>^ *o«o- ^^ -0^ V \^ < o G ,v v^ • '> v ■^0" .•^q. / (X,^<^,<^ '^. .c>* *^ ^ A^ ^>.^!? '\J' S- A' (J? Copyrighted, 1902, by JOSEPH A. GROVES, Selma. Ala. V/ THE ALSTONS and ALLSTONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA COMPILED FROM English, Colonial and Family Records PERSONAL REMINISCENCES ALSO NOTES OF SOME ALLIED FAMILIES JOSEPH A. GROVES, M. D. SELMA, ALA. Atlanta, Ga. The vranklin Printing and Publishing Companyi Giro. W. Harrison, (State Printer) Mgr. ^ 190 1 THE LiBRASY OF 'TsMo C()Plt» R'fcOKIVED NOV. $ ima 01 #SR '-^VXn No.! COP'V_ fj j ^^''.- y TO THE MEMORY of our COLONIAL ANCESTORS W^io founded homes in the wilds of America, the wisdom. and genius of whose sons contributed to the forming and establishing of this great Republic, these pages are respectfully dedicated, loith the earnest wish that the same love of truth, justice and liberty which guided and strengthened those of 1775-1781, may abide with their children of to-day. PREFACE. My endeavor in compiling these notes has been to col- lect the genealogical records of the Alston family in America, and to have them so arranged that the Ancestral lines can be easily traced, and the relationship marked out. In some lines family details are fully given, in others less so. I availed myself of all the reliable information that was obtainable. We would have been glad to have been able to insert more extended historical notes throughout the entire work, but such has been unobtainable, except from a few of the many prominent and well known mem- bers. In a few families all records have been lost, and no trace of them can be found. While all families have not been fully traced, yet it is hoped that sufficient data have been given to enable such to connect and trace the relationship. In recording families, we have given the wife's maiden name instead of her married name. Thus — John Alston and Mary Clark. William Allston and Esther LaBruce, etc., etc. In giving names, they are frequently recorded by the more familiar one by which they have been addressed and spoken of among friends and acquaintances, and by which they will be more readily recognized. EXPLANATIONS OF SYMBOLS. = indicates union by marriage, likewise ra. denotes marriage. wf. denotes wife. dau. denotes daughters or daughter. d. denotes died or dead. ch. denotes child or children. issue denotes child or children. s. denotes sons or son. s. p. denotes without issue. d. s. p. denotes died without issue. unm. denotes unmarried. q. V. denotes to be referred to again for further details. HISTORY OF THE ALSTON FAMILY. In '* Browa's Genesis of America" it is recorded that Gabriel Harris and Edmund Neville, among other names, entered into indentures with Sir Walter Raleigh March 7th, 1589, preliminary to the colonization of Virginia, and that Captain Gabriel Archer, in 1602, made a voyage to the New England Coast, and was made recorder of the col- ony in 1607. The second charter to Virginia was granted in 1609, and among the charter members are to be found, viz. : Captain Clarke Stephen Pole or Poole William Greene William Pool 1612 Christopher Harris Sir Anthony Pool 1615 Thomas Harris Richard Pyott 1609 John Harris Thomas Jermyn 1611 Arthur Harris Anthony Hunter, M.D. 1612 Robert Saunders Robert Dawson 1609 At this period Virginia included Carolina, and these family names among the charter members have been con- tinued among the colonists, although the successive genera- tions at this date cannot be traced in many instances. At a very early period the region of country north of the Albermarle Sound, in North Carolina, was resorted to by Quakers and other non-conformists, who went there to escape the religious persecutions which they had to endure in Virginia, Massachusetts and elsewhere. Nor can there be any doubt but that their conservatism and independence of thought and action, together with the broad principles of humanity and justice inculcated by 8 The Alston Family. them, had much to do in shaping the future policy and laws of the State. Although settlers had been flocking to that region for years before, the first land grant was made to them in 3 662, in Perquimans county by the Indians, and there was an in- flux of these Quakers for many years into several adjoining counties. The proprietary ownership and government of the col- ony was inaugurated in 1663. From which period there followed a struggle between the colonists and lords-pro- prietors which continued until their proprietorship was compelled to give way. A somewhat similar condition existed in the early set- tlement of South Carolina. The same lords-proprietors being in control of both colonies, and the population com- posed largely of English non-conformists and French ref- ugees, besides many from the other colonies farther north, notably Massachusetts, whence numerous immigrants came from time to time, one noted body of whom, known as the Dorchester Colony, organized and came in 1695. Owing to the unsettled condition of affairs, and the discontent of the colonists, the governorship was changed nine times from 1686 to 1703. Among the governors during this period, John Arch- dale, a Quaker, who was also one of the lords-proprie- tors, was sent over in 1694. He purchased lands in the Albemarle settlement, where one of his daughters had mar- ried, and some of his descendants still live. He met the legislature in Charleston, S. C, in March, 1695. From his just and humane administration much was expected. But after serving one year he resigned, and subsequently returned to England. In entering into an investigation of the genealogical history of the North Carolina family of Alstons, as was at first contemplated, we were confronted with the following The Alston Family. 9 difficulties: First. The general absence of family records ; the scattered condition of the family, extending through- out the Southern States, and into some of the Northern ; and the tradition that they had all sprung from one com- mon ancestry. Secondly, there being another family of the same name, claiming the same coat of arms in South Carolina. These two families, although in adjoining States, have, to a great extent, kept separate, yet their many in- termarriages have created much confusion, and raised dif- ficulties in tracing their family lines. The trouble was increased by the frequent recurrence of the same family names in the several branches from generation to generation. To meet all of these, corre- spondence was opened with interested parties in various sections ; the colonial records of North Carolina and Vir- ginia have been searched, and old wills, land grants and deeds brought to light, in many instances setting aside ac- cumulated details which thereby were found to be incor- rect. In these researches material assistance has been ren- dered by Messrs. James M. Alston, of Montgomery, James H. Fitts, of Tuscaloosa, Dr. C. A. Taylor, of East Point, Ga., Dr. E. A. Banks, of Columbus, Ga., Mrs. H. A. Lon- don, of Pittsboro, N. C, Mrs. Kate Cabell Claiborne, of Richmond, Va., Judge C. A. Cook, of Warrenton, N. C, Dr. Willis Alston, of Littleton, N. C, Dr. E. W. Pugh, of Windsor, N. C, Mrs. Amelia Ann Whitaker, of Raleigh, Mrs. Martha T. Wilcox, of Brinkleyville, N. C, Miss Temperance Alston, of Shreveport, La., Mrs. M. R. K. Fowlkes, of Selma, J. R. B. Hathaway, of Edenton, N. C, and many others. In obtaining the records of the South Carolina family, kindly aid has been received from Rev. Benjamin Allston, of Winusboro, (now de'd), Jos. Blyth Allston, Esq., of Petigru, S. C, Mrs. McCready, of Sewanee, Tenn., Jas. B. Pyatt, of Georgetown, S. C, John Izard Middletou, of 10 The Alston Family. Baltimore, Miss Emma Elliott Johnston, of Baltimore, Miss Sara Elizabeth White, of Tallulah, and others. Copious extracts from English genealogical works have been used in tracing the early history of the family. In addition to which Mr. Clarence Cabell, of Richmond, Va., a gentleman of wealth and education, during a protracted stay in England, employed at a considerable outlay a genealogical expert to carefully trace the family lines and connections, which served to establish and elucidate more fully the relationship between the family in England and that in America. Only such of Mr. Cabell's notes as relate to the immediate lines from which the American families descend, have been copied. I may here state that John Alston, the first of the family ill North Carolina, lived to be very old, and my great- grandfather, who was his grandson, lived in early life near by his grandfather, and his own widow lived in full possession of her mental faculties until her death in 1845, being in her 94th year. Her mother having been the widow of one of John Alston's sons, who died when comparatively young. Thus she had ample opportunity of being informed by her mother and husband, as to the traditions and history of the family. _ Tradition is very clear and emphatic in giving Odell Castle as the manorial seat of the family in England, also as to the statement that two young men (cousins) im- migrated together, who, after reaching America, disagreed and parted, one settling in North Carolina, where his de- scendants are inseparably connected with its history, the other changing the spelling of the name by inserting an additional 1, went to South Carolina where he founded the family which has been noted in the history of that State. In looking over the genealogical records of Odell Alstons, the two who came to America are the only ones of that period bearing the name John, excepting a son of Sir Edward of Strixton, who died unmarried in Eng- The Alston Family. 11 land, and a Vere-John, who was rector of Odell; The John Alston who was deported to Barbadoes in 1685 has been supposed to have been the son of William of Grays Inn, of which, however, there is no proof; on the contrary it is very improbable, as Saxham Hall, an old manorial seat of the Alstons, which was inherited by this William, was in Suffolk, and those who followed the Duke of Mon- mouth have been alluded to as Rustics from the West of England. Campbell's History of Virginia, B. B. Minor, Pub- lisher, Richmond, Ya., 1847, Page 99, (1685.) " A num- ber of the prisoners taken with Monmouth, and who had escaped the cruelty of Jeffreys, were sent to Virginia. James instructed Effingham on this occasion in the fol- lowing letter : " James Rex: " Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well. As it has pleased God to deliver into our hands such of our rebellious subjects as have taken up arms against us, for which traitorous practices some of them have suffered death according to law, so we have been graciously pleased to extend our mercy to many others by ordering their transportation to several parts of our dominions in Amer- ica, where they are to be kept as servants to the inhabi- tants of the same. And to the end their punishment may in some measure answer their crimes, we do think fit hereby to signify our pleasure unto you, our Governor and Council of Virginia, that you take all necessary care that such convicted persons as were guilty of the late rebellion that shall arrive within that our colony, whose names are hereunto annexed, be kept there and continue to serve their masters lor the space of ten years at least. And that they be not permitted in any manner to redeem themselves by money or otherwise until that term be fully expired. And for the better effecting hereof you are to frame and 12 The Alston Family. propose a bill to the assembly of that, our colony, with such provisions and clauses as shall be requisite for this purpose, to which you our Governor are to give your assent, and to transmit the same unto us for our Royal confirma- tion. Wherein expecting a ready compliance, we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our court at Whitehall the 4th of October, 1685, in the first year of our reign. " Sunderland." Virginia, however, made no law conformable to the requisitions of James, etc., etc., etc. To suppose that the two cousins, John Alston, could have been sent over in this company would be preposter- ous, as the younger of the two at that time was only 12 or 13 years old, and their family seat at Odell was a long dis- tance from where James, Duke of Monmouth, with his hastily collected 2,000 rustics were repulsed. The power- ful Whigs, from whom he expected aid, holding themselves aloof. Besides the above reasons, the many and extensive grants to them go to show that they were in favor with the crown, and were not exiled convicts. There is no record to show when these two John Al- stons came to America, or where they landed, the Colonial reports and records of North and South Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts having been searched with only nega- tive results, and the following is offered as presenting the most probable solution of the problem, viz.: j^ That they accompanied John Archdale when he came to America in 1694, as Governor of Carolina. They first came to Albemarle, where Quakers were numerous. Here the younger John Alston probably remained. From thence Gov. Archdale, with others who accompanied him, among whom was the elder John Alston (now changing his name to AUstou) went to Charleston, S. C' Here AUstou (about 28 years old) met Elizabeth Harris, a young widow, whose The Alston Family. 13 husband bad died the year before. She was possessed of a good estate, and comfortably settled in her own home, without children or other incumbrances. He soon availed himself of the opportunity, and in that same or the follow- ing year (June, 1695), married her, who in every way suited him so well. Living among his wife's relations, who were people of influence in the colony, he soon made himself as one with them, and being in favor with Guv. Archdale, circumstances were favorable to his building up a valuable estate. The younger John Alston (about 21 years old), remain- ing in Albemarle, after a few years married among the Quakers. Or he pos'?ibly may have accompanied Arch- dale to Charleston, and in 1696, returned with him to Albemarle (now Pasquotank). Y After Alston's marriage and several children having been born unto them, he removed from Pasquotank and settled upon Bennett's Creek (now Gates' county). His subsequent history is known. ♦^ Hawkes, in his history, states that Archdale received the appointment of Governor in 1694, and reached Charles- ton with specific instructions August 17th, 1695. That he visited North Carolina, first landing in Virginia July, 1695, thence going direct to Albemarle, where he made a short stop. Wheeler, p. 32, upon the authority of vV^illiamsou, states that he was appointed and came over in 1694 ; that he met the Legislature in Charleston in March, 1695, which seems much more prol^able, and that Hawkes may have erred in stating that he first came over in 1695 instead of 1694. Admitiing this, and that Wheeler and Williamson are correct, it is made to appear that he came to America after his appointment in 1694, first landing in Virginia July, 1694, thence going direct to Albemarle, North Carolina, 14 The Alston Family. where he made a short stop, appointed Thomas Harvey Deputy Governor, and thence reaching Charleston August 17th, 1694, appointed Joseph Blake Deputy Governor, while he proceeded to investigate the condition of the colonists and their grievances, and met the Legislature in Charleston in March, 1695. Subsequently when he re- turned to England, he left Thomas Harvey Deputy Gov- ernor of North Carolina, and Joseph Blake Deputy Gov- ernor of South Carolina. A It may here be stated, that according to the accompa- nying English records, all the descendants of Thomas Alston = Fiances Bloomfield, had their lines successively to fail, so that the family name in that branch is now only found in the descendants of the two John Alstons who came to Carolina, of whom the eldest now living, by "family seniority, is Jos. Blyth Allston, which would have made him the legal heir to the Baronetcy conferred upon Sir Thomas Alston ofOdell in 1642, and which became extinct upon the death of Sir Rowland, the 6th Bart., in 1790, for want of a legitimate claimant. This seems to have been known to Gov. R. F. W. Allston, who spoke of it in his lifetime. {^ Besides these two families, there was a George Alston, of the mercantile firms of Andrew Mutter, Wm. Littlejohn and George Alston, of Granville Co., N. C, 1767-1771, and John Alston, James Young, James Martin and Alex- ander Grindley, of Glasgow, Scotland, but there is no record of his leaving any issue. There was also a William Alston, who died in Orange Co., N. C, in 1766, leaving property to wife, Mary Alston, gr. = sons, William Alston Downey, Thomas Stinkey McLeroy and William McBride, and sons-in-law, Peter Downey and Archibald McLeroy. No son was left bear- ing the name. He was probably the younger brother of The Alston Family. 15 Sir Evelyn Alston, the sixth and last Baronet of Chelsea, who died in 1783. There was a John Alston who entered one hundred acres of land in Maryland in 1729, of whom nothing else is known. Another family, Henry Alston and brother, came from Lancashire, England, in 1861, and settled in Illinois, with whom we cannot trace connection. There are also some scattering branches of the North Carolina family that have removed west, and have not kept themselves informed as to their connection. These have not been traced. (We acknowledge our indebtedness to the valuable historical work of John H. Wheeler for many extracts.) The following are from English records : First, from "Magna Britannica," volume 1, page 149, published in 1720, a work on English genealogy. Another from "Bibliothica Topographica Britannica,'^ volume 4, published 1790, No. 29, page 31; and two oth- ers from "Kimber & Johnson's Baronetage of England," 1771, volume 1, page 457, .112, volume 2, page 464, .268. Also a chart based upon the above, with additional notes from Mr. Clarence Cabell's later researches. The lineal descent of "Sir John Temple," copied from "Americans ot Royal descent," by Charles H. Browning, member of the "American Historical Association," second edition, pub- lished by Porter & Coates, Phialdelphia, 1891, Pedigree LIII, pp. 209-210, with further additional notes from Burk's Peerage. Magna Britannica. Volume 1, Page 149.— Published 1720. A little lower the Ouse runs by Odell, or Woodhill, called Wahulle. The Barons of Wahulle had a barony consisting of three hundred knight's fees in several conn- V 16 The Alston Family. ties. The castle which anciently belonged to these Barons was nothing but strange ruins in Leland's time, who says it was in possession of Lord Bray. It afterwards came to the Chetwoodes. Here was a fire on the 13th of May,* and here also Sir Thomas Alston has a seat. The family was raised to the title of Baronet in the person of Thomas Alston, Esq., high sheriff of the county, Charles I. Bibliothica Topographica Britannica. Volume 4, Published 1790, No. 29, Page 31. Odell — Wood-huUe and formerly Wahull — is a village in the hundred of , situated northwest of Bedford, dis- tance from it about eight miles, on the north branch of the Ouse, one mile from Harold. It is bounded on the east by Shamkook, northeast by Cotwo^th, north by Puddington and Winnich, having Harold in the west and the river on the solith. It extends from east to west about 2^ miles, and nearly.^th'ef sanie" from north to south. Here is plenty of useful stone, lately discovered, gravel, and several good springs, two of which have been reported medicinal. One is northeast, whose waters have not yet been analyzed, but well known to be mildly cathartic. The other, on the northwest, has been so celebrated as to often obtain the name of ''Holbwell" for itself", and two closest which run into the town. The name of the village is characteristic of its situation, Woodhulle or Woodhill, from the hills and fine woods near it. The tradition of the place is that it was called Wahull from the way or road, Newhope, leading close between it and the castle, but there seems not much reason for this assertion. It might as well be so denominated from its present di- *This custom of lighting fires in May, or Midsummer day, was derived from, and was a relic of the Ancient Druidical worship, and indicated that here was a place where they practiced their "rites." The Alston Family. 17 rection over the bill back of tbe castle between it and the ■church. However, this seems to be a very old and proper name, for formerly it had its "Barons of Wahull," eminent for their ancient nobility. The castle, before the art of war was so refined upon as at present, must have been an impregnable fortress from its advantageous situation near the river, and as a work of considerable height and steep ascent. Little remains of the old works, yet the upper and bascourts are very conspicuous. The only habitable building is where stood the keep on one area of one- half acre, and is chiefly modern, particularly the south front, 105 feet long, built by Lady Wolstenholme while her son, Thos. Alston, was on his travels. The west is older embattled, and tower about 24 yards in length. The €ast end is of the same date as the south, and only 35 feet. The rooms within are real lofty and spacious, the walls being 27 feet by 23 feet, and 19 feet high. The drawing room 21 feet by 20i feet, 13 feet 9 inches high. They contain several good paintings, some of which were brought from Italy by Sir Thos. Alston about 70 years ago (1650.) The castle commands a delightful prospect over the Ouse, whose beautiful meanderings are remarkably strik- ing about this neighborhood. Between it on the north rises a wide extended hill covered with the noblest wood in this county, containing upwards of three hundred acres, and known by the name of " Odell Great Woods." Part thereof, consisting of about seventy acres, only by an ob- scure diversion, is called " Yelraes Wood," and said to be in the parish of Paddiugton, though distant from any part of that parish at least one-fourth of a mile. Alstons purchased Odell from Chetwoodes in 1640. The knights of Chetwoode revived about 15, George IL, a <;laim to the Barony Woodhulle. The event of this claim was a rejection, as no such title exists at the present day. 2al 18 The Alston Family. That it should be presented is singular, as the very name and Castle of Odell had nearly a century before passed by purchase to the Alstons — a very ancient family of Saxon origin, as may be attested from the name, which in the language signifies " most noble" or " most excellent," yet little has been preserved of the early part of their pedi- gree. Alstan was the Saxon Lord of Stanford in Norfolk before the Conquest, but dispossessed thereof by the villain- ous Normans. (See Bloomfield's list of Norfolk, vol. 1, p. 540). Their coat of arms, which has been preserved by the families of both South and North Carolina, is re- reproduced in the frontispiece, and thus described, viz. : ''Arms Azure, Ten Stars, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0>% Crest on a wreath, a half-moon Argent, charged with a star Or in the arms. Motto Immotus." Seat at Odell Bedfordshire. Note. — (There can be no doubt but that the old Saxon names, ^thelstan, Ealhstan, Alstan, Alston, Alstone and Allston are but different renderings of the same name, which the Motto "Immotus" only tends to confirm, the last mentioned orthography being confined to South Caro- lina). In connection with the above will be appended some lines and notes of allied families, which will doubtless be of interest ; among whom are Temple, Brooke and Wal- lis in England, and in America — Macon, Dawson, Ath- erton, Jones, Yancey, Williams, Keerney, Kimbrough, Hinton and Lillington. Kimher and Johnson, Baronetage of England, 1771, Vol. L, p. 4,57. 112. Alston of Odell, Bedfordshire. Created Baronet June 13, 1G42. Saxham Hall, in Newton, was anciently the seat of the Alstons for many hundred years, from whence that family The Alston Family. 19 bath spread itself iuto several counties. It is certainly a family of great antiquity and said to be of Saxon extrac- tion, though the origin of them cannot be traced at this time of day. We find them mentioned so early as Edward the First's reign, when AVilliam Alston of Stisted, in Essex, for want of warranty of Brockscroft, in Stisted, did grant and confirm to John de Carpenter, of Naylinghurst, so much of his better land in Stisted, except his mansion- house there. In Edward the Third's time, Hugh Alston bore for arms azure, ten stars, or 4, 3, 2, 1, which was long before coat armor was granted by patent. After some descents from the above, said William Alston, of Stisted, the lineal descendant of this family was John Alston, of Newton in Suffolk. He was father of William, who, by Ann the daughter of Thomas Symons, had issue. Edward of Saxham-hall in Newton, who took to wife Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Colman, by whom he had two sons: 1, William of Saxham, of whom hereafter; 2, Thomas of Edwardston, in Suffolk, who married, first, Dorothy, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Holm- sted of Maplested, in Essex, by whom he had Edward Alston of Edwardston, Esq. His second wife was , by whom he had Thomas Alston of Newton, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas West of Loudon, and had issue, Thomas Alston of Newton. Edward Alston, of Ed- wardston aforesaid, married Margaret, daughter of Arthur Penning, of Kettleborough, in Suffolk, Esq., by whom he had Sir Edward Alston of London, Knt., Doctor in Physick and President of the College of Physicians. Joseph Alston of Chelsea, Esq., ancestor to [the present Sir Evelyn Alston, Bart., of whom hereafter ; and Pen- ning Alston of London. Sir Edward married Susan, daughter of Christopher Hudson, of Norwich, by whom he had two daughters : 1, Mary, married to Sir James 20 The Alston Family. Langham of Cottesbrooke, in Northamptonshire, Bart., who had only one daughter, Mary, married to Henry Booth, Lord Delamer, afterwards Earl of Warrington ; 2, Sarah, married first, George Grirastone, Esq., eldest son •of Sir Harbottle Grimstone, Bart., Master of the Rolls ; secondly, John, Duke of Somerset; thirdly, Henry, Lord •Colerain, and died without issue. William Alston, of Saxham Hall, Esquire, son and heir of Edward aforesaid, married Elizabeth, one of the daugh- ters and co-heirs of Hampstead, of Halstead, in Essex, Esq. (by the daughter of William Bindloss, Esq., Ser- geant at Law), by whom he had several children ; but their lines failed, except William, the eldest, and Thomas, the fourth son, of whom hereafter; William, the eldest son, married the daughter of Neuce, of Hadham, in Hert- fordshire, by whom he had William of the Inner Temple, who was seated at Marlesford, in Suffolk, and married Avise, daughter and co-heir of Jeffry Pitman, of Wood- bridge, Esq., by whom he had issue, Samuel of Marlesford and Thomas of the Inner Temple, who died without issue; also three daughters; Avise, married to Sir Thomas Fors- ter, Knt. (son of the Lord Chief Justice) ; Elizabeth, mar- ried to Thomas Mann, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Usher of the Rolls; and Mary, who died unmarried. This William and his wife lie interred at Marlesford church. He died Anno 1641. Samuel Alston, of Marlesford, Esq. (eldest son of William), married Alice, daughter of Francis Nicholson, of Chapelle, in Essex, by whom he had Samuel Alston, of Marlesford, Esq., who married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Gregory Wescomb, of Eltham, in Kent, Esq. (son of Clement Wescomb, Doctor in Physic), and had issue one son, William Alston, of Grey's Inn, Esq., and three daugh- ters. Thomas Alston, Esq. (fourth son of William above men- tioned), was of Polstead, in Suffolk, and married Frances, The Alston Family. 21 daughter of Simon Bloomeville, or Bloomfield, of Monks Illey, in Suffolk, Esq. (surviviug her said husbaud; she married Sir John Temple, of Stantonbury, in Bucks, Knt.) They had issue four sons and a daughter. 1. William, who was of the Inner Temple, and also of OJell, in Bedford- shire, but died unmarried ; 2. Thomas, of the Inner Tem- ple, and also of Odell, of whom hereafter; 3. Sir Edward, who was likewise of the Inner Temple, and of Strixton, in Northamptonshire. He had the honor of knighthood con- ferred on him, and married Esther, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Ashcomb, of Alscot, Oxon, by whom he had five sons and three daughters (William, Edward, Thomas, John and Charles, which Charles was Doctor in Divinity, Archdeacon of Essex, Rector of Northolt, in Middlesex, Treasurer of St. Paul's and Chaplain to Dr. Compton, Bishop of London, and died 1714; all these sons died un- married. Of the three daughters, Catherine was married to Wiseman, of Northamptonshire); and 4. John: Frances, the only daughter of Thomas, married William, Lord Mon- son, which John Alston, of the Inner Temple, Esq., and of Parvenham, in Bedfordshire (fourth son of Thomas, of Polstead), married Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Temple, of Stanton, Bucks, Knt., by whom he had four sons and five daughters. 1. W^illiam, who married the daughter of Brooke, see note, and died, leaving issue; 2. Thomas; 3. Edward ; 4. John, who married Anne, daughter of Wallis, see note. The daughters were Frances, married to Ed- wards Reynolds; Elizabeth to William .^ofts ; Mary to John Lemon; DorotlTy^to Tiiomas Wells, and Sarah. Thomas Alston, of Odell, Esq. (second sou, but eldest surviviug son of Thomas, of Polstead), had first the honor of knighthood conferred upon him, and afterwards was advanced to the higher dignity of a Baronet. 18 Car. I. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Rowland St. John, Knight of the Bath, by whom he had two sous — Thomas, 22 The Alston Family. who died iu his father's lifetime unmarried ; and Sir Row- land, his successor ; also two daughters — Frances, married to Sir John Pickering, of Titmarsh, Northamptonshire ; and Elizabeth, married first to Stavely Stanton, of Birch- more, in Bedfordshire, Esq., and secondly to Montague Pickering, Esq., brother to Sir John. Sir Thomas died Anno 1678, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving sou. Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., who married Temperance, second daughter of Thomas, Lord Carew, of Stene, and left three sons and three daughters — Sir Thomas, his suc- cessor ; Sir Rowland, successor to his brother ; and Vere John, Rector of Odell and Minister of Parvenham, in Bed- fordshire, who was twice married and had issue. The daughters were : Mary, married to the late Mr. Sergeant Selby ; Elizabeth, to the late General Stuart, and after his decease to Mr. Rowe ; and Auue, to Richard Mead, Esq., M.D. Sir Rowland died 1698, and was buried at Odell; his lady surviving him was remarried to Sir John Wol- stenholme, of Forty-hill, in Enfield, Middlesex, Bart. Sir Thomas Alston, Bart., his eldest son, succeeded his father in dignity and estate; by dying unmarried, 1714, was succeeded by his next brother. Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., who was thrice elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Bedford, and by Elizabeth, only daughter of Captain Reyues, had issue. 1. Sir Thomas, his successor ; 2. Rowland, who married Gertrude, sister to Stilliugfleet Durnfurd, Esq., of the Tower, but had no is- sue. Also two daughters ; Elizabeth, the eldest, died un- married. May 5, 1756; and Ann, now the wife of Robert Pye, Rector of Odell, etc. Sir Rowland died January 2, 1759, and was succeeded by Sir Thomas Alston, his eldest son and heir. He married August 30, 1750, Catherine Davis, a daughter and heir of Dr. Borey, by whom he had issue. Sir Thomas was knight of the shire for Bedford in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Great Britain. He The Alston Family. 23 died 18tli July, 1774, and was succeeded by his brother, Sir Rowland. He dying without issue 29th June, 1790, aged 64, the title became extinct. His widow survived un- til March, 1807. The family property by the will of Sir Thomas Alston, his predecessor, devolved on Thomas Alston, that gentleman's illegitimate son. Vol. 2, Page 464. 268. Alston of Chelsea, Middlesex. This Sir Thomas Alston, Bart, (the person of whom we are now principally to treat, second son of Edward Alston, of Ed ward ton in Suffolk, Esq.), married Mary, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Mr. Crookeubury, of Bergen-op- Zoom, in the province of Brabant, a Dutch merchant, with whom he had about £12,000 fortune; at the time of his creation, he resided at Chelsea, though he purchased Bradwell Abbey, in Buckinghamshire, for the future resi- dence of his family. He died May, 1688, leaving issue three sons and two daughters (eight having died young in his lifetime), viz.: 1. Sir Joseph. 2. Edward, who mar- raied Mary, daughter of Captain Thompson, by whom he li;'.d one son, Joseph, and several daughters. 3. Isaac, who Vv'as born at Edwardston, 1688, who had a design of build- ing a house upon an estate about two miles from Edward- Mton ; and in pursuance of this design had laid down great quantities of timber upon the place, but his father would liave the timber removed to Edwardston and build the bouse where the old one stood and would have this branch of the family settle there, because it was the place of his nativity; and accordingly he did remove the timber and build his house at Edwardston, though both he and his father died before the house was finished. He married Mary, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Henry Seile, of London, by whom he had one son, Joseph, which Joseph I 24 The Alston Family. was seated at Edwardston, and a very ingenious gentlemaQ and a collector of medals ; he married Laureutia, sole daughter and heir of the Reverend Charles Trumbull^ LL.D., brother to Sir William Trumbull, Knt., Secretary of State to King William, by whom he left one son, Joseph^ and three daughters, viz. : Margaret married to Soame, Esq.; Anne, to the Right Reverend Dr. Hare, late Bishop of Chichester; and Charlotte. The daughters of Sir Joseph were, Clare, married to John Witterong, of Rothamsted in Hertfordshire, Bart., and Mary, the youngest daughter, married to James Clayton, Esq., only son of Sir Thomas Clayton, of La Vache in Buckinghamshire, Knt., but had no issue. Sir Joseph Alston, Bart., eldest son and heir of Sir Joseph before mentioned, was seated at Bradwell Abbey, in the county of Bucks, and died March 14, 1688-9, and was buried in the chancel of the church at Bradwell, aged 49. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Morrice Thompson, Esq. (sister to the late Lord Haversham), and by her left two sons, Sir Joseph and Edward, who was rector of Wivenhoe and Layer Marney in Essex, and married Mrs. Elizabeth Wells and had only one daughter. He was succeeded in title and estate by his eldest son. Sir Joseph Alston, Bart., who married Penelope, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Sir Edward Evelyn, of Long^ Dittou in Surrey, Ivnt., by whom he left two sons, Sir Joseph and Sir Evelyn ; also several daughters, Penelope,, Elizabeth, Theodosia, and Die Patris, a name given her because she was born on her father's birthday. Sir Joseph, the oldest son, succeeded his father and took to wife Thursby, and died without issue, whereupon the title devolved upon his brother. Sir Evelyn Alston, who married by whom he had two sons, Evelyn and William, and one daughter. He was succeeded in dignity and estate by his eldest son. The Alston Family. 25 Sir Evelyn, who married in March, 1766, Mrs. May, of Mary-le-bone. (But dying issueless in 1783, the Baronetcy became extinct). The following is from records recently collected in Eng- land by Mr. Clarence Cabell, of Richmond, Va., (omitting all collateral lines): 1. John Alston, of Newton, County Suffolk. 2. (visitre, Brds. ]634) C. 31. 2. AVilliam Alston, of Newton. Will dated 1st Feby. 1564. Married Ann, dau. of Thomas Simonds. 3. (visitre, Essex, 1634) C. 21. Edward Alston, of Sax- ham Hall, in Newton. Will dated 10th Jany. 1591. Married Elizabeth, dau. of John Colman. 4. William Alston, of Saxhsm Hall, b. 1537. Buried there 13th Jany. 1617. Married Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Hampstead, of Halstead, County Essex, (by dau. of Wm. Bindloss, Esqr., Sergeant at Law.) 5. Thomas Alston, of Gedding Hall in Polstead, County Suffolk, 4th son, was bap. at Newton, 23 Feb. 1564. Buried there 25th Jany. 1619. Will proved in P. C. C. 4th Feby. 1619-20. Married Frances, dau. of Simon Bloomfield, of Coddenham & Monk's Illeigh, County Suffolk. Bap. at Coddenham, 8th Sep. 1612. Mentioned as deceased in will of her son. Sir Thomas Alston, in 1678. After the death of Tuomas Alston, she married Sir John Temple, of Stowe or Stantonbury, County Bucks, Knt. & Bart., who d. 1632. 6. John Alston, of the Inner Temple & of Parveuham, County Bedford. 4th son, b. 1610. Proved the Will of his son, Thomas Alston, 1678. Mentioned 26 The Alston Family. in the will of his Brother, Sir Thomas Alston, in 1678. Buried at Parvenhara, 15th Aug. 1687. Married Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Temple, 4th Jany^ 1634, at Odell. She was buried at Parven- ham, 5th Dec. 1668. 7. William Alston, of Strixton, Northamptonshire (eldest son) bap. at Odell, 13th Aug. 1637. Mentioned in the Will of Sir Thomas Alston, 1678. His Will is dated 20th Nov. 1707. Proved in Arehdy. Court of Bedford, 18th May, 1709. Married Thoraasin, dau. of Brooke, buried at Parveuham, 29th Jany. / 1669, aged 25 years. -8. \Villiam Alston, mentioned in father's will 1707, died 28th November, 1713, M. I., at Parvenham, will dated 6th July, 1713, proved in Arehdy Court of Bedford, married Elizabeth, mentioned in her hus- band's will 1713, died 16th February, 1730, at Parveuham. 9. AYilliam, mentioned in father's will 1713, called grand- son in will of Sarah Alston 1714, died 26th April, 1736, at Parvenham. After the death of his wife Thomasiu, 1669, William Alston married Sarah, who left no issue and died 30th August, 1714, at Par- veuham, aged 56. 10. John Alston, 2 son of Wm. and Thomasin (Brooke) Alston ; Thomasin, dau. of Wm. and Thomasin (Brooke) Alston, is mentioned as wife of Abraham llandson in her brother William's will, 1713. 11. Thomas d. 1678, and Edward, sons of John and Dorothy (Temple) Alston, both died s.p. 12. John Alston, 4th son of John Alston and Dorothy Temple of Parvenham, mentioned in will of John Alston, 1704, married Anne, dau. of Wallis. The Alston Family. 27 13. Joliu Alston, eldest son of John Alston^ and Anne Wallis, was baptized at Felmershara co., Bedford, 5th Dec, Children 1673. Thomas, mentioned in will of Edward Al- of John Al- ston, 1715. Edward Alston, bap. at Parvenham 30th }> ston and June, 1689. Francesca, wife of Whitlock. Anne Wal- Sarah, baptized at Parvenham, 2d May, 1680. lis. Elizabeth. Dorothy, baj)tized at Parvenham 23d July, 1684. By reference to the map of England it will be seen that Strixton, Parvenham and Felmersham were all contiguous to Odell. The farthest being Strixton, and not exceeding five miles. Greville, or Grevile, (Sir Fulke) Lord Brooke, an Eng- lish poet and miscellaneous writer, born in Warwickshire in 1554, was distinguished by the favor of Queen Eliza- beth, who made him a Knight. He was a[)pointed by King James I. uuder-treasurer and Chancellor of the ex- chequer in 1615, and obtained from that monarch the castle of Warwick (then in a ruinous condition), which he repaired at vast expense. He was created a peer, with the title of Baron Brooke, in 1620. He was mortally wounded in a quarrel with an old servant in 1628. Lord Brooke was the intimate friend of Sir Philip Sidney, of whom he published a biography. He also wrote a number of poems and tragedies. (See Horace Walpole, Royal and Noble Authors; Bio- graphia Britannica.) Greville (Robert), born in 1608, was a cousin of the preceding, whose title he inherited. He fought in the Parliamentary army, and was killed at the battle of Lich- field in 1643. Among his principal works are a *'Dis- 7 28 The Alston Family. course Opening the Nature of the Episcopacy Exercised in England," (1641), and "The Nature of Truth." (See Lodge's Portraits.) Thomasin, his daughter, born in 1643-4, m. Wm. Al- ston and died 29th January, 1669, aged 25 years, leaving three children, viz.: William, John, Thomasin q. v. The evidence that Lord Brooke was the father of Thomasin is presumptive. Being mentioned as the daugh- ter of Brooke carries with it the assumption that he was prominent and well known before the British Public. This could apply to no one else of the name at the time of her birth, 1643-4, but this Robert Greville. Warwick Castle, the seat of Sir Fulke Greville, the predecessor of Sir Rob- ert, being only 45-50 miles distant from Strixton and Odell. National Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge. London, 1851, Vol. xii, Charles Knight, 90 Fleet Street. Page 731. John Wallis was the oldest son of the Rev. John Wallis, incumbent of Ashford in Kent, where he was born Nov. 23d, 1616. The father of Wallis died when he was six years old, leaving five children to the care of his widow. He was fifteen years old when his curiosity was excited by seeing a book of arithmetic in the hands of his younger brother, who was preparing for trade. On his showing some curiosity to know what it meant, his brother went through the rules with him, and in a fortnight he had mas- tered the whole. He was entered at Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he soon obtained reputation. Among his other studies, anatomy found a place; and he is said to have been the first student who maintained, in a public disputation, the The Alston Family. 29 doctrine of the circulation of the blood, which had been promulgated by Harv^ey four or five years before. After taking the degree of Master of Arts, he was chosen Fellow of Queens, and took orders in 1640. He was then chaplain in one and another private family, re- siding partly in London, till the breaking out of the civil war, in which he took the side of the Parliament. He made himself useful to his party by deciphering inter- cepted letters, an act in which he was eminent. In 1643, the sequestrated living of St. Gabriel, Feuchurch street, was given to him, and in the same year he published "Truth Tried, or Animadversions on the Lord Brookes Treatise on the Nature of Truth." In this year also he came into a handsome fortune by the death of his mother. In 1644 he was appointed one of the secretaries of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. In this year also he married. In 1645 he was among the first who joined those meetings, which afterwards gave rise to the Royal Society. When the Independents began to prevail, VVallis joined with others of the clergy in opposing them, and in 1648 sub- scribed a remonstrance against the execution of Charles I. In 1649 he was appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford by the Parliamentary visitors. He now moved to Oxford and applied himself diligently to mathematics. At the end of 1650 he first met with the method of indi- visibles in the writings of Torricelli, and from this time his celebrated researches begin. In 1658 Wallis, who with others desired the restoration of the kingly power, employed his art of deciphering on the side of the Royalists, so that at the Restoration he was received with favor by Charles II., confirmed in his professorship and in the place of keeper of the archives at Oxford, and was made one of the royal chaplains. In 1661 he was one of the clergy appointed to review the Book of Common Prayer. . . He was of course one of the first members of the Royal So- 30 The Alston Family. ciety, and from this to bis death his life is littJe more than the list of his works. The collections of his works by the Curator of the Oxford university press began to be made in 1692. The three volumes bear the disordered dates of 1695, 1693 and 1699. In 1692 he was consulted upon the adop- tion of the Gregorean calendar, or new style, against which he gave a strong opinion, and the design was abandoned. In 1696 when the first two volumes of his works appeared he was the remote occasion of beginning the controversy between the followers of Newton and Leibnitz. Some re- marks were made on his assertions as to the origin of the differential calculus in the Leipzig Acts, which produced a correspondence, and this correspondence was published in the 3d volume. He died Oct. 28th, 1703, in his 88th year. Wallis in his literary character is to be considered as a theologian, a scholar and a mathematician. As a divine he would probably not have been remembered but for his eminence in the other characters. His discourses on the Trinity are still quoted in the histories of opinions on that subject. If the character of Wallis has been elevated as a divine by his celebrity as a philosopher, his services as a scholar have for the same reason been, if not underrated, at least thrown into a shade. He was the first editor of the " Harmonics " of Ptolemeus, of the commentary on it by Porphyrins, and of the later work of Brennius; as also of Aristarchus of Samoa. As a mathematician Wallis is the most immediate prede- cessor of Newton, both in the time at which he lived and the subjects at which he worked. Those who incline to the opinion that scientific discoveries are not the work of the man, but of the man and the hour, that is, who regard each particular conquest as the necessary consequences of the actual state of things, and as certain to come from one quarter or another when the time arrives, will probably The Alston Family. 31 say that if Wallis had not lived, Newton would but have filled his place, as far as the pure mathematics are con- cerned. His daughter, Anne, married John Alston (4th son of John Alston and Dorothy Temple), whose eldest son, John, was baptized at Felmershara 5th December, 1673. As with Thomasin Brooke, so likewise with Anne Wallis. Being mentioned as the daughter of Wallis, carries with it the assumption that he was prominent before the public and well known, which would apply to none other of the name at that time but this John Wallis. \/ A few items of English history compiled from various sources will be appropriate just here. Christianity, first planted in England by the Apostles, probably Paul himself, although persecuted and oppressed, survived even the period of Roman occupation. After the Romans had abandoned the' Island, about 449, Hengist and Horsa, two Jutish chiefs, invaded the coun- try, and drove out the Picts. Following soon after these, Ella the Saxon, with three sons and three ship-loads of Buccaneers, consisting of Angles and Saxons, two nearly related peoples, landed upon the southern coast and estab- lished themselves. These were followed by similar suc- cessive immigrations, which resulted in Anglo-Saxon sovereignty, and spreading over the Island their English language, finally giving to it the name of Angle-land or England. The seven leading States of the Saxon Heptarchy were ruled by petty Princes, who from time to time were dominated by some one more powerful than the others. They were in no sense a confederacy, and when they had subdued the Britons, they were continually fighting among themselves. "The principal diet of these early English or Saxon tribes is said to have been beef and pork, taken with 32 The Alston Family. copious draughts of ale and mead. They were hard drinkers and hard fighters, and their wild lives were usually cut short by battle or pestilence." Although Christianity was so early planted in England, the antago- nism between the two races was too bitter to encourage the British Christians to mission work among the Saxons. Four generations were born and buried before this hostility died away, and intercourse between the peoples gradually obliterated differences of race. The Britons, however, sent missionaries among the Irish Celts in the fifth century; also to the Picts of North Britain, and even to the con- tinent of Europe. (See Twenty Centuries of English History, by James R. Joy.) These invading tribes of Jutes, Angles and Saxons were all pagans, and Ethelbert, King of Kent, had married a Christian princess. Bertha, a daughter of a King of the Franks. She was permitted to worship the Christian God in the royal town of Canterbury. To her Pope Gregory commended his missionary, Augustine (597 A. D.). Suspecting sorcery, Ethelbert received the monks under the open sky. He accepted their doctrines and many of his court were baptized. From this beginning, first one and then another state of the Heptarchy embraced Chris- tianity, until Mercia alone was left, and became the rally- ing ground of paganism, with King Penda its defender. Finally in 655 the Mercians were conquered and em- braced Christianity. Penda was overthrown by Oswald and the last hold of paganism fell. In 680 King Ethelred divided the kingdom of the Mercians into dioceses and placed a bishop's seat at Leicester. During the eighth century the Danes began to make incursions, and ultimately succeeded in establishing them- selves. During these incursions, having subjected to their own rule portions of North Britain, Ireland and other neighboring isles, they allied themselves with the Welsh, The Alston Family. 33 the hereditary foe of the Anglo-Saxons, for a combined assault u.n= John Coachman (s. p.) III. Mary Allston= — Jones, and had one dau. Char- lotte, who died unm. 22 IV. General Joseph Waties Allston=3 times [q. v.). 23 V. Robert Francis Withers Allston=Adile Petigru ; issue (5. v.). VI. William Washington Allston, died num. 21 John H. Tucker^Elizabeth Allston, issue two daughters, viz. : I. Elizabeth=F. Weston, issue {q-v.^. II. Ann Tucker, d. unm. AND His Descendants. 61 F. "WESTONnrELIZABETH TuCKER, 8 ch., viz.: 1 — Pauline; 2 — George B. ; 3 — Anna H. ; 4 — Bentley; 5 — Antonio B.; 6 — Elizabeth B.; 7 — Frances M. ; 8 — John "Weston. '22 Joseph Waties Allston^ 1st — Sarah Prior, issue, 1 son. 2 d Nicholson, no issue. 3 d — Mary Allan, issue, 2 sons. Joseph W. Allston was appointed from the South Caro- lina College to the United States Army by Mr. Madison, and served in the war of 1812. There were two commis- sions, viz. : for 3 and 2 Lieutenant. He also took some part in the Florida War, became General of Militia, and was very prominent and influential as a citizen. His children were I. Benjamin, who died at 8 years. 2 If. TI. Joseph Blyth Allston = Mary North, issue (g. r.). III. William Allan Allston = his cousin Williarae Haig, Nov. 15th, 1864, at Plantersville and died in Charles- ton, S. C, Nov. 14th, 1878, without issue. 21^ Joseph Blyth Allston — Mary North, 5 ch., viz.: I. Jane L., unm. XL Mary Allan, d. June 9th, 1882. III. Louisa=Oct. 6th, 1887, Rev. William Melson Meade, and lives at Eastville, Northampton Co., Va. (s. p.) IV. Joseph North ALLSTON=Feb. 14th, 1900, Victo- ria Augusta McIntosh. They have 1 son, Jos- eph C, Dec. 5th, 1900. V. Caroline Allston, d. Feb, 28th, 1896. (Joseph Blyth Allston, b. Feb. 8th, 1833, served as Captain of Infantry through the Confederate War, and was in prison of Fort Delaware.) 62 John Allston— 1666-1719— Extract from Appleton's American Encyclopedia. " Robert Francis Withers Allston, governor of South Carolina in 185 6-'7, born in All Saints' Parish, Wacca- maw, of that State, April 21, 1801 ; was educated at home till his 16th year; entered the military academy at West Point, Dec, 1817. His was the first class that went through a regular 4 years' course under Col. Thayer. Mr. Allston graduated in June, 1821, received an ap- pointment in the 3d artillery, and was immediately ordered on the coast survey, under Lt. Col. Kearney, of the topo- graphical engineers. He assisted in surveying the harbors of Plymouth and Provincetown, Mass., and the entrance of Mobile bay. But domestic duties required that he should leave the service, which he did at the close of those labors; and he retired upon a small patrimony, becoming a rice- planter on the Great Pedee. He surveyed his lands in person, reclaimed a wild territory, and found his military education eminently useful in laying out the course of canals, embankments, etc. In all these works he proved highly successful, and has become one of the most thorough, well-informed and pros- perous of the southern rice-planters, contributing greatly to the improvement of this peculiar sort of culture. In 1823, he was made surveyor-general of the State, an office which he filled worthily 4 years. In 1828, he was returned by the people of Winyah to the lower house of the legislature. In 1832, he was sent to the senate. He continued to be returned to this body at each election, was finally made president of the senate in 1850, and left it only when elected governor of the State. His career has been one of continued employment, public and private, and unvaried usefulness in all relations. His ambition aimed at usefulness only. In its exercise he has been modest, gentle of demeanor, courteous always, and dulv considerate of the claims of others. His morals are AND His Descendants. 63 beyond reproach. As a politician, he belongs to the States' Rights school of Calhoun. But he has never suiFered him- self to sink into the partisan. He has always steadily- avoided ultraism ; shrunk from controversy ; was too mild and genial of nature to suffer his political course to run into any extremes; and while honestly proud of thehonors^ bestowed upon him by his people, has never so hungered after office as to make a single sacrifice of feeling or char- acter in its pursuit. Agriculture and education, the free or public school system, especially, were always the leading objects of his care while in the legislature. As a planter, his progress in improvement has been steady and decided. He is one of those by whose industry, intelligence, and active exertions, the rice culture of the Southern States has gone so far beyond that of the regions from which this nutritious grain was originally introduced. He has con- trived and introduced better modes of culture, better varie- ties of seed, and farm stocks, and farming implements of every kind. His was the first thresher ever erected on the Pedee. He devotes annually a considerable portion of his income to the work of improvement, to new inventions in machinery, structure, manuring, canalliug, embanking,, etc. To economize capital, labor, time, to keep his land especially 'in heart,' by feeding properly, and duly resting, are among the prominent secrets of his success. Com- mencing with 300 acres, he now cultivates 1,300, of whicb about 1,000 are in rice. He is ideutififid with many of the improvements of his precinct. He is an indulgent master. Himself a religious man, his negroes are carefully instructed in morals and religion. Their tasks are easy, and under his management they work with regularity and system. He has built them a rustic church on each of his plantations, where a missionary attends them regularly, and they have their frequent prayer-meetings beside, where- persons of their own color assist in their instruction. 64 John Allston— 1666-1719— Gov. Allston's life is that of a model gentleman and planter. No citizen commands more certainly the respect of the people for his virtues, intelligence, and perfect amiability of character and conduct. He resides, during the winter, at his plantation, called ' Chicora Wood,' on the Pedee ; and during the summer months, on the Wacca- raaw Beach seashore, where the climate is genial, the sea- bathing excellent, and the fish particularly fine, various and plentiful. He is a hospitable gentleman, who natu- rally asserts all the virtues of the old school gentry." S3 Robert Francis Withers Allston = Adile Peti- GRU, 5 ch., viz. : 25. I. Rev. Benjamin Allston, b. Feb. 26th, 1833, d. Jan. 15th, 1900; married Feb. 25th, 1864, Ellen Stan- ley Robinson of Texas, who died 1875, issue {q. .v). 26. II. Adile Allston = A. Vander Horst, issue (g. v.). III. Elisabeth W. ^ John Julius Pringle, who died without issue. IV. Charles Petigru Allston = Emily Lowndes, 4 ch., viz. : (1) Julius, died uum; (2) JohnEarl; (3) Richard Lowndes; (4) Susan. V. Jane Louise =: Charles A. Hill, an Englishman, (s. p.). 25 Benjamin Allston = Ellen Stanley Robinson, 5 ch., viz. : I. Adile; II. Mary D.; III. Louisa D. IV. Charlotte = Jan. 3d, 1900, Maurice Augustus Moore, and have a son, Benjamin Allston Moore, b. Dec. 5th, 1900. They reside at Union, S. C. V. Robert Francis Withers Allston, Jr., resides at Tryon, N. C. 26 A. Van der Horst= Adile Allston, 7 ch., viz. : I. Adile A. II. Anna M. III. EHas. IV. Frances. AND His Descendants. 65 V. Elisabeth P. VI. ArnoWus, and VII. Rob- ert A. Van der Horst. Tribute to the Memory of Rev. Benj. Allston, late Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Winiisboro, S. C. "Mr. Allston was born in Charleston, S. C, and was the eldest son of Gov. R. F. W. Allston and Adile Pcti- gru, sister of James L. Petigru, Esq., the famons lawyer. He entered West Point at the age of sixteen, the youngest member of his class, and graduated iu June, 1853. Among his class-mates were Gens. Schofield and Craighill, U. S.A. After graduation, he was assigned to the Cavalry Corps, and sent on a Trans-Mississippi expedition, a branch of which service he commanded as a lieutenant. After a few years of active service, during which he traversed nearly all the Western States, he resigned from the U. S. Army in April, 1858. He then engaged in rice-planting until the beginning of the War for Southern Independence, when he raised, and assisted greatly iu equipping, a com- pany of cavalry, which he desired to go to Virginia, but failing in this, he resigned as Captain and reported in per- son at Richmond. After a few weeks drilling artillery, he was commissioned Major of the 19th Mississippi lu- fantry, under Col. Motte and Lieut. Lamar, which com- mand served under Gen. Kirby Smith at Manassas Junc- tion. After this Mr. Allston served as Colonel of the 4th Alabama Infantry, while Col. Law was recovering from a severe wound inflicted at Manassas. After serving some time around Norfolk, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and sent to East Tennessee to report to Gen. Kirby Smith at Knoxville, where he was wounded iu the side. In Jan- uary, 1863, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi department as Inspector-General for Gen. Kirby Smith, and continued in this capacity, as well as Chief of the Secret Service, until the surrender. 5 al 66 John Allston— 16G6-1719 — After the war Mr. Allston eugaged in rice-planting, and for some years was lay-reader in the chapel at Planters- ville, S. C; and while interested in this, the late Bishop Howe requested that he take the order of a deacon that he might be available at funerals and weddings. This led him into theological studies, and he resolved to make the sacred work that of his life. About this time he married, and was called to the rectorship of Prince Fredericks, PeeDee (Georgetown Co.,) where he did a great deal of missionary work among the poor. Thence he was called to Prince George, Winyah, Georgetown, S. C; subse- quently to the church at Union, S. C, and then to Winns- boro. Mr. Allston impressed his character on this community. He loved truth and sincerity, and abhorred ostentation in everything. Being thoroughly honest with himself, what- ever course the path of duty marked out, he pursued with absolute faith in its rightfulness. Of such a man, frank- ness, candor, and often plainness of speech, were logically characteristic. Yet he was full of sympathy and generous, and softened the stern character of the trained soldier with the sweet and tender graces of the Christian." Will of William Allston, Sr. In the name of God, Amen. I, William Allston, Seur., of Prince George's Parish, Craven Co., in the Province of South Carolina, being weak and low in body, but of perfect mind and memory, blessed be God. Item. After my just debts are paid, I give unto my loving wife, Esther Allston, three slaves and two rooms in my dwelling house, with the furniture. Item. I give and bequeath and devise unto ray son, AVilliam Allston, three tracts of laud, etc. Item. Unto my daughter, Rebecca Marion, a town lot in Georgetown. AND His Descendants. 67 Item. I give unto my daughter, Esther Allston, three slaves, named Clarenden, Hercules and Hager. Item. Unto my daughter Elizabeth Allston, three slaves. Item. rjuril 3d, 1738, he was elected vestryman of St. Pauls Parish, Chowan county, and served until 1747, or later. In 1746 he was sheriff of Chowan county, and probably for some years prior to that time. His wife, Mary Clark, survived him. 92 John Alston— 1673-1758— The following will is copied from the original, now on file in the office of Secretary of State : " In the Name of God, Amen. September 17th, in the year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and fifty four, I, John Alston of Chowan County and province of North Carolina being in perfect health and of sound and perlect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God for it., Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life, and that all flesh must Yield unto Death when it shall please God to call. Doe make Declair ordain, appoint this my last v/ill and testament in Manner & form follow- ing and principally I Recommend my Soul to God that gave it to me in full hope I shall receive full pardon for all my Sins Past by the merits and meditation of our Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in Such Christian Like manner as shall pleas my Executor hereafter uaimed and appointed, and secondly I doe by these presents frustrate and make null and void all other or fcn-mer wills by me made or Declaired Either by word or writing and this to be taken for my Last will and testament and no other, thirdly my will is that all My Debts Duly that I owe in the right or concieuce to any maner of persons What Ever Be Justly Contested and paid in Sum convenient time after my Death By my Executor hereafter nam'd, and now as such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to Bestow upon me I Give & dispose of the saim in manner and form following — Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Joseph John Alston my Land at White Oak River and other personall Estate By me all Ready delivered to him and a tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres being in Chowan County Joining to Mrs. James Willson Line Beginning at a hickory standing on Benit's Creek Side I also give to my son Joseph John Alston one Gold AND Ills Family. 93 Riug about fifteen shillings worth I say aforesaid Land and Estate to him and his heirs for Ever, Item. I give and bequeth unto my Beloved Son Solomon Alston a Negro woman named Sarah which he has in his possession and other personal Estate all Ready delivered to him by me I say the aforesad Negro and Estate to him and his heirs for Ever. Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Son Wil- liam Alston in his lifetime that part of my Estate I allotted for him and now his heirs has it in their possession. Item. I give to my Beloved Son Phillip Alston one Negro man named Seser now in his possession and one Ne- gro man named Robiu and what Else of my personal Estate he has had of me before now in his possession I say the afor s'd Negro's & Estate to & his heirs forever. Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Mary Seward one mulato woman named Moll and what Else she has had of me befor to her and her heirs for Ever I allso mean the use of my Dwelling House and garden to her Durin her natural life. Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Williams one Negro woman named Moll an her iucreas to her and her heirs for Ever and what Else of my personal Estate she has had all Ready. Item. I Give and bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Sarah Kearny one Negro woman nam'd fanney and her in- crease now in her possession and what Else she has had of my Estate Before the afore said negro and Estate to her and her heirs forever. Item. I Give to my Beloved Daughter Charity Dawson one Negro woman named janey and a Negro boy named Jupiter and a negro girl named Gate and a negro girl named Nancy I say the aforesaid Negro's to her and her heirs an assigns for Ever. Item. I mean my Dear wife Mary Alston to have the 94 John Alston— 1673-1758— use of my Estate as vis Dick fauney peter Robin & Easup and Diner allso — my plantation stock & iiousehoUl Goods During her naturall Life But at her Death to be returned in manner hereafter mentioned. Item. I Give to John Alston Son of Solomon Alston one Negro boy named Peter to him and his heirs for Ever. Item. I Give to Elizabeth Alston Daughter of Wiiliam Alston Deceased one Negro boy named ued to her and her heirs for Ever, Item. I Give to Paty Alston Daughter of Joseph John Alston one Negro Girl named Pru to her and her heirs for Ever. Item. I Give to William Alston Son of Philip Alston one Negro Boy named Hary to him & his heirs for Ever. Item. I Give to John Alston Son of James Alston one Negro woman named Diner and her increase and one negro boy named Robin to him and his heirs for Ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son James Alston one Negro man named Dick one Negro man named Peter and one mulato man named Easop allso my planta- tion whereon I now live and all the Land ajoining there- unto I allso give him the Rest and Residue of my whole Estate Both Raill and personall I say the aforesaid Land and Estate to him and his heirs & assigns forever I allso leave him my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seall the 20 day of Feb'y 1755. John Alston Seasbrook Wilson Thomas Byrd his Joseph X Parker mark Edenton 2d December 1758 AND His Family. 95 Theu personally appeared before me Seasbrook Wilson & Joseph Parker two of the subscribiug witnesses to the foregoing Will who made oath that they saw John Alston the Testateor sign seal deliver and declare the foregoing as & for his last will and Testament and that the said John Alston was at that time to the best of their judgment & belief of sound and disposing Memory & understanding and that they together with Thomas Byrd subscribed their names to the foregoing will as witnessed thereto. At the same time James Alston Executor before named took the Oath of an Executor. Let Letters Testamentary issue thereon. Arthur Dobbs." The above John Alston was the eldest son of John Al- ston = Anne AVallis, and was baptized at Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England, Dec. 5th, 1673. John Alston iz= Mary Clark, issue c--- J I. Joseph John Alston, (q. v.). S 11. Solomon Alston, (q. v.). H III. William Alston, {q. v.). P IV. Phillip Alston, {q. v.). A V. James Alston, (q. v.). VI. Mary' =: 1st Henry Guston, no issue. 2d Wm. Seward, of Isle of Wight county, Va., no issue. Surviving them both, she died a widow, but the names Guston and Henry continue in the family. W VII. Elizabeth = Samuel Williams, {q. v.). liTVIII. Sarah =i Thomas Kearney, (q. v.). IX. Martha = Lemuel Wilson, January 29th, 1752. Her name is not mentioned in her fath- er's will, but the marriage records of Chowan county show that she was married at the date 96 John Alston — 1673-1758— above mentiou, and probably dying without issue before the will was written, caused the omission. The names Martha and Lemuel continue in the family. D X, Charity^ John Dawson, (g. v.). Among the immigrants to the Albemarle section in the latter part of the 17th century, who went from Isle of Wight, and Nausemond, Va., and elsewhere, are the fol- lowing names : Akehurst, Chancey, Clark, Durant, Hatch, Hill, Palin, Thomas and others. These were Quaker families, and their settlements originally in Perquimans and Pasquotank extended into Chowan and other neigh- boring counties. These were among the best citizens of the colony, and some of them held large estates. It is here we find John Alston, among these he married, and the names Solomon, Philip, James, Martha, Charity, till then not found in his ancestral lines, were doubtless ob- tained through his wile's mother's connections and rela- tionship. The loss of the old Nansemoud records, and tlie destruction of those in Pasquotank and Perquimans during the war prevent the tracing of many family lines. As elsewhere stated, it is most probable that John Alston came there in 1694, and there is reason to encourage the belief that among those who accompanied John Archdale to the Albemarle section at that time were John Dawson and William Williams (father of Samuel), whose families are so closely intermarried with Alston. From Wm.and Mary Quarterly, April 1899, p. 221, we take the following : "Will of Humphrey Clark, Cooper, dated March 3d, 1655. Wife Jane, son John, daughter-in-law, Jane Brunt, two kinswomen, Jane How and Mary Clarke, the latter in his employ for 7 years, 3 of which are remitted. His son, John, to be sent to school. Legacies to Thomas Holmes, AND IIis Family. 97 John vVilliams and William Godwin, Robert Bird, over- seer." From p. 241, the following: "Francis Ayre's inventory, 1678, mentions Jane, his wife, now wife of Henry Ettvison, Jane Clarke, Humphrey Clarke, the son of John Clarke." (This Humphrey Clarke must have died in his father's life time.) From N. C. Hist, and Gen. Register No. 1 the follow- ing abstract of will of Daniel Akehurst of Warwick county, Va. This will is in the office of clerk of superior court of Chowan county and was probated in 1700 in War- wick county, Va. Daughter, Filia Christy Akehurst, wife, Ann Akehurst, Thomas Symons, Ex'r., 11th Oct., 1693. Witnesses — William Langhorn, Mary Gary, Miles Gary." Hon. Daniel Akehurst, Esq., was one of the lord's deputies and secretary of the council in 1694 and assistant justice, N. G., under Gov. Philip Ludwell. (Col. records.) John Clarke died 1689, and some extracts from his will are annexed, The family name is variously spelled, Clark, Clarke and Clerke. The above Humphrey Clark, John Clark and Daniel Akehurst lived in Virginia. John Clarke, in 1665, ob- tained 440 acres on the westward side of Black Water. He and Daniel Akehurst subsequently removed to North Carolina. The will of Arthur Workman is also annexed making Mary Clarke, sole executrix in 1695. She is again men- tioned in 1707 as widow and executrix, and also in 169 7 in couriection with Robert Wallis, who in 1694 had been assistant justice in the province. Records go to show that she was a great granddaughter of Henry Palin, who was a witness to the signing of John Clark's will, and at the death of her husband in 1689, 7al 98 John Alston— 1673-1758— must have been quite young, as she is again mentioned as having been appointed in 1740, joint-administratrix upon the estate of Mary Glaister of Pasquotank. She seems to have been quite a business woman, a prominent character, and the second wife of John Clarke. At her husband's death in 1689, she was left in charge of a large estate with an only daughter, also named Mary, who afterwards married John Alston. This accords with the tradition that has been carefully and minutely transmitted, "that his wife was left an orphan, and an only child, living at her home, constantly attended by a faithful old negro woman, who had nursed her in infancy, and continued to wait upon and serve her until her marriage," which most probably was about 1700-1703. , (N. C. Hist, and Gen. Eeg. Nos. 1, 2 and 3) Henry Palin had a land-grant in 1652 from Governor Richard Bennett. Probably the same as Henry Palin,' Sr., who was witness to the signing of John Clarke's will in 1689. Henry Palin, Jr., of Pasquotank, d. January 30th, 1699, leaving wife Ann, and sons John and Thomas. John Paliu, d. August 16th, 1737, leaving wife S^rah, and son John, and daughter Mary, of whom John Palin was chief justice in 1731, and {d. s. p.) Feb- ruary, 1753. Mary = John Clarke about 1686. He d. May 30th, 1689, leaving an only child Mary, and wife Mary as his executor. (See will.) Thomas Palin, son of Henry, Jr., and brother of John, d. August 1st, 1733. Sons Henry and Thomas, daughter Ann and Mary Scott, wife Susannah, and daughter Mary Glaister. These families were in Pasquotank. There were other Palins in Edenton, viz: James and Christian. AND His Family. 99 Arbemaele County. In the Name of God Ameu the Thirtieth . day of May Oae Thousand Six hundred and Eighty Nine I John Clarke beeiug sick of body but of good & pfect memery thanks bee unto Almighty God >i« * ^ * * * Item. I give & bequeath unto William Curry my wearing clothes, my horse bridle and saddle. Intern I doe ordain and constitute & appoint my well beloved friends Mr. Daniel Akhurst & Mr. John West & Edward Smith as overseers of my child or children : Item I give & bequeath unto Mr. Daniel Akhurst five pounds sterll to be paid in coun- try comoditys. Item I give & bequeath unto Mr. John West five pounds sterll to be paid in country comodity. Item I give & bequeath unto Edward Smith Tenn pounds sterll to be paid in country comoditys. Item I give & be- queath unto my daughter Mary ye one half of my whole estate both moveables & immoveables reall & psonall to her her heirs Executors Administers & assigns forever, but if in case ray lawful wife Mary Clark should prove with child by mee & its should happen to bee a boy then ytsaid boy to ejoy peacesably without any mollestation whatso- ever all my lands to him & his heirs for ever : but if ye said childe should prove to be a girle then to be equally coheirs with her sister in ye aforesaid halfe of my estate. Item I doe ordain constitute & appoint my lawful wife Mary Clark to bee my whole & sole Executrix of this my last will & testament to whome I give & bequeath my whole estate both reall & personall moveables & immove- ables shee my Executrix paying my just debts & ye afore- said legacys to have & to hold my said estate, for herselfe her heirs Executors Administrators & assigns forever: & if in case my aforesaid daughter Mary Clark should die be- fore shee arrives att ye full * * of eighteen years old then ye above said * * * ^(c >;< ^ ^^^^^ wife. In witness whereof 100 John Alston— 1673-1758— I have hereunto sett my hand & seale in Pasquotank River in ye county aforesaid & day & year above written. John Clark (Seal) Witness Henry Palin Senr. John Hawkins John CaS^ey Proved July 27 by the oathes of Henry Palin & John Hawkins John Cafey before Seth Brothers. Will of Arthur Worhman. In the name of God Amen I Arthur Workman late of Jaimaca but now of Ronoch Marchant being in good health of body and perfect mind and memory praised by God I doe make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following ***** "Po Capn John Hunt one silver tankard of twelve pounds value, marko ex dono AW. To Mrs. Eliza Hunt a gold mourning ring of thirty shills value in * * * * * England, to Anthony Hatch son to sd Eliza Hunt that my plantation in Little River with 6 sows 4 cows & calves, to Mr. Richard Platen ten pounds of fresh porke with all my wayreiug apparrell. To Mr. John Robison tenn pounds in porke, and twenty pounds to be given towards schooling of eight orphant children to be disposed of at the discretion of my sd Ex- ecutrix ******** Xo Majr. Charles Sadler of Jamaica forty pounds in money, to Madam Dorothy * * * * * one gold mourning ring of twenty five shills value of that island, To Mr. Thomas Sherwood of Jamaica sixty pouns currt mon ***** of that island, all wch money is now in the hands of sd Majr. Sadler, and about ninety or a hundred more wch give to my Executrix ****** all that my whole estate within the Kingdom of Ireland t') my two loving sisters Mary and] Millesaint Workman but now be * * * * * boath marryed I know not their AND His Family. 101 other names. To Mrs. Sarah Franklin wife to Henry Franklin five pounds in money. And all the rest of my estate reall and personal! (after my just debts being first truly paid) doe give and bequeath unto Mrs. Mary Gierke widdow, late wife of John Gierke deced whom I make by this my last will and testament whole and sole Executrix to dispose and ma**** all to her own and her heirs &c. proper use forever. I doe desire my sd Executrix to buy one mourning ring of thirty *** *** ** price with my name in it. In Witness whereof I * * * hereunto put my hand & seal this first day of August ^.- * ^ * Domini one thousand six hundred ninety & five. Arthur Workman (Seal) Witnesses John Hunt John Robison Richard Platen * * * * * * * * Leqg I his marke Pasquotank pcinct Gourt the 19th day of Aprile, 1697 by t-he oaths aforesaid Edward Mayo Glerk. 102 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— The Last Will and Testament of Joseph John Alston. In the Name of God, Ameu. I, Joseph John Alston, of Halifax, in the State of North Carolina, being weak of body, but of perfect sound sense, mind and memory, thanks be to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following, that is to say: Imprimis. I recommend my soul into the hands and protection of Almighty God that gave it, hoping for a re- mission of all my sins, and my body I leave to be decently interred at the discretion of my executors hereafter named, and as for my worldly estate which it hath pleased the Almighty God to bestow on me, I give, devise and bequeath as follows: Item. I give and bequeath to my son, John Alston, his heirs and assigns forever, all my lands that lie on Reedy Creek, Fishing Creek, Benn Creek and Long Branch on the South side, Butterwood or the waters thereof, consist- ing of sundry different tracts, and whereas my said son, John Alston, has now a dispute depending in law for a tract or a parcel of land called the Poison Fields in Chat- ham county, with Matthew Jones, of said county, in case my said son, John Alston, should lose the said land called the Poison Fields, then and in that case I give and be- queath to my said son John Alston, his heirs or assigns, two tracts of land which I bought of John Coupland in said County of Chatham. But in case my said son John Alston should recover the said land now in dispute from the said Mathew Jones then, and in that case only, I give my said son, John Alston, part of the said two tracts of land bought of said John Coupland, bounded as fol- lows, to- wit: lying above the Spring Branch, known by AND His Descendants. 103 ihe name of Couplands Spring Branch supposing to be two hundred acres more or less including the old plantation whereon Richard Couplaud formerly lived. Item. I give and devise to ray said son, John Alston? his heirs or assigns all the negro slaves which I have here- tofore possessed him with as also one other negro man named Levey, and one other negro man named Joseph which is now in my pOvSsession. I give and devise unto my son Phillip Alston, his heirs or assigns, all the negro slaves which I allotted for him being now in his poseession. Item. I have already given to my daughter, Patty Me- rony, the several negro slaves which I allotted for her por- tion, the same she has been possessed with many years past. Item. I give and devise unto my sou, William Alston, his heirs or assigns all the negro slaves which are now in his possession, excepting the following negroes, to wit : Hannah, Hagar, Silva, Nancy, Press, Boatswain, Nursery Rose, Ra- chael and Sam, which said ten negroes herein mentioned I lend unto my said son William Alston the use of until his children, male and female, shall arrive to lawful age or marriage, then I give and bequeath the said ten negroes and their increase to be equally divided between the said children and their heirs or assigns, share and share alike, each child to have his or her part or portion of the said negroes and their increase as he or she shall arrive to law- ful age or marriage as aforesaid, and the remainder of the negroes to remain as undivided until the next child shall arrive to age as aforesaid, and so on till the youngest shall be of age aforesaid to take his or her part of the said ne- groes. Which division it is my will and desire shall be made among my said grandchildren by their father, my son William, if living ; if not, by my executors hereinafter mentioned. Item. I give and bequeath to my said son William Al- 104 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780 — ston, his heirs and assigns two negroes, to-wit: Fork Ben and his wife Priss. Item. I give and devise to ray son, Willis Alston, his heirs or assigns, all that part of the land which I bought of Mr. Mead's estate that lies on the lower side of the Gov- ernor's Branch and joining Irviug's Creek on the south- east side. Item. I give and devise to my two grand sons, John Joseph and William Alston, sons of my son William Al- ston, a parcel of land which I bought of the estate of Mr. David Meade, deceased, that lieson Irwin's Creek, alias Bears Swamp above the mouth of the Governor's Branch to be equally divided between them and their heirs or assigns, share and share alike, but in case the said John Joseph and William Alston, should either of them depart this life before they arrive to the age of twenty one years or leaving lawful issue of their body then and in that case I give and devise the part of the said land of him who shall or may decease to the other that survives, and in case both the said John Joseph and William Alston should depart this life before they arrive to the age of twenty-one years then and in that case I give and devise the said land to my grand son Jo- seph John Alston, sou of my sou Willis, his heirs and as- signs forever. Item. I give and devise to my grand son John Joseph Al- ston,son of my son William, all that part of the lands I bought of Joseph Moore in the county of Chatham that lies in the fork between two streams where the said Joseph Moore built and formerly lived as high up each stream as my land extends to him, his heirs and assigns forever. But in case my said grand son, John Joseph, should depart this life without lawful issue, then in that case I give and devise the said land to my grand son, his brother, William Alston, his heirs or assigns forever. Item. I give and devise to my son Willis Alston, his AND His Descendants. 105 heirs or assigns all my land that lies in the fork on the North-west side the Beaver Ponds, between Butterwood and the Mill Swamp as high up each stream as my land ex- tends, as also my other lands between the mill run and the North East branch of Irwin's Creek, alias Alston's Swarap> including my dwelling house and m}'' Manor planta- tion, likewise including the plantation and tract of land where John Mills formerly lived, lying at the head of Bear Swamp as also all my other lauds on the North-East side of the Beaver Ponds and Bear Swamp that lies above and joins the land that was formerly Meade's. Item. I give and devise to my son, Willis Alston, his heirs and assigns all the negro slaves which I have already possessed him with as also three other negro men called Simon and Pocosiu Ben as also Frank which are yet in my possession. Item. I give and bequeath to my grand son, Joseph John Alston, son of my son Willis, all these two tracts of land, lying on the waters of Great Creek that I bought of Archibald Hamilton and Anthony Winston, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. But in case of his death before he arrives to years of twenty-one or leaving lawful issue of his body, lawfully begotten, then and in this case I give and devise the aforesaid two tracts of land to ray son Wil- lis, his heirs and assigns. I also give my said grand son, Joseph John Alston, one negro boy named Jem, son to Mulatto Pegg, and one negro girl named Jud, daughter of Penny, to him, his heirs and assigns for ever. Item. I give and devise to my son, Henry Alston, his heirs and assigns forever, four thousand acres of land where- on he now lives which I purchased of Solomon Alston, Jr. Item. All the slaves which I allotted for my son Henry I have already possessed him with, and the same I do give to him and his heirs and assigns forever, as also I do give and bequeath to my said son Henry, eight other negroes, to 106 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— wit: Hester Peters' daughter, Jacob, mulatto boy, Youug Bdccosr, Dyuer and increase Sabiua and Davy to him, his heirs and assigns. Item. I have already given my daughter, Mary Palmer, the negro slaves which I allotted for her portion, the same she has been possessed with some time past. Item. I give and bequeath to John Cooper, his heirs and assigns forever, all that tract of laud and plantation in the •county of Chatham, which I bought of Thomas Coupland, known by name of the Hickory Mountain, bounded by a branch between the lands I bought of said Copeland and the lands I bought of Thomas Stone, and from the head •of said branch and by a line of marked trees, westerly to the back, then round by different lines several courses to the said branch. Item. 1 lend unto my daughter, Uphan Wilson Cooper? the use of the following negroes during her natural life, to wit: Toby, Sail, Will, Roger, and Sail's children, Creas» Buck, Nan, Adam, Creasee's children, Nan and Will, Cate's children, Charles and Edie, Pegg's children, Jupiter and Abraham, old Joe's son, and after her decease I give and devise the said negroes and their increase to be equally viz. : 1. Eldridge Greenwood Norton, b. Nov., 1873. 2. James Hudson Norton, Jr., b- Jan., 1876. 3. Joseph Bibb Norton died in in- fancy. IV. John Alston Norton, b. Oct. 19, 1846. m. Leonora Greenwood in Mont- gomery ; issue, 4 children, viz.: 1. Carrie Louise, b. Oct. 15, 1870; d. unm. 2. Grace, b. June, 1873. 3. John Alston Norton, b. Nov. 1st, 1875. 4. Ida Sewall, b. 1877. V. Walter Elliot Norton, d. in childhood. VI. Katherine Norton, b. in Montgomery, 1850, d. 1873, unm. VII. Mary Ellen Norton, b. Feb. 28, 1853, in Montgomery = George Honour Beckman of Charleston, S. C, 85 Smith St.; issue, 5 children : 1. Ida, d. in childhood. 2. Julia Reese Beckman, b. 1876, in Charleston. 3. George. 4. John, and 5 Pelzer, all b. in Charleston. VIII. Ida Deming Norton, b. March 4, 1855, in Montgomery, Ala., = James Will- AND His Descendants. 157 LiAM McGuiRE, 147 Rose Park, Ma- con, Ga. Issue, Aune Alston McGuire. IX. Charles Willis Norton, b. 1857, d. 1888, unra. X. Annie Maud Norton, b. Jan. 26, 1862, in Montgomery = Col. J. G. Bat- TELLE, Feb. 10, 1881, of Memphis, Tenn. Issue: Gordon Battelle, b. Aug. 10, 1883, in Covington, Ky. XI. Leila Honour Norton, b. June 27, 1862, in Montgomery = Robert Lee Honour of Charleston, S. C, 37 Vanderhorst St. {s.p.y 1 Julia Reese Norton = Cart. Charles Washing- ton Norton. Six ch., viz. : 1. Martha Lee, b. Jan. 8, 1865, in Mont'y; unm. 2. Julia Alston, b. Feb. 27, 1868, in Mont.; unm. 3. Ruth Norton, b. Oct. 31, 1870 = George W. Jones ; issue, Roger Alston Jones. 4. Mary Hudson Norton, b. Sep. 11, 1873. 5. Charles Edwin Norton, b. June 28, 1876. 6. Harry Walter Norton, b. Oct. 1, 1878. SO Mkajah Thomas Joseph Alston = Martha Eliz- abeth Allen.'/ Issue: I. Temperance Alston, b. Feb. 14, 1841, in North Carolina. II. Emma Alston, b. Jan. 15, 1842, in North Carolina; married Nov. 14, 1866, to Sam- uel Beckwith of Augusta, Ga., and has 1 son, born March 17, 1870. III. Spencer Alston, b. June 19, 1843, in North Carolina; Druggist in Marshall, Tex. 158 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— ly. Christopher Alston, b. Aug. 21, 1845^ in Noxubee county, Miss. Married Aug. 20, 1878, to Lucie Gooch. Issue : 1. Mattie Lee Alston, b. July 20, 1881. 2. Claude Alston, b. Oct. 20, 1886. 3. Ruby Alston, b. June 9, 1891. He is engaged in the cotton business; was a private in Co. I, 27th La. Reg., C. S. A. His brother Spencer was also in the same command, and wounded in the arm. They were in Vicksburg during the siege. V. Joseph D. Alston, b. Nov. 19, 1848, in Dallas Co., Ala., and d. Aug. 29, 1886; married July 14, 1872, to Eliza Talley, issue: 1. Spencer A. Alston, b. Dec. 29, 1877, at Shreveport. 2. Jossie Alston, b. Aug. 7, 1879, at Shreve- port. 3. Mary Ella Alston, b. July 80, 1881, at Fulton, Ark. 4. Joe Atlee Alston, b. March 12, 1883, at Shreveport. VI. James Alston, b. July 20, 1850, at Mansfield, La., and married Feb. 9, 1880, to Belle Wright. Three children. 1. Ella Alston. 2. Floyd Alston, b. 1888. 3. Gladys Alston, b. 1895. James is a druggist, but now engaged in mining in Arizona. VII. Ella Alston, b. Sept. 21, 1853, at Mansfield, La., and d. Sept. 20, 1884. VIII. Willis C. Alston, b. April 6, 1855, at Shreve- port, married Nov. 10, 1893, at Durant, Miss., AND His Descendants. 159 to Annie Gooch; issue one son, Alfred C. Alston, b. Nov. 5, 1895. Willis C. Alston is in the cotton business. IX. Jessie Fauleon Alston, b. Feb. 14, 1857, at Sbreveport; died in infancy. X. Adelaide Alston, b. Aug. 21, 1859, at Sbreveport; died in infancy. 2If. Dr. Shell= Martha Temperance Alston; issue one son, viz : I. Oliver Perry Shell=lst, Amaryllis Alston Daniel; no issue, and his 2d. wife was Mary Trumbull, of Warrenton, and had 7 children, viz. : 1. Pattie Shell=Neander Perkinson. 7 ch., viz. : 1. George Levi Perkinson. 2. Mary Alice. 8. Pattie Shell. 4. f Laura twins I and 5. l^Luoy. 6. Ruth. 7. Otis Judson Perkinson. 2. Oliver Perry Shell, Jr.=Mattie Bell Macon, (dau. ot GidHuDt Macon, Jr.=Lou Jenkins.) 4 ch., viz. : 1. Lula Macon. 2. Mary Olive. 3. Sarah Elisabeth. 4. Fanny Parker Shell. 3. Otis Prentiss Shell =Callie Avery, and have one son, viz.: William Oliver Shell. 4. Willis Alston Shell. 5. Mary Lou Shell. 6. Laura Maelin Shell. 7. Fabius Busbee Shell. Martha T. Alston by 2d husband. Rev. Thomas Wil- cox, son of Jane Alston =Littleberry Willis Wil- cox, ((/. 15.), issue, viz. : 160 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — II, Rev. Alfred G. Wilcox, Brinkleyville, Halifax, Co., N. C. III. Mrs. John Allen, Louisburg, Franklin Co., IST. C. IV. LAURAWiLCox=rARTHURL. J. Ai.sTOX, her cousin," ' (son of Henry Alston^ I^o^gj ^^ Halifax) and lives at Jackson, Tenn. Have issue, Lee Alston and Blanche Alston. Ji.If Henry Alston==Mis& Long, of Halifax. I. Eliza Alston. II. Euphan Wilson Alston. III. James Alston. IV. Willis, died ia infancy. V. Willis Alston the 2d, d. in California. VI. Henry Alston. VII. Matthew C. W. Alston. VIII. Charles B. Alston. IX. Dr. Thomas M. Alston, lived near Dahlonega. X. Andrew Alston. XI. Arthur L. J. Alston=his cousin, Laura Wilcox. It is to be rearretted that the records of this large family could not be completed. 45 Thomas Alston ra. Chambliss; issue, 1 son. Thomas Alston who moved to Wilcox Co., where he married Mary Crum, who bore him: I. John Henry Alston^zSallie Moorer, and have three children. IL Caddie Alston^ Hp:nry Godwin, and have twelve children. IH. MoLLiE A lston= Robert Godwin, and have nine children. IV. Viola Alston=: James McCrary, and have four children. V. Minnie Alston^tAndrew Lovett, and have six children. AND His Descendants. 161 VI. Mattie Alston=Snowden Bender, and have two children. 46 Jane Alston=:Littl,eberry Willis Wilcox ; issue : I. Dr. Micajah L. B. Wilcox married in Halifax Co., N. C. 21 II. Rev. Thomas Wilcox= Martha T. Alston (his cousin) for issue (q. v.). III. Robert Wilcox died in 1850, at Mansfield, La. His descendants live in Arkadelphia. IV. James Wright Wilcox z=Margaret Mosely, of Ala., and d. in 1870, at Mansfield, La., leaving two daughters and lour sons in DeSoto Parish. V. Hannah, died in North Carolina. VI. Betsey Wilcox=Joe Green Alston (a cousin), of North Carolina. VII. Susan Wilcox :=Con Tom Watts, of North Carolina, and died a few years back in Barnes, I^a., at her daughter's. Issue : . 1. Tom Watts. 2. Mrs. Walker. 3. Mrs. Neeley, who resides in St. Louis. 4. Mrs., David DeMoss, of Barnes, La., is the mother of triplets, ten or twelve years old. 5. A son, died at Delhi, La., where his Avidow still lives. 6 Henry (Harry) Alston, the 2d. son of Joseph John Alston and Euphan Wilson, his second wife, lived in Warren Co., upon a tract of 4,000 acres of laud which his father bought of Solomon Alston Jr., and left to him. He married Sarah Hill, also of Warren Co., at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Martha Hill, in Frank- lin County. Issue, 3 children. 11 al 162 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1 780— (This Henry Alston is to be distinguished from another one of the same name and who was the son of Solomon, Jr., and likewise married a Sarah Hill and had three children.) 51 I. Sarah Mason Alston, born at Shocco Springs, N. C, about 1*789, on the 20th Dec, and died in Demopolis, Ala., 21st. Feb'y., 1864. She mar- ried on Dec. 7, 1809, to RoBEET EivERS Har- well, (born 1788 and died 1833) of Virginia, but who was living in North Carolina at time of marriage. Issue (q. v.). 52 II. Elisabeth Thomas Wade Alston, also born in Warren Co., died at Jackson, Clarke Co., Ala., Feb. 2, 1819. She married Ishmael Pettway Harwell, brother of Robert Rivers Harwell. Issue (q. v.). III. Thomas Alston, born in Warren Co. There is no record of his birth or death. He was the only son and was called Maj. Tom Alston. 51 Robert Rivers Harwell^ Sarah Mason Alston;. 9 ch., viz. : I. Emily T. Harwell, b. Oct. 31st, 1810, in Hali- fax, N. C; uum. 53 II. Mark W., b. July 24, 1812, in Mississippi Ter- .ritory, (Clarke Co,. Ala. )^ 1st. Sarah Olivia Howze. 2d. Mary Lyons. Issue (g. v.). III. Harriet H.,b. Nov. 17, 1814; d. 1848=Judge Wm. J. Alston, (q. v.). 54 IV. Evalina Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1817; d. Sept. 13, 1894= John W. Henley; issue (q. v.). V. Edward Jones, b. 1819; m. 1839, to Maria Mathesou and killed within a year afterwards. 55 VI. Robert Rivers, Jr., b. 1822; m. 1844, to Mary O. Barnes and lives in Louisiana. Issue (g. v.).. AND His Descendants. 163 56 VII. Sarah Elisabeth, b. 1824; ra. 1846; John Bachman Lee, and lives in Lonisiaua at Keatchi, issue (q. v.). YIII. Thomas Hill Alston Harwell, b. 1827; d. in childhood. 57 IX. Ishmael Stirling, b. 1829; d. Oct. 1892; m. ]853 to Mary Evelyn Vaughan. Issue : (g. v.). 52 Ishmael Pettway Harwell= Elisabeth Thomas Wade Alston; 4 ch., viz. : I. Sallie Thomas Harwell, b. Nov. 1, 1814; d. May 12, 1852, at Demopolis. She mar- ried April 26, 1832, to Ben.j. Glover Shields, who had served as member of Congress from Mobile district and after- wards sent as minister to Venezuela under Mr. Polk's administration. They had two children, viz. : (1). Harriett Evelina Shields, b. Sept. 24, 1836; d. early in life. (2). Samuel Robert Shields, b. Nov. 2, 1837, and died in Galveston about 1862-3, while serving in Confederate Army as 1st. lieu- tenant. II. Thomas Alston Harwell, b. May 25, 1816; d. 1828. III. Ishmael Gains Dean Harwell, b. Oct. 31, 1817; d. s. p. IV. Infant b. 1819 ; d. in infancy. 53 Mark W, Har\vell := 1st Sarah Olivia How ze ; issue 1 son. 2d Mary Lyons; issue, 3 ciiildren: He was a soldier in the Seminole war, but on ac- 164 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — count of his age aud bad health did not enlist in the Caufederate array, although he was true to the Confederacy. His children were : I. Edward James Harwell, b. 1844. He served nearly 4 years in the Confederate army. He married Elizabeth Boykin WiTHERSPOON ; b. 1844, and had 3 chil- dren, viz.: (1) Elizabeth Edwards Harwell, b. 1869. (3) Jane Witherspoou Harwell, b. 1878. (2) Sarah Olivia Harw^ell, b. 1872 ; married LoRRAiN Screven Eri- erson and has 2 ch., viz. : Bessie Harwell Erierson, born 1891, and George Archer Erierson, born 1894. II. Mark W. Harwell, Jr., b. 1852r= Willie DeGraffenreid, and have 2 ch., viz. : (1) Yernou Harwell and (2) Sarah Har- well. III. Sarah Olivia Harwell, b. 1855 = Thomas Gaither, aud have 2 ch., viz. : (1) Mark Harwell Gaither and (2) Ethel Gaither. IV. Mary Glover Harwell, b. 1858 = Thomas Wilson ; issue 3 ch,, viz. : (1) Anne Wil- son. (2) Thomas Wilson. (3) Erank Wilson. 5!). John Woodson Henley, b. Oct. 16th, 1811, in Erank- lin Co., N. C, and died in Demopolis, Ala., Ap. 27, 1853. He married in Clarke Co., Ala., Eeb. 18th, 1840, to Evelina Thomas Harwell. They had 7 children, viz.: AND His Descendants. 165 58 I. Alice, b. Feb. 28tb, 1841 ; died Aug. 12tb, 1894 ; married May 5tb, 1861, to George Fred- erick Glover ; issue (g. t?.). 11. Robert Harwell, b. Jan. 20tb, 1843; died Ap. 22d, 1873 ; m. May 22d, 1866, in Selraa, to Amelia Peters. He was a lawyer by profes- sion and had 2 children, viz. : (1) Evelina Harwell Henley; d. in infancy. (2) Tom Peters Henley, b. March 29th, 1872; unm. Wallace C. Butler of St. Louis, Mo., married Oct. 10th, 1866, to: 59 III. Evelina Harwell Henly, b. Dec. 12th, 1844, and died May, 1893, in Montana. Issue (g. -y.). IV. John Woodson Henly, Jr., b. Dec. 20th, 1846. Lawyer unm. ; was killed Jan. 4th, 1868. 60 V. Dr. Albert Thomas Henley, b. Nov. 29th, 1848; m. Nov. 27th, 1872, to Nannie Randolph Tayloe. They live in Birmingham; issue VL Sarah Elizabeth Henley, b. Ap. 20th, 1850; married 1st, Sep. 27th, 1870, to Frank G. Lyon, and 2d, to Judge Samuel G. Woolf of Marengo, Co. They have no children and their home is in Demopolis. YII. Grace Alston Henley, b. July 20th, 1852. She lives in Demopolis, and is engaged in teaching. 58 George Frederick Glover=: Alice Henley; 3 children, viz. : I. Mary Diven Glover, b. March 29th, 1865; unm., Demopolis. IL Evelina Henly Glover, b. Dec, 1868 = Rev. William D. Spurlin of Camden, Ala., 166 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — and lives at Gloster, Miss. They have 4 children, III. Georgia Glover, b. May 17th, 1871; m. Henry W. Hayden and lives in Deraop- olis ; no issue. 59 Wallace C. Butlers Evelina Harwell Henley; 4 chil- dren, viz. : I. Evelina Henly Butler, b. Sep. 10th, 1867; m. Dr. Casey Withersj^oon and lives in St. Louis. II. Grace Butler, d. when young. III. Wallace C. Butler, Jr., b. March 17th, 1873, in Montana. lY. Sadie Lyon Butler, b. 1882. 60 Dr. Albert Thomas Henley =Nannie liandolph Tayloe ; 3 ch., viz.: L William Tayloe Henley, b. Sep. 8th, 1873; d. Apr. 4th, 1884. II. John Woodson Henley, b. Sep. 16th, 1876. Has graduated at the University of Ala- bama with the degree of A.B. He lives with his father in Birmingham. III. Son who died in infancy. 65 Robert Rivers Harwell^c=Mary O. Barnes; 3 ch., viz.: I. Mark W. Harwell, d. s. p. II. Olivia Harwell, d. unm. III. Samuel Thomas Harwell, unm. Robert Rivers Harwell served iu the Con- federate army. 56 John Bachman Lee=Sarah Elizabeth Harwell ; 8 ch., viz.: AND Ills Descendants. 167 I. Sarah Harwell Lee=Jacob J. Hollins- worth ; 6 ch., viz.: (1) Lee Holliagsworth, d. (2) Jacob J. Holliagsworth. (3) Lindsay Hollingsworth = Buena Wells, and have one daughter. (4) Sarah and (5) Elizabeth, twins. (6) James Madison Hollingsworth= Fairy Birch, and have 1 child. II. Jacob Martin Lee m. Exmma Rochelle ; 6 ch., viz. : 1. Eveline Lee ; 2. Rngeby Lee ; 3. Virginia Lee ; 4. Harwell Lee ; 5. J, Bachraan Lee, and 6. Martin Lee. III. Harwell Lee m. Anna Chance ; 2 ch., viz.: 1. Elizabeth Lee and 2. Anne Lee. IV. Evelina Lee d. unra. V. Mary Morris Lee m. James McIIenrv Nabors ; 6 ch., viz.: 1. Emma Nabors, 2. James Nabors; 3. J. Bachraan Na- bors ; 4. J. McHenry Nabors ; 5. Susan ; 6. Morris. VI. Virginia Lestrappes Lee m. James Greer; 5 ch., viz.: 1. Lillian Lee Greer ; 2. Genevieve Greer ; 3. Louij^a' Greer; 4. James Greer ; 5. J. Bachman Greer. VII. Lillian Lee m. Richard H, Spell; 3 ch., viz. : 1. Robert Edwards Spell; 2. Coralie Spell ; 3. Sarah Elizabeth Spell. VIII. John Bachman Lee, Jr., m. Etta Lee Jenkins; 3ch., viz.: 1. Norma Lee; 2. B. Frank Lee ; 3. John Bachman Lee. 168 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — 57 IsHMAEL Stirling Harwell^ b. March 27, 1829, d. Aug. 21, 1893; m. June 15, 1853, to Mary Eve- LEEN Vauqhan, daughter of Dr. Alfred Goode Yaughan and Mary Ophelia (Walton) his wife. I. S. Harwell entered the Confederate service in 1862, as sergeant in Co. A, 43d Ala. Reg. (Col. Moody) Gen'l. Grade's brigade. He was twice wounded, first at Jones- boro and then badly at Chickamauga in his leg, from which he never recovered. He was transferred to the 38th Reg. (Col. Langford) in Gracie's brigade, where he was appointed adjutant to General Gracie, and served to the end of the war. His name was on the bulletin for bravery and good service. Issue 5 children. I. Eveleen Harwell, d. unm. II. Mary Walton Harwell, d. unm. III. Alfred Vaughan Harwell, d. s. p. IV. Sallie Alston Harwell m Dr. A. C. Thomas, of Rembert, Ala. Issue : 1. Alfred Harwell Thomas. 2. John Thomas. 3. Sarah Alston Thomas. V. Robert Henley Thomas, just 21, joined the 2d Ala. Vol. in April 1898, while at college, and has been in service ever since (Oct. 1898). Children of Reuben Vaughan*= Alice Goode Watkins- I. Evelina E., b. 1799; married Dr. Luke White, of Petersburg, Va. * From Mecords of the Ooode Family : — Reuben Vaughan was captain in the Provincial Army, and his commission was signed by Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia, Oct. 29, 1776. His son, Reu- ben Vaughan, of Lunenburg Co., Va., was married in 1798 to Alice Goode Watkins, (dau. of Samuel Watkins=Elisabeth Goode), born in Nottaway Co. Va., and died in Marengo Co., Ala., June 9, 1885. Elisabeth Goode was the daughter of Bennet Goode, of Powhat AND His Descendants. 169 II. Emily Garland m. Robert V. Montague. III. Martha Jefferson m. William A. Gasqiiet, of New Orleans. IV. Virginia m. Albert J. Kidd. V. Alice Goode, born 1825, m. Henry Duggar. VI. Susan Vaughan died unm. VII. Dr. Alfred Goode Vaughn born about 1799-1800, m. Mary Octavia Walton. They both died in Marengo Co., Ala., where they had resided for many years. Their children were : I. Mary, who m. Ishmael Stirling Harweli ^ (q. V. for issue.). II. Henry Clay died young. III. Ada B. m. Hon. James T. Jones, M. C. IV. Susan A. m. Rev. H. A. M. Henderson, of Kentucky. V. Plutarch. VI. Theodosia. VII. Tacitus. VIII. Robert. IX. Ida m. George Michael. X. Cecilia m. J. Martin. VIII. Dr. Samuel Watkins Vaughan, of Summerfield, Ala., was born Dec. 31, 1800, and died in Selma, Ala., Dec. 20, 1876. He studied medicine with Dr. Luke White, of Petersburg, Va., received his medical degree in Philadelphia, and after spending several years in hospitals in New York and Philadelphia, settled in Denmark, Tenn. From thence he moved to Marengo Co., Ala., and afterwards to Summerfield. He was 1st mar- tan Co., who married in 1740 Martha Jeflferson, of Osbornes, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Her husband, Samuel Watkins, of Peters- burg, Va., was the son of Samuel and Susan (Hancock) Watkins, and brother of Henry AYatkins, the stepfather of Henry Clay, of Kentucky. 170 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — ried to Martha Turner, of Kaleigh, N. C, by whom he had 11 children and 2d to Mrs. Thyrza Jane Jones, (dau. of Judge William J. Alston, of Marengo, Co., Ala.), who bore him 1 dan. and 1 son. Issue : I. Evelyn died unra. II. Samuel Watkius, Jr., lives at Hot Springs, Arkansas. III. Reuben ra. and died in Louisiana. IV. Dr. Frederick Barbie ra. Pauline Smith and their eldest dau. Evelyn m. John Court- ENAY, son of Dr, Jos. A. Groyi-:s, and Elizabeth Royali Robertson, his wife. V. Paul Turner married Annie Gholsou and lives in Selraa. VI. Henry White d. s. p. VII. Susan Alice married Rev. Robert Walker. VIII. Virginia m. Dr. R. H. Pludson (of England), and lived in Suramerfield. IX. David Alfred m. Susan Kennon. X. Bettie unm. XI. George Septimus m. By second wife : XII. Eva May Vaughan unm. XIII. William Watkins Vaughn m. Helen Maas. 7 John Cooper ra. Euphan Wilson Alston in 1779. Family tradition makes John Cooper's father to have been a first (;ousin to Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, first earl of Shaftesbury ; also that his brother James became a priest of the Roman Catholic church. His mother's maiden name was Sutherland. She was also the mother of Commodore Dale, and as widow Dale married the father of John Cooper. John Cooper himself was of a roving i\XD IIis Descendants. 171 spirit and took his family to France, Avhere his sous and daughters were educated. Oa his return to America with three of his children, himself, wife and two children were drowned on Charleston bar in 1810, the third child having died and been buried at sea. His eldest son, JohnBatts, men- tioned in his grandfather's will, was sent to France when about 10 years old and educated under the care of General Kilmaine at the court of Napoleon, became a naturalized citizen and was a midshipman in the French navy. In consequence of impaired health he resigned and returned to this country. In the war of 1812 he served as pay- master and commanded the troops in defence of Hampton, Virginia. In 1803 he was married to Mary Ann Wray, of Hamj)ton, the daughter of George Ashton Wray, and Diana Mallory, whose father, (Col.) Francis Mallory, was a colonel of Virginia militia during the llevolution, and was killed in a skirmish with the British under Col. Dundas, at Tompkins' bridge, near Big Bethel, on March 8th, 1781. George Ashton Wray was born June 4th, 1762 and died February, 1810. He was the eldest son of Jacob Wray and Mary Ashton, of King George county, Vir- ginia, who died December 9th, 1773. They were married May loth, 1761, and Jacob Wray died in 1800. He con- tributed financial aid to the American cause during the Revolution. Jacob Wray was the sou of George Wray and Helen V/alker. George Wray was born in England and lies buried in Hampton, Va., his tomb bearing the <3oat of arms and the date, April 19th, 1758, aged 61 years. He was the only son of George (d 1724) and Rachel Wray, of Poplars, Loudon, and in coming to this country brought with him the coat of arms which is the same as that which was borne by Sir Christopher Wray, who was lord chief justice in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; viz.: Azure on a chief argent, three martletts gules. Crest an ostrich or. Motto " Et juste et verai.'' 172 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— Their children were, viz : 58 I. John Batte Cooper, born February 29th, 1780r died in New Orleans, September, 18B4, married in 1803 to Mary Ann Wray, born March 1st, 1787; died 1852, {q. v). II. Henry Batte Cooper = Miss Baptiste, of Vir- ginia; no issue. III. James Cooper, drowned on Charleston bar, 1810. IV. Mary Cooper, born in Ireland 1st Chapper- nell of French army; 2d husband unknown. She died in France; no issue. V. Susan Cooper, drowned on Charleston bar, 1810. VI. Euphan Cooper, died on the voyage to this coun- try, and buried at sea. 5S John Batte Coopee= Mary Ann Wray. Issue 1 1 ch., viz.: I. Euphan died in infancy. 59 II. George, b. 1808, d. 1851 = Eliza- beth Cary of Virginia; 7 ch. (g. v.), 60 III. Euphan Wilson Alston, b. Feb, 8th, 1810; d. Dec, 20, 1891. = Will- iam Phillips Bainbridge of Ken- tucky, U. S. army; issue 7 ch. (q. v). IV. Mary, b. 1812, d. 1891; unm. V. Susan Ann Stith ; unm. VI. Anna Maria=John Cary of Vir- ginia ; issue 2 daughters. VII. John, d. in New Orleans of yellow fever, contracted in Texan army. VIII. James, and IX. Joseph, died in youth. X. Charles Henry died of wound received at Chancellorsville in C. S. army ; not married. AND His Descendants. 173 XI. Josephine John James, b. 1822 =: Everise Guzman of Louisiana. 59 George Cooperz= Elizabeth Gary ; 7 ch., viz.: I. Fannie ; II, Jane, unm. III. John, IV George, and V. Lizzie; all married in Louisiana. VI. Letitia, unm. VII. Georgiana=Martin Guzman of Louisiana. 60 William Phillips Bainbridge= Euphan Wilson Alston Cooper. William Phillips Bainbridge was the son of Dr. Absalom Bainbridge (and Eliza- beth Taylor) who was a cousin to Commodore Bainbridge and descendant of the 5th generation irom Sir Arthur Bainbridge of Durham, England. He was appointed (from Kentucky) a cadet at the West Point Military Academy July 1st, 1820; Brevet 2d Lieut, of 3d Artillery July 1st, 1824; 1st Lieut. May 30th, 1832; Captain March 19th, 1842; Brevet Major April 18th, 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico. He also saw active service in the Florida wars. He died Sep. 16th, 1850. His children were, 7, viz.: 61 L Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19th, 1827 m. Dec. od, 1846, to Joseph Jones Reynolds of Kentucky, U. S. A. issue {q. v.). II. Edmund Cooper, b. March 29, 1898 married 1866 to Aspasia Poulli- AULT of Louisiana, and have one daughter, viz.: Maria Palmyr Eu- phan Bainbridge, b. Sep., 1889. III. William Phillips, b. April 2d, 1842, unm. 174 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — IV. Enphan, b. July 25th, 1843 ; unra. 62 ' y. Juliet BlantoD, b. July 29tb, 1845 ; married July 29th, 18G5, to Jules Catlin Webber of Illinois, whose ancestors came from Holland ; issue {q. V.) VI. Elisabeth Taylor, b. June 28th, 1848. VII. Juliet, born Oct. 26th, 1850; mar- ried Nov. 16th, 1868, to Charles Edward Morse of England ; b. Jan. 16th, 1842 ; issue, viz. : (1) Charles Bainbridge, b. Sep. 26th, 1869; d. Sep 11th, 1887. (2) Ethel rjphan Mary, b. Oct. 23d, 1871. (3) Maud Mary Bainbridge, b. April 5th, 1874. (4) Edith Reynolds, b. Oct. 23d, 1884. (5) Edmund Cooper, b. March 14th, 1890. 61 Joseph Jones Reyxolds= Mary Ellsabeth Bain- bridge. (Joseph Jones Reynolds was born in Kentucky and appointed from Indiana, cadet U. S. Military Acauemy 1st July, 1839. Brevt. 2d Lieutenant 4th Artillery 1st July, 1843. 2d Lieutenant 3d Artillery 11th May, 1846. 1st Lieutenant 3d Artillery, 3d March, 1847. Resigned 28th Feb., 1857. Colonel 26th Infantry 28th July, 1866. Unassigned 15th March, 1869. Assigned to 25th Infantry 8th Jan., 1870. Transferred to 3d Cavalry 15th Dec, 1870. AND His Descendants. 175 Retired from active service for disability contracted in line of duty June 25th, 1877. Died Feb. 25th, 1899, at Washington, D. C. He was breveted Brigadier-General U. S. Army March 2d, 1867, for gallant and meritorious ser- vices at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, and Major-General U. S. Army, March 2d, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Mission Ridge.) They had 5 children, viz. : I. Sarah, b. Oct. 7th, 1847, and II. Bain- bridge, b. Sep. 15th, 1819 ; unm. 63 III. Alfred, born Sep. 1st, 1853 ; married April 28th, 1881, Louise S. Xortonr issue (q. v.). 64 IV. Kate, born March 24th, 1859; married Dec. 12th, 1882, to Edward E. Haydeu, U. S. Navy; issue {q. v.). V. Euphan, born Nov. 4th, 1868 ; died July 28th, 1869. 63 Alfred Reynolds=Lottise S. Norton, 3 ch., viz.: I. Ethel Barbour, b. April 26, 1883. 11. John Norton, b. Dec. 26, 1885. III. Bainbridge, b. Oct. 30, 1891. 64- Edward E. HAVDENr^KATE Reynolds, 6 ch., viz. : I. Reynolds, b. Sept. 30, 1883. II. Herbert, b. Sept. 25, 1885. III. William, b. Dec. 19, 1887 and d. July 23, 1889. IV. Dorothy, b. March 5, 1892. V. Alfred, b. April 4,1894. VI. Mary Bainbridge, b. Oct. 28, 1895. 63 Jules Catlin Webbek^Juliet Blanton Bain- bridge, 2 ch., viz : 176 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— I. Mary Reynolds, b. May 26, 1866. Married Oct. 3, 1883, to Rev. Charles James Stoviu Mayo, of the Protestant Episcopal Church (son of John Campbell Mayo=Mary Lewis Sfcovin), 3 ch., viz : (1) Robert William Bainbridge Mayo, b. Dec. 23, 1883. (2) Edmund Cooper Mayo, b. Jan. 8, 1885. (3) Lucy Stovin Mayo, b. July 12, 1886. II. Juliet Laura, b. Feb. 11, 1871; married July, 1889, to Jessee L. DePriest, of Louisiana; 4 ch., viz. : (1) Jessamine Blanton DePriest, b. March 5, 1991 ; d. July, 1891. (2) Jules Webber DePriest. (3) Annie Euphan DePriest. (4) Mary Bainbridge DePriest. S Joseph John Alston (Chatham Jack)=MARTHA Kearney, issue : 65 I. John Jones Alston, b. March 17, 1792; d. 1842. Married Adeline Williams, dan. of Maj. Wm. Williams and 2d wife, Elisabeth Kearney; issue [q. v.). 66 IL Elisabeth Kinchen Alston, b. Oct. 19, 1793; m. March 18, J 813, to Samuel Spencer Jackson, of Wadesboro, N. C; born March 10, 1789, and died in Pittsboro, N. C, Dec. 14, 1856. He was a lay reader in the P. E. Church, and gr. son of Judge Samuel Spen- cer, who was Colonel in the Revolutionary Army and bore a conspicuous part in the history of North Carolina during that period. «7 IIL Margaret W., b. Nov. 26, 1795; m. Car- ney Cotton, of Chatham Co., N. C, who was captain in the war of 1812. [q. v.). AND IIis Descendants. 177 IV. Martha A., b. Dec. 4, 1797; ra. Jack Mebane, Chatham Co. V. George Washington Alston, b. Nov. 13, 1709. VI. Nathaniel Macon Alston, b. Dec. 15, 1801; d. June 2, 1856; m. Patsy K. Williams, gr. dan. of Ca])t. Sol Williams and T e m p i e Boddie, and dau. of Maj, Wm. Williams- and Elisabeth Kearney, s. p. VII. Emiliue Euphan, b. Jan. 8, 1804; m. Dr. Wm. Hamlin, of Ashboro, N. C. 4 ch. 68 VIII. Gideon Alston, b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. Evelyn Alston, of Warren Co., dau. of Philip Gus- ton Alston and Mary Williams Harris, his wife. [q. v.). IX. Robt. Wm. P. Alston, b. Aug. 24, 1809; m. Ann Maria Alston, of Yv'arren, sister to his brother Gid's wife; d. s. p. June, 1852. 69 X, Philip Kearney Dawson Alston, b. Dec. 25, 1811; d. 1852; m. Ann Harwell, of Halifax, a ward of (Congress) Willis Alston, [q. v.). XL Joseph John Alston, b. Feb. 14, 1814; d. May 28, 1845; m. 1st. Parraelia DeGraeffenreidt, 2d. Decimus Palmer, d. s. p. 65 JcmN Jones Alstox=Adalixe Williams. Issue : I. John Jones Alston = Mary M. Clark, of Vir- ginia, and have 3 children: 1. Mary Adaline (Mollie) Alston. 2. Robert P. (Bob) Alston. 3. J. W. Nathaniel Alston. II. Elizabeth Kinchen = 1st, Alston A. Jones, son of Seth Jones = Sallie Alston and bore 5 children, viz, : 12 al 178 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 — 1. Blanch Jones, 4 John Jones, 2. Nat Macon Jones, 5 Seth Jones, in Texas. 3. Aurelia Jones ^= John Taylor. Her 2d husband was John Gunter to whom she bore 1 son, William Gunter. III. William Williams Alston died unm. ly. Delia Alston = John DeGraeffeneeidt and had 1 dau., Pattie DeGraeffenreidt, who married Thomas Peay, of Durham, N. C: and have 4 children, viz. : 1. Annie Peay, 8. Mamie Peay. 2. Ella Peay, 4. Lessie Peay. y. Lavinia Alston =: Rev. William Barringer, and have issue : 1. John Alston Barringer. 2. Paul Barringer. 3. yictor Barringer. 4. Ella Barringer = Ogden. 5. Charles Barringer. 6. William Barringer. yi. Anna Alston = Joe Taylor, whose mother, Mary Alston, married 1st Dr. Thomas De- Graeffenreidt, and 2d James Taylor, father of Joe Taylor. (See Wm. Alston = Sarah Year- gau for issue.) yil. Marina Tunstall Alston = Dr. John S. Mc- Clenehan. Issue : 1. Pattie McCleneban= Ware. 2. William McCleueban. 3. Adaline Williams McClenehanz=Thomas Cal- vert. 4. James McClenehan= Minnie Rothrock. VIII. Eugenia Alston = Benjamin R. Bryan, and have issue, viz. : AND His Descendants. 179 1. Marina Bryan. 4. Elizabeth Bryan. 2. Benjamin Bryan (died young). 5. Elias Bryan. 3. Anna Bryan. 6. Aurelia Bryan. IX. Nathaniel Macon ALSTON=lst Zilpha Hill, who bore 1 child. He married 2d Rouina Brodie and have issue : 1. Hattie Alston. 2. Lavinia Alston= Rice. 3. Charles Brodie Alston. 4. Nat Macon Alston. 5. Joseph T. Alston (died young.) 66 Elizabeth Kinchen Alston=Samuel Spencer Jackson. Issue : I. Emma Jackson, b. 1814. 70 II. Joseph John Jackson (Gen'l. J. J. Jackson), b. March 22d, 1817, married Nov. 27th, 1849, to Lucy Worth, daughter of Gov. Jonathan Worth. She is a lady of fine attainments and artistic ability, and is aunt of Worth Bagley, the first hero to fall in the Spanish-American war. On the 27th Nov., 1899, their 50th wedding anni- versary was celebrated in Pittsboro, of which a very interesting account was given in the Chat- ham Record. It was made the occasion of family reunion, many congratulations and much enjoy- ment. (For issue see elsewhere.) III. Mary Jackson, b. Feb. 17th, 1824= 1st Dr. Wil- liam Hamlin, 2d Dr. Charles Alston Hamlin. IV. Martha Kearney Jackson, b. 1820, d. 1887, uura. Y. Dr. Isaac Jackson lives in Columbus Co., N. C, and practices medicine. He was born 1826, and married, 1st Susan Worsham in 1850, and 2d ^[aggie Baldwin 180 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— VI. Fannie Wilson Jackson, b. March 18th, 1828, tL May 15th, 1841. ^'^II. Samuel Spexcer Jackson, a lawyer of ability, was born Sept. 6th, 1832, and died March 18th, 1875. He was married Dec. 25th, 1856, to Elvira Worth, dau. of Gov. Jonathan Worth. They had one sou, Herbert Worth Jackson, who married Annie Phillips, dau. of Judge Fred Phillips, of Tarboro, N. C, and reside in Kaleigh. They have 1 dau. and 1 son, viz.: 1. Evelyn Hyman Jackson, b. July 12th, 1892. 2. Herbert Worth Jackson, Jr., b. Sept. 28th, 1897. Mrs. Elvira Jackson again married and is now Mrs. E. E. Moffitt and lives in Raleigh. SLe also is a lady of marked artistic ability and at- tainment. VIII. Elisabeth Kinchen Jackson, b. Sept. 16th, 1834, and d. June 18lh, 1853. IX. Dr. Hamilton Calhoun Jackson, born 1836, and died July 15th, 1887,married Corinne Worth, another dau. of Gov. Jonathan Worth. They had one dau., Elisabeth Jackson, who m. Haywood White, of Louisburg, and resides in Raleigh, who has two children, viz.: Hay- wood White, Jr., and Josephine White. Mrs. Corinne Worth Jackson's 1st husband was Dr. Roberts, of Edenton, N. C. By this marriage she bad one son, Willie Roberts, of Wilming- ton, N. C, who married Miss Dudley. 71 Joseph John Jackson =:LucY Worth. Issue: 12 I. Bettie Louise Jackson, b. Apr. 24th, 1853, m. June 22(1, 1875, to Henry Armand London, AND His Descendants. 181 Esq., of Pittsboro, N. C. They have 7 children {q. v.). II. Carolina M. Jackson, unm. III. Jonathan Worth Jackson= Saline Childress, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a niece of Mrs. James K. Polk, and lives in Chicago. 73 IV. Lucy Murphy Jackson=John H. Currie, of Fayetteville, N. C,,and have 8 children [q. v.). Y. Samuel Spencer Jackson also lives in Chicago. 7^ Bettie Louise Jackson=Henry Arm and Lon- don. Mr. London is the editor of The Chatham Record and a practicing attorney in Pittsboro,N.C. He is an uncompromising Democrat, and during the campaign of 1900 canvassed the State in be- half of the proposed constitutional amendments, and his efforts contributed very materially to- wards the successful issue. In the following election he was chosen State Senator, and filled the office of President of that body. He is a lay-reader in the Episcopal church, and a promi- nent and very useful member of the community in which be lives. Of his ancestral lines the fol- lowing is submitted : His gr. father, John London, was private sec- retary to Gov. Tryon, and afterwards secretary to the Colony of North Carolina. Hisgr.gr. father. Sir Robert Loudon, was knighted by Charles II. for services rendered his father. Also the fol- lowing lines, viz. : William Swann (1585-1637), Swann's Point, Va.=Judith Swann. Col. Thomas Swann (b. 1616)=Sarah Cod. 182 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780— Hon. Samuel Swann (1 653-1 707)=Elizabetb' Fendall, nee Lillington. Samuel Swann = Jane Jones, of Virginia. Jean Swann ^Frederick Jones (1st cousin). Elisabeth Jones=Jobn Hill (2d husband). Eliza Hill = WilIiam C. Lord. Sallie Lord=Henry A. London. Henry Armaud Loudon, Jr. (born 1846)=Bet- tie Louisa Jackson. Issue : I. Lucy Worth London, married Dec. 14th^ 1898, to John Huske Anderson, of Fayette- ville, N. C, a grandson of James Dobbin, Sec- retary of the Navy under President Pierce. II. Henry Manger London. III. Sallie Lord London. IV. John Jackson London. V. Isaac Spencer Loudon. VI. Bettie Louise London. VII. Cornelia R, London. 73 Lucy Murphy Jackson = John H. Currie. Issue : I. John Henry Currie died. II. David Worth Currie. III. Jackson Spencer Currie. IV. Edward Smith Currie. V. Lucy Worth Currie. VI. Archibald Murphy Currie. VII. Jonathan Elliot Currie. VIII. Armand London Currie. 67 Captain Carney Cotton=Margaret Williams Alston. Issue : I. Elisabeth K. Cotton=Dr. Davis. Issue : 1. Ann Davis= Cooper. AND His Descendants. 183 2. AVilliani Davis, d. s. p. 3. Roderick Davis, d. s. p. II. Margaret Cotton =Tom Long. III. Emily Cotton^: Crump. Issue: 1. Pattie Crump=Hamiltou Long and their dau. Mary= Heilig. 2. John Crump. 3. Oriana Crump= Williams. IV. Carney C<)TT()N=Adelaide PoE. Issue: 1. Paul Cotton, died young. 2. Ella Cotton =Middieton Williams. Issue: 1. Fred Williams — 2. Anna and Elsie. G VI. Cornelia Caroline, b. May 27th, 1829 = Col. J. J. Pegues and d. 1852. No surviving issue. VII. Thos. Burges~] died num. in Lamar Co., Te^:. I )> twins b. Aug. 25th, 1832. 15 VIIL Anna Olivia | died Nov. 3, 1897= L.B. Brown j of Enterprise, Miss. Issue (q-v.)^ 16 IX. Joseph John, b. May 15th, 1835= Louise Josephine Jones. Issue [q. v.). X. Emma Haywood, b. June 3d, 1837= Nathaniel Alston Williams. Issue {q. v.). 17 XL Dr. Alfred Augustus Alston, born January 24th, 1839, died Feb. 25th, 1892, at San Augustine, Florida. He married Margaret A. Ulraer. They had 3 daughters (5. v.). 1^ James A. Howze=Mary Melissa Jane Alston, 5 children, viz.: B I. James Alexander Howze married twice (5. v.). Resides in Palmetto, Fla. II. Clara Cornelia Howzer=A. J. Ulmer, Paris^ Texas, 3 children, viz.: 1. Lizzie=: — Wier, of" Galveston, Texas. 2. Clara= — Henley, cashier of City National Bank, Paris, Texas. 3. Creagh, unm. AND Their Descendants. 195 III. Mary Alston Howze=Col. Melancthon Smith [d. s. p.), IV. Thomas Falconer Howze=Pattie Strudwick, Demopolis. 4 children, viz. : 1. Sam Howze. 2. James Howze. 3. Helen. 4. Clara. V. Annie DeWitt Howze, unm., Paris, Texas. B James Alexander Howze=lst in 1871, Mary S.Jones. Issue 4 children; 2d in 1889, Frankie A. McKay, of Chicago. Issue 3 children, viz. : 1. Mary V. m. Guy Moseley, who died in Texas. 2. Daisy Howze died in infancy. 3. Thomas A. m. Edith Bacon. 4. Anna m. Dr. J. L. Ulmer and resides at Tampa, Fla. 5. James A. Howze, Jr., unm. 6. Wm. D. Howze, uura. 7. Julius D. Ilowze, unm. 14. W. J. HowzE= Laura Virginia Alston, 5 chil- dren, viz. : I. Sidney Alston Howze died unm. A II. Mary Virgiuia=James W. Loper. Issue {q. v.). III. William Harris Howze= — Ward. Issue 3 or 4 children. IV. Emma Cornelia died in early life. V. Tiiomas Wilds died in childhood. A James W. Loper=Mary Virgioia Howze, 9 children, viz. : 196 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston I. Thomas riowze. II. Laura Edwina. III. William Alston. IV. Sallie Robinson. V. James Sidney, VI. Erasmus Clayton. VII. Annie AHrginia. VIII. Francis Wilds. IX. John, j 13 Dr. Lemuel Lovatt Alston, 1827-1892, graduated at the medical college of South Carolina, in Charleston, 1857, and after the war settled in Orrville, Ala., where he attained to considerable distinction in his profession. His death was the result of pneumonia. His wife, Sarah French Jackson, was the dau. of James M. Jackson, ot Gainestown, Ala. They had 3 children, viz. : I. Mary, who married Dr. Richard P. Huger, of Anuiston, Ala., and died leaving 1 son, Richard Huger, Jr., and 1 dau., Mary Al- ston Huger. Alter the death of his wife. Dr. Huger again married Miss Noble, of Auniston and has issue 11. Lemuel James Alston == — Frobel, who died without children. He has been a traveling salesman, spending much of his time in At- lanta, Ga., where his mother also has been. 11. William Williams Alston was killed in Tusca- loosa, Ala., while attending college. 15 L. B. Brown =Anne Olivia Alston; have 1 son, Alfred Alston Brown, who m. Aimee A. Baldwin (whose mother was a sister of John H. Wheeler, the historian of North Carolina), and have 3 children, viz. : I. Aimee Clifton Brown. II. L. B. Brown, Jr. III. Annie Alston Brown. AND Their Descendants. 197 16 Joseph John Ai.stox=Louisa Josephine Jones. After residing some years in Paris, Texas, he returned to Alabama, and has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in Tuscaloosa. They have six children, viz : I. Caroline Haywood, b. Nov. 4, 1856 ; unm. II. Samuel Fitts Alston, b. Jan. 6, 1859.=Fannie Fitts [q. v.). III. Louisa Josephine, b. Nov. 1, 1862=Chaeles N. Maxwell ; 5 ch., viz. : (1) George Neville Maxwell, b. May 4, 1884. (2) Charles Neville Maxwell, b. Feb. 22, 1886. (3) Joseph Alston Maxwell, b. Feb. 17, 1888. (4) Samuel Hamilton Maxwell, b. July 11, 1890. (5) Louise Neville Maxwell, b. July 15, 1892. IV. GiiORGE Alston, b. Jan. 4, 1867=Jennie Max- well, 2 ch. viz. : I. George Jones Alston, b. Sept. 1895. 11. Eugene Hamilton Alston, b. Nov. 1897. V. Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1869=Ernest Pittman. VI. Henry Alston, b. Aug. 28, 1873=:Mabel Wiuni- fred Jones. 17 Dr. Alfred Augustus Alston = Margaret A. Ulmer. Issue: L Julia E, born at Orrville, Ala., Feb. 9, 1868; m. Fred D. Waite at Bellview, Fla., May 8, 1888. Issue 3 daughters: 1. Margaret, b. at Homosassa, Fla., Sept. 4, 1889, and died in infancy. 2. Edith Emiline, b. at Bellview, Fla., March 16, 1892. 3. Ethel Alston, b. at Bellview, Fla., Nov. 12, 1898. II. Maggie U, b. at Orrville, Ala., April 14, 198 SOLOMUN AND A^IN (HiNTON) AlSTON 1870, and married George R. Haile, in Kanapaha, Fla., Dec. 28, 1887. One sou and three daughters : 1. Alston Reynolds Haile, b. in Ocala, Fla., Jan. 7, 1889. 2. Esther Fenwick, b. at Leesburg, Fla., July 2, 1891. 3. Miriam Penfield, b. at Leesburg, Fla., Nov. 30, 1892. 4. Margaret Ulmer, b. at Leesburg, Fla., Oct. 5, 1895. III. Annie H, b. in Paris, Texas, Nov. 6, 1876 ; married James D. Clore, in Leesburg, Fla., March 4, 1896; 1 daughter, Annie Alston Clore, b. in Bellview, Fla., Dec. 4, 1898. Sketch of John Alston by his Grand- daughter. Agreeable to promise I have written tor you all that mama can now recall of the early history of our great- grand-father, John Alston. Mama says she has but an imperfect recollection ot him, as he died when she was quite a child ; so that we are indebted to our grand-mother (Lucy Alston) for the following facts : She often spoke to mama of her early lite and of the hardships encountered by her whole family. Before proceeding further let me ask your indulgence, for I can do no more than give you a general outline. Mama was unable to give me a single date, although, atter much trouble, I have succeeded in finding enough to satisfy me in the main, and hope you may feel sufficiently interested to search for yourself. The history of Louisiana, and more particularly that por- tion of it known as West Florida, would be interesting to all, but deeply so to us, it having been the home of our fore-fathers — the scenes of their struggles to throw off the AND Their Descendaists. 199 Spanish yoke, and of their after happiness under that rule during the general amnesty, and finally of the possession of it by the United States in 1810. Our great grandfather was by birth a Carolinian, a true and loyal British subject — he lived and died an English- man at heart. In or about the year 1770, John Alston removed with his family — wife and four children — to the Natchez district of West Florida, and never participated in the struggle of the Americans for liberty, but remained firm in his attach- ment to the royal cause. His plantation was 10 miles east of Natchez. The maiden name of his wife was Elisa- beth Hynes. At the time of their emigration to Natchez, our grand-parents were wealthy, and their children were educated at home under the care of good and competent English teachers — indeed, I may say they were reared in the lap of luxury and refinement. The plantation on which they lived is about eight or nine miles from Natchez, and to which they gave the name of " La Grange " — a name it still retains. The names of their children were William, Lewis, Ann and Solomon. Lucretia, or Lucy, as she was afterward called (our grandmother), was born in 1772 on the La Grange plantation. In 1779 Baton Rouge, Fort Bute at Manchac, Fort Panmure at Natchez were surrendered to Gen. Galvez. Thus that portion of West Florida came under the domin- ion of Spain, but it was not confirmed by a treaty until 1783, when the whole of East and West Florida were ceded to the Spanish crown, and this terminated the last vestige of British power upon the lower Mississippi after an occupancy of nearly nineteen years. In the winter of 1781, when Gen. Galvez, the captain- general of Louisiana, was engaged in reducing Pensacola (an English fort), a revolt of the English colonies in the Natchez district, headed by Jno. Alston and six others, 200 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston brought upon them the vengeance of their conquerors, the Spaniards of Louisiana. During the siege, hearing of the approach of a fleet, which had been mistaken for a British one, they considered the success of their sovereign's cause in West Florida so certain that they determined on giving him an evidence of their loyalty by dislodging the Span- iards irom the fort. They raised the British standard on the 22d of April, but it was not until the 29th that the evacuation of Fort Panmure by the Spanish took place, soon followed by the rumor that the report of the approach of the British fleet was unfounded, and afterward by that of Galvez's success at Pensacola. On the 29th of July of the same year (1781) Don Carlos De Grandpri, lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of Louis- iana, entered upon his duties of civil and military com- mandant of the port district of Natchez, when measures were immediately taken for the punishment of such of the late insurgents as were within the reach of the Spanish authorities. Arrests, seizures and confiscations commenced. The insurgents being mindlul of Spanish cruelty exer- cised by Gov. O'Reily ten years before, determined to elude the vigilance of the Spanish government by seeking the protection of the nearest British post in Georgia upon the Savannah river. Without loss of time, and in company with other fam- ilies, Mr. Alston started his wife and three younger chil- dren, with twenty-five young negro men as their protec- tion or body. guard ; he, with his two elder sons, remained at their post. Mrs. Alston had gone but two days' jour- ney when her horse stumbled and fell. She was thrown, and in the fall had several of her ribs broken ; her com- panions were obliged to hurry on, while she and her chil- dren returned to their home. Her sufierings were very great, and she was carried on a litter, the negroes taking AND Their Descendants. 201 it in turn. From this accident she never recovered, lin- gered a few weeks and died. After the death of his wife Mr. Alston, with his sons, attempted to make their esca})e; the young men succeeded, but the leader of the revolt was too great a prize ; he was betrayed into the hands of the Spaniards, and after a trial in New Orleans he and six others were sentenced to close confinement for life in Moro Castle (Havana). Previous to his capture in the Indian Nation, Mr. Alston asked the protection of Dr. Farrar for his three younger children. After the confiscation of his projierty Dr. Farrar removed the three children to a cabin in the woods, on one of his ))lantations on " False River," in Pointe Coupee parish, La. Mammy Poll, an old negro woman who had belonged to Mr. Alston and who was permitted to remain with the children, was in this their hour of trial their only earthly friend and protector. There was but one room in the cabin and in that they all lived for more than a year. Solomon was only twelve years of age and, from having been alM'ays accustomed to every comfort, now was called upon to exert himself for the maintenance and support of his sisters. They were fortunately allowed to retain some few bedclothes and their own wearing apparel, of which they had a good supply. Mammy Poll had a little dog which was a great help to them. She, with Solomon and her dog, would hunt the small game of the country, such as the opossum, raccoon and rabbit. She also raised poultry, and as False river was near by, their table was often supplied with fish. Meat and meal were furnished them from the plantation. Can you imagine a more distressing situation for a young and beautiful girl of only fifteen (for such was Ann's age), the petted idol of her famUy, in a few short weeks to be deprived by death of an affectionate mother,^ 202 Solomon a.nd Ann (Kintcn) Alston Ler beloved father a prisoner for life, her two brothers fugitives, and she the sole guardian of her younger brother and sister, without means, without friends, with a bare roof over her head and in sound of the terrible howling of wolves and other wild animals, living in constant terror, for she was without protection and at the mercy of any or all who might feel so disposed to molest her? But they had a friend — ihese poor children of the wilderness. Our Heavenly Father protected them and gave Ann strength to bear her heavy burdens (I say Ann, for the others were younger and did not feel as she did), and in time sent her an earthly friend, who proved himself indeed a true and kind one. Mr. Alexander Stirling, a young Scotchman who had left his home in the mother country to seek his fortune in the new world, at that time was living at Dr. Farrar's place managing for him, and his kind, manly heart led him to pity and assist these poor, helpless chil- dren. From repeated acts of kindness and sympathy they learned to look upon him as their friend. He became de- votedly attached to Ann and she in time returned his atfiec- tions. In the fall or winter of 1782 they were married, and in January, 1783, they removed to their own home, on Thompson's creek, near Murdock's ford. West Feliciana parish, and commenced merchandising. They were for- tunate in business and soon became independent. Grandma, in speaking of her home on "False River," said the mosquitoes were so bad they were obliged to sleep on a sort of scaffold outside the cabin and make a smoke under it, and then tliey would build a large fire to scare the wolves, and although she was but nine years of age she remembered distinctly her nightly terror ot them, and to her dying day she considered the meat of the opossum a delicacy. Mammy Poll was a good and faithful friend ; she tried to sell her poultry and extra game, which enabled them to AND Their Descendants. 203 buy an occasioual pair of shoes or some little extra. In after years she was emancipated and lived in New Orleans to a ripe old age in comfort and inde])endence, having the love and respect of every member ot the family, ^v■ho al- ways treated her with great deference. I iiave heard my own huhbaud s])eak of visiting her when he was a child. Soon aiter Mr. and Mrs. Stirling settled in their own home, her brothers, William and Lewis, in consequence of their youth, were }>ardoned, and came to visit their sisters and brother. After consultation they determined to place Lucy in the Ursuliue Convent in New Orleans, which William did in the following fall, and there she remained for five years. Her education was altogether in French, and when she left the convent she had almost forgotten her mother tongue. Solomon remained with his sister and attended the school of the neighborhood. William and Lewis Alston entered land on the Bayou Tunica (West Feliciana Parish) and soon became independent. Until the winter of 1783 John Alston remained a close prisoner in Moro Castle. At that time Prince William Henry (afterward William the 4th of England) went to Havana as mid.^hipman, and then an opportunity was of- fered him of exercising his humanity for the deliverance of the unfortunate. Some of his countrymen were in danger of suffering under sentence of death in Moro Castle; at his royal highness' intercession they were liberated, but Gen. Oalvez, then Governor of Louisiana, was fearful these leaders of the revolt might again give trouble to the gov- ernment and offered a reward of five thousand dollars for the head of John Alston if found within the Spanish do- minion of Louisiana. Here is a copy of the letter which Prince William wrote to Gen. Galvez : Sir — I want words to express to your excellency my just 204 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston sense of your polite letter, of the delicate manner in which you caused it to be delivered and of your generous conduct towards the unfortunate men in your power. Their pardon, which you have been pleased to grant on ray account, is the most agreeable present you could have offered me, and it is strongly characteristic of the bravery and gallantry of the Spanish nation. This instance increases, if possible, my opinion of your excellency's humanity, which has ap- peared on so many occasions in the course of the late war. Admiral Rowley is to dispatch a vessel to Louisiana with the prisoners. I am convinced they will ever think of your excellency's clemency with gratitude ; and I have sent a copy of your letter to the King, my father, who will be fully sensible of your excellency's attention to me. I request my compliments to Mme. Galvez, and that you will be assured that actions so noble as those of your ex- cellency will ever be remembered by, yours sincerely, William, P. Another kind act of Prince William was to save the life of a brother midshipman, Benjamin Lee, who had been sentenced to death for disrespect to a superior officer. In 1784 John Alston presented himself before the Gov- ernor and declared his name and claimed the reward for his impoverished children. The Governor was struck with his manly bearing, offered him his hand, and said, " Give me your word never to again interfere with the Government, and go home and take care of your children." From the time of his departure from New Orleans in 1781 Mr. Alston had never heard of his children, but now on his release he heard from friends in the city that his sons had been pardoned and that his youngest daughter was in the convent; he went to see her and learned from her that her sister was married and living on Thompson's Creek. Leaving Lucy in the convent he was in a few AND Their Descendants. 205 days with the other members of his family. He found his lovely daughter a wife and mother. The feeling of deep gratitude to the kind protector of his helpless children was paramount to all others; he received Mr. Stirling as a son and soon after lo ved him as his own child. Finding his sons had settled on Bayou Tunica, he soon opened a plantation near them on the " Lake of the Cross," and being enabled to claim some of his former slaves in right of his children, he by persevering energy and indus- try soon became a wealthy planter. Mr. Alston was a large, handsome, well- formed man ; his height was six feet four inches. All of the family except grandma were large. Mrs. Stirling was tall and the brothers all over-size; one of them, Lewis, was six feet seven inches, and mama says decidedly the handsomest man she ever saw. After grandraama's return from the convent she lived with and kept house for her father until her marriage with Mr. Ruffiu Gray, a young Virginian, and brother of Mrs. Lewis Alston, who was married before grandma's return. William Alston married Miss Mildred Wells, of Rapides Parish ; his descendants live in Mississippi, but we have heard nothing of them for many years. Lewis Alston was twice married ; his first wife. Miss Mary Ann Gray, left no children ; his second wife was Miss Rebecca Kimball. About the time of grandma's marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stirling removed from Thompson's Creek and settled in West Feliciana on the plantation known for a long time as " Egypt," but which is now known as Rosale. Lucy Alston was twice married ; her first husband was Mr. Ruffin Gray. They had four children, the youngest of whom, Mary Ann, was born a few months before her father's death. He had opened the " Oakley Plantation," West Feliciana, and had made all his arrangements for moving when his health, which had been declining for some 206 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston time previous, failed rapidly and he died at his residence on the Homachitta. As soon after his death as practica- ble grandmama removed to " Oakley," and there new trials awaited her. About that time her father died, very soon after her sister, and she had the care of her younger children. To add to her sorrow the smallpox, that terrible scourge, made its appearance in the neighborhood, and the whole family were inoculated. Grandma, in alluding to this period of her life, says her trials were greater and harder to bear than all the others. Besides the poignancy of grief at the loss of a kind husband, father and sister, she had this terrible disease to battle with ; six members of the family were ill with it, besides many of the negroes. Then it was that Lucretia, the youugest child of Mrs. Stir- ling, died, and for days the lives of her own two children were despaired of. But for her brother Solomon, who was with her through all that trying period, she must, even with her energy, have sunk, as it was the anxiety, distress and fatigue that nearly killed her, and it was a long time before she recovered from the effect. She was indebted to another kind friend. Miss Chis- holm (the grand aunt of Mrs. Lurly), who remained with her, and her kindness and sympathy were a great comfort. Grandmama married the second time Mr. James Perrie, a Scotchman, and friend of her brother-in-law, Mr. Stir- ling. They had three children — the first died in infancy — Sarah, who died at 14 years of age, and Eliza. Of grandmama, she was twice widow and died at the age of 60 in May, 1832, beloved by all who knew her. She was a woman of strong mind and great energy of character, and her life of vicissitudes was well calculated to bring out all her fiacufties. You will find the proofs of the dates herein mentioned in "Monette's Valley of the Mississippi" — "Warton's Lou- isiana," and Cratz's life of Geo. 4th. I AND Their Descendants. 207 The life of our grandmama is full of incideut, but I am totally inadequate to the task of writing it out. Affectionately your cousin, S. P. s. From the family Bible of Jonathan Rncker, and from family reminiscences, we have the following : The family of Rucker were Huguenots and left France in the 17th century, and settled near Fairfax, Va. Some- time jirevious to the Revolution they came southward, some even as far as Mississijapi. The vessel which brought them to America was wrecked and every one on board lost, except Riicker himself aud one companion. Among his descendants, about the beginning of tlie Revolution, Peter aud his wife Sarah Rucker came to the Mississippi country from Prince Edward Co., Va., and settled upou the river in liouisiana below Natchez. Among their children were Jonathan, Catherine, Susanna, and William. Here his wife Sarah died, and Peter married again. His 2d wife was disliked by the children, and little Cathe- rine, refusing to nurse her step-mother's infant, took her brother William with her and went off, crossing the river by night in a skiff, and wrapping up her little brother in a flannel skirt to make him comfortable, they concealed themselves on the opposite bank of the river, where they could see their father with neighbors, dogs and torches hunting for them all night. The children, when day came, went to .some of the neighbor's houses. Mrs. Philip Alston took pity upon the children, having been a friend of their mother, and offered to take little Catherine into her family aud send her to school with her own children. This the child enjoyed very much, and became strongly attached to Mrs. Alston and family. In 1781, when the English colonists of the Natchez District fled from the Spaniards, she took Catherine with her to the Indian 208 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston uation, where they went for protection. There they met John Turnbull, the Indian agent, whom Catherine mar- ried (she being then 16 years old), and afterwards lived in East Baton Rouge at a place called Arlington, until some years subsequent to her husband's death. John Turnbull had previously married among the Indians, where he left a number of children. John Turnbull came to Mobile from Scotland with his father, mother, brother and sister. All of whom, except himself and brother, died of yellow fever the first summer after arrival. William, the youngest, a child of 11 or 12 years, was put with the greater part of their property in the store ot an English merchant. He moved with the merchant's family to the Bahamas, where he died, leaving a wife and two small children. John bought a mule and a peddler's pack and started out to trade with the Indians. In the course ot time he was made agent under Spanish rule and became very wealthy, owning quantities ot land in Mobile, on the Tom- bigbee, and in East Baton Rouge. Among the children of John Turnbull and his wife Catherine Rucker, their dau. Sarah married Lewis Stir- ling of West Feliciana Parish. Robert Semple Young, A. B., who served as a private in Co. A, Jeff Davis' Le- gion in Va., during the Confederate war, and resides in Natchez, is a gr-grandson. Among the English residents of the Natchez District who took an active part in therebellion against the Spanish government in 1781, and fled to the Indian Territory, was Philip Alston, a younger brother of John, and mentioned in "Pickett's History of Ahibama" as residing at Petit Gnlf in 1776. There is no record of his having left issue, except that his lather in his will in 1784 makes a special AND Their Descendants. 209 bequest to his grandsou, John McCoy Alston, son of his }?on Philip, By consulting the Adams county records, we find that Owen Alston bought negroes about 1800-1810. He may also have been a son of this Philip who was still alive Oct. 1st, 1784. Subjoined we give the family descent of John Alston and Elisabeth Hines as far as we have obtained it : i John Alston, b. April 18th, 1735, d. 1802, married about 1761 to Elizabeth Hines; d. 1781. Both of North Carolina. Five children : I. William Alston b. 1762, d. April 12th, 1812, married Mildred Wells, of Rapides Parish, La. Their children were: 1, Eliza- beth, who m. John Davis in 1818 ; 2, Wil- liam Alston, and 3, John Alston. IS II. Philip Lewis Alston, b. 1764, d. 181 9= 1st, Mary Ann Gray, s. p. = 2d, Rebecca Kim- ball. Issue 4 children (q. v.). 19 III. Ann Alston, b. 1767, d. July 2d, 1802==in 1782-3 to Alexander Stirling, of Scotland. Nine children ((/. v.). IV. Solomon Alston, 1768-1809, unm. The above 4 children were born in North Carolina. 20 V. Lucretia (Lucy) Alston, 1772— May 13th, 1833, born at the LaGrange plantation near Natchez, Miss.==lst, Ruffin Gray; 2d, James Perrie of Scotland [q. v.). IS Philip Le\vis Alston=z Rebecca Kimball. Issue: I. Isaac Alston, d. s. p. II. Lewis Alston =Lydia Adams, and left one sou living in Point Coupee. 14 al 210 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston III. Elizabeth Alston = Arthur Adams, issue. IV. Ann Alston i=Sanuiel Wirabish,four children, viz. : 1. Enffin Wimbish=Lucy Davis of Baton Rouge, one child. 2. Mary Ann Wimbish= Abraham Gray, issue. 3. Charlotte Wimbish= Baker, issue. 4. James Wimbish=Sarah Doherty and their descendants moved to Texas. 19 Alexander Stirling:=Ann Alston, twelve chil- dren, viz. : (While the family records and connection have not been preserved, traditions all indicate Alexander Stirling tO; have descended from the ancient families of Stirling and Alexander of Scotland.) 21 (1) Henry, b. June 5th, 1785, d. Sept. 1st, 1827=: Mary Bowman, of Brownsville, Pa. 22 (2) Lewis, b. Nov. 9th, 1786, d. April 5th, 1858=Sarah Tnrnbull, of W. Feli- ciana, La. (3) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9th, 1788, d. April 17th, 1789. (4) Peter, b. May 4th, 1790, d. Aug. 16th, 1790. (5) Alexander, b. June 23d, 1791, d. Nov. 3d, 181 9= Alice Lackie, of Wood- ville. Miss. (Records not given.) 23 (6) William, b. Aug. 17th, 1792, d. 1842 =Eppie Hall, of Attakapas, La, (7) Andrew, b. Oct. 2d, 1793, d. Nov. 1st. 1793. 24. (8) Ruffin Gray, b. April 5th, 1795, d. July AND Their Descendants. 211 17th, 1854= Mary C. Cobb, of W. Feliciana, La. (9) John, b. Aug. 2oth, 1796, d. Sept. 10th, 1797. SIO (10) Ann, b. Nov. 27th, 1797, d. March 3d, 1888= 1st, Dr. Haynie, of Maryland, s. p.; 2d, Andrew Skillmau, of New Jersey. Issue {q. v.). (11) John, b. Sept. 19th, 1799, d, Aug. 27th, 1821)=Edith Lilly, of E. Baton Rouge, La. (Records not given.) (12) Lucretia, b. Jan. 2d, 1801, d. Feb. 180l^ SO Lucretia (Lucy) x\u.sTox=lst, Ruffix Gkay, four children ; 2d, James Perrie, three children, viz. : 1. Edmund and 2 Elizabeth Gray died in infancy. 3. Ruffin Gray, a young man of much prom- ise, died aged 21. 4. Mary A nn Gr ay= 1 st, Jedidiah Siirni of Adams Co., Miss.=2d, Dr. Ira Smith , of New York. Issue : 1. Eliza Smith died in infancy. 2. Catherine Smith=Mathew Lyle of Virginia, s. p. 3. Sarah Ferric Smith -:: Judge James L.Stirling. She was an infant at time of her father's death, s. p. 5. Eliza Perrio d. in infancy. 6. Sarah Perrie d. at 13 years. 7. Eliza PERRiE^lst, Robert H. Bar- row of W. Feliciana {q. v.). ^=2d, Rev. Wm. Robert Bowman, of Brownsville, Pa. [q. v.). 212 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston =3d, Henry A. Lyon, of Philadelphia, two children. Eliza Pereie Smith^^Robeet Hii.liaPvD Barrow. Issue : Robert H. Barrow, Jr., who was colonel in the Confederate array and married his cousin, Mary Barrow, and had issue, viz. : 1 . Sarah Herman Barrow, who by a former marriage to a cousin, Mary Glynn, of Point Coupee, has a dau., Louise, unra. 2. Eliza=Eugene Barrow. They have a son, Eugene Barrow, Jr., and a dau., Yirgie Belle, who is married and lives in New York. 3. Charles M. Barrow~=Mrs. Anna Reeve nee McNary, of Nashville. 5. Robert H. Barrow-Carrie Reeve, dau. of his brother's wife. Issue : 1. Ellison, aged 13. 2. Anna. 3. Charlie. 4. Reeve, 7 years. 5. Robert H. 6. Egerton (baby.) 4. Bennett R. Barrow=:Miss Parks, of West Baton Rouge. Issue. 6. Isabel Barroav Bennett L. Bae- ROAV, her cousin. Issue : 1. Ruffin, 18 yrs., quite literary and a musician. 2. Isabel. 3. Hazel and 4 Eleanor. 7. Samuel Linton Barrow, unm. Rev. William Robert Bowman=^^^Mrs. Eiiza Perrie Barrow. Issue : a I. James Perrie Bowman:^- Sarah Turnbull, niece of Mrs. Lewis Stirling ; issue 10 eh. [q. v.). AND Their Descendants. 213 6 II. Isabel Bowman = Wilson W. Mathews, b-'iuker of New Orleans, 5 ch. [q. v.) a James Perrie Bowman=--:^Sarah Turnbull, 10 ch. viz. : I. Martha T. = Willie Fort, a planter of West Feleciana. She d. 1898, leaving 1 ch., Willie Fort, Jr. After the death of his wife Mr. Fort married VI. Mary Bowman, sister of his former wife. They have one little dau. II. Eliza Perrie-- =George Shotwell of New Or- leans, and have 2 ch., Anna, about 10, and Bowman. The former is quite a violinist. III. Sarah Turnbull Bowman, unra. IV. Lieutenant Daniel Turnrull Bom^man died at Los Banos, Island of Luzon, Tues- day, Jany 9th, 1900. His remains were brought home and buried in Grace Church Cemetery on Friday, Feb. 23d, 1901, at 12 m., with civil and military honors, where he now sleeps wrapped in a battle flag. V. Annie died uum. VII. Nina, twin of James, unm. VIII. James, Jr. (twin of Nina) :=Bessie Muse, and have 1 ch. IX. Caroline (Carrie), and X. Isabella, both umn. The old Daniel Turnbull residence in West Feliciana, called Rosedown, now occupied by the Bowmans, is one of the most noted in Louisiana. The family of Bow- man is noted for refinement and culture, their women for beauty. b Wilson W. Mathews=Isabel Bowman, 6 ch. They lived at Oakley (adjoining Rosedown), 214 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston the plantation made by John Alston when he came back from Moro castle; 6 ch. viz.: I. Cora^Jas. Edward Keeler, of California, (the astronomer), 3 ch. II. R. Bowman Mathews, b. Oct. 3d, 1852, in New Orleans, and d. March 2d, 1901, in Washington City. He was an accom- plished and forcible writer, and was widely known ; he had been connected with The New Orleans Picayune for 28 years as a re- porter; his articles were always noted for being concise, clear and reliable, and among literary men very highly esteemed. He married Miss Rosalie Lloyd Brad- ford, dau. of the late Capt. Bradford, of the U. S. Coast Survey. He left 2 ch., Rosalie and Bowman. III. Dr. W. W. Mathews, of Washington, D. C. IV. Leonard Mathews, of New Orleans, con- nected with the Sun Insurance Co. V. Lucy L. lives on the old homestead with her sister. VI. Ida S. Mathews, who is a poetess of no mean ability. Note. — Mrs. James Edward Keeler has recently been left a widow. 21 Henry Stieling=Mary Bowman, 6 ch., viz.: 1. James A. Stirling, d. s. p. II. Harriet=Thos. McCrindle, issue 5 ch. 1. Miss Isabel C. McCrindle, d. unra. 2. Henry McCrindle. 3. Louise=Dr. Charles Johnson, 2 ch., viz : AND Theih Descendants. 215 Lizzie Johnson =Dr. Stuart McGee, St. Louis, and Dr. Henry McCrindle Johnson, St. Louis. 4. Thomas Butler McCrindle, unm., lives near St. Fraucisville. 5. Dr. Lewis Stirling McCrindle, d. s. p. Til. Isabella Stirliug:z=Col. Micajah Courtney, s. p. ly. Louisa Stirling:^ Pierce Butler, of W. Feliciana Par., 3 ch, 1. James BuTLER=living at Laurel Hill, near Natchez ; sons. Pierce Butler and James Butler. 2. Judge Thomas Butler=Mary Fort of W. Feliciana Par., issue. 1. Dr. Thomas Butler, Jr.; 2. Sallie; 3. Anna; 4. Laura; 5. Willie; 6. James Stir- ling, and 7. Samuel Lawrison Butler. 8. AnneButler=IIon. Harry Minor; issue, John Minor and two daughters. Y. Wm. H. STiRLiNG=2d wife, Sallie Miller, of Mississippi, 4 ch., viz.: 1. Mary, married and lives in Baltimore. 2. Georgia lives in Dallas, Texas, and is widely known as a temperance lectu- rer and reformer. 3. Sallie. 4. Corinne, married and lives in Balti- more. Tl. J. Bowman Stirling^ Penelope J. Stew- art, dau. of a cotton and sugar planter in Mississippi. Issue : 1. Julia Ann= William R. Stirling. Issue, viz.: 1. Ida May, b. Jan. 25, 1878. 216 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston 2. Randolph, b. Feb. 15, 1879. 3. Willie, b. July 16, 1880. 4. Maclaline=:Garnett Youug, ot Memphis. After the death of her husband Mrs. Stirling m. L. 0. Breed, a merchant in Memphis. 2. Louisa ButIerz=Dr. Theoderic C. Lin- thicum, of Helena, Ark. They have one son, Dan. A. Linthicum. 3. Mary (dead) == John H. Thompson. They have one living ch., Annie Lou. 4. Bowman Stirling=:the only daughter of Dr. John S. Carter, Prest. of 1st National Bank of Jackson, Miss. They have one son, Carter Stirling. SS Lewis Stirling=Sarah Turnbull, who died Dec. 19th, 1875. He was Quartermaster of a Regiment in New Orleans in 1814, and throughout his entire life was noted for love of truth and benevolence of character ; 6 ch., viz.: OSO I. Catherine Mary=Dr. John B. Hereford, of Virginia, (q. v.). 030 II. Anna M.=John L. Lobdell, of New York, {q. v.). III. Judge James L. Stirling died April, 1861 = Sarah Perrie Smith, s. p. IV. Col. Lewis Stirling (now 81 yrs of age), unm. Col. Lewis Stirling and his brother, Daniel Turnbull Stirling, during the war, were taken prisoners by the Federals and put on board a gun boat to be sent to prison. Dan- iel was an expert swimmer, and had sworii AND Their Descendants. 217 that he would never go to a Yankee prison ; so he leaped overboard, hoping to escape by swimming. His mother continued lookingr and M'aitiog for him until her death in De- cember, 1875. V. Daniel Turubull Stirling, d. s. p. OJf.0 VI. Dr. Ruffin Gray Stirling=Catherine Leake, 7 ch. 0'20 1. Catherine Mai!y=:Dr. John Bronaugh Hereford, of Va., a friend of Audubon. She was quite a belle in New Orleans in early life, and died 7 or 8 years past, aged ^i^. Their children were : (1.) Dr. Robert Francisz^: Julia Lecoque. Issue: 1. Dr. John Bronaugh Hereford, ch. 2. Ruffin Stirling Hereford, ch. 3. Catherine Mary Leake, 2 boys. 4. Josephine Julia Moise, Albany, Ga. 5. Roberta Frances Loomis, 2 daughters. 6. Robert Francis Hereford, ch. 7. Louis Victor Hereford, unm. 8. Addie Harris Uj)tou, no issue. 9. William Chamberlain Hereford. 10. Alfred Lecoque Hereford, dead. 11. Marie Camille Hereford, unm. (2.) Sarah Turnbull Hereford, b. 1830, d. 1866, num. (3.) Lewis Stirling He reford= Elisabeth RowENA Percy (5 ch.); by 2d wife, Hettie Chamberlain, no issue. He was in the Con- federate army. His 2d wife is still living. His children : 1. Elisabeth Hereford=Rev. J. J. Cor- 218 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston nisb, Forest City, Ark.; (2 ch., Row- ina Stirling, age 9, and Joe Cornish 7.) 2. Sarah Hereford is matron of Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Baton Rouge. 3. Robert Fraucis Hereford is in the hardware business in Baton Rouge, and married Ethel Loucks. They have 2 sons, Frank and Robert, and 1 dau., Ethel Hereford. 4. Lewis Stirling Hereford was in the army at Miami. 5. Peter Randolph Hereford was also in the army at Miami, and now lives at Baton Rouge. (4) Anna Matilda Hereford, b. Feb. 1836; married Clarence Percy, b, Feb. 1836, of Wakefild, La. Issue: 1. Katherine Sarah = Mathew Gilmore (1895), and has 3 ch. Clarence Percy Gil- more, Catherine Hereford, and an infant son. 2. Clarence Percy, Jr., unm. 3. John Bronaugh Percy 1= Christian Howell, and have dau. Anna Matilda Hereford, (2 years). f 4. William Chaille Percy (lawyer) was in Twins, ■ the 2d La. Volunteers at Miami. h. 1873. ] 5. Robert Ryland Percy = Jan. 16, 1901, ] Eugenia, dau. of E. J. McGee, Esq. (5) John Bronaugh Heref)rd, m. in 1862, Elizabeth J. Robertson, in West Baton Rouge, La., who is still living. Issue: (1) Mary Chevin. (2) John Bronaugh Hereford, Jr., m. Hattie AND Their Descendants. 219 Ford. They have two children — John Robertson and Josephine Mason. (3) Anna Lobdell Hereford, m. Charles W. Gilmore, and have one ch. Charles Here- ford. (4) James Stirling Hereford, m. Annie Reynolds, and have one ch. Isabelle. (5) Felix Senette, and (6.) Catherine Stirl- ing Hereford. (6) Jas. Stirling Hereford = 1st, Addie Harris, s. p. = 2d. Jennie Chichester, of Virginia, 1 ch, ^ 3d. Mary Brewer, 1 ch. (7) Catherine Mary Hereford = An- thony DoHERTY. Issue, viz. : 1. Anthony Doherty (29)= Estelle Spencer 2. Isabel Hereford Doherty (27) = Wm. McCausland, 2 ch. 3. Lewis Stirling Doherty (21). \ rp • 4. Wm. Swayze Doherty (21). / -^^'^"^• 5. Katherine TurnbuU Doherty (19). 6. Percy Hereford Doherty (14), 7. Gladys Garden Doherty (10). (8) Isabella Semple Hereford = 1st. Demaret Hawkins, and 1 daughter, Catherine Demaret Hawkins. She married 2d Rev. G. R. Upton, an Epis- copal clergyman, residing at Greenville, Ala., and have 2 living children, viz. : Georgine Hereford Upton. Isabella Hereford Upton. 030 Ann Matilda Stirling = John Little Lobdell Descendants : 1. Lewis Stirling Lobdell = Lucy S. Burton. 220 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston 2. Mary died. 3. Catherine Hereford died. 4. Catherine Hereford =rDr. Irviu E. Lewis. 5. Saeiah TuRNBrLL = Villexeuve F. Allaix. (1) Lillie Marie — Robert H. Stirling. Is- sue: 1. Heleue Allaiu Stirling. 2. Anna M. Lobdell Stirling. (2) Villeueuve Frank. (3) Annie Lobdell. (J) Aspasie Helene. (5) May Aline. (6) Sara Lewis. 6. John Little Lobdell = Carrie L. Lobdell. Lssue : (1) Annie Matilda Lobdell. (2) Belle Lobdell. 7. Annie Alston = James A. M'hoon. Issue: 1. Catherine Lewis died. 2. Mary Lobdell died. 0^0 Dr. Ruffix Gray Stirling ■= Catherine H. Leake, 7 ch., viz. : 1. Sarah Turnbull Stirling. Her mother died when she w^as but a child, leaving to her care six younger children, in the training of whom she manifested rare judgment, with a fidelity and devotion only found in the highest types of wo- manhood. 2. Dr. Lewis G. Stirling = Alma Boatner Mansur, 2 ch. 3. William Leake Stirling=:ElizabethMum- ford, 6 ch. AND Their Descendants. 221 4. Robert Hereford Stirling = Lillie Al- lain, 2 ch. 5. Mary Leake Stirling = Sidney H. Lemon, 4 ch. 6. Daniel Tnrnbull Stirling, unra. 7. Margaret Lacy Stirling, unna. Wm. Leake was born and lived in the Highlands of Scotland, and his son, James, was captured during the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, but, making his escape, came to this country. From him have descended succes- sive generations bearing the name, James Leake. One of the family died in New York in 1827, leaving a very valuable estate, which is still in litigation. From this family is descended Catherine Leake, who married Dr. James Gray Stirling. 23 William Stirling=Eppie Hall, 9 children. I. Alexander Ruffin Stirling, b. March I9th, 1826 zi^Sarah Foster of St. Mary's Parish and d. March 19th, 1891. II. Katherine Ann Stirling, b. 1827, d. 1828. 00 III. Elisabeth Hall Stirling^ James Parkerson (7. f). IV. Louisa Baker Stirling, b. 1831, d. 1812. V. Anne Stirling, b. 1838, d. 1838. 02 YL Katherine Stirling, b. July 1st, 1835 = Dr. Charles Smith, of Winchester, Ya., issue 7 ch. {(j.v.) 05 YII. Eppie Stirling (twin of Katherine), b. July 1st, 1835= John Cary, and lives in Atlanta, Ga. YIII. Lewis Stirling, b. March 18th, 1839, d. Jan. 1858. IX. Mary Frances Stirling, b. Jan. 23d, 1842 = Frederick Palfrey. She is now a widow, livinir in Houston. 222 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston 00 Elizabeth Hall Stirling was born on Stirling planta- tion, St. Mary's Parish, Jany. 18th, 1829. She married James G. Parkerson, of the same Parish, son of a sugar planter, on the 29th of May, 1856. Of this marriage were lK)ru — William Stirling Parkerson, lawyer of New Orleans, who married Alice Palfrey Putnam, by whom he has three children, May Stirling, Godirey Putnam and Stirling. His first wife died, and he married her sister, Camilla Davis Putnam, by whom he has four children, Emmet, Alice, William and Elizabeth. James G. Parkerson, Jr., railroad clerk, was married to Willie Hite ; they have no children. Mary Catherine was married to Charles D. CafFery, law- yer, and has four children, Jefferson, Elizabeth, James and Catherine. Eppie Louisa was married to Wallace Mills, railroad clerk, and has one child, William Parkerson Mills. Annie Lee was married to Dr. N. P. Moss, and has two children, Alice and Eppie. Samuel P. Parkerson, banker, married to Ada Moss, has no children. Elizabeth Stirling Parkerson, unmarried. Charles M. Parkerson, secretary for oil mill, married to Lee Mitchell, and has 2 children, Charles and James Drehr. 02 Katherine Stirlingz=Dii. Charles Smith. Issue : 1. Lewis Stirling Smith, b. Feb. I9th, 1859, in Franklin, La.=:ADDiE Coke. Issue: 1 dau., Katharine Stirling Smith, b. June 16tli 1893. II. John Augustine Smith (lately appointed com- missioner of New Orleans' Bureau of Freight and Transportation), b. Nov. ITth, 1860^ AND Their Descendants. 22S; =EuLA Hare, and have one son, John Augustine Smith, b. Sept. 25th, 1898. III. Charles McGill Smith, b. Nov. 30th, 1863, d. July 12th, 1884. IV. Katharine Stirling Smith, b. Aug. 11th, 186i3, d. May 2Sth, 1885. V. Augustine Jacqueline Smith, b. March 1st, 1871 = Maria Bouligny, and have one son, James Walton Smith, born Aug. lid, 1900. YL. James Walton Smith, b. Apr. 5 (Easter Sun- day), 1874, d. Aug. 20, 1899. VII. i^.rchibald McGill Smith, b. in Franklin, La., Feb. 10th, 1877. 05 John Caeey=Eppie Stirling, 7 ch., viz.: I. Mary Ann, b. 1867=P. F. Clarke, of At- lanta, in the banking business. Has four daughters, viz. : 1, Penelope ; 2, Frances; 3, Eppie Stirling ; 4, Joan Cary. II. Catherine Stirling, b. 18()8=zRobert Collins, 1 child living, viz. : Lewis Collins, aged 10 years. III. Paul Anthony Carey, b. 1870; is in Arizona. IV. Gertrude, b. 1872, uum, ; an accomplished mu- sician. V. liOuisa Carey, b. 1874=zCharles Roberts, real estate agent ; have one dau., Marie Roberts. VI. Agnes Carey, b. 1875, unm. ; is a fine writer and musician. VII. Daniel John Carey, b. 1877 ; is a journalist and newspaper reporter of some note in Atlanta,. Ga. " 06 Mary Frances Stirling. Born 1843, married 186K Frederick Conrad Palfrey, who died in 1887. Issue: 224 Solomon and Ann ([Iinton) Alston 1. Frederick C. Palfrey, Jr., b. 1862, d. 1867. 2. Lewis Stirling Palfrey, b. March lltli, 1864, m. Jan. 12th, 1892, to Roberta Campbell, d. Feb. 14th, 1901. s. p. 3. William Taylor Palfrey, b. Feb. 24tli, 1866. 4. Sidney Ann Palfrey, b. Feb. 1st, 1870, ra. Feb. 25th, 1892, to Leouidas Polk Fitch, who d. Sept. 5th, 1901. Issue: 1. Leonidas Polk Fitch, Jr., b. Jan. 18th, 1893. 2. Allen Fitch, b. Apr. 19th, 1894./ 3. Gladys Louise, b. Aug. 9th, 1896. 4. Harry Lee, b. Apr. 24th, 1898. 5. Sidney Palfrey, b. May 12th, 1900. 5. Elisabeth Stirling Palfrey, b. March 7th, v 1872, married Joseph Gregg Dealy in May, 1892. Issue: 1. Frederick Gregg Dealy, b. J uue 5th, 1893. 2. Sarah Elisabeth, b. Oct. 15th, 1894. 3. Marie Stirling, b. Apr., 1896. 4. Joseph Gregg, b. May 30th, 1898. 5. Lewis Palfrey, b. (Were living in Galveston during the storm of September, 1900.) (Jonathan Ditch married the dau. of Thomas Metcalf, Governor of Kentucky 1828-32. Their dau., Mary Jane Ditch, b. 1816, m. in Feb., 1833, to James Jolls, b. 1806 and d. June 1868. Their dau., Louisa Maria, b. Dec. 2d, 1833, m. John B. Fitch, b. 1825. Their son, Leouidas Polk Fitch (above) b. 1868, in Miss., died 1901, at Hous- ton, Texas.) AND Their Descendants. 225 ^4 RuFFiN Gray Stirling=Mary C. Cobb; 9 chil- dren, viz : (1) Lewis Gray, b. April 30, 1831 ; d. Oct. 1854. (2) Sarah M., b. July 4, 1833; d. April, 1878 = W. D. Winter, St. Louis, Mo. Their son Francis Winter (M. D.) is with the 37th Regt., U. S. Army. (3) Clarence, b. Mar. G, 1836; d. July, 1849. (i) Ruffin Gray, Jr.,b. Feb. 1840; d. July, 1840. (5) Ruffin Gray 3d, b. July 16, 1842; d. July, 1844. (6) Mary A. b. April 27, 1845 ; d. Sept. 26, 1863. (7) Stephen C. b. Dec. 20, 1847 =Amanda P. Smith ; 6 ch. [q. v.) (8) William R. b. April 27, 1850 ; d. August, 1886 =Julia Anna (dau. of J. Bowman Stirling) ; 4 ch. {q. v.) (9) Henry, b. Feb. 14, 1853=Zell, (dau. of Thos. Polk, of Tennessee.) Their daughter, Mary Ruffin Stirling, was b. Feb. 10, 1878. Stephen C. Stirling=Amanda P. Smith, issue, viz : (1) Nannie D. b. July, 1878. (2) Mary Maud Stirling, b. Sept. 1879 ; ra. Hon. Wm. Richards Percy. (3) John Bryson, b. April, 1881. (4) Francis W. b. Sept. 1884. (5) Jeiferson Davis, b. Sept. 1890. ■010 Andrew Skillman = Ann Stirling (Widow Haynie). Issue : (1) Anne Elisabeth, m. Calvin Smith Routh ; issue: 15 al 226 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston I. Andrew Skillman Eouth, b. Jan. 12^ 1842, m. Susan Watkins Doughkriy,, of Georgia, and have li chiklreD, viz : 1. William Dougherty. 2. Ann Ma- tilda. 3. Mary Henry Routh. II. Anne Matilda Routli, b. June 8, 1843; m. Captain Aelen Thomas Bowie, and have had 5 children, viz : 1. Allen Thomas Bowie, Jr., b. 25th Sept., 1868; m. 7th June, 1898, in Catahoula Parish, La., to Myra A, Crot-sgrove, and have a daughter, Anne Matilda Bowie. 2. Matilda Ruth Bowie, b. 30th Oct., 1870, at Natchez; unm. 3. Adam Smith BowJe, b. 13th A])ril 1872; d. 18th May, 1873. 4. Andrew Routh, b. 21st June, 1873; d. 13th Dec, 1878. 5. Thomas Contee, b. 29th July, 1874 ; d. 1st August, 1874. III. John Calvin Routh died 27th July, 1863. IV. Matilda Jane Routh, d. Jan.. 27, 1861. (2) Judge J. J. Noah married a daughter, (name not known.). (3) Frank Skillman. (4) Sarah Skillman. (5) Louisa Isabella Skillman, m. Mr. Lea, issue : 1. Annie Lea, m. Salisbury. 2. Fannie Lea m. Col. Henry G.Hester, of New Orleans, who has been secre- tary of Cotton Exchange for 31 ycar,>^. : 3. Eunice Lea ra. Stafford. 4. Isabel Lea m. > Snodgrass. 5. Richard Henry Lea. 6. James Lea = AND Their Descendants. 227 It is to be regretted that complete records of this family have not been obtained. Job Routh was one of the earliest American settlers at Natchez, and saw the stars and stripes float over the ram- parts of Fort Pan mure. His sous and daughters occu- pied prominent places in the business and social circles of Mississippi and Louisiana. His son, John Routh, known as one of the largest, most liberal and successful cotton planters of the South, in 1815, when the British menaced New Orleans, hastened to her defense, and was a member of the " Wilkinson Rifles, " a company raised in Natchez, Miss., and died at the age of 76. Calvin Smith Routh, who married Annie Elisabeth Skillman, was the son of John Routh, and his son, Andrew Skillman Routh, above mentioned, in 1861, enlisted iu the C. S. Army, as a private in Co. A., Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regt. Soon afterward he was captured and during the greater part of the war was kept a prisoner at Camp Mor- ton or Fort Delaware. After the war he followed the vocation of planter. John Bowie, Sr., an immigrant from Scotland, was the founder of the noted family of that name iu America. John Bowie was the fatlier of Allen Bowie, Sr., whose son. Judge (Captain) Fielder Bowie, was a member of the Maryland Convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788, and his son, Thomas Contee Bowie, was father of Dr. Allen Thomas Bowie, a native of Prince George County, Maryland, and died at Natchez Sept. 12, 1872. This Dr. Bowie m. Matilda Jane Routh (sister of Calvin Smith Routh) and were the parents of Captain Alien Thomas Bowie, who is now Circuit Clerk of Adams County, Miss., and resides in Natchez with his two living children. Capt. Bowie is also a great-grandson of Rob- ert Bowie, governor of Maryland 1803-6, and 1811-1*2, 228 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston whose father William, and his brother, Walter; were anioDg the signers of the Association of the Freemen of Maryland, in July, 26th, 1775, Walter being also a mem- ber of the Maryland convention of 1776, which framed the Constitution of the State. They were among the first to join " The Old Maryland Line " at the opening of the American Revolution. Captain Bowie (b. Aug. 17, 1840) wassentto college at Chapel Hill, N. C, and would have graduated in June, 1861, but when the war commenced be hastened to enlist as a private in Co. A, Wirt Adams' Cav- alry Regiment. By successive promotions he was at length assigned to duty as A. A. General with rank of Captain upon the staff of Brig, Geu'l Wirt Adams. After the suspension of hostilities he was paroled, and returning to his old home, Lake St. Joseph, engaged in planting. Ann Matilda Routh, whom he married, was the widow of Henry Jordan Marshall, to whom she had been married Dec. 20th, I860, by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk,D.D., Bishop of Mississippi and upon marrying Capt. Bowie the ceremony was performed by Rt. Rev. J. P. B.Wilmer, D. D., Bishop of Louisiana. John Stirling m. 1820 Edith Lilly. He died young and his widow afterwards married Senator Green, subsequently of California. Two children were born to them, viz : (1) Eunice Stirling, who 1st married Forster and 2d Isaac Hudson Boatner; issue: Dr. Elias Stirling Boatner^zOliyia Berwick and removed to Texas where he died at Victoria in 1897-8, leaving issue: 1. Olivia Boatner who m. Francis Mayo. 2. Eunice, unm. 3. Hudson Boatner, m., wife's name unknown. 4. Burton Boatner. 5. Sadie Boatner. AND Their Descendants. 229 Berwick's Bay in Louisiana, was named for the father of the above Olivia Berwick. (2) Sarah Edith Stirling m. Mark Boatner, 3 ch. viz : 1. Edith Lilly Boatner= Christopher V. Haile, of New Orleans^ who for many years was superintendent of the Carrollton R. R. Company, and one of the first promoters of the electric street car railway system of that city. He left a daughter Clarisse, living with her mother, and a sou, Hudson B. Haile, in Texas. 2. Charles J. Boatner m. in 1870 Fannie Mayo, dau. of Judge O. Mayo, a prominent lawyer and jurist of Lou- isiana. He has been an active par- ticipant in Loui'^iana politics since the beginning of reconstruction. Served as State Senator in 1876-7 and 12 years as congressman from the 5th Louisiana district. He is now living and practicing his pro- fession in New Orleans. Issue : I. Mark M. Boatner was a gradu- ate of the Virginia Military Institute. Held a commis- sion as Major in Artillery in Cuban war and is also a law- yer in New Orleans. IT. Stirling S. III. Orin Mayo. IV. Charles J. Boatner, Jr. 3. John Stirling Boatner m. 1st. Deborah J. Mayo, dau, of Judge Mayo ; issue 3 ch., viz : 230 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston 1. Jolm StirliDg. 2, Charles Mayo. 3. Deborah S. Boatncr. His wife d. in California August 1, 1887, and he married March 14, 1894, to Martha Dulant; issue: 4, Dunbar Stirling. 5. Shir- ley Alston and 6. Sarah Stir- ling Boatner. John Stirling Boatner was left an orphan at 16 with nothing but his own unaided efforts to depend upon. He has served two terms as State Senator and is now practicing law in Vidalia, La. 5 William Alston was a member of the Committee of Safety for Halifax county that met December '21, 1774. Afterwards we find him in Lincoln county (then Tryon), and was a member from that county of the Provincial Congress that met at Hillsboro August 21, 1775, and of the Constitutional Convention that met at Halifax Novem- ber 12, 1776. The Provincial Congress that met at Halifax in April, 1776, appointed him lieutenant-colonel of the 3d regiment of Continental troops, with Jethro Sumner colonel and Samuel Lockhart major. In this capacity he served until October 25, 1777, when he resigned. After the Revolu- tion he removed with his family to Elbert county, Ga., where he died, 1810. He married, 1774, his cousin Charity, the daughter of James Alston and Christian Liliingtou(<2. i'.)., a woman of great personal beauty, whose courage was tested during the trying days of the Revolu- tion. The issue of this marriage were, viz.: 25 I. James Alston = Catherine Hamilton. Issue, {q. v). AND Their Descendants. 231 2G II. William Hinton = Elizabeth Eucker. Issue, (q. v.). III. Philip Henry=Mrs. Woolfolk nee Winn (s, ^3.). IV. Solomon Alston left home and was never after- wards heard from. V. George died early in life and unmarried. 27 VI. Mary = Captain James O. Clark of Virginia. Issue {q. v.). VII. Elisabeth Alston= Thompson. A^III. Christian (Kittie) Alston d. unm. IX. Nancy Alston=J. Minor Tate of Georgia, and their daughter Charity Tate=John Alston, son of Nathaniel and Gilly (Yancey) Alston, and left large family (g. v.). X. Sallie Alston=:zThomas Chambers. James Alston, of Abbeville, S. C, was born November 16, 1774, and died 1850. He served as major under Gen- eral Jackson in the Florida war, and was married in 1824 to Catherine Hamilton, daughter of Major Andrew Ham- ilton, whose parents were Archibald and Frances (Cal- houn) Hamilton, both natives of Ireland. Major Hamil- ton's wife was born in Pennsylvania. I here subjoin the following from the pen of W. P. Calhoun : A Sketch of Major Andrew Hamilton, of the Revolution. [Correspondence of the DaUi/ Register.] Not long since I undertook to paention some of the famous men of Abbeville, past and present, and in doing so I failed to mention Major Andrew Hamilton. While he was not born here, we claim him as ours, since he de- voted his life to our county and the interests of South Carolina. Major Hamilton was born in Augusta county, Virginia, in 1741. He married Jane McGara of the 232 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston same county and State. Shortly after his marriage he came to South Carolina with General Andrew Pickens,, and they cast their lot in this county together. By his energy, perseverance and pluck Major Hamilton did much toward the development of this section and the building up of our town. According to Rev. George Harris's his- tory of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina, Gen- eral Pickens and Major Hamilton were about the first elders of Upper Long Cane Church, This is, I think, the oldest church in the county and has quite an interesting history. Major Hamilton enlisted in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war. He was first a lieutentant under General Pickens, afterwards a captain and then a major, and was in most of the important battles of South Caro- lina and Georgia. His life was a long and eventful one. He died on the 17th day of January, 1835, in the ninety- fifth year of his age. His wife died on April 20, 1826, in her eighty-sixth year. Both are buried in Upper Long Cane cemetery. On the tomb of Major Hamilton is the following inscription : " The name of Major Hamilton is connected with almost the whole of the Revolutionary history of the upper country of South Carolina." He left a large family, and among his descendants may be mentioned Dr. Andrew Simonds, of Charleston ; Mrs. Catherine Parker and Mrs. Waties, of Columbia ; Mrs. Harriet Ravenel, of Charleston ; Mrs. Edward Parker, of Abbeville ; Dr. A. B. Calhoun's wife, of Newnan, Ga. : Dr. A. W. Calhoun, of Atlanta, and the late Dr. Ephiram Calhoun, of Greenwood ; also the Alstons and Cabells and others. While Major Hamilton appears to have only a tradi- tional local fame, those here who remember him give him. a name for services to both Church and State that euti- AND Their Descendamts. 233^ ties him to a place ia history. He was the able assistant of General Pickens throughout the Revolutionary war. A patriot he was, and he risked his life for the benefit of his country. The memory of such men should not be allowed to die out, and it is nothing but justice that he be given a place in history among the patriots and defenders of our land in the days of the Revolutionary war. Great-grandfather of Andrew Simonds. Great-great-grandfather of: Andrew Simonds. John Calhoun Simonds. Louis De'Saussure Simonds. Sarah Simonds. Also the following taken from the Charleston News and Courier: The following memorial sketch of the life and character of Mrs. Catherine Alston, aunt of Andrew Simonds, Esq., the president of the First National Bank of Charleston, is taken from the Abbeville Medium : Died on the 18th of November, 18.77, at the residence of her son-in-law, Colonel H. Coalter Cabell, in the city of Richmond, Mrs. Catherine Alston, widow of the late Maj. Jas. Alston, of Abbeville, S. C, and daughter of Maj. Andrew Hamilton, of South Carolina, an officer of the Revolutionary War. Her remains, in obedience to her request, were brought to the town of Abbeville and on the 23d of that month were interred in the Presbyterian cem- etery at Upper Long Cane Church. Mrs. Alston was born Nov. 25, 1786, in the vicinity of the town before it was established and resided here many years. After the marriage of her only child and the death of her husband, she removed to the city of Richmond and resided with her daughter, Mrs. Cabell. It was a beauti- 234 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston fill tribute to this venerable lady by those who in former years were her friends and neighbors, that her remains were received and honored by impressive funeral services, and then interred with fitting reverence and respect by the whole community. Mrs. Alston was descended from two of the oldest and most honored families of Abbeville. Her father was a Hamilton and her grandmother a Calhoun, names identi- fied with that of South Carolina in all the eventful epochs of her history. Both these families were of Scotch-Irish descent, and possessed all their fierce patriotism, their tra- ditional courage, their stern love of liberty, and their grand religious convictions. These high qualities, toned and softened, and shaded and tinted, were deeply embedded in the character of Mrs. Alston. She was high-born, high-bred, accomplished and refined, with a majestic pres- ence and polished manners, a fine type of the old school of Carolina ladies. The marriage of her daughter in one of the most dis- tinguished families of Virginia drew around her the pol- ished and brilliant society of Richmond. But Abbeville was still the home of her afiections, and she never dis- po.sed of the old homestead in which her conjugal life was passed and her husband died. She reserved the spot by the grave of her husband for her own resting-place, and there she reposes. Her father, Major Andrew Hamilton, and her husband. Major James Alston, won their titles in the service of their country, and the former filled high civil office. The group in that peaceful abode in which Mrs. Alston lies consists of her father, her mother, her husband and herself. ^5 Major James Alston and Catherine, his wife, had an only child, Jane, who married Colonel AND Their Descendants. 235 Henry Coaltek Cabell, of Richraoud, Va., who distinguished himself as an artil- lery officer in the Confederate army, and died January 31st, 1889, honored and be- loved by all who knew him. (For an ac- count of his distinguished services see " Ca- bell's and Their Kin" published by Alexan- der Brown, D.C.L., from which valuable work we make some extracts. ) They had the following children, viz.: I. Hon. James Alstcjn Cabell, an attorney in Richmond, who ra. Ethel Hoyt Scott, of New York, and had 3 children : (1) Ethel Alston. (2) Catherine Hamilton. (3) James Alston w4io died in infancy. Mr. Cabell graduated with distinction at the University of Virginia in 1878. Was chosen professor of chemistry in the Central University oi Kentucky, where he continued for two years. Resigning that position after two years, he subsequently applied himself to the study and practice of law. He has served as a member of the city council, as a Representative in the State Legislature, as W. Master of Metropolitan Lodge of A, F. and A. M., President of the Virginia So- ciety of the Cincinnati, and as Vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. II. Catherine Hamilton Cabell, who married Hon. Herbert Augustine Claiborne, of Richmond. Their children were : (1) Jeanie Alston Claiborn, who died in her ^th year. (2) Herbert Augustine Claiborne, Jr. (3) Hamilton Cabell Claiborne. 236 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston Mrs. Claiborne, from her high social posi- tion, is well known for her interest in be^ nevolent enterprises. She has been Presi- dent of the Society of Colonial Dames of Virginia, and at this time is a Vice-Presi- dent of the National order for the same so- ciety. Her home in Richmond has many valuable souvenirs in the way of old family portraits and relics. Mr. Claiborne is a lawyer by profession, and was Captain in C. S. Army. He is a son of H. A. Claiborne of King William Co. and of Richmond, who was a member of the Virginia Legislature ; also a soldier in the war of 1812, and a lawyer. His great-great- grandfather, Augustine Claiborne, was a direct lineal descendant of William Clai- borne, who was appointed by Charles I. Secretary of State and Treasurer for Vir- ginia, 1626-1642. III. Henry Coalter Cabell graduated in 1883 at West Point and assigned to 14th Infantry U. S. A., Aide to Gen. John Gibbon; ap- pointed regimental quartermaster of 1 4th infantry in 1892; married at Portland, Ore- gon, Emily Corbett Failing, dau. of Henry Failing and Emily Corbett, a sister of U. S. Senator Corbett, and descended from Roger Corbett, a Norman, who went over to Eng- land at the conquest. IV. Julian Mayo Cabell completed his education at the University of Virginia, where he also graduated in medicine, 1886. He was ap- pointed 1st lieutenant and ass't surgeon U. S. A., April 14th, 1887, served in the field AND Their Descendants. 237 throughout the Sioux campaign, 1890-1891; promoted captain and ass't surgeon U. S. A., April 14th, 1892. V. Clarence Cabell, a graduate of the University'^ of Virginia; a law student at Harvard Col- lege, Mass. ; a student at the Universities of Paris and Leipsic. '2C. II. William Hixton Alston was born in North Carolina and came with his father soon after the Revolution to Elbert Co., Ga., where he married January 25th, 1820, to Elizabeth RucKER. He afterwards removed to Co- lumbus, Ga., where he died. Their children were : 1. Elizabeth=^=\Villiam E. Dubose, of Enon, Ala. Issue : (1) Edwin Dubose=Clara Horah. He was sergeant during the Confederate war, in the company of which his uncle Philip was captain, and in the battle near Marietta, Ga., he was severely wounded in the head, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. (2) Walter Dubose^- Howard. Issue 1 child. (3) Mary Eleanor Dubose=Perry Spen- cer. Issue : 1. Bessie Spencer=Richard Massie. 2. Lillie Spencer=Leon Camp. 3. Edna Spencer, unm. (4) Adelle Dubose=:Donaldson Huff, and have one son, Donaldson Huff. Mr. Wm. E. Dubose removed his family from Enon, Ala., to Columbus, Ga., some years before the Confederate war. 238 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston 2. Amanda Alston=Col. Edward S. Ott, oi Barbour Co., Ala. Issue : (1) Annie Ott^^Augustus H. Alston, of Barbour Co., Ala., brother to Col. Robt. A. Alston, and for a number of years pro- bate judge of that county. Issue : 1. Gussie A]ston=Laurcnce Lee. 2. Edward Ott Alston, (of Richmond, Va.) 3. Robt. C. Alston, Att'y, (Atlanta, Ga.) 4. Louise Alston, unm. 5. Philip Alston. 6. Lizzie Drake Alston. 7. Wm. Ott Alston. 8. Augustus Alston. (2) Lizzie Ott=James H. Drake, ot Richmond, Va., who is descended from the family of Jas, Drake, of Nash Co., whose fight with the Tories under Capt. Beard in 1778, is fullv described in Wheeler's History (p. 274). Issue : 1. James Hodges Drake, Jr. 2. Edward Ott Drake. 3. Mary Flewellen Drake. 4. John C. Drake. 5. Amanda Alston Drake. 6. Nicholas Drake. o. Mildred Alston=Dr. David Miller, of Barbour Co., and died s. p. 4. Captain Philip James Alston, who served as captain in the Confederate army, lived in Columbus, Ga., and died s, p. 5. Charity Alston=John Tarver of Russell Co., Ala., and died leaving no living issue. AND Their Descendants. 239 27 Capt. James O. Clark, of Virgiuia.=MARY Alston. She died June 2d, 1871. They lived in El- bert county, Georgia, I. William Clark, d. s. p. II. James Clark, d. s. p., in 1896, aged 90. III. Charity Alston=John Tennant, of Abbe- ville county, S. C. Tissue 9 children, viz. : I. Mary Tennant^J. W. Caldwell, s. \>. II. O. T. Teunant, d. s. p. III. IIenryA.T£nnant=Janie Moore. Issue : 1. W. C. Tennaut=Katie Kay. 2. Roy Tennant, died. By 2d wife C. E. Blake. Issue. 3. C. B. Tennant. 4. M. C. Tennant. 5. H. A. Tennant. 6. L. E. Tennant. 7. Cornelia Tennant. I V. John V.Tennant=: and has 1 child, V. W. C. Tennant, d. s. p. VI. Wm. Littleton Tennant. VII. Laura, d. unm. VIII. Charlie, d. unm. IX. Mattie, b. July 16th, 1845, d. Apr. 20th, 1881=Oct. 17th, 1866, Capt. William Baker. Issue : 1. James Oscar Baker, b. July 27th, 1867, living in Savannah, Ga. 2. John Tennant, b. Feb. 13^h, 1870, living in Brown county, Texa^. 3. William Littleton, b. May 3d, 1872. d. 4. Warren Caldwell, b. March 6lh, 1874, Marion, S. C. .240 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston 5. Mary S., b. Apr. 1st, 1876, Mar- ion, S. C. 6. Lillian Alston, b. Mch. 12th, 1878, Florence, S. C. 7. Martha Lula Baker, b. March 13th, 1881, died 1881. Capt. Wra. Baker m. 2d wife, Mrs. Sarah A. Cheney, Feb. 8th, 1883, who bore him : 8. David Gordon Baker, b. Feb. 8th, 1884. lY. Elisabeth Wells Clark=Samuel L. Hill, ot Abbeville, S. C, and had six children. 1. Laura M. Hill=W. H. Lock- wood, of Beaufort, S. C, and has seven children. 2. Robert M. Hill=Mary Moore, and has six children. 3. Ella Hill=Dr. Dula, and has three children. 4. Preston H., 5. William H., and 6. James A. Hill, are dead. V. Catherine Linnington Clark == Charles |.^ Henry Allen, of Abbeville, S. C, and had six children. 1. Eliza Allen= McDowell, and has nine children. 2. Dora Allen. 3. Mary Allen. 4. William Allen, married and has two children. 5. Edward Allen. 6. Eugene Allen, d. ]/ YI. Laura Clementine Clark=Rev. Henry M. Mood, of Charleston, S. C. (son of Rev. John Mood and Kittie McFarland). Issue: AND Their Descendants. 241 1. Kate (Catherine) = Stubbs, and has three children. 2. Dr. Julius A. Mood, of Sumter, S. C, m, and has four children. 3. Lulah Mood= Ingraham, and has two children. 4. Sallie Mood:= Badger, and has children. 5. Preston Mood, died. VII. Mary Louisa Celestia Clark=James M. Carter, Elberton, Ga. Issue : 1. Annie E. C artery Mc Alpine Ar- nold, a wealthy merchant of El- berton. She has recently died,^ leaving four children, viz. : 1. Sarah Louisa, b. 1876= Jaudon. 2. Julius Yancey, b. 1879. 3. Edna, b. 1882. 4. Carter Alston, b. 1886. 2. Georgia E. Carter=S. A. Thorn- ton, Georgia. 3. Catherine Carter=S. Grubbs, Tex. 4. Leola Alston Carter= H. C. Mickle, New York. 5. Florence Carter=iElla Speed, South Carolina. 6. Yancey Carter=E. Saunders, Geor- gia. 7. James Carter=M. Estes, Georgia. No family record of last six. VIII. Sarah Lavinia Virginia Clark= John Will- cox, of Marion, S. C, b. May 15th, 1815, d. May 1st, 1890. Issue : I. William Willcox, d. in infancy. 16 al 242 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston II. James Carter Willcox, b. Nov. 21st 1857, d. Mch.Slst, 1895.— Dec. 7th, 1882, Annie Milling. Issue : 1. John Whitfield, b. Sep. 5th, 1883. 2. Henry Edward, b. Apr. 16th, 1886, d. July 9th, 1888. 3. Elisabeth Alston, b. Jany. 16th, 1888. ■ 4. James Haskell, b. Sep. 18th, 1889. III. Henry M. Willcox, b. Nov. 10th, 1858, married Feb. 12th, 1890, Benie McIver Law, b. Mch. 2d, 1868. He is a hardware merchant of Marion, S. C. Issue : 1. Henry M., b. Nov. 18th, 1890, d. in infancy. 2. Junius Law, b. Apr. 15th, 1892. 3. James Carter, b. Jany. 13th, 1895. 4. John McIver, b. Nov. 9th, 1898. IV. Clark Allen Willcox, b. June 9th, 1861 = March 9th, 1877, Minnie A. Moore, b. Nov. 10th, 1860. Issue : 1. Alston Willcox, b. Dec. 18th, 1887 2. Genevieve, b. May 21st, 1890. 3. Laurie, b. Nov. 7th, 1892. 4. Clark A., b. Feb. 10th, 1896. 5. William Cook, b. Aug. 27, 1898. V. Edward Tyson Willcox, b. Oct. 10th, 1865=Oct. 27th, 1881, Alice, Buck, b. Apr. 5th, 1869. Issue : 1. Alice Buck Willcox, b. Feb. 18th, 1893. 2. Infant, Apr. 7th, 1899. VI. Philip Alston Willcox, b. Dec. 8th 1866. AND Their Descendants. 243 6 Jesse HuNTER= Ann Alston. (After the Revolution this family went to Georgia) . Issue : I. Phillip. 11. Elisha. III. Alston, (and probably others — no further record of them.) IV. Ruth, b. Sept. 24th, 1764 ; d. 1826 ; m. June 17th, 1784, to William Greene, b. Aug. 3d, 1764; d. Dec. 13th, 1819. Will pro- bated Jan. 3d, 1820. He was Captain of a military company in Georgia. Issue : S9 I. Lemuel, b. March 29th, 1785 = 1st. Ann Mer- ritt. Issue : (q. v.) =2 2d. Eliza Coleman. 2 children. 40 II. Sarah Hunter, b. June 12th, 1786 = 1st. Doug- las Watson. Issue {q. v.) — 2d. Drury Towns. 3d. Col. John Mer- cer. No record. 4.1 III. Alston Hunter, b. March 31st, 1788 = Cynthia Clay. Issue : {q. v.) 42 IV. Nancy, b. Oct. 14th, 1 790= William Fitzpatrick. Issue : (g. V.) V. Nathaniel, b. April 28th, 1793; d. Dec. 21st, 1798. VI. William, b. Sept. 22d, 1795. ^n=Belle Goode. Issue: 1. Lucy Pearson. 2. Miuette Pearson. II. Emily Pearson=Rev. William J. Gay, a Methodist minister. Issue : 1. Mary Gay. 2. Charles Gay. 3. James Gay. 4. Edgar Gay. 3 Philip Guston Alston =Mary Williams Harris. He died in 1819. Their children were: I. Temperance Williams Alston =^ Jesse Ather- ton Dawson, son of John Dawson=: Elisa- beth Dorothy Atherton. {q. v.) for issue. 332 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston 35 IL Winifred Whitmel Alstons 1st Heury Har- ris. (9, -y. ). =2d Thomas B. Creagh, of Alabama, s. p. III. Sarah Alston=Henry Dawson, brother of Jesse A. Dawson. They left no issue. IV. Mary (Polly) Alston=James Lewis. This family has not been traced. V. Elisabeth Norfleet Alston. YI. Charity Dawson Alston = Dr. Worsham. This family has not been traced. VII. Martha James Alston=Major Joseph John Williams, son of Major Wm. Williams = Elisabeth Kearney. (9'. v.) for issue. VIII. Eveline Alston=Gid. Alston, son of Chat- ham Jack. (5. v.) for issue. 4 children. IX. Eleanor Alston, unm. X. Ann Maria Alston^=Dr. Robt. Alston, son of Chatham Jack. s. p. 36 XL George W. Alston, d. 1849=Marina Wil- liams, dau. of Major Wm. Williams=Elisa- beth Kearney. Issue : (g. y.). XII. Philip G. Alston. Xever married. Philip G. Alston's will, dated January 28th, 1850, and probated February court, 1852, (he was a brother of the above Geo. W. Alston), leaves his property to his nephews, P. G., VYra. H. and Geo. W. Alston ; sister, Elizabeth Alston, and sister. Charity D. Worsham; to Earnest Foster and Joseph John Williams. He disposes of his property in Alabama to his nephews, and describes it as follows : " Laud and negroes in Alabama given me under the will of my deceased mother, Mary Alston, which property she heired from her grand daughter, Mary Trip." 3J WiNiFKED Whitmel Alstox=; 1st husband Henry Harris. Issue : AND Their Descendants. 333 I. Sarah Harris=Hon. Mem. W. Creagh. No issue. II. Mary Harris= Teippe, and d. s. p. Winifred Alston after the death of her husband, mar- ried Col. Thomas B, Creagh, who by a former wife, Miss Walthall, had the following children, viz.: I. Dr. Memorable Walthall Creagh, who m. Sarah Harris. II. Alex Creagh. III. Ann Creagh, who m. Howze, and others. 36 George W. Alston=Marina Williams. Issue: I. Philip Guston (Gundy) ALST0N=lst Jennie Creighton. Issue : 1. Philip G. Alston. 2. Lucy = Archibald Williams. 3. George Alston =Laura King. 4. Hugh Alston, d. s. p. 5. Ella, and 6. Lewis Alston, num. II. William H. Alston, unm. III. George W. Alston z= Elisabeth Faulcon Alston (dau. of Samuel Thomas Alston =RuinaT. Williams.) Issue: 1. Marina=Edward Williams and have- 1 daughter. 2. Carrie, unm. 3. Ruiua, died. 4. Edward Faulcon. 5. Garland. 6. Jennie Creighton. 7. Elisabeth Alston. 8. Another son. 334 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston Jf. WiNiFKED ALSTON=lst Hexry Hill, in Warren county, where she was born and educated. They had an only daughter, Elisabeth Hexry Hill, b. March 27, 1787, who married and had a family. Winifred Alston's 2d husband was Joseph Cocke, to whom she was married about 1789, in Warren county Issue : 87 I. Martha Cocke, b. 1790, m. Halcott Terrell. 38 II. James Cocke, b. 1792, m. , in Warren county N. C. 39 III. Nancy Cocke, b. 1794, m Owens, Nashville, Tenn. ly. John Cocke, b. 1796, m. ■ , near Peters- burg, Va, V. Elisabeth Cocke, b. Feb. 2d, 1797, m. Tacitus Calvit, in Warren county, N. C, and d. s. p. in 1820. YI. Winifred Cocke, b. July 8, 1799, m. 3 times ; 1st to Tacitus Calyit (her sister's widower) in 1822, to whom she bore an only child. j^O I. Tacitus Gaillard Calvit, who m. Janette Dent Wells, and had several children. Her 2d husband was George Blair and bore him 4 children : 1. Samuel Blair, who died in infancy. 2. George Blair went to Nicaragua with Gen. Wm. Walker and has never been heard from since. 3. William Blair was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, being a soldier in the Confederate States army. 4. Elisabeth Blair died in infancy. AND Their Descendants. 335 Her 3d husbaud was John A. Texada, to whom she bore no children. YII. Collin Cocke, b.in Warren Co., N. C, June 9, 1804. In 184— ,m a difficulty while drinking, he killed his brother-in-law, Lovatt S. Burges. He went to Texas, where he married a widow in Areola, Fort Bend Co. They had one child, a daughter. He was assassinated by his enemies. 4.1 VIII. Fannie Cocke, b. Aug. 10, 1806, m. Lovatt S. Burges in 1824. She died 1862. 4.2 IX. Mary Cocke, b. May 6, 1808 ; baptized Aug. 8, 1808. Married John Adams Glaze. 37 Martha. Cocke was born in Warren Co., and married Oct. 20, 1811, to Halcott Terrell. She died Aug. 16, 1824. He died January 9, 1839, in Rap- ides Parish, La., where they had lived many years. I. Henderson Terrell, b. Oct. 23, 1812, in Rap- ides Parish, La., and d. Nov. 9, 1828. 43 II. Harriett Terrell, b. July 9, 1815; m. Austin Willis Burges. IIL Emily Mary Terrell, b. Sept. 16, 1817; m. Cjesar Archinard ; d. s. p. IV. Elisabeth Terrell, b. June 10, 1819 ; d. Jan. 9, 1823. 44 V. Amanda Louisa Terrell, b. June 20, 1820, m. 1st, James Anderson Crawford; 2d, John Hickman Ransdell. VI. Halcott Terrell, b. April 10, 1822 ; d. June 9, 1824. 38 James Cocke = , and had 3 children. 336 Phillip and "Winifred (Whitmel) Alston I. Annie, m. Levy Tully; d. s. p. II. Winifred, m. Silas J. Wright; d. s. p. III. Joseph Addison Cocke m. Saeah Vernon (nee) Hoberts, was killed at Marksville, La., • s. p. S9 Nancy Cocke = Owen, had 3 children. Two sons, George and Joseph, d. unra. Dau. Nancy married and lives in Nashville and has one daughter. 4.1 Fanny Cockei=Lovatt S. Burges. Were both raised and educated in Warren Co. N. C. They removed to Louisiana and for many years resided in Avoyelles and Rapides Parishes, La. He was an active, enterprising planter, and was killed in a difficulty by his brother-in-law, Collin Cocke, brought about by both being under the influence of liquor. She died Dec. 25, 1862, on Bayou Huff Power, La., where she had lived many years. They had four sons and two daughters. 4.S I. Austin Willis Burges, b. June 16, 1829 ; m. twice. II. Joseph Lovatt Burges, b. Dec. 7, 1830 ; d. Sept. 2, 1833. IIL Sallie Lucas Burges, b. Aug. 9, 1 832 ; d. Oct. 10, 1833. 4.8 IV. John Mortimer Burges, b. Oct. 18, 1834; m. 1866. 46 V. Mary Elisabeth Burges, b. April 1, 1837 ; m. to James H. Fitts, Jr., 47 VI. Lovatt Samuel Burges, b. Aug. 27, 1839 ; m. Feb. 12, 1861, to Mary Elisabeth Wells. 4^ Mary Cocke was born in Warren County, N. C, where she was raised and educated. She married AND Their Descendants. 337 John A. Glaze, a planter of Avoyelles Parish, La., ou the 11th of February, 1830. He was a man of much influence in his Parish, being gifted by nature with a strong mind, which he had im- proved by study and reading. He amassed a large estate. He died May 30, 1858, and she died Nov. 27, 1863. They had six children. I. Frances Elisabeth Glaze, b. June 23, 1831 ; d. Oct. 19, 1831. 4-9 II. Richard Henry Glaze, b. Nov. 12, 1833; m. Sarah Frances Tucker. III. Mary Louisa Glaze, b. March 15, 1835 ; d. Sept. 28,1842. oO IV. Middleton Glaze, b. Nov. 7,1836; m. Clarissa Eugenia Eldred. 51 V. Alice Winifred Glaze, b. 1839; m. 1st to E. L. Tanner ; 2d to M. R. Marshall. VI. James Ward Murdock Glaze, b. Oct. 31, 1844 ; d. Aprils, 1845. 4'i Harriet Terrell was born in Rapides Parish, La., and m. 15th of August, 1833, to Austin Willt« BuRGES, an influential planter of that Parish. She died Nov. 4, 1851. They had eleven children. I. Halcott Burges, b. Oct. 16, 1835 ; d. Feb. 22, 1836. 5:3 II. Halcott Terrell Burges, b. Jany. 29, 1837. m. Mary E. Wells. III. Lovatt A. Burges, b. Feb. 10, 1839; d. Sept. 29, 1840. IV. Henderson Burges, b. July 22, 1840; d. Sept. 24, 1841. V. Mary M. Burges, b. January 9, 1842; d. March 4, 1843. 22 al 338 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston yi. Benjamin B. Barges, b. April 19, 1843; removed to Texas. VII. Lovatt Augustus Burges, b. Jan. 22d, 18-15; m. in Texas to Miss Morris, and d. leaving one sou. YIII. Sallie Lucas Burges, b. May 9th, 1847; d. April 30th, 1889. She was a devout Roman Catholic, oue of the Sisters of Charity, and died in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Rapides, La. IX. Cgesar Archiuard Burges, b. Dec. 25th, 1849 ; was twice married to Misses Stinett. He died in Texas, leaving two children. X. Frances Xavia Burges, b. Sept. 10th, 1850 ; d. Dec. 31st, 1855. XI. Harriet T. Burges, b. Nov. 4th, 1851; d. July 4th, 1855. ^4 Amanda Louisa Terrei. was born in Rapides Parish, La., and was married to James Anderson Crawford, April 12th, 1838. He died July lUh, 1840, leaving only oue sou, viz. : 55 James Andrew Crawford, Jr., b. July 4th, 1839, and m. April 1st, 1869, to Mary V. Weems. Amanda Louisa Terrell's 2d husband, to whom s!ie was married on Feb. 20th, 1844, was John Hick- man Ransdell, au influential and wealthy sugar planter of Rapides. He died Nov. 27th, 1869. She bore him nine children. I. James Hunter Ransdell, b. Dec. 17th, 1844; m. Feb. 20ihj 1878, to Martha Jane Love- lace, s. p. 53 II. Martha Lnuisa Ransdell, b. Sept. 14th, 1846 ; AND Their Descendants. 339 m. June 7th, 1870, R. P. Hunter, and have 5 daughters and 2 sons. 64 III. Emily Terrell Ransdell, b. Oct. 23d, 1848 ; m. March 2d, 1870, to Thomas F. Mont- gomery, and have 5 sons and 2 daughters. IV. John Rausdell,b. Oct. 6th, 1850; d. March 15th, 1875. V. Halcott Terrell Ransdell, b. Dec. 5th, 1852; d. 1869. yi. Christopher Loyola Ransdell, b. June 1st, 1855 ; m. Cordelia B. Hoey, and has 1 living son, John H. Ransdell, b. Aug. 21st, 1891. YII. Joseph Eugene Ransdell, b. Oct. 17th, 1858; m. Olivie J. Powell, s. p. VIII. Mary Isabella Ransdell, b. Oct. 19th, 1860; d. Sept. 8th, 1875. IX. Francis Xavier Ransdell, b. Feb. 11th, 1862; m. Kate Bruce Davis, and have one child, Katie Bruce Ransdell, b. Sept. 14th, 1892. 4.0 Tacitus GaillardCalvitz=:Janette Dent Wells. He was born in Rapides Parish, La., was a gentleman of considerable means, and pos- sessed a good education. He was killed during the Confederate war (about 1863) by falling into the hold of a vessel upon which he had charge of some troops. Their chil- dren were, viz.: I. Tacitus Calvit. 56 II. Montford Wells Calvit. 57 III. William Tacitus Calvit. IV. George Blair Calvit, died. 58 V. Janette Dent Calvit. YI. Elisabeth Winifred Calvit, died. 59 VII. Alice W. Calvit. 340 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston Jf.5 Austin Willis Bueges was born iu Avoyelles Parish, He was educated at Georgetown, Ky. His 1st wife was Miss Sarah E. Tanner, who died s. p. His 2d wife was Mrs. Mary D. Rhodes inee) McCoy, after marrying whom he resided in Rapides Parish, where he farmed extensively, and died June 26th, 1870. His children by his 2d wife were 2 sons and 1 dan. : 1. Charles D. Burges, b. Oct. 2d, 1861; d. Aug. 7th, 1863. 60 II. Lovatt Francis Burges, b. Aug. 17th, 1863, and m, April 10th, 1890, to Mrs. Annie Didlake (nee) Annie Grace. III. Judith Burges, b. Feb. 28th, 1866; d. Jan. 29th, 1867. If.8 John Mortimer Burges was educated in Avoyelles Parish, La., and in Danville, Ky. He served as 1st. Lieutenant in the Confederate array under Stonewall Jackson, and was subse- quently taken prisoner at Spottsylvania Court House, on the 12th of May, 1864, and was not released until after the war. He was married Jan. 25th, 1866, to Bettie D. Tanner. Their children were : I. Frances Alice, b. Nov. 15th, 1866; m. Middleton Glaze, Jr. {q. y.) IL Desire Wells, b. June 28th, J 868. III. Bettie Tanner, b. July 6th, 1870; d. Aug. 27th, 1873. IV. Edward Lanier Burges, b. Feb. 3d, 1872. V. Eugene M. Burges, b. March 11th, 1874:. d June 9th, 1891. AND Their Descendants. 341 J/) Mary Elisabeth Burges was educated iu New Orleans, and at the Methodist Female Col- lege in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and was married at Bayou HuiF Power, Avoyelles Parish, La., on May 2d, 1855, to James Harris Fitts, Jr. {(]. v.) for issue. 47 Lovatt Samuel Burges, of Avoyelles paris. La., was educated iu Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Columbia, S. C. He m. Mary Elisabeth Wells, of Rapides parish, dau. of Montford Wells. He was a Confederate soldier and died at home with fever while on fur- lough, in 1863. Their children were: I. Martha Dent Burges, b, 1861, d. Aug. 27th, 1862. IL Frances Burges, b. Nov. 7th, 1862, and mar- ried F. Rogers, of Alexandria, La. 49 Richard Henry Glaze, of St. Landry Parish, m. Sarah Frances Tucker Feb. 15th, 1855. He was a successful planter and ardent sympathiser with the South. He was shot by order of Gen. D wight, U. S. A., because he endeavored to protect himself and his property from the wanton outrages of the Federal soldiers, on May 7th, 1863. They had one child : I. Mary Elisabeth Glaze, b. April 4th, 1856 ; m. Jack Thompson, and d. 1889, without issue. ~50 Middleton Glaze, of St. Landry parish, La., is a planter and editor of the Bunkie Blade. He was married April 4th, 1860, to Clarissa Eugenia Eldred, dau. of Randal and Evelina Griffin Eldred. She d. January 28, 1891, leaving 10 children : 342 Phillip and Winifred (Wiiitmel) Alston I. Johu Adams Glaze, b. March 12th, 1861 ; d. Sept. 3d, 1863. II. Evelina Glaze, b. March 27th, 1862; num., resides in Avoyelles parish. III. Clara Middleton Glaze, b. Oct. 15th, 1863; m. Dec. 30th, 1891, to George C. Pearce, IV. Middleton Glaze, Jr., b. Oct. 4th, 1865; m. Dec. 31st, 1891, to Frances A. BuRGES, dau. of John Mortimer Purges and Bettie D. Tanner. 61 V. Mary Henrietta Glaze, b. Sept. 10th, 1868; bap. May 6th, 1893; m. Ed- ward R. Tanner May 24th, 1891 ; have 2 children. VI. Alice Winifred Glaze, b. Dec. 27th, 1869; d. Oct. 7th, 1874. VII. Bettersou Blakewood Glaze; b. July 20, 1872. Vuhlishev of the Bunkie Blade. VIII. William Clopton Glaze, b. Nov. 22d, 1874. Planter. IX. Bessie Murdock Glaze, b. Oct. 11th, 1876. X. Winnie Irene Glaze, b. May 27th, 1879. 51 Alice Winifred Glaze, b. March 1st, 1839, in Avoyelles parish ; bap. May, 1861 ; was educated at the Tuscaloosa Female College, Ala. She was first married to Edward Livingston Tanner, a planter of Avoyelles, La., who was b. May 6th, 1835 ; bap. October 3d, 1871, and d. October 6th, 1871, leaving 6 children : I. Ellen Mittie Tanner, b. August 6th, 1860; bap. April 1st, 1861. 60 IL Mary Glaze Tanner, b. Dec. 26th, 1861; AND Their Descendants. 343 bap. May, 1862; m. John T. Johnson Dec. 29th, 1881. (Merchant.) III. Edward Randal Tanner, b. June 16th, 1864; bap. June, 1866; m. May 20th, 1891, to Mary H. Glaze ; d. March 6th, 1893. IV. Harry Alston Tanner, b. Jan. 29th, 1867 ; bap. March, 1867 ; d. April 10th, 1894. He was a surveyor and educated at West Point, N. Y. V. Lodowick Branch Tanner, b. Dec. 10th, 1869 ; bap. May, 1870; d. Jan. 17th, 1879. VI. Randal Glaze, b. June 23, 1871 ; bap. Sept., 1871. Lawyer, New Orleans. The second husband of Alice Winifred Glaze was Mark Richard Marshall, whom she m. Feb. 14th, 1876. He was born in Fredericksburg,. Va., May 29th, 1825, and was the son of Horace Mar- shall = Elisabeth Heiskell. When m. he was a planter in Avoyelles Parish, La., where he now resides with his wife and children : I. Mark Richard Marshall, b. Dec. 21st, 1876; bap. May, 1877. II. Stella Marshall, b. June 25th, 1878. III. Alston Heiskell Marshall, b. April 1st, 1881; d. April 6th, 1881. 52. Halcott Terrell Burges, of Rapides Parish, La.,, d. July 9th, 1880. His wife was Mary Eliza Wells, who bore him 9 children : I. John M. Burges. II. Halcott Terrell Burges. III. Harriet T. Burges m. Rollo Bowie Weems ; 1 son, Douglas Weems. 344 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston ly. Sallie Lucas Burges = Robeet Leigh Sanford ; ] child. V. CoRRiNE Burg Es= Charles C, Hender- son. VI. Mary Loulette Burges^J, J. Scott. VII. Katie Burges. VIII. Maggie Gordou Burges. IX. Bessie Wells Burges. 61 Mary H. Glaze= Edward R. Tanner. Issue: I. Edward Liviugstou Tanner, b. April 2d, 1892; bap. May 6tb, 1893. II. Alice Eugenia Tanner, b. Oct. 20th, 1893 ; bap. April 25th, 1894. 60 Mary Guaze Tanner ^ John T. Johnson. Issue: I. Edward Livingston Johnson, b. Dec. 24tb, 1882; d. II. Louis Hollingshed Johnson ; b. April 13th, 1884; bap. October, 1884. III. Harry Alston Johnson, b. Aug. 4th, 1888; bap. June, 1889. IV. Roy Davidson Johnson, b. March 14th, 1890 ; bap. February, 1891. V. John Thomas Johnson, b. Nov. 2d, 1898; bap. June, 1899. 53 Martha Louisa Ransdeli. = Robert Percifer Hunter. Issue : I. .Robert Alexander Hunter. II. John Ransdell Hunter. III. Sarah Jane Hunter m. Ambrose H. Hertzog. IV. Mary Stella Hunter. V. Martha Louisa Hunter. AND Their Descendants. 345 VI. Amanda Louisa and ) , , yil. Nellie N. Hunter, ( ''^''^* 5ff. Emily Terrell Ransdell ^^ Thomas Farrar Montgomery. Issue : I. John Ransdell Montgomery. II. Hugh Montgomery. III. Joseph Eugene Montgomery. IV. Thomas Farrar Montgomery. V. John K. Montgomery, dead. VI. Ethel Montgomery. VII. Isabella Montgomery. '55 James Andrew Crawford = Mary Violetta Weems. Issue : I. Mary Emily Crawford. II. Annie Chilton Crawford. III. Amanda Louisa Crawford, died. GO LovATT Francis Burges^^Mrs. Annie Didlake (nee) Annie Grace. Issue: I. Austin Earl Burges, b. Aug. 7th, 1891 ; bap. Nov. 25th, 1891. ~._^^ ^^^ ^ II. Mary Dunwoody Burges, b. Attg. 18^. Dr. Lovatt F. Burges, b. in Avoyelles Parish, on Bayou Boeuf, was educated in the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., and Roanoke College, Va. ; graduated in medicine at Tulane University, La., and is now a practicing physician in Rapides Parish, La. _ (^\ ^ i S -^4 b ^ -56' MoNTFORD Wells Calvit=Louise Albert . Issue : I. Gordon Duncan Calvit. 346 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston II. Eugene Willard Calvit. III. Alston Cocke, and IV. Winifred Alston, dead. 57 William Tacitus Calvit=:Susie Duke. Issue : I. Harriet Duke Calvit. 58 JanetteDent Calvit=James Murray Hetpier- wiCK. Issue : I. Robert Murray Hetherwick. II. Tacitus Gaillard Hetherwick. III. Fannie Burges Hetherwick. IV. Jannette Duncan Hetherwick. 59 Alice W. Calvit = EdWxVrd John Sullivan. Issue : I. John Sullivan. II. Elleanor O'Connor Sullivan. Edward Sullivan and Martha Edward died. 5 Samuel Alston = Elisabeth Faulcon, dau. ot ^ Nicholas Faulcon =Lucy Wyatt, of Surry county, Va. Issue : I. Elisabeth Alston=William Williams(Pretty Billy) 1st wife 1 son. [q. v.) 62 II. Rebecca Emily Alston :;= James Harris Fitts, Sr. She was b. Feb. 15th, 1797; d. March 29th, 1858; married June 10th, 1814. III. Caroline Matilda Alston, b. 1800=^Dr. Solo- mon Williams, s. p. IV. William Faulcon Alston ^ ; d. Jan. 1851. 63 V. Samuel Thomas Alston (known as Tom AND TiiEiR Descendants. 347 Thumper Alston) b. Oct. 5th, 1806; m. Sept. 1st, 1831, to RiiiuaT. Williams. His widow survived him many years, being- able to write a long and interesting letter without spectacles in 189G. She has re- cently died. Issue (q. v.) 62 Rebecca Emily Alstox=James Harris Fitts, Sr. Issue : 10 children, viz.: 6.i I. Samuel Alston Fitls, b. May 15th, 1815; d. April 2d, 1869. {q. v.) II. Oliver Henry Fitts, b. Nov. 8th, 1816; d. 1821. III. Sarah Harris Fitts, b. Feb. 26th, 1819; d. June 7th 1835. 6T) IV. Elizabeth Fauleon Fitts, b. Jan. 23d, 1821 ; m. Sewall Jones Leach. V. Rebecca Emily Fitts, b. Nov. 29th, 1822; d. Feb. 2d, 1838. 66 VI. Caroline Medora Fitts, b. Dec. 28th, 1824 ; m. Col. J. J. Pegues. [q. y.) VII. John Henry Fitts, b. Feb. 20th, 1827; d. Jan. 21st, 1851. 67 VIII. William Fauleon Fitts, b. Feb. 14th, 1829; was killed in the Confederate war; m. Annie Foster, and left 3 children. 4.6 IX. James Harris Fitts, Jr., b. Oct. 12th, 1830. 6^^" X. Susan Virginia Fitts, b. Oct. 13th, 1832 ; =Col. Lucieu Van Buren Martin. 64- Samuel Alston Fitts= Sarah Elisabeth Alston, dan. of Col. William Williams Alston = Mary Haywood Burges. They were both born in North Carolina, their parents coming to Alabama while they were quite young. Soon 348 Phillip and "Winifred (Whitmel) Alston after their marriage, on the 29th of Nov. 1838, he settled in Marengo county, not far from Unioutown ; where they raised their family, and where they both died. In his life and character he was a remarkable man, exhibiting to a marked degree the strictest integrity, fidelity to every trust, consistency as a Christian, and sincerity as a friend, win- ning the love and esteem of all who knew him. He was a successful farmer, and such was his skill in managing his affairs, that he accumulated a large estate for his family. They had 11 children, viz.: I. Mary Elisabeth Fitts, b. Feb. 28, 1840; Faunsdale, Ala. II. Sarah Olivia Fitts, b. Jan. 17, 1842; d. Sept. 17, 1845. III. Samuel Thomas Fitts, b. Sept. 14, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 1846. IV. James Oliver Fitts, b. Dec. 19, 1846; d. Feb. 25, 1892. V. Edward Alston Fitts, b. Aug. 23, 1849; Uniontown, Ala. YI. John Henry Fitts, b. Oct. 5, 1852; d. Aug. 23, 1883. yil. Cornelia Fitts, b. Dec. 24, 1854, m. Frank Wharton Gaines (a descendant of the families of Wharton, Pendleton and Gaines, of Virginia) Dec. 29, 1885. They live in Selma, Ala., and have 1 son, Frank Wharton Gaines, Jr., b. June 23, 1887. VIII. Walter Emmet Fitts, b. Jan. 19, 1858; d Dec. 26, 1872. AND Their Descendamts. 349 IX. Waverly Fitts, b. Feb. 16, 1861 ; Fauns- dale, Ala. X. Haywood Fitts, b. March 28, 1863; Fauns- dale, Ala. XI. Herbert Fitts, b. May 29, 1865 ; Faunsdale, Ala. 65 Elisabeth Faulcon Fitts was born at St. Stephens, Ala., January 23,1821, and educated at Tuscaloosa, where she now resides. She was married to Sewall Jones Leach, Oct. 10, 1839. He died Aug. 6, 1885. Sewall Jones Leach was born Nov. 28, 1812, in the city of New York and was the oldest sou of Ephraini Leach^Sophia Jones. His educational advantages were very limited, yet such was his energy and aptitude for learning, that at the age of 18, he had prepared himself as a teacher and suc- cessfully conducted a school in the State of New York. At an early age he exhibited two predomi- nant characteristics, — love of mechanics and music. Having selected the profession of dentistry he located in Mobile Ala., in 1837 and in 1.838 he removed to Tuscaloosa. After his marriage he lived in Uniontown, Ala., for awhile, but subse- quently returned to Tuscaloosa, where he was engaged in several mechanical and industrial enter- prises. He was universally beloved and honored by all who knew him. Of his children I. James Harris Leach, b. Aug. 7, 1840; d. in early infancy. II. Sidney Fitts Leach, b. Nov. 14, 1841 ; m. Nov. 14, 1869 to Mary Lee Peck who d. Nov. 21, 1883, and have one son, Sidney Peck Leach, b. January 25, 1875. 350 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston III. Emily Alston Leach, b. Dec. 1, 1843 ; bap- tized April 28, 1844; m. April 3, 1865 to James Slaughter Carpenter, of L^juis- ville, Ky. Their ohildreu were : 1. Lizzie Leach Carpenter, b. Oct. 12, 1867; m. January 12, 1888 to George RoosA James and their children are 1. Eniilic Carpenter James, b. Sept. 21, 1888. 2. Edith Whitaker James, b. July 21, 1890. 2. James Slaughter Carpenter, b. Feb. 15, 1870. 3. Samuel Sidney Carpenter, b. Aug. 24,1875. 4. Emily Alston Carpenter, b. April 17, 1878. 5. John Darwin Carpenter, b. March 29, 1880. 6. Norma Snow Carpenter, b. Sept. 6, 1881. IV. Samuel Thomas Leach, b. July 1, 1846. Norma Leda Leach, b. Sept. 23, 1848 ; ra. April 28, 1868, to John Snow. Their chil- dren are, 1. Lizzie Fitts Snow, b. Feb. 1, 1869. 2. Virginia Peun Snow, b. Nov. 7, 1874. 3. Charles B. Snow, b. Feb. 22, 1877, and d. Oct. 17, 1884. 4. John Adams Snow, b. Jan. 31, 1879. VI. Caroline Medora Leach, b. Sept. 15, 1850 ; ra. April 16, 1872, to Edward Earnest Kirkham, who d. Nov. 20, 1879 ; children : 1. Edward Earnest Kirkham, b. Jan. 26, 1874. AND Their Descendants, 351 2. Elisabeth Faulcon Fitts Kirkham, b. Nov. 11, 1879. VII. Susan Virginia Leach, b. July 29, 1852; d. Aug. 2, 1855. VIII. Lelia Leach, b. Feb. 19, 1855 ; d. Oct. 9, 1856: Sewall Jones Leach, b. March 30, 1857; ra. Dec. 16, 1880 to Kate Brantley Warren. Their children are 1. Willis Warren Leach, b. Sept. 15, 1881. 2. Edward Faulcon Leach, b. Feb. 17, 1884; d. May 5, 1881. 3. Bessie Warren Leach, b. March 12, 1885. 4. Sewall Sidney Leach, b. July 27, 1887, 5. Earnest Kirkham Leach, b. Oct. 14. 1889. 6. John Wanen I^each, b. July 17, 1893. 7. Emily Carpenter Leach. X. Edward Faulcon Leach, b. July 29, 1859. XL William Fitts Leacii, b. July 20, 1862; d. March 29, 1861. 6'^iCAROLiNE Medoka Fitts=Col. Josiah James Pecjues, Tuscaloosa. Col. Pegues was born in South Carolina July 19, 1825, and came with his parents to Alabama in his infancy. By occupation he was a farmer and cultivated lands both in Marengo and Dallas counties. At the outbreak of the war he joined the "Warrior Guards," the first company that left Tuscaloosa, and as a private in the ranks j.articipated in the first battle ot Manassas. He continued in the Confederate service during the four years of the war and at the close of hostili- ties, acted as an escort, with his regiment, to Presi- 352 Phillip and Winifred (Wiiitmel) Alston dent Davis, on his retreat from Richmond, as far as Greensboro, N. C, being at that time the Lt. Col. of the 2d Alabama Cavalry Regt. At the close of the war he accepted the office of sheriff, when the position was one of grave responsibility and great danger, and by his energy, coolness and courage, soon subdued the lawless and restored or- der. In March 1882 he was appointed clerk of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county by the Governor of the State, and in 1886 elected to the same office by the people. He is a zealous member of the Episcopal church, was vestryman for many years and senior warden in 1875. Their children are : 70 I. Joe Evans Pegues, b. Dec. 13, 1854. 71 II. Samuel Fitts Pegues, b, Dec. 8, 1858. 13 III. Ida Pegues, b. Oct. 2, 1860 ; baptized April 21, 1861. " 70 Joe Evans Pegues = Rosa Rowan ; married Dec. 13th, 1881. He was baptized by Rev. R. D. Nevius. Issue : I. Carolyn Medora Pegues, b. June 3d, 1883. II. Annie Rowan Pegues, b. October 16th, 1884;, bap. December 18th, 1884. III. Harry Harrington Pegues, b. December 5th, 1887; bap. April 8th, 1888. IV. Ida Eaton Pegues, b. February 2d, 1891 ; bap. July 19th, 1891. V. Rosa Rowan Pegues, b. September 9th, 1892 ; bap. March 25th, 1893. 71 Samuel Fitts Pegues = Mattie Alexander of Chi- cago ; bap. May 21st, 1860; married 1881. Issue- AND Their Descendants. 353 I. Hooper Alexander Pegues, b. Nov. 20th, 1884; bap. April 18th, 1888. II. Josiah James Pegues, b. Feb. 11th, 1887; bap. Dec. 8th, 1890. 7i? Ida Pegues =^ Eugene G. Eaton of Rock Spring, Ala. ; were married January 4th, 1883. Issue : I. Eugene Fitz Eaton, b. January 4th, 1884; bap. March 4th, 1884. II. Josiah Pegues Eaton, b. August 24th, 1889 ; bap. January 5th, 1890. III. Mary Eaton, b. January 13th, 1894; bap. May 3d, 1897. 07 William Faulcon Fjtts=Jeesey Annie Foster were married Oct. 13th, 1857 ; bap. August 19th, 1862. He died Dec. 27th, 1862; she died N-ov. 30th, 1894. Issue : 73. I. Charles Fitts, b. July 2d, 1858; bap. July 2d, 1859. 74 II. Lizzie Faulcon Fitts, b. Nov. 21st, 1861. III. William Faulcon Fitts, b. March 12th, 1863 ; m. Helen McEachin February 6th, 1884; bap. May 15th, 1863. 73 Charles Fitts=Flora Damer January 5th, 1887. Issue, 1 son, Charles Middleton Fitts, b. Jan'y 6th, 1895; bap. Feb, 21st, 1895. 74 Lizzie Faulcon Fitts = Benjamin F. Flinn of Montgomery, January 25, 1881. Issue : I. Annie Fitts Flinn, b. December 24th, 1884; bap. May 4th, 1884. II. Frank Flinn, b. Nov. 6th, 1883; bap. May 4th, 1884. III. Charles Foster Flinn, b. June 2d, 1886. -23 al 354 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston IV. William Faulcon Flinn, b. May 19th, 1891 ;; bap. March 20th, 1893. V. Lula Glaze Fliuu, b. May 2d, 1894. 4.6 James Harris Fitts, Jr. = Mary Elizabeth BuRGES (g. v.). Mr. Fitts was a lawyer and planter and has subsequently become a banker and manu- facturer of cotton goods. He resides at Tusca- loosa and is one of the trustees of the State Uni- versity. They have had 8 children, viz. : 75 I. William Faulcon Fitts, b. Feb. 18th, 1856; m. Annie Spiller. II. James Harris Fitts, b. Oct. 18th, 1857 ; d. Aug. 2d, 1858. 76 III. Festus Fitts, b. Feb. 15th, 1859 ; m Annalee Taylor on Oct. 18th, 1883,, and d. Aug. 6th, 1896. 77 IV. Fannie Fitts, b. Aug. 10th, 1860; m. Samuel F. Alston. V. Arthur Fitts, b. Oct. 8th, 1862; d. July 29th, 1889. 78 VI. Alice Fitts, b. March 2d, 1865 ; ra. Walton W. Hill. VII. Alston Fitts, b. March 10th, 1867. VIII. Mary Fitts, b. April 29th, 1871; d. Jan'ry 26th, 1888. 7S Wjlliam Faulcon Fitts, b. in Tuscaloosa, was edu- cated at the University of the South, and the Uni- versity of Alabama. He is cashier in the bank of J. II. Fitts & Co., and resides in Tuscaloosa. Pie Avas bap. May 30th, 1867, by Rev. John D. Easter and m. Annie Spiller Sep. 13th, 1876, and have had 3 children : I. James Harris Fitts, b. Dec. 25th, 1879; bap.. Dec. 26th, and d. Dec. 29th. AND Their Descendants. 355 II. Frank Fitts, b. May 8th, 1881; bap. July 22d, 1881. III. Mary Emily Fitts, b. June 22(1, 1886 ; bap. Sept., 1886. 76 Festus Fitts was born in Tuscaloosa and educated at the University of Alabama, graduating with the de- gree of A.M. in 1878. He was captain of the " Warrior Guards," and carried that company to Birmingham to suppress the Posey riot. At the time of his death, in 1896, he was secretary and treasurer of the Tuscaloosa Cotton Mills and assist- ant cashier in the bank of J. H. Fitts & Co. He was bap. May 30th, 1867 ; confirmed June 1st, 1873. On the 18th October, 1883, he was m. to Annalee Tayeor of Mobile, Ala., and left 3 children : I. Arthur Leonard Fitts, b. Sep. 18th, 1884; bap. Oct. 28th, 1884. II. Annalee Leslie Fitts, b. June 30th, 1886 ; bap. Oct. 31st, 1886. III. James Harris Fitts, b. Aug. 16th, 1887; bap. Aug. 5th, 1894. 77 Fannie Fitt.s, b. in Tuscaloosa and bap. May 30th, 1867 ; was graduated at the Tuscaloosa Female Col- lege in 1878. On the 2d of August, 1883, was m. to Samuel Fitts Alston: Issue : I. James Fitts Alston, b. May 21st, 1884; bap. July 13th, 1884. II. Marilou Alston, b. March 14th, 1887; bap. on Whit-Sunday, 1887. 78 Alice Fitts, b. at Castle Hill, in Tuscaloosa county, educated at the Tuscaloosa Female College, and m. Jan'y 6th, 1885, to Walton W. Hill, of Mont- gomery, Ala. lie was educated at Sewanee, and 356 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston graduated with the degree of LL.B., at the Univer- sity of Virginia. He is a lawyer, planter and mem- ber of the Alabama Legislature. They have two children : I. Walton Harris Hill, b. Sept. 11th, 1886 ; bap. Oct. 31st, 1886. II. James Fitts Hill, b. Jan'y 26th, 1886; bap. €8 Susan Virginia Fitts=Col. Lucien Van Buren Martin. Col. Martin was born in Frank- lin county, Ala., in 1829, and was the son of Judge Peter Martin. When quite small he was brought by his parents to Tuscaloosa, I where he was educated, and had the degree of A.M., conferred upon him in 1852 by the University of Alabama. In 1856 he was elected Solicitor of the 3d Judicial Dis- trict by the Legislature of Alabama. In 1867 President Johnson appointed him U. S. District Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. He was also a planter, and supervised his cotton plantation when he was practicing law, both before and after the war. He died in Tuscaloosa, March 22d, 1873, and was buried in Evergreen Ceme- tery. Susan Virginia Fitts was born in Clark county, and taken to Tuscaloosa, Ala., by her mother when she was 4 years old, where she was educated. She was baptized March 16th, 1870, and confirmed by Bishop Wihuer. She was married to Col. Martin, Oct. 16th, 1850. Their children were : 79 I. Emily Lee Martin, b. Feb. 6th, 1852; m. Dec. nth, 1877, to George Woolsey Van Hoose. Issue, [q. v.). AND Their Descendants. 357 II. Harriette Martin, b. June 21st, 1853; d. June 29th, 1855. 80 III. Sallie Bell Martin, b. Dec. 5th, 1854; bap. May 7th, 1871 ; married March 2d, 1874, to Gideon Frederick Martin, of Little Rock, Ark. Issue, [q. v.). lY. Susan Fitts Martin, b. April 30th, 1859 ; d. April 16th, 1860. y. Lucia Martin, b. Oct. 17th, 1863; bap. March 16th, 1878; m. June 1st, 1897, to James William Erwin, of Washiuton, D. C. VI. Harry Pegues Martin, b. Sept. 6th,. 1869; bap. May 22d, 1870, and died Sept. 26th, 1871. 79 Emily Lee Martin = George Woolsey A^an HoosE. (Mr. Van Hoose is a lawyer of prominence in Tuscaloosa, and Register of the Chancery Court.) Issue : I. George Woolsey Van Hoose, b. Oct. 15th, 1883, and bap. March 2d, 1884. II. Lucia Van Hoose, b. Sept. 11th, 1885; bap. May 30th, 1886. 80 Sallie Bell Martin=zGideon Frederick Mar- tin. Issue. I. Susie Fitts Martin, b. Jan, 16thj 1876; married June, 1897, to James Jefferson Mayfield. II. Narcissa Pillow Martin, b. Sept. 12th^ 1879. III. Lallie Bell Burnley Martin, b. Nov. 24th, 1883; died Feb. 12th, 1888. IV. Fredrika Alston Martin, b. Oct. 22d^ 1888. 358 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston 63 Samuel Thomas Alston = Ruina Tempie Will- iams, tlau. of Robert Webb Williams = Harty Hodge Davis. Issue : I. Edward Faulcon Alston, b. Sept. 1st, 1833; m. Ellen Hendrix. d. s. p. II. Samuel Thomas Alston, Jr., killed in C. S. Army. • , j ^ III, Caroline Mo d ora Alston=Wm. Keai- ney Alston Williams, son of Lewis Alston Williams^ Priscilla Kearney, [q. V.) for issue. 81 IV. Major Robert Williams Alston was wounded 16 times in C. S. Army ==Martha (Pattie) Davis, dau. of John C. Davis=Lucy Davis Alston. Issue, {q.V.). V. Solomon Williams Alston, Surgeon C. S. A., died in army. VI. John Davis Alston, b. Sept. 3d, 1841; was wounded in the Confederate ser- vice=TEMPiE Davis. VII. Captain Philip Guston Alston, b. Aug. 12th, 1843, and was wounded in battle in the Confederate service =Elisabeth Williams (daughter of Capt. Archibald Davis Williams, C. S. A. = Lucy Ann Lewis.) VIII. Susan Luella Alston, b. Oct. 23d, 1845; — - Lewis Alston Thompson, son of Thomas Bond Thompson = Tempie Maria Williams, (r/. v.) for issue. IX. Elisabeth Faulcon Alston (Bettie)= George W. Alston. ((/. v.) for issue. X. Ruina T. Alston, b. 1851= Philip Kearney W^il Haras, son of Solomon AND Their Descendants. 359 Williams = Maria Alston Kearney. (7. V.) for issue. ■^1 Major Robert Williams Alston^^-Martha (Pattie) Davis. Issue : I. Elisabeth=John Hayes, and have 6 children. II. Lula=Lewis Alston Thompson, Jr., and have 2 children. III. Mattie. IV. Samuel. V. Sarah G. YI. Robert VII. Annie Bell Alston, unra. The following extract from Major Alston's obituary is given : Major Robert W. Alston. " At his home in Warren county, N. C, April 29th, 1901 , there passed from the sorrows and troubles of this world to a life of joy and peace above. Major Robert W. Alston in the 64th year of his life. He was one of God's noblest creations, a man of whom naught but good could be said. Hi? life as a boy was all a fond father and mother could wish. As a young man, he was noble, true and brave. As an older man he was all of these combined. "In 1862, he raised Company K, 12th North Carolina Regiment, and as Captain led the Franklin and Warren boys in many a hard fought battle. He led his men, never saying go, but always follow me, boys. At the death of the Major of the regiment, he was promoted to Major. Like his noble leader, Stonewall Jackson, Major Alston knew no such thing as fear. He led his regiment in per- haps a hundred battles. He was wounded sixteen times, 360 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston. one ball striking him in the mouth taking out all the teeth on one side; and another in the shoulder, causing the par- tial loss of the use of his right arm the balance of his life, and many other wounds that would have killed most men. He had three horses killed under him, captured two soon after, and rode one of them home, which he kept for many years after the war. His men loved him, and would have followed him into the very cannon's mouth. " 'Twas in the day of greatest need, He came the South's brave sons to lead On fields of battle gory. His lofty courage did inspire The boys in gray with souls on fire, To fight for home and glory." "His old comrades will shed bitter tears of grief at his^ leaving them. His life since the war has been as pure and as simple as our Savior has laid down, when he said: * Love thy neighbor as thyself,' for if ever a man lived that way,. Major Alston did." James and Christian (LiIi-ington) Alston. 361 A James Alston settled in Craven county, at or near New Berne, where he married Christian LiLLiNGTON, daughter of George and Han- nah Lillington. The date of this marriage is not known, but it was after 1741, and on the 7th of May, 1745, he purchased an island called Troy, on Bennett's creek, near his father, and in_1147^he^sold 640 acres of land near New Berne, which George Lillington bequeathed to his daughter Christian, now the wife of James Alston. He also wit- nessed the signing of the will of Samuel Williams in 1751. He is next mentioned as being appointed on the Commission of Peace and Dedimus, as Justice for Chowan county, Dec. 5th, 1757. After his father's^ death, which occurred in 1758, he removed from Chowan to Orange county, where he died on Elebye creek, in 1761. His father^ in his will in 1758, made him sole executor. The following were his children : 1 I. John Alston= wife not known, (q. v.)^ II. Mary, died prior to 1764. 2 III. James Alston =Grizel (Gilly) Yan- cey, {q. v.). IV. Charity=Lieutenant Colonel William Alston. (q. v.). (Son of Solomon Alston, Sr.=Nancy Hinton.) S ' V. Sarah=lst Sir Thomas Dudley, (q.v.). = 2d William Cain. {q'V.). The belief is prevalent among his descendants that the 362 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston above mentioned George Lillington was a colonel in the British army, and came to Carolina from Barbadoes, but the proof is wanting. The first mention we find of him and his father, Edward, in the Colonial Reports, is about 1724. The following abstracts are here annexed with the will of George Lillington, and a sketch of the family In the Colonial Records the name is variously given as Lil- Jiugton, Lunnington, and Linnington or Liuington. Edavard Lillington died on the Neuse river, in Craven county, in 1736. His devisees were: George Lillington, Christian Malone, Mary Sherlock, Edward Lillington, and grandson, Francis Sher- lock. His executors were : Edward Moseley, Captain Joseph Hannis, and son-in-law, Dennis Sherlock. ■George Lillington, son of the above Edward, lived on the Neuse river, in Craven county; was appoint- ed Justice of the Peace in 1739, and died in January, 1741. From his will we learn that he was twice married. By his first wife (name un- known) he had 2 daughters, Ann Hutchinson Lillington and Elisabeth Lillington ; and by his second wife (Hannah) also 2, viz.: Christian and Mary Elisabeth Lillington, not yet 17 years old. This Christian Lillington married James Alston a few years afterwards, and sur- vived her husband. In The Name of God Amen : I George Linington of ye province of N. Carolina & County of Craven Being Low & Weak But thanks be to Almighty God Am In Perfect Memory of mind. Do constitute, ordain and Ap- point This to Be my Last will and Testament makeing By These Presents voyd and of no Effect all former wills, &c. : AND Their Descendants. 363 That mite have Baiu made and Ratefied By me Before This Date Voide and of non Effect In all or any manner of ways or forms Whatever. First. 1 will and Bequeath my Body to ye Earth from whence it was taken to be By my after mentd Excts : affter a deacent manner Hoping and Being well Assured that it will be Raised up to Glory at ye General Reserec- tion of ye Just Into Eternal Life Through ye merits and mediation of my dear Redemer — Jesus Christ. Secondly. I desier That all my Just & Lawfull Debts may be paid without any cost or Lawsute &c. And as Touching what worldly goods the Lord hath endowed me with : I Will tt Bequeath as follows etc. Thirdly. I will & Bequeath To my dear wife Hanah Linington one negro man called Jack and one negro woman Called Bess & all my Stock of Cattle Except what I shall Bequt to my Two Daughters (obliterated) of one negro man called Bricke to my wife afsd. During her naturall life & then to Return as Shall Be herein Expressed : I give to my sd wife one Black hors Called Ranger & one Black Brooding mair & One father Bed wt was her one with firni- ture & one third part of all my puter & Iron pots & all other of my household goods : Beds excepted : I also give to my afsd. wife my now dwelling plantation During her naturall Life yt. is if she shall continue on ye said })lantation. But if not yt it may Be for ye Iraediate use of my Daughter Christian. Fourthly. I give & Bequeath to my Eldest daughter Ann Hutchinson Linington fifty Pound Curnt money of N. Carolina. Fifthly. I give & Bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Linington fifty pounds of like Curnt. Sixthly. I give and bequeath to my daughter Christian Linington my now dwelling plantation after ye death of my Espoused wife and one negro man called John & one 364 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston negro woman called Chatt & Ten Cows and Calves witb there Increase they being in ye possession of Patrick Fer- rill att So. Wt. creek — d' one young raair Being the mair Rabits Increase and ye one third part of all my puter and iron pots and all other of my household goods: and one father bed and firniture I give to my afd Daughter one Large gold ring & four silver Tea Spoons and Tongues. I give to my daughter Christian my Church Bible. Seventhly. I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Elizabeth Linington One tract of Land Lying and Being on ye East side of ye mouth of Coar Creek And two negro men named Cuffee and Waxford & two negro women named Moll and Diana and two negro boys named Simeon and St. Citts with all ther Increase and Ten Cows and Calves Being on ye No. Shore in possession of Jacol> Sherrod And one Bay mair & her Increase Being ye Black mairs Increase: & one Stone Ring And one plain Gold Ring & one father bed and firniture and ye third part of all my puter & iron pots and of all my other household goods — Eightly. It is my will and desier That if Eyther of my Daughters Christian or Mary Elizabeth Linington should dye before ye age of seventeen years or day of marege That Then The Surviving Daughter here Shall have the Deceaseds legacy for ye use of her and her heirs and as- signs they only paying one hundred pound Curnt money of No. Carolina To Each of my daughters Ann Hutchin- son and Elizabeth Linington or there heirs or assigns Ninthly. I Give & Bequeath To my Nephew Francis Shearlock Six hundred & Thirty Two acres of Land Lying and being on ye No. side (obliterated -'^ * ) & Binding (obliterated) No side of White Branch only Excepting One Hundred Acres of sd tract of Land being ye part that Jacob Sherod Settled & Built on The sed Hundred acres of Land I Give & Bequeath to the afsd. Jacob Sherods Sec- AND Their Descendants. 365 ■ond Son and his heirs or assigns &c. I also give to ray afsd. Nephew Francis Sherlock one negro man named Brikke to Be Reed, at ye death of my present wife &c. I also give to my Nephw afsd : Two Cows and Calves — Teuthly, I will and desier That my negroes That I have Given to my Daughters may not Be separated By any means untill they are devided to Them at The age of Sev- enteen years or day of marige: and That my work horses and oxen Be continued in ye service with ye Slaves yt I have given to my wife & two Daughters & that the pro- duce of all there Labour be equally devided Between my wife and Two children: During ye time from ye date hereof & my daughters arriving to ye age of Seventeen years : or date of marige wt shall first Be. Eleventh. I will and Desier that the one negro man Sampson & a negro Garl Nann now in posession of Col. AYm. Wilson May be sold and ye money Apployed Toward paying my Lawful Debts & the Two Tarrkills now on hand may be finished & that ye produce thereof may Be applied to the same use of paying my debts as afsd : Twelfly. I will and desier That my heirs Excts Admiu- strs. or assigns may make over a tract of Land on Turkey Quarter to Thos. Smith his heirs or assigns Att his or there paying one hundred and sixty pounds Curnt money of No Carolina or ye value thereof in The (obliterated) of the Country and the Sd money To be paid Toward paying my debts if need requiers & if not itt To Bee for ye use of my children. And as to a bond of Paul Thwarps of Three Hundred and fifty pound I desire may be applied after ve same Nature As afsd. Note The quantety of land I will to Thos Smith is patent Six hundred & forty acres more or less — Thirteenthly. I give & Bequeath my horse frolick to Mary Nixsou Fourteenthly. Itt is my will and desier & likewise I do make constitute and appoint my well Beloved friends 366 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston Willni. Brice and Richard Nixon Excts. of this my last will and Testament In Testimony hereof I have sett my hand and fixed my seal this 24th day ot January Anno Domini 1741. G. Lixington. (SEAL) Signed Sealed & Acknowledged In ye presents of uss Thos Smith Nathn Smith LILLINGTON. The following sketch of this family is taken from letters written by Mr. George W. Kirke of New York, who has repeatedly visited the manorial seat in England, and was well informed of their history : " Lillington was an ancient and honorable family in Warwickshire, England. The manorial home was at Lil- lington, a rural hamlet near Leamington, Spa., where a church was erected, and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in 1190. It was served by the Seculars of Kenil worth Priory (four miles ofi) until the religious houses were sup- pressed by Henry VIII. Near by is Leicester Hospital, founded in 1571 by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, pre- viously a monastic house, and confiscated by Henry VIII. There have been successive generations of clergymen iu the Lillington family, and Wadham College, Oxford, has been the family channel of education. These held as a living St. Mary's Church, and also Leicester Hospital." This church, somewhat remodeled, is still standing and known as Lillington Church. Theee brothers of this family came to Massachusetts in early colonial days and were men of enterprise and means, and went from thence to the island of Barbadoes. They purchased land near Philadelphia, and later sold it to Mr. Parmer, who called it Kensington, which is now a part of the city of Phila- delphia; also Treaty Island, in the Delaware river just AND Their Descendants. 36? above Philadelphia. They also went to the North Caro- lina colony. George was in Barbadoes in 1685. George Lillington, Esq., was President of the Council in 1709 as governor and commander in chief of Barbadoes. He sub- sequently returned to England." From the Genealogical Register of Massachusetts, vol. 30, page 235, is obtained the following: " I, Alexander Lillington, of Albemarle county, in the province of Carolina, planter, and now present in Salem, in New England, being the husband of Sara James, the daughter of Thomas James, dec'd, etc. This deed was signed and sealed 3d August, 1675. Essex Co. Deeds, B-4, p. 379." From the North Carolina Register of Genealogy it is ascertained that Alex. Lillington was born 1643, so he must have been about 25 when he immigrated to Carolina. His subsequent visit to Salem, Mass., in 1775, may have been to dispose of property inherited by his wife from her father, who had recently died in the province of Carolina. His will, dated September 9th, 1697, gives his wife's name as Ann, who unquestionably is the widow who died Jan'y, 1724, leaving a dau., Elizabeth Lillington; a grandson, John Simons, and was not the mother of Alexander Lil- lington's children, but a widow with a family of her own, at tiine of her marriage to him, and her widow's name or maiden name are unknown. Her grandson, John Simons, was appointed justice of the peace for Craven county, in 1739. Her daughter, Elizabeth Lillington, was the widow of William Barrow (whose will was dated January 8th, 1715; proved April 27th, 1717) before she married Lil- lington. In her w'ill, proved Dec, 1741, she enumerates her children by name of Barrrow, but none of Lillington. There was Sam Lillington in Albermarle in 1702, and William Lillington, of Bath, in 1701, as well as Edward Lillington, all of whom were doubtless of the same family 368 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston as Major Alexander. There was also an Eleazer Lilliug- ton, juryman in 1723 in New Hanover county. These several parties may have come from Barbadoes subse- quently to Major Alex, and been sons of George or the 3d brother mentioned by Mr. Kirke. Records are wanting and there is no proof. Major Alexander Lillington died in Perquimans. On the 3d Dec, 1679, he, together with George Durant, Halph Fletcher and Caleb Calloway were appointed associate justices for holding court. He was judge of Precinct Court 1690, and deputy governor of North Carolina, appointed 1693. His will enumerates sons John and George, wife Ann, dau. Anne, Elisabeth, Mary and Sarah. 1. John Lillington =Sarah Porter. He was vestry- man of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, from 1705 to 1715, when he became custodian of goods for Bath precinct, Pamlico Sound, where he died in 1723. He left issue: General Alexander Lillington and daughters, Elisabeth, Sarah and Anne. His execu- tors were his wife Sarah, Maurice Moore, John Porter and John Baptista Ashe. His widow afterwards mar- ried — Pilkinton. 2. George Lillington died 1706, aged 13 years, and his tomb is to be seen in the graveyard at Edenton, North Carolina. 3. Anne, his oldest dau., born 1677, married Henderson Walker, Esq., President of the Council and com- mander-in-chief of North Carolina. He died 1704. His widow subsequently married Edward Moseley, Esq. She died 1732 and is also buried at Edenton. 4. Elisabeth, his 2d dau., was born 1679. She married John Fend all, who died Dec, 1695, without issue. She then married May, 1698, to Hon. Samuel SwANN, who died 1707, leaving issue. She subie- AND Their Descendants. 369 quently married, about 1712, Maurice Moore, who survived her and afterwards married Miss Porter. 5. Mary, the 3d daughter. We are not informed as to whom she married. 6. Sarah, the 4th daughter, married John Porter, brother of Johu Lilliugtou's wife. The following will of James Alston is here given : North Carolina, Orange County. I, James Alston now of Elebye Creek and the County and province aforesaid, being in a low state of health, but in perfect sound mind and memeory, do make this my last Will and Testament, making null and void all other wills made by me. First, I resign my soul up to God that give it me and my body to be decently interred, as to my worldly substance I give and bequeath as follows: Item, my Will is, that Warham Glenn make my son John Alston a Deed for the lower half of the land whereon the said Warham Glenn and Ann Downs Lived and Run- ning down to John Woods line for Compliment, & that the said Warham Glenn make my son Jas. Alston a Deed for the other half running up the River to Wm. Roberts line for Compliment & to Wm. Glenn for so doing I give and Bequeath the Plantation whereon he now lives, two hundred acres of land be the same more or less, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Also I give to Warham Glenn forty pounds Virginia Money, to be paid next winter only Reduction to be made of what he has already received towards that forty pounds. Item, my Will is that Josiah Sumner pay my executor or Executors Two Hundred & thirty five pounds proclama- tion money, or Virginia Money according to a bargain. Arid for so doing I give and bequeath unto the said Josiah Sumner my land in Hertford Co. Beginning at the Mouth of Anthony Swamp, Running up Swamp by line of marked 24 al 370 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston trees to William Sharps line, then along William Sharps line to Mocason Creek then the Various Cours of Goos Creek to the first station, to him & heirs & Assigns forever. Item, I mean the use of the plantation whereon I now live to my Loving wife Christian Alston, During her Widowhood, but at her death or marriage then to return to my son John Alston, to him & his heirs & assigns for- ever. Also I give to my son John Alston all my land Down Neuse River & two Lotts in Newbern Town & the land & plantation in Chowan Co. on Bints Creeks whereon my Father formerly lived to him and his heirs & assigns forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my son James Alston all my lands in Halifax Co. & Granville Co. lying between Milton's Creek and Heedy Creek to him & his heirs and assigns forever. Excepting a small piece of land surveyed by Edward Young, that I give and bequeath unto my brother Joseph John Alston, to him & his heirs & assigns forever, also I give my son Jas. Alston my Land on Elebye Creek whereon Indian Ben now lives to him & his heirs & assigns forever. I mean that Indian Ben shall have the use of the place for four years, paying an equal part of the expenses and dividing the profits equally with my son Jas. Alston. My will is that my son John Alston puts in his three Negroes which his grandfather gave him in my estate of Negroes & at a Division to come for an equal part. My Will is furthermore that my Negroes shall not be distributed any great distance and no division of my negroes until one of my children comes of age or Marries. My Will is furthermore, that if my wife Christian Alston should marry before any of my children comes of age or Marries that she shall take an equal sixth part of my Negroes, Stock & house- hold Goods & my childrens part to remain together without any division, till one of my children comes of age or Mar- ries. This to be equally divided amongst them & if my wife AND Their Descendants. 371 should remain a widow till either one of my children comes of age or Marries then all my negroes, stock & household goods to be equally Divided to my Wife Christian Alston & my son John Alston & my daughter Marye Alston & my son Jas. Alston & my daughter Charity Alston & my daughter Sarah Alston & my Will is that if my wife or either or any of my children should die unmarried or not of Age then the survivors shall have the deceasedst Part or Parts equally Divided amongst them & every one of these parts I give to them & their heirs & assigns forever. My will is furthermore that my wife and family shall have a Sufficient Maintenance out of the income of my estate so long as they remain together, and the overplus of the income of my estate if any let out on interest or laid out on Consignment Lands or on any young negro wenches for the benefit of my children and to be equally divided among them. Also my will is that two tracts or parcels of land both in Hertford Co. one known by the name of Slawsons on the South side of the Chowan river & the other Troy on Binetts Creek on the North side of Chowan River should be sold at publick Sale at Six months credit with Bond and Security. Also I do auomiuate & appoint my Good & well Brothers, John Dawson & Philip Alston & Solomon Alston .Jun. & John Alston, son of Solomon Alston Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this the twenty eighth Day of Feb. One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one. James Alston. [Seal.] Test. Warham Glenn, James Boyd, Thomas Hines. Proved in Court by Thomas Ilines second Tuesday in May 1761. Test: James Watson, C. C. 372 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 1 John Alston, the oldest child of Jas. Alston and Christian (Lillington), we find living in Wake county, in 1774, and disposing of property in New Berne and Craven county. He died in 1814 in Orange county, where his will was probated. It has not been as- certained whom he married, but more than probably he married twice. By reference to his will and that of his 4th son, Lemuel, we gather the following as his children : I. John Alston. Nothing known. II. George L. Alston. Nothing known. III. Philip Alston. Nothing known. IV. Lemuel Alston, d. s. p. 1818. ^ > V. Alfred Alston. Nothing known, YI. Mary K. (Polly) m. Robert Scott. - ' VII. Martha (Patsy.) VIII. Sarah (Sallie)=Mathew Picket. IX. James Alston, m. and had a son, Lemuel. X. Absalom Alston, m. and had a son, Cal- — ^~^ vin J., who had a son, J. W. Alston in Texas. XL Christian Charity = Solomon Jones, (son of James Jones=: Charity Alston, dau. of Solomon Alston == Nancy Hinton.) (^. v.) It is very much regretted that no regular history of this large family has been obtained. The above is probably the John T. Alston mentioned in N. C. Colonial Reports, Vol. X, p. 615. 1776. 2 James Al.5TON, the second son of James Alston and Christian (Lillington) his wife, was born most probably in Chowan county, near his grand- AND Their Descendants. 373 father, about 1746-1748. After his grandfather died iu 1758, his father removed with his family (date not known) to Orange county. Here he married Grizel (Gili.y) Yancey, and lived until soon after the Revolutionary war, when he removed with his family to Elbert county, Ga., together with his cousin Lieut. Col. William Alston, who had married his sister Charity; and settled near each other on the Savannah river and Beaver Dam creek, where they both died at an advanced age — William in 1810, and James in 1815. In the same section and nearly about the same time, the family of Ralph Banks, who was a near relative, settled. (This family has been noticed elsewhere). Sometime after the death of James Alston, his widow re- moved to Monroe county, Ga., and settled about two miles from Culloden, where she died, Nov. 8th, 1845. From their settling in Monroe county, this family has been sometimes alluded to as " the Monroe Alstons." Mrs. James Alston, in her character and widely spread in- fluence, was a most remarkable woman. I will insert an obituary notice, written soon after her death, also a little sketch of her family, as there have been several intermarriages with the families of Alston and Yancey. (See line of Williiam Alston = Ann Kimbrough.) Mrs. Gilly {Yancey) Alston. " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Died on the 8th of Nov. 1845, near Culloden, Ga., Mrs. Gilly Alston, relict of Mr. James Alston, in the 94th year of her age. She became religious iu early life in North 374 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston Carolina, and was some of the first fruits ot the Methodist ministry in that State. She and her husband cast their lots with them at a church twenty miles distant, but shortly afterwards their house became a place for preaching, and a society was formed there. When they removed to Georgia, they brought their religion with them, and were among the first Methodists in Elbert county. The venerable Bishop Asbury, in traveling through the South, used to find a home in their hospitable dwelling. About thirty years ago did this venerable matron became a widow, but Providence seems to have kindly alleviated her bereavement by the assiduity and warm affection of a maiden daughter, who took upon herself all the burdens and cares of the household, and was a truly excellent nurse. Her last affliction was of seven weeks' duration and ex- tremely painful, yet she bore it with fortitude, and died as she had lived — a Christian. Some of her last stammering accents were uttered in a soliloquy which bespoke the triumph of her faith. Just before her departure she said: " O, the joy, the glory, the richness of the inheritance of the saints!" She has gone to join the companion of her youth, and some of her children and grand children at God's right hand ; and leaving behind her upwards of a hundred of her descendants, down to the fourth generation, most of whom that are come to years of maturity, are members of the Methodist church, and are trying to follow the footsteps of this veteran of the Cross. " Verily, the generation of the upright shall be blessed." Her daughter, Mrs. Banks, of Alabama, was permitted to visit her in her last illness, and remained with her until she died. This visit she esteemed as a boon of kind Provi- dence toward her in her last affliction. John Joseph Groves. The following incident of James Alston occurred during AND Their Descendants. 375 the Revolution. At the time he was an officer in the militia, and in au engagement with the Tories, was cap- tured, together with the horse he was riding, which was a fine animal. Being fond of horses, he had taught this one, which was a favorite with him, a number of pranks. Among which was, "by placing his hand upon a certain part of the horse he would limp very badly ; then by changing the hand and placing it elsewhere, he would instantly spring to the utmost and run at the top of his speed." After having been captured, as above stated, he was tried by court-martial and sentenced to be shot sitting upon his horse, being required to ride a certain distance to a desig- nated spot to be executed. As he was riding the distance he made the horse limp most wretchedly, and upon reach- ing the place, he changed his hand, when suddenly he sprang as for life, and ran at the top of his speed, with his would- be executioners in pursuit. The race was lively, but his horse saved him. Children of 2 James Alston = Grizel (Gilly) Yancey. 4 I. Nathaniel Alston, b. in Orange county, . N. C, 1775, d. in Marengo county, Ala., in 1852. He married in March, 1800, Mary Grey Jeffreys, of North Carolina, (dau. of William Jeffreys=Mary Grey) who died June, 1846. He removed from Elbert county, Ga., to St. Stephens, Ala., with his faraiy in 1818, and died at the residence of his son, Judge Wm. Jeffreys Alston, (g. V.) II. Charity Alston, b. in Orange county, N. C, 1777, and died in 1828 in Elbert county, Ga., ra. James Banks, b. Aug. 4th, 376 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 3770, son of Thomas Banks = Bettie White. He died in Elbert county, Ga. (For issue see Banks.) 5 III. Sarah Alston, b. March 21st, 1779, in Orange county, N. C, and died June 18th, 1861, in Abbeville district, S. C; m. in Elbert Co., Ga., to Joseph Groves, (g. r.). IV. Martha Alston, b, Dec. 14th, 1781 ; d. July 2d, 1854, unm., at Culloden, Ga. 6 V. John Alston, b. 1783; died in Texas 1835; m. Oct. 4th, 1810. Charity, daughter of J. Minor Tate=Nancy (Alston) Tate, dau. of Lieut. Col. Wm. Alston (son of Solomon Alston = Nancy Hintou) and Charity Alston, (dau. of James Alston, Sr.) 2d wife was Miss McGinty. yi. Hannah Alson, b. 1785; d. 1853, in Enon, Ala.; m. James Jones Banks, of Elbert county, Ga., son of Ralph Bauks =Rachel Jones, his wife. (For issue, see Banks.) 7 VII. Elisabeth Alston, b. 1787; m. John O. Glover, of Abbeville, S. C. (5. v.) If. Nathaniel Alston==Mary Grey Jeffreys. Issue: 8 I. Wm. Jeffreys Alston, born in Elbert Co., Ga., Dec. 31, 1800. He was educated by that cel- ebrated teacher. Dr. Moses Waddell, in South Carolina ; came with his father to St. Stephens, where he taught school and studied law. In 1821 he began to practice in Linden, Mar- engo Co., and became Judge of the County Court. He died 1876. AND Their Descendants. 377 The following taken from "Public Men of Alabama," will not be inappropriate. William Jeffreys Alston first appeared in the Legislature of Alabama as a representa- tive from Marengo County in 1837. In 1839 he was elected to the Senate, and after serving his term of three years, he retired until 1849, M'hen he was elected representative to Con- gress over his able competitor, Calvin C. Sellars, of Wilcox. After his term in Congress ex- pired, he was again elected to public life and still resides in Marengo, highly respected by all parties. While he figured in the political arena he displayed great activity and zeal as a Whig, before that party was absorbed by an- other organization in 1855, when he was again elected to the State Legislature. He was a gentleman of fine talents and culture, of en- gaging address and pleasant delivery in debate. No man had stronger convictions in the line of duty and none was more courteous in discus- sion. The same measure of respect which he required from others, he cheerfully accorded to his opponents on all occasions. He was 4 times married. Aug. 26, 1824, 1st Martha Cade, b. May 18, 1809 ; d. May 28, 1846. 7 children. Second, Harriet Harwell, in 1847; 1 son. Third, Mrs. Cheney; no issue. Fourth, Mrs. Mary Glover Shields Lovvery; 2 sons. II. Mary Grey, b. Jany. 8, 1803; m. John Gilmore ; 7 children. 378 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 10 III. James Yancey, b. Sept. 20, 1805 ; d. April 3, 1884-; m. twice; 2d wife was^ Martha Wooten; 4 ch. 11 IV. Nathaniel Kirabrough, b. Feb. 9, 1808 ; d. Sept. 7, 1886 ; m. Nov. 8, 1832. Winifred May, b. Oct. 9, 1815 ;d. April 1, 1876. V. Gilly Yancey, m. twice; 1st — Moore; 2d — McMillan. VI. John Wesley, d, s. p. 12 VII. Sarah Amanda, b. Feb. 24, 1816 ; m. Spinks ; 4 children. 13 VIII. Arabella Atalauta, b. April 4, 1821; m. Willard Freeman and lives in New York. Issue 5 children. H IX. Leonidas, b. Jany. 17,1823; m. Cecilia Seabrook ; 5 children. 8 Judge William Jeffreys ALSTON=rMARTHA Cade. Issue : I. William Jeffreys Cade, b. Sept. 24, 1825 ; d. Dec. 1857 s. p. at Indianola, Texas. 15 II. Nathaniel Yancey, b. May 12, 1830 ; m. May 16, 1850 to Sarah A. Shields, dau. of The- odore Shields and had 8 children. 16 III. Thyrza Jane b. Jan. 24. 1935; d. Jany. 27, 1871; m. 1st Jan., 1853 to Dr. Thos. W. Jones. Issue : 2 daughters. Married 2d Dr. Samuel Watkins Vaughn. Issue 1 son and 1 daughter. 17 IV. Mary Grey, b. Aug. 26, 1837; m. March 1, 1855, to Dr. James Kent ; issue 2 daughters. V. Joseph Erwin, b. Jan. 28, 1840; d. July 6, 1852. VI. Emma Augusta, b. Sept. 24, 1842 ; married AND Their Descendants. 379' 1st Dr. B. F. May ; 2d Reuben H. Roberts; 3d C. S. Morton ; no issue. VII. Waldemar, b. Sept. 18,1844; ra. Agnes Lewis ; issue 4 children. 1. Willie Jeifreys=Levin Hildreth. 2. Waldemar Alston. 8. Agnes and 4. Sears Alston. They re- side in Marengo Co. Ala. By 2d wife, Harriet Harwell, issue 1 son. VIII. Robert Harwell, b. Sept. 21, 1848 ; m. Dec. 19, 1871 to Della Cannon (dau. of Wm. Cannon, Probate Judge of Calhoun Co.,, Ala., and Obedience (Sides) his wife.). They have 1 son. Thomas Cannon Alston who m. Mar- garet Bromey, of Dublin, Ga., and have a daughter, Sarah. Robert H. Alston and his son Thomas, are both operators in the Western Union Telegraph office, Atlanta, Ga. By 4th wife Mrs. Mary Glover Shields LowERY, issue 2 sons : IX. John Joseph Groves Alston b. Sept. 28, 1869 ; m. twice; 1st Daisy Gkey,, issue 1 daughter, Thyrza ; 2d wife was Mary Gilmore; issue Joseph Gihnore. X. James Eugene Alston married Bonnie Bradford; issue Lillian Alston. 15 Nathaniel Yancey Alston=Sarah A. Shields Issue : I. Martha Ann, b. Dec. 6, 1851; ra. Jany. 2, 1872, to H. C. Burdin. II. Sarah Amanda, b. May 30, 1854 ; died young. 380 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston III. Mary Grey, b. Jany. 12, 1857 ; m. Dec. 25, 1873, Dr. H. Slade. IV. William Jeffreys, b. Sept. 30, 1860; m. Sept. 29, 1882, InezGambell. V. Emma May, b. March 6, 1864 ; m. Oct. 7, 1881, to A. H.Robiusou. VI. Jane Thomas, b. Dec. 28, 1867; died young. VII. Theodore Shields, b. Dec. 28, 1871 ; m. Feb. 25, 1892, to Lela Williamson. VIII. Waldemar Nathaniel, b. Nov. 15, 1874 ; unm. 16 TuYRZA jANE=lst husband, Dr. Thos. W. Jones. I. Mary, b. Dec. 1853 ; m. Winston H. Boykin. II. Grace Thomas, b. Sept. 6, 1855; unm. By 2d husband. Dr. Samuel Watkins Vaughan, (q. v.). III. Evelyn May m. Chas. W. Johnson of Cincinnatti, and have 1 dau. — Henrietta Kirby. IV. William Watkins m. Helen Maas. 17 Mary Grey^=Dr. James Kent. The following- sketch has been furnished us. Dr. Jamp:s Kent was born in Petersburg, Va., Jan. 8, 1830, graduated at William and Mary Col- lege, Williamsburg, Va., at the age of eighteen. At twenty-one he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and moved to Linden, Ala. He there married and afterwards settled in Selma, where he practiced his profession for twenty years. When the Civil War broke out he was captain of the "Independent Blues," of Selma. His com- pany was ordered by Gov. Moore to Fort Morgan, Jany., 1861, entered the Confederate service May 28, 1861, and was assigned to the 8th Alabama Kegt. This company was the first in the State to volun- AND Their Descendants. 381 teer for the war, that is, as long as it should last. Before this time the companies had volunteered for one year. In 1862 he was elected colonel of the "44th Regiment," which was assigned to "Law's Brigade," " Longstreet's Corps, Array of Northern Virginia. " Though devoted to the cause, he was forced to resign on account of ill health, and re- turned to Alabama. He served as surgeon when " Wilson's Division" raided Selma, April 2, 1865. About 1876, on account of failing health, he re- tired from the practice of his profession to his plan- tation near Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. In 1880 he represented that county in the legislature? and died in 1881. They had but 2 daughters. I. Mary Rosaline Kent, b. March 1, 1856 ; m. Sept. 8, 1875, to Edavard Taylor FowLKES. He was a descendant of the Taylor- Wooteu-Bass and Jennings families of Virginia. Served in the Civil War at the age of 15 and died June 3d, 1886. Issue, Grace Byrd, b. Aug. 17, 1876; died young. Ethel Edward, b. Nov. 2, 1879. II. Mattie Byrd Kent, b. Oct. 8, 1858; d. Nov. 2, 1886 ; m. April 14, 1880, to Benja- min Harrison Wilkins, a lineal descend- ant of Benjamin Harrison, one of the sign- ers of the Declaration of Independence. Issue, Mary Grey Wilkins, b. Jany. 17, 1881. John Gilmore^Mary Grey Alston. Issue : (1) William J. Gilmore m. Isabel Cheney; issue 3 ch. (2) Melissa Gilmore m. Dr. James G. Forster; issue 5 children. 382 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston (3) John Giliuore was killed by accidental discharge of a pistol. (4) Sarah Ann Gilmore m. Mel-idith Patterson Collins; issue 10 ch. (5) Elisabeth E. Gilmore m. Dr. John Wallace Collins; issue 7 ch. (6) Nathaniel Alston Gilmore m. Mattie Hunter Heard; issue 3 ch. (7) Josephine Arabella Gilmore m. Benj'u Franklin Marshall, s. p. (1) Wm. J. Gilmore = Isabella Cheney; 'jssue: Will- iam J., Mary Grey, and Bessie. These children were left orphans at a very early age and reared by their aunt, Mrs. Marshall. The daughter, Mary Grey Gilmore m. John Groves Alston, son of Judge Wm. J. Alston. They have 2 ch. and live in Wilcox county, Ala. Wm. J. Gilmore served in the Confederate States army. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama, a lawyer and member of the Legislature ; died about 1870. (2) Melissa Gilmore=z=Dr. James G. Forster. Issue: 1. Elisabeth E, Forster, unm. ; 2. Ida J., d. unm., 1884. 3. Wm. Coudie Forster, M.D., m. Georgia West- cott. He graduated at the University of Georgia, and in medicine at the University of Louisville, and died s. p. in 1898. 4. Sarah Blanche m, Samuel Ruffin, in Mt. Stirling, 1879 ; of 3 children but one survives (Sam- uel). Mr. Kuflfin is a traveling salesman and his home is in Meridian. ^. James Meigs Forster m. Bettie Tabb, of Thom- asville, where he now resides. They have 2 ch.. AND Their Descendants. 383 (1) James G. and (2) Hattie Tabb. Dr. James G. Forster did a very extensive practice at Mt. Stirling, where he also had a most com- fortable home, from which was dispensed a bountiful hospitality. After the death of his wife, Melissa Gilmore, he married Mrs. Lide, and died about 1888. (4) Sarah Ann Gilmore=Meridith Patterson Collins, at Gaston, Ala. Issue. 1. John Floyd. 2. Wil- liam Bruce. 3. Willard Freeman. 4. Mary Maria. 5. Infant. 6. Fannie Elisabeth. 7. Josiline. 8. James Milton. 9. Sarah Ann. 10. Meridith Pat- terson. Mr. Collins is a farmer, and since his mar- riage has lived on Bon Secour Bay; also at Shubuta, Miss., and now lives near Norwood, Madison Co., Tenn. His wife, Sarah, who died 1876, was a wo- man of rare judgment, discretion, taste, and force of character, and withal a sincere Christian. 1. John Floyd Coli-ins was educated at West Tennessee College, and the Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, Tenn. ; has been a professional teacher for 21 years, and is now principal of the High School at Shu- buta, Miss. June 30, 1896, he married KuBY EsTELLE PuRCELL, of Columbia, Ala., who was an A.B. graduate of the Alabama Conference Female College. Previous and subsequent to her marriage she has been teaching music, also in the literary depart- ment. They have 3 children, viz. : John Floyd Collins, Jr., Meredith Purcell and Milton Massey Collins. 2. William Bruce Collins, of Norwood, Mad- ison county, Tenn., graduated in medicine 384 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston and practiced for some years, when in con- sequence of failing healtia he withdrew from active practice. 3. Willard Freeman Collins is a locomotive en- gineer and resides in Paducah, Ky. About 1880 he married Lizzie Greer, of Norwood, Tenn., and have had 3 children, viz. : Tate, Ina Lee and Henrietta. 4. Mary Maria Collins, d. unm. Nov. 16th, 1891. She was a graduate of the Memphis Conference Female College at Jackson, Tenn., and throughout life excelled in what- ever she undertook, her life being a beautiful exemplification of Christian char- acter. Her mother dying when she was but a girl entailed upon her the housekeep- ing as well as the care and rearing of the younger children, trusts which she dis- charged with rare judgment and fidelity. 5. Fannie Elisabeth Collins was married, 1889, to Dr. Rush A. Jones, a graduate of Van- derbilt Medical College, and resides at Jack- son, Tenn. They have had four children, Alston Hunter Jones, Estelle, Rush Gilmore, and Elisabeth Grace Jones. 7. Josiline Collins, unmarried. 8. James Milton Collins, died 1895, aged 24. 9. Sarah Ann Collins, unmarried. 10. Meredith Patterson Collins, farmer, of Nor- wood, Tenn., married January, 1900, to Sarah Meriwether, of Carroll, Tenn. V. Elisabeth E. Gilmore = Dr. John Wallace Col- lins (1860). Dr. Collins served as surgeon through the war and has lived in Mississippi,. AND Their Descendants. S85-^ Tenuessee, and Colorado, where he was for a time professor of gynecology in the Medical De- partment of the University of Denver. His present home is in Carson City. His wife, a conscientious Christian woman, bore him seven children (died 1882). 1. India, d. in childhood. 2. Eugene, d. unm. 3. Mary Grey, d. 188-4. 4. Dr. John Wal- lace Collins, Jr., m. Nellie Rhodes, of Denver, and has one child. They live in Colorado. 5. Fred- erick Ernest Collins married and died s. p. (farmer)., 6. Hattie, and 7. Lizzie Collins, d. in early child- hood. VI. Dr. Nathaniel Alston Gilmore:=:Mattie Hunter. Heard, dau. of Rev. James A. Heard, D.D., 1872. Issue : Heard, Mattie and Nathaniel Alston, the two last being twins. None of the children are married. Dr. N. A. Gilmore lived and died iu 1878, at Carroll, Tenn. His friends were almost as numerous as his acquaintances. YII. Josephine Arabella Gilmore = Benj. F. Mar- shall, son of Matthew A. Marshall, of Gaston,. Ala. Mr. Marshall had enjoyed fine educational advantages, to which were added natural ability and a captivating personality. He died Sept. 22d, 1898. 10 James Yancey Alston, m. 1st wife (unknown.) and has 1 daughter in Texas, m. 2d wife, Mar- tha WoOTEN, and have 4 children, viz. : I. James Yancey, Jr.=Josie Perkins, and have 6 children, viz. : 1. Sarah Wooten Alston. 2. Woodie Emmet. 3. Josie Perkins. 25 al 386 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 4. Harry Kirabrough Alston. 5. Barbara Ola Alston, and 6. Bella Bass Alston. II. Ola Alston=J. A. Neece, and have 1 child, Milton Ernest Neece. III. MiNETTA AlSTON=A. A. HiNSON, 3 ch. 1. Arnoldus Beerie Hinson. 2. Clara Belle Hinson. 3. Cecil Rudolph Hinson. IV. Arabella Freeman Alston=John George Bass; 1 dau. Ethel Ruteria Bass. 11 Nathaniel KiMBROuGH Alston= Winifred May, daughter of William May (son of John May) and Matilda Wattley, his wife. This family removed from Marengo county, Ala., to Grimes county, Texas, about 1840. Issue : I. Martha Evelina, born Feb. 6, 1834, in Marengo county, Ala. ; d. June 25, 1835. 18 II. Thomas Franklin Alston, b. Aug. 22, 1836, in Marengo county, Ala.; m. 1st, Emma Kellum, in 1860; 2d Laura Moore, in 1867. Issue, (g. v.) III. Josephine, b. Aug. 28, 1838, in Marengo county, Ala.; d. Sept. 3, 1838. lY. George Washington Alston, b. Aug. 24, 1839, in Marengo county; d. July 1, 1881 ; m. Lula K. Loggins, Jan. 1876. v. Eugenia Arabella, b. April 18, 1842, Montgomery, Texas; m. 1st Reuben Norris, Nov. 28, 1866, s. p. 2d A. J. Polk, Dec. 24, 1882. 19 VI. Lydia Antoinette, b. Nov. 15, 1844, AND Their Descendants. 387 Montgomery, Texas ; m. Dr. James C. Loggius, Nov. 28, 1866. Issue, (q. v.) W VII. GillyAlston,b.Sept. 5, 1847, Montgomery county, Texas ; d. June 13, 1888; m. 1st Thomas Loggins, Dec. 12, 1868. 2d Drewry May, July 1885. Issue, {q. V.) 21 YIII. Nathaniel Kimbrough Alston, Jr., b. July 21, 1850, Montgomery county, Texas; m. Alice M. White, April 28, 1887. Issue, {q. v.) M IX. Matilda Winifred, b. May 4, 1857, at Huntsville, Texas; m. William Whit- worth, Nov. 28,1878. Issue, (g. v.). 18 Thomas Franklin k lston==Emma Kellum. Issue : 1 Thomas Alston, 2 Arabella, 3 Samuel, 4 Wilcox, 5 Kimbrough, and 6 Sarah Alston. =Laura Moore. Issue : 1 Otis Alston, 2 Durer Alston, 3 Seth, 4 Armid, 5 Alma, 6 Deetta. and 7 Evvart Alston. 19 Lydia Antoinette Al9ton=Dr. James C. Log- gins. Issue : 1. Winifred May Loggins. 2. John Morris Loggins. 3. Asenath Clements. 4. Lee Alston Loggins. 5. Patrick Henry Loggins. 6. Bell Hood Loggings. 7. Jackson Calhoun Loggins. W GiLLY Alston=:Thomas Loggins. Issuc : 1. Nathaniel Reuben Loggins. 388 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 2. Mary Adella. 3. Gilly Helena. 4. Thomas. 5. Elbiu Logglns. =Drewry May. Issue : 1 son, Drewry May. 21 Nathaniel Kimbrough Alston= Alice M. White. Issue : 1. Winifred Alston. 2. Pinckney Alston. 3. John Wesley Alston. 4. George Alston. 5. Lucy Alston. 22 Matilda Wixifred Alston= William Whit- worth. Issue : 1. Lela Whitworth. 2. Alston Whitworth. 3. William Whitworth. 4. Matilda Whitworth. 5. Antoinette Whitworth. 12 Sarah Amanda Alston z=z Spinks. 4 ch. I. Mary Spinks, m. Robert Yuille. 3 ch. 1 Alston Yuille, 2 Robert Yuille, and 3 Annie. They live in Mobile, Ala. II. Leonidas was killed in the war; unm. III. Nathaniel, died; unm. IV. Pauline Spinks m. Charles Johnson, and have children. They live at Whistler. 13 Arabella Atalanta Alston=Willard Free- man. They live in New York. Issue : I. Willard, died young. II. Frank Fieeraan. III. Gindrat Freeman and others. AND Their Descendants. 389 llf. Leonidas Alston=iCecii.ia Seabrook. His widow is still living at State Line, Ala. Issue : I. Thomas Alston, m. and has children; a dau. is named Winifred. II. Pauline, ra. Richardson, and have 1 daughter, III. James Alston, m. Josie Burden. IV. JeflFreys. V. Waldemar. 5 Sarah Alston married Sept., 1797, Joseph Groves, a merchant of Petersburg, Ga. He was born in 1768, in Prince George county, Maryland, ot Solomon and Elizabeth (Nicholson) Groves, both of Mary- land, and died in 1850, in Abbeville, S. 0. They had 8 children, viz, : I. James Alston Groves b. Sept. 29th, 1798, in Elbert county, Ga. He was a lawyer by pro- fes3ion,and removed from Georgia to Kosciusko, Miss., where he lived many years. From there he went to Opelousas, La. He was 3 times married, viz.: 1st. Mrs. Tabitha Beale, who bore him one son, Bolivar, who died in early childhood. 2ud. Mrs. Ann Mitchell, of Kosciusko, Miss. 3rd. Mrs. Mary Ann Atwood, of Louisiana. He died in 1890, at Browns, Ala., vdthout issue. 23 II. John Joseph Groves=:Mary Louisa Harvie. Issue (e descended from Charles Cosby and Elizabeth Sydnor, both of Vir- ginia.) Their children were : I. Mary Judith, b. March 1st, 1828, died 1848 at. Columbus, Ga. Unm. 38 II. Joseph Asbury, =: Elizabeth Royall Robertson. {q. v.). III. Sarah Margaret,!). 1832,d. 1852 in Talbotton, Ga. W. William Harvie, b. 1834, d. 1857 in Dallas county, Ala.; buried in Talbotton. V. James Alston, b. 1837, d. 1863, unm. He vol- unteered as a private in the Wilkinson Rifles, 16th Regt. Miss. Volunteers, and was afterwards appointed Ass't Surgeon P. A. C. S., left at Gettysburg to attend the sick and wounded Con- federate soldiers, and died in the faithful dis- charge of his duties. He was buried at Balti- more in a private lot in cemetery. VI. Elizabeth Arnold, b. 1840 at Culloden,Ga., mar- ried John P. Harris, d. 1886, and is buried at Covington, Ga. 29 VII. John Henry=:Julia Mann Walker, {q. v,). 30 VIII. Jasper I3anks=Mollie Jordan, {q. v.). 28 Joseph Asbury Groves, M.D., was b. June 5th, 1830; graduated in medicine at Charleston, S. C.,'in March, 1854. In 1855 he settled in Dallas county, Ala. He was commissioned as Surgeon, P. A. C. S., and served in the Depart- ment of Tennessee. He now resides at Sel- ma, Ala. On the 3d of April, 1856, he married in Dayton, Ala., Elisabeth Royall 394 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston Robertson, dan. of John Royall Robert- son and Eliza Edmunds Cocke, his wife, both from Virginia. He descended from the families of Royall, Dennis, Archer, Eppes, and she from Ruffin, Murray, Boiling, Yates, Ran- dolph, Bland. Elisabeth Royall, the wife of Dr. Groves, is a woman of rare artistic attain- ments. Her maternal ancestors, also, through a succession of generations, have been noted for their social and intellectual endowments. Their Issue : 1. John Courtenay Groves, b. Aug. 17, 1857; in 1882, he married Evelyn Vaughan, dau. of Dr. Fred Barbie Vaughan and Pauline Smith, his wiiie. He is now a druggist in Selma, Ala. They have 1 son, Joseph Court- enay, b. Fed. 22d, 1883. Dr. F. B.. Vaughan was son of Dr. Sara'l Wat- kins Vaughan, a grandson of Reuben Vaughan, captain in the Provincial army, whose commission was signed by Patrick Henry, Governor of A^irginia, October 29, 1776. 2. Joseph Asbury Groves, b. July 21, 1859, and died 1894, in Selma, Ala. He married in 1890, Drusa Maryman, of Washington, D. C, who died in 1892. They left no issue and are buried in the same grave at Georgetown, D. C. 3. Royall Robertson Groves, b. Sept. 17th, 1860, and d. Oct. 29th 1881, at Hous- ton, Texas, and is buried at Selma, Ala. 4. Wm. Harvie Groves d. in Selma, Ala.,. Jan. 26th, 1885. AND Their Descendants. 395- 5. Elisabeth Royall (Bessie) Groves. 6. Mary Louisa Harvie Groves married Charles H. Hopson, of Ecgland, who is an architect, and resides now at Hali- fax, Nova Scotia. They have a daii. Bessie, born in 1895, and another born 1897, named Mary Evelyn. 7. Rev. James Alston Groves. The above 7 children were all pious Christians. 29 John Henry Groves, b. 1842, at Fort Valley, Ga.; , married Julia Mann Walker, of Savannah, Ga., where they now live (she is the daughter of Robert Walker, and her mother was the dau. of Rev. Reddick Pierce, brother to Rev. Lovick Pierce, M. E. Church, South.) He early enlisted in the Confederate service as a private in Company C, 14th Georgia Regiment,. Thomas' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, serving until the surrender. They have one son, Robert Walker Groves, who is a member of the Chatham Artillery, of Savannah, Ga. 30 Jasper Banks Groves, b. Oct. 10th, 1845, and has recently died of smallpox in Mexico. He m. MoLLiE Jordan, of Monticello, Ga., who bore him one daughter, Mary Harvie, now married, and one sou, William Hope Groves, both now living in Fort Worth, Texas. He enlisted in 1862, as a private in the Fulton Dragoons, Cavalry Legion, Army of Virginia. 24 RiGNUL Nicholson Groves, b, April 4th, 1806; d. March 30th, 1874 ; married July 4th, 1837, Elisabeth Sarah Sanders, b. July 27th, 1816,, 396 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston in Charleston, S. C, and d. in 1853, in Talbot county, Ga. (She was a dau. of Capt. William and Martha (Ditmar) Sanders, who were m. Nov. 28th, 1811. Martha was a daughter of John Ditmar, of Huguenot descent, and Abigail Holmes, his wife. Capt. William Sanders was son pf Roger Sanders and grandson of Peter Sanders, an officer in the Continental army dur- ing the Revolution, whose name is also recorded among other voters holding the first municipal election in Charleston, 1765-6. Gsn, J. C. C. Sanders, of the Confederate army, was a grand- son of Capt. Wm. Sanders. He was pro- moted on the battlefield for gallantry, and was in the " blow-up " at Petersburg.) Nine children, viz.: tfi I. Elisabeth Yancey Arnold^z James Yan- cey Lockhart. Issue, ^q. v.) 32 - II. Martha Anna ■=^ William S. Simpson. Issue, [q. V.) III. Rignul Nicholson, Jr., b. Jan. 17th, 1842 ; d. Sept. 6th, 1872; unm. 33 TV. Sarah Alston = Massilon Bell. Issue, {q V.) V. Emily Caroline, b. Feb. 16th, 1845; m. Oct. 16th, 1892, to Wm. G Webb, 34. VI. Louisa Catherine = Dr. Richard Edwin Thompson. Issue, (9. v.) VII. Joseph Nathaniel Joshua, b. Nov. 1st, 1847; d. Aug. 18th, 1862. VIII. James Alston, b. Aug. 19th, 1849; m. Joy Foster, of Ojielousas, La., and have one child, Annie Joy Groves. They now reside in Sebastian, Florida. AND Their Descendants, ' 397 IX. Charles Peek Groves, b. Jau. 19tb, 1852; unm. He lives in Abbeville county. Affidavit of James Lockett, made January 1st, 1833, in Elbert County, Ga. MAIN FACTS. Enlisted in Feb. 177G, for two years with Lieut. Wm. Mosely and 2d Lieut. Mayho Carriugton ; served in the 7th Regiment of the Line, under the follow- ing named officers: Capt. Charles Fleming, Col. Andrew Lewis, Col. MeLenahan, and Col. Dan- gerfield, and left the service in Feb. 1778, at Valley Forge, on expiration of term of enlist- ment. Resided in Cumberland county, Va., at time of enlistment. Fought in the following named battles : Battle of Brandy wine, Sept. 11th, 1777. Battle of Germantowu, Oct. 4th, 1777. Encamped at Valley Forge with Washington's army, Dec. 19th, 1777. Enlisted in 1781, for three months in North Carolina Militia, in Johnson county, N. C, under Capt. Hardy, regiment commanded by Col. Bryant; joined Gen'l. Greene's army at Salisbury, N. C, fought in the battle of Guilford Court Hou.se, March, 1781 — British commanded by Lord Curn- wallis ; fought in the battle of Camden, N. C, April 25th, 1781 — British commanded by Lord Rawdon. Entered service again as substitute for his brother, for 3 months, under Capt. Whitney, regiment com- manded by Col. Seawell, and fought in battle of Wilmington, N. C. Date not given. Entered service again for 3 months. No battle. 398 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston Entered service again for 3 months, in 1782. No battle. Entered service again for 3 months, under Capt. John- son, making in all two years' service in Conti- nental army, and one year and three months in North Carolina Militia, and serving six months of that time in Continental army, under General Greene. Born in Cumberland county, Virginia, Nov. 30th, 1755 ; moved to Johnson county, N. C, at expiration of first term of enlistment in Virginia; removed to Wilkes county, Ga., now Elbert, in 1794. ■ 31 Elisabeth Yancey Arnold Groves, b. May 22d, 1839 ; m. Oct. 29th, 1855, to James Yancey LocKHART, who died June 26th, 1862. Their son. Rev. John Buuyan Lockhart, b. 1861; d. 1886, unra., at Hayneville, La., where he was engaged in teaching. He was noted for his piety and religious zeal. Their daughter, Sarah Margaret Lockhart, b. Dec. 3d, 1859 ; m. Aug. 2d, 1877, to Luther Bowman, of Abbe- ville. Issue: 1. James Yancey Bowman, b. Sept. 8th, 1878. 2. Mary Catherine, b. Dec. 31st, 1879. 3. Emma Estelle, b. March 3d, 1883. 4. Leila Elisabeth, b. May 23d, 1885. . 5. Nellie Latimer, b. June 28th, 1888. 6. William Luther Bowman, b. May 29th, 1891. 7. Edith Ruth, b. Nov. 21st, 1896. The above James Yancey Lockhart was son of Joel Lockhart, and grandson of James Lock-' hart, who served as a private in the Continental AND Their Descendants. 399 army, 1776-1781. While in the army on one occasion, they had to make a retreat, the ground being covered with snow. Many of the sol- diers had no shoes and their feet were bleeding from cold and frost. The army could have been traced by the blood on the snow. He died in Abbeville District, South Carolina, June 12th, 1843. lie made application for pension Jan. 21st, 1833. His wife, Mary Lock- hart, died Jan. 24th, 1840. 32 Martha Anna Groves, b. Aug. 31st, 1840; d. Sept. 15th, 1857; m. July 2d, 1855, to Wm. S. Simpson. Their daughter, Martha, m. J. D. Stonecypher, and has G children. 33 Sarah Alston Groves, b. Sept. 12th, 1843; m. Feb. 22d, 1866, to Massilon Bell. Their children are : 1. Janie Ward Bell. 2. Mary Elisabeth Bell. 3. Emma Louisa Bell. 4. John James Bell. 5. Willie Massilon Bell. 6. Martha Anna (Mattie) Bell. 31^ Louisa Catherine Groves, b. May 9ih, 1846 ; ra. Oct. 27th, 1868, to Dr Richard Edwin Thomp- son. Their children : 1. Jane Norris, b. May 7th, 1870; ra. May 8th, 1887, to Alonzo Butler Herron and have 2 children, viz.: Claudia Thompson Herron, b. May 27th, 1893, and Edna Alvine Herron, b. April 1st, 1897. 2. Carrie Elsabeth, b. Dec. 17th, 1871. 400 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 3. Addison Edwin Thompson, b. August 18th, 1874. 4. Wade Hampton Thompson, b. Nov. 18th, 1876. 5. Alston Groves Thompson, b. August 23, 1879. 6. Jessie Lucile, b. Oct. 17th, 1881. 7. Wm. Calhoun Thompson, b. Dec. 16th, 1883. 8. DeWitt Talmage Thompson, b. Sept. 12th, 1886. 9. Paul Francis Thompson, b. Feb. 26th, 1889. (Dr. Richard Edwin Thompson was the son of Dr. Ad- dison C. Thompson and Jane Swain Norris, who were m. in 1840 and had 5 daughters and 4 sons. The parents of Dr. Addison C. Thompson were Richard Thompson= Susan, dau. of Ephraim Harris. Jane Swain Norris was dau. of Ezekiel Norris and Lu- ceriah Keys, his wife, and he was son of John Norris and Jane Swaiu, his wife. Luceriah Keys was dau. of Peter Keys and Letitia Moore, his wife, who were married in Ire- land. Richard Thompson was one of 9 brothers who came to South Carolina frooi Pennsylvania during the Revolu- tionary war. When a little boy, plowing, the Tories wanted to take his horse. He mounted it to save it, and when they took him oft they whipped him almost to death. He carried the scars to his grave. His father, John Thompson, on old man, refused to take the oath of allegi- ance to the British government and was kept in prison until his death.) 25 Saeah Joseph Groves married Wm. T. Hackett, son of Robert and Drucilla (Taylor) Hackett, of Clarksville, Ga. Issue : I. Mattie Nelson Hackett, uum. And Their Descendants. 401 II. Drucilla, m. 1st, Ira F. Nesbit. 2(1, Dr. Moses Richardson, s. p. They reside at Norcross, Ga. III. Sarah Alston Hackett, b. 1851, at Clarksville, Ga. ; m. in 1876 to William H. Dooly, son of Thomas J. Dooly. Their children are : 1. Oscar Earle Dooly, b. 1878; m. in 1898, to Ada Belle Luraraus, and lives at Talbotton, Ga. Have one son, Oscar Earle Dooly, Jr. 2. Sarah Alston Dooly, b. 1882 ; unm. Thomas J. Dooly enlisted early in the War 1861-5^ and served faithfully until the close; was in nearly all of the principal battles in A^irginia. During bis 4 years' service, he never received even a wound, nor did he have a furlough. His two little sons remained at home with their mother and took care of her during his absence. :36 Frances Emma Groves=Thomas Wilding Gantt (the oldest son of Col. Thomas John Gantt, of Charleston, S. C, (by his 1st wife, Miss Fell) and he was the oldest son of Judge Richard Gantt, of South Carolina.) Their children : I. Dr. Richard Groves Gantt, b. in Green- ville, S. C, Dec. 12th, 1837, and died in Haynesville, La., Oct. 23d, 1894. He served as a private in a South Carolina regiment during the Confederate war, and after the war removed to Kosciusko, Miss., and thence to Louisiana. He married Martha Groves Sales, of Antioch, Troup county, Ga.; b. April 7th, 1842. They had 5 children. .26 al 402 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 1. Dr. Halbert Alston Gantt, b. in Kosciusko, Miss., Nov. 10th, 1869, and resides at Hayneville, La. 2. Emma Neva, b. in Kosciusko, Miss., / ~ July 14th, 1873, and m. J. L. Nix, of Buckner, Ark. / 3. Richard Groves Gantt, b. April 11th, 1876, in Kosciusko, Miss. 4. Martha Helen, born July 13th, 1878, at Kosciusko, Miss.; m. Charles Harold Beardsley, of Gibbs Landing, La., and has one son. 5. Drayton Fletcher Gantt, b. Jan'y 21st, 1881, at Haynesville, La. 1 (The grandparents of Martha Groves (Sales) Gantt were John Groves, of Prince George county, Md., and his second wife, Letitia Winn. They had an only child, Eliza Groves, who married Mr. Sales, of Lincoln county, Ga., and were parents of Martha Groves Sales. John Groves by his 1st wife, Miss Ball, had 2 sons, viz. : John and Syl- vanus. John died of yellow fever in Savannah, Ga., and was editor of the Savannah Gazette. Sylvanus was a mer- chant in Augusta, Ga., and died there. They were both Christian men, honored and respected in the communities in which they lived.) II. Sarah Josephine, b. in Abbeville, S. C, and d. in Elbert county, Ga. ; m. — Ridg- way; left no issue. II L Elisabeth Yancey, b. in Abbeville, S. C; m. Lew^ellyn Blackwell. She has been engaged in editorial work and now lives in Elbertou, Ga., and has one child. c AND Their Descendants. 403 Lizzie Arnold, who m. Thomas Toombs Plodges, and have 1 dau., Sarah Brannon. IV. Thomas Laurens Gantt, b. iu Abbeville, S. C. ; ra. Anna Johnson ; resides at Spartanburg, S. C, and is editor of the Piedmont Headlight. Their children are : 1. Jesse Thomas Gantt, m. Addrene Brown. 2. Robert Joseph Gantt. 3. Yancey Laurens Gantt. 4. Mark Willinghara Gantt. 5. Helen Louisa Gantt. John Alston=lst wife, Charity Tate; 6 children — (= 2d wife. Miss McGiuty ; 1 daughter.) viz.: 35 I. James Asbury = Rebecca Jane Norwood ; issue (and=Griffin Dauhtrie, of Butts county. They reside at Macon, Ga., and have 3 children : 1. J. G. Daughtrie. 2. Kathleen. 3. Nell. AND Their Descendants. 405 2. James Mathew Jordan, num., lives iu British Columbia. 3. Jennie Roberson =: Judge Jas. A. An- derson, city attorney, Atlanta, Ga.; have 1 son, b. Oct., 1899, John Alston Anderson. 4. Penelope = Walter Bailey, of Monroe county, and have one daughter, Jennie Garland Bailey. They reside at Pu- eblo, Colorado. II. Joseph Alexander Alston, b. 1842 = Ida Smith, of Columbus, Ga. He enlisted in the Confederate army, in company B, 2d Georgia battalion, at the beginning of the war and served throughout, being with Gen. Lee at the surrender, and was wounded in the face and arm. He was accidentally killed in Eufaula in Nov., 1887. They had 1 sou, John Aber- crombie Alston, who died in Columbus, Ga., in 1883. III. James Merriman Alston, b. Jan. 13th, 1844 was in company B, 2d Georgia battalion, with his brother, from March, 1862, until April 9th, 1865. On Feb'y 3d, 1876, he married Mary Eugenia Turman, of Midway, Ala. She was the dau. of James M. Turman = Martha Pruett. Their children are : 1. James M'^arwick, b. Jan. 31st, 1877; d. March 23d, 1890. 2. Edward Turman, b. Nov. 6th, 1879. 3. Mattie Urline, b. Aug. 24th, 1882. 4. Eugenia Norwood, b. June 8th, 1886. 5. William Henry, b. Sept. 30th, 1889. 6. Annie Alma, b. May 2d, 1893. 7. Joseph John, b. Aug. 31st, 1896, and d. Sept. nth, 1899. 4'06 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston IV. John Manson Alston,. b. 1848; d. 1899. Was iu the Georgia State Militia at the winding up of the war. Married Willie B. Beiggs, daughter Uev. A. J. Briggs, of the Alabama Conference M. E. Church, South, and Martha Brewer his wife. She died 1897. Issue : 1. Daisy McFarland. 2. Willie Bennett. 3. Jane Norwood. 4. Martha Brewer.^ 5. John Manson. V. William Augustus Alston, b. 1852 ; married Florence Hudson, who died in Sumter county, Ga., leaving issue : 1. RobertNorwood Alston. Enlisted in Com- pany G, 2d Alabama Regiment, Spanish War, and died at Miami of fever. 2. Mary Jane, and 3. Martha Hudson. He afterwards married Lula Plowder, a cousin to his first wife, who bore: 4. Fannie Florence. 5. AVilliam Augustus. 6. John Manson. 7 Edwin James. ■ 8. Ina, and 9. Eunice Alston. They reside at Hawkinsville, Barbour county, Ala. S6 Joseph Edwin Alston, b. 1820; died 1892; mar- ried Bethel Harvey. Issue : 1. John Alston, married Oxford, and have issue. AND Their Descendants. 407 2. William Alston, M.D., died in Texas. s. p. 3. Mattie, m. Martin Witt, and have issue. 4. Bethel Harvey. S7 Dr. Nathaniel Charles Alston, b. 1822 ; m. 1840, to Catherine Jordan, of Gainesville, Ga. She died leaving 3 children, viz. : 1. Geraldine. 2. Warren Jordan, 3. Dr. Nathaniel Charles, Jr. He settled at Enon, Ala., and afterwards removed to Richland, Ga., where they both died. 2d wife — Wilson, s. p. Of his issue I. Geraldi-ne:=JohnSnellings, and had issue, 1 son and 2 daughters. II. Warren Jordan Alston^^ Lizzie Rus- sell, of Stevenson, Ala., and died at Arkadelphia, Ark., in 1875, leaving 3 children, viz. : 1. Russell. 2. Charlie, and 3. Katie. They now reside at Bridgeport, Ala. III. Dr. Nathaniel Charles Alston, Jr., b. 1755. Married twice. By first wife, issue : 1. Grover Cleveland, b. 1874. By 2d wife. Bertha Clegg, of Colum- bus, Ga. Issue : 2. Blanche, b. 1891. 408 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 3. Catherine, b. 1893. 4. Nathaniel Charles, b. 1896. They reside at Richland, Stewart county, Ga. 38 Dr. John Theodore Alston, b. 1824 ;m. Emma Cobb. Issue : I. John T. Alston. II. Joseph. III. William A. IV. Robert L. V. Edgar L. VI. Charles. VII. Ella .= Bush. A^III. Irene = Montgomery. IX. Emma. They reside in Webster county, Ga. 39 Susan Eanes u^lston, was the daughter of John Alston by his second wife. Miss McGinty. She married Alpheus M. Chadwick, and lives at Kenton, Tenn. They have five children, viz. : 1. Joseph Alpheus. 2. Frank Lee. 3. Charles Jesse. 4. James Alston. \ rp • 5. Mattie Alice. / 7 John Oliver Glover married Elisabeth Yancey Alston in Marengo county, Ala., Wednes- day, Sept. 6, 1815. Mr. Glover died there, Oct. 18, 1843. Mrs. Glover died in Holmes county. Miss., May 8, 1851. Children who lived to maturity : AND Their Descendants. 409 I. Mary married Dr. Hobsox, of Greens- boro, Ala. I think moved to Mississippi^ from there to Hot Springs, Ark., where they both died, leaving several children, of whose fate I am ignorant, except one. Dr. John llobson, who at his death was a very prominent physician of Hot Springs. He left one daughter, Mary, who I presume is still there, think married, however. Mrs. Hobson was considered one of the most beautiful women in three States, and was so up to her death. II. GiLLY married twice, first Mr. Jackson, a planter ; died early ; no children. Second time, Capt. Floyd, of Monroe, La., who died during the Confederate War, his wife having died a few years before. He left two children, Rosa, married Mr. Din kg rave, of Monroe, La., both dead; leaving three children, Ethel, and two boys, just grown. Floyd is the elder; they live in St. Louis, Mo. Aunt Gilly's second daughter, Willie, has never married, she lives at Stone- wall, Miss., one of the queenliest look- ing women I ever knew. III. Carrie Olivia, born April 27, 1827, in Marengo county, Ala.; married A. M. West, in Marengo county, Ala., August 7, 1845, T. C. Lowery, being the min- ister. General A. M. W^est was from Perry county, Ala. He moved to Mississippi and located in Holmes county ; after the war between the 410 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston States he moved to Oxford, Miss.; in 1870 he moved to Holly Springs, Miss., where he died in 1893, three years after his wife. His life was full of useful- ness and activity, three times member of the Mississippi Legislature ; nomin- ated for governor twice; elected to the United States Senate, but was refused his seat by carpet-baggers, it being dur- ing the Reconstruction period ; organ- ized the first regiment in this State for war in 1860, in which he was Adjutant- General, then Commissary-General; was President of the Illinois Central Rail- road for a number of years, resigned because he thought his State needed him in other work ; was nominated for Vice- President on the Greenback ticket in 1875. He was a very staunch Whig, although he was one of the electors in the Tilden campaign, and it was largely due to his influence that the State went Democratic. He wouldn't accept a single office from that party, saying always, "I'm no Democrat." He amassed quite a large fortune, but poor investments left him at death a poor man. The old family homestead at Holly Springs, still in the family, is one of the handsomest in the State. His wife was a most brilliant woman, and was recognized as such by all who knew her. The children are as fol- lows : 1. Alston Madden West, born March 5th, AND Their Descendants. 411 1849, in Holmes county, at West-Home ; graduated at University of Mississippi with honors, member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity ; from there he went to the University of Virginia, where he again finished with honors; he then attended the University of Pennsylvania, finishing in medicine, and also carrying off the honors ; is now a practicing physician in Memphis, Tenn., address 110 St. Paul street, Memphis, Tenn. Married the daughter of Judge Jere Clapp, of Memphis, who was a member of the Confederate Congress, and since the war has been j)rominent in legal circles. Dr. ^Yest's wife's maiden name was Eva Walton Clapp, married Dec. 5, 1877. Have 3 children, viz. : 1. Evelyn Lucas, just grown. 2. Alston Madden, who bids fair to be a successful writer. 3. Jere Clapp, yet a school boy. 2. Cell\ Olivia West, married Capt. Wil- liam Thaddeus McCarty, in Oxford, Miss., Oct. 22, 1867 ; moved to Kansas where they still reside. Mr. McCarty is a lawyer, served through the war on Gen- Lee's staff; is a Virginian, born at Kich- mond. The children are as follows : L Mason West McCarty, b. at Oxford, Miss., in 1868, now in Emporia, Kan. A merchant. 2. William Cecil, b. at Emporia, Kan., in 1870. Still there. A dentist. 412 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston 3. Brooks, b. at Emporia, Kau., in Jan. 1872. 4. Carrie Hannah, b. at Emporia, Kan., in March, 1876. 5. Eva Clapp, b. at Emporia, Kan., in May, 1878. 6. Wert, b, at Emporia, Kan., in Sept., 1880. 7. Keith, b. at Emporia, Kan., in Oct., 1882. 8. Fay, b. at Emporia, Kan., in Sept., 1884. 9. Alston, b. at Emporia, Kan., iu' June, 1886. All reside in Emporia, Kansas. 3. Frederick Edgar West, born in Holme* county, Miss., at West-Home, Nov. 1850; married Rosa Donnelly Leflore, at Grenada, Miss., 1880. His wife is de- scended from Count Louis DeLefleur,. who led the French in the French and Indian war; fell in love with an Indian princess of the Choctaw tribe, married her, and afterwards became c'lief himself. At his death, Greenwood Lefleur, his son, became chief (Mrs. West's grandfather). His controversy with President Jackson over the Indian reservation has become historical. His home, Malmaison, is owe of the historical landm^arks of Mississippi. It stands as in ante-bellum days, undis- turbed by war; he was not a citizen of the United States, so he was undisturbed by either side. Col. Jack Leflore (her father) not caring to move to the Indian Territory AND Their Descendants. 413 became a citizen of the United States, and died a few years ago on bis plantation, " Ivors," adjoining bis father's. Mr. West is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, D. K. E. fraternity, winner of first medal in oratory, anniversarian, twice member of State Senate. He is con- sidered one of the most scientific planters in the State. He has five children, as follows : 1. Fannie Newman, born in Holly Springs, March, 1881. 2. Louie Leflore, born in Holly Springs, October, 1883. 3. Carrie Glover, born April, 1887, in Durant, Miss. 4. Frederick Edgar, born March, 1892, in Durant, Miss. 5. Rosa Leflore, born July, J 897, in Durant, Miss. Their present address is Durant, Holmes county, Mississippi. 4. Benjamin Glover West, born in Holmes county, Miss., at West-Home, Nov., 1855; married Mary Brodie Crump, at Holly Springs, 1882. Mrs. West's father was Major Brodie Strachan Crump, born in Spottsylvania county, Va., 1833; moved to Mississippi, and was educated at the University of Mississippi, member of D. K. E. fraternity, studied civil engineer- ing, but the Confederate War broke out and he went to the front ; at the close was a major on Chalmer's staff. He then became a merchant and banker in Holly 414 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston Springs, dying there in 1878 of yellow fever, a victim to loyalty to friends. He was descended from the Hulls, Maurys and Herndons of Virginia. Mr. West was educated at the Kentucky Military Institute ; has been a prominent Populist and president of several farmers' alliances ; ran for Congress last year, and is now a broker in Memphis. His address is lOD Polk St., Memphis, Tenn. Has 5 children : 1. Sidney Yancey, born July, 1885, in Holmes county, at Greylands. 2. Benjamin Glover, born April, 1888, in Holmes county, at Greylands. 3. Mary Brodie, born April, 1893, at Memphis. 4. Martha Alston, born April 28th,. 1896, at Memphis. 5. Louise Keuner, born April, 1899,, at Memphis. 5. Carkie Minerva West, born at West- Home in Holmes county, 1858 ; married Lemuel Augustus Smith, at Holly Springs, Miss., November 1877. Mr. Smith died the next year in the epidemic of yellow fever. He was a druggist, and felt it his duty to remain. Mr. Smith was a member of a prominent Tennessee family, his father a planter and commission merchant of Memphis, his uncle Chief Justice of Tennessee, Nicholas Smith. Mr. Smith himself was only twenty-two at his death. Mrs. Smith graduated at the M. C. I. of Tennessee, as valedictorian; she has been State Superintendent of the AND Their Descendants. 415 Flower Mission Department of the \W C. T. U.; for years had charge of the Children's Department of the Christian Advocate, Memphis; has been connected as teacher with some of the most promi- nent schools of the State, is now teacher of English in Woman's College, Oxford, Miss. She has one child. Lemuel Augustus West Smith, born in Holly Springs, Nov. 19, 1878 ; graduated at University of Missis- sippi, B.A., D. K. E. fraternity ; U. M. A. A.; licentiate instructor in Latin and Greek ; associate editor Record; associate editor of Ole il/js-v tutor in French at University of Mississippi; and is now studying law. 6. Charles Floyd West, born at West- Home, in Duraut, Holmes county, Miss., 1859; married Laurea Carson, at Duraut, 1894, Mrs. West's father graduated from the University of Mississippi with honors, was a member of S. A. E. fraternity, died in Holmes county, in 1897. Mr West is a planter, the most beloved of the chil- dren — friends in all classes. They have two children. 1. Sidney Yancey, born June, 1895, at Durant, Miss. 2. Floyd Elizabeth, born 1897, at Du- rant, Miss. 7. Sidney Yancey^ West, born Sept., 1863 ; died early, just twenty-three; was en- gaged to L. Q. C. Lamar's younge'^t 416 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston daughter. He was the most talented member of the family, making the highest grade ever made in the university up to that time ; was a D. K. E., and a born orator. IV. Elizabeth John Hannah Glover married W. L. Byrd, in Holmes county, October, 1849. Mr. Byrd was a merchant ; died just before the war, in 18G0, leaving two children, viz.: 1. Grace, born February, 1854 ; married Capt. Stafford, proprietor of Stafford's Well ; her address is Stafford's Mineral Springs, Voss- burge, Miss,, via Meridian. 2. Jessie, born February 9, 1858, at Goodman, Miss. ; married E. A. Hamblin, 1878. He was a lawyer and died a few years ago, leav- ing three children, namely: 1 . Nellie Byrd, married Dr. J. L. Har- bour, 1899; born Nov. 19, 1879. 2. Emma Elizabeth, born February 22d, 1882. 3. Mary Grace, born March, 1886. Their address is Vossburg, Miss. Y. Sarah Alston Glover, b. Oct. 8th, 1836, in Marengo county, Ala.; married Oct., 1856, in Holmes county. Miss., to Major Joseph Mofield Roberts, b. April 24th, 1819, in Hancock county, Ga. Major Roberts fought in the Seminole war; and in the Confederate war served as captain of Commissary Department in Lowery's Mississippi regiment. His widow survives him, and lives at Biloxi. They had 4 children, viz.: ^S (1) Pauline Glover, b. May 20th, 1865 = R. L. Prophit, Monroe, La.; issue (g. v.). U (2) Patrick Henry, b. May 10th, 1867 ^Maggie Champlin, Biloxi, Miss. ; issue {q. v.). AND Their Descendants. 417 45 (3) Pearl, b. July 16th, 1869= Lyman Bradford; issue (g. v.). (4) Daisy, b. Sept. 18th, 1877; unm. 43 R. L. Prophit = Pauline Glover Roberts ; issue 6 children, viz. : 1. Ella. 2. Robert. 3. Evelyn. 4. Pauline. 5. Alston. 6. Lucile. Mr. Prophit is secretary of Monroe Building and Loan Association. 44 Patrick Henry Roberts = Maggie Champlin ; 4 children, viz. : 1. Harry. 2. Percy. 3. Joseph. 4. Effie. P. H. Roberts is a traveling salesman, and his home is in Indianapolis. 4.5 L. Bradford=Pearl Roberts; have 3 boys, viz.: 1. Lyman. 2. Floyd. 3. Paul. They live in Biloxi, Miss. The above notes of the family descent of Elisabeth Alston and John O. Glover were furnished principally by Lemuel Augustus West Smith. S Sarah Alston married, 1st, Thomas Dudley; issue {q. v.). 2d, William Cain ; issue {q. v.). Sir Thomas Dudley came from England to America about the beginning of hostilities that culminated in the Revolution, first landing in Virginia, and from thence went to North Carolina where he married and enlisted in the cause of the Colonists. The following is copied from "Heitman's Historical Reg- ister '' of officers of the Continental army, 1775-1783 : " Thomas Dudley, musician 6th North Carolina in 1776. 27 al 418 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston Ensign 10th N. C, 1778; lieutenant 20th June, 1779; wounded at Eutaw Springs 8th Sept., 1781 ; retired 1st January, 1783." The regiment was commanded by Col. Abraham Shepherd 17th April, 1777. It is not known when he died, but family tradition states that he was drowned in attempting to cross a river with his command. For services rendered by him a land- warrant was issued to his assignee or executor, Amos Johnson, Esq. He was very decided in his hostility to English rule, and his estates in England were accordingly confiscated. His wife Sarah bore him one sou and three daughters, viz.: 1. John Alston Dudley, who married Mary, daugh- ter of Cornelius and Elisabeth (Pickett) Robinson, and had issue [q. v.). 2. One dau. married Collier. ^ ^.r ,i ^i „ ^ , -IT- Of these there is no 6. One dau. married Eewis. Y r n i . ^ T • 1 TVT I larther record. 4, One dau. married Moore. ) The following account of the Robinson family will be of interest to many : Cornelius Robinson, a man of wealth in Anson county. North Carolina, married Elisa- beth, daughter of James Pickett, Sr. In 1797 ^he devised land to James Kirabrough, son of John Kimbrouglu William Pickett, of Anson, was delegate to the Provisional Congress at Hillboro, 20th Aug. 1775; was captain in 1st regiment of North Carolina Continentals, commanded by James Moore ; was also member of House of Commons, 1777. There was a James Pickett, sheriff of Anson county prior to 1795, and member of the Legislature 1791-4-5; and there was a James Pickett, Jr. In 1795 James Pickett conveyed property to Joseph, Martin and Wm. R., sons, and to Frankey Hanes Pickett, daughter. In Sept. 5th, 1796, James Pickett devised negroes to brothers Marmaduke, John, Nathaniel, and James Kim- brough, also to Ann Kimbrough. After this the name of AND Their Descendants. 419 James Pickett disappears from the county records. Joseph Pickett died April, 1825. Martin Pickett died Oct., 1834. Flora Pickett died April, 1835. William R. Pickett be- came sheriff, and in 1818 removed to Alabama and settled in Autauga county. His son Albert James, born 1810, was the historian of Alabama, and married Mary Harris, granddaughter of Col. Philip Alston, of Moore county. Note. — Of Wm. Raiford's sisters, one m. Robinson, one m. Pickett, one m. Terry, and one m. DeJarnette. Cornelius and Elizabeth (Pickett) Robinson both died in North Carolina and had issue, viz. : 1 (1) Todd Robinson=Miss Terry and came from North Carolina to Alabama with his cousin, Col- onel Wm. R. Pickett and had issue, (9. v.). ^ (2) Mary Robinson=John Alston Dudley and re- moved from North Carolina to Greensboro, Ala., and afterwards to Lowudesboro, where they both died. Issue (5. v.), 1 Todd Robinson= Terry ; 6 ch. viz. : (1) Major William Robinson=Eliza Ware, sister to Dr. Ware and had one sou and one dau. viz. : Mary Robinson who m. Capt. Brown, (Lowndesboro, Ala). Eli Robinson married and has children, and lives at Lowndesboro. He is considered very wealthy. (2) Gen. Cornelius Robinson = and had 4 children, viz.: 1. Byron Robinson =Cora Wyatt, s. p. 2. John Robinson. 3. Eli Robinson. 4. Fanny, married. 420 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston (3) Capt. Eli Terry Robinson =his cousin Mary- Alston Dudley; 5 ch., (g-. v.). (4) Todd Robinson, Jk. =Mary Crittenden, of Kentucky, neice of Gen. Crittenden and had 1. Todd. 2. Robert. 3. Martha Ann=Geu. Fair, Minister to Belgium. (5) Hannah Robinson =Colonel Caldwell. Their son, Todd R. Caldwell was Governor of North Carolina 1871-1874, and married Mary Rufiin Cain, {q. v.), (6) Ann Robinson=Col. "William Wyatt, whose son Todd Wyatt, married his cousin, Sallie Dudley, {q. v.). 2 John Alston Dudley=Mary Robinson, 7 ch. viz.: (1) Eliza Lillington^ 1st McKenzie in North Carolina and had one dau., Cornelia, who m. Col. Robert Wyatt, of Lowndesboro. 2d husband, Wilson, had one sou, Alexander Wilson, now living in Bulloch county, Ala. (2) Guilford Dudley, died aged 16. "S (3) Mary Alston =Capt. Eli Terry Robinson, is- sue {q. v.). 4. ^ (4) Martha Robinson = James Napier Torrence, issue [q. v.). (5) Amanda=Winter Gordon and had 3 ch. viz. : 1. Edgar. 2. Winter. 3. Ida. (6) SALLY=her consin, Todd Wyatt and had 2 ch. viz. : Fair Wyatt, and Percy Wyatt, who was cashier of the Western Railroad at Montgomery for 12 or 15 years. AND Their Descendants. 421 (7) Cornelia Dudley; uura. and lives at Mont- gomery. 3 Captain Eli Terry Robinson=Mary Dudley, 5 ch. viz. : (1) Dr. Dudley Robinson =:Addie Yerdee, s. p. Robinson Springs, Ala. (2) Charles Cornelius Robinson= Lizzie Wilson, s. p. (3) Mary Robinson= James Allen, and have a son, Clem Allen, now in Birmingham. (4) Eli Robinson, Jr., died aged 19 years. (5) Kate Robinson^Captain Thomas Gate- wood Williamson, of Virginia, in Gen. Lane's Brigade, C. S. A., (and son of Ga- briel Gait Williamson, Captain in U. S. Navy, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Gate- wood, and gr. son of Thomas Williamson, cashier of the Bank of Virginia, at Norfolk 42 years and his wife Elizabeth Gait. 4 sous viz. : 1. John Gait Williamson was Sergeant Co. A. 2d Ala. Volunteers in Spanish- American war. 2. Dudley C. Williamson was Sergeant Co. A, 2d Ala. Volunteers in Spanish- American war and is now Captain of the Montgomery Greys. 3. Thomas Gatewood Williamson. 4. Gabriel Alston Williamson. 4 James Napier Torrence (was the son of Samuel Torrence, of Georgia, and wife Mary Scott, of North Carolina, and gr. son of John Torrence) = Martha Robinson Dudley, issue viz. : 422 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston (1) William H. Torreuce=Susau Henderson, issue ((/. v.). (2) James Napier Torrence, Jr., of Florida, no record. (3) Victoria Alston=rrank W. Broward, of Florida, issue (q. v.). (4) John Earl Torrence, of Atlanta, Ga., born January 14, 1853, in Lowndes Co., Ala.; married October 18, 1881, to Kate Winter Clayton (dau. of Hon. William WirtClay- ton=Caroline Maria Serames, sou of Judge Augustin Smith Clayton= Julia Carnes, son of Major Philip Clayton=: Mildred Dixon, son of Samuel Clayton, Jr.,r=Ann Coleman, son of Philip Claytou=Ann Coleman), and have three living children, viz. : I. William Wirt Clayton Torrence, b. June 7, 1884. II. John Earl Torrence, Jr., b. Jan'y 27, 1888. III. Paul Semmes Torrence, b. May 25, 1891. William H. Torrence^ Susan Henderson, issue 5 ch. I. Sherwood Torrence = issue Emma & Esther. II. Arthur Alston Torrence, unm. III. Roland Torrence, = IV. Birdie Torrence = V. Charlie Torrence, unm. Frank Broward =ViCT0Ri A Alston Torrence, is- sue 5 ch. I. Maud Dudley Torrence = II. Airee Torrence = III. A daughter. AND Their Descendants. 423 IV. Frank Broward, Jr. V. Ada Broward. The records of James Napier Torrance were furnished by Mr. W. C. Torreuce. Sarah (Alston) Dudley's 2d husband, Wm. Cain,'!' was born in Baltimore and of Irish descent. He was a wealthy merchant in Orange county; was elected to House of Commons in 1785, and to State Senate in 1794-5-6 and 1802. He was very public-spirited, and had much energy of character. Their children were as follows : iO I. William Cain Jr.:== Mary Ruffin. 9 chil- dren, (5. u.) If-l II. Charity z= Willie Person Mangum. 4 children, (g. v.) III. Mary (Polly) :=lst Sutherland, and had 1 son, William Sutherland, who died at maturity. She married 2d, Dr. White, s. p. 4^ IV. Ann Linington = Edward Davis. 10 ch. (g. V.) V. James Alston Cain, d. unm. VI. Sarah Cain. VII. Martha Cain, d. unm. If-O Stirling Ruffinz= Alice Roane. Removed from Virginia to North Carolina. Among their chil- dren were : *Note.— Wm. Cain, Sr. Will probated May 2d, 1734. Wife Elisa- beth. Sons— Hardy, Wm. James. Daughters— Patience, Unis, Sarah, Rachel. 424 James and Caristian (Lillington) Alston Thomas Ruffin, Chief Justice of Nortb Carolina, and Maey Ruffin, who mar- ried William Cain, Jr. Their children were : I. Minerva Ruffin Cain=Todd R. Caldwell, afterwards Governor of North Carolina. II. William Cain, M.D.,=Sarah T. Bailey, dauughter of Judge John L. Bailey. III. Martha Ann Cainz=Dr Pride Jones, of Hillsboro ; b. Dec. 25th, 1823. IV. Stirling Ruffin Cain, died on at- taining maturity. V. Mary Clack Cain, b. Feb. 12th, 1827=JuDGE Thomas Ruffin,, the younger son of Chief Justice Ruffin. At one time Judge of the Superior, afterwards of the Su- preme Court ; served through- out the Confederate War, first as private, then colonel. His health failing, he was appointed military judge. He was in the last engage- ment that took place between the Confederate and Union soldiers. VI. James Frederick Cain, M.D.=Ju- LIA Tate, daughter of Dr. Samuel Tate, of Morganton, N. C. VII. Thomas Ruffin Cain, d. in 1883. VIII. Sarah Margaret, 1 Both died ia IX. Sallie Magdalen, j infancy. AND Their Descendants. 425- If.1 Charity Cain=: Willie Person Mangum, born in Orange county, in 1792 ; graduated at Uni- versity in 1815; member of House of Com- mons in 1818; elected Judge of Superior Court of Law and Equity in 1819 ; Representative in Congress 1823-3 826, when he was again ap- pointed Judge of the Superior Court ; Senator in Congress 1831-1837 and from 1841-1848. In 1837, he received 7 electoral votes (South Carolina) for President of the United States,, and on the accession of Mr. Tyler to the Presidency, was elected President of the Sen- ate. Their children were : 1 T> **• TVT ^ Still living at the 1. Pattie Mangum, , -, n.^ ^ ® ' I old Mangum seat in 2. Mary Mangum, | Orange, now Durham ^ J county, N. C. 3. Sallie Mangum, m. Col. Martin W. Leach, of Randolph county, N. C. Their 2d daughter, Sallie, m. Stephen B. Weeks, and have one son, Willie Person Man- gum Weeks, r- 4. William Preston Mangum, killed at the battle of Manassas. If.'2 Ann Lillington Cain, born March 17th, 1797, died Nov. 7th, 1877, in Oakland, California. =Ed- WARD Davis, of Mecklenburg county, Ya» The following sketch of his family is given: Dr. James Paine, an Englishman, educated in Lon- don as a physician, landed in New England about 1699 ; stayed there a short time, and finally settled in Person county, N. C. He- was a man of aifairs, and erected the first brick 426 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston house in Person county. Among his children were : 1. Dr. Egbert Paine. 2. John Paine. Dr. Robert Paine=Elisabeth Miller in 1772. He commanded a company in the Revolution ; was elected to the Legislature; died in 1808. His son, James Paine, born March 18th, 1776 ; married Nancy A. Williams, Jan. 7th, 1799; served as Clerk of Court ; Judge of County Court ; re- moved to Tennessee, 1814. Robert Paine, sou of James and Nancy Paine, was born in Person county, N. C, Nov. 12th, 1799; removed to Tennessee, and became a Bishop of the M. E. Church, South. He died Oct. 19th, 1882. John Paine, son of Dr. James Paine, married Susannah (maiden name unknown). Was appointed 1st. Major in 1 776, for Orange county, N. C; he was also elected member of the Constitutional Convention that assembled at Halifax, Nov. 12th, 1776, at which, however, he failed to take his seat ; he was a member of the House of Commons for Person county in 1808. Mary Paine, dau. of John Paine = Susannah ; born January 13th, 1772 ; married Thomas Miller May 12th, 1791. (Thomas Miller died July 2d, 1792). She afterwards married Edward Davis June 11th, 1795, who was born Dec. 11th, 1747, and died Aug. 8th, 1799. His father also was Edward Davis and his mother Lucy (maiden name unknown). ANT) Their Descendants. 427 Edward Davis = Mary Miller nee Paine, left one son, Edward Davis, Jr.; born in Mecklen- burg, Va., Dec. 3cl, 1776 ; married Ann Lin- IXGTON Cain April 27th, 1815. Moved to Orange county, N. C; thence to Madison county, Tenn., in 1834; thence to LaGrange, Tenn.; thence, in 1841, to Panola, Miss. In 1849 he emigrated to California and settled at Oakland, where he died. Their children were : I. Dr. Jas. Paine Miller Davis, born Aug. 8, 1817, in Orange, N. C; married Martha Raglaxd ; died in Oakland, Cal. II. Mary Paine Davis, born Sept. 9, 1819, in Orange, N. C; married Sam'l B. Dickpns; died Jan. 20, 1845. III. William Cain Davis, born Sept. 27, 1821; died Dec. 9, 1856. IV. Sarah Alston Davis, born in Orange, N. C, June 22, 1823; died Sept. 5, 1835. V. Martha Alston Davis, born Jan. 13, 1825, in Orange, K C. ; mar- ried Samuel Bell McKee Jan. 28, 1847; died Nov. 26, 1855, when he married her sister, Sarah Ann Davis, {q. v.). VI. Susan Edward Davis, born June 1, 1827, in Orange, N. C. ; married Jas. C. Armstrong ; died April 13, 1859, in Panola, Miss. VII. Lucy Ann Davis, born Sept. 5, 428 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston, 1830, in Orange, N. C. ; died Sept. 24, 1835. VIII. Edward Linington Davis, born April 23, 1833, in Rutherford City, N. C, on Mead river ; died in Oakland, Cal. IX. Robert Williamson Davis, died in infancy. X. Sarah Ann Davis, born March 16^ 1839, at Lagrange, Tenn. ; mar- ried Samuel Bell McKee July 14, 1859. Samuel Bell McKee was Associate Justice of the Su- preme Court of California, and died March 2, 1887. Samuel Bell McKee and Martha Alston Davis left three children: 1. Robert Linington McKee. 2. Annie Bell McKee, who mar- ried John Bell M'hoon, and died Sept. 27, 1887; and 3, Edward Davis McKee, who married Fanny Vorhees Armstrong. Samuel Bell McKee and Sarah Ann Davis have the following children : 4. Sam. Bell McKee. 5. James Cain McKee. 6. Sally Banks McKee, who married Orestes Pierce. 7. Nellie A. McKee, who married Nor- man R. Lang. 8. Amy Margaret McKee. All of Oakland, California. Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) "Williams. 429 North Carolina, In the name of God Amen. The twenty-fourth day of October one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, I, samuel williams of the county of Edgeeomb in the province aforesaid being of -do make &c. this my last will and testament in manner and form following, 1. First I give and bequeath to my son William Williams 2. Second, to my son Solomon Williams Third, to Grandson Samuel Williams-- Fourth, to my son Samuel Williams a part of mush Island Fifth, to my loving wife, Elizabeth Williams 3. Sixth, to son Joseph John Williams Lastly, Executors : my son William Williams and my son Solomon Williams and [|my trusty and well be- loved friend Philip Alston. Witnesses : Thomas Kearney, Edmond Kearney, James Alston. Probated at the February court, 1754 (1754) of Edge- combe County upn the probate of Honorable Matthew Rowan, President and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesties' Province of North Carolina, And there is a deed from Hardy Hinton to the said Samuel Williams recorded in Edgeeomb County dated in May, 1744. In the North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, No 1, page 84, is found the following abstract of a will now on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Raleigh. 430 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams nil " William Williams. Dec. 9, ^©^ ; wife Mary, sole executrix, sous, Samuel, John and Stephen, each of my daughters, " The tradition is universally prevalent among his de- scendants, that the first American ancestor was William Williams and came from Wales, and there is a strong prob- ability that this William Williams came to the colony at the same time with John Alston, and that it was his son Samuel, quite young at the time of his father's death, who subsequently married Elisabeth, daughter of John Alston, not in 1715 as has been claimed, but more probably about 1725-28. Thos. Whitmel Esq.=: Elisabeth Hunter Bryan, daugh- ter of Lewis and Elisabeth Bryan, removed together with her family from Surry Co. Va., to Bertie Co. North Caro- lina in 1713. Of their 11 children 5 died in childhood, viz. : William, Lewis, Mary, Janet, Anne, and six left fami- lies, viz, : L Col, Thos, Whitmel, b. 1713; m. Mary Blount; 2d Elisabeth West, II, Elisabeth, b. 1717; m. 1st Geoege Pollock, sou of Gov, Thomas Pollock in 1734, but af- ter living with him one month she returned ta her father's house. No issue came of this mar- riage and Pollock died Feb. 24, 1736. On the 27th Oct. 1736, she married Captain Thomas Blount, by whom she had 2 children, a daughter Winifred who m. Whitmel Hill (a cousin), and a son Whitmel Blount. Capt. Thomas Blount d. Sept 1st 1745, and on Oct. 2, 1746, she was married at her fath- er's house by Needham Bryan to Col. Wil- liam Williams to whom she bore 3 children,, {q. v.). AND Their Descendants. 431 III. Sarah= Henry Hunter, and bad issue. IV. WiuifrednnPhilip Alston, and had issue, [q. v.). V. Mary = 1st Francis Pugh, and had issue, {q. v.). 2d Hezekiah Thompson, and had issue, (q. v.). VI. MARTHA=lst Henry Lawrence Bate, and had issue, {q. v.). 2d Col. John Hill, and had issue, viz. : Whitmel Hill=Winifred Blount, issue: 1. Joseph and 2. John, d. s. p. 3. Thomas Blount Hill, left large family. 4. Elisabethi^ John Anthony and left large family. 1 Col. William Williams was appointed Col. for Martin Co., with Whitmel Hill for Lt. Col., Thomas Wiggins Major and Kennith McKenzie, 2d Major, and was ap- pointed Adjutant of 1st Regiment, Aug., 1775. He was a member of the Provincial Congress at Halifax, April 4, 1776, and of the Constitutional Convention at the same ]dace in Oct., 1776. He married Elisabeth, daughter of Thomas Whitmel, Esq., and widow of Captain Thomas Blount, who bore him three children, viz. : 4 I. Samuel Williaras, born Feb. 10, 1753, who ni. June 13, 1670, Charity Alston Dawson, b. 1756, dau. of John Dawson and Charity (Alston),^ his wife. They had 9 children, (q.v.). II. Elisabeth Williams, who m. John Johnson, bro- ther of Gov. Samuel Johnson. Their dau., Elisabeth Whitmel Williams Johnson, m. Philip, sou of Lt. Col. Wm. Alston (Philip's son) and Martha Hardee, his wife [q. v.). 5 III. Genl. Wm. Williams, of Martin Co., who ra. 1st Mrs. Smith, nee Irwin, no issue; 2d Elisabeth, dau. of Capt. Solomon Williams and Tenipie (Boddie) , his wife, and had large family, (. II. William Tunstall Williams, b. July 25, 1796; d. s. p. Nov. 30, 1828. 20 III. Lucy Barker Williams, b. Nov. 30, 1798 — Elijah Boddie Perry ; issue, (g. v.). Elijah Boddie Perry and Samuel Perry were brothers, and married two sisters. 21 IV. Elisabeth Williams, b. Feb. 4, 1800 = Samuel Perry; issue, (g. v). ,22 V. Henry Guston Williams, Jr., b. April 22, 1802 =Elisabeth Arrington ; issue, (5. v.). 23 VI. Mary Tempie Williams; b. July 2, 1804= Stirling Harwell Gee ; issue, (g. y.). Stirl- ing Harwell Gee and Charles J. Gee were brothers, and sons of Neville GeG=:Betsy Harwell, and married sisters. 2\ VII. Marina Caroline Williams, b. July 16, 1806= Mark Harwell Pettway; issue, (g. v.). 25 VIII. Harriet R. Williams, b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. Nov. 3, 1851=Dr. Landon Clanton; issue (fC ^ ^jC >]< >f; Item. I give, Devise and Bequeath to ray Son John Kinchen, all ray land in Edgecombe County, above the Craighill's line, beginning on the River above the Planta- tion whereon I now live, at the said Craighill's line. Run- ning thence by his line, &c., * ;i« * and also one half of my land in Northampton County, to be divided in the middle, beginning at the River and run- ning a line through the middle so as to make both parts equal, the upper part thereof to my Son John, and also one Negroe man named Sam, that is to say the upper part of my land on both sides Roanoke River (to be divided as afore said), and the said Negroe to ray Son John And his Heirs forever. Itera. I give, Devise and Bequeath to my Son William Kinchen, all the residue of my land and plantation in Edgecombe County whereon I now live, and the lower half of my land in Northampton County, after my Sou John's part on both sides of the River is laid off, I say to my Son William and his Heirs forever. Item. My Will and Desire is that all the residue of my personal Estate, of what kind or nature soever it be (after my just Debts and all charges are paid), shall be equally divided amongst my Children, John, William, Martha, Elizabeth, Mary and Temperance, to them and their heirs forever. Separately. But my Will and desire further is, that there be no division made thereof untill one of my Children should arrive to the age of twenty-one years, or marrys, but the Negroes may be continued on the Lauds or hired out, at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and the profits of their labor to be ap- plied towards the support of the maintenance and school- AND Their Descendants. 523 ing of ray Children; and my farther Will and desire is, that my two Sons, John and William, may be educated as my Extrs. shall think proper, and that the expense thereof be paid out of the Profits of my estate or, otherwise as my executors shall think most proper. ;i< * * And I do hereby constitute and appoint my brothers Blake Baker and Henry Dawson, and my Son John, Ex- ecutors of this my last Will and Testament. In Testi- mony whereof I have hereunto set my band and affixed my seal, this sixth day of November In the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and fifty eight. W. KiNCHEN, Junr. (Seal.) Signed, Sealed, published. Pronounced and Declared to be the last Will and Testament of Wm. Kinchen, in pres- ence of us. Henry Campbell, Peter Jones, Wm. Moore. Edgecombe County, ss. The within Will was exhibited in open Court by the Extrs., and proved by the Oaths of Peter Jones & Wm. Moore, Evidences thereto, and at the same time Blake Baker was qualified as Extr., which on motion is ordered to be certified. Test., Jos. Montfort, C. C. Cojjij of Last Will and Testament of Charity Dawson, Xee Alston. "In the name of God, Amen. I, Charity Dawson, of the County of Northampton, in the province of North Caro- lina, do make and ordain this present writing my testament and last will, in manner and form following, that is to say: First of all, it is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid and satisfied. Secondly. I give and bequeath to my brother, Solo- mon Alston, one negro man slave named Harry, to him and his heirs forever. 524 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson Thirdly. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Charity Dawson, my plantation & tract of laud lying on Tar River, near the falls of said river, in Edgecombe County, The said tract of land containing about five hundred (500) acres, be the same more or less, to her and her heirs and assigns forever. Fourthly. I giv^e and devise to ray son, John Dawson, all my lands and teuameuts lying and being in Halifax County, in said Province of North Carolina, with five (5) plantations therein, to him and his heirs and assigns for- ever. Fifthly. I give and bequeath and devise to my daugh- ter, Charity Dawson, & my son, John Dawson, all the rest of my lands and tenaments, goods and chattels, monies & other estate whatsoever, not hereinbefore mentioned, given, bequeathed or devised, to be equally divided in value be- tween my said children, to hold the moiety or half thereof which to each of them shall be allotted to them and their heirs and assigns forever. Sixthly. It is my will and desire that if both of my said children shall die before they become or arrive at the age of twenty-one years, and not married, that then all the personal estate herein & hereby to them given & be- queathed, should be equally divided between and among my kins folk and relations herein mentioned, that is to say. My deceased brother James Alston's four children, to wit : John, James, Charity & Sarah and my sister, Elizabeth Williams, & my nephews Edward* Kearney, William Williams, Solomon Williams, & James Alston & William Alston, the sons of my brother Solomon Alston, and each of them to hold the part or share which to them shall be allotted, to them and their heirs and assigns f)r- ever. Seventhly & Lastly. I do nominate and appoint ray ■•■■ Edmond, in his father's will. AND Their Descendants. 525 true and trusty friends, Thomas Kearney and William Williams, Executors of this my testament and last will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed ray seal, this twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty- four (1764). Charity Dawson. (Seal) Signed, sealed and published in the presence of John Jones, Mary Granbery and James Josey and Wm. Alston. Codicil. Lastly. I give and bequeath unto my negro, Csesar, seven pounds, Virginia currency, yearly, & his wearing clothes. And he to continue at this plantation he now lives on." Proven May Court, 1764, on the oath of Wm. Alston and John Jones. And Thomas Kearney and William Williams qualifies as Exrs. It is not known certainly when John Dawson came to North Carolina. But we find in April, 1698, at Perquiman's Precinct, he proved his transportation to the Colony, and in the April Court, 1707, he makes an assignment deed to Frances Cambridge, with consent of his wife, Mary; and Dec. 11th, 1735, Barnaby Thomas, in his Avill refers to him as his brother-in-law. From these it seems evident that he married Mary, sister of Barnaby and Philip Thomas, who bore him children, viz.: I. Henry Dawson, who represented North- ampton county in the General Assembly in 1766, and died in 1770. His will mentions : Wife, Patience, and children, 526 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson John DawsoD, Henry Dawson, Stephen Dawson, Mary Dawson and Patty Dawson. II. Daughter (Mary?) who married Wii;- liam Kinchen, Jr.* He was mem- ber of General Assembly at New Berne in December, 1754, and died 1758. Their children were, viz.: Martha, Elisabeth, Mary, Temperance, John Kinchen, and William Kinchen. (Of these, Elisabeth married Philip Kearney {q. v.) One daughter m. Blake Baker, and was the mother of Judge Blake Baker. Another dan. m. — Campbell. The remaining dati. m. — Lane. John Kinchen was a member of the Provincial Council which first metat the court-house in Johnson county, 1775. Together with AbnerNash, in February, 1776, he was sent to Charleston to confer with the ^Committee of Safety for South Carolina. He was also a member of the Provincial Congress from Orange, that met at Halifax, 4th April, 1776. He died in 1793. William Kinchen married Sarah , We take the following from Caruther's History of North Carolina, p. 62, '3, etc.: " David Fanning made a raid on Hillsboro and captured among others, Gov. Burke and William Kinchen, and took them to the prison ships at Charleston, by way of Wil- * In Wm. & M. Quarterly, Vol. VII., No. 4, Page 2G8, W. Wm. Kinchen is mentioned as Vestryman in the Upper Parish, July 13th, 1724, Isle of Wight county, Va. Also Wm. Byrd, in survey- ing the boundary line in 172U, mentions Mr. Kinchen a worthy Magistrate in North Carolina, living in much affluence. Likewise, Wm. Kinchen was Sheriff of Northampton in 1745-8, and was in Edgecombe in 1751. The above mentioned parties were doubtless all the same individual, and the father of Wm. Kinchen, Jr., who died in 1758, besides other children. AND Their Descendants. 527 mingtou. Ou bis way home, Mr. Kinchen sickened aud died After his death, Sarah his widow, mar- ried Col. James Mebaue." D After his wife's death John Dawson married Charity Alston (whose 1st child was born 1756, and who died in March, 1764, in Northampton). In Chowan connty, Sept. 25th, 1706, he purchased land on Stopping Creek. In March and August, 1732, he was a witness to sales of land in Gates county ; also in 1733 he sold land in same county. In 1738 and '40 was a member of Assembly from Bertie, and in 1739 he was ap- pointed Justice of the Peace for the county, and then Sheriff. In March, 1743, he proved rights in Northampton county (cut off from Bertie in 1741). In 1752, he and Thomas Kearney, both members of Assembly, were on a committee to examine and settle public accounts. His name continues with intervals as memder of the Assembly until 1754, after which he became one of Gov. Dobbs' Council until April 22d, 1761, when it disappears from the records- His will, which had been written some years before, was proven in Court February, 1762, in Northampton county. The children of John DAwsoxr^CHARiTY Alston were : 4.8 I. Chaeity Alston Dawson, b. 1756; m. June 13th, 1770, to Samuel Williams, son of Col. William Williams and his wife, Elisabeth (Blount Pollock) Whitmel, and had large family, {q. v.) II. Elisabeth Dawson, mentioned in will of father, but omitted in will of mother, March, 1764, (probably died in the interval.) 4.9 III. John Dawson, b. about 1759, and married Elisa- beth Dorothy Atherton, daughter of Col. 628 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson Jephtha Atherton and his 2d wife, Elisabeth. This Johu Dawsou represented Northampton county in the Legislature in 1780-1782. He then removed to Halifax, and represented that county in the Legislature in 1787-1790. The following were their children : I. John DawsoD, who died in infancy. 11. Jesse Atherton Dawson = Temper- ance Williams Alston, (dau. of Philip Guston Alston =Mary Williams Harris). Was member of Legislature from Halifax county, 1816-1821. Issue: I. John Alston Dawson, who died early. II. Mary Dawson, of whom we have no further record. III. John Henry Dawson, who married Harriet Jane Taylor, and had 2 daughters : 1st. Eleanor Dawson, who married Lewis Alston Thompson, of Mar- tin county, son of Thomas Bond Thompson =: Tempie Maria AVilliams, (q. v.) 2d, Jessie Atherton Dawson, who married Robert Randolph BuRAVELi, of Granville. Issue: I. Walter Dawson Burwell, b. 1860. II. Lewis Dandridge Burwell, b. 1861. III. Jessie Atherton Burwell, b. 1864. IV. Robert Randolph Burwell, Jr., b. 1866. AND Their Descendants. 629 V. Elnora Spottswood Bur- well, b. 1868. YI. Dawson Alston Biirwell, b. 1870. Yll. Temple Williams Burwell, b. 1873. YIII. Spottswood Burwell, b. 1875. IX. John Henry Burwell, b. 1877. X. William Pettigrew Bur- well, b. 1880. XI. Mary Eveline Burwell, b. 1883. III. Sarah Dawson =z Joshua Belt, and had 1 son, Jesse Atherton Bell, who died young. lY. William Williams Dawson emigrated to Texas, s. p. Y. Alston Dawson died young. YI. Henry Dawson =Sarah, dau. of Philip Gus- ton Alston and sister of his brother Jesse's wife, s. p. YII. Charity Alston Dawson, unra. YIII. John Da wson= Martha Green Hunter. Daughter of Jacob Hunter = Patience Williamson. The following account is copied from the Dawson family records, compiled by Chas. C. Dawson, of New York, and published 1874 by Joel Munsel, of Albany, N. Y. John Dawson was born in North Carolina, where he married Martha Green Hunter. They emigrated to Tennessee about 1822, where he died in Maury county, 1843. His 34 al 530 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson widow is still living (1874) at Mt. Pleasant. They had 11 children : I. John Dawson, imm. II. Henry, imm., a physician. III. William Leon, b. 1820 in Warren county N. C, and died 1844 in Maury county, Teun. Mar- ried, {q. v.). IV. Martha Green ra. — Frierson, Columbia, Tenn. V. Jesse Atherton, m. wf. unknown, Okolona, Miss. VI. Temperance Alston m. — Barrow. • VII. Jacob Hunter m. and has family in Forest City, Ark. VIII. Mary P. m. — Dobbins, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. IX. Elisabeth T. m. — J^ong, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. X. Charity Alston m. — Kittrell. XI. Mann Dawson, unm., Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. William Leon Dawson was educated at LaGrange College, Franklin county, Ala., and m. Jan., 1841, Ala F. Winter, b. at Tuscumbia, Ala., 1825. They removed to Madison county, Miss., in 1843, where he engaged in business as a cotton planter. He d. in Oct., 1844, while on a visit to his parents in Maury county, Tenn. Mrs. Dawson res. (1873) at Canton, Miss. They had two sons, viz. : I. John Dawson, b. in Maury county, Tenn., Dec, 1841. He entered the State Uni- versity of Mississippi at 14, and after a year spent there went to the Jesuit Col- lege at Georgetown, D. C, where he re- mained a year. In Sept., 1859, he en- tered the Junior class at Princeton, N. J., where he was graduated in June, 1861 ; but left to join the Confederate army be- AND Their Descendants. 531 fore his diploma was awarded. He en- tered what was called the Army of Ten- nessee as a private, and gradually rose in position to a captaincy, and though in many battles passed unhurt through the war, until near its close. In August, 1864, while sitting in the trenches, near Atlanta, he was struck by a fragment of shell, and received injuries which were supposed to be mortal, the lower part of his face being torn away and the chin and chest bones fractured. He, however, recovered sufficiently to return to Missis- sippi in 1865, and for a time he edited a country newspaper, until elected clerk of the Circuit Court. After serving one term in this office he was re-elected with- out an opposing vote. He was afterwards displaced to make room for an appointee of the military authority, and became as- sociated with Oliver S. Luckett, Esq., in the practice of law. Failing health, how- ever, constrained a cessation of all labor, and after an unavailing visit to the me- diciual springs of northern Alabama he returned to Canton, where he d. in Oct., 1872, unm. He was talented and highly accomplished, brave, modest and refined in character. He d. in the faith of the Protestant Episcopal Church, to which he belonged. II. William Leon Dawson, Jr., b. at Tuscum- bia, Ala., Oct., 1842 ; entered the Jesuit College, at Georgetown, D. C, in 1858, and in 1860 removed to Princeton to re- 532 John and Chaeity (Alston) Daavson ceive private lessons and be near his brottier, then a student at the University. After the commencement of the civil war he returned to Mississippi, and after the passage of the Confederate conscript law, compelling all youths of his age to enlist in the army, he chose the cavalry service, and during the siege of Vicks- burg acted as the private secretary of Gen. Pemberton, for whom he entertained great affection. After the surrender of that city, and his exchange, he was at- tached to the brigade of Gen. Wirt Adams. In consequence of exposure during the war he contracted rheumatism, from which, after a lingering illness, he died in Yazoo county. Miss., in June, 1871, unm. Jephtha Atherton came to North Carolina from Ber- muda prior to 1735 and settled in Northampton county, where he died, 1787. Copy of Will of Jepthn. Atherton, Recorded in Will Book, 1760 to 1792, pages 2-3-^-5, and also on page 378-9, in Clerk's Office, Northampton County, N. C. In the name of God, Amen. I, Jephtha Atherton, of ye State of North Carolina, Northampton Co., being in low state of health, but of sound disposing mind and memory, thanks be given unto God for ye same, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, in manner and form following : Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Penelope Brunson, one Negro man named Tom, one Negro Wench named Patience, also one named Jude, another named AND Their Descendants. 533 Kitt, and another negro girl named Dinah, one horse by ye name of Hassard, and one Bed and furniture. I also give unto her the profits of a half share of land, lying and being in ye Island of Bermuda, Which land I rented to Mr. Sara'l Bascuni in the year 1761, for which I have not received one farthing ye said lands. She being ye true and only heir to the same, being descended from Peter Pruden of the aforesaid Island. Ye aforesaid arti- cles, I give to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to Jessee Atherton Dawson one negro girl named Temp, and one negro boy named Sam, being a child of Smith's, to him and his heirs for- ever. Item. I give and becjueath to Charity Dawson, one negro girl named Vining, to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to John Dawson, one negro girl and child by ye name of Lender, a child of Lifts ; another by ye name Anthony, from said Wench, to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give unto ray daughter, Dorothy Dawson, one negro fellow named Will, which she have received, one negro boy by ye name of Rufus ; one negro Wench by ye name of Litt ; and such articles as she have heretofore re- ceived of me, to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give unto Francis Atherton Bynum, one negro fellow named Jacob, one negro girl named Amy, a daugh- ter of Sarah's, to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto Drewry Bynum, son of my daughter Mary Bynum, one negro girl named Lidia, child of Vileto, and one negro girl named Easter, a daughter of Amy's, to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Bynum, one negro Wench named Vilet, one, do., named Mary; also one Jeames have named Prince, saddle and bridle, bed and furniture, to her and her heirs forever. 534 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Temper- ance Atherton, one negro fellow named Henry, and one negro Wench named Balinda, one girl named Crease, and one do. Cealah, one do. named Hischer ; also one boy by the name of Isaiah. I also give to my daughter Temper- ance, one feather-bed and furniture and saddle and bridle that she have now ye command of it ; also it is my desire that she have a sponsible horse of about twenty-five Value, the same to be paid in gold or silver. The hereto- fore articles, I give to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to ray daughter, Frances Atherton, one negro lad named Nelson, one, do. named Little Arthur, one negro Wench named Sylvy, one do., named Mirma, one negro boy named Stephen, one do., named Anthony. Also it is my desire that she may have a horse, bridle and saddle at about twenty-five pounds value in gold or silver ; also one bed and furniture, the same to be delivered When she comes of lawful age or marries. Also I give the aforesaid to her and her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son, Jessee Ather- ton, all the lands that I am possessed with, containing one tract I bought of Barnaba Thomas [Barnaby Thomas was brother-in-law to John Dawson and died 1735. His Will being dated Oct. 5, 1735 and probated Dec. 11th, 1735. (N. C. Geneological Register, No. 1.)], one do., I bought of Wm. Cowper, joining said tract, Which said tract ye Court-house now stands on ; also one tract I bought of Bennet Hill, lying in ye meadows ; also one tract I bought of Gen'l Allen Jones, lying in ye Occonee- chee Neck, containing three Hundred and fifty acres, and also all ye negroes that I am possessed with, excepting them that I have heretofore given away, viz.: Isham, Mary, Artis, James that I bought of Turner Bynum, Jim, George, Bob, Auston, Jeffrey, Andrew, Lazarus that I AND Their Descendants. 535 bought of Mr. Wm. Kincheu, aud Will that I bought of Wm. Vaughan, Grace, Lucy, Jiuue, do. Jinne, Sinth, Amy, Cherry, Cato, Nau, Charlotte, and all ye rest of my whole estate, stock of all kinds, bonds, notes, debts, dues and demands of any kind whatsoever. It is also my de- sire that my debts be paid out of the Estate left in said clause, and further desire is that my wife should be hand- somely maintained out of the remaining part of ray son Jessee Atherton's Estate, during her natural life. The above said legacies I give to my Son Jessee Atherton, his heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby appoint ray Wife, Betty Atherton, aud John Dawson, ray whole and sole Executors of this ray last will and testaraent. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, this 19th day of Jan'y, A. D., 1787. Jeph. Atherton. (Seal) Teste : J. Dawson. Nancy Gibes. Ja]\ies Cotton. her Celia X Bryant. raark. Proved by oath of John Dawson aud James Cotton, and Betty Atherton qualified as Executrix. Certified and recorded June Court, 1787, Northampton Co. E. Haynes, C. Ct. Of his children, we have no records of the daughter, Penelope Brunson, by his 1st wife. Of his 2d wife, Elisabeth, we have no certain knowl- edge, though it is believed that she was a Dawson, or more probably a sister of Wm. Kincheu, Jr. Of her issue : Jesse Atherton d. s. p. 536 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson. Elisabeth Dorothy= John Dawson, [q. v.). . ij Mary=:Byuum ; 1 son, Jesse Atherton Bynum. Teraperance^James Barnes. Frances^ Gideon Alston, (q. v.). Children of Temperance = J AMES Barnes : I. Jephtha Atherton Barnes=Mary Clark Williams and had 1 dau., Charity Dawson Barnes = Whitmel Hill Anthony; issue, [q. v.). II. Lavinia Dorothy Barnes = Whitmel John Hill. Issue : 1. James Charles Hill, unm. 2. Nannie Hill= — Elliott. 3. Thomas Norfleet Hill= 1st. Elisabeth Hall. I j 2d. Mary Long. \ '''^''®- 4. Louisa Hill = Benj. Gordon Smith; issue. 5. Rebecca Norfleet Hill== Peter Evans Smith; issue. 6. Atherton Barnes Hill=Elisabath Hyman ; issue. INDEX. A Ache 270 Adair, Forest 244 Adams, Arth 209-10 Adkins 290 Adkinson 280 Akehurst 97-9 Alexander 39, 352, 447 Allaine 220 Allen, Chris 121-8 " 45, 154, 240, 261, 421, 480, 513 Alsabrook 473 Alstan IS Alston, Absalom . ^. _372 " Alex. G T.' 155 " Alfred 323-6-8, 372 " Alfred A 194-7 " Aluston 470 " Andrew 160 " Anne 83, 132, 141 " Archibald 131, 32S-4 " Arthur 100 " Audley 276 " Augustus, 133-4, 288, 273, 313 AUston, Adile 64 " Ann 44,' 67 " Benj. . 44-5-6, 51, 60, 64, 70 Alston, Benj 310-11 " Benj.Orowell 124 " Bennett P 324, 461 " Bethel H 407 " Blake B 151 " Blount 270 " Bragg 155 *■ Bryant G 324 " Butler 140 Calvin 372 " Caroline 86-7, 403 *' Charity 96, 191, 192, 361 Alston, Charles 80-4-5, 88 131-2, 154 " Charlotte 83 Allston, Chas. P 64 Alston, Chris 158 ' ' David 140 " Daniel 134 " Drew 139, 141 " Edgar 131 " Edmond 83 Allston, Elisab.40-2, 51, 67-9, 90 Alston, Eliz 91, 141 " Elinor 42, 43 " Esther, 67, 117 " Eudora 826 " Euphan 110 Allston, Edward 90 Alston, Edward . 150-4, 323-7-8, 358 " Erasmus 120 " Evelyn 19, 313 " Fanny 82-118 " Fanny Foster 192 Allston, Francis 41, 67 Alston, Frank 325 " Gadsden 140 Allston, George 45 Alston, George 14, 197 " George L 372 " George W., 177, 333, 358, 386 " Gideon ....113, 120-1-5, 177 183, 325 " Gordon 154 " Gray Sills 155 " Guston 275-9, 312-3 " Guy Court 125 Allston, Hannah 44 " Helen 82 " Hester 42 Alston, Hardaway 274-6 538 Index, Alston, Henry 15, 101, 141-9 160-1, 192-7, 309 " Herbert 328 " Howard 132, 828 " Hubbard W 323 " Hugh 19 i " Ida Douglas 125 " Isaac 209 " Jacob 80-4 " Jacqueline 125 •' James. .92-5, 122, 139, 140-1 150-4-8, 191, 231-4, 274-6 298, 302-10, 361, 372-3-5 389, 489 " James A 403 " James E 379 " James M 193, 405 " James J 311, 502 " James Y 378, 385 " James B 142 " James W 153 " Jessee A 120 AUston, John 39, 40-2-4-5 67-8, 89 Alston, John . . 14, 82, 91-3, 110-6-7 120-1-2, 139, 140-1-2, 154 190, 209, 274-5, 36 1-9 370-1-2-6 " John A 79, 82, 125 " JohnC 121-4 " John D 358 " John G 379 " John H 153-4, 160 " John J. . .148, 176-7, 311, 460 " John M 406 " John R 85-7 ♦' John T 372, 403 " Joseph John. . . ^, 110, 116 149-50, 176-7, 183, 194-7 " Joseph 79, 82, 117-8-279 " Josephine 81-3 A listen, Joseph. 44, 56,67-8, 75, 89 " Joseph B 61 " Joseph N 61 " Joseph W 60-1 Alston, Joseph A 405 " Joseph D 158 " Joseph E 403-5 " Joseph G 161 " Joseph H 134 " Joseph K 140 " Joseph W 177 Allston, Josias 41-4-5 Alston, Junius 183 " Kemp P 151,326, 477 '• Lemuel J. . . .192-3-4-6, 372 " Leonidas 132, 378, 389 " Lewis 142,204-9 Allston, Louise 64 " Martha 42-3-4, 95 " Mary 40-4,51,64-7, 86 Alston, Margaret 132-141 " Martha 94, 159 " Mary 140, 177 " Major 151 " Mark P 125 " Medicus 310-1-2 " MicajahT. J 153-7 " Nathaniel. 375 " Nathaniel Chas 403-4 " Nathaniel Kimb 378 386-7-8 " Nathaniel Macon. 177-9, 460 " Nathaniel Yancey . . . .378-9 ' ' Nich's Faulcon 323, 467 " Norman 184 " Oroondates 148 " Owen 205 Allston, Peter .40-1, 89, 90 Alston, Paul W 155 " Peter 140 " Philip. 93-5, 103, 139, 141-2 191, 307-9, 371-2 " Philip G 307,331-3, 358 461, 473 " Philip Henry 231 " Philip James 238 " Philip KD 177, 184 " Philip Lewis 209 " Philip Somerville 141 Index. 539 Alston, Philip W. W 311 " Rebecca 68, 85, 141 Allston, Robt. F. W 60, 64 Alston, Robert. . .121-4, 140, 313 " Robert A 134 " Robert H 379 " Robert P 177 " Robert AVest 132-3 " Robert Wms 326, 358-9 " Rowland 22, 82 " Fred Rowland 85 Allston, Samuel 41-2 Alston, Samuel. 140, 308-9-12, 346 " Samuel C 132 " Samuel Fitts 197, 354 " Samuel T. 3 A 346-7, 358, 461 " SamuelW 310-1-2, 432 " Samuel Y 148 " Sallie Moddena 325 " Selby 121 -" Solomon. 93-5, 185-90-1, 209 274-5-9, 358, 371 " Spencer 153-5-7 " Susan 86, 117 " Temperance 157 " Theodore S 380 Allston, Thomasin 40 " Thomas 68 Alston, Thomas 21, 81-3, 149 160-1-2, 192, 275, 310-11-12 " Thos. Surges 194 " Thos. C 122-379 ■' Thos. F 386-7 " Thos. G 86 " Thos. L 82, 152 •' Thos. Nicholas 223 " Thos. P 79, 84-5-7, 151 " Thos. W 309, 322 " Van Wyck 328 " Waldemar 35, 379, 380 " Walter 324 " AVarren J 404 " Whitmel H 310 Allston, Washington 51 •' AVm. AYashington 60 Allston, AA^m. Allen 61 " AA"m. Moore 51 " AVilliam 40-1-2-4, .50 67-8-9, 70 Alston, AAMlliam 75, 81, 93-5 103-10-17-40-41-50, 190 203-9, 230, 276, 307-10-11 361, 371, 432 " AA'm. A 51, 79, 81, 406 " A\"m. F 346 " AA^m. H 194, 231-7 " AVm. J 85,379, 380 " AA^m. M 312 " AVm. Sam'l 403 " AA^m. Thorne 325-8 " AVm. AVma 178, 193-6 " AVillis.... 104-10-1 6, 130-1-2 141-9, 153-4, 192 " AAlllis C 158 " AVillis AV 133, 155, 158 Amory 52 Anderson 135, 299 " Ed. L 134 " J. A 405 " John H 182 " Joseph in Andrews 258, 434 " J. A 69 " Arch'dB 69 Anthony 279, 502 " AA^hitmelH 433, 532 " AVm. AVhitmel 436 Applegate 474 Arbury 303 Archinard 335 Armour ■452 Armstrong 250, 264, 427 Arnold 241, 255, 389 Arrington....l21, 150, 324, 434-6 492, 509-10 Ashcomb 21 Ashe 76, 368 Ashley 306 Askins •■• "^04 Atchinson 51 , 68 540 Index. Atherton 120, 523 Atwood 389 Austin 329, 442, 454 Autrey 245 Avent 469 Axtell 39 Aycock 268 Ayres 97 B Bachman 84 Bacon 137 Bacot 88-9 Badger 241, 322, 4-13, 486 Bailey 109, 405, 424 Bainbridge 1 72-3 Baker. . .109, 210, 289, 303, 468, 522 Baldwin 60, 179, 243 Ball 318 Ballard . .147, 275,462-7,476-8, 500 Banks 143-4, 252-271, 375-6 Eaptiste 172 Barbee 286, 291 Barclay 470 Barham 467 Barkes 286 Barnes 146, 162, 432, 532 Barnett 261 Barnwell 87 Barrett 244 Barringer 17S, 322 Barrow 211-12, 462. 526 Bartlett 482 Bartow'b 125 Bascom 529 Bass 261, 386 Basser 277 Battle 503 Battelle 157 Beal 389 Beardsley 402 Beasley 279 Beaumont ... 71 Beck 457 Beckwith 157 Beckman 156 Belin 41, 89 Bell 276, 396-9, 510, 525 Bender. 161 Bennett 98 Benton 146, 292-5-6, 320-2 Berry 134 Berwick 228 Biddis 40 Bihm 130 Bill 662 Bindloss 20 Bird 97, 267 Byrd 94, 416 Blackshear 262 Blackwell 402 Blair 334 Blake 39, 239 Blanchard 274 Blick 460 Bloodworth 256 Bloomfield 25 Blount 279,322, 430 Blyth 70 Boatner 228-10 Bobbitt 120-7 Bobo 136 Boddie 152,448 Bond 279 Bonner 503 Bonneau 89 Boone 39, 380 Boothe 20,311 Borden 47 Borey 22 Bostic 277-82 Bouligny 23 Bowers 452 Bowie 226-7-8 Bowman 73, 211-13, 398 Boyd 109,371,458, 492 Bradford 214, 379, 417 Bradley 274 Brame 451 Branch 114-20, 322, 483 Index. 641 Bratton 134 Bressie 247 Brewer 219 Brewster 262 Brewton 76, 85 Briggs 406 Brinkley 487 Broadwell 109 Brockway 473 Brodie 179, 323, 466-7 Bomey 379 Bronson 499 Brooke 25, 134 Brothers 485 Broward 422 Brown 270, 419, 465, 481 " Anne Bobo 136 " Alfred A -.' 196 " Esther 43 " L. B 194-6 " Eidley 117 " Kobert 134 Browning 15 Bruce 296 Brunson 528 Bryan 68-9, 178, 461 Bryant 309,430-84,531 Buchannon 490 Bullock 43 Burdon 389 Burgen 150 Surges 88, 122, 323-9, 336-7 340, 486 Burke Burlse 243 Burnby 110 Burney 263 Burnett 49-50 --Burr 80 Burrington Ill Burt 275,447, 453 Burton 438,460-4 Burwell 455-8, 462, 528 Bush 246,408 Butler 166,215 Butt 215,262-7-8 Bynum . 529, 532 C Cabell 15, 232-6 Cafey 100 Cade 377 Cain 361, 371, -120-3 Caldwell 239, 260, 424 Calhoun 48, 232 Calloway 248, 368 Calvert 178 Calvet 334-9, 345-6 Camp 237 Campbell 73, 224-70, 522 Candler 145 Cannon 322, 379 Capeheart 440 Carl 279 Carlisle 316 Carnall 438, 441 Carpenter 350 Carr 501 Carraway 465 Carrington 498 Carroll 139-42, 264 Carstarphan 112 Carter 216-41, 389, 468 Cary 98, 172-3, 221-3, 311 Cathcart 513 Cave ■ 291 Chadwick 403-8 Chambers 231 Chambless 160 Champlin 416-7 Chance 167 Chancey 109 Channing 51 Cheatham 328 Cheek 240, 274-5 Cheney 377 Chicester 219 Childress 181 Chipman 256 Chisholm 58 542 Index. Christian 86 Christmas 132, 249, 502 Claiborne 118-9, 235 Clanton 275, 446, 484, 494 Clapp 411 Claris 91, 131, 241 Clarkson ... 71 Clay 243, 276 Clayton 24, 327, 422 Clegg 407 Cleiland 86 Clements 500 Clore 198 Coachman 46, 60, 89 Cobb 225, 408, 434 Cochran 279 Cochrell 137 Cocke 308, 331-5-6, 394 Codd 181 Coke 222, 436 Coleman 72, 243, 258 Collier 289, 418 Collins 883-5, 432 Colman 19 Commander 109 Compton 21 Conningland 486 Connor 307 Cook 46, 115, 124-5, 283, 325 456, 465 Cooper.. .84, 110, 135, 170-2, 236 453 Corbett 236 Corts 284 Cosby 117, 392 Cotton 176, 182-3, 517, 531 Coupland 102-3-6, 261 Courtney 215 Covington 281 Cozart 319 Crawford. .256, 298-9, 300-1-23-35 338-15 Crawley 121 Creagh 332-3 Creighton 333, 473 Cripps 45 Crittenden 4i20 Crofts 21 Crowell 119-20 Crook 260 Crookenbury 23 Cross 264 Crossland 309 Crudup 283 Crum 160 Crump .' 183 Cullum 277 Culpepper 109-10 Cunningham 498 Currie 99, 181, 246 Curtin 152 Dale 170 Darner 353 Dameron 469 Dana 51 Daniel. .121-8-9-130, 287, 443, 478 483 Dargan 47 Daughtrie 404 Davidson 143 Davie 130 Davis 117, 182, 274-9, 288, 339 447, 450-5 " Archibald 326-7, 493 " Ed 423-5-7 " Jennie 117 " John 209,326, 358 " Plummer 326 " Samuel 493 Dawson 93, 517-531 Day 490 Dealy 224 Dean 255 DeJarnett 419 DeGraffenriedt 148-9, 178 DeGrandpre 200 DeLauney 109, 164, 263 DeLepline 44-5 Index. 543 DeMoss 161 Dendy 255 Dennis 151 Dent 72 DePriest 176 DeRousserye 39 Devereux 445 DeYampert 248 Dickens 29S, 301-3-22, 427 Didlake 340-5 Dillahunty 266 Dimick 143 Dismukes 73 Ditch 224 Ditmar 396 Divison 97 Dobbins 526 Dobbs 95, 523 Dobson 281 Dockery 271 Doherty or Dougherty . . .219, 226 Dooley 401 Dorrough 255 Doub 122 Doughtie 147 Downe 369 Downey 14 Downing 91 Drake 238,441,475-9 Dubose 237, 292 Dudley 361-6, 417-19 Duke 299, 322, 346 Dula 240 Dulant 230 Dumas 296 Duncan 49 Dundee 171 Dunkin 85 Dunklin 252 Dunlap 258 Dunn 121-2-3 Dupre 44-50 Durant 75, 368 Darden 145 Durham 183 Durnford 22 Dwight 68-9, 88, 341 E Early 349 Eason 435 Easter 354 Easton 331 Eaton 113, 322, 328, 351, 445 470-1, 509 ^1^- Eborn 434 Echols 404 Eden 513 Edwards 289 Egerton 467, 493 Eldred 337, 341 Eleanor 468 Ellery 51 Elliott 71 Eppes 443 Erwin 357 Estes 241, 271 Ethridge 435 Evans 457 Evelyn 24 Exum 275 F Failing 236 Fair 420 Fairwell 40 Falconer 470, 481 Faulkner 501 Fanning 138, 330 Faribault 313-4 Farrar 59, 200 Faulcon 121, 322, 346, 471-4 480-1,492 Fawcett 486 Fell 401 Fendall 368 Fergusson 146-277 Field 139, 508 Fisher 134-7, 279 Fitch 224 544 Index. Pitts 336, 341-9, 353-6 Fitzgerald 260 Fitzpatrick 245 Fitzsimmons 84 Flagg 52 Fletcher SBS Flewellyn 238 Flinn 353 Flournoy 813 Floyd 135,256,314, 409 Foster.. .20, 282, 824, 353,382, 396 464-5 Fouchereaud 75 Fowle 482 Fowlkes 381, 449 Franklin 101, 258, 267 Fraser 82, 152, 183, 258 Freeman 118, 262, 378 Frierson 164, 526 Frobel 196 Fulcher 139 Fussell 142 Gadsden 140 Gaillard 135 Gaines 348 Gaither , 164 Galvez 200 Gait 421 Gamble 380 Gamewell 268 Gantt 389,401-2-3 Gaunt 443 Garden 43, 51 Garvin 84 GateAvood 421 Gay 331 Gayles 434 Gay ley 144 Gee 442-6-7, 453-4 George 466 Geycer 315 Gibbes .51-3-7-8, 531 Gibbons 236 Gilliam 492 Gilmore 377-9, 381-2-5, 509 Gindrat 142 Girardeau 48 Glaister 98 Olasscock 139 Glaze 335-7, 341-2-3-4 Glenn 249, 369-71, 507-8 Glennie 85 Glover ,166, 246, 408-17 Godwin !....97, 160, 281 Gogarza 86 Golland 513 Golson 170 Gooche 158, 490 Goode 124 Goodloe 117 Goodman 86-7 Goodwin 244, 278 Gordon 153, 420 Gorea 246 Goss 319 Gourdine 44 Grace 340 Graham 129, 130, 476 Grainger 315 Granberry 145 Grandy 453 Granville 486 Gratville 296 Gray 209-10-11 Green. .86, 109, 116, 153, 243-4-5-6 312-16-18, 322, 462-4-6-7 502-11 Greer 167, 384 Gregory 184 Grey 379 Griffin 433-5, 440 Grimstone 20 Grindley 14 Groves 376-402 Grubbs 241 Grump 262 Guerry 87 Guffington 300 Index. 545 Gunter 178 Guston 95 Guthrie 286 Guzman 173 Hackett 389, 400 Haige 61 Haile 198, 229 Hall 135,221, 432, 510 Hamlin. . .127, 150, 177-9, 183, 416 Hamilton 73, 231-2, 442, 454 Hampstead 20 Hancock 291 Handson 26 Hannis 862 Hannley 486 Hardee 298 Hardy 287, 440 Hare 24 Harllee 437 Hargraves 291 Harney 244 Harper 255, 291, 451 Harrington 436 Harris 219,322-32-89, 419-41 " Elisabeth 39 " Gideon 126 " Gendrat 140 " James 474, 481 " Jephtha 257 " John 39 " Rebecca 40 " Sam'l S 139, 143 " Wm. Whit 482, 499 '• Wm 120, 139, 142, 481 " Willis 120-6 Harrison 276, 448-9, 472 Hartsell 270 Hartwell 507-10 Harvey. .14, 146, 277, 309, 403, 445 Harvie 268, 389 Harwell 162-6, 184 Hatch 98 Hathaway 513 35 al Haughton 510 Havard 149 Hawkins. . .219, 272-3, 287, 300-22 480 " James 131 " John 112 " Joseph 116, 310 " Philemon 502-3-7 Hay 313 Hayden 166, 173-5 Hayne, S 80, 631 Haynie 225-6 Hayes 88,275, 359 Haywood 273, 322, 443, 487 Heard 255,385-9 Heath 475 Heilig 183 Heins 58 Heiskill 343 Hemminger 69 Hemphill 262 Henderson . . 169, 192, 268, 296, 344 500 Hendrix 358, 422 Henley 162-4-6 Henry 194, 273, 322 Hereford .2*6-7 Herndon 276 Herron 399 Hertzog 344 Hester 225 Hetherwicke 346 Heyward 46 Hibben 48 Hildreth 379 Hill 91, 110, 117, 192, 240-9 354-6, 431, 448, 5H6 " Henry 309, 334, 474 " Samuel 210 " Thomas 110, 161 " Whit. John 536 Hilliard... 282,323, 441 Bines 190, 250, 295-8, 371 Hinson. 386 Hinton 147, 292-5, 304-5 546 Index. Hobson 284,409, 476 Hodges 403 Hoey 339 Hogan ....279, 288 Hogge 449, 492 Holland 49-50 Holliday 304 Hollingsworth 167 Hollister 138 Holman 129 Holmes 96 Honour 157 Hooker 282 Hooks 290 Hooper 124, 489 Hopkins 267, 509 Hopson 395 Horah 237 Home 129 Howard 133, 237 Howze 163, 194-5, 249, 452 Hudgins 472 Hudson 19, 170, 406 Huff 237 Huger 68, 75, 85-8, 196 Hughes 255 Hughey 281 Hunt 100, 183, 473 Hunter. ..190-1, 243-5-8, 271, 318 339-344, 466, 473 Hurt 261, 298, 302 Huston 486 Hyde 274-6 Hyman 532 I Inge 471 Ingraham 45, 241 Irby 449, 450-4-6 Irvine 470 J Jackson 176-181 James 367 Jarauta Padre 480 Jaudon 241 Jeffreys 284-7, 312-17-75 Jenkins 117, 167, 481 Jernian 47-8 Jernigan 258-9, 260 Jervey 48 Jewell 136 Johnson... 112, 128, 145, 214, 269 274-8, 280, 315-343-4 380-8, 408, 432, 517 Johnstone. . . .68, 70-1-2, 268, 289 \ 502-7-10-1 1 J Jolly 452 Jones, Alpheus 250, 282 I " Alfred 283 " Alston 283 " Britton 285-6-7 " Burwell 288 " Calvin 463 " Charles 454 ' ' Edward 248 " Edmund 191 " Evan 283 " Frank 285-7, 298, 302 " George 326> " Henry 286, 290 " James 191, 250, 461 " James K 295 " John 282-7 " Joseph 454 " Kimbrough 288, 291 " Mark P 283 " Mathew.. 102,285-6,290-5 " Nath'l 274, 285-6 " Needham 282-9 " Ridley 286 " Robert ..." 124 *' Rush A 384 " Seth 274, 282 " Shugun 249 " Sidney 290 " Solomon 2-51,272^7^ " Thomas.... 60, 289, 378, 434 460 I " Tignal 285-7 J Index. 547 Jones, Wm. A 289 Jordan 109, 268, 277-8, 280-1 302, 393, 404 Jowett 130 Joyner 438, 442-3, 490 Joyce 508 Kay 239 Kearney Ill, 491-505 Keeler '. 214 Keith 70, 468 Kellum 386 Kenan 135 Kennedy 49, 467 Kennon 170 Kent 80, 378 Kilpatrick 486 Kimball 209 Kimbrough . 190, 286-7, 292-7, 418 Kinchen 516,522 King. .69, 91, 135, 246-7, 269, 274-8 281-9, 473, 506 Kingsland 129 Kirchham 350-1 Kirchland 135, 140 Kirchman 69, 463 Kitchen 121-3, 314 Kittrell 271, 526 Klepstein 48 Kolb 292 LaBas 39 LaBruce 67-90 Lackie 210 Ladson 84 Lane 522 Langdon 312, 319 Langham 20 Langhorn 97 Lassiter 463 Lawrence 282, 433, 481 Lavender 152 Leake 221 Leach 347, 351 Lee 163-6-7, 226, 282 LeFleur 204, 238 Leland 48-9 Lemay 124 Lemon 21, 86, 221 Lenox 72 TiConard 268 Lepline 45 Lespeyre 43 Lewis. ... 58, 35, 192, 299, 370, 418 436, 448 Lide 383 Lightfoot 118 Ligon 466 Lillington 361-9, 476 Lilly 211, 228 Lindley ,. .^;.'. 59 Lindsay 491 Lin^thicum 216 Lipscomb 49 Lips-y 122 Litchford 128 Little 273 Littlejohn 14 Lobdell 216,219-20 Locke 70 Lockett 452 Lockhart 230, 396-8, 509 Lockwood 240 Logan 278 Loggins 386-7 London 181 Long. . . .160, 183, 256, 486, 494, 536 Loper 195 Loucks 218 Love 268, 270 Lovett 160 Loveless 338 Lovick 513 Lowery 379, 409 Lowndes 64 Louther 523 Loyd 69,91, 183, 282 Lucas 71, 441, 478 548 Index. Ludwell 97 Lukens 150 Lummus 401 Lumpkin 247 Lupton 41 Lynch 68, 73 Lyle 211 Lyon 163-5,212, 468 Maclin 189,313 Macon. . . .110, 112. 116. 120, 127-8 249, 274, 503-8 McBryde 14 McOalla 255 McCann 330 McCarty 268, 411-12 McOauly 303 McClelland 48 McClenehan 178 McCormick 452 McCoy 340 McCrady 74-5 McCrary 160,281 McCreight 155 McCrindle 214 McCullars 285 McDonald 68, 281 McDowell 150,506 McEachin 353 McGara 231 McGill 134 McGinty 408 McGraw 144 McGwin 148 McGuire 156, 299 Mcllwain 118 Mcintosh 61 McLemore . . . 322 McLeroy 14 McMillan 378 McPherson 79 McRea 437 Madacy 251 Mallory 171 Malone 362 Mangum 423-5 Mann 20, 468 Manson 404 Marable 480 Marion 41,42, 68 Marlin 243 Marshall . . .309, 315, 325, 337, 348 382, 385 Martin . . .14, 40, 169, 276, 279, 299 320, 323, 347, 356, 357, 509 Marvin 277 Maryman 394 Mason 82 Mass 170 Massenburg 288, 473 Massie 237, 278 Matheson 154, 162, 457 Mathews 213, 465 Maxwell 71, 197, 262 Mays 279,379, 388 Mayfield 357, 489 Mayrant 58 Mayo 101, 176, 229 Meade 22, 61, 104 Mebane 177 Medley 148 Mercer 243 Meroney, Henry.. 94, 103, 110, 145 Merritt 290, 300 Meriwether 384 Metcalf 224, 299 M'hoon 220,255, 428 Michael 169 Mickle 241 Middleton 82 Miller. .49,215,238,268,426-7, 444 Milling 242 Mills 72, 105, 222, 453 Minor 215 Miree 458 Mitchell 40, 42, 263, 295, 317 Mitchener 284 Monk 45 Montague 282 Index. 549 Montford ,121, 313, 448, 487, 519 Montgomery 275, 339, 345, 408 Mood 240 Moody 262 Moore. . 42, 51-2, 64, 104, 239, 240 276, 294, 329, 330 331,368,369, 418 Moorer 160 Morgan :.146, 191 Morrall 45 Morris 338 Morse ^ . . . . 174 Morton 59^ 277( 380' Moseley 362-8, 487 Moss 222, 262 Motte 73, 76, 320 Moxby 438 Mulford 331 Murphy 153 Murray 124 Mustin 85 Mutter 14 Myers 252 Myrick 189 N Nabors 167 Napier 263 Neal 121 Neece 386 Neely 279 Nesh 279 Neuce 20 Newbold 69 Newell 120, 151 Newsome 151, 284 Nichols 87-9 Nicholson .20,61,271,441,478-481 Nisbet 79, 401 Nix 402 Nixon 366 Noah 226 Nolen 277 Norfleet 437-8, 440 Norris 386, 400 North 61 Norton 158-5-7, 175 Norwood 114, 404 Nowell 46 Nunkin 40 Nunn 291 Nye 261 O Ogden 178 Oliver 256-7, 269, 301 O'Reily 200 Osborne 257 Ott 238 Overstreet 124-5 Owens 300, 334, 484-5 Oxford 477 P Packard '. . . 498 Page 118, 280, 443 Paine 270, 425-6 Palfrey 221-4 Palin 98, 100 Palmer 89, 90, 110, 148, 490 Pamor 39 Parham 506 Parker 16, 94, 232, 462, 500-1 Parkerson 22J-2 Parkes 212 Parmer 366 Parsons 507 Paschal 281 Patterson 291, 466, 472-7 Patton 473 Pawley 40, 68 Paxton 286 Percival 40 Peacock 263 Pearce 342, 469 Pearson 32^331 Peay 178 Peck 349 Peebles 275 Pegues 194, 347, 351-2-3, 450 455, 458 550 Ind Pemberton 85 Penning 19 Percy 218 Perkins 154,323, 385 Perkinson J 59 Perrie 209 Perry, Elijah 330, 446, 450-1 " Joshua 447 " Nathan 460-3 " Samuel . . .284, 440-7-8, 450-3 463-6 Person 445 Pesy 274 Peters 468 Pettit 59, 472 Petigru 60 Pettway 249, 416, 454-8 Petty 47 Peurifoy 256, 467 Phenny 513 Philips 180 Pickens 232 Pickering 22 Pickett. . . .142-3-5, 294, 372,418-9 Pierce 316 Pilkinton 368 Pinckney 70 Pippin 152 Pitman 20, 197 Platen 100 Pleasants 325 Pledger 262, 447 Plowder 406 Plummer. . .112, 323, 466, 507, 509 511 Poe 183 Polk 273,322, 463, 480 Pollard 250 Pollock 91, 430 Ponder 461 Poole 67 Pope 286,443, 450 Porcher 87, 257 Porter 368-9 Potts 116 EX. \ Powell ' 147, 339, 469 Preston 490 Pretty 253 Prewitt 50 Price 282, 489 Pringle 64,72, 80 Prioleau 73 Prior 61 Pritchard 256, 436 Proctor. 43, 470 Prophit 416-7 Pruden 533 Pugh 432,437-8, 444 Pullen 290 Pulliam 284 Purcell 383 Pyatt .44, 46 Pye 22 Pyron 278 B Radwell 468 Raiford 419 Ragland 427 Rainey 278-281 Randall 248 Randolph 143 Ransdell 335-8-9, 345 Ransom. . . 249, 321, 502, 510, 511 Ravenel 68, 232 Ralls 248 Ray 463 Raynor 322 Read 43, 84, 448-9 Reavis 466 Reedy 262 Reeks 456 Reese 300 Reeves 72, 331 Reid 135, 467 Respass 504 Ressler 262 Revear 190 Reynes 22 Reynolds 21, 173-4, 246-7 Index. 551 Ehodeg. ...2-44, 299, 314, 340, 385 Richards 469 Eice 179 Richardson 389, 401 Riddick 146-7-8 Ridgeway 402 Ridley 274-5, 296, 486 Rives 148, 473 Rivers 499 Roach 485 Roche 42 Roberts 369, 379, 417 Robertson 261, 393 Robinson. . . .64, 100, 380, 418, 419 421, 453 Robson 300 Rochelle 167 Rogers 51, 341 Rosser 252 Rothmaller 68 Roundtree 304 Routh 226 Rowland 244 Rucker 207, 237 Rudisill 256 Ruffin 382, 423-4 Russell 408, 472 Rutledge 86 Ryalls 403 St. John 21 S Saddler 100 Sales 401 Salisbury 226 Sanders 49, 82, 151-2-3, 268 389, 395, 450 Saunders 39, 241 Sanford 277, 344 Scales 269, 279, 471, 481 Scott 235, 344, 372, 421 Seabrook 378 Searin 493 Seawell 249, 322, 400, 507-8 Seile - 23 Selby 22, 121 Sellars 377 Seward 93 Shackelford' 248 Sharp 370 Shearin 127 Sheftal 134 Shell 127-9, 153-9 Shepard 4I8 Sherlock 352 Sherrod 264, 364 Sherwood lOO Shields ....... .163, 378, 449, 490 Shoemaker 472 Shubrick 73 Shugun 249 Siddons 263 Sills 154, 461, 473 Simons 40, 42, 43, 51 Simonton 86 Sims 261 Simpson 396-9 Singleton 46 Skelton 251 Skidmore 256 Skillman 225-6 Skinner 117, 131 Slade 435 Sledge 243 Smallwood 440 Smith 39, 50, 76, 83-5, 86, 99 129,195,221-2-3, 246, 414 415, 417, 442, 490, 532 Smotherman 277 Snellings 407 Snickers 286 Snodgrass 226 Snow 493 Soame 24 Solomon 329, 331 Somerville.295, 311, 322, 492, 498-9 511 Sondidge 255 Sparkman 278 Speed 241, 249, 326-7 552 Index. Spell 167 Spencer 237 Spier 154 Spiller 354 Spinks 378, 888 Spivey 313 Sprague 442 Springer 502 Spurlin 165 Stafford 226, 416 Stamper 450 Stanford 243 Stanley 460 Starbuch 282 Steadman 146 Stegall 141 Steiner ° 84 Stephens 257 tevens 49 Stewart 215, 286, 327, 330 Stillwell 248 Stinnett 338 Stirling, Alex 202-9-10 " Jas 211 " John 211 " Lewis 210,216, 220 " RuffinG....211,217,220, 225 " Stephen 225 " Wm 210, 221 Stith 172 Stockard 267 Stoddard 251 Stone 106 Stonecypher 399 Story 69 Stovall 301 Stratton 449 Strother 140 Stubbs 241 Stunecken 59 Sullivan 346 Sumner 369, 230 Sunderland 12 Sutherland 170, 274, 423, 461 Sutton 109 Swann 368 Swanzy 276 Sydnoe 47, 48, 49 Symes 109 Symons 25,97, 233 T Tabb 382-3, 507-8, 510 Talley 158 Tanner 337, 340-1-2-3-4 Tarrent 246 Tarver 238, 260 Tarwater 127 Tate 231, 247, 270, 376, 424 Tatnall 136 Tayloe 166, 269,323 Taylor. .149, 178, 312-3-5-6, 354, 524 Temple 21, 110, 139 Tennant 239 Terrell 334-5-7-8 Terry 299, 419 Texada 335 Tharrington 459 Thayer 58 Thomas 117, 127, 150-3, 168 277, 330 Thompson . 24, 42, 72, 81, 216, 231 295, 341, 358-9, 396-9, 400 432-3-5-6-8, 478, 484, 524 Thome 326, 474-5-7-8-480 Thornton 241, 490, 507, 511 Thorpe 318, 325 Thweatt 47 Tillery 122, 482 Tilling 496 Todd 419 Toole 470 Torrence 420-2 Townes 243, 477 Toxie 290 Trapier 46, 84 Trimble 262 Trippe 333 Trotman 144 Trotter 137 B D 1 0. 9 Index. 653 Treutlen 268 Trumbull 24 Tucker 60, 268, 337, 341, 490 Tule 152 Tulles 279, 282 Tunstall . . .438, 445, 472, 473, 474 Turges 39 Turman 405 Turnbull 268, 509 Turner 90, 170, 287, 473 Twitty 469 Tyler 444 Tyrrell 107 U Ulmer 194 Upshur 128 Upton 219, 439, 440 Urquhart 437-9 V Vanderhorst 52, 64 Vanderslice 278 VanHoose 356-7 Vaughan. . . .103-8-9, 378, 380, 394 Vedder 85 Verdee 421 Vernon 315, 336 Videau 43 Vincent 435 Villeponteaux 52 W Waddell 267, 376 Waite 197 Walker . . . .137, 170, 368, 393, 395 Wallis 26, 95, 97 Walthall 333 Walton 147 Wann 119 Ward 195,302, 312, 319 Ware 178 Waring 85-6 Warnock 88-9, 90 Warren 288-9, 294-5 351 Waties 69,232 Watkins 169, 262 Watson 243, 371 , 444 Watts 161 Webber 174-5-6 Webb 71, 274, 324, 396, 466 Weber 819 Weems 338, 343-5 Weir 194 Wells. 21, 24, 48, 203-9, 337, 341-3 AVelsh 331 Wescomb 20 West 19, 99, 276, 409, 412, 413 414, 415 Westbrook 279 Westcott 382 Weston 61 Wetmore 46 Wheaton 287 Wheeler 15 Whitaker 284, 288, 290, 433 White .... 44, 45, 47, 135, 169, 180 267-9, 387, 423, 463, 510 Whitehouse 42 Whitfield 283, 464-5 Whitlock 27 Whitmel 430 Whitt 406 Whitworth 387-8 Wiggins 132, 431, 482 Wilcox. .117, 149, 153, 160-1,241-2 Wilkins 381,449 Wilkinson 89, 269 Williams, Arch'd. . . .358, 453, 461 " Arthur 109 " Austin B 444 " Ben A. A 444 " Buxton B 328, 467 " Chas. 444 " Dallas 463 " Edward 461 " Edwin :. 48 '• Effie 49 " Elisha 482 '' Francis G 459 " Hampden S 435, 443 " Harry Guston 467 " Henry 433,501 554 Index. Williams, Henry A 444 " Henry F 444 " Henry G. 438, 445-6, 453, 468 " Hezekiah T 435 " James .309, 461 " James H 467 " J. C 246 " John 453 " John A 311,408,470-3 " John B. . .441-6, 459, 467, 481 " John D 432 " JohnP 434, 443, 472 '' Jonas 459, 469 " Jos. John 307-9,332,432 460-4, 477, 482 " Lewis A 432-3,491 " Lewis D 435 " Lewis N 461 ' ' Mark L 459 '■ Nathaniel A 194, 463 " Nicholas A 461 " Philip K 858,463 " Pugh L.M 444 " Robert 281,464 " Robert E 461, 504 " Roberta 473 " Robert K 317 " Romeo 467 " Robert L ... 461 " Robert W 358, 460 , " Samuel 95,311, 429 431-2-5, 445, 453, 469 " Samuel A 273, 469, 486 " Samuel D 436-8, 443 " Sidney 151 " Simmons B 445 " Sol. Pugh 444 " Solomon 346, 445-6, 453, 460-3-7-8 " Thomas .492, 463 " Thomas A '. 472 " Thomas B 47, 467 " Thomas 482-3. . " Thomas T 436,444 " Walter 463 Williams, Whitmel K 461 ' ' William .... 310, 329, 332, 346 431-8, 445, 460-1, 477, 483, 491 " William A 472-3 ' ' William H 447, 460-6 " William K, A 358,434 " William P 467, 470 " WilliamT 446 " William Whit 438, 444 " Willie 463 Williamson 271 , 380, 421 Willis 511 Wilson. . . .57, 58, 59, 60, 79, 92, 94 95, 110, 164, 275, 285, 420 AVimbish 210 Wingate 455 Winn 402-231 Winter 268,525 Wiseman 21 Withers 71 Witherspoon 164-6 Woods 46, 139, 142-3. 268, 278 369, 433, 463 Woolfe 106 Woolfork 231 Wooten 383 Workman 100 Worth 179 Worsham 179, 332 Wolstenholme 22 Wragg 136 Wray 171 Wright .... 110, 117, 149, 158, 303 AVyatt 322, 346, 419, 420 Wyche .~rrr:11:4r442 Wynns 491 Yancey 292, 373 Yarboro. . . .262, 324, 447, 467, 500 Yeadon 68 Yeamans 52 Yeargan [ *. ^ . 148, 298, 302 Yonge 263 Young 14, 42, 43, 51, 57, 208 215, 267, 433 Yuille 388 Zollickofifer 443 ,-^ ^^--^ -S^. ^^ .-. "v --- ^"'''^, '. ^. ?.°-n^. 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