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March familyA brief history of Col, W. B. March William Bone March was born, March 22, 1819, in Davie Co. about sir, miles east of Mocksville. His oarents were Jacob March and Maria Booe. Whea he was quite small his father was killed by being thrown from his horse against a tree. When William was about 12 years of age his mother remarried. The boy then. 'left home, went to Mocksville and asked for a job at Haden's Store. Mr. Haden being a big hearted man took him in as errand boy. William had never beer. to school except to his mother, but having a thirst for an education his good friend, Mr. Haden, taught him some at night and gave him access to his library. This meant a great deal to him for books of any kind were very scarce in those days. He grew up in Mocksville and married Mary Maria Gaither Sept. 1, 1842. To this union was born two girls, Mary Frances and Alice Virginia. His wife died when Alice was an infant. He placed the children in the home of his wife's sister. A faithful nurse, Hannah, - cared for them there. William had already been elected sheriff of the county and in this capacity served many years. Out of his savings he bought Marchmont on the Yadkin River from Judith Long. The place then looked like a wilderness. There was one cabin on top of the hill. This is still standing on the edge of the driveway at Marchmont. For many years William made money dealing in cotton. He had a large plantation in Georgia which he rented. He owned several hundred slaves. He made it a rule in buying and selling slaves never to break up families. Consequently, his Negroes loved him and never tried to run away. They were well fed and clothed and the Overseer was never allowed to whip any of them. When the Civil War came on William was made Col, of the Malitia; hence, his title of Col. He drilled the soldiers on the square at Mocksville,- as he was filling two offices and to be with his children he still lived in Mocksville, but was runnin the farm and building up Marchmont. Before the surrender he had one hundred negroes working at Marchmont. The hill was high on one side. As he wanted to grade the hill, he built a two foot rock wall around it, then cut off the high side and terraced the outer side of the wall, leaving about one acre for a yard on the top of the hill. Then he made a driveway around the hill. Col. March was quite a politician in his day. He represented his county in Raleigh several times. It was said of him that he was a good lawyer and many people came to him for advice. Herever charged anyone for anything he could_do-to help them. He was a close friend of Gov. Zeb Vance during the war, as was verified recently by the discovery of an old letter dated April 4, 1892, from Gov. Vance. While Col. March was Sheriff of Davie County, it was his unhappy duty to execute two criminals. He offered one hundred dollars apiece for anyone who would do the job for him, but this was against the law so with tears streaming down his cheeks, he knocked the block and turned away. He tried to resign his office, but his resignation was not accepted. After the war Dr. Rush Williams died leaving Frances March, the elder daughter of Col. March, a widow with three children. The doors at Marchmont was thrown open to receive them and, thus, Col. March became a father to the fatherless. He lived to sea two of his grandchildren grown and married, with one granddaughter making him the great grandfather of three children. He died while attending court in Mocksville September 30, 1897, and was buried by his beloved wife in the Joppa Cemetery near Mocksville. MARCHMONT William Boca March was born March 22, 1819,the son of Jacob Marsi either in Austria or Germany? '° h thrown against a tree and killed dnring a horse race Jacob Marc was on, the now, Wilkesboro Street. In 1840 Jacob Boge gave a 70 acre tract , on the wast side of Elisha's Creek adjoining a tract owned by William E. Booe to his grandchildren. In 1842 Jacob Booe bequeathed a fifty acre tract to the five children_ of his deceased daughter, Fanny White. These children were William Bone and polly March, Maloney, Mary Ann and Lindsay D. White. on September 1, 1842 William Booe March married Mary Mariah Gaither, the daughter of Gassoway Gaither. Mary Mariah died January 14, 1847 leaving two small children, Mary Frances and Alice Virginia. The girls, who were probably reared by their aunt, attended school at Salem. an office In 1842 William Bone March was elected Sheriff of Davie County, he continued to hold until 1852 until his cousin, Alexander Booe was elected. In 1854 March was elected to the N. C. House of Commons. In 1856 he represented the 41 District in the Senate. He owned a cotton plantation in Georgia, several businesses in Salisbury and in about 1850 acquired an interest in the firm of Richard A. and John p. Gowan, located on the east side of the Mocksville town square. The firm became March and Gowan. By 1855 March was the sole owner. At one time March was the president of the Lexington Bank. in 1862. Mary Francis March married Dr. Rush Williams of Farmington Six years later he died. only two of their four children, Stella and Luna survived beyond childhood. Alice March died in 1879 and is buried at Joppa, as is her father. Marchmont was built by Leander Austin, a cabinet maker, and carpenter. The house is said to have been built in the late 1870's or early 1880's. Located on a beautiful: site facing the Yadkin River, it was built in a handsome Victorian style. For some reason the interior did not reflect the ornate appearance of the exterior. There was no beautifully carved wood work, or handsomely finished floors, walls and doors. William March Booe March lived there with his daughter, Mary Frances Williams and her two daughters y Stella and Luna, until his death in 1897. --Stella Williams -married 5 cer Hanes of Winston-Salem at Marchmont. Luna Williams married Stephen Edwin -Williams, a lawyer from LexingtonJN C@��N9 Although Luna lived in Salisbury in a Spanish Style house on the corner of Fisher and Church Streets, she and her daughters, Lois and Edwina, spent many pleasant summers in the rambling old hose gave aDDre.E. h c. Sweeney of Charlotte, remembers riding the pony his grandmother At Mrs. William's death Marchmont went to her two daughters, Mrs. Lois Sweeney, a widow, of Mecklenburg Counts' and to Mrs. Edwina Jamerson and her husband Ralph C. Jam*son of Guilford County. on March 27, 1943 Marchmont .was, sold to A. Zeno Hoots of Forsyth County, an absentee landlord. years Marchmont sat deserted ted and aloof, on a road that according to tradition was constructed by slave labor under the watchful eye of a harsh taskmaster, becoming prey to vandals and neglect. The house was in ruins. when it was torn down in 1994. In Davidson coa,my, sham am few descendants of the March famtiy. Tho name hen about died oat. 'Phe people livtng here em descended from three Harch wantax Sarab Ann March, Susan March and Elizabeth Gaither March, all of whom we shall have more to say. Genealogical ro- a^amh is fer more difficult when like lineage groeo�ds through the female menihets of a family, due to women assuminngg the names of their husands. Of course, the blood line is lust as strong and signjticant when it proceeds threugh female members of a family. The identity, however, 1.... wev of getting lost -- tieadeu b. it, 1788, d. June 28, I$47. B wpm buried in the murriage came a aaugn Ann March, who Mt Peary and their dangh Louise Peary. mairniv L,--wia Thompson, who ter, Clara Mae, beOm of Joe Moffitt Sr. John D. Ofimas, h w farmer -and- miller of li h Hotel, in urea proprietor' the arc HrOnse; 19¢2, NT owl SHiauartle 1906,altti mend Bro WaS propfietor of the Hotel March. It was about ivd the brick building repleso10 that den one of 1872. Through the years this hotel served the community well, not only as an inn for overnight rsets, some of whom were quite moas, but as a center for enter* tainment, meetings and for ate - gent dining, The large dining room cnutd accommodate up to 75 people and if the banquet room was opamPA 60 mom could he served. Parties wen often held in the banquet hall. it was my privilege to attend a dinner at the March Hotel in ear ty March, 1927. It was an unua i - al circumstance that Meda it pos- sible for me to be an invited guest an that particular evening. Teachers in the public schools of the wunty were having their an- nual dinner meeting 1>� B eek in 1027 very fpoom and ew tee Aare owned cars, y he, principal_ q� Reeds School bid's catyeatnd he had u,A my father to let him car be dr- _ n: facglty to tbe:hamera was only a teen3egesdb ar- drive, so -I was drafted Is flue teachers to the -me( Qrjncipai teok the rest. e ,e. , and Z• 4at'? ' of irigaibelpla.mtlea;to i March Hotel. S d),y. on.. and, the dmsm ahout:the partt nth_ er would .play in vu who jith Ids, BWWri ttaran=wms walr� . w•,•,•••:.•.. ___- -- orphaned early in,li$'e.t7+'mt te"''gajsitvIv.daearhtcd taWesi Ilya in *6 bnmmof an airav O. "{ Icd to ad like a�teaotidF;'�` Sam Flnch, who lima nn,tiitdh , re=,% attandasiL Afxr'`d�iniaiW. Streetrn ' r tbapk llged a;btsinesa �@@0uX�Haao Ila Anyone Wh4 dirt HXW in mttri anew-dinner-speaA�r ti- twm %e> ii�taa, in thw � tiag' 04a' rather terllaua• _prr eu tury suyelY.,captp'thkno+v'6ome• idiiial, redonnednar'aiep^add thine_avbmsL thea, -J areh t�OW,..`wen: out ta�ous"sats'rV fie we whieyf ch wpdq-preseiW GA thi4 had spent sbaut three"if4uts-fit, wrnerafSpntbiMejnAti-eatead'''ibr lViehad'adcv? 4t{8wae. West Firat,Avenue.. Thio fa1eottlP '-�eisnwr°Q' On we ievadvice n old landmark WONAab l� prhxi a wooden ..etrucCu d>aat ; w"' and go3 as much snow removed as kvZas-possible_ Then we piled into the two care and started for Reeds. I was to follow the lead car. No one else in my car co Id drive. On hills, my passenge got out andad end rafted snow from in Wt of the tires. It took us a couple of hours to drive the five miles in the deepest snow I ever remember. Our fine clothes took a beating that night. It was one night that responsibility caused me to grow, up rapidly 1 shell never forget the March Ho- tel or that night either. It has been my policy as writer of Mis Family'hee' to stay pret- tyy mucb within the confines of Davidson county with my stories about families, However, with the March family, I must leap the vn,ikin River and tell about the from the river that forms our counWo western bounds. I visited there for the first time in the late 9 's to visit our rriends–.—Wlex and Martha Springs. They were living there with several small children, and we took our tykes and paid them a visit. When we drove uQ.to,the hiah,_ atatel9 old' house. I eould a marve at its decadeat,gran- a quint ways "u,..w.�.,.o....,. which: web .Rle,really ;She most IM-, ppre`ssive path. ive bezw lied fidgsG.wa itse etebd eey- -on. grounderogeted one actp..1 -rtr were rack wane and rusty; jran ; galea Alex told W W�ttooglllr had' beeq offeied dor the bvacvooda. itFtEoea` `albs-- �,'at7�pt�piQp. ,that etfar was -- Mont 9(ii at ttiat ti r�aW]d mant,was LJ�)t.Qi.tC!'O- NOI -- CJL _ en the boy was quite young, married work In and soon amassed a sizeable William Booe March_ married Ma l(fafther, who bora him two Tg�f teary Frances and Al- ice. �Ihen the gh'ls ware quits small M Gaither died. Being left vrith two a e W a ilium hired a nose for them end want on with his wort. He was 17e11 - liked by the people of Davie County and was elected them to the politic o a� -V a h house. He was pee 86. w6� t7ie house was poMRIsted He lived there Alone, for a 'wbils, .but Dater brosag5t ih his widowed daughter, Id ani •her three v`"ri 111iara:l3,. Msrch died $egt hie 8omroem�-tura ftnagsm[ ncoI T iatas� Gw wltfl••Jae"Moiitt-Jr.-, papers In:C8tlnfy Ubtery.s>teerp-.. bled ny Jasrrtte'Wilson, �aciitd-. ins a.lnifa^ wriltnn l,v .TnmalT X11 t�c� JL istory -moan Clem Ile boy, b4 in Raleigh, Boston Re. Printed in 825, which E , the 14th of May, 2 !" lin. was killed in e; iii this county, by -be- iag'thtown from his horse white running'a quarter race! The pe- culiarities attending this fatal cas- ualty as related to us by by a um- ber of_ctwitnesses, are most re- vat a aormal feelincs of a tele, and speak with tder, in ;reproba- tithe �q$erous and demo- ralizing' prat ce cf pct- i orae-rac• ing It ✓ "dCxQ iC ox Fathering at MocksvEle on the .day the casualty happened. As trrual on such ' oceasions, prett} cc was agreed upon and Of beN made: Young le his own horse, (or ' -a lad in keeping) and his de the other. Soon af. the hors. which the ode `flew the track" and rider to the ground ed, however, soon jun: -..l'Jred, andin reoeied valor by 'ating effects of the 'tea' viouslAtaken, ejaculat- Ac.Ob 1�`i►2c-� Ath�nrz b 6440� ,*tate of �Korth amlina Pparhaeld of �Lrt4ibts MTh Pis#nrg ash 6 January 1965 Mr. Lester Y. Martin Attorney at Law Martin Building Mockeville, North Carolina Lear Mr. Martint Davie Co, F. ' ' . I MOOSvi':,�, I.. In response to your inquiry, I as glad to report that the htorth Carolina Manual 191: indicates that W. B. Marsh (not ?Barth) was elected to the House of Commons from Davie County in 1854 and ,856 and to the State Senate from the 41st District in 1864. We cc not have a lisi of names of Davie sheriffs. It may be that Marsha nape was misspelled in the Manual. You may want to check the or;girctl journals in Secretary of Statu Thad Burs's cffice to see If he spolled JL with a "c" or "s". HGJ:ksp Sincerely yours, N. G. Jones State Archlvizt DAVIE CO. 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DEATHS. kY a MAX. - 1 4k .... -1'l 34a l� zk 4 fi Ln Al s :7iC7�C7�C7�C71C7iC773C�7�C74C7iC7iC71C71C7iC7�C7iC7iC73C�iC7�C7�C� .: CN I , �.r 1A ``--'' .•` ��,e � �"r���`..,�-x''oi-i�-���ryiA�'s�.s.4�'^y 4''N,n #Y''3tiP`ww�f"y�'$`� w ,.�. g �,��Y3��.�n s y `�•' i�i�i����M�13�Wi���1���W - x _ MARRIAGES i! �y .....�._ s�_........1 r 1......_m L.._..... ._..p,...f..=. t. _...... ............ r- -_ + a',ururrs, j1�g1jeil. A�IA[[iA�,;ttT,f - 17F0-1��6 L iArc I Ar JN. M. MPlw.nn W. tl JON % kOC8. •aN. 1. qnM. �tTi�TTl. 112�6 r-� i /i"u'�•4 MA RC H Copied from Lois W. Hill's Bible R„"ipk FA. AaleltPi, T>ACQC?) saw march came to America about 1750 - four of his sons came to North Carolina, bought "UnT in Rowan County. The sons were John, Jacob, Rudolph and George. George married Amelia Gardner in 1779. The second time married Mary Green in 1804. Their children were George. Jr_., supposedly went to Illinois to live while a young man. Ab_ r= married Elisabeth gone June 5, 1816. Squire killed by lightning in Petersburg, Virginia, 1815. Jacoo Jacob married Fannie Bs August 16, 1816. He was killed by his horse throwing him im Mocksville. N. C., in 1825. Cloe married John Mail. Favor married David Sooe and moved to Tennessee about 1831. a"`/Wr(eOf3ptob , 141Wt4eV*rReocnAMslgletowile Jacoban4jF#ifg March had two children, William Boos (larch born March 22, 1819- died September 30, 1897, and Polly March born 1823. William Booe March married Mary Gaither September 1, 1842. Their children were Mary Frances March (Edwina Williams Jamison'• grandmother) born November 25, 1842 - died June 18, 1912. Also, Alice Virginia born September 27, 1845-4ied September 29, 1879. Mary Frances March married Dr. Francis Rush Williams, May 27, 1862. They had four children: Pf F+am.✓�o7eu,DavieC�ry 1, Mary Estella born Feb. 11, 1863 -died October 11, 1913. She married first B. F. Haws, Winston, N. C. The second time M. A. Walker, Winston, N. C. No children. 2. Lune Rush William born July 17, 1865 - died December 26, 1941. 3. Mattis Remedy born August 13, 1867 - died few days. 4. Willie Rush born October 22, 1668 - died November 20, 1870. Luna Rush Williams married Steven Edwin Williams, Lexington, N. C. on June 16, 1886. They had five children; �O�U (,ASWCU,ii \�p aze Va M'e-,W-L Febd4,IB54 1. March born September 20, 1887 - died September, 1890. 2. Ila born May 6, 1891 - died May 7, 1891. 3. Lois Estella - born October 30, 1892. 'Died rAf*fCi- i It"`7 4. Mary Frances - born August 16, 1894 - died October 20, 1918. 6. 1907_ Stied. Feb I I IQ84 Lois married Edgar Chew Sweeney, Lexington, September 4. 1918. He died October 5, 1938. To them were born; Dal 1.Edgar C. Sweeney, Jr. - September 23, 1919, Charlotte. D Dt['7 a00 V 2. Frances March Sweeney - born October 12, 1922. Frances married Peter Ruse Paterson July 2, 1944. Children of marriage: Peter Russ Peterson, Jr., September 10, 1945, Cbarlottes and Patrick March Peterson, Feb. 21, 1951, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. j) Dec Q 3 1bbce 44c- Lois JCLois married Fredrick Sinclair Hill on May 10, 1947 - died January 27, 1951. - 2 - Edger C. Sweeney, Jr. sorted Patricia Avery Lowery on August 2, 1958. She vas born September 23, 1929. Children of these ere; 1. Edger Chew Sweeney, III - born Good Friday, April 15, 1960, Charlotte. 2. Wilson Blackburn - horn September 9, 1963. William Booe larch died is Moekeville Hotel while attending court there on September 31 1897. The March Bible is now owned by T,— 'a daughter, Edwina Williams Jamison. It was published by Jasper Harding in 1849 in Philadelphia. It was translated out of the original Greek, The New Testament. This Bible has the Book of the Apocrypha, Book of Judith and several others, and the Maccabees.] These are not in the regular �Q Bible. Et ua Y', i]�t1,Qs 0.wA �frosWa d1 r\c91�iQ` C'.. s�4 Y"' '-Q .00K. TL , l G 3 ti `- , �t1an� apyµ6dw Ciao �= A4a,\ `1, fa4� -•i'c\w�+� `��•^y C°wA'`.,`. P.�``x� '19+e� A eti7,�4ga \�aaNr+ 9 .1939 "Ca �, wrn I O (o g �e1sy °d � • �9 MARCH Excursus / According to Dr_ Adelaide Fries, Mertz or Merz (Martz), the German family name, is derived from the Christian -name Martin, through the patronymic Mertens, in South Germany and Switzerland. The March (Martz or Merz) family, originally Swiss -Germans, living in Switzerland, near the German border, left Switzerland, due to religious persecution, and settled in the Palatinate of Ger- many, near Manheim on the Rhine, about 1685. This was than a Protestant country, but when it came under Catholic rule, the Marches left it, and sailing from Rotterdam, came to the New World, where the family name was given the English spelling and pronunciation March instead of Martz. Rudolph Mertz, the immigrant ancestor, was born c1720 in Switzerland near a rman order, arrived in Philadelphia on 30 August 1743 on the ship Frances and Elizabeth with George North the master.12 According to family tradition, they settled in Orangebu r° ft5ttcL South Camlina, where he married Miss Amelia Barr. The family then moved to Rowan County, North Carolina. On 29 December 1755, Rudolph Martz witnessed a deed in Rowan County.13 His name appears on the earliest Rowan County Tax List, that of 1759. On 21 October 1768, he recorded his stock mark and brand: "Year Marke a Swallw Forke in the Right Year & a Crap in the Lefft Recorded and his Brand is thus R M."14 He served on the county court jury in 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, and 1769.1 a He died intestate in Rowan County in the fall of 1771, and on 5 November 1771, his son Rudolph was appointed administrator of his estate: the inventory revealed an estate valued at £240.15.16.1 a . John March, son of Rudolph and Amelia (Barr) March, married first, in Rowan County, the marriage bond dated 31 August 177_[4], Elizabeth Pelier, the daughter of Michael and Margaret Pelier,l? and married second, 18 February 1802, Catherine (Crouse) Hinkle widow of Micah (Michael) Hinkle in Rowan County. John March was granted more than 1,400 acres of land on Dutchman's Creek in 1783.11' The daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pelier) March, Sallie March, was born 27 February 1799 and became the second wife of Joseph Hanes on 19 October 1819. John March died prior to 18 May 1819 on which date Andrew Wilson and William Wilson signed as bondsmen for John March, Jr., the administrator of his estate. Col. Jacob Jacob March, son of John and Elizabeth (Pelier) March, was born 11 August 1775 and died intestate 30 December 1831 as a result of having fallen from a bridge on Dutchman's Creek in Davie County. He married Margaret Rebecca Hinkle, the Rowan County Marriage Bond dated 25 August 1797. She was born in Pennsylvania 27 July 1775 and died 2 March 1830 in Rowan County, the daughter of Micah (Michael) and Rebecca (Spurgeon) Hinkle.19 Col. Jacob March owned Hickory Hill on Dutchman's Creek in Davie County. Jacob and Rebecca (Hinkle) March's daughter, Jane March, was born in Rowan 68 The Hinkle -March Bible records in the possession of-Mrg.'J_ Clifford Miller of Richmond. County 24 December 1812 and married Alexander Martin Hanes. They were e,� J parents of Pleasant Henderson Hanes. G T•42tp-March, son of Jacob and Rebecca (Hinkle) March, was born 2 January J$'J/1801 in Rowan County and died 3 August 1870. His first marriage, the Rowan 4ra County Marriage Bond dated 14 October 1829, was to Elizabeth Frost who was born 4 January 1812 and died 27 August 1841. He went to Tennessee where he married 26 August 1849 in Lincoln County, Nancy H. Price, and they migrat- ed to Texas. The daughter of John and Elizabeth (Frost) March, Mary Margar- ette March, married Charles Volney Fortune; their daughter, Mary Lizora Fortune, married Pleasant Henderson Hanes. Mary Margarette (March) Fortune and her daughter, Mary Lizom For. tune, who married Pleasant Henderson Hanes. 73 March Family Monday, November 12, 2007 7 51 PM The Jarvis Family and Other Relatives H you have reached us from Ancestry.com or another cached site, please go to see the latest version of this page. We welcome comments and inquiries. Please p,.. gs. t March Family First Generation Rudolph Maertz, bom about 1723 in Switzerland, immigrated in 1743 on the Francis and Elizabeth, and settled for a few years in Orangeburg District SC before moving to Rowan Co. NC by 1755. He married Amelia Barr in South Carolina. This name becomes March in subsequent generations. Second Generation Children of Rudolph Maertz and Amelia Barr John Wrrh (?-bef. 1819) m. 1) ElizabefA PeBv )is this Peeler or Biehier?], 2) Catherine Hinkle, d/o Charles Hinkle and Elizabeth Johnson Third Generation Children of John March and 1) Elizabeth Peiiar Jxobtgrth(1775-38 - (1775-1830) Sarah (Sallie) March m. Joseoh Mattes (1784-1847) (ids second wife) Polly March m. Robert Hampton In 1808 John March m. Elizabeth -Iffier in 1810 Fanny (Farrar?) March m. Daniel Bone in 1812 John, Polly and Fanny were not previously listed here as children of John and Elizabeth March, but John March Sr. signed as witness for all three of these marriages, and John Jr. was bondsman for Polly and Robert Hampton. Fourth Generation Children of Jacob March and Margaret Rebecca Hinkle *Abraham March m. Ei:zabetn Bc4.= (17954)0. 1837), d/o George and Magdalena Booe `Jacob March (d. bet. 1831) on. Fanny Bone, d/o Jacob Booe and Fanny Glasscock William March (1799-?) John March (1801-1870) m. 1) Elizabeth Frost (2812-1841),2) Nancy H. Price; was living in Tennessee in 1836 when his father's land was sold. 1, h it 3 �t S t t,i (.v VQ e 04 Rebecca March (1803-?) Elizabeth March (1805-?) m. Christopher Chaffin, also in TN by 1836 Elsie March (1807-?) Squire March (18104) Jane March (1812-1897) m. Alexander Martin Hanes (1809-1861) Benjamin Hinkle March (1814-?) m. Elite Wilson Children of John March 1) Elizabeth Frost Mary Margarette March m. Charles Voiney Fortune (theirdau., Mary Lizom Fortune, married I?GP_asant Henderson Hanes Children of Abraham March and Elizabeth Booe Hampton March William March Nancy March m. 7 Wflbom Archibald March This family is gone from Davie County by 1850. Children of Jacob March and Fanny Bone William Booe March (1819-1897) m.:;?:: "z. ,l, gL.11822-1&17) Polly March 'Error corrected 5/27/01:1Mr 11111116WOusly reported William Bone Mardi as the son of Jacob Abraham March. Abraham Mar _ Booe on 5 Jun 1g1lk1ioshYldtttwrried Fanny Bone on 10 AaJj different and -t ovaspe nkat they were fife oldest sons le. The *George Booe names children of his daughter Eliza ,w sw ggrrdnNurWM W iilla%WW Archibald March, and Namy Wilbom. Jamb Boce"s wilt .B,gdardn, Polly March, Meloney Whfte, Mary Ann [HIt e, art lM eYU.ttw itch married James White of Guilford County in August, 1831, and was deceased by November 1840, when Jacob Bode gave land to his grandchildren William B. March and Polly March. We believe that William Booe March is therefore the son of Fanny and Jacob. c C R rf e ct Children of William Dope March and Mary Marlah Wither Mary Frances March (1844 -aft. 1880) m. Dr. Rush Williams in 1862, Davie County. Alice March (1845-1879) did not marry William Booe March was Sheriff of Davie County, NC in 1850. Mary Mariah died in 1847 and William and his two girls were living with his brother in law's family, Henry R. Austin and E_v_ra Ggiher Austin. The following article appeared in People's Press, 1853: Shot.—We learn that John Hall, (trader) shot William March, erslnerifP of Davie County, a few days since, in the streets of Mocksville. We have no particulars. March's wounds are supposed to he mortal, and Ndlfws been arrested aid-wrprisofald. The parties had been at variance for some time. Despite the prediction of recital wounds, heigovived. and lived on until September 1897. He gave up being sheriff, however, as in 1860 his occupation is given as 'trader and farmer" and in 1870 simply as "farmer". Mary Frances March Williams and her husband are absent from the Davie County census in 1870. In 1880, she and her two daughters, Stella and Luna, are living with her father- Stella married Beniamin ran c in fiarea, ,acne Marc`,, --:r.8929 . Sources people Named Hones, to White Lfnn Ramsey, Robert W., Carolina Cradle, Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762 Abstracts of WIIB and Estates Records of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-2805 and Tax lists of 1759 and 1778, copyright Jo White Lfnn 1980 Linn, b Whlte (1973). Davie County North Carolina Will and Deed Abstracts (Wills 1836.1900, Deeds 1836-1850). Davie County NC 1850.1880 census records Junkin, WRllam Sumner, and Minnie Wyatt Junkin. The Henkel Genealogy 1500-1960. Ancestry and Descendants of Reverend Anthony Jacob Henkel 1668.1728. 1964, published by Henckel Family Association ®, 2001-2007 Faye Jarvis Moran faye@fmoran.com Booe/Bub/Buhe Family Monday, November 1I, 2007 8:23 PM The Jarvis Family and Other Relatives if you have reached us from Ances".com or another cached site, please go to http•//wwv4.fmoran.com/booe.html to see the latest version of this page. We welcome comments and inquiries. Please write us. al Booe/Buhe/Bub Family Philip Jacob Buhe was born in 1683 In Baden, Germany. it appears that Philip Jacob was married twice, first to Maria and second to Margaretha, unless his wife's name was Maria Margaretha, which is entirely possible. Both names, Maria and Margaretha appear on separate birth records in Weissenstein, Gemiarty. Weissenstein was situated on the Enz River on the northem edge of the Black Forest. Philip Jacob and his family arrived in Philadelphia on October 12, 1738 aboard the snow Fox" a type of two -masted sailing vessel common in the 18th century. They remained in Pennsylvania for sometime and became a part of the Pennsylvania Dutch Society. Their son, Christopher/Stoffle Buhe/Booe left Pennsylvania and was in Rowan Co NC by 1756. Second Generation: Children of Philip Jacob Bub and Maria Simon Bub in. Apollonis (?) Catharine Bub (1703, Weissenstein, Germany-?) in. Melchior Hutchmacher (widower) Children of Philip Jacob Bub and Margaretha Philip Jacob Bub, Jr (1709, Weissenstein, Germany-?) Christoph Bub (1712, Weissenstein, Germany -c1783) in. Margretha Johannn George Bub (1715, Weissenstein, Germany-?) Heinrich Booe (probably too young to be mentioned on ships passenger's list) (lived near Dutchman's Creek, and is mentioned later by Christoph to be his brother) (note: from the Parish Weinssenstein, Germany the following record extracted: Agnes Louisa Buh, born August 23, 1736. "The unchaste father is Christoph Bub of Philipp Jacob Bub at Weissenstein. The harlot mother is Maria Dorothea Neyl, thoughtless daughter of Jacob Neyei, citizen and craftsmen here. Godparents: Philipp Jacob Haug at Weissenstein. Also Michael Hutchmacher citizen and craftsman here. Johann Jacob eonenberger von of the late Jacob Bonenberger citizen and weaver here. Elisabetha Mercklin Single daughter of the cobbler here.") Third Generation: Children of Stoffel/Christopher Buhe/Booe and Margretha Christoph Baoe Jr. in. Margaretha (m. in 17651 Jacob Booe (1740/1750, Germany -1812, NC) m. 1) Eve/Eva Herteline (abt. 1756-1778), d/o John Henlein and Catherine Coone; 2) Eve Coone, d/o Michael Coone (Kuhn) and Catherine Lail (Jacob owned land In 1783 that became known as Mock's Old Field) JUDY'S OENEOt.OGY Page I Margaret Booe m. 1) Valentine Kuhn (17404) (m. in 1762),2) John Neale (m. in 1771) Donsthy Booe m. John Hunter (m. In 1769) Barbarl Buh m. Ja. Elwester (m. in 1776 by Rev. G. Arends) Ruliff Booe m. Mary Bushellson (m. In 1776) Agnes Louisa Buhe (1736, Welssenstein, Germany-?) George Booe m. Magdalena (Christoph was In Rowan Co NC by 1756 where In 1767, Stophel Buhe was naturalized and became Christoph Boot.) Fourth Generation: Children of Christopher Booe Jr. and Sarah Margretha Christina Booe (17667) Margretha Booe (17684) m. Johannes Nagel Joseph Boos (1771-122, IN) M. Rachel Harwood/Aarowood Elizabeth Booe (17734) - did she marry George Graves (1770-1837 in 1792? Magdalen Booe (17754) Benjamin Booe (17784) m. Sarah Harwood/Arrowood Children of Jacob Booe and Eve Coon Benjamin Booe Mary Magdalena "Molly" Booe (c1769-1846, TN) m. Joseph Sain George Booe II (17751838) M. Magdallna Jacob Booe Jr. (aft 1774-) m. Fannie Glasscock (1779/1800-1873) Ann Elizabeth Booe (1773-1853) m. Georee Sain (1764-1833) Sarah Booe (17894) m. James Glasscock in the Year 1792 Jacob and his wife were confirmed and attended Communion for the first time at the Dutch Meeting House, Rowan County, NC (present day Davie County, NC). In 1767 Jacob Booe was granted SOD acres on Eiishas Creek, in the Forks of the Yadkin, next to his father's S00 acre tract. Jacob owned land In 1783 that became known as Mock's Old Field. It is estimated that Jacob owned over 2,000 acres of land in his life in Rowan County, North Carolina. Jacob Bub/Booe was Constable In Morgan Bryan's District about 1764 and Captain Bryan In Justice. In 1775 he was the executor of John Hainline's estate. In 1778 he is on the list of those who did not take the oath of allegiance in Lyon's District. In 1786 he is on the jury, Superior Court - August & November. He was a Wheelwright in 1786. December 20, 1791 The state grants Bk 12 p.498 (#2029) to lamb Booe 199a on Dutchman's Creek, called "Heidelberg" nett to David Nesbit, Samuel Baily & Niphong. February 9, 1792 Bk 12 p. 557 Jacob Booe lets the Elders of the Heidelberg Church have 19 acres on Dutchman's Geek next to the above for 19 lbs. Rowan County, Bastardy Bonds, May 12, 1 Mother, Ruthy Milm Bondsman, Jacob Bowe Fifth Generation: Children of Joseph Booe and Rachel Harwood William Booe (7-1871) m. Mary Ann "Polly' Adklnson (?-1870) John Booe (18034) m. Jan Moffatt (This family lived In Rowan Co.until about 1813, when they moved West, eventually settling In Scotts Prairie, IN) Children of George Booe II and Magdalena Phillip Booe (1790-bef.1837) m. Ellender "Nellie" Saln (m. in 1819), d/o John Saln and Elisabeth Huff JUDY'S GENEOLOGY Page 2 John Booe (1790-1825) in. Elizabeth Cheshire (abt 1790-bef. 1831) (m. in 1814) Daniel Booe (1793-1841) in. l) Polly Devlin (m. In 1806); 2) Fanny March (m. In 1812) (moved to TN) Mary Booe (bef. 1794) m. William Bracken E .gpk2gh Sooe (1795-bef. 3837) m. Jacob Abraham March (m. In 1816) Children of Jacob Booe Jr. and Fannie Glasscock William Booe m. Sarah Wellman Fanny Rope (d. bef. 1840) Wl) Jacob Marc (d. bef. 1831), 2) James White (1805-1>�) Naomi Booe (0.1807-1872) m. Samuel Foster (0. 1800-bef. 1860) Sarah Booe (ca. 1811-7) in. Andrew B. Holman (1804-1856) Jacob Booe - book 1 page 388,1&41: Jacob Booe to Melony, Mary Ann and unsay D. White, children of James White and Fanny Whhe,dec., 32 acres. location, east end of 222 acre tract Jacob Booe had conveyed to their mother, Fanny White., adj. Samuel Foster, north side of Fulton road. Wiliam W.B. & Polly Ma5h Children of Sarah Booe and James Glasscock Richard Glasscock Harmon Glasscock Jake Glasscock Frances (Fanny) Glasscock (0. 1814-1866) m. James White (1805-1880), widower of her cousin Fanny Booe Emaline Glasscock (18164) m. Ransom Powell Booe Elvira Glasscock (1819-1897) m. Rev. Nathan Chaffin (1819-1896) Thomas Napoleon Bonepart Glasscock (1817/1818-7) m. Mary Ellen Anderson (1824-1905) Martha (Patsy) Glasscock (18244) in. G.C. Kluttz, who died in Civil War Abner Glasscock (ca. 18294) Sixth Generation: Children of Philip Booe and Ellender "Nellie" Sain Martha Louisa Bone (0.1820) m. Overton White Alexander Martin Booe (1821-1895) M. Sarah Anne J. Clement (1823-1889) d/o Henry Clement, Jr. and Rosinna Sain Mary Elisabeth Boos (1823-1896) M. Cheshire Sain (1819-1893), s/o John A. Sain Sr William E. Boos 182 m. Jane Holman (Is3i-I888), d/o Andrew Holman and Sarah Race Cassandra Booe (1828) m. Robert Rose James Booe George Booe Children of Eilzabeth Booe and )acob Abraham Mash Hampton March William March Nancy Wellborn March (one record indicates Nancy married a Wellborn) Archibald March Children of John Booe and Elizabeth Cheshire Phillip C. Booe m. Elizabeth Rose (moved to AL) George Booe (1-bef. 1831) Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Booe (18241868) m. John Monroe Stafford 11 JDY'S GENEOLOGY Pace 3 Isaac Dobbins Booe (1822-1895) m.1) Julia Ann Anderson (1823-1861); 2) Mary F. Steele (Isaac first moved to Hardeman County, TN, then to Prairie County, Arkansas) John Calhoun Booe (1824-1908) m.1) Eliza Little Beemon (1824-1857), widow of Richmond Beemon, d/o Samuel Little and Mary Cain; 2) Rachel Salty (1830), d/o Willlam Batty and Mary Binkley Deed of Gift from Jonathan Chesire to his children and granchlldren. John C. Booe, while staying at the home of Tennison Cheshire. met Eliza Llttie Beemon, widow of Richmond Beemon and John and Eliza married 8/15/1844. Source: Davie Co. Heritage Book. John Calhoun Booe was "bound out" (ca. 1830-1831) at the age of six or seven after the death of his parents or grandparents and went to live with the Stafford family near Winston. We believe it was the family of James Stafford because his son, John Monroe Stafford, would have been only 16 or 17 years old in 1830/31. It was through John Calhoun Booe that John Monroe Stafford met and married Mary Elizabeth Booe. When John Calhoun Booe eventually left the Stafford household, he was given a horse and a suit of clothes as a 'going away" present. John Monroe Stafford and his wife Mary Elizabeth Booe are buried together with most of their children at Pleasant Fork Cemetery. Children of Daniel Booe and 2) Fanny March George Booe (1814/15) m. Elizabeth Cline Mary Booe m. Thomas C. Busiek Maiinda Booe (1818-1890) m. Peter J. Swink Ransom Powell Booe (1819-) m. Emmeline Mary Glassock, d/o James Glassock and Sarah Booe Pleasant H. Booe m. Margaret A. Christopher Children of John Booe and Jane Moffett Elizabeth Booe Benjamine Booe Philipp Booe Jacob Booe Sarah Booe Sain and Booe Marriage Bonds • Weather Vane written by Ron and Cinty Booe • Soaking the Yule Log written by Katie Brown Bennett Sources: The Stafford Information for this page was generously provided by Tom Stafford. Tom's email address is: TGStafford@compuserve.com Extracts from parish churchbooks, Weissenstein, Germany Carolina Cradle, Prof. Robert Ramsey, UNC History of Davie County, James W. Wall Records of the Moravian In North Carolina, Adelaide Fries Colonial Records of North Carolina Heidelberg Evangelical Lutheran Church Records (Old Dutch Meeting House, Rowan County (Now Davie), North Carolina, Cora C. Curry, Washington, DC North Carolina Church Records Minor revisions were made to this page on May 21, 2001. O, 2001-2007 Faye Jarvis Moran JUDY'S GENEOLOGY Psae 4 Z o aez MEWFAMELY EUROPEAN E MUGRANrS JACOB BUB (BOOE) (Paternal Fifth Great Grandfather) Jacob Bub disembarked from the ship DUKE OF W]ORIT ERG on October 20, 1752. His journey had taken him from the palatine area in Germany through Rotterdam and the Island of Cowes into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Jacob Bub was Eartheran, about 20 Years old, and may have been fleeing Germany to avoid reiigioos persecution. His trip had probably been typical of cross- Atlantic voyages for European immigrants. Charles Sain's, The Sam of Middle 7bnaessee 52 describes the journey that one ancestor, Gasper ZiM had taken three years earlier, in 1749... His trip had been a long, dangerous journey which lasted over six months. Ells itinerary was in thow segments. The first leg of the trip, from the Palatine down the Rhme to Romerdam, HoUmd, took four to six weeks. His boat from Heilbroon to Holland passed 26 custom houses and was frequently stopped for inspections. When the ship reached Rotterdam, it was probably detained there for five to six weeks. The second stage of the journey was from Rotterdam to Deal (or Cowes), England. His ft SI y have waited in Deal (or Cowes` one or two weeks, either to be passed through custom inspection or to wait far favorable winds for sailing. (It was in Cowes that Jacob Bone acquired a license for import to British America.) The third part of the trip was Transatlantic from Deal (or Cowes) to Philadelphia. This leg took eight to twelve weeks and was filled with suffering and hardship for the passengers. They were stowed in Z11 -7 bC) a FAMILY very small quarters, with little or no ventilation, and without proper food and water for much of the voyage. The food and water they ieoaght along was almost depleted by this time. However, the Captain committed to provide certain items for his passengers: t . 'Distribution shall be made daily among these passengers, to wit, to see fall passage. (a half passage in proportion, and for children, aeching): Sunday A pound of beef with barley Monday A pound of flour, and a pound of butter good for the whole week. Tuesday A half pound of bacon cooked with peas. Wednesday A pound of flour. Thursday A pound of beef with potatoes. Friday One half pound of rice. Saturday Peas, a pound of cheese and six pounds of bread for the whole week and one half pound of bacon. A quart of beer and a quart of water per day. Vinegar ... is to be **en along on the ship, not only to keep the same clean in order to ire good and fresh air, but also for the refreshment of the passengers. Since beer sours during the voyage and is very harmful to the health of passengers, only enough beer for part of the voyage will be taken akag, and when this is gone, a double portion of water will be given. Half of the water will be supplied for cooling. Each marmag a small glass of Holland gin and each week now and then so= vinegar." Many passengers were soon subject to diseases such as dysentery, =wvy, typhoid, and small pox. Children were most susceptible and RE -swWOk FAMILY died in large numbers. One captain reported that 32 children had died on his ship. When a ship arrived in Philadelphia, "a health officer visited the ship and, if infectious diseases were prevalent on the ship, it was ordered to be removed one mile from the city." The ship would not be allowed to unload its passengers, and the captain would sail along the coast to search for another port. Individuals who displayed signs of illness would not be permitted to disembark. The trip cost between 13 and 15 guineas. (Children under four years- old earsold often travelled free of charge, and four to 14 -year-old children paid between 6 112 and 7 1/2 guineas.) If a passenger died beyond the middle point of the voyage, the passenger's family was obligated to pay for his passage. If be died before the middle point, the loss was absorbed by the Captain.57 The parallels between the Transatlantic voyages of African slaves and Europeans are note worthy. For both, the trip was long, treacherous, and often fatal. Diseases, pirates, and stormy seas took many lives. Both groups were rejected upon arrival at the North American port if contagious diseases were present on their ships. Africans travelled in shackles - in Physical and emotional bondage - which would enslave most of them for the rest of their lives. Many European passengm were indentured servants, bound to 'marters* for a specified period of time or until certain debts were paid. Hoch groups arrived enslaved, with uncertain prospects for their futures. On October 20, 1752, Jacob Bub arrived at the Court House in Philadelphia to take 'the usual Qualifications to the Clovetmtent," swore his allegiance to King George of Farglanl and began his life in America_ g2 �b IE:- VIA -FAMILY Little is blown about Jacob in Philadelphia, but by 1768, he had migrated front philadelphia and was settled in Rowan County, North Carolina. By 1778 Jacob began acquiring Ind through land grants and private puushases in the Fork of the Yadkin River and along Elisha and Dutchman Creek (near what is Mocksville today). He accumulated over 2,000 acres during the next 26 years and became a successfid tobacco plantation owner. One of Jacob's neighbors was Squire Boone, the father of Daniel Bowe. In many of these land transactions Jacob's surname was anglici7cd and recorded as 'Booe " dl IIIII I ,1 '1 r 'J 1 I • I I YI 1 •Ifo "... Tradition tells us that when Booes first came to northern Rowan County, N. C., an area that later became southern Davie County, his area was largely a wilderness area and that wolves and panthers roamed the area freely and that inhabitants of the community carried fired torches at night to ward off these beasts. One writer stated that wild fowl was in abundance and that trees were so tall that wild mdwys would sit near the tops and it was difficult to kill them with the guns that they had at that time... " &cob Booe's "Mansion House" is remembered as being "a large aso story log budding with small windows at the top - built to offer swbectiot from Indian (Native Americ m) raids•" 0 THE BODE FAMILY 275 Looking at a brief overview of Rowan County's Booe families can provide considerable insight into the pioneering life of those early settlers. Shipping records from the Snow Fox indicates that Christopher S(o�nd his wife. Mar- garetha came to [his count in 1738 way of a elphia, from emno a aWrlitolY. The ship's registry listed the name as "Bub" — later changed to "Butt" and finally, to "Bane." Christopher's presence in Rowan County was noted in a 1756 entry on page 167 of Deed Book It; it records that he purchased 410 acres from John Peasinger for rive shillings sterling: the prooerty was located on EJisha Creek, near what is known t ay as ocks"lle, n September 22. 1767, Christopher tom others to be nature in taking the oath, "I do believe in my conscience that there is not an transubstantiation in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper of the elements of bread and wine at or atter the consecratfon there or by any person whatsoever." Christopher and Margarethea had four sons and rive daugh- ters, and it is believed that this first Booe in the new country died in 1782 -: in 1752. Jacob Boom, thought tobeakinsman of Chnstopher� s, ca` m`e from Rotterdam to America on the Duke of Wartert, ev 1764 Jacate had migrate from Philadelphia to Rowan County and settled near Christopher. It is thought that Jacob's first wife came from Germany and probably died around 1778: and by 1787, he married Michel Kuhn.'s daughter, Eve. - -Jacob Booe's children were as follows: George marne Mag affna (unknown), Mary married Joseph Sain. Benjamin married Sally Harwood. Anna Elizabeth married Gearge Silo, Jacob, Jr, married Fanny Glasscock. Sarah mar- ried James Glasscock, and William E. died in infancy. In his will, Book G page 213.216. Jacob speaks of his "Mansion House": later, family members remembered the structure as being a large two. story log building with small windows at the top— 'built to offer protection from Indian raids. Jacob's will, also referred to his stili and cast iron stove— scarce items during that period. One of the more interestfnq stories coming from Jacob's history centers around his treatment of slaves: supposedly, he gave each one aChristmas vacation—forso long as the great Yule og fried in t e en fireplace. And, demonstrating the slaves' ingenuity, they found that by soaking the fog with creek water. Christmas holidays could be greatly prolonged! During Jacob Bone's years in Rowan County, his accumulation of land grew to more than 2.000 acres—obtained through both scribe the (and as being in the forks of the Yadkin and laying along Elishe Creek. According to Row. an Deed Book 12, page 577, Jacob sold to the Elders of Heidelburg Church. 19 acres on Febru- ary 9. 1792 for the amount of 19 pounds. Church records indicate that the-Bace families were ac- tive at Heidefburg and many were, no -doubt. buried in the rock -wailed cemetery located on Canalizer Road in Davie County. Jacob Booe died in 1811. nearly 50 years after first arriving in Rowan County. George Boos. Jacob's eldest son, and Mag- delina had five children; 'r- John married Elizabeth Cheshire. Daniel mar- ried Fanny March, Elizabeth married Abrani. Mart . Phi lip married E!fender Sain, and flary married William Bracken. The date of Magdelina's death is unknown but, Heidelburg CRurch records show that she was still a communing member in 1793. And as George Bona's life was drawing to a close in 1838, he must have been a man of great sorrow; his wife and three of his children had already preceded him In death. Since his only living son rived in Tennes- see. George appointed his tong -trusted friend, ,Uttteberry Rose, to serve as executor of his estate. -:1.' _ - =.John Boce, born in 1790, was George's oldest child; and in h� is lather's will was referred to as "Beloved Jahn." John married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of one of Rowan County's most prominent farmers, John Chasire. John purchased 200 acres of land from his father and 150 acres from Wiilam _Duln. John and Elizabeth located where Bear Creek enters the Yadkin River: but their time together was short. John died at the age of 35, leaving a widow and four children: Phllip, probably went to live with his grand- father, George; married Elizabeth (unknown) and later moved to Alabama; Mary "Polly" went with her mother to live with mandfathec Jonathan Cheshire and later marded John Stafford: Isaac• bound out to relatives of his mother—the Sain family, finally moved to Arkansas and married Julia Anderson; and John C. who was only two years of age when his fatherdied, was later bound out to his uncle Thomas Cheshire: he married Elizabeth Beaman. -Elizabeth Beaman was said 10 be a widow with a small child and actually met John C. during a visit with Mrs. Cheshire. It seems that torrential rain started while Elizabeth was at the Cheshire home, Flooding a nearby creek Mrs. Cheshire requested that John accompany Mrs. Beaman and the child safely across the creek's footbridge. From this chance encounter grew romance and marriage! Elizabeth and John had five children•. Elizabeth "Betty" married Noah Danner: Wit- ham "Bffly" married Jane Reavis Judson married (1) Amanda White, (2) Ann Cleary, and (3) Lula Sutton and had more than 20 children: Mary marded Henry White: and Ida married Lindsay Beck. In 1851, Erizabeth died and at a later date. John C. married Rachel Batty. James married Emma flames; Nancy married Charlie Anderson; Charlie married Emma Rutledge; and Robert married Unn(e Anderson and - after her death, remarried a Mrs. Morris. The small cairn of John C. Booe still stands in -_ the Bear Creek Church community of Davie Coun- ty; and the Boos families are stiff prominent in that church's activities. John C. died in 1903 and was buried in the Bear Creek Baptist Church cemetery along with many other Booes. Soaces: 51msba9er Slapparg Aesres, VA L ftowm and bane County MIS. deeds. Mrnage aidcensmrea vds. Caravan eemrds on Nath Cambria Vo' V$ nR nutds Meering Rause/ Heiddbug Chwch reads. fa" a Dens. —Paul Griffith Rachel Wiles' 229 mll�a (fill j I APPENDICES LAST WILL ANP TMAAIENT ACOB WOE February Session 1812 In the Name of God Amen I Jacob Bone of the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God. and catling to mind the marudlity of my body knowing that it is appointed for all men ontx to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent, Christianlike manner at the discretion of my friends and Executors. Nothing doubting, but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God, and in (touching) such worldly estate wherewith it bath plemd God to bless me with in this life 1 give and dispose of the same in Me following manner and form — 1st. That all my just debts and funeral charges be paid by my Executors, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife EveKme Negro Rabecca to her her heirs and girl named use and service the followingN foreve And further for her Negroes (viz) one Negro man named Job, and one Negro woman named Nell, and one of her chiklrcr. named Barbara, and Negro woman named Amey, and one of her children called Levi - and a Negro woman named daughter Like all the above Bened_e and ter excepted) is to be-egaall Mentioned tdeg�oa5 Rao only ng to My wife for and during the term Of h r natural after oher death the said Negros and their increase from this time to be equally j divided among my children, EliMbeth Cain Sa' Jacob Booe, Sarah GI GODS Boce, Macy ascock, and I further give unto my wife 438 APPENDICES for her life time all my stock of every discription, and all my farming utensils, and all my personal] estates (my still and all belonging thereinit excepted) with the especial prviledge of my Mansion house, including every room belonging to the same, for her life time, and my will and desire is that all the above mention Proper l eft to my wife (the Negro woman Ra eecca excepted) be to take care given same the hands of my son Jacob Bax to preserve for my wife's use, to order and direct to be done with ( ) shall deem most proper and advantageous for the use and benefit of my wife's support and maintenance one t o hereby premises, and I (out of the enjoin it on my son Jacob Bato sce to and provide for (out property left to her in my will) a good, sufficient and comfortable maintenance respecting the necessarys of a mortal life and such as her capacity May require but if my son Jacob should die before his mother, then my Executors are hereby impowered to furnish and provide for my wife a sufficient maintenance to be taken oautt of t profits arrising from the Negroes, stock and property wife that mentioned, And further if any complaint be made by my she is not sufficiently supported by my son Jacob Booe, and information being given to my Executors and on examination if they shall find any just cause for such complaint they are hereby authorized to make what further provission and allowance that they shall think proper. I will unto my son Jacob Bax all and singular my lands and tennements whereon I now five under two deeds containing four hundred acres more or less with all my buildings of every disc iptt� with immediate posession (my Mansion house only excepted until tof death of my wife as above mentioned, and at her death the rig ht - me Mme thento (devolve) on him the said Jacob Bone, and further I give unto him two Negras Boys by the names o �aniei a Peter and also one Negro girl by the name of Dicey, and one iron stove, but the stove is not to be removed from where it now stove until my wife's decease which lands and premises, Negros and forever, and after will unto him the said Jacob Booe his heirs and assigns my wife's death my will and desire is that the abaov meioned nd nsLikey with Negros (viz) Job, Nell, Barbara, Amey, Levi, Betty 439 W-1 APPENDICES their increase (if any) from the present date, and all my stock every kind and all my household goods and furniture and all i utensils for husbandry and my still with all the (asserates) beloao thereunto be valued by three reputable freeholders appointed by i children and Executors to be equally divided among my five chili namely Elizabeth Sain, George Booe, Mary Sain, Jacob Booe a Sarah Glascock, which Negroes and property by them freely * posessed and enjoyed forever. I will unto my grandson Daniel Ba one Negro boy named Ellick to him and his heirs forever. And I do hereby constitute, appoint and ordain my son George B together with my trusty friend Nicholas Click my whole and Executors of this my last Will and Testament utterly reva disannulling and making void all and every other former wills bequests by me made either in writing or in a viable urea ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Rpt Testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and this twenty fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred eleven. Signed Sealed and Pronounced In the presence of Jacob Booe (seal) Jeremiah Wolman Jun. his mark Jno. Ellis SOURCE: Rowan County, North Carolina, County Probate Will Book G. Mamhmont by Florence Martin January 14, 1964 The visitor in Davie County who happens to travel a road from Advance toward the Yadkin River, may catch a glimpse of an arresting and, some say fabulous looking and most certainly a curiosity arousing dwelling standing lonely, aloof and deserted on a high bluff overlooking the river. Gone are the boxwoods and flowering shrubs, gone too, a road that once encircled the hill and led up a driveway to the house. This road, according to neighborhood tradition, was dug out and constructed by slave labor under the watchful eye of a harsh taskmaster. It was here, that William Booe March spent the last years of his life. Living with him was his daughter, Mary Frances, widow of Dr. Rush Williams of Farmington who died on July 20, 1868, and her two daughters Stella and Luna Miss Mary Heitman, who knew the March and allied families and was for many years the Davie County historian, wrote in her notes on Marchmont that it was built in the 1880's by Leander Aurin, a carpenter and cabinet maker. His tombstone in Rose Cemetery at Mocksville is inscribed with the dates July 27, 1853 -September 7, 1922. How long it took him to build the large, many -roomed and ornate appearing house is not (mown. The owner, however, seems not to have cared about having a carefully finished interior. For this reason the visitor, having been attracted by the architectural design of the exterior, is disappointed when he eaters the house, for there were no beautifully carved wood work and handsomely finished floors, doors and walls. William Bone March was bom March 22, 1819 to Jacob March and his wife, Frances (Fanny) Booe, the daughter of Jacob Booe. His father was killed when thrown from his horse against a tree during a race on what is now Wilkesboro Street in Mocksville. In 1840 William Booe and Polly March, a son and daughter of Jacob March and Fanny White, deceased, and grandchildren of said Jacob Bane, were given a seventy acre tract by chair grandfather. The land was located on the west side of Elisha's Creek and adjoined a tract owned by their Uncle, William E. Bone. In his will, dated 1842, and probated in 1857 by Jacob Booe, he bequeathed a fifty acre tract to the five children of ids daUghVeL. Farmy Bona March White; deceased, twmiy W.B. and Polly March. Moloney, Mary Amu and Lindsey D. White. This tract was also on tbo west side of Elish's Creek and adjoined Starling Moore's Spring, Poplar Spring Branch, a foot path to James White's house, Berrj. Booe and William Bone. On September 1, 1842, William Bone March married Mary Mmiah Gaither, a daughter of Gassoway Gaither and the sister of Ephraim and Burgess Gaither, Ellen Gibbs, Matilda Roseborough and Elvira Austin. Mary Mariah died January 14, 1847 and was buried at Joppa. She left two little girls, Mary Frances and Alice Virginia, who are said to have been reared by an aunt. In 1862 Mary Frances March married Dr. Rush Francis Williams of Farmington. He died in 1868 and was buried in the Williams family graveyard near Farmington. Of their four children, two died early, leaving Estella and Luna Alice Virginia March dial in 1879, and ber father in 1897. Both were buried at Joppa On his scone is the information that he was a sheriff and senator from the county. William Booe March was elected sheriff in 1842 and reelected until 1852, when his cousin, Alexander Martin Booe, succeeded to that office. In 1854 March was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons from Davie County, and again in 1856. In 1864 he represented the 410 District in the State Senate. During the fust years of the I MYx, he administered the estate of his Grandfather, Jacob Bose, and appears to have been interested in various business activities. His granddaughter told reporters that he had a cotton plantation in Georgia and Miss Heitman wrote in her rotes that he owned blocks of business houses in Salisbury, North Carolina. In about 1850 he acquired an interest in the firm of Richard A and John P. Gowan, located in a combination store and dwelling house on the east side of the MocksvWe Town Square. The firm then became March and Gowan and by 1855 March was the sole owner. By 1869 March himself had become so involved in debts that his own property in Davie County was being put up for sale by the sheriff, and in 1874 his 500 acre plantation on the Yadkin River and three town lots, the "Gowan" or March store house, the David Hendrix lot and the Jesse Hendrix lot had been purchased by his two daughters, Fanny William and Alice V. March, The Alice died within a few years and if Marchmont had not already been built, only Fanny Williams, her two teenage daughters and her father William B. March were left to build the house. Estella Williams married Benjamin F. Hanes of Winston at Marchmont and the occasion was well remembered by a young cousin who gathered with the rest of her family in the big house to attend this wedding. Estella's sister, Luna, married Steven Edwin Williams, a lawyer from Lexington, North Carolina, and it was Luna and Steven Edwin Williams who sold the three Mocksville town lots in 1920 to J. L. Sheck and J.F. Moore. Shortly after, they transferred March House lot to James Zackery and he let Dr. R. P. Anderson have it in 1924. Mrs. Luna Williams continued to own Marchmont until her death. The neighborhood people remember her as a sweet old lady in a wheelchair. She and he daughters, Lois and Edwina, spent their summers in the rambling old house for many yenta. Installation of electricity and modern plumbing made it more comfortable. At Mrs. Williams' death, her property passed into the hands of her two daughters, Mrs. Lois Williams Sweeney. later Hill, a widow of Meckletberg County. North Carolina, and Mrs. Edwina Williams Jamison and husband Ralph C. Jamison of (luilford County. The end of March family ownership of Marchmont is written in Davie County deed book 41 Page 479 under date of March 27, 1943 when the above named great granddaughters Sold the house and lands to A Z. Hoots of Forsyth County. "The above described tracts ... are a part of the lands known as Marnhmont belonging to the late Mrs. Luna R. Williams and devised in fee to the aforesaid Lois Williams Sweeney and Edwina Williams Jamison... under the provisions of the last will ... of said Mrs. Luna R. Williams." 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William oe March, the Civil War offlew o built the boom in 1330. Jamison .he great great grandson of Col. ueh,and he and his mother still o many of We items That once ed the mansion. idwina McNeill Williams, nismn's mother, is the ymmgest five children of Edwin and Luna Emus. Luna was Col. March's mddaughter. Besides Edwina, re .was bar brother March, )died when he was three years ; Ha, who died after only ,days; Frances, who died In HIM r a bout with the flu; and Lois, i died recently. Idwina, now 77, was the youngest Id b§ 13 years. She remembers mother, Lona, nh. was the last family member to live at Mar- chmonl, as "austere." Luna Williams Was confined to a wheelchair by arthritis the last 15 yeare of her life. Edwina said she liked Marchmont; she spent her summers there and her winters in Salisbury as a teenager in the late 19205. With wonting clarity, Edwina recalled that Gaither Sanford of mo'cksville was the caretaker of the estate. She said there was 500 acres of Ind surrounding the house and Pyo acres amass the Yadkin. March Jamison now owns the 250 ase farm. Jamison's sister is the former Judith McNeill Jamison. She lives in Raleigh and is married to North Carolina Supreme Court Justice James G. Ewnm. She said she last saw Marcimtont 17 years ago and prefers to remember it as it was than. "It's sort of a romantic thought of mine,- she says. Her earliest memory of the house is sitting in a crib, looking out of a bay window. She Said she can still picture the spiral staircase with its gingerbread tailing leading up to the cupola. The gatekeepers' cabin by the gates, which has since bumed,was filled with stuffed_ animal heads, she said. Mrs. Jamison confirmed other was plain, except for the decorativ, cast plaster mantles. She said all of the mamles over the house's IR fireplaces were very elaborate, IN stark contrast to the staidness of thr walls, ceilings and trim. She said her Grandmother Lim, had always promised to (wild a swimming pool on the grounds, and eventually she did. When a friend died in a drowning accident elsewhere however, L®a had the pool filled in. _ Mrs.. Jamison has several pieces from Marchmom in her own home. Including a spindle bed from the caretakers' cabin. pada' her most prized possession &Thr. portrait of her greatsgreat gr'hrJo father. Col. March. - y Edwina Williams and bffi a6 children are and about the prasetR madition of Marchmonth.' All B wish the house had been restored its former grander. 11 Thieves stole the Itend mantle, said Fdwhm,and She sal she was not surprised to learn ther are no windows left. She has some regrets about a number of tables that she and he sister burned one winter while claming the house And she whirs a bit when she thinks about true auction that was held In early 1942 after the death of her mother. Furniture and other now priceless items were sold for neat to nothing, she says. But there we an the memories, and the stones. Her favorite is the nae about how Cal. March woad climb the spiral staircase to the yupola end watch the work w his antattan through a telescope. That's how she likes to remember Marchmonl. As an estate filled with workers, relatives, guests, and abundant life. .. J�# l 17 gyp' 6� q, I ? SA 1 t