(Pages I have are pages 11 to 27. The page numbers are at the bottom of each page. Carol Anne Scott 1999.  From file of Walter Charles Scott except pages 19 and 20 from Harriet Fast Scott.)

                                                                             STITH

In the summer of 1924 while visiting in Kentucky, I, Frances S. Fast, visited my Aunt, Mrs. Thomas J. Stith, (my mother’s oldest sister, formerly Hannah Williams) who showed me two old Bibles from which I copied the following records.  In William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1926, printed at Williamsburg, Virginia may be found the record which I sent to them. The Bible was dated 1828, New York; published by N. Bangs and J. Emory; Azor Hoyt, printer.

                                              First page.

Drury Stith    husband
                        &
Elizabeth (nee Buckner) Wife

Son:   H. Richard Stith b. Sept. 30th, 1721
         &
         W. Lucy Stith (nee Hall, d. of John and Ann Hall)
              b. July 1736

                married Dec. 28, 1756

              Their youngest son, His Bible.

              Richard Stith b. Dec. 9th, 1778

                married Dec. 27, 1798

                   Elizabeth Jones b. Jan. 1779 (dau. of Thomas and
                                                                 Elizabeth Jones.)

                                   CHILDREN

        Lucy           Mar. 2, 1802

        Elizabeth      Oct. 6, 1803

        Buckner        May 31, 1807

        Susan          Dec. 10, 1808

        John C.        Oct. 3, 1810

        William        April 21, 1812

        Edmund         Mar. 25, 1814

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        Martha Ann     May 14, 1816

        Jesse J.       Mar. 14, 1818

        Mary Ann       Jan. 28, 1820

                                                          2nd page of old Bible.

John Cain born Oct. 2nd 1797
                                    married Nov. 30, 1820
Olive Dinsmore, born June 6, 1800

Lucinda, born April 10, 1824

Jesse J. Stith and Lucinda Cain married Oct. 6, 1842

                                             DEATHS

Hus.  Richard Stith d April 13th, 1843
 &
Wife Elizabeth Stith, d Aug. 24th, 1844

Elizabeth Saunders died June 7th, 1840

Susan Stith died Aug. 4th, 1847

Buckner Stith died Sept. 1st, 1856

Edmund Stith died Apr. 2nd 1860

Mary Ann Stith died Oct. 24th, 1873

Lucy Stith died Oct. 6th, 1876

John C. Stith died Mar. 1st, 1880

William Stith died July 17, 1880
 

John Cain died Dec. 3rd 1869

Olive Cain died July 21, 1884

Births of children raised by Jesse J. Stith:

                        Charlie Lewis     Dec. 1863

                        Mary E. Atkisson     Feb. 26, 1863

                        Mary Lee Wright     b. Dec. 2, 1869 died

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THIRD PAGE OF OLD BIBLE

Richard Stith and Lucy Hall married Dec. 29, 1756

                                 BIRTHS

            Ann                 Nov. 12, 1757

            Joseph              Sept. 6, 1759

            Lucy                March 12, 1761

            Elizabeth Buckner   Oct. 25, 1762

            Mary                Nov. 12, 1764

            Benjamin            Aug. 28, 1766

            Thomas              Oct. 8, 1768

            John                Oct. 7, 1770

            Catharine           May 28, 1773

            Martha              May 8, 1775

            William             Oct. 8, 1777

            Richard             Dec. 9, 1778

                             DEATHS

Richard Stith, sen.     Nov. 16, 1802

Lucy Stith, sen.        Feb. 12, 1815

Ann Hightower           Jan. 14, 1831

Joseph Stith            Nov. 3, 1837

Lucy Jordan             June 13, 1822

Benjamin Stith          March 18, 1837

Thomas Stith            July 27, 1821

Martha Saunders         July 1, 1843

John Stith              Oct. 27, 1840

Elizabeth Buckner
Catharine
William Stith
Richard Stith
                        April 13, 1843

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                                      *** RICHARD STITH  

(72) Richard Stith, :b Sept. 30, 1727 :d Nov. 16, 1802 :m Bedford Co. Va.

(73)    Dec. 28, 1756 Lucy Hall, :b July , 1736 :d Feb. 12, 1815,
        daughter of John Hall and Ann Boling Hall.

    Issue:

1.    Ann, :b Nov. 12, 1757 :d Jan. 14, 1831 :m 1st March 23,
      1779 *
      Drury Hardaway, :b Aug. 13, 1756 :d about 1816 (date of
      appraisal)
      She married 2nd     Hightower (John?) 6 ch.

* **2.  Joseph Stith, :b Sept. 6, 1759 :d Nov. 3, 1837 :m Sept. 8
        1782 *
        Nancy Cocke, :b Apr. 29, 1761 :d Feb. 16, 1842. 10 ch.

     3.  Lucy :b March 12, 1761 :d June 13, 1822 :m June 15, 1780 *
         William Jordan, :b    :d May 1817. 8 ch.

(77) 4.  Elizabeth Buckner :b Oct. 25, 1762 :d prior 1830 :m Feb.
         14, 1785 ****

(76)    Jesse Adams Moreman, :b    1762 :d    1843 8 ch.

     5. Mary :b Nov. 12, 1764 :d     :m Nov. 4, 1789 ****
        Richard Hightower     no information.

     6. Benjamin W. :b Aug. 28, 1766 :d March 18, 1838 :m 1st
        Phoebe Cox, :b     :d wit. to will John Stith 1833 when
                                it was prob. 1842, she was dec’d.
        8 children.
                   Benjamin :m 2nd Aug. 19, 1836 Sally Paul

(78) 7. Thomas :b Oct. 8, 1768 d: July 27, 1821 on trip to New Orleans.

(79)**** :m March 12, 1792 Rhoda Jones, :b Jan. 11, 1777 :d Feb.
         1851

        (She m. 3 more times) 11 ch.
        (2nd Oct. 12, 1828 Matthew Partridge
        (3rd May 1, 1845 John H. Gibbs
        (4th Sept. 16, 1847 Henry S. Bell

    They say after the last wedding she kicked off her slippers and said save them she might need them again. Buried Ben B. Stith Cemetary. *Married Bedford Co. Va. *** Rev. record. *** M Campbell Co.

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Children of Richard Stith (continued)

8. John : Dec. 27, 1770 :d Oct. 27, 1840 :m April 22, 1801
          Campbell Co.
   Susan Hightower, :b 1780 :d May 9, 1861, age 81, bur. Clarkson
          Cemetary. He was an M.D. in Breckinridge County. 6 ch.

9. Catharine :b May 28, 1773 :d    in Virginia, never came to
            Kentucky; :m Sept. 17, 1791 James Jones,  :b
            (not a brother to Rhoda, Nancy and Elizabeth, who
            were sisters) Son of Col. William and Agnes Walker
            Jones.

10. Martha, :b May 8, 1775 :d July 1, 1843 :m Oct. 23, 1793
            Campbell County.
    Daniel J. Saunders, :b     :d prior to 1830. 8 ch.

11. William, :b Oct. 8, 1777 :d May 10, 1854 :m Dec. 28, 1796
             Campbell County. Nancy Jones, :b   1781 :d
             Daughter of Major Thomas and Elizabeth ____ Jones.
             9 children.

*12. Richard, :b Dec. 9, 1778 :d April 13, 1843 :m Dec. 20, 1798
              Elizabeth Jones, :b Jan. 1779 :d Aug. 24, 1844
              10 children.

* This Richard Stith is the one who came to Stith Valley prior to 1804. He bought land in Hardin County, later Meade, called Stith Valley in 1811, 430 acres.

Richard Stith, Senior, never came to Kentucky, as far as is known, see sheet of his life.

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                               STITH

(36.)
Richard Stith, :b Dec. 9, 1778 :d April 13, 1843 in Stith Valley:
:m in Campbell Co. Va. Dec. 20, 1798 Elizabeth _____ Jones. b Jan.
1779 :d Aug. 24, 1844, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones.
    Issue: by (37) Elizabeth Jones.

        Lucy Stith, :b Mar. 2, 1802 :d Oct. 6, 1876 :m May 27, 1819
        Thomas Hawfield Stith, :b     :d

        Elizabeth Stith, :b Oct. 6, 1803 :d June 7, 1840 :m Feb. 11, 1819
        Sith Saunders, :b 1798 :d Jan. 31, 1840

    (18) Buckner Jones Stith, b May 31, 1807 :d Sept. 1, 1856 :m March
         5 (19) 1829 Cinderella Moreman, :b 1812 :d Aug. 19, 1841
         2nd Feb. 15, 1843 Mary Cofer: 3rd Mar. 21, 1852 Emily Bowmer

        Susan Stith, :b Dec. 10, 1808 :d Aug. 4, 1847 :m May 13, 1825
        Griffin Stith, :b

        John C. Stith, :b Oct. 3, 1810 :d Mar. 1, 1880 :m 1st Oct. 6,
        1831, Mahala Ann Stith, :b :d
        2nd Margaret L. _____

        William Banks Stith, :b April 21, 1812 :d July 17, 1880 :m 1st
        Nov. 13, 1834 Hannah Hayden, 2nd Elizabeth Ann King. Jan. 1,
        1843

        Edmund J. Stith, :b Mar. 25, 1814 :d April 2, 1860 :m Aug. 22,
        1844, Mary S. Dowell, :b May 28, 1825 :d

        Martha Ann Stith, :b May 14, 1816 :d :m July 14, 1831
        Joseph E. Hardaway, :b
        2nd Nov. 17, 1874 Thomas B. Nall

        Jesse Jones Stith, :b Mar 14, 1818 :d July 21, 1895 :m Oct. 6,
        1842 Lucinda Cain, :b April 10, 1824 :d March 30, 1909

        Mary Ann Stith, :b Jan. 23, 1820 :d Oct. 24, 1873 :m April 14,
        1836 Henry Stith, :b

Richard Stith was the 12th child of Richard Stith and Lucy Hall.

He came from Campbell County, Virginia, in 1806; purchased 430 acres in the Barrens from Thomas Lewis in 1811, part of Banks and Claiborne Survey, and named his location Stith Valley.

Richard Stith made an arithmetic book, which is owned by Mrs. Eula Hart, on heavy paper, and bound in linen cloth, beautifully ruled and handwriting very plain and perfect figures. In an old note book, leather bound, he had written 1828, April 4th end 5 days snow 1829, April a blustring day of hale and rain. 11th
The 25th and 26th large white frost. Oct. 29th 1830 paid Ben Hardin $75. The 14 Jan’y 1831 snowed all day.
1834 April the 27th a killen frost.

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                                                         STITH

(18)
Buckner Jones Stith, b May 31, 1807 :d Sept. 2, 1856 :m 1st March 5
                     1829 Cinderella Moreman, b 1812
                     d Aug. 19, 1841.
    m 2nd Mary Cofer, Feb. 15, 1843: 3rd Emily Haynes Bowmer

(19) Issue by Cinderella Moreman:

Lucy Catherine b Jan. 1, 1830 :d :m Dec. 23, 1847
Henry W. Cain, b :d

(9)  Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1831 :d Dec. 14, 1896 :m Oct. 2, 1851
(8)  William Francis Morgan, b Jan. 11, 1823 :d Nov. 28, 1888

Charles Moreman b July 24, 1834 :d Aug. 27, 1896 :m Nov. 14, 1867
Mary E. Wells, b 1845 :d 1928 in Cleveland

Evaline b Aug. 2, 1836 :d :m 1st April 20, 1854
James H. McQuown. 2nd Dec. 23, 1858 Thomas Parsons Hardaway.

Rachel Ann, b Dec. 8, 1832 :d :m Sept. 15, 1849
Edward Young McQuown, b

Rhoda Buckner b Feb. 18, 1838 :d :m 1st June 1862
Thomas Edward Cain
2nd Aug. 1873 J. Hanson Jones.

Annis Haskell, b Mar. 20, 1840 :d Dec. 26, 1923 :m Oct. 1, 1865
Christopher C. Beasley b

by Mary Cofer:

Albert F b. Aug. 1, 1846

Elvira Belle b. Jan. 10, 1848: d Sept. 10, 1859

Leander, b Sept. 25, 1851 :d
lived with William F. Morgan.

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STITH NEGROES

       In a small notebook (4 1/2 x 7) bound in calfskin, very old and somewhat worn that belonged to Richard Stith, Sen., then to his son, Richard Stith, Jun'r., and lastly to Jesse Jones Stith, with the names "Richard Stith, Henry Stith and J.J. Stith" crudely lettered on the cover, with beautiful copperplate writing of Richard Stith, Sen., not quite so beautiful of the younger Richard listing slaves, their births and some deaths. Also, there is a list of the children of Richard Stith, Sen., with their birth dates. This book is now in possession of Mrs. W.A. Stith, Sen., Guston, Ky. of the Stith Farms in Stith Valley.
 

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Pages 19 & 20 provided by Aunt Harriet Jan. 1999

                                                                               STITH NEGROES  

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PARENTAGE OF LUCY HALL

(73) Lucy Hall, b July 1736 :d Feb. 12, 1815 :m Dec. 28, 1756
        Richard (72) Stith, Was a daughter of John Hall and His
        wife, Ann Bolling.

    Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Va. to John Hall 1197
acres of land consideration "love and affection to my son-in-law"
Jan. 23, 1746, the first deed having been made Aug. 13, 1740.
Deed Book 1, page 247.

    Archives of the Virginia State Library Records of the
Bolling family 1747 - 1843, yield some information.
    The records of Amelia Co. Va. show that John Hall gave power
of attorney to Stith Bolling to make a final settlement of the
legacy devised by Robert Bolling in his will, dated January 23, 1747
to his daughter, Anne Bolling Hall.

    On March 20, 1762 John Hall, Gentleman, of Amelia Co. gives one
negro man to John Hall, Jr., his son. This seems to be the last
recorded date of a residence of John Hall in Amelia Co.

Amelia County was formed from Prince George in 1735.

On March 13, 1764 John Hall appointed John Hall his lawful attorney and again on February 18, 1765 John Hall of Edgecomb County in the Province of North Carolina, Gentlemen, gives full power to his son, John Hall the younger of Amelia County in the Colony of Virginia.

It is evident from the records of 1761 that John Hall was preparing to go to North Carolina, but we do not know the reason for his taking up residence there.

(146) John Hall and Anne Bolling had issue of record:

Robert Bolling Hall b circa 1731

Hugh Hall b 1733 married Mary Dixon

Mary Hall Married Robert Starks bond Feb. 3, 1758

(73) Lucy Hall b July 1736, married Dec. 29, 1758 Richard Stith

John Hall, b Feb. 3, 1742/3

Elizabeth Hall, Oct. 20, 1752 married David Holt

Anne Hall, married June 22, 1745 Joseph Hardaway

Others mentioned William Hall, several times as a witness. He seems to be a son, also. Deed Book 8, p 628 Amelia County.

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HALL STITH

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty-sixth day of February MDCCLXI between John Hall, Gent. of Amelia County of the one part and Richard Stith of Bedford County of the other part:

WITNESSETH that the said JOHN HALL for and in consideration of the love and affection that he hath for his daughter, LUCY, (the wife of said Richard) hath granted and given and by these presents doth give, grant and confirm unto the said RICHARD STITH one negro slave girl named CEBRINS, aged 15 years the twelfth day of August past and now in possession of the said Richard Stith.

To have and to hold the said slave and her increase free from the claim or demand of all other persons whatsoever unto the said Richard Stith his heirs and assigns. In witness whereof he the said JOHN HALL hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, the day and year first above written.
                                    JOHN HALL (SEAL)

    At a court held for Amelia County the 26th day of Feb. 1761
This Indenture was acknowledged by the within named JOHN HALL
party thereto and ordered to be recorded.

                                                    Teste: T. Griffin Peacy CC.

Book No. 7, page 411

NOTE:     A list of slaves’ births written by Richard Stith, in the small
          notebook shows CIB’S CHILDREN the first, Betty, born Nov. 17,
          1762. This seems to me to be the above named CEBRINS.
                                                Frances S. Fast.

Deed Book 1, page 247, Prince George Co. Va. ROBERT BOLLING of Prince George County, Va. to JOHN HALL, 1197 acres of land the consideration "love and affection to my son-in-law" Jan. 23, 1746, the first deed having been made Aug. 13, 1740.

Amelia County was formed from Prince George in 1735.

The records of Amelia County show that JOHN HALL gave power of Attorney to Stith Bolling to make a final settlement of the legacy devised by Robert Bolling, in his will, dated January 23, 1747 to his daughter Anne Bolling Hall.

On March 20, 1762 JOHN HALL, gentleman, of Amelia County gives one negro man to John Hall, Junior, his son. This seems to be the last recorded date of a residence of John Hall in Amelia County, Va.

On March 13, 1764 John Hall appointed John Hall his lawful attorney and again on February 18, 1765 John Hall of Edgecomb Co. in the Province of North Carolina, Gentlemen, gives full power to his son, John Hall the younger of Amelia County in the Province of Virginia.

It is evident from the records of 1761 that John Hall was preparing to go to North Carolina, but we do not know the reason for his taking up residence there.

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                                                                   BOLLING FAMILY

Robert Bolling (The Immagrant) :b Dec. 26, 1646 :m 1st Jane, daughter of Thomas Rolfe and granddaughter of Princess Pocahontas. :m 2nd 1681 Anne, daughter of Major John Stith and Jane his wife.
    Issue:

By 1st marriage to Jane Rolfe:
1. John Bolling, :b Jan. 27, 1676; :m Mary Kennon
   Children by 2nd marriage to Anne Stith:
2. Robert Bolling, :b Jan. 25, 1682; :m Jan. 27, 1706 Anne
   Cocke *
3. Stith Bolling, :b March 28, 1685
4. Edward Bolling, :b Oct. 3, 1687
5. Anne Bolling, :b July 22, 1690
6. Drury Bolling, :b June 21, 1695
7. Thomas Bolling, :b March 20, 1697
8. Agnes Bolling, b Nov. 30, 1700

Robert Bolling and Anne Cocke * (some claim Meriweather, not Cocke)
    Issue:

1. Mary Bolling, :b Jan. 25, 1705, Md. William Starke
2. Elizabeth Bolling, :b Dec. 17, 1709, Md. James Munford
3. Anne Bolling, :b Dec. 12, 1713, Md. John Hall
4. Lucy Bolling, :b May 3, 1719, Md. Peter Randolph of "Chatsworth"
5. Jane Bolling, :b April 1, 1722, Md. Hugh Miller
6. Martha Bolling, :b Nov. 17, 1726, Md. Richard Eppes of Bermuda Hundred
7. Susanna Bolling, :b June 16, 1728, Md. Alex Bolling of Pr. Geo. Co.
8. Robert Bolling, :b June 12, 1730, Md. 1st Martha Bannister
   - 2nd Mary Marshall - only daughter of Col. Thomas Tabb.

Anne Bolling and John Hall had issue:

        * 1. Robert Bolling Hall, b circa 1731, Md. Mary Watson
          2. Hugh Hall, :b 1733, Md. Mary Dixon in 1754
          3. Mary Hall, md. Robert Starke 2/3/1758
          4. LUCY HALL, :b July 1736, Md. RICHARD STITH Dec. 29, 1756
          5. John Hall, :b Feb. 3, 1742/3
          6. Elizabeth Hall (Bettie), Md. David Holt Oct. 20, 1752
          7. Anne Hall, :b June 22, 1745, Md. Joseph Hardaway

Robert Bolling Hall in account with Richard Stith (in the little notebook, in which the slaves are listed) is referred to as Captain Robert Hall. The dates 1790 -1796: refer to charges on each for articles or work.
 

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BOLLING GENEALOGY

Robert Bolling, (The Immagrant) :b Dec. 26, 1646, Md. 1st Jane,

daughter of Thomas Rolfe and granddaughter of
Princess Pocahontas.
Married 2nd 1681 Anne, daughter of Major
John Stith and Jane his wife.

Issue: by 1st marriage to Jane Rolfe, John Bolling, :b Jan. 27, 1676: married Mary Kennon.
 

by 2nd marriage to Anne Stith:

Robert Bolling, :b Jan. 25, 1682; :md Jan. 27, 1706
Anne Merriwether (There has been some dispute over
the last name of Anne, some insist it is Cocke.)

Stith Bolling, :b March 28, 1685
Edward Bolling, :b Oct. 3, 1687
Anne Bolling, :b July 22, 1690
Drury Bolling, :b June 21, 1695
Thomas Bolling, :b March 20, 1697
Agnes Bolling, b Nov. 30, 1700

ROBERT BOLLING and ANNE MERRIWETHER had issue:

Mary Bolling, :b Jan. 25, 1705, Md. William Starke

Elizabeth Bolling, :b Dec. 17, 1709, Md. James
Munford

Anne Bolling, :b Dec. 12, 1713, Md. JOHN HALL

Lucy Bolling, :b May 3, 1719, Md. Peter Randolph of "Chatsworth"

Jane Bolling, :b April 1, 1722, Md. Hugh Miller

Martha, :b Nov. 17, 1726, Md. Richard Eppes of Bermuda Hundred

Susanna, :b June 16, 1728, Md. Alex Bolling of "Mitchells" Pr. Geo. Co.

Robert, :b June 12, 1730, Md. 1st Martha Bannister:
2nd
Mary Marshall, only daughter of Col. Thomas Tabb.

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HALL                        STITH

This Indenture made this twenty-sixth day of February MDCCLXI between JOHN HALL, Gent. of Amelia County of the one part and RICHARD STITH of BEDFORD COUNTY of the other part:

    Witnesseth that the said JOHN HALL for and in consideration of the love and affection that he hath for his daughter, LUCY, (the wife of said Richard) hath granted and given and by these presents doth give, grant and confirm unto the said RICHARD STITH one negro slave girl named CEBRINS, aged 15 years the twelfth day of August past and now in possession of the said RICHARD.

    To have and to hold the said slave and her increase free from the claim or demand of all other persons whatsoever unto the said RICHARD STITH his heirs and assigns.

    In witness whereof he the said JOHN HALL hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, the day and year first above written.

                                                        JOHN HALL (SEAL)

    At a court held for Amelia County the 26th day of Feb. 1761

    This Indenture was acknowledged by the within named JOHN HALL party thereto and ordered to be recorded.

                                                        Teste: T. Griffin Peacy CC.

Book No. 7, page 411 (Certified by S. L. Farrar, Clerk of C.)

NOTE: A list of slaves’ births written by Richard Stith, in the small notebook, which at the moment is in my hands, shows "CIB’S CHILDREN" the first, Betty, born Nov. 17, 1762. Without actual proof, this seems to be the slave named in the above indenture "CEBRINS")

                                                        Frances S. Fast.

Brunswick County, Va. Records, page 358: 1794 (Will begun that year). Date at end, 2nd June 1796. Probated July 27, 1801.

    "I do hereby recoginze and acknowledge Janey, Rebecca, David, Susanna, Henry, Obadiah, Andrew, Naomi, Ezra and Abner to be my children and my lawful heirs, and dispose of my property as follows: To son David 375 acres and plantation whereon I live; Henry 300 acres; Obadiah 336 acres in Charlotte County; Andrew, 321 acres; Ezra, 390 acres in Campbell County; Abner Stith, 219 acres in Charlotte County; Estate to be used for maintenance of my wife and children. Wife HOLLY loaned house --- Three girls, Janey, Rebecca and Susanna --- Son-in-law John Headaway, executor, and son David when he comes of age. "I EXPECT TO SET OFF TOMORROW TO CHARLOTTE COURT, AND FROM THENCE UP TO MY BROTHER RICHARD’S."
                                    Signed: THOMAS STITH, JR.
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                                                                        THOMAS JONES

According to the Bible records we know that the father of Elizabeth Jones, who married Richard Stith, Nancy Jones, who married William Stith, Rhoda Jones, who married Thomas Stith, was Thomas Jones, their mother named Elizabeth _______.

In one record the title Major Thomas Jones is given to him. The sister of Richard, William, and Thomas Stith, Catherine Stith, married James Jones, Sept. 17, 1791. This James Jones was not a brother to Elizabeth, Rhoda and Nancy. His parents were Cl. Wm. Jones and Agnes Walker. (Virginia Hist. Mag. Vol. 36, p 259)

But we know almost for a certainty that Elizabeth, Nancy and Rhoda had a brother, James Jones. In his will Thomas Stith directs that "my son, Thomas, is to be educated as a physician at the expense of my estate and if he should return from Virginia, not having opportunity to study with his Uncle James he must have an inheritance with his brethern" --- Since Thomas Stith, himself, had no brother James it falls that he must be the brother of Rhoda to be an uncle. (How nice it would have been if Thomas had troubled to name "his uncle James ___ rather than to leave it to deduction.)

In Campbell County Chronicles there is a quote from a letter to Major Thomas Jones from Hampden-Sidney College "-your sons, James and Buckner have completed their course - James with honors - Sept. 27, 1809. Thomas Jones is listed as the father of Martha Jones, who married John Wood, 1814; Dolly Jones married James Glass in 1803; Dorcus Jones married Achilles Moorman in 1798. So we begin to arrive at the list of children of Thomas Jones and his wife, Elizabeth ____. From another source registering for a land patent Thomas Jones is listed as Thomas B. Jones, 1791.

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                                    MAJOR - THOMAS B. JONES, wife Elizabeth.

Their children: As far as we know Rhoda was the oldest,
                and we know she was the oldest of the three sisters.

Rhoda Jones, :b Jan. 11, 1777 :d Feb. 1851 :m March 12,
1793 Thomas Stith. *

Elizabeth Jones :b Jan. 1779 :d Aug. 24, 1844 :m Dec. 20, 1798
                            * Richard Stith

Nancy Jones :b 1781 :d prior to husband (1854) :m Dec. 28, 1796
William Stith *

James Saunders Jones :b (finished course in Hampton-Sydney 1809)
married Martha West

Buckner Jones b                       (also finished course in Hampton-Sydney)

Martha Jones b                          :m 1814 John Wood *

Dolly Jones b                             :m 1803 James Glass *

Dorcus Jones b                          :m 1798 Achilles Moorman *

* Campbell Co. Va. marriages, list these women as daughters of Thomas Jones. Much remains to be found about the Jones line.

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We get the name of James Saunders Jones from this item: William Saunders Jones, son of James Saunders Jones married Virginia Judith Moorman, b 1826, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Clark Moorman.

(Thomas Moorman was a son of Zachariah Moorman.)

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                                                      BATHURST

Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies:                          page 46 Burke’s Peerage.

    Emigrant Launcelot Bathurst came to Virginia about 1680

                                        Quar. VII page 98-100

Launcelot Bathurst, son of Sir Edward Bathurst of Gloucestershire b 1646, came to Virginia before 1680; entered in the visitation book as Bathurst of Virginia, married there and living at age 36, 1682. His second wife was Susan Rich by whom he had issue:

        Susannah, b :d :m Liet. Col. Drury Stith

        Mary, b :d :m 1st Francis Meriweather
        2nd Reuben Welch: 3rd Hon John Robinson

        Laurence died unmarried

        Elizabeth b :m William Tomlin
        2nd William Daingerfield about 1709.

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The Peerage of Great Britain, 1935 Edition Burke’s Peerage

The Bathursts settled near Bath after the Saxon Invasion having come from the Province of Lemburg at that time. The family is of quite ancient origin. Robert Bathurst was the son of Lawrence Bathurst who lived about 1460, the son of Lawrence, the son of Lawrence who was first mentioned about 1300.

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Younger branck ext. Coat-of-Arms Az two bars, in chief three crosses formee’ Or Crest on a mount vert a bay horse statant.

Lancelot Bathurst, Aderman of London, b 1529, married Judith Randolph of London and of Wardis, Sussex. Alderman Bathurst, in Elizabeth’s reign was possessed of the Manor of Franks in Kent which devolved on his son, eldest one.

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