Louella Clark Jefferson

Notes:

Written by Hunter George:
THE SONS OF CAP GEORGE
By Quentin Cline
This is a "teaser" for the short story I'm writing about the sons of Cornelius George and their experiences during the Civil War. I'm still in the process of writing the story, but hopeful this will "wet your whistle." Look for the story and a website dedicated to saving the old George Cabin. It's coming soon!
I?m using Noten George to tell the story of each of the Sons. It should be noted that what the Sons say and the day to day activities are fictionalized, however the battles, the blood and the unbelievable hell they went through were real.
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NOTEN GEORGE-- ?I stared at that there ten dollar gold piece with a peculiar eye. Here they was, what was left of the whole Confederate government, givin? me a Yankee gold piece. Mighty peculiar... Now don?t you fret none, I took it quick and put it in my pocket. And that be where it stayed ?til I got myself back home to Pittsylvania County. That specie was like some kinda reward for all that meanness and bitter times got throwed on me. Come hell nor high water twern?t no way was I ever gonna spend it. Be like losin? my soul.?
It was June 20th, 1861 that Hugh, one of the twins, took the wagon into Rorers to join up. He was the first of us George boys. Made no sense to me. Sure he wanted to fight them Yankees that was threatenin? to come down here and put us Southerners in our place. But Hugh was a cripple. Seems he fell outta a tree when he was eight or nine and busted up his leg right smart. Never the same since. Me and Ash told him they would not want him with that bum leg and all. It was a good two inches shorter than the other. He limped like a shoe-throwed mule. I reckon he went to sign up anyway. Prob?ly did it to prove he weren?t no cripple. His wife Lizzy cried and begged him not to go. But ol? Hugh was stubborn. He left her sobbin? in the dirt of the yard. He could be a might mean sometimes.
When he gets to Rorers there was this line of boys signin? up and ol? Hugh gets right in there with the bunch of ?em. When his time comes Hugh eases up to them officers and tells him his name. They sign him in. Hugh musta been a grinnin? cause he was gonna be a soldier! But then he turns to walk away and they see him a limpin?. An officer calls him back. He gets told that unless he can run and keep up with the other men they cannot use him.
Hugh says, ?I can keep up with any man!?
So they put in a kinda race. Right then and there they make ol? Hugh run with four or five other fellas. It ain?t even close. Hugh straggles along only now he?s done gone and hurt himself and limpin? even more. They was about to take his name off of that there paper when Hugh begged them to leave it on. He says he can do it. Give him some time. That officer musta felt sad for ol? Hugh.
He nodded, said, ?All right. Soon as you can run same as any man, we?ll take another look at you. We?ll put you down as sick for now.?
So Hugh?s name stayed on them papers. And everyday for a month Hugh?d get outta bed, even ?fore breakfast, he?d go out to the road and run fast as his crippled leg would carry him. Weren?t good enough. One morn? he tossed back the covers, looked at that leg... Well, Lizzy told me later that ol? Hugh cried like a baby. He never tried to run again. But his name stayed on them papers. And I told him later I was proud of him. He joined up first. Yep, we was all proud of him

Louella married Cornelius James 'Cap' George 1891. Cornelius (son of Noten George and Matilda Hopkins Myers) was born 14 Aug 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Dec 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Leemont Cemetery Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Stonewall Jackson George was born 11 Apr 1908, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 7 Jul 1946, Henry Co., Virginia; was buried , Leemont Ceme., Danville, Pitts. Co., VA.
2. Nell George was born 2 Apr 1892, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 6 Apr 1972, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; was buried , Schoolfield Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., VA.
3. Napoleon Bonaparte George was born 1897, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1965, Washington, D.C.; was buried , Leemont Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
4. James Jefferson George was born 27 Jun 1906, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 5 Aug 1957, District of Columbia; was buried , Leemont Ceme., Danville, Pitts. Co., VA.
5. Emma Snow George was born 13 Apr 1901, Virginia; died 17 Feb 1985, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountainview Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
6. Mabel Clair George was born 2 Oct 1902, Virginia; died 26 Jan 1987, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Leemont Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
7. Cornelia George was born 2 Apr 1904, Virginia; died 19 Nov 1996, Franklin County, North Carolina; was buried , Leemont Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
8. John Brown George was born 20 Jan 1900, Virginia; died 11 Jun 1968, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; was cremated , Bowman-Gray School of Medical Science (body donated to science) Winston-Salem. N.C..

William married Adaline A. Grubb Bef 1855. Adaline (daughter of Jesse Grubb and Mary Grubb) was born Abt 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/misc/j1620000.txt
The Jefferson Family of Pittsylvania County

N. E. Clemenet

William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 23,
No. 3. (Jan., 1915), pp. 181-182.

Page 181.

THE JEFFERSON FAMILY OF PITTSYLVANIA
COUNTY.

Communicated by Mrs. N. E. Clement, Chatham, Va.

In number 3 of Vol, XXII., in an account of the Allen family,
mention is made of he marriage of Elizabeth Allen to Field Jefferson,
mother of Col. Peter Jefferson, of Albemarle. Field Jefferson's
will, dated 1762, is filed at Mecklenburg Courthouse, and in it he
names four sons, viz.: Thomas, Peter Field, George and John.

George Jefferson patented large bodies of land in Pittsylvania
County, a part of which he later sold to his brother Peter Feld.

In the first lists of tithables taken in Pittsylvania County we
find,
"List of Tithables taken by George Jefferson in Pittsylvania
County, Camden Parish, Year 1767."

In list occurs following items:

"George Jefferson (Mecklenburg)
John Davis, Overseer, and negroes (to wit), Land
Tithes Acres.
Sam, Chance, Pompey, Phillis, Pal and Sary 7 8000

In May, 1774, George Jefferson, of Lunenburg, sells to Peter
Field Jefferson, of Mecklenburg, for L120, 409 acres on Turkey
Cock Creek, Pittsylvania Co.

For L60, 321 acres on Sailor's Creek, Pittsylvania Co.
For L500, 1005 acres on Turkey Cock Creek, Pittsylvania.

Again in 1776, he sells him 140 acres in Pittsylvania. Peter
Field Jefferson must have soon after this removed to Pittsylvania
County to live, for in 1779 we find him selling 380 acres for L350
to Elisha Walker, and in the deed giving his place of residence as
Pittsylvania County. There is no will of Peter Field Jefferson
recorded in Pittsylvania, but there is one of his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Jefferson, dated 1828. In it she mentions

Page 182.

following children: Sons Field Jefferson, John Jefferson, Samuel A.
Jefferson, Alexander Jefferson, Archer Jefferson, dec'd, and Thomas
Jefferson, dec'd; daughters Patsy Brewer and Judith Jefferson. From
the marriage Register we find that on Feb. 27, 1806, Thomas Jefferson
married Elizabeth Ball. Feb. 20, 1808, Alexander Jefferson married
Elizabeth Smith. Alexander Jefferson's will is dated 1837 and
probated 1838.

A grandson of Alexander Jefferson, Col. David Alexander Jefferson, of Chatham, Virginia is a prominent member of his family to-day.
Piedmont Lineages, a publication of the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society Volume XVI No.2 May 1994, The Jefferson Cousins of Pittsylvania County, Virginia: may be seen at Danville Public Library, 511 Patton Street, Danville, Virginia

Noten married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Carter 15 Mar 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathan W. [Nathaniel] Carter and Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Adkins) was born Abt 1813, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1855, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Jesse married Mary Grubb Bef 1833. Mary was born Abt 1810; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

We can discover no descendants from any child of John and
Anna Ramsey Jefferson except those of Noton.

Analysis of the census records of 1820-40 reveal six
children in 1820. We can establish only three of them:
Nancy, John Jr. and Noton.

John married Anna Ramsey 12 Oct 1800, Virginia. Anna was born Abt 1770; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nathan Carter, h/o Betsy Adkins, served in the war of 1812.

Elizabeth is named Betsy Carter in her father's 1848 will and her husband is named Nathan Carter in the September 11, 1850 settlement of the Estate of her father, William. She is with her husband Nathan in the 1850 census for the Northern District, Pittsylvania Co., VA, page 234A taken Oct. 23, 1850: Nathan (66 - unknown) and Betsy (62 - VA) Carter are Farming with real estate valued at $296. The Slave Schedule for Pittsylvania Co. records Nathan with 4 slaves.
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 Name: Betsy Carter [Betsy Adkins]
Birth Date: abt 1787
Birth Place: Pittsylvania County
Death Date: 15 Jan 1879
Death Place: Second Dist., Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Death Age: 92
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Female
Father Name: William Adkins
Mother Name: Polly Adkins
FHL Film Number: 2048580


Name:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CARTER/1998-12/0914810368

CARTER, Nathan, Elizabeth (Adkins) WC-1895, m 25 Aug 1803 Pittsylvania Co.VA, sd 3 Jul 1857, srv Samuel Calland's VA Milita, lived Pittsylvania Cty VA.

Nathan married Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" Adkins 18 Jul 1803, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of William Vortimer Adkins and Mary Anne 'Polly' Hartman) was born 7 Dec 1785, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 29 Sep 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Adkins-Oakes Cemetery Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She is Betsy Carter in her father's Will