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First daughter, Patience Bourne, married Johnathan Thomas; First son, Stephen, married Rebecca Perkins, daughter of Timothy Perkins and wife Miss Anderson.
NUCKOLLS SPRINGS (Lithiated Iodo-bromo, Arsenic Water) Discovered by B. F. Nuckolls in 1886
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Stephen lived on North Fork (now Creston), Ashe county, N. C. Second son, William Thomas, married Mary Pugh; one son, Stephen lived on Wilson Creek, afterward moved west. William Thomas and Mary Pugh had five daughters:
Ann, married Mr. Reeves; Susan, married Enoch Cox; Ludema married Alexander Phipps (See Phipps family); Amelia married Andrew Young of Wilson; sons: Dr. S. E. Young, Baywood, Va .; Dr. Robey Young, of Florida; Floyd Young, of Wilson; one daughter married Mr. Jones, of Ashe county, N. C.
Randolph and Johnathan were sons of Johnathan Thomas and wife, Patience Bourne. Randolph first settled on Bridle Creek, Va. Johnathan settled on Fox Creek, Va., married Miss Grabill. The daughters of Johnathan Thomas and wife, Patience Bourne, were Mary, Elizabeth, Rosa. Mary married Robert Pugh, lived on Wilson; had one daughter, Rosa, who married Calvin Senter; one daughter married Mr. Reeves. One son, Stephen Pugh, who lived on Wilson.
Elizabeth Thomas married Samuel Cox and lived on Bridle Creek. (See Cox family.) Rosa B. married Shadrach Greer; they lived on Wilson Creek, Va.,
Milly Bourne married Jessee Mckinney, settled on Arrat River, near Mt Airy, N. C. First son, William Mckinney, remained at the old home near Buffalo Shoals, Arrat River, N. C.
Second son, Winston, married Miss Fulton; sons: Jessie and Cleveland.
Third son, Willis, married Miss Mollie Hale, daughter of Eli C. Hale and wife, Miss Frances Scott, of Elk Creek, Va., no issue. One daughter, Miss Polly Mckinney, died single; one daughter, Ada, married.
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Charity Bourne married John Blair, son of Thomas Blair and Rebecca Andrews. His ancestors came from Scotland.
John Blair and his family were quite prominent in the development and improvement of this country. Mr. Blair was for several years a Representative in the Vir- ginia legislature. One of his old negro slaves used to say frequently, "Old Massa gone to Richmond to make de laws."
He was candidate for re-election when the vote was taken to cut off the county of Carroll from Grayson. John Carl was his opponent for the new county, and was elected over Blair. A slander suit was brought by John Carl, or Carroll, as he claimed to be, and John Blair wrote the following, which he called an "Epistle," and had it printed as it appears below:
THE EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN BLAIR Dedicatory to David McComes, Esqr.
JOHN BLAIR. The preacher-(so denominated at the Field's Precinct election in Grayson County in 1842, by a man, who then, and for some time previous assumed the name of John Carroll. "Insomuch as I am the Apostle" of the Protestant Democrats in my diocess, "I magnify my office.") To David McComas, Esqr. intended for the benifit of the community.
In Greenville, in the street When there we last did meet How I progress'd in rhimes you enquir'd? As I then was not well And did not stand to tell These many answers, what you then desired.
I rhym'd as I design'd And still kept the same mind, Not to have Popery to rule our nation; I thought we'd incur blame If a Popish great name Should be vaunted in our generation.
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Charles Carrol was so great With such lordly estate, No title the United States carried That was high enough styl'd. To match with his grand child, She was sent to England to get married.
She was handsome and young And was high fam'd among The celebrated belles of our nation; But our democrat plan, Afforded not a man That was high enough styl'd for her station.
So she yielded her hand To a Lord in England; The Lord Marquis of Wellesly in splendor; t Third rank next to the King, Such high honors would bring That her heart she resolved to surrender.
He was ugly and old, But high titles and gold Does with Catholic cure all defection; For so their practice tells. Gold can save them from hell, And for heaven insure their election.
Charles Carroll's brother John, Was to England sent on .* He went there for to get consecrated Implicit faith to fit He became Jesuit. An order democrats always hated.
Carroll's were noble blood That cross'd the briney flood, When, in England King Charles rul'd the nation;
tSaid to be 65 years old. See Libers, Encyclopedia under title Carroll.
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He money for to gain. For to help conquer Spain, Sold to Papists Maryland plantation.#
Some twelve hundred came o'er, Under Lord Baltimore, And a Catholic coloney planted Without faith or hope, But what came from the Pope. In the land, by King Charles to them granted.
Of whom Carrolls came, Rais'd in opulent fame. Till the colonies form'd a new notion, That a government free, Uncontroll'd beyond sea, They would have on this side of the ocean.
Charles Carroll for some cause, Perhaps to gain applause, In government, to advance his station; Or permanently fix All rule by Catholics, In this our North American nation.
A declaration sign'd Which shew'd he had a mind, From the crown of Great Britain to sever; But from everything shown, Was it not for his own Roman Catholic views for to favor?
John a vicar was made, Which was the highest grade That could be raised by Popish promotion; With supreme sovereign sway, In directing the way Of Catholics this side of the ocean.
#The early settlements of the colonies were called plantations.
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The Pope and Cardinals, So general history tells, Claim rule over all in earth and heaven; What real true democrat, Has faith to believe that, Such despotic rule Christ would have given?
When Christ himself has said, There's no superior grade No Rabbi to rule over another; But Christ, master of all, None else is great or small But evry one equal a brother .*
Over bodey and soul, They claim to have control Assuming to themselves power given, That for money in their hand, They have sovereign command, To consign souls to hell or to heaven.
Have we not cause to fear, From the news far and near, Of the Pope's power gaining assendance? May it not as before, So increase more and more, Till it overwhelms all independence?
Do we not hear again In France like unto Spain, The freedom of conscience is prevented; By that old popish plan, Form'd to rule over man, By the Devil, thro' priestcraft invented. t
*Mathew 23rd and 8th. tIt is not my design to make individuos aspersions but as Christ called Peter Satin, which is an adversary-the prince of hell, or the devil, when he used dissim- ulation. Mathew 16 and 23 and as he must have been moved by the devil when he swore a lie. Mathew 26 and 72 and again when he dissembled and carried away the people from uprightness and the truths of the gospel, Gal. 2 and 11th to 15th does it not appear that if Peter was the church's foundation, when the devil carried him away the church must have fallen at least without foundation for when he carried away, he was not there, so he must have been gone.
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If the ratio holds on As for twelve months it's gone, Of the increase of popish ascendance. Here as in France and Spain, Nothing free will remain In a century, but on pope dependance.
Just listen from New York, How the priest are at work, And from Canada coming to aid them?
To serve their subtile turn, All the Bibles they burn The donations that charity made them?
That time fault reached a pope Proved an end to their scope
Of infallible sovereign dictation,
And prov'd their scheme absurd Of pretending Christ's word
Ordained such esseatial to salvation.
Else pope Gregory was right, And pleasing in God's sight, When hearing King Charles tolerated Without any restraints The destruction of Saints,
Till Protestants were exterminated .*
When the Prodestants blood, Flow'd on the earth like a flood, The Pope's joy burst out in acclamation; And to show his joy more,
Caused his cannons to roar, And held mass to invoke consecration.
Back to Attilla go, T General history will show As pace for ten cent'ries and longer The popes tyranic reign'd Absolute, till restrained By physical force that was stronger.
"See Buck's Theology under title "Persecution in France." TAttilla the first King crowned by the Pope.
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How does rule absolute With democracy suit? Is it not a complete solecism To say democracy Can with tyrants agree What! a democratic despotism!
Now I cannot agree Acquiescent to see A man raised under popish direction,
Take such sway in our land, As to boast, he can stand To defy other men in election.
When report of his fame From Lynchburg, whence he came, Lacks much of what is good reputation, So I think the best way Whare he is let him stay
Least we partake of his degradation.
If Squire Lindsey swore true, And captain Worrell too*
*Capt. Jesse P. Worrell's deposition before commissioners appointed by Grayson court was as follows:
Question by John Blair-what do you know of John Carroll, having a ticket of your vote at the last Presidential election at Baskerville precinct'?
Ans. I wrote my name on a ticket, on the morning of the Presidential election, and gave it to Col. Carrol, who remarked that he (Col. Carrol) would take the ticket to the election, and see if it would not do, but observed that he did not think it would be legal.
Jesse P. Worrell.
William Lindsay, after being duly sworn deposeth and saith: Question by John Blair-what do you know of John Carrol having a ticket of Jessee P. Worrell vote at the last presidential election?
Answer. Col. Carrol asked me on the day of the Presidential election, previous to the commencement of the election if a vote could be taken by a man sending his ticket, and stated that Jessee Worrell had sent his to the election. I told him that the vote could not be legally taken in that way. After the commencement of the election, I heard Jessee P. Worrell's vote cried; how it came into the sheriff's hands I know not. The vote was challenged, an eraced from the poll book. Question by same-was Col. Carrol a commissioner to superintend the election at that place? Ans. He was. William Lindsey.
Thomas Blair after being duly sworn deposeth and saith;
Question by John Blair-was you the sheriff that conducted the election at the Baskerville precinct? Ans. I was.
Question by the same-was Jesse P. Worrell's ticket handed to you and if so by whom? Ans. It was handed to me, and my impression is that it was handed to me by Col. Carrol; and I cried it and it was entered on the poll book; and I cried no vote but what was handed to me by the Commissioners or voters; and after the vote was cried and entered, it was objected to by Mitchell, eraced off the poll book.
Thomas Blair.
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And Thomas Blairs oath with theirs be respected; As commissioners took, And wrote down in a book, As by Grayson court record directed.
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What of it can you make, But his oath did he break, When he swore he'd have all votes prevented; Except legally brought Yet illegal he thought Was a vote he himself had presented?
What those three did dispose Was the truth to disclose, That at the presidential election After kissing the bcok, To swear none should be took, But votes legal under his inspection?
Did John Carroll there present, A ticket by him sent, Illegal as he himself said he thought it; Being doubtly apprised, By his council advised, Should evince that he could not have forgot it.
What John (called) Carrel tho't. Can you think he forgot, If leaving Captain Worrell's he thought it, When he started to go To Baskerville's, we know; On the road he could hardly forget it.
If so when he got there, Oath of office to swear, He consulted Squire Lindsey about it; Then what did he thare do But swore what proved not true Can reason be tortured to doubt it?
THE HALE BRICK RESIDENCE Built by Eli C. Hale in 1854
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Illegal, then he brought A ticket so he thought, With him from Captain Worrell that morning; Contrary we find both, To sacredness of oath, And contrary to Squire Lindseys warning.
Did he then violate His oath unto the state? Willfully and corrupt did he break it, If such should appear plain, Why trust his oath again? What more then would prevent him to break it?
Then how would John Carrol stand; In a civilized land, Where truth and real honor is regarded? Whose end to enjoy, Disdained vice to employ, Nor wonld have else but virtue rewarded.
Would it not be a shame To evry voter's name. If it was proved to a demonstration, That the representative, Made by the votes they give, Maintained such - a **** reputation?
John Carl's fame to know, Just back to Lynchburg go, To men who are with him well acquainted Go there when your're amind, His character you'll find In glowing colors well represented.
Go there when you think fit, His character you'll get As well as it can be given by men; You need not further go Than to Jacob Rumbough, John R. D. Payne and David R. Lyman.
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There's a lawyer named Brown, Near the road you go down To Lynchburg near Staunton you'll find him, Who can tell you Carl's fame, Ere he altered his name, And the character he left behind him.
Thare's a man whom we know Oft to Lynchburg doth go, By the name of Andrew Jackson Durnal, Who could tell if he would, That Carl's fame there was good, Or the reverse if was infernal.
Creed Nuckolls could relate, What men generally state, When hearing Grayson was represented By a man of such fame As follows John Carl's name, By men of old best with him acquainted.
Friel Nuckolls, too as well As Creed the same could tell, From trav'ling to Lynchburg and thro' it, His chance was just the same, To hear of John Carl's fame, From men who in former times well knew it.
Squire James Waugh you all know, Has to Lynchburg to go, To get goods to suit his ocupation: He passing to and fro, Did hear as much for to show How John Carl's fame would suit Legislation.
On my rights to intrude, By John Carrol I'm suad; By him who is not found in our nation; Just because that foresooth, I did publish the truth, That voters might have due information.
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Can there be any ground, Till a plaintiff is found, For a verdict in any court given Was the like ever known. Or in all history shown On record in court under Heaven?
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What is life worth to me To value property If from freedom of speech I must lose it? If my country says so, n God's mame let it go; For freedom of speech I'd rather choose it.
Though I yield in God's name, It clears no one of shame; For in his great day of retribution, When he displays his might. He will bring all things right For in his plans he'll have no confusion.
Read for that freedom took, For it in history look, Of that country from which Carl migrated; You'll see thousands of lives. Children husbands and wives, Lost for it in that history related.
Then why should I be slack, And faintly fly the track, That martyrdom had marked for example; No! I will not give back, But stand up to the rack Though my country should my fodder trample.
I would have my rhimes seen Ostensively to mean, To keep our realm from popery prevaded; That pure Democracy, Might keep our concience free From crouching under despots degraded.
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In a canvass speech made, John call'd Carrol has said, As to God, and the people was pray ing. That he'd wish for to be Governed by popery, For this was the purport of his saying.
Now who among you all, Could so wish for to fall, Under control of one man's dominion; Who would doom you to hell If you pleased him not well, Can Demo's entertain such an opinion.
A despot for to find Of most tyranic mind Need we pass by the pope for to find him;
Who claims sovreign control
Over bodey and soul Wheres the true democrat who'd thus mind him.
Before he'd hazzard all,
For to stand or to fall; Would he not hazzard his blood and treasure;
Before it should be said,
He, himself would degrade To crouch into such vassal-like measure.
On the hypothesis, That CARROL god's mouth did kiss, To swear he'd odject all votes not lawful; Then poll a vote he brought,
As unlawful he thought To good concience, does not it look awful?
While English language meant To define represent, As likeness of the thing represented: And voters such to see I'd like they'd show me How votes such is from shame prevented?
IThe Bible being God's word 2nd Thessalonians, 2nd and 8th must it not proceed from his mouth:
ELIZABETH BLAIR WAUGH Daughter of John Blair and wife, Charity Bourne, and wife of James Waugh
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If such vice we promote, Are we not a scape goat, t Bearing sins of him who represented us; Now you can by your vote, From that most grevious tote, From that infamous shame may prevent us.
I set out with intent The Popes power to prevent, To that end I would spend and be spended, My course looks dredful hard, But I look for reward, Perhaps not till all labors are ended,
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I mean to do my best, The Pope's power to arrest. That free concience may be tolerated; And pure Democracy Make our whole country free, With all despotic rules abrogated.
To sacrifice my all Or obey virtues call, I have set my determed resolution. Determed not to draw back Or to fly virtues track, What ere the result in conclusion.
I'm resolved full intent, For to spend and to be spent, If circumstances should so require Not to fly virtues track, Nor dastardly look back, If God helps me: not even through fire.
This rule I embraced young, To view all things as dung .*
Leviticus 16th and 20th. Philipians, 3rd and 8th.
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Great Jefferson did see, God made man to be free, And so pen'd in our constitution; Inviolate I'm bent, To keep that instrument; And, so set my determ'd resolution.
First our grand bill of right, In which my soul delights, Formed by democratic resolution; Afterwards was adjoin'd And so fitley combin'd, In our great glorified constitution.
So come woe, or come weal, To that poll I'd appeal; Not to violate it in a fraction, So come peace or come war Its my polar star, And the magnet of my souls attraction.
As with tears in my eyes, I solmnly advise My country not to be represented, By a man of such fame, That might load us with shame, By your votes you might keep such prevented.
When Carl, to our land came, Did he record his name, And his oath for his naturalization; In Amelia county May you that record see, The first name gave himself in our nation.
Was not that still his name, Till to Lynchburg he came To fix it on his sign to shew it; Over his door to tell, He had goods there to sell, That all wishing to purchase might know it.
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That to prevent what duty should require; To desert that rule now Would be like the washed sow, Returning to wallow in the mire.§
Far as with Christ I list, That far bound to persist To have honor and truth propigated, I'll fall short as a saint If from duty I'd faint, In what Christ by example dictated.
So at hazzard I'll try, With duty to comply; Such as Christ by example assigned me; Nor kick against the pricks- God, in concience did fix; Though my country in penalties bind me.
As God made man's soul free, No distinction there to be. As by God's word in Scryptures we find it,* Whoever would be great, Or attain to that state, Must serve all as Christ's word has enjoined it.
So real democrats pure, Cannot despots endure, Nor the dupes under popish dominion; But as God made them free; They're determ'd so to be, This is Democrat, John Blair's opinion.
He'd have no man called great, Either in Church or state- 'Till the people discover'd his merits; And declare by their voice, They had made them their choice, Regarding his democratic spirit.
T2nd Peter 2nd and 22nd. Mathew 23d 8. 12 h verses.
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Where writings of all kinds, That name he still sign'd Till it got into bad reputation; When he thought the best way, There no longer to stay, He would change both his name and his station.
So to Grayson he came When he changed his name, And ere his character was detected; By a rare circumstancet It so happened by chance That a delegate he got elected.
Was John Carl drunk or not, When a drunkard he fought, Who marked him in his right ear by biting;
Which is but an effect, Temperance men might expect,
When two drunkards like dogs gets to fighting.
Perhaps God so design'd, As Carl was hard to find. By the mame that was first given to him;
That as he had mark'd Cain,
He'd mark Carl now again, That when he changed his name all might know him.
Though an unpleasant task The question I must ask, Why William Parks, withdrew a petition; Or at least documents
To maintain its contents, That there existed more than suspicion.
That an oath Carl did take, He did corruptly break To defeat Harrison, in election; My aim now is to see Whether so it can be, That Parks' object was for Carl's protection.
¡Many candidates near the middle and the upper end of the county, and in the extreme lower end prejudice and amulation prevailed.
"CLIFFSIDE" Residence of Thomas L. Felts, Built by Him in 1908, Ethelfelts, Virginia
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If the affirmative, To my problems you give, On reflection what will you make of it; But had I such a mind, As holily inclin'd As one had Jeremiah the prophet.
I'd cry Oh! that my head Were waters to be shed, From my eyes in fountains of tears flowing; That in spirit contrite, I might weep day and night, In grief from my people to be going.
That in the wilderness I'd find a lodging place. Of way-faring men with spirits greater,* Than basley to decend So accomplish their end, To select and combine with a traitor.
Recolect as you go, Observation will show, Scarsce a word positive I have stated But all hypothetic, Or as problematic, A proviso is still indicated.
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I am now sued again, To augment loss and pain.
*See Jeremiah, chap. 9th. ĮExcept relating to Popery against which I go might and main.
N. B. I was raised a Presbyterian and learned the shorter catechism the first question is, Q. What is the chief end of man? Ans. To glorify God, and enjoy him forever. Now I cannot see any better way for me to glorify God than to subject all my means, mental, and pecuniary to prevent his attributes,-truth and candor, from being as it were trodden down, on which to establish the glory of perfedy, fraud and falsehood.
JOHN BLAIR. Wytheville December 8th 1846
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It is not more than I had expected; It is not less or more Than I looked for before, Our delegate was last time elected.
Hard through life I have wro't, To procure what I have got, It peirces to the 'marrow' to lose itt If my country says so In God's name let it go, Rather than serve mamon I'd so choose it .*
If my treatis a'nt true, Should not all concern'd sue, If true, how will Carroll's voter's bear it; If they cant bear truth's test But, to hide it think best, They can pull it down cut smear and tear it.
As some has done before, They can still do so more, From such might not the like be expected. Admitting that they knew,
My treatis to be true And still by their vote keep him elected,
If they cant bear the light, That brings truth to their sight Is it not as Christ once did make mention; That darkness they have chose, Least the light should disclose, "Evil deeds" they had in their intention.
If such wretches be found, To cast truth to the ground, Phoenix like t'will rise resusitatedT As, from ashes, again
+Hebrews 4th and 12th. *Mathew the 6th and 24th. #John 3rd and 19th. [Phoenix is imagioned with the Arabians a bird to live 500 years, only one at a time, then, build a nest of combustable which the sun kindles and burns it ; out of the ashes of which a new phoenix survives, so, always keeps a phoenix.
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It, new life will sustain, Truth, must not be thus annihilated.
What has Grayson come to . Or might not Carroll do, If a delegate they have elected; Who too true for a joke, His oath corruptly broke, From them what might not then be expected.
As I was sued before, Let me now be sued more, All I have wrote; if I do not maintain it; Then, 'so God do to me.' 'And more' and let it be All I'm sued for, let them that sues gain it.
Why did our delegate, Until August court wait To indite me for a demonstration Against granting him leave; From the clerk to receive Our documents just at his discretion.
Least, as he did before, He might, still do so more With forgeries, give then a wrong direction; With deceit, and with fraud Circulate them abroad; Aiming by such to gain his election.
Where Paul, popery defines, Wrought by satin with 'signs Decievableness and lying wonder,' By pontific control, Over bodey and soul Kept by popes sovereign dictation under,
To Thesolonians turn, There this truth for to learn
1st Kings 2nd and 23rd Ruth first and 17th.
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Second book, second chapter you'll find it, How popes power is portrayed, By 'wondors' as Paul said By signs lying as satin design'd it;
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