Alexander Neel

Other Events:

• Witness: Jul 1800, Tazewell County, Virginia; Witness for John Justice VS Peter Rife Sr.
• Tax List: 13 May 1802, Tazewell County, Virginia; 1 Male over 16, 4 Horses, mares colts or mules. Alexander lived near his father on Wolf Creek
• Court: 15 Aug 1802, Tazewell County, Virginia; John Justice, vs Peter Riffe, Alex. Neel, Moses Justice & Geo. Justice each proved 1 days attendance at a former court & 1 at this court.
• Court: 17 Sep 1802, Tazewell County, Virginia; William George & Co. VS Robert & Alexander Neel. Debt. Dismissed by plaintiff order at defendants costs.
• Tax List: 9 May 1803, Tazewell County, Virginia; 1 Male over 16, 3 Horses, mares colts or mules.
• Court: 14 Jun 1804, Tazewell County, Virginia; John Crockett vs. Zachariah Elkins. Petition & summons. Alexander Neel, Duncan Neel, & William Jeffery proved one days attendance each for the Plaintiff
• Tax List: 22 Apr 1806, Tazewell County, Virginia; 1 Male over 16, 3 Horses, mares colts or mules.
• Court: 26 June 1806, Tazewell County, Virginia; John Pruett v John Justice. Trover. Not guilty plead. Jury includes: Thomas Burriss. Verdict: for plaintiff. $25 Deft. filed errors in arrest of judgement, laid over until tomorrow Alex Neel witness for plaintiff.
• Court: 27 June 1806, Tazewell County, Virginia; Daniel Justice vs. John Power. Samuel Walker & Hez Harman witness for plaintiff: Oliver Wynne, Alexander Neel, Duncan Neel and William Day witness for Defense.
• Tax List: 1810, Tazewell County, Virginia; Alexander NeelWhite Tithables - 1; Slaves over 12 years - 0; Horses - 2
• Petition: 25 Apr 1810, Tazewell County, Virginia; Petition of William Hall & others for road from Thomas Cassidays to David Waggoners. Ordered Joe Hick, Alex Neel, Fred Cook & John Justice (any 3) view the way begin & T Cassiday, passing Fred Cook, Thomas Neels, etc, and report.
• Census 1820: 1820, Tazewell County, Virginia; WM >10=3 WM 10-15=2; WM 16-18=2; WM 16-25=2; WM 26-44=1, WF >10=3; WF 10-15=1; WF 16-25=1; WF 26-44=1 (no slaves)
• PP Tax List : 27 April 1820, Tazewell County, Virginia; 3 Male over 16, 3 Horses, mares colts or mules.
• Census 1830: 1830, Tazewell County, Virginia; 1 male under 5; 4 males 5-9; 1 male 10-14; 1 male 20-29; 1 male 50-59; 1 female 5-9; 2 females 15-19; 1 female 30-39 (it seems after Missouri died, another woman with small children moved in, probably his daughter Hetty, to help care for the family.
• Deed: 17 Aug 1831, Tazewell County, Virginia; Deed between the heirs of Thomas Neel referenced as being "the said land William McFarlin sold to said Thomas Neel below part of the survey land William McFarlin used to live on"
• Deeds: 9 Jan 1839, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mary Neal relinquishes title bond which was given her by James McFarlane, deceased.
• Census 1840: 1840, Tazewell County, Virginia; 1 male 5-9; 2 males 10-14; 1 male 20-29; 1 male 60-69; 1 female 15-19; 1 female 40-49. 4 persons engaged in agriculture.
• Deed : 26 Dec 1842, Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; William and Alexander Neel sell land to their sister Mary Neel

Notes:

Witness:
William Day, Alexr. Neel, and Gabriel Rife prove one day attendance as witness for defendant in above case.

Deeds:
Alexander Neal, Wm Neal & Mary Neal of Tazewell to Elizabeth McFarlane, Malinda McFarlene & James McFarlane of Russell County, Virginia, Mary Neal relinquishes title bond which was given her by James McFarlane, deceased, to Lyda place, made by Thomas Neal and William McFarlane, deceased. Muddy fork for Wolf Creek in Tazewell County, VA.

Deed :
This indenture made and entered unto this 26th day of December 1842 between William Neel and Alexander Neel Sr. of the country of Tazewell and State of Virginia of the first part and Mary Neel of county of Tazewell and state aforesaid of the second part witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of a valuable sum to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged has bargain, sold and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, convey unto the said part of the second part her heirs and assigns forever all their interest in and to a certain tract or parcel of land situated lying and being in the county of Tazewell on the muddy fork of Wolf Creek continuing 150 acres more or less being the lands Mary Neel now lives on west of the lands of Jacob Gose and east of the lands of the heirs of Peter Gose ?? to have to hold said parcel of land with all the appurtenances to the same belonging as in any use appertaining unto the said party of the second part her heirs and assigns forever free from the claims of the said party of the first part and from all and from every person whatsoever claiming ?? Through as by their will warrant and forever defend in witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereto set their hand and seals the day and year first above written.

Phillip Lambert Alexander Neel
John Neel William Neel
Zachariah Neel

In the clear office of Tazewell County court Jan 18, 1845 Alexander Neel Acknowledged this indenture of bargain and sale to be his act and deed before me George W. Browne

In Tazewell County Court Feb 27, 1845 This deed was known to be the act and deed of William Neel by the oath of John Neel and Zach Neel Witnesseth. George W. Browne

Died:
Was listed as deceased in 16 July 1844 deed of James Burress (*see James Burress & Frances Neel)

Buried:
Neel Family Cemetery Rt. 61 abt 3 miles East of CR-722 on left Cove Creek Tazewell County Virginia USA (no stone left for Alexander)

Alexander married Missouri "Miss" Kidd in 1799 in Virginia, United States. Missouri (daughter of John Kidd, Sr. and Selia Anderson (?)) was born in 1783 in Amherst County, Virginia; died in 1828 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Neel Family Cemetery, Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Calvin? Neel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Larisa Atkins?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Neel family cementery, below the Green Valley Methodist Church

Robert married Nancy J. Waggoner on 1 Dec 1823 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of DANIEL WAGGONER and LUCY DAY) was born in Jul 1808 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 24 May 1884 in Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA; was buried in May 1884 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Deed: 16 Jul 1844, Tazewell County, Virginia; James Burrass (sic) and Franky, his wife and George P. Thompson.
• Deed: 23 Sep 1845, Tazewell County, Virginia; James Burrass (sic) & Franky, his wife & George W.G Browne
• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1860: 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia

Notes:

Deed:
This Indenture, made the sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four between James Burrass (sic) and Franky, his wife of the County of Tazewell and State of Virginia of the one part and George P. Thompson of the same County and State of the other part.

Witnesseth: that whereas the said James Burrass is justly indebted to George W. Browne in the just and full sum of nineteen dollars and forty six cents, the payment of which with interest the said Burrass is willing and desirous, effectually to assure and secure to the said Browne.

This Indenture therefore witnesseth, that the said Burrass and Franky, his wife, as well in consideration of the premises aforesaid as of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said Thompson, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said James Burrass and Franky his wife, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said George P. Thompson, all the right, title, interest and claim of them, the said James Burrass and Franky, his wife, in and to the real estate of Alexander Neel, deceased, the said Franky being a daughter of said Alexander Neel and as such entitled to the eighth part of his estate, with all the appurtenances.

To have and to hold the said interest in said parcel of land, with all the appurtenances unto the said Thompson and his heirs, to the sole use and behoof of the said Thompson and his heirs, and the said James Burrass and Franky his wife, for themselves and their heirs, the said right, title and interest in the said parcel of land, with all the appurtenances to the said Thompson and his heirs against the claim of them the said James Burrass and Franky his wife, and their heirs, and all other persons whomsoever shall, will and do by these present warrant and forever defend, in trust, never the less, that if the said James Burrass, his heirs, executors or administrators, do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said George W.G. Browne, his heirs or assigns the said sum of nineteen dollars and forty six cents on or before the 16th day of December next together with the expenses of drawing and recording this indenture and the tax thereon, then and in that case, this indenture, and everything herein contained shall become void and of no effect;

But if the said Burrass shall fail to pay the said sum of money or any part thereof, on or before the said 16th day of December, next, then it shall be lawful for the said Thompson, and full power and authority is hereby given him to proceed to sell the said interest and claim in said parcel of land with all the appurtenances, so soon after the said 16th December next as he may be requested by the said Browne, at public auction for ready money, to the highest bidder, at Tazewell Court House, having previously advertised the time and place of sale at least twenty days by advertisement affixed for that space of time to the front door of said Court House and the proceeds of such sale after paying thereout all the expenses attaining the execution of this trust including a commission of 5 percent on the amount of sale to the said trustee for his trouble in executing the same shall be applied by the said Thompson towards the discharge and payment to the said Browne of the aforesaid sum of nineteen dollars and 46 cents, with interest on so much of said sum with interest as may remain unpaid, and in further trust, that until such sale shall be made it shall be lawful for the said Burrass and wife, and their heirs, to hold and occupy the said granted interest in said land and premises and to take and receive, the rents, issues and profits thereof to their own proper use and benefit, and also, that the said Burrass his heirs, executors, or administrators, will pay and discharge all taxes, impositions, assessments and other charges, whatsoever which may or shall become chargeable thereon, during his or their possession thereof.

And the said Thompson doth covenant on is part, that he will faithfully execute the trust hereby reposed in him. In testimony whereof, the parties hereunto have to these presents set their hands and affixed their seals, the day and year first in this indenture written.His mark, James Burrass (seal) G.P Thompson (seal)

Virginia : In the Clerk's office of Tazewell County Court, July 16, 1844. James Burrass and George P. Thompson parties to the within deed personally appeared before me in my said office, and acknowledged the said deed to be their act and deed and the same is admitted to record. Teste. J.E. Chapman, D.C.

Deed:
This indenture, made this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five between James Burrass (sic) and Franky, his wife of the county of Tazewell, and state of Virginia of the one part and George W.G. Browne of the other part.

Witnesseth: that the said James Burrass and Franky, his wife for and in consideration of the sum of forty dollars current money of the United States to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do grant, bargain and sell unto the said George W.G. Browne, all their right, title and interest in a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Tazewell on the Muddy fork of Wolf Creek, which formerly belonged to Alexander Neel, and in which as the daughter and heir of said Alexander Neel, the said Franky is entitled to one eighth part with all the appurtenances:

To have and to hold the said interest in said tract or parcel of land with all the appurtenances unto the said George W.G. Browne, and his heirs, to the sole use and behoof of him the said BrownE and his heirs. And the said James Burrass and Franky his wife for themselves and their heirs, do covenant, with the said George W.G. Browne, that they the said James Burrass and Franky his wife the said interest in said parcel of land, with all the appurtenances unto the said George W.G. Browne, and his heirs, against the claims of them the said James Burrass and Franky his wife, and every other person or persons whatsoever, shall warrant and will forever defend.

In witness, whereof the said James Burrass and Franky, his wife have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals the day and year first above written.Her Mark, Franky Burrass (seal)

Tazewell County , to wit:We, Erastas G. Harman and William Cox, Justices of the Peace in the County aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify that Franky Burrass wife of James Burrass, parties to a certain deed, bearing date on the 23rd day of September 1845 and hereunto annexed, personally appeared before us in our County aforesaid, and being examined by us privately and apart from her husband, and having the deed aforesaid fully explained to her, the said Franky Burress, acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and declared that she had willingly by signed, sealed and delivered the same, and that she wished not to retract it.

Given under our hands and seals this 23rd day of September 1845.E.G. Harman. JP William Cox, JP

Buried:
The decision to place her in this cemetery is from a Deed Dated July 16, 1844 Jms. & Frances put up 1/8th of the land for a loan from a Mr. Browne for the sum of $19.46, this was the land they were living on.

Mary married James "Jimmy" Burress in 1830 in Russell County, Virginia, USA. James (son of Micajah "Cager" Burress and Rachel McCoy) was born in April 1807 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Jun 1883 in Headwaters Clinch, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; was buried on 10 Jun 1883 in Grapefield, Bland County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1830: 1830, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1840: 1840, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Tax List: 1861, Boyd County KY; Listed in Kentucky Tax Records with son Elijah

Larkin married Miranda "Rinda" Kidd on 24 Mar 1829 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esther Unknown. Esther was born in 1823 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: America V Unknown. America was born in 1854 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Court: 29 Aug 1847, Tazewell County, Virginia; William and James are plaintiff's against Wysor Adkins. These records don't indicate what the problem was only that it was eventually resolved by the parties.
• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Court: 1856, Tazewell County, Virginia; Not sure where the rest of this record is. This is the only reference to this particular case of Grand Larceny. I'm assuming this was pertaining to the case that finally came to court in 1858.
• Court: 29 Mar 1858, Tazewell County, Virginia; An indictment against William H. Burress for forgery. Key witnesses don't show up, jury finds him not guilty.
• Court: 26 March 1860, Tazewell County, Virginia; The commonwealth vs. William H. Burress, Defendant - Indictment for Fornication. Assuming this was with Sarah as they were married two months after this.
• Census 1860: 3 Aug 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia; Baptist Valley, William and wife Sarah, Farmer. Real Estate $20. Living close to the Earls family and siblings Flem Pack and Rebecca J. Burress Pack.
• Military: 1 Nov 1863, Virginia, United States; 01 Nov 1863 to 31 Aug 1864 (Dated 30 Dec 1864); Appeared on Register or Payments September 1, 1863 - October 31, 1863.
• Census 1870: 1870, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Witness: 1879, Tazewell County, Virginia; Witness in the divorce of William & Rebecca Pack. Rebecca claims William Burress lied for the price of a horse and witnesses are brought in against William's character.
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Court:
Burress VS. Adkins (Case) Law Book 1844-1859; Page 87 Thursday, August 29, 1847

James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered that the monsciet (?) obtained against him in the office in the cause be set aside, and that he have leave to file his declaration therein, and thereupon he filed the same accordingly; and the cause is remanded to rules for further proceedings to be had therein.

William Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered that the monsciet (?) obtained against him in the office in this cause be set aside, and that he have leave to file his declaration, and thereupon be filed the same accordingly; and the cause is remanded to rules for further proceedings to be had therein.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 108 and 109 Thursday, September 30, 1847

James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case On motion of the defendant by his attorney, who pleaded "not guilty" to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally, the judgment obtained against him in the office is set aside; and the trail of the issue is deferred till the next term.

William Burrass Plaintiff, VS. Wysor Adkins, defendant - Case On the motion of the defendant by his attorney, who pleaded "not guilty" to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally, the judgment obtained against him in the office is set aside, and the trail of the issue deferred till the next term.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 126 Wednesday, April 26, 1848

James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant This day came again the parties by their attorneys and the defendant by his attorney filed a special plea in writing, to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally, and the cause is continued til the next term.

William Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant This day came again the parties by their attorneys and the defendant by his attorney filed a special plea is writing, to which the plaintiff by his attorney replied generally. And the cause is continued till the next term.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 143 Wednesday, September 27, 1848

William Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant - Case On motion of the defendant in these causes, and for reasons appearing to the court, it is ordered that these causes be severally contained till the next term at the costs of the respective defendants.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 176 Thursday, September 27, 1849

James Burrass, Plaintiff VS. Wysor Adkins, Defendant William Burrass Plaintiff VS. Same, Defendant Ordered that these causes be dismissed, the parties having agreed the same.

Court:
Tazewell County Court Order Book, Court Order Book; Page 25.

This day James W. NEEL, jailer of this county produced to the court an account against the Commonwealth for keeping William BURRESS amounting to 2.30, charged with grand larceny, which we found to be just by the oath of said NEEL, and was admitted and allowed by the court, and ordered to be certified to the auditor of public accounts for payment.

Court:
William Burress (Forgery) Law Book 1844-1859; Page 451 Monday, March 29, 1858

At a Circuit Court of Tazewell County begun and held at the Courthouse on Monday the 29th day of March 1858. Present Samuel V. Fulkerson, Esq. Judge; Henry B. Harman, foreman, Charles F. Tiffany, J. Mosely Davis, John C. Carpenter, Eldred R. Baylor, Robert Neel, Thomas G. Peery, George S. Ritter, Shadrach Steel, Harvey King, Harvey Deskins, Cornelius McGuire, James McBrown, Edward Steel, Jonathon Hurley, David Turley, Josiah W. Wynn, Alexander Scott, Pleasant Murphy and Robert Smith, were sworn a grand jury for the body of this county and having received their charge withdrew to their apartment and after some time returned into court and presented: An indictment against William H. Burress for forgery - A true bill An indictment against William H. Burress for petit larceny - not a true bill

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 455 Monday, March 29, 1858

Robert Beasley, Josiah Beasley and Joseph Corrin Jr. who stand bonded by recognizance entered into before Harry George a Justice of the Peace of this County on the 1st day of January 1858 in the penalty of $50.00 each conditioned for there appearance here on this day to give evidence in behalf of the commonwealth against William Burress charged with petit larceny, were this day solemnly called but came not.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 456 Tuesday, March 30, 1858

William H. Burress, who stands indicted for Forgery, was this day led to the bar in the custody of the jailer of this court, thereof arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the indictment and by consent of parties it is ordered that the trail of the cause be continued till tomorrow.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 458 Wednesday, March 31, 1858

William H. Burress, who stands indicted for forgery was led to the bar in the custody of the jailer of this court and the jurors elected for his trail to wit: Joseph J. Mays, Samuel McGuire, Harvey Claypool, Jeremiah B. Claypool, Chapman A. Spotts, Thomas Barrett, John G. Baylor, Joseph Harrisson, Clinton Barns, Rees T. Bowen, William S. Seabolt and James Thompson appeared in court and were sworn a jury for the trail of the said William H. Burress upon the indictment aforesaid (the counsel for the accused having stricken eight of the jurors from the panel) and the jury sworn as aforesaid having fully heard the evidence were, with the consent of the prisoner, committed to the custody of the sheriff of this county who is directed to keep them together without communication with any other person and to cause them to appear here on tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock whereupon an oath was administered to E.S. Howard, sheriff of this county to the follow effect "You shall and will truly, to the best of your ability, keep this jury, and neither speak to them yourself, nor to suffer any other person to speak to them touching any matter relative to this trail until they return into court tomorrow" and the said William H. Burress is remanded to jail.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 460 Thursday, April 1, 1858

William H. Burress, who stands indicted for forgery was again led to the bar in the custody of the jailer of this court, whereupon the jury who were sworn for his trail were brought into court by the sheriff of this county and the said jury upon their oath do say, that the said William H. Burress is not guilty of the forgery aforesaid as is alleged against him in said indictment, and nothing further appearing on being alleged against him it is considered by the court that the said William H. Burress be acquitted and discharged of the forgery aforesaid and go thereof without delay.

Law Book 1844-1859; Page 465 Saturday, April 3, 1858

E.S. Howard, Sheriff of this county this day presented in court, an account against the Commonwealth for boarding the jury in the case of the commonwealth against William H. Burress, charged with felony, amounting to $34.00, and the said account being verified by the oath of said sheriff was examined by the court allowed and ordered to be certified to be auditor of public accounts for payment.

Court:
William Burress (Fornication) Law Book 1859-1878; Page 27 March 26, 1860

The Commonwealth, Plaintiff VS. William H. Burress, Defendant - Indictment for Fornication. This day came the parties by their attorneys and the defendant in the case pleaded "not guilty" to which the attorney for the Commonwealth replied generally, and the trail of the issue is continued till the next term.

Law Book 1859-1878; Page 46 August 28, 1860 The Commonwealth, Plaintiff VS. William H. Burress, Defendant, Fornication.

This day came the parties by their attorneys and thereupon came a jury to wit: John A. Brown, John Necessary, John Woods, James McBrown, John D. Peery, John B. Harman, Solomon C. Turley, John D. Rutherford, Ephraim Claypool, Robert Barrett, and William McGuire (11 by consent) who being elected tried and sworn the truth to speak upon the issue joined on their oaths returned the following verdict. "We the jury find the defendant guilty and assess the fine at $20.00." It is therefore considered by the court that the commonwealth recover against the said defendant, $20.00 the fine aforesaid and the costs of this prosecution.

Military:
Rank Private/Corporal
State Served Virginia Company B Unit 37 Bat'l Virginia Cavalry (Dunn's Bat'l Partisan Rangers) Army Confederacy

Paid the sum of 24 dollars on October 10, 1864 by P.P. Barbour; Appeared on a report of absentees from Co. K, 37 Batt'n Virginia.

Absent on 28 November, 1864, residence, Tazewell Co., Virginia.

Enlist Date May 10, 1863 Where Enlisted Tazewell County, Virginia

Enlist Rank Corporal Enlisted By C.C. Pack

Discharge Rank Corporal

State Served Virginia Company 5 Unit 37 Bat'l Virginia Cavalry (Dunn's Bat'l Partisan Rangers) Army Confederacy

Enlist Date 10 June 1863

Enlist Place Greenville, South Carolina Enlisted By Lt. Wallis Period 2 Years or the War

Last Paid By Captain Dunn To What Time 31 October 1863 Absent or Present Present Remarks Pay due him for his horse up to 01 Oct 1864 Entitled to 6% bond


Military Records, Civil War Soldiers and Saliors System, 1863.

37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (also known as Dunn's Battalion Partisan Rangers) was organized about August 2, 1862. Company B was composed of former members of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Infantry, Company F of North Carolinians, and Company K was formerly Captain Pack's Company, 21st Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Company H was transferred to Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry by S.O. No. 130, Hdqrs. Dept. W.Va. and E. Tenn, dated December 28, 1864. In November it was changed to regular cavalry. It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totaled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command..

Witness:
Divorce record (in 1879) for William M. Pack and his wife, Rebecca Deskins. William was a brother of Sarah Pack and brother in law of William Burress.

William was divorcing Rebecca, saying basically that she was a tramp and that he had an affair with one Adam Pack.

William Burress and Tinsley Pack are witnesses for William Pack.

Adam Pack claims he had sexual intercourse with Rebecca on two different occassions and gives dates and places.

Rebecca claims, they are making the charges up and lying for William Pack to give William an excuse to divorce her and take their 4 children from her.

She claims that William Pack "gave William Burress a horse to make the statements he did in his said despostion" and that Tinsley Pack "is a brother to the complaintant and would do or swear nearly anything to promote the complaintants interest."

27 June 1879, Tazewell County, Virginia

Testimony of William H. Burress

Asked if he is acquainted with William and Rebecca Pack, William answers "I am acquainted with them. I have known them about 10 or 12 years.

Q: Are they now husband and wife and how long have they been married
William's answer: They are now husband and wife and have been married about 10 or 12 years.

Q. Tell wheather you know of her having had carnal communication with any man other than her husband since her intermarring with the complaintant.

A. I saw a man on her one day and had her clothes up.

Q. Did you ever hear her comment with any man, other than her husband, to have carnal communication with him.

A. I have

Tinsley Pack is questioned next. He states that he has know both William and Rebecca since childhood and that they have been married for about 12 years. And that after she was ?? charges set forth in complaintants bill she had not slept a good nights sleep for fear that it would be found out on her. This she told me about three months ago.

Mary Jane Lawson testifies that she had seen Rebecca Pack and Adam Pack in bed together about 18 month ago in the state of Kentucky where the Packs were residing, and that she saw Adam Pack give Rebecca Pack a silver quarter the morning after she saw them in bed together. That when she saw them in the year of 1877 it was around Christmas time, close to midnight and it was at Rebecca Pack's house and William Pack was not home.

Asked who was at the house that night she claims it was Rebecca, Adam, Herself and 3 little children. She states that she went to bed with the children and left Rebecca and Adam drinking coffee and that it was her understanding that defendant was to get bed with ?? that Adam Pack was to occupy the other bed alone. And that when she woke up there was no fire or candle burning in the house.

She is then questioned about the weather on that night and the days leading up to that night and says most were warm, but that she could not recall all the days weather. When asked how she can recall some days and not others she states she can recall Saturday and Sunday because they had company on those days at their house which was close to William Pack's house and that on Sunday, the defendant, Adam Pack and Margaret Bishop were at her home and that "I remember distinctly that defendant got mad at Adam Pack because he talked to Margaret Bishop." She claims she remembers the time of the incident because her father died on the 5th of November 1877 and that "my best recollection is that this was about 2 weeks after his death."

Mary Jane Lawson is asked who was the first person she told and when. She said it was the 11th of August 1879 and she told Barbara Pack, and that she didn't tell before that time because she "thought it wasn't necessary to tell it" and that why did she think it was necessary to tell it now, to which she replied "Because I thought they were done parted and it couldn't do any harm for one to tell it."

She is then asked about her relationship with the Defendant and claims they are good friends and have always been such. That she used to sometimes stay the night over at Rebecca Pack's house, but she had not stayed there since the incident and that she had never said anything to the defendant about the affair because "I always hated to name it to her."

When asked how she saw the defendant and Adam Pack together in bed, if there was no fire in the home, she stated that the house was a log home and the moon shined through the logs so she could see. She is then asked what time the moon rose that night and if there were any hills or mountains or trees around and what direction they were in, and in what position the moon was in (I guess trying to establish how much light there was and if it was obstructed in any way) She claims there were some hills and that the moon was striaght over head. She is questioned that, if the moon was overhead, "how could she shine her rays through the cracks of a log house?"

She answers "the moon shines all around and of course light came into the house."

A different Mary Lawson is questioned and states that she knows for a fact that Rebecca and Adam Pack were together in the year of 1877 when William Pack was absent. And that Rebecca Pack had told her that Adam Pack had given her money and other things at different times. And that Rebecca told her that Adam had given her several things and would have given her more but that he was afraid of her husband.

She also states that she has seen Rebecca Pack and Adam Pack standing and talking to each other when no one else was around and it was through the summer of 1877.

She was asked if she had not frequently seen a man and a woman talking alone together before and she replied that she had, but "this couple had been staying together for several days and nights and this made me think strange of it."

Mary is asked if Adam Pack is a brother of the Complaintant and if the complaintant got Adam to stay with his wife when he was absent. She answers that Adam Pack is not his brother but a first cousin and that she does not know if the complaintant got Adam to stay with his wife while he was away.

When asked where William Pack was during this time, Mary states that he was in Virginia to see relatives and she didn't know that he had any special business while there.

Barbara Pack is questioned next. When asked if the defendant admitted to her that she was guilty of the charges brought against her, Barbara claims that she did admit to them and said she was guilty of all of them and believed Adam Pack loved her and had not slept a good nights sleep for fear her husband would find her out. When asked she states that William and Rebecca have not resided together since the charges were brought and that William Pack has been staying with his brother Tinsley Pack since then. Barbara Pack claims she is a neice of William Pack. That William Pack had told her that he had mistrusted his wife, but was not certain of her guilt until now.

Tinsley Pack is sworn in as a witness: Asked how it happened that that defendant made confessions to him of her guilt. "On one Sunday evening while my wife and niece had left home to attend meeting, defendant confessed to me that Adam Pack had told her that he loved her and that she had committed adultery with him and that since she was guilty with him she had not slept a good nights sleep for fear her husband would find it out through Adam Pack.

George W. Blankenship is questioned about Adam Pack's charater. He states his wife (not named) is a 1st cousin of Adam and that he knows his character for truthfulness is bad, that he doesn't think he has ever had a permanent home anywhere since he had come of age. "I think he has been a rambling person ever since he was 12 years of age."

William Bottimore gives testimory to the court regarding William Burress' character: "He lived very near me for I suppose some 20 years and I think I ought to know his general character for truth and veracity." He goes on to say that his character "was not good for truth and veracity."

The court then asks Mr. Bottimore if he thought William Burress' character for truth would be any better under oath. Mr. Bottimore replies, "That would depend upon the interst he had in the case - if he had any interest the case, it would not."

Mr. Bottimore also states he knows Rebecca Pack's, the defendants character to be good.

William Bottimore than goes on to explain that, "about the time they (William & Rebecca Pack) left the place where they had lived near my house, Tinsley Pack, brother of the complaintant in this suit, in a conversation with me about William H. Burress, in which he (Pack) spoke in a very disparaging manner of him (Burress) told me that Burress has tried to induce complaintant (William Pack) to believing that his wife, Rebecca E. Pack had had an improper intimacy with him (Tinsley Pack).

William Bottimore adds that he knows W.H. Burress' character for truthfulness is bad based on common report and personal knowledge.

Asked if Tinsley Pack denied the charge from Burress that he had had improper intimacy with William Pack's wife Rebecca, Bottimore states that Tinsley told that the charge was ridiculous.

Next to give statement is William Barrett (Rebecca Packs brother in law), who claims he has never heard Rebecca Pack's character of virtue to be bad. He also states he knows nothing of William H. Burress' character.

Mr. Barrett is than asked that "whether two months ago at Joseph Peery's Mill in this county, you had a conversation with William H. Burress relative to this case and if so, please state what he said."

He answers: "I did hae such a conversation with William H. Burress. He told me at this time that William M. Pack had told him that he intended to have him summoned to testify as a witness in this case and that he (Burress) had told him (Pack) that he need not do it, that he could not not swear in his favor but that he would have to swear in favor of his wife, Rebecca E. Pack, and that he had never known anything wrong of her in his life.

The next witness is W.G. Bottimore and he is asked if he is acquainted with William H. Burress and his character. His answer, "I am only slightly acquainted with William H. Burress - I have never had any business relations with him. I have however heard a number of persons say that they regarded him as a bad man and as an untruthful one."

Asked, based on what he had heard, did he believe William Burress to be a man of good or bad character for true and veracity, to which he replies, "My only inference was that he was a man of bad character for veracity." He also states he would have severe doubt in believing him under oath.

He is asked how far he lives from William H. Burress, and he claims 7 miles.

W.G Bottimore also claims he knows Rebecca to be a modest woman who took good care of her children and her home.

George W. Deskins (who lives 4 miles from William Burress) is next to be interviewed. Asked if he is acquainted with William H. Burress and his character, he replies, "I suppose I am. His general character, as far as I know, is not good."

Asked if William Burress could be belived under oath, George stated: "I don't think that a man could have much confidence with a man who was generally known to steal and lie."

George Deskins also claims that he has known Rebecca since she was a child and that he was always known her to be a good woman, and that he is her 3rd cousin.

James W. Smith is the next witness. When asked about William Burress and his character for truth and veracity, James states, "Bad" Asked if he would believe William Burress under oath, James replies, "I would not."

James is asked how far he lives from William Burress and where William lives: 3 miles from William and William lives on the Lower ? of Baptist Valley on the land of David J. Gillespie on the Clinch River.

Asked why he would not believe William under oath he claims: "Because I have heard so many people express unfavorable opinions before to his character.

James also vouches for the good character of Rebecca Pack.

J.M. McCall is the next witness, but he says he is not acquainted with William H. Burress and considers Rebecca Pack a virtuous woman.

George W. Gillespie (Witness), when asked about William Burress and his character, simply states BAD. When asked if he would believe William Burress under oath, George says, "I would not in a case in which he was interested." Asked how he knows William Burress' character is bad, he says, "By having business transactions with him and by hearing others speak of him."
George Gillespie lives 5 miles from William Burress.

Next there are witnesses brought in to testify to the character of Adam Pack. All of which say his character is bad. One states of Adam Pack "I have known him ever since he was a small boy - He is now about 36 or 37 years of age. His character ever since I have known him has been very bad - He has for the last several years been wandering around over the county aimlessly without any fixed place of abode so far as I know - he could not be said to be a citzen of any community."

Another witness claims that Adam Pack is a first cousin to the complaintant (William Pack)

Witnesses also claim that Adam Pack hasn't lived in the county for some 6 or 7 years, that he resides in Kentucky and will occasionally wander back to Tazewell as he has no permanent home. And that when he does come back to Tazewell, he never stays more than 8 or 10 days at a time.

Died:
Death date and cause given in Sarah Pack Burress' Widows Pension in 1902. Claims William died "about 5 years ago" and the cause was Consumption contracted during the war.

William married Sarah Elizabeth Pack on 10 May 1860 in Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of John "Jack" Pack and Matilda "Tilda" Ann Delong) was born on 15 Sep 1843 in Floyd County, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Jul 1922 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1860: 1860, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Military: 4 Apr 1862, Virginia, United States; Private - Civil War
• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Thomas and Mary unable to read/write; Real Estate valued at $300
• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Military:
Thomas Burress
Confederate
Virginia
10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Allen's)
Company A
Rank In Private
Rank Out Private
Alternate Name Thomas J./Burroughs

Battles:
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Mechanicsville, VA.
Fought on 1 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines, VA.
Fought on 28 Jun 1862 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 29 Apr 1863.
Fought on 1 Mar 1864.
Fought on 5 Jul 1864 at Gaines' Mill, VA.
Fought on 10 Jul 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
Fought on 29 Sep 1864 at Fort Harrison, VA.
Fought on 30 Sep 1864 at Fort Harrison, VA.
Fought on 30 Oct 1864 at 19th Main Street, Richmond, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Hospl, Richmond, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Jackson Hospl, Richmond, VA.
Fought on 4 Apr 1865 at Bermuda Hundred, VA.
Fought on 5 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Fisher's Creek, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at High Bridge, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Harper's Ferry, WV.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Archer's Farm, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Burkesville Junction, VA.
Fought on 8 Apr 1865 at Harper's Farm, VA.
Fought on 10 Apr 1865 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 10 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Fought on 12 Apr 1865 at Salisbury, NC.
Fought on 13 Apr 1865 at Wellville, VA.
Fought on 14 Apr 1865 at Pools Farm, Wellville, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865 at Point Lookout, MD.

Thomas married Mary Ann Repass on 30 Mar 1853 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Mary was born on 16 Oct 1835 in Burkes Garden, Virginia; died on 15 Jul 1905 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1860: 1860, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Military: 30 Jul 1861, Virginia, United States; Farm Laborer; Enlisted in Company C, Virginia 50th Infantry Regiment on 30 Jul 1861; Enlisted in 15 Mar 1863
• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina, USA
• Deed: 12 Dec 1892, Tazewell County, Virginia; Deed between George W. & Sarah D Burress and Thomas Templeton
• Witness: 1898, Tazewell County, Virginia; Both George and Sarah are witnesses in the divorce proceedings of Mary Francis and her husband.
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virgina, USA
• Court Case: 1 Feb 1908, Tazewell County, Virginia; Sarah Brooks sues grandfather George Burress
• Court: 1 Feb 1908, Tazewell County, Virginia; Dispute with 3 of George's grandchildren, that he raised, over land.

Notes:

Military:
Roster of Ex Confederate Soldiers lists:

George W. Burress Age 59 G Co. 45th Va Inf March 1862 2 years

Deed:
This deed made and entered into on this December 12th in the year 1892 between George W. Burress and Sarah D. Burress his wife, parties of the first part, Thomas Templeton, party of the second part and all of the county of Tazewell and state of Virginia.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the some of two hundred ($200.00) fifty dollars cash in hand paid a receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by all the parties interested and that remainder of one hundred and fifty dollars to be paid in two equal payments of six and twelve months, the parties of the first part does this day bargain sell and convey unto the party of the second part all their right title and interest in and to a certain tract, piece or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Tazewell and state of Virginia and situated on the south side of Big Stoney Ridge in the waters of Mud Fork, it being a part of the land bought by said Burrass and wife, of E.P. Moore and bounded as follows to wit: Beginning at a chestnut on top of the middle ridge of the south side of Big Stoney Ridge and with the top of said Burrasses land and with the same a southerly direction to the top of said middle ridge and with the top of said ridge westward to the beginning containing thirty acres more or less, the parties of the first part reserves a veudauis lein on said land for the remainder of the purchase money of $150.00 one hundred and fifty dollars the parties of the first part doth con?? to and with the party of the second part that they have the right to convey to their grantee and that they warrant generally the title to the lands hereby conveyed. Witness the following signatures and seals the year and date first above written.His mark, George W. Burress (seal) Sarah D. Burress (seal)

Virginia : Tazewell County To Wit:I, J.W. Gillespie, a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that George W. Burress and Sarah D. Burress his wife, whose names are signed to the foregoing deed bearing the date on this December 12th in the year 1892 has this day personally appeared before me in my county and state aforesaid and acknowledged the same. Given under my hand this December 12th, 1892J.W. Gillespie

Court:
1 February 1908 Tazewell County :: Chancery Causes: Sarah E. Brooks VS. George Burress

To the Hon. W.J. Henson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia:

Your complainants, Sarah E. Brooks, Mary E. Brooks and Hattie V. Brooks, would respectfully represent that their father, Jerome B. Yost, died in the year 1885, intestate, leaving to survive him as his heirs at law a widow, Rachael, L. Yost, and four children, to-wit, (1) your complainant, Sarah E. Brooks (nee Yost); (2) your complainant, Mary F. Brooks (nee Yost); (3) Robert L. Yost; and (4) your complainant, Hattie V. Brooks (nee Yost); that Sarah E. Brooks is now thirty (30) years of age; that Mary F. Brooks is now twenty-eight (28) years of age; that Robert L. Yost is now twenty-six (26) years of age; and that Hattie V. Brooks is now twenty-two (22) years of age, the youngest, Hattie V. Brooks, being only six months old when her father died; that Sarah E. intermarried with M.C. Brooks; that Mary F. intermarried with Joseph Brooks; that Hattie V. intermarried with James P. Brooks; and the said Rachael L. Yost, the mother of complainants, and the widow of Jerome B. Yost, deceased, after the death of the said Jerome B. Yost, intermarried with John R. Radford.

Your complainants further represent that just prior to the death of the said Jerome B. Yost he was negotiating with one Edward P. Moore for the purchase of one hundred (100 A) acres of land situated in Tazewell County, Virginia, on Little Stony Ridge and Big Stony Ridge, but that before the money was paid and the deed executed for said land the said Jerome B. Yost died, and after the death of the said Jerome B. Yost his widow, with her children, moved into the home of George Burress, who was the father of Rachael L., the widow of the said Jerome B. Yost, and the grandfather of complainants. Just after the death of the said Jerome B. Yost and after the said Rachel L., widow of Jerome B. Yost, with her children, had moved into the home of the said George Burress, the said Edward P. Moore came to the home of the said George Burress for the purpose of completing the sale for the said one hundred (100 A.) acres of land and executing a deed and receiving the purchase money for the same, and the said George Burress, acting for the said widow and children of the said Jerome B. Yost, deceased, purchased the said one hundred (100 A) acres of land from the said Edward P. Moore and paid for the same out of the money and property which Jerome B. Yost owned at the time he died, the said one hundred acres (100 A) of land being purchased for the sum of Three Hundred and fifty ($350.00) dollars.

Your complainants would further represent that although the said tract of land was purchased from the said Edward P. Moore by the said George Burress for the heirs at law of the said Jerome B. Yost, deceased, and with the funds furnished by the estate of the said Jerome B. Yost, the said George Burress had the land conveyed by the said Edward P. Moore and wife to himself, when it should have been conveyed to the heirs at law of the said Jerome B. Yost. The said deed from the said Edward P. Moore and wife to the said George Burress is dated the 21st. day of May, 1888 and is now of record in the office of the Clerk of Tazewell County, Virginia, in Deed Book 24, Page 228, a certified copy of which is herewith filed as a part of this bill, marked ?Exhibit A?.

Your complainants would further represent that the said George Burress, together with the widow and children of the said Jerome b. Yost, moved upon said one hundred (100 A) acres of land and began to cultivate the same and to get their maintenance and support from said land. The widow and all of the children of the said Jerome B. Yost worked upon said land and assisted in farming the same and raising the crops, from which they realized their support. At the time the said land was conveyed by the said Edward P. Moore and wife to the said George Burress, the said George Burress was in very poor circumstances, having no land and very little, if any, personal property, but after the date of the said deed they all lived and worked together until the daughters of the said Jerome B. Yost married and left the said land. During the whole of the time that the said widow and heirs of the said Jerome B. Yost lived upon the said land with the said George Burress, the widow and all the girls, with the others, assisted in all of the work on the said land, the girls working in the fields with the said George Burress.

Your complainants would further represent that at the time the said deed was made by the said Edward P. Moore and wife to the said George Burress they were small children, the oldest one being eight years of age, and that after the said deed was made their mother requested the said George Burress to execute a deed, conveying the said land to the heirs of the said Jerome B. Yost, deceased, and the said George Burress stated to their mother that he would hold the whole of said land for the said children of the said Jerome B. Yost, deceased, to which their mother consented, and during the whole time since the conveyance by the said Edward P. Moore and wife to the said George Burress he has lived upon the said land with all or part of the heirs at law of the said Jerome B. Yost, with the understanding that he was holding the said land for the said heirs at law of the said Jerome B. Yost.

Your complainants would further represent that the said George Burress is now over seventy years of age and has become dissatisfied and states that he is going to sell said land and dispose of the proceeds of the sale as he wishes, but that none of complainants are to have any part of the proceeds of the sale of the said land.
Your complainants would further represent that until the last few months their brother, Robert L. Yost, was friendly with them and acknowledged that the said one hundred (100 A) acres of land was held by the said George Burress for the heirs at law of the said Jerome B. Yost, deceased, and that the said heirs at law were the real owners of said land, but recently he has become estranged from complainants and complainants believe and aver that the said Robert L. Yost has persuaded the said George Burress to convert the said land into money, believing when this is done that he will get from said George Burress the proceeds derived from the sale of said land.
Your complainants are advised and believe that the heirs at law of the said Jerome B. Yost are the owners of said one hundred (100 A) acres of land and are entitled to have a conveyance from the said George Burress to them of the same, and that complainants are entitled to have their part of said land conveyed to each of them.
Your complainants further represent that they are advised and believe that they are entitled to recover from the said George Burress a reasonable amount for the rents, issues and profits of the said land, which he has converted to his own use.

At the time of the conveyance from Edward P. Moore and wife to the said George Burress, the said George Burress was married, his wife being ______ Burress, who is still living.

Being without remedy at law, your complainants come into a court of equity and pray that George Burress and _________ Burress, his wife, Rachael L. Radford and Robert L. Yost be made parties defendant to this bill, and be required to answer the same, but not on oath, oath being waived under the statute; that the said George Burress and _______ Burress, his wife, be required to convey to complainants the interest of complainants in the said one hundred (100 A) acres of land and that they recover from the said George Burress a reasonable amount for the rents, issues and profits derived from the use of said land, which the said George Burress has converted to his own use.

And the complainants pray for all such other, further and general relief as the nature of their case may require, or to equity shall seem meet. And they will ever pray, etc.

Signed Greever Gillespie
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To the Hon. W.J. Henson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County.

The separate answer of Robert L. Yost to a bill in chancery exhibited against him in Court by Sarah E. Brooks and others, respectfully states that it is charged in said bill that until the last few months your respondent was friendly with the complainants and acknowledged that the One Hundred acres of land was held by his grandfather and co-defendant, George Burress, for the heirs at law of Jerome B. Yost, deceased, and that said heirs at law were real owners of said land, but that your respondent has recently become estranged from complainants and that complainants believe that your respondent has persuaded said George Burress to convert said land into money so as your respondent would finally get the proceeds thereof. This allegation must rest wholly in the imagination of the complainants, for there is not the slightest truth in it and your respondent denies it. Your respondent, since he has left the home of his grandfather, which was when he was about eighteen years old, has been working for himself and attending to his own business, and he is free to say that he believes the attempt to take said land from his grandfather by the complainants is one of ingratitude and very unjust and unfounded. It is true that your respondent was very young when his father died, and when his grandfather purchased said land and his father being very poor and diseased for several years before his death, your respondents mother and his sisters were taken to the home of their grandfather, some two or three years before he went upon the one hundred acres of land, and that respondents mother remained a short while with her father, then left all of the children, except Hattie, who she took away and carried from place to place for a while and then returned her to her grandfather, and his mother took away with her all of the household articles which belonged to his father.

Your respondents grandfather took good care of him and his sisters, clothed and fed them well, maintained them above want, and let them have education at the free schools in the neighborhood, by which, at least, your respondent has been able to go out into the world since he was eighteen years old and make a good living.
Your respondent knows the fact that his father left little or no personal property at his death, and respondent does not believe that he ever bought the land or negotiated to buy it from E.P. Moore, but he believes that his grandfather bought and paid for it.
Of this your respondent is certain, that this grandfather moved upon this tract of land while it was all in woods, built his dwelling-house and cut houses upon it, and cleared up one half of it with his own hands.
Wherefore your respondent prays hence to be dismissed, with his costs, etc.

Signed Henry & Graham, Counsel for Respondent.
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To the Hon. W. J. Henson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia

Sarah E. Brooks and others, having exhibited a bill in chancery in this court against George W. Burress and others, the said George W. Burress comes and says that the matters and things alleged in said bill are not sufficient in law or equity to maintain the same; wherefore, the said George W. Burress demurs to said bill and prays judgment of the court thereon. For special causes of demurrer the said George W. Burress says:

1. The bill is with equity to sustain it

2. It seeks to obtain the relief prayed for by attempting to show a constructive trust, but the allegations thereof are insufficient, both in law and equity, to establish such trust

3. The lapse of time and change of circumstances, as well as the change of the character of the land as disclosed by the bill, are sufficient to deprive the complainants of relief in a court of equity.

If the foregoing demurrer should be overruled and the said defendant, George W. Burress, be required to answer said bill then he answers and says: That he is the owner in fee-simple of the one hundred acres of land in the bill mentioned, and conveyed to him by Edward P. Moore and wife by the deed dated the 21st day of May, 1888, a copy of which is filed as part of said bill (exhibit A) that he purchased this land himself and for himself, directly from the said Edward P. Moore and paid therefor the said sum of $350.oo the consideration mentioned in the deed.

Your respondent further represents and avers that the allegations of said bill, that Jerome B. Yost in his lifetime negotiated with the said Edward P. Moore for the purchase of said land, or that after the death of the said Jerome B. Yost, your respondent acting for the widow and children of the said Jerome B. Yost, purchased the said one hundred acres of land for the said wife and children of the said Jerome B. Yost, and paid for the same out of the money and property which the said Jerome B. Yost owned at the time of his death, are wholly unfounded and untrue, and your respondent further avers that each and all of the allegations of said bill, which are contrary to the statements hereinabove made by your respondent, namely, that he himself and for himself purchased said land from the said Moore and paid for same, are equally unfounded and untrue.

It is stated in said bill that the said Jerome B. Yost died in the year 1885, intestate, and that just prior to his death he was negotiation with Moore for said land; when the truth is that said Moore died not at that time own said land, and really acquired it by purchase at a judicial sale on the 20th of October, 1886, from J.W. Chapman, Commissioner, acting under decrees of a chancery cause then pending in the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia, which said sale was confirmed by decree on the 17th day of November, 1886, and the land conveyed by said Commissioner, Chapman, to the said Edward P. Moore, on the 23rd day of April 1888, by deed of that date, a copy of which said deed is filed as part of the answer, marked ?Moore.?

Your respondent further avers and represents that E.P. Moore, being the owner of a debt for which this land was sold at the judicial sale, wanted your respondent to purchase same at said judicial sale (Moore really paying $175.85 for said land) but your respondent would not do so, but in a very few days after Moore got a conveyance for said land he agreed to purchase the same from Moore, and on the 21st day of May, 1888, less than a month after Moore obtained his deed from the Commissioner, your respondent obtained his conveyance from Moore.

It is true, as stated in the bill, that your respondent is now over Seventy years of age and when he was much younger, by about twenty years, when he went upon this tract of land which was in an isolated place and all a heavy forest of timber, and your respondent at once after his purchase, took possession of this land, erected a little cabin on it, went to work clearing it up and has now cleared on it about fifty acres, and has erected thereon a better dwelling house of four rooms, a good frame barn, twenty feet square, well shedded around, corn cribs, meat house, good spring house, and planted out a good orchard, which has had time to grow up, and is now well bearing fruit ? so improving his said land, almost by his own individual labor, as to now make it worth not less than $2000.00 The said Jerome B. Yost was a son-in-law of your respondent and for many years before his death was in feeble health, afflicted with consumption and incurable, and for a few years before his death was unable to support himself and family, and having neither land and but little or no personal property, your respondent supported him and his family until he died; and after his death, paid some of his remaining debts, and his wife and children, three of whom are now complaints in this suit, came to your respondent?s house, when they were very small, complainants Sarah and Hattie remained with your respondent until they were married and Mary remained there 8 or 10 years, and the defendant, Robert L. Yost, stayed with your respondent until he was 17 or 18 years old. During that time your respondent had them to attend the free schools and clothed and fed them, and now he is being repaid, as in many times the case, with their ingratitude by attempting to drive out your respondent in his old age and render him homeless and helpless. His daughter, the wife of Jerome B. Yost, remained with your respondent until she unfortunately, behaved badly, and left your respondent?s home and married again, and never returned, abandoning at once all her children except the youngest, which she carried from place to place for a while, and finally returned her to your respondent. When she left, she took with her all the household articles which were left by her husband at his death. All this occurred before respondent moved on the said one hundred acres of land.

Your respondent further represents and avers, that Jerome B. Yost left no property at his death out of which to pay for said land. True, your respondent was what might be called a poor man when he purchased the land from Moore, but he had ample means to pay for same, which he did promptly. It is not true that the widow of Jerome B. Yost and the children worked the land. The widow was not there and the children were of tender years, and if any work they did, it was light and of no consequence. The allegations of the bill that your respondent stated to the widow of Jerome B. Yost that he would hold the whole of said land for the children of Jerome B. Yost, is wholly false and unfounded. It is also untrue that his co-defendant, Robert L. Yost, has persuaded your respondent to convert said land into money, with a view to himself finally getting it. This charge is reckless and unfounded. As evidence of the fact that our respondent has been always dealing with said land as his own and as he pleased and had a right to do several years ago, ten or more, he sold off a boundary thereof, probably eighteen or twenty acres, for two hundred ($200.00) and conveyed same which is now the property of one Charles Bowman.

Your respondent denies any and all allegations of the bill, inconsistent with the statements of this answer. Your respondent has denied the allegations of the bill and has shown that they cannot be true, but is advised by his counsel, as a question of law, that if the allegations of the bill were true (and they are not) that the lapse of time since your respondent purchased said land and took possession thereof, and the changes which have taken place, as shown on the face of said bill, and the want of legal or equitable facts set forth in said bill, and the insufficiency generally of said bill, should cause the court to dismiss same without annoying and harassing your respondent with making further defenses in this cause, not to mention the fact of the changes which your respondent has made by his labor and expenditures upon said land, and the great expense, trouble and care imposed upon him in rearing and maintaining the plaintiffs. And having fully answered, prays hence to be dismissed with his costs, etc.

Signed Henry and Graham, Counsel for Respondent.


Died:
Name Geo. W. Burress
Birth Date abt 1840
Birth Place Virginia
Death Date 7 Aug 1916
Death Place McDowell County, West Virginia
Death Age 76 years 5 months 2 days
Occupation Farmer
Race White
Marital Status Widowed
Gender Male

His granddaughter Hattie Yost Brooks was living in McDowell County at the time with her family. That is probably where he was. In 1928, when Sarah died, she was also at Hattie's residence. Looks like she took care of the grandparents in their old age.

George married Sarah "Sallie" Digges Noel on 9 Sep 1860 in Tazewell County, Virginia, and was divorced in Aug 1906 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Fielding Noel and Sophia Taylor) was born on 18 April 1836 in Essex County, Virginia, USA; died on 11 May 1928 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in 1928 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Military: 24 Jan 1863, Princeton, West Virginia; Enlisted in Company G, Virginia 36th Infantry Regiment (2nd Kanawha Infantry)

Notes:

Died:
Story from Denise Smith Rootsweb - James R. Burress was shot as a traitor to the Confederate Army for leading the Union Troops back from Wytheville Va to West Va to safety.

The story found in the paper was that he was shot for deserting.

James married Elorene Deavors on 13 Jun 1856 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA. Elorene was born in 1838 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA; died in Apr 1847 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Roseanna Hounshell on 07 Apr 1859 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Roseanna (daughter of Henry Hounshell and Elizabeth Kline) was born about 1837 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Jul 1916 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Birth: 1844, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1860: 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census: 1870, Knob, Tazewell, Virginia

Notes:

Birth:
Rebecca's brother William married Flem's sister Sarah Pack. One of the childrens death records states her name as Burress.

Rebecca married Fleming "Flem" Pack in 1858 in Virginia, United States. Fleming (son of John "Jack" Pack and Matilda "Tilda" Ann Delong) was born in Aug 1836 in Patrick, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Dec 1906 in Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in 1906 in Pack Cemetery, Baptist Valley, Tazewell, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia

Other Events:

• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1870: 1870, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Pocahontas, Tazewell County, Virginia

Notes:

Census 1900:
Living next door to son Thomas Dillon and his family.

Died:
Ben is in the 1910 census with a new wife named Belle. Census claims they had been married for 7 years, meaning Julia had to have died between 1900 and 1903.

Julia married William H. Dillon on 12 Feb 1863 in Tazewell County, Virginia. William (son of Harvey George Dillon and Elizabeth Jane Huddleston) was born in 1843 in Virginia, United States; died in 1890-98 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Benjamin James Mitcham on 26 Dec 1899 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Benjamin was born in May 1878 in Virginia, United States; died in in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1860: 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Living next door to father in law Thomas Hall and his family.
• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• In Chancery: 1 Aug 1900, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Lula J. Hicks VS J.W. Burress
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

In Chancery:
To the Hon. R. C. Jackson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia:

Your oratrix, Lula J. Hicks, would respectfully represent unto your Honor that on the 26th day of October, 1897, she sold to one J. W. Burress a house and lot in the Town of Graham, Va., at the price of Three Hundred Dollars of which amount the said Burress paid your oratrix One Hundred Dollars; and for the residue he executed to your oratrix two bonds of One Hundred Dollars each, one of which was payable Two years after date; and the other was payable One year after date; each with interest from the date of sale, Oct. 26th, 1897. Since the execution of the said notes or bonds, the said Burress has paid on the first note due some very small payments; all of which are endorsed on the back of the first bond due; and the residue is wholly unpaid, although the said Burress has repeatedly been called on for payment.

Your oratrix has a good and sufficient title to the said property; and she files herewith her deed to the said property to the said J. W. Burress, to be treated as an escrow in this cause, to 003 delivered to the said J. W. Burress only when he shall have fully paid the residue of the purchase money, and the costs of this suit. She also files herewith the two said bonds as exhibits.

Your oratrix prays that the said J. W. Burress be made a party defendant to this bill, and required to answer the same, but not on oath, that being waived; and that your oratrix have a decree for her money; and that said house and lot, which is known as the John P. Kelly property be sold to pay the same. And she prays for general relief. And as in duty bound, she will ever pray, &c. Lula J. Hicks. J. W. Hicks, counsel for the Complainant.

Entered in August Term of Court Lula J. Hicks vs. J.W. Burress in Chancery The complainant by her counsel admitting in open court that this cause has been compromised and adjusted, the same is ordered to be left from the docket.

Died:
Age at Death: 71

Buried:
Is this an unmarked grave or is there a stone?

John married Mary Margurite Hall about 1867 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hall and Margaret Elizabeth McFarland) was born on 28 Apr 1854 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 24 Dec 1917 in Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1870: 1870, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham & Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 20 Dec 1922, Graham, Tazewell County, Virginia; Ghost Visits Old Home Place; Ben Burress, living at St. Clair's Crossing claims ghost of colored man pays him a visit often.
• Newspaper: 21 Aug 1925, Clair's Crossing, Tazewell County, Virginia; (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) Ben Burress, veteran farmer and bible student, says the earth is just about due to dry up....
• Newspaper: 21 Aug 1926, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) Automobile and Radio were Forecast by Joel Old Man Joel hundreds of years ago forecast the advent of the automobile and wireless, says Ben Burress, veteran Bible student of St. Clair's Crossing. Mr. Burress maintains that every thing for its time and proves his logic from the Bible. He says that Joel spoke of these modern inventions and innovations, mentioning the "wireless" and described the Fords and automobiles by another name, knocking the bulls eye as straight as an arrow. Mr. Burress has started reading the Bible through for the sixth time to determine if possible, if there may be other modern inventions hinted at of which we have as yet been kept in the dark. While not a church member himself, Mr. Burress attends church and whenever he imagines the preacher has made a slip, Mr. Burress awaits his chance to start an argument with the minister to put him straight on that part of the sermon to which Mr. Burress does not agree.
• Newspaper: 1 Jan 1933, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Ben Burress is able to be out again having been indisposed for several days.
• Newspaper: 23 Feb 1935, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Ben Burress of St. Clair's Crossing, was operated on Monday at Bluefield Sanitarium and is getting along nicely.

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, Pg 20" Benjamin R. Burress 20 Sep 1855 (date wrong?) Burk Garden, Tazewell Va Father - James Burress; Mother - Frances Burress.

Died:
Pending the arrival of his daughter from Utica, N.Y., funeral service arrangements for Benjamin Rush Burress, 79, who died suddenly at 12:10 yesterday morning at his home at St.Clair's Crossing, had not been completed last night. It was announced by relatives that the services would probably be held Saturday and burial would follow at Maple Hill cemetery in West Graham.

Mr. Burress, a widely known Tazewell County farmer, had suffered from a heart ailment for a number of years but his condition was never regarded as serious. He suffered a hemorrhage soon after midnight and died within a few minutes.

Mr. Burress was a native of Burkes Garden and had spent his entire life in Tazewell County where he had engaged in farming. He was born September 31 [sic], 1857, being a son of the late Jimmie and Frances Neal Burress.

Sixty years ago he married Emma Cox, of Tazewell County, and they moved to St. Clair's Crossing 41 years ago from Clearfork.

He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. J.R. Witten, of Bluefield, Mrs. D.C. Weaver, of Utica, N.Y., Mrs. R.M. Milfeet, of Washington, D.C., Conner Burress, Roy Burress, Lake Burress, all of St. Clair's Crossing, and Claude Burress of Washington. He also leaves ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph 3 April 1937

Ben R. Burress Rites will be Held Today

Funeral services for Ben. R. Burress, well known Tazewell County farmers, will be held at his home at St. Clair's Crossing this afternoon at 1:30 PM. The Rev. M.S. Cooks will officiate.

Interment will be made in Maple Hill Cemetery, West Graham. Active pallbearers will be: S.L Smith, W.M. Patrick, C.K. Wimmer, W.L McFarland, Luther Stevenson and Alex St. Clair. Flower bearers will be grand daughters of the deceased. Mr. Burress is survived by his wife and seven children.

Benjamin married Emeline "Emma" Cox on 09 Aug 1877 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Emeline (daughter of Joshua Cox and Polly Cox) was born on 18 Oct 1859 in Floyd County, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Nov 1954 in Mercer County, West Virginia; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; John with 2nd wife Jennie & children, Rosa, Henry, Sarah, Mary John, Flora, Dora and Jennies daughter, Mollie B. Chambers Farmer, can read/write, renting farm.
• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; John, living with 2nd wife Jennie, daugher Bettie and step daughter Mollie Chambers. Renting house, can read/write coal miner
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Living with wife Jennie (no children listed) Occupation: Teacher (holding classes in house) Rent, can read/write

Notes:

Birth:
I have seen John's middle name as both William and Wesley. This birth record doesn't even list his name as John. "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 P65," Wm. Burress 10 Mar 1861 Tazewell, VA. Parents: Wm. and Sarah Burress.

Died:
OBIT: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 24 May 1929

JOHN BURRESS, RICHLANDS, DIES

Native of Tazewell County Had Been Bedfast from Rheumatism For Past Six Months; Funeral Today Richlands, VA, May 24 --

John Burress, 68 died at his home one mile northeast of Richlands early this morning from rheumatism, from which he had been bedfast for the past six months.

He was a native of Tazewell County and was twice married.

His first wife was a Miss Tilda Earls of near Gillespie.

His second wife was a Miss Cinthia Chambers of near Richlands.

He was known quite well among the people of Tazewell County as the "horse trader" on account of his good judgement of horses.

He is survived by his wife and the following children: John Burress, Jr.; Raleigh Burress of West Virginia; Newton Burress of North Tazewell; Mrs. George Quesenberry of Pounding Mill; Mrs. Henry Shortridge and Mrs. Vergil Reedy of Richlands.

Funeral will be held at the home Saturday and interment will be in the Jones Chapel cemetery near Cedar Bluff

John married Matilda "Tildie" Rose Earls on 9 Sep 1879 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia. Matilda (daughter of Samuel Earls and Amanda Melvina "Mandy" Delong) was born in 1861 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 3 Nov 1895 in Cavatts Creek, Tazewell Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jennie Vance Chambers on 23 Sep 1896 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Jennie (daughter of Elijah Vance and Delilia Unknown) was born on 2 May 1867 in Virginia, United States; died on 22 Apr 1936 in Mattie Williams Hospital, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Hankins Cemeter, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Jeffersonvelle, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

From Susan Lawless: Family stories say that she was a healer/midwife who went from house to house helping her neighbors in time of need.

Died:
Cause of death is listed as "Hemorrhage"

Matilda married Andrew Jackson "A.J" Shrader on 25 Mar 1880 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Andrew (son of Daniel King Shrader and Jane Brooks) was born on 09 Mar 1857 in Crockett's (Jacob's) Cove, Tazewell Co., Virginia; died in 1923-1930 in West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 4 Oct 1931, Berwind, McDowell, West Virginia, USA; Mrs. Cyrus Robinson was visiting her mother, Mrs. William Marrs in Canebrake this week
• Newspaper: 3 Jan 1932, Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. William Marrs entertained a few of their friends at dinner Christmas day. Those present were S.G. Marrs, of Ravenswood, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. P.F Marrs of Bluefield; Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Marrs, of Newhall; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marrs & W.T. Blankenship.
• Newspaper: 19 Sep 1937, Berwind, McDowell County, West Virginia; Mrs. William Marrs and daughter, Mrs. William T. Blankenship and grandson, W.T. Jr. were visiting Mrs. Cyrus Robinson this week.
• Census 1940 : 1940, Canebrake, McDowell, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, P75" Mary Elizabeth Burress 30 Dec 1865 (date different then death index) Tazewell, Virginia, Parents: Wm. H. and Sarah Burress

Died:
OBIT/NOTE OF THANKS:

Charleston Daily Mail - Charleston, West Virginia

We take this means of expression our sincere appreciation to our friends and neighbors for their kindness and help during the recent illness and death of our beloved MOTHER Mary E Marrs to the Fiddler and Frame Funeral home and Rev. J M Wysor for their efficient service and consoling words. The Sons and Daughters.

Mary married William Marion "Billy" Marrs on 12 Nov 1886 in Tazewell County, Virginia. William (son of Henry Harvey Marrs and Lucinda "Lucy" Jane Shrader) was born on 22 July 1863 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 11 Nov 1938 in Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 14 Apr 1910, Shraders, Tazewell, Virginia; Clinch Valley Newspaper
• Residence: 1919, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; 1919 Bluefield WV City Directory Shrader George F. (Cynthia) Blksmith h405 Hoge
• Newspaper: 30 Apr 1919, Adria, Tazewell County, Virginia; Clinch Valley Newspaper
• Census 1920: 1920, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1921, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; 1921 Bluefield WV City Directory Shrader George F. (Cynthia A) Blksmith res 304 3d
• Residence: 1925, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; 1925 Bluefield WV City Directory Shrader George F. (Cynthia A) Blksmith h535 Rogers
• Census 1930: 1930, Big Creek District, McDowell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1940 : 1940, Jumping Branch, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Newspaper:
Mrs. G.F. SHRADER (nee: Cynthia A. Burress), Misses Laura and Myrtle and Master Claude, passed through the Cove Saturday, enroute to Squire, West Virginia, where they will visit relatives.

Newspaper:
Mrs. Bud Shrader and two children left for Graham Monday to spend a few days with relatives and friends.

Cynthia married George Frazier "Bud" Shrader in 29 Nov1887 in Tazewell County, Virginia. George (son of Daniel King Shrader and Jane Brooks) was born on 17 May 1864 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 13 Sep 1934 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, P80 L27" James H. Burress 22 Mar 1869 Baptist Valley, Tazewell, VirginiaFather - Wm H. Burress; Mother - Sarah E. Burress (same page L11 James same parents, birth date 13 Mar 1869, Liberty Hill, Tazewell)

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Died:
Callie could have died any time between 1892 when she married Samuel C. Jones and 1897 when Samuel married his second wife Hannah.

Caldona married Samuel C. Jones on 20 Jun 1892 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Samuel (son of Preston Jones and Julia) was born in 1865 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Ceredo, Wayne, West Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Logan City, Logan, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Died:
Name Laura Bell Vance (Should be Vann)
Birth Date 21 Jun 1876
Birth Place Tazewell County, Virginia
Death Date 9 Aug 1953
Death Place Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
Burial Date 11 Aug 1953
Burial Place Huntington, West Virginia
Death Age 77 years 1 month 8 days
Race White
Marital Status Widowed
Father Name William Burriss
Mother Name Sarah Pack
FHL Film Number804480Wills and Probates Laura Bell Vance - 1953[Laura Bell Burriss]

Laura married Robert Johnson Pearman on 27 Jul 1893 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Robert (son of James Pearman and Mary Unknown) was born in Nov 1861 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married W J Vann in 1921-1928 in West Virginia. W was born in 1871 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917p 149," Charles P. Burrass birth date: 22 Nov 1877 birth place: Clinch River, Tazewell, Virginia Parents: William and Sarah E. Burrass.

Charles married Allie Unknown in 1900 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Allie was born in 1881 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: Jun 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Witness: 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia; In 1911 Ollie is a witness for her cousin William Pack in a land dispute he is having with some of his Pack relatives. She is address as Miss Ollie Burress. There is definitely a marriage record for her in 1909 to William Cornwell and William Cornwell didn't die until 1912.

Olla married William H. Cornwell on 02 Dec 1909 in Tazewell County, Virginia. William (son of William Conwell and Jemma) was born in 1869 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died in 1912 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olla married John Creger on 10 Sep 1913 in Tazewell County, Virginia. John was born on 31 Aug 1845; died on 9 Feb 1924 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• WWII Draft Card: 29 Apr1942, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, VA; Married 1 year, number of children born 1; number of children living 1; Both can read and write; Renting House.
• WWI Draft Card: 12 Sep 1918, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA; Renting home value $8; All can read/write
• Census 1940 : 1940, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA; George highest grade; 5th / Daisy highest grade; 7th / Vernon highest grade 3rd

Notes:

Died:
OBIT: Clinch Valley News

George W. Burress, 65 years of age, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wade Jennings at Adria. He had been in declining health for several years. He was the son of the late William and Sarah Pack Burress, of Pounding Mill. He had been a resident of North Tazewell for about fifty years. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Daisy Arnold, two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. James Whitman, of North Tazewell; Paul and Lloyd, of Norfolk, and Vernon, of Whiteville, W. Va. A sister also survives, Mrs. Laura Vann, fo Huntington WV. Funeral services were held from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. C.B. Dickenson, of Crumpler, WV., and the Rev. M. E. N. Lindsay in charge.

George married Dela A. "Daisy" Arnold on 03 Feb 1909 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Dela (daughter of L.L Arnold and Cordelia McEntire) was born on 14 Feb 1887 in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia; died on 06 Oct 1962 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 09 Oct 1962 in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, Pg. 11" William M. Burress 25 May 1854 Burk Garden, Tazewell, Virginia. Father - Thomas BurressMother - Mary A. Burress.

Notes:

Birth:
Name: Anna G. Burress gender: Female birth date: 06 Feb 1856 birthplace: Burk Garden, Tazewell, Virginia race: White father: Thomas J. Burress mother: Mary Ann Burress

John married Mary A. Naircus on 01 Mar 1882 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, Pg 42" Adam Robert Burress 18 Dec 1858 Burkes Garden Tazewell VaFather - Thomas Burress; Mother - Mary Ann Burress

Buried:
Probably in an unmarked grave. Adam was living at the County Poor Farm when he fell, which resulted in his death. The poor farm is described as....

In 1939 they had anywhere from 20 to 30 people, from all ages. They had to be totally unable of taking care of themselves and not having anyone in the family that could take care of them. We had no entertainment. Sometimes some of the churches would come out and hold services.

Adam married Susan V. Neel on 21 Jan 1879 in Bland County, Virginia. Susan (daughter of John M. Neel and Malinda) was born in 1858 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Richard married Emeline W. Waddle on 31 Dec 1883 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Emeline (daughter of Calvin Waddle and Margaret Waddle) was born on 26 Oct 1861 in Virginia, United States; died on 02 Apr 1939 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 27 Jul 1916, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia; Anse Burress pulls stranded automobile out of river....
• Census 1920: 1920, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1930: 1930, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 6 Apr 1934, Tazewell County, Virginia; Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Notes:

Newspaper:
A mistake appeared in the advertisement of J. A. Burress, published in the Daily Telegraph Wednesday. Mr. Burress' farm contains eighteen acres and sixty fruit trees. The ad
read 60 acres.

Joseph married Cordelia Victory Waddle on 23 Jan 1886 in Bland County, Virginia. Cordelia (daughter of Calvin Waddle and Margaret) was born on 13 Oct 1869 in Smyth, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Sep 1913 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Tabor Lane Cemetery, Tazewell County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary E. Yost Warden on 14 Oct 1915 in Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of W.O Yost) was born in 1871 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Maxine married Lafayette Dillow on 03 Mar 1887 in Bland County, Virginia. Lafayette (son of Addison Dillow and Vickie) was born in 1864 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Elizabeth married Albert Wisdom Perkey on 20 Nov 1890 in Bland County, Virginia. Albert was born on 22 Mar 1869 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina, USA

Notes:

After 1892 Rachel lived in Pageton West Virginia

Rachel married Jerome Bonaparte Yost on 22 Nov 1876 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Jerome (son of John Yost, Jr. and Elizabeth Stump) was born in 1859 in Waters of Clinch, Tazewell, Virginia; died on 22 Oct 1885 in Waters of Clinch, Tazewell, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married John R. Radford on 11 Apr 1892 in Tazewell County, Virginia. John was born in 1860 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina, USA

Martha married William George Yost on 13 Sep 1882 in Tazewell County, Virginia. William (son of G.W Yost and Harriett) was born in 1862 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married John Milton Painter on 17 Jan 1892 in Tazewell County, Virginia. John was born in 1870 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

Name James M. Burress
Gender Male
Death Date 20 Sep 1857
Death Place Burks Garden, Tazewell, Virginia
Age 5 months 20 days
Birth Date 1857
Birthplace Wythe, Virginia
Race White
Marital Status Single
Father's Name James R. Burress
Mother's Name Levenye Burress

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, P53 L337" Robert Ray Burress 20 Nov 1859 Wolf Creek, Tazewell, Virginia Parents: James R. Rosanah Burress

Robert married Martha Neal on 26 Oct 1886 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Margaret Christine "Maggie" Tabor on 12 Sep 1895 in Bland County, Virginia. Margaret (daughter of James Tabor and Luvenia V. Cameron) was born on 22 Oct 1876 in Virginia, United States; died on 12 Dec 1921 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p2" John H Burris 20 Nov 1861 Wolf Creek, Bland, Virginia Parents: James R. & Rosannah Burris

John married Rose Alice Noel on 26 Mar 1879 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julia Kidd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Knob, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1900: 1900, Big Creek District, McDowell, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

She was called Aunt Lize. Lived near John Pack in a one room cabin. Had
many cats and talked to herself (From Nancy Whitaker Tate, my mother) - Cheryl Duke

Marriage ended in Divorce -

Birth:
06 Mar 1861 • Deskins Mountain, Tazewell, Virginia "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p 67A" Louisa V. Pack 06 Mar 1861 Deskins Mountain, Tazewell, Virginia Parents: Fleming and Rebecca J. Pack (Death cert gives date as 17 Nov 1858?)

Died:
Impressive lost rites were held Wed afternoon for Mrs. Elizabeth Pack. 78 year old Baptist Valley lady, who died instantly They morning at the home of a nephew, Brooks Pack. Mrs. Pack was born In McDowell county on March 18, 1861, and moved to this community when a young girl. Surviving are two brothers, John R. Pack, of Cedar Bluff, and William Pack, of War, W. Va., and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Dennie, of Finwick. W. Va. The Rev. Herman Lovelace officiated at the services. Interment took place In the family cemetery near the Pack home.

Louisa married Thomas Francis Marion Beavers on 15 Oct 1890 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Thomas (son of John Beavers and Ellen) was born in Jul 1867 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA; died on 22 Mar 1951 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Knob, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Deed: 22 Mar 1904, Tazewell County, Virginia; Deed Book, Recorded in D. B. 53, page 190 Tazewell County Va., 22 March 1904

Notes:

Deed:
THIS DEED made this March 22, 1904 between Flemon Pack of the first part and William Pack of the second part all of the County of Tazewell and State of Virginia, WITNESSETH That in consideration of One Dollar in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said party of the first part hath this day bargained, sold and conveyed. unto the said. party of the second part all that tract, lot or parcel of land lying and being in the County and State aforesaid on the south side of the County road between Baptist Valley and Cedar Bluff and known as a part of the Sheffey lands, adjoining a small tract of said Sheffey land conveyed to William Pack and Angeline, his wife, by deed from Flemon Pack, bearing date on Sept. the 8th, 1903, and containing 25 acres, more or less and bounded as follows - toâ??wit:Beginning at a stake in the road 333 yards above Moses Beaversâ?? corner and running with said road an easterly course a distance of 2.84 yards to a small white oak and a dead oak stmp (SIC) near the branch that crosses the road thence south to a marked chestnut oak on top of Sugar Camp Mountain and with the top of said mountain to a stake designated a corner between the lands of Flemon Pack and William Pack and Angeline Pack, his wife; thence with the said William Pack and Angeline Packâ??s line back to the beginning corner.And the party of the first part covenants with the party of the second part that he will warrant and defend this deed against all other deeds, titles and claims and that he shall forever have quiet and peaceable possession of said land free from all encumbrances and that he has a right to convey the said land and that he has done not acct (SIC) whatever to encumber the said land. Witness the following signature and seal, the day and date first above writtenFlemon Pack (SEAL) STATE OF VIRGINIA,COUNTY OF TAZEWELL, to-wit:I, T. R. Wingo, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Flemon Pack, whose name is signed to the foregoing writeing (SIC) bearing date on the 22nd of March 1904, has acknowledged the same before me in my CountyGiven under my hand this March 22nd, 1904.T. R. Wingo, J. P.VIRGINIA In the Clerkâ??s Office of Tazewell County Circuit Court May 4th, 1904.This deed was presented and upon the annexed certificate of acknowledgment, was admitted to record.Teste; T. E. . George, Clerk

Died:
McDowell Co, WV Death Certificate #15165; WV Archives Web Site.

William Pack; age 94; born in Apr 1860 (sic) in VA; married; retired timberman; son of Flynn (sic, Fleming) and Rebecca Bur(g)ess Pack; died on 8 Dec 1954 in rural Big Creek, McDowell Co, WV of a stroke; buried on 12 Dec 1954 in Big Creek Cemetery; informant, Worley Owens.

William married Angeline Rose Harman on 02 Apr 1890 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Angeline (daughter of Henry Harman) was born on 30 Jun 1873 in West Virginia, United States; died on 11 Feb 1955 in Warriormines, McDowell County, WV; was buried on 15 Feb 1955 in Big Creek Cem, McDowell County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Knob, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1900: 1900, Big Creek District, McDowell, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Jim migrated to part unknown and never contacted the family again, according
to the last surviving child of John R. Pack, Helen Pack McCann. - Cheryl Duke

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Knob, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Levina married Jasper Newton Barrett on 19 Oct 1882 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Jasper (son of Robert Harvey Barrett and Margaret Brewster) was born in Dec 1857 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Margaret married Wiley C. Denna on 23 Nov 1886 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Wiley (son of Uriah C. Denny and Living) was born about 1866 in Ashe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Knob, Tazewell, Virginia; Either John's birth date is wrong, or there was another son named John and possibly died an infant/toddler.
• Census 1880: 1880, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Court: Dec 1909, Tazewell County, Virginia; William Pack (Complainant) VS. Decree. John R. Pack and others (Defendant) This cause came on again to be heard on this _____ day of December, 1909 upon the papers and proceedings in the case heretofore noted, and it appearing to the court from the statement of counsel for complainant and defendants that there is nothing further to be done in this cause, it is ordered that same is dismissed and stricken from the docket. Page 161
• Deed: 5 July 1913, Tazewell County, Virginia; Between J.R. Pack and Rosie Pack and William Whitaker
• Will: 1944, Tazewell County, Virginia

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, P83 L121" John Pack 18 Sep 1869 Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia (birth date different?) Parents Flem and Rebecca J. Pack

Deed:
Tazewell County Deed Book, Deed Book 75, Page 164, 5 July 1913.

This Deed, made this 5th day of July in the year of 1913 between J.R. Pack and Rosie Pack his wife of the first part, and William Whitaker of the second part. Witnesseth: That in consideration of two hundred and eight dollars cash in hand paid the receipt whereof is here by acknowledged, the said parties of the first part do grant unto the said parties of the second part, all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, lying in Tazewell County, Va. and bounded as follows. To Wit: Beginning at a bunch of Lynn sprouts on the top of a ridge a corner to William Whitaker thense leaving ridge S. 20 - 10 E 528 feet to a stake on end of spur at a wire fence in a line of W.B. Steel and with his line N 61' 30 W 640 5/10 ft to a locust post on said ridge a corner to WB Steel and William Whitaker and with several of Whitakers line and with top of Ridge N. 44' 30 E. 132 9/10 ft. N 37' 30 E. 146 5/10 ft. to a stake 4 ft. north of a marked locust N. 52' 30 E. 145 ft. N 49 E 146 ft to the beginning containing 4 16/100 acres more or less the said Whitaker and the said parties of the first part do covenant that they will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed; that they have the right to convey the said land to the said William Whitaker and the said William Whitaker shall have quiet possession of the said land free from encumbrances; that they will execute such further assurance of the said land as may be requisite; and that they have done no act to encumber the said lands. Witness the following signatures and seals: J.R. Pack Rosa Pack State of Virginia County of Tazewell to Wit: I, J.H. Beavers, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Tazewell aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, do certify that J.R. Pack and Rosa, his wife, whose names are signed to the within deed bearing date on the 5th day of July 1913 have acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid. Given under my hand this the 26th day of July, 1913 J.H. Beavers, JP Virginia: In the Clerks Office of Tazewell Circuit Court, Oct. 18, 1913. This deed was presented and upon the annexed certification of acknowledgement, admitted to record.

Will:
Last Will and Testament of John Riley Pack

I, John R. Pack of Tazewell County, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me at any time heretofore made.First, I do give and bequeath all my money and a One Thousand Dollar Government Bond equally to my four children, namely: Brooks F. Pack, Ellie Whitaker, Thelma Christian, and Helen McCann.Second, I do give and bequeath all other personal property found upon my farm at my decease equally to my four children above named. It is my desire that they divide the property in kind if they can come upon an agreement as to how it should be divided, and if they cannot do this, it is to be sold by my executor and the proceeds divided equally.Third, I do give, devise and bequeath my two daughters, Ellie Whitaker and Thelma Christian, the lower part of my farm joining Bill Whitaker and starting below the house at a locust post on the edge of the public highway; thence from this post a straight line to the main branch and from there running with the fence as far as it goes, then dividing the spur a straight line to where my land joins the Gillespie heirs. The said devise is in fee simple.Fourth, I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Helen McCann, that portion of my farm where the home stands, starting at a small locust thence a straight line to a stake near the center of a point; thence a straight line to a stake in the short crook in the line between my land and the Gillespie heirs. The said devise is in fee simple with the exception of the cemetery. The said cemetery is to be excepted and reserved from any conveyance that might be made of the said land by the said Helen McCann, her heirs, assigns, or personal representative.Fifth, I do give, devise and bequeath to my son, Brooks F. Pack, the balance of my farm up to the Duncan Line. The said devise is in fee simple.Sixth, I give, devise and bequeath to all of my four children herein before named, a right to use the spring located near my home place with a right of ingress and egress to the said spring.Seventh, Although the portions herein before set out and devised to each of my children is a fee simple, none of them shall sell his or her portion to any person other than a brother or sister within a period of five years. After the said period of five years each one of them may sell or transfer to any person they desire.Eighth, I do give, devise and bequeath to each of my four children herein before named and mentioned a right of way over the portions granted to all of them. This is, each and every child shall have a right to pass over the portions granted to the others. Ninth, I do appoint my son, Brooks F. Pack, as the executor of this my last will and testament; and I do direct that no security be required of the said Brooks F. Pack as executor hereof upon his qualification.In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal to this, my last will and testament, which is written without any interrelations of erasures on one side only of two sheets of paper, this the 20th day of May 1944.

John R. Pack

The above signature of the testator was made and the foregoing will was acknowledged to be his last will and testament by the said testator, in the presence of us, three competent witnesses, present at the same time; and we, the said witnesses, do hereunto subscribe the said will on the date last above written, in the presence of the said testator and of each other, at the request of the said testator, who was then of sound mind and over the age of twenty one years.

J.K. McFarlene John W. Buchanan Mrs. Ida Buchanan

Virginia: In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, the 15th day of July 1944

In Re: Last Will and Testament of John R. Pack, deceased.A writing dated the 20th day of May, 1944, purporting to be the last will and testament of John R. Pack was this day produced in said Clerk's Office and offered for probate. It appearing from the evidence introduced that the said John R. Pack died on the 7th day of July, 1944; that at the time of his death he was a resident of Tazewell County, Virginia, and owned personal property and real estate therein.Thereupon came John W. Buchanan and Mrs. Ida Buchanan, two of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, who, after being duly sworn, stated that the said writing dated the 20th day of May, 1944, was signed and acknowledged by the said John R. Pack in their presence, and in the presence of J.K. McFarlene, the other subscribing witness thereto, and that they, the said John W. Buchanan, Mrs. Ida Buchanan and J.K. McFarlane, signed their names thereto as subscribing witnesses at the request of the said John R. Pack and in his presence and in the presence of each other, all four being present together at the same time, and that, in their opinion, the said John R. Pack was of sound mind and memory at the time thereof. It therefore appearing that the said writing was properly executed as a will is required to be executed by law, and that the same has been legally proven the said writing is hereby admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of John R. Pack, deceased.Thereupon came Brooks F. Pack, who is named in said writing as Executor thereof, and qualified as such Executor by taking and subscribing the oath required by law, and by entering into bond in the penalty of Thirty-five Hundred ($3,500.00) Dollars, without security as set out in said writing.

Given under my hand this 15th day of July, 1944
Malve G. Hurt, Deputy Clerk.

Virginia - Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell

Estate of John R. Pack, deceased.I, the undersigned, who this day qualified before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, Virginia, on my oath do say that I have diligently made inquiry and that I believe that following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and addresses of the heirs of my decedent, John R. Pack, or of those who would have been his heirs had he died intestate.

I do further declare on oath that my name is Brooks F. Pack and my post office address is Cedar Bluff, Virginia.

List of Heirs

Ella P. Whittaker 52 Daughter Cedar Bluff Virginia
Brooks F. Pack 50 Son Cedar Bluff Virginia
Thelma Christian 42 Daughter Bluefield West Virginia Helen P. McCann 30 Daughter Cedar Bluff Virginia

Given under my hand this 14th day of July 1944 Brooks F. Pack, Executor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of July, 1944

John married Mollie Rosa Beavers on 03 Jul 1889 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Mollie (daughter of Henry Harrison and Phoebe J. Beavers) was born on 24 Aug 1877 in Virginia, United States; died on 31 Jan 1923 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mae Shreve on 12 Oct 1927 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Mae (daughter of Robert W. Shreve and Ella) was born in 1903 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 25 Jun 1930 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Austin married Mollie Unknown in 1887 in West Virginia, United States. Mollie was born in Feb 1866 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Susan Bailey on 3 August 1892 in Mercer County, West Virginia. Susan was born in Feb 1874 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1870: 1870, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Thomas married Laura A. Tyree on 22 Sep 1897 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Laura was born in May 1882 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917

Tyler married Alta Dye in 1897. Alta (daughter of Christopher C Dye and Leah Jane Thompson) was born in Nov 1879 in Virginia, United States; died on 13 Jun 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Pocahontas, Tazewell County, Virginia

Martha married Oliver Lee "Ollie" Compton on 26 Nov 1908 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Oliver (son of William Compton and Lydia) was born in May 1876 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Charles Brown Reynolds. Charles was born in 1871 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 16 Jan 1924 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 30 Aug 1911, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; Miss Orgie Burress, who has been in training at Thorne and Retreat hospital at Lynchburg, VA is home on her vacation.
• Newspaper: 17 Aug 1913, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Evidence that Graham Nurse Stands at Head of Profession....
• Newspaper: 9 Oct 1913, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; Graham Nurse Attended Apperson
• Residence: 1914, Lynchburg, Virginia; In 1914 (to 1917) Orgie is listed in the Lynchburg City directory living at 1324 Church St. Occupation, nurse.
• In Chancery: 27 Oct 1914, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Orgie Burress Vs. Bill Graham Land & Improvement Company.
• Newspaper: 29 Jul 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 29 July 1915.
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1921, Lynchburg, Virginia; In 1921 (list until 1923) Orgie is listed in the Lynchburg, Virginia directory as a "Trained Nurse" her address is listed as 701 Federal St. (this is the street the hospital was on)
• Newspaper: 2 Dec 1923, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; 2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd
• Newspaper: 8 Jan 1924, Tazewell County, Virginia; Miss Orgie Burress was called home from Lynchburg to nurse her brother in law, C.B. Reynolds, who is very ill with heart trouble. (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
• Census 1930: 1930, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

In Chancery:
Filed in Court Office October 27, 1914

In the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia: To the Hon. Fulton Kegley, Judge of the Circuit Court of the said County: Humbly complaining your Oratrix, Orgie Burress, would respectfully represent that on the ---- day of-------19l4, she bought from the Graham Land & Improvement Company, in Graham, through Walter Graham, its President, a lot of land in what is commonly called South Graham, on the opposite side of the road that passes by the residence of her father, J. W. Burress.

This road is the main thoroughfare leads from the said Town of Graham to and intersects with the main Cumberland Turnpike road near the residence of Mrs. Vicie A. Burress, and which has been recently macadamized out of the bond issue road money of Tazewell county; and is a road that has a great deal of travel over it.

For the lot in question your Oratrix was to pay the Graham Land & Improvement Company the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars; but, if she paid all cash she was to have a discount of Eighteen Dollars.

Shortly thereafter she sent the said Walter Graham a check on the Bank of Graham for this Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, expecting him to return to her the said Eighteen Dollars when the said check was cashed.

The said Walter Graham obtained the cash the said check in a very short time thereafter; but to date he has never returned to her the said Eighteen Dollars.

Your Oratrix took possession, under this purchase, of the said lot, and had the same enclosed by a wire fence and she promptly applied to the said Graham Land & Improvement Company, and the said Walter Graham, it's President, for a deed to the said lot.

And although she has made repeated demands on them for her deed, she has thus far failed to get any satisfaction. At the time she made the contract in question, it was agreed between your Oratrix and the said Walter Graham that the said lot was to be 60 feet in width, and was to face and front on the before named street from the North, and was to run back between parallel lines, at right angles to the said street, that width, to the line of J. W. Hicks, near the top of a hill that lies just North of the said street, and on the side of which hill the said lot is located, thus making the said lot about 305 feet in length.

This lot lies just west of and adjacent to the West line of Mr. Frank Cook; but is longer than his said line.

Your Oratrix was very particular with Mr. Walter Graham to have a distinct understanding with him that the lot in question was to run straight up this hill.

When your Oratrix applied to him for a deed, he informed her that he was having the said hillside laid off into lots; and that as soon as he got this done, he would make her a deed.

He did have this land laid off into lots: but he did not run them straight up the hill, as was agreed; but he ran them so as to run up this hill in a very slanting manner, and in such shape that no man in his right mind would have them.

He then made and tendered to your Oratrix a deed to one of these lots; but it did not convey the land she had bought, and she refused to accept it.

At this juncture he admitted that there had been a mistake made in making this survey and map; and he said he would have a correct survey made, and make a correct map of it, and make a correct deed.

Whether he ever made this map or not your Oratrix does not know; but he did make a small map of the said Frank Cook lot; and he laid off a lot West of and adjacent to this lot, making it 56.25 feet wide on the front, and 56.25 feet on the rear, and only 120.7 feet in length; and he thereby did not run it back to the aforesaid Hicks line.

He then made another deed to this lot thus laid out; and tendered it to your Oratrix; but as it did not comply with her contract with him, she refused likewise to accept this new deed.

Since that time she has not been able to get him to do anything, one way or the other; and he refuses to make her a correct deed.

The lot in question should front the street mentioned, bordering on the North side thereof, of the width of 60 feet, and should run straight up the hill that width, between parallel lines, N. 17 45 E. 305 feet to the Hicks line, the Easterly line thereof bordering on the westerly line of the said Frank Cook lot.

Being without remedy, save in a Court of Equity, your Oratrix comes into this court and prays that the Graham Land & Improvement Company be made a party defendant to this Bill, and required to answer the same, but not on oath, that being waived; that a proper survey be made of the lot in question, according to the terms of the purchase herein set forth; that a commissioner be appointed by this court to convey the same to your Oratrix; and that this be done at the costs of the defendant Graham Land & Improvement Company.

And she prays for all such other, further and general relief as to a Court of Equity may seem proper; And as in duty bound she will ever pray, & c. Orgie Burress, By Counsel.J. W. Hicks, Counsel for Complainant.

Orgie Burress vs. Graham Land & Improvement Company. Enter this decree this May 27th, 1915.

This cause came on again to be heard upon this 27th day of May 1915, upon the bill and exhibits therewith filed, and on the demurrer heretofore filed therein, and the joinder therein by the complainant.

Thereupon the complainant moved the court to allow her to amend the said bill, which said amendment was allowed by the court, and was made by inserting in the said bill the following amendment: "and since this bill was filed your oratrix has broken up the ground of the entire lot, planted the same, and now has a growing crop upon the entire lot.

And thereupon the defendant renewed its demurrer to the said bill as amended, and the court having heard the argument on the said demurrer, it is adjudge, ordered and decreed that the said demurrer be and it is hereby sustained, and that said bill be and it is hereby dismissed, and that the defendant recover of the plaintiff its costs in this suit. (something hand written after this, but unreadable).

Newspaper:
A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade.

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 4 Jan 1898, Virginia, United States; (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) Bittle Burress had his hand mashed, Saturday at Houston, making a coupling.
• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 P147," Gordon Bitte Burrass 08 Sep 1877 Burks Garden, Tazewell, Virginia Parents: John W. and Margaret Burress.

Died:
B.G Burress, formerly of Graham, was killed in a railroad accident on Hinton yards. He was employed as a conductor on the C. and O.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, January 23, 1906

E.T. Brown, Charles Townsley, James Belcher, John Upton, Jess Cabell, Will Rose, Robert Crocker, Tom Smith and W.E. Cook of the B.R.T at Hinton, accompanied the remains of B.G. Burress from Hinton to Graham and attended the funeral at the latter place yesterday.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, January 24, 1906

The funeral of B.G. Burress took place at Graham in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Davis and Mr. Steele. the following members of the Hinton Brotherhood of Train: L.F Cabell, C.L. Townsiev, I.P. Upton, B.F. Corker, W. Rose, O.P. White, R. Sensley and I.D. Wade, and a large delagation ofrom the Bluefield lodge attended. The Hinton lodge contributed a hansome floral brakewheel.

Mr. Burress was aged 28 years, two months and seven days. He joined the Christian church in 1896 and has been a consistent member since. He loved railroading and thought he could do nothing else. He possessed a forgiving spirit and it did not matter what kind of treatment he received he could forgive and forget. He also possessed a spirit of giving and gave literally to all who were needy.

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 13 Nov 1925, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Miss Bettie Burress left on No. (unreadable) yesterday for Deland, Florida to visit her sister, Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson.
• Census 1930: 1930, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 13 Sep 1931, Tazewell County, Virginia; Miss Shelton Hostess
• Census 1940 : 1940, Deland, Volusia, Florida, USA; Was living in Florida (with her sister) in 1935.
• Newpaper: 13 Jul 1949, Tazewell County, Virginia; Attending funeral of Orgie Burress

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917

Died:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, May 20, 1967

Betty Burress, 87, of De Land, FL, formerly of Bluefield, Va, died Wednesday in a De Land nursing home following a long illness. The body will be taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield, VA. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Will: 1962, Tazewell County, Virginia; VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, the 2nd day of July, 1962. In Re: PROBATE OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOSEPHINE BURRESS COOKE, DECEASED. A writing dated the 23rd day of December, 1948, purporting to be the last will and testament of Josephine Burress Cooke, was this day presented in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia, by Clyde C. Cooke, son, who is named therein as Executor and Trustee thereof, and offered for probate. It appearing from the evidence introduced that the said Josephine Burress Cooke died on the 4th day of June, 1962; that at the time of her death, she had a known place of residence in Tazewell County, Virginia, and owned real and personal property therein. Thereupon came Paul. S. Hudgins, one of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, who, after being duly sworn, stated that the said writing was signed and acknowledged by the said Josephine Burress Cooke as and for her last will and testament in his presence, and in the prescience of B. M. Newman and Virginia Mae Armes, the other subscribing witness thereto, all four being present together at the same time, and that he, the said Paul S. Hudgins, and B.M. Newman and Virginia Mae Armes, signed their names thereto as subscribing witness at the request of the said Josephine Burress Cooke and in her presence and in the presence of each other, all four being present together at the same time, and that in his opinion, the said Josephine Burress Cooke was of sound mind at the time thereof. It, therefore, appearing that the said writing was properly executed as a will is required to be executed under the law and that the same has been legally proven, the same is hereby admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of Josephine Burress, Cooke, deceased. Thereupon, Clyde C. Cooke, son and who is named in said writing as Executor and Trustee thereof, moved that he be appointed Executor and Trustee under the last Will and testament of Josephine Burress, Cooke, deceased, which motion was granted, and the said Clyde C. Cooke is hereby appointed Executor and Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Josephine Burress Cooke, deceased. Thereupon, Clyde C. Cooke qualified as such Executor and Trustee by taking and subscribing the oath required by law and by entering into bond in the penalty of Six Thousand (6,000.00) Dollars, without surety, said bound being payable and conditioned according to law, the said testatrix having requited in said will that no security be required of him. On motion of Clyde C. Cooke, Executor and Trustee, as aforesaid, and it appearing from the evidence introduced that Josephine Burress Cooke owned no personal property other than a small amount of household and personal effects of a value of approximately $50.00, no appraisers are appointed to appraise said estate. Given under my hand this 2nd day of July, 1962 Rhea F. Moore, Jr. Clerk Virginia: In the clerk's office of the Circuit court of the County of Tazewell: Estate of Josephine Burress Cooke, deceased. I, the undersigned, who this day qualified before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell as Executor and Trustee under the last will and testament of Josephine Burress, Cooke, deceased, late of the County of Tazewell, Virginia, on my oath do say that I have made diligent inquiry and that I believe the following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and addresses of the heirs of my decedent, Josephine Burress, Cooke, who died in testate on June 4, 1962. Clyde C. Cooke, 58, Son, Bluefield VA. Helen C. Hudgins, 56, Daughter, Bluefield VA Vernon L. Cooke, 54, Son, Bluefield, Va Edith Whisman, 52, Daughter, Knoxville, Tn Alvin W. Cooke, 22, Grandson, Bluefield, Va Suzanne Cook, 19, Bluefield, Va Given under my hand, this 2nd day of July, 1962 Clyde C. Cooke Executor and Trustee Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2nd day of July 1962 RHEA F. MOORE, JR, Clerk

Josephine married Frank Roland Cook on 24 Dec 1901 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Frank (son of Jacob Cook and Ann Barton) was born on 18 Jun 1879 in Giles County, Virginia; died on 11 May 1940 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 12 May 1940 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Bluefield/Beaver Pond, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Bluefield/Beaver Pond, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 13 Sep 1931, Tazewell County, Virginia; Miss Shelton Hostess (Margaret Shelton, daughter of Laura).
• Newspaper: 13 Jul 1949, Tazewell County, Virginia; Attending funeral of sister Orgie

Laura married Joseph Frederick Shelton on 23 Sep 1903 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Joseph (son of Robert Shelton and Nancy) was born on 9 Jan 1876 in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia; died on 18 Feb 1963 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Occupation: 29 Jun 1909, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Depositions of xxx and others, taken before me, Hattie Burress, a Notary Public for Tazewell County, Virginia, at the Law Office of R. Kemp Horton, in the town of Graham, Tazewell, Va on the 29th day of June 1909 - signed Hattie Burress.

Notes:

Died:
Victim of Scarlet Fever

Death of Mrs. Hattie Burress Jennings Occurred Yesterday Morning.

Mrs. Hattie Burress Jennings died yesterday morning after a short illness of scarlet fever. She was married on the 4th of last December at Ironton, Ohio, to A.E. Jennings, bookkeeper for the Flat Top Grocery Company and the young couple were quite popular. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Burress, of Graham, and made her home in that town until her marriage, when she came to this city and the young couple took up their residence at 407 Scott Street. The deceased was a member of the Methodist church. She will be buried in the West Graham Cemetery at 2:30 this afternoon, the funeral taking place from her late home at 1 o'clock with religious services at the grave. Mrs. Burress is the first of those who have become ill with scarlet fever to die during the recent scare. How she contacted the disease is unknown.

25 March 1910
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Hattie married Aubrey Ethelbert Jennings on 4 Dec 1909 in Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky. Aubrey was born on 28 Sep 1876 in Lynchburg, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 8 Jun 1911, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; Vernon Burress accepts position with Engineering corps
• Newspaper: 11 Feb 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Vernon Burress held the lucky number at the last drawing of the Moore suit club.
• Newspaper: 29 Jul 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade.
• Newspaper: 7 Sep 1915, Tazewell County, Virginia; Labor Day parade
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 8 Apr 1922, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; V.L. Burress Narrowly Escapes Being Crushed to Death, Piano Falls on Driver of Truck...
• Newspaper: 2 Dec 1923, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; 2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd
• Census 1930: 1930, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 12 Oct 1941, Bailey, Tazewell, Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Adkinson, of Deland, FL, Mrs Madge Cook and son, Bluefield, VA and Mrs. Orga Burress, Bluefield, West Virginia were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress Sunday.
• Newspaper: 26 Oct 1941, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress and family attended the funeral of Mr. F.G. Atkinson, Friday in Bluefield. Mr. Atkinson was a brother in law of Mr. Burress.
• Newspaper: 13 Jun 1946, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia; Vernon L. Burress, 56 of 130 Hicks Street, Bluefield, Virginia received bruises about the face and left wrist when a stove fell from the rear of a truck, striking him as it fell. He was a patient at Bluefield sanitarium, but hospital attaches said their his condition was satisfactory.
• Newspaper: 11 May 1950, Tazewell County, Virginia; Virginia Sider Fined / Bluefield Daily Telegrah

Vernon married Mabel Delilah Givens in Mercer County, West Virginia. Mabel was born on 2 Aug 1902 in Falls Mills, Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 25 Dec 1991 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 29 Jul 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade
• Newspaper: 27 Jul 1916, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Miss Ida Burress, who was knocked down and painfully injured....
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newpaper: 3 Feb 1923, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Mrs. George Dodd and Miss Ida Burress left yesterday for the New York market to purchase the stock for the Fashion Shop. Miss Burress will remain in New York during the present month studying the Persian and French shops for the last word in up to date ladies headgear and lingerie finery.
• Newspaper: 26 Sep 1923, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; Miss Ida Burress, the well known milliner, has returned from an extended sojourn at De Land, FL and while there she was the guest of Miss Patty Higginbotham.
• Newspaper: 2 Dec 1923, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia; 2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd
• Newspaper: 5 Oct 1924, Tazewell County, Virginia; Miss Ida Burres, head milliner at the Ideal Hat Shop, says she never has experienced such a busy season....
• Newspaper: 11 Sep 1936, Tazewell County, Virginia; Bluefield Daily Telegraph Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson, of Deland, Florida, have been visiting Mrs. Atkinson's sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shelton & Misses Betty & Orgie Burress, 330 fourth St. this city & Mrs. Frank Cook Bluefleld, Va. They have gone to Visit relatives of Mr. Atkinson at Columbus, Ohio & will return here Thursday evening, leaving Sunday for their home.
• Newspaper: 15 Sep 1936, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson, of Deland, Florida, have been visiting Mrs. Atkinson's sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shelton & Misses Betty & Orgie Burress, 330 fourth St. this city & Mrs. Frank Cook Bluefleld, Va. They have gone to Visit relatives (more...)
• Census 1940 : 1940, Deland, Volusia, Florida, USA
• Newspaper: 26 Nov 1941, Deland, FL; Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson accompanied by her sister, Miss Betty Burress, left Tuesday for Mrs. Atkinson's home in Deland, FL. Mrs. Atkinson's husband died recently. Mrs. Atkinson conducts a ladies shop in Deland.
• Newspaper: 13 Jul 1949, Tazewell County, Virginia; Attending funeral of sister Orgie

Notes:

Birth:
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p 321" Ida Grace Burress 15 Sep 1891 Tazewell Co., Virginia Father - Wesley Burress; Mother; Margret Burress

Ida married Fletcher Gay Atkinson on 2 Jan 1925 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA. Fletcher was born on 26 Nov 1878 in West Virginia, United States; died on 20 Oct 1940 in De Land, Florida; was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 3 Jan 1914, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Miss Jessie Burress, of Graham, has returned from Bramwell, where she has been visiting many of her friends. She is now visiting her sister, Mrs. J.P. Shelton in Bluefield.
• Newspaper: 29 Jul 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Bluefield Daily Telegraph A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It Was the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade.
• Newspaper: 27 Sep 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Jessie Burress wedding to Elam deferred (apparently at some point they broke off the engagement, as there doesn't seem to be any indication they married and two years latter she married George Floyd.)
• Newspaper: 7 Jan 1916, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Miss Jessie Burress will leave this morning for Roanoke where she will attend the Roanoke Business College
• Newspaper: 3 Mar 1916, Virginia, United States; Miss Jessie Burress had her right hand badly burned TU night when a kettle of hot taffy was overturned & part of the contents spilled on her hand. The hand was dressed by a phy. & it is not thought the accident will leave any serious results.
• Newspaper: 2 Dec 1923, Norton, Tazewell County, Virginia; 2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd
• Newspaper: 10 Dec 1941, Pearl Harbor, HI; Local boy near Pearl Harbor (son George Jr.)

Notes:

Newspaper:
December 25, 1915 Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Burress received a message yesterday morning announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Jessie Burress at Roanoke, to Charles Elam. The bride left here Thursday morning and was joined at Roanoke by Mr. Elam and they were married soon afterwards and went on a wedding trip to Richmond and other points. Mr. Elam resided at Graham about two years ago, but is now holding a responsible position with a shoe factory in Lynchburg. Upon their return from their wedding trip the happy couple will reside at Lynchburg.

Jessie married George William Floyd on 25 Jun 1917 in Tazewell County, Virginia. George (son of William Henderson Floyd and Nancy Staples Clark) was born on 4 Jun 1876 in Henry, Virginia; died on 9 Jul 1948 in Ft. Lauderdale Broward County, Florida; was buried in Lauderdale Memorial Park, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1880: 1880, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 20 Oct 1909, Tazewell County, Virginia; Newspaper Article from Bluefield Daily Telegraph; Clara Burress charged with sending obscene postcard through the mail. Charges dropped.
• Census 1910: 1910, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Died:
Bluefield, West Virginia, January 10 - Charlie WATKINS charged with shooting with intent to kill his wife, Clara WATKINS and brother in law, Connor BURRESS, was released today under a five thousand dollar bond pending preliminary hearing. The shooting occurred at an early hour Sunday Morning at WATKINS home in this city. The woman was shot through the body and is in a critical condition at the local hospital. BURRESS was shot through the right arm. Another shot passed through the lapel of his coat and glanced under his chin, severing the skin of his throat. BURRESS was recently tried in Tazewell County, Va. for the murder of Kelly HANCOCK, at Graham. Conflicting stories have been told by all the participants in the affair at the WATKINS house early Sunday morning.

Clara married John A. Porter on 23 Jun 1897 in Tazewell County, Virginia, and was divorced on 2 Nov 1897 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA. John (son of Porter Elisha, Sr. and Melinda Brewer) was born in 1860 in Wilkesboro County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married Charles C. Watkins in 1909 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. Charles was born on 9 Jul 1878 in Larue, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 page 190 Name :: Elizabeth Burress, Birth date :: 07 Dec 1882, Birth Place :: Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, Father :: Benjamin R. Burress, Mother :: Emma

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia

Notes:

Name:
I'm not sure what her name is, she is on the census as both Maggie and Hattie and her middle name is unreadable, spelled something like Shother.

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 28 April 1922, Tazewell County, Virginia; Suit brought from C.C. Watkins, admin of Clara Watkins, against Loll O. Witten & John R. Witten, Trespass on the case to May rules, with damages alleged at $5,000.
• Census 1930: 1930, Tavares, Lake, Florida, USA
• Census 1940 : 1940, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 p 233 (Dates off) Lettie Burress born 27 Dec 1884 Clear Fork, Tazewell Co. Father: Benjamin R. Burress Mother: Emma

Died:
Maple Hill Cemetary, Bluefield, Va

Family/Spouse: John Robert Witten. John (son of Releigh W. Witten and Sarah J. Harman) was born on 5 Feb 1880 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; died on 11 Mar 1958 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 3 Mar 1910, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia; Conner Burress, the 18 year old son of Ben Burress, of St. Clair's, accidently shot himself last Sunday afternoon. Young Burress and some friends were celebrating just west of St. Clair's crossing, and by the careless handing of his revolver Burress recieved a painful though not dangerous wound just below the knee. Dr. H.B. Frazier, of Graham, rendered the nescessary medical attention. Burress was, until a short time ago, a fireman on the Norfolk and Western.
• Residence: 1912, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Connor Burress, Fireman N&W Railway, boards at 29 Railroad Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia City Directory, 1912
• Newspaper: 12 Jul 1913, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Cutting and Shooting Affray....
• Newspaper: 15 Jul 1913, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; St. Clair Assault Bluefield Daily Telegraph
• Residence: 1915, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Connor O. Burress, Fireman N&W Railway, rooms at YMCA Bluefield, West Virginia City Directory, 1915
• Newspaper: 11 May 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Nearly Two Yenrs Since He Was charged With Attempting Assult The arrest Sunday of Connor Burress by Pocahontas officers caused considerable talk and comment in Graham yesterday. The charge upon which he was arrested was an alleged assault upon Mrs. Dale Martin nearly two years ago. Soon after the time of the alleged assault the accused left this section and was supposed to be somewhere in Illinois. It seems that for some months he has been coming to the home of his parents near St. Clair and would remain for a short time, but the reports indicate that his coming and going were kept a secret. It had been so long since the assault was supposed to have been made that tho local officers thought the matter had been disposed of. Some weeks ago it appears that a Pocahontas officer asked a Graham official if there was a warrant for Burress, but the Graham officer had no knowledge of such a paper being in existence. It now appears that the matter was taken before the grand jury at a term of court soon after the trouble came up and an indicment was returned against Burress. Saturday the Pocahontas officials phoned to Sergeant Havens that they had Burress and when it was found that there was a indictment against him Officer D. N Matthews went to Pocahontas Sunday and brought the prisoner to Graham and placed him in jail until yesterday afternoon when he was taken to Tazewell and lodged in jail to await trial at the next term of court. From all reports it seems that the defendant was intoxicated at the time he is charged with having attempted to commit the crime. He does not seem to have discussed the merits of the case with his friends in this section. (Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Aug 4, 1911)
• Newspaper: 12 May 1915, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; The Graham officials rather took the friends of Connor Burress by surprise by taking him to Tazewell Monday in an automobile rather than wait for the Clinch Valley train yesterday morning. It seems that it was the opinion among his friends that he would be held here a day or so and that a chance to procure bond would be given him, but when Sergeant Havens phoned to Commonwealth's Attorney Harman at Tazewell he was told to bring the prisoner to the county jail at once, as an indictment was there charging him with a felony.
• Draft Card: 5 Jun 1917, Akron, Summit, Ohio; WWI Draft Card
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham & Blueston, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 5 Nov 1920, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Kelly Hancock has Fractured Skull
• Newspaper: 6 Nov 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia; Kelly Hancock dead as result of pool room fight, Conner Burress surrenders to authorities, claims self defense and applies for bail.
• Newspaper: 7 Nov 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia; Nov 7, 192O Conner Burress, of St. Clairs, charged with being responsible for the death of Kelly Hancock in a fight here Tuesday night, was admitted to bail in the sum of $2,000 by Bail Commissioner Archie Buchanan Friday. J.T Barnes went on Burress' bond. Burress submitted the claim of justifiable homicide in that he acted in self-defense.
• Newspaper: 26 Nov 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia; The Conner Burress case is set for today. Burress is charged with being responsible for the death of Kelly Hancock. The two men fought with cue sticks, it will be recalled.
• Conviction: 27 Nov 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia; Conner Burress, 29, White Male. Present and last know address: W. Graham, VA. Height, eyes, hair and marks: Has pistol shot in right arm. Occupation: Painter; Offence: Murder. Court in which convicted: Tazewell Circuit Court. Date of conviction: 27 November 1920 COB #1P359 From Register of Persons Convicted of Felony found in the Tazewell County, Courthouse
• Newspaper: 28 Nov 1920, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Conner Burress, the Graham man, indicted for killing a Graham man with a billiard cue, was tried this week and given one year in the penitentiary. Argument will be made by his counsel to set the verdict aside.
• Newspaper: 1 Dec 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia; Conner Burress who was given one year in the penitentiary for having caused the death of Kelly Hancock with a cue stick, has taken an appeal & Judge Kegley will render his decision on Saturday.
• Newspaper: 11 Jan 1921, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Bluefield Telegraph :: Shooting of Sister Clara Burress Watkins
• Newspaper: 14 Jan 1921, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; Charlie WATKINS charged with shooting with intent to kill his wife, Clara WATKINS and brother in law, Connor BURRESS, was released today under a five thousand dollar bond pending preliminary hearing. The shooting occurred at an early hour Sunday Morning at WATKINS home in this city. The woman was shot through the body and is in a critical condition at the local hospital. BURRESS was shot through the right arm. Another shot passed through the lapel of his coat and glanced under his chin, severing the skin of his throat. BURRESS was recently tried in Tazewell County, Va. for the murder of Kelly HANCOCK, at Graham. Conflicting stories have been told by all the participants in the affair at the WATKINS house early Sunday morning.
• Newspaper: 3 Oct 1928, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Pup goes on rampage
• Newspaper: 6 Aug 1929, Tazewell County, Virginia; Conner Burress draws $50 dollar fine......
• Census_1930: 1930, Clearfork District (Bluestone?), Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Conner and his family are living next door to his parents Ben and Emma; Value of home $800
• Residence: 1934, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Connor Burress, Employed by Seyler Lumber Company, Rural Rt. 1 Bluefield, West Virginia City Directory, 1934
• Census 1940 : 1940, St. Clair, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Draft Card: 1942, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; WWII Draft Registration

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 p 280," O Conner Burress 20 Feb 1888 Tazewell, Virginia Father - Benjamin R. Burress, Mother - Emma Burress

Census 1940 :
Conner is living near his brother Lake

Conner married Elaine Thompson Reynolds on 9 Jun 1922 in Mercer County, West Virginia. Elaine (daughter of Samuel Reynolds and Nancy Caroline Thompson) was born on 26 July 1898 in Lebelon, Ky; died on 26 December 1953 in Mercer County, West Virginia; was buried on 29 Dec 1953 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• WWI Draft Card: 1917, Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia
• Census 1920: 1920, Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
• Census 1930: 1930, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 31 Jul 1935, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Lake Burress of St. Clair's Crossing, who was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Monday for an emergency operation is improving.
• Newspaper: 29 Jan 1936, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia; Several dead quail were found frozen in the snow near St. Clair's Crossing Monday, Is the report. The birds were found by Lake Burress. How many covies may have perished in the snow during the present spell will never be known.
• Newspaper: 19 Sep 1936, North Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia; Lake Burress hurt in fall from freight car
• Census 1940 : 1940, St. Clair, Tazewell County, Virginia
• WWII Draft Card: 1942, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p 310: Lathrop Crocket Burress 15 Nov 1890 (date incorrect?) Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Father - Benj. Burress Mother - Emma Burress

Name:
Birth Record says Crockett, but Death says Benjamin and sometimes he middle initial is listed as B. So not sure why there are two different names.

Census 1930:
Home Value $5000

Newspaper:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Falling from a freight car at North Tazewell yesterday morning, Lake Burress, 48, Norfolk and Western railroad brakeman, of Bluefleld, was painfully injured. Burress was riding a draft of cars when a sudden application of the air brakes caused him to lose his balance. He fell to a parallel track, landing across one rail. It was first thought that he had suffered a pelvic fracture but X-ray examination at Bluefleld sanitarium failed to show any broken bones.

Died:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Lake Burress, Virginia Side, Dies Lake Burress, 66, of Bluefield, Va. died at Bluefield sanitarium last night at 10:15, following an illness of two days. He was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railway company for the last 36 years, as a conductor. Mr. Burress was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Mr. Burress is survived by his wife, the former Miss Myrtle Thompson, of Bluefield, Va., and the following daughters, Mrs. Edith Patrick Mrs. Dewey Evans, and Mrs. Richard Yost, all of the Virginia Side. His mother, Mrs. Emma Burress, of Bluefield, Va.. also survives. His father, Ben Burress preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

1 January 1947 - Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the West Graham Methodist church for Lake Burress, 55, of ClearFork, Va who died at Bluefield sanitarium Monday night at 10:15, following an illness of two days. The body will be removed to the church at 1 o'clock where it will lie in state until the hour of the service. The Rev. D. T. Wright, assisted by the Rev. H. A. Phillips, will be in charge of the services. Interment will follow in Maple Hill cemetery. Harman Lodge AF & AM 222 will have charge of the services at the grave.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph 21 January 1947 Resolution Of Respect Mrs. Lake Burress.

Bluefield. Virginia Dear Mrs. Burress: On instructions of Harman Lodge, No. 222, A. F. & A. M.: and by appointment of the Worshipful Master, it is with deep sorrow and yet with full appreciation of the fine qualities of your late husband and our esteemed friend and brother, that we address to you these small and feeble words of regret at his early and untimely death. It seems most fitting that the members of this committee should have been appointed and directed to draft this expression of the regret of members of our lodge, as it was while the first named was Worshipful Master, and the second named an active member of the lodge, that your husband received the degree raising him to the rank of Master Mason. We regarded him as a fine Christian gentleman, one worthy of the esteem and love in which he was held by his Masonic brethren, and for them, each and every one, we send you our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy in this your darkest hour of bereavement. It is ordered that a copy of this letter be spread on the record of our lodge and a copy furnished the newspapers for publication. Wade H. Frazler, W. H. Bane, Committee.

Lathrop married Myrtle Reynolds on 1 Apr 1916 in Mingo, Williamson, West Virginia. Myrtle (daughter of Samuel Reynolds and Nancy Caroline Thompson) was born on 26 Jul 1898 in Pikeville, Kentucky; died on 5 Jun 1978 in Salem, Virginia, USA; was buried in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Bluefield, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1920: 1920, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Obituary :: April 1, 1975

Roy Mason Burress, 80, of Greasey Ridge near Princeton, died Monday morning in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. Born at Clearfork, Va., he was a son of the late Ben and Emma Cox Burress. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U. S. Army. He was a retired Norfolk & Western Railway engineer with more than 46 years of service. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion Post 54 of Princeton and the Princeton Old Guard Chapter. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Hendricks Burress; and one sister, Mrs. D. E. (Dottle) Weaver of Washington, D. C. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton with Rev. Roby Belcher officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Bluewell. The body will be taken to the home today where friends may call after 5 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 5 until 9 p.m

Roy married Agnes Virginia Hendricks on 26 Nov 1926 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. Agnes was born in 1899 in McDowell County, West Virginia; died in 1980 in McDowell County, West Virginia; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census 1910: 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia

Hazel married Devere E. "Ed" Weaver on 26 Sep 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Devere (son of Wilcom Weaver and Ella Weaver) was born on 10 Jun 1897 in Harrisville, Lewis County, New Yor; died on 25 Nov 1975 in Whitesboro, Oneida, New York; was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1910: 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1920: 1920, Graham & Blueston, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Residence: 1920, Washington, District of Columbia; Boarder in the house of Otto and Kate Williams, her occupation is listed as typist in Music Building.

Tresa married Robert Mehlfelt in 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia . Robert was born in 1897 in Pennsylvania . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]