Beard, Aaron (b. 18 FEB 1797)

Note: AARON WAS A FARMER.
KIZZIE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE.

Pike County, Ms. CENSUSES:
1820, 1840, 1850

MARY CARTER IS In. THE HOUSEHOLD In. AT LEAST ONE OF THE CENSUSES. BORN Ca.. 1777, THIS HAS TO BE THE MOTHER OF KIZZIE.
In. THE 1840 CENSUS, REAL ESTATE VALUED AT $100.
In. 1850 CENSUS, LIVING AS NEIGHBORS TO JOHN E. BEARD, THEIR SON, AND ISAAC BRUMFIELD.

AARON IS ALSO LISTED In. THE 1825 AND 1843 TAX LISTS OF PIKE CO.
In. 1825, HE PAID $.88 TAX ON 30 ACRES OF LAND.

RESIDENCES:
CHESTER County, South Carolina
WILLIAMSON County, Tn.
Pike County, Ms., BY ABT 1818

SOURCES:
SOURCES RECORDS OF Pike County, Ms., BY CONERLY

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Pike County, Ms., Wm. is listed as Elisah Thornhill
Source:
Data:
Text: Date of Import: Feb 3, 2000

Note: CAME TO Pike County, Ms. ABT 1811 WITH HIS FATHER, JOSEPH. (SEE JOSEPH
FOR MORE)

1840 PIKE CO. CENSUS[Pg70.FTW]

The marriage of Mary NN Boutwell to Wm. Thornhill is recorded in family bibles

Note: KIZZIE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE.
SHE IS LISTED AS BEING A MEMBER OF THE BOGUE CHITTO OR CRAIN'S BAPTIST Church, PIKE County, 1828-1834.

Note: BOTH JOHN AND MARY ARE SAID TO BE BURIED In. THE BEARD-POTTS-MOSS CEMETERY, LICK CREEK AREA, In. SW WILLIAMSON County, Tn.. (DIRECTORY OF WILLIAMSON CO. BURIALS, VOL. III, PG. 159.)
JOHN BEARD'S WILL WAS DATED 18-FEB-1826 NAD OFFERED FOR PROBATE In. JULY OF THAT SAME YEAR. (WILL BOOK 4, P. 114, WILLIAMSON CO.)
JOHN SERVED In. THE REV. WAR AS A SOLDIER/PRIVATE HORSEMAN In. South Carolina, FOR ABOUT FOURTEEN MONTHS TOTAL AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE YEARS 1779-1783; SERVING UNDER CAPT. JOHN IRWIN AND COL. WILLIAM BRATTON. MARY APPLIED FOR A PENSION AS WIDOW In. 1847. (APPLICATION #R-670), WHICH WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT PROFF OF SERVICE.
JOHN AND MARY WERE MARRRIED BY JAMES OLIPHANT, A JP.
WILLIAM BLACKSTOCK, JR.'S LAND WAS BOUNDED BY OLIPHANT In. SPARTANBURG.
JOHN OWNED TWO TRACTS OF LAND CONTAINING 50 ACRES WILLED TO HIS WIFE In. 1826. wHEN MARY DIED In. 1853, A DIVISION OF THE PROPERTY WAS MADE AMONG THE children NOV, 1853. (P. 117-118, MISC. RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON County, Tn.)

Note: Came to Simpson County near Old Westville about 1818 from South Carolina.
5th of 7 children

Note: Bennett Menefee migrated from Virginia to Muskingkum County, Ohio at age 25. He moved to Mercer County, Illinois and farmed.

In 1869, he moved to Mandeville, Carroll County, Missouri, by wagon.

Note: EXCERPTS (sometimes reworded for clarity)

copied from:
GENEALOGY of the
JOHN MENEFEE and MARY JAMES Family
In America or The Descendents of JOHN MENEFEE
who died in September or October 1765 in Culpepper County, Va.
by:
Ferdinand Northrup Menfee
with acknowledgement and sincere appreciation of extensive and prolonged help and research by Mr. & Mrs. Bill John Douglass
and CDR. F. W. McIntosh, M.S.C., U.S.N. Ret.

A quotation favored by many genealogists is:

"He who takes no interest in the history of his ancestors does
not deserve to be remembered by posterity."

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For many years a group of Menefee descendents have been working on the history of the Menefee family.

To America in the year: 1622George - born in England
1625Henry - born in England
1639William - born in England
1641Charles - born in England

1680John of Spotsylvania (Virginia);
born about 1680. Location unknown

The first four names given above were in Jamestown on the dates shown.

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JOHN MENEFEE was one of four brothers whose activities were largely confined to the Tappahannock River Valley on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The four brothers and their wives were:

John and wife Mary James
Jonas and wife -- possibly Elizabeth Chew
Gerrard and wife -- possibly Agness Sutherland
William and wife -- probably Mildred Gaines

JOHN's wife was MARY JAMES, a daughter of John James who died after 1726. Mary's mother was Alice James who married Ambrose Grayson about 1727 and James Stevens in 1744.

We do not know the date of Mary's death, but she most likely predeceased John -- for while John left a well written Will, except for spelling, Mary's name was not mentioned.

Child of JOHN MENEFEE (1) and MARY JAMES

JOHN MENEFEE (2), born 1738-9; died 1822.
Married MILDRED JOHNSTON

JOHN MENFEE, born 1738-9, was a son of John Menefee (1) and Mary James. His wife was Mildred Johnston. John died June 2, 1822. Mildred died 1832. She was the daughter of William Johnston, born about 1696 in Scotland; came to America about 1750, his wife was Jane _____.

Child of JOHN MENEFEE and MILDRED JOHNSTON

CHARLES JUIT MENEFEE (3) , born March 6, 1782 in Virginia;
died August 27, 1856. Married MARY MATTOX.

CHARLES JUIT MENEFEE, born March 6, 1771 (previous notation gives date of birth 1782 -- note by M. S. Timmerman), died August 27, 1856 in Culpepper County, Virgina, son of John Menefee (2) and Mildred Johnston; married MARY MATTOX on August 4, 1802.

Child of CHARLES JUIT MENEFEE and MARY MATTOX

BENNETT MENEFEE (4), born March 4, 1827 at Front Royal,
Virgina . He married LUCY HANNAH WOODS, born November 30,
1829; the daughter of RUEBEN and PHOEBE WOODS.

BENNETT MENEFEE, born March 4, 1827 in Front Royal, Virginia, son of Churles Juit Menefee and Mary Mattox. Married LUCY HANNAH WOODS on May 1, 1859. LUCY HANNAH WOODS was born November 30, 1829, and died November 21, 1890, in Michigan.

BENNETT MENEFEE migrated from Virginia to Muskingkum County, Ohio at age 25. He moved to Mercer County, Illinois, and farmed. In 1869 he moved to Mandeville, Carroll County, Missouri by wagon. He died December 15, 1919, and was buried in Low Gap Cemetery in Carroll County, Missouri.

Child of BENNETT MENEFEE and LUCY HANNAH WOODS

NETTIE MENEFEE (5) was born October 11, 1863. Nettie was born
in Mercer County, Illinois, and moved with family to Missouri in
1869. Nettie was one of eight children of Bennett and Lucy.

NETTIE MENEFEE was married to ROBERT PALMER DENHAM on November 23, 1881. Nettie died November 25, 1952.

Occupation: Place: Farmer, Laundry, Dry Clng

Note: Before Willis Henry was four years old he had lost both of his parents. Shortly there after he was taken by William Nells Mitchell and PearlShaffer (husband and wife) to raise. There are stories that he was adopted by the MITCHELL's; but the records of the Ellis County, Oklahoma Court House were lost in a fire and this adoption could never be proven. Thirteeth Census of the United States: 1910-Population of Benton Township, Arnett, Oklahoma; Willis Henry is listed as Sandford, Willis, boarder,age 12, born in Oklahoma and both parents were shown to be born in Kansas. However, he carried the name of MITCHELL thoughout the rest of his life and passed it on to his children.
Note of interest: At the time he was taken into the Mitchell's home, Willis Henry was separated from his brothers. In 1911 Charles Freddie (Fred) Sandford was taken to Animas, New Mexico by Alex P Lovitt (1866 - 1942) and was raised there. Willis knew nothing of his family until an Aunt sent Fred's address to him in France during WW # 1. Willis found his brother in the war zone of France and learned about his family. (MOM TOLD ME THIS WITHIN A YEAR PRIOR TO HER DEATH).
Willis was raised by Mr. and Mrs. William Nelson Mitchell at Arnett, Okla.

Occupation: Place: Mother, Housewife & Helpr

Note: Gloria and her sister were adopted by Pytel. Gloria was always known as
CANDY to all her family and close friends.