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Armistead Shelton Nowlin (abt. 1811 - 1861)

Armistead Shelton Nowlin
Born about in Tennessee, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 4 Oct 1837 (to before Jul 1851) in Pittsylvania County, Virginiamap
Husband of — married 9 Jun 1851 in Pittsylvania County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 50 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

Timeline

4 Oct 1837: married Mary E Stone in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [1]

1840: Armistead Nowlin. Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Free White Males: 0-4, 1. 20-29, 1. Free White Females: 20-29, 1. Slaves Males: 10-23, 1. Slaves Females: 0-9, 1. 24-35, 1. 36-54, 1. 3 persons in family employed in agriculture. [2]

1850 (Slave Schedule): Armistead Nowlin. Pittsylvania County. slaves: 70 year old male, Black. 40 year old female, Black. 20 year old male, Black. [3]

9 Jun 1851: married Mary E Lanier in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [4] [5]

Research Notes

  • A.S. Nowlin of Pittsylvania County, who fought with the 58th Infantry, Virginia, CSA and had five slaves on the 1850 Slave Schedule, appears to be a different person, with a wife named Emma.-----the soldier was likely Archelous Shelton Nowlin, Patrick County, Virginia. Wife Emma E. Higgins. But he was not the slave holder, he was born in 1845.
  • These attached documents show 1)Armistead L Nowlin marriage to Mary E. Stone in 1837, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. 2)1840: Armstead Nowlin, a same aged female and 1 male child living in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and enslaving 4 humans. 3) 1850: an Armistead Nowlin and an A.S. Nowlin as owners of unnamed enslaved people in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. 4)1850: A.S. Nowlin in Pittsylvania County, VA with 4 children (James, Susan, Richard, and Samuel) and an Overseer. 5)Armistead S. Nowlin marriage to Mary Ann Eliza Lanier in 1851 in Pittsylvania County, VA. 6)Armistead S Nowlin appointed Postmaster in Claysville, White, Tennessee 7)1860: A.S. Nowlen with spouse Mary in White County, Tennessee with 7 children (James, Susan, Richard, Samuel, Mary V, John, and David). 8)1860: A.S. Nowlen in White County, Tennessee as the named owner of 9 unnamed enslaved people.

9)1861: death of Armistead Nowlin.

  • There were two Nowlins (Armstead and A.S.) on the Pittsylvania, Virginia 1850 U.S. Slave Schedule, but only one on the White census. Other names on the the Slave Schedule pages that were looked at by this researcher appeared to be duplicate names as well. Is it possible that there were errors and the county recounted/revisited some folks? I have included both as sources here.
  • Armistead's first son Richard W reported his whole life (except on the 1850 U.S. Census) that he was born in Missouri (1838) and not Virginia as one might expect because the next 3 children were born in Virginia. But Armistead's parents moved to Missouri from Tennessee sometime between 1830 and 1840. Maybe Armistead and Mary were there for a time before returning to Virginia.


Sources

  1. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3G-ZHF : 5 December 2014), Armistead L. Nowlin and Mary E. Stone, 04 Oct 1837; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 115; FHL microfilm 33,326.
  2. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBW-2DW : 24 August 2015), Armstead Nowlin, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing p. 132, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 573; FHL microfilm 29,691.
  3. "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SWQ-G32?cc=1420440&wc=MJCD-2JM%3A1042937501%2C1043003101%2C1043003102 : 22 May 2014), Virginia > Pittsylvania > Pittsylvania county > image 49 of 154; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3G-5ZX : 5 December 2014), Armistead S. Nowlin and Mary E. Lanier, 09 Jun 1851; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 150; FHL microfilm 33,326.
  5. "The Nowlin-Stone Genealogy -, by James Edmund Nowlin, 1916. page 198." edited by Mary Nowlin. published posthumously, Salt Lake City, Utah. (online) https://archive.org/details/nowlinstonegenea00nowl#page/n241/mode/2up.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DV-TMZ : 12 April 2016), A S Nowlin, Pittsylvania county, part of, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing family 760, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).




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