Jean Pierre Bondurant

Jean married Gabrielle Debarjon on 28 Oct 1676 in Huguenot Temple, Barres Des Cevennes, France. Gabrielle was born on 18 Jan 1643 in Sev, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died on 23 Mar 1695 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 July 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, France. He married Ann Tanner, daughter of Edward Tanner [Sr.] and Mary Hatcher, circa 1708 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean died before 25 January 1734/35 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean was also known as John Peter. He was first baptised a Huguenot, then at the age of seven rebaptised Catholic in order to preserve his right to inherit family property. With the Revocation both of his parents, and his grandfather and step-grandmother renounced their Huguenot faith and were "newly converted" Catholics.

Jean Pierre was orphaned in 1695 and left in the guardianship of his cousin, Andre Bondurant, who was an apothecary and also the mayor of Génolhac. In September 1697, with Andre's consent, Jean Pierre's property, the mills at l'Aribal and Calquières inherited from his parents, were sold. Jean Pierre left France and arrived in Aarau, Switzerland in February 1697/98 where he joined his maternal uncle, Guillaume Barjon, Pastor of the Huguenot refugee Church there. On October 3, 1697, Jean Pierre recanted the Catholic faith and became a Huguenot again.

The following is recorded in the congregational record:
The 3rd of October 1697, Seigneur Jean Pierre Bondurant, apothecary, presented himself in front of us, claiming that he was extremely affected by the fault he committed in his youth, which was to attend the worship of the Roman [Catholic] Church; showing his repentance by asking God to forgive this sin and after he claimed that he would live and die in our Holy Religion, he was admitted into the peace of the Church and to participate in the Holy Sacraments.
He signed this present deed along with us: Henry Malbois and Pierre Brochet, both hat makers who took refuge in the town of Aarau, and undersigned by myself:
[signed by]
Barjon
refugee Pastor
JP Bondurant
Henry Malbois
Brochet4

Because Jean Pierre had left France with money from the sale of his mills, he did not appear on the Swiss charity records as did the Barjons and most refugee Huguenots. Being financially independent also shielded him from scrutiny and perhaps enabled him to buy his first land when he later went to Virginia. He was listed as a "fugitive from the Kingdom because of religion" in 1712. This late date is not significant, as such listings were normallly late; and his father's cousin was Consul General in charge of the listings.

In 1699, in the company of Pastor Barjon and other refugees, he went to Karlshafen, Germany. There is no record of his travel from Karlshafen to England, but he was among Huguenot refugees arriving at the mouth of the James River in Virginia on 20 September 1700 aboard the ship Ye Peter and Anthony which had sailed from England. This was the "second transport" of Huguenots from London. The immigrants were taken up the James River in smaller boats as far as the shoals (present day Richmond). They went overland to Manakin Town, where they joined the "first transport" settlers who had occupied a deserted Monacan Indian village near Fine Creek the previous year. Jean stayed with the colony until 1701 and then, as a single man, went elsewhere looking for more opportunity. He practiced medicine in Henrico County (part of which later became Goochland County) for many years.

Jean Pierre's grandfather was a Doctor of Law and was apparently successful. His father, Jean Pierre Bondurant, Sieur de Cougoussat, Advocate, did not seem to be as successful as he was in debt when he died. At one time, Jean Pierre, the immigrant, was forced to accept public assistance from the Church of Rome. He was apprenticed to his father's cousin, Andre, a Master Apothecary, where he learned enough medicine to be accounted a Doctor in the Colonies in Virginia.

In 1704, the Huguenot men petitioned to become citizens of the colony and by an act passed in 1705, they, including Jean Pierre, were granted citizenship by the Governor and House of Burgesses.

Jean Pierre obtained 200 acres of land on Old Town Creek, near present Matoaca, across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. He sold that on 29 Dec 1708 to John Wilson Sr., acknowledged in court 1 June 1709. In 1711 he registered a cattle mark with the Virginia governor. On March 24 he purchased, from the King of England, 400 acres on the south side of the James River located on Jones Creek and Matthews Branch in Henrico County, later part of Goochland County. In 1729, sons Peter and John were listed as tithables on this land, but the father does not appear on the tithables lists until 1730. This seems to indicate that the parents were living elsewhere and the sons had come ahead to prepare the new land. This land was divided among his sons in his will in 1734. Jean Peire was elected to the Vestry of King William Parish Church, but died before he could take office.

It is not known if he was married more than once and, if so, which children belong to each wife. A wife Ann, the mother of his son Peter, is mentioned in his will. Many researchers had thought that his wife was Ann Faure but this appears incorrect. She may have been Ann Tanner. The will of Mrs. Mary Tanner, Albermarle Co., Virginia, in the 1760s, left $1 to her daughter Ann Bondurant. Whether this is the widow of Jean Pierre has not been proven. Also, the marriage date cannot be confirmed. The date shown is given by some researchers but it has never been proven.

In 1990 the Bondurant Family Association erected a fence and placed a commemorative plaque at the posited graves of Jean Pierre and Ann Bondurant. The graveyard is located on Birdsong Lane (Road No. 1217) near Powhatan, in Powhatan County, Virginia. The plaque reads:
To the glory of God and in memory of Jean Pierre
Bondurant and his wife Ann. Born in Génolhac,
France 18 July 1677, Jean Pierre (John Peter)
Bondurant escaped to Switzerland in 1697, and
reached Jamestown with other Huguenots in 1700.
Trained as an apothecary, he practiced medicine
in Virginia where he married Ann. Members of
King William Parish. He died near Manakin
1734/35. Their five children were John, Peter,
Joseph, Ann and Frances.
Erected 1990 by descendants.

Jean made a will on 25 September 1734. The will of John Peter Bondurant, Gouchland County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen, I John Peter Bondurant, being sick and weak by of good sound disposition mind and memory, all praise be given to God for it, and now minding to settle my worldly estate which it has please God to bestow upon me before I depart this life: I do make and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First: I give my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth from which it was taken, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
Item: I give and bequeth unto my son John Bundurant, one hundred and forty acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and frou pot, and dish and basin and three plates and one cow and calf that he is now possessed of him and to his heirs forever.
Item:I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land on Age Creek and up along creek Goos, and a horse named Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shoats and one pewter dish and one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug and blanket and sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my sons die without issue, then to the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto, where he now dwelleth, and one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shoats and one ram sheep, and one mair with the hors colts the she has and the mair fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and six plates and one Porringer and one paint pot and one sow and four shoats, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heifer eighteen months old, and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give to my daughter Frances Salle one heifer at the age of eighteen months and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
And I do give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my desire that my wife keep them and let him have them as she sees fit and my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hinderance or molestation of any persons or persons whatsoever.
Item: I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after all my just debts and funeral charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore.
As witness my hand and fixt my seal, this 25th day of September 1734.
J. P. Bondurant (Seal)
Test: John Cook, James Ford, John Bondurant
It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. & E. of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to have their share on the S. & W. of my branch to be equally divided between them according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine or pine trees upon my son Peter Bondurant's land for their house.

His will was proved on 25 January 1734/35. At the court held for Goochland County January 25th, 1734, this will was proved by the oaths of John Cook and James Ford, two of the witnesses hereto and was admitted to probate.
H. Wood, County Court Clerk.

Citations
[S4] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
[S511] The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
[S116] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1979-1981. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc., 1984).
[S476] Warren, Mary Bondurant. The Bondurants of Génolhac, France. Athens, Georgia 30606: Heritage Papers, 2000.

Jean married Rhoda Ann Faure in 1708 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Rhoda (daughter of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain) was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Ellen Dodd. Martha was born in 1709 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1734 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Amy Tanner. Amy was born in 1718 in , , Virginia, USA; was buried in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Relationship 5th great-granduncle of Paul Edward Lawrence.
Relationship 29th great-grandson of Charlemagne.

John Peter Bondurant [Sr.] was born circa 1710 in King William Parish, Goochland Co., Virginia., He married Sarah Rachael Moseley about 1729 or 1736. John died circa 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.

John Peter Bondurant was listed as a vestryman in King William Parish in 1748. He is first mentioned in his father's will in 1734. John and his wife Sarah lived in Goochland County, Virginia, and later in Cumberland County. He deeded 200 acres of land to his son, John Peter III of Albemarle County, on 9 March 1758.

Sarah was the widow of Robert L Moseley. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter reprinting information from The Huguenot Magazine, Vol 25, page 173 gives the marriage date as 1836 but indicates date and place not proved.

Grinnell, in his manuscript, indicates that John died in Manakin in 1744. A pedigree chart in The Huguenot, Publication No. 30, submitted by Mary V Bondurant Epling, indicates that John died about 1744 in Buckingham County, but before 1776, and that his death was recorded in Powhatten County. A GEDCOM received from Ruby Talley Smith indicated he died in 1774.

Citations
1. The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
2. The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr.. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
3. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter.
4. Bondurant Family. 27 August 1998. Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.

John married Sarah Rachel Taylor in 1736 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Francis Taylor and Judith Ann Leake) was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1762 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Capt Jacques (James) Faure (ford) in 1729 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Capt (son of Jean Pierre Faure and Mary Elizabeth Agee) was born in Sep 1708 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 26 May 1787 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1768-1960, , , Kentucky, USA

Family/Spouse: Jean Pierre Perrault 'peter' Salle. Jean was born about 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Agnes Elizabeth Radford on 19 May 1745 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Agnes (daughter of John Radford and Elizabeth Maxey) was born in 1725 in , Powhatan, Virginia, USA; died in 1806 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married John Smith in 1739. John (son of Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Cartlitch) was born in 1719 in , Norfolk, England; died in 1780 in , Wake, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1783, , Powhatan, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1790, , Powhatan, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Residence:
1790 Powhatan County Tax List
https://jemgen.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=1664&medialinkID=1873

Residence:
1800 Buckingham County Tax List
https://jemgen.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=1665&medialinkID=1874

John married Martha Agee in 1750 in , , Virginia, USA. Martha was born in 1734 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1757 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Pauline Marshall Allen in 1758 in , , Virginia, USA. Pauline was born in 1741 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1788 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Thomas married Rhoda Agee in 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Rhoda (daughter of James Agee and Mary Elizabeth Ford) was born in 1752 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1845 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , , USA
• Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Darby married Ruth Agee on 12 Oct 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Ruth (daughter of James Agee and Mary Elizabeth Ford) was born on 2 Jan 1748 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Dec 1781 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Darby married Lucy Hall on 12 Jun 1786 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Lucy was born in 1765 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Nov 1817 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1776 Boonesborough was again attacked by Indians. That summer Daniel’s daughter Jemima and two daughters of Col. Richard Callaway, were captured by the Shawnees, but rescued two days later.
Another Indian attack was made on Boonesborough in April 1777, and Daniel was wounded. Settlers continue to come into the area.
In January 1778 Daniel led a party of 26 men to the Lower Blue Licks to boil salt. He was captured in February by the Shawnees, but escaped and returned to Boonesborough in June.
September 1778, under the guise of signing a peace treaty with the whites, the Shawnees gather at Fort Boonesborough. They besieged the fort from 7th to 18th September, but the settlers held on, with only two casualties – DAVID BONDURANT, and London, a male slave of Col. Richard Callaway.
In the fall of 1779 Boone led a group of settlers from NC into KY, and they established a new settlement six miles northwest of Boonesborough which they called Boone’s Station.
While in Richmond, VA, in 1780, Daniel Boone was robbed of $20,000 in depreciated Continental scrip, and land certificates (including one from “JOHN BUNDRUM”).

DAVID BONDURANT (BUNDRIN, BUNDIN, BUNDRANT, BUNDRUM)
Now we switch from the life story of Daniel Boone to that of the one white casualty in the 1778 attack by the Shawnees on Boonesborough – David Bondurant.
Kentucky in 1778 was Kentucky District, VA, so its earliest records can be found preserved in the Virginia Archives at Richmond. David Bondurant had come into Kentucky District, and had made a settlement in February 1778 on “Tate’s Creek about three miles from the mouth thereof including the Walnut Bottom,” an area now part of Lexington, KY.
Indians made repeated attacks on small settlements of whites, and with the impending peace treaty with the Shawnees, we presume that David and his wife had gone to Fort Boonesborough to witness the signing. Their home was some miles to the northwest of the fort.
These eyewitness accounts collected by John Filson, and documents gathered by Lyman Draper, give a graphic account of the siege of Boonesborough.

From THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, by Lyman C. Draper, edited by T.F. Belue, Pages 510-12
On Friday the 11th of September [1778] .... That night was the severest firing on both sides that occurred during the siege, commingled reports of the firearms and the vivid flashes of powder in quick succession, the one echoing back from the surrounding hills and the other partially exhibiting the dark forest in the distance, rendered the scene one of solemn grandeur. The constant flashes of the guns made it so light in the fort that the smallest article could be seen in every part....
Another tragic event occurred during that busy and exciting night. While DAVID BUNDRIN, a Dutchman who was posted in the south-west bastion, was looking through a port-hole partly closed with a stone, a ball struck close and split, one half penetrating his forehead, producing a mortal wound and rendering him speechless.
A little before day Boone called out to his men to cease firing, as they were necessarily shooting at random and were uncertain of producing any good effects....
He [Bondurant] lived a number of hours, all the while resting his forehead in his hands and his elbows upon his knees, constantly rocking his body in a sitting posture until all his brains by the action had apparently worked out of the wound, sometimes wiping away the oozing brains with his hand. [He is said to have lived 3 days.]
His simple-hearted wife, while her husband was in this dying condition, would consolingly remark, “it vas Got’s plessing dat de pall didn’t hit ‘im in the eye.”
Bundrin was a good soldier and had been wounded in the thigh when at work in the field the preceding spring [1778].
Draper had discovered John Filson’s interviews with survivors of that Boonesborough siege, and built this narrative from Filson’s interview of John Gass, and others. What came as a surprise was that Gass described David Bundrin [Bondurant] as “a Dutchman” and MARRIED. The quote of David’s wife’s comment, in broken English with a German usage, further suggests that it was Mrs. David Bundrin, who is not named further in the interview, who was “Dutch” – at that time the colloquial reference to a German-speaking person, not just a person from Holland.
The Valley of Virginia had a number of settlements of German-speaking citizens who had moved south-westward from Pennsylvania, and may have formerly been “Pennsylvania Dutch.” Was David’s wife one of them?
Might their marriage be found recorded in one of the early church registers or record books; perhaps his surname was mis-spelled, and we’ve missed it in transcriptions and indexes. The marriage would almost certainly have been performed by the minister or in the Meeting to which SHE belonged, and this should provide her name, and possibly parentage.
Calling David a “good soldier” suggests that he may have seen some military service, possibly earlier in the Revolution, or in the French and Indian War. Has anyone seen documentation? I have not; Clint, have you?
All able bodied white males 16 to 45 were required to do militia service in their home county four days a year for drilling, and when called out by the Governor. While this might be considered military service, would David’s contemporary have referred to his appearance at militia musters as making David a good soldier?
Since the settlement made by David Bondurant lay in the Kentucky District of Virginia, inheritance of his land would be governed by Virginia law.

Hening’s STATUTES AT LARGE ... OF VIRGINIA, vol. 9, pages 355-56. October 1777.
V. And whereas great numbers of people have settled on waste and ungranted lands situate on the Western Waters, to which they have not been able to procure legal titles, and the general convention of Virginia on the 24 June 1776 did “resolve, that all such settlers upon unappropriated lands, to which there was no prior just claim, should have the PREEMPTION or preference to a grant of such lands,” and it is just and reasonable that the lands in their possession thus secured to them should contribute by tax to the common charge....
That all persons who, on or before the 24 June 1776, had bona fide settled themselves, or at his or her charge had settled others, upon any waste and ungranted lands on the said Western Waters, and had not by regular entry, survey, or contract, ascertained the quantity of their claim, shall be allowed for every family so settled 400 acres of land to include such settlement, or such lesser quantity as the person entitled thereto desires....
Had David and his widow had children, his preemption would have passed to the widow and children. That the claim was awarded to JOHN PETER BONDURANT, if David died intestate (as he probably did), suggests that J.P.B. was David’s father.

Family/Spouse: Joshua Hawks Agee. Joshua (son of Anthony Matthew Agee and Christian Worley) was born on 4 Jan 1753 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Dec 1837 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Marie Elizabeth Faure

Notes:

Name:
aka: Marie Elizabeth Faure

Family/Spouse: James Agee. James (son of John Mathieu Isaac Agee and Cecelia Ann Godwin) was born on 1 Jan 1725 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Apr 1821 in Dillwyn, Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Edward Maxey in 1788 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Edward (son of John Marshall Maxey and Sarah Sampson) was born on 2 Sep 1730 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1816 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1800, , Madison, Kentucky, USA

Peter married Judith Ann Maxey in 1755 in , , Kentucky, USA. Judith (daughter of John Marshall Maxey and Sarah Sampson) was born in Apr 1736 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Oct 1801 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Sara Brooks in 1773 in , Madison, Kentucky, USA. Sara was born in 1736 in , , Virginia, USA; died in , Madison, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Rev Rene Chastain in 1760 in , , Virginia, USA. Rev (son of Rene Chastain and Judith Martin Gevedon) was born on 28 Jun 1741 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Nov 1823 in New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James [Jacques Faure] Ford

Notes:

James (Jacque Faure) Ford
James3 Ford [Sr.] (Pierre (Peter)2 Faure, Daniel Isaac1) was born in Manakin Town, Virginia circa 1708.(37) James died circa 1810 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.(38) According to a tax list that can be found in the Virginia State Library, James Ford Sr. was recorded as living in the home of Stephen Ford of Buckingham Co., Virginia, in his old age.(39) Therefore, it is believed that he died in Buckingham Co. He married Elizabeth Ann Bondurant before 1730.(40) Grinnell, in his manuscript, states marriage date of 1734. However, their first born was born 2 September 1730, according to the Volume of Genealogical Records dedicated to Juanita Chisholm by the Tennessee Branch of the Huguenot Society which also gives a marriage date of before 1730. Elizabeth was born circa 1714 in Manakin Town, Virginia.(41) Elizabeth was the daughter of Jean Pierre (John Peter) Bondurant and Ann Faure L' Orange. James Ford fought under George Washington in Washington's first military engagement at the Battle of Great Meadows which is in that part of the Ohio Valley that is now in Pennsylvania. James was wounded in the eye with a musket ball and in 1770 was awarded a pension by the House of Burgesses. From DAR file folder for James Ford Jr. we find the following information on James Ford Sr. -- French & Indian War 1754: "In the Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772, page 31, we find the following: Tuesday the 29th of May to George III 1770, A petition of James Ford was presented to the house and read; "setting forth, that the petitioner being in the service of the Colony, at the Battle of the Meadows in the year 1754, received a wound in his right eye, by a musket ball which deprived him of sight thereof and that he is growing old, and become week [sic] and therefore praying the House to take his condition into consideration and grant relief. Ordered, that the said petition be referred to the consideration of the Committee of Public Claims; and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon to the House." -- Page 49, Wed. the 6th of June to George III 1770. Resolved, that it is of the opinion of this Committee, that the Petition of James Ford, late a soldier in the service of the Colony, under the command of Col. Washington, is reasonable; and that he ought to be allowed the sum of five pounds for his present relief; and the future sum of five pounds per annum during his live in consideration of the would he received at the Battle of the Meadows and his being thereby rendered incapable of getting necessary substance." James also is on the DAR records has a patriot having supplied bacon to the Army during the Revoluntionary War. Revolutionary Public Service Claims: -- This is to certify that the following is a true copy of a Certificate issued to James Ford, Sen'r for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the Revolutionary War, which said Certificate is now deposited in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, and designated "Buckingham County Public Service Claims." -- Buckingham County 22 lb Bacon @ 9d is 0.16.6 "Received of James Ford, Sen'r Twenty Pounds Bacon at Nine Pence per lb. Specie in Sixteen Shillings & Six Pence. Given under my hand this 21st May 1781." Thomas Anderson, D.C.P. James Ford [Sr.] and Elizabeth Ann Bondurant had the following family: 18 i. Daniel4 Ford(42). 19 ii. Marie (Mary) Ford was born in Manakin Town, Virginia 2 September 1730.(43) She married James Agee.(44) James was the son of Mathew Agee. + 20 iii. Judith Sarah Ford was born 6 November 1732.(45) + 21 iv. Peter Ford was born 11 January 1733/1734.(46) 22 v. Magdalene Ford was born in Manakin Town, Virginia 20 August 1736.(47) 23 vi. Anna Ford was born in Manakin Town, Virginia 24 February 1738/1739.(48) She married Rene Chastain.(49) 24 vii. Rachael Ford was born in Manakin Town, Virginia 27 August 1739.(50) + 25 viii. James Ford Jr. was born 14 March 1742/1743.(51) + 26 ix. Ruth Ford was born 14 February 1745.(52) 27 x. Boaz Ford was born in Manakin Town, Virginia 2 June 1749.(53) He married Hannah ? (w-o Boaz Ford) June 1774.(54)

Family/Spouse: Sarah "Sally" Agee Bioret. Sarah (daughter of Peter Burit and Mary Waller) was born in 1745 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1807 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Charles Worley Maxey in 1764 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Charles (son of Sylvanus Maxey and Mary Esther Worley) was born in 1742 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died in 1813 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1780, , Anson, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

John Smith (1740-circa 1803) moved to Anson County and settled near Lilesville on a creek now named for him: “Smith Creek”. Smith's creek is a tributary of the Pee Dee river and currently empties into Blewett Falls Lake. The lake is reservoir formed by Blewett Falls Dam. He married Mary Flake (cir.1748-cir.1794), daughter of Samuel Flake and his first wife. In 1771, he was recorded as a Regulator who fought in the Battle of Alamance. He was a Regulator from 1767-1771, a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (a forerunner of the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776). He believed that
opposition to tyrants was in obedience to God. In the Revolutionary War (1775), John volunteered in the Continental Army of the Province of North Carolina, a member of Captain John Allen’s Company, 2nd N.C. Regiment. John served in the struggle for freedom and independence for the thirteen colonies. Anson County records show that
John and Mary had eight children:

Thomas Smith (1768)…married Jane Goff
John Smith (1770)…married Mary Bellew
James Smith (1777)…married Mary Gathings
Sarah Smith(1778)…married George Lindsay
Eli Smith (1778)…married Sarah “Sallie” Hicks
Samuel Smith (1780)…married Peggy Hutchinson
Jesse Smith (1780)…married Mary Seago
Mary Smith…never married. No date available.


War of the Regulation

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The War of the Regulation (or the Regulator Movement) was a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1764 to 1771, where citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. While unsuccessful, some historians consider it a catalyst to the American Revolutionary War.
Contents

1 Causes
2 Regulators
3 Opposition
4 Events
4.1 Breaking up the court
4.2 War
5 Aftermath
6 Further reading
7 See also
8 References

Causes

In 1764, several thousand people from North Carolina, mainly from Orange, Anson, and Granville counties in the western region, were extremely dissatisfied with the wealthy North Carolina officials, whom they considered cruel, arbitrary, tyrannical and corrupt. Taxes were collected by local sheriffs supported by the courts; the sheriffs and courts had sole control over their local regions. Many of the officers were deemed to be very greedy and often would band together with other local officials for their own personal gain. The entire system depended on the integrity of local officials, many of whom engaged in extortion; taxes collected often enriched the tax collectors directly. At times, sheriffs would intentionally remove records of their tax collection in order to further tax citizens. The system was endorsed by the colonial governor, who feared losing the support of the various county officials. The effort to eliminate this system of government became known as the Regulator uprising, War of the Regulation, or the Regulator War. The most heavily affected areas were said to be that of Rowan, Anson, Orange, Granville, and Cumberland counties. It was a struggle between mostly lower class citizens, who made up the majority of the population of North Carolina, and the wealthy ruling class, who comprised about 5% of the population, yet maintained almost total control of the government.

The primary aim of the Regulators was to form an honest government and reduce taxation. The wealthy businessmen/politicians that ruled North Carolina at this point, saw this as a grave threat to their power. Ultimately they brought in militia to crush the rebellion, and then hung their leaders. It is estimated that out of the 8,000 people living in Orange County at the time, some six or seven thousand of them were in support of the Regulators.

Although the "War of the Regulators" is considered by some to be one of the first acts of the American Revolutionary War, it was waged against corrupt local officials and not against the king or crown. In reality, many anti-Regulators went on to become Patriots during the American Revolution, such as William Hooper, James Robertson, and Francis Nash, and many other Regulators became Loyalists.
Regulators

Herman Husband became one of the unofficial leaders of the Regulators. Husband was originally from Maryland, born into a Quaker family. One of the major flaws in Husband's campaign was that he tried to invite good relations with the eastern regions of North Carolina, mostly unaffected by local sheriffs. Husband retained very little control over the group of Regulators, which generally went against his policies of winning over public sentiment by committing acts of minor violence at regular intervals.

Another leader of the Regulators was James Hunter. He refused to take control of the Regulators after Husband's departure before the Battle of Alamance.

Captain Benjamin Merrill had about 300 men under his control and would have assumed control over military leadership after James Hunter, but he was unable to serve in the Battle of Alamance.
Opposition

Governor Arthur Dobbs, who authored popular works at the time such as "Trade and Improvement of H'elend" and "Captain Middleton's Defense," served as the Royal Governor of North Carolina until his death in 1765.

Governor William Tryon assumed the position following the death of Governor Dobbs. Tryon had an extremely lavish home built in 1770 in New Bern (now known as Tryon Palace), which became one of the main points of resentment for the Regulators, who were already paying substantial taxes. William (The Regulator) Butler was quoted as saying "We are determined not to pay the Tax for the next three years, for the Edifice or Governor's House, nor will we pay for it."

Governor Josiah Martin succeeded Governor Tryon in office just after the end of the rebellion. His policies eased the burden on former Regulators and allowed them to be assimilated back into society.

Edmund Fanning was the main opposition to the Regulators. He graduated from Yale University, and he was generally regarded by his friends as well disciplined and firm. He held many political offices in Orange County. He was found guilty of embezzling money (along with Francis Nash) but was fined a minuscule amount.
EventsBreaking up the court

North Carolina's colonial court met in Hillsborough. In 1768, the Regulators entered Hillsborough, broke up the court, and dragged those they saw as corrupt officials through the streets.[1] They cracked the church bell of the Church of England, but stopped short of looting the church further due to their religious beliefs.[1]
War

While small acts of violence had been taking place for some time, mainly out of resentment, the first organized conflict was in Mecklenburg County in 1765. Settlers in the region, who were there illegally, forced away surveyors of the region assigned with designating land. Minor clashes followed for the next several years in almost every western county, but the only true battle of the war was the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771.

The governor and his forces which numbered just over 1,000, with roughly 150 officers, arrived at Hillsborough on May 9. At the same time, General Hugh Waddell, supporting Governor Tryon, en route with his contingent of 236 men was met by a large contingent of Regulators. Realizing his force was outnumbered, he fell back to Salisbury. On May 11, having received word of the retreat from a messenger, Tryon sent the force to support General Waddell. He intentionally chose a path that would lead his forces through Regulator territory. He made strict mention that nothing was to be looted or damaged. By May 14, his troops had reached Alamance and set up a camp. Leaving about 70 men behind to guard the position, he moved the remainder of his force, slightly under 1,000 men, to find the Regulators. About 10 miles (16 km) away, a force of approximately 2,000 Regulators (by some accounts, 6,000)[1] without any clear leadership or supplies was gathered mainly as a display of force, and not a standing army. The general Regulator strategy was to scare the governor with a show of superior numbers in order to force the governor to give in to their demands. The first clash of the battle was on May 15 when a rogue band of Regulators had captured two of the governor's militia soldiers. Governor Tryon had informed the Regulators that they were displaying open arms and rebellion and that action was to be taken if they did not disperse. The Regulators did not understand the severity of the crisis they were in and ignored the warning. Despite hesitation from his own forces, Governor Tryon allegedly initiated the main battle of Alamance on May 16 by shooting Robert Thompson, who was the first death of the battle. The Regulators resistance crumbled somewhat quickly. Captain Merrill, a Regulator, was supposed to arrive on the battlefield but was delayed. The battle was over with nine deaths for the governor's forces and about the same for the Regulators. Virtually everyone captured in the battle was fully pardoned in exchange for an allegiance to the crown; however, seven Regulators were executed for their part in the uprising.
Aftermath

Following the battle, Tryon's militia army traveled through Regulator territory where he had Regulators and Regulator sympathizers sign loyalty oaths and destroyed the properties of the most active Regulators. He also raised taxes to pay for his militia's defeat of the Regulators.[1]

Several trials were held after the war, resulting in the hanging of six Regulators at Hillsborough on June 19, 1771. Many of the main leaders remained in hiding until 1772, when they were no longer considered outlaws.

Many Regulators moved further west into places such as Tennessee, notably establishing both the Watauga Association at Sycamore Shoals (1772) in present day Elizabethton, Tennessee, the first independent white republic on American soil, and the State of Franklin (1784), another short-lived republic that failed to join the Union of the United States.

The Regulators are important characters in Jimmy Carter's historical novel The Hornet's Nest (2003).
Further reading

Gross, David (ed.) We Won’t Pay!: A Tax Resistance Reader ISBN 1434898253 pp. 77-79
Hamilton, Jon Jay. Herman Husband: Penman of the Regulation. Graduate thesis. Wake Forest University, 1969.
Kars, Marjoleine. Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Kay, Marvin L. M. "The North Carolina Regulation, 1766-1776: A Class Conflict." In The American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism, edited by Alfred F. Young. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1976.
Kay, Marvin L. M., and Lorin Lee Cary. "Class, Mobility, and Conflict in North Carolina on the Eve of the Revolution." In The Southern Experience in the American Revolution, edited by Jeffrey J. Crow and Larry E. Tise. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1978.
Powell, William S., James K. Huhta, and Thomas J. Farnham (eds). The Regulators in North Carolina: A Documentary History. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1971.
Walker, James Loy. The Regulator Movement: Sectional Controversy in North Carolina, 1765-1771. Graduate thesis. Louisiana State University, 1962.
Whittenburg, James Penn. Backwoods Revolutionaries: Social Context and Constitutional Theories of the North Carolina Regulators, 1765-1771. Graduate thesis. University of Georgia, 1974.
Zinn, Howard "A People's History Of The United States: 1492-Present" Harper-Perennial, 2003.

John married Mary Flake in 1766 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born in 1748 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1794 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1783, , Amherst, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1812, Militia, Franklin, Indiana, USA
• Residence: Apr 1816, , , Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1818, , Washington, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1824, , , Indiana, USA

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Thomas Dodd Smith was born 17 February 1750. He was the son of John Smith and Jane Bunderant.. On 1 October 1785 he married Kesiah Bunderant and lived in Bedford County, Virginia. Family tradition says that Thomas Dodd Smith, father of Fanny Smith Harris, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Smith applied for a Revolutionary War Pension in Washington County Indiana, when he was about 70 years old. On the 12th of October 1818, and on the 16th of June 1819, he appeared before Judge Davis Floyd of the Circuit Court of Washington County in the second Judicial Circuit, District of Indiana, and made sworn statements to the effect that about the year 1776 he enlisted in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Cavil (or, Cabba) of the Sixth Virginia Regiment; that he was in the battles of or near Albany in the State of New York, where Johnsons Indians were made prisoners and carried into Albany; also the battle of White Marsh, near Philadelphia, generally known by the name of Chesnut Hill; as also the battle of Saratoga at the taking of General Burgoyne; and that he continued in the service of the United States until the 4th of March 1778, when he was discharged from the service at the Sign of the White Horse on the Lancaster road twenty-six miles from Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania.

In 1820 the law required that a veteran prove his need for a pension. The following sworn statement, made by Thomas Smith and recorded by Basil Prather, clerk of the court, was apparently intended to serve that purpose:

District of Indiana...
"On this 13th day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court (being the Circuit Court of Washington County in the Second Judicial Circuit, and having unlimited in all cases as well civil as criminal) Thomas Smith aged Seventy years Resident in Washington County in said circuit, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in Armherst (Amherst) County State of Virginia Regiment, in the company of Captain Samuel Cabbill of the Sixth Virginia Regiment , commanded by Col. Buckner, that he served in said Corps about one year, at the end of which time he was drafted into Col. Morgans Regiment of the State of New Jersey under the command of the aforesaid Cpt. Samuel Cabball on the Continental Establishment,and that his original declaration was stated on the 12th day of October One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen, and that I was a resident citizen of the United State on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gifts, sales, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent there by so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act,to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the l8th day of March 1818--and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit, Thirty nine acres of Land not paid for, 1 old blind Mare with a coult, 2 cows & 3 yearlings, 9 head of Hogs, l pair old gears, l shovel plough, 2 hoes, l axe, l oven, l pot, l dish, 4 plates, 6 cups & saucers, l old coffee pott & one chair. My occupation a farmer, but not able to pursue that business from old age and infirmity, Kessiah my wife aged about 55 years, weakly and unable to do much labour in consequence of having a confirmed case of the consumption -- which said property was valued by the Court at $114.50.
Thomas Smith

A file notation further reads: "12811 Indiana -- Thomas Smith, of Washington County in the state of Indiana who was a Private in the 6th regiment...of the Virginia line, for the term of three of three years (corrected to '1776 2 years') -- Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence the 12 of October 1818 -- Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of July 1819 and sent to David (Davis) Floyd ...Salem Indiana -- arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819: $38.19; semianl all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819: $48.00; Total: $86.19."

A last notation states: "Died Feb. 27, 1829"

It appears that his wife Kesiah outlived him, because she is listed in the 1830 Census of Lawrence County, Indiana. (Lawrence County adjoins Washington County.) However, her name was not found in the Census of 1840.

Thomas Dodd Smith, father of Fanny Smith, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was also known as "Devil Tom" Smith, a name he earned for himself by his daring as a soldier, it is said. During the period of his service, like so many of the poorly-clothed and equipped American soldiers, he had many trying experiences and was often in danger. Once, along with another soldier he deserted, but on the way home he thought better of it and decided to return. The other soldier went on toward home, but was killed by Indians on the way.

In the winter of those days the soldiers slept on the ground, and this is how their beds were made: The snow was first removed from the spot and piled to one side, and a blanket put down. Then the soldier lay down with another blanket over him while one of the other piled snow over the top, it being warmer that way.

It is said that for a period of about three months "Devil Tom" served as one of the Washington's bodyguard, and as such was often one of the last to be bedded down and covered with the snow.

Moses Harris, who married Fanny Smith, is reported to have said, "My father-in-law. Tom Smith, said to me sometime before his death, 'Moses, the Lord is going to establish His work in the earth, and I'm going to look to you for salvation.' This was hard for me to understand, because I thought he was a good man, as good as myself, and felt that his salvation was a sure as anyone's. But when the Gospel was restored and I accepted it, the meaning of his prophetic words became plain to me."

A search of the file of "Nauvoo Baptism" in Salt Lake City shows that in 1841 a vicarious baptism was performed at Nauvoo for "Thomas Smith, at the instance of Fanny Harris, Daughter."

Thomas married Keziah Bondurant on 1 Oct 1785 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Keziah (daughter of John Peter Bondurant and Pauline Marshall Allen) was born in 1765 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1835 in Liberty, Clark, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1798, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Jackson, Georgia, USA

Josiah married Edey Johnson on 1 Jan 1798 in Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA. Edey was born in 1765; died in 1845 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1820, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Bedford, Virginia, USA

Littleberry married Nancy Mary Scott on 9 Sep 1790 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Nancy was born in 1770 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1817 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1797, , , Kentucky, USA

Family/Spouse: Susannah Thomas Damron. Susannah was born in 1764 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Pension Application of Celia Bondurant Fuqua, widow of Joseph Fuqua
27 Jan 1840 , Bedford, VA
State of Virginia, Bedford County S.S.
On this 27th day of January 1840 personally appeared before the County Court of Bedford, of said State at its January term – holden on the said 27th day of January 1840. at the court house of said County Mrs. Celia Fuqua (whose maiden name was Bondurant) a respectable resident of said County, aged 77 years – who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled “An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows”– That she is the widow of Joseph Fuqua dec’d of said County – who was a private in the regular service, in the revolutionary war. That he enlisted under Cap. Gross Scruggs on the 22nd day Febuary 1776, and served two years as a regular soldier – as will appear from the letter of the 3rd Auditor – which is no doubt true, as she has frequently heard her dec’d husband Joseph Fuqua speak of, and relate his revolutionary services – that she understood him to say that he was at the battle of B. Wine [Battle of Brandywine PA, 11 Sep 1777] St’d [situated?] to the North. And she the said Celia Fuqua, further declares, that she was married to Joseph Fuqua above named in said county by the Rev’d. Jno W Holt, on the 13th day of November 1782, as will appear by the records in Clerks office of said County. That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Fuqua died on the 4th day of May 1829. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but, the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, Viz: at the time above stated. And further that the said Celia Fuqua whose maiden name was Bondurant, has remained unmarried ever since the death of the said Joseph Fuqua her dec’d. husband to the present time – and now claims a pension at the hands of the Gen’l. Government as the widow of said Fuqua in consideration of said services. Celia herXmark Fuqua

State of Virginia Bedford County S. S.
On this 25th day of May 1840, before me R. C. Steptoe a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Col. Armistead Otey a respectable resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say – That he is 63 years old that he was well acquainted with Joseph Fuqua dec’d (a Revolutionary soldier of the United States whose widow Celia Fuqua is now living) some thirty years previous to his death – which was about the year 1829 – and he this deponant has always regarded Mr. Joseph Fuqua above named as a man in independent circumstances – that from the year 1818 to 1829 the time of his death he was the owner of a valuable tract of Land near Liberty in said County and also many negroes, and other pinshable[?] property – and in fact at no time while deponant knew him could he have applied for a Pension under the law of 1818 – which as deponant understands it – grants pensions only to needy persons – or to persons who owns but little property – and further that he Fuqua left his widow in quite independent circumstances when he died. [signed] A. Otey

Celia married Joseph Fuqua on 13 Nov 1782 in Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA. Joseph (son of Ralph Fuqua and Priscilla Owen) was born on 14 May 1756 in Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 4 May 1829 in Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Kessiah Smith
• Residence: 1830, , Lawrence, Indiana, USA

Keziah married Thomas Dodd Smith on 1 Oct 1785 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Thomas (son of John Smith and Jane Bondurant) was born on 14 Feb 1750 in , Rockingham, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Feb 1829 in , Lawrence, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Howard, Missouri, USA

Edward married Nancy Martin on 9 Jan 1798 in , Clark, Kentucky, USA. Nancy was born in 1776 in , Clark, Kentucky, USA; died on 1 Mar 1838 in , Pike, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1810, , Clark, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Boone, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Boone, Missouri, USA

Caleb married Lucy Elkins on 12 Dec 1801 in Howard Creek, Clark, Kentucky, USA. Lucy (daughter of Robert Elkins and Sarah Reardon) was born in 1778 in , Orange, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Nov 1854 in , Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1820, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Notes:

A grandson of Ephraim's sister Celia was Galba Fuqua, who died at the Alamo at age 17.

In March 1808, Ephraim Bondurant, David Bondurant, Jeremiah Lockett, and David Lockett filed a bond of injunction against Joseph Taylor in Bedford County Chancery Court. This indicates that Ephraim was born prior to March 1787, and probably earlier.
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=019-1821-022

This link is for a Virginia Chancery case in 1829 that contains Ephraim Bondurant, Thomas Bondurant, and surnames Lockett and Moore. It has not yet been scanned, so check it occasionally. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=680-1829-007

Ephraim and Elizabeth witnessed the will of Mary Watts 8 Sep 1836. Campbell County Will Book 8 p 64.

Residence:
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Ephraim married Elizabeth Wade on 6 Dec 1815 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Wade and Ann Wade) was born on 23 Aug 1791 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Jan 1862 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1830, , Concordia Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: 16 May 1837, , Adams, Mississippi, USA

Daniel married Elizabeth Peyton Cammack on 1 Feb 1816 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of George Cammack and Mary Sterne) was born on 4 Feb 1787 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 8 May 1857 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1820, , Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Campbell, Virginia, USA

Thomas married Susanne Lockett on 19 Oct 1807 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Susanne (daughter of David Lockett and Mary Ashbrook) was born in 1787 in , , Virginia, USA; died in Sep 1835 in Jackson, Fayette, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Jeremiah Lockett on 19 Sep 1807 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Jeremiah (son of Richard Lockett and Mary Logwood) was born in 1776 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Apr 1853 in Fall Creek, Wayne, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1810, , Franklin, Virginia, USA

Jacob married Jane Prunty in 1794 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. Jane (daughter of Robert Kelly Prunty, Sr and Frances Sarah Coats) was born on 20 Mar 1773 in , Henry, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Jan 1858 in Snow Creek, Franklin, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Jefferson, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Jefferson, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Jefferson, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana, USA

Noah married Martha Chastain on 18 Sep 1807 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Rene Chastain) was born in 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1865 in Sherman, Harrison, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1820, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Samuel married Rebecca M Walker on 30 Jul 1822. Rebecca was born on 20 May 1803 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1833 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Woodville, Perry, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1860, Scotts, Perry, Alabama, USA

Thomas married Mary Ann Moseley on 20 Dec 1826 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 13 Dec 1809 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Sep 1869 in Uniontown, Perry, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Cates, Gwinnett, Georgia, USA

Nancy married Thomas Marion Wynne, Jr on 4 Jan 1806 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA. Thomas was born in 1766 in , Burke, North Carolina, USA; died in 1850 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Darby Bondurant on 12 Oct 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Darby (son of John Peter Bondurant and Sarah Rachel Taylor) was born on 1 Jan 1749 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Nov 1828 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Rhoda Sarah Maxey

Rhoda married Thomas Miles Bondurant, Rev. in 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Thomas (son of John Peter Bondurant and Sarah Rachel Taylor) was born in 1739 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Oct 1829 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1812, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA

James married Phoebe Hudgens on 8 Dec 1787 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Phoebe was born in 1765; died in 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph Ford in 1788 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Joseph (son of James Ford and Sarah "Sally" Agee Bioret) was born on 29 Feb 1768 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jan 1846 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pheobe married John C Henson on 27 Dec 1792 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. John was born in 1764 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Apr 1859 in 18 Mile Creek, Putnam, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Joseph Faure
• Residence: 1830, , Knox, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1836, , Knox, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Knox, Tennessee, USA

Joseph married Mary Ann Maxey in 1788 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Edward Maxey and Judith Sarah Ford) was born in 1769 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1850 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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THOMAS SMITH and JANE GOFF, his wife; BENJAMIN WILLIAMS and his wife; and JOHN AULD SMITH and LEUSEY WILLIAMS and their children

Thomas Smith was born in Anson County, N. C, about 1768. That is thought to have been the exact year. He lived and died in that county after 1820. The oldest child of his parents, he, when yet a young man, was thrown on his own resources. His father had acquired a considerable landed estate. His grandfather, Samuel Flake, who died in 1802, being over 100 years old, was also a large landholder.

John Smith, James Smith and Thomas Smith were all good financiers and accumulated what was then termed a wealthy estate. John and James grew to be extremely wealthy and Thomas with a fortune less than theirs, but with a sufficiency, on the marriage of his only son, John Auld Smith, gave him two good farms and fourteen negroes with which to begin life's battles. The records also disclose that he gave his daughter on her marriage two hundred acres of land.

Besides being a Planter, Thomas Smith spent most of his time as a Distiller, making cider, apple and peach brandy. His mother, Mary (Flake) Smith was a member of the Baptist Church.

We find that Thomas Smith and Benjamin Williams both wrote a good hand and both were frequently called upon to write or witness legal documents. Thomas Smith died shortly after 1820 and perhaps before 1825 and was buried near Lilesville. His wife Jane Goff survived him. We know absolutely nothing of her ancestry. Her will was probated in 1835 in Anson County, N. C, and tradition is that she at that time was about eighty years old. She was then probably born about 1765, but she was probably near the age of her husband. In 1792 we find that George E. Goff of Rowan County married Mary Frost. This is just north of Anson County.

Besides the lands and properties that Thomas Smith had given his son about 1817 on his marriage, and the two hundred acres he gave Naomi Smith who had married James Capel, the records disclose that later a two hundred acre tract in which his wife, Jane (Goff) Smith had a dowry was sold or her dowry rather was sold to pay a note on which she was security. The son, John Auld Smith was not a good financier He and his mother also went on notes as security. The wealth left her dwindled and at her death, she only had one tract of land which brought a yearly rental of $50.00, the wages of a common laborer for that day.

Benjamin Williams was born in Wake County, N. C. about 1780. It is possible that he was born in Edgecombe County and that the date of his birth may have been earlier or later. Tradition is that he was born in Wake County. He married Oct. 2, 1802 and from that only can we guess at the date of his birth. In 1800, with his parents, he moved from Wake to Anson County, N. C. and located near Lilesville.
The records indicate that he was born in an humble home. The estates that had come from the Alston Family and from Samuel Williams Sr. had dwindled. Whether this was the result of mismanagement of the fortune, or misfortune of the Revolutionary war we know not. His father owned only a small tract of land in Wake County. He does not seem to have purchased any after coming to Anson. As the sons early purchased lands in Anson after coming there in 1800, it is likely the father, William Williams, lived on the lands of some child. Schools were scarce in those days. Only those of wealth were able to employ a private tutor or able to send the children to school to any great extent. Books were scarce. In some way, we know not how, Benjamin Williams was able to obtain a fair education. We have seen a number of writings left by him. He wrote a good, bold hand, well rounded letters, plain and well readable. He used good language, fairly correct, and his method of making out bills and keeping books showed him a man above the average intelligence.

Benjamin Williams was a Planter by occupation. He also like Thomas Smith operated a Distillery, making cider, peach and apple brandy. Neither of these engaged in the manufacture of whisky as we later knew it. Peach and apple brandies and cider were their specialties. With Thomas Smith, Distilling was his occupation and Planting was a diversion. With Benjamin Williams, Planting was his occupation and Distilling a diversion.

Benjamin Williams and Elizabeth Williams were married October 2, 1802. From tradition we are very confident that her name was Leusey Elizabeth Pate. We have no documentary evidence but this is the best traditional story. The marriage bonds of Anson County were destroyed during the war of the sixties. Possibly he returned to Wake County and there married her. Only a small per cent of the marriage bonds of that county are in existence. We find in Wake County, in 1820, John Williams married Nancy Pate, in 1815 Joseph Wright married Sally Pate, and August 12, 1783 John Williams married Barzilla Pate. It is possible that this John Williams was his oldest brother. There were many of the name of Williams in Wake County in that day. We are told by our Anson County relatives the name of the wife of John Williams was Martha.
Elizabeth Williams, the first wife, died January 10, 1808 and Benjamin Williams later married a Miss Mitchell, sister of Thomas Mitchell. Our grandmother was by the first wife. In 1838 Benjamin Williams accompanied his daughter, Leusey Williams and her husband John Auld Smith to Henderson County, Tenn., where he purchased, for $800.00, two hundred acres of land and gave it to his daughter. When his daughter Elizabeth (Betsy) who married David Townsend went to Mississippi, or afterwards, he gave her, or later left her, quite a small estate.

From the two above families came the marriage in the year of 1818, of John Auld Smith, the only son of Thomas Smith, to Leusey Williams, the oldest child of Benjamin Williams. With a marriage gift of two good farms and fourteen negroes from Thomas Smith, the life looked bright. This was considerable fortune in those days. A slave was valuable property. The good intentions of the father had not the effect expected. The father dying some three or four years after, the signature of John Auld Smith was good anywhere. He was asked to sign and freely signed as security for others. Too freely he indulged in the wares his father had manufactured. At one time seven of his slaves were put on the block and sold to pay the debts of others. A loving mother came to his rescue and acting unwisely she signed notes as security. Her dowry and his interest in a two hundred acre tract of land were sold at public sale to pay debts of others, if traditions are correct as verified by the records. John Auld Smith was of the old Baptist religion. A crime it was not to pay a debt. It was not many years until all of the wealth his father gave him was gone. He ever afterwards lived in a most humble home. Until his death he was able to retain his greatest fortune, Leusey Williams, his wife. She retained the Scotch spelling. Leusey, instead of Lucy. There was a large flow of Scotch blood in her veins. She was a maiden fair, a mother loved, worshipped, and idolized; a sainted ancestor whose life long had its influence on her children after she had passed away.

In 1818, Elijah Flake and others had left Anson County and gone to the great west where they settled in Henderson County, Tenn. near Red Mound. Finding fields and pastures there to their liking, others from Anson came. On January 5, 1837, Elijah Flake was back in Anson County on a visit. A new babe was then born. At his request it was named Elijah Flake Smith. Elijah Flake had no doubt become impregnated with that American spirit that has ever characterized those going west and no doubt sang the praises of this new country.
Deciding to make the venture, John Auld Smith and his wife began the journey in the early spring of 1838. With six horses hitched to a wagon, in which were loaded their household goods and things of that character, together with members of the family, possibly with some cattle driven on foot, they began their journey. We are of the opinion that they early crossed the Cinch river and then journeyed down and along the western and northern meanders of that stream, and of the Holstein and Tennessee rivers, passing where is now Knoxville, Chattanooga, and to Florence, Alabama, then called Mussel Shoals, and there crossed the Tennessee river. They perhaps then traveled along near the river for some distance, at length leaving it for Henderson County, Tenn. and in the last part of April arrived and settled seven miles Northwest of Lexington, Tenn. There they lived and died and were buried. There were some dangers attendant to this journey but nothing of a serious nature happened. One night Nancy Ellen, then five years old, was trudging along behind with the older children, holding to and at times riding on the long coupling pole extending behind. Unexpectedly they came to a creek, and in it the horses and wagons went, while Nancy Ellen was thus riding. Completely under the water she went, but game like, held on and was none the worse save for a cold baptizing. On this journey, there may have been others. We are of the opinion that Hampton Williams, a half brother, Nancy Williams, a half sister, and her husband, Isaac Williams came with them. Benjamin Williams, the father, was with them.
For $800.00 Benjamin Williams purchased 210 acres of land, on which there was a small log house and ten acres of corn just planted, and this he had deeded to Leusey (Williams) Smith and after her death to her children. As a gift he thus lightened the burdens of his daughter, and then journeyed to North Carolina to look after his business. In ways at other times he assisted this daughter, as well as other members of his family.
In our childhood days, there was more narrowness in Church circles than at the present day. At least that is our opinion. In our section, the minister of one denomination did not fill the pulpit in the Church of another denomination. Large gatherings were held and the doctrines of diff rent religions were often debated. We were raised the strictest of Methodists, baptized, fed and nurtured in and on its doctrines. We were told it was sinful to dance, play a social game of cards, go to the theater. The drinking of wine of any character was forbidden. About one mile from our village once a year, the Primitive Baptist would have a footwashing. We invariably attended this meeting. To us then it was a kind of a circus. If perchance there was on that Sunday, preaching at our church, we would be afterwards told that we should attend our own church. We thought the Primitive Baptist most wonderful sinners because they danced and enjoyed some worldly pleasures that in our youthful days we disdained because of I heir tendencies. We have a most profound respect for the Methodist religion. We know of no Church to which present civilization is so greatly indebted. It has a wonderful religion. When we grew to manhood and went West, with us we took our church letter. We have ever since remained without the folds of the church. We have become more liberal in our views on some matters. We have never in our lives taken a drink of whiskey nor a glass of beer. Our views on that and gambling are unaltered. As we grow older there comes in our life a more profound and unshaken belief that there is a Deity, whose anxiety is a watchful eye and a pleasing expression for every noble deed, or good intention. More and more we have thought as we grow older that the church is not the place to locate a Christian but he can be best discerned in the business transactions of week day business.
Our calling for thirty years and more has been to deal with those indebted to others. We have had occasion to deal with those of most every character, study and read human nature in its most exposed condition. Our calling in life may to others seem to have somewhat narrowed our vision, but we are unable to see any difference so far as the approbation or punishment of Deity is concerned, between the common thief and he who can and will not pay his honest debts, or refuses to be frugal and thrifty in order that he may render unto man that which by legal or moral contract he has agreed to pay him.
In the last twenty-three years we have often had occasions to have business dealing with members of the Primitive Baptist Church, entirely ignorant of our position. We have learned to love and admire that religion. We have often said they were the most honest people and best debt-payers of any people we have had dealing with. It is a part of their religion. If unable to pay, others of the Church lend a helping hand. If a member declines to pay his debts he is turned out and not allowed to worship as a member in Illinois. It is a consistent religion. It is a commercial religion, going into all the business dealing with your fellow man, everyday in the week. It was not with any sadness, when, on the 24th day of March 1921, we first learned that this was the religion of our ancestors, and in it, and for it, our grandmother plighted her whole life, and served God first at Lilesville, then at Gum Springs, N. C. and then at Mt. Arat, Henderson County, Tenn., and that this was the faith of our grandfather John Auld Smith. Many years after he died, his daughter, Nancy Ellen in her delirious condition as she was about to pass to another existence, cried out: "Father! Father!" and a most devoted Christian she was, when now her soul left the body to fly to eternity. An invalid and bedridden for years as she had been, this may furnish thought for those of that cult, so numerous now in England, as well as many in this country, who think the living oft commune with, mingle with and converse with the dead.
Prior to 1815, there was only one Baptist Church. In it was contained many of the virtues now found in both the Primitive and the Missionary Baptist Church. The minister was called Elder. Foot washing was a yearly practice. Expulsion from the church was the penalty for not paying a debt. The church divided as was claimed on missions. The Missionary Baptist church has grown in numbers, but the Primitive Baptist church has held sacred these practices. Little whiskey was then made. Moderate drinking of wines, cider and brandies was in no way frowned upon and was indulged in by the Elders. Dancing was not thought harmful. In the dance hall, in the tavern, in business dealing at all times, there was held in mind the teaching of that religion.
As showing the feelings of that religion, we quote from a letter we recently read in a daily North Carolina paper. It is dated Dec. 10, 1814 and from Winifred Bryan of Johnson County, N. C. to her sons who were now in the army in the war of 1812. In part she says: "Your mother's hands that nursed you from infancy will be extended to your support while God shall give them strength. My dear sons: You are now out of my sight and beyond the reach of my voice, among strangers and a variety of characters; young men called into that service which has a tendency without a strict regard over one's self, to harden the feelings and brutalize the manners of men. I must, therefore, content myself the mode of requesting you to remember the many instructions I have given you whilst you were with me; to remember that you were raised in civil society, and guard against that encroachment of savage disposition incidental to camp life.
It is my particular request that you abstain from drinking excessively, cursing and swearing, and other debaucheries of human nature. Guard against the temptation of evil, and indulge not in anything that will tarnish the character of the Christian or the gentleman. Be kind and attentive to your soldiers; let not a hasty temper or unguarded expression incur their displeasure. Be obedient and dutiful to your superior officers. Endeavor to improve in discipline and should emergency require it support the honor of your family, your country. State, and the interest of your country." In this letter is found the old time Baptist religion, and in its classic words and poetry in prose is a sermon which might take some other whole book to deliver.
In 1832 there was preached at Lilesville a new gospel. The preacher was now Rev. Culpepper. It advised missions. Things taught and believed in by their fathers were decried. They believed in an educated ministry. He was an orator of some note. A dissension arose. They called themselves Missionary Baptist. Dirt was cheap. The building was of logs. Another could be built. Quarreling and strife; contention and illfeeling were no part of the religion of Elder Archibald Harris. Over the protest of his daughter, tradition is that he asked those who were of his faith to follow him, and they left the church and held their meeting out of doors and later built a church at Gum Springs. Our grandmother was present with her children and they followed Elder Archibald Harris. The Missionaries cried out and have ever since tried to dub them "Hardshell" but they, by common parlance of all, became known as the Primitive Baptist, and it is the honest opinion of this old sinner that they are in reality the First and Primitive Baptist, for we are constrained to think, yes we know, that in that church and its members is found more of that seven day honest commercial every day business integrity than any other church with whose members we have had considerable business dealings.
It was the impressions of this religion of his mother, so deeply marked on her personality, that were transmitted and found lodgment in the life of our father, and his life was in keeping with the tenets so dearly loved and held by this sainted grandmother. Grandmother was an untiring worker. She carded, spun, wove and made all the clothing for the family. Her home was an humble one but neat and clean in every particular. She and her children were chums and companions. In the many busy duties she had, time was found to assist our father in trying to get an education. Tradition from all sources tells us that her children worshipped and idolized her.
On March 25, 1921, we made a pilgrimage to the old place where lived these grandparents, and where they were buried. Upon a hill some two hundred yards in a Western and slightly Southern direction from where the house on this farm now is, with a large Oak on the west for a monument, and the stump of a large oak recently cut down as a foot marker, there lie three graves. In one is our grandfather. In one is our aunt Omy. In one is our grandmother and aunt Jemina together. They both died the same day and were buried together. Jemina was then about fourteen years old. Were it not that living persons remembered the exact spot, we could not have located it. By the purchasing of 24 by 24 feet and the proper fencing of it, the spot where these ancestors are buried can be preserved forever. Their daughter, Nancy Ellen (Smith) Fessmire looked after and kept the graves in proper condition when she lived, but since her death, they have been neglected. If some relatives desire to take a collection to purchase the ground and properly fence it, kindly do not fail to allow us to subscribe for that purpose.
W. Thos. Smith

Thomas married Jane Goff in 1793 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. Jane was born in 1772 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1835 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Section 907 of the Smith Family Tree Book page 149

JOHN SMITH NO. 3 from Smith Family Tree Book

John Smith No. 3 was the son of John Smith No. 2 and Mary Flake Smith, his wife, (1772-1854) married Mary Bellyew (Bellew) (1775-1872).

Approachable and cordial, he was familiarly called Jack by his contemporaries, and Uncle Jacky by younger people. Reared on the farm on Smith's Creek, near Lilesville in Anson County, N. C, his education was limited to the common schools of the country. He was five feet and eleven inches high, of medium weight and light build, active and energetic. At four score he could jump ditches three and four feet wide.

Merchandising and farming, running cotton gins and grist mills were his occupation. The most financially successful of all the Smith fam'ly, he added tract of land to tract of land and negro to negro until he was easily the largest landowner in the county and owned more slaves than any other person in Anson or adjoining counties. He was also the largest stockholder in the Bank of Wadesborough.

For many years he was an active Justice of the Peace. The office in his day carried the respect given it as handed down from the old English landlords-proprietors. In that day a Magistrate must be a gentleman of substance, intelligence and discretion, for the officer must decide many causes of differences, the higher courts being held at long intervals. As a Magistrate and Judge he must give judgment against the plaintiff or defendant one or the other in every case. He regarded the office as a public trust and held the scales of justice with equipoise. His reasoning faculties were so potent and convincing that he rarely failed to indicate his decision to the satisfaction of the losing party.

He was elected and served as a member of the House of Representatives in 1825. He was re-elected in 1826, but declined to serve longer. Many of the members of the Legislature thought patriotism consisted in opposition to anything new, especially when the proposition required the expenditure of money. The subject of State aid to railroads was before the House. They were unknown and untried, but the subject of our sketch believed in the future of his state and desired its material prosperity. Progressive in the conduct of his private business, he was favorable to any move portending to the welfare, uplift and benefit of the state, and was found among the advocates of the measure. He had never seen a railroad engine car or track—was totally ignorant of their construction, yet in his speech in favor thereof, became so enthusiastic, he offered of his own private means to donate one hundred thousand rails toward it. One can laugh now at the old gentleman's ignorance but we must admire his progressive generous spirit.

His residence was commodious, situated on the public highway leading from the county seat of Anson to the county seat of Montgomery. Known as the "White House" because it was the first painted house in this section, it was noted for hospitality. No stranger seeking entertainment was refused.

His wife was Mary Bellyew, (sometimes spelled Belliew, Bel'ew, Bellue) of French extraction. She was raised in that section of the county, now known as Home's School House, some two or three miles from Pee Dee River. Her father was a gentleman of substance, owning land on Flatfork Creek, Cedar Creek, Brown Creek and other lands besides. She brought to her husband a handsome wedding dot. With a fair face, pearly teeth, raven hair, blue eyes and elegant form, she was a picture of health and beauty. Skilled in all domestic arts, she told the writer that she worked with her own hands the cotton of which her wedding gown was made, twisted the lint from the seed, (Eli Whitney had not invented the cotton gin, and a pound of lint a day was considered a day's work) spun the lint into thread and wove it into cloth so fine it could be rolled and drawn through her thimble. With her small, shapely hands and long tapering fingers she wrought dainty needlework for her house.

She was a good housekeeper and kind to her servants. Her butler, maids and cooks looked to her guiding hand with affection and reverence. Her wish was their law, because they loved their mistress. When she came to choose her slaves given her by will, one and all said, "Please Mistis take me". After Emancipation in the dark and dreadful days of Reconstruction, many of them abided with their mistress and shared in her adversity as they had shared in the halcyon day of prosperity.

She survived her husband many years, living her 97 years with mind active and interested in affairs, and memory unclouded. Her recollections of her youthful days in the Revolution and incidents told her by her mother were clear and distinct. When a baby, her mother to aid in the work, would carry her to the field, lay her in the shade of a tree and while chopping back and forth leave her in the care of a large dog, a mixture of the mastiff and terrier. One day her mother was distant about one hundred yards when the dog left his charge and came to her. She said to him, "Go back to my baby". The dog obediently went. In a few minutes the dog came back. Again she scolded the dog and ordered it back. He reluctantly started but turned and looking at her, whimpered and whined. Assured that something must be wrong she hastily followed the dog to find a large, poisonous snake lying beside her baby. She stole quietly to the other side and snatched her baby up . "That was me," she smilingly said. The dog then seized the snake and shook it to death. The shaking was so violent, the concussion of the snake's large body against the dog's head bruised it so badly, the swelling closed the dog's eyes for several days.

She also related to the writer the following incident of the Revolution: The Captain of the Patriots Company, of which her father was a member, assembled his company and crossed the Pee Dee River to repel an advance of Tories from Cumberland County. While away on this expedition the Tories made a foray into Anson County from South Carolina, came to her home, took the horses, drove off the cows, robbed the house and pillaged the premises, carrying away her wash-pot. The loss of the pot seemed to grieve her more than the loss of the stock for it was impossible to procure another from England while the war continued (there was no foundry in the Provinces) and she had no vessel which she could substitute in which she could boil the weekly wash.

John Smith and his wife were loyal members of the Methodist Church and when the Southern Methodists separated from the parent church in 1845 on the question of slavery, they went with and affiliated with the M. E. Church South. He gave the land and material aid toward the building of Olivet Church, located in a beautiful grove not far from his residence. My father related the following incident, but 1 do not remember that he said it occurred at Olivet Church. The Methodists had a week day appointment. It rained hard and unremittedly. Only the minister arrived. Later a hunter sought refuge in the church from the rain. The minister spent the night with one of his flock. Said his host, "You surely had no congregation?" "Didn't I? Let me tell you the house was full of the Spirit of God and it was the best meeting I ever had, for every sinner in the house was converted and every Christian got happy."

John Smith and his wife were both generous contributors to the various needs of the Church. Both were life members of the Missionary Society, evidenced by parchment, framed and preserved to this day.

He died in 1854 and was laid to rest, amid the tears of his slaves and the grief-stricken hearts of children and friends, in the Smith and Nelme graveyard, five miles east of Wadesboro—God's Acre—enclosed by a hedge of cedar, planted by Presley Nelme, which was kept neatly and artistically trimmed during his life but by neglect, to our shame, is now grown into a hedge of large trees.

By his will he made ample provision for his wife, bequeathing his residence and its contents to her. The residence was surrounded by 2000 or more acres of land, and the personal property consisted of stock, tools, wagons, carriage, a year's supply of food and fifty negroes of her own choice.

Family/Spouse: Mary Jane Bellew. Mary was born in 1776 in Hornes School House, Anson, North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Oct 1872 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina, USA

James married Mary Gathings in 1802. Mary was born on 6 Dec 1787 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; died on 17 Jan 1859 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married George Lindsey, Jr in 1801 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. George (son of James Lindsay and Margaret Peggy Bennett) was born in 1776 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1830 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1810, , Anson, North Carolina, USA

Jessie married Mary Seago in 1807 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born in 1785 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1820, Clark, Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1850, Meltonsville, Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1860, Morven, Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1870, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA; Post Office: Wadesboro

Samuel married Margaret Peggy Hutchinson on 24 Mar 1816 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. Margaret was born in 1795 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1875 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , , Utah, USA
• Residence: 1860, Washington, Washington, Utah, USA
• Residence: 1870, Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, USA
• Residence: 1880, Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA; Marital status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

I am FANNY SMITH HARRIS----The wife of Moses Harris. He is a great man, well respected, and I love him. When people speak about Moses they forget that I ever existed.
I was with him when he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We were baptized at the same time, along with his sister Margaret.
I was there when good byes were said to parents and family. They were hard times.
I was there when a dark dreary day was lighted with a ball of fire. It frightened two of our girls because of its intensity. They were coming home from playing with some friends. This happened when the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were murdered.
I was with Moses when we were driven out of Illinois and out into an unknown country.
I was there when a young boy was sent to communicate with his father. When the boy jumped off his horse the saddle blanket fell to the ground and frightened a team of oxen. They started to run away and taking with them the remains of what the owners had managed to bring with them. This oxen team FRIGHTENED other teams and a stampeed ensued.
Precious Margaret was holding the reigns of an ox team. She became frightened and jumped from the wagon. She fell and other ox teams ran over her and many cattle. She was buried the next day along with many others who met the same fate.
I was there when a vicious armed mob forced us to leave our home in DeWitt, Missouri.
I was there when we had to flee from our beautiful Nauvoo home into a trackless desert.
I was there when we were driven from our spacious homestead in California by Johnston's army into a drought stricken area, disease infested, called the Cotton Mission.
I was there when savages ransacked our home and forced us again to move.

My husband wondered why I was gaining weight when there was so little to eat and our daily life was nothing but hardships. He didn't fully realize until I presented him with another mouth to feed. We just did not talk about these things, even to our husbands. These were special and sacred events and were not to be discussed. I managed to surprise him every two years.

I grieved at the loss of four of our children, but I had to go on. My testimony was strong and I knew that we had the Lord on our side.
I made friends with most of the Indians that came to our door. I loved to feed them and they liked me. Some of the Indians were hostile and I had to outwit them.
I gave all I had to help my husband, my children, my church. I even gave my inheritance, my labor and my love. I look forward to the future time when all of us will be together in the Celestial realms on high.

Now, may I say: "As we ponder the history of nations and peoples and read the fragments of written records left by them, we see men and women much like ourselves who struggled and pressed forward doing the best they could with the elements at hand. Some traveled by foot over desert wastelands, others lived in palatial splendor, and others crossed unknown lands and waters in search of a better life.

Among these millions are those to whom we owe a special tribute--they are ours--they preceded us in life and laid the foundation for the world we live in. They are they who fought for our freedom, challenged the wilderness, crossed the prairies, and embraced the gospel in its infancy. They are they who plowed, prepared, and planted the field for us to reap. We are, in part, what we are because they were what they were. We cannot live without the legacy they left; they must look to us for the blessings they could not have.

SO, TO THE PLOWERS, PLANTERS, HARVESTERS, AND REAPERS, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE, WE DEDICATE PAGES OF HISTORY AND HOPE THAT ONE DAY WE MAY MEET AND REJOICE IN A WORK WELL DONE."


Birthdate: 18 April 1805 at Pittsylvania, Virginia
Death: 3 Jan. 1891 at Glendale, Kane, Utah
Parents: Thomas Dodd Smith and Keziah Bunderant
Pioneer: 1849 - Allen Taylor Company was principle company of 100, but the company was divided into two groups of 50 with Reddick N. Allred as Captain of 50, and Enoch Reese as captain of 50. Fanny was in the group of 50 with Reddick N. Allred.

Spouse: Moses Harris
Married: 1 Jan. 1824 at Lawrence County, Indiana
His Death: 15 March 1890 at Glendale, Kane, Utah

Children:
Silas Harris -- born 14 Oct. 1824
Keziah Harris -- born 19 Feb. 1826 (Died Oct. 1827 - age l yr. )
John Smith Harris -- born 7 Dec. 1828
Annaretta Harris -- born 15 Feb. 1831
Lydia Harris -- 28 Dec. 1832
Thomas Jefferson Harris -- born 30 May 1835 (Died abt. Feb. 18,1837)
William Jones Harris -- born 5 Jan 1837
Samuel Harris -- born 30 May 1839 (Died abt. 1841)
Mary Ann Harris -- born 15 Nov. 1841 (Died Sept. 1842)
Cynthia Ann Harris -- born 25 Sept.1843 (Died Dec. 1846)

Fanny Smith Harris, along with her husband Moses was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 27 Feb. 1833. Their farewell parting was a hard one for them as they left to join the rest of the Saints. Their parents were not in favor of their decision to join the Mormons, but hey had heard the truth and were determined to do what ever was asked of them. Fanny came from a home of much love and refinement. She lived a shielded, comfortable life with her parents. It was a shocking life for her to be driven from their home with only what the wagon would hold. She loved the Church and supported her husband in his decisions. At Zarahemla, where they stopped she lost three of her children from a terrible disease. They finally continued on and arrived at Council Bluff just in time to enroll their oldest son into the Mormon Battalion. Because of the extreme hardships Moses health began to fail him, and because of this, Fanny shouldered a tremendous amount of the responsibility along with her second son, John. Fanny was a great nurse for her husband, so along with her faith and diligence Moses survived. When Silas arrived home from the Mormon Battalion they left for the trek west arriving in the Salt Lake Valley Oct. 15, 1849 with the Reddick N. Allred Company of 50. They settled in Bountiful. There they built a home and were settled in comfortably when the call came for them to leave their home to go to San Bernardino. Happy was Fanny to build another home in such a beautiful fertile valley When Johnston's army threatened the life of any Mormon, so by the advice of their Prophet, Brigham Young, they were to leave their San Bernardino home and find refuge in Washington, Washington County, Utah. They lived there for about a year, then in the spring of 1859 Moses and two his married sons, Silas and William and their families, together with several other families settled Harrisville, located at the confluence of Quail Creek and the Virgin River. Then in the spring of 1861 Harrisville was abandoned and the settlers moved some three miles up the creek (north) and settled Harrisburg.

Fanny was a life-member of the Relief Society and received a certificate for her dedication and compassion in her callings. She was a dedicated wife, a loving mother, tender and compassionate to everyone. She knew how to stand her ground in face of difficulty or her rights. Her faith was her guiding star and by that she won many a battle.

She experienced depredations with the Indians. She made friends with them and fed them often, but when kindness and food would not suffice she fled from them. Many times she was alone with her little children and it was her duty to protect them, and she did.

Fanny learned how to be frugal and by so doing helped Moses over many an obstacle.

Frances married Moses Jefferson Harris on 19 Jan 1824 in Bono, Lawrence, Indiana, USA. Moses (son of Silas Harris and Annaritta Wright) was born on 20 Jul 1798 in Fitch, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 15 Mar 1890 in Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA; was buried in Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Town, Rockdale, Georgia, USA

Mary married Josiah Weatherford on 4 Feb 1824 in , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA. Josiah was born in 1788; died in 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Kerr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

John married Nancy Stiff on 22 Mar 1816 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Nancy was born in 1794 in Thaxton, Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Roanoke, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Mathilda Gibbs. Mathilda was born about 1808 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 16 Jun 1880, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA

James married Cecelia Ann Davenport on 18 Dec 1824 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Cecelia was born on 2 Apr 1809 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Jun 1862 in Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Ann Ak Bettie Snead on 6 Jan 1863 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1837 in , Amherst, Virginia, USA; died in 1936 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1815, , Madison, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1816, , Madison, Alabama, USA

Notes:

From: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/oldgonzales18.htm#fuqua
Benjamin Fuqua first joined the Austin Colony in 1828, but moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1830where he received a quarter league of land as a single man on the San Marcos River north of Gonzales just inside current Guadalupe County. The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin:
"State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics. two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, I have had much conversation with Mr Silus Fuqua, on the present and future prospects of your coloney; and tho he has never seen it, he has a most corect idea of its great advantages, you will find him an inteligent man and I have no doubt will be an acquisition to your Setlement, I have known these gentlemen twelve years, the Mr Ingrams I have not known personaly but from their universal good character and the Gentlemen they go with, I feel no hesitation to recomend them to your attention...........RICHARD ELLIS."
Benjamin was a representative from the Austin Municipality and a signer of the Declaration of the People of Texas declaring the intention of Texans to fight for the restoration of the Constitution of 1824 and support of a separate state of Texas within the Republic of Mexico. He was a mechanic (artisan) and mercantile businessman and was said to have owned the structure in inner Gonzales town called Luna which has been suggested as possibly one of the Grog Shops alluded to in David Edwards History of Texas. It may simply have been Benjamin Fuqua's general business establishment. Luna was on property deeded to Benjamin's brother Silas Fuqua who was a neighbor of John King. Benjamin Fuqua married King's oldest daughter Nancy. Benjamin Fuqua's nephew, Galba Fuqua and nephew by marriage, William King (Nancy King Fuqua's brother), were members of the Gonzales Relief Force to the Alamo and both died there in Mar 1836.

Silas Fuqua was born to a prominent family of French Huguenots in Virginia. He and several of his brothers migrated to Alabama when it was still a territory. He first appears on tax lists there in 1810 and patented land in 1812 and 1819 in Madison County near Huntsville. He married Sally Young in 1814.
Genealogists have listed Sally's name as Sally Taney based on information from a Fuqua family Bible. However, I believe this is a mistranscription of the name. There are no Taneys listed in either Bedford County, Virginia, where the Fuquas originated, nor in Madison County, Alabama where Silas is recorded as having married.There are however, numerous Toneys listed in both counties including the husband of her grandmother Celia Bondurant Fuqua's sister. Since the wedding certificate for Silas and Sally lists her name as Sally Young, she was either a 17 year old widow when she married Silas or her maiden name was Young and Toney was her middle name.

Sally died in 1825, the same year that Silas and his brother Benjamin bought land in northwestern Alabama in what is now Colbert County. By 1828, he and Benjamin who was unmarried, and Silas's children journeyed north to join the Tennessee-Texas Land Company and then traveled in a group to Texas. They settled first in the Austin Colony but moved two years later to the DeWitt Colony where they both received large land grants. Unfortunately, Silas died shortly after and is believed buried in the Fuqua Family Cemetery though his gravestone and location have been lost.
From: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/oldgonzales18.htm#fuqua

The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin:

"State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO, I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics. two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, I have had much conversation with Mr Silus Fuqua, on the present and future prospects of your coloney; and tho he has never seen it, he has a most corect idea of its great advantages, you will find him an inteligent man and I have no doubt will be an acquisition to your Setlement, I have known these gentlemen twelve years, the Mr Ingrams I have not known personaly but from their universal good character and the Gentlementhey go with, I feel no hesitation to recomend them to your attention...........Richard Ellis."

Silas and Sally had the following children, all born in Alabama, all died in Texas with the exception of Lucas who went back to Alabama. Silas had a large personal library and he named his sons Galba and Fabius after Roman generals.

Elizabeth Fuqua Delaney (1815-1842)
Harriet (1817-1824)
Galba (1819-1836) DIED AT THE ALAMO Memorial #'s 8859412 and 50734415
Caroline (1821-)
Lucas (1822-1848)
Fabius (1824-1897) Memorial # 17974566
Sabrina "Satira" Ringer (1825-)

Silas married Sally Toney Young on 25 May 1814 in , Madison, Alabama, USA. Sally was born on 18 Sep 1797 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 25 Aug 1825 in , Madison, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Margaret Looney on 25 Aug 1818 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA. Margaret (daughter of Absalom Looney, Jr and Bettie Peggy Wills) was born in 1797 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died on 17 Dec 1872 in , , Alabama, USA; was buried in , Madison, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Bedford, Virginia, USA; Age: 61
• Residence: 1860, , Bedford, Virginia, USA; Age in 1860: 71
• Residence: 1870, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA; Age in 1870: 81

Abraham married Elizabeth Curd Bowles on 21 Aug 1817 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 4 May 1793 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Sep 1854 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1840, , Montgomery, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Grimes, Texas, USA; Age: 60
• Residence: 1860, , Grimes, Texas, USA

Ephraim married Martha Patsy Hewitt on 14 Sep 1815 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Martha was born on 13 Sep 1795 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jul 1886 in , Grimes, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin Fuqua
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=5e539465-d93b-44d3-9064-9301d59f98ae&tid=48363801&pid=11

Benjamin Fuqua first joined the Austin Colony in 1828, but moved to the DeWitt Colony in 1830 where he received a quarter league of land as a single man on the San Marcos River north of Gonzales just inside current Guadalupe County.

The following letter from Richard Ellis in Alabama recommended the Fuquas to Stephen F. Austin:

State of Alabama, Town of Tuscumbia 3rd Jany. 1828 D COLO I beg leave to introduce to your aquantence and notice Mr Silus, Ephram and Benjmn Fuqua and Mr Job Ingram and Kye Ingram, these Gentlemen have emigrated to your Coloney to become permanent settlers---The Mr Fuquas are Mechanics. two of them of the best kind; they are honest and respectable men and are determined to suport the Government to which they go, I have had much conversation with Mr Silus Fuqua, on the present and future prospects of your coloney; and tho he has never seen it, he has a most corect idea of its great advantages, you will find him an inteligent man and I have no doubt will be an acquisition to your Setlement, I have known these gentlemen twelve years, the Mr Ingrams I have not known personaly but from their universal good character and the Gentlemen they go with, I feel no hesitation to recomend them to your attention...........RICHARD ELLIS.

Benjamin was a representative from the Austin Municipality and a signer of the Declaration of the People of Texas declaring the intention of Texans to fight for the restoration of the Constitution of 1824 and support of a separate state of Texas within the Republic of Mexico. He was a mechanic (artisan) and mercantile businessman and was said to have owned the structure in inner Gonzales town called Luna which has been suggested as possibly one of the Grog Shops alluded to in David Edwards History of Texas. It may simply have been Benjamin Fuqua's general business establishment. Luna was on property deeded to Benjamin's brother Silas Fuqua who was a neighbor of John King. Benjamin Fuqua married King's oldest daughter Nancy. Benjamin Fuqua's nephew, Galba Fuqua and nephew by marriage, William King (Nancy King Fuqua's brother), were members of the Gonzales Relief Force to the Alamo and both died there in Mar 1836.

Benjamin married Nancy Gladden King on 12 Jul 1834 in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, USA. Nancy was born on 19 Jan 1818 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 27 Sep 1888 in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Milly Fuqua, the seventh child of Joseph Fuqua, married Josiah Powell. They had 4 children.

In Joseph Fuqua's Will (b. 7 p. 179) Bedford Clerks office, he writes of his deceased daughter's children leaving them one child's part of his estate in trust until they become of legal age. Milly died young, around 1829. She was buried in Fuqua graveyard that was set aside in Joseph Fuqua's will on Orange Street, Bedford City, Virginia.

source: Bedford County Clerks Office; Joseph Fuqua's Will; Joseph Fuqua's Family bible; mrs. Ruth Krebs.

Mildred married Josiah Powell on 21 Dec 1820 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Josiah was born in 1790 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died in 1848 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1840, , McCracken, Kentucky, USA

Noah married Susan Carson on 9 May 1839 in , McCracken, Kentucky, USA. Susan was born in 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lavinia married Samuel Bentley on 26 Feb 1824 in Madison, Lee, Kentucky, USA. Samuel was born in 1791 in , , Virginia, USA; died in Apr 1880 in , Ralls, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Calumet, Pike, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1860, Clarksville, Pike, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Clarksville, Pike, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1880, Clarksville, Pike, Missouri, USA
• Residence: Jun 1890, , Pike, Missouri, USA

Tilithia married John Francis Lucas Jacoby on 31 Oct 1833 in , Pike, Missouri, USA. John (son of Ralph Ladenberg Jacoby and Christiana Brice) was born on 7 Dec 1809 in , , Kentucky, USA; died in 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Boone, Missouri, USA

Mary married Robert Coons in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Boone, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1860, Saline, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1880, , Hunt, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Commerce, Hunt, Texas, USA

Martha married Robert Martin Koontz on 19 Jan 1854 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA. Robert was born on 19 Jul 1828 in , Nicholas, West Virginia, USA; died on 19 Dec 1897 in Scatter Branch, Hunt, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
• Military: 23 Apr 1861, Yellow Branch, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Otter River, Campbell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Name:
In a Virginia Chancery case 1896-1901, Fleming Saunders, age 66, testified to knowing William B Bondurant "from his earliest youth"; that William "lived where he was born". Mr Saunders also stated that William's father worked as a manager for his grandmother (Alice Watts). This refers to Ephraim, who worked as an overseer for Judge Fleming Saunders family since about 1814. Ephraim and his wife Elizabeth witnessed the will of Mary Watts, Fleming Saunders' aunt in 1836. Ephraim's and William's occupations were listed as Overseer in the 1850 census, as well as living adjacent to the above Fleming Saunders.

After William died in 1896, his 2nd wife Hester, as administratrix, presented claims against William's estate on behalf of her 2 children from a prior marriage. She did this without the knowledge of the other heirs, William's children. Following is the link for the related case:

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=031-1901-031

Military:
Enlisted in Company B 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Commander was Major Robert C Saunders, the son of Judge Fleming Saunders, the long-time employer of William and his father Ephraim. Record states William was 42 when he enlisted. He was discharged Oct 1862.

The Battles Near Richmond [“Seven Pines”]
Casualties in the 11th Virginia Regiment, Company B., Capt. Huten commanding. . . .
Wounded, W. BONDURANT [in the] thigh. June 12, 1862

William married Nancy Farmer on 30 Nov 1848 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of James Farmer and Elizabeth Arthur) was born in 1808 in Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA; died about 1885 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Hester Ann Pleasants on 29 Jan 1890 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Hester (daughter of Samuel Phillip Pleasants and Isabella Pocahantas Perdue) was born on 16 May 1854 in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Feb 1938 in Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Peaksville, Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Marriage record states that her father is Ephraim Bondurant.

Elizabeth married William H Wade on 23 Jan 1835 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. William (son of Zachfield Wade and Mary "Polly" Johnson) was born in 1822 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; died about 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Peaksville, Bedford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Charlemont, Bedford, Virginia, USA

Notes:

CAMPBELL county marriage FHL #31050. 1782-1936 index. Vol. 1-3
1. Dec 19 1877 - Jno P. Bailey (26) to Marthal V. Moses (19) single at E. H. Pritchett, page 65
2. John Bailey to Martha A. Bondurant May 15 1851. Father Ephriam Bondurant. Minister A. Doniphan
3. 5 Dec 1854, John H. (36) from Charles co. to Catharine H. Bailey (18) single from Campbell.
at Capt James Terry Campbell father Jon & Lucy Bailey and Tho & Eliz Bailey.
4. Geavgr Cock to Catharine H. Bailey May 16, 1850. Father John Bailey

Died:
pneumonia

Martha married John James Boley on 5 May 1851 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. John (son of Pressley Mountford Boley and Mary Ann 'Polly' Daniel) was born in Oct 1808 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1903 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Campbell, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Castle Craig
• Residence: 1880, Otter River, Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Otter River, Campbell, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Self

Jacob married Matilda Catherine Crouch on 3 Oct 1852 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Matilda (daughter of James Lewis Crouch and Matilda Hogan) was born in 1830 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1857 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Missouri Jane Farmer on 28 Sep 1859 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Missouri (daughter of Barnabas Farmer and Nancy Anna “Annie” Willard) was born on 28 Sep 1833 in Flat Creek, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Mar 1891 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA
• Census: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Mary married Calvin B Moore on 15 May 1851 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Calvin (son of Samuel B Moore and Elizabeth Bondurant) was born on 18 May 1829 in , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Aug 1871 in Whitmell, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Gainesville, Hancock, Mississippi, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA

Mary married Cyrus Buckner on 7 Feb 1833 in , Concordia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Cyrus was born in 1815; died in 1840 in , , Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William H Anderson on 10 Aug 1841 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. William was born in 1816 in , , Delaware, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, , Concordia Parish, Louisiana, USA

William married Mary Almira Jones on 29 May 1838 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. Mary was born on 11 Jun 1816; died on 8 Mar 1895 in , , Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Saint Joseph, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Self
• Residence: 1900, Saint Joseph, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head

Albert married Laura Williams in 15 Jul 1852 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA. Laura was born on 24 Jun 1829 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; died on 16 Jul 1917 in Saint Joseph, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Saint Joseph, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Self

John married Mary Jane Montgomery on 25 Feb 1852. Mary was born on 13 Feb 1834 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 5 Sep 1903 in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, , Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Self
• Residence: 1900, , Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1910, , Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head

Horace married Jane Catherine Norris on 16 May 1870 in , Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA. Jane (daughter of Richard Henry Norris and Harriett Perry) was born on 25 Jan 1839 in , Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA; died in 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas Watters on 12 Dec 1833 in Jackson, Fayette, Indiana, USA. Thomas was born on 7 Mar 1803 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died on 21 Oct 1855 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, Washington, Blackford, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Washington, Blackford, Indiana, USA

Jeremiah married Phebe W Karnes on 16 Aug 1827 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Phebe was born on 27 Mar 1812 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 20 Dec 1877 in , Grant, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]