The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05
Daughters of the . ;. American Revolution.
aXHNAL0dIoAL AND A1sIVAIoAL U1RA1TxHNT.

Revolution. X To1ioAL D1HA1Z1G1MT. X esNsses<asnfS1sSls<nsNsAes1Dsea<eS James. s Abner. Elisabsth. 1. David.
 Isham. Jessie and Jane.
 2. John.
 chIIdrsn,rinkney. Martha. May. George. John, Afford. z :. William. children-Eiisa. John. Afford.
 chiisrsa-s. F.. Margaret. willism. .Ja. cob. Elizabeth. Emiline.
 B. Abner.
 Childrsn--Thomas, John. Matilda. Mar tha. Mary. Abner.
 G. Elizabeth. ''' -. Children--Francis, Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. --.
 These are the names of all the children and grandchildren who lived to be grown and married, and. as far As know, all these sign their names correctly-Robert- son. A Grand Daughter, 8. p. C. West Point, Miss. March 10th.
 Queries. -4 Al. BAIRD.-where did Colonel Baird | Washington, Ga? Can any one tell me of the descendants of D. Baird. who serv- ed on Committee of Intelligence in | Prince George County, Blandford Va, May 8, l775 to convey an alarm to adja- cent counties? C.. | AZ. BARD-Information wanted of Capt. John Bard of the End Georgia bat talion, Aug. g. 17so; also of James Beard in Colonel Francis Marion's S. c. Reg, 117s. C.
 AZ. BARcLAY.cHILroN-I am\ anx- ious to learn something of the Barclays. My great grandfather came to Charles ton. S., C., before the Revolution. I also want to know something of the Chiltons of Virginia. My great grandfather was Thomas Chiffon of Elizabethtown. Ky, , originally from Virginia. H. S. H.
 4ss. CATCHINGs-Some time ago a l monument was erected to the heroes of the Revolutionary war. and the names | of Benjamin, Meredith and Seymore Catehings of Wilkes County. Ga. were l mentioned. Were there any dates of births or deaths given. or where they were from before the war? Is there any way to get the inscriptions from the graves of Benjamin, Meredith and Sey- l more Catchings in the grave yard of the old Catchings home. ten miles from | Washington, Ga.? C. | anything of the descendants of George Andrews. whose father was commander | of Her Majesty's dock yard at Halifax? George was born about 1776, and came to Virginia about 1872: also Thomas An drews. minister to St. Stevens parish, Northumberland County, Va? c.
 Answers.
 4oa. CAPERs-In Joseph Habersham collections, Vol. l, can be found a record of the Capers family, by Mrs. Mildred C. Guerry of Hampton Court, s. C.. Tn the off1ce of the Secretary of State of South Carolina. is to be seen an old parchment, upon which in the quaint phraseology of old English. is a grant of land in ''ye planta- ton of Carolina from the King of England to William Capers in 1890 From this William sprang the Capers family in South Carolina. There are several branches from this parent stem. To trace them all would consume more space than your column admits of One branch. con- fined to the sea-coast islands. were for many years known as rice planters Another branch remained for generations on the mainland, west of Capers Island and were also rice and cotton planters Of the island branch in later~genera. tions. MT. Gabriel Capers of Beaufort was a prominent representative. being fol years a Senator and Representative in thu State Legislature. of this branch Dr Frank Capers of St Helena Island is tht only living representative Of the branch on the mainland. passing by severa generations, and coming down to th' period of the American Revolution W, have Major William Capers. son o Richard, who was born in 175S. He be came distinguished in the war of Inde l pendence as a partisan leader. and fl mentioned in James History as one O Marion's captains. He married Mar,
 Wagg. His children were: Gabriel. VII liam, John. Benjamin. LeGrand, Samue and Sarah. Gabriel married Mis- Humphries and moved to Alabama in 1880 died in Mobile. William became Methodist minister and a distinguishet Bishop of the Methodist Church. Johi died in early life. LeGrand becam
 United States Judge. moved to New Yorl in 1s46. Sarah married MT. LeGran' Guerry. None of this generation are il life. The family of Gabriel is represent ed by MT. Gabriel Capers of Pass Chris tian, Miss Of William by Bishop Elllsol Capers of the diocese of South Carolina whose home is at Columbia. The famil, of Benjamin, by Judge Richard Capers O . Memphis, Tenn, of Samuel by r, E . Capers of Prosperity, s. C.; of LeGran' by MT. William Worth Capers of Nev A York. Bishop William Capers had severa / children. Anna married Dr. William
 Ellison of Macon, Ga. Francis Withers
 we'll known to the older people of GeOrgf
 and South Carolina as General CaperS
 and Superintendent of the South Carolin
 and Georgia Military Institute. He mar
 -ied a Miss Rutiedge of Charleston, s.
 William Lertins married Miss Austin c
 South Carolina. Henry married Mfs
 Means of Georgia. Bishop Ellison Caper
 married Miss Charlotte Palmer of Sout
 Carolina Theo LeGrand. killed in bat
 tie of Manassas. Va. Susan marie
 Professor George W. Stone of Oxford. Ga
 Emma Haslope married Rev. Samue
 Batksdale of South Carolina. Sara
 Branham married William Montagu
 Sager of Charleston. Mary Singletar
 married Bishop Fayson Stevens of Sout
 Carolina or this generation ] am In
 formed there are living only Bishop Eli
 son Capers of Columbia, S. C. Mrs
 Stone of Oxford. Ga. and Colonel Henr
 Gamers The Rev. William Capers is tn
 son of Thomas Farr Capers of Charles
 ton, s. C., long since deceased. He
 rector of parish in Connecticut. Hi
 address can be ascertained by referrin
 to the calendar of the Episcopal Church
 His mother was Miss Heyward o
 South Carolina. There is also anothe
 record of the capers family in Vol b.
 Mrs. J. F.. Martin. Bishop Elhso
 Caperss half-sister Anna White Capers | I....,od pav William Holmes Ellison