TN-535081
THE
PACE
FAMILY
Helen Norris Byrd
THE PACE FAMILY
PAGE
ANCESTOR CHARTS
RICHARD PACE, I
1
GEORGE PACE
2
RICHARD PACE II
3
RICHARD PACE III
3
JOHN PACE OF MIDDLESEX
4
RICHARD PACE IV
7
SILAS PACE
9
WILLIAM PACE
13
SARAH PACE ETHEREDGE
16
BARNABAS PACE LETTER TO HIS SON
17
FAMILY GROUP RECORDS:
RICHARD PACE, I
31
GEORGE PACE
32
RICHARD PACE, II
33
RICHARD PACE, III
34
RICHARD PACE, IV
36
SILAS PACE
38
WILLIAM PACE
39
SARAH PACE ETHEREDGE
40
COPIES OLD DOCUMENTS, INVOLVING SILAS PACE
41
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P e r s o n No. 1 on this chart is the same
person aa Nn
nn chart No
.
8
tte.
(Father of No. <)
b
- 1699-1700
P.b. VA
m. 1723, B e r t i e Co NC
d. 1777-9
p.d St. Paul's Parish GA
SILAS PACE
(Fathar ot No. 2)
J.
p.3.
St.
.:.
rj-i.
RICHARD PACE, IV
February 1987
b. 1726
p.b. B e r t i e Co NC
bef 30 May 1774
m.
before 1790
d
Edgefield Co SC
p'd
D a i . at S i n k
Plica of B i n s
D . I . ot M . r n i ( i
D.i« ot Deeta
Place ot Death
2
n
„
P.b.
d.
p.d
1708
Pr Geo Co VA
1775
bd in SC
p.b. Columbia Co GA
#2 23 June 1816,Columbia Co
m.
10 SOLOMON NEWSOM, S r .
before 12 May 1823
d.
(Father ot No. S)
- d Bibb (now Macon) Co GA
b.
MARY NEWSOM
(Mother of No. 2)
(Father at No. a ,
Conu on chart N o . .
19
b.
20
b.
m.
d.
d.
P.d
b.
b.
(Father ot No. 11.
Coou on chart No. .
m.
(Mother at No. 5)
d.
23
(Mother ol No. I I .
C o o c on chart No.
p.h.
• SARAH M. C. 0. (E.) PACE
(Moth..- ot No. 10,
Cone on chart No. _
22
MARTHA MATTHEWS
11
(Father ot Ns. 10.
C o n e on chart N o . .
21
m.
b.
(Mother ot No. *,
Coot, on Chart .No..
d.
b.
P-b.
d.
P.d.
24
b.
(Father U No. 6)
b.
d.
25
P.b.
b.
m.
(Father ot No. J)
b.
d.
p.b.
p.d
26
(Falner at No. 12.
Cont. on Chart N o . .
m.
(Mother ol No. c)
d.
b.
d.
27
P-b.
d.
p.d.
#2 MARTHA ("PATSY") HINXSON
(MoUnr of No. 1)
(Mother ot No. 12.
Conu on Chart Nc.
d.
13
P.d
( F e w e r o( No. 12,
Conl. on chart No. .
m.
12
p.d. bd M u r r a y ' s C r o s s r o a d s ,
Schley Co GA
e WILLIAM HIXON
m.
(Mower at No. »,
Cooc.ooch.nNo..
d. a f t 1736 B e r t i e Co NC
,a JAMES CAIN
p.b.
d.
d.
VA
(Mother 3 No. 5)
(FiUnr of No. I)
b.
c 1822
p.b. Columbia Co GA
m. 18 Jan 1846, Marion Co GA
nir;
b. C 1 7 6 5 VA
ELIZABETH CAIN
WILLIAM PACE
d. 1804
p.d. Columbia Co GA
a r t N P-l
RICHARD
PACE,
l
£
f
°'16
b
(F.uicr oi No. 5,
* 1676 VA
ConU an ch«rt No, .
»-c 1699 VA
d. 1736-8, B e r t i e Co NC
REBECCA POYTHRESS
b.
(Mother ot No. 1 j .
Conu on chart No. .
d.
b.
28
bL
m.
d.
P-b.
d
* by March 1836
P.d. Bibb Co GA
14
( F u s . r oi No. 7)
29
b.
ELIZABETH
(Mother ot No. ))
p.b.
b.
m.
d.
d.
b.
d.
bT
(Mo-cer ot Ns, 7)
GREEN THOMAS ETHEREDGE
(SpOu«« Ot NO. 1)
d . c 1902-5
(Mower of No. 14.
Cont. on Chart No.
( F a i r e r of No. 16,
Com. on Chert No.
m.
15
p.d.
b. c 1820-23
30
p.d
p.b.
( F a t h e r ot No. 14.
Cooc on chart No.
b.
P-b.
d.
d.
31
b.
d.
(Mother ol No. 11.
Conu on Chart No.
Name of Compiler
Addresa
HELEN N. BYRD
4119 Corona
Street
City, State Tampa. FT, ^ 6 ? Q
F e b r u a r y 1987
Oate.
8
Lyx
VA
1637
bef 1655
C h a r l e s C i t y Co VA
m.
d.
18
ISABELLA SMYTH
England
b.
p.d C h a r l e s C i t y Co VA
l0
SAMUEL MAYCOCK
(Father ot No. i)
2Q ROGER MAYCOCK
b. ang
m.Eng
d. Eng
p.b. N o r t h a m p t o n s h i r e ,
m.
22 March 1622
d.
p.d J a m e s t o w n e , VA
Eng
b.
22
b.
d.
23
p.».
d.
p.d-
b.
d.
(Mot tier at No. i i .
Conu on chart No. „
d.
P.d.
c 1676
C h a r l e s C i t y Co VA
1 6 9 9 , VA
c
1736-38
B e r t i e Co NC
(F«U-tr at No. 11.
Coou on charr N c .
m.
(Mother ot No. 5)
b.
bP-b.
m,
(Mother ot S o . 10,
Conu on chart N o , _
d.
U
III
(Facher at .No. iO,
Conu on c*\_n N o . .
21
b.
(Mother of No. 2)
(Mouuer o/ No. •?,
Cont. on ctiart N o , . .
d.
d.
SARAH MAYCOCK (MACOCK)
RICHARD PACE,
fFtUier ol No. 9,
Conu on c l u n N o , .
19
(Father of No. 1)
\
57
m.
(Mother of No. 4,
Coou on chart No. .
(Mother of No. 4)
p.b.
b.
p.b. VA
bef 1655
d.
p . d ; C h a r l e s C i t y Co VA
1616)
p.d J a m e s t o w n e , VA
2 RICHARD PACE I I
b. Betwn 1634 & 1638
p.b. C h a r l e s C i t y Co VA
m. bv 1 6 6 1 , VA
d.
1677
p. d C h a r l e s C i t y Co VA
( r a t h e r of No. i .
Conu on chart No, .
b. c 1587-7
17
p.b. England
5 Oct 1 6 0 8 , M i d d l e s e x CoENGbd
betwn 16.23-25
*
(Father of No. 2)
Date ot Birth
3. Place of Birth
. Date of M a m i e .
Data fat Death
3. Place ol Death
RICHARD PACE (Am b e f
16
(Father of No. 4)
GEORGE PACE
b.
P.b.
m.
d.
p.d
Chart No. P^-2
Person No. 1 on this chart is the same
person as No.. 15 on chart No. P - l
24
b.
m.
12
( F t u i a r at No. U ,
Conu on chart No. .
(Father of No. 6)
b.
JOHN KNOWLES? RICHARD BAKER?
(Father of No. 2)
25
P.b.
m.
b.
d.
d.
b.
26
P.d
p.b.
m.
( F i t n e r at No. 13.
Conu on chart No. -
13
m.
d.
(Mother of No. c)
b.
P.d
d.
27
P.b.
d.
MARY KNOWLES ? MARY BAKER?
(Mother ai No. 12,
Conu on chart Nc. _
b.
(Mother ot No. I - ,
Conu on chart No. .
d.
(Mother of No. 1)
P.d.
b.
23
b.
P.b.
d.
p.d.
m.
14
(Father ot No.
n
(Mother ot No. i)
d.
29
b.
MARY BROADNAX KNOWLES ?
(FaWer of Ko. 14,
Coou on chart N c _
P.b.
b.
m,
d.
b.
d.
P-b.
d.
P.d
( M o w e r of No. 14,
Cont. on chert No. _
30
b.
(Father ot No. 15,
Com. on chart No. .
m.
15
p.d.
(Mother
OYTHRE 3S 9d/o FRANCIS and
ISP— 3 NO. ij
REBECCA COGAN POYTHRESS)
b.c 1675 VA
d. a f t 1736 NC
d.
b.
Of
So. 7)
d.
31
b.
d.
/Mooter at No. IS,
Coou on chart No* .
THE PACE FAMILY
Recorded in the "Marriage Registers of St. Dunstan's, Stephney, County
of Middlesex, England"
page 70 is the following:
'"RICHARD PACE of
Mappings married
ISABELL SMYTH October 5, 1608."
His occupation was
iven as carpenter. Assuming he was then 21 years
old. his
birth
ate
would
be c 1587; and
that she was 18 years old (and quite
possibly younger), hers c 1590.
f
The year and the ship in which RICHARD PACE and his wife ISABELLA came
to Virginia
has not been determined in spite of the efforts of many
researchers. They may have been in the "Third Supply" of nine ships,
carrying 500 people, which sailed from England in August 1609.
We know
they were Protestants or they would not have been allowed to
settle in Virginia and we know they came before April 1616.
A later
land
grant
describes
them
each as "Ancient Planters". They were
certainly shareholders in the London (Virginia) Company
whose
second
Charter
on May
23, 1609, "nominated as Planters those that go there
(to Virginia) in person to dewell, and Adventurers who adventure their
money
and
not go
in person.
And both do make the members of one
Companie." This was a joint stock corporation, ii
profits all members were to share after seven years
Those who
came
to the colony were required to render service to the
Company: their reward after seven years being land, which was all
the
Company
had
to divide. The expected profits from "Commodities" had
failed to materialize. They probably lived
at Jamestowne
and
were
entitled
to
their dividend
in 1618, as did many others. however,
there was delay after delay in securing
the official
patent.
They
chose
land
situated
on a high bluff across the James River front
Jamestowne and were probably on their land when
they
received
their
grants, for 100 acres each dated December 5, 1620.
One
of ' the
first petitions of the First Assembly (of Burgesses) in
1619, read:
"It is preyed that it be plainly expressed that there be
shares
for wives
because
that in a new plantation it is not known
whether
man
or woman
be
the most necessary."
Meanwhile,
the
"headright" system had been worked out. A planter could be granted 50
acres for every person whose passage to Virginia
he paid.
RICHARD
PACE
brought
over six persons, in the "Marmaduke", reaching Virginia
in August 1621.
RICHARD, by the end of 1621 had cleared and planted 200 acres. It is
thought
that his house was up on the bluff and that it was framed
wood. They knew how to split logs into boards.
Almost
the
first
"Commodity'
sent back
to England
was clapboards. Log cabins were
unknown until later when Swedish settlers taught
them how
to build
them.
RICHARD
named
his place "Pace's Paines" after himself; it is
thought that "Paines" is an old English term for acres or fields.
The patents prior to 1624 are not available, but RICHARD'S
and ISABELLA s 200 acres were repatented in 1628.
400
acres
RICHARD
had
only a little time to enjoy his plantation for the great
Indian massacre took place on March 22, 1622. He was a kind
man
for
his
Indian
boy, "Chanco" whom he had "used as a son", would not have
warned him of the
impending
massacre.
He also had
qualities
of
leadership for he promptly placed "Paces Paines" in a state of defense
and then rowed the three miles across the river to Jamestowne in
time
to give
the alarm.
But
for this prompt and courageous action the
entire colony might have been wiped
out.
Of
the four
thousand
scattered
over
the countryside,
three hundred and forty-seven died
that morning. He did return to "Pace's Paines" for
between
October
22, 1622 and January 1623 he petitioned the Council and Governor WYATT
to be allowed
to return
to his plantation
and
to fortify
and
strengthen
the place
"with good company of men." The said petition
was granted .
RICHARD PACE died between 16 February 1623 and 9 May 1625, for at
the
latter
date
ISABELLA
testified
as "Mistress PERRY" at a witchcraft
trial. Though he lived a short life, probably dying before he was
40
years
old, he left his mark on history and founded one of the great
families of America.
GEORGE PACE
A
land
patent
dated
1 September 1628 is the first record of GEORGE
-1-
PACE, and it proves that he was
son of RICHARD
and
ISABELLA.
It
reads:
"* * * unto GEORGE PACE sonne and heire apparent to RICHARD
PACE, deceased * * * Four hundred acres of land
scituated
and
being
within
the Corporation
of James Cittie on the southward side of the
River at the Plantation called "Paces
Paines" and
formerly
granted
unto
RICHARD PACE
his Father
deceased
by Patent from * * * then
Govoner and Captt. General of Virginia, bearing date the fifth day of
December
1620.
The said four hundred acres abutting Westerly on the
land of his Mother ISABELLA PERRY."
It is thought that GEORGE was the only child, since no records
have
been
found
of others.
He moved with his Mother and Step-Father,
Captain WILLIAM PERRY, to Charles City County about 1632-3, and
sold
"Paces Paines" in 1635.
GEORGE
married
SARAH MAYCOCK (MACOCK) in 1637. She was the daughter
of SAMUEL MAYCOCK of "Maycox" on
the James River
which
had
been
granted
to him
in 1618, and who was killed in the Massacre. SAMUEL
was the son of ROGER, husbandman
of Yelverstaft.
Northamponshire,
England.
He was
a graduate of Cambridge University and a member or
Sir GEORGE YEARDLEY'S Council. On 20 March
1617, Governor
ARGALL
requested
the authorities
in England
that Mr. MAYCOCK might be
ordained because of the scarcity of ministers.
Proof that SARAH was SAMUEL MAYCOCK'S daughter and only child
is the
following:
"At a Court
held
8 May 1526 * * * it is ordered SARAH
MAYCOCK * * * for four servants brought over in the
"Abigail", upon
the account of Mr. SAMUEL MAYCOCK, shall have 200 acres of land * * *"
SARAH would not have had that land granted had she had a brother, as
the eldest
son would
have had it: nor did she have sisters because
daughters inherited jointly, while only the eldest son inherited.
On 1 August 1650, thirteen years after GEORGE PACE married
SARAH, he
patented
1700 acres
of land
in Charles City County, his headright
grant for transporting thirty-one persons into the Colon.y, four women
and ' twenty-seven
men.
Patents
locate -GEORGE, as late as 1652 in
Charles City County when he patented
507 .acre's more,, in'., the
same
county, for the transportation' of ten persons. Deeds and dispositions
show that GEORGE PACE and his wife SARAH MAYCOCK PACE
both had
died
before 1655.
RICHARD PACE II
We know that on 4 January 1655, RICHARD PACE was still a minor and
an
orphan
for recorded in the Charles City County Record Book, 1655-65,
page 5, is: "Whereas RICHARD PACE the orphan and heir of GEORGE PACE,
dec'd. has at this co'rt made choice of and humbly Desireth Confirmac
on Mr. WILLIAM BAUGH to be the Guardian of him and his
estate
during
his minority. The co'rt doth hereby grant and confirm his sd. request
requiring the sd. Guardian
to manage duly and
justly
all
estate
belonging
to the sd. orphan giving yearly account to the co'rt of the
same and the improvement delivering the whole to the sd. orphan at his
full age."
He must have been over age fourteen, for a boy over that
age could choose his own guardian: under that age the Court
appointed
one .
As soon as he came of age in 1659 (born c 1638). RICHARD PACE, son of
GEORGE (son of RICHARD), confirms the sale of land by
his Father
to
THOMAS
DREW.
The
following
is recorded in the Charles City County
Court Records, 1655-65, page 179: "Know all men
and
these
witnesses
that
I, RICHARD
PACE sonne and heire apparent of Mr. GEORGE PACE of
the County of Charles City at Mount March in Virginia
and
sonne and
heire
as
the first
issue of my Mother, Mrs. SARAH MAYCOCK, wife of
aforsaid Father (both being dec'd) do hereby by
these
presents
for
myself, my heirs, executors, administrators
and
assr's
for ever
absolutely confirme and allow of the sale of eight or nine
hundred
acres
of land
being neere unto PIERCE'S hundred als flory-day (sic)
hundred sold by my dec'd Father GEORGE PACE unto Mr. THOS. DREW as per
bill
of sale bearing date, the 12th of October 1650 * * *."
RICHARD
PACE further confirms sale to THOS. DREW dated 25th February
1658/9.
Signed, RICHARD PACE, recorded 19 May 1659.
In
the
deed is
TAYLOR
recorded
without
Some
Charles City County Record Book, page 327, mentioned above, a
recorded in which he sells land on Powell's Creek
to RICHARD
"with ye consent
of my wife MARY PACE". There are other
deeds of RICHARD PACE selling land
in the above book but
the release of a dower by a wife.
say
that
RICHARD
PACE, II married MARY BAKER, and some say he
-2-
married MARY KNOWLES. MAUDE McCLURE KELLY'S book says: "The
surname
of MARY, the wife of RICHARD PACE is not known." Miss ANNIE JONES in
her "History of the PACE Family", states "his wife was MARY, daughter
of JOHN B. KNOWLES and MARY BROADNAX".
Recorded in Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 13, page 4,
"RICHARD
BAKER,
in June
1664, states he has fully paid the estate of RICHARD
PACE and asked to be released from Bond as RICHARD had been under
his
tuition."
RICHARD
BAKER gave RICHARD PACE land in 1664/5. RICHARD
PACE IV named a son KNOWLES (NOEL) - he was
the Great-Grandson
of
RICHARD
II and MARY
(which lends credence to the marriage to MARY
KNOWLES).
Charles City County Records show RICHARD PACE II was paid for
killing
two wolves
on 19 October
1664, and in July 1677 he collected 200
pounds of tobacco for one head. Court records show he sold
off
much
of the land that was left to him by his father GEORGE PACE.
(NOTE:
Statement made by RICHARD that he was "sonne and heire as the
"'first issue' of mv Mother, Mrs. SARAH MAYCOCK * * *".
Could
be
interpreted
as meaning
that there were other children, but as the
eldest son he inherited. Apparently he was the only known
child
to
the author of the article, as no other children are mentioned.)
RICHARD PACE II and wife MARY (BAKER? KNOWLES?) had eight children:
SARAH born c 1662, Middlesex Co, VA married #2 JOHN HAMLIN
ELIZABETH born c 1664, In Middlesex Co VA married #1 THOMAS
RAVENSCROFT, Sr.
GEORGE II born c 1666, Middlesex Co VA; m SARAH W00DLIEF c 1706?;
died 1741
JAMES born c 1670 in VA; married SARAH EPPES
JOHN born c 1672? in VA; married ELIZABETH NEWSOME (daughter of
ANNE SHEPPARD and WILLIAM NEWSOME) c 1693 probably in Surry
or Jamestown, VA; will 7 March 1720-1
THOMAS born c 1672? in: VA; married ELIZABETH LOWE, c 1689?; d 1727
ANN born c 1674 in VA •
*RICHARD III born c 1676??. Charles City Co VA; married REBECCA
POLYTHRESS c.1698-9 (daughter of FRANCIS and REBECCA COGAN
POLYTHRESS); died 1736-38, Bertie Co NC
-RICHARD PACE II died In 1677, his widow was appointed
administrator,
and
he evidently did not leave a will for in the Charles City County
Order Book, 1687-95, page 409: "3 August
1692, the matter
of
the
account
of THOMAS
KIRKLAND vs NICHOLAS WHITMORE and MARY, his wife.
Admx. of RICHARD PACE, one of the exors of HUGH KIRKLAND
is
referred
to Capt. TAYLOR and Capt. PERRY for audit." This court record proves
that MARY outlived her husband RICHARD PACE, and had married
for
the
second
time to NICHOLAS WHITMORE by 1692. It is not known when she
died.
Some of this material was taken from Issue No. 77, September
1986,
"BULLETIN"
of
the PACE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, being a "paper" presented
at the 1986 PACE Reunion in San Antonio, TX by Mrs. L. S.
TERRELL
(ELEANOR
PACE),
9719 Brown Road, Jonesboro, GA 30236. Her source
material included several PACE "BULLETINS": Book, "History
of
PACE
Families"
by Miss ANNIE JONES: VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Vol. 25,
page 342: and Miss MAUDE McLURE KELLY'S
book on
the PACE
family
genealogy.
RICHARD PACE III
Material received from Mrs. TERRELL indicates
RICHARD
PACE
III was
born
c 1676.
His Father was
dead
by
1677, when his Mother was
appointed Executor of his estate. In all probability RICHARD and
ANN
(born c 1674) was born earlier. She did not indicate source for dates
given. MAUDE McLURE KELLY says that "RICHARD II moved to the
extreme
southern
part of Virginia, near
the North Carolina line, but on
account of destruction of county records, little is known of him or
his
family.
His widow was appointed administrator of his estate in
1677 and by 1692 she had married NICHOLAS WHITMORE, per VA Hist. Gen.
pg 167."
KELLY
goes
on —
"Soon after 1700 the PACES moved across the State
line into North Carolina and settled on the Roanoke River, and
they
are
SUPPOSED
to have been brothers
— RICHARD and JOHN. * * * In
Raleigh I saw an original land grant to RICHARD PACE III, dated
1706.
His
will
is still in existence, dated 13 March 1736 and probated at
-3-
the February term 1738 in Bertie County, NC. In it he named his
wife
REBECCA
(POYTHRESS), sons WILLIAM, THOMAS, RICHARD IV and daughters
ANN STEWART, REBECCA BRADFORD
(she
later
married
#2 AYCOCK),
AMY
GREEN, TABITHA MOORE. MARY JOHNSON
and
SARAH HOUSE. His will is
recorded in "GRIMES, Abstracts of NC Wills", pg 276."
RICHARD III married REBECCA
POYTHRESS, born c 1675, Charles
City
County,
VA daughter of REBECCA COGAN and FRANCIS POYTHRESS: she died
after 1736. They had ten children (order of birth not known) *RICHARD IV born c 1699-1700 married ELIZABETH CAIN, 1723: d 1775-9
BARNABAS PACE'S letter says he married "in his 23rd year*
WILLIAM born 1703? 1712?, married CELIA BOYKIN in 1733, died 1772?
1775?
THOMAS born 1706, married AMELIA (AMY) BOYKIN; d 1765
ANN married ? STEWART/STEWART
REBECCA married 1st JOHN BRADFORD, 1713 (later m AYCOCK); d 1764
AMY married JOHN GREEN
FRANCES married ? GREEN
TABITHA married JOHN MOORE who d 1753
MARGARET (MARY) married WILLIAM JOHNSON
SARAH married ? HOUSE
All
of
the children were born in Virginia; information from Family
Group Sheet from Mrs. TERRELL, copy of one made by Miss ALICE
M.
LEE
(Historian
of
the PACE SOCIETY
of AMERICA), Rt. 1, Bx 408, Fort
Deposit, AL 36032; her sources cited were Miss ANNIE JONES "History of
PACE Family", Mrs. MARGARET PACE FARMER, and NOBLE H. PACE, Sr. Dates
have been inserted in pencil/ink
beside
typed
figure, latter
not
cros s ed out, etc.
JOHN PACE OF MIDDLESEX
JOHN is- not .in the direct line, being a brother of RICHARD
PACE III,
but
information in the following article is in teres-ting and pertinent
to the PACE Family his tory.
'.
. .
• • . ' • • ........
"After much study combined with educated guesses, known family customs
as
to given names,' and
applied logic, the following regarding the
connection between JOHN PACE I of Middlesex and RICHARD
and
ISABELLA
PACE of Jamestown (Surry County) has taken shape.
First,
the MAYCOCK papers
(pg 6-7) states positively that GEORGE'S
son, RICHARD II, and wife MARY KNOWLES
had
five
sons,
and
one
daughter.
The fifth
son was
JOHN
PACE
I who married ELIZABETH
NEWSOME, and eventually went to Middlesex County VA as stated
in
the
papers.
Later, RICHARD
IV named
one of his
sons
KNOWLES PACE
indicating adherance to family name custom. Of the six children
of
RICHARD
II, and MARY KNOWLES, only RICHARD III moved early to North
Carolina (1/06 land grant).
JOHN PACE I, and ELIZABETH NEWSOME PACE were in Middlesex Co in 1694,
twelve
years
earlier
than RICHARD III'S move south.
It is probably
fact that after some years, as has
been
suggested
by genealogists,
JOHN
I could have moved to North Carolina to be near his brothers and
sisters.
This would leave his Middlesex plantation to his eldest
son
(tradition and law), JOHN II and wife ELIZABETH MONTALGUE PACE.
JOHN
I was born in 1672, and most likely married ELIZABETH NEWSOME in
1693 upon reaching age 21, both then being of marriagable
age.
That
JOHN I of Maycocks did in fact marry ELIZABETH NEWSOME of Surry County
seems a certainty. Both the early PACE and NEWSOME (SPENCER) families
were
of Surry County and were neighbors through four generations as
follows:
RICHARD I - ISABELLA SMITH
'
WILLIAM SPENCER
- ALICE
(arrived 1609-11)
'
(arrived 1607)
GEORGE I
- SARAH MAYCOCK
'
ELIZABETH SPENCER - ROBT. SHEPPARD
RICHARD II - MARY KNOWLES
' ANNE SHEPPARD
- WM. NEWSOME
(JOHN I
- ELIZABETH
NEWSOME ' ELIZABETH NEWSOME - JOHN PACE I)
(NOTE: From another source: "WILLIAM
SPENCER
was among
those
who
arrived
with
Capt. JOHN SMITH on the ship "Susan Constant" to 1607.
He died 1640 an "Ancient Planter"; a member of the House of
Burgesses
(1624-32):
born
in England: later received a grant for land in Surry
County, VA; wife's name was ALICE; he was Burgess for Mulberry
Island
(now
Fort
Eustis): died
Jamestown
Island, VA. Daughter ELIZABETH
married in 1658 THOMAS WARREN (born in County Kent, England
In
1621
and
died
in Surry Co VA 1665-66; they had daughter ALICE married
-4-
MATHIAS MARRIOTT, etc.
Source cited
Nat'l.
Colonists, Lineage Bk, Vol. 21, 1976, pg 109)
Soc
Dau
of
American
The
PACE and SPENCER families were somewhat isolated across the James
River
(3 miles) from Jamestown.
Strong
friendships
must
have
developed, and surely it was so with JOHN I and ELIZABETH NEWSOME. It
is unlikely, due to the distance, that there was any contact
at
that
time with
anyone in Middlesex, and beyond belief that there could be
two WILLIAM NEWSOMES, two sets of JOHNS and
ELIZABETHS
having
their
first
children named SARAH and GEORGE. The population of the area at
that time was too sparse for that to be a fact, or even possible.
JOHN I, and ELIZABETH NEWSOME of Surry probably were married in
Surry
or Jamestown
—
the records in that area were destroyed during the
Revolution, and there is no record of their marriage at Christ Church,
Middlesex
Co. Their plantation must have been a wedding present from
both their families as it was paid
for with
7000 pounds
of
prime
tobacco
which
represented
a lot of money then. They must have been
married some months before moving to Middlesex as
their
first
child
SARAH was born only eight months after the purchase.
SARAH'S
birth
is
the first
PACE record in the register of Christ
Church Parish, Middlesex. Birth of their first son, GEORGE PACE, is
also
registered there. At this point it has become obvious that both
children were named for their grandparents, GEORGE, and SARAH MAYCOCK
PACE
(family
custom). This fact ties JOHN I of Middlesex to RICHARD
and ISABELLA of Jamestown, and identifies him as JOHN of Maycocks
as
well as of Middlesex, and their Great-Grandson (MAYCOCK papers).
JOHN
I and
ELIZABETH NEWSOME
had
two other sons named JOHN, and
WILLIAM.
These two sons (per custom), tie JOHN I and JOHN II into the
RICHARD
I line going back to the PACES of England. The name WILLIAM
is carried down from the WILLIAM SPENCER ancestor who was one of
only
two
survivors
of
the original 105 Jamestown Colonists, arriving in
1607 iii the .ship "Susan Constant".
Most genealogists believe that'ELIZABETH of Middlesex was in fact
the
daughter of WILLIAM (another WILLIAM of SPENCER line) NEWSOME of Surry
County. This is quite logical since the names
NEWSOME, and
SPENCER
also
appear in the later Middlesex PACE lines. JOEL PACE I named his
fourth son SPENCER, not a common given name, and again
following
the
family custom of taking a name from the WILLIAM SPENCER line. In fact
it is believed that JOEL'S son was
actually named
WILLIAM
SPENCER
PACE, SPENCER
being
used by preference. There is little doubt that
the marriage of ELIZABETH NEWSOME of Surry to JOHN PACE I of
Maycocks
(later Middlesex),
passed
the blood
of another
patriot, WILLIAM
SPENCER, to the PACE generations.
A check on the given names through the PACE generations bears out
the
fact
that we have
followed
the family custom, in most lines, of
borrowing them from past generations. This would point
to
the
fact
that
most
early
PACES
are
indeed,
(including
Middlesex
lines)
descended from RICHARD I and ISABELLA. This of course excludes
PACES
arriving
in America
later on. There is much confusion as to names,
and dates in our early
1600 beginnings
due
to lack
of, and/or
destruction
of records.
However, it is virtually impossible that
there there could have been two JOHN PACES marrying
two
ELIZABETH
NEWSOMES, both with children named SARAH, and GEORGE in the same time,
and area. Rather the confusion of names, records, and
handing
down
information
by work
of mouth
over the generations has created the
doubt that exists.
There
can be only one conclusion,
that
the
Middlesex line is indeed descended from RICHARD I, and ISABELLA PACE.
Once again the custom of taking given names from past generations will
give us a look at our English ancestors. RICHARD I or Jamestown
is
descended
from one
of the lines shown on the following chart though
there seems to be a generation missing
between him, and
the
last
shown.
Though a bit obscure, and incomplete with all Information, we
can believe that our PACE line began with:
JOHN PACE = a woman
England, ca 1450
RICHARD PACE, 1482/1536
Deam of St. Pauls, London
Sec'y of State to HENRY VIII
UNMARRIED
of Hants, Hampshire
JOHN PACE, b c 1484-6
Educated Eton St Cambridge
-5-
JOHN PACE
1522/1590
Educated Eaton &
Cambridge, Court
Jester, Queen
ELIZABETH I
RICHARD PACE
Educated Eaton & Cambridge
Vicar, St. Dunstans,
Stepney, London
THOMAS PACE
Cared for his Uncle,
RICHARD; received
Holbury Manor, Hants
RICHARD of Jamestown Is descended form one of these lines, although it
seems there is a generation in between.
RICHARD
and
ISABELLA
were
married
in St. Dunstans in 1608 before coming to America 1609-11. He
probably was married on becoming 21 years of age as seemed to be
the
custom
then, so he must have been born around 1586-7. Perhaps his
Grandfather (or Uncle) RICHARD, Vicar of St. Dunstans
performed
the
Ceremony.
Vicar
RICHARD
could
have been married since it was now
Church of England, and celibacy was no long required, so he could have
been RICHARD of Jamestown's Grandfather.
CONCLUSIONS
1.
That JOHN of Middlesex was in fact JOHN of Maycocks.
2.
That JOHN of Maycocks married ELIZABETH NEWSOME of Surry.
3.
That above taken from the MAYCOCK PAPERS.
4.
That JOHN I was the son of RICHARD II, and MARY KNOWLES (Maycock
Papers) and therefore was the Great-Grand son of RICHARD I and
ISABELLA.
5.
That the JOHNS, and ELIZABETHS with children SARAH, and GEORGE
were due to lack of records, and much confusion and duplication.
6.
That continuity of given names not only ties us to the WILLIAM
SPENCER lined, but also ties the Middlesex line to RICHARD and
ISABELLA.
Also, in a later generation, JOEL PAGE II na-m&d a
daughter ISABELLA — no doubt after her Great-Grandmother' ISABELLA
of James town.
7.
The names NEWSOME, SPENCER, WILLIAM, ISABELLA, KNOWLES, GEORGE, *
JOHN, JOSEPH, SARAH, etc. are all passed down from the SPENCER
and/or RICHARD PACE lines through the Middlesex line, tying us all
toge ther .
Finally
—
most of
the avilable writings seem directed toward
roving that JOHN I of Middlesex was NOT connected
to RICHARD, and
S SABELLA rather than that he was, ( a fact which is backed by most
genealogists).
MABLE PACE TANNER
(my Grandmother) In her
DAR
application, made reference
(in her Middlesex line) to GEORGE and
RICHARD as ancestors. This probably came down by word of mouth
from
eneration
to generation.
A strong oral tradition not to be denied
ere and in many other instances in PACE history.
f
FOOTNOTE:
I arrived.at the above by matching generations rather
dates which are often wrong or not available.
than
Written
by Maj. ROBERT T. POOLE-MALONE, 1984 - 6th Draft - FINAL, 151
Mass Ave., Congers, NY 10920. Published in "BULLETIN" of PACE SOCIETY
OF AMERICA, No. 75, March 1986.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
WILL OF JOHN PACE
Will
Book,
1713-34, page 173-4, Middlesex County, VA.
the "VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST*, Vol. 4, No. 2, page 72.
Published in
"Will of JOHN PACE, Senr . , in the County of Middlesex
and
Christ Church, being sick and weake, dated 2 December 1720.
Parish
of
To my eldest
son JOHN
PACE all my carpenders, joyners and turners
tools and in jenerall, saveing one large saw, one small hand saw,
two
chisels, one gowage, one addze and broad ax for the plantation.
To my
son JOSEPH PACE all my land and plantation where I now live,
onely that my wife shall possess and injoy her life in one part of it
to oegin at a white oak In the head of the spring branch and to run a
straight course to Mr. JNO. SEGAR'S, the said
land
to include
the
plantation. At her death wholely to return to my son JOS. PACE.
At my wife's death one large Bible and to Wm. DAVIS leather cou
-6-
.
To my daughter MARGRETT PACE one large lookeing glass which is now
my house.
In
To my daughter MARY PACE one table and six new leather chaires to be
possest with at the day my wife shall marry or otherwise at her death.
To my daughter JOANE PACE a good feather bed and furniture at the day
of her marriage and two large leather chares, one iron pott, one small
lookeing glass and a chist with
lock and
key which
stands
above
staires, and two cows.
To my well beloved wife all the rest of my personall estate during her
widowhood or if she marrys to give security for the personall
estate
which shall remain after the legacys taken from it and at her death to
be divided between my youngest sons, BENJUAMIN, NEWSOME
and WILLIAM
PACE.
My well beloved wife executor.
Wit:
/ s / JOHN PACE
JOS. HARDEE, DAVID (his mark) GEORGE, JOHN GEORGE
7 March
1720 (1721).
by the wi tnesses.
MARY PACE produced
this will in Court.
Proved
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RICHARD PACE, IV
RICHARD
IV was born c 1699-1700 in Virginia, married ELIZABETH CAIN",
also of English stock, in his
23rd
year
(so says BARNABAS PACE,
(Grandson
of RICHARD
IV through his son DRURY) in his letter to his
son, WILLIAM) in 1723 in Bertie Precinct, NC. ELIZABETH, born 1708 in
Prince George Co, VA, died 1775 in South Carolina, was the daughter of
JAMES CAIN.
RICHARD died 1775-79 in St.- Pauls
Parish, GA.
Again-,
this
data
from Mrs. TERRELL and a Family.Group Shee t from Mis s* LEE,
again with lots of additional, and frequently conflicting notations.
RICHARD lived on his Father's land on the Roanoke until his
youngest
child was some 7-8 years old, the lands considerably worn, and hard to
et, he mustered all his
sons
and
daughters, and
sons-in-law
and
aughters-in-law
and moved
out and settled within thirteen miles of
Augusta, in a northeast
direction
(not Augusta
then, but
now
(1844-40),
for the whole country was a wilderness at that time, which
was about 1758. Brought with him some 400 heard of cattle, and a fine
stock
of horses, and every
necessary
to make a settlement in the
wilderness. Bear, deer, turkeys, buffalo, wild horses and all species
of game were
in abundance.
Here he lived a few years and the old
Cherokee War breaking out in 1761, the family mostly moved
back to
South Carolina
in the same country Uncle COX remained in. Here they
lived two years then moved back to Savannah
River, 25 miles
above
Augusta, obtained lands and cleared a farm, lived and died, he and his
wire, just before the war. Their remains lie within about
100 yards
of the river.
t
On 7 December 1756, EGERTEN LEIGH, Esqr., Surveyor General of South
Carolina, directed a deputy surveyor to survey land for RICHARD PACE,
Sear.(IV) and RICHARD PACE, Junr.(V) March 29, 1757, he certified the
follow ing:
"I have measured
and
laid out to RICHARD PACE, Sear, a
Plantation
or
tract of land
in Granville
County containing
200 acres, and was vacant
at the
time of surveying and is situated lying
and being between the branches
of Edisto and Stephens Creek and known by the name of Piney
Wood House
and is butting and
bounding
on all sides by
vacant land."
At the same time a tract of 100 acres was laid out to RICHARD
PACE,
Junr.
The N.W. boundary was a branch of the Savannah River known by
the name of Stephens Creek and the plat drawing
shows
the "Path
to
Augusta" going diagonally across it.(l)
On August 12, 1759, 22 acres was surveyed in St. Paul's Parish (later
Columbia County), Georgia for RICHARD PACE, it "being an island in the
Savannah
River and bound on every side by said River. It was granted
to him on December 7, 1762. (2)
The center of the Savannah River was the dividing line
Carolina
and Georgia, but Georgia owned the Islands.
-7-
between
South
Now the Island
Is covered by the Clark Hill Reservoir and is in Columbia County;
South Carolina land is in Edgefield County.
the
By
1775, six of RICHARD PACE, IV's sons had received land grants in
Georgia: JAMES in St. George Parish
(3); KNOWLES
(4), THOMAS ( 5 ) ,
SILAS
(6) and BARNABAS (7) in St. Paul's Parish; DREDZIL (8) of South
Carolina, 100 acres on the Broad River in Wilkes County. This
latter
grant was
in
the
"ceded
lands" and he had
to nave a character
reference to obtain it, and
all
the grants
were just across
the
Savannah
River
from
Edgefield
County, South Carolina.
It is
interesting to note that PETER PARIS'S land adjoined BARNABAS' land on
the NW side, so perhaps that is why the name PARIS" is used later as
a given name in the PACE family.
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Colonial Plats, SC Archives, Vol. 6, pg 283
Plat Bk C,, pg 417 <S Grant Bk D, pg 241 - English Crown Grants,
GA Archives
English Crown Grants, Bk M - GA Archives, pg 84
English Crown Grants, Bk G - GA Archives, pg 413 & Chandler's
Colonial Records of GA, pg 661-845-881
English Crown Grants, Bk G - GA Archives, pg 319 & Chandler's
Colonial Records of GA, pg 13-614-665-703-7 7 4
English Crown Grants, Bk M - GA Archives, pg 718
English Crown Grants, Bk I - GA Archives, pg 877
Record of Land Commissioner for "Ceded Lands" at the August 23,
1773 Court (Library, in Washington, Wilkes Co GA)
BARNABAS
told
his son that RICHARD wrote an elegant hand, spelt well
and was a man of good English eduction. He had heard him spoken of by
old men who knew him as a man of good, sound sense, a plain unassuming
man, a good citizen and neighbor, a kind husband, and a parent skilled
in manging
a family
and
training
his children in the pathway of
virtue, honesty and economy.
RICHARD'-IV and ELIZABETH CAIN PACE had thirteen children:
JAMES PACE, b c 17 24; .married ? DUPREE, 1745 died in NC.
BARNABAS
said he "married a French lady and
raised a numerous family,
especially sons, that were all
grown when the Revolutionary
War commenced,
when
they all
took up arms against their
country, three
of them bearing a commission
in the British
Army. When peace was made their property was all confiscated, and the old man and his sons were compelled to leave the
country and went to Halifax where they then resided.
JAMES
was a tavern keeper in St. Matthews Parish, January 12, 1776
Chandler's
Rev. Records mentions
he and a Mr. HALL were
"King's Men". The
State of Georgia confiscated his land on
January 3, 1783, the state
sold
375 acres of his land to
ABRAHAM RAVOT
(page 518).
RICHARD V (a typed date of 1724 is shown, with two handwritten in
"1734 and 1749" ? ? ) ; married //I CHARLOTTE ?, #2 SARAH DAY d/o
PETER DAY, two dates are written in "1770" and "1755" possibly dates of the two marriages?; died after 1775 and before
1/97 (quite a spread?!) in NC. BARNABAS does not mention this
son .
*SILAS - BARNABAS says "second son", more follows.
CHARLES - BARNABAS says "third son'. Born 1728 or 1730; married
1751, Miss GARNETT (she m //2 ? SHACKELFORD): he died 1778 in
SC. Had a son DREDZIL whom BARNABAS describes in his letter,
and information of his two sons, THOMAS and DREDZIL.
DREDZIL - BARNABAS says "fourth son". Birth dates - 1730 and 1734
married an Indian after 1773 (Records In Wilkes Co G A ) : died
1777. Had two sons and died in the prime of life.
DREDZIL'S
brothers DRURY and BARNABAS raised one son, who "never seemed
satisfied, and finally went to the (Indian) nation."
THOMAS - BARNABAS says "fifth son". Birth dates, 173 5-1736-1738 ?
Never married; died
1794, bd
in GA.
"Lived to be nearly 60
years old; was on the eve of marrying when he died, to widow
of Col. LEROY HAMMOND, nearly his own age. and at his death
made a deed of gift of all his property, which was considerable to her. She gave it up to be divided among his brothers
and sisters. Like
all bachelors, he was close, stingy man,
had but few friends, died unregretted
and lies buried five
miles
from Augusta, near
Savannah River, with no stone or
monument to mark the place.
DRURY - BARNABAS father, "sixth son", born 6 August 1742; married
in 1768 MARY BUSSEY (b 2 March 1745, d July 1806) daughter of
CHARLES BUSSEY
who was of English
Stock, and
moved from
the
Eastern Shore of MD c 1765 and settled on Savannah
River, 810 miles above Augusta, Edgefield, District, SC.
Naturally, BARNABAS has a lot to say about
this family in
his letter which is not repeated here.
BARNABAS - "Seventh and youngest son", b c 1747; married #1 AGNES
AYCOCK, 1768, she died, he married #2 POLLY CASEY. He had
four sons, LEROY, THOMAS, PARRIS and BAZIL, and three
daughters by first marriage and three sons, JOHN, NOEL,
DREZDAIL and two daughters MAZY and PATSY by second wife.
As BARNABAS was his namesake, there is considerable about him
in the
letter, not repeated here. BARNABAS lived to be
nearly 100, says his namesake; Family Group sheet gives 3 Aue
1827 or 1831. He had four daughters.
KNOWLES (NOEL), two dates of birth 1738 and 1743; never married,
died 1783. BARNABAS does not mention this son, but he is on
Family Group Sheet.
WINEFRED (SALLY), only daughter mentioned on Family Group Sheet by
name. BARNABAS
said that "of the four daughters I know but
very little: one married a COX, lived in SC near the high
hills of Santee: another married a O'DANIEL, had two daughters.
WINEFRED
married ARTHUR FORT, had sons
OWEN and
ARTHUR and several daughters, one married a SPURLOCK.
SILAS PACE, SON OF RICHARD PACE, IV
In the Council Chamber Minutes of 4 March 1767, under the heading, "To
Prolong Warrants" is the entry, "SILAS PACE 100 acres on Savannah
River" (Council Journal, Vol. 33, pp 59-60, SC Archives). On 26 March
1767, 100 acres in Granville County, South Carolina on the Savannah
River near PACE'S ISLAND (owned by RICHARD PACE, IV) was surveyed for
SILAS (Colonial Plats, Vol. 19, p 29, SC Archives), The land was
vacant on all sides and a small branch ran through it to the river.
The grant was issued on 20 January 1773 by "Rt. Honorable Lord CHARLES
GRANVILLE MONTAGUE, General Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and
over our said Province of South Carolina" (Royal Grants, Vol. 28, p
105, SC Archives).
On 7 December 1756, EDWARD MUSGROVE, Deputy Surveyor of SC surveyed
100 acres of land for RICHARD PACE, Jr. (V) and 200 acres for RICHARD
PACE, Sr. (-IV) in Granville County, SC. RICHARD PACE, Sr's land was
vacant on all sides; RICHARD PACE, Jr's land was vacant on three
sides, Stephens Creek was on the fourth side and the "Path to Augusta"
ran diagonally through it (Colonial Plats. Vol. 6, p 283, SC
Archives). The state of Georgia surveyed the 22 acre Island in St.
Paul's Parish (later Columbia County, GA) on 12 August 1759 (Plat Bk
C, p 417 GA Archives) and on 7 December 1762 granted it to RICHARD
PACE (Grant Bk D, p 241) .
SILAS PACE received an English Crown Grant of 100 acres in St. Paul's
Parish on 1 January 1774 (Grant Bk M, p 500-718, GA Archives).
So
one year after tie received the iOO acre South Carolina Grant, he
owned land on each side of the Savannah River, close to his father and
brothers.
BARNABAS PACE states, in his letter about his Grandfather RICHARD,
that SILAS was the second son and he married MARY NEWSOM. We do not
know when he married, or where. On 13 December 1770, SOLOMON NEWSOM,
Sr.. deeded slaves to his daughter MARY PACE (Miscel. Bonds, GA
Archives, Bk Y-i, p 219). We do know from court records that SILAS'
wife was named MARY and records in Wilkes County, GA and Edgefield
County, SC indicate she was a NEWSOM, daughter of MARTHA MATTHEWS and
SOLOMON NEWSOM, Sr.
SILAS evidently was living in Georgia in August 1774 for he signed a
paper, being circulated in his area, regarding the trouble between the
town of Boston and Great Britian.
"We, the inhabitants of the town of Wrightsborough and places
adjacent, understanding
that fourteen persons have drawn up
several resolutions respecting
the dispute between Great
Britian and the town of Boston, concerning the destroying of a
quantity of tea, the property of the East India Company, and
have published them as the act of the province, and which we
look upon as a great imposition, having no knowledge of them
till after they were passed: therefore we do, in this public
manner, deny passing them and disapprove of them altogether,
such proceedings as a few acting for the whole without their
knowledge, we apprehend being contrary to the rights and
privileges of every British subject."
It
was
signed
by
115
men,
including
-9-
THOMAS
and
SILAS
PACE
("Historical Collections of GA", by Rev. GEORGE WHITE, p 412/3).
The BARNABAS PACE letter states that SILAS was a "Tory",
though
from
principal, and was possibly "led away by his wife, daughter or a Tory
- not for plunder. The signature, on the above document, is the only
evidence which has been found indicating he was a Tory. Neither SILAS
nor THOMAS
are on the Georgia list of Tories
or of the British
Citizens, living
in Georgia, who went to Florida for the duration of
the war. According to information in BARNABAS" letter, his father
DRURY PACE (brother of SILAS) was an ardent Whig.
McCALL
states
that Governor WRIGHT'S
influential
friends carried
roclamations,
similar
to the one SILAS
signed,
to
different
irections
over
the state, to obtain subscribers and were paid a sum
of money proportioned to the number of subscribers
they
obtained.
Under
these
advantageous
conditions,
the royal
servants
were
successful in obtaining
signatures
from many
timid men who were
favourable
disposed to the American cause ("Historical Collections of
GA", Rev. GEORGE WHITE, p 4 7 ) .
Maybe
the above explains
their
signing.
Recorded
in the First Court Minutes
of Wilkes
County, GA under
"Memorandum of beef killed for the Public" Ls an entry:
"Killed
for
the use of Captain
GUNNELS Station, December 1781, several cows of
CILAS PACE and six others donated corn." SILAS PACE is named
In the
"Memorandum
of Accounts
of Hogs killed-returned 15 January 1782 to
Commissary" (Early Records of GA, Vol. II, Wilkes
Co, p 1 2 ) .
This
shows he helped the patriots. SILAS brother DRURY, was a Captain in
Militia of South
Carolina
during
the Revolution
(DAR
eligibility
established through h i m ) .
The area
in which
SILAS
owned land was on the frontier during the
Revolution and many battles and skirmishes are recorded between Tories
and
Patriots
and
the settlers
and
the Indians. SILAS must have
•thought best to move to his South Carolina acreage, and
he died n
Edgefield District, before 1790."
The 1790 Census of Edgefield District, South Carolina shows MARY PACE,
head of a family with —
•
1 male 16 years and upwards (son JOHN)
3 males under 16 years (sons WILLIAM, SILAS and DAVID)
2 females, free white, including head of Family (MARY
PACE, and probably daughter MARY ANN: other dau SARAH
b c 1772 probably married and had left the household)
The BARNABAS PACE letter states SILAS' sons were JOHN, WILLIAM, SILAS
and
DAVID
(Page # 1 ) . MARY PACE'S deeds to her children (Columbia Co
GA Deed Bk M., p 292 thru 296) and her estate settlement (Columbia
Co
GA,
Inventories, Appraisements and Sales, p 238) shows the above sons
and two daughters, MARY ANN and SARAH who married ZACHARIAH RAY.
The 1800 Census of Edgefield District, South Carolina shows MARY PACE,
head of family with -2 males 16/26 (sons SILAS and DAVID)
1 female 10/16 (dau MARY ANN, b c 1784)
1 female over 45 (MARY PACE, the head of family)
SILAS and MARY NEWSOM PACE had six children
—
JOHN born c 1774: married SARAH ?; died 1832 in Abbeville SC
*WILLIAM born c 1776 married #1 BATHINA COX, #2 MARTHA HIXON,
23 June 1816, Columbia Co GA; died May 1823 Bibb Co GA
On 23 Sep 1800 he registered in Columbia Co GA for the
Land Lottery; with two draws indicating he was married.
SILAS born c 1778; married ELIZABETH FOREMAN; died 1811 Abbeville, SC
DAVID, b c 1779: did not marry: died 1828 Dallas Co AL (On
23 Sept 1800 he registered in Columbia Co GA for the Land
Lottery; with one draw indicating he was single
SARAH born c 1772; married ZACAHARIA RAY; died 1863
MARY ANN born c 1784 married ALLEN JOHNSON
In the office of the Judge of Probate In Edgefield, SC the following
is recorded
in Book A-1800. pg 474,
A Statement of Negroes in
Possession of MARY PACE, made by A. DOZIER, Esqr. and requested to be
recorded by JOHN NEWSOM.
"5TEPHNEY (25 years of age)
-10-
$500.00
BATTIS
CHARLES
LUCY
CHILLS
EDY
JACOB
JOE
AGGY
(23)
(21)
(17)
(14)
(14)
(10)
(8)
(7)
450.00
500.00
400.00
350.00
300.00
300.00
250.00
225.00
$3,2/5.UU
Certified this 7 day of November 1'801, HUGH MIDDLETON,
JAMES THOMAS and JOEL GREZEZIL"
On 26 February 1802, "MARY PACE, widow of SILAS PACE, dec'd" asked the
Court to grant her letters of administration of the estate and effects
of SILAS PACE.
Written
on
the outside
of
the Citation
is
the
following, "March 14 this Citation was Read at Cuffetown Meeting house
and the 20 and 21 it was Read in a meeting at the Plum Branch
Meeting
House
by ENOCH
BREAZEALE March
21, 1802" (Record Bk A, 1800, pp
552-3-4).
The Warrant of Appointment was issued 26 March 1802 and
on
the same date MARY PACE signed her Bond for $1,000. Also signing were
JOHN TOLBERT and JAMES FINLEY made his mark (Probate Bx 4, Pkg 1821).
The inventory, dated 19 May
1802, taken by WILLIAM
HALL, RICHARD
QUARLES
and
JOHN LYON listed the following property (Edgefield SC,
Probate Bx 44, pkg 1821):
1 Lot Pewter
1 old Spining Wheel
1 Pott
$5.00
.50
2.00
$; .bu
MARY moved back to Georgia by 1803. In Columbia County (formerly St.
Paul's Parish, then Richmond County and in 1790 Columbia was
formed),
the following
deeds, dated 30 September 1803, recorded•27.July 1804
were found (Deed Bk M,.pp 292/6):
,
'' •
#1 I, MARY PACE, now of Columbia County, GA to my daughter
MARY ANN PACE, 4 Negroes EDY, JACOB, JOE and AGGY
#2 I, * * * to my daughter SARAH RAY of South Carolina one Negro,
LUCY
#3 I, * * * to my son WILLIAM PACE a Negro man, CHARLES
#4 I, * * * to my son DAVID PACE, a Negro woman, PHILLY
#5 I,* * * to my son SILAS PACE, a Negro man, STEPHEN
The above are the same named Negroes, in the possession of MARY
PACE
in Edgefield, South Carolina
in November 1801, only BATTIS is not
deeded to one of her children in Georgia, as he evidently
was
left
with
her son JOHN in South Carolina for JOHN bought him at the Estate
Sale .
On 16 January 1804 the following is found in the Columbia
County,
GA
records:
"To WILLIAM PACE, whereas MARY PACE late of this county died
intestate, Court appoints
WILLIAM
PACE Administrator"
(Letters
of
Administration
p 64).
On
the same date he gave bond for $6,000.
DAVID ELAM and JOHN AYERS were co-signers (Fee Records by Ordinary, p
11).
Inventory
of her estate was made by WILLIAM, 5 April 1804 and
recorded the 17th as follows (Inventories-Sales , p ll):
1
1
1
1
Negro
Negro
Negro
Negro
woman PHILLIS and boy child
woman EADY
girl AGGY
man CHARLES
$
400.00
300.00
200.00
450.00
$ 1,35U.00
An account
of
the sale of MARY'S personal estate. 6 August 1804:
registered 3 September•1804. Terms of sale, ready cash (Inventories &
Sales pg 35 ) .
Bought by WILLIAM PACE
Bought by DAVID PACE
1 Negro girl EADY
1 Negro woman PHILLIS
and child named BAT
1 Negro man CHARLES
1 Negro girl AGGY
$250.00
282.0
$532.U0
$355.00
121.00
$476.00
$17WSTW
A "further inventory of property of MARY PACE"
1804.
One Negro woman
$350.00
One Negro boy
350.00
was
made
17
October
$700.00
300.00
$ 1,000.ou
The foregoing the whole of estate of MARY PACE was recorded 5 December
1804
(Inventories-Sales, p 238).
A further sale of her estate was
made on 10 December 1804, on twelve month credit at Cobbham,
Columbia
Co, GA. At that time Cobbtown was the County Seat.
One Negro boy
JOHN PACE
ZACH RAY
SILAS PACE
DAVID PACE
ALLEN JOHNSON
bought
bought
bought
bought
bought
BATTY
LUCY
JACOB
JOE
a
a
a
a
a
Negro
Negro
Negro
Negro
Negro
at
at
at
at
at
$
380.00
437.00
511.00
390.00
340.00
$2,038,011
The foregoing sum of two thousand fifty-eight dollars, the amount
of
the
above
sale.
Certified
by WILLIAM
PACE. Administrator
and
registered 5 December 1806 (Inventories-Sales, p 238),
The last sale accounted
for all
the Negroes
that were
in
the
possession
of MARY, widow of SILAS PACE, Edgefield, South Carolina on
7 November 1801. They were sold
for $211.00 less
than
they
were
appraised
for, even thought there is one
not accounted for, PHILLIS'
boy child BAT (could
have been
the unnamed
Negro, ALLEN
JOHNSON
bought).
Also, note they were not bought by the same persons that she
had Deeded them to, and the Deeds were
recorded
six months
after
WILLIAM
was appointed
Administrator. As to the distribution of the
land SILAS owned, it is believed that JOHN, as
the oldest
son, was
given
the South Carolina acreage.. No record has been foua^yof him in
Columbia County with his Mother and the other -children, jp' wa?,. about
1790 that the law was changed ,. *r*egar'd in'g the' oldes-t- son • iffheri t'iti'g Lth'e
land, if the father died without a. will.
WILLIAM
paid
tax on
100
acres in Columbia County in 1805"and evidently that was the land which
had been granted to his father SILAS in 1774.
As stated, SILAS' and
MARY'S
children were JOHN, SARAH, WILLIAM,
SILAS, DAVID and MARY ANN. Census records indicate JOHN and SARAH
were the oldest and not living
at home
in 1790.
The
1810
South
Carolina Census, Abbeville County, shows JOHN "head-of-house", between
26 and 45 years of age. His estate settlement is in Box 72, Pack 1768
in the office of the Probate Judge in Abbeville, SC. His widow SARAH
(nee ?) PACE was the Administrator and she posted a $10,000
bond
in
March 1832.
SARAH
PACE (daughter of SILAS/MARY) married ZACHARIAH RAY as shown by
the deed and estate settlement of her Mother. Court records
indicate
WILLIAM
married
#1 BATHINA COX, and #2 MARTHA HIXON and his estate
settlement is in Bibb County, GA, Record of Returns, Bk A, 1823-37, pp
14-15-17-28-29-30.
SILAS (son of SILAS/MARY) married ELIZABETH FOREMAN and he had died by
24 April 1811, when his estate was
Inventoried
and JOHN PACE
(his
brother) was the Administrator (Abbeville. SC Judge of Probate, Bx 74,
Pack 18l9). DAVID did not marry:
his Will, dated
24 January
1824,
was
recorded
29 July 1829 (Will Bk A, p 6/, Dallas County, Alabama).
MARY ANN evidently married ALLEN JOHNSON, as he bought a Negro at the
estate
sale of MARY PACE
and
he sued
WILLIAM
PACE (MARY ANN'S
brother), Administrator, about the settlement.
There were
several
court
cases
regarding
the settlement of the estate, DAVID PACE also
sued his brother as late as August 1807. Both his and JOHNSON'S suits
were
settled
out of court. WILLIAM, in turn, sued several people to
collect money owing to the estate.
At close of narrative are the following copies of old documents:
Plat for SILAS PACE, 100 acres, Granville, SC, 6 March 1767
Grant to SILAS PACE, 100 acres, Granville, SC, January 20, 1773
26 February 1802: Notice to creditors of SILAS PACE, to appear
in the Court of Ordinary, Edgefield SC, 26 March 1802 to show
cause if any why letters of administration should not be
issued to widow MARY PACE
26 March 1802: Edgefield District, SC, Administration Bond, MARY
PACE, $1000 bond, administration of estate of SILAS PACE
26 March 1802: Order to appraise estate of SILAS PACE
19 May 1802: Report of Appraisal
1 June 1802: Cover sheet for Inventory of estate of SILAS PACE
WILLIAM PACE
On 22 February 1794, WILLIAM PACE received a grant of 200 Acres
of
land
in Columbia County, Georgia, "formerly said land was in. Richmond
County". (1) He and his brother DAVID PACE are on a list, dated
23
September
1800, Columbia County — "Persons eligible to draw in Land
Lottery of 1803 . (2) This was the first land lottery in Georgia
and
it was not held
until
1805.
WILLIAM
claimed
two draws, which
indicated he was married; DAVID
one draw, which
indicated
he was
single.
They both lived in District 8, and on the lists DAVID'S name
follows WILLIAMS. On 9 August 1803 they both registered
to draw
in
the second
or
1807 Land Lottery. They were still in District 8 and
had the same number of draws that they had had in the first
lottery.
WILLIAM
PACE
stood
security
for
both
lotteries, but neither were
fortunate drawers.
WILLIAM and DAVID are on Columbia County's Tax Books for
the
years
1805,
1806 and 1808 in District 8. WILLIAM had 100 acres of land and
slaves; DAVID paid only the poll
tax
(16).
WILLIAM
was
on
the
Superior
Court Jury
for
the August term in 1805 and seved on four
cases (11). He served on the Grand Jury in 1808 (12). In 1812
only
WILLIAM is shown on County Tax Rolls (17) and
In 1821, the last year
he is on Columbia County's Tax Book, he reported 5 slaves
(18).
In
1823 a CHARLES PACE, with one poll, is shown as a defaulter (18). The
tax returns for the mentioned years are only ones
found.
In the Justice Court at Cobbham, 4 May 1816 WILLIAM
PACE
sued
EMSON
MILLER
for
$5,000.
The
record
says — "PACE, a man of good name,
fame, credit and reputation" asked
for damages
for a beating
and
"breaking
of his
jug, close to where WILLIAM McCORKLE lived" (14).
The case was transferred to the August 4 term of the Superior
Court,
and on September 12, 1816 he was awarded $35 .and costs! (15).A marriage license was issued to W I L L I A M P A C E and Miss PATSEY (MARTH#)'
HIXON on 21 June 1816", and they were married on 23 June 1816, by
MARK
PRICE DAVIS. (13) WILLIAM had been married previously to BATHINA COX,
daughter of CHRISTOPHER COX, of Edgefield County, SC, who
died.
They
had
three children, sons CHARLES LeROY and BARTLEY G. and daughter
PERNALTA G., born between c 1802 and 1811.
The 1820 Census shows a WILLIAM
(19), GA w i t h —
1
1
1
2
1
white
white
white
white
white
PACE,
male under age 10
male 10/16
male 16/18
males 18/26
male 26/45
1 male slave 11/26 and 2
District
8,
Columbia
County
1 white female 10/16
1 white female 16/26
1 white females over 45
males over.45
DAR Lineage Book states that the column showing "age 16/18" males
was
for military
purposes; those
shown
in
that column, also shown in
"18/26" column. No WILLIAM PACE found in Columbia Co GA, on tax rolls
or in court records for the years 1823 and 1824.
In "The Messenger", a newspaper published at Fort Hawkins, GA 12 May
1823, there was a notice which
said
—
"MARTHA
PACE and
JAMES
FLEWELLIN
apply
to court of ordinary
of Bibb County, Georgia for
letters of administration on the estate of WILLIAM PACE, late of
said
county, deceased."
The same notice was
carried in the next five
weekly issues, or through 16 June 1823. On 25 and 27 September
1823,
inventories
of
the goods and effects of WILLIAM PACE were filed with
the Probate Court by THOMAS HOWARD, JERMIAH BURNETT, CHARLES BULLOCH,
MOSE
COLLINS
and JAMES FITZGERALD. (Pp 14-15-17, Record of Returns,
Book A 1823-1937)
On Tuesday, 13 September 1823 "the effects of WILLIAM
PACE, late
of
Bibb
County, deceased" were sold. There were 98 items, including: 1
large Holy Bible, 20 books, 1 modern geography, 2 shot guns, 1 rifle,
household goods, 3 sows and pigs, 19 cows, 2 calves, 2 horses, 1 colt,
1 yoke steers, and five Negroes (one of them
is named
EDY).
Total
sales
amounted
to $733.23 1/3 and MARTHA PACE rented the plantation.
She and CHARLES L. PACE were the only PACES that made any purchases of
the estate. (22) The sale was closed out in open court, 1 March 1824,
by JAMES FLEWELLEN.
MARTHA PACE married ROBERT W. PATTON, 17 February 1825 (Bibb Co
Court
of Ordinary, Bk A, Record
of Returns, pg 4 7 ) . In August 1825 the
court appointed she and PATTON as guardians of WILLIAM, RICHARD E. P.
and
SARAH
N. C. D. PACE; DREADSIL W. PACE, CHARLES LeROY PACE and
JAMES FITZGERALD were appointed
as guardians
of PERNALTA
J.
and
BARTLEY B. PACE.
According to Georgia law at that time, a child 14
years or older could choose their guardian (when their
father
died),
so PERNALTA
and BARTLEY must have had that right and chose the three
men rather than their step-mother, MARTHA HIXON PACE PATTON.
In the August 1826 term of Court, MARTHA PACE PATTON sued for, and was
awarded
six-sevenths, her dower right, of Lot 107. 4th District, Bibb
County (formerly Houston County) (25). The area where lot was located
was given up by the Creek Indians on 8 January 1821. In the 1821 Land
Lottery, JAMES MULLEN, of Columbia County drew this lot and the
state
issued
the grant 9 September 1822 (26). No record has been found of
how/when JAMES MULLEN disposed of the land.
Early deed
records
of
both
Houston and Bibb Counties are not available. The year 1821 Is
the last one that WILLIAM PACE paid tax in Columbia County; there
are
no
tax records for 1822 and 1823 in either county. As he died before
(and there is no way of telling how much before) 12 May
1823
—
not
much
time could
have elapsed between the issuance of the grant — 9
September 1822, and his death.
In 1821 WILLIAM reported having five slaves, and that
is
the number
accounted
for at
the Estate Sale in Bibb County, GA. He bought one
named EADY from his Mother's Estate Sale in 1804, and his widow MARTHA
bought EADY at his Estate Sale in 1823.
ROBERT PATTON
died
in 1826; on 2 January 1827, DAVID PATTON, his
brother was appointed administrator of his estate. It was inventoried
and
recorded
by 26 March
1827
(27). MARTHA PATTON was appointed
guardian of ROBERT PATTON, born 20 August
1826 and
the bond
of
security
was
$1,000
(28). In less than two years MARTHA HIXON PACE
PATTON was a widow for the second time and under her guardianship were
WILLIAM. RICHARD
PARIS
and
SARAH PACE and her five mon.th old E'on
ROBERT PATTON.
.. •
•
,
Court records show JAMES FITZGERALD, one of the three guard ians.. of two
of WILLIAM
PACE'S children, was the only one who made reports. On 1
March 1830 he reported to the Court for the period of time from
1826.
In
1825 he had bought "PERMETTER" (PERNALTA) two pair shoes costing
$1.37 and $2.00.
In 1826 her one pair
cost
$1.25; he
reported
4
months
board
$20 and 1 1/2 years tuition to singing school and books
$20.25; one robe dress $8; 6 yards calico $3 and two side
combs
were
fifty cents. BARKLEY'S expenses included 1 pocket comb, 25 cents; two
rs . paper, fifty cents; 1 pocket knife 37 1/2 cents; 1 pair shoes $1;
pair
panteloons
and
trimmings $5.37 1/2 and one months board and
schooling, $6 (29). The expenses he turned in for 1829 and 1830
were
no doubt BARTLEYS for PERNETTA J. PACE and DAVID PATTON were married
17 July 1828 by JONATHAN
NEAL, Minister
of
the Gospel
(Marriage
Records, Bibb
Co, Bk A, og 4 8 ) . DAVID PATTON was the brother of
ROBERT PATTON, PERNETTA'S step-father.
f
In March
1828 JAMES
FLEWELLEN made a lengthy
return
of
the
administration
of WILLIAM PACE'S estate. MARTHA PATTON, Administrix
made her return and the Court ordered the Administrator, FLEWELLEN
to
pay
her
$168.78
1/4, the amount
she had accounted for (31). He
reported he had received for the hire of the Negroes, for
the years
1824/1827,
$497.87
1/2 (32). On 5 November 1827 he had asked for and
received permission from the Court to sell the Negroes. On 11 January
1830 MARTHA
PATTON
was appointed
Administrix
de bonis non of the
estate of WILLIAM PACE, with bond of $1000; JAMES THOMPSON and WILLIAM
CUMMING were accepted as security (34).
Listed as fortunate drawers in the 1827 Land Lottery were
—
WILLIAM PACE'S orphans, living in CARR'S District, #182,
land in District 14, Section I, Lee County, deed issued
by the state
30 March
1848; #16, land
in District 8,
Section 3, Troup County, deed issued 20 Dec 1834 (35).
(Reprint of Official Register of Land Lottery of GA 1827
by MARTHA LOU HOUSTON, pg 78-110 & the Surveyor General,
GA Archives)
In the February 1831 term of the Superior Court there were two cases
regarding DAVID PATTON — "PARIS PACE by
his guardian
and
Mother
MARTHA
PATTON"; "TROVER
and
CONVERSION
and DAVID PATTON vs MARTHA
PATTON, guardian of SARAH PACE" (36). The Court ordered
that DAVID
PATTON S security
be dissolved
on the administration
of
ROBERT
PATTON'S estate on 2 March 1829 (37) and in the May term
1830
MARTHA
PATTON was appointed instead of DAVID PATTON (38).
DAVID PATTON was
-1 h -
MARTHA'S brother-in-law (brother of her husband ROBERT PATTON); and he
married her step-daughter.
On 26 July 1831, MARTHA PACE PATTON, Administrix of WILLIAM PACE, sold
six/sevenths
of lot 107, 4th District, Bibb County GA (her dower) to
JAMES THOMPSON for $191.00 (38A).
Found in the Minutes of the May 1833 Term of the Court
of
Ordinary:
"SEABORN HICKSON (MARTHA'S brother) is duly appointed administrator of
goods and chattels, land and tenants of MARTHA
PATTON
deceased
and
that he give bond
and security, 10 hundred dollars with WILLIAM R.
WIMBUSH as his security" (39). In May 1836
term
the Court
ordered
that
"SEABORN
HIXON, guardian of the minor children of WILLIAM PACE
deceased, have leave to sell three fifths of land lot #18 in
the
8th
District
of originally
Troup. now Meriweather County, it being the
real estate of said orphans" (40). SEABORN HICKSON, Administrator
of
MARTHA
PATTON, made his return to the May term, Superior Court 1837;
approved and recorded.
(Ordinary Bk 2-B, pg 59)
In Superior Court Minutes of the January
term, 1841
is found
the
following:
"Ordered
by
the Court letters of admindistration on the
estate of WILLIAM PACE deceased, be granted to DAVID PATTON
upon his
giving
bond
of sum of
four hundred dollars, with HIRAM T. MANN as
security (42)." During the July
term, 1341, the Court gave him
permission to sell the real estate of WlLLIAM PACE, deceased (.43).
REFERENCES, NARRATIVE FOR WILLIAM PACE:
NUMBER
1
DRAWER
49
2
3
48
48
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
*"
BOX
76
79
79
PAGE
146
SOURCE
H e a d r i g h t s & B o u n t y G r a n t s , I n d e x N - Z in
the S u r v e y o r G e n e r a l ' s O f f i c e at the GA
Archives.
Page 501 of Index to H e a d rights & B o u n t y G r a n t s , r e p r i n t by L u c a s .
33
Land L o t t e r y r e c o r d s , E n t i t l e d to Draw
11-64-65
Fees r e c e i v e d by O r d i n a r y & L e t t e r s
of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , 1 7 9 0 - 1 8 0 4
11
I n v e n t o r i e s , A p r a i s e m e n t s and Sales
35
v "•
"
"..""
292/6
Deed B o o k M
35
I n v e n t o r i e s , A p r a i s e m e n t s , Sales
238
" -.*.
"
"
351/3
Superior Court Minutes
68-99-157
171/4
414
"
96
1 8 0 7 - 1 8 2 9 M a r r i a g e Book A
358
J u s t i c e C o u r t at C o b b h a m , 4 M a y 1816
181
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SARAH PACE
SARAH PACE — middle initial "E." shown on marriage record. Mrs.
TERRELL'S
material
credits
her with "M. C. 0." - standing for what,
not indicated.
Seems rather strange that she and the other
children
of WILLIAM
PACE all had middle names — whereas in all the preceding
generations, few of the PACES did.
She and GREEN THOMAS ETHEREDGE were married 18 January 1846, in Marion
County, GA. Four children were of this union -JAMES ROBERT born 28 March 1847 in Macon Co GA; he did not marry
died 8 April 1931 In Schley Co GA
MARTHA, age 3 months in the 1850 census; does not appear in the
1860 census. Named for her maternal Grandmother, MARTHA
HIXSON PACE,
*TH0MAS WILLIAM born 28 December 1852 in Macon Co GA; married
ELIZABETH MURRAY in Burke Co. GA; died 25 February 1907; bd
Concord Cemetery near Ellaville, Schley Co GA.
SEABORN JACKSON, age 1 year, 1860 census, born c 1859-60 probably
in Macon Co GA;
wife s name not known; had dau MATTIE
SUE,who married
ROY TAYLOR and
lived
in
Texas.
"SEABORN"probably named for SARAH PACE ETHEREDGE'S brother;
where f'JACKSON" came from, not known. SARAH'S half-sister,
PERNETTA (or PERNALTA) is shown with middle name of
"JACKSON".
Exact
date of SARAH'S
death is not known, family legend has had it
that she "died young" and during cold weather, so that she was
buried
at Murray's Crossroads, rather than being brought to Concord Cemetery.
No grave site has been found.
She died after
the 1860 census
was
taken, then about 38-40 years of age.
ELEANOR
PACE TERRELL spoken of in this narrative and responsible for
furnishing most of the data
is the Great-Granddaughter
of
SARHA'S
brother RICHARD E. PARIS PACE. In a letter 4 January 1987, s she refers
to "Uncle GROVER, PACE of Leslie County, Georgia * •* 101 years old and
very alert."
RICHARD
E. P. PACE married ERSA SUSAN (USSIE - URSA) GILES. She was
born 11 April 1823 in Hancock Co GA, daughter of MARY TARVER (born
16
September 1792) and JOHN GILES, Jr. (born 1 April 1788); named for her
Grandmother URSULA SMITH wife of ABALOM TARVER.
ERSA had five sisters
and
ten brothers.
She was 13 years old when the family moved from
Hancock GA to Marion Co GA near the Tazewell
Community.
Her
father
put
an axle
through a hogshead
(barrel) put the feather beds and
pillows in it, hitched a horse to the hogshead and the horse pulled it
along. They, all the family and slaves, camped by the road each night
and she sat in the back of a two horse wagon and shelled
and
dropped
corn, tolling the hogs along.
RICHARD
and ERSA had two children: WILLIAM DREADZIL born 11 November
1846 and ROBERT GILBERT, born
24 April
1848
(Bible and
tombstone
records).
RICHARD
moved
his family to Sumter Co GA in 1851 and he
died at the home of his father-in-law, JOHN GILES, 29 March
1852.
Buried at the Old Rock Mountain Church Cemetery in Sumter County. ERSA
married ALFRED F. DORMAN and they had a son JOHN.
ERSA died 30 April
1910.
She
is buried in the old Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery,
just off the highway from Leslie to Smithville, GA.
1870 GA CENSUS, SCHLEY COUNTY
(568/568)
PACE, WILLIAM D.
age 23 (1847) born in GA, Farm Laborer
(son of RICHARD and ERSA PACE)
PACE, LUELLA
age 19, born in GA
PACE, ROBERT
age 9 months, born in GA
DORMAN, ALFRED F.
age 24 (1846) born in GA, Farm Laborer
DORMAN, LULA B.
age 22, born in GA
Mrs.
TERRELL
furnished
the name of CARL W. ETHRIDGE, P. 0. Box 406,
Columbus, GA 31902.
He and six others "put together" a book on
the
ETHRIDGE
FAMILY, it is no longer available, and even if it were — it
did not include GREEN THOMAS ETHEREDGE.
His daughter BRENDA, is married to ROBERT GILFORD PACE (he did explain
relationship,
if any, to SARAH PACE) of Americus GA and knows MARTHA
JANE MANNING WEAVER. He said: "There is a possibility that the EDWARD
ETHRIDGE
(many spellings in the family) is the father of GREEN THOMAS
ETHERIDGE. He was in Marion County and was in Muscogee
County
(they
did
join
in early days).
Some early records in Marion and Muscogee
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are gone for the period around 1837. RICHARD C. was son of EDWARD and
he moved to Barbour County, AL, he handled the estate, but I have not
seen a will, or information on other children."
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BARNABAS PACE. LETTER
Copy
of a family history
of the PACES, written by BARNABAS PACE,
between 1844 and 1850. BARNABAS was born
in 1789.
MAUDE McLURE
KELLY, apparently
has done much
research
on the PACE family and
accompanying the copy of the "Letter" were
copious
notes
from her,
regarding
discrepancies
in BARNABAS' account
or additions thereto.
The material was received from Miss ALICE M. LEE, Rt. 1, Bx 408, Fort
Deposit, AL 36032
in February
1987. She is the Historian for the
"PACE
Society
of America".
In the following
transcript,
the
explanatory/corrective
material
has been worked into the appropriate
places in the "Letter", preceded by "KELLY:".
"My dear Son:
I have for several years intended to write you a history of the PACE
family so far as I have been personally acquainted with or have had it
handed down to me traditionally by older branches of the family.
And
I wish you to keep up the history, and at your death turn it over to
any one of your descendants, if any, or to a descendant of mine, so he
bears
the name of PACE. I wish you to enjoin it on him to keep the
same up his time and turn it over
in the same way with
the same
directions.
Also
to let the box that accompanies this history, the
old book, and my letters, be they many or few, be kept together and on
no account let them be separated.
My great-great-grandfather, RICHARD PACE, came to America from England
and was-, one of the first settlers of Virginia, and purchased, land' on
the Roanoke.
W-hether ' he married in the colpny or brought his wife
with him from England", tradition does not say.
His brother
THOMAS
came with him to the colony but was never married, so that all thestock of. PACES sprang from RICHARD PACE that are known
in America.
RICHARD
had
two sons which were called WILLIAM and THOMAS. Both
married and had sons and daughters. My grandfather, RICHARD PACE, was
the son of RICHARD PACE, and was born in the year 1700 in Virginia, on
the patrimonial estate of his Father
and Grandfather, and was the
oldest
son. In his 23rd year he married ELIZABETH CAlN, who was also
of English parents."
KELLY: The line of descent as given by him is impossible
on its
face.
He says
that his own Great-Grandfather* came from England to
Virginia and was one of the first settlers in Virginia. He says his
own grandfather, RICHARD PACE, was born in 1700. Since Virginia was
settled in 1607, that would make his Great-Grandfather* over a hundred
years
old when his first Son** was born. He then gives a line from
which is appears that his own Great-Grandfather was the Grandfather of
his own Grandfather, which is inconsistent.
(* This was based on a
copy which had omitted one "great" but the line he gave
is still
impossible on its face.
(**Grandson)
He states
that he never
saw his Grandparents, and that all of his
Uncles except the youngest, BARNABAS, were dead when his Father
died,
and that he himself was but in his eleventh year when his Father died,
and that he never saw the Uncle BARNABAS
before
1798, so no close
association is shown with anyone who personally knew his Grandfather's
parents. So his account of the ancestry of his Grandfather is purely
his recollection, in his old age, of what he had heard as a very small
child. As shown above, his account of his lineage is inconsistent on
its
face.
The existing records show, further more, that the line as
given back of his Grandfather is incorrect.
Traditions have proven
so generally
unreliable, that
genealogists
consider
them useful only as clues. The germ of probable fact in the
matter seems to be that Uncle
BARNEY had heard
that one of his
brothers
bore a name which
had been handed down from the original
PACE, and that this PACE was one of the very
early
settlers
in
Virginia.
He got mixed, up however, on which of his brother's bore
the traditional name. If his brother RICHARD'S
name is substituted
for his brother WILLIAM'S, we can prove the line by legal evidence.
Compare this historically accurate account:
The only PACE found
among
the
RICHARD
PACE, of "Pace's
Pains"
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early
settlers
of Virginia
is
who is supposed to have come to
Virginia by 1618, and saved the Colony at
the
time of
the Great
Massacre
of
1622. He died before 1625, when his widow ISABELLA, had
married Capt. WILLIAM PERRY, of the Council. This RICHARD PACE is the
only original immigrant
named PACE listed in the Virginia land grant
records and all PACES in the country are believed to descent from him.
"PACE'S PAINS" was re-patented in 1628 to GEORGE
PACE as "son and
heir".
He married SARAH MACOCK, daughter and heiress of Capt. SAMUEL
MACOCK, of the Council, who had been killed
in the Great Massacre.
They lived
at "MATCOX"
on the James, which had been granted to her
father in 1618. The only child defintely proven to have
theirs
was
RICHARD, who
sold
"MAYCOX" in 1659, and recited in the deed that he
was the eldest son and
heir
of GEORGE PACE and
his wife
SARAH,
daughter
and
heiress
of Captain SAMUEL MACOCK, etc., his wife MARY,
joining in the deed.
This son, RICHARD
PACE, moved
to the extreme
southern
part of
Virginia, near the North Carolina line, but on account of destructions
of county records, little is known of him or his family.
His
widow
was
appointed administrator of his estate in 1677 and by 1692 she had
married NICHOLAS WHITMORE (per VA Hist. Gen. pg 167).
Soon after 1700, the PACES moved across
the State line
into
North
Carolina
and
settled
on the Roanoke River, and they are SUPPOSED to
have been brothers. But they were not named WILLIAM and THOMAS. They
were named
RICHARD
and
JOHN. Later a JAMES PACE came, but settled
elsewere than along the Roanoke River. In Raleigh, in 19 41, I saw an
original
land
grant
to RICHARD PACE, dated 1706. The wills of both
are still in existence. JOHN, who died in 1727, mentioned in his will
his wife
(name not given),
sons JOHN, WILLIAM
and
GEORGE, and
daughters ELIZABETH, FRANCES, ANN and MARY. RICHARD PACE'S will
is
dated
March 13, 1736, and was probated at the February term 1738. In
it he named wife REBECCA, sons WILLIAM, THOMAS, RICHARD and
daughters
ANN
STEWART, REBECCA BRADFORD (she later married AYCOCK), AMY GREEN,.
TABITHA MOORE, MARY JOHNSON and SARAH HOUSE.
Until
his
death,
the
records also contain mention of RICHARD PACE,.Jr., but thereafter only
"RICHARD PACE", and it is noted that JOHN PACE mentioned in his- -.will
no
son RICHARD*. — did his son: of that name die? or did he omit the.
'traditional PA.CE given name? ,
Or did. Uncle BARNEY get the WILLIAM from the CAIN family?
On March 3,
1732, WILLIAM CAIN of Bertie Precinct, NC made his will, naming in it
his sons WILLIAM, JAMES, HARDY and daughters•PATIENCE, EUNICE, SARAH
and
RACHEL, and
this will was witnessed by "RICHARD PACE, Jr."and
WILLIAM CAIN. The will seems to indicate that these children were all
under
age, and
the widow was named the Executrix. Could this have
been the brother-in-law of RICHARD PACE, Jr., and son of a JAMES CAIN?
From
the prevalence of the given name HARDY in the other branches of
the PACE f a m i l y . — that is, among the descendants
of RICHARD
PACE,
Jr.'s
brothers
—
there may have been a relationship to the CAIN
family through the HARDY family. At any rate, RICHARD PACE, Jr., was
NOT
son and grandson
of a WILLIAM PACE, but of a RICHARD PACE, as
shown by these records."
BARNABAS: My Grandfather had nine sons and
four daughters.
JAMES,
his
eldest
son, married a French lady and raised a numerous family,
especially sons, that were
all grown when
the revolutionary
war
commenced, when they all took up arms against their country, three of
them bearing a commission in the 3ritish army. When peace
was
made,
their
property was all confiscated, and the old man and his boys were
all compelled to leave the country, and we were never
able
to hear
anything of the family until the year 1828.
KELLY:
The fact that RICHARD and ELIZABETH CAIN PACE named their
eldest son JAMES suggests she was the daughter of JAMES
CAIN.
Note
that
WILLIAM
CAIN
(supra) had
a son named
JAMES
CAIN.
The
confiscation of the property of JAMES PACE as a Tory is confirmed
by
the Act of May 4, 1782, in which he is called "JAMES PACE, Senior", of
Effingham County.
(See Chandler's Revolutionary Records
of Georgia,
Vol.
1, pages
96, 373, 381 and 518.) He was a tavern keeper of St.
Matthew s parish, it seems.
BARNABAS:
Your Uncle RICHARD was at Augusta and
saw a grandson
of
JAMES
PACE'S, who
told
him
that
the fmily, on leaving the United
States, went to Halifax, where they then resided, what of
them
were
alive, many
of
the old
ones being long since dead. One of JAMES
PACE'S sons, SAMUEL, was a cripple
from
birth, and
bore arms on
neither
side, staved in Georgia but died early in life, and left one
son, JAMES, that I have seen, and who is long
since dead, and
left
behind him a family of sons and daughters.
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KELLY: SAMUEL PACE received a land grant in 1774 in Burke County,
as did one JAMES PACE.
(See land grants, Vol. M pg 84 and 550, YYY pe
5
470-1).
The second son was SILAS PACE, also a Tory, though from principle, and
not for plunder. He married
MARY NEWSOM, a Tory's daughter, and
had
Tory
brothers, murdering, plundering
Tories.
The opinion of your
Grand-Father was that SILAS was led away by his wife
and was not a
Tory
from Principle so much as being led away by his wife. He raised
a numerous family of sons and daughters, and died in good old age, and
his
remains
were
buried in Edgefield District, South Carolina, near
Savannah River, 25 miles above Augusta. As well as I remember he died
in 1796.
The names of his sons were JOHN, WILLIAM, SILAS and DAVID,
all dead.
KELLY: The census of 1790 lists
only
DRURY and MARY PACE
in
Edgefield • County,
SC. Could MARY have been widow of this SILAS?
On
26 March 1802, she was appointed administratrix of the estate of SILAS
PACE,
probably as successor to someone else. In 1807, JOHN LYONS was
appointed as administrator of her estate, or rather of the estate of a
MARY PACE. If not the same person, who was she?
Was
this
the WILLIAM
PACE who died in 1790 in the part of
Richmond County, GA which was cut off as Columbia?
From
the
deed
records
there, WILLIAM
and
MARY PACE had children named WILLIAM,
SILAS, DAVID, MARY ANN PACE and SARAH RAY. This MARY PACE died before
April
17, 1804, when her son WILLIAM was appointed administrator of
her es tate.
BARNABAS: Third son was CHARLES PACE, who married a GARNETT, and
had
only
one child, a son DREDZIL, and died about the commencement of the
revolutionary war. His widow I have seen.
She married
the
second
time to a Mr. SHACKELFORD, and had sons and daughters.
KELLY:
Confirmed
by Colonial Records of Georgia Vol. 9 pg 289,
where CHARLES PACE petitioned for land, as having lived in Georgia for
16 months, with
a wife, one child
and a Negro, petition granted
February 1765: also by deed from DREDZELL PACE to DREDZELL PACE, Jr.,
son of CHARLES PACE, dated September 7, 1770, and by the petition of
DREDZELL PACE, minor child of CHARLES
PACE
deceased,
for leave
to
nominate BARNABAS PACE as his guardian, dated July 21, 1778 (see Early
Records of Georgia, Vol. 1, pg 30 and 3 4 ) . The later records of
that
section of Georgia have many items about this family.
BARNABAS:
DREDZEL
PACE, JAMES' son lived to be about 55 years old,
had two sons, THOMAS and DREDZIL, amassed a large estate, was a man of
fine appearance,
six feet four inches high, esteemed by his friends
and hated by his enemies, and his
rule
or motto
was, made
money
honestly
if you can, but if not. anyhow (sic) (NOTE: Probably means,
"if not honestly, make it anyhow').
His two sons he brought
up
to
the law, but turning their attention to sporting, fun and frolic more
than the law, soon sank their patrimonial estate and died in the prime
of life leaving
widows
and
orphans. THOMAS was a man of bravery,
ranked high among men of honor.
His
first
duel was
fought
with
Lieutenant
BEE, of U. S. Army, near Fort Hawkins, now Macon, and
wounded his antagonist in the knee, and the ball of BEE cutting a lock
of hair
near his ear. His second duel was with a Mr. DENT, that was
raised up with him. Many hours they spent in fun and frolic together,
practiced
often together under the direction of old man DENT with the
weapons used by duellists. They met near Augusta, where Hamburg
now
stands, fought with pistols, distance ten steps, the first fire PACE
shot DENT through the heart. His third dual was with Col. CARR,
just
below
Savannah.
They fought with rifles, but the seconds had agreed
to manage the matter in such a way as to save life if possible.
The
distance was
thirty
steps, posted
with their backs together, with
rifles erect. But the individual appointed to give the word did it so
slowly, as agreed upon by the seconds, they bringing their rifles to a
level and waiting for the word (as anticipated) both fired,
CARR'S
ball
passing
through PACE'S
heel betwixt the heel string and ankle
bone, PACE'S ball entering the ground just by CARR'S foot, shooting
some six inches lower than CARR.
Fourth
son was DREDZIL. who early in life following trading with the
Cherokee Indians, took himself an Indian wife, had two sons by
her,
and
died
in the prime of life.
One of his sons I can remember.
Father and old Uncle BARNABAS raised him, but he was an Indian, and
never
seemed
satisfied, and finally went to the nation and moved off
to the White River, with the first that went off.
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KELLY: Early Records of Georgia, Vol. I, page 18 shows
that
Nov.
1773, DREAD PACE of SC proved his headright, and that he had
family. On page 33 is the record
of SILAS
PACE'S appointment
administrator
of
the estate
of DREDZIL
PACE, Indian
trader,
September 15, 1777.
on
no
as
on
BARNABAS:
Fifth son was THOMAS. Lived to be nearly sixty years
old,
was never married, but was on the eve of marrying when he died, to the
widow of Col. LEROY HAMMOND, nearly his own age, and at his death made
a deed
of gift of all his property, which was considerable, to her.
But the old lady gave up all the property, which was divided among his
brothers
and
sisters. Like all bachelors, he was one of your close,
stingy men, and had but few friends, died unregretted, and lies buried
five miles
from Augusta, near
Savannah
River, with
no stone or
monument to mark the place.
KELLY: This account by Uncle
BARNEY
explains
the deed
which
THOMAS PACE made to Mrs, LEROY HAMMOND, and the deed she made back to
DRURY PACE for division among the legal heirs of THOMAS PACE, all of
which are on record at Augusta. THOMAS PACE, at about the same time,
made a similar deed to THOMAS GARNETT.
BARNABAS: Sixth son was DRURY, of whom
I shall
intending to devote a chapter to him before I close.
not
now
speak,
Seventh, and youngest, son was BARNABAS, who lived to be nearly one
hundred years. His first wife was AGNES AYCOCK, by whom he had
four
sons, LEROY, THOMAS, PARRIS
and
BRAZIL, all married
and raised
families, also three daughters, all married and two had families. His
second wife was
POLLY CASEY, by whom
he had three sons and two
daughters, JOHN, NOEL, DREDZIL, MAZY and PATSY. All married.
raised
and
are raising
families. JOHN is a Baptist preacher at tnis time,
living In Baker County, -if alive.
KELLY: BARNA3AS' three daughters
by his
first wife were
(1)
ELIZABETH, who married
JOHN
CASEY, brother of her step-mother; (2)
NANCY who married, 1818 BURKET WILBURN, and
(3) probably
ANNIE who
married,
1809
ROBERT PRICE. Uncle BARNEY says he had three sons and
two daughters
by his
second
wife.
The. daughter
PATSY
married
NATHANIEL HUNT WHITE in 1829 in Elbert Co GA and died 29 October 1886.
I have a copy of her Bible record.
From it, it appears that
BARNABAS
PACE died August 3, 1831, and his wife MARY CASEY PACE died 16 October
1839, and their daughter MARTHA (PATSY) was born November 15, 1801.
BARNABAS:
I feel that I should do injustice to my old Uncle, were I
to stop here and say no more about him. The first time I ever saw him
was in the winter of 1798 and never
shall
I forget his
looks
and
actions
on that occasion. Though he was in his 52nd year, he was a
perfect picture of health, walking as nimble and light as a youth of
18,
beating
my two older brothers running with ease. He was a small
man, weighing about 120 pounds, black and sleek as an Indian's was his
hair,
large
Roman nose, quick, keen, piercing
eyes,
pleasant
countenance, never wishing to offend or to be offended at trifles. He
early
took up arms in defense of his country's rights, was a Whig of
the true stamp, determined to rid the hills of his country
free
from
British oppression, or be buried in the attempt. Could you have seen,
my son, the sparkle of his eye, the animation of his
countenance, as
he
told
over
his
sufferings, and the many narrow escapes he passed
through by day and by night, and how impossible it was for him to keep
his
seat, throwing
out his hands, saying as it were, here the enemy
were found, thus and thus,
there were
the
continentals, here
the
militia, here
I stood, and there stood Brother DRURY, there that and
the other officer, the firing of
first
attack was made here, his
countenance
glowing as if the reality was before him. In a moment, as
though looking over the battlefield, after the battle was over, he
would
throw himself
in his
chair, remain
silent for awhile, his
cousntenance resuming its placid sweetness. At another time this and
thus went the battle, he would say, rising again as before described.
Thus he would go on for hours at a time. My son, could you have
seen
him, as I have often done, you would have held him in veneration and
would have been proud that you were his near kin and
that
the same
blood
ran its course in your veins as I was. * * * Permit me here to
say that of the four daughters I know but very little.
One of
them
married
a Mr. COX whom I have seen. He was a man of fine appearance,
of good property, lived in South Carolina,
near
the high hills of
Santee. Another married a Mr. O'DANIEL, had two daughters whom I have
seen. Another married ARTHUR FORT, had two sons, OWEN and ARTHUR, and
several daughters, of whom I know nothing, except one of them married
-20-
a SPURLOCK. Dr. TOMLINSON FORT of Milledgeville and Judge MOSES
FORT
of Twiggs
County
are sons of ARTHUR FORT. OWEN FORT'S family moved
down to Florida. Two sons
RICHARD
and NOEL and a daughter I know
nothing of, likely died in early life.
KELLY: Vol. 1 of Historical Collections of Georga, DAR, pg 45-49,
lists OWEN FORT'S will as among those probated
in Jefferson
County,
GA., and ELIZABETH FORT as widow of a Revolutionary Soldier living in
Jefferson County.
McCALL'S
"Roster
of Revolutionary
Soldiers
in
Georgia" lists ARTHUR FORT and says he was born January 15, 1750, and
died in Twiggs County, GA June 15, 1833, married
SUSANNA
TOMLINSON,
widow
of RICHARD
WHITEHEAD
(by whom she had son RICHARD, Jr., born
1776), and that their children were SARAH
(b 1779), MOSES, ARTHUR,
TOMLINSON,
SUSANNA, ELIZABETH, ZACHARIAH
C,
and
OWEN
CHARLTON
(1798-1829).
In "Early Records of Georgia", Vol. I, pg
39
there
is
mention
of a deed to ARTHUR FORT, of 96 District, SC from WINNEFORD
FORT, Senior, of the same place, no consideration given, deed of
gift
of
a Negro, dated October 1, 1779, proved in Wilkes County, GA, April
4, 1783, before ARTHUR FORT, Justice of the Peace.
WINNEFRED
is a
frequent
name among the descendants of RICHARD PACE who died 1738 in
North Carolina, and was, no doubt, the name of ARTHUR FORT'S mother.
According to JOSEPH HABERSHAM Chapter DAR Historical
Collections,
Vol. I, pg 238, one NORMA FORT married
SPURLOCK.
E
From
deeds and other records in Edgefield County Courthouse, it
appears that RICHARD PACE, Jr., and SOLOMON NEWSOM, Jr. were
involved
in financial
transactions
in 1775, and
that
in 1797, JAMES and
ELIZABETH ANDERSON, LUDBROOK LEE and JAMES
RHODES
sold
to GEORGE
DELAUGHTER
their interest in land as heirs of RICHARD PACDE, and that
CHARLOTTE PACE witnessed the transactions
in 1775.
Could
LUDBROOK
LEE'S wife, CHARLOTTE, have been this CHARLOTTE PACE? (Yes. RICHARD V
married first ?? and had daughter ELIZABETH; he then married SARAY DAY
and had CHARITY, CHARLOTTE and MARY.
NOEL
PACE was probably
the
same as KNOWLES PACE, mentioned in
"Colonial Records of GA, Vol. 10, pg 661 and 845, who petitioned
for
land
on Germany's
Creek, the petItiton being granted December 1768.
His will, as KNOWLES PACE, was
signed
July
19, 1776, probated
in
Wilkes
County, GA, March 4, 1783: and in it, besides freeing a slave:
he left everything to LEROY PACE, son of BARNABAS PACE, then a minor,
and
named
BARNABAS PACE and HENRY WARE, Sr., as his executors (Early
Records of GA, Vol. I, pg 4 4 ) . On March 11, 1796, SILAS PACE of
96th
District, SC sold to AMBROSE HOLIDAY of Richmond County, GA 100 acres
on Germany's Creek,
reciting
that it was
granted to
KNOWLES PACE
in
1769 and conveyed by him to said SILAS PACE in 1771. The deed was
witnessed by DRURY PACE (GA DAR Historical Collections, Vol. II, pg
292).
Note that this SILAS PACE was alive in 1796.
BARNABAS:
I shall now again take up the history of my Grandfather
RICHARD PACE. I have told you that he was born in 1700. and
that he
married
ELIZABETH CAIN, In about the year 1723, where he lived on his
father's land on the Roanoke until his youngest child was
some
seven
or
eight years old, the lands considerably worn, and hard to get, he
mustered
all his
sons
and
daughters,
and
sons-in-law
and
daughters-in-law
and moved
out and settled within thirteen miles of
Augusuta, in a northeast direction (not Augusta then but no) for
the
whole
country was a wilderness
at
that
time, which was 1758 or
thereabouts. Bringing with him some 400 head of cattle, and
a fine
stock
of horses, and every
necessary
to make a settlement in the
wilderness. Bear, deer, turkeys, buffalo, wild
horses, and
all
species
of game were in abundance. Here he lived a few years and the
old Cherokee War breaking out in 1761, the family mostly moved back to
South
Carolina
in the same country Uncle COX remained in. Here they
lived two years and then moved
back
to Savannah
River
twenty-five
miles
above Augusta, obtained
lands
and cleared a farm, lived and
died, him and Grandmother, just before the war
(Civil W a r ) .
Their
remains
lie within
100 yards
of
the
river awaiting the sound of
Gabriel's trump. * * *
KELLY: On March 1, 1719, RICHARD PACE, Jr., was granted 1140 acres
of
land on the north side of the Morattock (Roanoke! River, in Chowan
County, NC (Land Grants, Vol. 8 pgs 174 and 195). This is the part of
the
County
which was later cut off into Northampton County.
In 1743
and 1744, he received additional land grants
in Northampton
County.
His
brother
THOMAS PACE, died in this county in 1765, through whom
NATHANIEL PACE of Washington Co, GA seems
to descend.
His
brother
WILLIAM PACE, also died in
this county
in 1775, and his son STEPHEN
_ *? i _
•' fl
died in Putname Co GA in 1822 —
this is the line o f Congressman
PACE
of
GA.
I have copies of abstracts of many of the se w i l l s , deeds and
other court records.
His petition for grant of 100 acres on an island
in
the
Savannah
R i v e r , about 32 miles above Augu s t a , was granted in
February 1749 (Colonial Records of G A , V o l . 7, p
Besides
some
90 3 ) .
SC
Grants.
In V o l . 8 of the s a m e , pg 7 7 6 , land
ant to RICHARD PACE
of 22 acres was signed December 1 7 6 2 . This land wa s later
willed
by
Capt.
DRURY
PACE
to his son DRURY. who sold it I n 1808 to WEST COOK
and recited in the deed that it had been granted to
RICHARD
PACE
on
December
1 6 , 1762
(Lincoln
Co
GA Deeds Book H, pg 1 2 8 ) . The land
rant is recorded in V o l . D of
land
g r a n t s , pg
241,
Secretary
of
tate's O f f i c e , A t l a n t a , GA.
f
My -son, I have seen of the handwriting of my G r a n d f a t h e r ,
BARNABAS:
good
English
he wrote an elegant hand, s pelt well and was a man of
educa tion.
I
have often heard him spoken of by old men who knew him
as a man of ;ood, sound s e n s e , a plain unassuming m a n , a good c i t i z e n ,
a good neigh >or, a kind h u s b a n d , and as a parent skilled In managing a
family and training his children in the pathway of v i r t u e , honesty and
economy.
I shall now take up the his tory of my Father
He was born
DRURY PACE
two
in 0 c tob er 1 745, re cei v ed a good E ngli sh educ a tion , was six f eet,
and
one -hal f inche s hi *fh.? s traigh t bu lit as an Ind ian , weigh ing about
nose,
Rom an
bo l i l y
power
lean
f aced , thin
180 poun ds , s trong
comp lexi on a little swa thy, coal b lack s traight hai r , ve ry th in o n his
head , ey es d ark haz e l , rath er smal i, q uick
the ir m oveme n ts , and
In
ex cite d
in any
when
he w ould throw open h is ey es in a r a. t h e r
way
f as t.
very
eye s
glar ing mann er, and
snap hi s
angr y he wo
In
quick and mild,
,
words
comm on c onve rsation his vo i ce was uld
f riends wh ereve r hi o p e n ,
to
make
plea s ing cou n tenanc e , w ell calcula soft
ted e the p eculia r art of c onf o s lot
migh t b e
c as t.
He
to
seem ed
ha v ims elf an agr eeabl e com
elf
to a ny comp any -so a s to make
hims
pani rming
h
rich
on to
the
or poor , w is e or i gnoran t
In. the
year 176 8 he ma'r ried • MARY BUS SEY, da ughte r of CHA RLES BU SSEY,
who move d fro m the eas ter n
a nd
sett led
s hore
of
Mary la no
on
the
Savannah
m lies abov e Au gus ta , on th e Ca roll na side (who
ei ght
RLv er
was also of E nglish s tock )..
be en
o far a s I have
Fathe T
abl e
to
l S e the r i ver , on the land s o f his
learn >
hi msel f 17 m iles abov
loca t ed
F a t h e r , where he em ployed him self in t ha t be s t o f
a 11 employm en ts ,
farm ing. and
an d ra is ing a 1arge s tock o f ca ttle , horse s and
keepi ng
hogs.
P len ty rewar ded hi s la bors , tho ugh
had
he
the
no t m any
of
luxuries of 1 ife, h e had an a bunda nee of the neces sari es t o rende r him
contente d, fo r his amusem ent game was in abun dance , at any
time
when
he
want ed
to
a littl e spor t or res t fro m hi s 1 abors , he had no thin g
do but g et hi s hors e and g u n , call his dog an d rid e ou t in the f ores t
where
It
unti 1 the buf falo , bear, wild
go
wa s
imp os s ible
fa r
to
h o r s e s , deer or tur key we re t o be s een fleein g bef ore hi m.
He w as
a
lover
of
do g s ,
b ut no t of the n o isy breed calle d ho und s , but of the
strong m as tifr bree d, tha t wa s abl e to con ten d, an d mo re t nan
wi lling
to
cont end
the be a r , buff a lo, or pant her , or i ndee d any animal
with
wha tever .
AIways f eeling saf e at nigh t or any o ther t ime having
four
or five faith ful do gs fol lo wing hi m or lying on th e sa me b ed .
I
wi
Grand
a
la
night
DRURY
love
fire '
ano th
yards
and h
alone
shive
abou t
close
MIsch
shirt
nor r
s tron
in
s
above
f ring
your
unrav
As
an ane cdo te of Fath er a nd h is dog s wh en a la d.
umerous f am ily moved out to Savann ah R i ver d ri ving
kind s , they had s true k up camp f or the
dif f erent
Where
it.
col lee ted
ar ound
al a la rge f ire and
at,
th ere w ere his dog s clo se bes ide him (fo r dogs
the
aro un d
s man ) which soon pr od uc ed a grumb ling
dogs
Firs t o ne k icked his dogs an d then
d
his
a h undred
wen t abou t
ght up a cnu nk of fi re a nd
, and s oon a large f ire was s een blazi ng, and DRURY
un moles te d
of
a
good
fire
and
ng the comf or ts
would h e cam p by him self tha n for his dogs to s tand
by
an y
Jus t
Id or b e kic ked and cuff ed
P erson.
and large s teer was in th e ac t of ta king a
awoke
the g round.
on
nd his dogs as they
lay
sn oring
in a mome nt h e ease d of f his hunting
in his mind —
, in thos e d ays did no t wear a pla i ted bosom
shirt
Idom a coat of any s ort, muc h less a c loth co at) of
nzey wo ol zy kind of s turf dy ed bla ck.
off
fringe d
the
ta il an d on the sho ulde rs and the sleeve s just
d wha t would you thi nk w hen I
tel1
the
ou
tha t
K 7 u t as w ide as
y taking a p iece of the same cloth
ling on e edg e abo u t hal f i ts
the
sewin g
wi abo
ght sid e to the shir t, 1 e tting the dth, el hang
rav
•22-
gracefully down in a decent fringe — you need not laugh for many such
a
shirt
have
I worn m y s e l f .
The shirt was cut like a morning g o w n ,
opening
b e f o r e , coming
down a little below
the waistband
or the
b r e e c h e s , as they were then called.
Notice also that the waistband of
the breeches went around the waist which gave the name.
They wore
no
galluses
or
suspenders I should have said, in those d a y s .
( am sure
the name should in these modern times be called stomach b a n d , from the
fact
of
its
going
around
the stomach.)
He threw the shirt at the
steer, thinking to give
him a
fright.
B u t , strange
mishap,
the
sleeves
of his shirt fell precisely over the steer's h o r n s , who threw
up his head in a f r i g h t , broke like old Nick was after h i m ,
bellowing
as
he w e n t .
The whole drove became frightened.
Away they all w e n t ,
helter s k e l t e r .
Three days were lost in
collecting
the
drove,
and
some they never g o t . And Father never got his s k i r t , but got abused a
plenty.
But to return to the history of F a t h e r , he was happy as a man
could
b e . Mother blessed him with two sons and a d a u g h t e r .
The dark
clouds of war began to hang heavy over his beloved c o u n t r y .
he
long
had
enjoyed
freedom
in
the
true
sense
of
the w o r d , and did not
h e s t i t a t e a moment to inquire what he should d o , but took up his g u n ,
leaving
Mother and the three children in the hands of his G o d , united
himself with the armies of his country, Whigs as then c a l l e d ,
in the
d e f e n s e of the rights of m a n .
Almos t all
of his neighbors and tw o of h is brother s wer e T o r i e s , and
he so on f ou nd there was no pi ace of safety for him b ut in
the
te n ted
Ear ly in the war he w as appo inted Captain by Gove rnor RUTL EDGE
field
(See Stub Entrie s
to
of So uth Ca rolina.
Indents
for
Revolu tio nary
2 92 and " Y - Z "
Servi ces by SALLEY. Vol. "S-T
pg 102, also pen s ion
R? in the National Arc h i v e s ) .
app 1 ica tion of MATT MARTIN, S \
His
neigh bors
sought his life, T 2726, icers hunted aft er hi m, plans were
laid to ent rap him, many a ha ory off ht bat tie was h e
hair
in ,
many
es capes
did
he
pa rd foug o u g h ,
bread th
but
G o d , as h e often s a i d ,
ball
broug h t him safely through th ss
thr never suffered the
enemy's
to
t ouch' h im only twice, one em a l l , ng thr o u g h his h a t on his head
at
ano th er tim e cutting him slig e pas s i his s h o u l d e r .
The w ar was a Ihou t
close d, . CO RNWALLIS was taken htly on t was the recelv ed op inion the war
was o ver . Whigs became more . and id d a r I
ng -- poor Tori es
to
began
hide in swa mps and caves and bold an ter li ke sheep w ithou t a sheph erd .
of
the
m deserved, to die, to scat om the Whigs had
Many
swo rn
to k ill.
and wh Whigs by means o f ret alia tion , for
was
spoken of
Conf i s cation
des tro y e d .
much proper ty had they plunde by the
F a t her w as looked for
at
h ome wh en four of his nei red and poor T o r i e s , bu t no t of the b as er
s o r t . came to see Mother and ghbors , when Father did come home to
say
to. h im tha t they concealed t get her es in a c a v e , de s cr ibing the p lace
cave
so th at Fat her could find the emselv ing of Father to come to the
s tayed , and brinm, begg in and give his pro te c tion , an d If
where
they
sure
po s s ible, k eep them from bein g them red by
the Whi g s .
Father
home, Mother to g murde the mo urnful tal e of the four poor
enoug h
cam e
Fa ther
T o r i e s , add ing her own entrea Id him d begg ing for th eir 1 i v e s .
early
set out ties an place des igna te d , wh ich was a bout
nex t
morni ng
When getting in to the two mi l e s , he he ars a
eight miles
little
way
bef or e
him several guns fire abou t believ ed it was the s logun of war .
comes
a
up
with
He ga H o p e d on, keeping a sha d , and out.
He
soon
of
Whig s, a rp look ned f rom them th at th e y were f ired
scout ing
p arty
had
by
upon by fou r Tories, as they nd lear d, and that they
escaped
The Whigs f ired
a mill pond he believe swimm ing across .
j umpi ng
in to
many guns , but to no effect, ard by, then told his b us Ines s , tney w e n t
the signs wer Father , but they were gone .
to
t He
i t was then
ca ve,
e fresh to ki 11 F a t h e r .
The four
I
me n
g i v e n up by all it was a sche me
laid
have
and seen in Fath er's ho us e . Their name s wer e WILLIAM and
seen ,
CHRIS TOPHER COX, ALLEN ROBERS ON and THOMAS R O B I N S O N . * * *
Dear B i l l y , though
I commenced
to write
you a h i s t o r y
of
your
ances tors,
you
must permit me often make digressions to suit myself
I design for it not only to obtain
information,
but
in
instruction
r i g h t e o u s n e s s , and if p o s s i b l e , to speak when I am dead and gone
Your Grandfa ther
ined the free mas on lod e in earl y li f e . and at the
clos e of the war tu rned his atte ntion to hi s far ming , and by
indu s try
and
Father was
economy was al ways able to assist the poor and need 7
alwa ys oppos ed to s laver
bo u g h t
houg h it w as in his po wer to - h a ve
bou ght but on e. M o ther *s F a the r ga ve her two
slav e s ,
yet
he
n ever
Negro
Negr o g iris when sh e was mar r led , which he raise d, a nd
the
he
This h e di d on ly for the
boug ht
was
the hu sband of the oldest girl .
sa ti s fac tion of the girl
In hi s hear t he belie ved slav ery w r o n g , and
o f th at b e l i e f , his consc ienc e wo uld not su ffer
in p os ses s ion
bein g
him to treat them o nly a s ch ildr en, an d in doing thi s , h e wa s more
of
were to hi m.
a si ave to
I mpos s sibl e f or h im for any
them th an th ey
1°
-?^_
man to make profit off of slaves
that treat them as human beings.
My s on, I hav e reason for namin g to you that Father was a Ma son . When
I w as i n C ovin gton, in
the win ter o f 1843, you r bro ther , and many
0 the r s , at tended a Mas on L odge one
the nights
of
I. s tayed .
Next
morn ingj COLU MB US ra ther j eer in ly o bser ved that th e chu rch to wh ich I
belo nged , mea ning the Old Primi five Bapt 1st Church
di d n o t p ermi t
thei r me mber s to j o i
n th e Mas on Lo
and that t ey w ould turn them
out for j oini
or si ttin g wit h the
observi ng at the same time
that all o ther churche s pe rmi tt ed th eir memb ers to j oin the Lodge , and
rath er se emed to wish me t o giv e ray reas on f or the cours e we pur sued .
1 made hi m no rep ly at tha t tim e , bu t no w sh all giv e my reas ons . I am
appr ized , my son . of o ne t hing, the poor old Baptis ts ha ve been , and
are at
this
ti me m uch
blam ed b y o ther denom inati ons for their
doc tr ine , and bee aus e they will no t mix and mingle with them
In many
thin gs. * * *
'Hi
Your G randfather, my son , j oined
Church
be fore
my
the Baptist
recolle c tion. * * * My son, your Grandfath er was esteemed for his many
vir tues
His com pany was sought by old and young, and his h ous e was
open to the poor an d
on
* * * He was violently
atta eked
di stressed.
Friday
with
pleur
and when he first took his bed he told all the
family that he shou Id n ot rise
died,
should
surel y
any more, but
Mo ther ins is ted to send for a doctor, but he told her no, for says he,
doc tors can do me n o go od, for I know I sh all die. On Monday , being
of ten
solic ited, he gave his
consent to sent for the Doct or. Dr.
MURRAY, of Augus ta, was soon brought, and when he inquired
of Father
how he was , who rep lied , "Doctor, I am in a great rack of mise ry.
But
one con solation, it wil 1 soon be over and I have hope bey ond
the
grave .
My family and neighbors insisted that you should be s en t for ,
and to gratify them
ave my consent, but Doctor, you can do me no
good .
I mus t di e in a few days . I wis h you to give'no med icine to
counter act the dise ase, it can't be done. I must die, medicine
can't
save m e.
But if you can give me ease, Doctor,,I should be glad. I
wish to d ie corapo sed an d free of pain.". • •he
that he"
T Doctor told him
saw no symptoms tha t led him to think he w ould die, but he tho ught,. at.
leas t h op<ed, that h e co uld relieve him.
"It won't do , Doctor
shall ' di(e.
Many yea rs ago
-I", had the pleurisy and came v ery near
dying. I then was s ensible to know that t he next attack
woul d
carry
me off ,
this is'. t
he n ext and I know I sh all die." I feel au thorized
to say that the Doc tor did no more but to relieve or allay
hi s
pain,
which
he
happily did
came easy, and we al 1 fondly
The
old
man
be
hoped h e was gettin g be tter, and would rec over. Tuesday, Dr. MURRAY
returne d,
bringing wi th him Dr. SMETT, c onsidered at that ti me to be
the abl est and most exp
physician in the state, but th ey still
gave n 0 medicine , only erienced
to
ease.
The fami ly and neighbors all tho ught
Ke was
for
— h e st ill said he should die. Thursday he s ent
an old mending
by
the
name of TINSLEY, and when he came
Bap tis t p reac her
Father made
nd observed "Brothe r TINSLEY, I am now ready to
his wil
die
an d shall
live
but
a little while, an d I wish you to stay with me
and pre ach my funer al, and
old
body is
see
that
thi s poor
laid
decen tl
away. And th ough I go before yo u will soon follow, we shall
meet to y part
no mor e, 3 rother TINSLEY." T he children were all called
in, an d after
ex hor ting
all
to meet him in heaven , he bade all
goodbye , taking eac
of us by
the hand.
time
I was
All
the
s tand ing by the fo h on e
wond er at my
recolle ction, being o t o f his bed. You in all probability
And,
dear BILLY,
year s old .
no t quite eleven
never
can
I
forget
enance
on
that
occas
,
no
not
even
his
count
ion.
It
was hea venly, it wa
Never from t hat day to this have I
s een
the lik e but twice s divine.
and then in the face of your brother COLUMB US, once
a t a ca
meeting o n Be ar Creek when the s ight made me tremble like a
Belshaz mp
and li
from
the same ca use, a sinner agains t God in
heart a zer
nd
practice.
in Co v ing ton,
e next time at a c amp meeting
again
ce and my senses lef t me, in
a momen 1 saw the same i n your brother's fa y
rap ture * *
t my whole soul was filled with hoi
But to ret urn to Fath er he then tur ned to M o ther, who was s tand ing by
all bathed in te ars , begged her no t to g r lev e for him, for he ob s erved
it h ad Ion g been his wish t o die fir s t a nd s eemed
tha nkf u 1
tha t God
had
been
ood in gr an ting him his wish es, for sa ys h e, I leave you a
p len ty of
your
is w orld' s go*od s , and y ou ca n enjoy your self with
chil dren
for a lit tie wh iie, we s hall mee t in h eave n fr eed f rom all
care s and troubl es to par t no mo re .
Al 1 the fa mily
an d nei ghbors
beli eved
he was smar tly be tter, bei ng P er suaded b y Mo ther and s everal
nei hbor s he sat up i n bed and a te a s mu ch a s was ne cess ary, res ted
all night , and u n t i l nine or ten o'cl ock ne xt d ay, Friday , when
wel
talked
dea th seiz ed hoi d of h i m . a 11 sa w he was goi ng ver y f as t, he
but little more, and w i s h e d no t to be i n ter rup ted
one speak ing to
, no
f
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him but Mother and the old preacher
* * *.
About
ten o'clock
at
night he
called
Brother TINSLEY to sit in a chair near his bed, and
there he sat, then he said, "I shall soon be gone.", directly
turning
himself
on his back, laying his hands on his breast, straightening
himself in the bed and gave up the ghost without
pain
or
struggle.
Thus died this saint of God in his 56th year.
KELLY:
His will, on record in Augusta, GA was dated January 26,
1801 and witnessed by JOHN CATLETT and ANN BUSSEY.
It was
probated
May
4, 1801.
Uncle BARNEY says the will was made when the preacher
came, but he says farther on that the next day was Friday.
According
to
two perpetual calendars, the will which was probated was signed on
MONDAY, January
26, 1801.
I cannot
understand
this
seeming
discrepancy,
the only
part
of Uncle BARNEY'S
account of what he
himself actually knew which does not agree with
the legal
records.
Could
there be a mistake in the copying?
He says he himself was in
his eleventh year and his father in his 55th year when he died —
the
will
was
dated
and probated in 1801, so if Uncle BARNEY was born in
1787 he was in his 14th year and his father
was
in his
56th
year.
(Two
errors: Uncle BARNEY'S birth was copied as 1787 and should have
been 1789 - and DRURY PACE died in 1801, not
1800.
This
was
Uncle
BARNEY'S error).
BARNABAS:
On Saturday morning preparation was made for his burial and
funeral, the mournful tidings of his death. Sunday morning
came
and
was
a beautiful
day.
A large
concourse of people collected from
Augusta and the surrounding country at an early hour. The coffin
was
placed on the opposite side of the house, his feet toward the door out
of which it was intended to carry the corpse, the individuals selected
to bear
the coffin to the place of Internment taking their seats on
each side, Mother taking her seat at the foot surrounded by
the aged
females
of
the company
selected
for
that purpose. The venerable
preacher taking his seat at the head, the aged men and members of
the
church
placed around him, and the cnildren, four boys on one side and
four daughters on the other, just behind
the pall-bearers,
the old
family
Bible
and
hymnbook
lying
at the head of the coffin. All
arranged, the aged man of God arose * * * took the hymnbook
and
read,
slowly
though plainly a hymn and
* * * fell to his knees in prayer,
rising took the Bible and read his text .and delivered
an
appropriate
discourse. * * * He closed and another aged minister by the name of
SAVAGE arose, made a few remarks and went to prayer. The
coffin
lid
was
then
removed
by Father TINSLEY, and the corpse exposed to view,
all invited to look on the remains for the last time, singing all
the
time. * * * All rose
and
moved out of the house to the place of
interment about 150 yards from the house, under a large
persimmon
tree, without noise, whither
beside his brother, THOMAS PACE, his
remains were interred by friends. This was February 1st, 1800. * * *
KELLY: Since the will was dated January 26, 1801
(GA DAR Hist.
Col. V-II, pg 55, which I myself verified by copying the whole will
from the original), Uncle BARNEY has certainly made an error (if
this
is correctly copied) in the year. But there is a discrepancy between
the date given and the day of the week as given.
February
1, 1800,
was
on Wednesday and February 1, 1801, was Thursday. Yet, I believe
that Uncle BARNEY was probably correct as to the day of the week
when
his
father
died, etc. and I can but wonder if the will which he says
made on Thursday before he died was not probated, but an earlier
one
probated instead.
BARNABAS:
I shall now
speak
of my Mother's
family, and of her
especially, as I believe she had but few equals. I have said that she
was
the daughter of CHARLES BUSSEY, who like my Great-grandfather was
of the English stock, and moved out from the Eastern shore of Maryland
in the year 1765, or thereabout, and settled on Savanny River, 8 or 10
miles above Augusta, Edgefield District, SC bringing with him six sons
and
my Mother,
the only
daughter, and the youngest of the family,
GEORGE, EDWARD, CHARLES, JOSHUA, MALALCHIA, and THOMAS, all of whom I
have
seen.
(NOTE: Also HEZEKIAH whom he evidently had not seen, see
later) They were large, coarse, boney men (all but Uncle EDWARD, who
like
myself
and
your Uncle RICHARD, was very fleshy, weighing near
four hundred pounds, and his fat was the cause of his death) not noted
for
their
talents
but as makers of hog and corn, frequently I have
heard Uncle THOMAS say, when an old man, that he never bought but
one
and
a half bushels of corn in his life, and but few years he had to
move his old corn to make room for the new. They were all Whigs
and
THOMAS
and MALACHIA were in several hard battles, and many skirmishes
with the Indians and the Tories. They were none of them to say
rich,
but all in good circumstances and were so called in their day, owning
many slaves. Grandfather in early life bought an African
Negro
girl
that
lived
to the rise of 120 years, had 18 children, four boys and
fouteen girls, and when I was some 25 years old myself and two cousins
made
a calculation
of the number and there was the rise of 150, and
that was at that time alice (sic) and all in the possession
of our
family, and
the BUSSEY family, none of them ever buying a slave but
Father and Uncle CHARLES, and they only bought one a piece, who
were
husbands
to their girls. One was plundered by the Tories and never
was got or heard of.
CHARLES BUSSEY was one among the first Baptist
preachers
of
South
Carolina, assisted in and planted many churches, baptized hundreds * *
* was
a man of plain, unassuming
manners, had
a good
English
education, but was by no means a man of great talent, speaking after
the manner of men, but was great in being good. * * *
He was
the
owner
of a large farm of first rate bottom land, made large crops of
corn, and raised a great many hogs, always had corn and bacon to sell,
and
his price, 50 cents for corn and 12 1/2 cents for bacon, high or
low.
It was often said by corn buyers, let us go down to Egypt to buy
corn, meaning old CHARLES BUSSEYS. His rule in selling was first the
poor and then the men of money.
He had
a large
fishery,
caught
thousands
of white
shad
besides
thousands
of other fish. Uncle
CHARLES BUSSEY married PENELOPE GLOVER, who proved to be a help
mate
for
him.
he had
three
sons and four daughters, JOHN, CHARLES and
JEREMIAH,
ELIZABETH, LUCY, MARY and NANCY. JOHN was never married but
died
j u s t as he arrived
at manhood.
ELIZABETH married
a Mr.
BREEDLOVE, had two children
and
died
at about
24 years
of age.
CHARLES married
a widow BUGG of Augusta, who led him a very unhappy
life. He lived with her three or four years, had
no children, died
suddenly, his wife was suspected of poisoning him, but the truth was
never known.
KELLY: CHARLES BUSSEY married Mrs. BUGG a few months
before
he
died, as the license was dated February 3, 1830 in Wilkes County, GA.
Administration on his estate was. granted to the widow, MARY M. BUSSEY,
on August
25, 1830.
She was nee WRIGHT and had married WILLIAM A.
BUGG in Richmond Codunty, GA, marriage bond dated May
3, 1810.
She ,
died
in 1836, having married again AARON MARVIN, .bond da ted •October
21. 1833. ' She made a will, in which she stated, that she was
then of
Mobile, AL, but. formerly of Augusta, GA, the will being of record in
the eourthouse at Augusta, GA.
BARNABAS:
JERRY was a highminded, honorable man, had
many
friends,
married HARRIET HIGHTOWER, a lady that had few equals, for a few years
happiness and prosperity attended him, but that enemy
of
all
social
happiness, intemperance, brought him to an untimely grave, much to the
grief of his brothers and sisters
and numerous
family
connections.
His
wife died a short
time before he did, leaving three small
children.
KELLY: JEREMIAH BUSSEY, married October 13, 1811, died October 18,
1822,
and
his wife HARRIET HIGHTOWER BUSSEY, died October 10, 1820.Their children were: ELIZA ANN, b October 6, 1812, died
in
infancy;
FRANCES
EMMELINE b January 5, 1814, d January 6, 1884 married DANIEL
MICHEL
GLOVER; ELIZABETH
born November
2, 1815, married
N. T.
MAGRUDER:
CHARLES LEWIS
born 1818 married E. M. HOLLAND; (something
omitted here) and her
twin brother
JOSEPH
HIGHTOWER,
born
also
December
17, 1818, died June, 1820. This data from the Bible records
of
descendants.
According
to the records
of
Edgefield
County,
CHRISTIAN
BROITHAUPT was
the guardian
of FRANCES
E., ELIZABETH,
CHARLES and HARRIET. (HARRIET was probably the other twin)
BARNABAS:LUCY married MARTIN HITT, a respectable and worthy man. Some
of his
sons were merchandising
a few years
ago, if not now, in
Augus ta.
KELLY: MARTIN HITT was the son of JOHN HITT
and
SARAH
DAY,
according
to the records
of Edgefield Codunty, which disproves the
tradition that his mother was SARAH PACE. There seems
to nave
been
some
connection between the DAY family and the PACE family, however,
and the wives of JAMES ROHADS and of LUDBROOK LEE seem
to have
been
daughters of SARAH DAY. (SARAH DAY was second wife of RICHARD PAGE IV.
See previous note)
BARNABAS: MARY was about my own age, and
never
married.
She
took
charge of her brother JERRY'S children, doing a Mother's part by them,
and gave them all her property, which with
their
own left
them
by
their father, made them
rich, the last I knew
of them they lived in
Augusta. NANCY married
JACOB DILL of Augusta, and as I understand is
doing well.
I could write you many things of Mother's brothers, but
there is such a sameness I deem it uninteresting.
They were
coarse,
plain men, honest and upright in their dealings, raised plenty of corn
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and bacon, lived coarsely on plenty. They raised large families, took
no
delight
in education themselves, they neglected the education of
thier children, to their great injury. Some of
their daughters
did
well, but
the sons did but little good, but no harm. * * * My son,
today, while I am writing, I am in my 57th year, and
can
confidently
say
that as I look back on the many families of my kin, and other
persons that I have known in my journey of life, never have
I found
one family of no account sons and daughters but that the Mother was at
fault, nor have I known one family of smart brothers and
sisters
but
what
the Mother
was
to be praised
as a smart woman. Hence, the
importance of female education. Again, many more men after
marriage
take up with their wives people than otherwise. Hence, the importance
of a young man marrying a wife of good
family, for children
will
partake
more
or less of
the faults
or virtues of the kin on the
Mother's side. * * *
I shall now give you a hasty sketch of my brothers
and
sisters, and
their
families. My oldest brother was MICAJAH, and he lived until he
was 17 or 18 years old, was killed by a tree falling on him.* * * The
next
oldest was sister NANCY, who married ABIAH MORGAN ( born October
27, 1767), by whom she had two sons and six daughters, who all married
and
raised
families.
Sister NANCY was a small woman, very slim and
straight
built, a very
beautiful
woman.
She was
of a
kind,
affectionate
disposition, a lover of her kin and children, died happy
in the Lord some twenty years ago. MORGAN was a coarse, ignorant kind
of a man, a very constant and loud talker. He was a hard working man,
close and saving, in many things was a little mean, made some property
and married
the second time a Mrs. TOMPKINS, lived a miserable live,
and finally he and his wife parted. He is still alive and
living
in
Edgefield District, South Carolina.
KELLY:
Their
children, according
to descendants, were: DRURY,
born April 25, -1792 married #1 POLLY ROBERTSON
and #2 his
cousin,
POLLY
GETZEN,
died March 25, 1854; NANCY, born May 5, 1802, married
JOHN MEALING, died December 7, 1890; EVAN; OLIVE; MARIA; . LUR.RETIA;
LORETTA; 'TABITHA: and POLLY, a total of two sons and seven daughters . '
Discrepancy . probably arose because
of •the .fact
that LORETTA
died
unmarried.'
Uncle
BARNEY
evidently did not like his'brother-in-law.
According to Uncle
BEN KELLY, who married
Uncle
BARNEY'S
niece,
VIRGINIA PACE, ABIAH MORGAN "was a nice, foxy old man."
BARNABAS:
Third
son was
brother WILLIAM, a large, likely man, six
feet, two inches high, strong bodily powers, and a mind capacious
and
strong, but being raised just at the close of the Revolution he lacked
education. He could read and write but very imperfectly.
Sure I am,
could
he have been blessed with liberal education, he would have been
an ornament to society.
But few men
ever better
understood
the
Scriptures,
or had them more at command.
He seemed never to tire or
lack a quotation of Scripture. Early in life he made a profession
of
religion, joined
the old Baptists
for many years * * * became
dissatisifed with his church. Quit going to meeting and was
excluded
* * and
lived
out of
the church
until the day of his death * *
exclaimed with his last breath, "0 death where is thy sting, 0 grave
where is thy victory?"
WILLIAM
never
married
until he was about thirty years old. He then
married LUCRETIA GARDNER, a widow, whose maiden
name wass
ROBINSON,
and
old
lady ROBINSON
was a GLOVER, and a sister to Uncle CHARLES
BUSSEY'S wife. LUCRETIA had two daughters
(by her first
husband),
oldest was FRANCES. She married WILLIM STOCKE, and lived to have one
child and died in child bed.
STOCKS then married
the other
sister
PATSY and
is now alive and living in Talladega, AL. WILLIAM had one
son and four daughters. The son married a Miss LEVERETT, and lives in
Alabama.
Three
daughters, one married HEZEKIAH DODWELL, one HENRY
SCARSBROOK and one married my son FREEMAN H. PACE, the other died when
small.
Brother
WILLIAM then lost his first wife, and married AGATHY
PARKER, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, the oldest was a
son
THOMAS
who died just before he was grown. LUCINDA married a Mr.
HURST; the other son WILLIAM married
a Miss ADAMS.
EMILY
is
yet
single.
Brother
died
in his 55th year, and left a smart handful of
roperty.
He died in Jasper County and was buried
in Morgan
County
eside his
first wife. His widow married JAMES MONTGOMERY in Jasper
Co, GA where they now live. * * WILLIAM'S last wife was good
and
his
KELLY:
Rev. DREDZEL
EVANS
PACE died early in November 1852 in
Talladega County, AL, leaving a widow MITITIA LEVERETT (born May 12,
1808,
died
December
30, 1883, according
to her tombstone in the
Baptist Church Cemetery at Ashland, AL which
I copied),
and
ten
children: WM. S. PACE, who died as a prisoner of war in 1864, from
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whom the PACES of Eastaboga, AL descend; LUCRETIA HOLLAND who
married
WM. D. HAYNES, and was the mother of Hon. JOHN J. HAYNES, a former law
partner of my father's and
now for many years
Assistant
Attorney
General of Alabama; THOMAS G.; ABRAHAM L.; FALKNER H.; CATHERINE; MARY
E.; MARIA A.; EMANDA and DREDZEL ERWIN PACE. I have additional
data
about
them
if desired.
According
to
the first book of Marriage
records in the Talladega
Codunty
Courthouse, he was
ordained
29
October
1842, by a presbytery composed of Rev. SAMUEL HENDERSON, Rev.
JEFFERSON FALKNER, and Rev. RICHARD PACE (his
Uncle) and Rev. JOHN
WOOD.
BARNABAS:
The fourth was a daughter, REBECCA, and died when a child.
The fifth, sister RHODA. Her first husband was ENOS MORGAN, had
one
child, FANNIE and MORGAN died. She then, after living a widow several
years, married WILEA PRICE, by whom she had a son and
two daughters.
The
oldest, WILLIAM, married Brother RICHARD'S daughter, lived three
or four years and died. PERMELIA married a Mr. DUNHAM, and now
lives
in Putnam County and is doing well. RHODA married a CURSTAFNEY, which
is all I know of her. I have heard they did no good. CURSTAFNEY
was
a gentlemanly
man, well raised, too proud to beg and would not work,
broke for thousands.
KELLY: WILLIAM H. PRICE and
LUCRETIA
BUSSEY
PACE
(January
1,
1811/February
11, 1855) were married May 29, 1829 in Putnam Co GA.
Their known children were
CALVIN
R.,
and
LOUISA
who married
her
step-brother, JOHN
J. WEAVER,
and brother and sister both moved to
Texas. WM. H. PRICE had died and his widow has
married
SIMEON
H.
WEAVER before 1833.
BARNABAS:
My oldest
sister, is dead
and gone, I believe home to
heaven. * * * she had some peculiarities of which I must speak. When
her
faith
was wanting she would surely sink the lowest bordering on
despair, mourning and weeping for days all at once, no matter
where
she was, or what
she was doing, riding, working or at church, she
would break out in praises to God. Her whole
soul would
seemingly
take
fire, her tongue would seemingly utter tidings almost incredible
for a woman,'" of ten exhort and pray for sinners with a' spirituality
I
never
witnessed
in any
other. * * * She was a Baptist, of the high
Calvinistic order, died some fifteen years
ago
in
the
triumphs
of
faith .
Poor
PRICE was a hard working, industrious man, very ignorant, though
no better a man, kind and affectionate, honest and upright in all
his
dealings.
Yet ardent spirits, that bane of all social happiness, was
used by him at times to an excess to the great distress of his family.
He would have sunk all his property, but sister got him, when he first
began, to make over all his property, that
is
the Negroes, to his
children. It placed wife and children independent of tne old man, and
I have thought bore a little hard on him, and I cannot help fearing it
made
him do worse than he would have done. He has been dead some two
years .
The sixth was sister FANNY, a small delicate woman, dark skin and very
black
hair, coarse
features, but a very beautiful figure. She was
much afflicted, say from 13 until she was near
30 years
old, often
having fits, suffering a great many deaths, the family often expecting
for days at a time for her to die. When about thirty she became
more
healthy and married GEORGE GETZEN, a poor man, but as good as any man.
They lived happily together for some twenty years, had one son SAMUEL,
and
two daughters, POLLY and FANNY, who both married DRURY MORGAN, a
son of Sister NANCY S. SAMUAL is a Baptist preacher, is doing
well,
stands
high as a preacher, not for his talents, but for his christian
deportment and deepfelt piety and holy deportment. He now, July
5,
1849,
belongs
to the Missionary Baptist and is of the A r m m i a n cast,
lives in Edgefield District, SC, 13 or 14 miles from Augusta. My dear
Sister
FANNY has
been
dead many years * * * she lived a christian,
died a christian * * *.
KELLY: FANNY PACE was born January 2, 1774, married GEORGE GETZEN
about
1803, died
July
13, 1811, according
to the records of her
descendants. GEORGE GETZEN was born March 17, 1777 son of SAMUEL
and
SUSAL
LIMBECKER
GETZEN
and he married #2 SALLY QUARLES November 21,
1811, died
April 29, 1855. SAMUEL PACE GETZEN
was born
September
25,1806,
and
died
February 11, 1891. He married MARY ANN SULLIVAN.
His journal is still in the
possession of his descendants, and
is
very
interesting.
POLLY was born August 6, 1804 and was the second
wife of her
cousin, DRURY
MORGAN, whose
first wife
is said
by
descendants
to have been MARY
ROBERTSON, not FANNY GETZEN.
NANCY
MORGAN, daughter of DRURY MORGAN and POLLY GETZEN, married her cousin,
JOSEPH BUSSEY, and they were parents of JOHN MORGAN BUSSEY, now living
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(1942) at Parksville, SC. The other daughter, NANCY GETZEN, was
born
November
10, 1808, married OSBORN JENNINGS, and they moved to Texas,
according to the family.
BARNABAS:
I must say a few things of Brother GETZEN for he has been a
man worthy
of imitation in every way. When he married my sister he
owned and lived upon 50 acres of poor, gray, black jack land,
some
stock
and
a horse. and
he acquired by sister a Negro girl nearly
grown, and land which he sold for $300.00, and
before he owned
any
more
land he had bought eight or ten Negroes that he made off of that
land. He then commenced buying land and Negroes. He now owns
some
forty slaves and 1500 acres of land, and has never moved more than one
mile from where he first settled. Having bought a tract with
a good
dwelling house on the main market road from the up country to Augusta,
thirteen miles from Augusta, he moved to it where he now lives.
he
early learned -That in this the art of living lies,
To want no more than may suffice
And make that little do.
He never seemed in a hurry about his business, but worked by the rule,
smooth, easy
and
constant, and
had
a place
for everything and
everything in its place, a very easy talking man, never speaking
loud
to his wife
or Negroes, yet determined in all his ways, though kind
and tender. After sister s death he married a Miss QUALLS.
Seventh was a son, DRURY. He lived single until he was about
thirty
years
old.
When he was
a good, stout
lad he was bitten by a
rattlesnake, which came very near taking his life, his jaws became set
and
he was
speechless.
Having
to send five or six miles after a
doctor for snake bites who came and brought some white worm
looking
roots
which
he had
boiled
in sweet milk and poured down him — no
quicker done than brother began to mend, and in some two hours he was
able
to sit up talking and laughing. And every year when the time of
the year came that he was bitten he seemed a little
deranged
in his
mind.
He was a large
boney man. At about 30 he marrled.PHEREBY
JONES. By her he had
three sons, CHARLES, AUGUSTUS
and
DRURY.
AUGUSTUS
was never married and died in his prime of manhood. . DRURY
and CHARLES married and are living in' DeKalb
Co. GA.
Your
Uncle,
after
living
with
his wife ten years was attacked with cold plague,
and lived about forty hours from the time he was taken, dying
at my
house in March, on Monday after the third Sunday, 1817.
Eighth
was sister MARY who married
JOHN DARLIN, a poor, lazy, sorry
harmless
man, never
did
any good, spent all he had, not
bj
by
dissipation, but laziness ate it up. They had five children, two sons
and three daughters. Sister died in Autauga Co, Alabama
say
twenty
years
ago. Of the children I know very little, but was informed they
did and were doing surprising well for children left as they were.* *
Nineth was your Uncle RICHARD whom you have seen. he was born
August
9,
1785
and was married in December 1806 to AMIE BUSSEY, daughter of
HEZEKIAH BUSSEY, Mother's brother, and his wife AMY. AMIE
(AMY) was
born
February
11, 1790
in Lincoln
County, GA and died Saturday
evening, July 18, 1846 in Calhoun (then called
Benton) County, AL.
They had two sons and seven daughters. RICHARD died November 18, 1858
in Walker County, Texas and is buried there at Ebenezer Church.
MARY, the oldest, born July 17, 1808 married
JOHN PASCHAL,
1824 raised a family and made considerable property.
LUCRETIA
BUSSEY, born January 1, 1811
and (2) SIMEON H. WEAVER.
Died February
Co AL at
the SIMEON WEAVER
Place.
children. He married a third time after
May
27,
married (1) WILLIAM H. PRICE,
11, 1855, buried
in
Calhoun
SIMEON was a widower with two
her death.
LOUISA, born March 31, 1813 died September 20, 1824 Putnam Co GA
LUCINDA, born August 14, 1816 married November 24, 1835 in Putnam
Co
GA,
LINDSAY
WEAVER (brother of SIMEON, and son of FRANCES HOWARD and
DAVID WEAVER); died December 11, 1879, buried at SIMEON WEAVER Place.
VIRGIL HOMER
born
April 8, 1819; married
ANN CATHERINE MORRISON,
September 29, 1846
in Benton Co AL, had 11 children; died
April
21,
18/9 in Walker County, Texas.
WILLIAM WALLACE, born April 29, 1821, died September 8, 1825 in Putnam
Co GA. This is a favorite name among the BUSSEYS.
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AMIE ELIZABETH born December 28, 1823 in Putnam
Co GA: married
January 19, 1851, SAMUEL CAMP KELLY; died September 22, 1897 in
Calhoun Co AL, buried in Exford AL beside her husband (had 6 sons)
NANCY, born March 3, 1827; married SAMUEL PURRHUS MONTGOMERY, February
12, 1855: died in Walker Co TX December 30, 1883 without Issue. They
were both extremely ugly, according to their photographs, but those
who knew them invariably said they were so loveable that they seemed
beautiful to those who knew them.
VIRGINIA HILL born March 1, 1830: married BENJAMIN GERARD KELLY
(brother of SAMUEL CAMP KELLY who married VIRGINIA'S sister AMIE):
died in Vernon, TX August 3, 1892. They had a numerous family.
NOTE: BARNABAS PACE'S letter is 32 double spaced, pages.
This
transcript has omitted much that was not either genealogical or
historical in nature, or descriptions of individuals personality
and/or character.
what has been omitted is of a religious nature,
describing BARNABAS feelings, etc.
If some phraseology
seems
awkward, that is just the way people talked when this was written —
between 1844 and 1850.
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.•UMNAMC
FAMILY HUSBAND
To AMERICA b e f o r e A p r i l 1616
RICHARD PACE
PACE
GtOUF
-3HYTCT
Hor
1
5
8
6
8
7
_
_
PL
ENGLAND
IKCOtO
Married 5 Oct 1508
Place Sl-fiphney r County Mi Hril P S P Y , 3Je«me of r ^ L r H e l e n N. Byrd
Died
s e e n o t e TTT
Place J a m e s t o w n , VA
Address U l l 9 C o r o n a St
Buried at
Church Aff.
Other wives
1 City, State Tampa FL 33629
Dhie
J a n u a r y 1987
FATHER '_
Bom
Place
AUTHORITIES:
Married
(List volume and page)
Place
Died
PI ace
RICHARD marriage in Ppgis l-pr
Buried at
Church. afL
of St. Dunstan s, Stephnev
MOTHER J
County of Middlesex, England
Born
~
Place
Died
1) Between 16 Feb 1623 and~
Place
Buried a t
9 May 1625 when ISABELLA i s
O lurch aff.
WIFE
Barn
Died
Bjried at
Other husbands
FATHER
aM PERRY
#2 C a p t . WILLIA
P lace
Place^
P ace
(2) F i r s t record of GEBRGE.:1<
p a t e n t 1 Sep 1628 & speaks c
him as "sonn & h e i r e apparei
of RICHARD PACE.
n
lurch Aff.
MOTHER
p ace
p lace
Born
Died
Buried at
alurch
CHILDREN
|
Aff.
Mien
BORN
see ( I )
**
10
Info fm a r t i c l e bv ELEANOR
PACE TERRELL, in B u l l e t i n
#77, Sept. 1986, of PSCE Sc
i e t y of America, 9719 Brown
Road, Jonesboro, Ga 30236.
uirch Aff.
Horn
Married
Died
Buried a t
GEORGE
r e f e r r e d to as " M i s t r e s s
PERRY"
To AMERICA bef A p r i l 1616
ISABELLA SMY TH
P lace
ENGLAND
lace
C
h
a
r
l
e
s
C
i
t
y
Co,VIRGINIA
P
Virginia
WVicrt*
(_)
DIED
Wien
Wiere
bef 1655
Charles Citv Co
Virginia
To whom
MARRIED
When
SARAH MAYCOCK
1637
VA
Where
IfUINtMl
HUSBAND_
Bom
Married
GEORGE PACE
( 1 ) Place
Place
Pl a c t ? C h a r i e s
Church Aff.
To37
Died
bef
1655
City
Buried at
Other waves
FATHER
RICHARD PACE
~W7T
Born
Place
Married
5 Uct IbUb
Place] C o u n t y M i d d l e s e x ,
Died
see note (2)
Place J a m e s t o w n . VA
Buried at
Church afL
MOTHER_
ISABELLA SMYTH
Born • p r o b a b l y c 1 6 8
PI ace
pi ace C h a r l e s C i t y C o ,
Died
Buried a t
Church aff.
WIFE,
bef
Died
Buried at
Other husbands
FATHER
1655
\
Born
Married
Died m a s s a c r e
Buried at
MOTHER
Bom
( L i s t volume and page)
m
RICHARD PACE died betwepn
16 Feb 1623 & 9 Mav 1625.
Land patent dated 1 Sep 1628
is- first record of GEORGE
and speaks of him as "sonn &
heire apparent" of RICHARD
PACE.
(2) See Note (1) above.
England
VA
l_
City
Co
VA
Info fm article by ELEANOR PACK
TERRELL, in Bulletin #77. Sept.
1986 of PACE Society of
America. Her address 9719
Brown Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30236.
AND, article in Bulletin #75.
" March 1986
W
t
Place
Place
Church Aff.
CHILDREN
When
BORN
(3) Son of ROGER MAYCOCK.hnshnndma-n of Yelyerstaf t,. Northamptonshire , England-".
'•- *-; -
niF.D
Where
When
betwn ibJ4" ST LbM 1
•SHI-
RICHARD I I
AUTHORITIES:
SAMUEL MAYCOCK
Place N o r t h a m p t o n s h i r e , E n g l a n d
PI ace^
2 2 Mar 1 6 2 2
VA
Place
Church Aff.
Died
Buried at
St
TT
Charles
Church Aff.
L_
H e l e n N. Byrd
Address U119 C o r o n a
England
ENGLAND
Place.
P]ace
Name of rni-npiliir
City, S t a t e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l _ _ _ i _ . _
Date
J a n u a r y 1987
SARAH MAYCOCK
Bom J
, PACE
" MAYCOCK
y_A_
YA.
County,
V4
Virginia
....
_)
1
* * "Where
To •horn
MARRIED
When
Where
MARY KNOWLES ''•''•
MARY BAKER 77
•J
FAMILY HUSBAND
CtOUP Bom
between
IfCOlO
Married by i b b l "
1'SUMN A
RICHARD PACE I I
Charles City
1634 & 1638~ph.ce
Place"
Place"
Charles City
Church Aff.
Pl.CE
C o u n t y , VA
VA_
C o u n t y . VA
Name of r W r - T i i - , * f e l e n N . B y r d
1677
Died
Buried a t
Other wives
GEORGE PACE
FATHER
Bom
Place
PROB C h a r l e s C i t y C o . VA
T53T
Married
Placed
VA
bef 1655
Died
Place
VA
Buried a t
Church aff..
MOTHER m
SARAH MAYCOCK
Born_ "
Place.
Died
Place] Charles City County, VA
before 1655
Buried a t
Church aff.
Address U119 C o r o n a
City. State Tampa' FL 3 3 6 2 9
C^te
January 1987
AUTHORITIES:
( L i s t volune and page)
Article in Bulletin #77, of
BACE Soc of America, bv
ELEANOR PAGE TF.RRF.T.T 9719
Brown Rd, Jonesboro GA 302;
AND article in Bulletin WTS
by Maj. ROBERT T. POOLE-MAJL(
151 Mass Ave, Congers, NY
10920
(1) GE0RGK"S father RIOGRTT
died betwn ib Feb lb23 and
9 May 1625. Land patent dtc
1 Sep 1628 first~record of
Iii
TT
WIFE
Bom
Died
ftjried at
Other husbands
FATHER
\
Bom
Married
Died
Buried a t
MOTHER ~
Bom
~
Died
Biried at
MARY 7NOWT.FS? MAPV RAFTT?*?
Place_
Place]
Church Aff.
#2 NICHOUTWHITMORE bv 1692
JOHN KNOWLES?
RICHARD BAKER ?
Place
Place^
Place
Church Aff.
MARY BROADNAX (KNOWLES) ?
Place^
Place]
Church Aff.
CHILDREN
BORN
When
Where
1662
Middlesex Co VA
GEORGE & speaks of him as
"sonne & heire apparant" of
RICHARD
Info re children from Famil*.
Records sheet fm Mrs.TYERRFJ
DIKI)
Wt\e>T\
St
*T,en*
MARR I F.D
To >**hom When
Where
#2 JOHN HAMLIN
SARAH
lbo4
"liddlesex Co VA
#1 THOMAS RAVENS'CROFT,
ELIZABETH
lobb
Middlesex Co VA
1741
VA
SARAH WOODLIEF
1706 ?
GEORGE II
16b8? 1672?
Middlesex Co VA
w/7 Mar 1720-1
VA
ELIZABETH NEWSOME
c 1693
JOHN
1670
Middlesex Co vA
SARAH EPPES
JAMES
i
1672
Middlesex Co VA
VA
1727
ELIZABETH LOWE
1689 ?
1736-8
Bertie County NC
REBECCA POYTHRESS
c 1698-9
THOMAS
1674
Middlesex Co VA
ANN
**
RICHARD III
10
•
1676 ??
Charles City Co
VA
Si
H
RICHARD PACE, I I I
HUSBAND
Bom
1676
Place C h a r l e s C i t y Co, VA
Married c l b 9 9
Place
VA_
Died
1/36-38"
Place B e r t i e Co, NC
Buried at
Church Aff.
Other wives
RICHARD PACE, II
FATHER _'
Bom
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Buried at
Churcli aff.
MOTHER J
MARY KNOWLES ?? (BAKER 1)
3orn_
Place
Died
Place
Buried at
Church aff.
l-H-MSi***
"POLiTHkESS
Nam. of r - - . - . - * * « N. BYRD
Address U119 C o r o n a St
City, State Tampa FL 33629
Dae
F e b r u a r y 1987
AUTHORITIES:
(List volume and page)
I n f o fm ELEANOR PAP.F TF.KEFTT,
9719 Brown Rd, J o n e s b o r o GA
3 0 2 3 6 . who c i t e s M i s s ANNIE
.jones "History of PACE Family"
RICHARD Ill's will recorded in
Grimes, Abstracts of NC Wills,
page 276
W i l l d a t e d 13 March 1 7 3 6 :
p r o b a t e d F e b r u a r y Term 1738
REBECCA POYTHRESS
•VIFE.
c ibO
Place Charles City Co, V T
Bom_
art i/jb
PIace Bertie Co, NC
Died
ftiried at
Church Aff.
Other husbands
r'RANCIS POYTHRESS
FATHER
_
'
Bom
Place
Married
Place,
Died
Place
Church Aff.
Buried at
REBECCA
COGAN
MOTHER J
3orn
Place
Died
Place
Church Aff.
Buried at
BORN
DIED
CHILDREN
Wheri
Whc re
I b7?3-T70(7
When
1777-79
**
RICHARD PACE, IV
W*#»re
/ 73.3
VA
CELTA BOYKTN
1772-5
Northampton Co NC L733
VA
"1764
REBECCA
When
ELIZABETH CAIN
,
1765
AMELIA (AMY') BOYKTN
Northampton Co NC
1712
WILLIAM
To vdiom
VA
1706
THOMAS
MARRI ED
Where
JOHN BRADFORD #1
1713 #2WM. AYCOCK
VA
STEWARD/STEWART
ANN
VA
JOHN GREEN
AMY
VA
GREEN
FRANCES
VA
JOHN MOORE
TABITHA
(d 1753)
VA
WILLIAM JOHNSON
MARGARET (MARY)
VA
HOUSE
SARAH
—
VA
o7
FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY
35 NORTH WEST TEMPLE ST
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84150
WILLIAM PACE bequeathed 10 slaves to his children:
HARDY PACE, his son listed
26 Slaves (Bulletin #7, PACE Soc). Children of WILLIAM were HARDY, WINIFRED,
SOLOMON, WILLIAM, PENELOPE AND STEPHEN.
HARDY married LUCY, 1792, ch: REBECCA, WILLIAM, RICHARD, ELIZABETH (m RICHARD
MOORE), THOMAS
and P
(could not read looked like Publes??)
-35-
f>
'auKNAMS
f HUSBAND
RICHARD PACE, IV
pBor-n
1699-1700
F lace
VA
Married 1723
P lace B e r t i e P r e c i n c t , NC
Died
1777-9
p lace S t . P a u l ' s P a r i s h , GA
Buried at i n SC
Church Aff.
Other wives
FATHER
RICHARD PACE, I I I
BDm
1676
p lace C h a r l e s C i t v Co, VA
Married C 1699
p lace
VA
Died
1736-8
p lace B e r t i e Co, NC
Buried at
C *iurci]_ aff.
MOTHER
REBECCA POYTHRESS
P1
Born • c 1675
ace Chprlpc; CM r y Cn VA
Died
a f t 1/36
p ace B e r t i e Co NC
Buried at
Olurch aff.
PACE
CAIN
j -*.-.. „/ r n -, P *i*rHelen N. Byrd
Address U-LJ-7 *_*OrOi_c_ oX
r-ty » , _ , Tampa FL 33629
Dhte F e b r u a r y
1987
AUTHORITIES:
(List volume and page)
I n f o fm ELEANOR PACE TERRF.T.T.
9719 Brown Rd, J o n e s b o r o . GA
3 0 2 3 6 . C i t e s ANNIE JONES,
among o t h e r s , who w r o r p
"HISTORY OF PACE FAMILY"
RICHARD IV s o l d p r o p e r t y
WIFE
ELIZABETH CAIN
NC i n 1744
Bom
i /da
p ace P r i n c e George Co, VA
Died
1//5
p lace
Buried at
i n SC
Qlurch Aff.
Other husbands
FATHER
JAMES CAIN
ft>rn
Place
Married
Place^
Died
P ace
Buried at
Church Aff.
MOTHER
„
Bom
Place
1
Died
Place
Buried at
Church Aff.
MARRIED
BORN
DIED
CHILDREN
Where
To Mrhom When
Where
When
Where
When
l"72"
DUPRF.F,
Bertie
Co NC
1745
i
JAMES
i/2b
1790-96
MARY NEWSOM
**
B e r t i e Co NC
1747
SILAS
1/28-30
1778
GARNETT
B e r t i e Co NC
SC
CHARLES
in
1
1730-34 •
B e r t i e Co NC
1777
1734-49
B e r t i e Co NC
a f t 1775
b e f o r e 1797
1736-38
B e r t i e Co, NC
1794
bd i n GA
??
fTnd-iarC)
a f t 1773 f r p m r d q i n Wi^pcCn CA
#1 C h a r l o t t e ??
1755
#2 SARAH DAY 1770
DREDZIL
RICHARD, V
never
married
?
1756
COX
THOMAS
1740
B e r t i e Co NC
dau
6 Aug 1742
• L i n c o l n Co SC
3 Sen 1 S 0 1
Parksville,
1738-43
B e r t i e Co, NC
1783 3 March
w/p W i l k e s Co GA
1747
B e r t i e Co NC
3 Aug 1831 ( 1 8 2 7 )
'
SC
DRURY
MARY BUSSEY (b 2 Mar 1745
1768 ? - O c t 1772 ? i n SC
(d J u l y 1806)
never married
KNOWLES (NOEL)
BARNABAS
(over)
#1 1768 AGNES \YCXTX d
3 Aug 1831 m #2 MARY
CASEY
.
#11
WINEFRED (Sally) b in NC m 1748, ARTHUR FORT
#12
dau
b in NC, m ?0'DANIEL
#13
dau
b in NC
RICHARD IV land grant see Candler's Colonial Records of GA, VII,
page 903 - Feb 1759
JAMES PACE, a tavern keeper in St. Matthews Parish, Jan 12, 1776 - see
page 96, Chandler's Rev. Records. Mentions he & a Mr. HALL were
Kings Men. The State of GA conscifated his land and on 3 Jan 1783 the
state sold 375 acres of JAMES PACE'S land to ABRAHAM RAVOT, page 518.
National DAR # 187601. 4 Jan 1923 and Natl. #127337 - descendant of DRURY
PACE, Captain in Militia of South Carolina thru dau fannie
-37-
SILAS PACE
HUSBAND
Bom
T7_5"
Place
B e r t i e C o , NC
Married h P f 3Q May 1 H ' \
Place
Died
5 e f o r e 1790
Place
E d g e f i e l d C o , SC
Buried a t i n SC
E d g e f i e l d CoChurch Aff.
Other wives
RICHARD PACE, IV
FATHER
Bom
1690-1700
Place
VA
Vbrried 1 7 2 3
P l a c e ' Bertie Precinct, NC
1775-9
Died
PI ace S t . P a u l ' s P a r i s h , GA *
Buried a t
Churchaff.
-.OTHER "
ELIZABETH CAIN
3orn_
1708
Place P r i n c e G e o r g e C o , I L
Died"
1775
Place
Buried a t
i n SC
Church aff.
VIFE
PACE
NEWSOM
Name of C o m p i l e r M d M _ J L _ B Y E I L
Addresa 1*119 C o r o n a
City, mat*. Tampa FL : 3 3 6 2 9
February 1987
Date
AUTHORITIES:
( L i s t volune and page)
_____»_ C o l n m h i a Cn CA
I n f o fm ELEANOR PACE TERRELL.
9 7 1 9 . B r o w n Rri , I f l n p ^ h n r n , Gi
W^o~.
One of the Family Group Sheets
received fm Mrs. TERRELL, said
that SILAS married in 1747;
another said 1774. First ch
shown born in 1772 ???
MARY NEWSOM
a>m
PL
PI ace C o l u m b i a C o , GA
D i e d _ TB07T
Buried a t
Church Aff.
Dther husbands
FATHER
_
SOLOMON NEWSOM, Sr.
Born
Place
Vfarried
Place,
Died
Place
Church Aff.
[Juried a t
MARTHA MATTHEWS
MOTHER J
3orn
Place
Died
Place_
Buried at
Church Aff.
:HILDREN
BORN
When
DIED
Where
When
1 863
. c 1772
St
Where
MARRIED
To <**ho*n When
Where
ZACAHARIA RAY
SARAH
c 1774
1832
Abbeville, SC
c 1776
May 1823
Bibb Co. GA
SARAH ?
JOHN
*-*
WILLIAM
c 1778
•
1811
Abbeville, SC
#1 BATHINA COX
#2 MARTHA HTTON r 23 J,mP
1816. Columbia Co GA
ELIZABETH FOREMAN
1
SILAS
c 1779
1828
Dallas Co, AL
did not marrv
DAVID
c 1784
ALLEN JOHNSON
MARY ANN
j
MU
i
WILLIAM PACE
fAM-Vf HUSBAND
G t O U F r,
Place
IECOI0 H
Married #2 2 3 J u n e 1 8 1 6
Place" C o l u m b i a Co GA
Died
b e f o r e 12 Mav 1 8 2 3
Place" B i b b ( n o w M a c o n ) Co GA
Buried a t
Church Aff.
Other wives
# 1 BATHENIA COX ( d / o CHRISTOPHER C O X , E d g e f i e l d
SILAS PACE
FATHER
1726
Bom
Bertie Co NC
Place
Married
Placed
before 1790
Died
Place_ Edgefield Co SC
Buried a t
Church, aff.
MOTHER_
MARY NEWSOM
Bom_
I T
Place.
T502T
Died
P l a c e _ _ ColumbiaCo, GA
Buried a t
Church aff.
'"^ACE
Name of Compiler.
Addresa U119 C o r o n a
S(
Clty>
4 Jan 1987 in response to
Query m PAC Society BULLET!
#78, Dec 1986
(1) One family group sheet
received fm Mrs. TERRELL,
gave date of 1747: another
said 1774. First ch shown
born in 1772 ??
Place
Buried at
Other husbands
FATHER
Bam
Married
Died
Buried at
MOTHER J
Bom
"
Died
Buried at
1836
Placed B i b b
m 17 F e b
1825
Place
Place
Church Aff.
CHILDREN
BORN
When
by 1st wife
Co CA
Church Aff.
# 2 ROBERT PATTON ( d 1 8 2 6 ) ,
WILLIAM HIXON
Place
Place^
Place
Church Aff.
ELIZABETH
St
33629
TKRREIJ., 971,9 Brown Rd
~GA 3Q236. ltr
J o n e s b o>ro,
i
#2 MARTHA ("PATSY") HIXSON
bv M a r c h
g f t . , Tampa FL
Date
J a n u a r y 1987
AUTHORITIES:
( L i s t volume and page)
I n f o fm M r s . ELEANOR PACE
in
WIFE.
Bom_
Died
HIXSON
HELEN N. BYPn
MARRIED
DIED
Where
When
Where
To vafiom
When
Where
.c 1802 ?
Columbia Co GA
CHARLES LeROY
c 1806 ?
Columbia Co GA
BARTLEY B.
c 1811 ?
Columbia Co gA
PERNALTA G. (PERNETTA JACKSC *5
by 2nd wife
c 1818 ? •
Columbia Co GA
WILLIAM DREADZIL
(age 29, 1«5U census)
c 1820
Columbia Co GA
RICHARD E. PARIS
(age 24-1850:35-1860)
c 1822
Columbia Co GA
SARAH E. (SARAH M. C. 0.)
1
1
10
_
DAVID PATTON
17 Julv 1828. Bibb Co GA
MARY ANN POLLARD
28 Feb 1847
Marion Co GA
29 March 1852
ERSA SUSAN GILES
Sumter Co GA
18 Jan 1846
Marion Co GA
GREEN THOMAS ETHEREDGE
bd Murray's Cross 18 Jan 1846
Roads, Schlev Co GA
Marri>on Co GA
GREEN THOMAS ETHEREDGE
HUSBAND
Bom
C 1820-23
Place Macon Co GA
111
Married
18 J a n 1846
( 2 ) Place Marion Co GA
Died
E 1902-5 a g e 82 y r s Placed S c h l e y Co GA
Buried at Concord Cemetery
Church Aff
Other wives
FATHER
Bom
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Buried at
Church, aff-.
MOTHER J
Born_
Place.
Died
Place
Buried at
Church aff.
SARAH E. PACE
WIFE_
ETHEREDGE
PACE
Name of Compiler
!__J
City. State Tamjpa FL 33629
Dhte J a n u a r y 1987
AUTHORITIES:
(List volume and page)
(SARAH M. C. 0. PACE)
Place Columbia Co GA
1825-6
"TT
young"
after 1860 PI ace S c h l e y Co GA
Died
Buried at M u r r a y ' s CrossroadsL^itohxAi<f. S c h e l y Co GA
Other husbands
FATHER
WILLIAM PACE
Bom
Place,
Vfarried
#2 23 J u n e 1816
Place,, Columbia Co GA
Died
bef 12 May 1 8 2 3 —
Place* Bibb (now Macon) Co GA
Buried at
Church Aff.
#2 MARTHA ("PATSY") HIXSON
MOTHER.
Bom
Place
Died"
bv March 1836
Prace Bibb- Co GA
Buried at
Church Aff
Born J ]
BORN
CHILDREN
When
Address h ! 1 9 C o r o n a St
(1) 1850 Macon Co Census, age
30 (1820) born in GA; 1860
Macon co GA Census, age 37
(1823) born in GA
(2) "EARLY GA MARRIAGES". Bk
4, bv JOSEPH T. MADDOX
(3) Tombstone Concord Cemetery
can only be read. "82 vears"
(4) Age 1850 census 24 (18261
1860 census, age 35 (1825):
Mrs. TERRELL says more ant
c 1822
(5) Family legend
(6) Death Certificate
(7) Family says THOMAS WILLIAM;
census listed reverse
(8) Tombstone Concord Cemetery
PACE i n t o t m r l r s .
MARRIED
DIED
Whcrr
When
TERRELL
Where
To whom
When
Where
28 March 184/ (b) 8 April 1931 (6) did not marrv
Macon Co GA
Ellaville, Schley
JAMES ROBERT
Co GA
(age 3 months, 1850 census) c 1849-50
GA
does not appear
MARTHA
on 1860 census
(age 9, 1860 census)
28 Dec 1852 (8) 25 Feb 1907 (8) MARTHA ELIZABETH MURRAY
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Macon Co GA
Schlev Co GA
Burke Co GA
THOMAS WILLIAM
BD Concord Cem
(age 1, 1860 census)
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Reference - S. C. Archives
Royal Grants
Vol. 28, p. 105
Description
Grant to Silas Pace
TOO A. - Granville
Jan. 20, 1773 _
S O UT'H-'C A R O l l
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an J IHF.LAND, KING, Defender of the Faith, and fo.forth. To ALL TO WHOM '1 HKSE 1*-<US H N T S fs-t.vi.i. C O M R , . G R E E T I N G : KNOW YE, THAT WE of our fpecial Grace,
certain KnowLdgc and mere Motion, have given and wanted, and by thefe Prefents, for u.,
OUT heirs and fucceliburs, DO GIVE AND GRANT unto J < / , / 2 M / - y ,-, ,•• • • ',-. • '
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And hath foch (hape, form and marki. as appear by a plat thereof, hereunto annexed : Together with all
•woods, under-woods, timber and timber-trees, lakes, ponds, fifhings, vaters, water-courfes, profits
commodities, appurtenances and hereditaments whatsoever, thereunto belonging or in any wife appertain( "u^: Together with privilege of hunting, hawking and fowling in ami upon tht fame, and all mine*- and
•••.iner.il-. whatsoever; Hiving and referring, neverthelefs, to us, our hens and luccefiburs, ah white pinetrees, ir any there fliould be found growing thereon : And alfo faving and rcierving. ncverthelefs, tu us. our
hci; •• and fucceffours, cue tenth-part of mines of gold and lilver only: T u H AVE'A Is D 1 0 H O L D ,
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acres of land and all and fingu'.ar other the
prcruius hereby granted unto the faid--. ^ A ^ S ,
Qf bcirs and afligns for ever, in free and common foccagc,:
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unto u«, our heirs and fucccflourj, or to our HeceiveryGeneral for the time heinjr, or to his Deputy or
Deputies fc.r the time beine, yearly, that is to lay, on s/StiS twenty-fifth dav of March, in every year,, at the
rate ot three fhillings flerlin^, or iour fhillinjis proclamation money. f<-r every htu drcd acres, and lo in
proportion according to the t w / * , ' o f acres, contained herein • the fame to commence at the expiration
years from the date, h$reoL/'fP/a-jtdsd always, and this prcknt Grant is upon condition, ncAs*
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number of acres herein contained; AND ALSO fhall and do enter a minute or docket o f t n e i our
letters patent in the office of our r\uditor-General for the time being, in our laid Province, within &Sifzy\
months irom the date hem f; AND upon coiidinoji, that if the faid rent, hereby refcrved, fhall happen
to be in air--ar and unpaid for the fpacenol yfy&z^sS )ears frcm the time it fhall become due, and no
diltrcfs can be found on the laid iaiidj^^nemeivti-and heredua-ments hereby granted; or if the faid
^u/—h-firs or affi-jns mall neglecl to clear and cultivate yearly and every year,
.r the rate $//%%?£> •ZC.TZT- for every hundred acres of land, and fo in proportion, according to the number of acres he-ein com *.: u i . o r if a m'.mits or d >cket of thefe our letters patent, fhall not be entered
in the office of our Auditor-Gei.cial for the time being, in our faid Province, within LA/,'i%y months from
the date hereof, that then and in any of thefe cife-., this pr fent Grant fhall ceale, and determine ;.nd be
Utterly void; and the faid lands tenements and hereditaments hereby granted, and every part and parcel (hereof, {hail revert to us, our heirs and iucceifouis, as fully and abfolutely, as if the fame had never been granted.
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SURNAME INDEX
NAMES OTHER THAN PACE
ADAMS
27
ANDERSON
21
AYCOCK
4-9-18-20-36
AYERS
11
BAKER
2-32-33-34
BAUGH
2
BEE
19
BOYKIN
4-34
BRADFORD
4-34
BREAZEALE
11
BREEDLOVE
26
BROADNAX
3-33
BROITHAUPT
26
BUGG
26
BULLOCH
13
BURNETT
13
BUSSEY
8-22-25-26-27-28-29-36
CAIN
4-7-17-18-21-34-36-38
CARR
19
CASEY
9-20-36
CATLETT
25
COGAN
4-34
COLLINS
13
COX
9-10-12-13-20-23-36-38-39
CURSTAFNEY
28
DARLIN
29
DAY
8-26-36
DENT
19
DILL
26
DODWELL
27
DORMAN
16
DOZIER
10
DREW
2
DUNHAM ;
28
DUPREE "
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8-36
ELAM
11
EPPES
' 3-33
ETHEREDGE
16-39-40
FALKNER
28
FINLEY
11
FITZGERALD
13-14
FLEWELLIN
13-14
FOREMAN
10-12-38
FORT
9-20-21-37
GARDNER
27
GARNETT
8-19-20-36
GEORGE
6-7
GETZEN
27-28-29
GILES
16-39
GLOVER
26-27
GREEN
4-34
GREZEZIL
11
HALL
11-37
HAMMOND
8-20
HAMLIN
3-33
HARDEE
7
HARDY
18
HAYNES
28
HENDERSON
28
HICKSON/HIX(S)ON 10-12-13-14-15
16-38-39-40
HIGHTOWER
26
HILL
30
HITT
26
HOLIDAY
21
HOLLAND
26-28
HOUSE
4-34
HOUSTON
14
HOWARD
13-29
HURST
27
JENNINGS
20
JOHNSON
4-10-12-34-38
JONES
3-29-36
KELLY
3-17-18-19-20-21-25
26-27-28-30
KIRKLAND
3
KNOWLES
3-4-6-32-33-34
LEE
21-36
LEIGH
LEVERETT
LIMBECKER
*LYON(S)
MAGRUDER
MARRIOTT
MARTIN
MATTHEWS
MAYCOCK (MAYCOX)
7
27
28
11-19
26
4
23
9-38
2-3-4-5-6
18-31-32-33
McCORKLE
13
MEALING
27
11
MIDDLETON
9
MONTAGUE
27-30
MONTGOMERY
4-34
MOORE
27-28
MORGAN
29
MORRISON
14
MULLEN
16-40
MURRAY
9
MUSGROVE
14
NEAL
NEWSOME 3-4-5-6-9-10-19-21
33-36-38-39
O'DANIEL
9-20-37
27
PARKER
29
PASCHAL
PATTON
13-14-15-39
PERRY
2-3-18-31
POLLARD
3-4-33-34-36
POLYTHRESS
39
POOLE-MALONE
6-33
PRICE
28-29
QUARLES
11-28
RAVENSCROFT
3-33
RAVOT
37
RAY
10-11-12-19-38
RHODES
21-26
ROBERSON
33
ROBERTSON
27-28
RUTLEDGE
23
SCARSBROOK
27
SEGAR
6
SHACKELFORD
8-19
SHEPPARD
3-4
SMITH/SMYTH
1-4-16-31-32
SPENCER
4-5-6
SPURLOCK
9-21
STEWARD/STEWART
4-34
STOCKE
27
28
SULLIVAN
6
TANNER
16
TARVER
2-3-16-40
TAYLOR
3-16-31-32-33-34
TERRELL
36-38-39-40
THOMAS
11
THOMPSON
15
TINSLEY
24
TOMLINSON
21
TOMPKINS
27
WALLACE
29
WARREN
4
WEAVER
16-18-29
WHITE
10-20
WHITEHEAD
21
WHITMORE
3-18
WILBURN
20
WOODLIEF
3-33
WRIGHT
10-26
*LOWE
3-33
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