The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
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found,
Miss Nealo has also traced the line
OF dcscendnnts of Christopher "a
Ncalc. son OF Daniel and SUrsula Pres
Ley Ncale. OF Wcstmoreland. From
i! him dcscends General Eppa Elunton
{ Sidney G. Nea1c, Esq, d proirlinentlaw
4 yer of Washington, n. c., the Nealcs
OF Romney, West Virginia and others
She desires Information from print.
I! cd or other sources or tho Nelson fami-
t1y OF Westmore1and, which Is said to
be distinct from the Yorktown Ncl-
Il sons.
In RaupahMnnock Country.
Below the Dades the road wendod
l,enutsful and productive farm Just
opposite to moss Necls,' In Caroline.
and like that q portion OF the prince
ely Inheritance OF James Parke Corbin.
After the war Farley Vale was tho
homo until death or ono OF his sons,
\ spotswood Wullford Corbin, Whose
wife was a daughter OF Commodore
Matthew i. Maury. It Is now owned
by her son, Matthew Alaliry Corbin.
4 Some miles below Farley Vale was
/ the Hopyard, the first Steamboat lnnd-
\
ia commanding hill lust In the rear
was aPowhatar," tho residence OF Col.
Edward 4. Tayloe, q son OF John Tay-
loc. OF Mt. Airy. Colonel Tayloe had
lbccn In l,is younge life q secretary OF
/ legation under General William III.
Harrison afterwards President OF the
United states) when he was United
! States minister to Mexico. Colonel
i ray,oe was a cultivated and highly
4 fyn a ~St tyr
a model for all the high virtues OF the
slold Virginia aristocracy.
a very short distance below was
4 "Clcvc." tho home OF st. Lcger Landon
4 Carter, one Of tho most cultivated men
OF his day, but whose life, with a brief
interval OF service in the Virginia Leg
islature. was spent In quietude on HIS
estate IN agricultural and literary pur-
suits. He was poet really OF rare
glfts, and his "sleet.' "Mocking Bird"
Reply to Master Box OF the Driver OF
i stage No. One In Ills Passage Through
1.-THE Muddy Roads OF Stafford from the
Potomac to the Rappahannock," IL
presented to the public under moro
favorable circumstances. would chal-
lenge from fair Judges the laurel
crown q 81 n
st. Leger's literary diversions were
often published in the Southern Lite
rary Messenger over the nom de plume
OF 'NugatorV After his death one Of
his family published an tnpretentio,ts
little volume which, ought to be cher
lshed IN. all old virginia libraries. en-
titled "Nugae by Nlgator,H translated
into colloquial English as "TrIfles by
q Triner.'' A
When Robert a(2) Carter, commonly
called King" died he left to each Of
Ills sons magnificent plantations. 1 1
should like to advise all who are In
terestcd in Virginia history to read
King Carter's will. He died In his
stxty-third year, and the record or hisI
possessions is remarkable. no HIS old |
est son. John (3). he left historic CO.
rotoman. situated SO proudly on tho
in lancaster county.
rom l'o1 whose stately elegance magnlfi-l
cent avenue OF cedars led to- his own
C ,.1 church. one Of the marvels Of
virginia ecclesiastical architecture.
now standing. To his second son.
Robert 90. he left Nominy ana much
beside To his third son. Charles (s),
ne lett lands in Lancaster and North
King George ana Spotsyl- /
yanla- Charles chose to reside in King
George, and calleed his home "Cleve5
One cannot forget Cleye IL one has
seen 1t on soft summers evening.
standing In it's red and mellow glory
amidst a Its empowering trees. The
avn green and vast. dips gracefully
TO the Rappahannock-a veritable rain \
bow of sunset hues. "Cleye"is square.
staunch and Imposing. It contains
the inevitable hall and two rooms on
each side-probably the very best sort
of architecture for our climate. Tha
first master OF "Cleve'' was a gooi
and philosophical man, and he pan.
King George in tho House az
Burgesses, 1748-'64 He was born I'M
1907 and he died in 1864. having lived I
years all to1d-by no means
2 great age. Yet in that time he had
married. three times.
lie married. first. Mary Walker. when
10 was Just twenty-one, and had
iharles ca, of Ludlowc. who married
elizabeth Chlswell; Mary as. who
married. her first cousin, Charles Car
er. OF Shirley; Elizabeth $e4), who mar
led William Churchill, and Judith (4). Z
Vho married William Burnett Browne. Il,
u, sll42, fourteen years after his first ! /
marriage, he married Ann Byrd. Of I
Vestover. and had Ann (4), who mar II
led, first. John Chanipe, and, second. Il
lewis Willis; John az, who married =
'hlladelphia Claiborne; Maria (4), mar; t 3
led William Armistead; Sarah (4),ir
!ai tteu 6W4lllam HhompEOn: Landonl 4
-. married. first, Mildred willis, and.
econd. Mrs. Eliza g. Thornton; Caro- y
ne ~. married Or. Elisha Hall 4
In 1853 Charles (3) Carter married n
'ucy Tai laferro. and had one dausl,-, I
y, Anne Walker Carter, who married l, i
ohm Catlett. Of Timber Neck. I,andon i
. inherited Cleve--a nother instance 5. 3
the youngest son iriheritinE the 3
ONE place. What a suitable home for III,
lese thirteen children was Cleve r, & q
SLandons children were, by his first +
life, Mildred (5) Ann. who married. 4 q
rst. bert Mercer. and, second, John =
evils; Lucy 81. who married General q
ohm Minor; Robert Charles f5). mar 4
ed Miss Beale; st. Leger (5), married +
ltzabeth Lee; Eliza t5l !, married wiz /,
am Nc arlane: Thomas { 81 Frances i,
y. married Josiah Tidball; Edward 4
levc (51 and Anna Mario (5l. An 81,
Their ample brood to frisktoyer tho :
caches t,l1 ' OF stately Cleyc! ST. Logger E !,
aherited the beautiful place, but I'M =
9rtunately had no children, and at =
ls death he bequeathcd It to a nephew I
no lived in Mississippi, This gentle. !
IAN seemed to have no reverence FOR :
acestral things. The place was sold; h