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The Family Tree Searcher
Volume 3 - Number 2 December 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message ..............................................................................................2
By L. Roane Hunt
World War II and Gloucester County in the 1940’s ......................................3
By Roger C. Davis
Grave Sites of WWII Veterans .............................................................................4
By Joan Kanter
Memories of the Home Front — Ruth Smitt shares her WWII years at Gary,
Indiana ..............................................................................................................5
By Ruth Smitt
Country Stores — Genealogy — Art..................................................................7
Talk by Ben Borden
By Roger Davis and Phyllis Blount
Descendants of Samuel Muse ..........................................................................14
Submitted by Ben Borden
Pointer Brothers Store and Bena Post Office ...............................................16
Comments from an Interview with Marion Clement s
By Phyllis Blount and Roger Davis
Descendants of Michael Pointer ...................................................................... 18
From data of Sylvia Rowe & Roane Hunt
Descendants of Daniel Fitchett ....................................................................... 21
Submitted from Vertical Files for John Fitchett
Roane’s Store Off the Ware River ................................................................... 24
By L. Roane Hunt
In the Company of Harriet Cowen .................................................................. 26
Pen and Ink Sketches of Country Stores/Post Offices
By Harriet Cowen
Marriages of Gloucester County, Virginia, Book 1: 1853 -1895...............35
By Frances Haywood, Revised by L. Roane Hunt
Gloucester County Death Record Project, 1865 -1890...............................40
Submitted by Roger Davis and Committee
Genealogy Reference Sources in the Virginia Room .................................. 58
Computer Interest Group .................................................................................59
Surname Files....................................................................................................... 60
Vol. 3, No. 2 2 December 1999
Have you had any “break -throughs” recently in your family -history research? What
significant facts have you learned this past year that opened new avenues for further
study?
I believe that the answers to such questions make good stories for people interested in
genealogy or family history. The part of the story that is of general interest is not
necessarily the names and places but the mechanics of discovery, the types of activity and
sources where important clues are hidden. I hope we can include such information
exchanges in our future Society Meeting Programs, provided by our own members.
When I became interested in my family history, much information on the male lines of
descent were already available to me. However, there was one great -grandfather, Willie
Worrell, that was a mystery that no one had been concerned to solve. He died at the age of
33 years leaving behind a wife and three daughters, the eldest being four years old. His
widow remarried and his children had a new father. To my knowledge there was no
contact between my family and the Worrells. When I asked for information about Willie
Worrell, I was told that he was a sailor. This left the impression that he just came ashore
and married my great-grandmother.
My research on Willie Worrel was indirect. As I studied the
family members that I knew in more depth, I discovered some
additional information about him. First, his marriage record in
Gloucester County revealed the name of his parents. At first, I was
suspicious about the accuracy of this information because the
surname was grossly misspelled as “Worlds.”
Second, as I was checking the Roane family in the 1870 census
for King and Queen County, I found Willie with his mother living in
the household of Major Hall. They were listed close to the Charles
Roane family on a farm that Willie was share -cropping when he
died. My search for the Willie Worrell family in later censuses
failed to uncover any clues.
Third, the most curious “shot -in-the-dark” idea was to follow-up on the queer spelling
of “Worlds.” I did some searches on Worlds and did find a Joel World living in Saluda in
Middlesex County in 1850. He was the right age to be Joseph Worrell, father of Willie.
Later, as I was visiting Pat Perkinson, one of this year’s program speakers, she showed me
the newly published book of Middlesex marriages. Included in this book was the marriage
of Joseph Worrell to Mary C. Lewis, with their parents. Further search of Middlesex records
revealed a transfer of land inherited by Mary.
Fourth, I was browsing through tax books and surveys of Gloucester County that date
back before the Civil War when most of the county records were destroyed, and I stumbled
upon some of the new family names connected to Willie Worrell. There was a survey dated
June 18, 1834, that was pursuant to a court decree with “John Lewis and Lucy his wife who
was Lucy Hall.” John and Lucy Lewis were parents of Mary Lewis. The survey showed a
division of estate of John B. Hall to layoff the house and plot for his widow, Nancy Hall.
Included in the list of Hall children was Major Hall, mentioned above, with whom Willie
Worrell and his mother were living in 1870 in King and Queen County.
Well, for the new millennium, I have some new surnames to search. These families were
located along the Dragon Swamp which is the Gloucester -Middlesex border. So far these
“swamp people” do not appear consistently in the official records.
Roane Hunt
President’s Message
Vol. 3, No. 2 3 December 1999
World War II and Gloucester County in the 1940’s
Roger C. Davis
World War II (1939-1945) had a significant impact on
the lives of nearly every citizen. Many of us living today
are the products of war stories that should be recorded
for our descendants. These experiences need not be earth
shattering, but rather, revealing events of the forties and
how those war years impacted individual lives.
Some 292,131 U. S. military personnel lost their lives
and a chance to produce descendents for their family
surnames or see their children grow. Another 671,278
Americans were wounded and many of these were left
with life long disabilities. Over 105,000 Americans were
captured and held prisoners of war. For their sacrifices
the average enlisted man received a base pay of $71.33 per
month and an officer $203.50. On the home front there
was food, gasoline, and clothing rationing. Large numbers
of women went into the industrial work force and took on
jobs in the public sector. Travel was restricted and the
sense of community grew as the shared sorrows and
hardships brought neighbors closer together.
In the rural county of Gloucester, Virginia, the country store was still a social/
commercial institution used by the people of Gloucester in 1940. Many stores housed the
area Post Office or had it adjacent to the store. This provided a central place for people to
get groceries, gasoline, often clothing, and their mail. The “pot bellied stove” was a
popular place to gather and “sit a spell” and socialize while they gathered and shared the
war and local news of the day.
World War II began September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. It was not
until December 8, 1941, that the United States declared war on Japan and entered the
conflict after the surprise bombing at Pearl Harbor.
“WWII killed more people, destroyed more property, disrupted more lives, and
probably had more far -reaching consequences than any other war in history.” World wide
“the exact number of people killed because of the war will never be known. Military deaths
probably totaled about 17 million. Civilian deaths were even greater as a result of
starvation, bombing raids, massacres, epidemics, and other war -related causes.” It is
estimated about 70 million people served in the armed forces of all the Allied and Axis
nations.
Your Editor was an eighteen-year-old youngster fresh out of George Washington High
School at Danville, Virginia. In June 1943, he and 80% of the boys in his class shipped off
to military training centers. The next year in October 1944 he crossed the Atlantic and
Roger C. Davis, WWII
Vol. 3, No. 2 4 December 1999
Grave Sites of WWII Veterans
at Abingdon Episcopal Church, Rt. 17, White Marsh,
Gloucester County, VA
Submitted by Joan Kanter
Section 2 (inside wall on North side of church).
ROBINS, III, William A. USAR WWII
VANCE, Col. Reginald USAF 1981 WWII
Section 3 (inside wall on North side of Church).
HARRIS, Thomas Robert WWII
AMES, Fred Floyd Cdr. USNR WWII
Section 4 (next to wall on North side).
SINCLAIR, Jefferson Keith WWII
RIGAU, Felix Rosa Com. USNRF WWI, Merchant Marine WWII
STANFORD, Sr., Sam Raymon Chief Gunners Mate USN WWII
ROWE, James Mortimer Pvt. 3554 Service Unit WWII
WEBB, James Leslie Gy. Sgt. USMC WWII
Section 5 (last section new cemetery).
BURT, Jr., Reynolds J. Col. US Army WWII
BURT, Katie S. American Red Cross WWII
GLOVER, Pierre LeRoy U. S. Army WWII
CARR, John R. Capt. U. S. Army WWII
CARR, Gordon D. 1st. Sgt. U. S. Army WWII
HOUK, James N. Maj. U. S. Army WWII
The New Cemetery
DAVIDSON, Robert Col. USA WWII
STOVER, Hilliard K. USA WWII
STOVER, Richard G. USA WWII
GEDDINGS, John Herbert WWII
FARINA, James G. USAF WWII
McDILL, Thomas K. USAF WWII, Prisoner of War
Inside
CATLETT, William Edward USA WWII
World War II and Gloucester County in the 1940’s
landed at Marseilles, France. There was a lot of growing up that next year as he served with
the 14
th
Armored Division in Italy, France and Germany. His duties required a lot of
driving, in fact, in the course of time he put over 50,000 miles on his trusty jeep that bore
his wife’s name, Flo!
Vol. 3, No. 2 5 December 1999
Memories of the Home Front—Ruth Smitt shares
her WWII years at Gary, Indiana
By Ruth Smitt
RATION BOOKS
Ration Books were some of our most
precious documents during World War II.
Everyone, including children, had their own
Ration Book for food. There were also Ration
Books for gasoline. Food and gasoline were in
great demand for the Armed Forces.
There was very little traveling for pleasure.
The trains were full of soldiers. The buses were
filled with employees going to and from work in
lieu of using their automobiles. We walked a lot!
Everyone with a little bit of land planted a
Victory Garden and grew vegetables. Some cities
allowed community Victory Gardens and everyone
attended to their own little plot.
Long lines were the order of the day
at food stores and many supply points.
For instance, when word got out that a
store had a shipment of sugar, every
homemaker would dash out to the store for
their share and people would be lined up
through the store and out on to the sidewalk.
Meats were rationed, especially the red
meats. Chicken and turkey required less food
stamps. We all learned to eat SPAM. We
substituted margarine for butter because fats
were needed for munitions.
I do not remember complaining about
rationing. We did complain about hoarders. We
understood the need and worked together. Farmers
worked overtime to increase production of food, especially the grain
products. Some also went into the factories to help out.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Because our city had an essential industry, it was mandatory that there not be any
lights showing from homes, businesses, or street lights, from dusk to dawn which might
guide an enemy bomber to our area.
All windows and entrances had to be covered by heavy curtains, draperies, or blankets
Vol. 3, No. 2 6 December 1999
so that no light was exposed. Otherwise we
sat in the dark and listened to the radio. If
we had to drive at night, we drove without
lights or the lights had to be shielded
parking lights.
There were Civilian Defense
volunteers posted throughout the city.
They were trained in first aide and other
possible emergencies. It was their duty to
go out after dark to patrol their assigned
area. Wearing a white hard hat and
carrying their credentials and powerful
flashlight, they would look for any exposed
lights. They had the authority to demand
that lights be turned off or covered
immediately.
ANXIETY AND MOURNING
The World War II years were a time of
anxiety and mourning. We were anxious
for sons, fathers, and brothers and often
women members of the family who had
been drafted or who had volunteered their
services. We were concerned for our
friends.
A brother-in-law was sent to the
Pacific area. It was heartbreaking to see a
sister wait for the mail. His transport ship
had been bombed and eventually sunk. He did not meet his first son until the son was
fourteen months old.
We mourned our friends. An Air Force pilot who trained pilots crashed and both pilot
and trainee were killed. His son was born seven months later.
A friend was a Flight Nurse stationed in Europe. She ferried wounded soldiers back to
the United States. On her last trip, the plane and all personnel were lost.
It was with sadness when we saw a gold star in a window. It indicated that a Gold Star
Mother lived there and her son or daughter had lost their life.
ROSIE THE RIVETER
“Rosie the Riveter” was the name given to women who entered the work force to
replace men who had been drafted or volunteered and was off to war. Women of all walks
of life joined the work force and replaced men workers in every conceivable type of work.
They even became riveters and created a legend for themselves as the song implies.
One friend of mine who lived on a farm and was knowledgeable about machinery
drove heavy trucks for the steel industry. It was cooperation like that, which helped win
the war. It was also a big step for women to enter the business world. They could do it!
Memories of the Home Front
Vol. 3, No. 2 7 December 1999
Country Stores — Genealogy — Art
Introduction by Roger C. Davis
Up to and including World War II the country store and post office were a social/
commercial institution that has remained in rural Gloucester County from the 1850s.
Transportation and goods distribution limited the distance traveled for most people.
Radio and telephone were in their early development stage. People still took time to “sit a
spell” and talk about the war and community news. They shared their sorrows and
hardships when they gathered at the post office and country store.
The storeowners and operators became the center of this local information exchange
and community structure. The families became an integral part of Gloucester County.
In February 1999, Kimble A. David, architectural historian, prepared a Final Report,
“Country Stores and Rural Post Offices of Gloucester County.” She reviewed thirty -nine
stores, ten at the intensive level, and documented her findings. Eight stores were
determined eligible for listing on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of
Historic Places by Virginia Department of Historic Resources E -team, October 1998. These
stores are Zanoni Store and Post Office, Arthur Tab Store and Ware Neck Post Office,
Freeport Store and Post Office, P. E. Muse Store and Coke Post Office, W. E. and J. Edgar
Pointer Store and Bena Post Office, R. P. Gray Store and Signpine Post Office, Horsley Store
and Short Lane Post Office, and Roanes Store and Post Office.
I have asked Ben Borden to tell us some history and family lore about some of these
stores operated by his family. Ben is a grandson of Peachy Elbert Muse and Valentine
Haywood who operated the P. E. Muse Stores. We have a genealogy of the Muse family for
those searching this line. A copy will be placed in the Vertical File of the Virginia Room at
the Gloucester Library.
The heritages of the country stores in Gloucester have been recorded in pen and ink
drawings by Harriet Cowen and published in two books, “Driving Tour - Gloucester
County’s Country Stores and Post Offices” and “Field Trip Guide
for Elementary Schools.” Mrs. Cowen, a resident of Bena, has
captured the character and beauty of these wonderful country
store landmarks. She has consented to let us publish some of her
drawings in this issue.
At the Gloucester Genealogy Society
Meeting held on September 27, 1999, our
guest speaker was Mr. Ben Borden, and our
guest artist was Mrs. Harriet Cowen. Ben
told about the country stores in operation in
the 1940’s and 50’s, during and immediately
after World War II. He shared information
about his grandfather, Peachy Elbert Muse,
and others of his family who were involved
in the operation of these stores. The
following are excerpts from this meeting:
Ben Borden
and
Harriet Cowen
Vol. 3, No. 2 8 December 1999
Mr. Ben Borden...
Thank you Roger. I
consider this a real pleasure
to talk about something I like
to talk about. But you may
think, before I am through,
that I didn’t have but one
granddaddy and that was
Peachy Muse. I did have a
Grandfather Borden, but my
daddy was from Front Royal
and I only saw that
Granddaddy but once or twice
a year but Peachy Muse was
just down the road.
I would like to, in this short time, give you a picture of the Muse family and Peachy
Muse in particular; how they migrated to Gloucester County and the country stores that
they operated, because there were more than one. Some of their descendants are still
living here, and I hope that it will be of interest to you.
Peachy Muse was next to the youngest of seven children and born in Essex County in
1871. His father, Samuel William Young Muse, left his first five children, one o f which was
an infant, and went to Tappahannock and enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was
discharged at age 42. That always interested me that he would leave his wife and five
young children, one an infant. My
granddaddy, Peachy, came along in
1871, and I don’t think he was the first
Muse to come to Gloucester County, but
I’ll get to that later.
The three stores I want to cover and the
three locations are the Eddie Minor’s
store in Coke or the P .E. Muse Store, (it
stayed the Eddie Minor’s longer than P.
E. Muse), the Bridges store and the store
at Ordinary. The Ordinary store had
two locations. The property where the
first store was located was bought by Newton Motor Company and Chrysler Plymouth
Dealership so my grandfather bought another store across the road, which had been owned
by a Mr. & Mrs. Dutton.
Let me take you now to Coke in about 1895. I am not sure who built that store
building and house, but I think it was a man named William Haywood. William Haywood
was my grandmother’s, Annie Valentine Muse, uncle. Both her parents had died and
Annie was raised by William Haywood and Elizabeth Hogge Haywood. He also raised
Mable Willet Buck, those two called each other sister, although they were not kin, but were
raised together and many people today think we are kin to the Bucks, but we are not, but it
was through that association a long time ago.
Sometime around 1895 Peachy Muse came on the scene in his early twenties. He had
some business dealings with William Haywood and met my grandmother. They got
married and then we find that he was operating the store. The building across the road
was the residence and they are both still standing today. In some of our publications there
are pictures of both.
Samuel Muse
Samuel William Young Muse
b. Dec. 28, 1819, m. Dec. 25, 1855, d. May 8, 1874
Elizabeth Young “Polly” Banks
Peachy Elbert Muse
b. Nov. 23, 1871, d. Sep. 30, 1949
Thomas Coates
Sarah Frances Jane Coates
b. Feb. 18, 1839, d. June 5, 1919
Frances Taylor
Joseph Levi Borden
Benjamin Elias Borden, Sr.
b. Nov. 22, 1898, m. Sep. 11, 1926, d. Mar. 1, 1968
Frances Herr
Benjamin Elias Borden, Jr.
b. Sep. 25, 1927
Peachy Elbert Muse
b. Nov. 23, 1871, m. Oct 15, 1901, d. Sep. 30, 1949
Ella Coates Muse
b. Oct. 22, 1904, d. July 4, 1980
Annie Valentine Heywood
b. Feb. 14, 1879, d. Jan. 11, 1970
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Vol. 3, No. 2 9 December 1999
Peachy Muse's children: the first of which was Dolly, then Ella, Willie and Cassie
were all born in Coke. Lot of people don’t know that. The two youngest were born later at
Bridges in 1917 and 1920, respectively.
Now I think that the store business was evidently good at Coke and I often wondered
why he wanted to move. There was a really large population in that particular area of
people who were rather prosperous in the oyster business, forestry and numerous other
things that took place at that time. He often told of some of the best customers he had in
the store business were at Coke. One of which happened to be my wife’s, Frances, great
granddaddy; a man named Benjamin Franklin Oliver, who had an oyster business. There
were many stories of salesmen who called on him. But if you visualize the store, there was
not any electricity then. I think they had gaslights, it wasn’t Delco, I think that was
something that came later, but it was gaslights.
Papa (Peachy Muse) used to talk about two blacksmith shops in sight of the store.
One was Claude Brookes’ and the other was Sylvester Oliver’s. And he would talk about
how many horses would be tied around different trees and posts on Saturday for people
who came to get the services of the blacksmiths.
He talked about the people in the community who had particular talents. One was a
man named Eddie Oliver who was a great marksman. There was hardly anything that he
couldn't hit with a .22 rifle. My granddaddy said that on one occasion a salesman, for
either the Winchester Arms Company or Remington Arms Company, who came to the
store, challenged Eddie and beat him. He said that was the only time between around 1900
and 1915 that anybody was better with a rifle than Eddie Oliver.
Another tale that he told was a ghost story, sort of, that we like to hear him tell about
my grandmother waking him up in the middle of the night and the children were all asleep
and that somebody was walking downstairs. Papa said that he went downstairs and a cat
had gotten in a rocking chair and kept it going back and forth and the cadence was exactly
of someone walking. But anyway that was a happy ending to that story.
Let me talk a little bit more about Coke in that during that time a doctor came to
Gloucester County named Dr. Clements. And that one, Papa called Old Dr. Clements. It
was not the James Clements that we all remember down at Ordinary, but his father. Well
he came down from Albemarle County and he didn’t have a horse and buggy to make his
house calls with. My granddaddy loaned him a horse and buggy. Well for that, in return
for that favor he delivered all the children and gave free medical services as long as he
lived and even up until the time Frances and I were living with my grandmother in the mid
50's at Ordinary and James Clements was still living, he wouldn’t charge my grandmother
anything. And this loyalty between people and friendship at that time, I think, is
something that should be emphasized about the communities and the various things that
happened in these stores.
During the time they were at Coke, Beech Grove Baptist Church was formed in 1904.
My mother said she went to school there. And then in wondering about why he wanted to
go to Bridges and that made him closer to Hayes Store School. And when we came along
here, we wouldn't talk about Hayes, it was Hayes Store. I didn’t know for many years later
that that was named for a man named Joel Hayes who was in Abingdon and Gloucester
and so forth. And anyway, if they moved to Bridges they would be closer to Hayes Store
School and I think my mother and Uncle Willie had a pony once and a cart and drove every
morning from Bridges down to Hayes Store School.
Let’s not leave Coke, yet. When Granddaddy decided to make that move he sold out
to Eddie Minor's father. I don’t know whether his name was Eddie also or Edward and I
don’t know when the young Eddie took the store over. But a lot of friends I had in Coke
called the young Eddie Minor and the old Eddie Minor that I remember. They called him
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Vol. 3, No. 2 10 December 1999
Bubba and Ed because they said that when he was a little boy they called him that to
distinguish him from his father. So Eddie Minor took over that store around 1915 and this
is absolutely accurate, as far as I know, and he operated it until 1964 and of course it was
Coke Post Office. Coke Post Office and Coke was a name for a person.
You have to remember at that time everything was by horse and wagon. I think
Benjamin Franklin Oliver had to take his oysters up to Clay Bank Wharf and put them on a
steamboat and what groceries came in by wagon. There wasn’t any kind of refrigeration at
that store at that time, I am told. Eddie Minor later modernized it quite a bit, which I will
tell you more about.
Let’s go on to Bridges and we will find that Papa bought Bridges from a man named
Tom Bridges. There was a home place situated on 20 acres and a store building situated on
5 acres and a farm with 100 acres. I think the Bridges family had been there for some time
for the post office there to be named Bridges. The descendants from the Bridges family
may be of some interest to you. Dr James Smith, who practiced medicine at Hayes Store,
had a wife who was Tom Bridges’ daughter. Another Bridges that some of you may have
heard about was John Bridges who was, as my granddaddy used to say, a drummer, he
didn’t say salesmen, they were all drummers, that came around and took orders from
Buryn, Old and Eaton in Norfolk and he called on my granddaddy, as I understand at
Bridges and at Ordinary.
There was a glass over the door as you entered the store at Bridges that was in gold
leaf. It read “Bridges Post Office.” Well somewhere back in the 1930's some of the Bridges’
relatives came by, and my Mother and Father gave them that glass. It might be down in
Norfolk somewhere now, but that was the sign above the door.
I am going to tell you in a minute, as time is rapidly passing, what happened to the
post office at Bridges after Papa moved to Ordinary. It went up the road to Sam Pointer's
store and I can't tell you when they started the rural route at one time from Ordinary and
they closed the store and post office at Bridges, which was then in Sam Pointer's store.
The operation at Bridges was much larger than it was at Coke. A larger building, two
story, well built, it was paneled on the inside with beaded paneling. It had a balcony; in
other words it was two stories. But upstairs there was a stairway railing around. There
was a place to display furniture on the second story. There were two long counters
downstairs with a large storage shed on the left. One more thing, upstairs was a room just
for shoes. The back had a unique type of icebox with walls that were about 6 inches thick
and filled with saw dust and a place at the top like the old icebox to put ice and every now
and then he kept some meat, probably for a short length of time. Where did they get the
ice? On the property there were two very deep holes that we were always told were “ice
holes.” They were near a stream that could be damned up, and if the winter was cold
enough they would take the ice and put it in the hole and cover it over with dirt and
sawdust and hopefully it would last to around the 4th of July. And you dig down in there
maybe to make a freezer of ice cream. Along that same line, David Burke told me that one
of the biggest occurrences in his life was on the 4th of July. They would meet a steamer
from Baltimore which had ice you could buy and go home and make a freezer of ice cream.
So times were a lot different then than they are now.
They say my grandmother was a very calm person, and she was. One day while she
was clerking in the store, my Uncle Willie was on top of the house. It was a two story with
a steep roof and someone came in and said, “ Mrs. Muse, Willie is up on top of the store
building walking down the ridge pole” and she said, “Is that right? I’ll be over there in a
minute.” Nothing ever excited her.
My two youngest aunts, Frances Haywood Muse and Annie (Betsy) Elizabeth Muse,
were born at Bridges. My daddy, Benjamin Elias Borden, also arrived while Peachy was still
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at Bridges. In a little diary at home in something we call a “fertilizer book,” (fertilizer
companies used to put these out and we carried one) it says, “arrived: Bridges May 15, I
believe, 1922.” This was shortly before P. E. Muse sold the entire store and property and
his residence to someone else and moved out to Ordinary. At that time the trend was to
get out on the highway. He was a notary public and insurance investigator. They only
verified that someone was living. It was a company that was called Hooper Homes that you
could fill out the little forms that verified that a person lived at certain post office and had
three children and they paid you 50¢ or something like that.
Anyway, while at Bridges he had a gristmill and people came up Timberneck Creek to
a place called Sawmill Hill, and that wasn't named for Daddy’s sawmill it was named
Sawmill Hill long before my father put a sawmill at Bridges, and they would grind corn. On
up until about 1942 my granddaddy wouldn't have it any other way but to hook up a pair
of mules, get in the wagon and put a bag of corn in it and go all the way to Haynes Mill
Pond. Most of you know where Haynes Mill Pond is. Well, the other day the floo d
(Hurricane Floyd, Sept 1999) almost wrecked the dam and washed the rest of the mill over
into the ravine. I can remember going with him up there to Haynes Mill Pond and getting
corn ground and coming back to be put out at Bridges. Also, while he was at Bridges, he
bought the property where Rosewell Cemetery is now. That had been owned by Willie
Haywood, who raised my grandmother, and I thi nk there were a hundred and twenty -five
acres in that. That passed to Stratton in later years.
So I think he wanted to go out to Ordinary and run a small store and maybe be some
sort of a gentleman farmer. He was fortunate to have people help him, and he would, when
he didn't have an automobile, just walk out on Providence Road and hold his hand up, and
it didn’t make any difference who it was, they stopped and picked up Peachy Muse. He
never thumbed or anything or asked them, he just held his hand up like a policeman. He'd
do a school bus same way. If he was getting from Bridges to Ordinary and the school bus
was coming, Papa would stand and do like that, and they all knew him and, they would
stop and let him get on the bus.
It was about this time, in 1922, that my father met my mother. Granddaddy Muse
came to the small store, although they built a big bungalow that had three bedrooms, a
reception hall, living room, bathroom, a big dining room and a large kitchen since he loved
people so much that this was to attract the drummers that would stay overnight. It was
like a “Bed and Breakfast.” It was a great time when two or three of them were there, and
they all sat around the big dining room table. They did not help my grandmother and
Dolly dry the dishes. They all went into the living room to smoke cigars, and you couldn't
even see in the place for cigar smoke. And that is what went on there.
When all the children had gone off to school, it just left my grandmother and
grandfather there and Dolly. Dolly was born, and became deaf at a very early age, she was
their oldest child, I think born 3 October 1902. She always stayed at home, helped my
grandmother with the canning and helped take care of the younger children. My
grandmother always thought that she would expire before Dolly, but it didn’t work out
that way. Dolly died 13 February 1954, and my grandmother lived to be 90 years old and
died 8 January 1970.
Another quick story about my grandmother. She had said that both her parents died,
and she was raised by Willie Haywood and Elizabeth Hogge Haywood, that her health was
not good and the doctors told her that she wouldn’t live to be about 20 years old. And she
said, maybe it was old Dr. Clements, said that maybe you should take some cod liver oil
everyday. And she did, all of her life, and she lived to be (90) ninety.
In 1940, which Roger wanted me to talk about, the stores where being operated in this
fashion. Eddie Minor had modernized Coke a whole lot. He had a modern meat case,
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which had electricity at that time. It seems that because the population in that area of
Cedar Bush Creek, Shley and Coke had increased some and there hadn't been an exodus of
people away from that community, Eddie did a great business. In recent years when the
Martins took it over and made it Martins Corner, some of his books were in there and
Eddie Minor did an excellent busin ess, particularly during the late 30's and early 40's. He
handled a lot of hardware, parts for farm implements, horse drawn farm implements, hog
points and such as that. If you wanted to buy a pump point for a pitcher pump, does any
one know what that is; you would go to Eddie Minor’s to get it. If you wanted to buy a
pump he had it and paint for boats.
After Papa, in 1922, moved from Bridges down to Ordinary, he sold to a family, I
believe, from Baltimore. They bought the house and they bought the store but, anyway, it
didn’t pan out. So he had the new house out here to pay for and the new business and I
think somehow he was still responsible, the way banking and that sort of thing were done,
for the place at Bridges. Well my mother and father got married in 1926 while Daddy was
managing a sawmill in Keysville, Virginia. In 1929 he came back to Gloucester and my
mother and father bought the Bridges place from my granddaddy, Peachy Muse. The
store and house had been vacant for awhile. There were not any modern conveniences, but
anyway in 1929 they moved in.
Daddy’s father and his grandfather had several sawmills and barrel stay mills, and
Mama always said she wasn’t real anxious to move to Bridges. But she did. Peachy Muse
was a positive thinking person and would always try to encourage someone. I remember
my mother saying that she told my granddaddy once, “You know this summer all of Ben’s,
meaning my father, brothers and their wives are coming down, and we don’t have any
modern conveniences. Papa said, “Look, Ella, you just make them feel at home.” Well, she
did, and that was the favorite place for all of them to visit from then until they all passed
away. They would come down to Gloucester, and later on we got a few conveniences. I
always liked that story.
Out at Ordinary I can remember the nights in the s tore with the men sitting around,
and up on one counter there were cigarettes, loose, and they sold them for a penny a piece.
Young Dr. Clements smoked one after another. He would sit and talk for awhile with my
granddaddy and the other men, and he would go up and get a cigarette and he would
smoke that one and when he would get ready to go, said, “Here Peachy, I had so many.”
And that was all until the next night he came over.
At that time Dr. Clements would charge $2 for an office visit. And, I guess it is alright
to tell this, but when Newton Motor Company sold a new Plymouth to him a few years after
that, actually it was after the war in 1946, he paid for it in $2 bills.
Okay so Eddie's business was thrivin g in the 40’s. Bridges Store was then used by my
father to make barrels. They had a barrel factory at Gloucester Point but the August storm
of 1933 took it all away. And that was the same time they said that the piano at Clopton's
Drug Store was going down the river playing “ Stormy weather.”
Anyway there was a migration or exodus, I guess you say, of people leaving Piney
Swamp or Bridges. Daddy was a bird hunter and we would hunt some afternoons and I’d
follow him, and there was one vacant home after another. These people had all gone to
Baltimore, Detroit or Philadelphia for jobs. There was one vacant garden after another,
which was a good place for a covey of birds.
Just a little bit more now about the Muses. So my granddaddy, Peachy Muse, had a
store at Coke and at Bridges and he came out to Ordinary and then remember I told you
that when Newton Motor Company was built he bought Mrs. Dutton’s Store. Now uncle
Bob Muse, who lived at Wicomico had a store at one time where Jones Oliver Store used to
be, a sharp bend in the road directly behind Farm Fresh. Okay, when Harry and I were
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going to Hayes Store School there was a store that Carrol Muse owned and the two people
that worked there were Leroy Howlet and Wesley Jackson. Okay. So Carrol Muse was my
granddaddy’s brother’s child, so he was his nephew, but a lot of people thought that Carrol
and Peachy where brothers, but they were not. Carrol was Mary Florence Muse's father.
Let’s go back up to Essex a minute. Tom Muse evidently came down here, my
granddaddy's older brother was a carpenter. Moved back and opened a store at Upright
which was near the “old home place” way out in the country off to the west of Ozeana and
a little south of Dunnsville, that part of Tappahannock. Uncle Dickey was out on Route 17
at Ozeana and he had a country store. Uncle Charlie was an oyster inspector at one time
and Uncle Charlie and Uncle Bob both lived in Wicomico and let me give this to you quickly.
Uncle Charlie sold his property to Spottswood in 1935/36, and he and Aunt Mary moved
to Richmond and she opened a boarding house. Uncle Bob died in 1935 but he owned
Uncle Charles’ place called Pigeon Hill, and I forget now what they call... the same place
that they moved the Waterman’s Museum building from, I think the man who owns
McDonalds owns that place now, it was old Hogge property. In fact, most all the property
was owned by the Hogge family from Timberneck Creek on down the York River to Hayes.
In 1940 if you had left Coke and gone out by White Marsh and to come down to
Ordinary you would have gotten to Clopton's County Store Post Office taken a right when
you got to White Marsh there was a large store operated by Mr. Newcomb. Coming on
down the road Tommy C. Hogge had been in business for a long time. Prior to him
operating the store was a man name Taliaferro. When you got down to Ordinary, there
was, T. C. Hogge in Ordinary, Peachy Muse on one side and Dutton on the other. That was
before the Duttons passed on and so forth. Now if you came through Piney Swamp which
means you would come out at Eddie Minor's Store and get on Providence Road off of
Cedar Bush Road, you came by Sam Pointer's Store and you came by Bridges. Bridges was
the only one of those stores that I named, that was not operated in, I believe in 1940. Tell
you a little more about Clopton. Mrs. Raymond Brown, Dr. Brown's wife, Elizabeth, was a
Clopton. I intended to call her to see if she knew what year Clopton's Post Office closed
and what year they went out of the store business. It is absolutely amazing that all of them
could make a living, but as some of the literature we have here indicated, they all were very
prosperous at that time.
One other thing, I've covered the Muse men that ran stores. My grandmother used to
tell me about going back to Ozeana to visit my granddaddy’s relatives. They would leave
very early in the morning and you would get to Saluda by 12 o’clock. You would feed the
horse and rest and eat a sandwich and by dark you would be up in Essex, at Upright or
Ozeana.
Just one thing, you all probably know this by heart, I’ll close with this.
A PEOPLE WHO TAKE NO PRIDE IN THE NOBLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
REMOTE ANCESTORS ARE NOT LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING WORTHY
TO BE REMEMBERED WITH PRIDE BY REMOTE DESCENDANTS.
Thank you. Thank you very much, I enjoyed it.
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Decendants of Samuel Muse
Submitted by Ben Borden
FIRST GENERATION
1. Samuel Muse.
He was married to Elizabeth Young "Polly" Banks. Samuel Muse and Elizabeth Young "Polly" Banks
had the following children:
+2 i. Samuel William Young Muse.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Samuel William Young Muse was born on 28 Dec 1819 in Essex Co., VA. He died on 8 May 1874
in Essex Co., VA.
He was married to Sarah F. (Frances) Jane Coates (daughter of Thomas Coates and Frances Taylor)
on 25 Dec 1855 in Essex Co., VA. Sarah F. (Frances) Jane Coates was born on 18 Feb 1839 in Essex
Co., VA. She died on 5 Jun 1918 in Essex Co., VA. Samuel William Young Muse and Sarah F.
(Frances) Jane Coates had the following children:
+3 i. Samuel Thomas Muse.
+4 ii. John Richard Muse.
+5 iii. Charles Harvey Muse.
+6 iv. Lucelia A. Muse.
+7 v. Robert Wake Pooler Muse.
+8 vi. Peachy Elbert Muse.
+9 vii. Sallie Young Muse.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Samuel Thomas Muse was born in 1856 in Essex Co., VA. He died in 1936 in Essex Co., VA.
4. John Richard Muse was born on 25 Dec 1859 in Essex Co., VA. He died in Mar 1932 in Essex Co.,
VA.
He was married to Annis G. Taylor on 29 Dec 1890 in Essex Co., VA.
5. Charles Harvey Muse was born on 18 Feb 1861 in Essex Co., VA. He died on 6 Mar 1946 in
Portsmouth, VA.
He was married to Katherine Elizabeth Fleet (daughter of Loland Fleet and Mary J. Montague) on 30
Dec 1887 in Gloucester Co., VA. Katherine Elizabeth Fleet was born in 1859. Charles Harvey Muse
and Katherine Elizabeth Fleet had the following children:
+10 i. William Carroll Muse.
6. Lucelia A. Muse died on 12 Feb 1940.
7. Robert Wake Pooler Muse was born on 29 Mar 1868 in Essex Co., VA. He died on 12 Jun 19 35.
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He was married to Katherine Pauline Hogg on 20 Aug 1902.
8. Peachy Elbert Muse was born on 23 Nov 1871 in Essex Co., VA. He d ied on 30 Sep 1949 in
Richmond, VA.
He was married to Annie Valentine Heywood (daughter of Wilmore Taylor Heywood and Lucinda G.
Pointer) on 15 Oct 1901 in Gloucester Co., VA. Annie Valentine Heywood was born on 14 Feb 1879
in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #AB415 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died
on 11 Jan 1970 in Gloucester Co., VA. Peachy Elbert Muse and Annie Valentine Heywood had the
following children:
11 i. Sarah Lucenia Muse was born on 3 Oct 1902 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died on
13 Feb 1954 in Gloucester Co., VA.
+12 ii. Ella Coates Muse Muse.
+13 iii. William Taylor Muse.
+14 iv. Cassie Clements Muse.
15 v. Annie Elizabeth Muse was born on 25 Jan 1917 in Gloucester Co., VA.
16 vi. Frances Haywood Muse was born on 17 Aug 1952 in Gloucester Co., VA.
9. Sallie Young Muse was born in 1876. She died in 1945.
FOURTH GENERATION
10. William Carroll Muse.
William Carroll Muse and Florence Elizabeth Lawson had the following children:
+17 i. Mary Florence Muse.
12. Ella Coates Muse Muse was born on 22 Oct 1904 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died on 4 Jul 1980
in Gloucester Co., VA.
She was married to Benjamin Elias Borden (son of Joseph Levi Borden and Frances Herr) on 11 Sep
1926 in Gloucester Co., VA. Benjamin Elias Borden was born on 22 Nov 1898 in Warren Co., VA. He
died on 1 Mar 1968 in Gloucester Co., VA. Ella Coates Muse Muse and Benjamin Elias Borden had
the following children:
+18 i. Benjamin Elias Borden Jr..
19 ii. William Ray Borden was born on 2 Dec 1933 in Richmond, VA.
+20 iii. Carter Muse Borden.
13. William Taylor Muse was born on 27 Nov 1906 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died on 31 Oct 1971
in Gloucester Co., VA.
He was married to Alice Harper on 15 Nov 1941 in Gloucester Co., VA. Alice Harper was born on 15
Jun 1917 in Gloucester Co., VA.
14. Cassie Clements Muse was born on 18 Dec 1908 in Gloucester Co., VA.
She was married to John William Randolph Folkes (son of Robert Andrew Folkes and Edna
Montague) on 17 Feb 1934. John William Randolph Folkes was born on 14 May 1908 in Gloucester
Co., VA. He died on 5 Jun 1976.
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Pointer Brothers Store and Bena Post Office
Comments from an Interview with Marion Clements
by Phyllis Blount and Roger Davis
James Edgar Pointer, Sr. (1876 -1952) married 1
st
, Lucy Lillie Minor and they had a son,
James Edgar Pointer, Jr. (now living in Williamsburg, VA). He married 2
nd
, Emma Jean
Daniel on 7 April 1945 and their daughter is Marion Minor Pointer Porter Clements.
In the early years (1904-1939) James Edgar, Sr. and his brother, William DuVal Pointer ran
the store as Pointer Brothers. William and his wife, Ruth, lived about a mile fr om the store
down Mark Pine Road (Route 648). Edgar and Lillie lived in the house next to the store. In
1952 the building was moved back for the road widening. J.
Edgar left the store in 1948 before his death in 1952.
Marion Clements is named after Mary Marion Minor,
daughter of John William Minor and Sarah Jane Mooring.
John Minor built the home “Riverside” on the river near Bena
and the large house with all the windows near White Marsh
(old Hickory Fork house) behind the Post Office at White
Marsh. The Milligans used to live there and then John Wyatt.
Emma Jean Daniel was in Richmond taking some typing and
shorthand courses about 1943. Mr. Kenney, who was
superintendent of schools in Gloucester for many years was
in Richmond looking for a teacher for Achilles to replace
someone who left in the middle of the year. He found Emma
Jean at Smithfield Massey and talked her into coming to
Achilles High School to help for the rest of the year. She
boarded with Mrs. Milton Harris whose house is at Tidemills
Bridge and Sarah Creek.
Just before going back to South Carolina for the Holidays,
Emma Jean got Edgar Pointer to cash a check for her. It
seems she wrote it on a wrong account and the check
bounced. After she came back he called on her to “go riding
or whatever they did then.” He never mentioned the check,
but she found out from a friend in South Carolina about the
bad check and was apologetic to Edgar and made the check
good. That’s how their courtship started. They were
married about a year later in 1945 and then Edgar died
seven years later in 1952.
The store was constructed in 1904 with the open ceiling in
the center section. The ceiling area would be closed over in
winter to save the heat downstairs. In the summer it would
be opened up again.
J. Edgar Pointer, Sr.
Courtesy of Marion Clements
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Taylor Maryus Minor worked at the store for many years. He was a chef and had worked at
a number of hotels in North Carolina and at Norfolk before coming to Bena. His son,
Gerald Minor, was interviewed by Marion Clements and Jennie Woo in 1997. His memories
are reflected in this following information. Gerald came to Bena at age 7 after his Mother
died in May.
After Lillie Minor Pointer stopped using the west side wing (now Bena Post Office) for a
sewing and hat shop, Taylor Minor started a lunch room. It was called Minor’s Lunch. Pork
chops and baked chicken were a specialty.
Gerald Minor tells the “true” story that people were eating lunch in the diner while the
store was being moved back to widen the road in 1952. His Father warned his customers
to be careful when they went out the door because the steps were no longer there.
Some little known facts about the store:
Edgar raised hogs. There was a smoke -house out back where they
smoked pork ribs and chops.
Russell Armstrong (black man) did handy work there.
In the side building (Deal Tax Service), one space had an egg room;
another had a pump and sink in back room. Shot gun shells were kept
over the sink. A nail room was at rear (now a bath).
Edgar would go to Baltimore just before Christmas to purchase
Christmas stock for the store.
A wood stove was in the middle of the store. They burned coal most of
the time.
There were vinegar and molasses tanks in the store so they could pump
small amounts into jars.
There were empty capsules into which grains of quinine were placed for
medication.
They sold lemon and vanilla extract, cloth from rolls, boots, shoes, pants,
knickers, “gum boots” (the white boots not yet here) , rain gear, fish
hooks, anchors, crab nets, auto tires, horse bits, horse collars, and bilge
pumps.
The combination to the safe was 50 -0-50!!
Men played dominoes at night.
John Thomas Cook helped with farming chores; Sydney Smith built a 65
ft. boat out in the yard; Julias Edwards built cabinets in the store at one
time; Patricia Williams worked at the store.
When Pointer Brothers was dissolved, a number of people leased an d tried to run the
store, including John Fedors and Faber Mershon. Ownership of the building always stayed
with Edgar Pointer’s heirs. Today the Bena Post Office, Mo’s Stuff (gifts and framing) and
Deals Tax Service occupy the building. It is all open for a visit!
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Descendants of Michael Pointer
From data of Sylvia Rowe & Roane Hunt
FIRST GENERATION
1. Michael Pointer.
He was married to Dorothy DuVal. Michael Pointer and Dorothy DuVal had the following children:
+2 i. Michael Pointer.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Michael Pointer was born in 1766. He died in 1836.
He was married to Mildred Stevens. Michael Pointer and Mildred Stevens had the following children:
3 i. Michael Smith Pointer was born in 1798.
+4 ii. William DuVal Pointer.
+5 iii. Cyrus Christian Pointer.
THIRD GENERATION
4. William DuVal Pointer was born in 1798. He appeared in the census #771 in 1850 in Gloucester
Co., VA. He appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census
#W140 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died in 1872.
Mary E. Wood was born in 1815. She appeared in the census #771 in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA.
She appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. William DuVal Pointer and Mary E.
Wood had the following children:
6 i. Lucy A. Pointer was born in 1834. She appeared in the census #771 in 1850 in
Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in Gloucester Co.,
VA. She appeared in the census #W140 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA.
7 ii. Martha W. Pointer was born in 1835. She appeared in the census #771 in 1850
in Gloucester Co., VA.
+8 iii. James DuVal Pointer.
9 iv. Frances M. Pointer was born in 1840. She appeared in the census #771 in 1850
in Gloucester Co., VA.
10 v. Albert M. Pointer was born in 1846. He appeared in the census #771 in 1850 in
Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in Gloucester Co.,
VA. He appeared in the census #P84 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He
appeared in the census #WW501 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA.
11 vi. Georgiana Pointer was born in 1848. She appeared in the census #771 in 1850
in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in Gloucester
Co., VA.
12 vii. John W. Pointer was born in 1852. He appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in
Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #W140 in 1870 in Gloucester
Co., VA.
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5. Cyrus Christian Pointer was born in 1815. He appeared in the census #184 in 1850 in
Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #154 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in
the census #W150 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA.
He was married to Martha Dey Stubbs (daughter of Payton Massy and Malvina ?). Martha Dey
Stubbs was born in 1817. She appeared in the census #184 in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. She
appeared in the census #154 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #W150 in
1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died on 26 Sep 1877 in Gloucester Co., VA. Cyrus Christian Pointer
and Martha Dey Stubbs had the following children:
13 i. Anne Mamie Pointer was born in 1841. She appeared in the census #184 in
1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #154 in 1860 in
Gloucester Co., VA. She died in 1863.
+14 ii. Julia Frances Pointer.
15 iii. Virginia Evelyn Pointer was born in 1845. She appeared in the census #184 in
1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #154 in 1860 in
Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #W150 in 1870 in Gloucester
Co., VA.
16 iv. William L. Pointer was born on 25 Feb 1851. He appeared in the census #154 in
1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #W150 in 1870 in
Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #WW503 in 1880 in Gloucester
Co., VA. He was listed as General Merchant He died on 1 Jan 1904.
FOURTH GENERATION
8. James DuVal Pointer was born on 27 May 1839. He appeared in the census #444 in 1860 in
Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #W140 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared
in the census #AA068 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died on 4 Dec 1904.
He was married to Mary Marion Minor (daughter of John William Minor and Sarah Jane Mouring) on
27 Dec 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. Mary Marion Minor was born in 1850. She appeared in the
census #AA068 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA.
1850 Glou. Census:356
1860 Glou. Census: 597 James DuVal Pointer and Mary Marion Minor had the following children:
+17 i. William DuVal Pointer.
+18 ii. James Edgar Pointer Sr..
19 iii. Lucy J. Pointer was born about 1879. She appeared in the census #AA068 in
1880 in Gloucester Co., VA.
+20 iv. Mary Wood Pointer.
+21 v. Evelyn Pointer.
14. Julia Frances Pointer was born in 1843 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #184
in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #154 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. She
appeared in the census #W150 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #PF476 in
1880 in Gloucester Co., VA.
She was married to Benjamin P. Phillips on 31 Aug 1865 in Gloucester Co., VA.
She was married to Miles Henry Rilee (son of Richard Cary Rilee and Nancy Hibble) on 10 Nov 1872
in Gloucester Co., VA. Miles Henry Rilee was born in 1844. He appeared in the census #535 in
1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #232 in 1860 in Gloucester Co ., VA. He
appeared in the census #P276 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #PF476 in
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1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. Julia Frances Pointer and Miles Henry Rilee had the following children:
22 i. Egbert Boyd Rilee was born about 1875. He appeared in the census #PF476 in
1880 in Gloucester Co., VA.
23 ii. Irene Jane Rilee was born about 1878. She appeared in the census #PF476 in
1880 in Gloucester Co., VA.
24 iii. Landon Davies Rilee was born on 10 Sep 1880.
25 iv. Linwood Rilee was born on 8 Jun 1883.
+26 v. Cyrus Christian Rilee.
FIFTH GENERATION
17. William DuVal Pointer was born on 21 Dec 1871. He appeared in the census #AA068 in 1880 in
Gloucester Co., VA. He died on 20 Oct 1939.
He was married to Ruth Anderton.
18. James Edgar Pointer Sr. was born on 12 Jun 1876. He appeared in the census #AA068 in 1880
in Gloucester Co., VA. He died on 2 Dec 1952.
He was married to Lucy Lillie Minor. Lucy Lillie Minor was born on 7 Jan 1882. She died on 27 Jan
1940. James Edgar Pointer Sr. and Lucy Lillie Minor had the following children:
27 i. James Edgar Pointer Jr..
He was married to Emma Jean Daniel on 7 Apr 1945 in VA. He was married to Emma Jean Daniel.
Emma Jean Daniel was born on 3 Nov 1905 in SC. James Edgar Pointer Sr. and Emma Jean Daniel
had the following children:
+28 i. Marion Minor Pointer.
20. Mary Wood Pointer was born on 10 Apr 1886. She died on 18 Apr 1968.
21. Evelyn Pointer was born on 15 Sep 1896. She died in Sep 1972.
26. Cyrus Christian Rilee was born on 4 Feb 1886. He died on 12 May 1964.
He was married to Pearle Walton on 14 Feb 1906 in Gloucester Co., VA.
He was married to Mary Jeanette Fleming on 9 Sep 1916 in Gloucester Co., VA. Mary Jeanette
Fleming was born on 13 Oct 1888. She died on 8 May 1982.
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Descendants of Daniel Fitchett
Submitted from Vertical File for John Fitchett
1. Daniel FITCHETT was born before 26 Jan 1727 in Northampton County, Virginia.
He was married to Sarah Marchant on 8 Dec 1749 in Gloucester County, Virginia. Sarah Marchant
was born about 1720 in Gloucester County, Virginia. Daniel FITCHETT and Sarah Marchant had the
following children:
+2 i. Thomas FITCHETT.
3 ii. Daniel FITCHETT was born on 30 Aug 1757 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He
was christened on 2 Oct 1757 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
4 iii. William FITCHETT was born on 7 Mar 1760 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He
was christened on 5 Apr 1760 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
5 iv. Joshua FITCHETT was born on 12 Mar 1763 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He
was christened on 27 Mar 1763 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
6 v. Susanna FITCHETT was born on 2 Jul 1768 in Gloucester County, Virginia. She
was christened on 7 Aug 1768 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
+7 vi. Salathiel FITCHETT.
2. Thomas FITCHETT was born about 1755.
He was married to Ann Chamberlain on 28 Jan 1774 in Gloucester County, Virginia. Ann
Chamberlain was born about 1755. Thomas FITCHETT and Ann Chamberlain had the following
children:
8 i. Sarah FITCHETT was born on 1 Apr 1775 in Gloucester County, Virginia. She
was christened on 9 May 1775 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
9 ii. Daniel FITCHETT was born on 20 Nov 1776 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He
was christened on 23 Jan 1777 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
7. Salathiel FITCHETT was born on 12 Jun 1774 in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was christened
on 17 Jul 1774 in Gloucester County, Virginia.
Salathiel FITCHETT and Mary had the following children:
+10 i. Richard G. Fitchett.
10. Richard G. Fitchett was born on 9 Jan 1807 in Mathews County, Virginia.
Permelia Elizabeth died on 30 Aug 1871 in Mathews County, Virginia. Richard G. Fitchett and
Permelia Elizabeth had the following children:
+11 i. William Monroe FITCHETT.
11. William Monroe FITCHETT was born on 18 Apr 1840 in Mathews County, Virginia. He was
buried in 1907 in Locust Grove Cemetery, Mathews, Va.. He died on 11 Aug 1907 in Mathews
County, Virginia.
He was married to Lucy E. SOLES (daughter of William Dawson SOLES and Margaret E. "Peggy"
From the Vertical Files
in the Virginia Room
of the Gloucester
Public Library
.
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SADLER) on 1 Mar 1866 in Mathews County, Virginia. Lucy E. SOLES was born on 3 Mar 1850 in
Mathews County, Virginia. She was buried in 1926 in Locust Grove Cemetery, Mathews, Va.. She
died on 31 Mar 1926 in Mathews County, Virginia. William Monroe FITCHETT and Lucy E. SOLES had
the following children:
+12 i. Balthis Leon FITCHETT.
+13 ii. Irene FITCHETT.
+14 iii. Edith Catherine FITCHETT.
+15 iv. Lucy Ophelia "Lucy Bet" FITCHETT.
+16 v. Maggie White FITCHETT.
+17 vi. Mollie Belle FITCHETT.
+18 vii. Blanche Marie FITCHETT.
+19 viii. Carrie Ann Lilian FITCHETT.
+20 ix. Ester Monroe FITCHETT.
12. Balthis Leon FITCHETT was born on 19 Feb 1871 in Mathews County, Virginia. He died on 18
May 1924 in Mathews County, Virginia. He was buried in Chisely Family Plot, Cobbs Creek, Va..
He was married to Malvina CHISELY (daughter of George W. CHISELY and Elizabeth S. HUDGINS) on 3
Feb 1897 in Mathews County, Virginia. Malvina CHISELY was born on 24 Feb 1873 in Mathews
County, Virginia. She died in Jul 1959 in Mathews Couny, Virginia. Balthis Leon FITCHETT and
Malvina CHISELY had the following children:
+21 i. Ervin Willard FITCHETT.
22 ii. George "Monroe" FITCHETT was born on 15 Dec 1899 in Mathews County,
Virginia. He died in Sep 1940 in Mathews County, Virginia.
+23 iii. Curtis Lee FITCHETT.
+24 iv. Luther Edwin "Eddie" FITCHETT.
+25 v. Nellie Virginia FITCHETT.
26 vi. William "Melvin" FITCHETT was born on 1 Jul 1909 in Mathews County,
Virginia.
+27 vii. John Robert FITCHETT.
13. Irene FITCHETT was born on 24 Aug 1873 in Mathews County, Virginia. She was buried in
1951 in Haynes Cemetery, Mathews, Virginia. She died on 26 Oct 1951 in Mathews County, Virginia.
She was married to J. W. Dorsey HAYNES MD on 29 Dec 1891 in Mathews County, Virginia. J. W.
Dorsey HAYNES MD was born on 5 Feb 1868 in Mathews County, Virginia. He was buried in 1956
in Haynes Cemetery, Mathews, Va. He died on 23 Oct 1956 in Mathews County, Virginia. Irene
FITCHETT and J. W. Dorsey HAYNES MD had the following children:
28 i. Countess HAYNES was born about 1892 in Mathews County, Virginia.
29 ii. Ruth HAYNES was born about 1895 in Mathews County, Virginia.
30 iii. Wade HAYNES was born about 1897 in Mathews County, Virginia.
31 iv. Hunter HAYNES was born about 1899 in Mathews County, Virginia.
32 v. William "Willie" HAYNES was born about 1901 in Mathews County, Virginia.
33 vi. Lucile HAYNES was born about 1906 in Mathews County, Virginia.
14. Edith Catherine FITCHETT was born on 2 Dec 1875 in Mathews County, Virginia. She died in
1944 in Mathews County, Virginia. She was buried in 1944 in Locust Grove Cemetery, Mathews, Va.
She was married to James Augustus GRAY on 17 Jan 1900 in Mathews County, Virginia. James
Augustus GRAY was born on 12 Nov 1873 in Gloucester, Virginia. He died on 16 Jan 1958. Edith
Catherine FITCHETT and James Augustus GRAY had the following children:
Descendants of Daniel Fitchett
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+34 i. Helen McCoy GRAY.
35 ii. Mollie GRAY was born about 1903.
36 iii. Marie GRAY was born about 1905.
15. Lucy Ophelia "Lucy Bet" FITCHETT was born on 14 Apr 1878 in Mathews County, Virginia. She
died in 1961 in Mathews County, Virginia. She was buried in 1961 in Locust Grove Cemetery,
Mathews, Va.
She was married to Nathaniel Benjamin Leigh on 19 Apr 1908 in Mathews County, Virginia.
Nathaniel Benjamin Leigh was born about 1854. He died in 1932. Lucy Ophelia "Lucy Bet"
FITCHETT and Nathaniel Benjamin Leigh had the following children:
37 i. William Leigh was born about 1908.
38 ii. Thomas M. Leigh was born about 1910.
+39 iii. Margaret Leigh.
16. Maggie White FITCHETT was born on 11 Feb 1882 in Mathews County, Virginia. She died in
1961 in Mathews County, Virginia. She was buried in 1961 in Locust Grove Cemetery , Mathews, Va..
She was married to Timothy C. Thompson on 2 Sep 1903 in Mathews County, Virginia. Timothy C.
Thompson was born in 1870. Maggie White FITCHETT and Timothy C. Thompson had the following
children:
+40 i. Gladys Thompson.
+41 ii. Raymond Thompson.
42 iii. Thompson was born about 1920.
17. Mollie Belle FITCHETT was born on 9 Mar 1886 in Mathews County, Virginia. She died in 1975
in Mathews County, Virginia.
She was married to Robert "Douglas" Soles on 26 Dec 1910 in Mathews County, Virginia. Robert
"Douglas" Soles was born in 1880. He died in 1946 in Mathews County, Virginia.
18. Blanche Marie FITCHETT was born on 23 Apr 1888 in Mathews County, Virginia. She died in
1971. She was buried in 1971 in Windsor Gardens, Mathews County, Virginia.
She was married to Elvin Clinton Sutton on 26 Dec 1910 in Mathews County, Virginia. Elvin Clinton
Sutton was born in 1890. He died in 1965. He was buried in 1965 in Windsor Gardens, Mathews
County, Virginia. Blanche Marie FITCHETT and Elvin Clinton Sutton had the following children:
+43 i. Sherwood Sutton.
+44 ii. Elizabeth Sutton.
+45 iii. Esther Sutton.
19. Carrie Ann Lilian FITCHETT was born on 2 Aug 1890 in Mathews County, Virginia. She died in
1962 in Mathews County, Virginia. She was buried in 1962 in Haynes Cemetery, Mathews, Virginia.
J. Vandorn Shipley was born in 1889. He died in 1972. Carrie Ann Lilian FITCHETT and J. Vandorn
Shipley had the following children:
+46 i. Martha Shipley.
47 ii. James Shipley.
48 iii. Warren Shipley.
20. Ester Monroe FITCHETT was born in Jul 1895 in Mathews County, Virginia. She died on 11 Sep
Descendants of Daniel Fitchett
Vol. 3, No. 2 24 December 1999
Roane’s Stores Off the Ware River
By L. Roane Hunt
The three sons, Luther, Richard, and Charles, of Charles A. Roane and Sarah R. Roane
of King and Queen County came to the Robin’s Neck of Gloucester County after the Civil
War and worked as merchants for about fifty years. First, Luther and Charles settled in the
area that would become Seldens Post Office. They purchased about sixty acres that had
been part of the Level Green Plantation on the Ware River at the mouth of the Wilson Creek.
The White Marsh Plantation, owned by the John Tabb family, extended eastward to include
the Wilson Creek, Tabb’s Landing, and a shipyard located on Wilson Creek near Level
Green. In the 1870 census, Luther and Charles Roane were listed at Seldens as merchant
and clerk, respectively. Later in 1877, Richard Roane purchased an acre of land at Cedar
Fork, near Robins Mill, where he
built a store (see painting on the
left) that would become Roanes Post
Office, located five miles from
Seldens toward the Courthouse.
Robins Mill was the headquarters for
the Patriots during the
Revolutionary War. In 1882, Richard
A. Roane purchased a half acre from
Luther Roane and built the Roanes
Wharf on the Ware River. Also, in
1888 Richard purchased more of the
Level Green property from Joseph
James and built the Seldens Store
and Post Office. Richard Roane
developed the two stores that were
supplied by Roanes Wharf (See
painting below.) The Roanes Wharf
was located on the Ware River which
was on the main water route to the Gloucester Courthouse, the center of county
development for many years.
The Roanes Store complex consisted of both a store and house, and according to
tradition was built in seven phases. The painting shows the store front on the left and the
house front on the right. The two -story structure has been modeled with 3D computer
soft-ware to illustrate its design. Two
views are presented at the bottom of page
23 to show the first and second floors
exposed, respectively. The actual store
had first-floor windows on the front wall
with blinds for security. The store was
open to the second floor and the two
open balconies at each end allowed light
into the store from the many windows on
three sides of the second floor. The walls
were covered with shelves to display the
goods, and storerooms were located
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First Floor Exposed
Second Floor Exposed
Front Room
Hall
Dining Room
Bathroom
(1950)
Kitchen
Closed Porch
Milk House
Office
Store Front
Store Front
Bedrooms Master Bedroom
Clerk Bedrooms
Store
Balconies
House Front
House Front
behind the main store area. Two bedrooms were located above the store for the young
clerks.
The house portion was located behind the store, but the front extended beyond store
and opened into a small formal yard. This end of the house consisted of an entrance hall
and front room on the first floor and three bedrooms above on the second floor. The
kitchen was located on the other end, and it was probably separate until later additions
connected it. The center section was added last with a dining room on the first floor and
the master bedroom on the second. At times, the house was used to room and board
travelers and salesmen that came to the area by steamship and used rented buggies to go
house to house selling their wares.
Richard Roane began this store, but he enlisted family members to operate it in later
years. After 1915, it was rented, and it closed in the mid 1960s.
Roane’s Stores Off the Ware River
Vol. 3, No. 2 26 December 1999
In the Company of
Harriet Cowen
The Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia is indebted to
Harriet Cowen for her kind offer to let us use her pen and
ink sketches of the eight country stores as a centerfold for
this December issue. Descendant family members of the
Owners of these stores are encouraged to enjoy them for
their personal use. We ask that no reproductions or activity
for profit be undertaken with these copyrighted images.
Ms. Cowen’s artwork can be
purchased at Mo Stuff (Pointer Store)
located in Bena and at the Focal Point
Gallery at Gloucester Court House.
Over the past twenty -five years she
has completed more than 400 “home
portraits,” which are her specialty.
Our artist was born Harriet
Goodwin, daughter of Roscoe
Goodwin and Edith Alley. She was
formerly of Fairfield, Maine. Harriet
married Earl L. Cowen in 1951 and
she moved to Bena and Gloucester
County in 1989. Today she is a
familiar and well liked “artist lady” in
a watermen’s community where she
vigorously records the local heritage
in pen and ink drawings, often tinted
with water color.
COPYRIGHT @ 1999 Harriet Cowen
All rights reserved. Printed at Gloucester
County, VA. No part of these images may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without the express
and prior written permission of the artist.
Harriet Cowen, Artist
Box 81
Bena, VA 23018
Gloucester County
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Freeport
!
Signpine
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Short
Lane
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Zanoni
!
Roanes
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Bena
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Ware
Neck
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Coke
!
Roanes
Wharf
Freeport Store and Post Office
R. P. Gray Store and Signpine Post Office
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Freeport Store and Post Office Built abt. 1900
Freeport Marina
Located on the Piankatank River at Freeport Road (Rt. 673), this two story building was once an
overnight berth for the Piankatank Steamship Line before service ended in 1932. Stores have existed
at this site since the Civil War period. The current building was constructed in the 1900’s after two
predecessors were destroyed by hurricanes. The store/marina still operates on a seasonal basis.
Edward W. Fairnholt purchased the store in 1878; and his sons, John Edward and Oran Fairnholt,
operated the store during WWII.
Genealogy of John Edward Fairnholt:
R. P. Gray and Signpine Post Office Built 1894
Presently owned by Wesley Watkins, grandson of R. P. Gray, Jr.
This store is located at the intersection of Rt. 610 and Rt. 617 on Tanyard Landing Road in the
Signpine community. The store building was constructed in 1894 by R. P. Gray. The two story
building had living quarters for the Gray family on the upper floor and space for a general store,
butcher shop, post office and lumber mill office on the ground floor. During the 1930’s a two story
residence was constructed just west of the store for the Gray family. The store was in operation by
R. P. Gray, Jr. in 1940. Genealogy of R. P. Gray, Jr.:
Davy Fairnholt
Edward Wilbert Fairnholt
b. Jan. 28, 1859, m. Jan. 15, 1895, d. Dec. 22, 1934
Mary Edwards
John Edward Fairnholt
d. 1965
John Luther Fairnholt
b. Mar. 10, 1841, m. Dec. 13, 1866, d. Dec. 20, 1896
Virginia Fairnholt
b. 1874
Georgianna Roane
b. Sep. 19, 1847, d. 1930
Nelson Roche Gray
b. 1820
Rosewell Park Gray, Sr.
b. Jan. 23, 1855
Octavia Billups
Rosewell Park Gray, Jr.
d. 1969
William R. Jones
b. 1830
Elvira Louise Jones
b. 1866
Clara Bunch
b. 1829
Pen and Ink Sketches of Country Stores/Post Offices
Horsley Store and Short Lane Post Office
Arthur Tab Store and Ware Neck Post Office
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Arthur Tab Store and Ware Neck Post Office Built in 1870s
Then became Taliaferro Store and Ware Neck Post Office
Next became Nuttall and Company and Ware Neck Post Office 1944-1999
This store is located at 6495 Ware Neck Road (Rt. 623) near Dunham Massie Lane (Rt. 692) in the
Ware Neck community. The building was constructed about 1875 by Arthur Tab as a two story
building. The two wings and rear living quarters were added later. He sold the store to Richard P.
Taliaferro in 1884. Later, his son, John Earl Taliaferro, owned the store and rented it to numerous
tenants. In 1944 Rudolph Nuttall purchased the building and has operated the store to the present
time. The Ware Neck Post Office has been there since 1951.
Genealogy of John Earl Taliaferro:
Horsley Store and Short Lane Post Office Built in 1920s
Roadside Antiques
This two story general merchandise store, gas station, and post office was built in the 1920’s by the
Texaco Corporation and leased to Calvin Horsley to service “the automobile.” It is located on Route
17 at the intersection of Short Lane just south of Gloucester Court House. It was in operation by
Calvin Horsley in 1940. Today it contains an antique store.
Genealogy of Calvin Horsley:
James Killingham Horsley, Sr.
b. abt 1795, d. 1845
George Washington Horsley
b. 1833, m. Sep. 10, 1868
Elizabeth Lawson
b. abt 1790, d. June, 1879
Calvin Horsley
b. Dec. 26, 1882, d. Jan. 1973
John D. Sheppard
b. 1809
Lucy Jane Sheppard
b. 1850
Elizabeth Ann Griffin
b. 1829
John P. Taliaferro
b. 1827
Richard P. Taliaferro
b. 1856
Eleanora W. Anderson
b. 1832
John Earl Taliaferro
b. 1896
Fanny Johnson
b. 1866
Pen and Ink Sketches of Country Stores/Post Offices
Roanes Store and Post Office
Zanoni Store and Post Office
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Zanoni Store and Post Office Built 1885
Presently owned by Richard Willings and Julie Rios
This store is located at the intersection of Zanoni Road (Rt. 626) and Crockett Road (Rt. 628). It was
built by Hansford E. Taliaferro, son of John P. Taliaferro. Hansford and his brother, Richard, were
clerks of Arthur Tabb at the Ware Neck Store in 1880. Their father was forced to sell Toddsbury
after the Civil War to satisfy his creditors, and Arthur Tabb was one of them. The store was
operated by Charles F. Robins during WWII and he purchased it in 1942.
Genealogy of Charles F. Robins:
Roanes Store and Post Office Built abt. 1877
Presently owned by Roane Hunt and Richard Piggott, grandsons of Richard Roane
This is a large two story building that served as store, post office and boarding house. Located at
the corner of T. C. Walker Road (Rt. 628) and Paige Road (Rt. 629), it was half way from Roane’ s
Wharf on the Ware River and Gloucester Court House. Richard Roane opened the store some time
after 1877. Then, his great nephew, Bernard Woodland, operated the store from 1915 to 1950.
Genealogy of Bernard R. Woodland:
John W. Woodland
b. 1804
Thomas Jefferson Woodland
b. Jan 23, 1847, m. Nov. 10, 1891, d. July 9, 1926
Catherine Cole Lewellin
b. 1812
Bernard Roane Woodland
b. Feb. 13, 1894, d. July 2, 1988
Luther Major Roane
b. Nov. 28, 1839, m. Nov. 13, 1870, d. July 8, 1897
Magnolia Coles Roane
b. Nov 6, 1870, d. Jan. 23, 1934
Demarious Ann Elizabeth Fary
b. Nov. 30, 1850, d. Sep. 30, 1901
James W. Robins
b. 1831
William T. Robins
b. 1867, d. 1942
Virginia Ann Rowe
b. 1834
Charles F. Robins
b. 1904
James M. Nuttall
b. 1846, m. Dec. 15, 1870, d. 1923
Nora Nuttall
b. 1871
Frances Elizabeth Acra
b. 1851
Pen and Ink Sketches of Country Stores/Post Offices
Pointer Brothers Store and Bena Post Office
P. E. Muse Store and Coke Post Office
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Pointer Brothers Store and Bena Post Office Built 1904
Bena Post Office, Mo’s Stuff and Deal Tax Service
James Edgar Pointer, Sr. built the store in 1904. He and his brother, William DuVal Pointer, ran the
store. At times Edgar was Postmaster. They operated the store during WWII and the 1940 period.
The Pointers lived in the house next door. After Edgar died, John Fedors operated the store for
short periods as did Faber Merchon. Taylor Minor worked in the store and at times ran a little
Lunch Room in the current Post Office section. At one point Lillie did sewing and sold hats in the
part that is a Post Office now. The Texaco gas tanks were added about 1920. The store always sold
general merchandise and did fairly well. Genealogy of J. Edgar Pointer:
P. E. Muse Store and Coke Post Office Built 1895
Eddie Minor Store and Coke Post Office after 1915
Martin’s Corner, current Owner
This store is located in the Coke community and was built in 1895 by William Haywood and sold to
Peachy Elbert Muse (born in Essex Co.). When Peachy moved to Bridges and opened his second
store, Eddie Minor, Sr. bought the building and operated the Coke store through the WWII and the
1940’s. In recent years the Martin family took over and renamed it Martin’s Corner.
Genealogy of Eddie Minor:
William DuVal Pointer
b. 1798, d. 1872
James DuVal Pointer
b. May 27, 1839, m. Dec. 27, 1870, d. Dec. 4, 1904
Mary E. Wood
b. 1815
James Edgar Pointer, Sr.
b. June 12, 1876, d. Dec. 2, 1952
John William Minor
b. 1816, m. Oct. 31, 1844
Mary Marion Minor
b. 1850
Sarah Jane Mouring
b. May 24, 1824, d. July 17, 1888
Charles Edward Minor
b. Dec. 28, 1834, d. 1872
John Edward Minor
b. Oct. 16, 1862, m. Jan. 20, 1892, d. Jan. 7, 1929
Ellen M. Stubblefield
b. 1840
John Edward (Eddie) Minor, Jr.
b. June 12, 1876, d. Dec. 2, 1952
William S. Hawkins
b. Mar., 1816, d. Aug. 1, 1883
Martha A. Hawkins
b. 1865
Louise J. Seawell
b. 1837
Pen and Ink Sketches of Country Stores/Post Offices
Vol. 3, No. 2 35 December 1999
Marriages of Gloucester
County, Virginia, Book 1:
1853-1895
By Frances Haywood
Revisions by L. Roane Hunt
In the 1998 issues, Vol. 2, of the Family Tree
Searcher, the marriage records of Gloucester
County were published as presented by Frances
Haywood’s book, “Marriages of Gloucester
County, Virginia, Book 1: 1853-1895.” Since we
discovered significant repetition and omissions
in her book, we have changed the format to
include the page and line numbers of each
marriage as recorded in Book 1 in the
Gloucester County Clerk’s Office. The use of
Frances Haywood’s book has been invaluable in
this project, but this adjustment serves as a
direct accounting and verification of the
information.
Page 66, Continued:
Page 54a:
616/ Joseph Brown, ae 31y, mechanic, s/o
Thos. & Mildred Brown; Betty E. Howard, ae 21y,
d/o James & Betsy Howard; Feb 13 1868 by Rev.
Wm. E. Wiatt.
617/ James Cook, ae 24y, colored, farmer,
s/o Anthony & Maria Cook; Emeline Ross, ae
19y, colored, d/o Peter & Frances Ross; Feb 8
1868 by Rev. David Coulling.
618/ James Rice, ae 21y, farmer, of Halifax
Co Va, s/o Billy & Biddy Rice; Amanda
Montague, ae 17y, d/o Tilleen & Kitty Montague;
Feb 13 1868 by Rev. J. L. Shipley.
619/ Miles Seawell, ae 35y, oysterman, s/o
Abraham & Lucinda Seawell; Martha Curtis, ae
18y, d/o Robin & Maud Curtis; Feb 20 1868.
620/ Thomas C. Cooke, ae 34y, farmer, s/o
Thos. B. & Catharine Cooke; Mary J. Vaughan, ae
19y, d/o Wm. & A. F. Vaughan; Feb 27 1868 by
Rev. David Coulling.
621/ Thomas C. Enos, ae 31y, merchant, s/o
Francis & Catharine Enos; Martha C. Lowry, ae
24y, d/o Wm. & Martha Lowry; Feb 25 1868 by
Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
622/ Hugh A. South, ae 42y, widower,
farmer, s/o Andrew & Mary H. South; Ada S.
Hall, ae 22y, of King and Queen Co VA, d/o
Thos B. & Sarah R. Hall; Mar 4 1868 by Rev.
David Coulling.
623/ Benjamin Marbles, ae 40y, widower,
farmer, colored, of Southampton Co VA, s/o
Harry & Violet Marbles; Fanny Randolph, ae 38y,
widow, colored, parents unk; Mar 1 1868.
624/ James P. Wallace, ae 21y, oysterman, s/
o Joseph & Lilia Ann Wallace; Maria Susan
Hardy, ae 18y, d/o Robert Hardy, mother unk;
Mar 5 1868 by Rev. W S. Hawkins.
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625/ William W. Gressitt, ae 47y, farmer, s/o
John M. & Ann W. Gressitt; Emeline S.
Blassingame, ae 36y, widow, d/o Richard D. &
Catharine Dunston; Mar 5 1868 by Rev. J. L.
Shipley.
626/ Powhatan Elliott, ae 25y, shoe maker,
of King and Queen Co Va, s/o Robert & Mary
Elliott; Susan Blassingham, ae 21y, d/o Thos. &
Martha Blassingham; Mar 5 1868 by Rev. J. L.
Shipley.
627/ James Brown, ae 23y, oysterman, s/o
James & Susanna Brown; Rebecca A. Lewis, ae
16y, d/o Wm. J & Lucy A. Lewis; Mar 24 1868
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by Rev. J. L. Shipley.
628/ Benjamin A. Rowe, ae 27y, merchant,
s/o Sterling & Frances A. Rowe; Cornelia E.
Rowe, ae 19y, d/o Benjamin & Elizabeth Rowe;
Apr 2 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
629/ Thomas B. Burton, ae 47y, widower,
farmer, s/o Chas. R. & Nancy Burton; Rosa Ann
Hibble, ae 27y, widow, d/o Cary & Nancy
Booker; Apr 2 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
630/ Benjamin P. Dobson, ae 40y, widower,
waterman, of Middlesex Co VA, s/o Wm. & Eliza
Dobson; Martha Sampson, ae 29y, widow, d/o
Simon & Elizabeth Green; Apr 6 1868 by Rev.
Charles Mann.
631/ James H. Harris, ae 20y, colored,
farmer, s/o Wm. & Dinah Harris; Mary Ellen
Jackson, ae 17y, colored, d/o Philip & Mary
Jackson; Apr 14 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
632/ George Brown, as 40y, widower,
farmer, s/o Geo. & Susan Brown; Martha Ann
Jenkins, ae 36y, d/o John & Melvinia Jenkins;
Apr 21 1868 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
633/ Isaac Thornton, ae 23y, colored,
farmer, s/o Paul & Kesiah Thornton; Julia Lewis,
ae 18y, colored, d/o Warner & Fanny Lewis; Apr
25 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
634/ Charles L. Gwyn, ae 29y, physician, of
Norfolk VA, s/o Chas. R. & Mary Gwyn; Margaret
B. Taliaferro, ae 19y, d/o Thos. B. & Mary M.
Taliaferro; Apr 28 1868 by Rev. Charles Mann.
635/ Henry Smith, ae 62y, widower, colored,
farmer, s/o Isaac & Margaret Smith; Precillis
Smith, ae 50y, widow, colored, d/o Prince &
Polly Tompkins; May 7 1868 by Rev. Wm. E.
Wiatt.
636/ John Carter, ae 22y, oysterman, s/o
Gabriel & Ann Carter; Laura Lemon, ae 24y, d/o
John & Sally Lemon; May 14 1868 by Rev. Wm.
E. Wiatt.
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637/ John Diggs, ae 45y, widow, farmer, s/o
Levi & Susan Diggs; Mary Ann Howard, ae 29y,
d/o James & Elizabeth Howard; May 19 1868 by
Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
638/ C. R. Sterling, ae 28y, sailor, of
Summerset MD, s/o Isaac & Hetty Sterling; Mary
F. Waddle, ae 21y, do John & Eliza Waddle; May
21 1868 by Rev. J. G. Councill.
639/ Joseph Grevius, ae 23y, colored,
oysterman, of Mathews Co VA, s/o Richard &
Susan Grevius; Mary An Carter, ae 18y, colored,
d/o Wm. & Sopha Carter; May 31 1868 by Rev. J.
L. Shipley.
640/ Bonaly Cooke, ae 26y, widower,
oysterman, s/o John & Lucy Cook; Hester Ann
Smith, ae 19y, d/o Fanny Smith, father
unknown; May 31 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
641/ Harry Buckner, ae 22y, colored, farmer,
s/o Matt & Deanna Buckner; Catharine Laws, ae
21y, colored, d/o Leroy & Cauline Laws; May 31
1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
642/ Thomas J. Allmand, ae 21y, oysterman,
s/o Miles & Courtney Allmand; Mary Ann
Massie, ae 28y, d/o Franklin & Nancy Massie;
Jun 4 1868 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
643/ John S. Puller, ae 30y, sailor, s/o Thos.
& Mary Puller; Sarah Jane Cruiseo, ae 22y,
widow, d/o William Soles; Jun 4 1868 by Rev. W.
S. Hawkins.
644/ Joseph Bright, ae 23y, colored,
oysterman, s/o Tom & Agnes Bright; Cinderella
Bright, ae 18y, colored, d/o Wm. & Lucy Bright;
Jun 13 1868 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
645/ Washington S. Patterson, ae 22y,
colored, farmer, of Mathews Co VA, s/o Peter &
Eliza Patterson; Milly Pelgram, ae 21y, d/o
unknown; Jun 15 1868 by Rev. J. L. Councill.
646/ James Thompson, ae 42y, widow,
colored, oysterman, s/o Lewis & Minerva
Thompson; Rachael Fleming, ae 21y, colored,
widow, d/o Essen & Betsey Futhrie; Jun 19 1868
by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
647/ James Baytop, ae 65y, widower,
colored, farmer, s/o James & Amy Tuck; Mary
Wormley, ae 40y, widow, colored, parents unk,
July 2 1868 by Rev. J. L. Shipley.
648/ William H. Holt, ae 30y, farmer, s/o
Wm. & Sarah Holt; Ann Eliza Baytop, ae 24y, d/o
Jim Baytop; July 2 1868 by Rev. J. L. Shipley.
648a/ Nathaniel Gregory, ae 23y, oysterman,
s/o Daniel & Caty Gregory; Lucy Dixon, ae 21y,
d/o John & Nancy Dixon; June 25 1868 by Rev.
Chas. Mann.
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649/ William Shackelford, ae 30y, widower,
coach maker, s/o Wm. & Eliza Shackelford;
Margaret Cooke, ae 30y, d/o John Mordicia &
Julia Ellen Cooke; July 7 1868 by Rev. J. L.
Shipley.
650/ James A. Goalder, ae 24y, coach maker,
of King and Queen Co VA, s/o Augustine & Rosa
Goalder; Julia Ann Acra, ae 21y, d/o Wm. J. &
Julia C. Acra; July 9 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
651/ Garry Stoakes, ae 23y, colored, farmer,
s/o Wm. & Judy Stokes; Mary Todd, ae 20y,
colored, d/o Philip A. Todd; July 18 1868 by
Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
652/ James H. Brooks, ae 23y, colored,
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oyster, s/o Cesar & Dianna Brooks; Louisa
Taswell, ae 20y, colored, d/o Winston & Patty
Taswell; July 25 1668 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
653/ Alexander Stoakes, ae 24y, colored,
boat man, s/o Christopher & Ann Stoakes;
Martha Wiatt, ae 30y, colored, widow, d/o
Randall & Eliza Carter; Aug 13 1868 by Rev. W.
S. Hawkins.
654/ Robert Borum, as 22y, oysterman, s/o
Daniel & Polly Borum; Catherine Davis, ae 22y,
widow, of Middlesex Co VA, d/o Jack & Laura
Davis; Aug 20 1668 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
655/ Taylor Whiting, as 21y, colored,
farmer, s/o Daniel & Hannah Whiting; Louisa
Singleton, ae 21y, colored, d/o Wallace & Fanny
Singleton; Aug 29 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
656/ John Dutton Clayton, ae 20y, farmer,
s/o Joseph & Sarah Ann Clayton; Mary E. Baker,
ae 19y, d/o Wm. P. & Elizabeth P. Baker; Sept 6
1868 by Rev. R. B. Beadly.
657/ George W. Horseley, ae 26y, farmer, s/
o Kilingham & Elizabeth Horseley; Lucy Jane
Sheppard, ae 18y, d/o John D. & Ann Sheppard;
Sept 10 1868 by Rev. David Coulling.
658/ John W. Booth, ae 20y, farmer, s/o Jack
& Betsy Booth; Bettie Muse, ae 20y, d/o Esson &
Nancy Muse; Sept 12 1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
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659/ William Monroe, ae 23y, colored,
farmer, s/o Iverson & Grace Monroe; Fanny
Dudley, ae 24y, colored, d/o Thias & Isabella
Dudley; Sept 19 1868 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
660/ George Owens, ae 49y, widower,
oysterman, s/o Reed & Jane Owens; Mildred
West, ae 29y, d/o Christopher & Fanny West;
Nov 19 1868 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
661/ Carrel Tompkins, ae 23y, colored,
farmer s/o Isaac & Rose Tompkins; Margaret
Jones, ae 26y, colored, d/o Billy & Martha
Sparks; Sept 26 1868 by Rev. David Coulling.
662/ Armstead Hall Jr, ae 19y, farmer, s/o
Armstead & Sarah Jane Hall; Kitty Hogg, ae 22y,
d/o Tho. & Betsy Hogg; Sept 24 1868 by Rev. W.
S. Hawkins.
663/ John Thomas Mathews, ae 25y, farmer,
s/o Jack & Betsy Mathews; Rosa Rilee, ae 23y, d/
o Wm. & Mary Rilee; Oct 8 1868 by Rev. David
Coulling.
664/ Joseph T. Kemp, ae 23y, farmer, s/o
Beverly & Mary B. Kemp; Sarah Elizabeth Lewis,
ae 15y, d/o John T. & Mary E. Lewis; Oct 8 1868
by Rev. David Coulling.
665/ Archibald Hayes, ae 27y, waterman, s/
o Geo. & Martha Hayes; Hester E. Croswell, ae
14y, d/o John T. & Ann Croswell; Oct 21 1868
by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
666/ George W. Shackelford, ae 38y,
widower, waterman, s/o Benja. & Tabitha
Shackelford; Sarah Amanda Dews, ae 18, d/o
Zachariah & Elizabeth Dews; Oct 21 1868 by
Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
667/ John W. Watkins, ae 25y, oysterman, s/
o David & Elizabeth A. Watkins; Julia C. McLane,
ae 22y, d/o Wm. & Elizabeth McLane; Oct 21
1868 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
668/ Edward F. Massey, ae 25y, farmer, s/o
Edward Y. & Mary Massey; Mary A. C. Haynes, ae
19y, d/o Geo. & Mary Haynes; Nov 1 1868 by
Rev. R. B. Beadles.
669/ John Portlock, ae 27y, colored, farmer,
of Norfolk Co VA, s/o Sam & Rachael Coy; Rose
Smith, ae 22y, colored, d/o Thos. & Sally Smith;
Nov 5 1868 by Rev. Chas. Mann.
670/ Richard Cooke, as 29y, colored, oyster,
s/o James & Cloe Cooke; Louisianna Rowe, as
21y, colored, d/o Wm. & Maud Monroe; Nov 5
1868 by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
671/ Henry A. Atkinson Jr, ae 23y, attorney
at law, of Richmond VA, s/o Henry A. & Gracy E.
Atkinson; Belle V. Dobson, ae 20y, d/o Wm. &
Mary M. Dobson; Nov 4 1868 by Rev. Wm. E.
Wiatt.
672/ George Cosby, ae 25y, colored, farmer,
s/o Gabriel & Fanny Cosby; Jane Jones, ae 21y,
colored, d/o --- & Lucy Ann Jones; Nov 7 1868
by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
673/ John Burns, ae 26y, farmer, of upper
CANADA, lived Glo. Co VA, s/o Michael &
Catharine Burns; Catharine Norton, ae 35y,
widow, d/o Wm. Bristow; Nov 12 1868 by Rev.
Charles Mann.
674/ Thomas S. Beckwith, ae 26y, merchant,
of Petersburg VA, s/o Thos. L. & Agnes
Beckwith; Emma Cary, ae 25y, d/o Sam'l B. & B.
W. Cary; Nov 17 1868 by Rev. Chas. Mann.
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675/ Wm. Henry Curry, ae 34y, widower,
farmer, s/o Sowsby & Mary A. Curry; Octavia
Jane Stubbs, ae 16y, d/o Edward S. & Jane A. S.
Stubbs; Dec 3 1868 by Rev. David Coulling.
676/ Shepard G. Miller, ae 21y, farmer, of
Mathews Co VA, s/o Shepard G. & Emory Miller;
Ada G. Catlett, ae 21y, d/o Temple G. & Martha
S. Catlett; Dec 3 1868 by Rev. J. L. Shipley.
677/ William R. Stubbs, ae 69y, widower,
farmer, s/o Francis & Susannah Stubbs; Mary J.
Stubbs, ae 57y; widow, d/o John & Mary Stubbs;
Dec 7 1868 by Rev. J. L. Shipley.
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678/ Philip A. Taliaferro, ae 41y, physician,
s/o Warner T. & Leah S. Taliaferro; Sarah L
McCandish, d/o Geo. & --- McCandish; Dec 10
1868 by Rev. Charles Mann.
679/ Joel Heywood, ae 25y, oysterman, s/o
Charles & Peggy Heywood; Sarah Greene, ae 18y,
d/o Geo. & Millie Greene; Dec 10 1868, by Rev.
W. S. Hawkins.
680/ Robert Carter, ae 28y, colored,
widower, oyster, s/o Henry & Polly Carter;
Pinkey Lockley, ae 21y, colored, d/o Betsy
Davenport, father unk, Dec 10 1868 by Rev.
David Coulling.
681/ James T. Gray, ae 24y, farmer, of
Somerset Co MD, s/o Major Johnson & Margaret
Gray; Mary R. Trevilian, ae 19y, d/o Augustine S.
& Julia Ann Trevilian; Dec 15 1868 by Rev. J. T.
Wallace.
682/ Lewis West, ae 25y, oysterman, s/o
Wm. & Courtney West; Hester Smith, ae 21y, d/o
Taylor & Fanny Smith; Dec 17 1868 by Rev. W. S.
Hawkins.
683/ William H. Seawell, ae 24y, farmer, of
KENTUCKY, s/o Wm. H. & Mary Seawell; Laura
O. Johnston, ae 21y, d/o Thos. E. & Elizabeth
Johnston; Dec 17 1868 by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
684/ Cicero L. Blake, ae 24y, farmer, of
Middlesex Co VA, s/o James & Ann K. Blake;
Mary K. Johnston, ae 20y, d/o Thos. E. &
Elizabeth Johnston; Dec 17 1868 by Rev. J. T.
Wallace.
685/ Beverly Jackson, ae 22y, colored,
farmer, s/o Edward & Becky Jackson; Sarah F.
Bristow; ae 20y, colored, d/o Billy & Catharine
Bristow; Dec 20 1868 by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
686/ Isaac Cook, ae 22y, colored,
oysterman, s/o Anthony & Milly Cook; Mary
Sturges, ae 23y, d/o Godfrey & Fanny Chapman;
Dec 22 1868 by Rev. David Coulling.
687/ John Tabb, ae 18y, oysterman, s/o
John & Fanny Tabb; Ellen Hearns, ae 17y, d/o
Henry & Fanny Freyer Hearns; Dec 24 1868 by
Rev. E. S. Hawkins.
688/ Charles H. Thomson, ae 26y, farmer, of
Shenandoah VA, s/o James & Mary A. Thomson;
Grace Foster, ae 21y, of Mathews Co VA, parents
unk; Dec 25 1868 by Rev. R. B. Beaddly.
689/ James Monroe, ae 21y, farmer, s/o
Elijah & Nancy Monroe; Susan Page, ae 23y,
widow, d/o Man & Suckey Page; Dec 25 1868 by
Rev. S. H. Phillips.
690/ Richard B. Roberts, ae 48y, house
carpenter, of Mathews Co VA, s/o John B. &
Patsy Roberts; Elizabeth Brown, ae 35y, widow,
d/o Thos. Howard; Dec 31 1868 by Rev. Wm. E.
Wiatt.
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691/ John A. Blake, ae 22y, farmer, of
Middlesex Co Va, s/o Barkley R. & Susan Blake;
Mary E. Massey, ae 32y, widow, d/o John
Buchannon & Susan Wilson; Dec 24 1868 by
Rev. R. B. Beaddle.
692/ George Gregory, ae 21y, oysterman, s/
o Peter & Emory Gregory; Lizzie Morriss, ae 20y,
d/o Geo. & Mary Dixon Morriss (Now Mary
Dixon); Dec 31 1868 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
693/ Frank Brown, ae 35y, widower, colored,
farmer, s/o Edmund & Rebecca Brown; Lucy F.
Lemon, ae 19y, colored, d/o John & Sally B.
Lemon; Dec 31 1868 by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
694/ John H. Curfman, ae 35y, widower,
clerk, of St. Mary's MD, s/o John H. & Martha
Curfman; Laura Jane Ransone, ae 16y, d/o
James R. & Susan R. Ransone; Dec 31 1868 by
Rev. Charles Mann.
695/ James Henry Robinson, ae 24y, farmer,
of King and Queen Co VA, s/o Wm. & Ony
Robinson; Nancy Meads, ae 30y, parents unk,
Dec 31 1868 by Rev. David Coulling.
696/ Lorenzo D. Cooke, ae 21y, oysterman,
s/o Wm. & --- Cooke; Martha Ellen Lockley, ae
21y, d/o Wm. & Emiline Lockley; Jan 16 1869 by
Rev. David Coulling.
697/ Ned Carter, ae 28y, oysterman, s/o
Wm. & Sophy Carter; Maria Gardner, ae 21y, d/o
Baylor & Eliza Gardner; Jan 2 1869 by Rev.
Charles Mann.
698/ Isaac Brigerson, ae 38y, widower, stave
getter, of Northampton VA, s/o Benjamin &
Eliza Brigerson; Lucy Washington, ae 38y, d/o
George Washington & Franky; Jan 9 1869 by
Rev. J. T. Wallace.
699/ William Henry Booth, ae 38y, widower,
farmer, s/o Wm. & Rose Booth; Betsy Allen, ae
25y, widow, d/o Robert & Mariah Curtis; Jan 6
1869 by Rev. David Coulling.
700/ William Coats, ae 22y, oysterman, s/o
John R. & Ellen Ann Coats; Nancy West, ae 21y,
d/o Wm. & Courtney West; Jan 7 1869 by No
Rev. listed.
701/ Currell Homes, ae 52y, widower,
farmer, of King William Co VA, s/o Addison &
Lucy King; Mariah Stubbs, ae 50y, widow,
parents, unk, Jan 7 1869 by Rev. Samuel H.
Phillips.
702/ Benjamin Lindsey, ae 22y, waterman,
of James City Co VA, s/o Wm. J. & Mary C.
Lindsey; Julia Blassingham, ae 18y, d/o John &
Emiline Blassingham; Jan 13 1869 by Rev. E. M.
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Peterson.
703/813a/ James Thomas Banks, ae 28y,
widower, farmer, s/o John D. & Mildred Banks;
Harriet Elizabeth Jones, ae 22y, widow, d/o
Thos. L. & Elizabeth Jones; Jan 14 1869 by Rev.
E. M. Peterson.
704/ Warner Henry Hogg, ae 26y, farmer, s/
o Warner H. & Susan Hogg; Susan Brown, ae 22y,
d/o Geo. & Nancy Brown; Jan 14 1869 by Rev.
W. S. Hawkins.
705/ Christopher West, ae 26y, farmer, s/o
Christopher & Nancy West; Lillia Ann Hogg, ae
22y, d/o Warner H. & Susan Hogg; Jan 14 1869
by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
706/ Marcellus J. Williams, ae 45y, widower,
seaman, d/o Wm. & Frances Williams; Georgia P.
White, ae 18y, d/o James & Susan F. White; Jan
20 1869 by Rev. George E. Thomas.
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707/ Edward Henry Rowe, ae 39y, farmer, s/
o Hansford & Gracie Rowe; Mary Susan
Williams, ae 20y, d/o Wm. & Martha E. Williams;
Jan 21 1669 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
708/ John T. Rilee, ae 29y, farmer, s/o Wm.
K. & Mary C. Rilee; Sarah C. Haynes, ae 24y, d/o
Wm. & Fanny Haynes; Jan 21 1869 by Rev. R. B.
Beaddles.
709/ Christopher Washington, ae 21y,
farmer, s/o Washington & Nancy Washington;
Laura Jane Grimes, ae 18y, d/o Jefferson & ---
Grimes; Jan 21 1869 by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
710/814a/ William Smith, ae 26y,
oysterman, of Mathews Co VA, s/o Adam &
Nancy Smith; Judy Wormley, ae 21y, of
Middlesex Co VA, d/o Armstead & --- Wormley;
Jan 26 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
711/815/ Andrew W, Wright, ae 27y, hotel &
restaurant keeper, s/o Henry P. & Mary A.
Wright; Lucy Ellen Leavitt, ae 25y, d/o W. A. & L.
E. Leavitt; Feb 4 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
712/ Samuel Banks, ae 54y, widower,
farmer, s/o Adam & Jenny Banks; Lucy Lockley,
ae 54y, widow, d/o Bailey & Nanny Lockley; Jan
29 1869 by Rev. Chas. Mann.
713/ George Washington Smith, ae 39y,
widower, fireman at steam mill, of Mathews Co
VA, s/o James & Rosa Smith; Louisa Wiatt, ae
31y, widow, parents unk; Jan 30 1869 by Rev.
Chas. H. Page.
714/ Frank Thornton, ae 48y, widower,
farmer, s/o Sam & Betsy Thornton; Catharine
Burwell, ae 19y, d/o John & Harriet Burwell; Jan
30 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
715/816/ Charles Smith, ae 32y, farm hand,
of Norfolk VA, s/o Dorius & Mariah Saunders;
Mary Jane Lemon, ae 30y, widow, parents unk;
Feb 4 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
716/ Alexander W. Pearce, ae 28y,
millwright, s/o Wm. B. & Ann E. Pearce; Georgia
C. Pointer, ae 20y, d/o Wm. D. & Mary E. Pointer;
Feb 7 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
717/ Ransone Evens Dudley, ae 20y, farmer,
s/o Ransone & Mariah Dudley; Mary Frances
Baytop, ae 17y, d/o Peter & Rebecca Baytop; Feb
11 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
718/ Alexander Washington Anderson, ae
20y, farmer, s/o Ned Hills; Ann Thomas Morris,
ae 18y, d/o -- & Mariah Griffin; Feb 11 1869 by
Rev. E. M. Peterson.
719/ John Anderson Hogg, ae 38y,
oysterman, s/o Thos. & Mollie Hogg; Susanna
Shackelford, ae 25y, d/o Geo. & Betsy
Shackelford; Feb 18 1869 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
720/ John Henry Kelly, ae 25y, widower,
miller, s/o --- & Susan Kelly; Martha Pollard, ae
24y, d/o Philip & Sally Pollard; Feb 28 1869 by
Rev. J. T. Wallace.
721/ John H. Figg, ae 28y, wheelwright, s/o
James & Polly Figg; Tiney Blake, ae 17y, of
Middlesex Co VA, d/o W. S. & -- Blake; Mar 3
1869 by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
722/ William King, ae 30y, oysterman, s/o
Henry Taylor & Rebecca King; Lucy Jane Driver,
ae 19y, d/o Lorenzo & Sally Driver; Mar 4 1869
by Rev. David Coulling.
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723/ George Augustus Bruce, ae 26y, ship
caulker, of Norfolk Co VA, s/o Lodurick &
Elizabeth Bruce; Mary Catherine Watkins, ae
24y, d/o David & Elizabeth Watkins; Mar 8 1869
by Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
724/ Benjamin West, ae 25y, oysterman, s/o
Ambrose & Hannah West; Nancy West, ae 22y,
d/o Christopher & Nancy West; Mar 11 1869 by
Rev. Wm. E. Wiatt.
725/ Ralph Belvin, ae 27y, oyster & farm, s/
o Lewis & Nancy Belvin; Nancy West, ae 22y, d/o
Howard & Nancy West; Mar 18 1869 by Rev.
Samuel H. Phillips.
726/ Joe Stevens, ae 35y, widower, oyster
and farm, of Northampton Co VA, s/o John
Gayle & Leah Stevens; Jane Carter, ae 24y, d/o
Daniel & Sarah Willis; Mar 18 1869 by Rev. Chas.
Mann.
727/ Richard Harris, ae 21y, laborer, s/o
Wm. & Dinah Harris; Martha Washington, ae
21y, d/o --- & Sally Washington; Mar 20 1869 by
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
1865
Burwell, Maria C/F Nov Gloucester unknown
Bridges, Sallie W/F Oct Gloucester
Bonneywell, Elizabeth W/F Aug Gloucester
14y
Byrd, Susan W/F Nov Gloucester old age 83y
Bright, Fereby C/M Aug Gloucester unknown 22y
Bright Louisa C/F Mar Gloucester
20y
Bland, Lilia W/F Sept Gloucester
6y
Bridges, Emmit J. W/F June Gloucester worm fever 7y
Butter, Emmit J. C/M Oct Gloucester unknown 4y
1866
Bridges, Carolina E. W/F Sept Gloucester consumption 50y
Bristow, William C. W/M Oct Gloucester unknown 63y
Brooking, William W/M Oct Gloucester typhoid fever 23y
Brown, Dolly W/F Oct Gloucester consumption 60y
Booker, Elizabeth A. W/F Mar Gloucester erysepelas 50y
Infant W/F
Gloucester
1m
1867
Gloucester County Death
Record Project
1865-1890
Members of our Society have been
working for several years on this project,
transcribing the information from the
Court House at Gloucester, VA. The large
book titled, Deaths 1865-1890, is
handwritten and often difficult to
interpret. Information has been copied as
it was recorded.
Much credit and appreciation for this
effort goes to Gertrude Brown, Joan Kanter, Ruth Smitt, Marie Hodges, Rosalyn
Mitchem, and Joan Stubbs for their long hours spent at the Court House copying
the information. Mary Barnett, Jennie Howe, Phyllis and Roane Hunt helped with
typing and Roane Hunt has developed the spread sheet format and is responsible
for the computer output. A paragraph format for each name is also available.
This is the second installment that includes all names listed under the “B’s.”
The Society plans to complete their research phase and publish the information in
book form as soon as possible.
Abbreviations:
C/F .......colored female
W/F ......white female
C/M ......colored male
W/M .....white male
y ........... years
m.......... months
d........... days
M.......... Consort: married
UM....... Consort: unmarried
H/F....... head of family
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PARENTS BIRTH PLACE OCCUPATION CONSORT SOURCE RELATION
1865
Joseph & --- Burwell Gloucester
M Joseph Burwell father
William & Fanny Tomblin Gloucester
UM Elijah Bridges cousin
Geo. & Ann Bonneywell Gloucester
UM G. Bonneywell father
Addison & Susan Lewis Gloucester
UM Rle Byrd grandson
Anthony & Ann Bright Gloucester farmer UM Anthony Bright father
Anthony & Ann Bright Gloucester
UM Anthony Bright father
William L. & Caroline Bland Gloucester
UM William L. Bland father
John A. & Florida Brdges Gloucester
UM John A. Bridges father
Joseph M. & Elizabeth Butter Gloucester
UM Joseph M. Butter father
1866
James & Martha Clarke Gloucester
M James R. Bridges daughter
unknown Gloucester farmer M Sarah Bristow wife
Henry W. & V. Brooking Gloucester
UM H. W. Brooking father
unknown Gloucester
UM Jeff A. Brown son
Gloucester
UM Chas. E. C. Booker son
William & Lucy Belvin Gloucester
William Belvin father
1867
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the
earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
(NIV) Job 19:25-26
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
1868
Booker, --- W/M July Gloucester infant
1869
Brushwood, not named W/M June 1 Gloucester unknown
Burwell, Lucy C/F Nov 8 Gloucester unknown
Baytop, Sarah A. W/F Jan 31 Gloucester unknown
Bonnywell, Ann Bell W/F July 20 Gloucester unknown
Belvin, not named W/M Jan 18 Gloucester unknown
Brown, William W/M Nov 17 Gloucester unknown 40y
Burwell, Coleman C/M Sept 5 Gloucester unknown
Bland, Mary W/F Apr 25 Gloucester unknown
1870
Backhouse, John W. W/M Dec 15 Gloucester liver complaint 47y
Beer, Joanna W/F Aug 11 Gloucester billious fever 35y
Burruss, William C/M Aug 31 Gloucester 5d
Banks, Thomas C/M Nov 30 Gloucester unknown
Banks, Phill C/M Sept 1 Gloucester old age 83y
Braxton, --- C/F Feb Gloucester unknown 4d
Banks, Tommy C/M Gloucester unknown 3y
1871
Bradly, --- W/F June 13 Gloucester unknown 1y
Booth, Molly C/F Oct 18 Gloucester unknown 6y10d
Bristow, Sarah C/F Sept 18 Gloucester unknown 10y6m3d
Booth, Alice C/F Oct 1 Gloucester unknown 3y
Braxton, David C/M June 3 Gloucester Infant 4y
Baytop, --- C/M Oct 5 Gloucester unknown 6m10d
Basy, Liza W/F Oct Gloucester paralaus 6y5m15d
1872
Brown, Elizabeth W/F July Gloucester consumption 25Y
Belvin, Gracy A. W/F Not known Gloucester dyspepsia 65y
Bland, Mariah. H. W/F Aug Gloucester dyspepsia 40y
Bluefoot, Nathaniel C/M Aug Gloucester not known 10m
Baily, Thomas C/M Sept Gloucester congestive chills 2y
Blufoot, Mary B. C/F Oct 20 Gloucester 5y7m6d
Bohannon, Sarah W/F Oct 20 Gloucester 30y5m12d
Bohannon, William W/M Sept 15 Gloucester 5m23d
Baytop, Edmond C/M June 15 Gloucester 10y6m
Bright, Mary C/F Jan 20 Gloucester 5y20m
Bently, James W/M Sept 15 Gloucester old age 60y
Burnet, Samuel C/M Aug 16 Gloucester ague & fever 5m6d
Bristow, Frances A. W/F Dec 1 Gloucester not known 40y6m20d
Brooking, Julia W/F Dec 5 Gloucester heart 16y8m20d
Brooking, Maria W/F Dec 20 Gloucester heart 18y
Braxton, Robert C/M Aug 13 Gloucester ague & fever 3y5m20d
Booth, Jack C/M Apr 1 Gloucester ague & fever 2y
Baytop, Cordia C/F Sept 15 Gloucester ague & fever 3y4m6d
Baytop, Elizabeth C/F July 12 Gloucester pnumonia 1y6m20d
Blandchil, --- C/F Gloucester not known 1m
Braxton, Nellie C/F Gloucester brain fever 3y
Burwell, Willimo C/F Gloucester not known 19y
Burwell, Alice C/F Gloucester 7m
Bowden, Kittie C/F Gloucester congestive chill 1y4m
Booth, --- C/M Gloucester 14d
Bluford, --- C/M Gloucester 1m14d
Burwell, Seany C/F Gloucester 65y
Brown, Elsie C/F Gloucester burned 12y
1873
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PARENTS BIRTH PLACE OCCUPATION CONSORT SOURCE RELATION
1868
Lewis T. & Lucy F. Booker Gloucester Lewis T. Booker father
1869
Isaih & J. Brushwood Gloucester UM father father
Ben & Maria Burwell Gloucester UM father father
unknown Greenbrier Co. T. W. Baytop husband husband
George W. & Ann Bonnywell Gloucester father father
John P. E. & L. Belvin Gloucester father father
unknown Gloucester unknown unknown unknown
Cane & Matilda Burwell Gloucester father father
unknown Gloucester widow of A. Bland son son
1870
William A. & Mary Backhouse Gloucester farmer Matilda Backhouse Matilda Backhouse H/F
unknown Unknown John C. Beer John C. Beer H/F
Lucy Burross Gloucester J. S. Cook
unknown Gloucester Richard Booker friend
unknown Gloucester farmer Tom Davis friend
Braxton, Eliza Gloucester Eliza Braxton mother
unknown Gloucester Adaline Banks mother
1871
Thomas & Margaret Bradly Gloucester UM Thomas Bradly H/F
James & Agnes Booth Gloucester none UM Agnes Booth mother
William & Catherine Bristow Gloucester none UM William Bristow father
William & Betty Booth Gloucester none UM William Booth father
Peter & Alice Braxton Gloucester none UM Peter Braxton father
Randel & Susan Baytop Gloucester none UM Roands Baytop friend
William & Liza Basy Gloucester none UM Liza Basy mother
1872
James & Elizabeth Howard Gloucester Joseph Brown Joseph Brown H/F
unknown Gloucester UM Benjamin Belvin H/F
Henry & Dolly Mouring Gloucester UM John Minor H/F
Mary & Benjamin Bluefoot Gloucester UM Mary Bluefoot mother
Shirley & Fannie Baily Gloucester UM Shirly Baily father
William & Alice Blufoot Gloucester UM Alice Blufoot
John & Lucy Wood Gloucester Charles Bohannon Robert Wilson
Charles & S. Bohannon Gloucester UM Charles Bohannon
Randel & Hester Baytop Gloucester UM Randel Baytop
Levy & Eliza Bright Gloucester UM Eliza Bright
unknown Gloucester M P. S. Stubbs
Beverly & Charlotte Burnet Gloucester Catherine Burnet
Thomas Badgett Pierce King & Queen William Bristow Robtert Pearce
Henry & Valinder Brooking Gloucester UM Valinder Brooking
Henry & Valinder Brooking Gloucester Valinder Brooking
Betty Braxton Gloucester Billy Braxton
John & Eliza Booth Gloucester John Booth
Cordelia Baytop Gloucester Cordelia Baytop
Randel & Frances Baytop Gloucester UM Randel Baytop
Blandchil, Iverson & Eliza Gloucester none UM Anderson, Dinna friend
T. W. & Elizabeth Braxton Gloucester T. W. Braxton father
William & Amy Burwell Gloucester UM William Burwell father
Willen Burwell Gloucester William Burwell grandfather
James & Anna Bowden Gloucester James Bowden father
Francis & A. T. Booth Gloucester Francis Booth father
Harry & Nancy Bluford Gloucester Cary Bluford father
unknown Gloucester James Monroe friend
unknown Gloucester M Peter Brown father
1873
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
Brown, Mary E. W/F Gloucester 4d
Buckner, Julia W/F Gloucester burned 4y
Brown, Ada B. W/F Sept Gloucester unknown 18m
Brown, George W/M May Gloucester pneumonia 24y
Belvin, Richard A. W/M Sept 15 Gloucester brain fever 8y
Berry, Benjamin C/M Oct Gloucester unknown 3y
Berry, John C/M July Gloucester unknown 2y
1874
Bonnywell, Isaac H. W/M July 13 Gloucester diarrhrea 3y2m13d
Bryan, Emily C. W/F July 11 Gloucester consumption 34y
Boyd, Not Named C/M July 24 Gloucester unknown 14d
Berry, Edmound C/M Dec Gloucester spleen 28y
Berry, Harrison C/M June Gloucester dysentry 1y4m
Braxton, Daifny C/F May 16 Gloucester disease of womb 15y
Bush, Margaret C/F Dec Gloucester unknown 5m
1875
Booker, Eliza C/F May 15 Gloucester unknown 4m
Burrell, Mary E. C/F May 15 Gloucester dropsy 4y
Baytop, Nancy C/F Sept 15 Gloucester unknown 1d
Bridges, Florence W/F May 7 Gloucester unknown 26y
Bridges, Elizabeth W/F Aug 11 Gloucester unknown 7m
Brown, Susan W/F Aug 20 Gloucester unknown 5d
Bristow, Ann E. W/F Dec 4 Gloucester unknown 27y
Booth, Mary E. C/F May 9 Gloucester unknown 5m10d
Bridges, Ann R. W/F July 5 Gloucester old age 80y
Blufoot, Kiah C/M June Gloucester unknown 2y
Baily, Fanny C/F Fall Gloucester unknown 22y
Belvin, George W. W/M June 11 Gloucester unknown 2m11d
Bright, Sarah C/F Mar Gloucester unknown 82y
Bolden, Samuel C/M Aug Gloucester typhoid fever 75y
Brown, Chas. C/M Sept 1 Gloucester unknown 1m
Belvin, Luther M. W/M Nov Gloucester unknown 8m
Brown, Ida W/F Oct 5 Gloucester chronic diarrhrea 2y7m
Belvin, John W/M July 21 Gloucester brain fever 16y6m
Bradley, Margarett W/F Dec 1 Gloucester effects of burn 9y
Bonewell, George W. W/M Apr 6 Gloucester consumption 63y
Bidwill, Virginia W/F July Gloucester unknown 11m
Burk, F. F. W/F May 16 Gloucester typhoid fever 36y
Bridges, C. R. W/M Oct 15 Gloucester unknown 60y
Bridges, Ann E. W/F May 7 Gloucester consumption 18y
Bristow, Mary W/F Dec 24 Gloucester unknown 65y
Bristow, Mary E. W/F Mar 16 Gloucester unknown 35y
Bowden, Sally W/F Nov 20 Gloucester congestive chill 1y5m
Bland, D. A. E. W/F Dec 20 Gloucester unknown 54y
Bright, Arther C/M May 27 Gloucester consumption 54y
Blufoot, not named C/F Dec 31 Gloucester unknown 5d
Belcher, David C/M Sept Gloucester boils 1y
Brown, James H. C/M July 28 Gloucester long fever 17y
Baytop, --- C/M Sept 10 Gloucester unknown 10d
Burrell, Moses C/M Oct Gloucester unknown 6y
Butler, Henry Etta C/M Sept Gloucester dysentary 3y
Booker, Celice C/M Nov Gloucester pneumonia 70
Bristow, Elizabeth C/F July Gloucester unknown 23y
Bristow, --- C/M Jan 6 Gloucester unknown 5d
Bristow, Ann C/F Mar Gloucester consumption 30y
Blufoot, Nancy C/F Mar Gloucester consumption 30y
1876
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J. R. & Mary Brown Gloucester UM J. R. Brown father
Jane Gloucester A. F. Dutton
Joseph & Elizabeth Brown Gloucester none UM Joseph Brown H/F
George & Nancy Brown Gloucester none UM George Brown H/F
Edwin & Mary Belvin Gloucester none UM Ed Belvin H/F
John & Frances Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry H/F
John & Frances Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry H/F
1874
William & Susan F. Bonnywell Gloucester none UM William Bonnywell H/F
William & Caroline Birch Queen Anne's Co., MD none Richard H. Bryan Richard H. Bryan H/F
Watt & Susan Boyd Gloucester none UM friend
Edmound & Eliza Berry Gloucester oyserman Usly Berry friend
Albert & Ann Berry Gloucester none UM Albert Berry H/F
Carter & Matilda Braxton Gloucester none UM Carter Braxton H/F
Aron & Mary Bush Gloucester none UM Aron Bush H/F
1875
Frances & Richard Booker Middlesex farmer UM Rich Booker
Marie & Bevely Burrell Gloucester farmer UM Bevely Burrell
William & Nancy Baytop Gloucester farmer UM William Baytop
J. H. & J. A. Hughes Gloucester farmer J. R. Bridges J. R. Bridges
James & Florence Bridges Gloucester farmer UM J. R. Bridges
J. R. & Mary Brown Gloucester UM J. R. Brown
Robertson & Mary Bridges Gloucester George E. Bristow George E. Bristow
J. W. & Eliza Booth Gloucester UM J. W. Booth
unknown Gloucester UM W. H. Bridges
Benjamin & Mary C. Blufoot Gloucester none UM Benjamin Blufoot father
Caeser Jackson & Mary Howard Gloucester none Shirley Baily Shirley A. Baily H/F
William H. & Georgianna Belvin Gloucester none UM William H. Belvin H/F
unknown unknown none UM Tabb Sterling H/F
Jack & Rebecca Bolden Gloucester farmer UM sister
Alex & Fanny Brown Gloucester none UM friend
Edward & Mary Belvin Gloucester none UM Mary A. Belvin mother
William & Lucretia Brown Gloucester none UM William Brown H/F
John P. & Mary Belvin Gloucester farmer UM John P. Belvin H/F
Thomas & --- Bradley Gloucester none UM J. H. Rowe friend
George W. & --- Bonewell Accomack Co., VA farmer Ann F. Bonewell John W. Bonewell son
W. T. & Virginia Bidwill Gloucester machinest UM W. T. Bidwill father
Thomas & Nancy Marchant Gloucester none W. T. Burk W. T. Burk H/F
Thomas & Elizabeth Bridges Gloucester farmer Frances Bridges W. H. Bridges son
W. H. & Maria Bridges Gloucester none UM W. H. Bridges father
unknown Gloucester farmer UM William Bristow son
Roberson & Rosy Bridges Gloucester farmer G. E. Bristow G. E. Bristow H/F
R. T. & S. E. Bowdon Gloucester farmer UM Thomas Bowden H/F
unknown Gloucester farmer UM W. C. Bland son
Nat & --- Bright Gloucester farmer Emma Bright Charles Bright son
Benjamin & Mary Blufoot Gloucester none UM Mary Blufoot mother
James & Lucreria Belcher Gloucester none UM James Belcher H/F
Millie Haywood Gloucester farmer UM Thomas Teagle friend
William & Nancy Baytop Gloucester farmer UM William Baytop father
Phil & Sarah Burrell Gloucester none UM Phil Burrell father
Henry & Sarah Butler Gloucester none UM Henry Butler father
Celice & Agnes Booker Gloucester farmer Polly Booker Frances Booker friend
William & Catty Bristow Gloucester farmer UM William Bristow father
William & Ann Bristow Gloucester farmer UM William Bristow father
Jacob & Polly Dabney Gloucester farmer William Bristow William Bristow father
John & Polly Blufoot Gloucester farmer Cary Blufoot Cary Blufoot H/F
1876
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
1877
Belvin, not named W/M Feb 6 Gloucester unknown 5d
Blake, Mary L. W/F June 16 Gloucester tumor 45y
Bristow, Elizabeth W/F Feb 28 Gloucester dropsy 50y
Bristow, not named W/M Mar Gloucester unknown 2d
Booker, James H. W/M Aug 20 Gloucester congestion of brain 2y
Burwell, Mary C/F Nov Gloucester unknown 22y11m
Berry, John C/M Sept 1 Gloucester unknown 1y10m
Berry, Elizabeth C/F Sept 16 Gloucester unknown 6m
Bright, Margaret C/F Mar Gloucester unknown 22y
Baytop, Nancy C/F Sept Gloucester unknown 20d
Booth, Elizabeth C/F Jan 7 Gloucester unknown 3y5m
Browne, Rebecca C/F June Gloucester paralyzed 70y
Baytop, Jeff C/M Sept Gloucester unknown 22y
Burwell, John C/M Sept Gloucester unknown 40y
Braxton, Ann E. C/F Dec 24 Gloucester unknown 4y10m
1878
Booker, William B. W/M Sept 5 Richmond City marlariai fever 1y6m
Brown, William W/M Nov Gloucester chronic diarrhia 1y2m
Brown, Catharine W/F July 14 Gloucester consumption 37y10m
Bridges, Susan W/F Nov 23 Gloucester billius fever 42y
Brown, Lucy E. W/F Feb 1 Gloucester unknown 1m
Burrell, Amma C/F Nov Gloucester consumption 33y
Berry, Martha C/F June Gloucester unknown 4y
Billups, Catherine C/F Oct Gloucester consumption 43y
Booth, John W. W. C/M June 25 Gloucester unknown 2y
Braxton, Milly C/F Dec 20 Gloucester unknown 75y
Browne, Rebecca C/F June Gloucester unknown 80y
Browne, Edward C/M Oct Gloucester unknown 90y
Baytop, Martha C/F Mar Gloucester child birth 18y
Browne, Lucy A. C/F July Gloucester unknown 1y6m
1879
Blake, Warner W. W/M Sept Gloucester cholerinfantan 1y9m
Browne, Tylor W/M Apr Gloucester unknown 6m
Belvin, Benjamin F. W/M Aug 26 Gloucester unknown 42y
Berry, Robert R. W/M Dec 19 Gloucester consumption 62y
Browne, Mary E. W/F Mar 29 Gloucester child birth 27y
Berry, Mary C/F Sept Gloucester dysentary 2y
Buford, not named C/F Sept 15 Gloucester unknown 2d
Buford, Sarah C/F Oct Gloucester dysentary 2y5m
Bailey, Catharine C/F July Gloucester unknown 25y
Banks, Elizabeth A. C/F Oct Gloucester heart desease unknown
Bailey, Catharine C/F Aug Gloucester unknown 1m
Belcher, James C/M Apr Gloucester hemorhage 39y
Belcher, Lucretia C/F Apr Gloucester teething 1y6m
Baytop, Harry C/M Dec Gloucester was shot 20y
Baytop, Nancy C/F May 15 Gloucester spasms 30y
Bright, Margaret C/F Mar 6 Gloucester unknown 29y
Burrel, James C/M Nov 6 Gloucester unknown 60y
Boyd, Edward C/M July 1 Gloucester scraffola 6y
Brooks, E. C/F Aug 9 Gloucester unknown 21y
Braxton, Lu C/M July 20 Gloucester unknown 25y
Belvin, not named W/F May 25 Gloucester spasms 7d
Belvin, Amanda T. W/F Sept 18 Gloucester spasms 1m
Blake, James M. W/M Oct Gloucester typhoid fever 10y
Brown, Mary E. W/F Oct Gloucester unknown 1m
1880
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1877
W. Henry & Georgianna Belvin Gloucester farmer UM William Henry Belvin father
James & Mary Bently Gloucester farmer John Blake John Blake husband
unknown Gloucester farmer UM Lewis Fletcher son-in-law
--- & Sally Bristow Gloucester farmer UM Lewis Fletcher son-in-law
C. E. C. & E. T. Booker Gloucester farmer UM C. E. C. Booker father
Peter & Agnes Cooke Gloucester William Burwell William Burwell H/F
John & Frances Berry Gloucester UM John Berry H/F
John & Frances Berry Gloucester UM John Berry H/F
William & Mary Bright Gloucester UM Martin Cooper H/F
William & Nancy Baytop Gloucester UM William Baytop H/F
Thomas & Lara Lee Booth Gloucester UM Thomas Booth H/F
--- & Betsy Browne Gloucester UM Drumon Wiatt H/F
Peter & Rebecca Baytop Gloucester UM Peter Baytop H/F
unknown Gloucester UM Sam Driver H/F
Thomas & Betsy Braxton Gloucester UM Thomas Braxton H/F
1878
George E. & Fanny M. Booker Gloucester none UM George E. Booker father
William & Lucretia Brown Gloucester none UM William Brown father
Ralph & Mary Rowe Gloucester none UM Joseph Brown husband
R. M. & C. M. Bridges Gloucester none UM James Bridges brother
H. W. & Lucy Brown Gloucester none UM H. W. Brown father
Jackson & Eva Henderson Gloucester none Jackson Burrell Jackson Burrell husband
William & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM William Berry father
Joe & Franky Roberson Gloucester none Richard Billups Richard Billups husband
John W. & Elizabeth Booth Gloucester none UM John W. Booth father
Dick & Violet Banks Gloucester none George Braxton George Braxton husband
unknown Gloucester none Randel Browne friend
Rebin & Mary Browne Gloucester none UM Randel Browne son
Randel & Frances Baytop Gloucester none UM Randel Baytop father
Frank & Lucy Browne Gloucester none UM Frank Browne father
1879
Thomas B. & Eliza Blake Gloucester none UM Thomas B. Blake father
Tylor & Margaret G. Browne Gloucester none UM Mary Browne grandmother
James & Gracy Belvin Gloucester farmer Mary E. Belvin Mary E. Belvin widow
James & Sue Berry Gloucester merchant Martha Berry Martha Berry widow
William & Elizaabeth Carry Gloucester housekeeper John R. Browne John R. Browne husband
William & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM William Berry father
Benjamin & Mary Buford Gloucester none UM Benjamin Blufoot father
Benjamin & Mary Buford Gloucester none UM Benjamin Blufoot father
John & Elizabeth A. Banks Gloucester housekeeper Shirley Bailey Fanny Banks sister
Margaret Whiting Middlesex housekeeper UM Fanny Banks daughter
Shirley & Catharine Bailey Gloucester housekeeper UM Fanny Banks aunt
James & --- Belcher Gloucester farmer Lucreta Belcher William Harvey friend
James & Lucretia Belcher Gloucester none UM William Harvey friend
Randel & Frances Baytop Gloucester farmer UM Randel Baytop father
Jaspher & Mary Morrow Gloucester farmer William Baytop William Baytop husband
Thomas & Sally Dixon Gloucester farmer Frank Bright Frank Bright husband
Phill & Sally Burrel Gloucester farmer Peggy Burrel Peggy Burrel wife
John & Elizabeth Boyd Gloucester farmer UM UM father
--- & Jane Page Gloucester farmer Henry Brooks Henry Brooks husband
unknown Gloucester farmer Martha Braxton Martha Braxton wife
Robert & Mary J. Belvin Gloucester none UM Robert Belvin H/F
William E. & Margaret Belvin Gloucester none UM William E. Belvin H/F
Thomas B. & Rebecca Blake Gloucester none UM Thomas B. Blake H/F
L. Thomas & Maria F. Brown Gloucester none UM L. Thomas Brown H/F
1880
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
Bland, Virgia M. W/F June 10 Gloucester unknown 1y6m
Broaddus, Temple R. W/M July 30 Gloucester dysentary 7m
Brooking, Thomas Hugh W/M Sept 18 Gloucester unknown 1y10m
Banks, Edger E. W/M Dec 26 Gloucester unknown 3y
Bridges, William H. W/M Nov 18 Gloucester unknown 64y
Bridges, Ann M. W/F Nov 24 Gloucester unknown 58y
Brooks, Delphia C/F Aug Gloucester old age 85y
Berry, Carrie C/F Aug Gloucester dysentary 2y
Berry, William R. C/M July Gloucester unknown 1y8m
Borum, Polly C/F Aug28 Gloucester unknown 62y
Burwell, Alice C/F Mar Gloucester spasms 10d
Brown, Haley O. C/F June 10 Gloucester teething 9m
Booker, Ever C/F May Gloucester unknown 12y
Bird, Davy C/M Feb 20 Gloucester unknown 60y
Bristow, Georgianna C/F Nov Gloucester child birth 23y
Banks, not named C/F Aug Gloucester unknown 5m
Banks, Lucy C/F Oct Gloucester unknown 60y
1881
Belvin, John T. W/M Oct 24 Gloucester dysentary 17y11m19d
Brown, E. B. W/M Sept Gloucester unknown 1m
Belvin, Adda L. W/F Aug 13 Gloucester black vomit 7m
Boothe, Elizabeth G. W/F July 10 Gloucester congestive of liver 53y
Bryan, Catharine W/F July 21 Gloucester unknown 39y
Blasingham, Rich. D. W/M May 1 Gloucester diarrhea 25y11m
Burk, Anna W/F Dec Gloucester diarrhea 36y
Bland, John H. W/M Nov Gloucester disease of liver 34y
Bradley, not named W/M June Gloucester unknown 7d
Brooking, not named W/M Nov 16 Gloucester unknown 2m10d
Broddus, Eliza W/F May 8 Gloucester paralyzed 72y
Broddus, Edwin W/M June 21 Gloucester dropsy 80y
Brown, Smith W. W/M Sept 29 Gloucester unknown 20y
Banks, Edger Edward W/M Dec 26 Gloucester croup 5y
Bristow, Emaly F. W/F Apr 10 Gloucester typhoid fever 25y
Brown, Sarah W/F Oct 20 Gloucester unknown 5m15d
Booker, Jenny C/F Aug 5 Gloucester dropsy 48y
Bright, Juda C/F Aug Gloucester unknown 1m
Berry, not named C/M Mar Gloucester unknown 1d
Berry, Ann C/F Dec Gloucester consumption 24y
Burwell, Mary E. C/F Aug 20 Gloucester child birth 27
Bird, Kitty C/F May 9 Gloucester unknown 23y
Bird, not named C/F June 9 Gloucester unknown 1m
Baytop, William C/M Sept Gloucester unknown 12y
Braxton, Eliza E. C/F Nov 28 Gloucester unknown 24y
Billups, not named C/F July 3 Gloucester unknown 3d
Boyd, Elizabeth C/F Nov 1 Gloucester scraffola 30y
Booth, Ann E. C/F Oct 27 Gloucester typhoid fever 12y
Billups, Baylor C/M Sept Gloucester unknown 3y
Banks, John C/M Sept Gloucester unknown 45y
Bright, Molly C/F June 23 Gloucester unknown 80y
Bright, Ora Bell C/F Oct 25 Gloucester unknown 8m
Brown, Francis E. W/F Oct Gloucester unknown 2m
Bonewell, Jinnette W/F Aug 26 Gloucester unknown 14d
Belvin, Harriett S. W/F Aug 30 Gloucester unknown 1y2m27d
Bonewell, Nancy
W/F Aug 9 Gloucester consumption 60y
Bristow, Emoly F. W/F Apr 10 Gloucester unknown 25y
1882
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PARENTS BIRTH PLACE OCCUPATION CONSORT SOURCE RELATION
J. T. & Sally Bland Gloucester none UM Joshue T. Bland H/F
William T. & Susan Broaddus Gloucester none UM William T. Broaddus H/F
G. W. & Sarah Brooking Gloucester none UM George W. Brooking H/F
William T. & Harritt E. Banks Gloucester none UM William T. Banks H/F
Roberson & Ann E. Bridges Gloucester none Ann M. Bridges William Mun Bridges H/F
Mat & Nancy Gibbs Gloucester none UM William Mun Bridges H/F
Sam & Mary Walker Gloucester none UM Joe Brooks son
William & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM William Berry H/F
Alford & Anna Berry Gloucester none UM Alford Berry H/F
Robert & Nancy Frayzier Gloucester none Danel Borum Danel Borum H/F
Coleman & Eliza Burwell Gloucester none UM Coleman Burwell H/F
Robert & Lucy Brown Gloucester none UM Robert Brown H/F
Tyler & Molly Booker Gloucester none UM Tyler Booker H/F
unknown Gloucester none Harmer Bird Harmer Bird H/F
Lundon & Catherine West Gloucester none John Bristow John Bristow H/F
Dave & India Banks Gloucester none UM Dave Banks H/F
Baylor & Nancy Gardner Gloucester none Damuel Banks Samuel Banks H/F
1881
John & Susan Belvin Gloucester farmer UM John Belvin father
Lewis T. Maria F. Brown Gloucester none UM Lewis T. Brown father
John W. & Sarah Belvin Gloucester none UM John W. Belvin father
Mordica & Elizabeth Boothe Middlesex housekeeper UM John Cooke nephew
Denice Amory Gloucester housekeeper Richard H. Bryan R. H. Bryan H/F
J. W. & Emalin Blasingham Gloucester farmer UM Julia Lindsy H/F
Isaac & Ann Howlett Gloucester housekeeper widow B. F. Howlett brother
Cary T. & Maria H. Bland K&Q clerk UM J. W. Miner friend
--- & Elizabeth Bradly Gloucester none UM Marrietta Stokes friend
George T. & Sarah E. Brooking Gloucester none UM G. T. Brooking father
Phill & Elizabeth Montague Middlesex none Edwin Braddus William J. Broddus son
William & Elizabeth Broddus Gloucester farmer UM William T. Broddus son
S. W. & Susan Brown Gloucester farmer UM S. W. Brown father
James T. & Harritt Banks Gloucester farmer UM James T. Banks father
W. L. & Eliza Bristow Gloucester farmer UM William H. Bristow brother
J. R. & Ruth Brown Gloucester farmer UM J. R. Brown father
Munford & Eliza Harwood Gloucester housekeeper J. C. Booker J. C. Booker H/F
Chas. & Margaret Bright Gloucester none UM Chas. Bright H/F
William & Eliza Berry Gloucester none UM William Berry H/F
George & Sally Gregory Gloucester housekeeper Alfred Berry Alfred Berry H/F
George & Mary A. Burwell Balt. MD housekeeper Lewis Burwell Lewis Burwell H/F
George & Catherine Braxton Gloucester housekeeper Richard Bird Rich. Bird H/F
Richard & Kitty Bird Gloucester housekeeper UM Rich. Bird H/F
--- & Lucy Baytop Gloucester housekeeper UM John Baytop friend
unknown Gloucester housekeeper Wallace Braxton Wallice Braxton friend
Joe & Bland Billups Gloucester housekeeper UM Joe Billups father
John & Sarah Lee Gloucester housekeeper John Boyd John Boyd H/F
John W. & Elizabeth Booth Gloucester housekeeper UM John W. Booth H/F
Frank & Sinty Billups Gloucester housekeeper UM Frank Billups H/F
Sam & Susan Banks Gloucester housekeeper UM Sam Banks H/F
unknown Gloucester housekeeper UM Gibbon Bright grandson
Gibbon & Susan Bright Gloucester housekeeper UM Gibbon Bright father
L. Thomas & Maria F. Brown Gloucester none UM L. Thomas Brown H/F
Robert & Alice Bonewell Gloucester none UM Robert Bonewell H/F
James & Emiline Belvin Gloucester none UM James Belvin H/F
John & Mary Robins Gloucester none widow of George
Bonewell
Joseph Bonewell son
William S. & Eliza Bristow Gloucester none William H. Bristow brother
1882
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
Broaddus, Edwin W/M July 17 Gloucester dysentary 13m
Bland, Columba G. W/M Aug Gloucester unknown 11m
Bristow, J. R. W/M Apr 7 Gloucester unknown 42y
Buford, Caroline C/F Aug Gloucester unknown 7m
Braxton, not named C/M Dec Gloucester unknown 14d
Boyd, Maggie C/F June Gloucester consumption 7y
Boyd, not named C/F June Gloucester unknown 7d
Burwell, William C/M Aug 26 Gloucester unknown 64y
Black, Charles C/M June 10 Gloucester unknown 23y
Bundy, Mary E. C/F Sept Gloucester dropsy 3y
Blufoot, Adler C/F Oct 12 Gloucester dropsy 28y
1883
Belvin, Luly W/F May Gloucester unknown 19y
Brooking, May F. W/F June 30 Gloucester unknown 32y
Burch Lucius W/M Sept Gloucester congestive chill 4y
Bently, Mary W/F June 17 Gloucester old age 73y
Braxton, William Henry C/M Sept 14 Gloucester unknown 2y10m16d
Berry, Cary C/M Aug Gloucester unknown 11m
Blufort, Robert N. C/M Jan 18 Gloucester whooping cough 4y4m12d
Blufort, P. Rohith C/F June 9 Gloucester measles 6y9m15d
Brown, James H. C/M Feb Gloucester unknown 18y
Boothe, Charles H. C/M Nov 1 Gloucester spasms 2y
Baylor, Kate C/F May Gloucester consumption 35y
Berry, Maria C/F Mar Gloucester consumption 18y
Burrell, William C/M June 2 Gloucester pneumonia 25y
Baytop, Randel C/M Dec 27 Gloucester killed 45y
1884
Brown, Hubbard W/M Aug Gloucester unknown 4m
Burch, Sarah Lee W/F Nov 27 Gloucester spasms 3y
Belvin, Mattie J. W/F Aug24 Gloucester diarrhea 1y2m
Bristow, Rich W/M Nov 19 Gloucester unknown 1y7m
Bristow, Hester W/F Apr Gloucester unknown 17y
Banks, John C/M Mar Gloucester measles 1y7m
Bolden, Cipio C/M Dec Rappahannock River drowned 21y
Bolden, Abram C/M Dec Rappahannock River drowned 19y
Bright, Benj C/M Apr Gloucester unknown 1y1m
Brooks, Bettie, V. S. C/F May Gloucester unknown 1m21d
Boyd, Patsy C/F June 20 Gloucester unknown 12y
Bird, India C/F Dec 1 Middlesex unknown 30y
Bird, John C/M Feb Middlesex unknown 6m
Bluford, Essa C/F May 23 Gloucester unknown 3y
Booth, Mary Lee C/F Oct Gloucester unknown 10y
Braxton, Thomas C/M Feb Gloucester unknown 2y
Billups, Polly C/F Mar Gloucester unknown 80y
Boyed, Charlie C/M Oct 25 Gloucester unknown 28y
Brown, Boy C/M Jan 30 Gloucester unknown 20d
Brown, --- W/M Jan 12 Gloucester lock jaw 6d
Bray, Thomas J. W/M Dec 8 Gloucester paralysed 81y
Brown, Mary W/F June 20 Gloucester consumption 68y
Brown, Arthur W/M June 19 Gloucester dysentary 1y4m
Bland, --- W/M Sept 3 Gloucester unknown 2d
Brown, Wesley R. W/M Sept Gloucester dysentary 11m18d
Brown, Alberta W/M July 20 Gloucester dysentary 3y
Brown, William W/M July Gloucester dysentary 5m
Belvin, Benjamin F. W/M Aug 10 Gloucester diarrhea 1m10d
Bristow, Sarah W/F Sept 24 Gloucester paralysed 70y
1885
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W. T. & Susan Broaddus Gloucester none UM W. T. Broaddus father
J. T. & Sally Bland Gloucester none UM J. T. Bland father
J. R. & Mary Bristow Gloucester none Nanny Bristow brother
Benjamin & Mary C. Buford Gloucester none UM Benjamin Buford H/F
James & Rachel Braxton Gloucester none UM James Braxton H/F
Watt & Susan Boyd Gloucester none UM Watt Boyd H/F
Watt & Susan Boyd Gloucester none UM Watt Boyd H/F
Coleman & Minerva Burwell Gloucester farmer Amy Burwell Thomas Burwell son
Mary Black Gloucester farmer UM Susan Black friend
William H. & Tamer Bundy Gloucester farmer UM William Bundy friend
Henry & Betsy Green Gloucester farmer UM Thomas Blufoot friend
1883
John W. & Alice Deal Gloucester housekeeper Lee Belvin Margaret A. West neighbor
William H. & Nancy Powers Gloucester housekeeper John W. Brooking J. W. Brooking H/F
Lewis & Elizabeth Burch Gloucester UM Joshua Anchor H/F
Henry & Mary Bently Gloucester housekeeper UM William F. Hall H/F
James & Elizabeth Braxton Gloucester none UM James Braxton father
William & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM William Berry father
William & Martha Blufort Gloucester none UM William Blufort father
William & Martha Blufort Gloucester none UM William Blufort father
Randel & Gracy Brown Gloucester none UM Randel Brown father
Phil & Lucy Boothe Warwick Co none UM Lucy Boothe mother
John & Elizabeth Ward Gloucester none Ben Baylor Ben Baylor H/F
Robt. & Lucinda Berry Gloucester none UM Robt. Berry H/F
William & Julia Burrell Gloucester none UM India Burrell H/F
Jacob & Martha Baytop Gloucester none Frances Baytop Frances Baytop H/F
1884
Josiah & Eliz Brown Portsmouth none UM Lewis T. Brown grandparent
William H. & Anna Burch Gloucester none UM William H. Burch H/F
Lucy A. Belvin (bastard) Gloucester none UM William H. Belvin H/F
W. D. & Josie Bristow Gloucester none UM W. D. Bristow H/F
J. R. & Elizabeth Bristow Gloucester none UM Landon Carter H/F
William & Sally Banks Gloucester none UM Joicy Banks grandparent
John & Nancy Bolden Gloucester oysterman UM John Bolden H/F
John & Nancy Bolden Gloucester oysterman UM John Bolden H/F
Benj & Mary Bright Gloucester none UM Ben Bright H/F
Guy & Sarah Brooks Gloucester none UM Guy Brooks H/F
Walt & Susan Boyd Gloucester none UM Walt Boyd H/F
Henry & India Lomax Gloucester none Richard Bird Richard Bird H/F
Rich & Jullia Bird Gloucester none UM Richard Bird H/F
Thomas & Mary Susan Bluford Gloucester none UM Thomas Bluford H/F
William H. & Betsy Booth Gloucester none UM W. H. Booth H/F
Thomas & Elizabeth Braxton Gloucester none UM Thomas Braxton H/F
unknown Gloucester none UM Harry Smith friend
Mager & Mary Boyed Gloucester none UM Mager Boyed father
Tyler & Mary Brown Gloucester none UM Mary Brown mother
Thomas E. & Sarah Brown Gloucester none UM Thomas E. Brown father
Thomas & Mary Bray Middlesex farmer Martha Bray Martha Bray widow
unknown Gloucester farmer widow Tyler Brown son
William & Mildred Brown Gloucester farmer UM William Brown father
William C. & Sarah A. Bland Gloucester farmer UM William C. Bland father
Inusm & Anna Brown Gloucester farmer UM Inusm Brown father
W. A. & Ellen Brown Gloucester farmer UM James R. Brown father
B. M. & Ellen Brown Gloucester farmer UM B. M. Brown father
James & Emeline Belvin Gloucester farmer UM James Belvin father
1885
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
Bowden, (Girl) W/F Feb 13 Gloucester unknown 2m
Broaddus, William T. W/M Mar 27 Gloucester pneumonia 43y
Brown, Ruthe W. W/F Dec 27 Gloucester pneumonia 31y
Blassingham, Emma W/F Aug Gloucester dysentary 1y6m
Berry, --- C/M June Gloucester unknown 1m
Bright, Robt. A. C/M Feb 13 Gloucester unknown 3y7m
Banks, Robt. C/M Feb13 Gloucester unknown 1m
Berry, Bennie C/M Aug Gloucester dysentary 3y6m
Braxton, Alice C/F May 5 Gloucester unknown unknown
Burwell, W. A. C/M June 7 Gloucester unknown 1y5m
Burwell, Kain C/M Aug Gloucester dropsy 45y
Booth, --- C/M July Gloucester unknown 1m6d
Braxton, Temple C/M July 16 Gloucester consumption 22y
Buckner, Girl C/F Dec 21 Gloucester unknown 1d
Bird, Rebecca C/F Sept Gloucester unknown 12m7d
Bently, Thomas C/M Dec Gloucester old age 80y
Baytop, Randel C/M July 30 Gloucester dysentary 17y
Brown, Boy C/M Feb 2 Gloucester unknown 1d
Bowden, Ann C/F Jan Gloucester childbirth 40y
Bowden, John C/M Apr Gloucester unknown 3m
Burrell, John Lee C/M Oct Gloucester unknown 40y
Burrell, Alice C/F Apr 17 Gloucester unknown 16y
Burrell, Eliza C/F May 17 Gloucester consumption 40y
Burton, Thomas CM Aug 13 Gloucester unknown 3m
1886
Bonewell, Addie L. W/F Oct Gloucester unknown 1y
Bryan, Mary C. W/F Nov 5 Gloucester consumption 23y5m18d
Belvin, Mary J. W/F June 30 Gloucester cancer 45y
Brown, Luther W. W/M Nov 9 Gloucester drowned in well 4y6m
Brown, Lumkin D. W/M Jan 16 Gloucester unknown 12m
Bristow, Clara B. W/F Nov Gloucester childbirth 19y
Bonewell, Mary W. W/F Aug Gloucester teething 1y10m
Bright, --- C/F Oct Gloucester unknown 6d
Bright, Emma A. C/F Apr Gloucester unknown 7y
Boothe, John C/M Aug Gloucester dysentary 18y
Berry, --- C/F Aug Gloucester unknown 1d
Banks, Frances A. E. C/F July Gloucester dysentary 1y3m
Billups, --- C/F Sept Gloucester unknown 12d
Burwell, Kender C/M Dec 27 Gloucester rheumatism 74y
Baylor, Benjamin F. C/M Dec 25 Gloucester consumption 50y
Burrell, Inittas C/F Apr 28 Gloucester dysentary 19y
Bolden, Liza C/F June Gloucester killed by lightning 28y
Baoker, Patsy C/F Nov1 Gloucester unknown 70y
Banks, Boy & Girl (2) twins C/M&F July 30 Gloucester unknown 5d
Banks, Boy C/M June Gloucester unknown 5m
Baytop, Haywood C/M Oct Gloucester unknown 13y
Bowden, John C/M Apr 14 Gloucester consumption 16y
Bowden, Henry C/M Sept 6 Gloucester consumption 6y
Bowden, Clifton C/M Oct 16 Gloucester consumption 10y
Bowden, Ann C/M Mar Gloucester consumption 35y
Booker, Clara C/F July Gloucester dysentary 9m
Bland, Bertha W/F 1887 Gloucester summer complaint 3y
Broaddus, Aline W/F Feb 1 Gloucester brain fever 2y
Bland, Lizzie W/F 1887 Gloucester summer complaint 1y
Blake, not named W/F Mar 20 Gloucester fits 5d
Bristow, Ida W/F Oct 21 Gloucester summer complaint 20y
1887
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PARENTS BIRTH PLACE OCCUPATION CONSORT SOURCE RELATION
R. T. & Elizabeth Bowden Gloucester farmer UM R. T. Bowden father
Edwin & Elizabeth Broaddus Gloucester merchant S. M. Broaddus S. M. Broaddus widow
Henry & Susan Prince Middlesex housekeeper J. R. Brown J. R. Brown husband
B. F. & Mary Blassingham Gloucester none UM B. F. Blassingham father
Johnny & Frances Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry father
Robt & Lucy Bright Gloucester none UM Robt. Bright father
William & Susan E. Banks Gloucester none UM Sarah Banks mother
John & Fanny Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry father
Cenel & Sally Holmes Gloucester housekeeper Felix Braxton Felix Braxton husband
Mary E. Burwell (Bastard) Gloucester none UM Mary E. Burwell mother
Edward & Nelly Burwell Gloucester none Matilda Burwell Matilda Burwell widow
Frank & Ann Booth Gloucester none UM Ann Booth mother
Temple & Rebecca Braxton Gloucester oysterman UM Rebecca Braxton mother
Henderson & Margaret Buckner Gloucester none UM Margaret Buckner mother
Peter & Maud Bird Gloucester none UM Peter Bird father
unknown Gloucester farmer Isabella Bently Isabella Bently widow
Jacob & Caroline Baytop Gloucester farmer UM Jacob Baytop father
Taylor & Maria Brown Gloucester farmer UM Maria Brown mother
Robert & Kitty Muse Gloucester farmer James Bowden Josh Richardson friend
James & Ann Bowden Gloucester farmer UM Josh Richardson friend
Phill & Polly Burrell Gloucester farmer Eliza Burrell Josh Richardson friend
John & Eliza Burrell Gloucester none UM Josh Richardson friend
James & Sarah Fox Gloucester none John Burrell Josh Richardson friend
Fate & Lucy Burton Gloucester none UM Fate Burton father
1886
Joseph H. & Indianna Bonewell Gloucester none UM Joseph H. Bonewell father
R. H. & Emily C. Bryan Queen Ann housekeeper UM R. H. Bryan father
John & Maria Belvin Gloucester none UM John P. Belvin brother
Seymour & Sarah Brown Gloucester none UM Seymour Brown father
J. R. & Ruth Brown Gloucester none UM J. R. Brown father
W. B. & Ann Soles Mathews none B. C. Bristow B. C. Bristow husband
J. W. & Elizabeth Bonewell Gloucester none UM J. W. Bonewell father
Robt & Lucy Bright Gloucester none UM Robt. Bright father
Ben & Mary Bright Gloucester none UM Ben Bright father
Robt & Ellen Boothe Gloucester oysterman UM Robert. Boothe father
Alfred & Nancy Berry Gloucester none UM Alfred Berry father
Robert & Frances A. E. Banks Gloucester none UM Robert Banks father
Sam & Louisa Billups Gloucester none UM Susan Harwood grandparent
William H. & Vernes Burwell Gloucester farmer Easter Burwell Easter Burwell widow
unknown Caroline Co farmer Henrietta Baylor Henrietta Baylor widow
Joe & Lucy Banks Gloucester housekeeper Jeff Burrell Jeff Burrell husband
Thomas & Carte Tonkins Gloucester housekeeper James Bolden James Bolden husband
Daniel & Fannie Tabb Gloucester housekeeper Robert Booker Robert Booker husband
Henry & Maria Banks Gloucester none UM Henry Banks father
Dan & India Banks Gloucester none UM Dan Banks father
Peter & Rebecca Baytop Gloucester none UM Peter Baytop father
James & Ann Bowden Gloucester none UM James Bowden father
James & Ann Bowden Gloucester none UM James Bowden father
James & Ann Bowden Gloucester none UM James Bowden father
Ruben & Kitty Paterson Gloucester none James Bowden James Bowden father
Tyler & Molly Booker Gloucester none UM Tyler Booker father
Lineous & Mary Bland Gloucester none UM Lineous Bland father
William & Susan Broaddus Gloucester none UM Susan Broaddus mother
Lineous & Mary Bland Gloucester none UM Lineous Bland father
Charles & Lottie Blake Gloucester none UM Charles Blake father
William & Josie Bristow Gloucester none UM William . Bristow father
1887
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
Brown, Mary E. W/F Oct 15 Gloucester unknown 14m
Belvin, John W/M Oct Gloucester pneumonia 58y
Bolden, Fannie C/F Jan 14 Gloucester old age 86
Baytop, Sallie C/F June 12 Gloucester consumption 15y
Burrel, Rosa C/F Aug 15 Gloucester croup 1y
Banks, not named C/F Apr Gloucester unknown 7d
Brown, Samuel L. C/M July 6 Gloucester summer complaint 1y
Booker, Mary C/F Aug 8 Gloucester cancer 40y
Booker, Virginia C/F Sept 24 Gloucester consumption 17y
Bluford, Anna J. C/F Sept 1 Gloucester billioucessness 3y
Butler, Randall C/M Dec 20 Gloucester cold 50y
Butler, Willie C/M Dec 25 Gloucester pneumonia 15y
Burrell, Rosa C/F July 17 Gloucester summer complaint 1y
Berrell, Albert C/M July 15 Gloucester cold 4m
Braxton, Mary C/F Aug 8 Gloucester cold 21y
Bright, John C/M Nov 5 Gloucester typhoid 20y
Bright, not named C/M Aug 16 Gloucester unknown 1d
Burwell, Amy C/F Apr 16 Gloucester asthma 65y
Burrell, Joanna C/F Jan 1 Gloucester consumption 17y
Burwell, Julia C/F Jan 8 Gloucester whooping cough 9y
Berry, not named C/M Oct 15 Gloucester unknown 5d
Burrell, Adam C/M Sept 15 Gloucester congestive chill 2y
Berry, not named C/F Nov 11 Gloucester unknown 1d
Brooks, Sarah C/F Oct 10 Gloucester consumption 25y
Byrd, Taymor C/F July 15 Gloucester old age 85y
Bright, Daniel C/M Oct Gloucester old age 73y
1888
Beasley, not named W/M Oct 20 Gloucester unknown 1/4d
Brown, Alice W/F Feb 19 Gloucester measles 3y
Brooks, Hester W/F Dec 1 Gloucester womb disease 42y
Bray, Richard B. W/M Nov 12 Gloucester dysentary 76y
Bonnywell, Alice R. W/F July 28 Gloucester whooping cough 2y
Brown, Pinkey W/F July 5 Gloucester dysentary 2y
Booker, not named W/F Mar 2 Gloucester unknown 21d
Bower, J. E. P. W/M June 22 Gloucester heart disease 59y
Bluford, not named C/F Mar 13 Gloucester unknown 3d
Booth, Betsy C/F Dec 12 Gloucester old age 80y
Berry, Robert C/M Nov 15 Gloucester drowned in well 17y
Booth, Thomas C/M July 26 Gloucester congestion 37y
Brown, not named C/M June 22 Gloucester unknown 6m
Brown, not named C/F June 28 Gloucester unknown 14d
Bowden, Susan C/F Mar 19 Gloucester scrofula 5y
Bowden, Elizabeth C/F Sept 3 Gloucester scrofula 3y
Burwell, Jack Ann C/F Feb 25 Gloucester consumption 15y
Bright, Isabella C/F May 5 Gloucester cholora infantum 2y
Burwell, Tama C/F Aug 28 Gloucester old age 87y
Blake, Mary W/F Mar 1 Gloucester pneumonia 35y
Bray, Harold M. W/M Oct 30 Gloucester congestive fever 15m
Bray, Martha W/F Dec 4 Gloucester pneumonia 74y
Brown, Susan W/F Nov 23 Gloucester consumption 68y
Blake, not named W/F Apr 2 Gloucester screaming fits 4d
Blake, Ann K. W/F Mar Gloucester bronchitis 73y
Bright, not named C/F May 2 Gloucester brain fever 2m
Brook, Bethia C/F Apr 5 Gloucester childbirth 17y
Banks, Edgar C/M Aug Gloucester pneumonia 6y
Banks, Lily C/F Aug Gloucester pneumonia 6y
1889
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PARENTS BIRTH PLACE OCCUPATION CONSORT SOURCE RELATION
John A. & --- Brown Gloucester none UM John A. Brown father
Boler & Susan Belvin unknown farmer Susan Belvin James Belvin son
unknown unknown none UM Essex Micou H/F
Randal & Margaret Baytop Gloucester none Randal Baytop Randel Baytop H/F
William & Ann Burrel Gloucester none UM William Burrel friend
Davy & India Banks Gloucester none UM Davy Banks father
Robert & Lucy Brown Gloucester none UM Robert Brown father
unknown unknown none Isaac Booker Isaac Booker friend
Isaac & Mary Booker Gloucester none UM Isaac Booker friend
Thomas & Mary Bluford Gloucester none UM Mary Bluford mother
unknown unknown farmer UM Henry Butler H/F
Henry & Lucy Butler Gloucester farmer UM Henry Butler H/F
Joshua & Julia Burrell Gloucester none UM Joshua Burrell H/F
Addison & Martha Berrell Gloucester none UM Addison Berrell H/F
William & Rebecca Braxton Gloucester none UM Rebecca Braxton H/F
Sam & Nancy Bright Gloucester oysterman UM John Bolden friend
Robert & Lucy Bright Gloucester none UM Robert Bright father
unknown Gloucester none UM Thomas Burwell friend
Jackson & Arena Burrell Gloucester farmer UM Jackson Burrell father
Stephen & Urselia Burwell Gloucester none UM Stephen Burwell father
John & Fannie Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry father
Sye & Elenora Burrell Gloucester none UM Sye L. Burrell father
John & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry father
unknown unknown none UM Sam'l Driver friend
unknown unknown none UM John W. Jackson friend
unknown unknown farmer UM R. C. Selden, Jr. friend
1888
F. M. & Virginia Beasley Gloucester none UM F. J. Ewell H/F
Tyler & Sarah Brown Gloucester none UM Tyler Brown H/F
David & Susan Edwards Gloucester none Payton Brooks Payton Brooks H/F
Thomas & Nancy Bray Middlesex farmer UM John R. Bray H/F
B. B. & Alice Bonnywell Gloucester none UM Alice Bonnywell H/F
James & Pinkey Brown Gloucester none UM William Brown, Sr. H/F
C. E. & Margaret Booker Mathews none UM C. E. Booker H/F
unknown Gloucester farmer Mary E. Bower Mary E. Bower H/F
Thomas & Mary Susan Bluford Gloucester none UM Thomas Bluford H/F
unknown unknown none Jack Booth John Booth H/F
Robert & Lucinda Berry Gloucester oysterman UM Robt. Berry H/F
unknown unknown farmer Laura L. Booth Laura Booth H/F
John H. & Ellenora Brown Gloucester none UM John H. Brown H/F
L. & Grace Bowden Gloucester none UM Randol Brown H/F
James & Annie Bowden Gloucester none UM James Bowden H/F
James & Annie Bowden Gloucester none UM James Bowden H/F
Jackson & Arena Burwell Gloucester none UM Katie Burwell H/F
Thomas & Mary C. Bright Gloucester none UM Elizabeth Smith H/F
unknown unknown none UM John Jackson H/F
Washington & Elizabeth Hogg Gloucester none UM B. A. Hogg brother
J. G. & Fannie W. Bray Gloucester none UM J. G. Bray father
John Hogg Gloucester none UM J. G. Bray son
Richard Garrett Middlesex none Smith W. Brown Smith W. Brown husband
Charles H. & Lottie E. Blake Gloucester none UM Charles H. Blake father
Sallie & Edmond Duncan Accomack Co. VA none James Blake James Blake husband
Ben & Mollie Bright Gloucester none UM Ben Bright father
Frank & Betsy Whiting Gloucester none William Brook William Brook husband
Robert & Mariah Banks Gloucester none UM Robert Banks father
Robert & Mariah Banks Gloucester none UM Robert Banks father
1889
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NAME RACE/SEX DATE PLACE CAUSE AGE
Banks, Hammy C/M Dec 8 Gloucester unknown 4m
Brown, not named C/F Mar Gloucester unknown 14d
Booth, not named C/F Aug 24 Gloucester unknown 4d
Braxton, Felix C/M Apr Gloucester hernia 30y
Banks, not named C/M Aug 17 Gloucester unknown 2d
Braxton, not named C/M Oct 8 Gloucester unknown 4d
Braxton, not named C/M Oct 11 Gloucester unknown 7d
Brooks, not named C/F Apr 28 Gloucester unknown 1d
1890
Brown, not named W/M Mar 25 Gloucester crying fits 7d
Brown, Annie B. W/F June 15 Gloucester unknown 6m
Bland, not named W/F Sept 17 Middlesex unknown 5d
Bew, not named W/M Sept West Point unknown 14d
Blake, James W/M Dec 4 Gloucester pneumonia 78y
Booker, Lewis T. W/M Jan Gloucester dropsy 65y
Burwell, Cora Lee C/F Sept 20 Gloucester typhoid fever 2y
Berry, Berthina C/F Mar 15 Gloucester grippe 9m
Berry, Virginia C/F Aug 22 Gloucester worm fever 2y
Berry, not named C/F June 1 Gloucester unknown 1d
Brown, Willie C/M May 15 Gloucester grippe 20m
Bolden, H. J. W. C/M Aug 15 Gloucester unknown 3y
Bolden, John W. C/M July 15 Gloucester unknown 2y
Brooks, Joseph L. C/M Jan 17 Gloucester rheumatism 9y
Buckner, John H. C/M Dec 2 Gloucester heart disease 15y
Banks, Charles H. C/M Nov 3 Gloucester unknown 11m
Brown, not named C/F Dec 27 Gloucester crying fits 14d
Bright, Agnes C/F Nov 24 Gloucester old age 75y
Bird, not named C/M May Gloucester unknown 4m
Bird, Rosa C/F Dec Gloucester unknown 22y
Gloucester County Death Record Project
Rev. E. M. Peterson.
728/ John Archer Brown, ae 29y, oysterman,
s/o James & Susan Brown; Mary Jane West, ae
21y, d/o Frank & Frances West; Mar 20 1869 by
Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
729/ John Dobson Rowe, ae 22y, oysterman,
d/o Wm. A. & Caroline Rowe; Emma Robins, ae
17y, d/o Wm. Robins & Elizabeth W. (now E. W.
Hall); Mar 25 1869 by Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
730/ Charles Henry Morriss Whitington, ae
22y, colored, sailor, s/o Geo. & Hetty
Whitington; Henrietta Ross, ae 21y, colored, d/o
--- & Betsy Ross; Mar 28 1869 by Rev. Chas.
Mann.
731/ Richard Thomas Shepard, ae 24y,
sailor, s/o Geo. & Polly Shepard; Alice Maria
Banks, ae 21y, d/o Thos. & Catharine Banks; Mar
31 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
732/ John A. Robinson, ae 24y, oysterman,
s/o Lewis & Susanna Robinson; Clara Jackson,
ae 21y, d/o Henry & Emiline Jackson; Apr 11
1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
733/ Benjamin B. Belvin, ae 30y, farmer, s/o
(Continued from page 39)
Geo. & Fanny Belvin; Mary Green, ae 28y, d/o
Geo. & Nancy Green; Mar 27 1869 by Rev. Wm.
E. Wiatt.
734/ William Brooks, ae 21y, oysterman, s/o
--- & Hester Brooks; Sarah Gregory, ae 20y, d/o
Peter & Emily Gregory; Apr 6 1869 by Rev. E. M.
Peterson.
735/ James Thomas Jordon, ae 22y,
oysterman, s/o Wm. & Mariah J. Jordon;
Margaret Ann Purcell, ae 26y, widow, d/o John
B. & Isabella James; Apr 19 1869 by Rev. W. S.
Hawkins.
736/ Robert J. Hudgins, ae 21y, farmer, of
Mathews Co VA, s/o Wm. & Frances Hudgins;
Vandelia Hudgins, ae 23y, d/o Wm. H. & Mary E.
Hudgins; Apr 19 1869 by Rev. J. T. Wallace.
737/ L. M. Ironmonger, ae 25y, waterman, of
York Co VA, s/o L. D. & Elizabeth Ironmonger;
Sue Templeman, ae 20y, d/o Wm. H. & Mildred
Templeman; Apr 22 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
738/ Joseph Smith, ae 22y, farmer, s/o
Harry & Priscilla Smith; Adeline Semore, ae 21y,
d/o Daniel & Lucy Semore; Apr 24 1869 by Rev.
J. T. Wallace.
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PARENTS BIRTH PLACE OCCUPATION CONSORT SOURCE RELATION
Davy & India Banks Gloucester none UM Davy Banks father
John & Elvira Brown Gloucester none UM John Brown father
John W. & Elizabeth Booth Gloucester none UM John W. Booth father
Carter & Matilda Braxton Gloucester none Vernor Braxton Sally Johston mother -in-law
Laura Banks Gloucester none UM William Rily friend
James & Rachel Braxton Gloucester none UM Peter Johnston friend
James & Rachel Braxton Gloucester none UM Peter Johnston friend
Guy & Sarah Brooks Gloucester none UM Sarah Brooks mother
1890
James H. & Alice Brown Gloucester none UM James H. Brown father
Thomas & Ellen B. Brown Gloucester none UM Thomas Brown father
Lineas & Mary Bland Middlesex none UM Lineas Bland father
Hesekiah & Julia Bew West Point none UM Hesekiah Bew father
Robert & Latia Blake Middlesex farmer UM J. W. Blake son
Lewis & Polly Booker Gloucester farmer Lucy Booker Lucy Booker wife
Luke & Polene Burwell Gloucester none UM Luke Burwell father
John & Frances Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry, Sr. father
John W. & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM John Berry, Jr. father
William & Elizabeth Berry Gloucester none UM William Berry father
Alex & Fannie Brown Gloucester none UM Alex Brown father
James & Elizabeth Bolden Gloucester none UM Mary Smith aunt
James & Elizabeth Bolden Gloucester none UM James Bolden father
Guy & Sarah Brooks Gloucester none UM Sarah Brooks mother
Harry & Catharine Buckner Gloucester none UM Harry Buckner father
John H. & Venus Banks Gloucester none UM John Banks father
Mary L. Brown (Illegitimate) Gloucester none UM Taylor Brown grandfather
unknown unknown none UM Peter Washington friend
Richard & Rosa Bird Gloucester none UM Beverly London friend
unknown unknown none UM Beverly London friend
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739/ John C. Buckins, ae 30y, wheelwright,
of Lancaster PENN, lived King and Queen, s/o
Geo. & Ann Buckins; Martha A. Booker, ae 25y,
d/o Geo. Pillsbury, mother unk, May 3 1869 by
Rev. E. M. Peterson.
740/ James Green, ae 25, oysterman, s/o
Geo. & Nancy Green; Elizabeth Belvin, ae 24y, d/
o Geo. & Frances Belvin; May 11 1869 by Rev.
Wm. E. Wiatt.
741/ Joseph Carter, ae 23y, oysterman, s/o
Samuel & Betsy Carter; Sally Carter, ae 37y,
widow, d/o James & Nancy Fox; May 20 1869 by
Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
742/ Si Jones, ae 21y, oysterman, s/o Si &
Fanne Jones; Grace Lee, ae 14y, d/o Jasper &
Martha Lee; May 23 1869 by Rev. Chas. Mann.
743/ David Grimes, ae 22y, oysterman, s/o
Chas. & Daffany Grimes; Mary Ellen Dixon, ae
19y, d/o Wm. & Betsy Dixon; June 3 1869 by
Rev. W. S. Hawkins.
744/ William C. Edwards, ae 40y, farmer, s/
o Thos. C. & Nancy Edwards; Mary Ann Haynes,
ae 26y, d/o Wm. & Frances Haynes; June 17
1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
745/ Albert M. Stubbs, ae 26y, clerk, s/o
John W. & Ellen Wright Stubbs; Sarah J. Hughes,
ae 25y, d/o Wm. C. & Jane Hughes; June 27
1869 by Rev. David Coulling.
746/ Robert Lockly, ae 27y, oysterman, s/o
Daniel & Milly Lockly; Melvina Robinson, ae 20y,
d/o John & Mary Robinson; June 29 1869 by
Rev. David Coulling.
747/ Munford Howard, ae 60y, farmer, of
York Co Va, parents unk; Margaret Page, ae 35y,
d/o Daniel & Franky Page; July 8 1869 by Rev.
Wm. E. Wiatt.
748/ Robert Roades Berry, ae 45y, merchant,
s/o James & Ann Berry; Martha Glass, ae 30y, of
Mathews Co VA, d/o Andrew & Sarah Glass; July
13 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
749/ John Mince Wilkins, ae 45y, widower,
farmer, s/o Nathan & Nancy Wilkins; Elizabeth
Frances Howlett, ae 24y, d/o Isaac & Ann
Howlett; July 16 1869 by Rev. E. M. Peterson.
750/ Thomas Jefferson, ae 23y, oysterman,
parents unk; Frances Slaughter, ae 21y, d/o
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Genealogy Reference Sources
In the Virginia Room
Gloucester Library, Gloucester, Virginia
These sources should provide helpful information for people researching their
ancestors from Gloucester and Mathews County, Virginia. Compiled by Roger
Davis.
1. Abbot, William W., A Virginia Chronology 1585-1783, Williamsburg, Va., 1957.
VA Ref 975.5008 Jam
2. A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865,
Archives Division Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA, September 1976,
compiled by Charles A. Bodie and William H. Siener. VA Ref 015.7553
3. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, other than those published by the U. S. Census
Bureau. Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle, Baltimore, MD,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Ref VA 929.3 Vir
4. The Hornbook of Virginia History, 4
th
edition, edited by Salmon, Emily J. and
Campbell, Jr., Edward D. C.
5. Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion, A History from 1607 to the
Present. 1971. Reprint. Charlottesville, 1983.
6. Quit Rents of VA 1704, Smith, Annie Laurie Wright.
7. Bell, Landon C., Sunshine on the Soutside, List of Tithes, Lunenburg Co. 1748-
1783, Clearfield Co., Philadelphia, orig. pub. 1931.
8. Map Guide to the U. S. General Censuses 1790-1920, Thorndale, William and
Dollarhide, William. Pub. By Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.
9. The Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia 1677-1780,
compiled by Robert W. Robins, 1981. VA Ref 929.3 Reg.
10. Doran, Michael F., Atlas of County Boundry Changes in Virginia 1634-
1895”,Iberian Publishing Co., 1987, Athens, GA.
11. Roster of the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution -1890-1958”,
1959, DAR, Richmond, VA, Pub. By Garrett and Massie, Inc.
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Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia
Computer Interest Group
Genealogy related sites to explore. No one site will ever give you all the answers you seek,
however, with a little practice you may find a lot of useful information right from the
comfort of your home by exploring the Internet! Let’s try these sites.
1. Ships Passenger Lists. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. A volunteer group posting
ships lists; new but growing (over 300 passenger manifests with over 7,000 names).
http://istg.rootsweb.com
2. The DAR Library (Daughters of the American Revolution) is good for Surnames and
Family genealogies. Do not "limit" your search.
http://dar.library.net
3. Gloucester County, VA. Information sources. Look at First Census 1784 for Surnames;
Abingdon Parish; and Gloucester County.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaglouce/glouces.html
4. Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites. A massive source of sites and information to visit. A
must see but will require some homework and study before you get the "perfect" hit!
http://www.CyndisList.com
5. A Genealogy Help List for Virginia. A place to send your query "to a person" that will
try "look ups" in the sources they have.
View a map of the Counties.
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/mttaylor/va.htm
6. The US Genweb Project. A contact source for all states and most counties. A nation
wide group of volunteers hosting and posting county information.
Select State, then County.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/
7. Roane Hunt's start-up site for our own Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia.
This should grow and switch to a TBI, Inc. web site in the very near future.
http://users.inna.net/~mslee/
8. Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia
"to a person" that will try "look ups" in the sources they have.
View a map of the Counties.
http://home.sprynet.com/
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Surname Files
The Gloucester Society has set up a VERTICAL FILE in the Virginia Room at the
Gloucester (VA) Library. In addition to local articles of interest, a SURNAME FILE is being
compiled. You are encouraged to submit your family data so that others may share.
Information may be left at the front desk or mailed to:
Gloucester Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 367
Gloucester, Virginia 23061
Also, we solicit copies of your computer GEDCOM files in this connection, and files on
various Gloucester SURNAMES are available at [email protected]. The current SURNAMES
included in the file are:
NAMES:
A. ACRA, ALLARD, ARMISTEAD, & ASH.
B. BANISTER, BANKS, BASSET, BAYTOP,
BERKELEY, BERNARD, BLANTON,
BOOKER, BOOTH, BOSWELL, BRAY,
BRIADGES, BROWN, BRYAN, BUCKNER,
BURWELL, & BUSBY.
C. CARMINE, CARY, CATLETT, CHANEY,
CHAPMAN, CLAYTON, COLEMAN,
COLLIER, COOKE, & CROSWELL.
D. DAVIS, DEAL, DIGGS, DIXON, DUNN &
DUTTON.
E. ELLIOTT, EMERSON, & EPPS.
F. FIELD, FIGG, FOSTER, FITCHETT, &
FULLER.
G. GANN, GIBBS, GRAVES, GRAY, GREENE,
GROOME, GUIDOT ( CUIOT), & GWYN.
H. HAINES, HARRIS, HARRISON, HODSON,
HOPKINS, HIGGENBOTHAM, HOGG,
HUDSON, & HUNT.
I. ISHAM
J. JAQUELIN, & JONES.
K. KEMP, & KING.
L. LEWIS
M. MATIAU, & MILLER
N. NUNNALLY, & NUTTALL.
O. OLIVER, & OVERTON.
P. PATE, PHILPOTTS, PURCELL, & PRATT.
O. OLIVER, & OVERTON.
Q. QUILLIN.
R. RANSONE, READE, ROBINS, ROWE,
ROYSTER, & ROYSTON.
S. SEARS, SHACKELFORD, SEWELL,
SINGLETON, SMITH, STEVENS, STONE,
STUBBLEFIELD, & STUBBS.
T. TABB, TALIAFERRO, TAYLOR,
TEMPLEMAN, TENNIS, THOMAS,
THURSTON, TIMBERLAKE, & TYLER.
W. WALKER, WARNER, WASHINGTON,
WATERS, WEST, WIATT, WHITE,
WILLIAMS, WILSON, & WOODLAND.
Y. YATES.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Abingdon Church Register
Abingdon Parish
Grafton Christian Church Register, 1834 -
1861
Internet
Middlesex County, VA
Petsworth Parish
Robins (J. Hammond) Index
Virginia Tax Record, Lancaster County, VA