William S. Short (1768 - 1858)

Born 15 May 1768 in Burke, North Carolina

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Died 4 Jul 1858 at age 90 in Pound, Wise, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William "Grancer" Short was born in 1766 in N.C. He died on 4 Jul 1851 in Pound Gap, VA. Was called "Old William of Pound". He was one of the first settlers of The Pound. It is believed that he had 25 to 30 children by his two wives.

William "Grancer" Short married first Elizabeth Bolling (daughter of Benjamin Bolling and Martha "Patsy" Phelps / Felps ) was born in 1767 in N.C. Martha may have died in childbirth when Elizabeth was born; Martha "Patsy" Phelps d. 3 Mar 1767-- Elizabeth b. 1767. William "Grancer" Short and Elizabeth Bolling had the following children:

1. Benjamin (1792-1877)
2. Adam "Ad" Short was born in 1794 in TN. Settled at the mouth of Bearhole in Wyoming Co. WV; this info is in Wyoming Co., WV History. (1794-1867)
3. Charles Anderson (1799-1875)
4. Rebecca (1800-ca 1875), married Burchfield
5. Virginia Jane "Jennie" (1803-1871), married David Mullins<ref# Joseph (1793-?)
6. William Granville "Buck" (1805-1879)
7. Elizabeth (1806-1845)
8. Nathaniel Short was born in 1809.
9. Aaron Short. (?)

After the death of Elizabeth Bolling Short at Pound, Va. William "Grancer" Short married Polly Birchfield (daughter of Unknown Birchfield and Unknown Unknown ). Polly Birchfiled was born in 1785 in Bancombe Co., NC. William "Grancer" Short and Polly Birchfield had the following children:

1. Daniel Henry (1812-1891)
2. Providance (1813-1865)
3. James Tipton "Beardy Jim" (1817-1884)
4. Alexander (1820-aft 1861)^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.potterflats.com/d683.html

• Birth Certificate of George Russell Beebe, Registration 398-5554-428 (1920), Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services - Bureau of Vital Records, Personal copy in the files of Barbara Beebe

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DP-C85 : 9 November 2014), William Short in household of Joseph Short, Russell county, part of, Russell, Virginia, United States; citing family 285, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Also see: Find A Grave: Memorial #41850608