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VS.
THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE
WM. H. TRIMMER, In Pcneacola Journal.
The folluwing, written by one o( the
best posted and most accurate writers j
on Civil War event*, muy tend to clear j
in? some of thu generally unknown,
facts concerning the battle of Oluslee. I
Mr. Trimmer Just missed being in the|
light. He was cuplured by tlte Fed-j
crals In a night ultack on Camp Flnl-j
gait, being qUurleimaster-Bergeuiil of.
A bell's Battery, Four guns were cap-,
?turcd In the attack, and Sergeant Ti im?
mer being among the prisoners was
sent t<i Fort Delaware v for llftcuii
months I
There seems to be so very little
known among ourselves here about lh?
battle of Olustco and the school histo?
ries mention so little about 't. u few
facts may be written uinl appreciated,
I have the Union und (Jpnfederate re
vords before me, from which l will give
extract! General Flnegan says under
date February 13, i?C4: "1 learn from
mi abolition prisoner who was captured
? ?ti the night attack on Camp ITncgun
that the following forces participated:
The < >;-..? Hundred and Fifteenth New
York llcglment, tho Forty-eighth New
Voik, Forty-seventh New York, Flfty
Blxth New York, Fortieth Massachu?
setts (negro) Km: intent and ten
pieces of artilery- This force eaplurcd
itho camp. Wo lost two mm killed,
1wo wound, d und about ten prisoners;
also two pieces of artillery of Captain
Denhum'a Mattery and three pieces of
Captain Abcll's Hottnry. The enemy
advanced and occupied bsnderson, ouri
troops having l.&OO btisbelH of corn!
ami some commissary masses In thin
attack. The enemy lost fifteen killed]
lind thirty wounded. I am Intrenched
nt the Olustee to-night and have 1,600
infantry; also i&o cavalry und two bat?
teries of artillery."
i in February Jl General Flnegan
sent Governor Milton the following: "I
met the enemy In full force to-day un-|
tl> r Generad Seymour, und defeated '
lilm with grc t loss. 1 captured five!
.pieces of artillery, hold possession ofj
tho battlefield und the killed and,
wounded of the'enemy. My loss will I
Hot exceed 250 killed and wounded."
un 23d General Flnegan says: "1 j
Iinve between f.'Ji) and "00 wounded, I
among them many negroes. In my I
command were the Sixth, Nineteenth, I
Twenty-third, Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth Georgia Infantry and
Hi Sixth Florida Battalion as the
First Brigade under the command of
General Coluulttt with four guns of',
the Chatham Artillery, also the Thlrty
BCCpnd Georgia, First Georgia Begu
lars. Sixty-fourth Georgia, First Florl
Sda Battalion. Bonnaud's Battalion as
rVecond Brigade; alNo the Thirty-second
?leorgla and the Florida Light Artil?
lery held in reserve, under command
t.f Colonel Curaway hmlth, of the Heo
?md Fiorlda Cavalry, my whole effec?
tive force being: Infantry, 4,600; cav
nlrv, Coo; also three batteries of twelve,
guns artillery. On tho 'JOth the enemy
advanced In three 'colrnuns and the'
engagement soon became general, and;
the ground contested stubbornly, the;
battle lusting four ad and half hours.
The enemy's lines being broken, two;
Napoleon and three ten-pound I'arrolt'
gins, with one set of colors, were
captured, as they gave way, I closely
pressing them over three miles until
iilghtfa|l. Their loss in killed wus
large; 418 of their wounded were re
moved bv us from the field and over
4.f their killed were rled by us.
Our loss in the engagement was S3
killed and 841 wounded.
"This victory called for the thanks
?.f the Confederate Congress to the of?
ficers and men of General Flnegan's
command."
Genera] Seymour says in his report
lifter a march of fifteen miles un the
morning of February 20, 1864: "I en?
gaged the enemy about < P. M. with
my entire force, consisting of 6.S00
officers und men and sixteen guns. Two
companies, of the Seventh Connecticut
t-oon drove the enemy bucq. The Sev- i
cnth New Hampshire, urmod with!
Bpehcer lilies, hardly felt the enemy's1
lire before It broke In confusion and'
nil attempts to rally them were use-1
less. The Figbib United States negro',
troops formed promptly, led by Colonel
Kribley, who was killed in a few min?
utes, Iho regiment then giving away
in dlsordor. Barton's Brigade was now
brought up, they were negro troops,
Fifty-fourth Massachusetts and First
North Carolina, with tho Seventh New
Hampshire, bu; to no avail, and as
dark came on we were In full retreat,
leaving six of my guns, arriving at
Sanderson late."
Continuing, lie says: "A losing battle
receives but little praise. Thu negro
troops behaved creditably, particularly
tho Flf ty-fourth Massachusetts und
First North Carolina. It was not their
conduct that lost the battle, but in
the yielding of some white regiment
from whom we expected different. The
issue wus finely drawn, the battle was
nearly equal lo Its close, tho enemy's
losses i\h much as my own."
Here arc tho facts:
Seymour's command?hilled, 203;
pounded, 1,152'; missing, 506,
Flnegan's command?killed, 93;
wounded, fl34.
Number of troops engaged?Union,
6,1 S; confederate, 6.20C.
The Memphis iteunlop.
By I.IEtT.-COl,. J. A. WATllOIJB,
United Mules, Army.
There was a novelty In tho way oi
a iioldler reunion at Memphis, Ten
? nerfsee, a few duys since, though In
one sense It was not a novelty. It
Was. to all Intents and purposes, a
soldier reunion, like hundreds of oth?
ers that hnvo taken place boih North
end South, the" forty years, wlthl
one exception. Without the exception
the reunion at Memphis wouli'. not have I
been a novelty. With it there was
much that was novel about it.
It was a meeting of one time Hons
?ud tigers, so to speak, who once upon
s time sought one another's throats
ott a thousand .battlefields. Tt wan a
reunion of survivors of tho two old
.American armies; of Americans who
rworo blue uniforms and Americans!
(who worn gray uniforms in the na-'
jtion'*? irr?"*''?.* ... tei?
. Ithelr meetings fifty years ago were
.Bot characterized by tho parted har-.
rnony which prevailed itt the Memphis]
reunion, very (ur from It.
l.ct me add, right here, thut It ?aa
never my privilege 01 pleusuro to at?
tend a soldier gat;,, ring where there
was a higher degree of hurinony;
where there was manifested a kindlier,
or a hotter fraternal spirit; where the ;
hand-clusps were more cordial and the1
greetings rnor* earliest, hcarlful and
convincing; where courtesies, ulten
tlo.s Slid hospitality Were more abun?
dant and charming, where there was1
such an absolute absence of look j
speech und act that .trr calculated
to mar and disturb the pleasure of mi
occasion; where all of the speeches, j
and liiere were many of them, by men
of both armies, breathed a deeper,
richer, glqcerer spirit of a broal oin- |
prehonslve, nationwide patriotism:
where there was shown deeper, morn
abiding love for the one great unit-'
ed country; where there was heartler|
applause or lustier cheers.
As I looked, listened and thought on
the Memphis occasion I wished that
all of the survivors of both armii u
were present to euJo> It; that in?
spirits of the dead of both sides could
behold their comrades clasping 'hands I
In g nulne fraternal greetings; that all j
In the redeemed, strengthened anil In
many ways bettered nation, could view
the Inspiring pageant.
Like the later reunions and encamp
ment*, department and national, the i
Blue and Oray reunion ut Memphis. ?o
fur ss the vetc-rsns were concern' '!.
was made up of old men. There w< re
none under sixty, somi over ninety,
many over eiifhly. and u great num?
ber over jievenly.
How short the time to them ? tin
old boys of the South ad the old boys
Itt the North, both, now, old boys ot I
the Union?since there were no silver
threads In their hair, no wrinkle" on
their faces, no defects In their bright,
searching eyes?when their hearing
was perfect, their shoulders unround?
ed, their steps prompt, lirin und rapid:
when they could march all night and
fight all day; when rutons were plenty
and rallono were short and when there
were rations; when they could sleep ;
like babes In mother*' nrm? while t!i
sieg? guns roared at Vieksburg and
Petersburg, forgot their hunger: the
days when they cheered over Victor?
ies and grieved over defeats. To them I
Hit- past fifty years seem more like
llfty short months, or so many weeks
? until they stand before mirror*.
The delegation to the Memphis con?
vention, or reunion, haled from T xas
TennCSSee and Mississippi: New York,1
Ohio and Pennsylvania; from South
Carolina. Georgia and Kentucky; WIs- t
ronsln. Minnesota and Kansas; from'
Virginia. Alabama and Florida: Michi?
gan, Massachusetts und Maine; from
Florida, Arkansas und i..> .1: It :
niiodo. Island, Connecticut and Ver?
mont; from North Curollna. West Vr-i
glnlu and Missouri; New Hampshire,
New Jersey, Indiana nnd elsewhere.
Their manner of registering, donning
badges and being assigned did not:
differ from the customary reunion or
encampment, except, possibly, there was
more Jollity In the eremony?more j
self-introductions. Meji wearing the
Confederate crosB let no wearer of thai
Mule bronze button escape a warm'
greeting, and usually tile wearers ol .
different budges renewed old army i
acquaintanceships of .the days when
they looked at each other along tue I
glistening barrels of their muskets or
rllles; talked of the roaring old days
when they faced euch other In bat?
tle.
What a lolly, happy band of young
old boys it wus In that register hull, i
and what a good time they had In the |
b'.Klneas men's club, where I'Jonerul
meeting was held, over which General
McDowell, of Misssslppl. presided, und
editor Cunningham, of the Confed rate
Veteran, was secretary. When It seem- I
ed as If the chairman was going right |
on with the business, an Arkansas!
delegate on the crutches he has been
using over since Shlloh called out. |
"General McDowell, havn't you forgot
ten something? This meeting should |
be opened with prayor"
"That Is so. Is there a minister |
present "
Never mind the chaplain, general,]
you pray for tin," Eald a man with an
empty sleeve from Texas, and the old
general In gray msde a beautiful pray?
er. Among other things he said: "God
bless these aging soldiers of the two
old opposing armies, now friends,
brothers of our ono great, strong, unit?
ed country; bless the president of the
United States, and all of the nation's
good interest."*." The fervent omens
recalled a Methodist camp meeting.
After the chairman had made an en- I
thuslastlc address of welcome In his
own and the absent mayor's behalf,]
former Governor and former Command
er-ln-Chlef Van Sant, of the Grand
army of the Republic, of Minnesotu,
a sterling representative of the North?
ern soldiers, and the people of thn
North, as well, made un uddresa that
touched the hearts and uppealed to the
reason of the appreciative and patrlo- |
tic audience.
As the Governor resumed h)s neatj
there was combination applauso. chuor.s
such as wore, heard in Gettysburg und j
"yells" such us were heard at Second |
Hull Run.
Then spoko a general who surrend-I
ered with Pemberton, at Vloksburg. I
He wus so mad whon the Confederacy
went down that he hurried to South ,
America, but didn't remain there very
long: ho had u yearning for the land
of his birth, and came back, rolled
tip Iiis sleeves and plunged Into the.
work of retrieving his fortune, "and
I am glad I d'd- It regenerated we.
My sorrows were buried; I'm proud of;
our country; the war ended as It should
ii.iv._- ended." This brought more
yells, cheors and haiid-clapplng?
"We will now hoar from another re?
presentative of the Grand army of
the Republic', Adjutapt-Gencral Koch,"
said the, chairman, and tho adjutant
general gave a message that was time?
ly and Joyfully received. He told of
the commander-in-chlef'n inability to
be present, gpoke of two other visits
he had made to Memphis, the first ono i
during the Clvl War and the second
when ho come with his regiment for
service in the Spanish-American War,
nnd declared t'lls to boj by odds tho
most pleasant of the threjo visits, T?fr_
onel Koch rejoiced nt tthe beautiful
and brotherly way In which the men
of-the two ojd arnvlos had dome together
comv In fraternal spirit, lall as Ameri?
can citizens whose hovolf
nation of tho world) an*
them all, was Just ajtkc.l
ft
A Confederate coljinel
Arkansas,- Jpus
for the first
the boat of
eternally un
from Mound
elghty-flve,
wan called out, "My heart ind spirit j
wcro brpkcn M'hch Uenorul Luc sur?
rendered," suid the old colom-l, "hut
both begun iu Uluud. in time, und Ivvon
ty year* ago. When ttie Federal und
Cfoiiteuerata soidkrs or my part uf thu
stun] met mid organised ? ? Blue uu<i
Uruy Ituiiniun Association, I Jollied it
uiio huve attended uVury uuiiuul 111.-?-1
>:.g. u>i<l Wu huve always had glorious
good limes, i want yo'u, all tu romoiu
her that ouiyj Is thu plopcor pluc und
Gray Association. 1 liupe there will bw
tngny more uf ibeni. All the South and
North need tu do is to ?et acquainted.
Thon wu 11 It o each other ami glow 111
love fur our common country. i I .
an understanding with my good wife
that when I die, my colfln shall be
draped with the Stars und Stripes, Old
Glory, Mo you sue, comrades, my
heart and spirit uro well cured."
? There were cheers und tours when
tho old colonel feebly walked to l||u
Arkansas corner. Do you wonder wli> V
(following remarks by the writer,
tarne un Interesting talk by u I^ouls'mia
Confederate who pleaded for the day
when wars were no more, but realised
that the big war bail to (lOtne in order
to settle great questions which ap?
parently could not be settled In uny
other Way. He closed with a rr-sulu
t|un usillng the Gland army of the
Republic and the United Confederate
Veterans to arrange for a Rlue anu
.Uruy reunion, to be held .'.I Washing?
ton, The siiggeston . mot with a re?
sponse that wus unanlmorsn, whoti pusi
fJommunder-|n-Chlef Van Hani, i?f the
Qrand Army, and General McDowell,
[ uotnmurider or the Mississippi and Ton
nrssi'. division of Confederates, wer;?
selected, with power to choose, each,
live others, making a committee ?f
twelve The appointments win be
Hindi, hi an early day.
i Thul ended a most Interesting und
useful meeting of an Old-fashioned
down South barbecue, a notable pro
i cession nnd something about Memphis,
, I must speak In another article.
THE VETERANS'
CROSS OF HONOR
Bt II. II. stkvkvs.
1 (To the air of "The Old oaken Bucket.") ?
How dear to the heart of each gray
headed soldier
I Are thu thoughts of the days when
all wore the gray!
While memory recalls every trial ond
j danger,
And scenes of the past live In battle j
array.
Though long since discarding our arms
und equipment I
There's one thing a veteran most
surely will note:
The first thing he sees on the form of
a comrade
Is tho little bronse cross he wears
on bis cost. I
?1
CHORUS.
The llttlo bronze cross, the sacred1
bronze cross.
.The IT. D. C. cross that ho wears on
his coat.
"How much did il cost," said a man
to a soldier?
"The Hull; Hut cross you wear on
your coal?"
"A fortune in money/' lie a. .swered tile
stranger,
"And fo il years Of marching nnd
fighting to bunt
The wealth of (ho e. o ld cennot pur?
chase this emblem
Unless the buyer wore the gray too.
i?br It shows to mankind the marks Of
a hero
j A man who to honor and country
was true."
?Then let us be proud of this emblem
of honor.
And wear It with spirit both loyal
and bold;
Fraternally welcome each one who
supports it
With love in our hearts for the com?
rade of old.
i J-;.ich day musters out whole battaliuns
of wearers.
And soon will bo missed this token
Mo dear;
But ages to come will remember with
'honor
The man who'd the right this bronse
emblem to wear.
Sam Davis.
When (he I."i,i calls up earth's heroes
I To Blend before His face,
0 many a name unknown lo famo
Shall ring from thul high place!
Ami out of .? grave in tho Southland,
At the Ju.-t God's call and beck,
Shall one min rii-,; with fearless eyes
And a rope about bis neck.
For men have swung from gallows
Whose souls wore while as snow;
Not how they die nor when\ but why.
Is what ibid's records show.
And on that mighty ledger
Is writ Sam Davis's name?
For honor's .-.ike he would not make
A compromise with shame. ?
1 he great world lay before him,
For lie was In Ills youth.
With love of life young hearts are l ife,
j Hut better he loved truth.
He fought for his conviction?,
And when he stood at buy
He would not lllnch or stir one Inch
From honor's narrow way.
They offered life and freedom
I If lie would speak the word:
In silent pride he gazed aside
As one who had not heard.
They argued, pleaded, threatened?
It was but wasted breath.
"1/et conn- what must. I keep my trust, '
He said, and laughed at death.
He would not sell bis manhood
To purchase priceless hope;
Where kings drag down a name and
crown
He dignliied a rope.
Ah, grave! where was your triumph?
Ah, death, where was your sting?
He showed you how a man could bow
To doom and stuy a king.
And God, who loves the loyal,
Because they are like Him,
I doubt not ye) thai soul shall sit
Among Iiis Cherubim.
0 Southland; bring your laurels:
And add your wreath, O North:
Det glory claim the hero's name,
And tell the world bis worth.
KJA.A WHF.F.UEK WII.COX.
Brockeabrough'a Brigade, I,aar' tu Itc
tii-e ut Gettysburg.
By 8. 8. HHOOKi:, Formerly t'uplaiu
t.'nuipnuy I, Forty-Seventh Virginia.
Upon the cessation of the artillery
lire, which preceded the adyanco, tho
brigade was ordered lorwffrd from It's
position behind Seminary Hldgc, In j
close proximity to the town.
At the point from which It's ad?
vance began the lines diverged con- 1
siderably und the brigade, hud to go;
about one quarter of a mile further to
reach the enemy's position than the
rest of the line. It was on the ox*
tremo lefl: there were no troops on
it's left and none In it's rour.
When the brigade cleared tho crest
of Seminary Bldgc and had a view of
..the field, II was seen that it would
have to quicken It's pace to reach the1
enemy us soon us the. rest of the line .
1 and It went forward ut u run; the day [
Was hot; the men much worn from the
battle of the first day; there were some
I who could not hold the pace and thero'
; was some straggling. The lieutenant-;
colonel of one Of the regltuontR, over !
come by the" heat and exertion, foil j
upon the Held beforo llttlo more than j
' half the distance had heen covered,
but, being rovlved by a drink of water
from the ennteen of a comrnde, pressed
forward. )
In passing through the lowest de?
pression between the lines, tho view
seemed almost certain, it was aud?
io the right was cut off by the contour
of tho ground as well as by tho stmbko
that hung ovof the ftold.
Just heroI the brigade passod, over.
a llpe ?l t tliut had been thrust]
up u ditch fluni tue direction of tho
lowfyi Inn u 11 Ich did nut udvuncu tvllh I
us.' It v.jh Id tu be a part ul
'l homas'S Georgia brigudc.
Am tin brigade Uscopded the rising
ground that led up to tli(! enemy'* ?
p'pkltldn and had reached a point iiuite ?
(.'108*0 to the ntuiio wall und victory
il.uiy discovered liiat the Held to it a,
right wim entirely denuded uf troops. ;
Ab far ag < oulil be seen through the
smoke iln.ru wore only a few statu ed
men making tu the rear; the enemy
udvanced u column Into the opening i
an i wore collecting prisoner* and fir- '
lilt; UPOn ?ur extreme right, which Still
seemed to be milking resistance. The!
hrlgado halted. It had to thai point
maintained a fair organisation con-,
?sideling the |un.: charge It had made. '
The right uf the brigade was forced
1? the right, at right angles to the
line uf advance, anil opened lire on.
the column uf the enemy advancing ill
the breach, and they soon retired.
It was thC|l seen that the attack; hau!
fa i ed; (he men were onlei e l '.') lie!
down. A hasty consultation wus held!
with tin- brigade riHnmuniiur. We were
close up to the enemy's linos; the resis?
tance met up lo this point hud not'
been as sev re us hud been expcrlnccd
on many battlefields before, ..in;.
we hud suffered considerable Inas In
killed and wounded but the Uro of the
enemy was lucreasiig In sovurity. It,
was considered If wo attempted to re?
tire in order across the long open
Held of over a mile, we would attract a
very destructive Ore, and it was deter-j
ipllied to do what perhaps nevi r oc?
curred on u battlefield before; the br'"
gade was disbanded us it stood, or
rather laid, with instructions to ral-;
i' at the place from which It .started,
and to avoid groups In getting off the
In Id. Thl?. was dune wthout confus?
ion or panic. We walked olT the Held
and reaSSCmbled an ordered.
Bropkcnbrough'a brigade went into
this action with the same spirit arid1
d; torm|iiaMo that II hud on many
other battlefields, it covered as 'much
distance In the advance and as rapidly
as any other command. It was the Ipst
of tho attacking forces to retir from
tho held.
GENERAL PENDLETON
AND THE PRESIDENT
lit ItoiU'.ItT it. STHIIIMX;,
uf "VliirUhnra.
Tho day after the battle of Prax'er's
Farm tin- greater part of the artillery
thai had been on that field was moved
I a. It towards Richmond several miles
and parked in a large field on the left
Of the road until the Held was filled
with it. During that day or the n< m
General Pendlet on. chief of artillery,
rode In to give some directions, and,
IIAItltis DATA.
The following ?lata was sent to thin
paper by an Interested reader, und
which WO publish, as it contains some
points which may elucidate several
queries which huve been put lo this
column:
The Harrises arc all of one origin
They are Of pure Celtic blood, and came
from Walts. The Virginia branch
sprang from Henry Hurris, of Gla
m organ, Wales, who, in 1691, was
granted ten miles square of lands, by
King William and t/ueon Alary, situ?
ated on the south side of .lames River
some miles above Richmond, in Pow
hatan county, Va. About twenty fam?
ilies, with this Henry iiarrls, settled
tv town of Manakln, among these arc
the Laniers, Bishop Meads speaks of
these in his "Churches," etc. Henry
Harris had ut least one son, Kdwurd.
At this point I wish lo know for his
torical purposos it" Henry had oilier
children. Edward married about 1697.
(wo would like to know who lie mar?
ried., and had thirteen children, eight]
s .i'.- and live daughters. 1 havo tho
name and birth year of eacli of the-;
thirteen children. The tenth child,;
Nathan, is tlie head of my branch, j
The twelfth child Is the ancestor of)
Senutoi I sham ('?. Harris, of Tennessee.'
Nathan Harris lived in Brunswick :
county. Va : was born about 171i5. and.
in 1737 married Catharine Walton,'
daughter of Colonel George Walton,
of Brunswick county, Va. At this
point my record la incomplete. 1 want
to know who Colonel George Walton1
was. Was he the signer? There Is'
propably colonial Dame entrance ut
this point If we could get at it. Cath?
arine Walton, daughter of George
Walton, brought tho Walton name Into
the Harris family, and it continues In
every generation.
This couple, Nathan Harris and
Catherine Walton, married In 1737.
had fourteen children. Walton, the
tlrst born. 1739 (I have names and
birth year of Ihe othor thirteen chil?
dren).
This Walton Harris, born in Uruns
Wicic county, in 173'.', married Rebecca
Lanier, of Virginia, about 1700. (Here!
is where the Lanier Washington con?
nection comes in. I
Tlii> Rebecca Lanier was the daugh?
ter of .Sampson Lanier and Elizabeth i
Chamberlain. This Sampson Lanier
was the third child of Thomas Lanier
ami Elizabeth Washington. Thomas ?
Lanier was tho son of Louis Linier,:
oi Bordoax, Brance. Now as to who|
this Elizabeth Washington was is'
where all our trouble lies
The record thut you send me from'
??Early Settlers of Alabama," page
511. I have, and until recently the
Harrises and Laniers Claimed i..is con-j
nectlon with the Washingtons through
Elisabeth W,, the daughter uf John j
Washington and Cutherluo Whiting.]
Sidney Lanier, the poet, primed It, j
but it was disputed. What gave this
claim the greatest Btrength, is that
George Washington Park Custlss, the
adopted son of General George Wash- j
lngton, gave this in a written memo-1
rundum to Congressman Sampson Iiar?
rls, In 18?3. who was Iho representing ,
Alabama In the United States Congress.
Judge Irwin L. Harris, of tho Supreme
Court of Georgin, copied It into his |
family record as conclusive authority,,
been use of its source.
Tho wr'ter In "Burly Settlers of
Alabama" has his account from same j
source. .Bor sixty years WJ have held
to this. Hut recent research reveals
the following facts: There were two
Elizabeth Washingtons, each the daugh?
ter of a John Washington. Elizabeth
No. 2. tho daughter 0f John w. and
Cathorlno Whiting, who wo had been
claiming as our ancestors, died un?
married at nineteen years of age, and
Is burled at "High Gate," n Gloucester
county, Va., in the Washington bury?
ing ground. On her tomb, 13 her birth
nnd death nnd narao aa Elizabeth
Washington, tho daughter of John W.
and Catherine Whiting, and a long
epitaph extolling hor beauty and maid?
enly virtues. In further proof of thin
In tho letter of General Gcorgo Wash?
ington to Sir Isaac Head, dated 2d
May, 1702 (see Spark's "Life ot Wash
iis be passed Rogers'? Battery, wus
Kicked by one of Rogers'? wagon
mules ahtt seriously aim very painfully
hurl; so much so that It was thought
his thigh bone was fractured, und he
Was taken Into Rogers's tciil amid
much ugltutlon. Cap till? Rogers called
to me, whose battery was uext to his.
because I had practiced medicine for
several years before the war. to ax
. m il.- the Injury. I could not discover
the crCpitus of fractured bone. an?l was
doing what I could to alluy the gen?
eral's apprehensions, When Mr. Davis
rode, up, dismounted and entered the
tent, lie entered in such an easy, un?
obtrusive and familiar way we who
w.ere there were much siirprir-ed when
it was nassen around. "That is Presi?
dent Du vis." lie seated himself ut
General Pendleton's head :ind placed
the general's heud In his lap with the
tenderness of u mother with her sick
child in her lap.
When the puln wus wearing away
Goperal PentUjeton expressed an anx-?
luua deslro to get to Richmond. Mr.
Duyls told him there was a stream of
ambulances und private carriages Pass?
us and front the battlefield, an.'.
? '?<! Captalp Rogers to Ko to the
i Ld a|ld bring em- in. Captain Hogers
hastened to the road, and there met a
It. htuond gentleman In charge of finite
a ii ibel ..f private carriages, and ?II
rci t ! him t>> turn one of them in there
pi i Ling t:..- way. "What's the mat?
ter? U b i Is hurt?'' Rogers answered:
I "General Pepdleton hast been kicked
an,i his leg broken." "Cun't all of you
take care of him?'' was tho reply.
Rogers "We have no surgeon."
An the Richmond gentleman, appar?
ently unperturbed, wus moving on, ho
called ail;: "'If 1 see a surgeon I will
send him to you."
Captain Rogers, to be Impressive,
made a supreme effort. "President
: Davis 's in there and lio orders It."
I Answer: "These carriages don't belong
: to President Davis, I have them In
charge, and If General Pendle ton has
President Davis with him ho will sure
'? will cared for. whilst I havo
been d I rev ted to use thee- carriages
to carry such wounded from the bat
tit field a,-, have not been oarwl for by
tin overworked surgeons and ambu?
lance men."
Rogers. In great indignation, report?
ed these facts to Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis,
with his hand smoothing the lines of
pain on the general's face, said: "Don't
be disturbed. Wo will arrange It. That
gentleman was right, but I will stay
with you until we can go together. Not
a long while after a carriage carried
General Pendleton to Richmond with
Mr. Davis as ills escort.
ROHBUT M. STRIBDING.
Ingtou," page 506), lie says: John
Washington, eldest son Of Laurenco
and Mildred, married Catherine Whit?
ing, of Gloucester county, Va. lie had
two sons. Wnrnor and Henry, anil
three daughters?Mildred. Ellzatli and
Catherine. Near the bottom of the
1 page he. says, "Elisabeth never mar
' rled."
' This proves that this Elisabeth
; could not be the one who man-Led
, Thomas Lanier.
Nov.- let Us follow another line, that
' taken by Thomas Alien Glenn in "Some
Colonial Memoirs." Where did ho get
, his Information!
j .lohn Washington, born at Tring.
England, 16S4, emigrated to Virginia
,in 1637 with his brother Andrew. He
! married Anne Pope, daughter of Na
! thanlel Pope. They iiad four children
' ?.lohn. Lawrence, Elisabeth, Anne.
Lawrence married VVJldrod Warraer.
and from this Hue descended George
Washington.
Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel John
Wi/sblUgton and Anne Pope, was born
1695, and In ifis? married Thomas
Lanier, son of Louis Lanier, of Bor?
deaux, France. Their children were
Richard lianjer, Elizabeth Lanier and
Sampson Lanier,
Sampson Initiier married Elisabeth,
Chamberlain. Their children were
Lewis Lanier. Buckneir Lanier, Burwell
Laiiler. Winifred Lanier. Nancy Lanier
and Rebecca Lanier, who married Wal?
ton Harris, of Brunswick county, W.
From this point 1 have a perfect
record.
In further support of above facts,
see National Encyclopedia, page 438.
"Another I<anler married an aunt of
Georg-- Washington." And from Wells's ,
\ "Washington Family 1 History," l>use :
1 11Tt "Thomas l^inie.r (son of Lewis j
? Lanier, of Bordeaux, France) married J
Elizabeth Washington, third obibl of
I Colonel John Washington, whose son, j
Sampson Lanier, born at Bridge's I
1 Creek. Va.. nhottt 1700. and had issue i
of six children. Rebecca was the sixth
child."
Same source, page 112: "Elizabeth
Washington, third child of Colonel I
'.Ie?!m Washington, born about 1605,1
married Thomas Lanier, about K.S7." j
I have not had access to "Wills, ,
Washington Family History" myself,
i but this has Just been sent to me by
my cousin, Mrs. R. ji\ Shepherd, who '
is now In Washington, Ii. C. She has
heen making search in the Corrgres
sionnl Library.
This corrected line appears to be
ligiht. and it seems to be correct that
Elizabeth, the daugU^T of "Colonel
?lohn \V. and Anne Pope, is <iur ances- !
tress, and not Elizabeth, the daaigh- ,
ter of Catherine Whiting."
Tho correspondent is entirely |n
error about the Elisabeth Washing?
ton data. Elizabeth Washington, who
married I.4inlcr, was of an entirely
different family and from Surry coun?
ty.? Erl.
Vole* nnd Cileries.
W>hlto Pine Furms.
Fletcher, N. C, July 4. 1911.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Cap you give me some information
about -the (following? Anthony Hamp?
ton, as you know, canie from Virginia
and settled in Surry county or Rowan.
.i then was, nnd later moved to
South Carolina, and wus massacred
with rrvost of his family. Resides his
son. Wade Hampton the llrst, he had |
soveral daughters, among them Mar- ,
garet, who married into the Bynum
family, then living noar tho Hamp?
tons. Connected with bhla fnmiily was
the Shlpp family, living also nearby,
And a fourth family of note was the
Martin family, elso connected wtath the
others and living nearby. As nearly I,
as 1 can determine, these four fami- ]
I lies, represented by Anthony Hamp
1 ton. Gray Byjpim, Thoniiis Sliipp and
lohn Martin, nil came down from Vir
j glnla, nnd all are unable to t?Jl the
I prior history of tho families. All of
? the families wore prominent nnvl rath
! er wealthy as sonn a? heard of, nnd
i It seems that they or their fathers
i must have been prominent In Virginia*.
!yet I can find no account of any ofj
j them In Virginia histories.
It will bo of great Interest, to these
i families if you can give, them any In
[ formation or a-lvioo, and frwrn what
I I know of your work along flhls lino,
j I fool sure, you ?3u bo of grxat help. I
Thanking' you In advance, I a>m.
Yours truly,
CURTIS BYNUM.
if any roador will answer these
queries wo will publish tho informa?
tion.? Ed
-
Editor Genealogical Column:
Could you tell me, through the'
Genealogy Column of your paper, who
Catherine II en son married? She lived
In King William or the lower en<j of
New ? Kent county "between 17HO and
I?00. 1 think she married a Corbin.
but would like to know for certain.
Also be kind enough to let me know
to what family of Taylors Clemmous
Taylor belonged. He lived within a
mile of New, Kent Courthouse from >
1X00 to 1320. He married Dionysia!
Graves. T. H.
We will be glad If any reader oanl
answer these rather difficult quos- J
Hons,?Ed.
George Taylor, of Hanover county.!
Va., married Lucy Clapton (who
was a Peaseley). They ha*, two chil?
dren that 1 know of?Thomas. a
wealthy merchant and prominent mau
in Richmond bet >re the War Between
the States. Ho married I.ucy Single?
ton, daughter of Anthony Singleton aud ,
Lucy Randolph. Their children were;
Bauny Clalborne Taylor, who married j
Colonel Thomas Bills; Nathaniel, ai
civil engineer, and Mary Taylor, who'
married Gait. un<i lived at Glen Avon 1
or Avonnla. near Columbia, near Rich?
mond. The second child of George Tay?
lor is the one in whom 1 am Interest?
ed. This is Susannah Taylor. born
February 20. 1731, died January 15,
1S06. She married James Watts, born
January t>. 1718. died InsSouth Carolina
'February lt>. 1781. They had four sons
?George. Richard, Captain John and
James. Captain John Watts married,
July '-'. 17SS (he died, aged forty-eight,
October 13. 1812), Margaret Bollard, a
si.ster of Captain or Colonel Richard
Bollard, who held a commission as an
olHcer and was a member of the Society
of Cincinnati. Beaufort Taylor Watts,
his nephew, their oldest son. wus also
a member of the Cincinnati Society by
virtue of the lineal descendants of
Richard Bollard having waived In hi*
favor. Colonel Beaufort Taylor Watts
was a vory distinguished diplomat to
Russia. Barls and Bogota.
Narcissa Watte, daughter of Captain
John and Margaret pollard, married
John Ball, Bon of George and grandson
Of William Ball, of Virginia
Alexandria Brown, In "Cabells and
Their Kin. refers to a Richard Pol?
lard, of King and Queen county. Vir?
ginia, born I7U0. who murrlcd Pauline
(""obeli Rives. "He wus captain of the
Twentieth Infantry December, ISIS,
and fought at Crancy Island, etc ;
charge rt'nffalra at Chile In 1SS314S.
His son. Henry Cabell Rives, was as
sasslnuted in Richmond In 1868. He,
with his brother. E. A. Pollard, edited
the Southern Opinion."
Would like some of the descendants
to tell mo who wero the parents of
George Taylor: what relation to James
Taylor, the first, from Carlisle. Eng?
land. They are the same family, and
glvo her descent. Was his wife, Lucy
Clopton, a widow before he married
her. or was her full numo Lucy Clop?
ton PeasloyT Barents' names of Mar?
garet Pollard and her descent from
' the emigrant to Virginia; also parent.-.
' of James Watts, and something of the
Ball family, to whom William Ball.
: grandfather of the John Ball who mar?
ried Narcissa Watts, belonged. Would
? be glnd to hear from any of the faml
' lies through your columns or through
my addroBS. and shore any of my data
with them or reply to their Inquiries
through your most Interesting col
. umns.
VIRGINIA WAYNE.
Rox 256, Waynesboro, Va.
Editor of the Genealogy Column,
Times-Dispatch:
Dear Sir.?Will you please Insert tho
inclosed queries at your curliest con?
venience,! in The Times-Dispatch?
Thanking you In advance, and for past
fuvors, I am
Cordially yours,
MRS. J. H. HARD WICK.
Cleveland, Tehn., September _:6. 1911.
Hardwlck?Wanted ancestry and
dates of birth, marriage und death uf
William Hardwlck. who probubly came
from Virginia, but who served with
South Curollna troops during the Re?
volutionary War, nnd whose will was
probated In Green County, Georgia, In
isni.
What relation was this William
Hardwlck to the William Hardwlck
who murrled Margaret Pope. the
great-aunt of General Washington.
Barker?Wanted ancestry and full
name of Miss Parker, who married
William Hardwick. Her father was a
physician.
Venuble?'Wanted ancestry and dntes
of birth of Susan Venable, who mar?
ried Garland Hardwlck, sun of William
Hardwick.
Montgomery?Wanteil ancestry of
James Montgomery, of Carolina, nnd
the elates of lila birth, death and first
marriago. He served with the Georgia
troops during the Revolutionary War.
His children, first marriage. were
Hugh. John, James and Mrs. McClulu.
nnd by second marriage. William, Elea?
nor. Jane, Sullle und Margaret.
Barclay?Wanted ancestry of Mar?
garet "Barclay, who was horn February
8. 1768. and died July 28. 1848. at Alpine
Oa. She was the wife of Hugh Mont?
gomery, of Jefferson county, Georgia.
Tucker?Wanted ancestry of William
Tucker, horn In Albcmnrle county, Vir?
ginia, November 21, 1768. married
Nancy Grider, In 1789 and died In
Burke County. N. C. December 10. 1803.
His brothers an<i sisters were George.
David, John and Elizabeth, who mar?
ried n Hartley.
MRS. J. H. HARDWICK.
Cleveland, Tenn.
Pittmun-Bow?Parentage desired of
John Plttmnii and his wife. Polly Row.
They married about 1747. He settled
first In Buckingham county. Va., and
later moved to Amelia county, Va. He
wan living in South Carolina before ti e
Revolutionary War and enlisted from
South Carolina. John Plttman and
Polly Bow's children were: Buckn t.
born 17-18, settled in the West: Lucy,
born, 1760. dlctl 1771; John, born 17:".;,
married Eunice Marshall; Mary, born
1754, married Edward Odum: James,
born 1756, married Martha Taylor, 1781:
Batsy, born 1760, married Rlantou No?
ble; Zelphln. born 1762 married David
.S'trictland: Slirnh. horn 1763, dle<I 1771:
Philip, born 1765, married three times:
Timothy, born 1770, died 1S-Is; Grace.
horn-, mnrrled Jamerson Andrews;
Jeffers. horn-. Most of their chil?
dren settled In Georgia.
Taylor-Owen.
Parentage desired of James Taylor
jinrt his wife. Nancy or Ann Owen.
Irom Virginia. They married about
1759. Their children wer.-: Daniel.
George. Martha. Leo and Huges Owen.
Their daughter, Martha, born 1743.
married James Plttman. 1781, in Henry
county," Va.
Hnrris-I.ewtH.
Parentage desired of John Harris
and his wife, Miss. Lewis, in 1759 or
1760. Their children were: Benjamin
born 17(11, married Bethany Odum
I785-. John, Edward. Jessie, Francis,
married William Hobbs; Molllo, mar
ried Mr. William? In Sampson county,
N. C; Rebecca, Nancy, married Mr.
House: Lidln. married Mr. BufflngtOCV.
John Harris's wife. MIsb Lewis. had *
brother named Zebulon and another
named Benjamin Lewis, all from Vir
ginia.
Odain.
l'urcnts desired of Bethany Odum.
born 1770, married BcnJamlne Harris.
17*5. Sho had three brothers, named
Elkanhu. Halatla and Oeldatha Odum.
Benjamin Harris enlisted In tho Re?
volutionary Wur from North Carolina,
and afterwards moved to Edgofleld
District. South Carolina, thou to
Georgia, where ho died in Madison
county.
ttantuumd.
Who was the wife and parents of
Jacob Hammond, who came from. Fred?
erick county. Maryland, to Augustri
county, Virginia, in 177S. and bought
land. Later he and his family, or "
part, wont to Wllkes county, Georgia.
His son John married Barbara Ann.
bought land and took out a head right
between 17R7 and 1733. John Hull;
mor.d and Barbara Ann's .children
were Abraham, born 17S3; Jucob.
Isaac, born 17S9; John and three girls
?Vlnnie, Buggy and Betsy.
MRS. J. H. HARD WICK.
Cleveland, Tcnn.
-Waller."
Mrs. Glass, in her reply to the query
of "Waller." concerning his parternal
ancestors of the. Waller und Quarles
families, says: "There Is a mlstako In
regard to Mary, daughter of BcnJamlne
Waller, marrying ? Queries," nnd
further says, "Judge Benjumlne Wal?
ler's eight children married as follows"
(giving tho names of each). Sho fur?
ther says. "Judge Benjamiue Waller's
brother Tom married Sarah TJabncy.
und their children wore as follows"
(giving the names of Tom's six chil?
dren); that the sixth, Dortha, married
- Quarles. anil concludes her re?
ply p.s follows: "I am under tho Irt
presslon this is the Quarles your cor
? respondent. Is trying to trace.
1 "Waller" Is thankful to Mrs. Glasq
i for her information, but nmy sho not
be mistaken? It looks so from tho
following statement from "Hardosty'fi
Encyclopedia," page 373: "The in
: mediate ancestor of the Wallers of
j Virginia was Edmond Waller, who came
from England near the close of the
uevefiteenth century and settled in
, Spotsylvanla county. Ho bad tbreo
sons. William. John und BcnJamlne.
the last, of the text (horn 1716) and
settled in Wllllamsburg." "He married
Martha Hall, of North Carolina, nt;d
had Issue ten children." (Note that
Mrs. Glass says. "He had u brother
Tom and eight children'"!. Tho fore
1 going extract says his brothers wore
"John nnd William" und the children
numbered "ten."
We are all liable to mistakes and
' should be ready to correct them whou
I In our power to do so. I am ?uro Mrs.
Glass will fully agree with mo as to
this.
i "Waller" Is seeking information as
' to his ancestors of the Quarles and
Wnller families. Whether they be of
patrician or plebeian origin does not
; so much concern him.
I "Waller's" baptismal or Christian
' name Is John Waller -; bis. fath?
er's. Rohert Waller-: his fath?
er's only brother's, James Quarles
?-; three of his father's sisters
; were named respectively, Martha,
Mary and Aghess. Of the grandsons
, of his grandmother?Ann or Anna?
! there is a John Waller -, a
Thomas Waller-. a William Wal
'. ler -, n-Waller-and
0 BcnJamlne-. Of her grand
daugihtors are: Marys, Marthas, and
other names found In tho families of
the Quarles a rut Wallers, her people.
"Wnller" has now in his possession
a ropy of the marriage license of his
grandfather an-i grandmother, sent
him by the clerk of the court issuing
it, to which appears the name of
Aaron Quarles, her father.
"Waller" is now eighty-four years
old, and bo and his people have ever
understood that bis grandmother,
Anna-nee-Quarles. was a gi andaughter
of Judge BepJahlnc Waller at whoso
home site pussed many happy days
of her childhood.
I It has been understood by all the
relutives of "Waller," and by him and
[bis father ns well, that Littleton Wul
j ler Tazwell was a tlrst cousin of his
I paternal grandmother.
"WALLER."
Wllllamsburg. Va.,
October 16. 1911.
EJitor Genealogy column:
I'ermit me to help straighten out tlu
tangle of "Waller" In Sunday's Dis?
patch.
1 have copies or abstracts of about
n dosen Waller wills. Colonel Johu
I Waller, the emigrant, married Dorothy
King. His will was executed 1753, and'
in this will be mentions "my grand?
daughter, Dorothy Quarles, daughter
of son Thomas Waller."
The emigrant had one daughter and'
five sons. viz. Mary. John, Thomas.
I William, Benjamin and Edmund.
I homas Waller lived in King
I William county. married Elisabeth
-, nnd hail i 11 John, who married
Mary Anne .-, and had Thomas:
(2), Dorothy, who married
Quarles; (31. Thomas.
Tills Thomas Waller wus tho sec?
ond son of Colonel Jahn Waller, and
1 his will was executed 1764.
Judge Benjamin Waller was tho
I fourt son; Colonel John Waller,
hetse brother to Thomas. He married
Martha Hall, of North Carolina. His
I daughter, or rather one of his daught?
ers, married Henry Tazwelt, and had
? Littleton Waller Tuzwell, who was
therefore, the first cousin, once re?
moved, of Dorothy, daughter of
Thomas, who married Quarles. Judge
Benjamin Waller made no will as far
as known to the writer, but he has a
record of births and marriages of his
children taken from I lie family Bible.
Again, it was Thomas Waller. :i
I grandson of Colonel John Wallcr.who
] married a Dabney. His will wusexecuted
17S7. I have a copy?he left four sons
|an.| five daughters?what I have writ?
ten is absolutely correct and from the
record.
Further, 1 might add for the Infor?
mation of Waller father data. (1),
Mary Waller, only daughter of Colonel.
John Waller, married Zackary Lewis,
'his will executed 17C4, and had John,
Zaokary, Waller, Benjamiue. Betsy,
l.u.y. Dorothia and Merriwether; <?:?.
John Waller. Trill executed married
agnes Carr, and bad Thomas. I'oinprcb
Agness. Ann. Dorothy, Mary, Sarah am'.
Elizabeth: (3), Thomas Wallor (se*
above): (?), William Wallet, will ex
noted i;5'i, married Ann BeveMoy no*
Stuart, and had Wilson, .lohn Aii'i
Dorothy. Mary'and Sarah: (.>), Ben?
jamin Waller, horn 171?. died 1786,
married Martha Hal), ind had John
Benjamin Carter ' William. Robert Hall,-!
Mary. Dorothy, Clara, Anne, Sarah
and Martha; (6). Edmund Waller, mar. ?';
rie.l Mary Pendleton nee Curtis, an?
had Mary. Jnne, Benjamin, Wllliao
Edmund, Leonard James Mourlng arid
Dorothy Jnsamlnt.
It Is thus seen that. Colon*! John. V
I Waller bad firty-one grandchildren, 2
an average of nearly seven *~Mldrtn to '.j?
j each of bis children. ^ I

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