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Thomas Eaton Swann Papers, Gaither (2)
i 1829. ad, 1864: Lied Bate a, at. Spotsylvania ma 9, eer a ' ie D, 1832 a gir Ls, eo. visa 4 1 hall these, except ISHA’, was a sister of J TAYLOR, who "and haying no children, wilied his praperty to her anda . enbrabing the old homestead occupied by the late MILTON pec tie) ds AL THER. fEOx1 or | BRN A IN t Be carTHER PATTER « all of whom went West, and GAITHER) MAIDEN @ATTHER) FORCUM pesctima) NASON - fe died in 1644 and wae buried near the residence of sn ght end on Hunting, Oréek, from WILSON TURNER, 4H 13 2 Ay a a visesnsomanett s Peto a scion aint Of the other sons of BENJAMIN, getond, I know nothing, 4) ALT HET fas whon?) was eranted lend on Hunting ¢r: ek, ok, in Mt Came RELL now.lives, ac joining AZARTAH GAITE Rs 4 THER Ca b Ww ; a hon | mothing’ is knowl, JOHE Sr. b. 1766 4. 1844, ig Z ‘ ee een LER » ere had 2 sone, . “eis Ce ee Ns > 9,2 , Fee os eRe GATHER end i) detingu teh hin from his wuagle ,OtERie a BERRY, wae called DOK 4 iJ en) aI THER W-NVGS —— . wh en ‘by his 2nd Wi LO, : who with her children went vest after pies. A datugiites ae bo tuFet) wite alee: went Webt. i Pills 2 Ie -° ‘aie ee er ek” a i r * * ; ET a a are ey 1OPT, nad 3 sons, vias % TROD ye weRt te Ge. and died young. le gg Hiab Lie. a dau. who ve a wont to thas Left one- dan. iin Rishtiond, Va,, where he diedax™ p AS ae 4, LAMERA GAITHER my let ROBINSON, and wu / ‘ Aaa JOHN ROBINSON « went er HENRY ROBTNSONS: > " ", flemn. { POWELL of RUPLEDGE LAMIRA G. ROBINS , and heads ERO! GAe'b ; GaN: wo deugs pene ie Mtge Ae ELVIRA ¢ 7m ay ARSHAL! . yother- 4d sh ee ‘YREER: of ‘ears Bl! Lb 4 J OuK BUR@ESS pun ee ~ a. \Sae 18 @eill Livis wi «3, DARGUS GATTHER Me CAM POWTTL, father of WPLe VRANK POWELL of Stotebvi ile Jiv PORELL » ¥ RAY GAITHMR, son of JER NLAH 1at, ("DOCKTE"), 1790-15605 wife wae MARY TOovLDNso, cau. of JOHN, who died. Her chi laren were: er man ers 4 of " \ WELLIAN ©. GAT THRs [Whoee hildren : Mira, BEA . HOUR mane + SHA! RU EB C salt JER hak fotrs - st ¥ LANE gAlT i bis Oat GAT TTR ae OBERT GAl LMR, Wit GATTH IR ‘ WELETE (GATTHER) CARSON a1) of Statesville as agra aoe T Be GOL ERT : —— a Gt e Tri R f Rather of ieee 7 aria. oben a: So doe Shea aey f GALTHER b,1526 4.1874 = father of s ind” 8 e ts LILY GATT! 1 died {i wife of GREENBERRY GAITIER (DOCKIE) was *" SEER who°died ta 18894, leaving no ch! aa ree ee ee ee ree LW doi alk Pe ; 19035 m. OLIVER HARVEY: TLR JAMES F, HERR mee NEWTON J Mrs. WILL GAp . apie La sy WILLIAM §,.. HENRY . as | i ROBERT HENRY ile ; 3 ; “— * i 4 s Yaa y s ; Af : ae j Pe per we fb ; LUG » Py Li en ERY GAITHPR, first, son-ef pioneer JOHN , ’ see ge am Iredell, His 4 sons were: rat P wi sa by < ‘ak ‘ A Meier & father off J, VALPRED GAITHER em, ReGALTHER “a follows: two by his ist wife, DRUOTLEA BEALL, who died sept, married BAMUEL ALBEA; “BINA arried iyland oa 1790. Her children P kilied in'the war; ELVIRA, wife of D. La of whom are dead, or very olds “ABA Foun By of GHINA' GROVE} H. CLAY, ef Hf p] M ts ajor, BILL) 1826-1588, fati 4” PGs i < ot @ m 3 3 oe 3 bt “Re > = oa ae > << ea o ead Lond wei o i o- f ee z a ere * smenbers of the family * heve the wi | vwethito a ofa would Re | 2 1A ny yout rryime %@ f ee ny Fonngons- A , were BP ote , alse, revealed = ego 4 AM ore i Pane | expens vie only. ‘Ou Wish, 3) 1d Whbl eRY Loy ah, ig, °° Let ngeeane oore ‘of ops, Oy + LL haw Will af: Saeee i copy She way Bot ‘ a Lt ¥O 4 Ve Boe - to send & Phpvo- ‘Weber Wo hery«Ghe putiif $n¢ 4 | ¢ we! mavet ene etencs in her 120% Pyle j | MAF ¥Y JANE : . é spending anid 4 ot ever tell, you how se vi the mi, tpeck: © 1 40n Lor. eve! try 0 : — ~* ~ ee Py m Rope poth ¥ oe So eateay 2 ye AY -_ Ny: ‘ i j ' 5 : a I . : Wee AAs We <i " - sl S t : / . 7 al gee MA ae oy ia aig A ) Coy lla py) i ge ie ff eM a a oe ie 4 A 7 te ath fee | a ee 494 ; . *. Aref Aepry aa Ze. Py s & ; } f : ow fa 4h 7 any Bo a Pav. | J) a A 2 hod: —-) 2 ne oe a a, “2 / Oh: eel 2 3 LL / PP) c-_ . Gy z UNEX PY 4 A ~ At 4-54 Aes 2 Mitte el) you have dove for me and just for the pleasure:-of tion that, you had, and you Ota nob even want. to eecep' ‘L..the expense you head, end it does mount: Sp in tine, of fun, and 7 ere enjoyed every bit, of it, | 38 gaturday, end I have’@ lot to do. Male blackberry ly.s.ago 4nd. ‘that i” phot job. Gueae ‘rd, ower will wor soon. ¥ | ains nearhy every day and we have Tec several. heavy rathay” severe sterms. . Mast tell you 4 Stunt Iopuiled,. Think I wour front perch hac settled away from the house, anc it pe.ami fly proor, It Has o concrete floor and fe sere eth g. Pto look out the living room door three, days ago) and sew @ ake crawling pack and forth @ieng the lower part bf the ai _< to. rsbgos 4t with my 419, dut efmeid bo aim at the con ) @ shot néea Hack in my eyes. Finally. dagided to aim pad befor. 1 fired, 1 lonfed: the gun, stood in Lhe tiving Peccuet the trigger and just as I adned ty atock caught in ve a Li wee ty wanton the trigger. #y head: wee, qurhed. os: * 1 a i ee the ware had. beew, there 44 wae with about : _dp the, sorten) just. at the ?xay: * ered tho 2x4. and here 9B hole * ‘gost hysterical’~ had nd ides mcd he hoped tf would never get <ttite * ey. got th ee of nie Life, when 7] aa Ct pad. eleaned up thé meas ef the. screen i L wale tay re Gopper- eMotcasin under the as fn off oe You know they eay & believe dt, ty —_ a Auiaikcie At tne ialhins of antobtation. Have been _ family lines and ampahging them in 6 bingem Tv 16 ra fandly history, and I "gee AeLh antec. Séne aa | of these tele with all ‘the: feud lies, An gs . PS . WE as wv. become an i* ie find Som had | s wiveae and | rr Beli June 6, 1959 i letter from Mrs. Steele came the same day as your last ep of her Tetter and two from a Mre. Jorg and one from Pr. = explain some of your questions. AIM LASH re@lly was the banker and the youngest of his fan- grenafotnen Patton was over 80 and the Pres. of the bank but he lived in*Fredericksburg, and Daddy was V.pres. and ‘wes only 19 when they opened this bank, he was always in peration. ~ ‘Retters from Mre, Jorg contain new detes and more informa oP sas our line-up of the early JOHN GAITHERS. This JOHN JANE ae _ ». and it was he who had the diary, and he wa OWI-GAITHER and RUTH MORLEY who collected 4 id estate, ‘and JOHN b. 10/77-was a bro. of my ancestor, 21741) who m. 1709 SARAH BURGESS; “and the latter were the fat BASIL I., the father of WALTER. 2t 1s great to have all Arai ghtened out at last, thanks to” you and Mrs. Steele. a 3 tee woutd—ever o-heve he GAITHER family line of 2? send you. a copy, Am working on it now and will make ex- how, You were the master-mind who untangled tiie family ata letter to Mrs, Steele this morn, and told her if she phave her bros. and sisters and any children included in S ,» that. I would like to include them. Also mentioned that me @ brief outline of her relationship and descent from Detyeas. and SUMMERS line, and that the SUMMERS history é wed to my JOHNSONS, and that I had the SUMMERS ancestry. be11 us more about her family if she is interested. Like gmne admits that she worked on the family until she could per of DAR. et @ you told me @bout her parents and grandparents. We did @hem in those tombstone records. I wonder if WM. SUMMERS 18: en than were mentioned in his will. He seemed to have 3 mer of his let set of children including BITHY, BINEY, iy eon he seemed to have married REBECCA JACOBS and had WM. bto be their only child, according to family tradition); ied he mentioned CASSANDRA who mast have been hig 3rd wife. \was what you thought. i? 4 fmot had a chance to investigate the SMOooT origin. Will rst book by Harry Wright Newman. It was $15.50, but due mee in price. Mrs. Steele refers to it and leaves the tu- eeeine DENT history, too. I think it has GAITHER lines phave another letter from Miss Riddell, and she thanks ne ormation but still does not offer any information she has, fe just about decided to let her dig for herself - ( mean, "ht er sénding her piles of data which I copied and typed for Meh letter to me, she offered 'to Sbpy and do research for me mr. Guéss we should seni her a bill for all the records mished her, that she did not have and knew nothing about. Epes oe . ms " . . enn a “a ex = as z a Ed ae a a ae See a Sa ee isa a an a = i . ° iene ee aa item al a x = . ot sold have been youlie bro, af ELii a who wae ; So older, since. phe Me May 5) 1807 t LO WA! JER GAITHER. mpnid ALEX, SMOOT..was bondsman for MARY JANE GAITHER when GEORGE WILLSON. 3 F you So tuch<fori@ll the SOOT notes. TI am bring to cet @man who wrote’ the Nsmoote of Waryland & Virgin i bl. living. His na&me is’ Newman - Harry Weight Newman. “He Ay R195 6 and offering the book for sale. He may be the man ie name who wrote se -much about the Gaithera. Maybe he hs Bs ) is a book store .in Maryland. thet earries every kind of pt we kmow more about the early families we need, will for lidts of books on these families. They also have et: on ifd@iyicual*families. If nothing prevents 1t,:in- ue 61) these letters tomorrows _ (puss e Stéwart finally answered my letter. She said @ @nything more’on DAVID BEALL, but that they did use ae that CHEENBERRY SUMMERS might be GREENE, the.bro. ifather, Alvin.” That pay would aek her father's cousin, Waeo Library i¢. the Hobbeat pldes Pou wan Lin eiby wiib Neco any) tine goon, will see what 1 can find dn the DiA.Re Mie more I can read about these families, the easier it is pecther. : st we had @ one inch ‘pain last night, and sevéral showers hing ie burning up from the ‘hot ary winde, It was begin- like fall. i" y ¥ ivhas hot been feeling well - just: tired and worn out. They busy. at. the hospital. ia doctors: seid he needed to take © and get away from everything there, Toney suggested that a .G,. would be fun to go through Tenn. and into h.., a how we’ can me. ke the trips but I like. to think about it. | later, | Best wishes to both of you. Sincerely, 7d Meta go type Ki F ARWALLLS FF Car BO" ! oo rn & PDN ty lle Sof 9a, P A, iffoth Chey Kei “ f# ; i . gles hebeheg: sine’) ~ Ch iggy: hoor ? A ee FAA AA th ill rrvg reniliad Zs 7 -~A a OO Roe f+ 7&4 Meteo ate 5 ME hehe 27 tn a oe hye , > @. on : ” Alia 4 FR state nell lea “_ oy, PD tt, : roe in. Le ’ ey at a Maca < Aged | : ota” ee Lge ~ Mr ot hike z PV AAR dng nde alt i oy rt Cad Vb yy, tie H4g cb fr @ RSS a Code 4 a j a Wng siege Pitot eG G2 09d bud» Mel Gt Me han dM, peg! Bry her, aa ie ed. "et om Mriutd j ek.2. a ll yy ie Aammiee OG > Ko ho ball 4 Bt, FP Mh_tmirgg a Me Ar Cer. 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So you were bit had sotie ideas, though 4 fe BPE te Réeord and, Wer tuNbe SEARCAREL GALTHER ¢ Ad othe the was i INSON MATT AEEE S MARGARED WATKINS car ER, family T were a. | meg JOHNSOY and ‘Watkins j Line. suspected Yr f ¢ 4 ae. her, ond i and &° WALTE R ty ¢ clue we had was t Let child: ‘wee trot \s papeny we Phe nex eni ke annot’ abeount for the JOSEPH. to dé # GAITHER ngme, ny f the J yt IN SON errndan Nd es hae Lost other, intant I Tin liy oc ce 4 Sapte 4 @onnsons Tr bade soury + Aye “pyonemie: ABSOLEM, J QAM p> end JAMES... “The Laat oe a \ chk. name, Now), .1t is posstd NIE or: Bi CES was, the. name: o rm ye tae nae of WALMER'S wife. ainder of OF Lert omb was JQDk EN Pre 3rd ghia DAM wy A av AY Life y eek Cee vVARGARET PANN rr at: MARGARET t nf 1S a ae 1A A 34 Wid e : how ‘ne tady in States, | Lie knows bi ‘ 3 4 ie é aa se % aga Se al the vegt Bloodhound s | every . a , “ | MBVine 2 lot of coy : a CWO Wen were here # ach 2 youpe herd: sine; & Ohotes het Ser’ was aue to dren her “LYS. o eof at any ; 29 bopba the . Li pet bal ft. aires by oy OW Tie bog Mogepie: wee two hours of: Miaicty 1 déstded-45 c6il the ve @ ut on emda, and Bete peeigete of twee: botre. pour: tL Ler 2eige = Taney Fa ZONE oBihed: ite dei? gon ey Iho cone no | oad delkiver yt vevtin Like mei) Barris, ey ered a huvpiedty aan ‘te Wigscover that rou at a + OF tt A! ita, Gaus OF, WAT." L Bot tae t @d fore Ton eavME.t end. B Wa: aoe Tetter ote UU Serie Qg bac, fect ly mapkea “ar Just whet + i) mee Toney Gressed dan Phitor 4 rh Cia fiee, Bi ot as ¢ OG" was: pliostiin , diadie at ‘ ve ternopmiber ord dread your ey: 0 eH. and over ate. WeEte too POU by FON LEY have fdund jf a ! ie? 6. i e iid ote i Ve. ather. odd that tig Lab Hibeveradiedeuhe i 4 | ; both Of us haves gad in={itved\theg a MELT ay: nayeltbe cr of; somevotiher ee or em: Ag ghe nae eee & ae an * Goren as ie ] 2) Bd. BoTle aegs., hovel i gp certain ‘Phot: cbs way a ccarme | ible. ryeordiand hert@pbstoe t sepiptton. T Went punt WED GATT HER eran dingthep- that Mother told. me eng, 61 ie, ee RET WATKINS PAT@IR Gut Wide Ritde!? saga there ak an her Soaiiy. Then ray erie S4BOB “wa oon and theme MOPS. alco WABT Rey ALTHERS 4 | : Eh. Ba eaiae Tt wuspedt ba a WAT," BR ATTHMR as ‘Aho et her) ‘and felt. tat icy eoulds get iO St Later i) ape aaa: ae tt “aient ao" ve" Prmeta ties, the” Lah ne Nanesofor ie TORS naned h.th@e.tOmh shone see. found ba é: whild wap #0 PH SR. + a J ONGoE hide ' 3 fOSk OF Jf Th ‘Br a eni Lia wis s ; ey AL ee ALR Mone, The res chil @t~, MARY BL? ghee ee Ou] 0} erenonether s\ Pron ined 1850 e109 Paint nis, The Sebi wes RICHARE ae: Mw SMO » Sead iopr y Hoes listir A Hal. Re Nie b> a han '+ hi Assoc ah JOHN ¢ OnarH, ADAM; NATHAPEEL, “ROBO. SAVES. The: last ae wed Papcanwn PANT E, apposed Owy it 4s possible that Man ARMs ror BASIS ES was the. paneer : Wife ATL of ae: ha * tay in states: ee nang hee WaLCER! Swit vey Bi lle 4, rey ainaen of the at arnotp writ | WA ni spceatincpe wae no Gait: he hang. ‘heve been Elisabeth's bretiier ! MART woul not.be oldsenough to. be ELIZABETH i hanes mes Tit perfectly if he was & JAMES a tol Nn? h'inaned! their first two childpen for WALTER'S PRGARE?. Theinext two children were JANES and oh famed for the § ‘O0T parente Of ELIZABETH. It: SHOOT Dai ee wae ELIZABETH'S bre,, and the MARY id have died in'4817, unless both of ‘pgepene and wife. That is tod mugh: ‘s ~ end AR were the BMOOT parents.” i FROST = GATTHER gonnest ian: WALTER’S sis- married JOHN MARCR, Thike was in Lineage Poe but. At could be wrong, They have tusce ext ‘time: I am there will check, this again wie a ith of rut and. Toney wll be at home, so maybe men faveimore time and, think better. Have Been dtecine in ehing to finish this Tonter before noupphing happened, you evér so cuch for the BASIL GATHER tine, and the SMoOR - aking @ liet of mn as. 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PILDERK ¢ Ay i mgH » e fi 7 : " f f / j14thid Au bpta " f) heat ¥ / yr A442t & 4.47 7 Zt ah hay fs tin LA ae a ) ~ 4 ae a ¥ 7 Lee de Pr,Aa@ CRC LR ¥ ri { as 8 a QO gled to have your data on VARGARET GAITHER who /gince I have so little on WLATER Gaither's otker ef © GAITHER-FROST marriages. he other one wis NI eu., ELIZABETH m. 1816 to EBENEZER FROST. In your meu were trying to identify the GAITHER cirle who married the maepe we have it untangled now. It seems to be this way: . Nicholas W. Gaither nm. fabithe Bailey (we think he wae merother) and Nicholas WwW. had two daus: 72) MARGARET Gaither who m. Thomas McNe sely ) ELIZABETH Gaither who m. EBENEZER FROST. She died leaving | the baby, Nimrod Bailey Frost, ane hes-eteser, Vargaret, took the baby until Fbenezer remarried. liter Gaither m. Flizabeth Smoot, and they meizabeth and Margaret - ®) MARGARET Gaither b: 1810 m. 9-17-1840 and Nicholas W. were bros. or half-bros., then i riris were be. or half cousins. Did you mean that EBENEZER | and BOONE + bros. and sons of Capt. John Frost who was eldest son of EB- zt I know you said Ebenezer was son of Capt. John:Frost who was zer Sr., Dut was not certain if you meant BOO r wis son, a180% . wondering tmie seme letter you gave the CORNELIUS HOWARD line, Seniue fit into this line. I may have asked about CORNELIUS Semrried one of John Patrick's daus. However, I am a desc. of @erly Howards ca 1650, who were ancestors of Margaret Watkins. mve asked about &@ CORNELIUS Gaither that Eva was trying to oa ned thought he might be related to a Cornelius Howard. Any- Pwou for the Cornelius Howard data, as it will probably fit in ventually. 0 t underetand why Eva thought JEREMIAH I may have married end fer ELI. She wap Elizabeth Newman. Then whet happened to Eva's Mation that there was a JOHNSEY grandfather or whatever it was? | Meant JOHNSEY'S widow. P@eked about "ELEANOR ‘WHITTLE GAITHER being a widow in Feb. Pas 2 B mould that not be 1780?" No, in 1750, ELEANOR » was not married mr, She was ELEANOR ( ) WHITPLE,~the widow of WHITTLE, bY in 1750 she married ward ait ther. For a fact, ELEANOR was published deeds in the Gaither 4 waoe. In Feb. 1750, in 80 ewman, she had bought "Gaither's Fancy" (I think) and they ner 8s “ELEANOR WHITTLE, a widow" - We have never found her ne Then when she married EDWARD Gaither she became Ja widow the in 1777. Some records give it 1780. Newman says - “EDWARD'S oM sian, 26 1777, was probated June 11, 1777 - being the first Montgomery Go., Md." Eva insisted she had a record of 1780. mepy of that will and the probate record ~-- then f will know, mot tell me that you get mixed up at the 80 milestone. Your marer than mine, I am 57. and am so mixed up on all this that a © look all of it .up to give you these answers. Eva sends me D that I do not understand, but you seem to understand it. S50, ape stupid one, 4 ‘ pr Ihave not had a chance to contact the Johnsons q@ arlin. mat clipping I had, but it is here somewhere, The weather oc bad to get to varlin very often, except for necessary sup- mhere is little time left to see anyone. I believe the dau, iy ha Dear sw pk you Hoth | 0 kind let Lost ine di the Xma ve had such horr’ ideys. am Was cold and so dark and foggy it a ' ' ‘ cc that 4 Sreffieé on the highway in. front of dayé h t by myself except Christ ar ve | dving 4 mile down the and su@mmily cot deat! til 105mm ave no id I Red Wee eating a lot elgest Meter ace 83 in San Ant me tha Be might go any time. conyul @imes, black-outs, and what able ta@ime ap and walk in Swe have had the coldes or else e they pred B wined ae! mw been severe # for your lat dina lines, me ueast of Nov., meme Gaither sent da we hevé #Oannot find her not a ¢@ pf LEBETIOUS. AL lea@ian the 1850 Census housen@im, with her husband, not lowmefter LEBETIOUS' REBECCARpm! in was named for her SHARPERmet there were no SHARPE marriedim: Rebecca Sharne. ere was peother woman, Sh@ mafemeye been a spinstey and a SUB tale OBlled Rebecca - REBECCA J. a @arfte jm last name than GAITHER, ave thie CORNELIA and CAMMILLA who -aat CAL MILLA had a husband, me another dau. and a -spl i — @Giso said CAMILLA was rie merave. I did not have this y buried ELEANOR, his Shibald BELL. i TO) IN note - JULIE 780 1870, 1 ~ & name SHAR The ke ; Y) ? nan SI = te A a a ; é , ® the Papers of Dr, Phillip Pletcher Laugenour, by Miss, Maude L, af Statesville, N.C., reads as fo] lows:- GAITHER GRAVEYARD", By Dr, Phillip Fletcher Laugenour: ‘the road leading from County Line to Harmony, about a mile west a hundred years ago, and up to a much later date, a public Detail of the family, Enclosed with 4 substantia} wal), a. that the credit of relatives<and friends of those whose @ there that while it is surrounded by old fields grown up in hs B Sbergrowt, it has been kept trimmed off the enclosure which - e, There are also to be commended for the good nie they sec im taking out al! the cedars and junifers planted by the rn friende which if left alone, would make ‘the plot a dense | testroy the legibility of the inscriptions of the tombstones, en are marble while the others are large soap stone slabs, tered, a his enclosure repose the bones of two or three generations stors of my wife and children, bi se who rest here are, JERGMIAH GAITHER, and his first wife, BAITHER and his wife; GREENBERRY “DOCKIES GALTTHER, and his IL sete and Joanna Gray, and some-of their children im the wife of Humphrey Tomlinson; DR, JOHN M, GAITHER: & and two children born in 1829 and 1834 ahd died in i pee brothers in Jaw of GREENBERRY who were = &.Hindred, Amos my. Others are Elizabeth Tomlinson, a,sister of JEREMIAH GAITHER, har »&, 1845, in her 82nd, year, Her husband PERRY "OLD FIELD" 1783, died 1851; AMOS LOVELACE, who married a sister of From thie, papers of Dr, Laugeriour: +9 Dockie“@#first wife, Mary TomTinson MARY FQRBOM, a daughter of &LIJAH who was @ brother of “He have no record or tradition probabl@ Gnat the ashes " = ten erm eS ae ma mm same tile, In 1796, ju o Moreover, the position of the p Ol B L. Nicholson wrote: - $1951, the man who now. owns and > lawl up the burial ground, The iron the” wat, The tomb stones and grave marker probab ifihrown into the creek," Miss, Ni@Molson also said That although the JeremiafWas born in 1764, hi DM 0 tt SHH + SHE HEH 19 Prof, dpPaWar field and Dr, Laugenour, bot! re After tiie death of JEREMIAH GAITHER,I,, valtnher: and ? e f \,2' McLendon Avé ' ; a Atianta, Georgia Mi LY Oo ; a 704 » Be E. Swann Route 1, Box 14/7 . Stategwiile, N. Car. 26677/ a P > Dear Mr. Swann: To seve you trouble in -tne event tnat you do not nave handy a est (I think) letter, Marcn 13, 196/ (not my latest by : gee) will quote a little. But first I want to gay tnat cen ran into some Beall (Bell) tamilies in tne Carrol records. Do you tnink tuey migut be connected—wits abowg Wuien you expressed an interest’ Tne county was opened settiigment wnen tne Creeks were removed--avout lo2b,. if it intes@mting to you, you mignt send me some given naues of abowt tnat time. a: eT fe Fr Peed es a 3 Estado " oy a Sk nets eae 3 of * Fo ae Secon@, in reterence to tne McDowells of tne saue lette "Me @mly cuildren I could caten in tue Augusta County, ‘a were James: (m. Elizapetn) d. 1/71 and Captain Sauwuel iieDowe! ' Mary MeClung), wnose daugnter Magdalen m. Gen. Andrew eid. recom! of six gons of his,’ ineluding Alexander wna made ti¢ Rewemi Ce.., N..Car., 17/5."' 1 now nave reagon to douot tuat had @fme brothers, and in a ooak by W, H. Miiter 1 learn tnat date @f tne marriage of Magdalen and General Reid was 17 givess exact month and day--in Kentucky.. Witn tue dates | got fg@m the Augi.sta County records, I had already begun @ crw@dal generation gap, but I had eccepted fauily list tracimg tne feid family back six generations back of Andrew an dates Reid and down througu Alexander. And nc vy I nave-no alll. @he genealagical dream nas collapsed. There is :o proo! Alemm@idier's: parentage or tuat ne even nad a brotner, tnougu o Alemmmiders: did.: A Reid descendant from George Reid (will 1 is: tying to escalate statements by Lewin Dwinnell McPnergo ES ed of Man into proot tnat Georgé and Alexander wer ers. He inks: Cagain on tradition) tuat Alexander came: to Werld with four brotuers instead of six .. I tnink tue gs back @f Andrew aid Magdalene Reid still stand, but tne: ta t&e Alexander of Rowan onto it. At Least it wiil taxe restu@ying of tue recors.. Next I ceme to Brice Gaitner of tne game letter. Ly: Reioim, Dr.. Brice Gaitner Sept. 27, 1/92. Judge Wiitiam wha Ged a few years vack, coifected much i oor mites (in a typescript in-tue Georgia Department 0! and he said tnat Elizabetn was tne daugiiter of Alexander ret MeKay Reid. He does not give any reason for tnynking 30 Alemm@ifider Reid doesn't mention Elizanetu in his will. Ma: just @mmmon taik among the Reids and Gaitners in Georgia. like t@ nave sometnimg better to go on." Weil, none of histe@Zans nad ever come up. witn any cnildren for Andrew m. Elig@ebetn Sarrazin May 5, 1/6>,1n Rowan Co., N. Car. ago B Madi found in Greane Co., Ga., a redard of Elizave Adminigtratrix but no@ word ot wno ner nusband was. Tha net m@Me clear tne relationsuip of ‘legatees or even 1 legatess. Upon searening otner records of Andrew's tnat the estate was divided as to..lows: Bes Ibby Reid (signs: herseif Elizavetn) accepted dower (or ane third of tue estate--as wife or widow & 637.50 Reuben DeJarnette in right of his wife Nancy 9a Sa& od Brice Gaither in right af wife Elizavetn Io 48 Dr.. Josnua L, Acree 99 10 0 t N & cb ‘ "\ ~s \ ‘A “J } % “\ = \ KR Y AL ¥ X t S Be In documents dated 1b1/, apparently final settlement af ‘Beld's Estate, the awe receive 3900 cach 1a, added ta 7k. Gregory for $900 .. I “have not yet been avle to wnich daughters provided tne rignt tor Dr. Acree and for - There is alsm an undetermined Andrew Reid involved in dated 11/96. I am net sure whetner this is the ordginal f Reid or a gon Andrew Reid, who died soon afterward. L- AL @<t-s-~ It ig @ilem worthy of nate that since Judge W. D.\Reid mistakenly assigu@ Nancy, husband of Reuven DeJarnette} to the role of daugnter apeceth Reid Gaitner instead af ner sister, he may have added hs and daughters: to tue list he gives. No doubt several of wwere worked aut’ from Greene County, Ga.., redords and may be we, but they snould ail be checked--as: I doubt tnat I snalli Pte find time to do unless somepody turns up wo is vitally a in seeing these tnings resalved.. is -— walaeh in your latest letter you inquire of tne Davis family relate@® to the Gaithers. I have absmiutely notuing on that. Also IT @ _ that I could find wno tue Columbus doctor was: wno married of Brice Gaitner--certainly not rignt away. Charts 7 Ae & %old of lasing six generations in ,aragrapn 2,1 mignt as mw the rest ef it. The more I werk on family history the more eam my recent investigations in Carrol. Co., Ga., recoraa | wand reasen te believe that my grandfatner Edmund Hunt: Adams ® hemt brotner William B, Adams were not cnildren of Elizabetu me ef an earlier wife, name unknown and probably never to be fed, since the records of the Tennessee county wnicn tne evi- Prints to as their origin was burned witn the courthouse, ap- yw in toe Civil War. Sm all tne records I nave accumulated on hamberss, Futheys, Steeles, McDowells move from my private the public domain, Oddly enougn my great-grandratner Jonn rried = Betsy Reid (or Reed), of wnom I nave been avle to g. My gran her's sister Louisa Me@emyrieserx Bai | ard had stones erected on ner piot, one "To my fatner Jonn ame another "To my mother betsy Reid Bailard.” To complicate Ge Turtner, gkeme the Census of 1850 of Carrail County, Ga., @is wife's name as Mary, and L. D. McPherson gives her name as Reid... And I have no idea wnere ne got tne Scott. (23.459 4.2 { es ee 2b Siusion 2 childhood sehoolmate of mine, Fay Lovélace, asked me me information on a cousin, son of my aunt, wno died long before member, before I was born, whose father married a cousin of puer's: --if that is all clear--and wnen I asxed where sne waa @ Ber information, since sne lives in tne small town mmmre near we grew up, she mentioned some family bibles and then said she nega ef her information from a Mr. Swann wno lives near Statesville, N. Caged am sure she never dreamed tuat I nad heard of you; and I mem Pleased with tne terms of appreciation witn wuien sne regarded It's page bed tine now and I must imock off. I just discovered muen of tne inff@mation I reier to herein. Henry W. Adauw. Pe 3 » Housenoid lie: This Greenbury Gaitner 1g appar ner; kuwky - ently, son of Brice Gait before nig Mm. Reuben DeJar- : hette Dec, 26, 1795 spot ss gate OS AE See 4} ) Co acthat Be Creu dee ole Lt : eA so oy 4 Dear Mr. Swann: it have your letter of October'7, and am sorry that oxpiae my census figures better. Your interpret: Uhgg. 1800 Census of Iredel] ounty, the. gm@romi ah Gather household there 26 45, arid there is one“Bemale bet the Birrem! ah Gaither we are looking ag@ G@correct, or he has ied t kn@wg the accuracy and 10@% Borrect. As soon cem@@m® of Rowan County @ now have answers to my letters ‘andiBrhope to have a lot more Lovelace, theg@ days. Fortunately, I have been . msus records. I have written Ber a reply yet, tte rs other persons, I, marching for one of my who, I am quite cer- i in Iredell County in t grandfather, Jere- er, I, (1762-1815) re- sided Mi Iredell County; near Little Diichman’s Creek, and not fa from Clarksburg Meth- odist Chukch. In 1800 his first wifey) ene Lovelace ; his second wife, by : known. sons were mim in 1807, one in 1810, and va 1813. My grand- filey Gaither, born #1 1862 during the civil Mee westion is — Who was : a. » ‘ this mK wife of Jeremiah me Some reasons to ® remarried after the Weremiah Gaither, in Clagett, who also p Dutchman s Creek, be- Rod y Creek Church and et left North and removed to Wood- Jount) , Kentucky, in 1815, od i i Bhe removed to Gray- son Commty, Kentucky, where he lived weremainder of his days. Practi mally all early records of Grays B County Kentucky, were: est foyed by fire during of three court- to of the estate of am was his son, John Smd there are some m Statesville con- the Sale of land of Magett, decd., by John i land was pur- "one Solomon Sum- mme year 1835. @ the sale of this land & lawsuit was on the mocxets at Leitchfield, County, Kentucky, Mlagetts, Exors. The volved were Henry hn Franklin and or, who were men- rin this letter. ‘radition says, there nec E connection between anc the Clagetts ; ms ationship. We do not generation just how enship came about, eer belief that Henry . bd the widow of m fact that his widow fren and removed , im the early 1800s. p most happy to hear me who can furnish | . fit on this matter. | ito employ some re- to make a search tl do not know whom this work. I would Saintes Se = & jee Ss 3 To The like to have some deed and marriage records searched at Statesville, as well as searching some of the old Court Order Books, Spc}! f Aincerely, Floyd E. Gaither 1005 Chesley Drive Lowsville, Ky. 40219 To the Editor, I am very concerned about the prisoners in North Vietnam, and as an American regardless . of our belief about the war, we are united against the inhuman.’ treatment of the prisoners of war Please identify them and re- lease them soon. Mrs. Johnny L, Hope To the Editor, "Some 1,500 American men are believed to be held prisoner in North Vietnam. Of these, more than 200 have been held for more than five years. Although the North Vietnamese signed the Geneva Convention in 1957, they do not abide by its articles which. require the immediate release of the names of the men held prisoner. As a result, more than a 1,000 American families live with the anguish of not knowing whether their son or husband is a prisoner’ in Nofth Vietnam, or is dead. The Geneva Convention also required the free flow of mail between prisoners and their families, neutral inspection of prison camps and adequate food and health care for the pri- soners of war. Although the North Vietnamese gave _ their solemn pledge to abide by these standards, they have violated each. of the stipulations. Because the North Viet- namese do not want their own men back once they have been taken prisoner, they assume we do not value Americans who have been taken .prisoner. -To the North Vietnamese, a man is disgraced by being taken prisoner. They believe he should have died fighting for his country. They can’t believe we don’t feel the same way. But mass public pressure from America can change their minds. Seventy-five per cent of the mail ever allowed to be sent out by American prisoners of war has been sent out since Jan- uary...since world attention has been focused on the plight of these men by their families and by the Texas industrialist Ross Perot. During the past year since the issue became public, 235 American men held prisoner or oat uly OES a ce ee ete 1): nln ¢ State THER IGAITHIR GAITHER THER ANSIBBBMARIA GAITHD BURGE 8. GAITHER A MEIKE a. GUAM, PINKNEY Gc. 7 @: Dato contributed by a To! 8 SY an. ere res “~~ » GAT TH it & 4h en * - BVLLIC, Nee SHTI NWOT Fhe bts bebe oo ed 4h b. 40281793 a. Be 12620017H%4 A De 10=1961796 Db. B= 141798 b. 5<2681800 Del lo15e1802 be 122061803 De 301601807 be 4 681810 5e 1812 mony (Oe. Ls LO ORL OO LON jens) ) loss ’ > ‘3 si LOU PF Vee / oJ” 2 ) © Bee oo lbbex PHZ (retrel ~e Weer ao ihe esl. 175 -1 Fl phone aa ot [Soefe, C - pret 7 CON OL wl. et. aie a) rt) 7p. o ths TIAR . ft a othe other boys in. town, - Landmark a gi did bewr ie Lowery wae ip | me finally *) Sout h “tn iy 2 ed t6 insite Beare. frawed four motiths Wages, $44, Nut | pee for it; is Y gob mie nh, ks ms all che company 12 ' Bong, t you can or | vent 1 get my wate fix and i Jomuary 2; Thee. | T am stil cemaining here. 1 ex- | Speci that’ I do pot expeot. bo stand | sear life long, but the doctors and | * Peverybody cise: thinks 1 am: well oe for t go to 1 pepe, a therefore i am Maghes : thet “ye Much vespect. as. a dog: | fhe home | Lifcll myself dear of ovine, Pileigurely i? pay as much attention to them | hospital: Pag a first pking, wit hb athe hail! toll you the « reason I aim ac. | § thigh. He | eysex . such ia: because J don't’ P ‘Bud rear * aout big: trian me Mi is a bed bebit. You seartaly co re What he amokes, , : and sayed sheet aut | ' secierday, ‘hoe wollag evening... heve || Reber: 7 ait tnot heard from ‘Gurney stall, ondy | oe. ne eae write Tt, nor from Lias’ anc the others down in town, Uncle | )Greenbergy ie there | guess. é deal heavier than 1 Whe! 5 eee: I have the Pencnetihs! Fas a: well. Lins’ aba but not stout. “TP witebe Gumney this | morning at Riettinoad. 1 rather -ex-' The ghall pocs it be’ got, atid 1 hove: tmaslemich thom. I expectto ica Ted Nones any tune. T have got my boots B from her. Tell fist, The fixing cuit me $2.75. 11h en lonhting for oe arent nave tine leather | in Moreen lieth for $1. K was dieag, but ai | » L wreie ber | tad heen kind 10: ‘ap ay Clothes, here Dut ie cee pay het ! oe t 4 a ly surymer, paoy ion. paforee him in aie wikis bed yesterday, pote es) rx from Lias Powell Veneng, There ape & ops go an to, lode! Fe BF do itpe ny teal? ea Petes f Fevrumry 11, 1865 left the ate a om —— to leave. tere: bon y if Ppan oe. Gi. | _— ha tla evening if 1h a" a tee LL tant antes erience In Hospital : KEEVER | mitthe » Gaither, whose Civil I have not heard from have been published in| any othe other bovs & Landmark during | did hea; Months, finally ] be. } Soy ia b adjusted to hospital | ina ral Hospital at Pet ’ that he Was suspect ering by those in John Lows Carolina Hoy arawed four mo have A W atch have near| fh sent to the hospital | ied his exchange as a mer in late November t into February of 1863 bd. bac kto the 4h/| Bin the North Ire Mere, In the month his moods "i m ranged | therefore I am Pressiest that he| ae much re i a a uc! espect ZI to come home | when 1 With the leisurely | | : camp life | @very DOdy e) 'enough for to fell myself cle ? Pay aS much attentian ae the hospital. fn a first sanhel barkis g thing ahs - tell you the \ , er 1 Qia / = pel!’ hospital. Suddenly a * ri EF horsepittie" dropped | If 1 go to peers 2nd instead | he of Se aT Te Betiy correct “‘hos. | Tell Burgess it is: x good for hin to get sick smoking, for I thinl reaps) MF, 1002. | it ig & bad habit. ¥ on sardine Gay with me€/see a man but what okeh! iad fork turnips and | Sister Molley, I 1 Weetbread for dinner | he there wher me 3S accounted at | got ines he i @immer for a solider |He came up and stayed about , “ia town yesterday. I | hour Wednesday evening have & general stir! not heard from Gurney atall. onis @d children. One| what you write me. nor from Lias people could not and the others down in fe n. Unel to get drunk. | Greenberry is there I gue: | \ Gothes does very Febr i Searce with me this Dear Paw I know Ab and all the fleshiest that you evel {| have fot weiched 167 , ‘pounds since 4 was here. a great deal heavier & smokes . Tel Miss Senit] obliged to her | lucky to g comfort; I do not! Greenberry was dow Got writing to your | Carolina Hospital. | terdayv to see December 27, 1862. | Tuasd Pink Ra te South Carolina} was n al: Th of my old ac-| not stout. I wrote Powell, Pink} mort t Richmond : Mr. Dison, Mr pedt t 0 , leave nere ) Foote, Ramsey) Mother, I am sorry to have to it makes me} go back to the Regiment yout me i see how m | getting to come home. The weathe ae friends are scat-| is so bad on me after ng house BiMe one disease and) ups for five months. I fear I v | None of these boys | not. stand it, but I expect as soo m eacept Lias. He was| as | get sick to go to the hospital m me certain. He said | again right straight ypect te I was dead. Mr. | take eare of myself from this of Measles. : | out, fi yave’'a reason to do 80 : Date uncertaiit.) | A docto or can go home, or any big ey, | had rather live |; What p than be be confined al ® a manner. We are }! ee than any slave. || The small Negroes is got to de yet Mithdse days, Christmas | catct |] Aunt Nae ' any f to hear from her. Tell | fixt T have been looking for | let her in answer 10 | |eft | ote her. | wrote her | had been kind to kee} plenty here but t0o/ What did you pay her for staying there? ' January 5, 1868 I hope you can Keep Bu . I am suffering a celnamas toe 1 Wee #h my head and jaws ce him in the se | _ pocks is raging about (aa for ie vaccinated yesterday. |!0 six months after he 1s from Lias Powell down to see ! you There are al as getting tolerable stout troops going on to | lodel Farm ima. 1 do hope my regi- (oar Pets yeome on There was more side cay axtived today from T left the hospitalth aes tell the girls tol ex Li What has become of if | | mun? Did you get the 4, 1 one in it for Molley. [ had. I inten g0 and have never Te- iment as soon as possible, answer. Tell her 1 kired of being guarded. aii TAS Lias this even January 11 prospects of a fur! tolerable well satis- the war will soon ad the letters you sent ds. He came by last evening. I expect » t the regiment soon . 1 am as fleshy as | = im my life, though 1) Jamary 19, 1663. here at the horsepit- | much obliged for the gent me. I have a right | & yet. I expected to last week, but. the wea- mi go cold aiid 1 do not i shall not leave until led to leave and I 21! Piwhen that will be. I fe } stay unl winter) mn We are not allowed to go| ade4 account of the small | ing, They are in every horse- a ‘ * PAGE 12 STATPSVILLE RECORD |& LANDMARK Ph arn hw = cae enc eens nee eee oa nee oe ae ° Series Begins. By HOMER KEEVER A ved letter box e the sale of bought the benders an all. The letters came into my bands what I ould and then to pass them | ef on to the Southern Historical Gol- r lection at the University of Nocth | thepy aie on have on their own. , ul é z section. The only letters thet them in interest are. from these who went west and wiole back their impressions of whe ad- vancing frontic: fh a sense, the letters of the Civil War privates are much aliite, saying the same things over and B two of Lom Campbell's aah he was sick with ty- | take my pen nai her, m they do serve to give ajeasily read as hose of te went on in the gol- | came from Camp Vance, As history books Raleigh, Weldon and that feeling |S. C., and to the studer : perspective | War detail would likely s aid Burgess Gai- | letters noted that J. B doudin) of theirs, Mol-| the Burge of Thomas’ ther. who came to an/|D.’s letters, died in the mig with Burgess while | the city of Chagteston Jus Camp Vance near the|He went there after “Tis E. Gaither, sister to | deniy. mI Ti By ¥. left home March 16, | almost. no punctuat tion, at Wes nearly 23 years old.| copy book formulas, in hand to v @ prisoner, he wrote con-| a letter and | ) let you Know 10 bis folks at home—to his | well and dian you are the ohn B. Gaither; to his mo-| Except where younger “brothers, Bur- | add to’ thé d; and to his sisters, | private soldier nd Martha, ? | Burgess: Gaither’s lét-| Someone else shwere addressed to Mol- | letters | might although he inelud-| and break the sentences a P other members of the | ent pla he wrote-to Mollie! made misspell ec understanding inws Serbes QPP “es hut OSE er letters to him are, | copy , not, as frequent of as! wil book “formulas. be no attempt to and - e Char! i of Cn P¥éry mass,‘ lenlightenment on obscure phra im few exceptions, the near-| of the. war than those of his ‘bn $ were written by three | L ther. A newspaper clipping: among ti add more see | Va Uv e CGaithes pité 20 4 and Burgess. As with most of the Civil Gaither served with the | letters, some editing is nec¢ “Iredell Company of the | for easy reading. The private As yrite I same.” i ol W ill Mi ai ano | war. Lum Campbell’s| Vaacé days to join the Confed- was another “Molly” Gai-|erate navy and died rather sud- Wal Sary n irginia. A note | that war left- much to be desired aither says that!in the way of spelling and used wittr ‘was killed May 3, 5, 1063, |most of the letters of the period, Chancelo neville, | the Gaither letters are filled with much as every effort wi! | to cet the real meanin are; not in the collec-| series will also omit much “{ you al vO y) ec | the spelling and insert punctuation reading | the different hon from at Raleigt bi UNE Thers SO i G From Gaither Brothers’ Civil War Letters Thon as 5 but no oO V aS a d place, ye ore 4 Y of n, our regi- WAS pat) here. | dent K v4 “ Wwe # J ' hem pernaps | from _ 10T CeC- | stoppe A great | 000. ad as, aul hey could m fu ‘y retreated last | +p tt “eh ‘ s0n to some announ om. But na TH than T purd ; [ haveig m mud | ign oadsice h a sight | never) anothe some mud but! Ap now @ plenty | cunnli MISO | club i Le « 0 ‘ think Sarsiburv. ts stop : othing to servis acng press take| ats gett, { phace | the Down | Sasry a PATSON CAN | ahs Wp furfber | unnee “T | United CDS PICUUTre | fiye og i norse. [ tell you he Jooked| Ag V ef t . nT here +o this irom miles a i] ¢ Huw y 1 j (kh ‘ Wh i) SOVE rn we drown +a ou have seer SAW (iI ig I 1 : P 51 Vie arge cily wer iH, « would } t "gi i sa nl ge uirg wa ears | 1 ce y see nigh all ar ge hurt. | Richmond is so } a 1% m at least a week to dog gy 1-3 , y cat ip v +} wreath. nice’ liCa DLace not ) i bridge a half] “su } Ong : ‘ 5, 8) of 90 | for: } s..more people | telj Molly, and more | think rethiest | I 1 | wast valked, | ie ever } to see Yankees you can 7 1 4g : t4. SCAT) ene | urged ering about There are five or six running here ; tive i ver since | came. Some thinks fying he Federals has gone back over O Potomac and that there will jf { her, , <« | sound | 1 sight to see | lar ag ming ¢ lage an te lag Foster that Mr,| He | takes. around | be of gs |W aien nNeeiy an Mr ace | ban i re | ass Vy armies, | D@ t night we! } ot pal | ent Logg ar AD Dray ‘ iv pe: eTe Ca M a ii War Soldier Often ‘i RGEVER | yet. I wich you t pot & te best use you Can, fat Thomes W. Gaith- | oe ; is his family while he was | Rapiden Sac on Va ‘Guring the Civil ae | April 19th, 1982 P that he was whale-| I am well except . a Tae cold, * “ of such 8 WH) was very unwell last night but | cn feel tolerable this morning. The | Most " everybody curses, | iti a fine fellow, He is 4 er, na lets tntey thought % Ms Ch: Chaitin. r ix Redisnding of the fh THA The oye areal ver cley- om er. ' Rcthity: seis: st in| We don’t gab much to eat, and | leaving the Union; its| when we get it, we have nothing | tires mare than 9 to| to cook i in, It ie gonerelly three Galling a convention to | four hours by sun before we eam x Mis out of the! get anythitig to eat a all wh ie! Bik when war came, | the poorest living thet we ever’ er fougit on the side of Could have thought of. I do got! Seome of them were sq| know what a person would gle. they finally quit and | here to have this ended. I havk | ft tide. Others quit] prayed ever since I left that we! stayed on, but| might have peace and get back) © "ies id @very minute of it. j this summer. oat he ae ae of thas |. Gurney is bay bared 14 well A Hater He enliged | the rest of us. He has Sis’ tfpe Prime rile stbiet, but | (fintype). I-had my type taker at ested in collecting his | Statesville for my shine but tid ° " and early in his life | not have a chance to leave it | 4 f Regiment there are | was sorry I did hot get a chance had hoped when he | % see her, If I had the time \to| “he would soon be mt 8 over, T would go to see her Homesick | place where hie wateh might be) i fixed or hia tintype taken To his sister Millie he -writes | continually of his ‘‘shine.”” Who she i Was and where she lived never comes out plainly, Te Burgess ie writes of the girls in general terms | ig and shows coticerh over the mai- Cy ary | agement a the | farm. All in all, , j pit Hite Sock home as pote do of ite | in je army, | St leg és, | but as it is, so it is. 1 am going!’ ot in the first | bo try fo send my type hack to * bh io was well settled | N. C. t0 my shine. Bim a letter fram; Burgess, I feel like 1 would |™ i Virginia, where | like to be at home this morning |’ BC A the ah Regiment af. | and help you slow, bet. ig hard | ret! vated fron slanads- | tO tell wher * ae back. I ex iP. wedi y Wied this war is March 0th, 1862 life for bomang. | Made. avy rain and sleet | This is a mighty place for spec- enough to kill any | ulation, Chickens. cost 30 cents; in tents crowd- | 85, 20 cents a dozen:- turkeys, | $2 or $3 apiece, paper $1 a qiire | eexded. You can tell the girls that |™ | they may look out when peace is o 8 or 14 stays in | | F wish thet if Paw has not got | De Porcum, G. Powell, | shut of my watch, he would take | SE Tomlin. L. Foreum, | fm, §. Campbell, ; & Gaither, aither. . for it, Gurney hought a watch | eats: at Statesville for $15 and sold it) for $20. ) tip Burgess. are- you done sowing, Saar three redruits wilt | oats? How are you getting along | Tl aiel sled %. to-tne by eerne oak | it to Statesville and get it fixed | ihn | think that I could get about | bie gemma DOU work’ De Zou bare Tae oorn gréund broke up? [¢ the of yon | Doach Slasorns ten Have you that watch fixed and send it | p by him. : es #22 Ree. heavy b we to }. but # There ie much more, of course; | tothese letters that the reluctance te be in the army end say with) 1%. The bad food surprise at the monals of the others, the ese aoe | wh him. The anes in the tant | With him are mentioned over and | | over in his letiers, eapecially the ; i s And he adds to the picture of @ War time Statesville. ik was the || | place he expected his family to go | | for busin=ee, when the pre-nailroad | | generation. would have gone te | . Mocksville or Salisbury. i was a} eaten canheeanneeiemnneint about to get. furlow. Ir you can, | Al uv te vq Ree Bite et Sst Vifare. It looks | mee Tain tonight and | f bents, I am glad to Respects ue engugh | & good tent | ' Grower, be sntis- long at possible | b for to come | . pect for crops the | ithe way between | : to ed some mon | F have received only | es Dries in 20 minute Guaranteed Washal 35 a al : ed by Fe g coi ‘wn the old im 2 ad | led i A ' m of i = Te a o Y > } Manassas Mays fighung Waly, Second Manas- muy at the last of Au- after Gen. George me moved hi 'maved his troops STATE 's Johnny Rebs Had It Easy E |They stop suddenly abou! a week before Second Manassas, as. the Fourth Regiment moved toward Pope's army. While they came, letters were of a lighter vein, with | me * |more interest ing at home the same vell the Seven Days les includ ed with these ‘One suspects Tom Gaither’s \shiné—the girl who goes unnamed ithroughout all his letters—is the arm | ter of Wi's | gunboats | troduced Keever letters from Thom- his family in the nity of North | Riehmond and the was of his aries River, his men were’| | transferred. 4 rie harmy command | Va ‘ 1862, girls that Ruchmond, June 9, : Dear Sister, Tell iare charging about mHond to meet the | somet -them @my coming di-\as us that will de us a gton. m Pope between | Sahington. Just as | tha that the odo a \good as talking. [If they do their began to run | diity, the) find so much mB Lee sent Jackson tiene to what does not not about a to attack him | concern ee of Manassas | You say p Ar fétan Creek oo. fed ih maneuvering D Virginia and Mc- | please, ‘ wants my mare fay battle; and | You must keep her in good fix victory, Lee | so that 1 can to ste n p Potomac inte | girl. I got a letter from her the McClellan sur-jother day. She is well but or} much trouble } Were said, at the | got her typ pesburg. Lee was want it very m “ et £0 cy} MF) wile put it in’ s t to. her. ‘ ipay 10 cenis posiag would of his command for} direct it escape, »Seplain of Gaith- | jParcum that his history of the ‘from her Says that the} Burgess, I have a Seven Days at jand Alford. | want paetam was spent ore | to try to .do all the you ¢é Keeo out-of bad involved in Second | pany and | th gh other lredel! ~ Molle) to hear word for you the ' g00d Com you. to join Kee] t) show the arm) m periods, were frequent were welcome. in | Paw jteam. It ‘impossible when | ami you spoke appeal's Ropes Molley, by Mr two | agiyided among ong ari the rawner aS got see his sister etlars up to ten cents, | will he regiment. We to our old car nave prom my days NESDAY, MARCH 8,. 1961 cRNA ET a NS hnny Rebs Fought More iki im when McC Pot Wiliants their first big bap Ve. are . er _ in Camp Winder Hos he ‘ i ( es a ae a) e Richmond. This series of nishe x ee: oS Nm : a ’ ; S a emphasizes that aspect of Pere oe §) a ( TY 4 me : ’ Yorktown, Va., eS ae ie e Republican Plays — r. Set Precede"t was pt 0 doe Nance Garner re PRT IK nce ot ’ LLE RECO WD & LANDMARR @$ Than Yankees During War | b not far from this | shall try to come home. It appears , | i+ May 21, 1862 ; igniting every day. | that some can get off very easy! The weather is very frregula nh em & good many | while others can't get off a tall. | and indifferent and our boys is al ors i ats a ukeee this place,but | want you to comé after me. thi 7 ii be some hard | : ce Bt is said when | i aud | by some our and try to get off and can't, I| charge and will F Who have been | It is on account of the differences |a mending with the exception I have no ac-|in physicians. Paw, if I stay sick | Turner and he got a dis-/w start home tomor- | 1 ‘Tow or next day. I did think 1) *% The rest of the hovs is all about | would try for some days, but as I | re ’ the same except Turner. If I had have got better, I suppose it is not | - u maee that we will | been in the ward with him I might | worth while. I am expecting to get | ‘bp Virginia, but |have got to come home. 1 under- | the measles every day, for I have | to the line | stand Gurney and Dolphus T | bee: a is sick — the regime: - | I have been with the mumps and | f back; don't get | pose they are in an open field with-| have not had them. Poster that Mr. Richmond in the with them about three weeks, | four weeks, Ij out a tent or anything to shelter | This morning, the 22nd, I will fof 2 discharge, | them. |try to finish my letter. Mr. Jobn | koa _ | Turner is dead. He died This Morn: | Camp Winder Horsepittie ta about daybreak, >" | Bee been for 9 | —————____ ; —= and he has palsy i. I expect to Mm as soon as | BL iz ve ee Horsepittle iy 1862 ) B sick with bowel had such a eat anything in Pworth naming. | i, don’t care much OOS The ladies Giewery day something $0 like home, such Pho Turner is 0 | ie morning. If | : iy Gays longer, | | oo | ee na ! ev . Waders ‘in the | ; } weeding will at-| Regional Feed. | ® field day pro-| faingrounds to- | ee ) panistiant farm | y sone inierested | BS to attend. | he Meeling will | ppetter caitie for | e nert of the ses- | Pa tO business, | itgrounds. yar at 10 a.m. }epunty agent, |. ing idtess, On| an Wil! be [ weep} ¥ COME TO COLONIAL FOR I DELICIOUS YOUNG WHOLE FRESH GROUND Meat Loc NATUR-TENDER LAMB (SQUARE-CUT) od SDAY, MARCH 8, 1961 eo smn me dell's Johnny Rebs Fought More KEEVER j April fo <a welt theres ang | We have ‘had imes | hatte. | ee were gt the omy ene- | arin: he | UUur ng basa mY ell boys who were WeeKS We have had rau Bierate army if Vir-| and sleet. I have been very unwe fers of Thomas Gal- | for some days. I feel a little bet wm y in the Clarks this. mor ng IT did suppose I was fy in, North Iredell | taking the measles. Dolfus Tom- @ sickness in camp | jin has got the mumps. Tell Mrs. Ba battles or Yankees. |Fosier that Mr. Foster is sick at il ‘with the 4th Regi-| Richmond in the horspittle. He is mh shifted frov i not dangera to the peninsula be | e come send «and Newport | the other day, Th im McClellan pushed | sight of this place. ‘TI Wihiamsburg and then | we will have a battle here r first big baptism | many days. We are so well fort Pines, Thomas, fied that it Js doubtful about 2 in Camp Winder Hos-| fighting here. There has been somie ond. This series of | skirmishes. es that aspect of | This is thé nicest place I have | been since I have been out. Jf my 4 $i ckness of mumps and measles is; J] am taking | Yorktown, Va. |not too severe, I think I 1 1 get | ibut I do Sa =e ‘+ at oe sate pee airy > is the case or I heard to High Texas Stakes ‘+ LE c, WILSON } LMS 8 f ‘ Won, not wrON (UPD—It is a rs will be. choosing | anything at t unl bt beeen 9 ore Republican and 70) formation, You spoke ol ho f thot the Republicans | | Demo Many of these 70} you missed i w i Texas, and for big | | Demo us are without any | would be the | chance whatever of being elected | home 7 the U.S. Senate! and with no recognized qual lifiea | I was glad to - by Vice President | tions for the offiee or, @ moe. Ths €| campaign | fo They simply ‘ Texas Republicans | clutter and confuse the contest ‘ hed to win a. Senate | Democrats to Share he decré Pmay be faint praise; There are several strong and| .M rs ' ; tna: BB fact, well known candidates among the | amount of troops mr 6 Will «take «place | Deniocrats, however, such ay the 7i—that's right, Sen. William A. Blakley, wi who have filed, | cupies the seat by appoints an. Th * |! Blakley and the several qu » clam to | candidates are expected last Novem- | nearly all of the Democratic § Contest for Johnson's! [f these top candidates Johnson, . himself, | about equally ja the Democrat ¢ | aa @endidate for:re-glec- | yote, it seems possible that 7 as a candidate for | might cet into m-off elect the vice presidency. A run-off | seems’ Set PrecedeMt | the circuthstances jae precedent for that Another “if” rele Joon Nance Garner,| If his 926.000 rs of ja en in 1932 for: re<lec-| November were all committed : House and. at | the| Republicans, 1 for élection as vi >| get a great many of them again legs fon the Roosevelt ticket. | There probably were peculiar . of Johnson wor i¢ | anti-Johnson votes among Towe saency, Hence the Texas | November total, however, and @ection now. coming/there may have been of other fac- j tors that helped hi i S polled 1,300,000 votes | would not help | mr last November. His}. Republicans h epponent, Tower, got | least, to make a shovy ¢ was better than a| Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., will “table showing/| visit Texas March 17 to aid Tow- 5 Republican ced er, Goldwater is the most exciting | The idea which is; figure on view among Republi- Republicans here | cans, their voice of coriservatism. tp dream heppy | The eyes of p { a on | Texa are Southern MG noney =. gre. 8} 4 Ses 128 fifte ng appan Range... | SVT RECOW) & LANDMARK ither Letters Tell Of Confederate WER KEEVER real baptism by fire as McClellan march | (peninsula between the ago rivers toward attack ' the Confed- | i from the east. Their @ had been at Williams- | Confederates were that town, bot it was tte SONNE tee ee ELT ET IE esa la "i y fast t! people kees is well vans do 1 troops \ gimans always ty hes Ing vo Neal Panes that the casualty | ™ | Richmond, : ther there wil | daily bring expected the | morrow or not am to drive him p gates of Richmond iment, to which’ Mf the Clacksbury | North’ Iredell Te | im the thick of those | b were in the regiment, | Company H from | 9 Statesville com- good luck to milk and bneéad Camp June .3 t I wrote vou a few line | day expecting . to before this time. I have some n | to write. I expect to leave | yw and go to my nr See corinne | = a 5 afd Commanded | member of the House | Hives, Absolam K. | “y mi CO pany a built | we bow the Statesville pademiy as the war their teacher, ‘‘Cap’’ captain mself was sick duri sbirg fighting and | tame of the Bat- | Pines, but he report fight in some detail ; his regiment for eye fiphting srownd |} but one can 1 help his letters had b about the fighting ia the hospital ne wrote Wo a s home about thi : 1 Weil : and | if ae iy heal h has been eft home, but this time than | oly I left home, I ex to the regimenf tomor paeeen find it. | have hot with mM for five weeks. Ou :iBawin Osborne) was here . He said our company. i for a week we would have" a larve, x says’ that if thgre is one today or |to- the hip and th Last Saturday and Sunday ‘our regiment was engaged in battle From reports it is cut. up. bad and not only ours but many other regiments The captai Li moming at’a p % Ladies’ Dresses smartly. Stvled I spring And Easter Crepes And Blends Styles In “y Sleeve Jacket Sty And Full Skirts In All TI (olors. Junior.’ Misses \ $14.99 Others $5.99 to $17.99 New Spring CO aither Letters Tell Of Of Confederate fmm KEEVER troops in ‘Virginia real baptism by fire p s McClellan march | sala between the | ps rivers toward | > attack the Confed- had been at Williams- | e Confederates were | iat town, but’ it was | that the casualty $0 Mount. they were in the ote seven days p, threw his army | men to drive him) e gates of Richmond. | ment, to so 0 States ille con}: | “ led. g Absolam K. | a Compe vy C.. built | > Sitesv ie de 7 as the war hh their teacher, ‘ ap’’ B captain eee self was sick during @ fighting and in met the time of the Bat- & Pines, but he report- | at fight in some ; detail | med his regiment for | a Raye fichting vend fd, du: one ican not help mm his letters had been “about the fighting as | the hospital. 5 es, he wrote to a ms home about the wv. 1 am well and ih My health has been left home, brit @ this time than [| Mice I left home. | ex- the regiment tomor find it. | have nat far five weeks. Our | win Osbotne) was here | | He said our company | wo Miles below Rich- they had march. expected for a week says that if there is g@ done today or to 42 o'clock ‘and 1 heat ma going on. We have mS given us since we by the citizens , | only paid 75 cents | people here in R: for my break- fast. this morn About half the kees is well known. The Virgin- ians do not theat the North Care troops with much respect, The ‘\ gimians always does al! the f ing to hear them tell it Dear Friends at home: | sur Mr. Foster got home not been much fighting done around Richmond, and I do not know whe- ther there will be or nat. They are / daily bringing in prisoners. It was expected they would ‘today or to- morrow or not at : | good luck to get truck such as i milk and bread and little snack Camp. Win June 3, 1862 I-wrote you a few lines last Fri Ba expecting to have it mailed before this time. I have some more | bo write. I expect to leave her morrow and go to my | Last Saturday and Sunday our regiment was engaged in From reports it is cut up badl and not only ours but many regiments The captait vunded througt the hip and thigh. I saw him this moming at a private ' cog said he thought there 18 about 5 0 wounded Ml 12 killed. Lieuter * nond is Yan-! ant Dobsor nded in the foo eg E. Campbell's finger Robertsan wounded , : STruck on i ad : r fight- ih Gumey I Go Tt is SO or not.:I hope it is not : o pose Captain Simonton, | n. What i a : There has | killed. All the officer: killed or | wounded but three or four. Cap the States | nat Of Co | : gti < ” captain that remains wnhurt. As | : I have had s not m od I hav a left horsepitite] anid | come to the regiment. I feel un- | well most of . the } know whether I shall able / € bo- ! here or not long. Nothing | regiment shelter with. I may get’ into bat le before many days. I have never : battle. | got any of your letters because ¢ you directed them to egiment $e Gurney got ther i ; i them up be saturday. Th and wound house, He | Fourteen were killed é 4 a a artly Stvled Ladies Dresses Fo r Spring And Easter In Silks, Cupioni, Crepes And Blends. Large Selection Of Styles In 44 Sleeve Jacket Styles, Sheaths And Full Skirts In All The Latest Spring Colors. Junior, Misses And ‘2 Sizes, $14.99 Others $5.99 to $17.99 New Spring 5 , . fe a Ps ES vn bid PAGE § een RRR cS am em a dion Near Richmon che Exander ney Tig Mie Mr Hooks” SOT killed, al Mr, Edwards’ folks that y Wiley is fot burt. “Tbtimond Va., | | Dear Sist July 3, 1862 | were marching g come to ‘this place with | gether I have beer esterday evening, I have | places. It was Mimity of dropping a few see the wounded Tam well, only fa | whipped them con ¢ been an the march | loss on bot! ps. I wes in one fight | eral thousand & get burt. There has! I feel some 6s. May of our boys | act will setthe the have fallen on | yesterday nt fiag been detailed of lose property, I} you sent by Mr likes nar never want | know how maa . We won a glori- | Ri ous captured thousands of | July dollars % of property. We have! 1 wrote you two | taken ec@l thousand prisoners, || day at Richmond I we will never be in probably come pgemem. There were} recruit, but it was all f, “out of our company, | on we have marched n , Mr. Mise, Mr. Ber- | miles from Richmond Bthe other: Mr. Bob | Yorktown. Ever?thing killed: Gumey was/ this time. There is 1 Shonicliiaiuch the thigh. IT ex-| itig on anywhere pect he has gone home. F Albea r sure has heer MS not ei nor is H. Robertson | Victory won here * Tomlin, nor W Gaith ither: hopes that peace is senate a Another Letter Series fy y HOMER KEEVER SVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK En During... the past Record @ Landmark r of letterg written home ginia durimg the Ci) Thomas W. Gaither, lett: from me time he lef | March @ 862 until just : cellorsville early in Me) may letters show Mant Confederate sol Pwith the a though’ “he: eomplained every Mintle of | Sometime after his youngépaether, J. Burgess ef, web @onscripted, Referen as om tl Wa thye dea first hej was sent to his bi the Fourth, ‘in Virgima was gtalioned w i group at Ca of the West th rn N ‘, that he wrote sister mos ’ Wa t} eevee are much } tive, the war becan and more A matter ¢ | reluct to accept gradi hl Oro Mae der’ of Civil War tory Burgess’ jetters are va —onee yep can dig throu | spelling te see what he is sayin They Sil of an almos! for phase @f the war, or most forgotten phases Hig Matters begin a Camp in September or October of 18¢ Whatmme likely the first two a undated; the first one with a de nite date is from late Octobe Abouk?tiat time Maj. James Ma was sem (to ize bal Fito support Gen. Robert iB. Vatee in his def Wert orth Carolina f gott s org e of thor’ ers A n Vance! rth 18th could remem 4 ant story of its is the same Burgess Ces in Burgess letters indicate that al \e@ Ich Clot have Y as (not. I iecare of want more blanket the h ave. Moll las 1 eve 0! wn | any day. You iat William do not know from there foll, I wish place. 1 would get out and canr a sul of this slLitute Ire 1s ) cha war. Paw, | 4» a substitute if you not La m the Union Tepessee and bands of Gait} Tell her r¢ fron ma that ner § ean tel gone hen was out of this ve all I have to ot get on wit Paw | T ‘ “yy & am of e ant you to = : z= «4 can, for i would at ah. nire me 4 a: \ | We cannot @at i a-tall. Paw, it | stay here long, I do not expect to | live long, fF T eannot stand camp | life. Go andi ty to hire Mr. Har | tis or Sam Qimningham.—Your son iJ. B. Gait, Direet your letters have not d |to Camp Wales near Morganton,| pect | |# care of Ldeutenant Roberts. have not j —— 4 i Bam in L | Dear Sista, We are here in a |pany. He | (tight place, for The roll is called ||! can learn | three times @ @ay—at daylight and | sent | at twelve Bt eight ai night | There will Be preaching here | dleven o'clatk ; I think w@@illistay here al! win ter. We arg having winter® cahins put up. They ate up the railroa about one fille, I expect we » move tomormgw, but I don” kno ene hour what we will have to do the next. I want you te'tell pretty Cousir | Molly To that | hare she | | was igoing # Keep house for one | of the boys her to walt till I get back. Bwant to go to the | wedding, for T want some pancake | will send die by Wright Reive iT gent one sy John Boles las! Friday. | WERE you to send some things by . , a Dig spr and a fork, YQ@E May sen ‘ blanket by fright, and a bed tick Hig as all ‘ of them hag Ded licks and need one away, Just make | enough : lay on. | Tell Cousit Mo! I am well an want to hea gpm hr sin Callie TE gid not ‘o too much ebeut Mr. smu — -. Getober 18. 156: Dear Fathing, There ist me | ing in here Rfemm all cure I wrote to yo that Willia but he has come Lo Bri ages army — a _— online ti as —= SS ee ee By HOMER KEEVER When Thonas Gaither of: the Clarksbag@. community 0! Iredell yam back to Con Megiment of) tin mid+Febr had been 4 them six! mM found af army of ver: in winter guarters alon} is s above Fredti ersburg ‘duh most career, @md # looked as 1! buamtle down o Pthe Yankees o1 Rapida of Fe Potomac yt k a Vial ove manch of th ming Mis anmMys movement at ‘ wily enough, Thomas long the taal one mg. 1 would have vou a letter | imolt a chance e he let ‘es nice pe ur of en ow the first good Peemet to come hon ieee dd not stgp the ur company} has yen or eight @ither to turn g good to eat % March 10, 1863 ri ve @ chance to B lines by ney is wel Meath leit F gnal , pot, for @ayed. wih out 5 March 17, 1863 een 6 these few lines Dh lé have had some weather ever h eet ip Bday and blustery ® tolerable hail | evening. It thun aime and hailed pbird eggs until the mt covered. We hav: to loth tents iy compforta! plenty to eal, Ba mrt better than it and the rest of 5 @bout the same . always been. Moll, aeeing about you t girl on that side ame is Frz. C, E Campbell who had | By since Thomas | the | Adolphus | vs, | saw aw Ofte | The re must 2 away fter Molly.) | He was sick but abou! | and imen belore they ‘of battle. But whet Rain and | | this | Shruve 1 Carps, will | for a series of | ferences” | African la swing |twb weeks, discus & LANDMARK americana Rapican une out of the paucy as you ginee | He is Stheaga company. please. One fine young man C departed this lite the of Company | other day. | pre hr oi} wee days. | of New He died with the brain fever. His name was Augustus ‘ ampbell, Rob is well, Burgess Morrison 1 win close by. Dolphus saw hin Interna Gurney and Dolph Raym d ‘orpora ade = tea newsinel March 20, and our boys to er day Tom- 1863 had Castro 1 Turner tor OF | the other day away above here on the ris ‘ got a the and Cros irTy and | the Ha and took our pickets and | ‘apie e,’ bridge acr d over ca hare OUl fore they HOYSs - about | abhor tl our | J » ( in line | got in line, they them back in hurry, fairly | g a dam at ihe istic river dead Yanks. we hed | marching orders that night. | hopes this will settle things at place. | am on guard duty to ght. It is snowing as fast as you knew anything killed a good many ol cold get the tion, 8 arove wl Wi auc. 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WARFIEL Formerly: Professor of English Literature in College’, genealogist and author of ‘| KOHN & POLLOCK Puntratiens Bavrimotte, Mp, FOUNDERS OF ANNE Art NDEL AND Howarp ( Gee Mr. Charles E Disney, proprietor of one of thesé st Meendant of the large Disney family, of Anne Arundel. stil] pi nent near Odenton. He owns several his ligt Vis, & part of “Hickory Ridge,” “} and “Ga mance.” South of Highlands, leading to Snells Bridge, B gither located “Bite the Biter” and Richard Snowden he Ob his “Snowden’s Second Addition,” Upon this tract, near Snells ge was born the Continental] Whig Major, who rode to Annapolis tordered the “ Peggy Stewart” to be burned. This was the hi Azel Warfield, whose d : tet has also pas escendants are world-wide. The Gaith i sed to the Harding estate. 7 Mr. William H. Marlowe, recent Register of Howard County, BOlds two of the old pioneer cottages upon “ Bite t] the Biter.” : The estate of Azel Warfield deseende 1 to his s0n, who | 8 Darhelor relative. Just west of Highlands is Hickory | Ridgely seated his so lal t toric tracts at H artnership,”’ grTref eft j a Lidge . » upon which Colone n Greenberry, who left a distin Sof judges and patriots, “GAITHER’S FANCY,” HOME OF BENJAMIN GAII HER, Benjamin Gaither, second son of John and Ruth Gaither, marri ip 1709, Sarah Burgess, daughter of Captain, Edy Ww) Burgess and located upon “Gaither’s Fancy. me estates upon the Patuxent which extende! awling eirs were Benjamin, the bachelor; John, Edward. S; m, Elizabeth Davis, Sarah, Anne Hammond dra Linthicum. ‘ Two old colonial cottages: y with imme nse chimneys and ws, still stand upon one of hiis estates # ] Bridge and Highland. It , late Register of Wil The Harding estate is al ion of Benjamin Gaither’s survey s, all upon the Patuxent oa: ; ; ‘ oe t. Gaither’s Fancy,” the homestead, was leit to Mrs. Gait} ding life. That was on the Patus ent. Be njan n Gaither y mive in establishing Queen Caroline Par h, in. 1728. Hi th-whole Parish of st. Ann’s, which then embraced all Berea west of Annapolis and extending to Gl ille, wmecessary consent to establish the b; neh church uy © present old brick church. He was an active br of peal estate. His name appears also as a witn, Me @@ighbors. To each of his heirs f a and negroe: jaeenjamin Gaither’s will of 1741 |e ft “my manor hou Mafor life. To Benjamin “Pole Cat Hill.” To John and § OOM each of “Bite the Biter.” mayarnin’s Lot,’ Vard ay H if i ; Is now owned by Mr. Wil ls for Howard. as 4 Ul : ite the Biter.’’ bet 1] arksvill SSO m X To’ Edward 350 5 (at Triadelphi To Her BY AS er’s Chance” in Prince George Co ¥, Tov es of “ Gaither’s Fancy,” whereon I now dwell. Davis, Fran It must be embraced all the all the upper after 1776 Chance,” a Unity. At Gaither’s of “ Gaither’s Chan: Samuel Gaither Hewas a bachelor ar other sisters and brot Fancy,” the home was also a bachelor Tid field, of “ Brandy,” | Addition.” | T: Gaither, he Long, my tr: and to John Norwood * Gaither’s Favern’’ and Mary Warfield (of | Henry Gaither (of | oldest dang! f q Wh te W veyor and Benjamit Wart ld, EFlizahbet \ and R Davi Hei mother } 1 Founpers or ANNE Apu’ Major Willi liam Gaither (of Willian . Dorsey (of a and removed to his fat} , ville, Frederic! K County. Issue, John Dors Gaither (both fn ZL helors), Henr Che Margaret Dorsey Gaither, Henry Chew Gaither——Julict.’ Edward Hobbs and Thomas Gaith: George Gaither Kate Poole Fannie, Mrs. “pone ‘Yashineton Bmzabeth Gaither (of: Major lian Gaither, William Gaith r, Richar Margaret Dorsey Gaither Thon: of Dennis an: l Henriet tta (Gaither) Pool Of Baltimore: Mrs. Albert Maynar Jones (deceased) Mrs. Mirvartt Dorsey Poole dl @aughter, Mrs. Albert J Jones. . Her: heirs wer Jones, Henrietta, Margaret Gaither, Nanni imore, son and daughters of Mr many mementos of Major Mphrait @fdent Federalist who aceompar imore apd ag fended hi William Gaither h: id his har ) prisoner. “ig never. flinch passed on, and thus his life was alao severely wounde Colonel Henry Chi wo Was Captain of “The I'lying @al Washington, Colonel of Infantry. He was a ears lid portrait, fortnerly | 5 how in possession of shel family Henry Chew v Gai ither V sional Cemt Lither Biers Chi Alfred Ga ither Pauline Gaithe Robert Ould, Conf George R. G Baltimore, may innal His son Col. nel George “Gaither’ S Troo} years’? g became : a part of t] Was later in con IAI Mafried Rebecca H 422; - Founp Dorsey Attorney commands the \etera Gaither, John Gaither a1 rely R. Gaither, His:daughters are Mrs Thomas H.' Gaither (of Gs dauchter of Commodore I Bland of Chance llor Theo occupic ~ the Peggy Stewart no Jr., is a capitalist of Baltimore The daughters of Geor Samuel Riggs Gaithe his cousin; Captain militia in 1S] married Jane Mrs, John Griff Mrs, Nichol: : Gaither. Perry Gaither Dennis Poole Gaither, and Charles Pe ry Gait Daniel Gaither a: Gaither (of Major Ephr Frederick Ann Gaither Gaither Elizabet! Mark srOW! ‘Gaither’ 1757; named | Dayis, | to Elizabeth executors, Mr at her Tue I of Ben) of her who p character, friend, al Jol n ' Rogers, dat issue, Warfi jamin Gait John), w! | en Founpers oF ANNE ARUNDEL 4xD Howarp Covntirs. ee Zachariah (of John)—Sarah Warfiel Riggs). Major Thomas Gaither, late‘of the Cir his sisters, of Cincinnati, are de hariah). Greenberry Gaithe has ason, James Brent- Rawlings, Gaither (of Zachariah) went to Cj Vand left Miss Ca roline Ris prs Gait rand sister “ Bite the Biter” was last held: by Evan Gaith Gaither, who later removed to West Friendship. Evan Gaither (of John) gave his one-third inte @f military lan Is in Kentucky to his brother John: Nancy, Sarah and M: ary Gaither, “my right in ‘Bite t in & part of ‘ Segond Ade lition to Snowden’s: Manor’ and ‘ M@Mance,’ purchased of my brother Vachel; to Nathan sister, Susannah W _ rs, a.part of ‘ Snow ‘den’s Second ‘To Samucl and Zachariah and my sisters above all thi my estate.” Edward Gaither (of Benjamin n) married El Wes deeded 100 acres of “Gaither’s Collections” by Ed fof Edward). Their s ns all enga ged in the Revolutio: Samant Greenberry Gaither, quartermaster in Captain B y; Lieutenant Basil Gaith + Ensen Burg. Benin Gaither, of Major Beall’s. Battati pWere all legatees of Benjamin Gaither, the bac ‘and Sarah Burgess. » Lieutenant re enberry G: — r marrie Ville, and removed to Kentu 1 1813. ward and Green erry Gait) her. oy Edward Gaither 1 @6 1812 and was at the battle of oe noe. Hig became Attorney-General of Arkansas. Horace-was '@0°was his brother, James pee ‘rson Gaither; Thoma @@n; Brice Gaither, a merchant; John R. G Bis son, James EF. Gaither, was an attor f Bie holds still a memento of -his an from the church bell of Rockville, history Greenberry Gaither(of Greenberry Marcuit Judge of Kentucky for man: the bachelor. Brice Gaither (of Edward of Bi: removed to 4 Basil and Burgess Gaither, sons of Edward. Gaither Menittle) Gaither, went to North Carolina, in 1781, fro Basil Gaither represented Rowan County. in the St Werth Carolina in 1788, and tho House in 1790-91-9 in in the Senate in 1796-97-98-99, Te, He married Margaret Wa Wwete Nicholas, Walter, eaieey ‘ Bs , Be Burgess Gaither represented Iredeli County te House in 1792-95-96-97, 1800 and 1801 424. Founpers or ANNE ARUNDEI AND Howarp Counti (Milly) Martin, of Virginia, September 24, Alfred Gaither, born April 26, 1793, on Sund Martin Gaither, born December 20, 1794, on 8; M.; Sarah Gaither, born October 19. 179 ), A. M.; .Elvira Gaither, born August I, 1798 o'clock P. M.; Forrest Gaither, born May o'clock, P. M.; Lemira Gaither, born Novem 7 o'clock P. M.; Milly Maria Gaither, born Thursday, 8 o’clock P. M.: Burgess Gaither Eleanor Emmeline, born April 6, 1810, Thur Cotesworth Pinkney Gaither, born May 31. 1s ‘7. This is an exact copy from the family il Gaither. Of the children of Burgess and Amelia Alfred married Catharine Erwin. of Mor and had one child, Julia, ho died unmatri Sarah Gaither married Robert Foster and North Carolina. They had only t&o children, Amelia Emma Foster. Alfred Gaither Fost. rm and had five children—Robert Al: xander, Alfre (Mrs. James A Gwyn); Elizabeth, who is unn (Mts. Robert Galloway). Amelia Emma Fost Anderson Kittrell; of this marriage there wer Louisa Melissa Kittrell (Mrs, James Wesson, of 1 sippi), Amelia Eliza Kittrell (Mrs. VanWinder S} ville, Florida), Sarah Letitia Kittrell (Mrs. | Oxford, North Carotina). Lemira Gaither married William Foster Laura, Sarah, Betty, Amelia and Julius. Maria Gaither married Phillip Piersor Gaither, James, Samuel. S in, Sar Elvira Gaither married Burgess, Oscar and two others. Emaline Gaither married Abran Emma, who married Chappel Ho Burgess Gaither married EF]; Delia Emma, who married RIC, Pe sons, Who died before him. He n Son, Burgess Sidney Gaither, of M Forrest Gaither Caldwell, of Salisbur: there, leaving a large family, The brothers. Basi] Carolina from Maryland in 1781 Nathan Gaither (son of Nicholas, Edgar Basil Gaither, who was C: Mexican War. He was afterwari and died in 1855 in Kent , ; yt VUDCT I Fe es he ( ek. &j vi bX ed ae in Th 1699 Joly Ben. Rach. Bdvicr Mies" Recor: Wee %} ef iz l * Fra + LIAM PERRY JOHNSON — Professional Genealosist, m igh) North Carolina | Deaenber 1956 | ire. er ve spént a day on your GAITHER & J ION families, but got warmed wp when the day came to an end, The a were from Maryland, Of the) 36 GAITHER fami- ia in the, JS. 1790, 26 were in Lt SRS. There were eae dozen or so iT HEF i families in Iredell Co., NeCey 18 f the olfler ones, there Ex LEBETIOUS GAITHER, ace 67, b. Mary! an RENBER ITHER, 57, 1 ive: GRENBERY GAITHER, . 55,5 be dn oe A in x Carolina, 15, 1880 Gensue of Iredell 0b., N.C. - ELA mmOOs BD. NeGe} Milly, 40, Mary ©., 19, John P My. iam’ Mes 14, 38. Fas 1, David Aey 9, NOR GATTHER, 96+ De Maryland, Others.in family were born in Narth Caro} » 1850 Gensus of iredell Co., N.C. ~ Bed Jods. B, (Joe Be), 4, Robert | Wes 3, ae hs, oMy JOHNSON 1 ics my er. grandfather, and ° Ti rredell Oss ayes 1850 Oen cust A.B.F ‘if ee G ~ JoAeBe . eve “ ° ft Ls ‘Suoneaenee bodies, Ty De M4, } Tredeil GO. NC, ~ TY! page ) Tae ah Thomas ma 9, Mary | Beg "3 born N,C, - bs: ae next abéve: ISHAM GAITHER , 36, ler, ® Enoch 18, fabners Mapeearet E, 15; ” GATTHER, 57, b. Vas} Johanna ts Rmely 143 dames 11; Emeline 8; 665) $12 00%." b. in Oe} L114 HOPEaN B52, b. in Va e De Ges GRENBERY GAITHER, 19 laborers Herr son Gaither ¢ lehorer, IVY GAITH! R, 34, tiller, $300; Sebete(?) T., 27; Williem G@, 19% | Rashel Dy 33 DaHe 7/123 dane J. ‘olman 1° » aeitner (Male) 31, [£209 Sthelia *4+ “Mery D. 5; Tabitha ¢ uf Ach [S47] Gx. i; | {4 e 91 * LEBETIOUS GAITHUR, 67, $2000 + Maryland; Cornelia 40; Uphrema R, pare My 263. NyDy Tomlin, 52, $4925; Rebec: 2a J, Tomlin, 45; Aucustus : Temerance R. Tomlin 15} Amos To lin 13; Delia L, Tomlin 6} in em PERRY TOMLIN, 28, erodanee: M. Lazenby 34: T.W. Gite ov Tomlin, oroeed be the same P RRY TOMLINSON who wes an ; sutor of BENJAMIN JOHNSON'S will? .P.S. ) Me 112 - ENOS GAITHER, 57, $625; Elizabeth 50; nine » of thé Iredell Johnsons were from MARYLAND, ner youw Rol « JQHNS ON desce) 1.8 Lrorm Uni ; ane seers 40 Johnson far dilies tn Iredell ‘ina i ti ae the die. ther § are 1864. at Gait the tle in ei my | wal . you her ] i d as 4 Bath morming 0 t a” > Civil War. seidiers mes are abundant, Ve m tom the folks at home Bsaved. 4 : Mary §E. Cainpbell, memollie E. Gaither, saved ® bpother's letters those hima by a cousin, she Dasible to look i On Btails at home while Beracy was beginning to metiers of Mollie D. Gai- peousin, Burgess Gaither, fai of such detail of th Iredell in 1963 and Gaither was better edu- er of her cousins, Gaither or J. Burgess Hast she could spell What she said is not ® Make out. tells quite a bit of little detail of life in bury section, there is hit- ® that the.main interest is her personal rela- mM her cousin. Through. t four letters, she sets for his aifections—-a cer- Cleémmy—and uses the girl of her time to pre- @gainst her. letters were saved b Sand then by his sipter is eenat she was successful t® some kind of an and leaving) Miss a old: g the bag so far as Meas concerned Bh letter caught Burgess in re he had gone with Waetalion to meet an ex- Sos : ¥ Kirk's men, The Mendhim at Camp Vance pon. Houstonville, -N.C. ‘October 26, 1863. S Friend, it is with I seat myself this to at kind letter which came esterday. Meeting at Clarksbury, Mery good meeting. We me thtee converts; we have j rs jeft—Miss Beck ta Forcum, Mr, Eany 5 Mr. Reight Reavis—but we had a fine time. | could be here to go resbury this night. | Beverybody else come in f Want you to quit talking t J. G. You -know | @bout him. You said ie to be here to hitch at Miss Clem’s and to her again. | expect like to be here to hilch aid walk close to her milt that at all, She is meeas ever. | wish you could = with her. I ksow she me giad, and It would be S They nod at me, but | os i fe What it is about. I want me home and help me fe with them. November 28, 1863 ffiend, | seat myself to kind letter which I mea few moments ag letter from vou las @ Would have answered it pot know where you was the Yankees had you, fe I got that one this eve ¢ better, but it has been S Goming and | still do 4 fm but what you have gone ie, but I will write, to wrile every week, @all here, or they are so now that vou said sll ken; | ife from one letier s Regiment and and I have no [ will te you son Mollie and Burg Re qown to salem 49 he run ‘her over the [ her shaw! and pulled the fence. I do wish have seen Mollie. She That was most as —worse, for’ she got n did no 1 have my her. If Mo ey writing about her, she me a beating.for she ery time | name iS 18 a good joke and you There is a good ness in the country cle Summers P sick. Be is no Mr. (rreen and ters is ver pecied he but thes Cousin nome do no for ser you war and } the. ne rod g000 and woud am not, You have no! to make -me done ag the last ler from get one ever) to oftene: i a meeting today. and | could be-here to go to bury today | \A ning [| nave I a4 Sa VILSS& ‘ ery me and spoke to me and asked } to go home with her, bu her T could not. S) would no sne Nn Mo e to see you, come with could, but I am witn if evervwhe KNOW Whal sort o in this part Mr. D a fir —that if ] was to I would n nope time £0 off, arc We have the Hays Mat is comin ing. She is You oug it (yaither. He is He took Cindy de vanted Casa Ward buf she would not afraid of him. Bu! L. Brandon got heme trent Lilo Wuring Civil We owe Halifax Airport Money Assured A kh | e Front Life During Civil War | ” R KEEVER you expected that I heard from | hae. J. G.e eek. You are mista- | from Civil War soldiers |? every | look over him. He is not right at himself, (ken; I never got a letter in my! sdesmain mes are abuidant. Very |jife from him. I haven't got but | December 20, 1968. ® trom the folks at home. one letter since you left the 4th een saved. Regiment and that was from him wher Mary ©. Campbell,/and I have not answered it yet. is lollie E. Gaither, saved| 1 will tell you something about (ber brother's letters those| Mollie and Burg Reives.. They went him by a cousin, she down to Salem to preaching and | . eeible to look im on/he run her over the fence and tore | bh her shawl and pulled the rails off have seen Mollie. She was so red. That was most as bad as we done ~—worse, for she got mad and we did not. I have my fun out of her. If Mol knew that I was a- writing about her, she would give me a beating, for she hits me ev- There i a good deal of sick cle Summers P. Holland is very it-| sick, He is not in his right mind. Mr. Green and one of his daugh- is her perpohal rela-|ters is very low. It was not ex-| ith her cousin, Through: | pected they would ever get up, figs four letters, she sets | but they are improving some, Maver his atiections—acer-| Cousin G. Summers has go! ia Clemmy—and uses the! home. He has got the dropsy. | fa gir! of her time to pre- ido not think he will ever be able ‘hin against her, jfor service any more. He. said hi f letters were saved by you wanted me to tel! you if Clem apd then by his sister is) and Mol talked about you yet, Well iypat she was successful |they do. I told Mol what you told 40 some kind of @f''me about getting married the first ng, and leaving Hiss | good chante. She said she would mg the bag so far as/ get married the first good chance. § concerned. jand she would wait for you if you etter caught Burgess in' would say so. I know you would he had igone with |like to see Clem. She js as pretty talion fo meet an ex-/-as ever. om Kirk's men. The) . John Stimpson hag to start to th. him at Camp Vaiice| army in a short time. He js (alk ton, ling about going to Offy, There eneenente | preaching al Clarksbury tomorrow > Houstonyille, N.C. | Mr. Way preaches, SS October 25, 1903. — are end, it is with’ December 6, 1863. eure I seat myself this) 1 received your kind letter yes bath morning to an-|terday. I am sorry to think that kind letter which Came; you think | am mad. ai you, | Westerday. | am pot. You have not done anything im Meeting at Clarksbury,|to make me mad, and: you have Nyery good meeting. Wejdone as I requested so far. For od th converts; we have the last three’ weeks I got a |et- meners left—Miss Beck |ter from you, and | hope } will id a Forcum, Mr. Eany get one every week and would like Mr, Reight Reavis—but | to oftener. 1 am going to class ou we had a fine time. 1| meeting today, and I wish that you i could be here to go | could be here to go to old Clarks. bury this night. 4) bury today, bod y else come inj I will finish my. letter this eve Ming. T have been to meeting, and you to quit talking I saw Miss Clem. She came to J. G. You know T| me and spoke to me and asked me about him. You said/to go home with her, but -I told Mit like to be here to hilch | her I could not. She found out | mand Miss Clem’s and | would not quarrel with her, and pee to her again. | expect | she is mighty good now. ike to be here to hitch| Mollie is taiking about coming | walk close to her.| to see you, and she wants me to that at all. She is come with her. I wish ‘that I me ever. I wish you Gould) could, but’. am afraid to do that with her. -I hae, $0 shat if Twas to T would meet momad, and T w be} With it everywhere | went. You ney nod at me, but I know what sort of people there is ‘ ee what it is about. I want) in this part, me heme and me} Mr...D. L.. Brandon. got en one for the first time aia joe y a | out. I haven't saw him yet, but I + November 28, 1963, | hope I will, for it has been a jong ‘Friend, | seat myself to | time since | saw my cousin. You wr kind letter which 1) wanted me to tell you whether Pa mece® moments ago, I/got off. He did and Uncle Andy ewer from you last! got off, too. Johnny Stimson did fyould have angwéred it, !not. get off. Near about everybody) i Know where you was! got off around here. i! | We have got a school over a ¢ Yankees had you, | the Hays school house. Your sister ff got that one this eve Mat is comitig over in the morn- es 7 hew better, but it has been | ing. She is going to board here esi comir and 7 still 46; “You ought to see Uncle Cinnus met what you have gone} Gaither. He ig just flying around. Hevilic but T will write, He took Cindy down to Salem, He iit to wrile every week, ! wanted Cas-Ward to go with him # Gull here, or they are) but she wold not. The girls is a ver $0 now that you said | afraid obhim. But we will have to Te it RN stent Times is very dull, nothing going on much. I reckon this one will get there, for | dim going to send it by Mollie. She is going to satrt tomorrow and she will have a cold time of it, for it feels like win- ter here now, It has been warm all along until now, the fence. I do wish you’ could; Christmas is coming now and it ig going to be cold. We are go) ng to have three singings this) Christmas. Friday Mr. Henley is going to sing down at Mrs. Turn- er’s school house, and on Saturday Mr. Albea sings at Mount Bethel and Sunday at ald Gum Grove. You ery time I name it to her, but|know where that is. is ig a good joke and I must tell | you. }with Mollie, The last letter that You must be sure to come home | had from you, you said you ness in the country. This time Un-; thought you would be at home that | week. If you had come, you would ihave beat the letter. It was dated ithe 6th and I got it the 191} You said you would tell me who your shine was when you comé down, I think I saw her today! and she is right good looking, It was Miss Clemmy. I reckon she is the one. She has got a good manner with me. I would no quarrel with her; and I reckon she jthougnt it was not worth while te be mad at me, I went to preaching today and heard four funerals preached. Thes was Mrs. Cummins’ sons. Oh! it goes jook hard that those we love so dear has to be killed. but | hope the Lord will smile on us land stop this war before any more t ou friends are slain Be a faithful soldier to you (70d and your coun ry i wil seid {YOu Some chesinuls and apples, and you must come home and | will give you more—as I cannot jsend much by Mollie, She has as imuch as she can bring Be sure abd come home with Millie, (ere cepacia Halifax Airport Money Assured ROANOKE RAPIDS (UPI)— A} group of about 21 business and professional men dug into their Na ope: Nor in ¥ star A Gov of t gatia ever) help there tions. Gov thing loan 1 The that t old from mingt¢ trip to other Bur leave equip vide t 10 s§éc The Lire * North on th over, A N Uiesnit ; Wi isp sant drive olina CeRS ' And lo rea everyt San the led he m |} a 8ng Rep , distri . said ) thing | South | lina | about \® te ; ' |pockets Monday and came up| @ with $16,500, . just’ $950 short of matching a federal grant for im provements to the Halifax County Airport, The men signed promissory notes worth $500 to $1,000 for the total, which was put with $12,000 belonging to the City of Roanoke Rapids, to match a $28,750 fed- | eral grant. The city had raised its $12,000 but it was unable to secure an | equal amount from the county, | which said it could not afford the funds at this time | However, the county commis- | sioners said they might be able to “allocate ‘the county's share of the money at a later date. The funds will be used to pave the dirt runways at the airfield located just off U. S. 158 he tween Littleton and Roanoke Rap- d. Guarantee Slated NEW YORK (‘UPI Harald Johnson, co-light heavyweight champion has been offered either a guarantee of $20,000 or 4 per cent of the net gate to defend his ulie against Eddie Cotion by pro- moter George Chemeris of Seat tle, Chemeri§ proposed that the vout be fought in Seattle, Aug. 11, we Re eRe -nlsnartmateittenincinhantly Hs e he 5 on y HOMER Kee Pearly Novemt Battalion of astily orgs a@t the end Carolina Rai) was pant : @. MacRae ioe Baer Ashevi! incur ab t© support m Who was it £ sister of the trip into of the bat me as writer "'s Regiment maybe a few _phele his brother Virginia cam; aled from hat of a flack the coi brother's and t look on his m Pobjectively. mater letters it “shine,” or h role him at A im, Mary D. Ga _e . His SISiE t@ him aiong Wrote, and the life in North | ler part of thi Benvelopes that | mer his mothe ‘ © Biso in the fi a ee velopes addres cr, mum ing them w stitg them toget ae adress 0 P eet Mackae, in h Mialion, says that piace in ej Me letter in wh BHMounced to hi a moving ow Wan dated Ociob 2 he Dehind in Ast an’ October af have not tim time, for I hay pevilie to meet tl f @ two hours. back, but I | #1 should be Paw 0 come af gu bury me ther ype has gone } They were ma Wh } Te LOOM -p in@ enemy, bi they « Nave about 3% &s above States get Dack home a t} 4d e AVC, d DAaVe NOt heard from bh a.ice Mr. Rives come up io camp # no: | A pany has gone on to Warm Spriilgs some 25 or 4) mi.es from here PS kK we w \ } : l We Wili MOSL @ cold now as it is last of Bil ine aves Novembe » may be . days, but I don't know got any paper, for | left | a Camp Vance and eapec ed to zg back there’ in a fe days whe ay eci yo Bumcoin: Ce Lieutenant Rober November 6 1868 Ashe: ar Sister, 1 ha my company yet, b go a few dava. Our company is at Marshall, 22 miles from here ] do not know where the ) ankees is at. I expectcwe w AVE é + ' mel oerore we o Camp Vance, du ! not get in the reguiar [igi the Yankees 1 close here MORE I received yx inem Wak joy Ayeg “spuctg huew "sUie ‘SPIOS “ tiers Describe 1863 fray Into ‘Bumping’ ABR KORVER come here. fiy November of 1008 the _ Noveriber 90, 160s Malin of North Caroling| Dear Sister, | have got back Mamily organised at Camp|Camp Vance last night, I came at the end of the Western | from Asheville with some prisoners fina Railroad near Mor- | Our company is at Paint Rock i sem under Major | Tennessee. ] don't know when thes Rae into the moun-| Will come, I think I will go o1 ae Asheville te meet an {0 Rolly tomorrow wiih some pris Mad incucsion by Kirk's | oners. We had a hard time of | c support General R. B. | 80lng ‘he mountains, but I am glac was in command of| it was no worse than it was that section. | J don’t want. you te go by your ta: self, but I want you to come up to ae, are ta ine. Tell Mag that 4 I live SET thorn pad wrote back | till Christmas, I will try to get a Rikihe of the forced march | {utlow and try to come down to Mkip into the mountains. | °¢ her then. I will write you to 5 af the battalion is ‘much {om UP, and I know I can ge written by its major some one to go home with you by i’g Regiments years later— | sending you to the officers. 1 want a a few differing de /Y% to put & off till 1 see i | can’t get to go with you, A brother, Tom Gaither,| You wanted to Lome where Capt, | nia campaig oc | (RaMe unintelligible) Calvary was eee eee ee ‘aa It is at Greenville in Tennessee, 1) auhat of a sick list, but think it will have to stay over there | at the complaining note all winter. I hope we will not have | einer’s and he is inelia- |7* go back ~ for it Is so cold E As sts far | /DePe Was plenty of snow on some bie ar a of the mountains when | left ae | Tell Paw that I want him to im, letters RH came mt! 6 up before long if 1 stay | he fine,” or his “old duck,” | here. Teil him to let me know when SD eee j! ‘ i mii ! i n ville, was} ’ him at Ashevill a9 / he is coming so I will be here, i mai ry D, Gaither, or Mal- for we go out on scouts aud are His ‘sister saved her | Ce as a ‘ , | gone two-or three weeks 0 im along with the let- | General Vance has got 830 rote, and they give a pic- | hogs an .. {out of Tennessee, for I saw them § in North Iredell during) pefore { left Asheville, Provisions ” of the ‘war years. | ig getting scace with us, We have @lopes that he made him-| pressed all the beef in search of Was mother and his si8-| and cannot get enough. then. | think mais in-the collection of} if this war dont stop, we will b | y were made by rever-| out of something to eat, home and ppes addressed to R. B fabroad, for it is not here to ge! iamming them wrongside gut) You can't get your breakfast in pin them together with the | Salisbury for less than three dol mess on the inside, lars: gacRae, in his history of) ‘Tei! Mr, G. Smith to write aud Mm, says that the organi- | jet me know how he and his old place in early Novem-| duck is doing since I left him tter in whieh Burgess | Don't think hard of me for no bunced to his sister that | paying for my letters, for I cannot | x i. moving out for Ashe-| set any stamps to put on them ated October 22, and) iene Fy rid ‘y iy at a ber 2 he had already| ‘Pehind in Asheville. January 4, 1864 Dear Sister, our old company has ¢ got back. They came back last i a October 22, 1888 | Sunday. You ought to been here pipave not time to write to hear the holler when they came. | sume, for I have to start! You don't know how glad I was to meet the Yankees |t@ see them. @F two hours. | hope we} O4 back, but I cannot tell. | PMT should be killed you | Reunion Held my to come and take me! Pein yweteore ta By MacArthur Me yee ot 1 | : | ’ Tne i Harmony. 0 this morning | | Hospital follow. | | native, she | of the late | Beck Richard- | of William | ; two sis- fe of Black Charlie incomplete Reavis Fun- 4} ; iif Ai = = = = = = a é > = — oe = = — arrange- epene Guy Gaither made for Mrs. nh Gaither, 70, : funeral! Completed funeral arrange- q | ments have been made for Mrs | Elsie Richardson Gaither. 70, widow of William Guy Gaither of route 1, Harmony, who died Wednesday morning at Davie County Hospital. Services will be conducted at | 11 a.m. Friday at New Union Methodist Church in Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be taken from the funeral home to the church to lie in state for 30 minutes prior to the fun- eral hour. The family will receive friends in the chapel of Reavis Funeral Home in Harmony from 7 until 9 o'clock this evening. BOOSTERS TO MEET | Mra Elsie Richardson Gaither, 70, of route 1, Harmony, died at 10 o'clock this morning in Davie County Hospital follow- | ing a brief illness. A Davie County native, she | | was the daughter of the late | | David and Mollie Beck Richard: son and the widow of William | Guy Gaither, who died March | 6, 1968. | Surviving are three sons, W. | a G. Gaither, Jr., of Waynesboro, | Ga., David Lawrence Gaither of | Statesville, and Charles Edward | Gaither of route 1, Harmony; one daughter, Mrs. John K. | Naylor of route 5, Mocksville; | one brother, David Gilmer| Richardson of Lenoir; two sis- | ters, Mrs. Elma Benge of Black {Mountain “and “Mrs. Charlie | Reeves of route 1, Harmony. . Funeral plans are incomplete | ° and the body is at Reavis Fun- eral Home in Harmony. } | | AGT) Catt [AT jee tea) po oe Qu, Wof rere. bay tore. oe Aa A ‘a 4 // —p— a ~ A. ~~ M-Tn Beak | bar a._elt_| : w é Tike, -Z 2 rere CLM 54 Lf Plae. CEL Apt, , -/. oc 4 A ae Plies eee 2) eae ‘ Nn / 4 At | §- da licol- | / (h_-* ‘ x ; ve | pa ; 7 : he “ au Mi a an A a Mn ‘ Dug I “ MY ‘nad A hy V ww oo : | 4 ~~ j i e /4 ss / we jew a f ect. ae , A hm tol \Lo LOK_ CU’ Mict recollection of Gopaign in Iredell few mhere was a i the county to divi the center, making f and there were two mdidates For central » RH. Parks for the iaaiost divisison, Joseph for the house, Adams and ! trod against , Fi Caldwell aia | |. After a hot ivision_ _candidgtes yal large majority se reason unknown to 1 was made have a bill} the question was neve! any more. After that, re and up to the war, twas represented in the g by Gaither and Sharpe of Eagle Mills r Q Sharpe, of ie. s Sharpe Was a member mes after the war but foe! fot run anymore. In Shere did not- declare him- Candida: until three days » election and he and 1 BAllison were eiected, A. me and Dr. John_W. Ellis pated candidates. Dr. eace candidate. All named gentlemen Re- ar fees, Iredell was overwhél- Ran- ie county. Several ner, year rs r the war Irede! was againamepresented by Gaither and Pee A, KGa herand a S@harpe—in the legislature ur years But the third time ep failed to get the nomina fran as independent De- . candidate. The public road 4 Set on was his hobby. It gee! dt had suddenly discovered iS) mat we Skifg a road under an jeve wa. oppressive | and bar- Et licenges which make out in ot have agreed a, They will not hibition carries business Will ee, be trans i stores.” retary Harrell ie of membership in ES ima Teachers As- Invitation to at- of the Assembly i in June executive com- the enactment for Statesville , ¥. Hy Hall, 4 ee. Dulin, F. F, ‘ | Russell, Cal Kim- nl Malia WB. Ge Sib oa Jo dan. 4 ' Y, Allison, J. P, mone, J. C. Frost, . oc be Willian is, A, ) Hill, Her- ae Brow Jule Bail , Geo. Em rown, pastor of Pe! byterian . Church, tare : A. Elia- erville and d, ing speaking ; 3. was born in Kentucky in When I am glancing over @6k you about, but. when We did hear frém Thorws K Mentioned tha for a Dr, | mamed for hi Beall had another brother who of A, B, F."s name except th by A.B.F.'s father, but by hi Well, I won't make this any @ame to our basement to type We all threo love the fall, winter and spring the humidity here in the Ohio River V Iley is at Who said it, but I want to put in a "Amen" about Dad seid to give you and your family hig welf, I know you mst havo had a rouct lay Tt has happened to us on in occassion or tw Tama T, V. repairman just because I can. t inst even a Union. Masry ha coca | favor of a popular # Gonvention, firmly people would vote | Smo Iredell, Their , dhat their strength | imectivity, end | Ps joined a small | against the elec- | se, where the bill | mote of 86-27, both A fa Statesville | of North Iredell | in the “Benate | Statesville did the | fille Town Com- | “At an election | : “ the court house | i Bth day of Febr. | wn magistrate ans | », - hereby ‘cer- Si Monton, Esq., ® magistrate and | , H. Reynolds, 8, ‘Jno. A. Rose- Betted commis. | Wasa, shit.” | Was held according | pants of the new simply approved | and, supposediy, | iy Mrs. Storey: Pmow, have not been story, written by Mrs.,y ma who died during the tf nm, Texas, Curing the ® history, but like me had ppings from N.C. to Texas. mich I brought home hor Btory --- £0 far have not ing Bat you may know have a, t am inclosing 2 LU to make inquiry about gemation that had neve rr me mentions names of ® return this letter. Ay . will advise, if ever die ¥ fe uy + Wa Os 4 501 West Main Street Bennettsville, 8.C., Dec. 9th, 1957. Gousin Edgar: My regret is sincere that I can be of little help on the names spur loved ones in the Gaither family. I have never seen either the gener family Bible ( or the Howard.) since my grandmother Gaither So. I just can remember the big Bible on Pe ewe st bedside table- quite: young when she died. As you should remember (from Uncle me) our Uncle Clay would Never give any of the other members of the mily anything of their parents! Not a book, chair or piece of silver PGishes. Your Father and.-Aunt Lizzie always visited my Mother but r to Uncle Olay"s as a result of above and the fact he also got all Grandfather's land. After Uncle Clay died I tried - begced just to Rrow the Bibles but no, I could at get them. After Uncle Clay's wife dic you know Long died before his, ®her - committed suicide in salir. while in th avy ) Long's widow ° meved everything, of value, to Baltimore to her family home For we years, I tried two or three times a year, to get her to loan me ® Bible that Grandma récorded all family names, dates Another cousin, Dr. Jameg K. Hall, son Tour Aun ee al v wed out near-old Bethany Church, was writing th ibily tree of the Wards and asked me to help. Cousin ven died i and I have never been ze to get Long's widow to 1d me the family Bibles. So @m sorry to tell you I do he ni TOU g mov 7 —..Quy Grandfather: A.B.F ow). I have no idea about hi: Grandma was :; TAl ther’ 8 name. “ rE Long's widow hare. e d again m@ress: Mrs. Rhoda G. Shine (His } 244 King George Street, bs Annapolis, Md. t I am only member of. our fan ily who P but I could never borrow the Gaither. i Rhoda and Long had one don: David sve never geen the son. Please you write a Why didn' t you give me the name of ;the history? He could not be much if mad kiow of him, All the Kin - those 3 & Jim*s children. Recently I was.in Charlotte and tri ei simply could not locate Mary. will try agai: i My son has been happily located at State c @ter Univ. of N.C. ) in Raleigh, since he finished 1951. He seems headed for college work always. I see my brother Cliff's two daughters of children, They still live on old Beall homest i@ husband farms, the other works in town. g Salisbury has really grown and you woul see Coz, Frank McCubbins’ old home torn Please return clippings and thank you. | ee cnet 2 ie Jonn W. B- f to 382 : @ for Ellis, home | iD fiy less than 100 me 1,079. The Ex North Carolina Hirection of Mr brought to bear and Dr. Ramsey, * Fisher's compeli- fe, Myers’ liquor m the throats of heir voles i ictims ming to the ballot | be vote the Bilis) ithe 2d of August | by Thos Holcomb, | Mass of this coun- Belifie Green of Yad: coe fof July near Don- ay i, J. C Maria Bever.” aie from Bans without oppo- | / ABS. | } nm Al-| a whig, was) sons, while in Yad- i aso 7 le . a ~~ VP WR OE Chi h f) ; j iL a , Ca, j f haphet Sf lan i AT g Mc eK o>» , ~ AS Se 2 Ee 1s ms + yy -—- i 73 east me Jill MOM & § /76 b&b [ear JAA ern bh) btéaloe tone pliner Arh, theres, Tr oltre om 2 J NMebde He TO Ma Nile ee als tn : ‘ : f Lutes Lot vr: fon 2 l be mE), Wow afaie Kk “In Je aak. On Khe a4) kro . Like. pe ils C2 Mion) endo ee. f) In, p Gia ds ak. arack pe (che AY ABAA cE eo f : } ad — 6 ff “LQ BOre ‘4 \ ve Prop roe o/ ok AKiar_ ho ¢ , ae AGLOY by: ee XW ke ‘ flea ?, bat th. fo fq i “a - {;? (, & 4 Sf na HK Aion ih , Treale. -), (Lan ) gaa GLX On Ahs Leal, - a. , gee ps ul ok re pees pales | Qt) AAT) C7 is" ee Hn Khe oki, bit Som Cane eX Pe 2 ? Tee Pept hk. “; V & / kllhag | i Hot The dank, Jee ne Mew), povue » yi Soph. dere 6 RAE fogs ioe (8 Went Wee rridehs cn) LA ) AL Qa DI iA ck a fol TALL. ( ka. wa ia Auta “ ce Va ZL ot. Ahk feck ee dene cy } ( Ria beak. leo sac Ay aot | 7 trA~4Q be tthe Bic ny foe nok Cs Vober. / yok Aan > 4) a fe ew (hE pre > a die mi ha tA *4) Ku ob bs ti Teyuerrr pf / n/ ; ( CYe tl) 2« hsm lt’, \ (Leo “ez lr Vik tL e / | , 7G (¥r , [770 | ; pL ln € ‘ ’ Basil and Margaret did marry 1777 and Nic! years old in 1792 when the records show t at was 23 years until their son, Wiley was born Bohn Burgess Gaither who is a S.A... member, | = the D.A.R & Sofi, are sometimes wrong. It A778, married 1802. We copied the date of “wefelina Merriages". ‘| Li. Age / ; You mentioned that Basil, Jr., had 2 son: Misted for himis Eliza M. Of ‘course, his. so @erried in 1792 since. he was born 1774, This @f his parents either. The whole thing is very ¢ I oan sec now why you have been so interested i: mected all around, fill close for now. Have had a few rather old neg “That is all are old except the ones of my children se snapshots don't scare you too much, ha ha, ken 2 years ago at the Brown Hotel here in Louisw ‘ae Grand Royal Patron of Kentucky in the Order of ‘@ffiliation, They will give you an idea who y ie sure to fill i in and 1 tien coupon on other side of this sheet. ee KM. yf... fad fi. nes hon ae ee ee ey 8 : a dow Col Cat J?) - ‘Aide food EL an ph )ypere that [~4«, ee 21-1857 ) M toy Basi bey Peo Ee pel IE, k Sree 2 All. if a Le : + wr € £ Sd SPT peg LoLig “Prt-ewe ton of KL Taal: Be 4 Geel heel if (oom at UR ~)- totes yn ° Fh My) a Bo peen jira roel “7 Oo Le ce tf Aree Fed oe ey Jta oe LZ dee ie re ¥ ae * 3SOIONI ONY 330 ¥V3L @ — > R = = 2 = > = 4 8 ? > 2 to = + a p Gaither z= — Mrs. Betty , 5, Mocksville, Rt. home at 8:45 p.m had been seriously born in Davie County she was a mem- Pleasant View Baptist ved by four sons, th ft, Greensboro; J. W the home; J. ©. and of Brevard and 14 Pn. m services will be con S the chapel of Bunch at 11 a.m. Thurs rt e Rev. W. T Lippard Rev, L. T. Younger follow in Oakwood SUV Tiog] Quom S. S.CGO92 3O ONIGVSYdS SBHL HOS ADAH V SI SIHRL ponsrvt<<_ Ae (At. wv Hav trator, Waikett of I lina, & holdig tate ing a | Olin, fore or thig; bar estate” prog under#l Th G-14- / 4 AL NOTICE @ f TO CREDITORS @lified ‘as Adminis- mhe estate of Salll Schell, deceased, late ounty, North Car to notify all persons i against said ¢s- Sent the same in writ- i prsigned, Route | Carolina, on day of March pce Will be pleaded in faeee recovery thereon All i m indebted to said ; requested to make fmestiement with the ed 2Bth day of August ct Walker ministrator tate « Hie Walker Davis Hospital | CL. Gaither " Death Victim Funeral services are schedul- ed at 3.p.m. today at Snow Creek Methodist Church for| Charles Lawrence Gaither, Sr., route 5, Statesville tev, John S. Oakley will conduct he | and interment was in the church ceme- ther. a well-known! the community, m. Saturday at His death was attributed to cancer A native of Iredell County, he Notic their o OLINA PNOTICE reigned, having Administrator fCharlie L. Heags ell County is is to ca firms havin said Dea” to p to the undersigned or on or. before the March. 1965, or this | be pleaded in bar of ery. All persons or inted to said Estate born Prmake immediate pay- me under: day of was born on February 3, 1909, son of, the late John. Owen | and Ida May Millsaps Gaither was a former steward and was presently serving as a trus tee of Snow Creek Methodist Church He was married on August 1942, to the former Beth White, who survives Also surviving are two sons Charles Ray K. ‘Gaither, both home: three sisters, Mrs. W L. Gaither, | -Jr., and of the King, route 2 acted kee Mohn A. Heaggans, Mrs. C. H. King of Yadkinvi PAdministrator of and Mrs. Norman Leafe a hariie ot Heaggans, | Charlotte: and four brothers, W. Sa Nash George Gaither, Robert A. Gai fat Law ther, J. E. Gaither and Sam Street C. Gaither, all of Statesville THAROLINA _ The body was to be taken OOUNTY from Nicholson Funeral Home COE OF SALE to the church to lie in state ma by virtue of the contained in a cer- | {oF 30 minutes prior to t he funer- | jg Ps @ Trust executed by | al hour. Pallbearers were John r Carruth and wife. | Hill Summers, Lawrence Mason th ted th : : ies toes ae Leslie Cosey, W. B, Cowan, Deed of Trust Book | Willie Robertson, Linney..Weber, $7 in the office of | Charles Rickert and J. A. Me- of Deeds of Iredell Lain h Carolina, default |“... ° ty ; made in the pay-| The family requests, {in lieu indebtedness there- | of flowers, (hat memoria e gpa lyre mig neti given to the lredell Cancer So foreclosure, the | !¢ly. D saa aad a | Ac 7 “4 oye | yn: y Gedther stayed arowrd Tallassed and his descendants are the only Gaithers in gle o Hompy wae a millwright and miller. ie fought in the Civil War, He was wn in 1888, Wy Gaither was married twice, His first wife's midon name was Britt: in. They had } Bong Greenborry ‘1 Gaither and several daughters, His seeond wife ws Zen Taune Re na Thomas Eli Gaither (1870-1947) and Henry Jefferson Gait er, $74-1953) and three daughters, MR a b BLA Geither had 9 sone and 5 Gaughters, Henry Jefferson Gaither had 5 sons wars, (names not sent) Pw Ree eneseeenewrwenaeuneneceavceasn of Mr, Edsel Gaither, as he sent it on form, “ee grandparents; HENRY GAITHER, born 1823, resided in Elmore County, Ala, mrried 2nd, Ellen Taunton who was bern in 1630's at Red Hill in <lmore Co,, Ala. Theiy son was; THOMAS ELI GAITHER, bern in lmore Coumrty, Ala., in 1870, resided at | Tallassee, Ala, mrried lm Jane Melten, who wis born 1876 in Elmore County, Ala, Ho was a farmer, Ono son wast ALPHA BREWER GAITHER, born June 18, 1895 in Elmore Co, Ala, married Adina Byélyn Venable who was born Sept.e, 1901, also in il- more Gounty, Ala, Resided at Tallassee, Ala, where he wag’a farmer, their gon iss MOREN EDSEL WOW GAITHUN, born Feb, 19, 1931 inslmore County, “la, married Laverne Turner who was born Arve? 15, 2998 4 °mors fount Their children are; 1. EDSEL TURNER GAITHER, bern Jan, 29, 1955 2, FELIGIA GAITHER, born Ost. 21, 1957 the four of you find this line as interesting as I did, I am sending out what Galles an "3.0.5," on it, in case anyone knows the connection, would like ~ 2 kw At. De you think this is a line of descendants of Edward and £l enor??? weve We have written to as many others in Alabam as wo could find, Perhaps we Bi fvom one of them more on this lino, mend al) of you anything new that Gomes in, ¢</ 7 &. U ou ff Pd dl Rl / Sehr D Ee Alt 9 , de? gi \ Wietre 7. we ene a Bt beck sF42 vst way 7. eet chs . () yu wy / Dem / vse WBS ea sh eco meer 7 re fox anti Si 5 $6, 2 fon Khe l, Neder JACEE tke eB Ie. on ot wt, ae. . Mla p—E>~ \ ( ey Lak cocoa Beisel 7 Re ‘a df | ‘ oe NAL Ta Tt Leh. a az F : Gh be~<s z2 Blea i eS : j WY Sy p. OE glcrt -) ; : - : te th oc mal . geitner cont'd (N.C. ) the -Confecerate’ Concrere. ¥ Morgantown adout 18350 and die Gante gbovt Morgantox nh, amiong. whom : end Samuel Pear BOR. =e ah, Senjamin, other of Basil and Bu zeee, ePeated Land on ieee sae In his will 4- the following children, some of whom vere om ne, soe sie, Beall, Basil, Brice, Bruce, Sallie, riet a, eau ludes to his "deughtere, Margaret Bown 2a, Blinow Varner and > <: land on Blisha‘’s Sionapie & orother of these, was pFanted of. . . G4@ithe phan > that hé was . _§ ; ' a 6; wit ion “Bittle Hiv Pill dated . as his ee of 2 ) tke aes > ‘ a ce Se ." Bn i e ; ee eae ne us . ers means Se ue Done Loong. 4 , ae — - a a 4 ' : BS i 4 P & ees % me ee see se Z| 3 “ a es * > a 4 M & cS e oe ss Sl A (Ble... Xx 4 line cos Va Lal. sted) Fatree i dds 7 Ae Pp: ef Tr fel. Z Kidoo{ 18-te doy : oe. Peon BhiK the, Pha . wy cf OC HLM ec iy VCC a it Lhe 2.<. im 3.-= cae: o¢ 7 - i4-< ; At i a Sd P Na ie gy and Biographical notes of oné Burgess Sidney Gaither from» , ee Biographical History cf NOrth Carolina, Vol. II, by Ashe, Weeks. Van Noppin Re & John Gater at Jamestown in 1621, who was strongly requested to join the Fe in Maryland, whether he did onr not is not known, but a John Gaither, probably /Was issued a land grant by Lord Baltimore, records of Anne Amindel Co., Maryland, m Gaither died in 1703, having married a Ruth Morley and leaving 8 children, one wes Benjamin, born in 1681, married in 1709 to Sarah Burgess and had 13 children. wese 15 was Edward, born in 1714, who married Hleanor Whittle, and died in 1787, Mave children, one of whom was Burgess. Burgess was bom in 1757, married Milly Of Virginia, moved’to N.C. and represented Iredell Co, in the House of Comnone Jarl601, while Basil, s brother? represented Rowan in the Assembly. Burgess died Leaving 10 children, Alfred Mey being one of the elder sons and Burgess Sidney fen son. Burgess Bidney was educated at Sethany, married Elizabeth, Sharpe Ervin Peceived additional education at ——-—— and became a distinguished jurist. ther, wife Ruth Morley, eight children . , b. 1681, married Sarah Burgess in 1709, had 13 children ward, b. 171,, married Eleanor Whittle, d. 1787, had five children Burgess, b.. 1757, married Milly Martin of Virginia, noved to N.C., represented N.C. in House of Comnons 1797-1801, d. 1819, lOchildren Basil brother of Burgess? represented Rowan in the Assembly 1788- Alfred M., one of the elder sons of Bumzess Burgess Sidney, 8th son of Burgess, educated at Bethany, married Elizabeth Sharpe Ervin in 1830 erences in Colonial Records pege 4.76 Basil Gaither from Rowan Co. in General Assembly 1788 B Page 38 Convention of 1729 from Rowan, Basel Gaither page.48 Basi’ voted for adoption of Constitution of U.S. Gece hr is h-~3-/ JL2 Bl 23h, i: Xv fcr x aaa 6 La. i“ | $26 — ie alt Pr peel nf V% : ih ec( | 2 da ghta i. La te a ot ¢ }t7 « " ho (incor, ean gre “| lab cr yr [st Pe eaaeen oe Year ate rN poe Ley) ~ ber, ee x - —— alia ny (7 ge | [e+r-e€ en Gaithe 18° ila a Tho Tvcoras Burcess 5S, Burgess 5 cords v!1A ea? ren were born in closely connected. RCL ob Cg uff * a So ( TD Al te ~ Kre 4.4 4 “ c mh ns, ee ls hme ~ E& <3 / ri cl ‘ / Y4~p) Wea Ce v- ded ak : 0 = Hh joey ae i i 7 % ; seh Le 8B _ tA pars . é | ed a a A of eeeN ee, LPP? : pete wt m. to look at the whole Won of Edward Gaither, as Newman puts it "lL: they married in 1741 @nor usine the name mM though she used that ei ( other gons (Bu DG e + Ls wd he and Edvard were ther record stat 0 h e de ly my baek UNM» L meso think that when ee anterested in Seeehers who intermarri « and add 1 4 tha (4 4. . . the miterial of the mrriages we p the parents of Ben} maeven to nearly every c led the letters . : mat ta/ 5 Le G of them, I sent out i Courthouse in Orarysc mi destroyed, ‘Ye coul @ried to find any reco ‘Bee if a Newton Cravf he a Iter 1751 and for [Te o + Po] means tha bel i 4 3 8 31n 9 rer? 2 4. Pesss, all + “gg aoa ,¥O Nacrmeyn sna , Koad ss vo are NOW e fine} , % A s 7 are } yet 4 A ret 4 Li e434 » Aba Wy Nn't locate, I am sure, rd there which would ele ord dam» this way, be OAM lO Tai r thittle in 1790 re One reeord Maybe..-. ther reagoh, For her +6 Brice & doesn't nose. years, TIT oe did marry in 17@a ost men just i for them, wl» Vo Lunes Ore e were not into so many | led to ge . a», reet y ction for Wiley ; trans” > r up our line, but could not @ all burned, I guess we will have to go ana recheek the census records for 1830-40 sinee the