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The Four Sons of Robert Rowland 

Botetourt County, Virginia

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Lt. Colonel Thomas Rowland

Robert and Martha Rowland had four known sons:  James, George, William & Thomas.
It is believed Thomas was the youngest, and probably the only one born in Virginia. The
following report contains information about some of Thomas' descendants, particularly
those who carried the Rowland  surname or whose parent's did.   For more detail about
allied families, see links in the report.


                                        Generation No. 2



    5.   Thomas Rowland, Lt. Col. (Robert1),47 son of Robert and Martha Rowland, was born 16 December 1741 in Orange/Augusta County, VA48 and died Bef. 22 May 1814 in Botetourt Co. VA49. He married Mary M. Russell 09 June 1768 in Bedford County, VA50,51,52,53 daughter of Robert Russell and Annie Stirling.  She was born on 28 June 1750 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland54, and died Aft. 22 May 1814 in Botetourt Co. VA55.

Scotch-Irish Chronicles:  Vol 3  Page 266, By Chalkley:
25th January, 1769. 
Robert Rowland to Thomas Rowland,
£100. 369 acres patented to Robert, 25th July, 1746, on head branch of
Looney's Creek. Teste: Benj. Hawkins, Michael Woods, Jr., Thomas
Arnott. Andrew Woods. Delivered: Pat. Lockhart by your order, March, 177?

Annals of Southwest Virginia  by Summers, p. 126
1771:   Ordered that Thomas Rowland be appointed Surveyor of the Road
from Stephen Rentfroe's by the Bever Dam Spring to the Court House as
was laid off by the viewers and do keep the same in good repair, and
Andrew Woods to appoint the tithables to work thereon.

The Rowlands were continually  acquiring, trading,  purchasing, selling, and
deeding land, a practice Robert appears to have  encouraged his sons to follow. 
Much of the land Thomas acquired was as a result of military service.  

When Botetourt County was established from part of Augusta County in late 1769,  Thomas and his brother James were elected as members of the new Vestry, and at a court held on March 14, 1770,  qualified for office along with ten others, including  William Flemming,  John May and Philip Love. 


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Thomas played and active part in civic and political affairs of Botetourt
County and his name appears again and again in the early Augusta/Botetourt
County Order Books:
   
November 1768-  Road surveyor: Thomas Rowland   (age 27)
February 12, 1779-  Took the oath required by law to serve as commissioner
of the peace.
August 12, 1784- Thomas Rowland appointed overseeer of the road, succeeding
James McCreery.
March 12, 1785-   Thomas Rowland and Robert Harvey ordered to draw plans
for repair of the prison.
February 14, 1787- Recommended to the Govenor as fit person to execute the
office of Sherif in Botetourt Co.
August 23, 1792- Thomas Rowland serving as justice of Botetourt County
April 15, 1795- Thomas Rowland and James Rowland appointed Overseers
of the poor in the upper Battalion.
January 23, 1800- Thomas was present at the Commonwealth convention of
the Republican party as a representative of Botetourt County. He was among
men chosen to work on the presidential election of  Thomas Jefferson. From the
minutes of the convention:

"On January 23, 1800, friends of Thomas Jefferson met in Richmond to
decide on a course of how best to elect their candidate in the presidential election to be held in November of that year. Other stated goals were to
elect Republican candidates [as opposed to Federalists]
to other elective
offices in the Old Dominion and the United States Congress.


The following persons were appointed Corresponding Committees in the
different
counties, to wit: Botetourt: Martin McFeren, Botetourt  C.H.;
Thomas Rowland,
Andrew Tapscott, George Schelering, and John H. Madison."

Note:  The Republicans favored strong States' rights, while the Federalists were in favor
of a strong central (federal) government.  Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton represented
the Republican viewpoint, while John Adams, Aaron Burr and others, were Federalists. 



                                          Military Service Highlights  1772-1781

1772- (age 31) Enlisted as private in Cpt Looney's Company at Fincastle, VA 
Was with Colonel William Flemming at battle of Mt Pleasant.

1774- Served with Cpt. James Thompson's company 14 days... Source: LVA, Dunsmore's War, pg 239

1774-  (age 33) Made Captain.  On one occasion he received orders from Col. William Fleming of Botetourt County to take horses and proceed with his Company as speedily as possible to the protection of the inhabitants on the frontiers of Fincastle Co. who were invaded by the enemy; the reason of the said Fleming directing them to go on horseback was to expedite their march, lest they should
not otherwise be able to render that timely assistance to the said inhabitants which their distressed situation so earnestly required.” Thomas Rowland and Co. “ought, severally, to be allowed for the services of their horses as follows, Thos. Rowland,  17 days at I s. 3 d. per day. . .” 

October 1777-- Thomas meets with the War Board and General Washington.

January 12, 1781- (age 39) Made Major for taking a detachment of Botetourt Infantry to join General Nathanial Green.  (see McAllister's Militia, pg 123]

See  Odell Mcquire's article on  http://geology.wlu.edu/mcguire/mass.html
for a report of the Botetourt militia during the Revolutionary War which contains many references to Thomas Rowland and other patriots from Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties.

January, 178_  [from 1832 applications for pension]. "Declarant volunteered
in Capt. Mays'Company under Maj. Thomas Rowland;  joined Gen.. Green at Allamance; battle was fought at Reedy Fork of Haw River..."

"...the company was then commanded by Capt. David Guzman and was
under his command at Guilford Courthouse under General Green and
Major Rowland, the latter of whom commanded a scouting party to
which the applicant was attached and employed in the arduous duty
against both the British forces and the Tories and was successful in
taking some Tory and British prisoners."

Interesting claims were made by early researchers (Ochiltree and Waddell) 
that Thomas retired as a Brig. General and once fought a duel with Light Horse Harry Lee --father of Robert E. Lee-- over a snide remark made by Lee regard-
ing Thomas’ troops.   I can find no verification of either claim, although  Lee was known as an outspoken critic of all militiamen  and enjoyed making fun of their dress and manner.   Revolutionary War records  indicate that it is highly probable a conflict existed between Lee and Rowland  over action taken --and avoided-- during the battle in early  1781 near Guilford Courthouse. 

Regarding the end of that battle, Odell McGuire, wrote in his acclaimed  Many Were Sore Chased And Some Cut Down,

". . . Tarleton's legion, [British troups] reinforced by 200 redcoat infantry, were finally met and there was a sharp fight. Graham's North Carolinians refused to dismount and take their place with the  other riflemen. Nor could Lee's cavalry do much in the thickets, but his Legion infantry and the Botetourts [Rowland's militia] quickly formed and returned fire. The losses after fifteen minutes were about twenty or thirty on each side. At this point [Colonel]  Otho Williams, instead of bringing up his much superior reserve, 'order'd a gradual retreat which was well enough effected considering the irregularity of our order.'"

Following  Otho William's order,  Lee's Legion retreated, leaving the "back woodsmen" militiamen trying to hold off the British alone.   McGuire continues,

"That the riflemen didn't take part in the ordered retreat and that the Legion was pulled out,leaving them behind, could not have been gathered
from Williams' report to his commanding General.  But Nathanael Greene,
not altogether without guile himself, was too shrewd a commander  to let
the equivocal phrase, 'considering the irregularity of our order', slip past without finding out  exactly what was meant. "

In later reports,  Lee omits any mention of his own retreat  and instead  attacks the actions of the Botetourt militia during all of the North Carolina Expedition. 

As for Thomas Rowland,  there is no  record that   Lee's "slanderous" attacks against him and his militia troop caused him any public damage, and  the notation from Botetourt Co. Order Books  reveals  what the Botetourt County officials thought of Thomas'  actions in the North Carolina Expedition:

12 April 1781-  " (Major Thomas Rowland ) . . . .  is  recommended 
to his Excellency the Govenor as a fit person to execute the office 
of Lt. Colo, of the Militia in this county." 

Did Thomas have cause to challenge Henry Lee to a duel?  According to the honor system of the time, probably so.  Did he have the temperament to do so?  Research tells me, YES.   But if he did, and if Lee accepted, they were both lousy shots and  very good at keeping secrets.                                               

Some family researchers reported that Thomas retired from all military service in April of 1781, but this was an error based, I believe, on this item found in  Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution, Part III (page 192) of McAllister's book:

                       " Rowland, Thomas, Lt. Col.-- R. April 12, 1781" 

On page 175,  McAllister included a list of the abbreviations used, and "R" stood for  "recommended by county court," not "retired."   According to the records below, in August of 1782,  Thomas was still active and had  transfered from the Militia to the regular army troops serving in Virginia.  It appears he may have been promoted to full colonel.

From Heidi    (via genforum.com)
To:   Joanne
Date: September 09, 2001 

Re: records of Botetourt Co., Va. Aug., 1782
Here's what I found for you, the information doesn't really give a date,
but, the way it reads it tells you an "about" date. The following is an exact
copy of original records found in the basement of the courthouse, in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. Some names were too faded to be legible, and a part was missing.

"At a meeting of the field officers this thirty-first of
August,1782, for the county of Botetourt, for the purpose
of carrying into Exercution this State's quota of Troops
to serve the United States Army for the Term of **(three
years)**, or during the War Present,George Skillern, County
Lieut., Hugh Crocket, Colo., Wm. McClenechan, Lieut. Colo.,
Patr. Lockhart, majr., James Breckenridge appointed Clerk, who
took the Oath by Law required, Adam Peck appointed Martial.

"The following are a list of the amount of men returned: That
James Lauderdale, William Louderdale, John Louderdale, John
Wood, Horn (?) Copton, Andrew Clark, John Layman, Isaac Kelly,
Lawrence Young, Thomas Fitswater, Charles stewart, Wm. Switzer,
Mathew Wilson, Colo Thomas Rowland,  James Vicars, of
Capt. Mills' Company be considered the Thirty-eighth District."


(Burns, from DAR):
"Rowland, Thomas: b. 1744 VA d 1814 VA, m. Mary Russell. Lt. Col. VA.
Some of his military history is chronicled in History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1870, Washington County 1777-1870, pg.233 ,Lewis Preston Summers reports that the Governor of Virginia at this time directed Col. Wm. Fleming,
of Botetourt Co. to dispatch...pursuant to this order Capt. Thomas Rowland
was dispatched with his company to the frontiers. It then lists all the members
 of Capt. Rowland's Company which, interestingly enough included a William Kyles who was somehow married to a relative of Rowland.... Maj. Rowland of Botetourt County commanded in the battle of Slamants and also the battle of Ready Fork
of Haw River. He was also in the battle of Guilford for an entire day."

 [Note:  William Kyle mentioned above,  was the father-in-law of Thomas's
nephew James Rowland.  In addition, Thomas's brother James m. into the  Kyle family.]

Additional sources of information about Thomas Rowland's military history:
  • Botetourt County Records at Fincastle, VA.,  First Order Book for 1780-1784
  •  Lewis Preston Summers , History of Southwest Virginia
  • Col. Wm Preston's Letters , published in  Peter Forces Archives.
  • Rollin M. Steele Jr., The Lost Battle of the Alamance, 1995
  • J.T.McAllister,Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War,  McAllister Pub Co., 1913.

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No report about the Rowlands would be complete without acknowledging that
sadly, like so many of our ancestors who settled in Virginia, the Rowlands were
slave-owners.   Although they did not own large numbers of slaves,  it is true
that their own family success depended not only on their pioneering attributes,
but to some degree on their willingness to claim ownership of other humans.  


          Botetourt Co. VA [Second District]  1794 Tax Role
      Name          White Males 16+      Blacks 16+      Blacks under16           Horses
Rowland, Thomas      4                    4                     1                  12

   
The 4 White  males  16+ Were: Thos.(52); Wm. (18); James (21) and  probably Rbt. (25).  Names of the  5 Blacks were not given.

                                                
More About Thomas (Lt Col) Rowland:
Burial: ca. 1814, Rowland Burying Ground (unverified)
Will Probated: 22 May 1814, at Fincastle, VA61
Will written: 23 December 1813

                                            ~~~~~~~~
                             
                                                Will of Thomas Rowland

                                                    23rd December 1813

                 Botetourt County Circuit Court:  Will Book B, Pages 397 - 399
                           

 I, Thomas Rowland of Botetourt County & State of Virginia taking into serious
consideration my mortality, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die:
do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following, to wit: 

First of all I render my soul to God - Who gave me the same and in confident hope
that through the merits of my blessed Savior, he will accept my humble offering and my
body I desire may be buried in a Christian-like manner trusting that my glorious Savior,
at his own appointed time will redeem it from the grave.

2ndly...as touching my worldly Estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with  -
 It ismy desire & I direct that all my Personal Estate shall be kept together on my farm
where I live as it is at present. For the term of six years to commence the first day of
January one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; in order to have it improved to the
best advantage, and for this purpose I do hereby appoint my Sons Jesse, Silas and Joel
Rowland as managers & agents of my estate.

3rdly I give to my Son George Rowland  & his heirs one thousand acres of my land in
the State of Kentucky, Jessamine County, waters of Kentucky & elsewhere a part of
which he now lives on.

4thly I give to my daughter Milly Gilmore & her heirs two negro women named Jude
& ____ which negros she has received.

5thly I give to my Son William Rowland a tract of land, 350 acres of land which he has
sold for one thousand dollars which he has received.

6thly I give to my Son David Rowland & his heirs, all my claim and right in and to my
lands on the waters of [Kentucky] in Jessamine County, State of Kentucky, which I have
lately recovered.

7thly I give to my well beloved wife Mary Rowland one sixth part of all my lands in
Botetourt County during her widowhood-

8thly I give to my three Sons Jesse, Silas and Joel Rowland, & their respective heirs,
all my lands in Botetourt County including the one sixth part thereof which I have devised
 to my wife. The said one sixth part to go into their possession at her decease; to be equally
divided amongst them, with due respect to the improvements and the quality of the
lands-the said division to be made at the expiration of the aforesaid six years, which will
be on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

9thly at the expiration of the aforesaid six years I desire all my Personal Property to be
appraised and sold to the best advantage and the money arising from the sales thereof to
be equally divided amongst my well beloved wife and children, to wit, Milly Gilmore,
William, David, Jesse, Silas and Joel Rowland, or their heirs--But I wish it always to be
understood that at the expiration of the aforesaid six years if the one sixth part of my land
in Botetourt County & Mrs. Rowland's interest in my Personal Property aforsd should be
found not sufficient to support her comfortably, my Executors hereafter named shall over
& above her dividends already made mentioned, apply as much of the money arising
from the said sales as will give her an independent and comfortable support. It is also to
be understood that from the proceeds of the said sales, all just debts and necessary
expenses that my Estate may then be owing, are to be paid before the legatees receive
their respective shares. 

10thly- After my suits at law, which are now pending in the state of Kentucky for land
are determined; if I should own more land in that state than is already divided, my
Executors are to sell the same to the best advantage and make title for the same to the
purchaser or purchasers and divide the proceeds of such sales equally amongst all my
aforsd children. And it is at all times to be understood, that if at any time, any difficulty
should arise about the true division of any part of my Estate or about the true intent and
meaning of this Will--the parties therein concerned shall bear such difficulty to the
direction of three disinterested men of respectable character & their award shall be a
final decision.

And lastly, I do hereby appoint my Sons Jesse, Silas and Joel Rowland my Executors of
this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former wills or testaments by me
heretofore made.
In witness whereof I have here onto set my hand & Seal this 23d day of December 1813

signature

                                                                      (Signed) Thos Rowland [Place of Seal]


Signed Sealed Published & declared to be the last Will & Testament of the above named
Thomas Rowland in the presence of us:  Robert Logan, Margaret Rowland, Wm.
Anderson.
                             

At Botetourt August Court 1814
This Instrument of writing was Produced in Court purporting to be the last Will &
testament of Thomas Rowland, decd by and proven by the oath of the Revd Robert Logan
& Peggy Rowland two of the Witnesses within Subscribed and thereupon ordered to be
recorded .
                                                A Copy Teste: Wm. Bowyer, DC

                              -----------------------------------------------------

[Addendum on page 399]
This is to certify that I do receive & accept of the provisions made for me in the Within
Will in full Estate faction of my claim that I have or may have to the within mentioned
property or Estate.  Given under my hand & seal this 22d day of May 1814.
                                                          Her
                                                      Mary M. Rowland  (Seal)
                                                          Mark
Attest:  Jacob Wolly
            Her                                              
         Mary S. Young               This certificate of Mrs. Rowland was recorded
            Mark                            by mistake, not being proven.   Wm Bowyer, Clerk


Transcribed by Joanne Kartak and Mary Rowland from a copy of the original.
[Note:  Spelling and grammar are copied as they appear in the original document]
Will Book B, pg 398-399. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/botetourt/wills/willbkb.txt


Notes for Mary M. Russell, wife of Thomas Rowland:
Mary's parents were Robert Russell and Annie Stirling. 
They were married in Scotland, and Mary was born there
in Barony, Lanarkshire before the family came to America.

Robert Russell's  will named his wife Ann, daughters Elizabeth,
Catherine, Milly, Ellonor,Ann Boas and Mary Rowland; sons James
and Robert, and grandson Pleasant Russell.  His wife Annie served
as administrator, with bonds provided by  Elizabeth Russell, Thomas
Rowland and  Christopher Irvin.  
      (Campbell County, VA   Will Book 1, Page 197   1 Sept 1791)

In the 14 September 1802 will of Ann Stirling Russell  is this bequest,

 "...(to) my daughter, Mary Rowland, one suit of clothes, namely gown,
petticoat, apron and handkerchief and of such quality as she, the said Mary
Rowland may think proper to choose in any store in the town of Lynchburg..."  
 
 
Information about the family of Robert Russell of Bedford/Campbell Co., VA is courtesy of his descendant, Robert Russell, <[email protected]> who traveled to Scotland to search the records.  

More About Mary M. Russell:
Burial: Rowland Burying Ground (?)
Christening: 28 June 1750, Scotland
Marriage Bond: 06 June 1768, Surety posted by Stephan Goggin62

          Marriage Notes for Thomas Rowland and Mary Russell:

Names of Thomas and Mary's children and dates of birth  are taken
from a penciled copy of a page in a Rowland-Gilmore bible located in
family archives in the possession of descendant Peter Binkley, who wrote
 ca. 1999, " I  just found some other notes by John Wheatley from the Gilmore family bible.  He kept excellent notes, and typed them up with carbon copies to share with his  siblings.  Here's what he wrote:  (Note:  "Mamma" is Mildred Maria Humes  Wheatley.)"

June 22, 1899
       Mamma has in her possession a pencil memorandum, a copy of which I give below.  She says that  once she asked Aunt Lou (the wife of Mamma's brother Tom) to make a copy of  the family record given in an old Bible, which she thinks was the family Bible of her mother Eliza S. Humes and which Bible was then inUncle Tom's possession.  This Bible was destroyed by fire when Uncle Tom's home was burned.  Mamma says she believes this pencil copy, made by Aunt Lou, is a copy of the record in her mother's family Bible.
        J.W. Wheatley

Thomas Rowland (son of Robert Rowland) was born Dec. 16, 1741.
He was married to Mary Russell, his wife,  the 9th of June, 1768.
Robert Rowland, the father of Thomas Rowland, died 1/19,1782.
Robert, the son of Thomas Rowland, was born 5/11/ 1769.
George was born 8/3/1770;
Millie (Mildred Marie) was born 11/3/1771  - Died 1/14/1844;
Elizabeth was born 7/4/1775
James was born 7/23/1773
William was born 11/8/1776
David born 11/3/1778;
Jesse born 9/15/1783       
Caleb born 11/13/1786.
Silas born 6/3/1787 - died 12/6/1842
Joel born 3/15/1789 - died 1/1/1839

Thomas Gilmore died 3/4/1838 *

 Mamma says as to the above: That Milly Rowland married Joseph Gilmore and was the mother of Eliza S. Humes; that Elizabeth Rowland married a Stuart; that David Rowland was the grandfather of the Tom Gilmore who married Nellie Watson; that Jesse Rowland was the grandfather of Aunt Allie (Uncle Ed's first wife); that Silas and Joel Rowland were never married.


 * Son of Milly & Joseph Gilmore, and Eliza Gilmore's brother.

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In 1803, Thomas Rowland took out a fire policy on his home in Botetourt County.  He called the house, Mt. Airy,  and described its  location as being, "on the Mays Road, within four miles of Fincastle. . . situated between  Francis Preston and the west and William Martin on the east."  

Construction took place between December 11, 1798 --when  Thomas  purchased the land from Thomas King-- and 1803 --when the house and three outbuildings at this location were insured by the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.  Included in the same policy with the dwelling was  "a separate 2-story kitchen with a smoke-house
(10 ft. from the house); a 40 x 30 wooden still-house (100 yds from the house);  and a two-story mill (about 400 yds from the house)."  In his renewal policy dated 31 May 1811, Thomas added six buildings, including a one-story log house, a (gun) powder-mill, blacksmith shop, malt-house and whiskey distillery.

 It was long speculated that The Mayfield House aka Rowland-Pitzer House, aka Wheatland Manor was also built by Thomas or his son James, however a survey made in 1992 by architectural researcher Daniel Pezzoni,  indicates that house was built in the late 1820s, and thus built by one or all of the three sons --Jesse, Silas and Joel-- named as heirs of Thomas' plantation.   (Note: Thomas son James Rowland died ca. 1810, and Thomas himself in 1814.)

                            See Wheatland Manor for more.

On the Wheatland road about 4 miles east of Fincastle, VA and 1 mile north on a side road,  is the old Rowland Burying Ground.  It is a small graveyard, and described by a researcher in the 1930s as being,
 "...in very good condition; at one time it seems to have been enclosed in a stone wall."    Only four of the tombstones were still readable at that time.    This grave yard is near the home built by either Thomas or his son Joel, [sic] and would seem to imply that the Rowlands were buried either there or at another private  location.  To date, no other tombstones for this family have been discovered. "  Source:  Virginia Historical Inventory (VHI)

The current owner of Wheatland Manor wrote in February, 2007:

"I found an old cemetery on adjacent land with a number of grave stones trampled in the dirt by cattle. I informed the Department  of Historical Resources of the location of the cemetery, hoping they would try to protect it. It was later purchased by some small time developers ,who probably did everything they could to obliterate the cemetery so that they could develope the area. At any rate, they would never acknowledge that there was a cemetery there, and I was not issued any invitations to return.  I believe that one of the legible grave stones was for  a Gilmore.  I was told I was trespassing at the time and should leave."

Note:  The Gilmore buried at the Rowland burial ground could have been
Milly Rowland Gilmore or possibly her son, Thomas Rowland Gilmore, who
died in 1838.   
   
Children of Thomas Rowland and Mary Russell
Notes:   My ancestor's names appear in capital letters.
            (Russell) is a research tool only, and not necessarily a middle name.

+    2    i.   Robert (Russell)3 Rowland, born 11 May 1769 in Botetourt Co. VA; died                                  September 1800 in Botetourt Co. VA 63.
+    3    ii.   George (Russell) Rowland, born 13 August 1770 in Botetourt Co. VA; died Bef.                        1840 in Jessamine Co. KY (?).
+    4    iii.   MILDRED MARIE ROWLAND, born 11 July 1771 in Rockbridge Co. VA;
                   died 02 January 1844, probably in Rockbridge Co. VA .
      5    iv.   James (Russell) Rowland, born 23 July 1773 in Botetourt Co. VA67; died before                     December 1813  in   Botetourt Co. VA68.
+    6    v.    Elizabeth "Betsy" Rowland, born 04 July 1775 in Botetourt Co. VA69 died Bef.                     December 1813 ?  Not named in father's will;  She married Robert Stuart 20                         February 1810 in Botetourt County,VA70,71; he was born ca. 1772. 
+    7    vi.    William (Russell) Rowland, born 08 Nov 1776 in Botetourt Co. VA; died
                  ca. 1824 
in Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA.
+    8    vii.   David (Russell) Rowland, born 03 November 1778 in Botetourt Co. VA;
                   died Bef February
 1830 in Botetourt Co. VA.
+    9    viii.   JESSE D. ROWLAND, born 15 September 1783 in Botetourt Co. VA;
                   died Bef. 26 March 1829
in Rockbridge County, VA.
     10    ix.     Caleb Rowland, born 13 November 1786 in Botetourt Co. VA72; died ca. 1790.
+   11    x.      Silas Rowland, born 03 June 1787 in Botetourt Co. VA72; died 06 Dec 1842
                    in Botetourt Co., VA73,74. Never married.
      12    xi.    Joel Rowland, born 15 March 1789 in Botetourt Co. VA74; died 01 Jan 1839                         in  Botetourt Co. VA74. Never married.

Notes for Joel Rowland:
He is reported as a single man in the 1830 census of Botetourt County. 
Joel's estate, which included land inherited from his father, was left to his siblings.  Copies of the settlement and inventory of his property are on file.

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Sources:
47. Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, 
48.  ibid.  Page  containing the birth dates for  Thomas Rowland and his children and the date of death for Robert Rowland, his father.  There are  a few comments made by  John Wheatley, a son of Eliza Gilmore, who sent copies of the memorandum to family members in June 1899. Courtesy of Peter Binkley, who has the memorandum on file.
49.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Book B pg 397, At the bottom of Thomas Rowland's Will, is an added notation  dated 22nd day of May 1814 in which  his wife Mary Rowland accepts the provisions of his Will.
50.  Rowland-Gilmore  Family Bible.
51.  Marriage Bonds Bedford County VA, June 6, 1768.
52.  Wm & Mary Quarterly, Vol II #4, 1903.
53. ibid.  p 280-282; 1903.
54.  Robert Russell, [email protected], Christening records (in Scotland) show Robert Russell as father and Ann Stirling as mother of the following children:  (1) James Russell 8-24-1748 Davistown, Cadder, Lanark, Scotland; (2) Miss Russell * 6-28-1750 Barony,Lanark, Scotland; (3) Robert Russell 1-7-1753 Davistown,Cadder,Lanark, Scotland ..
55.  Will of Thomas Rowland, Will Book B, Pages 397, 398, 399, [Addendum on page 399] This is to certify that I do receive & accept of the provisions made for me in the Within Will in full Estate faction of my claim that I have or may have to the within mentioned property or Estate.  Given under my hand & seal this 22d day of May 1814.  Mary M. Rowland    (Her Mark) (Seal)                                                          .
56.  Summer's History of Southwest Virginia.
57.  McAllister's Virginia Militia, Pg 123.
58.  Col. William Preston's Letters, pub. in Peter Forces Archives.
59.  Virginia's, pg 192, Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolutionary War.
60.  DAR Patriot Index, ROWLAND,   Thomas Birth:  VA   1744  (sic) Service:  VARank:  LColDeath:  VA   1814Patriot Pensioned:   No     Widow Pensioned:   No Children Pensioned:   No     Heirs Pensioned:   No Spouse:  (1) Mary RussellEmail reponse to query: Oct. 2002.
61.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Book B, pg 397, August 1814 This instrument ... was produced in Court.
62.  Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol IV.
63.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Book A,   p. 541-542. Inv. & Appr. rec. Dec. 1800. .
64.  Patte Wood.
65.  Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Aug. 9, 1790; Robert Rowland & Taby White, dt Stephen;
     Wm. Leftwich, Surety; Married by Nathaniel Shrewsbury, Aug. 12, 1790.
66.  Patte Wood.
67.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, James named in family Bible but not in father's will.
68.  Will of Thomas Rowland, Will Book B, Pages 397, 398, 399, Not named in father's will written Dec 1813.
69.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, Named in family bible, but not in father's will.
70.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com), ancestry.com.
71.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Rowland,
      Elizabeth & Robert Stuart   20 Feb 1810;  b(ond) Thomas Rowland, father   min- Robert Logan (Presby) -
      20Feb1810.
72.  Rowland-Gilmore  Family Bible.
73.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office.
74.   Rowland-Gilmore  Family Bible.


                                                                         Generation 3

2.   Robert (Rusell)3Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1)  born 11 May 1769 in Augusta Co. VA20; died Sep 1800 in Botetourt County, VA21.

Some researchers claim Robert, oldest son of Thomas & Martha Rowland of Botetourt Co. married Taby White and cite this Bedford Co. VA marriage bond:

Marriage Bond: 12 Aug 1790, Robert Rowland and Taby White,
consent of Stephen,
Wm. Leftwich surety. 24

However, evidence points to this Robert being the son of Henry Rowland of
Bedford Co. VA., his siblings were Reuben, Micajah and Mary.  William Leftwich,
who posted the surety bond, can be seen posting bond for others in this family.  
For details on this unrelated line of Rowlands, see the well researched information
at  http://genforum.genealogy.com/va/bedford/messages/1534.html



Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD (LVA)
NAME  Rowland, Robert. 
DATE  1800 
SOURCE  Will Book A, 1770-1801 (Reel 20) 
 p. 541-542. Inv. & Appr. rec. Dec. 1800. 
NOTE  Part of index to Botetourt County Wills and Administrations (1770 - 1800) 
PLACE  Botetourt County (Va.) 
FORM  Estate inventories. aat. 
COLLECTION  Virginia wills and administrations. 

Inventory of Estate of Robert Rowland
Dec. 10, 1800
By: Martin McFerren, Joseph Kyle, James McFerson
Recorded Dec. 1800
Teste: H. Bowyer CBC
 
Case of the Missing Gun Powder:
 Robert Rowland, son of Thomas and Martha Rowland, owned a powder mill

(assumed to be black powder, i.e. gunpowder)  and made powder on order.   As administrator for his son's estate, Thomas Rowland was sued by a Rev. Gray,
who claimed he had purchased  500 pounds of powder from Robert Rowland, and
 it was charged
that the powder was made and stored and subject to Gray's order
for several years before
Robert's death. Rev. Gray wanted both his powder and the funeral expenses --presumably for Robert.  (See link for more detail.)



3.  George (Russell)3 Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 13 Aug 1770 in Botetourt Co. VA38, and died Bet. 15 Feb 1840 - Mar 1843 in Jessamine Co. KY (?)39.  He married Jemima Goggins40 01 Mar 1804 in Madison Co. KY.  She was born ca. 1785 in KY41, and died Aft. 1860 in Jessamine Co.,  KY42.

Notes for George (Russell) Rowland:
Named in father's will: To my son George and his heirs...  one thousand acres of my land in the State of Kentucky, Jessamine County, waters of Kentucky & elsewhere a part of which he now lives on.

Named in property settlement of Joel Rowland Feb 2, 1840;
"Heirs of George Rowland" named in settlement of Silas Rowland
division of land March 1843.

More About George (Russell) Rowland:
Botetourt Co. Surveyor: 9 Sept 179443
Deposition: 13 Jan 1806,  Is present in  Madison County, Kentucky.44

Marriage Notes for George Rowland and Jemima Goggins:
George (Russell) Rowland probably died before the census was taken in 1840

1840 Jessamine Co. KY
Head of Household  is Jemima Rowland, no sign of George.
1-M 15-20, 1-f 10-15, 1-F 15-20, 1-F 20-30, 1F- 50-60.  
Head of Household John Rowland (probably s/o George & Jemima)
1M-30-40, 1-F 20-30.

1850 KY Jessamine Dst 2
 HH 68 Rowland, Thos 45 waggonmaker, wife E.J. 37, dau.14.
 HH 69 Rowland, John 40 waggonmaker, wife M.J. 33, 6 children 1-10. + Rowland  male 11, not son.
 HH 72  Rowland, Jemima 65  3000 KY,   Rowland, Wm. 25 farmer
 HH 237 Rowland, Robt G. 39 School Teacher Martha A. 38, Mary E. 13, ___L. 12,
            Martha J. 9, Geo.W. 7, Patterson, John 63 farmer 6000, Anney (Nansy?) 59,           
            3 Patterson sons.

1860 Ky Jessamine Dst 1 Nickolasville
 HH 16  John Rowland 52 waggon maker 5500 2000 Ky
            Mary P 16, George 17, Lucretia 13, Nancy 11, Jemimie(?) 7, Emma B 8, William 6.
  HH 17 Jemima Rowland 74  5000 6000, Elizabeth 43  3000 600, Inv ? 24 farmer  600,
               Edwin 14, Mary C 9.

1870 Ky Jessamine Dst 5
HH 203  Rowland, Thos 65 Wagon maker 2000,  Jane 58.   
HH 174  Rowland, Jno 62 farmer 4000 1500, Mary 26, Lucretia 24, Emma 18, William 15
HH 175  Rowland, George 28 farm hand 500  800, Maggie 24, John 4, Annie 3, Joseph 1.
             Patterson, Lucrecia  Domestic Service

1880  Ky   Jessamine   Lee   District 109
HH 305 John Jewell 67 and wife Mary 45.
            Thomas  Rowland 75 Uncle    KY   VA   KY
HH 308 Rowland, George 38, Sarah M 35, John P 13, Annie E 12, Joseph W. 10, Charley A 7,
            Robert W. 2, Emma B. 11 mo.
            [bottom line crossed out; appears to ave read Hart/Rowl John  82 father  Blacksmith]
            [Next page]
            Rowland John 73 Father Widower border, Rowland John W 25 Brotherinlaw(?)  Single laborer

More About George Rowland and Jemima Goggins:
Children: Not all verified.
As each of George's brothers died, they left part of their estates to "the heirs of George Rowland", but
none of these heirs are indiviually named.
    
Children of George Rowland and Jemima Goggins are:
 13   i.    Thomas4 Rowland, born ca. 1805 in Kentucky; died Aft. 1880 in Jessamine Co.,  KY. 
              He married Eliza Jane Jewell 17 Oct 1833 in Jessamine Co., KY45
 14   ii.    John Rowland46, born ca. 1808 in Kentucky; died Aft. 1880 in Jessamine Co.,  KY.
 15    iii.  Robert G. Rowland47, born 1811 in Kentucky48; married Martha (Patterson?) ca.                     1836 in Jessamine Co. KY; born in KY.
Residence 1: 01 Jun 1840, Jessamine, Kentucky49
1850 Census District 2, Jessamine, Kentucky50
HH 237 Rowland, Robt G. 39 School Teacher Martha A. 38, Mary E. 13, ___L. 12,
Martha J. 9, Geo.W. 7, Patterson, John 63 farmer 6000, Anney (Nansy?) 59,
3 Patterson sons from a previous marriage.

    16    iv.    William Rowland, born 1825 in Kentucky51; died Aft. 1850.
Resided: 1850, Living with mother in Jessamine Co.52
    17    v.     Daughters (3) Rowland, born Bet. 1810 - 1830 in Kentucky.



    4.  MILDRED MARIE ROWLAND (Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 11 Jul 1771 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died 02 Jan 1844 in Rockbridge Co. VA53.  She married Joseph Gilmore, Sr.54 09 Nov 1805 in Botetourt Co. VA55,56, son of James Gilmore and Martha Dennison.  He was born Bet. 1758 - 1759 in Augusta County, VA57, and died 19 Jan 1830 in Rockbridge Co. VA58.

When Milly married Joseph Gilmore in 1805, she became the stepmother of his four small children with his first wife, Susannah Paxton Gilmore, who had died in 1800.  When Milly's stepdaughter, Mary "Polly" Gilmore grew up, she  married Milly's younger brother Jesse Rowland, and became Milly's sister-in-law.   

Along with his brother William,  Joseph Gilmore had inherited the home property
of their father, James Gilmore, Sr. Later he bought out William's interest and
became the sole owner of Sydney Vale. This is the plantation where several generations of Rowlands and Gilmore children were born.   It remained in the family until December 1913.  Joseph was a man of promience in Rockbridge County, holding several county offices.  At his death in 1830, he left a sizable estate which, due to both contentions and deaths of other family members, was not settled  until  September of 1844, some months
after Milly's death.  (Rockbridge Will Bk. 10, pp. 40-46)

Marriage Notes for Mildred Rowland and Joseph Gilmore:
In the 1903 Paxton book, We Are One, pg 257, it's reported that  Milly's father was  David Rowland.  This is in error, as the marriage bond dated November 19, 1805  for Milly and Joseph cleasrly shows.     The bond was entered into at the Botetourt Courthouse by Joseph Gilmore and David  Rowland, her brother for,

         "... the soon to be solemnized marriage of the above Joseph Gilmore and
          Mildred Rowland,   the daughter of Col. Thomas Rowland of  Botetourt Co."

     Attached to the bond is a certification also dated November 19, 1805 which reads,

           "This is to certify that I have given my permission for my Daughter
            Milly  to __marry  with Jos. Gilmore. Given under my hand this 19th day
            of Nov 1805.
                                                         (signed) Tho'S. Rowland"

A certified copy of the marriage bond made by Joseph Gilmore and David
Rowland and the attached Consent signed by Thomas Rowland is on file.

Children of Mildred Rowland and Joseph Gilmore are:
+    18    i.  ELIZA STUART4 Gilmore, born 03 May 1807 in Rockbridge Co. VA;
                 died 13 Oct 1860 in
 Morgan Co., Missouri.
      19   ii.  Thomas Rowland Gilmore62, born 06 Apr 1810 in Rockbridge Co. VA;
                  died 04 Mar 1838
 in Lexington, VA63,64.

Notes for Thomas Rowland Gilmore:
From French's notes:
Gilmore, Thos R. Lawyer
b on Kerr's Creek,  Rockbridge Co.
1811. Grad. Wash Coll. 1832-33
Grad. BL. Uof VA. 1836, and
__ ahead his profession with Income (?)

+    20    iii.    Joseph Gilmore, Jr, Capt., born 29 Aug 1812 in Rockbridge Co. VA; died 16                             Feb 1863 at Sidney Vale, Rockbridge Co. VA.
       21    iv.   William Gilmore65, born 12 Nov 1814;  died 02 Feb 1818 in Rockbridge Co. VA.

                                             More about the Gilmore Family



6    v.    Elizabeth3 Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1) born 04 July 1775 in Botetourt Co. VA69 died Bef. December 1813 ?  She married Robert Stuart 20 February 1810 in Botetourt County, VA70,71; born ca. 1772. 

 Elizabeth "Betsy" was not named in her father's will, and it is probable that she died before it was written.  Her sister, Milly,  named her daughter Elizabeth Stuart Gilmore after Betsy and her husband, Robert Stuart.                                     

"Robert Stuart(son of Thomas Stuart and Elizabeth Moore) . . .settled in Botetourt Co."
 (Source:   http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/s/v/Terence-G-Esvelt )

 George West Diehl, Rockbridge Notebook, undated manuscript, p.8:
"Robert Stuart married into the Rowland family which had settled on Looney's Creek
and Spreading Springs branch in present-day Botetourt; within a few years, the young
couple was seated in Southwest Virginia."

Chalkley's, CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH IN VIRGINIA, Vol. I,
page 537:  File No. 927.--Stuart vs. Black. Robert Stuart complains that Samuel and
James Black claim his land. Robert is son of Thomas Stuart, who received conveyance
 from Beverley, 1st March, 1749. Beverley conveyed to JohnBlack, ancestor of defendants,  30th May, 1749. . . . John Black, aged 45 years, deposes, 16th November, 1801, at house of John Black in Montgomery County: Is son to Samuel Black. Deponent and Robert Stuart attended I. Cunningham's school.

        No record of children has been found.  I suspect Elizabeth may have died in childbirth           and that Robert remarried.   They seem to have disappeared from all records.

                         If  you have information about  this couple,  
please write.  



    7.  William (Russell)3 Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 08 Nov 1776 in Botetourt Co. VA66, and died ca. 1824 in Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA.  He married Sarah Wood 02 Sep 1819 in Botetourt Co. VA67,68, daughter of Joseph Wood and Martha Epperson.  She was born 01 Jun 1783 in Botetourt Co. VA69,70, and died 13 Apr 1856 in Botetourt Co. VA71,72,73.

Patte Wood:
William Rowland disappeared on a land buying trip to Pochahontas County
abt 1824.  The family searched for him but he was never found.  He had
on him a large sum of money with which to purchase some land.  He was
later declared dead and his estate divided intestate as below.

There is more to the disappearance of William Rowland - Sally's brother Edward (Wood) sued her for expenses he incurred while looking for William and there was other litigation around this, so the disappearance is well documented.  Edward also sued his maiden sister Ann for the keep of her slaves. There was a falling-out and Edward moved to Bath County with Thomas then assigned as her guardian.

 Botetourt September Court 1827
This report of the division of the Slaves of William Rowland Dec'd
among the heirs & was returned to Court and ordered to be reocrded
A Copy teste F. Woltz DC
Recorded in Will Book D Page 397,
Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office

In Obedience of an Order of Botetourt Court we the undersigned have
divided the Negroes of the late William Rowland between Sarah Rowland
widow of the said William Rowland, Elizabeth & William Robert Rowland
the children and legal heirs of the said William Rowland deceased &
submit the following report viz.
To Sarah Rowland we allot Hetty Claibourne Jery and Mary and to William
Robert Rowland her son thirty Dollars within five years from time .. To
Elizabeth Rowland we allot Fanny Randle Harry Matilda.  To William
Robert Rowland we allot Phebe Thornton Schedrich Sharlotte Jane & Aley
& to receive from Sarah Rowland thirty Dollars within five years from
this time - This 2nd day of January 1827.
George Poage
Madison Gilmore
John Shirkey

Estate of William Rowland administered by Charles Beale, Silas Rowland,
and Edward Wood, 1826.  Mentioned in accounts are:  James Wood Bond,
Madison Gilmore note, and John Stull by cash, Jessy Rowland.  Accounts
are signed by James S. Wood M. C.

To the amount of property sold at the sale of Intestates personal
estate as pr sale Bills  $1013.34 3/4
To amount of Cash on hand at Intestate Death  152.11 1/2

Pursuant to an order of the County Court of Botetourt made the
 May Term  1826 directing that the acpts of Silas Rowland, Charles
Beale,and Edward Woods administrators of William Rowland Dec'd
 be refered to the master commissioner for statement and settlement and
that he make report thereoff to Court, I have met said Silas the acting
admins and have taken the foregoing acpt  I find that the whole of the
personal Estate of Intestate arising from the sale from Bonds & acpts due
him at the time of his death amounted to the sum of $1869 65/100 as a
apperance to the debt side of the foregoing acpt will more fully show
of which last afforesaid sum I find that said admst has collected and
paid out to the creditors of Intestates the same $814 76/100 as will
appear from the credit side of the foregoing acpt & the vouchers there
refered to leaving a Ballance yet to Collect and further administered
of $1054 88 1/2 as appears at the foot of the foregoing acpts all which
I certify & submit.
Septem 1st 1826, James S. Wood M,C,
I have been imployed in taken the foregoing acpt and reporting thereon
about 7 Hours & 4/6  $5.25

At  Botetourt September Court 1826
This Statement & Settlement of the ? of Silas Rowland, Charles Beale, &
Edward Wood admin of Wm Roland dec'd were returned to Cout & ordered to
be recorded.

A copy teste  H W. Bowyer  DC
[Will Book D Page 303 Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office]
Disappeared on trip to Pochahontas County to buy land.
                                        ......................................

Possibly this pertains to William, s/o Thomas and Mary Rowland:
From files from W.VA (http://www.wvculture.org/history/ms79-83.html) :
02-068 0175 John Campbell vs. Estate of William Rowland Botetourt Co. 1834


Notes for Sarah Wood:
Patte Wood:
Sarah "Sally" WOOD, daughter of Joseph
WOODS (1744-1816) & Martha EPPERSON (ca1745-~1805), in Botetourt Co.
VA,.  Sarah "Sally" was born on 1 Jun 1783. Sarah "Sally" died
in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA, in Jul 1856.  Will was
probated on 4 Jul 1856 in Fincastle, Botetourt Co., VA.

The dob of 1783  in records of some researchers would mean Sarah  was 36 yrs.
old when she married.  In the 1850 census, her age is reported as 50, which would
mean she was 19 when she married, and almost 25 years younger than her husband.  Either dob works, making her either 73 or 56 when she died.


Will of Sarah Wood Rowland
Probated July 1856. 

                              Her son William died in 1853, and Sarah allows for that in her will.

In the name of God, Amen.
I, Sarah Rowland, being of sound, and disposing memory; and being
conscious of the uncertainty of human life, do make and constitute this
my last will and Testament.  First, I commit my soul to God who gave
it, in hopes of a happy immortality.  I give and bequeath my property
as follows to wit:

I give and bequeath to my Daughter Eliza Davis and her children, the
following Negro Slaves, and their future increast to wit.  Charlotte,
Issac, George Washington, Samuel, George, Edmund, Henry, Martha, &
Sarah.  I give and bequeath unto my Grandson David Robert Rowland, my
negro girl Julia and her future increase and my negro boy Charles;
 I having heretofore in the lifetime of my son William Robert Rowland,
advanced to him in cash, and paid for him debts, to an amount, which
where added to the two slaves herein bequeathed to my said Grandson
will make an amount equal to the legacy herein bequeathed to my
Daughter Eliza G. Davis and her children, and in the event that my said
Grandson David Robert Rowland should depart this life before he arrives
at the age of twenty one years or is the Father of a child or children,
then it is my will that the slaves hereby bequeathed him and their
future increase, shall revert to my said Daughter Eliza G. Davis and
her children.  Lastly I hereby appoint William S. Davis, Executor of
this my last will and Testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 10th day of May 1853.
            her
Sarah    X   Rowland
           mark

Witnessed in the presence of & at the request of Sarah Rowland as her
last will and testament.
George W. Wilson
John A. McCluer
Mary C. McCluer

Botetourt County July Court 1856
This instrument of writing reporting to be the last will and testament
of Sarah Rowland dec'd was this day exhibited in said Court and proved
by the oath of George W. Wilson and John A. McCluer subscribing
witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
A Copy Teste, F. Wolz, clk.

In the presence of an order of the County Court of Botetourt County
made at the January Term Thereof 1862 appointing the undersigned as
commissioners to divide the slaves of the estate of Sarah Rowland
deceased among the children of Eliza G. Davis Deceased who was the wife
of William S. Davis who is the Guardian of said children your
commissioners met at the residence of said Wm S. Davis & proceeded to
discharge the duties assigned to them & finding that their were only
five slaves remaining to be divided among eight children of said Eliza
G. Davis dec'd for all of whom the said Wm S. Davis is the guardian &
father & it being stated by said W. S. Davis that a part of the Slaves
of Sarah Rowland Dec'd had been sold by the discretion of the Testatrix
subsequent to the date & execution of the last will & testament of said
Sarah Rowland & that the sum of twenty six hundred Dollars had been
received for such slaves as had been sold and was then in the hands of
said Guardian for distribution among his wards  and it further
appearing that Sarah Rowland by her will desired her slaves to said
Eliza G. Davis & her children & said Eliza G. Davis having died
subsequently William S. Davis the husband of said Eliza G. Davis would
have been entitled to an interest in said Slaves & money in Rights of
his deceased Wife He however waived & relinquished all claims &
interest he might have to any of said slaves and money in Right of his
wife in favor of his children & wards & wishing the whole matter to be
divided & finally settled up requested us to divide the money on hand
to be included in this division which made the division more easy &
equitable the order of Court referred to does not include the money
part of the estate but your commissioners ask the court to confirm this
report which will can & remedy the deficit in the order of Court which
is hereby returned.
We therefore make allotments of the Slaves & Money as follows:
To Mary E. Robinson formerly Mary E. Davis the Slave named George 27
years old & valued at $723.00, also in money the sum of $36.37.
To James R. Davis a slave named George 16 years old and valued at the
sume of $613.00, also in money the sum of $146.37.
To Sarah E. Davis the slave named Charlie 12 years old and valued at
the sum of $477.00, also in money the sum of $282.37
To Lucy E. Davis the slave named Isaac 34 years old and valued at the
sum of $598.00, also in money the sum of $161.37
To Josiah P. Davis the slave named Samuel (shoemaker) 21 years old and
valued at the sum of $964.00, by Josiah P. Davis paying to Eliza V.
Davis the sum of $204.63
To Eliza V. Davis debt due to her by Josiah P. Davis $204.63, also in
money the sum of $554.74
To Ora L. Davis in money the sum of $759.37
To Mariah W. Davis in money the sum of $759.37

Amount divided by slaves & money $6074.96  All of which is respectfully
submitted given under our hands the 15th day of January 1862.
O. Calaghan
John A. ?
John Ammen

At Botetourt March Court 1862
This report of the division of the slaves and money of Sarah Rowland
Dec'd among the heirs entitled thereto was this day exhibited in Court
and ordered to be recorded.
Teste F. Woltz Clk

Recorded in Will Book K Page 611, Botetourt County Circuit Court
Clerk's Office.


More About Sarah Wood:
Burial: Apr 1856, Rowland Burial Ground74

Marriage Notes for William Rowland and Sarah Wood:
Vogt and Kethley report a marriage of Sarah Wood to William Rowland, 3
October 1819.  Consent on certificate is James M. Wood in Botetourt Co.
VA. who attests that Sarah Wood is over 21. This would put her dob
ca. 1798 or earlier.  

    
Children of William Rowland and Sarah Wood are:
+    22  i.  Elizabeth "Eliza" G.4 Rowland, born Feb 1820;  died 19 May 1859 Botetourt Co.
+    23 ii.  William Robert Rowland, born ca. 1822 in Botetourt Co. VA; died 01 Apr 1853                       in Fincastle, VA.



    8.  David (Russell)3 Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1)77 was born 03 Nov 1778 in Botetourt Co. VA78, and died Bef. Feb 1830 in Botetourt Co. VA79.  He married (1) Elizabeth Hite Jordan80,81 03 Jun 1811 in Botetourt County, VA82, daughter of John Jordan and Catherine Beale.  She was born ca. 1794 in Virginia, and died 22 Dec 1823 in Botetourt Co. VA83.  He married (2) Judith Wilson 15 Sep 1825 in Botetourt County, VA84.  She was born ca. 1793 in Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1860.

Notes for David (Russell) Rowland:
Botetourt County
Rowland, David, assignee of Thos. Sewell.
 Publication     1 July 1817.
Description: 26 acres on Purgatory Creek, a branch of James River.  

Rowland, David.  
Publication    1 December 1818.  
Description: 27 acres on  Purgetory Creek,  a branch of James River.  
Source: Land Office Grants No. 68, 1819, p. 49 (Reel 134).  LVA


30 April 1818-... and David Rowland Magistrates of County of Botetourt State of
Virginia do hereby certify that William Gilmore party to the written conveyance
hath duly acknowledged the same before us on the 30 day of April in the year
one thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen

January 1822- Justice of the Peace, Botetourt Co. VA.

va/botetourt/wills/willbk:  I lastly constitute and appoint Capt. David Rowland of Pattonsburg to be the executive of my estate. . . . Signed, David Smith

More About David (Russell) Rowland:
Resided: 1826, Pattonsburg, VA85
Spouse: 30 May 1811, Elizabeth H. Jordan, daughter of John, of Rockbridge, VA.86

Marriage Notes for David Rowland and Elizabeth Jordan:
(Botetourt Co Will Bk. F, pg 206; 15 Feb 1840.) In the estate settlement of the
unmarried sons of Thomas Rowland, property was divided among their siblings and
siblings' children.  David's daughters Catherine and Elizabeth Rowland and his former son-in-law Samuel R. Houston (widower of Mary Russell Rowland) are consistantly referred to in a group, and shared divisions of property.  and it is assumed they are the children & son-in-law of the same son of Thomas and Mary Russell Rowland.  Evidence points to David and not William as their father, in spite of Samuel Houston's writing in the Houston Family History that his wife had been the "2nd daughter of Col. Wm Rowland of Pattonsburg."    Since Samuel Houston married  Mary Russell  Rowland after her father's death,  perhaps by the time he wrote his family history, he was confused, and only recalled the Col Wm. Rowland had been his wife's senior male relative.  

 In the obit published after her death in 1823, Elizabeth is said to have left behind  "her husband and five small children."  In  September 1825, David married Judith Wilson.  David died sometime before February 1830 and his children were raised by their aunt Catherine  Jordan Paxton and her husband, James Paxton.   

Notes for Judith Wilson:
Following David's death, Judith lived with Wilson family relatives.

1850 Botetourt Dst 8
Judith Rowland 54 b. PA  
in household of David J. Wilson 65, Rebecca 87, Mary 42, Julia 37, James 43.
Each has $524 real estate value. (Partners in farm?)

1860 Botetourt Co. VA
HH. David J. Wilson 65, Jas. Wilson 50, Judith Rowland 67, Mary Wilson 53.

    
Children of David Rowland and Elizabeth Jordan are:
+    24    i.    Catherine Beal4 Rowland, born Mar 1812;  died ca. 1846 in Virginia.
+    25    ii.   Mary Russell Rowland, born 07 Feb 1814 in Botetourt Co. VA;
                    died 11 Nov 1839 in Cairo, Egypt.

      26    iii.    Francis Rowland, born ca. 1816;89; died 1833 in Botetourt Co. VA90.
+    27    iv.    Elizabeth Patton Rowland, born ca. 1818 in Botetourt Co. VA; died
                     Bef. Feb 1854
 in Rockbridge Co. VA.
      28    v.     Unk 5th child Rowland91, born ca. 1823; died Aft. 22 Dec 1823.




    9.  Jesse D.3 Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1)92 was born 15 Sep 1783 in Botetourt Co. VA93, and died Bef. 26 Mar 1829 in Rockbridge County, VA94.  He married Mary Paxton Gilmore95 14 Oct 1819 in Sidney Vale,  Rockbridge Co.96,97, daughter of Joseph Gilmore and Susannah Paxton.  She was born 22 Mar 1799 in Rockbridge Co. VA98, and died 12 Dec 1848 in Rockbridge Co.98.

Notes for Jesse D. Rowland:
War of 1812 pay rolls and muster rolls:
Rowland, Jesse. General Note Pay Rolls, p.226  (LVA)

Marriage Notes for Jesse Rowland and Mary Gilmore:
Marriage: 14 Oct 1819, Sidney Vale,  Rockbridge Co.99,100
Lexington News-letter  (p. 3, c. 4)
Title    Married- On Thursday last, by Rev. Samuel Houston,
Jesse D. Roland, Esq., of Botetourt County, to Miss Mary Gilmore,
daughter of Joseph Gilmore, Esq., of this county.  

Jesse married  Mary Paxton  Gilmore, the step-daughter of his sister, Milly Rowland Gilmore. Mary's mother,  Susannah Paxton,  was Joseph Gilmore's first wife, and Mary  was one of their four children --and the only daughter.  

Botetourt Co.  Will Book C, Page 395 - 396
Proved: March 1823: Will of George Kilmer, Botetourt County, Virginia     I do hereby a nominate and appoint my trusty frinds Jessy Rowland and Duiguid Kyle Executors of this my last will and testament . . . this 21th day of October One Thousand and Eight hundred and nineteen.      

Botetourt Co., VA Will Book C, p. 575:  John Rule died 17 August 1824. . . Isaac Kustaard and Jesse Rowland, executors.

         Settlement of estate of Jesse Rowland names children "Joseph G., Robert M.,                Elizabeth S.  and William P."  

Sale of Goods 1829,  Accounts begin in 1831. (Source courtesy of  Patte Wood, who cites Botetourt Co. Clerk's Office.


More About Mary Paxton Gilmore:
Remarriage: 10 Jan 1832, Joseph Layne.  She and Joseph had two children.

1840 Census Botetourt Co. VA
Name of Joseph Layne (family of 9 + 13 slaves)
Below Joseph Layne's name is that of  Silas Rowland (single man + 11 slaves) .
 I believe when they were married, that Joseph Layne had moved in with  Mary
(Jesse's widow) on land owned by the Rowlands.  The 9 people in the Layne household could have included the 4 children of Mary and Jesse, the 2 children of Mary and Joseph, known born before 1840, and maybe a child of Joseph from a previous marriage.  By 1850, the Layne family seems to have left the area, possibly moving to Appomattix.

    
Children of Jesse Rowland and Mary Gilmore are:
+    29    i.    Joseph Gilmore4 Rowland, born 1821 in Botetourt Co. VA; died Aft. 1870
                    possibly in Texas.
  (1870 Census).
+    30    ii.    ROBERT MADISON ROWLAND, born 11 Sep 1822 in High Bridge, VA;
                     died 29 May 1865 in Point Lookout Prison, Maryland.
+    31    iii.    Elizabeth Susan Rowland, born 1828 in Botetourt Co. VA; died Aft. 1880.
+    32    iv.   William Paxton Rowland, born 1829 in Botetourt Co. VA; died 1887 in Texas.



11.  Silas3 Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1), was born 03 Jun 1787 in Botetourt Co. VA35; died 06 Dec 1842 in Botetourt County, VA36,37.

At the time of his death, Silas was evidently a man of considerable wealth. He owned a large estate consisting of 1184+ acres--some of which he had inherited from his father Thomas, and some from his brother Joel.  On this property was a large dwelling house--Wheatland Manor-- four and 1/2 miles south of Fincastle, VA,  several smaller dwellings, a barn, meat house, grist mill and saw mill.  After his death in 1842, Silas' land was divided into 10 pieces and distributed among his heirs

1 - Milly Gilmore  [Sister and last remaining sibling of Silas]
      
 2 - Samuel R. Houston
 [widower of Mary R. Rowland, the daughter of Capt David Rowland and sister of Elizabeth who
m Edward Echols. See #4] 

 3 - Joseph Gilmore (Jr.) and Catherine, his wife formerly Catherine Rowland.
[son of Milly and Joseph Sr.]

 4 - Edward Echols and Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth  Rowland.
[Elizabeth P. Rowland, daughter of  Capt. David Rowland and Elizabeth Jordan.
She m Edward Echols 26 Oct 1842] 

 5 - Wm P (sic) Rowland "including the house in which Samuel Young formerly lived."
 [Jesse's son, William Robert Rowland.  1850 Census William was constable in Fincastle.  1870 census he is living with sister Elizabeth S. and her husband, James Rowland.  William's 2nd wife is Isabella Ferguson.]

 6 - Robert Rowland "including the barn and meat house where said Young lived." 
 [Jesse's son,  Robert Madison Rowland.]

 7 - Joseph Gilmore  "and includes the grave yard." 
( Milly's son, Joe, Jr.)

 8 - Elizabeth S(usan) Rowland
 ( Jesse's daughter.  On  31 May 1847,  she m James Rowland Botetourt Co.,  Va.   James was the son of William and Nancy P. Luck  Rowland -- and grandson of James Rowland and Margaret Kyle.)  

 9 - Wm S. Davis and Eliza his wife, formerly Eliza Rowland and Wm. Robert Rowland "including the dwelling house."   [Eliza and Wm. Robert Rowland  the children of  William and Sarah Sally Woods Rowland ] 

10 - Heirs of George Rowland "inludes the saw mill." 
[George was brother of Silas.]  

The division of the property was made in 1842.  In October 1848, William S. Davis sold out his interest in the house to his brother-in-law, William Robert Rowland.  On December 22, 1845, William R. Rowland and Isabella [Ferguson, m 26 Aug 1850] sold the house and 335 acres of land (including the saw mill).  

The large dwelling and over 335 acres was eventually sold to Rufus Pitzer in 1851, and the house came to be known as the Rowland-Pitzer House.   In 1934 when the WPA Historical Survey Project was under way, the house was owned by Horace E. Mayhew, and was included in the survey as the "Mayhew House".   More information can be found about this house and others in the Library of Virginia's online report The Virginia Historical Inventory.
                                                    .
          Silas also had an interest in the "Old Pattonburg Mill".
          (VA Historical Inventory, LVA)

Land sales and law suites regarding Rowland Land

1843 By Court decree, William S. Davies et ux, deed to WILLIAM R. ROWLAND, in division of Silas Rowland estate.  Deed Bk. 26, p. 377.
 
1850  William Robinson first part, JAMES GILMORE second part, and William Davies third part.  Release 57 acres for $1,025.  Deed Bk. 30, page 182.
 
1866  GILMORE vs. William S. Davies, sold at public auction Deed Bk. 37, p. 224.
 
1875 John F. Greelee Special Commissioner, deeded to M. R. Rogers and Hiram Hansboro, "Patton Mill" for $135.  Deed Bk. 37, p. 224



 12.    Joel 3Rowland (Thomas2, ROBERT1), born 15 Mar 1789 in Botetourt Co. VA37; died 01 Jan 1839 in Botetourt Co. VA37. 

War of 1812 Service Records
Name:     Joel Rowland
Company: 5 REG'T (MCDOWELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction:     LIEUTENANT
Rank - Discharge:   1st LIEUTENANT
Roll Box:     180
Roll Exct:     602

He is reported as a single man in the 1830 census of Botetourt County. 
Joel's estate, which included land inherited from his father, was left to his siblings.  (Copies of the settlement and inventory of his property are on file.)



Generation No. 4

    18.  Eliza Stuart4 Gilmore (Mildred Marie3 Rowland, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 03 May 1807 in Rockbridge Co. VA101, and died 13 Oct 1860 in Morgan Co., Missouri102.  She married William M. Humes 12 Nov 1829 in Sidney Vale Plantation103,104, son of John Humes and Elizabeth Carlin.  He was born 18 Jan 1800 in Philadelphia, PA105,106, and died 30 Nov 1848 in Morgan Co., Missouri.  

Notes for William M. Humes:
When William was a young boy living in Richmond, VA., he cut his hip while
swimming, and the resulting injury (described as a "white swelling"), caused
him to be sent to Philadelphia for extended treatment.  He received most of
his education there.  Later, after he returned to Richmond, his health remained
bad, and hoping it might improve if he left the climate of the Tidewater area,
he went up to Rockbridge County.  Finding a business opening, he became a merchant
at Balcony Falls and also at Gilmore's  Mill.  It was there that he met and married
Eliza Gilmore.  For awhile, they were in Marion, Smith County (now W. VA) where
William engaged in the manufacture of cotton yarn.  They joined William's father
in Missouri sometime before 1840.  (Source: Family archives.)

Children: Names and dobs as listed  in family records.109
Marriage: 12 Nov 1829, Sidney Vale Plantation110,111
   

Children of Eliza Gilmore and William Humes are:
      33    i.    John Carlin5 Humes112, born 04 Aug 1830 in Sidney Vale, Rockbridge Co. VA;
                   died 14 Jun 1849 in MO.113.
+    34    ii.   Thomas Rowland Humes, born 20 Aug 1832 in VA; died 24 Jul 1899 in TX.
     35    iii.   Joseph Gilmore Humes, born 30 Aug 1835 in Virginia; died 1896 in Texas.
     36    iv.   Mildred Maria Humes, born 17 Jul 1838 in Miller Co. MO; died 08 Mar 1908 in                     Spokane(?).
+   37    v.     JAMES EDWIN HUMES, born 10 Sep 1840 in Sidney Vale, Rockbridge Co.
                    VA; died 17 Dec
1912 in Wilbur, WA.
     38    vi.    Mary Ada Humes, born ca. 1844 in Missouri; died Aft. 24 Aug 1860 in Osage,
                    Morgan Co.
MO114,115.




    20.  Joseph4 Gilmore, Jr, Capt. (Mildred Marie3 Rowland, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 29 Aug 1812 in Rockbridge Co. VA116, and died 16 Feb 1863 in Sidney Vale, Rockbridge Co. VA117.  He married (1) #24. Catherine Beal Rowland118 16 Jun 1840 in Botetourt Co.119,120, daughter of David Rowland and Elizabeth Jordan.  She was born Mar 1812 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died ca. 1846 in Virginia.  He married (2) Catherine B Paxton 02 Nov 1847 in Botetourt County, VA121,122,123, daughter of James Paxton and Catherine Jordan.  She was born ca. 1826 in Botetourt Co. VA124, and died Bef. Jan 1863 in Rockbridge Co. VA125.  

Joseph and his first wife, Catherine Rowland, were first cousins. Catherine Rowland and James, second wife, Catherine Paxton, were also first cousins, their mothers were the sisters Elizabeth Jordan and Catherine Jordan.

From French's Notes:
Gilmore, Joseph Farmer (brother of
Thos R.) b. on Kerr's Creek
Rockbridge Co. 1812-1813 - Grad Wash Coll
1832-1833 adopted farming as his
occupation.  Member Ho. of Del.
___ 1863.

Children of Joseph Gilmore, Jr.  and Catherine Rowland are:
   39    i.    Thomas Russell5 Gilmore, born 1841 in Rockbridge Co.; died 22 Nov 1903 in                           Roanoke, VA.He married married Mary E. "Nellie" Watson 02 May 1865 in                           Rockbridge Co. VA 266,267, daughter of James Watson and Sarah Greenlee.
          She was born 1844 in Rockbridge Co. VA, and died Aft. 06 Dec. 1906 in
           Botetourt Co. VA(?)268.

Notes for Thomas Russell Gilmore:
 VMI Class of 1863
Thomas was among VMI students who fought in Pickets Division at Gettysburg:
He was captured near Greenbriar and taken to a POW prison in Illinois.
Exchanged.  Prison stats list him as 5'11", Blue eyes/Brown hair
Occupation student. 

Tom and Nellie were the last Gilmores to run the farm at Sidney Vale.  By 1880, theyhad moved into Fincastle, and sometime later, to Roanoke, where Tom died as the result of being run over by a locamotive in  November, 1903.

      40  ii.  Elizabeth J. Gilmore, born 1845; died 1917 in Rockbridge Co. VA.
                She married (1) James T. McCrum 13 Apr 1882 in Rockbridge Co.278.  He was                       born 1835 in  PA, and died 1897 in Rockbridge Co. VA279.  She married (2) W. R.                 Hatcher Aft. 1897 .

   41    iii.    Henry Carter Gilmore131,132,133, born ca. 1846 in Rockbridge Co. VA; died 10                         May 1865 in David's Island, NY134,135.

Enlisted in Company H, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 20 October 1864.
Wounded and captured on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA (Shot in head)
Died of wounds while POW. Company H, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 May 1865 in David's Island, NY  His brother Tom went to NY and brought Henry's body home.
   
Children of Joseph Gilmore and Catherine Paxton are:
   42    i.    James William5 Gilmore, born 07 Dec 1851; died Aft. 1920 in Rockbridge Co. VA.
    43    ii.    Anne Gilmore, born ca. 1849;  died Bef. 1860 in Rockbridge Co. VA138.

                    


    22.  Elizabeth "Eliza" G.4 Rowland (William (Russell)3, Thomas2, ROBERT1)139 was born Feb 1820 in Botetourt Co. VA140, and died 19 May 1859 in Botetourt Co. VA141,142.  She married William S. Davis 15 Sep 1835 in Botetourt Co. VA143.  He was born 08 Feb 1810 in Prince Edward Co. VA144,145, and died 1865 in Fincastle, VA.

More About Elizabeth "Eliza" G. Rowland:
Burial: Rowland Burial Ground146



1850 STATE: Virginia COUNTY: Botetourt DIVISION: Western District No. 8
Enumerated on the 19th day of August 1850 by John T. Wilson (pg 204)
 18  855  855 Davis          William S.    40   M      Farmer         5,200     All born in Virginia
 19  855  855 Davis          Eliza G.        30   F                                         
 20  855  855 Davis          Mary E.        13   F                                                    In school
 21  855  855 Davis          James R.       9    M                                                       "
 22  855  855 Davis          Sarah E.        7    F                                                         "
 23  855  855 Davis          Lucy E.          4    F                                       
 24  855  855 Davis          Josiah            1    M                                        
 25  855  855 Rowland     Sarah            50    F   [motherinlaw]                
 26  855  855 Deel           Samuel Jr.    30   M         Farmer                    

More About William Davis and Elizabeth Rowland:
Children: Nine children. All but William (d 1845) named in 1872 settlement of grandmother's estate.
Marriage: 15 Sep 1835, Botetourt Co. VA147
   
Children of Elizabeth Rowland and William Davis are:
    44    i.    Mary E.5 Davis, born 1837 in Botetourt Co., VA. 
                  She m. Joseph F. Robinson148; born ca. 1835.
    45    ii.    William Thomas Davis, born 01 Sep 1839;
                  died 11 Jun 1845 in Aged 5 yrs, 9 mo, 10 days149.
    46    iii.    James Robert Davis, born 1841 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    47    iv.    Sarah E Davis, born 1843 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    48    v.    Lucy E Davis, born 1845 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    49    vi.    Josiah Price Davis, born 1849 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    50    vii.    Eliza Virginia Davis, born 1852 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    51    viii.    Ora Lilon Davis, born 1855 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    52    ix.    Maria/Mariah Williams Davis150, born 1857 in Botetourt Co., VA.



    23.  William Robert4 Rowland (William (Russell)3, Thomas2, ROBERT1)151 was born ca. 1822 in Botetourt Co. VA152,153, and died 01 Apr 1853 in Fincastle, VA154,155.  He married Isabella Ferguson 27 Aug 1850 in Botetourt Co. VA156. She was born ca. 1822 in Ireland157, and died Bef. 14 Jan 1892 in Botetourt Co. VA.

Notes for William Robert Rowland:
  Rowland, William R.  
  State: Virginia Year: 1850
  County: Botetourt Roll:  M432_936
  Township: District 8 Page:  134
  Image: 502    
 
Occupation: Constable    Property Value 7,700

A few households away, is the widow Jane Ferguson and her children,
Isabella 28, Sarah 24, Lucy 22, Robert 21; all born in Ireland.  This may be the
Isabella that William married in Aug1850, but the census was enumerated in Sept. 

Occupation: At the time of his death in 1853, he owned a general store in Fincastle.


Library of Virginia, Death Records Indexing Project :
CATALOG CARD, DECEASED
Rowland, William R. Date of death: April 1, 1853.
NOTE  Place of death (other than Botetourt County): Fincastle.
SOURCE  Source of information: Botetourt County, 1853, page 2.


Botetourt Circuit Court Will Book No. 1 1835-1852 ?   (courtesy of Patte Wood)
Rowland, Wm R's Inventory (of store) p. 155,household p. 196 acct p. 198 1853 bud & debt p. 206 list of Balance transfer to Mrs. Rowland p. 209
Estate of William R. Rowland, transferred to Robert M. Hudson, trustee  for Mrs. Isabella Rowland, wife Mrs. S. Rowland,
 
Will of William's mother, Sarah Rowland was written before his death
" I give and bequeath unto my Grandson David Robert Rowland, my
negro girl Julia and her future increase and my negro boy Charles;
 I having heretofore in the lifetime of my son William Robert Rowland,
advanced to him in cash, and paid for him debts, to an amount, which
where added to the two slaves herein bequeathed to my said Grandson
will make an amount equal to the legacy herein bequeathed to my
Daughter Eliza G. Davis and her children. . ."

Notes for Isabella Ferguson:
Sept. 1850 Census Botetourt Co.
Jane Ferguson 66,  and her children,  Isabella 28, Sarah 24, Lucy 22, Robert 21; all born in Ireland.  The household was only a short distance from the one William Rowland lived as a boarder.  Same Isabella that he married?  Or was his wife the daughter of Jane Kyle as reported by some researchers?


Will of Isabella Rowland, 16 June 1874
(courtesy of Patte Wood)

I, Isabella Rowland, being of sound mind & disposing memory, do make
and declare this as my last will and testament hereby revoking any
former will or will by me at any time made.
1st I desire my Executor to collect by bonds and out of the proceeds
pay all my just debts and funeral expenses.
2nd I give & bequeath to the children of the late Joseph F. Robinson my
interest in the Mill Creek fernace or of sold, the money arising
therefrom, also my household and kitchen furniture, not herein
specifically bequeathed to others ... to Joseph F. Robinson's youngest
daughter my bed and bedding.
3rd I give to Virginia McDowell, daughter of James McDowell my interest
in the house in Fincastle Va, lately occupied by Lucy Ferguson - Also
all the money I am to get from Lucy Ferguson's estate - all claims in
suit or otherwise from Lucy Ferguson's estate or in suit from mine. 
Also the gold chain, Neclace, Brest pin & knives and forks I got from
Lucy Ferguson's estate at her death, my bracelot and all other jewelry
not specifically bequated to others... in case of death of said
Virginia McDowell before she arrises at the age of eighteen the
property is to go to Eliza McDowell, daughter of James McDowell, if
Eliza should die before eighteen years of age, the property is to go to
the son or sons of James McDowell alive at her death.
4th I give what I prize more than any of my property, my watch and
chain, to Mr. William Gebbney(?) as a mark how much I appreciate his
kindness to me.
5th I give to Mrs Nancy Caldwell, Lucy Ferguson's bed and bedding, one
black calico quilt, my ? small table, rocking chair, cooking pot,
herbs, a tall brass candlestick, two state dishes, two dishes two
demijons (2 gal) & stone jug, porclain lined kettle a large white
washbowl, coffee pot, two flat irons, two tubs, two buckets, one red
vase, one large gilt looking glass, two large stone jars.
6th I direct my executor after paying my debts etc as directed in the
first section to give the residue of my bonds now on hand to E. Matilda
Irvine & William S. Irvine, children of Charles H. Irvine, Dec'd of
Philadephia to be divided equally between them.
7th I give to Janie Gibbney my silver, my large gold chain one
mensaills quilt given by mother to me, one quilted slen quilt, two
quilts not quilted.
8th I hereby nominate and appoint Mr. James H. H. Figgat Executor of
this my last will & testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this the 16th June 1874.
Isabella Rowland

Signed, sealed published & declared by Isabella Rowland as her last
will & testament, who acknowledges the same in our presence who in the
presence of each other is the presence of the testatrix at her request
have subscribed the same as witnesses.
John M. Slates?, C. B. F. Jenkins

witnessed again August 20, 1880 by W. A. Glasgow, J. M. Carper

In Botetourt County Court January 14th, 1892

will proven by the oaths of L. Housman Jr, and James McDowell and will
ordered recorded.  J. H. H. Figgat obtaining a probated.  Appraisers
appointed R. L. Lousman, C. B. Carper, G. L. Beckley and E. B. Heyth?

J. W. Matheny Clerk

[Will Book P Page 509 Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office]


Child of William Rowland and Isabella Ferguson is:
    53    i.    David Robert5 Rowland, born in Botetourt Co. VA159; died Aft. 1856160.

Notes for David Robert Rowland:
From his grandmother, Sarah Rowland's will:
" I give and bequeath unto my Grandson David Robert Rowland, my
 negro girl Julia and her future increase and my negro boy Charles;
 I having heretofore in the lifetime of my son William Robert Rowland,
advanced to him in cash, and paid for him debts, to an amount, which
where added to the two slaves herein bequeathed to my said Grandson
will make an amount equal to the legacy herein bequeathed to my
Daughter Eliza G. Davis and her children."



    24.  Catherine Beal4 Rowland (David (Russell)3, Thomas2, ROBERT1)161 was born Mar 1812 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died ca. 1846 in Virginia.  She married her cousin,  #20. Joseph Gilmore, Jr, Capt. 16 Jun 1840 in Botetourt Co.162,163, son of Joseph Gilmore and Mildred Rowland.  He was born 29 Aug 1812 in Rockbridge Co. VA164, and died 16 Feb 1863 in Sidney Vale, Rockbridge Co. VA165.

Children of Joseph Gilmore and Catherine Rowland are:
   39    i.    Thomas Russell5 Gilmore, born 1841 in Rockbridge Co. VA; died 22 Nov 1903 in                      Roanoke, VA.
   40    ii.    Elizabeth J. Gilmore, born 1845; died 1917 in Rockbridge Co. VA.
   41    iii.    Henry Carter Gilmore, born ca.1846 in Rockbridge Co VA; died 10 May 1865                         David's Island,NY

       More about Catherine Rowland's children above at  #20. Joseph Gilmore, Jr.




    25.  Mary Russell4 Rowland (David (Russell)3, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 07 Feb 1814 in Botetourt Co. VA168,169, and died 11 Nov 1839 in Cairo, Egypt170.  She married Samuel Rutherford Houston 08 Jun 1834 in Botetourt Co. VA171,172.  He was born 12 Mar 1806 in Rural Valley, Rockbridge Co. VA173, and died 26 Jan 1887.

Notes for Mary Russell Rowland:
There is some dispute as to the father of Mary Russsell Rowland;  most researchers  believing it to be
David Rowland.  Typical evidence provided by researchers include this from an email dated Mar 14, 2004 from Patte Wood, who wrote:   I have a notation that Mary Russell was raided by her Jordan Grandpatents, which would prove her father as David.

Others claim her father  was David's brother, William, and give as their source, the family history written by Mary's widower, Samuel Ruther Houston.  

The Houston Family, No. 6, pg 75,  by Samuel Rutherford Houston, Courtesy Sam Houston Museum.
"He (Samuel Rutherford Houston) was married, first, to Mary Russell Rowland, who was born in Pattonsburg, Botetourt Co. VA., the second daughter of Col.  WIlliam Rowland, a man of considerable wealth and influence.... She died... in the year 1839, November 19th, aged 25 years and 9 months."

The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1976, MS 76-108, p. 11.
www.wvculture.org/history/reposits_not_wv/ n_carolina.html 
Mary Russell ROWLAND  - 1839
BIRTH: Pattensburg, Botetourt County, Va.
DEATH: 1839, Alexanderia, Egypt
Father: William ROWLAND , Col.

In spite of my first impression --of course, Samuel Houston knew who his father-in-law was!-- but I now believe the Rev. Houston  made a mistake --possibly due to his advanced age when he wrote the history of his family-- and his wife Mary was the daughter of
David Rowland, not William.  


Children of Mary Rowland and Samuel Houston are:
    54    i.   Rutherford Rowland5 Houston, born 1835 in Smyrna, Asia Minor (Turkey);
                 died Jan 1917 in
Richmond, VA.  He married Margaret Isabel Steele299
                 She was born 07 Dec 1840 in Illinois, and died 22 Jul 1910 in Troutville, VA.


Notes for Rutherford Rowland Houston:
Rutherford Rowland Houston (1836-1917) Presbyterian minister, Greenbrier
Presbytry (WV) 1863-71. Source:  abaa.org/dbp/ Antiquarian Booksellers of America.

1850 Census Monroe Co. VA
Saml Houston    44
Margaret P        33
Rutherford R.     14
4 additional children of Saml and Margaret

    55    ii.    Catherine Elizabeth Houston, born 02 Dec 1838 in Greece; died 10 May 1839 in                                                  Athens, Greece176.




    27.  Elizabeth Patton4 Rowland (David (Russell)3, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born ca. 1818 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died Bef. Feb 1854 in Rockbridge Co. VA.  She married Edward Echols 26 Oct 1842 in Botetourt Co. VA177.  He was born 30 Sep 1817 in Lynchburg,  VA, and died 03 Oct 1874 in Maury River, Nat. Bridge Dist. VA178.

Notes for Edward Echols:
(Lexington News-Gazette;The Echols by Bob Driver, Thursday April 4, 2002 )
Edward, Robert Joseph and John W. Echols were born in Lynchburg, the sons of
Joseph Echols. Edward Echols, the eldest, was born in 1817 and moved to the Balcony
Falls area of Rockbridge County and opened an iron ore mine in the area by 1855. He
operated the locks and ran boats on the James River and Kanawha Canal. The locks can
still be seen behind the house next to the river. Edward also ran a trading post. He is listed
as a farmer on the 1860 census. Edward Echols was exempt as an ore miner in March 1862.
He enlisted in the Rockbridge Senior Reserves at Balcony Falls on April 16, 1864, age 46,
six feet one and one-half inches tall, with dark complexion, black eyes and black hair. There
his military record ends. He is listed on the 1870 census as a farmer in the Natural Bridge District.
He died at the mouth of the North (now Maury) River on Oct. 3, 1874. The home Edward Echols
built in 1855 still stands near the Maury River and has been owned by the Echols family to this
day. The 253-acre farm located at the intersection of U.S. 501 and Va. 130 has been added to
the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Landmarks Register.



1860: District 7, Rockbridge, Virginia Post Office: Lexington
Edward Echols   42
Susan H Echols 26 
John Echols       13
E Frances Echols 8 
Mary E Echols     5
Robert L Echols    1
Mildred M Barkes 18  (Bankes?)
Geo D Jordan       43   Iron Master
 
1870 Census Natural Bridge Twn. Rockbridge Co. VA
HH# 156 (pg 24)
Echols, Edward        52  Farmer
             J. Rowland  26   Dry Goods Merchant
             John            22   Farmer      
             Mary Allen  16 
             Ernest           5
             Hubert           3
             William         2
             Laura M.     4/12
             Eliza J.         20
 Burks, Sarah P         45

More About Edward Echols and Elizabeth Rowland:
Children: Listed in 1870 Census
Marriage: 26 Oct 1842, Botetourt Co. VA179
   
Children of Elizabeth Rowland and Edward Echols are:
          i.    Joseph Rowland5 Echols180, born 27 Aug 1843 in Balcony Falls, VA;
                died 09 September 1889 in Lowell Station, W.Va.


2 October 1873 J. Rowland Echols, 30, S, b/Rockbridge, Gen A Iron Co.,
son of Ed. Echols & E.R. Echols,
married Bettie V. McCulloch, 25, S, b/Missouri,
daughter of R.D.McCulloch & McCn(as written), D.W. Shanks officiating.


(Lexington News-Gazette;The Echols by Bob Driver, Thursday April 4, 2002 ) -
Joseph R. Echols, born at Balcony Falls on Aug. 27, 1843, was a student at Washington
College 1860-61. He entered the Virginia Military Institute on Jan. 15, 1862 (class of 1865)
and served in the battle of New Market, where a minie ball just cut the skin on his thigh. He
 remained a cadet until they disbanded in Richmond in April 1865. He is listed as five feet nine
inches tall, with fair complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. Following the war, Joseph R.
Echols was a commission merchant and ran a line of boats on the canal. In 1868, he became
an engineer involved in railroad construction with the firm of Mason, Hoge and Co., until his
death at Lowell Station, W.Va., on Sept. 9, 1889. He is buried in the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church cemetery.

       ii.    John Jordan Echols, born 29 Jan 1846 in Balcony Falls, Botetourt Co. VA;
             died 12 Nov 1926 in Lewisburg, W.Va.,.


Notes for John Jordan Echols:
(News-Gazette;The Echols by Bob Driver, Thursday April 4, 2002 )- John J. Echols was
born at Balcony Falls on Jan. 29, 1846. He served in the Rockbridge Reserves during the war.
He was farming his father's estate in 1870. He later moved to Lewisburg, W.Va., where he was involved in real estate. He died there Nov. 12, 1926, and is buried in the Old Stone Presbyterian Church cemetery there.

    58    iii.    Eliza Francis Echols, born ca. 1852.
    59    iv.    Mary Allen Echols, born ca. 1854 in May be d/o Edward and 2nd wife,
                   Susan Burks.




    29.  Joseph Gilmore4 Rowland (Jesse D.3, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 1821 in Botetourt Co. VA181, and died Aft. 1870 in Texas ? (after 1870 Census).  He married Anna Marie Paxton 17 Mar 1852 in Botetourt Co.182,183, daughter of James Paxton and Catherine Jordan.  She was born 07 Mar 1830 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died Aft. 1870.

More About Joseph Gilmore Rowland:
Census: 1850, Botetourt Co. living with brother Robert
Residence: 1860, Victoria, Victoria, Texas184


1850 Census Western Dst. Botetourt Co. VA
Robert M. Rowland   28 farmer  3280
Joseph G. Rowland  29  ditto    2000

1860 Census Victoria, Victoria,   TX
J G Rowland    39  1820  Virginia  Male      farmer 2,600  
 A M Rowland  30  1829  Virginia  Female  
 C M Rowland    7  1852  Virginia  Female  
 E R Rowland    5  1854  Virginia  Female  
 W P Rowland   2  1857  Virginia  Male  
 Oxton Gilmer  65  1794  Virginia  Male      gentleman
 (I believe this is a misspelling of Paxton Gilmore,
who was a 1st cousin of Anna Marie and uncle of Joseph Rowland.)

1870 Victoria, Victoria, TX
HH 27  Roland, Joseph G. 48 W(hite) Broom Maker  VA

19 Aug 1870 Fincastle, Botetourt, VA  Locust Bottom
HH 285  Paxton, Philip M.  32  11,000 1000;   James 47/77 1250  1900 

HH 286  Rowland, Ann M   40
               Rowland, Katie     16?
               Rowland, Elenore 14
               Rowland, Walter   12

It's not known if Ann and the children were in Fincastle on a visit
when the census was taken, or if Ann and Joseph had separated.


More About Joseph Rowland and Anna Paxton:
Children: Names based on census of 1860/1870.
Paxton book gives names as Kate, Emma, Jordan and Walker.

   
Children of Joseph Rowland and Anna Paxton are:
    60    i.    Catharine M.5 Rowland, born ca. 1853 in Virginia.
    61    ii.    Emma R. Rowland, born ca. 1855 in Virginia.
    62    iii.    Walter P. Rowland, born ca. 1858 in Virginia.



    30.  ROBERT MADISON4 ROWLAND (Jesse D.3, Thomas2, ROBERT1)187 was born 11 Sep 1822 in High Bridge, VA188,189, and died 29 May 1865 in Point Lookout Prison, Maryland.  He married REBECCA FRANCIS LACKEY 09 Jan 1851 in Rockbridge Co. VA190,191, daughter of Thomas Lackey and SARAH POAGE.  She was born 02 Sep 1828 in Rockbridge, VA192, and died Bet. 06 - 08 Dec 1873 in Rockbridge, VA192.

Robert was a Confederate soldier-- enlisting twice during the war.  His
first enlistment was in  Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry in August 1861. 

Wounded at Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862, Robert was discharged from the
Confederate Army 24 July 1862 because of physical disability resulting from
the wound.  At time of discharge, he was listed as 40 yrs old, blue eyes, light
hair, florid complextion, 6' tall.  (See LVA archive entry below)

LVA: Archives 
Author    Rowland, Robert M., b. ca. 1821. 
Title        Descriptive list and account of pay and clothing, 1863 May 26. 
Material    1  leaf. 
Gen. note  Item is located in oversize, box 7. 
Summary  Descriptive list and account of pay and clothing, 26 May 1863, for back pay owed Robert M. Rowland of Botetourt County, Virginia, who had been discharged from Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry due to a physical disability on 24 July 1862.
Accession 24651. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.  Biog./Hist. Note  Robert M. Rowland was born about 1841(sic) in Botetourt County, Virginia. A farmer, he enlisted in Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry in August 1861. Wounded at Frazier's Farm 30 June 1862, Rowland was discharged from the Confederate Army 24 July 1862 because of physical disability resulting from the wound.
 



captureRobert  re-enlisted on October 31, 1864, joining Company C, 14th Virginia Calvary of the Valley Rangers at Luray, VA.  Company C, 14th Virginia Cavalry was organized by his brother-in-law, Capt. William A. Lackey.  Less than two weeks later during the battle of Cedarville on November 12th, Robert was captured when Confederate troops were surprised midstream in the Shenandoah River by Union Forces.  Although the Confederates held their own in the battle, 300 of their men were taken prisoner.   Robert was taken to the Union Military Prison at Point Lookout, Maryland -Prisoner ID #05851- and died there of Chronic Diarrhea on May 29, 1865. He was buried at the prison in an unmarked grave. His name is listed among the official records at  the Confederates Monument at Point Lookout State Park, which lies at the southern tip of the Maryland Peninsula.


During the Civil Wa, Point Lookout was the home of one of the largest prisons for Confederate POWs. Of the more than 52,000 prisoners incarcerated here, it is believed that over 14,000 died. Conditions in the prison were deplorable. Food was scarce, causing prisoners to eat rats and other dead animals. Malaria, scurvy, tuberculosis, caused many deaths. Overcrowding allowed viral diseases to spread quickly. Prisoners had no shoes to wear, and only a blanket to keep warm in winter.  The dead were buried at the prison cemetery,but were later re-interred in a mass grave, now marked by a single monument with their names inscribed at the base.

There's a picture in the Rowland Archives of Robert's wife, Rebecca Francis Lackey
Rowland.  It was probably taken to send to her husband, as it was common practice for
the soldiers to carry a miniature of a wife or dear one along with a small Bible in a
uniform pocket.  

More About ROBERT MADISON ROWLAND:
Burial: 29 May 1865, Mass Grave in Prison
Cause of Death: Malnutrition/diarrehea
Medical Information: POW in Point Lookout Prison, ME
"...two letters from his wife are included in the muster rolls". 
Military service 1: Bet. 08 Aug 1861 - 24 Jun 1862, Co A 28th Virginian193
Military service 2: 31 Oct 1864, Co C 14th Virginian Cavalry194

More About REBECCA FRANCIS LACKEY:
Name 2: Nickname "Fannie", or "R. Francis".
Burial: High Bridge Pres. Church Cemetery195

Marriage Notes for ROBERT ROWLAND and REBECCA LACKEY:
Information on vital dates of  Rebecca, Robert and their children is from
pages in  the family Bible under the heading of  "Family Record" and  labeled
"Marriages", "Births", and "Deaths". The Bible was most likely  new at the time
Rebecca and Robert Rowland were married,  and  the first entry on each page
pertains to them.   After Rebecca's death, it was taken over for a time by her
daughter Mary "Allie" Rowland Humes,  and later by Allie's daughter, Fanny
Humes Linke.  Copies of these pages were distributed to family members  sometime
before 1960.   Names and dates on the copies are sometimes difficult to read, and
required a bit of guesswork,  which is apparently the reason someone traced over
some of the entries.

11 August 1860 Botetourt Co. Census enumeration
HH 955   Robt. M Rowland      38  Farmer    15,000   4450    (All born VA)
                Fannie R Rowland      30                                                       
                Mary A Rowland         9                                                       
                Ann (S?)                     6                                                       
                Victoria                       1                                                       

1860 Slave Schedule lists Robert as owner of 7 slaves, 3 under 10 yrs old. 

In Robert's muster roll records, it was reported that when he enlisted in the war, he left Fannie and their children in the Fancy Hill District of Rockbridge Co., possibly in a household with her Lackey relations.  After his death, Fanny and her sister Martha, are found there, visiting their brother Samuel R. Lackey.

1870 Census of Rockbridge Co.
HH# 66   Natural Bridge Twn.   (pg 12)

Lackey, Martha              42      On visit
Rowland, Mrs. R.F.        40       On visit

Nearby, in HH #68 (pg13) is another brother, Jonathan Poage Lackey and his family;
William A. and Isaac C. Lackey

To date (Apr. 2007) I've not found the Rowland children in the 1870 census. 
They appear again in 1880, living in Missouri with Allie Rowland and her husband,
 James Humes.     


Children of ROBERT ROWLAND and REBECCA LACKEY are:200

In letters written by Fannie to Robert while he was in Lookout Prison,  she mentions
each of the children, using the nicknames of each:  Alla, Annie, Vicy , Lackey and Warren.         

+    63    i.    MARY ALLA5 ROWLAND, born 11 Feb 1852 in Highbridge, Botetourt Co.VA;
                     died 14 Nov 1889 in Liberty Springs, AR.
+    64    ii.    Annie Eliza Rowland, born 21 Sep 1853 in Botetourt Co.VA; died
                     20 May 1916 in
Berge, WA.
      65    iii.    Eleanor Poague Rowland199, born 17 Jun 1854; died 04 Oct 1858 in
                      Botetourt Co. Virginia.

      66    iv.    Isabella Victoria Rowland, born 01 Nov 1858 in Botetourt Co. VA;
                      died 02 Mar 1919 in
Greenacres, Spokane Co. WA.  She married William
                      Thomas Farris Dec 1881 in Missouri
201;  born Sep 1853 in Missouri;
                       died 1926 in Spokane Co. WA.  Both  burtied at Saltese, WA.


Notes for Isabella Victoria Rowland:
As a child, her family called her "Vicy".
Living with sister Allie and bro-in-law in 1880 Federal Census  Osage, Morgan, Missouri.  She married in Decemeber 1881 and remained in Missouri until after 1900.

More About Isabella Victoria Rowland:
Burial: Mar 1919, Saltese Cemetery, Greenacres, WA
Residence 1: 1860, Not Stated, Botetourt, Virginia202
Residence 2: 1880, In Missouri  household of bro-in-law, James Humes203
Residence 3: 1900, Buffalo, Morgan, Missouri204

1900 Buffalo, Morgan Co. MO 
Farris, William T Sep 1853 46 M-19yrs    MO MO TN
        Isabella V   Nov 1858 41 10/6living   VA VA VA
Jennie A. Mar 1886; Charles C/G Mar 1888; Sarah M. Oct 1898;
Grover R. Dec 1892;Grace LL. Nov 1894; Carrie A. Aug 1896.  All child. b. MO

1910 Greenacres, Spokane, WA (Dst 136)
Farris, William 56 m-28yr  MO MO TN farmer home/farm  VA
          Victoria 51 8/6-liv    VA VA VA
Charlie 21, Grover 17, Grace 15, Carrie 13

1920 Greenacres, Spokane, WA
Farris, W. T. W(idower) 66 farmer
         Carrie  (dau)      . 23

Saltese Cemetery
Farris, Grover R., b. 1892, d. 1911, L-33 P-1
Farris, Victoria I. Rowland, b. Nov 01, 1859, d. Mar 02, 1919, L-33 P-2
Farris, William Thomas, b. 1854, d. 1926, L-33 P-3

      67    v.    Robert Lackey Rowland, born 21 Feb 1861 in Botetourt Co.VA318, and
                   died 31 Jul 1936 in
 Saltese, WA319.  He married Unk "Mrs. Rowland". 


1900 Census Saltese, Spokane Co. WA
 Rowland, Robert L. boarder    Feb 1861   39
 in household of brother-in-law, James E Humes.                                     

1920 (Jan) Pct 1 Stevens Co, WA
    R.L. Rowland 58  Single  farm laborer/boarder at farm owned by G.Morrison.

1930 (Apr. Enumerator Gilbert Morrison)Colville Pct 1, Stevens Co. WA
 R. Lackie Rowland 69  S  farm laborer/boarder at Gilbert  Morrison farm.

More About Robert Lackey Rowland:
Burial: Saltese Cemetery, Saltese, WA

      68    vi.    Jesse Warren Rowland, born 22 Nov 1863 in Botetourt Co. VA206;
                    died Aft. 1920 in WA207.


Notes for Jesse Warren Rowland:
1910 Census:  BLUE RVR PCT, Lane, OR
Jessie W Rowland (Est dob) 1862 VA  "Homesteader"  VA  VA

1920 Census Seattle, King Co.,  WA  (29 Jan)
 J.W. Rowland age 57  Single  Lodger  6th Ave s. Seattle, King Co. WA  VA  VA  VA

More About Jesse Warren Rowland:
Burial: Saltese Cemetery, Saltese, WA208
Residence 1: 1910, Blue Rvr Pct, Lane, Oregon209
Residence 2: 1893, Spokane, WA210




    31.  Elizabeth Susan4 Rowland (Jesse D.3, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 1828 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died Aft. 1880.  She married her second cousin, James (Luck) Rowland 31 May 1847 in Botetourt Co. VA211,212, son of William Rowland and Nancy Luck.  He was born ca. 1823 in Botetourt Co. , VA, and died Aft. 1880.  

Archives & Manuscripts: CATALOG CARD VSLA
Accession No  37146 
Author  Rowland, James, ca. 1823- 
Title  Letter, 1851 Dec. 4. 
 Background  James Rowland was born circa 1823.
He was a merchant who resided in Botetourt County, Virginia. 

Summary  Letter, dated 4 December 1851, from James Rowland (b. ca. 1823)
of Botetourt County, Virginia, to M. M. Yeakle (b. ca. 1815) of Baltimore, apologizing for not sending payment because of his illness. Rowland writes that he is selling a shipment of corn, so he will be able to pay Yeakle soon, and he thanks him for his patience.  (Source:  James Rowland. Letter, 4 December 1851. Accession 37146, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.)

Marriage Bond:   listed as daughter of Jesse Rowland (deceased),
bondsman Joseph Layne, (her stepfather) minister Samuel D. Campbell
 (Presbyterian) 2 June 1847.
 

1850 Federal Census Botetourt Co.3   1002 1002
Rowland  James           27   M    Merchant    1,577    Virginia
Rowland  Elizabeth S.   26    F                                   
Rowland  William I.        2    M                                   
Rowland  Mary A.        1/12  F                                  
 Dill        John               16   M     Farmer    (hired hand)


1870 Federal Census Buchanan Twn, Jackson PO, Botetourt Co.
Rowland  James      45
               Susan      42
                Mary       20 
                Robert M.16
                John R.     8
                Wm P.    42  brother
     farmer (land  value4200).


1880 Census   Big Lick, Roanoke, Virginia
 Name  Relation Marital Status                                                        Parents Birth Places
 James ROLAND       Self   M   Male      W   57   VA                               VA   VA 
 Susan ROLAND      Wife   M   Female   W   55   VA   Keeping House    VA   VA 
 William J. ROLAND  Son   S   Male       W   30   VA   Farmer                 VA   VA 
 James ROLAND       Son    S   Male        W   26   VA   Farmer                VA   VA 
 George ROLAND      Son   S   Male       W   24   VA   Farmer                 VA   VA 
 Robert ROLAND       Son   S   Male       W   22   VA   Merchant              VA   VA 
 John R. ROLAND       Son   S   Male       W   19   VA   Farmer                 VA   VA 
 Sallie CRAIG           Other    S   Female    B   22   VA   Domestic Servant   VA   VA 
 Nancy P. KYLE    Mother   W   Female   W   82   VA                                VA   VA 


More About James Rowland and Elizabeth Rowland:
Children: Names & Dates213,214
Home: "Lived in Cloverdale where they owned and operated a large cannery"
Marriage: 31 May 1847, Botetourt Co. VA215,216
   
Children of Elizabeth Rowland and James Rowland are:
    69    i.    William5 L(uck?)Rowland, born 1848 in Botetourt Co., VA.
    70    ii.    Mary Gilmore Rowland, born 1850; died 31 Jan 1875 in Botetourt Co. VA217,218.
    71    iii.    James G. Rowland, born 22 May 1851.
    72    iv.    George L. Rowland, born 10 Jan 1853.
    73    v.    Robert M. Rowland, born Dec 1856 in Big Lick, Roanoke Co. VA.
    74    vi.    John R. Rowland, born Nov 1862.




    32.  William Paxton4 Rowland (Jesse D.3, Thomas2, ROBERT1)219 was born 1829 in Botetourt Co. VA, and died 1887 in Texas.  He married Mattie Staples ca. 1862.  She was born 1835 in Amherst Co. VA, and died Aft. 1880.

More About William Paxton Rowland:
Emigration: 1850, To Texas

 1880 Census Place San Marcos, Hays, Texas 
Wm. T.(sic) Rowland       Self    M   Male    51    VA     Carpenter            VA       VA 
Mattie D. Rowland          Wife   M     F        45    VA     Keeping House    VA       VA
 Willie P. Rowland            Dau    S     F        16    VA      (b ca 1864)                 
 Walter S. Rowland          Son    S   Male     13    VA      (b ca 1867)
 Walker Rowland             Son    S   Male     11    MO     (b ca 1869)        

   
Children of William Rowland and Mattie Staples are:
    75    i.    Willie P.5 Rowland, born 1864 in Virginia.
    76    ii.    Walter S. Rowland, born 1867 in Virginia.
    77    iii.    Walker Rowland, born 1869 in Missouri.



Generation No. 5

    34.  Thomas Rowland5 Humes (Eliza Stuart4 Gilmore, Mildred Marie3 Rowland, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 20 Aug 1832 in Virginia220,221, and died 24 Jul 1899 in Texas222.  He married Mary "Lou" Joplin 25 Jul 1864 in Morgan Co. MO223,224.  She was born 1845 in Virginia, and died 1929.

Notes for Mary "Lou" Joplin:
This is the "Aunt Lou" who, at the request of her sister-in-law,  Mildred Marie Humes Wheatley,  made a penciled memorandum of the Rowland family Bible page that listed Thomas and Martha Rowland's children.   The Bible was later destroyed in a fire in Thomas and Lou Humes'  house,but the penciled copy still exists in the family archives kept by Peter Binkley.   The Bible had  passed from the Rowlands via Milly Rowland Gilmore to her daughter, Eliza Gilmore Humes, then to Eliza's son Thomas Humes. 

   
Children of Thomas Humes and Mary Joplin are:
    78    i.    Joseph Gilmore6 Humes, born 1866; died 1867.
    79    ii.    Mary Humes.




    35.  Joseph Gilmore5 Humes (Eliza Stuart4 Gilmore, Mildred Marie3 Rowland, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 30 Aug 1835 in Virginia227, and died 1896 in Texas228.  He married Mary Jane Phillips.  She was born 1835 in Kentucky229, and died 1911.

   
Children of Joseph Humes and Mary Phillips are:
    80    i.    William6 Humes, born 1859 in Missouri.
    81    ii.    John Humes, born 1861 in Missouri.
    82    iii.    Mary Alice Humes, born 1863 in Missouri.
    83    iv.    Thomas Edwin Hume(s), born 31 Oct 1865,Morgan County, MO;
                   died 06 Oct 1939 in Belle, MO.

    84    v.    Joseph Gilmore Humes, born 1868 in Missouri230; died 1911.
    85    vi.    Walter Humes, born 1870; died 1871.





    37.  JAMES EDWIN5 HUMES (Eliza Stuart4 Gilmore, Mildred Marie3 Rowland, Thomas2, ROBERT1) the son of Eliza Gilmore and William Humes, was born 10 Sep 1840 in Sidney Vale,  Rockbridge Co. VA237, and died 17 Dec 1912 in Wilbur, WA.  He married (1)  #63  MARY ALLA ROWLAND  17 Oct 1872 in Sidney Vale, VA238,239, daughter of Robert Rowland and Rebecca Fanny Lackey.  She was born 11 Feb 1852 in Highbridge, Botetourt Co.VA240, and died 14 Nov 1889 in Liberty Springs, AR241.  He married (2) #64  Annie Eliza Rowland 08 Jun 1895 in Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., ID.242  the daughter of Robert Rowland and Rebecca Fanny Lackey, and sister of James' first wife.   Annie was born 21 Sep 1853 in Botetourt Co.VA243, and died 20 May 1916 in Berge, WA244.  


                                                                 Military History

James Edwin Humes enlisted in the Missouri State Guard  Co. C, 2st Regiment, 3rd 
Division (Confederate service) at the beginning of the war, served in Sterling Price's
army in the summer of 1861.  He served with the 2nd in the Iuka and Corinth campaign
of 1862 and the Vicksburg campaign of 1863; he appears to have been at Vicksburg
when it surrendered in July. There is a copy of his parole, dated at Vicksburg, 6 July 1863.
 Unable to cross Union lines and returnto Missouri,  he returned to his native Virginia,
where he still had close family ties with his mother's Gilmore family in Rockbridge County.
 Exhausted, half-starved, and wounded or sick, he spent a few weeks at Sidney Vale, the
Gilmore plantation on the James River before joining other ex-prisoners from Missouri units
who found themselves in Virginia.  Rather than return to their units in the West, they formed a (dismounted) cavalry company under Charles Woodson, and served with Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia until the end of the war, serving with particular valor in the Battle
of New Market in 1864, where Woodson's unit played a very important role and took heavy casualties.  

For more about the Humes Family and James see Descendants of John Humes


Children of James and Mary Alla Rowland and Annie Eliza Rowland are below.


 63.  MARY ALLA5 ROWLAND (Robert Madison4, Jesse D.3, Thomas2, ROBERT1) was born 11 Feb 1852 in Highbridge, Botetourt Co.VA300, and died 14 Nov 1889 in Liberty Springs, AR301.  She married JAMES EDWIN HUMES 17 Oct 1872 in Sidney Vale, VA302,303, son of William Humes and Eliza Gilmore.  He was born 10 Sep 1840 in Sidney Vale,  Rockbridge Co. VA304, and died 17 Dec 1912 in Wilbur, WA.

More About MARY ALLA ROWLAND:
Name 2: Mary Alla often used the nickname Allie.305


Allie's father, Robert Madison Rowland, died in a Yankee prison camp during the
last months of the Civil War.  In December 1873,  little over a year after her marriage,  Allie's widowed mother Rebecca Francis Lackey Rowland died, leaving the young couple as guardians of Allie's four siblings, Anna, Victoria, Robert and Jesse Warren Rowland.

 After their marriage, James "Ed" and Allie lived on the Humes farm in Missouri. 

1880 Federal Census  Osage, Morgan, Missouri
James E. Humes     Self        38    VA   Woolen Manufacturer  VA   VA
 Mary A.  Humes     Wife     24    VA   Keeping House             VA   VA
 Faney S. Humes     Dau        6   MO                                     
 Mildred M. Humes  Dau       4    MO                                  
 Anna B. Humes        Dau      2    MO                                
 James E. Humes    Son        7M   MO                                 
 Anna Rolland    SisterL        23    VA                                 
 Victoria Rolland SisterL       21     VA                                    
 Robert Rolland   BroL         19     VA   Works In Factory         
 Warren Rolland  BroL         17    VA   Works In Factory    

Note:  It's of interest that in various census returns, the "preferred place of birth
for the Humes family members is Virginia, but somtimes is given as  Missouri.  James
himself always claimed birth in Rockbridge Co. VA, as did most of his siblings.  In later
years, his older children often claimed that they, too, had been born at Sidney Vale,
the Gilmore plantation on the James River near Natural Bridge.  My own grandmother,
James and Allie's youngest child,  told me that her siblings always teased her for being
the only one not in Virginia.   Julia was born in Arkansas  while her family was living
there hoping for a cure for her mother's tuberculosis.  


Children of Mary Alla Rowland and James Ed Humes:
    i.    Fanny Stuart6 Humes, born 16 March 1874 in Missouri328; died 1931 in
            Spokane, WA329.
She  married Walter Linke ca. 1898; b. ca. 1872. Grandchildren:                Norma, Patsy, James, Paul Linke.

    ii.    Mildred Maria Humes, born 07 January 1876 in Missouri330; died 15 June 1961
           in Wallace, ID.,
Age 85 yrs, 5 mo, 8 days.330.  She married Peter C. Girard; born
           29 March 1874 in Canada.
 1930 Census Mission, Kootenai, ID:  Peter C. Girard 66,
            b Canada; Mildred M. 54, b. MO


     iii.    Annie Isabelle Humes, born 18 September 1877 in Missouri331; died ca. 1952
             in Yakima, WA.
 She married Burton A. Smith; born ca. 1875. No children.

     iv.    James Edwin Humes, Jr., born 31 October 1879 in Missouri332; died 19 February
            1965 in Grant
 Co. Washington333.  He married Lena Lindsey 1905 in Saltese, WA334;
             born ca. 1884; died
16 February 1946 in Spokane, WA335.  Burial: 336

     v.    Charlotte Louisa Humes, born 30 Jan 1882337; died 16 Feb 1882 in Aged 17 days.338.

    vi.    Infant Daughter Humes, born 15 September 1883339; died 27 September 1883.

   vii.    Roberta Rowland Humes, born 22 Sept 1884 in Gravois Mills, Morgan Co. MO340,341.
           Married Ernest M Brown--8 children342

+ 101  viii.  JULIA CARRUTHERS HUMES, born 25 July 1887 in Liberty Springs, AR343;
                  died 17 July 1974 in Arlington, WA344.


After Allie's death in 1889, James took his six children and three of Allie Rowland's siblings --Robert, Jesse and Annie--  and moved to Idaho and a short time late, to Eastern Washington.   In 1895, James married his sister-in-law, Annie Rowland.  



  102.  Annie Eliza5 Rowland (Robert Madison4, Jesse D.3, Thomas (Lt Col)2, Robert1) was born 21 September 1853 in Botetourt Co. VA388, and died 20 May 1916 in Berge, WA389.  She married James Edwin Humes 1895 in Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., ID. Marriage record., son of William Humes and Eliza Gilmore.  He was born 10 September 1840 in Sidney Vale,  Rockbridge Co. VA390, and died 17 December 1912 in Wilbur, WA.

Notes for Annie Eliza Rowland:
About eight  years after her sister Mary Allie Humes died in 1889, Annie married her widowed brother-in-law, James Humes,   There is  indication Annie may have been married earlier as her name was reported  as Anna E. Millinerl  when she married James in  June 1895.

History of Spokane Washington (pub. date unk.)  reports that James E. Humes
married  Anna Elizabeth Milnes in 1895, and this appears to be accurate.
 (See record from Western State Marriages below),

Name:    James E. Hume
Residence:    Post Falls
Gender:    Male
Spouse:    Anna E. Millinerl  (sic?)
Spouse residence:    Post Falls
Spouse gender:    Female
Marriage date:    Jun 8, 1895
Marriage location:    Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., Idaho
Source:  Kootenai Co., ID Court House  Marriage Book, Vol 1 Pg. 15.
.
History of Spokane  also reports that Mary Alla died BEFORE her youngest
daughter Julia was born, which is, of course, an error.  There are many errors in
the records regarding both James, Allie and Annie which make research difficult.


1900 Census Saltese, Spokane Co. WA Dst. 57
Humes, James E  b Sept 1838    61   Married  5 yrs. (18 yrs. scratched out) VA    IR*  VA    Renting
            Annie E     Sept 1853      46                5         1 child                        VA   VA  VA
             Belle          Sept 1877      22                                                            MO  VA  VA
             James E    Oct   1879      20    farm laborer                                       MO  VA  VA
             Roberta     Sept 1844      15     at school                                            MO  VA  VA
             Julia           July  1887      12     at school                                            AR   VA  VA
Rowland, Robert L  Feb  1861     38   boarder  farm laborer                           VA   VA  VA
---------    Elma      May 1880     20  daughter                                                WA  VA   VA  
 
 (This listing with the line under Rowland indicates Elma is the d/o Robert Rowland.
I thought it was another mistake, but there was a Elma Rowland.  Age has to be an error unless Elma was the daughter of Annie before she m. James Humes.  DOB for Carrie Elma in family bible given as 7 May 1890. She would have been 10 in 1900. I suspect
a sloppy enumerator and a
census of little value for research purposes.

* This is the only time I've seen Ireland  given as place of Wm .Humes birth. I believe
it is in error, and that he was born in PA.



1910  Census  Township: Wilson Creek   County: Lincoln, WA
Humes, James E          72    E.VA     E.VA     E.VA    m(arried)2xs- 17yrs  Farmer
              Anna             52    WA        VA        VA       m1x -mother of one living child
              James E. Jr   30    MO        E. VA     E. VA   m1x- 4yrs
              Lena R.         26    Iowa                           "    "  mother of non-living child

Note: There is no such place as East Virginia.  James was b. in VA. as was Anna.
The family was not in Washington State until the late 1880s.
 

Children of James Humes and Annie Rowland are:
    240    i.    "Infant son"6 Humes, born 13 April 1897348; died in in infancy..
    241    ii.     Carrie Elma Humes, born 07 May 1890349; died in Everett, WA (?); m.
                     (1) George Washington  Smith in Washington350; m. 
                     (2) Walter G.(Grover?) Byers 08 August 1909 in Post Falls, Idaho351.



Generation 7


 101.  My grandmother,  JULIA CARRUTHERS HUMES, was the descendant of Thomas Rowland  through both his daughter Milly and his son Jesse.  In November of 1805, Milly married  Joseph Gilmore and became the step-mother of his four children with his first wife, Susannah Paxton:  Madison, Paxton, James and Mary Paxton Gilmore. Fourteen years later,
 in October 1819,  Jesse married  Mary Gilmore.  In October of 1872, Milly's grandson, James "Ed" Humes, married  Jesse's granddaughter, Mary "Allie" Rowland.  Here are Julia's Rowland lines:


    Julia Carruthers6 Humes  (Mary Alla5, Robert M.4 Jesse3 Rowland, Thomas (Lt Col)2, Robert1)  
    Julia Carruthers6 Humes (James5, Eliza 4 Gilmore, Mildred 3 Rowland, Thomas (Lt Col)2, Robert1)

Julia was  born 25 July 1887 in Liberty Springs, Arkansas343; she  died 17 July 1974 in Arlington, WA344.She married Roy L. Bilyeu345 30 November 1910 in Post Falls, ID; born 28 December 1889 inWardner, Shoshone Co, ID346; died 16 February 1954 in Yakima, WA346,347.
 
Marriage Notes for Julia Humes and Roy Bilyeu:
Western States Marriage Record
ID Number   117962
Grooms First Name   Roy
Grooms Last Name   BILYEN (sic)
Grooms Residence 
Brides First Name   Julia
Brides Last Name   HUMES
Brides Residence 
County of Record   Kootenai Co., Idaho
Place of Marriage   Coeur D' Alene
Date of Marriage   30 Nov 1910
Volume   7
Page   78
 

    1920 Census Stevens Co, WA   Enumeration Dst 291 First Thought Precinct
              Bilyeu, Roy   R(ent)  age 30    Idaho           MO  MO  Yes Teamster Lumber Carry All  
               Julia   wife            30    Arkansas     VA  VA
                Robert                  8      WA            ID  AR
                Irene                     7      WA            ID  AR
                Eva                       5       WA           ID  AR
                Bessie              3-6/12   WA            ID  AR

   1930 Census Yakima, Yakima Co. Dst 26
   HH 1009 E. Washington St.
   Bilyeu, Roy  (r) age               40      Idaho        MO  MO     Truck driver
              Julia                           40       AR           MO   Kansas  (sic)
               Robert                      18       WA
               Irene                         17       WA             fulltime  clerk in notions store
               Eva                            16         "                partime  clerk in notions store
               Bessie                        13         "
 
Children of  Julia Humes and Roy Bilyeu are:
    i.   Robert C. Bilyeu, born  27 October 1911, Spokane Co.,Washington died 25 August 1999,          Yakima, WA;  He married (1) Josephine, and (2) Mary.
    ii.   IRENE ALLA BILYEU, born 29 November 1912, Spokane, Washington; died October             1993 in Lynnwood, WA; married . (1) ALBERT RALPH MERRILL, ca. 1931; born 16                August 1909, Fairbanks, AK; died 20 September 1981, Anacortes, WA.. They were
         divorced ca. 1936.
 Irene m.  (2) Charles A. Pulkrabek, ca. 1942.   He  died  August
         1987 in Lynnwood, WA.


More about IRENE BILYEU  & ALBERT MERRILL:
They had one daughter, Joanne Irene Merrill, born in Yakima, WA. 
 09 August 1932.

    iii.    Eva Bilyeu, b. 15 June 1914, Cheney, WA; d. 13 September 1965, San Bernardino,                   CA99,100;  married William Shields, ca. 1944, Seattle, WA (?);  One daughter.

    iv.    Bessie C. Bilyeu, b. 07 June 1916, Whitman Co., WA; d. 17 February 1999, Yakima,
           WA; m. Robert
Laurent;  they had two sons and one daughter.



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                                                          Sources/ Endnotes

1.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
2.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, Copy of a "penciled memorandum"  of a page from a Rowland-Gilmore family bible containing the birth dates for  Thomas Rowland and his children and the date of death for Robert Rowland, his father.  There are  a few comments made by  John Wheatley, a son of Eliza Gilmore, who sent copies of the memorandum to family members in June 1899. Courtesy of Peter Binkley, who has the memorandum on file.
3.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Book B pg 397, At the bottom of Thomas Rowland's Will, is an added notation  dated 22nd day of May 1814 in which  his wife Mary Rowland accepts the provisions of his Will.
4.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Millie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
5.  Marriage Bonds Bedford County VA, June 6, 1768.
6.  Wm & Mary Quarterly, Vol II No.4, p 280-282; 1903, Cites: Bedford County, VA - Will Index, 1754 - 1830.
7.  Robert Russell, [email protected], Christening records (in Scotland) show Robert Russell as father and Ann Stirling as mother of the following children:  (1) James Russell 8-24-1748 Davistown, Cadder, Lanark, Scotland; (2) Miss Russell * 6-28-1750 Barony,Lanark, Scotland; (3) Robert Russell 1-7-1753 Davistown,Cadder,Lanark, Scotland ..
8.  Will of Thomas Rowland, Will Book B, Pages 397, 398, 399, [Addendum on page 399] This is to certify that I do receive & accept of the provisions made for me in the Within Will in full Estate faction of my claim that I have or may have to the within mentioned property or Estate.  Given under my hand & seal this 22d day of May 1814.  Mary M. Rowland    (Her Mark) (Seal)                                                          .
9.  Summer's History of Southwest Virginia.
10.  McAllister's Virginia Militia, Pg 123.
11.  Col. William Preston's Letters, pub. in Peter Forces Archives.
12.  Virginia's, pg 192, Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolutionary War.
13.  DAR Patriot Index, ROWLAND,   Thomas Birth:  VA   1744  (sic) Service:  VARank:  LColDeath:  VA   1814Patriot Pensioned:   No     Widow Pensioned:   No Children Pensioned:   No     Heirs Pensioned:   No Spouse:  (1) Mary RussellEmail reponse to query: Oct. 2002.
14.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Book B, pg 397, August 1814 This instrument ... was produced in Court.
15.  Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Bedford Co.Marriage Bonds, Vol IV.
16.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
17.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Millie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
18.  Marriage Bonds Bedford County VA, June 6, 1768.
19.  Wm & Mary Quarterly, Vol II No.4, p 280-282; 1903, Cites: Bedford County, VA - Will Index, 1754 - 1830.
20.  Comment, Botetourt County was established in 1770 from Augusta County.
21.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Book A,   p. 541-542. Inv. & Appr. rec. Dec. 1800. .
22.  Patte Wood, Patte and others identify the husband of Tabitha White as Robert Rowland, s/o Thomas and Mary Rowland.  This needs verification, as Tabitha White is also claimed by descendants of Henry Rowland of Bedford Co.,.
23.  Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Bedford Co.Marriage Bonds, Vol VI, Virginia, Cites Bedford Co. VA marriage records:  Aug. 9, 1790; Robert Rowland & Taby White, dt Stephen; Wm. Leftwich, Surety; Married by Nathaniel Shrewsbury, Aug. 12, 1790.  [Rev. Shrewsbury was a Baptist minister at Goose Cr.Church  from 1771 until he moved to Adair Co.KY in 1798.].
24.  Patte Wood.
25.  Patte Wood, Patte and others identify the husband of Tabitha White as Robert Rowland, s/o Thomas and Mary Rowland.  This needs verification, as Tabitha White is also claimed by descendants of Henry Rowland of Bedford Co.,.
26.  Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Bedford Co.Marriage Bonds, Vol VI, Virginia, Cites Bedford Co. VA marriage records:  Aug. 9, 1790; Robert Rowland & Taby White, dt Stephen; Wm. Leftwich, Surety; Married by Nathaniel Shrewsbury, Aug. 12, 1790.  [Rev. Shrewsbury was a Baptist minister at Goose Cr.Church  from 1771 until he moved to Adair Co.KY in 1798.].
27.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, James dob and name  in family Bible but he is not in father's will.
28.  Will of Thomas Rowland, Will Book B, Pages 397, 398, 399, Not named in father's will written Dec 1813. This may indicate James had already died, as there's no sign of any family split.
29.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, Named in family bible, but not in father's will.
30.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com), ancestry.com.
31.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Rowland, Elizabeth & Robert Stuart   20 Feb 1810;  b(ond) Thomas Rowland, father   min- Robert Logan (Presby) - 20Feb1810.
32.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com), ancestry.com.
33.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Rowland, Elizabeth & Robert Stuart   20 Feb 1810;  b(ond) Thomas Rowland, father   min- Robert Logan (Presby) - 20Feb1810.
34.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Problem with dobs for Caleb and his brother, Silas, as there appears to be less than 9 months between their births.
35.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
36.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office.
37.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
38.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible, Name and dob included.
39.  1840 United States Federal Census, George was  named in his brother Joel's will of Feb. 1840, but was not included in the 1840 Jessamine Co. KY Head of Household  is Jemima Rowland.1-M 15-20, 1-f 10-15, 1-F 15-20, 1-F 20-30, 1F- 50-60.  Head of Household John Rowland (s/o George)1M-30-40, 1-F 20-30.
40.  Madison Co. KY Marriage Records, Rowland, George   Goggin, Jemima  Mar 01 1804.
41.  Census 1860.
42.  1860 Census, Jessamine Co. KY:  HH 17 Jemima Rowland 74  5000 6000, Elizabeth 43  3000 600, Inv ? 24 farmer -- 600, Edwin 14, Mary C 9. Next door is son John Rowland and family..
43.  Lewis Preston Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia,  (Overmountain Press,  pub. 1929, TN), pg 458.
44.  Chalkley, Lynn, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia,  (Vol. 1-3; 1912), CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I.", Vol II, page 42Gray vs. Rowland--Papers, April, 1813... George Rowland's deposition, Madison County, Kentucky, 13th January, 1806; brother of Robert...
45.  Jan Knox, <[email protected]>.
46.  1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1860 United States Federal Census. M653, 1438 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. District 1, Jessamine, Kentucky, post office Nicholasville, roll M653_378, page 0, image 4.
47.  1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. District 2, Jessamine, Kentucky, roll M432_208, page 54, image 108.
48.  1850 United States Federal Census.
49.  1840 United States Federal Census.
50.  1850 United States Federal Census.
51.  Will of Joel Rowland, "Heirs of George Rowland" were mentioned in the wills of both Joel and Silas Rowand.  Silas left one parcel of land  to "heirs of George Rowland."
52.  1850 Census, 1850 KY Jessamine Co Dst 2HH 72  Rowland, Jemima 65  3000 KY,Wm. 25 farmer.
53.  Josephine Gilmore Yeatman, Wheatley, J.W.;  Genealogy notes of June 28, 1912, Mildred died January 2, 1844, aged 75 years.
54.  Will of James Gilmore 22 June 1781, Named in father's will.
55.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Date of bond 9 Nov 1805.  Wedding reported as 19th of Nov. (unverified) Copy of original marriage bond on file.
56.  Dodd, Jordan; Early American Marriages, VA to 1850, Given date/place of marriage bond as 19 Nov 1805 Botetourt Co. VA Joseph Gilmer and Milly Rowland.
57.  Tombstone Photograph, "fig.," High Bridge Cem.
58.  Yeatman, Josephine Gilmore;, "He (Joseph) died Tuesday, January 19, 1830 at 6 A.M. aged 71 yearss, 3 months."  If this is correct, then Joseph was born in Oct. 1758, and his dob on the Gilmore memorial tombstone in Highbridge Cem. is wrong.
59.  Gilmore Headstone in High Bridge Presb Cemetery, "fig."
60.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Date of bond 9 Nov 1805.  Wedding reported as 19th of Nov. (unverified) Copy of original marriage bond on file.
61.  Dodd, Jordan; Early American Marriages, VA to 1850, Given date/place of marriage bond as 19 Nov 1805 Botetourt Co. VA Joseph Gilmer and Milly Rowland.
62.  W.M. Paxton, The Paxtons-We Are One; W.M. Paxton, Platte City, MO 1903, According to  WM Paxton, Thomas "R" Gilmore never married. I believe this may  be the Tom Gilmore whose death was  reported in the Rowland-Gilmore Bible.
63.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, "Thomas  Gilmore died 3/4/1838.... ."
64.  Yeatman, Josephine Gilmore;, "Thomas... died in Lexington, VA., of pneumonia, March 2, 1838, aged 26 years. He was a young man of great brilliance of mind."
65.  Book of Common Prayer, Peter Binkley wrote:  Eliza wrote her name on the first blank space, a couple of pages in,and the date 30 May 1825: her eighteenth birthday. On the back page of the Psalms, there are notes on her father's children by two marriages, probably written by Eliza.
66.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Millie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
67.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol I pg 256, "William  Rowland & Sarah Woods , 31 Aug 1819; b- James Woods who test. Sarah over 21  min-John Helms- 2 Sept 1819." .
68.  Patte Wood, Patte Wood: On 3 Oct 1819 William married Sarah "Sally" WOOD, daughter of Joseph WOODS (1744-1816) & Martha EPPERSON (ca1745-~1805), in Botetourt Co. VA,.
69.  Patte Wood, Cites: Family Letters & records- in possession of Tony Wood McCoy 1994Tony Wood McCoyP.O. Box 51Glen Wilton, VA 24438540-862-5229.
70.  1850  CensusBotetourt Co. VA, Small descrepancy in Sarah's age.  In 1850 Botetourt Co. census, she is reported as age 50 and in household of daughter Eliza G. and son-in-law, Wm Davis, but in marriage bond in Sept 1819,  James Wood testifies she is over 21, which would put her dob as before 1798.  In either case, the dob of June 1783
71.  WPA reports ca 1936, Virginia Historical Inventory, LVA, "Electronic," Rowland Burying Ground, Tombstone reads: " In Memory of Sarah Rowland, wife of William Rowland, Departed this life April 13, 1856."  Nearby is the tombstone of her daughter, Eliza Rowland Davis.
72.  Patte Wood, Sarah "Sally" (Rowland) died in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA, in  1856. Will was probated on 4 Jul 1856 in Fincastle, Botetourt Co., VA.
73.  Patte Wood, Cites:  Burton, Charles T. "Botetourt County, Virginia Death Records,"  collected by Charles T. Burton, Troutville, VA., transcribed 1995 by "Babe" Waskey Fowler.  Unpublished manuscript, Botetourt County CourtHouse; and family letters & records- in possession of Tony Wood McCoy. .
74.  Tombstone Inscription.
75.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol I pg 256, "William  Rowland & Sarah Woods , 31 Aug 1819; b- James Woods who test. Sarah over 21  min-John Helms- 2 Sept 1819." .
76.  Patte Wood, Patte Wood: On 3 Oct 1819 William married Sarah "Sally" WOOD, daughter of Joseph WOODS (1744-1816) & Martha EPPERSON (ca1745-~1805), in Botetourt Co. VA,.
77.  Note, Named after his maternal uncle, David Russell.
78.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
79.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Will Bk E, pg 61 Feb. 1830  Re: estate of Jesse Rowland, Item 5:   "To estate of David Rowland, adm. Thom Martin."
80.  Morse, Sally Luten; genforum 11-18-01., Catherine's mother was a Jordan who married a Rowland.
81.  DAR Member/Applicant, Nationa Num. 462519; Elizabeth Wiedle, 19 Sep 1958: " [David Rowland's] wife was Betsy Hite Jordan, b 2-17-1794".
82.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Rowland, David & Eliza H Jordan  30 Jun 1811; b- John Jordan, father  min- Robert Logan, (Presby.) - 6 June 1811 (Vogt & Kethley).
83.  Henley Marriage & Obituary Database, LVA, Fincastle Mirror.  ENTRY  Died- On Monday, December 22, 1823, at the residence of her father in Botetourt County, Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland, consort of David Rowland, of Pattonsburg, and daughter of Capt. John Jordon. She leaves a husband and five small children. (p. 3, c. 3)  DATE OF PUB.  Friday, January 2, 1824.  .
84.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Bond:  14 Sept 1825; b(ond) George Backus, min. Samuel Houston.The date --15 Sept 1825-- is 2 years after death of David's wife Eliza Jordan.1850 Census shows a Judith Rowland living with Wilson relatives.  This would indicate she is same as m. David Rowland.  Need verification that this David is s/o Thomas and Mary Russell  Rowland.
85.  Botetourt Co. VA. Records, Named as executor of 1826 will of David Smith: Capt. David Rowland of Pattonsburg.
86.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987.
87.  Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Rowland, David & Eliza H Jordan  30 Jun 1811; b- John Jordan, father  min- Robert Logan, (Presby.) - 6 June 1811 (Vogt & Kethley).
88.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Bond:  14 Sept 1825; b(ond) George Backus, min. Samuel Houston.The date --15 Sept 1825-- is 2 years after death of David's wife Eliza Jordan.1850 Census shows a Judith Rowland living with Wilson relatives.  This would indicate she is same as m. David Rowland.  Need verification that this David is s/o Thomas and Mary Russell  Rowland.
89.  Patte Wood, Vital dates for Francis 1816-1833.
90.  ibid.
91.  Obituary of Elizabeth Jordan Rowland, In the obit published after her death in 1823, Elizabeth is said to have left behind  "her husband and five small children."
92.  Note, Jesse Rowland's middle name was probably David ,after his maternal uncle, David Russell.
93.  Rowland-Gilmore Family Bible.
94.  Botetourt Co. VA. Records, 26 March 1829 - Jesse Rowland  Bk.E, p. 61  Settlement, p. 78 Inventory, p. 85 Sale Bill.  Bk. F, 206 Report, F 239, Settlement..
95.  Paxton Heirs vs Paxton Widow1806.
96.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com).
97.  Henley Marriage & Obituary Database, LVA, Lexington News-letter, Saturday, October 23, 1819.ENTRY  Married- On Thursday last, by Rev. Samuel Houston, Jesse D. Roland, Esq., of Botetourt County, to Miss Mary Gilmore, daughter of Joseph Gilmore, Esq., of this county. (p. 3, c. 4)  .
98.  Yeatman, Josephine Gilmore;.
99.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com).
100.  Henley Marriage & Obituary Database, LVA, Lexington News-letter, Saturday, October 23, 1819.ENTRY  Married- On Thursday last, by Rev. Samuel Houston, Jesse D. Roland, Esq., of Botetourt County, to Miss Mary Gilmore, daughter of Joseph Gilmore, Esq., of this county. (p. 3, c. 4)  .
101.  Josephine Gilmore Yeatman, Wheatley, J.W.;  Genealogy notes of June 28, 1912.
102.  Yeatman, Josephine Gilmore;.
103.  Dodd, Jordan; Early American Marriages, VA to 1850, Date of Bond ?  Name given as Elizabeth Gilmore. Samuel Houston, Presbyterian Minister officiated.
104.  Rockbridge County Marriage Bonds, WILLIAM HUMES ELIZABETH GILMORE 12 November 1829 Rockbridge.
105.  Peter Binkley;  Wheatley Family Archives @http://www.wallandbinkley.com/, "Mother's grandfather (Wm. Humes) married Eliza Carlin in Philadelphia, where (was) born William..."  This is an error.    William's father married Elizabeth Carlin in PA, and they were William's parents.  He married Eliza Gilmore in Rockbrdige Co. VA.
106.  1900 U.S.Census, Spokane census, Daughter Mildred lists father's place of birth l as Pennsylvania.
107.  1850 Census Morgan Co. MO..
108.  1860 Census Morgan Co. MO.
109.  Wheatley Family Archives, II.G.m. Scrap of paper in WMW's handwriting, listing children of William Humes with birth date and place, death date.
110.  Dodd, Jordan; Early American Marriages, VA to 1850, Date of Bond ?  Name given as Elizabeth Gilmore. Samuel Houston, Presbyterian Minister officiated.
111.  Rockbridge County Marriage Bonds, WILLIAM HUMES ELIZABETH GILMORE 12 November 1829 Rockbridge.
112.  Wheatley Family Archives, Full name given in letter from sister, Mildred.
113.  Peter Binkley;  Wheatley Family Archives @http://www.wallandbinkley.com/, http://www.wallandbinkley.com/wheatley/catalog.html:I.C.h. Letter to Elizabeth Humes ("Mother" = Eliza Stuart Gilmore Humes, 1807-1860) from John C. Humes, 1830-49), Boonville, Friday 25 May as date of John's death. 1849 is the only year between 1838 and John's death when  25 May fell on a Friday.
114.  Binkley, Peter, Peter Binkley,  Wheatley Family History,, "Electronic," Humes Genealogy.
115.  Census 1860 Morgan Co., Osage Twn. Enumeration date: 24 Aug 1860.  Mary in household with mother and brothers Tom and James.
116.  Josephine Gilmore Yeatman, Wheatley, J.W.;  Genealogy notes of June 28, 1912, Cites information provided by Josephine Gilmore Yeatman.
117.  Will of Joseph Gilmore, Jr., Joe, Jr.'s will was written in January 1863 and when presented in March.  John Wheatley wrote that Joe Jr. died at Sidney Vale of "dropsy of the chest"  on Feb. 16, 1862.  The day is probably correct, but off by one year..
118.  Morse, Sally Luten; genforum 11-18-01., Catherine Beal Rowland  and Catherine Paxton , wives  of Jos. Gilmore Jr.were 1st cousins,.
119.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Catharine Rowland & Joseph Gilmore  16  June 1840;  Catharine ward of James Paxton, b(ond) Madison Gilmore; min-Henry H Paine (Presby).
120.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com).
121.  Dodd, Jordan; Early American Marriages, VA to 1850, Date of bond:  27 October 1847.
122.  Wm. M. Paxton, The Paxtons-We Are One,  (Platte City, MO 1903), Pg. 257.
123.  Josephine Gilmore Yeatman, Wheatley, J.W.;  Genealogy notes of June 28, 1912, Cites information provided by Josephine Gilmore Yeatman.
124.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, 525, Marriage bond 27 Oct 1847: JJ Paxton testifies age of bride as over 21.
125.  Will of Joseph Gilmore, Jr., Rockbridge Co. VA  Will Book 17, pp. 56, Catherine was not named in husband's will,which was written 15 January 1863.
126.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Catharine Rowland & Joseph Gilmore  16  June 1840;  Catharine ward of James Paxton, b(ond) Madison Gilmore; min-Henry H Paine (Presby).
127.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com).
128.  Dodd, Jordan; Early American Marriages, VA to 1850, Date of bond:  27 October 1847.
129.  Wm. M. Paxton, The Paxtons-We Are One,  (Platte City, MO 1903), Pg. 257.
130.  Josephine Gilmore Yeatman, Wheatley, J.W.;  Genealogy notes of June 28, 1912, Cites information provided by Josephine Gilmore Yeatman.
131.  Morse, Sally Luten, Named as younger brother of Tom Russell Gilmore.
132.  1860 Census Rockbridge Co VA, Listed as  "H. Carter Gilmore" , age 16.
133.  Will of Joseph Gilmore, Jr., Named as Henry C. Gilmore in father's will.
134.  Morse, Sally Luten; genforum 11-18-01., Henry was shot in the head ... taken to prison and died at the camp hospital (??)  in NY harbor. Tom brought his remains home (shipped home) to be buried in High Bridge Cemetery.
135.  American Civil War Soldiers,  (ancestry.com), "Electronic," Henry Gilmore  Service Record:   Enlisted as a Private on 20 October 1864Enlisted in Company H, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 20 October 1864.POW on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VAWounded on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA (Shot in head)Died of wounds Company H, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 May 1865 in David's  Is. NY .
136.  American Civil War Soldiers,  (ancestry.com), "Electronic," Henry Gilmore   Service Record:   Enlisted as a Private on 20 October 1864Enlisted in Company H, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 20 October 1864.POW on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VAWounded on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA (Shot in head)Died of wounds Company H, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 May 1865 in David's Island, NY .
137.  Census Records, Anna reported as 1 year old in 1850 census.
138.  Will of Joseph Gilmore, Jr., Rockbridge Co. VA  Will Book 17, pp. 56, Not named in father's will of January 1863. Anne is also absent from the census of 1860..
139.  Will of Sarah Wood Rowland, Named in mother's will as Eliza G. Davis.
140.  1850  Census Botetourt Co. VA, Eliza G. Davis, age 30 in 1850.
141.  Botetourt Co. VA. Records.
142.  Tombstone Inscription, Buried near her mother in the private Rowland burying ground.
143.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol I, pg 94, William S. (Davis) & Eliza Rowland 12 Sep 1835 (bond) d Sarah b- James Wood min John A Van Lear- 15 Sept 1835.
144.  Patte Wood, (Citation: George Robert Davis family bible, 1801 - 1959.), William Samuel DAVIS, son  of Thomas S. DAVIS (1789-1827) & Mary PRICE (-1811), in Botetourt Co. VA  was born in Prince Edward Co., VA, on 8 Feb 1810. William Samuel died in Botetourt Co., VA, in 1865. Occupation: Farmer..
145.  1850  CensusBotetourt Co. VA, Age reported as 40 in 1850.
146.  WPA reports ca 1936, Virginia Historical Inventory, LVA, "Electronic," Rowland Burying Ground report:, Tombstone reads:  In memory of Eliza G. Wife of Wm. S. Davis Died May 19, 1859 Aged 39 years & 3 months. "No shadoe rested on her brow, She uttered not a sigh; Gently she drew her parting breath, and softly closed her eyes."
147.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol I, pg 94, William S. (Davis) & Eliza Rowland 12 Sep 1835 (bond) d Sarah b- James Wood min John A Van Lear- 15 Sept 1835.
148.  Will of Wm S. Davis,  1865, "I appoint my son-in-law Joseph F. Robinson executor..."
149.  WPA reports ca 1936, Virginia Historical Inventory, LVA, "Electronic," Rowland Burying Ground; tombstone reads, William Thomas, s/o W.S. & E.G. Davis, Died June 11, 1845, Aged 5 years, 9 mo and 10 days.
150.  Note, Grandmother's will names her as Mariah W. Davis.  In her father's will, he refers to her as Maria Williams.  Probably a transcription error.
151.  Will of Sarah Wood Rowland, Named in mother's will.
152.  1850  CensusBotetourt Co. VA, Based on age (28) in census.
153.  Will of Sarah Wood Rowland; April 1856, Named in mother's will.
154.  Patte Wood, e-mail 15 Mar 2004, "The Wm R who died April 1, 1853 was the s/o Wm. and Sally."
155.  Library of Virginia, Rowland, William R. Gen. note    Date of death: April 1, 1853.     Place of death (other than Botetourt County): Fincastle.  Note    Source of information: Botetourt County, 1853, page 2.  .
156.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol I , pg 256, William R Rowland & Isabella Ferguson  26 Aug 1850; d Joseph Ferguson dec. b- William E H Word   min- George T Wilmer  27 Aug 1850.Note: One researcher reported that Isabella's mother was Jane Kyle.
157.  Patte Wood.
158.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol I , pg 256, William R Rowland & Isabella Ferguson  26 Aug 1850; d Joseph Ferguson dec. b- William E H Word   min- George T Wilmer  27 Aug 1850.Note: One researcher reported that Isabella's mother was Jane Kyle.
159.  Will of Sarah Wood Rowland, " I give and bequeath unto my Grandson David Robert Rowland."
160.  Will of Sarah Wood Rowland; April 1856, Mentioned in grandmother's will.
161.  Morse, Sally Luten; genforum 11-18-01., Catherine Beal Rowland  and Catherine Paxton , wives  of Jos. Gilmore Jr.were 1st cousins,.
162.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Catharine Rowland & Joseph Gilmore  16  June 1840;  Catharine ward of James Paxton, b(ond) Madison Gilmore; min-Henry H Paine (Presby).
163.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com).
164.  Josephine Gilmore Yeatman, Wheatley, J.W.;  Genealogy notes of June 28, 1912, Cites information provided by Josephine Gilmore Yeatman.
165.  Will of Joseph Gilmore, Jr., Joe, Jr.'s will was written in January 1863 and when presented in March.  John Wheatley wrote that Joe Jr. died at Sidney Vale of "dropsy of the chest"  on Feb. 16, 1862.  The day is probably correct, but off by one year..
166.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Catharine Rowland & Joseph Gilmore  16  June 1840;  Catharine ward of James Paxton, b(ond) Madison Gilmore; min-Henry H Paine (Presby).
167.  Dodd, Jordan et al Early American Marriages,  (available at ancestry.com).
168.  Houston, Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Account of the Houston Family,  (Elm St. Publ., Cincinnati, 1882), Rev. Houston notes that Mary was the 2nd  daughter of  "Col. Wm Rowland of Pattonsburg", yet I cannot find a Wm that could have been her father.   It is known that Mary was a granddaughter of Thomas and Mary Russell Rowland, and most researchers list her as a d/o David, not William.
169.  DAR Member, E.P. Wiedle, No. 462519, Elizabeth Parsons Wiedle, Oct 9, 1958;  Gives dob for Mary Russell Rowland as 2/7/1814.
170.  Houston, Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Account of the Houston Family,  (Elm St. Publ., Cincinnati, 1882).
171.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Houston, Samuel R & Mary R Rowland  8 Jun 1834; "Rev" Samuel Houston b(ond) James Paxton, gdn for Mary min-John A Van Lear- 13 Jul 1834.
172.  Houston, Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Account of the Houston Family,  (Elm St. Publ., Cincinnati, 1882), Refers to his first wife as "...daughter of Colonel William Rowland of Pattonsburg."
173.  Houston, Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Account of the Houston Family,  (Elm St. Publ., Cincinnati, 1882), No. 6 pg 72-.
174.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Houston, Samuel R & Mary R Rowland  8 Jun 1834; "Rev" Samuel Houston b(ond) James Paxton, gdn for Mary min-John A Van Lear- 13 Jul 1834.
175.  Houston, Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Account of the Houston Family,  (Elm St. Publ., Cincinnati, 1882), Refers to his first wife as "...daughter of Colonel William Rowland of Pattonsburg."
176.  Houston, Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Account of the Houston Family,  (Elm St. Publ., Cincinnati, 1882), Died May 10, 1839 aged 5 months and 8 days. Dob estimated.
177.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol. II pg 106, "Edward Echols  & Elizabeth P. Rowland  26 Oct 1842; ward of the late James Paxton b-Madison Gilmore who test. age of bride as over 21  min- Henry H Paine, Presby. - 10 Nov 1842."
178.  Tombstone Inscription.
179.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Vol. II pg 106, "Edward Echols  & Elizabeth P. Rowland  26 Oct 1842; ward of the late James Paxton b-Madison Gilmore who test. age of bride as over 21  min- Henry H Paine, Presby. - 10 Nov 1842."
180.  Bob Driver, "Lexington News Gazette,," Thursday April 4, 2002, Information from bio.(News-Gazette;The Echols by Bob Driver,).
181.  Census 1850 Botetourt Co. VA, Living with Rbt M Rowland
182.  Paxton, Linda; Missouri Paxtons.
183.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Licence dated 9 Mar 1852;  (Rowland)  Joseph Gilmore & Ann Marie Paxton  d Capt James Paxton, cert from father. Marriage 17 Mar 1852 John M Cockran (minister).
184.  1860 United States Federal Census, 1860 Victoria, Victoria, TX.
185.  Paxton, Linda; Missouri Paxtons.
186.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Licence dated 9 Mar 1852;  (Rowland)  Joseph Gilmore & Ann Marie Paxton  d Capt James Paxton, cert from father. Marriage 17 Mar 1852 John M Cockran (minister).
187.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible, Copies of pages labelled  Births,  Deaths, and Marriages on file.  Bible had first been owned by Robert and Rebecca Lackey Rowland.
188.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible, Copy of page "Births".
189.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
190.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Date of marriage given  in Bible given as 9 January 1851.
191.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Rcds #337 Bond dated 2 January 1851.
192.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
193.  Library of Virginia, Accession 24651. Personal papers collection., Descriptive list and account of pay and clothing, 26 May 1863, for back pay owed Robert M. Rowland (b. 1821) of Botetourt County, Virginia, who had been discharged from Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry due to a physical disability on 24 July 1862.   (Note: Copy of original in my files.).
194.  Point Lookout Prison Records, Robert Rowland's name and unit are on the monument to Confederate Prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland -- Prisoner ID #05851.
195.  "Mike Gardebled," Photograph of tombstone.
196.  Lackey-Rowland  Family Bible, All names and dates of children were taken from a  family Bible of Rebecca "Fannie" Rowland.  After her death, the BIble passed to Mary Allie, then to Annie, and later to Mary Allie's children.
197.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Date of marriage given  in Bible given as 9 January 1851.
198.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Rcds #337 Bond dated 2 January 1851.
199.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible, Entry made by mother  states Eleanor was 2 years and 3 months old when she died on Octobet 4, 1858.  This is the first entry on the copy of the page.
200.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
201.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, No location given for marriage, but Isabelle and William were living in Missouri in 1880 before they married, and are found there  in the census of 1900.
202.  1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. , Botetourt, Virginia, post office !!, roll M653_1336, page 257, image 260.
203.  1880 Census.
204.  1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1900 U.S.  Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: . Morgan, Missouri, ED 71, roll T623 877, page 9B.
205.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, No location given for marriage, but Isabelle and William were living in Missouri in 1880 before they married, and are found there  in the census of 1900.
206.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
207.  Saltese Cemetery Records, ROWLAND, Jeppe Warren, b. 11/22/1863, d. ___,  Sextant or transcriber misread Jesse's name.  The tombstone's double "S" may have been carved as a large "f".
208.  Saltese Cemetery Records, Rowland, Jeppe Warren, b. Nov 22, 1863, d. no date, (per Joanne Kartak, given name is Jesse Warren.) Sexton files and headstone read as listed..
209.  1910 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: . Blue Rvr Pct, Lane, Oregon, ED 143, roll 1282, part 2, page 16B.
210.  Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93, Spokane, WA, 1889: R. L. Polk & Co., 1888. Spokane, WA, 1890: R. L. Polk & Co., 1889. Spokane, WA, 1892: R. L. Polk & Co., 1891. Spokane, WA, 1893: R. L. Polk & Co., 1892.
211.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Rowland, Elizabeth S & James Rowland  31 May 1847; d Jesse Rowland, dec.  b(ond) Joseph Layne  min Samuel D. Campbell, Presby. 2 Jun1847.
212.  Wanda Stefanc.
213.  Descendants of John Rowland, son of William Rowland : (Botetourt Co., Va.), Petersen, Carol Rowland <[email protected]>, email 5-13-02.  "All information from other researchers and needs verification".
214.  Eckert, Jane, <[email protected]>, William Rowland, Jessie Rowland, George Rowland, James M. Rowland, Robert Rowland and John R. Rowland. .
215.  Vogt & Kethley, Botetourt Co. Marriages 1770-1853,  Iberian Pub. Co. Athens, Georgia 1987, Rowland, Elizabeth S & James Rowland  31 May 1847; d Jesse Rowland, dec.  b(ond) Joseph Layne  min Samuel D. Campbell, Presby. 2 Jun1847.
216.  Wanda Stefanc.
217.  WPA reports ca 1936, Virginia Historical Inventory, LVA, "Electronic," LVU records include a Mary  Rowland who d Jan 31, 1875.  Could this be the same woman mentioned in Julia Bilyue's research notes that reads,          "Mary Gilmore Rowland            Died Jan 31 1875 -Age 25."
218.  "Bilyeu, Julia Humes, Miscellaneous genealogy notes," On a note that starts "Robert Madison Rowland".  Near the bottom of the page, Julia wrote "James Rowland" and then, " Mary Gilmore Rowland Died Jan 31 1875 Age 25." Mary was the 1st cousin of Julia's mother.
219.  Unverified, Middle name unverified.
220.  Census 1880 Morgan County, MO, Place of birth in Virginia and dob based on age in 1880 and earlier census reports.
221.  Wheatley Family Archives, No. II.G.m, Scrap of paper with list of children of William and E.S. Humes, written by William McCoy Wheatley.  In the column of birth locations, is written, "Eastside of State, Washington Co. VA."
222.  Mary Lou Joplin Humes; letter to John W. Wheatley, Aug.1, 1912, The letter from "Aunt Lou" is in response to a request from John Wheatley to provide dobs etc. of Humes family members.
223.  Mary Lou Joplin Humes; letter to John W. Wheatley, Aug.1, 1912, "Your Uncle Tom died in Texas in 1899, on the 24th of July, and was burried  (sic) onthe 25th, the thirty-fifth anniversary of our marriage."
224.  Morgan Co. Marriage Records, HUMES, Thomas R.      JOPLIN, Mary                       7/25/1864.
225.  Mary Lou Joplin Humes; letter to John W. Wheatley, Aug.1, 1912, "Your Uncle Tom died in Texas in 1899, on the 24th of July, and was burried  (sic) onthe 25th, the thirty-fifth anniversary of our marriage."
226.  Morgan Co. Marriage Records, HUMES, Thomas R.      JOPLIN, Mary                       7/25/1864.
227.  Mary Lou Joplin Humes; letter to John W. Wheatley, Aug.1, 1912, Note:  In a listing of dobs and locations, William M. Wheatley wrote on a scrap of paper that Joseph was born in Washington Co. VA.
228.  Mary Lou Joplin Humes; letter to John W. Wheatley, Aug.1, 1912.
229.  Location and dob based on census of 1880.
230.  Location and dob based on 1870 Morgan Co. Census.
231.  Wheatley Family Archives, Catalog No. II.G.m, Scrap of paper with list of children of Wm. Humes written by Wm.McCoy Wheatley.Location of Mildred's birth is written "Pond___ Farm, Miller Co. MO:.
232.  Census 1870 Morgan Co. MO, Location of birth given as Missouri.
233.  Peter Binkley, Wheatley Family History, "Electronic."
234.  Binkley, Peter, Peter Binkley,  Wheatley Family History,, "Electronic."
235.  1870 United States Federal Census, Osage Twn. Morgan Co. Census does not include William, who would have been 11 yrs. old.   Family records report his birth as 1859.  In 1860, his parents, William and Mildred are with William's parents in PA. at the time of the census, with no listing for William.  He probably died when he was less than a year old.
236.  1850 Census Morgan Co. MO., In this census and census of 1880, Mary's place of birth is given as MO.  In her letters to relatives ca. 1930s, she referred to herself as "born in the same room in Sidney Vale where James Edwin Humes recoverd from wounds he received in the war."
237.  Obituary of James E. Humes, Location of birth cited by Mary Margaret McBride and others.
238.  Louise M. Perkins, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883,  (1989), pp. 188., October 17, 1872, James Ed. Humes, 30, s, b/Rockbridge, living in Morgan Co., Md., Woolen Manufacturer, son of Wm. Humes and Eliza HumesMarried Mary Allie Rowland*, 20, s, b/Botetourt Co., living in RockbridgeDaughter of Robt. Rowland and Frances RowlandP.B. Price officiating, *Allie underlined.    Note: Transcriber of record made error re. residence of James Humes.             Morgan Co. was in Missouri, not Maryland..
239.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, Date of marriage on Marriage Page in family bible of Rebecca Fannie Lackey and Robert M. Rowland.  Family tradition says location of the marriage was  Sidney Vale, the Gilmore plantation on the James River.
240.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
241.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, Bible Deaths listing: Mary Alla Humes died Nov 14th 1889, 37yrs 4mo 3 days.
242.  James E. Hume Residence: Post Falls  Gender: Male  Spouse: Anna E. Millinerl  Spouse residence: Post Falls  Spouse Gender: Female  Marriage Date: Jun 8, 1895  Marriage Location: Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., Idaho  Source: This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Kootenai Co., ID in Volume 1 on Page 15.  .
243.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
244.  Saltese Cemetery Records, HUMES, Annie, b. 09/21/1853, d. 05/20/1916, Nee:Rowland.
245.  Hume, James R.,  Humes Family Report, From a report attached to copies of James obituary and  and circulated among family members:  "James EdwinHumes, Sr. was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Spokane beside his sister, Mrs. Mildred Maria Humes Wheatley." Note: unverified..
246.  [[email protected]], Maggie Rail,  (http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/addy/addy.htm), Addy Cemetery, Stevens County, WA has the following listing in records of http://www.newgs.org. cited by :  Humes Ed, no dates, L-9 *No verification of this being James Ed Humes..
247.  Marriage Records Rockbridge Co. VA, In her marriage bond, Mary Alla included her nickname "Allie" and emphasised  it by underlining.
248.  Louise M. Perkins, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883,  (1989), pp. 188., October 17, 1872, James Ed. Humes, 30, s, b/Rockbridge, living in Morgan Co., Md., Woolen Manufacturer, son of Wm. Humes and Eliza HumesMarried Mary Allie Rowland*, 20, s, b/Botetourt Co., living in RockbridgeDaughter of Robt. Rowland and Frances RowlandP.B. Price officiating, *Allie underlined.    Note: Transcriber of record made error re. residence of James Humes.             Morgan Co. was in Missouri, not Maryland..
249.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, Date of marriage on Marriage Page in family bible of Rebecca Fannie Lackey and Robert M. Rowland.  Family tradition says location of the marriage was  Sidney Vale, the Gilmore plantation on the James River.
250.  Saltese Cemetery Records, Humes, Annie Rowland, b. Sep 21, 1853, d. May 20, 1916, w/o Ed, L-34 P-3.
251.  James E. Hume Residence: Post Falls  Gender: Male  Spouse: Anna E. Millinerl  Spouse residence: Post Falls  Spouse Gender: Female  Marriage Date: Jun 8, 1895  Marriage Location: Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., Idaho  Source: This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Kootenai Co., ID in Volume 1 on Page 15.  .
252.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Name on page of Births:   Annie Isabel.  Location of birth in 1880 Census given as Missouri.
253.  Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.
254.  Saltese Cemetery Records.
255.  Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002, Orient, Ferry, Washington.  Burton, dairy farmer,  listed as 54, and wife Annie Isabelle as 52.
256.  Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002, Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.T626, 2,667 rolls. Orient, Ferry, Washington, ED 13, roll 2486, page , image 557.0.
257.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Name written in Births page as Charlotte Louisa.
258.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
259.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Named on page of Births and Deaths.  Lived only 7 days.
260.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible, Entry in bible reads, " Infant son was born  __ April 13 1897, of J E and A E Humes."  According to Peter Binkley he may have been named Robert. Nomention of him in 1900 Census.
261.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, "David Rowland was the grandfather of the Tom Gilmore who married Nellie Watson"  Comment made by John Wheatley and included in penciled copy  of Bible made by Lou Humes.
262.  Louise M. Perkins, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883,  (1989), Compiled, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883, Thomas *K* (or "R") Gilmore, 23, b/Missouri, Farmer, son of Joseph Gilmore and Catherine Gilmore, married Mary E. Watson, 21, b/Rockbridge, daughter of Dr. James F and Sarah D.E. Watson. Possible error in original is reported, with one version giving ;name as *Gilmon*   Is Thomas the grandson of Joseph and Millie Gilmore, or from a different Gilmore familly?
263.  Morse, Sally Luten
264.  Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans & Widows, Pension Roll pgs. 1-4, Widow, Mary Gilmore, wrote that Thomas died in a hospital in Roanoke from shock a few hrs? days? after loosing both legs in __?__accident.
265.  "Obituary," Rockbridge County News, November 26, 1903., Pub. Roanoke Nov 26, 1903: Thomas R. Gilmore was fatally injured on Saturday morning and died Sunday morning at 4 clock of his wounds.
266.  Rockbridge County Marriages.
267.  Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans & Widows, Date of marriage given by widow in application.
268.  Filed application for widow's pension on 11 Dec. 1906.
269.  American Civil War Soldiers,  (ancestry.com), "Electronic," Thomas Russell Gilmore    Residence:   Occupation: Student   Service Record:   Enlisted as a Lieutenant on 25 May 1861 at the age of 19Commission in Company K, 11th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 25 May 1861.Absent, sick on 15 December 1861Dropped from the rolls Company K, 11th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 26 April 1862 .
270.  Census 1880 Botetourt Co. VA, Family reported in Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA pg 91B.
271.  Rockbridge County Marriages.
272.  Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans & Widows, Date of marriage given by widow in application.
273.  1880 United States Federal Census, 1880 U.S. Census Index  Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia,.
274.  "Obituary," Rockbridge County News, November 26, 1903., Father's obit lists her as "Mrs. John Pack of Roanoke".  Dob given by Sallie in 1900 gives Sallie's dob as Jan.1875, which is reported as her sister Elenora's birthdate.  Confusing and need verification.
275.  "Obituary," Rockbridge County News, November 26, 1903., Nov. 1903 Obit of Thomas R. Gilmore.
276.  Census 1880 Rockbridge Co. VA., Birth year listed as 1845 in 1880 Census online.  Middle initial given as "C". Earlier census give middle initial "E".  Father's will names her as Elizabeth J. Gilmore.  Listed as Elizabeth E. McCrum, age 60  in 1910 census. .
277.  Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Archives; 1860 Census Lexington, VA with notes by Col. Edw L. Dooley, Jr.
278.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Elizabeth d/o  J. and C.B. Gilmore.[Catherine B. Paxton Gilmore].
279.  Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Archives.
280.  1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1870 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003.  Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, post office Lexington, roll 1675, page 458, image 362.
281.  1860 Census, Lexington, VA Census.
282.  1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1870 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003.  Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, post office Lexington, roll 1675, page 458, image 362.
283.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Elizabeth d/o  J. and C.B. Gilmore.[Catherine B. Paxton Gilmore].
284.  Rockbridge County, VA Records, Name in land deeds listed as J. William Gilmore..
285.  Wm. M. Paxton, The Paxtons-We Are One,  (Platte City, MO 1903), Lists William James Gilmore s/o Capt Joseph Gilmore and 2nd wife, Catherine Paxton.  States he lived in the "old Gilmore home, Sidney Vale, near Gilmore's Mill..
286.  .
287.  Virginia Constitutional Convention Directory 1901, Name listed as James William Gilmore.
288.  Census 1920 Rockbridge Co. VA, Age in January enumeration given  as 68 at last birthday.  Name given as James W. Gilmore.
289.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Name of groom given as J. Wm.. Gilmores/o Jas (sic) and C.B. Gilmore.
290.  Louise M. Perkins, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883,  (1989), 31 yrs old at time of marriage.
291.  Rockbridge County, VA Records, Deed Bk 78, pp 490-492.
292.  Rockbridge County Marriages, Name of groom given as J. Wm.. Gilmores/o Jas (sic) and C.B. Gilmore.
293.  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
294.  1920 United States Federal Census, Lexinton, VA  gives age as 34.
295.  1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, ED , roll , page , image 294.
296.  1920 United States Federal Census, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, ED , roll , page , image 294.
297.  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] : Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Roll 1985176, DraftBoard 0.
298.  DAR Member, E.P. Wiedle, # 462519, Elizabeth Parsons Wiedle: Gives vital dates as 5/20/1836 - 1/04/1917.
299.  DAR Member, E.P. Wiedle, All information about Margaret Steele.
300.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
301.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, Bible Deaths listing: Mary Alla Humes died Nov 14th 1889, 37yrs 4mo 3 days.
302.  Louise M. Perkins, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883,  (1989), pp. 188., October 17, 1872, James Ed. Humes, 30, s, b/Rockbridge, living in Morgan Co., Md., Woolen Manufacturer, son of Wm. Humes and Eliza HumesMarried Mary Allie Rowland*, 20, s, b/Botetourt Co., living in RockbridgeDaughter of Robt. Rowland and Frances RowlandP.B. Price officiating, *Allie underlined.    Note: Transcriber of record made error re. residence of James Humes.             Morgan Co. was in Missouri, not Maryland..
303.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, Date of marriage on Marriage Page in family bible of Rebecca Fannie Lackey and Robert M. Rowland.  Family tradition says location of the marriage was  Sidney Vale, the Gilmore plantation on the James River.
304.  Obituary of James E. Humes, Location of birth cited by Mary Margaret McBride and others.
305.  Marriage Records Rockbridge Co. VA, In her marriage bond, Mary Alla included her nickname "Allie" and emphasised  it by underlining.
306.  Hume, James R.,  Humes Family Report, From a report attached to copies of James obituary and  and circulated among family members:  "James EdwinHumes, Sr. was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Spokane beside his sister, Mrs. Mildred Maria Humes Wheatley." Note: unverified..
307.  [[email protected]], Maggie Rail,  (http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/addy/addy.htm), Addy Cemetery, Stevens County, WA has the following listing in records of http://www.newgs.org. cited by :  Humes Ed, no dates, L-9 *No verification of this being James Ed Humes..
308.  Louise M. Perkins, Rockbridge Co. Marriage Records 1851-1883,  (1989), pp. 188., October 17, 1872, James Ed. Humes, 30, s, b/Rockbridge, living in Morgan Co., Md., Woolen Manufacturer, son of Wm. Humes and Eliza HumesMarried Mary Allie Rowland*, 20, s, b/Botetourt Co., living in RockbridgeDaughter of Robt. Rowland and Frances RowlandP.B. Price officiating, *Allie underlined.    Note: Transcriber of record made error re. residence of James Humes.             Morgan Co. was in Missouri, not Maryland..
309.  Rowland-Lackey Family Bible, Date of marriage on Marriage Page in family bible of Rebecca Fannie Lackey and Robert M. Rowland.  Family tradition says location of the marriage was  Sidney Vale, the Gilmore plantation on the James River.
310.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
311.  Saltese Cemetery Records, HUMES, Annie, b. 09/21/1853, d. 05/20/1916, Nee:Rowland.
312.  James E. Hume Residence: Post Falls  Gender: Male  Spouse: Anna E. Millinerl  Spouse residence: Post Falls  Spouse Gender: Female  Marriage Date: Jun 8, 1895  Marriage Location: Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., Idaho  Source: This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Kootenai Co., ID in Volume 1 on Page 15.  .
313.  Obituary of James E. Humes, Location of birth cited by Mary Margaret McBride and others.
314.  Saltese Cemetery Records, Humes, Annie Rowland, b. Sep 21, 1853, d. May 20, 1916, w/o Ed, L-34 P-3.
315.  Hume, James R.,  Humes Family Report, From a report attached to copies of James obituary and  and circulated among family members:  "James EdwinHumes, Sr. was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Spokane beside his sister, Mrs. Mildred Maria Humes Wheatley." Note: unverified..
316.  [[email protected]], Maggie Rail,  (http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/addy/addy.htm), Addy Cemetery, Stevens County, WA has the following listing in records of http://www.newgs.org. cited by :  Humes Ed, no dates, L-9 *No verification of this being James Ed Humes..
317.  James E. Hume Residence: Post Falls  Gender: Male  Spouse: Anna E. Millinerl  Spouse residence: Post Falls  Spouse Gender: Female  Marriage Date: Jun 8, 1895  Marriage Location: Rathdrum, Kootenai Co., Idaho  Source: This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Kootenai Co., ID in Volume 1 on Page 15.  .
318.  Lackey-Rowland Family Bible.
319.  Saltese Cemetery Records, ROWLAND, Robert Lacky, b. 02/21/1861, d. 07/31/1936, 77Y  5M  9D.
320.  1900 U.S.Census, Saltese, Spokane Co. WA. lists Elma as d/o Robert L. Rowland, born May 1880 in WA State.  Robert was still in MO with James and Allie Humes in 1880.
321.  Census 1870, Location and dob based on census.
322.  Hacker, Eileen; Hume/Gilmore Family, <[email protected] > 9.30.03, All information re Thomas Edwin Humes and his family.
323.  Census 1870 Morgan Co. MO, Location and dob based on census.   Listed as Ede, age 5.
324.  Morgan Co. Marriage Records, HUMES, Thomas C.     HOWARD, Dora         9/17/1891This may have been date license issued.  Family say they were m. on 20 Sep.
325.  Eileen Hacker, They were divorced about 1905 or so. Of course this was before divorce was considered a solution. It caused much consternation..
326.  Morgan Co. Marriage Records, HUMES, Thomas C.     HOWARD, Dora         9/17/1891This may have been date license issued.  Family say they were m. on 20 Sep.
327.  Hacker, Eileen; Hume/Gilmore Family, <[email protected] > 9.30.03, Mother of Eileen Smith Hacker.
328.  Eileen Hacker.
329.  Eileen Hacker;  Misc. Documents mailed to JMK 6 Oct. 2003, Gilmore/Rowland Genealogy, Gilmore/Rowland (2 pg.) genealogy outline apparently written by Ricarda Wheatley Bacchus. Bottom of back page reads: "Wm Humes was my grandmother Mildred Maria Humes-Wheatley's father.(Ricarda ? Bacchus).
330.  Binkley, Peter, Peter Binkley,  Wheatley Family History,, "Electronic," http://www.wallandbinkley.com/wheatley/catalog.html#II_B, VII.B.e.8. Clipping: 30 June 1910. Wedding of Ricarda Wheatley and G.A. Bacchus. With picture of Ricarda. .
331.  Eileen Hacker;  Misc. Documents mailed to JMK 6 Oct. 2003, Gilmore/Rowland Genealogy Outline prepared by Ricarda Wheatley Bacchus., "Papa's sister --Harrient W. Williams (widow-88 yrs old) lives in #546 - Geneva Ave. Bolder, Colarado with her dtr. Mrs. Robet Binkley (widow) who is librarian at Univ. of Colo."
332.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, dob in page of Births.  Location given in Morgan Co. Census 1880 as Missouri.
333.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible.
334.  Western States Marriage Record Index.
335.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible;  Copy of Family Record Page.
336.  Irene Joscher Quigley, All information about this family.
337.  Irene Joscher Quigley.
338.  Social Security Death Index.
339.  Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006, Online publication - Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.Original data - Social Security Adminisration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
340.  Charles B. Hopkins <[email protected]>, Grandson of Mildred Maria Humes Girard.
341.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, dob on page Births.  Location given as Missouri in 1880 census.
342.  Social Security Death Index.
343.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible;  Copy of Family Record Page, Notation on bottom of Family Record page for Marriages:"James E. Humes Lena Lindsey, married at Saltese 1905 ?"
344.  Washington State Death Index, Age 62 at time of death.
345.  Saltese Cemetery Records, Humes, James E., b. 1879, d. 1965, s/w Lena R., L-89 P-3Humes, Lena R., b. 1883, d. 1946, s/w James E., L-89 P-2Note: Annie Rowland Humes is buried nearby..
346.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible;  Copy of Family Record Page, Notation on bottom of Family Record page for Marriages:"James E. Humes Lena Lindsey, married at Saltese 1905 ?"
347.  Social Security Death Index.
348.  This cemetery can be reached from Hwy 395 by taking the Pierre Lake Rd, which is just north of the Barstow store. You head east and then north for about 2 1/2 miles till you reach Gallaher-Barret Rd. Turn right and continue for about 1 1/2 mile to McNitt Rd, turn left and it is about one more mile.
349.  Peter Binkley, Alice b 1919, married Vincent Portwr; son Michael Ray Porter.
350.  Peter Binkley.
351.  Copy of a penciled  memorandum of the family record given in an old Bible belonging to Eliza Gilmore Humes,  daughter of Miillie Rowland and Joseph Gilmore, and brother of Thomas., Rowland  Family Bible, Name and dob on page of Births.
352.  Missouri Birth and Death Records, Father: James Ed Humes,  mother: Mary Alice Roland Humes. Name of child not in report, but  is reported as  "No. of child of this mother - seventh".  Medical attendant: H. R. Fish; Gravois Mills, Mo. .
353.  Social Security Death Index, ROBERTA BROWN  22 Sep 1884 Apr 1968 83856 (Priest River, Bonner,  Idaho.
354.  Cemetery Records, Evergreen Cemetery, Bonner Co. ID.  Brown, Roberta Roland    09-22-1884  -  04-23-1968    .
355.  1910 Census.
356.  Alan Anderson, [email protected], Cites Obit pub. Spokane Spokesman Review, June 2, 1953, page 6).
357.  Binkley, Peter.
358.  1930 United States Federal Census, .Priest River, Bonner, Idaho,
359.  1910 United States Federal Census, 1910 U.S. Census 1-Wd Spokane, Spokane, Washington,.
360.  1920 United States Federal Census, Priest River, Bonner, Idaho, ED
361.  Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.
362.  1920 United States Federal Census.
363.  Idaho State Vital Statistics, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/id/statewide/vitals/deaths/.
364.  Cemetery Records.
365.  Cemetery Records, Evergreen Cemetery, Bonner Co. ID.  Brown, Leonard Clinton  08-31-1913 - 09-15-1987.
366.  Social Security Death Index.
367.  National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
368.  National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005, World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
369.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible;  Copy of Family Record Page, Page of Births lists name and dob.  Julia was born in Arkansas, but always considered herself a Virginian by descent!
370.  Washington State Death Index.
371.  Washington State Digital Archives, In the 1910 census,  Roy is listed as "Leroy Bilyeu" (mis-read as "BilyeN".  "R" listed as Roy's middle initial in several records.
372.  Funeral Records.
373.  Washington State Death Index.
374.  Note, Family records always gave Robert's middle name as Carruthers (from a family name shared by his mother--Julia Carruthers Humes.  Government records however, (SS and Army records) report his middle ititial as C.
375.  .
376.  Social Security Death Index, ROBERT BILYEU 27 Oct 1911 25 Aug 1999 98909 (Yakima, ) (none specified) 535-09-4944 Washington.
377.  U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record, Robert was already married when he enlisted in the army Feb. 1943.
378.  Washington State Birth Index Prior to 1910 - 1919, Another example of the name Bilyeu being distorted.In this case,  there's also a mistake in the first name.which should read "Mary Alla", although at some timeshortly after her birth, "Mary" became "Irene".Washington State Birth IndexParent: Roy Bilgen Name: Mary Alice Bilgen Location: Spokane Parent: Julia Humes Birth Date: 29 Nov 1917 Sex: F .
379.  Albert Merrill,   (Letter of Oct. 14, 1931 to Ralph Merrill, Sr.), "We got married the nineth (sic) of March.  We were married in a little town about five miles from here [Yakima], ten-thirty at night."
380.  Alaska State Records, Birth Certificate.
381.  Washington State Digital Archives, Death Certificate: Albert R Merrill Place of Death:    Anacortes  Date of Death:    20 Sep 1981  Residence:    San Juan  Age:    72 years  Gender:    M  Certificate:    022424  .
382.  Family Records.
383.  Social Security Death Index.
384.  Albert Merrill,   (Letter of Oct. 14, 1931 to Ralph Merrill, Sr.), "We got married the nineth (sic) of March.  We were married in a little town about five miles from here [Yakima], ten-thirty at night."
385.  1930 Census.
386.  California Death Records, SHIELDS EVA V FEMALE 06/15/1914 09/13/1965 WASHINGTON SAN BERNARDINO  HUME (Mother's maiden name).
387.  Kremer Chapel, Funeral Rememberance:  Place of Service, 1st Congregation Church of San Bernardino, CA. 11 AM Friday, September 17, 1965;  Dr. George Haskell, Officiating.
388.  Washington State Birth Index Prior to 1910 - 1919, Parent: Roy Billyou Name: Bessie Covina Billyou Location: Whitman Parent: Julia C Humes Birth Date: 07 Jun 1916 .
389.  Washington State Death Index, Date of death 15 Apr 1992.
390.  Rowland-Humes Family Bible.
391.  "Obituary," Rockbridge County News, November 26, 1903., The Everett Daily Herald, Memorial Obituary;.
392.  1910 Census, No proof that Elma Rowland is same person as Elma Humes, but can find no other explanation.
393.  Family Data Collection - Marriages[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001., Name:    George Washington Smith Spouse:    Carrie Humes (No date given, but Carrie was still "Mrs. Byers" when her father  died in Dec. 1912.
394.  1920 United States Federal Census.
395.  Social Security Death Index, George A Smith 18 Oct 1982  Everett  Everett  97 years  M  533-09-0510  025305.
396.  1910 Census, No proof that Elma Rowland is same person as Elma Humes, but can find no other explanation.
397.  Family Data Collection - Marriages[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001., Name:    George Washington Smith Spouse:    Carrie Humes (No date given, but Carrie was still "Mrs. Byers" when her father  died in Dec. 1912.
398.  Washington State Birth Index Prior to 1910 - 1919, Parents listed as G. W. Byers and Elma Humes.
399.  Washington State Death Index, Myrtle A Seeley 20 Mar 1980  Monroe  Snohomish  67 years  F  535-66-5391  006264.
400.  1930 Census, Myrtle still with mother and step-father when census enumerated 3-4 of June 1930.

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