Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

James married Rosa Katherine Newberry on 25 Oct 1925 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Rosa (daughter of Robert Lee Newberry and Laura Katherine Turner) was born on 11 Oct 1914 in Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia; died on 8 Jan 1947 in Russell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Deed: 13 Jun 1910, Coal Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; Deed between J.L. Palmer and Susan F. Palmer and P.O. Palmer, Mary Belle Palmer
• Deed: 15 Aug 1912, Tazewell County, Virginia; Susan F. Palmer and Powell Palmer Deed
• Deed : 2 Sep 1912, Tazewell County, Virginia; A.L & Cora Cacy to J.L & Susan Palmer for $500 a tract of land containing 20 acres on the waters of Mill Creek and Coal Creek tributaries of Clinch River in Tazewell County. Deed book 72 page 504
• Deed: 4 Jun 1917, Tazewell County, Virginia; J.L. Palmer & Susan Palmer his wife and Sylvester Mallory Deed.
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Living with 2nd wife Susan and daughter Elsie. Owns farm. Does not own a Radio Set. Able to read/write. Miner, currently employed at age 62
• Newspaper: 23 Jan 1938, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia; J. L. Palmer is seriously ill at his home on Road Ridge.

Notes:

Presley is not James Father - although on all documentation of James - Presley is stated as father. Presley died in the war - James was born in 1867, a few years after Presley died. Since Elizabeth never remarried - the father of James remains a mystery.

Birth:
Presley Palmer was not the father of James. Presley died in the Civil War, James was born in 1867. He went by Palmer. No way to know who his real father was.

Deed:
This deed made this 13th day of June, in the year 1910, between J.L. Palmer and Susan F. Palmer, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part and P.O. Palmer, Mary Belle Palmer, of Tazewell County, Virginia parties of the second part.

Whereas, by deed dated the 18th day of June, 1906, John Ball and others conveyed to the said J.L. Palmer and P.O. Palmer jointly, a certain piece or parcel of land, situated in Tazewell County, Virginia, lying and being on the waters of Coal Creek, on the East side of the Road Ridge Road, containing 12-210 acres, the metes and bounds of said land being fully mentioned in said deed, which deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia, in Deed Book 59 Page 439 etc. and for a more definite description of the said land, reference is hereby made to said deed and it was understood that P.O. Palmer was to have 8 acres out of said boundary of land and the said J.L Palmer was to have the remainder of same, and the said J.L. Palmer and P.O. Palmer have this day partitioned and divided the said tract of land, as follows, therefore, this deed. Witnesseth: that in consideration of the sum of money paid into the purchase of said tract of land, by the said P.O. Palmer, the following portion of said land as his part thereof.

Beginning at a stake in line of George Ball, bearing north 59.15 east 55 feet from dogwood, corner between George Ball and the land this day conveyed to J.L. Palmer, thence N. 20 15 west, 176.1 feet to a stake in a small ravine, thence N 2 20 East ___ to a stake, on the side of a hill, thence N 86 40 West to a point in the center of the road ridge road, corner to Charles Cordill, and with the said road, N. 3 0 East 306.2 feet to a stake, corner of School House lot, thence S 89 0 East 127 feet to a double maple, thence N. 1 15 East 290.6 feet to a chestnut, corner of John Ball, thence S. 89 ) East 312.8 feet to a chestnut on the bank of a small branch, thence with the branch, S 15.45 East 60 feet, S. 21.30 East 70 feet, S. 8 E 190 feet, S 15 30 East 200 feet, S 25.30 East 300 feet to a beech on the west bank of the branch, thence S. 59.15 W. 383.7 feet to the beginning, containing 8 acres, more or less. And in consideration of the sum of money paid into the purchase of said tract of land, by the said J.L. Palmer, the said parties of the second part do bargain and convey unto the said J.L. Palmer the remainder of said tract of land, as his portion thereof, which portion is bounded as follows: Beginning at a white oak, corner of George Ball, and with his line N. 44 E 417 feet to a double dogwood on a spur, N 59 15 E 55 feet to a stake, corner of the land this day conveyed to the said P.O. Palmer, thence with three lines of same, N 20.15 West 176.1 feet to a stake in a small ravine, thence N. 2 10 East to a stake, on the side of a hill, thence N. 86 40 west to a point in the center of road ridge road, corner to Charles Cordill, thence leaving said P.O. Palmer's land and with the said road, S 4 W 83.7 feet to a stake in said road, S. 06 E 96 feet to a stake in said road, S 19.45 E 297.5 feet to the beginning, containing 42 acres, more or less. The said parties hereto covenant with each other that the said P.O. Palmer shall hold the land this day deed __ to him free of the claims of the said parties of the first part and that and that the said J.L. Palmer shall hold the land this day conveyed to him, free from the claims of the said parties of the second part. Witness the following signatures and seals: J.L. Palmer (seal) P.O. Palmer (seal) Susan P. Palmer (seal) Mary B. Palmer (seal)

Deed:
This contract made and entered into this fifteenth day of August, 1912, by and between Susan F. Palmer, party of the first part and P.O. Palmer, party of the second part.

WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred ten dollars ($110.00), cash in hand paid, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the party of the first part bargains, sells and conveys unto the party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, a certain parcel of land situated on Coal Creek, in Tazewell County, Virginia and described as follows in survey made by T. P. Morgan, August 10, 1910.

Beginning at a stake in the center of Coal Creek, a corner of the R. B. Griffith land, and with center of creek S 30' W. 30' S. 17' 20 W 194' to a stake; thence leaving creek N. 80' W 205' to a stake in a line of R. B. Griffith and with it reversed N. 53' E. 308' to the beginning, containing 51/100 acres.Said land contains a swelling and other improvements, all of which are concluded in this conveyance. This being the same parcel of land as conveyed by deed to said party of the first part by A. L. Cacy, and this deed is subject to such reservations as made in said deed of A. L. Cacy as respects the rights of the owners of the coal underlying said land.Witness the following signatures and seals this the date first above written.Susan F. Palmer (Seal) J. L. Palmer (Seal)Personally appeared before me L. D Kinksbury, a Justice of the Peace for Tazewell County, in my county aforesaid, Susan F. Palmer and J. L. Palmer, who being duly sworn declared that the signature appearing above is her signature and that the foregoing deed was read and understood by her. Witness my hand this the 26 day of October 1912.L. D. Kinksbury, Justice of the Peace for Tazewell County.

James married Susanna Frances "Susie" Cochran Mallory on 08 Dec 1908 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia. Susanna (daughter of William Henry Cochran and Nancy Bashia Helton) was born on 4 Jul 1875 in Patrick County, Virginia; died on 29 Jan 1950 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Palmer Cemetery, Road Ridge, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Deed: 4 Jun 1917, Tazewell County, Virginia; This Deed made this 4th day of June 1917 by and between J.L. Palmer & Susan Palmer his wife and Sylvester Mallory.
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 22 Oct 1933, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. Ves Mallory had as guests Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Joe McGlothlin, Mrs. Lem Palmer, Mrs. John Elswick and daughter, Opal, of Road Ridge.
• Newspaper: 24 Jan 1937, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia; Bluefield Telegraph Mrs. Lem Palmer, of Rood Ridge, visited her son, M. S, Mallory, the past week.

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Deed: 9 June 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mollie, Mary Belle Newberry to Robert L. Newberry

Notes:

Deed:
Deed Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry

Tazewell County Deed Records.

Mollie Short et als to Robert L. Newberry

This deed, made this the 9th day of June, in the year 1911, between Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer and P.O Palmer, her husband, of Tazewell County, Virginia, parties of the first part, and Robert L. Newberry, of Russell County, Virginia, party of the second part.

Witnesseth: that whereas Thomas J. Newberry, died possessed of a tract of land, situarted in Russell County, Virginia, on the waters of Mill Creek, containing about 50 acres, more or less, which tract of land is described as follows:

Beginning at a beech at the mouth of a spring branch on the west side of Mill Creek, a corner to the land of Charley Newberry, thence with his line up a ridge to a locust, thence southward with said Charles Newberry to a locust by the road, corner of said Newberry, thence northwardly with the road to a sourwood and chestnut, thence northwardly to the top of the ridge to a chestnut oak, thence down a spur to a birch on the west bank of Mill Creek, thence with John Newberry's line down the creek to the beginning.

And being the same tract of land conveyed to the said Thomas J. Newberry by Anderson Newberry and wife, by deed dated the 19th day of May 1894, which deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Russell County, Virginia, in Deed Book 38 page 342-43. And the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer being two of the heirs of law of the said Thomas J. Newberry, deceased, and entitled to two undivided interest in the afore said described tract of land, therefore this deed.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of sixty five dollars, heretofore paid to the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said parties of the first part doth bargin, sell and convey with covenants of general warranty of title all the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the above described tract of land unto the said Robert L. Newberry, however reserving the coal which did not belong to the said parties of the first part. To have and to hold the undivided interest of the said Mollie Short and Mary Belle Palmer in the tract of land fully described aforesaid, and that the said Robert L. Newberry shall have quiet and peaceable possession of the same, free from the claims of anyone whomsoever.

Witness the following signatures and seals.

P.O. Palmer, Mary B. Palmer, Joseph Short, Mollie J. Short

Virginia, Tazewell County, to-wit:

I, N.B Cacy, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Mollie Short and Joe Short, her husband, Mary Belle Palmer, and P.O. Palmer, her husband, whose names are signed to the foregoing and annexed writing, bearing date on the 9th day of June 1911, have each acknowledged the same before me, in my county aforesaid.

Given under my hand this the 9th day of June, 1911.

Robert married Laura Katherine Turner on 31 Jan 1902 in Russell County, Virginia. Laura (daughter of Taze Turner and Katherine Samples) was born on 1 Jan 1886 in Russell County, Virginia; died on 30 Jul 1967 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Newberry Cemetery, Horton Ridge, Swords Creek, Russell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Unknown married Elizabeth Jane Collins. Elizabeth (daughter of Leaton Collins and Sarah "Sallie" N. Tucker) was born on 1 October 1831 in Patrick, Virginia, USA; died on 1 February 1925 in Big Creek, Stokes, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Pension: 2 June 1885, Stokes County, North Carolina
• Pension: 27 June 1901, Stokes County, North Carolina; Elizabeth Collins Palmer's Application for Widow's Pension (for Presley Palmer
• Newspaper: 22 December 1915, Francisco, Stokes, North Carolina, USA; Name on the list of 79 widows of soldiers in the county who recieve 32 dollars each

Notes:

...there is a book in the Forsyth County Library in Winston-Salem thatcontained Elizabeth Jane Collins Palmer's widow pension application
Events in her life were:
She appeared on the census on 14 Jul 1860 in Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina, USA.
She appeared on the census on 8 Oct 1870 in Stokes County, North Carolina, USA. P O: Martin's Lime Kiln, NC
She appeared on the census on 11 Jun 1880 in Stokes County, North Carolina, USA. Quaker Gap District
She appeared on the census on 5 Jan 1920 in Stokes County, North Carolina, USA. Big Creek Twp.
Buried: Collins Family Cemetery, After 1 Feb 1925.1 _TITLE Notes

Died:
Burial: Francisco, Stokes, North Carolina, USA (Collins Cemetery, Highway 89 West, behind Presbyterian Church, Francisco, North Carolina, USA).

William married Nancy Bashia Helton. Nancy was born about 1848 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Court Case: 1852, Franklin County, Virginia; Bill was filed in Chancery pertaining to her death, giving death date, children and some grand children's names. Bill filed September 1852, Final decree 4 Jun 1855 To the worshipful court of the county of Frankin in Chancery Humbley complaining showeth unto your worships your orator and oratix Peter Cochran and Sally, his wife, formerly Sally Newberry, that Sally (Sarah Jane), the mother of your oratix, departed this life intestate, some time since since and xxx of a small tract of land containing about ___ acres and lying on the waters of Runnett Bag Creek in the county of Franklin. That she left as her heirs at law the following children and grand children your oratix, Sally Cochran who was intermarried with your orator (Peter Cochran), John Newberry, Omey Newberry, Thomas Newberry, Rozina Newberry, Audrey Newberry, Anderson Newberry, Jinsy Keen, formerly Jinsy Newberry, who has intermarried with a certain Jacob Keen, Vina Profitt, formerly Vina Newberry who has intermarried with a certain Austin Proffit, John Ratcliff, Thomas Hess and Sarah Hess, the last three of which are children of Patsy a child of the said Sally Newberry who first intermarried with a certain ______ Ratcliff and whom she had the said John Ratcliff, and after the death of said Ratcliff she intermarried with a certain Hess by whom she had the said Thomas Hess and Sarah Hess and then died. Your Orator and Oratix represent that the said land is of small ??? and insusceptible of division as well on the account as because some of the heirs are married women and under disabilities ?? further respresent than that the inte***n (interest?) The handwriting was extremely bad and hard to read - basically, the complaint was that the land was too small to divide among all the heirs, and Peter Cochran and his wife wanted to have the land sold and the proceeds divided between the heirs. The land was eventually sold at public auction and sold for $61 dollars, and each heir got their share after court costs.
• Census 1860: 1860, South Western District, Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Military: 21 Jun 1861, Virginia; Private Confederate, Civil War, Virginia
• Census 1870: 1870, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Deed : 30 Oct 1874, Franklin Co, Virginia; Anderson Newberry Deed to German & Charles Canady 30 Oct 1874 Franklin County
• Census 1880: 1880, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA; Neighbors: Anderson Newberry, sons Thomas/ Malissa & John/Celia; Anderson's sister Rozena Prophett & her family, & John McGhee who married Anderson's niece Julia Newberry
• Deed: 18 Dec 1886, Russell County, Virginia, USA; To Joseph S. Doran & W.A. Dick 400a: Book 22 Page 178
• Deed: 10 Feb 1887, Russell County, Virginia, USA; Andreson & Amanda Newberry to Joseph S. Doran & W.a. Dick 313 acres Book 22/350 &353
• Deed: 8 Jul 1890, Russell County, Virginia, USA; From Anderson, Amanda Newberry et al to Charles Newberry 78 acres Book 26 page 369
• Deed: 2 Aug 1898, Russell County, Virginia, USA; Anderson to Anderson Meade 1 tract Book 32/124 Haven't seen record, possible this was made by heirs after Anderson's death - there is also another Anderson

Notes:

Military:
Private, Virginia Company C Unit 57th Infantry Regiment Virginia Army, Franklin Fire Eaters; enlisted 6/21/61 at Higgs Field;

12/31/61 "Absent without leave in Franklin Co, VA Furlough exsp (sic) 8 of Oct 1861" (Absent, without leave on 08 October 1861; Returned on 01 May 1862)

7/1/62 Wounded slightly in the thumb at Malvern Hill

12/31/62 Absent without leave since Sep 19, 1862. Pay forfeited from Sep 19, 1862 to Dec 31, 1862 (Absent, without leave on 19 September 1862; Returned on 15 December 1862)

2/28/1863 In confinement. Pay forfeited from Sep 19, 1862 to Dec. 31, 1862. Absent without leave from Sep 19 to Dec 31, 1862 (Confined on 16 December 1862 (For AWOL until deserted); Deserted Company C, 57th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 31 May 1863)

6/30/63 Deserted while in camp near Hanover Junction May 31, 1863

Court Martial 6/1/63, sentenced to company punishment.

Amanda Newberry; received $12 assistance 6/1863 as wife of Anderson Newberry, with 12 children.

Anderson married Amanda Viers on 25 Jul 1856 in Floyd County, Virginia, USA. Amanda (daughter of Peter Via and Margaret Martin) was born about 1835 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA; died in 1890 in Russell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1850: 1850, Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Census 1860: 1860, South Western District, Franklin, Virginia, USA
• Census 1870: 1870, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, New Garden, Russell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Died:
Anderson remarried in 1891 so Amanda probably died anywhere from 1885-1890

Notes:

Married:
Anderson Newberry, 21 single, wm; born Franklin County, VA s/o Thomas & Sarah Amanda Via, 21 single, wf; born Franklin County, VA d/o Peter & Margaret

Taze married Katherine Samples. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]