Pendleton Williams

Notes:

born: 7 September 1836 in Georgia
died: 3 October 1880 in Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Occupation: Overseer; Clerk
Religious Affiliation: Baptist
Served as Postmaster of the Daviston Post Office when it was reopened in 1872 after the War.
Military Service: WBTS: "Southern Rifles", D Co, 3rd Ala. Inf. Regt., CSA MUSTER ROLLS
LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT SPRINGHILL

Letter of Baron DeKalb Williams

July 26th, 1879
TO THE CHURCH AT SPRINGHILL:
Dear Brethren:
I feel impressed to try to express to you my feelings, my anxietys and to make some special requests of you. I have been hoping and thinking since the Meeting has been going on that the next day or the next I would be able to go to Meeting and could rejoice and enjoy a revival of the Spirit with you, but my health or afflictions won't admit of it, and I don't know whether I will ever be able anymore or not.
It seems that the Tide of life is receding with me and I can't see any probable wave to drift on back to the shore again. Brethren, I know I ought to be reconciled to the will and hand of the Lord, for I feel the truthfulness of the language of the Poet --
"Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come",
and I feel that I have been led and preserved by the hand of the Lord, but Brethren, I have one great object or anxiety in life.
It is very hard to contemplate a departure from my little children and family. At times I can hardly admit the thought. I do have a great anxiety to see them to the years of maturity, but I have one consolation when I think perhaps I will have to leave them, and that is I should leave them in the midst of a God-fearing, a God-loving and a God-serving people. I know they would have good council for them when they would need them. I know they would keep them from wrong as they would their own when in their sight. And not a sparrow falls to the ground without the Lord's taking notice of it.
Brethren, pray for my family, my little children, and I feel satisfied that you have not forgotten me in your petitions to a Throne of Grace, but I feel like especially asking you to pray for me. I would love to live out my full three score and ten years if it be the Lord's will. Pray that my patience and fortitude may be equal to my afflictions and as my body and flesh grows faint and weak, that my faith and hope in the Lord Jesus Christ may grow in strength and magnitude.
May the Lord bless you all and his people everywhere. I feel to rejoice that you have the evidence of the Lord's being in your midst and working a great work in this meeting.
I am as I hope your brother in Christ.
(Signed) B. D. Williams



1860 Macon County Alabama Census (Southern Division): Baron D. Williams, 23, is listed as an Overseer in the household of Barna F. Ivey.

1870 Tallapoosa County Alabama Census (Daviston): Baron Williams, 33, Merchant; Antnett 23; Antnett 6/12
1880 Tallapoosa County Alabama Census (Daviston): B. D. Williams 44, L. A. 34 wife, Lidia A. 10, A. A. (H.A.?) daughter 6, W. T. (W.P.?) son 4, B.D. son 1. Also in household are Georgeann Hodnett, 14, Black female servant; Sandy Hearth?, 24, Black male laborer; James Winston, 19, Black male laborer, and Daniel Lovelace, 19, Black male laborer.

Baron married Louisiana Antinette Motley on 3 Aug 1868. Louisiana (daughter of Coleman Pendleton Motley and Hester Ann Perkins) was born on 28 Dec 1845 in Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA; died on 21 Mar 1922 in Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Louina Motley
• Residence: 1910, Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1920, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Merchant
• Residence: 1850, , Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1870, Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1880, Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA

Notes:

Coleman Pendleton Motley
born: 2 December 1823 in Talbottom, Monroe County, Georgia
died: 1 August 1885 in Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, Merchant
1850 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman 27, Hester A. 27, John 6, Louisa A. 4, Martha A. 3, Elizabeth 2.
1860 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman 37, $960 Real Estate, $9400 Personal Estate, "Henrietta" 37, John 16, Louisiana 14, Martha 13, Sarah 11, Coleman 9, James D. 6, Mary 3, Nancy 2.
1860 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Slave Schedule: Coleman Motley, one 60 yr old male, one 36 yr old female, one 26 yr old male, one 15 yr old female, one 11 yr old female, one 9 yr old female, one 6 yr old male, one 2 yr old male.
1870 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman, 47, Hester, 48, Mary 16, James 14, Nancy 11, Cornelia 8, George 4, William 2. He is next door to William Wesley Williams and near William Lafayette Williams and his son Coleman Pendleton Motley Jr.
1880 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): Coleman 56, H. Ann 57, George 12, William L. 11; also in the household are Luke Carlisle, 23, Black male servant; James Worth, 19 Black male servant; Neal or Ned Grice, 19, Mulatto male servant; Net Williams, 14 Mulatto female servant; and William R. Watts, 20, White male, clerk.
Father: James P. Motley

Mother: Nancy Haynes
Spouse: Hester Ann Perkins

married: 5 October 1843 in Harris County, Georgia
Children:
1. John Motley (m. Mattie Floyd)
2.

Louisiana Antinette Motley 3. Martha Ann Motley (m. Daniel Moses Cotney)

4. Sarah Elizabeth Motley (m. William Arnold "Billy" Cotney)

5. Coleman Pendleton Motley, Jr. (m. Annis Minerva Williams)
6. James D. Motley (m. T. E. //)

7. Mary Jane Motley (m. James M. Gay)
8. Nancy Motley (m. James Beglar Carlisle)
9. Cornelia Motley (m. Rufus Berry)
10. George Motley (m. Cora Smith)
11. William Motley

Coleman married Hester Ann Perkins on 5 Oct 1843 in , Harris, Georgia, USA. Hester (daughter of Hezekiah Abraham Perkins and Mary Ann C Smith) was born on 2 Feb 1823 in , Sumter, Georgia, USA; died on 20 Jan 1908 in Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1870, Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1880, Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1900, Alexander, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA

Notes:

Hester Ann Perkins
born: 9 February 1823 in Sumter County, Georgia
died: 20 January 1908 in Daviston, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama
1900 Tallapoosa County (Alabama) Census lists Hester. A. Motley, 77, b February 1823, 11 children with 8 living, in the household of William Cotney and L. A. Cotney (her daughter).
Father: Hezekiah Abraham Perkins
Mother: Mary Ann C. Smith
Spouse: Coleman Pendleton Motley
married: 05 October 1843
Children:
1. John Motley (m. Mattie Floyd)
2.Louisiana Antinette Motley
3. Martha Ann Motley (m. Daniel Moses Cotney)
4. Sarah Elizabeth Motley (m. William Arnold "Billy" Cotney)
5. Coleman Pendleton Motley, Jr. (m. Annis Minerva Williams)
6. James D. Motley (m. T. E. //)
7. Mary Jane Motley (m. James M. Gay)
8. Nancy Motley (m. James Beglar Carlisle)
9. Cornelia Motley (m. Rufus Berry)
10. George Motley (m. Cora Smith)
11. William Motley

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James Coleman MOTLEY

Notes:

born: 1787 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
died: between 1850 and 1853 in Rocky Mountain, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Appears as James Coleman Motley in many databases; all of the estate papers relating to his death call him James P. Motley. His half-brother Horatio Motley named a son James Pinkney Motley. The initial P, if it is correct, could be for Pinkney, or for his mother, Pendleton.

1828 Monroe County, Georgia, Tax Digest: Smith Haynes, John Haynes, and Samuel Haynes (brothers of Nancy Haynes), James Motley (Dist. 24, No. 38), "Adm. John Haynes" (the estate of Nancy's father?).

1830 Talbot County, Georgia, Census (Duprees Township) lists James Motley as a next door neighbor to John Haynes and Samuel Haynes, with 2 males under 10, 5 females under 20, 1 male 30-40 and 1 female 30-40.

1840 Talbot County, Georgia, Census (p 215) Males 0-0-1-1-1-0-1, Females 1-3-2-1-0-0-0. Next door is Samuel Haynes, and nearby is son-in-law Albert Yates.
Estate Papers of James P. Motley (courtesy of Pat Newton) (All of James's children are mentioned in these papers, including the spouses of the married daughters).

The History of Daviston Baptist Church 1842-1942 states that the church had a Third District meeting in 1881 at Spring Hill Church with these delegates: John Motley, Ben Bishop, H. J. Dunn, A. J. Robertson, and J. R. Motley. J. C. Motley was pastor at the time. Also in 1881, delegates were sent to a meeting of the Carey Association in Clay County, they were: W. A. Cotney, John McKiney, John Motley, James A. Dunn, Joseph T. Motley. H. W. (H. B.?) Adkins was an alternate. According to church records, in 1881, the family of A. J. Robertson moved to Texas, carrying their church letters from Spring Hill, and founded the Baptist Church of Cornhill, Texas. J. C. Motley served as pastor of the Daviston Church 1881-1888.

James married Nancy Haynes on 10 Sep 1817 in , Monroe, Georgia, USA. Nancy was born in 1798 in Talbotton, Talbot, Georgia, USA; died in 1844 in Talbotton, Talbot, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hezekiah Abraham Perkins
born: Connecticut
died: abt 1825 in Sumter County, Georgia
He was an Indian trader, killed by Indians. The first name Hezekiah comes from the notes of Leona Gibson Bozeman, original source is unknown. Abraham Perkins sold land in Clarke County, Georgia, in 1803. He appears on the Militia Muster Roll in 1821. In 1798, an Abraham Perkins witnessed the deed of Peter Perkins in Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1798. Abraham Perkins appears on the Tax Lists of Clarke County, Georgia, in 1802, 1803, and 1819-21. The early tax records and the land sale of 1803 were likely to belong to Abraham Perkins Sr., father of this Abraham. The seller of the land would have to have been of age to make the sale, therefore b in the 1780s.

Hezekiah married Mary Ann C Smith on 21 Feb 1821 in , Clarke, Georgia, USA. Mary was born on 7 Apr 1803 in , , Connecticut, USA; died in 1865 in , Harris, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Ann C. Smith
born: 7 April 1803 in Connecticut
died: 1865 in Harris County, Georgia
1850 Harris County, Georgia Census shows Mary in the household of her second husband, William Hopkins:
William Hopkins 47, Farmer; Mary 47 (b Connecticut), Pawe? A (Powhatan) 20, Darliska 17, Atlanta 16, Milton 13, Zimmerman 13 (bracketed as twins), Pinckney 11, William 9, James W. C. 7, Antinette 5
1860 Harris County, Georgia Census - Wm Hopkins 57, Farmer; Mary 52, Doraleska 25, Powhatan 21, W. E. 19, James 17, Artemesia 13.

Notes:

Military Service: Revolutionary War - Co B, 38th Regiment Military Service, Amelia County, Virginia. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, p 368)

Served in Howard's Continental line behind Picken's Militia and ahead of Washington's Cavalry along the Green River Road at the Battle of Cowpens. His uncle, David Ellington Jr, stated that the two of them were together in campaigns and that David was wounded in the leg at Guilford Courthouse. (The Patriots at Cowpens, by Bobby G. Moss)

1. Joseph Motley was born 1690 in Wales, Great Britain, and died 1767 in Amelia, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Forrest in Gloucester VA 1720, daughter of Abraham Forrest. She was born 1700 in Gloucester Co Virginia, and died Aft 1792 in Amelia Co Virginia.
Children of Joseph Motley and Elizabeth Forrest are:
2 i. Abraham2 Motley, born 1720.
3 ii. Joseph Motley II, born 1723 in Gloucester Co Virginia;died 1806 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.
4 iii. Judith Motley, born 1728.
5 iv. Ann Motley, born 1732.
6 v. Mary Motley, born 1734.
7 vi. Joyce Motley, born 1736.
8 vii. Elise Motley, born 1739.
9 viii. Joel Motley, born 1742.
10 ix. Martha Motley, born 1745.

3. Joseph Motley II was born 1723 in Gloucester Co Virginia, and died 1806 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. He married (1)Elizabeth Irby. He married (2) Martha Ellington 1750, daughter of David Ellington and Martha Ellington. She was born 1730 in Amelia Co Virginia, and died 1777 in Amelia Co Virginia.

David James Motley died intestate 1826. Two of his sons, Joseph and John, were appointed as adm. of David's estate. John gives a list of heirs in 1833 and then I hear nothing about him. John married Giddy Jones, d/o Elisha Jones in 1805.

Elizabeth Pendleton
born: 1765 in Culpeper County, Virginia
died: 1804 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Father: Phillip Pendleton
Mother: Martha Aubrey
Spouse: David James Motley
Married: 17 August 1785 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Children:
1. Joseph Motley (m. Mary Jones)
2. John Motley
3. Patsey Motley (m. Samuel Watson)
4. David D. Motley (m. Elizabeth Giddy Nichols)
5. Daniel Motley (m. Jane Shellhouse)
6. Samuel Clayton Motley (m. Susan Chattin) believe Susan and Sarah were sisters and the name Moxley was mistakenly entered instead of Motley.
7. William David Motley (m. Sarah W. Chattin)
8. James Coleman Motley


David Motly (Motley) is mentioned in David Ellington's Revolutionary War Pension as his cousin, enlisting at same time and place as Ellington, and wounded in the leg at Battle of Guilford. Content Source:The National Archives Publication Number: M804 Publication Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files Publisher: NARA National Archives Catalog ID: 300022 National Archives Catalog Title: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900 Record Group: 15 Short Description: NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. State: Virginia Veteran Surname: Ellington Veteran Given Name: David M Pensioner Surname: [BLANK] Pensioner Given Name: [BLANK] Service: Va. Pension Number: R. 3288 Veteran Surname Starts With: E

David married Elizabeth Pendleton on 17 Aug 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Phillip Pendleton and Martha Awbrey) was born in 1765 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1804 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, , Amelia, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1785, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

"May have been born in Gloucester Co., VA. Joseph was a Captain under General George Washington in the French and Indian War. Was a supply agent for the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War." Author: Pannill, Mrs. Fitzhugh Hastings, State Regent Title: The Roster of Texas Daughters Revolutionary Ancestors; Publication: Texas Society, DAR/1976; Title: World of Whitney.

Title: Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Index CD


Died:
Will dated 8 Nov 1804, recorded 15 Dec 1806.

Joseph married Martha Ellington in 1750. Martha (daughter of David Ellington and Martha Ann Tucker) was born in 1737 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 6 May 1780 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Nottoway, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha Ellington Motley
Gave up her life for her country
Martha was the wife of Captain Joseph Motley of Amelia and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia, and was murdered during the Revolution. She refused to divulge to a Tory raiding party the hiding place of supplies which Captain Motley had for the Continental Army, or the whereabouts of her husband.

Martha was alone in the "Old Place" except for servants and the little children at home. She was recuperating in bed from the recent birth of her eleventh child, Elizabeth. She was served by Rachel, a very extraordinary servant who is purported to have been an African Princess. This servant was kidnapped from the rice fields of her homeland by slave traders. The record also states that she spoke a different language from the other servants and wore beautiful flowers tattooed on her breasts. This servant later raised the children who were left orphaned when Martha was murdered.

Present that fateful day were four little girls, daughters of Martha and Joseph. Obedience was eight, Prudence was six, Sally was four and Delilah was two. They were under foot when the party of men on horseback arrived at the front gate to be greeted by Rachel. The spokesman of the group asked to see Captain Motley. When told he was not at home, they demanded to talk to Mrs Motley. Although informed by Rachel that Mrs Motley was ill in bed and could not be disturbed, on the insistence of one of the men, the servant allowed them into the house. Later Rachel disclosed that she recognized one of the men as a neighbor of the Motleys. The party of men hurried past Rachel and the little girls and barged up the stairs to Martha's room. In the excitement of a child's fancy, Obedience ran to see what this was all about, and was present when the neighbor and 'friend' demanded to know where her father and brothers were and where the provisions were kept. She heard her mother refuse to give them any information and saw them take the arm of her mother and (despite Martha's struggles and cries) pierce her arm with a knife and leave her faint and unconscious.

Of the little girls there that day, the baby-in-arms, Elizabeth, lived to adulthood and married Floyd Tanner. Delilah married Benjamin Terry; Sally married Francis Anderson; Prudence married Joshua Stone. They all lived in Pittsylvania County. Obedience married John Morehead of Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1790.

Source:
"Reflections of Generations," by Loren Adams, and "The Roster of Texas DAR Ancestors, 1976."
Martha Ellington is shown as the wife of Joseph Motley - re.: Page 230 - An Index to the Spouses of the DAR Patriots, copyright 1986 by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Martha was born in Amelia Co, Va abt 1736 and died (killed) in Pittsylvania Co, Va in 1776. Joseph Motley was born abt 1720, Gloucester Co, Va. and died Dec 15 1806 Pittsylvania Co, Va.

David Ellington b. 1713 in Prince George Co., Va.; d. Mar. 1783, Amelia Co., Va.; m. Martha Ann Tucker abt. 1736; she was b. 1718, Chesterfield Co., Va. They were the parents of above Martha Ellington. Martha Ellington's younger sister, Obedience, m. Stephen Evans, Jr. (III), on Nov. 23, 1764, Amelia Co., Va. Stephen and Obedience are shown in Hancock Co., Ga., year 1794.

David Ellington and Martha Ann Tucker had a son, David Ellington, Jr., b. Sept. 7, 1741, Amelia Co., Va.; d. Jan. 20, 1820, Wilkes Co., Ga.; m. Jane Harrison, b. abt. 1745; d. 1828; marriage date was Jan. 7, 1790, Prince Edward Co., Va.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, , King and Queen, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Family tradition says he was a Captain in the Revolution.
Married: Bef 7 Jul 1767 in , Virginia
Note:
Married Well and Often marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800" by Robert K. Headley, JR.

Pendleton, Philip and Awbery, Martha (Awbery); bef 7 Jul 1767; bride was a dau of Chandler Awbrey (d WC 1756);
Philip and Martha Pendleton were res. of St. Mark's Par., Culpeper Co. Va. by Apr 1770; (WC DW 13:28; DW 15:74; RI 5:17)

Phillip married Martha Awbrey in 1766 in , Washington, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Chandler Awbrey and Elisabeth Sorrell) was born in 1742 in Falmouth, Stafford, Virginia, USA; died in 1805 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married: Bef 7 Jul 1767 in , Virginia
Note:
"Married Well and Often marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800" by Robert K. Headley, JR.

" Pendleton, Philip and Awbery, Martha (Awbery); bef 7 Jul 1767; bride was a dau of Chandler Awbrey (d WC 1756);
Philip and Martha Pendleton were res. of St. Mark's Par., Culpeper Co. Va. by 191 Apr 1770; (WC DW 13:28; DW 15:74; RI 5:17)

Notes:

Married: Bef 7 Jul 1767 in , Virginia
Note:
"Married Well and Often marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800" by Robert K. Headley, JR.


" Pendleton, Philip and Awbery, Martha (Awbery); bef 7 Jul 1767; bride was a dau of Chandler Awbrey (d WC 1756);
Philip and Martha Pendleton were res. of St. Mark's Par., Culpeper Co. Va. by 191 Apr 1770; (WC DW 13:28; DW 15:74; RI 5:17)