William Bascom Giles^{[1, 2, 3]}

1816 - 1883  (67 years)

• Name	William Bascom Giles  [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1816	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [9]
  Residence	1860	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [10]
  Residence	1870	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Residence	1880	, Tate, Mississippi, USA   [5]
  Death	13 May 1883	Sarah, Tate, Mississippi, USA   [8]
  Burial	Strayhorn, Tate, Mississippi, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I16677	Master
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Giles,   b. 20 Jul 1783, , Loudoun, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jul 1840, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Lucy Easley,   b. 3 May 1788, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 10 Dec 1852, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1806	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F4383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah "Sally" Ann Ferguson,   b. Abt 1827, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 29 Nov 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1848	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Sydnor Coleman Giles,   b. 20 May 1849, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 13 Dec 1898, , Tate, Mississippi, USA (Age 49 years)   2. Giles,   b. 1 Jun 1851, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 20 Jun 1851, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)   3. Mary E Giles,   b. 8 Dec 1852, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 14 Oct 1868, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 15 years)   4. Giles,   b. 11 May 1854, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 11 May 1854, Cherrystone Creek, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)   5. Charles M Giles,   b. 4 Jun 1855, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 15 Nov 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 5 years)   6. Elizabeth E Giles,   b. 17 Apr 1858, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. Aug 1858, Cherrystone Creek, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)   7. Susan A Giles,   b. 4 Sep 1859, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1 Dec 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 1 year)   8. James A Giles,   b. 4 Sep 1860, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 14 Aug 1868, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 7 years)
  Family ID	F4351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1816 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 3 Jan 1848 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1850 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1860 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1870 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1880 - , Tate, Mississippi, USA Death - 13 May 1883 - Sarah, Tate, Mississippi, USA Burial - - Strayhorn, Tate, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  William Bascom Giles was born abt 1815 in Virginia--Near Chantam, about 50 miles from Danville, according to Jeremiah Sydnor Giles. The censuses show him to be born about 1815. The marriage license shows William (B.)G. Giles and Sally Ann Ferguson married 3 Jan 1848 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. 1830 Census - No Township Listed - Pittsylvania - Virginia - Page 313: William B. Giles Customers at Hugh Weir's store in 1835 - lists a William B. Giles that owes him money. Book 11 - of the Mixed Probate Records of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Hugh Weir had one store in Chatham, which was referred to as his store at the Pittsylvania Court House, or Competition, as it was called at the time. Other Giles listed are Hezekiah Giles, James Giles, John Giles, Jr., Johnson Giles. William Bascom Giles bought 60 acres of land from Wilson H. Giles, next door to him. On the 1850 Census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia - Northern District - Entry # 807 shows Giles, William B. - 35 - M - Farmer - VA Giles, Sally - 24 - F - VA - cannot read or write , Synor - 1 - M - VA Tramond, Jackson - 16 - M - Laborer - VA On the same page - Household # 805 shows: Garrett Giles - 26 - M - W - Farmer - VA Judith " - 20 F - VA On the same page - Household #809 shows: Lucy Giles - 55 - F - $275 - VA - (Lucy Easley Giles, wife of Thomas Giles) Paulina Dunbar - 18 - F - VA - (Granddaughter) 1860 Census - North District - Pittsylvania County, VA - Household # 1426 shows: William B. Giles - 45 - M - Farmer - $800 - $300 - VA Sarah A. Giles - 32 - F - VA - (cannot read or write) Sydnor C. Giles - 11 - M - VA - (attended school within the year) Mary E. Giles - 7 - F - VA Charles M. - 5 - M - VA Susan A. Giles - 1 - F - VA Living next door: Household # 1427 shows: Lewis A. Riddle - 31 -M - Master Carpenter - $1500 - $500 - VA Susan A. Riddle - 28 - F - VA Jane - 4 - F - VA Bettie E. - F - 2 - VA William' son, Charles M. Giles, died in 15 November 1860, his wife, Sally Ann Ferguson Giles, died the 29th of Nov. and while he was gone to bury his wife, his daughter, Susan A. Giles, died 1 December. Cherrystone is shown as the place of some of the childrens' place of death in the Pittsylvania County. Virginia Death Records. Death as a result of diptheria: Found Death record in the 1860 Pittsylvania County, Virginia Death Register - Part 1 (1.68466) Charles Giles - M - son - age 6 - died 15 Nov 1860 of diptheria - father - William B. Giles Sarah A. Giles - F - wife - age 33 - died 29 Nov 1860 of diptheria - husband - William B. Giles Susan A. Giles- daughter - age 18 mos. - died 01 Dec 1860 - father - William B. Giles All together William and Sally had eight children of which seven died as youth. Only one son survived, Sydnor Coleman Giles. A family story is that William Bascom Giles freed his slaves before the Confederate War and the other farmers ran him out of the county. Probate Records of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1864-1864 - Book 27 shows: Giles, Geo. W., wid. Frances W., adm. William B. Giles 1870 Census - Virginia - Pittsylvania County, Subdivision North of Dan River - Chatham P.O. - Household # 1416 shows: Giles, William B. - 54 - M - W - Farming - VA Riddle, Elizabeth - 30 - F - W - Housekeeper - VA Martha - 6 - F - W - At Home - VA Living next door is: Household # 1415 shows: Riddle, Thomas C. - 30 - Farmer - $2000 - $1500 - VA , Nancy - 40 - Keep House - VA , Francis C. - 28 - Without Occupation - VA , Elizabeth A.R. - 17 - At Home - VA Sydnor Coleman Giles, the only surviving child of William Bascom Giles and Sally Ann Ferguson Giles, moved to the Senatobia, Tate Coutnty, Mississippi area around 1869. He is shown on the census there living with the J.W. Echols Family in 1870. Sydnor married Frances Jeremiah Echols in Tate County, Mississippi on 2 Nov 1870. William B. Giles went to live with his son, Sydnor in Tate County, Mississippi in abt 1871. William Bascom Giles is seen on the 1880 census living with his son's family in Senatobia. 1880 Census of District 181 - All Townships - Tate County, Mississippi - Household # 356 shows: Giles, S.C. - Head - W - M - 31 - Married - Farmer - VA - VA - VA F.J. - Wife - W - F - 29 - Married - Keep House - MS - VA - VA C.T. - Son - W - M - 6 - Single - MS - VA - MS L.S. - Daughter - W - F - 3 - Single - MS - VA - MS J.C. - Son - W - M - 11/12 -(June)- Single - MS - VA - MS W. B. -W - M - 65 - Father - Widowed - (Father) William B. Giles death date shown to be May 23rd, 1883 in Sydnor C. Giles Family Bible Singleton Springs Cemetery, Tate County, Mississippi Book by Louise C. Fox says: William Bascom Giles 1815 - ca 1884 Father of Sydnor Coleman Giles and the husband of Sarah Ann Ferguson, he is buried in Singleton Springs Cemetery in Sarah, Tate County, Mississippi, with no headstone but a large rock. He is buried next to Sydnor Coleman and Frances Jeremiah Echols Giles. All seven childrens' births and deaths recorded in the Bible of Sydnor Coleman Giles in the hands of Edna Hatton Tullos of Memphis, Tennessee. Thomas Giles Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, VA Pittsylvania Co., Thomas Giles Cemetery {23043} Located on private property of Harry Lee Demott, 2756 Concord Road. This cemetery is about 0.4 miles down a dirt road, off West Giles Road, off Concord Road, off of the Irish Road (Route 703), right at the Concord Methodist Church. Giles, Mary Fackler b. 1817 d. 1913 #1614 Giles, Ellis b. 1813 d. 1874 #1614/1 Giles, Thomas b. 1841 d. 1856 #16141 Giles, Donnie Collie b. 1855 d. 1912 #16142/1 Giles, William b. 1844 d. in Civil War #16143 Giles, Jerry W. b. 1846 d. 1880 #16144 Giles, Letitia J. b. 1847 d. 1862 #16145 Farthing, Mary Helenda b. 1 Dec 1849 d. 2 Nov 1929 #16146 Farthing, James b. 16 Feb 1840 d. 13 Oct 1888 #16146/1 Giles, H. E. b. 1858 [?] d. 1922 #16148 Giles, Lucy A. b. 1859 d. 1890 #16148/1 Giles, John b. 1859 #1614A

  
  

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