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Harold Vernon, Born July 24, 1918 stillborn & weighed 14 lbs 6 oz. Ethel Mae, B Sept 13, 1894 Ralph Clayton, B Sept 4, 1897 Ada Irene, B June 17, 1901 Alvira Guffey Pollock, Born Sept 12, 1864 ob Feby 21, 1871 V10 Page 138 [fermata marks appears upper left hand corner of this page CW] Oak Hill Aug 7, 1923 11 PM I went this morning on the 9:05 AM B&O train to West Newton Pa. The train carrying President Harding's remains from San Francisco to Wash D.C. should have been through Connellsville at 7 AM but was reported 5 hrs late & in fact was much later as it did not pass through West Newton until after 2 PM while I was at Homer Moody's with Lottie Milligan. I walked up there from the station, being one of the upper streets back of M.F. Scholl's & the last house on the lower or north side of the street, a framer house. Miss Milligan is a small woman, under 5 ft & of abt 110 lbs, but is active & well preserved to be in her 80th yr. She says she went a yr ago to the Hamilton Home at Dravosburg Pa, which has 26 inmates to live. Mrs Moody is a handsome pleasant woman as is her daughter Ellen, who were in but for a few minutes. Walking back, Millard F. Scholl came out of his office & walked with me to the West Newton taxi co office on Main St near the Bridge. He sd his brother, Wm L. was in town attending a Board meeting at the bank. He said too, that Eliza Hurst of Mt Pleasant Pa aged 87 yrs, whose husband Jim Hurst disappeared some yrs ago, was very low & he was going in the afternoon to see her. She was a Stouffer & her mother was a Scholl he said. Mrs Moody didn't get back to give her own record.
I have also made up since my return on pages 136 & 137 the record of Rosanna Bell's descendants from the data in the Pollock & Markle bibles. I then went across the street & a little beyond & called a half hour 5 to 5:30 PM on Miss Elizabeth Fritchman & her sister Mrs Howard Miller. Mrs Miller says her husband's mother, the widow Miller, who was a daughter of Joseph Milligan, had been married in Santa Anna Calif between Christmas & New Years last, the week after I was there, which they knew of, to Oliver Perry Markle & they were living in Santa Anna & he had a chain of three grocery stores. I got the 5:47 PM train & reached home at 7 PM & Pallini was there waiting & brought me right out. It is now 11:37 PM JVT
I left home Friday morning 10th inst on the 6:35 AM PRR train for NY where I arrived 6;20 Pm that evening. Dr Anjou came in Sunday at 10:15 AM & we conferred until about 12 o'c noon. I phoned Harry A. Kuhn at Garden City L.I. & he said he would mail me the D'Invilliers report which he said was an appraisal one. I left at 8:45 AM yesterday Monday for Erie Pa where I arrived at 9:30 PM & was met by Mrs Mizener who drove me to her home at North East Pa. We left there at 7:11 AM this morning in her car, with her mother Mrs Wells & her daughter Mathilde & passed through Erie, Waterford, Cambridge Springs, & Meadville to Titusville Pa where we arrived a little after eleven o'clock & drove around to No 224 West Main St, a fine big brick residence with spacious yard to the residence of Capt Alonzo J. Thompson & not finding him at home, went to his office across from the 2d NBK & P.O. & found his name & "NY & Penna Lumber Co Inc" on the door, but his stenographer, Miss Hendricks said he had gone to a meeting at 10:30 AM of the Directors of the Titusville Trust Co of which he was one. I had her telephone to him there &he came to his office where I met him at 11:25 AM. He had her V10 Page 141 read me a copy of the letter he wrote me on 10th inst. He told me he was born the same day that John D. Rockefeller was, viz: July 8, 1839 & that he served four years in the Civil War. He said his father was Elias Greene Thompson whose ancestors had been early settlers at Plymouth, Mass & came he thought from England. His father had no brothers & but one sister, who married a Newbury & her son, Thompson Newbury invented the pointed gimlet screw. He said he had paid little attention to his family history, but that a sister of his had the Thompson record back to 1600. she however died childless, giving it to another sister, also childless who lives in Los Angeles, is past 80, but is visiting now somewhere in the middle west. He thinks he can get it from her or from the Thompson Newburys who also had the record & he is going to try to trace it for me.4* He said his father had 11 children. His brother, Geo W. Thompson 2 yrs younger than him, lives at Warren Pa, but is an invalid. he took me over to the Trust co & introduced me to Mr Hopkins, the treas, who sd his mother was a Thompson of the Indiana Co family. The banking room is a very fine one. The building was built by their Pres, J.C. McKinney at a cost of $250,000 & presented to the stockholders. We left Titusville & A.J.T. abt 1 PM & came through Oil City, Franklin, Harrisville, Butler, etc & arrived here 6 Pm ie 7 PM daylight sav time. It is now 11:46 PM & I will go to bed. JVT V10 Page 142 Hotel Virginia, Staunton, Augusta Co VA Aug 17, 1923 9:33 PM Room 54 I forgot to note that A.J. Thompson of Titusville Pa is a slender man & says that he has been more or less of an invalid for near 60 yrs. He said he was in Denver Col in 1860 before there was any town there. We left Pittsburgh Pa Wednesday morning 15th about 10 o'c Pgh time & crossing at Point Bridge, went through Carnegie, Bridgeville, Canonsburgh & via Hill Church to Washington Pa where I showed my party where I had lived when at College & took them over to the First Pres Ch to the College & Court House & to the Geo Washington Hotel where we had lunch & proceeding on showed them the David Bradford & Dr Francis Julius LeMoyne homes & the female seminary & came over the national Road through scenery Hill, Beallsville, Centerville, Brownsville, & Searights to Oak Hill where I left the folks & went in town & got my mail 40 letters four or five of which I answered & laid the others aside. We left at 9 AM yesterday morning 16th & stopped an hour at Lingerlonger & then came on over the National Road through Farmington & Somerfield Pa, Grantsville, Frostburg, Cumberland & Hancock Md to Hagerstown Md where we put up for the night at the Hotel V10 Page 143 Hamilton. It commenced raining about midnight last night & rained continuously until after 8 o'c tonight over 20 hours. We left Hagerstown, Md in the rain, abt 7 o'c this morning & came through Martinsburgh WVA to Winchester VA where we stopped for a few minutes at the Hotel Jack, the Proprietor being O.H? Jack, a handsome smooth faced young man who said his father was Charles B? Jack & that his sister had a history of the family away back, but she had gone to NY to attend the wedding of her daughter there today. He said if I would write her, she would wend it to me & he gave me her address as: Mrs E.V. Smith, Hotel Jack, Winchester VA. We then drove on, stopping for soup & tea at 11:20 AM at the NY Restaurant, Woodstock Va, then passed through New Market Va & to the "Endless Caverns" where we stopped at 1 PM went through them 2 1/2 miles showing wonderful formations & left at 3 PM & came through Harrisonburg Va & Strasburg Va to this place where we arrived at 4:45 PM, got rooms & I went to the Court House arriving five minutes before they closed & found a will filed in 1771 of William Elliott who left a widow Jane & sons James, John, Wm & Archibald & I think other children which he did not name. I am going back when V10 Page 144 they open at 9 o'c in the morning. After dinner, I got a taxi & we were driven in the rain up by the parsonage of the First Pres Ch where ex Pres Woodrow Wilson was born & went at 7:30 to 9 PM to the moving picture of Alice Brady in the Leopardess which was very good. It is now 10:10 PM & I will quit & answer the letters I got when leaving yesterday morning & write also to Mrs Smith. JVT I wrote the letters & mailed them at midnight. I also want to note that A.J. Thompson gave me on Tuesday at Titusville Pa a remedy or cure for rheumatism which he said had cured him & worked wonders with may others. I have not had time to read it, but will later copy it into this book. V10 Page 145 & V10 Page 146 & V10 Page 147 Register & Recorder's office, Staunton VA Aug 18, 1923 10:18 AM Augusta Co Will Index Book Page 1816 Carothers, David Will 12 164* 1874 Caruthers, Isaac Will Codicil 3A 91* 1848 Caruthers, James Adm Bond 27 509* Caruthers, James Estate Apprsmt 29 148* Caruthers, James Sale Bill 29 151* Caruthers, James Settlement 29 155* 1855 Carruthers, J. Estate Settlement 34 612* 1787 Crawford, Patrick Will 7 31* Crawford, Patrick Estate Inv 7 33* 1779 Caruthers, Rob Will 6 106* 1795 Crawford, Saml Will 8 176* Crawford, Saml Estate Appmt 8 197* 1779 Elliott, Archd A.C. Estate Appmt 6 59* 1848 Elliott, Julia Ann Guardian Bond 28 194* 1860 Elliott, John C. To Baylor W.L.H. Trust 37 284* 1868 Elliott, John Estate Inv or App 42 167* Elliott, John Estate Sale Bill 42 168* 1837 Elliott, Thos To Cochran D.T. 21 373* 1771 Elliott, William Will & bond 4 417/418* Elliott, William Estate Appmt 4 448* 1786 Elliott, William Acct Estate 6 521* 1807 Frame, Ann To Frame B.S. 10 129* 1834 Finley, Geo W. Will 19 482* 1765 Findley, John Guardian 3 413* 1791 Finley, John Will & Appmt 7 404/43* 1802 Finley, John Will 9 242* 1803 Finley, John Estate Appmt 9 277 1804 Frame, James Will 9 381* 1805 Finley, John Estate Sales 10 32* 1806 Frame, Jane Estate Settlement 10 47* 1807 Finley, John's Estate Settlement 10 111* 1811 Finley, John's Estate Appsmt 10 414 1821 Frame, John C. To Kinney N.C. D.T. 13 367/410 1822 Frame, Janetta & C Settlement 13 412 wrong dea[?] 1825 Finley, John's Estate Settlement 15 153 1814 Frame, Samuel Estate Will 11 322* 1822 Frame, Samuel Estate Settlement 14 141* 1834 Frame, Samuel Settlement 20 110 1838 Frame, Samuel Settlement 22 174 1841 Finley, Samuel & Elizabeth Harnest Mar Con 23 496 1849 Finley, Samuel Will 29 287* 1857 Finley, Samuel Exrs Lewis Johnson Emancipation 36 133 1874 Finley, Saml B. Will 45 373 1876 Finley, Saml B. Estate Settlement 46 347 1877 Finley, Saml B. Estate Settlement 47 135 1796 Frame, Thomas Will 8 255* 1789 Finley, William Will 7 176* 1807 Frame, William Will 10 155* 1835 Finley, William Will 21 291 1839 Finley, William Estate Settlement 22 254 1766 Pierce, Daniel Adms Good Pasture 3 254 1797 Price, John Will 8 283/30 1799 Price, John Settlement 8 342 1763 Pierie, Thos Will & Bond 3 217 & 21 1753 Thompson, Alex Guardian (Pennel) 1 525 1769 Thompson, Ad Will & Bond 9 350 1803 Thompson, Alex Will 9 350 1806 Thompson, Andrew To Kearns N.C. 10 51 1824 Thompson, Alex Will 14 426* 1826 Thompson, Alex Settlement 15 363 1830 Thompson, Alex Settlement 17 219 1832 Thompson, Alex Settlement 18 213 1833 Thompson, Alex Settlement 19 56 1820 Thompson, Catharine Will 13 141* 1762 Thompson, Hugh Will & Bond 3 181 & 183* 1750 Thompson, James Bond 1 317 1764 Thompson, James Adm (Thompson) 3 351 1773 Thompson, James Will & Bond 5 97 & 99 1811 Thompson, John Will 11 13 1820 Thompson, John Will 13 215* 1841 Thompson, John Will 23 419 1843 Thompson, John Will 25 9 1845 Thompson, John Settlement 26 466 1866 Thompson, Lucas P. Will 41 119 1867 Thompson, Lucas P. Settlement 42 339 1753 Thompson, Mat Sr Will 1 499 1760 Thompson, Mary Admr 2 365 1778 Thompson, Moses Will 6 30, 5 1781 Thompson, Moses Acct estate 6 129 1807 Thompson, Mathew Appsmt 10 107 1820 Thompson, Mathew Will 13 193 1822 Thompson, Mathew Will 14 8 1828 Thompson, Mathew Settlement 16 386 1834 Thompson, Mary Will 19 397 1755 Thompson, Thos Adm Bond 2 128,194 1758 Thompson, Thos G? Bond 2 242 1760 Thompson, Thos Invtg 2 396 1761 Thompson, Thos Acct Estate 3 102 1765 Thompson, Thos Inv 3 422 1766 Thompson, Thos Will & Bond 3 455/456 1773 Thompson, Thos Acct Estate 5 133 1857 Thompson, Thos Will 35 557 Thompson, Thos Proof of Will 36 22, 11 1747 Thompson, William Guardian Camill 1 41 1760 Thompson, William Adm 2 387 1781 Thompson, William Will 6 209* 1807 Thompson, William Appsmt 10 149 1815 Thompson, William Will 12 37 1863 Thompson, William Will 39 393 1864 Thompson, William Settlement 40 108 1763 Reaburn, James Guardian (Reaburne) 3 274 1798 Reaburne, Jno Will 8 298 1801 Rayburne, Jno Appsmt 9 162 1803 Reaburn, John Settlement 9 339 1806 Rayburn, John Settlement 10 87 1754 Rabourn, Margt Admr Bond 2 45
I went this morning to the Register & Recorders office at the Court House, Staunton Va & copied from the first will Index 1745 to 1904? the references as shown on the preceding pages 145 to this 148 & by that time, it was 1 o'clock PM the hour at which they close on Saturdays & the Register would not arrange to let me work in the office this afternoon or at night, so I went to the Hotel Virginia, got our lunch, paid my bill, filled up with gasoline & oil & at 3 o'c, started over here coming via Churchville, Buffalo Gap, Goshen & Warm Springs & arrived here at 7 PM covering 66 miles. My plans are to go on Monday via of Covington & Lexington to Natural Bridge & then on to Staunton & spend Tuesday in the Registers office & then go to Charlottesville Wednesday. We got our dinner here & went to the movie picture of Wallace Reid in "nice People" after which B.F. Jones Jr, Prest of Jones & Laughlin Steel Co passed by & shook hands. It is now 11:44 PM & I will write up my cash Acct book. JVT.
We left "The Homestead" Hot Springs Va at 9:44 AM this morning & drove by Healing Springs to Covington Va said to be the Pgh of Va & from there to Clifton Forge Va where we arrived about 12:15 PM & stopped at the Gradys Inn & had lunch & from there drove over North Mountain which was very high & steep & fully five miles up to the top & four miles down on this side & drove along by it a considerable distance. Mathilde weighed 80 lbs at Clifton Forge Va. We reached Lexington abt 4:30 PM & drove 15 miles south to Natural Bridge where we arrived at 5:30 PM & walked down & viewed this wonder of nature & took some pictures & started back at 6:20 PM arriving here at 7:10 PM having driven just 100 miles today & dark approaching, we concluded to stay here over night, got our suppers where we met Miss Belle? Larrick who along with Mr Mattingly Registrar of Washington & Lee University is running the Campus Inn here in the summer where they have 40 regular boarders & who were very nice to us. After supper we all four walked through the grounds & saw the large colonial buildings one being over 100 yrs old & also the chapel where Genl Robt E. Lee is buried & Mr Mattingly V10 Page 150 said "Stonewall" Jackson was buried in the Presbyterian g.y. now belonging to the city over on Main St which we passed coming in from Natural Bridge. S Mathilde & I were coming in, I spoke to three young girls & they turned back & asked Mathilde to come & play with them & were very beautiful, good & gracious, but it being nine o'clock, Mathilde's mother & grandmother would not let her go, as they wanted to go to bed. Accordingly, I bed them good night & have come up to my room 208 & have written up the days itinerary. Mr Mattingly says there is a Dr McClung living here now & says there are Pattersons here & at Brownsburg Va 17 miles North, who are Finley descendants. I was trying to get to Staunton Va for tonight, but the roads were too rough & hard to make it, so we are aiming to get up at 5:30 & off at 6 AM so I can get breakfast at Staunton & get to work at the court House when they open at 9 AM tomorrow. It is now 10 PM & I will quit & get ready for bed. JVT V10 Page 151 Augusta Co Va Court House Staunton Va Aug 21, 1923 9:55 AM 1. Will Book 12 Page 164 Will of David Caruthers dated May 25, 1810, states he is of Augusta Co Va. Gives to wife Elizabeth 1/3 of Real & personal estate as long as she remains my widow. To my sons James & John, the plantation I now live on equally & authorizes James to sell farm near Middlebrook that Saml Jackson lives on & money to be divided among my daughters as their necessities require & as they come of age. To my oldest daughter, Jean, certain houses & other daughters to be provided for as wife thinks best. Appoints wife Elizabeth, Samuel Jackson & James Bert Exrs. Signed David Caruthers (seal) Attest Robert Scott Wm Engart, Peggy (her mark) Jackson & Samuel Jackson. Proven May 27, 1816 2. Will Book 3A P 91 Will of Isaac Caruthers, of the Co of Monroe, State of Va 2d To William Erskine of Salt Sulphur Springs in Monroe, all my estate, in special trust to apply same to education of my granddaughter, Mary Jane Caruthers Robertson, until she reaches 21 yrs & after that, entire income to be pd to her, but free from
4th States that his property is the Salt Sulphur Springs "tract owned in partnership with sd Wm Erskine which is conducted as a place of entertainment for visitors. He direst it be held for 20 yrs expressing the belief that in that time, the debts of Erskine & Caruthers wd be pd off out of [cut off] 5th Appoints said Wm Erskins sole Exr. Dated Dec 30, 1851 Isaac Caruthers. Witnesses: Cyrus B. Campbell, W. Watts, N. Harrison Make a codicil same day declaring he had sold Greenbrier tract, also another codicil same day. Proven Mch 20, 1854 by the 3 witnesses. 3. Will Book 29 Page 148 Inventory of James Caruthers, covering 4 pages appraised Nov 5, 1846 by Wm Young, John Brooks, A.S.A. Curry. Sale bill covering 5 pages amtg to $548.22, Contra $146.71. Bals in hands of Adm $401.51. V10 Page 153 David S. Bell was Adm. Estate shows no settlement in as much as suit is still pending vs Samuel Jackson. In Book 34 P 612 et seq, shows int added for several yrs & the sum of $519.92 in Adms hands which is equally divided between 4 heirs: 1. John Caruthers $128.73 (Payts) 2. Samuel Harris & wife $128.73 3. James Beazley $128.73 4. W.C. Browning & wife $128.73 4. Will Book C Page 105 & 106 Will of Rebecca Caruthers of Augusta Co VA on this Oct 22, 1779. Wills 1st to my daughter Esther, all the monies arising fr the sale of my estate together with £1200 willed to me by my husband, the money to be put to interest & the money arising therefrom to be applied for the education & trouble of raising my said daughter & also give to sd child, all such of my wearing apparel as my Exr & my mother shall approve, also bed & bedding, large walnut chest with drawers, all my table furniture & leaves, care of sd child to my Exr during his life & if my mother survives him, then I leave the care of my sd child in her non age & my estate to her in like trust if she will receive it, but if she is not circumstanced to do so, the I place same upon John Caruthers, but if my child should die without heir of her own body, then I V10 Page 154 bequeath £50 of the aforesaid money to each of my sisters & also the clothes & furniture to be divided among them if my child died in non age & to my brothers, all the remainder of said monies if my child dies without an heir & give my mother my saddle & bridle & my brother William my bay horse & he is to pay unto my two brothers James & John £50 Each. Lastly, I make & ordain my father, John Moffit Exr. Rebecca (her mark) Caruthers. Witnesses: James Cunningham, James Young & Wm Moffit. Proven Nov 16, 1779 by James Young & Wm Moffit. 5. Will Book 6 Page 59 Appraisment of estate of Archibald & Lantz Elliott decd shows carpenter tools appraised & 1 bible £2, 1 mare & colt £90, Rifle Gun £12, 1 hat £6, Bible & primer £1.10. Signed John Vochub, John Meek, Robert Wallace. This is not dated, but just preceding, was that of Moses Thompson, dated Mch 16, 1779 & just following is that of Thomas Hog dated Aug 14, 1775. I now see that Archibald & Lantz Elliott's is dated Mch 16, 1779 & aggregates £41.14.3 for Lantz's com with the Rifle gun & Archibald's ending with mare & colt aggregated £108.10
Guardians bond of Julia Ann Elliott, wherein Eli Shelly & Wm A. Hauger are bondsmen in $100 dated Mch 24, 1845 of "Julia Ann Elliott, orphan of Johnston Elliot, decd" Presented in court at Mch term 1845.
John C. Elliott. A chattel mtge dated Feby 6, 1860 to Wm G.H. Baylor mtges his box of carpenter tools, books & 1/6 of a 100 A tract of land called the Henderson tract of Moffit's branch which descended to sd Elliott's wife fr her father. Recites a page of debts which it secures. 8. Will Book 42 P 167 & 168 Estate of John Elliott, Inv & App & sale bill. Appraised Nov term 1867 by Henry Ripatoe, James C. Earhart & John Stoner which include a box of carpenter tools $20, a rifle gun $7.80 & aggregating $231.50 Sale bill shows $101.56 returned Jany 22, 1867 & sold by A. Daniel Adm & in addition is list of articles taken by the heirs: 15 articles taken by A. Daniel $170.85 3 Rasors & 1 strap taken by John Elliott Jr 1.50 1 spyglass & compass taken by " " " 3.00 1 Rifle Gun taken by " " " 7.50 1 box carpenters tools taken by George Elliott 20.00 1 broad Axe ___1.00 $203.05
Deed of Trust from Thomas Elliott of Augusta Co VA to James A. Cochran dated Apr 3, 1836 states he is indebted to John Tate in $333.59. Pledges 5 shares of the Warm Springs & Harrisonburg Turnpike worth $250. etc. 10. Will Book 4 Pages 417 & 418 Will of William Elliott I William Elliott of the Co of Augusta & Colony of VA being sick in body, but in perfect judgement & memory etc. I this July 7, 1771, make & publish this, my last will & testament in manor following, to wit, leaving my soul to a Marsyfull [sic] God & my body to the earth to be buried deasently [sic] & as to my worly estate as follows: I leave my loving wife, my plantation & all my movable estate for while she lives a wedo & if she inclines to Mary, I allow her a horse & saddle, her own cloas, & bedding of cloas upon these Farms & I empower my wife to my estate if that she takes care to scoul my children & to portion them of at her discretion. As for my son Jame [sic], I allow him £5 & for the remainder of his improvements, I allow him £8, according as she can spear [sic] it & as for my son William, I allow him that mare & colt that was named his & that black colt that I work, I allow him the value of him in other creatures & what his V10 Page 157 mother sees caus besides & if my son John is plyable to his mother & willing to undertake to work the plantation & assist his mother to scool [sic] & portion of the rest of the children & for his trouble I allow him the plantation at his mother's diseas & what she pleases to give him & if he does not incline to stay & undertake this trouble, she may choose anyone of the rest & give them the same after & I allow Archibald Scouling & put the Smith tread [sic] & Lantz scouling & let him choose his trade & I appoint my wife Jane & my son John Elliott to be Exrs of this, my last will & testament & I do hereby disannul & revoke all former wills I made by me in word or in writing. In witness hear of, I have set to my hand & seal the day & year above written. William Elliott. Witnesses: Robert Clark, John Stephenson, James Clark. Proven Aug 21, 1771 by said witnesses & Jane Elliott & John Elliott granted letters with Archibald Armstrong & John Dickinson bondsmen. On pages 448 451 is listed the appraisement filed Nov 10, 1771 by James Graham, Christopher Vachub & John Graham Apprs which among many other articles shows: William Crawford's note £8. 7.6 Margaret Clarke's note 4.10. James Blean's account 1. 8.6 William Blean's note 3.15 Robert Graham's account 6. 8. Not added over
To William Elliott acct pd him £ 4. 4. To George Elliott, acct pd him .15. To James Elliott, legacy agreeable to Will 13. To William Elliott, legacy agreeable to Will 16.10 To Jeans Elliott, legacy agreeable to Will 16.19.3 To Elizabeth Elliott, legacy agreeable to Will 16.19. To Archibald's Elliott, Dead legacy agreeable to Will 16. 5. To Ann's Elliott, Dead, legacy agreeable to Will 37.10. To Lantz Elliott, deceased in his minority Will 7. 6.6 To Margaret's Elliott, Legacy agreeably to Will 32. To Sarah's Elliott Legacy agreeably to Will _28._______ £198.19.5 1/2 which shows an overpayt of 10.5.1 1/2. Agreeably to order of Court to us directed we have examined the acct of John Elliott Exr of estate of Wm Elliott decd & find vouchers for the several sums charged as above except for the sum of £16.5.0 charged Archibald & £7.6.6. to Lantz who are deceased & John Elliott says their estates to that amt were apportioned amongst the surviving children to mutual satisfaction. And also that sum of £16.10.0 to William Elliot there is no voucher, but it appears to us agreeably to the will to be his proportion. And that John Elliot appears to have paid her the above account stated, the sum of £10.5.1 1/2 more than the amt of the estate per the appraisement bill. Given under our hands this 20th day of March, 1786, Alexander St Clair, Rd Gamble.
one negro wench £66.10.0 & same is distributed to: To Robert Givens £33.5.0 To Sarah Elliot 33.5.0 Agreeably to order of Court to us directed, we have examined the above acct as stated of John Elliot, guardian to Margaret & Sarah Elliot & find vouchers for the equal division of the above £66.10 which appears to have been left them by their mother, Jean Elliott decd. Given under hands this 20th Mch 1786 Alexander St Clair, Rd Gamble Augusta Co Court Mch 21, 1786 This account of the estate of William Elliott decd by John Elliott Exr was returned to the court also the sd John Elliot's acct as gdn of Margaret & Sarah Elliot which together with the report of the examiners hereon are ordered to be recorded. Test J. Lyle Jr D.C. [variations in spelling Elliott/Elliot noted CW]
Bill of Sale of Ann Frame recites that "I, Ann Frame, widow of John Frame, Decd, late of Augusta Co" for consideration of $30 to me pd by son Archibald Frame, hereby grants & sell to sd Archibald, 4 stacks or rye in the field, 40 dozen sheaves of wheat in the barn 25 acres of corn on the stocks in the field, 27 acres of rye now in the ground, 2 mares & 2 colts, 14 head of cattle, 12 hoggs, 1 bureau, 1 cupboard, all the beds, bedsteads & furniture thereto belonging & also saddle, bridles, gear V10 Page 160 ploughs, tables, pots, ovens, frying pans, axes, mattocks, hoes etc all belonging to me which I have granted bargained & sold to the sd Archibald forever. In witness whereof I have affixed my name & seal this June 22, 1807. Ann (her mark) Fream [sic]. Witnesses Ann Fream Sienen. William Fream, Elisabeth Fream. Presented to the court same day. 12. Will Book 9 Page 381 Will of Jane Frame. I, Jane Frame of Augusta Co, widow of Thomas Frame decd, will as follows: Give to my grandson, John Craig Frame my negro man, Jack & Phillis, a black girl rising 2 yrs old. Give to my granddaughter Peggy Allin Frame my negro girl Dorcas now rising 6 yrs old. To my grandson, Thomas Frame, my negro woman Rachel now abt 31 yrs old together with all her offspring from the present date. To my granddaughter Nancy Allin Frame, my negro girl Jinney now abt 15 yrs old together with her increase. Items: Wills that all movable property viz: horses, cattle, farming utensils, household furniture, books &c shall be equally divided between my four grandchildren before mentioned. To my son, Samuel Frame (he having already recd nearly his proportion of my estate) $10. I appoint Saml Findley, son of John Findley & John Craig Barkin Exrs. Dated Aug 3, 180[cut off] Jean (her mark) Frame. Witness: Wm Wilson, Wm Bell Jr, John Crawford, Proven Nov 26, 1804 V10 Page 161 Will Book 10 Page 47 Settlement of Jane Frame estate. Shows acct of John C. Baskin's Exr filed Apr 12, 1806 showing a balance in his hands of £262.16.3 1/4 13. Will Book 13 Page 367 Deed of Trust from John C. Frame. Dated Oct 9, 1821 between John C. Frame of Augusta Co Va & Nicholas C. Kinney of same place in order to secure $541.13 mortgages 2 slaves. On page 410, same book on Jany 4, 1822 gives another D of T which Kinney acknowledges payt of Jany 28, 1824.
Will of Samuel Frame. States he is of Augusta Co & gives: To wife Patsy Frame 1/3 of my place I now live on & 1/3 of my movable effects during her natural life or while in a single state. To my son John Frame £30 in horse flesh To my son Thos Frame my still house place, but if he died without heirs to go to his sister & brother. Desire, Malvina & Jane be made equal with Peggy & Nancy in what was left to them by their grandmother Frame & if anything is then left, he wishes it divided among the girls & after his wife dies, place to be sold & divided equally among all my children viz John, Thos, Peggy, Nancy, Malvina, & Jane. Appoints Rev Wm V10 Page 162 Wilson, Col Alexr Robertson, & Capt Wm Robertson or any two of them Exrs. Dated July 26, 1809. Samuel Frame Attest: John Thompson, David Connely, Jno Connely. Proven Feby 28, 1814 & on Mch 3, 1814 was further proven by the oath of John Thompson, a witness thereto & letters granted to Rev Wm Willson with Andrew Anderson & Wm Willson sureties in $20,000 bond. On page 400, is appraisement of slaves etc covering 5 pages aggregating 1604.1.2 returned Oct 24, 1814 In Will book 14, P 141 is settlement of Saml Frame's estate by Wm Wilson & Wm Robertson covering 11 pages which I have not time to read, which is filed Sept 12, 1822. In Will Book 20 P 110 is another acct filed covering 4 pages filed Sept 15, 1834 In Will Book 22 P 174 Wm Willson Snr Exr files acct Sept 18, 1838
John Finley is appointed gdn of Mary Gardner orphan of Thos Gardner on Aug 20, 1756 16. Will Book 8 Page 255 Will of Thomas Frame. Recites he is of Augusta Co Va. Gives: To wife Jane Frame tract of land I bot of Samuel McKee & on which I now live also lot of slaves etc.
To my grandson, John Craig Frame, the home farm after his widow dies, but if he dies before he is 21, land to go to my son Samuel Frame's next oldest son if he should have another son, or then to his oldest daughter. Appoints wife Jane Frame & son Samuel Frame Exrs. Dated Apr 18, 1796 Thos Frame. Witnesses: James Hodgson, Thomas Connelly, William Irwin. Makes a codicil dated Sept 8, 1796 nothing important. Proven Dec 20, 1796.
Will of William Frame. His will is produced Nov 23, 1807 on oaths of Jacob D. Williamson & Wm Black & on motion of Archibald Frame he not having appointed an Exr. Will is dated July 27, 1807 & bequeaths to his brother Archibald & to his mother the whole of my share in my father's lands estate equally. To my sister Ann & Betsy £10 each. William (his mark) Frame Witness Jacob Williamson, Rachel Black, Wm Black
John Finley's Sale of his personal estate & slaves Nov 3, 1802 shows sales to: Robert Finley, to hemp not watered £ 2.10.0 Robert Finley, to rifle gun .15. Robert Finley, pair stilliards .11.6 Robert Finley, 162 lbs broke flax 2. 9. Samuel Finley, pitchfork . 2. Robert Finley, 1 white sow & 7 shoats 2.14. Esther Finley, one sorrel horse 25.10. Esther Finley, one cow with the bell 3.12. Esther Finley, one twin over James Ramsey 3. 2. Robert Finley, 7 hogs 4. 4. Robert Finley, 4 gallons brandy .12. Samuel S. Finley, 52 1/4 bus wheat 10. 0.3 1/2 Esther Finley, 21 bus wheat 1.10.7 whole sale was 405. 3.6 1/2 John Caldwell, Saml S. Finley, Co Exr returned to Dec court 1805 & ordered recorded. On pages 111 to 116 is settlement of acct by above Exrs amtg to £2090.19.1 Mch 24, 1807 See Page 175 18 1/2 Deed Book 2 P 111 Deed to Wm Elliott made Feby 3, 1748 by Wm Beverly of Blandfield in the Co of Essex & Wm Elliott Junr of the Co of Augusta 225 A. V10 Page 165 Room 54 Hotel Virginia, Staunton Va Aug 21, 1923 We left Lexington Va at 6:15 o'c this morning & drove through Fairfield, Brownsburg, Moffit Creek, Middlebrook & Afton Va to here, Staunton where we arrived about 8:40 AM, got our breakfasts (we covered 42 miles on the trip) & I went to the Court House & worked continuously until they closed the office at 5 PM as recorded on pages 151 to 164 inclusive. Mathilde came a half hour later & I will now copy what she took off & Millie followed her an hour later & what she took off will follow Mathilde's. I checked thus [*] at the right hand end of the line on pages 145 to 147 incl such references as I took off Saturday 18th as we three had time to get before the office closed. I will continue numbering at 19. I having taken off 1 to 18 inclusive. Commencing with 19 taken off by Mathilde: 19. Will Book NO 7 Page 31 Will of Patrick Crawford of Augusta Co Va dated Dec 4, 1786 Item: to my beloved son George Crawford, the plantation whereon I now live & one negro girl Phebby. Item: to my beloved son John, my negro Sam V10 Page 166 Item: to my beloved son James & children, that tract of land which I purchased from Madam Wood & two negro boys named Tony & Tom and To my son William a negro woman named Rose. Item: to my well beloved daughter, Martha, one hundred pounds in cash & Linny, a negro wench, saddle, bed & furniture. Item: to my well beloved daughter Mary £100 in cash & two negro girls named Molly & Ella with her saddle, her bed & furniture. Item; to my grandson, George McChesney £100 And what other cash shall remain is to be divided among my four sons or as many of them as be alive then & if either of my twin sons, James or William should die without issue, the survivor shall enjoy the whole. Appoints son George & John Crawford to be sole Exrs. Patrick Crawford (seal) Witness John Poage, James Crawford & Alex Robertson Will proven by Poage & Robertson & James McChesney. On pages 34 36 incl is appraisement list aggregating £2462.3.7 made by Rob Kenney, John Sivens, James Rankin & George Crawford in 1788. 20. Will Book No 8 P 176 Will of Samuel Crawford of Augusta Co Va dated Feby 14, 1795 1st To my wife Elizabeth, the whole of the V10 Page 167 profits of my place where I now live & also the cleared lands. After instructions about schooling the children, gives to son William the whole of the above place, but if he should die under age, then my wife to enjoy the land forever & directs his Exrs to sell a survey on North Mountains. Authorizes his brother James Crawford to recover, settle for & sell a tract of land in Cumberland granted to John Lovengear. Names grandson Wm Griffen. Samuel Crawford. Witness: John Young, Robert Wallace, Sharrel Freil. Page 197 this book shows a good appraisement filed Sept 23, 1795 Appraiser were Wm Moffitt, Benj Brown, & Samuel Bell.
Will of Adam Thompson of Augusta Co Va. Gives: To my wife Naomi Thompson after all legal debts are paid, she to have 1/3 of my personal estate & then to my son Andrew 1/3 of personal estate & to my well beloved daughters Margaret & Rebecca 1/3 of my personal estate. Dated Jany 11, 1769 signed Adam Thompson. Witness: Samuel Downey, Andrew Scott, Thos Scott. Appoints Samuel Downey & Andrew Thompson Exrs. Died Mch 29, 1769. V10 Page 168 22. Will Book NO 9 Page 350 Will of Alexander Thompson of Augusta Co Va Gives: 1st To my son Alexander, the side of the plantation on which he now lives the tract to be divided equally by a line across from Geo Marshall's on Gibson's line etc. To my son Patterson the other half on which I now live & the improvements etc & to each of my daughters, Agness, Martha, Margaret & to Polly a horse & saddle, a bed its furniture & the rest of my stocks & property I give to Alexander & Patterson equally & also my other tract of 130 A lying on the main road leading from Staunton to Richmond & adjg to Dolor Lane to be divided equally between Martha, Margaret, Sarah, They passing to Agness & Polly £30 each. Appoints sons Alexander & Patterson Exrs & my beloved brother Robert to look & see that they fulfill it. Dated Jany 23, 1801 Alexander Thompson Witnesses: John Henry, Patterson W. Thompson, William Thompson. Proven Jany 21, 1804 by oaths of John Henry & Patterson W. Thompson, two of the witnesses before Charles Kinney. V10 Page 169 23. Will Book 14 Page 426 Will of Alexander Thompson of Augusta Co VA Gives: 3d to my nephew William Thompson $10 To my nephew John Thompson $1200, my negro man & my dirk To John Shields, son of my niece Rachael [sic] Shields $500 to be divided among them & To Mary Rean $100 & To Alexander Thompson Rean $200 & To my niece Mary Davison $1020 & To my niece Mary Shields $1000 & To my niece Jane? Thompson $100 & To the children of my niece Cathrine Long to Betsy Parry, Alexander Long & Joseph Long $100 each & to Mary Long $500 also 1 horse & to Porrus? Long & Nancy Long $500 each. To Rebecca Pelter $500, my wearing apparel to my Exr. Dated Apr 20th 1808 Alexander Thompson Witness James Black, John Black, Samuel Black.
Will of Cathrine Thompson Augusta Co VA I allow to Catharine Alexander, daughter of Peter Alexander of Ky £20. All the residue of my estate to my sister Molly Hunter & appoints Thomas Jackson Exr. Dated Dec 1, 1818 Catherine Thompson Witness: James Crawford, Robert Steele. Proven 1820 V10 Page 170 25. Will Book NO 13 P 215 Will of John Thompson of Phila Pa merchant gives: To my wife, Rebecca, all my household goods & my wearing apparel, also the lot of ground on east side of Delaware St which I purchased from Mary Foulke, also the lot of ground on east side of Delaware St which I purchased from Mary Foulke also yearly sum of $200 & To my son Samuel Thompson $2000 & ordained to my? to her children the same 1/5 to my son Jonah Thompson & the same to my son George Thompson, same to my son Samuel Thompson, same to my other children, the remainder to my sons Jonah Thompson & George Thompson. Appoints son in law, Samuel Lewis & my son George Thompson Exrs. Dated. John Thompson. Witnesses; Isaac Norris, Thomas Norris, Henry Polls
Will of Hugh Thompson Realizing by the common course of nature that my departure is drawing night, I give: To my wife £11 & 1/3 of the plantation. To my son James, a small bible and a "Confession of Faith" & To my daughter Elinor, her bible "Allens Call to the Unconverted: & Thompsons Catechism of a small bible
To my dear wife any riding horse & a mare called the Blean mare etc. To my daughter Elinor, mare & horse etc & £5 To my grandson one horse, one mare To my granddaughter one cow To my grandchildren Hugh & Elizabeth one bald horse & £5 To my granddaughter Rachel Russel £2 To my grandson George, one heifer To my grandson James, one steer To my grandson Opan [Ojean?], one steer To my grandson Hugh, a young boy colt Signed Hugh Thompson. Witnesses Jacob Jenk?, Homer Gray, John Craig, James Craig. Proven Apr 1757 27. Will Book No 2 Page 476 Daniel Pierce & Peter Hoog stand bound Nov 1776 in bond of said Pierce as administrator of Goodpasture The above nine from 19 to 27 inclusive were taken of [sic] by Mathilde Mizener. The following items commencing with No 28 were taken off by Mildred Mizener. V10 Page 172 28. Will Book 19 P 482 Will of Geo W. Finley of Augusta Co Va Directs that a slab of marble cover his grave by the side of the grave of his mother & then wills: See page 176 To my nephew Archibald George Christian $100 to be pd under direction of his father with accrued interest when he is 21 yrs old. 2d To my sister Maria W. Finley $300 & my watch 3d To my sister Nancy Hall $200 4th To my sister Caroline E. Harper should she live to have a son called by my name $300 if she should not have a son to give her $200 5th To my brother William $300 6th To my sister Lavinia $300 7th To my brother Samuel $300 also my flute & knife & wearing apparel to him & my brother William they giving such of my old clothes as they may all prefer 8th To my brother John $150 9th The balance of my estate to be equally divided with my father 1 each of my brothers 1 & sisters 1? Lastly appoints brother John W. Finley & my brother in law John B. Christian Exrs. Dated Apr 21, 1834 & signed G.W. Finley. Witnesses: James McFarland, Baxter Branford, James Fulton, Jons [Jens?] Fulton May Term 1834 proved by the father of Baxter Branford & James Fulton & bond in $6000 given. John B. Christian refused to act as Exr. It is 2:30 AM & I will go to bed. V10 Page 173 Downstairs office waiting & writing room of the Princess Anne Hotel, Fredericksburg VA Aug 22, 1923 11:44 PM I got up at 6:15 this morning, took a cold bath & by reason of very slow service for breakfast, we did not get started until 8:45 AM & going east, reached Charlottesville Va at 11:30 Am & stopped at the Queen Charlotte Hotel where we got an excellent lunch. James L. Humbert, son of Capt James & Virginia G. Humbert was at a funeral as pallbearer when I called up his home two miles out on the Fry Spring Road, but he come in a little later & at 1 o'clock, we started out through the rain, & stopping at his home, met his handsome wife & daughter Mary & continuing on, he drove me to the farm I bought for James H. Bowell, six miles south of town which is in a frightfully dilapidated condition. We got back to the Hotel abt 3 o'c & at 3:15 started for Culpeper Va going through Cobham, Mechanicsville, & Gordonsville to Orange where we concluded to come here 40 miles over good roads instead of going 20 ms over bad roads to Culpeper. We arrived here at 7:30 PM & could get but one room 109 where the girls have gone to bed & having no other room open, I am taking advantage of the opportunity to write & read all night to catch up & will continue on the following page transcribing what Mildred took off yesterday. V10 Page 174 29. Will Book 7 Page 404 Will of John Finley See B2 & P482 3 On Aug 17, 1791, John Findley of the Colony of Va Co of Augusta, farmer, being in a low state of health, makes his will directing 1st payt of all lawful debts & funeral expenses out of my real estate & gives: To my dearly beloved wife Thankful, all household furniture, except one old bed & furniture & my negro woman Hannah during her life & a good horse & saddle, likewise a good decent room & decent maintenance out of the part of my estate I have willed to my son David. Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved sons George, Robert & my daughter Margaret Shields each of them five shillings Va cy. Item: To my beloved son Thomas £120 VA cy to be pd by my son David Item: To my beloved son John, one bed & furniture at wife's decease Item: To my beloved daughter Jean, riding mare & negro woman at wife's decease & to her son John Trimble, my saddle & bridle. I. To my son David all my lands & all bals of my estate. Item: To my beloved daughter Thankful W. Carter 6 shillings Appoints son David sole Exr. Signed John Finley (seal) Witnesses: David W. Nair, John Thomas, John Wilson. Proven Sept 20, 1791 on oaths of David W. McNair, John Thomas & John Wilson
Will of John Finley On Feby 2, 1802, John Finley of the Co of Augusta Va says Patsy Lecklain? at different times has got as much of my estate as I allow her to have. Certain further furniture to be sold & money to go to my daughters Esther & Polly. I allow each vs Ann Shannon, Esther Finley & Polly Finley £200, Polly to be given a setting out equal to the others when she gets married. Each to have a good riding beast. My son James Finley to be put to school & to get a good education & to have fr estate clothing suitable for his calling. Appoints his two nephews, John Caldwell & Samuel Steele Finley Exrs. John Finley (seal) Attest: Samuel Finley, William Ramses, William Finley. On Oct 23, 1802 proven on oath of Wm Finley & also on oaths of Robert Finley & Sam Finley that it was a holographic will & letters issued to John Caldwell & Sam S. Finley they giving bond for $10,000 with Wm Davis, Thos Marshall & Andrew Fulton sureties. 31. Will Book 29 P 287 Will of Samuel Finley of Augusta Co Va directs all children to account for advancements as charged on his old ledger B & then gives: V10 Page 176 To Jane S. Christian $2740. To Nancy McHall 2822.10 To John S. Findley 4116.67 To William Finley 4059.67 To Samuel B. Finley 3041.67 To Caroline E. Harper 2527.93 To Livanea E. Gibson 2281.69 See Page 172 subject to be added to or diminished according to the amt that will be collected on Peter Lawry's claim on Peter Hauger notes & accts of sons John & Sam 2d Directs lands be sold if they cannot be divided. [fermata appears in the margin here] To Daughters Jane, Caroline, & Lavinia To sons William & Sam in equal shares to each To my son John I give $1000 more than each of preceding children To daughter Nancy I give same amt lacking $400 of which I give to each 5 children above named, to wit, Jane, Caroline, Lavinia, Wm & Sam, my reasons, Nancy cost me more & John made me more than $1000 more than the others. 4th I also give to Sam Finley Van Lear $15 & to Saml Finley McGaffin $10. Appoints son John S. Finley & sons in law Mathew Pilson & son Sam B. Finley Exrs, written with my own hand Sept 20, 1841 Sept 27, 1841 ackd in presence of C.S. Larew, Saml Brown, Ballard Smith, Benj F. Graham, Saml Finley.
As I have married since will was made & entered into a marriage article, I now state amts which each child has been advanced from my estate: John S. Christian $4766.79 Nancy McHall 3885.60 Wm Finley 4432.29 Saml B. Finley 4500 John S. Finley 4176.6[cut off] Caroline E. Harper 3858.2[cut off] Lavinia E. Pilson 3829.1 May 4, 1847. Samuel Finley. 32. Will Book 7 Page 176 Will of William Finley of Augusta Co VA After debts are all paid gives: To son William Finley, the land on which He now lives as it stands in his plat. To my son Robert Finley, that part of the land whereon myself & him now lives, between that part of the land given to my son William & the land of John Ramsey decd. To my two sons William & Robert Finley, the remainder of my survey of 200 Acres that was left after my son John got part of the sd survey, to be equally divided & the remainder of my estate I give to my son Robert Finley & his children. Appoints 3 sons John, Wm & Robert Exrs this Dec 21, 1787. Wm Finley. Witnesses: Wm Wallace And Ramsey, Searah [sic] Finley. Probated Sept 15, 1789 being proven by Andrew Ramsey & Wm Wallace
Will of William Thompson of Tinkling, Augusta Co Va wills: To my youngest son, Robert, all my real estate in land, to wit 200 acres which I now live on & he at his own expense shall maintain my wife and one riding horse & two milk cows out of the benefits of sd land for her while she lives & if my wife thinks proper to live in the house with him its will, but if she does not choose to live with him, he shall build at his own expense, a house either for himself or for her, but it shall be at her choice in which the house shall be built for. I give all my movable estate to my wife while she lives. At her death, it shall be sold & the money equally divided among my six children: Alexander Thompson, John Thompson, Robert Thompson, Agnes Edmondson, Rebecka McNeely, & Sarah Hendry. Appoints sons Alex & Robt Exrs & Trustees for my wife & other children. July 4, 1774. Wm Thompson (seal) Witnessed by Wm Caldwell, John Caldwell, William Finley. Probated Nov 23, 1781 on oaths of John Caldwell & Wm Finley. V10 Page 179 34. Will Book 6 Page 30 Will of Moses Thompson of Augusta Co Va. First all movable property to be sold then gives: To wife Elizabeth Thompson, one third & the rest to be equally divided to everyone of my children an equal part. My oldest daughter Catharine Thompson & her part permit to the care of my sister Anne Tunan,wife of Robert Tunen in North Carolina if thought by my friend & Exr Mathew Patton. Jany 14, 1777 Moses Thompson. Witness: David Mathew, Benj Cleaver Thomas Kidmore. Proven May 19, 1777
Deed made May 21, 1752 by John & Mary Johnson to Archibald Elliott, consideration £5. Witnessed by John Brown, Chas Knight & Wm Elliott. Recorded May 21, 1755. Items 28 to 35 inclusive 8 in all were taken off the record by Mildred W. Mizener. This gives all references noted on Page 145 but two, but shows many on pages 146, 147, & 148 that I had to leave without getting. V10 Page 180 At Queen Charlotte Hotel, Charlottesville Va Aug 22, 1923 at 11:22 AM I got from their City Directory for 1922 23: Carruthers, Elmer I. Sec Treas University Shop Inc City Auditor & Bursar, University of Pa h. University There were no other references to desired family names. James L. Humbert said today that once, when his brother Will Humbert was Postmaster at Charlottesville, he was in Washington D.C., he say a man in the Treasury Dept who told him of John Skelton Williams animosity & persecution of me & Jim wanted to come to Uniontown Pa & tell me but Will would not let him by reason of his having promised to hold the conference he had given to him inviolate. It is now 4:50 AM Aug 23 & I will close here & write up my cash acct books & then read the papers. JVT As we drove out of Charlottesville, we saw an equestrian statue of Thos Jonathan Jackson (which was unique.) V10 Page 181 Room 527, New Willard Hotel, Washington D.C. Aug 25, 1923 12:54 AM I wrote up my cash acct at Fredericksburgh VA & it was then daylight of the 23d, so I did not go to bed, but read the papers until the folks came down when we got breakfast & about 9 AM, we started in on Auto sight seeing trip with Eugene Buckner a 35 yrs old 6 ft 5 1/4 inches negro as driver & guide. He was well informed & as we drove out Princess Ann Street where on the left, he pointed out the old building where Geo Washington in 1752 received a high mark in the Masonic Fraternity & also on the left, the old frame building which was once the home of James Monroe. Also, the Hugh Mercer home on the bank of the Rappahannock River, which was used as a Sentry box in the Rev War, that of 1812 & in the Civil War. The battle of Fredericksburgh was fought on Dec 11, 12, & 13, 1862 with Lee on the Fredericksburg side of the River & Gen Burnside across on the other side in command of the Union Army. We also passed the house where John Paul Jones once lived cor of Main & P____ St. As we drove across the River on the right, before crossing, was an old stone house built V10 Page 182 originally it was thought for a tobacco house & later used to house the slaves who were brought from Africa until they were sold & during the Civil War, the Union prisoners were kept there. Across the River on an eminence, was the old Lacy home which was used by Gen Burnside for his headquarters. Eugene said that Basil Gordon of Falmouth, a mile or two beyond, was the first American Millionaire. We then drove to the farm which was Geo Washington's home from the time he was six yrs old, when his parents moved there from Westmoreland Co VA until he was 21 & from which was on the Rappahannock River, Geo Washington was said to have thrown a silver dollar across the River & was shown the spot where George was said to have cut down the famous cherry tree. The little old house which was their early home has on it the original shingles protected by another house built over. Our Guide, Eugene Buckner was born here Nov 7, 1888. The old home was abt home & here we saw Harold Quann 9 yrs old. At the home is now owned by J.B. Colbert. We saw his wife at the gate & tipped our hat to her. The old Lacey Home called Chatham is now owned by Col D.B. DeVoe V10 Page 183 a West Point graduate, who a yr ago retired from the Regular army. Geo Washington courted Martha Custis here & Lee also courted his wife here & for that reason protected the house directing that the guns do not fire on it. Eugene says he weighs 230 lbs. As we came in Fredericksburg four miles out was a monument to Stonewall Jackson, which marks the spot where he was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. We also passed the Rising Sun tavern 1760 1827 on Main St No 1304 where Lafayette was entertained, the wide boards with which it is weatherboarded being ploughed & grooved & the window panes are very small. We also saw the home of Mary, the mother of Washington, where her son George, brought her from the farm across the River for protection during the Revolutionary War. It is at the corner of Lewis & Charles St. We also saw Kenmore the home of Betty Washington, sister of George who married Col Fielding Lewis. Also the monument to Gen Hugh Mercer who was killed in 1777 at the Battle of Princeton. The monument to Mary Washington said to be the largest erected to woman (they forget the Taj Mahal) is at the North End of Washington Ave & she is buried there. The inscription reads:
the mother of Washington" erected by her country women, by Jno Crawford & Son, Buffalo NY & is 12 x 12 & abt 70 ft high. Meditation Rock to which she used to retire for meditation & prayer is just behind the monument. In an enclosure between one grave is that of Susan F. Gordon who died in 1869 aged 94 yrs. It was 10:30 AM when we were here. There was a Fireman's parade in the town & many streets were roped off. Gen Burnside threw pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock & marched up George & Hanover St to the sunken road just below Marge's Heights where 9000 of his soldiers were slaughtered & his defeat caused his retirement from the command of the army & Grant was appointed to succeed him. Marge Heights, a delightful spot & old Colonial Home is now owned by Capt Maurice B. Rowe, Those old breast works thrown up by Gen Robt E. Lee who used this house as his headquarters still show very plainly & may bullet holes in the brick house have been filled with cement & old cannon balls lay at the front door. A very famous old big tree, an imported English Oak I believe for which $00 was recently spent in filling it with cement to save it is of great beauty & is, I should V10 Page 185 say 200 ft in circumference around its branches 20 to 50 ft up & 70 ft in diameter thereof. The trunk is 20 ft in circumference or about 7 ft in diameter & the tree is 90 ft high. We left here at 11 AM, drove back to the Princess Anne Hotel, got our baggage & auto & started for Washington D.C., just after getting our lunch & arrived here about 5 PM. We got our dinner at the New Willard & went to Keith's Theatre when we saw Lou Tellegen & Jack Wilson & others in vaudeville & on Friday went on the 10 o'c boat to Wonderful Mt Vernon going down the beautiful Potomac River where we arrived at 11:30 AM & returned at 1 PM arriving here at abt 2;15 PM. The exquisite beauty of Mt Vernon is so fully written up, I will not attempt a description. From 3 to 4:10 PM, we were driven around the city by the Gray Line & saw the wonderful statue of Lincoln by French in the Lincoln Memorial Bldg which & his monument 555 ft high & the capitol are in an exact straight alignment. We then went to Loew's Theatre to a moving picture & got our dinner & went to the 9:14 PM performance at the Rialto Th on 9th St to the moving picture "Merry Go Round" which let out at 11:11 PM & coming to my room I have written up to date & am going in the morning at 7:15 to Leesburg Va to see my relative Miss Long. It is now 4:33 AM & I will go to bed as I am to be called at 6 AM JVT V10 Page 186 Law Office of Wm Hy Martin opposite the Court House, Gibson Bldg, Market St, Leesburg, London Co Va Aug 25, 1923. 11:11 AM, my time (their town clock is just striking 11) In one of the scrapbooks, Miss Virginia Mason Long gave Mr Martin her executor for safe keeping is an obituary of Col Ebenezer Burges Ball with his likeness. He was the grandfather of Miss Long's father, Burges Ball Long whose mother was a daughter of Col E. Burges Ball. This photograph shows as strong & determined a face as I have ever seen & is strikingly like Geo Washington's likeness, but a stronger face, with a determined set mouth & piercing eyes. I copy the obituary complete. The obituary is just the latter portion of the obituary of Burgess Ball Long I think & says: "Col Ball's grandfather, Col Burges Ball of Virginia, sank his whole fortune in raising a troop for the Revolutionary army. He was Washington;s close friend & cousin, related to him through three lines of cousinship. His personal resemblance to the First President is very marked & is strongly emphasized in the portrait engraved herewith, showing him in the uniform of the Continental Guards of which body he is an V10 Page 187 honorary member. "George Washington", says Col Ball "Got his looks from his mother Mary Ball & I got mine from the same side. When foreigners see my photograph, they always mistake it for a picture of Cousin George"
"Virginia M. Long, New Castle, Delaware, May 2, 1894" I copy commencing first on page 144: "Col Burgess Ball of Traveller's Rest, near Fredericksburg, & London Co (Springwood) was born July 28, 1749, died March 7th 1800 at Springwood. Mary Chichester was born July 22, 1753, died Apr 27, 1775 Col Burgess Ball married Mary Chichester July 2, 1770 Their children: 1. Elizabeth Burgess Ball born March 16, 1772 died July 28, 1806 2. Burgess Ball, born Oct 26, 1773 died in
Col Burgess Ball's second wife was Frances Washington whom he married Apr 7, 1781 (see page 31 of this book extracts from "Virginia Genealogies, written by the Rev Horace E Hayden M.A." Col Armistead Long was married three times first to Ann Greenough of Va Elizabeth Burgess was his second wife & the last was Mrs Latham (nee Gray) widow of Robert Latham of Culpeper VA Col Armistead Long was commissioned Lt Col of Virginia militia by Gov____ Jany 1807. Col Armistead Long married Elizabeth Burgess Ball on the 21st of June 1793 Their children: 1. Mary Chichester Long born Apr 5, 1794 2. Burgess Ball Long born Mch 7, 1796 3. Eleanor Long Nov 15, 1797 4. Albert G. Long born Apr 3, 1799 5. Armistead Long born Jany 29, 1801 (and two children who died probably in their infancy graves not marked) The only child by Col Long's last marriage (to Mrs Latham) was 6. George T. Mason Long. There were no children by his first marriage to Ann Greenough
Their children: 1. Virginia Mason Long born Apr 22, 1834 2. Eleanor Long born Apr 11, 1836 3. Melchior Mason Long born Mch 19, 1838 4. William Allen Thompson Long born July 13, 1840 Children of Mrs Burgess Ball Long by her first marriage (to James C. Thompson) 1. Robert Lockyer Thompson was born in Philadelphia on the 2d of Feby 1829 2. Catharine Rebecca Talcott Thompson (always signed her name Kate T. Thompson, except in business matters) was born in Philadelphia on the 20th of Nov 1831. Mrs Sarah A. Long, wife of Col Burgess Ball Long died on the 18th of May 1841 at Clifton Union Co Ky in 1873 her remains were removed from a private burying ground to the cemetery near Henderson & interred in Mrs Yeargan's lot (Mrs Yeargans is a daughter of the late Major Thompson of Henderson Ky formerly from Virginia & an old & valued friend of Col Burgess B. Long & his wife) Their youngest child, William Allen Thompson Long died in infancy & was buried in a private burying ground belonging to Col Long's brother's families in Union Co KY. Col Burgess Ball Long's second wife was Eleanor Parker Foulke of Phila Pa. She died V10 Page 190 at her residence 1134 Arch St in 1881 & was buried in a cemetery near Phila where others of her family were buried (There were no children by this marriage) Melchior Mason Long, son of Burgess Ball Long & Sarah Ann Long fell in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Shenandoah Co Va (near Strasburg) on the 19th of Oct 1864. His rank was 1st Lieut of Engineers in the Confederate army & at the time of his death, he was acting as aid de camp to Genl Gabriel Wharton. He was buried in the Presbyterian Church yard in Strasburg but since then (in 1893, August the 12th) his remains have been removed from Strasburg to the cemetery to the cemetery near Leesburg Loudoun Co Va where they were interred by the side of his father, Col Burgess Ball Long Col Burgess Ball Long died in Phila Pa at his residence 1134 Arch St on Wednesday the 30th of July 1873. He was buried in the cemetery near Leesburgh, Loudoun Co Va on the base of the granite cross erected over his grave are his name & the names of his wife Sarah Ann Long & their sons Melchior Mason Long & William Allen Thompson Long and their daughter Eleanor Long. In the same lot is the grave of Mrs Fannie W. Johnston, a dear friend of our family who esteemed us the same as if we had have been V10 Page 191 her near relatives & requested to be buried in our family lot. She died in Dowingtown Pa Dec 3, 1883. My sister & I placed a granite cross over her grave. Robert Lockyer Thompson, son of Sarah Ann and James C. Thompson died at his residence in New Castle, Delaware on Monday the 21st of March 1892. He was buried in Immanuel Church yard on Thursday March 24th, Funeral services in the Church, Rev P.B. Lightner (the rector) officiating. Kate T. Thompson (Catherine Rebecca Talcott Thompson) daughter of Sarah Ann & James C. Thompson died at her home in New Castle, Delaware on Tuesday June the 6th 1893. She was buried in Immanuel Church yard (in the same grave with her brother Robert Lockyer Thompson) on Thursday, June 8th. Funeral services in the church Rev P.B. Lightner officiating. Her name was carved on the monument already erected to R. Lockyer Thompson by Kate T. Thompson, her sisters Virginia and Eleanor Long & her cousin Thompson Ritchie. Eleanor Long, daughter of Sarah Ann & Burgess Ball Long died on Thursday the 16th of August 1900 at her home in Leesburgh, Loudon Co Va. Funeral services in St James Church, Rev Edward S. Hinks (the rector) officiating. Interment in the family lot Union Cemetery near her father, Col Burgess Ball Long & her brother Melchior Mason Long: Bottom Page 152 V10 Page 192 At top of every page except the first of the 5 pages she has written "Family Records" Pages 145 to 148 are missing, two leaves gone. On pages 53, she has written: "General William Thompson was Ma's paternal grandfather" & there follows six pages abt Genl Thompson. Then on page 59 is the following:
Their children were: Sarah Ann Thompson & Catharine Rebecca Thompson Sarah Ann Thompson married Mr James C. Thompson of Phila & after his death she married Col Burgess Ball Long of Virginia Catharine Rebecca Thompson married Capt Andrew Talcott of U.S. army When I was at Residence of Mrs Clara Sampsell's where Miss Long lives fr 9:23 to 10:44 this morning, Miss Long spoke of having met on the streets of Washington D.C. when a young girl walking with her father Judge Peter V. Daniel of the U.S. Supreme Court V10 Page 193 who told her that he was related to her by blood & they both were related to nearly all of the prominent families of Va. Mr Martin says Miss Long by her will directs both of the books above referred to, to be given to her Cousin Joseph R. Long. It is now 2:10 PM & I will only have time before the 3:05 St Car that I must return on to go back & see Miss Long again. Residence of Mrs Clara Sampsell again Church St Leesburg Va Aug 25, 1923 2:40 PM I walked back here at 2:20 PM from the Law office of Wm Henry Marton to see again Cousin Virginia Mason Long & was with her again until 2:55 PM when I walked about 5 blocks & caught the 3:05 PM St Car. Miss Long is a wonderfully sweet & charming woman, a refined woman of the old school & was very kind & gracious to give me all the information she could & will write me giving some addresses. She is slender & about 5 ft & In & is not at all feeble for one in her 90th yr since last Apr 22d. She having been born Apr 22, 1834. She said that her full sister, Eleanor Long, her full brother Melchior Mason Long & her half brother Robert Lockyer Thompson & her half sister Kate T. Thompson all died single, none of them ever marrying. She thought she was born V10 Page 194 in Kentucky. At least her mother died there & she was brought to Phila Pa where she lived several years & was educated & taught to write, both large & small hand by an English woman teacher. The scrapbook & Family Record Book above referred she is leaving to her cousin Joseph R. Long who is Dean of the Washington & Lee University at Lexington Va who is much interested in gathering in any data about his family. She showed me many photographs of her relatives on all of which she has written the names. She said Thompson Ritchie was a cousin on her mother's side & lived at Phila & that the descendants of her Aunt, Mrs Talcott, were in Delaware & she will write & give me the addresses of some of them along with some other data I asked her to get for me. I never saw a cleaner house than that of Mrs Sampsell with whom she lives. Mr Martin sd he would have his stenographer who told me her name was Miss Margaret Garrett copy what was in the Family Record Book about Genl William Thompson & send it to me. I left on the 3:05 PM street car & got to 36th St, Wash D.C. at 4:55 PM & taking a street car, got to Penna Ave at 5:10 & walking down, met Stuart B. V10 Page 195 Marshall & wife just as I was going in the New Willard Barber Shop. We got our dinners in the coffee shop 6 to 7 o'c & went to the movies at the Metropolitan to "The Lonesome Road" at 7 PM & at 9:30 to Loews Theatre where we saw "Salomy Jane" both good. I am now written up to date & we have decided to go on to Gettysburgh in the morning & as I only got about an hours sleep last night & it is now 1:36 AM the 26th, I will go to bed. JVT Room 412 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NY City Aug 30, 1923 11:33 AM It is 101 yrs today since Father was born in Mason Co KY. We got up Sunday morning 26th inst at New Willard Hotel, Wash D.C. got an early breakfast & left, going through Frederick Md & arriving at Gettysburg Pa at 1 PM where we stopped at the Hotel Gettysburgh & got our lunch. The Hotel secured the services of James W. McDonnell as guide & fr 2 to 4 PM he showed us over the battlefield of over 16,000 Acres. We then went on to Harrisburg Pa & put up for the night at the Penna Harris Hotel. We got up at 4 Am 27th & started at 5 AM for Erie, Pa pressing through Duncammon, Millerstown, Thompsontown, to Mifflintown Pa V10 Page 196 61 miles where we stopped at 7:30 AM at the National Hotel & got a good breakfast & drove around to the street above & Mildred took a Kodak picture of her daughter, Mathilde Mizener in front of the Methodist Epis Church where her grandfather Mizener preached 80 yrs ago, her father Francis Asbury Mizener being born in that town. We then moved on through Lewistown, Reedsville, Belleville, Allensville, Mill Creek, Huntingdon, Water Street, Tyrone, Bald Eagle, Osceola Mills to Philipsburg Pa where we stopped about 12:30 PM at "the Phillips" a fine big hotel & got a good lunch. We then moved on through Clearfield, Grampian, Da Bois, Reynoldsville, Brookville, Clarion, Shippensville, Kossuth, Oil City, Franklin, Cochranton, Meadville, Cambridge Springs & Waterford to Erie Pa through continual showers throughout the afternoon where we arrived abt 10:30 PM, a distance of 350 miles from Harrisburg & Millie drove her mother & daughter on home to North East Pa making a distance of 365 miles that day or 1432 miles since we left two weeks before on the morning of the 14th inst. The 11:05 PM was late, but I got off on in it at 11:55 PM & after an hours wait in Albany next day, I got in to NY at 3:55 PM & found Mignon C. Downes had arrived at 1 Pm that day the 28th. We have been at several theaters to Evening Mays a matinee & movies since & she went over to her relatives at Clifton NJ this morning V10 Page 197 & I went at 10 AM to No 158 E 55th St which is east of Lexington Ave to see my relative, Mrs Margaret Sanderson, granddaughter of Abraham Markle who lives there with her niece, Mrs N.M. Campbell. Their telephone NO is Plaza 4050 & getting no response, a woman who was polishing the door knob said they were all away from home at Ocean Grove NJ. I had stopped at Liggetts going up 5th Ave, they referred me to Aitchinson Optician Opp the Library for small scales & they gave me the name of Eimer & Amand 18th St & 3d Ave & stopping in at Poweroy Co 16 E 42d St, they sd I could get the scales at Whitehall, Tatum & Co 48? Barclay St (I dont' find such firm in telephone book). I took the 3d Ave Elev & going to Einer & Amend, they did not have the scale I wanted & sent me across the street to R.H. Forsehner Co 230 3d Ave. They did not have the scales, but said 30 grams were about equal to one ounce. I got a box opener & hammer there which will be good for cracking hickory nuts. The man sent me to Schum Bros stationers in the next block & told me to ask for the small nickle plated Austrian scale. The man said they had sold out 7 mos ago & didn't think they would be able to get any more, as they had bought all the party had. He, however took my name & address & I told him to send or save me two if they got any more. I then came up here & have written this up & Mignon is not yet back fr NJ. It is now 12:30 PM JVT V10 Page 198 Oak Hill Sept 3, 1923 9:35 AM I came home from NY leaving Friday Aug 31, 1923 at 8:30 AM & reached town on the street car that night at 10:15 PM & found 84 letters, fully half of them answers to letters on family history & among them one (small envelope) from Miss Marietta D. Finley, Indianapolis Ind, daughter of Lieut Leighton Finley who sd she had a chest full of records of the Finley family which he had gathered which she would send me for a consideration of $150. I sent her ck accordingly on Saturday 1st inst. Charles Coburn Stevens came in Room 522 on Saturday Sept 1, 1923 at 3 PM for another payt on his painting bill on contract made by my dear sister Ruth A. Shepler before her death, & I got on questioning him the following information about his immediate family:
Their children were: 1. Emily Elizabeth Stevens born Sept 12, 1904 single 2. Eleanor Lucile Stevens born Feby 19, 1906 & died July 13, 1920. Both were born in Uniontown Pa. Charlie said his V10 Page 199 sister Nellie was buried in Oak Grove Cem the same day that father was Mch 18, 1889, they being in the cemetery at the same time we were. Fortuna S. Morgan came over from Wheeling WVA arriving Saturday Ev Sept 1, 1923 about 5:40 PM, driven over by Mrs G.E. Gates in her Studebaker car accompanied by Audrey Foster aged 22 & Edwin A. Seifert, brother of Fortuna who is Audrey's beau. She is from Columbus O where he is attending a Medical college & expects to finish next June. Mrs Gates is a wonderfully sweet charming woman, genuine & wholesome & was just lovely as was Audrey who is her first cousin & Fortuna. Mrs Gates whose name is Daisy, said her mother, who was a FitzGerald was a sister of Audrey's mother. Fortuna sd Daisy's name before marriage was Smith. It is now 10 Am & I will go in town. JVT V10 Page 200 Oak Hill Sept 8, 1923 8 AM On my return last night from Greene Co Pa, I recd letter of 4th inst small envelope, from Cousin Mrs Alwillah Boyd Schwer of No 230 N 6th St Hebron, Nebraska whom I visited Jany 20th last, see book 9 pages 306 & 307 asking for the return of the Adms report of Relatives in the estate of J. Clark Moore which I am copying below entire as it gives a number of my Clark relatives. I am not interested in the Moore relatives, but copy it entire: State of Ohio, County of Harrison} S.S. In Estate of J. Clark Moore deceased. Administrator's Report of Relatives. J. Clark Moore died intestate and without issue June 17, 1911 being at the time of his death a resident of Harrison Co Ohio. In order to find the proper relatives, it has been necessary to ascend to William Moore, the paternal grandfather, and to Joseph Clark the maternal grandfather of J. Clark Moore. The children of William Moore, the paternal grandfather are as follows: Mary Fulton, Nancy Birney, Samuel Moore, John Moore, Hannah Gilmore, David Moore (father of deceased), Rachel Snider, Alexander Moore, Sarah Clark, Jane Craig, William Moore. The children of Joseph Clark, the maternal grandfather are as follows: Johnson Clark, Ingram Clark, Jane Moore (mother of deceased), Ephraim Clark, Oscar Clark, Albert Clark. If anyone who receives this list should find it incorrect or not full and complete, or any
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