John Layman (abt. 1815 - 1885)

Born about 1815 in , Botetourt County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Magdaline (Firebaugh) Layman — married 4 Oct 1835 in Botetourt County, Va.

Descendants

Died 1885 at about age 70 in Catawba, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Early life

Jacob Layman ,son of Christian Layman from Botetourt County, Virginia, married Sarah Baker. They had eight children. the Jacob family moved to Greene County Ohio in 1835 with the exception of son John. John ran away from home the night before the family was to leave for Ohio. He had fallen in love with Mary Magdalene "Polly" Firebaugh, daughter of Philip Firebaugh and did not want to leave her. They got married.

By Jimmy N. Layman

John was born in 1815 and passed away in 1885. John and wife Polly moved to Catawba, Va. in Roanoke County in 1836. John was a prosperous planter and had a domestic servant (No record of any slaves). They lived in a log house near the road (road was from Fincastle to Blacksburg which is about 10 miles northeast of Blacksburg) and lived on land purchased by Polly's father Phillip Firebaugh. Phillip Firebaugh at his death willed (Recorded in Fincastle, va.) to Polly for her lifetime, then to her children this land. Later John bought land to the west of their farm where the current Layman home place is today. John and his two sons Phillip and William enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1864. John was 49, Phillip 17 (2 days shy of being 18) and William Buck was 26.

Sources

• First-hand information as remembered by Nancy Wiggers, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

• Craig County Virginia Heritage. (n.d.). (n.p.): S. E. Grose.

• History of Virginia. (1924). United States: American historical Society.

This information, records and notes having been compiled over the years by my mother (Marie W. Layman) and her cousins.....particularly Ruth Elizabeth Layman Wampler and Opal Claudine Layman Chambers (both deceased) and passed on to me (Jimmy Layman).

• Layman Leaman Lemon Book; compiled by Mary Nash Layman Woodmansee, Doylestown, Pa. 1983-84.

Reference page 125 - Layman Ancestry of William Robert Shelton.