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Matilda Hopkins Myers[1, 2]

Female Abt 1828 - 1895  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Matilda Hopkins Myers 
    Born Abt 1828  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Dec 1895  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried George Family Ceme. Gretna, Pitts. Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14886  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2015 

    Family Noten George,   b. 5 Apr 1822, Pittsville, Pitts. Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1906, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Cornelius James 'Cap' George,   b. 14 Aug 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F5166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143456602.
      Birth: Apr. 5, 1822, Pittsville, Pitts. Co., VA
      Death: Jun. 5, 1906, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

      Spouse: Matilda Hopkins Myers
      Married: October 17, 1851
      Noten enlisted in the Confederate Army Company D, 57th Virginia Infantry, August 1st 1861,at Galveston, Pittsylvania County,Virginia.
      **On the night of April 2,1865, Noten was among a contingent of troops sent to Danville, via the Danville Railway, to provide a guard for the Confederate government which left Richmond for Danville on that day. He is said to have ontinued in escort with President Davis and his Cabinet to Washington, Georgia where, on May 10,1865, it was decided to give up the struggle and disband. The escort of about 3,000 men, were each given ten dollars in gold as payment for their service and to finance their way home. In August,1865, Noten
      arrived home with his precious gold piece. Noten and Matilda had eight children:
      1--Melittie George born 1831, m. Wade H. Ramsey
      2--Chestina Cornelia George 1854, m. John Bolling
      3--Susan Ann George 1857 m. George Davis Myers
      4--Martha Washington George 1859 m. David T.
      Pickeral
      5--Cornelius James George( also called "Cap" as was his Grandfather), Born August 14, 1860.
      Married Luella Jefferson
      6--Fannie Elizabeth George 1864 m. Charles H. Pickeral
      7--David Graves George October 31,1865 m. Maria White Murphy **David Graves George wrote the famous song "The Wreck of the Ole 97"
      8--Charles Noten December 24,1870, d. before age 5

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=147640433.
      Birth: 1828, Pitts., Co., VA
      Death: Dec. 17, 1895, Pitts. Co., Virginia
      Burial:
      George Family Cemetery
      Gretna, Pitts. Co., VA
      Parents:James Myers
      Frances"Fannie"Waler
      Children:
      Pleasant W.'Pete'Myers b. 1830 m. 10 Dec 1849, Rebecca J. Willis
      Tabitha "Tabby" Myers born 1832
      Priscilla Myers born 1835
      Frances Myers born 1837
      Susan N. Myers b. 1838, m. 31 Dec 1860, Wm D. Dalton
      All children born in Pittsylvania County