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ville, KY; WALTHALL FAMILY NOTES, 1941 by Malcolm E. Walthal1; THE LIGON FAMILY
AND
CONNECTIONS by W.D. Ligon, Jr., Shipman, VA, 1957; Henrico Co., VA Deed
Bk., 1744-1748, pp. 824, 825; FEATHERSTONE AND WALTHALL OF HOLLYSPRINGS, MS by
Marie Rutledge, pp. F-5. F-6, copy sent Library of Congress 1977.
Issue: [* = information follows]
*1. Henry Featherstone (Sr) - b. ca. 1738 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. prob. 1828
Smith Co., TN; m. ca. 1768
to Elizabeth Marshall
2. Edward Featherstone - b. ca. 1740; m. Sarah Ashbrooke
3. Charles H. Featherstone - b. 19 Feb 1743; m. Ann French
4. Elizabeth Featherstone - b. ca. 1748; m. Thomas Walthall
5. Phoebe Featherstone - b. 1754; m. Irby Hudson
IV Henry Featherston (Sr) (dropped "e" from surname) - b. ca. 1738 Chesterfield
Co., VA, d. prob. 1828 Smith Co., TN - will written 15 Dec 1827 and proven 25
Jul 1828 Smith Co., TN; m. ca. 1768 to Elizabeth Marshall - d/o
Alexander Marshall, Jr./Sarah Moseley [d/o William Moseley/Frances Mayo of
Chesterfield Co., VA]. Henry (Sr) a "Patriot" during the Revolutionary War -1783
provided provisions for the Army in Chesterfield Co.; Methodist Minister,
ordained and licensed to preach 12 Sep 1788 by the Methodist Episcopal Church,
license dated and signed by Thomas Anderson of the Methodist Conference. Between
Apr 1808 and Mar 1813 removed from Chesterfield Co., VA to Smith Co., TN. It is
not known when or where wife Elizabeth died. A certified copy (date?) of a
record presented to the Smith Co. Court on 28 Feb 1825, says in Chesterfield
Co., VA (date?. Henry (Sr) had emancipated (surname Abba) Kiff, Jack, Jane.
York, David, John, Will and Hannah. Sources: Smith Co., TN Will Bk. B9, pp. 13,
14, 15; Chesterfield Co., VAWill Bk. 3, p. 252; THE MOSELY REGISTRAR, ARKANSAS
HISTORIAN by Carribel Eck Carter, microfilm Salt Lake, UT; Public Claim Papers
of Chesterfield Co., VA in VA Archives; DAR PATRIOT INDEX, 1966 NSDAR,
Washington, D.C., Vol. 1, p. 231; Chesterfield Co., VA Ministers Bonds 1788;
Gene Hyden; Smith Co., TN Court Minutes #18, 1824-1826, p. 239; FRANCIS MOODY
(1769-1821), HIS ANCESTORS, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATED FAMILIES ... of
Chesterfield Co., VA...by Clara Lorene (Cammack) Park, Gateway Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, MD 1984. chapter 11, p. 267; FEATHERSTON FINDINGS, Volume 4, Mar
1991, p. 4.
Issue: [* = information follows; + =
information follows on later page]
1. Sarah Featherston - b.
31 Mar 1770; m. 27 Oct 1791 Chesterfield Co., VA to Thomas Hardie
+2. Charles Featherston - b. 6 Nov
1771 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. 25 Dec 1852 Heard, GA; m. 15 Jan 1794
Powhatan Co., VA to Lucy Pitts
*3. Henry Featherston, Jr. - b.
28 May 1774 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. 9 Jan 1815 New Orleans, LA; m. 23
Jan 1799 Mecklenburg Co., VA to Nancy Marshall
4. William
Featherston - b. Nov 1776 Chesterfield Co., VA, no further record found
5. Alexander
Featherston - b. 14 Aug 1778 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. infancy
cont...