Abner H. Jefferson

Notes:

Abner's Mother, Polly has a brother named Abner, born Apr 3, 1804

Died:
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/13437241/person/211708271/story

When David Abner Jefferson was born about 1830, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, his father, Alexander, was 51 and his mother, Mary, was 38. He married Roxannah "Roxie" Roberts about 1850, in Georgia. They had five children during their marriage. He died in 1862 in Warwickshire, at the age of 32.

Notes:

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.
Alexander Jefferson b, 31 July 1779 married twice. First to Elizabeth Smith 20 Feb 1808. They had five children, several of whose names would have remained unknown had it not been for a chancery suit filed when Alexander died intestate sometime before 1870.

Alexander married Mary "Polly" Mahan 20 Apr 1829, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Alexander W. Mahan and Catherine Ball) was born 21 Mar 1794, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Bible Record lists her as third child born to Catherine and Alexander Mahan Actual Record is 21 Mar 17___. Estimated date based on estimated marriage date of 1787 and DOB of William as 1792 being the 2nd child born to Catherine and Alexander.

Name:
Polly's children are named for her siblings shown on her mother's Bible Record

Notes:

Peter Field Jefferson is the first cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was the third president of the United States. Their fathers, Field and Peter Jefferson are the sons of Thomas Jefferson Jr. and his wife Mary Field. Another son, George Jefferson, explored the largely unpopulated area which is now northwestern Pittsylvania County and Franklin County, Virginia. Peter Field brought some of George's land in 1774 and was in the order books as a resident by 1779. When he died in 1794, he left his widow and eleven children, ranging in age from 9 years to 31.

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 email, vancsoc@gamewood.net

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.

Peterfield married Elizabeth Allen 29 May 1762, Cumberland County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Allen and Martha Archer) was born 7 Dec 1739, Cumberland County, Virginia; died 7 May 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Catherine Ball 26 Jun 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of John Ball and Mary 'Molly' Ball) was born 9 Aug 1769, Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Marriages of Pitts. CO. VA 26 Jun 1790 Alexander Mahan and Catherine Ball, dau of John Ball who consents. Sur. George Robinson p. 13

Notes:

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/field-jefferson
Thomas Jefferson and Mary Field had 9 children, Thomas 1733-1783, Peterfield 1735-1794, Elizabeth 1736, Frances 1738-1766, George 1739-1780, Mary 1740, Judith 1741, John Robertson 1742, Phoebe 1743-1830.

Field married Mary Frances Robertson. Mary (daughter of Rev. George Robertson and Mary Worsham) was born 1706, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony; died 26 Feb 1750, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Daughter of Revd George Robertson; Field and Frances had 9 children;

Notes:

Died:
Will dated 4 Jan 1774, proved in Goochland Co. 26 Sep 1774. Names Sons Archer, Samuel, Field and daughters Mary, Elizabeth Jefferson, Judah Murray, Patty Field Daniel, Obedience Townes, Frances and Ann, Wife Martha, and son-in-law William Daniel. Witness Stephen Woodson, Lucy Woodson, George Barker, Wm. Towns.

Samuel married Martha Archer. Martha was born Abt 1711, Goochland, Virginia Colony; died 1750, Powhatan, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Father married Mother James & Alexander Mahan. [Group Sheet]

John married Mary 'Molly' Ball 2 Mar 1765, Lancaster County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William Ball and Lettice Corbin Lee) was born Est 1738, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony; died 6 May 1775, Virginia. [Group Sheet]