BOOTH John Beverly

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1209
• Census: 1910, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1920, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: John Beverly BOOTH was in world war -- TIM: He was a World War I soldier. Yeah. This is a very interacting story. Tell it. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know if I can tell that story or not, because it's sort of a sad story.

Gene Harris: This is all John Beverly BOOTH? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. TIM: That's right. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: He was, he was, I think it's somewhat of a dirty blonde, like, and we, we, he had a girlfriend when he left. And when he came back, his girlfriend, like a lot of stories, his girlfriend was married. And he, he, the one thing that the war left him with was bad feet because of -- TIM: Trench foot. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- being in the trenches over in England, I believe it was, in deep water.

And once in a, so Uncle Clyde, the brother, had a little house there. And Johnny lived in it for a while. And then he started to drinking a little. I remember he came over to my house when my grandmother came to live with us after my mother died, and he was drinking a little bit. And my grandmother said, You go right back to your house and don't come back to see me until you get okay. Gene Harris: That was his mother, Mary Louise Barrett?

FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Yeah. So, so he wasn't a bad guy. And then later someone, I don't know, it was Gary maybe, who said he saw a picture of a base- -- he was good at ba- -- softball or baseball, I guess it was, and it had John's name, John -- Gene Harris: He played for -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- BOOTH in Surry County. TIM: -- a local baseball team in Smithfield that he played some baseball for. Gene Harris: We're still discussing John BOOTH? TIM: Right. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: Uh-huh.

TIM: He was a, he was a bachelor. He never married the girl that he -- He went to the service and went to World War I, went to France. When he came back, however long he was there, she had met someone else and married. And he never married, he never dated or married again, did he? He never dated anybody -- FRANCIS A. BOOTH: I don't know, but my grandmother said that the reason that he did the, the drinking was because of, of the, what they gave him, drug, I guess, what do you call it -- TIM: For his feet? FRANCIS A. BOOTH: -- for his feet. Yeah. TIM: Uh-huh. FRANCIS A. BOOTH: It started like that.

Census:
United States Census, 1910 for Johnie B Booth
Name: Johnie B Booth
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Guilford, Surry, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Family Number: 213
Page Number: 13
Household Gender Age
Parent Thadeous L Booth M 56y
Parent Mary L Booth F 46y
Magnus F Booth M 27y
Annie B Booth F 23y
Bessie B Booth F 21y
Clyde Booth M 19y
Percy J Booth M 17y
Oscar H Booth M 15y
Johnie B Booth M 12y
Regmale A Booth M 9y
Lillian B Booth F 7y
Mary L Booth F 1y 6m

Census:
United States Census, 1920 for John B Booth
Name: John B Booth
Residence: , Surry, Virginia
Estimated Birth Year: 1899
Age: 21
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Film Number: 1821916
Digital Folder Number: 4390828
Image Number: 00408
Sheet Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Thadeous T Booth M 28y
Ruth R Booth F 20y
Aubrey Booth M 3y10m
Lucille Booth F 1y9m
John B Booth M 21y

Died:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about John B Booth Name: John B Booth
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1898
Death Date: 23 Jan 1967
Service Start Date: 7 Apr 1917
Interment Date: 26 Jan 1967
Cemetery: City Point National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 10th Avenue and Davis Street Hopewell, VA 23860
Buried At: Section E Site 4853

Social Security Death Index
about John Booth Name: John Booth
SSN: 231-05-2447
Last Residence: 23890 Waverly, Sussex, Virginia, United States of America
Born: 29 Jun 1898
Died: Jan 1967
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 168
• Residence: Thaddeus Floyd Booth Home
• Census: 1880, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

Notes:

Lived in Savage, Va

(Medical):Squamish cell

Residence:
No longer standing, was just North of Snow Hill by a mile or so

Census:
1880 United States Federal Census
about Thadious F. Booth
Name:Thadious F. Booth          
Home in 1880:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
Age:25          
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1855          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Relation to Head of Household:Son          
Father's Name:B... B. Booth          
Father's birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Name:Eliza B. Booth          
Mother's birthplace:Virginia          
Neighbors:View others on page          
Occupation:Farmer          
Marital Status:Single          
Race:White          
Gender:Male     
Household Members:NameAge               
B... B. Booth 46               
Eliza B. Booth 46               
Thadious F. Booth 25               
Mariah L. Booth 18               
Sallie Booth 16               
Lealia J. Booth 13               
Edmonia Booth 11               
Annie L. Booth 9               
Samuel P. Booth 6               

Buried:
Hopewell Funeral Parlors, Hopewell, VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 619

Notes:

She was of the Barrett Church Family.

Had a brother called "Barrett"; he had the old store in Savage

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation); Snow Hill
• Military: Abt 1863, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Captain - Confederate Army

Notes:

Binn's and Rebecca's (# 382) children were double cousins

Name: Booth, Binns Beverly Age at census: 36 Town: Guilford Twp County: Surry Court House State: VA Occupation: Farmer Real Estate Value: $ 2000.00 Personal Property: $ 350.00 Birthplace: Virginia Father Foreign Born: No Mother Foreign Born: No Month born in census year: Month Married-census year: School attend-census year: Can't read or write: Eligible to vote: Yes Date of Enumeration: Children: Thaddeus Floyd 15 yoa Virginia Francis 13 yoa Ella (Elizabeth Bell) 11 yoa Maria Louise (Beauty) 9 yoa Sarah (Selia ??) 5 Selia Jackson 3 Infant (Annie Saunie)

Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained their marriage license on 11-16-1853.

Capt.Ben was a confedarate officer.I believe I might have his record but I'm leaving town now after a last check on my computer. Sorry about spelling but in a hurry. I wiuld like a pic of his tombstone.Thanks Talmadge

Was also a minister Was also listed as Captain B. B. Booth

Apparently, the Briggs family and Binns Beverly Booth were extremely close. The Briggs first child Baines Bennett Briggs was called Binns instead of Baines. Conclusion drawn from Briggs family bible

Binns died while on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Taylor Goodrich, who lived near Carsley, Va. His death was following a brief illness. His health had been failing for some time, but his death came unexpectedly and was a shock to his immediate family.

Name: Booth, Binns Beverly Age at census: 36

Town: Guilford Twp County: Surry Court House State: VA

Occupation: Farmer

Real Estate Value: $ 2000.00

Personal Property: $ 350.00

Birthplace: Virginia

Father Foreign Born: Mother Foreign Born:

Month born in census year: Month Married-census year: School attend-census year: Can't read or write: Eligible to vote: Yes Date of Enumeration: Children:
Thaddeus Floyd 15 yoa
Virginia Francis 13 yoa
Ella (Elizabeth Bell) 11 yoa
Maria Louise (Beauty) 9 yoa
Sarah (Selia ??) 5
Selia Jackson 3
Infant (Annie Saunie) 1

Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained their marriage license on 11-16-1853

Family Notes on Marriage with Elizabeth (Eliza) Bingham Baird:
Title: Notes
Text:
Apparently, the Briggs family and Binns Beverly Booth were extremely clos
e. The Briggs first child Baines Bennett Briggs was called Binns instead of Baines. Conclusion drawn from Briggs family bible
Census 1870 - page M-593/1680
Name: Booth, Binns Beverly Age at census: 36
Town: Guilford Twp
County: Surry
Court House State: VA
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: $ 2000.00
Personal Property: $ 350.00
Birthplace: Virginia
Father Foreign Born:
Can't read or write
Eligible to vote: Yes
Children: Thaddeus Floyd 15 yoa Virginia Francis 13 yoa Ella (Elizabeth Bell) 11 yoa Maria Louise (Beauty) 9 yoa Sarah (Selia ??) 5 Selia Jackson 3 Infant (Annie Saunie)
Marriage Bonds of Petersburg, VA 1784-1854 page 74
Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained the ir marriage license on 11-16-1853.
Capt.Ben was a confedarate officer
Talmadge was also a minister
Was also listed as Captain B. B. Booth
Title: 1870 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 30
Entry Date: August 6, 1870
Source Text: Binns Booth: 36 years old Farmer Value of Real Estate: 2000 Value of Personal Estate: 350 Born in Virginia Eliza Booth: 36 years old Born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus (16); Virginia (13); Ella (11); Maria (9); Sarah (5); Selia (3); Female Infant (1)
Title: 1850 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Entry Date: July 26, 1850
Source Text: Parents: Samuel and Sally Booth Sibling: Georgianna Binns B. Booth: 16 years old Attending School Born in Virginia
Title: 1900 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 8A
Entry Date: June 26, 1900
Source Text: Binns B. Booth Head of Household Born April 1834 66 years old Married 46 years Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Farmer Can read, write, speak English Owns home - farm - free and clear Eliza B Booth Wife Born March 1834 66 years old Married 46 years 11 children - 8 living Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Children at home: Samuel P. Booth Born Jan 1875 25 years old Farm Laborer Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia
Title: 1880 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 11, 1880
Source Text: Binns B Booth 46 years old Husband Farmer Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 46 years old Wife Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus F (25); Mariah L (18); Sally (16); Sealia (13); Leslise? (11); Annie (9); Samuel P (6)
Title: 1860 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 23, 1860
Source Text: Binns B Booth 25 years old Farmer Value of real estate: 2000 Value of personal estate: 4000 Born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 25 years old Children at home: Thaddeus F (5); Virginia F (3); Ella G (1); Unnamed female (4 months)

Title: 1870 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 30
Entry Date: August 6, 1870
Source Text: Binns Booth: 36 years old Farmer Value of Real Estate: 2000 Value of Personal Estate: 350 Born in Virginia Eliza Booth: 36 years old Born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus (16); Virginia (13); Ella (11); Maria (9); Sarah (5); Selia (3); Female Infant (1)

Title: 1850 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Entry Date: July 26, 1850
Source Text: Parents: Samuel and Sally Booth Sibling: Georgianna Binns B. Booth: 16 years old Attending School Born in Virginia

Title: 1900 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 8A
Entry Date: June 26, 1900
Source Text: Binns B. Booth Head of Household Born April 1834 66 years old Married 46 years Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Farmer Can read, write, speak English Owns home - farm - free and clear Eliza B Booth Wife Born March 1834 66 years old Married 46 years 11 children - 8 living Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia Parents Born in Virginia Children at home: Samuel P. Booth Born Jan 1875 25 years old Farm Laborer Can read, write, speak English Born in Virginia

Title: 1880 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 11, 1880
Source Text: Binns B Booth 46 years old Husband Farmer Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 46 years old Wife Born in Virginia Parents born in Virginia Children at Home: Thaddeus F (25); Mariah L (18); Sally (16); Sealia (13); Leslise? (11); Annie (9); Samuel P (6)

Title: 1860 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Page: 14
Entry Date: June 23, 1860
Source Text: Binns B Booth 25 years old Farmer Value of real estate: 2000 Value of personal estate: 4000 Born in Virginia Eliza B Booth 25 years old Children at home: Thaddeus F (5); Virginia F (3); Ella G (1); Unnamed female (4 months)

Military:
Captain Ben was a Confederate officer. I believe I might have his record but I'm leaving town now after a last check on my computer. Sorry about spelling but in a hurry. I would like a picture of his tombstone. Thanks Talmadge

Buried:
Funeral was at his daughter's home near Carsley, Va., with burial at Snow Hill. Funeral was officiated by the Rev. Bradford of the Methodist-Episcopal Church

     GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Binns married BAIRD Elizabeth (Eliza) Bingham on 24 Nov 1853 in Petersburg, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of BAIRD (Alexander) Peter, Sr. and BINGHAM Elizabeth Mckee) was born on 5 Mar 1834 in Petersburg, VA. Or Prince George Cty; died on 16 Jan 1903 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried on 18 Jan 1903 in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Eliza
• Reference Number: 58
• Religion: 1834, Carsley, Surry County, VA (Carsley Methodist Church); Methodist
• Illness: 1902, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Heart Problems
• Alt. Death: 16 Jan 1903, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Funeral: 18 Jan 1903, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Snow Hill

Notes:

Married by Rev. Henry B. Cawles, J.P. Married 49 years, 38 grandchildren Services by Rev. F. B. McSparran Member of Carsley M.E. Church last words were: "I am going home" per niece Gertrude Booth . She and Leonidas were twins. The funeral was one of the largest seen in Surry County, per the obituary. Married by Henry B. Cawles, J.P.
A copy of obituary is shown in picture file.
Her tombstone is engraved with her birth, marriage, & death dates and "She made home happy."

(Medical):died: (Home at 9:35 pm)

Religion:
Member of Carsley's M. E. Church all her life.

Illness:
Prob CHF due to the description in her obit

Alt. Death:
died at 9:35pm

Funeral:
Sunday, 1-18-1903 at Snow Hill, conducted by the Very Rev. F.B. McSparran. She and Binns had entered into their 50th year of marriage

Buried:
GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Notes:

Married:
Binns and Elizabeth were married by the Rev. H.B.Cowles and obtained their marriage license on 11-16-1853.
He was married at age 29

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Owens Grove, Sussex County, Va; Owens Grove
• Medical: Cancer of the neck
• Property: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Snow Hill
• Reference Number: 176
• Religion: Carsley Methodist Church
• Military: 18 May 1814, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Private, War of 1812
• Military: 1827, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Promoted to Lt. in the Surry Militia
• Military: 1828, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Promoted to Captain in the Surry County Militia
• Residence: 1830, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Started Building Snow Hill
• Military: 14 May 1835, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Lt. Col., Virginia Militia
• Political Office: 1836, Surry County, VA; County Corresponding Committee
• Residence: 1836, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Snow Hill Finished
• Court: 1839, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Deputy Sheriff
• Census: 9 Jul 1870, Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA; 1870 census
• Medical: 1874; Paralysis
• Occupation: 1805-1875, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Planter
• Alt. Death: 20 Feb 1876

Notes:

Samuel Booth was a middle class Tidewater Virginia planter who owned 500 acres of farmland eleven miles southwest of the Jams River in Surry County. His father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran, a farmer, and a Baptist minister who brought his wife and several young children from Southampton to Surry, probably in 1791, and became pastor of the Otterdam Baptist Church. The Rev. Booth had been a part-time pastor of Sea Cock Baptist Church in Southampton until 1791, when he became ordained, and moved to Surry for a church and congregation of his own. (See John Asplundt's Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the year 1791, Richmond (?), 1791). Around 1816 Beverly Booth went to Petersburg, Virginia, where he was instrumental in starting the Cypress Swamp Baptist Church. One of his sons, Robert, moved to Georgia in 1814.

Samuel Booth was born in Surry in 1794, probably attended a local school taught by a member of his father's congregation, and followed the most likely livelihood available to a young man of his upbringing--that of farming. He probably enlisted in the Surry County Militia at an early age, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1827, and was promoted to Captain in the following year (see appendix L). Although all records for the Surry County Militia between 1830 and 1840 have been destroyed, he was most likely promoted to Colonel in the early part at the decade. His obituary (died January 20, 1876) refers to him as Colonel, and his grandchildren, alive as late as 1956, fondly referred to him as "Colonel Sam". Nonetheless when Surry's post 1840 records are surveyed, no mention is made of his name, and it is likely that he retired in order to devote full time to the construction of his home and the development of his plantation.

As a look at the Surry County land Books will attest, Samuel Booth apparently took a fancy to occasionally dabbling in real estate., and by the mid 1830's owned considerable property, some of which he sold, and some of which formed the basis for his plantation. Construction of his house was undertaken on a 172 1/2 acre tract of land, probably in the fall of 1836, and was completed at a cost of $1380, according to the Surry County land Books for the year 1837. As Surry's "Personal Property Tax Books for 1837" note, Samuel Booth was assessed for "20 slaves. 9 horses, and a riding gig valued at $75" during the year "Snow Hill was constructed. When the relatively low cost of the structure is considered, it is reasonable to assume that the slaves played an important role in its construction: felling trees, sawing, hewing, and joining timbers for the frame, and making bricks. Yet, a professional house wright undoubtedly oversaw the over-all construction. Another house, known as "Oak Hill" and situated on Virginia Route 31 between Surry Court House and Scotland Wharf, was undoubtedly built by the same man, and is very similar in plan, detail, and brickwork. Surry County's Land Books for 1840 show that in 1839 additional expenditures amounting to $615. 75 went toward construction, probably dependencies.

According to Booth family tradition, a difficult winter during the construction of the house resulted in the name "Snow Hill", but the earliest documented use of the title is to be found in the 1859 deed of sale transferring the plantation from Samuel Booth to William H. Rood of Southampton. (Surry County Deed Book 14, page (See appendix F).

By 1852, "Snow Hill" had grown to include various adjoining parcels of land containing a. total of exactly 500 acres. Samuel's wife died later in the decade and, with his children grown, he sold the house and surrounding land in 1859 for the sum of $4500. He married a widow from adjoining Sussex County, and went to live with her on the farm she had inherited from her deceased husband.

William H. Hood held the property from 1859 until 1875, when the outcome of a court case decreed the land be sold, and it was purchased by Samuel Booth's son, Binns Beverly Booth, who promptly moved in with his family. Just prior to the death of Binns Beverly Booth, he sold the house and two hundred acres to his son Samuel Peter Booth, a bachelor. "Sam Pete ", as he was known, remained in the house until incapacitated in 1930, at which point he went to live with his nephew, John Leo Wilcox, of Waverly, and later to a nursing home. Tenants inhabited the house from 1930 onward, and "Sam Pete" Booth, upon his death willed the house in 1933, to his nephew.

C.      GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
A.      Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
B.      Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
C.      Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

A.      Binns Beverly Booth
B.      Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

A.      Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
B.      Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
C.      Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
D.      Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).



There is a Booth Fork in Surry County about 2 miles Northeast of the Lightfoot Swamp. It is where St. Rt. 617 & 612 cross. There is also an Ellis Fork about a mile east of Booth Fork that may be named after Sally Ellis' father. DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SUSSEX COUNTY THE OBIT GIVES HIS AGE AS 'nigh on to Ninety years of age' He was a Captain of the Home Guards at the time of the War Between the States ( Mary Pulley-Granddaughter) By the way Col. Samuel picture came from a gold locket the locket had a daguerreotype photo that was enlarged. From Kathleen Baird: On May 18, 1814 he was drafted at Petersburg for six (6) months of military service during the War of 1812. Samuel served as a private in Capt. Edward Prescud's (spelling?) Company of Infantry, Virginia Militia, from the 39th Regiment in the County of Dinwiddie. He was discharged in Norfolk om Oct 18,1814 after 5 months of service because of sickness. In April of 1839 he was appointed deputy sheriff. David Booth was the sheriff. He was commissioned a Lt. Col., on May 14, 1835 in the 71st Regiment of Infantry, 8th Brigade, 4th Division of the Virginia Militia (hence the title Col. Sam). He served in the Surry County Militia between 1835 and 1840. Samuel applied for bounty land in January of 1851. Mary applied for a pension in June of 1878 and said that as far as she was able to give it that at the time of his enlistment he was about 5 feet 10 inches tall, grey eyes, dark hair, fair and rosy complexion. The application was approved in April 1879 for a rate of eight dollars per month, commencing March 1878. Mary died July 5, 1891 Sources: Petersburg, Prince George and Surry Courthouses and family bible of Kathleen Baird. Another source list his marriage to Sarah Ellis as 12-23-1817 (per Kathleen Baird)



Index to the War of 1812 Pay Rolls & Muster Rolls: CATALOG CARD
NAME Booth, Samuel.
Muster Rolls, p.588
NOTE Part of index to: Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under
the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 (Richmond, 1851) and: Muster Rolls
of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (Richmond, 1852) which
supplements Pay Rolls. This collection is also available on microfilm.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers.
COLLECTION War of 1812 pay rolls and muster rolls.

Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD NEWSPAPER Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties ENTRY Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2) DATE OF PUB. Thursday, January 27, 1876. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Farmville (Va.) SUBJECT Buckingham County (Va.) SUBJECT Appomattox County (Va.) SUBJECT Cumberland County (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers.

1870 Census roll 1680, section M-593, pg. 24: Wakefield Twp, Sussex, Cty, Va age: 75 yoa Owned & Built Snow Hill Plantation in 1835

Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD NEWSPAPER Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties ENTRY Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2) DATE OF PUB. Thursday, January 27, 1876. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Farmville (Va.) SUBJECT Buckingham County (Va.) SUBJECT Appomattox County (Va.) SUBJECT Cumberland County (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers.

Hi Gene,

I'll give you a call early next week after we recover from all the turkey. It's a little hectic here now.

I know of only two marriages of Samuel Booth. In 1817 he married Sarah Ellis and on Dec. 22, 1859 he married Mary Eliza Tatum Owen of Wakefield. He moved into her house and lived there until he died 1876. Mary died in 1891.

The Jean Johnson that you mentioned, does she live on 40 across from Snow Hill?

Lonnie Baird L Baird Jr. [l.bairdjr@worldnet.att.net]

gene, I hope this isn't disappointing; i am looking at many pensions from slaves who served in a couple of regiments i am studying. One pension of a man named "ROBERT GREEN"-- (this may be a changed name as many slaves took on other names after emancipation). In one of the affadavits, Robert's sister mentions that before the war, Robert worked on Snow Hill with Col. Booth: "He was botn in [Snory???] County, VA, lived with Col. Booth before the war, at Snow Hill. Col. Booth is dead." Robert Green had a light complexion and apparently had a white father--who this father was i have no idea; I am assuming that this means that he had a slave mother. In late 1863 Green fled to Norfolk at the "Fairgrounds" and enlisted in the Second US Colored Cavalry (Company A). He married a woman from Norfolk right after the war but she apparently lost her mind; he later married again but got in trouble when he impregnated the teen-age niece of his second wife. I am interested if you know of anything concerning the Booth family, esp. Samuel Booth concerning the Civil War; did any of them join? lose their land, slaves, etc.? thanks mike degruccio michael degruccio [degruccio.1@nd.edu]

Title: Family Bible
Page: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/BibleII/37939/0020.tif
Source Text: Samuel Booth son of Rev. Beverly Booth departed this life Thursday January 20th at two o'clock in the morning 1876 in the eighty first year of his age

Title: 1850 Federal Census - Surry County, Virginia
Entry Date: July 26, 1850
Source Text: Samuel Booth: 55 years old Farmer Value of Real Estate: 7000 Born in Virginia Sally Booth: 53 years old Born in Virginia Children at home: Binns B. Booth (16); Georgianna Booth (12)

1870 Census roll 1680, section M-593, pg. 24:. Wakefield Twp, Sussex, Cty, Va age: 75 yoa. Owned & Built Snow Hill Plantation in 1835. Marriage to Sally Ellis was witness by David Booth.
The following info may be of help later: There appears to be some discrepancy about Samuel's second marriage. On 10-18-07 Kernneth Coker said to Jean Johnson that Colonel Samuel Booth married the second time in 1861 to Mary Elizabeth Tatum Owen "The widow Owen" and they lived near Wakefield. Jenny Barrett Nicholson's husbands grandfather, Peter Holmes was in that family??
Dtd: 4 Jun 90

Title Booth, Col. Samuel, died, Sussex County. Note Petersburg Index and Appeal (Petersburg, Va. : Daily) (Film 106). Note January 21, 1876, page 3, column 1. Other Format Available on microfilm from the Library of Virginia.

According to Mary Pulley, his grand-daughter (living in Ivor in 1936), Col. Sam was a Cartain in the Home Guards at the time of the War Between the States.

(Medical):Obituary says he had cancer on the neck, of which he died.
Paralysis for 2 years prior to death

Lived(s) In:
Lived their with the Owens wife and died there

Medical:
Obituary says he had cancer on the neck, of which he died

Property:
SNOW HILL
Now owned by Peter Post of Richmond, VA, the house Snow Hill, located about five miles East of Waverly on Route 40, was built in 1836 by Samuel Booth. He was a farmer and a colonel in the Surry County Militia between 1835 and 1840. It was later inhabited by his children and grandchildren. Samuel Booth's father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran who served October 1776 - September 1781. He first moved to Surry County just across the Blackwater River by the Otterdam Swamp in 1794 and had built his home approximately a mile from the Snow Hill location. He was also a farmer and Baptist preacher whose small church originally stood within sight of the house Snow Hill.
Snow Hill is located directly across the road from 1900 Martin Luther King Highway. Plans are being made to restore this historic house.

Religion:
A zealous and esteemed member for about 50 years ... W.E.Allen, Surry Methodist Circuit

Military:
On May 18, 1814 he was drafted at Petersburg for six (6) months of military service during the War of 1812. Samuel served as a private in Capt. Edward Prescud's (spelling?) Company of Infantry, Virginia Militia, from the 39th Regiment in the County of Dinwiddie. He was discharged in Norfolk om Oct 18,1814 after 5 months of service because of sickness.

View of Record: War of 1812 Pay Roll
Title: Booth, Samuel.          
Gen. noteMuster Rolls, p.588          
NotePart of index to: Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 (Richmond, 1851) and: Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (Richmond, 1852) which supplements Pay Rolls. This collection is also available on microfilm.          
NoteWar of 1812 pay rolls and muster rolls.          
Subject - PersonalBooth, Samuel.          
Subject -GeographicUnited States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers.          




Military:
Booth served as a captain in the Surry County Militia and later as a lieutenant colonel of the 71st Regiment of the Virginia Militia. (Va. Historical Landmark Commission documents)

Residence:


SNOW HILL

HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH

OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA



"SNOW HILL"
HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH
OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA


Location:      Northwest side of Virginia Route 4o~ .55 mile travelling east from the bridge over the Otterdam Swamp, Surry County, Virginia.
              
               Latitude:      37° 05' 25"
               Longitude:      77° 02' 55"




Present
Owners:           Mrs. John Leo Wilcox, Waverly, Virginia
               Mrs. Rosalie W. Priddy, Ashland, Virginia


Statement of
Significance:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pre-Civil War era. Constructed in 1836, it is a five bay, central hall, single pile structure of two and one half stories, and exhibits characteristics of the late eighteenth century which remained prevalent in rural southeastern Virginia well into the nineteenth century.



PART I: HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Samuel Booth was a middle class Tidewater Virginia planter who owned 500 acres of farmland eleven miles southwest of the Jams River in Surry County. His father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran, a farmer, and a Baptist minister who brought his wife and several young children from Southampton to Surry, probably in 1791, and became pastor of the Otterdam Baptist Church. The Rev. Booth had been a part-time pastor of Sea Cock Baptist Church in Southampton until 1791, when he became ordained, and moved to Surry for a church and congregation of his own. (See John Asplundt's Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the year 1791, Richmond (?), 1791). Around 1816 Beverly Booth went to Petersburg, Virginia, where he was instrumental in starting the Cypress Swamp Baptist Church. One of his sons, Robert, moved to Georgia in 1814.

Samuel. Booth was born in Surry in 1794, probably attended a local school taught by a member of his father's congregation, and followed the most likely livelihood available to a young man of his upbringing--that of farming. He probably enlisted in the Surry County Militia at an early age, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1827, and was promoted to Captain in the following year (see appendix L). Although all records for the Surry County Militia between 1830 and 1840 have been destroyed, he was most likely promoted to Colonel in the early part at the decade. His obituary (died January 20, 1876) refers to him as Colonel, and his grandchildren, alive as late as 1956, fondly referred to him as "Colonel Sam". Nonetheless when Surry's post 1840 records are surveyed, no mention is made of his name, and it is likely that he retired in order to devote full time to the construction of his home and the development of his plantation.

As a look at the Surry County land Books will attest, Samuel Booth apparently took a fancy to occasionally dabbling in real estate., and by the mid 1830's owned considerable property, some of which he sold, and some of which formed the basis for his plantation. Construction of his house was undertaken on a 172 1/2 acre tract of land, probably in the fall of 1836, and was completed at a cost of $1380, according to the Surry County land Books for the year 1837. As Surry's "Personal Property Tax Books for 1837" note, Samuel Booth was assessed for "20 slaves. 9 horses, and a riding gig valued at $75" during the year "Snow Hill was constructed. When the relatively low cost of the structure is considered, it is reasonable to assume that the slaves played an important role in its construction: felling trees, sawing, hewing, and joining timbers for the frame, and making bricks. Yet, a professional house wright undoubtedly oversaw the over-all construction. Another house, known as "Oak Hill" and situated on Virginia Route 31 between Surry Court House and Scotland Wharf, was undoubtedly built by the same man, and is very similar in plan, detail, and brickwork. Surry County's Land Books for 1840 show that in 1839 additional expenditures amounting to $615. 75 went toward construction, probably dependencies.

According to Booth family tradition, a difficult winter during the construction of the house resulted in the name "Snow Hill", but the earliest documented use of the title is to be found in the 1859 deed of sale transferring the plantation from Samuel Booth to William H. Rood of Southampton. (Surry County Deed Book 14, page (See appendix F).

By 1852, "Snow Hill" had grown to include various adjoining parcels of land containing a. total of exactly 500 acres. Samuel's wife died later in the decade and, with his children grown, he sold the house and surrounding land in 1859 for the sum of $4500. He married a widow from adjoining Sussex County, and went to live with her on the farm she had inherited from her deceased husband.
William H. Hood held the property from 1859 until 1875, when the outcome of a court case decreed the land be sold, and it was purchased by Samuel Booth's son, Binns Beverly Booth, who promptly moved in with his family. Just prior to the death of Binns Beverly Booth, he sold the house and two hundred acres to his son Samuel Peter Booth, a bachelor. "Sam Pete ", as he was known, remained in the house until incapacitated in 1930, at which point he went to live with his nephew, John Leo Wilcox, of Waverly, and later to a nursing home. Tenants inhabited the house from 1930 onward, and the house was willed by "Sam Pete" Booth, upon his death in 1933, to his nephew.


PART II: ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION

A.      General Statement

1.      Architectural Character:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pro-Civil War era which has undergone little alteration since its construction in 1836. It is a five bay, central hall, single pile, two-and-one-half story frame structure, and exhibits characteristics of late 18th century architecture which remained prevalent in rural, southeastern, Virginia well into the 19th century.

2.      Condition of Fabric: Good.

     B.      Description of Exterior

1.      General Character: A five bay, two-and-one-half story structure covered by beaded-edge weatherboards, possessing a fine modillion cornice and fielded-panel doors which tell a continuity of architectural tradition in conser-vative, slave-holding, tidewater Virginia.

2. Foundations: The building is set upon brick piers, adequately spaced to allow free circulation of air around the structural timbers--a necessity in the damp, termite filled climate of the tidewater.

3. Brickwork: All brickwork, both in the foundation walls and in the chimneys, is laid in five course American bond. Bricks measure approximately 8" x 3" x 3-5/4" and five courses rise 16".

4. Structural system: The building is of frame construction, of hard Virginia pine. Larger framing members, such as the major bearing plates which rest upon the brick foundations, are hand hewn. Smaller members are sawn. Studs measure roughly 3" x 4"and are placed 16~ upon centers. The bearing plates measure approximately 10" x 12".

4. Doors: Front and back entries have double doors, each consisting of three fielded panels. All other doors in the building are of the traditional six-panel variety.

5. Hardware: The house is fortunate enough to have retained the majority of its original hardware although some had been replaced with Victorian examples. Rooms on the second and third floors boast square, iron plate latches, with thumb bolts and brass knobs. These are unmarked by their maker, but are probably of English origin. Of the five box locks originally found on the first floor, only two remain--on the closet door beneath the stair, and on the door between the hall and the dining room. This latter example is marked by "Carpen-ter & Company, patentees", and the keeper is stamped with a crown and the initials "W R', representing King William IV, ruler of England from 1830 until 1837. On the upper floors, there is only one box lock-- to be found on the door of the small room just above the south entry. It has neither knobs nor a thumb latch--only a key for 1ocking --suggesting that the room was used only for storage, and not as a nursery or sewing room, as has occasionally been suggested. The double doors which open off the back side of the hall to the exterior never had a lock of any kind, only a wooden bar placed in iron holders,
The only wrought iron to be found in the entire house are the strap hinges which bold the exterior shutters. These hinges, however, are attached to the shatters with screws, and not with nails as might be expected. Nails throughout the house are of the early machine cut variety. Hinges on all doors are of cast iron, those in the parlor and dining room having examples which raise the doors a total of 1/2 " as they are opened--suggesting that there may have been some floor covering which the owner did not want the moving doors to wear.

6      Windows and shutters: All windows are wooden double-hung sashes, unweighted, consisting of "nine-over-nine" light sashes oh the first floor, and "six-over-six" on the second floor. The small double hung sashes, which light the third floor re of the "four-over-four" variety
Shutters were originally hung on the exterior only on the south front of the building--facing the road, which runs in front of the house. During the last quarter of the 19th century, shutters were added to the north side and to the third floor, but these have long since disappeared.

7.      Roof: An old roof (possibly the original) of: hard pine or cypress shingles still exists beneath the current roof of tin, added in 1972 to prevent water damage. All of the shingles are of random width, measuring 18" in length, 6" of which was exposed to the weather. All shingles have rounded ends to prevent warping in the hot sun.

Lightening rods: The lightening rods seen on both chimneys of the house in old photographs were un-doubtedly original. Only sections still remain.

9.      The front porch, visible in old photographs, was original to the house, but was taken down in 1950 when its structure had become unsafe. Another porch was added at that time, but that too has since been removed. Included in this study is a proposed reconstruction of the porch taken from old photos, measurements, and the existing outline of the porch still visible on the front of the house.

Description of Interior:

Woodwork: Paneled wainscot is found throughout the first floor and extends up the stairwell to the second floor. The second floor has chair mould and base-boards throughout, and the third floor has only baseboard. There are no cornices of any form in any of the rooms on the interior.

Painted. Interiors: Fortunate enough to have endured the poverty of the Booth family, the interiors of "Snow Hill'. have escaped the ravages often dealt by well intentioned renovators. With the exception of woodwork in the dining room, painted by tenants in the mid-20th century, the original painted, grained, and marbled surfaces are extant throughout the house. Although wear and tear, natural aging, and even abuse have taken their tolls upon the surfaces, much is exceptionally well preserved. The wainscoted hallway is painted a deep, almost olive, green, and the risers of the steps are marbled. Newel posts are mahoganized, and the stick balusters are painted the same: green. The wainscot now found in the parlor, and that now painted over in the dining room, is representative of the fancy painting, which reached its height in the era between 1820 and 1840. The baseboards are marbled, rails and stiles of the wainscot are simulated mahogany, and panels are painted in imitation of birds-eye and curly maple. The dado cap, the door and window jamb moldings, are all painted a deep blue. Sunbursts in the parlor mantle are gilded with gold leaf. Doors throughout the house are painted with mahogany stiles and rails and with maple panels, identical to the wainscot of the first floor. Plaster surfaces throughout the house were applied over split lathes, and were left white. They were probably whitewashed often, and contain no signs of stenciling or wall painting.


     3.      Flooring: All the floors are of Virginia hard pine, varying in width from three to six inches. Without exception a single board runs the complete length of a room.

     4.      Fireplaces: There are four fireplaces in the house, 2 each on the first and second floors. There are no fireplaces on the third floor. All hearths are of square brick tiles. The finest mantle is gained, has herringbone and Greek key moldings, and gilded sunbursts, and is to be found in the parlor.

D. The Site: Within the immediate environs of the house are known to have been a smokehouse, an icehouse, barns, a kitchen, and a building referred to as the "weaving house". None of these buildings are still standing, although the frame of the smokehouse has been salvaged and will eventually be recon-structed. Woodwork from the kitchen, taken down in 1959, is in storage, and the chimney and foundations for the building still exist. There are no photographs of any of the other buildings, with the exception of the "weaving house", and it is highly unlikely that any archaeological excavations will take place.

Military:
He was commissioned a Lt. Col., on May 14, 1835 in the 71st Regiment of Infantry, 8th Brigade, 4th Division of the Virginia Militia (hence the title Col. Sam). He served in the Surry County Militia between 1835 and 1840.

In April of 1839 he was appointed deputy sheriff. David Booth was the sheriff.

Political Office:
County Corresponding Committees Nominated by the Van Buren Convention held in the Capitol Richmond, 11th Jan., 1836.
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

Residence:
Completed at at cost of $1830



SNOW HILL

HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH

OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA



"SNOW HILL"
HOME OF COLONEL SAMUEL BOOTH
OTTERDAM AREA, SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA


Location:      Northwest side of Virginia Route 4o~ .55 mile travelling east from the bridge over the Otterdam Swamp, Surry County, Virginia.
              
               Latitude:      37° 05' 25"
               Longitude:      77° 02' 55"




Present
Owners:           Mrs. John Leo Wilcox, Waverly, Virginia
               Mrs. Rosalie W. Priddy, Ashland, Virginia


Statement of
Significance:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pre-Civil War era. Constructed in 1836, it is a five bay, central hall, single pile structure of two and one half stories, and exhibits characteristics of the late eighteenth century which remained prevalent in rural southeastern Virginia well into the nineteenth century.



PART I: HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Samuel Booth was a middle class Tidewater Virginia planter who owned 500 acres of farmland eleven miles southwest of the Jams River in Surry County. His father, Beverly Booth, was a Revolutionary War veteran, a farmer, and a Baptist minister who brought his wife and several young children from Southampton to Surry, probably in 1791, and became pastor of the Otterdam Baptist Church. The Rev. Booth had been a part-time pastor of Sea Cock Baptist Church in Southampton until 1791, when he became ordained, and moved to Surry for a church and congregation of his own. (See John Asplundt's Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the year 1791, Richmond (?), 1791). Around 1816 Beverly Booth went to Petersburg, Virginia, where he was instrumental in starting the Cypress Swamp Baptist Church. One of his sons, Robert, moved to Georgia in 1814.

Samuel. Booth was born in Surry in 1794, probably attended a local school taught by a member of his father's congregation, and followed the most likely livelihood available to a young man of his upbringing--that of farming. He probably enlisted in the Surry County Militia at an early age, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1827, and was promoted to Captain in the following year (see appendix L). Although all records for the Surry County Militia between 1830 and 1840 have been destroyed, he was most likely promoted to Colonel in the early part at the decade. His obituary (died January 20, 1876) refers to him as Colonel, and his grandchildren, alive as late as 1956, fondly referred to him as "Colonel Sam". Nonetheless when Surry's post 1840 records are surveyed, no mention is made of his name, and it is likely that he retired in order to devote full time to the construction of his home and the development of his plantation.

As a look at the Surry County land Books will attest, Samuel Booth apparently took a fancy to occasionally dabbling in real estate., and by the mid 1830's owned considerable property, some of which he sold, and some of which formed the basis for his plantation. Construction of his house was undertaken on a 172 1/2 acre tract of land, probably in the fall of 1836, and was completed at a cost of $1380, according to the Surry County land Books for the year 1837. As Surry's "Personal Property Tax Books for 1837" note, Samuel Booth was assessed for "20 slaves. 9 horses, and a riding gig valued at $75" during the year "Snow Hill was constructed. When the relatively low cost of the structure is considered, it is reasonable to assume that the slaves played an important role in its construction: felling trees, sawing, hewing, and joining timbers for the frame, and making bricks. Yet, a professional house wright undoubtedly oversaw the over-all construction. Another house, known as "Oak Hill" and situated on Virginia Route 31 between Surry Court House and Scotland Wharf, was undoubtedly built by the same man, and is very similar in plan, detail, and brickwork. Surry County's Land Books for 1840 show that in 1839 additional expenditures amounting to $615. 75 went toward construction, probably dependencies.

According to Booth family tradition, a difficult winter during the construction of the house resulted in the name "Snow Hill", but the earliest documented use of the title is to be found in the 1859 deed of sale transferring the plantation from Samuel Booth to William H. Rood of Southampton. (Surry County Deed Book 14, page (See appendix F).

By 1852, "Snow Hill" had grown to include various adjoining parcels of land containing a. total of exactly 500 acres. Samuel's wife died later in the decade and, with his children grown, he sold the house and surrounding land in 1859 for the sum of $4500. He married a widow from adjoining Sussex County, and went to live with her on the farm she had inherited from her deceased husband.
William H. Hood held the property from 1859 until 1875, when the outcome of a court case decreed the land be sold, and it was purchased by Samuel Booth's son, Binns Beverly Booth, who promptly moved in with his family. Just prior to the death of Binns Beverly Booth, he sold the house and two hundred acres to his son Samuel Peter Booth, a bachelor. "Sam Pete ", as he was known, remained in the house until incapacitated in 1930, at which point he went to live with his nephew, John Leo Wilcox, of Waverly, and later to a nursing home. Tenants inhabited the house from 1930 onward, and the house was willed by "Sam Pete" Booth, upon his death in 1933, to his nephew.


PART II: ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION

A.      General Statement

1.      Architectural Character:      This is a typical Tidewater Virginia plantation house of the pro-Civil War era which has undergone little alteration since its construction in 1836. It is a five bay, central hall, single pile, two-and-one-half story frame structure, and exhibits characteristics of late 18th century architecture which remained prevalent in rural, southeastern, Virginia well into the 19th century.

2.      Condition of Fabric: Good.

     B.      Description of Exterior

1.      General Character: A five bay, two-and-one-half story structure covered by beaded-edge weatherboards, possessing a fine modillion cornice and fielded-panel doors which tell a continuity of architectural tradition in conser-vative, slave-holding, tidewater Virginia.

2. Foundations: The building is set upon brick piers, adequately spaced to allow free circulation of air around the structural timbers--a necessity in the damp, termite filled climate of the tidewater.

3. Brickwork: All brickwork, both in the foundation walls and in the chimneys, is laid in five course American bond. Bricks measure approximately 8" x 3" x 3-5/4" and five courses rise 16".

4. Structural system: The building is of frame construction, of hard Virginia pine. Larger framing members, such as the major bearing plates which rest upon the brick foundations, are hand hewn. Smaller members are sawn. Studs measure roughly 3" x 4"and are placed 16~ upon centers. The bearing plates measure approximately 10" x 12".

4. Doors: Front and back entries have double doors, each consisting of three fielded panels. All other doors in the building are of the traditional six-panel variety.

5. Hardware: The house is fortunate enough to have retained the majority of its original hardware although some had been replaced with Victorian examples. Rooms on the second and third floors boast square, iron plate latches, with thumb bolts and brass knobs. These are unmarked by their maker, but are probably of English origin. Of the five box locks originally found on the first floor, only two remain--on the closet door beneath the stair, and on the door between the hall and the dining room. This latter example is marked by "Carpen-ter & Company, patentees", and the keeper is stamped with a crown and the initials "W R', representing King William IV, ruler of England from 1830 until 1837. On the upper floors, there is only one box lock-- to be found on the door of the small room just above the south entry. It has neither knobs nor a thumb latch--only a key for 1ocking --suggesting that the room was used only for storage, and not as a nursery or sewing room, as has occasionally been suggested. The double doors which open off the back side of the hall to the exterior never had a lock of any kind, only a wooden bar placed in iron holders,
The only wrought iron to be found in the entire house are the strap hinges which bold the exterior shutters. These hinges, however, are attached to the shatters with screws, and not with nails as might be expected. Nails throughout the house are of the early machine cut variety. Hinges on all doors are of cast iron, those in the parlor and dining room having examples which raise the doors a total of 1/2 " as they are opened--suggesting that there may have been some floor covering which the owner did not want the moving doors to wear.

6      Windows and shutters: All windows are wooden double-hung sashes, unweighted, consisting of "nine-over-nine" light sashes oh the first floor, and "six-over-six" on the second floor. The small double hung sashes, which light the third floor re of the "four-over-four" variety
Shutters were originally hung on the exterior only on the south front of the building--facing the road, which runs in front of the house. During the last quarter of the 19th century, shutters were added to the north side and to the third floor, but these have long since disappeared.

7.      Roof: An old roof (possibly the original) of: hard pine or cypress shingles still exists beneath the current roof of tin, added in 1972 to prevent water damage. All of the shingles are of random width, measuring 18" in length, 6" of which was exposed to the weather. All shingles have rounded ends to prevent warping in the hot sun.

Lightening rods: The lightening rods seen on both chimneys of the house in old photographs were un-doubtedly original. Only sections still remain.

9.      The front porch, visible in old photographs, was original to the house, but was taken down in 1950 when its structure had become unsafe. Another porch was added at that time, but that too has since been removed. Included in this study is a proposed reconstruction of the porch taken from old photos, measurements, and the existing outline of the porch still visible on the front of the house.

Description of Interior:

Woodwork: Paneled wainscot is found throughout the first floor and extends up the stairwell to the second floor. The second floor has chair mould and base-boards throughout, and the third floor has only baseboard. There are no cornices of any form in any of the rooms on the interior.

Painted. Interiors: Fortunate enough to have endured the poverty of the Booth family, the interiors of "Snow Hill'. have escaped the ravages often dealt by well intentioned renovators. With the exception of woodwork in the dining room, painted by tenants in the mid-20th century, the original painted, grained, and marbled surfaces are extant throughout the house. Although wear and tear, natural aging, and even abuse have taken their tolls upon the surfaces, much is exceptionally well preserved. The wainscoted hallway is painted a deep, almost olive, green, and the risers of the steps are marbled. Newel posts are mahoganized, and the stick balusters are painted the same: green. The wainscot now found in the parlor, and that now painted over in the dining room, is representative of the fancy painting, which reached its height in the era between 1820 and 1840. The baseboards are marbled, rails and stiles of the wainscot are simulated mahogany, and panels are painted in imitation of birds-eye and curly maple. The dado cap, the door and window jamb moldings, are all painted a deep blue. Sunbursts in the parlor mantle are gilded with gold leaf. Doors throughout the house are painted with mahogany stiles and rails and with maple panels, identical to the wainscot of the first floor. Plaster surfaces throughout the house were applied over split lathes, and were left white. They were probably whitewashed often, and contain no signs of stenciling or wall painting.


     3.      Flooring: All the floors are of Virginia hard pine, varying in width from three to six inches. Without exception a single board runs the complete length of a room.

     4.      Fireplaces: There are four fireplaces in the house, 2 each on the first and second floors. There are no fireplaces on the third floor. All hearths are of square brick tiles. The finest mantle is gained, has herringbone and Greek key moldings, and gilded sunbursts, and is to be found in the parlor.

D. The Site: Within the immediate environs of the house are known to have been a smokehouse, an icehouse, barns, a kitchen, and a building referred to as the "weaving house". None of these buildings are still standing, although the frame of the smokehouse has been salvaged and will eventually be recon-structed. Woodwork from the kitchen, taken down in 1959, is in storage, and the chimney and foundations for the building still exist. There are no photographs of any of the other buildings, with the exception of the "weaving house", and it is highly unlikely that any archaeological excavations will take place.

Court:
In April of 1839 he was appointed deputy sheriff. David Booth was the sheriff.

Census:
age 75 in 1870 census and occupation listed as farmer. Persons living with him were listed as: Mary E. Booth, age 50 (keeping house); Mary Owen, age 19; John Owen, age 18 (at school), Elizabeth Parson, age 50; Amy (Amie Lee) L, age 7.

Samuel Booth Values: Real Estate $700, personal property $5700
Mary E. Booth Values: Real Estate $5000, personal property $2000

Medical:
for 2 years prior to death

Alt. Death:
from a photo copy of a document at Kenneth Coker's

Died:
Main Entry Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties
Title Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2). Publication Thursday, January 27, 1876. Gen. note From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36). Subject - Personal Booth, Samuel, d.1876.
Subject - Topical Obituaries -- Virginia.
Subject -Geographic Farmville (Va.)
Buckingham County (Va.)
Appomattox County (Va.)
Cumberland County (Va.)
Genre/Form Obituaries -- Virginia -- Sussex County.
Added Entry Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John)
Added Title Bernard J. Henley papers.

Buried:
\\ulGRAVEYARD\\ulnone: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

LVA Record:
Record 203 out of 1492      Previous Record Next Record
Main Entry      Link Farmville Mercury, and official advertiser for Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox and neighboring counties
Title      Link Died- At his residence in Sussex County, Col. Samuel Booth, father of P. H. Booth of Petersburg. (Petersburg Index - Appeal). (p. 3, c. 2).
Publication      Thursday, January 27, 1876.
Gen. note      From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format      Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 36).
Subject - Personal      LinkBooth, Samuel, d.1876.
Subject - Topical      LinkObituaries -- Virginia.
Subject -Geographic      LinkFarmville (Va.)

Samuel married ELLIS Sarah (Sally) on 26 Dec 1816 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Sarah (daughter of ELLIS Benjamin and JONES Sarah (Sally)) was born about 1798 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 24 Oct 1861 in Southampton County, VA; was buried in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 452
• Alt. Marriage: 23 Dec 1816, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Alt. Name: 26 Dec 1816; Sarah Elizabeth

Notes:

Age 36 in the 1870 Census....Section M-593/1680 (poss conflict) In the Death Records of Southampton County 1853-1870, by Gray this shows that a Georgiana Bailey reported her mother Sarah Bailey dying of diarhoea in Southampton County on 10/24/1861 at age 70. Spouse listed as unknown and

Alt. Marriage:
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
about Samuel Booth
Name:Samuel Booth          
Gender:Male          
Spouse Name:Sally Ellis          
Spouse Gender:Female          
Marriage Date:23 Dec 1816          
County:Surry          
State:Virginia          

Alt. Name:
From Beverly Booth Family Bible

Buried:
GRAVEYARD: Persons buried in the graveyard at Snow Hill:
     Col. Samuel Booth and his wife (no gravestone remains)
     Sarah Ellis Booth (no gravestone remains)
     Georgianna Booth James (no gravestone remains)
Note: Her husband, Dr. Richard Henry James, was an alcoholic who abandoned his wife. When he died, the Booth's refused to let him be buried next to his wife, and he was interred on a nearby farm owned by the Rogers family.

     Binns Beverly Booth
     Elizabeth Bingham Baird Booth (his wife)
(The issue of D & E above are F, G, H)

     Elizabeth (Nannie) Bell Booth, infant daughter died during the 1880's (no gravestone remains)
     Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885 or 95
     Virginia Frances Booth Parsons (no gravestone remains)
     Dallas Parsons, her husband. (no gravestone remains)

J.      Also buried in the graveyard, (no gravestone remains), are 2 children of Joseph Booth (son of Capt. David Booth). Neither ever married, both lived into old age, an they supposedly lived together in Dendron, Surry County, Virginia. Marie Baird attended their funerals during the 1920's, but she is not sure of the exact date. Their names were Agnes Booth and Patrick Booth (no gravestone remains).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Va Militia
• Occupation: Grocer & Farmer

Notes:

Peter Baird: Dept of Interior, War of 1812, Act of Feb 14, 1871 records shows: Enlisted....... Aug 7, 1812 Discharge.....Feb 7, 1813 Served in 62nd Va Regiment, Virginia Militia under Capt Allen Temple, Regiment commanded by Col. Lucas and was Honorably discharged at Ft. Norfolk, Va. He served as a private. He received 2 bounty- land warranties for service and subsequently received pension for service at age 76. It is also stated that he disposed of the bounty land (80 acres). He also applied and was granted another (the 2nd ) bounty land warrant (7-4-1841). This shows that at this time (age 56) he was titled a Col. in the Virginia Militia. It further shows his mailing address as Disputanta, Prince George, Va. Married by James Hill (aird Family Bible)

This information obtained from Nelie Parsons York and Lonnie Baird by Doris Jean Johnson Joined the Va Militia on 8/7/1812 and served for 6 months

(Alexander) married BINGHAM Elizabeth Mckee on 24 Jan 1817 in Prince George County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of BINGHAM William and CRAMMER Mary) was born on 19 Dec 1798 in Prince George County, VA; died on 15 Sep 1875 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 167

Notes:

According to census records, her parents were still in England. Baird-Booth-Parsons Bible shows both years for her birth. Married By James Hill. Poss buried in the Baird Cemetery with her husband.
The cemetery is located in a field off Rt. 612 ( Otterdam Rd.) Now, 2007, the farm is owned by Phillip Chappell, Jr.

Notes:

Married:
Married by James Hill