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Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Twyman died childless; Mrs. Boyd left three sons, Holmes, lawyer, and Philip, merchant of Winchester, and Hunter, a lawyer in Maryland.
The fourth son of William, William Clayton, was for many years a leading lawyer of Richmond. He m. Miss Burwell, ch. John Green, Lewis B. and Lucy.
1. John Green m. Miss Cringan of Richmond, ch. William Clayton, D. D., of Georgia, John G., a lawyer in Richmond, died unmarried, Channing M., Episcopal Bishop of Japan, Robert F., a merchant in Richmond, Mary Ogilvie m. Hubert P. Lefebore, principal of a flourishing female school at Richmond, and Alice m. Carter Harrison, a major in the Con- fedcrate army, killed at first Manassas in 1861. His second son Lewis B., the veteran Commonwealth's Attorney for Orange County, m. 1. Mary Catlett, m. 2. Charlotte Blair, m. 3. the widow O'Bannon, for- merly Miss Riley of Winchester. He had no ch. by his second or third wife; those by his first wife were William G., Judge of Orange Co., m. Miss Roberta Hansbrough, Lewis B., Jr., Col. of 1st Virginia In- fantry, killed at Gettysburg while leading the charge, Mary Blair m. Mr. Leigh of King William Co., Mildred P. m. R. S. Booton of Madison Co., John G. m. Miss Willis of Orange, Ann m. Mr. Caldwell of King William, and Alice.
Lucy the daughter m. J. Adams Smith, for many years the honored cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Virginia, ch. Bathurst, now living in Tenn.
Lucy the oldest dau. of William m. John Green and left one son John W. who was one of the judges of the Court of Appeals, and one of the ablest judges who ever sat there (see Green genealogy). Mary
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the youngest dau. of William, m. John Stevens, son of Gen. Stevens of the Revolution, and died childless.
THE WINSTON-HENRY GENEALOGY.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, September 21st, 1876. MRS. DANIEL SLAUGHTER.
Dear Madam :- I have been informed that your maiden name was Winston, and that you have a family-tree. As I am very anxious to learn accu- rately the Winston ancestry of my grandfather, Patrick Henry, I trust you will pardon me for asking a copy of the tree, or if it is a very large one, of that part which relates to his ancestry.
I am, very respectfully, WM. WIRT HENRY.
CULPEPER, VIRGINIA, October 10th, 1876.
DEAR SIR :
My sister, Mrs. Daniel Slaughter, has requested me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st ultimo, and to answer it. The account of the Winston family in our possession was written for the satisfaction of her own family by my grandmother, whose maiden name was Lucy Coles, a grand- daughter of Isaac Winston the emigrant; and she married her cousin Isaac Winston, a grandson of the same emigrant. I will compile a genealogy of the family from my grandmother's record, and from information of a later date derived from other sources. I have compared ber record with the old wills, also in our possession, and I find it correct for two generations.
Isaac Winston, the most remote ancestor of that
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name that I can trace back to, was born in York- shire, England, in 1620. A grandson of his pursued his fortunes in Wales, where he had a large family. Three of his sons emigrated to America, and settled near Richmond, Virginia, in 1704. Their names were William, Isaac, and James. It is the genealogy of the descendants of Isaac, the second of these brothers, that my grandmother has written.
Isaac Winston, the emigrant, married Mary Dabney, and died in Hanover County in 1760, leaving six children, William, Isaac, Anthony, Lucy, Mary Ann, and Sarah. I do not mention them in the order of their births ; on the contrary, I think Sarah, the last mentioned, was the oldest.
1. William, son of Isaac Winston, the emigrant, (" He was said to have been endowed with that rare kind of magnetic eloquence which rendered his nephew, Patrick Henry, so famous."-Campbell's History of Virginia, p. 520. See also Wirt's Life of Henry), m. Sarah Dabney, issue, Elizabeth, Edmund (Judge Winston) and Mary Ann. 1. Elizabeth m. Peter Fontaine; issue, 1. John m. Martha Henry dau. of Patrick Henry, issue, Patrick Henry (other children not known). 2. Sarah Fontaine m. Charles Rose; issue, John, Peter, Sarah and Alexander. 3. William Fontaine m. Ann Morris. 4. Mary Fontaine m. first Bowles Armstead ; issue, William, Elizabeth, Mary and Peter; m. second John Lewis, a nephew of General Washington ; issue, Frances, Howel and Mary Ann. (The other children of Peter Fontaine and Elizabeth Winston were James, Edmund, Judith and Susanna, but their marriages are not given in the record. The Rev. William Spotswood Fontaine, now of Reidsville, N. C., and the Rev. Edward Fontaine,
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now of New Orleans, belong to this branch, and are grandsons of John Fontaine and his wife Martha Henry.) 2. Edmund (Judge Winston) m. first his cousin Alice Winston ; issue, 1. George m. Dorothea Henry dau. of Patrick Henry ; issue, James, a dis- tinguished lawyer and politician of Mo., (died in 1852). 2. Sarah m. Dr. Geo. Cabell. 3. Alice m. Frederick Cabell. 4. Mary m. Mr. Jones of Buck-
ingham. 5. Edmund m. Eliza Wyat. Judge Edmund Winston m. second the widow of Patrick Henry, no issue. His descendants are scattered in N. C., Mo., and Miss. Dr. William Winston, now of Toccapola, Miss., is his great-grandson. 3. Mary Ann Winston m. Dr. John Walker ; issue, Benjamin, John, Frances and Edmund.
2. Isaac, son of Isaac Winston the emigrant, m. Marianna dau. of Rev. Peter Fontaine, Rector of Westover Parish, (great-great-grandson of John de la Fontaine, martyred in France A. D. 1563, ancestor of all the Fontaines and Maurys in Virginia) ; issue, two sons. 1. Peter (see Valentine Supplement to this genealogy). 2. Isaac m. his cousin Lucy Coles ; issue, Mrs. Garland Anderson, who left one son Alfred, who emigrated to Kentucky, Walter, Mrs. Armstead and Mrs. Dr. Beckwith, all of whom moved to Alabama years ago ; Dr. Isaac Winston of Alexandria, who survived all his children and left no grandchildren, and last William A. Winston, who m. Mary Wallace ; issue, 1. Walter died unmar- ried. 2. Martha m. Dr. Payne; issue, William Henry. 3. Mary m. Daniel F. Slaughter; issue, Mary, Eliza, Caroline, John and Daniel. 4. James m. in Cal. 5. Wallace. 6. Isaac (your correspondent). 7. Caro- line m. John S. Hamilton ; issue, Hugh and Mary. 8. Arthur, and 9. Lucien.
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3. Anthony, son of Isaac Winston the emigrant, m. Alice dau. of Col. Edmond Taylor of Caroline ; issue, 1. Sarah died single. 2. Anthony (whose children moved to Ala., their names were John J., Anthony, Governor of that State, Edmund and Isaac, and a daughter, Mrs. Peters). 3. Alice m. Judge Edmund Winston. 4. Mary.
4. Lucy, dau. of Isaac Winston the emigrant, m. first William Dabney; issue, William; m. second William Coles ; issue, 1. Walter m. Miss Darricott ; issue, Walter. 2. Lucy m. Isaac Winston (as before mentioned). 3. Mary m. John Payne of Phila- delphia; issue, Walter, William Temple and Isaac (all died unmarried). 4. Dorothea or Dolly m. first John Todd; issue, John Payne and William Temple (both died unmarried); m. second James Madison (President of the U. S.), no issue. 5. Lucy m. first George Washington, nephew of Gen. Washington ; issue, George, William and Walter ; m. second Thomas. Todd of Kentucky. 6. Anne m. Richard Cutts of Washington City ; issue, Mary, Richard and James Madison Cutts, whose dau. Adele m. first Stephen A. Douglas, Senator in Congress from Illinois, m. second General Robert Williams, U. S. Army. 7. Mary m. John G. Jackson; issue, Mary, and 8. John Payne m. Clarissa Wilcox; issue, sons and daughters in Kentucky.
5. Mary Ann, dau. of Isaac Winston the emigrant, m. John Coles, brother of William Coles; issue Walter, Isaac, Sarah, Mary and John. 1. Walter m. Mildred Lightfoot; issne, Mildred m. Col. Carring- ton, Sarah m. Mr. Bruce, and Isaac died unmarried. 2. Isaac (if he married, not known). 3. Sarah m. but no issue. 4. Mary m. Mr. Tucker ; issue, a dau.
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who m. Judge Carrington. 5. John m. Miss Tucker; issue, 1. John m. Miss Skipwith. 2. Walter m. Miss Cocke. 3. Isaac m. Miss Stricker. 4. Tucker m. Miss Skipwith. 5. Edward m. Miss Roberts. 6. Mary m. Robert Carter. 7. Rebecea m. Mr. Single- ton. 8. Sarah m. Andrew Stevenson (Minister to England). 9. Elizabeth never married. 10. Emily m. Mr. Rutherford.
6. Sarah, dau. of Isaac Winston the emigrant, m. first John Syme ; issue, John ; m. second John Henry, a Scoteh gentleman ; issue, 1. Jane m. Samuel Mere dith. 2. William m. but no issue. 3. Sarah (mar- riage not mentioned). 4. Patriek (Governor Henry) m. first Sarah Shelton, m. second Dorothea Dand- ridge. 5. Lucy m. Valentine Wood. 6. Mary m. Luke Bowyer. 7. Anne m. John Christian. 8. Elizabeth m. first Gen. Campbell, m. second Gen. Russell. 9. Susanna m. Thomas Madison.
I find from this genealogy that we are relations. My great-grandfather, Isaac Winston, and your great-grandmother, Sarah Winston, were brother and sister. I annex to the genealogy a copy of the will of our common ancestor, Isaac Winston the emigrant.
Very truly yours, ISAAC WINSTON.
WM. WIRT HENRY, Esq, Richmond, Va.
Supplement to the foregoing genealogy by Wm. Wirt Henry of Richmond :
Sarah, daughter of Isaac Winston the emigrant, m. first John Syme; issue, John, member of the House of Burgesses and of the Convention of 1775, one of his daughters m. a Fleming ; and John Syme, once an editor in Virginia, was his descendant.
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Sarah Syme m. second John Henry (a Scotchman, a nephew of Dr. William Robertson, the historian, and a cousin of Lord Brougham); issue :
1. Jane Henry m. Col. Samuel Meredith ; issue, 1. Samuel m. Elizabeth dau. of Gen. John Brecken- ridge, 2. Sarah m. Col. Wm. Armstead, 3. Jane m. Hon. David S. Garland.
2. William Henry m. but died without issue.
3. Sarah Henry m. Thomas Thomas of Bristol, England.
4. Susanna Henry m. Gen. Thomas Madison. The Bowyers and Lewiscs of Botetourt County are des- cendants.
5. Mary Henry m. Mr. Bowyer.
6. Anne Henry m. Gen. Wm. Christian, killed by the Indians in Kentucky, one dau. m. Governor Pope of Kentucky. From Mrs. Christian are descended the Warfields, Bullitts, and Dickinsons of that State.
7. Elizabeth Henry m. Gen. William Campbell, the hero of King's Mountain; their only child Sarah m. Francis Preston; issue, 1. William C. Preston, the dis- tinguished Senator in Congress from South Carolina, 2. Eliza Preston m. Gen. Carrington of Halifax Co., 3. Susan Preston m. Governor James McDowell, 4. Sophonisba Preston m. Rev. Robert J. Breckenridge, D. D., of Kentucky, 5. Sarah Preston m. Governor John B. Floyd, 6. Charles Campbell Preston, 7. Maria Preston m. John H. Preston, 8. Gen. John S. Preston (C. S. A.), 9. Col. Thomas L. Preston (C. S. A.), 10. Margaret Preston m. Gen. Wade Hampton of S. C. After the death of Gen. Campbell, his widow m. Gen. Wm. Russell.
8. Lucy Henry m. Valentine Wood of Goochland; issue, 1. Mary m. Major Stephen Southall of the
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Revolutionary army ; issue, 1. Dr. Philip T. Sonthall, father of Professor Stephen O. Southall of the Uni- versity of Virginia, 2. Valentine W. Southall, late of Charlottesville, father of William Southall, James C. Southall, V. W. Southall, Mrs. Charles Venable of the University of Va., and Mrs. Charles Sharpe of Nor- folk. By a second marriage, the widow of Major Southall bad issue, Joseph Stras and several daugh- ters. 2. Martha, daughter of Valentine and Lucy Wood, m. Judge Peter Johnston of Prince Edward, a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, and a distinguished Legislator and Judge; issue, 1. John Warfield Johnston, 2. Gen. Peter Carr Johnston, 3. Hon. Charles Clement Johnston, 4. Edward William Johnston, 5. Algernon Sidney Johnston, 6. Beverly Randolph Johnston, 7. Valentine Johnston, 8. Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston of the late Confederate army, 9. Benjamin Johnston, 10. Jane Wood John- ston who m. Henry Michel of Washington, D. C. (The daughters of Sarah Henry were women of remarkable talents.)
9. Patrick Henry m. first Sarab Shelton in 1754; issue, 1. Martha Henry m. John Fontaine; issue, Wm. Winston Fontaine, father of Rev. William Spots- wood Fontaine, now of Reidsville, N. C. 2. Anne Henry m. Judge Spencer Roane of the Court of Appeals ; issue, 1. Wm. H. Roane, U. S. Senator, who left one child, Mrs. Edward Harrison, 2. Fayette Roane, who moved to Kentucky and died, leaving a daughter. 3. Betsy Henry m. Philip Aylett of King William; issue, a daughter who m. Rev. Wm. Spots- wood Fontaine, and a son Gen. Aylett, father of Patrick Henry Aylett, killed in the Capitol disaster, of Col. Wm. Aylett of King William, of Pattie
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Aylett who m. Henry Ware of New York, and of Rosalie Aylett who m. Mr. Sampson of Brooklyn. 4. John Henry, who left one son, Edmund, who settled in Tennessee. 5. William Henry died childless. Patrick Henry m. second, 9th Oct. 1777, Dorothea Dandridge, granddaughter of Governor Spotswood. The issue by this marriage were 6. Dorothea Spots- wood Henry m. George D. Winston; issue, Patrick, George, Edward, Fayette, James, Edmund, Sally, and Elvira. These went to North Carolina, Missouri and Mississippi. 7. Sarah Butler Henry m. first Robert Campbell, brother of Thomas Campbell the poct, no issue; m. second Alex. Scott of Fauquier; issue, 1. Henrietta m. Gen. Wm. H. Bailey of Louisiana, 2. Catherine m. Dr. Robert Scott, 3. P. H. Scott m. Mary Yancey and left six children. 8. Martha Catherine Henry m. Edward Henry of Northumber- land, son of Judge James Henry, and died leaving a daughter, Dorothea Dandridge, who died unmarried. 9. Patrick Henry m. Elvira Cabell, daughter of Wm. Cabell of Union Hill, Nelson County, and had issue a daughter Elvira, who m. William H. Clark of Halifax, and had issue, 1. Elvira C. m. Augustine Claiborne, 2. Nannie m. Thomas Bruce, 3. John, 4. Patrick, 5. Eliza m. Alfred Shields of Richmond, 6. Martha m. Lyle Clark, 7. Ellen m. George Lee of Richmond, 8. Rosa m. Mr. Wilkins.
10. Fayette Henry m. Miss Elcan, of Buckingham, and died childless.
11. Alexander Spotswood Henry m. Paulina Cabell dau. of Dr. George Cabell of Lynchburg. Issue, 1. Geo. Fayette; 2. Patrick ; 3. John Robert; 4. Lewis Cabell ; 5. Sallie m. Dr. Geo. Cabell Car- rington ; 6. Paulina m. Mr. Jones; 7. Marion m. Sam'l Tyree; 8. Maria Antoinette.
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12. Nathaniel Henry m. Virginia Woodson. Issue, 1. Capt. P. M. Henry ; 2. Lucy m. John Cardwell ; 3. Mary m. Mr. Garrett ; 4. Martha m. Mr. Ward ; 5. Dorothea Virginia m. Mr. Beasely.
13. Richard Henry died in infancy.
14. Edward Winston Henry m. Jane Yuille. Issue, 1. Dr. Thomas Y. Henry ; 2. Patrick Fayette ; 3. Maria Rosalie m. Dr. William B. Lewis ; 4. Lucy D. m. Mr. Leighton ; 5. Celine m. Robert Catlett ; 6. Ada B. m. John G. Smith ; 7. Edward Winston.
15. John Henry m. Elvira McClelland, grand- daughter of Col. Wm. Cabell of Union Hill. Issue, 1. Margaret Anne m. Wm. A. Miller ; 2. Elvira M. m. first Jesse A. Higginbotham; m. second Alexander Taylor ; 3. William Wirt Henry; 4. Dr. Thomas Stanhope Henry ; 5. Laura m. Dr. James Carter; 6. Emma C. m. Major James B. Ferguson.
Supplement to the foregoing Winston genealogy by Edward V. Valentine, (the Virginia sculptor).
Peter Winston, son of Isaac Winston and Mari- anne Fontaine, m. Elizabeth Povall. Issue, 1. Isaac m. Miss Burton ; 2. Mary Ann m. Alexander Jones ; 3. Peter m. two sisters, Misses Jones; 4. Elizabeth m. Hesekiah Mosby ; 5. Susanna m. Mr. Grubbs; 6. John Povall m. Miss Austin; 7. Sarah m. John Mosby ; 8. William m. Martha Mosby ; 9. Ann m. Benjamin Mosby.
The children of Alexander Jones and Mary Ann Winston were John Winston, Eliza and Gustavus.
John Winston Jones, (Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives), m. Harriet Boissean, issue, 1. Mary m. George W. Towns, (Governor of Georgia). Issue, Harriet Winston, Margaret, John, Mary Wins-
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ton, Anna, Lou Morton and George W. 2. James B. Jones m. Ann Crawley Winston, daughter of Peter Winston, son of Peter, issue John Winston, Peter E., William Gustavus, Louisa Winston and Augustus Drewry ; 3. Alexander Jones.
2. Eliza Jones m. John Mosby. Issue John A. Mosby.
3. Gustavus Jones m. Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Winston of Half-Sink, Henrico County, and moved to Paducah, Ky.
The children of Benjamin Mosby and Ann Winston were 1. Peter Winston, 2. Elizabeth, 3. John O., 4. Robert P., 5. Mary Ann, 6. Sarah Winston, 7. Ben- jamin, 8. Lucy, 9. Patrick Henry, 10. William H., 11. Susanna Virginia.
Elizabeth Mosby m. Mann Valentine. Issue 1. Elizabeth Ann m. William F. Gray, 2. Mann S. m. Ann M. Gray, 3. Benjamin Batchelder, 4. William Winston, 5. Robert Mosby, 6. Mary Martha m. J. W. Woods, 7. Sarah Benetta, 8. Virginia Louisa, 9. Edward Virginius Valentine m. Alice C. Robinson.
P. B. Jones of Orange County belongs to this family, but the author does not know the connecting links.
REV. JOHN WOODVILLE, RECTOR OF ST. MARK'S.
He was born in the north of England, and was the son of a captain, either in the merchant service or Royal Navy. Rev. John Woodville m. Sarah, daughter of Rev. James Stevenson. Issue James Littlepage, born 1791, who m. Miss Mary Lewis and left one son, James Littlepage, who m. Miss Breckenridge of
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Botetourt Co., Va. Fanny, daughter of Rev. John Woodville, born 1793, m. William Payne, and their son, Dr. John J. W. Payne of River Side, Tennessee, m. first Martha V., daughter of William A. Winston of Culpeper (see Winston genealogy), and m. second Elizabeth R., daughter of Col. Rufus K. Anderson of Alabama, a son of Col. William Anderson (U. S. Infantry), Tennessee. William Payne, who m. Fanny Woodville, and whose piety and devotion to the Church is so touchingly described by Bishop Green of Mississippi in his charge to the last Convention, was a son of the old vestryman of St. Mark's, Richard Payne of Culpeper, Va., who was the son of George Payne of Westmoreland (1716), who was the son of John Payne of Lancaster (1679), who was the son of Richard Payne of Northumberland (1633), whose father came to Virginia in 1620 (see Smith's History of Virginia, p. 52). The Rev. J. Walker Woodville (b: 1799) m. Miss Mary E. Carmach. Sarah Ann, daughter of Rev. John Woodville, (b. 1802) died single.
LIEUT .- GENERAL AMBROSE POWELL HILL.
Among the men of Culpeper who deserve com- memoration is General Ambrose Powell Hill (one of Jackson's favorite lieutenants), who illustrated his knightly prowess on many a battle-field, sealing his patriotism at last with the blood of martyrdom. He was the son of the late Major Thomas Hill, and a lineal descendant of Capt. Ambrose Powell, the old vestryman of Bromfield Parish, Culpeper, in 1752.
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THE BROADUS FAMILY.
Another man of mark to whom Culpeper gave birth, is the Rev. John A. Broadus, D. D., Professor in the Baptist College, Greenville, South Carolina, a scholar of rare culture, and a preacher who exempli- fies many of the best precepts in his excellent work on the art of preaching with power. He is a son of Edmund Broadus, who so long represented Culpeper in the General Assembly. Edmund was the son of Thomas, who was the brother of the Revolutionary officers, Ensign James and Major William Broadus, vestryman and lay delegate, who married Mrs. Jones, the daughter of the first churchwarden of St. Mark's, Robert Slaughter. Their daughter Patsey married William Mills Thompson, vestryman of St. Mark's, who was the father of the Hon. Richard Wigginton Thompson, the present Secretary of the Navy. Major William Broadus married second Miss Richardson and left several children, among whom is Miss Sarah A. Broadus of Charlestown, W. Va. Major Broadus was Paymaster at Harper's Ferry when he died, about 1830.
The first Broadus of whom I find any trace in Cul- peper was Edmund, who patented land in what is now Madison County in 1736. The Rev. William F. Broadus of Fredericksburg was a son of Thomas, and James M. Broadus of Alexandria is a son of Edmund, and brother of Dr. John A. Broadus. Wm. Broadus, clerk of Culpeper, was the son of Major Wm. Broadus.
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THE BROWN FAMILY.
There lies before me a patent for land in the South Fork of the Gourdvine River, from Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck, to John Brown; he paying every year the free rent of one shilling sterling for every 50 acres, on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel. It is dated 22d June, in the 20th year of our Sovereign Lord George II., by the grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, and Defender of the Faith, A. D. 1749. (Signed) FAIRFAX.
This land was surveyed by Major Philip Clayton, and it adjoins the land of Thomas Howison and Wm. Brown. It appears in the vestry-book that Daniel Brown was sheriff and collector of the parish levy. Coleman Brown was clerk and lay reader in the church. Thomas Brown was undertaker of a chapel in the Little Fork ; and Capt. Wm. Brown was the contractor for an addition to Buck Run Church. These are the ancestors of the late Arm- istead and Daniel Brown and their families.
MEDICAL MEN IN CULPEPER BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.
The vestries having charge of the poor, boarded them among the planters, and furnished them with
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medical attention. The first physician employed by the vestries, as early as 1734, was Dr. Andrew Craig, then Dr. Thomas Howison, then Dr. James Gibbs, and in 1755 Dr. Michael Wallace, ancestor of the Winstons now living in Culpeper, and of the Wallaces of Fredericksburg and Stafford County. Dr. Michael Wallace was born in Scotland, and apprenticed in bis youth at Glasgow to Dr. Gustavus Brown of Port Tobacco, Maryland, to learn medicine. The inden- ture is now in the possession of one of his descendants in Kentucky. That seems to have been the way (before medical schools) to make a doctor.
THE LAWYERS.
Lawyers who served as counsel to the vestries of St. Mark's werc, 1st. Zachary Lewis 1731 to 1750, 2d. Jobn Mercer 1752, 3d. John Lewis 1754, and lastly, Gabriel Jones, the eminent "Valley Lawyer," w ho married Miss Strother of Stafford County, sister of Mrs. Madison, the mother of Bishop Madison. The present Strother Jones of Frederick is the great- grandson of Gabriel Jones the lawyer. Mercer was the author of Mercer's Abridgment of the Laws of Virginia. He was the father of Judge James Mercer, of Ch. Fenton Mercer, and of John F. Mercer, Governor of Maryland.
TOWNS IN CULPEPER.
The first town, by Act of Assembly, was Fairfax in 1759. The name has unhappily been changed to Culpeper. After the Revolution there was a furore for towns, under the impression that they would draw mechanics and increase trade.
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STEVENSBURG
Was established in 1782, on 50 acres of land where William Bradley then lived. French Strother, B. Davenport, Robert Slaughter, Robert Pollard, and Richard Waugh were the first Trustees, all vestry- men but one. In 1799 the Academy was estab- lished by Act of Assembly, and its first Trustees were Robert Slaughter, Charles Carter, David Jameson, R. Zimmerman, Wm. Gray, Gabriel Gray, Philip Latham and Wm. C. Williams.
CLERKSBURG, NOT CLARKSBURG.
In 1798, 25 acres of James Baysy's land vested in Thomas Spilman, Henry Pendleton, Jr., Bywaters and Reid.
JEFFERSON.
On 25 acres of Joseph Coons' land, vested in John Fishback, Thomas Spilman, John Spilman, Thomas and Robert Freeman, P. Latham, F. Payne, F. F. Furgurson and John Dillard.
SPRINGFIELD.
On 25 acres of John Spilman's land, vested in John and Thomas Spilman, and Messrs. Matthews, Fletcher and Tapp. Clerksburg, Jefferson and Springfield are in the Little Fork. 'They yet survive, but have not realized the anticipations of their founders, whose names we have reprodueed above.
JAMESTOWN.
It will be news to some that we have a Jamestown in Culpeper. 25 acres of land were set apart by the General Assembly to be called Jamestown, and
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Gabriel Green, A. Haynie, and Messrs. Grant, Corbin and Howe were Trustees to lay it off into conve- nient lots and streets. Who will recognize in James- town our modest James City ?
BRICK MAKING IN VIRGINIA.
The prevailing opinion that our colonial churches were built of imported brick is an error. As to those in the interior of the country, the transporta- tion of the brick was an insuperable obstacle. It is possible that a few of the churches on tidewater may have been made of imported brick, but as to many of these there are unquestionable traces of brick-kilns very near them, in some cases within the churchyard. The following bill will show that bricks were made even at Williamsburg as early as 1708 :
HENRY CARY to the Council, 1708.
150 loads of wood at 12s .= £6 7 6.
Moulding and burning 70,000 bricks at 3s. 6d. per M .. Laborer's work resetting and burning 3s. 3d.
VESTRYMEN OF ST. MARK'S.
The names of the old vestrymen will all be found in order in the text. The following is an imperfect enumeration of the successors :- The last vestry under the old regime (1785) was composed of the following persons, viz. French Strother, Sam. Clay- ton, Rd. Yancey, William Ball, James Pendleton, Burkett Davenport, Cadwallader Slaughter, Law- rence Slaughter, James Slaughter. Then followed P. R. Thompson, P. Slaughter, Jno. Jamieson, Rt. Slaughter, David Jamieson, G. Jones, Wigginton,
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Wm. Broadus, Rd. Payne, Rt. Freeman, Thos. Free- man, John Spilman, Thos. Spilman, Peter Hans- brough, Isaac Winston, Waller Winston, Samuel Slaughter, John Thom, Geo. Fitzhugh, Jno. Wharton, W. Williams, Fayette Maury, Dr. Thos. Barbour, Rt. A. Thompson, P. Slaughter, Jr., James Farish, Moses Green, Spilman, Rd. Randolph, Wm. Payne, S. R. Bradford, Garland Thompson, John Cooke Green, Wm. B. Slaughter, Dr. A. Taliaferro, Rd. Cunningham, T. S. Alcock, S. S. Bradford, Frank Lightfoot, Jere. Morton, Geo. Morton, P. P. Nalle, Jno. Knox, Downman, Dr. Hugh Hamilton, John Porter, Rt. Stringfellow, Jas. W. Green, Jas. Williams, L. P. Nelson, Thos. Freeman, Geo. Hamilton, Wallace Nalle, Martin Stringfellow, S. Wallis, F. B. Nalle, Rt. Davis, A. G. Taliaferro, C. C. Conway, P. B. Jones, Jr., Rt. Maupin, J. P. Alexander, Jos. Wilmer, Jr, Dr. Payne, Wm. S. Peyton, E. Keerl, Burrows, J. W. Morton, Jas. Crawford, Spilman, Jas. Bowen, Jr. These names are from memory and therefore are not in exaet order of time, and doubtless unin- tentionally omit some who have been or are vestry- men. The author has failed to receive the full list, for which he asked repeatedly.
An analysis of the families of the old ministers and vestrymen of St. Mark's yields some curious results. Among their descendants were two Presi- dents of the United States, viz. Madison and Taylor ; a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, viz. P. P. Barbour; several Governors of States, as Barbour of Virginia, and Slaughter, Morehead and Stevenson of Kentucky ; several United States Sena- tors, as Barbour of Virginia, Morehead and Stevenson
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of Kentucky; members of Congress, P. K. Thompson, Geo. F. Strother, Jno. S. Barbour, Jno. S. Pendleton, Rt. A. Thompson, Jas. F. Strother, B. Johnson Barbour, and Pendletons of Ohio; legislators and judges of circuits in great numbers, among whom Judges Pendleton of South Carolina, of New York and Ohio, Judge Green of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and Judges Field, Shackleford, Williams, &c. These are but a few of the examples of this truth. It is also a curious fact that every Episcopal minister within the bounds of the original St. Mark's at this date, viz. Scott of Gordonsville, Hansbrough of Orange, Slaughter, Minnegerode and Steptoe of Culpeper, is a lineal descendant of the ante-revolu- tionary vestrymen, or he married one of their lineal descendants.
ERRATA.
P. 22, Note. next to last line, read New Post instead of Newport.
P. 97, read " The German people is a potent" instead of "political."
P. 106, Capt. Slaughter's Diary, read "I am this day 91 years old."
P. 137, 19th line from top, read "3. Andrew G. m. Georgie."
P. 141, 10th line from top, read Hooe instead of " Hove."
1'. 175. 6th line from top, should read "5. Alfred m. daughter of G. Bastable, 6. Kate m. G. Bastable."
P. 177, 2d line from top, for "1792" read 1772.
P. 185, 17th line from top, read Marianne.
In map of route of Gov. Spotswood, " Mitchele Sta." should read Mitchell's.
The map on p. 27 is Mayo's map, by which the controversy between Lord Fairfax and the Crown was settled.
The plat facing p. 28 is General Washington's, when Surveyor of the County of Culpeper.
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