More About Capt. John Clay: Emigration: February 1612/13, landed at Jamesotwn on the good ship Treasurer.
See also: John Clay (c.1587—) at Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pitchett
CHARLES distinguished himself by serving in Bacon’s Rebellion.
Clarles Clay and Hannah Wilson are also my 9x great-grandparents through Nancy Farley.
My eighth cousin, Alan Cole Freeman, has created a very informative Web site, Freeman: The 'i Freeman' Genealogy Site.
Besides Victoria Alice Thompson, Phillip Shrewsberry Thompson and Elizabeth Bailey had at least one other child, George Washington Thompson.
"George Washington Thompson was robbd and killed September 28, 1916. He is buied in the family cemetary on the farm. (Eli Thompson and Sarah Shrewsberry Thompson lived on the farm near Elgood, West Virginia.) His wife, Susan, continued to reside on the farm until her death February 3, 1935. She is also buried in the family cemetary."
See "RALEIGH BALLARD THOMPSON" by Susan Thompson in Mercer County History: 1984, published by the Mercer County Historical Society, Inc.
Sallie, a daughter of James W. Young and Victoria Alice Thompson, married Fred Butler, the adopted son of Paschal Butler and Betty Dunn. Sallie (10/5/1892-8/17/1972) and Fred (3/11/1890-11/2/1944) were buried in the Butler Cemetary, shared stone, which is located eight miles east of Athens, WV, on the north side of Route 18, near the Summer County Line.
A son of William Mitchell Clay and Martha RUNYAN, Mitchell Clay, Revolutionary War patriot and his wife Phoebe Belcher, settled Mercer County, West Virginia. I am their fifth-grandniece.
I have a great number of FASCINATING, FASCINATING Clay cousins. They are so fascinating that they deserve a page of their own. On this page, however, a particular Clay family deserves mention for ttheir contribution to my mother's home county.
Pictures of the grave of Mitchell's grandfather, Henry Clay, plus street signs for Claypoint and Belcherwood Roads, both of which run through or near the old Belcher and Clay land in Chesterfield Co.Virginia, are at The Clay Family.
"James O. was born in 1756 and died in 1840. In 1774 he served as Lieutenant under Capt. Matthew Arbuckle at the Battle of Point Pleasant. He served in charge of the Fort for two years until 1776. He was also Captain of Militia from Monroe, was Deputy Sheriff for some time, and the History of Montgomery County at Christiansburg mentions he was given a warrant to arrest Daniel Boone but Boone escaped into what is now Boone County and later went to Kentucky.
In 1787 James O. Thompson married Miss Rebecca Gay who died before any children were born. In 1803 James O. Thompson married Miss Elizabeth Shantafner in Monroe County.
After James married the second time, he went to what is now Charleston, W.Va., then known as Fort Clendenen. Here he worked in the Kanawha Salt Works for about two years. About 1807 he and his wife traveled by two-wheel oxcart from Charleston up New River to about where the old Jim Dickinson Farm now is. They settled for some time, and later moved into the region of Hatcher, later called "Powell's Ridge." They reared the following children: Andrew Jackson Thompson (1809-1903), who married on September 11, 1832, Elizabeth French (July 25, 1812 - March 23, 1902), daughter of Isaac French, a son of Matthew French; Capt. James Thompson (1810-1865), who married Lucy Allen; Phillip Thompson (1820), who married Mary Jane Risk; Eli Thompson (1829) who married Sally Shrewsbury; Elizabeth Thompson, who married Jonathan Bailey; Hallie Thompson, who married a Holdren; Polly Thompson, who married Billy Miller; Charlotte Thompson, who married a Shrewsbury; Ellen Thompson, who married Squire Willey; John Thompson, who married Elizabeth White; Jennie Thompson, who married John Spangler; and Nacy Thompson, who died at age fourteen."
See "THOMPSON-GORE" by Cecil F. Gore in Mercer County History: 1984, published by the Mercer County Historical Society, Inc.
"In 1774, Daniel Boone stopped in a little community in Southwest Virginia called Christiansburg, where his friend Davy Crockett worked at a Haberdashery. While there, Mr. Boone (or Dan'l as his friends called him) and his men stopped to fill their bellies and gather supplies as they blazed the Wilderness Trail. The kind citizens loaned Dan'l the 45 Pound, 18 Shilling, & Ten Pence (this was of course before we gained our independence from the British) he needed for supplies, which he promptly forgot to pay.
William Henderson Thompson (9/25/1878 - 1/11/1917) was the grandchild of Andrew J. Thompson, a son of James Thompson and Elizabeth Shantafner. "He lived most of his life in Memphis, Tenn., and formed a company that patented the first self-winding electric clock, which he sold to the Seth Thomas Company." He is buried in the Family Cememtery on the old Homestead near Oakvale.
Eli Thompson and Sarah Shrewsberry Thompson lived on a farm near Elgood, West Virginia.
See "RALEIGH BALLARD THOMPSON" by Susan Thompson in Mercer County History: 1984, published by the Mercer County Historical Society, Inc.
William Jameson married Sarah Collins on March 28, 1722 in Christ Church in Philadelphia.
"Christ Church was established on 15 November, 1695, and for 66 years was the only Church of England parish in the city of Philadelphia. The present building was started in 1727 and completed in 1744. The tower and steeple, financed in part by lotteries managed by Benjamin Franklin was completed in 1754. The building is an outstanding example of colonial architecture in the Georgian spirit.
Christ Church was intimately associated with the men and events that brought forth our nation, and because of this it is often called 'The Nation's Church'. In this sanctuary worshipped such persons as John Penn, George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Francis Hopkinson, Dr Thomas Bond and Tench Coxe."
Author's Note: As I was writing this, Christ Church was featured in Flashpoint USA's "God and Country." The interview between Bishop Eugene Robinson, Bryant Gumbel, and Rev. Dr. Bob Wenz of the National Association of Evangelicals was conducted in the church.
This Web page contains a picture of Samuel Ferguson & Mary Jameson's Gravestone and a copy of Samuel Ferguson's will. There is another picture at another Web site, Wayne County, West Virginia Cemetery Listings-Volume 1.
See "RICHARD BAILEY, JR" by Violet Bailey Lucy, great-great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Ferguson and Mary Jameson in Mercer County History: 1984, published by the Mercer County Historical Society, Inc. Her column includes a picture of Eli Bailey, grandson of Samuel Ferguson and Mary Jameson.
This Web page includes the Ferguson family crest and motto.
This Web page includes the Erwin family crest and motto.
According to this Web site, Reuben's will was probated in 1846 (Tazwell County(?) will book, volume 2, p. 325).
According to this Web site, James' will was recorded in Chesterfield Co , will book, volume 1, p. 331.
This Web page gives a detailed history of the Belchers of England.
In other words, Thomas Jefferson is my third cousin, 8 times removed.
In other words, Henry Clay is both my 7x Gr. Grand father and 8x Gr. Grand father.
This Web page includes the Belsher family crest and motto, "Loyal Au Mort," meaning 'Loyal unto Death.'
See: Mercer County History: 1984 (975.474M)
"Early Settlers," p. 1.
RICHARD BAILEY, the elder, was a Revolutionary War soldier who lived on the Black Water portion of Bedford County which later became a part of Franklin county. RICHARD BAILEY and his wife ANNIE BELCHER BAILEY had eight sons and two daughters: John, James, Eli, Micajah, Archibald, Reuben, Richard Jr., Henry, Chloe, and Sarah.
The RICHARD BAILEY family settled near Beaver Pond Spring in 1780 and with John G. Davidson built the fort near the spring known as the Davidson-Bailey Fort. The many descendants of RICHARD BAILEY have made a great contribution to the growth and welfare of Mercer County, many being prominent in civic, governmental, educational, religious, and other areas of public service in the county."
"RICHARD BAILEY," page 135.
"RICHARD BAILEY, son of James Bailey of Henrico County Virginia, married ELIZABETH ANNE BELCHER. In September of 1764 RICHARD BAILEY sold his one hundred acres of land, which he had bought from John Skelton in 1760, and left with his family for the Black Water River portion of Bedford County, which later became Franklin County, Virginia. From Franklin County, BAILEY came with his family to the Beaver Pond Spring near Bluefield about 1780.
RICHARD BAILEY and John G. Davidson built a block house over the spring, the structure being known as the Davidson-Bailey Fort. The fort was used as a place of refuge for protection against Indian marauders.
RICHARD BAILEY was a soldier in the American Army during the war of the Revolution. He and his sons, especially the elder ones, were great Indian scouts and fighters, and were splendid specimens of physical strength and great personal courage. RICHARD BAILEY, his son John , and the Davidsons served at the fort on many occasions as the need arose. They served under Captain Moore, who at one time directed them to go to North Carolina because of word received of the approach of the British Army.
RICHARD BAILEY the early settler, was known for owning many thousands of acres of land in Franklin County, Virginia and in the areas of Lashmeet, Matoaka, Rock, Montcalm, Lorton’s Lick, Bramwell, Spanishburg and possibly other areas of Mercer County and also large areas in the surrounding counties.
Among earlier business transactions a man who had gone surety for a tract of land in Franklin County made the debt good by paying RICHARD in bar iron castings and steel. From the transaction RICHARD could now make iron utensils used for cooking and farm tools needed by pioneer settlers.
RICHARD BAILEY, the early settler, and his wife are buried on the Leatherwood Farm near U.S. Route 460, South Bluefield. His grave is situated opposite Leatherwood Lane, near the West Virginia-Virginia State line. His son John is buried at Whitehorn School in Bluefield, West Virginia.
RICHARD and ELIZABETH ANNE BELCHER BAILEY’s family consisted of eight sons and two daughters; John, James, Richard Jr., Chloe, Eli, Micajah, Reuben, Archibald, Sarah, and Henry."
"BAILEY-LAMBERT" by Thomas Allen Lambert, p. 159. Prior to 1760, RICHARD BAILEY came to America from England. He settled in Bedford County, Virginia, where he met and married ANNA BELCHER. He was a soldier in the REVOLUTIONARY War. Tradition has it that RICHARD traded a saddle blanket to the Indians for land around Bluefield, where he settled with his family. RICHARD is buried at Leatherwood Farms in Bluefield. RICHARD and ANNA’s children are John; James married Margaret Stinson; Richard married Isabel Ferguson; Chloe married 1. David McComas, 2. David Lusk; Micajah married Noami Shufflebarger; Reuben married 1. Sarah Ferguson 2. Milly Belsher; Archibald married Agnes _____; Sarah married Samuel Lusk; Eli married Agnes Clark; Henry married Elizabeth Peters. John eldest son of RICHARD, married Nancy Davidson, the daughter of John Goolman Davidson. …
"Elijah P. Bailey Family and George Wade Bailey Family" by Aubrey Dean Bailey, pp. 160-1.
"RICHARD P. BAILEY, SR was born in Lancashire, England in 1735. He came from England, settling in Bedford County, Va. in 1760, where he married ANNA BELCHER. Later they moved to where Bluefield, W. Va. is now located and buit a log cabin residence. They had a huge...
According to tradition, Richard, Sr., traded saddle blankets to the Shawnee Indians for all the land around Bluefield for miles, which may be the reason the Indians never attacked the Bailey settlement. Richard, Sr., and John Davidson built the "Bailey Davidson Fort" located near his cabin...."
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