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BRANCH #3 - additional information (cont.)

        6. Elizabeth Featherston - b. 27 Mar 1780 Chesterfield Co., VA; m. 13 Sep 1802 Chesterfield Co., VA to 
           John Cogbill
        7. child Featherston - b. 2 Feb 1782 Chesterfield Co., VA, no further record found
      +8. Edward Featherston - b. 16 Dec 1783 Chesterfield Co., VA; m. Mary Y. (Polly) Hibbett
        9. Mary Ann Featherston - b. 23 Mar 1786 Chesterfield Co., VA; m. 24 Nov 1807 Chesterfield Co., VA to
            Christian Cogbill
      10. Phoebe Featherston - b. 1 Mar 1790 Chesterfield Co., VA; m. 1 Mar 1814 Gallatin, TN to Marquis
            deLafayette Sharp
      11. Daniel Marshall Featherston - b. 28 Mar 1793 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. by 13 Apr 1816
Sources for names and birth dates of Issue: a note written by Marie Rutledge in her genealogy FEATHERSTONE AND WALTHALL OF HOLLY SPRINGS, MS, copy sent Library of Congress 1977, pp. F-6, F-7. F-8 says: "NOTE BY MR; above names and dates copied by me from a copy of a copy of a Bible record that at one time was in the possession of Sam Featherstone, who was a cousin of my great- grandfather, John G. Featherstone, son of Edward Featherstone and his wife Mary (Hibbitt) Featherstone. I remember my grandmother 'loaning this Bible' to the said Featherstone; I do not remember any of the names in Bible."

IV Henry Featherston (Sr) - b. ca. 1738 Chesterfield Co., VA; m. Elizabeth Marshall
         Issue:
          *1. Henry Featherston, Jr. - b. 28 May 1774 Chesterfield Co., VA

V Henry Featherston, Jr. - b. 28 May 1774 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. 9 Jan 1815 New Orleans, LA (from a wound received during one of the skirmishes before the Battle of New Orleans - only one of seven American men killed in that War). On Wednesday evening, 23 Jan 1799 Mecklenburg Co., VA, Henry, Jr., m. his 1st cousin Nancy Marshall - d/o Francis Marshall, Jr./Phoebe Hatcher of Mecklenburg Co., VA. Nancy was b. 5 Aug 1775 VA, d. 30 Oct 1853 Waldron, Scott Co., AR, bur. possibly Turman Cem. northeast of Waldron. In 1926. a grandson Richard Henry Featherston - aged 79y wrote: "Grandma Featherston was buried on a ridge North east of Waldron. I can remember about her dying & remember when they buried her - but don't remember the year, or time of year." Henry, Jr.'s Honorable Discharge is dated four days after his death. His army papers list his highest rank as "Sergeant" and show he was enrolled in the 2nd Division of the TN Militia. His will was written 6 Nov 1814 and proven 4 Aug 1815 at Lincoln Co., TN. In it, he names his two sons and wife, mentions "daughters," and names his wife and brother Edward his executors. He requested "that his estate be kept together to raise the children in a decent manner and to educate them..." Nancy and children migrated to Crawford Co., AR area which became Scott Co., AR by 1830. On 3 May 1851, Scott Co., AR, she filed a bounty land claim on the War of 1812 service of Henry, Jr., for 80 acres of bounty land which was approved. She also received a pension for his service. On 3 Oct 1850, aged cont...