FLOYD & MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA
and
FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
Compiled
by Charles Keith Jennings, great great-grandson of John and Hannah
(Wimmer) Jennings
Many “Thanks” to Nancy (MmeDefarge) Barb R (poopah) Barb S. and
everyone at the Floyd County mailing
list for all their help and hard work.
"The family history of our
ancestor John JENNINGS is unknown. We are unsure of his place
of birth and his parents and siblings are a mystery. According to the
1850 census record John (shown as Idings) was born in Roanoke, Virginia,
which was still Botetourt County at the time of his estimated birth, 1822.
On his 1889 Floyd County, Virginia death record, his wife Hannah stated
his place of birth as Franklin County, Virginia. On the Floyd County, Virginia
marriage license of his son John in 1892, his son is shown as John W. JENNINGS,
Jr. In 1890, Hannah was living in the home of her son John W. where a Thomas
and Catherine JENNINGS ages 60 and 62
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Montgomery County, Virginia
1777 from defunct Fiscastle 1772-1777-from
Botetourt 1770-from Augusta 1745-from Orange 1738
Personal Property Tax List
Name of H.O.H. tithes slaves horses cattle
JENINGS, William 1 0 3 11Name of H.O.H. acrage value tax
JENINGS, William 200 15 3/*******************************Tax
List******************************
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Amherst County, Virginia
1761 from Albemarle 1744, from Goochland 1728
Tax List for Lexington Parish/District
Peter P. Thornton - Commissioner
Name of H.O.H. white males over 21 horses slaves over 16 slaves 12-16
JENINGS, Robert 1 1 1 0Bedford County, Virginia
1754 from Luenburg 1746 from Brunswick 1732
Personal A Tax List
Name of H.O.H. white males over 21 horses slaves over 16 slaves 12-16
JENINGS, Samuel K. 3 1 2 0*******************************Census*******************************
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Amherst County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
878 09 JENINGS, Robert 2/2 1/1 0/0 0/1 1/0Augusta County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
368 09 JENINGS, John 1/3 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0Bedford County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
878 09 JENINGS, Edmund 5/1 0/1 1/0 0/1 1/1*******************************Census*******************************
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Botetourt County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –10 10-16 (16-18M) (18-26M) (16-26F)26-45 45+
290 06 JENINGS, Robert 2/1 1/0 0 0 1 1/2 0/1Bedford County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –10 10-16 (16-18M) (18-26M) (16-26F)26-45 45+
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Botetourt County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
290 27
JENNINGS, Robert
1/1
0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
John Preston/
/ (undefined)
/Susanna STOVER
Robert JENNINGS,
Jr./
291 01 JENNINGS, William
2/2
0/1 0/1
0/1 0/0 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
William
JENNINGS/
291 02 JENNINGS, Susan 2/2 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0
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Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
303 24 JENNINGS, Pollard
0/1 0/0 0/0
0/0 1/1
0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
/Margaret Virginia
Pollard JENNINGS/
Roanoke County, Virginia
Page Line Name of H.O.H. males/females –5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
220 20 JENNINGS, Paschel 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
/Mary
L.
Paschel JENNINGS/
/Elizabeth STOVER
228 02 JENNINGS, Robert
1/1 1/1 1/0
0/0 0/0 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Michael/
/Sarah Lucy
Thomas/
/(undefined)
John Preston/
/Susanna STOVER
Robert JENNINGS, Jr./
226 12 JENNINGS, Polly
0/0
0/1 1/0
0/2 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
226 14 JENNINGS, Polly
1/1
1/1 1/0
0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
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Dist.# Household # Name
Age Sex Place
of birth Notes______
41 366-366 JENNINGS, Paschal 44 m Virginia
Manager
Elizabeth 41 f Virginia
Mary L. 9 f
Virginia
41 634-634
CARROLL, Demiras 48 m
Maria 25 f
John 15 m
Catherine 13 f
George 12 m
Mary
9 f
Susan
4 f
Matthew 8/12 m
Roanoke County, Virginia
Dist.# Household # Name
Age Sex Place
of birth Notes______
57 789-789 JENNINGS, Susan
M. 45 f Virginia
560
Preston 23 m Virginia Farmer
Thomas 19 m Virginia Farmer
Michael 17 m Virginia Farmer
Lucy 12 f
Mary
8 f
Twin to James
James
8 m
Twin to Mary
57 731-731
JENNINGS, Martha 25 f Virginia
(in the
home of Peter WERTZ)
55 194-194
JENNINGS, Susan 65 f Virginia
(appears
to live in a poor house)
Botetourt County, Virginia
Dist.# Household # Name
Age Sex Place
of birth Notes______
W 8 1287-1287 JENNINGS,
Pollard 37 m Virginia Gunsmith
Eliza J. 32 f Virginia
Margaret V. 12 f Virginia
Frances K. 8 f Virginia
John W.
6 m Virginia
Elizabeth
4 f Virginia
Joseph 4/12 m Virginia
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Dist.# Household # Name Age
Sex Place of Birth Notes__________________
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Back on October 25, 1978, a
first cousin of mine received the following letter from a Mrs. MARTIN
of Roanoke, VA. (possibly Mrs. Frederick Martin) but the return address
is smudged and hard to read. Mrs. Martins’ Letter:
Dear Mr. Hoffman;
In regard to your letter,
I regret to say I am unable to help you with your research on the JENNINGS
family. I really believe you have some other JENNINGS mixed up with
my father John Jennings. He married Anna Eliza POFF instead of a WIMMER
and both were born at Pilot, VA. I have asked both of my older sisters
if they could help in any way, also gave them your letter to read and they
both said it was over their head that they could not give me any information
for you. I do not have the family bible and I doubt it would help any.
I also talked to my nephew
Nelson RIDINGER last week, and I told him we were unable to help you
in any way looking up the JENNINGS. Good luck with your research, so sorry
I could not be of any help to you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Martin
Mrs.
Martin
Missing this lead really hurts as Mrs. Martin is obviously the daughter of John William JENNINGS, Jr., the son of John and Hannah (WIMMER) JENNINGS. She is probably John and Eliza’s third daughter Edith “Birlie” G. as she mentions “both of her older sisters” who would be 1.)Hester Blanche who married (1st.) A.G. EPPERLY (2nd.) Harvey Jackson RIDINGER and 2.)Vera O. for whom I have no marriage info. In 1910 Anna Eliza claims to have had “8 children, 8 living” although I show a twin boy Cleveland who died at 7 months in September 1893, born to her with son George W. Mrs. Martin mentions a nephew Nelson RIDINGER who would be the son of Hester Blanche. John William and Anna Eliza have a fourth daughter Annie Madeline for whom I also have no further information on.
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Dist.# Household # Name
Age Sex Place
of birth Notes____________
| JENNINGS, THOMAS |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1860 | |
| County: | Montgomery County | Record Type: | Slave Schedule | |
| Township: | No Twp Listed | Page: | 120 | |
| Database: | VA 1860 Slave Schedule |
Dist.# Household # Name
Age Sex Place
of birth Notes____________
JENNINGS, William 20
| JENNINGS, POLLARD |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1860 | |
| County: | Botetourt County | Record Type: | Federal Population Schedule | |
| Township: | Fincastle | Page: | 124 | |
| Database: | VA 1860 Federal Census Index |
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Dist.# Household # Name Age Place of birth Notes____________
Catherine
(Undefined
relationship, if any, to John Jennings)
Hannah
38 VA
Keeping house
Mary E.
20 VA
without occupation
Sarah C. 18 VA
without occupation
Jane 15 VA
without occupation
James A. 14 VA
at home
(Born April 1855 was not listed in1860 but his marriage
license does list his parents as John and Hannah JENNINGS, married
to Mary Ellen SPANGLER d/o John H. and Eliza [WEDDLE] SPANGLER
in FCVA March 26, 1881. Another confusing item is where it
lists “Full Names of Married Parties”. James is shown as James Harris
but his middle name per the 1880 census is Asa. After Mary Ellen’s death
in 1882, he married Sarah Alice C. TRENT December 25, 1883)
John 12
VA
at home
Tabitha
10 VA
at home
Flemon
7 VA at home
(The census info I have for 1870 does not show the sex
of individuals and I believe this Florence is actually my great grandfather
Charles Fleming, s/o John and Hannah, shown as Fleming
in 1880. He was born May 20, 1866 in FCVA and married September 09, 1894
in Montgomery County, Virginia, Lillie {Ann or Alma}WICKHAM (my great grandparents) d/o Benjamin
Calvin and Mary “Polly” [SOWERS] WICKHAM)
Algela 1 VA
at home
(Angelia P., shown as Angela in 1880, born September
26, 1868, married December 24, 1888, unsure if Floyd or Montgomery,
Charles G. "Charlie" BECKLEHEIMER s/o Levi and Elizabeth Smith
[LASELY] BECKLEHEIMER)
Dist.# Household # Name
Age Sex Place
of birth Notes_________________
JENNINGS, Benjamin F.
| JENNINGS, MATILDA |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1870 | |
| County: | Montgomery County | Record Type: | Federal Population Schedule | |
| Township: | Christiansburg Township | Page: | 144 | |
| Database: | VA 1870 Federal Census Index |
| ENNINGS, EMILIE S. |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1870 | |
| County: | Botetourt County | Record Type: | Federal Population Schedule | |
| Township: | Buchanan Township | Page: | 483 | |
| Database: | VA 1870 Federal Census Index |
| JENNINGS, JAMES W. |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1870 | |
| County: | Botetourt County | Record Type: | Federal Population Schedule | |
| Township: | Buchanan Township | Page: | 483 | |
| Database: | VA 1870 Federal Census Index |
| JENNINGS, ELIZA |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1870 | |
| County: | Botetourt County | Record Type: | Federal Population Schedule | |
| Township: | Fincastle Township | Page: | 530 | |
| Database: | VA 1870 Federal Census Index |
| JENNINGS, LIZZIE |
| State: | VA | Year: | 1870 | |
| County: | Botetourt County | Record Type: | Federal Population Schedule | |
| Township: | Fincastle Township | Page: | 530 | |
| Database: | VA 1870 Federal Census Index |
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Dist.# Household # Name Age pob fa mo Notes__________________
291-294 JENNINGS,
John 58 VA VA VA
Farmer, works in saw mill
Hannah 50 Dropsy
James Asa 25 Farm
laborer
John W. 22 Farm
laborer
Phoebe T.
19
Fleming 16 Farm
laborer
Algela [f] 11
Annie 6
(Born about
1874, no further info known)
294-297
JENNINGS, Mary
E. 29 VA VA
VA Single Keeping house
Allen 6
son
(James
Allen born April 13, 1872, father unknown, no other info known)
Ollie 5 daughter
(Born about
1875, father unknown, no other info known, apparently
dies prior to 1890)
John 2 son
(Born about
1878, father unknown, no other info known, apparently
dies prior to 1890)
306-309
EPPERLY, William
D. 25
Farm laborer
(JENNINGS) Jane R. 26 Wife
William A. 3 Son
(William Asa born October 05, 1877, married May 12, 1894
in FCVA Mary Elizabeth POFF, born April 1878, d/o William Taylor and
Ellen F. [unknown] POFF. Mary Elizabeth’s sister Anna “Annie” Eliza
married John W. JENNINGS, (Jr.) as noted on 1860 census entry for
John W. Ironically, Mary Elizabeth also had a brother named William Asa)
Millie C. 9/12
Daughter, born September
(Name is shown as Nellie in 1890, born September 1879,
married December 18, 1896 in FCVA Thomas Jefferson McNIEL born
December 1876, s/o Samuel Auldridge and Sarah Elizabeth [POFF]
McNIEL)
SMITH, (Harvey and
Sarah C. (JENNINGS), not found in FCVA record. Have no further info
for them and am unsure if this Harv(ey) SMITH
is from a FCVA SMITH family)
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Name Age _______________________________________________________
JENNINGS, John W. 32| Applicants Name | Description | County of App/Res |
| Jennings, Eva B | Widow | Amherst |
| Jennings, Hannah | Widow (John Jennings d. 1889) | Floyd |
| Jennings, Mary S |