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Charles Wallace Meredith (1782 - aft. 1846)

Charles Wallace Meredith
Born in Washington County, Virginia, USAmap
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Husband of — married 25 Mar 1801 in Green County, Kentuckymap
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Died after after age 64 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USAmap
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Biography

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Charles Meredith migrated from Virginia to Kentucky.
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This profile is part of the Meredith Name Study.
Son of Nancy Skaggs, born April 22, 1763 in Virginia; died 1840 in Grayson Springs, Grayson County, Kentucky.

Marriage

On 25 Mar 1801 when Charles Wallace was 21, he married Sarah Sally Wells.[1]

Children

Traditionally sons were often called familiarity by their first name, followed by the name of their father. For example, Tom son of Pete would be known as Tom Pete. The sons of Charles Wallace Meredith were often called by their first name, followed by Wallace instead of Charles, e.g., Joe Wallace or Jack Wallace.[2]

Tax Lists

1808: Hardin Co. Tax List

US Census

1810: Grayson County, Kentucky
30110-10010.

Death

Died at homestead on Dismal Creek, Bee Spring, Kentucky. Died after 1846, when he participated in a equity suit, but before the 1850 US Census of Edmonson Co., KY.

Ceremonial Biography

Address by Charles Whittle[3]
We are here tonight because while this was yet an untenanted wildwood, a hardy Virginia pioneer, having sojourned for a time on the headwaters of Green River, mounted his horse, laid his old, big-bore rifle across his saddle, and rode off down through the unbroken woods to the hills of Nolin and fell in love with the wilderness here. Those were the days when the bear stole out from his cavernous retreat, when the deer sped across the hill and valley, when the wolf and the wildcat at night fared forth for food, when the eagle and the turkey perched upon the craigs and in the treetops,----and this old pioneer was a hunter. His name was Joseph Meredith, and as early as 1809 he settled on Rock Creek near where it flows into Nolin from the west. Here he spent the rest of his life and with his good old spouse was laid to rest in death.
It is significant that he built a water-mill, (probably the first one in this immediate part of Kentucky,) to which his neighbors might repair with their breadstuff. It is also significant that he reared ten sons and a number of daughters to perpetuate the family traits of honesty, industry, neighborliness and love of the rifle and the wooded frontier.
For a hundred and twenty-five years his descendants have peopled these hills, and but few have strayed afar.
One of his sons, Charles, (generally known as Charles Wallace Meredith,) crossed Nolin and squatted a few miles down-stream on what is now known as the Old Jimmie Thompson place in the Fork.
They loved these hills, and they were hunters,---these Merediths ..., descendants of the old pioneer immigrant. In the courthouse here is a bundle of wildcat bounty certificates dated 1847 to 1856. Of the one hundred and fifty-five in all, at least forty of them were issued to direct descendants of Joseph Meredith.

Research Notes

Via William R Vincent's website: Oral history says he was a prize fighter in VA, who had to insure his hands because they were considered weapons. (NoteL This is dubious oral history, but may possibly be an indication of his tendency to fist fight.[2])
They had children in Green Co., KY before moving to the Old Jimmy Thompson farm near Nolin River. Their graves were moved when Nolin Dam was built, but the Corps of Engineers have been unable to locate the map of the reburial sites.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Green County Marriage Book A
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bill Vincent - Personal Research
  3. ↑ Public address delivered at Washington Meredith Masonic Lodge No. 355 F. & A. M. on 3 Mar 1934, in commemoration the birthday of Washington Meredith and of George Washington.

See Also

  1. Ancestry Profile (extracted from various Ancestry Family Trees)
  2. Find A Grave: Memorial #148414526 (gravesite moved; location unknown)

DNA Confirmation

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Harpers of Hart Co KY 9 sans mine.ged on 07 February 2011.
  • Meredith-840 was created by Brian Hubbard through the import of u4a2zc_088370b6x2a83h3e452f93.ged on Aug 24, 2014.




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Hornsby-507 Tara (Hornsby) Brooks
According to this profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meredith-839#Note it claims that Charles and Sarah are not the parents of Bradley Meredith. Do we have DNA confirmation that he is or isn't the son of Charles and Sarah? Are there any documents to prove or disprove who Bradley's parents are? I need to know the facts so that I can either correct my family tree on ancestry ( I currently have Charles and Sarah as Bradley's parents) or add any DNA proof connection them.
posted by Tara (Hornsby) Brooks
Vincent-18 Bill Vincent Ph.D.
Meredith-2069 and Meredith-39 appear to represent the same person because: Obviously duplicate profiles.
posted by Bill Vincent Ph.D.
Vincent-18 Bill Vincent Ph.D.
Meredith-840 and Meredith-39 appear to represent the same person because: These are duplicate profiles. Please merge.
posted by Bill Vincent Ph.D.
Sadler-748 Jean Sadler
Who are the children of Charles W Meredith
posted by Jean Sadler

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