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DESCENDANTS: Information sent to T.Mason, Feb 2002 by Chuck Borden. As a source he cites "Becky B. Frank March 13, 1999 post to Borden-L@rootsweb.
ERROR: Copy in possession of T.Mason of a letter from William White Hance of Eatontown, N.J. on February 11, 1903 to Mrs. Clayton. EXTRACT: ... Mrs. Weld is again wrong in saying that Joyce Borden married John Isaac Hance, for she there confuses the two brothers, and gives the double name to the one man. John and Elizabeth Hance, the first comers to this county, did have two sons, John and Isaac and one of those sons did marry Joyce Borden, but his name was John and not John Isaac. For proof of which I refer you again to the Gen. Record, where you will find that John Hance and Joyce, his wife, died in 1728/9 and 1722/3 respectively, and are buried in that old Rumson yard.
There may be a substratum of correctness in her statement that John Hance, the son of John and Joyce married into the Borden family. According to the will of John who married Joyce, they did have a son whose name was John. And I have been wholly unable to learn who this third generation John did marry. John the husband of Joyce, in his will refers to Thomas and John as his sons and speaks of daughters but without naming them. ...
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: Johnston's "Rich Borden & Desc," p 1. RESEARCHER: Anna Burr, Bordentown, NJ. 6 children (not listed).
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Frank Gibson Thibault Jr, ; dated 19 Apr 1992 sent to T Mason; NOTES: Lillian (Scott) Thibault states that his wife talked like she did not know much about him. Some of his family is buried in the cemetery down the road from Elmhurst (Scott homesteaded Elmhurst plantation). He was quite a bit older than his wife. Don't know cause of death. Died during his wife's pregnancy before son, Conoway was born.
1850 Census lists Pulaski Cnty Eagle township
184 Conway Scott 35 farmer $10,000 KY
Catherine 32 KY
This could be previous wife of an older man.
All others listed in that household are brickmasons, laborers, etc.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Frank Gibson Thibault Jr,; dated 19 Apr 1992 sent to T Mason; Copy in poss of T. Mason (filed - Levi Borden); NOTES: Arkansas Gazette Newspaper article Sep 22, 1922 "Three of Arkansas' Best Known and Oldest Families" says her father James Lawson, came with his family and the late Moorhead Wright to Arkansas in 1838, when Mrs. Scott was a very small child. Her father settled in Little Rock, afterward moving to his plantation at Bear Skin Lake. Was taken as a bride to beautiful old place on which stood the long, rambling, story-and-a-half house, built of cedar, etc. Original house burned abt 1902, was replaced with modern house where Eliza Lawson Scott now resides with her son, Conoway Scott the well known planter, and his family at Scott, Ark.
REF: Catharine FB Mason says, "Miss Lawson a half sister to Benjamin John Borden, married a Conway and a cousin Liza married SCOTT so that's why the name Conway Scott, her son."
REF: Article in Levi Borden file says, "Eliza Lawson came to Little Rock in 1833 with her father James Lawson when she was a very small child and married Conoway Scott in 1863. Eliza was born in Waynesboro, N.C."
OBITUARY: of Benjamin J. Borden says, "sister - Mrs. James Lawson." Newspaper article, says "Eliza Lawson Scott, b. Waynesboro, NC came to Little Rock in 1833 with her father later moved to Bear Skin Lake Plantation. Eliza married Conoway Scott in 1863 and lived at Scott, Ark." Gives praise for Liza's good works.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Frank Gibson Thibault Jr,; dated 19 Apr 1992 sent to T Mason;NOTES: Unknown how she got along when husband died. She had farm and child to take care of. Had an old maid sister that had arthritis that lived with her apparently after the death of her husband, sister was aunt Nelle Lawson. Mom thinks her family lived in LR and was married there. Lived in mom's home til her death. Mom states was blind and on crutches but was alert and would recognise people from their voice. Sister Aunt Nelle was in white wicker wheel chair died when mom was 5-6 yr old. Mom states her son was concerned that Mere would loose her mind, but she was clear til her death. Article from some paper with ad on back seems to date it at sept 1922 (about the 4th) gives indication of father and where born and that Lawson's had place at Bearskin lake. Also notes that she was active in Christ Episcopal church in LR and notes close friends, hospitable home she kept, many parties she had, and support for Scott School "Boll Weevil".
In the 1900 U.S. Census two of his daughters indicate he was born in Ireland.
MARRIED: Records of Duplin Co., NC 1749-1868 by Cora Bass, 1959, p.67, Lawson, James Jr. to Charlotte Bourden
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Frank Gibson Thibault Jr.; dated 19 Apr 1992 sent to T Mason; SOURCE: Letter to Mrs A E Pritchard LR from cuz Sam Reyburn, Sarasota FL 2 14 1954. NOTES: ... My great grandfather... His son James had ten children but they lived in Little Rock and on the plantation at Bear Skin Lake 10 or 12 miles East and across the river from Little Rock. ... James Lawson Sr settled in New York City, married and had two sons James born in 1800 and Philo.. He was in easy financial circumstance. His wife died in about 1819. Leaving the boys at school - James in Columbia, he traveled through the west U.S. He spent some time in 1823 in Little Rock. Finally he settled in Duplin County, North Carolina where in 1825 he married the widow of Dr. Levi Borden. Her father was named Beck from Pennsylvania, and the 6th of her ten children, Charlotte was in Philadelphia at school. GG-father sent for his son James who had finished school and was working in NY City and asked him to go by and pick up the step sister he had never seen, and bring her down with him. By stage and ship the young people made their way each to a parent and a step parent and when they reached their destination announced their engagement. They were soon married and proceeded to have their ten children - the first five all born in Duplin county N.C. My mother Arkie Elvira was the 5th born Feby 21st 1837 and was only 3 1/2 months old when grandfather reached Little Rock about June 1st 1837- James, Mary, Harriet, Henry and Eleanor were born in Arkansas - All in the city of Little Rock except Henry who delighted to joke about the fact that he was born at Jerico.
Article in UK newspaper from Sep 3, 1922 states came to AR in 1838. States Eliza (daughter) was born near Waynesboro, N.C. Made home at Bearskin Lake near Little Rock, AR. States came to AR with the late Moorhead Wright. He was sheriff and treasurer of Pulaski Cnty 1838-40 and remained sheriff til 1844.
OBITUARY: The Arkansas Gazette; 1855; pg 3, col 7; EXTRACTION: "In the midst of life, we are suddenly alarmed at the approach of death, and at an hour when least expected, "He enters, and there's no defence. His time, there's none can tell." The subject of the following obituary notice, in company with the writer, visited lamented friends, W. H. Judkins, Senator of Lawrence, and W. S. Wade, Representative of Ouachita, in their last illness; not withstanding his constitution was very much enfeebled by disease, he no doubt promised himself long life, like the world of mankind, believing all persons mortal except ourselves. But where is he now? Numbered with the pale nations of the dead, and the places that knew him once will know him no more. What is life? A meteor of the night. A bubble on the water. What are the pleasures of life? Like the Borealis race that flit e'er you can point its place; Like the dew on beds of roses; When the sun his power discloses, like the rainbow's lovely form, vanishing amid the storm. Like the snow falls in the river, A moment, while then, melts forever." Major James Lawson died on the 17th inst., in the 49th year of age, leaving a disconsolate widow and eight children to mourn his loss. In the year 1839 he emigrated from North Carolina to this place, and necessarily had to undergo many privations incident to settling a new country. He has been long known to the writer as an affectionate husband, a kind and tender parent, a generous and benevolent
friend. W. Wilmington, Fayettville and Goldsborough, North Carolina papers.CENSUS: City of Little Rock in the County of Pulaski in the state of Arkansas enumerated by me on the 10 day of Dec 1850; ; ; Extract: Dwelling house number 415 (?)
James Lawson 41 m Farmer 15,000 NC
Charlotte " 37 f "
Robert E. " 20 m " 1 (in school)
Hiram " 17 m Ark 1
James " 10 m " 1
H. Clay " 6 m NC 1
Eliza " 16 f Ark 1
Arkansas " 14 f " 1
Meary " 10 f " 1
Ellener " 5 f " 1
Charlotte " M 60 f NC
Margaret Borden 22 f NC
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Frank Gibson Thibault Jr. ; ; dated 19 Apr 1992 sent to T. Mason; NOTES: Story is from Lillian (Scott) Thibault, that James Lawson Sr was to marry Charlotte (Beck) Borden both of whom had been married before and had children by their previous marriage. The daughter of Charlotte was named similarly to her as was Lawson's son to him. Young Lawson Jr went to pick up the daughter from the train and they fell in love and were later married.
Marriage Notes for Maj James Lawson Jr. and Charlotte Caroline Borden-4611
MARRIED: Abstract of Vital Records from Raleigh, NC Newspapers. N.C. Star, Fri. 22 Aug 1823, p 3 col.4, MARRIED...In Duplin County, on the 3d inst., James Lawson, Esq. to Mrs. Charlotte Borden.
BIRTH: The Samuell/Samuel Families of Tidewater Virginia" by Dorothy S Samuel, Southern Historical Press (1997), p.401gives b.d. as abt 1772. Some some people suggest the date was 1783.
WILL-CHILDREN: Family History Records sent to T.Mason by Ann Johnston, Pine Bluff, AR 71601; 20 May 1992; NOTES: source included pedigree chart RESEARCHER: Katherine Birnbaum Creason, 110 Kenwood Pl, Hot Springs, AR. Will dated 1 Mar 1813, probated 26 Apr 1813. Book 4 page 509 2/55 1813, Orange Co., VA, probated in Orange Co. St. Thomas Parish. Copies from Archives Dept. State Library of VA in Richmond, VA. (Note the name in the will is spelled Samuels.)
Henry Samuel's will
In the name of God, amen. I, Henry Samuel of the Co. of Orange being grievously affected but of a disosing mind retaining my sense & reason --- the property that it has pleased the good God to bless me with I will & bequeath in the manner & form following:
1st. Let my interest in the tract of land my mother Catherine Samuels now lives on to be sold to pay my just debts.
2nd. The residue of my estate to be divided as the law directs among my wife Sarah F. Samuels and my four children to wit ---- John J. Samuels, Henry F. Samuels, Fielding E. Samuels and Catherine Samuels.
Henry Samuels
witnesses Thos. Newman, Abner Petty
Probated April 26, 1813
The last will & test. of Henry Samuel deceased was proved by the oaths of the widow of the deceased having by her note in writing relinquished her right of administration on the said estate on the motion of Joseph Clark, who made oath according to law, and together with John Clark and James W. Hawkins his securities entered into & acknowledged their bond in the penalty of five thousand dollards conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of the said deceased, with his will annexed in due form.MARRIAGE: Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1787-1852, page 112. The marriage was 8 May 1801 and J. Sorrell the minister.
Marriage Notes for Henry John Samuel and Sarah Fauntleroy Jameson-989
MARRIAGE: Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1787-1852, page 112. The marriage was 8 May 1801 and J. Sorrell the minister.
WILL-CHILDREN: Family History Records sent to T.Mason by Ann Johnston; 20 May 1992; NOTES: source included pedigree chart RESEARCHER: Katherine Birnbaum Creason, 110 Kenwood Pl, Hot Springs, AR, dated Feb 1967. will dated 3 May 1803, proved 25 Feb 1805 - book 4 page 134 2/55 Orange, VA.
In the name of God, Amen. I John Samuels of the County of Orange (being sick and weak of body but of sound mind & memory do make this my last will & Test. in manner & form following.
It is my will & desire that out of my estate all my just debts shall first be paid.
Item 1. I give to my well beloved wife Catherine Samuels during her natural life all of my estate both real & person and after her death, all my land lying in Orange Co., Va., and in the state of Kentucky, I leave to be equally divided between my five sons namely Henry Samuels, Achilles Samuels, Andrew Samuels, Fielding Samuels, Phillsomn (?) Samuels or the survivors of them & their assigns forever.
Item 2. I also leave after the death of my wife to be equally divided between my seven children namely, Henry, Robert, Achilles, Andrew, Fielding and Phillimon Samuels and Polly Jameson, the wife of Thomas R. Jamison, all my negroes and all my personal property of every kind to them & their assigns forever.
Item 3. and last of all I appoint Henry Samuels and my friend Nathaniel Smith exors. of this will. In Witness Where of I set my hand & seal this 3rd day of May 1803. John Samuel
witnesses Samuel Thompson
Thos. Newmin
Joseph Edwards
Gabriel King
At a court held for Orange Co. on Mon 25th of Feb. 1805 ----- on Mon. 22nd of July following the motion of Henry Samuels one of the executors named in the will, who made oath there & according to law, together with George Petty and Andrew Samuels his securities entered in & acknowledged their bond in the penalty of ten thousand dollards, certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate thereof.From page 7 of Samuel sketch written by Katherine Birnbaum Creason:
On Feb. 15, 1956, the Archives Dept., State Library of Va., sent me a list of 5 Public Service Claims of John Samuel of Orange Co., Va. which they would photostat & send to me upon receipt of the required listed fee. On the advice of my researcher, I sent for the full owing: The original was attached to my Samuel supplementary for the DAR and it was approved July 13, 1956.Public Service Claim. Oreange Co.
To John Samuel of Orange Co. Ct. Booklet p. 22 Certiicate 1.
Lists p. 1213. Com. Book 1V, p. 186, 187.I hereby certify that I have received for public use of John Samuel 350 pounds of beef which he is entitled to receive payment for. Given under my hand this 21 day of July 1781. Ben Winston D.C.C.C.
350 Beef £4.7.6
Ct. Booklet p. 22. John Samuel for 350 pds of beef certified by B. Winston July 22, 1781.
Sd. Samuel for 150 pds. May 2, 1781.
2.10.0 Public Service Claim of Orange Co, Va.RESEARCHER: Posting on 9 Aug 2006 from Melissa Speed, DAR volunteer:
John Samuel is listed as a patriot in the DAR Patriot Index:SAMUEL, JOHN Ancestor # A099657
Birth Date: CIRCA 1745
Birth County/Parish: ESSEX CO
Birth State/Country: VIRGINIA
Death Date: ANTE 25 Feb 1805
Death County/Parish: ORANGE CO
Death State/Country: VIRGINIA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Service State/Organization: VIRGINIACENSUS: Virginia Census, 1782
Name: John Samuel
State: VA
County: Orange County
Township: 07 04
Year: 1782
Record Type: Continental Census
Page: 40
Database: VA Early Census Index
RESEARCHER-BIRTH: Information sent to T.Mason on 24 Aug 1998 by Sam Samuel.
1. Through my wife's research at the DAR Library in Washington D.C., an application was found which indicates that John Samuel b. abt 1736-1745, was married to Catherine Foster b. 2/10/1746 in England. In references for lineage, it states that "Catherine's birthdate on a very old watercoloring of her done by St. Menin and in the family for years". The DAR National Number is 49543 and is associated with Ethel Horton Handy, a descendant of Philemon Samuel.
WILL: Family History Records sent to T.Mason by Ann Johnston, Pine Bluff, AR 71601; 20 May 1992; NOTES: approval of estate will Book 7 pg 588, Orange, VA
DEATH: Virginia Historic Court Records, Samuel &c vs Samuel &c, 1821, Record 241-22, an extract posted at www.historiccourtrecords.org
Is in the 1850 U.S. census household of George A Sleet with his neice Arkansas C. Samuel. It lists him as age 50 and her as age 29. (See census entry for Arkansas, who is the daughter of Philomen, the brother of Achilles.
Ref: Catharine F.B. Mason's research notes p. 67.
May have resided in Caroline County, although his will is recorded in York Co., Virginia. An autographed letter shows he was alive in 1811. Sally, his wife was a native of the Bairds' of "Epping Forest" Essex, Virginia.
RESEARCHER: Sherry Kasberg Coordinator Sherman County, Oregon Historical Museum wrote T. Mason in Aug 2001:
In 1772, Fincastle County, Virginia was organized; the new county included all of present Kentucky. Then on 31 December 1776, Kentucky County, Virginia was formed from Fincastle County.
In 1777, Virginia's General Assembly divided Fincastle County into three parts and created Washington, Montgomery, and Kentucky Counties. The act creating these counties described Kentucky County as being "to the south and westward of a line beginning on the Ohio at the mouth of Great Sandy creek and running up the same and the main, or northeasterly, branch thereof to the Great Laurel Ridge of Cumberland Mountain, then south westerly along the said mountain to the line of North Carolina.
In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into three counties -- Jefferson, Fayette, and Lincoln. Within just a few years, six more counties had been carved out of those three. Between 1784 and 1792, people living in those counties held ten conventions on the question of statehood; on 18 December 1789 Virginia's General Assembly passed an act allowing Kentucky to apply for statehood and on 1 June 1792, those nine counties became a state, with the full consent of Virginia.
Fayette County was one of the original three counties formed 30 June 1780 from Virginia's Kentucky Territory. Named for the French General Marquis de LaFayette who served in the Revolutionary War, it is located in the Inner Bluegrass region of the state. Early pioneers arrived in 1774; Jacob Baughman, Hancock Taylor, Simon Kenton, James Douglas and John Floyd surveyed here in that year. William McConnell settled in 1775 and the Bryant family in 1776. Early stations included Levi Todd's (1779) and William McGee's (1780). Robert Boggs built here in 1784 and Levi Todd in 1787. The county seat is Lexington, which was organized 5 May 1782. It was named earlier by Captain Robert Patterson, while he was being guided through the Bluegrass by Simon Kenton. He selected the name Lexington upon hearing of the historic battle that began the American Revolution.
Fayette's neighboring counties are Bourbon, Clark, Jessamine, Madison, Scott, and Woodford. The elevation in the county ranges from 549 to 1070 feet above sea level. In 1990 the county population was 225,366 in a land area of 284 square miles, an average of 793.5 people per square mile.USGenWeb, Fayette County, KY; Subscribers for A Narrative of the Life and Travels of John Robert Shaw, the Well-Digger, now Resident of Lexington, KY, printed by Daniel Bradford, 1807; Lexington: Samuel Ayres, Eng. Yeiser, William Gray, Dudley Gatewood; Frankfort: Larking Gatewood; Bairdstown: Frederick Yeiser, J.D. Strother, John Webb; Paris: Jacob A. Lane; Clarke County: William M. Lane, George Webb;
Fayette County: Payne, Meredith, John Bryant.CORRECTION: The following two citations refer to a David Jameson who was born on 10 March 1757. They INCORRECTLY imply that the David Jameson referred to was indeed this David who was born 15 Oct 1757. I conclude the following information refers to someone else, based upon first the birth date cited in the family bible which is also the same birth date cited in the reference "The Jamesons in America."
MILITARY: Family History Records sent to T.Mason by Ann Johnston, Pine Bluff, AR 71601; 20 May 1992; From THEY WENT THATAWAY, Vol 2, p. 70 by Charles Hughes Hamlin, Richmond, VA. P.O. Box 3525. "David Jameson (....1812) Virginia. Enlisted in Captain Matthew Arouckle's Co., 12th VA Regiment. Sept. 12, 1775 & continued in service until Oct. 10, 1778. (Henry Craig Yeiser, Cincinnati, Ohio, 4th in descent, elected 1907.)
MILITARY: Letter written November 20, 1930 to Mrs. S????al ????. Room ???, Southern Hotel, Frankfort, Kentucky. "Dear Madam.
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. S1167, that David Jameson was born March 10, 1757, place not stated.
He enlisted in Greenbrier County, Virginia in March 1775 and served one year as a private in Captain Matthew Arbuckle's company, Colonel John Seville's Virginia regiment, and served in the garrison at Point Pleasant.
Immediately after the above, he served two years as a private in the garrison at said place, no officers stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1858, while a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
K.W. Morgan
Acting Commissionar."
Lived in Cumberland County, Kentucky, then Christian County, Kentucky, then Mississippi and finally in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
RESEARCHER: Following Obituary sent to T.Mason on 30 Jul 2006 by Dori Shaffer.
OBITUARY: May 10, 1840. Arkansas Banner.
On the 9th last, at Lewise' Springs, in Hot Spring county, Mr. Henry F. Samuel, aged 40 years.
Mr. Samuel was formerly a merchant of this city, and enjoyed the good will and esteem of a large circle of friends. He had been lingering for a long time with the fearful malady, consumption, which terminated thus fatal. He leaves a long list of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. We learn, from one who stood by him in the last struggles of expiring nature, but he bore his afflictions with true Christian fortitute.