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• Name: Jerry Featherston
• Reference Number: 31435
• Reference Number: mem 45
• Mil-service: Abt 1860

Notes:

1860 Marion Co., IN Census - p. 857, Perry Twp. Jerri Featherston, age 25, farmer, b. IN Sarah Featherston, age 24, b. KY Wm. Gardner, age 28, b. VA

Mil-service:
Served in the Civil War. One of eleven children born to Rev. Jeremiah & Anna (Green) Featherston. Married Sarah Gardner on May 13, 1858 in Marion Co., Indiana. She died March 11, 1869. His 2nd marriage was on Feb. 26, 1870 in Morgan Co., Indiana to Prudence Smith.

Jeremiah married Sarah Gardner about 1849. Sarah was born in 1829 in Kentucky, United States of America; died on 11 Mar 1869 in Marion County, Indiana, United States of America; was buried after 11 Mar 1869 in Featherston Cemetery, Southport, Marion County, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Prudence Smith on 26 Feb 1870 in Morgan County, Indiana, United States of America. Prudence was born on 22 Feb 1827; died after 1871; was buried after 1871 in Southport Cemetery, Southport, Marion County, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Sarah Gardner on 13 May 1858 in Marion County, Indiana, United States of America. Sarah was born about 1829 in Kentucky, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Prudence Smith on 26 Feb 1870 in Morgan County, Indiana, United States of America. Prudence was born in Feb 1827 in Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 31420
• Reference Number: mem 45
• Reference Number: Abt 1796; One of seven children born to Carolus & Lucy (Elmore) Featherston. He married Anna Green on Jan. 18, 1814 in Charlotte Co., Virginia. Rev. Jeremiah Featherston owned land in Southport, and was the founder of the First Little Buck Creek Baptist Church, later changed to Southport Baptist Church in Marion Co., Southport, Indiana. In his will he left ground that was to be the Featherston Cemetery. A lot of the markers in the cemetery have been vandalized and destroyed by vandals.   Sulgrove, B.R., History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, Philadelphis, L.H. Everts & C., 1884, p. 579 has reference to Jeremiah Featherston and family, three quarters of a mile southeast of Southport. The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 23 No. 1 - Jan/Mar 1979, BEWARE OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MARRIAGE BONDS: THE FEATHERSTON FAMILY By Mrs. Margaret T. Macdonald, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mrs. Catherine L. Knorr's Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Charlotte County. Virginia, 1764-1815 was first printed in 1951. It has been widely sold and used and is still available. Mrs. Knorr nowhere states exactly what she examined in compiling the bonds of Charlotte County, although she mentions discrepancies between the dates on the marriage bonds and the ministers' returns. However, the page numbers that she gives in her book as references show she used a typescript of unknown provenance, still in the Clerk's Office at Charlotte County House, and also undoubtedly a handwritten volume of ministers' returns also at the Clerk's Office. The latter contains no genealogical information, other than the name of the bride and groom, supposed marriage date, and name of officiating minister. Stuart B. Fallen, present Clerk of Charlotte County, is emphatic that his predecessors would never have allowed Mrs. Knorr access to the original bonds. Whoever made the typescript which Mrs. Knorr copied was not a genealogist and made inferences of relationships that were incorrect, as will be shown in two of the following examples. Four original marriage bonds, chosen because they were the bonds of the four oldest males of the Featherstone family, which I have been researching for years, were recently examined.  The first as printed in Knorr, p. 27, is: 10 December 1787. Charles (1) Featherstone and Lucy Elmore, dau. James Elmore. Sur. James Tarpley. Married 12 December by Rev. Thomas Johnston. p. 107. This is nearly correct. The marriage bond has written across its face Caries/ Carlos (2) Featherstone and Lucy Elmore, dau. of James Elmore of sd. county. The second, as printed in Knorr, p. 27, is: 4 January 1796. Jeremiah Featherstone and Elizabeth Elmore, dau. James Elmore. Sur. Jesse Elmore. p. 234 This is correct. A small piece of paper inside the bond reads: 'This day Jessee Elmore brother of Elizabeth Elmore came before me and made oath that his said sister Elizabeth is upwards of twenty one years of age - that he heard his father James Elmore Refuse to give to Jeremiah Featherstone who is about to be married to the said Elizabeth Elmore a Certificate to the Clerk of the Court of the said county of the age of the said Elizabeth that he has often heard his father say she was over Twenty one years old - the said Jessee Elmore saith his sister Elizabeth is older than he is - and that [ ] Jessee is over Twenty one years — [Signed] Guinn [?].' The third bond has caused much trouble and confusion. Printed in Knorr, p. 27, one finds: 26 August 1794. Hezekiah Featherston and Nancy Tarpley, dau. John Tarpley. Sur. Charles Featherston. Married 28 August by Rev. Edward Almond, p. 212. There is a considerable amount of material in the Charlotte County records that shows that the Nancy Tarpley who married Hezekiah Featherston, was the daughter of James Tarpley. In the Court Order Books of August 1796 (3) are two suits in which Hezekiah Featherston and Nancy his wife sued the executors Vol. 1. Page 3   of James Tarpley, deceased, and the heirs of James Tarpley. In one the Featherstons were joined by John Eudaly and Mary his wife. Mary is known to have been a daughter of James Tarpley (4). There is a similar suit in May 1798 (5). When James Tarpley made his will (6) he named only his sons and his married daughters but his son William Tarpley made his will (7) and named all his siblings, including a Nancy Tarpley. Finally, an indenture (8), dated 1806, between Joseph Friend and the legatees of the estate of James Tarpley, deceased, includes among the legatees 'the heirs of Betsy Miller (9) and Nancy Featherston, who are deceased.' Why then did the marriage bond typescript say that Nancy Tarpley was the daughter of John? Examination of the original bond shows a small enclosed scrap of paper which says: 'Ann (10) Tarpley was born 2 day of July 1769'. [Signed] John Tarpley. August 26 Witnessed Carloss (X) Featherston 94 Agnes (X) Tarpley (11) There is nowhere any statement that John Tarpley is Ann/Nancy Tarpley's father. The relationship was inferred from John Tarpley's sending a statement to show that Nancy was of age to give her own consent. Nancy Tarpley's father, James Tarpley, was dead. John Tarpley was her uncle (12). The last bond examined has caused problems in a different way. It reads in Knorr, p. 27: 18 May 1804. Wyley Featherstone and Sally Elmore (13). Sur. Samuel Green. Wyley son of Jeremiah Featherstone p. 365 There are two Jeremiah Featherstons in Charlotte Co., Va., records and it can be proved that both men were too young to have fathered Wylie. The original bond revealed a piece of paper saying: 'This is to certify that Wyley featherson (sic) is of eage (sic) to act for his self.' Tese(?) Mrs. Jean featherston (14) Jeremiah featherston (15) On the back of the same piece of paper, the surety, Samuel Green (16), made oath, among other things, that 'his (Wylie's) father and mother are both dead.' The parents of Wylie Featherston are unknown, but we do know that his father's being Jeremiah is incorrectly inferred. It is extremely probable that Wylie was a first cousin of the other Featherston men. The results strongly suggest that anyone with a marriage in Charlotte Co., Va., and especially with a stated relationship in the printed marriage bonds that causes problems should certainly see the original bond. The first 175 years of Charlotte County marriage bonds have recently been microfilmed and are at the Virginia State Archives. Footnotes: (1) The typescript says Carlis. The ministers' returns say Caries. The original bond says Carlos/es. His name seems to have been Carolus and though he had many variants (Carless, Carloss), he never, so far as I know, was Charles.  (2) The original bond says Carloss.  (3) Charlotte Co., VA Order Book 10, p. 205. (4) Knorr, op. cit., p. 26, shows: 1 October 1787, John Eudaly and Mary Tarpley, dau. James Tarpley. Sur. Carless Featherston. Married same day by Rev. Thomas Johnston. Mary Eudailey is named as a daughter in the will of James Tarpley (Charlotte Co., Va., Will Book 2, p. 21). (5) Charlotte Co., Va., Order Book 11, p. 162.   Vol. 1. Page 4 (6) Ibid., Will Book 2, p. 21. James Tarpley made his will 2 Nov 1791; it was proved 6 Feb. 1792. (7) Ibid., Will Book 2. p. 49. William Tarpley made his will 29 Apr 1794; it was proved 2 June 1794. (8) Ibid., Deed Book 10, p. 136. (9) Betsy Miller was named in James Tarpley's will as daughter, Elizabeth Miller. Her husband, David M. Miller was an executor. The marriage is in Knorr, op. cit. p. (10) Nancy was a nickname for Ann. Ann Tarpley used Nancy almost exclusively (11) Agnes Tarpley was John's wife. Charlotte Co., Va., Deed Book 11, p. 35, 26 Jan. 1807, shows a deed between Joseph Venable and John Tarpley and Agness his wife. (12) James Tarpley (Jr.) and John Tarpley are both named in the will of their father James Tarpley (sr.) made 22 July 1780 in Brunswick Co., Va.. and proved 28 May 1781 (Brunswick Co., Va., Order Book 2, p. 167). (13) Samuel Green, the surety, made oath about 'Sally Elmore whose mother and father are both dead.' This means she must be the daughter of James Elmore (Sr.) and his first wife, who are both dead. James Elmore (Jr.) was still alive. I know of no other Charlotte Co., Va., Elmore who could be her father. (14) This is Jean Wright Featherston, daughter of Mary ___ and Robert Wright of Brunswick Co., Va. He made his will 11 Aug. 1781, proved 26 May 1783. (Brunswick Co., Va., Order Book 2, p. 438), and named his daughter Jean Featherston. He left her a Negro girl named Fib and in 1784 on the personal property tax list of Brunswick Co., Va., Charles Featherston has, for the first time, two slaves, 'Fib and one young one.' Jean Wright married at a time and place unknown Charles Featherston whose will was made in Brunswick Co., Va., 3 Apr 1788 as Charles Feariston (Brunswick Co., Va., Will Book 5, pp. 342-43). The Feariston will was proved 25 Jan. 1790 by Jesse Turner and John Porter. Brunswick Co., Va., Order Book 15, p. 261, shows that the will of Charles Featherston was proved the same day by the oaths of the same two men.  There can be no doubt that the will of Chare Is Featherston is that written as Charles Feariston. A careful genealogy of the Kentucky branch of the Featherston family done by Mrs. Elizabeth Featherston Selliers in the early 1930s says that Jean Wright Featherston, who died 16 Nov 1812, was the mother of Hezekiah, Carolus and Jeremiah Featherston. Interestingly, she does not give their father's name. The Feariston/ Featherston will appoints 'Kyai' as one of the executors. I presume this is a nickname for Hezekiah. Jeremiah is called 'orphan of Charles Featherston' in Charlotte Co., Va., Order Book 10, p. 12 Jan. 1796, when he chose Moses Eudaly as his guardian. I have found nothing, other than circumstantial evidence to show that Carolus was also a son of Charles Featherston, but I believe he was. Charles Featherston had at least seven children and very possibly a wife before Jean/Jane/Gen Wright.  (15) Jeremiah Featherston, the youngest child of Jean Wright and Charles Featherston, was born 4 Nov. 1776 and died 11 July 1854, according to his tombstone in the Lexington, Ky., cemetery. He and Elizabeth Elmore, born 7 March 1771, died 3 March 1864, had five children. Most but not all, of the Fayette Co., Ky., Featherstons are descended from his son Robert Wright Featherston, born 30 March 1803, died 24 March 1889.
• Anecdote: 1814

Notes:

Anecdote:
Jeremiah moved to Lexington, KY in Jan/Feb 1814 and to Marion Co.,Indiana in the fall of 1828. He died in 1864, left a wil and a hoard ofmoney. He was a Baptist Missionary and also had a large orchard. He wasburied in Featherston Cem. - although I can't find its location. source: Franklin Merriman, Zionsville, IN 1850 Indianapolis, Marion Co., Census - p. 171, Perry Twp., HH# 171 Jeremiah Featherston, age 43, farmer, $1500 real est., b. VA Ann Featherston, age 43, b. VA Robert Featherston, age 22, b. KY John Featherston, age 32, b. KY Mary Featherston, age 18, b. IN Jer Featherston, age 16, b. IN Nancy Featherston, age 12, b. IN John Featherston, age 12, b. IN Jer Featherston, age 8, b. IN Sarah Featherston, age 4, b. IN Nancy Featherston, age 2, b. IN (Jer, age 8, Sarah, age 4, and Nancy age 2 are probably the childrenof John) 1860 Marion Co., IN Census - p. 863, Perry Twp. Jeremiah Featherston, age 63, farmer, $4050/$780, b. VA Anna Featherston, age 63, b. VA Robert Featherston, age 30, b. KY Mary Featherston, age 23, b. IN Amanda Featherston, age 9/12, b. IN Will of Jeremiah Featherston, proven 22 Sep 1864 - Marion Co., IN WillBk. C, ps. 219-221

Jeremiah married Anna Green on 08 Jan 1814 in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America. Anna was born on 24 Aug 1794; died on 15 Mar 1897 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Featherston
• Reference Number: 31425
• Reference Number: mem 45
• Birth: 1797, Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America
• Death: 15 Mar 1897, Southport, Marion County, Lancashire, England

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• Reference Number: 31408
• Reference Number: mem 45
• Birth: Abt 1765, Charlotte County?, Virginia, United States of America
• Reference Number: 1810; 1810 Charlotte Co., VA Census Carolus Featherston, 2 males under 10, 2 males age 10-16, 2 males age16-26, 1 male over 45, 1 female, age 10-16, 1 female over age 45, 1 freeslave Carolus migrated to Fayette Co., KY about 1815. source: Franklin Merriman, Zionsville, IN
• Reference Number: 1951; 1951 The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 23 No. 1 - Jan/Mar 1979 BEWARE OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MARRIAGE BONDS: THE FEATHERSTON FAMILY By Mrs. Margaret T. Macdonald, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mrs. Catherine L. Knorr's Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Charlotte County. Virginia, 1764-1815 was first printed in 1951. It has been widely sold and used and is still available. Mrs. Knorr nowhere states exactly what she examined in compiling the bonds of Charlotte County, although she mentions discrepancies between the dates on the marriage bonds and the ministers' returns. However, the page numbers that she gives in her book as references show she used a typescript of unknown provenance, still in the Clerk's Office at Charlotte County House, and also undoubtedly a handwritten volume of ministers' returns also at the Clerk's Office. The latter contains no genealogical information, other than the name of the bride and groom, supposed marriage date, and name of officiating minister. Stuart B. Fallen, present Clerk of Charlotte County, is emphatic that his predecessors would never have allowed Mrs. Knorr access to the original bonds. Whoever made the typescript which Mrs. Knorr copied was not a genealogist and made inferences of relationships that were incorrect, as will be shown in two of the following examples. Four original marriage bonds, chosen because they were the bonds of the four oldest males of the Featherstone family, which I have been researching for years, were recently examined.  The first as printed in Knorr, p. 27, is: 10 December 1787. Charles (1) Featherstone and Lucy Elmore, dau. James Elmore. Sur. James Tarpley. Married 12 December by Rev. Thomas Johnston. p. 107 This is nearly correct. The marriage bond has written across its face Caries/ Carlos (2) Featherstone and Lucy Elmore, dau. of James Elmore of sd. county. The second, as printed in Knorr, p. 27, is: 4 January 1796. Jeremiah Featherstone and Elizabeth Elmore, dau. James Elmore. Sur. Jesse Elmore. p. 234 This is correct. A small piece of paper inside the bond reads: 'This day Jessee Elmore brother of Elizabeth Elmore came before me and made oath that his said sister Elizabeth is upwards of twenty one years of age - that he heard his father James Elmore Refuse to give to Jeremiah Featherstone who is about to be married to the said Elizabeth Elmore a Certificate to the Clerk of the Court of the said county of the age of the said Elizabeth that he has often heard his father say she was over Twenty one years old - the said Jessee Elmore saith his sister Elizabeth is older than he is - and that [ ] Jessee is over Twenty one years — [Signed] Guinn [?].' The third bond has caused much trouble and confusion. Printed in Knorr, p. 27, one finds: 26 August 1794. Hezekiah Featherston and Nancy Tarpley, dau. John Tarpley. Sur. Charles Featherston. Married 28 August by Rev. Edward Almond, p. 212 There is a considerable amount of material in the Charlotte County records that shows that the Nancy Tarpley who married Hezekiah Featherston, was the daughter of James Tarpley. In the Court Order Books of August 1796 (3) are two suits in which Hezekiah Featherston and Nancy his wife sued the executors of James Tarpley, deceased, and the heirs of James Tarpley. In one the Featherstons were joined by John Eudaly and Mary his wife. Mary is known to have been a daughter of James Tarpley (4). There is a similar suit in May 1798 (5). When James Tarpley made his will (6) he named only his sons and his married daughters but his son William Tarpley made his will (7) and named all his siblings, including a Nancy Tarpley. Finally, an indenture (8), dated 1806, between Joseph Friend and the legatees of the estate of James Tarpley, deceased, includes among the legatees 'the heirs of Betsy Miller (9) and Nancy Featherston, who are deceased.' Why then did the marriage bond typescript say that Nancy Tarpley was the daughter of John? Examination of the original bond shows a small enclosed scrap of paper which says: 'Ann (10) Tarpley was born 2 day of July 1769'. [Signed] John Tarpley. August 26 Witnessed Carloss (X) Featherston 94 Agnes (X) Tarpley (11) There is nowhere any statement that John Tarpley is Ann/Nancy Tarpley's father. The relationship was inferred from John Tarpley's sending a statement to show that Nancy was of age to give her own consent. Nancy Tarpley's father, James Tarpley, was dead. John Tarpley was her uncle (12). The last bond examined has caused problems in a different way. It reads in Knorr, p. 27: 18 May 1804. Wyley Featherstone and Sally Elmore (13). Sur. Samuel Green. Wyley son of Jeremiah Featherstone p. 365 There are two Jeremiah Featherstons in Charlotte Co., Va., records and it can be proved that both men were too young to have fathered Wylie. The original bond revealed a piece of paper saying: 'This is to certify that Wyley featherson (sic) is of eage (sic) to act for his self.' Tese(?) Mrs. Jean featherston (14) Jeremiah featherston (15) On the back of the same piece of paper, the surety, Samuel Green (16), made oath, among other things, that 'his (Wylie's) father and mother are both dead.' The parents of Wylie Featherston are unknown, but we do know that his father's being Jeremiah is incorrectly inferred. It is extremely probable that Wylie was a first cousin of the other Featherston men. The results strongly suggest that anyone with a marriage in Charlotte Co., Va., and especially with a stated relationship in the printed marriage bonds that causes problems should certainly see the original bond. The first 175 years of Charlotte County marriage bonds have recently been microfilmed and are at the Virginia State Archives. Footnotes: (1) The typescript says Carlis. The ministers' returns say Caries. The original bond says Carlos/es. His name seems to have been Carolus and though he had many variants (Carless, Carloss), he never, so far as I know, was Charles.  (2) The original bond says Carloss.  (3) Charlotte Co., VA Order Book 10, p. 205. (4) Knorr, op. cit., p. 26, shows: 1 October 1787, John Eudaly and Mary Tarpley, dau. James Tarpley. Sur. Carless Featherston. Married same day by Rev. Thomas Johnston. Mary Eudailey is named as a daughter in the will of James Tarpley (Charlotte Co., Va., Will Book 2, p. 21). (5) Charlotte Co., Va., Order Book 11, p. 162. 6) Ibid., Will Book 2, p. 21. James Tarpley made his will 2 Nov 1791; it was proved 6 Feb. 1792. (7) Ibid., Will Book 2. p. 49. William Tarpley made his will 29 Apr 1794; it was proved 2 June 1794. (8) Ibid., Deed Book 10, p. 136. (9) Betsy Miller was named in James Tarpley's will as daughter, Elizabeth Miller. Her husband, David M. Miller was an executor. The marriage is in Knorr, op. cit. p. (10) Nancy was a nickname for Ann. Ann Tarpley used Nancy almost exclusively (11) Agnes Tarpley was John's wife. Charlotte Co., Va., Deed Book 11, p. 35, 26 Jan. 1807, shows a deed between Joseph Venable and John Tarpley and Agness his wife. (12) James Tarpley (Jr.) and John Tarpley are both named in the will of their father James Tarpley (sr.) made 22 July 1780 in Brunswick Co., Va.. and proved 28 May 1781 (Brunswick Co., Va., Order Book 2, p. 167). (13) Samuel Green, the surety, made oath about 'Sally Elmore whose mother and father are both dead.' This means she must be the daughter of James Elmore (Sr.) and his first wife, who are both dead. James Elmore (Jr.)was still alive. I know of no other Charlotte Co., Va., Elmore who could be her father. (14) This is Jean Wright Featherston, daughter of Mary ___ and Robert Wright of Brunswick Co., Va. He made his will 11 Aug. 1781, proved 26 May 1783. (Brunswick Co., Va., Order Book 2, p. 438), and named his daughter Jean Featherston. He left her a Negro girl named Fib and in 1784 on the personal property tax list of Brunswick Co., Va., Charles Featherston has, for the first time, two slaves, 'Fib and one young one.' Jean Wright married at a time and place unknown Charles Featherston whose will was made in Brunswick Co., Va., 3 Apr 1788 as Charles Feariston (Brunswick Co., Va., Will Book 5, pp. 342-43). The Feariston will was proved 25 Jan. 1790 by Jesse Turner and John Porter. Brunswick Co., Va., Order Book 15, p. 261, shows that the will of Charles Featherston was proved the same day by the oaths of the same two men.  There can be no doubt that the will of Chare Is Featherston is that written as Charles Feariston. A careful genealogy of the Kentucky branch of the Featherston family done by Mrs. Elizabeth Featherston Selliers in the early 1930s says that Jean Wright Featherston, who died 16 Nov 1812, was the mother of Hezekiah, Carolus and Jeremiah Featherston. Interestingly, she does not give their father's name. The Feariston/ Featherston will appoints 'Kyai' as one of the executors. I presume this is a nickname for Hezekiah. Jeremiah is called 'orphan of Charles Featherston' in Charlotte Co., Va., Order Book 10, p. 12 Jan. 1796, when he chose Moses Eudaly as his guardian. I have found nothing, other than circumstantial evidence to show that Carolus was also a son of Charles Featherston, but I believe he was. Charles Featherston had at least seven children and very possibly a wife before Jean/Jane/Gen Wright.  (15) Jeremiah Featherston, the youngest child of Jean Wright and Charles Featherston, was born 4 Nov. 1776 and died 11 July 1854, according to his tombstone in the Lexington, Ky., cemetery. He and Elizabeth Elmore, born 7 March 1771, died 3 March 1864, had five children. Most but not all, of the Fayette Co., Ky., Featherstons are descended from his son Robert Wright Featherston, born 30 March 1803, died 24 March 1889. It appears from the book by Catherine L. Knorr, Marriages of Charlotte County 1764-1815, that Carolus married first Gilly Brumfield on 21 Nov 1782. Ceremony performed by Rev. Thomas Johnson, Married next on 10 Dec 1787 to Lucy Elmore, dau. of James Elmore, Surety James Tarpley by Rev. Thomas Johnson. The original bond says 'Carlis'. Is Sally the daughter of Gilly? Franklin County, Kentucky Will Book 2--1824 - 1854--Page 35 I Carolus Fetherston of the County of Franklin & State of Kentucky do hereby make my last will & Testament, in manner and form following this is to say, 1st I desire that my just debts (if any there should be against me) and funeral expenses to paid, by executor hereinafter to be named, and appointed immediately after my decease, 2dly I give to my two daughters Elizabeth Russell & Sally Wilkinson Fifty cents each and to my sons Robert Fetherston, James S. Fetherston, William Fetherston, Jeremiah Fetherston & Burrel Fetherston I give the sum of fifty cents each, 3dly I give to my son Charles Fetherston my Roan Riding Mare and saddle, one hundred dollars in money, which I loaned him not long since, and the one half of all my house hold & kitchen furniture. 4thly I give to my son John Fetherston my Black horse, my Riding Gig and the other half of all of my house hold & kitchen furniture. 5thly I desire my executor hereinafter to be named as aforesaid, to sell my plantation in the state of Virginia for the best price it will command, and collect the rents and profits of said farm of my son William Fetherston, of said State, who has been for some time my agent, together with certain sums of money which he my said agent has collected for me and to my use, from other sources and divide the same equally between my two sons Charles Fetherston & John Fetherston, both the proceeds of the sale of that land, the rents & profits of the plantation and the monies in the hands of my agent in said state of Virginia. 6thly all the rest of my estate whether real or personal of what nature or kind soever, it may be not herein before particularly disposed of I desire my be equally divided between my two sons Charles Fetherston & John Fetherston. And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Charles Fetherston Executor of this my last will & Testament, hereby revolking all other or Former wills or Testaments, by me made, heretofore. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal, this 30th day of March in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty. Carolus X Fetherston his mark Signed sealed published and declared in presence of us as and for the last will and testament of above named Carolus Fetherston. I. Wingate Fielding Jones Franklin County Court April Term 1830 A writing purporting to be the last will & Testament of Carolus Fetherston decd. was produced in Court & proven by the oaths of Isaac Wingate & Fielding Jones the subscribing witnesses thereto, which is ordered to be recorded, and thereupon the same hath been duly admitted to record in my office. Test. A.H. Rennick cfcc Listed in both the Featherston Cemetery in Franklin County and the Switzer Cemetery in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky.

Carolus married Lucy Elmore on 12 Dec 1787 in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America. Lucy was born in 1765 in New Kent, Virginia, United States of America; died in 1825 in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States of America; was buried in 1824 in Featherston Graveyard, Franklin County, Kentucky, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Betsy Elmore
• Name: Featherston
• Reference Number: 31412
• Reference Number: mem 45
• Reference Number: 2014; Birth and Death are approx. Wife of Carolus Featherston, dead by April 1830 in Franklin County, Kentucky in the Bartlett-Featherston/Switzer Cemetery.

Notes:

Died:
Listed in both the Featherston Cemetery in Franklin County and the Switzer Cemetery in Frankfort.

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• Reference Number: 31383
• Reference Number: mem 45a
• Birth: Abt 1720, Virginia, United States of America
• Court: 1758

Notes:

Court:
Charles Featherston, evidently from Chesterield County, came 40 miles to court in 1758 as a witness for Bartholomew Dupree, for which he was to be paid 315 pounds of tobacco (Suit vs. Frederick Baugh)

Sources: (1) Nottoway County, Virginia, Will Book 1, 1789-1802, Page 25; (Jan. 12,1791)
Will of Charles Howell Featherston--

'To Lewis Featherston, son of Elizabeth Featherston, the tract of land,whereon I now live, which said land I desire to be rented out at the discretion my Executors, until the said Lewis Featherston shall arrive to the age full age of twenty-one years and the profits arriving from such rents likewise given to the said Lewis Featherston, when of full age; it is also my will and desire that fifty pounds of current money of Virginia be raised and levied out of my Estate for the said Lewis Featherston to be kept for him until the time above mentioned. It is my desire that my personal estate be kept together, until a Crop be made on the plantation and then equally divided between BURWELL Featherston and Luke Clarke...' Burwell Featherston and Luke Clarke to be executors.
Whatever I have given or willed to Lewis Featherston, son of Elizabeth Featherston, shall return to Burwell Featherston and Luke Clarke equally provided the said Lewis Featherston should die without a lawful heir or before he arrives to full age but not else.'



Joyce F Hawkins, 21 June 2001.Jean Wright F, d. 16 November 1812 Jean Wright married Charles Featherston circa 1755. As of after 1755, her married name was Featherston. Jean Wright left a will on 26 May 1783 at Brunswick County, Virginia, American Colonies; ...Jean Wright Featherston, daughter of Mary ____ and Robert Wright of Brunswick Co., Virginia. He made his will 11 Aug. 1781, proved 26 May 1783.(Brunswick Co., Virginia Order Bk. 2, p. 438), and named his daughter Jean Featherston. He left her a Negro girl named Fib and in 1784 on the personal property tax list of Brunswick Co., Virginia, Charles Featherston haw, for the first time, two slaves, 'Fib and one young one.' Jean Wright married at a time and place unknown Charles Featherston who's will was made in Brunswick Co., Virginia, 3 Apr 1788 as Charles Feariston (Brunswick Co., Virginia Will Book 5,pp. 342-43). The Feariston will was proved 25 Jan.1790 by Jesse Turner and John Porter. Brunswick Co., Virginia Order Bk. 15,p. 261, shows that the will of Charles Featherston was proved the same day by the oaths of the same two men. There can be no doubt that the will of Charles Featherston is that written as Charles Feariston. A careful genealogy of the Kentucky branch of the Featherston family done by Mrs. Elizabeth Featherston Selliers in the early 1930s says that Jean Wright Featherston, who died 16 Nov 1812, was the mother of Hezekiah, Carolus and Jeremiah Featherston. Interestingly, she does not give their father's name. The Feariston/Featherston will appoints 'Kyai' as one of the executors. I presume this is a nickname for Hezekiah. Jeremiah is called 'orphan of Charles Featherston' in Charlotte Co., Virginia Order Bk. 10,p. 12 Jan. 1796, when he chose Moses Eudaly as his guardian. I have found nothing, other than circumstantial evidence to show that Carolus was also a son of Charles Featherston, but I believe he was. Charles Featherston had at least seven children and very possibly a wife before Jean/Jane/Gen Wright. source: The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 - Jan/Mar 1979 'Beware of the Charlotte Co., Virginia Marriage Bonds: The Featherston Family' by Mrs.Margaret T. Macdonald, Chapel Hill, NC. She died on 16 November 1812.

AMELIA COUNTY

Abraham Burton of old Henrico, later of Chesterfield Co., married Ann Featherston, removed to Amelia County where he died about 1736, when his will was entered for probate.  His widow Ann died in 1745.  At the time of making her will she mentioned grandchildren Charles and Abraham Burton, sons of her son Charles.  Their removal to Amelia may have been the reason for the going into that county of Charles Featherston.

We find that Charles Featherston, evidently from Chesterfield Co., came 40 miles to court in 1758 as a witness for Bartholomew Dupee, for which he was to be paid 315 pounds of tobacco (Suit vs.Frederick Baugh).

From the family Bible still preserved in the family and now owned by Frederick M. Featherston of Richmond, Virginia, we find that Charles Featherston was born in the year of 1743, married Ann Frenchin 1781, their marriage bond being dated 23rd Nov. of that year. We have no record proving an earlier marriage, but at the time of early marriages it was unusual for men to marry earlier. (Marie Rutledge:  “Mrs. Fothergill obviously intended to say that it was “Usual” for men to marry earlier”.)  He seems to have been in Amelia much earlier than the date of his marriage to Ann French, as on July 23, 1767 he, Charles Featherston of Amelia County, purchased 210 acres of land on Flatt Creek from James and John Murry, executors of the estate of James Murry deceased of Prince George County which he had purchased from Thomas Eldridge and his wife.  It was described as lying in Horsepen Branch of Flatt Creek.  The consideration was L305 current money.  (Deed Bk. 9, p. 185)  This was the land which long continued in the family and on which their home was located until the late 1880s.

On March 25, 1790 Charles Featherston qualified as executor of the estate of Thomas French deceased.  (Order Bk. 1788-91, p. 220) Charles Featherston added to his land holdings 22 June 1797 when he purchased from John Walke and Hannah his wife 100 acres which adjoined his other land, that of General Eveard Meade, John and James Robertson.  (Deed Bk. 20, page 333) Then on 9 Dec 1809, we find that his son Charles H. Featherston bought 53 acres of land from Richard E. Meade on Genitoe Creek, adjoining John Lane and James Robertson, Sr., for the sum of $593.60.  (Deed Bk. 28, p. 175) Charles Featherston, born in 1743, died in 1828, married Ann French 1781.  They had 3 children:  (1) Dorothy French, born May 1783, married 25 Sept. 1800, Cadwallader Jones; (2) Charles Henry Featherston, born 3 May 1786, married Elizabeth Short Thornton, dau. of Col. Sterling Clack and Mary Jones Thornton, in Prince Edward County, 15 Jan 1807; (3) Calphurina (Pheny) Wherry Featherston born 21 Feb 1799, married William H. L. Tabb, 2 Dec. 1822, in Amelia County.   (Family Bible Records and Amelia Co. Mar. Rec.)

We see that Charles Henry Featherston was married in Jan. 1807, so the couple probably lived with his father and mother, since he does not seem to have acquired land until 11 July 1810, when his father and mother,  Charles  and Ann Featherston, John R. Archer and Charles E. Featherston - the latter of Chesterfield County - conveyed to Charles E. Featherston, for love and affection 210 acres of land on the Lower Horsepen Branch; 26 negro slaves, sheep, cattle, silver plate, household furniture, plantation tools, in trust; the death of her said husband, and to be supported in such manner as she has been accustomed to live while a member of her husband’s family; and after her support is paid for by said Charles Featherston during his life it is to be continued at his death by such persons as he shall appoint but in case he should not appoint some person to direct matters it would be divided amongst the children he may have at his death or among their children.   Signed by Charles Featherston, Ann M. Featherston, Charles E. Featherston and John M. Archer.  The witnesses were:  Francis Drake, D. Rottray, Charles Walthall, Daniel Rowlett, James Farriss, and R. Chastain.  This was recorded in Deed Bk. 24, p. 107, Amelia County. 1 July 1810  Charles Featherston of Amelia Co. conveyed to Charles A. (Joyce F. Hawkins: “I believe this should read Charles H.”) and to Charles E. Featherston for and in consideration of love and affection for his daughter Dorothy F. the wife of Cadwallader Jones and the sum of $20 cash, 10 negro slaves which are not in her possession, for the term of her natural life and then to her children. Witnessed by Philip Dunnivant, William Warrimer, Henry W. Roverson.  (Deed Bk. 28, p. 238) On 23 Oct. 1813, Charles Featherston of Amelia conveyed to Charles H. and Charles E. Featherston for the benefit of his daughter Calphurnia Featherston 12 negro slaves, 1 dozen silver spoons, 1 feather bed and furniture, a horse, bridle and saddle for her life and then to her children.   Witnesses:  Christopher Walthall, Daniel Bowlett, James Ferriss, R. Chastin, Jr.  (Deed Bk. 28, p. 660)  (This daughter married Wm. H. L. Tabb in 1822) 22 Oct 1813, Charles Featherston conveyed to Charles H. and Charles E. Featherston as trustees for the benefit of his grandchildren Cassandra Calvin Jones, Cladius Cicero Jones, Camelius Jones, Canddolas Jones and Charles H. Featherston at the age of 21 years 2 negro slaves each.  (Deed Bk. 28, p. 661) 29 April 1816, Charles H. Featherston gave a deed of trust on the 100 acres of his land called the Crab Orchard, to secure a debt which he owed to  Cadwallader Jones, his security against him in a case. The above deed of trust was released 18 Feb. 1817, as said Featherston had paid the amount due.   (Deed Bk. 24, p. 368) Charles and Elizabeth S. Featherston, on 15 Dec 1827, conveyed to John T. Leigh, Trustee, and John Booker, executor of James H. Conway, said Booker has obtained judgement against John B. Archer and said Charles H. Featherston for the sum of $747.83 and said Featherston have undertaken to discharge the said judgment therefore they convey to said John T. Leigh 153 acres of land called the Crab Orchard.  Said trust deed certified to by William J. Barksdale and Hodijah Meade.  (Deed Bk. 30, p. 14) 28 July 1831 John Booker and John T. Leigh purchased the above tract of land, having been sold under the above deed of trust. The above Charles Henry Featherston was born 3 May 1786; married to Elizabeth Short Thornton January 1807 and died in the year 1865.  We know that her parents lived for some years in the lower part of Amelia Co. in the neighborhood of Spinners Branch and the Namozeen Road.  They moved to Prince Edward Co. where they lived for some 10 years or more, about one mile from Hampden-Sidney College, where their only son William Jones Thornton, was educated;  later they removed to Lynchburg, where they both died. It is most likely that their daughter Elizabeth returned to Amelia Co. to visit relatives.  Her father, Sterling Clack Thornton, had an Aunt Prudence Thornton who married Samuel Pryor in Glouchester Co.; then, a niece Mary Thornton married Everard Meade and made their home at the Hermitage, adjoining Featherston lands.  Elizabeth must have visited some of these relatives where she could very easily have met the son of their neighbor,  Charles H. Featherston, and married after her return to Prince Edward.   The original bond, with a note of consent for her marriage, is of record there, signed by her father, Sterling C. Thornton.

Charles married Jean Wright about 1745. Jean was born in 1723 in Virginia, United States of America; died on 06 Nov 1812 in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Featherston
• Name: Jane Gene Wright
• Reference Number: 31384
• Reference Number: mem 45
• Birth: Abt 1760
• Will: 26 May 1783, Brunswick County, Virginia, American Colonies
• Death: 16 Nov 1812
• Death: 16 Nov 1812, Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America

Notes:

It is extremely likely that Jean Wright was a second wife and that her only child was Jeremiah.

Will:
...Jean Wright Featherston, daughter of Mary ____ and Robert Wright of Brunswick Co., VA. He made his will 11 Aug. 1781, proved 26 May 1783.(Brunswick Co., VA Order Bk. 2, p. 438), and named his daughter Jean Featherston. He left her a Negro girl named Fib and in 1784 on the personal property tax list of Brunswick Co., VA, Charles Featherston haw,for the first time, two slaves, 'Fib and one young one.' Jean Wright married at a time and place unknown Charles Featherston who's will was made in Brunswick Co., VA, 3 Apr 1788 as Charles Feariston (BrunswickCo., VA Will Book 5,pp. 342-43). The Feariston will was proved 25 Jan.1790 by Jesse Turner and John Porter. Brunswick Co., VA Order Bk. 15,p. 261, shows that the will of Charles Featherston was proved the same day by the oaths of the same two men. There can be no doubt that the will of Charles Featherston is that written as Charles Feariston. A careful genealogy of the Kentucky branch of the Featherston family done by Mrs. Elizabeth Featherston Selliers in the early 1930s says that Jean Wright Featherston, who died 16 Nov 1812, was the mother of Hezekiah, Carolus and Jeremiah Featherston. Interestingly, she does not give their father's name. The Feariston/Featherston will appoints 'Kyai' as one of the executors. I presume this is a nickname for Hezekiah. Jeremiah is called 'orphan of Charles Featherston' in Charlotte Co., VA Order Bk. 10,p. 12 Jan. 1796, when he chose Moses Eudaly as his guardian. I have found nothing, other than circumstantial evidence to show that Carolus was also a son of Charles Featherston, but I believe he was. Charles Featherston had at least seven children and very possibly a wife beforeJean/Jane/Gen Wright. source: The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 - Jan/Mar 1979 'Beware of the Charlotte Co., VA Marriage Bonds: The Featherston Family' by Mrs.Margaret T. Macdonald, Chapel Hill, NC