GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION FROM

THE WESTERN METHODIST 1833-1834

Compiled by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

George Washington ALFORD

Died, in Davidson county, Tennessee, on the 18th of Aug. 1834, Mr. George Washington ALFORD, son of Mr. John ALFORD, aged 40 years. Mr. ALFORD was born in Amherst county, Virginia. He was a man of virtuous life, strict morality and endeared himself not only to those who slept in his bosom, a beloved wife and six children, but to all who knew him. But yet he was without the one thing needful. At the first camp meeting at Smyrna, the last of July, he was a seeker of religion and went away from that meeting with his mind deeply interested for the salvation of the gospel. He was soon after taken sick with a billious fever which, in thirteen days laid his manly form in the embraces of death. During his sickness his mind earnestly struggled to obtain the forgiveness of his sins and be at peace with his maker and through the wonderful condescension of god, on Sunday, the day before his death, he obtained perfect redemption through the blood of Christ. As he was now on the confines of that eternal world, he was a solemn preacher to those who gathered around his bed side. Well did he fill up the few hours that remained to him below the skies with the most thrilling exhortations and triumphant expressions of praise.

Taking a tender leave of his wife, children and friends, he died in the arms of victory, having come in as an eleventh hour laborer, but receiving the same immortal reward as those who had borne the heat and burden of the day.

Forbes

WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD

Death of William H. CRAWFORD. The last Georgia Constitutionalist of the 19th inst. Brings us intelligence of the death of the Hon. Wm. H. Crawford. He died a short time previous to the above date while he was proceeding to preside at the Superior Court of Elbert county. The death of this old and distinguished member of the republican ranks, will, doubtless, inspire a deep sensation of regret throughout our country. Mr. CRAWFORD was one of those individuals who rose from humble origin to some of the most eminent stations in our government and filled them all with an ability which has been seldom surpassed and with an integrity which has never been seriously questioned. In his public life there were blended the simplicity of a virtuous citizen, the dignity of a patriot and the talent and learning of an able statesman. He enjoyed to his last hour the confidence of his native state and but for the feebleness of his health, he would at one time have been elevated to the highest office in the gift of the American people. — Southern Advocate.

From APPLETON'S CYCLOPAEDIA, edited by James G. Wilson and John Fiske, New York, 189l volume 2, page 6:

CRAWFORD, William Harris, statesman, b. in. Amherst county, Va., 24 Feb. 1772; d. in Elbert county, Ga., 15 Sept., 1834. His father, who was in reduced circumstances, removed first to South Carolina and then to Columbia county, Ga. After teaching school at Augusta the boy studied law, began practice at Lexington in 1799, and was one of the compilers of the first digest of the laws of Georgia. He became a member of the state senate in 1802, and in 1807 was chosen U. S. senator to fill a vacancy. The political excitement of the period led him to engage in two duels, in one of which his opponent fell, and in the second of which he was himself wounded. He was re-elected in 1811, acquiesced in the policy of a U. S. bank, and in 1812 was chosen president pro tem. of the senate. He was at first opposed to the war with Great Britain, but eventually gave it his support; and in 1813, having declined the place of secretary of war, accepted that of minister to France, where he formed a personal intimacy with Lafayette. In 1816, on the retirement of Mr. DALLAS, he was appointed secretary of the treasury. He was prominently urged as a candidate for the presidency, but remained at the head of the treasury department, where he adhered to the views of Mr. JEFFERSON, and opposed the federal policy in regard to internal improvements, then supported by a considerable section of his own party. This position on the great question of the time subjected him to virulent hostility from opponents of his own party; and Mr. CALHOUN, who was one of these opponents, became a dangerous rival for the democratic nomination for the presidency, to succeed Monroe. Crawford, however, as the choice of the Virginia party, and the representative of the views of Jefferson, secured the nomination of a congressional caucus in February, 1824; and in the election that followed he received the electoral votes of Virginia and Georgia, with scattering votes from New York, Maryland, and Delaware — in all, 41. No choice having been made by the electoral college, the election reverted to the house of representatives, where John Quincy ADAMS was elected over JACKSON and CRAWFORD, through the influence of Henry CLAY, the fourth candidate before the people, who brought his friends to the support of Adams. The result was also due, in a measure, to the confirmed ill health of Mr. CRAWFORD, and perhaps to imputations brought against his conduct of the treasury department. These charges he promptly refuted, and a committee that included Daniel WEBSTER and John RANDOLPH unanimously declared them to be unfounded. But his health rendered it impossible for him to continue in public life; and, although he recovered his strength partially, he took no part after this date in politics. Returning to Georgia, he became circuit judge, which office he continued to fill with great efficiency, by successive elections in 1828 and 1831, until nearly the end of his life. He had no connection with the nullification movement, to which he was opposed; and his last days were spent in retirement. Personally he was a man of conspicuous social gifts, an admirable conversationalist, religious in his views and feelings, and a supporter of Baptist convictions. At his home he dispensed a hearty republican hospitality, and his name is eminent among the illustrious citizens of Georgia.

Elizabeth D. MARSHALL w/o D. J. H. MARSHALL; d/o Dabney and Elizabeth WARE, born Amherst Co., Va., Sept. 16, 1818; md 1844; died Marshall Co., Miss., Aug. 14, 1852.

Rev. John BROWN born Amherst Co., Va., Dec. 28, 1777; died Garrard Co., Ky., August 19, 1853; licensed as MEC preacher, Jan. 20, 1810; moved to Garrard Co., Ky. 1817 where his wife died in less than 2 years, with whom he had a son, surviving; md again /no name given/ and had one daughter, surviving.

Henry G. PAGETT born Amherst Co., Va., Feb. 1, 1796; died Williamson Co., Tenn., Oct. 4, 1853; md Mary ANDREWS 1821 and settled in Williamson Co.; left widow and 10 children.

Francis Marion BURRUS, Rutherford Co., Tenn., born July 25, 1838; died July 3, 1854. His father, Lafayette BURRUS, born Amherst Co., Va., Nov. 12, 1799; died Oct. 7, 1854.

Daniel NASH died Marion Co., Ky., Jan. 13, 1854 in her 69th year; born Amherst Co., Va.; moved to Ky. in 1837

July-December 1855

MARY CHILDRESS born Henrico Co., Va., 1774; md James CHILDRESS, who died leaving her with 2 small daughters (who also later married); moved to Amherst Co., Va., then she moved to Tenn. in 1823. 0bituary was submitted by her grandchild, Theo. P. CRUTCHER.

Mary MICKLE, nee LACKEY, w/o Rev. John C. MICKLE, died Montgomery Co., Tenn., July 18, 1855 aged 59 years, 7 months; md Oct. 11, 1851, Christian Co., Ky.; born and raised in Amherst Co., Va.

Pleasant M. MARTIN born Amherst Co., Va., Sept. 15, 1795; md Rebecca PRESTON, June 24, 1817; moved to Allen Co., Ky. 1837; joined MECS 1847; died Dec. 25, 1856.

Edwin TUCKER s/o Isaac and Elizabeth TUCKER b Amherst Co., Va., May 18, 1817; d Taylor Co., Ky., April 11, 1870; md Diana d/o STARKEY and Nancy HAYES, April 21, 1849 in Marion Co., Ky.; joined MEC in 18th year.

Rev. Gideon McDANIEL b Rutherford Co., Tenn., Dec. 8, 1800; d Aug. 13, 1870; parents returned to Amherst Co., Va. where he was raised; md Mary L. STRANGE, 1823, of Bedford Co., Va.; moved in 1829 to Cumberland Co., Ky.; in 1834 moved to Warren Co., Ky. where he died; died from diarrhea.

Nancy C. WALTERS d/o Capt. Matthew and Lucy C. LIVELY b Amherst Co., Va., March 1817; d March 22, 1871; moved to Ky.; md Rev. James H. WALTERS, 1835.

February 10, 1872

Shadrach TENISON buried January 25, 1872; died in his 86th year; born Amherst Co., Va.; moved to Ky. 1820.

July 12, 1873

Ann W. LANIER d/o Rev. Edmund LANIER born Amherst Co., Va. and came to Nashville, Tenn. 1819; she and sister, Lucy B. LANIER, taught school at the old Nashville Female Academy; died July 5, 1873; buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Dr. John Hughes ROBINSON born Amherst Co., Va. June 1800; moved with family to Green Co., Ky. 1815; educated as a doctor; moved to Marshall Co., Tenn. 1825; md Myra W. BOYD, Nov. 1, 1835; about 5'10" tall; joined Methodist Church in 1851; died Sept. 4, 1874.

February 19, 1876

Colonel John B. SALE oldest son Rev. Alexander and Sarah BARRUSS SALE, born Amherst Co. Va. June 7, 1818; died Aberdeen, Miss. Jan. 24, 1876; family moved to near Courtland, Ala. in 1820; his father was a founder of LaGrange College, Ala.; studied law and moved to Aberdeen.

June 3, 1876

Sarah H. BARRY, nee PEYTON, wf Judge Thomas BARRY, died Gallatin, Tenn. May 7, 1876; sister of Hon. Bailie PEYTON.

Note: Virginia Genealogies by Horace E. HAYDEN (Washington, D. C. 1931), pages 522-524. SARAH H. PEYTON dau John PEYTON (1755-1833) and wife, Margaret (HAMILTON) PEYTON; born October 17, 1810; md Thomas BARRY and had children: John Randolph, Jennie, Peytona, Locke and David. John PEYTON, father of Sarah BARRY, was native of Amherst Co., Va. and was a surveyor and farmer of Sumner Co., Tenn.

January-June 1879

Sallie M. PURVIS wife of G. T. PURVIS, born Amherst Co., Va., Mar. 6, 1800; married Dec. 4, 1824 and moved to McMinnville, Tenn. where she died Nov. 26, 1878.

January 22, 1881

Benjamin Bibb KNIGHT born Amherst Co., Virginia, October 12, 1801; married Dorcas NEWMAN, Feb. 13, 1823; died Dercherd, Tenn., November 20, 1880. His wife, DORCAS NEWMAN KNIGHT born So. Carolina, 1806; died April 13, 1872.

July 16, 1881

Dr. James Wesley LIVELY born Amherst Co., Virginia, September 19, 1809; moved to Ky. in 1816; married Harriet TURNER, August 1, 1833; graduate, Transylvania University, 1847; died recently.

July 8, 1882

Elizabeth W. T. PRICE, nee BAKER, widow of Thomas PRICE, born Amherst Co., Virginia, July 11, 1805; moved to Logan Co., Ky. in childhood; married Thomas PRICE; died recently; an only son, the Rev. John W. PRICE of North Miss. Methodist Conference.

Peter F. WATERFIELD born Amherst Co., Virginia, August 14, 1807; died Dec. 26, 1883.

Editha LEATON, nee SLED, born Amherst Co., Va., about 80 years ago; in early teens moved with her mother to Ky.; married William LEATON and moved to Boone Co., then to LaFayette Co., MO; husband died, leaving her with 3 children; she then married Reuben LEATON and had 7 children; died Oct. 4, 1884; surviving, then, were 3 sons, 1 dau.

Peachea DOYLE born Jan. 4, 1798, Amherst Co., Va. where she was reared; married William DOYLE (died Dec. 1851), 1812; 8 children, all deceased, the last to die having been Mrs. Martha A. LEFFLER who died Jan. 22, 1872; died in residence of granddaughter, Mrs. Mattie GREER, Smithland, Ky., April 18, 1886.

Rosa B. SEAY born Amherst Co., Va. (now Nelson Co.), Oct. 3, 1784; died Tallapoosa Co., Ala., Jan. 28, 1887 in residence of her son, Rev. J. L. SEAY; her husband entered the regular U.S. army in 1811; daughter of Capt. George LOVING; had 9 children; migrated with her "entire" family to Franklin Co., Tenn. in 1829.

January-June 1889

Stephen W. BOWLES son of John and Emily BOWLES, born Amherst Co., Va., Aug. 13, 1824; one of 12 children; married (1) Matilda BOWEN, Jan. 25, 1846; 4 children, two, John and David, Methodist preachers; (2) Barbara A. TAYLOR, Dec. 2, 1858; 4 children. Killed "under a falling log", Dec. 23, 1889.

July-December 1890

Mary E. WRIGHT wife of William H. WRIGHT, daughter of Christopher C. and Edna DILLARD, Amherst Co., Va., born July 20, 1850; died Oct. 31, 1889, bronchitis; married Oct. 25, 1879.

Nancy T. GRAHAM daughter of James and Keziah DICKSON, born Amherst Co., Va., Sept. 23, 1808; moved with parents to west Tenn. in 1812, then to Madison Co., Ala.; married Colonel James B. GRAHAM; died Oct. 10, 1891.

John S. CAMPBELL born Amherst Co., Va., April 25, 1803; died Warren Co., Ky., Nov. 1, 1891; moved to Warren Co., Ky. in 1821; married Mary ENNIS, Mar. 11, 1824; 12 children, 6 surviving him

July-December 1892

Preston Carpenter ROGERS son of William Rogers, born Amherst Co., Va., Sept. 6, 1818; died Darden, Tenn., April 18, 1892 in residence of his son, Daniel ROGERS; married Emily FLEMING in January 1842; 5 children surviving him.

Clara S. ARNOLD born Amherst Co., Virginia, February 11, 1807; married W. H. BLAIR, Feb. 11, 1828; moved to Kentucky in November 1829; in August 1834 her husband and two children died, leaving her with one child. She married William K. ARNOLD, November 1836; two sons, three daughters; second husband died Sept. 2, 1855; she died April 29, 1895.