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101	1. To the best of my knowledge, James Carson lived in Richard Caudle's home place. Following the trail of census reports, in 1870, I find Richard's two sons, John C. and William Harrison living with their widowed mother, Catherine, and William Harrison's wife, Sarah Rosa, and daughter, Margaret Ann. By the 1880 census, Catherine has died and John C. has married and moved to Burnsville. William Harrison is listed with his wife Sarah and their four children. The old home place burned in 1934 while James Carson and his family were living there. They rebuilt the house visible in the background of the photo of James Carson & Sarah Ellen Caudle. (Nancy Detwiller) _______________________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, James Carson (I14226)
102	1. Union Veteran 1890 Union Veterans Census Alleghany Co., NC _______________________________________________________ 2. Lived in Basin Cove until 1904 when he bought a cabin and 40 acres of land from A.J Combs (A relative of our family) and moved his family to Thurmond, NC. Source James David Caudill. _______________________________________________________ 3. CAUDILL, RUFFIN, Unit ?, mentioned on the 1890 Alleghany County Union Veterans census, but no unit given. Resident of Sparta. _______________________________________________________	CAUDILL, Ruffin Winfield (I222)
103	1. Vet. Revolutionary War Kings Mountain & owpens. __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. James initially went to Rowan Co., NC, with his father and then removed ca. 1780 to Wilkes Co., NC. James and his family eventually settled in Perry Co., KY, (now Letcher Co.). A Kentucky Highway Marker honoring James was erected on Kentucky Route 7, near the small cemetery where he is buried. The Marker reads as follows: "James Caudill, born in Virginia in 1753, first came to Big Cowen Creek in 1781. Because of Indians, he took his family back to North Carolina. Returning here in 1792 with his family, he built a cabin, stayed several years went back to North Carolina. They settled here permanently in 1811. He was progentitor to a large widespread mountain family. He died in 1840." James' dying request was that he be buried on his own land saying that he did not want his dust to mingle with another's soil. He was buried on his own land on Rockhouse Creek, in Perry Co., KY (now Letcher Co.). James was an American Revolutionary War veteran. The following was copied from the Cordell Clippings (a semiannual newsletter of the Cordell Association), No. 10, Jan. 1994, Page 13 & 14: James Caudill, Jr. Pension Application The following is a transcript of his [James Caudill, Jr.'s] 1833 Pension application, followed by some accompanying War Department Documents, obtained from the National Archives in Washington, DC. State of Kentucky, Perry Co., on this 12th Day of August 1833, personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Co. Court of Perry Co. now sitting, James Cordill, a resident of said county and state, aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to law and on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States shortly before General Gates' defeat at Camden, SC as a volunteer for three months in Wilkes Co., North Carolina, where he served in Captain John Morgan's Company in Col. Ben Harris' Regiment, in the line of the State of North Carolina. From Wilkes he marched to the mouth of Rocky River, then back to guard the frontiers of Wilkes against the Tories and Indians, and after serving out his term aforesaid, he was honorably discharged at the mouth of Rocky River in Wilkes Co., North Carolina by Col. Noah, who then commanded the Regiment shortly after Gates' defeat. On this route he does not remember any regular officers. Some time before the Battle of Kings Mountain he again volunteered for three months in Wilkes Co., where he served in Capt. Samuel Johnson's Company, Col. Cleveland's Regiment in the line of the State of North Carolina. His Major was Allen. He marched from there to Kings Mountain and was in hearing of the Battle but in the foot party just reached the Battle in time to receive the prisoners as they were taken. He remembers to have seen Col. Shelby and General Campbell. He was marched back to Wilkes Co.. After serving out his term of service he was honorably discharged by Col. Cleveland in Wilkes Co., North Carolina. He was born in Lunenburg Co., Virginia. He has long since lost his discharge. He lived in Wilkes Co., North Carolina where he served in the War each time. Since the Revolution he has lived in Wilkes and for years past in Kentucky, where he now lives. He recollects General Green, General Gates and General Rutherford. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of the agency of any State nor has it ever been. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid James Cordill Stephen Cordill of Perry Co. and State of Kentucky on oath in open court declares that he is the brother of the above James Cordill and that he knows of his personal knowledge that he served as by him described in his aforesaid declaration, being himself a soldier with him. Stephen Cordill Roger Turner resident of the Co. and State aforesaid aged 74 years upon his oath in open court declares that he knows of his own knowledge that James Cordill served a tour of three months as described by him above to Kings Mountain and that he has always known him to be a man of good reputation and a man of truth. Roger Turner We, Daniel Duff, a clergyman, and Benjamin Webb and Elijah Combs, residing in the Co. of Perry and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Cordill, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 80 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Daniel Duff Elijah Combs Benjamin Webb And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Duff, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Co. of Perry and that Elijah Combs and Benjamin Webb who has also signed the same is a resident in the same and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Jesse Combs, Clerk of the Co. Court of the Co. of Perry, State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Cordill for a Pension, his testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 12th Day of August 1833. Jesse Combs Clerk of the Perry Co. Court Note: (1) The defeat of General Horatio Gates at Camden, SC, occurred on August 16, 1780. Following the defeat, Gates retreated with the remnants of his shattered Army to North Carolina, where both Continentals and Malitia were actively recruited in an attempt to rebuild his forces. It was during this time period that James Cordill served his first 90-day tour of duty. (2) The Battle of King's Mountain took place October 7, 1780. James Cordill stated that he re-enlisted shortly before this military engagement. This would be roughly 90 days after his first enlistment, so it is assumed that he served out two consecutive 90-day terms from August 1780 through January 1781. _________________________________________________________________________	CAUDILL, James Jr. (I373)
104	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	CAUDILL, William Emery (I11388)
105	1. William Ambrose Caudle served in Company K, the 43rd Regiment. _____________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, William Ambrose (I10923)
106	1. “My brother, James S. Caudill, married Ollie Parlier Brown and they went to the village of Mulberry, where he operated a country store for a number of years. He sold his store at Mulberry and went with Jenkins Hardware in North Wilkesboro as a salesman, where he worked for many years. He then purchased the Morrison Hardware in Wilkesboro and operated that for several years as Farmer’s Hardware, until his death in 1956.” The Heritage of Wilkes County. Cora Caudill. _______________________________________________________________________________	CAUDILL, James Sanford (I196)
107	1.	BLEDSOE, Biddy Alzima (I129)
108	1. "My mother had four brothers that was missionary Baptist preachers. My father told one of them, uncle Callie Blevins, if he would move near us he would give him half of his farm. And the line was run thru, leaving my father one hundred and seven acres of land and my uncle got one hundred and three. My uncle had a large family and he being a minister was a way from home (pg 40) quite a lot. My father and mother was very generous and sympathetic tried to supply the needs for my uncles family as well their own. Soon they found their selves unable to meet the needs of their own family." Memoires of Martha Frances Caudill Brown.	BLEVINS, Rev. Calloway C. (I9395)
109	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	JOINES, Alan (I14286)
110	1. Cloa Luch (hard to read), 9 yrs. old, living with Moses and Louisa in 1870, Wilkes Co., NC census. _______________________________________________________	RICHARDSON, Moses Franklin (I103)
111	1. Matthew Caudill purchases 100 acres of land on the Roaring River from Archilius Craft on November 23, 1806. See Wilkes County Deed Book F-1, pages 439-440. The sale was witnessed by Benjamin Adams and William Johnson and was recorded during the February trem of the court in 1807. _______________________________________________________ 2. November 23, 1806: Benjamin Adams still resides in Wilkes County, NC. _______________________________________________________	ADAMS, Benjamin (I4570)
112	1. Moved from Wilkes, NC to Nebraska, to Texas, and back to Nebraska with bros. (Source Cindi Mason). _________________________________________________________ 2. Deacon at Mt. Carmel Misssionary Baptist Church since Sept. 5, 1931. (Source: Madge Caudle Bloom). _________________________________________________________ 3. John Wilburn and two other men, Rufus Crouse (his nephew) and Sowell Woodruff bought the Mt. Carmel church from the Presbyterians in 1914 for $600.00 ($200.00 each) after a storm destroyed the original church building. (Source: Madge Caudle Bloom). _________________________________________________________ 4. In 1930, John and Mary are listed in the census living in Cherry Lane, Alleghany County, next to Elisha Tilley and Mediann L. Caudle, his sister. _________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, John Wilburn (I232)
113	1. "Out on a Limb", p.57: Laura Alice (Caudill) Brooks was the seventeenth child born to James Harrison Caudill. At the age of 16, she married Thomas Brooks and for eighteen years they farmed land in North Carolina that today, people would think it impossible to farm. Laura and Thomas were the parents of fifteen children (their first child, Vicey Lou Martha, died when three weeks old and their second child , Bessie (Bonhams) died at the age of 32 years. One of their sons was wounded in WWII and missing in action for seven months. Four of sons have died. Samuel drowned while cleaning a well, Warren broke his neck while swimming, Charles was killed in a car accident, and Marvel was shot.) Laura died at the age of 49 years. Her religion had been Baptist. born 1 February, 1891 Wilkes Co., NC died 1 March, 1940, Whitehall, Md. parents James Harrison Caudill and Sarh Jane Tilley 2.Laura and children listed in 1930 Harford Co., MD census (Thom. not listed?). Two children born in MD oldest 3 1/2 years. Must have moved to MD from NC abt. 1926. 3.1930 Harford Co., MD Census labeled Foresthill Jarrettsville State Road up the side of the sheet.	CAUDILL, Laura Alice (I32)
114	1. Notes for John Westly Dixon:The following is from page 80 of "The Dixon Story: A Family History (RE)" by Dexter Dixon: While my father John W. Dixon has been dead some 36 years, yet I have strong impression to write a short sketch of his devoted christian life. "He being dead speaketh." I never knew how I should appreciate such a father as I had until he was taken away from us and especially since I hope I have obtained the same like precious blessing he did. Oh if time could turn backward where I could have the pleasure of talking to my beloved father again, but I have a hope to meet him before long in a better place than this world. He was born Oct. 23, 1845 and died April 1902. He was married to pheobe Caudill, daughter of the late Isom and Lizzie (Back) Caudill in 1867. To this union was born seven children: five boys and two girls, a boy and a girl having died in infancy. Nancy and James C. both grown and married with families, died some years ago, William C., Isom and Jerry P. are still living. Mother died in April 1887 at the age of 37 years. Later father was married the second time to Rachel Eldridge. To this union was born four children, Polly Ann, Mary and Rebecca, girls and Pearl B., a son, all living and married. Father and mother both joined the Indian Bottom Church of Regular Baptist in their young days and were ordained deacon and deaconess of that church. Father was clerk of that church shortly after he joined until death. I never knew a more devoted christian than he was. While he was poor in this world's goods, he was rich in the spiritual love of God. His tattered garments and the need of his work at home was never in his way when the church meeting come. He always filled his seat in the church when possible, "The love of Christ constrained him". He was strong in the faith, he was the oldest child of the late Elder James Dickson. Written by W. C. Dixon The above was copied from the Minutes of the forty-third Annual Session of the Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist in the year 1938.	DIXON, John Westly (I6451)
115	1. St. Stephens Parish, King & Queen County, April 24,1703. Thomas Pettis receives 36 acres next to James Caudle, Capt. Smith, and Thomas Domox for the transportation of one to the colony. The name Robert Bartlett appears at the bottom of the land patent and is presumably the person who's passage has been paid. ___ 2. Cavaliers and Pioneers ARTHUR NASH, 950 acs. New Kent Co., 6 Dec. 1654, p. 309. 400 acs. beg. at Wly. branch of Propotanck main swamp on the head of Poropotanck Cr., & 550 acs. on S. side the main swamp adj. tract surveyed for Tho. Cox, etc. Trans, of 19 pers: William Long. James Lewis, John James, John Stow, Alex. Farlow, James Baxter, Robert Just, Abraham Warren, Joan Price, Robt. Catesby, James Cordell, Nich. Woodhouse, Fra. Statherd, JefTry Smith, Hercules Talbott, William Phillips, Alex. Sumpson, (or Sampson), David Welch, Sampson Carey.	CAUDLE, James (I14347)
116	1.!US Census 1850 (22 October) Tennessee, Decatur Co., 10th District, page 445B, lines 11-18: Andrew J. Caudle (b. 1822 - 28 - in NC - Occ: Laborer - Property Value $60) married to Ann (b. 1820 - 30 - in NC). Children listed (born in TN) are: Martha S. (step-dau b. 1840 - 10); Matilda J. (dau b. 1845 - 5); Martha N. (dau b. 1846 - 4); James F. (son b. 1847 - 3); and William H. (son b. 1848 - 2). ALSO Listed with them is: Absolum W. (brother b. 1842 - 8 - in TN) ________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, Andrew J. (I10252)
117	1."Aaron farmed while in North Carolina. They moved to Pagosa Springs, Colorado in the early 1900's. He worked in the logging camps there and Louisa took in washing to help out. Leaving Colorado a few years later, they settled on a farm near Willow Springs, MO. Later in 1936, Aaron sold the farm ans moved back to Sparta, NC and married Celia Brown Caudill. They owned a little store in Pine Swamp. After Celia passed away, Aaron sold the store and moved to Tacoma, WA where he made his home with his son Lester and his wife Ruth." ______________________________________________________	RICHARDSON, Aaron R. (I8901)
118	1."Around 1834, B.W. and Mary moved their young family to the newly opened Cherokee lands in Walker Co., Georgia. They settled near the foot of Pigeon Mountain, just west of Lafayette." Cordell Clippings, #6. _______________________________________________________ 2."Between 1854 and 1860, B.W. and Mary, and most of their children moved to DeKalb Co., Alabama, settling on a farm on Sand Mountain just above Valley Head." Cordell Clippings, #6. _______________________________________________________ 3."Although B.W.'s mother's name is unknown, evidence and family tradition sugeest that she was an Indian. B.W.'s mother died by the time he was 11 yaers old, and his father married Elizabeth Smith, 24 May 1817, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Cordell Clippings, #6. _______________________________________________________	CORDELL, Benjamin Washington (I10484)
119	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	KILLEN, Margaret Alice (I166)
120	1."Jacob Adams served as a private with the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. On June 24, 1783, he was issued Military Warren #1153 for 200 acres of land in North Carolina." Wallace Seymour ~ Genforum/Adams/message #12956.	ADAMS, Jacob (I4236)
121	1."Out on a Limb", p.57: Cynthia "married at the age of 12 to Monroe Wagner, age 19. When she was 13 years old, their first child was born, a girl who they named Isabell. After four more children and twelve years of marriage, Monroe died (their five children were aged from 4 to 11 years). Two years later, Cynthia married Trealy Brinegar and had four more children. She then died of cancer at the age of 39, leaving her second family of children aged 8 through 12 years of age. Cynthia was a good housewife and mother all through her life and was talented at sewing. She was a church going woman and faithfully attended the Baptist Church. born 16 June 1900 Absher, North Carolina died 9 September 1939 Darlington, Md. ______________________________________________________________	CAUDILL, Cynthia Arthusia (I36)
122	1."Out on a Limb", p.61: "...was born, married, and died in North Carolina. Ancel was self educated through grade school, could play violin, and was a member of the Methodist beliefs. He married the daughter of his first cousin (thus she was his first cousin once removed), Frances Ellen Harris. They raised six children on their farm ans Ancel was 66 years old when he died. " 2. In 1870, Ancel is living next to his father and mother, married, with one child. Traphill Post Office, Wilkes, NC. .	CAUDILL, James Ansel (I223)
123	1."Out on a Limb", p.61: George Washington Caudill: was one of 22 children born to James Harrison Caudill and one of the last two who are still living {1960}. He married India Brown in 1916 and had nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity. (Their son James died young). George has worked in Maryland, WV and at a sawmill in Wilkes Co., North Carolina. He now farms for a living in Laurel Springs and has a hobby of whetting shavings with his pocket knife. His religion is Baptist. _______________________________________________________ 2.education 4th grade. _______________________________________________________	CAUDILL, George Washington (I38)
124	1."Out on a Limb": Frances married her father's first cousin.	HARRIS, Frances Ellen (I1266)
125	1."Spencer was a prominent farmer, minister, and businessman. He lived in the Traphill area of Wilkes Co. as early as 1784 and was very active in religious, political and business activities in the county for the next twenty years. Sometime before 1803, he went to eastern Kentucky and ran a series of revival meetings in the Regular Baptist churches there. He returned to Wilkes Co. where he organised a wagon train, and in the fall of 1803, with his family, his brothers John and Benjamin, their families and some of his neighbors, set out for Kentucky. They went by way of the Holston and Clinch Rivers to Pound Gap, Virginia and turned left down to the north fork of the Kentucky River where they camped. A big snow fell that night, and after a conference they decided to settle there. Shortly thereafter, Spencer was appointed a Magistrate and later a deputy sheriff. He was a Captain in the War of 1812 and in 1817, was elected high sheriff of Floyd Co., Kentucky. He was a real estate and livestock dealer. He also served as pastor of Indian Bottom church, the Sandlick church and the Castlewood church in Russel Co., Va. In 1821, he sold his holdings in Kentucky and with his sons and sons-in-law moved to Dallas Co., Alabama. In Alabama, he acquired a large amount of land and slaves. He disposed of his slaves in his will, which was probated in 1830, giving each of his children two. The rest of the slaves were not to be sold out of the Adams family." - Heritage of Wilkes Co., p.79. ______________________________________________________ 5.Spencer is also listed as a founding member of Indiam Bottom church in Blackey, Ky. Refer to http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/articles/ib_church.htm. ______________________________________________________	ADAMS, Spencer James (I7874)
126	1.1820 Surry County Census, Capt. Williams District (4) Free white males: (1) 10-16 years of age. (1) 16-18 years of age. (1) 16-26 years of age. (1) Upward 45 years of age. (3) Free White Females: (1) Under 10 years of age. (1) 16-18 years of age. (1) 26-45 years of age. Three people engaged in agriculture. ______________________________________________________	CAUDLE, Moses (I11391)
127	1.1850 census, Dica is listed living with brother Richard. Cannot read or write. _________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, Dica (I10272)
128	1.1854 moved to Grayson Co., VA. ________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, James L. (I10273)
129	1.1860 Wilkes County Census: James is listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $1000 and personal estate valued at $500. ________________________________________________________ 2.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Jr. is living in house #892 and his father lived in house #893 (next door). ________________________________________________________ 3.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Jr. is living in house #892 and John Caudill lived in house #898 (six houses away). ________________________________________________________ 4.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Jr. is living in house #892 and Stephen Combs and Malinda Caudill lived in house #888 (six houses away). ________________________________________________________ 5.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Jr. is living in house #892 and William Caudill and Sarah Smith lived in house #899 (seven houses away). ________________________________________________________	MCCANN, James Jr. (I1483)
130	1.1860 Wilkes County Census: James is listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $400 and personal estate valued at $100. ________________________________________________________ 2.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Sr. is living in house #893 and his son lived in house #892 (next door). ________________________________________________________ 3.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Sr. is living in house #893 and John Caudill lived in house #898 (five houses away). ________________________________________________________ 4.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Sr. is living in house #893 and Stephen Combs and Malinda Caudill lived in house #888 (five houses away). ________________________________________________________ 5.1860 Wilkes County Census: James, Sr. is living in house #893 and William Caudill and Sarah Smith lived in house #899 (six houses away). ________________________________________________________	MCCANN, James Sr. (I1188)
131	1.1900 Federal Census, Wise Co VA Richmond Dist. _______________________________________________________ 2.1910 Census of Wise Co VA Richmond Dist. _______________________________________________________	CAUDILL, Margaret (I8425)
132	1.A staunch republican, NE University Football fan, and fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. She has 10 grandchildren. ________________________________________________________	CAUDLE, Mamie Ann (I7908)
133	1.A widow with two small daughters, Mae Elizabeth and Lela when she married John Wilburn. ________________________________________________________	PHIPPS, Mary Jane (I9187)
134	1.About Gracie Broadway: "Elam J. Caudle stated that his father had seen a picture of her and she was a mighty pretty woman and part indian." ________________________________________________________	BROADWAY, Gracie (I10264)
135	1.According to Mr. Jim Snodgrass of Knoxville, Tennessee in a letter of June 1984, John McCann came into Wilkes County, North Carolina from Pennsylvania prior to 1810, settling in the Trap Hill area. Additional data from Jerry Gentry of Elkin, N.C. has been added to the family outline appearing on the following pages. Those listed are believed to have been the family of John McCann and his unknown wife, listed on 1810 and 1830 censuses. Cousin Kevin John McCann of South Australia says in 2003 that John McCann Sr. was born in Ireland ca 1765 and arrived in American 15 Mar 1775 on the ship Pennsylvania Packet. He must have died after 1830 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Kevin further relates that John was listed on the voyage as a cabinet maker and joiner. He later built a mill in the Trap Hill area of Wilkes County. _______________________________________________________	MCCANN, John (I11244)
136	1.According to Ruth Caudill, Augusta was raised on Greenstreet Mountain near Traphill, Wilkes Co., NC.	RICHARDSON, Augusta Delenion (I14)
137	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	AMENT, Tabitha Ann Hart (I10179)
138	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	AMENT, Tahirih Suzette Hart (I10178)
139	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	AMENT, Tanya Lee Hart (I10180)
140	1.After the death of her first Husband, John Calvin Caudill, Susan married John Quincy Medley , an old Civil War veteran. She lived with him for at least seven years. After her children were grown she left John Medley and apparently went to live with one of her children. No mention is made on her death certificate of this second marriage. There should be five more children. Buried in the Cherry Lane Baptist church cemetery, Alleghany Co., N. C. Source: Caudle, Rebecca Ann. _________________________________________________________ 2.I have her Bible.... given to me by Lois Caudle Gentry, my 2nd cousin. Death Certificate of GF Ruffin Winfield Caudle states her name as SARAH Tilley. Notes from Nanalee Wrenn, states she had 16 children, 9 living. _________________________________________________________	TILLEY, Susan J. (I225)
141	1.After the death of James, Abigail lived with their son, Henry. She hanged herself from the beam of an old loom. ________________________________________________________	BOGGS, Abigail (I8370)
142	1.Alfred was in the 1930 Census living with his daughter , Nany Nelson and husband, Robert, in Wise Co Va., Inman, VA., Richmond Dist. He died there from complications of chronic nephritis and lobar pneumonia (according to his death cert from Richmond, VA). __________________________________________________________	HALL, Alfred D. (I8438)
143	1.Appendicitis. She is 1/4 Cherokee Indian, her mother Laura Jophine was 1/2 Cherokee. _________________________________________________________	NAYLOR, Alma Rose (I234)
144	1.Arthur and Cora's cabin was located in the Bottom about a mile from the fire road at Longbottom Road. Virginia Shuler. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2.Their home is listed on Roaring River Road in the 1930 Census. ____________________________________________________________________________	CAUDILL, Arthur Allen (I1097)
145	1.August 6, 1855 stillborn boy. _______________________________________________________	ADAMS, Jesse (I4377)
146	1.b. Isaac Russell; dau. of Mary Laffoon; bride is of age; min. Aaron Brown, Methodist	Family: Henry RUSSELL / Lucretia LAFFOON (F3748)
147	1.b. Isaac Russell; min. Aaron Brown, Methodist. ________________________________________________________	LAFFOON, Daniel (I10144)
148	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	CAUDLE, Patti Rose (I10573)
149	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	CAUDLE, Madelyn Anita (I10528)
150	1.Ben was a full Colonel in the Confederate Army. In 1862, Col. Ben was authorized by Brig. General Humphrey Marshall to raise a regiment of Confederate Volunteers in Eastern Kentucky. He raised a unit, 600 in all, at Whitesburg, KY, in September 1862. He was captured at Gladeville, VA, and served 13 months in prison. He was taken to Charleston, SC, and released in an exchange of prisoners August 3, 1864. He again assumed command of his regiment, the 10th KY Infantry. Although it had other names at various times, his regiment was finally referred to as "Ben Caudill's Regiment". He captured "Old Clabe Jones" at one time, but Clabe escaped. ______________________________________________________ 2.BIOGRAPHY OF COLONEL BEN E. CAUDILL by Faron Sparkman Benjamin Everidge Caudill was born on Sandlick Creek near Whitesburg in what is now Letcher County, Kentucky on January 11, 1830, the son of John A. Caudill and Rachel (Cornett) Caudill. Ben, as he was always called, grew up in mountains of Eastern Kentucky, with little advantage of schooling. His first teacher arrived from Virginia without a place to live and began teaching. At the site of a hollow tree centrally located between the Caudill and Hogg property, school was conducted. The most noteworthy part of his youth was that he followed the local Old Regular Baptist preachers from the time he could talk. Daily two of his brothers and sister served as his congregation while practiced the art of delivering the word. At school in Whitesburg he would preach to his schoolmates. After the usual rebellious years of youth when he left home for a period, Ben returned in September of 1847. In February of 1848 he married Martha L. Asbury of Tazewell County Virginia and during the summer of 1848 became a devout Christian. He built on home on Sandlick Creek and by 1850 joined the Sandlick Old Regular Baptist Church. Two years later in 1852 he moved to Tazewell County, Virginia and remained there one summer. By the fall of 1852 he moved back to Kentucky because he said his thoughts were so filled with concern for his lost friends in Letcher County that he could not find peace for himself or his family. He also felt inadequate because of his lack of education and not wishing to disgrace the Christian cause kept his strong desire to reach the unchurched a secret. Ben struggled with this dilemma for four years. He tried to take his mind off the situation by immersing himself in various activities. In the 1850s Ben Caudill entered politics by running for and winning the position of Constable in Whitesburg. But after working in the office for a time he found his thoughts were so consumed by his religious convictions that he was forced to resign. Ben Caudill spent much of his time studying the Bible and because of this improved his reading skills. On a Saturday night near the end of February, 1854 he preached his first sermon at the Rockhouse Church. He soon pastored several area churches. When war came to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky Ben Caudill's sympathies were with the south. He temporarily left his church activities to enlist in the Confederate Army. Captain Oliver A. Patton (later Lt. Colonel) of Covington, Kentucky was sent to Whitesburg to assist Ben Caudill in recruiting and organizing a company of local soldiers as part of the 5th Kentucky Infantry. By November of 1861 Ben was given the rank of Captain and placed in command of Company F. 177 men, mostly from Letcher County, served under Captain Caudill for a one year term in this regiment and saw almost continuous fighting among the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia. Caudill and the men of Company F were engaged in the Battle of Middle Creek and the Battle of Princeton in 1862. As early as August of 1862 Captain Ben Caudill was already underway recruiting a regiment of his own comprised of men from throughout the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. By the fall of 1862 Caudill had raised nine companies of men from over 13 counties and was promoted to the rank of Colonel in command of the 10th Mounted Rifles. Ben Caudill was well known as a charismatic traveling evangelist throughout Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, a tremendous asset in recruiting his regiment of 1,100 men. Many of the soldiers were related in some way to Colonel Caudill and in fact 32 of the men carried the Caudill name, including five of Ben's brothers. Caudill's 10th Kentucky was engaged in small battles in Perry, Letcher, Harlan and Breathitt Counties on a daily basis for ten months. During this period Colonel Caudill's home on Sandlick Creek in Letcher County was looted and burned and his family was forced to take refuge first in Russell and then Washington County Virginia. Before dawn on the morning of July 7, 1863 while Colonel Caudill's regiment was encamped at the current site of the Wise County Courthouse in Wise, Virginia (then known as Gladeville), a surprise Union attack led to a fierce but short battle resulting in the capture of 122 men. This included Colonel Caudill and the bulk of his officer corps. Several hundred of his men managed to escape but it was devastating blow to the regiment. Caudill himself was taken to Kemper Barracks, Camp Chase, Johnson Island, Baltimore, Fort Delaware, Fort McHenry, and eventually to Hilton Head, where he was chained in the lower decks of the ship, U.S.S. Dragoon for forty days as one of the "Immortal 600." Colonel Caudill said he endured the most extraordinary trials of his life during his time in prison. Not withstanding this he preached the entire time at each of his prison stops. Colonel Ben Caudill was exchanged on August 3, 1864 and returned to his command on Sept. 17, 1864. He continued fighting with the 10th Ky. Mtd. Rifles (renamed the 13th KY. Cavalry in February of 1865) until word of Lee' s surrender reached the regiment while camped on the New River in Virginia. After the war Caudill settled in Allegheny County North Carolina and immediately returned full time to the ministry, beginning a relentless schedule as an evangelist on horseback throughout North Carolina and Virginia. Even in this area of the south there were many difficult and even life-threatening situations during his ministry in the late 1860s fueled by anti-Confederate sympathies. Blue or Gray politics managed to split many church groups apart in this region of the country but Caudill's vision was unwavering. He spoke of "laying aside all party spirits and placing the churches on the same ground they were on before the war." He said that in the future they must be governed only by the Word of God and they must try to live in peace. In 1879 Ben Caudill moved from North Carolina back to Kentucky, settling in Clay County and working with a new group of churches. His ministry was not without controversy as he spent much of the decade of the 1880s attempting to convert "missionary" Baptist churches throughout Kentucky to the doctrines of the Old Regular Baptist denomination. In 1888 Caudill traveled throughout Ohio and Indiana in revival meetings while starting new churches. On January 7, 1889 Ben Caudill left his home near Manchester, Kentucky for Tennessee to help start a new church. After completing this mission he was hoping to return to Kentucky to visit his son in Barbourville before returning to Clay County but fell ill in Claiborne County Tennessee on January 18th and was confined to stay at the home of a friend. Doctors were summoned but nothing could be done for the ailing preacher who was suffering from a severe cold, pleurisy and exhaustion created by his constant travel schedule. Ben E. Caudill died on February 11, 1889 at the age of 59. His body was returned to Kentucky by his children and laid to rest in the Slate Hill Cemetery just out of London, Kentucky. Ben E. Caudill was more than an ordinary man. A close friend said "As a citizen and neighbor he was seldom excelled. As a professor of the Christian religion he fully demonstrated his faith by living soberly, righteously and Godly and with an ability given him by God. Truly, we as his survivors can say he fought a good fight and finished his course on the field of battle with his feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace."	CAUDILL, Benjamin Everage (I3728)