Pounds, Daniels, Bowman Families

 


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Pounds' Family Genealogy

(In Narrative Format)



Researched & Compiled By:


Lander G. Anderson Jr.




Pounds' Family Tree

Let's begin with what we know first.  Record tracking show that our main ancestor was Precilla Pounds.  Precilla Pounds had three children known, Meshack, Felix, and Catharine Pounds.  The father of her children are unknown presently.  Precila was born around 1791 and died on October 30th, 1893 in Halifax County, Virginia.

From here, we will break down the families starting with the known eldest, Meshack Pounds...

Meshack Pounds was born in Halifax County, Virginia around May 1819.  Meshack was married to Martha James on January 6, 1852 in Halifax County, Virginia.  From this matrimony were conceived thirteen children known.  They were the following:

 John Pounds

William Pounds

Sandy Pounds

George Washington Pounds

Meshack Pounds

Sarah Pounds

Joseph Pounds

Jacob P. Pounds

Martha Fannie Pounds

Jackson Pounds

Peter Pounds

Daniel Pounds

Ann Pounds

From his branch, we will break down his descendants...

  John Pounds was born on 1847 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Nothing else is known on him presently.

William Pounds was born on 1849 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. No further information is known of William Pounds.

Sandy Pounds was born on 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Sandy was married to Margaret Gunn, who was the daughter of Nathan and Nancy Gunn, on October 27, 1877 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

George Washington Pounds was born on October 1854 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  George was married to Phebe Ann Chappell on December 26, 1876 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Meshack Pounds was born on December 1858 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Meshack was married to Mary Eliza James on February 2, 1875 in Caswell County, North Carolina.  Together they had children. They were George Washington, Edmund, Mary Susan, Pearl Weldon, Meshack, Bertha, Jessie Wales, and Percy Pounds.  Meshack later died on February 17, 1934 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Sarah Pounds was born on 1860 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Sarah was married to John J. Sutherlin on December 27, 1882 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Joseph Pounds was born on September 18, 1864 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Joseph later died on December 10, 1944.

Jacob P. Pounds was born on April 1865 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Jacob was married to Henrietta Stamps on October 24, 1889 in Caswell County, North Carolina.  Jacob later died on October 3, 1948 in Sutherlin, Pittsylvania, Virginia.

Martha Frances Pounds was born on May 1868 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Martha was married to Rainey Linwood Valentine on September 4, 1892 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Martha later died on November 4, 1936 in Danville, Virginia.

Jackson Pounds was born on July 1, 1874 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Jackson later died on February 10, 1957 in Danville, Virginia. [More data on my tree.]

Peter Pounds was born on April 1871 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Peter was married to Edna Brandon on December 16, 1929 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Peter later died on October 10, 1936 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Daniel Pounds was born on November 15, 1876 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Daniel was married to Minnie Peters on November 26, 1903.  Daniel later died on November 20, 1933 in Dinwiddle, Virginia.

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Next, we have the next known son, Felix Pounds...

Felix Pounds was born on October 1827 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Felix was married to Henrietta Long, who was the daughter of Harriett Long, on March 24, 1856 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were the following:

Moses Pounds

Susan A. Pounds

Mary F. Pounds

William Morton Pounds

Nannie John Pounds

Henrietta Pounds

Sallie Bet Pounds

Ethel Pounds

Robert Felix Pounds

Minnie Pounds

Jennie M. Pounds

Franklin Pounds

Emma Francis Pounds 

So, let's begin the branch offs of Felix Pounds...

Moses Pounds, who was born on January 1856 in Halifax County, Virginia. Moses was married to Emily Frances Bowman, who was the daughter of Elijah and Sallie Alderson Bowman, on December 24, 1888 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Emily was born on May 7, 1872 in News Ferry, Virginia and died on October 9, 1959 in Halifax, Virginia. Together they had ten children.  They were 

Sallie Henry Pounds (December 27, 1889 - June 17, 1975) Sallie was married to Johnnie Buck Long, who was the son of Thomas and Anna Long, on April 18, 1919 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Sallie later died at the Moses Nursing Home in Charlotte County, Virginia.

Julia Lee Pounds (May 7, 1892)  Julia was married to Algie Evans, who was the son of John William and Laura Julia Llewellyn Evans, on December 21, 1915 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were Pearl, Lawrence, Marion, Elma, Laville Gunn, Raleigh Kevin, Stanley, Alvin, and Juanita Evans.

Mary Susie Pounds (April 1, 1893 - August 19, 1971)  Mary was married to William Carr Hamilton, who was the son of John Henderson and Harriet Ewell Hamilton, on April 11, 1917 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were William, Moses Pounds, Robert Ray, Emily, George Bernard, Henry Alexander, Levi, Annie, Vivian, Riley Chandler, and Geneva Rose Hamilton.

Edwin Biddle Pounds (April 11, 1895 - January 29, 1956)  Edwin was married to Sophronia Logan, who was the daughter of James Edward and Maggie Miller Logan, on December 24, 1917 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were Mabel, Billy Sunday, Leroy, Felix Shirley, Phillip, Wildy Ojerick, Edith Janice, Edwin Julius, Helen, Emily, Annie Moses, and Maggie Lena Pounds.

Bessie M. Pounds (April 22, 1897 - November 15, 1992)  Bessie was married to Moses Russell James, who was the son of Lazarus and Susan Pounds James, on 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Annie Laura Pounds (February 24, 1899 - August 10, 1977)  Annie was married to George Dewey Crawford, who was the son of Calvin Carrington and Signora Moore Crawford, on April 26, 1922 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Felix Shirley Pounds (September 2, 1902 - November 26, 1920)  Felix died from an accidental shooting, according to his death certificate.

Moses Belt Pounds (October 15, 1904 - June 21, 1993)  Moses was married to Katherine McCutchen, who was the daughter of Matt and Eugenia Jones McCutchen, on December 29, 1943 in New York.  Together they had two sons, Michael Charles and Moses Belt Pounds.

Vivian Pounds (February 27, 1906 - March 2, 2005) Vivian was married to john Logan, who was the son of James Edward and Maggie Miller Logan, on September 7, 1928 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had two daughters, Francesca and Johnnella Logan.

Frances Pounds (January 27, 1912 - December 3, 1990)  Frances was first married to Thomas Felix Graves, who was the son of John A. and Jennie M. Pounds Graves.  Together they had four children.  They were Frances, Antoinette, Jeannette, and Thomas Graves.  Frances was later married to Raymond Butcher in 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Moses later died on May 14, 1933 in Halifax County, Virginia.


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Susan A. Pounds was born on July 7, 1857 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Susan was married to Lazarus James, who was the son of Thomas and Sylvia Stokes James, on December 26, 1878 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were 

Carrie L. James (October 19, 1879 - August 8, 1926)  Carrie was married to Arthur Sawyer

Ethel P. James (September 8, 1880 - February 7, 1948)  Ethel was married to Merritt Obadiah Poole, who was the son of John and Virginia Wise Poole, on December 28, 1909 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Joseph F James (April 1883 - March 29, 1933)  Joseph was married to Ruth Pritchett on June 12, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jacob Bolden James (July 16, 1884 - December 28, 1941)  Jacob was married to Susie Henry Lacks, who was the daughter of John and Sylvia Foster Lacks, on December 28, 1910 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were Talmadge, Panthel, Betty, Marshall, Archer, Lazarus, John Hagood, Charlie, Mamie, and Susanna James.

William Howard James (June 30, 1887 - June 1953)  William was married to Anna Evans, who was the daughter of John William and Laura Julia Llewellyn Evans, on December 19, 1917 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Ida James (December 15, 1887 - April 29, 1942)  Ida was married to Alexander O. Taylor, who was the son of John and Mary Luca Taylor, on October 1, 1914 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

 Algie Thomas James (May 14, 1890 - May 14, 1959)  Algie was married to Ethel Lee Pounds, who was the daughter of William Morton and Julia Marable Pounds on December 24, 1912 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Mattie E. James (January 1892 - March 12, 1892)

Harvey Clifton James (October 9, 1893 - October 6, 1964)  Harvey was married to Jane Alice Pounds, who was the daughter of William Morton and Julia Marable Pounds.

Charles M. James

Robert Albert James (February 2, 1899 - July 1956)  Robert was married to Regina Evans, who was the daughter of John William and Laura Julia Llewellyn Evans, on October 24, 1923 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Wesley Arthur James (January 25, 1901- October 9, 1988)

Moses Russell James (February 24, 1903 - July 19, 1975) Moses was married to Bessie M. Pounds, who was the daughter of Moses and Emily Frances Bowman Pounds, on 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Susan later died on February 6, 1922 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Mary F. Pounds was born on October 3, 1857 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Mary was married to William Thomas Daniel on December 4, 1877 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were:

Louise Virginia Daniel was born November 1, 1878 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Louise was married to Charles Bradley Wilson on January 14, 1903 in Halifax County, Virginia. Together they had eight children known, Minnie Ida B., William Henry, Mary Elizabeth, Grace Virginia, Oscar, Pearl, John Irving, & Mattie Marie. Later Louise died on November 2, 1918 in Halifax County, Virginia.  She was buried at New Bethel Baptist Church cemetery.

Alethia Daniel was born November 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Alethia was married to John Cabel Ballou on August 19, 1902 in Halifax County, Virginia. Together they had seven children known, Louise, Eva, Elizabeth, Katherine, James, Aretha, & Carolease. Alethia and her family migrated to Richmond, Virginia.  Alethia later died on November 15th, 1952 in Richmond, Virginia. She was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.

John Thomas Daniel was born March 22, 1881 in Halifax County, Virginia. John was married to Bertha Lavern.  Together they had one daughter known, Eileen.  John migrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he died on July 1, 1947.

Gannis Daniel was born in Halifax County, Virginia.  There is no more information on Gannis Daniel.

Nannie Bet Daniel was born December 25, 1883 in Halifax County, Virginia. Nannie was maried Linwood John Henry Newman.  Together they had four children known, Julius, Elease, Grace, and Julian.  Nannie later died on September 7th, 1945 in Alexandria, Virginia at Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery.  

William Felix Daniel was born April 26, 1885 in Halifax County, Virginia.  William married Fannie Chastain on December 26, 1909 in Halifax County, Virginia. This marriage was short lived due to divorce on June 11th, 1919 and no children known were born.  Later William married Hattie Ragland and migrated to Detroit, Michigan.  Together they had eight children known, Margaret, Dorothy, Ethel, Frances, James, Felix, Marian, and Betty J. Daniel. 

James E. Daniel was born February 1887 in Halifax County, Virginia.  James married Eliza.  James migrated to Worchester, New York.

Henrietta Daniel was born October 22, 1888 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Henrietta married Levi Harrison Evans on December 22, 1909 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had six children know, Everett, Claude Lewellyn, James D., Levi, Berkley Elton, and Ovid Adrianna.  Henrietta later died on April 10, 1968 in Halifax County, Virginia.  She was buried at New Bethel Baptist Church in Halifax, Virginia.

Levi Daniel was born on March 5, 1890 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Levi married Charlotte V. Prince on April 2, 1916 in Chatham, North Carolina. Together they had three children known, David Elijah, Gertrude, and Pauline.  Levi later died on July 21st, 1942 in Washington, D.C.

Hester Katherine Daniel was born on November 1891 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Hester first married William Drewry Evans on December 12, 1914 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had six children, Herman Drew, Romeo, Juliet, Ernest, Harold, and Mary.  Later Hester remarried to Agie Smith Farmer on April 29, 1921 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had three children known, William, Vivian, and Robert.  Hester and her husband Agie later migrated to Ohio.  Hester died on February 9, 1972 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.

Jennie Daniel was born on March 6, 1893 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Jennie was married to William Dennis Evans on December 23, 1914 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had eleven children known, Earl, Gladys, Ruth,  Vera,  Donald Henry, Bessie, Gwendolyn, Dorothy, William, Jean, and Joyce.  Jennie later died on January 6, 1972 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Elizabeth Daniel was born on February 2, 1895 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Elizabeth married Linwood John Henry Newman.  Together they had eight children known, Alberta, Iris, Lillie, Marion, Kolan, Herman, Levern, and Winona.  Elizabeth later died on April 17th, 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia.  She was buried at Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery.

Sallie Henry Daniel was born on October 29, 1895 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Sallie married John Wesley Murray.  No children were conceived from matrimony.  However they adopted a girl named Sharon Doby.  Sallie and her husband migrated to Evanston, Cook, Illinois where she died on May 1979.

Hezekiah Daniel was born on January 25, 1895 in Halifax County, Virginia. Hezekiah was not married or had any children known.  Hezekiah later died on August 4th, 1930 from auto-accident on Derry Road and Blairsville Road in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.  Hezekiah is buried at the Burns Cemetery in Halifax, Virginia.

Mary later died on February 22, 1940 in Jefferson, Ohio.

William Morton Pounds was born on January 16, 1861 in Halifax County, Virginia.  William was married to Julia Marable on 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Together they had children.  They were: 

Ethel Lee Pounds (March 5, 1893)  Ethel was married to Algie Thomas James, who was the son of Lazarus and Susan Pounds James.

Emma L. Pounds (October 1894)  Emma was married to Hugh Robert Wooldridge, who was the son of Walter and Ella Wooldridge, on May 19, 1920 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Jane Alice Pounds (July 20, 1896 - August 6, 1977)  Jane was married to Harvey Cliton James, wo was the son of Lazarus and Susan Pounds James.

William Morton Pounds (1898)

Adrien V. Pounds (May 22, 1910 - February 15, 2009)  Adrien was married to Alonzo Pounds, who was the son of Robert Felix and Roberta Logan Pounds

Nannie John Pounds was born on November 1865 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Nannie was married to William T. Cunningham, who was the son of Silvy Cunningham, on December 15, 1898 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had one son known:

Felix Wilson Cunningham (April 22, 1900 - February 1976)  Felix's death was caused from suicide.

Nannie later died on December 21, 1955 in Halifax, Virginia.

Henrietta Pounds was born on April 8, 1866 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Henrietta was married to Lazarus James on November 2, 1922 in Halifax County, Virginia. No children were conceived from this marriage. Henrietta later died on May 23, 1925 in Halifax, Virginia.

Sallie Bet Pounds was born on July 7, 1869 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Sallie was married to James Cabell Walton on March 6, 1893 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had eleven children.  They were 

Robert Felix Walton (January 27, 1894 - June 1972)  Robert was married to Mary L. James, who was the daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Crews James, on October 30, 1918 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Lottie Ethel Walton (1895 - July 15, 1948)  Lottie was married to John Broadus Coleman, who was the son of Charles S. and Elizabeth Coleman, on September 15, 1926 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Phoebe Ann Walton (June 4, 1896 - February 2, 1974) Phoebe was married to James Edgar Matthews, who was the son of Sidney Randolph and Ada Motley Totten Matthews, on July 17, 1918 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Lillian Walton (August 27, 1897 - October 30, 1972) Lillian was never married or had any children.

William Cornelius Walton (October 26, 1899 - March 27, 1952)

Mary G. Walton (March 21, 1904 - September 24, 1967) Mary was married to John Berry Waddell, who was the son of Walter and Fannie Berry Waddell, on December 22, 1943 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Henry Samuel Walton (June 17, 1905 - August 26, 1955)

Hunt Stover Walton (1907 - March 27, 1968)  Hunt was married to Ruth Kennedy Evans, who was the daughter of William Dennis and Jennie Daniel Evans, on December 15, 1936 in Halifax County, Virginia.

James Moses Walton (October 2, 1908 - May 26, 1982)  James was amrried to Ida Sadler, who was the daughter of William Henry and Fannie Lee Carr Sadler, on May 7, 1945 in Newport News, Virginia.

Nannie A. Walton (1904)  Nannie was married to William Keister Dnaiel, who was the son of Hillery Jackson and Maggie Young Daniel, on August 6, 1930 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Pounds G. Walton  (1911 - May 1945)

Sallie later died on October 15, 1926 in Halifax, Virginia.

Ethel Pounds was born on October 1872, in Halifax County, Virginia.  Ethel married to James Henry Long, who was the son of Thomas and Angelina James Vass Long, on February 18, 1897 in Halifax County, Virginia. Together they had children.  They were 

Aaron Carson Long (May 15, 1899 - September 1972)  Aaron was married to Fannie Marable, who was the daughter of Cornelius and Hattie Marable, on December 25, 1919 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Thomas Long (1906)

Dorothy Long (1908 - July 14, 1926)  Dorothy was burned up in fire.

James Harry Long (September 7, 1908)

Pearlie Keith Long (November 11, 1911 - August 10, 1965)

Annie May Long (June 25, 1912 - May 2, 1913)

Odell Long (1914)

Archer Long  (December 11, 1916 - April 18, 2001)

Ethel later died on January 20, 1924 in Halifax, Virginia.

Robert Felix Pounds was born on March 12, 1874 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Robert was married to Roberta Logan, who was the daughter of Pearlie H. and Lucile Logan, on December 19, 1900 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  Together had children.  They were 

Vernie Pounds (September 29, 1902 - March 1981)  Vernie was married to George Lewis, who was the son of William and Ellen Lewis, on August 6, 1924 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Alonzo Pounds (December 12, 1903 - December 18, 1967)  Alonzo was married to Adrien Pounds

Emmet Howard Pounds (September 8, 1905 - May 30, 1975)

Gladys Pounds (February 17, 1908 - June 24, 1962)  Gladys was married to William McKinley Lipscomb, who was the son of James Arthur and Sarah Jane Coleman Lipscomb, on July 17, 1927 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were Alice, Lillie Mae, Evelyn, James, and William Lipscomb.

Kenneth Wesley Pounds (December 11, 1909 - January 2, 1978)

Flossie Pounds (October 30, 1911 - March 6, 1930)  Flossie died from tuberculosis.

Mary Pounds (July 3, 1914 - January 10, 1977)

Mattie Pearl Pounds (July 3, 1914 - July 17, 1997)  Mattie was married to Claude Llewellyn Evans, who was the son of Levi and Henrietta Daniel Evans

Rosa Ella Pounds (May 20, 1916 - June 23, 1994)

Malcolm Conrad Pounds (March 7, 1918 - February 16, 1989)

Bessie Glenn Pounds (July 16, 1919 - March 30, 1991)  Bessie was married James Arthur Lipscomb, who was the son of James Arthur and Sarah Jane Coleman Lipscomb,  on July 28, 1937 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Robert later died on October 24, 1942 in Halifax, Virginia.

Minnie Pounds was born on October 1875 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Minnie was married to William Oscar Palmer on December 29, 1903 in Halifax County, Virginia. Together they had children.  They were:

Bessie Palmer (1905)

LaVeille Wycliffe Palmer (May 24, 1909 - June 28, 1941)  LaVaille was married to Pennie Virginia Washington on February 12, 1939 in Danville, Virginia. 

Mnnie later died on October 7, 1930 in Danville, Virginia.

Jennie Pounds was born on December 5, 1876 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Jennie was married to John A. Graves on February 22, 1898 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were:

Thomas Felix Graves (May 28, 1900 - January 10, 1957)  Thomas was married to Frances Pounds, who was the daughter of Moses and Emily Frances Bowman Pounds.

Grace Graves (1902)

Jennie later died on May 14, 1910 in Detroit, Michigan from suicide.

Franklin Pounds was born on 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia.  No further information known on Franklin currently.

Emma Francis Pounds was born on April 16, 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Emma was married to King Solomon Long, who was the son of Peter and Nanny Long, on December 19, 1900 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Together they had children.  They were 

Royal Long (1903)

Dexter Long (January 26, 1905 - October 17, 1950) Dexter was married to Roena Hailey on May 21, 1931 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Elizabeth Long (September 1, 1908 - October 8, 1995) Elizabeth was married to George Edwin Hughes, who was the son of John and Lucrecia Griffith Hughes, on 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

John Craddock Long (May 25, 1911 - June 14, 1968)

Charlotte Long (June 20, 1915 - December 3, 1991) 

Emma later died on October 5, 1942 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Now we will continue to the last child known who would have been Catharine Pounds...

Catharine Pounds was born around 1829 in Halifax County, Virginia.  


2. ADDENDUM TO FATE OF BONES: AUNT NAN AND FAMILY

The original Fate of Bones had three sections dealing with Halifax County, the first a jejune narrative of the events of the journey by car, the second a story about meeting a gracious and helpful librarian in South Boston named Julia Carrington, and the third a tale about looking for the family of Aunt Nan Pounds that Mrs. Carrington told me about. She remembered Aunt Nan well, she said, because Aunt Nan had told her fortune when she was young. “She was very old, quiet and neat,“ Mrs. Carrington said, “and she had the most beautiful blue eyes.  Now you’re going to hate me for saying this but she was colored. Though they were really light. Some of her family went north and passed." Aunt Nan had lived about ten miles east of Halifax toward Vernon Hill, Mrs. Carrington continued, and kindly marked the place on my map. That journey took me through deepening darkness along narrowing gravel and dirt roads, the upshot of which was that I gave up, saying to myself, “Aunt Nan, I’ll look for you some other day.” That was in 1993. Twenty-three years later, I kept my promise--though in fact in was the furthest thing from my mind.

Twenty-three years later was February of the present year, Anno Domini 2016, in the full bloom of the world wide web and its databased wonders, with the memories of the days when I drove from county seat to county seat to find records in the courthouses and libraries growing so distant in my mind as to seem like memories of another lifetime. That’s when I came across a photograph of Aunt Nan. 

I’d been trawling for an image of a great-great-aunt named Amanda Pounds who was born in Missouri in 1860 and died there in 1916.  I found myself looking at the photo of an elderly woman named Amanda Pounds who was born in Halifax County Virginia in 1865 and died there in 1955. My first response was deep confusion. The face was right. The name was right. She certainly looked like a Pounds. But how could she have been born in Virginia and lived until 1955? Then I looked again at the nickname given her in parentheses: “Aunt Nan.” Slowly the light of memory began to shine in my darkness. This has to be the Aunt Nan that Mrs. Carrington told me about in 1993. It had to be! And it was. What was it she had said to me? “Aunt Nannie had a boy named Wilson, and you know he favors you. Kind of high in the forehead and with those sunken eyes.” 


Aunt Nan



Two hundred years and more had passed since the Poundses I knew of were in Halifax County, and in the last fifteen years the pursuit of genealogy had come to be informed by genetic science, but no science was needed here. When you meet a blood-kin member of your family for the first time, you recognize them even before you learn their name. I recognized Aunt Nana, and I would recognize others as I came across their photos: her son Wilson, her father Felix, and above all her nephew Moses Belt Pounds II (1904-1993), who looked enough like my father to be his brother. Mrs. Carrington had said they were “colored” though “very light.” That would mean mulatto, but the word never occurred to me as I looked at Aunt Nan’s photo and the others that I found. When the next day it did occur to me, it meant nothing. People are just people, it seems to me, and family is family.

I wrote Mrs. Carrington a letter and sent it to the South Boston Library. After twenty-three years, she would be either retired or gone to her final rest, but someone there would put me in touch either with her or her kin. I was quite sure of this, because this was rural Virginia, I was from rural Oklahoma, and folkways are like mountains and rivers. They don’t change. 

Within little more than a week, I had an email from Cary Perkins, Mrs. Carrington’s daughter, dated 10 February 2016: 


When I talked to my mother yesterday about your email she was pleased to hear from you and recounted again the story about getting her fortune told and how it all came true. I have to say how very dear it was for Mrs. Pounds to forecast such positive things for my mother; whether she was  a bona fide fortune teller or just a wise woman, I think of her as a dear woman and think of her, at this moment, very fondly.

 

May I suggest that you contact my mother if you want any additional recollections. She is 88 years old. I will happily pass your request on to her and make arrangements to email you or have you call her.

 

I recognized the green light that sometimes shines on us from heaven to bless our endeavors when we persevere. Carry and I have since carried on a correspondence, in which she has been as helpful and gracious as her mother. Much of what follows below is either the fruit of that correspondence or was inspired by it.


Aunt Nan’s story begins with her grandmother, Priscilla “Silla” Pounds, 1791-1893. The substance of what is known for sure about her comes from her death record, which gives her date of death as 30 October 1893 and her age as 102. She was born and died in Halifax County, and the information was provided by her son Felix. This information is supplemented by the 1880 census, the only one on which Priscilla appears. In 1880 she was living alone next door to Felix and his family in the Birch Creek District, giving her occupation as “Sewing & Knitting.” Since Felix is listed in the same district in 1870, it is reasonable to think that  Priscilla was there also.

It is also known that Priscilla had two sons, Felix and Meshack, but before looking at them it is best to consider the one certain place name provided by the records--Birch Creek. Located about ten miles west of Halifax, it was the name of the census district that included Felix’s branch of the family between 1870 and 1930, and just as significantly the district included part of the fabulously large and wealthy Berry Hill Plantation.  Covering some 3,600 acres in its heyday, the plantation was one of the largest in Virginia. The plantation was originally owned by Isaac Coles, who began using slaves in 1803. In 1814 and 1841, the plantation changed owners, finally ending up under the control of James Coles Bruce in 1832. Bruce is credited with transforming the existing 18th-century brick plantation house then standing into the Greek Revival mansion seen today. The main house, still standing proud as one of Virginia's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1969 and is used as a conference site. The curious reader may view it at Wikipedia. 

Reduced to 650 acres today, the plantation still boasts one of the largest slave cemeteries in Virginia, holding the graves of more than two hundred slaves. Closed to the public, this cemetery has never been accessed. Notable too are the old slave quarters with their stone houses. None of the Poundses were ever slaves there, for the simple reason that as mulattos skilled in crafts they were freemen. Some of them and their kin may have lived on the plantation as retainers. 


Stone slave quarters, Berry Hill Plantation



This plantation and the institution of chattel slavery along racial lines represents the great historical divide. In terms of a continuous family history, it is an immense jagged tear across the page. One half is the history of white people, the other the history of mulattos, and they cannot be neatly joined. One half is the history of the white Poundses who lived in this area between 1770 and 1820, and the other half is that of the mulatto Poundses who lived here from 1770, and some of whom remained to the much altered present day. To change the metaphor, we have two halves of a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces in each half fit together neatly, but the pieces that would join them are missing. Where documents should be, there is only silence. It’s across that historical gap that I recognized my face in Aunt Nan’s. Faces constitute visible dna, and they don’t lie anymore than the science of genetics lies. But the paper trail to tell us what happened is missing. Thus, in what follows I’ll be forced to speculate, but I’ll mark the speculation as such to keep it separated from what can be known by the records.

The matter can be put more simply. We’re looking at two families named Pounds, resident in Halifax County from the 1750s to wherever we set the terminus ad quem--say 1850--but the heart of the matter pertains to the period 1780-1820. One family is white and the other is mulatto.  The question is simple enough: to learn where these two lines meet or cross. Children spring from a sexual crossing between a man and a woman, but what we’re presented with here is matriarchy: we know the names of the women but not the names of their mates.

Let us return now to Priscilla Pounds, the matriarch of the Halifax County clan. Significantly, there was another mulatto matriarchal Pounds in Halifax at this time, Harriet Pounds, whom we can guess was either the sister of the first or her cousin. The most important difference between them is that Harriet’s children went to Metcalf County in southern Kentucky, while of Priscilla’s two sons, one stayed in Halifax while the other went to neighboring Pittsylvania County. 

We start here because the records are simpler than those for the white family. What follows with these two women (probably sisters or cousins) is matriarchy. We don’t know the men’s names and they don’t seem to matter much. But there’s no question that these people are related to the white Poundses below, because yours truly has seen photos of their descendants and the family resemblance is marked--DNA visible in the face. 

The two matriarchs are Priscilla “Silla” Pounds (1791-1893) and Harriett Pounds (1795 - ). Born in the 1790s about four years apart, they are likely sisters or cousins. No parents or spouses are known in either case. Six children are known in the next generation, and they must be sorted. Four of the six, it will be seen, have documents linking them to their mothers.


Priscilla:

Her two known sons are Meshack Pounds (1822-1901) and Felix Pounds (1827-1909), who were both born in Halifax, the former dying in Pittsylvania County and the latter in Halifax. Both of these sons’ origin is upheld by strong family traditions among their descendants in and from Halifax County. Many of Felix’s descendants migrate to Philadelpia Pennsylvania and environs. They maintain standards of education and family pride, they know who they are, and they keep records, easing the genealogist’s labors. 


The two children of Priscilla Pounds (1791-1893):

1. Meshack “Shack” Pounds 1822-1901; married Martha “Lilly” James, 6 Jan. 1852, Halifax County. They spent most of their lives in Pittsylvania County though by 1877 they had moved to Caswell County NC. Thirteen children are known, all born in Pittsylvania County.

1. John Pounds 1847- ; no data.

2. William Pounds 1849- ; no data

3. Sandy Pounds 1853- ; m. Bell Wilson

4. Meshack Pounds II 1858-1934: m. Maria Eliza James

5. Sarah Pounds 1860- ; m. John J. Sutherlin

6. Joseph L. Pounds 1864-1944; m. Annie unknown

7. Jacob Pounds 1865-1948; m. Henrietta Stamps

8. Martha A. “Fanny” Pounds 1868-1936; m. Rainey Valentine

9. Jackson S. Pounds 1871-1957; m. Annie Williamson

10. Peter Pounds 1871-1936; m. Edna Brandon

11. George Washington Pounds 1876-1949; m. Cora Hatchett

12 Daniel Pounds 1876-1933; m. Minnie Peters

13. Edmund Pounds 1879-


2. Felix Pounds 1827-1909; married Henrietta Long 1856 Halifax County All their 12 known children were born in Halifax County The 1860 census shows them first in the Southern District; the 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 on Birch Creek. In their adulthood, about half of these children moved to Pennsylvania.

1. Moses Pounds 1857-1933, m. Emily Frances Bowman.

2. Mary F. Pounds 1858-1948, m. William Thomas Daniel Jr.

3. Susan A. Pounds, 1860-1922, m. Lazarus James.

4. William Morton Pounds, 1861-1942, m. Julia Marabel.

5. Amanda “Nannie” Pounds, 1865-1955, m. William T. Cunningham.

6. Henrietta Pounds 1866-1925, m. Lazarus James. (James married 2 sisters.)

7. Sallie Bet Pounds 1869-1926, m. James Cabell Walton

8. Ethel T. Pounds 1872-1924, m. James H. Long.

9. Robert Felix Pounds 1873-1942, m. Roberta Logan.

10. Minnie E. Pounds 1875-bef. 1840, m. William Oscar Palmer.

11. Jennie Pounds 1877-1910, m. John A. Graves

12. Emma Franklin Pounds 1879-1942, m. King Solomon Long.



Harriet:

The four children of Harriett Pounds, known or inferred, are: 

1. Rachel Pounds/Hiser, b. 1810 Halifax County. May have married John Faulkner (1805- ) in 1825. She was a retainer in the family of Benjamin Hiser (1844-1907) in Metcalf County, thus the alternative family name. Benjamin Hiser was born in Tennessee. It was once thought the family may have had branches in Halifax County, but this does not appear to be the case.  Their names are John William Hiser and Mary Jane Faulkner.

2. Thomas “Tom” Pounds, b. 1815 Halifax County, d. 1895 Meltcalfe County KY. Married Phyllis Hiser about 1849 in KY. One of their children was Mary Marietta “Polly” Pounds (1849-1939), whose narrative was collected by the WPA in 1937 and provides the story of her father Tom’s antecedents. This story is told below. The short of it is that when Tom had served his indenture in Halifax County and was declared a freeman, he went to Metcalfe County to save his three siblings from being sold as slaves. 

3. Ann Pounds / Cook, b. Halifax County abt 1820. A retainer in the family of Richard Cook of Green County KY, who was from Halifax County too.

4. Edmund “Edd” Edward Pounds/Cook, b. abt 1830, Halifax County, died bef 1910 in KY. Married Nancy Edwards.


Notes for child no. 4, Tom Pounds: 

His daughter Polly married Milton Breeding, and her story, collected in KY by the WPA in 1937, appeared under the name “Aunt Polly Breeding”:

 “Aunt Polly Breeding is the oldest and most noted slave near Edmonton [Metcalfe County], Kentucky. She was born on New Year’s Day 1834 at Lafayette one mile this side of Center in the northern part of what is now Metcalfe County. She was held as a slave by Ben Hiser, a relative of A. B. Hiser, history teacher in Edmonton High School. Her mother, Phyllis, was born and owned as a slave by Mike Shufett in the Blue Grass Region. Mike Shuffett became heavily in debt and was afraid that Phyllis would be sold for the debt. He had his brother, Tom Shuffett who lived near Lafayette to take her down there for safe keeping. Mr. Ben Hiser bought Phyllis at the age of seven years for $700. Aunt Polly’s pap was Thomas Pounds, a free born Mulatto. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His grandmother was a white woman and slave holder. Her name was Polly Pounds and after her husband died, she had an illegitimate child by a Negro slave. This half-white and half-colored child was Thomas Pound’s mother. Thomas’s mother grew up as a free born and had four children: Thomas, Edd, Rachel and Ann. This half-colored child, Harrett, could not sell her own children and they were bound out until they became 21 years old. Edd, Rachel, and Ann were bound out to Dick Cook, a white man of Halifax County and he later moved to Lafayette near Ben Hiser’s. Thomas, Aunt Polly’s pap, was bound out to a man in Virginia and lived there until after he was 21 years old, when he got his free papers.


Aunt Polly has her father’s free papers and she reads them into the record-- signed by the clerk William Hold and dated 28 Nov. 1837.


Harriet had one known son, but two other children may be hers. The known son, the oldest and most important, is Thomas Pounds, who went to Kentucky at age 21 and stayed there permanently. His family in KY is well documented. That Harriet is Thomas’s mother is established by the oral document cited below from Thomas’s daughter, in which she names Harriet as Thomas’s mother. 


That leaves two orphans to be assorted. They seem more likely to be Harriet's children than Priscilla’s.


Harrison Pounds was born in Halifax County about 1811, and lived his mature life in Ohio. His first son Jacob Pounds was born there and died in Gallia County Ohio. By 1880 Harrison returned to Virginia, Spotsylvania County His year and place of death are unknown. Chronologically, he could be the son of either Priscilla or Harriet. The name Harrison suggests that  his mother was Harriet. I’ve found no other evidence.


Mary Pounds was also born in Halifax County The only record on her is the 1830 census, which shows her between the age of 24 and 35 with two boys under 10. This puts her birth year between 1795 and 1806. So she would have to be Silla’s child, as Harriet was too young. However, in terms of her age, she fits better with Harriet’s children.






III. Jane and Thomas Pound (white)

Thomas Pound, Jr., b. North Farnham, Richmond County, 1717, died in Halifax County 1769 (undocumented). Thomas’s antecedents are well known all the way back to the immigrant ancestor John Pound who arrived in the Northern Neck in 1663, aged about 13. 


Notes on Thomas Pound: 

1746: A compiled Virginia census shows him in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County.

1769: Inventory and Apppraisement in Halifax Will Book, p43, dated 1 July 1769 (data from Gloria Tune) includes "a parcel of books." Attached.


Notes on Jane Pound: Jane’s maiden name is unknown. She was born in Farnham, Richmond County, VA about 1720; died Halifax County, bef. 1800. She outlived her husband by twenty years, thus inheriting his estate.

1773:  A List of Surveys made in Halifax Co by the County Surveyor, 1771-1773 shows Jane Pound and  her oldest son William Pound together, “Branches of Peter Creek,” 29 Apr 1773., 400 acres. Attached.

1800: Halifax County, Virginia deeds: Bk 18 Page 457: Jean [Jane] Pound to Solomon and William Pound, all of Halifax County, Virginia, 200 Acres on the Bannister Creek. Dated October 27, 1800. Attached.


IV. Children of Jane and Thomas Pound (listed in detail because of the problem we’re trying to solve--who was the merry widow in Aunt Polly Breeding’s story above about her father Tom Pounds?)

1. John Pounds, b. 1738 Halifax; died abt 1809, Halifax. Married Drusilla Lacy, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Evans Lacy, about 1757, Halifax County

Notes on John Pounds:

1758-1786: various records in Loudoun County, but could be for a different John Pounds.

30 Oct 1772: Halifax Deedbook; pg 87 (485) from Edmund Bentley of Halifax to John Murphy of Halifax Co, 50 lengths on southside of Banister River 396 acres bounded by Easley, Burch(?); Edmunntley Bentley. wit: Reubin Ragland/ Thomas Laccy/ John Pound.

1772 John Pound to Jeremiah Winngham for 80 pounds--135 acres on Banieser [sic] River. Drusilla, wife of John Pound, relinquishes right of dower.

11 Mar 1779: John Pound of Halifax County sells land to John Godsey of Chesterfield County, Virginia. 

4 Aug 1780: Witnessed the will of Edward Tuck, who had some 400 acres along Bannister Creek.

1782: Virginia Compiled Census shows 4 whites, no blacks

1790 Census, Halifax County John Pound is listed as a family of four whites. On the same page are Moses Estes (11 w, 1 b), Thomas Lacy (6w 4b), and Lymer Lacy.

24 Apr 1792: John and Drucilla Pound to Jeremiah Willingham 15-341 Apr 24, 1792, 135 acres Mill Creek. Is this Taylor Mill's Creek? 1779 NC granted to William Duncan on Taylors Mill Creek, beginning at Hargroves line. The Hargroves owned a plantation -- Hibernia.

V. Children of John Pounds and Drusilla Lacy: 

1. Samuel Pounds 1755-1856: b. Halifax County, d. Mason County IL at the age of 101 years. His life after 1800 is well documented; his life before is a blank, but he spent his youth in the household of his uncle, the RWS William Pound. Both his birth in Halifax County and his parentage, however, are undocumented. There is no document that supports the parentage given here. It remains a mystery within the mystery. (It matters because the lack of records for this man breaks the chain back to the RWS William Pound and keeps my sister out of the DAR!)

2. Rachel Pounds 1759-1790. Born and died in Halifax County Married Bartlett Estes there in 1876.

3. John E. Pounds 1760-182: b. Halifax County, d. Caldwell County KY. Married Elizabeth Lavina Cox of KY. John is well attested, no Halifax records.

4. Elginna “Ginna” Pounds 1762- : Married Abner Overbey. No other data.

5. Nancy Pound 1764- : Married Elisha Wright in Caswell County NC. No other data.


2. Sarah Pounds, b. abt 1740, no data.


3. Mary “Polly” Pounds, b. bef 1748. Because of her name and birth year, this is my first candidate for the wanton widow who (according to the 1937 WPA narrative by Aunt Polly Pounds of Kentucky, discussed above) takes a mulatto mate. 


4. William Pound, b. Richmond County VA 1749; d. Chatham County NC 1814. Married Mary Elizabeth Tune 1774 in Mecklenburg County VA. Solid records on this RWS and his family eliminate him from the racial mixing in Halifax. However, there should be a record of him selling the land he inherited along Bannister Creek in Halifax but it has not come to light. William Pound had some kind of business connection to William Duncan (mentioned under John Pound 1792 above), as borne out by several records.

1782: Continental Census shows him in Mecklenbug County

1795: Witnessed the will of William Duncan in Mecklenburg County


5. Ann Pounds, b. 1750 in Lunenburg County, married Capt. Robert Williamson before 1772 in Lunenburg County In 1782 and 1820 Williamson was living in Mecklenbug. No other data.


6. Thomas Pound III, b. 1750 in Halifax County, d. 1822 in Rockingham County NC. Married Ann Unknown [Dobbins?]. 

Notes on Thomas Pound III: 

1790: census shows him in Rockingham County

1800: ditto

1810: ditto

1820: ditto

Children of Thomas Pound III and Ann Unknown:

1. Jane Pound 1773-1826: no good data but she probably dies in KY where she’s followed her brother.

2. Anny Pound 1775-  : m. Travis Barbour, who has a slave schedule in 1860, Halifax County. No other data.

3. John Pound 1775-1794: No other data.

4. Daniel Walker Pound 1783-1876: b. Rockingham NC, d. Amite MS. Married 1) Celia unknown; 2) Julia Ann Clayton (1801-1879), the latter in Stokes County NC 1817.

Notes on Daniel Walker Pound: on the 1818 census for Adams County MS.

5. Thomas Pound IV 1785-1846: b. Rockingham, Richmond County NC; d. Weakley County TN. Married Catherine unknown. Left no records in Halifax County

6. Rachel Ann Pound 1787-1856: b. Rockingham NC, d. Obion County TN; married James McNeely Sr. in Rockingham County 1811. No Halifax County data.

7. John Harvey Pound I: b. 1794 Rickingham County, d. 1841 Weakley TN; married Lucy Roach. No Halifax County data.

8. Ruth Ann Pound 1795-1862: b. Rockingham NC, d. Barren County KY. Married James T. Barbour 1813 Rockingham County No Halifax County data.


7. Samuel Pound, b. 1751 Halifax County VA; d. 1830 Anson County NC. Married Sarah Walker in 1779, Anson County This RWS is well documented. Though as one of the four sons of Jane Pound, he should have inherited a quarter of the 400 acres on Bannister Creek, I’ve seen no record of it. Thus, no Halifax County data.


8. Solomon Pound, b. 1760 Halifax County VA, d. abt 1813, probably in Charlotte County VA: m. Frances Bryant/Bryan 1791 Halifax County 

Notes on Solomon Pound: 

1787: Witnessed deed Nov 25, 1787 from Nicholas Vaughan of H., to Memucan Allen of Charlotte County, for 150 £, about 150 acres in Halifax on Poplar Creek, and joining the lines of William Douglass, William POWEL, William Younger, Moses Estis.

1813: Thomas Merrit and Jincy his wife, late Jincy Pounds, and George A. Irem vs Kitty, infants, heirs of Solomon Pounds, deceased (virginia Court Orders, 1813). 

1815:  in the 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners in Halifax, page 35, there is listed Solomon Pounds on Peters Creek 16 miles NE of the Halifax courthouse. Solomon had died in 1803 but his widow was still alive and evidently living on the property which was in his name.



3. BOWMAN FAMILY

NamePaul Bowman 

Birth Year1836

Age34

Account Date25 Jan 1868

Spouse's Name Lucy [Bowman]

Father's NameRoyal [Bowman]

Mother's NameMary [Bowman]

Birth CountyHalifax

Birth StateVirginia


1924 Record for Paul Bowman, June 25, 1868. Brought up in Halifax Va. Went from Halifax to Louisiana 13 years ago [1855]. ___  ____ _____ 3 years ago & has lived here since. Age and complexion: 34 years, brown. Father Royal, Mother Mary, Married wife Lucy. Born Halifax Va. Residence: Corner 3rd & Broadway. Occupation: Carriage driver. 

Remarks: Royal Bowman, Father died in Virginia 16 years ago [1852]: Mary Bowman mother lives in Halifax Va. Three Brothers Edgar Bowman, Richmond Va., John Royal, Halifax Va.: Jacob Bowman Halifax Va. Sisters Phebee wife? _____ __ Bulelea?: Mary Ann wife of Ned/Ted Duncan],] Patty & Rebecca dead. Signature, Paul X [his mark] Bowman


If Paul is born in 1836 then he could be a sibling or cousin to Charlotte and Mary, born the same decade. 


Some of the more promising records for Bowmans show a white family. This may just mean they're passing.


comment: a Paul Bowman, colored, b. VA 1834, died in Louisville, Jefferson KY, 12 Dec 1879. A Royal Bowman listed on 1790 census for Caswell NC.


Virginia compiled census 1607-1890 shows Bowmans in Halifax Co: Thomas in 1782, William same year, Bibby same year.


Memorial Baptist Church Cem in So. Boston has a Mary Wyatt Bowman, wife of the late James Ivy Bowman. She was 1926-1998. Marriage record shows he was born bat 1922. His father had the same name. He's on the 1900 census for So. Boston, aged 20. His father was Charlie Bowman, b. VA 1880.



 4. POUNDS BURIALS IN HALIFAX COUNTY

Pounds burials in Halifax Co

cemeterycensus.com shows many Poundses in Johnston Co. NC. Who are they?


Link to "P" section of Waldrep's Halifax Cemetery Book 


Early Records, Hampshire Co. VA, Grantor and Grantee

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48416


Turbeville has Cross Road Baptist Church Cem., including Waltons. 


Ruth sent me photos of the Walton family cem. but it is not listed at FAG or census.com. An obit for Ollie Crowder Walton 1923-1907 says she's buried at Walton family cem in Alton. Alton, right on the NC line, is noted for the Brandon Plantation (see Wiki). 


For slave narratives, start with Wiki article. It has links for all states. Virginia HS has "Unknown No Longer: A database of Virginia Slave Names"


Afro-Amer. obituaries in Halifax has Pounds references (George Allen Foy  d1998, mother=Barksdale; and William "Deacon" Hamilton, h/o Mary Susie Ponds, s/o John Henderson & Harriet Ewell Hamilton); 10 Ponds refs.; and 52 Vernon Cem. refs.: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vascvgs/archives/halifax/halifax_obits.html


Family Search has many links: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Virginia_African_Americans#Plantation_Records


1800 census 

  • Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation

1810 census

  • Halifax is one of 18 VA counties for which the 1810 census was lost when the British occupied Washington and burned census reports. Tax lists are available; see Taxation.


Annie Laura Pounds Crawford, d/o Moses Pounds: buried Crawford Fam. Cem., Banister Town, Halifax Co.

 


There's a John Pound in Halifax Co. in 1782 Continental Cens. Another JP in Edgefield SC 1790.  


Paces: according to the birth certificate for Julia Marble Pounds's daughter Ethel Lee Pounds, Paces and Mt. Vernon are equivalent, but this is wrong. My map shows Paces about ten miles south as the crow flies, probably a 30 mile drive. It's very near the Mt. Carmel District, where Nannie is shown in 1900. The National Register of Historic Places shows Carter Tavern (near Paces) as 5 miles west of intersection of Rt. 659 and 662., or a half mile NW of northern tributary of Big Toby Creek, south side of Rt 659.


The Pounds Cemetery is in Sinai, on Old Grubby Road, according to FAG. Sinai is given as the location. It may also have been formerly known as the Pounds Hamilton Cem.


Sutherlin is unincorporated in Pittsylvania Co.


For Paces, see the complete list of Halifax cemeteries at http://cemeterycensus.com/va/halif/index.htm. It lists 


from Halifax Cem Census:

Sinai:  UNKNOWN CEMETERY    

  • Location - off hwy 677 near Vernon Hill.

Vernon gets  11 hits, including Mt. Pleasant CME Church


African-American Obituaries of Halifax County:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vascvgs/archives/halifax/halifax_obits.html


Many Poundses in Johnston Co. NC. Who are they?




1. Children of Felix (no death record) and Henrietta (bur. Oak Level)


Moses, buried at Sinai acc. to death record. This means, in fact, he's in the Pounds Fam Cem along with his wife. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2313106&GRid=61695839& 


Mary F., married Wm Daniel, d. Jefferson OH


Susan A. Pounds in Piney Grove Cem., Scottsburg


William M. Pounds, Eden Cem. near Philadelphia


Nannie, DC says she's buried in a family plot near Paces,


Mary E. Pounds, 1914-1977,  Bethel Baptist Church, Hwy 360 west of Halifax. In the same cemetery are Roberta L. Pounds (1883-1979), wife of Robert F. (1873-1942). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pounds&GSfn=Mary&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=74464483&df=all&



Henrietta James in Piney Grove Baptist Ch. Cem., Scottsburg. Lazarus' g-daughter?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15153666&ref=acom


Sallie Bet Pounds Walton, died in S. Boston, burial not indicated on death reg.


Ethel T. Pounds, m. James H. Long, b. 1873. Don't find death records.


Robert Pounds buried Alton, Halifax VA, married Roberta. Records at  http://cemeterycensus.com/va/halif/index.htm. It lists them.


Minnie E. Pounds, m. Wm O. Palmer. Don't find death records.


Jennie Pounds, m. John Graves or Groves, died in Michigan at age of 32


Franklin Pounds, died young


Emma F. Pounds, d. 1942, Lynchburg VA. Married King Solomon Long


Susan A. Pounds James, 1860-1922, Piney Grove Cem. I added maiden name. Lazarus & other Jameses also buried here (cemeterycensus.com)! It shows 152 burials as compared to FAG's 61!

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15150685&ref=acom


Wilson Cunningham, mon semblable, was buried at New Vernon Cemetery, Halifax VA, acc. to his DC. Cemetery not listed in cemeterycensus.com but here it is at FAG 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2248513&CScn=new+vernon&CScntry=4&CSst=48&



5. CASWELL COUNTY NC

Caswell Co.


Keep in mind that Meshack was living in Caswell in the year of Sandy's marriage, 1877.


Sandy Pounds (son of Meshack), b 1853 Pitts Co, married: 

1. Margaret Gunn, 27 Oct 1877, (Milton NC but a different record says Beaufort NC). Her parents are Nathan and Nancy Gunn. Witness Phebe Pounds. He gave his age as 25, she as 26. Marriage certificate states that both of his parents were residents of the county but both dead. Marriage on the same page with Geo Pounds' 1876 marriage to Phebe Chapell (Milton). And Shack Pounds' marriage to Mary James (Milton NC). 

2. 1887?? His second marriage also took place in Caswell Co., 10 years later. Marriage with Bell has no data except a child Moses. and household members. I thought it was 1877 but now I don't see a date anywhere.

Moses Pounds


Maggie Wilson


Mary Wilson


Simon Wilson



George Pounds, b. 1854 (son of Meshack), m. Phebe Ann Chapell, 1876


Jacob Pounds,  b.1865, son of Meshack, m. Henrietta Stamps in Caswell in 1889. Brittaney writes, "I just looked at a Pounds with connections to Caswell Co. Henrietta Stamps married a son of Meshack and Martha I think. The Stamps family was from Caswell County if I remember correctly."


George Washington Pounds, b 1876, m. Cor Hatchett in 1899, a date closer to John Pounds. At Pelham, right on the state border and nowadays a suburb of Danville VA.


John Pounds, b. 1882, m. Cora Lee Jones in 1906. At Pelham, right on the state border and nowadays a suburb of Danville VA. That's 30 years later. Then he could be the son of one of the two men above.



1870 censuses are rare: Phebe Chapell has one at Mt Carmel, Halifax; 


Henry Pounds & Clementine Pounds, Mt. Carmel Halifax VA 1870 census.

Not in tree. He was born abt 1835. Clementine is ten years younger. Children are Margarett, Mary, Bettie, Sallie, Booker



6. Wm DANIELS FAMILY 



Millie Daniels of Meck., Halifax, VA, daughter of William Daniel Jr. 1701-1775, mother Margaret Ammon,

Married James Toone 1770

James Tavner Tune 1732-1818


Millie's father = WD 1701-1775 (son of John D. 1669-1722)

mother Margaret Peggy Ammon 1735-1809

m. James Tavner Tune 1732-1818

The marriage record in Mecklenburg 1770 remains the only real record for Millie.


Gloria shows that Traverse Tune Sr's father was Thomas, mother Anne Harris, m. Frances unk


From: ShuShuFlyPie@cs.com
Subject: [DANIEL-L] Two DANIEL Wills, 1781/82 ~ Halifax County, VIRGINIA
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 00:28:49 EST


In the past, I may have already sent these Wills and probably of no value to 

most ~ they are here again to help new researchers and also to point out 

HARRISONs within the same area, plus two WILLIAM DANIELs plus two COLEMANs shown in 

the index, James and John COLEMAN, each with six entries.


James COLEMAN, witnessed William SCOTT's Will in 1779 ~ James, Gent., 

security to Micajah WATKINS in 1780 ~ James, security to Will of William EDWARDS, 

also 1780 ~ James COLEMAN, Samuel Perrin, John Phelps, William TERRY & HARRISON 

IRBY were security to Will of George BOYD, JR. ~ James, security to Will of 

John LAWSON, SR, along with John SHACKLEFORD in 1782. The last, appears James 

was part of an appraisal team for Will of Thomas DICKSON, along with Micajah 

WATKINS in 1773.


John COLEMAN, signed the "Estate Division" of Philmer WILLS on 21 JUL 1777, 

along with William THOMPSON and Michl. ROBERTS. ~ 1779, signed "Estate Accounts 

Current" of same Will and with same two men. ~ John signed "Accounts Current" 

on the Abraham SPENCER estate 17 SEP 1777 along with P. CARRINGTON and Armd. 

WATLINGTON. ~ John security on motion of Thomas GORDON one of Exr named in 

William DOBBIE's Will ~ James, in the William THOMPSON Will was witness 1780 and 

security in 1781. John witnessed the Will of Thomas TUNKS in 1779, was his 

loving friend.

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The BUCKNERs mentioned in the index are William, Ricy, Lizzie, Linney, John, 

Elisha, Dullender, Barthenas, Anthony and Amey or Anney.


Charles SIMMONS mentioned twice... numerous SIMS... likewise RUSSELL, SCOTT; 

and BATES, a Whoa! Off-list will look up any other name possibly connected to 

your DANIELs in Halifax County, VIRGINIA.


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All "CAPS in body of Will are mine, otherwise, copied exact from Will Book 1 

of Halifax County, VIRGINIA 1773~1783, compiled by Marian Dodson Chiarito, 

1984



379

JAMES DANIEL

Will

"...being sick & weak of body but of perfect mind & memory..."

To my beloved wife ANNE 200 acres of land being in the County of Pittsylvania 

being part of land whereon I formerly lived to be laid off joyning HUMPHREY 

HENDRICK & JOHN WATERS including the household planation to her & her heirs 

forever. The other 200 acres being part of the above tract to be sold & the 

money arising my wife to dispose of as she shall think good toward the tuition & 

maintainance of my children. Also to my wife a negro wench MOLL, a girl HANNAH 

with increase, a negro boy OLIVER, also all my household furniture & goods & 

chattles during her natural life & after her decease the negroes & increase to 

be equally divided amongst my children hereafter named viz. MOSES, 

JEREMIAH, HOPKINS, ECHOLS, CATHARINE ~ but if they cannot agree in the division of the 

negroes they shall be sold & the money equally divided amongst them. Also 

all my land goods & chattles shall be sold & money equally divided amongst them.


Exr: my beloved wife ANNA & also TERY DANIEL & WILLIAM DANIEL my brothers.

WD: 22 MAY 1781 S/ JAMES DANIEL

WIT: RICHARD DANIEL, TERRY [sic] DANIEL, AGNESS DANIEL, ADAM WINDERS

WP: November 1781 Presented by ANNA DANIEL, Exr. & proved by two wit. O.R.

Sec: MOSES ECHOLS & OBADIAH ECHOLS


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Same page:

377

PETERSON HARRISON ~ Inventory & Appraisement

and

376

SAMUEL HOSKINS ~ Inventory & Account of Sales


Makes me wonder if "HOPKINS DANIEL" should not be "HOSKINS DANIEL" in the 

Will of James DANIEL.... just a thought.

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428

RICHARD DANIEL, SR

Will


"...being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory..."

My beloved wife AGNESS to enjoy & possess all my land & tenements whereon I 

now live, except 150 ac herein bequeathed to my son TERRY ~ as also all my 

slaves & all the remained of my whole estate during her natural life. Also to my 

wife AGNESS a negro wench JENNY to her & her heirs forever. To my son TERRY 

150 ac of land part of the tract whereon I now live bounded on one side by a 

path that leads from WILLIAM CARLEYs to and [sic] old plantation whereon 

JEREMIAH PATE formerly lived as also by EVAN RAGLANDs line, also by PETER HOLTs &c. 

to him & his heirs forever. To my son TERRY a negro boy named RYBOURN to him & 

his heirs forever. To my son WILLIAM a negro girl SARAH with increase to him 

& his heirs forever. To my son RICHARD a negro fellow CATO, also a woman 

SERGER with increase to him & his heirs forever. To my son DAVID a negro wench 

HANNAH & a boy JESSE, with increase of sd wench except a reserve I make of the 

next living child that she brings for my son ROYALL, to him & his heirs 

forever. To my son ROYAL also a wench SUKEY & a feather bed & personality to him 

and his heirs forever. To my daughter CHRISTIANA a negro wench NANCY & her 

child ANNA to her & her heirs forever. To my son THOMAS TERRY the land & 

plantation whereon I now live exclusive of the part herein before bequeathed to my son 

TERRY, containing 250 ac, also a negro girl PHILLIS with increase to him & 

his heirs forever. A negro girl to be raised & purchased out of the remainder 

of my estate not younger than 14 years of age & said negro with increase to 

JAMES DANIEL & his wife DRUSILLA which is my daughter during their lives & at 

their decease I give the same negro girl with increase to be equally divided 

amongst said Drusilla's children to them & their heirs forever. 

Exr: wife AGNESS & sons TERRY & WILLIAM

WD 13 APRIL 1782 ~ S/ RICHARD DANIEL

WIT: THOMAS DAY, MARY (x) DAY, LUKE POWELL, ADAM WINDERS

WP: 20 FEB 1783. Presented by AGNESS DANIEL, Exr. & proved by two wit.

O.R. TERRY DANIEL & WILLIAM DANIEL the other Exr. refusing, Certificate 

granted AGNESS for probate.

Sec: TERRY DANIEL & WILLIAM DANIEL

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A Mrs. DANIEL in 1771 was apparently a mid-wife, along with Sarah WEIR as 

they received compensation in the James HILL "Guardian Account" for deliverying 

negro wench Lucy [still born]. Robert WOODING, Guardian.

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