I68070: Ann or Margaret BARTON (ABT 1686

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"Pr. Wm. Co Va DB A Pages 228-232, 15 Feb 1731, Ann [Barton] Linton, widow, to William Linton, her eldest son, which refers to 600 acres between the Occuquan River and small creek called Morumsco Creek, "settled by Ann Scarlett widow upon said Ann Linton's mother and Lettice Smith mother of Catherine Hancock which Catherine is now in possession of..." and see DB A Pages 232-234, 16 Feb 1731, William Linton, Gent., to Ann Linton [widow], Lease, 300 acres...on Occuquan River...""

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Raymond of Burgundy, Conde de Galicia y Coimbr; Died: 24 MAY 1107, Grajal. Stammtafeln says died 26 Mar 1107. Married 1087, Toledo to Urraca of Castile, Countess of Castile

Child 7: Raymond of Burgundy, Conde de Galicia y Coimbr

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CONFLICT in parents:
Father: Thomas CHRISTIAN, Sen. b: 1636 in Isle of Man; Mother: Corbin.
Father: Thomas CHRISTIAN , Jr. b: abt 1664 in Goochland Co.Virginia; Mother: Rebecca STETH b: abt 1665 in Charles City ,Virginia.

Henrico Co., VA Deeds 1714-1718
From James Christian to John Clerk 130 acres on branches of Beaverdam Creek on north side of James River, adj. Mr. Ebonezer Adams, the creek and said Christian. Wit: Joseph Pleasants, Mr. Blaws, and Benjamin Hatcher, Jr. Rec. Jan 2, 1715/1716.

Virginia Patent Book 10, pg. 139
Jun 16, 1714, James Christian received a land patent for 382 acres on the north side of James River, on Beverdam Creek, in Henrico Co., bounded by the lands of said Christian, Thomas Christian and Mr. Joseph Pleasants.

Virginia Patent Book 10, pg. 457
Feb 20, 1719, James Christian received a land patent for 368 acres on the north side of James River, on west branch of Beaver Dam Creek, in Henrico Co., for the importing of five persons, bounded by the lands of Joseph Pleasants and Thomas Christian.

Virginia Patent Book 12, pg. 22-23
Jul 9, 1724, James Christian received a land patent of 400 acres on the north side of James River in Henrico Co., for the importing of seven persons, adj. Edward Bays and Mr. Tarlton Woodson.

Virginia Patent Book 19, pg. 847-849
Dec 1, 1740, James Christian received a land patent for 200 acres on the north side of James River, on the branches of Beaverdam Creek, in Goochland Co., bounded by the lands of Peter Baze, dec'd., John Wright, John Sim, dec'd., and Mr. Oglesby.

Goochland Co., VA Deed Book 4, pg. 340
Mar 22, 1743/1744, Deed from James Christian of St. James Parish to John Wright of same, 200 acres on the north side of James River, on the branches of Beverdam Creek, in Goochland Co., adj. Peter Baze dec'd., John Wright, John Sim dec'd., and Mr. Oglesby. Wit: Nowel Burton and John Hunter. Rec. Mar 22, 1743/1744.

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or born cJan 1750, Charles City Co, VA

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Marriage license: William L Whitley & Rebecca Jane Day Oct 19, 1842.
This article was taken from the Columbus Ledger of Sunday, October 17, 1897. THIS LADY WAS HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS WAS A TOWN

"Columbus," shouted a conductor on an incoming train the other day. As the train swept around the curve and under the car shed the passengers looked out with interest upon the varied manufactories that greeted the eye on every hand. There was one passenger, a silver haired old lady, who looked with peculiar interest upon the broad streets, the big factories and the swiftly moving electric cars, and who noted closely the life and animation of the metropolis of western Georgia.

As she reclined upon her comfortable seat in the elegant coach, while the train was slowly and smoothly sweeping under the shed, the mind of the old lady must have reverted to a time when she entered what is now the city of Columbus, under vastly different circumstances. Well might she grow reminiscent for she had been here when the broad acres which now constitute a fair and prosperous city had been covered with virgin forests. Indeed, she was the first white child who ever set foot upon Columbus soil.

The lady was Mrs. Wm. Leftwich Whitely, nee Miss Rebecca Jane Day. She came here with her father in 1827, and was one of the first white persons to reside here. When she came to this spot, nearly three-quarters of a century ago, the place had not been named, much less laid off. What now is block after block of stores, and manufactories, and residences, was then but a primeval forest.

Mrs. Whitely, whose present home is Rome, Georgia, is nearly seventy-four years of age. She has a remarkable memory, and relates clearly and entertainingly many of the incidents in the early history of Columbus.

She is visiting the family of Mr. W. H. Gibson, on Rose Hill. Time has silvered her locks, and ever and anon makes her voice somewhat tremulous, but for one of her age she exhibits remarkable vigor, and her intellect is as clear and undimmed as it was in the long ago. She remembers names and dates distinctly, and even many of the minor details of her child life clearly photographed upon her brain.

In an interesting manner Mrs. Whitely told me of her trip to Columbus.

"My father, David Day, served in the British war of 1812," said she. "He was under General Jackson, and during their campaigns he had occasion to pass through this country. He was greatly impressed with its many advantages and when the war was over he resolved to locate here. He was then a resident of Tennessee. My mother did not much want to go down to Georgia, but she finally consented. It took some time for her to get used to the new country. We came through in a big wagon, my father and mother and we four children.

"There were no roads in these sections in those days. There were few Indian trails, but that was all. You have never seen an Indian trail? Well, all are just alike. They are not more than a foot or two wide. If there are ten thousand Indians in line, I suppose that they would all stick to these narrow trails in traveling. Our progress was necessarily slow, because in many places my father had to cut trees out of the way in order to get the wagon through. It was like making a road, almost, in some places. We were aiming for the head waters of the Chattahoochee.

"When we arrived at this point I was the first child taken out of the wagon. My father used to remark because of this that I was the first white child that ever set foot on Columbus soil. We tented the first night under a big tree, on the spot where the Rankin House now stands. We tented there about ten days, when my father built a house. There were in all not more that a dozen or fifteen people here when we came. My brothers and sisters and I were the only children here then. There was only one store here when we came and that was run by Ben Tarver and Slack.

"My father soon built a two-room house. There were no saw mills here in those days, and he had to make lumber in rather primitive fashion. The logs were cut up and then split into slabs which were used for weather-boarding. All this was woods and swamps then. The country was very heavily timbered, in fact that was nothing but forest, no clearing having been made up to that time. This was but an Indian post. It wasn't named until several months after we came here. A few of the Indians resided down about what is now the south commons, but most of them lived across the river. They were in the habit, many of them, of hunting over on the Georgia side in the daytime.

"I was three years five months old when we came here. My other sisters were very shy and timid. Somehow I wasn't afraid to run about the place and would frequently be away from our house all day. The men were very fond of playing with and petting me, I remember. My father and my uncle, James C. Holland started up the first blacksmith shop. I said that we were the only children here when we came-well, there was another married man besides my father, Dr. Lang, but he had no children. The first marriage that ever occurred here was that of my aunt, Miss Nancy Day, to a Mr. Duell. The Duells will be well remembered by the older inhabitants.

"My aunt married in October, 1827, and the following February her husband died. It was the first death here, so far as I know, among the whites. He was the first person buried in what is now Linwood cemetery. The settlers saw that they must select a cemetery, and they thought that they had better decide upon a location at once. They accordingly selected the hill where is now Linwood cemetery. The first grave made there was dug on Sunday and in it my aunt's husband was buried. I went out to the cemetery the other day and visited the very grave where he rests. It is not marked by a monument, but I knew where it was.

"There were no mills in this section when we came. Father had to haul his meal and flour all the way from Flint River. Afterwards, when steamers were placed on the Chattahoochee he got his flour from Virginia, paying $24 a barrel for it. Calico was worth 50 cents a yard in those days. I well remember the day when the first steamers came to Columbus. I think that they came from the Mississippi River. They were exploring the Chattahoochee to see how far it was navigable. The coming of the steamers created the biggest kind of excitement here.

"The names of the two steamers impressed themselves indelibly upon my memory, and I will never forget them. They were the "Rob Emmett" and the "Stuyvenville." Before the steamers left there was a big dance aboard them. There were between fifty and a hundred people here then, I suppose. People soon began coming in right along. The place was cleared up, the streets were laid, and the town began to grow. We lived here three years and then moved a few miles up the country, where we lived seven years. We then removed to Russell County."

Mrs. Whitely's marriage to Mr. William Leftwich [Whitely] occurred in Alabama. Her husband died in [1885-either the paper or a copy of it had the year her father died instead of the correct year of 1885 for William]. She has several children, and a number of relatives in Montgomery County, Alabama. Mrs. Whitely removed to Rome, Georgia, in 1869, and has been residing there ever since, paying occasional visits to Columbus.

Her daughter, Mrs. William Byrd, of Lee County, is the stepmother of Mrs. W. H. Gibson. Mr. Gibson's father and Mrs. Whitely were double cousins. Mrs. Whitely has one sister, Mrs. Bain, residing in Montgomery. Mrs. Whitely will remain in Columbus several days longer yet.

The transformation that this section has witnessed since this venerable lady's first visit here is startling. Primeval forests have given away to rich fields, and the wilderness has blossomed as the rose. Prosperous towns now stand where the red man then hunted. The rich lands, then uncultivated, are now responding to the generous rays of a Southern sun and are yielding their share of cotton and other varied crops, while the tall corn stands in serried rank on many a hillside, telling far more eloquently than words, of the march of civilization and industry.

A silence that was then broken only by the falling of the Chattahoochee river has now given away to the sound of factory bells and the whistle of the locomotive, and a busy, bustling city has succeeded the wildness. WCW

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"2 Sarah Lewis (Sallie) Dickinson b: August 1847 in Louisa Co.VA src: Stella; Married at Judge Nelson's +Dr. Scott Culpeper m: in Spotsylvania Co.VA src: Virgie's letter."

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(2) Richard Hodges, baptized 2 December 1753, he was in the American Revolution married Elizabeth Magee ^[S799]

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2 Sarah Penick b: 18 JAN 1804 d: 21 AUG 1885 + Andrew Chaudoin b: 1804

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Aka: Pearl. IGI Marriage License. Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M593498 1853 - 1856 1294419 V. 13-14 Film

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1880 census

My Southern Family

Ann or Margaret BARTON

ABT 1686 - ____

ID Number: I68070

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RAYMOND de BURGUNDY Count Of Burgundy

ABT 1060 - 26 Mar 1107

ID Number: I27004

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Elizabeth CALLAWAY

ABT 1720 - ____

ID Number: I80670

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James CHRISTIAN

29 Apr 1676 - ABT 1754

ID Number: I52208

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Rebecca Jane DAY

22 Jan 1824 - 27 Dec 1906

ID Number: I45295

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Sarah "Salley" DICKINSON

Aug 1847 - ____

ID Number: I32691

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Anne DORSEY

ABT 1649 - ____

ID Number: I89358

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Robert GARLAND

ABT 1690 - ____

ID Number: I93274

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Richard HODGES

ABT 1753 - ____

ID Number: I16770

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Roland MADISON

____ - ____

ID Number: I70499

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Robert Clarendon MCCANTS

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I7989

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Sarah PENICK

18 Jan 1804 - 21 Aug 1885

ID Number: I103261

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Elizabeth J. PURL

1839 - AFT 1880

ID Number: I30321

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Elizabeth "Aunt Liz" SANDIDGE

ABT 1830 - ____

ID Number: I14400

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Experience SHERMAN

1678 - 1744

ID Number: I41974

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