RE: [CHILDRESS] Richard A. Childress...Family Bible
by Stephen G. Ekern, Esq.
The Childress Family bible lists:
Richard Childress, was born 1 January 1764
Martha Woods Childress (his wife) was born 1 May 1771
Richard Childress, Junr. was born 6 December 1788
Jenny Childress was born 6 September 1790
John Childress was born 26 January 1793
Robert Childress was born 30 May 1795
Nancy Childress was born 17 November 1797
Martha Childress was born 23 March 1800
Sarah Childress was born 12 October 1802
Hannah Childress was born 19 February 1805
Melinda Childress was born 21 June 1807
Elizabeth Childress was born 21 January 1810
Abrahma Childress was born 23 March 1813
Lula W. Childress was born 13 February 1816
Hope this helps someone!
Sarah
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http://www.geocities.com/injackcw/GALET.HTML From: larau(a)acninc.net
(Lee A. Rau)
Described below are three members of the Childress family who served in
the Civil War. They are
RICHARD ALEXANDER CHILDRESS and JOHN MARION CHILDRESS, who were
brothers, and
a first cousin, who was also named RICHARD ALEXANDER CHILDRESS.
John Marion applied to the state of Arkansas for a pension. A
Certificate of Confederate Pension issued in 1979 by the Arkansas
History Commission lists his unit as Company C,. 1st Georgia Infantry
Regiment. It also indicates that his pension application was rejected.
(Perhaps he had too many assets). A gg grandson of John Marion's, who
is a Civil War re-enactor, insists that John Marion was a Corporal in
Company C, 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Big Goose",
and not the Georgia Regulars.
A copy of a letter written by John Marion's grand daughter, Mollie
Childress, in which she describes John's mother praying during the
Battle of Chickamauga for the safety of her son. The letter indicates
that John was captured during the battle and held prisoner until the end
of the war. The Childress plantation was located at Pond Spring, Walker
County, Georgia, which was behind the federal lines during that battle.
Family tradition holds (JOHN MARION'S AND HIS BROTHER RICHARD ALEXANDER
CHILDRESS" MOTHER), "SOOKIE",(MORE THAN LIKELY SUSANNAH MASSEY BORN c
1791 MARRIED TO RICHARD CHILDRESS,JR.) captured a Yankee" during that
battle. The unfortunate trooper was apparently rummaging for food in
either a corn crib or root cellar (depending on the version of the story
told) when she crept up on him and locked the door on him. Confederate
soldiers later took him away.
John's brother(RICHARD ALEXANDER CHILDRESS) and his first cousin
(RICHARD ALEXANDER CHILDRESS) both enlisted in Company I, 60th Regiment,
Georgia Volunteer Infantry on May 6, 1862. As they both had exactly the
same name, company muster rolls distinguished between them as Sr. and
Jr. based on their respective ages. On July 19, 1862, John Marion's
brother(RICHARD ALEXANDER CHILDRESS) was admitted to General Hospital,
Howard's Grove, Richmond, Virginia, suffering from a gun shot wound. He
died the next day. His first cousin(RICHARD ALEXANDER CHILDRESS) died
the next month on August 15, 1862, near Lovingston, Virginia, as a
result of typhoid fever.
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