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From: Patte Wood <>
Subject: Re: VACHARLO-D Digest V05 #19
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:00:52 -0400
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>VACHARLO-D DigestVolume 05 : Issue 19
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>Today's Topics:
> #1 Davis/Morton/Venable Henrico, Henr [Patte Wood <>]
> #2 Re: [VACHARLO] Davis/Morton/Venabl []
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> Subject:
> Davis/Morton/Venable Henrico, Henry, Pr.Edw, Charlotte Cos
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> Patte Wood <>
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> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 22:09:53 -0400
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> I'm researching the Morton line that ended up in Prince Edward and
> Charlotte Counties. and also a Davis line. I believe that there
> is a connection to our Davis line through Elizabeth Davis who married
> Josiah Morton.
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> My Wood/Epperson family was in Pr. Edward County and ended up living
> at the headwaters of Dunnavant Creek in Charlotte County near
> Mortons. They later moved to Botetourt County around 1800.
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> Stephen Davis, whose family was in Henrico/Hanover, moved to Prince
> Edward County about 1771 when he bought land of Robert Harris and
> Elizabeth, his wife. He also was deeded land by John Davis and wife
> Mary in 1779 of Henrico/Hanover on Great Cub Creek.
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> Josiah Morton and Elizabeth Davis named their second son Stephen.
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> Stephen Davis was married to Elizabeth (last name unknown) and they
> were four children named in his will when he died in 1781. William
> (died 1777 Pr. Edw County), Lt. Nicholas Davis (died 1808 Pr. Edw
> County) was married to Lucy Jones. (A dtr, Elizabeth Crenshaw Davis
> married David Bell of Charlotte Co.) Samuel Henry Davis (b. 1757 d
> 1818) married Elizabeth Spencer (dtr of Sharp Spencer) 1780 Pr. Edward
> County. Sarah married Charles Gilcrist.
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> William Spencer Davis, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Spencer Davis
> married into the Robert Venable /Sarah Madison family in Prince Edward
> County which goes back to Abraham Venable and Martha Davis, with
> Robert Venable Davis of Prospect (b. 1813 d. 1890) a descendent.
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> Elizabeth Crenshaw Davis, dtr of Samuel and Elizabeth Spencer Davis
> married James Wood (b. 1790 - youngest son of Joseph and Martha
> Epperson Wood) in Prince Edward County and they named their son Davis
> Morton Wood. A grandson of James Wood named a son Charles Morton
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> A brother of James Wood, Carlos (b. 1766 - oldest son of Joseph and
> Martha Epperson Wood), married Druscilla Holloway in Prince Edward
> County and named a son James Morton Wood (b.1787)
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> Carlos Wood married 2nd Glassery Bailey in Charlotte County and his
> son, Thomas Epperson Wood (b. 1801) named a son Davis Morton Wood
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> The Davis/Wood family has used Morton as a middle name for generations
> and I am trying to trace the connection. It seems to me that it might
> go back to Elizabeth Davis who married Josiah Morton and that Stephen
> Davis might be related to Elizabeth. It is also possible that
> Stephen's wife was a Morton or she could have been a Crenshaw as the
> name Elizabeth Crenshaw was used by several decendents of Stephen as
> well.
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> Any information that might be helpful is appreciated.
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> Patte Wood, Lexington, VA
> researching: Wood, Gilliland, Epperson, Anglea, Atkin, Moore,
> Melone/Malone, Cardwell, Spencer, Davis, Bell, Venable, Madison in
> Henrico, Hanover, Cumberland, Prince Edward, Charlotte, Botetourt,
> Bath, Powhatan, VA and Randolph Counties and Upshur Co. WVA
> Stull and Wingo in Botetourt and Alleghany Counties, VA and Missouri
> Reynolds, Armentrout, Pettyjohn, Watts in Bedford, Amherst, Bath,
> Botetourt, Rockbridge and Alleghany Co VA
> Davis, Willson, Mackey, Copper, Davis, Harrison, Sheltman, Whitesell
> in Rockbridge County, VA
> Taurman, Swope, Payne ,Peck, Carper, Harrison, Acton, Ruff, Borden,
> O'Dell, Hodges in Rockbridge, Bath, Alleghany, Botetourt VA Wood and
> Wirt WVA
> Neel, Price in Monroe Co. VA
> Miller, Beard, Zevely in Rowan Co. NC.
> Dubert/Dubbert, Reeves, Thompson, Harper, Olds in Canada, Iowa,
> llinois, Michigan, Indiana, Nevada, California
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> Re: [VACHARLO] Davis/Morton/Venable Henrico, Henry, Pr.Edw, Charlotte Cos
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>I am afraid I cannot help you with your main questions, but I was interested
>in your e-mail because Mary Q. Morton, said to be a daughter of Quinn Morton,
>was the second wife of my ancestor, Henry Madison, who died 1867 (the 3rd of
>that name in a straight line, but called "Jr" in the Charlotte County records).
> They married in 1829. His first wife was Elizabeth Greene White, who was
>the mother of two daughters and one son. I have not researched Mary Q. Morton,
>so I'm sorry to say that I cannot tell you more about her. The Sarah "Sally"
>Madison who married Robert Venable was a daughter of Henry Madison II/Sr. (d.
>1811) of Charlotte County, and his wife Martha White, and therefore a sister
>to the Henry Madison who married Elizabeth Greene White and then Mary Q. Morton.
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>My older son graduated from VMI in 2001, and my daughter lives in Lexington.
>It's a lovely little town, and we always enjoy our visits there.
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>Katherine Dick Benbow
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Hi Katherine,
I have met your daughter, particularly regarding your son's deployment
to Iraq. I photographed the rally she helped organize in Lexington for
the troops for The Rockbridge Weekly where I am a reporter.

I am particulary interested in Quinn Morton as he appears as a witness
on some family docuements (can't remember which one right now but it was
a will or a deed.) So it appears he was close to our Wood family. I am
just uncovering the Madison links although I have known about them from
letters written by Robert Venable Davis to the family and about the
history of our family. I believe in was a postmaster in Charlotte
County according to WPA project records from the 1930's. If you haven't
been to the Library of Virginia website page for the Virginia Historical
Survery that has photographs and histories of historic homes in Prince
Edward County, I would suggest a visit.
http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/VHI/html/22/0064.html Report Home Page
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Patte Wood

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