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55. Elizabeth7 Bolling (John6, Jane5 Rolfe, Thomas4, Princess Matoaka3 Pocahontas, Wahunsonacock2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 1709, and died Abt. 1766. She married Dr. William Gay. He was born in Henrico Co., VA, and died Abt. 1749.
Children of Elizabeth Bolling and William Gay are:
213 i. John8 Gay. 214 ii. Mary Gay. She married Neill Buchanan 1770. + 215 iii. Capt. William Gay, Jr., born Abt. 1731. + 216 iv. Elizabeth Gay, born Sep 1738; died 27 Nov 1813. 56. Mary Kennon7 Bolling (John6, Jane5 Rolfe, Thomas4, Princess Matoaka3 Pocahontas, Wahunsonacock2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 1711, and died 10 Aug 1744. She married Col. John Fleming 20 Jan 1726/27, son of Charles Fleming and Susanna Tarleton. He was born Nov 1697 in Goochland Co., VA, and died 06 Nov 1766.
Children of Mary Bolling and John Fleming are:
217 i. Capt. Thomas8 Fleming, died 12 Jan 1777 in the Battle of Princeton. He married Randolph. + 218 ii. Judge William Fleming, born 06 Jul 1736; died 15 Feb 1824. 219 iii. Maj. John Fleming. Notes for Maj. John Fleming: Killed in the battle of White Plains.
220 iv. Charles Fleming. Notes for Charles Fleming: Captain of the 7th Virginia Regiment and Lt.-colonel in the State line.
221 v. Mary Fleming. She married Richard Bernard. 222 vi. Caroline Fleming. She married James Drane. 57. Martha7 Bolling (John6, Jane5 Rolfe, Thomas4, Princess Matoaka3 Pocahontas, Wahunsonacock2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 1713, and died 23 Oct 1749 in Prince George Co., VA. She married Thomas Eldridge, Jr. 1727, son of Thomas Eldridge and Judith Kennon. He was born 1710 in Henrico Co., VA, and died 04 Dec 1754.
Children of Martha Bolling and Thomas Eldridge are:
+ 223 i. Martha8 Eldridge, born 1733; died 1768 in Surry Co., VA. + 224 ii. Judith Eldridge, born 1734. 225 iii. Jeannie Eldridge, born Abt. 1740. + 226 iv. Mary Eldridge, born 1741. 58. Anne7 Bolling (John6, Jane5 Rolfe, Thomas4, Princess Matoaka3 Pocahontas, Wahunsonacock2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born Abt. 1715, and died 1800. She married James Murray Abt. 1742. He died in Amelia Co., VA.
Children of Anne Bolling and James Murray are:
+ 227 i. William8 Murray, born 06 May 1752; died 1815. 228 ii. John Murray, born 1744. He married Susan Gates. 229 iii. Anne Murray, born 30 Aug 1746. She married Buchanan. 230 iv. Peggy Murray, born 1748. She married Thomas Gordon. 231 v. Mary Murray, born 1750. She married (1) Alexander Gordon. She married (2) Col. William Davies. 232 vi. James Murray, Jr., born 1755. He married Martha Ward. 59. Mary7 Cabell (Elizabeth6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 02 Feb 1725/26 in Virginia, and died Bef. 10 Jul 1760. She married William Horsley 03 Apr 1744 in Virginia, son of Robert Horsley. He was born in Virginia, and died 1760 in Albemarle county, VA.
Notes for William Horsley:
His will dated June 24, 1760, recorded July 10, 1760.
Children of Mary Cabell and William Horsley are:
233 i. William8 Horsley, Jr.. 234 ii. Robert Horsley. 235 iii. Elizabeth Horsley. 236 iv. John Horsley. 60. Col. William7 Cabell, Jr. (Elizabeth6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 13 Mar 1729/30 in Goochland Co., VA, and died 23 Mar 1798. He married Margaret Jordan 1756, daughter of Samuel Jordan and Ruth Meredith. She was born 1742, and died Mar 1812 in “Union Hill,” Nelson Co., VA.
Notes for Col. William Cabell, Jr.:
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume II
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CABELL, William, soldier, was born near Dover, on Licking-Hole creek, Goochland county, Va., March 13, 1730; son of William and Elizabeth (Burks) Cabell. It is probable that his education was finished at William and Mary college. In December, 1749, he began to assist his father in surveying, and continued to do so until 1753. In 1751 he became a vestryman of St. Ann’s parish, Albemarle county, and held this office for ten [p.85] years. In February, 1754, at the beginning of the French and Indian war, he raised a troop of horse, of which he was made captain. About 1755 he became a lieutenant-colonel of the Albemarle militia, and on Oct. 11, 1760, was promoted colonel. He was also a justice of the peace. From 1757 to 1761 he was a member of the house of burgesses. In 1760 he subscribed with others to a premium to be given for the purpose of encouraging the production of wine and silk in the colony. In 1761, at the first Amherst court, he qualified as the first presiding magistrate, the first county lieutenant, the first county surveyor, and the first county coroner, holding the offices until 1775. He also held the offices of burgess from Amherst county, of vestryman, and of surveyor by appointment of William and Mary college, thus holding all of the leading offices of Amherst county during the colonial era. On May 2, 1763, he received, from his father, a deed to 1,785 acres of land in Amherst county, which, with the 460 acres already patented, an addition of 579 acres in 1764, and many subsequent additions, made a large and valuable estate. Colonel Cabell was one of the original subscribers to the stock of the first James River Canal Company, and was prominent in all plans for the improvement of the country. From 1774 to 1776 he was chairman of the Amherst county committee, and from September, 1776, to March, 1781, he served as state senator, when he was appointed a member of the council of state. He was elected to the House of Delegates, in 1782, in 1783, and again in 1787, being one of the few members to oppose the adoption of the Federal constitution. In 1788 he was again in the House of Delegates, and in 1789 was made presidential elector, voting for George Washington. His wife was Margaret, daughter of Colonel Samuel Jordan, by whom be had seven children. At his death he left an estate of about thirty thousand acres of land, many slaves, and personal property, although he had given several of his children fair estates. His death occurred March 23, 1798.
Children of William Cabell and Margaret Jordan are:
+ 237 i. Col. Samuel Jordan8 Cabell, born 15 Dec 1756 in Amherst Co., VA; died 04 Aug 1818 in “Soldier’s Joy,” Nelson county, VA. + 238 ii. William Cabell III, born 25 Mar 1759; died 1822. + 239 iii. Paulina Cabell, born 1763; died 05 Feb 1845. + 240 iv. Landon Cabell, born Abt. 1761. 241 v. Hector Cabell, born Abt. 1762. + 242 vi. Elizabeth Cabell, born Abt. 1764; died 05 Nov 1801. + 243 vii. Margaret Jordan Cabell, born 1769. 61. Col. Joseph7 Cabell (Elizabeth6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 08 Sep 1732 in Goochland Co., VA, and died 01 Mar 1798 in Zion Hill, VA. He married Mary Hopkins Abt. 1751, daughter of Arthur Hopkins and Elizabeth Unknown. She was born Jan 1734/35, and died 12 Jul 1811.
Notes for Col. Joseph Cabell:
Burgess from Buckingham, 1768-1771; Burgess from Amherst, 1774, Member of the Convention from Amherst 1775-1776; Representative from Buckingham in the House of Delegates, 1780-1781; commanded the Buckingham County Militia during the Revolutionary War.
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume II
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CABELL, Joseph, surgeon, was born near Dover, on Licking-Hole Creek, Goochland county, Va., Sept. 19, 1732; the second son of Dr. William and Elizabeth (Burks) Cabell. He received a thorough medical education from his father, and established a wide reputation as a skilful physician and surgeon. At the age of twenty he married Mary, daughter of Dr. Arthur Hopkins. On Sept. 20, 1751, he became a deputy sheriff, was a justice of Albemarle county probably as early as 1755, and held the office for many years. He was appointed to the house of burgesses about 1764, and in this position he represented Buckingham county until 1771, signing the non-importation articles of 1769 and of June 22, 1770. In 1771, he removed to Amherst county, and in December of that year was elected a representative from there to the house of burgesses, where he remained until the body was finally dissolved in 1775. Immediately after this began the revolutionary conventions, to all of which he was elected, and was one of the most prominent and active delegates. In 1776 he acted as paymaster to the troops commanded by Gen. Andrew Lewis. From 1776 to 1779 he was a member of the house of delegates from Andover, and in 1778 was made county lieutenant or chief commander of Amherst county. In 1779 he removed to his estate in Buckingham, representing that county in the house of delegates during 1780 and 1781. He commanded a regiment at the siege of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. A company of students of William and Mary college were attached to his regiment. Throughout the revolution he gave his services and also large contributions of provisions, horses, and money to the patriot cause. He was state senator probably continuously from 1781 to 1785, and a member of the house of delegates from 1788 to 1790. Soon after this he removed to Sion Hill, Va., where he died, March 1, 1798.
Children of Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins are:
244 i. Elizabeth8 Cabell, born 18 Oct 1752. 245 ii. Joseph Cabell, born 1762; died 31 Aug 1831. + 246 iii. Mary Hopkins Cabell, born Abt. 1765. + 247 iv. Anne Cabell, born 1771; died 27 Jul 1840 in Fayette Co., KY. 248 v. Benjamin Cabell. 62. Col. John7 Cabell (Elizabeth6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born Abt. 1740 in Goochland Co., VA, and died May 1815. He married (1) Paulina Jordan 20 May 1762, daughter of Samuel Jordan and Judith Scott. She was born Abt. 1746, and died 31 Jul 1781. He married (2) Elizabeth Brierton Jones 19 Jul 17877. She died 16 Oct 1802.
Notes for Col. John Cabell:
He was Sheriff of Buckingham county in 1774. He was a Delegate from Buckingham to the Convention in 1776.
Children of John Cabell and Paulina Jordan are:
+ 249 i. Dr. George8 Cabell, born 1766; died 1830 in Lynchburg, VA. + 250 ii. Dr. John Jordan Cabell, born 30 Nov 1772; died 07 Aug 1834 in Kanawha Co., VA. 64. Nicholas7 Cabell (Elizabeth6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 29 Oct 1750 in Goochland Co., VA, and died 18 Aug 1803 in Liberty Hall, Nelson Co., VA. He married Hannah Carrington 16 Apr 1772, daughter of George Carrington and Anne Mayo. She was born 28 Mar 1751 in Cumberland County, VA, and died 07 Aug 1817 in Liberty Hall, Nelson Co., VA.
Notes for Nicholas Cabell:
A graduate of the College of William and Mary, 1771; Captain of the Amherst Minute-Men, 1775; ordered out in May, 1776, and served till October, 1776, around Westham and Jamestown; Lieutenant-Colonel of Amherst Volunteers, 25th June, 1778; Colonel, September, 1780; served under La Fayette in Virginia April to November, 1781; taking part in siege at Yorktown; Member of the Cincinnati; State Senator, 1785-1803.
Children of Nicholas Cabell and Hannah Carrington are:
+ 251 i. William H.8 Cabell, born 16 Dec 1772 in Boston Hill, VA; died 12 Jan 1853. + 252 ii. George Cabell, born 05 Oct 1774; died Feb 1827. 253 iii. Elizabeth Cabell, born 05 May 1776; died 28 Nov 1802. She married William B. Hare. 254 iv. Joseph Carrington Cabell, born 26 Dec 1778; died 05 Feb 1856. He married Mary Carter. Notes for Joseph Carrington Cabell: From the University of Virginia Special Collections Library
Biography
Joseph Carrington Cabell
Joseph Carrington Cabell was born December 28, 1778 in Amherst
County, what is now Nelson County, Virginia. He was the son of
Colonel Nicholas Cabell and Hannah Carrington and brother to
William H. Cabell. After graduating from the College of William and
Mary in 1798, he studied law and then lived abroad for three years.
While away he had the opportunity to travel, attend the lectures of
many famous scholars, and stay at many of Europe’s leading
universities. Joseph was friendly with Robert Fulton and Washington
Allston, traveled with Washington Irving, and was acquainted with
Cuvier, Pestalozzi, Volni, Kosciusko, and William Godwin.
Once back in Virginia, he married Mary Walker Carter from
Lancaster Virginia, granddaughter of Sir Peyton Skipwith, on
January 1, 1807. Joseph Cabell and Mary Carter had no children.
The following year, he returned to Amherst County, entered politics,
and was elected to the House of Delegates, where he served two
terms and was instrumental in establishing the Literary Fund. From
1810 to 1829 he was a member of the Virginia Senate and used the
position to argue forcefully for general state improvements like local
government and popular education. Between 1831 and 1835, he
again served in the House of Delegates and tried to further the
interests of the James River and Kanawha Canal projects.
Most importantly, he worked with Thomas Jefferson on his pet
project: a state univesity. He first helped secure legislative sanction
for the school, and then labored tirelessly to obtain financial
appropriations for its construction. Joseph’s role was so significant
he has been nick-named Jefferson’s right hand man. Joseph
continued to work with the University as a Visitor and Rector for the
next thirty-seven years. He did his best to provide modern primary
and secondary educational opportunities for males and females,
while remaining committed to his projects for the betterment of the
state.
Known as “the DeWitt Clinton of Virginia,” Joseph became president
of the James River and Kanawha Canal Company. He also had a
reputation for his progressive ideas about agriculture and constantly
tried out new ideas on his large plantation. Although he never held
national office, Joseph was very well known for his wide variety of
talents and his skills as an orator. His personal and political creed
was summed up in his comment “I think the greatest service a man
can render is to speak the truth and to show that it is his only
object.” He was emphatically a Virginia statesmen, devoting his life
to the commonwealth and presistently declining the diplomatic
positions Jefferson offered him. He refused to run for governor or for
Congress, and turned down Cabinet seats under James Madison
and James Monroe. Joseph Carrington Cabell died February 5,
1856, still a prominent, respected Virginia.
Joseph Carrington Cabell (1778-1856) portrait. Assistant to Thomas Jefferson in founding of University of Virginia
and leader of the movement to construct the James River and Kanawha Canal. The canal, intended to connect eastern
and western Virginia, was completed to Buchanan, Virginia, but never extended into present-day West Virginia.
+ 255 v. Nicholas Cabell, Jr., born 24 Dec 1780; died 25 Jun 1809. 256 vi. Mary Anne Cabell, born 02 Jan 1783. She married Benjamin Carrington. 257 vii. Mayo Carrionton Cabell, born 25 Aug 1784. Notes for Mayo Carrionton Cabell: Died in infancy.
258 viii. Hannah Cabell, born 27 Mar 1786; died 07 Sep 1794. 259 ix. Heningham Cabell, born 16 Nov 1787. Notes for Heningham Cabell: Died young.
260 x. Paul C. Cabell, born 08 May 1791. Notes for Paul C. Cabell: Died in infancy.
65. Obadiah7 Smith, Jr. (Mary6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 1749 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died Abt. 1810 in Rowan Co., NC. He married Lucy Harris, daughter of John Harris and Obedience Turpin. She was born 1757 in Cumberland Co., VA, and died Aft. 1810.
Children of Obadiah Smith and Lucy Harris are:
+ 261 i. John Harris8 Smith. 262 ii. Mary Smith. She married William Watts. 263 iii. Matilda Smith. She married Henry Randolph. 264 iv. Lavinia Smith. + 265 v. Peterfield Smith. 266 vi. Jourdan Smith. 80. Lucy7 Smith (Mary6 Burks, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 08 Dec 1756. She married James Powell Cocke Sep 1777.
Child of Lucy Smith and James Cocke is:
+ 267 i. Mary8 Cocke. 84. David7 Burks (Samuel6, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born Abt. 1740 in Virginia8, and died 1828 in Amherst, Virginia. He married Unknown.
Notes for David Burks:
His wife died before he did and is not mentioned in his will, probated in 1828. Part of the property he left his sons was that on Pedlar Creek, left to him by his father.
Children of David Burks and Unknown are:
268 i. Richard8 Burks. He married Elizabeth Roach 30 Dec 1797. 269 ii. Obedience Burks, born in Amherst county, VA. She married William Roach 20 Oct 1793 in Amherst county, VA; born Abt. 1760 in Amherst county, VA; died Abt. 1849 in Amherst county, VA. Notes for Obedience Burks: They had five children.
Marriage Notes for Obedience Burks and William Roach: David Burks, Jr., surety, Consent of her father, David Burks.
270 iii. John Burks. He married Mary Taylor Gilliam 02 Jan 1806. + 271 iv. Capt. Samuel Burks, born Abt. 1770 in Virginia; died 29 Jul 1824 in Amherst County Va. 272 v. Charles Burks, died Abt. 1819 in Amherst county, VA. He married Sally Bowman 15 Feb 1802. Notes for Charles Burks:
His will written September 7, 1795, probated May 19, 1819.
+ 273 vi. Elizabeth Burks, born Abt. 1773; died Bef. Oct 1832 in Amherst Co., VA. 274 vii. David Burks, Jr., born Abt. 1778. He married Betsy Phillips Thomas 01 Oct 1799 in Amherst county, VA; died in Georgia. Marriage Notes for David Burks and Betsy Thomas: Samuel Burks, son of David Burks, made oath that David Burks, Jr., was 21 years old.
275 viii. Phebe Burks. She married John Harding Bef. 1800. 85. John7 Burks (Samuel6, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 14 May 1742 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died 10 Jun 1828 in Arnolds Valley, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Nathaniel Davis and Elizabeth Atkins. She was born 19 Aug 1753, and died 25 Jun 1828.
Children of John Burks and Elizabeth Davis are:
+ 276 i. Capt. Samuel Cabell8 Burks, born Abt. 1792 in Rockbridge Co., VA; died 12 Nov 1871 in Rockbridge Co., VA. + 277 ii. Arthur Landon Burks. 278 iii. Elizabeth M. Burks. She married Robert Irvine 01 Aug 1815. 279 iv. Nathaniel Davis Burks. 280 v. David Johnson Burks. He married Betsey Porter 03 Dec 1811 in Albemarle county, VA. 281 vi. Sarah P. Burks. 282 vii. John P. Burks. He married Judah Tinsley 25 Nov 1826 in Bedford Co., VA; born Abt. 1805. Notes for John P. Burks: Died Young.
283 viii. Matthew D. Burks. + 284 ix. Charles Lewis Burks, born 11 Jun 1795 in Arnold’s Valley, VA; died 18 Aug 1845 in Arnold’s Valley, VA. + 285 x. John Peartree Burks II. 86. Samuel7 Burks III (Samuel6, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born Bef. Feb 1753 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died 05 Apr 1784 in Amherst county, VA. He married Elizabeth Unknown.
Children of Samuel Burks and Elizabeth Unknown are:
+ 286 i. Samuel8 Burks IV. 287 ii. William Burks. He married Nancy Roberts 15 Sep 1794. + 288 iii. Richard Burks, born Abt. 1775 in Amherst county, VA; died Aft. 30 Nov 1836 in Madison Co. AL. 289 iv. Lindsay Burks. He married Mary “Polly” Burks 09 Dec 1797 in Amherst county, VA. Marriage Notes for Lindsay Burks and Mary Burks: David Burks, surety, consent of her father, Charles Burks.
290 v. Sarah Burks. She married Richard Tinsley 10 Sep 1794 in Amherst county, VA. 291 vi. Million (Milley) Burks, born in Albemarle county, VA. She married Archelaus Mitchell 19 Nov 1784 in Amherst county, VA. Marriage Notes for Million Burks and Archelaus Mitchell: Consent of her father, Samuel Burks, Charles Burks, surety.
292 vii. Mary Partree Burks, born in Albemarle county, VA. She married Edward Harding 15 Dec 1784 in Amherst county, VA. Marriage Notes for Mary Burks and Edward Harding: Consent of her father, Samuel Burks.
293 viii. Elizabeth Burks, born in Albemarle Co., VA. She married Hugh McCabe 02 Jan 1786. 87. Charles7 Burks (Samuel6, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born Abt. 1743 in Albemarle county, VA, and died 1817 in Amherst Co., VA. He married Rebecca Baldwin 04 Sep 1776.
Notes for Charles Burks:
Court Records of Decatur Co., IN 1822-1848, Maurice Holmes, 1980 Complete Record Book B.
P. 206. Chancery entry stated that Charles Burks died in Amherst Co, VA in 1817 leaving a will and considerable estate to his eight heirs: Rachel, Samuel, Charles, Jane, Elizabeth, Polly and Lavina who all lived outside of Indiana and Milley, the mother of William Parks, Jr. Milley was wife of Wm. Parks, Sr and her heirs were: Paris and Lavina Aldrich, Joseph and Mary Prior, Allen and Sarah Prior, William Parks, Jr., Nancy and Thomas Chinn, Margaret Long now deceased without issue and John Parks. Millie died while a resident of VA and her husband, William Sr. moved with his children to Dearborn Co., IN where he was appointed guardian of his children. Part of the sum he rec’d as gdn. of his wards was directed to them and some land was purchased in section 8, township 10, range 10 in his own name.The suit was to obtain an equal settlement of this inheritance for some of Milley’s Children. Oct. 1830.
Children of Charles Burks and Rebecca Baldwin are:
+ 294 i. Charles M.8 Burks, born Abt. 1806. 295 ii. Samuel Burks. He married Rhoda Palmore 14 Aug 1811. 296 iii. Richard Burks. 297 iv. Elizabeth Burks. She married Ransom Gatewood 09 Nov 1799. 298 v. Milisent Burks, born Abt. 1770. She married William Parks, Jr.; born 1770. 299 vi. Levinsia? Burks. She married Jordan Wright 05 Feb 1803. 300 vii. Mary “Polly” Burks. She married Lindsay Burks 09 Dec 1797 in Amherst county, VA. Marriage Notes for Mary Burks and Lindsay Burks: David Burks, surety, consent of her father, Charles Burks.
+ 301 viii. Jane Burks. 97. John Peartree7 Burks, Jr. (John Peartree6, Mary5 Davis, Mary4 Hughes, Princess3 Nicketti, Opecancanough2 Powhatan, Algonkian Chief1) was born 1750 in Bedford county, VA, and died 28 Dec 1826 in Barren Co., KY. He married Mary (Margaret?) Kendrick, daughter of John Kendrick and Elizabeth Unknown. She was born 1755 in Bedford county, VA.
Children of John Burks and Mary Kendrick are:
+ 302 i. Daughter8 Burks, born 1770. 303 ii. Silas Burks, born Abt. 1773 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Knox. 304 iii. Elizabeth Burks, born Abt. 1775 in Henry, VA; died 27 Dec 1853. She married Daniel Payton. 305 iv. Nancy Burks, born Abt. 1777. She married James Harrod. + 306 v. John Peartree Burks III, born 14 Jul 1779 in Virginia; died Abt. 1829 in Barren Co., KY. 307 vi. Mary Elizabeth Burks, born Abt. 1781. She married John Jamison. 308 vii. Sally Burks, born 1783. She married James Burks. 309 viii. Thomas Burks, born Abt. 1785. He married Nancy Hardy. 310 ix. Catherine V. Burks, born Abt. 1792. She married Thomas Edwards. 311 x. Rachel Burks, born Abt. 1794. She married George Hardy. ok well….if anyone wants the rest of this family tree….then go here.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/o/William-Rice-Scott/GENE32-0013.html
My wife’s line runs down through Princess Cleopatra down through the Venables and so on to the Richardsons etc etc.
cool 🙂
I have not went thru the whole list.. I was copy and pasting 🙂
I was noticing alot of the Catawba surnames and locations thru the list though…that Rowan county I have ran across alot while going thru Catawba stuff.
This is also interesting since we know Catawba and Saponi had a very close relationship….and we also know some of the recorded Saponi words was borrowed from the Powhatan….
The Quakers part of that family tree also interested me…..because my Dobbins ancestors was part of the NC Quakers around Guilford and Yadkin. It appears the Quakers was very close to several of the tribes of the area. These next few posts here are not Powhatan..but just something on Quakers of the East coast.
Jesse Virgil Dobbins
Jesse Virgil Dobbins was a thirty-one-year-old farmer in Yadkin County in 1861. He owned a 225-acre farm, where he lived with his wife, Sarah, aged twenty-one, and his one-year-old son, Daniel. Dobbins raised all his family needed to eat, including wheat, corn, oats, and potatoes, and had three cows for milk and butter, as well as two pigs. Dobbins also produced molasses and honey on his farm. He grew hay as food for the animals and flax to make linen for clothing. He did not raise the cash crops cotton and tobacco. His farm size and property ranked Dobbins as a typical farmer in his county. A member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), he opposed slavery and probably was a Whig before the war. Dobbins, a unionist, strongly opposed secession, which put him at odds with many North Carolina citizens, including members of his own family and community.
Jesse Virgil Dobbins did not join the Confederate army when the war broke out in 1861. Nor did he enlist after the draft went into effect in August 1862. Dobbins’s Quaker religious beliefs and political feelings did not allow him to support the Confederate war effort. Some people considered Jesse a ringleader of unionist activities in Yadkin County. Fearing arrest by Confederate authorities, Jesse Dobbins, his brother William, and several others decided to leave and join the Union army. They met at the Bond Schoolhouse in February 1863 and engaged in a shoot-out with the Home Guard that left four men dead. Jesse and William fled to Tennessee, where they enlisted in the Federal army. William died of illness in 1864, but Jesse survived and served the remainder of the war in a blue uniform.
Jesse Virgil Dobbins received an honorable discharge from the United States Army and returned home in the summer of 1865. He found that local citizens had not forgotten his part in the 1863 Bond Schoolhouse shoot-out. Dobbins faced charges for the murders of the Home Guard captain James West and of John Williams. He escaped arrest by his own cousin, Sheriff Vet Speer, and rode sixty miles to Salisbury, where he found Federal soldiers. They returned to Yadkin County with Dobbins, confronted local court officials, and had the murder charges dropped. Jesse Dobbins went on to help found the county’s Republican Party. By 1880 he had become a prosperous farmer and miller and lived with his wife and eight children on a 595-acre farm. Dobbins died of a heart attack at his mill on May 10, 1883, at the age of fifty-three.
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/civilwar/explore_section4i.html
http://www.hcnp.org/about.html
More about the Yadkin county Quakers at the above link.
Quakers of southampton New Jersey
Historical Facts About Vincentown
Published August 26, 1932 Courtesy of the Burlington County Historical Society.
While antedated many years by the Quakers, the Methodists, by their aggressive methods, had spread well over Burlington county and before 1800, itinerant ministers of that church were holding occasional meetings in the “Free Meeting House.” One Samuel Dobbins, of strict Quaker parentage, who had put off the work of an active Christian until married and settled in life, became a follower of the newer faith and a leader of the Methodists here. He was in 1800 to 1803 made presiding elder.
http://www.historicsouthamptonnj.org/html/historical_facts_about_vincent.html
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