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Archeleus Hughes

Archeleus Hughes

Male 1747 - 1795  (48 years)

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  • Name Archeleus Hughes 
    Born 1747  Lunenburg Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Dec 1795  Patrick Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hughes Cemetery, Patrick Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19290  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2017 

    Family Mary Ann 'Molly' Dalton,   b. 1748, Prob. Lunenburg County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1842, Patrick Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 20 Aug 1769  Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Sarah 'Sallie' Hughes,   b. 30 Apr 1792, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1883, Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2019 
    Family ID F7161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Archelius Hughes
    Archelius Hughes
    p9290ArcheliusHughes.jpg

    Documents
    Virginia Historical Magazine
Henry County, Virginia 
Residents Who Renounced Allegiance to Great Britain and Swearing Allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia
    Virginia Historical Magazine Henry County, Virginia Residents Who Renounced Allegiance to Great Britain and Swearing Allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia
    HenryCountyHistory.pdf
    1778 - 1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia by Lela C. Adams Copyright 1973-RFS.pdf
    1778 - 1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia by Lela C. Adams Copyright 1973-RFS.pdf
    1778 - 1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia by Lela C. Adams Copyright 1973-RFS.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17965503.
      Mary Ann "Molly" Dalton Hughes
      Parents:
      Samuel Dalton (1699 - 1805)
      Ann Dandridge Redd Dalton (1716 - 1800)
      Spouse:
      Archelaus Hughes (1747 - 1796)
      Children:
      Archelaus Hughes (1772 - 1846)
      Nancy Hughes Stovall (1773 - 1845)
      Jeancy Hughes Fulkerson (1781 - 1870)
      Samuel Hughes (1783 - 1850)
      William M. Hughes (1785 - 1871)
      Matilda Hughes Dillard (1786 - 1875)
      Madison Redd Hughes (1789 - 1877)
      Sarah Hughes Martin (1792 - 1883)
      Siblings:
      Letitia Dalton Moore (1742 - 1838)
      David R.S. Dalton (1742 - 1820)
      Rachael Dalton Martin (1746 - 1836)
      Mary Ann Dalton Hughes (1748 - 1841)
      Mary Ann "Molly" Dalton Hughes
      Birth: 1748, Rockingham County, North Carolina
      Death: Dec. 28, 1841, Ararat, Patrick Co., VA
      They were married 25 Sep 1769 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      Some of their children were:
      1. Archelaus Madison Hughes, b. 1771, Patrick County, VA. and d. ca.1829
      2. Sally Hughes
      3. John L. Hughes, b. 3 Aug 1776 and d. 26 Dec 1860
      4. Jeancy "Jincy" Hughes, b. 1780 and d. 1870
      5. William Hughes, b. 13 Jun 1785 and d. 1871
      6. Madison Redd Hughes, b. 1787 and d. 1876
      7. Nancy Hughes, b. 30 Jun 1773 in Patrick County, VA. and d. 2 Jun 1845 in Patrick County, VA
      8. Leander Hughes
      9. Reuben Hughes
      10. Matilda Hughes
      11. Samuel Hughes, b. ? and d. 4 Mar 1850
      ===
      Her father, Samuel Dalton, 1699-1802, was a son of William Dalton, the colonist, who came first to Gloucester County, Va.
      Samuel was the wealthiest man in all the county and owned much land and many slaves. He and his wife, Ann Dandridge Redd had at least four sons and six daughters.
      ===
      PORTRAIT AT CANNON'S AUCTIONS: (Dec. 2013)
      Sepia portrait of Lady Dalton Hughes in walnut shadow box frame, titled on the reverse "Lady Dalton Hughes, wife of Colonel Archelaus Hughes. Buried at Hughesville, Patrick County, Va. in the year of 1844"; measuring 12 x 10".
      ===
      Hughes Cemetery
      All of the surrounding cemeteries listed in Pilson's book mention Hughesville, Va. and a Hughsville house.
      Directions to another cemetery say it is located 1/2 mile south of Hughes Cemetery and near the North Carolina Line.
      Call Ken Harbour, a retiree, 276-694-7774.
      He is a Patrick native and very helpful.
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      OBITUARY
      Departed this life, on the 30th December 1841, at her residence in Patrick County, of chronic rheumatism, the venerable Mrs. Mary Hughes, a relict of Col. Archelaus Hughes, in the 94th year of her age. Apart frpm the extreme age to which it pleased kind Providence to prolong the life of Mrs. Hughes, she may truly be said to have possessed very many of the most remarkable and excellent traits of the human character. Her life began before the existence of this Government, and consequently she witnessed in its most destructive ravages the horror of the Revolutionary War, and felt its effects in her immediate circle. The brave old soldier with whom she had linked her earthly destiny was absent during that momentous struggle in his country's service, and while his safety was the dearest object of her solatude, the glory and success of her country's arms were never lost sight of. During the struggle she imbibed a spirit of patriotism, which to the latest day of her existence, like her other faculties of the higher order, was not in the slightest degree diminished, and in her many admirers has been a source of peculiar interest. Kind to the human family, with an almost universal benevolence, she administered alms in the true spirit of charity. From her lips no account of selt-claimed merit was ever heard. To speak of her and to do her justice is the delight of her many relatives and friends, who thronged around her and sweetened the gloom of her declining years; but to portray adequately the cardinal virtues of her remarkable character is more than, at present, I shall attempt to do. As a mother, we may safely say no woman could excel her. As a mistress, she was humane and kind, devoting to the comforts of her servants every necessary attention. As a friend, the high regard in which she was held by her neighbors sufficiently attests the hospitality of her soul. As a woman, she united to the greatest energy of character the most refined and cultivated tenderness of disposition. Ready to forgive the frailties of her sex, she raised for herself an elevated standard of female excellence, up to which she most exactly came, discharging every duty which in her estimation was proper to be practiced by the female portion of society. She was sick but a few days, and it seemed that her disease had been arrested, when after retiring, apparently convalescent and in the most cheerful spirit, she was discovered in the morning to have expired. She thus may be said to have retained to the day of her exit from time to eternity that hilarity of feelings with which her long years had been characterized. The number of her descendants is almost three hundred.

      National Intelligencer February 5, 1842
      Washington

    2. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE113575&vid=FHD&vid=FHD.
      Archeleus Hughes m. Mary Dalton, 20 Aug 1769
      https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/230804-redirectionittsylvania Co., VA