ELLIS Benjamin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 454
• Land: 17 Sep 1754
• Religion: 1782, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; History of the Ellis Preaching House
• Will: 15 Aug 1808, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

On September 17, 1754 Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr.'s land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his brother Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.) To establish his marriage to Elizabeth Warren, Surry County Deed Book 7, page 473 states: On February 12, 1759, Mary Warren of Surry County, a widow, deeded the following, for love of my daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Ellis, planter, one Negro girl, Lidia." This was witnessed by John Cooper, Stephen Ellis, and Richard Cooper.
Elizabeth was living in1764 when she and Benjamin were listed as plantiffs in a court suit in that year against Peter and Lucy Warren, also of Surry County. She lived until the late 1770s.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Warren Ellis:
(1) JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130 acres of land from his father in 1791 on AbramTs Branch, in Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 1804. No further research included on this branch of the family.
(2) Ephraim ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca. 1807 in Prince George County, Va. 'l:vhere he was residing. His widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household in the same county with three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820 Census. No further research included on this family.

On September 10, 1780, some years after Elizabeth's death, Benjamin Ellis married Martha Caseley with Michael Caseley as surety. Research thus far has shown no children were born from this marriage. Martha died before 1791.

On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They
were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler
Children of Benjamin and Sarah Jones Ellis:
(1) ANN ELLIS - married John D. Bishop December 28,l8l8.
(2) MARY (POLLY) ELLIS - married William Carsley on December 19, l8ll.
(3) SARAH (SALLY) ELLIS - married Samuel Booth on December 26,l816.
These three daughters are named as heirs in their father's will which reads as follows:
I Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I now live lying on the south side of the boIling alley road as also seven Negroes as follows: Harry, his wife Sal and her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the
aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, fvlilly, Hannah, Jacob, Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick. TIt is desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children that she may make choice of. "I desire that all my swamp land known by the name
of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of August in l8O8. Signed Benja Ellis.

With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His will was proved at a court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26, l8ll, .which was probably the year of his death.
SARAH Jones Ellis's will (See Surry County Wills, No.7, l838-1SL!-0, page 397) names daughters Anne Bishop, Sally Booth, and grand-daugh-ter Sally Cars ley . No death date available as to Sarah T s death.

Father's Will:

Will
Also from the McCrary book, page 28, concerning Caleb's will:
My son Richard: my Island Land lying in Blackwater Swamp
My son Stephen: my land and Plantation whereon I now live He allowing his Mother Peascable and Quiet Possession thereof During her Natural Life
My son Caleb: my Negro Girl Named Beck to him and his Heirs forever he allowing his Mother the Labour thereof During her Natural Life
My son Benja (the a is in superscript): my Negro Girl Named Tabb to him and his Heirs forever. He likewise allowing her Mother the Labour thereof During her Natural Life
My loving Wife Amelia: all the Remainder of my Estate after my Just Debts be paid thereof During her Natural Life and at her Deceease I desire it to be Equally Divided amongst my Five Children Vizt (t in superscript) Richard Ellis, Dann Ellis, Stephen Ellis, Mary Cooper, and Amelia Shell and in Case any one of them........
He names sons Caleb and Benjamin as Executors.
Witnessed by William Shell, John and Richard Cooper.
It is dated May 17, 1762.

Land:
On September 17, 1754, Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr. 's land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his brother Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.)

Religion:
Asbury visited the William Ellis family for the first time on August 20, 1775.
The Methodist Conference met at the Ellis Preaching House on April 27, 1782.
The exact date the Ellis Preaching House was constructed is uncertain. It was built no later than 1781, since Asbury preached there January 15, 1782. A date earlier than 1781 is suggested by the 1794 Will of William Nicholson, which provided for repairs in the preaching house. The deed for the property was recorded at Sussex Court House on May 15, 1783. Trustees named in the deed (William Nicholson, Caleb Ellis, Emanuel James, Stephen Andrews, Daniel Rogers, Stephen Pepper, Issac Ellis, Benjamin Ellis, and William Ellis, Jr.). They were neighbors. They and their children were registered in the Parish Registrar of the established church (Albemarle Parish). The trustees were plantation owners, many of whom freed their slaves as requested by John Wesley.
At William Ellis' death in 1795, he left his property to his wife Elizabeth Wright Ellis and then to their son Wright Ellis after her death. Wright Ellis was Deputy Clerk of Sussex County. At Wright Ellis' death, he did not have a Will but settlement in court gave the partial of land where the Ellis Preaching House was located to his daughter, Mary W. Ellis. It is not known when the Ellis Preaching House ceased to exist.
Nearby churches attribute their beginnings to the Ellis Preaching House:
Carsley, Rocky Hock, Owen's Grove, Ellis Chapel, Oak Grove, and Coker's Well Methodist Churches.

Will:
"I Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I now live, lying on the south side of the boIling alley road as also seven Negroes as followeth: Harry, his wife Sal and her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, Milly, Hannah, Jacob, Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick."

"l desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children that she may make choice of."

"I desire that all my swamp land known by the name of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of August in 1808. Signed Benja Ellis."

With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His will was proved at a court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26, 1811, .which was probably the year of his death.

Benjamin married WARREN Elizabeth in 1750 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth died in 1774 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married CASELEY Martha on 10 Sep 1780 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Martha and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married JONES Sarah (Sally) on 4 May 1791 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Sarah (daughter of JONES Thomas and JONES Jane --LNU--) died in 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: 1791, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

On September 17, 1754 Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr.'s land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his bY'other Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.) To establish his marriage to Elizabeth Warren,
Surry County Deed Book 7, page 473 states: On February 12, 1759, Mary Warren of Surry County, a widow, deeded the following, for love of my daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Ellis, planter, one Negro girl, Lidia." This was witnessed by John Cooper, Stephen Ellis, and Richard Cooper.
Elizabeth was living in1764 when she and Benjamin were listed as plantiffs in a court suit in that year against Peter and Lucy Warren, also of Surry County. She
lived until the late 1770s.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Warren Ellis:
(1) JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130
acres of land from his father in 1791 on AbramTs Branch, in
Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna
Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector
of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 180~. No
further research included on this branch of the family.
(2) EPrnAIM ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane
Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had
several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca.
1807 in Prince George County, Va. 'l:vhere he was residing. His
widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household
in the same county 'l:vith three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg
Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820
Census. No further research included on this family.
On September 10, 1780, some years after ElizabethTs
death, Benjamin Ellis married Martha Caseley \\vith
Michael Caseley as surety. Research thus far has shmvn no
children were born from this marriage. Martha died before
1791.
On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third
time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They
were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler.
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Children of Benjamin and Sarah Jones Ellis:
(1) ANN ELLIS - married John D. Bishop December 2S,lSlS.
(2) MARY (POLLY) ELLIS - married William Carsley on December
19, lSll.
(3) SARAH (SALLY) ELLIS - married Samuel Boo-th on December
26,lS16.
These three daughters are named as heirs in their
fatherTs will which reads as follows:
Ttl Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife
Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I
nmv live lying on the south side of the boIling alley road
as als 0 seven Negroes as follmveth: Harry, his wife Sal and
her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one
sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of
my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life
or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the
aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally
divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly
Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided
among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, fvlilly, Hannah, Jacob,
Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick. n
TTl desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have
the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children
that she may make choice of.'~
"I desire that all my swamp land known by the name
of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold
and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts
and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three
children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends
John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of
August in lSOS. Signed Benja Ellis.tt
With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed
that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His ~vill was proved at a
court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26,
lSll, .which was probably the year of his death.
SARAH Jones EllisTs will (See Surry County Wills,
No.7, lS3S-1SL!-0, page 397) names daughters Anne Bishop, Sally
Booth, and grand-daugh-ter Sally Cars ley . No death date
available as to Sarah T s death.
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Land:
JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130 acres of land from his father in 1791 on Abram's Branch, in Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 1804.
Nofurther research included on this branch of the family.

Joseph married ATKINS Susanna on 28 Sep 1785 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Susanna and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1807, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

EPHRAIM ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca.1807 in Prince George County, Va. where he was residing. His widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household in the same county with three daughters and five sons. By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820 Census.

No further research included on this family

On September 17, 1754 Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr.'s land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his bY'other Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.) To establish his marriage to Elizabeth Warren,
Surry County Deed Book 7, page 473 states: On February 12, 1759, Mary Warren of Surry County, a widow, deeded the following, for love of my daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Ellis, planter, one Negro girl, Lidia." This was witnessed by John Cooper, Stephen Ellis, and Richard Cooper.
Elizabeth was living in1764 when she and Benjamin were listed as plantiffs in a court suit in that year against Peter and Lucy Warren, also of Surry County. She
lived until the late 1770s.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Warren Ellis:
(1) JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130
acres of land from his father in 1791 on AbramTs Branch, in
Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna
Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector
of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 180~. No
further research included on this branch of the family.
(2) EPrnAIM ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane
Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had
several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca.
1807 in Prince George County, Va. 'l:vhere he was residing. His
widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household
in the same county 'l:vith three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg
Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820
Census. No further research included on this family.
On September 10, 1780, some years after ElizabethTs
death, Benjamin Ellis married Martha Caseley \\vith
Michael Caseley as surety. Research thus far has shmvn no
children were born from this marriage. Martha died before
1791.
On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third
time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They
were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler.
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Children of Benjamin and Sarah Jones Ellis:
(1) ANN ELLIS - married John D. Bishop December 2S,lSlS.
(2) MARY (POLLY) ELLIS - married William Carsley on December
19, lSll.
(3) SARAH (SALLY) ELLIS - married Samuel Boo-th on December
26,lS16.
These three daughters are named as heirs in their
fatherTs will which reads as follows:
Ttl Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife
Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I
nmv live lying on the south side of the boIling alley road
as als 0 seven Negroes as follmveth: Harry, his wife Sal and
her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one
sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of
my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life
or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the
aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally
divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly
Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided
among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, fvlilly, Hannah, Jacob,
Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick. n
TTl desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have
the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children
that she may make choice of.'~
"I desire that all my swamp land known by the name
of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold
and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts
and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three
children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends
John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of
August in lSOS. Signed Benja Ellis.tt
With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed
that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His ~vill was proved at a
court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26,
lSll, .which was probably the year of his death.
SARAH Jones EllisTs will (See Surry County Wills,
No.7, lS3S-1SL!-0, page 397) names daughters Anne Bishop, Sally
Booth, and grand-daugh-ter Sally Cars ley . No death date
available as to Sarah T s death.
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Residence:
Ephraim died ca. 1807 in Prince George County, Va. where he was residing. His widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household in the same county with three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820 Census.

Ephraim married HEATH Jane on 25 Dec 1786 in Sussex County, VA. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On September 17, 1754 Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr.'s land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his bY'other Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.) To establish his marriage to Elizabeth Warren,
Surry County Deed Book 7, page 473 states: On February 12, 1759, Mary Warren of Surry County, a widow, deeded the following, for love of my daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Ellis, planter, one Negro girl, Lidia." This was witnessed by John Cooper, Stephen Ellis, and Richard Cooper.
Elizabeth was living in1764 when she and Benjamin were listed as plantiffs in a court suit in that year against Peter and Lucy Warren, also of Surry County. She
lived until the late 1770s.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Warren Ellis:
(1) JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130
acres of land from his father in 1791 on AbramTs Branch, in
Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna
Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector
of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 180~. No
further research included on this branch of the family.
(2) EPrnAIM ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane
Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had
several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca.
1807 in Prince George County, Va. 'l:vhere he was residing. His
widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household
in the same county 'l:vith three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg
Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820
Census. No further research included on this family.
On September 10, 1780, some years after ElizabethTs
death, Benjamin Ellis married Martha Caseley \\vith
Michael Caseley as surety. Research thus far has shmvn no
children were born from this marriage. Martha died before
1791.
On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third
time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They
were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler.
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Children of Benjamin and Sarah Jones Ellis:
(1) ANN ELLIS - married John D. Bishop December 2S,lSlS.
(2) MARY (POLLY) ELLIS - married William Carsley on December
19, lSll.
(3) SARAH (SALLY) ELLIS - married Samuel Boo-th on December
26,lS16.
These three daughters are named as heirs in their
fatherTs will which reads as follows:
Ttl Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife
Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I
nmv live lying on the south side of the boIling alley road
as als 0 seven Negroes as follmveth: Harry, his wife Sal and
her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one
sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of
my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life
or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the
aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally
divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly
Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided
among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, fvlilly, Hannah, Jacob,
Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick. n
TTl desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have
the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children
that she may make choice of.'~
"I desire that all my swamp land known by the name
of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold
and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts
and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three
children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends
John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of
August in lSOS. Signed Benja Ellis.tt
With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed
that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His ~vill was proved at a
court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26,
lSll, .which was probably the year of his death.
SARAH Jones EllisTs will (See Surry County Wills,
No.7, lS3S-1SL!-0, page 397) names daughters Anne Bishop, Sally
Booth, and grand-daugh-ter Sally Cars ley . No death date
available as to Sarah T s death.
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 461

Notes:

On September 17, 1754 Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr.'s land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his bY'other Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.) To establish his marriage to Elizabeth Warren,
Surry County Deed Book 7, page 473 states: On February 12, 1759, Mary Warren of Surry County, a widow, deeded the following, for love of my daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Ellis, planter, one Negro girl, Lidia." This was witnessed by John Cooper, Stephen Ellis, and Richard Cooper.
Elizabeth was living in1764 when she and Benjamin were listed as plantiffs in a court suit in that year against Peter and Lucy Warren, also of Surry County. She
lived until the late 1770s.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Warren Ellis:
(1) JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130
acres of land from his father in 1791 on AbramTs Branch, in
Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna
Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector
of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 180~. No
further research included on this branch of the family.
(2) EPrnAIM ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane
Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had
several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca.
1807 in Prince George County, Va. 'l:vhere he was residing. His
widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household
in the same county 'l:vith three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg
Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820
Census. No further research included on this family.
On September 10, 1780, some years after ElizabethTs
death, Benjamin Ellis married Martha Caseley \\vith
Michael Caseley as surety. Research thus far has shmvn no
children were born from this marriage. Martha died before
1791.
On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third
time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They
were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler.
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Children of Benjamin and Sarah Jones Ellis:
(1) ANN ELLIS - married John D. Bishop December 2S,lSlS.
(2) MARY (POLLY) ELLIS - married William Carsley on December
19, lSll.
(3) SARAH (SALLY) ELLIS - married Samuel Boo-th on December
26,lS16.
These three daughters are named as heirs in their
fatherTs will which reads as follows:
Ttl Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife
Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I
nmv live lying on the south side of the boIling alley road
as als 0 seven Negroes as follmveth: Harry, his wife Sal and
her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one
sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of
my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life
or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the
aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally
divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly
Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided
among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, fvlilly, Hannah, Jacob,
Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick. n
TTl desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have
the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children
that she may make choice of.'~
"I desire that all my swamp land known by the name
of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold
and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts
and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three
children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends
John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of
August in lSOS. Signed Benja Ellis.tt
With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed
that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His ~vill was proved at a
court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26,
lSll, .which was probably the year of his death.
SARAH Jones EllisTs will (See Surry County Wills,
No.7, lS3S-1SL!-0, page 397) names daughters Anne Bishop, Sally
Booth, and grand-daugh-ter Sally Cars ley . No death date
available as to Sarah T s death.
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 462

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 463

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 464

Notes:

Sketches of the Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South
By John James Lafferty
REV-MILTON LAFAYETTE BISHOP
A SINGLE leaf can contain a recital of deeds which have blessed thousands of hearts, the Church and the
Commonwealth, and more, made heaven glad. The simple narrative that follows these lines are without
ornament, but tells the unvarnished story of a useful life. 'We have little doubt that the readers of this brief
sketch will receive good from the perusal:
I was the third child of my parents\emdash Anna Ellis, daughter of Benjamin Ellis, and John D. Bishop, son
of Thomas Bishop, all of Surry county, Virginia. There were six children of us, two sons and four
daughters, all now living except the oldest, who died in 1847. I was born in 1824, August 22d. I never
knew any of my ancestry to follow anything but farming as a vocation. My father died when I was about
twelve years of age, and my mother in 1865, having been a Methodist from one year after I joined the
church. From my earliest recollections I was trying to be a Christian, mainly from the influence of
Christian slaves, as neither of my parents professed religion. My mother was always a pious woman. I
read my Bible regularly and prayed up to the session of the Virginia Conference held in Petersburg in
1843 (perhaps in 1842), when I openly sought conversion at the altar in Washington street church.
Though I realized a change in all my feelings and views of life\emdash a change that entered at once into all my
plans for life\emdash I did not accept such as conversion, simply because of the extravagant experiences I had
often heard related by the old slaves of my father. Nor did I become satisfied of my conversion till some
months after. I had read the Old Testament through in the last eight months, and the New Testament eight
times, sitting up late at night to read after I had prepared my school studies, and so was at no loss in
making up my mind as to what Church I should join. I joined at Carsley's church, Surry County, Virginia,
then served by Rev. G. M. Andross, who baptized me by pouring just as I received the Holy Ghost. He
appointed me class-leader. I had formed my ideas of the doctrines of the Bible before I joined the church,
and to this day have not had to change those views. I had read with prayer to be guided, and I believe I
was directed by the Spirit of all Truth. With the change of heart in Petersburg, I received the conviction of
my call to the ministry, and my studies at school were all conducted in view of that calling; yet my mind
was not satisfied on that subject for years after. I had my heart on farming\emdash a sort of inherited
proclivity\emdash nor did I consent to quit it until "Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel" had shut me up to
preaching or ruin. From the time of my conversion I went to school in Surry; Little Town, in Sussex;
Emory and Henry, and Randolph Macon College, up to the year 1848, May 17th, when my health forced
me to leave school. I was licensed as an exhorter in 1847, October 5th, by William A. Smith, D. D.,
Presiding Elder; was licensed to preach in April, 1848, by Rev. J. H. Davis. Presiding Elder; joined the
Virginia Conference in the fall of 1848, at Elizabeth City, and was sent as a helper under Rev. G. N.
Winfree, on the Amelia circuit, then embracing all of Amelia and about half of Dinwiddie. I traveled but
five months of this year, in consequence of the work\emdash eighteen appointments being too large for my
feeble health. Yet I preached much in my native county, and held several very successful protracted
meetings. The next year, 1850, I was sent to Bedford circuit under Rev. A. Wiles, but as his health failed
him in the spring, he left the circuit, and I fell in charge; and here I did the hardest year's work of my life,
and I realized the greatest success in the way of revivals\emdash -over three hundred professing conversion. The
next year, 1851 and 1852, I was on the Staunton circuit\emdash part of South Bedford and Campbell counties;
in 1853 and 1854 on the Amherst circuit; in 1855 and 1856, the Charlotte circuit: in 1857, the
Mecklenburg circuit; in 1858, the Murfreesboro circuit; in 1859, the Fincastle circuit, Botetourt county; in
1860, the Nelson circuit, in all of which I had a successful work. By this time my health had become very
bad, and by the urgent advice of my Presiding Elder and physician, I took a supernumerary relation,
which I sustained until the fall of 1865, when I located. My health improved so much that I joined
Conference again in the fall of 1868, and was sent to Fluvanna circuit four years. I rested one year there,
or a part of one year, my throat being badly diseased. I then was sent to the Rappahannock circuit, where I
travelled three years; from which I was sent to the South Bedford circuit, where I am now serving out my
fourth year. On all my fields of labor I had good revivals\emdash an average of not less than one hundred and
fifty conversions a year. Some twenty of these are in the ministry, mostly the Methodist.
The Virginia conference annual
By Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Virginia Conference
SIXTH DAY.
TUESDAY, November 20th, 1883.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK P. M.
Conference met according to adjournment. L. S. Reed (by appointment of Bishop Kavanaugh)
in the Chair.
Divine service was conducted by J. D. Hank.
The minutes of the morning session were read and approved.
On motion of P. Whitehead, the report of the Committee on Memoirs was made the order of
the day for half-past 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow.
T. McN. Simpson, from the Committee of Investigation in the case of M. L. Bishop, made the
following report:
The Committee of Investigation, to whom was referred the case of Rev. Milton L. Bishop, beg
leave to report that they regard the reports reflecting upon the character of Rev. Milton L. Bishop
of such gravity as to demand an investigation, but as the accused is not present, nor any
witnesses, they respectfully ask that the case be remanded to the Presiding Elder of the
Lynchburg District for investigation.
(Signed) T. McN. SIMPSON, J. C. REED, W. G. WILLIAMS.
Which on motion was adopted, and the case of Brother Bishop remanded accordingly

Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 1
1. Thomas Bishop-1.
Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry,
Virginia, USA. He died in 1836.
Generation 2
2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836.
Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865.
John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the
following children:
i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860.
Notes for Roberta J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary
3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in
1839. She died after 1870.
4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married
Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892
in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827.
Notes for Albert J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt
Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke,
Virginia, USA.
Notes for India Seymore Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary
vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834.
Notes for Julia Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
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Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 3
3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870.
Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop:
General Notes:
1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann
Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb
1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868.
Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following
children:
i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841.
4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA.
He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop:
General Notes:
1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal
Church trial 1883
Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on
18 Jan 1908.
Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell,
Virginia, USA. They had the following children:
i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
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Anna married BISHOP John D. on 12 Dec 1818 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. John (son of BISHOP Thomas) was born in 1794; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 465

Notes:

On September 17, 1754 Benjamin bought 130 acres of land on Abram's Branch adjoining his brother Caleb Jr.'s land from their father Caleb. By 1768 he bought his bY'other Stephen's land (inherited from father) and in 1792 he bought his brother Dann's land (inherited from father.) To establish his marriage to Elizabeth Warren,
Surry County Deed Book 7, page 473 states: On February 12, 1759, Mary Warren of Surry County, a widow, deeded the following, for love of my daughter Elizabeth and her husband Benjamin Ellis, planter, one Negro girl, Lidia." This was witnessed by John Cooper, Stephen Ellis, and Richard Cooper.
Elizabeth was living in1764 when she and Benjamin were listed as plantiffs in a court suit in that year against Peter and Lucy Warren, also of Surry County. She
lived until the late 1770s.

Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Warren Ellis:
(1) JOSEPH ELLIS - born ca. 1763. Received a gift of 130
acres of land from his father in 1791 on AbramTs Branch, in
Surry County. He married September 28, 1785 to Susanna
Atkins in Surry County by the Rev. Henry John Burges, rector
of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church. Died ca. 180~. No
further research included on this branch of the family.
(2) EPrnAIM ELLIS - born August 2, 1765. Married Jane
Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had
several children, including Augustin. Ephraim died ca.
1807 in Prince George County, Va. 'l:vhere he was residing. His
widow Jane appeared on the 1810 Census as head of a household
in the same county 'l:vith three daughters and five sons.
By 1820 this family had moved to Dinwiddie County (Petersburg
Township). This is where Augustin shows up in the 1820
Census. No further research included on this family.
On September 10, 1780, some years after ElizabethTs
death, Benjamin Ellis married Martha Caseley \\vith
Michael Caseley as surety. Research thus far has shmvn no
children were born from this marriage. Martha died before
1791.
On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third
time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They
were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal
Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler.
22
Children of Benjamin and Sarah Jones Ellis:
(1) ANN ELLIS - married John D. Bishop December 2S,lSlS.
(2) MARY (POLLY) ELLIS - married William Carsley on December
19, lSll.
(3) SARAH (SALLY) ELLIS - married Samuel Boo-th on December
26,lS16.
These three daughters are named as heirs in their
fatherTs will which reads as follows:
Ttl Benjamin Ellis of Surry County, lend to my wife
Sarah Ellis the use of all my land and plantation whereon I
nmv live lying on the south side of the boIling alley road
as als 0 seven Negroes as follmveth: Harry, his wife Sal and
her five children Lucy, Darby, Beck, Jesse, and Bon, one
sorrel mare named Jenny, two cows, and calves and three of
my newest feather beds and furniture during her natural life
or widowhood and at her death or marriage I give all the
aforementioned property both real and personal to be equally
divided among them to my three daughters Anne Ellis, Polly
Ellis, and Sarah Ellis eight Negroes to be equally divided
among them as followeth: Ned, Hal, fvlilly, Hannah, Jacob,
Sook, Tempey, and Lendrick. n
TTl desire that my old Negro woman Lydia may have
the privilege of living with my wife or any of my children
that she may make choice of.'~
"I desire that all my swamp land known by the name
of Indian Island and all the remainder of my estate be sold
and out of the money arising therefrom pay all my just debts
and funeral expenses. The remainder divided among my three
children Anne, Polly, and Sarah Ellis. I appoint my friends
John Velvin and James Hill as executors. This the 15 day of
August in lSOS. Signed Benja Ellis.tt
With 16 slaves in his estate, it can be assumed
that Benjamin was fairly wealthy. His ~vill was proved at a
court of quarterly sessions for Surry County on November 26,
lSll, .which was probably the year of his death.
SARAH Jones EllisTs will (See Surry County Wills,
No.7, lS3S-1SL!-0, page 397) names daughters Anne Bishop, Sally
Booth, and grand-daugh-ter Sally Cars ley . No death date
available as to Sarah T s death.
23

Mary married CARSLEY William on 19 Dec 1811. William and died. [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).

Notes:

His father married Jane Heath on December 25, 1786 in Sussex County, Va. They had several children, including Augustin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Anne Elizabeth Bishop
• Alt. Marriage: 1822
• Alt. Birth: 6 Mar 1822
• Census: 1870, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Roberta J. Bishop, wife's sister was living with them during the 1850 and 1860 census
Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 1
1. Thomas Bishop-1.
Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry,
Virginia, USA. He died in 1836.
Generation 2
2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836.
Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865.
John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the
following children:
i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860.
Notes for Roberta J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary
3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in
1839. She died after 1870.
4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married
Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892
in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827.
Notes for Albert J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt
Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke,
Virginia, USA.
Notes for India Seymore Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary
vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834.
Notes for Julia Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
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Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 3
3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870.
Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop:
General Notes:
1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann
Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb
1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868.
Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following
children:
i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841.
4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA.
He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop:
General Notes:
1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal
Church trial 1883
Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on
18 Jan 1908.
Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell,
Virginia, USA. They had the following children:
i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
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Census:
Living with son Thomas L. Clary and his wife Ann

Anna married CLARY Alexander Thomas on 24 Sep 1834. Alexander (son of CLARY Thomas, III and PRESSON Jenny Virginia) was born on 19 Feb 1809 in Greensville County, Virginia; died on 26 Apr 1868 in Greensville County, Virginia; was buried in Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1860, Sussex County, VA

Notes:

Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 1
1. Thomas Bishop-1.
Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry,
Virginia, USA. He died in 1836.
Generation 2
2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836.
Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865.
John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the
following children:
i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860.
Notes for Roberta J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary
3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in
1839. She died after 1870.
4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married
Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892
in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827.
Notes for Albert J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt
Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke,
Virginia, USA.
Notes for India Seymore Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary
vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834.
Notes for Julia Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
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Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 3
3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870.
Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop:
General Notes:
1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann
Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb
1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868.
Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following
children:
i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841.
4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA.
He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop:
General Notes:
1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal
Church trial 1883
Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on
18 Jan 1908.
Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell,
Virginia, USA. They had the following children:
i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
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Census:
living with her mother

Census:
Living with Alexander T. Clary, Her sister's husband and her sister

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Methodist Preacher

Notes:

Sketches of the Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South
By John James Lafferty
REV-MILTON LAFAYETTE BISHOP
A SINGLE leaf can contain a recital of deeds which have blessed thousands of hearts, the Church and the Commonwealth, and more, made heaven glad. The simple narrative that follows these lines are without ornament, but tells the unvarnished story of a useful life. 'We have little doubt that the readers of this brief
sketch will receive good from the perusal:

I was the third child of my parents\emdash Anna Ellis, daughter of Benjamin Ellis, and John D. Bishop, son of Thomas Bishop, all of Surry county, Virginia. There were six children of us, two sons and four daughters, all now living except the oldest, who died in 1847. I was born in 1824, August 22d. I never knew any of my ancestry to follow anything but farming as a vocation. My father died when I was about twelve years of age, and my mother in 1865, having been a Methodist from one year after I joined the church. From my earliest recollections I was trying to be a Christian, mainly from the influence of Christian slaves, as neither of my parents professed religion. My mother was always a pious woman. I read my Bible regularly and prayed up to the session of the Virginia Conference held in Petersburg in 1843 (perhaps in 1842), when I openly sought conversion at the altar in Washington street church. Though I realized a change in all my feelings and views of life\emdash a change that entered at once into all my plans for life\emdash I did not accept such as conversion, simply because of the extravagant experiences I had often heard related by the old slaves of my father. Nor did I become satisfied of my conversion till some months after. I had read the Old Testament through in the last eight months, and the New Testament eight
times, sitting up late at night to read after I had prepared my school studies, and so was at no loss in making up my mind as to what Church I should join. I joined at Carsley's church, Surry County, Virginia, then served by Rev. G. M. Andross, who baptized me by pouring just as I received the Holy Ghost. He appointed me class-leader. I had formed my ideas of the doctrines of the Bible before I joined the church, and to this day have not had to change those views. I had read with prayer to be guided, and I believe I was directed by the Spirit of all Truth. With the change of heart in Petersburg, I received the conviction of my call to the ministry, and my studies at school were all conducted in view of that calling; yet my mind was not satisfied on that subject for years after. I had my heart on farming\emdash a sort of inherited
proclivity\emdash nor did I consent to quit it until "Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel" had shut me up to preaching or ruin. From the time of my conversion I went to school in Surry; Little Town, in Sussex; Emory and Henry, and Randolph Macon College, up to the year 1848, May 17th, when my health forced me to leave school. I was licensed as an exhorter in 1847, October 5th, by William A. Smith, D. D., Presiding Elder; was licensed to preach in April, 1848, by Rev. J. H. Davis. Presiding Elder; joined the Virginia Conference in the fall of 1848, at Elizabeth City, and was sent as a helper under Rev. G. N. Winfree, on the Amelia circuit, then embracing all of Amelia and about half of Dinwiddie. I traveled but five months of this year, in consequence of the work\emdash eighteen appointments being too large for my feeble health. Yet I preached much in my native county, and held several very successful protracted meetings. The next year, 1850, I was sent to Bedford circuit under Rev. A. Wiles, but as his health failed him in the spring, he left the circuit, and I fell in charge; and here I did the hardest year's work of my life, and I realized the greatest success in the way of revivals\emdash -over three hundred professing conversion. The next year, 1851 and 1852, I was on the Staunton circuit\emdash part of South Bedford and Campbell counties; in 1853 and 1854 on the Amherst circuit; in 1855 and 1856, the Charlotte circuit: in 1857, the Mecklenburg circuit; in 1858, the Murfreesboro circuit; in 1859, the Fincastle circuit, Botetourt county; in 1860, the Nelson circuit, in all of which I had a successful work. By this time my health had become very
bad, and by the urgent advice of my Presiding Elder and physician, I took a supernumerary relation, which I sustained until the fall of 1865, when I located. My health improved so much that I joined Conference again in the fall of 1868, and was sent to Fluvanna circuit four years. I rested one year there, or a part of one year, my throat being badly diseased. I then was sent to the Rappahannock circuit, where I travelled three years; from which I was sent to the South Bedford circuit, where I am now serving out my fourth year. On all my fields of labor I had good revivals\emdash an average of not less than one hundred and fifty conversions a year. Some twenty of these are in the ministry, mostly the Methodist.


The Virginia conference annual
By Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Virginia Conference
SIXTH DAY.
TUESDAY, November 20th, 1883.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK P. M.

(1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal Church trial 1883)

Conference met according to adjournment. L. S. Reed (by appointment of Bishop Kavanaugh)
in the Chair.
Divine service was conducted by J. D. Hank.
The minutes of the morning session were read and approved.
On motion of P. Whitehead, the report of the Committee on Memoirs was made the order of
the day for half-past 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow.
T. McN. Simpson, from the Committee of Investigation in the case of M. L. Bishop, made the
following report:

The Committee of Investigation, to whom was referred the case of Rev. Milton L. Bishop, beg leave to report that they regard the reports reflecting upon the character of Rev. Milton L. Bishop of such gravity as to demand an investigation, but as the accused is not present, nor any witnesses, they respectfully ask that the case be remanded to the Presiding Elder of the Lynchburg District for investigation.

(Signed) T. McN. SIMPSON, J. C. REED, W. G. WILLIAMS.
Which on motion was adopted, and the case of Brother Bishop remanded accordingly.

Religion:
Also at Carsley Church

Milton married SMITH Susan Lambeth on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, VA. Susan was born on 3 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jan 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 1
1. Thomas Bishop-1.
Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry,
Virginia, USA. He died in 1836.
Generation 2
2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836.
Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865.
John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the
following children:
i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860.
Notes for Roberta J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary
3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in
1839. She died after 1870.
4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married
Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892
in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827.
Notes for Albert J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt
Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke,
Virginia, USA.
Notes for India Seymore Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary
vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834.
Notes for Julia Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
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Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 3
3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870.
Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop:
General Notes:
1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann
Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb
1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868.
Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following
children:
i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841.
4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA.
He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop:
General Notes:
1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal
Church trial 1883
Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on
18 Jan 1908.
Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell,
Virginia, USA. They had the following children:
i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
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Census:
Living with mother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: India
• Census: 1850, Sussex County, VA

Notes:

Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 1
1. Thomas Bishop-1.
Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry,
Virginia, USA. He died in 1836.
Generation 2
2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836.
Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865.
John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the
following children:
i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860.
Notes for Roberta J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary
3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in
1839. She died after 1870.
4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married
Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892
in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827.
Notes for Albert J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt
Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke,
Virginia, USA.
Notes for India Seymore Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary
vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834.
Notes for Julia Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
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Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 3
3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870.
Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop:
General Notes:
1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann
Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb
1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868.
Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following
children:
i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841.
4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA.
He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop:
General Notes:
1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal
Church trial 1883
Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on
18 Jan 1908.
Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell,
Virginia, USA. They had the following children:
i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
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Census:
Living with Alexander T. Clary

Indiana married Dr. RICE John Holt on 8 Feb 1853 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. John (son of Rev RICE Samuel Davies and MITCHELL Sarah Dodridge) was born in 1831 in Bedford County, VA; died on 9 Mar 1864; was buried in Salem, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 1
1. Thomas Bishop-1.
Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry,
Virginia, USA. He died in 1836.
Generation 2
2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836.
Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865.
John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the
following children:
i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860.
Notes for Roberta J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary
3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in
1839. She died after 1870.
4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married
Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892
in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827.
Notes for Albert J Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt
Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke,
Virginia, USA.
Notes for India Seymore Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary
vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834.
Notes for Julia Bishop:
General Notes:
1850 census living in Surry with mother
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Register Report for Thomas Bishop
Generation 3
3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870.
Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop:
General Notes:
1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann
Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb
1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868.
Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following
children:
i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841.
4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA.
He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop:
General Notes:
1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal
Church trial 1883
Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on
18 Jan 1908.
Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell,
Virginia, USA. They had the following children:
i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA.
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Census:
Living with mother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 457
• Residence: FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA

Notes:

Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829) Died- On Sunday, Jan. 23, at her father's in Franklin County, Miss Maria Louisa Booth, daughter of Benjamin Booth. (p. 3, c. 4) -- Thursday, February 3, 1831. C:_louisa_Booth.htm

Residence:
re: Daughter's obit

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Reference Number: 458
• Residence: Petersburg, VA; Large Brick Home on Sycamore St.
• Alt. Birth: 1821
• Alt. Death: 22 Mar 1896

Notes:

Lived in Petersburg, Va. Per info rcvd from John C. Baugh of Claremont by John Owen papers. Lived in Petersburg. Buried in Blandford Cemetery in plot "K" on the right hand side of Virginia Ave. between Carolina Ave. and Georgia Ave. There is a rather large 4-sided pyramid with engraving on all 4 sides. The front has a large BOOTH and DREWRY on it. There are 22 gravestones in this plot. The area is listed as belonging to P. H. Booth. The lady in the cemetery office said it was not the original grave of Patrick Henry Booth. It had been moved from somewhere else, but the cemetery records did not show where it came from.

K-NG, 10; 3,4,7,8

Side 1 Patrick H. Drewry May 24, 1875-Dec. 21, 1947 his wife Mary Metcalf Drewry April 2, 1871-Feb. 23, 1959 William Emmett Drewry ( As of May 7,2003, I, Jean Goodrich Johnson, have not identified his connection to this family.) Aug. 12 1913-Jan. 25, 1938 wife of P. H. D. Jr. Tennie D. Drewry ( There is a small stone in this plot with the name Tennie Daugette Drewry Sept. 12, 1908-June 21, 1976) Thelma H. Drewry Sept. 21, 1907- Aug. 8, 1951 Wife of Dr. P. H. Drewry, Jr. Mar. 21 1907- Apr. 8, 1980

Side 2 Nettie Virginia daughter of P. H. & A. M. H. Booth and wife of R. E. Young born Dec. 21, 1851 died Feb. 5, 1888 Samuel W. Booth 1844-1925 Ella K Booth 1854-1920 Samuel W. Booth, Jr. 1886-1950 Harriet Booth Wilson 1880-1967 Whitworth Wilson 1869-1970 Fanneil Skeen Booth 1891-1986

Side 3 Patrick H. Booth, Sr. Born Aug. 8, 1820 Died March 22, 1896 Anna Maria Maynard wife of P. H.Booth born Nov. 2, 1815 Died Feb. 23, 1911

Side 4 Patrick H. Booth, Jr. (A small stone in this plot reads " Infant Patrick Henry sone of P. H. & A.M. H. Booth born June 7, 1856 Died Jan. 20 1857) Born June 7, 1856 Died Jan 1857 Altazera Laughton daughter of P. H. & A. M. H. Booth and wife of Dr. E. A. Drewry born Dec. 21, 1842 died June 14, 1906 John M. Drewry Dec. 23 1911-Jan. 18, 1978 husband of Judith H. Drewry


Chancery Records Index LocalityIndex Number Original Case Number SOUTHAMPTON CO 1893-013 36 Plaintiff(s)Defendant(s) P H BOOTH ETC J E DREWRY ETC Surname(s) BOOTH DREWRY POPE PRINCE WillsPlat? NO
Format LVA Microfilm Reel Number Local Reel Number Image Numbern
244 660 770

Military:
Full View of Record: Confederate Rosters          
TitleBooth, P. H.          
Gen. noteRank: 4th Corporal.          
Company: K.          
Regiment: 23rd (Infantry).          
Other FormatAvailable on microfilm. Confederate rosters, v. 1-20, reel 1-10.          
Biog./Hist. NoteOn March 13, 1884, the General Assembly passed an act directing the adjutant general to compile a roster of all those who served from Virginia in the Confederate armed forces. The project did not begin, however, until Congress' passage of an act in 1903 providing for the assembling of muster rolls for all the Confederate states and Virginia's subsequent creation of the Office of the Secretary of Virginia Military Records in 1904. The work of the Secretary of Virginia Military Records of assembling muster rolls and other documents related to Virginians in the Civil War was continued by the Department of Confederate Military Records which was formed by an act of the General Assemply on March 12, 1912. Major Robert W. Hunter served as Secretary of Virginia Military Records from 1904 until 1910. Hunter was replaced by Colonel Joseph V. Bidgood who served as Secretary of Virginia Military Records and later Secretary of the Department of Confederate Military Records. In 1918, the General Assembly passed an act abolishing the Department of Confederate Military Records and transferred the department's records to the Library of Virginia.          
NoteThe Confederate Rosters are now part of the Virginia Dept. of Military Affairs record group (RG# 46) housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.          
NoteSource: Vol. 3, p. 46 (reel 2).          



Residence:
Home was razed in 1967

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 459

Notes:

Married by Alexander Stewart. Only one husband they are the same.

Her kids and Binns Beverly's were double cousins

Rebecca married BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. on 3 Dec 1849 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Alexander (son of BAIRD (Alexander) Peter, Sr. and BINGHAM Elizabeth Mckee) was born on 7 Aug 1826 in Petersburg, VA; died on 24 Sep 1884 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in 1884 in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• Reference Number: 460

Notes:

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).

Georgianna married Dr. JAMES Richard Henry on 30 Jan 1855. Richard (son of JAMES John and DRAKE Eliza A.) was born about 1829 in Southampton County, Virginia (Drewryville ?); was buried in Surry County, VA (Rogers Family Cemetary, Off Rt.40). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Annie Lee

Notes:

This child showed up on Lydon Hart's records and has not appeared on any other records found so far.

Amy married HOLMES Peter James, II on 8 May 1885 in Sussex County, VA. Peter (son of HOLMES Peter J and WOODHOUSE Mary Eleanor) was born on 10 Mar 1857; died on 8 May 1935; was buried in 1935 in Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 456

Notes:

Marriage confirmed by ltr from Jean Johnson 11/99
ELIZABETH & JOSEPH WERE FANNYE BOOTH'S GRANDPARENTS

Married her cousin Joseph, son of Capt. David Booth

had 3 slaves in 1830

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 for Ella Booth
Name:Ella Booth          
Gender:Female          
Baptism/Christening Date:          
Baptism/Christening Place:          
Birth Date:17 Nov 1866          
Birthplace:Dinwiddie, Virginia          
Death Date:          
Name Note:          
Race:          
Father (or Slave Owner):Sam Booth          
Father's Birthplace:          
Father's Age:          
Mother's Name:Sallie Booth          
Mother's Birthplace:          
Mother's Age:          
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C00531-1          
System Origin:Virginia-EASy          
Source Film Number:2046931          
Reference Number:p 22          
    

Family/Spouse: BOOTH Joseph(John) W.. Joseph(John) was born cal 1822; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Sussex County, VA
• Census: 1860, Sussex County, VA
• Military: Abt 1861; Civil War - Southampton Greys
• Census: 1870, Sussex County, VA
• Residence: 1870, Waverly, Sussex County, VA
• Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

Notes:

THOMAS L. CLARY SURRENDERED APPOMATTOX 3RD VA.INF.,CO.D,PVT. PG 81

Census:
United States Census, 1850 for Thomas L Clary
Name: Thomas L Clary
Residence: Sussex county, part of, Sussex, Virginia
Age: 9 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1841
Birthplace: Virginia
Gender: Male
Race (original):
Race (expanded):
Death Month:
Death Year:
Film Number: 444968
Digital GS Number: 4206468
Image Number: 00206
Line Number: 3
Dwelling House Number: 77
Family Number: 77
Marital Status:
Free or Slave:
Household Gender Age
Alexander T Clary M 41y
Ann E Clary F 28y
Thomas L Clary M 9y
Benjamin M Clary M 7y
Joseph A Clary M 5y
Porus S Clary M 3y
Winfield S Clary M 1y
Indiana S Bishop F 19y

Census:
United States Census, 1860 for Thos L Clary
Name: Thos L Clary
Residence: , Sussex_code, Virginia
Ward: Dist No 1
Age: 20 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Gender: Male
Page: 6
Family Number: 50
Film Number: 805380
DGS Number: 4298875
Image Number: 00441
NARA Number: M653

Military:
Co D. 3rd Virginia Infantry, Southampton Greys
surrendered at Appomottax (April 9, 1865)

Thomas and Benjamin did not join the Surry or Sussex units, as most of these were cavalry units; enlistees were required to provide horse, rifle & certain other equipment.

Census:
United States Census, 1870 for Thos L Clary
Name: Thos L Clary
Estimated Birth Year: 1841
Gender: Male
Age in 1870: 29y
Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): White
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Virginia, United States
Household Gender Age
Thos L Clary M 29y
Emma Clary F 19y
Emmett Clary M 8m
Ann Clary F 50y
Alexander Clary M 11y

Census:
United States Census, 1910 for Thomas Clary
Name: Thomas Clary
Birthplace: Virginia
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Guilford, Surry, Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Family Number: 179
Page Number: 12
Household Gender Age
Thomas Clary M 69y
Spouse Emma J Clary F 53y
Child Sidney H Clary M 26y
Child Lelia I Clary F 21y

Family/Spouse: CLARY Emma J. --LNU--. Emma and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: educated at the Blackwater Academy
• Census: 1860, Sussex County, VA
• Military: Abt 1861; Civil War - Southampton Greys
• Occupation: 1880, Prince George County, VA; Farmer
• Residence: 1880, Prince George County, VA; Brandon District

Notes:

Aug 2007,According to Kenneth Coker, there is a Clary cemetery on the farm property previously owned by Robert Bishop, now owned by Patsy Westbrook Jenkins, on Beaverdam Rd. (Old Rt. 40) outside of Waverly. Kenneth has a photo of Benjamin Clary,Sr. Elizabeth Frances Baird was Ben. Sr. 3rd wife.

Name : B. M. Clary 1880 Census
Residence : Prince George, Virginia, United States
Gender : Male
Age : 37
Birth date : 1843
Birth place : Vir
Relationship to head-of-household : HD
Occupation : Farmer
Father birth place : VA
Mother birth place : VA
Marital status : Married
Race or color : W
Census city :
Census township : Brandon District
Census county : Prince George
Census state : VA
NARA film number : T9-1384
Page : 436
Film number : 1255384
Collection : 1880 United States Census

BENJAMIN M. CLARY SURRENDERED APPOMATTOX 3RD VA.INF.,CO.D,PVT. PG.81

Military:
Co D. 3rd Virginia Infantry, Southampton Greys
surrendered at Appomottax (April 9, 1865)

Thomas and Benjamin did not join the Surry or Sussex units, as most of these were cavalry units; enlistees were required to provide horse, rifle & certain other equipment.

Family/Spouse: BAIRD Elizabeth Frances. Elizabeth (daughter of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann) was born on 4 Sep 1862 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1892; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FIGG --Unknown--. --Unknown-- and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BISHOP Henriette. Henriette (daughter of BISHOP H. S. and BISHOP Virginia, daughter of BISHOP H. S. and BISHOP Virginia --LNU--) was born cal 1851; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: (educated at the Blackwater Academy)
• Military: Civil War

Notes:

Military:
15th Reiment, Virginia Calvary (private)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Brandon, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

Owned a store in Newville and he was the most successful and his brothers worked in the store

Census:
1870 United States Federal Census
about B M Clary
Name:B M Clary          
Age in 1870:28          
Birth Year:abt 1842          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Home in 1870:Bland, Prince George, Virginia          
Race:White          
Gender:Male          
Post Office:Garysville          
Value of real estate:View image          
Household Members:NameAge               
B M Clary 28               
Sydney Clary 23               

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Winfield Jefferson CLARY
• Lived(s) In: 1870, Norfolk, VA
• Living In: Bef 1900, Greensboro, Guilford Co. North Carolina

Winfield married MARSHALL Mary Alice in 1875. Mary was born in 1859 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Walter Binns Clary
• Name: Walter Binns CLARY
• Alt. Birth: 1851
• Residence: 1870, Prince George County, VA; Living in Brandon
• Alt. Marriage: 1882; From 1900 census
• Residence: 1893, Manchester, Chesterfield, VA
• Occupation: 1900, Manchester, Chesterfield, VA; Insurance Agent

Notes:

Binns Walter had 6 children
His niece, Nellie M Clary, Daughter of Benjamin Clary and Elizabeth Frances Baird, came to live with him when her mother died. She was a young girl and needed a motherly influence.

Residence:
Living with Brother Joseph A. on Joseph's farm in Brandon

Residence:
Moved to Manchester, annexed by Richmond and during the move his 1st wife died.

Buried:
Div 1, Sec G-4, Lot 25

Binns married BOOTH Sarah in 1876. Sarah was born on 22 Jun 1852 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 21 Dec 1910 in Manchester, Chesterfield, VA; was buried about 26 Dec 1910 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Waverly, Sussex County, VA

Notes:

Information obtained from:
Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and ...
By Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, Virginia, pg.550

Family/Spouse: ANDREWS Wyatt J.. Wyatt and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ellouise BISHOP

Notes:

Information obtained from:
Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and ...
By Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, Virginia, pg.550

Family/Spouse: BRADSHAW Andrew J.. Andrew and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: TYLER Mr. --FNU--. Mr. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 21 Apr 1865

Notes:

Information obtained from:
Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and ...
By Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, Virginia, pg.550

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1871

Notes:

Alt. Birth:
Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and ...
By Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, Virginia, Pg. 550


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Family/Spouse: WOOD Jessie. Jessie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Employment: Dec 1904; Vulcan Coal and Coke Company

Notes:

Bluefield Daily Telegraph -- Dec 6, 1904 The seven-year-old daughter of General Manager A. D.
Rice of the Vulcan Coal and Coke Company died at the home of her parents and the remains will be
taken to Salem, Virginia for internment, passing through Bluefield on No. 4 on Sunday.

Employment:
General Manager

Buried:
Hill Cemetery was established in 1869 and is one of the oldest cemetery's in Salem. It is situated on top of "East Hill" on East Main Street, which affords visitors to a beautiful view of downtown Salem and the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. Many of Salem's most prominent citizens are buried here including Revolutionary War Patroit General Andrew Lewis and a number of Civil War Veterans. East Hill has approx 2,500 graves and is still open for burials. [sic]. N 37° 17.572 W 080° 02.756

Alonzo married SHAVER Sutie Stella on 20 Nov 1878 in Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA. Sutie (daughter of SHAVER Henry Strickler and FRANTZ Lucy Jane) was born on 13 Apr 1860 in Salem, VA; died on 6 Nov 1884 in Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA; was buried in Salem, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alonzo married APPLETON Lizzie on 10 Aug 1892. Lizzie (daughter of APPLETON Henry P. and APPLETON Anna E. --LNU--) was born on 7 Mar 1870 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 19 Feb 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1293

Notes:

Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829) Died- On Sunday, Jan. 23, at her father's in Franklin County, Miss Maria Louisa Booth, daughter of Benjamin Booth. (p. 3, c. 4) -- Thursday, February 3, 1831. C

LVA Record:
Main Entry      Link Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829)
Title      Link Died- On Sunday, Jan. 23, at her father's in Franklin County, Miss Maria Louisa Booth, daughter of Benjamin Booth. (p. 3, c. 4)
Publication      Thursday, February 3, 1831.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Alta BOOTH

Notes:

Deceased: ALLA DREWRY
Deceased InformationLast Name: DREWRY
First Name: ALLA
Middle Name: L.

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 6/14/1906
Interment Date: 6/16/1906
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 65
Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: H. G. LEIGH
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6446
Ward: K
Section #: 10
Square: 3
Location: E 1/2 2ND N.E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 5
New/Old Grounds: NEW

Family/Spouse: DREWRY Dr. Emmett A.. Dr. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Dec 1844
• Alt. Birth: 1849, Petersburg, VA (Catholic Cemetery)
• Alt. Birth: 1851
• Education: 1863-1864, Lexington, Lexington (city), Virginia, USA; Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
• Military Service: 1863-1864, New Market, Va; Cadet Private Co.C
• Occupation: 1880, Petersburg, VA; Clerk in Store
• Occupation: 1900, Petersburg, VA; Wholesale Grocer

Notes:

Plot K, right side of Virginia Av, large 4 sided pyramid: -NG 10; 3,4,7,8 1849 1925

Deceased: SAMUEL BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH First Name: SAMUEL Middle Name: WILLIAM
Birthdate: Date of Death: 7/26/1925 Interment Date: 7/28/1925 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Age: 80 Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA Place of Death: Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress: Apartment: City: State: Zip: AttendingDoctor: J. B. JONES Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS GraveId: 6457 Ward: K Section #: 10 Square: 8 Location: W 1/2 2ND FROM N.W. CORNER Location

Alt. Birth:
said he was 18 at matriculation from VMI

Education:
He was in the battle of New Market as a private in Co. C
He finished the 4th year at VMI in 1863-64

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
• Alt. Birth: Apr 1848; other birth date per 1900 census

Notes:

Blandford: M-NG, 1; 1,5

Deceased: BENJAMIN BOOTH
Deceased InformationLast Name: BOOTH
First Name: BENJAMIN
Middle Name: D.

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 4/19/1928
Interment Date: 4/21/1928
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 81
Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 6467
Ward: M
Section #: 1
Square: 5
Location: W 1/2 2ND S.W. CORNER

Buried:
Deceased: BENJAMIN BOOTHDeceased Information
Last Name: BOOTH First Name: BENJAMIN Middle Name: D.
IdentifiersB
irthdate: Date of Death: 4/19/1928 Interment Date: 4/21/1928 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Age: 81 Other InformationParentage: P. H. & ANN M. BOOTH Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA Place of Death: Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress: Apartment: City: State: Zip: AttendingDoctor: J. D. OSBORNE Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS GraveId: 6467 Ward: M Section #: 1 Square: 5 Location: W 1/2 2ND S.W. CORNER Location

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Petersburg, VA
• Occupation: 1910, Petersburg, VA; Hat Mfgr. and proprietor

Notes:

There is a Magnus M. Booth buried at Blandford: verified as the same
Booth Magnus M. K-NG 10 3,4,7,8 1849 / 1929

(Medical):Like elastic, ie: worn out

Census:
Magnas M Booth
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
VIEW 1900 United States Federal Census

Name:      Magnas M Booth
[Magnus H Borth]
Age:      47
Birth Date:      Aug 1852
Birthplace:      Virginia
Home in 1900:      Petersburg Ward 3, Petersburg City, Virginia
Ward of City:      3d
Street:      So Market
House Number:      38
Sheet Number:      10A
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:      161
Family Number:      218
Race:      White
Gender:      Male
Relation to Head of House:      Head
Marital Status:      Married
Spouse's Name:      Mary E Booth
Marriage Year:      1898
Years Married:      2
Father's Birthplace:      Virginia
Mother's Birthplace:      Virginia
Occupation:      Wholesale Grocer
Months not employed:      0
Can Read:      Yes
Can Write:      Yes
Can Speak English:      Yes
House Owned or Rented:      O
Home Free or Mortgaged:      F
Farm or House:      F

Household Members:     
Name      Age
Magnas M Booth      47
Mary E Booth      29
Marie V Booth      6/12

Family/Spouse: HENNESSY Mary Elizabeth. Mary was born in 1864 in Ireland; died on 30 Oct 1941; was buried on 1 Nov 1941 in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried in Blandford Cemetery in plot "K" on the right hand side of Virginia Ave. between Carolina Ave. and Georgia Ave. There is a rather large 4-sided pyramid with engraving on all 4 sides. The front has a large BOOTH and DREWRY on it. There are 22 gravestones in this plot. The area is listed as belonging to P. H. Booth. The lady in the cemetery office said it was not the original grave of Patrick Henry Booth. It had been moved from somewhere else, but the cemetery records did not show where it came from.

K-NG, 10; 3,4,7,8

Side 2
Nettie Virginia
daughter of
P. H. & A. M. H. Booth
and wife of R. E. Young
born Dec. 21, 1851
died Feb. 5, 1888
Samuel W. Booth
1844-1925
Ella K Booth
1854-1920
Samuel W. Booth, Jr.
1886-1950
Harriet Booth Wilson
1880-1967
Whitworth Wilson
1869-1970
Fanneil Skeen Booth
1891-1986

Family/Spouse: YOUNG Richard E.. Richard and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Plot K, right side of Virginia Av, large 4 sided pyramid; small stone reads "Infant son of P.H & A.M.H. Booth born 6/7/1856 died 1/20/1857

Title Booth, Patrick Henry, died, aged 7 months. Other Title Infant son of P. H. and Ann M. Booth. Note Daily Express (Petersburg, Va.) (Film 133). Note January 22, 1857, page 2, column 4. Other Format Available on microfilm from the Library of Virginia.

Deceased: PATRICK BOOTH Deceased Information
Last Name: BOOTH First Name: PATRICK Middle Name: HENRY
Birthdate: Date of Death: 1/20/1857 Interment Date: 1/22/1857 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Age: Other Information Parentage: PATRICK HENRY & ANN M. BOOTH
Birthplace: PETERSBURG VIRGINIA
Place of Death: Residence At Time of Grave Purchase
Address: Apartment: City: State: Zip: AttendingDoctor: Funeral Home/Crematory GraveId: 6444 Ward: K Section #: 10 Square: 3 Location: E 1/2 S.E. CORNER Location Grave #: 4

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Doctor, MD
• Reference Number: 752

Notes:

Mollie L. Hasty was from Portsmouth.

Marion Baird had a scar on his head that was a result of a gunshot wound inflicted by Kelly Bishop over moonshine. Bernice Baird story as told to a neighbor. Marion Baird drove a school bus. Didn't work anywhere else except the school bus and moonshine. Kelly Bishop was a revenueer and shot him at a still. He was the father of Marion Simms Baird. James Walter Baird, MD, was the father of Marion Baird.

The Baird cemetary on Rt. 612 is called Grape Hill.

Marion Baird was also a church going man.

Quoted from "The Descendants of Alexander Peter Baird II" written in 1935 by
Kathleen Baird to her father Leonidus F. Baird: "James Walter Baird attended
John's Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. where he received his M. D. degree.
He practiced medicine in Surry County."
Jean Goodrich Johnson comments: "He lived on Route 40 about 4 mi. E.
of Waverly. The house he owned was removed about 1964 by George L.
Peffer, then owner who built a brick ranch type house in front of the old house.

Occupation:
From Tombstone

James married HASTY Mary Susan on 31 Aug 1875 in Portsmouth, VA. Mary was born in Portsmouth, VA; was christened on 12 Sep 1856; died on 26 Sep 1924; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HASTY Mary Susan. Mary was born in Portsmouth, VA; was christened on 12 Sep 1856; died on 26 Sep 1924; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: Prince George County, VA; 2 Locations
• Reference Number: 754
• Religion: Founded Newville Methodist Church

Notes:

Lived(s) In:
They lived in Savage, VA 1st and later moved to the Newville area early in their married life

William married SMITH Dora Frances on 25 Nov 1875 in Prince George County, VA. Dora (daughter of SMITH Joseph and NORTHINGTON Martha Jane) was born on 30 May 1858 in Prince George, VA; died on 22 Feb 1908 in Prince George County, VA; was buried in Prince George County, VA (Newville Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 305

Notes:

(Medical):sent William Franklin Harrison's wife, Sarah E. Baird, to France to receive treatments for T.B. where she died.

Hi Gene,

Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison died in 1888. Her daughter married a Goodrich much later but did the Harrison's have a connection with the Goodriches or the Goodrich farm in 1888. There is no marker for Sarah in the Goodrich Cemetery and Sarah is not recorded on either of the cemetery inventory papers that Wanda showed us (written by her family).

The note I found was written by Sarah Johnson (Collier Johnson's wife) when they paid someone years ago to research family history. They think that she is buried in Prince George near Newville.

She died in France (receiving treatments for TB) so I guess there is even a chance that they did not send her body back home.

It's a mystery I guess....

Thanks for all the info and CD! It has been fascinating!!! And very helpful!

Brenda Johnson Duckwall

Sarah was my grandmother, Adelaide Cornelia Harrison's mother. Sarah died of TB in France at Place Mayenne, Pays de la Loiire when my grandmother was just two years old. Sarah had been sent to France by her family to do everything they could to save her. The place that she went was suppose to be one of the best places for recovery but she did not make it.
Looking at the pictures does bring a great deal of sorrow that she must have felt at leaving her husband and young family and meeting her death in a strange and difficult place.

Brenda, from every bit of information I have, I believe this is it...The white car you see belongs to the guard who asked us to leave. The name was changed in 1975 to Medical Center of La Fontaine-au-Bac, but the old sign is still there. You can look it up using Le Claviere Villiers-Charlemagne. All of this is located in the district of Mayenne Pays de Loire. Please forward to Gene Harris and anyone else who might be interested. I have a friend who is willing to write a couple of letters in French to the "town halls" of the area.
Baldwin County is only one county over from us. (abt. 40 MILES.) bONNIE


...Bonnie Hearn

Died:
Brenda, from every bit of information I have, I believe this is it...The white car you see belongs to the guard who asked us to leave. The name was changed in 1975 to Medical Center of La Fontaine-au-Bac, but the old sign is still there. You can look it up using Le Claviere Villiers-Charlemagne. All of this is located in the district of Mayenne Pays de Loire. Please forward to Gene Harris and anyone else who might be interested. I have a friend who is willing to write a couple of letters in French to the "town halls" of the area.
Baldwin County is only one county over from us. (abt. 40 MILES.) bONNIE

According to Sarah Smith Rowell Johnson (wife of Turner Collier Johnson who was the son of Joseph Franklin Johnson and Edmonia Salome Collier).....

Sarah E. Baird Harrison (wife of William Franklin Harrison) who died of TB on January 22, 1888 (the date of her oldest daughter's birthday, Lottie, who had turned 12 years old that day and also leaving my grandmother Nellie who was 16 months old, her other children Joshua, Herbert, Myrtie, and Clarah)

"is buried in Prince George County near Newville."

This could possibly place her at the Kirkham or Simmons Cemetery.

The Coleman Simmons Cemetery is 1.7 miles northwest of Disputanta on 460 then about 100 yards north of 460 in Prince George County.

The Kirkham Cemetery is described to be 1.2 miles north of Disputanta, Virginia, on route 618; thence .8 mile northwest on Route 629; thence .1 mile south of route 629, Prince George County, Virginia.

The Kirkham Cemetery contains the remains of Joshua Simmons and his daughter, Ann Simmons Harrison and her husband, William Thomas Harrison who are the great grandparents and grandparents of William Franklin Harrison, Sarah E. Baird Harrison's husband.

The Kirkham Cemetery also contains the remains of Joshua Simmons' daughter, Martha Simmons Stainback and her husband, Peter Stainback, and their son, Adolphus "Doll" and daughter Martha Stainback Kirkham.

Susanna Harrison Figg is the sister of Joshua Simmons Harrison who is William Franklin Harrison's father and Sarah E. Baird Harrison's (b. January 27, 1854 - d. January 22, 1888) father-in-law. Susanna is Sarah's aunt in law.

It would make perfect sense for Sarah E. Baird Harrison to be buried there at the Kirkham Cemetery.

Perhaps the new Prince George Cemetery Project and Clarah's grand daughter can help us out. Thanks so much!

Sarah married HARRISON William Franklin on 9 Feb 1875. William (son of HARRISON Joshua Simmons and ELLIS Ann Rebecca) was born on 9 Feb 1853 in Prince George County, VA; died on 17 Jan 1907; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 756
• Alt. Birth: 20 Jan 1856; Birth on Tomstone

Notes:

Never married. So cold they had to build a fire to thaw out the ground to bury him.

Made apple brandy and people came from miles around to get a dram.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 757

Notes:

Deceased: SOLON BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: SOLON
Middle Name: WINFIELD

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 3/23/1930
Interment Date: 3/25/1930
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 71
Other InformationParentage: ALEXANDER & REBECCA BAIRD
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. BOLLING JONES
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 666
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 2ND FROM N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: SOLON BAIRD
Deceased InformationLast Name: BAIRD
First Name: SOLON
Middle Name: WINFIELD

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 3/23/1930
Interment Date: 3/25/1930
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Age: 71
Other InformationParentage: ALEXANDER & REBECCA BAIRD
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: J. BOLLING JONES
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 666
Ward: HH
Section #: 11
Square: 3
Location: W 1/2 2ND FROM N.W. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 1
New/Old Grounds: NEW

Family/Spouse: EDWARDS Sarah Louise. Sarah was born on 7 Feb 1865; died on 30 Mar 1931; was buried on 1 Apr 1931 in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 759

Notes:

Bible show 2 dates for marriage 1884 & 1887. Died from typhoid pneumonia. Named after his uncle

Leonidus married REESE Sarah (Sadye) Jane on 27 Apr 1904. Sarah was born on 6 Apr 1883; died on 13 Jul 1976; was buried in Surry County, VA (Baird Family Cemetary(Grape Hill), Rt. 612)). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leonidus married BISHOP Mary (Molly) Bernice on 16 Jan 1884 in Prince George County, VA. Mary was born on 9 Apr 1863; died on 29 Oct 1900; was buried in Prince George County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 761

Notes:

She was said to be a woman of great charm and beauty.

Buried:
Also shows buried at Grape Hill Cemetery from notes from Brenda Johnson Duckwall

Elizabeth married CLARY Benjamin M. on 28 Feb 1883. Benjamin was buried in Waverly, VA (Clary Family Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CLARY Benjamin Milton. Benjamin (son of CLARY Alexander Thomas and BISHOP Anna (Anne) Elizabeth) was born on 26 May 1842 in Greensville County, Virginia; died in 1894; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 762
• Residence: Surry County, VA (Grape Hill); Grape Hill

Notes:

In the will of Alexander Peter Baird II, Emmetts father, his name is spelled Emmitt Finly

Residence:
Born there also and later moved to Waverly

Emmett married BOOTH Sarah Elizabeth in Feb 1893. Sarah (daughter of Capt. BOOTH Binns Beverly and BAIRD Elizabeth (Eliza) Bingham) was born on 11 Jul 1864; died on 1 Dec 1956 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Kate
• Name: Mertie
• Reference Number: 763

Notes:

Said to be the most beautiful of the Baird girls. She met an untimely death only months before her marriage.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 764
• Census: 1940, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

Graduate of the Southern Female College in Petersburg, Va. Hattie Rogers also went there.
Lived with her mother until her mother's death.

Census:
Name:\\tabOra Sue Baird
Age:      69
Estimated Birth Year:      abt 1871
Gender:      Female
Race:      White
Birthplace:      Virginia
Marital Status:      Single
Relation to Head of House:      Sister
Home in 1940:      Rives, Prince George, Virginia
Map of Home in 1940:      View Map
Street:      Road 638
Inferred Residence in 1935:      Rives, Prince George, Virginia
Residence in 1935:      Same House
Sheet Number:      26B
Attended School or College:      No
Highest Grade Completed:      Elementary school, 7th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:      0
Income:      0
Income Other Sources:      Yes
Neighbors:      View others on page
Household Members:     
Name      Age
Leonides F Baird      80
Sadie J Baird      56
Robert V Baird      19
Luther C Baird      15
Dorris C Baird      21
Ora Sue Baird      69
Alma Reese      55

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: 169

Notes:

Died at age 45 per Mother's obituary

No gravestone remains

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).

Virginia married PARSONS Andrew Dallas on 20 Nov 1877. Andrew (son of PARSONS Joseph and PARSONS Elizabeth Unknown) was born on 12 Oct 1844; died on 29 Nov 1911 in Kenbridge, Lunenburg, VA; was buried in Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Homemaker
• Reference Number: 31
• Census: 1860, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Good health until 4 weeks before death. Then an illness. She was buried at 3:30 pm
Lived in Sussex co. at death. Heirs listed in Will Bk. 6 page 118. Was 4' 11" at dearh.

(Medical):Died At Son's Home 7:55 Am

Census:
United States Census, 1860 for Ella G Booth
Name:Ella G Booth          
Residence:, Surry, Virginia          
Ward:[Blank]          
Age:1 year          
Estimated Birth Year:1859          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Gender:Female          
Page:14          
Family Number:112          
Film Number:805379          
DGS Number:4298874          
Image Number:00554          
NARA Number:M653          

Ella married GOODRICH Benjamin Taylor, Sr. on 25 Aug 1876 in Weldon, Halifax County, NC. Benjamin (son of GOODRICH Benjamin B.(Briggs ?) and HARRIS Elizabeth Anne) was born on 19 Jun 1851 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 3 Dec 1930 in Petersburg, VA; was buried on 5 Dec 1930 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 170
• Nickname: 1860, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Nannie

Notes:

Mother's obituary shows that she died at birth.

(Medical):Per County Death Schedule

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:

• Reference Number: 171

Notes:

Talmadge Booth shows 15 Feb 1860

Maria married BRIGGS Benjamin Franklin on 20 Jul 1882 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Benjamin (son of BRIGGS Bennett Stith and SEBREL Maria Louisa) was born on 2 Jul 1856 in Virginia; died on 17 Nov 1923 in Courtland, Southampton, VA; was buried in Courtland, Southampton, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Sallie
• Nickname: Aunt Sally
• Nickname: Sally
• Reference Number: 969

Notes:

Sara Elizabeth Booth was called aunt Sally by my mother,and she was married to
Emmett Baird, Mother thinks that there was two daughters but can't remember
what the other girl's name was but, one of the girl's name was Marie Baird and she was Percy Jackson Booth's 1st Cousin
Annie Saunnie Booth lived with "Aunt Sally" per the family (Mary Virginia Howard and Frances Adelle Booth)

Died in the front bedroom (parlor) at 141 Coppahaunk Av, Waverly. This is called the Baird/Coker House now lived in by Kenneth Coker.

Sarah married BAIRD Emmett Finley in Feb 1893. Emmett (son of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann) was born on 26 Jul 1864 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1927; was buried in 1927 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 172

Notes:

Talmadge Shows 25 Dec 1868 for birth

Family/Spouse: DILLARD William. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 173

Notes:

Poss married a Wilcox as Mrs. Edmonia B. Wilcox is listed as joining the Carsley Methodist church on 1 Jun 1891

Baird Family Bible shows an Aunt Otey died in 1945

Edmonia married WILCOX John E. on 10 Feb 1891. John was born in 1870; died in 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Surry County, VA (Snow Hill Plantation); Annie L. Booth
• Lived with:: Waverly, Sussex County, VA; Sara Elizabeth Booth (Aunt Sally)
• Reference Number: 174

Notes:

Buried in Snow Hill: Annie L. Booth, 1872 - 1885
Note from Doris Jean: When I was at the Snow Hill Cemetery in June, 1973 I recorded information from the only 3 tombstones there at that time. One was for Annie L. Booth, B. 1-1-1872 D. 7-20-1885 and engraved "Our darling hath gone before, To greet us on the blissful shore". The other two stones were for her parents, Binns Beverly Booth and Eliza Bingham Baird Booth.

Lived with Sally Baird (called Aunt Sally by Mary V. Howard), in Waverly.
Lived near the Waverly Christian Church.

(Medical):Diphtheria per the resolution by Carsley Church.
In the 1920s there were an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 cases of diphtheria per year in the United States, causing 13,000 to 15,000 deaths per year.[3] Children represented a large majority of these cases and fatalities. One of the first effective treatments for diphtheria was discovered in the 1880s by U.S. physician Joseph O'Dwyer (1841-1898). O'Dwyer developed tubes that were inserted into the throat, and prevented victims from suffocating due to the membrane sheath that grows over and obstructs airways. In the 1890s, the German physician Emil von Behring developed an antitoxin that did not kill the bacterium, but neutralized the toxic poisons that the bacterium releases into the body.
Unfortunately the treatment to save a life never made it to Surry County doctors in time to save 13 yoa Annie Laurie. 5 years after her death an antitoxin was developed, and later refined and later given to all school children throughout the United States ... Gene Harris

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:

• Health: Cripple, unknown cause
• Reference Number: 175
• Alt. Birth: 8 Jan 1875

Notes:

Sam Pete was a cripple and slept in feather bed in Snow Hill Plantation in the corner bedroom on the 1st floor. Last Booth to live in Snow Hill Plantation. His bedroom was in the rear 'T' addition on the back that is now gone. Hettie is buried in the old section of Waverly Cemetary. He lived at Snow Hill all his life.

He had the first rubber tired buggy ever seen in Surry County.

Courted Hettie Lee Rogers * (1874-1964) for 25+ years but never married. She bought 3 trousseaus. She was a graduate of the Southern Female College in Petersburg along with Ora Sue Baird. Sam Pete used to cut across the field carrying a lantern going to Hettie Rogers house which was was at Laurel Rd and Rt. 40. She was quite well off and had a large plantation house. Quote: in 1935 when the town of Waverly put in a sewer sytem, she refused to connect as she had no inside bath. Pat O'gery the town supervisor (he stuttered) told her it was the law and he could force her to. She told him "You can make me put one in, but you can't make me use it". She had electric lights and used lanterns.

Sam Pete was quite a drinker...per Kenneth Coker.

From Doris Jean Goodrich Johnson: I do recall Tilly (Edith (Tilly) Louise Goodrich Westbrook) saying that Mama used to prepare food for Sam Pete and Tillie would deliver it to him while Mama watched her as she crossed the field going to and coming from the delivery.

Health:
Was a cripple and slept in feather bed in Snow Hill Plantation in the corner bedroom on the 1st floor. This occ'd later in life from arthritis and an alcoholic

Buried:
Old Section (?)

Family/Spouse: ROGERS Hettie Lee. Hettie was born in 1874; died in 1964; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married FOWLER William M. on 25 Jun 1885. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1173
• Alt. Birth: 1858; Tombstone
• Baptism: 1877, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Baptized into Carsley Methodist Church
• Death: 20 Aug 1937

Notes:

In the obituary of Otelia Florence Westbrook, in the Sussex Gazette, August 1937, she was the daughter of Dr. J. J. James, a prominent physician, in Southampton County; however the family bible shows she was the daughter of Dr. Richard Henry James, and John James as her grandfather. Her pictures shown in Brother's Keeper at #1583 were taken on the front porch of her home located on Rt. 601,(Laurel Spring Dr.) about 1 mile off Rt. 40 (MLK Hwy.). Others shown in the group pictures were her daughter, Pearl throwing a snowball at her brother, Moses, and possibly neighbors, Sidney and Sam Riggan,

Baptism:
Baptism info from The Church Register of the Surry Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South 1853-1937

Death:
Otelia Florence James b. 10-5-1856 died 8-20-1937 at home of daughter Pearl Westbrook Goodrich

Otelia married WESTBROOK Joseph Percy on 16 Feb 1875. Joseph (son of WESTBROOK John P. and HOWELL Mary Jane F.) was born on 4 Jul 1850; died on 24 Nov 1913; was buried in Surry County, VA (Westbrook Family Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blanford Cemetery:
Deceased: EVA WILLIAMS
Deceased InformationLast Name: WILLIAMS
First Name: EVA
Middle Name: JACKSON

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 12/3/1934
Interment Date: 12/4/1934
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 69
Parentage: RICHARD & MOLLIE JAMES
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:

AttendingDoctor: P. JACOBSON
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 39432
Ward: M
Section #: 9
Square: 5 (E 1/2)
Location: E 1/2 2ND N. E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Buried:
Deceased: EVA WILLIAMS
Deceased InformationLast Name: WILLIAMS
First Name: EVA
Middle Name: JACKSON

IdentifiersBirthdate:
Date of Death: 12/3/1934
Interment Date: 12/4/1934
Race: WHITE
Sex: FEMALE
Age: 69
Other InformationParentage: RICHARD & MOLLIE JAMES
Birthplace: SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Place of Death:
Residence At Time of Grave PurchaseAddress:
Apartment:
City:
State:
Zip:
AttendingDoctor: P. JACOBSON
Funeral Home/Crematory J. T. MORRIS
GraveId: 39432
Ward: M
Section #: 9
Square: 5 (E 1/2)
Location: E 1/2 2ND N. E. CORNER
LocationGrave #: 2
New/Old Grounds: NEW
Type of Vault: BOX

Eva married WILLIAMS Joseph Julian Junious on 25 Feb 1886. Joseph was born in Southampton County, VA; died on 23 Apr 1922 in Petersburg, VA; was buried in Petersburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is believed that this is the Mary Pulley of Ivor (1936) that has the original will of Moses Booth.

Location: Ivor, Virginia, north side of Main Street, between Church Street and Route 622; 2nd house from Rt. 622 (Northside of the street)

Mary married on 10 Sep 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married COBB Reuben Myrick on 25 Sep 1917. Reuben and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married ANDERSON Charles A. on 30 Aug 1918. Charles and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married LITTLE Evelyn on 10 Oct 1924. Evelyn was born on 20 Feb 1904; died on 7 Jul 1997; was buried in 1997 in Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA

Notes:

Census:
Eleanor Holmes
United States Census, 1920
Name      Eleanor Holmes
Event Type      Census
Event Date      1920
Event Place      Wakefield, Sussex, Virginia, United States
Gender      Female
Age      16
Marital Status      Single
Race      White
Race (Original)      White
Can Read      Yes
Can Write      Yes
Relationship to Head of Household      Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)      Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated)      1904
Birthplace      Virginia
Father's Birthplace      Virginia
Mother's Birthplace      Virginia
Sheet Letter      A
Sheet Number      4
HOUSEHOLD

ROLE

GENDER

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

P G Holmes      Head      M      63      Virginia
Eleanor Holmes      Daughter      F      16      Virginia

Eleanor married HARRISON James in Oct 1926. James and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]