FAISON Armistead

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1860, Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.

Notes:

Census:
Name: Claudius Faison
Age in 1860: 13 Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Surry, Virginia Gender: Male Post Office: Cabin Point
Value of real estate: Household Members:
NameAge          
Robert W Faison 57          
Frances W Faison 42          
John R Faison 21          
Alexander Faison 18          
Joseph Faison 14          
Claudius Faison 13          
Edgo Faison 11          
Thadius Faison 10          
Anthelia Faison 9          
Pembrook Faison 7          
Lucy A Faison 4          



Died:
RAISON-Claudeous A. Faison died Monday February 24. 1930, at 4:30 P. M. at the home of his daughter Mrs. Grace Bartow Wilkinson, 1315 Avondale Avenue. Richmond. Va. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Grace Bartow Wilkinson and Mrs. Herbert Ingram, both of this city. Funeral services will be held at the grave, in the family burying grounds - Dendron. Va. Tuesday, at 2:30 P. M.:

Buried:
RAISON-Claudeous A. Faison died Monday February 24. 1930, at 4:30 P. M. at the home of his daughter Mrs. Grace Bartow Wilkinson, 1315 Avondale Avenue. Richmond. Va.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Grace Bartow Wilkinson and Mrs. Herbert Ingram, both of this city.

Funeral services will be held at the grave, in the family burying grounds - Dendron. Va. Tuesday, at 2:30 P. M.

Claudius married MADDERA Mary Armistead "Puss" on 7 Mar 1872 in Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.. Mary (daughter of MADDERA Eldridge Anmstrit, Sr. and SLEDGE Mary Pocahontas) was born in 1852; died on 21 May 1928; was buried in Dendron, Surry County VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; per census
• Property: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1860, Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.
• Military: 1861-1865, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Civil War

Notes:

In paper by Nancy Ray Faison Threewitts, she states that Robert W. Faison was" living on and paying taxes on the Faison farm on Rt 615, in Surry County, in mid-1800's." There are 27 pages of property listed with his will, suggesting he operated a store, "probably at the junction of Rt 31 and 615 near Dendron, VA. Thaddeus Faison (Dolly) is his executor.

Property:
In paper by Nancy Ray Faison Threewitts, she states that Robert W. Faison was" living on and paying taxes on the Faison farm on Rt 615, in Surry County, in mid-1800's." There are 27 pages of property listed with his will, suggesting he operated a store, "probably at the junction of Rt 31 and 615 near Dendron, VA. Thaddeus Faison (Dolly) is his executor.

Census:
Name: Claudius Faison Age in 1860: 13 Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Surry, Virginia Gender: Male Post Office: Cabin Point Value of real estate: Household Members:
NameAge          
Robert W Faison 57          
Frances W Faison 42          
John R Faison 21          
Alexander Faison 18          
Joseph Faison 14          
Claudius Faison 13          
Edgo Faison 11          
Thadius Faison 10          
Anthelia Faison 9          
Pembrook Faison 7          
Lucy A Faison 4          



Military:
Robert W Faison
United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses
Name: Robert W Faison                         
Event Place:Virginia                         
Document Type:Citizen                         
Document Number:277                         
Affiliate Publication Title: Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms , Affiliate Publication Number: M346 , Affiliate Film Number: 293

More reasearch needs to be done under this publication at the Library of Virginia to get all of the particulars.

Confederate "Citizens File"
The Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-1865 (NARA M346), often referred to as the "Citizens File" is a collection consisting of 650,000 vouchers and other documents relating to goods furnished or services rendered to the Confederate government by private individuals and businesses.The 650,000 documents are filed in alphabetically arranged jacket envelopes, similar to those used for the Complied Service Records.
The "Citizens File" was created by the Confederate Archives Division of the Adjutant General's Office years after the war from records created or received by the Confederate War and Treasury Departments that were in the custody of the U.S. War Department. The Citizens File was created to aid in determining the legitimacy of compensation claims Southern citizens filed for property losses allegedly inflicted by Union forces. The records were used by the Treasury and Justice Departments, Southern Claims Commission, Court of Claims, and congressional claims committees to determine whether the person was loyal to the Union or had aided the Confederate government and was therefore not eligible for compensation. [1]
See the official NARA pamphlet explaining these records in detail at M346.pdf .

Died:
He was still alive after his wife's death on 26 May 1885

Robert married COKER Frances W. on 11 Dec 1832 in Sussex County, VA. Frances was born in 1817; died on 26 May 1885 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
"Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5TN-59B : accessed 22 February 2015), Robert W. Faison in entry for Francis Faison, 26 May 1885; citing Surry, Virginia, reference P. 45 # 26; FHL microfilm 34,153.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Inheritance: 10 Feb 1839, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Occupation: 7 Mar 1854, Spring Grove, Surry County, Va; Postmaster
• Military: 20 Apr 1861, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Civil War Vet
• Lived(s) In: 1870, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Eldridge A. Maddera 1821 - 1881
Eldridge Annstrit Maddera was the only son of Thomas Maddera (bet 1784 -1826) and Rebecca G. Thompson. He was born February 10, 1821 and was only five years old when his father died in September 1826, apparently unexpectedly, for he died intestate. Eldridge's mother married Hugh Hopkins three years later, on 8/22/1829, and William M, West was appointed by the Court as Eldridge's guardian (Surry County Fiduciary Accts. 1831 -1839), to protect his rights in his father's estate.
Thomas Maddera was apparently moderately well-to-do at the time of his death. We presume that he was a plantation owner, because the account of his estate mentions six slaves who were hired out: Abram, Billy, Wilson, Lizza, Diana and Mary. Eldridge received a good education judging by his later occupations and military service, and apparently continued to successfully manage the plantation, which was near Cabin Point, when he reached manhood.
On 12/6/1843 Eldridge married Mary Pocahontas Sledge, daughter of Amos and Mary (Shackleford) Sledge, Jr.. Amos Sledge, Jr. was a wealthy man by Surry County standards. He operated a major dry goods business and owned substantial property as well After he died in 1842, at age 62, his estate was valued at $ 11,451. Mary Pocahontas was only 17 when he died, and required the consent of a guardian, her brother Amos Sledge in, when she and Eldridge were married a year after her father's death. Her mother had died earlier, and she received an equal share of her father's estate, which was divided between Amos Jrs.' seven children. Included in her share of the estate, according to Mary Coleman Braxton, was her great grandfather Emanuel White and "other slave property", which she brought with her marriage to Eldridge Maddera.. Valeria Ann Maddera, the daughter of Eldridge and Mary P. makes it clear that the family lived a very comfortable life on their plantation before the Civil War erupted in 1861.
Earlier we described the Civil War as experienced by Valeria Ann Maddera and her husband-to-be William M Cotton. Briefly, here is how Eldridge A. Maddera went through the war. Like most of the gentry of Surry County he belonged to the Surry Cavalry before the war, commanded by Captain Travis W. Taylor. This was essentially a militia company, and served much the same purposes that the National Guard does today, available to quell any civil disturbance which should be beyond the capabilities of the sheriff and his deputies: for example, a slave insurrection, like Nat Turner's Rebellion; or repel an invasion, such as CoL Tarleton's Raid during the American Revolution; or respond to Indian attacks, such as those that brought on Bacon's Rebellion. In the early days of the colony, when men reached military age, they were required to register, and provide a horse and equipment ready for service, or pay someone else to serve for them. The Surry Cavalry had played a minor role in the American Revolution and had a lot of pride in their Company. My mother, Bertha (Johnson) Bartlett, wrote that her father, Sidney T. Johnson, was a member of the Surry Cavalry when she was a girl, in the first decade of the 20th century. She says he occasionally rode to Surry Courthouse on his black horse for drills, sporting a blue uniform with brass trappings and a gleaming saber at his side. Fortunately, there were no wars during his young manhood.

(Medical):44 years old, 5 ft. 11 in. tall, dark hair, with blue eyes and a florid complexion

Inheritance:
Eldridge, still only 8 years old, stood to inherit much of his long deceased father's and grandfather's estates. William West was appointed by the Court as guardian of Eldridge, to look after his interests until he should come of age.
The estate accounts of Thomas Maddera include the information that six negros were hired out in 1826 for a total of $ 66.45. They were Abram, Billy, Wilson, Lizza, Diumma and Mary.

Military:
Cavalry Lt.
As noted earlier, when the Civil War broke out, William Cotton and Eldridge Maddera had both enlisted as privates in the Surry Cavalry on April 20 1861, only eight days after the beginning of the bombardment of Fort Sumpter. The Surry Cavalry was designated as Company E, 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, attached to the 3rd Regiment Virginia Infantry. Together they saw bloody action on many a field of battle. In Sept./Oct. 1862, Company K, 13 Regiment Virginia Cavalry was formed up under Captain Samuel H. Burt and assigned to dashing Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's famed Cavalry Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. William Cotton was appointed 2nd Sergeant of the new Company K and Eldridge Maddera its 2nd Lieutenant. They participated in nearly every major battle in the eastern theater of the War from then until the end of the War. They were at "the greatest cavalry battle of the War, which took place on June 9,1863, at Brandy Station, seven miles north of Culpepper Court House. The battle lasted , without let-up, for twelve hours, as Rebel cavalrymen under Stuart and Union cavalrymen under Pleasanton, slashed at each other with sabers and fired their pistols at point blank range." (Story County at War 1861 -1865; Willis W. Bohannan; p. 41)
Like most of the gentry of Surry County he belonged to the Surry Cavalry before the war, commanded by Captain Travis W. Taylor. This was essentially a militia company, and served much the same purposes that the National Guard does today, available to quell any civil disturbance which should be beyond the capabilities of the sheriff and his deputies: for example, a slave insurrection, like Nat Turner's Rebellion; or repel an invasion, such as CoL Tarleton's Raid during the American Revolution; or respond to Indian attacks, such as those that brought on Bacon's Rebellion. In the early days of the colony, when men reached military age, they were required to register, and provide a horse and equipment ready for service, or pay someone else to serve for them. The Surry Cavalry had played a minor role in the American Revolution and had a lot of pride in their Company.

On the morning of April 12,1861 a rabid secessionist, Edmund Ruffin, a Virginian, pulled the lanyard to fire the first cannon shot into Fort Sumpter, in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. On April 20, 1861 Captain Travis Taylor's Cavalry Company was mustered, and its members enlisted to serve one year, in what was expected to be a short war. No one believed that the North would conduct a major war to prevent the South from seceding, which they viewed as their right under the Constitution. Eldridge Maddera was enrolled as a private. By September, Captain Travis Company was designated as Company E, 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry and attached to the 3rd Regiment of Virginia Infantry. They spent the winter of 1861-1862 at Camp Cook, on the lower James River directly across from Newport News. The Confederate forces were positioned on the south shore of the James River to protect the network of railroads that connected Norfolk, Suffolk, Petersburg, Richmond and North Carolina. The Union Army held the virtually impregnable Fort Monroe on the Virginia Peninsula, which they used as a base of operations throughout the war.

In May 1862, McClellan assembled an army of 125,000 men and began his Peninsular Campaign. At Williamsburg - in the streets of the town and on the campus of William and Mary College - on May 5,1862, a sharp engagement between the Federals and the rear guard of the Confederate Army took place. "JEB" Stuart, Lee's dashing cavalry commander, was there and fighting with him that day was the Surry cavalry. McClellan's army now pursued the Confederates up the Peninsula - to within six miles of Richmond. At Seven Pines the first great battle of the campaign was fought on May 31 to June 2. General Johnston was borne from the battlefield seriously wounded, and General Robert E. Lee was immediately appointed to succeed him as commander of the Army ofNorthern Virginia. The Surry Cavalry was in the defenses east of Richmond, and there took part in the bloody Seven Days Battles. McClellan, his nose bloodied, withdrew his army from Richmond, finally retracing its steps to Fort Monroe, to take ship back to Northern Virginia - its invasion ended.
Company K, 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized in August 1862, mostly composed of Surry men, under the command of Captain Samuel H. Burt. Eldridge Maddera was elected 2nd Lieutenant on August 13,1862, a post he held throughout the remainder of the war. His son, Waverly T. Maddera, age 16, enlisted in the same Company. Almost immediately the 13th Virginia Cavalry was assigned to of "JEB" Stuart's Cavalry and took part in the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), where they defeated General Pope before he could launch his offensive against Richmond. Lee invaded Maryland, and the Surry Cavalry fought at Sharpsburg, on Antietam Creek, and on December 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg. The end of 1862 marked the high tide of the Confederacy.
Company K missed few engagements for the remainder of the war. They were an integral part of "JEB" Stuart's Cavalry Division of the Army ofNorthern Virginia. They fought at Brandy Ford on April 15,1863, the greatest cavalry battle of the war. When "JEB" Stuart was killed in action, they fought under Major Gen. W. H. F. "Rooney" Lee and General Wade Hampton. As the Confederate Army slowly weakened under the punishing attacks of General Grant, they were finally brought to bay at Petersburg. That bloody siege is legendary for its heavy casualties and suffering. Lieutenant Maddera was wounded near Petersburg on September 30,1864, but recovered and returned to duty within a month or two. Grant used his superior numbers to gradually outflank the outnumbered Confederate Army, and the Confederates were forced to abandon Petersburg and move westward toward Appomattox Courthouse. Lieutenant Maddera was captured along the way at Dinwiddie Courthouse on April 1,1865. General Lee would surrender at Appomattox 9 days later, on April 9.

Lt. Maddera was transported to Johnson's Island, a Depot for Prisoners of War near Sandusky, Ohio. He took the oath of allegiance at Johnson's Island on June 19,1865 and was released under General Order 109. At the time he took the Oath he gave his place of residence as Cabin Point, Virginia. He was described as 44 years old, 5 ft. 11 in. tall, dark hair, with blue eyes and a florid complexion. How he made his way home, we don't know. He and his horse had obviously been long separated so he could not fell under Grant's generous permission for Confederate cavalry to take their mounts home. They were, after all, personal property.

Name: Eldridge A Maddera Birth Date: abt 181? Age: 44 Enlistment Date: 1862 Military Unit: Thirteenth Cavalry (Sixteenth Battalion, Cavalry; Fifth Cavalry; 12 Months, 1861-62)

Name: Eldridge A Maddera Residence: Surry Court House, Virginia Enlistment Date: 20 Apr 1861 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Surry Court House, Virginia State Served: Virginia Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Transferred to. Enlisted in Company E, Virginia 5th Cavalry Regiment on 20 Apr 1861.Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 13 Aug 1862. Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Lived(s) In:
. From the sequence of visitations shown in the report of the Census of 1870, it appears that Eldridge Maddera, his wife Mary, and five children: Mary 18, Eldridge 15, Adelia 13, George 9 and an infant 2 lived next door, perhaps on The Marl Spring Farm. Eldridge's occupation is listed as "lumber dealer". This is confirmed by Valeria's recollection many years later that her father operated a sawmill. No value of land and personal estate is given.

Eldridge married SLEDGE Mary Pocahontas on 6 Dec 1843 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of SLEDGE Amos, Jr. and SHACKLEFORD Mary) was born on 25 Oct 1825 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 6 Oct 1872 in Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Inheritance: Abt 1842, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Her brother, whose middle name was Powhatan, served in the War of 1812

The birth of Mary Pocahontas Sledge in 1826, and her marriage to Eldridge A. Maddera in 1843 brings us full circle.

Inheritance:
she received an equal share of her father's estate, which was divided between Amos Jrs.' seven children. Included in her share of the estate, according to Mary Coleman Braxton, was her great grandfather Emanuel White and "other slave property", which she brought with her marriage to Eldridge Maddera.. Valeria Ann Maddera, the daughter of Eldridge and Mary P. makes it clear that the family lived a very comfortable life on their plantation before the Civil War erupted in 1861.

Died:
MADDERA.\emdash October 6th, 1872, at her residence in Surry county, Va., MRS. MARY P. MADDERA, consort of Major B. A. Maddera, and daughter of Amos and Mary Sledge, in the 47th year of her age:
Embracing religion 30 years ago, at a Baptist altar, she joined that church, and remained a most exemplary member up to her death. I do not believe she had an enemy in the world. Affectionate and amiable in disposition, firm and fast in her friendship, she was loved by all who know her; and nowhere was her worth more fully known and appreciated than in her own devoted family. Here her counsels, examples and influence were of the most salutary character; and to them in her life! and death she hath bequeathed a legacy more valuable than gold or diamonds. She bore her sickness with patience and Christian resignation that cannot be surpassed, and while her cares and trials were many, she never faltered in that course, but earnestly and steadily adhered to the cause she espoused, and was ever ready and willing to make any sacrifice for that cause. She leaves a devoted husband and seven children, a large circle of friends and relatives, to mourn their loss, but we should feel that we mourn not as those who have no hope, but assured that she has merely been called from this world of trouble to the realms of eternal bliss, there to receive her reward. 'Tis the earthly chain which did bind thee to us hath been broken. We would have detained thee longer. We miss thy tender voice, thy deeds of kindness and lore; we miss so much that kind and genial face which hath so long been in our midst. But, alas we can never behold thee on earth again. The lines, "I would not live always," were sung at her funeral service, at which, in the absence of her pastor, the Rev. B. E. Reed, of the Episcopal church, officiated. May her husband, children and friends imitate "the Christian virtues which adorned her character, and ultimately meet her in the kingdom above.

Va deaths index:
Name: Mary A Maddera
[Mary A Sledge] Birth Date: abt 1824 Birth Place: Surry County Death Date: 20 Aug 1872 Death Place: Cabin Point, Surry, Virginia Death Age: 48 Race: White Marital Status: Married Gender: Female Father Name: Amos Sledge Mother Name: Rebecca Sledge Spouse Name: E. A. Maddera FHL Film Number: 34153

Notes:

Married:
Mary Pocahontas was only 17 when he died, and required the consent of a guardian, her brother Amos Sledge in, when she and Eldridge were married a year after her father's death.

Thomas married WHITE Avyrilla on 17 Feb 1803 in Sussex County, VA. Avyrilla was born in 1780; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Notes by Nancy Ray Faison Threewitts state that Richard Faison married Avyrilla (Warren). My research has shown that her first husband was Thomas Faison. Could they be the same man, as in Richard Thomas Faison? Don't know. I have found, however, that Avyrilla's maiden name was White; she married Peter Warren in or after 1818, upon her first husband's death.

Notes:

Thomas Maddera ca. 1775 -1826
Thomas Maddera's father, John Maddera, in his will, left his lands, slaves and other property to his wife Elizabeth for as long as she should live or not remarry. And upon her death or remarriage the estate would be equally divided between his surviving sons, John and Thomas.

Thomas appears to have never left home. He continued to live with his mother and run the family plantation. His mother, in her will of 1814, 32 years after his father's death expresses exasperation that Thomas, now in his 40's, is still unmarried.

On 29 April 1819, five years after Elizabeth's death, Thomas, now at least 45, married Rebecca G. Thompson, daughter of William E. Thompson and his wife Frances. Rebecca was only 19 years old. She was born in 1800. The marriage was of short duration. Thomas Maddera died in 1825/6 at about the age of 50, leaving behind one very small son Eldridge Armstrit Maddera, to mark his passing. He did not leave a will and died intestate.

Thomas' widow Rebecca married again, this time to Hugh Hopkins, on 22 August 18,1829. Hugh Hopkins is listed in the 1850 Census as a "stave getter" and was five years younger than Rebecca. Eldridge, still only 8 years old, stood to inherit much of his long deceased father's and grandfather's estates. William West was appointed by the Court as guardian of Eldridge, to look after his interests until he should come of age.
The estate accounts of Thomas Maddera include the information that six negros were hired out in 1826 for a total of $ 66.45. They were Abram, Billy, Wilson, Lizza, Diumma and Mary.

Thomas married THOMPSON Rebecca G. on 29 Apr 1819 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Rebecca (daughter of THOMPSON William Edloe and Frances) was born in 1800 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Marriage: 18 Aug 1829

Other Events and Attributes:

• Employment: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Will: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Inheritance: Abt 1780, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Political: 1836, Surry County, VA

Notes:

Amos Sledge, Jr. was a wealthy man by Surry County standards. He operated a major dry goods business and owned substantial property as well After he died in 1842, at age 62, his estate was valued at $ 11,451.

Birth:
Amos Sledge Jr. was born in 1780, the year his father died

Employment:
Amos II also went into the merchant business, whether continuing his father's business or starting a new one we do not know. He was apparently quite successful.

Will:
When he died in 1842 the inventory of his estate occupied 29 pages in the Surry Wills and Estates Book, and was valued at $ 11,451, a substantil sum for the time.

. Each of the Sledge children received a substantial inheritance.

Inheritance:
In his father's will he received L 1000 current money of Virginia and his father's negro fellow, James, after the marriage or death of his mother.

Political:
The following gentlemen, who compose the Republican Corresponding Committee for the county of Surry will please remember that a full meeting of the members is respectfully requested to meet at the court-house,
the fourth Monday in this month, (being court day):

Wm. E. B. Ruffin, Philip Smith, Wm. H. Edwards, Walter S. Booth, James S. Clark, James D. Edwards, Drury Stith, Wm. E. Bailey, Edwain White, John Spratley, Thomas Ruffin, David Booth, Saml. Booth, Amos Sledge, David Hargrave, Edwin T. Spratley, Patrick H. Bilbro and Arch'd Davis
Richard H. Edwards, chairman.
1836

Buried:
There is a Sledge Family Cemetery off Route 10 in Surry County, about 200 yards behind the Hopper House which contains a number of family graves.

Amos married SHACKLEFORD Mary in 1800 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of SHACKLEFORD Richard and BALLARD Mary) was born on 17 Jun 1784; died in Aug 1827 in Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married 1st Mary Polly Pattishall, who apparently died leaving no issue.

Died:
Obit Richmond Enquirer, Aug 14, 1827:

On the 7th instance, in the 56th year of her age, in Cabin Point, after 17 days of severe indisposition, Mrs. Mary Sledge, consort of Mr. Amos Sledge, a respectable merchant of that place and daughter of Mr. Richard Sledge. By the bereavement of this amiable lady the loss experienced by her husband and seven children, together with her neighbors, numerous circumstances and servants, can never be obliterated; her character was duly appreciated by all those who were in possession of an acquaintance with her, and whose name will always be cherished and expected. To say she lived as becomes a woman to live is the most correct eulogy upon her worth and virtue. Alas! she is no more and why should we mourn? Though her condition is changed her virtuous mind remains unaltered. Therefore, affectionate husband & dutiful children, do not lament at this premature separation, though the affliction is great. Her bark is destined to an eternal harbour, whither it resistable time is rapidly hurrying all.