in Surry County as well.

Henrietta White (abt. 1814-bef. 1870) m. Moses Linville (1802-1881) (lived on Tom's Creek in Surry County)  

LINKS   

http://www.fmoran.com/rockford/white.html 

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WHITE/2004-05/1084900711     

http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Moses-Linville/p230265    

http://genforum.genealogy.com/linville/messages/942.html         

http://records.ancestry.ca/henrietta_white_records.ashx?pid=20505806      

50/ 51. THOMAS LAWRENCE and SUSAN FRANCES O'BRYAN #52ancestors

THOMAS LAWRENCE and SUSAN FRANCES O'BRYAN were the parents of my dear great great grandmother RHODA ELLEN LAWRENCE who married SAMUEL A. HANCOCK, son of PETER and ELIZABETH EDWARDS HANCOCK.

Thomas was the son of John Lawrence, Jr., and Nancy Peden, born about 1824 in Montgomery, Virginia and he married Susan in Floyd, Virginia.

THOMAS LAWRENCE 

b. 11-11-1824 VA, d. 5-26-1897, s/o John P. & Nancy (Peden) Lawrence.

1850 Montgomery Co., VA, 41^st District, H74: Thomas Lawrence, 24 yo w/m, constable-$900, HOH, with Eli 7 yo & Charles 5 yo, both sons of John P. Lawrence & his 1^st wife.

Marriage #1: Thomas Lawrence m. Susan Frances O’Bryan 09-03-1850 Floyd Co., VA bond. She d/o William OBryan per bond.

1860 Floyd Co., VA, Floyd Court House PO, H667: Thomas Lawrence, 35 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1600/603, HOH.

1870 Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville Twp, H255: Thomas Lawrence, 45 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1,400/310, HOH.

1880 Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville District, H188: Thomas Lawrence, 56 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, HOH.

1890 Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville District: Thomas Lawrence, 65 yo.

Marriage #2: Thomas Lawrence m. Susan P. Ballinger 06-01-1893 at Albert Ballinger's, Floyd Co., VA by C.L. Stradley. He 68 yo widowed w/m farmer, b. Montgomery Co., VA & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o John & Nancy (Peden) Lawrence. She 48 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Richard M. & Patsey Ballinger.

1900 Floyd Co., VA, Court House District 14, H99: Susan P. Lawrence, 56 yo widowed w/f housekeeper, b. May 1844 VA, 0 ch, alone (or may be misnumber & she’s with single sister Julia in previous house).

Burial 1897: Jacksonville Burial Ground, Floyd Co., VA.

Susan was the daughter of William O'Bryan and Rhoda Holland, born in Pittsylvania County about 1827.   

b. c1827 Pittsylvania Co., VA, d/o William & Rhoda (unknown) O’Bryan.

1860 Floyd Co., VA, Floyd Court House PO, H667: Susan F. 33 yo w/f, b. VA.

1870 Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville Twp, H255: Susan F. 46 yo w/f, b. VA, keeping house.

1880 Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville District, H188: Susan F. 57 yo wife, b. VA.

Burial: Jacksonville Burial Ground, Floyd Co., VA.

Susan had another daughter named Lula E. Lawrence and at least three sons named William, Henry A. and Luther Lawrence according to Ancestry trees....

LINKS---

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/lawrence2.htm                

http://www.padenfamily.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F4341&tree=peden1
http://records.ancestry.com/lula_e_lawrence_records.ashx?pid=11166647      
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=4645:198&ref2=4645:208    
http://records.ancestry.com/thomas_lawrence_records.ashx?pid=11110710  

48/49 PETER S. HANCOCK and ELIZABETH EDWARDS #52ancestors

As the year draws to a close we find ourselves approaching that ultimate goal of the challenges involved in this year's posts, namely Ancestor 52. This week I will review all the info I have on numbers 48 and 49. While I have posted about them previously and you can check the tags to read those posts, I wish to review them now as it is most certainly there time, here at week 49, and as I am also approaching the end of generation 6 on my ancestor list.

Peter S. Hancock married Elizabeth Edwards in Virginia and they were the parents of Samuel A. Hancock, my great great grandfather. Peter was the son of John Hancock and Elizabeth Witt, and his wife Betsy was the daughter of Brice Edwards and Jane Rakes. Peter was born in Patrick County and Betsy was born in Franklin. They married in Floyd, Virginia where they lived out the rest of their lives. Although some of their children were born in Patrick County, indicating that they may have moved more than once before buying the family farm.

Peter G. Hancock (son of John Hancock) was born 1823 in Virginia, and died 1891 in Floyd County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Edwards on December 24, 1839 in Patrick County, VA, daughter of Brice Edwards and Jane Rakes.   
Marriage: December 24, 1839, Patrick County, VA. 
 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/a/n/Vanessa-Tang-/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0591.html

John was supposedly born in New Kent County, Va, and married Elizabeth
Maddox (Jan. 1, 1733) on Oct. 16, 1755. Both died in Patrick Co., Va,
she in 1805, he in 1810. Their son, Benjamin (who died in Lebanon, TN)
was the great-grandfather of my great-great-great grandmother, Elizabeth
Hancock (her parents were Peter G. Hancock and Elizabeth Edwards.)
Elizabeth married George Washington Moran on Feb. 14, 1866.  
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HANCOCK/1999-08/0933564117   

Columbia Hancock was born in 1861, at birth place, Virginia, to Peter G. Hancock andElizabeth Hancock (born Edens).

Peter was born in 1820, in Patrick, Virginia, United States.

Elizabeth was born circa 1820, in Patrick, Virginia, United States.

Columbia had 14 siblings: Martha Jane Cassell (born Hancock), John H. Hancock and 12 other siblings.   

http://www.myheritage.com/names/columbia_hancock        

Brice was born in Patrick County, Va. and died in Franklin County where he lived with his wife. 

46/47 Henry D. King and Sarah Ann Bartlett #52ancestors

As the year draws to a close we grow ever closer to that 52nd week in the 52 weeks challenge. For week 46 I will share everything I have on my 46th and 47th ancestors....

Number 46 on my ancestor list is Henry D. King, the son of John King and Sarah Addair, and the husband of Sarah Ann Bartlett. Sarah Addair was the daughter of James Addair, Sr. Sarah AKA Sally Bartlett was the daughter of Reuben S. Bartlett and Elizabeth Jackson. 

Henry's father John King was a private in the Revolution, but his friends called him Captain as was the custom in the area.  

James Addair was born abt. 1750 and he died abt. June 13, 1823 in Montgomery Co., VA.

He married three times.
1st. Wife - He married Annis Harbison abt. 1767
2nd wife - Unknown
3rd wife - Martitia (Letitia) Page

James Military records
James was in the militia in the colonial years. He also fought in the Revolutionary War.
He signed the Oath of Allegiance in Oct. 1777.

James Addair's Ferry.
William Tabor signed a petition for James Addair to open a ferry boat in 1791.

James owned several Plantations in Va. After James died His son (James Jr.) then took over his Estate.
After James Jr. died, in 1847 there was a lawsuit of, Summers VS Tunnell regarding the ESTATE OF JAMES ADDAIR JR.

James and Annis’s Children
James Jr. Adair born 1768; died March 24, 1845, Pulaski Co., Virginia. James Jr. never married.
Jane Adair born 1770; died February 10, 1835 Jackson Co., Alabama. She married John Kirby, son of Richard Kirby and Sarah Small.
Thomas Adair born abt. 1775; died abt. 1840 in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirby abt. 1794, daughter of Richard Kirby and Sarah Small.

James And his unknown wives Children
Elizabeth Addair died before 1846
Sarah Addair died before 1846
John Addair died before 1846 (My G.G.G. Grandfather) His wife is unknown to me.
William Addair died before 1845
Marry Addair died before 1846
Susanne Addair born 1789, Montgomery Co., VA; died Oct. 02, 1845 in Pulaski Co. VA.

Henry was the brother of Massie Ann Wimmer; Mahala Wimmer; Elizabeth Schilling; Rosanna King; Nancy Burnett and 1 other; and Catharine King

Sarah was the sister of  Samuel Bartlett. 

Henry and Sarah were the parents of Joseph KING; Nancy Rachel Bartlett (KING); Eliza Vest (KING); Robert KING; Thomas KING and 2 others; Sarah T. KING and Reuben H. KING

Some family trees mistakenly call him Henry Robert King, but John King's will calls him Henry D. King.

Henry and Sarah Bartlett King are my 3rd great grandparents...

LINKS: 
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=5400:32188&ref2=5400:32189
  
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAFLOYD/2002-10/1035740018

http://www.geni.com/people/Henry-King/6000000006251451376

http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/adair/messages/1264.html 

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/a/James-D-Trabue/GENE1-0002.html

http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=21&p=surnames.addair 

42/43. Anthony Poff and Sarah Wilson. #52ANCESTORS

Number 42 on my ancestor list is my 3rd great grandfather Anthony Poff who married Sarah Wilson, the daughter of Joshua Wilson and Sarah Likens. Anthony Poff was the son of Elizabeth and Peter R. Poff and the grandson of George Gottlieb Poff and Anna Merchant. He was the great grandson of Friedrich Poff and Anna Sibila. The Poff family came from Germany. Sarah AKA Sally Likens was the daughter of Mark Likens.....  

Sarah "Sally" Wilson (daughter of Joshua Wilson and Sarah Likens) was born 1808 in Montgomery Co., VA. She married Anthony Poff on May 16, 1828 in Montgomery Co., VA, son of Peter R. Poff, Sr. and Elizabeth (Picklesteimer) Pickle.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/e/r/Ellen-F-Perdue/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0241.html


LINKS:  
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poff/f0029.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/poff_anthony.htm
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAFLOYD/2001-07/0994084921
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAFLOYD/2004-10/1096816251
http://www.fridley.net/poff/p591.htm
http://bolling5.com/john/110.html

40/41. THOMAS COLLINS/ ELIZABETH BOOTH #52ancestors

Thomas Collins, AKA L. Collins, was the son of James H. Collins and Mary "Polly" Conner. He married Elizabeth Booth, the daughter of Abner Booth and Nancy Ruth Beckett. Thomas and Elizabeth are my 9th great grandparents and the parents of John H. Collins. Elizabeth is a descendant of Adam De Boothes of England....

LINKS:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/COLLINS/1999-04/0923541641
http://www.fridley.net/boothe-p/p10164.htm  
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Don-L-Johnson/GENE1-0034.html

38 and 39. Madison Aldridge and Mary Gibson #52ancestors

Madison Martin Aldridge was born 1815 in Montgomery County, Virginia.  He was the son of Leonard Aldridge and Catherine Flynt.  He married Mary Polly Gibson April 27, 1837 in Franklin County, Virginia. Mary was the daughter of Absalom Gibson and Elizabeth Highley, the daughter of James Highley and Nancy Mayberry... 

QUOTES: 

"Aldridge, Madison M. and Mary Gibson, Apr. 27, 1837. Sur. Absalom Gibson"  

"Madison M. Aldridge married Mary Gibson 27 April 1837 in Franklin County"  
The IGI at http://www.familysearch.com says:

1. "Ann Aldridge born 1859 Franklin, Virginia to Madison Martin Aldridge and
Mary or Polly Gibson"

2. "Madison Martin Aldridge married Mary (Polly) Aldridge 27 April 1837 in
Franklin, Virginia"

3. "Madison Aldridge married Mary Gibson 27 Apr 1837 in Franklin, Virginia"

4. Madison Martin Aldridge born 1815 Montgomery Co, Virginia to Leonard &
Catherine Aldridge"

Someone submitted a file to Family Tree Maker that says:

Descendants of Madison Martin Aldridge

Generation No. 1

1. MADISON MARTIN1 ALDRIDGE died WFT Est 1809-1870. He married MARY GIBSON
WFT Est 1809-1860.

Child of Madison Aldridge and Mary Gibson is:
i. LOUISA OCTAVIA2 ALDRIDGE, d. WFT Est 1870-1920; m. MICHAEL O. KING, WFT
Est 1843-1886.

6.  Madison Martin Aldridge, born 1815 in Montgomery County, Virginia.  He was the son of 12. Leonard Aldridge and 13. Catherine Flynt.  He married 7. Mary Polly Gibson April 27, 1837 in Franklin County, Virginia.

LINKS:         
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAFRANKL/1999-10/0939753538
http://tarheel24.com/genealogy/text/collins_a.txt
http://www.tarheel24.com/gedpage/fam00794.html
http://records.ancestry.com/absalom_gibson_records.ashx?pid=42345412
http://botetourtroots.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F8238&tree=tree1  
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/e/n/Cheryl-L-Lengefeld/GENE1-0002.html        

36. Anthony King III and 37. Margaret Wright #52ancestors

Legend says that Anthony King, the third, was born in Virginia, the son of Anthony King, Jr. of New Jersey. Anthony married Margaret Wright AKA Peggy and was the father of Michael O. King.

Anthony Junior married Dorces or Dorcas and was the son of Anthony King, Sr. and Flora McClane. Anthony was a descendant of Harmanus King who came to New Jersey from Holland. The King family goes back to Germany where they were known as Koenig, which is German for King.

Anthony Sr. was the son of John King and Elizabeth Woodward who were born around 1678 ish. Harmanus King was born in 1652.

Margaret Wright was the daughter of James Wright and Margaret Young. James was the son of William Wright and Mary Grant. William was born about 1729 to John Wright, Jr. and Elizabeth Bronaugh. John Jr. is the grandson of Major Francis Wright and Anne Washington and the great grandson of Colonel John Washington, George's great grandfather.

Anthony King, III is my third great grandfather and number 36 on my ancestor list.  

LINKS:                                                      
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/king.htm                        
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/r/i/Norman-T-Wright-jr/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1217.html                                                                                                                              
http://records.ancestry.com/george_anthony_king_records.ashx?pid=24192468                        
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kalql8n&id=I33350&style=TEXT  
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=kalql8n&id=I8822&style=TEXT    

58. Zack Taylor and 59. Lizzie Peak of Wythe County, Va. #52ancestors

Thanks to Family Search, I finally broke through that thick Taylor wall of mine and found the parents and grandparents of Nora Taylor Akers. Nora married Leander Wade Akers in Wythe County, Virginia and the marriage record said her parents names were Z. Taylor and E. Peak. A little digging found a Zachonalt Taylor and Lizzie Peak who married in Wythe County a few years before Nora was born. Strong coincidence? A little more digging found records of Zechariah Taylor and Elizabeth J. Peak's family in Wythe, Va. I thought that Zachonalt was a strange name but after thinking about it a while I realized that Zachonalt and Zachariah look a whole lot alike in cursive and so...

Well, anyway Zack was the son of Pleasant Coleman Taylor AND Jane Reed Tharp, and Lizzie was the daughter of Aaron Peak and Sarah Christley, my new walls in the Nora Taylor bloodline. Jane was the daughter of Jonathan Tharp and Aaron was the son of Samuel Peak and his wife Mary.

Pleasant's 1850 census lists Eliza A. Taylor age 88 living with him and he had moved from NC to VA by then, so I suspect that Eliza A. Taylor was his mother. She was born in 1762 Virginia. Husband may have died before 1850 census.

If you are new to genealogy, walls is code for challenge....

LINKS:  
Born in Iowa, USA on 1855 to Aaron Peak and Sally Christley. Elizabeth married Zachariah Taylor.       
http://records.ancestry.com/elizabeth_peak_records.ashx?pid=25409103  
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/a/Betty--J-Brady-NC/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0323.html
http://www.mytrees.com/newanc/Virginia/Married-1873/Ta/Taylor-family/Zachariah-Taylor-castagn1-5050.html        
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.peak/264/mb.ashx  
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17656147  
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123080598  
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98614581
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75904404
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRS7-T47 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRM6-4QD https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88Y-3BZ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41P-JSZ https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K2D8-QCP&spouse=LX4M-FDZ  

32 and 33. John Nichols and Martha Ann Jones #52ancestors

And its like week 32 of the 52 weeks of ancestors challenge and that brings me to ancestor number 32. the father of Ezekiel H. Nichols and the start of generation 6. my great great great grandparents. Ezekiel H. Nichols was the son of John Nichols and Martha Ann Jones according to Ancestry records, and he was the father of James Ira Nichols and George Haden Nichols. When Zeke died of acute influenza, George filled out the death certificate and listed Zeke's parents as Ezekiel and Martha Jones. this was the only time i ever saw him named Ezekiel so i figure it was maybe a preferred middle name that his children and family knew him as while his first name would have been the legal name that was on legal records.

Zeke's father, John Nichols was born about 1814 according to ancestry and family search in Bedford county, virginia. Ancestry trees named his parents as Isaac Nichols and Rhoda Bond. Isaac and Rhoda also lived in Bedford. John married Martha Ann Jones the daughter of Ezekiel S. Jones and Elizabeth Prindle. The Prindle family were a branch off of the Pringle family of Scotland of Ireland. still know documentation on the family of Ezekiel Jones.

John's son George married Melinda Young daughter of Moseley Young in Floyd, Virginia.

John passed away in 1861 in Floyd, Virginia....

http://records.ancestry.com/martha_ann_jones_records.ashx?pid=111824860
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41W-1Z8https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR6Q-6BW

34. James Henry Williams CSA POW #52ancestors #WednesdaysWall

Private James Henry "Bill" Williams was a farmer and a gambler who served Virginia in the Civil War. Legend says, he was captured by the union army and died a Prisoner of War. His wife, Clarissa Richards Williams also lost 5 brothers in the war and so she hid one of her sons to keep him from being hanged by Homeland Security, oops, I mean the "Home Guard."              

Bill Williams father is unknown and so he is my Wednesdays Wall. His mother's name was Malinda Smith Williams. He was the father of my ancestor Isabelle Williams Nichols and he is my 3rd great grandfather....

LINKS

http://www.hodges-hodge-society.org/db/getperson.php?personID=I557&tree=37   
http://www.geni.com/people/James-Henry-Williams-CSA-POW/6000000011016399097   

45. Olive King Bartlett #52ancestors #Generation 6

This next post is about Olivia King AKA Olive, Aka Oleva... Although no one seems to be sure of her name or her race she had many children and lived to a ripe old age. And while many people say that she looks Native American, the census bureau assures us she was white....

Born c. 1819 to John King in Floyd, Va., She married Leroy Garner Bartlett, was divorced by 1880, and was living with her daughter and son-in-law in 1900.

Olive King Bartlett is my 3rd great grandmother...                          

Bartlett, Olivia

b. c1819 Floyd Co., VA, d/o John King. 1850 Floyd Co., VA, H102: Olive 31 yo w/f, b. Floyd. 1860 Floyd Co., VA, Copper Hill PO, H397: Olive 41 yo w/f, b. VA. 1870 Floyd Co., VA, Locust Grove Twp, H191: Olive 51 yo w/f, b. VA, keeping house. 1880 Floyd Co., VA, Locust Grove District, H155: Olivia Bartlett, 61 yo divorced w/f, b. VA, HOH. 1890 Floyd Co., VA, Locust Grove District: Olive Bartlett, 71 yo. 1900 Floyd Co., VA, Locust Grove District 20, H196: Oliva Bartlet, 80 yo widowed mother-in-law, b. Jan 1819 VA, 1 ch with 1 living, can not write, Andrew Gearheart HOH.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/bartlett.htm

35. Clarissa "Betty" Richards Williams #52ancestors

My third great grandmother, Clarissa A. Richards Williams AKA Betty. Ancestor 35.

http://www.hodges-hodge-society.org/db/getperson.php?personID=I466&tree=37
http://www.geni.com/people/Clarissa-Betty-Williams/6000000011016399093
http://records.ancestry.com/Clarissa_Betty_Richards_records.ashx?pid=126138363

Born in Franklin, Virginia, USA on May 1827 to Christopher Richards and Nancy Moore. Clarissa Betty married James Henry Williams and had at least 2 children. She passed away on 1910 in Virginia, USA. 


Betty's husband was a professional gambler and was a CSA private in the Civil War and died as prisoner of war June 1, 1862. After Betty's husband and five of her brothers died during the Civil War, Clarissa hid one of her boys in a cave, to keep him from being drafted or caught and hanged by the "Home Guard."

Sometimes Isabelle would go with her to take him food. They would walk down a stream bed, so they couldn't be tracked. After the war, Clarissa went with her daughter and son-in-law, who was a minister, to Bluefield, West Virginia. She owned a large amount of land in Franklin County, bought with her husband's gambling winnings (but we have not yet located the land records).

 In 1910 at age 85, she was living with her son Noah H. "Hank" Williams in Montgomery County, Virginia. *
 * This is taken from the book of John Marchel Reed and Anne Cora Nichols Reed by Nancy Mae Little Randers-Pehrson and Glenn Randers-Pherson