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I was told recently that there is NA blood in my family in this line so I have been tracing it back and so far I have traced back to John A. Waid and his wife Elizabeth ( Beard ) Waid. He was Born 1802 in Greenbrier co. And his wife was born 1796. She was born in bath co. Virginia. I know that her father was born in Germany but I don’t know about her mother. I have hit a brick wall and can’t seem to get past John A. Waid. I am focusing on John Waid and if anyone can help with this line I would be very grateful. I descend from their son Christopher B, Waid b. 1827 a civil war veteran.
Thank you Bill. I have asked some other family members questions but all I get is a blank stare. Funny how some family members are interested and some don’t seem interested at all.
Bill, I have found a man by the name of pleasant Waid listed in the Greenbrier county Deed and Will book. He is listed in the year 1801. I’m wondering if he could be the father of John waid who was born abt. 1802/4 in greenbrier co. Could you check this for me and see what you can find. I tried the Mormon site and could not find him listed there. Thanks, Waitman
1830 Greenbrier Co., Va Census;
(there are no WAIDs indexed for this year.)
(This census has been “alphabetized” by the W.P.A. in the 1930s, so these page numbers do not necessarily indicate these people lived near each other, although they may have.)
page 206:
Pleasant Wade = 0000100001 – 000010001
household contains:
1 male 20 to 29.
1 male 70 to 79 (Pleasant)
1 female 20 to 29.
1 female 60 to 69.
George Wade = 10001 – 00001
household contains:
1 male under 5.
1 male 20 to 29.
1 female 20 to 29.
page 207:
Leonard Wade = 010110001 – 00110001
household contains:
1 male 5 to 9.
1 male 15 to 19.
1 male 20 to 29.
1 male 60 to 69. (Leonard)
1 female 10 to 14.
1 female 15 to 19.
1 female 50 to 59.
George Wade = 11001 – 10001
household contains:
1 male under 5.
1 male 5 to 9.
1 male 20 to 29.
1 female under 5.
1 female 20 to 29.
page 209:
JOHN WADE = 220001 – 012001.
2 males under 5.
2 males 5 to 9.
1 male 30 to 39.
1 female 5 to 9.
2 females 10 to 14.
1 female 30 to 39.
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1820 Greenbrier Co., Va Census, Lewisburg:
(there are no WAIDs indexed for this year)
page 195:
Pleasant Wade = 011201 – 01001
household contains:
1 male 10 to 15
1 male 16 to 18
2 males 16 to 25
1 male 45 and over.
1 female 10 to 15
1 female 45 and over.
page 197:
Lenward (Leonard) Wade = 110101 – 32010.
1 male under 10.
1 male 10 to 15.
1 male 16 to 25.
1 male 45 and over.
3 females under 10.
2 females 10 to 15.
1 female 26 to 44.
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1810 Bath Co., Va census, page 431:
Leonard Wade = 11001 – 11010.
household contains:
1 male under 10
1 male 10 to 15
1 male 45 and over
1 female under 10
1 female 10 to 15.
1 female 26 to 44.
Otho Wade = 12210 – 30110 (he’s 26 to 44)
John Wade Senr = 00001 – 00001 (1male and 1 female 45 & over)
John Wade Junr = 00001 – 00000 (1 male 45 & over)
(an Otho Wade shows up later in Greenbrier Co.)
There is a Pleasant Wade in 1810 New Kent Co that I am still looking at.
World Family Tree, vol 69, tree 1275, lists Leonard Wade, b. 4 April 1762 Bath Co., Va; d. 1850 Greenbrier Co., Va; marr’d 12 Mar 1795, Rosanna HOLCOMB, b.abt. 1776.
That WFT lists Leonard as the son of John Wade, b. 30 April 1724 Va (I’m guessing in New Kent Co., Va) ; d. 31 Dec 1815 Bath Co., Va. who marr’d abt.1745 Bath (now Highland) Co., Va., Sophia HOWARD, B. 23 mAY 1727; d. 25 Nov 1816 Bath Co., Va.
I think you can probably use this info as a guide but be aware that some of the additional info in this tree is obviously inaccurate so some caution should be exercised if using the specific dates above, no matter how solid they appear to be.
Note: Bath Co. wasn’t created until 1791 from Augusta, Botetourt and Greeenbrier Counties (Greenbrier created 1777 from Montgomery Co).
Thank You Bill!, This will keep me busy checking records at the court house in Greenbrir co. and Bath co. Such as wills and Deeds and so on. I hope I can help you in the future. Again thank you.
Bill, I went to the greenbrier co. courthouse yesterday and looked at wills and land deeds and a few other things. I found a will by leonard listing his children as george,leonard jr,james,mary,matilda,elizabeth underwood,and Sussanah Alderman. So I’ll have to rule him out. Pleasant Wade/wade didn’t have a will listed but I did find a number of land transactions for him. In one his children were listed. They are James, George,John, Elizabeth Sammons wife of John Sammons, Mary Hefner wife of James Hefner. In the Deed it states that Pleasant waid/wade moved to Clinton,Ohio. Pleasant was Married to Dorcas Waid/Wade. She was also called Darky on the Deed. I believe that Pleasant was probabley The father of John Waid who Married Elizabeth Beard. Have you found any other information on the Pleasant Waid/Wade that you were looking at in Virginia? Pleasant was the only Waid listed as having a son named john this is the reason I think he was the father of my ancestor Waid. What do you think? Thanks for the information you have given me already.
I got as far as finding that Pleasant was the only one who had a son named John in that time period in that specific area. That’s usually enough to “make the case”. Dealing with other peoples’s heritage, I tend to err on the “lean” side, tho.
Yes, I think Pleasant is John’s father…. it’s the only thing that makes any sense in that context.
The WAID spelling shows up on the 1850 census in only one county and rarely in other parts of Virginia/WVa in different time periods, so, WAID is probably a variant spelling of WADE, which is how all these specific WAIDs were ususally listed on census records.
Bill
Thanks Bill, I have been wondering over a number of years if maybe the waid and Wade Families were somehow related. I know that the subject can get pretty intense in the family discussions. They live in the same area here in Greenbrier co. but there has been a “wall” between the 2 parties. There is a road in the area where the 2 families live that was supposed to be called Waids draft and the name was spelled Wade. It wasn’t to long before it was changed to Waid’s Draft. So I would say that a few phone calls were made. It is odd how a family can become seperated just over a name change. There is a Waid family reunion every year in the spring. I plan on trying to show the family that we are all related and maybe bring everyone together. Right now one of my main goals is to find out where the Waid/Wade family came from. It is said that they are Scotch/Irish. So far Pleasant Waid has been pretty elusive. There are plenty of court cases where he has been in court here in greenbrier co. But no birth, Death, Or marriage records. He is also on the greenbrier co. Tax records starting in 1796, and 1805,and 1815. I haven’t checked the tax records after that because I have seen his name in court cases up into the 1830’s so I know that he was here then. He moved to a town called Clinton, Ohio when he was in his 70’s which was in the 1830’s. I think that was odd moving when he was that old. .
Bill, The longer I search my family the more I find out you need to always double check your information. I found that my ancestor John Waid/Wade wasn’t born in greenbrier co in 1802 but rather he was born abt. 1799 in Bath county. So now I need to decide which Wade would be his father. Thank you again for the information you gave me it well help to narrow it down. I do know that John waid’s wife Elizabeth Beard Died in greenbrier co. in 1872.
Waid,
If you look up this thread a few posts you’ll see my reference to Bath Co being created in 1791 from among others, Greenbrier Co.
That may be at the root of the “story”. John Wade’s parents may have lived in an eastern part of Greenbrier that was cut off and included in Bath Co when it was formed.
Speculation, at any rate.
But… The Leonard Wade that appears later in Greenbrier Co with Pleasant Wade, was in 1810 Bath Co., supporting your conclusion.
Bill
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