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Thomas Eaton Swann Papers, Gaither (4)
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Ze site Eomehow, Oliphants had crossed my mother’s path in her | peor'bhe often referred to Oliphente. In addressing Virgil"s ecard I looked tn ¢ none directory for the address and was baffled, pStatesville. ae he Statesville Tele As ever, own rights and obligations. [I suggest to you that the price of government medicine is stly. that we persevere in our cause of suggest uyou that you write to our Congressman and Senators and advise them me your choice is for freedom of choice -- that they ppose H.R. 4222, King bill. ( a Brit} le aii ogee Sete “Te 4. reereston : ESL x’ a YR boke. Flerr OS ne Le. %\ me vif 4 ype Jeb bath. \ [. pe view et, (Cpt ot ces ( of harness Claw /F3L eae Keni Co Pec -t ore Calelens Win Lecfeo : Mart E Din pul 7 aka cca p ‘ ie a W ae De 4n Gaither born in Iredell] County, N.C 9/9/1860 married Emily Elizabeth Baggarly, dgt. Tilmon Baggarly,. b. 2/11/18603..m/2/18/1880 John Martin died 2/27/1903 in Litchfield, Illinois; Elizabeth Baggarly Geither died 6/28/1926 in Statesville, N.C. bes of John Martin Gaither: Fraison who married Martha ** moved to Statesville, children: Raymond who died fairly young of T.5., Fannie, who died about 1954 of cancer, Ruth who married Cecil Lackey lives in Stateg= ville. and Lee Martin (Red) who was Fire Chief of Statesville for years and who died in 1961. i a ; William L. Gaipber b. 1855 d. 1931 buried at Clari bury, Iredell Cos on Same stone DUCTatia ©. Uaither, probably wife, b. 1848 d. 1902 a4 f t Julia D. Gaither, dgt.? b. 1880 d. 1916 ; son Ray; dgts. Mamie, Della and Annie who married one of the White boys of the White ® rat § Transportation Co. - mB of John Martin, Fraison and William: Dr. F.B. Gaither (Dr. Bell) b. 4/29/1660 d. 3/22/1941 buried at Mount Bethet, Irefiel] Co. ‘wife Lena Brandon] b. 1874 d. 1957) Ernest, lived in Statesville; Lacy, sister of Ernest and Br. Bell ddfreidd b. 1869 d. 1938 married William B, Gaither b. 1871 d. 1960 n SAAd she thought her grandfather Gaither was called Andy and that he died while or @aily was living in Illinois 1888-1904; and that her grandmother lived until about . "She said Fannie and Ruth's grandmother was named Julia, butshe didn@t say which mother or whether it could have been her grandmother too.) en of John Martin and Elizabeth Baggarly Gaither Julia b. 11/18/1880 married Charlton Moore Lula b. 9/29/1882 married Jesse Tilden Davis Thomas Roba b. 8/31/1884 d. 1885 Mary Ettab. 1/10/1888 d. 1/30/1888 John Pinkney b. 11/10/1888 d. 2/18/1889 one of twins, other died at birth (family moved to Illinois Dec. 1888 Roy Lee b. 1/6/1890 d. 7/2/1903 buried in Litchfield Blanche May b. 7/6/1892 died about 1895 James Bugene b. 1894 Bertha.b. 1896 d. 1896 John Martin b. 1898 Mou can see only four of the eleven children lived to adulthood and they are still © be. I have given their names because sometimes they are a clew tc relatives, for \a ble the first daughter may have been named for her paternal grandmother, and mama, | & listed in Betty.Baggarly Gaither's Bible as Maggie Lou, was probably namd for 77] mternal grandmother Margaret Summers. The Roba comes from the Baggarly line. They #7 until the last boy to name one after his father. uy nother's brother named hig #on John Martin. He is a career Air Force man and has no children. James Eugene Mves in Hickory and had two sons, one by each of his wives, one named Melford, \. James. ) , Mime went out to Clarksbury and Mount Bethel last summer mama wasn't feeling well mont to go along, so I copied the inscription from all the Gaither headstones, thinke Pwould surely get some of her grandparents, but not a one could she definitely say Mncestors. The closest ones according to theapprozimate deat! lates were Mary d. ner born in 1848 and died in 1915, and John J, Gaither b. 1853 d. 1886, but they . Mot old enough to be the parents of John Martin born in 1860, unless I made @ ike copying from the tombstones and that is quite likely because some of them werg f} illegible and I weas bi-focals.) Jubt before we left Clarksbury we ran acrose Targe family plot of Alexander Milton Gaither, but we were tired and I didn't at was any of mama's family, so didnt try tO copy any information. I didn't get Mthe Gaithers byy any means, and not all I got were kinfolks, although mama used mil all the Gaithers in Iredell County cousin. ea gnceyene ily, ; f hth eee Wye costes. tye dn HN. hove: fro OC’ eA 7 ow L (/ Y Loe AA ian Man hee dh jew YYUd og 7 tz. c / / ¥ tl’ y ae -t “~ tuk rw ‘ AAn/ Be — a a& ; Ave ‘ Aves Ens d ripe tA te i 4 Me firys get 7 4 00 4reot - Ania d —pptrta U d 3 7 Al ¢ _t-n.~-4.. F/ hn oo 8 Se A. hate J / f a4, > ° / , / Pf OER vg ¥ 4 Ore y A KYM, ya Acted. * ¢ UY A A « nr r—}-, é vt i< AY ‘ hh) paw : red bin~e Nan Ape of i At Ae th : f ; Mdbeo hae are ASLL&GW - f oi eg . Y / . at 6 onl MA t Pt ras " SAL fe Pree é v f, fs ~f p 4 4” ‘ /f — a a ie ae 7 AL “Vis rid 7 ai Ct tt OWL J Ls ee f ati . ae Cw 4 peices, eeeebseoeeeeeds 23080680 L Pf ee 7 5 % ¥ C4 ‘ 4 ef * Ps | 4a tees J }LAtLHHS, yt] le { ( Porro a 14 ( “A /\ tL @ ¢ Jj. fle tet ee a Varcwe Lob Are : S Pit A2no ip adh AN ek [7 Milo CLA \ 7 La i a ¥} aol. a ri A“ AL eA Wencerning Rezin Gaither, \ We show one other one who was born about the time as the , pe in. This Regin was son of Rezin and Sarah Yieldhall, His parents mrried 4am 1773, 80 sometime after that. I was judging thet this me mst have "epeme from North Carolina, since he and Benjamin Gaither were the only two in Clark 7) Peunty, Indiana, I see that in 1840, this Resin has four sons;(1}5-10 and(3) were 15. $$ Then a little later on in 1850, I have Perry Gaither, age 25 with James age 3 Ruth age 12; and Emeline age 8. I assume these were his brothers and sisters, a Da: ng the same year Wile ah were married, Perry was born 1825; Noah in 182] 5 in 1824 and James 1835, which goes pretty well with the ages of Resin's sons in 1840, All of the except James was born in North Carolina, Ruth and ne were born in Indiana as well as James, so it seems that Rezin went there some between 1825-1835, 7 ' ae ‘Re for the Benjamin, he had l-aon under 5 years and 1-son 10-15, which could be the Res I have on an enclosed sheet in Washington County, Indiana 1880, These two sons aid that their mrents were born in North Carolina, I understand that Benjamin IT seed his will 1788, and that was not necessarially the date of his death, Do you mink it possible he died meh later and this Benjamin was another son of his who ) died posthumousg I know this sounds far fetched, but I can think of nothing at present, It seems likely to me that sons of Benjamin II and Rachel Jacob d come west with her family or their sister who married a Prather, “yeeee Mise Turner I mentioned is MISS WINNIE VIRGIL TURNER, 614 Chickawaba Avenue, H) Piytheville, Arkansas, She knows very little about the history except that some ae Waty way back some Gaither married a Friason. I believe she is a cousin of / K. Gaither, Fort Mill, S.C. I am sure she would love to hear from you, Z am equally as sure, her name comes from the Iredell County Turners, b here in Louisville, like you there, have had plenty of rain, We had that long, ot dry spell too, but everything lows good now. I had a big wash on the line by #00 thie morning, and I om afraid it is going to get wet, At least I can say they ie well rinsed, haha. - pli Tk, i. ef7Z,. 1 = ot We [VHS NX a ae Ce d) bce [< . q l P/ 4 an lu Ps 4. ust tia { ~~, Wes. —_ E L on ? .. ‘ ; ; : ra} /j set. (pArat, J way STS-2 J ‘ : 4% ae ¥ ao eniNbnas RIES Sasi = Tae ‘ ‘ws oe LC ime LY c Cp gird 784 ASIA f « Crt hen. 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Srreg t FOTCUL22 ha fivi12. SURs+ “eT f reat cota. Me ity (COM G eh Ditec<t “7104 b Sab TT as Ratlege( et 4 LQAL A hur yur - VW } ‘i: Cs) 6 “Y wiceainiien ; ao t re Yo. eh pth Q -t2eWt-tidle Lut LA (ul et A OA) 4 (3 5 [ jj : é / j / i yy ) f J Dp. iA : / ‘ i A a ad alta Of je oe LLL J OL { “la L dh , 4 t+, 4 AA f i4 FeO, d petit b ye. Leh frie Gi A. ¢ t en ob Ca abel Pay U4usk, role Tr /u (aps ely ett oY ap a4 f 6A "Derby Day" May 1963 . Yy bby O05 Dear Mr, Swann; Well its that big day again here in Louisville - Derwy Day, The crow large this year and we can hardly move for al] the people. It a goo people of this town to stay home, The weather couldn't be better We have never been out there to the Downs to see a derby, but | wou just one, I've never placed a bet in my life, and its a little si} Kentucky people are just born horse fams to the extent of loving the a they play the Old Kentucky Home on Derby Day there are many Kentuckia a handkerchief, Tes, I have seen the college bowl, It hag.caused quite a stir here, happy and we hope we get it again this Sunday, Kentucky is back the list as far as education goes and ranks about 48, This may let sc that there are a few people just as wel) educated as those the higt The eastern Kentucky mountain area seems to be the section that most opinion of Kentucky from, Did you hear about our big steamboat race last week? That was another Our Louisville owned boat - "The Balle of Louisville" - lost to the "! “incinnati, Louisville just bought the boat last year and the Democrs Although 3 ex-mayors from their party wanted to buy the boat while the BThis is the first time we have had a Hepublican administration in ma the entire state seems to be leaning that way, Thats fine with us be remember any members of our family who were democrats, ha ha, I wrote to Ruth Renner and sent her the information you sent, I am su glad to get that. Again I am way behind on my mail. For awhile we d mail, but it has picked up now and I have about 17 people to write We have. been trying to find out who tie WILLIAM L, GAITHER yas who is bury, He was born on PewPpHH, 1855, ' riHOet, His wife wa: who was born Feb, 15, 1855, died July $0, 1921, He died in 1931, 1 the William L, Gaither who married Miss Forcum, daughter of Ne his wife, MARY GAITHER of Basil and Augerena (Gatton) Gaither, Ruth Renner sent a census record from Missouri of a WILLIAM H, GAITHS Werth Carolina in 1813 and I think he was in Green County, Missouri, The eldest was born in Tennessee in 1838 and the other born in Missow was living near EPHRIAM GAITHER who was born in Kentucky, I have ofte Ephriam was a son of HORATIO GAITHER of Nicholas, E#phriam named his gimilar to those found in that family such as JUNNA P,, JUNIUS, This will be a very short letter, but will write a longer one the nex pond more data. By the way, I was re-reading my last letter from Har: mnd he said that we "undoubtedly" descend from the JACOB family, I t! that we do and is trying to tell us so, but since he Jacks the proof \ finately. th June 5, 1962 Mr. T.E,Swann Route l, Box 147 Statesville, N.C, a sa ir of Nicholas, wha his Son. Our dites We show Nicholas W. Gaither, born 1 783 ; County, N.C, Sept. 18, 1792 to Tabitha Bounchier ‘Paap was born 1773, died 1853. If this is true, he was only 9 when they m is very unlikely, Our dates on birth and death were received from Mr, 4 Saither, a S.A.R. member, I Copied the date of marriage from Frank he only child I hays record of, is Wiley, born Nov. 10, 1815, (Married Dec, 25, 1833, Mary Ann Bogle. Their only son was Dr ’ this point to present, there have been four generations of "Only : Who Nathan, Amos, Abner and Sarah Ann Gaithér were, \s oF 9 88 I don't show that be all wrong, for lied Dr who were heirs of } Wiley was his only ¢ om ste | be Gul ae Foi hr sated, bak e A _ +a rg. On bakit ob dies.) os ROE a f \ Sibeinc. } eo 7 Verte f Y emisid é i, wt ok +, Muie* é Sle feet Amd ko 4 Re ys Bo pa isl ee el bh Cate Me Sie what, é fp #2 Ca f th» ie se (Mga) _ t 2 Gites “2 ad ais 2 f2bB. % » ag? 1 mh BLO ide tye he iz ed ba a ¢, } Fal d a { * ; oil Mi oe rey hte he. gil td. | il) ee Co, bern L188 Meare. bie ei 6b if he ah be lead i! he iE f Wr a —" 0 aN ~ ak ret. Pu . : ‘ A ia. fie 2— a T" ac AR | oe y Loed ef... OV OE incon peru a. bee i 4 ” ' Sad Bese Lee FH / 5.25 Mn - Berea becitzor 7 Cn... ars. mM - ee Ai A roy f < becw 45-7 - MES) MM [Core Kirelo, 4, | J-2- Wy. fecal Reef jh : , ¢ ar “a s # i x aM : ao ae 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE hey WASHINGTON 16. D « L/o 7s WP Dear i'r. Swann: whiakie m4 Le name of Wey] je maither a + i ~ a _ m m poy rev ill Sae my father mention It.—T note {4 apvears among the heirs | Olas Gaither, Salisburv, 1826. I have been trving to tie fheewith Wylie Lovelace, as it is not 2 common name, Bie OS else pbout Wylie annear in Statesville records? If v Court House sometime. He-mirht have been a brother o se eof Sarah, orn in Marvleand 1790, as apnears from Mario: records. Sarah might have been a Gaither, Notlev Tomlinson was the son of umphrev kecket (a5 r and brother of John, who married Tabitha Summers, Another circumstance has occurred to me, Ty MR LaANOY of Charles wes—second wife-of-Ntechoins, om@ethen morried gon ofBentemin, didn't Jeremiah also have e second wife’ fF by an old n6été that he married KRechel, deughter of <ryrabyt Vere tree. d._of Promo 6 ) Prather? I hone vou are not too « 7 o , this time.” I have ep ‘uneh thet Ire. 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Y r il’ I can depend upon, finish this business about baci! ‘ earlier and married earlier for 4! a ‘But - that’ is, it does not name these older ; point is that irs, Davis at Winston- ; tha (Nelly) Gaither Jones, I thin Gaither was a son of Basil I. ut Nich fe. he was still living. Then -r. .¢wren ~o, Mameither who m. Vachel Ijams. And Vachel Ija ti ? m Steele’ had sent ine a letter she had received fron “rs. wears 8509 80 I sent a copy*to Eva.” Tt turvis out that )+ Mm very old, and that she has done everything possible to ¢ mein. One of her relatives went to Engiand and saw the ma ra. of John Gaither I to Joan Morley, which they think was mee One John Gatter came in the "Georce" in 1620. They t wried and had @ son born soon after he left England. Then Oy. believe this same John Gater cdme back to America, afte F2ed Joanne Morley in 1631, end With him was John Gater b P45, and a wife age 23. Then this relative said he had a moe named JOHN and 2 dau., Elizabeth. All 5 camp to Eliza mM you imagine this méss? John I bd. @ who died, they presume. or: whas another son, JOHN b. 1634 and a dau. Elizabeth, and } me to América. Two sons named JOHN and both living 1599 had son John b. 1: Ten John I remarries Joane a i Wi me they think the first son John b. 1620 marries Mary me @ gon b. 1652 born posthumous, Another record states hk massue. As I see it, either one of these, if this John 3. m 1652 before his son John b. 1652 was born, could not be pr who was asking for a renewal of the warrant for "Abing pL died before the date 1662, the demand for the renewal, Bowes only age 10, So, if they know what they are talking @ eliminate both of these. It would leave g0bn 2s-.b, 1! meon named JOHN b. 1634, ve seewman and Mrs. Jorg say that Joseph Morley left no heirs i Gaither and Robert Proetor, who wag the 2nd husband of fF meey) Freeman - these two men were the executors of Joseph £ and benefactors, and they came into possession of "Abing oe OUT ancestor had "Abington", because the later genera B that they were born there. Did you ever hear of such a wee mean having two sons named JOHN, at the same time and b prreaily disgusted over this, The only reason I am tellin "2s that I had sent you data ¢« ontirming the line of desce’ pyo Warfield and Newman. wr. Newman says he worked this w pounger, during the depression, but that he has informatii £806 it, he should correct his errors, They are recordca @M, Colonial Dames and other organizations. eS Fos My > bal — ic Mie . eo wre. 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Vv ee Ty Kl 1 f-O_e - £ / tHe 2 C_a_ <f ae O14 ee. L - i. re. TH, Jecla bbe. ¢ . ID cu t 7h oy yy; Cy ae 7 : 4 mM. oO an oo sal Leer felt ic’. pot ot | a : | Lo a, Be 1 PHidti Y ben BSF iD x | : 1s His RUBY M. FLOYD E é 649 SOUTH 37TH . GAITHER si’ { 41 , Vear Mr, owann; Wil] answer your Vast two Jette: x stick to the ground, 10 W '* - i T . —_ > : y 7 Dr Of 1t, 1 hope your fan is the err .¢ i I think we fina’ly have th ‘ " _ ” . Yes, you had mentioned somet?ttme-at fy ~ + y ) » o g i. i ™ , " i County, do wish we could ear . ; Last Saturday, a week ago, Dad and census records for many of the southern’ st ; were in Nashvil’e by of the state ’ibraries were c’osed that Kentucky State offices wre c'’osed c they would be any different in Tennessee, Our i! te eo a4 *t9 = for Rowan, Divie and Irede’’? for 1870-7 } County, Ala,, severa’ countie no! and A.kansas, What a disappointment, seat of nutherford Uounty, Tennessee, out ‘ear: that county shows a BeluY GAITHsR as Hea Head of Family, We don't know who tt! Yesterday Vad and | spent the y at : records are wonderful, xverything nde xe for Sentucky, We found ever so many records o1 and a’so the family of JOHN ROG: s fused and belonged to a HARKIs] A : Bardstown, She apparent'y ‘eft no ii’dren, directed that her home be so’d to place a monumen ren. She ‘eft many s’aves - three she freed and the others, v 3 were to be raised in the Protest int faitt then freed SG ihe Grit ae snot eT i; = Re ar TT eaiies ! wit “"\ Ug ake ¢ 4 gow Heun me, oe: oo "mM. Q LDN Ror X Cem ee a <= } mM. tartherr $2/~ roe Va p a our _ Mh x (a a1 & tyL ( Si os 649 SOUTH 37TH STREET J OUISVILLE 11, KENTUCKY GAITHER . SPRING 2-0441 December 9, 1962 Dear Mr, Swann; \, S Will answer your last two letters, It is snowing here and so cold i tick to the ground, I do wish it would wait unti’? Christmas Eve, | of it, 1 hope your family has the-Merriest Christmas ever, © think we finally have t | Ephriam Gaither (of Gassaway) Jine fair’. Very few people have any ng on that Vine, (act es, you had mentioned somet Ut the possibility of £1i moving Bounty, I do wish we cou’d learn more about him, his widow and his Last Saturday, a week ago, Dad and I went down to Nashvil’e inhopes | Sensus records for many of the southern states, We left here at 4:3 mwere in Nashville by 8:00, which was 7:00 their time, Then, we find fet the state libraries were closed that day, We felt so stupid beca hat Kentucky State offices ure closed on Saturday and don't know wh; ‘th y would be any different in Tennessee, Our plans were to see the ‘wor Rowan, D tie and Irede!! for 1810-1820-1830; also Beford County, Meunty, Ala,, severa) counties in I)linois; Missouri; Maryland; lowa i A kansas, What a disappointment, We did go on over to Murfreésb @eat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, but learned very little, The - hat county shows a BELEY GAITHER as Head of Family and a DELI GAITH. ‘Head of Family, We don't know who they were, Retell Boy d/ | t ] ‘ Testerday Dad and I spent the day at Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentu Pecords are wonderful, Everything is indexed aid in good order, Th for Kentucky, We found ever so many records on the family of GREENBI Gnd also the family of JOHN ROGERS GAITHER, A third family has us s fused and belonged to a HARRIETT GAITHER, born ip Virginia in 1783, Bardstown, She apparent)y ‘eft no children, but did mention some wh f@irected that her home be sold to place a monument over her remains ; en. She left many slaves - three she freed and the others, accordi: were to be raised in the Protestant faith, then freed at age 2) year: ae |G mer Bl Qe» Lew). Nbr g. Sacthe die / ( f Pc no “eo (917 m. Won, panko Ther Bore MDTVAT v Br phrdirto Kk. Jo f daith 4 7 fe Vy ) DOmrN€-4 © 7 ~ rY, Tu UL, ck ceo 9 ; , V ( On “vl ha 40in ke ( oo O04 yw a eke rc 4, La C4 K ¢ wa iL eth Sl ee f-€ jen ‘, a Wry CCTs ” 2 YO Ava. Ae d> OU /yute on fe “4 ( MILA Le her L- F 2 / hie ‘ ss e J Sa Lhar be CHEA/GU o VY Aleks Aki i, are re wy ~~ ) Lf ® ee ae x A At 4 C fu i - (4G. ie F Goh padi ke Avy A PRX schorahabes Ade ee d | ake. po as er ate oe soe Cua y lai ht (Coke ppm > Mi, Mo den ee 4. ft . PT "Tae Bar. / eas f Bx Fah fF. SEAL ea.) Saab é é, ory Co hie-0x Ce a « 4 his, ‘ A power Ors Tie, Ghee. SC Mery Aes i L OB Awrs Creer au iene. Dine "w Ohne 7 : : “ ’ fie os. / Ye 1% oe oe Som Ch w gt OEStaie, Lumet IC. GK, ha, overs A rl pra» Coats Po heck Pirie: Bide), Yaa Val bgt og QL. Ve é dehy were oft en el) 4 SV VAN K } a es b / Sec | 2 Ff + Le Cf Veen hs 2 a J fia O74 Ja. : k ( ef VU ag wh Xd Pract 7 ee, + l A 4 \ ” f 4 cn ) j W70 Koauckary Yrtek bo \b- fal, Ye4.- 2) Foe } s } A C /} —— is i : y QUO Ha la CHI WFAA CRU T j ] Pa / () 4 2 k - af: 7 % ; ee . at TK 0 « VP OAKADO, 2-10. ¢ oe ; / ay O I f daft) t {fp es ai , a / id "Wn ¢ —p-»9 : | && 7 ¢ Cy Fix Kf x ¢ > b ; 4 - t : y wv CX CH X Lely 4 ( l i “a ty f j ion ne f a oe : O RMA ' LK J i : 7 | Ka ' Pp kKOnAnyr Av { pp eer J ld aX ; Uk. th. Ora Lhe ¢ Cis Ge je ; ; j V /) ? f or cy j / , A aT OLAS, ti (Ax <2 gt 7K 4 | | J¢ .# ¢ : Ar ( (} {) U eee ' — ; ’ o BO CCL i RL Vt) GS aK Wr eS ( ry 7 Lind ( ty lev rer 4 a de / of Ate. Ki , aaed g M CA Me ey ob cu fle oe Vikas ” a J i / q ) ze é ( rT eA =" ack ods CK x Kr 7 oh far J ro P- VC \ Se Roe Miike Rol Rakai ool al U6) Fe, Ch Ae “att o } ( ' . CRAWL . Q N oS ah gh x8 \ 3 9 DS oy : Sea oe - > Con tn dub 40 5 ae ee i Sa ns “a (se Vlan rps | OM abi f) \ ) ( : | Xrud: \ Lae 5 Ce et tle ae : \ \ ( a Koja hs Oe OAL Wr nn Se tec at ; we vs os ee S meen ger \ | ess KIO. 104 -y Pe eens tm Oe 4 OAS cA. A VAD Qe X CA < (\ : ’ a mA RL» \ Mien J V1% L ey \ ¥ Mw AA { J tis ly Nib ease a \ j V alk Qe Ss Q €> E. FLOYD KENTUCKY -_ - SL. _ _ ~ ~~ bo STREET IT TH SOUTH 649 GAITHER -0441 9 ~ SPRING "Ye ~ of \ son yey 7 3) Yo 4 @ ya +> f ray a 2, — : A 3 1 oe a wes » Pamtliaae @ a Dad said he used to know a lot of Or wed families in Gr F. ) - ff are 7 ent af 199 yer? . ; 1 . ‘he Newton Crawilord, who of course, ; | We had a most amasing thing mn 3 over ¢he ° ; William Shelley Gaither, ho is on ship, “enterprise” Pe ae ee oT eed a Ae \ He receive e letter last Thur . e, wife Se , wal sie 8 8 : a gi ‘ ciate ta f@or Louisville, arrivi ere Friday, .¢ if Far just for a family history tntil we found out they sre Jor : . - } ‘. 1} ha - ar @id know much about what they belioved, but 3) nat 1 2m that } th ba 4 na +h . Fwquirec in their churen to tr ce their 28 rs 3K A t a ‘e . es kh?) As ry } a ’ , + } . Adem and Eva, if Possible, I didn' oe Supposed +o mm Vv bv or XV yr bl hair ca ac . t+ moka + ba 4 - EZ won't mike this too long, i+ we : 0 too good this tims o 9 ye ginnas® h . go t i this ti . ; Courthouse just for us, 1 .re moh t : : - aa , ei fc aoe ait i heave sent to us. 6 never know just 3 $ oa YE. Lew i BP my tec 2 [of J $23 "Y A a _——e J~cot t dees a de r(" Cheer of J ‘ ab Pap Fig tse Qa. bh fear I-A - / Zoe : eae fe oe at: ae he Beak. Fry Tobe, de a | tall. m, €L- pobell, faraesP [¥r) BY stain, yee ——s Len - /7t9- Fade o"4 ees i) po buMd ™ etn Varo A/ pe ar , bin7 CO olla ro. ee lot Zz. Bobi. ae hi pace tanpat whe / ~~ AGO 2. ft : 60 ce fe A- CAP BOF" ft laine A. t€PA-thY hte. 7 ae 4 cans / riot aa t. LP / ‘ Apt + rr i athe tN J j I Yh Bu tA at ae Ad. aoe i ios : Bentley 79 3 olay f- . “ MM ~ “$brrecpecah Pp Ee nf a = EPS p= Oe oa te: (i foe” pA. <i | { , , a Hyp MI4t 293 , , BP) f LC Cf s T¢ cae: “fe 7 I cer. im Peter Stuart N & basis of identifica. mt Ney could be prov. | Gad such Correspondence to m Was Most interested we 480, for higher 4 told to vacate an deff LUTE - J£20 - 5 Let (Qevuln] J E22 yet KC Yn portnten ] L&K Ap “s/f 25 5 GE Sah ee Yee. Wa Mee -S Tey \ ( Beh Bim ait J : tl. 7 4 eine ' i 2a. of 7 a ce ok / J 20 * ‘er. <: 7§ 0") d JBC 4 ty : Fhe: Lec a Gj ae Ad gc iL Ome ( . a =~} / TZ 7 YA. nea Cen a1. Ot<, ell, Lego A rio ee f] \ 7 A plk oe “<7. — : f ~ GIT - ALITo$ b (Sop ( NM A ee: Lace }t < - t-ts-tie enh <t 3 “ . 7 d f 7 F , —— } { { /j Bi Cte k Zz. ts aot tt. / ne a P; { 4 bi , / / r d 4 ine 9 50 te sails 3 A Warfield, and other sources give conflicting datesuell z “the first place, Warfield says: "MARGARET WATKINS { of holas ‘and £ jana Worthington Watkins) married Benedict ae son of. a momnas and ey Warfield Dorsey; she afterward became \rs. BAS GAITHER, bwas the mother of NATHAN GAITHER who was in Constitutional Conv. in #m ® ELIZABETH WATKINS, her sister, also became Mrs. GAITHER." ; » From the above, I assume this is my NARGARET WATKINS - as she had mon, NATHAN, and she did marry my BASIL. Then I also assumed that her ever, ELIZABETH WATKINS, married my BASIL'S bro., BENJAMIN. » But Newman seys: "BENEDICT DORSEY (1768-1814), son of Thos, and ty (Warfield) Dorsey, was born in Anne Arundel Co., and on April 20, a j? he m. MARGARET WATKINS the dau. of Nicholas and Ariana (Worthington) = mains, It seems ae if BENEDICT and his wife both died within a short 4 me Guring the year of 1814." Then he lists three children: Thomas, @hington, and Elizabeth Dorsey b. 1795. So this is all mixed up, and @m not certain who my MARGARET WATKINS could have been. Later on in a me book, p. 368, Newman says: "BASIL GAITHER born 1751 married MARGARET . INS," gr Koex. ho tthe ¢~ /2-19-/760 » The next mix-up is on dates. Mrs. Davis of Winston-Salem says that mL @nd MARGARET were in the Lower District in 1773, of Frederick COce Ylend, and that MARGARET was born Feb. 1, 1756 and died Jan. 14, 1802, ee 168 Wrong. BASIL made his will Nov. 8, 1802 and nemed his wite, " GARET who was living at the time and not dec'd. Jan. 14th, ten mo. fore, So something is wrong here. Then Newman says they married ca fa>, Ond dau. NELLIE was b. 1769 - four years earlier. Margaret was ® 17 in 1773 1f she was born 1756. z pi? ® Then Mre. Davis says the children of Basil and Margaret were: . SHOLAS, WALTER, GASSAWAY, BETSY, NATHAN, and ELLEN (NELLIE). There ® &l60 @ BASIL Jr., and a MARTHA. Newman lists all of these except PHOLAS, and Basil does not name NICHOLAS in his will, either. §0 you we how confusing it is. Newman gives the following marriages; Basil Gaither b, 1774 m. Tabitha Smith (it is Smart) Walter " b. m, Elizabeth Smoot ,$v7 Gassaway Geither m. Mary Smoot Nelly . ‘ i. Tease Jones /y > Betsy i. John Mareh /</ Nathan b. 1788 m. Martha Morrison — Martha bd, m, Vachel jams. _ Leni % /fogp mecha Was Supposed to be b. 1769 d. 1825. And I think Nicholas d. 1828 na Mm, Tabitha Baley. I intended to write to Mre. Davis and try to get mae Of these errors corrected. She claims she has the whole thing, but m letter came the day before Toney's funeral, and if I wrote to her mit these errors at 4 later date, which I think I did, she made no ent. ig ® You asked about a CALDWELL-GAITHER marriage. BURGESS and AMELIA MAIN GAITHER had a son, FORREST who m. LAMIRA CALDWELL. Was she the My Thies is long-winded, but I got stabted and could not stop. Hope fen of you are 0.K, and have a nice Easter. With love and best wishes, - - + AF Lg¢ Cy (file g / Dear Friend, Just off:P a group of deep sea around on the disal Finally they he nized the dots and das fT t ui This is the Resurrection answer go to such a degree to brate weekly tells uj} Join with us a: television to tell the wont you seek to prove that He is living in YOU] HC s THE SOUTHERD State Depositary Esville, BeGe Dec. TOth, 19350 TT aa | informed that your Qrendemother, MARY J. GAITHER ther ee named WALTIR GALTHER and called by some people * or "anee” GAITHER and thet he was a son of BASIL GAITHER (the L BASTL who represented Rowan County in the Legislature‘for a= 0 yee. “3f 80, he was & brother of GASSAWAY GAITIIR, ny crande | we wy father being a. son of GAS SA WAY GAITHER, My father was ah. gon of GASSAWAY GAITHER, son Of BASIL GAITHER, I. am fh nase te 5 maT LASH GAITHER, commonly called "LASH" cs: oy fe wil Mise FLORENCE CLEMENT, daughter of Mr. JOHN and we eelebrated our 50th Anniversary Dec. Ist, 1950. i, ce” Pes , , 50 “The Yra-yery truly, Lie GAITHER Ya a4 | Pe ape" Lure fr, . 2) q | oy . i 77, ins OY fe mn ke. é { fee ral . . | -— 26 CG ae Cong ‘4 Wp kis A luell, 4 AA My ed eel.. ah ey 1 / ani Lo / iudiemeet o> ee nf ar ae Y 4 | [iy f é 4 A yap OF URES Scher sere te zr 4 2 give & bequeath to. ay son NAT & his heirs forever. mt pe & a. to my daughter | sate ° SALT ik ve te eieth canines scone ath Ley ol AOVe: ber ot Teper} _ of the preamble of wills, 46 on this Gay A write this and eetablien it as a last will and testea- aaprenetys ef my desite in dividing uy cetetey both real & 308 . + Hh of #11 my. just cote be paid, with as speedy collection mie justly cue me _seboves 1 give to EE GAITHTR the uninterrupted use of “y éwelling plantation & ROAD beloved wife Ema, paged Barker 4 delatter Woren dey, Jacob Solomon & Minty afr rabid life, in like manner one feather be » furnitures weite © elite papboards & all ite contents, six chairs, two Cows, oe } b aloes ne plough @ gears, ~y bay Mere, lines & qunehs all & oycer casket. ate ant Mhequenth te wy son WALTER GAIT HER ‘two hundred & twenty bof end to be laid of ail across my lend fron Hustons n : er e, ane ‘feather bed & furniture, one pot, this I P el ye } von ¢ give & bedisath to my son GASGAWAY GAITHER two hyn ired acres of io ‘be’ Yaie bf Feng side WALTER'Sy one feather bec & furniture & one jbo hin: & Bis heirs forever. HAN GAITHER two hy marred & twenty acrem: Ete ane ny awelling Glantation & mill at the ioath of his mothe * furnitures One Pods the turner@, 7 rs or tanners) phope ! now standing in my yard « thie I give i FR the Necor boy SolLomen, Pe the girl to resolve at her verrisge, the bey net tilh } ‘ 4 furniture, one side saddle 4. bridle, one cow & < aperee Left to her die before = Se id " > or. “f | olht ane al rrive to Bees in out of ny "estate, worth eighty Dollars, This pearl er . rh if fae Rae ee ori! ON BP ah pete fonayers “ hy “GAR by thé otate to me 4 algo seventy acres laid across the + 4. the ethers Lote & in case my Cirpolis % land be my deaire it. te te go ac to ao to seach 10% - thie I sive to my heirs & his heirs AACARET W, JOR, BS, MARY Ge aide @. edge “y NégPO nan, naned San & Neg, Woman [ Sele with #21 her increase aleo & in like er that pert of W land: ¢onveyéd by deed to ISAAC ONES ffom Ralph ? Van Cleave & «TONES: te me, quantity mbt accertain ed, supposed to be two hun- , he it sére or lese reserving especially the use ¢ benefit of Mend to NELEY Jowes (NELLY) uninterru ted during her natural we at her — tobe equally divided, between the above mentioned . j onirarany to then & their heirs forcver . ‘give te y daivchter RELEY JONES the sum of one hundred collavse’s and property: mb. withiher since death of her tus! } eee ihe nev lives « & ity executors are hereby arthorized te sill: ’ om & , ponvey to the curehaser that tract of lend, where HELEE i ait & that tract lying & adjoining the county line at the head of an 'g' OF greek, eli the rect % residue of xy « let it consist im ae wil?’ either real or person@l, & whatever is over the diss of my just depts to be equally divided between ali ay ohiléren & if GASSAWAY will give two hundred dollars for ™ helf of the stud | p he ney have Hin & in ¢ate he Will not give it either of ny other nay take him.et that price - « if the death of my wife, a1) the Nee & prabecty then in exietanoé except then I willed to RETSEY be by dries aé above. hy on. WALLER & BASIL GALTH have a6 ny wip s te thts T Teot will & toets thet ing thie & no other to oe BASIL GAITHER ten will of MABL1 Gaither, recotécd in hook"o" » Rowan County, North Caroling, | y ¥ :» r \ ~ § ~ , \¥ ’ +9 y ———aen =, = oommeng it ‘ { Sipeeicene ~ 4 r i + wo > ‘ . ; & K > “~ * ’ a . ‘* Le ’ 4 ~ a ¥ ’ ’ ‘Y 5 fy 4 4 a « ° e omy 2g we A -~. weeatelyn,. ee prdltel ions " (Rowan County1. wes. granted Davie Co sy of the’ Leci: rving * n doth Dranches oi Tou ee gee. Ha.) aH ba More are many things you mej are ad) the things my daughter many other things. letter from! \ Maryland Re Lots of Fidelity , (Shevgives nenes jiepecil Gaither mari mer 06., Mise She wat mm Pound this in Vol. © Elizabeth ©0r averedc ah io0, Téok Ph. tn Davie Augdemy.’ A pton+So len. ‘Bo much me of ny! family we 1781..- Bass. Gai tier and his.brothe ‘hese were cranted arate * {TPA PPA, ean Se it gic he ' a jing t ON 52 l ern + tel f 6 * - have another + Naylors.« ¢ ac Sécond cou a : My: cousim Lewis Fields of Anari 6 Peo me fimiished fourth from the to) er, a lawyer 3 Dal) ae ’)| 6 There 18 80 much Rters; I heve just retu maencestors went fro teas I have so many records.a C reeords of them in the Archives as ney are. woncd erful. 9 , _< a 3 Benjamin's will and ti cow that you and I e eT . out er | P2'S * s el Wun , Letee-D ee 6x Regent, 5th pBlogical “posord of war of 1812 «- A have all records, ~ ama North Btate ) AR, ine, i heave Captn. Basilis will cf 1980 ia (Martha) was ny @Y.er.grandmother® : et this for you from Rowan. for Nelly*simarriege bond in his il have George ‘Willson's get this for you for $1. ee send about them later, JOHN GAITHER ce 419. let Generation Generation JOHN CGAITHE . died in Generatiorn’ - BENT s Generation Generation pbasii*Geither wae.in Captn.. Bris flend in the Archives and 1 ; it Outs" and the 14 tthe ey SPETH (DUVAL) was ter J BURGESS, ‘ NICHOT ve: NICHOLAS was hep AP PIUe |. Davis NICHOLAS .y Y au a. be-SL.nAnon fi! eT MNOR igigrt i. Have had i: ere and, we Ta 1 La “ BABETH (DUVAL) wanetm | BURGESS, ee But to get bac! mt to soe how Dw. of nPaotae > fF ROAM, but he ie’ thoee dates ay O43 and. BASIL rou ld have been on 7 yes 2 Ars e Then Werfield Big muet be And b. 1762. 4. A? This JRRr 7 mos, Qnd aidau, ~ the: Beil dren by ae end mm 1815," ¢thts—ona elit but she died before yd believe NICHOI wh Ad hoe of MIGHOLAS, hi 78 NICHOLAS was kk “pephew Seanel. Davis NIGHO 3. Davie answéred a a¥ S she ETT GAITHE al Ahad eed L Al 86. ‘And they gent a vhots et ind WATER 8 will. A ‘ ‘ he diag, oe re Hee wishes to both of Wry + wre a WAL I v. " Pe K tl n. Odin ccy Ge 5 my iid Wo Bei. ee Cl, a & a ty C2 % LL t<e-Z p= 64 ch m2 -/6 <4 md. tt on i i i , , - 7 a I ( 4 C b, < ¥ Cc Dee SA ce cer yy o. gE. Svan ms 1, Box 147 ibesville, y.C. menil answer .your letter which I received yesterday and also give you me 4nformtion we have received so you can add to your notes. q- daughter Jeremiah who Supposedly went west with her stepmother.and f family pes Data, Hate ee quest that is in my mind. We had” fumed tha great grandfather, Wiley, was born around 1815. Since Bronte died i 1915, this mans that Frank and Wiley were between 1~14 g old. Eleanor Lovelace died in 1800 and even if Jeremiah had married | away, they were only @t#térnefichilaven when they came west. Now the | sation, where did they settle and live a few yefre until these children fe old enough to go on their own? [*@ sure you don't know and that is me to ‘be herd to-find out. Let me say thet we aren't drawing any @Oie | Dea tans that this was even our Wiley, but we like to feel tint it wad, Mel together a different line I'll give you sowie names and dates ad my to bring your notes up to date, if you don't already b have this. This. the Basil line. This is Basil, brother of Burgess, Benjamin, Nicholas, tc. ng ( . 2 3 add what we have aM " ig § 1 vartha Elien, married I 2) Gassaway, mrried Mary Smoot f Walter, married Elizdbeth manok in 1807 Yathan, married Martha Morris (5) Betey, married John’ March /¢ e Basiljmarried Tabitha Smoot. He Was born oh ap W., born 1783, ‘died 1853, mrrie< 7 oe Pearson Bailey who Was born 1773, (8) » Married Vachel I. Jams. Vive nll ae. W's son was way Gaither. who was 1870. y Anh Bogie on Dec. c “4 BLIAM WILEY GATTHER, OR. he was born April = married Bugenia Pickett MeCom! nm Dec. 2 pither who merried :.B. AR WILLIAM GAITHER: born mearet VY. Sawyer of Norfolk, mance in Davie County, N.C. abeth who married C.Nys Cone Ss Gaither. M BURGESS GAITHER: born Sept 1 mm Live at Raleigh, N.C. He i: : odren are: Betty Paze born 1943 B1959 amd John Burcess, Jr. bor John Burgess, Jr. back, there were four generations of "only son", ‘found @ contradiction in our récords that perhaps you can straighten | find that Benjamin II had 9 dau st Nea who married Thos. | we) and now have Jeremiah II with a sister, Rachel who mrried Thos. aie te ea ES