The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

iS witnessed by Simon Walton Jesse
walton and Agnes appear as witnesses
also sI TO his Will The witnesses to the
fathers were Simon Walton. ST., Simon
Walton. Jr.. Tabitha and Agnes Wal
ton. Simon Walton was n prominent
BAPTIST preacher in Nottoway, and evil
IDENTIFY drew up these willis for his
neiEhbors and brethren. John and
charles and Mathew Cabaniss. Jr.. each
purchased land from their father and
George appears as having land In Anne
iin In 1875. His father says he had
given him property. as we'll as the 9TH
crs From ono OF the records 1T seems
that George. son OF Mathew, was mar
locate She had however. one child.
Mathew. who lived in Pittsylvania
county, and some of whose descendants
are In Danville now. Before 1880. or
about that time. he married Palatea,
the daughter of Henry Harrison.
He lived In Bristol Parish. and the
family OF Benjamin Harrison, OF
Berkeley. lived in the same county. IN
the adjoining county of Sussex, Rr
Huntingquarters. lived Henry Harrison,
son of BENJAMIN Henry Harrison. his
cousin, son also OF BENJAMIN, OF Sur
ry. Benjamin. lof Bcrckley, and the
BenJamin OF Surry were cousins. sew
enth son Of Benjamin. one son of Ma
thaneal, the grandparents of each was
children he was the grandson of
Henry Harrison, and the cousin of
William Henry Harrison. The ques-
ton OF kinship Is settled whether
George Harrison married the grand
daughter of Benjamin or Berckley or
of BENJAMIN OF Surry, for in either
case he would be cousin OF William
Henry Harrison. One OF these. Henry.
however, who died in lIT2, married
Mary. Henry ba ~ ion in ar
Berckley. and uncle of William Henry
Harrison. married. according to Keith
(ancestry of Benjamin Harrison. APP
pendiN. Miss Avery, according TO the
marriage bond of Sussex. she was
Elizabeth, daughter OF Captain Rich
ara Avery, and, according to Keith,
they had three children. AS the
Henry. who married Mary, had only
one child. a son, 1t Is evident he was
not the father OF Palatea Henry the
son of Benjamin of Berkeley. then
must have been the husband of Eliza
beth Avery. The family record is evil
IDENTIFY not full. Mr. Keith in one place
says. Henry had no children, and in
the appendix. he says, nc had three.
one of these was Elizabeth who mar
ried Randolph. In the record of her
children appears the most convincing
proof that Henry Harrison. the son or
BENJAMIN OF Berkeley. was the father
or Palatea- 1t is. that among the
children of his daughter Elizabeth, ap-
PEARS daughter. whose name is writ
ten Pautea. This is evidently mis-
writing of the name Palatea Henryi
Harrison had bequea thed to him from
his land on the Nottoway River. on
which river George Cabaniss also
lived. In the absence of exact rec
ords. we are compelled to make the
most satisfactory argument possible.
Neither OF these Henry Harrisons left
Will There is no record to which
we can refer which IS certainly relia BILE.
but the facts, as they are given. make
an almost incontestable proof that
George Cabaniss married the grand
daughter Of Benjamin Of BerckIey. n nd
thus became connected with that Nm
iiy. so famous In the annals OF Ameri-
ca, as having given the country two
Presidents. and to Virginia many OF
her most illustrious servants The
historian or ,Biographer prefers not to
accept as satisfactory anything other
than positively accurate record. hut
he is often compelled to admit as
true fact which Is not thus sup
ported.
George cabaniss was living In
?melia County In 1856. and his de-
scendants say he moved thence to Ro-
man or Cahaniss County. ". O., where
he lived until he moved to Georgia. in
1921 The family tradition. doubtless
correct, Is that he lived at China
Grove. which is now n station on the
Southern Railway.
ne was. for n few years, In North
Carolina. and In 1891 In Georgia. one
grant OF land to him apears IN Ogle-
thorpe III 1893, but as far as we know.
ne never lived anywhere In Georgia,
but In Greene. until ne moved to Jones
he had quite family when he came
To Georgia. His brothers. John.
Charles, and Henry, possibly came with
MIN. with the exception OF soma
deeds on record In Greene. one from
Henry Cabaniss to William 1.angham.
and one from George to Henry Is.
On baniss. and one from Henry r. to
nopurn' we lind nothing OF the life
IN Greene, EXCEPT that the youngest
son was born there.
FOR over twenty years the tide Of 60. II
liers ned halted at the Oconee River
out ieuo me new country beyond the
oconee was open to settlement. n
was was very inviting country. not more
.han htty miles away from the home
IN Greene The land was marvellous
~ FERTILE. and very low in price. so the
cabaniss family decided to remove In
oody. and to buy homes adjoining
each other. The land chosen was not
tar from Bradleys on the Central Line
from Macon to Athens A part of mis-
land Is still owned by the descendants,
OF the Cabaniss family. George Cab
aniss had there eleven children the
youngest OF whom was born In 1902
He secured n body OF near /. 600 acres
or the best land in the County OF Jones
then Baldwin He had when he died.
some seven years after he came "a
Jones. accumulated n very handsome
estate. He was thrifty, rushing
planter. and in common with many Of
his good neighbours. Methodis.s aud
Baptists alike, he did n good business
Disabling grain and fruit especinllv
making peach brandy have conicc
tured that he was born about 1744
He had eleven children, and his Young
est was born in 1902. His wife died
IN 1921. The probability is that. in
supposing he was seventy when he
died. have mott gone very far wrong
lie had been in the county only about
six yeara. when he died He and
his brothers-Henry, Charles and
John--settled near together and the
first record we have in Jones concern
Ing them is of their being appoiuted
commissioners to Law out q road t,.o