Descendants of James VESTAL Sr

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Some Descendants of James VESTAL Sr. 

FIRST GENERATION
1. James VESTAL Sr. was born about 1730 in Surry Co., NC [probably]. He died about 1793 in Surry Co., NC [probably].  He was married to Mary JAY in Surry Co., NC [probably]. Mary JAY was born about 1730 in Surry Co., NC [probably]. She died in Surry Co., NC [probably]. James VESTAL Sr. and Mary JAY had the following known children:
     2 i. Sarah VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably]. She died in Surry Co., NC 
           [probably].
     3 ii. Elizabeth VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
     4 iii. William VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
     5 iv. David VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
     6 v. Thomas VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
     7 vi. James Jr. VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
     8 vii. Mary VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
     9 viii. Rachel VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
    10 ix. John VESTAL was born about 1755 in Surry Co., NC [probably].

He was married [secondly] to Phoebe Allen THOMPSON in Surry Co., NC [probably]. Phoebe Allen THOMPSON was born about 1750 in Surry Co., NC [probably]. James VESTAL Sr. and Phoebe Allen THOMPSON had the following known children:
     11 i. Rebecca VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].
   +12 ii. Jesse VESTAL.
     13 iii. Isaac VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].


SECOND GENERATION
12. Jesse VESTAL was born about 1773 in Surry Co., NC [probably]. He died about 1837 in Surry Co., NC.  He was married to Martha CASADY in Surry Co., NC [probably]. Martha CASADY was born about 1773 in Surry Co., NC [probably]. She died about 1811 in Yadkin Co., NC. Jesse VESTAL and Martha CASADY had the following known children:
     +14 i. Martha VESTAL.
     +15 ii. William II VESTAL.
     +16 iii. Solomon VESTAL.
     +17 iv. Nancy VESTAL.
     +18 v. Phoebe A. VESTAL.
     +19 vi. Sally VESTAL.
     +20 vii. Jesse Jr. VESTAL.

He was married [secondly] to Elizabeth MILLER on 2 Jan 1812 in Surry Co., NC. Elizabeth MILLER was born in Surry Co., NC [probably]. Jesse VESTAL and Elizabeth MILLER had the following children:
     +21 i. Isaac VESTAL II.

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THIRD GENERATION
     14. Martha VESTAL was born on 25 Jun 1805 in Surry Co., NC. She died after 1870 in Yadkin Co., NC. The parents of Martha Vestal have not yet been proved absolutely in public documents. However, all the Federal Census records give Alexander's mother as being born in 1805. In addition, information supplied by Helen S. Wishon, a descendant of Solomon Vestal [born 3 Nov 1797 and son of Jesse Vestal] gives the day and month of a Martha Vestal as 25 June 1805.
Comment:  There was a Martha Vestal born 1833 to Bartholomew Vestal [b.1798 and lived in the Center Church area], but she could not have been Alexander Vestal's mother--unless all the censuses from 1850 onward are wrong, which is unlikely.  Since there is no other Martha Vestal know to be born around 1805 in this area of Surry County [now Yadkin County], I conclude that Alexander's mother was the daughter of Jesse Vestal and his wife, Martha Casady Vestal. I believe that Martha's mother died in childbirth when she was young, probably around 1811, since Martha Casady Vestal and an infant [born 1811] are both buried in Center Methodist Cemetery.
     Martha lived with her son, Alexander Vestal, and was recorded first in the 1850 Census of Surry Co., NC. Household #606. No records have been found of her marriage.  Circa 1984, I visited with Mrs. Leona Vestal Macy, and asked her opinion of our Vestal family oral history that said Martha was never married and Alexander, her only child was born out-of-wedlock. Mrs. Macy was known to me personally to be a very honest and sensible person with a good memory.
     I consulted her because for years, Mrs. Macy had lived across the street from my own grandparents and was in a unique position to know our Vestal oral history since as a young girl, she had been the housekeeper for her Grand Uncle, Ira W. Vestal for several years. [Her Grand Uncle, Ira W. Vestal, would have been able to remember his Grandmother, Martha Vestal. Ira W. Vestal was also the Uncle of my own Grandfather, S.M. Vestal, Jr.]
Mrs. Leona Vestal Macy confirmed that she had heard that Martha Vestal's sweetheart, Michael Swaim had abandoned her when she became pregnant, and that Alexander was born out-of-wedlock. She confirmed that Martha was petite in size and her grandchildren called her "Little Granny", and that she raised her son, Alexander, and years later when Michael Swaim became blind--some of her kin felt Michael Swaim had it coming to him for the way he had treated Martha.
    There is one last thing that gives credibility to the above story of Alexander's birth. It is that family oral histories are usually pure fiction when they make ancestors very grand and exhalted. This is the case nine times out of ten. It is seldom that family oral histories hand down a story that embarrasses the descendants [like an illegitimate birth]. In my experience
[nearly 20 years of doing genealogical research], when this happens, the story should be taken seriously.

Martha VESTAL had the following children:
     +22 i. Alexander VESTAL.

15. William VESTAL II was born about 1795 in Surry Co., NC. He was married to Sally MILLER on 26 Jan 1814 in Surry Co., NC. Sally MILLER was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].

16. Solomon VESTAL was born on 3 Nov 1797 in Surry Co., NC.  He was married to Nancy LONG on 30 Mar 1824 in Surry Co., NC. Nancy LONG was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].

17. Nancy VESTAL was born about 1799 in Surry Co., NC.  She was married to Francis WHITHEAD on 6 Mar 1823 in Surry Co., NC. Francis WHITHEAD was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].

18. Phoebe A. VESTAL was born about 1801 in Surry Co., NC.  She was married to Eli HINSHAW on 20 Mar 1816 in Surry Co., NC. Eli HINSHAW was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].

19. Sally VESTAL was born about 1803 in Surry Co., NC.  She was married to Joseph REAVIS on 2 Dec 1828 in Surry Co., NC. Joseph REAVIS was born in Surry Co., NC [probably].

20. Jesse Jr. VESTAL was born about 1808 in Surry Co., NC.  He was married to Susannah SANDERS on 14 Jan 1829 in Surry Co., NC. Susannah SANDERS was born in Surry Co., NC [probably]. Jesse Jr. VESTAL and Susannah SANDERS had the following known children:
     +23 i. Mary II VESTAL.
     +24 ii. Elizabeth II VESTAL.
     +25 iii. Solomon II VESTAL.

21. Isaac II VESTAL was born about 1813 in Surry Co., NC.  He was married to Nancy DICKINSON on 2 Dec 1834 in Surry Co., NC. Nancy DICKINSON was born about 1813 in Surry Co., NC [probably].

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FOURTH GENERATION
22. Alexander VESTAL was born on 10 Jun 1826 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 18 Jul 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC.1 He was buried in Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.  He was married to Delanah GROSS (daughter of Simon GROSS III and Sarah CARRICO) on 5 Apr 1844 in Surry Co., NC. Delanah GROSS was born on 18 May 1828 in Surry Co., NC. She was buried in 1898 in Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. She died in Apr 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC.2 Alexander VESTAL and Delanah GROSS had the following children:
     +26 i. Sarah (Sally) Ann VESTAL.
     +27 ii. Michael Monroe VESTAL.
    +28 iii. Santford Miller VESTAL Sr..
      29 iv. Lucinda VESTAL was born about 1852 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    +30 v. Catherine Cymantha VESTAL.
    +31 vi. Hilery Filmore VESTAL.
    +32 vii. Ira Welborn VESTAL.
    +33 viii. John VESTAL II.
      34 ix. William VESTAL III was born about 1865 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    +35 x. Miles [Boss] VESTAL.
    +36 xi. Tandy V. VESTAL.

23. Mary II VESTAL was born in Surry Co., NC.  She was married to Alfred LONG in Surry Co., NC. Alfred LONG was born in Surry Co., NC. Mary II VESTAL and Alfred LONG had the following known children:
     37 i. Nancy Elizabeth LONG was born in Yadkin or Surry Co., NC.

24. Elizabeth II VESTAL was born in Yadkin or Surry Co., NC.   She was married to William B. HOLCOMB in Yadkin or Surry Co., NC. William B. HOLCOMB was born in Yadkin or Surry Co., NC.

25. Solomon II VESTAL was born in Yadkin or Surry Co., NC.  He was married to Caroline PENDRY on 9 Oct 1831 in Surry Co., NC. Caroline PENDRY was born in Yadkin or Surry Co., NC.

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FIFTH GENERATION
26. Sarah (Sally) Ann VESTAL was born about 1845 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Henry Wilburn HOWELL on 10 Oct 1861 in Yadkin Co., NC. Henry Wilburn HOWELL was born about 1845 in Yadkin Co., NC.

27. Michael Monroe VESTAL was born on 14 Apr 1848 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 8 Jan 1923 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Martha SHORES on 12 May 1867 in Yadkin Co., NC. Martha SHORES was born on 6 May 1852 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 1 Jul 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC. Michael Monroe VESTAL and Martha SHORES had the following known children:
     +38 i. William Santford VESTAL.
     +39 ii. Daniel Bilson VESTAL.
     +40 iii. Sarah Eliza VESTAL.
     +41 iv. Moses Alexander VESTAL.
     +42 v. Martha Jane VESTAL.
     +43 vi. James Jones VESTAL.
     +44 vii. Mary Catherine VESTAL.
      45 viii. George M. VESTAL was born on 18 Apr 1886 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
                 15 Aug 1893 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    +46 ix. Hillery Harrison VESTAL.
    +47 x. Isom Wilson VESTAL.

28. Santford Miller VESTAL Sr. was born on 16 May 1849 in Surry Co., NC. He died on 8 May 1897 in Yadkin Co., NC. He was buried in Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.  He was married to Sarah Frances MONEY (daughter of Daniel Wagnor MONEY and Elizabeth COLLINS II) on 27 Jan 1870 in Yadkin Co., NC. Sarah Frances MONEY was born on 11 Jul 1848 in Surry Co., NC. She died on 1 Oct 1925 in Yadkin Co., NC.3 She was buried in Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Santford Miller VESTAL Sr. and Sarah Frances MONEY had the following children:
     +48 i. Gordon Bilson VESTAL.
     +49 ii. Mary [Mollie] Clementine VESTAL.
    +50 iii. Delana Elizabeth VESTAL.
    +51 iv. Laban Whitfield VESTAL.
    +52 v. Emma Dora VESTAL.
    +53 vi. Carrie J. VESTAL.
    +54 vii. Ada E. VESTAL.
    +55 viii. Santford Miller VESTAL Jr..
    +56 ix. Daniel A. VESTAL.
    +57 x. William James VESTAL.
     58 xi. Infant VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.

30. Catherine Cymantha VESTAL was born about 1854 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to C. L. BROOKS in Yadkin Co., NC.

31. Hilery Filmore VESTAL was born in Feb 1859 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in Kansas.  
He was married to Malvina C. CHAPPELL on 11 Dec 1878 in Yadkin Co., NC. Malvina C. CHAPPELL was born about 1863 in Yadkin Co., NC. Hilery Filmore VESTAL and Malvina C. CHAPPELL had the following known children:
     59 i. Sexton C. VESTAL was born in Sep 1879.

32. Ira Welborn VESTAL was born on 12 Jan 1862 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died about 1933 in Yadkin Co., NC. Ira W. Vestal and his wife did not have any children. When he was elderly, his brother, Santford Miller Vestal, Sr. had a granddaughter through his son Laban Whitfield Vestal. This granddaughter, Leona Vestal Macy, kept house and cared for her great uncle for years. He left Leona, his grand niece, his property. He named her brother Lon as executor.
He was married to Nancy Jane HAYNES in Yadkin Co., NC. Nancy Jane HAYNES was born about 1868 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died about 1929 in Yadkin Co., NC.

33. John VESTAL II was born on 13 Feb 1862 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 1 May 1955 in Albany, TX.  He was married to Martha Jane FARRINGTON (daughter of Nathan Haynes FARRINGTON and Rachel Carolyn GROSS) on 25 Sep 1883 in Yadkin Co., NC. Martha Jane FARRINGTON was born on 18 Jun 1860 in Longtown, NC. She was buried in 1921 in Tolar, TX. She died on 9 Oct 1921 in Texas [probably]. John VESTAL II and Martha Jane FARRINGTON had the following known children:
     +60 i. Jesse Franklin VESTAL.
      61 ii. Ara Della VESTAL was born on 23 Feb 1885 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in 
               Albany,  TX.
     62 iii. Evan H. VESTAL was born on 30 Jan 1887 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in 
              Fort Worth, TX.
     63 iv. Eva Octavy VESTAL was born on 17 Jun 1889 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in 
              Clovis, NM.
     64 v. Bertha Caroline VESTAL was born on 30 Jul 1891 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 
              4 Jun 1922 in Elector, TX.
     65 vi. Oliver Clinton VESTAL was born on 10 Mar 1893 in Rector, TX. He died in Shaw, MS.

35. Miles [Boss] VESTAL was born in Apr 1867 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Eliza E. BENGE about 1888 in Yadkin Co., NC. Eliza E. BENGE was born about 1866 in Yadkin Co., NC. Miles [Boss] VESTAL and Eliza E. BENGE had the following known children:
     66 i. Tom VESTAL died in California.
     67 ii. Bessie VESTAL died in California.

36. Tandy V. VESTAL was born on 15 Dec 1868 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 4 Apr 1937 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Sarah Elizabeth EVERIDGE on 17 Feb 1888 in Yadkin Co., NC. Sarah Elizabeth EVERIDGE was born on 22 Apr 1870 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 19 Jul 1932 in Yadkin Co., NC. Tandy V. VESTAL and Sarah Elizabeth EVERIDGE had the following known children:
     68 i. Wheeler VESTAL was born about 1890 in Yadkin Co., NC.
   +69 ii. William Mckinley VESTAL.
     70 iii. Emma Irene VESTAL was born about 1909 in Yadkin Co., NC.
   +71 iv. Maude VESTAL.
   +72 v. Lina VESTAL.
     73 vi. Angie VESTAL was born about 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     74 vii. May VESTAL was born about 1803 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     75 viii. Edward M . VESTAL was born about 1801 in Yadkin Co., NC.
   +76 ix. James III VESTAL.
   +77 x. Clifford W. VESTAL.
    78 xi. Miles M. VESTAL was born about 1895 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    79 xii. Ivory C. VESTAL was born about 1807 in Yadkin Co., NC.

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SIXTH GENERATION
38. William Santford VESTAL was born on 27 Nov 1869 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 2 Sep 1931.  He was married to Carrie BROWN on 31 Jan 1892 in Yadkin Co., NC. Carrie BROWN was born about 1870 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died about 1952 in Yadkin Co., NC. William Santford VESTAL and Carrie BROWN had the following children:
     +80 i. Luther VESTAL.
     +81 ii. Melvin VESTAL.
      82 iii. Herman VESTAL was born about 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      83 iv. James C. VESTAL was born about 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      84 v. Hugh VESTAL was born about 1910 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      85 vi. Glenn VESTAL was born about 1906 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      86 vii. Ulyrs? VESTAL was born about 1904 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      87 viii. Ila VESTAL was born about 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      88 ix. Hetty May VESTAL was born about 1899 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      89 x. Arthur VESTAL was born about 1907 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      90 xi. Miles V. VESTAL was born about 1891 in Yadkin Co., NC.

39. Daniel Bilson VESTAL was born about 1876 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Mary [Mollie] Catherine ADAMS on 30 Sep 1905 in Yadkin Co., NC. Mary [Mollie] Catherine ADAMS was born on 8 Aug 1883 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 16 Dec 1959. Daniel Bilson VESTAL and Mary [Mollie] Catherine ADAMS had the following known children:
     91 i. Jettie Mae VESTAL was born on 31 May 1907 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     92 ii. Samuel Monroe VESTAL was born on 7 Jan 1909 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     93 iii. Clara De Ette VESTAL was born on 2 Apr 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     94 iv. Carrie Elizabeth VESTAL was born on 23 May 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC.

40. Sarah Eliza VESTAL was born on 20 Dec 1874 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 12 Oct 1944.
She was married to James Clifford EVERIDGE (son of James Wilson EVERIDGE and Elizabeth Caroline MONEY) on 23 Jun 1895 in Yadkin Co., NC. James Clifford EVERIDGE was born about 1874 in Yadkin Co., NC.

41. Moses Alexander VESTAL was born on 28 Feb 1877 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Mary E. [Sis] WAGONER on 4 Nov 1900 in Yadkin Co., NC. Mary E. [Sis] WAGONER was born about 1877 in Yadkin Co., NC. Moses Alexander VESTAL and Mary E. [Sis] WAGONER had the following known children:  
     95 i. Hoyle VESTAL was born about 1906 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     96 ii. Eula VESTAL was born about 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     97 iii. Gertie VESTAL was born about 1904 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    98 iv. Martha M. VESTAL was born about 1910 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    99 v. Dale VESTAL was born about 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC.
  100 vi. Dennis VESTAL was born about 1915 in Yadkin Co., NC.

42. Martha Jane VESTAL was born on 17 Jan 1879 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to C. Eli MACEMORE on 7 Apr 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC. C. Eli MACEMORE was born about 1879 in Yadkin Co., NC. Martha Jane VESTAL and C. Eli MACEMORE had the following known children:
     101 i. Isom MACEMORE was born about 1900.

43. James Jones VESTAL was born about 1880 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Flora G. HAYNES on 7 Sep 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC. Flora G. HAYNES was born on 18 Aug 1844 in Yadkin Co., NC. James Jones VESTAL and Flora G. HAYNES had the following known children:
     102 i. Lillian VESTAL was born on 9 Nov 1903 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    103 ii. Miner [Mina] VESTAL was born on 2 Apr 1905 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    104 iii. James Virgil VESTAL was born on 9 Jun 1903 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
                18 Oct 1909.
    105 iv. Mallie Percy VESTAL was born on 9 Jun 1903 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    106 v. Angie Corena VESTAL was born on 3 Nov 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    107 vi. Myrtle Gladys VESTAL was born on 18 Mar 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    108 vii. Grace VESTAL was born about 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    109 viii. James Jones VESTAL Jr. was born about 1923 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    110 ix. Jessie Lee VESTAL was born about 1926 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    111 x. Mollie VESTAL was born about 1910 in Yadkin Co., NC.

44. Mary Catherine VESTAL was born on 6 Mar 1883 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 15 Aug 1956.  She was married to Miles Roscoe HAYNES on 16 Mar 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC. Miles Roscoe HAYNES was born about 1882 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died about 1934 in Yadkin Co., NC. Mary Catherine VESTAL and Miles Roscoe HAYNES had the following known children:
     112 i. Jeter Lundon HAYNES was born on 26 Dec 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     113 ii. Oren Tolar HAYNES was born on 10 Mar 1905 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
                31 Jul 1976 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     114 iii. Perlie Zelma HAYNES was born on 17 Oct 1907 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     115 iv. Joseph Arvel HAYNES was born on 25 Jun 1910 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     116 v. Hillary Harold HAYNES was born on 6 Mar 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.

46. Hillery Harrison VESTAL was born on 15 Oct 1889 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Charity PINNIX about 1910 in Yadkin Co., NC. Charity PINNIX was born about 1890 in Yadkin Co., NC. Hillery Harrison VESTAL and Charity PINNIX had the following known children:
     117 i. Fred VESTAL was born about 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     118 ii. Harvey VESTAL was born about 1914 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     119 iii. Worth VESTAL was born about 1915 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     120 iv. Coy VESTAL was born about 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     121 v. Alton VESTAL was born about 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC.

47. Isom Wilson VESTAL was born about 1891 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 12 Dec 1939 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Sarah Elizabeth ADAMS on 3 Oct 1909 in Yadkin Co., NC. Sarah Elizabeth ADAMS was born about 1891 in Yadkin Co., NC. Isom Wilson VESTAL and Sarah Elizabeth ADAMS had the following known children:
     122 i. Fanny Victoria VESTAL was born about 1911 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     123 ii. Richard Harrison VESTAL was born about 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     124 iii. Aralee VESTAL was born about 1914 in Yadkin Co., NC.

48. Gordon Bilson VESTAL was born on 17 Feb 1871 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 1 Jul 1955 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Bethania Victoria BROWN on 11 Mar 1894 in Yadkin Co., NC. Bethania Victoria BROWN was born on 10 Aug 1870 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 4 Oct 1946 in Yadkin Co., NC. Gordon Bilson VESTAL and Bethania Victoria BROWN had the following known children:
     125 i. John Hillary VESTAL was born on 19 Jun 1907 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
              17 Nov 1935 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     126 ii. Infant VESTAL was born on 5 Aug 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 5 Aug 1913 
               in Yadkin Co., NC.
     127 iii. George Miller VESTAL was born on 29 Dec 1905 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
                23 May 1907 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     128 iv. Charlie Huston VESTAL was born on 21 Feb 1911 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
                 8 Feb 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     +129 v. Ferne Foncycle VESTAL.
     +130 vi. Mamie Myrtle VESTAL.
     +131 vii. Floy May VESTAL.
     +132 viii. Ola Esteller VESTAL.
      133 ix. Oscar Evert VESTAL was born on 1 Nov 1901 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died before 
                  1991 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
      134 x. Forrest Raymond [Chick] VESTAL was born on 29 Dec 1905 in Yadkin Co., NC. 
                He died before 1991.
      135 xi. Suda May VESTAL was born on 14 Aug 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      136 xii. Mary Emma VESTAL was born on 10 Mar 1909 in Yadkin Co., NC. Children are:
                  Cleveland, Jessie DeEtte Sparks, Evelyn, Blanche, Raymond, Mildred, James,
                  Linda Jane, and Brenda.
      137 xiii. Dorothy Lee VESTAL was born on 2 Feb 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    +138 xiv. Frances Mozelle VESTAL.
      139 xv. [unnamed] VESTAL was born in 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC.
      140 xvi. Mozelle VESTAL was born about 1909 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died after 1991.

49. Mary [Mollie] Clementine VESTAL was born on 31 Aug 1872 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 21 Jan 1961 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to John A. HAYNES on 25 Dec 1895 in Yadkin Co., NC. John A. HAYNES was born on 4 May 1871 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 25 Dec 1943 in Yadkin Co., NC. Mary [Mollie] Clementine VESTAL and John A. HAYNES had the following known children:
     141 i. Harvey Lee HAYNES was born on 23 May 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in 
              Jan 1983 in Surry Co., NC.
     142 ii. Prichard G. HAYNES was born on 1 Feb 1900 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     143 iii. Unice Devada [Vada] HAYNES was born on 2 Aug 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC. She 
                died on 10 Feb 1936.
     144 iv. Florence HAYNES was born on 1 Aug 1908 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     145 v. Dora Novella HAYNES was born on 1 Jul 1904 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     146 vi. Vess Hayes HAYNES was born on 4 Apr 1906 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in 
                Feb 1982 in Surry Co., NC.
     147 vii. Henry HAYNES was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     148 viii. Arthur HAYNES was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
    149 ix. Ila M. HAYNES was born about 1896 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died about 1906 
               in Yadkin Co., NC.
    150 x. Elizabeth HAYNES was born on 19 Feb 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 
               22 Mar 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC.

50. Delana Elizabeth VESTAL was born on 5 Aug 1874 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died about 1949 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Samuel Seymour SWAIM on 27 Dec 1894 in Yadkin Co., NC. Samuel Seymour SWAIM was born on 9 Jul 1869 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 20 Mar 1950 in Yadkin Co., NC. Delana Elizabeth VESTAL and Samuel Seymour SWAIM had the following known children:
     151 i. Seymore SWAIM. 
     152 ii. Lilly II SWAIM was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     153 iii. Henry Ward SWAIM was born on 29 Aug 1897. He died on 8 Dec 1931.
     154 iv. Nana Jester SWAIM was born on 6 Oct 1906. He died on 14 May 1964.
     155 v. Vance L. SWAIM was born about 1903 in Yadkin Co., NC.

51. Laban Whitfield VESTAL was born on 24 Dec 1877 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 15 Dec 1924 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Mary Caroline HAYNES on 26 Dec 1897 in Yadkin Co., NC. Mary Caroline HAYNES was born on 6 Sep 1876 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 10 Nov 1962 in Yadkin Co., NC. Laban Whitfield VESTAL and Mary Caroline HAYNES had the following known children:
     156 i. Lonnie Richard VESTAL was born about 1901 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in 
              Jan 1979 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    157 ii. Theodore R. VESTAL was born about 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC.
    158 iii. Kim R. VESTAL was born about 1904 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in Oct 1982. 
               Children are: Greta Fay, Claudene, Marilyn, K.M., Frankie Dudley.
   +159 iv. Leona VESTAL.
     160 v. Spencer C. VESTAL was born about 1908 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     161 vi. Horace W. VESTAL was born about 1910 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     162 vii. Hazel L. VESTAL was born about 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     163 viii. Jennie VESTAL was born about 1914 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     164 ix. Sadie M. VESTAL was born on 12 Feb 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 
                  8 Oct 1938.
     165 x. Elsie I. VESTAL was born about 1920 in Yadkin Co., NC.

52. Emma Dora VESTAL was born on 27 Nov 1879 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 30 Mar 1952 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Isaac M. BENTON on 6 Apr 1928 in Yadkin Co., NC. Isaac M. BENTON was born about 1867 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died about 1951 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].

53. Carrie J. VESTAL was born in Oct 1884 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Henry WOODRUFF on 17 Nov 1901 in Yadkin Co., NC. Henry WOODRUFF was born about 1884 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in Arkansas.

54. Ada E. VESTAL was born in May 1885 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in Yadkin Co., NC. 
She was married to Samuel R. WOODRUFF on 9 Nov 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC. Samuel R. WOODRUFF was born about 1864 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Ed COUCH in Yadkin Co., NC.

55. Santford Miller VESTAL Jr. was born on 25 Apr 1887 in Yadkin Co., NC.4 He was buried in Jun 1960 in Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. He died on 17 Jun 1960 in Yadkin Co., NC.5 S.M. Vestal, Jr. was 12 years old when his father died. He earned money to buy his first suit by harvesting and selling wagon loads of apples to his uncle's legal distillery. As a young adult,
he left the farm for town. He became a mechanic/machinist and worked for Elkin Furniture Company until it closed during the great depression of the 1930's.
    Next, he worked in Winston-Salem, NC, and finally in Henry County, VA for the Bassett Furniture Industries. Since he and his wife kept their home in Jonesville, NC this caused much expense and time spent traveling back and forth between towns.
In addition to his woodworking hobby, he loved music and owned a fiddle, a five-string banjo and a tenor banjo. He served as mayor of  Jonesville, NC and as town clerk during the 1920's, and he was a member of and held office in a local Masonic Lodge during this time also.
    Since his wife did not like motor driven appliances, he often ran the vacuum cleaner over the carpets on weekends. He had a dry but hilarious sense of humor, and was loving and patient with his grandchildren. He often took his granddaughter, Anne, on walks, shopping, church, and short trips. He was her baby sitter often in the early 1940's and she took her first step toward him at age 9 months.
    The following anecdote told by S. M. Vestal, Jr. to his children and grandchildren. Circa 1905, during warm weather, he saddled his horse and rode to evening choir practice at Fall Creek Baptist Church. Arriving, he tied his horse and entered the church. Seeing that he was the first to arrive, he lit the lamp at the alter and sat down to wait, browsing through the hymnals and other music. After a while, it grew dusk and he began to realize that singing practice must had been called off--and he just hadn't received word. (He later learned that a sudden death in the community has indeed caused the cancellation of singing practice that night.)
    He finally put aside the music and picked up the lamp from the alter and carried it to the side door where he put out the lamp and set it on the lamp shelf. He then left by the side door and walked to his horse at the hitching post. Mounting his horse, he saw two neighborhood youths, walking past the church, and he decided to ride up to them and ask if they know why singing practice has been called off. However, they broke and ran as he rode up to them--in fact, as he urged his horse onward to catch them, they ran even faster. Since it was quite dark now, [and the matter wasn't important enough to run them down and risk having both himself and his horse fall and be injured,] he turned the horse and slowly rode home.
    Next day, he had business in town, and while in a store he overheard a "terrible ghost story." It went like this: "...two local youths were walking past Fall Creek Baptist Church last night when a ghost rose up inside the church from the alter. It floated over to the side door and vanished into thin air. Then the awful thing reappeared, and commenced to chase the youths. They both swore they almost ran themselves to death getting away from it. He was tempted to set the matter straight, but reconsidered and kept quiet. He said the two youths were rough characters. If he spoke up, it would make them look like fools and he would surely have to answer to them later. 
     Discretion being the better part of valor, he never explained the "awful ghost of Fall Creek Baptist Church*." Note: I am almost certain that my grandfather had never heard Washington Irving's, "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" when this incident occurred. I believe the incident occurred as he related it for he was a reliable witness with a clear mind at the time it happened and also when he told it.   --Anne Vestal-Miller--

*Fall Creek Baptist church was established from Swaims Meeting House on December 11, 1875. The first sermon was preached by Rev. P. Adams and Rev. M. M.Vestal on May 26, 1877.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth LOVELACE (daughter of William Thomas LOVELACE and Frances Mary SHOFFNER) on 17 Dec 1911 in Yadkin Co., NC. Mary Elizabeth LOVELACE was born on 1 Sep 1884 in Grayson Co., VA.6 She was buried in Jul 1979 in Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Fall Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery are located in Yadkin County, North Carolina. She died on 20 Jul 1979 in Elkin, Surry Co., NC. Mary Elizabeth Lovelace was the first generation of the women in her family to own a sewing machine. It was a Franklin treadle machine [sold by Sears, Roebuck 7 Co.] and her husband bought it for her after World War I, probably in the late 1920's or early 1930's as it's decorations were in the Egyptian motif. Both her mother and and her maternal grandmother sewed by hand.
     Note:  Although the sewing machine was patented in 1846 in the United States, the Civil War wrecked the Southern economy so severely that few people had money to buy household appliiances until after World War I.
     In addition to sewing clothes on her machine, she participated in local quilting bees, which were common in her community in the 1920's. Her son, Warner, recalled coming home from high school and finding the living room occupied by a full quilt frame with women [his mother's friends] sitting on all four sides, quilting away, chatting away, and dipping snuff. [Ladies did not smoke cigarettes or cigars, but they would use snuff at home.]
    She made two pretty long dresses on her Singer sewing machine circa 1948-49 for her two granddaughters, Elizabeth Anne Vestal and Sarah Ouida Vestal. They were made of a pink print fabric designed with small rings tied into bows on a lighter pink background. The dresses had a scooped neckline with a deep ruffle and short puff sleeves. There was also a deep ruffle around the bottom of the fully gathered shirt. Her granddaughters had hours of fun playing "dress up" in their pretty long dresses.
    She could also crochet and knit. She crocheted a baby bed spread in the "Granny" pattern using pastel colors of pink, light blue, yellow, etc. for her first grandchild, Elizabeth Anne Vestal.  Before her marriage, she had worked as a milliner. Santford Miller VESTAL Jr. and Mary Elizabeth LOVELACE had the following children:
     +166 i. Waymoth Delmar VESTAL Sr..
     +167 ii. Samuel Raynor VESTAL.
     +168 iii. Warner Boldyn VESTAL.
       169 iv. Robert Hurley VESTAL was born on 22 Jun 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on
                  30 Jan 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.

56. Daniel A. VESTAL was born on 11 May 1889 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 27 Apr 1976 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Daisy E. MARTIN on 12 Feb 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC. Daisy E. MARTIN was born on 21 Oct 1891 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably]. She died about 1941 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably]. Daniel A. VESTAL and Daisy E. MARTIN had the following known children:
     170 i. Calvin VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     171 ii. Samuel VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     172 iii. Bobby J. VESTAL was born about 1928 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     173 iv. Bill VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     174 v. Jean VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     175 vi. Pollyanna VESTAL was born about 1925 in Yadkin Co., NC.

He was married secondly to Hessie Brown SMITHY on 4 Sep 1954 in North Carolina. Hessie Brown SMITHY was born about 1902 in Burlington, NC [probably].

57. William James VESTAL was born on 18 Apr 1893 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died before 1962 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Maggie Ellen ROBERTSON on 18 Jul 1915 in Yadkin Co., NC. Maggie Ellen ROBERTSON was born about 1895 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in Mar 1980 in Yadkin Co., NC. William James VESTAL and Maggie Ellen ROBERTSON had the following children:
     176 i. Delmer Hugh VESTAL was born about 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     177 ii. Mildred Hazel VESTAL was born about 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     178 iii. Sarah Frances VESTAL was born about 1928 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     179 iv. James W. VESTAL was born about 1935 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     180 v. Mary Bell VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     181 vi. Lucille VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     182 vii. Peggy VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
    183 viii. Lorene VESTAL was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
    184 ix. Carl James VESTAL was born on 26 Dec 1922 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died about 1923.

60. Jesse Franklin VESTAL was born on 23 Aug 1883 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Cora Z. MCWHIRTER on 10 Apr 1910 in Tyban, NM. Cora Z. MCWHIRTER was born on 20 Jul 1894 in Giltown, TX. Jesse Franklin VESTAL and Cora Z. MCWHIRTER had the following children:
     185 i. Hillory Edmon VESTAL was born on 10 Jun 1911 in Fort Sumner, NM. He died in 
              Mar 1913.
     186 ii. Erma Irene VESTAL was born on 13 Aug 1913 in Fort Sumner, NM. She died on 
               18 Jun 1917.
     187 iii. Martha June VESTAL was born on 6 Jun 1916 in Taiban, NM.
     188 iv. Ernest Harold VESTAL was born on 21 Sep 1920 in Duval, OK.
     189 v. Jesse Marion VESTAL was born on 26 Dec 1922.

69. William McKinley VESTAL was born about 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Lilly COOK on 4 Feb 1922 in Yadkin Co., NC. Lilly COOK was born about 1900 in Yadkin Co., NC.

71. Maude VESTAL was born on 1 Nov 1904 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Grady PINNIX on 8 Nov 1920 in Yadkin Co., NC. Grady PINNIX was born on 6 Feb 1896 in Yadkin Co., NC.

72. Lina VESTAL was born about 1907 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Ralph L. CARTER on 19 Apr 1924 in Yadkin Co., NC. Ralph L. CARTER was born about 1903 in Yadkin Co., NC.

76. James VESTAL III was born about 1892 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Stilla [maiden?] VESTAL about 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC. Stilla [maiden?] VESTAL was born about 1894 in Yadkin Co., NC. James III VESTAL and Stilla [maiden?] VESTAL had the following known children:  
     190 i. Agnes VESTAL was born about 1914 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     191 ii. James P. VESTAL was born about 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.

77. Clifford W. VESTAL was born about 1893 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Myrtle [maiden?] VESTAL about 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC. Myrtle [maiden?] VESTAL was born about 1888 in Yadkin Co., NC. Clifford W. VESTAL and Myrtle [maiden?] VESTAL had the following known children:
     192 i. Virginia VESTAL was born in 1913 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     193 ii. Frances VESTAL was born about 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     194 iii. Joseph VESTAL was born about 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC.

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SEVENTH GENERATION
80. Luther VESTAL was born on 24 Dec 1893 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 25 Apr 1943 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Alice C. [maiden?] VESTAL about 1915 in Yadkin Co., NC. Alice C. [maiden?] VESTAL was born on 30 Nov 1894 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 22 Jul 1965 in Yadkin Co., NC. Luther VESTAL and Alice C. [maiden?] VESTAL had the following children:
     195 i. Raymond P. VESTAL was born about 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     196 ii. Georgia VESTAL was born about 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.
     197 iii. Russell VESTAL was born about 1922 in Yadkin Co., NC.

81. Melvin VESTAL was born about 1896 in Yadkin Co., NC.  He was married to Laura Mae STOKES on 14 May 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC. Laura Mae STOKES was born about 1902 in Yadkin Co., NC. Melvin VESTAL and Laura Mae STOKES had the following known children:
     198 i. Annie M. VESTAL was born about 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC.

129. Ferne Foncycle VESTAL was born on 13 Feb 1895 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died in Jan 1981.  
He was married to Linnie HEMRICK on 13 Apr 1924 in Yadkin Co., NC. Linnie HEMRICK was born about 1900 in Yadkin Co., NC. Ferne Foncycle VESTAL and Linnie HEMRICK had the following known children:
       199 i. Eloise VESTAL. 

130. Mamie Myrtle VESTAL was born on 16 Apr 1896 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 24 Feb 1969.  She was married to Jessie Pinckney ADAMS on 20 Sep 1914 in Yadkin Co., NC. Jessie Pinckney ADAMS was born about 1894. He died in Jun 1985. Mamie Myrtle VESTAL and Jessie Pinckney ADAMS had the following known children:
     200 i. Raymond Odell ADAMS was born on 1 May 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
           17 Jun 1916.
     201 ii. Doris Virginia ADAMS was born on 2 Jan 1917 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in 
            Apr 1975.
     202 iii. Jessie Lee ADAMS was born on 16 Jul 1924 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in Sep 1987.

131. Floy May VESTAL was born on 6 Jul 1898 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died in Nov 1987.  
She was married to Moses C. [Mode] GROSS on 31 Dec 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC. Moses C. [Mode] GROSS was born on 20 Apr 1896 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 20 Aug 1952. Floy May VESTAL and Moses C. [Mode] GROSS had the following children:
     203 i. Vertie GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     204 ii. Valena GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     205 iii. Burley GROSS was born about 1921. He died about 1978 in Forsyth Co., NC.
     206 iv. Estelle GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     207 v. Mary Belle GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC.
     208 vi. Frances GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     209 vii. John D. GROSS. 
     210 viii. Delmer GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     211 ix. Ollie GROSS. 
     212 x. Jerry GROSS was born in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     213 xi. Infant GROSS was born in 1936.
     214 xii. Grady A. GROSS was born on 19 Feb 1939 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 
                  5 May    1956.

132. Ola Esteller VESTAL was born on 1 Jan 1900 in Yadkin Co., NC. She died on 26 Dec 1991 in Surry Co., NC.  She was married to Weldon WAGONER on 24 Nov 1918 in Yadkin Co., NC. Weldon WAGONER was born about 1900 in Yadkin Co., NC.

138. Frances Mozelle VESTAL was born on 6 Dec 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to William Howard SHOFFNER about 1940. William Howard SHOFFNER was born about 1919 in Yadkin Co., NC.

159. Leona VESTAL was born about 1908 in Yadkin Co., NC.  She was married to Howard Blane MACY (son of Joe Vance MACY and Molly CHEEK) about 1930 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably]. Howard Blane MACY was born about 1909 in Wilkes Co., NC. He died on 3 Jul 1992 in Elkin, Surry Co., NC. Leona VESTAL and Howard Blane MACY had the following children:
     215 i. Gayle MACY was born about 1936 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     216 ii. Ronnie MACY was born about 1938 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     217 iii. Vonda Lee MACY was born about 1940 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].
     218 iv. Ira W. MACY was born about 1935 in Yadkin Co., NC [probably].

166. Waymoth Delmar VESTAL Sr. was born on 10 Dec 1912 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 10 Sep 1972 in McClellensville, Georgetown Co., SC.  He was married to Sarah FULTON about 1940 in Kingstreet, Williamsburg Co., SC [probably]. Sarah FULTON was born about 1912 in Kingstreet, Williamsburg Co., SC. She died about 1988 in VA. Waymoth Delmar VESTAL Sr. and Sarah FULTON had the following children:
     219 i. Sarah Ouida VESTAL was born about 1942 in North Carolina.
     220 ii. Daniel Raynor VESTAL was born about 1950.
     221 iii. Waymoth Delmar Jr VESTAL was born about 1947.

167. Samuel Raynor VESTAL was born on 17 Nov 1914 in Yadkin Co., NC. He died on 21 Oct 1988 in Bassett, Henry Co., VA. He was buried in Henry Memorial Park. He was married to Grace COCHRANE about 1945 in Surry Co., NC [probably]. Grace COCHRANE was born about 1920 in Surry Co., NC. Parents of Grace Cochrane were Donald Cochrane and his wife, ______ Carter. Samuel Raynor VESTAL and Grace COCHRANE had the following children:
     222 i. Mary Abbie VESTAL was born about 1954 in Henry Co., VA. Married Michael Landry 
           5 August 1979.
     223 ii. Donald Raynor VESTAL was born about 1956 in Henry Co., VA. Married Sherry
           Moran.
168. Warner Boldyn VESTAL was born on 3 May 1916 in Yadkin Co., NC.7 He died on 14 Nov 1995 in Henry Co., VA. W.B. Vestal died November 14, 1995.  He was buried on 16 Nov 1995 in Roselawn Cemetery, Henry Co., VA. Warner B. Vestal attended public school in Yadkin Co., NC, and graduated from Jonesville High School during the great depression of the 1930's. As soon as work became available, he joined his father and two older brothers who were working in Henry County, VA for the Bassett Furniture Industries.  Since his mother and father kept their home in Jonesville, NC, rather than moving to Henry County, much traveling went on for years between the two towns.
     He met Elizabeth M.Cox, a native of Henry County, and they were married in 1937 in a Protestant ceremony. (The Cox, Harris and allied families are the subject of another book by the author.)  Before retiring, he worked for over forty years for the Bassett Industries as an electrician and machinist. His principal hobby was golf although he has enjoyed playing many sports through the years.
     One of his early childhood memories was when he got the warts taken off his hands. He told his daughter, Anne, that at about age 6 or 7, he had a number of warts on his hands. He had heard that an elder Afro-American blacksmith, Uncle Martin Lomax, could remove warts. He consuled Mr. Lomax, who listened to his problem, said nothing but vigorously rubbed each of his hands. He swore that in no time, the warts all disappeared. When his daughter reminded him that warts are thought to be caused by virus, he didn't deny it, but reaffirmed that Uncle Martin could take off warts, and he was living proof. 
     He was married to Elizabeth Mason COX (daughter of Jesse Edward COX and Talitha Banner HARRIS) on 18 Dec 1937 in Henry Co., VA. Marriage Book No.6, page 27, Courthouse, Henry Co., VA. Elizabeth Mason COX was born on 20 Feb 1916 in Henry Co., VA.8 Birth Certificate No. 5471, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Richmond, VA. Dr. Drewry Mason was attending physician. 
      She was born 1:30 pm Ridgeway [Lone Oak], VA. She died on 5 May 1995 in Henry Co., VA. She was a member of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, National No. 701456. The NSDAR emblem, a spinning wheel, was approved by officials at national headquarters and was placed on her grave marker.
Death Certificate issued 16 May Martinsvile, VA. Died 5 May 1995 at her home in Collinsville, VA of natural causes [cardio-vascular failure.] Funeral was 8 May 1995 at 11 am on Monday, at Flora Funeral Home Chapel in Rocky Mount, VA, the Rev. William K. Dawson, Methodist clergy. Interment in Roselawn Burial Park in Martinsville, VA. She was buried on 8 May 1995 in Roselawn Cemetery, Henry Co., VA. Elizabeth Mason Cox attended public school in Henry County, VA. Her family moved from her grandfather's farm in Ridgeway to Bassett when she was a small girl, where her father began working for the Bassett Industries.
     Her mother died when she was 13 years old. She taught herself to sew when very young by making doll clothes. She was a very good seamstress, an avid flower gardener, and made ceramic dishes for many years. She was the principal caregiver in rearing her grandchildren from birth to age 6 while her daughter completed college.
Warner Boldyn VESTAL and Elizabeth Mason COX had the following children:
     +224 i. Elizabeth Anne VESTAL.

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EIGHTH GENERATION
224. Elizabeth Anne VESTAL was born on 8 Dec 1938 in Henry Co., VA.9 Birth certificate #49987, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Richmond, VA. Elizabeth Anne Vestal was born in Henry County, VA. She graduated from Radford College with a double major in Library Science and English, and began her teaching career in Henry County, VA in 1966. She was a high school librarian and teacher for over 13 years in the Loudoun County Public Schools, and worked in Washington, D.C. for five years programming personal computers. 
      In 1993, she moved back to Southside Virginia to be near her parents who were both in failing health. Both parents died in 1995.  Her  interests are: genealogy, personal computers [including building PCs and web pages], American History, historical American art forms, especially quilts and quilting.  She lives in Blue Hill Cottage in Rocky Mount, VA, where she is a member of Rocky Mount United Methodist Church. In addition she is a member of:
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
The Jamestowne Society
The National Society Magna Charta Dames 
Pace Society of America
National Genealogical Society

She has written, compiled, co-written a number of genealogical works, among them are:

1850 Federal Census of Henry County, VA. 1986, Revised 1991.

Death Records of Henry County VA, Vol.I 1853-1874, Publ. 1992
                                                 and Vol.II 1875-1896, Publ.1993.

Six Decade Index 1790-1840 of Henry County, VA. Publ.1988.

Some Descendants of the Cox and Harris Families of Ridgeway, VA.
             1776-1991 with Allied Families. Revised in 1991.

Some Descendants of the Vestal and Lovelace Families of Yadkin Co.,
             NC. Revised in 1994.

Letters of Lt. Stanley Gaines and other Union Soldiers from
              Morris County, NJ with Jane T. Norman. Publ.1988.

Index of Ebenezer Cemeteries, Loudoun Co., VA 1888-1940 with 
              Jane T. Norman, co-editor. Publ. 1992.

Account Book of Jones, Grogan & Jones, Blacksmiths of Henry Co.,VA
              1848-1872 with Jerlean Odell Pruitt. Publ.1992.

"How to Apply Without a Migraine" pamphlet with 
              Mary Anne Carter donated to NSDAR for national distribution. Publ. 1986.

Marriage Records of Pittsylvania County, VA 1767-1819. Publ. 1996.

Marriage Register of Henry County, VA, Volume I 1853-1878 
               and Volume II, 1879-1893. Publ. 1998.

Work in progress:  Wills of Henry County Virginia, 1820 - 1850 
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SOURCES

1. Alexander's Will recorded in Will Book #1, Yadkin County Courthouse,
Yadkinville.
2. Delanah is listed in her father's will, Probate records of Surry County, NC
dated Feb. 1844. She is buried beside her husband.
3. This information found in personal papers of Sarah Frances Money Vestal's
daughter-in-law: Mary Elizabeth Lovelace Vestal "...died at 3:30pm,
age 77 years, 2 months, 22 days" She was buried at Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery beside her husband.
4. 1920 Federal Census of Yadkin County, NC. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
5. Death Cert. #19507, Bureau of Vital Stats., Raleigh, NC.
6. Family #124/125, 1900 Federal Census of Grayson County, VA
Mary Elizabeth Lovelace was aged 19.
7. Birth Cert. #684. Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
8.
9. Born at home in Bassett, VA. Dr. Fleishman attended birth.
Birth Cert.#49987, Bureau of Vital Stats., Richmond, VA.

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