The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20

Judge Frank Beckwith. CseorR&ss
i'eckwith. Lawrence Beckwtth. Rev
oauueiine Amber Miss Annie AmbIer.S
MRS, Bushrod Washington. Mrs Waiters
wHu1,s1;,ington. Walter Washington, Jr.ss
wins Washington, Miss Pearlin Wasfi-
,nston. Frank Washington. Californte:s
nr' James Ransom. Mr.. Ambrose HftSA
itanson, Sr.: Mr.. Ambrose Hitc RansoI,.s
IT; Mrs Nathaniel James. Baltimoro;
e sirs. beverly James. Mrs. Charles
H. Blackford. William s. Blackford.@
Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Arthur Padelford.3
MIS- george w. Carter, G. w. Carter Jr
aiisses Anna Maury, Jean and Lucy
.ar,er' Mrs. Charles c. Marshall. Cary
Amber Charles NJ. Dawson. pa ltimore.
j. Marshall and William r. DAVIDSON.
Phiiadelphia; Messrs Alexander j. and
Fontaine H. Dawson. Mrs Charlie. Al
stuart. Norfolk. Va: Rev. Philip
Fauntleroy. Mrs. T. r. Fauntleroy. n.
1. Fauntieroy. Jr.: Mrs. Robert RAN
doiph Ball. Columbia. S. c.; Miss Mary
'ltringe Baker. Philadelphia; Mrs.
Louise Fontaine Baker, DR.. walker
aIaury Baker
". .. H.. Alabama.-1n response to
your request for the military record OF
your Iather. William Randolph, who
died in Jefferson County, KY, In 1862
you are advised that he made an aps
plication for bounty land on the 10Th
or October. 1880 In which he stated
that he enlisted at Shepherdstown. i'm
which was then Berkeley County, Va.
ABOUT the goth OF January. 1871. and
served as private in the company
commanded by Captain Joseph Dark.
OF colonel William Dark's regiment.e
until some time In the month OF March.
i''2 lie gave no other details of his
services In his declaration and did
not state that he was engaged in the
battle with the Indians which resulted
IN me defeat of General st. Clair His
Application for bounty land was al
| lowed without any official proof of hia
services, the rolls of Captain Darl's
company having been DESTROYED nv tho
burning OF the War Department build-5
ings In the year 1914. Commemorative
the bureau cannot furnish the exact
dates OF his enlistment and discharges.
on the 18th of September. 1855. at
which time he was residing In Jefser-
son County. KY. and eiEhty-seyen
years of age. he applied for a pension
Tor disabilities received while i'm the
service In the year 1904. In his declar-t
alton he stated that he was enlisted
oy John Kinney. a recruiting officer. in
hampshire County, Va. about the last
OF May or first OF June, 1894; that ha5
Immediately left Hampshire County
and went by way of Cumberland Md
to Washington.> Pa. where he jotned-
the Pennsylvania volunteers commands 81
ed by Colonel Hicks. in the company
commanded by Captain James Glenn,
and marched thence toward Fort
Wayne by way of Wheeling. w. Va
Between Wheeling and Fort Wayne he
became lame In his left leg by reason
of hard marching, and in consequences
was disabled for the performance OF
military duty. and was discharged from,
the service about the last OF December,
1894. His claim for pension was all
lowed on parole evidence
Editor OF Genealogical Column:
Sir.-I am on a visit to Richmond.
my home being in New Jersey. Hear
ing that You sometimes gave family
records by request, I write to ask IL.
you will kindly insert that of the.
Royster family in your Sunday paper.
branch OF the family left Virginia
and settled i'm North Carolina John
noyster. he had many sons. Fabian.
Spotswood. James, Ajax, Clark ana
Royal; also daughters. John Royster's
father, Clark Register. 1 understood.
lived In Virginia. and that Clarksville,
on the Dan River. was named after him.
Ajax Royster became citizen of
Noble NOBLE Ala Two OF his sons live,
North---John In Port Richmond. Staten
Island: Joseph in Scranton. Pa His,
third son. William, now resides In In
dependence. Mo. Ajax Register also
has three daughters living.
] greatly desire to learn all can
q l.
OF the three daughters.
Thanking you very much for. any,
trouble you may take.
Respectfully,
MARY e. ROYSTER
IA North Third Street. Richmond Il.
IF any reader will supply us with
Royster notes. we will try to arrange
a Genealogy.-Edltor.] ~
Richmond, Va. March 81, 1918. =
Editor Genealogical Column of The
Times Dispatch: az
Permit me to make the followinr.
corrections In Ballard family articles:s
The last paragraph In issue OF March
should read Rev. James Wallace. Of
Erroll, on Back River, married. 1G9h
Anne Wythe; Issue two sons and four
daughters. The daughters married as
follows; \.
/. Euphan married Colonel William.
cambridge first; second. Captain wiz
son Roscoe.
2. Anne married Colonel Roberts
Armst sad. "a.
3. - married Francis (2) Ballard.
4 May married William Westwoodsc
III the issue of March 80 it should;
have been Ballard Notes Kentucky, ~,
contributed by Rogers Clark Ballard
Thurston. Louisville. Ky.
The Ballard notes from England
were sent me by n. Fl. Ballard, OF
uHSWiCh, da.
j. sTAUNToN MOORE.
7SS Piedmont Avenue.
Atlanta, Ga, March g. 1918.
Genealogical Department.: y
Dear Sir.--In your article on the
Garter line In the Sunday Times-Dis-t
patch. January 26 1913. you mention
the King Carters line as not being
of English descent. The Carter arms'it
would indicate armorial distinction.
What land do they hail from? wins
was the father of Anne Butler Moore.
the second wife OF Charles Carter OF
Shirley?
Was Henry Tyler. county clerk, who
married Elizabeth Chiles. the ancesturs
OF Charles Tyler. who married Anne
Moore" OF Fairfax County, Va, daugl-s
ter OF william Moore. Am / asking too
much at one time? g
L. NJ. BARNES.
We asserted In the Carter paper that
the English ancestry OF the Carriers
had not been proved Meaning by the
assertion that the parents OF John, OF
Corotman, had never been found Tho