William Wadlow and Mary Womack

William Wadlow married Mary Womack on 15 Apr 1768 in Goochland County, Virginia.  They were married by the Rev William Douglass, who recorded the marriage in his register, published as the Douglass Register.  Rev Douglass noted both bridge and groom were of 'this parrish', meaning  St. James Northam Parish in Goochland County, Virginia.

Six days prior, William Wadlow secured a marriage bond, as well as letter from Rev Douglass attesting to the age of the bride and groom.

Goochland County, Virginia Marriage Bonds

LDS Film # 007736797, image 80/425.

4 images of loose papers.  The top left and bottom left images are for the marriage of William Wadlow to Mary Womack.  The reverse sides of the images were not filmed.

Top left image.  Letter from Rev William Douglass about the ages of bride and groom.  Difficult to read in places due to paper folds, missing bits of paper, and blotchiness in the right side of the image.  Family Search has tools to adjust the contrast and brightness of the image, which helps in reading some of the words.  The original may be much more readable if photographed with a modern color high-resolution camera.

Goochland Apr: 9 1768

Sir

The Bearer Will: Wadley Wants [illegible] you[?] for a license in order 

To[?] Marriage with Mary Womack: The [illegible] 

has abundance of age, a great many more than enough [illegible]

as to the Bride, she was of full [?] age when Joyned[?] her to one named 

Williams above 16 years agoe.  But if all that is not Sufficient, I shall 

oblige my Self in 50 £ that both are of age many years agoe, the 

youngest being above 30 years old.  I am D [short for ‘Dear’] Sir

Yours to command

Will: Douglass x

Teste

Mer:th Price [Meredith Price]

John Laprade

April the 9th 1768

Then came John Laprade before me & made Oath that the Person 

above Mentd [Mentioned] Mary Wommack is above the Age of Twenty 

One years, heretofore under my hand:

Jesse Payne

Bottom Left image.  Missing some pieces, but overall easier to read.

Know all men by these presents that We William Wodlow 

& John Laprade ----- of the County of Goochland are her[eby?]

firmly Bound unto our Sovereign Lord the King George [missing] 

by the Grace of God, of Great Britain France and Ireland 

Defender of the Faith & c in the sum of Fifty Pounds currt 

Money of Virginia in which payment to [illegible]

Sovereign Lord the King his heirs and Successors.  We [bind?] 

our selves and every of Us, our and every of our Heirs, Executors 

& Administrators, jointly and Severally, firmly by these pres=

sents.  Witness our hands and Seals this Ninth day of 

April Annoque Domini MDCCLXVIII [1768].

The Condition of the above Obligation is such that if there be not 

any lawful causes to obstruct marriage [illegible]

Solemnized between the above Bound William Wodlow and --

Mary Wamack -- Then this Obligation to be void Else in full 

Force.

William Wodlow

John Laprade

Signed Sealed and Delivered

In presence of 

Val Wood

The letter from Rev William Douglass is very interesting.  It indicates both bride and groom were well over full age, meaning 21.  This meant they could marry without the consent of a parent or guardian.  

Douglass seems to be saying that William Wadlow is many years above 21, and that Mary Womack was over 21 when "Joyned" (married) to a Mr. Williams over 16 years prior.  That would make Mary at least 37.  Douglass goes on to say that both bridge and groom are over 30.

A free person of either gender over 14 could witness a document such as a deed or will.  See http://www.planetmurphy.org/pagebuild.php?pagebody1=WadlowThomas.htm

A William Wadlow witnessed a deed in Goochland Co, VA in May 1739, implying he was born 1725 or earlier, and was this 43 or older when he married Mary Womack, assuming this was the same William.

William Wadlow was counted as a tithe in the Goochland household of his father Thomas Wadlow in 1746.  A tithe sometimes meant 21 years of age, and sometimes 16, meaning William was born 1733 or earlier.

From Rev Douglass's letter, Mary Womack appears to be the widow of two husbands, a Mr. Williams she married 1752 or earlier, and after his death, a Mr. Womack.  It is highly doubtful she married William Wadlow under her maiden name.  Thus, Mary's maiden name is unknown.

William & Mary Wadlow moved to Pittsylvania Co, VA.  There, a Richard Womack was listed near Mary Wadlow in tax lists.  Was there a connection?  Was Mary possibly Richard's mother?

More in the next post.

1812 Voter List, Jackson County, Tennessee

Ancestry.com has two tax lists labelled Jackson County, Tennessee 1803 and Blount County, Tennessee 1805.  Large chunks of these lists are precisely the same.  So which is correct?


To be more precise, the "Blount 1805" list consists of 21 images.  Images 12 through 20 are the focus here.  The images before image 12 really are Blount 1805.  Note that these images are obviously photocopies of an original, with "Blount Co, 1805" written in different handwriting at the top of each page.  "Blount Co" is written in block letters, unlike the list itself in cursive.  Handwritten block letters were almost never used in the early 1800s.  Besides the "Blount Co 1805" added to one of the lists, there is no indication of when or where the lists were taken.

The "Jackson 1803" list consists of 19 images, and image 11 through 19 are the focus.  The images before image 11 are really Jackson 1803.

So, "Blount 1805" images 12 through 20 are precisely the same as "Jackson 1803" images 11 through 19.  The handwriting is the same, the content is the same, etc. 

A little research reveal that the people on this list really were from Jackson Co, TN.  This list has nothing to do with Blount Co, TN.  However, this list was not from 1803.

The answer lies in what Ancestry.com calls the Jackson County, Tennessee 1812 list.  It is just 3 images, and is really just the recapitulation of the list.  It shows it was really even a tax list, but a list of person in Jackson Co, TN entitled to vote in 1812.  Which means it was more or less a list of white males over 21.  The recapitulation, or summary, has a list of districts by the enumerator, and the number of eligible voters in each.  The names of the enumerators, the order in which they appear, and the total number of eligible voters for each, matches precisely with  "Blount 1805" images 12 through 20 and "Jackson 1803" images 11 through 19.  The only thing of note is that "Blount 1805" and "Jackson 1803" only go through the first 7 of the 12 enumerators.  I don't where the lists are for the last 5 enumerators.

So, sections of the lists called "Jackson 1803"and "Blount 1805" are slightly more than half of the Jackson Co, TN 1812 list of eligible voters.

Tandy Walker of Alabama

My interest in Tandy Walker is from the relationship of the Womack, Riddle and Walker families.  Tandy Walker was a very interesting person.

John Walker, Tandy's brother, married Mary Riddle, sister of Joseph Riddle who married Phoebe Womack.  See Choctaw Riddle family.

There is a lot of good information and misinformation about Tandy Walker.  There were many men named Tandy Walker.  The names derives from the marriage of Sylvanus Walker and Ann "Nancy" Tandy; many of their descendants took Tandy as a first name.

Some resources on Tandy Walker:

• Early History of Grime County, Texas (section on Tandy Walker starts page 147)
• A History of Methodism in Alabama (section on Tandy Walker starts page 90)
• Tandy Walker Land Grant, (in Spanish) Grimes Co, TX, Abstract 57, 27 Apr 1831, Vol 5, Patent 1154 (includes Tandy Walker's signature).
• Tandy Walker on Register of Families (in Spanish), showing Tandy Walker age 62, farmer, wife Mary age 55, arrived June 1830, 2 sons and 6 slaves.
• Tandy Walker, Georgia Archives, 1823 application for compensation for property stolen by Creek Indians.  Signature same as in 1831 Texas land grant.
• Tandy Walker, placed on pension rolls 7 July 1838, by act of US Congress, backdated to 1 Jan 1828.
• Tandy Walker, St Stephens, AL - story of how he rescued a white woman kidnapped by the Creeks.
• Mary Mays and Tandy Walker - appears to be an application for membership to the Choctaw Nation by a descendant.
• Tandy Walker on 1805 Tax List, Washington Co, AL (then part of Mississippi Territory).
• William Walker and Tandy Walker, statement concerning Creek Indians, 10 Dec 1796 issue of "The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state".
• Tandy Walker, a spy,  injured in Creek War of 1813-1814

Tandy Walker was not in the Revolutionary War.  He was placed on the Pension Roll by an Act of Congress in 1838 for his service as a spy during the Creek War of 1813-1814.  Ancestry has the index of "U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 3".  Tandy Walker's name is first mentioned 6 Jan 1819 in a petition for "Relief for disabilities incurred whilst acting as spy in the Creek war".  The petitions continued several times over the years until approved on 7 July 1838, when an Act of Congress placed him on the pension list, backdated to 1 Jan 1828 at $8 a month.

Tandy Walker was too young for military service in the Revolutionary War, since he was born circa 1768, given his age of 62 in the 1830 Register of Families in Texas (then part of Mexico).  Tandy would have been about 13 at the time of the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, which pretty much ended the war.  Tandy Walker "blacksmith to the Indians" has been thoroughly conflated with cousins and second cousins of the same name who did serve in the Revolutionary War.

Tandy Walker was active in multiple military conflicts.  He was in the Frontier Wars 1790-1796  (Oconee War), in militia companies from Georgia.  He was on the payroll of companies from Glynn Co, GA in 1793 and 1794, along with William Walker, Joel Walker, Elijah Walker, and John Walker, presumably his kin.  They were likely fighting the Creek Indians.

Tandy Walker was also in the Mississippi Territory Militia for the War of 1812, in Carson's Regiment, Captain Josiah Watts' Company of Mounted Volunteer Gunmen.  He appears on muster rolls as a private in 1814 at Fort Montgomery and Mobile.  A John Walker, likely Tandy's brother, was in the same company.

Tandy Walker appears in the database "Alabama Revolutionary War Soldiers" as "private, particular service not shown; enrolled on September 20, 1838, payment to date from January 1, 1828; annual allowance, $96.--Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile."  However, he was on the pension roll due to service in the Creek War 1813-1814, not the Revolutionary War.  Most people on the pension roll at that time were Revolutionary War veterans, because at that time, for veterans of later conflicts, an Act of Congress was required to be added to the pension rolls.

There was a Tandy Walker in the Revolutionary War with extensive records in the 6th Virginia Regiment.  This Tandy Walker moved to Chatham Co, NC, the to Moore Co, NC, where he applied for and received a pension, see pension application.  Note that the pension application states he was in the 6th Regiment of Virginia Continental Line.  His pension record says he died 4 Aug 1836.  He received his pension in North Carolina and almost certainly died there.

There was a Tandy Walker in tax lists of Mecklenburg Co, VA, for example, 1787-B Personal tax list, image 22, at binnsgenealogy.com.  Mecklenburg Co, VA was formed from Lunenburg Co, VA, where the first Tandy Walker, son of Sylvanus Walker and Ann Tandy, lived.

There is a memorial to a Tandy Walker in the Nectar Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama, but as the cemetery book notes, it is unlikely he is buried here, since he died in North Carolina on 4 Aug 1836.  The memorial states "Tandy Walker, 1760-1843, Private in the 6th Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War".  There are a few other memorials to Revolutionary War veterans, including a William Walker (1762 - 1840), but none appear particularly old, and were likely placed by descendants in the 1900s.  In any case, this is not Tandy Walker "blacksmith to the Indians".

An index card from the Alabama Archives notes that the book "The Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots of Alabama" by Louise Julich says: "WALKER, TANDY WILLIAM, private in the North Carolina Militia was buried in the Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama.  The Warrior River Chapter supplied the information and marked the grave."  Antioch Cemetery is in Oneonta, AL, about 10 miles from Nectar Cemetery, mentioned above.  No idea who this William Tandy Walker is, but since this came from a Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, it should be treated cautiously, since their early "genealogical" work is notoriously awful.

There was a Tandy Walker with a letter in the Triana, AL post office (Madison Co, AL), listed in the 11 July 1828 issue of The Democrat newspaper, Huntsvillle, AL (page 3, column 6, newspapers.com).   Triana is on the Tennessee River south of Huntsville.  This is about 45 miles straight line distance from Oneonta, AL.  This appears to be a different Tandy Walker.  The people in Madison Co, AL often came from Tennessee.

There was another Tandy Walker in the Revolutionary War.  This Tandy Walker served in North Carolina as private (North Carolina, Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1776-1783).  Nothing more known.  Also, in "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", a Tandy Walker served in the SC militia after the fall of Charleston.

In the War of 1812, there was a Tandy Walker, corporal in Captain Johnson's Company, North Carolina Militia; a Tandy Walker, private in 7th Regiment (Saunder's) Virginia Militia; and Tandy Walker, private in Carson's Regiment Mississippi Militia, discussed above.

To reiterate, there were many Tandy Walkers, but Tandy Walker "blacksmith to the Indians" was not in the Revolutionary War.  He was in the Georgia Frontier Wars of the 1790s, the War of 1812, and the Creek War of 1813-1814, during which he was injured, and was eventually added to the pension roll in 1838 by an Act of Congress.

The pension office in Mobile, AL notes he was a private paid $8 a month from 1828 through 1838.  They actually paid veterans twice a year, in March and September, so they would receive 6 months of their pension at once.  This was all back-pay, likely paid in a lump sum in 1838.  Note that was in Texas in the 1830s.  The pension record notes his account was transferred to the Tuskaloosa (old spelling of Tuscaloosa) office, but I cannot find him in the records of the Tuscaloosa pension office.  Another record of the Mobile, AL office has Tandy Walker as a spy being paid $8 a month, and paid in March 1843, but no further payments or other information.

From Tandy Walker's 1823 application to Georgia for compensation for property stolen by Indians, he said his father was William Walker.  The 1796 newspaper article says William Walker and Tandy Walker were from Columbia Co, GA.  The following deeds may refers to William Walker, father of Tandy:

• Columbia Co, GA Deed Book A:47 (LDS Film # 008135388, image 28) - Joshua Perkins to William Walker, lease for 100 acres, recorded 19 Oct 1791.  22 Dec 1774, Joshua Perkins of GA, carpenter, to William Walker of Ninety Six District, SC, 100 acres in St Paul's Parish.  Signed Joshua Perkins.  Witnesses David Thweatt, Samuel Walker, Thomas Glascock.
• Columbia Co, GA Deed Book A:48 (LDS Film # 008135388, image 29) - Joshua Perkins to William Walker, release 100 acres, recorded 19 Oct 1791.   23 Dec 1774, Joshua Perkins of GA, carpenter, to William Walker of Ninety Six District, SC, 100 acres in St Paul's Parish, sold to Perkins by William Lynn.  Signed Joshua Perkins.  Witnesses David Thweatt, Samuel Walker, Thomas Glascock.  Proved 6 July 1775 by Samuel Walker,
• Columbia Co, GA Deed Book A:52 (LDS Film # 008135388, image 31) - William Walker to John Fluker deed for 100 acres, recorded 20 Oct 1791.  17 [?] Sep 1784, William Walker to John Fluker, 100 acres on Germanys Creek in Richmond Co, GA.  Signed Wiliam (his & mark) Walker.  Witnesses Owen Fluker, Henry Bell.  Proved by Henry Bell 6 Sep 1790.

The following are what I believe to be the records of Tandy Walker, "blacksmith to the Indians".  The records show he was born circa 1768 to William Walker and Sarah (last name unknown).

The 1794 tax list of Glynn Co, GA lists Tandy Walker, William Walker and Joel Walker in a row.  See here (this is both the 1792 and 1794 tax lists).  While in Glynn Co, GA, Tandy Walker was in the Georgia Militia, listed in 1793 and 1794, see above, along with William Walker, Joel Walker, Elijah Walker, and John Walker.

In Tandy Walker's statement, made 20 Jan 1823, he said he was living in 1791 near Traders Hill on the St Marys River, when the Creek Indians stole his horses.  When he had horses stolen in 1792 and 1796, he was living in "Glen County" [sic, Glynn County] on the "Alatamahaw" River [Altamaha River].  In another statement, also made on 20 Jan 1823, Tandy Walker stated he was the Executor of the Last Will and Testament of William Walker deceased, and that William Walker in 1791 was a citizen of Georgia living near Traders Hill on the north side of the St Marys River, when several of his horses were stolen by the Indians of the Creek Nation.  This statement does not specify how Tandy Walker was related to William Walker.

Tandy Walker made his statements from Dallas Co, AL, and they were rejected because received a response in which he was told his statements had to made to court in Georgia.  So, Tandy Walker and his witness Caldwell Eastiss traveled to Jasper Co, GA where made another statement on 7 July 1823.  In this statement, Tandy Walker specifies that William Walker was his father, and Tandy Walker was the Administrator of William's estate.  In a second statement on 7 July 1823, Tandy spoke of the horses stolen from him, including "one black elegant gelding taken forcibly by said Indians from under deponents wife in the year 1796".  So, Tandy Walker was a married man in 1796.

Caldwell Eastiss was a witness for Tandy Walker in all these statements, and swore that he lived near Tandy Walker and William Walker in Georgia, and knew of the stolen horses.  He must have been a good friend of Tandy Walker, since he traveled with Tandy to Georgia, so Tandy could give his statements there.

So far, I have found no probate records for William Walker.  William Walker married Sarah LNU (last name unknown) and he died by 4 Mar 1807, as proved by the following records in Washington Co, AL (then part of Mississippi Territory):

• Washington Co, Mississippi Territory Deed Book A:171 (LDS Film # 007651265, image 620).   "I Sarah Walker of the Mississippi Territory and County of Washington, widow" to "my son Tandy Walker" a negro woman named Betty for $400.  The first child Betty may have to go to "my son William".  Signed 4 Mar 1807, Sarah Walker.  Witness:  James Ford.  Acknowledged before me and recorded 9 Apr 1807, R Harwell Clk.
• Washington Co, Mississippi Territory Deed Book A:171 (LDS Film # 007651265, image 620).   "I Sarah Walker of the County of Washington and Mississippi Territory" to John Walker for $100, negro boy Ben.  Signed 4 Mar 1807, Sarah Walker.  Witness:  James Ford.  Acknowledged before me and recorded 10 Apr 1807, R Harwell Clk.

Note that Sarah Walker says she is a widow and states that Tandy and William are her sons.  She does not state John Walker is her son, but another record shows Tandy and John were brothers.  Tandy Walker had a daughter, Sarah Newstep Walker, whose name may be a clue to the maiden name of Tandy's mother.

The last known record of William Walker, father of Tandy Walker, is statement he made 7 Nov 1796 in Columbia Co, GA.  His son Tandy Walker made a similar statement the same day, and both statements were published in the 10 Dec 1796 issue of the "The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state" newspaper (page 3, column 4).  William Walker, of Columbia Co, GA, swore he was employed by James Seagrove, the superintendent of the United States, at the treaty held at Colerain, as an artisan on the part of the US for the benefit of the Creek Indians.  He swore he was "generally acquainted" with the Creek language.  Tandy Walker swore he was an artisan who assisted William Walker, and was also "generally acquainted" with the Creek language.  Both William Walker and Tandy Walker swore that they overheard various Creek leaders state promises made by representatives of the Federal Government which went against the goals of the Georgia government.

Colerain was a town in Camden Co, GA on the St Marys River.  The Treaty of Colerain was signed here between the US and the Creek Nation.  James Seagrove was the US ambassador to the Creek Nation.  He wrote several letters to President George Washington, who was interested in the progress of negotiations with the Creeks.  The government and people of Georgia were dissatisfied with the treaty, and thought the US should have forced the Creeks to cede more land. 

William Walker and Tandy Walker were artisans, likely blacksmiths, who were employed by the US to provide services to the Creeks.  These agrees with "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines", p.131, which states Tandy Walker had been a government blacksmith for the Creeks, and spoke Creek fluently.

Tandy Walker and his brother John Walker applied for pre-emption land in Washington County, Mississippi Territory.  Their case was heard 31 Mar 1804 (American State Paper, Public Lands, Vol I, page 666).  Witnesses deposed that Tandy Walker inhabited and cultivated the land on the west side of the Tombigbee River by at least 3 Mar 1803; that Tandy Walker was the head of a family and John Walker was at least 21.  The claim was signed by John Walker "for self and brother Tandy".

On p.665 of the same book, John Wamack [Womack] and John Walker were chain carriers for a claim made by Peter Cartwright.

Tandy Walker appears in various tax lists of Washington Co, as well as a signer of a few petitions during this time.  This was also when he was employed as a blacksmith by the US, at St Stephens in Washington Co.

In 1815, Tandy Walker was on the tax list of Clarke Co, AL, formed from Washington Co on the east side of the Tombigbee River.  On 15 Aug 1817, the state of Mississippi was formed from the western half of Mississippi Territory, and the eastern half became Alabama Territory until 14 Dec 1819, when Alabama became a state.  Tandy Walker was living in Marengo Co, AL by 1818 - an Act of the Alabama Territory on 16 Nov 1818 established three voting precincts in Marengo Co at the homes of Tandy Walker, Jesse Birdsong and William Hopkins.

Perry Co, AL was created in 1819, partially from Marengo Co, and it is possible that Tandy Walker's home then fell into Perry Co.  The Choctaw tribe application (link above) seems to say Nancy C Walker, daughter of Tandy Walker and Mary Mays, was born in Perry Co, AL.  Additionally, "A History of Methodism in Alabama" states Tandy Walker is buried in Township 18, Range 6, which is in southwest Perry Co, and near the town of Newbern.

The area is close to the junction of Marengo, Perry and Dallas Counties.  Tandy Walker was in Dallas Co, AL in 1823 when he made his initial statement about property stolen by the Creeks.  Tandy Walker's signature on his 1823 statements matches his signature on his 1831 Texas land grants.

More later.

Asa Dupuy papers, Stevilie Letter, 6 Nov 1813

North Carolina Morganton November the 6th 1813,

Dear Sir

Having this day by an Accident Discovered an advertisement in the Raleigh Register from the Contents of Which I was induced to take the Freedom of Writing to you on the Subject of said advertisement and Inform you that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Cawthon formerly Elizabeth Womack and she was alive & well a few Weeks past living in the State of Georgia.


I am also acquaint[ed] with the Children of Olive[r] Spradlin who was a Son of John Spradlin & the Wife of Said John Spradlin was Sister to Elizabeth Cawthon.  I also knew a William Womack who I believe was a son of Abner Womack [incorrect, William was son of Isham Womack].  I would be thankfull if you would give me some Information so far as respects Elizabeth Cawthon, of what is comming to her as she is very old and is entirely Supported by one of her Son in law at present.  I did Expect to see her again in 2 or 3 Weeks, but in Expectation of an Answer from you I shall wait some time longer, as a reason of my writing to Inform you that I am Married to a Grand Daughter of Elizabeth Cawthon, (not Cauthorn as I find in the Advertisement) formerly Elizabeth Womack and of Course Consider myself in Duty bound to write you, as also to give you her information respecting said Advertisement, as she never would know anything of the Affair without my so doing.  Therefore Expect you will Oblidge me with a few lines on the subject while I am with due Esteem your humble Sevt.  [Servant]

Frederick Stevilie

Mr James Dupuy Junr

[Back Side]

Please to Direct a Letter to

Frederick Stevilie Esqr

Morganton, North Carolina

Yours &

Fredk Stevilie [signature]

[Envelope]

For Asa Dupuy

From Frederick Stevilie respecting Womack’s Est dated 6th Novr rec’d 22nd

Mr James Dupuy Junior

Living in Nottoway

The Postmaster of Nottoway is kindly requested to give Mr Dupuy notice of this Letter and oblidge a Stranger

25 [price of postage?]

Virginia

Franklin County, Georgia, Petition, 5 Mar 1790 - Womack, Bean, Cawthon, McBee, etc.

Telamon Cuyler Collection, University of Georgia, Hargrett Library (http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/index.shtml).

Box 42. Folder 3 - “Georgia. Governor Edward Telfair, 1790 March”.

[pg. 1]

State of Georgia / March the 5th 1790
Franklin County \

The Honorable Edward Telphar [sic, Telfair] Esqr Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the said State Greeting. Whereas we the Citizens of the Said County Have Ever laboured under Every Difficulty En that Ever free men had to incounter With and more Especially at the present time than heretofore by the ill proceedance of a few individuals who convened together in South Carolina not at most over fore men of our County who appointed and recommended the field officers of Our Country to your Honour; for which the county at Large are Greatly Dissatisfied not alleging anything to the charge of your Excellency but to the ill Conduct of those Designing men who Have Recommended those officers to answer their own Designing End and to gain Toppalarity [?] to them selves who is not careful to support the corrector of a gentleman nor the dignity of this State; for which Reason your Humble Petitioners Prayeth that your Excellency would please to Remove this Great appression off of the minds of the people by Granting your Honour Granting us a free Election to allect officers for our County by a mejority of Votes or som other way that your Honour might think most propper; and your humble Petitioners as in duty bound shall Ever Pray.

[pg. 2, 2 columns of names]

[Col 1]

Thomas Payne Esqr

Moses Payne

Nathaniel Payne

Champness Payne

John Payne

Wm Payne

Claborn Cawthon

Benjamin Echols Esqr

John Mullins Senr

John Briant

John Mullins junr

Benedick White

Nathaniel Hunt

James Hunt

John Hunt

Ambras Down

Samuel Payne

Wm Goff

Wm Goff junr

Thos Goff

Joseph Edwards

Clem Walters

John Walters

Thos Cottom

Samuel Walters

Poyndexter Payne

Thos Payne junr

Joseph Payne

Daniel Payne

Hennery Smith

[Col 2]

Moses Walters

Wm Harper

Daniel Ayerse

Baker Ayerse Senr

Barker Ayerse

Berry Payne

Robert Bean

William Womack

Robert Walters

William McBee

Elijah Waters

Moses Clark

George Clarke

John Clark Junr

John Clarke Senr

John Reddin

Robt Thresher

Warren Philpot

Thomas Sparks

Jeremi Sparks

James Sparks

James Wright

Elijah Sparks

Tom [?] Ward

Thomas Cotham

Aaron Campbell

Charles Gilbert

Ellickander [Alexander?] Caldwell

[pg. 3, one column of names]

Wm Liewes

Thomas White

Peter Jones

Wm Wood

Jas Freeman

John Conner Senr

Boley Conner

Sammule Porter

[pg. 4]

Petition from inhabitants of Franklin about electing Militia Officers

Order taken 30th March 1790

Powell Weaver, son of Cecilia Womack?

Powell Weaver was a famous mountaineer who helped lead the Mormon Battalion to present-day Utah.

In 1832, he married Dolores Martin in New Mexico.  Before marrying, he was baptized as a Catholic.  In the Spanish records, his name was rendered as Paulin Guivar.  There is no "W" in Spanish, and the "Gu" sound is as close as Spanish gets.  His baptismal record lists his parents as Venito Guivar and Secilia Guamaca. "Guamaca" may be a Spanish version of  Womack, which was often spelled Wamack and pronounced Waw-muck (which is my grandma's pronunciation from Arkansas).

I found the Spanish marriage and baptism records at Family Search, see below.  If anyone can translate old Spanish handwriting, let me know!

Christina Chavez message on WGN, 17 Dec 2003 -
http://www.womacknet.com/message/archive/2003/2003.12.html

Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 14:24:17 (PST)

Christina Chavez

e.c.chavez@worldnet.att.net

I am Looking for a Cecilia Womack who was married to a Joseph Benjamin Weaver from TN-White County. Based on the marriage record for Powell (Paulino Guivar)Weaver, 2 Sept 1832 Taos, NM, his parents were Jose Benito Weaver and Cecilia Guamaca (Womack) Powell was born ca. 1798/1800 in White County, TN. He had some property in 1828 in Lovely Co, AR. Eventually he moved to NM and Arizona. He was better known as Paulino Weaver - the famous mountain man and guide to the Mormon Battalion. Powell had a brother named, Duff Weaver.

I am still looking for Powell's parents. I assume they were Benjamin Weaver and ??

Thanks you for any help.

Christina

Also, Duff and Powell Weaver -
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=10&p=localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.arhist.lovely

LDS Film #17020/7548732, Baptisms 1701-1837, Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Church], Taos, Taos, NM. [Part of Mexico until 1848]
Paulin De Jesus Guivar, baptized 26 Aug 1832, Parents Venito Guivar, Secilia Guamaca in United States.
Book #48, Baptisms 1830-1833, p.128 (img 795 of 1115).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DX-8H9Y?i=794&cat=414536

LDS Film #17022/7854398, Marriages 1777-1856, Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic Church], Taos, Taos, NM. [Part of Mexico until 1848]
10 Sep 1832, Paulin Guivar to Dolores Martin
Book #39, Marriages 3 Jan 1837 - 30 Dec 1833, p.91 (img 200 of 862)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-1W3G?i=199&cat=414536

Womack and Farley records, Charles City County Virginia

The Virginia Archives is in the process of having volunteers transcribe a recently found portion of "Charles City County Record Book, 1692-1700".  Part of this book was abstracted year ago by Benjamin B Weisiger III, see American Womack Records Before 1701, Part II (read this link for abstracts of the the earliest Farley and Womack deeds in Charles City Co).  Part of the record book was recently returned to Virginia after being taken by a Union soldier back to Pennsylvania where it stayed in his family for generations.  See story in Richmond newspaper.

This has two important records in the first set of records abstracted by Weisiger:

• John Farley Sr, and wife (not named) to John Farley Jr, 1693.  John Farley Jr married Elizabeth Akin, and they were the parents of Mary Farley who married Thomas Womack.
• John Farley Sr, and wife Mary to John Womack, 1693.  John Womack was marred to Mary Akin, sister of Elizabeth, who was married to John Farley Jr.

The will of James Akin Sr in 1712 (Henrico Co, VA Wills & Deeds 1710-1714:240) mentions 4 children including Mary Womack and Elizabeth Farlow [sic, Farley].

John Farley Jr and John Womack lived side by side for a while in a section of Charles City County which became Prince George Co, VA in 1702, so the two Akin sisters were next to one another.

Those deeds can be found here, "Charles City County Record Book, 1692-1700", images 8 and 9, which are pages 155 and 156.  (Note, search the page for "Image 8", etc., since they are not all in order.)

There are two important research questions that can hopefully be answered by the transcription of the Charles City records:

1. In the 1704 Virginia Quit Rent Roll for Prince George Co, John Womack had 550 acres, but in 1693, he had only 75 acres.  How did he acquire the 475 acre difference in 11 years?
2. When was Mary Farley, daughter of John Farley Jr and Elizabeth Akin, born?  Several sources on the internet claim John Farley Jr and Elizabeth Akin married in 1700; furthermore, they assert that John Farley Jr's will (Chesterfield Co, VA WB 1:200) states that they married in 1700.  Having seen the will on microfilm, I can assert it does not.  The birth year of Mary Farley is important, because I believe she was born closer to 1690, and had son Abraham Womack Sr circa 1708, who in turn had son Abraham Womack Jr in 1726 per his Bible record: "Abraham Womack departed this life May 6, 1800, aged seventy four years."  Farley researchers have Mary born circa 1702, far too late to be the mother of Abraham Womack Sr.

These questions have been partially answered by recent transcriptions.

Images 265 - 267 cover pages 455 - 457 of Charles City Co, VA RB:1692-1700.

Charles City Co, VA RB:1692-1700:455-456.  Abstract by me: 3 Aug 1696, John Farley Jr of Charles City Co and Westopher [sic] Parish to John Hardiman of same county and parish, 75 acres purchased of Hercules Flood by John Farley Sr, who purchased 150 acres and made over to John Womack one half and son John Farley the other half, "divided with the apurtance of Herk Flood Will:m Jones & Henry Jones", Elizabeth Farley wife of John consents and releases dower.  Witnesses Mary Kennon and Elizabeth Kennon.  Signed John Farley I F his mark, 5 Oct 1696.  On back side of deed, John Hardiman assigned the land to Samuel Brooke.  Acknowledged by John Hardiman in open court 4 Nov 1698.  Samuel Brooks and wife Mary made this deed over to Henry Read, 3 Jan 1699, Witnesses: Jonas Liskam, David Owen.  Acknowledged by Saml Brooks in Westover open court, 3 Jan 1699.

So, John Farley Jr and Elizabeth Akin were married at least by 5 Oct 1696 when they sold out in Charles City Co and moved back to Henrico Co (modern Chesterfield).  They were very likely married before 20 Nov 1692, when John Farley Sr gave the land to his son, John Farley Jr.  John Farley Sr went to go live on the land in Henrico Co (modern Chesterfield Co) that he had traded with John Womack, meaning John Farley Jr was a grown man and likely married already.  So, I believe my assertion that Mary Farley, daughter of John Farley Jr and Elizabeth Akin, was born circa 1690, is correct.  Mary was the name of John Farley Jr's mother, and by naming patterns of the time, it makes sense that Mary was the oldest daughter.  Also, Mary was the second child listed in John Farley Jr's will, perhaps indicating she was early in the birth order.

There is another interesting deed in Prince George Co, VA:

Records 1713-1728:152.  11 Mar 1716.  Harman Read and wife Ann lease to Michael Wallice 75 acres in Westopher parish on north side of Blackwater Swamp, next to John Womack, being land John Farloe purchased of Hercules Flood.  Witnesses Richard Bland, Gilbert Hay.  Signed Harman (HR) Read, recorded 12 Mar 1716.

This is obviously the same land John Farley Jr and wife Elizabeth sold to John Hardiman, who assigned it to Samuel Brooke, who assigned to Henry Read; somehow by 1716 it belonged to Harmon Read who leased it to Michael Wallace.

This is important for two reasons:

1. Later Prince George records show that Michael Wallace was the father of Elizabeth Wallace, who married Abraham Womack, son of John Womack and Mary Akin.
2. The Farloe spelling is significant.  I checked the original on microfilm, and it definitely says John Farloe, so Farloe/Farlow were legitimate variations of Farley, and when James Akin Sr named Elizabeth Farlow in his will, he was referring to Elizabeth Farley, wife of John Farley Jr.

Land Patents:

• Hercules Flood/Fludd had 4 patent in Charles City Co between 1663 and 1690; not sure which contained the land he sold to John Farley Sr.  See LVA website.
• William Jones got 400 acres in Charles City Co on 8 Apr 1674 (VA PB 6:510), described as 470 acres on the south side of the Appamattox River, beginning at a corner surveyed for Hercules Flood.

Some thoughts on when John Womack married...

John Womack was a mean guy who got in a lot of trouble, including for beating his wife and kids.  He had no land until 1680, when his brother Richard Womack gave him 100 acres (Henrico WD 1677-1692:168), the same land John Womack traded in 1692 with John Farley Sr for the land in Charles City Co, VA (later Prince George Co) (see https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/womack-records/us/virginia/henrico-county).  Since he was a trouble-maker with no land, I find it unlikely that James Akins let John Womack marry his daughter before he had land, and there is no proof John was married prior to 1680, though he was definitely married in 1692 when he traded the land, because his wife Mary [Akin] consented (Henrico WD 1688-1697:378).  In fact, John Womack was married to Mary by 1 Feb 1688 (1689 in modern style) when Mary took him to court for beating her and "small children".  (Henrico OB 1681-1701:297).  It was also in Feb 1688/1689 that Barthlomew Roberts deposed that about April last year (so April 1688), he saw John Womack beat Mary and a 3-month old child for wetting the bed (Henrico OB 1688-1697:36).

 John Womack made his will in 1725 in Prince George Co, VA (Records 1713-1728:856, naming wife Mary, oldest son John, youngest son Abraham and son William.  An earlier deed record showed he had a son Richard Womack (Prince George Co, VA Records 1713-1728:152).  The records of Prince George Co are fragmentary, but John Womack Jr does not appear until 9 Dec 1712 when he bought land (Wills & Deeds 1710-1713:171).

All of this is to say that John Womack likely did not marry Mary Akin until circa 1685, and Mary was probably about 10 years younger than him.  Their son William Womack, from whom a large branch of the Womack family descends, was likely born circa 1700, and died 1778 when his will was probated in Halifax Co, NC.  John Jr (the oldest son) was likely born circa 1687, Richard circa 1690, and youngest Abraham circa 1703.

NOTE: Blogger editor ate a couple paragraphs concerning a significant Charles City Co, VA deed for John Womack; I will post more on this later.