Submitted by Marshall Maddox

Looking For Info On My Great Grandfather

Surname: Maddox
Name: Robert E.
Born: Dec.1869
Place: Scott County, Virginia
Died: Sept 5, 1912
Place:Exeter, Wise County, Virginia
Buried: Sept 07, 1912
Place: Cadet Cemetery, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Occupation: Farmer, Tannery Worker, coal miner.

Oral history of Robert E. Maddox from age 5-42

My search on the Maddox family begin in 1977. Aunt Nora Maddox Barnett was my greatest source of information. I spent 2 or 3 evenings a week at her home listening to her tell me about her family life, the different places they lived and the sparkle in her eye as she spoke of her father and mother.

Aunt Nora began the story with her father, Robert E. Maddox. He was taken to a poor farm just outside Gate city, Virginia by someone at 4-5 yrs old, we also know that he was an illegitimate child.

During my search at Gate city, Virgina courthouse I spoke with Harry Penley about the records for the poor farm. He said that all those records were lost in a fire.The only thing he knew about the poor farm was that they took in orphans and elderly with no family. (Do you suppose that his mother died and he had no family to care for him?)

Aunt Nora said that someone told William Harris about a little boy 4-5yrs old living at the poor farm. Mr. Harris who lived about 15 miles from the farm went with his son John across Clinch Mountain and brought our grandfather Robert E. Maddox back to his home in Yuma, Scott County, Virginia to live with him and his family.

While going through the census records at the Gate City, Virginia library I found Robert E. Maddox in the 1880 Scott County, Virginia census. This is the way it was recorded:

Name – Age – Relationship

Harris William – 63 – Husband
Elizabeth D. – 68 – Wife
John W. – 41 – Son
Aceneth – 38 – Daughter
Pheba A. – 37 – Daughter
Robert E. Matticks – 10 – Border(could not read or write) Born in Va

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I Found a John MADDUX [Parents] was born about 1825 in Tennessee. He married Mary R. SMITH.

John was living in the household of his son, Francis, in Scott County, VA in 1900. He listed his age as 88, which appears to be exaggerated, however.

Mary R. SMITH was born about 1827 in Virginia. She married John MADDUX.

They had the following children:

• James A. MADDUX was born Aug 1852.
• George W. MADDUX was born about 1852 and died before 1930.
• Harriet MADDUX was born about 1855 in Virginia.
• Thomas Jefferson MADDUX was born 5 Jun 1857 and died 3 Jan 1923.
• Francis Marion MADDUX was born 27 Feb 1860 and died 12 Nov 1916.
• Nancy J. MADDUX “Nannie” was born about 1862 in Virginia.
• Charles H. MADDUX “Charlie” was born about 1864 in Virginia.
• Robert E. MADDUX was born about 1867 in Virginia.

Could they be the same people? Help!

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~Pat

Obituary for Rebecca Jane Lane Allen

Submitted by Sue Chappel, she writes:

Hi Pat,   I received this today from the Bascom Slemp Memorial Library there in Wise County, Virginia.  It only took me 30 years to find  this on her.   I do not as of yet know which newspaper it came from but I did email them back to ask,   they may not answer,  but I just could not wait to add this even though she was not living in Scott County when she died.   She spent most of her life in Scott County before moving to Kentucky and then back to Wise County, Virginia.

AGED WOMAN DIED THURSDAY

Mrs. Rebecca Jane Allen Passes Away at Age 96 Years

Mrs. Rebecca Jane Allen, one of the oldest women in this section, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. H. Carr near the L. & H. depot in Big Stone Gap last Thursday at the age of 96 years. She was a native of  Scott county but had been a resident of this place for the past 25 years.

Mrs. Allen was married to Jimmie Allen at the close of the Civil war after he has served in the ranks of the Confederacy. He died in 1912

Mrs. Allen had a large number of friends in her community all of whom knew and loved to call her “grandma.”

Five daughters and one son survive: Mrs. W. A. Sloan and  Mrs. P. H. Carr, Big Stone Gap; Mrs. Jim Lane and Mrs. Will Lane of Pattonsville; Mrs. Jane Head and Brainard Allen of Mooresville, Ind. Also 26 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. She was laid to rest in the cemetery near the extract plant Saturday afternoon.

Rebecca died 18  Mar 1937

This information is extracted from A.J. Lane et al vs J.C. Taylor, Chancery Court Records, 1879-1882, Index No. 1882-023, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

William Taylor 1794-1849 and Mary Catherine Horton 1790-1873 children are:

Benjamin B., John C., Nelson H., Isaac S., W.W., Sallie, Mary, James W., Eliza.

Sallie maried Owen Wade and died before 1879. Their children were Mary J. Wade who married John Rhoton (?), Charlotte m George W. Flanary, Solomon Silbourn Wade, Charley Wade, Elizabeth Wade, and Rosa Wade.

Eliza married William Lawson; both died before 1879. Their children were Henry lawson, John Lawson, Robert lawson, James Lawson, Joshua lawson, Mary A. Lawson (m. John Bostin), Sallie (m. Abraham J. Lane), Louisa (m. Martin Lane), Elizer (m. Jospeh D. Pendleton), Nancy (m. Benjamin Davidson), Rebecca (m. Alan Pendleton), Martha Lawson, and Elizabeth (m. Clay Carter).

Elizabeth Lawson and Clay Carter had James, Eliza (m. James Mann), Elizabeth (m. William Tipton).

WW Taylor’s children are: Jane (m. 1 James Williams, m. 2 Thomas Robertson), Rosa (m. James Collins), Sarah (m. Enoch Bowen), Lurie (m. Harlan or Freeman Bloomer), Mary (m. Madison Cecil, John, Louenzie (sp?), Henry, Martha, William, Nancy C. (m. William Stallard), Elizabeth (m. Samuel Bowens).

Charles H. Spear who lived in John C. Taylor’s house during the time the latter cared for Mary Taylor, widow of William also went by the name Charles H. Taylor. He stated in a deposition that “my mother said that people said that John C. Taylor was my father.”

Newspaper notice placed by the court on Feb 7 1879, published the next day in the Abingdon Virginian stated that Madison Cecil, Mary Cecil, William Taylor, James Collins, and Rosa J. Collins were not residents of Virginia and needed to contact the court in order to preserve their rights to damages determined in the case.

Submitted by K Taylor and originally posted HERE

Abidja “Bige” Clinton Hammonds on the left and possibly Harvey Gilliam

Sue writes;

Patty,

I hope someone in Scott County recognizes this family.  I don’t seem to be able to connect with anyone who might have information.

This is a picture of Abidja “Bige” Clinton Hammonds.  I was told the large gentleman with him is his uncle Harvey Gilliam.  Would like to know if this is Harvey Gilliam or one of  “Bige’s” other uncles.  “Bige” died at age 22 leaving a wife and 14 month old son.  His mother was Louisa (Louisiana) Gilliam daughter of Elizabeth D. Carter and Jesse L. Gilliam.  His father was Marion L. Hammonds, son of  Nancy Williams and Anderson Hammonds.

“Bige” was born in 1886.  The 1890 census was burned and he died July 4^th, 1908, therefore, he appears in only one census, the 1900 census when he is living with  a member of the Gilliam family.

The picture has J. S. Osburn, Artist – Blackwater, Va., Written on the bottom.

Thank you for publishing all these old pictures.  They are really a joy to see.

Sue Hammonds Swain

The following was sent to me by Anita Johnson, she is looking for information on her Johnson and Hale ancestors.

John (Logan?) Johnson

Samantha Hale Johnson, wife of John Johnson

Herbert Johnson Obit

My Father’s Father’s name was Herbert L. Johnson born in Duffield, VA in 1900. His Father’s name was Dr. John (Logan??) Johnson and his wife’s name Samantha Hale. They had two other sons, Kelly and Byron and somewhere there were Aunts, Ollie Mae/May and Georgia whom lived in Johnson City, TN and Church Hill, TN where they died.

Whether they were related to my Fathers father or his father’s sisters I am not sure at this writing as I’ve forgotten!….But my father said when he was younger, they would visit them.  Both never married and died alone in TN. I remember letters that Ollie Mae would send us from Tennessee back in the early 1970′s. I’ve yet to see the names of Ollie May or Georgia as daughters of any Johnson. Even in older census records after 1910.

My Dad and I are trying to figure out his side of the family, and the photo I am enclosing, the original has on the back: JOHN LOGAN no date or anything. Supposedly it’s of my Great-Grandfather.

Also enclosing a copy of Samantha Hale’s photo, his wife. Both were born around 1874. As I said it shows that, James C. Hale was her father and Barbara Jane Adams was her mothers maiden name.

Perhaps you have heard of Samantha Hale? Maybe some one can shed some light as to whom Samantha Hale’s husband was other then UNKNOWN as stated on Rootsweb.com.

I would appreciate any help you can assist me with.

Thank You,

Anita Johnson

John Brotherton, USS West Virginia

This picture was in my great-grandmother, Margaret Eliza Lawson Hopkins, trunk when she died. On the back is written Jno Brotherton, USS West Virginia. He is wearing a naval uniform that appears to be World War I.

My great-grandfather, Robert Lee Hopkins, had a sister who married a Brotherton in Scott County and they moved to the mid-west (maybe Missouri). I don’t know which of the sisters married the Brotherton. This was just someone’s recollection when I started asking about the unidentified photographs in the trunk.

Robert Lee was the son of James Hopkins and Lucy Creasy who moved to Russell County from Franklin County after the Civil War. Anyone know this family or are a descendant of Jno Brotherton?

Submitted by Sue Hammonds Swain

Susan Green White Mason

Susan Green White Mason
Daughter of James Green Jr. and Delcina Stallard Green
Born August 26, 1808, Scott County, Virginia
Died in Kentucky
Married Twice:
1. James Claiborne White
2. Thomas Jefferson Mason – Born July 28, 1808, Scott County, Virginia

Submitted by Chris Gray

Sarah "Sally" Hutchinson

Sarah “Sally” Hutchinson, born March 31, 1822, Scott County, Virginia.
Daughter of Peter Hutchinson Jr. and Elizabeth Todd Mason Hutchinson
Wife of William Wellington Green, married October 15, 1822.

Children:

• Mary Ann “Polly’” Green September 12, 1838
• Elizabeth Green
• Minerva Green
• Nancy Virginia Green
• William “Wag” Wellington Green Jr.
• James Haskell “Blind Jim” Green
• Susan Green
• Verlina Green
• Sarah Isabelle Green
• Robert Nelson Green

Submitted by Chris Gray

John Miller, son of Daniel and Katherine Booher Miller.

Submitted by Ken Miller, Jr.

I am sending my great-great grandfathers photo and my grandfathers photo for your consideration to be placed on your site. My great great grandfather is John Miller, son of Daniel and Katherine Booher Miller. He was born in 1850 in Scott County, Virginia and died there in 1875. I have been told that he died as a result of a horse kicking him. John was married to Mary Sproles and together they had two sons, James E. Miller and Charles Miller, with James being my great- grandfather. Tragically, like his father before him, death came to him early…he was born in 1870 and died in 1893.

James was married to Kate Fleenor and together they had one son, my grandfather, John Maynard Miller. My grandfather ran a store in Scott County for many, many years. He passed away in 1964. When my father, Kenneth, Sr., passed away I inherited his old home place upon which the old store was still standing until I had to tear it a few months ago…it was simply beyond repair.

John Maynard Miller, his wife, Eva Houser Miller, and their son J.M.

Daniel, John, and James are all buried in the Miller Cemetery in Scott County as well as Daniel’s father, John.

John Maynard Miller

My mother found the tin type photo of my great great grandfather in a closet after my father died and had no idea who John Miller was. The photo is in an interesting frame and John Miller was written on the back. John’s watch and chain as well as his Masonic pin have been embellished with gold paint which I read was common for the photographers to do in those days.

I have hit the “brick wall” as far as the death of James Miller goes. If anyone could give me any information I would certainly be most appreciative. I will share any info I have with anyone interested in the Miller family of Scott County.

Thank you,
Ken Miller, Jr.
kbmiller64@gmail.com