RNT Family History

Hardy, Mary J.

Female 1858 - 1932  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hardy, Mary J. was born on 20 Sep 1858 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Hardy, John W. and Yeatts, Martha Ann); died on 14 May 1932.

    Mary married Widdifield, Martin Van Buren on 21 Jul 1889 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia. Martin was born on 04 Feb 1836 in , Albemarle, Virginia; died on 21 Sep 1919 in , , Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hardy, John W. was born on 04 Oct 1824 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia (son of Hardy, Bannister and Yeatts, Alsey); died on 11 Dec 1900 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • Military Servic: Company C, 5th Regt.. VA Cavalry

    John married Yeatts, Martha Ann on 16 Dec 1850 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia. Martha (daughter of Yeatts, Stephen and Terry, Mary) was born on 11 Jan 1834 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Aug 1913 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Yeatts, Martha Ann was born on 11 Jan 1834 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Yeatts, Stephen and Terry, Mary); died in Aug 1913 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried in 1913.

    Notes:

    WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A PENSION.

    NAME:: Martha Harding, 67 as of 1901, Widow of John Hardy who died on Dec. 11,
    1900 of paralysis, Married in 1850.

    PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA --Piggs

    MEMBER OF: Company C, 5th Regt.. VA Cavalry

    Notes:

    Married:
    Married: 15 Dec 1850 Pittsylvania County, VA Source: 1831-1861
    Marriages of Pittsylvania County, VA by Mike K Williams 1990 received from Donald Yeatts

    Children:
    1. Hardy, Alsa (Alsey) Ann was born on 28 Jan 1852 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 30 Sep 1928.
    2. Hardy, David Bannister was born on 18 Feb 1854 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Apr 1880.
    3. 1. Hardy, Mary J. was born on 20 Sep 1858 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 14 May 1932.
    4. Hardy, Harriet Gracie was born on 04 Aug 1861 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 01 Apr 1950 in Red Oak, Charlotte, Virginia; was buried on 02 Apr 1950 in Red Oak, Charlotte, Virginia.
    5. Hardy, John Ward was born on 26 Feb 1864 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 07 May 1931.
    6. Hardy, Callie was born on 13 Apr 1867 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Mar 1922.
    7. Hardy, Ada Florence was born on 20 Sep 1869 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 20 Feb 1958 in , Pittyslvania, Virginia; was buried in Feb 1958 in Widdifield Cemetery, Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia .
    8. Hardy, Ida was born on 25 Oct 1871 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Sep 1893.
    9. Hardy, Emily V. was born on 02 Mar 1874 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 03 Apr 1903.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Hardy, Bannister was born in 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia (son of Hardy, Joshua and Dodson, Jemima); died in Jan 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Mrs. Catherine W. Lockett
    !905 Maple St.
    !Ashland, VA 23005


    Bannister married Yeatts, Alsey on 09 May 1808 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia. Alsey (daughter of Yeatts, Stephen Senior and Parsons, Lydia) was born in 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Yeatts, Alsey was born in 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Yeatts, Stephen Senior and Parsons, Lydia); died in 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Hardy, Sarah was born in 1813 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    2. Hardy, Mary was born about 1815 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    3. Hardy, Elizabeth was born about 1817 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    4. Hardy, Byrd was born in 1820 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    5. Hardy, Elisha was born in 1823 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died before 1886 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    6. 2. Hardy, John W. was born on 04 Oct 1824 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 11 Dec 1900 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    7. Hardy, Lydia was born in 1828 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    8. Hardy, Joseph S. was born in 1829 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 07 Dec 1885 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    9. Hardy, James B. was born in 1831 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died before 1865.

  3. 6.  Yeatts, Stephen was born in 1795 in Pittsylvania, Virginia (son of Yeatts, Samuel and Davis, Mary); died on 27 Jul 1854 in White Torn, Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Cause of death listed in the Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1854 Deaths as: "Enceipulos?"

    ***Maybe they mean Encephilitis***

    Stephen married Terry, Mary on 08 Apr 1819. Mary (daughter of Terry, David and Nash, Lettice) was born on 01 Dec 1796 in Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 29 Jul 1876 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Terry, Mary was born on 01 Dec 1796 in Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Terry, David and Nash, Lettice); died on 29 Jul 1876 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Notes:

    ***This maybe her. It is the right place, name and birth year. I believe Jack to be short for Jackson, which would be her son Andrew J. Yeatts/Yates.
    ***Birth year by our records said she should be deceased by 1880, not sure which is right.***
    1880 United States Census
    Jack YATES Self S Male W 37 VA Farm Hand VA VA
    Mary YATES Mother W Female W 84 VA VA VA


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    Source Information:
    Census Place Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia
    Family History Library Film 1255384
    NA Film Number T9-1384
    Page Number 62B

    Children:
    1. Yates, David Terry was born in 1819 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Jan 1895 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    2. Yeatts, Lettie was born in 1823 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    3. Yeatts, Sarah was born in 1829 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    4. Yeatts, Edward William was born in 1829 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 15 Oct 1884 in , Pittyslvania, Virginia; was buried in Oct 1884.
    5. Yeatts, Thomas Davis was born on 11 Oct 1832 in Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 03 Oct 1910 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia.
    6. 3. Yeatts, Martha Ann was born on 11 Jan 1834 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Aug 1913 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried in 1913.
    7. Yeatts, Joseph T. was born in 1836 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 22 Nov 1899 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    8. Yates, Mary J. was born in Oct 1839 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    9. Yeatts, Andrew J. was born in 1843 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Hardy, Joshua was born about 1764 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Joshua married Dodson, Jemima. Jemima (daughter of Dodson, Elisha Senior and Everett, Sarah) was born in 1760 in , Pittsylvania,Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Dodson, Jemima was born in 1760 in , Pittsylvania,Virginia (daughter of Dodson, Elisha Senior and Everett, Sarah).

    Notes:

    History of Pittsylvania County by Maud Carter Clement shows a list of tithables in 1767, included are Thomas Dodson, George Dodson, Lazarus Dodson, and Lambath Dodson also John Creel.
    (Information received from Virginia Hardy Frazier)

    Children:
    1. 4. Hardy, Bannister was born in 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in Jan 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    2. Hardy, Tabitha was born in 1787 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    3. Hardy, Nancy was born about 1800 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    4. Hardy, Sarah W was born about 1802.

  3. 10.  Yeatts, Stephen Senior was born in 1756 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in 1836 in , Pittyslvania, Virginia.

    Stephen married Parsons, Lydia in 1773 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia. Lydia (daughter of Parsons, Richard) was born about 1752 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Parsons, Lydia was born about 1752 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Parsons, Richard); died in 1805.
    Children:
    1. 5. Yeatts, Alsey was born in 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.

  5. 12.  Yeatts, Samuel was born on 22 Jan 1776 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 22 May 1836 in , Pittyslvania, Virginia; was buried in May 1836 in Yates Tavern, Gretna, Virginia .

    Samuel married Davis, Mary on 17 Mar 1795 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia. Mary was born about 1768 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in 1858 in , Pittyslvania, Virginia; was buried in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Davis, Mary was born about 1768 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died in 1858 in , Pittyslvania, Virginia; was buried in 1858.

    Notes:

    Married: 17 Mar 1795 Pittsylvania County, VA by Rev Thomas Payne
    Source: Pittsylvania County, VA MR1P21 from Donald Yeatts

    Died:
    Information received from DG Shelton

    Children:
    1. 6. Yeatts, Stephen was born in 1795 in Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 27 Jul 1854 in White Torn, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    2. Yeatts, John Yardley was born on 01 Jan 1807 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 16 Feb 1882 in Little River, Floyd, Virginia; was buried in Feb 1882.
    3. Yeatts, George Washington was born about 1811 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.

  7. 14.  Terry, David was born in in ,, Virginia; died in in , Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Is this the same David Terry? (the time period is correct, but still need to verify)***The David Terry in this will probated in 1785, already has a son named Thomas Terry. Our David was not married until 1799 to Lettice Nash. This does not exclude his, maybe she is from a subsequent marriage?***

    Deed and Will Book II Page 148-Pittsylvania County, VA
    Will of Joseph Terry
    In the name of God, Amen, I Joseph Terry Sen of the County of Pittsylvania being at present of a sound and disposing memory and in health of body, but calling to memo the uncertainty of this mortal life and the necessary of setting my House in Order before my death, do hereby make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament. First, I do humbly recommend my Soul into the hands of God, my maker hoping for pardon of all my Sins thru the manifold Mercies of God, my maker, through the merit of Christ my Redeemer and my Body I resign to the Dust to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors. And as touching what Worldly Estate I have been blessed with, I give and dispose thereof as followth. Item, I give to my Son David Terry, one Negro woman named Kate and her ___ which he has been possessed with some time and one named Sarah and her ___ hereafter to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give to my Son Thomas Terry, one Negro named Peter and one named Lucy and her ______ also one Mulater boy named Harry during his and his wife's natural life and after their death to be equally divided among their children and their heirs forever. Item, I lend to my son Joseph Terry one Negro man which he has in possession likewise one Negro boy named Jackson and Girl named Grace and her increase during his and his wife's natural life then to be equally divided among their children and thir heirs for ever. Item, I give to my daughter Anna Barksdale one Negro Woman named Zilpha and one Mulatter Girl named Anna to her and her heirs for ever. Item, I also give to my daughter Anna Barksdale one Mulatteer woman Named Sarah Martain for the term of six years and then she is to go free but if she should have any children, they shall remain and belong to the said Anna Barksdale and her heirs forever. Item I lend to my daughter Lucy Williams one Negro boy named Abram during her natural life and then to descend to her youngest Son, Doctor Crawford Williams and his heirs for ever. Item, I give unto my Grandson, Thomas Terry, Son of David Terry, one Negro Girl named Fillace to him and his heirs for ever. Item, I give my daughter Elizabeth Oliver twenty shillings. Item, I give to my Son Champness Terry's heirs twenty shillings. Item, I leave two hundred and thirty acres of Land lying on the branch of Jeramins fork and one Negro boy named George to be sold. As for the rest of my worldly Goods, after burying and debts is paid to be equally divided among my three sons, David Terry, Thomas Terry and Joseph Terry and two daughters Lucy Williams and Anna Barksdale. I do hereby constitute and appoint Beverley Barksdale, Thomas Terry and David Terry to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament and do revoke all other Wills and therefore do declare this to be my Last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 4th day of December one thousand and seven hundred and eighty five.
    Joseph Terry S. S.
    Test

    Charles Terry, Samual Sloan, John Terry

    At a Court held for Pittsylvania aCounty the 19th day of December 1785 The within last Will and Testament of Joseph Terry Sen deceased was exhibited into Court by Beverley Barksdale, one of the Executors therein named, and proved by the oaths of two of the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of the said Executor who made Oath according to Law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form of Law on giving Security. Whereupon he together with William Ryburn and Isham Farmer his securities entered into Bond as the Law directs and acknowledges the same. And leave in reserve the other Executors therein named to join in the probate when they shall think proper.
    Teste
    Will Tunstall CS
    Transcribed by Gayle Austin

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    A Study of the County Line Land on Birches Creek of Halifax & Pittsylvania Co VA is part of the Combs Deed Mapping Project . See Also the Combs of Halifax & the Combs of Pittsylvania Cos VA. Note: This is a 1st Rough Draft - primarily just a collection of abstracts of land records -
    18 Sept 1787 (Halifax VA DB14-170) . David TERRY to Caleb DODSON; for 65 pds., 580 acres in Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties on Jeremy's Fork adj. DAVIDSON, EVANS, GRIFFING, PARISH, DODSON AND CHANEY. Wits: Charles WALL, George Combs, Thomas OWEN, Randall PETTY. (DNFP)

    http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/va/haliland.htm

    David married Nash, Lettice on 05 Jan 1799 in ,Pittsylvania,Virginia. Lettice (daughter of Nash, John Junior and Tabb, Anna) was born about 1787 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Nash, Lettice was born about 1787 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Nash, John Junior and Tabb, Anna).

    Notes:

    !BIRTH: 1850 Census, Pittsylvania County Virginia, Northern District, Item
    987, shows David and Letty Terry. Letty's age is 63.

    !MARRIAGE: Marriage Bonds, Marriages of Pittsylvania County, 1767-1862, Page
    27, Film 0033326, FHL.

    January 5, 1799, David Terry and Lettice Nash, Bondsman Tarpley Yeatts,
    Signer of Certificate John and Anna Nash - Father and Mother.

    !ORDINANCES: IGI, Film 183596, Page 852 (BEP), and Film 1760883 (SS).

    The Old Free State, Lunenberg County, Film 1033603, Pt 2, Page 392 shows a
    marriage between John Nash Jr and Anna Tabb, Surety James Tabb, Nov 1, 1780.
    assumed this to be Anna's parents.

    Ancestral File shows Anna Tabb's birth as abt 1756 and her father as Thomas
    Tabb born 18 Dec 1730 in Lunenberg Co. Thomas Tabb's parents are shown as
    Thomas Tabb and Mary Johnson.

    Ancestral File also shows a Humphrey Tabb born in 1608 in England, Wife Joanna, and sons Thomas 1647 and John Abt 1649.

    Early Immigrants of Virginia (1623-1666), Microfiche 6,051,247 shows an entry: Blanks, Andrew, 1656, by Humphrey Tabb, Gent, Elizabeth City Co.
    (Virginia Hardy Frazier)

    Notes:

    2002-06-16-1440
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    "History of Pittsylvania County" by Clement

    p70: "Nov 1756. ... Captain Nash was put in command of this fort, and s erved throughout the winter and the following summer." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Alphabetical Index to the Court Order Books of Pittsylvania Co VA 1767-1800
    Plaintiffs- J to Z (Nash)

    Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Pittsylvania Co, VA 1767-1805
    (in date order)

    p85: 5 January 1799. David TERRY and Lettice Nash, dau. of John and Anna Nash who consent. Sur. Tarpley Yeatts. p27

    Children:
    1. 7. Terry, Mary was born on 01 Dec 1796 in Pittsylvania, Virginia; died on 29 Jul 1876 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.