The WikiTree Challenge 2021 Week 33

Date: 18 Aug 2021 to 25 Aug 2021
Location: WikiTree
Surnames/tags: challenges wikitree_challenge

Contents 1 WikiTree Challenge Week 33 1.1 Notes From Lisa 1.2 Photographs 1.3 Resources 1.3.1 Ireland 1.3.2 Scotland 1.3.3 United States 2 Tell Us What You Found!! 2.1 Interesting Finds 2.2 Free Space Pages 2.3 Military Profiles 3 Ancestors 3.1 Brick Walls 3.1.1 Paternal Brick Walls (65 + 38) 3.1.2 Maternal Brick Walls (61 + 30) 3.2 Needs Work 3.2.1 Need Recycling

WikiTree Challenge Week 33

Guest Star: Lisa Lisson

Notes From Lisa

• I have several brick walls. Don't we all! :) Joanna Barrett (b. 1824 Ireland) is my highest priority. Joanna Barrett - brick wall - Came over from Ireland and had the child here and then died, but doesn't line up for her. She thinks younger Joanna was born out of wedlock. She was said to have preserved her husband in a pickle barrel when he died on the ship on the way to the US. Lisa also wants to know how she ended up married to Richard and how they were close enough to get married
• Jesse Haley (b. ~1800 in Halifax County, VA) and King Elliott (b. 1796 in NC/VA) (father of Elias Elliott are two other tough ones, I've been working on. She has document's in Virginia all the way back to Jessie - only missing 9 years of his life. She believes that his father may have died when he was very young. He does not appear in any of their records. Has disproved what other trees say about him.
• Here's a link to a "report" I wrote to myself about Joanna Barrett Wilmoth. I wrote it several years ago, but I really haven't made any progress since then. I'd love to extend that line back and also determine who is the father of her first child, also named Joanna.
• I don't have [a report] for King Elliott, for reference, they lived close to the Halifax County/Mecklenburg County, VA border and the NC/VA border. I have a number of paper records, I haven't uploaded yet for collateral family members. I will say all other researchers claim he died in 1831, but I do have a tax record for him as late as 1838.
• Emma DeLa Thomas is her 2nd great grandma. - She has her father Shepherd and Mary. She went by her mother's name and she has the family bible, confirmed by her death records Oral history by several histories that her father was LaMarr Shepherd. They lived side by side, but nothing that proves that he is actually her father.

Photographs

Note: Please check with your captain, Laura, if there are any questions about the images being protected by copyright.

• add image link here

Resources

Ireland

• National Archives of Ireland Try their census search
• Ireland Church Records Where to find church records with various links
• Ireland Census Substitutes What census records are available, with where to find them
• Ireland Emigration Video on FamilySearch on finding the origins of Irish Immigrants
• Irish Records Civil and Church record database
• Irish Ancestors This maps out where surnames are located, as well as locations in general
• Tracing Irish Roman Catholic Ancestry An overview of how to approach Roman Catholic research
• WikiTree Ireland Project Check for resources and stickers
• Tip: The census records are a good start, and you should be able to find images of all the birth records for each child on irishgenealogy. They have exact birth date, places, fathers Occupation, and mother’s maiden names. Once you get that, you can search for the marriage of the parents, and that gives their fathers names. The civil records are great, but only go back to 1864 for births, a bit earlier for marriages.

Scotland

• Scotlands People search indexes to registers of births, deaths and marriages; census returns; wills and testaments (including soldiers' wills), valuation rolls, Highland and Island Emigration Society records ($)
• Scotlands Places you can view tax rolls, Ordnance Survey name books, and maps and plans.
• Scotland Resources Scotland’s list of source links.
• Scotland Reliable Sources Scotland’s list of reliable source links
• Scottish Archive Network digital copies of selected records from the NRS and other Scottish archives.

United States

• Colony of Virginia 1600-1776 reliable sources.
• Jamestown, Virginia 1600-1776 reliable sources.
• New Jersey Genealogy Links for where you can find sources for New Jersey genealogy.
• New Jersey Online Genealogy FamilySearch list of links for New Jersey.
• North Carolina Online Genealogy FamilySearch list of links for North Carolina.
• North Carolina State Archives Digital collection.
• Online North Carolina Newspapers This is a free site
• Presbyterian Historical Society (NC)
• Province of Carolina 1600-1776 reliable sources.
• Province of North Carolina 1600-1776 reliable sources.
• United States Project States can be accessed for sources and more information by state.
• United States Reliable Sources
• Virginia Online Genealogy FamilySearch list of links for Virginia.
• WikiTree Allowed Markup Brackets, Italics, List items, and other formatting marks

Tell Us What You Found!!

Interesting Finds

List interesting finds to share with the guest at the end of the week

• Elizabeth Sheppard McNair's Family Bible, a gift from her father John A Sheppard (1798-1871)
• Judith (Scott) Wayne (abt.1795-1874) died intestate. Her children fell out over some 88 acres of land she owned, and the chancery proceedings ran to 139 pages. The court sold the land and appointed a receiver to divide the money. She died in 1874 and the proceedings continued until 1882!
• Andrew J. "A.J." Lett was a witness to his neighbors claim against the United States government. According to the suit, 900 pounds of bacon, 3 barrels of flour, 20 barrels of corn, 44 gallons of syrup, 15 chickens, and 200 pounds of fodder were taken from Nehemiah Dickens with no compensation or voucher, for use by the Army. The claim was filed as "disallowed."
• Valentine Holyfield and his commonly confused cousin Lewis Valentine Holyfield could not have lead more different lives. Whilst Valentine spent his life in Surry County and served as a Private in the Confederate Army from 1861-1862 (he was captured at the Battle of Roanoke Island), Lewis became a postmaster in Orleans, Polk County, Missouri and served in the Union Army before settling down in Montgomery County, Kansas.
• William Mayo (1684-1744) May be the famous man who surveyed the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina. There seems to be some dispute whether it is this William Mayo or another who had also been in Barbados. This line appears to go back through Barbados to the Mayo family in Wiltshire, England. No migration record found, but there are parish records to support the given lines.
• Fourth great grandfather Lott Wilmoth applied for homestead exemption in Surry, North Carolina. In 1869, Lott received a homestead exemption for a tract of land: 60 acres on the waters of Mitchell's River adjoining W.R. Wilmoth [likely his son William Richard] and others. He also claimed certain personal property to help avoid these items being sold off by creditors. More information on homestead exemption in North Carolina can be found here: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1799&context=nclr
• Fourth great-grandfather Anderson Thomas (1807-aft.1880) was both a slave owner and a self-proclaimed "Union Man" during the American Civil War. He felt the war was a rich man's war, so he was against it.

Free Space Pages

List of Free Space Pages created for or linked to members of this family.

1. The Humphrey Jennings Fraud
2. Letter from William Wayne to the Court of Chancery regarding his mother
3. Papers related to Tarlton Maddox Brothers suing to have their father, Tarlton Maddox's land divided equally amoung his children and their heirs.
4. The Will of Andrew J. Lett
5. The Will of David Talbot
6. Slaves of David Gwin Talbot
7. The Will of James Booker breaks the brick wall, proving Elizabeth Booker's parents.
8. Slaves of James Booker
9. Slaves of Phebe (Worsham) Booker
10. sources for the Scott surname in Amelia, Virginia
11. Fourth Great-Grandfather Anderson Thomas' Southern Claims Commission Claim - he claimed to be a "Union Man" and sought compensation for food and livestock taken by the Union Army during the American Civil War.
12. Will of James Dalrymple
13. Langley Talbots of Virginia - Conflation

Military Profiles

Did any of the guest's family serve in the military or military conflicts?

• War of 1812: Leonard Wayne (abt.1790-)
• United States Civil War: John Bunyan Talbot
• Stephen C Haley served in the Confederacy during the Civil War and received a pension from the state of Virginia
• William R. Wilmoth was in the Confederate Army and was a prisoner of war.
• 6th Great-grandfather William Bennett Solomon Served in the Revolutionary War.
• 6th Great-grandfather Joel Sims served as a grand juror and provided supplies during the Revolution. He is a recognized DAR patriot.
• 3rd Great-grandfather Elias Elliott (1831-) served in the Confederate Army in Virginia.
• 6th Great-grandfather Daniel Shelton (1729-1809) served in the Pittsylvania County militia in the American Revolution.
• 3rd Great-grandfather Sherrod Canada served in the Cavalry in the Confederate Army of Virginia.

Ancestors

Brick Walls

These are not all of the brick walls. See the tree in the G2G for additional ancestors. Please remember that each connection needs to be proven up to the brick wall.

Paternal Brick Walls (65 + 38)

1. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Joseph Merritt Talbott ➔ John Talbott: Needs mother proven (different surname) Mother proven
2. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Joseph Merritt Talbott ➔ Sarah Owen ➔ William Owen ➔ Robertson Owen ➔ John William Owen ➔ John Owen: Needs parents
3. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Joseph Merritt Talbott ➔ Sarah Owen ➔ William Owen ➔ Robertson Owen ➔ John William Owen ➔ Phoebe Brackett: Needs parents
4. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Joseph Merritt Talbott ➔ Sarah Owen ➔ William Owen: Needs mother proven
5. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Joseph Merritt Talbott ➔ Sarah Owen ➔ Elizabeth Torlan ➔ Andrew Torlan: Needs parents
6. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Joseph Merritt Talbott ➔ Sarah Owen ➔ Elizabeth Torlan ➔ Sarah Comer: Needs parents
7. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Rosa Bowen ➔ Alexander Bowen ➔ Alfred Bowen: Needs parents
8. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Rosa Bowen ➔ Alexander Bowen ➔ Martha Puryear: Needs parents
9. Boss Henry Talbott ➔ Rosa Bowen ➔ Nancy Keene: Needs parents Nancy's maiden name proven, which makes her the brick wall
10. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Daniel Richardson ➔ George Richardson ➔ Elijah Richardson ➔ Lucy Thompson: Needs parents
11. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Daniel Richardson ➔ George Richardson ➔ Lucy Collie➔ Nancy Jennings: Needs parents
12. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Daniel Richardson ➔ Amanda Payne ➔ Leroy Payne: Needs parents
13. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Daniel Richardson ➔ Amanda Payne ➔ Rachel Hill: Needs parents
14. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Harriett Elliot ➔ Elias Elliot ➔ King Elliott ➔ Robert Elliot: Needs parents
15. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Harriett Elliot ➔ Elias Elliot ➔ King Elliott ➔ Charity Frazler: Needs parents
16. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Harriett Elliot ➔ Elias Elliot: Needs a mother
17. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Harriett Elliot ➔ Panthea Overby ➔ Peter Overby: Needs parents
18. Esther Lee Richardson ➔ Harriett Elliot ➔ Panthea Overby ➔ Cynthia Worsham: Needs parents
19. Silas Baker Carr ➔ Robert Carr ➔ Thomas Carr ➔ Thomas B. Carr ➔ William Carr: Needs parents
20. Silas Baker Carr ➔ Robert Carr ➔ Thomas Carr ➔ Thomas B. Carr: Needs a mother
21. Silas Baker Carr ➔ Robert Carr ➔ Thomas Carr ➔ Nancy Abbott: Needs parents
22. Silas Baker Carr ➔ Robert Carr ➔ Susan Waller: Needs parents
23. Silas Baker Carr ➔ Elizabeth Canada ➔ Sherrod Canada: Needs parents proven
24. Silas Baker Carr ➔ Elizabeth Canada ➔ Elizabeth Robey: Needs parents proven
25. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ William Haley ➔ Stephen Haley ➔ Jesse Haley: Needs parents
26. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ William Haley ➔ Stephen Haley ➔ Temperence Owen ➔ Barnett Owen ➔ Phoebe Staples: Needs parents
27. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ William Haley ➔ Stephen Haley ➔ Temperence Owen ➔ Elizabeth Gentry: Needs parents
28. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ William Haley ➔ Mary Ann Tribble ➔ Matthew Tribble: Needs parents
29. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ William Haley ➔ Mary Ann Tribble: Needs mother proven
30. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ Clara Holt ➔ Branch Holt ➔ Coleman Holt ➔ James Holt: Needs a mother
31. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ Clara Holt ➔ Branch Holt ➔ Coleman Holt ➔ Ellen Ellender: Needs parents
32. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ Clara Holt ➔ Branch Holt ➔ Elizabeth Brooks: Needs parents
33. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ Clara Holt ➔ Caroline Wayne ➔ Leonard Wayne: Needs parents
34. Winifred Davis Haley ➔ Clara Holt ➔ Caroline Wayne: Needs a mother Mother found

Maternal Brick Walls (61 + 30)

1. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Caswell Harward ➔ George Harward ➔ James Harward ➔ William Harward: Needs parents
2. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Caswell Harward ➔ George Harward ➔ Mary Myrick??: Needs parents
3. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Caswell Harward ➔ George Harward ➔ Rosanah Barbee ➔ Christopher Barbee: Needs a mother Link to father not on the profile
4. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Caswell Harward ➔ George Harward ➔ Rosanah Barbee ➔ Margaret Vawter: Needs parents
5. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Caswell Harward ➔ Elizabeth Sugg ➔ William Sugg: Needs parents
6. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Caswell Harward ➔ Elizabeth Sugg ➔ Elizabeth Sim: Needs parents
7. Connie Maize Howard ➔Allen Harward ➔ Mary Thomas ➔ Tillman Thomas ➔ John Thomas ➔ Joseph Thomas: Needs a mother Needs mother proven
8. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Mary Thomas ➔ Tillman Thomas ➔ John Thomas: Needs a mother Needs mother proven
9. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Mary Thomas ➔ Tillman Thomas ➔ Mary Oaks: Needs parents
10. Connie Maize Howard ➔ Allen Harward ➔ Mary Thomas ➔ Harriet Judd: Needs parents Parents found
11. Mattie V Maddox ➔ James Maddox ➔ Calvin Maddox ➔ Tarlton Maddox ➔ David Maddox ➔ Elizabeth Sherwood: Needs parents proven
12. Mattie V Maddox ➔ James Maddox ➔ Calvin Maddox ➔ Tarlton Maddox ➔ Sarah Perkins: Needs parents proven
13. Mattie V Maddox ➔ James Maddox ➔ Calvin Maddox ➔ Cinthia Braswell: Needs parents
14. Mattie V Maddox ➔ James Maddox ➔ Semanthy Buchanan ➔ Alfred Buchanan: Needs parents
15. Mattie V Maddox ➔ James Maddox ➔ Semanthy Buchanan ➔ Mary Smith ➔ Elizabeth Owen: Needs parents
16. Mattie V Maddox ➔ Martha Lett ➔ Andrew Lett: Needs parents
17. Mattie V Maddox ➔ Martha Lett ➔ Martha Womack: Needs a father
18. Mattie V Maddox ➔ Martha Lett ➔ Martha Womack ➔ Elizabeth Booker: Needs parents Father Proven (Needs mother LNAB proven, now connected)
19. James Abe White ➔ Needs mother proven
20. James Abe White ➔ Thomas White ➔ Joseph White: Needs mother proven
21. James Abe White ➔ Thomas White ➔ Temperance Wilmoth ➔ Ezekiel Wilmoth: Needs parents
22. James Abe White ➔ Thomas White ➔ Temperance Wilmoth ➔ Mary Riggs: Needs parents proven
23. James Abe White ➔ Joanna Lyon ➔ William Wilmoth ➔ Lott Wilmoth: Needs parents proven
24. James Abe White ➔ Joanna Lyon ➔ William Wilmoth ➔ Lucinda Snow: Needs parents Parents found, but Lucinda Snow was not William's mother
25. James Abe White ➔ Joanna Lyon ➔ Joanna Barrett ➔ John Barrett: Needs parents
26. James Abe White ➔ Joanna Lyon ➔ Joanna Barrett ➔ Catherine Kennis: Needs parents
27. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ John Holyfield ➔ Valentine Holyfield ➔ Watson Holyfield ➔ Valentine Holyfield: Needs parents
28. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ John Holyfield ➔ Valentine Holyfield ➔ Watson Holyfield: Needs a mother
29. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ John Holyfield ➔ Nancy O'Neal ➔ James Oneal ➔ Lamentation Oneal ➔ John O'Neal: Needs parents
30. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ John Holyfield ➔ Nancy O'Neal ➔ James Oneal ➔ Lamentation Oneal ➔ Sarah Exum: Needs parents
31. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ John Holyfield ➔ Nancy O'Neal ➔ Dicey Carpenter: Needs parents
32. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ Nancy Humphries ➔ Alexander Humphries: Needs parents proven
33. Stella Fay Holyfield ➔ Nancy Humphries ➔ Lucy Day: Needs parents proven

Needs Work

1. Silas Baker Carr Needs a biography written
2. Sarah (Weldon) Hill Needs a biography written
3. Joseph Hill Needs research and narrative

Need Recycling

If you can use one of these profiles instead of creating a new one, please do. Thanks!!