Dalton Genealogy March 10, 2011

I have already posted and proved that I am the granddaughter of Ira Lee Dalton and Velma Olvis Brumfield Dalton.  I have taken my ancestry for Ira Dalton's father Albert back to 1806.  That is for just the Dalton family. Now until I have time to research I cannot obtain any more definitive information about the Jarrett Dalton side. But wait, my grandmother Velma's mother was a Dalton too.  So let's get that out of the way.  Will grandmama and granddaddy be cousins.  We will see.

By Velma and Ira Dalton's marriage license recorded in Campbell County, Virginia, we find that Velma Brumfield is the daughter of John Brumfield and Eliza Dalton.

My mother and aunt went to Pittsylvania County and picked up a copy of John Brumfield and Eliza Dalton's marriage license.  They were married in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on October 18, 1883.  He was 22 and she was 14.  Oh, my.  John Brumfield's father and mother were Vincent and Milly Brumfield and Eliza Dalton's mother and father were Winchester and Annie Dalton.  They were united in marriage by William S. McDowell.

That was in 1883.  Twenty three years before Winchester and Ann Dalton were united in marriage by the same man William S. McDowell.  Now these two people were both Daltons.  This will probably be very confusing.  I ordered a copy of the marriage license from the bureau of vital statistics.  They said the date of the marriage was November 29, 1860 at Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  The Husband was Winchester Dalton and the wife Ann Dalton.  He was 25 and she was 20.  They were both born in Pittsylvania County and lived there.  The occupation was farmer.  The parents of Winchester Dalton were  David Dalton.  No first name was given for David Dalton's wife.  Ann Dalton's parents were Booker and E. Dalton.

Tomorrow census records

March 8, 2011 Jarrett P. Dalton 1806 to 1875

I am going back to the census reports again.  The 1840 census only has the name of the head of the household.  The head of our household in 1840 is Jarret P. Dalton.  There are twelve people living in the house and no slaves are listed.  He has a boy and a girl between the ages of zero and five, a boy and two girls between the ages five and nine, one boy and one girl between the ages ten and fourteen, one boy between the ages fifteen and nineteen, one girl between the age of twenty and twenty-nine, one man and one woman between the ages of thirty and thirty nine and one woman between the ages of fifty and fifty nine for a total of twelve.

In the 1850 census, the information is better.  The census was taken on September 13, 1850.   Jarret Dalton is 44 and a farm laborer, His wife Mary is 42, sons are Jubrel - 17, John - 13, Jarrett - 6, William - 2.  His daughters are Matilda - 24, Martha - 19, Sarah - 15, Susan - 11.

Obviously, Jarrett and Mary, his wife are the two between the ages of thirty and thirty nine in the 1840 census.  The one female that was between the ages 20 and 29 in the 1840 census is no longer there as is the female of  50 to 59.  William and Jarrett were born after the 1840 census.   John and Susan would have possibly been the children from 0 to 5,  Jubrel, Martha and Sarah would have been the 5 to 9 and Matilda could have been in the fifteen to nine category or the ten to fourteen.  In any case we have one missing male and three missing females.    Whether they died or left home for marriage or to seek their own fortune, I do not know yet.

I have a marriage date for Jarret P. and Mary T. Watlington of March 12, 1828.

Index to marriages, births and deaths from Virginia and East Tennessee Lutheran Church in America records
Buckingham County, Virginia, death records, 1853-1868: Transcribed from microfilm of the auditor and public accounts copy of the death register plus ealy ... recorded in newspapers and published sources
The Douglas register,: Being a detailed record of births, marriages and deaths together with other interesting notes, as kept by the Rev. William Douglas, ... Huguenot refugees who lived in Manakin-town

December 20, 2010 Robert Adams 1680-1740

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I have been posting grave markers for quite a while and I thought it was important that I conclude Robert Adams and Mourning Adams before more time passed by in my blogs.  I am attaching a transcribed copy of Robert Adams' Will which was recorded in Goochland County on June 17, 1740.  It names all of his daughters then living and some of their married names.  I do not know where Robert Adams is buried.  I am assuming somewhere in what is now Albemarle County.  I have heard that some of the Adams relatives are buried at Penn Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Will of Robert Adams of Goochland County 

Dated February 2, 1738 Recorded june 17, 1740

In the name of God Amen, I Robert Adams being of sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following.  Imprimis I give and bequeath all my land and plantation on the river where I now live to my son James and to his heirs forever after the decease of my wife Mourning, to whom I give the said land and Plantation during her natural life.  Item.  I give and devise and bequeath unto my son Robert all my land on the Creek where I live and the mill to him and his heirs forever, the ridge back of my stone house is to be the dividing line between my said sons.  Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Judith Clark and Mary Moreman eight hundred acres of land lying at the foot of sugar loaf mountain to them and their heirs forever to be equally divided between them according to quantity and quality. and if they can’t agree on the division that then the same be done by a surveyor at the cost of my daughter Mary.  Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Moreman and to her heirs forever four hundred acres of land lying on my Chunk Creek joining the county line.  Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Agnes Farguson four hundred acres of land lying in a fork of Licking Hole Creek lying on the North East side of Thos. Saunders land to her and her heirs forever.  Item.  I give, devise and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna and her heirs forever four hundred acres of land lying on the south west side of Francis Coleys lines on whose land John Miles now lives.  Item. Igive devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Lucy and to her heirs forever five hundred and fifty acres of land lying where the mine was dug and where Mark Lively lived.  Item.  Igive devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann the younger and to her heirs forever four hundred acres of land lying on my Chunk Creek joining my great Tract up the Creek and is a separate patent.  Item.  I give, devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Sally and to her heirs forever three hundred and ninety acres of land lying on both sides Dover Mill Creek where I lately dwelt.

Item. My will is that if any of my maiden Daughters die before they are married then the land hereby given shall be equally divided between my two sons and their heirs. Item. I give devise and bequeath all the rest of my estate of what kind or nature soever both reall and Personal to my wife Mourning to be enjoyed and possessed by her during her life and to be disposed by her among her children as she shall think fit provided my said wife remain a widow, but if she should marry then my will is that she shall be entitled only to such part as the said will give her and the remainder in that case give to my two sons to be equally divided between them.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twenty second day of February, 1738.  Hereby also appointing my said wife executrix and revoking all other wills.

Robert Adams

Signed sealed published and decalred to be his last will in the presence of Henry Wood and Martin King.

At the Court held for Goochland County June 17th, 1740.  This will was prov’d by the oaths of Henry Wood and Martin King to be the act and deed of Robert Adams deceased whish was order to be recorded Deed Book 3 page 306.

Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, 1733-1815
Goochland County, Virginia Court Order Book 1 and 2, 1728-1731
Goochland County, Virginia Court Order Book 3, 1731-1735
Goochland County, Virginia, wills and deeds, 1736-1742
Goochland County, Virginia, wills, 1742-1749
St. James Northam Parish Vestry book, 1744-1850, Goochland County, Virginia

November 23, 2010 Grave Matters Addition Dalton Cemetery

We are still at the Dalton Cemetery in Bright's Virginia.  Here are some more tombstones.

 Robert A. Ward
Born August 22, 1881 Died March 30, 1937  At Rest

Susan H. Ward
Born September 15, 1854
Died November 30, 1937

John Henry Shelton
Born 1883 Died 1953

J. F. Shelton Born 1856
Died July 31, 1918

 Hariet Shelton
Born April 28, 1852
Died September 29, 1895

This is a beautiful spot overlooking the rolling hills of Pittsylvania County not far from Leesville Lake.  In the beginning of the twentieth century, the descendants of the Adams, Wards, Brumfields, Sheltons, Daltons and more were still living in this area.  It is true that some of the family members moved to Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky and all over the country, but  to this day some of the family still lives on the property that was deeded to their family over 200 years ago.  I  have more pictures for the Dalton Cemetery which I will post tomorrow.
Pittsylvania County, Virginia: A Brief History
An intimate history of the American Revolution in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Abstracts of Pittsylvania County Virginia Wills 1767-1820

Robert Adams 1680 to 1740 November 10, 2010

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Robert Adams 1680/90 Henrico Shire/Goochland County/Albemarle County Virginia

Over the past few weeks we have been exploring Robert Adams, his wife, and fellow settlers in Jamestown, Virginia.  We have ascertained that he was married at least once, arrived in the Bon Nova at around 1619, lived in James City and Martins Hundred.  He was literate and a member of the Burgesses.  Mr. Adams was not adverse to hard work and that his father was probably Captain Robert Adams of the Blessing, The Elizabeth and The Hercules.  His father’s relationship with the leaders and settlers of Jamestown possibly led to his son’s adventure in Jamestown.  That Robert Adams the son was living in Jamestown at the end or during the starving time and the first massacre of 1622.  He survived both and lived for just a few more years until 1628 or late 1627. 

According to genealogist or family researchers, they say he had a son by the name of William who is the father of our Robert of 1680 or 1690, but that remains to be proved. 

It is important to remember that Goochland County was not formed until 1727.  Before that it was Henrico Shire. 

Robert was born around 1680/1690 Death: On or around 1740  He married Mourning (Mary?) Lewis? around 1710/1711. Mourning was possibly of Lewis/Woodson descent, but that is another story.   They had the following children.  This is my preliminary list.  I have taken this information from Robert Adams’s Will of Goochland County (Deed Book 3 page 306) June 17, 1740 and his wife’s deed of gift (Deed Book 4 page 126) of Albemarle County, August 8, 1765

James Adams    b. 1724

Robert Adams   b. 1725-1733

Anna Adams Sanders

Anna Adams Douglas

Judith Adams Clark     b.   1716

Mary Adams Moreman b. 1736

Elizabeth Adams Moreman b.  1720

Aggy Adams Ferguson b. 1728

Susannah Adams Graves b. 1731

Lucy Adams   Sometime in the 1730s

Sally Adams   Sometime in the 1730s

In Robert Adams’s Will he refers to his daughter as Ann the younger.  It was custom at times to name another child the same name as a deceased child, but I don’t think this is the case.  In Mourning Adams deed of gift she mentions two daughters Anna Douglas and Anna Sanders.  Also in her Deed gives money to all of her daughters except  Susanna Graves.  She gives money to Susannah’s daughters.  So we must assume that Susannah has died.  She also gives us Lucy’s name.  She is now a Graves.  And Sally Adams married a Harris.

We will later explore these documents more closely, but as for now I just wanted to ascertain the names of the children of Mourning and Robert Adams.  Now as for the birth dates, I will hope to get a clearer picture in later research documents.  So these dates are not carved in stone.  However, some genealogist have Lucy and Sally as being born in 1740,1741, but that is not possible.  They were mentioned in their father’s will which was written on February 2, 1738.

Adams Family Genealogy by Thomas Tunstall Adams

www.co.goochland.va.us

Adams Family October 6, 2010

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Adams Family of Virginia

As I had mentioned before, I have left the sad Cornelia Ward Dove’s family for a later date and now I will continue with another member of the family.   I wrote before that Cornelia’s mother was Elizabeth Mumford Adams.  I will be writing about this family connection and also trying to prove connections to a seafaring Adams that arrived on these shores in 1619 on the ship Bon Nova.

Before I begin with people I would like to start with land. 

In 1634, by order of King Charles I of England eight shires were named by the House of Burgesses.  Each shire had their own representatives and officers.

The Eight Shires were

·         Accomac Shire   (now Northampton County)

·         Charles City Shire  (now Charles City County)

·         Charles River Shire (now York County)  This was changed to York county during the English Civil War.

·         Elizabeth City Shire (no longer exists as a county but is the City of Hampton)

·         Henrico Shire (now Henrico County) 

·         James City Shire (now James City County)  This includes the site of the original Jamestown

·         Warwick River Shire  (no longer exists  now City of Newport News)

·         Warrosquvoake Shire (now Isle of Wight County)

It is possible that our Robert Adams also spelled Addams, Addames, Adames, began in the Virginia colony of Martin’s Hundred which is not far from Henrico County.  We will find in future dates that Robert Adams was in Goochland, Albemarle, Bedford, Campbell and Pittsylvania County. 

Henrico County was one of the eight original shires.  In 1728, Goochland County was formed from Henrico County.  It was named after Sir William Gooch  Royal Lieutenant Governor from 1727 to 1749.  This area included all of the land from Tuckahoe Creek on both sides of the James River west to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Albemarle County was formed from Goochland County in 1744.   This county was named after Willem Anne Van Keppel, 2^nd Earl of Albemarle, titular Governor of Virginia.

In 1761, the counties of Buckingham named after the Duke of Buckingham and Amherst  named after Sir Jeffery Amherst were formed from Albemarle County.

This formation of counties may help us to understand why certain documents no longer have the same county.  For instance, one of our Robert Adams has a will recorded in 1740 in Goochland and later on his wife records a deed in Albemarle County.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shires_of_Virginia

Also see Wikipedia for information of the above Virginia counties