Frank Talmadge Anderson, Sr

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• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1942, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1950, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Frank married Elizabeth Myrtle Moore on 5 Jun 1920 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Ruben Edward Moore and Emma Elizabeth Edwards) was born on 5 May 1897 in Rondo, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Apr 1960 in Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frank Talmadge Anderson, Jr was born on 13 Nov 1920 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Feb 1989 in , Fairfax, Virginia, USA; was buried in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
2. Ike Lindow Anderson was born on 18 Apr 1923 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jul 2015 in Martinsville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Martinsville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
3. Reuben Edward Anderson was born on 2 Oct 1925 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Nov 1975 in Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

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• Residence: 1860, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

John married Ella Jaye Shelhorse in 1892. Ella (daughter of Jacob Shelhorse and Mary Margaret Parker) was born on 20 Apr 1869 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Jul 1941 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Climax, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Demarcus married Mary Ann "Polly" Smith on 13 Oct 1845 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of George Kenan Smith, Jr and Susan Hartman Adkins) was born in 1822 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 12 May 1894 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Palley Anderson
• Birth: Abt 1826, , , Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1861, Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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Residence:
53rd inf reg

Jacob married Mary Margaret Parker on 18 Nov 1857 in , , Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Elijah Parker and Elizabeth Permillia "Ella" Bennett) was born on 18 Jan 1835 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Jan 1910 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Redeye, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Married: 1857
• Residence: 1860, Crafton, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Franklin, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Will of Jesse Anderson of Franklin County Virginia. Located at Rocky Point Court; Franklin County Wills Book II Page 354-355 1859 -1861

Will was written 26 July 1859 Franklin County, Virginia

Proved inthe 7th day of Dec 1860

Those named in will: wife -Mary Anderson

son - James Anderson , son- Dunaccus Anderson, son - Walt Otey Anderson, son- Nathaiel Anderson

daughter - Cynithia Anderson Hutchenson, daughter - Elizabeth Anderson Henry, daughter - Eveline Anderson Moore

Jesse married Mary "Polly" Arrington on 5 Sep 1813 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1789 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 27 May 1856 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Franklin, Virginia, USA

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• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Abt 1845, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 24 May 1845, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

George married Susan Hartman Adkins on 18 Aug 1806 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Susan (daughter of William Vortimer Adkins, III and Mary Ann "Polly" Hartman) was born in 1787 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jun 1851 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Luckey Adkins
• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Abt 1851, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 9 Oct 1851, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth: 1787
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA
Death: 1851
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA

UPDATED 01/21/2012

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Married 08/18/1806 in Pittsylvania Co., VA to George Kenan Smith.

Died on her old plantation on Tomahawk Creek, near Museville.

Their issue:

1. Jabez Vortimer Smith (1809-1870)
2. Rhoda Elizabeth "Rhody" Smith (1811-1858)
3. Booker Hartman Smith (1812-1841)
4. Ralph Adkins "Smithy" Smith (1813-1902)
5. William Morgan Smith C.S.A. (1818-1896)
6. Eliza Beth "Betsy" Smith (1820-1889)
7. Mary Ann "Polly" Smith (1822-?)
8. Nancy Jane Smith (1823-1869)
9. Susan Letitia Smith (1829-?)

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Also Atkins/Atkinson.

Will of Susan Smith - Pittsylvania County Records - Will Book 2, pg. 131:

I Susan Smith of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia do make this 9th day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty one make this my last will and Testament. In manner and form following, to wit:
1st I give to my son Jabez Smith three yards of home made cloth together with one equal eighth part of my estate that I may not hereafter will away -
2nd I give unto my son Ralph Smith one negro boy named Ellick at valuation, if he is valued to more than one eighth part of my estate he shall then pay back so as to make all my children equal with one another together with three yards of home made cloth.
3rd I give unto my son William Smith one negro boy named Allen at valuation, and if he is valued to more than one eighth part of my estate he shall then pay back so as to make all my children equal with one another together with three yards of home made cloth.
4th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Anderson four pounds of Wool Roles also one large new Kittle together with one equal eighth part of my estate that I have not heretofore or may not hereafter will away to be given to her to use and dispose of as she may think proper to her and her heirs forever.
5th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rody Reynolds five dollars in cash also four pounds of wool Roles together with one equal eighth part of my estate that I have not heretofore or may not hereafter will away to be given to her to use and dispose of as she may think proper to her and her heirs forever.
6th I give unto my daughter Nancy Anderson four pounds of Wool Roles together with one eighth equal part of my estate that I have not heretofore or may not hereafter will away to be give her to her to use of as she may think proper, to her and her heirs forever.
7th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Mahan four pounds of Wool Roles. I also leave in the hands of my son Ralph Smith one equal eighth part of my estate that I have not heretofore or may not hereafter will away for the use and benefit of my daughter Elizabeth Mahan to her and her heirs forever.
8th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Letitia Smith one hundred dollars cash, one feather bed, two pillars, two sheets, and five bed quilts, three bed blankets, two double wook white counterpins, one chect counterpin, one white double wove counterpin, 2 pounds wool roles, one piece of Janes Cloth, one set of tea cups and saucers, one set of plates, one set of teaspoons, one carthen pitcher, one pot and oven, one dish and one brass kettle, also one equal eighth part of my Estate that I have not heretofore willed away to her and her heirs forever.
9th I give unto my four Daughters, namely to wit: Rody Reynolds, Elizabeth Mahan, Mary Anderson and Nancy Anderson all my bed blankets, quilts, etc. that I have not heretofore willed away, to be equally divided between them and to their heirs forever.
10th I wish that all my crop be sold as soon as convenient after my death and all the moneys and other wise to be equally divided between my eight children as heretofore directed.
11th And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my two sons Ralph Smith and William Smith Executors of this my last will and Testatment In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 9th day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Witness - Geo. Craft Jr., Lewis A. Wright, Abner Mahan
her Susan X Smith mark

At a Court held for the County of Pittsylvania the 20th day of October 1851. This last Wil and Testament of Susan Smith dec'd. was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of two subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded, And on the motion of Ralph Smith and William Smith the Executors in the will mentioned who made oath and with George Craft Jr., John C. Bradner, Rudolph Rorer, their securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of five thousand dollards conditioned according to Law certificate was granted themfor obtaining probate of said will in due form.
Teste - Wm. H. Tunstall Clk.

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Family links:
Parents:
William Vortimer Adkins (1760 - 1848)
Mary Anne Hartman Adkins (1765 - 1812)

Spouse:
George Kenan Smith (1778 - 1845)

Children:
Jabez Vortimer Smith (1809 - 1870)*
Rhoda Elizabeth Smith Reynolds (1811 - 1858)*
Booker Hartman Smith (1812 - 1841)*
Ralph Adkins Smith (1813 - 1902)*
William Morgan Smith (1818 - 1896)*
Nancy Jane Smith Anderson (1823 - 1869)*


Burial:
George K. Smith Cemetery
Museville
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA


Created by: Hank Rogers
Record added: Sep 01, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 41425460

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Jacob married Mary "Polly" Haynes on 24 Sep 1817 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 12 Dec 1800 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1856 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Crafton, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Elijah married Elizabeth Permillia "Ella" Bennett on 5 Jun 1819 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Bennett and Asenath Nancy Dalton) was born on 6 Feb 1803 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Nov 1864 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Crafton, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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• Residence: 1782, , Frederick, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1810, , Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 30 Apr 1821, , Frederick, Virginia, USA

Thomas married Ann Hubbard on 23 Jan 1786 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA. Ann was born in , , Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jan 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Beheathland Smith. Beheathland was born in 1734 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died in 1787 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Will of William Adkins

Wills, Inventories & Accts. vol. 1-A p. 142
Dated April 8, 1847 probated Oct. 28, 1848

I, William Adkins of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia being of sound mind and in good halth make my last will and Testament in manner and form as follows
I give to my son Henry Adkins and his heirs forever the following land to wit, beginning in my line adjoining where he now lives at the fence and around the land he is now in possession of it being a part of my track and thence following the fence around to a pair of draw rails thence up the path to the ridge path leading from my house to Capt. Hopkinses Decd,then down a hollow to a branch in an old field and down the branch to the Creek thence up the same to the Spring that said Henry formerly used continuing up said branch to my back line and along the same to the beginning.
2ly I give to my son Owen Adkins and his heirs forever the following land, towit; beginning at the same place where Henry's new line is to begin thence along between my son Henry and myself to the road leading from my house to the Lynchburg road, thence down said road to a corner in my old line near a field now used by my daughter Sally Gibson, thence to the fence of the said field and along said fence in to an old field not inclosed until it corner oposite an old fence row leading from some pines near the path and so on down said fence row to the head of a hollow and down the same to the creek and up the creek to the land herein before given to my son Henry and along his line to the beginning.
3ly, I give to my daughter Sally Gibson and her heirs forever the following land to wit, beginning at the fence around the feald in which she now lived where my son Owen's William and thence along the lain and through the lower side of an old feald crossing the ridge road to trees I have choped as a line to Peek's old field and through the old field by two marked trees on a ridge and so on to two marked trees below the aple orchard on the branch thence up the same and along my backline to the line herein before directed to bound the land given to my son Owen and along that lineto the beginning.
4ly I give to my son William Adkins and his heirs forever the land where on he now lives it being all the remaining part of my land on that side of the creek not herein given to others.
5ly It is my will and desire that Coleman Renands shall have and enjoy the land and other property herein after mentioned for and during his life and at his death to his lawfully begotten children if he leave any and in case he does not, then to my children herein before mentioned and there heirs forever to wit, I give under the limitations as aforesaid to said Coleman Renands who I hereby recognise as my son and henceforth desire that he shall be called Coleman Adkins the following land, to wit,beginning on the creek between John T. Muse and myself at the mouth of a branch thence along theNorth side of a crop fence runing near a spring formerly used by Sally Reynolds and so onto the woods and thence along a new chopped line to a branch above WilliamAdkins spring and thence up said branch to a new choped line and along said line to the ridge road and thence along said road and my back line to the land herein before given to my son Henry and thence down his line to the creek and thence down the said creek to the beginning.
6ly It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter appointed sell upon a credit of one and two years all the residue of my land lying on the West side of Turkey Cock creek and allso upon a reasonable credit sell all the perishable part of my estate.
7ly I give to Suky Smith one hundred dollars and I give to Betsy Carter one hundred dollars and I give to Sally Gipson Thirty dollars.
8ly I give to my son Coleman Adkins upon the terms limitations and conditions contained and provided for in the fifth clause of the will the following property to wit; one Negro girl named Siza and her future increase and one horse bridle and saddle worth sixty dollars. I also give him fifty dollars worth of cows and hoggs and six head of sheep, I also give him one hilling hoe,one plow, and pare of gear one pole axe and if he continues to live with me till my death I give him fifteen barrels of corn and four Hundred weight of Pork.
9ly I give to my following children to be equally divided between them and there heirs forever all the residue of my estate of every sort and kind, to wit; I give one sixth part to my daughter Suky Smith, one sixth to Betsy Carter, one sixth part to Sally Gipson, one sixth part to my son Henry Adkins, one sixth part to William Adkins, and the other sixth part to Owen Adkins, and lastly I do hereby constitute and appointmy friend Vincint Witcher Executor to this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former wills by me made writen on two sheets and subscribed on the sixth page ;this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord 1847.

William Adkins seal
Witnesses
A.H. Moorman
W.A. Dickinson
H.S. Muse

At a Circuit superior court of law and chanery continued and held for Pittsylvania county the 28th day of October 1848 this last will and Testament of William Adkins decd was presented in court and proven by the oaths of A.H. Moorman and H.S. Muse two subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Vincent Witcher the Executor in said will named who made oath and with A.H. Moorman & H.S. Muse his secruities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of ten thousand dollars conditioned according to Law certificate was granted him for obtaining probate of said will in due form.

Teste
Wm. H. Tunstall Clk.

Estate Settlement of William V. Adkins III
Posted 04 Feb 2023 by John Moore
Estate Settlement of William Adkins decd (1848)
Accounts Current vol. 18 pp. 160-162
Date of confirmation October 20, 1851

Accounts of Executor and Legatees

1. To Susan Smith one of the legatees of William Adkins decd
November 27, 1849 paid in terms of will $100.00
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund $230.00
1851 to balance due Susan Smith 2.63 ½
TOTAL: 332.63 ½

2. To Nathan Carter in right of his wife Elizabeth Carter
Nov. 27, 1849 paid in terms of will 100.00
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 250.00
TOTAL paid by confirmation: 350.00

3. Sarah Gibson
Nov. 27, 1849 paid in terms of will 30.00
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 219.22
1851 balance due Sarah Gibson 13.41 ½
TOTAL: 262.63 ½

4. Henry Adkins
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 232.19
1851 balance due 2.63 ½
TOTAL: 232.63 ½

5. William Adkins
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 232.19
1851 balance due .44 ½
TOTAL: 232.63 ½

6. Owen Adkins
Sept. 11, 1850 paid for legacy in residuary fund 230.00
1851 balance due 2.63 ½
TOTAL: 232.63 ½

William married Mary Ann "Polly" Hartman. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hardiman and Elizabeth Ann Standeford) was born in 1765 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1812 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John Barnett Shelhorse
• Arrival: 1775, , , , USA
• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Abt 1837, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 21 Aug 1837, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

John Barnet Shelhorse was born in Aue, Germany on January 24, 1755. His name was Johann Barnet Schelhase. In Germany it is written both ways - Schelhase and Schelhasen.

Johann and two brothers, Peter and Martin, came to America in 1776 as Hessian soldiers, German mercenaries who were employed by Britain in the Revolutionary War against the Colonials. Their unit was with Cornwallis at Yorktown for his surrender in 1781. Martin was killed in the final battle, but Johann and Peter were among those who were sent first to Winchester, Virginia for 6-12 months, then finally to Frederick prison in Maryland. After the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, ending the war, the Hessian troops were ordered to walk to New York, then to be transported back to Germany. Many Hessians deserted during this time, choosing to stay in America. This is what Johann and Peter did. Johann Schelhase changed his name to John Shelhorse, married Mary Hoofman and settled in Pittsylvania County Virginia near Gretna. I am not sure where Peter went...I'm thinking South Carolina.

John Schelhausen is better known as Barnett Shelhorse.

In A HISTORY OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA by Maud Carter Clement he is mentioned as John Schelhausen, Schelhausen is the plural of Schelhase in German. Barnett's full name was John Barnett Shelhorse which orginally had been Johann Bernhard Schelhase. Barnett's father was named Jacob (Johann Jacob Schelhase) and his mother was named Elizabeth (Maria Elizabeth Schelhase) which is where the names of Barnett's first son and daughter come from. Jacob (b. 11/14/1789 d. 5/12/1846) first married Mary (Polly) Woodson on August 5, 1812. She passed away on July 21, 1813 and he later married Marry Hanes (b.12/12/1800 d.1/1/1856) on September 24, 1817. They had ten children. Martha Jane was their second child. The Virginia Shelhorse's of today are descended from Jacob Shelhorse.


Will of BARNET SHELHORSE, Written July 18 1837, proved Aug 21 1837. Names wife, Mary, daughters Elizabeth, Sally, Nancy, Catherine, Jane and Susan. To William Yates, "who married my daughter Polly", son Jacob, son William, son Henry.

Ex: sons Jacob and Henry. Witnesses: Richard Jones, William Thomas and William A. Anthony.

John Barnett Shelhorse was born Johann Bernhard Schelhase on the 24th of January 1755 near the village of Aue, Germany. He was the son of Johann Jacob Schelhase (b. August 22, 1721 d. June 25, 1797) and Maria Elizabeth (Korlin) Schelhase (b. 1720 d. August 31, 1770). Barnett arrived at New York on August 12, 1776 as part of Company 2 of the ErbPrinz Regiment Hessen-Kassel. With Barnett were his brothers Peter and Martin. They were among the first Hessians to serve in the American Revolution. Their regiment fought in the battles of Brooklyn, White Plains, and were stationed in New York from 1777 until 1781. In March of 1781 they were sent by sea to Portsmouth, Virginia. They were with Cornwallis at Yorktown when he surrendered in October of 1781. Martin was killed at that battle and Barnett and Peter were first sent to Winchester, Virginia where they were held for 6-12 months before being sent to Frederick Prison in Maryland. After the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, ending the War for Independence, the Hessian prisoners were ordered to walk to New York to be transported back to Europe. Both Barnett and Peter decided not to return and slipped away. They were reported to have deserted in May of 1783. He married Mary Hoofman (b. 1760's d. 1850's) in Pennsylvania about 1784 and by 1791 had moved to northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Tradition also says that Barnett received a land grant for his services in the American Revolution which consisted of all the land a man could plow around in a day.

Barnett and Mary raised a large family, three boys and seven girls.
1) Elizabeth
2) Sarah (Sally)
3) Mary (Polly)
4) Jacob
5) William Ansel
6) Catherine
7) Nancy
8) Jane
9) Henry Fleming
10) Susan

Elizabeth married James Moore on January 7, 1803.

Sarah, called "Sally", married William Johnson on August 13, 1810 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Mary, called "Polly", was married to William Thomas Yeates by the Reverend Joseph Hatchett in Pittsylvania County on December 3, 1812. William and Polly had one son, Thomas Yeates, who was born in 1824 in Pittsylvania County and died on May 7, 1909 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Jacob (b. November 14, 1789 d. May 12, 1846) married Mary "Polly" Watson Woodson on August 5, 1812. She died on July 21, 1813 and he later married Mary Haynes on September 24, 1817. They had ten children. The present day Virginia Shelhorse's are descended from Jacob.

William Ansel Shelhorse (b. 1815) went to Missouri where he married Elizabeth Griffith (b. 1815) on January 20, 1835 in Pike County. They had five children before William died about 1844.

Catherine (b. August 21, 1801) was married to John Haynes (b. January 22, 1799) by the Reverend Griffith Dickenson on January 8, 1822. John and Catherine moved from Virginia to Jennings County, Indiana sometime between 1823 and 1827. They had eight children:
1) Mary Ann V. born October 20, 1822.
2) Susannah M. born February 10, 1823.
3) Barnett S. born October 15, 1827.
4) John E. born April 3, 1830.
5) Elizabeth J. born January 12, 1835.
6) Martha E. born September 1, 1837.
7) Sarah E. born February 25, 1840.
8) George V. born August 12, 1842. George lived in Tipton County, Indiana.

Jane (b. 1804) was married to Daniel Motley, Jr. by the Reverend Ira Ellis on November 27, 1823. They later moved to Pike County, Missouri.

Nancy also went to Missouri where she married Levi Moore and raised a family.

Susan was married to Crispin Payne by the Reverend Crispin Dickinson on December 2, 1830.

Barnett and Mary's ninth child was Henry Fleming Shelhorse who was born on September 4, 1808. The Georgia Shelhorse's are descended from Henry.

Barnett is buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on the farm owned by H. Odell Owen.

John Barnet Shelhorse was born in Aue, Germany on January 24, 1755. His name was Johann Barnet Schelhase. In Germany it is written both ways - Schelhase and Schelhasen. Johann and two brothers, Peter and Martin, came to America in 1776 as Hessian soldiers, German mercenaries who were employed by Britain in the Revolutionary War against the Colonials. Their unit was with Cornwallis at Yorktown for his surrender in 1781. Martin was killed in the final battle, but Johann and Peter were among those who were sent first to Winchester, Virginia for 6-12 months, then finally to Frederick prison in Maryland. After the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, ending the war, the Hessian troops were ordered to walk to New York, then to be transported back to Germany. Many Hessians deserted during this time, choosing to stay in America. This is what Johann and Peter did. Johann Schelhase changed his name to John Shelhorse, married Mary Hoofman and settled in Pittsylvania County Virginia near Gretna. I am not sure where Peter went...I'm thinking South Carolina.

BARNETT SHELHORSE (c. 1753 to 1837)
The origins of the Shelhorse family are shrouded with mystery, but a story exists in all branches of the family that the original ancestor came to the United States during the Revolutionary War as a Hessian soldier. The Hessians were Germans who had been hired by the British to fight their rebellious Colonists.

It is known the Hessians fought in Pennsylvania and it is assumed our ancestor served there. We are first able to definitely pick him up in court records a number of years after the Revolutionary War. His name was Barnett Schelhausen, and by 1790 had married and moved with his wife and beginning family to northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In Pittsylvania County, he Americanized his name to Shelhorse. (With the spelling and pronunciation that we use to this day). Barnett and his wife Mary spent the rest of their lives in Pittsylvania County, farming, and raising a large family.There were ten children, seven girls, and three boys.

By the early 1800s, the United States was expanding with the addition of the new lands to the west, and several of Barnett's children chose to leave Virginia and follow the southern and westward routes. One son, William, and two daughters Nancy and Jane, moved to Missouri where they married and raised families. Another son, Henry Fleming Shelhorse, went with his young wife, Elizabeth, to northern Georgia. The third son of Barnett Shelhorse, Jacob, chose to remain in Pittsylvaina County and continue farming as his father had.

JACOB SHELHORSE (1789 to 1846)

In 1812, the year that the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain began, Jacob Shelhorse here in Pittsylvania County was probably not particularly interested in the war because he, a young man of 23 had just married, his sweetheart Polly Woodson, who was only 15 years old at the time. A year later, tragedy struck young Jacob's family. Polly died.

It was five years before Jacob remarried, by the time he had reached the mature age of 28. His new bride Mary Haynes was 17. In this marriage Jacob found a happy life, raising a large family and farming the land of Pittssylvania County, as his father had.

Jacob had ten children, five boys and five girls. Jacob's children were not struck with the wanderlust of the west and most remained during their lives in Pittsylvania County continuing as farmers. Interestingly, two of Jacob's sons chose to marry sisters. William Henry Shelhorse and James Moody Shelhorse (brothers) married Cecilia A. Crider and Susan C. Crider (sisters) respectively.

William Henry Shelhorse (1824 to 1893)

Ironically Jacob's eldest son, William Henry Shelhorse, repeated his father's tragic marriage pattern. William Henry married in 1851. His new bride, Parthenia Hall, died within two years of their marriage, leaving William with an infant daughter, who also died two years later. William, like his father, picked up the pieces of a broken life and remarried in 1857. His second bridem Cecilia Adeline Crider, bore his five children, and they lived a long life together, disturbed only by the Civil War.r

When the Civil War began in 1861, William Henry and Cecilia had just begun to raise their family. Young George Washington Shelhorse was 4, Mary Elizabeth 3, and William Henry Jr. was only and infant. Nevertheless, William saw it as his duty to leave his family and enlist with his 4 brothers in the Confederate Army. They joined Company I (known as the Gatham Greys) of the 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment. William was immediately discharged, being over age. But toward the end of the war, when soldiers were desperately needed, he rejoined his unit and was captured in fighting as Five Forks (near Petersburg). He was sent to Point Lookout Military Prison, Maryland and remained there until the war ended in 1865. His release slip provides the earliest physical description that we have of any of the Shelhorse men. He was described as 6 feet 1 inches tall, with hazel eyes, grey hair, and a dark complexion. (At that time William would have been 41 years old.) Cecilia and the children survived the Civil War, and after William's return two more sons were born. Chesley Martin Shelhorse and Lee White Shelhorse.

Brief History of the Shelhorse Family 1753 Pittslyvania, Virginia, USA

Johann Bernard Shelhorse (Schellhase)

http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/Hession_Soldiers_who_remained_in_America_after_the_Revolutionary_War.pdf

JOHANNES SCHWALM HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. BULLETIN BOARD These are men who remained in North America and who have been positively identified as Hessian ancestors by today's researchers. While certainties of their histories and genealogies are not yet established, the evidence suggests strong connections.

Schellhass, Bernhard Hesse-Cassel; Aue; Private; Erbprinz Reg., Co. 2; HETRINA Vol. III; Captured at Yorktown and deserted in May 1783 at Frederick, MD; Married Mary Hoofman and later settled in Pittsylvania, County, VA. (Brother of Peter)

No to be confused with the Johannes Schellhass who deserted near Savannah in 1782. That one married Isabella Mitchler and settled in NC.

Schellhase, Peter Hesse-Cassel; Bischhausen; Private; Erbprinz Reg., Co. 5; HETRINA Vol. III; Captured at Yorktown and deserted in May 1783 at Frederick, MD; Brother of Bernhard. (History and genealogy needed)

Johann married Mary Polly Hoofman in 1784 in , , Pennsylvania, USA. Mary was born in 1769 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jul 1837 in , Pickens, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

William Alexander Parker Family
Toshes/Toler’s Ferry, Virginia.

William Alexander Parker’s ancestors landed at the Cliffs, St. Mary’s County, Maryland, in 1635. Some of the Parkers migrated to the Baltimore and Washington, DC areas. William Alexander Parker, youngest of his family, moved to Fauquier County, Virginia. He then left Fauquier County and moved to Pittsylvania County in 1768 – to get away from the Indians and to raise tobacco. He and his wife built a home at Toshes, near Toler’s Ferry. It is believed that his wife’s name was Henrietta. Some of their children were David, Benjamin and George. It is told that William Alexander had two other sons who were killed at Braddock’s Defeat in 1755. David and Benjamin moved to Hardin County, Kentucky.
David was there in 1820, when David’s wife accidentally used arsenic instead of soda when preparing their bread; poisoning herself, David and two of their children. Benjamin, David’s considerably older brother, became the guardian of his brother’s surviving children. Some of the Kentucky Parkers moved to Illinois, while others, during the early and mid-1800’s ventured to Texas (Fort Parker) where one of the Parker children, Cynthia Ann, nine years of age, was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in 1836. Cynthia Ann married a Comanche chief. One of her children was Quanah Parker, a well known Comanche chief, who made numerous trips to Washington, DC to negotiate on behalf of his people.

-The Last Comanche Chief, The Life and Times of Quanah Parker, Bill Neeley, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc).
 
George Parker married Frances Oaks and stayed at the home place in Pittsylvania County (Toshes). Frances Oaks is related to the Toler family – also spelled Towler. George was born in 1769 and died April 5, 1859. He and his wife are buried at the Parker/Rorer home place, Toshes.
George and Frances had a large family. David Parker, one of their offspring, was born 1802; m. 1st Mary A. Toler (Toler’s Ferry), 1849; m. 2nd Mary Amanda Goggin, 1855; and they also lived in the same house as David’s parents, George and Frances (Oaks). It became the Parker ancestral home. Mary Goggin’s 2nd cousin was Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens) (see Our Kin, Ackerly and Parker, Bedford County, Virginia families). Mary Goggin Parker had a brother, the Reverend Thomas C. Goggin, well known preacher in Bedford County during the 1800’s.
Another one of George and Frances’ children was the Reverend Joseph Parker, who served a number of churches, and who was very well known and beloved during his lifetime. His farmhouse was renovated in more recent times, and is currently known as Bernard’s Landing (Smith Mountain Lake) in the Bedford, Virginia area. (Moneta). David and Mary (Goggin) Parker’s children were William (Willie) David, Penhook, Pigg River; George Stephen, Vinton, Va; Mary Emily (Emma) m. Jimmy Rorer (Emma and Jimmy Rorer established their residence at the old Parker home – in order to be with her aging and widowed mother, Mary Goggin Parker) – thus it became known as the Parker/Rorer place; and Charles (Charlie) Ross Parker, who m. Mary A. Tuck (Mary Tuck related to Glenns and Whiteheads of Pittsylvania County). Charlie and Mary lived on the Staunton River, Toshes, Virginia. The family attended Summersett Baptist Church. Alice Parker, wife of Giles Jefferson Morton was the youngest of their nine children. She lived in Pittsylvania County all her life.

William married Henrietta Hyde Donnell in 1751 in , , Virginia, USA. Henrietta (daughter of Samuel Donnell and Lucy P Hyde) was born in 1740 in , Fauquier, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jul 1823 in Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

The division of the real estate of Richard Bennett can be seen in the Pittsylvania County Land Tax List. Richard Bennett appears in the list through 1840. In 1841, Richard is absent. The land tax list shows nine properties in 1841 which the new owners received from Richard Bennett deceased. It appears that Richard Bennett died in 1840. Examination of each of these properties helps us determine the heirs of Richard Bennett.
1. Reuben Bennett, 87

Richard married Asenath Nancy Dalton on 23 Nov 1795 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Asenath (daughter of John Flan Dalton and Mary Ann Flanagan) was born in 1779 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Jan 1821 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

William married Lydia Owens in 1738 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Lydia (daughter of William Owen and Lydia Lansford) was born in 1724 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died in 1782 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Ann Standeford. Elizabeth was born on 6 Jun 1743 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; died in 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Maria Elisabeth Pfeil. Maria was born on 29 Sep 1720 in Reichensachsen, Werra-Meissner-Kreis, Hessen, Germany; died on 30 Sep 1770 in Aue, Werra-Meissner-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Lucy P Hyde. Lucy was born in 1720 in , Cecil, Maryland, USA; died in 1780 in , Cecil, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jul 1724, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Will of Peter Bennett
Dated: 7 January I778
My loving wife Frances Bennett during her life in widowhood all my estate. At her decease all may be sold and the money divided between my children William Bennett, Mary Lawson, Reubin Bennett, Elizabeth Perry, Micajah Bennett, Rachel Bennett, Abner Bennett and Richard Bennett as if her directed Viz. my sons Wm. and Reuben Bennett do discount 30 pounds 10 shillings each from an equal proportion of the money becausethey have already received that sum each in the the land they now live on and all the other named children to receive a just and equall proportion.
If at any time after my decease my now loving wife should marry my estate may be sold by the discretion of my Executors and the money divided as aforesaid allowing my wife a child's part only. If any time before there be a division of my estate there should be a decease of any of the above named children without being of age or proper heir, my estate may be divided betwixt those that be then living.
Executors: my two sons Wm. and Reubin Bennett
Signed: Peter Bennet
Witnesses: David Watt, Wm. Ward, David Perry, William Goad
Executors: William Bennett and Reubin Bennett
Security: John Callaway, William Vardeman, and William Leftwich

I found in Louisa County Court Orders:

Nov 1746: Laying of Levy to Peter Bennet for one Wolf's head 140 lbs of
tobacco

22 Oct 1745: Thomas Underwood agst William Bennet (William seems to be sued
a lot for debt)

Jun 1743: Richard Juror

Peter married Frances Vardeman in 1752 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Frances (daughter of William Vardeman and Magdelena Peterson) was born in 1730 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1787 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Frances Bennett

John married Mary Ann Flanagan on 13 Aug 1773 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of James Whittal Flannigan and Annis) was born on 11 Nov 1753 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died in 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]