Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc.

P.O. BOX 817, Sparta, N.C. 28675

President: Marvie Shelor			
Vice President: Mildred Torney
Secretary-Treasurer: 

Vol. 8, No.3	 	             	   September 1986		BULLETIN NO. 28

FROM THE PRESIDENT:

	Monday night didn’t seem to be working out as a time for our Society meetings, therefore we’re changing back to Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Local members, please make an effort to attend the meetings and bring a friend.  Those of you who live away from here are invited to attend any time you happen to be in our area on the fourth Sunday of the month.  These meetings are held in the Library.

	At our August meeting we had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Dale Wagoner from Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Sorry many of you were unable to hear him.  He told us about hunting for years for his roots here in Alleghany County.  Previously he had been hunting in Ashe County with no luck.  He didn’t know that Alleghany had been a part of Ashe County.  

	I had a nice visit with our life--member Tim Reeves while he was home (from where he lives in Arizona).  We discussed several possibilities for our proposed cemetery book.  He had some god ideas and offered to help in any way that he can.  We are most grateful for his ideas and assistance.

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NOTICE!

	Genealogists working on Cox genealogy will be interested in a communication from Mr. Simeon O. Coxe, Jr., Mobil, AL.  He says:

	“…we have discovered a significant error that was made in 1940 and has tainted our genealogical efforts ever since.”  

	This error concerns the name of Joshua or John Cox, father of Capt. John and Lieutenant David Cox, whose WILL, incidentally, was copied in our June 1986 BULLETIN #27.  It was the signature on this will that has caused the controversy.  The debate has been whether it was signed “John” or “Joshua.”  It is the conclusion of Simeon Cox that the signature is in fact JOSHUA.  Further research is in progress, but Mr. Coxe has revised his father’s book “HISTORY OF A BRANCH OF OUR COX FAMILY” accordingly.  

	The following marriage records	ALLEGHANY COUNTY 
are taken from the Registrar’s Office		MARRIAGE RECORDS
at the Court House in Sparta, N.C.

Name of Male		Name of Female			Father of Male		Mother of Male
Rash Anderson		Matilda E Jones			Orval Anderson		Not known
Huston Blevins		Celia Hampton			John Blevins		Adaline Blevins
Levi Gillespi		Mary W Bryan			Levi Gillespi		Mary Gillespie
John Swindle		Mehala E Dickson		Stephen Landreth		Lucy Landreth
Rush Ward		Nancy Thompson			Thomas Ward		Emeline Ward
John Francis		Martha A Halsey			Eli Cox			Mahala Cox
Rufus H Price		Pamela F Barton			Thomas Price		Mahala Price
Joseph A Nelson		Susan Mitchell			Isaac Nelson		Lydia Nelson
James M Pasley		Celia C Anderson			Wm. J Pasley		Mary Pasley
Jacob F Goss		Eleanor Cox			Hitchen Goss		Rutha Goss
William M Nelson	Sarah M Mitchell			Isaac Nelson		Lydia Nelson
Thomas F Ham		Sarphina Pugh			John J Ham		Elvira Ham
J H Stamper		Martha Black			SS Stamper		Lydia Stamper
Isom Cox		Mary Williams			Samuel Cox		Polly Cox
WE Hardin		Mary Ellen Gentry		James W Hardin		Sabra Hardin
Hiram Toliver		Phebe Barton			Jesse Toliver		Francis Toliver
Johnson L Thomas	Eveline Boyer			Johnson Thomas	          Catherine Thomas
Craig Jones		Elizabeth Pugh			John A Jones		Elizabeth Jones
WL Hoppers		Elizabeth Edwards		Franklin Hoppers	          Elizabeth Hoppers
Porter Scoot		Judy Gambill			Mat Hubbard		Amelia Hubbard
George Mabe		Martha Ann Smith		John Mabe		Rhody Mabe
Derell Goins		Mary Maxwell			Albert Goins		Dallas Goins
Thomas Maton		Dela Cox			Warren Maton		Not known
John A Caudill		Mary Holloway			Josiah Caudill		Matilda Caudill 

Father of Female	Mother of Female	     Date		           By Whom Married 
M (?) Jones		Melinda Jones		Aug 18 1872		PC Higgins, JP
Thomas B Hampton	Jestin Hampton		Nov 24 1872		PC Higgins, JP
SF Bryan		Sally Bryan		Oct 27 1872		Rev JF Roberts
Wesley Dickson		Charlotte Dickson	Dec 16 1872		Rev JW Landreth
Isom Thompson		Jane Thompson		Dec 15 1872		John Parsons
Lewis H Halsey		Rebecca Halsey		Mar 28 1872		Rev JL Pugh
John H Barton		Mabel Barton		Jan 4 1872		Rev JL Pugh
Charles Mitchell		Sarah Mitchell		Apr 16 1872		Rev JL Pugh
McCoy Anderson 	Aly Anderson		Jan 25 1872		Rev JL Pugh
Jesse Cox		Rosy Cox		Jan 28 1872		Rev JL Pugh
Charles Mitchell		Sarah Mitchell		Oct 5 1872		Rev JL Pugh
Harold Pugh		Hanah Pugh		Oct 18 1872		Rev JL Pugh
William Black		Nancy Black		Nov 10 1872		Rev JL Pugh
Henry Williams		Patta Williams		Sep 25 1872		DC Jones, JP
Allen Gentry		Rebecca Gentry		Nov 2 1872		WD Maxwell, JP
John Barton		Elizabeth Barton		Oct 23 1873		Rev JL Pugh
Morgan Boyer		Lucy Boyer		Nov 29 1873		Rev JL Pugh
Wm. Pugh		Malinda Pugh		Jan 6 1873		Rev JL Pugh
Starlin Edwards		Anna Edwards		Jan 4 1863		Geo McReeves, JP
Not known		Not known		Feb 9 1873		WD Maxwell, JP
Charles Smith		Serah Smith		Aug 4 1873		DC Jones, JP
Richard Maxwell		Valet Maxwell		Jan 26 1873		DC Jones, JP
Samuel Cox		Polly Cox		Jan 2 1873		DC Jones, JP
John Holloway		Patsy Holloway		Mar 11 1873		Rev BE Caudill

Name of Male		Name of Female			Father of Male		Mother of Male
Wm. Hankly		Caroline Dudly			Walter Hankly		Elvira Hankly
Daniel Crowse		Sarah Stiller			Martin Crowse		Anna Crowse
Archibald Boon		Ann Kanady			Andrew Boon		Patsy Boon
William Brooks		Lucida Royl			Hardin Brooks		Cessa Brooks
Weaver Sturgill		Mary Williams			John Sturgill		Jane Sturgill
Samuel H Pugh		Luvina Mitchell			Harold Pug		Hanah Pugh
Newton Anderson	Latma Bedwell			Jasper Anderson		Sarah Anderson	
James Adams		Nancy Hash			John Adams		Marcha Adams	
William Sturgill		Mazy Pugh			John Sturgill		Jane Sturgill
John M.P.?		Lydia Gambill			R.H.P?			Eliza A.P.?
Hugh Hanes		Elizabeth Shuans			Robert Hanes		Rosanah Hanes
Monro Smith		Ellin Grimsly			Roland Smith		Eliza Smith
Lemuel Wolf		Jane Brooks			FL Wolf			not known
? Phipps			Serah Vaughn			Samuel Phipps		not known
George W Collins	Serah E Lane			John Collins		Susan Collins
RH Joines		ME Caudill			Ezekiel Joines		Jane Joines
John Truitt		not given			not known		not known
M Holloway		Susan F Caudill			Martin Holloway	        Margaret Holloway
Clark W Grubb		Susan Hawkins			C Grubb			Elizabeth Grubb
Ben Richardson		Mary Gambill			Jackson Goins		Mina Richardson
Fleming Robins		Cynthia V Cole			Franklin Robins		Rosan Robins
James Franklin McMillan	Martha Price			AB McMillan		Ellen McMillan
DF Irwin		Sarah Ann Absher		Wm. Irvin		Nancy Irvin
Henry Crowse		Sarah Jane Waggoner		Martin Crowse		Anna Crowse
Columbia Creed		Jane Harris			Enoch Creed		Margaret Creed
Cicero Baldwin		Charity Roop			John M Baldwin		Tobitha Baldwin
RF Edwards		Jane Wooten			DJ Edwards		Maryan Edwards
James C Jones		Maya McMillan			DC Jones		Caroline Jones	
Father of Female	Mother of Female	     Date		           By Whom Married 
Charles Dudly		Lucy Dudly		Mar 13 1873		Geo McReeves, JP
Henry Stiller		Elizabeth Stiller		Feb 13 1873		Rev BE Caudill
Theodore Kenedy		Caroline Kenedy		Jan 16 1873		John Parsons, JP
Lewis Harris		Hanah Harris		Feb 20 1873		MVB Norman
Colan Williams		Patsy Williams		Mar 9 1873		John Parsons, JP
Charles Mitchell		Sarah Mitchell		Oct 17 1873		Rev John L Pugh
Alfred Bedwell		Eliza Bedwell		Jan 21 1873		Rev John L Pugh
John Hash		Nelly Hash		Dec 9 1873		Rev John L Pugh
William Pugh		Matilda Pugh		Oct 5 1873		Rev John L Pugh
James Gambill		Lucy Gambill		Nov 9 1873		Rev John L Pugh
Andrew Shuans		Nancy Ann Shuans	Aug 29 1873		Rev John L Pugh
Hudson Grimsly		Peggy Grimsly		Dec 30 1873		Rev John L Pugh
Wm A Brooks		Not known		Mar 9 1873		Wm H Joines, JP
Wm V Vaughn		Not known		Mar 4 1873		Wm H Joines, JP
Garland Lane		Harriet Lane		Dec 30 1873		DC Jones, JP
James R Caudill		Phebe Caudill		Apr 6 1873		Rev BE Caudill
Wm T Schoat		Martha Schoat		Feb 9 1873		Wm H Joines, JP
Joisha Caudill		Matilda Caudill		Mar 24 1873		Rev BE Caudill
Charles Hawkins		Nancy Hawkins		Feb 6 1873		Rev JL Pugh
Joseph Calloway		Ann Calloway		Oct 13 1873		Rev Martin Church
David Cole		Minerva Cole		Sep 1 1873		MF Joines
David Price		Nancy Price		Jul 25 1873		Rev JH Baldwin
Abraham Absher		Nancy Absher		Oct 26 1873		MF Joines, JP
AJ Waggoner		Nancy Waggoner		Dec 7 1873		Daniel Whitead, JP
Henderson Harris		Rhody Harris		Jan 7 1873		Rev JF Roberts
John Roop		Sarah Roop		Oct 26 1873		Rev J Baldwin
AB McMillan		Ellen McMillan		Apr 27 1873		Rev BE Caudill 

The following is a copy of a letter written by Felix J. Williams’s during the Civil War.  He was the son of Henry John and Mary (Polly) Weaver Williams of Piney Creek.  Felix was born October 12, 1843 and he was killed May 3, 1863—just a month after this letter.

Camp Gregg April the 2nd 1863
Dear Father, Mother, Brothers & Sisters:

	It is with pleasure that I avail myself of this opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am well and harty.  Truly hoping these few lines may find you well and doing well.  

	I have not got much news to write at this time.  We have sent all of our things to Richmond but one blanket and what close we seed proper to carry.  They are expecting old Jo Hooker to cross the river on they aim to send us to the Valley or somewhere else but I don’t know myself what is up, but there is something in the wind certain.  I can inform you that F.R. Parsons rolled in from yankeedom yesterday and he looks well and harty.  He says he has been in the old Capitol at Washington City all the time.  He says the Yankees says that we will fight on this summer and then go back into the Union.  I would not be surprised if that would be the way of it myself for there is getting to be a great deal of dissatisfaction in the army and deserters is plenty certain.

	Wilbern Richardson came down here yesterday and brought me a letter from home.  I was truly glad to hear that you was all well so late.  He brought me something to eat.  He brought me some meat and some apples and onions and chestnuts that John sent me.  They was as gladly received as if they had been bushel of them for I know that they came from an honest heart and from an honest boy. I will never forget your acts of kindness if I should be forced to stay in this cruel war 10 years and should live I would not forget none of you but I would always remember you, let what come that might.

	I very often get up on a hill and look towards home with as much eagerness as ever Daniel looked toward the city of New Jerusalem when he was in captivity.  And I pray as fervently that I may be permitted to visit the land of my nativity.  I received a letter from nearly all of you.  I am glad certain to see a line from any of you.  I can read Wms. Writing every line of it and want him to write often.  I will bring my short and bad wrote letter to a close by subscribing myself your true but unworthy son and brother until death.

							F.J. Williams

	If any of our members know of other similar letters that would be of interest, we would be pleased to include them in future issues of the BULLETIN.  Address any correspondence to the ALLEGHANY HISTORICAL-GENEALOGICAL SOCEITY.

PUBLICATION:

	Theresa Ryan, Aberdeen, Maryland, publishes a quarterly newsletter known as ELY HERITAGE.  The newsletter includes an unlimited free query column, open to all as long as the query relates to the ELY surname and its many allied lineages.  Please contact Ms Ryan for future information.

MEMBERSHIP:

	HOW ABOUT RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 1987 EARLY THIS YEAR???  Although some of you just renewed for 1986, membership dues should be paid by December 31 for the following year. We could also ask some of our friends and neighbors to support our Society.  We’ll have several interesting meetings and projects coming along in the future, and we’ll need lots of help and support!!!