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     John Birdwell was born on 24 September 1770 at Botetourt Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Mary Allen before 1795
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their first born child, Nancy, was born in 1795.^2,1
John Birdwell died on 26 February 1854 at Mount Enterprise, Rusk Co., Texas, USA, at age 83.¹
John Birdwell was buried after 26 February 1854 at Birdwell Cemetery, Mount Enterprise, Rusk Co., Texas, USA; from FindAGrave:
     Birth:      Sep. 24, 1770, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
     Death:      Feb. 16, 1854, Mount Enterprise, Rusk County, Texas, USA
     Family links: Parents:
      George Birdwell (1721 - 1780)
      Mary Looney Birdwell (1742 - 1811)
     Spouse: Mary Allen Birdwell (1780 - 1840)*
     Children:
      Nancy Birdwell Romine (1795 - 1885)*
      Moses Birdwell (1796 - 1832)*
      Sarah H. Birdwell Isbell (1799 - 1876)*
      Elizabeth Birdwell Isbell Conway (1800 - 1872)*
      Allen B. Birdwell (1802 - 1893)*
      Susan Birdwell Watkins (1809 - 1888)*
      Lucinda Birdwell Vaught (1811 - 1873)*
      John Alexander Birdwell (1812 - 1871)*
      Ann Birdwell Fowler (1813 - 1868)*
      Talitha R. Birdwell Wright (1821 - 1905)*
     Siblings:
      Robert Birdwell (1745 - 1815)**
      George Birdwell (1760 - 1816)**
      Benjamin Birdwell (1765 - 1840)**
      Moses Birdwell (1769 - 1848)*
      John Birdwell (1770 - 1854)
      William Birdwell (1772 - ____)*
      George W. Birdwell (1794 - 1847)*
     Burial: Birdwell Cemetery, Mount Enterprise, Rusk County, Texas, USA
     Plot: Birdwell
     Created by: Ray Isbell
     Record added: Apr 01, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 50518424.¹
      ; From FindAGrave: "Son of George and Mary Birdwell. His father was a Revolutionary War Patriot.
          FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE
          FIRST FAMILIES OF ALABAMA
          DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
          SONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
          DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (#A098196)
          SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
          COLONIAL DAMES OF THE XVII CENTURY
     He first came to Texas in 1838 by some accounts (The Mitchells of Linn Flat by Gwenneth A.M. Mitchell, pp. 184, 201), while one reference gives a date as early as 1835, although he did not move permanently until 1842 after the death of his wife. His son, Col. Allen B. Birdwell, wrote in his own notebook ledger that he moved to Texas in 1842 and that his father John Birdwell lived with him in Nacogdoches County. John Birdwell was still living in Allen Birdwell's household in Rusk County in the 1850 census. The HANDBOOK OF TEXAS by the Texas State Historical Association, says: "Allen Birdwell's father John may have moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1838, and Allen and his wife Lucinda (Ross) followed by 1842." (Jennifer Eckel, "BIRDWELL, ALLEN," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 27, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.)
     John Birdwell was in Houston on July 8, 1838, when he wrote a letter of recommendation for George Nixon which is preserved in the George Antonio Nixon manuscripts collection at the University of Texas Arlington (Special Collections, George Nixon Collection, Box GA122, Document 00189).
     A family history states that John Birdwell moved to Nacogdoches County in 1838 and "lived at Old North Church two years," then moved twelve miles to Mt. Enterprise in what became Rusk County when Rusk was formed from part of Nacogdoches.
     "For My Children: Memoir of Rev. George Preston Birdwell" (1912): "My grandfather, John Birdwell...died at my father's house near Mt. Enterprise, Texas, at the age of 84 years. He was never sick in his life, never had a chill nor a fever. There were nine boys in the family, and all died between the ages of 84 and 90. My father, Colonel Allen Birdwell, was born in West Tennessee…moved with his parents to North Alabama and settled about one mile from Raleville in Lawrence County…. In 1838 he came to Texas to look at the country. He was well pleased and in 1841, he moved to Texas. He settled first near Old North Church in Nacogdoches County. I think he made two crops there before he bought his home, three miles south of Mt. Enterprise, in Rusk County. This was all Nacogdoches County then, in Rusk County. This was all Nacogdoches County then…." ("Birdwell Family," East Texas Families, pp.233-34, 279-80.)
     John Birdwell signed his will Jan. 24, 1854, and it was entered in Probate Court April 27, 1854.
Rusk County Deed Book N-O (1860), p. 367, states that he died Feb. 16, 1854.
The estate included $1,400 cash and included slaves and possibly other property since Col. Allen B. Birdwell posted a $4,000 bond with the Rusk County Probate Court to serve as administrator of his father's estate, a considerable bond in those days.
     FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE - Descendants of John and Mary Birdwell are eligible for membership in the First Families of Tennessee, First Families of Alabama, the Sons of the Republic of Texas, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
     John Birdwell and Mary Allen grew up in Sullivan County, N.C., which later became Sullivan County, Tennessee. They married and lived there several years before moving to Alabama.
     FOOTPRINTS, vol. 23-24 (Ft. Worth: Fort Worth Genealogical Society, 1979), p. 107: John Birdwell (born 1770 Virginia, died 1854 Texas) and wife Mary Allen... in 1781 were in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), 1809 Madison County, Alabama; 1819 Lawrence County, Alabama.
     FIRST FAMILIES OF ALABAMA - 1805
     The Birdwells settled in Madison County, Alabama in 1805, where they were charter members of the Enon Baptist Church which later became First Baptist Church of Huntsville. John Birdwell was the first clerk. (Alabama Historical Society marker in Marshall County lists their daughter "Sarah Birdwell Isbell, one of the earliest settlers of Madison County, 1805." His son Allen Birdwell stated in his ledger that his parents took him to Alabama in 1805, when he was three years old).
     1808 "Birdwell Family Tree" by Velma Stovey Schonder, p. 59:
     "JHB thinks that JB was living in Madison Co., AL by 1808. He was one of the organizers and first clerk of The First Baptist Church in Huntsville, AL. …The church minutes for 6-1-1811 state that the church authorized Brethren Watkins, Pruet Brock, Birdwell and Powell to view a place for a meeting house (Dale Langston, from microfilm notes at Madison Co. Library Heritage Room, Huntsville).
     "JB is on the 1809 census Madison Co. Al/Ms Territory, p.7, with 2 males under 21, 1 male over 21, 6 females under 21 and 1 female over 21. According to JHB his last 4 children were born there, while his first 4 children married there."
     Page 23 (different version, p.72): "John Birdwell...moved Tx 1838."
     Enon Baptist Church Records (Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama), Sept. 2, 1809:
     September, 1st Saturday 1809.
     1st The Church Met & after Prayer proceeded to Business--
     …5th The Church Appoints Brother Birdwell to Write the Association Letter & Bring the same to next meeting--
     Enon Baptist Church Records, Sept. 1, 1810: September 1st Saturday--1810
     The Church met and after proceeded to business--
          1st Opened a door for the reception of member--
          2nd the church took up a reference from last meeting and laid it over till next meeting--
          3rd The Church agree to delegate Bros. Hellums, Childress and Birdwell to The Association.
     John Birdwell's land included 160 acres comprising the NW quarter of Sec 17, T2S R1E. This is SW of Fox Run Golf Course (SW of the First Flint River Baptist Church, Moores Mill Rd), and lying between the SW tip of Fox Run Drive (the SW corner of Fox Run Golf Course) running southwest to the Brier Fork of Flint River and the Madison County Executive Airport (Huntsville Ex. Airport on maps).
(This was Patent 1008 recorded 8-29-1963 when the new airport was built) - (ref., Family Maps of Madison Co., AL. by Gregory Boyd, pp. 122, 124; p.314 states: Sale-Cash Entry, Date & Act of Congress Apr 24, 1820. Group patent of 18 owners).
     Madison Co. AL Deed Books A-E, 1810-1819, by Dorothy Scott Johnson (1976): Madison Co. DB E, p. 133 #500: item 500: dated 8-18-1818
     Grantor, John & Mary Birdwell
     Grantee, George Oglethorpe Gilmer
     For the sum of $3300 Ind. SW/4 Sec. 18-2-E lying east of Briar Fork of Flint River, & 10 Ac. in 3/2 & 10 a. N/2 NW4 sec. 17-2-1E.
Proven 11-3-1818 & DR (Pope) (Note: 10 a. in S/2) purchased by Birdwell from Joseph Powell. Witnessed by: Lewis B. Taliaferro, Jacob Pruett, and Levi Isbell.
     1818, Aug. 18 - Madison Co., AL. John Birdwell and wife Mary deeded land to Geo. Oglethorpe Gilmer. Witnesses: Lewis B. Taliaferro, Jacob Pruitt, Levi Isbell. Levi Isbell was John and Mary Birdwell's son-in-law. (Book E Page 133.)
     In January 1819 John and Mary Birdwell moved to Lawrence County where they purchased large tracts of land and were also founders of this church, Birdwell Springs Baptist Church, which later changed its name to Enon Baptist Church.
     THE FIRST 200 YEARS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HUNTSVILLE by Joseph M. Jones, p. 2, gives the origin of that Enon Church as several years earlier: "All of Enon's very first members were squatters since the government's Nashville land office, which handled the sale of Madison County lands, did not even open for business in the Madison County area until August 1810, more than a year after Enon was established."
     Page 3: "After having met in private homes for two years, the church in June 1811 appointed a committee —- William Watkins, Jack Prewit, Isaac Brock, John Birdwell, and Joseph Powell --‘to view a place for a meeting house.' That led to the start of construction of a log building on the western bank of the Brier Fork of Flint River, a few hundred yards north of the present terminal of the North Huntsville Executive Airport. The small building, exact location unknown, was close to the river bank…, affording a convenient place for baptismal services. For some reason, perhaps a shortage of funds, construction was halted short of completion. Almost two years later, Feb. 6, 1813, a new committee was named, consisting mostly of the first group plus William Hellums, to complete the work, and while there was apparently no fanfare to herald its conclusion, the structure was finished and in 1815 did accommodate the second annual meeting of the Flint River Association.
…"with regard to the squatter hypothesis, it is interesting to note that the providers of Enon's one-acre lot, John Birdwell and Joseph Powell, did not themselves receive title to their jointly-held property until April 1814, the church construction having begun on their proffered land three years earlier. But things were ‘looser,' less formal in those days."
     "A History of Early Settlement: Madison County Before Statehood," The Huntsville Historical Review (2008) by the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society, p. 69: "The closest meetinghouse was Enon Baptist Church on the Briar Fork of the Flint Reiver. Established in 1809, one of its three founders, and its first pastor, was a preacher who lived and owned two pieces of property in the region, John Canterbury. There is no evidence that he was a slaveholder, but the second Enon pastor, Richard Shackelford, was a major landowner who at his death had more than a dozen slaves. He was called as a pastor in 1815 and served until his death in 1823. Enon's first meetinghouse was a lot building constructed in 1813 on the Briar Fork. (This is on land of the present Madison County Executive Airport.)
"Joseph Powell and John Birdwell, charter members of the Enon Church, jointly owned the land adjacent to land owned by both Canterbury and Shackelford. The church building had been erected and in use for a year before Powell and Birdwell themselves received title to the property that they had provided to the church." (James Record, "A Dream Come True, The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Vol. 1 (Huntsville: Hicklin Co., 1970), pp. 39-40.)
     1819 - 1st Saturday January 1819 (Jan.2): "John Birdwell and Mary his wife" were granted letter of dismissal from the Enon Church in Madison County on the first Saturday in January, Jan. 2, 1819. (ref., First Baptist Church Minutes, James K. Harrison, First Baptist Church History Committee.)
     They moved to Lawrence County near Moulton and established a new church.
     The Alabama Baptist Historian (1970), p.20: "F.W. Helmbold, Curator of the Society, in his historical presentation, revealed the fact that the Enon church was constituted originally as Birdwell Springs Baptist Church on the third Monday in June (June 21), 1819."
     1820 census: Lawrence County, AL.: John Birdwell & wife over 21, 3 sons under 21, 6 daughters under 21.
     Franklin County, AL.: John Birdwell listed there as well.
     Giles County, TN.: John Birdwell's nephew John (son of Robert) and family
     His nephew was probably the John Birdwell in Giles Co., TN.
     1820 - John Birdwell was assigned by an act of the Alabama legislature to review the Flint River in Cotaco Co. (later Morgan) AL, from its junction with the Tennessee to its main fork, to see if it was navigable (History of Morgan Co., Alabama by Knox, p. 54).
     History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (1921) by Thomas McAdory Owen and Marie Bankhead Owen page 595: "On December 6, 1820, an act of the Alabama Legislature was approved which designated David Parker, Jonathan Burleson, and John Birdwell, or any two of them, to make a careful "review" of Flint River, from its mouth to the main fork therein, and report the practicability of its navigation, the distance examined, and the expense necessary to improve the river for navigation. On the 20th of December an act was approved to incorporate the Flint River Navigation Co. The incorporators were Fleming Jordan, George Taylor, James McCartney, John Sprowl, Stephen Pond, John P. Brown, John Grayson, Dial Perry, David Walker, Ebenezer Byram, Stephen McBroom, William Derrick, and David Cobb, and they were authorized to improve the navigation of the Flint River in Madison County, from Capt. Scott's Mills to the Tennessee River. Section 2 of the act provided a penalty of $3 for each day a tree cut or felled into the stream so as to obstruct navigation was allowed to remain, the proceeds of such fine to be applied to the improvement of the river."
     The Act is quoted in Alabama Genealogical Quarterly, vol. 1, p.216, and also the Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc., Magazine (1976) vol. 18, issue 1-4, p.38.
     Owen, op. cit., p. 595: "It does not appear that much, if any, work was done under either of these acts. In any event, there was none of sufficient permanence to affect the navigation or other characteristics of the stream at the present time.
References.—Acts, 1820, pp. 33, 70; Betts, Early history of Huntsville (1916)."
     1819 - HISTORY OF THE MUSCLE SHOALS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION by Rev. Josephus Shackelford (1891), p. 165:
"Enon Church. This church is situated in Lawrence county, ten miles east of Moulton. It was originally called Birdwell's Spring Church. It was one of the constituent members of the association. It was organized in July, 1819, on nine members, whose names are as follows: Stephen Penn, Mary Penn, John Birdwell, Mary Birdwell, Ezekiel Thomas, Jenny Thomas, George Keys, Elizabeth Keys, and Sarah Simpson."
     They left this church for a few years and helped organize Hopewell Church near Danville.
     Page 169: "Hopewell Church, Morgan County. This church was received into the association in July 1825. It was constituted on the first Saturday in December, 1824. The presbytery was Elders Featherstone, Walden, Stephen Penn and John Birdwell. …We suppose it is the place where the church house now stands, about two and one-half miles east of Danville."
     SOME EARLY ALABAMA CHURCHES (ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1870) (1973) by Mabel Ponder Wilson, Dorothy Youngblood Woodyerd, Rosa Lee Busby, Daughters of the American Revolution Alabama Society, p. 95: "Organized in 1819, this church was first known as Birdwell's Spring Church. The nine organizing members were Stephen Penn...John and Mary Birdwell...."
     Page 130: "Hopewell Baptist Church (located two and one-half miles east of Danville) Hopewell Baptist Church was constituted... l824, with the Presbytery composed of Elders Featherstone, Walden, Stephen Penn, and John Birdwell."
     LIFE AND LEGEND OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, by Dorothy Gentry (Tuscaloosa, 1962): "Enon, originally called Birdwell's Spring Church, located ten miles east of Moulton was organized in July, 1819 on nine members, whose names were Stephen Penn, Mary Penn, John Birdwell, Mary Birdwell, Ezekiel Thomas, Jenny Thomas, George Keys, Elizabeth Keys and Sarah Simpson."
     1823 - In October 1823, one William Birdwell (1766-1823), age 57, was executed at Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL. for the murder of Mr. Rhea. Thought to be the son of John Birdwell's older brother Robert Birdwell (1751-1815) of Giles County, Tennessee. The two had had a dispute 10 years before.
     1824 - The Morgan Baptist Association: "One of the oldest churches in Morgan County, Hopewell was organized on the first Saturday in December 1824. It is mentioned in Hosea Holcombe's 1840 A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists of Alabama. The presbytery was composed of Elders John Birdwell, Stephen Penn, Walden, and Featherstone. Charter members were Barkley Ballard, Polly Ballard, William Johnson, Sarah McDowell, Martha Rodgers, James Simmons, Stacy Simmons, Elizabeth Simmons, Polly Simmons, Solomon Simmons, Mary Simmons, Nicholas Gillentine Sr., Jane Gillentine, Richard L. Gillentine Jr., Martha Gillentine. Annie Gillentine, Gideon Spalden, and Nancy Spalden." The first deacon was Nicholas Gillentine and the first clerk was William Johnson. The first recorded pastor was Henry W. Hodges in 1827.
     The church was located on land deeded to the church by William Johnson, "near the well of Brother Simmons" about two and one-half miles east of Danville, eight tenths of a mile south of what is now Highway 36, between Hartselle and Danville. The church was received into the Muscle Shoals Association in July, 1825."
     1828 - Lexington (KY) REPORTER, July 23, 1828, p.1 contains a letter John Harris of Moulton, Lawrence Co, AL., to Andrew Jackson on the character of his late father John Harris, Justice of the Peace of Lawrence County. Column 1 cites "John Birdwell, Esq." among those vouching for him.
Column 5 is signed by John Birdwell, Allen Birdwell, and others.
     John Birdwell received letter of dismission from Enon in 1842 when his wife Mary died and he moved to Texas. He was known to have visited Texas already by 1838 and probably made several other trips between Texas and Alabama.
     Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. magazine, Volume 21, Issue 1-2 (1958), (reissue? 1989)
     p. 24: "The First Meeting House. On Saturday, June 1, 1811, the church appointed the following committee 'to view a place for a meeting house': ...John Birdwell and Joseph Powell."
     p. 25: "...west bank of the Brier Fork of the Flint River, on a triangular piece of land about one acre in size. It was in the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 2, Range 1 East of the prime meridian. This entire section (160) acres) was patented (or deeded) by the United States of America to John Birdwell and Joseph Powell..."
     p.26: "John Birdwell was the son of George Birdwell and Mary. John Birdwell was born in 1770 in Virginia. He married Mary Allen in Tennessee. Some of his children were born there. He moved to Mississippi Territory, Huntsville Meridian about 1805. According to the minutes of Huntsville First Baptist Church, his last Sunday as clerk was January 2, 1819. From there he moved to Lawrence County Alabama where he donated land and helped form the Birdwell Springs Baptist. About 1836 he moved to Fayette County, Alabama, then into Walker County, Alabama. Around 1845, after the death of his wife, he moved with his son, Col. Allen Birdwell, to Rusk County, Texas, where he died in March 1854. He has many descendants in Texas."
     FOOTPRINTS (Ft. Worth Genealogical Society, 1979), vol. 23-23, p. 107 says John Birdwell moved to Rusk Co, Texas in 1845.
     His will is published in Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine (Birmingham, AL: 1985), Vol. 19, Issue 1. (Reissue 1989?)
     Isbell Country: Genealogy of an Isbell Family by Odessa Morrow Isbell (2000), pp. 11, 19-20: "John Birdwell was in Alabama by 1805; settling north of Huntsville in 1805. He owned land in Sullivan Co., Tennessee and kept two homes so he could homestead Alabama property. He came to Texas in 1842-43 with son Col. Allen Birdwell. ..."
     1842 - George W. Birdwell administered the estate of Robert Bell estate in 1842 in Rusk County, Texas (one book states incorrectly it was John Birdwell).
     Robert Bell (27 May 1797 TN-13 June 1842 Rusk Co, Tx) was former sheriff of Cherokee County, Alabama. His wife Belinda Scott (b.4 Jun 1795 TN d. 1842) also died in 1842 not long after her husband.
     Some Mallorys and Bells (Greenville, Tx.: 1950) by James Robert Mallory, pp. 21-22: "Robert Bell…sent down to Cherokee County, Alabama, for John Birdwell, who was County Judge when Robert Bell was Sheriff." (Correction: Robert Bell was sheriff of Cherokee County when John Birdwell's nephew George, son of Joseph Birdwell, was county judge there.)
     Page 22: "The three families, Bell, Gray and Birdwell came out to Texas together, arriving in 1839. Bell's headright joined that of Houston…." The author recites his grandfather's descriptions of Sam Houston visiting the Bell home when he was a young boy.
     p.26: "John Birdwell, who had come to Texas with Robert and Belinda Bell and had been very close to the Bell family since their days in Alabama, was made Administrator of the Estate of Bell, at Bell's dying request. Creditors immediately asked for an accounting and Birdwell auctioned off the farm and all the personal belongings of the family for benefit of the creditors."
     p.27: "Birdwell, who had taken a headright and then bought up several more from disgruntled settlers, saw that it was impracticable for the Howeths to try to take care of all these children, so he ordered that the two boys, James, fifteen, and William, eleven, be bound out to Robert Gray, who had married Cynthia Scott, a sister of Belinda Scott Bell."
     1854 - Birdwell family records show that John Birdwell died Feb. 16, 1854, at age 83 years, 4 months, 23 days, in the home of his son, Col. Allen Birdwell, and was buried in the family cemetery on the site. A fairly large number of the Birdwell family was buried in the cemetery, along with some related families and a number of slaves. After the farm had passed out of the Birdwell family, the later owners rather callously plowed the cemetery under. Trees marking some of the graves were cut down, while the gravestones were thrown into a ditch and covered. A partial list of those known to be buried there was supplied by Mrs. Bohannon of Mt. Enterprise, and a descendant of the Birdwell family, and printed. Some burials were recorded in the Birdwell family bible and appear in the book The Mitchells of Linn Flat by Gwenneth Mitchell, including the notation that John Birdwell's grave is there.
     Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Texas, 1854-1857, by A.S. Ruthven, Grand Secretary and Past Grand Master, vol. II (1857), p.242: Mount Enterprise Lodge, No. 60. p.243: Past Masters. Master Masons. …Allen Birdwell, John Birdwell
     The Mitchells of Linn Flat, by Gwenneth Aenone Marshall Mitchell (Austin, 1981), refers to the Birdwell Cemetery on pp. 174, 202, 214 and 215. Page 174: John Birdwell, his grandson John C. Birdwell, and John A. Birdwell Jr. were buried in a row, side by side, "at the Birdwell family burying ground on the Allen Birdwell place, not far from the family residence near Orton Creek," three miles from Mt. Enterprise. On p. 202: "The cemetery has been abandoned for some years and pine trees grew over it. Some twenty years ago the ground was smoothed over and seeded in range grass."
From Gwenneth Aenone Marshall Mitchell (posted 10-29-1999 on Birdwell List, on Rootsweb.com): "Rusk Co., Texas History by the Rusk Co. Historical Society, 1982: page 112: John Birdwell, "old great-grandpap", John C., his grandson, and John Birdwell (Old Uncle John) are all 3 buried in a row side by side. John C. in the middle, Grandpap on the southside, and Uncle John on the north side. Lucinda Ross Birdwell was most likely the first buried there.
     1809 census shows 2 sons and 6 daughters born 1788-1809.
     1820 census Lawrence County, AL.: John Birdwell & wife over 21, 3 sons under 21, 6 daughters under 21.
     1830 census Lawrence Co., AL.: John Birdwell & wife, 1 son (John), 2 daughters 15-19 (Lucinda & Ann), 1 dau 5-9 (Talitha).
     1840 census shows all children gone from home.
     The combined censuses of 1809, 1820 and 1830 show these children:
          1 m b1788-1809 Moses 1796
          1 m 1788-1809 Allen 1802
          1 f Nancy 1795
          2 f Eliz 1797
          3 f Sarah 1799
          4 f ?Mary Polly c1800-1804?
          5 f Susan c1805-7
          6 f Jane 1807
          1 male 15-19 (1811-1815) John 1814
          1 f 15-19 (1811-1815) Lucinda 1812
          1 f 15-19 (1811-1815) Ann 1813
          1 f 5-9 (1821-1825) Talitha 1821
     Children of John Birdwell and Mary Allen:
     1 Nancy Birdwell b Nov. 3, 1795 m.James S. Romine
     2 Moses Birdwell b 1796 m.1815 Sarah Duncan
     3 Elizabeth Birdwell b Dec.31, 1797 (Jan. 1, 1800?) m. 1813 James Isbell
     4 Sarah H. Birdwell b Feb 14, 1799 m. Levi Isbell
     5 Allen B. Birdwell b Mar 22, 1802
     6 ? Mary/Polly Birdwell c1800-5 (on some lists), (died young?)*
     7 Jane Birdwell 1806- m. Samuel Neal (Jane Birdwell m. 10/27/1825 Samuel Neal (10/29/1825 recorded Lawrence Co. Marriage Book 1A, p.226; Gndrud, p.27); lived there 1830 w/ 1 son under 5. Lived in Panola Co., MS in 1850.
     8 Susan Birdwell 1807- Joel S Watkins
     9 John Alexander Birdwell 1812-1871
     10 Lucinda Birdwell b1809-1811 m. James M. Vaught
     11 Ann Birdwell Feb. 15, 1813-1868 m. James B. Fowler
     12 Son bc1816 (1810-20) on 1820 census, d 1820-30*
     13 Talitha R. Birdwell June 18, 1821 m. James Smyley Wright
     *It is possible that one of the married daughters and her husband (Romine or Isbell?) was living with them in the 1820 census and there was no son who died young. However, both James Romine and Levi Isbell were born well before 1800 and do not fit the 1810-20 age bracket.
     Some lists of children online include these:
     1 Mary Birdwell 1800-1888 m1 John McCormack,2Josiah Phelps. This Mary was the daughter of John, son of Robert Birdwell
     2 George William Birdwell 1811-1831, some lists show him as another son, and some say died at Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL. (confusing him with Moses?), but he was not in the household in the 1830 census.
     3 Matilda Birdwell Jan 20, 1816-d 1895 Bristol, Ellis Co, Tx is on some lists as another daughter, but note that Talitha R. Birdwell's name is incorrectly transcribed as Matilda by some researchers. The Matilda Birdwell of Bristol, Tx. was the daughter of John Birdwell of Giles Co., Tn; granddaughter of Robert and Ellen (Sanford) Birdwell, Robert being the brother of John Birdwell who married Mary Allen. Matilda married in Giles CO., TN. 12 Dec 1834 Neal C. Dever (1802-1878).
     4 Judge Thomas Gaines Birdwell b1804 Giles Co, TN was not a son. He was a son of John Birdwell's nephew John (son of Robert), and a brother of Mary and Matilda above. Interestingly, his son Thomas J. Birdwell's daughter Pearl married John William Culver, son of Susannah (Culver) Isbell Culver, widow of Zach Isbell, son of Elizabeth Birdwell Isbell Conway.
     5 William McElree Birdwell 1837-1906 was a grandson (son of John A.), rather than a son as some lists incorrectly show.¹

John Birdwell left a will on 24 January 1854 at Rusk Co., Texas, USA; From copy of will attached to Find A Grave memorial:
     The State of Texas, County Rusk
     Know all men by these presents that I John Birdwell Senr do this day will and bequeath to my daughter Lucinda Vaught two hundred dollars to be paid her by my executor on the 1st day of January 1858 (eighteen hundred and fifty eight). To my daughter Ann Fowler I will and bequeath one hundred dollars to be paid by my executor on the 1st day of January eighteen hundred and fifty eight. I will and bequeath seventeen hundred and eighty one dollars to be qualy divided between my daughter Sally Isabell and Elistea(?) Right and my son John Birdwell to be paid them by my executor on the 1st day of January eighteen hundred and fifty eight. I constitute and appoint my son Allen Birdwell my true and lawful executor to this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand seal using a --?-- by way of such this the 24th day of Jan. 1854. John Birdwell."¹

     Mary Allen was born in 1780 at Sullivan Co., Tennessee, USA.¹ She married John Birdwell before 1795
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their first born child, Nancy, was born in 1795.^1,2
Mary Allen died in 1840 at Lawrence Co., Alabama, USA.¹
Mary Allen was buried in 1840 at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Oakville, Lawrence Co., Alabama, USA; from FindAGrave:
     Birth:      1780, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
     Death:      1840, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
     Family links: Parents: Hugh Allen (1745 - 1816)
     Spouse: John Birdwell (1770 - 1854)
     Children:
      Nancy Birdwell Romine (1795 - 1885)*
      Moses Birdwell (1796 - 1832)*
      Sarah H. Birdwell Isbell (1799 - 1876)*
      Elizabeth Birdwell Isbell Conway (1800 - 1872)*
      Allen B. Birdwell (1802 - 1893)*
      Susan Birdwell Watkins (1809 - 1888)*
      Lucinda Birdwell Vaught (1811 - 1873)*
      John Alexander Birdwell (1812 - 1871)*
      Ann Birdwell Fowler (1813 - 1868)*
      Talitha R. Birdwell Wright (1821 - 1905)*
     Burial: Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Oakville, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
     Plot: Birdwell
     Created by: Ray Isbell
     Record added: Mar 28, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 50359021.¹
      ; from FindAGrave:
     Mary ("Polly") Allen Birdwell. Wife of John Birdwell. Daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier. Cousin of Sam Houston.
     Buried at Enon Baptist Church, 3293 County Road 209, Danville, Alabama. She is buried in the very heart of the cemetery beside her son Moses Birdwell between two cedar trees. His was said to be the first grave at Enon Church.
     It is unknown whether she accompanied John Birdwell when he went to Texas in 1838, but she died in Alabama in 1840/1.
After her death, John Birdwell moved to Texas with their son, Col. Allen Birdwell in 1842.
     The Handbook of Texas by the Texas State Historical Association, says: "Allen Birdwell's father John may have moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1838, and Allen and his wife Lucinda (Ross) followed by 1842." (Jennifer Eckel, "BIRDWELL, ALLEN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbi42), accessed June 27, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.)
     A biographical sketch of Col. Allen Birdwell refers to his mother as the daughter of Malcolm Allen. Some researchers say she was the "daughter or sister" of Malcolm Allen. The reference is to Malcolm Allen "Jr." who married Margaret Henderson. Part of the confusion comes from the fact that Malcolm Allen "Jr." was a grandson, rather than son, of "Malcom" Allen Sr., who came from Scotland and settled in Botetourt County, Virginia. Malcom Allen Sr.'s son was Hugh Allen who married Ann Hunter. Their son was Malcolm Allen "Jr." who married Margaret Henderson and moved to Sullivan County, N.C. (present-day Sullivan County, Tennessee) where John Birdwell and Mary Allen were said to have married. John Birdwell's father George was a neighbor of Hugh Allen in Botetourt County, Virginia. George Birdwell was a Colonial soldier there and a Patriot in the Revolution before moving to Sullivan County, Tennessee. Hugh Allen, also a Revolutionary War soldier, named all his children in his will, including his minor daughter "Polly," one of two unmarried daughters at the time.
     Descendants of John and Mary Birdwell are eligible for membership in the First Families of Alabama, First Families of Tennessee, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and Sons of the Republic of Texas, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century.
     The Birdwells settled in Madison County, Alabama in 1805 (ref., Historic Markers in Alabama; historic plaque erected by the Alabama Historical Commission). Allen Birdwell's ledger contains an account in which he says his parents brought him to Alabama in 1805 when he was three years old. The Birdwells continued to own their land in Tennessee simultaneously while becoming "squatters" in Alabama in order to homestead land, according to historians' theory. They are on the 1809 tax list for Madison County, the 1810 and 1816 censuses. In 1809 they were charter members of Enon Baptist Church which later became the First Baptist Church of Huntsville. John Birdwell is believed to have been the first church secretary.
     1818, Aug. 18 - Madison Co., AL. John Birdwell and wife Mary deeded land to Geo. Oglethorpe Gilner. Witnesses: Lewis B. Taliaferro, Jacob Pruitt, Levi Isbell. Levi Isbell was John and Mary Birdwell's son-in-law. (Book E Page 133.)
     In January 1819 the Birdwells moved to Lawrence County where they had purchased land and founded Birdwell Springs Baptist Church, which later changed its name to Enon Baptist Church. John Birdwell and E. Thomas were the first two deacons of that church. John Birdwell is shown on the 1820 and 1830 Lawrence County censuses and 1840 Fayette County census.
     THE FIRST 200 YEARS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HUNTSVILLE by Joseph M. Jones, p. 2, gives the origin of Enon Church as several years earlier: "All of Enon's very first members were squatters since the government's Nashville land office, which handled the sale of Madison County lands, did not even open for business in the Madison County area until August 1810, more than a year after Enon was established."
     Page 3: "After having met in private homes for two years, the church in June 1811 appointed a committee —- William Watkins, Jack Prewit, Isaac Brock, John Birdwell, and Joseph Powell --‘to view a place for a meeting house.' That led to the start of construction of a log building on the western bank of the Brier Fork of Flint River, a few hundred yards north of the present terminal of the North Huntsville Executive Airport. The small building, exact location unknown, was close to the river bank…, affording a convenient place for baptismal services. For some reason, perhaps a shortage of funds, construction was halted short of completion. Almost two years later, Feb. 6, 1813, a new committee was named, consisting mostly of the first group plus William Hellums, to complete the work, and while there was apparently no fanfare to herald its conclusion, the structure was finished and in 1815 did accommodate the second annual meeting of the Flint River Association.
     …"with regard to the squatter hypothesis, it is interesting to note that the providers of Enon's one-acre lot, John Birdwell and Joseph Powell, did not themselves receive title to their jointly-held property until April 1814, the church construction having begun on their proffered land three years earlier. But things were ‘looser,' less formal in those days."
     John and Mary Birdwell were granted their fourth letter of dismissal from the Enon Church in Madison County on the first Saturday in January, Jan. 2, 1819. (ref., First Baptist Church Minutes, James K. Harrison, First Baptist Church History Committee.)
     They moved to Lawrence County near Moulton and established a new church called Birdwell Springs, which was later renamed Enon Baptist Church also.
     The Alabama Baptist Historian, volume 6, issues 1-2 (1970), p.20: "F.W. Helmbold, Curator of the Society, in his historical presentation, revealed the fact that the Enon church was constituted originally as Birdwell Springs Baptist Church on the third Monday in June (June 21), 1819."
     HISTORY OF THE MUSCLE SHOALS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION by Rev. Josephus Shackelford (1891), p. 165:
"Enon Church. This church is situated in Lawrence county, ten miles east of Moulton. It was originally called Birdwell's Spring Church. It was one of the constituent members of the association. It was organized in July, 1819, on nine members, whose names are as follows: Stephen Penn, Mary Penn, John Birdwell, Mary Birdwell, Ezekiel Thomas, Jenny Thomas, George Keys, Elizabeth Keys, and Sarah Simpson."
     They left this church in 1824 for a few years (a descendant, Ethlyn Rainey, said "about four years") and helped organize Hopewell Church near Danville. It was in 1824, apparently during their absence, that the name changed from Birdwell Springs Church to Enon Church. The Birdwells do not appear on the list of members recorded at Enon in 1824. But by 1832 they were back at Enon Church, originally Birdwell Springs.
     Hopewell Church near Danville, Morgan County, was organized in December 1824.
Shackleford's HISTORY OF THE MUSCLE SHOALS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, p. 169: "Hopewell Church, Morgan County. This church was received into the association in July 1825. It was constituted on the first Saturday in December, 1824. The presbytery was Elders Featherstone, Walden, Stephen Penn and John Birdwell. …We suppose it is the place where the church house now stands, about two and one-half miles east of Danville."
     HISTORY OF ALABAMA AND DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY (1921), vol. 1, p. 595: "On December 6, 1820, an act of the Alabama Legislature was approved which designated David Parker, Jonathan Burleson, and John Birdwell, or any two of them, to make a careful 'review' of the Flint River, from its mouth to the main fork therein, and report the practicability of its navigation, the distance examined, and the expenses necessary to improve the river for navigation."
     SOME EARLY ALABAMA CHURCHES (ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1870) (1973) by Mabel Ponder Wilson, Dorothy Youngblood Woodyerd, Rosa Lee Busby, Daughters of the American Revolution, Alabama Society, p. 95: "Enon Baptist Church... Organized in 1819, this church was first known as Birdwell's Spring Church. The nine organizing members were Stephen Penn...John and Mary Birdwell...."
     Page 130: "Hopewell Baptist Church (located two and one-half miles east of Danville) Hopewell Baptist Church was constituted... l824, with the Presbytery composed of Elders Featherstone, Walden, Stephen Penn, and John Birdwell."
     LIFE AND LEGEND OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, by Dorothy Gentry (Tuscaloosa, 1962): "Enon, originally called Birdwell's Spring Church, located ten miles east of Moulton was organized in July, 1819 on nine members, whose names were Stephen Penn, Mary Penn, John Birdwell, Mary Birdwell, Ezekiel Thomas, Jenny Thomas, George Keys, Elizabeth Keys and Sarah Simpson."
     The Morgan Baptist Association: "One of the oldest churches in Morgan County, Hopewell was organized on the first Saturday in December 1824. It is mentioned in Hosea Holcombe's 1840 A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists of Alabama. The presbytery was composed of "Elders John Birdwell, Stephen, Walden, and Featherstone. Charter members were Barkley Ballard, Polly Ballard, William Johnson, Sarah McDowell, Martha Rodgers, James Simmons, Stacy Simmons, Elizabeth Simmons, Polly Simmons, Solomon Simmons, Mary Simmons, Nicholas Gillentine Sr., Jane Gillentine, Richard L. Gillentine Jr., Martha Gillentine. Annie Gillentine, Gideon Spalden, and Nancy Spalden." The first deacon was Nicholas Gilentine and the first clerk was William Johnson. The first recorded pastor was Henry W. Hodges in 1827.
     The church was located on land deeded to the church by William Johnson, "near the well of Brother Simmons" about two and one-half miles east of Danville, eight tenths of a mile south of what is now Highway 36, between Hartselle and Danville. The church was received into the Muscle Shoals Association in July, 1825."
     John Birdwell received his letter of dismissal from Enon in 1842 when he moved to Texas. He was known to have visited Texas as early as 1838.
     Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. magazine, Volume 21, Issue 1-2 (1958), p. 24: "The First Meeting House. On Saturday, June 1, 1811, the church appointed the following committee 'to view a place for a meeting house': ...John Birdwell and Joseph Powell.
     p.26: "From there he moved to Lawrence County Alabama where he donated land and helped form the Birdwell Springs Baptist. About 1836 he moved to Fayette County, Alabama, then into Walker County, Alabama. Around 1845, after the death of his wife, he moved with his son, Col. Allen Birdwell, to Rusk County, Texas, where he died in March 1854. He has many descendants in Texas."
     FOOTPRINTS (Ft. Worth Genealogical Society, 1979), vol. 23-23, p. 107 says John Birdwell moved to Rusk Co, Texas in 1845.
     His will is published in Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine (Birmingham, AL: 1985), Vol. 19, Issue 1.
     Isbell Country: Genealogy of an Isbell Family by Odessa Morrow Isbell (2000), pp. 11, 19-20: "John Birdwell was in Alabama by 1805; settling north of Huntsville in 1805. He owned land in Sullivan Co., Tennessee and kept two homes so he could homestead Alabama property. He came to Texas in 1842-43 with son Col. Allen Birdwell. ..."
     Many family trees online show her birth date as July 24, 1780. However, her sister-in-law Mary Birdwell's birth is recorded in the family bible as July 24, 1770, so the July 24th birthdate for Mary Allen Birdwell is suspect.
     1809 census shows 2 sons and 6 daughters born 1788-1809.
     1830 census shows 1 son (John), 2 daughters 15-19 (Lucinda & Ann), 1 dau 5-9 (Talitha).
     1840 census shows all children gone from home.
     Children of John Birdwell and Mary Allen:
     1 Nancy Birdwell b Nov. 3, 1795 James S. Romine
     2 Moses Birdwell b 1796 m. Sarah Duncan
     3 Elizabeth Birdwell b Dec.31, 1797 (Jan. 1, 1800?) m. James Isbell
     4 Sarah H. Birdwell b Feb 14, 1799 m. Levi Isbell
     5 Allen B. Birdwell b Mar 22, 1802
     6 ? Mary/Polly Birdwell c1800 (on some lists), (died young?)
     7 Jane Birdwell 1806/7- m. Samuel Neal
     8 Susan Birdwell 1809- m. Joel S Watkins
     9 John Alexander Birdwell 1812-1871
     10 Lucinda Birdwell 1811- m. James M. Vaught
     11 Ann Birdwell Feb. 15, 1813-1868 m. James B. Fowler
     12 Talitha R. Birdwell June 18, 1821 m. James Smyley Wright
     Some lists of children online include these:
     1 Mary Birdwell 1800-1888 m1 John McCormack,2Josiah Phelps. This Mary was the daughter of John, son of Robert Birdwell
     2 George William Birdwell 1811-1831, some lists show him as another son, and some say died at Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL. (confusing him with      Moses), but he was not in the household in the 1830 census.
     3 Matilda Birdwell Jan 20, 1816-d 1895 Bristol, Ellis Co, Tx is on some lists as another daughter, but note that Talitha R. Birdwell's name is incorrectly      transcribed as Matilda by some researchers. The Matilda Birdwell of Bristol, Tx. was the daughter of John Birdwell of Giles Co., Tn; granddaughter p Robert and Ellen (Sanford) Birdwell, Robert being the brother of John Birdwell who married Mary Allen. Matilda married in Giles CO., TN. 12 Dec 1834 Neal C. Dever (1802-1878).
     Some incorrectly include Thomas Gaines Birdwell, another son of John, son of Robert.
     Some incorrectly list grandson William McElree Birdwell 1837-1906 (son of John A.) as another son.

     Lavina M. Means was born on 23 March 1835 at Overton Co., Tennessee, USA.¹ She married William McElder Vaught, son of James McElder Vaught and Ann Lucinda Birdwell, on 28 May 1860 at Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA,
; His 1st wife.^1,2
Lavina M. Means died on 27 December 1879 at Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA, at age 44.¹
Lavina M. Means was buried after 27 December 1879 at Nat Community Cemetery, Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Mar. 23, 1835, Overton County, Tennessee, USA
     Death:      Dec. 27, 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
     "The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 543
     Lavina M Means born 23 March 1835, Overton County, Tennessee; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas. She married 28 May 1860, Nacogdoches County, Texas, WILLIAM MUCK VAUGHT, born in 1837, Arkansas. They had a son: William, b 1861 married Fannie Birdwell
     Page 525: Clemmons Means, born 26 January 1800, Randolph County, North Carolina; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
     1st Married in 1820, Overton Co, TN: NANCY CARLOCK, born 10 May 1801, North Carolina; died in 1865, Nacogdoches, County, Texas.
     Nancy was the daughter of Job and Nancy (McDonald) Carlock.
     "Clem" was a noted Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. He came to Overton County, Tennessee with his father and was there in 1820. In 1826 and 1830 he was in Clay County, Missouri. By 1835 he returned to Overton County, Tennessee and remained there until 1850 when he moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas where he helped establish the first Presbyterian Church and was its first minister. He also assisted in founding the first Masonic Lodge in Nacogdoches County. An autobiography of Clemmons is contained in a book entitled "Old Men of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church." Following is the issue of Clemmons and Nancy:
     1 - Susan, b 22 August 1821; d 1906
     2 - James Monroe, b ca 1823 (d young)
     3 - Martha M, b 1 Jun 1825; married Samuel Tate
     4 - Elizabeth, b 1828
     5 - Lafayette M, b 15 May 1830
     6 - Nancy Caroline, b ca 1832 (she married John W Damron)
     7 - Lavina M, b 23 March 1835; d 27 Dec 1879
     8 - Andrew Job, b 15 Jun 1837; d 1916
     9 - Mary S, b ca 1840; married 10 March 1859, Thomas J Damron
     10-Robertson Smith, b 10 January 1842; d 10 May 1897
     Family links: Parents:
      Clemens Smith Means (1800 - 1879)
      Nancy Carlock Means (1801 - 1865)
     Spouse: William McElder Vaught (1836 - 1911)
     Children: William Lafayette Vaught (1861 - 1925)*
     Siblings:
      Susan Means Campbell (1821 - 1906)*
      James Monroe Means (1823 - ____)*
      Mary Elizabeth Means Jackson (1824 - 1910)*
      Martha Ann Merian Means Tate (1825 - 1909)*
      Lafayette M. Means (1830 - 1900)*
      Nancy Caroline Means Damron (1832 - 1865)*
      Lavina M Means Vaught (1835 - 1879)
      Andrew Job Means (1837 - 1916)*
      Robertson Smith Means (1842 - 1897)*
     Burial: Nat Community Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
     Created by: Gone Too Soon
     Record added: Jun 03, 2016
     Find A Grave Memorial# 163853859.¹

     William Lafayette "Willie" Vaught was born on 14 April 1861 at Nacogdoches Co., Texas, USA.¹ He married Sarah Francis "Fannie" Birdwell before 1901
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their daughter Wllie Adelle was born in 1901.²
William Lafayette "Willie" Vaught died on 12 November 1925 at Weches, Houston Co., Texas, USA, at age 64.¹
William Lafayette "Willie" Vaught was buried after 12 November 1925 at Weches Cemetery, Grapeland, Houston Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Apr. 14, 1861, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
     Death:      Nov. 12, 1925, Weches, Houston County, Texas, USA
     "The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 543
     Lavina M Means born 23 March 1835, Overton County, Tennessee; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas. She married 28 May 1860, Nacogdoches County, Texas, WILLIAM MUCK VAUGHT, born in 1837, Arkansas.
     They had a son: William, b 1861 married Fannie Birdwell
     Thanks to Contributor Gone Too Soon for this bio.
     Family links: Parents:
      William McElder Vaught (1836 - 1911)
      Lavina M Means Vaught (1835 - 1879)
     Spouse: Sarah Francis Birdwell Vaught (1861 - 1935)*
     Children: Willie Adelle Vaught Patton (1901 - 1955)*
     Inscription: h/o S. F.
     Burial: Weches Cemetery, Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Maintained by: Carol Hoch
     Originally Created by: Petty & Pickens
     Record added: Apr 09, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 50850986.¹

     Sarah Francis "Fannie" Birdwell was born on 18 April 1861 at Houston Co., Texas, USA.¹ She married William Lafayette "Willie" Vaught, son of William McElder Vaught and Lavina M. Means, before 1901
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their daughter Wllie Adelle was born in 1901.¹
Sarah Francis "Fannie" Birdwell died on 6 December 1935 at Crockett, Houston Co., Texas, USA, at age 74.¹
Sarah Francis "Fannie" Birdwell was buried after 6 December 1935 at Weches Cemetery, Grapeland, Houston Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Apr. 18, 1861, Augusta, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Death:      Dec. 6, 1935, Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA
     "The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 543
     Lavina M Means born 23 March 1835, Overton County, Tennessee; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas. She married 28 May 1860, Nacogdoches County, Texas, WILLIAM MUCK VAUGHT, born in 1837, Arkansas.
     They had a son: William, b 1861 married Fannie Birdwell
     Family links: Spouse: William Lafayette Vaught (1861 - 1925)
     Children: Willie Adelle Vaught Patton (1901 - 1955)*
     Burial: Weches Cemetery, Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Created by: Gone Too Soon
     Record added: Jun 03, 2016
     Find A Grave Memorial# 163854088.¹

     Willie Adelle Vaught married William Grant Patton.²
Willie Adelle Vaught was born on 7 January 1901 at Weches, Houston Co., Texas, USA.¹
Willie Adelle Vaught died on 22 April 1955 at Crockett, Houston Co., Texas, USA, at age 54.¹
Willie Adelle Vaught was buried after 22 April 1955 at Evergreen Memorial Park, Crockett, Houston Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Jan. 7, 1901, Weches, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Death:      Apr. 22, 1955, Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Adelle Patton was a dressmaker living at 103 North 7th in Crockett when she passed away in The Crockett Medical and Surgical from breast cancer.
     She was the daughter of WL Vaught and Sarah Francis Birdwell.
     Family links: Parents:
      William Lafayette Vaught (1861 - 1925)
      Sarah Francis Birdwell Vaught (1861 - 1935)
     Spouse: William Grant Patton (1898 - 1940)
     Note: Information submitted by the Houston County Historical Commission, Crockett, TX
     Burial: Evergreen Memorial Park, Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Maintained by: Carol Hoch
     Originally Created by: Petty & Pickens
     Record added: Aug 24, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 57621093.¹

     William Grant Patton married Willie Adelle Vaught, daughter of William Lafayette "Willie" Vaught and Sarah Francis "Fannie" Birdwell.¹
William Grant Patton was born on 23 April 1898 at Houston Co., Texas, USA.¹
William Grant Patton was buried on 11 August 1940 at Evergreen Memorial Park, Crockett, Houston Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Apr. 23, 1898, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Death:      Aug. 11, 1940, Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Grant Patton was only 42 years old when he passed away. He was married and a salesman.
     Family links: Parents:
      William Jasper Patton (1867 - 1942)
      Florine McCarty Patton (1873 - 1899)
     Spouse: Willie Adelle Vaught Patton (1901 - 1955)*
     Sibling:
      Ruth Clementine Patton Maxwell (1893 - 1963)*
      William Grant Patton (1898 - 1940)
     Note: Source: TXDC, Mrs OH Maxwell, Informant
     Burial: Evergreen Memorial Park, Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA
     Maintained by: Carol Hoch
     Originally Created by: Petty & Pickens
     Record added: Aug 24, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 57621106.¹
William Grant Patton died on 11 August 1940 at Crockett, Houston Co., Texas, USA, at age 42.¹

     Andrew Vaught was born on 9 February 1787 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Rosina Keesling on 1 July 1815 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.³

Andrew Vaught died on 15 April 1879 at Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 92.²
     Andrew Vaught was listed as a resident in George Vaught and Christiana Barbara Phillippi's household in the census report in 1810 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA;
Note: there are a total of 7 VAUGHTs on this page.
p. 574, Line 3
     Name:     3 George Vaught [2827] Ref #2856
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Wythe, Virginia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     3 [aft 1800] Abraham 1801, Jefferson 1806, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800] Joseph 1798, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     3 [1785-94] Peter 1785, Andrew 1787, George c1789, Charles 1792
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] George 1742-45
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] Elizabeth 1808
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1800] Unknown? (Mary 1793)
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1766] Christiana (Phillippi) 1763
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     6
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     12.⁴

Andrew Vaught and Rosina Keesling appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Evensham, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA;
There were three George VAUGHTs in the 1820 census for Evensham, Wythe Co., VA. Since the census enumeration was recorded in alphabetical order, all three appear on the same page with five other VAUGHT households.
     Line 3: Christian VAUGHT (aged 45 and over, i.e., born before 1776) - probably Christian and Elizabeth PHILLIPPI) VAUGHT, brother of George #1. Christian was born circa 1752 so was about 68 years old in 1820. He died in Wythe Co. in 1828
     Line 4: George #1 (aged 45 and over, i.e., born before 1776) - probably George Sr. and Christiana PHILLIPPI. George, Sr. was born circa 1742-45 and was about 75-78 years old in 1820. He died in Wythe Co. in 1835.
     Line 5: David VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably David and Anna Maria (KETTERING) VAUGHT, son of George #1. David was born in 1784 in Wythe Co. and was about 36 in 1820.
     Line 6: George #2 (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably George and Anna (KING) VAUGHT, son of Gaspar and Elizabeth (BUTCHER) VAUGHT. George was born circa 1779-80 and about 41 in 1820.
     Line 7: Andrew VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably Andrew and Rosina (KEELING) VAUGHT, son of George #1. Andrew was born in 1787 and about 33 in 1820.
     Line 9: George #3 (Jr.) (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably George Jr. and Elizabeth (WAMPLER) VAUGHT, son of George Sr. George was born circa 1789 and about 31 in 1820.
     Line 10: Henry VAUGHT (aged 16 thru 25, i.e., born between 1795 and 1804) -Unidentified so far.
     Line 11: Peter VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably Peter VAUGHT with a so far unidentified wife, son of George #1. Peter was born in 1785 and about 35 in 1820.
Andrew: p. 225, Line 7
     Name:     Andrew Vaught
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Evensham, Wythe, Virginia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810] Jackson c1816, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Andrew 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1810] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2 [1795-1804] Rosina (Keeling) 1798, Unknown?
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     3
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     7.⁵
Andrew Vaught is mentioned in the will of George Vaught on 13 March 1825 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA; per Spurlin [1994:V:8] "The will names sons David, John, Andrew, George, Peter, Charles, Joseph, Jefferson, and Abriana. It also Names daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Christiana."^1,6

Andrew Vaught and Rosina Keesling appeared in the census of 1830 at Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA; [Same page as his uncle and cousin, Henry VAUGHT, Sr. and Henry VAUGHT, Jr.]
p. 37, line 9
     Name:     Andrew Vaught
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Pulaski, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1
     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 - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     9.⁷

Andrew Vaught and Rosina Keesling appeared in the census of 14 August 1850 at Division 2, Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA; [John is on the same page as John VAUGHT (lines 13-19), a cousin, and a Jackson VAUGHT (lines 8-10), Andrew's son.]
p. 78-B, lines 1-7, dwelling 57, family 57
     1 VAUGHT, Andrew 63 [1787] M Farmer $1200 VA
     2 " , Rossanna 52 [1798] F VA
     3 " , Isaac T. 23 [1827] M KY
     4 " , George W. 21 [1829] M KY
     5 " , Elizabeth 16 [1834] F KY
     6 " , Theresa 11 [1839] F KY Attneded School
     7 " , Martha 9 [1841] F KY Attneded School.⁸

     George Vaught Jr. married Elizabeth Wampler.²
George Vaught Jr. was born circa 1789 at Virginia, USA; Age 61 in 1850 census.³
      ; per Spurlin & Martin [1989-95:II:14]: "Geoprge Vaught, so/ George and Christiana, was known to have had no children, and was the George who m Elizabeth Wampler."²

George Vaught Jr. and Elizabeth Wampler appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Evensham, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA;
There were three George VAUGHTs in the 1820 census for Evensham, Wythe Co., VA. Since the census enumeration was recorded in alphabetical order, all three appear on the same page with five other VAUGHT households.
     Line 3: Christian VAUGHT (aged 45 and over, i.e., born before 1776) - probably Christian and Elizabeth PHILLIPPI) VAUGHT, brother of George #1. Christian was born circa 1752 so was about 68 years old in 1820. He died in Wythe Co. in 1828
     Line 4: George #1 (aged 45 and over, i.e., born before 1776) - probably George Sr. and Christiana PHILLIPPI. George, Sr. was born circa 1742-45 and was about 75-78 years old in 1820. He died in Wythe Co. in 1835.
     Line 5: David VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably David and Anna Maria (KETTERING) VAUGHT, son of George #1. David was born in 1784 in Wythe Co. and was about 36 in 1820.
     Line 6: George #2 (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably George and Anna (KING) VAUGHT, son of Gaspar and Elizabeth (BUTCHER) VAUGHT. George was born circa 1779-80 and about 41 in 1820.
     Line 7: Andrew VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably Andrew and Rosina (KEELING) VAUGHT, son of George #1. Andrew was born in 1787 and about 33 in 1820.
     Line 9: George #3 (Jr.) (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably George Jr. and Elizabeth (WAMPLER) VAUGHT, son of George Sr. George was born circa 1789 and about 31 in 1820.
     Line 10: Henry VAUGHT (aged 16 thru 25, i.e., born between 1795 and 1804) -Unidentified so far.
     Line 11: Peter VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably Peter VAUGHT with a so far unidentified wife, son of George #1. Peter was born in 1785 and about 35 in 1820.
Geroge #3 (Jr.): p. 225, Line 9
     Name:     George Vaught Junior
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Evensham, Wythe, Virginia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] George c1789
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Elizabeth (WAMPLER) c1791
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     6
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     9.⁴
George Vaught Jr. is mentioned in the will of George Vaught on 13 March 1825 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA; per Spurlin [1994:V:8] "The will names sons David, John, Andrew, George, Peter, Charles, Joseph, Jefferson, and Abriana. It also Names daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Christiana."^1,5

George Vaught Jr. appeared in the census of 1830 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA;      George is on the same page as his father and at least five of his siblings: David, Peter, Charles, Abram and Elizabeth. There are two Georges on this page, one older than the other so likely father and son.
p. 361, line 9
     Name:     George Vaught
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Wythe, Virginia
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90]
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800]
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     2.⁶

George Vaught Jr. and Elizabeth Wampler appeared in the census of 8 August 1850 at District 68, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA; p. 274-B, lines 30-31, dwelling 708, family 708
     30 VAUGHT, George 61 [1789] M Farmer $500 VA Cannot read or write
     31 " , Elizabeth 59 [1791] F VA Cannot read or write.³

     Rosina Keesling was born on 29 November 1798 at Lead Mines, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA; Age 52 in 1850 census.^1,2 She married Andrew Vaught, son of George Vaught and Christiana Barbara Phillippi, on 1 July 1815 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹

Rosina Keesling died on 19 November 1854 at Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 55.¹
     Rosina Keesling and Andrew Vaught appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Evensham, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA;
There were three George VAUGHTs in the 1820 census for Evensham, Wythe Co., VA. Since the census enumeration was recorded in alphabetical order, all three appear on the same page with five other VAUGHT households.
     Line 3: Christian VAUGHT (aged 45 and over, i.e., born before 1776) - probably Christian and Elizabeth PHILLIPPI) VAUGHT, brother of George #1. Christian was born circa 1752 so was about 68 years old in 1820. He died in Wythe Co. in 1828
     Line 4: George #1 (aged 45 and over, i.e., born before 1776) - probably George Sr. and Christiana PHILLIPPI. George, Sr. was born circa 1742-45 and was about 75-78 years old in 1820. He died in Wythe Co. in 1835.
     Line 5: David VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably David and Anna Maria (KETTERING) VAUGHT, son of George #1. David was born in 1784 in Wythe Co. and was about 36 in 1820.
     Line 6: George #2 (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably George and Anna (KING) VAUGHT, son of Gaspar and Elizabeth (BUTCHER) VAUGHT. George was born circa 1779-80 and about 41 in 1820.
     Line 7: Andrew VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably Andrew and Rosina (KEELING) VAUGHT, son of George #1. Andrew was born in 1787 and about 33 in 1820.
     Line 9: George #3 (Jr.) (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably George Jr. and Elizabeth (WAMPLER) VAUGHT, son of George Sr. George was born circa 1789 and about 31 in 1820.
     Line 10: Henry VAUGHT (aged 16 thru 25, i.e., born between 1795 and 1804) -Unidentified so far.
     Line 11: Peter VAUGHT (aged 26 thru 44, i.e., born between 1776 and 1794) - probably Peter VAUGHT with a so far unidentified wife, son of George #1. Peter was born in 1785 and about 35 in 1820.
Andrew: p. 225, Line 7
     Name:     Andrew Vaught
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Evensham, Wythe, Virginia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810] Jackson c1816, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Andrew 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1810] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2 [1795-1804] Rosina (Keeling) 1798, Unknown?
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     3
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     7.³

Rosina Keesling and Andrew Vaught appeared in the census of 1830 at Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA; [Same page as his uncle and cousin, Henry VAUGHT, Sr. and Henry VAUGHT, Jr.]
p. 37, line 9
     Name:     Andrew Vaught
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Pulaski, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1
     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 - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     9.⁴

Rosina Keesling and Andrew Vaught appeared in the census of 14 August 1850 at Division 2, Pulaski Co., Kentucky, USA; [John is on the same page as John VAUGHT (lines 13-19), a cousin, and a Jackson VAUGHT (lines 8-10), Andrew's son.]
p. 78-B, lines 1-7, dwelling 57, family 57
     1 VAUGHT, Andrew 63 [1787] M Farmer $1200 VA
     2 " , Rossanna 52 [1798] F VA
     3 " , Isaac T. 23 [1827] M KY
     4 " , George W. 21 [1829] M KY
     5 " , Elizabeth 16 [1834] F KY
     6 " , Theresa 11 [1839] F KY Attneded School
     7 " , Martha 9 [1841] F KY Attneded School.²

     Levi Charles Bostick was born on 19 May 1808.¹ He married Mahala Scrogins on 23 June 1844
; His 2nd wife.² Levi Charles Bostick married Nancy Reagan on 4 January 1855 at Montgomery Co., Alabama, USA,
; Her 2nd husband; His 3rd wife.
Ancestry.com - Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969
     Name:     Nancy Vaught
     Spouse:     L C Bostick
     Marriage Date:     4 Jan 1855
     County:     Montgomery
     State:     Alabama
     Performed by Name:     Jnc Vincent
     Source information:     Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
     Original data:
          Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama.
          Dodd, Jordan R., et. al. Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
          Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama 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.
          Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.^1,3,4
Levi Charles Bostick died on 25 November 1890 at age 82.¹
Levi Charles Bostick was buried on 25 November 1890 at Lost Church Cemetery, Longview, Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi, USA; her 2nd husband; his 3rd wife. From Find A Grave:
     Birth:      May 19, 1808
     Death:      Nov. 25, 1890
     Burial: Lost Church Cemetery, Longview, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, USA
     Created by: ( Pam & Teresa ) ...
     Record added: Aug 03, 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial# 133787937.¹
     Levi Charles Bostick and Nancy Reagan appeared in the census of 15 June 1870 at Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi, USA; p. 278-B, lines 24-25, dwelling 254, family 244
     24 BOSTIC, L. C. 63 [1807] M W Mechanic $300 $175 SC
     25 " , Nancy 51 [1819] F W Keeping house SC.⁵

     Mahala Scrogins married Levi Charles Bostick on 23 June 1844
; His 2nd wife.¹
Mahala Scrogins died on 8 August 1854.¹
Mahala Scrogins was buried after 8 August 1854 at Lost Church Cemetery, Longview, Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Aug. 8, 1854
     Inscription: 2ND WIFE OF LEVI MARRIED JUNE 23, 1844
     Burial: Lost Church Cemetery, Longview, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, USA
     Created by: ( Pam & Teresa ) ...
     Record added: Aug 03, 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial# 13378800.¹

     John Clements is mentioned in the will of Gaspar Clements on 25 May 1813 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA; Spurlin [1994:V:5] cites Lyman [1912:III:461] which cites August Co., VA Will Book 11, p. 243 - Will of Gaspar Clements.^1,2

     George Crawford married Nancy Clements, daughter of Gaspar Clements and Mary (?), before 1780
; per Spurling [1994:V:5] She is mentioned as the wife of George Crawford in her father's will of 25 May 1813.¹

     Nicholas Trout died in 1753.¹
      ; per Spurlin [1994:V:5]: George was the brother of Nicholas Trout who was killed by accident in a fight in 1753. That death resulted in a famous murder trial."¹

     Christopher Phillippi was born on 12 December 1762 at Warwick, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² He married Elizabeth Steffey on 6 March 1787 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

Christopher Phillippi died on 1 October 1856 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, at age 93.²
     He and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Elizabeth Steffey married Christopher Phillippi, son of Johann "John" Adam Phillippi and Maria "Barbara" Eva Eichelberg(Er), on 6 March 1787 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3

Elizabeth Steffey died on 22 October 1856 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.²
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Eva Phillippi was born on 1 July 1770; per StevensTurel family tree on Rootseb at Ancestry: "enroute to Wythe Co., VA."² She married Frederick Copenhaver circa 1789 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

Eva Phillippi died on 9 July 1857 at Marion, Washington Co., Virginia, USA, at age 87.²
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Frederick Copenhaver married Eva Phillippi, daughter of Johann "John" Adam Phillippi and Maria "Barbara" Eva Eichelberg(Er), circa 1789 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

     Frederick Copenhaver and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Christine Catherine "Caty" Phillippi married Henry Cullop.¹
Christine Catherine "Caty" Phillippi was born on 1 February 1767 at Pennsylvania, USA.²
Christine Catherine "Caty" Phillippi died in 1823.²
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Margaret Phillippi was born on 31 January 1769 at Pennsylvania, USA.² She married Henry Baugh on 20 March 1786 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

Margaret Phillippi died in 1844.²
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Henry Baugh married Margaret Phillippi, daughter of Johann "John" Adam Phillippi and Maria "Barbara" Eva Eichelberg(Er), on 20 March 1786 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

     Henry Baugh and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Magdalena Phillippi married Peter Wisely.¹
Magdalena Phillippi was born in 1733 at Virginia, USA; per StevensTurel family tree on Rootseb at Ancestry: "enroute to Wythe Co., VA."²
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Anna Maria "Mary" Phillippi was born in July 1776; per StevensTurel family tree on Rootseb at Ancestry: "enroute to Wythe Co., VA."² She married Sebastian Arney in 1795 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.³

Anna Maria "Mary" Phillippi died on 27 March 1854 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, at age 77; per StevensTurel family tree on Rootseb at Ancestry: "Waters of Cripple Creek, Wythe Co, VA 1 of fever and old age, according to son David", citing Wythe Co VA Death Records.²
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹

     Sebastian Arney was born in 1775 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Anna Maria "Mary" Phillippi, daughter of Johann "John" Adam Phillippi and Maria "Barbara" Eva Eichelberg(Er), in 1795 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹

Sebastian Arney died in 1810 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Rosannah/Rosina Phillippi was born circa 1780 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA; FindAGrave memorial says b. in Wythe Co.^2,3 She married Johannes Staffour “John” Steffey on 10 January 1813 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA,
; His 2nd wife.^1,4
Rosannah/Rosina Phillippi died on 10 June 1858 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.²
Rosannah/Rosina Phillippi was buried after 10 June 1858 at Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      1780, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
     Death:      Jun. 10, 1858, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
     Family links: Parents:
      Johann Adam Phillippe (1736 - 1800)
      Maria Barbara Eva Eichelberger Phillippe (1739 - 1823)
     Spouse: Johannes Staffour Steffey (1745 - 1836)
     Children:
      John Steffey (1814 - 1867)*
      David Steffey (1816 - 1855)*
     Siblings:
      Christopher Stophell Phillippi (1762 - 1856)*
      Maria Margaretta Phillippi Baugh (1768 - 1864)*
      Eva Phillippi Copenhaver (1770 - 1857)*
      Rosina Phillippe Steffey (1780 - 1858)
     Burial: Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
     Created by: Val Fox
     Record added: May 10, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 69609697.³
     She and Christiana Barbara Phillippi were was mentioned in a land transaction by George Vaught on 9 October 1823 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA, per Spurling [1994:V:7]: "A deed dated 9 Oct 1823 Wythe Co., VA has the following "...between Christopher Phillipy and Elizabeth his wifre, George Caught and Christiana his wife, Christian Vaught and Elizabeth his wife, Frederick Copenhaver and Eva his wife, Henry Cullop and Caty his wife, Henry Baugh and Margaret his wife, Peter Wisely and Magdalena his wife, Mary Amey, John Steffey and Rosannah his wife, and Barbara Phillipy, heirs apparent of John Phillipy deceased of the one part..." The Eichelberger genealogy is included in "The Rosenbaum - Rosenbalm family of Southwest Visrginig" by Clifford R. Canfield."¹