Homepage for Pilcher Ancestry and Descendants


Welcome! This page is a group effort of data provided by Pilcher researchers to help each other. We are all out there looking at different documents and in different places the more we collaborate the faster the work can progress.  Each of us may come across a Pilcher in an unlikely place where his/her descendants would never find him/her.  If we pool our information it can only help.  And anything you find will be one more clue or one less place someone else has to look.  

I am updating the page as time permits check back often to watch us grow.

Updates and notes: Kent Pilcher passed away on Nov 16, 2002 of apparent heart disease. His brother Rod Pilcher of Arvada, CO will attempt to keep the website up and running.

***Ed Godbold has new information to refute Mary Lindsay Elizabeth Rivers Lindsey as the wife of Reese Pilcher.  Any cousins in this line should contact him if they have questions about this.  It has been changed on the William Pilcher page to Mary Lindsey at his request. ***

Information needed:

Documentation of John Bernard Pilcher and how he ties to William Pilcher III. If John is the same JB Pilcher of Catahoula Parish LA 1860 and if the 13 year old John with him is Red River John Randolph Pilcher and if the father of Red River John is Wilson Pilcher --- I can tie my James Reason Pilcher to William Pilcher III.

Anything on a Mary Ann Pilcher, also known as Hope, who married a Fatheree in Louisiana.


Lewis Pilcher of Pontotoc, MS whose will was probated April 1854 b GA and all children on the 1850 census are born GA. Is this the brother of William Pilcher III of Sumter Co GA.

Linson, Wilson, Ransom and John Pilcher sons of William Pilcher III appear in land and court documents of Henry Co, AL in the early 1850s. John moved on to Louisiana and then Texas. I have not been able to locate Linson, Wilson or Ransom. Where did they go?


Send me your mysteries and I will put them here.

Lynda Durfee [email protected] is a descendant of the same line as Ed Godbold through Reese Pilcher Jr and has a MyFamily.Com website for that tree. You may contact her for inclusion or information.

Winston Pilcher [email protected] will do lookups in books by Crumpton on the genealogy of Warrenton, GA.  One of them has the memoirs of Dr. William Hayes Pilcher, his 2nd great grandfather.

Matthew Barrow Pilcher IV [email protected] will do lookups in Vernon's Pilcher Family History and HISTORICAL SKETCHES of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families by Margaret Campbell Pilcher, Copyright 1911 -- Pilcher and Taliaferro sections and in W. Floyds, The Barrow Family of Old Louisiana. He also has a copy of the Genealogy of John Templeton, 1755-1822 of Iredell Co, NC by Jay Norwalk (1997) which has Richard Pilcher (1708) to Joshua Pilcher (b. Culpepper Co, mvd Fayette Co, KY) and related ancestors.

Helen Hall [email protected] will do lookups in the following books:
"HISTORICAL SKETCHES of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families" by Margaret Campbell Pilcher, Copyright 1911.  Also included are the following surnames:  Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carolthers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell Families.


Thad Long's publication entitled THE PILCHER FAMILY IN AMERICA. (We're so lucky to have Thad as a part of our group)


Vernon's THE PILCHER FAMILY HISTORY (I have this book also and can look things up for you.  It is not indexed.  Unfortunately, Lucille is no longer with us and I don't know where anyone might get copies today)

These are descendancies of people who are researching our family name, please email yours to add:

Denise Damm (This is me) - James Reason Pilcher b. abt 1811 GA>Thomas Jasper Pilcher b. 1846 GA>James Oliver Pilcher b.1876 LA>Henry Harvey Pilcher b. 1904 LA>Virginia Rose Pilcher Gee b. 1921 OK>Denise Gee Damm

Debra Powell Phillips - James Reason Pilcher b. abt 1811 GA>Joseph Newton Pilcher b. 1846 GA>John Vincent Pilcher> Floyd Eugene Pilcher> Martha Mariah Phillips>Marvin Phillips Sr.

Jim Pilcher - James Reason Pilcher b. abt 1811 GA> John Wesley Pilcher b. 1842 GA> James Reese Pilcher b. 1866 LA> Henry Lester Pilcher b. 1906> Jim Pilcher

Faye Bowers - James Reason Pilcher b. abt 1811 GA> John Wesley Pilcher b. 1842 GA> Robert Maxwell Pilcher b. 1870 LA> Vera Floried Pilcher Hippler abt 1919> Faye Bowers 

Cynthia Harvey - Robert Pilcher b. abt 1708 Wales > James Pilcher b. Abt 1733 VA > Daniel Pilcher b. Abt 1760 VA >Daniel Pilcher b. Abt 1803 NC> Daniel C Pilcher b. Nov 1838 MO>Richard Alexander Pilcher b. 1877 TX> Winnie Pilcher b.1902 OK>James Alexander Harvey b. 1921 TX> Cynthia Ann Harvey b. TX 

Matthew B. Pilcher, Jr. (IV)� Robert Pilcher b. ca 1708 Wales> James Pilcher b. ca 1729 Culpepper Co VA > Joshua Pilcher b. 1749 Culpepper County, VA> Moses Pilcher b. 1771 Culpepper Co VA> Meritt Scott Pilcher b. 1802 KY> Matthew Barrow Pilcher b. 1840 TN > Matthew Barrow Pilcher b. 1871 TN> Matthew Barrow Pilcher b. 1906 TN> Matthew Barrow Pilcher b. TN

Myra Marie Whatley Smith � John Edward Pilcher b. 1854 MS> Mary Delilah Jane Pilcher b. 1890 AR> Mary Angeline Siratt b. 1910 AR> Mildred Geraldine Tankersley b. AR> Myra Marie Whatley Smith living in AR

Patti Davidson-Peters - Joshua Pilcher b. 1749 Culpepper County, VA, Fayette Co., KY >Shadrach Pilcher b.1768 KY, IL > Ezekiel Pilcher b. 1800 IL > Clarissa V. Pilcher Moore b.1845 Springfield, IL>Mary Jeanette Moore Lane b. 1880  St. Louis, MO> Clarence Moore Lane b. 1918> Mary Jeanette Lane b. 1942> Patricia Davidson-Peters

Terri Davis Pilcher � Caleb Pilcher> Stephen Pilcher> James Pilcher (VA)> James Madison Pilcher, JR (VA & OH)> George Washington Pilcher (OH)> Otto Funke Pilcher (OH)> James Pilcher (OH & AZ)> James Pilcher II (MD)> William Frederick Pilcher (MD) m Terri Davis

Kent Pilcher � Stephen Pilcher I (VA)> Caleb Pilcher (VA)> Stephen Pilcher IV (VA)> James Pilcher (VA, OH)> Stephen Pilcher VI (VA, OH)> Nathan Selby Pilcher (OH, IA, KS)> Elijah Parker Pilcher (OH, IA, IL, KS, OK)> Francis Layfeotte Pilcher (IL, KS, OK)> Oscar Buford Pilcher (OK, WY)> Wendell William Pilcher (WY, MI, CO)

Ed Godbold  - Stephen Pilcher I b. 1650 England>Stephen Pilcher II b.1675 England>William Pilcher I b.1715/16 VA>William Pilcher II b. 1736 VA>Reese Pilcher Sr b. GA> Reese Pilcher b. Abt. 1800 GA>Richard Pilcher b. 1829 AL>Joseph Mitchell Pilcher b. 1869 AL>Mary Evelyn Pilcher b. 1913 AL>Edward Lewis Godbold b. AL

Stefanie Siverly - Stephen Pilcher I b. 1650> Stephen Pilcher II b.1675>Stephen Pilcher III b. 1725> Stephen Pilcher b. 1752>Margaret Pilcher Stifle b. 1776 > Nancy Stifle Cornwell b. 1800> John Franklin Cornwell I b. 1837> Mary Margaret Cornwell Wait b. 1862> Leola May Wait Siverly b. 1888> Pillip Eugene Siverly b. 1920>Jon P. Siverly> Stefanie Siverly

Peggy Nichols - Stephen Pilcher I b. 1650 England>Stephen Pilcher II b. 1675 England>William Pilcher I b. 1715/16 VA>William Pilcher II b.1736 VA>Reese Pilcher Sr. b. GA>Reese Pilcher b. Abt 1800 GA>Reese P. Pilcher b. Abt 1828>Ruben Lee Pilcher b. March 31, 1882>Myrtle R. Pilcher b. Nov 14, 1916>Peggy Cain Nichols

Charles W."Winston" Pilcher - Stephen Pilcher I b. 1650 England>Stephen Pilcher II b.1675 England>William Pilcher I b.1715/16 VA>William Pilcher II b.1737 VA>William Pilcher III b. 1770 GA>James Wright Pilcher b.1805 GA>William Haynes Pilcher b.1829 GA>Charles W. Pilcher b.1853 >Joseph Spears Pilcher b. 1886 GA >Charles W. Pilcher b.1911 GA >Charles W. Pilcher Jr b. GA

Dreama Pilcher - Stephen Pilcher I b. 1650 England>Stephen Pilcher II b.1675 England>William Pilcher I b.1715/16 VA>William Pilcher II b.1737 VA>William Pilcher III b. 1770 GA>James Wright Pilcher b.1805GA>Thomas Jefferson Pilcher> James Wright Pilcher MD>John Judson Pilcher MD>George Stapleton Pilcher MD>William Cain Pilcher MD

Linda Carol Lewis Dumas - Stephen Pilcher I b. 1650 England>Stephen Pilcher II b. 1675 England>William Pilcher I b. 1715/16 VA>William Pilcher II b. 1737 VA>William Pilcher III b.1770 GA>Maria Theresa Pilcher b.1803>Martha Ann Murphy>Ossie Ophelia Kirkland>Maggie Lee Hicks>John Franklin Lewis

Cindy Sloan - John Martin Pilcher b. 1815 GA> James Franklin Pilcher b.1842 GA>Genetta Pilcher Christmas (Benjamin Augustus Christmas) b.1868 GA>Ellis Harry Christmas b. 1893 FL > Frances Arlene Christmas (Horace Gay ) b. FL> Cindy Gay Sloan

Glenda Quinton - William Andrew Pilcher b. 1852 GA> Sarah Florence Pilcher b.1887 AR> Eulah Johnson b. 1926 OK>Glenda Quinton

Helen Hall - Thomas Pilcher (VA and OH)>William Lewis Pilcher (VA, OH, and IA)>William Meredith Pilcher (IA and KS)>Clint Pilcher (IA and KS)>Helen Pilcher Hall (KS- )

Edrie Anne Broughton - Caleb Pilcher>Stephen Pilcher>James Pilcher>Stephen Nelson Pilcher>Arza Brown Pilcher>Jessie Pearl Pilcher

Edna Skoog - John Wesley Pilcher b 1800 Culpepper Co VA> Jane Pilcher Bretz b 1821 KY> John F Bretz>Katherine Bretz Carroll> John Carroll> Edna Carroll Skoog

Bill Ward - John Pilcher, Sr> John Pilcher, Jr b 1829 NC > William Claiborne Pilcher b 1849 MS > Tellula Pilcher Haire b 1873 MS> Claude Walton Haire b 1891 MS> Louise Haire Ward b 1915 MS> Bill Ward

Katherine Ford - Henry Pilcher b. 01/27/1798 Canterbury, Kent, Eng>William Pilcher III b. 3/15/1830 Dover, Eng>Albert Snyder Pilcher b. 1/18/1869 Chicago, IL>Edmund Wendover Pilcher b. 1/10/1910 New Orleans, LA>John Wren Pilcher b. 7/4/19 New Orleans, LA

Ann Lamb - Thomas Pilcher b late 1700s England>John File Pilcher b abt 1817 Elham Kent England > Elizabeth Ann Pilcher Sims b 1843 Elham Kent England> Albert Sims b Sept 8, 1877 Barham Kent England

Thomas McDavitt emailed these descendancies through a forwarding to the list:


Thomas Pilcher Sr (VA and OH>Thomas Pilcher Jr (VA and OH)>James Reuthven Pilcher (OH and KS)>Bruce Haworth Pilcher (KS)>Adeline Grace Pilcher (KS)>Thomas Bruce McDavitt (KS)>Thomas Andrew McDavitt DVM (KS)

Thomas Pilcher Sr (VA and OH>Thomas Pilcher Jr (VA and OH)>James Reuthven Pilcher (OH and KS)>Bruce Haworth Pilcher (KS)>Robert Bruce Pilcher (KS and NM)>Mark Pilcher (KS, NM and Singapore)>Brandon Pilcher (Singapore)

Thomas Pilcher Sr (VA and OH>Thomas Pilcher Jr (VA and OH)>James Reuthven Pilcher (OH and KS)>Bruce Haworth Pilcher (KS)>Louise Caroline Pilcher (KS and AZ)>James Lee Curtis (KS and AZ)

Check out these links

James Reason Pilcher descendants

William Pilcher descendants

Stephen Pilcher descendants

Ed Godbold's Page

Matt Pilcher's page

Patti Davidson Peters Site "The Pilchers of Culpepper, VA

Colleen Sheppard's site with Pilchers of England

Book Excerpts

Pilcher Data and Documents

Pilcher Pictures Scroll down to Denise Damm

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Updated 3 Mar 2013

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