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Samuel (Margaret) died, 1814. C: Sarah (George Steele, 1800)-Sam- uel (Elizabeth M. Steele, 1805)-Mary A. (Matthew Ellison, 1806)-Jane (Michael Smith, 1808)-William-Rebecca-Isaac (1786-1860) (M-) -John.
The above John was the father of Jesse (1813-1909) and Anderson; Isaac, of Clement, Calvin, Emily (- - Vass), Elizabeth (Robert Humphreys, 1841).
Samuel (Elizabeth M. Steele) lived on Indian a mile and a half above Red Sulphur. C: Robert D. (b. 1818) (Mary K. Johnson, 1850) Isaac- (- Vass)-Thomas-William-Eliza (Wilson Shumate, 1841)- Agnes (- Wheeler)-Polly (- - Dunbar)-Amanda (Morgan Barger, 1847)-Adaline (Christopher Handley). Thomas and Isaac were proprietors of Red Sulphur Springs. They died before the war, William in 1879.
C. of Robert D .- Elizabeth M. (J. Oscar Neel)-Margaret E. (John D. Beard-Charles W. (Jennie E. Ratliff of Wayne Co.)-George C. (Susan Wylie, Eliza VanBuren)-Ann R. (Clark O. Neel)-Lewis M .- Robert E. (Annie McClaugherty)-Eldridge H. (Elizabeth Spessard)- Walter (Mary Bowner)-Roxie (James Miller). L. M. and E. H. are physicians. W. M., an attorney, lives in Cal. and G. C. in Arizona. Charles W., an attorney of Huntington, is a circuit judge. C: Nannie M., Ruth R., Rolla D., Jennie E., Charles W.
C. of R. E .- Catharine K., Robert M., Walter M., Mary E., Agnes M., William L.
C. of E. H .- Eldridge H., Elizabeth.
C. of Isaac: James A. (Margaret Rutherford)-William (k. '61)- Thomas-Henry-Lewis-Robert-Erastus (O.)-Mary (- Ballard).
C. of William of Samuel: Walter I., Edgar H., William, Emma.
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Still another Campbell was William (d. 1827). C: James (Sarah Young, 1806)-William-Thomas-Sarah (Alexander Hutchinson, 1807)- Polly (- Caldwell)-Mattie E. (William Chanley, 1811)-Rebecca (Joshua Callaway, 1808).
CANTLEY
John, Jr., (Sarah) was in 1800 living on the north side of Swope's Knobs. In 1802 he purchased the place of John, Sr., on Indian.
CAPERTON
The Capertons are derived from a French ancestor who went from the south of France to the British Isles. The progenitor of the Monroe connection was John who crossed the Atlantic about 1725 and at length found his way from Philadelphia to the Valley of Virginia. His wife was Mary Thompson, whom he met on the ship that conveyed him to America. In 1759 we find mention on Christian Creek of John Caperton, a yeoman, whose wife was Mary. The following year John "Capbritton" is spoken of as in the vicinity of Peaked Mountain. His final location was on the east side of New River, below the mouth of Rich Creek and very near the line of Summers county. His children were Hugh, William, Adam, and Elizabeth. Hugh and Adam were in the Dunmore war and the Revolu- tion. The former, whose wife was Rhoda, lived on the homestead. His children were Hugh, John, Thompson H., Elizabeth, Polly, Augustus W. J., Green, Washington and Overton. Some of their descendants are to be found in Mercer county. William, who married Lucy Woods in 1790, went to Kentucky. Elizabeth married James Gibson and went with him to Tennessee. Gibson county of that state is named for John H., one of their sons. Adam was a deputy sheriff of Greenbrier in 1780. His wife, who was of German parentage, was Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fudge) Miller. He went to Kentucky, where he was killed in 1782 in the battle with the Indians known as Estill's defeat. His widow married a minister named Smith. The children of Adam were Mary, Elizabeth, John, George, and Hugh. 'Mary, who married George Swope, went to Louisiana. 'Elizabeth and John went with their consorts to Ten- nessee, and George to Alabama. Soon after the death of his father Hugh returned to his uncle's home on New River, but after the organization of this county he established himself at Union. As a merchant, even in the face of the formidable competition of the Beirnes, he was very successful, and became wealthy in land, slaves, and other forms of property. In physique he was large, and he is spoken of by Mrs Royall as handsome. He built "Elmwood," near Union, and bequeathed it to his son Allen T. It was here that he is said to have entertained Henry Clay about 1845. Mr. Caperton died in 1847 at the age of 66 years. His first wife was Jane Erskine, to whom he was married in 1806. The second, married in
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1834, was Delilah Alexander, widow of George Beirne. His child- ren, and their consorts in marriage, were as follows: Elizabeth, mar- ried (1) William Steenbergen, (2) Anders R. Rude; Lewis E., married Frances C. Alexander; Allen T., married Harriette Echols; Margaret M., married Oliver Beirne; William G., married Harriette B. Alexander in 1843, John A. married Mary E. Coke Guthrie; Hugh, married Eliza J. Mosher; Mary J., married John Echols; Sarah A., married James F. Preston; George H., married Mary E. Henderson.
The children of Lewis E. are Hugh, Elizabeth, Bettie, Henry, and Lewis. Hugh married Catharine A. King, Bettie, Andrew P. Beirne, and Lewis, Mary W. Carr. The children of Allen T. are Eliza J., Mary, wife of Tomlin Braxton, Harriette E., wife of William A. Gordon, Me- linda, wife of James Patton, and later of E. F. Bingham, Allen, who mar- ried Elizabeth V. Rowan, Ella, and Lelia, wife of Robert Stiles. William G. had John, Alice B., wife of Frank Hereford, Jane E., James A., Will- iam G., who married Rosa A. Stiles Christian, and Isabel, wife of John B. Hereford, brother to Frank. John A.'s children are John H., Mary E., Sarah J., and Hugh S., the first of whom wedded Virginia Standiford. Hugh had James M., Jane, Hugh, Imogen, and Mary. Of these, James married Emma S. Ratcliffe and Hugh married Mattie Booth Kyle. The children of George H. are Eliza H., Walter, Allen T., George H. (mar- ried Anna P. Chambliss), Jane E. (wife of William M. Warrick), Sarah P. (wife of Isaac P. Wailes), Florence, and William G. (married Mary A. Austin).
At an earlier day the Capertons were very wealthy and possessed great social and political prestige. Among their best known rural seats are Elmwood, Walnut Grove, and Idlewilde.
Allen Taylor Caperton was born at Elmwood Nov. 21, 1810, and died at Washington, D. C., July 26, 1877. When a boy of fourteen he rode horseback to Huntsville, Ala., to attend school. In 1832 he was grad- uated from Yale College, standing seventh in a class of fifty-three. He studied law at Staunton and took up the practice of that profession in his native county. In 1841 and again in 1859-1861 he represented Monroe in the Virginia Assembly. In 1844-8 he was state senator, and in 1850 he was a member of the constitutional convention, representing Monroe, Giles, Mercer, and Tazewell. In the controversy which divided that body he stood with the western counties in advocating the white basis of repre- sensation. In the secession convention of 1861 he was present as a delegate. When the crisis came he voted for secession. At the close of hostilities he counseled his constituents that it was the part of wisdom and patriotism to accept the logic of events. In 1876 he was elected to the Federal Senate, thus enjoying the unique distinction of sitting in both the Federal and
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Confederate senates as the choice of two different state governments. His term of service at Washington was brief, a sudden illness cutting short his career. In person Mr. Caperton was of rather more than medium size and he wore a long beard without a mustache. He was well groomed and was regarded as handsome. He delighted in horseback riding and in natural scenery, and was fond of agricultural pursuits. Socially he was aristocratic and exclusive, yet was courteous and affable. He was a close student of political science, a good talker, a ready debater, and a promi- nent lawyer. Like his father before him he was a Whig, adhering to that creed until political lines were modified by the war. After that event he adhered to the Democratic party.
CARDEN
Joseph (d. 1818) (Mary) had Isaac, John, Rachel.
CARLISLE
Robert (Polly) came from Bullpasture river and was of the group- family to which John G. of Kentucky belonged. He died in 1823, an old man. C: John, Jane (- Graham), Joseph, Elizabeth (-
Ham), Samuel, Nancy (- Glenn), Mary (- - Mims ?), Mar- garet (- - Alford), James.
In 1782 Joseph and David had military claims on Indian. The latter was appraised, 1786, by John Hutchinson, Hugh Caperton, Roger Kil- patrick, Valentine Cook.
William (1815-1895) was a native of New York City and came here in 1835.
CARNIFAX
William (d. 1836) (Elizabeth Miller) was a prominent citizen in his day.
CARUTHERS
Isaac (1772-1854) (Jane Benson, 1816) was a native of Rockbridge, and partner with his brother-in-law William Erskine in Salt Sulphur Springs.
CHAMBERS
Colonel William F. (1798-1858) (Perlexana) was a resident of Peters- town.
CHAPMAN
Henly married Mary Alexander. Their children were: Augustus A. (1803-1876) (Mary B. Beirne, 1830)-Manilius (Susan Beirne)-Mrs. French-Mrs. Albert G. Pendleton-Mrs. P. Cecil. C. of A. A .- Henley C .- William C .- George B .- Christopher J. (Ark. )-Ann (Col. John J.
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Wade)-Frances F. (Michael A. Steele, Mo.)-Susan (s)-Ella J. (- Orr).
Augustus A. Chapman was a gentleman of fine presence, cultivated manners, and ripe scholarship. He was an able lawyer, a finished orator, and almost invincible in courts or in political debates. His memory is held in great respect, largely because of the fact that in criminal cases he was always the defender and never the prosecutor. He served his county in the Virginia Assembly and his state in the 28th Congress (1843- 45). At the outbreak of the American war he was a brigadier general of militia. As such he took the field with his command in 1861 and per- formed good service during the campaign of that season in the Kanawha valley. He died of apoplexy on his way to Charleston to nominate for the governorship his friend, H. B. Mathews. His oldest son died in 1858 just after his graduation. The second died in boyhood. The third, best known as Beirne, was a young man of great promise, a natural orator, and looking forward to the profession of law. At the opening of hostilities he quit his studies to become first lieutenant of Lowry's Battery. After some months he resigned in order to organize the artillery company ever since known as Chapman's Battery. This command did gallant service un- til almost annihilated and its beloved captain mortally wounded at Win- chester, Sept. 19, 1864.
CHARLTON
The Charltons crossed the ocean to Philadelphia about 1750. One of them was Thomas, who died in that city in 1791, leaving to his cousin Thomas 30 pounds and all his wearing apparel. His benevolence is illus- trated by his legacy of 60 pounds to the poor among the communicants of his church. The second Thomas (1741-1819) (Alice Perry, 1763) came here about 1792 and settled on a large tract between Hillsdale and New Lebanon. It is said he was the first pioneer to arrive in a wagon. It was a four-horse conveyance with a canoe-shaped bed, and it held himself and wife, their eight children, and their household goods He is also credited with bringing the eglantine to Monroe. The two roomed log house he built stood by the spring near the home of S. R. H. Irons. The only one of his children with descendants in the county was his youngest son, Joseph (b. 1784, m. Janet Ewing, 1807)-C: Frances -Oliver-Thomas -Jennie-Lettie-Joseph P. E .- James E. Like three of the sisters of their father, the three daughters of Thomas, Sr., never married, but lived most of their lives in a home of their own. The door of John's house was made like a slat curtain or a stave hammock, and in the day time was rolled up and fastened by pins above the door.
CHRISTY
This family came from Pennsylvania about 1783, but we cannot trace
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the line of descent with assurance. James (d. 1840) had Isabel (-
- Bealy), James (Kate Dubois, 1806), Robert, Elizabeth (1785-1856) (An- drew Allen). Elizabeth (James Carpenter, 1846) a daughter of Robert.
C. of James M. (Cynthia P. Clark, 1839) : Damaria K. (William S. Hobbs)-Margaret E .- Newton J. (d. '65)-Harvey C .- Richison C. (Eliz- abeth P. White)-Thomas H. R. (Rosa Hunt)-Lewis F. (Linnie A. Lemon)-M. W. (Osella R. Mckenzie)-Samuel M. (Emma C. Bur- dette). Harvey C., a professional musician, was 10 years at the head of Christy's Music and Business College of Tennessee and 16 years editor- in-chief of the music department of the Standard Publishing Co. of Cin- cinnati.
CLARK
Benjamin, born in King and Queen, 1730, settled in Augusta. He was a son of Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth Wilson, the father being the fourth in descent from John, who came from England to the James River about 1635. The wife of Benjamin was Elizabeth Lee. Their son Samuel (1764-1857) settled near Union in 1783. He was a veteran of the Rev- olution, later an officer in the militia, and carried a somewhat prominent part in the public affairs of the county. He married Margaret Handley. C: James H. (1792-1864) (Cinderella Davis)-William (Nelly Benson, 1808)-Alexander (Elizabeth Dickey, 1819)-John (Mary E. Johnson, 1814) -Cynthia (John Peters, 1813).
C. of James H .- Samuel (Anna Lewis)-Lewis F. (Cynthia A. Byrn- side)-George W. (Mary C. Johnston, Mary M. Wickline).
C. of William: Jackson (- - Walter)-Cynthia A. (Samuel A. Wallace)-Paulina (John A. Wallace)-Mary J. (s)-Ellen (William O. Johnson)-Grace (Dr. Walter Douglas).
C. of Samuel of J. H .- James H., George W., Walter D., Samuel W., Rella F., Verdie, Alice.
C. of Lewis F .- James H. (- Spangler), Lydia B. (Dr. Kelley), Julia, Rosel, Annie R., Luther H., Minnie, Nora (L. E. Tierney), Bertha.
C. of George W .- James, Cinderella, Charles L. By 2d w .- Elizabeth A., Robert L., George H., Rose E., Walter D., John D., Alexander H., Anne S., James F., Daisy J., Edward M.
C. of John : Thomas J. (1818-1885) (Mary Johnson)-Samuel M. (Mar- tha Ballard)-Cynthia P. (1821-1900) (James M. Christy, 1839)-Mary R. (David Pence)-Caroline A. (1829-1900) (Granville Smith)-Marga- ret (Thomas Eddy).
C. of T. J .- Maria C. (E. L. Shanklin), Ella C. (Augustus M. Shank- lin), Susan (Augustus M. Shanklin), Preston (Julia Ballard) .
C. of S. M .- Araminta C. (D. C. Elmore), Shelton (Johnetta Mor-
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gan)-Edgar (Susan Brawford), Etta (C. E. Lynch), Annie S. (John P. Parker) .
But Clark is by no means a rare name and there have been others in Monroe. Alexander (Sarah), mentioned as an old man, seems to have lived on Indian. He helped to appraise the Estill estate in 1792 and died in 1794. Samuel Clark was a testator to his will. In 1809 the widow owned five slaves and personalty valued at $1389.03. C: James, Re- becca (- Cantly), William, Ralph, Martha (John Campbell, 1804), Alexander, John, Samuel. James died 1801, leaving Sarah (- - Laf- ferty), Alexander, John. Ralph (Isabella) died 1828, leaving Owen, Elizabeth (- - Neel), Julia, John, Joseph, William H., Clara (John Patton), Margaret (John Johnson), Thomas, Abner.
COALTER
Robert (Mary A. Erskine) was a wheelwright at Union. C: Madison (Nancy Ross), John (Celia Tuggle), Robert (West), Agnes, Mary (George Walker), Isabella K. (Larkin Tuggle), Caroline (Andrew J. Keadle), Martha (William Arnott), Eliza (murdered by negress).
COCHRAN
Dennis (Nancy) was living on the top of Jarrett's Mountain in 1800. COMER
Augustus, of German parentage, was born on the Rapidan river and was an artilleryman in Washington's army. One night while the Ameri- cans were in camp on Assanpink creek, at Trenton, N. J., Comer was placed on guard duty with orders to hail any strange person three times and then to fire unless answered. An officer who thought he would have some fun with Comer and stampede him got down to the brink of the creek and threw up firebrands. The sentinel was alarmed but obeyed his orders and fired, wounding the officer. Comer was placed under arrest, but ex- onerated by Washington, who complimented him for his faithfulness. After the war he married Catharine Rush and located at St. Lawrence ford on the Greenbrier, where his son Frederick was born in 1787. Some 10 years later he started for Tennessee, but while lodging with Isaac Miller on Indian, this same boy was accidentally hurt and the journey was termi- nated. He became very corpulent in his later years and spent much of his time in an armchair that was made for him. D. 1822. C: Elizabeth (Dan- iel Miller, 1801}-Frederick (1787-1848) (Polly Mitchell, 1814)-Jacob (Anna Meadows (-Michael (Lucy Willis)-John (Mary J. Mitchell, 1824) -Catharine (Joseph Ball, 1812)-Barbara (s)-Augustus (Sarah Fore) -Sarah (John Peters).
Frederick with no resources except his wife, their two pairs of willing hands, and the 60 acres given them by the father-in-law, at once built a
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cabin, added at length 281 acres to his possessions, reared 12 children who grew to maturity, and died without owing a penny. He was methodical as well as industrious, and whenever he was done with his tools he put them under cover. He was one of the most hospitable of men, and liked to have his neighbors serenade him before daybreak on Christmas morn- ing, after which the visitors shared his breakfast. All his children were taught to work. The daughters could hoe corn and pile and burn brush as well as spin and weave. C: Mitchell (1815-1892) (Ann Cummings, 1837)-Sarah-Catharine (?Jacob W. Harvey, 1838)-Elizabeth (Isaac M. Harvey, 1838)-Ann-William (dy)-Delilah-Martha (Adam Mil- ler, 1845)-Jane-Amanda-Mary J .- Amanda-Samuel (b. 1835) (Mary Hutchinson, 1857)-Rachel-Rebecca. The example of Frederick Comer is offered in contrast to those persons of the present time who think they must begin where their parents leave off, and also think they cannot afford to have families even then.
The experience of his son Samuel is also of interest. He was left an orphan at 13 along with four sisters. They and their mother had a hard time to get on. It took two good calves to pay the tax of $9 on the large farm. Early in his married life the war came, in which he served four years and was in several heavy battles. When he returned from the mili- tary prison at Elmira he found his mother, wife, and two little girls all Well. He went to work at once to put the farm in order, and at length added merchandising and sawmilling to his agricultural interests. His children are three sons and four daughters.
CONNOR
John, Sr. (b. 1764) (Mary Carraway) built on an extensive farm near Blue Sulphur Springs a large brick house of six rooms. This was about 1789. The walls are two feet thick, and the interior, including doors, floors, and paneling, is in solid black walnut. The house is yet standing, the walls both inside and out being in perfect condition, and it is occupied by Henry George, a great-grandson of the builder. To John and Mary were born 11 children, one of whom was William (b. 1792c) (Mary Rader of Anthony). While still a young man he was sent by his father by way of Cincinnati to sell some slaves, and as nothing was ever seen of him after he had received his money, there is strong suspicion of foul play. The oldest of his five children was Perry, Sr. (1810-1877) (Evaline Jar- rett, Sarah Ellis of Joseph). Henry and Margaret, the children of the first wife, are not now living. After the second marriage, Perry settled on Wolf Creek. C: James A. (Emma Ellis)-Fletcher (s)-Evaline (C. Lon Johnson)-Elizabeth (s)-Amanda (Dr. O. S. Baker)-Martha (Allen Bowles, John H. Burgess)-Perry E. (Mae Woodson)-Luella (Dr. C. E. Copeland) .
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CONRAD
George (Katharine Miller) had mill on Indian. App. 1784 by Edward Keenan, William West, James Alexander. Settlement by Isaac Estill and John Hutchinson recorded, 1793, at $1540 including 5 slaves. Names men- tioned in settlement:
John Aldstatt Zepheniah Lee
Peter Runkle
Henry Armentrout
Thomas Lewis
Lawrence Rains
Edward Barrett
Felty Bloss
Levin Reinhart
Robert Bland
Isaac Barnes
Adam Sellers
Adam Bowyer
Adam Byers
Michael Shuler
Enoch Bush
Nickles Conrad
Catharine Conrad
Felix Gilbert
Edward Cornwell
Henry Cook
Joseph Haynes
Mathias Cash
James Dempsey
Thomas Hughes
William Carnifax
Thomas Edgar
James Handley
William Mady
John Futch (Fudge)
Gasper Haynes
William McFarlin
Thomas Gulley
Jacob Hermans
Elizabeth Morrison
Martin Grider
John Herlener
James McNutt
Sebastine Shaver
Moses Hickenbottom
Andrew Moore
John Tygert
John Jeffries
John McMulen
William West
Peter Kinders
Moliston Pettijohn
Jacob Warren
Edward Keenan
James Pettijohn
S. Williams
Peter Kisling
Augustine Price
Layton Yancey
Ralph Yath (Yates or Gates)
COOK
We find mention of Valentine Cook as Felty Koch, which is indicative of German birth or ancestry, but we are told that he and Jacob were sons of John Hamilton Cook, of London, cousin to the celebrated Cap- tain Cook. They came about 1770 to the J. R. Johnson place just be- low Greenville and built Cook's fort. His wife was Rachel Bofman (Baughman?) and he died in 1797. The widow went with her sons, Henry and David, to Kentucky. Valentine, Jr., and Jacob were both ministers, and the latter died on the family homestead in 1844. His sis- ter, Christiana, married Philip Hammond, the scout. Valentine, Sr., had several adventures with the Indians, and was several times taken by them. Rev. Valentine Cook, Jr., who settled in Kentucky, is mentioned in Chapter XXXII. C. of Jacob (Rachel) : Riley B .- Ward-Jacob A .- Lewis G .- Caroline-Sarah-John H .- Lorenzo D. (Ann Vawter, 1831). The family has long been extinct here in the male line.
One William Cook, several of whose children married into the Dubois family, of Wolf Creek, died about 1825. An Isaac had a license to build a gristmill on Laurel in 1813.
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William G. (1800-1888) was a son of John and his wife Lucy Gray Cook, of Prince Edward. He graduated from Hampden-Sidney Col- lege and in 1833 from the Baltimore School of Medicine. After practicing his profession in Clarkesville and in Chesterfield county, he came to Union in 1840, but some 11 years later he moved to Sweet Springs. In 1836 he married Mary E., daughter of Jesse Wherry, of Manchester. She died in 1863, aged 55. Of the 10 children of Dr. and Mrs. Cook, 8 lived to adult age, their names being as follows: Anna H. (s)-John H. (b. 1838) (Julia, A. Baker, 1864)-Mary E. (Robert E. Jordan, of Fluvanna Co.)-Alfred W. (Martha E. Carter, 1866)-Harriet G. (Andrew A. Kean, 1868)-William F. (Alfaretta Wick- line, Blanche Carter)-James R. (Clarissa B. Settle, 1872)-Margaretta C. (John P. Wickline, 1874).
C. of John H .- Walter J. (Ella Dransfield, 1894)-Randolph G. (Anna F. Dransfield, 1892)-William E. (Sue M. Kingsberry, 1906)-John F. -Florence G. (Lee Walker, 1893). John H. has been a veteran teacher and served a term as county superintendent W. J. is deputy sheriff, W. F. a physician, and J. F. a graduate of Roanoke College and Crozier Theological Seminary, is a minister of the Baptist church.
COPELAND
John, son of an English immigrant, came from Albemarle in his youth. A son was William M. (1835-1901) (Margaret Hines). C: William H. (1862-1915) (Hallie V. Kershner-Charles E. (Luella Connor). C. E. graduated from Shenandoah Normal College, 1889, and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, 1893. He established himself at Charleston, 1899, where he has a large, successful practice, but delights in long visits to his native county. W. H., law graduate of the University of Virginia, was prosecuting attorney of Monroe at the time of his death.
CORNWELL
Edward (or Edmund) was a large landholder on Second Creek after the Revolution. His wife, Frances, is said to have been a niece to General Wolfe, of Quebec fame. John (Margaret), who sold land to John Gray in 1803, seems to have been a son.
CORRELL
William L. (b. 1839) (Sarah C. Johnson, 1867, Eliza S. Burdette), came from Greenbrier in 1869. He was a magistrate and member of Monroe County Court. C: John F., Anna L., Caroline H., Willia L., Henry F., Charles M., James L., Marietta, Maud (J. P. Foster), Ethel (F. C. Jones).
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COSTLER
Lewis (Catharine) sold land in 1799 to John Lemons and in 1805 to Patrick Donally.
COUNTS
George (1777-1865) seems to have been a son of John (Keziah), who was living here when the county was formed. He came from Penn- sylvania and married Margaret Keenan. C: Sylvester (s)-Kate (s) -John M. m. in Tenn.)-Michael (Margaret Reed)-Philander (Sarah Thomas)-Eleanor (John Johnson) -Mary (George Mitchell) -George (s) -Andrew (s). Sylvester went to Arkansas and John to Tennessee.
C. of Michael: Newton B. (s)-John W. (Florence Sharp)-James (Etta Harless) -Jennie (Caperton C. Campbell)-Mary E. (John Trout) -Margaret (Edward Trout)-Nannie (John Campbell).
C. of Philander: George (Ilene Beckett)-William (Leone Wickline, Sarah Elmore)-John (s)-Melissa (s)-Ellen (John Kessinger)-Kate (Jessie Arnot)-Robert L. (- McNeer) .
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