The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-23

I 2A LYNE-Mr. C. B. Bryant of Mar l tinsvile, Va, wishes to correspond with descendants of this Virginia family who | may reside i'll Alabama. He is investi- gating the records of Henry County, Va, and would be glad to correspond with l other Alabamians who had ancestors hv- ing in that county in early days.
 245. HARDAWAY-RA T have | bssn informed that there are many per- sons in n Alabama who are greatly iptdr- ,his am glad to hear. for l am intensely interested in one branch of this eminently | respectable family the branch in ques- ton being the desc endan:s of James | Hicks Hardlway of Dinwidde County. l Va, who married Elizabeth Raines. l am doing my utmost to gather together | all the data possible about this branch of the Hardaways, intending to incor- porate it in a genealogical volume now | have in preparation. Briefly l will state a few facts regarding the family. and respectfully request reply from any one who is able to tell me anything of any of the descendants of James Hicks Hardaway and Elizabeth Raines, or of the ancestors of the latter.
 Issue of James H. Hardaway and Eliz- abeth M. Raines:
 1. Ann E. Hardaway. married Robert Carver of New York.
 2 Samuel G. Hardaway. married first, l lie Terfv of Montgomery. Ala.
 8. Robert Hartwell Hardaway, married Elizabeth Walton Mitchell of Thomas County, Ga.
 born to Jas. H. Hardaway and Eliza beth Raines? If so. what were their names? Where are the descendants Of Samuel G. Hardaway? Who, were the the ancestors. of Elizabeth Raines? Was she | related to Sir Edmund Jennings or Vlr- ginia? In replying. please give dates Of 1 birth, death. etc.. and places of residence, and any honors. civil or military, borne by any individual. Respectfully.
 Thomas Hart Raines Answers.
 B. CLOUD-Ezekiel Cloud was born in i753 and died in 1850. He joined the army under Col Ely Clarke and was in tho battles of the Carolinas. He was at Long Cane Creek where the Colonel was wounded and at the seize Of Augusta. He received a land grant for his ser l pensioner when he died in Henry Coun- ty, Ga. He was born at Yadkin, N. c. (See Vol. XIV, Lineage Books. pase 3oS)
 110. LI.-CHRISTIAN In the issue of September 1st, 1901. Query ap- peared regarding the services of Andrew Russell of Virginia. signed G. $. E., Lineage Book. Vol XIV. page 3o5' gives Va, 17ss; married Margaret Christian; was captain of company in the otn ferson County. Tenn. Margaret Chris tian was the daughter of Captain Will liam Christian and Mary Campbell. Will liam Christian was captain of company | from Augusta County, Va, In the pattle of Long Island Flats, 1776.
 1 If G. B. E. has not already entered the D. A. R. Society upon these ancestors she can make out her papers according to this information
 29s. DILLARD-From the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia. the following Revolutionary records were | received: James billiard was a lieuten- l ant in the regular army. Another James | billiard of Halifax County, was nrst | lieutenant and then a captain of militia Thomas billiard was a. soldier in nhn the nil- ,n- | lard of Pennsylvania County. was cap tain of militia.
 The Virginia Historical Magazine men h,s tions Capt. Thomas Dillard ana ms Minute Men, Vol. VII. page fls' ana Vol. VIII, page "A.
 173. JAMES-In Lineage Book. Vol: K. page 147 there is d description Of Jonn | Bradford who married Eliza James This says that he was born in Virginia, served as an officer during the Revolution. He died in 1880 in Fayette County: Ny, d. Bradford who married Mary James. mentioned in A recent article published in this Department on the James family of South Carolina?
 22S. DILLARD-I am very much inter- ested in my branch of the family and will take great pleasure in giving you the what 1 know from my ancestors and the books of my grandfather which l ln- herited. I have always heard that my ancestor. James stephen Diliard, came ! ,ala nff lad in Eastern Virginia. near Hobs Hole. now Williamsburg. He had sons John. James s. and others whose names l have forgotten. My grandfather John billiard. was Commonwealth Attorney for the Crown George the Second. This is proved by his books which l have in my possession. When the Revolution broke out he rebeled as others did and he was made a captain. He was after | wards wounded at Princeton and sent back to Williamsburg, About the close , of the war the Tories congregated at f Kings Mountain and were committing great and destructive depredations to the country. My grandfather, John billiard, |, was ordered to take the troops under his command and meet detachment from , South Carolina and attack the Tories on Kings Mountain at specified time. In passing from Williamsburg to King s Mountain. John billiard passed through c o this county. (Henry County. Va.) he was II attracted by the country and after peace was declared he returned and entered a large bounty of land, went back 10 Eastern Virginia married Miss Sally , Stovall and with little colony returned ,, and settled his lands in l7S4. I can give I you every particular of my Rrandfath- CTS family up to today. l am 8 years old, and have lived very active life and raised a large family
 John R. billiard
 Spencer Va
 232 HAMILTON-I am constrained to follow up my recent inquiry with some account of the descendants of the pa