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     John Gaylord Armstrong was born in November 1835 at Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA; aged 14 in 1850 census.^1,3 He married Mildred Ann Ogden before 1865
; Per Find A Grave, their dau. Cora Charlotte was b. 1865.⁴
John Gaylord Armstrong died on 1 May 1915 at Jefferson Co., Kansas, USA, at age 79.³
John Gaylord Armstrong was buried after 1 May 1915 at Underwood Cemetery, Williamstown, Jefferson Co., Kansas, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Nov., 1835
     Death:      May 1, 1915
     h/Mildred Ann Ogden
     Jefferson County, Kansas Cemetery Records show death date as 30 Apr 1915
     Family links:
     Parents:
          John E Armstrong (1795 - 1866)
          Charlotte Gaylord Armstrong (1796 - 1856)
     Spouse: Mildred Ann Ogden Armstrong (1837 - 1929)
     Children:
          Cora Charlotte Armstrong Gray (1865 - 1935)*
          Howard H Armstrong (1867 - 1942)*
     Siblings:
          Augustus Gaylord Armstrong (1825 - 1863)*
          Alson B Armstrong (1826 - 1846)*
          Sarah Adelia Armstrong Gillett (1829 - 1915)*
          Amelia Mansfield Armstrong Lemmon (1831 - 1857)*
          Lydia G. Armstrong McDonald (1833 - 1881)*
          John G. Armstrong (1835 - 1915)
          Mary Elizabeth Armstrong Bixby (1838 - 1915)*
     Burial: Underwood Cemetery, Williamstown, Jefferson County, Kansas, USA
     Maintained by: John Wood
     Originally Created by: A & R
     Record added: Aug 28, 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial# 21230238.⁵
     John Gaylord Armstrong was listed as a resident in John Edward Armstrong and Charlotte Gaylord's household in the census report in 1840 at York, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA; p. 44, line 23
     Name:     John E Armstrong
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     York, Sandusky, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] John 1835
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2 [1826-30] Augustus 1825, James 1827
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] George c1818
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] John 1796
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] Mary 1838
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     2 [1831-25] Amelia 1831, Lydia 1833
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Sarah 1829
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Allison 1825
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Charlotte (Gaylord) 1796
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     8
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     11
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     11.⁶

John Gaylord Armstrong was listed as a resident in John Edward Armstrong and Charlotte Gaylord's household in the census report on 29 August 1850 at York, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA;
p. 465B, lines 15-22, dwelling 1024, family 1043
; Document supplied by Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library:
     "Know all Men by these Presents, That we John E. Armstrong as principal and Mathew M. Coe and Alonzo Thorp as sureties, of the County of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Ohio in the penal sum of seventeen hundred dollars lawful money of the United States, to which payment well and truly to be made unto the state of Ohio aforesaid, we do bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them jointly, and severally, by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dates this 10th day of March A. D. 1851
     "The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above names John E. Armstrong, Guardian for Lydia Armstrong aged 17yrs, John Armstrong 15 yrs & Mary Armstrong aged 12 years of the county and State aforesaid, minors of John E. Armstrong, shall faithfully account with the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Sandusky, aforesaid, for the management of the property and estate of the aforesaid orphan under his care, and shall deliver up the property and estate aforesaid, together with the profits arising therefrom, to the order of the said Court, or the direction of law, and shall in all respects perform the duty of Guardian to the said minors until they arrive to the age of majority as the law requires, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law.
     "Signed and delivered in presence of: John E. Armstrong, M. M. Coe, Alonzo Thorp."
; Transciption by G. Vaut:
     "Know All Men by These Presents, That we John E. Armstrong as principal and Mathew M Coe & Alonzo Thorp as sureties, of the County of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, are held and fimly bound unto the State of Ohio, in the penal sum of secenteen hundred dolllars.....with our seals and dated this 10th day of March A. D. 1851.
     "The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above named John E. Armstrong Guradian for Lydia ? Armstrong aged 17 yrs, John Armstrong aged 15 yrs & Mary Armstrong aged 12 years..."⁸

     Mary Elizabeth Armstrong was born on 5 April 1838 at Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA; aged 12 in 1850 census.^1,2,3 She married Tilson H. Bixby before 1869
; Per Find A Grave, their son William, was born 1869.⁴
Mary Elizabeth Armstrong died on 9 June 1915 at Pierce Co., Washington, USA, at age 77.²
Mary Elizabeth Armstrong was buried after 9 June 1915 at Fox Island Cemetery, Fox Island, Pierce Co., Washington, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Apr. 5, 1838, Ohio, USA
     Death:      Jun. 9, 1915, Washington, USA
     Family links:
     Parents:
          John E Armstrong (1795 - 1866)
          Charlotte Gaylord Armstrong (1796 - 1856)
     Spouse: Tilson H Bixby (1833 - 1917)
     Siblings:
          Augustus Gaylord Armstrong (1825 - 1863)*
          Alson B Armstrong (1826 - 1846)*
          Sarah Adelia Armstrong Gillett (1829 - 1915)*
          Amelia Mansfield Armstrong Lemmon (1831 - 1857)*
          Lydia G. Armstrong McDonald (1833 - 1881)*
          John G. Armstrong (1835 - 1915)*
          Mary Elizabeth Armstrong Bixby (1838 - 1915)
     Children: William Sumner Bixby (1869 - 1939)*
     Inscription: Mother
     Burial: Fox Island Cemetery, Fox Island, Pierce County, Washington, USA
     Created by: Carolyn Farnum
     Record added: Oct 22, 2001
     Find A Grave Memorial# 5870624.⁵
     Mary Elizabeth Armstrong was listed as a resident in John Edward Armstrong and Charlotte Gaylord's household in the census report in 1840 at York, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA; p. 44, line 23
     Name:     John E Armstrong
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     York, Sandusky, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] John 1835
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2 [1826-30] Augustus 1825, James 1827
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] George c1818
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] John 1796
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] Mary 1838
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     2 [1831-25] Amelia 1831, Lydia 1833
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Sarah 1829
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Allison 1825
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Charlotte (Gaylord) 1796
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     8
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     11
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     11.⁶

Mary Elizabeth Armstrong was listed as a resident in John Edward Armstrong and Charlotte Gaylord's household in the census report on 29 August 1850 at York, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA;
p. 465B, lines 15-22, dwelling 1024, family 1043
; Document supplied by Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library:
     "Know all Men by these Presents, That we John E. Armstrong as principal and Mathew M. Coe and Alonzo Thorp as sureties, of the County of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Ohio in the penal sum of seventeen hundred dollars lawful money of the United States, to which payment well and truly to be made unto the state of Ohio aforesaid, we do bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them jointly, and severally, by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dates this 10th day of March A. D. 1851
     "The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above names John E. Armstrong, Guardian for Lydia Armstrong aged 17yrs, John Armstrong 15 yrs & Mary Armstrong aged 12 years of the county and State aforesaid, minors of John E. Armstrong, shall faithfully account with the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Sandusky, aforesaid, for the management of the property and estate of the aforesaid orphan under his care, and shall deliver up the property and estate aforesaid, together with the profits arising therefrom, to the order of the said Court, or the direction of law, and shall in all respects perform the duty of Guardian to the said minors until they arrive to the age of majority as the law requires, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law.
     "Signed and delivered in presence of: John E. Armstrong, M. M. Coe, Alonzo Thorp."
; Transciption by G. Vaut:
     "Know All Men by These Presents, That we John E. Armstrong as principal and Mathew M Coe & Alonzo Thorp as sureties, of the County of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, are held and fimly bound unto the State of Ohio, in the penal sum of secenteen hundred dolllars.....with our seals and dated this 10th day of March A. D. 1851.
     "The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above named John E. Armstrong Guradian for Lydia ? Armstrong aged 17 yrs, John Armstrong aged 15 yrs & Mary Armstrong aged 12 years..."⁸

     Charles Thomas Broach was born in 1778 at Clarke Co., Georgia, USA; Find A Grave says b Clarke Co., GA; Ancestry says b SC; DAR App #917909 says b. SC.^1,5 He married Mary Polly Smith, daughter of Nathan Smith and Sarah "Salley" Foster, on 20 December 1810 at Clarke Co., Georgia, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages to 1850
     Name: Charles Broach
     Spouse: Polly Smith
     Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1810
     Marriage County: Clarke
     Marriage State: Georgia
     Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.


Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
     Name:     Polly Smith
     Spouse:     Charles Broach
     Marriage Date:     Dec 1810
     County:     Clarke
     State:     Georgia
     Source Information: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Georgia marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.^6,7,8,3
Charles Thomas Broach died in 1850 at Fordyce Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA.¹
Charles Thomas Broach was buried in 1850 at Broach Cemetery, Cleveland Co., Arkansas, USA; From Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      1778, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
     Death:      1850, Fordyce, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA
     Son of Jones and Elizabeth Haynie Broach
     Wed Mary Polly Smith on 20 Dec 1810 in Clarke County, Georgia and to this union was born 7 known children.
     Children with unknown or non connected burials:- Martha Broach 1818 - Unkn
     Family links:
     Parents:
      Jones Broach (1755 - 1809)
      Elizabeth Haynie Broach (1750 - 1813)
     Spouse: Mary Polly Smith Broach (1792 - 1850)*
     Children:
      Avyriller Elizabeth Broach Easterling (1811 - 1882)*
      Jones A Broach (1815 - 1900)*
      James Thomas F Broach (1819 - 1852)*
      Harrison Henderson Broach (1820 - 1909)*
      William Berry Broach (1825 - 1909)*
     Burial: Broach Cemetery, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
     Created by: macw
     Record added: Jan 30, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 47319841.¹
     GAV-4.

Reference:
Per Morris [1971:7]: "Charles Broach (1.) and his wife Polly settled after 1820 in Walton Co., Ga. But later, during the time of the California Gold Rush, he and his family left Walton Co. and headed for California in a train of 42 wagons. After six months travel they reached Arkansas where they decided to stop and settle at a spot near the present day towns of Fordyce and Kinsland, Arkansas.
     "Several years later their son James and little grandson both died of typhoid fever, and the widow, Mrs. James Broach, took a surviving son and three daughters back to live in Walton Co., Ga. She lived there with her father who was George Broach (3.), brother of Charles."³
In Jones Broach's will dated 3 January 1809 at Clarke Co., Georgia, USA, Charles Thomas Broach was named as executor; Ancestry.com - Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
     Name:     Jones Broach
     Probate Date:     13 Mar 1809
     Probate Place:     Clarke, Georgia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1809
     Inferred Death Place:     Georgia, USA
     Source Citation: Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Clarke County); Probate Place: Clarke, Georgia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.
Transcription by G. A. Vaut (accents add by transciber; "???" indicates indecipherable):
     "(29) The Last Will and Testament of Jones Broach Decd
     "Know all men by these presants that I Jones Broach of the county of Clark and state of Georgia I am about to make may last will and testament.
     "I do leave my wife Elizabeth Broach and Charles Broach my Executors
     "I do wish my Executors to sell my crop and pay my just debts as far as the money will settle thereof and for to sell such proerty as they think proper to pay the ballance of my just debts. I am no in my proper sences
     "I do recollect that I have gave to my daughter Mary Glen when se left me one hundred and one dollars. Also to my son George Broach one hundred thirty seven dollars & a certain tract of land where he now lives at $300.50. Also I have given to my son Charles Broach $116.50. Also I have gave to my son William Broach $115. Also I have gave to my son Berry Broach $100.
     "I wish my Executors to give my son Berry Broach one saddle and bridle and one years schooling to be paid out of my estate and one suit of cloths.
     "I will to Elizabeth Broach to have out of my estate when she is maried or leaves her mother two hundred dollars.
     "A (Avryilla?) two hundred dollars and one years schooling to be paid out of my estate in property when she leaves her mother.
     "I do leave my lawfull wife Elizabeth Broach all my negros & lands horses and stock of all kinds houshold furniture during her life or widowhood and then to be delivered amongst my lawfull heirs ??? to what they have been paid out of my estate and my wife is to suport her children out of my estate as long as they live with her.
     "So I conclude my last will and testament given under my hand and seal this 3d day of January 1809. Jones Broach (his Mark)
     "Test P. Haynee, Benjamin J. Biddle, Neal J. Barnett
     "Georgia, Clark County
     "Personally appeared in open Court Benjamin J. Biddle and Neal Barnett and being duly sworn on the holy Gospel of God deposeth and saith that they saw the within named Jones Broach sign seal publish and declair the within instrument of writing to be his last will and testament and that he was of sound mind and memory at the time of his so doing. They also say they in the presents of each other signed the same as subscribing witnesses all which they do dispose to the best of their knowledge.
     "Sworn in open Court Benj J Biddle, Nial Barnett
     "Recorded the 13th of March 1909 Jno Smith.⁹

Charles Thomas Broach and Mary Polly Smith appeared in the census of 1820 at Salem, Clarke Co., Georgia, USA; p. 141, line 27
     Name:     Charles Broach
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Salem, Clarke, Georgia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:     1
     Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     6
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     3
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     11.¹⁰

Charles Thomas Broach and Mary Polly Smith appeared in the census of 1830 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 140, line 21
     Name:     Charles Broach
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     10.¹¹

Charles Thomas Broach and Mary Polly Smith appeared in the census of 1840 at Circle District, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 118, line 11
     Name:     Charles Broach
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Circle District, Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     21
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.¹²

Charles Thomas Broach appeared in the census of 11 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; 1850 Slave Schedule: Column 2, line 36
     Gender: Male
     Race: Black
     Age: 68
     Home in 1860: Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas
     Name of Slave Owner: Charles Broach
     All Slaves Owned: Gender-Male
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.¹³

Charles Thomas Broach and Mary Polly Smith appeared in the census of 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Note: same census page as S. & Jane H. HIGGIBOTHAN and Joseph and Elizabeth HIGGINBOTHAN families]
p. 20 B, lines 34-37, dwelling 277, family 277
     34 BROACH, Charles 72 [1778] M Farmer SC
     35 " , Mary 61 [1789] F GA
     36 LANDON, Ann 13 [1837] F unknown
     37 " , Bnej. 8 [1842] M unknown.¹⁴

     Mary Polly Smith was born in 1792 at Elberton, Elbert Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry says b 1789; DAR App 91790 says b c1789.^1,2,3 She married Charles Thomas Broach, son of Jones Broach and Elizabeth Haynie, on 20 December 1810 at Clarke Co., Georgia, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages to 1850
     Name: Charles Broach
     Spouse: Polly Smith
     Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1810
     Marriage County: Clarke
     Marriage State: Georgia
     Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.


Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
     Name:     Polly Smith
     Spouse:     Charles Broach
     Marriage Date:     Dec 1810
     County:     Clarke
     State:     Georgia
     Source Information: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Georgia marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.^1,4,5,6
Mary Polly Smith died in 1850 at Kingsland Township, Cleveland Co., Arkansas, USA.¹
Mary Polly Smith was buried in 1850 at Broach Cemetery, Cleveland Co., Arkansas, USA; From Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      1792, Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, USA
     Death:      1850, Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
     Daughter of Nathan and Sarah "Salley" Foster Smith both from North Carolina and died in Georgia and Mary was 1 of 9 children.
     Married 08 Dec 1810 in Clarke County, Georgia
     Family links: Spouse: Charles Thomas Broach (1778 - 1850)
     Children:
      Avyriller Elizabeth Broach Easterling (1811 - 1882)*
      Jones A Broach (1815 - 1900)*
      James Thomas F Broach (1819 - 1852)*
      Harrison Henderson Broach (1820 - 1909)*
      William Berry Broach (1825 - 1909)*
     Burial: Broach Cemetery, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
     Created by: macw
     Record added: Jan 30, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 47319870.¹
     GAV-4.

Reference:
Per Morris [1971:7]: "Charles Broach (1.) and his wife Polly settled after 1820 in Walton Co., Ga. But later, during the time of the California Gold Rush, he and his family left Walton Co. and headed for California in a train of 42 wagons. After six months travel they reached Arkansas where they decided to stop and settle at a spot near the present day towns of Fordyce and Kinsland, Arkansas.
     "Several years later their son James and little grandson both died of typhoid fever, and the widow, Mrs. James Broach, took a surviving son and three daughters back to live in Walton Co., Ga. She lived there with her father who was George Broach (3.), brother of Charles."⁶

Mary Polly Smith and Charles Thomas Broach appeared in the census of 1820 at Salem, Clarke Co., Georgia, USA; p. 141, line 27
     Name:     Charles Broach
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Salem, Clarke, Georgia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:     1
     Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     6
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     3
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     11.⁷

Mary Polly Smith and Charles Thomas Broach appeared in the census of 1830 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 140, line 21
     Name:     Charles Broach
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     10.⁸

Mary Polly Smith and Charles Thomas Broach appeared in the census of 1840 at Circle District, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 118, line 11
     Name:     Charles Broach
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Circle District, Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     21
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.⁹

Mary Polly Smith and Charles Thomas Broach appeared in the census of 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Note: same census page as S. & Jane H. HIGGIBOTHAN and Joseph and Elizabeth HIGGINBOTHAN families]
p. 20 B, lines 34-37, dwelling 277, family 277
     34 BROACH, Charles 72 [1778] M Farmer SC
     35 " , Mary 61 [1789] F GA
     36 LANDON, Ann 13 [1837] F unknown
     37 " , Bnej. 8 [1842] M unknown.¹⁰

     Nathan Smith died at Georgia, USA.¹ He married Sarah "Salley" Foster
; per Find A Grave website: "Mary was 1 of 9 children."¹
     GAV-5. GAV-5.

     Sarah "Salley" Foster married Nathan Smith
; per Find A Grave website: "Mary was 1 of 9 children."¹
Sarah "Salley" Foster died at Georgia, USA.¹
     GAV-5. GAV-5.

     Emma Higginbotham married (?) McLindon.²
Emma Higginbotham was born in 1806 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA.¹
     In Oliver Higginbotham's will dated 14 May 1847 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, Emma Higginbotham was named as an heir; Source cited on Ancestry: Oliver Higginbotham Will pg 523 of 658 Probate Records Walton Co GA 1853-1855 Vol H-J pg 302 in book:
     "Georgia, Walton County
     I Oliver Higganbotham of the County and state aforesaid do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner
     It. 1st I loan to my beloved wife Nancy Higginbotham during her natural live the house and land where I now reside all my stock of horses, cattle and hogs with household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils.
     It. 2nd I give to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro girl Mandy ten years old a girls Sarah about the same age to do as she pleases with. I further loan to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro man Joe a boy Rase a woman Rose and a woman Diner and a small boy Jesse the last named five Negroes I loan to my wife during her natural live.
     It. 3rd I give to my son Sanford Higginbotham a Negroe woman Smith and her child Clabourn estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 4th I give to my daughter Nancy Harden a Negroe woman Mary and her child Elijah Estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 5th I give to my son John Higginbotham a Negro boy Ben estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 6th I give to my daughter Emma McLindon a Negro woman Izabel and her child Mariah estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 7th I give to my son William Higginbotham a Negro woman Silvey and her child Henry estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 8th I give to my son Joseph C. Higginbotham a Negro woman Mela and a small boy Sam estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 9th I give to my son Dennis Higginbotham a Negro boy Simon and a girl Julia estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 10th I give to my granddaughter Nancy Meadow a Negro girl Antonet about seven years of age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 11th I give to my grandson William Meadow a Negro boy Green about six years pf age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 12th I give to the heirs of her body my daughter Martha Fuller seven hundred dollars it being their full share that I desire for them out of my estate which will be paid to them out of the sale of the property that I have loned to my wife Nancy Higginbotham which I wish paid to them as they become of age.
     It. 13th I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham one dollar.
     It. 14th It is my wish after the death of my wife Nancy Higginbotham that all the property I have loned her shall be sold and after the seven hundred dollars that I have left to the heirs of my daughter Martha Fuller small have been taken from the sales of the above named property the balance shall be equally divided between all my children with the exception of my daughter Martha Fuller and the heirs of her body and my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham and the heirs of her body.
     It. 15th I leave as my Executors my son William Higginbotham and my son-in-law Benjamin J. Hardin.
     It. 16th I also leave my son William Higginbotham Trustee to act for the heirs of my daughter Fuller in collecting and paying out the money I have left for their benefit.
     Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of this 14th Mary 1847 O. Higginbotham
     Test: Abraham J. Hill Daniel Knight George Spence J. P.


     Georgia, Walton County, Court of Ordinary, March Term 1855
     Present R. J. Kennedy Ordinary of Said Court, Monday, March 5th 1855
     In open court came Daniel Knight and George Spence and being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Oliver Higginbotham late of said county now decd sign seal declare and publish the instrument in writing hereto annexed as his last will & testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any influence or compulsion whatever and that at the time of the execution of the same said testators was of sound and disposing mind & memory and that they signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request in his presence and in the presence of each other and that Abram J. Hall assigned the same at the same time for the same purpose and under the same circumstances deponants signed it. Sworn & subscribed in open court: George Spence Daniel Knight." [Transcription by GA Vaut]²

     John R. "Jack" Higginbotham was born in 1807 at Georgia, USA.¹ He married Mary Rebecca Fuller, daughter of George Washington Fuller and Elizabeth Holmes, on 15 December 1833 at Morgan Co., Georgia, USA,
; Her 1st husband
Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages to 1850
     Name: John Higganbotham
     Spouse: Mary R. Fuller
     Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1833
     Marriage County: Morgan
     Marriage State: Georgia
     Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.^2,3
John R. "Jack" Higginbotham died circa 1851 at Gordon Co., Georgia, USA.¹
     In Oliver Higginbotham's will dated 14 May 1847 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, John R. "Jack" Higginbotham was named as an heir; Source cited on Ancestry: Oliver Higginbotham Will pg 523 of 658 Probate Records Walton Co GA 1853-1855 Vol H-J pg 302 in book:
     "Georgia, Walton County
     I Oliver Higganbotham of the County and state aforesaid do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner
     It. 1st I loan to my beloved wife Nancy Higginbotham during her natural live the house and land where I now reside all my stock of horses, cattle and hogs with household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils.
     It. 2nd I give to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro girl Mandy ten years old a girls Sarah about the same age to do as she pleases with. I further loan to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro man Joe a boy Rase a woman Rose and a woman Diner and a small boy Jesse the last named five Negroes I loan to my wife during her natural live.
     It. 3rd I give to my son Sanford Higginbotham a Negroe woman Smith and her child Clabourn estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 4th I give to my daughter Nancy Harden a Negroe woman Mary and her child Elijah Estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 5th I give to my son John Higginbotham a Negro boy Ben estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 6th I give to my daughter Emma McLindon a Negro woman Izabel and her child Mariah estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 7th I give to my son William Higginbotham a Negro woman Silvey and her child Henry estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 8th I give to my son Joseph C. Higginbotham a Negro woman Mela and a small boy Sam estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 9th I give to my son Dennis Higginbotham a Negro boy Simon and a girl Julia estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 10th I give to my granddaughter Nancy Meadow a Negro girl Antonet about seven years of age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 11th I give to my grandson William Meadow a Negro boy Green about six years pf age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 12th I give to the heirs of her body my daughter Martha Fuller seven hundred dollars it being their full share that I desire for them out of my estate which will be paid to them out of the sale of the property that I have loned to my wife Nancy Higginbotham which I wish paid to them as they become of age.
     It. 13th I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham one dollar.
     It. 14th It is my wish after the death of my wife Nancy Higginbotham that all the property I have loned her shall be sold and after the seven hundred dollars that I have left to the heirs of my daughter Martha Fuller small have been taken from the sales of the above named property the balance shall be equally divided between all my children with the exception of my daughter Martha Fuller and the heirs of her body and my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham and the heirs of her body.
     It. 15th I leave as my Executors my son William Higginbotham and my son-in-law Benjamin J. Hardin.
     It. 16th I also leave my son William Higginbotham Trustee to act for the heirs of my daughter Fuller in collecting and paying out the money I have left for their benefit.
     Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of this 14th Mary 1847 O. Higginbotham
     Test: Abraham J. Hill Daniel Knight George Spence J. P.


     Georgia, Walton County, Court of Ordinary, March Term 1855
     Present R. J. Kennedy Ordinary of Said Court, Monday, March 5th 1855
     In open court came Daniel Knight and George Spence and being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Oliver Higginbotham late of said county now decd sign seal declare and publish the instrument in writing hereto annexed as his last will & testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any influence or compulsion whatever and that at the time of the execution of the same said testators was of sound and disposing mind & memory and that they signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request in his presence and in the presence of each other and that Abram J. Hall assigned the same at the same time for the same purpose and under the same circumstances deponants signed it. Sworn & subscribed in open court: George Spence Daniel Knight." [Transcription by GA Vaut]⁴

John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller appeared in the census of 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.⁵

     Mary Rebecca Fuller was born on 28 October 1818 at Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA.³ She married John R. "Jack" Higginbotham, son of Oliver Higginbotham and Nancy Doggett, on 15 December 1833 at Morgan Co., Georgia, USA,
; Her 1st husband
Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages to 1850
     Name: John Higganbotham
     Spouse: Mary R. Fuller
     Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1833
     Marriage County: Morgan
     Marriage State: Georgia
     Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.^1,3 Mary Rebecca Fuller married George Washington Lay between 1852 and 1857 at Georgia, USA,
; Her 1st husband died in 1851; her 1st son by her 2nd husband was born ca 1858 (per 1860 census.)⁴
Mary Rebecca Fuller died on 14 July 1906 at Gordon Co., Georgia, USA, at age 87.⁵
Mary Rebecca Fuller was buried after 14 July 1906 at Russell Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; from Find A Grave Website:
Birth: Oct. 28, 1818, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
Death: Jul. 14, 1906, Gordon County, Georgia, USA

Bio: Mary Rebecca Fuller married twice; first to John Higganbotham on Dec. 15, 1833, in Morgan County, Georgia; then to George W. Lay.

Burial: Russell Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Valley, Gordon County, Georgia, USA

Created by: C. East
Record added: Oct 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 43018295.⁵
     In Oliver Higginbotham's will dated 14 May 1847 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, Mary Rebecca Fuller was named as an heir; Source cited on Ancestry: Oliver Higginbotham Will pg 523 of 658 Probate Records Walton Co GA 1853-1855 Vol H-J pg 302 in book:
     "Georgia, Walton County
     I Oliver Higganbotham of the County and state aforesaid do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner
     It. 1st I loan to my beloved wife Nancy Higginbotham during her natural live the house and land where I now reside all my stock of horses, cattle and hogs with household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils.
     It. 2nd I give to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro girl Mandy ten years old a girls Sarah about the same age to do as she pleases with. I further loan to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro man Joe a boy Rase a woman Rose and a woman Diner and a small boy Jesse the last named five Negroes I loan to my wife during her natural live.
     It. 3rd I give to my son Sanford Higginbotham a Negroe woman Smith and her child Clabourn estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 4th I give to my daughter Nancy Harden a Negroe woman Mary and her child Elijah Estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 5th I give to my son John Higginbotham a Negro boy Ben estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 6th I give to my daughter Emma McLindon a Negro woman Izabel and her child Mariah estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 7th I give to my son William Higginbotham a Negro woman Silvey and her child Henry estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 8th I give to my son Joseph C. Higginbotham a Negro woman Mela and a small boy Sam estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 9th I give to my son Dennis Higginbotham a Negro boy Simon and a girl Julia estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 10th I give to my granddaughter Nancy Meadow a Negro girl Antonet about seven years of age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 11th I give to my grandson William Meadow a Negro boy Green about six years pf age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 12th I give to the heirs of her body my daughter Martha Fuller seven hundred dollars it being their full share that I desire for them out of my estate which will be paid to them out of the sale of the property that I have loned to my wife Nancy Higginbotham which I wish paid to them as they become of age.
     It. 13th I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham one dollar.
     It. 14th It is my wish after the death of my wife Nancy Higginbotham that all the property I have loned her shall be sold and after the seven hundred dollars that I have left to the heirs of my daughter Martha Fuller small have been taken from the sales of the above named property the balance shall be equally divided between all my children with the exception of my daughter Martha Fuller and the heirs of her body and my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham and the heirs of her body.
     It. 15th I leave as my Executors my son William Higginbotham and my son-in-law Benjamin J. Hardin.
     It. 16th I also leave my son William Higginbotham Trustee to act for the heirs of my daughter Fuller in collecting and paying out the money I have left for their benefit.
     Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of this 14th Mary 1847 O. Higginbotham
     Test: Abraham J. Hill Daniel Knight George Spence J. P.


     Georgia, Walton County, Court of Ordinary, March Term 1855
     Present R. J. Kennedy Ordinary of Said Court, Monday, March 5th 1855
     In open court came Daniel Knight and George Spence and being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Oliver Higginbotham late of said county now decd sign seal declare and publish the instrument in writing hereto annexed as his last will & testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any influence or compulsion whatever and that at the time of the execution of the same said testators was of sound and disposing mind & memory and that they signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request in his presence and in the presence of each other and that Abram J. Hall assigned the same at the same time for the same purpose and under the same circumstances deponants signed it. Sworn & subscribed in open court: George Spence Daniel Knight." [Transcription by GA Vaut]⁶

Mary Rebecca Fuller and John R. "Jack" Higginbotham appeared in the census of 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.⁷

Mary Rebecca Fuller and George Washington Lay appeared in the census of 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.⁸

Mary Rebecca Fuller and George Washington Lay appeared in the census of 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to Mary's son, Henry HIGGENBOTHAM, on p. 238-B, lines 5-7
pp. 238-A & 238-B, lines 37-40 & 1-4, dwelling 976, family 875
     37 LAW, George W. 36 [1834] M W Farmer $3000 $600 GA Cannot write
     38 " , Mary R. 51 [1819] F W Keeping House GA
     39 " , Samuel H. 12 [1858] M W Works on Farm GA Attended school
     40 " , George W. 8 [1862] M W GA Attended school
     1 HIGENBOTHAM, Frances 28 [1842] F W Dentist GA
     2 " , Mary R. 25 [1845] F W At home GA
     3 " , Joseph H. 21 [1849] M W Works on Farm $200 GA Attended school
     4 " , Lewis S. 19 [1851] M W Works on Farm $300 GA Attended school.⁹

     John Higginbotham was born circa 1835 at Georgia, USA; aged 15 1850 census.¹
     John Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

     Abram Higginbotham was born circa 1840 at Georgia, USA; aged 10 1850 census.¹
     Abram Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

     Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham was born on 9 February 1838 at Georgia, USA; aged 12 1850 census.^1,3 She married Thomas "Tom" L. Evans in August 1860 at Georgia, USA,
; Ancestry tree cites 1900 census.⁴
Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham died on 25 December 1901 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, at age 63.³
Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham was buried after 25 December 1901 at Walnut Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Walnut Grove, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Feb. 9, 1838
Death: Dec. 25, 1901

Family links:
Spouse: Thomas L. Evans (1830 - 1914)

Children: Adele Evans Carter (1878 - 1930)*

Burial: Walnut Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Walnut Grove, lton County
Georgia, USA

Created by: M & R Thompson Parker
Record added: Jan 09, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 103332171.³
     Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

     Frances E./S. "Fannie" Higginbotham was born on 22 December 1842 at Georgia, USA; aged 8 1850 census.^1,2
Frances E./S. "Fannie" Higginbotham died on 14 August 1925 at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, USA, at age 82.²
     Frances E./S. "Fannie" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

Frances E./S. "Fannie" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.³

Frances E./S. "Fannie" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to Mary's son, Henry HIGGENBOTHAM, on p. 238-B, lines 5-7
pp. 238-A & 238-B, lines 37-40 & 1-4, dwelling 976, family 875
     37 LAW, George W. 36 [1834] M W Farmer $3000 $600 GA Cannot write
     38 " , Mary R. 51 [1819] F W Keeping House GA
     39 " , Samuel H. 12 [1858] M W Works on Farm GA Attended school
     40 " , George W. 8 [1862] M W GA Attended school
     1 HIGENBOTHAM, Frances 28 [1842] F W Dentist GA
     2 " , Mary R. 25 [1845] F W At home GA
     3 " , Joseph H. 21 [1849] M W Works on Farm $200 GA Attended school
     4 " , Lewis S. 19 [1851] M W Works on Farm $300 GA Attended school.⁴

     Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Higginbotham was born on 27 September 1843 at Georgia, USA; aged 6 1850 census; Ancestry tree cites 1900 census.^1,2 She married Robert Zachariah Taylor Frix in 1874 at Georgia, USA.³

Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Higginbotham died on 20 December 1914 at Gordon Co., Georgia, USA, at age 71; Ancestry tree cites Find A Grave.
     Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.⁴

Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to Mary's son, Henry HIGGENBOTHAM, on p. 238-B, lines 5-7
pp. 238-A & 238-B, lines 37-40 & 1-4, dwelling 976, family 875
     37 LAW, George W. 36 [1834] M W Farmer $3000 $600 GA Cannot write
     38 " , Mary R. 51 [1819] F W Keeping House GA
     39 " , Samuel H. 12 [1858] M W Works on Farm GA Attended school
     40 " , George W. 8 [1862] M W GA Attended school
     1 HIGENBOTHAM, Frances 28 [1842] F W Dentist GA
     2 " , Mary R. 25 [1845] F W At home GA
     3 " , Joseph H. 21 [1849] M W Works on Farm $200 GA Attended school
     4 " , Lewis S. 19 [1851] M W Works on Farm $300 GA Attended school.⁵

     Henry Oliver "Buck" Higginbotham was born on 5 November 1845 at Cass Co., Georgia, USA; aged 5 1850 census, Ancestry tree cites 1900 census.^1,2 He married Margaret Desimona Copeland on 17 November 1867
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
     Name:     Henry O. Higginbotham
     Spouse:     Dessie Copeland
     Marriage Date:     17 Nov 1867
     County:     Gordon
     State:     Georgia
     Source Information: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Georgia marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
     Name:     Henry O Higginbotham
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     17 Nov 1867
     Marriage Place:     Gordon, Georgia, USA
     Spouse:     Dessie Coplin
     Spouse Gender:     Female     Source Information: Ancesrty.com. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.^3,4,5
Henry Oliver "Buck" Higginbotham died on 18 December 1906 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, at age 61.^2,6
Henry Oliver "Buck" Higginbotham was buried after 18 December 1906 at Jersey United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jersey, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      Nov. 5, 1845, Georgia, USA
     Death:      Dec. 18, 1906, Georgia, USA
     CO. I., 1 GA Cav, CSA
     U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
          Name: H.O. Higginbotham
          Confederate from State of Origin: Georgia
          Regiment Name: 1 Georgia Cavalry
          Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Georgia Cavalry
          Company: I
          Rank In: Private
          Rank In Expanded: Private
          Rank Out: Private
          Rank Out Expanded: Private
          Film Number: M226 roll 29
     NOTE from "Walton County Georgia Cemeteries" (West), page 207, " The following marker was broken into pieces (three found) and thrown in edge of woods:..HIGGINBOTHAM, -?-.. 5 Nov. 1845 - 18 Dec. 1900."
     Henry Oliver Higginbotham was born 5 Nov 1945 in Cass Co, GA and died 18 Dec 1908 in GA. He was married to Margaret Desdimona Copeland on 17 Nov 1867 in Gordon, GA. Their seven children include Charles, James Leon, Norah Lee, Effie Lillian, John (called Jack) Beverly, George Dennis (called Denny), and Mary Gay Higginbotham.
     Henry's parents were John R. Higginbotham and Rebecca Fuller Higginbotham. His siblings were John, Sarah, Abram, Francis E., Mary (Mollie?) R., Josephine, Joseph, Sandord (Sanford?), and Louis Sanford Higginbotham.
     Family links: Spouse: Margaret Desdimona Copeland Higginbotham (1850 - 1933)*
     Children: James Leon Higginbotham (1871 - 1942)*
     Burial: Jersey United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jersey, Walton County, Georgia, USA
     Maintained by: Kellie O
     Originally Created by: Bud
     Record added: May 31, 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial# 19644098.⁶
     Henry Oliver "Buck" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

Henry Oliver "Buck" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.⁷

Henry Oliver "Buck" Higginbotham and Margaret Desimona Copeland appeared in the census of 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to his mother and step-father.]
p. 238-B, lines 5-7, dwelling 976, family 876
     5 HIGENBOTHAM, Henroy O. 24 [1846] M W Works on Farm $600 GA
     6 " , Densey 20 [1850] F W Keeping House GA
     7 " , Charlie 1 [1869] M W GA.⁸

     Joseph H. "Joe" Higginbotham was born on 12 November 1847 at Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; aged 4 1850 census.^1,2
Joseph H. "Joe" Higginbotham died on 30 January 1939 at Gordon Co., Georgia, USA, at age 91; Ancestry tree cites Find A Grave.²
     Joseph H. "Joe" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

Joseph H. "Joe" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.³

Joseph H. "Joe" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to Mary's son, Henry HIGGENBOTHAM, on p. 238-B, lines 5-7
pp. 238-A & 238-B, lines 37-40 & 1-4, dwelling 976, family 875
     37 LAW, George W. 36 [1834] M W Farmer $3000 $600 GA Cannot write
     38 " , Mary R. 51 [1819] F W Keeping House GA
     39 " , Samuel H. 12 [1858] M W Works on Farm GA Attended school
     40 " , George W. 8 [1862] M W GA Attended school
     1 HIGENBOTHAM, Frances 28 [1842] F W Dentist GA
     2 " , Mary R. 25 [1845] F W At home GA
     3 " , Joseph H. 21 [1849] M W Works on Farm $200 GA Attended school
     4 " , Lewis S. 19 [1851] M W Works on Farm $300 GA Attended school.⁴

     Sanford Lewis Higginbotham was born circa 1849 at Georgia, USA; aged 1 1850 census.¹
     Sanford Lewis Higginbotham was listed as a resident in John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 13 November 1850 at District 12, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; p. 18A, lines 15-26, dwelling 104, family 105
     15 HIGGINBOTHAM, John 43 [1807] M Farmer $4,000 GA
     16 " , Rebecca 33 [1817] F GA
     17 " , John 15 [1835] M GA attending school
     18 " , Abram 10 [1840] M GA attending school
     19 " , Sarah 12 [1838] F GA attending school
     20 " , Frances E 8 [1842] F GA attending school
     21 " , Mary 6 [1844] F GA
     22 " , Oliver 5 [1845] M GA
     23 " , Josephine 4 [1846] F GA
     24 " , Sanford 1 [1849] M GA
     25 WRIGHT, James N. 21 [1829] M Teacher GA
     26 MEDCALF, James 21 [1829] M Farmer GA.¹

Sanford Lewis Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.²

Sanford Lewis Higginbotham was listed as a resident in George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller's household in the census report on 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to Mary's son, Henry HIGGENBOTHAM, on p. 238-B, lines 5-7
pp. 238-A & 238-B, lines 37-40 & 1-4, dwelling 976, family 875
     37 LAW, George W. 36 [1834] M W Farmer $3000 $600 GA Cannot write
     38 " , Mary R. 51 [1819] F W Keeping House GA
     39 " , Samuel H. 12 [1858] M W Works on Farm GA Attended school
     40 " , George W. 8 [1862] M W GA Attended school
     1 HIGENBOTHAM, Frances 28 [1842] F W Dentist GA
     2 " , Mary R. 25 [1845] F W At home GA
     3 " , Joseph H. 21 [1849] M W Works on Farm $200 GA Attended school
     4 " , Lewis S. 19 [1851] M W Works on Farm $300 GA Attended school.³

     George Washington Lay was born in 1834 at Georgia, USA; Age 26 in 1860 census.^1,2 He married Mary Rebecca Fuller, daughter of George Washington Fuller and Elizabeth Holmes, between 1852 and 1857 at Georgia, USA,
; Her 1st husband died in 1851; her 1st son by her 2nd husband was born ca 1858 (per 1860 census.)¹
George Washington Lay died on 30 August 1937 at Morgan Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry.com - Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998
     Name:     Geo W Lay
     Death Date:     30 Aug 1937
     Death Place:     Morgan, Georgia, USA
     Certificate Number:     21212
     Source Citation: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records; Georgia, USA; Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998; Certificate Number: 21212
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
     Original data: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998. Georgia, USA: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, State of Georgia, Georgia, USA, 1998.^1,3
George Washington Lay was buried after 30 August 1937 at Morgan Co., Georgia, USA; from Find A Grave Website.¹
     George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller appeared in the census of 6 August 1860 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; pp. 437-8, lines 40 & 1-7, dwelling 1334, family 1306
     40 LAY, George W. 26 [1834] M farmer $3000 $4000 GA
     1 " , Mary R. 41 [1819] F Domestic GA
     2 " , Granville H. 2 [1858] M GA
     3 HIGGINBOTHAM, Frances S. 18 [1842] F Domestic GA
     4 " , Mary R. 16 [1844] F Domestic GA
     5 " , Harry O. 14 [1846] M GA
     6 " , Joseph 12 [1848] M GA
     7 " , Lewis S. 10 [1850] M GA.²

George Washington Lay and Mary Rebecca Fuller appeared in the census of 6 August 1870 at Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA;      [Next door to Mary's son, Henry HIGGENBOTHAM, on p. 238-B, lines 5-7
pp. 238-A & 238-B, lines 37-40 & 1-4, dwelling 976, family 875
     37 LAW, George W. 36 [1834] M W Farmer $3000 $600 GA Cannot write
     38 " , Mary R. 51 [1819] F W Keeping House GA
     39 " , Samuel H. 12 [1858] M W Works on Farm GA Attended school
     40 " , George W. 8 [1862] M W GA Attended school
     1 HIGENBOTHAM, Frances 28 [1842] F W Dentist GA
     2 " , Mary R. 25 [1845] F W At home GA
     3 " , Joseph H. 21 [1849] M W Works on Farm $200 GA Attended school
     4 " , Lewis S. 19 [1851] M W Works on Farm $300 GA Attended school.⁴

     Thomas "Tom" L. Evans was born on 4 July 1830 at De Kalb Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry tree cites census (1850, 1880, 1900, & 1910) and Find A Grave.¹ He married Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham, daughter of John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller, in August 1860 at Georgia, USA,
; Ancestry tree cites 1900 census.¹
Thomas "Tom" L. Evans died on 14 January 1914 at Georgia, USA, at age 83.¹

     Robert Zachariah Taylor Frix was born on 4 November 1848 at Cass Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry tree cites 1900 census.¹ He married Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Higginbotham, daughter of John R. "Jack" Higginbotham and Mary Rebecca Fuller, in 1874 at Georgia, USA.¹

Robert Zachariah Taylor Frix died on 20 April 1909 at Gordon Co., Georgia, USA, at age 60; Ancestry tree cites Find A Grave.¹
Robert Zachariah Taylor Frix was buried after 20 April 1909 at Sugar Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Valley, Gordon Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry tree cites Find A Grave.¹

     Henry Chiles was born circa 1741 at Amelia Co. (now Prince Edward Co.), Virginia, USA; Eakin [1983:48] says b 1740-46; Tune web page says b ca 1741.^2,3 He married Frances (?) before 1788
; per Eakin [1983, p. 48] "The first mention of his wife, Frances, was in a 1788 deed."²
      ; Tune notes: Traditional naming patterns for this time state the first born son was named after the father's father.³
In Paul Chiles Sr.'s will dated 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Henry Chiles was named as an heir; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
====
     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.¹
Henry Chiles was mentioned in a land transaction on 5 August 1763 at Goochland Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo:      This Indenture made this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three. Between John Payne of the County of Goochland of the one Part and Anne Chiles, Henry Chiles and Rowland Chiles of the County of Halifax of the Other Part. Witnesseth that whereas Paul Chiles of the County of Halifax Dec'd in his lifetime by his certain Indenture bearing date the thirtyth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven did convey unto the said John Payne a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the aforesaid county of Halifax containing two hundred and thirty four acres by particular metes and bounds as is there on set for and expressed as by the said indenture of record in the court of the said county of Halifax relation being thereunto had will more fully and at large appear and afterwards towit on the.........
     In reference to this deed....
     Halifax County Deed Book 1, 1752-1759, 30 Nov 1758: Paul Chiles of the County of Bedford to John Payne of the County of Goochland two tracts of parcels of land in the County of Halifax on the South side of The "Stanton River containing Two hundred and thirty four Acres. One hundred and four Acres part thereof Granted to Henry Chiles by Patent bearing date the first Day of August One thousand seven hundred and forty five."^2,3
Henry Chiles was mentioned in a land transaction on 26 August 1768 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Court Records Book 1; Pittsylvania County 1767-1772
     Submitted by Gayle Austin
     page 70
     At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 26th day of August 1768
     Byrd's Deed from Chiles
     A Deed from Henry Chiles to Joseph Byrd was acknowledged and Ordered to be recorded.
     Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/court/rcrdbk01.txt.

     Paul Chiles Jr. was born circa 1743 at Virginia, USA; Tune notes: Traditional naming patterns for this time state the third son was named after the father.²
     In Paul Chiles Sr.'s will dated 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Paul Chiles Jr. was named as an heir; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
====
     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.¹ He was living on 27 January 1770.¹

     Rowland Chiles was born circa 1755 at Prince Edward Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Nancy Sandlin before 1780
; his 1st wife.² Rowland Chiles married Amelia Frost on 24 February 1791
; his 2nd wife.²
Rowland Chiles died in 1825 at Anderson Co., Tennessee, USA.²
     In Paul Chiles Sr.'s will dated 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Rowland Chiles was named as an heir; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
====
     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.¹ He was was mentioned in a land transaction by Henry Chiles on 5 August 1763 at Goochland Co., Virginia, USA,      This Indenture made this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three. Between John Payne of the County of Goochland of the one Part and Anne Chiles, Henry Chiles and Rowland Chiles of the County of Halifax of the Other Part. Witnesseth that whereas Paul Chiles of the County of Halifax Dec'd in his lifetime by his certain Indenture bearing date the thirtyth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven did convey unto the said John Payne a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the aforesaid county of Halifax containing two hundred and thirty four acres by particular metes and bounds as is there on set for and expressed as by the said indenture of record in the court of the said county of Halifax relation being thereunto had will more fully and at large appear and afterwards towit on the.........
     In reference to this deed....
     Halifax County Deed Book 1, 1752-1759, 30 Nov 1758: Paul Chiles of the County of Bedford to John Payne of the County of Goochland two tracts of parcels of land in the County of Halifax on the South side of The "Stanton River containing Two hundred and thirty four Acres. One hundred and four Acres part thereof Granted to Henry Chiles by Patent bearing date the first Day of August One thousand seven hundred and forty five."^3,4

     Elizabeth Chiles married John Ingram.²
Elizabeth Chiles was born circa 1745.³
     In Paul Chiles Sr.'s will dated 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Elizabeth Chiles was named as an heir; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
====
     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.¹ She was was mentioned in a land transaction by Henry Chiles on 5 August 1763 at Goochland Co., Virginia, USA,      This Indenture made this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three. Between John Payne of the County of Goochland of the one Part and Anne Chiles, Henry Chiles and Rowland Chiles of the County of Halifax of the Other Part. Witnesseth that whereas Paul Chiles of the County of Halifax Dec'd in his lifetime by his certain Indenture bearing date the thirtyth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven did convey unto the said John Payne a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the aforesaid county of Halifax containing two hundred and thirty four acres by particular metes and bounds as is there on set for and expressed as by the said indenture of record in the court of the said county of Halifax relation being thereunto had will more fully and at large appear and afterwards towit on the.........
     In reference to this deed....
     Halifax County Deed Book 1, 1752-1759, 30 Nov 1758: Paul Chiles of the County of Bedford to John Payne of the County of Goochland two tracts of parcels of land in the County of Halifax on the South side of The "Stanton River containing Two hundred and thirty four Acres. One hundred and four Acres part thereof Granted to Henry Chiles by Patent bearing date the first Day of August One thousand seven hundred and forty five."^4,5

     Frances Chiles was born circa 1753 at Virginia, USA.²
      ; Tune notes: Traditional naming patterns for this time state the first daughter was named after the mother's mother.²
In Paul Chiles Sr.'s will dated 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Frances Chiles was named as an heir; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
====
     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.¹

     GAV-9.

Peter Harrelson left a will on 25 January 1733 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA; per Eakins [1983, p. 22]: from Hanover County, Virginia Court Records 1733-1735.¹

     Frances (?) married Henry Chiles, son of Paul Chiles Sr. and Anne Horsley, before 1788
; per Eakin [1983, p. 48] "The first mention of his wife, Frances, was in a 1788 deed."²

     Jeremiah Franklin married Phebe (?)²
Jeremiah Franklin was born on 2 September 1754 at Virginia or North Carolina, USA.^1,3
Jeremiah Franklin died in 1819 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina, USA.¹
     ; N.B.: See attached diagram for my mother's (Lois Lorene PRATT - "LP") DNA matches with descendants with nine children of Barnard and Mary (CLEVELAND) FRANKLIN. My own line descends through Abner FRANKLIN. GA Vaut (son of Lois Lorene PRATT.)⁴

; per Cleveland [1899:2079]: "Did not accompany his parents from Orange county, Va., but later removed to N. C."⁵

     Bernard Franklin was born on 28 April 1756 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2 He married Susanner Fletcher on 21 February 1807 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina, USA,
; [Note I am not certain at this time that this is the same Bernard Franklin - G Vaut July 1, 2015]
Ancestry.com - North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
     Name: Bernard Franklin
     Spouse: Susanner Fletcher
     Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1807
     Marriage County: Wilkes
     Marriage State: North Carolina
     Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
     Source Citation: Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0546475-0546481
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
     Original data:
•Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses.
•North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
•North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.³
Bernard Franklin died in 1833 at Surry Co., North Carolina, USA.¹
     Bernard Franklin began military service in 1812 at Surry Co., North Carolina, USA, Ancestry.com - North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
     Name: Bernard Franklin
     State: NC
     County: Surry County Regiment
     Township: First Company
     Year: 1812
     Database: NC 1812-1814 Muster Rolls
     Source Information:
Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.⁴

Bernard Franklin appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Capt Patters District, Surry Co., North Carolina, USA; [Note: It is not clear if this is this Bernard or another Bernard because the age of the oldest male in this household seems too young.]
     Name:     Bernard Franklin
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Capt Patters District, Surry, North Carolina
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-1794]
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1776]
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - Under 14:     1
     Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44:     6
     Slaves - Females - Under 14:     1
     Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:     3
     Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:     5
     Slaves - Females - 45 and over:     2
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     8
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     2
     Total Slaves:     17
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     20
Note: There are seven other FRANKLINs grouped with Bernard on the same page, some of whom may be this Bernard's brothers:
     Row     Given Name
     8     Littlebury
     10     Shadrack
     11     Mordecai
     12     John
     13     Lewis
     15     James
     16     Jesse.⁵

     Susanner Fletcher married Bernard Franklin, son of Barnard Franklin and Mary Cleveland, on 21 February 1807 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina, USA,
; [Note I am not certain at this time that this is the same Bernard Franklin - G Vaut July 1, 2015]
Ancestry.com - North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
     Name: Bernard Franklin
     Spouse: Susanner Fletcher
     Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1807
     Marriage County: Wilkes
     Marriage State: North Carolina
     Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
     Source Citation: Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0546475-0546481
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
     Original data:
•Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses.
•North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
•North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.¹