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351 1.She became ill and died at a young age sometime during the Civil War.
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352 1.She had 7 children, two of which died young: John and Robert. Debbie Toliver.
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353 1.She was from Northern Ireland.
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354 1.Shot self accidentally while cleaning a gun.
_________________________________________________________ 		CAUDLE, Billy (I7900)
 
355 1.Simpson Circuit Court records show on November 2, 1819, John M. Jones vs Jonathan Piper for debt recovery of 150 lbs of tobacco for damages, and that he served on a jury November 4, 1819. On May 5, 1820, Aaron Caudill and John M. Jones vs Sheubird Ramsey and Spencer Milliken on a debt in petition, but the defendants did not appear - Brian K. Caudill.
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356 1.Small lady. Loved to cook and was a good old country cook. Worked hard all her life.
__________________________________________________________________ 		CONLEY, Anna Elizabeth (I447)
 
357 1.SS # 539-16-0489
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358 1.SSN 537-05-0684 Issued in WA before 1951.
_______________________________________________________ 		CAUDLE, William Henry (I7666)
 
359 1.SSN 540-03-1311
_______________________________________________________ 		CAUDLE, Ambrose Arthur (I9625)
 
360 1.SSN 540-07-9615 Issued in Or before 1951.
_________________________________________________________ 		CAUDLE, Roy Eugene (I10600)
 
361 1.Stiller Bill was a farmer, and an excellent hunter, before the Civil War broke out in 1861. At that time he enlisted in the Southern Cause and served in some of its hottest battlefields until its end. Not only disappointed at the losing cause, he came home to find his farm overgrown with briars and bushes, and to find his family almost in poverty as were his neighbors. Seeking a quick solution to cope with his critical situation, he set-up for production of corn whiskey and apple and peach brandy. His proficiency paid off. He was regarded for years as one of the finest makers of these products and thus achieved the title which made him well-known as Stiller Bill.
In 1888 the manufacture and sale of intoxicants were outlawed and he was soon apprehended by John Back and other officers at the time. The trek to the courthouse for trial had not gone far when Stiller Bill gave his word to the arresting officers that he would quit the business completely if released. Knowing Bill, the officers accepted his offer and returned home. True to his mountain integrity, he never produced another drop. He returned to farming and also entered bee raising. He soon had hundreds of stands for an abundant production of honey. Both Bill and Nancy are buried in the William J. Caudill Cemetery on lower Caudill Branch, two miles north of Blackey, in Letcher Co., KY.
_____________________________________________________________ 		CAUDILL, William J. (I5699)
 
362 1.Strangeman Hutchens was a Quaker Minister.
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2. Will of Strangman Hutchens of Surry County, North Carolina 1792
Posted by Bonnie Cain Henrich on Wed, 22 Sep 1999
Surname: Hutchens, Cox, Stanley, Brooks, Harding, Barnett, Reynolds, Johnson
Contribution to the Cox Coop Library by Carol Vinsh

I, Strangman Hutchens, Surry County and State of North Carolina, being desireous to settle my outward estate while in my sound senses and memory and to prevent disputes after my death do make this my last will and Testament in manner following

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First, I give to my Beloved wife Elizabeth (COX) Hutchens all my personal Estate not hereafter given to any of my children or grand children hereafter named to dispose of as she may think proper amongst my children and grand children
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2ly, It is my will and Desire that John Stanley shall have the tract of land he now lives on containing seventy five acres being in the county above said for his own Property provided he pay me or my Executor the sum of twenty five pounds Virginia money by or before the twenty fifth day of december anno 1792. agreeable to a verbil contract made between him the said John Stanley and myself.......... if the money is not paid by that time then it is my desire that my son Benjamin Hutchens shall have the said seventy five acres of land By setling and paying some demands that are against me in Virginia and paying the Ballance of the above mentioned sum of twenty five pounds Virginia money to his mother
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3ly, I lend to my Daughter Mary Brooks a tract of land containing fifty five acres lying in goochland county in Virginia it being the land whereon my said daughter Mary now lives during her natureal life provided she lives seperate and a part from her husband Samuel Robert Brooks. It is not my intent the said Samuel Brooks should live on my land or have any part of my estate whatever and after the death of my said Daughter Mary then I give the said fifty five acres of land to my grand Daughter Elizabeth Stanley Daughter of my said daughter Mary Brooks to her and her heirs forever.
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4ly, I lend to my daughter Edieth Stanley one feather Bed which she has now in posession during her natural life and then I give the said Bed to my grandson John Hutchens Stanley.
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5thly, It is my will and desire that whatever I have already given to my sons and Daughters hereafter Named the same items in their posession forever (To Wit) John, Nicholis, Thomas and Benjamin Hutchens, Mary Brooks, Edieth Stanley, Obedience Harding and Jean Barnett.and last I appoint my son Benjamin Hutchens Executor to this my last will and testament Revoking all wills heretofore made By me in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of ye 11th month 1791.

Signed sealed publised and declaired as the last will and Testament of Strangman Hutchens in presents of }
Jonas Reynolds
Jonathan Johnson
John Johnson
Strangman Hutchens (Signed His Mark)
(Seal) Strangeman Hutchens Last Will and Testament July 1792
Recorded_______________

Notes:
The above will was transcribed to the best of my ability from a copy of the original. The names and words are spelled as they are written on the original/copy.
 		HUTCHENS, Strangeman (I4665)
 
363 1.Tabitha and Ryan met at Johnson and Wales University while attaining an Associates Degree in Culinary Arts. Both graduated class of 1998. Ryan is originally from Delta, PA.. Parents Linda Sue (Petty) Boothe and Troy Allen Boothe.
_________________________________________________________ 		BOOTHE, Ryan Troy (I10184)
 
364 1.The following article is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 11/27/41, page 1, column 3: "Nonogenarian Lady Passes in Perry Co." Susie Cornett, daughter of the late "Stiller" Bill Caudill died at her home at Christopher, in Perry Co., Ky., Sunday morning, Nov. 23, 1941, in her ninetieth year. She was born February 29, 1852. She is survived by one daughter, Mary Combs, two others having preceded her in death. She also leaves four brothers, Ike, Ed, George Caudill, of Letcher Co., and John B. Caudill, of Stroud, Oklahoma, and a sister, Martha Cornett, of Diablock, Ky. Eleven sisters and brothers had already passed away. Fifteen grandchildren survive her. She was a member of the Regular Baptist Church, and had been for many years, receiving baptism of the late Ira Combs. She was laid to rest by the side of her parents, on the old "Stiller" Bill farm, on Caudill Branch, Letcher Co., in the presence of many friends and relatives. Elder G. M. Caudill officiated in the services. CAUDILL, Susannah (I6151)
 
365 1.The following from Heritage of Wilkes Co., Vol. 1, p.78:
a.Died in Rev. War.
b.appears in 1771 tax list Surry Co., NC
c.lived on Reddies River when Wilkes formed from Surry, 1778.
d.indicted for failure to report for jury duty in July, 1780. Found to have died during Rev. War some time before.
________________________________________________________ 		ADAMS, Charles (I9602)
 
366 1.The following is from Out on aLimb, p.268:
a.Born in Greenstreets Mountain area of Wilkes Co., NC.
b.State Grant 100 acres, paid $5, Big Camp Branch Roaring Rivernear Caleb Holbrook.
c.
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2. 		HOLBROOK, Ezekial (I7499)
 
367 1.The following is from the Dr. John J. Dickey Diary (reprinted in Kentucky Explorer Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 5 - October, 1995, pp. 84-85):

John Henderson Craft, June 15, 1898.
My great-grandfather, Achaelaus Craft was born on a vessel enroute from England to America in 1750. His father settled in N.C. I do not know where. He had but two sons. My great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. He never saw his brother after the war closed. In 1867 I went to N. C. on a visit to see my brother-in-law, Col. Ben Caudell. In Wilkes Co. I was on the farm that my great grandfather owned before he came to Kentucky. As Wilkes County was the home of Daniel Boone, it is not strange that he followed the pioneer to the wonderful land which he explored. Consequently, after the war, he came to Fayette Co., Kentucky and laid his claim where a part of the city of Lexington now stands. But his wife feared the Indians and to please her he retreated to the very border of the "Promised Land" and located near the head of the North Fork of the Kentucky River, five miles from the Virginia line.
Later he removed to Colley Creek which falls into the North Fork, a little below where he made the first settlement. There he lived until his death which occurred somewhere from 1850 to 1854. I was born December 20, 1834, and when he died I was 19 or 20 years old. Another tradition is that he was 14 years old when he ran away from home and joined the Army of the Revolution. At the earliest this would place his birth at 1762, and make him about 92 years old when he died. (I think this was the more probable story. J.J.D.) His wife, or first, was an Adams, Elizabeth, I think, and was connected with Governor Owsley. She was the mother of all of his children.
The youngest son of Archaelus Craft, William Craft, died last winter, 1898, in Letcher Co., very old. I saw him 5 or 6 years ago on the road from his home to Whitesburg, carrying a small spinning wheel which he had made. He was a wheel wright. Archaelous Craft had children as follows: Ezekiel, John, James, Stephen, Archelous, William, Simon and Anncy (William Caudell). These are all I remember. I remember only one daughter, Malinda, never married. James, my grandfather married Druscilla Hammonds. He lived most of his life in Letcher where my grandmother died but he died in Wayne. Their children were: Archalaus, Joseph, my father, Mahala married Campbell Grace who moved to Magoffin. Elizabeth married Jason L. Webb. They had about six children. Sarah married John Adams and they lived and died in Letcher, about 1862. John Adams wanted some gun powder to kill a squirrel for his sick wife, and that article being very scarce, he undertook to open a bomb that had been dropped by Gen. Humphrey Marshall's army, in order to get the powder. It exploded in his hands and blew him into atoms. Benjamin married Jennie Adams. He still lives in Letcher. They have a large family. Nehemiah married Artie Thornburg. His wife died in Letcher; he removed then to West Va. Do not know whether he is living. He had a large family. Archelous married Nancy Polly. They lived and died in Letcher, reared a very large family. William married a Parky. They lived and died in Letcher, both died last winter, reared a large family. Stephen went to Alabama and remained 28 years, none of his people knowing where he was. He married and raised a family of children and his wife died. After his visit home, he returned to Alabama. This was 43 years ago. Ezekiel went west, don't know what state, I think Missouri. Some of William's sons now live in Scott Co., VA. My father, Joseph, married Martha Bates. They had children as follows: I am the oldest, Sarah, Drusilla, William, Martha, Mary, Joseph, Eliza, Nancy, Morgan, Robert, James - 12. Sarah married Smith
_________________________________________________________ 		CRAFT, John Henderson (I3737)
 
368 1.The following is from the Dr. John J. Dickey Diary (reprinted in Kentucky Explorer Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 5 - October, 1995, pp. 84-85):

John Henderson Craft, June 15, 1898.
My great-grandfather, Achaelaus Craft was born on a vessel enroute from England to America in 1750. His father settled in N.C. I do not know where. He had but two sons. My great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. He never saw his brother after the war closed. In 1867 I went to N. C. on a visit to see my brother-in-law, Col. Ben Caudell. In Wilkes Co. I was on the farm that my great grandfather owned before he came to Kentucky. As Wilkes County was the home of Daniel Boone, it is not strange that he followed the pioneer to the wonderful land which he explored. Consequently, after the war, he came to Fayette Co., Kentucky and laid his claim where a part of the city of Lexington now stands. But his wife feared the Indians and to please her he retreated to the very border of the "Promised Land" and located near the head of the North Fork of the Kentucky River, five miles from the Virginia line.
Later he removed to Colley Creek which falls into the North Fork, a little below where he made the first settlement. There he lived until his death which occurred somewhere from 1850 to 1854. I was born December 20, 1834, and when he died I was 19 or 20 years old. Another tradition is that he was 14 years old when he ran away from home and joined the Army of the Revolution. At the earliest this would place his birth at 1762, and make him about 92 years old when he died. (I think this was the more probable story. J.J.D.) His wife, or first, was an Adams, Elizabeth, I think, and was connected with Governor Owsley. She was the mother of all of his children.
The youngest son of Archaelus Craft, William Craft, died last winter, 1898, in Letcher Co., very old. I saw him 5 or 6 years ago on the road from his home to Whitesburg, carrying a small spinning wheel which he had made. He was a wheel wright. Archaelous Craft had children as follows: Ezekiel, John, James, Stephen, Archelous, William, Simon and Anncy (William Caudell). These are all I remember. I remember only one daughter, Malinda, never married. James, my grandfather married Druscilla Hammonds. He lived most of his life in Letcher where my grandmother died but he died in Wayne. Their children were: Archalaus, Joseph, my father, Mahala married Campbell Grace who moved to Magoffin. Elizabeth married Jason L. Webb. They had about six children. Sarah married John Adams and they lived and died in Letcher, about 1862. John Adams wanted some gun powder to kill a squirrel for his sick wife, and that article being very scarce, he undertook to open a bomb that had been dropped by Gen. Humphrey Marshall's army, in order to get the powder. It exploded in his hands and blew him into atoms. Benjamin married Jennie Adams. He still lives in Letcher. They have a large family. Nehemiah married Artie Thornburg. His wife died in Letcher; he removed then to West Va. Do not know whether he is living. He had a large family. Archelous married Nancy Polly. They lived and died in Letcher, reared a very large family. William married a Parky. They lived and died in Letcher, both died last winter, reared a large family. Stephen went to Alabama and remained 28 years, none of his people knowing where he was. He married and raised a family of children and his wife died. After his visit home, he returned to Alabama. This was 43 years ago. Ezekiel went west, don't know what state, I think Missouri. Some of William's sons now live in Scott Co., VA. My father, Joseph, married Martha Bates. They had children as follows: I am the oldest, Sarah, Drusilla, William, Martha, Mary, Joseph, Eliza, Nancy, Morgan, Robert, James - 12. Sarah married Smith
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2.November 23, 1806: Archilius Craft is still residing in Wilkes County, NC as of this date. 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.
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3.Within the deed to Matthew Caudill, Arcilius' name is also clearly recorded as "Charles" within one sentence.
_______________________________________________________ 		CRAFT, Archelous (I4137)
 
369 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper (June 26, 1941, Page 1): "Whitesburg Mother Dies On Saturday" Arrah Evelyn Hale, one of Whitesburgs beloved old mothers, was called by death on June 14, at a little past midnight. A bad heart leakage was attributed as the cause of her death. Aunt Arrah, as she was familiarly known to all, was born in 1858, and at the time of her death was eighty-two years of age. She has lived in Whitesburg for the past thirty-three or four years and was well-known and loved by all who have lived here long enough to know her. She leaves three sons in Whitesburg: George, Simeon, and Burley; Lemuel, in Lincoln County; and a daughter, Clara Hensley, who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. John Collins, residing in Tenn. and several brothers. Her husband, John Hale, preceded her in death several years ago. Funeral services were held in the Sandlick Curch, of which she was a member, and at the Sandlick Cemetery, were burial took place. Ministers Tommy Collier and L. O. Griffith officiated at these services, and the Burke Funeral Home was in charge of the last rites.
________________________________________________________ 		CAUDILL, Arrah Evelyn (I5802)
 
370 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 01/26/39, page 1, column 2: "Prominent Millstone Lady Goes To Reward" Mrs. Pricey Adkins Craft, 59, mother of a large family of grown children and the lifelong companion of Arch Craft, Sr., well-known citizen, died Sunday at her home on Millstone Creek. Mrs. Craft, it is reported, had been in failing health for a few years, but as a rule, had faithfully clung to her household duties up to within the past few weeks. She was one of our noblest and finest Christian mothers, and one of the best loved and honored in the whole section where she had resided for almost fifty years. She was a daughter of Eld. Lewis Adkins who many years ago migrated to the far West where he has since made his home. The deceased was a niece of Dr. Boaz Adkins, well known resident of the County Seat. It is one of the sad and depressing incidents of life that a mother so necessarily and so useful in any day and time must be called away. But one of the beauties, and glory of all of it is that heaven has always existed for just and is made far richer by the call. The writer knew Pricey in her glowing girlhood, in her ripening motherhood and in her declining womanhood and that all these brought to her a more gentle and glorious heritage. We mourn that she is called from among us but we rejoyce there is a realm prepared for just such as her. We offer sympathies to the bereft husband, the children and all the relatives and friends. In column 4 of the same issue: Accidentally a quality of important news items were left out of The Eagle last week. One of these the account of the death of Mrs. Arch C. Craft, Sr., of Millstone. We are sorry that this happened, but still if we made no mistakes we would not be human.
______________________________________________________ 		ADKINS, Pricy (I11180)
 
371 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 02/18/37, page 1:
"Uncle Chunk Craft, Last Civil War Veteran, Answers Call" "Passes At Home On Millstone, Funeral Services To Be Held Thursday"

E. A. Craft, known to the people of Letcher county as Uncle Chunk, succumbed Tuesday night to complications and old age. He was the last remaining Civil War Veteran and the landmark of the early days of Letcher County.

He was born the same year that Letcher County was constituted and would have been 95 years of age on the 28th of this month. He was one of the old time land marks of the county and was all warp and filling of the old Webb Adams and Craft generations, being related directly to the settlers here. His father is remembered by the older people as El. Arch Craft who for years sounded the gospel up and down this valley and who for years was moderator of the Thornton Regular Baptist church. His father was the grandson of Archelius Craft the first of that name to settle here and who came here along about 1800 at the time that John Adams settled at the mouth of Bottom Fork. Archelius Craft married Betty the daughter of John Adams.

Uncle Chunk's mother was Letty Webb Craft being a daughter of Benjamin Webb who also married Elizabeth, daughter of John Adams, she was a sister to Uncle Miles, Jason and Wiley Webb. Early in life he was married to Polly Ann Caudill daughter of Eld. John A. Caudill another Regular Baptist minister and this made his relationship county wide. Being of the Webb, Adams and Craft families and having married into another one of the prominent families he was related to practically everybody in the county at one time. Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist faith and consecrated Christians. His wife preceeded him in death about a year ago. Uncle Chunk will be missed. Long he has been a part of Millstone and Letcher County. He has stood like the strong oak, sheltering the young ones in storms and times of dire need, but at last after a life of honest toil, a life that has been worth while and a life that has been well spent, he has fallen. He had no enemies, never made any. He tried to treat everybody right and all who went there felt at home at Uncle Chunk Craft's. His has been a well spent life. His children and relatives have no regrets. He lived well. Like the weary traveler, who, worn out with the struggles of life, and wro, tired and weary reaches home - so has Uncle Chunk - he is at home at last. Such men as Uncle Chunk Craft will be missed and we regret to see their passing.

The following obituary was obtained from the Union Association of the Old Regular Baptist Minutes:

CRAFT, Enoch A. known as Uncle Chuck was born Feb 28 1842 died Feb 16 1937; married Polly A. Caudill May 2 1867; 12 children. 4 deceased.
_______________________________________________________ 		CRAFT, Enoch Arden (I11169)
 
372 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 09/08/38, page 1, column 3: "Lewis Back, 71, Passes Away At Jeremiah" Lewis Back, 71, died at Jeremiah, Saturday, August 20 after an illness of several months. Mr. Back was a native of the county and was born near Jeremiah, August 16, 1868. He was the son of John and Sally Back. He was a great favorite with the children of his community and all who knew him. He is survived by one brother Marion Banks. Funeral services were held at Jeremiah by Elders Tipp Cornett, Wes Caudill, Ray Whitaker and Howard Caudill, with interment in the Ben Back Cemetery. BACK, Lewis (I8448)
 
373 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 09/08/38, page 1, column 4: "Henry Clay Caudill, 71 Well Known Citizen of Co. Dies Tuesday" Uncle Henry Clay Caudill, well known citizen of lower Letcher Co. and father of ex-sheriff W. H. Caudill, died suddenly Tuesday evening, September 6, at 5 o'clock. Mr. Caudill had worked on the farm all day and was cutting kindling when he suddenly dropped dead, he had been in good health and was very active. He was a native of Letcher county, born on December 9, 1867, a few miles below Blackey and has spent all of his life in the county. He was the son of William J. Caudill and Nancy Dixon Caudill. Early in life he was married to Margaret Elizabeth Collins, who survives him. To this union were born five children who survive him, W. H. Caudill, ex-shariff of Letcher county, now Chief of Police of Whitesburg, John B. Caudill of Polly, Malisa Simmons of Whitesburg, Vada Tolliver, of Jenkins, and ...................... of Blacky. He also leaves one sister, Martha Cornett of Perry Co. and three brothers, John B. Caudill of Straud, Okla., Isaac D. Caudill and George W. Caudill, both of Roxana, Ky. Funeral services were held at the Indian Bottom Regular Baptist Church by Elders Willard Akers and Willie Francis, Thursday morning, September 8 at 10 o'clock with a large crowd of friends and relatives in attendance. Interment took place in the Dixon Cemetery near Blackey. Burke Funeral Home had charge of the funeral arrangements. The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 09/15/38, page 2, column 1: Funeral services for Henry C. Caudill, thirteenth child of the late W. J. "Stiller Bill" and Nancy Dickson Caudill, born December 8, 1866 on Christian (later Caudill's) Branch at Indian Bottom, (later Blackey) Letcher Co. Kentucky, where he grew to manhood with his nine brothers and six sisters. The following of them survive him: Mrs. Susan Cornett, age 85 years and Mrs. Martha Cornett, age 70 years, both of Diablock, Ky.; Isaac D., age 79 years, of Roxana, Ky.; John B. and the baby of the family, Chandler, Okla.; George W. of Roxana, Ky. Married Maggie Collins, December 22, 1887 which was a happy union for little more than fifty years. Unto them was born two sons and three daughters, William H. and Mrs. Malsia Simons, of Whitesburg, Ky. Johnny of Polly, Ky. Lavada Tolliver of Jenkins, Ky. and Louisa, who lives with her parents. Also has a number of grand children and great grand children. All of this family are highly respected by who ever known.
He never took fellowship with any church, but was an ardent believer in the old time Regular Baptist faith and Orthodox Order of same. A consistant reader of the "Book of all books", the Bible. Good principals dominated his life. He was truthful. His word was his bond. He worked and managed in the light. Fair in his dealings. He did not seek to advance himself at the expense of his fellow men. He wanted for himself and his only, what was fair and right. No traveler was ever turned away from his table for want of that which he could grant. He loved his kindred and neighbors, who with his family will miss him around and about his home at Red Star, Ky. His hospitality and pleasant conversations are heard no more. His passing has broken the earthly family circular, but we trust it will be complete again some day in that "better home over yonder." His passing was sudden, from heart failure on the afternoon of September 6, 1938. On Thursday the 8th Inst. by 10 a.m. his kindred and friends; from Hazard, Whitesburg, Knott Co., from the valleys creeks and over the hills, by the hundreds were gathering at the Baptist Church at the Elmer Dixon Cemetery, where the body was laid. Aunt Clara Collins, his 94 year old mother-in-law was present. The whole family and friends will ever be greatful to Elder G. M. Caudill, Moderator, Dawson Dixon, Clerk, and the members of this church for their kindness in opening their door and inviting them into it for the services. To Aunt Maggie and the children and friends may you comply with thise spiritual cinditions which will prepare you for a glorious passng like hs. Active Pall Bearers; I. D. Caudill, R. B. Caudill, Sr., C. B. Caudill, Letcher Collins, Byrd Collins, and J. D. W. Collins. Honorary Pall Bearers were W. J. Caudill, John Back, Ace Collins, Arthur Dixon, Bony Caudill, Jim Caudill, Cleveland Caudill, Dawson Dixon, R. B. Caudill, Jr., Print Ison, E. B. Collins, Pearl Watts and I. T. Dixon. All came to pay tribute and hear the gospel messages as delivered by the Devine power through the preaching by Elder W. S. Akers and Willie Francis. 		CAUDILL, Henry Clay (I6537)
 
374 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 5/5/38, page 1, column 7:

"John D. Caudill, Well Known Merchant Dies At Pikeville Friday"

Former Resident of Letcher Co. Passes Away After Long And Useful Life

John Dixon Caudill, former resident of Whitesburg, and dean of Pikeville merchants and a man whose energy and ability contributed much to the early establishment of Pikeville as a business center, died on Friday evening, April 29, at the Methodist hospital at Pikeville.
He was 83 years old and death followed a week's illness resulting from a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Caudill was born at Jonesville, Va, on October 5, 1855. His parents, Stephen J. Caudill and Elizabeth Adams Caudill, moved to Letcher Co. in the vicinity of Whitesburg while he was a small child.
As a young man he entered the merchantile business in Whitesburg, where he had a store for several years, later moving to Pikeville, which was then a small village and located his store there.
His store at Pikeville was established fifty-one years ago, and today stands as the city's best known landmark. In this building he carried on trade continuously for more than a half a century, and saw the city grow from the hamlet it was to the progressive community it is today.
Before the railroad came to Pikeville and the town was with out a bank, his business flourished and he often carried on the activities of a banking house. Not infrequently a specially chartered boat from Cincinnati brought his goods up the Big Sandy river to Pikeville.
He was a lover of sport and could boast of prowess at both hunting and fishing. Being know as one of the best fishermen in Pike county and enjoyed fishing up until a few years ago.
As one of Pike county's most respected citizens, he was often called for jury service, having served many times in local and Federal courts.
At the time of the World War, Mr. Caudill did his part by contributing liberally to the Liberty Loan drive.
He was a member of the Baptist church, and was active in attendance at the time he was striken.
Mr. Caudill was married twice. He was preceded in death more than 40 years ago by his first wife, Calla Dotson Caudill. Of this union, four sons and three daughters survive.
They are William H., Stephen J., and Samuel M. Caudill of Pikeville, and John D. Caudill, of Charleston, W. Va.; Mrs. Etty Lowe, of Big Creek, W. Va., Mrs. B. M. Lowe of Borderland, W. Va., and Mrs. G. C. Scott, of Pikeville.
His second wife, Mollie Sword Caudill, survives, as do their eight children, three sons and five daughters: Charles, Paul and James Caudill; Mrs. Charles E. Grote, Mrs. Theodore Hoskins, Mrs. Wallace Ethridge, and Miss Mildred Caudill, of Pikeville and Mrs. G. J. Sanders, of McCormack, S. C.
Also surviving are three sisters. Mrs. J. F. Riley, of Los Angelos, Mrs. Jane Long, of Kansas City and Mrs. Sue Walters, of Virginia; thirty-four grand children and four great-grand children.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the family home on Main Street Pikeville. Officiating were Rev. Hayes Maynard and Rev. Ester Hopkins, Pike county Judge.
Interment was in the Caudill family cemetery at Sandlick, near Whitesburg.
___________________________________________________ 		CAUDILL, John Dixon (I3780)
 
375 1.The following obituary was obtained from the Union Association of the Old Regular Baptist Minutes: DIXON, Martha was born Dec 6 1879 to William V. and Dicey (COMBS) Dixon in Letcher Co., Ky. She married Joseph E. CORNETT having eight children; she was preceded in death by her husband, 2 children: Curtis and May. She leaves Cahrlie and Earline Whitaker, Crown, Ky, Venters and Mattie Dixon of Whitesburg Ky; Emma Ison of Linefork, Ky, and Joseph Verlon of Harlan, Ky. three sisters: Maggie Brown, Blackey, Ky, Oma Blair, Blackley, Ky, and Anna Bates, Blackey, Ky; one brother: Bryant Dixon, Blackey Ky. One half sister Mary Belle Jarrett, Tampa, Fla, two half brothers, curtis Dixon, Chesterfield, Indiana and Kent of Chicago, Il (last known address). On Jul 7 1940 she married Archie C. CRAFT. She died Jun 14 1967. Written by her step son: Lewis F. Craft.
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376 1.The following obituary was obtained from the Union Association of the Old Regular Baptist Minutes: KINCER, Nancy was the daughter of Fred and Lydie Kincer; born Nov 15 1854; died Apr 15 1935; married to Ned CRAFT; 6 boys and 4 girls. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church. Written by her son Joe Craft .
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377 1.The following was taken from the "Dixon Book" (RE), Page 73:

James Dickson was born in Perry Co. (now Letcher Co.), Kentucky. He reared his family on Elk Creek near what is now Blackey, Letcher Co., Kentucky. He was a farmer and a large land owner. He was a leader in the Old Baptist faith and order. James Dickson joined the Indian Bottom Baptist Church (later called Old Ragular Baptist) September 1849 and was ordained a minister January 1851. The ordination is as follows:
Brother James Dickson ordained a minister in the Indian Bottom Regular Baptist Church, first Suaturday in January 1851.
Presbytery consisting of the following:
To-wit: Elder John A. Caudill, Moderator -- Sandlick Church
Elder David Maggard -- Oven Fork Church
Elder Jordan Ashley -- Old Carr Fork Church
Bro. Henry Pratt, Clerk
Elder James Dickson was Moderator of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist for five years, 1869 through 1873 and was Moderator of the Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist for the years 1897 and 1904. He was Moderator of the Indian Bottom Church from 1875 until his death in 1914, he was also Moderator of many other churches. He preached for 64 years covering Eastern Kentucky and Western Virginia and the only mode of travel was walk or ride a horse. 		DIXON, James (I5693)
 
378 1.The Heritage of Wilkes Co., p.100
a.Served in the Revolutionary War, Private NC Militia.
b.Moved to NC with his father at 15 years of age, abt. 1810 (witnesses land sale in Wilkes in 1801).
c.First Tour: August 1776 volunteer under Lt. Martin Davenport to fight the Cherokee Indians, served about 6 weeks.
d.Second Tour: Fall 1780 served under Capt. William Hewlett and Lt. John Parker, guarded prisioners taken at the Battle of King's Mountain.
e.Third Tour: July 1781, 3 months under Capt. Alexander Gordon, Battle of Eutaw Springs, SC.
f.Thomas Joines mentioned in his last service and James Bauguess as reference on pension application.
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2.On January 7, 1801, Jasper Billing witnesses a land sale wherein Israel Walters deeds 100 acres to William Caudill. Wilkes County Book C-1, page 275-276. Ralph Holbrook serves as second witness.
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379 1.Their marriage took place at the Ridge Road Church, Raven, VA. Witnesses were Arthur Dixon, Jim Elswick, Bessie Wyatt and Bertha Short. The ceremony was performed by Napolean B. Casey, Beulah's grandfather.
____________________________________________ 		Family: Greely Monroe CORDILL / Beulah Mae CASEY (F3885)
 
380 1.There are two family traditions of how "Grandpa Billy" came to Lawrence Co., Kentucky. One is he helped drive cattle to be sold on the Big Sandy River and stopped for a night at the Wheeler's where he met Jane and started "sparkin" her. Another is he had fallen-out with his father and said he was going North, change his name and start his own family. It is difficult to determine the correct surname of each family member of William's lineage due to the interchange of the surnames Cordle, Cordial and Caudill in various records, newspaper accounts, and actual usage of the surnames among members of the immediate family. All these surnames, plus Cordill, were used in court records for William's son, Rev. Jeremiah. Often you find all these different spellings on the same marriage record page for Rev. Jeremiah. Also I have found many obituaries which list one surname for the first spouse who died and then later when the other died a different one was used. Sometimes Cordle or Caudill and vice versa. Several of the Lawrence Co., Ky. family moved up river to Johnson Co., Ky. and thereafter most records on these reflect the usage of the Caudill surname. This interchange in records, conflicting family lineage data furnished to me, family usage, etc., make one feel that the surname that may have been used is correct only by accident. That is a most ungenealogical statement, but the uncertainty of what is the correct surname for each person in this lineage makes it a corret statement for William's lineage in this compilation. So when you verify or proof your line you may find a better source than this compiler found in his research and thus a more correct surname usage in your line.
From the book Appalachia Crossroads-The Caudill Family
By Clayton R. Cox Vols. 2-3-4
305 Albana Rd.
Lexington, Ky 40503-2625
or
10201 U. S. Hwy #27 Box 50
Clermont, Fl 34711-9700

Found at the State Archives Dept.
Frankford, Ky

Known as William Cordle and William Cordial in Lawrence Co., Ky.

More About WILLIAM CAUDILL:
Burial Place: Raccoon Branch of Hoods Fork of Blaine Cr.
Census 1: 1820, Floyd Co., Kentucky
Census 2: 1850, Lawrence Co., Kentucky
Census 3: 1860, Lawrence Co., Kentucky
Census 4: 1880, Lawrence Co., Kentucky 		CAUDILL, William (I169)
 
381 1.They had 10 children.
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382 1.This family is listed on the 1880 Wise Co., VA, Census in the Richmond District (on page 293D).
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383 1.This family moved to Taney Co., MO. Brian K. Caudill. WHITAKER, Watson G. (I8235)
 
384 1.This info is iffy....she was a niece of Laura Josephine Brady.
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2.This info is iffy....probably married to Allen Tilley.... son of Elisha and Mediann (Caudill) Tilley.
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385 1.This information appears in "Out on a Limb", by Barbara Johns, Groeger, Photo Arts, Inc., c.1960. "Out on a Limb" is a family history written to research the Smith, Hutchins, Cox, Watkins, Cheade, and Richardson families.
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386 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. COCKERHAM, Columbus Clark Jr. (I2474)
 
387 1.Thomas Joines' tombstone in the "Joines Family Cemetery" at the Whitehead Union Baptist Church, in Alleghany Co., NC, states that Thomas' birth date was 15 January 1802 and that his death date was 26 April 1866.

Thomas Joines' original Will is located in the North Carolina State Archives, in Raleigh, NC. The Will is located in a stack of unbound Wills from Alleghany Co., NC dated 1859-1912. Thomas' Will is signed by Thomas on the 16th of March 1868 and was proven in the Alleghany Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions on April 27 1868. This proves that Thomas could not have died in 1866 as his tombstone states, and if he died on the 26th of April, then his Will was presented to the Court on the very next day. From this Will it is proven that Thomas died after March 16th and before April 27th of 1868. Thomas' tombstone was erected after his wife Lydia died in 1879, more than eleven years after Thomas' death. This could explain why the death date on his tombstone is incorrect.
(Doc# 172) (Doc# 304)

In his Will Thomas names Daniel Joines as his son but does not name any of his other children. Marion Brown is named as co-executor but his relationship to Thomas is not stated.(Marion Brown was married to Martha who was a daughter of Thomas'.) Meredith Richardson signed the Will as
a Witness. (Meredith Richardson was married to Sessie who is a daughter of Thomas' per Sessie's death certificate in Alleghany Co. dated 192

On the 30th of October 1868, the executors of Thomas' estate submitted an inventory of the estate including property sold by the executors and
a list of the people that purchased the property. The personal property was purchased by his wife, sons, sons-in-law, grandsons, and neighbors. It is interesting to note that among the items purchased by Elyda (Lydia) was a "still and worm", for three dollars. The rest of Thomas' personal property was sold at the house of Thomas' and a return of this sale was submitted to the Court in June of 1871. A final return of the debts owed to the Estate and debts collected was made to the Court by Elida and Ezekiel Joines in August of 1872. (Doc# 294)
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2.Thomas Joines, Jr., seems to have moved to Ashe Co., NC, from Wilkes Co. between 1820 and 1830. He first appears in a census in Ashe Co. in 1830. According "Alleghany Co. Heritage" (Alleghany Co. Hist.-Gen. Society, 1983), p.282, Thomas and his wife Lydia purchased 300 acres of land from the heirs of Daniel Hoppers on Nov. 12, 1824. The land was located on the banks of the Little River near what is now the town of Whitehead. Census records indicate they had at least 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls.

Thomas Joines' tombstone in the Thomas Joines Family Cemetery near the Whitehead Union Baptist Church, Alleghany Co., NC, states that his birth date was Jan. 15, 1802 and that his death date was April 26, 1866. However, his will proves he died in 1868, not 1866. Thomas signed his will on Mar. 16, 1868, and was proven in the Alleghany Court on April 27, 1868. The explanation for the incorrect date on the tombstone is probably that it was erected after his wife Lydia died in 1879, more than eleven years after his death.

1830 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.36: THOMAS JOINS
2 w/m under 5 1 w/f under 5
1 w/m 20-29 1 w/f 5-9
No slaves 1 w/f 10-14
1 w/f 20-29

1840 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.8: THOS. JOINS
3 w/m 5-9 2 w/f under 5
2 w/m 10-14 2 w/f 10-14
1 w/m 30-39 1 w/f 15-19
1 w/f 30-39

1850 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.256 (HH#273):
THOS. JOINS, 49, farmer, 1300, NC
-- Lydia, 48, NC
-- Callaway, 20, NC
-- John A., 18, NC
-- Patsy, 16, NC
-- Narcysa, 13, NC
-- Linville, 10, NC

1860 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Gap Civil Twp., p.397/199 (HH#334):
THOS JOINES, 58, farmer, $--, $--, NC
-- Lydia, 37, NC << prob. a mistake; should be age 57
-- Martha, 24, NC
-- Narcissa, 23, NC
-- Linville, 21, NC

1860 Census, Agricultural Schedule, Alleghany Co., NC: THOS. JOINES, 60 acres improved land, 30 acres unimproved land, value of farm $1,000, value of farm implements $75, 2 horses, 0 asses/mules, 5 milch cows, 0 working oxen, 12 other cattle, 14 sheep, 65 swine, value of livestock $430. (Source: New River Notes.)

Thomas Joines died Apr. 26, 1868. His wife, Lydia, is listed in the following census entry:

1870 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Gap Civil Twp. (HH#22):
LYDIA JOINES, 68, keeping house, NC
-- Eveline, 19, at home, NC
-- Robert, 16, at home, NC
[Eveline and Robert may have been grandchildren.]

Deed Abstracts:

Nov. 12, 1824. James WHITEHEAD & wife Mary, David EVANS & wife Betsy, Moses JOINES & wife Susannah, John HOPPERAS, Jacob HOPPERAS, Thomas JOINES & wife Lydia, the heirs at law & legatees of Daniel HOPPERAS, dec'd, to Henry WAGGONER & Sarah his wife, 280 acres in Ashe Co. lying on the waters of the Little River adj. Daniel HOPPERAS old line, Turkey Knob ridge, and Mary HOPPERS line. Signed: James WHITEHEAD, Mary (X) WHITEHEAD, David EVANS, Elizabeth (X) EVANS, John HOPPERAS, Jacob (X) HOPPERAS, Moses JOINES, Susan (X) JOINES, Thos. JOINES, Lydia (X) JOINES. Wits: Benjamin (X) KROWSE, John (X) SPURLIN. Proved Dec. 6, 1875, by Benjamin CROUSE. Reg. Dec. 14, 1875. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB C-3, pp.117-118).

Nov. 18, 1824. David EVANS & wife Betsy, Henry WAGGONER wife & Sarah, Moses JOINES & wife Susannah, John HOPPERAS, Jacob HOPPERAS, Thomas JOINES & wife Lydia, heirs at law & legatees of Daniel HOPPERAS, dec'd, to James WHITEHEAD & Mary his wife, 4 tracts of land containing 385 acres in Ashe Co., adj. the Little River, Gabriel FENDER, Windel CROUSE's old line, Nimrod FENDER, and John FENDER. Signed: David EVANS, Elizabeth (X) EVANS, Henry WAGGONER, Sarah (X) WAGGONER, Moses JOINES, Susannah (X) JOINES, John HOPPERAS, Jacob (X) HOPPERAS, Thos. JOINES, Lydia (X) JOINES. Wits: Benjamin (X) KROWSE, John (X) SPURLIN. Proved Mar. 6, 1876, by Benj. CROUSE. Reg. Apr. 13, 1876. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB C-3, pp.180-183).

Jan. 20, 1866. Major JOINS of Wilkes Co., NC, to Thomas & Lydia JOINS of Alleghany Co., NC, 175 acres on waters of Little River adj. the mill ford, for $170. Signed: Major JOINS. Wits: Isom WAGONER, F.M. JOINS. Proved Apr. term 1868 by Isom WAGONER. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB A-1, p.230). [Note: due to a legal flaw in the deed, this land was reconveyed by Major JOINES to Lydia JOINES on May 24, 1873. See DB B-2, p.34.]

Mar. 14, 1868. Thomas & Lydia JOINES to Meredith RICHARDSON, no acreage stated, land on Little River, for $40. Signed: Thomas JOINES, Lydia (X) JOINES. Wits: Isom WAGONER, Daniel JOINES. Proved Fall term, 1868. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB A-1, p.293.)

May 24, 1873. Major JOINES of Wilkes Co., NC, to Lidya JOINES of Alleghany Co., NC, 175 acres on Little River adj. M. RICHARDSON, the GAMBILL[?] entry, the old HOPPERS survey, William WHITEHEAD, & David JOINES, for $173. Signed: Major JOINES. Wits: M.F. JOINES, Mary BEAVER. "This deed made in the place of a deed made by me to Thomas & Liddya JOINES in which a fatal defect has been discovered and Thomas JOINES being dead the legal title vesting in Liddya JOINES, I therefore make the deed to her in her own name". Signed: Major JOINES. Proved June 7, 1873. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB B-2, p.34.)

Sept. 4, 1875. Lydia JOINES to Jacob HOPPERS, 8ΒΌ acres on Little River beg. on a rock at yellow bank ford on west side of the river south of the mill house, running down the north side of the river to the bend, adj. RICHARDSON's line, for $45. Signed: Lydia (X) JOINES. Wits: M.F. JOINES, Rob (X) JOINES. Proved July 4, 1891, by M.F. JOINES. Reg. July 7, 1891. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB H-8, p.487.)

Dec. 12, 1878. Meredith RICHARDSON & wife Sesa to Daniel JOINES, a tract of land on Little River [no acreage stated], where Elydia JOINES now lives, for $130. Boundaries set forth in a deed from Elydia JOINES to Jacob HOPPERS. Signed: Meredith RICHARDSON, Sessa (X) RICHARDSON. Proved Jan. 28, 1879, by the grantors. Reg. Dec. 24, 1885. (Alleghany Co., NC, DB F-6, p.131.) 		JOINES, Thomas Jr. (I7799)
 
388 1.Tom died during the Civil War while a prisoner at Camp Douglas, IL. Based on a letter written by his wife, Betty, Tom was taken prisoner and while a prisoner he contracted the measles. During the time of his illness, some of the prisoners tried a break. The guards, in trying to make the other prisoners inform on the ones who attempted the break, forced the prisoners who wouldn't cooperate outdoors into the rain. Tom was one them and they took him outside and paraded him down the street in his night clothes, but he still refused to talk. Betty said they invited the folks in to see him. She said she got close enough to wave her handkerchief at him and the crowd hollered at him to die with it in him, them measles would kill him, and he did.
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389 1.United States Army, Technician 5th Grade, Battery A 246th Field Artillery Battalion.
2.Honorable Discharge July 4, 1945, Fort Bragg, NC
3.Army Serial No.: 34 090 442
4.Induction Date: April 5, 1941
5.Military Occupation: Truck Driver
6.Battles/Campaigns: Guadal Canal; Northern Solomons
7.Distinguished Unit Badge go #67, HQ Americal Div 31 Dec 43 Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal with 2 Bronze ervice Stars American Defense Service Medal. 		PATTERSON, John Talmadge (I96)
 
390 1.Was a farmer. A Regular Baptist. Served in the Revolutionary War, Private of North Carolina. (noted on a plaque placed at Cemetery by the DAR.) Lived to the mouth of Sandlick.
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2.REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN HELPED FOUND THE OLD INDIAN BOTTOM BAPTIST CHURCH IN FALL OF 1810 AND THE OVENFORK BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1820 IN LETCHER CO.
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3.The following was copied from "Appalachia Crossroads: The Caudill Family", Vol. 3, Page 1030-1032:

Stephen Cordill
Pension Application

National Archives File R-2315 lists the following information on Stephen's War Record during the Revolutionary War:

Perry Co., State of Kentucky.
On this 12th day of August 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Co. Court of Perry Co. now sitting, Stephen Cordill, a resident of Perry Co., aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service as a volunteer in the Militia of the United States shortly before General Gates defeat at Camden, South Carolina for three months in Wilkes Co. North Carolina where he lived in Capt. John Morgan's Company in Col. Ben Hern's Regt, in the line of the State of North Carolina. From Wilkes he marched to the mouth of Rocky River, then back to guard the frontier of Wilkes against the Tories and Indians and after serving out his term aforesaid he was honorably discharged at the mouth of Rockey River in Wilkes Co., North Carolina by Col. Noah who then commanded the Regt shortly after Gates' defeat. He does not remember any regular officers. He again entered the service some time before the Battle at Kings Mountain as a volunteer for three months in Wilkes Co. where he lived in Capt. Samuel Johnson's Co in Col. Cleaveland's Regt. His major was Dick Allen. He was marched from there to King's Mountain and was in hearing of the Battle but the foot party did not reach the Battle in time but 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. as a guard of the prisoners when after serving out his tour he was honorably discharged by Col. Cleaveland in Wilkes Co., North Carolina. Next in l78l in Wilkes Co., North Carolina, where he resided, he volunteered for three months in Capt. Johnson's Company in the 5th Regt (Col's name forgotten) on the line of the State of North Carolina. He was marched from Wilkes to Surrey and then back to Wilkes and after serving out his term of three months he was discharged in the year 1781 in Wilkes Co. by Capt. Samuel Johnson. On this trip he recollects no regular officers. He was born in Lunenberg Co., Va. At each time he lived in Wilkes Co., North Carolina where he entered the service. Since he has lived in Wilkes then moved to Kentucky where he now lives. His discharges he has long since lost not knowing that they would ever profit him anything. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

/s/ Stephen Cordill

James Cordill a reputable witness made oath in open court, that he is the brother of the foregoing Stephen Cordill and that he knows of his own knowledge that the foregoing statements of said Stephen Cordill are true as to the first two trips because he served with him each time in the services, and the third trip he has no doubt is true as he knew of his leaving home to here (?) from this trip and when he returned he remembers it was long enough to have served out three months. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
1./s/ James Cordill

Roger Turner, resident of said Co. of Perry, age 74, upon oath in open court declared, that he knows the foregoing statement of Stephen Cordill is true, because he served with him and has known him ever since this a man of truth.

/s/ Roger Turner

We Daniel Duff a clergyman, Benjanin Webb and Elijah Combs, residing in the said county of Perry hereby certify that they are well acquainted with Stephen Cordill who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is respected and believed in this neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

/s/ Daniel Duff
/s/ Benjamin Webb
/s/ Elijah Combs

And the Perry Court do hereby declare their opinion after this investigation of the matter and after putting the interragotories prescribed by the War Department that the above named appicant 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 of said Co. of Perry and that Benjamin Webb and Elijah Combs who has also signed the same is also a resident of said Co. and is a creditable person and think their statements is entitied to credit, and the Court further Certify that James Cordill and Roger Turner who signed the foregoing certificates are creditable persons and that their statements if fully entitiled to credit.

I Jesse Combs Clerk of the Co. Court of Perry Co., Kentucky do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Cordill for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 12th day of August 1833.

/s/ Jesse Combs
Clerk of Perry Co. Court 		CAUDILL, Stephen A. (I124)
 
391 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. GOLDEN, Arley Burton (I1709)
 
392 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. CAUDLE, Wade Winfield (I10604)
 
393 1.Was killed at about age 21 in a hunting accident.... shot while hunting for wild turkeys.
________________________________________________________ 		CAUDLE, Alfred A. (I8010)
 
394 1.Was killed in the line of duty, Washington State Police officer. Debbie Toliver.
__________________________________________________________ 		TOLIVER, John Tildon (I9260)
 
395 1.While young, Bucky migrated with his parents to Pike Co. to settle on the Long Fork of Shelby Creek. On the fourth Saturday in 1894, Bucky and Sarah were enrolled into the Old Regular Baptist Church and baptized the following Sunday. TACKETT, William Jr. (I3169)
 
396 1.WILL OF HENDERSON CROUSE: ALLEGHANY CO. NC:

I, Henderson Crouse, of the Co. and state aforesaid, being of sound mind, but considering the uncertainties of my earthly existence, do make and declare this my last will and testament:

First My executors, hereinafter named, shall give my body a descent burial, suitable to the wishes of my relatives and friends, and pay funeral expenses and my just debts out of the first moneys which may come into his hands as belonging to my estate.

Second I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, M.A. Crouse, one milk cow, her choice, one bed of her choice with good and ample covering for same, the cook sover with all necessary vessells for same, all of the domestic fowles.

I also will and devise to my beloved wife, M.A. Crouse, for her use and controll during her natural life, the whole of my lands lying to the north of the top of the Blue Ridge Mountain, so long as she is competent to care for and manage the same.

It is further my will and desire, that she, the said M.A. Crouse have at all times ample support for all necessary bodily comforts out of any means belonging to my estate.

Third My will is that all my personal property, together with the whole of my lands, subject to the devisess above mentioned, be sold at public sale, and that the sum of $200.00 be paid to my only son John Wesley Crouse; that the sum of $20.00 be paid to each of my five grand daughters, namely: Mrs. Delia Ellison, Hellen Crouse, Ida Crouse, Ethel Crouse and Eva Crouse, the same to be paid when they reach the age of twenty one years.

Fourth I give and bequeath to my four grand-sons, (Having already deed to my other two grand-sons a goodly share of my lands), all the residue of my estate and not hereinbefore devised, namely, Leonard Crouse, Norman Crouse, Rudolph Crouse and Garrett Crouse; the same to be paid to each of the above named in equal proportions upon their becoming twenty one years of age.

Fourth I hereby constitute and appoint my trusted friend George Cheek my lawful executor, to execute this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and declaring uterly void all other wills by me made.

In witness whereof I the said Henderson Crouse, do hereunto set my hand and seal, this the 9th day of September, 1911.

Henderson Crouse (Seal)

Signed, sealed, declared and published, By the said Henderson Crouse, to be his last will and testament in the presents of us, who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.

J.C. Roup
G.D. Brown 		CROUSE, Henderson (I7862)
 
397 1.William and Wife Nancy were deacon and deaconess in the founding of the Oven Fork Church.
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2.According to tradition, William died sitting in his chair, outside of his cabin, reading his Bible. Brian K. Caudill.
______________________________________________________ 		CAUDILL, William C. (I2769)
 
398 1.William operated a general merchandise store in Manchester, KY, and was elected to the Kentucky State Legislature as a Senator from the 33rd Senatorial District and served from 1883 to 1887.
In 1902 he moved to Hobart, OK, where he operated the W. J. Caudill & Sons Store. He was a 32nd degree Mason, served in the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention in 1906 as a Democrat delegate from District 50 of Kiowa and Greer counties, and served as Oklahoma's first law enforcement officer. He was also a farmer, banker, and a Baptist.
The 1882 tax list of Clay Co., KY, lists William as the owner of two town lots in Manchester, a stock of mules, cattle and hogs, and a store valued at $2500. He must have sold the store in 1882 as subsequent tax lists do not list a store, but do list a town lot, 900 acres, mules, cattle and hogs.
It is said that William, being a man of Staunch mountain spirit and independence, upon having his word disputed during a session of the Oklahoma Convention, promptly floored the gentlemen across the floor, with his ink well. The old 33rd Senatorial District from which he was elected in 1882 consisted of Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Letcher, Martin, Perry, and Pike counties of southeastern Kentucky.
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399 1.William SPICER sold to Stephen CAUDILL 23 Jan 1788. Land described as adj. waters of Roaring River, above where William HARGIS lived on that date. [Wilkes Deed Book D, p. 98.] Extracted from this book: ABSHER, Mrs. W.O. (Ruby T.): Wilkes Co., North Carolina Deed Book D, F-1, G-H, 1795-1815; Copyright, 1990, by Southern Historical Press; Published, 1990, by Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC, USA; ISBN #0-89308-676-2.
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2.James WEBB sold to Stephen CAUDILL 5 Jan 1793 land on HARRISes CREEK of Roaring River near the road. [Wilkes Deed Book D, p. 101.] Extracted from this book: ABSHER, Mrs. W.O. (Ruby T.): Wilkes Co., North Carolina Deed Book D, F-1, G-H, 1795-1815; Copyright, 1990, by Southern Historical Press; Published, 1990, by Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC, USA; ISBN #0-89308-676-2.
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3.NC Grant No. 957: 13 May 1789 - Stephen Caudelle, 100 acres lying on the waters of the Roaring River. Adjacent owners MORGAN (west), JOINES (northwest), ZEKEL JOINES (east). Wilkes Deed Book D, p. 48.
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4.Stephen received a land grant in Anson Co. near Absalom and moved there. However, his stay was short. Apparently his wife died and he decided to move south into South Carolina about 30 miles away. He has many descendants there. Source William R. Caudle.
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5."By 1815, the family had moved to Franklin Co., Georgia", Cordell Clippings #6.
________________________________________________________ 		CAUDLE, Stephen (I8180)
 
400 1.William was an Elder in the Old Regular Baptist Church. Moderator of
the New Salem Association. Co. commissioner and Justice of the Peace in present Pike Co., KY. 		TACKETT, William Sr. (I4450)
 

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