Mary Alice Reynolds

Notes:

Alice married when I was three years old, so I don't
remember much about her at our home. I enjoyed going to
visit her and Jim and staying for days. She was almost
like a second mother to me. It was Alice who named me, and
because of that, she gave me a little gold ring when I was
perhaps five years old. When I was 14, Mother went to
Portsmouth for about a week to visit Julia and left Daddy
the three younger brothers and me for about a week. Mother
returned on a Sunday, and in preparation for her homecoming
Alice and I prepared a Sunday dinner. She was of a happy
disposition. I think the thing that means most to me now
is what Alice did for our family. As she was dying, she
asked Mother if she (Mother) had any music. Of course,
Mother did not them. Alice said she wanted them to sing!
Then she talked about the sweet music she heard, that it
was all around her! This was her happy theme until she lay
back on the bed and breathed her last. What a testimony.

Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson
Reynolds, granddaughter of William Garrett Reynolds

Mary married James Andrew Thompson, Sr.. James (son of Gilbert L. Thompson and Ella Booker) was born 15 Jan 1888, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 7 Jun 1973, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Reynolds Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Ella Thompson was born 28 Aug 1913, Staunton River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 31 May 1999, Falls Church, Virginia.
2. Louise Thompson was born 15 May 1915, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 11 Aug 2009, Campbell, Virginia.
3. James Andrew Thompson, Jr. was born 12 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 4 May 2004, Lynchburg, Virginia.
4. Alice Thompson was born 9 Aug 1919, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Notes:

Our farm was not large--100 acres given to Daddy and Mother by Grandmother and Grandfather Brumfield and about 100 acres added by Daddy and Mother. The crops were somewhat varied on our farm; tobacco, (the money crop), wheat, corn, hay, beans, and perhaps some oats. We had fruit trees: apples, peaches, plums, cherries, carrots, and one apricot. And there were strawberries and grapevines. Of course we had a garden. Daddy raised enough hogs for his family's use. Mother's aim each year was to get 300 baby chicks (hatched on the farm) for home use. We had fried chicken often. Most times Mother would dress six or more chickens for our Sunday dinners. We had a few turkeys, but not many. There were about four horses to work the farm and ride. In addition, we had milk cows and beef cows enough for home consumption. Sometimes in the winter Daddy would kill a beef, keep what his family could use (no refrigeration then) and give or sell the rest to the neighbors. We had plenty of food to feed our big family and to share with visitors. And Visitors we had.
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Published family history by Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds; can be seen at Danville Public Library 2nd floor, genealogy room, Danville, Virginia


Johnson rode a horse with a pleasing appearance and dignity. His erect posture on a horse and his oneness with the animal's movements was a delight to see. Johnson enjoyed fox hunting, did not use alcohol or tobacco, although he raised tobacco for his money crop, and used profanity freely although he was a religious man.

Johnsie was about six or seven years old when his father, William Garrett died. About the same time, he fell out of a tree which caused him to have a slight limp for the rest of his life.

Keene Johnson Reynolds was born November 30, 1861, a few months after the Civil War began. He was the ninth and youngest child of William Garrett Reynolds and Elizabeth Elvira "Betsy" Blair. The Reynolds' home was near Tomahawk Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Keene Johnson Reynolds was called by his middle name, Johnson, or simply Johnse, by those who knew him best. His Mother called him "Johnsie". When he was born, four of his six brothers were serving in the Confederate Army and his father, William Garrett, was a member of the Home Guard..When the war began John S. (age 21 or 22), and Henry C. (age 15) joined the Virginia forces or at least they joined before the war ended.

Christine Reynolds [Stone]

Keene married Mary Susan "Molly" Brumfield 15 Nov 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Henry Anderson Brumfield and Julia Ann Craddock) was born 21 Apr 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Nov 1951, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Reynolds Family Cemetery, Gretna, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
On November 14, 1883 when Daddy was nearly 22 and Mother was sixteen, they were married at her home, "The Elms" near what is now Renan. Mother's family had moved from the Greenpond-Hollywood neighborhood to Renan in 1882. The first year of their marriage, Daddy and Mother lived with his mother, Betsy Blair Reynolds, and farmed with her. The next year, they moved to the land Grandfather Brumfield had given them at Renan. The home they built was located below what later became the highway. Mother had wanted to be on high ground, however, the house was placed just a few yards from one of the best springs anywhere around and, in the days when water was brought in by bucketsful and a springhouse was the only means of cooling food, having a spring nearby was a real asset.

Published family history by Christine Reynolds Stone,
daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett
Reynolds; can be seen at Danville Public Library 2nd floor,
genealogy room, Danville, Virginia

Christine Reynolds [Stone]

Notes:

Men of the community or adjoining communities would contest with each other in the skill of riding a horse at full tilt down a track and by means of a long lance, pick off rings suspended from poles by putting the lance through the rings. It was at such a meet that Johnson first met Mary Brumfield, who won his heart.

William Garrett and his wife and children were charter members of Greenpond Baptist Church. It is said that they gave the wood for the first little church building. Their love for our Lord and service to Him are a treasured heritage.

William Garrett Reynolds published his last will and testament January 9, 1868 and died 19 days later.

William Garrett Reynolds was named for his maternal grandmother, Ann Garrett, mother of Sarah Ann Philpott.

William Garrett Reynolds was a farmer, and a Baptist. He was a member of the Home Guards during the Civil War. He lived in Both Pittsylvania and Henry Counties, Virginia. His last place of residence was near Climax, Virginia.


Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

William married Elizabeth Elvira "Betsy" Blair 25 Aug 1838, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Britton Blair and Mary S. "Polly" Reynolds) was born 25 Jan 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 13 Sep 1891, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Pittsylvania County, Virginia . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Record Pittsylvania County, Virginia
William Garrett Reynolds to Elizabeth E. Blair 10 Aug 1838.

Notes:

Name:
Henry Anderson Brumfield and his wife Julia Ann Craddock also had a child Henry Lee Brumfield, b. 18 Apr 1873. He married Lillie Grace Booker b. 23 Jan 1875; they married 14 Nov 1894 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia

Henry married Julia Ann Craddock 21 Feb 1865, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Julia (daughter of John Smith Craddock and Nancy Ardena Grubb) was born 22 Oct 1846, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Sep 1939, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Brumfield Family Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DAR Patriot Index Lookup
PHILPOT, CHARLES THOMAS; A090845
Child/Child : SARAH PHILPOTT m. JOHN DEVIN REYNOLDS
Service: MARYLAND Rank: SERGEANT
Birth: 11-20-1753 CHARLES CO MARYLAND
Death: 2-29-1836 HENRY CO VIRGINIA
Pension Number: *S5924
Service Source: *S5924
Service Description:
1) CAPTS ENEAS CAMPBELL,MONTJOY BAILY
2) COL JOHN GUNBY
Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805
DOD apparently listed in chancery suit

['Modern' headstone replaced by Mrs. Ruth Marlowe, (Ruth Mae
Reynolds) granddaughter, along with a marker for Allen
Gilmer Reynolds and wife Martha Ann Jackson.-mfe]

Sarah Ann Philpott
Buried: Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., Va.
Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston
Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh


John Devin Reynolds is the 2nd son of Joseph M. Reynolds and his wife, Margaret Devin. Named for his Uncle John, and his Mother's Maiden name [Devin], he was born in 1783. He died 18 Mar 1831. His death was not an easy one. He writhed in agony from what we know today, as kidney stones, and after 9 days, finally succumbed to his exhaustion. His wife, described his agony and mortification in a letter to her daughter, Herodias in Missouri.

Because John's father, Joseph M. Reynolds had two wives, he enjoyed the company of 17 siblings. Eldest brother, Hugh is beginning his family in the same year his father produces his final heir.

Absolute documented proof, and multiple dna matches, confirm the father of Joseph M. Reynolds, and grandfather of John Devin Reynolds, is Hugh Reynolds of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Pittsylvania County Virginia.

John married Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott 19 Jul 1808, Henry County, Virginia . Sarah (daughter of Charles Thomas Philpott and Elizabeth Garrett) was born 1 Oct 1784, Frederick County, Maryland; died Abt 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia C.S.A.; was buried , Worlds Cemetery Callands, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Ann Philpott is buried with her husband John Devin
Reynolds in the Reynolds/Adkins Cemetery in Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia


Name:
Sally Philpott is the sister of Cassandra Philpott who is a dna match on GEDMATCH to Mary Frances Reynolds.

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Notes:

150 years ago.....April 6,1865. POW Sgt.Samuel Brittain Blair jr. an older brother to my Ggrandfather Luther Rice Blair,and one of 7 Blair brothers in the Confederacy,was with the Pittsylvania Co. Va. Chatham Greys of the 53rd Inf. Va. They fought most major battles in Va./Md/Pa. The 53rd suffered huge losses at Gettysburg and was one of the few "over the wall" in Picket's Charge. Samuel was a Sgt. at the time of his capture in Farmville,Va. (Saylors Creek) on the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond & Petersburg in the last days before Appomattox,the surrender. Captured April 6,1865, and sent to Newport News,Va. to a Union prison camp 3 days before the surrender April 9,1865

Birth: May 25, 1838
Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA
Death: Apr. 1, 1911
Rondo
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA

He enlisted in the Confederate Army on August 28, 1861 as a Corporal in Company G, 53rd VA Infantry. On December 31, 1864 he was promoted to Sergeant and became a Prisoner of War in Farmville, VA on April, 1865. He was paroled on July 1, 1865.

DAR Lookup Service
Howard Joel Ferguson born on 17 - Dec - 1877 at Riceville
VA died at at sea on 17 - Feb - 1930 and his ( 1st ) wife
Julia Elizabeth Reynolds born on 19 - Feb - 1885 at Renan
VA died at _______________ on - - married on 27 - Aug - 1913
2.
The Said Julia Elizabeth Reynolds was the child of
Keene Johnson Reynolds born on 30 - Nov - 1861 at Climax VA
died at Renan VA on 17 - Jan - 1926 and his ( 1st ) wife
Mary Susan Brumfield born on 21 - Apr - 1867 at Callands VA
died at Renan VA on 25 - Nov - 1951 married on 15 - Nov -
1883
3.
The Said Keene Johnson Reynolds was the child of
William Reynolds born on 1 - Apr - 1811 at Pitts Co VA
died at Climax VA on 23 - Jan - 1868 and his ( 1st ) wife
Elizabeth Elvira Blair born on 25 - Jan - 1817 at Climax VA
died at Climax VA on 13 - Sep - 1891 married on 25 - Aug -
1833
4.
The Said Elizabeth Elvira Blair was the child of Samuel
Blair born on 11 - Apr - 1789 at Pittsylvania Co VA
died at Pittsylvania Co VA on 22 - Mar - 1870 and his (1st)
wife Mary Reynolds born on 18 - Mar - 1791 at Callands VA
died at Pittsylvania Co VA on (a) - - 1834 married on 26 -
Jul - 1810
5.
The Said Samuel Blair was the child of William Blair born
on (c) - - 1750 at Derry Co Moneymore Ireland died at
Pittsylvania Co VA on - Jan - 1789 and his ( 1st ) wife
Sarah Sutter born on (c) - - 1760 at York Co PA,
died at Murry Co TN on (p) - - 1807 married on (c) - - 1779


!NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
Frances Reynolds

!NAME:A, Nancy L., A, Nancy L., email dated 03.Mar.2002

!NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Samuel married Mary S. "Polly" Reynolds 26 Jul 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Mary (daughter of Joseph M. Reynolds and Margaret "Peggy" Devin) was born 18 Mar 1791, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died 4 Apr 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried , Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DAR Lookup Service
Howard Joel Ferguson born on 17 - Dec - 1877 at Riceville
VA died at at sea on 17 - Feb - 1930 and his ( 1st ) wife
Julia Elizabeth Reynolds born on 19 - Feb - 1885 at Renan
VA died at _______________ on - - married on 27 - Aug - 1913
2.
The Said Julia Elizabeth Reynolds was the child of
Keene Johnson Reynolds born on 30 - Nov - 1861 at Climax VA
died at Renan VA on 17 - Jan - 1926 and his ( 1st ) wife
Mary Susan Brumfield born on 21 - Apr - 1867 at Callands VA
died at Renan VA on 25 - Nov - 1951 married on 15 - Nov -
1883
3.
The Said Keene Johnson Reynolds was the child of
William Reynolds born on 1 - Apr - 1811 at Pitts Co VA
died at Climax VA on 23 - Jan - 1868 and his ( 1st ) wife
Elizabeth Elvira Blair born on 25 - Jan - 1817 at Climax VA
died at Climax VA on 13 - Sep - 1891 married on 25 - Aug -
1833
4.
The Said Elizabeth Elvira Blair was the child of Samuel
Blair born on 11 - Apr - 1789 at Pittsylvania Co VA
died at Pittsylvania Co VA on 22 - Mar - 1870 and his (1st)
wife Mary Reynolds born on 18 - Mar - 1791 at Callands VA
died at Pittsylvania Co VA on (a) - - 1834 married on 26 -
Jul - 1810
5.
The Said Samuel Blair was the child of William Blair born
on (c) - - 1750 at Derry Co Moneymore Ireland died at
Pittsylvania Co VA on - Jan - 1789 and his ( 1st ) wife
Sarah Sutter born on (c) - - 1760 at York Co PA,
died at Murry Co TN on (p) - - 1807 married on (c) - - 1779


Mary "Polly" was named after her paternal grandmother, Mary
Nealy Reynolds, wife of Hugh Reynolds
MARY S REYNOLDS was born on 18 March 1791; Polly died on 4
April 1833, aged 42; m. Samuel Brittain Blair, Sr., aged
20, married Mary S Reynolds, aged 19, on 26 July 1810 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA. They had nine children:

Margaret R. Blair born on 24 April 1811 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA; died on 7 November 1876
Joannah A. Blair born on 28 February 1813 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA; died on 10 March 1863
Joseph Blair born on 15 February 1816
Elizabeth Elvira Blair born on 20 January 1817
James H. Blair born on 3 June 1819; died on 3 April
1858
William Addison Young Blair born on 18 November
1821; died on 25 June 1879 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
John Francis Marion Blair born on 3 March 1826 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA; died in 1885
Amanda Virginia Blair born on 27 March 1828; died
on 11 March 1861
Edna E. B. Blair born on 26 November 1830; died in
1865

Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

Thomas married Saluda Nancy Mayhew. Saluda was born 1804, Prob. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 1854, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Thomas Keeling Brumfield
Parents: Joshua Brumfield(killed in the war of 1812)and Susanna Keeling.
M 1)Feb. 27,1827 to Saluda Nancy Mayhew (1804-1854)
Children :8 Born in Pittsylvania, Virginia
Elizabeth Jane Brumfield(1828-1906)
Joshua F. Brumfield 30 March 1829 D. Virginia
Sarah Ann Brumfield 14 Aug 1831- April 1864
Henry Anderson Brumfield 12 January 1833 D. 23 April,1905 Rena, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Susannah Brumfield(1835-1917)
Thomas W. Brumfield 23 Dec.1837-May 31,1862~Killed in the Civil War (Battle of Seven Pines fought on May 31,1862
Mary Coleman Brumfield(1840-1875)
Nancy Rorer Brumfield(1844-1894)

M 2)Feb. 23,1847 to Sarah Sally Crider(1804-1857) widow of(Henry Towler 8 children)
Children: 2 Born in Virginia
Andrew Taylor Brumfield(1847-1898)
William Taylor Brumfield(1851-1873/75?)

John married Nancy Ardena Grubb 6 Dec 1842, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Jesse I . Grubb and Minta C. Newton) was born 19 Nov 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1902, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]