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Nathaniel Barksdale, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Est 1723 - 1790  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Barksdale 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born Est 1723  Nathalie, Tidewater, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Died 1790  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Nathaniel Sr. wrote his will 21 Jul 1789. Names William and Peter as sons to be Executors. Wife, Mourning; Other son, Elisha, Randolph. Daughter Frances 'Fanny', 'Betty, youngest daughter 'Sukey' [Susannah], Son, Peter's eldest son, Nathaniel. Witnesses: Elisha Barksdale, Alexander Gordon, Charles Nelson and Rand. Barksdale. Probated, 22 Nov 1790 halifax WBII/423.
    Person ID I16542  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 10 May 2019 

    Father William Barksdale,   b. Est 1685, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1771, Charlotte County, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Sarah 'Sallie' Collier,   b. 1677, Tidewater, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1721, York, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married Abt 1695 
    Family ID F5828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mourning Caroline Dickerson,   b. Est 1722, Tidewater, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Frances Barksdale,   b. Abt 1744, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Elizabeth 'Eliza' Barksdale,   b. Abt 1747, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Nathaniel Barksdale,   b. 13 May 1748, Charlotte Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. William Barksdale,   b. 1752, Prob. Charlotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1796  (Age 44 years)
     5. Lucy Barksdale,   b. Est 1754, Charlotte Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Peter Barksdale,   b. Abt 1757, Charlotte Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1825, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
     7. Elisha Barksdale,   b. Est 1750,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Randolph Barksdale,   b. Est 1740, Halifax County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F5877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Home of Beverly Barksdale I, II, III
    Home of Beverly Barksdale I, II, III
    home16509BeverlyBarksdale.jpg

    Documents
    Barksdale Lineage Chart
    Barksdale Lineage Chart
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    Halifax Co., Virginia 1769 Colonial Poll & Tithables Lists, Page 26-27 John Jackson, William Powell, James Turner
    Halifax Co., Virginia 1769 Colonial Poll & Tithables Lists, Page 26-27 John Jackson, William Powell, James Turner
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    Histories
    The Ishams
    The Ishams
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  • Sources 
    1. [S48] Ancestry Link, http://interactive.ancestry.com/15585/dvm_GenMono000815-00031-0?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d15585%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=dvm_GenMono000815-00044-0.
      Immigrant listed on passengers brought by Moseley
      Deeds - Cumberland Co., DBI/238; In 1755 Nathaniel Barksdale is named as overseer on one of the Randolph plantations situated in Prince Edward Co., Among old records of the county is a list of tithables for 1755, which shows: Col. Randolph's List, Nathaniel Barksdale, Overseer." [Tyler's Qtly., July, 1936]
      Prince Edward Co.,
      May 1755, Nathaniel Barksdale served on the jury; again at the Nov., 1757 Term. In Oct., 1758 he was a witness in a suit. {PECOBI/40]
      4 Aug 1760, date of deed, Nathaniel Barksdale, of Prince Edward Co., sold 100 a to Wm. Nix [Lunenburg DB VI/407]
      20 Nov 1760, Abraham Abney to Nathaniel Barksdale of PEC conveys 170 a. on south side of the Staunton River in Halifax Co., adj. Coles, &c. [Halifax Co., DBII/233.

    2. [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_wills.html.
      Nathaniel Barksdale, Sr. BARKSDALE.
      1789, July 21 - Will of Nathaniel Barksdale, Sr.
      "My wife Mourning," to whom he left four negroes, &c. "To my son, William, five negroes; to son, Peter, four negroes (three now in his possession); to son, Nathaniel, two negroes (now in his possession); to son, Elisha, land and negroes; to daughter, Fanny, a negro and fifty pounds; to daughter, Betty, a negro and fifty pounds; to daughter, Sally, a negro and fifty pounds; to Sukey, my youngest daughter, two negroes and fifty pounds; to my son Peter's oldest son, Nathaniel, one negro." Will probated November 23, 1793.
      BARKSDALE.
      1789, July 21 - Will of Nathaniel Barksdale, Sr.
      "My wife Mourning," to whom he left four negroes, &c. "To my son, William, five negroes; to son, Peter, four negroes (three now in his possession); to son, Nathaniel, two negroes (now in his possession); to son, Elisha, land and negroes; to daughter, Fanny, a negro and fifty pounds; to daughter, Betty, a negro and fifty pounds; to daughter, Sally, a negro and fifty pounds; to Sukey, my youngest daughter, two negroes and fifty pounds; to my son Peter's oldest son, Nathaniel, one negro." Will probated November 23, 1793.
      The name "Mourning" has called forth much comment from various genealogists, and is supposed to have been given as the result of sorrow or calamity, but having seen it recorded in so many families in Virginia, and running through so many generations in families, besides having found it a family name in England and in Henrico county, Virginia, we are forced to conclude that it is in most cases a family name.
      Robert Adams, of Goochland county, Va., who made his will in 1738, proven June 17, 1740, names his wife "Mourning," and the will of John Johnston, recorded in Amelia county March 23, 1772, makes his grandson, "Mourning" Johnston, one of his legatees.
      Halifax county records a "Mourning" Watkins (the posthumous daughter of Micajah Watkins, Jr.), and there was a "Grief" and "Mourning" Randolph, sorrowful twins, for some descendants to wonder the why and wherefore of such woeful appellations to be borne through a lifetime.
      May 5, 1823 - Will of Peter Barksdale.
      "Wife, Nancy; son, Nathaniel; son, Armestead; my daughter, Susannah Sydnor; daughter, Polly w. Logan; daughter, Frances (deceased), wife of William M. Williams; my son, Elisha Barksdale; my daughter, Elizabeth Baker; my son, William Peter Barksdale. One-eighth part to each child.
      (Signed) "Peter Barksdale."
      Witnesses: Anthony Sydnor, William Logan, David Logan

    3. [S107] Family Histories, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_families.html.
      BARKSDALE.
      The first record of the Barksdale family found in this county is the will of Nathaniel Barksdale, who married Mourning Dickerson. His will was recorded July 21, 1789, in which he left a goodly estate to be divided among his eight children ? four sons and four daughters and wife Mourning (see will). His eldest son, Peter Barksdale, married Elizabeth Watlington, January 11, 1781, and their son, Nathaniel Barksdale, married in 1805 Patsy Hurt (they were married by Rev. Robert Hurt, a distinguished Baptist minister of the well-known ministerial family of Hurts).
      Their son, Elisha Barksdale, Jr., married Judith A. Barksdale, October 22, 1835, and their son, the subject of this sketch, William Randolph Barksdale, born 1849; married first Miss Hallie Bailey Craddock.

      They had the following children:

      William Randolph Barksdale, Jr., married Miss Mary Jane Moran.
      Fannie Poindexter Barksdale, married first Mr. H. Vaughan. Their children are Henry, Frances, Catherine, Bird and Barksdale. She married, second, Mr. Edward C. Craddock.
      Charles Craddock Barksdale, married Miss Avis Walker Grant.
      Elisha Barksdale, married Miss Rose McWane.

      Louise Jasper Barksdale, married Mr. Tucker Carrington Watkins, Jr., son of William J. Watkins and Elizabeth (Coles) Watkins, of Charlotte county. William J. Watkins was a son of William M. Watkins, of Charlotte, and Elizabeth W. (Venable) Watkins (daughter of Col. S. W. Venable, of "Springfield"). William M. Watkins was a son of Joel Watkins, proverbial for his honesty, integrity and piety, and Agnes (Morton) Watkins, of Charlotte county. (See Watkins.) Mr. Tucker Watkins? ancestors belong to Charlotte county, but for many years he has been a progressive, eminent and conspicuous citizen of South Boston, where he has a beautiful modern home, but being a controlling member of the Co-operative Tobacco Association, he, with his family, are living pro tem. in Richmond, Va. They have three children: (1) William, (2) Tucker, (3) Mary.

      Helen Barksdale married Mr. John Martin, a prominent lawyer of Halifax. He is the son of Miles Macon Martin and Edmonia Blair (Read) Martin (born at "Ingleside" November 23, 1851). She is the daughter of William Watkins Read and Pauline E. (Carrington) Read. Born at "Retirement" October 22, 1825. Miles Macon Martin is the son of Rev. Alexander Martin and Elizabeth (Macon) Martin.

      Mary Own Barksdale.
      Alfred Dickerson Barksdale.
      John Craddock Barksdale.

      Judge Barksdale married for his second wife Miss Virginia Douglas Watkins, sister of Mr. Hal Watkins, superintendent of public schools for this county.

      Judge Barksdale was born in Halifax county near Meadsville. He attended Powell?s school at the Court House and at Leighwood, taught by Mr. John Henry Powell, father of the celebrated John Powell, pianist. In 1870, he took the M. A. degree at the University of Virginia and began the practice of law the following year. Was made judge in 1874.

      The Barksdales are professional and educational people, and have always been prominent in the progress of the county. They have been considerable land and slave owners, and their influence in politics and religion is well established, Judge Barksdale being a representative member of the Baptist denomination in this county.

      In the Land Office, Richmond, Va., we find one John Barksdale, subaltern of Continental line three years. He received a land grant for 666 2-3 acres issued to William Barksdale, his heir. This John Barksdale was dead in 1784. The Revolutionary war roster for Virginia gives Nathaniel Barksdale, (auditor?s account), Peter, Joseph, John, Daniel, Claiborne and Samuel Barksdale. So we find them representative fighters as well as adjusters of the law.

      The family is extensive by virtue of intermarriage with many of the leading people of the county, and the kinship, though interesting, is difficult when it comes to connecting the various lines.

    4. [S73] Deeds, http://reynoldspatova.org/documents/CharlotteCoVA1765-1771DB1-2.pdf.
      Charlotte Co., Va. (DB1/049) 07 Oct. 1765. Nathaniel Barksdale of Halifax Co., to John HILL of Prince Edward Co., for 50 pounds, 132 acres in Charlotte on Horsepen Fork of Cub Creek. Part of a larger tract formerly belonging to Thomas Williams, granted to him by patent bearing date of 25 June 1747. Bounded by the corners of WILLIAM NIXON and John Kinkade. All appurtenances. Signed: Nathl Barksdale. Witnesses: James Hunt, William Simmons, Saml Johnston. Recorded: 07 Oct 1765.

    5. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/Nathalie.htm.
      Nathaniel Barksdale, s/o William
      The Nathaniel Barksdale plantation was the site of what is now called Nathalie. Nathaniel Barksdale was born about 1723 in Hanover, Virginia. He was the son of William who was born about 1675 in Charlotte County, Virginia. Shown on the map to the right is the location of two Barksdale plantations. The E. Barksdale plantation was likely that of Colonel Elisha Barksdale, son of Nathaniel. The crossroads was referred to as Barksdale Corner.

      Early records of this community mention "one Baptist house of public worship and a sabbath school". Established in 1773 by Samuel Harris, the first Catawba Baptist Church was a log building just across the road from the present church.