1. Charles William (Wesley) Bickley
:Source: GLENNDA TERRY BICKLEY [mailto:tgbickley@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:21 AM
I've attached a photo of the Charles Bickley memorial stone at BickleyMills, VA. I located it on the Stephen Gose Jr. site. If you enlargeit, it clearly shows Charles birthdate as July 27, 1753 not June 27 as Ihad previously suggested. Here is what the stone says:
To The Memory
Of
Charles Bickley Sr.
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Born in Amherst Co. Va.
July 27, 1753
Died at Bickley Mills
Russell Co. Va.
June 1, 1839
Age 85Y. 10M. 4D
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He was captain of militia
One of three men
Who defended Bush's Fort
Against 17 Indians
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Note that there are also photo's of John Bickley (1790 - 1864) andElizabeth (Brown) Bickley's (1795 - 1844) grave stones on this site.
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These stones are located across the road (in a pasture) from an originalBickley house built in 1863 and recently restored by Charles Bickley"Bick" Gibson.
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All these photo's can be viewed on the Stephen Gose, Jr. site
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Source: James W. Hagy, "Castle's Woods: Frontier Virginia Settlement,1769-1799," A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department ofHistory, East Tennessee State University, June 1966.
This thesis provided extensive information about Charles Bickley and hisrole in the history of Castle's Woods and SW VA. It has extensivefootnotes and a bibliography of original sources that is substantive forSW VA family researchers.
If you are interested in a copy of Professor Hagy's 140 page
thesis (as of 2/9/2002) please send check (personal check is fine) for$25.00 to:
Robert Cowan [CSCUNC@aol.com]
525 Harrogate Rd.
Matthews, North Carolina 28105
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A Revolutionary War soldier, he went to White Shoals, Tennessee joiningCol. Campbell's expedition and took part in battle of Kings Mountain (DARrecords).
Charles Bickley migrated to the Clinch River in 1770 as a boy of 17; hewas a member of the Clinch Settlement where Daniel Boone stayed atintervals, and later acquired 264 acres of land on the Clinch River. Nearit he established Bickley Mills near what is today the town ofCastlewood.
His ancestors had been Anglican, but he became a Methodist. He was asurveyor and worked on the construction of "The Road to Kaintuck." Thebridge which spans the Clinch River at St. Paul between Russell and WiseCounties bears his name.
His life is first a story of struggle against the Cherokee raids in theClinch Valley, and later as a farmer and miller on the Clinch River. Hewitnessed at least one massacre and his brother-in-law, who came westwith him, was scalped before his sister's eyes, Mary Bickley Carter, atFort Blackmore.
He is the Virginia Hero of the book Delilah's Mountain by Gloria Jahoda,whose semi-fictional account of his life has confused the record abouthis real life and accomplishments.
Charles Bickley is buried in the Bickley Cemetery near the ruins ofBickley Mills, in a pasture opposite the ancestral home of Dr. Gibson, inwhich his son Bickley Gibson lived in the 1980s. There is a stonemonument marking his grave.
After Charles Bickley's death in 1839, his son John continued to runBickley Mills. Another son, Sebastian Hatler Bickley, acquired the 1793Sainte Marie tract of the French Baron De Te Boeuf near the present cityof St. Paul. On approximately 1000 acres of land which Bickley remanedSugar Hill, he developed an extensive cattle farm with slave labor andutilized groves of maples for sugaring. Charles Bickley also held slavesduring his time.
The census of 1820 shows five in his possession, three in the possessionof his son John, and eight in the possession of Mary Bickley Carter.
Source: "The Bickleys of Virginia" by Gloria Jahoda in "Genealogies ofVirginia Families" from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume I.
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Source: WILL OF CHARLES BICKLEY, Russell County, Virginia, Will Book 5,Page 70 Executed 04 Jun 1839.
In the Name of God, Amen. I Charles Bickley a citizen of the County ofRussell and State of Virginia being sick and weak in body, but of soundmind and disposing memory, for which I thank God and calling to mind theuncertainty of human life, having already disposed of the greater part ofthe wordly estate (to my several children) with which it hath pleased Godto bless me, and being desirous of disposing of the remainder, I give andbequeath the same in the manner following. that is to say, All my debtsare to be punctually paid, and the legacies herein after mentioned to bedischarged as soon as circumstances will permit, and in the mannerdirected.
Item. To my son John Bickley, I give and bequeath that part or portion ofland on which I now reside (consisting of two surveys,) which is notalready conveyed to him, together with my interest in the grist mill andsan mill, on the condition that my son John Bickley shall pay over to myexecutor the sum of five hundred dollars, which sum shall be disposed ofas herein after mentioned, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. To my daughter Elizabeth Dickenson I give and bequeath the best bedand furniture that I have remaining. My other bed and furniture I giveand bequeath to Christian Powers.
It is also my will that all the rest and residue of my estate, real andpersonal not disposed of in manner aforesaid, in whatever consisting,wheresover lying, and wheresoever found, may be sold by my executor, atsuch times and in such manner, and on such credits, as in his judgementshall be most conducive to the interest of the parties concerned, and themoneys arising therefrom, together with the sum of five hundred dollarswhich my son John Bickley is to pay as above stated, after my just debtsand all necessary expenses are paid, shall be equally divided betrixt myfive children now residing in this country, namely, John, William,Sebastian H., Charles W. Bickley and Elizabeth Dickenson, to them andtheir heirs forever.
Lastly. I constitute and appoint my son Sebastian H. Bickley, my executorof this my last Will and Testament. In witness of all and each of thethings herein contained I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 31stday of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine.
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Charles X Bickley Seal
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Signed seal & acknowledged in the presence of
Samuel W. Aston
Jno. C. Ferguson
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CHARLES BICKLEY
STATE OF VIRGINIA: RUSSELL COUNTY
Extract of his Revolutionary War Pension Declaration
by
Emory L. Hamilton
appearing in
Southwest Virginia Ancestors
Volume 11 (41), Spring 1997, pg. 24-26
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On the 8th day of September, 1836, personally appeared Charles Bickley, aresident of the said county of Russell in the State aforesaid, aged about83 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath,make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of theprovisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 7' 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the month ofSeptember or October, 1775, within the limits of the now territory ofRussell County, Virginia, under Captain William Russell, LieutenantWilliam Bowen and Ensign James Know, and was rendevouzed and stationed atthe Rye Cove in the county of Scott in the state aforesaid, where heremained in service, guarding and defending that fort, until the 23rd dayof January, 1776, when he was discharged and returned home, after havingremained in the public service at least three months and a half, and ashe verily believes four months.
That in the then next ensuing summer of 1776, but at what precise date hecannot now remember, but recollects that be was engaged hoeing corn inthe county of Russell aforesaid, a few weeks before when an alarm wasraised that the Indians were in the settlements and the people of theneighborhood had assembled at the fort, when a company of militia, fromthe neighborhood of Reed Creek in the now county of Wythe, commanded byCapt. John Montgomery, Lieutenant Michael Daugherty and Ensign JohnSimpson, were on their march to the Rye Cove Fort, preparatory to anexpected expedition against the Cherokee Indians, when he, the saidCharles Bickley enrolled himself as a Private, and marched under the saidofficers, to the Fort aforesaid, where they remained a short time, whenin obedience to orders from Col. Bledsoe, then in command of the frontierforces upon that frontier, they evacuated the Rye Cove Fort, and being amore exposed point, and without sufficient forces for the defense, andmarched to Blackmore's Fort on Clinch River, and formed a junction withthe forces stationed at that fort.
During their stay at the latter fort, and before they set out upon thethen contemplated expedition against the Cherokee Indians, informationreached the fort, through Captain Daniel Smith that the Indians were uponthe waters of Moccasin Creek. Whereupon Captain Montgomery with hiscompany joined Captain Smith and his company and marched in pursuit ofthe Indians and pursued their trail within a short distance of Houston'sFort upon Moccasin Creek, when from their apparently having separated,were unable to prosecute the pursuit further in that way, and marched tothe last named Fort. Upon their arrival at the fort, they found noassault had, as yet, been made upon it by the Indians and found there aman from Castlewood, in the county of Russell of the name of SamuelCowan, riding as this declarant now remembers, a stud horse belonging toone Deskin Tibbs. Cowan proposed to leave the fort and return to hisfamily, but was admonished of the danger of an attempt to do so, as theIndians were in the immediate neighborhood, but he persisted in hisdetermination, and set out, but proceeded but a short distance, when thefiring of guns, was heard in the fort, and the forces sallied out to theattack, when soon they came upon the body of Cowan, shot from his horse,and scalped, and although still alive, was taken to the fort, and diedthe same evening. The Indians fled, and made their escape. Perceivingthat the enemy had fled, and most likely had left the settlement uponMoccasin, they were marched back to Blackmore's Fort upon Clinch River,where they remained a short time, until the forces for the proposedexpedition against the Cherokee Indians were all embodied and ready tomarch. They then set out and marched to the Three Springs in the nowstate of Tennessee where the army remained a few days, and again took uptheir line of march for the Indian nation under the command of Col.Christy (Christian) and Major Evan Shelby at the head of whose battalion,was placed the company of Capt. John Montgomery. This declarant alsoremembers that there was also in command upon the expedition a Col.McClanahan.
They continued this march without any skirmishing or interruptions untilthey arrived at a place called by some as the Big Island, and by othersas the Dragon Canoe, when some of the chiefs and headmen of the Indians,came in, and proposed to make a treaty of peace, amongst these chiefs andheadmen, he remembers the Little Carpenter, Blackhead Patridge, etc. Itwas agreed on the part of the Indians that hostilities should cease forthe present, and it was agreed and assented to by both parties that acouncil should be held, at some subsequent day at the Long Island ofHolston, for the purpose of ratifying and confirming a permanent treaty,which was done. The army then marched in a body to that point, where theywere discharged, and this declarant returned to his residence in thecounty of Russell, where he arrived in the fall of the year, but cannotnow remember at what precise date, but remembers that there was severalexcessive hard frosts, during their stay in the Indian territory, whichattracted general notice at that time from the unusual number ofexcessive frosts without any intervening bad weather. He feels assuredthat must have remained in the service, upon this tour, at least fourmonths, and he doubts not longer.
Sometime after his return home, but how long he cannot now remember, butthinks from the best of his recollection it was in the fall of the year1777, he was again called out by Capt. E. Shelby, as a militia guard forthe protection of the Commissioners and Surveyors appointed to run theline between the state of Virginia and the Cherokee Indians which linewas run by Col. William Campbell, beginning at what was called the mouthof Big Creek and ending at the high knob upon Cumberland Mountain, a fewmiles west of Cumberland Gap, as well as he can now remember. In thisservice they were engaged at least one month, and he verily believesmore. When they returned to the Rye Cove where they remained a shorttime, when the company to which he was attached, were placed under thecommand of Ensign Douglas, and marched to the Long Island upon HolstonRiver, where thay remained for the term of three months, and weredischarged and returned home again to the county of Russell.
This declarant remained at his home upon the frontier, and in thevicinity, engaged in many skirmishes, and performing some occasionalservice of great danger, but only of a voluntary character, withouteither military orders or compensation, until the year, he thinks, of1780, when he was ordered out again about the month of August orSeptember, under Captain John Snoddy, as a military guard for the openingof a new road from the valley of Holston River, via Cumberland Gap, tothe settlements in the now state of Kentucky, near the Crab orchard inthat state, in which service thay were engaged at least two months and ahalf, and were then marched back, as well as this declarant nowremembers. One Mr. McBride was the superintendent to open the road whichhe has mentioned.
This declarant has no written discharge, nor any documentary evidence ofhis service, but he resides now in the same immediate community in whichhis services, in chief were performed. He has carefully distinguished inhis declaration his services under regular military orders. and thosewhich he rendered in deference of his own and the homes and families ofhis neighbors, and hopes to be able to show to the satisfaction of thegovernment that his claim for a pension is just and well founded by thetestimony of those who were witnesses to his services, and those amongstwhom he has grown old. He claims a pension for 14 months services, andverily believes that he was longer engaged in the public service.
He hereby relinguishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity,except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pensionroll of any agency in any state.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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His Charles X Bickley Mark
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above namedapplicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I, James P. Carroll, Clerk of the County court of Russell in the state ofVirginia, do certify that the foregoing is the original declaration ofCharles Bickley, applicant for a pension, made in said court.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and annex the seal of the saidcourt this 13th day of December, 1836.
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James P. Carroll
Clerk of Russell Co. Court
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State of Virginia
Scott County
On this l3th day of October in the year 1836, before the undersigned, aJustice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appearedHannah Byrd, aged about 81 years, as a witness in behalf of theapplication ,of Charles Bickley of the county of Russell in the stateaforesaid for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7' 1832,who after being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say: Thatshe well remembers that Charles Bickley was in the army under CaptainWilliam Russell, Lieutenant William Bowen and Ensign James Knox, andstationed at the Rye Cove in the county of Scott and State aforesaid, aswell as she can remember for the term of four months. She cannot nowrecollect the precise dates, but thinks it was in the last of Septemberor first of October. That they were rendezvoused and stationed at the RyeCove. The Indians having apparently left the settlements the companyunder Captain Russell was discharged. She also recollects that in thenext ensuing summer that the said Charles Bickley was in the serviceunder Captain John Montgomery, Lieutenant Michael Daugherty and EnsignJohn Simpson and that they left the Rye Cove Fort and joined the forcesat Blackmore's Fort under Captain Daniel Smith and went in pursuit of theIndians and was gone some time and returned to the fort where theyremained a short time, until the forces were all embodied and they thenset out on an Expedition against the Cherokee Indians under the commandof Col. Christy (Christian) and Major E.,Shelby at the head, though shecannot remember the dates, nor the precise length of time, but believesthat it was four or five months. She also believes that the said CharlesBickley went as one of the guards under Captain Evan Shelby to run theline between the state of Virginia and the Cherokee Indians. She thinksthey was gone on that tour five or six weeks, then was again marched tothe Long Island upon Holston River under Ensign Douglas, but cannotrecollect how long before he returned, but thinks it was three or fourmonths, and further this affiant sayeth not.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. -
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her Hannah X Byrd Mark
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I moreover certify that it appears that Hannah Byrd who has sworn to andsubscribed the foregoing affidavit is a resident of said county of Scott,is a credible witness and that her statements are entitled to credit.Given under my hand at the county aforesaid, the day and year first abovewritten.
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John P. Wolfe, J. P.
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Note: Hannah Byrd was a daughter of Joseph Blackmore, was married toRichard Byrd, and lived near present Gate City.
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Source: Ed Marsh (emarsh@SPC.cc.tx.us) provided 10/20-26/1999 providedvarious materials and commentary which follows.
"John Candler, Jr. (1765-1832) and Dorothy Dorothy Stovall (1778-1855)were married in Campbell County, Virginia on 24 July 1799. John Candler,Jr. was the son of John Candler, Sr. (c1730-1802) and Elizabeth Gibson(c1730-before 1801).
Interestingly, in 1759, John Candler, Sr. bought the Lynch homestead inBedford County, VA (this area became Campbell Co. in 1782). This was thehome where Charles and Sarah Clark Lynch raised their children. JohnCandler, Jr. was probably born and raised there. The Lynches and Candlerswere neighbors and founding members of the Quaker church at South RiverSettlement (present-day Lynchburg). Charles Lynch, Jr. (after whom"lynching" was named) became a Col. in the Revolution and owned the leadmine near Fort Chiswell, VA. John Lynch (Charles, Jr's brother) wouldfound Lynchburg in 1786.
By 1769, John Lynch owned a mill (he was an absentee landlord) inpresent-day Russell County (later it would be called Bickley's Mill). TheCandler boys -John, Sr. (above) and William (1736-1784)- were doing a lotof surveying and exploring in western Virginia in the late 1750's andearly 1760's. William Candler contracted to bring supplies to FortFrederick (near present-day Radford, VA) during the French-Indian War.
My hunch is that John Candler, Sr. had some land in present-day RussellCounty and his son John, Jr. (fourth-born son) went out there to take upresidence in the 1790's. There was once a town of Candler, VA in RussellCounty. It was located at the present intersection of state roads 614 and644 and was on Meads Creek of the Clinch River. There is a CandlerCemetery located near-by. Candler, VA was just east of Castlewood(Cassell's woods) where Bickley's Mill was located. By the way, just eastof Candler, VA was Jessee's Mill.
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Source: This is an excerpt from “Old Mills of Far Southwest Virginia” byEmory L. Hamilton, Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia,Publication 7-1973, Historical Society of Southwest Virginia. This canbe found on the Internet at New River Notes,http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm
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Bickley Mills
In Castlewood, on lower Mill Creek there are the foundations of two oldwater mills and three abandoned mill burrs. In these remnants of aby-gone day one could almost say lies buried the history of Castlewood -the history of the first settlements ever made along the Clinch River,for it was around this spot that John Morgan led his settlers in 1769.Little is known of Morgan and his settlers who came into the beautifulClinch River Valley, other than that each was to take up 400 acres ofland for settlement. We do not know the names of any of the originalsettlers for sure, other than John Morgan and John Smith, not even thenumber in the settlement party, or from whence they came.
Somewhere in this vicinity also lived the legendary Jacob Cassell, forwhom Cassell's Woods was named, shrouded in the mists of the past, aboutwhom all sorts of legendary tales are told. Despite the fact that he wasan ordinary person, but who probably preceded even Morgan's settlementthe place bears his name after more than two centuries have blown overhis dim footprint.
Mill Creek is a clear, beautiful stream emerging from under the red hillsof Russell and cascading over an ancient limestone cliff to form a lovelywaterfall. Just below this fall, which furnished water for the mill race,lie the two foundations and three grinding wheels, nostalgic reminders ofa restless roaming race of men who were not content to remain here, butwho helped to settle the great central part of America.
Nearest to the fall is the smaller and older of the two foundations. Somefifteen feet downstream is the other and larger of the two foundationsand here lies the three heavy stone grinding wheels. This latter mill,built probably around 1783, creaked and groaned its way through well overa century of time, and lasted well into the memory of older citizens ofCastlewood. No doubt the Red Men many times gazed upon these mills withhatred, seeing them as the symbols of the ever encroaching white men upontheir land.
From scanty records it appears that John Lynch, who was a merchant andwho did not live in the area had the smaller mill built and it wasprobably operated for him by Frederick Fraley. Colonel Daniel Smith, whowas assistant Surveyor for old Fincastle County, which Russell was then apart of, wrote to his superior Colonel William Preston, on March 22,1774, saying: "Yesterday, (March 21, 1774) 1 surveyed John Lynch's millseat."
At this time Smith was making surveys for the original settlers from1769, and Lynch either had the mill in operation at this time or soonthereafter. We also find in the court records of old Fincastle County inthe year 1773 where John Lynch and his brother Christopher Lynch,business partner, brought suit against Castlewood residents for debtswhich appear to have been made at the mill. No record has been foundpermitting the erection of this mill and it may have been erected withoutpermit sometime between 1769 and 1774.
John Lynch assigned his "mill seat" property to Frederick Fraley, thelatter having apparently settled upon the land when he arrived from RowanCo., NC in 1769. It is highly probable that Fraley had, managed the millfor Lynch before he bought it, and it may be that he and his neighborsbuilt the mill soon after their arrival in 1769, as bread is a necessityand a means of obtaining it would have been their first consideration.
Sometime around 1780, Frederick Fraley seems to have sold the mill toHenry Hamlin, and moved to the Moores Fort property in lower Castlewoodwhich he had bought. Before acquiring the mill seat Hamlin had beenliving on land on the north side of Clinch River opposite the mill.Hamlin received his patent for the mill land sold him by Fraley from theWashington County Court on November 11, 1782, but had possession forsometime prior to receiving the patent.
Hamlin had the second mill built sometime around 1782 or 1783, for it wassurely this mill upon which Charles Bickley, Simon Auxier and HenryDickenson were working when 17 Indians attacked and scalped Ann Bush,later Ann Niece. It was around this old mill which was undoubtably builtof logs that the community grew. The mill shown in the picture while onthe same foundation has to be of later construction.
Again we go to Daniel Smith, the Surveyor and Captain of Militia forConfirmation. In a letter written to Colonel William Campbell, dated May19,1783, he writes:
"On my return from the Cumberland, I came through Cassell's Woods, justafter the Indians had been at the Fort at Hamlin's Mill." Henry Hamlinran the mill for a few years and on June 19, 1787 sold it to James Bushwith the deed showing, "it being part of land patented to him on November12, 1782, the same land he purchased from Frederick Fraley. As furtherevidence of Bush's ownership is a Russell County deed of September 17,1795 which reads: "lying on the waters of Moccasin Creek and Clinch Riverup to Bush's Mill Creek."
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James Bush sold the mill tract on May 27, 1800 to Charles Bickley. It wasCharles Bickley who put Bickley's Mills on the map, and who still hadpossession of it at his death in 1839.
Under Bickley's management Bickley's Mills became a trading center forthe western frontier. He converted it into a rolling mill for grindingwheat and buckwheat. He opened up a mercantile business which flourished.One of the old Bickley Mills ledgers is now in possession of Mr. L. E.Gibson of Castlewood, a descendant of Bickley. Many of the itemsmentioned in the 1830's sound strange today.
Charles Bickley not only expanded the mill, but built a sawmill furtherupstream, and along with Henry Dickenson, as a partner had installedCarding and Fulling Machines for cloth work. In his will dated April 3,1825, Henry Dickenson leaves to his son, Henry, Jr., "My interest in theCarding and Fulling machines at Charles' Bickley's."
A Carding Machine was a machine for carding wool by separating fibers andcleaning them of extraneous matter, making it soft and ready for thebobbin. Before invention of the Carding Machine, and for a long timeafter, wool was "carded" by hand with devices known as wool cards. Thewool cards were brush like devices with stiff wire bristles for combingthe wool and removing foreign matter much as the carding machine did, butmuch slower.
A Fulling Machine was for fulling cloth by means of pestles or stamperswhich beat and pressed it to a close, compact state, cleaned it, and madea finer, less coarse cloth.
Here at Bickley's Mills on February 3, 1832, was established a postoffice, with John Bickley, son of Charles, as postmaster, known asBickley's Mills, Russell Co., VA. This post office continued to serveCastlewood until February 1, #1907. Also here, for several years the"Bickley's Mills Post" newspaper was published, copies of which can stillbe found as proud possessions of Castlewood residents.
The late Mrs. Mamie Gose, descendant of both Charles Bickley and HenryDickenson, and who remembered the last old mill, told me, "it stood androtted and finally the wind blew it down."
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Source: Isaac Crissman Killed in Rye Cove By Emory L. Hamilton.
Isaac Crissman entered 225 acres of land on both sides of CoveCreek in Fincastle Co., VA, February 28, 1774. He had possibly beenliving on this land sometime before his entry was made. Sometime prior to1775 he had built a fort of some sort upon his land. John Redd ofMartin's Fort in Powell Valley says it was about eight miles
from the North fork of Clinch, situated about a mile off from the stream(Cove Creek) on it's west side. There were several fine springs at thefort. It enclosed about a half acre of land, which was large for thatday. The Indians attacked Crissman's fort sometime in 1776 while themilitia was away at Point Pleasant and killed Crissman and two members ofhis family. Captain Joseph Martin was then ordered into the Rye Cove toprotect the people and remained there until the followingspring of 1777.(1) ...
Isaac Crissman served as a militia soldier at Glade Hollow Fort in1774. (2) It was probably in this year that Crissman built his fort inRye Cove for Charles Bickley tells in his pension statement of serving ata fort in Rye Cove in 1775. Crissman's fort is hard to understand for hehad another fort in Powell Valley known as the Rocky Station"
The estate of Isaac Crissman was administered at the first courtheld for Washington County on January 28, 1777, by Archibald Cox, withJohn Kinkaid, Abraham McClellan, John Anderson and John Snoddy assecurities, and the appraisers of the estate were: John Kinkaid, Sr.,James Wharton, John Dunkin and Samuel Porter. It is interesting to noteof these men appraising and administering Crissman's estate thatArchibald Cox and Wharton were killed later by Indians, and
John Dinkin and Samuel Porter were captured and carried to imprisonmentin Canada.
(1) John Redd's Narrative, Virginia Magazine ofHistory and Biography.
(2) Draper MSS 2 QQ 408(3) Land Office Preemption Warrants 1 0 2132and1926.
Contact: Rhonda Robertson at: rsr@mounet.com
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Source: Janet (Baugh) Hunter [jleehunt1@aol.com]
Subject: Chs BICKLEY & Mary HATLER, Russell Co VA
I descend from Rebecca CLOUGH and Richard EGGLESTON (my 4g grandparents).Rebecca's sister Sarah is said to have married William Bickley, son ofJoseph & Peggy Overton.
I am very interested in any information on the wife Mary HATLER, whomarried Charles Bickley September 11, 1788 in Washington Co TN-- a coupleI understand that lived in Russell Co VA. The bondsman at their weddingwas Joseph MARTIN, who I believe may be the father of my Margaret Martinwho married Iaac HORTON in the same county in 1810.
I have done some internet searching at World Connect and found MaryHatler's father said to be Sebastian Hatler, who had a son MichaelHatler, among other children.
The above mentioned Joseph Martin may have been the Joseph Martin whodied in 1824 in Washington Co TN, naming two sons, Samuel and Michael H.Martin in his will. We have been puzzling over the Michael H. name forquite a while, and I am wondering if it might not be Michael HatlerMartin, and Joseph perhaps married a Hatler sister.
(FYI, for all of you students of Early Tennessee history, I am more thancompletely aware of the OTHER Joseph Martin of Henry Co VA, early ClinchRiver/Powell's Valley settler, with the two sets of wives, etc. as seenin this wonderful sketch -- http://www.ls.net/~newriver/swva/hssv-2.htm#martin.
Given everything, it could well be THIS Joseph Martin who was thebondsman at the above marriage, but the son's name Michael H. Martin,combined with the fact that Mary Hatler's grandmother is said to be namedMargaret (anglicized), made me think I should look at this family in mysearch for Martin ancestry.
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There is some question as to his lineage, and a confusion in the record.The above lineage is based on Gloria Jahoda's historical novel and anarticle appearing in the William and Mary College Quarterly on theBickley Family. A footnote in that article indicates that Grigsby was inerror making him son to Sir William.
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The Bickley "scroll" states, however, that John was the third son ofWilliam. The scroll states: "The first Bickley that settled in Americawas William bickley a son of John, and a knight of the Garter ofNorthamptonshire, England, and who settled in Williamsburg Virginia in1670. He had three sons, Joseph, Charles, and John (our line), and twodaughters Jane and Christian. Joseph the oldest son of William had fivesons, William, James, John, Frances, and Joseph. We know nothing moreabout Joseph's line.
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Source: Gregory Warren Carter [mailto:GC1513@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:27 AM
Subject: Bickley Family
Greg Carter provided extensive descendants information for JosephBickley. Some of his information is recorded here. Gregory records ChalrsBickley as born 6/27/1853, Amherst Co., VA. There are other differencesin the information he records for descendants.
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Source:SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com
From: andi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com>
Subject: CUMBERLAND CO DEEDS
All are land transactions between Cumberland Co residents unlessotherwise noted. Starting in deed book G, page 170, 1831.
Charles BICKLEY & wife Delialah of Russell Co VA.
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Source: Jack Templeton [mailto:jlh.temp@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Charles Bickley of Castlewood
I came across your website with its extensive Bickley information. ReCharles (1753-1839) and his 2nd wife, Delilah...I just came across an1839 newspaper, the Southwestern Christian Advocate with an article reCharles' death, and some family background. This article confirmed thatDelilah's maiden name was Wigfield not Winfield. I had long thought thatCharles was tied to the Wigfield-Templeton line in Scott County (theyresided along Copper Creek near Manville, just north of Gate City), as heappears in land transactions in the 1830s with these families.Specifically, Charles is one of several individuals cited as land holdersholding property previously owned by my great(4)grandfather, ThomasTempleton and Thomas' father-in-law Benjamin Wigfield. Can you offer meany insight regarding the info you have re Benjamin? I hadn't yet comeacross reference to his wife. Your info re Peggy and her parents wasvery enlightening, and I'd love to know more. I certainly appreciate thewealth of information you have posted on your site, and am most happy toshare what I have.
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CHARLES BICKLEY, born Va., July 27, 1753; went to western Va. to protecthis sister, Mrs. Carter, whose husband had been killed by Indians nearBlakemore’s Fort, Clinch River. That sister died about 1821. He marriedMary Hatler (died April 11, 1801), Green Co., Tenn., Sept. 23, 1788;seven children; married Delilah Wigfield, Scott Co., Va., and had sixmore children. He had been a militia captain; died Russell Co., Va., June1, 1839. [Found on pg 5 of August 24, 1839 issue of GenealogicalAbstracts From Reported Deaths The Southwestern Christian Advocate1838-1846
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003]
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Source: Fryermandy@aol.com [mailto:Fryermandy@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:51 AM
To: Jim@jessee.org
Subject: Bickley family
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Hello Jim,
I have been very interested in your work done on the Bickley family. Ihave found your research very helpful and I would like to thank you forthat. My Bickley family came from Whitchurch, Shropshire, England toKings Norton, Worcestershire. They also had and farmed land inWarwickshire especially around Tanworth in Arden close to where I live. Igot stuck trying to find a John Bickley's birth around 1730 and also hisbrother Joseph. John and Joseph suddenly appear in Whitchurch and thefamilies are Presbyterians. The other families there are Anglican. I havefound a Joseph Bickley of Dirtwich, Whitchurch about 1729 on the LDS sitealso 1733 Dirtwich, father Joseph Bickley, mother Mrs Joseph Bickley.They possibly would be registered somewhere along the line in England.They have styled themselves exactly like the Bickleys from Louisa VA.Also Joseph has a son Joseph Bickley Jr. 1755 father, Joseph Bickleymother, Mrs Joseph Bickley.
I know that we are from that branch of the Bickley family from stories.Firstly, the Bickleys always support Cambridge in the Oxford andCambridge boat race. Secondly, one of the Bickleys married somebody Readeand gained more land through this woman. John Bickley 1652/3 father, SirFrancis mother, Mary Parsons married Anne Reade of Barton CourtBerkshire. Her brother Compton Reade's daughter Anne married CorneliusVermuyden (jr). You can trace through the Reade family and the Hoo Familyand arrive at Anne Boleyn. The Reades were friends of Charles 1st andHenrietta Maria. You can find this info on the Berkshire history site andclick on gentry. I am a bit confused also about the lineage of John whomarried Mary Hurt. The first Bickley to arrive in America seems to me tobe William b. 1633 from Penryn Cornwall. They are as you say thePhiladelphia Bickleys. I cannot find any William Knight of the Garterfrom Northamptonshire. Are they confusing all this with Sir William thelast Baronet and Sir Francis Bickley Baronet who John and Joseph Bickleyhave descended from?
By the way, my 4xGt., Grandfather Isaac Bickley born about 1760Whitchurch married Jane Ray. I found that a Ray family were attacked byCherokee Indians in Virginia and Charles Bickley was in the militia.
I hope this will be of some help. I am sure that John and Joseph Bickleycame back home but of course I am unable to prove this.
P.S.The batch number for the Presbyterian Bickleys on the LDS is P016451
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Source: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/4125
Message Board Post:
From: The Militia of Washington County, Virginia
by: Gerald H. Clark
"Bickley, Charles
-Nominated Ensign, Washington County Militia, 17 Apr 1782.
- (Appears as Captain, Russell Co. VA, 1786.)"
:Source: Materials provided via e-mail by David Prichford, 8-26-1997,established this pedigree for Mary/Marie Hatler Bickley. His sources areunknown at this time. There is some discrepancy, that is: his data showsher birthdate to be about 1766, her marriage 7-15-1786, and her husband,Charles Bickley's birthdate to be 6-27-1753, all of which differ ever soslightly from by previously recorded data, while other data agrees. Thisneeds to be resolved.
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Source: Janet (Baugh) Hunter [jleehunt1@aol.com]
Subject: Chs BICKLEY & Mary HATLER, Russell Co VA
I descend from Rebecca CLOUGH and Richard EGGLESTON (my 4g grandparents).Rebecca's sister Sarah is said to have married William Bickley, son ofJoseph & Peggy Overton.
I am very interested in any information on the wife Mary HATLER, whomarried Charles Bickley September 11, 1788 in Washington Co TN-- a coupleI understand that lived in Russell Co VA. The bondsman at their weddingwas Joseph MARTIN, who I believe may be the father of my Margaret Martinwho married Iaac HORTON in the same county in 1810.
I have done some internet searching at World Connect and found MaryHatler's father said to be Sebastian Hatler, who had a son MichaelHatler, among other children.
The above mentioned Joseph Martin may have been the Joseph Martin whodied in 1824 in Washington Co TN, naming two sons, Samuel and Michael H.Martin in his will. We have been puzzling over the Michael H. name forquite a while, and I am wondering if it might not be Michael HatlerMartin, and Joseph perhaps married a Hatler sister.
(FYI, for all of you students of Early Tennessee history, I am more thancompletely aware of the OTHER Joseph Martin of Henry Co VA, early ClinchRiver/Powell's Valley settler, with the two sets of wives, etc. as seenin this wonderful sketch -- http://www.ls.net/~newriver/swva/hssv-2.htm#martin.
Given everything, it could well be THIS Joseph Martin who was thebondsman at the above marriage, but the son's name Michael H. Martin,combined with the fact that Mary Hatler's grandmother is said to be namedMargaret (anglicized), made me think I should look at this family in mysearch for Martin ancestry.
:Moved to Indiana about 1840
:Source: Jack Templeton [mailto:jlh.temp@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Charles Bickley of Castlewood
I came across your website with its extensive Bickley information. ReCharles (1753-1839) and his 2nd wife, Delilah...I just came across an1839 newspaper, the Southwestern Christian Advocate with an article reCharles' death, and some family background. This article confirmed thatDelilah's maiden name was Wigfield not Winfield. I had long thought thatCharles was tied to the Wigfield-Templeton line in Scott County (theyresided along Copper Creek near Manville, just north of Gate City), as heappears in land transactions in the 1830s with these families.Specifically, Charles is one of several individuals cited as land holdersholding property previously owned by my great(4)grandfather, ThomasTempleton and Thomas' father-in-law Benjamin Wigfield. Can you offer meany insight regarding the info you have re Benjamin? I hadn't yet comeacross reference to his wife. Your info re Peggy and her parents wasvery enlightening, and I'd love to know more. I certainly appreciate thewealth of information you have posted on your site, and am most happy toshare what I have.