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Vol. 41, No. 1 Autumn 2005
kentucky ancestors
genealogical quarterly of the
From Carolina Unclaimed Letters Kentuckians on the
to Kentucky: in the Mississinewa,
Andrew Colley— Hopkinsville Gazette War of 1812
Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, April 1, 1837
Part Three
Vol. 41, No. 1 Autumn 2005
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vol. 41, no. 1/autumn 2005
From Carolina to Kentucky: Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part three
Betty Butler Ravenholt ................................................................................................................ 2
Unclaimed letters in the Hopkinsville Gazette, April 1, 1837 ...............................................................8
Ellis Family Reunion, Falmouth, 1909 ............................................................................................ 10
Eminence General Store Ledger, 1905-6 ..................................................................................................11
Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812
John Trowbridge .................................................................................................................................14
List of Claims in the Springfield News, Washington County, 1892 ....................................................46
Queries............................................................................................................................................ 50
Book Notes ..................................................................................................................................... 51
Announcements ......................................................................................................................................... 53
Mystery Album ............................................................................................................................... 56
on the cover:
Samuel Edwin Colley (1852-1925) and Lillie Bell Hudspeth Colley (1856-1936) posed with

their grandchildren on their Graves County farm about 1913. Part Three of Betty Butler Ravenholt’s article on
the Colley family begins on p. 2.
From Carolina to Kentucky:
Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter,
Pioneer
By Betty Butler Ravenholt
Part Three
Part one of this article appeared in Volume 39, Number 2; part two in Volume 40, Number 1.
John Stanford 200 acres on both sides of Bull Creek about a mile
After the death of Andrew Colley in Christian from its mouth. This deed was witnessed by a James
County, his widow Susannah married a John Stan- Capshaw.4
ford on 25 December 1803.1 There appear to have On 11 January 1786, Samuel Langston and Sarah
been at least three individuals named John Stanford his wife, of the state of Georgia, and John Stan-
who lived in the general area surrounding Spartan- ford and Rachael his wife, who were heirs at law of
burg County, S.C., at about the same time as An- Reubin Young, deceased, late of Tyger River, sold to
drew and Susannah Colley. It could well be that one Thomas Tod of Tyger 220 acres on the south side
of these individuals was the John Stanford who later of the Tyger River.5 It is not now known whether or
married Susannah in Kentucky. not this John Stanford with wife Rachael (probably
A John Stanford with wife Sarah sold to George Young) was the same individual as the John Stanford
Blanton 168 acres on the east side of Broad River in who several years later bought land on the South
Tryon County, N.C., in July 1770.2 Apparently this Tyger River. In August 1789, an individual named
same John Stanford of Tryon County transferred in John Stanford who was of Greenville County, S.C.,
October 1769 half a tract of land on the north side purchased 114 acres on the waters of the South Tyger
of the Main Broad River to Essex Capshaw “son of River from Henry Prince. A John Stanford Jr., who
Francis Capshaw decd, and Elizabeth his now relict, may have been either a son or other male relation,
for natural love to his half brother sd. Essex Cap- witnessed the deed.6 In December 1790, Randolph
shaw.”3 In September 1768, this John Stanford pur- Casey and his wife Charity of Greenville County,
chased from Nicholas Fisher, also of Tryon County, sold to John Stanford, also of Greenville County, 161
Samuel Edwin Colley (1852-1925) and
Lillie Bell Hudspeth Colley (1856-1936)
with their grandchildren, Farmington,
Graves County, Kentucky, 1913. They
were the parents of five children: James
Theodore, Steve Jackson, Laura Lou,
Boone Isaiah, and Lennie May and had
20 grandchildren. Third from the left in
the back row is Clarence Edwin Colley,
maternal grandfather of the author.
Samuel Edwin Colley was a son of Isaiah
Colley (1810-1864) and Eliza Happy
(1811-1894) and a great-grandson of
the Andrew and Susannah Colley who
moved from Spartanburg County, South
Carolina, to Christian County, Kentucky,
in 1799/1800.
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Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued ___
acres on the south fork of the South Tyger River.7 ent-day Nashville. From there, migrants to the newly
Earlier in that same year, Levi Casey and his wife opened land south of the Green River could take the
Mary had sold 112 acres on the north side of the Mississippi and Tennessee River trail northwesterly
Tyger River to John Stanford Jr., planter, of Green- into lower Christian County, Ky.14 The approximate-
ville County, S.C.8 ly 500-mile trek by horseback—at 20 to 30 miles per
Possibly yet another John Stanford, “planter of day without wagons and family—could likely have
Spartanburgh County,” sold on 29 March 1787 300 been accomplished in about three weeks.
acres on Buffalo Creek that had been granted to him According to E. Wade Hone in Land & Property
in January 1785. This land was sold to John Bridges Research in the United States, a multi-step process
of York County and was bounded by lands of the was required to obtain a grant of state land such as
said John Bridges, James Bridges, and Green.9 the area south of the Green River in Kentucky. This
The review, just finished above, of Andrew Col- process included the following steps:
ley’s possible family connections in North and South • application, or entry, for land;
Carolina completes the currently possible picture of • warrant for survey;
his life in the Carolinas and sets the stage for his life’s • survey; and
next chapter, the westward push into Kentucky. • preparation and issuance of the patent, or official
title to the land.15
Moving to Kentucky
In 1797, lands in Kentucky south of Green River Records of the lands granted south of the Green
were opened for settlement to any person possessed River indicate that on Oct. 23, 1798, warrants
of family and over 21 years of age. Such a person No. 3909 [sic], 3010, and 3011 were issued for the
was entitled to at least 100 acres but no more than surveys of 200 acres each for “Andrew Colly Senr,”
200 acres and must have been an actual settler on “Jacob Colley,” and “Andrew Colly Junr,” respec-
the land for one year before coming into possession tively.16 On Jan. 22, 1799, 200 acres of land on
of it.10 In 1798, the law was changed to make grants Wallace’s Creek, the waters of the Muddy Fork of
south of Green River available to men aged 18 or the Little River, were surveyed for “Andrew Cawley
over who satisfied the other requirements stated in Senr.,” for “Jacob Cawley,” and also for “Andrew
1797.11 Prior to1797, these lands had been reserved Cawley Junr.”17 The requirement of a year’s residence
only for soldiers.12 for receiving a grant of land, as stated in the 1797
Word of the suitability of these newly available law,18 probably means that the Colley men arrived in
lands must have spread quickly to back country Kentucky sometime during the year 1798.
South Carolina. A number of family names pres- When the tax list was compiled in Christian
ent in back country counties during the 1790s can County in 1799, however, the only Colley listed was
be found in Christian and Caldwell Counties, Ky., Jacob Colley—one male over 21 years of age, two
beginning in 1798/99 and into the early 1800s. horses, and no land.19 (Jacob Colley’s grant of the
These names include Colley, Stevens, Mitchusson, 200 acres surveyed in January 1799 was not deliv-
Calhoun, Griffith, Wells, Goodwin, Bearden, Cato, ered until November of that year, so he was not yet
Ford, Prince, Kilgore, Goodaker, Satterfield, Earle, a land owner at the time the tax list was compiled.20)
and many others.13 This fact seems to imply that Andrew Colley and his
The route to south central or southwestern Ken- sons Jacob and Andrew Jr. rode on horseback from
tucky from northwestern Back Country South Caro- Spartanburg County to Christian County in 1798;
lina was fairly direct but probably arduous. Migrants selected their land and marked it; applied for surveys;
likely moved along the Lower Cherokee Traders and then sometime before the tax list was compiled
Path, which ran southwesterly through Spartanburg in 1799 Andrew and his son Andrew Jr. left Jacob in
County to the South Carolina/Georgia border at Kentucky to maintain their claims and returned to
present-day Oconee County. From there, travelers South Carolina to pack up the rest of the family to
could move northwesterly along the Nashville/Saline bring them all back to Kentucky.
River and Black Fox trails to the area around pres- The scenario suggested above is supported by the
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Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued ___
evidence of the county court minutes that Susannah somewhat puzzling. It may be, however, that Andrew
Colley did remain behind in Spartanburg County had recognized a speculative opportunity since he
during 1799. (She was charged with assault in July purchased those acres from James McBee in 1799 for
1799 and must have been present to answer the $30027 and sold them, along with his other 45 acres,
charge.21) Her husband Andrew’s case against John to Baylis Earle in 1800 for $600.28
Bingham, which continued in the Spartanburg In any event, the sale of this land in Spartan-
Court during the period January 1797-January 1799 burg County appears to mark Andrew Colley’s firm
did not require, as a civil case, his presence in court. decision to move with his family to Kentucky. The
In fact, the court minutes of January 14, 1799, in date of sale of this land, Sept. 18, 1800, also provides
reference to the case of Andrew Colley against John a date before which Andrew Colley had not finally
Bingham state “Came the parties by their attorn- left South Carolina. On June 5, 1801, William
ies,”22 which seems to mean that Andrew was repre- Anderson personally appeared before John Ander-
sented in court by an attorney at that time. son, justice of the peace of Spartanburg County, and
On Sept. 18, 1800, Andrew Colley sold to Baylis gave oath that he “saw Andrew Colley Sign Seal and
Earle a tract of land containing 445 acres for the sum deliver the within deed [that deed dated September
of $600. This tract of land contained the 400 acres 18, 1800] ... unto Baylis Earle Senior ....”29
recently purchased (September 1799) by Andrew The Colley family likely packed up its belongings
Colley from James McBee as well as the 45 acres in a wagon pulled either by horses or oxen and drove
Andrew had purchased from Baylis Earle in 1792.23 their cattle with them on the journey to Kentucky.
(Incidentally, it appears that Andrew Colley could An appraisal of the property of Andrew Colley that
write, since the recorded deed he signed bears no was recorded in Christian County in January 1802—
indication that his signature was made with a mark. shortly after Andrew Colley died intestate—included
Other deeds in the early deed books of Spartanburg 27 head of cattle, two 4-year-old steers, one wagon
County do indicate when an individual signed with and hind gears and jack screw, and three bay horses.30
his mark.24)
Andrew Colley’s purchase of 400 acres of land in Settling In
Spartanburg County in September 179925 —after he The family of Andrew Colley seems to have been
had already had new land surveyed for himself and reunited in Kentucky sometime during the winter of
two of his sons in Kentucky (January 1799)26 —is 1800-1801. The Christian County tax list for 1800
Four grandchildren of Samuel
Edwin and Lillie Bell Colley were
pictured in front of the Colley’s
farmhouse about 1903. The family
lived east of Farmington in Graves
County. The photograph includes
William Deward Colley, second from
left, and Clarence Edwin Colley,
second from right. Not long after
Isaiah Colley moved with his father,
Andrew Colley Jr., about 1835 from
Christian County to Graves County,
Kentucky, he settled on land west of
Farmington that had been granted
to his wife’s stepfather David Irvine.
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lists “Jacob Cowley” as owner of 200 acres on Little ley.38) In December 1803, Susannah Colley was mar-
River and has two entries for “Andrew Cawley” (pre- ried to John Stanford by the Rev. Edmund Bearden,
sumably Andrew Sr. and Andrew Jr.), each with 200 the former minister to the Head of Tyger River
acres on Little River.31 Church in the back country of South Carolina.39
Andrew Colley was certainly a farmer and intend- Susannah and her second husband seem to disap-
ed to continue to clear his land. The inventory of pear from Christian County records after 1816,40
his property recorded in early 1802 indicates that he and their names have not yet been located in any
had three plows, three bay horses, two four-year-old other records after that time. However, at the time of
steers, an ax, hoe, three mattocks, and three weed- the 1820 census for Christian County, the household
ing hoes. To clear more of his land and do necessary of William Colley included one female over 4541;
building he had a crosscut saw, hand ax, chains, and at the time of the 1830 census for, the house-
gears, and three wedges. As with all families on the hold of Andrew Colley included one female 80-90.42
“frontier” at the time, This elderly woman could possibly have been a
Andrew’s family needed to be relatively self-suf- second-time widowed Susannah Colley living with
ficient. Andrew owned 27 head of cattle and also had her sons.
shoe makers tools as well as cards and a flat iron for
his wife’s use. While the inventory of Andrew’s estate
did not include chairs, it did include three beds
(probably rolls of bedding), a bedstead, and a table.
The family had both pewter and tin ware, knives
and two sets of forks, earthen and wooden ware,
two glasses and bottles, and even a chamber pot.
Someone in the family could read, since books were
among the property listed in Andrew Colley’s estate
inventory.32
Death of Andrew Colley
Andrew Colley did not live to enjoy for long the
promise of his new home. Sometime before the
Christian County Court met on July 13, 1801,
he had died,33 perhaps within only several years of
his 50th birthday. At the July session of the court,
Susannah Colley was granted letters of administra-
tion on the estate of her husband Andrew Colley,
deceased.34 Those ordered to appraise his estate were
Samuel Hardin, Jesse Goodwin, Baylis Earle (most
probably the son of Baylis Earle with whom Andrew
Colley had land dealings in South Carolina), Wells
Griffith, and Samuel Goodwin35—all familiar names
from the area around Spartanburg County, South
Carolina.36
Susannah Colley’s independent spirit and compe-
tence are attested to by the court’s granting to her the
letters of administration on her late husband’s estate. Steve Jackson Colley (1876-1901), second son of
Samuel Edwin and Lillie Bell Colley, married Leona
In fact, on May 24, 1803, Susannah entered in her
Angeline Stevens in Graves County in 1895. The couple
own name and had surveyed 400 acres of land on the
had two children, Clarence Edwin Colley and Stevie
waters of the Muddy Fork of the Little River.37 (This
Lorene Colley, before Steve died of typhoid pneumonia in
land was later transferred to her son William Col- 1901. He was a maternal great-grandfather of the author.
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Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued ___
The sons of Andrew Colley—Jacob, Andrew Jr., Utah: The Everton Publishers, Inc., 1999), M-51. Map:
William, and James—continued to live in Chris- Migration Trails
15 E. Wade Hone, Land & Property Research in the United
tian County. James disappears from the records
States (Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997),
after 1813,43 and Jacob died there in 1833.44 Wil-
67-68.
liam, however, lived on his land on the waters of 16 Secretary of State Grants South of Green River: Surveys
the Muddy Fork of the Little River until his death 2413, 2414, 2448, Land Office, Frankfurt, Kentucky.
on August 13, 1858.45 Andrew Colley Jr., lived in 17 Christian County, Kentucky, Land Survey Book 1: 28-29,
Christian County until sometime in 1835 when he County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
18 Land Office, online <http://www.kysos.com/ADMIN/
moved with his son Isaiah Colley and other children
LANDOFFI/ landoff.asp>.
to nearby Graves County,46 where it appears he died
19 Don Simmons, compiler, Christian County, Kentucky, Tax
between the 1850 and 1860 censuses.47
Records: 1797, 1798, 1799 (No place: Don Simmons, 1974),
19.
Endnotes 20 Christian County, Kentucky, Land Survey Book 1: 28,
1 Christian County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds, 1797-1807: County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
211, County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 21 Spartanburgh County, South Carolina, Minutes of the
2 Holcomb, Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford County Court, 1799: 183-184.
Counties, 19. 22 Spartanburgh County, South Carolina, Minutes of the
3 Holcomb, Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford County Court, 1799: 168.
Counties, 7. 23 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed Book G: 276-
4 Holcomb, Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford 278.
Counties, 8. 24 For example, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed
5 [Anonymous], abstracter, “Spartanburg County Deed Book Book F: 441 and Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed
1-A, 1785-1787,” Old Spartanburg District Genealogy 1 (June Book F: 351-352.
1986): 61. Deed Book 1A, pages 72-76. See also [Anonymous], 25 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed Book F: 441-
abstracter, “Spartanburg District, S.C., Deed Book A,” South 442.
Carolina Genealogical Register 5 (March 1967): 32. 26 Christian County, Kentucky, Land Survey Book 1: 28-29.
6 Holcomb and Lucas, Some South Carolina County Records, 27 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed Book F: 441-
2: 150. 442.
7 Holcomb and Lucas, Some South Carolina County Records, 28 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed Book G: 276-
2: 167. 278.
8 Holcomb and Lucas, Some South Carolina County Records, 29 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Deed Book G: 278.
2: 165. 30 Christian County, Kentucky, Will Book A: 35-36, County
9 Holcomb and Lucas, Some South Carolina County Records, Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
2: 565. 31 Simmons, Christian County, Kentucky, Tax Lists: 1800-01-
10 Rouse, The Kentucky Land Grants, 9. 02-03, 3.
11 Land Office, Kentucky Secretary of State, online <http:// 32 Christian County, Kentucky, Will Book A: 35-36.
www.kysos.com/ADMIN/LANDOFFI/ landoff.asp>, South of 33 Christian County, Kentucky, Court Order Book A: 60,
Green River Series data downloaded 9 April 2005. County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
12 Rouse, The Kentucky Land Grants, 9. 34 Christian County, Kentucky, Court Order Book A: 60.
13 These family names can be found throughout the 1790 35 Christian County, Kentucky, Court Order Book A: 60.
censuses for Laurens County (Stephens, Mitcherson, Wells, “At a County Court held for Christian Cty Monday the 13th
Goodwin, Ford), Greenville County (Earle, Stephens, Griffith, day of July 1802 ... Susannah Colley having entered into bond
Wells, Goodwin, Ford, Prince), Spartanburgh County with her Secy [security] Willis Hicks & John McCaughan
(Colley, Wells, Griffith, Berden, Ford, Goodaker, Saterfield), in the penal sum of 2000 dollars Conditioned as the law
Newberry County (Griffith, Wells, Goodwin, Bearden, Cato, directs she having took the Oath prescribed by law letters of
Ford), Union County (Griffith, Wells, Goodwin, Prince), Administration was Granted her in due form on the Estate of
and Pendleton County (Prince, Kilgore, Saterfield), South her late Husband Andrew Colley Deceasd --- And that Saml
Carolina. These same family names can be found throughout Hardin Jesse Goodwin Bailis Earle Wells Griffith & Saml
the 1810 censuses for Christian County (Colley, Griffith, Goodwin or any three of them being first Sworn do appraise
Wells, Goodwin, Cato, Earle) and Caldwell County, (Stevens, the said Estate and Report thereof to our next Court.”
Mitchusson, Bearden, Ford, Prince, Kilgore, Satterfield) 36 Wells Griffith household, 1790 U.S. census, Spartanburg
Kentucky. County, South Carolina, page 31; National Archives
14 [Anonymous], The Handybook for Genealogists (Logan, micropublication M637, roll 11.
Isaac Hardin household, 1790 U.S. census, Union County,
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South Carolina, page 48; National Archives micropublication National Archives micropublication M653, roll 369. No
M637, roll 11. Andrew Colley aged 70-90.
Samuel Goodwin household, 1790 U.S. census, Laurens
County, South Carolina, page 445; National Archives Author’s note: For cited North and South Caro-
micropublication M637, roll 11.
lina deed records, censuses, and wills in which Andrew,
Baylis Earle household, 1790 U.S. census, Greenville County,
Samuel, and William Colley were primary participants,
South Carolina, page 82; National Archives micropublication
I have had access to microfilm of the original docu-
M637, roll 11.
37 Christian County, Kentucky, Land Entry Book 2: 155, ments or photocopies of the microfilm of the original
County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. documents. For all Kentucky court, marriage and land
38 Secretary of State Grants South of Green River: Survey records cited I have had access to the original docu-
5391, Land Office, Frankfurt, Kentucky.
ments or to microfilm of the original documents. The
39 Christian County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds Book 1:
minutes of the Spartanburg County, South Carolina,
303, County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
40 Christian County Genealogical Society, Deed Abstracts of County Court prior to 1800, however, are not a part of
Books A,B,C,D,E, and F for Christian County, Kentucky for the the microfilm collection of the Family History Library
Years 1797-1817 (Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Christian County [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. In the introduction to
Genealogical Society, Inc., 1987), 192. “DB F-133 John his Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Minutes of
Stanford of Chr. Co. to Robert Turner of same, March 18,
the County Court, 1785-1799, Brent Holcomb states
1816, for $98, 24 ½ A, bounded by William Colley.”
that the original of more than half the pages of the first
41 Wm. Colly household, 1820 U.S. census, Christian
volume of these minutes is, in fact, no longer extant and
County, Kentucky, page 35; National Archives
micropublication M33, roll 20. 2 males under 10, 1 male those pages exist now only in the Works Progress Admin-
16-26, 1 male 26-45, 2 females under 10, 2 females 26-45, 1 istration (W.P.A.) copy. I have had access to photocopies
female 45+ of microfilm of selected original pages of the minutes of
42 Andrew Colley household, 1830 U.S. census, Christian
the Spartanburg County County Court. The limited
County, Kentucky, page 7; National Archives micropublication
number of repositories that now hold original or mi-
M19, roll 35. 1 male under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1
crofilm copies of many early North and South Carolina
male 50-60, 2 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1
female 40-50, 1 female 80-90 records and the cost of obtaining copies ($20/record re-
43 Jas Colley entry, 1813 Tax List, Christian County, quested from the North Carolina Office of Archives and
Kentucky, microfilm no. 7926, Family History Library [FHL], History; $15/record requested from the South Carolina
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Department of Archives and History) of the original
44 Christian County, Kentucky, County Court Order Book
of every referenced record have led me to use deriva-
G: 461, County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
45 Anna Hunsaker Meador, Cemetery Records Northern Portion tive sources in cases where the record was not deemed of
of Christian County, Kentucky (No place: Burdines Printing, primary importance to my principal argument. Use of
1976), 68. derivative sources may, of course, introduce unintended
46 Caldwell County, Kentucky, Deed Book H: 96-97, transcriber error; but derivative sources have not been
County Clerk’s Office, Princeton, Kentucky.
used in this study in instances where it appeared to me
47 Andrew Colley household, 1850 U.S. census, Graves
they could not be substantiated by other records or cor-
County, Kentucky, population schedule, page 476, dwelling
roborated by other researchers. Researchers should always
749, family 749; National Archives micropublication M432,
roll 201. Andrew Colley, aged 73, born Georgia. seek out the original records, when they are extant, as
1860 census, Graves County, Kentucky, population schedule; final verification of the accuracy of derivative sources.
 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1
Unclaimed letters in the
Hopkinsville Gazette,
April 1, 1837
A LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at Hopkinsville, Ky., on the 1st day of April 1837,
which if not taken out before the 1st day of July next, will be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters.
Atkinson, Amos Cook, Thomas Gant, Noah
Adamson, Wilson Cary, Henry Hawley, Henry
Anderson, Miss Levinia 2 Cook, Miss Orrilla 4 Hopson, Jacop (colored)
Ayers, Ed(?) Cocke, Mrs. Virginia Harrison, Pompy
Amus, David Carroll, James Hopkins, John N.
Abron, Ruth(2) 2 Cocke, Mrs. S.A. Harrison, Robert
Anderson, Miss C.M. Crabtree, Benj. Hubbard, Ralph
Bird & Bradley Clerk Henderson, Sam C.
Brown, John Colvin, George Harris, L.
Bishop, Samuel C_on, Benj. Hicks, H.H.
Britton, William Clark, Johnathin Hopkins, John
Blakesley, Henry 2 Clark, Taylor R. 3 Hall, Preston or Willis
Bradshaw, June F. Dollam, William S. Hopson, Henry
Bryson, Abner Daffern, E.O. Phil Hawkins, Benj. F.
Burt, William T. 2 Dingniel, George E. Heff, Thos. Or Thornton
Boales, Augustine Dockry, Mrs. Hulder Hartsuck, Daniel
Benham, L.A. Daniel, Rubin Jones, Fountain P.
Barnett, Thos. Dyes, Samuel E. Johnson, Martha A. 3
Bronaugh, Miss Mary Duke, Lewis Jones, Mr. (Saddler)
Brine, John Dewby, Hiram Johnson, William
Boogher, David L. Dudley, Robert Jemison, William
Burnett, Miss Martha K. Dillard, Bivin Johnson, William W.
Brooking, John M. Estiss, Newman Jones, Challes S.
Brame, Henry Frost, Michael 2 Kyle, E.W.
Britton, James Farley, Lerisa Miss King, Robert
Browne, Wm. Fruit, Jas. & Thompson Long, A.V.
Boales, Miss Mary Frame, White Ludspike, Mrs. N.
Byers, James Ford, Phillip Luck, Nathan
Burbridge, F. 2 Greenfield Miles II Lewis, Alexander
Brewin, Daniel Gream, Geo. W. Ladd, David
Burbridge, Miss Elizabeth Garnett, James Lander, Mrs. Mary A.
Bowland, Archibald Grace, Clabron Luckie, J. & B.
Bradshaw, Miss Emily Graven, Samuel Lackay, George
Clark, Ellis Guthrie, Charles Long, William
Cox, James Girand, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Layne, W.H.
Campbell, Wm. Gwin, Samuel Lewis, Robert D.
Coleman, Emily Grudy, William Linellem, Bealey
Compton, Wm. B. Graham, Mr. Madox, Dr. Thos. B.
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