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Becky and I found SEVERAL cemeteries of interest to this forum this past weekend. Williamson, Wood, Thomas, Cash, Townsend, Robertson, but I will start with the one below. I’ve already searched the people and they were quite interesting.
Inside rock wall, covered with periwinkle, irises, and rambling rose
About 20 graves marked by fieldstones
These below are hand-carved soapstone not from this area. I have seen similar tombstones in Floyd and Carroll co, VA. They are usually from late 1700s.
1. Mary CLACK / Consort of / James Clack (In line with a grave marked by fieldstone, assumed to be James CLACK)
2. Mary DICKINS / Consort of / Robert Dickins (In line with a grave marked by fieldstone, assumed to be Robert DICKINS)
3. John ATKINSON
4. MRs ATKINSON / Consort of / John Atkinson /
5. Frances MOORE (very faint) / _____ (cannot read, assume “wife of†) / Jessy Dickens
[Replacement stone] Frances Moore / wife of / Jessie Dickens / Nov 5, 1775 / Mar 1819
6. [Replacement stone] Jessie DICKENS / Married – Frances Moore / Dau of / Gen Stephen Moore
7. [Replacement stone] In memory of / Amy Sally Dickens SMITH / Dau of / Griselda & Henry Smith / Nov 9, 1823 / Jun 24, 1824
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Bill….. you should recognize Jessie Dickens fron the Person co marriage bonds book. Robert is his father, and the consort to James Clack is his sister, Mary. Griselda is also a sister.
James Clack is of particular interest 😉
Bill….. search world family tree, then I’ll post what I got from heritage books. I will say that Robert got 10,000 acres by marrying the right woman 😉
Ah, yes. James CLACK, G-G-Grandson of Col. Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe.
His witnessing so many marriages in Person (and some in Orange) Co., NC, makes me wonder if he wasn’t a court clerk – he certainly got around, but the surnames of marriages he witnessed also correspond well to CLACK relatives in Albemarle, Amherst, Mecklenburg & Brunswick Co’s, Va (Va. Co. Records) so I’d just have to say, “Donno”, at this point.
Jesse DICKENS appears to be the son of Robert Dickens (b.Eng. 1747/8), and Mary Wilson BROWNE (b.Isle of Wight). Mary’s mother’s lines are RIDLEY, DAY, THOMPSON & BENNETTs.
What do you have on them?
I misspoke about Mary, wife of James Clack being sister to Jessie. Jessie’s sister, Sally, is indeed married to James Clack but I think who we have in this cemetery is his father, James Clack married Mary Kennon. This James would have been friend and cohort to Robert Dickins and John Atkinson.
Name: James CLACK
Sex: M
Birth: 1727 in Gloucester, Virginia
Note: REFNhawk1253
Father: James CLACK b: 1698 in Of Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia
Mother: Mary STERLING b: 1699 in Fredricksville, Gloucester, Virginia
Marriage 1 Agnes BOLLING
Note: REFNhawk10799
Marriage 2 Mary KENNON
Note: REFNhawk10800
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John Atkinson probably descends from:
SOURCE: Thomas and John Atkinson, brothers, were born in Yorkshire, England, the sons of John Atkinson. These brothers emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1681, where they were among the founders of Bucks County. The family belonged to the Society of Friends.
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Jessie Dickins (Dickens, Dinkens) was Clerk of Court from 1793 to 1831
Robert Paine was CC from 1791 to 1793
Robert Dickins and James Clack do appear to serve the purpose of CC on many early bonds. Again this is likely to be the senior of the two James Clacks we are discussing though they are actually about 6 or 7 in the line of James Clacks coming down from the most famous of the “Indian Princesses” 😉
Bill, to answer your questions, my main purpose in posting this was to be sure these folks had a thread at Saponitown. If you have time, census info on these families would be welcome. I also haven’t yet connected this John Atkinson to the original settlers or determined who his wife was.
Becky and I have discovered an amazing number of original settlers remains in the last few weeks. It continues to amaze me that they almost all come out of eastern Va and almost all are families suspected of being mixed before they leave Va.
I will start threads on the Wood and Thomas families when I get the time.
Children of Dr. Jesse Browne ca 1705 -1770 & Elizabeth Ridley:
1. Ridley Browne 1740 – will Shamp. 1825
married 16 Jan 1768 Kinchen Taylor died 1771
a. Jesse Taylor
married 2nd William Kelow
2. Parthenia Browne
3. daughter
married Benjamin Parsons
4. daughter
married Thomas Jack
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5. Mary Browne ca 1750 – Dec 1809 Person Co. NC
married 6 Oct 1766 Robert Dickens bapt 19 Feb 1747/8 – 4 April 1804
“He was sent to Norfolk, VA from England by his family in order to establish
a branch of their merchantile business . . removed ca 1772 to NC . . He was
a Colonel of the regiment of NC Cavalry in the Continental Army of 1776 and
a member of the General Assembly in 1782, 85, 87, 88, 89 and other years.”
a. Jesse Dickens ca 1767 Norfolk, VA – 1836 Person Co. NC
married 7 Nov 1791 Frances Moore 5 Nov 1773 West Point NY –
b. Elizabeth Ridley Dickens 1771 – died Nottoway Co. VA
married Caswell Co, NC 22 Sept 1790 Richard Bland Jr. [b.NC – d.TN]
married Granville Co NC 23 May 1810 Nancy W Pulliam
22 April [29 Dec] 1790 Granville Co, NC – July 1871 Panola Co, MS
d. Samuel Brown Dickens Jan 1780 Person Co, NC – 21 July 1840 Madison
Co. TN
He represented Person Co in the Legislature and was a member of Congress
from NC. He was a land locator for the Federal Government when the Chickasaw
Purchase was made, in what what called the Western District.. NC paid old
soldiers in land laying in this area and claims were placed in his hands for
adjustments and location by the heirs of those soldiers. by the time the
floor of emigrants began to pour into this area in TN, he had accumulated
good quality land in all the different counties that realized him a great
fortune.
He had 9 children by his first wife who died four or five years after
their move to TN. He remained single for years and then, later, he married
Frances Burton
married 16 May 1801 Jane Vaughn 1784 Meclenburg Co, VA – Madison
Co TN
nine children
married 2nd Frances Burton
e. Sarah Dickens 1782 – Person Co NC
married James Clack of VA
i. Mary Clack [mother died soon after her birth]
f. Lucretia Dickens 1784 Caswell Co, NC – bef 1860 Greensboro AL
married Granville Co, NC Dec 1807 Thomas Moore born GA
for a long time editor of the “Agusta Examiner” his 2nd
wife
g. Martha Browne Dickens 1786 – bef 1860 Green Co AL
married Thomas Webb b. Granville Co, NC – bef 1860 AL
they had 8 children
h. Parthenia Dickens ca 1788 – aft 1860 Middle TN
married 1812 Dr. Edward Donoho died bef 1860 Middle TN
he was living in Caswell Co when they married. They moved to Warrentown GA
for some years and then to Middle, TN (14 miles west of Murfreesborough. She
was left a widow, there, with six or seven children. Some moved to TX when
grown. In TN, they lived on land settled upon his father for military
service
in the Rev. War.
6. daughter
married John Atkinson
7. Jenny Browne
married ?
8. Dr. Samuel Browne II bef 1730 – ca 1800
married Elizabeth Pitt dau of John and Priscilla
a. Jesse Browne
married Esther Stephenson dau of Thomas
Dreaminghawk,
Hey, this is really great and quite interesting. Thank you for posting this. I have a really dumb question though. Does it really say (Consort of) on the women’s headstones? And Why?;) Love & Light, Lynella.
Lynella asks>>>> Does it really say (Consort of) on the women’s headstones?
Yep…….. first time I’ve ever seen that. In 1800, the term would have meant “spouse of the prince” The europeans did consider Pocahantas to be royalty, therefore her descendent, James Clack, would have been considered a prince. Why Mr Atkinson and Mr Dickins considered their wives to be “consorts” I haven’t a clue.
Dreaminghawk,
Wow!:) Thank you for explaining that. I had absolutely no clue,:D imagine…..! Well I just keep learning new stuff here. I love it! Thank you Dreaminghawk! Lynella.
L and Dreaminghawk:
I used to teach in Cape Girardeau, MO. We did a learning activity in the cemetery there. There were many headstones said “consort.” One even had a whole life story, she was wonderful wife, marvelous mistress, and obedient consort” or some such thing. I know it had all 3 nouns. I figured the wife meant what we all assume, the mistress might mean that the family had slaves or it was another use of the term wife. Consort was interesting though, considering its current meaning. When my students asked, we turned it into a chance to investigate and figure it out. I believe that it is another older term for wife. I looked it up in an old unabridged dictionary. After all the meanings that we all assume it to mean, it gave a third explanation that it was an old term for wife.
Techteach
In that time period in America, “consort” meant what we would call today a “common law” wife. In those days, long term commitments were the same as marriage, but without benefit of a minister or a license, both of which were often difficult to come by due to travel time to the nearest courthouse or the lack of belonging to a congregation.
Techteach & Bill,
🙂 Thank you both tremendously! My first thought was mistress, second thought was confidant to someone who “really needed it” and the third was a curiosity about common law marriage. Having no clue as to how they worked common law practises way back when, naturally I was thinking the other. 😀 Go figure! This is an interesting subject. I’m so glad Dreaminghawk posted it. It’s another one of those things I just never even had an imagining about untill it got posted. My cat side, is semi settled now as to the possible meanings. I’m interested in learning more though. It’s a pretty topic!;) Love & Light, L.
Lorimer, the man who founded Cape Girardeau, is buried in that cemetery. His wife was half Shawnee (two groups of Shawnee left the rest during the wars in Ohio). She is buried with him in a large, roofed area as I recall. Her grave says “Consort.” She was hostess to Lewis and Clark when they came through. They described her as beautiful.
Techteach
At this particular site, I think the stones simply mean “wife”.
These stones are not native to this area, therefore, someone purchased them in Va and delivered them to Flat River area.
Here’s the part that I didn’t tell to start with….. but since the thread is now dealing with the meaning of a single word rather than the lives of the families under the stones…… “consort of” is professionally engraved in the central area of the stone with room for a name above and dates below. The shaping of the stones is professional. The names are scratched on in a very amateurish manner. The purchaser likely bought 3 plain shaped soapstones and 3 pre-engraved ones….. maybe he just got what was available, with “consort” being the choice of the stonecarver, and not the purchaser.
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