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Genealogical History

By Colonel Cadwallader Jones

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MY DESCENDANTS

THIS HISTORY OE THEIR ANCESTORS

IS

AEEECTIONATEEY DEDICATED

BY

CADWALLADER JONES
1899

FORE-WORD
This volume of family history was written by my father, Col. Cadwallader Jones, and left by him in rough
manuscript.

He
life,

compiled

it

from

sonal reminiscences, collected by

data, notes, and perhim during the greater

part of his

few years, and with untiring patience and wonderful system recorded and
especially the last
trust that

classified.
I

any omissions or incorrect

detail of data
its

which may
plete the

occur in this book will be excused by

readers, as his life

was not spared long enough to comhe wished and intended.

work

as fully as

In the history of his immediate family, he gives a sketch of his own life with the rest, but with his usual

modesty made

it

very short and unpretentious

of the notices of

add a

few extracts from some

at the time of his death

him

in the papers

C, December Jones died early this morning

"Columbia,
S.

i,

1899.
full of

Col. Cadwallader

years and honors

Although 86 years old. Col. Jones has been always the picture of health, and it was only during the past week or two that his physical powers began to fail and his family and friends to realize that it was but a
he passed away.
question of a short time

when

his brave spirit

would

re-

turn to the

"December

God who gave it." The funeral 3d.

services of the late Col.

Jones were held yesterday afternoon at Trinity Church. The attendance was very large, showing the high esteem

in

which

this distinguished

gentleman was held

in

Columon foot

bia.

A striking sight was

the long procession of children

Col. Jones

and kindred that followed the bier of

from the home of

into the church.

his daughter,

Mrs. T. C. Robertson,

There were eight sons and daughters,

of

and perhaps twenty grand-children.

"The members
in a

Camp Hampton, U.

C. V., turned out

body
at

to attend the services,

Hill, of

and the Confederate

floral offer-

Camp

Rock

which he was Commander, sent

Inside the casket
in

an honorary delegation, bearing a handsome

ing from his old comrades.
three roses, one which

was placed

was transplanted

1780 from the

garden

at 'Mt. Gallant,' the

home

of Col. Jones' great-

grand-father. Gen. Allen Jones, in eastern North Carolina

;

one from the gardens of his wife's father. Gov.

Iredell, of Raleigh,

N. C, which he has carried around

with him since 1840, and another, contributed by a friend,

which was grown from a bud that rested on the pulseless

heart of John C. Calhoun."

"Though
yet for
in

in later years,

owing

to age. Col. Cad. Jones

affairs,

has not been prominently connected with public

more than a quarter of a century he was foremost serving the interests of his State. He was always true
in

and enthusiastic

every cause he espoused, entering the

all

many
zeal

contests which were presented with

the spirit,
his.

and earnestness, always so characteristic of

nature.
ized a

When

the Confederate

War broke

out,

he organ-

company of volunteers at Rock Hill, was elected when the 12th Regiment was organized he was made Major; and after the battle of Sharpsburg he became Colonel. He bore with honor throughout the war the old sword worn by his father in the War of 18 12,
Captain, and
VI

and

his

grand-father
life in

in

the

Revohition. * * *

The

greater part of his

hospitable

South Carohna was spent

Hill,

at his

home

in

Rock

where he sought retirement

from the excitement of political strife, and preferred the peace and quiet of his home circle and his many friends. He was a slave-owner and a planter on an extensive
scale."

The

vestry of the "Church of

Our

Saviour," at

Rock

Hill, in a memorial to him, says

"This noble old

man and

his beloved wife

were the
the

first

Episcopalians in this section.

They were

first

to

organize the church here, and with zeal and love to work thank our Heavenly Father for its upbuilding. * * *

We

good example of these saints and for the privilege Col. Jones of worshipping with them at the same altar.
for the

was a leading citizen, a brave officer in the Confederate War, but above all, he was a Christian gentleman."
A.
I.

ROBERTSON.

Columbia,

S.

C, April

lO, 1900.

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GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
it

We ought to keep before us the memory of our fathers.

To
this

end

seems proper that

I,

the oldest hving son of

the Jones family of Roanoke, Va., should record

what

know name

of them, for the information of those or inherit their blood.

I

who

bear their

This

families with

propose briefly to do, making record also of the whom they intermarried. As we like to

trace the waters of rivers to their source

among

the hills

and mountains, so
ilies

hope the descendants of those fammay be interested in tracing their lineage to as remote
I
is

an ancestry as

now

permitted.

In this effort
brings

we can

a good bag of birds, not hoping to catch all that are in the woods. There were in Virginia at an early period of the settlement of that colony, two Jones families, both of Welsh extraction and connected in the old country one known as the Robert Jones, and the other as the Peter or Cad-

only essay to rival the hunter

who

home

wallader Jones family.

These, after a long residence in

Virginia, were united by the intermarriage of Maj. Allen

Jones Green and Lucy Pride Jones, daughter of Maj. Cadwallader Jones, the 23d October, 1804, and further by
Jones,
the marriage of Frederick L. J. Pride, son of Maj. C. with Amaryllis Sitgreaves, grand-daughter of

Gen. Allen Jones, the 27th June, 181 1, and further still by the marriage of Col. Cadwallader Jones to Rebecca E. Long, grand-daughter of Gen. Allen Jones.

The name Jones is Welsh, and is derived from John, The Welsh had no surname until compelled by Parlia-

ment.

name.

Then they took their father's name for their surThus Robert ap John, or Robert son of John,

became Robert John or Johns, and by inserting e for euphony, became Johnes or Jones. Robert Jones. About the middle of the 17th century, Robert Jones of Wales came to Virginia as boatswain on

a British man-of-war.

Falling in love with a Norfolk

"damsel," as tradition names her, while the ship lay off

Old Point Comfort, he leaped overboard the night previous to sailing and swam ashore to his betrothed. They soon after married and settled near Norfolk. There were several children the fruits of this marriage, among them Robert Jones, second of the name. He was a planter in Surrey County, and was the father of Robert, called Robin Jones, third of the name, and of John and Nathaniel John had two daughJones, and others not remembered. ters, Patsey and Elizabeth; the first married William Daniel, and was the mother of Hon. Jos. I. Daniel, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and of Hon. J. R. Congress from J. Daniel, of North Carolina, member of
Halifax District, and Attorney General of the State.
Elizabeth was the mother of William Gray, of Randolph

County, Va.

Nathaniel Jones lived in

frequently
in the

Wake
and

County, N.
Senate.

C, and was
His
first

term

member House was

of the

House and
in the

in 1787,

Senate

in 1801.

Kimbro

was a man Assembly 1819, member of the Convention

revised the Constitution of the State.

Jones, a descendant of this Nathaniel, of influence in the County of Wake, member of

in

1835 which

Robert, or Robin Jones, third of the name, moved to North Carolina as agent or attorney of John Cartaret, Earl of Granville, one of the eight Lords Proprietors. The rule of these Proprietors was overthrown 1719. The surrender of their charters was in 1727. Lord Granville refused to join in this surrender, whereupon it was agreed

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between him and the King that he should have about onehalf of the State of North Carolina, but was to have no This agreement was in 1744. political authority. Robin Jones was a lawyer of eminent ability was educated in England, where he attracted the attention of Granville, was appointed Attorney General for the Crown for North Carolina in 1761, as appears in a dispatch from Gov. Dobbs in Rolls office, London. Willie Jones, in a letter to his son, then a youth at college, dated March i, 1798, says of him "I not only wish that you should equal your companions and excel myself in all useful knowledge, but that you should rival your grand-father, Robert Jones, who was in point of genius a model indeed!" This was never intended to see the light, and was accidentally discovered in an old file of letters, all the more to be appreciated. By his profession and as agent of his Lordship and attorney for the Crown, he rapidly acquired wealth, and became probably the largest landed proprietor on the Roanoke.
;
:

In the Rolls
1766.
to

office there is this

dispatch

"April 20,

The Tuskeroras
York.

New

vanced 1,200 to on the credit of their land."

week Mr. Jones, the Attorney General, adaid in bringing waggons and provisions,
will

move from

Bertie this

The

colonial records of

North Carolina show that he was member of Assembly 1754-55, was author of the bill to establish a Supreme and County Court, and was appointed to prepare an address to the Governor on grievances. He moved the address to his Majesty to give 8,000 to enable the Governor to assist in repelling the French. He died October 2, 1766, as appears from this dispatch, 1767: "Gov. Tryon informs the Board of Trade of the death of Robert Jones on October 2, and that he had appointed Marmaduke Jones, who had long been a resident, of first credit and capacity, about forty years old, educated in England and cousin to Sir

in every way a remarkable amputate his leg on account of white swelling; he postponed the operation until the afternoon, that he might argue a case in the morning. He

Marmaduke Wyvil."
It

He was
to

man.

became necessary

was a firm

believer in the

Church of England.

He

lived

unhappily with his second wife,

Mary

Eaton, and said in

his will, that what he gave her in lieu of dower was far more than she deserved. Elizabeth was the only child of this marriage. She m., lo August, 1781, Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina 1799 and 1807. Their son Benjamin married, 19 October, 1821, Mary Chalmers, of Moore County, and left a son, Benjamin Williams, whose widow is now living.

Robin Jones married first, Sarah Cobb, in 1737 or '38, and was the founder of the Jones family in the counties of Halifax and Northampton, on the Roanoke. His descendants by this wife intermarried with the Haynes, Eatons, Mumfords and Gilchrists, in colonial times, and later on with the Longs, Davies, Greens, Sitgreaves, Polks, Stiths, Daniels, Withers, Eppes, Brodnax, and the Cadwallader Jones family, all in their day persons of the first respectability, and numbering now one of the largest
connections in this country.

Before beginning with

this

multitude of descendants

and kindred,
cestors.
It

let

me

recall the

memory

of our

Welsh an-

has been said of them that they can look upon

the Saxons and Danes and

Normans as recent intruders. They are the ancient Britons who escaped the Roman and Saxon conquests, and maintained their freedom, their
customs and language
until the latter part of the 13th

century, when, after a most frantic and desperate struggle,

they surrendered to
of

Edward

I.

The Welsh
in

bards, one

whom was

Cadwallan, kept alive the

and independence by rehearsing

achievements of their fathers.

freedom song the heroic

spirit of

This influence was so

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{nee Elizabeth Jones)

From Photograph

Miniature

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great that the

King ordered
I

cred wherever found.

these minstrels to be massahope that those who inherit the

blood of these ancient Britons

may

also inherit their spirit

of independence, their love of liberty and their heroism to

maintain

it.

Robert Cobb, son of Isaac, m. 9th February, 1712, "Rebecca, daughter of William Pinkithman (Virginia Historical Magazine). She died in 1715, leaving two daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca. Elizabeth married James In 1718, Robert Cobb m. his second wife, ElizaShields. beth, daughter of Daniel Allen, rector of the Episcopal Church and had two daughters, Sarah, who m. Robin Jones above mentioned, and Martha, who m. Dudley Richardson. Elizabeth survived Robert Cobb and m. Samuel Weldon, of Henrico County, Va. His son Samuel Weld on was delegate to the Convention of 1776, and his son Daniel was Commissioner to run the boundary
line

of

North Carolina.
for this family.

The town

of

Weldon was

named

Little is known of Robert Cobb or William Pinkithman. Bishop Meade mentions them as vestrymen of old Benton Church, in the early part of the last century. The law required in colonial times that "the most able and discrete

persons" should be chosen vestrymen.

his father's Bible printed in 1696.
is"

The

entry of the
in

marriage of Robert Cobb, 9th February, 171 2, appears

The name

Isaac

Cobb

written in

it

1703.

Robert or Robin Jones and wife, Sarah Cobb, had two sons, Allen and Willie, and one daughter, Martha. While studying law in London, Robin had become known to

Lord Granville, who owned large possessions in the colonies. He now sent his sons, Allen and Willie, to Eton College to be educated, and they were put under the charge of Lord Granville. These two brothers became planters, owning large estates on the Roanoke.

ampton County,
Willie

Gen. Allen Jones resided at "Mt. Gallant," in Northat the head of Roanoke Falls.
Jones lived at

"The Grove," near Halifax.

These old mansions, grand in their proportions, were the homes of abounding hospitality. In this connection, I may mention that when John Paul Jones visited Halifax, then a young sailor and stranger, he made the acquaintance of those grand old patriots, Allen and Willie Jones he was a young man but an old tar, with a bold, frank, sailor bearing that attracted their attention. He became a frequent visitor at their houses, where he was always welcome. He soon grew fond of them, and, as a mark of his esteem and admiration, he adopted their name, saying that if he liveci he would make them proud of it. Thus, John Paul became Paul Jones it was his fancy. He named his ship the Bon Homme Richard, in compliment to Franklin he named himself Jones, in compliment to Allen and Willie Jones. When the first notes of war sounded he obtained letters from these brothers to Joseph Hewes, member of Congress from North Carolina, and through his influence received his first commission in the

navy.

am now
I

the oldest living descendant of Gen.

Allen Jones.

remember my aunt, Mrs. Willie Jones, who survived her husband many years, and when a boy I

have heard these facts spoken of in both families. Allen and Willie Jones were trusted leaders in the struggle for independence, and stood at the front, primus inter pares, with Harnet, Harvey, Johnston, Polk, Long, Caswell, Iredell, Nash, Hooper, the Ashes and a host of others not less patriotic, not less determined to meet oppression at the threshold and maintain in the colonies the rights of Englishmen. At the several congreses held in North Carolina for the purpose of asserting the rights of the colonies and maintaining them, Allen and Willie Jones were delegates and prominent members. The first con-

Gen. Allen Jones

From
E;tching in History of Continental Congress

Hon. Willie Jones

From Etching
in History of the Continental Congress

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gress was held at New Bern, 25th August, 1774. Allen Jones was the sole delegate from Northampton; Nicholas Long and Willie Jones the only delegates from Halifax. This congress has the distinction of being the first
defiance of

ever held in the States without royal authority, and in it. North Carolina had no Patrick Henry to

"put the

ball of

Revolution in motion," but

first

it

has the

proud claim of being the

its

of the colonies to

move

in

congress for Independence, and forming alliances,, reserving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of

forming a Constitution and laws for the "Colony." Allen and Willie Jones were on the committee that reported this
bold resolution.

At

the congress the colony entered

upon

military organization.
nel of a battalion of

Nicholas

Long was

elected Colo-

minute men for the District of Hali-

Jones was chosen Brigadier General for Halifax District, with John Ashe, Vail, Caswell, Perron and Rutherford for the five other districts. Willie Jones
fax;

Allen

was appointed chairman of the committee of safety for the whole colony, which office was virtually making him Governor, as Gov. Martin had fled the colony. Nicholas Long was appointed Commissary General for all the forces of the colony, and later on was made Deputy
Quartermaster for the southern division. As I have said, Allen and Willie Jones were well educated at Eton, "the nursery of the gentlemen of England." It was said of Willie that he could draw a bill in better language than any other man of his day. They differed
in political

opinions

Allen was a Federalist, his brother

a Democrat, called at that time Republican.

licans of to-day

The Repubbut

assume the name once so

illustrious,

hold to the doctrines of Federalists, without the virtues of

that respectable old party.

In 1779, Allen Jones was sent delegate to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia he was succeeded by his
;

brother Willie in 1780.

On

the 21st July, 1788, a con-

vention composed of the ablest

men

of the State

met

at

Hillsboro to consider the Federal Constitution.

On
official

the third day of the session,

President Samuel

Johnstone, then Governor, laid before the convention an

copy of the Constitution.

Willie Jones at once

moved

that the question on the Constitution be taken

without debate and be put immediately, saying he had read the document and had made up his mind and was

prepared to vote, and he supposed every other gentleman had done the same. Iredell, Davie and Samuel Johnstone opposed the motion with great force. He was finally induced to withdraw the motion, and a protracted
debate followed, but "the learning of Iredell, the eloquence of Davie and intellectual power of Johnstone" was of no avail. The Constitution, under the leadership of
Willie

Jones

illustrious

tribune

of

the people

was

rejected by a vote of 184 to 84.

He was

ably supported

by Gen. McDowell, Judge Spencer and Rev. David Caldwell. By the action of the convention the State remained out of the Union until November, 1789, when the Constitution was adopted at Fayetteville.
In 1787, Willie Jones was elected delegate to the con-

vention at Philadelphia, which formed the Constitution of

the United States
that a national
;

he declined to serve because he feared

government would destroy the independence of the States Hugh Williamson was elected in his place. Patrick Henry, it is known, declined to serve in that convention for the same reason. The situation of the South to-day, crushed by the national government, shows the wisdom of their opinions. To the convention of 1 2th November, 1776, Allen and Willie Jones were delegates, and were both members of the committee which reported the Bill of Rights and Constitution of the State
;

adopted

at that congress.
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State

records

1776-90,
fall

pp.

XII.,

XIV., show that

the convention in the

of 1776 sent a brigade to South

Carolina, under command of Gen. Allen Jones. They were embodied September 10, 1776, and were to go out of service September 10, 1777. This brigade was for de-

fense of Charleston, then threatened with another attack.

On

reaching Camden,

it

was found

that the design

had

been abandoned, so the brigade returned

home

after three

months' service.
ford

His brigade was

in the battle of Guil-

commanded by Gen. Thomas Eaton, Gen. Jones

1739,
rn.

being unable to be present from sickness.

Gen. Allen Jones, born December 24,
ist,

Mary Haynes, January

daughters
I.

21,

1762.

They

had

three

Sarah,

b.

September

23, 1762, in. Gen.

Wm.

R. Davie.

II.

Martha Cobb or Cobbs, b. September 12, 1764, m. ist, James W. Green, of Newbern 2d, Judge John Sitgreaves, of New Bern 3d, Dr. Thomas Hall, of Wil;

mington, N. C.

HI.

Mary
His

b.

March

30,

1766,

;7l.

Gen.

Thomas

Eaton.

first

wife was

Anna

Bland, daughter of Theo-

doric Bland

and wife, Frances Boiling, a descendant

of Pocahontas.

THE HAYNES FAMILY

This was an old English family of distinction.
first

ancestor

in

the

The was Thomas Haynes, born early His son 17th century, died 19th May, 1718.

known

to us

Jr., born in London, 1686, in. 26. FebruMartha Jones, daughter of Herbert and Elizabeth Jones. They were of the Parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, in the church yard of which the family are buried. In the aisles of Stepney Church St. Dunstans, are stone tablets in memory of the Haynes, much worn

Thomas Haynes,

ary, 1708,

and defaced by time. This family were adherents of Charles I., and sought refuge in Holland in the days of Cromwell, about 1700. Two brothers, Isaac and Thomas, came from Amsterdam to this country and settled in Botetort, Va., from them the family here are descended.

Thomas Haynes, Jr., and wife Martha, of Roanoke, had issue ten children
I.

Herbert,

b.

1709.
b.

II.

Anthony,

171 1, ;//. Jane Eaton; they had one son, Baton, delegate from Northampton County to Congress, 1776.

V. Andrew,

b.

1718, m.

Anne Eaton,

1745, sister of Jane

and Gen. Thomas Eaton, and of Mary Eaton, second wife of Robin Jones. This Andrew Haynes and wife Anne had issue 1. Anthony. 2. Thomas, b. 1749, m. Frances Stith, daughter of William and Katherine Stith. 3. Mary, m. Maj. John Daves of the Continental Army &. 1751. Their son John Pugh Daves, b. 1789, m. Elizabeth B. Graham, of New Bern, 1830, and were the parents of Maj. Graham Daves, of New Bern, N. C. VIII. Mary, b. 1725, m. Gen. Allen Jones, as above men;

tioned.

Allen Jones,

Thomas Eaton m. 2d, Mary, daughter of Gen. b. March 30, 1766, and had issue Mary Allen, who m. her cousin Eaton Pugh, son of Rev. John Pugh and wife Anne Eaton Haynes, her 2d husband. These Eatons were children of William Eaton and wife Mary
Gen.
Rives, of Granville, N. C.

Jane Eaton, wife of Anthony Haynes, survived her husband and married Col. Nathaniel Edwards, of Brunswick County, Va., Burgess from that county and Deputy Sec10

retary of the Colony 1770. Their daughter, Rebecca Edwards, married Gen. Allen Jones, 3d September, 1768, his 2d wife. They had one child, Rebecca Edwards, who m.

Lunsford Long.

THE EDWARDS FAMILY

John Edwards, of Brunswick County, Va., died 1713. his will it appears he had sons, John, William, Nathaniel and Benjamin; daughters, Mary and Sarah, to

From

whom

he

left

his

estate

with legacies to his cousins,

Thomas, William and John Edwards.

Col. Nathaniel Edzvards died 1771, leaving his widow Jane and sons, Isaac and William; daughters, Mrs. Mary Ridley, Mrs. Elizabeth Willis, Mrs. Rebecca Jones and Anne and Sarah Edzvards. He gave legacies to his wife's

children by her ist husband, Anthony Haynes all of which appears from his will, proven 22d July, 1771. Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, M. C. from Warren District, State Senator, delegate to the Convention of 1835, was for a long time a leading Democrat in North Carolina he was son of Benjamin Edwards. Isaac Edzvards was member with Abner Nash for New Bern, of the Provincial Congress in August, 1774, the first Congress that met in defiance of Royal authority. He was elected by the Congress that met April, 1775, but died before the meeting (Colonial Records of North Carolina,
;

vol. IX., pp. 1 196). He was Secretary to Gov. Tryon and Deputy Auditor of the province during the administration of Gov. Martin, but his sympathies were evidently with the Colonies. He m. Mary Cornell, daughter of Samuel Cornell, member of Tryon's Council and a Royalist.

Cornell

descendants,

Bayards of

moved to New York, where he left many among them the LeRoys, Clarksons and that State. Isaac Edwards and wife Mary
11

had two daughters, Susan, who in. Wm. Wallace, and Rebecca, who Jii. David A. Ogden, of New York. Their daughter Sarah m. Charles R. Codman, of Massachusetts. Suky Cornell, daughter of Samuel Cornell, in. a LeRoy their daughter was 2d wife of Daniel Webster. In McRee's Life of Iredell it is said: "Sir Alex. Duckinfield in a letter to Judge Iredell says, 'How is Miss Suky Cornell? I saw Mrs. Gilchrist (Martha Jones) in Liverpool, who told me that her brother Willie Jones had paid his addresses to her, but her father had said he never would consent to his daughter's marriage with any person who would risque a fortune on a horse race upon which he very properly and spiritedly declined any further solicitation, saying, as it was his favorite amusement, he would not be under any engagement to release it before marriage, but if it had afterwards happened that his wife should wish it as a favor, he would submit to anything for
;

her satisfaction.'

"

Willie Jones m. 1776, Mary Mumford, daughter of Joseph Mumford, of Virginia, and wife Priscilla Hill. This Joseph was son of Robert Mumford and wife Anne, daughter of Richard Bland. A tradition in the family is,
that the

name was Montford and

Priscilla Hill

the blood that of the

Earl of Leicester.

was daughter of

Col.

Ben Hill, of Bertie, h. 1697, Burgess was distinguished as a leader in the

bemarle and Bath Counties.
ters
1.
:

for Bertie, 1737; he

contest between Al-

Col. Hill

had three daugh-

Sarah,

ni.

Alex. McCullock.

Joseph Munton. Hon. John Campbell. Elizabeth, sister of Mrs. Willie Jones, in. John Baptista Ashe, h. 1748, son of Gov. Samuel Ashe. Willie Jones died 1822, and is buried at his summer
2. Priscilla, in.
3.

Mary,

ni.

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residence near Raleigh, N. C.

His wife died 1828. They

B. Littlejohn.

had issue
I.

Anne Maria, m. Joseph

Sally,
ni.

Gov. Hutchings Burton. III. Patsey, m. Hon. John Wayles Eppes, M. C. IV. Robert Allen and Willie died single.
II.

III.

Martha Jones, m. Thomas

Gilchrist,

and had

issue,

Griselda,
I.

who m.

Col.

Wm.

Polk, of Raleigh, N. C.

Joseph B. Littlejohn and wife Anne Maria had issue 1. Mary, ni. Lewis Williamson, of Tennessee. Their daughter, .907/3;, m. C. C. Cheny.
2.

Gen. Joseph Littlejohn, of Franklin County. Burton and wife Sally had issue 1. Robert A., m. Miss Hilliard their only child, Elizabeth, m. Mr. Wiggins. 2. Mary, m. W. W. Allston, of Texas. 3. Martha, m. Jas. Williams. 4. Sally, m. Lunsford Long, son of Lemuel. III. John Wayles Eppes and wife Patsey had issue 1. Dr. Willie J. Eppes, m. ist, Ann Cox, of Edenton, N. C. their daughter in. Dr. Osborn, of Virginia. He m. 2d, Tempe Joyner, daughter of Andrew Joyner, of Halifax, N. C. Their daughter, Tempe, m. Henry Gant, of the Baltimore Sim. 2. Mary, m. Phil. Boiling, of Virginia. Hubard, M. C. from 3. Sally, in. Edmund W. Buckingham County, Va. 4. Eliza and John died unmarried. John W. Eppes was a distinguished member of Congress from the Buckingham District. His first wife was daughter of Thomas Jefferson. He and Randolph were candidates for Congress. Randolph was advised to moderate his language at Buckingham Court House instead thereof he began his speech by saying: "When I
II.

Go-j.

13

way

a boy

my

mother taught

me

that the fear of

the beginning of wisdom, since I became a

God was man I have

found out that the fear of man is the consummation of folly" he was more bitter than ever. Col. Nicholas Long, founder of the Long family in Halifax, was in his day one of the most important men on the Roanoke he was a wealthy planter his residence "Ouanky," near that old borough, had more than a State

reputation

it

was headquarters

in military affairs.

When

Gen. Washington visited the Carolinas, he and his stafif stopped with Col. Long for several days. He came to

North Carolina about 1750 from eastern Virginia; was probably a son of Gabriel Long. He m. ist, Mary Reynolds, of Virginia. They had two children; ist, Gabriel,

who was

great-grand-father of Dr. Geo. G. Thomas, of

;

Wilmington

2d,

Anne, who m.

Wm.

Martin, of Halifax.

They had, among other children, Susan, who m. Kemp Plummer, of Warren County, member of Assembly 1794,
Senator 1815.
lina.

Their daughter, Lucy, m.

Wm.

H.

Battle,

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Caro-

His son,

Kemp Plummer

Battle,

was formerly

President of University of North Carolina.

the
in. Betsey Macon, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Macon, and had three sons, William, Nat. and Robert. Hon. Nat. Macon m. Hannah Plummer, sister of Kemp Plummer. Col. Nicholas Long m. 2d., Mary McKinnie, 24 August, 1761, daughter of John McKinnie. It appears from a

IVilliam Martin, the 2d,

deed, dated 175 1, that he

vol.

liad

four children, Barnaby,

Mary, Patience and Martha (North Carolina Records,

IV.)

There were two Barnaby McKinnies, one a member of General Assembly of North Carolina from Edgecombe, There 1735, living in Halifax, then a part of the county.
14

girl named Sarah Richmond, Richmond, brother-in-law of Sir Peyton Skipwith. What claim he had on Col. Long or his wife we do not know. Richmond was an Englishman he and his wife died in eastern Virginia. This Sarah Richmond 111. Gabriel Long, son of Col. Nicholas Long. Mrs. Ellet, in her "Women of the Revolution," says:

was confided
daughter of

to

Mrs. Long a

Wm.

"The tone of public opinion in Halifax and its neighborhood was affected in no slight degree by three women,

who were rendered prominent by the positions of their husbands, and by their own talents and example. These
Willie Jones, Mrs. Allen Jones, and Mrs. Nicholas Long. Their husbands were men of cultivated minds and wealth, and high consideration, having great influence in public councils, and being zealously de-

women were Mrs.

voted to the achievement of independence. The importance of the principles for which they contended was vindicated

not less

imperiously by the
Col.

conversation and
efforts in

patriotic zeal of their wives, than

by their own

more

striking appeals.

Nicholas

Long was com-

missary general of

all the forces raised in North Carolina, and superintended the preparation in work shops (erected on his own premises) of implements of war and clothing for the soldiers. His wife was a most efficient co-operator in this business. She possessed great energy and firmness, with mental power of no common order. Her praises were the theme of conversation among the old officers of the army as long as any were left who had known her. She died at about 80 years of age, leaving numerous offspring. Her maiden name was McKinnie." "Mrs. Allen Jones was Miss Bdivards, sister of Isaac Edwards, the English Secretary of Gov. Tryon. She had the reputation of being the most accomplished woman of her day, and was remarkable for the elegance and taste shown in all her domestic arrangements. She died shortly

15

after the Revolution, leaving an only daughter, Rebecca Edwards, who m. Lunsford Long, son of Nicholas Long." She was known as the Indian Queen, on account of her great beauty was particularly remarkable for the beauty of her foot and high instep. There is a punch-bowl in the museum at Washington's headquarters at Morristown, N. "A punchJ., in a prominent place with this card on it bowl owned by Gen. George Washington. It was given by him to Mrs. Allen Jones of North Carolina. It was highly prized by him and preserved in the family for four generations it was cracked when hiding it from Tarleton's men." There are also at the same headquarters two vases, marked: "Presented to his friend, Maj. Cadwallader Jones, by Gen. Lafayette." When the army of Cornwallis passed through Halifax to Virginia his officers quartered for some days in the town. Col. Tarlton was at "The Grove ;" he had been wounded in the hand at Cowpens by a sabre cut by Col. William Washington. Speaking of Col. Washington, Tarlton said he was an illiterate, ignorant fellow, hardly able to write his name. "Ah, Colonel," said Mrs. Jones, "you ought to know better, for you bear upon your person proof that he knows very well how to make his mark." On another occasion, to her sister, Mrs. Ashe, at whose house Leslie was quartered, Tarlton indulged in the same sarcasm, saying he would be happy to see Col. Washington, for he had understood he was diminutive and ungainly in person. To which Mrs. Ashe replied "If you had looked behind you. Col. Tarlton, at the battle of Cowpens you would have enjoyed that pleasure." Tarlton involuntarily, under the excitement of the thrust, put his hand on his sword. At the moment Col. Leslie came in, observing Tarlton's excitement, asked the cause, which being explained, he said "Say what you please, Mrs.
;
:

Ashe, Col. Tarlton knows better than to insult a lady

16

in

tny presence."

Of Mrs. Long
and demanded,

there

is

a story that she

went

no uncertain way, the return of her riding horse, taken by an officer of his staff. She so impressed the old, rough soldier that he had the horse returned and protection granted her and her husband. She survived her husband many years they are buried at "Quanky." I. Nicholas Long, a gallant soldier in the Revolution, was in the battles of Camden, Cowpens, and Yorktown. He and Maj. Hogg had the celebrated race after Tarlton with Col. Wm. Washington. It is related of him that two British cavalrymen pursued him. He wheeled and sought safety in flight they opened fire and in their hot pursuit separated. Observing this he suddenly turned and dispatched both with his He married Rebecca Hill in 1788 sabre in detail. and moved to Georgia, n. Mary Long, m. Bassett Stith, of Virginia, 8th JanuMcKee, in his Life of Judge Iredell, ary, 1790.
to Tarlton,
; ;

says:
letter

"Thomas

Iredell visited

Halifax July, 1790.

from him gives a characteristic account of the gay and opulent borough. The 'divine Miss Polly Long' had just been married to Bassett Stith, a VirThe nuptials were celebrated by twentyginia beau. two consecutive dinner parties in as many different houses; the dinners being regularly succeeded by Miss dances, and all terminated by a grand ball. and Miss Lucas Wallace, an heiress, Miss Hooper were the belles of the occasion." They had seven
children
1.

2.

Maria Stith, m. Joseph I. Daniel, Associate Justice Supreme Court. Martha, m. Hon. John Reeves Jones Daniel, Attorney General and M. C. 1841 to 185 1. He
then

moved

to Louisiana to plant.
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Their son,

3.

4. 6. 7.

b. 27 January, 1828, was a and distinguished officer, fell at Wilderness, 13 May, 1864. He m. Ellen, daughter of John Long, son of Lemuel. Mary, m. Edmund B. Freeman, Clerk of the Supreme Court. Albert and William died single.

Gen. Junius Daniel,

gallant

Dr. Nicholas Stith, m.

Anne

Hill.

Virginia, m. Nat. Eaton.

Mary and

Lizzy, daughters of Judge Daniel, m.

HL

Gordon and Turner Battle. Richard H. Long, member of Assembly 1792, m. Betsy Pasture, December, 1793.
respectively,

IV. Lunsford Long, m. Rebecca Edwards, daughter of

daughters

Gen. Allen Jones, 2d August, 1794. They had two Rebecca, who m. Col. Cadwallader Jones,
;

and Mary, m. Dr. William J. Polk. Their families are mentioned elsewhere. V. Martha, m. Gen. Wm. Gregory, July, 1802. VI. George Washington, m. Sarah C. Jones, May, 1802. VII. John Joseph, m. Frances Quintard, 3d March, 1803. Their daughter, Frances, m. Edward H. Fisher, of Columbia, S. C. They had an only daughter, Julia, who m. Wm. K. Bachman, of Columbia, S. C, attorney at law. He was Captain in the war and did gallant service throughout the four years. VIII. Lemuel McKinnie, m. Mary Amis, of Halifax, 23d They had six children July, 1803. I. Nicholas Long, m. Emily Kerney. They had
five children
1.

Nicholas, m. Sallie Williams.

2. Bettie, 3.

m. Tucker.
Hill, attorney

Sallie.

4.

Mary Amis, m. Thomas H.

at law.
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2.

5- Hmily, m. J. T. Gouch. John Joseph Long, m. Malissa Williams. They had two daughters Ellen, m. Gen. Junius Daniel, heretofore mentioned, and Hmily, m.
;

Edward Conigland, an eminent

3.

attorney.

Maria, died single.

4.
5.

Martha,

in.

Dr. Bond.
single.

Lemuel McKinnie, died

6.

William Lunsford, m. Sallie Burton, daughter of Gov. Burton and wife Sally Jones. They
;

had five children Lunsford, William, Sally, Thomas, and Willie Jones Long. These brothers, Nicholas, John Joseph, Lemuel, and William Lunsford Long, were all prominent and influenNicholas owned the Mush Island estate, probatial men. bly the richest island on the Roanoke. IV. Lunsford Long, m. Mary Copeland, 1799. They had
three children
1.

to Florida,

Maria, m. John Sheppard, of New Bern, moved and left surviving three daughters,
Alice,

Mary,
Cheers.

and

Julia.

Mary m. Benjamin
and
Octavia

They

left

Benjamin

Cheers, of Florida.
the U. S.

Alice m. Lieut. Gibbon, of

2.

3.

Army. Julia m. Petty. Benjamin Sherrard, m. Elizabeth Browning, of Chowan County, and moved to Mississippi died, leaving Mary, William, Sue, Sherrard, Henry and John Long. Col. William L. Long, of Halifax, who fre;

quently represented Halifax in the Assembly,

was appointed Charge d'Affaires to Naples by President Taylor, where he died unmarried. Patience McKinnie, sister of Mrs. Long, m. John Geddy, and had issue, Betsey. Sally m. Wm. Hill, Secretary of State; Martha m. John Marshall, of Raleigh;
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Mary

in.

Gilmore
Hill

William.

Nancy m. Dr. Fenner, of Halifax. and wife Sally had issue: Blisa and
;

Louisa; Dr.

William

Hill,

of Raleigh
;

Maria, m. Dr.

Thomas Bragg,
1st,

of Petersburg

Cynthia, m. Rufvis Pope.

:

John Marshall and wife Martha had issue Blisa, m. William Hill, of Wilmington, brother of Joe Hill, and had Rosa, who m. Thomas Ashe Anna, m. Dr. Nicholas Stith Mrs. Eliza Hill m. 2d, Peter Lomesures their
;

dausfhter m. Charles Waddell. *&>'

Halifax
It
first

was here

that the Declaration of Independence

It

was

read in North Carolina.

reached Halifax on 22d

July.

The committee

of safety appointed ist day of

gust for the formal reading of that paper.

nelius Harnett, that

AuAt noon Cor-

grand old patriot, ascended the rostrum at the Court House door, and amid the roar of cannon and the shouts of the assembled multitude, read the Declaration and proclaimed the Colonies were, and of right ought to be, Free and Independent States.

THE POLK FAMILY

This family of heroes for four generations
in

North

Carolina and Tennessee, are of Scotch-Irish descent. They are of very ancient lineage, tracing the family back

A. D. 1075. Petrius, the son of Fulbert, assurname (which at this time, 11 53, became in use) instead of a patronymic, the name of his great hereFrom him was descended Sir ditary lands of Pollok.
to Fulbert,

sumed

as a

Robert Pollok.
land, he
testants.

In the time of James VI. and

I.

of

Eng-

moved

to Ulster, Ireland, with a colony of Pro-

His son, Robert Bruce Pollok, emigrated to America, at the time of his father's death. He was an officer in Cromwell's army and was married to Madaline
20

Jasker.

Their old home

tall

Somerset County, Md., in 1686. and in it still ticks away the clock they brought from Londonderry there also is
settled in
still

They

stands,

an old mahogany liquor case, that contained fifteen square bottles holding two and a half gallons each. They brought from Ireland the old family Bible, containing records of births and deaths. It was stained by the weather from being hid in a tree. When it was read, one of the family

would stand guard

to

is said to have been an Elder in old Rehoboth Church, that claims to be the oldest Presbyterian church in America. His great-grand-son, Thomas Polk, born in Pennsylvania, moved to Mecklenburg, N. C, in 1753, was a member of the Provincial Assembly, He was Colonel of the North Carolina Continental 1769. troops and rose to be General during the war. It is well known that he was prominent in rousing the people to make the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and that he read that famous paper from the Court House

proach of Papists. Robert Bruce Pollok

warn the worshippers of the apThis was after the Restoration.

steps to the assembled multitude.

Scotch soldier

is

re-

ported to have claimed that "Auld

Tam

independence lang before anybody else." Win. Polk, of Raleigh, N. C, was born in Mecklenburg,
9th July, 1758.

Polk declared His son, Col.

He entered the service at the age of 16, and was appointed Major of the 9th Regiment North Carolina Continental Battalion, November, 1776, when 18 years of age. At one time he followed the fortunes of Marion and Sumter, and was aide to Caswell at Camden. He was distinguished for gallantry throughout the war. At Eutaw his horse was killed under him, and at the same time his brother fell. At Brandywine he was shot through the shoulder and at Germantown through the mouth. Here he became known as "the young officer who caught British bullets in his teeth." In a hand to hand fight
21

with a British cavalryman he

is

reported to have said

"I

parried his thrust, and with a blow of

my

sabre, split

him

like a cabbage head." He was appointed General in the United States Army in 1812. This he declined on account of age and infirmities. He represented Mecklenburg from 1789 to 1 791. Was nominated by Washington, and confirmed by United States Senate, Supervisor of Internal Revenue for North Carolina, which office he held for 17 years. He was one of the commissioners to receive Lafayette for North Carolina, in 1824, and was a member of the

Order of the Cincinnati.

He

He
christ

married

ist,

Griselda,

died 14 January, 1834. daughter of Thomas Gil-

and wife, Martha Jones. They had two sons, Gen. Thomas Gilchrist Polk and Dr. William Jtmius Polk. Gen. Thomas G. Polk m. Mary Trotter, of Salisbury, and had among other children Jane, who m. Dr. Bochell, and Mary, who m. Hon. George Davis, United States Senator.
Gen. Polk frequently represented Mecklenburg County
in the Senate.

Dr. William
loth

J.

Polk, born at Charlotte, N.

C,

ist

June,
b.

1793, m. 1st June, 1818, his cousin,

Mary

R. A. Long,

March 1797, daughter Rebecca Edwards Jones.

Col.

of Lunsford

Long and

wife,

William Polk, m. 2d, Sarah, daughter of Phileissue

mon Hawkins, and had

Lucius Junius. Leonidas, Bishop of Louisiana and General

erate

in

Confed-

Army.

Mary, m. Hon. George E. Badger. George W., m. Sallie Hilliard. Rufus K., m. Sarah Jackson. Alexander Hamilton. Andrezv Jackson, m. Rebecca Van Leer. Their daughter, Antoinette, m.the Marquis de Charette, a descendant of the house of Bourbon, and lives in Paris.
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O
'T-

<:

Susan, m. Hon. Kenneth Rayner. Leonidas Polk, the Bishop General, graduated at West Point. Just before graduating he studied for the ministry
;

his father

was displeased

at this.

His old

friend,

Senator Butler, asked him where his son was stationed. "Stationed! Why, by thunder, sir, he is over there at

Alexandria
ciples that

in the

Seminary."

The same

exalted prin-

caused him to leave West Point for the church,

the

led him,

when

war was
was

on, to change the mitre for a

sword.

He

believed the liberties of his country were at

it

stake and that

his duty to fight.

In an artillery
the General.

duel across the Mississippi a

gun burst near

One

private

was thrown

at the feet of the Bishop.

"Ain't

that hell," said the fellow as he rose.

"Well," said the

Bishop, "it smells like it." President Polk was grandson of Erskin Polk, brother of Col. Thomas Polk. He
left

no

issue.
J.

Dr. William
issue
I.

Polk and wife, Mary R. A. Long, had

b.

Griselda Gilchrist,

at

"Mt. Gallant," 8 March,

1819.

March, 1824. December, 1825. IV. Mary Jones, b. 28 November, 1830. V. Lucius Eugene, b. 10 July, 1833.
b. 5

H. Allen J., HI. Thomas

G., b. 5

VI. Cadivallader Jones, b. 10 October, 1839. VIT. Rufits, b. 30 July, 1843.

These five brothers all served with distinction in the Confederate Army. When General Buel passed through Columbia, Tenn., he offered protection to Mrs. Polk, their mother, but with spirit and bravery she declined it, saying,

"My

sons are in the Confederate

Federal protection."
resented in
II.

Army, I cannot accept This gallant mother was well repthe army as follows by her sons
23

Allen Jones, aide to Bishop Polk.

Thomas G., aide to General Tappans. V. Lucius Eugene he entered the service as a private, rose to be a Brigadier General, one of the youngest in the
III.
;

service.

He commanded a division of Cleburn's Corps at Chickamauga. The honors of victory at this battle were very much due to his gallantry and military genius. At Ringold Gap he repulsed with great slaughter the heroes of Lookout Mountain. At Kenesaw Mountain his leg was broken, being the last of many wounds received. Maj. Gen. Pat. Cleburn, in his report of Chickamauga, says: "I have already called attention to the gallant conduct of General h. E. Polk, but it country which wishes to appreciate
say, that to the intrepidity
is

due to him and the

faithful servants to

its

and stern determination of purpose of himself and men I was principally indebted for the success of the charge on Sunday, which drove the enemy from their breastworks and gave us the victory." VL Cadwallader Jones rose to be Colonel. He was with Jackson the first year of the war, was afterwards in the Western Army. He was in many battles and always gallant. At Prairie Grove he was shot, and left for dead on the field. Vn. Rufus, the youngest brother, was in the Western Army and rose to be Captain. L Grisclda, m. Judge Russell Houston. She is now living in Louisville, Ky. Issue 1. Mary Russell, in. Lytle Buchanan, of Louisville, Ky. 2. Allen, ni. Mattie Belle Shreve, and has children, Russell, Belle, and Allen. 3. Lucia Eugene, m. George H. Hall, of New York. They have children, Zelda, George Russell, Lytle, and Lucia. 4. Blise, m. J. L. Ferrell, of Germantown, Pa.
II.

Allen

J.

Polk, of Helena, Ark., m.

24

ist,

1846,

Mary

Clendening; their daughter, Mary, m. Frank Hemphill. He m. 2d, Anna C. Fitzhugh, of Virginia, i6
June, 1859.
1.

Issue:
in.

Susan,

S.

W.

Keesee.
12 November,

2.
3.

Anna
1890.

Lee, m. L. A. Pepper.

Griselda, m. D. S. Hargraves,

4.

Robin ap Allen.

III.

Dr.

Thomas

G.

Polk, m.

Livinia

Woods, of the

North Carolina. Issue: 1. Mary, m. William Littlejohn, of Decatur, Ala. 2. Carry, m. H. S. Hornor, of Helena, Ark. 3. Zelda, m. H. R. Sterling. 4. William J., m. Euola Greenleaf. IV. Alary Jones, m. Joseph Branch, of North Carolina.
family,

Dancy

Issue
1.

2.
3.

Minnie, m. Dr. Charles Winn. Laurence.

Lucia, m. William Howard. Joseph Gerald. 4. V. Gen. Lucius Eugene, m. Sallie M. Polk, only child of his uncle Rufus K. Polk. Issue:
1.

Rufus, m. Isabella Grier.

Rebecca, m. Scott Harlan.

2. 3.

Lucius B.
William.

4.
5.

James Knox.
Issue

VI. Col. CadzvaUader Jones, m. Carrie Lowry, of Louisiana.

1.

William

J.,

m. Lulu Donnell.

2.
3.

Annie
Nina,

I.,

in.

m. Christopher Agee. William Coolidge.

4.
5.

Walter.

CadzvaUader.

6.

Udzvin Moore.
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VII. Capt. Rufus, m. Cynthia Martin. 1. Lucius Eugene.

2.
3.

Issue

Rufus.
Julius.

4.

Charles Martin.

Gen.

Wiluam

R. Davie

The fame and career of Gen. Davie need not be dwelt upon here. As warrior, orator and statesman he bears a
national reputation.

He

in.

death he
1805,

moved

to his large estate at

Sarah Jones, 1783 after her Landsford, S. C, in

;

where he died 1820, at the age of 64. Issue AH, m. Elizabeth Jones, of Northampton I. Hyder County, N. C. They had one child, Julia, who m. Richard Stobo Bedon, 30th, December, 1830. II. Maj. Allen Jones Davie, m. ist Mary Wall, and had two sons, William R., who m. Miss McKinsie, and Maj. A. J. Davie, m. 2d, Allen J., who moved west. Rosa Norwood, of Halifax, N. C. They had Sally, m. Bolivar DeSaussure. Issue: Julia, Rosa, Octavia, Thomas (these all moved west), and Mary Fraser, who m. Gen. Edward McCrady, of Charleston, S. C.

HI. Sarah, m. William F. DeSaussure, of Columbia,

C.
1.

S.

Issue:
Blla, m.

Henry Burroughs.

She died 9th June,

2.

3.

1895, aged 82. Sarah, m. Col. Hamilton Boykin. Col. William D. DeSaussure, m. Sarah Ravenel.

He was

the hero of two wars, was Captain in the famous Palmetto Regiment and Colonel of 13th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, in Con-

federate

War; he

fell

at Gettysburg, gallantly

leading the charge.

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Gen. Wm.

R.

Davie

From Photograph

of Miniature

1)-^

K"

4-

5.

Mary, m. Col. William Bull, and had Henry, Rebecca, DeSanssure and Sarah. Bolivar, m. Sally Davie.

issue,

IV. Rebecca, m. Dr. Churchill Jones, of Lancaster, S. C, his 2d wife. Issue

1.

Mary.
Sally, m. Frederick Frazer, of Charleston,

2.

and

had
3.

issue,

Mary, Bmily and Frederick.

Churchill.

V. Mary Davie, m. John Crocket. VI. Col. Frederick William Davie, m. ist, Octavia DeSaussure 2d, Mary Frazer no issue. I. Henry Burroughs and wife Ella had issue: 1. Sally Davie, m. Dr. Alfred Wallace. 2. Lilly, m. Frank Trenholm. 3. Catherine, m. Laurence Taylor. their m. James Morris Morgan 4. Ella,
;

daughter, Helen,
2.

in.

Daniel H. Wallace.

Col.
1.

2.

3.

4.
5.

Hamilton Boykin and wife Sarah had issue Mary, m. Maj. Edward Cantey. Hamilton, in. ist. Miss Richardson; 2d, Julia Manning. Ella, in. Brown Manning. Burwell, in. Mary Deas Manning. EUas Miller, in. Lulu Cook, of Virginia.
Allen,
in.

6. 7.

Bessie Courtney.
in.

Lucy Shannon. Lemuel Whitaker, m. Ellen Cantey. Dr. Win. R. Davie, son of Allen, in. Sarah McKinsie he was heir to the Landsford estate by will of his grandfather. He died in Alabama, leaving two sons. Col. WilWilliam,
8.

liam R. Davie and Allen; the latter died unmarried; he left also daughters. Col. William R. Davie m. Henrietta

Wortham, and has two sons, William R. and Richard. Col. Richard Stobo Bedon and wife Julia had issue.
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Mary McClure, of Chester. He between the States, leaving a daughter, Alice, who m. P. B. Fishburn, and a son, Josiah. 2. Hyder Davie, m. Rosa Easton. 3. William, a surgeon in Confederate army. 4. Julia, m. Col. Allen C. Izard. 5. Sally Boy kin, m. James B. Hey ward. 6. Jane, m. Col. Stobo Farrow. 7. Archibald Stobo.
1.

Capt. Josiah, m.

fell in

the

War

8.

Richard.

Col. Richard

Bedon was

a planter in Colleton

County

represented his county in the Senate and House, died

1890, at 81 years of age.

THE GREEN FAMILY

The
first

of the family in this country

;

was John Green,

returned to

son of Peter of Ainsley Hall, England

dence, R.
I.,

he came to Provi-

in the ship

James,

ist April, 1635,

London, 1644,
associated with

to negotiate for Narraganset.

He was

Roger Williams

at

Salem, and embraced

with him extreme Puritan views. It appears from the "Massachusetts Records" that he was fined 100 marks for

speaking contemptuously of the magistrates, and was

again fined 20 and forbidden the jurisdiction on pain of
fine

and imprisonment. Roger Williams emigrated 1630, and was driven from Salem 1635. The next ancestor known of was Farnifold Green, who settled in Craven County, N. C, about 1700. It appears from Virginia State papers that this Farnifold and others
in 171
1

petitioned Gov. Spots wood for protection against

the Indians.

He was murdered
son, Farnifold,

by the Tuscaroras 1713, leaving a

who

John and Joseph.

died 1759, leaving three sons, James, Among the sons of James was James
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Green,

Jr.,

who was
///.

Clerk of the Colonial Congress for

1777, Peggy, daughter of Richard

several years; he

Cogdell.

Ernest Green, of Newbern, N. C, Registrar of Deeds,

is

a great-grand-son of Joseph, son of James Green, the

elder,

who

died 1788.

Farnifold Green, the 3d, a lineal descendant of Farni-

Craven County; he m. Holland son, James IV., who m. Martha Cobb, daughter of Gen. Allen Jones, and had This James W. issue, one son, Maj. Allot J. Green. Green, a Continental officer in the North Carolina line was Surgeon's Mate, 16 June, 1778, promoted Surgeon, December, 1779; was with Continentals at Charleston, 1780, and made prisoner at the surrender of that city, 12 August, 1780; was exchanged 14 June, 1781. 6th February, 1782, he was Surgeon of the ist North Carolina Continentals, and in the "Washington Correspondence" is mentioned as one of the officers of the war who continued to the end thereof. This correspondence is in MSS., and may be found in the War Department. The North Carolina officers are mentioned in the "University Magazine," May, 1894. It appears from the will of Farnifold Green, proven March, 1804, that he left his grand-son, Allen J. Green, a large tract of land in Craven
fold the 1st, also lived in

Applewhite.

They had one

County. In the Colonial Records is this record, dated January, 1775 "John Green and John W. Stanly are appointed by the committee of Craven County to receive subscriptions in corn, peas, pork or money for the relief of
;

Boston."

Maj. Allen Jones Green, b. 14 February, 1783, was left an orphan by the death of his father, and was raised at "Mt. Gallant" by his grand-father. Gen. Allen Jones. At the age of 14 he was sent to Norfolk to a training ship to be educated for the navy. As Past Midshipman he
29

cruised in the Mediterranean with Johnson Blakely, his

mess-mate, and was

Algiers.

in an engagement with the Dey of one of the few men I have ever met who could read Shakespeare entertainingly. I shall never forget how his family and friends would enjoy his reading of the great poet, and of Gil Bias and Don Quixotte. He remained in the navy until engaged to

He was

be married,

when he was informed by

his grand-father.

Gen. Allen Jones,

who had charge

of his future bride,

"You must choose between the navy and a wife." He was not long in making his choice and married at Halifax Lucy Pride Jones, 23 October, 1804, daughter of Maj. Cadwallader Jones and wife Mary Pride, of Virginia.
This intermarriage united the tw^o Jones families before mentioned. He died at "Rose Hill," his residence near
Landsford, 6th February, 1832.

Soon thereafter Mrs. Green moved to Columbia, S. C., where she died 6th April, 1864. I have heard she was beautiful in her youth let me add that in character she was beautiful in her age. She was born 21st August, They had children: 1790. d. 23d September, 181 1. I. Caroline, b. 23d August, 1805 H. Mary Cadzvallader, b. 8th August, 1808. HI. James Blakely, b. 25th December, 1814; d. 14th July,
; ;

1836.

IV. Cadzvallader ap Allen,

b.

8th February, 1814;

d.

12th

September, 1831. V. Dr. Allen /., b. January, 1819; d. March, 1879. VI. Halcott Pride, b. 7th June, 1821 d. March, 1891. VII. Lucy Jones, b. i6th June, 1823 d. November, 1899. VIII. Frederick Lafayette, b. 19th August, 1825; d. 19th
; ;

May,
1881.
II.

1889.
b.

IX. John Sitgreaves,

3d August, 1828;

d.

7th

May,

Mary

C-, ni.

Walter Izard, son of Henry and

30

Emma

Middleton, grand-son of Ralph and Alice

cey, great-grand-son of

De LanRalph and Charlotte Blake.

Issue
1.

2.

Walter, m. Sally Goode, of Virginia. Henry, of Mississippi, Surgeon in Lipscomb's Regiment, in. Laura Lipscomb.

3.

4.

Allen Cadzvallader, m. Julia Bedon. Lucy, m. Ed. Barnwell Heyward they had one son Izard, m. Mary, daughter of Col. Brumby,
;

Brumby, of Dewey's flagship, the Olympia. I. Walter and Sally Izard have three sons, Walter, John, and Ralphs of Virginia. 2. Henry and wife Laura, have George, Henry and
Irene,
all

of Georgia, and sister of Lieut.

of Mississippi.

Dr. Walter and Dr. John Izard, of Virginia, are emi-

nent in their professions.

other Roberta Johnson.

The

first

m.

Anna

Sale, the

3. Col. Allen C. Izard and wife Julia have Julia Davie, m. William T. Williams, of Savannah, a descendant of Roger Williams Mary Green, Alice H., m. John P. Solo;

mon

Allen Cadzvallader,

ni.

Florence Behre
in the

Josephine,

Mattie,
Col.

Ruth and DeLancey. Allen Izard raised a company

J.

Confederate
Captain of

War

he rose to be Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment.

Dr. Allen

Green

in.

Sallie Scott.

He was
;

the Columbia Artillery on Morris Island the batteries that fired

his

was one of

was

a private at

first

afterwards on his

on the "Star of the West." He Manassas in Kershaw's Brigade, and stalT. After the war he moved to Ala-

bama, where he died, leaving six children, Allen J., Martha C. and Walter now living, James, Lucy Pride and
Cadzvallader died.

VII. Halcott Pride Green

vi.

Virginia Taylor,

b.

17th

August^ 1824,

d.

March 20th, 1885, daughter of Ben31

jamin Taylor and wife Sally Coles.

as one in
life

They were
;

highly distinguished for their Christian virtues

were

and are buried together as one

in death.

They
I.

left

surviving six children

J.,

was a was with them at the Tulafinny fight, and wounded by a Minie ball in the face. He m. Helen Singleton, 26th November, 1868, daughter of Matthew Singleton and wife, M. R. Kinloch, daughter of Frederick Kinloch and Mary Lowndes, a descendant of John Rutledge. Matthew Singleton was son of Richard Singleton, and Richard was son of John Singleton, son of Matthew Singleton, Captain under Gen. Marion in the Revolution.
Allen
attorney at law, Columbia, S. C.
;

cadet at the Citadel in 1864;

Issue
1.

Cleland Singleton.

2. 3.

Walter Taylor. Helen Singleton.

n. Sally Coles, ui. i6th February, 1871, Albert Rhett Heyward, son of Nathaniel Heyward and wife Eliza Smith, a descendant of Landgrave Smith, of North Carolina the branch of Smiths that settled in South Carolina changed their names to Rhett; this Mrs. Heyward was a sister of Robert Barnwell Rhett.
;

Issue
1.

Sally Coles, m., 20 April, 1897, E. Scott

lass.

Doug-

2. 3.

Albert Rhett.

Halcott Green.
Nathalie.

4.
5.

Bdninnd Rhett.
Nathaniel Barmvell.

6.
7.

8.

Lucy Pride. Roger Moore.

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III.

Elica,

III.

Richard Singleton, brother of Helen SinIssue:

gleton, aforesaid.
1.

Mary

Loivndes.

2. 3.

Matthew Richard.
Virginia Taylor.
Lilian.

4.
5.

Lucy
Eliza.

Pride.

6.
7.

Martha.
in.

IV. Caroline,

William

St. Julien Jervey,

son of Wil-

liam Jervey and Catherine Stephens.

1898, leaving
1.

She died

in

two children:

Amaryllis.

2.

Allen Jones.
rn.

VIII. Dr. Frederick L. P. Green,

Mrs. Colclough, nee

Guerry.
1.

Issue

Frederick Lafayette.

2. 3.

William Guerry.
Liicy Pride, m.

Wilmot G. DeSaussure

died,

leaving a son, Frederick Green.

4.
5.

IVashington, m. George Pringle.

Allen.

6.

Walter.

VI. Halcott Pride, m.

children
1.

Emma

Boylston, and have three

Margaret DuBosc.
Virginia Taylor.

2.

3. Jessie Ross.

THE SITGREAVES FAMILY

John Sit greaves was appointed Judge of the District Court of North Carolina by Washington. He was Lieutenant-Colonel in the Revolution, was aide to Gov. Caswell at Camden, was member of the Continental Con33

and from 1786 to 1789; died 1802. He m. Martha, widow of James W. Green and daughter of Gen. Allen Jones. They had two children, Amaryllis, wife of F. L. J. Pride, and Col. John Sitgreaves, h. May ist,
gress, 1784,

1799,

^-

November, 1868; he was a planter

in

York

County, frequently
of

member
Issue

of Assembly, m.

Anna Love,

York County.
1.

John,

2.
3.

unmarried, 1874. Amelia, m. Col. C. J. Pride.

d.

Frederick, m. Mattie White.

Osceola, m. Edmonia Broyles. Junius Alexander, m. Beverley Rudd. daughter of Commodore Rudd. He served gallantly as Captain of
4.
5.

Calhoun Battery, and lost a leg at Appomattox. Judge Sitgreaves and his brother were distinguished for gallantry. The Judge was said to be very stern in his manners. On one occasion Gen. Davie and some friends
taking tea with him, he said to the children, "It
is

time for

you

to be in bed," they

marched

ofif

instantly.

"You

see," said

Mrs. Sitgreaves, "we have them well trained." "Yes," said Davie, "and if he had said, 'Mrs. Sitgreaves, " it is time to retire, you zvould have marched, also.'

Ancestrai. Line of the CadwaIvLader Jones Family

As before said, the name Jones was originally John. Before surnames were adopted in Wales, ap son of

was

used.

Thus

John ap John, or John's John, then

Johne's, then Jones.

An

apt illustration

may

be found in the ancient family

of the Cadwalladers, of Philadelphia,

who

trace their

pedigree to
I

ith

until

about the March Wilthian, Lord They never bore the name of Cadwallader century. it was assumed by Gen. John Cadwallader, emigratof Isaleel,

ing ancestor of this family, 1698.

Thomas ap Hugh,

of Wales, had
34

two

sons, Cadwalla-

der ap Thomas, and John ap Thomas.

son named John,

who

called himself

The first had a John Cadzvallader

John ap Thomas named his son Robert; he callled himself Robert Johns, which became Robert Jones. The descendants of these brothers have borne their different names ever since. I am informed by Dr. Charles E. Cadwallader, of Philadelphia, that "There was a Cadwallader Jones who was first cousin to my emigrating ancestor, Gen. John Cadwallader, the latter coming to PennsylvaThis Jones, who was engaged in trade with India Islands, was constantly on the sea, and died in one of his voyages, unmarried. He had a brother, Robert Jones. They were sons of John ap Thomas, of
nia in 1698.

the

West

Wales.

Edward

Jones, of Wales,

Gen. John Cadwallader married a daughter of who was a connection of John

ap Thomas."

We do not know what connection this Cadwallader Jones was to our family, but believe it to be intimate, and that he was the first owner of my old sword, hereafter to be mentioned. We trace this line of the family to Richard
Jones,

who

lived in the latter part of the 17th century;

line

beyond him the ancestral

arms.

The armorial bearings

can only be traced by their of this family are the

County Wales (Burke's Heraldry). "Per bend sinister ermine ermines, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed, or. Crest., a lion's head erased, per pale, ar. and
of Denby,
sa."

same

as those of Jones or Johns, of Gothkenan,

This coat of arms ages ago was quartered on that of one Welsh kings, and was the arms of his mother. They are engraved upon the hilt of a sword now in my
of the

my grand-father, Maj. Cadwallader Jones, from his Welsh ancestors the hilt has no crest they were not used, I am informed, until
possession, which descended to
;

the time of

Edward

III.

The
35

devices on the

hilt,

to wit

the helmet, the halberd, garter, javelin and battle-axe,

show

its

antiquity.

It is

marked

C.

J.,

denoting the

first

owner.

and trace the direct He was of Welsh extraction, in. Lady Jefifries, of the manor of Ley, and settled in Devonshire, England had been a merchant of London. They had five sons, Cadiuallader, William, Richard, Abram, and Frederick. The four first came to Virginia at an early period of the
turn
to

We

now

known

ancestors,

pedigree of this line to Richard Jones.

settlement of that colony, leaving Frederick, the young-,

est,

with his parents

in

England.

Cadwallader, the eld-

est,

and, as such, heir to the Lordship and manor, sold

his inheritance to Sir

Robert Knights, Alderman of Lon(Virginia

don, by deed dated Rappahanock City, 1681

Historical

Magazine).

He was

Lieutenant-Colonel of

Governor of New Province, in Bahamas, 1689-92. He left one son, Frederick. While Governor in the Bahamas, grave charges were made against him, and he was recalled, 1692. Nicholas Trott was appointed in his place. He remained Governor Similar charges were made against him, until 1697. causing his removal he was a man of great legal ability, was Attorney General of South Carolina 1698, and Chief
Stafford's Militia, 1680;

the

Justice 1712.

Abram
children,

Jones,

who

died

prior

to

1689

(Henrico
other

papers), was the next ancestor.

He

had,

among

Thomas, Maj. Peter, and Abram.

This Abram,

the next ancestor, had Capt. Peter Jones,

who

m. his

cousin Mary, daughter of Maj. Peter Jones and wife, Mary Wood, daughter of Gen. Abram Wood (Henrico papers). Deed 1697, from Peter Jones, son of Abram also power of attorney from Mary, wife of Peter Jones
;

Jones.
I.

Issue
b.

Frederick,

4th December, 17 19.

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II.

William,

III.

b. 25 March, 1725. Cadzmllader, b. 17 June, 1728.

b. 25 August, 1731. This Frederick Jones m. Betsey Eppes, both of Prince George, Virginia. Issue: 1. Frederick of Dinwiddy. 2. Maj. Cadwallader, of Prince George.

IV. Peter,

3.

4.
5.

Nancy, m. Thomas Brodnax, of Virginia. Sarah, m. Wm. E. Brodnax, of Virginia. Martha, m. Augustine Claiborne. They had one son, Cadzvallader, who moved to Tennessee, and died 1796.

Before proceeding with the pedigree,

we

will

say a

word of the men just mentioned. Gen. Abram Wood was an important man in his day; he represented Appamatuche County, as it was then called, i644-'45-'46 and '56, and was one of the State Council, 1637. Wood Church, near Petersburg, was named for him and is older
than old Blandford.
In the I7tli century, about 1675, Maj. Peter Jones was appointed Captain of a company organized for defence
against the Indians
the land on

he was stationed at Fort Henry, on which Petersburg now stands, which was then
;

owned by Gen. Abram Wood. It appears that the city was named for this Maj. Peter Jones he died 1728. The city was founded by Capt. Peter Jones and his cousins, Abram and Thomas Jones, son^, respectively, of Maj. Peter and Thomas Jones. The three founders of the city were all grand-sons of Gen. Wood. This Thomas
;

Jones m. Margaret, daughter of Gen. m. Thomas Cocke, of Malvern Hill.

Wood
'

in

1663 she

Col. William Byrd gives a spirited account of his famous journey to the "Land of Eden" in 1733. He says: "The company met for breakfast at Maj. Mum-

ford's

it

consisted of seventeen
37

men

of

these, three

were Indians, and three negroes twenty horses and two Among the men, he says, were Maj. Mumford, dogs. Maj. Mayo, Capt. Peter Jones and Robert BolHng, all well-known citizens and able foresters. After the Major had cleared his pipes, he made a shift to truss up his baggage about 9 o'clock. Near the same hour, my old friend and fellow-traveler, Peter Jones, came to us completely accoutred.

Then we

fortified ourselves

with a

beefsteak, kissed our landlady for good luck, and mounted, about 10 o'clock. Tom Short had promised to attend us,

but had married a wife and could not come. We crossed Thatcher's Run. Grantly Run, Stony Creek, and in twenty miles reached Sappony Chapel, where Mr. Bannister
reinforced, we proceeded ten Maj. Embrey's, on the south side of Notmiles further to toway. The Major was ill of a purging and vomiting, attended with fever, which had brought him low, but I prescribed him a gallon or two of chicken broth, which

joined us.

Thus agreeably

washed him as clean as a gun and quenched his fever. Here Maj. Mayo met us well equipped for a march into the woods, bringing a surveyor's tent that would have Young Tom Jones came and sheltered a small troop. made his excuse, but old Tom Jones, by the privilege of his age, neither came nor sent. * * * When we got home we laid the foundation of two large cities, one at Shocco, to be called Richmond, the other at the point of Appomattox I^un, to be called Petersburg. Thus we did
not build castles only, but also
cities in

the air."
in the
first

These,

it is

said, are the first

Hnes ever published

cities.

matter of founding those two

The

idea

was

conceived by this party. The actual founding of the city was done by the Peter Jones and Wood families, who

owned

the land and were its first inhabitants. Frederick Jones, of Dinwiddy, b. 1749, m. Susannah

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Claiborne,
wife,
I.

h.

1751, daughter of Augustine Claiborne

and

Mary

Herbert.

Issue:

Betsey Eppes, m. William Mason, probably ancestor of John Y. Mason, who was a relative of the Jones
family.

II.

Mary
177Z1.

Herbert, m. John Withers, of Dinwiddy,

Issue

h.

Susannah,

b.

1798, m. Clement C. Clay, Gover-

nor of Alabama.
2.
3.

States Senator, JVithers,

Pr is cilia,

These had C. C. Clay, United and Hugh Lawson. m. William McDowell, of Mobile.
Levert.

4.

Ann Blisa, m. Dr. Mary D., m. 1838,

Eliza

Dr. Robert Withers, of Hale

5.

Thomas Withers and wife, Walker; this Thomas Withers' 2d wife was a Miss Timberlake, and cousin of Mary Pride, wife of Maj. Cadwallader Jones. IVilliam, m. Miss Hawkins.
County, Ala., son of

6.
7.

Augustus, m. Mary Woodrow. Jones IVithers, Major General Confederate Army and Mayor of Mobile, /;;. Rebecca EForney, of North Carolina.

Thomas Withers, above mentioned, was son of William Withers and Priscilla Wright, m. 1761. They had a daughter, Mary, who in. Roger Atkinson their davighter Elisa m. Bishop Lay. Dr. Robert IVithers and Mary D., who died 7th May, 1898, aged 87, had issue
;

1. Robert, in. ist, Mary widow Burk, nee Josephine

Pickens.
Bell, of

He

in.
;

2d,

the

Virginia

they had

Robert and Martha.

2.

William.

Herbert, m. Charles Poilnitz. Issue 3. m. Charles Waller; Annie, in. Graham Benners; Charles, Robert, William, Helen, and Henry.
4.

Mary

Mary
Stella,

Louisa, m. Horace Brown, of North Carolina.

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5-

iTelen, m.

William Pickens,

who

died, leaving

an

only son, William C.

6.
7.

Annie.

Henry, m. Willie Reese. Claiborne family was founded in Virginia by Col. William Claiborne, 1621, a man of great wealth and distinction, sent over by James I. as Surveyor or General. His son William was distinguished in Bacon's Rebellion. The founder of the Eppes family in Virginia was Thomas Eppes; he settled at City Point, 1635. Col. Francis Eppes, 3d of the name, m., 1724, Sarah Hamlin, daughter of Robert Hamlin, Burgess for Prince George County, 1 75 1. This Francis and wife Sarah had issue: 1. Francis, h. 1725, Sergeant-at-Arms from 1752 to 1776; Delegate, 1770; Colonel 2d Virginia Regiment,

The

1777.
2.
3.

Betsey, m. Frederick Jones.

Peter, m. Poythruss.

Hamlin. Martha, m. Edwards. Maj. Cadwallader Jones, of "Monte Cailoux," Prince George, Virginia, h. 1755, d. lygG. At the age of 22 he was elected Captain of Third Regiment Light Dragoons,
4.
5.

raised agreeably to a resolution of Congress, 5th January,

with George Baylor, Colonel

;

This regiment was organized 6th February, 1777, William Washington, LieuHe served with tenant-Colonel Richard Call, Major.
1777.
;

this

Aide-de-Camp
ette,
1

regiment through the war, except when acting as He was with Lafayto Gen. Lafayette.

ranking as Major,

78 1, was with him at

memorable campaign of Brandy wine, and at the surrender

in the

of Cornwallis.

As
blade,

mark

of his gallantry, and of the regard which

in the hilt of the old

Lafayette had for him, he presented him with a Toledo

which was fixed

sword above

40

Ma J. Cadwallader Jones
From Miniature painted
iu 1790

7^'

Cadwallader Jones

Mrs. Allen
[nee

J.

Green
/o>ics)

Lucy Pride

From Photograph

of Portrait

to. Several of these blades were sent to Gen. Washington by the King of Spain, and distributed by him to his officers. On the occasion of the visit of the Mar-

alluded

C, in 1824, Maj. Jones' daughter Lucy (Mrs. A. J. Green) attended a reception given in his honor and wore on her neck a miniature of

quis de Lafayette to Columbia, S.

The Marquis, recognizing the likeness, with French effusion and politeness, leaned forward and saluted her on both cheeks as the daughter of his old comrade and friend. Maj. Cadwallader Jones m. Mary Pride, daughter of Halcott Pride and wife, Mary Briggs, of Virginia. She died 1795. They had issue:
her father.

L Frederick

Lafayette.

n. Halcott J. IIL Cadwallader.

IV. Lucy.
I.

Frederick Lafayette Jones Pride assumed the name

of Pride at the request of his uncle, Halcott Briggs Pride.

He was b. 1784, d. 22d February, 1848, was of distinguished appearance, 6 feet 2 inches, of portly stature, in
habits and manners a gentleman of the old school, a wealthy planter on the Catawba, in Chester County resi;

dence,

"Wyoming."

He

in.,

27th June, 1821, Amaryllis

gifted emi-

Sitgreaves, at Halifax.

She was mentally

nently so in conversation.

n. Halcott Jones Pride also assumed the name of Pride He was called Hocky, died unmarried at the age of 30, leaving his estate to his sister
at his uncle's request.

Lucy.
IV. Lucy Pride Jones, wife of Maj. Allen
1790,
J.

Green,

b.

an orphan at the age of 6 years, lived with her aunt, Mrs. Lucy Straughn, until her death, when she was taken to Mt. Gallant by Gen. Allen Jones. The Prides, Greens, Davies and Sitgreaves moved from Halleft

was

41

ifax to the Catawba, 1813. Gen. Davie had preceded them; he moved 1803. His wife died at Halifax, 1802. I. Frederick L. J. Pride and wife had
I.

Martha Cobb.,

b.

at

"Wyoming,"
Orleans.

April,

1814; m.

Dr.

Thomas Hunt,

of

New

2. Halcott J. Pride, b. April 17th, 1817, m. Julia Beckham, 1859. He died in 1891, leaving a son Halcott, and a daughter Amaryllis, who m. Edgar E. Poag. They have two sons, Halcott and Edgar. 3. Dr. John Sitgreaves Pride m. Phebe McClure, of Chester, 1859; he died 1866, leaving a son, who died recently. These brothers were remarkable for their

genial, social qualities

Dr.
;

"Sit.," a

man

of infinite jest

and a skilful physician Halcott was a good planter. 4. Cadwallader J. Pride, United States Commissioner for twenty-eight years. Supervisor of Census 1890, and for many years postmaster at Rock Hill, 6. 15 August, 1828, m. his cousin Amelia Sitgreaves, 24 April, 185 1, daughter of Col. John Sitgreaves, a most highly cultured and gracious woman. She died 1895. They had issue:
1.

Frederick

J.,

died unmarried.

2.
3.

John Sitgreaves.
Allen DeSaussure.
Cadzvallader

J., m., 5 July, 1899, Kate C. Rowly, Rowly, of Greenville, S. C. daughter of Dr. 5. Arthur Love, m. Etta Gaines, April, 1892, d. Octo-

4.

ber, 1892.
6.

lard.

Junius Atmore, m., 11 November, 1893, Martha LilThey have children ://d^M Cadwallader and Wil-

liam.
7.

Anna

Ross., m. Dr. William R. Simpson, 14 April,

1896.

HI. Col. Cadwallader Jones, of North Carolina,

b.

at

"Monte Cailoux," near Petersburg, Va., 1788, d. at his residence, "West Hill," Orange County, 5th February,
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<
<:

&
<

l-I

2 O
as

w
a <

^
<

/.
OS

i86i, aged 73.

He
at

vember,

18 10,

m. Rebecca Edwards Long, 6th No"Mt. Gallant." She was born at

Halifax, 9th July, 1795, died 19th May, 1881. He was educated at the famous Marcus George School,

Warrenton, N. C, was a student at the University left it age of 17 and joined the navy was Midshipman on the Chesapeake when attacked by the Leopard, 1807. It
;

at the

was Commodore Barron's was disabled and returned

joined the United States

flagship
;

cruise in the Mediterranean

to

had just started for a was unprepared for action port. The question was the
;

right to search for British sailors.

He

quit the
;

Army

at

Halifax

navy and was appointed

1808, Pasture

First Lieutenant Third Regiment, 3d

May,

Colonel.

The regiment

reported to Gen. Wilkinson on

the Mississippi,

where the regiment was decimated by

On the 12th Auwas made Adjutant of the regiment under Gen, Wade Hampton, who succeeded Wilkinson. He remained with Hampton until November, 1810, when he resigned to marry. He was a wealthy and successful planter, first on the Roanoke, later on he purchased the "Mt. Gallant" place, in York County, S. C, and a valuable plantation on the Black Warrior, in Alabama, and was the owner of a large number of negroes. From early training he had a military bearing, the suavitas in modo, fortitu in re, was happily blended in his manner and character. Though
disease and formed into one company.
gust, he
position, but

of State, he never sought gave his life to domestic and social virtues. He served on the Board of Internal Improvement during the administrations of Burton, Iredell, and
fitted for service in the affairs
;

Owens was President of the Roanoke Navigation Co., and was for a long time Chairman of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, which, under the old system, had jurisdiction of all matters save capital felonies. Mrs. Jones was distinguished for her pure piety,
43

and in all the relations of wife, mother and friend was most exemplary. A friend, speaking of her old age, said,

"Her
I.

heart survived

all

other parts of her

last."

worn frame,

and was warm and living to the

Allen C,
b.

Issue
17th August,

at Everets, 7th
b.

November, 181 1.

II.

Cadwallader,
Pride,
at

at

"Mt. Gallant,"

1813.
III.
b.

"Weldon
b.

Place," 21 November, 1815.

d. in

IV.

Mary Mumford,

6th January, 1818;

youth.

V. Rebecca Edwards, b. 10 March, 1820; d. in youth. VI. Mary Rebecca, b. at "Weldon Place," loth November, 1823. VII. Robin ap C, b. at "West Hill," 18 January, 1826.
VIII. Maria Octavia,
b. 29 October, 1828 IX. Sally Rebecca, b. i6th March, 1833. X. Frederick William, b. 3d April, 1837;
I.
;

d. in

youth.

^- i^

youth.

was a wealthy and successful At the planter on the Black Warrior, Hale County, Ala. first call to arms in the war between the States, he raised a company, Greensboro Guards a noted company He was staCol. George Erwin Second Lieutenant.
Col. Allen C. Jones

tioned at Fort
cola,

Morgan

several months, thence to Pensa-

where they were formed into a regiment, Robert E. Rhodes Colonel, Allen C. Jones Lieutenant-Colonel, John
T.

Morgan Major.
in Virginia.

This regiment joined Ewell's Bri-

gade

at first

Manassas

Rhodes was made Brigadier General Jones in command. The regiment was
first

disbanded at end of
service.

year,

He was

man

of

served in the Legislature,

when Col. Jones left the mark in his county and State, and was a good business man.

He

nth June, 1845, Catherine Erwin, daughter of John Erwin and wife, Margaret Chadwick. Issue I. Julia Brzvin, b. 2d June, 1846; m., 29th December, 1870, Thomas Ruffin Roulhac, of Alabama, now an eminent Judge of that State, son of Joseph Roulhac and wife,
m.,
Col.
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Catherine

Rufifin,

North CaroHna.

They had

daughter of Chief Justice Ruffin, of issue Kate Bnvin, b. 1 1 No:

vember, 1871, m., 29th June, 1897, Stocton R. Cook. They have a son, Stocton R., b. 13 August, 1898 Thomas RiiMn, Allen Jones, Annie Kirkland and George Brwin Roulhac.
;

b. 19 September, 1848, m., May, John Nelson. They have issue: Rebecca, Margaret Brtvin, and John Nelson. 3. Margaret Chadzvick, b. 29 May, 185 1, m., 2 Febru-

2.

Rebecca Long,

1871,

ary, 1871, Alfred Benners, attorney at law,

Ala.

Birmingham, Augustus, Allen Cadivallader, Helen Jane, and Margaret Benners.

Issue
:

4.

Catherine Brwin,

b.

16 August, 1856, m., 15th OctoIssue: Sarah Catharine and

ber, 1879,

John Randolph.
b.

Julia Jones Randolph.

5.

Allen Cadzvallader,
1889,

cember,
6.
7.

Maria
d.

Lewis.

25 February, 1859, m., 19 DeIssue Kathleen, John

:

Brxvin Jones.

John Brwin,
Robin.

unmarried.
m.,

8.

Frederick

Pride,

December,

1895,

Mary,

daughter of Dr. Frances Marion Peterson.

They have
at

Margaret Peterson Jones.

II.

Col.

Cadivallader Jones.

He

graduated

19 at

N. C, and in early life commenced the study of law and took a prominent part in the public aflfairs of his native State. In 1840 the Log Cabin campaign when Harrison swept the country, he was returned to the General Assembly, being the only Democrat elected from
Chapel
Hill,

the County of Orange.

the
;

In 1842 he was again returned to Assembly at that session was elected Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, consisting of twelve counties. To this office he was twice elected, and was in the service of the State either as Solicitor or member of Assembly
45

South Carolina in war between the States coming on, he raised a company, as Captain at the organization of the Twelfth Regiment, he was made Major, then Lieutenant-Colonel, and after the battle of Sharpsburg, where the gallant Barnes fell, he rose to be Colonel. He was with that regiment in all its battles until he resigned from failing health, leaving four sons in the field. In 1864 he was elected Senator from York without opposition, and in 1865 was a delegate to the convention which made a new Constitution for the State. The fate of that Senate and Constitution is well known. Carpetbaggers took possession of the State. He m. Annie Isabella Iredell, 5th January, 1836. She was born at Edenton, N. C, loth April, 1816, daughter of Governor James Iredell and wife, Frances Johnstone Tredwell. After a married life of sixty-one years, save one day, she died at Columbia, S. C, 4th January, 1897. She was of illustrious parentage, in both this and the old country. Her pure piety, her unfailing Christian faith, and her life-long devotion to duty, would have ornauntil
left
it

he

in 1856.

He moved

to

1857, for the purpose of planting; the

mented any character, and

to her children.

will be a precious recollection

They have placed to her memory in the "Church of Our Saviour," at Rock Hill, S. C, a tablet, as one of the founders of that parish, "She made the first She left surcall to service in the name of the church."
viving her nine children, the second, Rebecca CadzvallaIssue

der, died in her youth.

I.

Prances

Iredell.

II.

Rebecca Cadzvallader.

III. Iredell.

IV. Cadwallader.

V. Allen VI. Johnstone. VII. Wilie.

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VIII. Annie Isabella. IX. Halcott Pride.

I.

X. Helen Iredell. Prances Iredell, b. 5 February, 1837, m., 14 October. 1856, George Erwin, son of John Erwin and wife, Eliza Margaret Chadwick. Their issue 1. lohn, b. 26 March. 1858, m. Molly Griffin Wilkins, 20 September. 1883. They have George, Margaret Adams and Richard Wilkins Erzvin. 2. Annie, b. 6 April, i860, m., 2y December, 1883, Alphonse L. Stollenwerck. 3. Prances, and 4, George, died in infancy. 5. Margaret, b. 6 April 1865, m. Henry Watson Parish. She died 23 November, 1895. Their son Henry, b. 9 November, 1892, died in infancy. Their daughter Annie Erwin, b. 14 Au6.
I November, 1897. Rebecca Prances, named for her two greatgrand-mothers, b. 9 September, 1868, m. Madison Jones, son of Madison Jones and wife, Alice McLean. Their issue Margaret King, Prances Iredell, Madison, George Erwin, and Alice. Ethel, b. 6 November, 1872, ni., 29 December, Their issue: 1897, Leonidas Bryan Sledge. Leonidas B. Sledge, b. 6 November, 1898.

gust, 1890, died

7.

8.

Cadzvallader,
1897, Ida

b.

21 July, 1875,

;;?.,

3 February,

Vernon Seawell, daughter of Charles Seawell and wife, Louisa Ravesies, granddaughter of Samuel Strudwick. Charles is grand-son of Judge Henry Seawell, of North
Carolina.
III.

Capt. Iredell lones,

boro, N.

b.

8 February, 1842, at Hills-

C, ;;/., ist, Ellen, daughter of Governor James H. Adams, of South Carolina, 4 November,
1869.

She died 31 August, 1873, aged

47

27.

Issue:

1.

Lilian,

Dr. Frank
ler

4 August, 1870, m., 28 October, 1896, W. P. Butler, son of Gen. M. C. Butand wife, Maria, daughter of Governor F. W.
b.

Pickens, of South Carolina.

2.

Iredell, b.

was Laura
ber,

25 February, 1873. His second wife Ella, daughter of William Preston

Chafee,
in.,

McMahon and Laura

1882.

22 Novem-

She died 13 March, 1887, leaving Chafee, b. 10 March, 1887. Their first son, Willie, b. 12 August, 1885, died 7 January, 1887. Capt. Iredell Jones was Second Lieutenant South Carolina College Company, and was at the surrender of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 entered Confederate Army as private in Washington
;

first battle

Light Infantry, June, 1861, and was wounded at of Manassas. Afterwards was First Lieutenant and commanded a section of a battery in Fort Sumter, doing gallant service in the fight with monitors in April, 1861, and all en-

gagements around Charleston. He served from Fort Sumter to Bentonville the first and last battles of the war. In 1870 was Intendant of Rock Hill in 1880 was member of the South Carolina Legislature. He is now engaged in farming at his home in Rock Hill, where he is President of the Board of Trustees for that school district, and Regent of South Carolina

Hospital for the Insane.

IV. Capt. Cadwallader Jones,

m.,

Jr., b. 3 December, 1843, Emily Skinner Johnson, 3 daughter of Dr. Charles E. Johnson and wife, Emily Skinner. She died 17 November, 1880, at "Mt. Gal-

February,

1871,

lant," S.

C, leaving Fanny Brwin,

b.

b.

and Mary Campbell,

Charles Johnson,
b.

7 August, 1876.

September, 1874, Their son,

3 December, 1871, died in in48

Panny B., m., in 1899, Frank Avery Cobbs, fancy. son of Rev. Richard H. Cobbs and wife, Frances Avery. Capt Cadwallader Jones joined the Washington Light Infantry, June,
1861, at

Richmond,

afterwards was transferred to Twelfth South CaroHna Regiment, where he rose to be Captain of

Va.

Company H. He shared the fortunes of this gallant and renowned command through twenty-seven hard
fought battles of the war with marked distinction for
cool

bravery.

around Petersburg.
V. Capt. Allen Jones,
1874,
b.

He was wounded He is now in

once

in

battles

Greensboro, Ala.

23 August, 1846, m., 15 October,

Augusta H. Porcher, b. 30 August, 1852, daughter of Augustus Henry Porcher and wife, Issue Eliza Marion DuBose. 1. Marion Porcher, b. at Rock Hill, 5 September,
1875, departed this
est flower that ever
;

life,

June, 1887

the sweet-

2.

3. 4.
5.

bloomed along the waters of old Catawba the town with one voice named its first fire engine "Marion Jones," in her honor. Annie Iredell, b. 12 March, 1877, m., 25 April, 1899, Geo. R. Rembert. Helen Iredell, b. 30 December, 1878. Jane DuBose, b. 27 August, 1880.
Cadwallader,
Allen,

6.
7.

Augusta Porcher,
b. b.

8. 9.

Robin,

24 July, 1882. b. 30 August, 1885. 22 February, 1887. 5 December, 1889, in Columbia.

b. b.
i

Theodore Marion,
federate

April, 1895.

Capt. Allen Jones enlisted as a private in the Con-

age of 16, Company H, Twelfth South Carolina Regiment; was afterwards in several important battles in Virginia, He moved in one of which he was wounded.
at the

War

from Rock Hill

in 1888. 49

He

is

now

Secretary

and Treasurer of the Lexington Manufacturing Company, and of the Saxe Gotha Mills President and Treasurer of the Palmetto Mills, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Carolina Land and Investment Company. VL Gen. Johnstone Jones, h. 26 September, 1848, m., 26 June, 1873, Betty Watters Miller, daughter of Thomas C. and Annie Davis Miller, of Wilmington, N. C. Thomas C. was son of Alex. C. Miller and wife Mary, daughter of Gen. Thomas C. Brown and wife, Lucy Bradley. Gen. Johnstone Jones was Adjutant General of North Carolina for many years has since moved to California, where he is now living and practicing law. He entered the Confederate Army at the age of 15, with the Arsenal Cadets from Columbia, and served with them on the retreat from the coast of South Carolina through Cheraw and Fayetteville to the surrender at Greensboro, N. C. VIL Wilie Jones, Cashier Carolina National Bank. Colonel Second South Carolina Regiment, now in the United States Army in Cuba, m. 20 May, 1886, Annie Reaux Caldwell, daughter of John D. Caldwell and wife, Lucy E. Davis, daughter of Henry Davis. John Caldwell was an important and wealthy man, and President of the South Carolina Railroad Company. His son, John D. Caldwell, was a gallant officer in the Congaree Cavaliers of the
; ;

Confederate

War

this

Holcomb Legion.
1.

company was assigned They have issue

to the

Caldzvell, b.

24 April, 1887.
in

2.

3.

Lucy Reaux, b. 3 September, 1891, died youth. She was a most lovely child. Annie Reaux, &. 13 January, 1894.
Isabella,
b.

her

VHL

Annie

10 November, 1852, m., 15 De-

cember, 1875.

Dr.

Thomas Couturier Robertson,

50

b.

22 August, 1849, son of Dr. Thomas T. Robertson, of Fairfield County, and wife, Sarah Palmer Couturier.
1.

They had
Annie
Gallant."

issue
b.

Isabella,

29 September, 1876,
d.

at

"Mt

2.

Allen Jones,

b.

1887

a child of most unusual promise.

John Strieker Coles,

31 December. 1877,

25 June,

IX. Halcott Pride Jones, b. 14 February, 1855. X. Helen Iredell, b. 17 July, 1858, at "Mt. Gallant,"
m., 15 October, 1879,

S.

C,
21

Jr., b.

January, 1856, son of Capt. J. S. Coles and wife, Eliza Pickens, daughter of Governor F. W. Pickens

and
issue
1.

wife,

Margaret

Eliza

Simkins.

They have

Selina Strieker,
Cadzvallader,
Strieker,
b. b.

b.

2.
3.

Annie Cadzvallader,
b.

9 July, 1880. b. 4 August, 1882.

17 January, 1885.

4.
5.

Marion,

27 August, 1888. 7 September, 1891.

b. 6 November, 1895. Helen Iredell, b. 22 April, 1899. Capt. John Strieker Coles is son of Isaac Coles and wife Julia, daughter of Gen. John Strieker. Isaac Coles was son of John Coles, of Virginia, who came from Ireland, m. Elizabeth Tucker, and had two sons Walter and Isaac

6.
7.

Blisa Pickens,

Coles.

Walter Coles m. Elizabeth Cocke, and had issue Sally who m. Benjamin Taylor, brother of Governor John Taylor, and son of Col. Thomas Taylor. Isaetta, sister of Capt. J. S. Coles, m. her cousin Peyton
:

Coles,

Coles, of Virginia.

Governor F.

W.

Pickens,

Minister to Russia, was son of Gen.

member of Congress and Andrew Pickens and

wife, Frances Wilkinson, daughter of Christopher Wil-

kinson and Eliza Plann, son of Frances Wilkinson and

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Eva Morton, daughter of Joseph Morton, Governor 1681, and EHza Blake, daughter of Joseph Blake, Governor
and a daughter of Lord Darl Axtell. Margaret Eliza Simkins was daughter of Eldred Simkins and Eliza H. Smith, son of Judge Arthur Simkins and Margaret Smith. III. Dr. Pride Jones, b. 21 November, 1815, at the "Weldon Place," m., ist, Mary E. Cameron, daughter of Judge John A. Cameron, 29th May, 1838. Issue: 1. Blisa Adams, b. 16 May, 1839.
1896,
2.
3.

Cadwallader, died in youth.

Mary C,
m., 2d,

b.

10 July, 1843.

4.

Halcott Pride Jones.

of William

He

Martha Cain, 21 May, 1850, daughter Cain, of Orange County, N. C.

Issue
I.

Rebecca Cadwallader, m. Dr. Knox; died without issue.

2.

3.

Minerva, m. Dr. George G. Thomas, 13 May, 1873 has one son Pride. Frederick Pride, b. i January, 1856, tn. Mrs. Fanny Hellen, nee Glen, niece of Judge William Preston Bynum. They have a son, Pride Jones,
;

b.

4.
5.

I November, 1896 William Cain, 6. 18 December, 1859. Annie Roulhac, m. Robert Davis, son of Joseph Davis, Associate Justice Supreme Court North

Carolina.

Halcott

Echols.
1.

Pride Jones Issue

tn.,

8 June,
in

1869,

Olive

Halcott Pride, died

youth.

2. 3.

Cadwallader,

b.

14 June, 1872.

4.

Robin, died in 1897. Bchols, died in youth.

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5-

Mary Pride and Margaret Cameron,

b.

twins,

13 October, 1878.
b.

6.

Allen Green,
all

21 March, 1884.

The

life

of Dr. Pride Jones was without spot, a noble

that the

character in

word

implies

full

of

human

kindness, of paternal affection, brotherly love.

No man

respected. He was chosen by the voice of the county delegate to the convention called to consider the

was more

Constitution after the war,

was member of the Legisla-

ture and Clerk of the Court at the time of his death.

VI.

Mary Rebecca

Jones, m. Peter

Brown

Ruffin, son of

Chief Justice Ruffin, 14 November, 1843. Issue: 1. Rebecca Bdzvards, &. 15 September, 1846, m., 19 May, 1873, James Webb, son of Dr. James

Webb.
first
2. 3.

They have Brown

b.

Ruffin,

b.

21 June,

1881, John Cox,

16 Feb., 1883.

Their two

children, Mary and James, died in youth. Mary Brozvn, b. 20 September, 1850. Thomas and Stisan twins she died in youth.

4.
5.

Cadwallader Jones, died

Sarah, died in youth.
Stirling

in youth.

6.
7.

and Allen twins. and Anna Kirkland twins. Sarah, called Daisy, m. Charles Pettigrew, son of Charles Pettigrew, of North Carolina, attorney at law in Atlanta, Ga. Anna, called Lilly, tn., 22 November, 1882, John Harrison, of VirSarah
Jones

ginia.
8.

Joseph Roulhac.

P. B. RufUn has been for

many

years Treasurer of
;

the

North

Carolina

Railroad

he

has

an

enviable character for integrity and honor.

VII. Robin ap C. Jones. He moved from North CaroThe war lina to York County, S. C, in 1859.

coming

on, he raised a
53

company

of cavalry in the

County of York, F'irst South Carolina Regiment, Hampton's Brigade, and was made Captain. He was as gallant an officer as ever drew blade. He fell mortally wounded, 9th June, 1863, at Brandy
Station, charging in
first

battle in

advance of his men. It was the which the regiment was engaged. He

was then 36 years of

age. He m., 24 April, 1855, Sarah R. Polk, eldest daughter of Gen. Lucius J. Polk and wife. Miss Easton, grand-niece of Mrs.

Andrew Jackson. Issue 1. Mary Cadwallader, b. 18 January, 1856, m. Col. Duncan B. Cooper, of Nashville, Tenn.
She died December, 1893; children: William S., Robin Jones, Sarah, Mary Brozvn, and Duncan Brozvn. This William S. Cooper, a youth of 18 years, is now a private in the Philippines, and is
distinguished for his gallantry.
2.
3.

Rebecca Edwards, b. 16 June, 1857. Robin ap Robin, b. 18 February, 1859.

Sarah,
b.

4.

10 April, i860, m., 21 June, 1888,

James
5.

C. Bralford, attorney at law, Nashville.

They have Thomas and Sarah Polk. Lucy Cadzvallader, b. 3 February,

fell at

1862,

m.

Stanley B. Herndon, son of Ed. Herndon,

who

the battle of the Wilderness, brother of

Thomas
Robin
Jones.

H.

Herndon,

M.

C.

They
and

Cadwallader,

Virginia

have Rebecca

The
;

other children of Gen. L-

J.

Polk were Mary, m.

Nashville,

Harry Yeatman; Bmily, m. Mr. Williams, of

Tenn. Fanny, ni. Col. Dillon, of Virginia; Lucia, m., ist, Campbell Brown, 2d, Gen. Ewell. William Polk lives Lucius in Mississippi, and George Polk lives in Texas. Polk, of Galveston, son of Gen. Polk, by his 2d wife, is J. prominent in railroad circles.
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IX. Sally Rebecca Jones, m., 13 December, 1859, Josiah Collins, son of Josiah Collins, of Edenton, N. C, and
wife,
1.

Mary Riggs. Mary Riggs,

Josiah,
b.

Issue
b.

8 October, 1861.
19 June, 1866.

2.
3.

17 June, 1864.
b.

Cadzvallader,

4.
5.

Rebecca Allen, b. 7 January, 1868. Lizsie, b. 10 March, 1871.

Alethea,
b.

6.

11 July, 1874.

Mrs. Mary Riggs Collins was sister of Helen Riggs, wife of James Kent, grand-son of Chancellor Kent.
Josiah lived at Lake Phelps, N. C.
Col. John Erzvin, of Alabama, son of John Peebles Erwin, of Kentucky, originally of Virginia, was a lawyer He of great ability, the equal of any man in his State.

The 2d

made by
chosen

his practice at the bar a large fortune consisting

mostly of lands and negroes.

President of the

He was honored by being Richmond Convention, i860.

m. Eliza Margaret Chadwick, b. 25 December, 1804, Kentucky, daughter of John Chadwick, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to the head waters of the Yadkin, North Carolina, thence to Kentucky, with Daniel Boone, where he m. Keren Hupuck Shortridge, 12 March, 1796, daughter of Judge Eli Shortridge, of Alabama. This
in
b. 5 December, 1779, is said have been the first white child born in the State of Kentucky. Her father lived in the old fort at the mouth She remembered when milking of Big Sandy Creek. cows soldiers stood by with guns to keep off the Indians. Mrs. Erwin's brothers and sisters Hiram m. a daughter of Gen. Drum, of Pennsylvania Lucretia ni. Thomas K. Carron Margaret m. Geo. W. Shackleford Sally m. Mr.

He

Keren Hupuck Shortridge,

to

grand-daughter m. Robert B. Douglass. Col. George Erwin and Mrs. Allen C. Jones were the only

Meredith

their

55

children

who

survived their parents.

A daughter of

Col.

John Erwin m. Judge King. Mary, sister of Col. John Erwin, m. James B. Clark, Judge of the Court of Chancery,
1.

Alabama.

Issue:

Pickens, Judge of Probate Court.

2.
3.

George, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Texas. Crawford, attorney at law, in. Rena Borden.

4.

Hat tie.

sons of Chancellor Clark fell at Seven Pines. Judge Shortridge and Governor Winston were candidates both Democrats. Shortridge announced for Governor himself as "a live know nothing." Winston replied, "and a dead Democrat." Halcott Pride, called Hocky, of Sussex County, Va., m. Mary Briggs. They had three children. Lucy m. Dr. Alex. Glass Stancher; Mary, m. Maj. Cadwallader Halcott Briggs died single. He was wealthy, Jones. owning large bodies of land in Virginia, and in Halifax and Northampton, N. C, among others, the Mush Island estate, with as rich bottoms as can be found on the RoanHe lived in Petersburg, owned what is known as oke. He Pride's Old Field, now an important part of the city.

Two

adhered to the English idea of giving his lands to his son he did, with all the negroes thereon, except nine given to each of his daughters, with i 1,000 to each of them, and He appointed Allen and Willie Jones lots in the city. and Thomas Short his executors in North Carolina, and
this

Howell, Briggs and Timberlake executors in Virginia. In the event of his children all dying before coming of age, he gave all of his estate to William Pride, William

Timberlake and Winnie Pride. These were double There was a John Pride, vestryman of Gambrill cousins. Church, Raleigh Parish, 1790, also his cousin. It has always been believed that the Prides are of the family of Col. Pride of Cromwell's army, who drove out the Long
56

Parliament

called
"it is

Pride's purge.

When

it

was pro-

posed in the House of

Commons

to confer the title of

King upon Cromwell, he consulted friends. The Rev. Calamy said it was illegal and impracticable. "Besides,"
said
will

Calamy,

against the voice of the nation

there

"But what," said the Protector, "if I should disarm the nine and put a sword in the tenth man's hand, would not that do the business?" Col. Pride said to him "If you accept the crown, I will shoot you with my own hand." Charles II. wished to marry Cromwell's daughter Franbe nine in ten against you."
:

ces

he objected, saying, "The King

;

will

never forgive the

death of his father besides, he

is

so

damnably debauched,

he canot be trusted."
Dr.
turier,
1.

Thomas

T. Robertson

and wife, Sarah Palmer Cou-

had issue:

Dr.

2.

Mc Bride

Thomas C. Robertson, in. Annie Isabella Jones. C, m. Carrie Aiken, daughter of Hugh
;

Aiken, Colonel Fifth South Carolina Cavalry, and wife

Mary, daughter of Governor Gayle, of Alabama Aiken fell at Lynch's Creek, February, 1865. 3. Sarah C, m. John Day Brockington. 4. Rebecca C, m. James M. Stewart. 5. Walter C.
son clan of Scotland.
left

Col.

This family are the descendants of the ancient Robert-

They supported

the Stuarts and

Scotland after the battle of Culloden.

Dr. T. T. Robertson, late of Winnsboro, S. C, was the youngest of three brothers. He was in the Florida War. His brothers, William Woodward and B. Hawley Robertson, were in the famous Palmetto Regiment, which went

William is recorded as among those that fell. Hawley is living he went out as Third Sergeant, and was promoted to Sergeant Major. Their father, William
to

Mexico.

57

Robertson, was in the

War

of 1812;

was son of Capt.

William Robertson, called Capt. Squire Willie, because he was a Magistrate in colonial times, and Captain in the

War
who

of the Revolution.
111.

the

He was son of John Robertson, widow Woodward her son was Thomas
;

Woodward, the "Regulator," and great-grand-father of Maj. Tom Woodward, of Fairfield. B. Hawley Robertson, Sergeant Major in Mexico, was He is also in the Florida War and the Confederate War.

now 84

years of age the hero of three wars. Mrs. Thomas T. Robertson is a lineal descendant of Phillip Gendron, parson of the colony of Huguenots who emigrated to St. James Santee, S. C, 1689. She is a daughter of William Washington Coutourier and wife, Sarah Palmer, son of Capt. Coutourier, of Col. William

Washington's command, who was on his staff at Eutaw. Sarah Palmer was the daughter of John Palmer and wife, Mary Jermain, son of Capt. John Palmer and wife, Ann Cahusac, son of "Turpine" John Palmer and wife, Mariane Gendron, daughter of Capt. John Gendron, son of Phillip Gendron. Dr. T. T. Robertson was an eminent physician in FairHe studied field County, and a man universally beloved. the profession of medicine in Paris and, returning home, built up an eminently successful and extensive practice. He was one of the leading members of the State Medical
after the war.

was elected President on its reorganization During the war he volunteered his professional services to the Confederacy and went to the hospitals in Richmond, but was obliged to return home on account of failing health. Through his eminent virtues, unimpeachable integrity, kindly sympathy and rare social
Society and
qualities,

he endeared himself to a large

circle of friends.

Augustus Henry Porcher, was a son of Isaac Porcher and Mary Stephens, son of Phillip Porcher and Mary
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Mazyck, m. 1734, son of Pierre Porcher and Charlotte Marianne Gendron, m. 1695, son of Isaac Porcher and Claude Cherique, of LaRoche Poissee, province of TouPorcher and Susan Fere. Blisa Marion DiiBose died 8th January, 1895. She was daughter of Theodore Samuel DuBose and Jane Sinkler Porcher, son of Samuel DuBose, of Harbin, and Eliza Marion, son of Samuel DuBose, of Murrells, and
Elizabeth Sinkler, son of Isaac
Boissian, son of Isaac
raine, son of Isaac

DuBose and Catherine DuBose and Susan Conillandeau.

Eliza Marion, above mentioned, was daughter of Theodore Marion and Elizabeth Marion, daughter of Gabriel

Marion and wife, Catherine Taylor. brother of Gen. Francis Marion.

of

This Gabriel was

Jane Sinkler Porcher, above mentioned, was daughter Philip Porcher, of Ophir, and Elizabeth Sinkler DuBose, daughter of Samuel, of Murrels. This Phillips was son of Peter Porcher, b. 1695, and Charlotte Marianne Gendron, daughter of Phillip Gendron, ^he Huguenot emigrant, 1689.
ter
first m. Anthony Ashby their daughm. Richard Singleton; their daughter m. George McDuffie their daughter m. Wade Hampton.
;
;

Charlotte Marion

William Bdivard Brodnax, h. iy$$, d. 1831, m. Sarah, daughter of Frederick K. Jones and Betsey Eppes he was son of William and Rebecca Brodnax, son of Robert Brodnax, of Holborn, London. Issue I. Robert Brodnax, m. Nancy Wilson, of Virginia. They had issue:
;

1.

John, m. Susan, daughter of Judge

Ruffin.

Thomas They had Nancy Brodnax, who m.

wife,

William Roulhac, son of Joseph Rovilhac and Catherine Ruffin, daughter of Judge
Ruffin.
3,

Thomas
2.

Robert;

Frederick; both died unmarried.

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45.

Mary, m. Dr. Brodnax, of Virginia.

Bdzvard, m. Alice, daughter of Col. Ham. Jones. Betsey Bppes, m. Maj. Wilson, of Virginia. III. Dr. Bd Travis, b. April i, 1795, m. Miss Chalmers.
II.

IV. Alexander, m. Miss Wilkes, of Virginia. V. Anna, m. John L. Wilkes, of Virginia. These brothers, Robert and Ed Travis Brodnax, were wealthy planters, owning large estates in Rockingham County, on the Dan River. They were both men of the
first

credit

Dr.

county

in the

Brodnax frequently represented House and Senate.

his

THE BUTLER FAMILY

Maj. Pierce Butler, the
first

ancestor in this country,

was an Irishman, a descendant of Ormond, the celebrated Jacobin Duke. He came to America as an officer in the British Army he soon resigned and married Miss Middleton, a lady of large estate, and settled in South Caro;

lina.

After the

surrender of

Charleston

he

escaped
his

literally
lina.

barefooted, and sought shelter in North Caro-

His daughter m. Dr. Mease, of Philadelphia;

grand-children by this daughter, his sole representative in

succeeding to his fortune, adopted his name. William Butler m. Miss Perry, sister of
Perry.

Commodore among other children, Mrs. Carson, of Greenville, Gen. Matthew Calbraith Butler and William Butler. Commodore Perry was named for a bright little
They
had,
boy,

Matthew

Calbraith, son of the Captain of the vessel

on which his father went to Europe. Gen. Butler m. Maria, daughter of Governor Pickens. Her twin-sister, Eliza, m. Capt. J. Strieker Coles. Rebecca m. Judge Bacon. Governor Pickens' 3d wife is Lucy Holcombe, by whom he had Douschka, who m. George Dugas. Gen. Butler has sons. Dr. Frank W. P. Butler, who m.
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Lilian Jones

who

Maj. M. C. Butler, and a daughter, Marie, m. Lieut. McNeely, of the United States Navy. His
;

son Willie, and daughter Elise, died

in

the

first

youth

both

bloom of

were unusually bright and

attractive.

THE IREDELL FAMILY

A
tradition
is,

which followed

this

family

from

Great

name is Ireton, and that they are collateral descendants of Henry Ireton, son-in-law of Cromwell. At the Restoration this change of name was made to escape the clamor and fury of the Royalists.
Britain
that the true

Certain

it

is

that the coat of

arms of the

Iredells

is

the

same

as the Ireton.
first

The

of the family of

Rev. Francis Iredell, of Dublin.

ney, niece of

whom we have record is the He m. Eleanor McCart-

who was

Judge McCartney, of Kings Bona, Ireland, cousin of Sir George McCartney, General of Bengali, 1785, and Ambassador to China, with the dignity
first

of Earl, 1792.
brothers,

She had a sister, Isabella, who died 1765, and two James and Charles, merchants, respectively, of Charles ///. a daughter of James Bristol and Dublin. McCulloh, of Grogan, and left one daughter, Margaret McCartney. The Rev. Francis Iredell and wife Eleanor, left two sons Thomas, a wealthy planter in Tarroca, died unmarried and Francis, merchant of Bristol, who m. Margaret McCulloh, I August, 1750, and had issue: James, b. 5 October, 175 1 Charles, Francis, Arthur, and Thomas, b.
:
;

761.

Sir Cullo O'Neil,

This Margaret McCulloh was a lineal descendant of first Laird of Myrton, Scotland, and a

In the early part of the son of the Clane boys, Ireland. 14th century, the Irish took up arms to throw off the
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British yoke,

Scotland, to assist.

6,000 men.

and called on Robert de Bruce, King of He sent his brother Edward, with Cullo O'Neil, an Irish patriot, was made

Captain of Horse.

They drove

the English out of Ulster.

The English being

near Dundolk.

reinforced surprised

Edward de Bruce
by Malpers

Here Edward was

slain

Capt. Cullo O'Neil, with heroic effort, slew Malpers, re-

a successful retreat to

covered and brought off the sword of Edward and made King Robert de Bruce's army,

For this distinguished King knighted Capt. O'Neil, made him his standard bearer. Secretary of State and gave him the lands of Myrton the rendendo being "a rose for the King to smell at when he came to Myrton." Sir Cullo O'Neil died 1331, leaving his estate of Myrton to his eldest son, Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname McCullo. The estate was held in this name until 1524, when Sir Alexander McCullo died without issue male and was succeeded by his son-in-law, Henry McCulloh, who m. his daughter Margaret. The charter was renewed by James I. again by Queen Mary, and held by Simeon, William and Alexander McCulloh until 1643, when he died, and was succeeded by his son William, of Brandelston, who left two sons, James, of Grogan, and Henry, of Brandelston. The estate was sold for family debts and heritable bonds before James, of Grogan, came into posIt thus appears how the name Cullo O'Neil was session.

coming on

to join his brother.

gallantry the

changed to Cullo and again to McCulloh. Margaret McCulloh, wife of Francis Iredell, was daughter of James McCulloh and wife, Mary Ferguson, grand-daughter of James McCulloh, of Grogan. "The Claneboys in the Iredell family is Clandeboys or Claeboye on Belfast Lough, the seat of Lord Dufferin,
late

Governor General of India, a

62

lineal

descendant of

Iredell

Judge JamEvS Iredell

From
a Painting

by A.

I.

Robertson

O'Neil, ancestor of Clan Hugh Buoy or Claneboys" (Sweeney). Jmnes Iredell, Associate Justice of the first Supreme Court of the United States, appointed by Washington,
1790, was born at Lewes, England, 5 October, 1751. His fame rests not merely on his great legal ability, but as well also on the ability and boldness with which he discussed

Hugh

the points in dispute between the colonies and Britain in These discussions were in pamphlets and pri1774-75-

vate letters, being precluded by his

the

ofifice

of Collector of

Roanoke, from public effort. William Hooper says "Whilst I was active in contest, he forged the weapons which were to give success to the cause I
of
:

Port

supported."

Of his letter to Hooper, 26 April, 1774, Joseph Seawell Jones, in his Defence of North Carolina, says "I look upon this letter as not inferior to any event
:

in the history of the country,

and
It

in the boldness

originality of

its

views,

say that
its

it is

and document without

a rival at the period of

the

date.

takes precedence of

Mecklenburg Declaration,
of

as that does of the National

Declaration

Independence"

statesman

and

jurist,

learned and bold

patriot, alongside of both.

he

the influence of his cousin. Sir George McCartney, was appointed Deputy Collector of the Port of Roanoke at the age of 17 years by his own talent he was
;

By

elected Attorney General of the State in 1779, at the age of 28. He m. Hannah Johnstone, 18 July, 1773, youngest

daughter of John Johnstone and wife, Helen Scrymgoeur, daughter of Alex. Scrymgoeur and wife, Jane Duncan,
of Scotland.
Johfi Johnstone, brother of the Governor, Gabriel, emi-

1736, and was appointed Surveyor General of the province. He resided in Onslow, owning large possessions in that county. He was ordained minister of the Church of

grated to America from Dundee, Scotland,

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England, and on Sundays would read the services to his family and neighbors. He often represented his county He was wealthy, in the Provincial and State Assemblies. capitalist, and it is said governed many in the Assembly a by lending them money. In bad weather he had every
kind of work carried on in his
house.
Tailors, shoe-

makers, saddlers
a

all

plied their trades.

member

of Caswell's Council.

He

in.

In 1776 he was before leaving

Scotland, Helen, daughter of Alexander

Scrymgoeur and

Jane Duncan, of Scotland. This Scrymgoeur was a lineal descendant of Sir Alexander Scrymgoeur, of the army of King Robert de Bruce. Judge James Iredell and wife Hannah, who d. 18,26,

had
1.

issue

Annie Isabella, b. 1785, d. 1816. Helen; both died single. 3. James, b. at Edenton, N. C, 2 November, 1788. He was a man of great talent; by many thought the He was member of the House of equal of his father. Commons 1816, Speaker 1817-18, Judge 1819, Governor 1827, and United States Senator 1828, succeeding Macon.
2.

This

office

he resigned 1831 and returned to the bar.

He

died 1855.
well,

The

old

Judge died 1799.

Governor James Iredell m. Frances Johnstone Treddaughter of Samuel Tredwell and wife, Helen Scrymgoeur Blair, sister of Governor Samuel Johnstone and Hannah Iredell. She, Helen, was born 1763, died
1802.

who m. Governor James was the 7th generation in direct descent from John Alden and Priscilla, the "Puritan maid" thus from John Alden and wife Priscilla to their son David; from David Alden to his daughter Elizabeth; from Elizabeth Alden (wife of Deacon John Seabury, a grand-son through his father, Samuel, of Dr. John Seabury, a distinPrances Johnstone Tredzvell,
Iredell,

64

1-r

gtiished surgeon of his day,

and one of the earhest settlers of Duxbury, Mass.), to their son, Parson Seabury; from
Parson Samuel Seabury (father of the first Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury), to his daughter Blkabeth; from Elizabeth Seabury (wife of Benjamin Tredwell, M. D., son of Col. Benjamin Tredwell, of Great Neck, Queen's County, on Nassau Island, in the colony of New York), to their son Samuel; from Samuel Tredwell to his daughter Frances Johnstone;- from Frances Johnstone Tredwell, wife of Governor James Iredell, to her daughter, Annie Isabella, who married Cadwallader Jones, Esquire, 1836.

THE JOHNSTONE FAMILY

The Johnstones are an ancient family, deriving their name from the Barony of Johnstone, in Annandale, Scotland. By successive creations from 1420 to 1701, the head of the race attained the dignity of Marquis. The
of this family in America was Gabriel, appointed by King Governor of North Carolina, 1734; his brother John was appointed Surveyor of the State, 1736. Gabriel
first

the

Johnstone held his ofiice for nearly twenty years he died August, 1752. His administration was eminently suc;

cessful

the province peaceful and the people satisfied,

rapidly improving in wealth and population.

named

the County of Johnstone was m. Penelope, daughter of Charles Eden, Governor of North Carolina 1720, died in office
for him.

In respect for his

memory

He

Mary, only child of Governor Johnstone, m. Col. 1722. John Dawson, of Williamsburg, Va., son of Col. Dawson and wife, Mary Stith. She was descended from William Randolph, of Turkey Island, and Mary Isham, of Bermuda Hundreds. This Randolph was the founder of the illustrious families of Jeflferson, Randolph and Lee.
65

Col. Dawson left one daughter, Penelope Eden, who m. Tristram Louther. They had William, in. Annie Sawyer, and Maria, m. Joseph B. Skinner. They had Tristram Skinner, a gallant officer, who fell at Sharpsburg, and Penelope, m. Thomas D. Warren, of Edenton.

Governor Gabriel Johnston and his brother John were from Dundee, Scotland. The Governor dropped the final
letter of his

name;

his

brother John retained

it.

He

was a wealthy planter, and was ordained minister of the Church of England, but was never rector of any church. He m. Helen Scrymgoeur, of Scotland, and had issue: Samuel, John, Penelope, Jane Duncan, Annie, Isabella, Hannah. I. Samuel Johnstone, Governor of North Carolina, 1787, was a grand character, the equal of any man the
;

lived, as before said, in

Onslow County

State has produced at any period

tified

his

name

is

iden-

with the history of the State during his time. Every honor was conferred upon him which the
State could bestow

member

of the Assembly at

New

Bern, 1775 Moderator of the Assembly and President of the Provincial Congress, 1780-82; dele;

gate to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia

Judge,

and the first United States Senator North Carolina, 1789. He was a wealthy planter, and, after a busy life and for the purpose of repose, he resigned his office of Judge in 1803, and retired to his residence, "Hayes," near Edenton, where he died, 1816. He m. Frances Cathcart, and left four children 1. Penelope, m. John Swann, M. C. These died 2. James C; 3, Fanny, and 4, Helen.
1800,
elected

from

unmarried.

n. John Johnstone, 2d son of the Surveyor General, He was also a lived at Sapona, Bertie County. wealthy planter a man of culture and literary at;

66

LofC.

Gov. Samuel Johnstone

From
a Painting

by A.

I.

Robertson

was a member of the Congress at Hillsboro 1775 was State Senator 1787-88-89. He was one of the Committee of Safety for Edenton District 1775, and Delegate to Provincial Congress 1776, and
tainments
; ;

of the Congress that adopted the Constitution of the

State.
1.

He m. EHzabeth Whitmel WilHams. Issue Samuel, m. Sarah Thompson, and had issue: John T., a planter near Jackson, Miss., who m. Margaret Thompson, and had issue Frances Iredell, m. William Birton, and Helen Scrymgoeur, in. Rev. George Harris. Their son
:

George
2.

C. m. Cecil

Nugent, November, 1896.

:

John, m. Elizabeth Cotten, and had issue

Rev.

Samuel
issue
1.

Iredell, m.

Margaret Burgoyne and had

rn.

James C, who
Bettie, m. Dr.

Kate Warren.

2. 3.

Maria, m. Rev. Francis Hilliard.

Gabriel;

4.

5,

Ed. Warren, Bey of Egypt. Helen, m. Perry; 6, Iredell; 7,

Fanny.
III.

Elisabeth, m. Phillip Alston, and

1.

2.

had Miss Summerville, of Virginia. James, m. Alexander Scrymgoeur, m. Fanny Yarborough,

of
3.

Orange County. Rev. Phillip Alston, graduated at Chapel Hill, He was a man of real genius was called 1829.
;

"Brains

;"
;

was distinguished

for his

eloquent

sermons died in Tennessee, leaving one son, Alexander Scrymgoeur. 4. William, m. Mary Granby. IV. Jane Duncan, m. George Blair. Issue Samuel Tredwell, of I. Helen Scrymgoeur, m. New York; b. 1763, d. 1826. Helen was b.
1763, d. 1802.
I.

They had issue: Margaret Penelope, died single.

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2.

Frances Johnstone, m. Gov. James Iredell. James Iredell, tn. Mary Blount. 3. Margaret Blair, m. ist, Dr. Horner; 2d, Dr.
2.

Sawyer.
3. George Blair, m. Mary King. V. Penelope, m. Parson Stewart. 3.

James
ters

Iredell

issue: Margaret, Bettie Jane.

Tredwell and wife Mary had These sis-

4.
5.

m. Dr. Bryant. Helen, m. Jordan Daniel.

Tredivell, m.

Adam
ginia.

Miss Baker, of Vir-

6.

of Virginia.

Frances Lenox, m. Ed. Courtney Jenkins, Issue Iredell, Allen, Anabel, Fanny Lenox.
:

Helen

T. Blount, m.

Isaac Davenport.

No

issue.

Sally Sawyer, daughter of Samuel T. Tredwell, of

Edenton, m. Edward Wadsworth

Ayers, of Washington City.

VI. Annie, died unmarried.

VII. Isabella, was affianced to Joseph Hewes, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence.

She

died

just
felt

before

they

were

to

be

married.

He

and was treated as one of the family. VIII. Hannah, m. James Iredell, Judge United States
always
Court.

These families the Johnstones, Iredells, Tredwells, Alstons and Blairs intermarried and lived for more than a century about the old town of Edenton, in the utmost friendship and mutual esteem. James C. Johnstone, by the death of his sisters, became sole heir of the Johnstone estate. He was a man of culture and proud of his ancestors and family; in the year 1863, pending the war, he made his will, disinheriting his natural heirs, and be68

BROWN'S FAMOUS PICTURES.

NO-

84

JOHN ALDEN AND PRISCILLA.

aOUGHroN.

1624

queathed his large property to persons not connected with him by blood or marriage. To his overseer he gave all his Roanoke lands, with everything upon them, including
about 500 negroes
;

to Hallowell

he gave his Pasquotank

and and bank

lands,

to

Edward Wood
Aaron, he
set free.
left

his ancestral

home, "Hayes,"

stock, &c.,

amounting

to about $300,000.

To

his servant,

$7,500, with the request that

he should be

There can be but one solution of the causes of his will he was insane a strong mind overthrown by disease and age for he had attained 87 years. I must not omit to recall an evidence of his kind feeling and love for his cousin, Mrs. Iredell when the Governor died in 1853, he immediately sent her a cheque for This was all lost by an investment which failed $50,000.

during the war.

181 5

Governor James Iredell and wife Frances, m., 6 June, had issue: I. Annie Isabella, m. Cadwallader Jones. II. Prances Lenox, m. Dr. Charles E. Johnson.
;

III.

Penelope, m. Griffith

I.

McRee.

IV. Helen Blair, died 12 December, 1888.

V. Jane Moore, m. Thomas D. Meares. VI. James Johnstone, Major in Confederate Army.
Fell at Chancellorsville.

VII. Samuel Tredwell, died unmarried.

VIII. Margaret
Shipp.

Tredwell,

m.

Judge

William

M.

in

IX. Campbell Tredwell, m. Mary Johnson. Confederate Army fell at Gettysburg.

;
;

Captain

in

X. Cadwallader Jones, m. Martha Southgate Captain Hampton Legion. They have one son, James.

These brothers were

gallant.

all

Capt. C.

J. Iredell

young men in the war all was twice wounded. He is

now
I

living in Norfolk, Va.

69

ll.

Prances

Lenox

Iredell,

m.,

lo

April,

1849,

^^

an eminent physician, and was Surgeon General during the Civil War. He was son of Charles E. Johnson, of Chowan, and wife, Ann Taylor, of Franklin
Charles Earl Johnson, of Raleigh, N. C.

He was

County, son of Charles Johnson, of

who was
gress

Senator from that county,

Chowan County, member of Con-

He emigrated 1 80 1, and a wealthy planter. from England and married a daughter of the Rev. Daniel Earl, one of the first ministers of the Church He was known of England who came to the State. Dr. Charles E. Johnson and wife as Parson Earl. Frances had issue 1. Frances Iredell, b. 11 March, 1850; m., 5 December, 1882, Dr. Peter Evans Hines, of Raleigh, N. C, son of Richard Hines and Ann E.
Spruell.
2.

Charles Earl,
ber, 1876,

6.

13 August, 185 1
Ellis

Mary

m., 7 DecemWilson, daughter of Har;

vey Wilson, attorney

Issue:

at law, Charlotte,
b.

N. C.

Mary

Wilson,
b.

Charles Earl,

22 November, 1877; 10 August, 1877; d. 9 August,

1880; Frances Lenox, b. 27 October, 1800; d. 14 December, 1881 Charles Earl, b 22 September, 1883 Josephine Harvey, b. 23 October, 1882 d.
;
; ;

8 June, 1884; Fanny Hines,

1887.
3.

b.

25 December,

James

Iredell, b.

2 November, 1854; m. Re-

becca Murray, 11 January, 1885.

Iredell, b.
b.
i

Issue: James November, 1887; Carson Murray,

II February, 1890; J. ii
b.
;

August, 1892; Elisab.

beth Murray,

13 October, 1893; Lenox,

31

4.

August, 1895 Earl, b. 23 November, 1897. Helen Blair, b. 11 October, 1856, m. her cousin, James I. McRee, son of Griffith McRee. Issue
TO

Mrs.
From

Cad

\v

allader

Jones
Graud-

{nee

Annie

Isabella Iredell)

a Miuiature painted by her

daua:hter, A.

I.

Robertson

Prances Johnson,

h.

15 February, 1889;

James

Iredell, b. 2 October, 1890;

30 August, 1892; Charles Earl Johnson, b. 7 March, 1894, d. 6 February, 1895 Johnson, b. 30 October, 1895; William, b. 6 August, 1897; Griffith John, b. 2 August, 1899.
Fergus,
b.
!

5.

30 March, 1869. Dr. JohnEmily Skinner, of Chowan County. They had three daughters: Mary, m. Capt. Campbell T. Iredell Elisabeth Earl, m. William
Iredell, b.

Samuel

son, m., 1st,

Jones, Esq., attorney at law, Asheville, N. C. Emily Skinner, m. Capt. Cadwallader Jones, of
III.

Alabama. Penelope Johnstone

Griffith J.

Iredell,

m., 20 October,
at law,

1842,

McRee, attorney
b.

Wilmington, N.

C.
1.

Issue:

Eliza Ann,
1862.

5 October, 1843, d. 18 October,

2.

GrifHth John,
1862.

b.

26 July, 1847,
b.

^-

4 November,
1849.

3.

Frances

Iredell,

6 August,
1850,

Living

I I
il.

4.

now in St. Louis, Mo. Mary Hill, b. 9 September,

ber, 1854.

d.

11

Septem-

5.

6.

7.

James Iredell, b. 25 March, 1854, m. his cousin, Helen Blair Johnson. They are living now in Richmond, Va. Annie Isabella, b. 9 November, 1856, d. 8 March, 1882. Penelope lohnstone, b. 4 March, 1859, ;w. John Dawson Smith, of Fayetteville, N. C. Living now at Bonham, Tex. Issue: Margaret, Penelope, GriMth, Frank, McRee, Drewry, Iredell,
Gardner, Frances. William, b. 5 October, i860.
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8.

Living

now

at

St.

Louis,

Mo.

F'rances Iredell

and William

are unmarried.

The sons

of Governor Iredell,

James, Samuel, Campbell, and Cadwallader, are

mentioned above. V. Jane Moore Iredell, m. Thomas D. Meares, of Wilmington, N. C. Issue:

1.

2.

Mary Owen, d. in youth. Thomas Davis, m. Jane Young,

Issue

Mary

3.

4.

Fremont, Celestina (d.), Jane Young, Thomas Davis, and Richard Langdon. William Belvidere, when just grown was drowned on a steamboat excursion. Frances Iredell, m. William H. Green. Issue Frances Meares, William Henry (d.), Thomas Meares, Charles Frederick, Jane Iredell and

Mary Owen.
5.

Katherine, m. George N. Harris.

Issue: Jane

Meares,

Caroline Brown,

Katherine

Thomas Brozvn
Margaret
Iredell,

(d.), Francis Green,

Meares, Meares,

Robert Cronley (d.), Esther

Issue:

Hxum,
Jane

Eleanor, and George.

6. Jaite Iredell,

m. William A. Williams.

7.

Arthur (d.), Sarah Forbes, Isabel, Frank Lenox, Helen Iredell, Robert Marshall, and Katherine Davis. James Iredell, m. Josephine Folger. Issue: Harriet Folger (d.), George Folger, and Jane
Meares,

William

Iredell.
8.

Hannah

Johnstone, died in youth.

9. Frank Lenox. 10. Margaret Iredell.

11. Elisa Walker. VIII. Margaret Tredwell Iredell, m. Judge William M. He d., 28 June, 1890, Shipp, 6 November, 1872.

leaving a daughter,

Mary
72

Preston,

b.

18

May,

1875.

first daughter, Frances Johnson, d. in infancy. Shipp was an eminent and able lawyer in North Judge Carolina, and was distinguished as a just and impartial Judge. His first wife was Kate Cameron, daughter of Judge Cameron, of Florida, by whom he had Anna Cameron, William Ewen, Lieutenant in United States Army,

Their

attorney at law, and Kate Cameron. Lieut. William E. Shipp was a graduate of West Point. He was First Lieutenant at Santiago, Cuba, where he fell gallantly leading his command. He m. Margaret, daughter of Dr. Fabius Busbee, of Raleigh, and left surviving him two sons, William Bwen and Fabius Busbee.
Bartlctt,

73

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58, for 59, for

60, for

Coutourier read "Couturier."

For Turpine read "Turpentine."

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64, for sister

67,

was

Wilkes read "Wilkins." read "niece." for Birton read "Britton." For Burgoyne read "Burgwin," her 2d George. For Virginia read "North Carolina." For Penelope read

"Phoebe." Page 68, for Jordan read "John." For Blount read "Eryan;" she had two children, who died in youth. For Tredwell read "Sawj-er." Page 69, for ,5jO,ooo read "$5,000." For Chancellorsville read "Spottsylvania." Capt. Campbell T. Iredell left one son, James, who died in infancy. Page 71, for three daughters read "four, the 2d was Nannie, who /. George Johnston." Page 72. for i8 May, iSys, read "28 Dec, 1876." Page 73, for Dr. read "Mr."

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