My Great-Great-Grandparents Wilson J. West and Susan A. Massey

Wilson J. West, date unknown, provided by Shelby Cochran

Wilson’s Childhood and Background Information

Wilson J. West is my paternal grandmother’s paternal grandfather – my great-great-grandfather. He was born sometime in May 1827 or 1828. His middle name may have been Jackson, but I have not found any source information with that name. I have found information stating his birth in May 1827 as well as May 12, 1828. He was probably born in Nelson County, Virginia to Nicholas B. West and Harriett Jopling. In 1830, Nicholas and Harriett were living in Nelson County, Virginia and had a male in their household in Wilson’s age range. Similarly, in 1840 a male of Wilson’s age was living on a farm with Nicholas and Harriett in Nelson County along with several other children of the correct age ranges as Wilson’s siblings. In 1840, there were 6 children in the family and an older female that I haven’t been able to identify. There were also 6 slaves on the farm.

A lot of the information I have about Wilson West was provided by a family history narrative on the West family by Shelby Cochran. This narrative was provided to me by Waverly Payne, who had received it from Shelby and mailed it to me. Most of the information in the narrative is from family sources such as descendants of Wilson living in Patrick County, Virginia. Some information, such as land records, reference county records (e.g., deed books) in Patrick County. I have attempted to contact Shelby since receiving the narrative without success, and the last I heard from Waverly about ten years ago was that Shelby was having health issues.

Wilson’s First Marriage, to Polly Martin

Wilson J. West married his first wife, Mary "Polly" Martin, on December 20, 1849 in Albemarle County, VA. On August 6, 1850, they were living in Nelson County, VA. Wilson was 23 years old and worked as a miller. Polly was 23 years old and had no occupation. The couple had no real estate of any value.

Polly was born about 1827 in Virginia. She died sometime before 1857. When her husband Wilson remarried in 1857, he was listed as widowed. They may have had one child, a daughter Mary, born around 1852. In 1860, a Mary West, 8 years old, was living with Nicholas B. West and Harriett Jopling West in Patrick County, Virginia. Judith, wife of Nicholas B., was probably too old to have a child. James G. West, age 23, was single and living with his parents. This was the only information I’ve been able to find about Mary. If she was Wilson’s daughter from his first marriage, she was living with her grandparents and not with Wilson and his second wife at that time.

Wilson’s Second Marriage, to Elizabeth Cochran

Wilson was living in Patrick County, VA in 1857. According to Patrick County court records, Wilson and his father, Nicholas B. probably both moved to Patrick county around 1857. His first wife Polly had died before this, and Wilson married his second wife, Elizabeth Cochran (Cochram) on October 15, 1857 in Patrick County.

They were living in Round Meadow in the North Division, Patrick County, Virginia on June 23, 1860 along with their daughter, Harriet West. Wilson was 33 years old and a farmer, with a personal estate worth $75. Elisabeth [sic] was 22 years old. Their daughter, Harriett, was one month old and born in Virginia.

After the war was over, Wilson returned to his second wife, Elizabeth, in Patrick County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born sometime around 1837-1840 in Patrick County, Virginia to Spencer and Nancy Boyd Cochran. She and Wilson had five children. She died on January 17, 1868 at the age of 28 in Patrick County, VA. She was buried at Meadows of Dan Baptist Church cemetery in Patrick County, VA.

Wilson J. West and Elizabeth Cochran (Cochram) had the following children:

Harriet West was born around May 1860 in Patrick County, VA.

Andrew Eldridge West, born June 14, 1860, Patrick County, VA; married Exonie Elizabeth Akers, December 25, 1884, Patrick County, VA; married Ada B. Wood, May 11, 1919, Patrick County, VA; died August 14, 1953, Stuart, Patrick County, VA. (Note: Andrew was probably born sometime in 1861. This is one of several discrepancies with the birth dates of Wilson West’s children.)

Spencer Wilson "Will" West, born May 10, 1862, Patrick County, VA; married Ruth E. Hylton, April 7, 1892, Patrick County, VA; died February 27, 1955, Danbury, Stokes County, North Carolina.

Nancy Jane E. West, born May 6, 1866, Patrick County, VA; married George William Dalton, January 9, 1883, Patrick County, VA.

Sarah Ann West, born December 27, 1868, Patrick County, VA; married Charles Reid Knowles, February 1, 1883, Patrick County, VA; died December 7, 1908, Patrick County, VA. (Note: Sarah’s birth date is after the death date of her mother Elizabeth, yet Sarah is listed as one of Elizabeth’s children on her grave marker. My guess is that either Sarah’s birth date is incorrect – she was born in 1867 – or she was really the child of Wilson’s third wife, Susan A. Massey, and was born early – about seven months after they were married.)

Wilson’s Service in the Civil War

Wilson served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War from 1862 to 1865. He enlisted prior to 28 April 1862 in Co. K of the 50th VA Regiment, CSA, as a Private, and was captured by Sheridan at Waynesboro on 2 March 1865 and sent to Pt. Lookout, MD from Harper's Ferry, WV. He was then transferred to Ft. Delaware, DE, where he was released on 22 June 1865 after signing an Oath of Allegiance. He was described upon his release as dark-complexioned, with dark hair, dark eyes and six feet tall.

According to Shelby Cochran's narrative, Wilson was in the same infantry and company as his brother, James G. West. He enlisted on his way to the unit in the field on May 2, 1862 and was twice wounded in action in 1864. Union prisoner of war records show W.J. West, private, captured at Waynesboro, Virginia on March 2, 1965. He was subsequently held at Harper's Ferry and at Fort Delaware where he was released June 22, 1965.

Retta West Cochran, a granddaughter of Wilson, told of a family tradition that men came while Wilson was outside working to take him to join the Confederate Army. He left a whet rock on a tree stump which the family later found. When she was in her nineties, Retta still had the whet rock. She gave it to her oldest son, Melvin Cochran, who survived World War II, and served in the U.S. Navy over thirty years.

A portion of a letter written by Powell Benton Reynolds to his mother gave a good report of what Wilson and other members of Company K of the 50^th Virginia Regiment, known as "The Patrick Boys", experienced on their march to and from Gettysburg. "I would like to be able to give you all a full account of our Pennsylvania Campaign, but it would require too much time and room for this place. I must content myself with a brief sketch now and defer giving the details until I get home or get more leisure. You have heard before this time of the part we took in the Battle of Winchester. We moved directly forward by way of Charlestown, to the Potomac, which we crossed at Shepherdstown, ten miles above Harper's Ferry. We stayed several days near Sharpsburg in Maryland, lying in line of battle three or four days and nights. We could plainly see the "Stars and Stripes" floating over the enemy's works in Maryland Heights some ten miles distance. We went across Maryland by way of Hagerstown and entered Pennsylvania at Middleburg. We took the road for Harrisburg, passing through Greencastle, Chambersburg, Shippensburg and numerous other small towns. We proceeded as far as Carlisle, supposing all the while that we were going to attack Harrisburg, where we learned that the militias were assembling. But we about faced at Carlisle, and shortly took the road for Gettysburg, crossing the Blue Ridge. We met up with the enemy at the town of Gettysburg, and fought the greatest battle of the war, the particulars of which you have heard before now. I will just remark here that it is given up by good Judges that such cannonading has never taken place before in the world. We retired from before the enemy's works on the night of the third of July and spent the fourth lying in an open field exposed to the rain, about two miles from the town. During the night of the fourth, we again commenced falling back, and continued our retreat through rain and mud until we arrived at Hagerstown. We there took a position and fortified it strongly to keep the enemy in check until the Potomac got fordable. We recrossed the river ten miles above Shepherdstown, at Williamsport, Maryland on the morning of the 12th of July. We had it to wade, it taking us up to the armpits. We came back to Winchester by the way of Martinsburg. We came on to Front Royal aiming, as I suppose, to recross the Blue Ridge at Manassas Gap the way we went into the valley, but we found the Yankees there. So we went some 25 miles further up the Shenandoah and crossed near Luray. We then came by way of Madison Court House to this place." This was written at a camp near Orange Court House on August 7, just one day before Wilson’s brother, James G. West, was killed in action.

Wilson’s Third Marriage, to Susan Ann Massey

Susan Ann Massey, date unknown, provided by Shelby Cochran

Wilson then married his third wife, Susan Ann Massey, my great-great-grandmother, on May 7, 1868 in Patrick County, Virginia. Wilson was widowed at the time of this marriage, as he was when he married Elizabeth Cochran.

They were living in Patrick County, Virginia in October 1870 along with Wilson’s parents, Nicholas B. West and Judith H. Martin, sons Andrew Eldridge West and Charles William West, and daughter Nancy Jane E. West. Wilson was 43 and a farm worker, and Susan was 35 and keeping house. Wilson’s father Nicholas B. West was 73 and a farm worker, and his mother Judith was 55 and keeping house. Son Andrew E. was 9 years old and born in Virginia; son Charles W. was 1 year old and born in Virginia; and daughter Nancy E. J. was 5 and born in Virginia. Another person listed was James L. W. West, who was 8 and born in Virginia. I’m not sure if James was related to Wilson. First, James L. W. is not listed as one of Wilson's children in any other census. Wilson had a son named Spencer William "Will" West who is not listed in this census, but who was the same age as James, 8 years old. It may be the case that James was indeed Will, and it was an error in the census. Also, Wilson's daughter Sarah Ann West is not mentioned in this census, although there is a “Villka West” living on a neighbor’s farm at this time who is the same age – about two years old.

Wilson bought land in Patrick County in 1871. A deed of homestead was recorded by "the said Wilson J. West a householder and head of a family in the county and state aforesaid intending to avail himself of the full benefit of a homestead, exempt from levy, seizure, garnishing or sale.... and doth declare the following to be a true description of the whole of his real and personal property held by him at this time or in which he has any interest, to wit: An interest to the amount of $500 in a tract of land on the meadows of Dan, which was purchased of James S. Langhorne by James G. West, who afterwards died, and said land fell to Nicholas B. West, his father, who sold the same to Charles F. Goff and myself. The personal property listed was "one bond Taylor Massey, dated September 27, 1869 for $15, subject to a credit of $5, one bay mare 4 years old, 1 black cow, 1 red and white sided cow, 1 heifer mostly white, 2 calves of last summer, 1 red and white and the other smutty with some white, 1 last winter's calf red and white, 11 head of sheep (old) and three lambs, 13 head of hogs, 1 sow 6 years old, last winter bred 6 are now pigs. Household and kitchen furnishings, covering of 4 beds, steads and furniture, 1 bureau, 1 clock, 2 trunks, 1 cupboard, 4 chairs, 2 pots, 1 oven, 2 skillets, tongues and shovel and other small articles on the way of household and kitchen furniture, 300 pounds of bacon, 5 bushels corn, 2 1/2 bushels of buckwheat, 2 1/2 bushels of rye, lot of hay and oats, plantation tools, mowing scythe, 10 chickens, 2 guineas, 3 turkeys." Wilson signed his name. The homestead deed was like a bankruptcy filed today to protect property. There were several homestead deeds recorded in Patrick County deed books about this same time.

Wilson was named in a chancery suit in 1872 in Patrick County, VA. The suit was between James S. Langhorne and Wilson J. West and Charles Goff over the title to the 200 acres on Dan River. West and Goff presented a title bond executed by said James S. Langhorne to James G. West dated March 13, 1860. A special warranty deed was given by B. J. Campbell, Special Commissioner.

He bought land for $77 along the Dan River in Patrick County, VA in 1877. Charles Gauf (Goff) and Mary, his wife, of Floyd County granted their right of title and interest to Wilson J. West in a certain tract of land lying on Dan River. It was described as the same land deeded to Gauf and West on October 11, 1872 by Ben Campbell, Special Commissioner.

Wilson and Susan were living in Patrick County, Virginia in 1880 along with Alaminta R. "Minta" West, Charles William West, Elijah P. West, Martha C. West, Mary Jane S. West, Nancy Jane E. West, Spencer Wilson "Will" West, and Andrew Eldridge West. Wilson was 53, the head of household and a farmer. His wife, Susan A. was 44 and keeping house. Wilson’s son Andrew E. was 20 and worked on the farm. His son Spencer W. was 18 and also worked on the farm). His daughter Nancy J. E. was 14 and keeping house. His and Susan’s son Charles W. was 12 and worked on the farm. Their son Elijah P. was 9 and worked on the farm. Their daughter Mary S. was 7 and at home. Their daughter Martha C. was 3 and at home. Their daughter Alaminta R. was 1 and at home).

On June 7, 1900 Wilson and Susan were living in Smith River Township, Patrick County, Virginia along with their son John Beamer "J. B." West. Wilson was 73 years old. Susan was 64, and their son, John B., was 18. Wilson owned his own farm, and he and Susan had been married for 32 years.

Wilson applied for a Civil War general disability pension for Confederate veterans on June 29, 1900 in Patrick County, VA. Wilson stated that he had served in Captain J. T. Lawson's Company K of the 50th Virginia Regiment Infantry, and he was not able to do no more than one-fourth day’s work at the time due to disability. Wilson received the pension for about two years before he passed away.

Wilson died on April 2, 1904 at the age of 76 in Virginia. Shelby Cochran had Wilson's death date as a couple of days later on April 4, 1904. He was buried at Meadows of Dan Baptist Church cemetery in Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, VA. This cemetery is located at the junction of Highway #58 and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The names of the children in the above picture are unknown, although the youngest sitting on Susan's lap or the child sitting on Wilson's lap may be John B. West, my great-grandfather. The children listed below are probably in this picture, along with a seventh child that was probably born and died between 1880 and 1900. Wilson J. West and Susan Ann Massey had the following children:

Charles William West, born February 27, 1869, Patrick County, VA; married Cora Dell Hylton, March 12, 1891, Patrick County, VA; died January 1, 1952, Patrick County, VA.

Elijah P. West, born July 1871, Patrick County, VA; married Rosa M. Boyd, December 18, 1898, Patrick County, VA; died March 25, 1938, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Mary Jane S. West, born September 28, 1872, Patrick County, VA; married Thomas G. Boyd, March 20, 1895, Patrick County, VA; died January 6, 1905, Patrick County, VA.

Martha C. West, born December 3, 1876, Patrick County, VA; married Jeremiah Wood, November 2, 1897, Patrick County, VA; died September 29, 1966, Stuart, Patrick County, VA.

Alaminta R. "Minta" West, born March 31, 1879, Patrick County, VA; married Posey Lester Boyd, December 31, 1899, Patrick County, VA; died January 2, 1969, Stuart, Patrick County, VA.

John Beamer "J. B." West, my great-grandfather, born December 21, 1881, Vesta, Patrick County, VA; married Mary Evelina Akers, my great-grandmother, December 25, 1902, Patrick County, VA; died September 12, 1953, Richmond, VA.

More Information About Susan Ann Massey

 
Susan Ann Massey was born in July 1835 to James Addison Massey and Susan Jane Martin in Virginia. On June 1, 1840 she was living in Patrick County, Virginia in the household of James A. Massey along with her mother Susan Jane Martin, brother James W. Massey, sister Mary B. Massey, and sister Sarah Massey. They had a small farm with only her father, James, working the farm.

 
By August 17, 1850 the family had grown. She was living with her parents in Patrick County, Virginia and sisters Mary, Nancy, Sarah and Temperance, and brothers Crawford, James and John. Her father, James A. Massey, was 39 years old and a farmer. Her mother, Susan J. Massey, was 40 years old. Susan Ann was 14 years old.

Susan was 24 years old and still living with her family on June 23, 1860 in Round Meadow, Patrick County, VA along with brothers James W., Taylor (previously called “Crawford”), John T., and Elkana, a new addition to the family, and sisters Sarah, Nancy, Tempa, and Ruth. Her father, James, was a farmer and had a personal estate worth $120. Her mother, Susan, had passed away in May 1858 and James had not remarried.

After her husband, Wilson J. West died, Susan was living alone in 1910 in Cherry Creek, Patrick County, VA. She was 74, widowed, and had 7 children with 6 still living. Her farm was near the farm owned by her son, John B. West. Shelby Cochran thinks Susan was living at the old home place in Cherry Creek.

Susan applied for a Confederate widow's pension in 1918. She stated she was 82 and her husband was a pensioner at the time of his death. She lived with her son, C.W. West, in Meadows of Dan, Virginia and depended on her children for support. Physician R.S. Martin stated that Wilson J. West died from a strain related hernia and Susan said the cause of her husband's death was a rupture. J.E. Rangeley, commander of J.E.B. Stuart Camp of the Confederate Veterans of Patrick County said he believed the application should be approved. J.W. Staples and J.F. Reynolds gave oath that they knew the applicant to have a reputation for truth and honesty. Susan received a $50 pension on June 12, 1918.

By January 1920, Susan was still living with her son Charles William West and his wife Cora Dell Hylton and their family in Smith River District, Patrick County, Virginia. Susan was 84 at the time and widowed.

Susan died on September 5, 1927 at the age of 92 in Patrick County, VA. She was buried with her husband Wilson at Meadows of Dan Baptist Church cemetery in Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, VA.

Some notes from Shelby Cochran about the West family. James A. Massey, Susan Ann Massey, James G. West and Charles Gough [Goff] were members of Meadows of Dan Baptist Church shortly after it formed from Concord Meeting House in 1855. Susan was still a member in 1905, and probably remained a member until her death in 1927. Retta West Cochran, granddaughter, told of walking to church with her. Her grandmother would take off her old shoes and hide them in the weeds and put on her better ones before she arrived at church. Retta also believed Wilson and Susan were first buried near their home on Cherry Creek, then moved later to Meadows of Dan.

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My ggg-grandparents, Elias Todd, Sr. and Elizabeth Nettles

Elias Todd, Sr.

Elias Todd, Sr. was born about 1808 in Virginia. No evidence has been found that he was born in Ireland or that he changed his name from “MacTodd” or “McTodd” to Todd, as speculated in one old family story. His parents are unknown, although it is possible that John R. Todd from Isle of Wight County, Virginia, a son of Mallory Todd from the same county, may have been his father as he shows up on some tax and court records in Elizabeth City County, Virginia and has males living in his Isle of Wight County household in 1810 and 1830 about the right age for Elias. There is grave marker for Elias in Virginia that says he was born on September 27, 1807, but the source of this date is not clear.

Not knowing Elias’ parents, and since he would have been underage until about 1829, there is no record of Elias in Isle of Wight County, Virginia or Elizabeth City County, Virginia until 1840. Sometime before 1840, he became a landowner in Elizabeth City County, Virginia when he bought or was gifted land that he later named Farmington, and that is currently a large housing development of the same name located on Todd’s Lane in Hampton, Virginia.

Elias Todd Sr and Elizabeth "Eliza" Nettles were married by Reverend Gillman on November 27, 1826. The source of this date is unknown, although there was a Todd family bible in the possession of Ruth Wyatt Baranowski, a great-great-granddaughter of Elias’, that gave their marriage date as 1826.

In 1840, Elias, Sr. was living on a farm in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. In his household were two white males under 5 years old (his sons Zachariah and William), one white male between 5 and 9 years old (his son Elias, Jr.), one white male between 15 and 19 years old (unknown), one white male between 30 and 39 years old (Elias, Sr.), three white females between 5 and 9 years old (daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Rebecca), one white female between 10 and 14 years old (daughter Julia), and one white female between 30 and 39 years old (wife Elizabeth). Elias owned one male slave between 10 and 23 years old, name unknown. A total of three people in the household were working on the farm.

Elias and Elizabeth’s family had grown by 1850, when they were still living on a farm, worth $2000, in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. In addition to Elias and Elizabeth, their family included daughter Mary (now 20 years old), son Elias, Jr. (17 years old and attended school), daughter Rebecca (16 years old and attended school), son Zachariah (15 years old and attended school), son William (12 years old and attended school), daughter Susanna (7 years old), son John (4 years old), son Andrew (2 years old), and daughter Elizabeth (18 years old) with her newly married husband, William Turner (32 years old). Elias owned one slave, a 50-year old male, name unknown.

Elias, Sr. was a Superintendent of Sunday School at Big Bethel Church in York County, VA sometime after 1850.

An Opposition meeting was held on February 4, 1860 at Hampton Court House in Elizabeth City County, VA. Elias attended the meeting and was named one of 30 delegates to the Opposition Convention for the Whigs and Americans that was planned for Richmond, Virginia on February 22, 1860. In addition to naming the delegates, the attendees at this meeting resolved to "express a desire and confidence that the said Convention will recommend to the support of all patriotic men some man, true to the Constitution and loyal to the South," and that "the South may stand united against Black Republicanism." "Black Republicanism" was a slur against members of the anti-slavery Republican party.

He was still a farmer in the Back River district of Elizabeth City County, VA in June 1860. His farm had 120 acres total with 80 acres of improved land and 40 acres of unimproved land and was worth $4000 with farm implements and machinery worth $200 and livestock worth $575. Elias had a personal estate worth $3550.

In addition to Elias, Sr. and Elizabeth, their family in June 1860 included son William (21 years old and single), son John (14 years old and attended school), son Andrew (12 years old and attended school), son Fillmore (6 years old and attended school), and daughter Rebecca (23 years old and single).

Elias, Sr. appeared in court from August 5, 1861 to August 15, 1861 in Richmond (city), Virginia. Elias, Sr. and his son-in-law, Marshall Maney (married to his daughter Julia Ann), were arrested by "patriot forces" (i.e., Confederate Army forces) on suspicion of being "spies and traitors" in late June and sent to Richmond. On August 3, 5 weeks after being arrested, they tried to get a hearing before Judge Lyons, on a habeas corpus. At their trial on August 5, it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity when their accusers were shown the real culprits, who happened to bear a striking resemblance to Elias, Sr. and Marshall. The judge granted the Confederate prosecutors 10 days, or until August 15, to go to Elizabeth City County and find witnesses to testify to any offenses Elias, Sr. and Marshall had committed. When trial was resumed on August 15, the prosecution could not produce any witnesses, and the only information they found in Elizabeth City County was that Elias, Sr. and Marshall were rumored to be disloyal to the Southern cause. The judge then ordered the prisoners to be discharged. They had been held in the jail in Richmond for 2 months and when they demanded a trial, no one could be found to testify to any offense they were accused of committing.

Elias, Sr. was assessed for taxes by the IRS in October 1864 in Salters Swamp, Elizabeth City County, VA. His "special income" for 1863 was $200, his tax rate was 5% and he owed a tax of $10. He was assessed again by the IRS in June 1865 in Elizabeth City County, VA. His income for 1864 was $350, his tax rate was 5% and he owed a tax of $17.50.

In addition to farming, Elias, Sr. served in several civil capacities. He was appointed by General Stoneman on February 18, 1869 to be a substitute magistrate for William Lowry in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, prior to the board of examination. No word if Elias, Sr. ever served in this appointment. He was appointed a Registrar for the second registration precinct of Elizabeth City County, Virginia on June 3, 1869. A meeting to appoint railroad delegates was held on February 26, 1870 in Elizabeth City County, VA for a convention to be held in Williamsburg, VA on March 3, 1871 to look into the early completion of the Richmond and Newport News railroad. Elias, Sr. was appointed a delegate by Dr. George W. Semple[s].

He was a farmer in Wythe Township, Elizabeth City County, VA on June 1, 1870. His farm was 200 acres in size, with 150 acres improved and 50 acres of woodland, worth $4520. His farm implements were worth $25, and he paid $700 in wages to farm laborers during the preceding year. His livestock consisted of 2 horses, 4 milch (i.e., dairy) cows, 6 other cattle and 38 hogs. The value of his livestock was $3520. The only crop he produced was 500 bushels of Indian corn. His personal estate was valued at $2000.

Elias, Sr. and Eliza’s household on June 1, 1870 included son Andrew (22 years old, working as a day laborer), son Filmore (16 years old, at home and had not attended school), daughter Susannah (27 years old and keeping house) along with her husband Otis Wiley (30 years old and a day laborer) and daughter Mary Wiley (9 years old and had not attended school), granddaughters Eliza Maney (daughter of Julia Ann Todd and Marshall Maney, 16 years old and had not attended school) and Emily Maney (daughter of Julia Ann Todd and Marshall Maney, 5 years old), and Henry Mims (?, unknown relationship, 9 years old and had not attended school).

He was a farmer in Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA on June 1, 1880, and his farm had decreased in size from the 200 acres in 1870, probably due to selling off parcels to his family. His farm was 60 acres, which he owned, with 20 acres that were tilled and 40 acres that were woodland. His farmland and buildings were worth $1000, his farming implements and machinery were worth $10, and his livestock was worth $60. He spent $30 on fertilizers and paid farm laborers $20 in 1879. The estimated value of his total farm production for 1879 was $400.

His livestock included 1 horse, 5 cattle, 4 hogs and 25 chickens that produced 100 eggs in 1879. His acreage was divided up into 15 acres that produced 250 bushels of Indian corn and 30 bushels of peas, 6 acres that produced 150 bushels of Irish potatoes, 1 acre that produced 50 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1 acre with 50 apple trees that produced 100 bushels of apples, and 1 acre with 25 peach trees that produced 20 bushels of peaches. He claimed the total value of his orchard products sold was $60 in 1879. He also claimed to cut 50 cords of wood worth $75 in 1879.

Elias, Sr. and Eliza’s household in June 1880 included their widowed daughter Susan Page (39 years old), granddaughter Mary E. Maney (daughter of Julia Ann Todd and Marshall Maney, 14 years old and attended school), and grandsons Andrew I. Williams (son of Susannah Todd and Andrew Williams, 18 years old and attended school) and George A. Wiley (son of Susannah Todd and Otis Wiley, 8 years old and had not attended school).

Elias, Sr. signed a will on July 31, 1882 at Hampton Courthouse in Hampton, VA. Witnesses to the will were H. C. Whiting and George A. Schmelz. The will stated: 

"I, Elias Todd Sr., of the County of Elizabeth City, State of Virginia, being of sound and disposing memory and mind, but appreciating the great uncertainty of human life, do make this my true last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. 

First. I desire that all my just debts shall be promptly paid. 

Second. My Home Place, containing about forty four acres, I give to my beloved wife Eliza Todd for the term of her natural life.

Third. I give to my daughter Susanna the sum of one hundred dollars. 

Fourth. The balance of my personal estate I give to my beloved wife for the term of her natural life. 

Fifth. Believing I have done all that I should have done for my remaining children viz John Todd, Elizabeth Turner, Susanna Willey, William Todd, and the children of my deceased daughter, Julia Ann Maney, I intentionally omit them in this final disposition of my property with the exception of the $100 given Susanna by the third section of my will. 

Sixth. All the balance of my property, including the property given to my wife for the term of her life, at her death, I give to my children namely Elias Todd, Zach. Todd, Andrew Todd, Philip Todd and Mary Nettles the wife of Christopher Nettles to be equally divided between them. 

Whatever property I may leave at my time of death not given to my wife, I desire shall pass immediately upon my death to the said last named parties, Elias Todd, Andrew, Philip Todd, and Mary Nettles. 

I do nominate and appoint my sons Elias Todd and Zach Todd the executors of this my last Will and Testament, and request that the court will not require any security of them. 

In Testimony whereof witness my hand and seal this thirty first day of July 1882.

Elias Todd (seal)

H. C. Whiting (witness)

Geo. A. Schmelz (witness)

A copy Teste

William Bainbridge, Df. Clerk"

Elias, Sr.’s will was recorded in court on July 14, 1884 at Hampton Courthouse in Hampton, VA, so he died shortly before July 14, 1884 at the age of 76 in Virginia. Here are the court proceedings: 

"At a County Court continued and held for the County of Elizabeth City July 14, 1884. A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Elias Todd Sr. deceased was this day provided in court, and being fully proved by the oaths of H. C. Whiting and Geo. A. Schmelz, subscribing witnesses thereto was ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Elias Todd Jr. and Zachariah Todd, the executors named therein who made oath as the law directs, and entered into a bond in the penalty of Twenty Five hundred dollars but without security, the will directing that none should be required of them, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate of said will in due form, and on their further motion John S. Saunders, Wm. R. Webb, Wm. Saunders, Thomas Lewelling and Richard Lilliston, are appointed appraisers, any sworn, who will appraise the personal estate of the said Elias Todd Sr., dec'd, and report to this court.

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William Bainbridge, Df. Clerk"

Elias, Sr. was buried in Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA. Ruth Wyatt Baranowski (one of Elias, Sr.’s great-great-granddaughters) thought the graves of Elias and Eliza may have been in an old cemetery across Bethel Road from Bethel High School where there is now a large church.

Elizabeth Nettles


Elizabeth was born about 1808 in Virginia. Her parents are not known. As with her husband, Elias, her grave marker has a birth date of August 1, 1808, but I have not found a source for this date. Another possible birth year is 1806 from census information.

Since her parents are unknown and she would have been underage, I have found no record of her in Elizabeth City County prior to 1826 when she married Elias, Sr. According to Ruth Baranowski, she lived in Elizabeth City County, VA on Sawyer's Swamp Road at Blackburn Lane before 1826. She was raised there, where a church now stands near the landfill.

Elizabeth was named an heir in the will of her husband, Elias, Sr. on July 31, 1882 at Hampton Courthouse in Hampton, VA. He intended to leave her their home place, 44 acres, and the balance of his personal estate for the rest of her natural life.

She died on August 13, 1886 at the age of 78 in Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA. Her death notice in The Home bulletin, dated 21 August 1886, said: "Mrs. Elias Todd, widow of the late Elias Todd, Sr., of Sawyer Swamp, died on Friday at the age of 78 years. She was interred at Bethel by the side of her husband. Her funeral was largely attended. Deceased leaves a number of sons, all thrifty farmers and useful citizens."

The Friday referenced in the death notice was probably 13 August 1886. The Home bulletin was published weekly and Friday 20 August would have been too soon for the newspaper to publish on 21 August. I previously had her death date as 11 August 1886 with no source, so changed the death date to 13 August 1886 based on the death notice in The Home bulletin.

She was buried shortly thereafter at Big Bethel Cemetery in York County, Virginia with her husband.

Children of Elias Todd, Sr. and Elizabeth Nettles

• Julia Ann Todd, born about 1825, Virginia; married Marshall Maney, January 9, 1845; died September 20, 1866 at the age of 41 from cholera on the same day as her husband and two of her children.

• Mary Frances Todd, born January 25, 1831, Virginia; married Christopher Columbus "Kit" Nettles, February 1, 1855, Elizabeth City County, VA; died March 31, 1916 at the age of 85 from kidney failure, Elizabeth City County, VA.

• Elizabeth "Bessie" Todd, born about 1832, Virginia; married William Turner, sometime shortly before 1850; died January 28, 1891 at the age of 59 from tuberculosis, Elizabeth City County, VA.

• Elias Todd Jr. (my great-great-grandfather), born December 24, 1833, Elizabeth City County, VA; married Dianah Landrum, January 5, 1860, Elizabeth City County, VA; died February 22, 1907 at the age of 73 from a stoke and influenza, Elizabeth City County, VA.

• Rebecca Todd, born March 8, 1835, Virginia; married James Saunders, around 1862; died April 2, 1913 at the age of 78 from pulmonary edema, Elizabeth City County, VA.

• Zachariah "Zack" Todd, born November 27, 1837, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; married (1) Sarah Parker, February 11, 1858, Elizabeth City County, VA; married (2) Sarah Wilson, November 27, 1866, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; married (3) Mary Elizabeth Saunders, January 2, 1873, Hampton, VA; died May 5, 1894 at the age of 56 from typhoid fever, Elizabeth City County, VA.

• William Henry Todd, born May 17, 1839, Virginia; married Virginia A. Landrum, January 10, 1861; died February 29, 1916 at the age of 76 from heart disease, Newport News, VA.

• Susanna Todd, born October 1842, Virginia; married (1) Andrew J. Williams, May 6, 1858; married (2)  G. Otis Wiley, January 30, 1866; married (3) Clarence Page, December 4, 1878; died date unknown.

• John Willis Todd, born December 5, 1845, Hampton, VA; married Mary E. Lilliston, September 5, 1865, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; died March 5, 1920 at the age of 74 from angina pectoris, Newport News, VA.

• Andrew Todd, born July 7, 1848, Virginia; married Mary Victoria Saunders, October 19, 1871, Newport News, VA; died November 3, 1920 at the age of 72 from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Hampton, VA.

• Filmore Todd (1) was born about 1853 in Elizabeth City County, VA; died in infancy, Elizabeth City County, VA.

• Filmore Todd (2), named after his older brother who died in infancy the previous year, was born November 3, 1854, Elizabeth City County, VA; married Sarah Elizabeth Nance, March 4, 1874, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; died January 26, 1934 at the age of 79 from heart disease, Chesapeake, VA.

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My gg-grandparents, Elias Todd, Jr. and Dianah Landrum

Elias Todd, Jr.

Elias Todd, Jr., date unknown

Elias Todd Jr. was my great-great-grandfather on my mom’s side of the family. He served the Confederacy in the Civil War and was a feisty character later in life.

Elias was born in the early 1830s in Elizabeth City County, Virginia to Elias Todd, Sr. and Elizabeth Nettles. He was their oldest son in 1850 and it’s unknown whether he had any older brothers. His birth years from source documentation ranged from 1832 to 1835.

A white male of Elias Jr.’s age was part of Elias Todd, Sr.’s household in 1840 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. Also, part of the household were two white males believed to be Elias, Jr.’s brothers Zachariah and William. Females in the household included four white females believed to be his sisters Mary Elizabeth, Rebecca and Julia, and an older white female believed to be his mother, Elizabeth.

On June 1, 1850, Elias, Jr. was living with his parents, brothers and sisters on a farm valued at $2000 in the Back River District of Elizabeth City County, Virginia. His brothers included Zachariah, William, John and Andrew. Sisters included Mary, Rebecca, Susanna, and recently married older sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s husband, William Turner also lived with the family. Elias, Jr., Rebecca, Zachariah and William all attended school. Their neighbors included the families of Elizabeth Saunders, Samuel Parker, Ann Chillis, John Saunders, John Baines, William Tabb and Robert Dawson.

Elias Todd Jr. married Dianah Landrum on January 5, 1860 in Elizabeth City County, VA.

The newly married Elias, Jr. and Dianah were living on a farm worth $1000 in the Back River District of Elizabeth City County, VA on June 1, 1860. Elias, Jr. had a personal estate worth $250. They were married in the year prior to June 1, 1860, and both he and Dianah could read and write. Their neighbors included the families of John Bains, Elias Jr.’s sister Mary Todd and husband Christopher Nettles, Samuel Challis, Rebecca Shepherd, John Thomas, Leonard Everage and Elias, Jr’s, brother, Zachariah Todd and wife Sarah.

Elias, Jr. enlisted in the Confederate Army at Yorktown, VA for 12 months on 24 June 1861, with Capt. Frank Lee's Independent Company Virginia Volunteers (also known as the Lee Guards). This group was assigned to the 32^nd Virginia Infantry on 1 January 1862, and became 2nd Company K. This unit later became Company A of the 115^th Virginia Militia. Elias, Jr. served until January 1863 as a Private. Muster roll information indicated he was present in October 1861; present on 31 December 1861; present in March 1862; absent, remained below on the evacuation of the Peninsula on 30 June 1862 (same for 8 November 1862); and then on detached service at West Point in January 1863. One of the first skirmishes of the war was at Big Bethel, VA, in June 1862 when General McClellan’s army was attempting to reach the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, from the south by marching from Hampton Roads, Virginia along the James River. Elias, Jr. and many of his relatives lived in the vicinity of Big Bethel, and some of the women and children from the area were sent to West Point, VA to avoid the conflict. When the women and children returned, the Federal troops had damaged the Todd house along with many others. When Elias, Jr. was marked as absent on the muster rolls for June and November 1862, he was likely repairing damage to his farm before he rejoined the regiment.

On June 1, 1870 Elias, Jr. and Dianah were living on a farm worth $1600 in the Wythe Township District of Elizabeth City County, VA. By this time, they had children living with them, including sons Benjamin Franklin "Frank" and Lemuel Baker, and daughters Dianah Ella, Mary E. "Lillie" and Henrietta J. In addition, a teenager named Elizabeth Topping, whose relationship is unknown, was also living with them. Elias, Jr. was a farmer with a personal estate worth $500, and Dianna kept house. Their neighbors included Nathaniel Armistead, George Tannell, Charles Smith, Margaret Wheeler, Frank Butler, Joseph Harris and Elias, Jr.’s brother, Zachariah Todd.

Elias, Jr. and Dianah were living on a farm in the Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA on June 1, 1880. Their family had grown to include sons Andrew C., B.F., Lemuel, and Fay, and daughters Diana E., Lulu, Margaret, Nettie, Mary E., and Henrietta. Elias, Jr was a farmer and Dianah kept house. Their neighbors included the families of Thomas Randall, Charles Fields, Thomas H. Saunders, Armistead B. Chamberlain, William Saunders, Austin Pryor, John Carter and John Presson.

Elias, Jr. was named as an heir and executor in the will of his father, Elias Todd Sr on July 31, 1882 at Hampton Courthouse in Hampton, VA. When the will was recorded on July 14, 1884 at the Courthouse, the following occurred: “A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Elias Todd Sr. deceased was this day provided in court, and being fully proved by the oaths of H. C. Whiting and Geo. A. Schmelz, subscribing witnesses thereto was ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Elias Todd Jr. and Zachariah Todd, the executors named therein who made oath as the law directs, and entered into a bond in the penalty of Twenty Five hundred dollars but without security, the will directing that none should be required of them, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate of said will in due form, and on their further motion John S. Saunders, Wm. R. Webb, Wm. Saunders, Thomas Lewelling and Richard Lilliston, are appointed appraisers, any sworn, who will appraise the personal estate of the said Elias Todd Sr., dec'd, and report to this court.”

Elias caught some boys trespassing on his property on November 8, 1898 in Elizabeth City County, VA. The incident was written up in the Daily Press newspaper in Newport News, Virginia on that date:

"TOOK THE GUNS AWAY

A Farmer Disarms Young Gunners Who Cross His Land

A warrant was sworn out yesterday by Mr. J. T. Thomas, who lives near Sawyers Swamp for the arrest of Mr. Elias Todd of that place, charging him with assault. The warrant was placed in the hands of County Officer Joseph Diestil for execution. Mr. Thomas, when seen by a reporter, gave the following account of the trouble, out of which the issue of the warrant grows. His two sons, Hughes Thomas, aged 15, and Clif, aged 10, and a companion named Ed Selby, a lad of 15, went out for a hunt yesterday, and while returning home crossed a tract of Mr. Todd's land in order to reach the road about 400 or 500 yards away. Mr. Todd, seeing them on his land, hurried to the house, procured a shotgun and followed the youths, overtaking them after they reached the road. Coming up with the trio Mr. Todd snatched the gun from the hand of one of the boys before his purpose to do so could be designed and then seized the gun of one of the other boys in the effort to wrest it from him. Some resistance being made, a struggle ensued, in which the gun was accidentally discharged, and the stock of the piece broken also. In relieving Selby of his firearm. Mr. Todd, according to Mr. Thomas' statement, seized the boy by the throat and choked him slightly, until he gave the gun up. That is substantially Mr. Thomas' statement, gleaned, presumably, from the boys. Mr. Todd could not be seen, hence no statement from him was secured. He will have a chance to make one at the warrant trial."

Elias, Jr. and Dianah were living on a farm they owned free of mortgage in Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA on June 1, 1900. Several of their unmarried children lived with them, including Andrew, Lemuel, Lulu, Maggie, Henrietta, and Ella. By this time, they had been married 40 years. Neighboring families included Oliver Kemp, Benjamin F. Todd (their son), John W. Shackelford, Thomas K. Landrum and Zack Turner.

Elias died on February 22, 1907 at the age of 73 from a stroke of paralysis suffered two weeks earlier, complicated by influenza. His place of death was the Salters' Creek Section in Elizabeth City County, VA.

His obituary appeared on February 23, 1907 in the Daily Press newspaper in Newport News, VA, and described his as “one of the best known farmers of the Salters' Creek section”. The obituary went on to say that he “died at an early hour in his residence yesterday morning. He was 72 years old, having been born on December 24, 1835. His death was due to a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered two weeks ago. Funeral services will take place from Bethel Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. V. B. Webb, of Mulberry Island, assisted by Rev. W. R. Keefe, of Riverview. Mr. Todd is survived by his widow, four sons and four daughters and four brothers. The brothers are Messrs. Phil Todd, Andrew Todd, of this county, and John and William Todd, of Newport News."

Elias's funeral was held on February 24, 1907 at 1:00 pm in his home in Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA. Services were conducted by Rev. W. R. Webb, of Mulberry Island, assisted by Rev. W. R. Keefe, of Riverview. The body was interred at Big Bethel cemetery. Sometime after the original interment, his body may have been moved to St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, VA, which is the location of his tombstone. His original grave site may have been impacted by the creation of the Big Bethel Reservoir in the early 1900s, and relocated at St. John’s.

Dianah Landrum

Dianah Landrum, Elias Todd, Jr.’s wife and the daughter of James M. Landrum and Elizabeth Maney, was born on May 20, 1840 in Elizabeth City County, VA.

A white female of Dianah’s age was part of James Landrum’s household in 1840 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. There were also two white females the age of her sisters, Betsey and Martha.

On June 1, 1850 she was living with her parents and sisters Betsey Ann and Martha on a farm in the Back River District, Elizabeth City County, Virginia. She had attended school. The neighbors included the families of William Reed, William Hogshear, Robert Landrum (Dianah’s older brother), Marshall Maney, Mary Berry, William Wood and William Saunders.

After her husband passed away in 1907, the widowed Dianah was living with her son Andrew C. Todd on April 1, 1910 in the Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA. Also living with them were more of her children, daughters Ella, Henrietta and Maggie, and sons Lemuel and Fay. Their neighbors included the families of Benjamin F. Todd (Dianah’s son), Alfred Richmann, George W. Saunders and William S. Watkins.

Dianah died from progressive paralysis that had lasted for 30 days on June 10, 1910 at the age of 70 in Sawyer's Swamp, Elizabeth City County, VA.

Her obituary appeared on June 12, 1910 in the Daily Press newspaper in Newport News, VA. The obituary called her an “aged woman” and said she was “well known and much esteemed”, and had “died at her home on Sawyer's Swamp Sunday morning at 8 o'clock.” The obituary went on to say: “She is survived by four sons and six daughters. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Naft, of Newport News, and burial will be made in the Todd burial grounds."

Dianah was buried on June 14, 1910 at the "Todd Burial Grounds" (Bethel) in Elizabeth City County, VA. The “Todd Burial Grounds” were most likely the same location her husband Elias, Jr. was buried. Like Elias, Jr., sometime after the original interment, her body may have been moved to St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, VA, which is the location of her tombstone. Her original grave site may have also been impacted by the creation of the Big Bethel Reservoir in the early 1900s.

Children of Elias Todd, Jr. and Dianah Landrum

Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Todd, born July 23, 1860, Elizabeth City County, VA; married Cora L. Mater, March 17, 1892, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; died October 20, 1931, Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA.

Lewis J. Todd was born on January 15, 1862 in Elizabeth City County, VA; died on October 15, 1862 at the age of 9 months in Elizabeth City County, VA.

Henrietta J. Todd was born on November 8, 1864 in Elizabeth City County, VA; never married; died on February 11, 1955 at the age of 90 at Patrick Henry Hospital in Warwick, VA; buried on February 13, 1955 in St. John's Episcopal Church, Hampton, VA.

Dianah Ella Todd was born on December 12, 1867 in Elizabeth City County, VA; never married; died from a blood clot complicated by arteriosclerosis on February 27, 1950 at the age of 82 at Buxton Hospital in Newport News, VA; buried on March 1, 1950 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, VA.

Mary E. "Lillie" Todd, born December 12, 1868, Elizabeth City County, VA; married David Lincoln Souder, October 22, 1892, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; died July 28, 1952, Hampton, Elizabeth City, VA.

Lemuel Baker Todd was born on November 20, 1869 in Elizabeth City County, VA.; never married; died on June 22, 1939 at the age of 69 in Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA from lung cancer; buried on June 23, 1939 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, VA.

Andrew Clay Todd, born September 27, 1871, Elizabeth City County, VA; married Maggie Anna Halstead, September 30, 1913, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; died January 21, 1946, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA.

Marnetta “Nettie” Todd, born September 26, 1874, Elizabeth City County, VA; married Thomas Syphron Tennis, January 4, 1899, Newport News, VA; died October 19, 1937, Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA.

Margaret T. "Maggie" Todd was born on May 20, 1877 in Elizabeth City County, VA; never married; died on June 25, 1933 at the age of 56 in Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA from mycarditis; buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, VA.

Lulu Belle Todd, born April 20, 1878, Hampton, Elizabeth City County, VA; married Henry Edwin Shackelford, October 30, 1905, Hampton (city), Virginia; died September 20, 1965, Hampton (city), Virginia.

Elias Fayette "Fay" Todd was born on November 10, 1879 in Elizabeth City County, VA; never married; died from chronic nephritis with cardiac reflux and asthma as contributing causes on April 15, 1919 at the age of 39 in Wythe District, Elizabeth City County, VA; buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, VA.

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