The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09
El|AlI(lJl I'll J, TOR
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Rev. William I. Price Records.
Many interesting Facts.
RICH ADDITIONS / i TO FOLK LORE R.
Brown Deeds Of Parchment Give Up Facts
That Heresay Give Wrong, and Research
Sets Right History OF a from,nent
aud Interesting Family,
(spccIa1 pIspatch to The Time,:)

NEW CASTLE, VA. February 81
In e recent hook OF local history
Sketches of Focal ontas County, pub
Gsbsd by Price Brotners, and written
by the father of publishers, Reverend
William L. Price, Of Marltnton, West
Virginia. find many things of interest
to the student OF folk lore The author
has been, Tor forty years, an acceptable
minister Of the Presbyterian church. lie
has written several books, and graduated
"Eeiore the war" at several colleges,
among them, Union Theological Semi
lary.
he married a Miss Randolph, of Rich
lHoEd and has reared d FINE family OF
professional men and women, for one OF
his daughters is a medical student; OF
Baltimore.
his sons own their publishing plant
and publish tie only newspaper in their
county.
This book speak Of is unique. 1t is
a homo product, even the paper made lin
the county from tho woods to the pulp
mill. 1t is a pedigree history OF almost
everyone in the county, and there are
many beautiful sermons interviewer
through the sombre whole, like the flow
ers in a, piece Of tapestry.
The loving pastor has stood by tue
people in joys and sorrows, and now In
|
the pleasant nre-side reflections Of a we'll
spent life--heI chronicles all the hap
peuIngs. with name and date, OF the
county from the first settlers down to the
weddings he attended last year.
In here, he does not forget his own In
teresting life-stories, of the brother VINO
was killed near Richmond, nor OF the
.,hzra who became officers in the Con-
fetlers:te States Army
SLAMS FOR SOLDIERS.
Che of lis relatives was Southern
planter and offered a. regiment of slaves
TO the Confederacv, but as MIR: Price
SAYS with a touch Of humor that the
South did lot deem them worthy oil
such service, and put them to work on
the roads fortresSes.
There is also a modest reference to
Mr. Prices grandfather, who llredzln
Botetourt county at tine time or ms
dea tn. and e-old-llomestead where TINS
gentleman lived, and where Mr.. Prlce S
father was born, is not very far from
Newcastle.
Now, as Mr.. Prices grandfather. Lieu-
tenant Thomas Price. to whom he refors
int his history of Pocahontas county,
was the great-grandfa father of your pres
cnt correspondent, my own recent his
.toric research reveals Z him as char
acteI not unworthy a, more extended
history than Mr.. Price has given in this
published book Moreover Mi. = Price,
owing to, his source of information, con-
fuses the Identify of his grandfather
Will, another line of the same Welsh
family. He. H-ote me THAT he had no
documentary evidence. but had depended
upon the memory and traditions OF
few old ladies who had heard tho matter
discussed. These traditions did not touch
upon what / lad learned of the :Inatt"r
an.l | determined to- use my sitill-as
journalist, an interviewer, indeed a Wo-
man lawyer, inarighting the same
/ have been enabled to do so to my
highest satisfaction, by means OF Old
,arciiment deeds; old land grants. my
great grandfather will, and old his
tories. Also by correspondence with
prominent people in various States and
cities.
have found a most interesting story,
every point, Of truth settled by pub
Iished history, but it makes too long a
sto:v.for this article.
.r.,e father of Reverend N1r. Price
Jam-s Alice Price-left this county par
| haps sixty years ago.
Thera was a disagreement between
him and his half-sisters husbands. Tie
was 1T the time the only male heir Ct
| his father, "Lieutenant' Thomas Price
=, gay him his title to distinguish MIN
| from his father, Colonel Price, and In
tho disposal OF the property, which was
| considerable, there being over S2e,1r
! worth of slaves alone disposed of, &C
! cording to an old appraisemcnt of values
| Of tn. day. There was a. disagreement
| Ringing, upon the letter in tbs
! will.
ABANDONED HIS PATRIMONh.
So klr. Price abandoned his properts
| and went to live in Pocanontas.s / don't
| think he ever came back here.
Now. fewsyears ago, when Rev. NVil
liam T. Price began to collect rata fol
| this history of his own county, he nat
uarally bethought him of grandfather
! who had lived. near here, and who. stu
| had descendants mere. Besides this al
| the records. of his fathers family hac
| been left at tile abandoned home Ac
cordrgLN, he wrote and inquired some
/ thing of this matter. It. had SO hap
| ncned that the Civil! War had passed
| its iron over the old place. AT ore tlm'
| there were five Union Generals scampet
at this homestead with thousands L 0
hungry soldiers; and thousands Of runa
way slaves who wers following TIL
caravan in double sPlatoons. O
course they left little bel1iEd there whe,
they had .;gone-not paper. excep
the above mentioned parchment deeds
since discovered, nor book, nor stick o
whole furniture. But a. young woman
Miss Scott, replied to Mr.. Prices quer.
as best she could from the memory Q
a lady who had heard the matter dis
4 cIssed when very small child. sThi
lady was only three years @old whel
= her grandfather. died, and seems never t
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