Nettie Gertrude Smith
F, #2631, b. 1882, d. 1948
Birth | 1882 | |
Marriage | 19 April 1900 | In Omega, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States. |
Death | 1948 | At age ~66. |
Elizabeth Eva Renner
F, #2632, b. 1901, d. 2008
Parents
Birth | 1901 | |
Death | 2008 | At age ~107. |
Misc | | Married Lawson E. Foraker (1901-1991.) |
Tilford Weir
M, #2633, b. after 1799
Parents
Last Edited | 25 September 2023 |
Martha Spencer
F, #2634, b. 18 June 1820, d. 17 March 1895
Parents
Birth | 18 June 1820 | In Surry County, North Carolina, United States.1 |
Death | 17 March 1895 | At age 74 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States.1 |
Misc | | Married James H. Spurlock.2,1 |
Citations
- [S3721] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29481224/martha-spurlock: accessed 24 May 2023), memorial page for Martha Spencer Spurlock (18 Jun 1820–17 Mar 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29481224, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Lecompton, Douglas County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Steve McCray (contributor 46984445)., Full dates on tombstone
- [S3720] "Martha Spencer in the Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805." 2002 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/512546147:1171?indiv=try&h&pid=26092657910&db. Accessed 24 May. 2023.
Jacob Groh
M, #2635, b. 19 January 1820, d. 26 December 1846
Parents
Birth | 19 January 1820 | In Rheingönheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland.1 |
Marriage | 2 November 1843 | In Clay County, Missouri, United States. Or maybe it's Kirschner2 |
Death | 26 December 1846 | At age 26 in Clay County, Missouri, United States. I have no evidence for this date... |
Misc | | Life summary. Married Catharina Elisabetha Kirschner and came to America |
Immigration | 27 June 1843 | New York, New York, United States.3 |
Citations
- [S3723] "Peter Groh in entry for Jacob Groh, 'Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500." 1971" • FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKG-WTK2. Accessed 24 May. 2023.
- [S5155] "Entry for Jacob Groh, 'Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800." 1991" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:71K9-QZ6Z. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
- [S5156] "Ancestry.com - New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820." 1957 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYM237_52-0125?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
Georg Heinrich Groh
M, #2636, b. 25 August 1822, d. 3 August 1906
Parents
Birth | 25 August 1822 | In Rheingönheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland.1,2 |
Death | 3 August 1906 | At age 83 in Cass County, Missouri, United States.2 |
Immigration | 27 June 1843 | New York, New York, United States.3 |
Citations
- [S3724] "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500." 1971 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKL-RRW4. Accessed 24 May. 2023.
- [S5090] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26202072/george_henry-groh: accessed April 9, 2024), memorial page for George Henry Groh (25 Aug 1822–3 Aug 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26202072, citing Belton Cemetery, Belton, Cass County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Belton Remembers (contributor 48220762).
- [S692] "Peter Groh in the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820." 1850 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=284397&dbid=7485. Accessed 24 Aug. 2021.
Christoph Groh
M, #2638, b. 9 October 1828, d. 16 November 1868
Parents
Birth | 9 October 1828 | In Rheingoenheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland.1 |
Death | 16 November 1868 | At age 40 in St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States. |
Immigration | 27 June 1843 | New York, New York, United States.2 |
Residence | 1850 | In Gallatin, Clay, Missouri, United States.3 |
Military | 1 July 1863 | In Buchanan, Missouri, USA 1 Jul 1863. He is single in this record.4 |
Citations
- [S3725] "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558." 1898 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4T8-22K. Accessed 24 May. 2023.
- [S692] "Peter Groh in the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820." 1850 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=284397&dbid=7485. Accessed 24 Aug. 2021.
- [S5199] "Christopher Groah in the 1850 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3717213:8054?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024., Living as a laborer at the age of 22 with a Hall family.
- [S5198] "Christopher Groh in the U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863." 1865 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3659406:1666?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Martha ("Patsy") Phelps
F, #2639, b. 20 June 1737, d. 8 March 1767
This person is confused with James Thomas Powhatan Bowling (9 Jan 1756-7 Aug 1824) son of Major John Kennon Bolling II and Elizabeth Blair Bolling Bland. This person may not exist as a son of Benjamin Bolling and Martha Phelps.
There is a possible DNA link with common ancestor Benjamin Bolling and Martha Phelps, but... they have no tree. and suggested trees are with the above people.

Phelps Martha b1737 headshot
Parents
Birth | 20 June 1737 | In Albemarle County, Virginia, British America. Born in Albemarle County? Most of the other children seem to have been born in Goochland County or Bedford /Northumberland County Bedford was formed in December 1753 from the counties of Albemarle and Lunenburg Some say Wilkes, North Carolina Colony1,2,3,4 |
Marriage | 20 June 1753 | In Albermarle, Virginia, British America. One marriage record says Mary Patsy. No original to view1,5,2,4 |
Death | 8 March 1767 | At age 29 in Flat Gap, Wise, North Carolina, British America. "Died in childbirth of dau Elizabeth." Note this location is nonexistent... Was she in Wise County, Virginia or in North Carolina?1,6,4 |
Burial | | At Benjamin Bolling Cemetery in Flat Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States. |
Misc | | DNA Matches - Excellent. 4/24/2024 I have 107 DNA matches with Benjamin Bolling. Scott has 264! (does he have more than one path?) Using thrulines, Benjamin Bolling b1734 or Martha Phelps b1737 show common ancestor Benjamin Bolling and martha Phelps. Also true through Elizabeth. But if you choose a child known to have Chrity as their mother, it will only show Benjamin Bolling. I'm assuming this means that Benjamin Bolling b1734 is not a child of Charity but of Martha Phelps. (it does NOT say who her parents are! or even her name for that matter).
1/2024 111 matches 15 with Delaney
117 DNA matches, but they do not prove Martha Phelps is the name of the mother nor of course who her parents were. Only Benjamin and Joseph John is listed as half. 15 with Delaney and the rest with siblings
1/2024 Scott 241 matches! across a whole bunch of children! none as half. |
Misc | | Parents: DNA. See the DNA matches of Scott Borgmier and Judith Nicholls to other children of both John Phelps and Mary Catherine Gibson.
Actually, there is little known about ANY of the daughters of John Phelps except that the ones that were still alive were mentioned in his will. NO grandchildren are mentioned in the will.
The book Pocahontas to Benjamin Bolling says Mary Patsy Phelps father was Colonel Thomas Phelps (1700-1751). not Captain John Phelps (1705 - 1772) as most trees have. He would have been a brother of John Phelps. Thomas Phelps and Elizabeth Patterson (1706-1772)have a child named Mary but nothing is listed for her. I see no will for Thomas.
Comment to the source below: Is documentation available that connects Martha Phelps Bolling to John Phelps. I am listed as having .039% of John Phelps and Mary Catherine Gibson's DNA but I have not come across documentation other than DNA. Answer: I couldn't locate any primary sources.
"There is no proof that Martha "Patsy" Phelps is the daughter of John Phelps (1705-1772)."
John Phelps' mother was named Martha Margaret or Margaret Martha. ___________ She was dead before John Phelps died, so she would not have been mentioned in his will, but children could have been: John Phelps "He died in Bedford County in 1772, and his will, recorded in Will Book "A," page 137, mentions wife Mary; children: Jane, Judith, Sarah, Ann, Mary, Betty, John, and Aggey. ______________ She is supposed to be from Albemarle Co., Va. In researching Albemarle I have found a William Phelps and a Thomas Phelps there. But whether Martha belongs to one of them or not I just don't know. She was supposed to have Native Americn blood? She died in 1767 at the birth of their daughter Elizabeth? http://bblair.freeservers.com/ (also see zotero copy) _________________ familysearch tree has a daughter of John b1705 Martha "Patty" who marries a James Turner III in 1756. AS WELL AS a Martha Phelps who marries Benjamin Bolling7,8,9,10 |
Misc | | Melungeon. The following is from Kathy Lindhout: [email protected]: (I do not know if Melungeons truly exist, if they are fiction, or if this is just an assumption on her part). Benjamin Bowling was a Melungeon and a close friend of Christopher Gist, a famous backwoods frontiersman. Benjamin's wife, Patsy Phelps was also a Virginia Melungeon and her mother was believed to have been a "Gibson". --http://yeahpot.com/bolling/benjamin.php |
Last Edited | 23 September 2024 |
Citations
- [S3743] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43431865/martha-bolling: accessed 28 May 2023), memorial page for Martha “Patsy” Phelps Bolling (20 Jun 1737–8 Mar 1767), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43431865, citing Benjamin Bolling Cemetery, Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Rosa Cline (contributor 46510018).
- [S3757] "Benjamen I Bolling in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/121341:7836?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
- [S4139] "Martha Phelps in the Family Data Collection." Individual Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4581597:4725?indiv=try&h&pid=36412705450&db. Accessed 18 Jul. 2023.
- [S5495] "Martha (Phelps) Bolling (1737-1767)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phelps-425. Accessed 4 Jun. 2024., see PDF:
Phelps Martha (1737-1767) WikiTree.pdf
- [S3756] "Benjamin Bolling in the Family Data Collection." Individual Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3003527:4725?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
- [S3812] Price, Zelma Wells. “Of Whom I Came : From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise, Rish-Wise and Otherwise, a Compilation of the Genealogies of the Families of: Bolling, Colquitt, Gable, Norman, Rish, Robertson, Weatherbee, Wells, Wofford with Numerous Related and Connecting f, Vol. 6, Pt 1.” Text. Accessed June 2, 2023. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/86180-of-whom-i-came-from-whence-i-came-wells-wise-rish-wise-and-otherwise-a-compilation-of-the-genealogies-of-the-families-of-bolling-colquitt-gable-norman-rish-robertson-weatherbee-wells-wofford-with-numerous-related-and-connecting-f-vol-6-pt-1?offset=](https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/86180-of-whom-i-came-from-whence-i-came-wells-wise-rish-wise-and-otherwise-a-compilation-of-the-genealogies-of-the-families-of-bolling-colquitt-gable-norman-rish-robertson-weatherbee-wells-wofford-with-numerous-related-and-connecting-f-vol-6-pt-1?offset=).
- [S3758] "John Phelps (1705-1772)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phelps-2034. Accessed 29 May. 2023., Five Star Profile
- [S3761] https://www.facebook.com/575298092810959/posts/i-have-permission-from-the-author-of-this-research-jim-bowlin-to-share-with-youb/575506076123494/. 5/31/2023
- [S4141] "Ancestry and Descendants of Benjamin Bolling b. 1732." Bblair http://bblair.freeservers.com/. Accessed 19 Jul. 2023.
- [S3257] Pocahontas to Benjamin Bolling by Oakley Dean Baldwin (2015)., I cannot judge the book's comments on DNA proof, but my guess about it is this, from the Benjamin Bolling Wikitree comments:
" The book "Pocahontas To Benjamin Bolling" is based on hundreds of Autosomal DNA connections from Benjamin Bolling 1734-1832, all of these connections only match Benjamin to other Bolling family members who are listed as Red, White and Blue Bollings."
Charity Larrimore
F, #2640, b. about 1748, d. 1794
Parents
Birth | about 1748 | In Wilkes County, North Carolina, British America.1,2 |
Marriage | about 1768 | In North Carolina, British America.1,3,2 |
Death | 1794 | In Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, United States. A Charity Bolling is listed in the 1830 census. Could be the daughter. But there are older people in the household but the listing is under Charity Bolling.1 |
Citations
- [S3749] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61398713/charity-bolling: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Charity Larrimore Bolling (1748–1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61398713, citing Benjamin Bolling Cemetery, Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Angela Stallard (contributor 47520620).
- [S3747] "Benjamin Boling in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889." 1970 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/957718:2204?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 28 May. 2023., See attachment

- [S3750] "Charity Lattimore in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/722149:7836?indiv=try&h&pid=212326645664&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
Pleasant Childers
M, #2641, b. about 1761, d. 25 April 1839
In May 1780, at age 16, he enlisted in the 5th Regiment NC Continental Line as a Private under the command of Captain Parker of the Regiment, & Colonel Armstrong, NC Continental Line, for nine months. During that time, Childer's regiment marched through Georgia. Earlier, he was in the Battle of Stono Ferry. Childers was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse according to his court statement. He served with the NC Continental Line until May 1781, when he was honorably discharged at Cross Creek NC. He married Sarah Jeffries in VA in 1785, & moved to Floyd Co. KY by 1805.
In 1818 he was destitute:
"That he has no land, nor slaves.
That he has four cows worth $10 each $ 40.00
That he has eight young cattle worth $5 each $ 40.00
1 crippled mare worth nothing (pay $5) $ 5.00
10 head of hogs worth $1 each $ 10.00
$ 95.00
Which is all he has except his clothing and his house and kitchen furniture. He is a laborer and has no trade, is 59 years of age and has a wife aged 59 and two children living with him, one a boy about 17, the other a boy about 14 years of age. That he works on rented land for a living."
--from geni.com.

Childers Pleasant b1761 Revolutionary Monument 2
Parents
Birth | about 1761 | In Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, British America. DAR says he was born in North Carolina. Does not look like it could be a different Pleasant Childers in North Carolina because his wife asked for pension, but the other children also seem not to have been born in Virginia.1,2,3 |
Marriage | 16 April 1785 | In Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. Buckingham County VA Clerk?s Declaration of Marriage
I, Rolfe Eldridge, Clerk of the County Court of Buckingham in the State of Virginia hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records and files of my office and have not been able to find any register returned of the marriage of Pleasant Childers and Sarah Jeffries, but that a license issued from this office for that purpose appears by a bond given on the 30th day of March 1785 of which the following is a copy:
?Know all men by these presents that we, Pleasant Childers and John Jeffries are held and firmly bound unto the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Virginia and their successors in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to which payment well and truly to be paid, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators jointly and severally firmy by here presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 30th day of March 1785. Whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Pleasant Childers and Sarah Jeffries. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and (effect?) Pleasant Childers (seal) John Jeffries (seal)?
That no register is found here, ought to raise no presumption that the marriage did take place, as it has happened as often as otherwise, that ministers of the Gospel have failed to return to the office lists of marriages solemnized by them. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this twenty-sixth day of December in the year one thousand, eight hundred and fifty.
Rolfe Eldridge, C. B. C.4,1,2,5 |
Death | 25 April 1839 | In Pike County, Kentucky, United States.1,6,2 |
Burial | | At Pikeville Cemetery in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States.1 |
Residence | BY 1805 | In Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.2 |
Misc | | Names of living children. FAMILY LINEAGE
Pleasant Childers
Pike County, Kentucky - County Court Order Book B-1
Page 477 - May 19, 1851
"Ordered that the Clerk of this Court certify at this Court that it is duly proven by the exhibition of testimony satisfactory to said Court. That Pleasant Childress dec. late of said county was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 dollars p annum that he died on the 25th day of April 1838 that he left a Widow named Sarah Childress who deceased the 10th day of August 1843 and that the said Pleasant and Sarah Childress left seven children now known to be living whose names are as follows Lucy, Elizabeth, Sally, Jesse, Nathaniel, Pleasant and Flemmon Childress".
Reference: Forsyth, A. C. (1987). Pike County, Kentucky 1821 - 1987 Historical Papers (Number 6). Pikeville, Kentucky: Pike County Historical Society, Inc. |
Misc | | DNA Matches - spectacular. 6/8/2024 Scott's DNA as Samuel Anderson 113 DNA matches on siblings of Firstname Childers Lucinda b1786 9 matches, selection, 2 John Ratliff and Charlotte White, 3 Pleasant and Sarah Jeffries, 1 none - Elizabeth b1792 23 matches. selection, 6 parents Jesse b1795 5 matches, selection 1 parents Sarah b1804 55 matches, selection, 2 John Ratliff, Charlotte White; This is because of wrong trees!!! Flemon b1805 10 matches, selection, 2 John Ratliff, Charlotte White; 2 parents Pleasant b1806 9 matches, selection, 3 parents Artelia b1819 2 matches 1 Pleasant and 1 none
_______________________ 54 DNA matches with children of Pleasant Childers, all called half. |
Misc | | Another Pleasant Childers. The Pleasant Childers in North Carolina in for example the 1800 and 1810 census is not our guy. It also can't be our Pleasant's son because he's too young. It's the Pleasant Childris in this record:
Name Sarah Bush Spouse Pleasant Childris Marriage Date 4 May 1793 Marriage County Warren Marriage State North Carolina Source Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT7,8 |
Military | between May 1780 and May 1781 | Revolutionary War, Continental Line.2,9,3,10,11,12 |
Property | 25 July 1822 | WHERE was this? Maybe the other Pleasant? on 25 July 1822.2 |
Residence | 1825 | In Kentucky. Kentucky Pensioner.2 |
Citations
- [S4528] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174240756/pleasant-childers: accessed 08 October 2023), memorial page for Pleasant Childers (1761–25 Apr 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 174240756, citing Pikeville Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Vickie Hylton Standifur (contributor 48462523).
- [S5159] "Geni - Pleasant Childers, Sr. (c.1761." 1839) https://www.geni.com/people/Pleasant-Childers-Sr/6000000000653175543. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
- [S5163] "DAR Genealogical Research Databases." Services https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm?Action=Search&Last_Name=Childress&First_Name=Pleasant&sortby=Last_Name. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024., For full record, see:
Childers Pleasant b1761 DAR Genealogical Research Databases.pdf - [S4054] The Heritage of Russell County, Virginia, 1786-1986. (1989). United States: Russell County Heritage Book Committee. Limited search snippets allowed from google, 7/9/2023. Book not available.
- [S5995] "Sarah (Jeffries) Childers (abt.1761-1843)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jeffries-1466. Accessed 23 Jul. 2024., For more, including marriage info and widow's pension application and sources.
Jeffries Sarah (abt.1761-1843) WikiTree.pdf
- [S4537] "Lineage of Pleasant Childers." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/38217847/person/19285015096/media/47626840-5aa9-489c-964d-9fc99cbe8251?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 8 Oct. 2023. Taken from Pike County, Kentucky 1821-1987 Historical Papers by A. C. Forsyth.
- [S5249] "Pleasant Childres in the 1800 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/327474:7590?indiv=try&h&pid=402550880380&db. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024., The problem with this is there is no wife!
- [S5905] "Virginia_Buckingham Co." OneDrive https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!ArKeBIfg4WGAfaY&cid=FB96EE6FD7BF09E3&id=FB96EE6FD7BF09E3!1433&parId=FB96EE6FD7BF09E3!1426&o=OneUp. Accessed 17 Jul. 2024., See PDF:
Childers Pleasant b1761 Buckingham Co VA_005.pdf
- [S5162] "Pleasant Childer's Revolutionary War Service." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/59910196/person/42544361532/media/84BF76D8-784A-4678-88B8-0DB1F386026D?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
- [S5167] "Geni - Pleasant Childers, Sr. (c.1761." 1839) https://www.geni.com/people/Pleasant-Childers-Sr/6000000000653175543. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
- [S5251] Pleasant and Sarah Childers Pension Applications, 19 Oct 1818, Pike County, Kentucky. Pleasant Childers Pension Application, dated October 19, 1818. This is followed by Sarah (Jefferies) Childers application, dated October 28, 1839. jmdoane82 originally shared this on 4 Jan 2016. Downloaded from ancestry.com 4/30/2024., Also Pleasant and Sarah Childers Pension Applications.txt
- [S5482] Forsyth, A. C. (1987). Pike County, Kentucky 1821 - 1987 Historical Papers (Number 6). Pikeville, Kentucky: Pike County Historical Society, Inc. Found on ancestry.com 6/3/2024.
Sarah ("Sally") Jeffries
F, #2642, b. 1765, d. 10 August 1843
Parents
Birth | 1765 | I have seen the date 16-APR-1765 but without evidence of anything but the 1765 part. |
Marriage | 16 April 1785 | In Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. Buckingham County VA Clerk?s Declaration of Marriage
I, Rolfe Eldridge, Clerk of the County Court of Buckingham in the State of Virginia hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records and files of my office and have not been able to find any register returned of the marriage of Pleasant Childers and Sarah Jeffries, but that a license issued from this office for that purpose appears by a bond given on the 30th day of March 1785 of which the following is a copy:
?Know all men by these presents that we, Pleasant Childers and John Jeffries are held and firmly bound unto the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Virginia and their successors in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to which payment well and truly to be paid, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators jointly and severally firmy by here presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 30th day of March 1785. Whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Pleasant Childers and Sarah Jeffries. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and (effect?) Pleasant Childers (seal) John Jeffries (seal)?
That no register is found here, ought to raise no presumption that the marriage did take place, as it has happened as often as otherwise, that ministers of the Gospel have failed to return to the office lists of marriages solemnized by them. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this twenty-sixth day of December in the year one thousand, eight hundred and fifty.
Rolfe Eldridge, C. B. C.1,2,3,4 |
Death | 10 August 1843 | At age ~78 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.4 |
Misc | | DNA matches - spectacular. 8/4/2024 Judy's DNA as Samuel Anderson Mary Tate 9 matches with two half siblings: Nancy Jeffries - comes up though with Mary Tate and Nathaniel Jeffries Mary Jeffries - Also both parents
6/8/2024 Scott's DNA as Samuel Anderson Sarah Jeffries 131 matches Lucinda 9 matches 1 JR&CW, nada Elizabeth 23 matches 3 parents Flemon 1 JR&CW, 3 parents Jesse Sarah Flemmon Pleasant ___________ 48 DNA matches with children of Sarah Jeffries, 7 other children, 19 on my Unknown. Some are half, which may mean Sarah Jeffries was not the wife? |
Misc | | Parents. She matches with Nathaniel Jeffries and Mary Tate, BUT how do the dates work? And she comes up with siblings that other people assign to the other wife, Steen. BUT I do not have parents for her on Ancestry and they decide to go with Mary Tate AND we get very good matches with Mary Tate's father William Tate (see)and mother Sarah Skelton (see)DNA matches continue up the tree. I have no idea who the other children's mother is, but it appears that Sarah's mother and ancestry is Tate. It's also a mystery because neither mother appears to have died young. |
Misc | 29 June 1793 | Named in her father's will. Sally Childress5 |
Misc | 28 October 1839 | Pension in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.3,4 |
Citations
- [S4054] The Heritage of Russell County, Virginia, 1786-1986. (1989). United States: Russell County Heritage Book Committee. Limited search snippets allowed from google, 7/9/2023. Book not available.
- [S4528] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174240756/pleasant-childers: accessed 08 October 2023), memorial page for Pleasant Childers (1761–25 Apr 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 174240756, citing Pikeville Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Vickie Hylton Standifur (contributor 48462523).
- [S5159] "Geni - Pleasant Childers, Sr. (c.1761." 1839) https://www.geni.com/people/Pleasant-Childers-Sr/6000000000653175543. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
- [S5995] "Sarah (Jeffries) Childers (abt.1761-1843)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jeffries-1466. Accessed 23 Jul. 2024., For more, including marriage info and widow's pension application and sources.
Jeffries Sarah (abt.1761-1843) WikiTree.pdf
- [S3763] "WILL OF NATHANIEL JEFFRIES." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/31006787/person/12347924144/media/5b7fbca6-db56-4c51-810a-27e69eb8e628?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 31 May. 2023.
Amanda Spencer
F, #2643, b. about 1848, d. before 1860
Parents
Birth | about 1848 | In Preston, Platte, Missouri, United States.1 |
Death | before 1860 | She is missing in the 1860 census. Of course she just could not have been living there... She would have been 12 years old.2 |
Misc | | Possible marrige record. There is a possible marriage record of an Amanda Spencer in Sullivan County, Missouri, to a Peter King on 8 Feb 1865. Platte County and Sullivan County are 129 miles apart.
There are Spencers in Sullivan County according to the familysearch tree. Possibly related but not closely if my family tree is correct.3 |
Residence | 1850 | In Preston, Platte, Missouri, United States.4,2,1 |
Last Edited | 30 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S4457] "Amanda Spencer in the 1850 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3989693:8054?indiv=try&h&pid=162080829184&db. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
- [S102] "United States Census, 1860." Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZG-KZ2?id=L7GV-DWR. Accessed 23 Jun. 2021.
- [S4458] "Amanda Spencer in the Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805." 2002 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/503917031:1171?indiv=try&h&pid=122200598459&db. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023., Image available.
The record notes "both of Sullivan County" so either this is not our person or she was living with someone in Sullivan County. - [S3728] "Thos Spencer in the 1850 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3989691:8054?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 26 May. 2023.

Robert Hammon Kimsey
M, #2644, b. 9 March 1853, d. 2 June 1872
Parents
Birth | 9 March 1853 | In Platte County, Missouri, United States. |
Death | 2 June 1872 | At age 19 in Platte County, Missouri, United States. |
Residence | 1870 | In Carroll, Platte, Missouri, United States.1 |
Citations
- [S4182] "Robert Kimsey in the 1870 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6124762:7163?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 Aug. 2023.
Wilfred Kimsey
M, #2645, b. 30 August 1855, d. 23 February 1921
Parents
Birth | 30 August 1855 | In Missouri, United States.1 |
Death | 23 February 1921 | At age 65 in Platte County, Missouri, United States.1 |
Misc | | Married Nannie J Bradley (1855-1903.)1 |
Citations
- [S3730] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61303644/wilfred-robinson-kimsey: accessed 26 May 2023), memorial page for Wilfred Robinson Kimsey (30 Aug 1855–23 Feb 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61303644, citing Baber Family Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Bill Foster (contributor 47174064).
Elizabeth Ann Kimsey
F, #2646, b. 17 November 1857, d. 18 October 1876
Parents
Birth | 17 November 18571 | |
Death | 18 October 1876 | At age 18 in Platte County, Missouri, United States.1 |
Citations
- [S3729] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138658033/elizabeth-ann-kimsey: accessed 26 May 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Kimsey (17 Nov 1857–18 Oct 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138658033, citing Baber Family Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
William David Spencer
M, #2647, b. 1765, d. 1830
Parents
Birth | 1765 | In Wilkes County, North Carolina, British America.1 |
Death | 1830 | At age ~65. Note, his death in 1785 would be before 2 of his children were born. But there is no evidence of his death anyway!1 |
Misc | | DNA Matches? Almost as if Joseph Charles is our William David's grandfather, but the William David we have is not his father...
Later. 5 DNA matches, but are called half, 2 with Rachel and 1 with "David Joseph" (1806-1891), 2 with William (1814).
DNA matches confusing. There may be some problem here, especially with the wife... Only 2 matches but these are not children from my list, and wrong kind of dates for his children. |
Misc | | Parents: ? He also would not have been born in North Carolina if he were the son of Joseph Charles? Too many Spencers, not enough info!1 |
Residence | 7 August 1820 | In Lee, Virginia, United States. 1820 US Census. Could be another William, like our ancestor William... but there are male and female 45 or older and William would have been 55.2 |
Residence | 1830 | In Lee County, Virginia, United States. This could fit. There is a free white male 60-69, but there is also a free white female 60-69, so he got another wife or Margaret Miller did not die in 1816 (no evidence anyway). Then he died soon thereafter if the death date has any validity.3 |
Last Edited | 23 January 2024 |
Citations
- [S4676] "William Spencer in the Family Data Collection." Individual Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5110217:4725?indiv=try&h&pid=180171621578&db. Accessed 23 Jan. 2024.
- [S4675] "William Spencer in the 1820 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18538:7734?indiv=try&h&pid=180171621578&db. Accessed 23 Jan. 2024.
- [S4677] "William Spencer in the 1830 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/846843:8058?indiv=try&h&pid=142069071551&db. Accessed 23 Jan. 2024.
Margaret Miller
F, #2648, b. 1769, d. 1816
Some say William David Spencer married a Margaret Barbara Nagel.
Parents
Birth | 1769 | In North Carolina, British America. |
Death | 1816 | At age ~47 in Lee County, Virginia, United States. |
Misc | | DNA Matches. Whatever these were, they disappeared! 2 DNA matches with children William D Jr and John Spencer
But Scott has 15 matches with margaret Miller 2014 my tree. Some with children not in our list... |
Misc | | Another husband? Some lists have children named Lucas and husband Joseph Rasberry "Berry" Lucas (1765-1846). No, none of this makes sense! Most trees have total nonsese for her. |
Last Edited | 23 January 2024 |
Thomas Lamar
M, #2649, b. 1630, d. May 1714
Birth | 1630 | In Wicres, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.1 |
Death | May 1714 | At age ~84 in Golden Beach, St. Mary's County, Maryland, British America.1 |
Citations
- [S3734] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128258823/thomas-lamar: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for Thomas Lamar (1630–May 1714), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128258823, citing Lamar Family Cemetery, Golden Beach, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Margaret (contributor 47118174).
Ann Pottinger
F, #2650, b. 1677
Birth | 1677 | In Calvert County, Maryland, British America.1 |
Death | | In Maryland, British America.1 |
Last Edited | 20 October 2024 |
Citations
- [S3735] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128259302/anne-lamar: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for Anne Pottenger Lamar (1677–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128259302, citing Lamar Family Cemetery, Golden Beach, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Margaret (contributor 47118174).