The Pemberton Scrapbook
1.
G. Daniel Buckley’s and Ernest L. Pemberton’s early research
2.
How the Scrapbook enters the research stream
3.
How I fit into this picture
George Daniel Pemberton Buckley, Jr’s
Website
Pemberton Family Page
Introduction: Growing The Pemberton Family Tree
The Descendants of George Pemberton I
The Ancestors of Muriel Grace Pemberton
Related Web Sites
Ancestrees by Linda Coate Dudick
Aquilla's Orchard by Sandra Barber
White House Farm by Curt Mason
The Washingtons of Jefferson County W.V.
The Pembertons of Spotsylvania/Culpeper, VA
Table of Documents
For Parts 1,2, 3
List Of Documents From Barbados By E.L. Pemberton
http://www.gbso.net/buc/facts_on_pemberton_ancestory.htm
Will Of James Pemberton Of St. John's Parish, Barbados Died 8 Aug 1701
http://www.gbso.net/buc/will_of_james_pemberton_of_st.htm
Deed To George Pemberton From Richard Littlepage dated 20 Jan 1702
http://www.gbso.net/buc/deed_to_george_pemberton_dated_2.htm
Table of Land Transactions for Pemberton and Related Families 1702-1780
http://www.gbso.net/buc/VA%20LAND%20REC/index.htm
Fairfax Grant to George Pemberton - 15 Oct 1750
http://www.gbso.net/buc/VA%20LAND%20REC/new_page_1.htm
Fairfax Grant to Isaiah Pemberton I - 16 Oct 1750
http://www.gbso.net/buc/VA%20LAND%20REC/new_page_2.htm
1750 Map of the area of Old Frederick Co. showing the portion that became Jefferson County, West Virginia
http://www.gbso.net/buc/VA%20LAND%20REC/1750%20MAP%20FREDERICK%20CO..jpg
The Will Of George Pemberton - probated 4 Oct 1757
http://www.gbso.net/buc/WILL%20GEO%20PEM.htm
The Will Of Isaiah Pemberton II - dated 18 Jan 1801
http://www.gbso.net/buc/will_of_isaiah_pemberton_ii.htm
Part One – Barbados
In February, 1627, 80 English settlers and 10 slaves, captured on the crossing, began the first settlement of
Barbados naming it Jamestown (today known as Holetown). They began by cultivation of tobacco and cotton
which they obtained from Dutch settlements in Guyana on the northern coast of South America. These crops
were only moderately successful but in 1637 sugar cane was introduced. This crop proved to be a gold mine
for the planters and by the 1640's had replaced tobacco and cotton as the principal crop. They became the
first in the new world to establish large sugar plantations and their wealth grew rapidly. This evolution to
large land holdings by a few planters led many of their young sons to seek opportunities in Virginia,
Massachusetts, and the Carolina's.
Barbados' surviving parish registers were all copied during the mid-19th century and deposited in a central
registry. And it is these copied parish registers, housed in the Barbados Department of Archives, which form
the basis of excellent reference works
In 1982 Mr. E.L. Pemberton visited the island and copied many documents related to the Pemberton
surname.
William Pemberton was listed as a landowner of more than 10 acres in a 1638 census of the island. This
listing coming only 11 years after the colony was first settled indicates William was likely one of the first
settlers, although we have not found a passenger list or other document to confirm this. As you can see from
the map the island is quite small and this coupled with the fact E.L. Pemberton found only one Pemberton
plantation on a map of the island dated 1685, leads us to believe that William was probably the progenitor
of all of the Barbadian Pembertons. Although there is no clear evidence that he was the father of James we
are listing him as such in our files for reference purposes only. This will give his name exposure on the web
and, perhaps, generate additional leads from interested researchers who read it there.
James Pemberton is the only Pemberton listed among property owners of 25 or more acres in the next
census dated 1679, which would seem to indicate the demise of the above mentioned William prior to this
date. This census also contained a listing of baptisms and another of burials. Here we find John Pemberton
son of James baptized on 9 Aug 1679 and John son of James buried 11 Aug 1679. Two additional sons of
James, William and Charles are shown baptized on 28 Aug 1679. James wrote a will on 7 Aug 1701 in which
he divided his property into two estates; first the portion located in St. George's Parish he left to his son John
and second that in St. John's Parish was left to son Charles. The will states that John was to inherit his share
when he reached the age of 21 and Charles on the death of James' wife Rebecca.
Our main concern is with John Pemberton bp 9 Aug 1679 and whether or not he could be the same person
as John Pemberton of Virginia and father of George described in many different Pemberton family histories
and other references. The dates 9 Aug 1679 and 28 Aug 1679 are given in one account by Mr. Eli Jay who
wrote:
"We do find this name in the early records of St. John's Parish in Virginia when on August 9, 1679
John Pemberton, son of James was baptized and on August 28 of the same year, William and James
Pemberton, sons of James.....".
There can be little doubt that Mr. Jay and other writers were incorrect in assuming that John Pemberton of
Virginia was one and the same person as the John Pemberton of Bardados:
1. The Census of 1679 shows a John was buried on 11 Aug 1679.
2. The John mentioned in James' will is referred to as a minor in 1701 which clearly rules out the possibility
that John bp 9 Aug 1679 could be the same person.
3. If the John of Virginia was the John bp 9 Aug 1679 then, unless he was baptized at a very advanced age,
how could he have been able to execute a real estate transaction with Mr. Richard Littlepage, Sr. who died
20 Apr 1688 a little more than 7 years later? (See deed of 20 Jan 1702.)
4. The records of St. John's parish were destroyed in the Civil War 40 plus years before Jay wrote his account.
We can find no reasonable way to link the Pembertons of Barbados to those of Virginia however we will
include them in our file as an unlinked family beginning with William Pemberton.
Part Two - Virginia To The Year 1746
Some say that George Pemberton's mother was Francis De Rochelle daughter of George Xavier De Rochelle
and wife of John Pemberton. These same sources claim that Francis was baptized in St. John's Parish, Virginia
on the same date as John Pemberton's brothers (28 Aug 1679), and that after John's death she married
Richard Littlepage and had several children by him. Furthur they state that George Pemberton's middle
name was Xavier perhaps in an effort to tie him to George Xavier De Rochelle. None of these sources quote
any documents that would go to prove their statements. The use of St. John's parish in Virginia and the date
28 Aug 1679 are almost certainly incorrect for the reasons discussed in Part One. There was a St. John's
parish in Virginia, in what would become King William County, but all of it's records were destroyed in the
Civil War. George Pemberton's name appears on a number of documents that we will discuss below and in
none of these was the name Xavier ever used. It is clear though that he signed his name with an X. Perhaps
some well meaning researcher gave him this middle name to relate him to George De Rochelle but there are
no documents that show he used the name either.
There was a George (de) Rochelle who lived in Virginia in this time frame according to Doris Ross Johnston in
a file at Rootsweb World Connect. In her notes for George De Rochelle she states: "by way of Low
Countries; shipwrecked off Long Island and the Governor offered them land to settle, but they landed at
Princess Anne Co., VA, thence via Nansemond Co., VA to Wake Co., NC -- from thence the SC Rochelles
came.
SOURCE: Huguenot Soc of TX application of Maggie Smith, Travis Co., 2 Apr 1956“
From: Dixie Ann Pemberton [mailto:pemreed@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:31 AM
To: Dan Buckley
Subject: George Pemberton: Long Creek
Dear Dan:
Looked up your website; had seen it once before. But wasn't sure we
had a
common ancestor until the 1757 will. Now, I've re-read your site twice;
and decided last night to download and print out so I can go over it. I
have only a few xeroxed pages of the Pettis Co History, but I'm asking my
brother Gordon to bring it to a family gathering Saturday. I want to
reexamine it for additional delineating clues to the exit from VA to SC to
KY to MO.
I love maps. How great to have a map of Long River! I know my brother
Gordon will be excited. He is not online...
Cordially,
Dixie Ann
From: Dan Buckley [buc@gbso.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:54 AM
To: Dixie Ann Pemberton
Subject: RE: George Pemberton: Long
Creek
I am glad you read my site. I am busy
researching the report you sent me and
when done hope to write you some
interesting things, some of which are not
on the website.
Dan
From: Dan Buckley [buc@gbso.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:25 AM
To: Jblloyd1@aol.com
Cc: Rwwalnp@aol.com; Ernie & Arlene Pemberton; Dixie Ann Pemberton; Dale Nicoll;
Rhonda Mefford; Betty Buckley; Sandra Barber; Pamela Service; Linda Coate; Joyce
Lesich; Gwen Foraker; Hope Chamberlain; Stuart Lloyd; Eileen Lloyd; Carole Ann
Hudson; Robert Pritchett
Subject: Re: MORE CONFIRMATION OF THE PEMBERTON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK
James
Again my comments in red.
Dan
----- Original Message ----From: Jblloyd1@aol.com
To: buc@gbso.net
Cc: splloyd@worldnet.att.net ; Rwwalnp@aol.com ; eclloyd89@hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: MORE CONFIRMATION OF THE PEMBERTON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK
Dan,
I was excited to see the Carney name in Scrap I and had not had a chance to look up the
link before I got your email. I went to check the index and was surprised to find out it no
longer existed! I don't know what happened to it. I will have to recreate it and resend
the book. I think something got lost in going back and forth between Microsoft Word (at
my office) and Open Office Writer (at home). Does your version have an index?
No but it's not a big problem because I can use the search in Word.
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Your detective work seems sound to me. Thomas' brother John was said to have been born
about 1717. If Thomas was a little older or younger, he would still be a reasonable age to
have married a girl born in the late 1720's or early 1730's (around the 1727 birthdate of
George III or Jr (we really need to agree on his nomenclature).
agree except we need to correct the scrapbook on Geo III's age, we calculate his dob as
1717/18 based on info in scrap 2. I have additional info on Carney which I will send you
when I document his file.I
There was certainly a strong tradition of marrying the girl next door, wasn't there? A look at
the Baptist records of those years might help cement all this, since I believe that was a
common bond among all these families. I have requested a published version of the church
minutes through our local library. The originals are at the U Penn library in Philadelphia and
I'm hoping one of our extended family will be able to sift through those microfilms for
additional clues.
I also have been struck by this especially after finding so many additional links to the
"Pioneer Families of Old Frederick Co.". I don't if you have seen my map showing what I
knew prior to the scrapbook so attached is a copy. Below the map is where I live. Dan
G. Daniel Buckley’s Introduction to his WEB research on PEMBERTONS
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My research on our Pemberton line began about ten years ago when my mother and her sisters
gave me, both verbally and with documents and photographs, the information we needed to
complete most of the family back to Orlando Davis Pemberton. Then, over the years, several
cousins came forward with additional information that brought us as far back as David
Pemberton. Still later the internet has given us many new sources and documents both directly
and from many correspondents who kindly volunteered their information making possible a clear
line of descent from George Pemberton I of Cheshire, England in the 1600's to the present.
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Since George Pemberton II is the earliest ancestor that we can prove, the first three parts will
be concerned with him. The problem with George is that practically everything about him prior to
the year 1746 is in controversy: his name, his marriage(s) and his ancestors. In the first two parts
we will deal with a number of family myths and legends that surround him, keeping some and
discarding others.
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We have divided our information into several parts based on the way our documents seem to
be best organized. First the information on Barbados from our cousin E.L. Pemberton throws new
light on some old family stories. Then we will explore in Part Two the body of documents and
other facts in Virginia that predate 1746 concerning Pemberton families there. Part Three is a
discussion of George M. Pemberton's scrapbook which came to our attention in 2003.
This amazing document gives, what we believe to be, the best source of family
information yet found. Part Four will cover the family history from Cheshire, England
down to the marriages of George II's children and some of their subsequent histories.
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This article is an attempt to bring all of our information together in an organized format. Our
hope is that family members and others may find this useful both in understanding our family
history and for further research.
Scrapbook: Vol. I: Walnut Baptist Church Records, Gifted April 15,1853
George Middleton Pemberton,Sr., 1/23/1810-11/10/1878, SCRAPBOOK
ANCESTORS – DIXIE ANN PEMBERTON
George Pemberton I b 1660, & Sarah Middleton, England
Son George Pemberton II b 1685-1857, & Elizabeth Brooks, VA
Geo II lands in VA, 1710; marries 1st, Elizabeth Brooks
Son George Pemberton III b 1718 1827,& Judith Brooks, Virginia
Son Jesse B &Tabatha Brooks -Son George IV & Judea Mason
Son of JBP, George M. Sr., marries dau of Jesse M, G IV’s son, Melissa
GMP, Sr & Melissa: Family of eight children; upon her death, marries
Sarah, her sister, and they have four children
My grandfather, Thomas Mason Pemberton, was their youngest, b 1870- d 1963.
He married Constance Taylor, both of Missouri.
They moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1922, where my father was already living.
Gordon Taylor Pemberton, 1904-1975, my father, marries 1928
M. Kathleen Wurth, 1909-2001, born in KY and her family moved to Phoenix, AZ 1909
Dixie Ann Pemberton, 2nd daughter
Picture: George Middleton Pemberton, with granddaughters Dixie Virginia
P.Clarke and Cecilia P. Marks, my paternal aunts
Bottom Row: 3 Generations-Thomas Mason P, Gordon Taylor P, Gordon Lee P,
Top Row: other brothers of Gordon and Dixie Ann Pemberton
FAMILY TREE OF DAN AND DANNIE (LITTLE) BUCKLEY
ID: I11223Name: George PEMBERTON ISex: MBirth: in Cheshire Co., EnglandDeath: BEF 1800Reference
Number: PPEM09Note: THE PEMBERTON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK
Transcribed by Dixie Ann Pemberton and G.D. Buckley, Jr. 2003
{Dixie's remarks}
[Dan's remarks]
SCRAP 1 -:H I S T O R Y O F P E M B E R T O N S:------------------------------------------------------(From George M. Pemberton's Scrap Book)
"My great great Grandfather, George Pemberton, lived in Cheshire County or
parish England. His residence was known by the name of "Pemberton Huff," and
received its name from some circumstance that took place between the king
and himself, and the king ordered the following notice to be put up at the
Pemberton's gate post:
"While olives are green and commodities rough
Here is the place for Pemberton's huff."
He married Sarah Middleton. His son, George Pemberton came from England to
America and settled in Virginia in 1710, and married Elizabeth Brooks."
CHILDREN OF GEORGE PEMBERTON AND ELIZABETH BROOKS
George Pemberton who married Judea Brooks
Isaaiah " " " Dr. Hall's daughter of Va.
THREE DAUGHTERS: -- one married Henry Loyd
" " Charles Sneed
" " Thomas Carney
CHILDREN of GEORGE PEMBERTON and JUDEA BROOKS PEMBERTON
Jesse B. Pemberton who married Tabitha Brooks
George " " " Judea Mason
David " " " Margaret Level
Thomas died single
Mary married Daniel Brown
Elizabeth " Thomas Wadlington
Judea " Thomas Worthington[sic]
Margaret " John Stedman
Phoebe died single
[Taken from a typewritten, later transcription given me by Dixie Ann
Pemberton. GDB]
[In SCRAP 3 there is no Judea listed and we belive the above to be an error
of transcription however we are listing her under Geo III for research
purposes only.]
Part Three
George M. Pemberton's Scrapbook
Transcribed by Dixie Ann Pemberton and G.D. Buckley, Jr. 2003
Part One - The Scrapbook
Part Two - Commentary
-:H I S T O R Y O F P E M B E R T O N S:------------------------------------------------------(From George M. Pemberton's Scrap Book) [SCRAP 1]
"My great great Grandfather, George Pemberton, lived in Cheshire County or parish England. His residence
was known by the name of "Pemberton Huff," and received its name from some circumstance that took
place between the king and himself, and the king ordered the following notice to be put up at the
Pemberton's gate post:
"While olives are green and commodities rough
Here is the place for Pemberton's huff."
He married Sarah Middleton.
His son, George Pemberton came from England to America and settled in Virginia in 1710, and married
Elizabeth Brooks.
Marriage 1LIVING
Children George PEMBERTON II b: in Cheshire Co., England
Sources:Title: Pemberton Family Scrapbook
Author: George M. Pemberton
Publication: Courtesy of Dixie Ann Pemberton
Note:
Part of the text was dictated by George Pemberton III (d. 1817/18) to his son Jesse B. Pemberton; part was
dictated by Jesse B. Pemberton to his son George M. Pemberton.
[For complete text see notes for George Pemberton I]
Note: See notes for George II.
[SCRAP 1]
"My great great Grandfather, George Pemberton [ I ], lived in Cheshire County or parish England. His
residence was known by the name of "Pemberton Huff," and received its name from some circumstance
that took place between the king and himself, and the king ordered the following notice to be put up at
the Pemberton's gate post:
"While olives are green and commodities rough
Here is the place for Pemberton's huff."
He married Sarah Middleton.
At this writing no one has been able to verify the above information although Geo I and Sarah Middleton are
mentioned in Scrap 3. What I believe gives this version of our origins credibility is the accuracy of the
balance of the scrapbook along with it's age and it is most likely correct since Geo III would certainly have
known who his grandparents were and is known to have given this information to his son Jesse B. The fact
that we now have the name Sarah Middleton may, hopefully, give us a lead to verify this part of the
scrapbook but for now we must accept it on faith.
His son, George Pemberton [II] came from England to America and settled in Virginia in 1710, and married
Elizabeth Brooks
[SCRAP 2]
"My [top of page missing but probably reads: My father George Pemberton] who
departed this life in the one hundredth and tenth year of his age, was in
some particulars an extraordinary man.
He was born in the State of Virginia; moved from there to South Carolina about the year 1771 and in 1801
moved to Kentucky where he died in Caldwell County in the year 1827 eight miles a little south of east from
Princeton and was buried on the farm owned by his son George Pemberton [IV].
He was a stout, robust, athletic man; he could say at his death what few men
could say. He never was sick a day in his life; never took a dose of
medicine; never was bled; never was drunk; never was sued; neither sued any
person; never had an arbitration with any person. When he died [he] just
seemed to have fallen asleep.
He was a Captain in what was called Bratosks (Braddocks?) war. He was a respectable member of the old
Regular Baptist Church for about 80 years."
The above is my father's statement to me written by me George M. Pemberton
As mentioned in my article Growing The Pemberton Family Tree :
In 1732 George received three Colonial Land Patents totaling 1180 acres.
On 5 Nov 1734 he transferred something to a Jno Garth. In 1738 he received another patent for an
additional 416 acres. All of this property lay in what is now Hanover County which was formed in 1720. One
of the tracts acquired in 1734 lay on both sides of the Newfound River (see map above) and we believe his
other property was either adjacent to this or nearby.
It is possible that this George was our Geo II but we have no way to prove it so far. The date range of 17321738 is consistent with his span in the scrapbook of 1710-1756/7 but there were other Georges in VA at the
time who could also qualify. The transaction mentioned above with Charles Sneed is probably our Geo II
because, as I will show, Geo II's daughter married a Charles Sneed. One thing is clear at this point, if we are
working on the assumption that the scrapbook is correct, then we can rule out George son of John who
inherited by deed in 1701 from Richard Littlepage and at the same time all of the De Rochell information.
This slide shows the change in Dan’s and Ernie’s research
and thinking about their common ancester George
Pemberton II.
SCRAP 3
History Of Our Relations This statement was given to me by my father Jesse B. Pemberton down to the name of Col. Bird Burfort
where my narrative will commence.
"Jesse B. Pemberton's father was born in Virginia whose name was George, his mother's maiden name was
Judea Brooks; his grandfather's given name was Geo.; his grandmother on his mother's side was named
Betsey Warren that was her maiden name after marriage called Brooks.
My father's grandmother was Sarah Pemberton before called Middleton.
I had three brothers, (named) David, Geo. & Thos.
David married Margaret Level who died in the city of Charleston, So. Carolina.
Geo. married Judea Mason,
Thos. not married.
I married Tabitha Brooks.
I had 4 sisters (named) Betsy, Margaret, Polly, & Phebe.
Betsey married Tho. Wadlington,
Margaret married John Stedman,
Polly married Dan'l Brown one of ablest old Baptist preachers of his day.
Phebe never married.
My father had only one brother (named) Isaiah he married Dr. Hall's daughter of Virginia Frederick Co.
My grandfather on my father's side came from England when a young man, married Betsy Brooks. James
Burfort married my grandmother's sister on my mother's side her maiden name was Mary Warren, her
oldest sister married Warren Burfort, her youngest son was known by the title of Col. Bird Burfort."
The above was written by Geo. M. Pemberton a son of Jesse B. Pemberton whose name heads this
narrative.
SCRAP 4 Geo M. Pemberton History of his relations
"My Grandfather on my Mother's side was named Thomas Brooks an uncle of my
Fathers (Jesse B.) He was the youngest of ten children. His brothers were
Jesse, Mathew, Williams, James, Daniel, David and Joel. Jesse was an old
Baptist Preacher. David was a Quaker Preacher. His brother Thos, my
Grandfather, was a Quaker by Profession. His sister Mary married a Mr.
Thornberry.
My Grand Mother on my Mother's side was named Susan Teague. Her
Father was Elijah Teague, a captain in the old Revolutionary war, was
captured by a squad of 8 Tories and hung. He had 3 sons, they followed the
8 and killed them all except one - Ned Mitchuseson.
My Mothers maiden name was Tabitha Brooks. She had 4 brothers & four sisters. Thomas, Jesse, Elijah, and
David, was her brothers names her Sisters names were Polly, Betsey, Susan, and Rebecca. Thomas married
Franky Bond. had ten children, (namely), ?__Warren, David Given, Williams Bond, Furdy Wadlington, John
Johnson, Elijah Teague, & Jesse Pemberton, Polly, Susan, Tabitha, & Rebecca- the girls name- uncle Elijah
married Betsey Young had eleven children 7 sons and 4 daughters namely Young Draton, Alney McClain,
David Allen, John Goodlow, Napoleon, Jesse & Geo., girles names Susan, Mary Jane, Polly, & Elizabeth. David
never married, Aunt Betsey married Thomas Goran had 5 sons & 3 daughters named Pesley Edwards, Benj.
Franklin, Geo. Pemberton, John
Johnson, (girles names) Emily, Susan, & Nancy. Aunt Polly married James
Mercer had 2 sons one daughter - sons named Thos Brooks & Cursen (sp?) - girls name Helen................“
COMMENTARY ON GEORGE M. PEMBERTON'S SCRAPBOOK G.D. Buckley, Jr. 2004
As far as I know the scrapbook of George M. Pemberton had never been made public until I posted it to the
web a short time ago. This has made it easier to verify it's contents with other sources that could not have
been based on it. This document is an effort to compare these independent sources with the scrapbook on a
line by line basis.
The book itself was the work of George M. Pemberton who got some of his information from his father Jesse
B. Pemberton who in turn was given information by his father George III who was the son of George
Pemberton II who lived in the part of Old Frederick County, VA that today is known as Jefferson Co., WV.
After George M. died in 1878 the book was passed down through the generations until coming in possession
of the brother of Dixie Ann Pemberton who gave me copies of four pages in photo static format.
Before going into the detail of it's contents here is part of what we know of it's compiler George M.
Pemberton:
"George M. Pemberton, who was the eldest son of Jesse B and Tabitha Pemberton, was born in Caldwell
County Ky, March 5, 1810. He was one of the leading stock dealers of his township (Pettis Co. MO), and
contributed largely to the development and prosperity of the county. He was also at one time an extensive
land owner, having owned in connection with his brother, Dr. Thomas B. Pemberton, nearly 4,000 acres. He
died November 10, 1878. He had been a member of the Regular Baptist Church for many years, and was a
good neighbor, widely known and respected. He came to Missouri in company with his brother, Dr. Thomas
B, in 1836, and was married in 1839 to Miss Malissa M. Pemberton, daughter of Judge Pemberton, by whom
he raised a family of eight children. Mrs. Pemberton died in 1859 with typhoid fever, and also near the same
time, two of the eldest sons and one daughter died. In 1860 George M. married Miss Sarah E. Pemberton,
sister of his first wife, by whom he had four children. "
[(Quoted from page 977 of the "HISTORY OF ELK FORK TOWNSHIP") courtesy of Dixie Ann Pemberton]
We will show the scrapbook's contents in red and our comments in black. Items in blue are hyperlinked.
In a book by Harry Wright Newman, The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia we find a chain of title that would
seem to place a George Pemberton in Prince William Co., VA at an early date judging by the length of the
chain:
"In 1764 Edward Smoot purchased from William Mitchell, of Prince William County, Virginia, 153 acres of
land lying in that county, the tract being a portion of 300 acres bought by Luke Cannon from Thomas Young,
conveyed to Young by George Pemberton and conveyed to him by Charles Sneed to whom the land had
descended by inheritance."
Charles Sneed is mentioned later as marrying Geo II's daughter Ann. (See Below)
Elizabeth Brooks is pointed to indirectly in Reah Lloyd McGaffey's, Lloyd Notes and Facts, 1709-1990
(Electronic version transcribed by James Lloyd). Used with permission of James Lloyd.
"JUDITH was not HENRY'S first wife, for if we have the right Judith Pemberton, she was JUDITH BROOKS,
daughter of MATTHEW and ELIZABETH (Warren) BROOKS of "Opekon". Elizabeth's will is dated Dec. 12, 1759
and it named a daughter, JUDITH PEMBERSON (sic). The chief evidence for thinking this is the Judith who
married HENRY LLOYD Sr. is that her granddaughter was named CATHERINE BROOKS MCCONNELL. Some
doubt is thrown on this theory by a paper handed down in the White family, descendants of Henry and
Judith, which says that it was Judith Pemberton that married Henry. This paper says that Judith's mother was
a cousin of SALLY FAIRFAX, but gave no name. If the name BROOKS came through the Lloyd family it had to
be an early Brooks girl (the cousin of Sally?) who married a Pemberton and had a daughter Judith."
If the scrapbook is correct then the wife of Geo II given as Elizabeth "Bettsy" Brooks would certainly fill the
bill as Grandmother of Catherine Brooks McConnell. I have been searching the family of Sally Fairfax who
was rumored to be George Washington's mistress although no proof has ever been found. What I have is
this:
Sarah CARY
1730 - 1811
ID Number: I56729
RESIDENCE: VA
BIRTH: 1730
DEATH: 1811
RESOURCES: See: [S2066]
Father: Wilson CARY Esq. of Celeys
Mother: Sarah PATE?
Family 1 : George William FAIRFAX
MARRIAGE: 12 Dec 1748
Notes
"Sarah Cary((4)), b. 1730; d. 1811. She, in a letter of Dec. 12, 1802, to her nephew, Thomas, ninth Lord
Fairfax, states her age as then seventy-two. She married (Dec. 12, 1748) George William Fairfax." [S2066]
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0018/g0000078.html]
So far I can find no mention of a Brooks in the Cary linage.
There is no doubt that George III married Judith Brooks:
Fact: George Pemberton, III was a son of George Pemberton, II
Will Of George Pemberton II Transcribed by E.L. Pemberton and G.D. Buckley, Jr. from a photo copy:
I give and bequeath unto my son George Pemberton his heirs and assigns all my messuage or tenement
whereon I now live in the County aforesaid containing as by survey made four hundred and twenty two
acres as appears by my Deed issued in my name for said land to him and his heirs and assigns forever,
together with a Negro girl called Jean about thirty years of age to him and his. Assigns forever also a fifth
part of all my moveables."
Fact: Matthew Brooks and Elizabeth Warren Brooks had a daughter who was married to a Pemberton in
1759.
1. From the book Brooks and Kindred Families by Ida Brooks Kellam :
"Elizabeth Warren, Widow of Matthew, dated her will 12 -12- 1759 and it was admitted to probate 2-6-1760
in Frederick County Virgina book 2 page 368. Elizabeth Brooks is said to be the Daughter of Thomas Warren
who made his will in Spottsylvania County Virgina., 4-13-1749 and probated 12-4 1750 book B. p. 56. He
named his Daughter, Elizabeth Brooks."
2. From the book: LLOYD NOTES AND FACTS, Compiled by: Reah Lloyd McGaffey:
"Elizabeth Warren Brook's will is dated Dec. 12, 1759 and it named a daughter, JUDITH PEMBERSON (sic)."
Fact: George Pemberton, Jr. had a wife named Judith:
E.L. Pemberton, EMail dated May 16, 2001:
"The information I have on the the lands of George and Isaiah are copies of the Deeds whereby both men
with their wives Elizabeth (Isaiah) and Judith (George) and both to Samuel Washington of 542 acres for
Isaiah and 473 acres for George on 1/27 and 1/28/1771 (for Isaiah) for 5 shillings and 435 pounds and 2/1
and 2/2/1771 for George for 5 shillings and 300 pounds. Both Deeds indicate the land joined Robert
Worthington's land patent 10-2-1735 and being tract granted to Isaiah and George separately by a Deed
from Lord Fairfaxe dated 10-16-1750 (for Isaiah) and 10-15-1750 (for George). My records show that Isaiah
was married in 1752 and George ABT 1755. Which means both men were single in 1750."
Conclusion: George Pemberton, Jr. married Judith Brooks.
Isaiah " " " Dr. Hall's daughter of Va.
[1] Notes for Elizabeth Hall by Jesse Hall used with his permission:
Elizabeth's inheritance under her father's will:
"Item my will is that my new Survey of land shall be sold by my Executor hereafter mentioned and the
money got for the same shall be Equally divided among my four daughters Viz - Elizabeth Pemberton, Ruth
Havin, Hannah Harris, and Sarah Keyes and it is my will also that my full children always to have their grain
ground tool free during their natural life or the mill ongoing."
[2] Elizabeth is named as wife of Isaiah Pemberton in deed to Samuel Washington in 1771.
[3] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy; 1700-1930 (Ann Arbor: MI, 1936),
Vol. 1, Page 1023:
"Elizabeth Pemberton, w. Isaiah, d. 12-28-1795." Bush River Monthly Meeting.
It is interesting that here and later in the scrapbook William Hall is refered to as "Dr.". I have seen no other
source that mentions this and indicates the author's first-hand knowledge of the Hall family who lived
nearby to George II around the present day site of Halltown, WV.
THREE DAUGHTERS: -- one married Henry Loyd
" " Charles Sneed
" " Thomas Carney
Strangely the daughters of Geo II are not named in the scrapbook, perhaps the writer had forgotten them or
the original page had faded too much to be transcribed. (The first scrap is typewritten and must have been
transcribed from an earlier page.) We used the following logic to sort out who married who:
1. The will of George Pemberton II identifies the three daughters as Ann, Judi, and Sarah.
2. Judi married Henry Lloyd:
In her book, "Lloyd Notes and Facts", Reah Lloyd McGaffey makes this statement:
"JUDITH was not HENRY'S first wife, for if we have the right Judith Pemberton, she was JUDITH BROOKS,
daughter of MATTHEW and ELIZABETH (Warren) BROOKS of "Opekon". Elizabeth's will is dated Dec. 12, 1759
and it named a daughter, JUDITH PEMBERSON (sic). The chief evidence for thinking this is the Judith who
married HENRY LLOYD Sr. is that her granddaughter was named CATHERINE BROOKS MCCONNELL. "
It is our contention that Mrs. McGaffey did not have the right Judeth Pemberton. It is apparent from a
careful of reading of her account that she was unaware of who the Pemberton's of Frederick Co. were:
". If the name BROOKS came through the Lloyd family it had to be an early Brooks girl (the cousin of Sally?)
who married a Pemberton and had a daughter Judith, or through Judith Brooks who married a Pemberton
before she married Henry."
The last assumption that Judith Brooks married a Pemberton before she married Henry is what gives Mrs.
McGaffey problems because if true then she must reach the inevitable conclusion that Henry married twice
since:
"No marriage record has been found for Judith and Henry but several researchers think that Judith was a
second wife. Henry had a daughter born in 1759 when he was 50 years old, and Judith had a son born in
1771 when it seems that a first wife would have been too old. Judith Pemberton Lloyd. daughter of Judith
and Henry was born 1763 so it appears that between 1759 and 1763 Henry must have married Judith."
There is no birth record that I have seen which would prove 1709 as Henry's date of birth, we have no clear
record of Judith Brooks or Judeth Pemberton either. We do know that Isaiah son of George Pemberton, Sr.
married Elizabeth Hall of Halltown, W.V. before (hopefully) 3 Dec 1753 when according to Hinshaw's Quaker
Encyclopedia, their first child was born. They had their last child on 3 Sep 1775. A span which could also
apply to Henry and Judith Lloyd. Concerning Henry's ancestry I believe Eileen C. Lloyd <ECLloyd@aol.com>
has the best summary:
"Two of our line of relatives have been researching the relationship of David to William Lloyd and have not
been successful in proving that fact. In fact, one of them has gone as far as getting a researcher in England
and thus far has not found anything. One of the books that I have is "Lloyds, Notes and Facts" by Reah
McGaffey who has done a great of research of this line. Her first chapter "Lloyds of Virginia" states: "Thus far,
not too much is known of the early Lloyd family in Virginia, altho several of us have searched diligently for
proof of clues found there. The earliest member of which we can be sure, was a DAVID LOYD of Frederick
County, Virginia, where a warrant for about 400 acres of land was obtained from Lord Fairfax April 4, 1750 in
David's name and it stated that he was living on the land at the time. In October of the same year, this land
was patented to his son HENRY LOYD."
Regardless of Henry's age, (my great grandfather Daniel Buckley fathered a child when he was 62), the fact
that he fathered a child in 1759 lends credence to our contention that he married Judi Pemberton daughter
of George Pemberton, Sr. In fact there is no reason to believe that Judi was not the mother of all of Henry's
children.
Summing up:
1. The fact that Judith Pemberton Lloyd named one her children Catherine Brooks McConnell is insufficient
reason to believe that Henry Loyd married Judith Brooks.
2. If Henry's wife had a maiden name of Brooks then why didn't they name their 9th child Judith Brooks
Lloyd? Surely that would have been preferable to a dead husband's name.
3. Who could the mysterious first husband be? As far as we know there was only one Pemberton family
living in what became Jefferson Co., WV during the time frame in question and in those days there weren't
many people living in the whole area.
4. Fact: George Pemberton had a daughter named Judi named in his will dated 1756:
"Will Of George Pemberton (Copy Posted at: http://www.gbso.net/BUC/WILL%20GEO%20PEM.htm
Transcribed by E.L. Pemberton and G.D. Buckley, Jr. from a photo copy.
"Item I give unto my second eldest daughter Judi one fifth part of all my moveables."
Fact: Henry and Judith named their 9th child Judith Pemberton Lloyd.
5. The information given in The Pemberton Family Scrapbook by Jesse B. Pemberton supports my position
that Judeth Brooks married Geo (III,Jr.) and gives some credence to Mrs. Mahaffey's contention: "If the name
BROOKS came through the Lloyd family it had to be an early Brooks girl (the cousin of Sally?) who married a
Pemberton and had a daughter Judith,........".
In the Pemberton Family Scrapbook Judith Pemberton's mother is listed as Elizabeth Brooks and this would
certainly account for her grand daughter naming one of her children Catherine Brooks McConnell.
Conclusion: Henry married Judith Pemberton, who most likely was the mother of all of his children.
3. Thomas Carney owned land adjacent to George Pemberton as mentioned in a survey by George
Washington .
4. Thomas' wife is identified as Sarah when the property was sold on 7 Dec 1774 in Berkley Co.,public
records.
Conclusion: Sarah married Thomas Carney
5. By the process of elimination Ann must have married Charles Sneed.
The only information we have linking Charles Sneed is the reference given above in the Smoot book.
The descendants of Judith Pemberton and Henry Lloyd begin at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgibin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I2045
Based on information given in Reah Lloyd McGaffey's book we have included several generations of
descendants for Thomas Carney and Sarah Pemberton which will be found begining at:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I11659
The second scrap of Geo. M's book deals with the life of George Pemberton, III. Dixie Ann Pemberton refers
to it as an obituary and this is probably correct. It is important to us for more than the details of Geo III's life
because if we can verify it then it will be helpful in our analysis of other documents that are in conflict and
those which agree.
He was a stout, robust, athletic man; he could say at his death what few men could say. He never was sick a
day in his life; never took a dose of medicine; never was bled; never was drunk; never was sued; neither
sued any person; never had an arbitration with any person. When he died [he] just seemed to have fallen
asleep. He was a Captain in what was called Bratosks (Braddock's) war. He was a respectable member of the
old Regular Baptist Church for about 80 years.
The above is my father's statement to me written by me George M. Pemberton
..."George Pemberton served as captain of a company of Virginia troops, under Col. Washington, in the
campaign with Braddock's army, and it was through their coolness and bravery that the small remnant of
that command was saved from complete destruction."
[from the HISTORY OF ELK FORK TOWNSHIP, P 978, in Pettis County History 1882.]
Based on my interpretation of the mention of "Bratoehs [Braddock's] war" in the scrapbook and the above
quote from the Pettis Co. history book it appears clear that George III fought in the French and Indian war.
Gen. Braddock was sent to the colonies to defend British interests and Col. Washington was appointed by
the governor of Virginia to command the colonial militia. Braddock was killed in 1755 and could not possibly
have had any role in the Revolutionary war.
Scrap 3 repeats some of the information found in Scraps 1 and 2. There are some differences here that
should be mentioned.
1. The inscription on the gate re: Olives and Commodities is not found in Scrap 3.
2. I did not discuss the list of children and marriages in Scrap 1 because it seemed better to bring it up here
since most of the information is duplicated in Scrap 3. There is one difference between the two versions;
Scrap 1 lists a child of George III as: Judea Pemberton who married Thomas Worthington. We believe this
may be an error however the question remains: Where did the transcriber of Scrap 1 get this? So we are
leaving Judea as a child of Geo III with the caution that it may incorrect. To date we have not been able to
either confirm or deny it.
Here is Mr. Lisle's reply to a questionaire that I sent him:
"Dan,
Thanks for your note. I have done a bit more research on the SC Stedmans since I last posted my web site, so
maybe I can help a bit. I refer you to a book on the Barton/Steadman family by Joseph Earle Steadman. I
think you will find it useful.
Steadman's book claims that she married a Thomas Steedman, s/o Robert Steedman of Fife, Scotland.
This is what Steadman says about Thomas (9th child of Robert Steedman & a Miss Henderson):
Thomas (b. abt 1762 - d. unknown) He is not listed in the 1790 census for South Carolina. According to
information given to the late John Edrington Steadman (not a descendant in this line) by later day members
of the Pemberton family conneciton living in Newberry County, SC, Thomas married Margaret Pemberton -(daughter of one George Pemberton who moved from Frederick Co., VA, to Newberry county prior to 1790)
- and died prior to 1790. leaving no children. She is listed next to George Pemberton in the 1790 census for
Newberry county. On 1 May 1805 she witnessed a deed given to Mary Garner by John Pemberton and
others. (Deed Book I, p. 128) At about 1806 some of the Pembertons moved to Miami County, OH, and she
probably went with them."
My reply and his to me:
John:
Thank You for the prompt reply. I will read over the information you sent. The Margaret Pemberton who
according to the scrapbook married a John Steadman would most likely not have gone to Ohio but rather to
KY with other members of Geo. Pem III's family. The Pems who went to Ohio were all descendants of Geo
III's brother Isaiah Pem I ie Isaiah II and Richard's widows.
The interesting thing at this point is no one seems to have a wife for Elias Eli Steadman and yet both of his
children named one of their children Geo. Pemberton Steadman and Geo. Pemberton Worthington.
Maybe Eli Steadman was also named John? Wild guess, I know, but why else would the name Geo.
Pemberton be there????
Thanks again I will take some time studying your information.
Dan:
I agree that Elias is likely to have married close to the Pemberton or Worthington family. I just have not done
a lot of work with him, although I have done considerable work on his descendants (over 200 pages of
report...) I think that an exhaustive census analysis is in order to see if we can nail him down and his family.
That may provide some clues to his spouse.
John.
So at this point we can say Margaret Pemberton married a Stedman but which one is an unsolved mystery.
My summary:
The 1790 SC Census does show a Margaret Stedmon with one slave and no one else in the household. She is
listed between George Pemberton and Peggy Pemberton who I now believe was Margaret Level the widow
of Geo.'s son David who died in Charleston, SC.
Thomas Steadman had a brother John who according to Lisle married a Hannah McKinney ca 1784 and
about 1800 moved to NC. and later to TN. "
Eli Stedman Sr. who is listed a brother to the above John and Thomas appears to have had two children Eli,
Jr. and Judith by an unknown wife. Judith married Benjamin Worthington and named one of her children
George Pemberton Worthington while Eli Jr. married Nancy Hardman and named one of his children George
Pemberton Steadman.
A possible explanation might read this way: Margaret Pemberton Steadman widow of Thomas had no
children so she either adopted or became ward of her dead Brother in Law's children. This might expain the
connection to George Pemberton. Perhaps Eli Sr. and wife were killed in the bloody circumstances that
existed in the Piedmont area of SC during the Revolution. Of course this does not deal with the conflict
between the Scrapbook's John and the Thomas mentioned in Joseph Earle Steadman's book. But it does
appear they are one and the same person.
Obviously more research is needed here.
Here is Mr. Lisle's notes for Eli Stedman, Jr.
Eli Stedman was born in the present day Newberry County, SC, about 1777 (based on being age 73, born SC
in the 1850 Census).
Eli Stedman was witness to the will of Mathew Brooks in Newberry Co., SC. on 26 Sep 1794. (Will proven 9
Jul 1796, Book B, Page 47.) At present, no other SC records have been found for him.
According to LDS records, he married Nancy Hardman (1779 - after 1828), daughter of Uriah Hardman and
Frances Chandler, about 1800. Joseph Earle Steadman speculated that she may have been related to Sarah
Pemberton (wife of George Pemberton, Sr.), but there is no evidence of that in the known family of Uriah
Hardman.
He has not been identified on a census for 1800.
He moved to Kentucky and on 31 August 1807 in Livingston county he was granted 200 acres of land on Dry
Fork of Eddy Creek, south of Green River. (see Willard Rouse Jellson, Kentucky Land Grants, p. 408).
[DB H: 214 15 June 1836 James Wood from Jeremiah Rucker. Robert Draper, Trustee for Thomas Rucker and
Attorney for Jeremiah Rucker and Eli Steadman... for $350.00, land Dry Fork of Eddy Creek, corner to
Thomas Anderson. (Jeremiah Rucker was father of America who married Mason George Pemberton-11352
}G.D.B. 11/09/2003]
He has not been identified on a census for 1810.
At some time before 1812 he disposed of this land and returned to Newberry County, SC.
He has not been identified on a census for 1820.
He later moved to Tuscalosa Co., AL, where he acquired other land that on 24 January 1828, he and Nancy
conveyed to Donald O. Brooks. (Alabama Records, Vol. 7, p. 41).
He seems to have been recorded in the 1830 Census for Madison Co., MS
He was recorded on the 1835 paid tax list for Carroll Co., MS.
He was recorded in the 1840 Census for Carroll Co., MS, on p. 40.
On the 1850 federal census of Carroll Co., MS, Eli was shown living with Henry D. and Alice (Stedman) Smith.
(Southern Division on 5 Sep 1850, Page 196, House 32, Family 40, Age 73, born SC)
Based on the 1850 Census, the approximate birth years and places for his children were:
James Hardman Steadman age 49, born SC? (about 1801) (however, 1860 census is age 62, born KY and
reading is clear)
George P. Steadman age 45, born KY (about 1805)
Jesse B. Steadman age 41, born KY (about 1809)
Sabra (Steadman) Jones age 37, born KY (about 1813)
Bluford Steadman age 36, born KY (about 1814)
Mary (Steadman) Cotton age 32, born AL (about 1818)
Alice (Steadman) Smith age ? , born ? (unreadable - but another reading was -age 31, born NC)
Samuel Steadman - not located (1801, SC?)
Joshuay Steadman - not located (1812, SC?) - ? Forsythe Co., GA, p. 187?
Based on the births of the children, it seems that Eli must have been in Kentucky for a longer time than
otherwise expected.
He died in testate sometime after 1850; Children listed cannot be "proven" but all research indicates that he
is the father of the children listed.
Based on the information that we have so far I am tentatively assigning Thomas as husband of Margaret
Pemberton. Our Stedman family listings begin here:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I12798 .
Polly married Dan'l Brown one of ablest old Baptist preachers of his day.
The following quote shows that the Rev. Daniel Brown followed the same migration from SC to Western KY
as did the Pembertons, Brooks, Wadlingtons, and Stedman families:
History of Kentucky Baptists, From 1769 to 1885, by J. H. Spencer, 1886,
Reprinted by Church History and Archives, 1976, Lafayette, TN.
Little River Association. Caldwell County.
"Daniel BROWN was one of the early settlers of what is now Caldwell county, and is believed to have
emigrated from South Carolina. He aided in gathering Eddy Grove church, in 1799, and Salem church, in
Livingston county, in 1804. His membership was at Eddy Grove, and he is believed to have been the first
pastor of that, and also of Salem church. He was in the constitution of Red River Association, in 1807, and
preached the introductory sermon before that body, in 1811. He was also in the constitution of Little River
Association, in 1813, and labored among its churches some three years. About 1816, he emigrated to
Alabama."
Source; http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/caldwell/brown.d.txt
His move to AL and details of his family were found at this web site:
Friends Of Historic Northport, Alabama Web Site - Cemeteries.
Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is located in T20S R10W S29 on Hwy 43 North.
This church was known as White's Chapel as late as the 1930's.
In Memory of
Jesse Mercer Finnell 12-29-1821 8-1-1864
Joseph Adison Finnell 6-23-1823 11-12-1878
Daniel Brown Finnell 11-21-1824 11-12-1877
Sons of Collin & Nancy Brown Finnell
They were buried widely separated unknown graves.
This community church was their home.
This was their church
In Memory of
Rev. Daniel Brown Pioneer Baptist Preacher 1755 VA 1835 Clinton AL
Polly Pemberton Brown 1755 VA 1845 Caddo Parish, LA
Parents of Nancy Brown Finnell
They lie in widely separated unmarked graves but abundant
harvests are being reaped each year on account
of their missionary work here 1818-1835
Browne, John Tanner son of George Pemberton Browne
& Hardinia Tanner Browne, nephew of Nancy Brown Finnell
b. Christian Co., KY 10-26-1815 d. Moundville AL 10-26-1874
Finnell, Polly Pemberton 1830-1831
Finnell, Collin 1793-1848
Finnell, Nancy Brown 1795-1875
Collin Finnell PVT GA Troops War of 1812 & Indian Wars
July 9, 1793 Dec 10, 1848."
From this we have all we need to confirm Jesse's information in the scrapbook however because the
cemetery inscription also brings up the Finnell family we must at this point discuss a book written by the
grandson of the above mentioned Colin who married Daniel and Mary "Polly Pemberton Brown's daughter
Nancy, Colonel Woolsey Finnell:
Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpepper County, Virginia and Allied Families
Compiled by Colonel Woolsey Finnell, Sr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, during the period 1948 - 1954.
In fairness we should say that the Col. Finnell wrote without benefit of having seen the Scrapbook or the Will
of Geo. Pemberton, II so based on the information available to him he made the incorrect assumption that
the Mary "Polly" Pemberton and her brother George Pemberton were the children of a Richard Pemberton
who was a contemporary of our Geo. II. In fact in his forward he wrote:
"This is not a complete history of any of the families of record, but it is at least a key that will open many
sources of information that heretofore have been hidden by time and failure of the heads of famlies to leave
enough foot prints on the sands of time to enable those who came later to follow them as far back as we
would like"
We will not attempt here to discuss all of the errors that are in the book especially concerning the
Pemberton family which is found on pages 62-68. Our main concern is the statements that are in direct
conflict with the scrapbook. The first and most misleading statement is on page 4:
"Daniel Brown son of William and Lucy Brown, was born June, 1755 in Culpepper
County, Virginia. He professed religion when seventeen years old and was ordained
a Baptist Preacher when he was only twenty-two years old. He married Mary (Polly)
Pemberton, daughter of Richard Pemberton, of Cumberland County, Virginia."
It is not surprising that Finnell guessed the family of Richard was his anscestral line since it included children
named George and Mary.
From Abstracts of Cumberland County, Virginia Will Books 1 & 2 (1749 - 1782) by Katherine Reynolds:
Will of Richard PEMBERTON dated 30 Jan 1768/9 and probated 24 July 1769 names wife Francis and children
William, Martha, James, Richard, George, Mary, and Magdalene.
But it would have been better had he stated that this was just a reasonable guess instead of making it
appear as a proven fact. On page 63ff he makes statements that lead to the conclusion that he indeed picked
the wrong Pembertons!
"George Pemberton, son of Richard Pemberton and brother of Mary (Polly) Pemberton, who married Rev.
Daniel Brown of Culpepper County, Va. married Mary Lyon in Washington County, Va., Nov. 5 1793. Rev.
Thomas Woolsey performed the marriage cerermony. George Pemberton was settled in Christian County,
Ky., before 1800. On June 6th 1804, he bought 500 acres of land in Christian County for $1500 from William
Grogan and wife, Lucy. He helped his brother-in law, Rev. Daniel Brown, organize Eddy Grove Baptist Church,
about three miles from Princeton. Christian (now Caldwell) County, Ky.
The census of Caldwell County, Ky., of 1810 shows that George Pemberton and his wife Mary [sic] were living
on their farm in that county at that time. A son of George Pemberton moved to Sedalia, Mo. from
Kentucky. A great-grandson of this man, Jesse M. Pemberton, Jr. lives in Arlington, Texas now."
First Finnell ignores the fact that there were two George Pembertons listed in the 1810 census as shown
above under Scrap 2. One of these is identified as Junior and since he is adjacent to an older George (over
45) it is probable they were father and son. It is clear that if Geo son of Richard did not marry until 1793
then Finnell had to be looking at George Jr. since he is the only one listed with children. (See Scrap 1).
Second to reinforce his assumption that this was George son of Richard he says "and his wife Mary" This is
incorrect because until 1850 all censuses included only the name of the head of household; no other
members were named.
Third he states a son of Geo (son of Richard) moved to Sedalia, Mo. It is with this statement the Col. finally
links to the correct family, that of our George Pemberton III of the scrapbook. From census data and
cemetery records it is certain that the Pembertons who moved to Sedalia, MO from KY were the
descendants of George Pemberton III. Not only did a son of Geo. III move to Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO but in
fact most of the family did.
George Pemberton, IV died there and is buried in the Pemberton Cemetery along with his wife Judea
Mason Pemberton obviously NOT Mary Lyon!
There can be little doubt that the scrapbook is the correct source for Mary (Polly) Pemberton who married
Rev. Daniel Brown.
But if the two Georges found in the 1810 Caldwell Co. census were Geo III and Geo IV where, one might ask,
was George son of Richard who married Mary Lyon? If we could answer this question perhaps we can lay to
rest Col. Finnell's assumption once and for all.
First consider the World Connect file of Mr. Kenneth Lakey:
A W Lakey
Entries: 37029 Updated: Tue Dec 9 15:05:15 2003 Contact: Kenneth M. Lakey klakey@adams.net
ID: I07640
Name: George PEMBERTON 1
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1762 in Virgina
Death: 1835 in Wayne Co. Kentucky
Reference Number: 7640
Father: Richard PEMBERTON b: 1726 in Cumberland County, Virginia (Henrico County, Va)
Mother: Frances BRADLEY b: ABT. 1729
Marriage 1 Mary LYON b: 1764 in Washington County, Virginia
Married: 5 NOV 1793 in Washington County, Virginia 2
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=awlakey&id=I07640
As you can see this is the same individual named by Finnell and we find that he died in Wayne
Co., KY which is located far to the east of Caldwell Co. Now if we could locate a George
Pemberton in Wayne Co. in 1810 then it would be highly likely it would be this same George.
Well thanks to some kind contributors at the Wayne Co. Genweb site we can do just that!!
Phebe never married.
We have been unable to find any record of Phebe outside of the scrapbook.
My father had only one brother (named) Isaiah he married Dr. Hall's daughter of Virginia
Frederick Co.
My grandfather on my father's side came from England when a young man, married Betsy
Brooks.
This information was discussed under Scrap 1 above.
James Burfort married my grandmother's sister on my mother's side her maiden name was
Mary Warren, her oldest sister married Warren Burfort, her youngest son was known by the
title of Col. Bird Burfort.
The first part of this statement re: Mary Warren is easy to verify by the will of Thomas Warren:
Virginia County Records Spotsylvania County 1721-1800 Wills-Will Book B1749-1759 page 10
Warren, Thomas, Planter, Spotsylvanis Co., written April 13, 1749, Probated December 04, 1750.
Wit Robert Huddlestone, Abram Rogers, Barbara rogers. Ex. wife , Mary and son, Hackley
Warren. Leg. son, Hackley Warren, 95 acres of land wahich I formerly gave to my daughter
Rachel Hasken. Daughter, Elizabeth Brook; daughter Mary Buford; daughter , Roxanna More;
son, Lancelot Warren. To my wife, Mary Warren, all the rest of my estate during her life. Page 56
The next is more difficult because Mary is the only Buford mentioned; also who was the "next oldest sister"
of Mary? Another point does Jesse mean by "her oldest son" that of Mary or her sister? We can locate
Bird/Byrd Buford/Boford in several files but none seem to point to a spouse named Warren. Rachel is
married to John Askew/Hasken; Roxanna married Robert Moore/More; Elizabeth as we saw previously in
Scrap 1 was married to Matthew Brooks/Brook. My earlier file on the Warrens shows two Marys one b. 1704
and one b. abt 1727.
A search at World Connect for Bird Buford yields three files naming his father as James and mother Rebecca
Outen and three more naming James and Mary ?
Another search for Byrd Buford yielded eight files:
1 lists Warren Buford and Mary Beauford as parents
4 list Warren Buford and Mary Buford
3 list James Warren Buford and Mary Buford
Your guess is as good as mine on the above. Although I lean to thinking Jesse meant Bird was Mary's child.
Here is a file that fills the bill as far as it includes both a James and a Warren and a Bird. Also shows the right
migration pattern from VA to SC but it doesn't quite match up with the scrapbook:
1. James Buford (Henry Buford5, Thomas Buford , Sr.4, John Buford3, Richard Beauford2, John Beaufort1)
was born 1712 in Lancaster, Virginia, and died 19 DEC 1796 in Union County, South Carolina. He married
Mary ABT 1735. She was born ABT 1716 in Lancaster, Virginia.
Children of James Buford and Mary are:
2 i. Tavinor Bird Buford was born ABT 1733.
+ 3 ii. James Buford was born ABT 1734.
+ 4 iii. Warren Buford was born ABT 1735 in Virginia.
5 iv. Ambrose Buford was born ABT 1736, and died 1781 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
6 v. Phebe Buford was born ABT 1736 in Virginia.
7 vi. Catherine Buford was born 1737 in Lancaster, Virginia, and died 1778. She married William Williamson.
He was born 1762 in Greenville, South Carolina, and died 9 NOV 1839 in Manchester, Ohio.
8 vii. Peter Buford was born 1738.
9 viii. Elizabeth Buford was born 1739 in Virginia.
10 ix. Lucy Buford was born ABT 1740 in Virginia.
+ 11 x. Daniel Buford was born 1740.
12 xi. Lillian Buford was born ABT 1741.
13 xii. Mildred Buford was born ABT 1741 in Lancaster County, Virginia.
+ 14 xiii. Henry Buford was born ABT 1743.
15 xiv. Mary Buford was born ABT 1743, and died AFT 1770 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. She married
Thomas Walker. He was born ABT 1740 in Virginia.
At the least we can say there was a Bird Buford and there was a James Buford who married Mary Warren.
There was a Buford family that moved to SC. So Jesse probably had it right but sure wish he had given us
more details!
Scrap 4 deals with George M. Pemberton's relations especially to the Brooks and Teague families.
Geo M. Pemberton History of his relations
My Grandfather on my Mother's side was named Thomas Brooks an uncle of my Fathers (Jesse B.) He was
the youngest of ten children. His brothers were Jesse, Mathew, Williams, James, Daniel, David and Joel.
Jesse was an old Baptist Preacher. David was a Quaker Preacher. His brother Thos, my Grandfather, was a
Quaker by Profession. His sister Mary married a Mr.Thornberry.
George M.'s list mentions by my count equals nine. He does not mention here his grandmother Judith
Brooks who married George Pemberton III as we discussed in Scrap 1. Since Geo. M. only mentions some of
the 10, I will break our usual statement by statement presentation and discuss the above all at once.
The above list can be confirmed by several sources:
"Matthew and Elizabeth Brooks had children
David (b. 19 Apr. 1749, d. 12 Dec. 1814, Stokes Co., NC), who m. Sarah Sanders, 24 Dec. 1759, Hanover Co.,
VA;
Joel (d. 1 Sept. 1764, Orange Co., NC), who m. Sept. 1756 to Mary Wright;
William d. after 29 Jan. 1798, Berkeley Co., VA);
Daniel, m. Hannah Hammond, and remained in Frederick Co., VA;
Matthew, who left will 9 July 1796, Newberry Co., SC;
James, who m. Sarah Singletary and left will dated 10 Jan. 1820, Newberry Co., SC;
Thomas;
Jesse, who went to Wilkes Co., GA;
Mary, who m. 22 Oct. 1759 to Benjamin Thornburg; and
Judith, who m. a Pemberton.
Note that David Brooks is the David who appears as a Quaker in Hopewell monthly minutes, and who moved
to Cedar Creek monthly meeting in Hanover Co., VA, and then to NC. Note also that the marriage of Mary
Brooks to Benjamin Thornbury occurred at Hopewell meeting in Frederick Co. "
[Ida Brooks Kellam and Memory Alldredge Lester, BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES (priv. publ., 1950)]
Mrs Kellam adds some details not given in the scrapbook and below we have additional information.
The marriage of David Brooks to Sarah Sanders was mentioned in a letter to me dated 30 Nov 2003 by one
of our Lloyd cousins, Mr. Richard White Watson who wrote:
"I stumbled across records relating that he asked for a certificate to marry Sarah Sanders of Cedar Creek
12/24/1759, but was "disowned" by the Hopewell Meeting 2/3/61 for marrying "contrary to the discipline"
after "stealing" the young woman from her parents. However, he was reinstated on 3/1/63 and later
transferred to Ceeder Creek (sic) Meeting 5/6/64."
More information on Joel was found at this website, (author unidentified): The Descendants of Thomas
Brooks
"The estate of Matthew Brooks was administered by Joel Brooks (Frederick Co. WB 1, 1743-51).
Mary Wright, who m. Joel Brooks, was daughter of John Wright and Rachel Wells, Quakers of Chester and
Ann Arundel Co., MD. A history of this family in Wilmer L. Kerns, FREDERICK CO., VA, SETTLEMENT AND
SOME FIRST FAMILIES OF BACK CREEK VALLEY 1730-1830 (Baltimore: Gateway, 1995), p. 152, says that John
Wright was b. 1716 in Chester Co. He and wife Rachel lived in Prince George Co., MD, where they were
members of Monocacy meeting until 1749, then they moved to Orange Co., NC. Rachel died in Newberry
Co., SC, on 23 Dec. 1771, so the family evidently moved there. Kerns says that Mary Wright's sister Sarah m.
James Brooks (p. 153). " [See James below]
William's death date is unique to Mrs. Kellam's book but he does appear to be listed in Matthew, Jr's will.
[See below]. I have not been able to find out anything else about him.
I can confirm Daniel's marriage to Hannah Hammond but can find no children or other details on him
beyond the above. If he is the one mentioned in Matthew's will below then he was probably still living in
1797.
Matthew did indeed leave a will in SC which is summarized in the South Carolina State Archives [brackets
mine]:
Date: 17970207
Description: Brooks, Matthew of Newberry County, Ninety Six District, Will Typescript (Mss Will: Book B,
Page 47) (2 Frames).
Names Indexed:
Brooks, Matthew
Brooks, Warren [son of Thomas Brooks, Jr. and Franky Bond see below]
Brooks, Daniel [brother]
Brooks, Joel [brother]
Brooks, David [brother]
Brooks, Ferrel [Foerdy Wadlington? son of Thomas Brooks, Jr. and Franky Bond see below]
Brooks, William [brother]
Brooks, John [John Goodloe or John Johnson see below]
Brooks, Jane
Brooks, Jude [brother]
Brooks, Thomas [brother]
Inmann, John
Stidman, Eli [see Stedman above in Scrap 3 part 1]
Brooks, Susanah [daughter of Thomas]
Brooks, Tabitha [daughter of Thomas]
Locations: Newberry CountyNinety Six District
http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/details.asp?index=5975&table=AllArchivalData&tableLook=Wills
James who we saw above is said to have married Mary Wright's sister Sarah, is the only member of the
family that was a member of the Bush River Monthly Meeting Quakers. In fact the above information helps
us solve a mystery left in the Quaker records.
William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy; 1700-1930 (Ann Arbor: MI, 1936),
Vol. 1, Page 1017, Bush River Monthly Meeting:
"James Brooks
Sarah Brooks
Ch: Elizabeth b. 6-24-1769
Susannah b. 7-17-1771
Joab b. 5-15-1773
Vashti b. 1-15-1776
Salla b. 3-17-1779
Nimrod b. 8-9-1782
James b. 5-6-1784
John b. 9-1-1780
Mary b. 5-26-1788
David Singletary b. 2-9-1793
Daniel Ofley b. 8-15-1794
[Last two ch. appear to be s. James & 2nd w. Sarah, dt. David Singletary, whom he m. 9-1-1791]
Sarah Brooks, w. James d. 11-18-1789"
So the above information from The Descendants of Thomas Brooks tells us that James first wife was Sarah
Wright. There are additional listings in Hinshaw for this family on page 1026. Apparently James is one of the
few Quakers who remained in South Carolina after most had left for Ohio.
Thomas will be discussed in detail below.
Jesse: other than what we have above I can't find anything additional.
Mary can be verified by numerous files both at Family Search and World Connect however the best is again
found at
The Descendants of Thomas Brooks :
"On 22 Oct. 1759, a Mary Brooks was married to Benjamin Thornburg/Thornbury (I find both spellings in
various records) at Hopewell Friends meeting (see William Wade Hinshaw, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN
QUAKER GENEALOGY, vol. 6: VIRGINIA [Baltimore: Geneal. Publ. Co., 1973], p. 371).
Ida Brooks Kellam and Memory Alldredge Lester, BROOKS AND KINDRED FAMILIES (priv. publ., 1950) identify
this MB as the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Brooks of Frederick Co."
My Grand Mother on my Mother's side was named Susan Teague. Her Father was Elijah Teague, a captain
in the old Revolutionary war, was captured by a squad of 8 Tories and hung. He had 3 sons, they followed
the 8 and killed them all except one - Ned Mitchuseson.
Including the scrapbook we have three versions of this story.
In the article by William Heiss, Quakers in the South Carolina Backcountry Wateree and Bush River
"Samuel Teague was not originally a Quaker. He was reared near Black Jack, in Newberry District. Being a lad
during the Revolution, he had escaped conscription by the Whigs, but was exposed to the cruelties of Tories.
One day they were seen approaching the house, when a puncheon was lifted and he was hidden under the
floor. The Tories came in and by their terrible demonstrations so frightened his sick father that he rose from
his bed and ran across the adjoining lot. The Tories shot him down, hacked him over with their swords and
so stripped the house of everything in the clothing line that Samuel had to take the shirt from his back to
bury his father in. Truly, these were the times that tried men's souls. Samuel Teague, to avenge the murder
of his father, to serve his country, or both, afterwards enlisted in the service of the patriots, but to what
extent I have never learned; but presumably until the end of the war. He married and lived at Newberry until
the exodus, when with a considerable family he came to this (Miami) county. He purchased and cleared land
successfully and became an efficient and useful citizen. He joined the Friends, I think, some time before
leaving Newberry. He was a Quaker in the strictest sense of the word, hardly tolerating singing. One day as
he was husking corn under his crib-shed, assisted by two Newberry boys named John Turner and Elish
McCook, he was asked if McCook, who was a good singer, might not give them a song. Consenting rather
reluctantly, McCook did his best, acquitting himself well. When finished and asked if that was not good
singing, he replied, 'Perhaps it was if there is such a thing as good singing.' It was said he could have
obtained a pension in his latter days, but he would not apply for one. He was very useful in his church, lived
to advanced age, leaving a numerous train of descendants, his children all keeping their rights in the church,
though none of them are now living ."
Still another version from an EMail received from Mr. Dale Nicoll:
"My mother's name was Susannah Teague. Her father, Elijah Teague, was captain of a company
of what might be called Regulators, who before and at the begining of the Revolution were
employed to hold in check the outlaws that abounded in that part of North Carolina.].."
[The regulators were active in South Carolina and the Teagues lived there, however there was
also a group of Regulators active in North Carolina. Since we have other information indicating
the Teagues were living in South Carolina I think it likely the incident took place there.]
Dale is a direct descendant of Thomas Brooks and Susannah (Susan in the scrapbook). Of all the
files I found on the web his site, Dales Family was the only one that included the marriage of
Tabitha Brooks to Jesse B. Pemberton. He had no documentation in the file but on contacting
him I received some excellent data that correlates closely with the scrapbook and adds a lot of
new things.
We will bring in some of his information under the family of Thomas Brooks in Scrap 4, Part 2.
The Teague family is mentioned extensively in the book by Cecil O'Dell, Pioneers of Old
Frederick County, Virginia, (Walsworth Publishing Company, 1995).
My Mothers maiden name was Tabitha Brooks. She had 4 brothers & four sisters. Thomas, Jesse, Elijah,
and David, was her brothers names her Sisters names were Polly, Betsey, Susan, and Rebecca.
As mentioned above I found a website that repeated the above information and more. On contacting Mr.
Dale Nicoll I received the following:
Dear Dan,
How wonderful to hear from you and get that great info on the Teagues. First, let me explain how I fit in. My
grandfather, Harold Johnson Howard, was the son of Lillian Brooks Johnson. She was the daughter of Dr.
Thomas Brooks Johnson and Mary Beard Smith. Thomas B. Johnson was the oldest son of Rev. John Johnson
and Susannah Brooks. Susannah Brooks was the daughter of Thomas Brooks and Susannah Teague.
Susannah Teague was the daughter of Capt. Elijah Teague and Aisley Davis.
I have inherited the notebook belonging to my great aunt, Margaret Howard Wiggins, sister of Harold J.
Howard. My sources come mostly from her research from the late 40's to late 1970's. I am very comfortable
with much of her information.
In her notebook she quotes extensively from Recollections of Rev. John Johnson and His Home, by Susannah
Brooks Johnson, Southern Meth. Pub. House, Nashville, Tenn, 1869. Susannah Johnson wrote this book (with
the help of her son, Adam Clarke Johnson) about her life with Rev. John Johnson, an early Methodist Circuit
Rider. I don't have my own copy (am trying to get hold of one) but I trust aunt Margaret's transcriptions.
Some quotes follow:
P. 10 "My father's name was Thomas Brooks. He was the youngest of ten children. His brothers were Jesse,
Matthew, William James, Daniel, David and Joel....His eldest sister, Judy, was married to George Pemberton;
the younger, Mary to a Mr. Thornerry. My grandmother's maiden name was Elizabeth Warren; my
grandfather, Matthew Brooks, a native of Virginia, was born of English parentage and lived near Richmond."
Susannah goes on to tell what she knows about what happened to some of these Brooks.
Then: "My mother's name was Susannah Teague. Her father, Elijah Teague, was captain of a company of
what might be called Regulators, who before and at the begining of the Revolution were employed to hold in
check the outlaws that abounded in that part of North Carolina..." Margaret says Susannah also tells some
more about her brothers and sister, but Margaret did not include that in her notes. It would be in the book,
however.
I also have a photocopy of a letter written by Mary Beard Smith Johnson after Thomas Brooks Johnson died
in 1870. The letter is written to her mother-in-law, Susannah Johnson. Mary has copied the information from
an old Johnson Bible of the names of children and their birthdates. "In Uncle Davi (?) old Bible I find" and she
goes on to list the names of the "Children of Thomas and Susannah Brooks."
Tabitha was born May the 4th (74?)
Mary was born January 31st 17(?)
Thomas was born May the 6th 17(?)
Elijah was born Feb. 15th 1782
Jesse was born Sept 23rd
David was born Jun. 25th 1787
Mary was born Feb. 16th 1789
Elizabeth was born Oct 22 1794
Susannah was born Oct 22 1794
Rebechah was born Oct 21 98
"The dates are so moth-eaten and worn away I can not make them out but you have them all I suppose."
I confess I shamelessly added reasonable guesses for years where they are missing in my own family
postings. You will also notice 2 children named Mary. The date on the first is confusing.I only have a
photocopy of this letter. Presumably, the original is held by descendants of Margaret Howard Wiggins. I also
have a copy of a letter transcribed by Betty Lou Houck Smith, written by Thomas Brooks Johnson, Feb. 18,
1833 from Eddy Grove, Caldwell Cty, Ky. He was 18. This letter is written to an Uncle and Aunt, presumably
Betsey Johnson Moore of Paris, Tn. In it Thomas writes, "Grandfather Brooks (Thomas) died last fall, was a
year or about a year ago, and Grandmother (Susannah Teague Brooks) is very low." Thomas Brooks is said to
have died in 1831. According to this letter, Susannah Teague Brooks would still be living in 1833 in Eddy
Grove, KY. I don't know when she died nor do I know where she is buried. Probably in Caldwell Co. KY.
I have seen info on the web that says Susannah Teague married someone else and is buried in Newberry Co,
NC. I firmly believe Susannah Teague, daughter of Capt. Elijah Teague married Thomas Brooks and lived out
her life in Kentucky, dying sometime after Feb, 1833.
And this later:
Dear Dan,
Thank you for the interesting research. Please help yourself to my info. I've tried to be as accurate as
possible, but realize there are probably some errors. I'm glad you find it helpful.
I re-read some of the Susannah Johnson information I had last night. When she wrote about the Brooks
children, she mentioned "George Pemberton removed to Kentucky with my father Thomas Brooks". Does
this seem to fit your story of Judith Brooks and George Pemberton? I read somewhere that a George
Pemberton had written that his grandfather was Capt Elijah Teague. Was he a son of Judith and George?
I also read that Susannah and John Johnson moved to Illinois (Mt Vernon, Jefferson Co.) in 1834. The parting
was painful because Susannah left her mother (presumably Susannah Teague) in Kentucky. That would
indicate that Susannah Teague was still alive in Kentucky in 1834 and not buried in Newberry Co, NC.
I also found a list of Susannah Brooks Johnson's siblings. The list agrees with Uncle Davey's Johnson Bible
with the exception that only one Mary Brooks is mentioned.
Fun stuff, this family research. I inherited this from my mother who worked with her Aunt Margaret. I've
expanded both their works, but am still banging my head on Brickwalls tracing my Dad's side of the family.
Let me know how it's going and anything else you've found. Don't you just love the Elijah Teague story? I tell
my son, "This is the real story of "The Patriot" and it is your gr-gr-etc grandfather." And his boys hunt the
murderers down and take their vengeance! Delicious stuff! And Ailsey Teague continues to provide supplies
to the Continental Army after her husband has been murdered. What a story.
The above information more than confirms the family of Thomas Brooks and Susannah Teague.
Thomas married Franky Bond. had ten children, (namely), ?__Warren, David Given, Williams Bond, Furdy
Wadlington, John Johnson, Elijah Teague, & Jesse Pemberton, Polly, Susan, Tabitha, & Rebecca- the girls
names.
Uncle Elijah married Betsey Young had eleven children 7 sons and 4 daughters namely Young Draton, Alney
McClain, David Allen, John Goodlow, Napoleon, Jesse & Geo., girles names Susan, Mary Jane, Polly, &
Elizabeth.
David never married
Aunt Betsey married Thomas Goran had 5 sons & 3 daughters named Pesley Edwards, Benj. Franklin, Geo.
Pemberton, John Johnson, (girles names) Emily, Susan, & Nancy.
Aunt Polly married James Mercer had 2 sons one daughter - sons named Thos Brooks & Cursen (sp?) - girls
name Helen..........
I have not yet verified this portion of the scrapbook but feel sure it could be done either with Susannah
Brooks Johnson's book or through other means. Note here the naming coincidences with other family
members which I show above in bold type.
I believe the scrapbook has been shown, by all of the preceding information given in connection with the
four scraps, to be a reliable first hand source for our Pemberton and allied families. We all owe a debt of
thanks to Dixie Ann Pemberton and her brother Gordon not only for sharing the book with us but also for
the help Dixie has given me in proofreading, correcting, and providing much additional research making this
project possible.
I close with an EMail from Dixie that gives the Scrapbook's line of descent:
December 21, 2003
The Scrapbook came into the hands of my Pemberton grandparents upon the death of George M,, Jr., From a
newspaper clipping in the Scrapbook:
" The will of the late George M. Pemberton was admitted to the probate court Monday. To his wife, Grace B.
Pemberton, he left his home, 619 West Seventh Street, with all its contents, during her life time. At her
death the place is to be sold and the proceeds divided equally between his two brothers, Warren G. and
Brooks G. Pemberton of Midland TX, and his two sisters Marilyn B. Rucker, of Aspen CO, and Matilde C.
Teague, of Sedalia. If Mrs. Rucker should not be living at the time of the execution of the will, her shares to
be divided among her three heirs. All personal property and household goods, except articles herein
mentioned are to be divided equally between his sister-in law, Mrs. T. M. Pemberton and niece, Mrs. George
Lively, of Sedalia....."
Mrs. T. M. Pemberton is Constance Taylor Pemberton, wife of Thomas Mason Pemberton, the youngest son
of George M., Sr.
My grandparents lived in old age, part time with their two daughters, Dixie Pemberton Clarke (d 1978) and
Cecelia Pemberton Marks (d 2001). My aunt Cecilia kept the Missouri pictures and writings and the
Scrapbook, leaving "paperwork" by will to my brother Gordon, and the other items, ie, George M. Sr, pocket
watch, etc, to the Clarke twin sons.
Aunt Cecelia let anyone persue the Missouri items under her watchful eye, but nothing could leave the
house or be copied, except what she and her first cousin on the Taylor side did, and that was of selected
Taylor writings only. My brother consented to my using the Pemberton Scrapbook for genealogical work, and
later to our sharing it with you. He approved of your citation and use of the Scrapbook on the web,
especially pleased with how you cited it..
No, it has never been copied to my knowledge nor that of my elder brother. So it could have appeared no
place else.
Re: George M. Sr, born in 1810 in KY, he was intimate contact with his grandfather until his death in 1827. His
own father Jesse B. was born in Virginia, spent his boyhood in SC, and moved to KY in 1801, all in the
company of George III. Clearly George M. Sr. held both men in high esteem and valued his memories of
them...Jesse B. has writings in the Scrapbook, but all minutes of the early Church meetings...George M.
traveled extensively later in life to visit his children's families, and wrote of his travels, these long, long
letters, many published, filling half-pages of print, in the Sedalia Democrat. Since these writings were
deemed "accurate", I'd no less value his writings about the Pemberton forbearers...I only wish he'ld written
much more.
And so do we!!