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OOPS, HERE IS THE SOURCE OF THE 1812 RECORDS I POSTED. WANTED TO POST THE SOURCE BEFORE
ANYONE SPITS BBS.:)...........K
National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service
Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812 M602, 234 rolls.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Dear List:
Con,
The book compiled by the Editor of "Clearinghouse" which was a continued
publication of the "Childress Chatter," Mrs. J. R. Childers, made note of the
"Captain" in front of Joel Childress's name. Joel was in the War of 1812 and
apparently had the rank of Captain. If anyone has data of his service record,
share it with us.
As for the letter from the Whitsett-List. I published the letter &
information on our list, see Childress Research-Archives under my name.
As I said in my earlier message, there was a reference by Kathy about
Campbell County, VA, but in her later messages and those of Ron Wall, it was said
that the Whitsett's had come from NC about 1789c and into both Sumner and
Rutherford Counties. Rutherford by the way, for those who might not know, was
carved from Davidson County, TN. It was said that both Sarah Thompson, John
Whitsett and their daughter Elizabeth, had married Joel Childress in TN.
Perhaps new or additional information has developed from both Ron Wall and Kathy
Whitsett. Additionally, the grandparents of Sarah Childress Polk were taken to
Greene County, AL to be with the Whitsetts who lived there. This would
suggest that since they were in AL and not TN, then perhaps because of the young
age of Sarah when they left TN, she might not have remembered them, just an
educated guess.
MaryJean
Dear List:
Con,
Thank you Con for referring our list to the archives of Whitsett-List. When
I first came online, I was cross referencing my Thompson family and came
upon the Whitsett-List archives. This is where I found the message regarding
the Anson letter with Sarah Childress Polk, which I posted to our list, with
permission from Kathy Whitsett and Ron Wall. I had corresponded with them both
regarding the Avary cemetery where Joel's wife's (Elizabeth Whitsett)
parents were buried in Green County, AL. I had double interest, my ancestors were
Avary/Avery's in AL.
In an earlier message, Kathy had said that Sarah Thompson and John Whitsett
had married and also Joel Childress and Elizabeth (their daughter) had all
married in Campbell County, VA. Later however, the information changed.
According to later messages, John and Sarah Thompson Whitsett had come from NC
where they married. They migrated to Sumner County, TN about 1789c. Another
message (Ron Wall) said that Elizabeth Whitsett was born 1780 NC and died 1863
Rutherford County, TN and had married JOEL Childress in Sumner County, TN.
(File Name 112.)
I had written them both myself, with questions regarding the Rowan County &
Mecklenburg County, NC, John Whitsett. This John was NC Treasurer, working
with others to construct a courthouse and laying out the land, this was in
1753 ("Colonial Records of NC," Colonel William L. Saunders, Secretary of State,
NC).
I highly recommend the Whitsett-List archives, to anyone interested in the
Whitsett-Thompson side of the Joel Childress family. They have very good
sources with documentation. Thanks again Con for bringing this (once again) to
our attention.
MaryJean
MaryJean and List,
But again read this which is also from Kathy Whitsett -- On Nov 12, 1999
we have http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WHITSETT/1999-11/0942446600.
Con
> [Original Message]
> From: <MJCV25(a)aol.com>
> To: <CHILDRESS-RESEARCH-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: 9/30/2004 12:38:55 PM
> Subject: [CHILDRESS] Joel Childress marriage question -
>
>
>
> Hi List -
>
> I previously asked where Joel Childress was married. I asked due to the
> assumption which stems from the nephews and others (of and from) the
Joel
> Childress families. I do believe where Joel married IS important. Most
of the
> above said Joel was born and married in Campbell County, VA. I don't
agree with
> that. I would suggest going to the Whitsett-List archives and reading
the
> information from those who connect to Joel thru his wife, Elizabeth
Whitsett,
> daughter of JOHN Whitsett and Sarah THOMPSON.
>
> >From the message by Kathy Whitsett (Whitsett-List archives), dated,
Monday 2
> February 1999, Subject: Daughters of JOHN and SARAH THOMPSON WHITSETT,
Part
> One -
>
> 1. Elizabeth WHITSETT married JOEL CHILDRESS who was born March 22,
1777,
> died, September 18, 1919, Rutherford County TN, married in SUMNER CO,
TN.
> Elizabeth being the daughter of JOHN WHITSETT and SARAH THOMPSON.- One
source:
> "Byrone and Barbara Sistler, "Early Middle, TN Marriages," Byron Sistler
&
> Associates Inc., Nashville, TN, 1988. With endnotes to her message.
>
> As I stated in earlier messages to our list, I would also read the
letters I
> posted to this list. They can be seen in the Childress
Research-archives.
> These letters were written by the nephews of Sarah Childress Polk. They
were
> confused as to where their ancestor married, where he lived and even the
> surnames of their ancestors, Sarah Childress Polk included. Whether
this was by
> design or just confusion, I don't know. The nephews in particular said
they
> came from the Seviers, rather than from the Thompsons, this to me is an
error
> which was very confused. The Seviers were early TN settlers and one was
> within the TN government. IF they could make this type of error, what
are the
> other errors in their memoirs? I am not arguing over these
discrepancies, but
> have to take note, due to what they claim was on a piece of the
tombstone of
> Joel Childress. These nephews were obviously much older when the
letters
> were published in "Childress Chatter," Ed, Molly Reigart. I appreciate
the
> fact that we have the letters and their "memories," while that's a nice,
> sentimental thing to have, we need to have other documentation since the
tombstone
> appears to be the only source or evidence accepted, for the ancestry of
Joel
> Childress.
>
> MaryJean
>
>
MaryJean,
Is this supposed to be a marriage record? If so, how and when did Joel
become a Capt.? In any event, one source of the Campbell Co. VA marriage
information is from
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WHITSETT/1999-11/0942446600 which
contains the following
William Heth Whitsitt, ANNALS OF A SCOTCH-IRISH FAMILY, pg. 240-241
Letter from Mrs. Anson Nelson of Nashville to Dr. Whitsitt, Sept. 16,
1890
(Mrs. Nelson was a mutual friend of Sarah Childress Polk and Dr.
Whitsitt who
sent Mrs. Nelson a list of questions concerning Mrs. Polk's family).
"Nashville, 146 North Summer Street,
September 16, 1890"
"Mrs. Polk listened with lively interest to your letter, and took
evident pleasure in talking of the family, seeming pleased to answer
your
inquiries. In those early times concerning which you are asking there
was
not so much appreciation of the relation of current events to history as
there is now, and it was seldom that note was made of those events.
This
country was then a comparative wilderness, with little opportunity for
recording occurrences or for keeping such records. Mrs. Polk does not
know
of any register of her ancestry, unless there may be a few names and
dates in
an old family Bible which was left to another branch of her mother's
family
and which she supposes is lost. She knows nothing of her ancestors in
Scotland or Ireland or of any relatives living in those countries at the
present time. The interesting items of tradition about the Whitsitt
family
in the seventeenth century, given in your letter, were entirely new to
her.
Mrs. Polk thinks that Mr. Jenkins, the historian, probably had access to
sources of information unknown to her and that his statement is correct
that
her parents were married in Campbell County, Va. She has no record of
the
date of their marriage."
Now, the question becomes why did Sarah Childress answer the way she did?
Speculation on this should get interesting. Who wants to be first?
Con
> [Original Message]
> From: <MJCV25(a)aol.com>
> To: <CHILDRESS-RESEARCH-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: 9/30/2004 11:45:23 AM
> Subject: [CHILDRESS] Joel Childress marriage - MaryJean Childress Voegtlin
>
>
>
> Dear List:
>
> I don't have the exact county (Rutherford, which was taken from
Davidson?)
> in TN where Joel Childress married, do you? From the book by J. R.
Childers,
> "Childers/Childress Tennessee Records, 1780-1900", Page 7 (marriages)
Capt.
> JOEL CHILDRESS married Elizabeth WHITSETT (NC/TN), 17 January 1799 - TN.
Does
> anyone know why it was said Joel married in Campbell County, VA? The
> Whitsett's to my knowledge, didn't live in Campbell County, VA. Thank
you!
>
> MaryJean
Con,
I don't intend on spending the time right now to give my opinion on what
documentation I have, based on some of those (Childress) you mention. I will
just touch on question number one, since you included me in your comments.
You said "Unfortunately, sometimes it is all we have," I believe you were
speaking of the tombstone story and it's tradition? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Also, I read your comments about the tombstone, I read your opinion and I do
agree with you on some of your points about the tombstone. I agree with your
take on the suggested size of the tombstone, but, my question would be, when
was it erected on the grave of Joel? At the moment he was buried or was it
placed there much later and by whom and why? Could it be the tombstone was
made for the sole purpose of the fact that Joel was the father of the First
Lady? Did the Polks have anything to do with having a tombstone placed on
Joel's grave site? After all, The Polks were a very rich, powerful, political
family of whom were living in New Bern, NC when it was deeded to Baron
deGraffenreid. They in turn were the owners of the deed after the old Baron left for
Switzerland and never returned, but that's another story!
Honestly, I've discussed the tombstone story with many Childress
researchers, online and thru snail mail. I've read the letters of the nephews, which
contradict each another. I've read the Childress-List welcome letter which
based an arrival of 1745 ONLY for the Childress's. I have a problem with this!
Their claim that those before that arrival date were of some other race:)
Okay, I am not trying to start another war here! It's my opinion as a
Childress that from the lack of evidence I've seen, I believe the nephews account is
sorely lacking. My first question would be, WHEN was this tombstone was
erected? Was it during the nephew's youth? Was it placed there by someone who
knew that Joel Childress was the father of the First Lady? Another question
would be, why did Sarah Childress Polk never mention the tombstone? She
could have when she was bombarded with questions about her Childress ancestry. I
think she would. She could have said, "I don't quite recollect, please see
my father's tombstone, the family information is engraved there," - Did she
do that? No record exists that she did, why not? I know there have been
complaints about her lack of giving out information about the family, but did
she really know? What was she hiding anyway? Did she want to appear humble
when her nephews were anything but that? I know quite a lot about the
Whitsett's and the Thompsons, myself being one. They were anything but a humble,
impoverished group! Perhaps that was why she chose to stay quiet about her
family? What she did tell us is that her grandmother was SUSAN Childress. Her
own brother was named BENJAMIN W. CHILDRESS who died as a baby. No other
sibling has revealing Christian names but the two I mention. Her brother was
named FOR her great grandfather, JOHN Whitsett of the noted NC political scene
in Mecklenburg County, that same county where the POLKS were instrumental in
the writing of the Mecklenburg 1775 Declaration of Independence.
As for your comment, "No matter how well it might fit the story one wishes
to tell?" I'm not telling a story, but only what the records have to say. We
cannot deny the circumstances of the time frame in which Joel Childress
lived and the family he married in to, nor the fact that his daughter married a
man who became President of the United States. Just recently, we found from
Kay, that Joel had been in court defending himself for murder! Why was this
kept secret? There is much more to know then just the tombstone theory.
MaryJean
Hi List -
I previously asked where Joel Childress was married. I asked due to the
assumption which stems from the nephews and others (of and from) the Joel
Childress families. I do believe where Joel married IS important. Most of the
above said Joel was born and married in Campbell County, VA. I don't agree with
that. I would suggest going to the Whitsett-List archives and reading the
information from those who connect to Joel thru his wife, Elizabeth Whitsett,
daughter of JOHN Whitsett and Sarah THOMPSON.
From the message by Kathy Whitsett (Whitsett-List archives), dated, Monday 2
February 1999, Subject: Daughters of JOHN and SARAH THOMPSON WHITSETT, Part
One -
1. Elizabeth WHITSETT married JOEL CHILDRESS who was born March 22, 1777,
died, September 18, 1919, Rutherford County TN, married in SUMNER CO, TN.
Elizabeth being the daughter of JOHN WHITSETT and SARAH THOMPSON.- One source:
"Byrone and Barbara Sistler, "Early Middle, TN Marriages," Byron Sistler &
Associates Inc., Nashville, TN, 1988. With endnotes to her message.
As I stated in earlier messages to our list, I would also read the letters I
posted to this list. They can be seen in the Childress Research-archives.
These letters were written by the nephews of Sarah Childress Polk. They were
confused as to where their ancestor married, where he lived and even the
surnames of their ancestors, Sarah Childress Polk included. Whether this was by
design or just confusion, I don't know. The nephews in particular said they
came from the Seviers, rather than from the Thompsons, this to me is an error
which was very confused. The Seviers were early TN settlers and one was
within the TN government. IF they could make this type of error, what are the
other errors in their memoirs? I am not arguing over these discrepancies, but
have to take note, due to what they claim was on a piece of the tombstone of
Joel Childress. These nephews were obviously much older when the letters
were published in "Childress Chatter," Ed, Molly Reigart. I appreciate the
fact that we have the letters and their "memories," while that's a nice,
sentimental thing to have, we need to have other documentation since the tombstone
appears to be the only source or evidence accepted, for the ancestry of Joel
Childress.
MaryJean
Dear List:
I don't have the exact county (Rutherford, which was taken from Davidson?)
in TN where Joel Childress married, do you? From the book by J. R. Childers,
"Childers/Childress Tennessee Records, 1780-1900", Page 7 (marriages) Capt.
JOEL CHILDRESS married Elizabeth WHITSETT (NC/TN), 17 January 1799 - TN. Does
anyone know why it was said Joel married in Campbell County, VA? The
Whitsett's to my knowledge, didn't live in Campbell County, VA. Thank you!
MaryJean
Kay and List,
I going to give you the long answer to your question (at bottom). First
let me start with my perspective on a number of issues.
1) I try to base all my inferences in some way on specific data. Data
includes lots of physical items such as details from wills, Bibles,
censuses, deeds, tax rolls, etc. I also include as data the traditions
passed down in writing or by word of mouth in families. Though, I think
this data needs special attention. While there is often a germ of truth in
the data, that doesn't mean you can always take it at face value. I always
look for other data to help either substantiate in some way this data or
which may refute it. Unfortunately, sometimes it is all we have. What I
try to avoid is making hypotheses which fly in the face of this data which
would require an ad hoc explanation as to why this data can be ignored.
The best hypopthesis will explain as far as possible all the data. As a
case in point, I'm going to reveal my position on the Joel tombstone story.
Since family members have written that they saw the tombstone and its
contents I think this definitely constitutes data -- agreed it is eye
witness data, with what ever problems that go along with such data. I
have disagreements with the interpretations that have been given to this
data by Mark and Gary, and MaryJean as well. First, supposing that the
story is true, how likely is it that this bunch of Childresses would just
happen to show up in the very midst of all the known Childresses in
America. Not very likely, I think, unless these were their relatives.
That is why I think Mark and Gary's dream of using DNA data to somehow pick
out this bunch of newly arriving Childresses is likely a pipedream and have
not been willing to spring for the cost to participate in it. I didn't see
the possibility of any likely separation being between the one who here vs
the ones who came over in 1745 and still don't -- nor does the data appear
to show it either. Now, don't get me wrong, DNA data is useful and may
help resolve some issues. I doubt if it will in this case. Now as to
MaryJean's willingness to discount family data by the ad hoc explanation as
to how they may have got it wrong, unless she can point to other data
which explicitly refutes this data, I disagree with her and will always
disagree with the use of this type of ad hoc explanation -- no matter how
well it might fit the story one wishes to tell. I consider this special
pleading and strongly urge against its use. I have also taken the trouble
to see the remains of the tombstone. The fragment that remains is much
wider then it is tall with the writing that is there being consistent with
what was in Joel's Bible. The math descrepancy between birthdate and time
lived exists in both places, so this is not an issue. Now, as to what is
not there -- the bit about Joel son of John son of Joel, etc. It could
have been. If the stone followed the patterns of the day (with stones
taller than wide) one would expect based on the fragment there, that it was
a very large stone. Moreover all the writing is horizontal near the top
rather than down the stone. It is quite reasonable to assume that there
may have indeed been additional writing on the stone near the bottom thus
keeping symmetry. My position is thus that the data from the family as to
what was on the stone must be considered as possible, maybe even probable,
until refuted by some other data.
2) In viewing the Childresses in Surry/Stokes County (and elsewhere for
that matter), I have gone after the tax data explicitly as well as other
data for the purpose of being able to group them in family (large sense)
groups. Of course I'm seeking lineages and have been able to tease some
out of the data. Part of the grouping process involves not anly the
Childresses but others around them (witnesses on wills, deeds, etc.,
neighbors, recorded interactions). As a result I think I can successfully
group the Childresses there in 2 groups with a few outliers. One group
consists of the John Childress family (son of Henry and Mary Farmer
Childress). That group is quite distinctive in who they interact with and
for their notable lack of interaction with the German community. I have
not been able to find any common threads of any kind between this group and
the other main group I refer to as the William Childress Sr. group. This
group definitely includes those seen together in the Douglas Register in
Goochland County VA -- William Sr., Armajor (most likely R. Major) and
Matthew and their children. While not this definite, what data there is
points to the inclusion of Abraham, Stephen, and Joel in this group.
Unassignable to groups are Richard and Thomas, who went to SC and
Patterson, who lived near the John Childress family. There have been a
number of other names, particularly females, whose names show up in one or
two places that I am slowly working on. Some of these I have been able to
resolve. A couple of pecularities of the William Childress, Sr. group are
there many interconnections with the German community and with Thomas East
-- he's like a magnet everyone seems to flock around. It appears that
their (and others relating to them) movements can be traced from Goochland
County VA via Campbell and Pittsylvania Counties. An open question is
whether parallel movement by other Childresses from Goochland Co area
through these counties (with Halifax also a possibility) constitute that of
relatives. There is lots of work to do here, with a lot of it needing to be
focused on people around them rather, than on just the Childresses. One
thing I have great problems with is basing hypotheses just on names. You
may have noticed this in my lack of, or negative response to the whole
Benjamin and Susan issue. Since there is no firm data here, I've kept my
focus on the Abraham issue for which there is data.
Now to the explicit issue of Abraham, Joel and Stephen. The facts in the
1789 case are
1) Stephen tried to get Joel indentured to him and initially succeeded.
2) The Court reversed itself and indentured Joel to Abraham, with whom he
was living.
The other data available include
1) Abraham in that same year was granded a wavier for life on paying poll
taxes.
2) Stephen first shows up on the tax rolls that same year (note that the
previous two years tax rolls are in very poor condition so he may have
showed up first in one of these years). Stephen has no property.
My inferences from the data are as follows:
1) Abraham is likely old and infirm.
2) Stephen is likely young --lack of property, just paying poll taxes --
required starting at age 21.
3) There was a desire on Joel's part to be with Stephen rather than
Abraham.
4) Stephen and Joel had to give some explanation as to why Joel should be
with Stephen.
5) Since the court reversed itself that means Stephen and Joel had not
given the complete picture. There had to be a basis for the reversal.
6) This makes everything Stephen and Joel did suspect. Since they did not
get in trouble we can assume they told no out and out lies. The best
assummption is that what they said would have been true as far as it went.
But they failed to tell the whole truth.
7) Since they said Joel's father was named Benjamin, it is fair to assume
that this is one of his names. Is it the one he went by in public
documents? We don't know, and it would be prudent not to assume we did.
Other data from family (see above) says his name was John. I don't see
this as reputation of that fact. His name may well have been John
Benjamin, with John being used in public documents, even though he may or
may not have been called Benjamin by his family.
8) Since there is no mention of a prior indenture it is fair to assume
this was the first such indenture.
9) Joel's mother may have still being living. This was not an orphan's
court -- in fact no such court existed in Surry Co. It is the case that
Elisha (son of John) Childresses's male children were indentured to Charles
Beasley (their granfather) while their mother Nancy (his daughter) was
still alive. I can not vouch for this practice being used in general in
the area outside of the John Childress family since I know of no record of
William Childress Sr.'s grandsons (via his son Benjamin), who lived with
their widowed mother Lucy next door, ever been indentured. In fact based
on what I have seen of indentures in the county, I think it is unlikely
that there would have been an indenture of Joel at all if the one with
Stephen had never occurred.
Now some may argue that Stephen appeared on the scene to try to get Joel
away from Abraham for some reason. The problems here are what Stephen? And
why, given that he failed, would he show up on the tax rolls in 1790 in the
same tax district as 1789 with still no property. I can see no basis to
argue for an outside Stephen.
I'm going to let this be my response to all the current posts that have
piled up that I have not replied to, unless I find a particular item that
needs addressing. While I think it is good to have posts rather than not
to have posts to the list (and yes, the Childress-L list is dead these
days), I also see danger in us cluttering up things with too many posts,
especially when we get to repeating ourselves and not making progress.
Hopefully, this post clears up where I stand on some of these issues.
Con
PS One thought relating to William Sr. -- I'm still trying to figure out
where you got the information posted in the middle of one of your Valentine
Paper posts that shows William Sr. and Anne had a son named Richard, along
with the known children from the Douglas Register. Any ideas where you
found it? I've been through Ancestry.com's Valentine Papers. Couldn't
find it. Does anyone else know?
Kay's question
> Con, can you give a reason for your opinion and statement that Stephen
and Joel did not want
> Abraham to have custody Joel? I find this theory fascinating. Are
there any
> published facts about this? Or is it just an opinion of the documented
facts? You
> have consistently repeated these thoughts about Stephen and Joel, in
collusion with
> each other to keep Joel out of Abraham's household. I will surely do my
best to find
> facts and documentation to confirm this theory, if you or anyone else can
just give
> us anything that might suggest such a thing.
Kay and List,
I've been away from my computer for a few days so am a little behind in
responding to the many posts that have come down. I only want to throw one
thing into the mix re your post (see below) for now. Some Childresses in
Halifax County lived very close to the NC line. I have seen posts
indicating that they sometimes showed up in NC (Caswell County NC and
Fleming Childress come to mind as an example). I think the adjacent NC
counties to Halifax need to be explored as well. More later.
Con
> ====================================================================
> 1785 HALIFAX COUNTY VA HEADS OF FAMILIES
>
> name white souls, dwellings, other buildings)
> Childres Nicholas 8 1 1
>
> Crews, Peter 7 1 5
>
> ( I WONDER WHERE ABRAHAM CHILDRESS AND SUSANNAH LAX CHILDRESS WENT
BETWEEN 1782 AND
> 1785.?) NORTH CAROLINA?
> ====================================================================
>
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/census/sun002.txthttp://www.census-online.com/links/VA/Lunenburg/
SUNLIGHT ON THE SOUTHSIDE
The lists of tithes for the years 1748, 1749, 1750 and 1751 embrace the
entire area of ancient Lunenburg or the whole of the County, before it
suffered any loss of territory, by the subdivision of its area into other
counties. In other words, these lists embrace the census of tithables of
the area which is now embraced in whole or in part in eleven counties.
These counties are Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Halifax,
Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick, Franklin, Campbell, Bedford and Appomattox.
Campbell and Bedford Counties embrace a little territory not originally
within Lunenburg, while only about a fourth of the area of Appomattox is
from territory originally within Lunenburg County.
A List of Tithables Taken June Ye 10th, 1748 By Mathew Talbot
{page 75}
Tithes
Jeremiah Childrey .......................................... 1
PAGE 76
Robt. Childrey ............................................. 1
MAP OF The Original Area Embraced in LUNENBURG COUNTY VIRGINIA 1746
Showing the precincts as designated for the listing of tithables in 1748.
North
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/ | W C | M | L B /---------
/ | m. A | A | Y A / |
/ | L | T | D C / HUGH |
/ | D | H | A O | |
JOHN PHELPS | W | E | L N | LAWSON |
/ | E | W | L | |
| | L | |
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| | L | T \---------------------
---------------------------------\ A \ |
/ \ L \ LEWIS |
CORNELIUS CARGILL \ B \ |
/ \ O \ DELONY |
/ \ T \
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N O R T H C A R O L I N A
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PART 3
For 1749 List Taken by William Caldwell "from Falling River to Little Ronoke River
Jeremiah Childrey .......................................... 1
PAGE 92
Robt. Childrey ............................................. 1
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For 1750 List taken by Abra. Martin Abraham Martin, "from Blew Stone to Little
Roanoke."
PAGE 149
Robert Childus [?] ......................................... 1
PAGE 150
Jeremiah Childres .......................................... 1
For 1750 List taken by Lyddall Bacon
Richard Crews .............................................. 1
John Crews ................................................. 1
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THOS. BEDFORD, GENT. List of Tithes, land and wheel carriages for 1764 Cornwall Parish
Tithes Land
Chrimeah [?] (JEREMIAH?)Childris [?] .................... 1 300
"List of Tithes for Cumberland Parrish taken June the tenth in the year
one thousand seven Hundred and sixty-four, by me. DAVID GARLAND
Henry Chile's Estate (David Garland) ......... 0 344
"List of Tythes taken by Thos. Tabb for June 10th, 1764, Cumberland Parish"
Peter Crews .................................. 1
"The list of Tithables taken by Edmund Taylor in Lunenbg. County, St. James Parish, for
the year, 1764."
Henry Charus ................................. 1
John Childress ............................... 1
Jacob Chavus
James Chavus ............................... 2 100
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List of Tithables for Lunenburg County Taken in 1772 by Elisha Betts
Lax, William, Senr.
Wm. Lax, Jun. ................................ 4 50
List of Tithes taken by JOHN RAGSDALE, GENT. 1772
John Chiles
James Graves ............................................. 9
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FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES - Albemarle County, VA - 1785
ALBEMARLE COUNTY,VA
Name of Head of Family White Souls Dwellings Other buildings
Childress, John 1 1 2
Childress, Joseph 8 1
Chiles, Micajah 2 5 6
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Rent Roll of Virginia 1704/05
Chilcott Jno Nansemond County, 1704
Childers Abr. Sen[r] Henrico County, 1705
Childers Ab[r] Jun[r] Henrico County, 1705
Childers Philip Henrico County, 1705
Childers Philip Sen[r] Henrico County, 1705
Childers Tho Henrico County, 1705
Chiles Henry Parish of St. Peters and St. Paul, 1704
Chiles Henry Qr King William County
Chilton Peter Middlesex County, 1704
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Amelia County Militia, 1758
To William Jackson
William Childre
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A List of all the Titheables Below Deep Creek in 1736.
The list was taken by Abraham Green. Amelia microfilm reel
#55, Library of Virginia, 1736-1771. This is roughly the southern
2/3 of Amelia County. Prior to about 1735, this area was part of
Prince George County. In other words, these individuals were
residents of Prince George County the year before Amelia was
carved out of Prince George.
Childress, ?
Childress, ?
Childs, Walter
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HEAD OF FAMILIESVIRGINIA, 1783 - AMHERST COUNTY
NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY WHITE BLACK
Childress, Lucy 1 6
Childress, John 9 -
Childress, Goolsbey 3 -
Childress, Robert 2 -
Childress, Joseph 10 9
Ghilds, John 1 -
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HEADS OF FAMILIESVIRGINIA, 1785 AMHERST COUNTY
Name of Head of Family White Souls Dwellings Other buildings
Childress, Lucey 2 1 2
Cheldress, Ann 5 1 2
Cheldress, John 5 - -
Cheldress, John 5 - -
Childress, Goolsbey 2 - -
Childress, John (Pedlar) 9 - -
Childress, Henry 10 - -
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS FROM CAROLINE COUNTY
Thomas Chiles
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FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1800 TAX LIST District of Elias Edmonds Junr,
1 - free males over 16
2 - horses owned
3 - tithable slaves over 16
4 - tithable slaves between 12 and 16
Chilton, Elizabeth , (Jhn., Stepn., Blackwell Chilton) ...3-6-10-0
Chilton, Thomas ............................................................1-6-15-1
Fauquier County, Virginia - Soldiers in the Revolution
Chilton, Charles
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The 1800 Grayson County, Virginia Tax List
Name males over 21 horses slaves 16+
slaves 12-16
Chilton, Stephen 1 1
1 0
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The 1782 Halifax County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List
Name Tithes Negroes
Horses Mules Cattle
Childres, Abraham 1 -
3 - 8
Childress, Nicholas 1 -
3 - 9
Chelton, Charles 1 -
3 - 7
Crews, Peter 1
- 2 - 12
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1782 HALIFAX COUNTY VA HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
head of household, number of whites, number of blacks
Childress,Susannah 5 0
Childress, Abraham 10 0
Childress,Nicholas 8 0
Chilton, Charles 7 0
Lax,William 6 0
Crews,Peter 7 0
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1785 HALIFAX COUNTY VA HEADS OF FAMILIES
name white souls, dwellings, other buildings)
Childres Nicholas 8 1 1
Crews, Peter 7 1 5
( I WONDER WHERE ABRAHAM CHILDRESS AND SUSANNAH LAX CHILDRESS WENT BETWEEN 1782 AND
1785.?) NORTH CAROLINA?
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Dear Lee:
Dear List and Con:
Lee - I believe I can give some sources which might be of help - I do recall
what you mentioned, can't find everything right now, but take a look at the
following.
1) William LAX naming of his daughter, Susannah CHILDRESS - 1778 - [before
she married] Abraham CHILDRESS in Halifax County, VA.
WILL OF WILLIAM LAX of Halifax County, VA -
"Tho weak in body yet of a sound and perfect memory and understanding, who I
trust will not reject me a returning penitent sinner,,,,"I will and
positively order that all my debts be paid and c. To my only son JOHN LAX, his heirs
and assigns forever 100 ac. of land lying and being on the waters of Difficult
Creek. To my son WILLIAM LAX his heirs and, etc., 100 ac of land being
part of the same tract. To my son BENJAMIN LAX 200 ac of land whereon I now
dwell to be equally divided between them and if either should die without heir
the one living shall take full possession. Also to son TIMOTHY LAX 2 cows.
To my only friend JOHN LEWIS one horse and cow. To my only daughter,
ELIZABETH LEWIS one pound current money do. To my only daughter **SUSANNAH CHILDRESS
one pound current money do. To my only daughters and son, OBEDIENCE LAX,
TABITHA LAX and JOEL LAX all that remains at my death and my only wife's death,
then to be divided equally between them.
WD 21 JULY 1778. Signed WILLIAM (X) LAX. Witnessed: Wm. Keeling, John (X)
Piles, Timothy Chandler, PETER CREWS O.R. Benj. LAX one other Exr. refused and
on motion of sd John LAX certificate granted him for probate. END -
2) JUNE 24, 1797, HALIFAX COUNTY, VA - PETER CREWS and SUSANNAH CHILDRESS,
Surety, Benjamin LAX, Witness: William LAX, SUSANNAH CHILDRESS signs her own
consent.
3) William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, 2nd Series, No 2, April 1922, W. S.
Morton, PAGE 85 - (this is the same information you located Lee and of which
Kay posted awhile back) -
"Listing of Revolutionary Soldiers whose families were furnished with
supplies while in active service" -- (from list) - BENJAMIN and wife SUSAN
CHILDRESS.
_http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/WILLIAMMARYMISC.html_
(http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/WILLIAMMARYMISC.html)
4) "Childers - Childress Family Association, Inc. - Early Virginia Wills
and Some Land Records" - From original copies and transcribed -
BENJAMIN CHILDRESS, 1775 Amherst WILL, Amherst Co., Will Book 1, 1761-1780,
Page 293, TO: Youngest SON, ROYAL CHILDRESS. NOTE - This is the family who
married the JOPLINGS out of Henrico County, VA - See "Descendants of JOHN
JOPLING", Don Norman, _http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/JOPLING_
(http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/JOPLING)
NOTE - LUCY CHILDRESS Amherst County, VA WILL was dated 1792. It was
suggested she was a THOMAS and married first to Capt. James NEVILLE of whom died
and requested in his will that she NOT marry his best friend, ABRAHAM
CHILDRESS. Lucy did marry Abraham CHILDRESS who left a will dated 1763 Albemarle,
Probate 1764. He had known sons, WILLIAM CANNON CHILDRESS, ABRAHAM CHILDRESS**
and CREED CHILDRESS.
BENJAMIN CHILDRESS, 1779, Charlotte County, VA, INVENTORY, Charlotte Co.,
Will Book 1, Page 208.
As for the enlistment for a Benjamin CHILDRESS out of Albermarle County? I
have the pension book, but that won't help us! I do know that Kay has left
messages regarding the enlistment's for the ARW. Kay, can you see if you have
anything on Benjamin who died in 1775? I recall your data on him Lee, but
can't put my hands on it. On another note, I do believe you and Con are
correct in that the Abraham CHILDRESS who had Joel bound to him was most likely an
elderly man. There were quite a few Abraham's in VA and in NC and with the
name of Childress. Maybe I can list all of them I've located in the records
I have? What do you have Kay, Con? Thanks for your opinion, always
appreciated.
MaryJean
Dear List:
Con,
My earlier message, second paragraph, should have read as follows - Have you
ever found evidence or documentation, of a 'SUSAN" Childress in any record
in Virginia who married a BENJAMIN Childers or Childress? Excluding the SUSAN
Lax CHILDRESS who married Abraham Childress 2nd? OR the SUSAN CHILDRESS,
who was on record (ARW) as living in Charlotte County, VA and married to a
Continental soldier named BENJAMIN CHILDRESS?
MaryJean
Con,
Just a few questions concerning your message. What source do you refer to
which states that Joel Childress was born and married (Elizabeth Whitsett) in
Campbell County, Virginia?
Have you ever found evidence of a "Susan" Childress in any record in
Virginia who married an Abraham Childers or Childress other than the one in Halifax
County or in the ARW record out of Charlotte County, VA?
Do you have any documentation that Joel's father was named anything other
than "Benjamin Childress"? What is the documentation that Benjamin, father of
Joel, had a double name?
Have you seen the Bible record which has a recorded birth for Joel's son
which was named Benjamin W. Childress? Do you know what the "W" stands for?
Perhaps it was Whitsett?
What documentation do you have that Joel and Elizabeth Whitsett Childress's
son, John Whitsett Childress, was NOT named "John" for HER father, rather
than for Joel's father as was implied by the Childress-List owners?
Could the family of Joel Childress have been mistaken regarding where Joel
Childress came from, naming Campbell County, rather than say, Lunenburg, which
was the parent county to Bedford, which was carved from Lunenburg? An
example would be my Jeremiah Childress's land patent, which was 1765, this should
have been Charlotte County, rather than Lunenburg, due to the fact Charlotte
County was carved FROM Lunenburg in 1765. Or it could have coincided with
the change over. Another example would be the land sale from Mary Farmer
Childress as she was shown. She sold 100 acres of land IN Charlotte County which
had been carved FROM Lunenburg County, VA.
And finally, I can't speak for Lee (Rau) of whom discovered the Surry
County, NC court record naming Joel Childress as an orphan. But, in order to
really understand the legalities of the court order, one needs a background (I
think) in law. Lee is an attorney and a very fine one at that. I believe he
would certainly be able to interpret the content of the order without any
problem whatsoever, unlike the rest of us who have no background in law.
I would appreciate knowing your documentation and sources so that I can see
for myself. We can work better together, if we have the proper
documentation. Thank you!
MaryJean
Kay,
A couple of points. The court in Surry Co NC (not VA) was involved with
Joel. One of Joel's father's names was likley Benjamin, given this is
what he and Stephen told the court. This does not mean that he went by
Benjamin. If for instance as some have suggested his name was John
Benjamin, then all references to him in public documents may be as John,
and yes there are two Johns who had land grants in Surry Co in 1778 and
1779, who can not fully be accounted for at this time. I would not assume
that finding someone named Benjamin who was married to a Susan means you
have found Joel's parents. There must be some other confirming evidence.
While Lee Rau and I disagree on our interpretation of what took place in
the NC Court, I still maintain that this was a ploy by Joel and Stephen to
get Joel out from under Abraham. It failed. That fact alone means one
needs to treat what they had to say with a critical eye. Since I doubt
that they would not have put forth a out and out lie, I think we can be
sure that one of the father's names was Benjamin, but no more.
Now as to Abraham, I see no evidence at this time to say that any of the
Abrahams from Halifax, Surry or Rowan are the same. There is much work
needed here.
One futher question, why is no one talking about Campbell Co VA? This is
where Joel was supposedly born and supposedly also was married. What is
known about the Childresses there?
Con
> [Original Message]
> From: nomoney6 <nomoney6(a)bellsouth.net>
> To: <CHILDRESS-RESEARCH-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: 9/24/2004 3:43:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHILDRESS] Abraham Childress, Lax, Crews and etc
>
> Hi List, Con, MJ, Bob, and others. :)
> First let me say that I really appreciate all those of you who have
answered Con's
> questions, for me, about the information that I posted concerning the
> Childress/Lax/Crews ancestors. I admire the thoroughness of MaryJean's
research style.
> She seldom puts forth hypothesis as I do. I have seldom known more
dedicated and
> thorough genealogists than two of my cousins, MaryJean and Ted Childress.
Granted there
> are many more wonderful genealogists, but I do not know them, so I can
say what I just
> said, without prejudice. I am well acquainted with both MJ and Ted and
know that their
> documentation was achieved the "old fashion way" such as sitting for
hours in the
> libraries, Archives stacks, writing query letters, and reading microfilm
and microfiche
> records. As in the world of discovery, no matter the subject, there has
to be thoughts
> about "what ifs, I wonder, etc." . This is how, as Con has stated, that
facts are proven
> or dis-proven.
> Talk about wanting a story to be true, heck yes, I wish, like that
hot place, that
> the story that I put forth was true. Not as one story over another
story, but if a story
> were true, no matter which, one that can be truly documented, then we as
Childress/etc
> genealogists could put it to rest and go on to some other Childress/etc
subject.
> Actually I do not care one whit, whether the boat story or this
Susan/Abraham story is
> true, but I do care that one will be true. But hopefully by debating
them, we can all
> see which one is not true. John and Joel of the famous headstone could
have rowed across
> the ocean in a dingy for all that is worth, just so it can be proven.
Having said all
> the above, lets see what, in my opinion and in the opinion of others and
by documentation
> has been proven and seems to be true concerning Joel Childress/etc.
> 1. The father of Sarah Childress Polk was named Joel Childress/etc.
documented.
> 2. This Joel Childress was born in Virginia in the year of 1777.
documented
> 3. His parents were named Susan/nah ?? and Benjamin Childress/etc.
documented
> 4. Benjamin Childress/etc died before Joel Childress( his son) was 12
years old.
> documented
> 5. The courts of Va awarded Abraham Childress/etc. custody of Joel
Childress until he
> was 21y doc..
> 6. The courts of Va did not allow Stephen Childress/etc, to have custody
of Joel.
> documented.
> 7. Joel Childress married Elizabeth Whitsett. documented
> ====================
> Work in progress and not documented.
> 1. Susan Lax could be the Susan who married Benjamin Childress before she
married Abraham
> Childress
> and they might be Joel Childress' parents.( I would jump over the moon if
this were true)
>
> 2. The Childress/Lax/Crews might be the true accounting of the early
life and origin of
> Joel Childress
> 3. Who is the above Abraham Childress?
> 4. Could the above Benjamin Childress have another christian name, such
as John, Joel,
> etc.( I like this idea too)
> =============
> 1. Are the two men, who ran crashed their boat in Va, be connected to
Joel Childress, who
> is the father of Sarah Childress Polk? (hummmmmmm perhaps?)
> 2. Was one of the men named Benjamine John, John Benjamin and is the
father of Joel
> Childress, father of Sarah Childress Polk?( getting excited )
> 3. Who alive has seen the tombstone, with the information about Joel and
John on it, as
> alluded to in a letter written by two more recent Childress relatives?( I
hope this
> person took a picture)
> 4. Can heresy in the form of a letter be considered to be documentation
of fact?
> 5. Does anyone know of a Childress/etc family (documented) who had
children (brothers)
> James and Joel
> or perhaps John James, John Benjamin, or Benjamin Joel, or Joel Benjamin,
James John,
> James Benjamin, Benjamin James or any other combination of these names?
( lets hear it
> if you do)
> Until the questions (above) can be answered with documentation or
deemed to be most
> likely the facts, by a preponderance of evidence, then the "work in
progress" will be
> just that, "work in Progress. So, please share with others any evidence
to prove or
> disprove any information concerning any of our Childress/etc ancestors
and relatives.
> For those who shout the loudest about a fact or information, that is
posted or put forth,
> why not be the one to do more in depth research and come up with proof as
to why they
> shout so loudly. Of course keep pointing out the documented errors and
information that
> just cannot be true as it is posted, but also have something constructive
in rebuttal.
> KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.....................K
>
>
Dear List,
Con,
Refer to the message below in the rootsweb archives -(Monday, Sept. 27,
2004) -
_Click here: RootsWeb: CHILDRESS-RESEARCH-L Re: [CHILDRESS] Abraham
Childress,_
(http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CHILDRESS-RESEARCH/2004-09/1096306027) Lax, Crews and etc. - follow up -
According to "Childress Chatter," Ed. Molly Reigard - From her personal
research. Also from the family papers of a fellow researcher. - the following
would link to the deeds out of Rowan County, NC between Abraham FULKERSON, John
CHILDRESS and James CHILDRESS as follows -
STOKES COUNTY, NC - "CHILDRESS's Living In Stokes County, NC 1794-95 and
Neighbors." -
CHILDRESS, JOHN - Dan River Road, 1794 - His neighbors were, JAMES and
ABRAHAM FULKERSON**, James Meredith, Malcom Curry, Benjamin Smith and John
Robertson.
**Abraham FULKERSON is the name shown in the deed from the Sept 27th message
listed above, please see. The names involved were Abraham CHILDRESS, James
CHILDRESS and JOHN CHILDRESS.
Of further interest - The BEASLEY name appears in copies I have of original
deeds. The Beasley family married into the NC Childress family. In another
message, I'll give all the information from the above sources. Anything you
can add would be appreciated.
MaryJean
Hi Bob,
That's right, I remember looking for your Locks/Locke connection. Your
James has the double name, correct? Also, when you located the ARW papers for
your Phifer, did they have anything in the file (letters) about your James
Locke Childress? I might be mixed up on your ancestry, better take a look again!
Do I have that in order? Do you think HIS father was the James in my
message? Thanks!
MaryJean
In a message dated 9/27/04 1:27:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MJCV25(a)aol.com
writes:
> 1790 NC Census -
>
> 1) SAMUEL DAVIS - 1 1 2 0 1 (1148) - There were 26 Davis's - NO CHILDRESS -
>
> 2) 1759 Tax List - 5 Davis's - 4 LOCKS - the mention of the LOCK family in
> this county would be the fact that they married into a JAMES CHILDRESS
> family
> out of NC - James CHILDRESS would be the ancestor of our listowner. I
> don't
> know if this is Bob Sanders JAMES or LOCK, but it's suggested to be,
> perhaps
> Bob can answer this question for us.
>
>
MaryJean,
My James Childress was supposedly born in 1773 so doubt if it is the same
one. The Locke family married into the Phifer family.
Bob (Not interested in retiring in Florida) Sanders
NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYERS - PG 38
NAME COUNTY YEAR
Childers, David Surr 1782
John Ruth 1782
Michael Wilk 1782
Childress-
Abraham Warr 1784
Abraham Surr 1782
Abram Casw 1784
James Wilk 1782
John Warr 1784
John Surr 1782
Joseph Surr 1782
Richard Surr 1782
Robert Warr 1784
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GREENBRIER COUNTY PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX 1787 - LIST "B", PAGE 160
LAST NAME FIRST NAME CHARGED WITH TAX 12345 NOTES
CHILDERS MOSBY SELF 00000
" ROBERT SELF 00027
" HENRY SELF 00012
HEADS OF FAMILIES-VIRGINIA 1783-1786 PAGE 109 GREENBRIER COUNTY
CHILDERS:
HENRY
MOSBY
REUBIN
THE DEEDS OF AMHERST CO. VA 1761-1807 AND ALBEMARLE CO VA 1748-1763
By Rev. Bailey Fulton Davis
Abraham Childers witness- St. David's Parish June 1, 1736
Abraham Childers witness 200 acres Thomas Tundall March 3, 1749
March 3, 1749 Drury Tucker to Abraham Childers for L 1000(?) tobacco,
200
acres, Rockfish, adj Ezekich Davidson grantee. Part of tract bought from
Robert Walton.
Feb. 13, 1750 Jno Childers witness on Beard Willis Creek.
Aug 14, 1750 Frances Childers witness
Nov. 11, 1751 Abraham Childers to Wm Bug for L33, 200 acres, adj
Rockfish
River. Grantee Drury Tucker
Nov 11, 1751 Abraham Childers witness for Meredith Manning to Jas. Goss
Moor
Creek
Nov 16, 1751 Drury Tucker and wife Susanna to Abraham Childers for L 50,
400
acres adj to the river Wm Cannon.
Nov 13, 1751 Jno. Childers, planter to his son Francis Childers - love
and 5
shares 200 acres where son lives witness: Harris, Cobbs, Adcock
March 18, 1752 RO Thompson as above ( Drury Tucker and wife Susanna to
Abraham Childers for L 50, 400 acres adj to the river Wm Cannon) to
Moses
Childers , same county, 250 acres S side Glover's Road part of 1140
acres as
above, witness Scruggs, Adkinson, Thompson.
March 18, 1752 RO Thompson Cumberland Co. to William Childers of
Cumberland
Co. 250 acres Glover's Creek and road dividing tract of 500 acres
between
William Childers and brother, Moses Childers, part of 1140 acres pat. To
RO
Thompson, July 20, 1748 with Scruggs, Atkinson, Josiah Thompson.
Oct 31, 1757 Jno Low Jr. to Benj Arnold 250 acres both sides of Willis
River, 40 acres of it bought from Jno Childers, 200 acres bought from
Danl.
Johnson, where Low lives adj John Childers, Nathaniel Jeffries, Daniel
Johnson.
May 10, 1759 Jno Cannon to John bates eldest son of Isaac Bates (sic)250
acres S side of Fluvanna adj to Abraham Childers
June 9, 1759 Abraham Childers Jr. to Arch Ingram, Geo Kippen and Co.
Glasgow
Merchants for L 34-117 ½, 300 acres S side Fulvanna. Deed of Trust,
witness
Samuel Jordan.
Oct 27, 1760 Jno. Childres to his son, Abraham for many good services
250
acres N. branch of Willis Creek, Beaver Ponds adj. to Low, Nath Jess,
witness Willis Childres [will in NC]
Nov 13, 1760 400 acres Douglas to Ladd land adj to Abraham Childers and
RO
Walton
May 9, 1761 Abraham Childers to Wm Sorrow Buckingham Col for L17-10, 200
acres, Aug 10, 1759 fork of James River and Spring Garden Creek adj Rich
Cocke
June 20, 1762 Jno Web and wife Martha to Thomas Tilman for L 20, 84
acres N
side of Fluvanna and E. side Bremo Creek, also pat to Jno Craine for a
mile
adj to Rihard Kohl, Francis Kerby pat to Wm Craine Sept. 28, 1758,
witness
Abraham Childers and Creed Childers.
Dec 12, 1763 Jos Childress and wife Mary to Alex McCaul of Henrico for L
120, 200 acres adj to Allen Howard, mouth of Rockhouse Creek Main Road.
Witness Jno Griffin, Ralph Jopling.
Aug 6, 1764 Howard Cash and Susannah Cottrell, Ex of Thomas Cottrell, AC
to
Robert Childers, AC for 20 pades for 200 acres. Lines John talliaferro,
Howard Cash, Richard Pwoell, James Smith with Zachariah Talifiaferro,
Robert
Johnson. S. Murphy.
Nov 5, 1765 Abraham Childers 47 acres surveyed by WM Cabell.
June 2, 1766 Benj Stinnett to Henry Childress Huff River
March 2, 1767 Henry Childress to Whitehead, Huff River, Lines Jas
Isham,
(X) of Henry Childers.
July 4, 1768 Thomas Jopling to Benj. Childers for love and borne by
Jopling
for his son-in-law, Benj Childers 200 acres S side of Rockfish Creek.
March 28, 1771 Neill Campbell to Jos Childress for 150.
March 2, 1772 Jos Childress 150 acres branch of Harris Creek between
Bear
and Cedar Mtns.
Nov 24, 1777 William Goolsby and wife Frances to Jos Childress for L
140,
138 acres of Huff and E side of Tobacco Row. Part of 276 acres Henry
Childers bought from William Cabell Lines: Henry and Jno Childress,
Stinnett, Whitehead, and Johnson
Dec. 1, 1777 Wm Goolsby, Abraham Childers and parish to Henry Childress
for
L40, 284 acres pat to Thom. Goolsby at Williamburg, 16,Feb. 1771, branch
of
Robert's Creek and S branch of Pedlar, Lines Pryer Johnson, Hix, and Jno
Childers.
Dec. 1, 1777 Wm. Goolsby and parish to Henry Childres for 284 acres to
Tho.
Goolsby at Williamsburg. Roberts Creek, S branch of Pedlar. Witness: Jno
Childres.
July 8, 1778 Jno. Childers of Albemarle Co. to Wm Camden, witness: Henry
Childress
Sept. 5, 1785 Benj and Abraham Childers to Peter Martin, S branch of S
fork
of Davis Creek.
Sept 3, 1788 Goolsby Childers and wife Nancy [Swinney], Top of Blue
Ridge
and branches of Pedlar Creek.
Sept 8, 1792 Jas Goolsby to Jos Childress for to 38 acres S branch of N
fork of Harris witness Jesse Childress.
Oct. 27, 1795 witness: Thomas Childress
Dec 21, 1795 Jos Childress Sr. to Reuben, Jesse, Jos Childress Jr.
Samuel
Coleman, wife Judith, Jas Coleman and wife Nancy (Ann), Benj Sandridge
and
wife Eliz, Major Childress and Shadrach Childress, L 500 and for my
natural
love towards them - no acreage on the great Kankawa (sic) at point of a
small island and a hill above the river on a "dream", originally Sam
Coleman
Sept 4, 1796
Feb 15, 1796 Royall Childress to Thomas Childress L125 140 acres
Rockfish,
witness Benj Childress, Samuel Childress
July 16, 1796 Jno Childress to Wiatt Stark 125 acres s side of Pedlar
Lines
Henry Childers to of Blue Ridge.
Sept. 13, 1796 Jno Childress to Jos McAdams, n side Pedlar Acknowledged
by
Jno Childress' wife Pricilla.
Sept. 20, 1796 Jno Childress to Jno Henderson 90 acres both sides of
Pedlar.
Sept. 20, 1796 Jno Childers land
Feb 11, 1797 Thomas Childers and wife Eliz to Benjamin Childers (sic)
for
L300, 150 acres. Lines: Josiah Jopling, Harris, Benj Childers, to
Rockfish
River with Griffin and Shelton
April 15, 1797 Reuben, Jesse, Jos Jr Samuel Coleman and others to Jos
Childress Sr L1000 land and slaves, 500 acres L 500, land on the
Kanawaha
April 15, 1797 Reuben, Jesse, Jos Jr. Childress, Samuel Coleman, wife
Judith, Major and Shadrack Childress to Jos Childress Sr. for L1000 land
and
slaves 500 acres
April 28, 1798 ..to quiz Mary of Joseph Childress, 13, April 1798 deed
to Wm
Pete 526 acres
May 4, 1798 Samuel Coleman's receipt to Jos Childress Sr. 350 acres &
L50 in
full of my claim vs Jos as legatee of Jos Childress Estate. Bond given
me
by Jos Childress for his one eighth interest and mislaid with : Jos
Childress Jr. and Reuben Childress
May 19, 1798 Jos Childress and wife Mary to Samuel Coleman, Harris Creek
May 30, 1801 Peterwaterfield to Jos Childress for L11,000 tobacco
Dec 23, 1801 Jas Jopling and wife, Powell and wife Lucy, Pleasant
Martin
and wife Rebecca, Hannah Allen, Ann Childress, $10.00 - 1813 ½ in
Kanawha
Co. fork of 13 miles creek in Kanawha.
Dec 1801 rec July 19, 1802 Benj Childress and wife Ann to Jos Shelton
for L
1000, 295 acres
Sept. 15, 1804 Jno Childress wife Pricilla to John Childress Jr. both
sides
of Pedlar lines: Henry Childress.
Nov 13, 1804 Jno Childress and wife Margarey, Knox Co. Tn to Jesse
Blard
Nov. 13, 1804 Jno. Childress and wife Margarey Knox Co. TN to Jesse
Bland
for $250 100 acres. Bequeathed to Jno Childress by Thomas Powell dec'd
by
will 18 March 1783..
June 15, 1805 Jno Childress Jr. and wife Sarah, both sides of Pedlar to
Archibald Rowsey lines Henry Childress ...Martin land to Thomas
Childress 230 acres
Oct 21, 1805 witness Thomas Childers
VIRGINIA SOLDIERS OF 1776 PAGE 1196
Thomas and James Lindsay.
The following is a rejected claim on file in the Archives Dept. State
Library: Before John G. Mosby, Magistrate of Henrico Co, appeared
Alexander
Childers who made oath that he was well acquainted with Thomas and James
Lindsay, .
Elizabeth "Good" certified that she was well acquainted with the
Lindsays of
Henrico Co. and that John and Elijah Lindsay, Joseph Childers and Jane
his
wife, the heirs of Mary Goode, wife of Edward Goode, both deceased .
Petition to the Governor and Council of VA John and Elijah Lindsay,
Joseph
Childers and Jane his wife, (formerly Jane Lindsay), .
MARRIAGE RECORDS OF MARION COUNTY, IOWA 1845-1915
Jesse Walker to Rhoda M. Childers 19 Oct 1861
Reuben S. Childers to Minerva E. Padgett 29 Nov 1868
THE VALENTINE PAPERS PLEASANTS: HENRICO COUNTY
Page 1032
Abraham Childers and Henry Childers deed to John Pleasants and Robert,
his
son, Merchants, for better securing a debt of L100 ---to the said
Pleasants
to be paid before Aug 27, 1763, 50 acres in Henrico in the place called
the
Roundabout Swamp bounded by the lands of Henry Sharp, Milner Redford and
the
said John Pleasants and is the plantaiton whereon the said Abraham and
Henry
Childers now dwell-alos 77 acres near the Gravely Hill patented by the
said
Abraham Childers, bounded by the land of Joseph Woodson, Francis
Redford,
Robert Scott and the said Robert Pleasant. Aug. 27, 1756. Ibid. p 488
Page 1033
Joseph Childers deeds to John Pleasants & son, merchants for L37:4: 160
acres in Henrico whereon he now dwells. Nov. 30, 1756. Ibid. p. 491
Benjamin Childers, Sr. deeds to John and Robert Pleasants for L40: 100
acres in Henrico whereon the said Childers now dwells bounded by the
lands
of James Woodfin, Thomas Mathews and William Taylor-also 7 head of
cattle, 3
feather beds and furniture to secure the said sum of L40: with interest
to
be paid by July 30, 1761. Aug. 15, 1757. Ibid. p. 526
Philemon childers, Sr. dees to John Pleasants & son, Merchants for L11:
100
acres in Henrico being one-half of the land which the said Childers
bought
of Thomas Bates adjoining the land of Capt. John Williamson. Aug. 1,
1756.
Ibid. p. 536.
TENN 1850 CENSUS
Large number of Childers, Childress, Childres and children, from VA and
NC
Names of those over 50 years old
Childers: Benjamin 45, Berden, 67; Edward G. 50; Francis 50; moses 26;
Sarah 59, Crocket 16;Stephen 62; William 60- Easter 47; William 57-Nancy
50;
Hiram 50; Jacob 53; Josiah 73; Susannah 83; T.D. 52;
Childress: Alexander 3; David 82; John 65-Polly 55
Page 1037
John Pleasants Senr. Deed from Abram Childers both of Henrico - for land
in
consideration of a mrotgage made by Abraham Childers father of the said
Abram "and the said Henry Childers" dated August 7, 1756 - to the said
John
Pleasant and Robert Pleasants then co-partners in trade, a tract of 50
acres
as security for a debt due the said Pleasants- and the said Abraham by
his
will devising the said 50 acres called the Roundabout to Abram and Henry
Childers- the latter for life only-and as they desire to rid the land of
the
mortgage; now for L 150: deeds the said 50 acres adjoining the land of
Henry
Sharp, Milner Redford and the said Pleasant. Aug. 9, 1763. Ibid. p. 830
"Whereas Abram Childers father of the said Frederick did by one certain
indenture bearing date the 7th day of Aug. 1756, mortgage unto John and
Robert Pleasants besides other lands one tract of land containing the
estimation 77 acres more or less lying near the Graveley hills in
Henrico ."
William Childers married Ann... Children: Elizabeth 1768, Benjamin
1771,
William 1766, Jessie and Sally 1776, Ann 1773, Joseph 1764, and Richard.
Mid 1600's Joseph married Mary...Children: Francis, Jane
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Deed. Thomas (X his mark) Childrey of Henrico County, Virginia to James
Atwood. Dated
August 12, 1746. Consideration: 37 pounds, 10 shillings. Wit: William
Stone, Benjamin
Childrey & Thomas Childrey, Junior. 250 acres lower side of Flatt Creek
& back side Franks
Creek, bounded in part by Isham Vaughans corner & line, a branch of
Franks Creek, a point
near Tommahawke (Creek), Thomas Hamlins line, a small meadow, head of a
branch of
Buckskin (Creek), & Isham Vaughans line. Possession obtained by James
Atwood on 1746 in
presence of William Stone, Benjamin Childrey & Thomas Childrey, Junior.
Deed Acknowledged
by Thomas Childrey on February 20, 1746, proved by oaths of all three
witnesses, & ordered
recorded.