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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS
CLAN NAPIER, KILMAHEW G0519A: Murdac of SCOTLAND [029] Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN Child 1:
Note 1: Murdac of SCOTLAND was descended from Maine LEAMHAIN. ____________________________ G0518A: Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN Child 1:
____________________________ G0517A: Spouse: *Unknown daughter of Alwyn Mór MACARKYLL Child 1:
Note 1: Alwyn Mór MACARKYLL, who flourished in the time of David I (1124 - 1153) was the son of Alwyn MACARKYLL, Seneschal of LENNOX (floruit 1070) Note 2: Alwyn, Earl of LENNOX, was the second son of Murdac, the MORMAER. ____________________________ G0516A:
Spouse: Unknown daughter of Alwyn OGE Child
1: ____________________________ G0515A:
Spouse: Adela BUCHANAN Child 1:
Note 1: Donald (or Ethus) NAE-PEER possessed land in Fife and in Gosford. ____________________________ G0514A: Spouse: Mary MURRAY (?) Child 1:
____________________________ G0513A: Mother: Mary MURRAY (?) Child 1:
____________________________ G0512A: Marriage: BY 1255, Scotland Child
1: ____________________________ G0511A:
Marriage: BY 1285, Scotland Child
1: Note 1: The elder Johanes le NAPER was Laird of Kilmahew by 1280. He was, in 1304, the defender of Stirling Castle. ____________________________ G0510A:
Marriage: BY 1315, Scotland Child
1: Child 2: William NAPIER [M] Note 1: In 1333, Johanes le NAPER, Laird of Kilmahew was in the service of Malcolm, the fifth Earl of Lennox. Note 2: A child of William NAPIER was Dugald NAPIER, Laird of Kilmahew. ____________________________ G0509A:
Marriage: BY 1370, Scotland Child
1: ____________________________ G0508A:
Marriage: BY 1400, Scotland Child
1: ____________________________ G0507A: Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN Child
1: ____________________________ G0506A:
Marriage: 1470, Scotland Child
1: Child 2: James NAPIER, Laird of Kilmahew (died 1512) [M]: m. Janet CUNNINGHAME ____________________________ G0505A:
Marriage: BY 1500, Scotland Child
1: Note 1: John NAPIER was the second son of Robert NAPIER ____________________________ G0504A:
Marriage: BY 1536, Scotland Child
1: Child 2: Charles NAPIER (ABT 1538, Blackyards, Scotland - ?) [M] Child 3: Robert NAPIER, Laird of Kilmahew (ABT 1540, Blackyards, Scotland - 1557, Scotland) [M] Child 4: Walter NAPIER (ABT 1542, Blackyards, Scotland - 1557) [M] Child 5: Agnes NAPIER (ABT 1544, Blackyards, Scotland - ?) [F]: m. William BUCHANAN ____________________________ G0503A:
Marriage: BY 1558, Scotland Child 1: Robert NAPIER (ABT 1558, <Blackyards>, Scotland - ?) [M] Child 2: George NAPIER (ABT 1571 - ?) [M] Child
3: Child 4: Margaret NAPIER (ABT 1581 - ?) [F] ____________________________ G0502A:
Marriage: BY 1606, Scotland Child 1: Mungo NAPIER (ABT 1606, <London>, England - 1617/18, buried 23 January 1617/18 at St. Andrew’s, London, England) [M] Child
2: Note 1: The elder Mungo NAPIER, who was made Burgess of Dumbarton before 1600, moved to London in or about 1603. Note 2: Patrick NAPIER was admitted as Burgess of Dumbarton 23 July 1633. ____________________________ G0501A:
Marriage: 4 July 1628, St. Gregory’s
Parish, London, England Child 1: Valentine NAPIER (1626/7; christened 4 March 1626/27, St. Bride’s, Fleet Street, London, England - AFT 1677, Virginia) [M]: m. Sarah UNKNOWN, ABT 1645, London, England Child 2: Christopher NAPIER (ABT 1629, London, England - 1669; interred 2 December 1669, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England) [M] Child 3: Katherine NAPIER (1630; christened 10 March 1630/31, Chestnut Parish, Hertfordshire, England - ?) [F] Child 4: Archibald NAPIER (1633; christened 29 October 1633, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England - 1657; interred 17 April 1673, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London England) Child
5: Note 1: In 1622/3 the elder Patrick NAPIER was apprenticed, by servitude, to William Hanne. In Jan 1630/1 he was admitted to the Barbers’ and Surgeons’ Company of London. On 23 July 1633, he was admitted as Burgess in Dumbarton, Scotland. His son, Archibald, was admitted to the Barbers’ and Surgeons’ Company of London on 26 December 1657. Note 2: Valentine NAPIER came to Virginia with his brother, Patrick, and was a physician in New Kent County. On 28 April 1665, he was granted 1000 acres in Maryland. In 1677, he was listed in probation of the estate of Jonathan Newel. A child of Valentine NAPIER and of his wife, Sarah, is Casander NAPIER, who was christened 12 January 1646/47 at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, England Note 3: Christopher NAPIER was imprisoned, in London, 22 May 1652, on the charge of counterfeiting money. He obtained bail on 16 February 1653. ____________________________ G0500A:
Marriage: BEF 10 November 1658, Jamestown,
Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia, British North
America Child
1: Child 2: Frances NAPIER (ABT 1665, New Kent
County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1672) [F] Note 1: It seems that Patrick NAPIER, as an aspiring chirurgeon, was apprenticed, in Edinburgh, on 6 May 1649 to Alexander Pennycuik, chirurgeon. Pennycuik was surgeon to Sir Alexander Leslie's Scottish Troops who were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar by the army of Oliver Cromwell. And it seems that Patrick NAPIER emigrated to Virginia with other Scottish Royalists after the year 1650. He settled in Queen's Creek, Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia, as a planter and surgeon. On 25 March 1655, Peter Ford received 500 acres at Cacamount, Gloucester County, Virginia, for transporting ten persons to the colony, among whom Patrick NAPIER is listed. Patrick NAPIER became the proprietor of a 1500 acre plantation in Blisland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. This plantation adjoined that of Major-General Mainwaring Hammond. Note 2: The Last Will and Testament of Patrick NAPIER, York County, Virginia, was dated 20 February 1668 and proved 12 April 1669.
Note 3: The last known record of Frances NAPIER is dated 1672. ____________________________ G0499A:
Marriage: 11 October 1688, New Kent County,
Virginia, British North America Child 1: Child 2: Frances NAPIER (5 February 1694, St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, British North America - 1778, Fluvanna County, Virginia) [F]: m. Benjamin WOODSON (1682, Curles, Henrico County, Virginia - AFT 25 October 1777, Fluvanna County, Virginia), 1720, Henrico County, Virginia, British North America Child 3: Robert NAPIER (Jr.) (16 September 1697, St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, British North America - 12 May 1763, Albemarle County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m. Mary Tarleton HUGHES (ABT 1696, Virginia, British North America - AFT 9 December 1755, Albemarle County, Virginia, British North America), AFT 8 January 1722/23, Henrico County, Virginia, British North America Child 4: Katherine NAPIER (12 October 1700, St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m. John ADAMS (ABT 1705, Church Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, British North America - 1725, Stafford County, Virginia, British North America) Child 5: Elizabeth NAPIER (25 October 1704, New Kent County, Virginia, British North America: christened 25 December 1704, St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 19 July 1757) [F] Note 1: Robert NAPIER (Sr.) was a landed proprietor in New Kent, King and Queen, King William, Henrico, and Goochland counties, Virginia. His principal crop was tobacco. From1690 through 1701, he received nearly 1300 acres for his importation of settlers. In the records of old King William County, Virginia, reference is made to him as "Captain," indicating that he was an officer in the colonial militia. See John Boddie, "Napier of Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi" in Southern Historical Families, vol 15, pp. 221-225. Note 2: Concerning Robert NAPIER (Sr.) in Henrico County, Virginia, Records: 1688-89 (p. 74), the following is recorded: "Captain Soane had made an agreement to run his horse against one belonging to Mr. Littleberry Epes, which was backed by Mr. Robert NAPIER 10 lb a side. Mr. NAPIER did not produce the horse at the appointed time and the suit was for the amount of the stake, as an agreement had been made that the horse which did not appear should forfeit the whole amount." It is also recorded that Robert NAPIER (Sr.)’s wife Mary (PERRIN) once took him to court to prevent him from gambling away their children's patrimony and to ensure that he would spend a percentage of his income solely to support his family. In view of these two cases at law, it may be worth noting that Robert NAPIER (Sr.) was - by profession - an attorney and that, in his church in Hampton Parish, he held the office of vestryman. Note 3: Mary PERRIN (sometimes spelled "PARIN") was the daughter of Richard PERRIN and his wife, Katherine ROYALL Katherine ROYALL’s father, Joseph ROYALL, was among the earliest settlers of Virginia, having arrived in the "Charitie" in July 1622; and, in the following year, he was listed at the Neck of Land in Charles City. (Hotten, ORIGINAL LISTS, p. 169). Note 4: Benjamin WOODSON was the son of John WOODSON (1655, Curles, Henrico County, Virginia - Will proven1 May 1700, Virginia) and Mary TUCKER, who were married in 1677. Mary TUCKER was the daughter of Samuel TUCKER and Jane LARCOMBE. Mary Tucker WOODSON’s Will is dated 1710. The WOODSONs were Quakers. Note 5: In May 1743, Robert NAPIER (Jr.) was sued for separation by his wife on the grounds of abuse. His Will is dated 9 December 1755 and was proven 12 May 1763. His wife, Mary Tarleton HUGHES, was the daughter of Jesse HUGHES and Sarah TARLETON, of Henrico County, Virginia. Robert NAPIER was a planter in Henrico, Goochland, and Albemarle counties, Virginia. He is thought to have inherited his father's plantation in a Will dated 1744, which has not been found. He is known to have received at least two royal grants of 300 acres in Goochland County, in1734 and 1735, by which time he had apparently moved inland, to the James River valley. In Goochland County, he deeded a negro girl to his wife on Jan 5, 1743; and he deeded a negro boy named Will to his daughter, Frances. He moved again to Albemarle County, Virginia, where he wrote his Will dated 9 December 1755. Note 6: A Rene and a Patrick NAPIER are sometimes named as siblings belonging to this family-group. The reason for placing them in this family-group seems to be an unlikely tradition sustained in the family PERRIN. Rene and Patrick NAPIER, in fact, belong to the immediately succeeding generation of this line of the family NAPIER. ____________________________ G0498A: Marriage: ABT 1713 Child 1: Patrick NAPIER (1 February 1713, <Kaut County>, Virginia, British North America - 23 August 1774, Albemarle County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m. Martha CLAIBORNE (ABT 1715 - ?), ABT 1735, Albemarle County, Virginia, British North America Child
2: Child 3: Sarah NAPIER (ABT 1720, <Goochland County>, Virginia, British North America - ABT 1756) [F] Child 4: Robert NAPIER (ABT 1720 - ?) [M] Child 5: Susannah NAPIER (ABT 1722, <Goochland County>, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m. Reuben Skelton BROWN, 11 June 1761, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America Child 6: Booth NAPIER (Jr.) (christening 1723, Henrico County, Virginia - 22 April 1770, Goochland County, Virginia) [M]: m. Christian(a) TERRIL NORVEL (BEF 1749 - ?), <Goochland County>, Virginia, British North America, 10 October 1765 Child 7: Mary NAPIER (ABT 1724, <Goochland County>, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F] Child 8: Archibald NAPIER (ABT 1728, <Goochland County>, Virginia, British North America - 1815, buried in Franklin County, Virginia) [M] Child 9: Frances NAPIER (ABT 1730, <Goochland County>, Virginia - ?) [F] Child 10: Elizabeth NAPIER (ABT 1732, <Goochland County>, Virginia - ?) [F] Note 1: Most investigators seem inclined to identify the spouse of Booth NAPIER either as Sarah LaForce or as Sarah Garland. Sarah LaForce, the daughter of Rene LaForce (the planter-physician of Huguenot extraction for whom Rene NAPIER is likely to have been named), was married to William Hardain (Harding) in Goochland County, Virginia, 7 November 1748. And Her marriage to William Hardain (Harding) is clearly indicated by the Will (dated 16 December 1756 and proven 18 July 1757, in Goochland County, Virginia) of her mother, also called Sarah. Of this Will, William Hardain was the executor. By William Hardain (Harding), Sarah LaForce engendered Giles Harding (15 June 1749, Goochland County, Virginia - 1810, Davidson County, Tennessee) [M], William Harding (1750, Goochland County, Virginia - 1797, Surry County, North Carolina) [M], Rene Harding (15 February 1753, Goochland County, Virginia - BEF 1766, Virginia) [M], Thomas Harding (3 October 1755, Goochland County, Virginia - 1805, Tennessee) [M]. If Sarah Laforce had first been the wife of Booth NAPIER then, since menopause usually occurs by the age of 55, she must have been no more than 12 years of age on the occasion of her first marriage. This is possible in abstracto but historically unlikely. The Will of Rene LaForce, dated 16 August 1728 and proved in 1728 (recorded in Book 1, pp. 37-38, 1728-1734, Goochland County, Virginia), names his daughter, Sarah La Force; and the Will of Sarah LaForce Harding was proven 23 March 1797 in Goochland County, Virginia. Alternatively, if Sarah Garland may be identified with the Sarah Elizabeth Garland (born at Pamunkey River, St Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia) who was the daughter of Edward Garland, then her marriage to Thomas Wingfield must be explained away. Of Sarah Elizabeth Garland’s children who can be definitely dated, the following may be noted: John Wingfield (20 July 1723, Hanover County [separated from New Kent County in 1720], Virginia - 3 February 1793, Wilkes County, Georgia) [M], Frances Wingfield (30 December 1736, Hanover County, Virginia - 20 November 1802, Wilkes County, Georgia) [F], and Susannah Wingfield (19 September 1741, Hanover County, Virginia - 1827, Fredrickstown, Washington County, Virginia) [F]. It is, therefore, reasonably supposed that Sarah Elizabeth Garland was married to Thomas Wingfield about 1720. Accordingly, in the present state of evidence, the surname - but certainly not the given name - of the wife of Booth NAPIER is indeterminate. Note 2: The register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America reports that, on 19 October 1765, Will Parsons NAPIER was born to Booth NAPIER (Jr.) and Christian TERRIL whose, surname, in secondary sources, is sometimes given as NORVEL. See "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2. (October 1906), pp. 113-123. Note 3: The funeral sermon of Booth NAPIER (Jr.) was preached 23 April 1770 at St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America. See "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 4. (April 1907), pp. 249-255. Note 3: Patrick NAPIER, in 1744, was deputy Sheriff in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was also a vestryman in St. Anne’s Parish. The children of Patrick NAPIER and Martha CLAIBORNE were: Thomas NAPIER (ABT 1736, Virginia - 1804, Columbia County, Georgia), Patrick NAPIER, Richard NAPIER, Rene NAPIER, Joseph Fox NAPIER, Mary Perrin NAPIER, Elizabeth Claiborne NAPIER, and Anne Fox NAPIER. In the given names of Mary Perrin and Elizabeth Claiborne NAPIER, compelling reason is found by which to include the deputy Sheriff of Albemarle County in this family-group. ____________________________ G0497A:
Marriage: ABT 1737 Child 1: Child 2: John F. NAPIER (ABT 1740, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]: m. Mary CHAMPION (ABT 1744, Virginia, British North America - ?), 1 May 1764, Henrico County, Virginia, British North America Child 3: Champion NAPIER (ABT 1741, Virginia, British North America - 1814, Virginia): m. Grace CURTICE (ABT 1752 - ?) Child 4: Chloe NAPIER (ABT 1745, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1780): m. Thomas NAPIER (ABT 1736, Virginia, British North America - AFT 25 March 1804 and BEF 8 June 1804), Columbia County, Georgia) [son of Patrick NAPIER and Martha CLAIBORNE. See Child 1: Patrick NAPIER under G0498A: Booth NAPIER] Child 5: Mary Julia NAPIER (ABT 1748, Virginia,
British North America - ?) [F] Note 1: Winifred CHAMPION was first married to Thomas HUDNALL of Prince William County, Virginia. She was, in 1757, named in a lawsuit which was lodged after Rene Napier I’s Will had undergone probate with her being named as executrix. Appended to the documents pertaining to the lawsuit note is made that "Winefred Napier, since commencement of this suit, intermarried with Thomas East." She was, in fact, married to Thomas EAST in 1751. Mary CHAMPION, the wife of John F. NAPIER, was the daughter of Moses CHAMPION and Frances HUDNALL (born 1710, Lancaster County, Virginia) who was the sister of Thomas HUDNALL, the husband of Winifred CHAMPION. Note 2: Chloe NAPIER and Thomas NAPIER, who were husband and wife, were also first cousins, he being the son of Patrick NAPIER and Martha CLAIBORNE (See Child 1: Patrick NAPIER under G0498A: Booth NAPIER), Chloe NAPIER’s paternal uncle and - by marriage - aunt. Thomas and Chloe NAPIER resided in Virginia until moving to Elbert County, Georgia, in 1801. Among their children was Leroy NAPIER who, on 4 April 1825, in Putnam County, Georgia, was married to Matilda Louise MOULTRIE, the cousin of Gen. William MOULTRIE. And, among the children of Leroy NAPIER and Matilda Louise MOULTRIE was Edward NAPIER (born 16 May 1842, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia) who, after serving Georgia and the Confederacy during the War Between the States, settled as a planter in Montgomery and Bullock Counties, Alabama. The Thomas NAPIER, who is mentioned here as the husband of Chloe NAPIER, should not be confused with his cousin, Thomas B. NAPIER whose residences, in the 1790s, were in Elbert and Putnam Counties, Georgia. Abstract of the Will of Thomas NAPIER:
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Marriage: 28 March 1765, St. James Northam
Parish (recorded in Northam Parish but celebrated in
Drisdale Parish) Child 1: Lucy NAPIER (19 January 1766: christened 17 August 1766, St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F] Child 2: Skelton NAPIER (29 May 1767: christened 22 December 1767, St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]: m. Elizabeth THROSDALL or THRASDALL, 13 February 1789, Goochland County, Virginia (or Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia) Child
3: Child 4: Sarah Garland NAPIER (22 January 1771: christened 24 May 1771, St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1793) [F]: m. Matthew DUNCAN, 14 July 1793, Columbia County, Georgia Child 5: Rene NAPIER III (born 11 April 1772: christened 1 May 1774, St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M] Child 6: Chloe NAPIER (born 12 January 1774:
christened 27 February 1774, St. James Northam Parish,
Goochland County, Virginia, British North America -
December 1858, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia) [F]: m. Noah
KELSEY (13 June 1765, Connecticut, British North America
- 1829, Gadsden, Florida), 1 August 1808, Putnam County,
Georgia. Other Marriage: ABT 1780 Child 1: Betsy Booth NAPIER (17 October 1781,
Goochland County, Virginia - ?) [F] Note 1: Ivan Napier, in his Napier Family: History of the Napier Family Name, and a Genealogy of the Napier Settlers in America (Rainelle, West Virginia: 1968), reported that the first of the family NAPIER to migrate to Georgia (Washington County) was Rene NAPIER II. Note 2: For the marriage of Rene NAPIER and Rebecca HURT, see "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 1. Jul., 1906), pp. 24-36. Here, Rebecca HURT's surname is given as "HART." Note 3: For the name, birth, and parentage of Skelton NAPIER, see "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2.(October 1906), pp. 113-123. Note 4: For the name, birth, and parentage of Thomas NAPIER, see "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2.(October 1906), pp. 113-123. Note 5: For the name, birth, and parentage of Sarah Garland NAPIER, see "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2.(October 1906), pp. 113-123. Matthew DUNCAN was the son of Captain Joseph DUNCAN, who died in 1792. Note 6: Noah KELSEY was the son of Nathan KELSEY and Sarah JUDD. Chloe NAPIER and Noah KELSEY settled in Kelsey District, Monroe County, Georgia. ____________________________ G0495A:
Marriage: 1790, Putnam County, Georgia Child
1: Child 2: Thomas B(ooth?) NAPIER (Jr.) (ABT 1792, Putnam County, Georgia - AFT 1832) [M]: m. Tabitha TURNER, 30 September 1815, Putnam County, Georgia Child 3: Leroy S(kelton?) NAPIER (9 March 1794, Elbert County, Georgia - AFT 1832) [M] Child 4: Martha NAPIER (ABT 1796, <Putnam County>, Georgia - AFT 1832) [F]: m. Hendly VARNER, 9 November 1819, Putnam County, Georgia Child 5: Tabitha Easter NAPIER (ABT 1797, <Putnam County>, Georgia - AFT 1832) [F]: m. Nathan C. MUNROE, 5 June 1828, Bibb County, Georgia Child 6: Freeman NAPIER (ABT 1798, Putnam County, Georgia - BEF 1832?) [M] Child 7: Skelton NAPIER (8 March 1800, Putnam
County, Georgia - AFT 1832) [M]: m. Jane Ector GAGE
(1804, Putnam County, Georgia - ?), ABT 1834, Putnam
County, Georgia Other Marriage: AFT 16 February 1814 Child 1: William W. NAPIER (AFT 1814? - AFT
1832?) [M] Note 1: Wilkes County, it should be noted, is the parent county of Elbert County. Note 2: Thomas B. NAPIER owned and paid taxes on real estate in Putnam, Elbert, and Twiggs counties. In Putnam County, according to the census of 1810, he owned 20 slaves; and, from the Tax Digest of Putnam County for 1813, it may be gathered that Putnam County, at that time, was his principal place of residence. Thomas B. NAPIER is also said to have been a carriage-maker and not to have been "strong on religion." See the memorandum by his great-grandson, John Calhoun COX, reproduced at G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838). Concerning John Calhoun Cox, see G0492A: John Calhoun COX in Descendants of John Cox (1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05). Note 3: According to Will Book A (1823 - 1851) for Bibb County, Georgia, Thomas B. NAPIER signed his Will on 17 February 1832. The document was proved 29 October 1838. It mentions his wife, Nancy; his children, William W. NAPIER, Thomas T. NAPIER, Leroy NAPIER, Shelton (i.e., Skelton) NAPIER, Martha NAPIER, Tabitha NAPIER, and Sarah HARVEY; and his son-in-law, Nathan C. MUNROE. Also mentioned is Singleton Holt. The document was witnessed by Scott Cray, J. Washburn, and Robert W. Fort.
Thomas B. NAPIER and Nancy UNKNOWN, his second wife, were interred at the Cherry Street Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Their inscriptions are as follows:
Nancy, the second wife of Thomas B. NAPIER, is sometimes identified as Nancy MOULTRIE. Nathan C. MUNROE was the son of Nathan MUNROE of New York, who died in Bibb County, Georgia between 16 March 1855 and 4 June 1855. According to Will Book B (1851 - 1871) for Bibb County. Georgia, Nathan MUNROE of New York signed his Will on 16 March 1855. The document was proved 4 June 1855. It mentions his wife, Sarah, his son, Nathan C. MUNROE, and his friends, Peter M. Dox and John N. Dox of western New York. The document was witnessed by Peter Solomon, T. A. NAPIER, and Lloyd G. BOWERS, the husband of Sarah Tabitha BARTLETT. [See below, G0494A: Sarah ("Sally") Garland NAPIER, note 2.] Note 4: From The Macon Telegraph, 7 August 1827, p. 11:
Note 5: Sarah Garland NAPIER was named after her paternal aunt, also called Sarah Garland NAPIER. Her name, place of birth, date of birth, and place and date of marriage were best preserved among the descendants of her grandson, Elisha Carson COX (9 December 1836 - ?) [See G0493B: Oliver Wiley COX, Colonel in Descendants of John Cox (1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05) and G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838)]. Her marriage to Rev. Isaac HARVEY, Sr. is demonstrated in Colonial Georgia Marriage Records from 1760 - 1810. Note 6: According to The Macon Telegraph, Leroy S. Napier, a resident of Macon, Georgia, made the largest donation to the Confederate War Fund. He donated $58,000 in 1861. Note 7: Previous investigators of the family NAPIER seem to have taken little or no notice of William W. NAPIER as a child of Thomas B. NAPIER; nor do they seem to have been much inclined to refer to Thomas B. NAPIER's subsequent marriage to Nancy UNKNOWN. One investigator, however, noted a William NAPIER born in Putnam County, Georgia, about 1810, to a Thomas NAPIER and his wife, Susannah, who may have been familiarly known as "Nancy." Accordingly, the placement here of William W. NAPIER as the offspring of Thomas B. NAPIER and Nancy UNKNOWN is deduced with reservations and may, with better knowledge, be subject to disproof. That, however, he was indeed the son of Thomas B. NAPIER, as is shown in note 3 above, is incontrovertible. ____________________________ G0494A:
Marriage: 22 December 1808, Putnam County,
Georgia Child 1: Child 2: Child 3: Tabitha Napier HARVEY (1812, <McDonough, Henry County>, Georgia - 27 November 1847, Bibb County, Georgia) [F]: m. Dr. Myron BARTLETT (1798, Concord, Rockingham [later Merrimack] County, New Hampshire - 9 February 1848, Bibb County, Georgia), 20 July 1831, Bibb County, Georgia Child 4: Isaac HARVEY (Jr.) (1825,
<McDonough, Henry County>, Georgia - 7 November
1833, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia) [M] Note 1: In the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia), Saturday, 2 June 1832, Isaac HARVEY, Sr. is listed as a member of the Macon Temperance Society which, at the Baptist Church, elected officers on 18 May 1832. He was again listed as a member of the Macon Temperance Society at a meeting which occurred 20 November 1833 and which was reported by the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia) on Thursday, 5 December 1833. Note 2: About Isaac HARVEY, Sr. mention is made in the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia), Thursday, 17 January 1833:
Note 3: About Isaac HARVEY, Sr. mention is made in the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia), Thursday, 16 May 1833:
Note 4: About Isaac HARVEY, Sr. mention is made in the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia), Thursday, 24 April 1834:
Note 5: Isaac HARVEY, Sr., according to the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia) of Thursday, 21 November 1833, was a trustee of the Macon Academy:
Note 6: According to the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia) of Thursday, 29 May 1834, Isaac HARVEY, Sr. served on the grand jury of the Bibb Superior Court for the May term of 1834. After this, there is no further mention of Isaac HARVEY, Sr. in the Georgia Messenger until his death in 1838. Note 7: Sarah Garland NAPIER’s marriage to Rev. Isaac HARVEY, Sr. is verified in Colonial Georgia Marriage Records from 1760 - 1810. For a physical description of Rev. Isaac HARVEY, Sr., see G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY, note 3 in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838). In the United States Census of 1850 for District 70 of Putnam County, Georgia, taken 24 August 1850, there is record of a "Sarah HARVEY," born in Georgia about 1795, living in what appears to be a boarding house. This may have been Sarah ("Sally") Garland NAPIER (23 January 1791, Elbert County, Georgia - AFT 17 February 1832). Note 8: The death of Rev. Isaac HARVEY, Sr. was reported in the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia) on Thursday, 27 September 1838. He died two weeks previous to his father-in-law, Thomas B(ooth?) NAPIER (Sr.):
Note 9: Amanda Melvina HARVEY and Helen Marr HARVEY were identical twins who married brothers. Tabitha Napier HARVEY's marriage to Dr. Myron BARTLETT was reported in the Charleston Observer, issue of 30 July 1831, giving the date of marriage as 19 July:
This marriage was also reported on 23 July 1831, in the Georgia Messenger (Macon, Georgia), indicating the matrimonial date of Tuesday, 19 July 1831, as follows:
The date of 20 July is stated in Bibb County, Georgia, Marriage Book - A. Myron BARTLETT was the son of Stephen BARTLETT (ABT 1764, Bath, New Hampshire - ?) and Abigail BAILEY (10 February 1768, Grafton, Haverhiill County, New Hampshire), who were married in 1792, probably in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Apart from Myron BARTLETT, they engendered: Stephen BARTLETT (ABT 1793 - ?) [M]; Cosam E. BARTLETT (ABT 1795 - ?) [M]; Abigail BARTLETT (ABT 1797 - ?) [F]; William K. BARTLETT (ABT 1799 - ?) [M]; Theron BARTLETT (ABT 1803 - ?) [M]; and Chloe BARTLETT (ABT 1805 - ?). Myron BARTLETT married Tabitah Napier HARVEY, who is remembered by her descendants as the daughter of "Isaac HARVEY, Esq.," in Bibb County, Georgia, on 20 July 1831. Their offspring were: Oglethorpe BARTLETT (died in 1833 at the age of ten months) [M]; Munroe BARTLETT (died in 1839 at the age of seven months); and Sarah Tabitha BARTLETT (23 October 1834, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia - 8 May 1873, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia: interment at Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia) [F]: m. Lloyd G. BOWERS (died AFT 16 March 1855 and BEF 8 May 1873), 21 August 1854, Christ Church, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Myron BARTLETT appeared on the 1835 Bibb County Tax list in Candler’s District (Microfilm Box 61/page 2, Georgia Archives) as owning 160 acres. Another BARTLETT and a COX apppeared under his name as also paying taxes. In 1836, Myron BARTLETT paid taxes on land in Crawford County, Newton County and Bibb County. BARTLETT and COX paid taxes on property in Macon. Myron BARTLETT was a stockholder in the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company of Macon and in the Central Railroad and Banking company of Savannah. In 1846 he paid taxes on land in Baker, Crawford, Coweta and Bibb Counties.
Dr. Myron BARTLETT was the founding publisher and editor of the Macon Telegraph.
Note 10: The death of Isaac HARVEY, Jr. was reported in the Georgia Messenger on Thursday, 14 November 1833:
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' References: Lt. Col. John Hawkins Napier III. Dr Patrick Napier: His Ancestors and Some Descendants. (Oxford, Mississippi, The Guild Bindery Press: 1991) Ivan Napier. Napier Family: History of the Napier Family Name, and a Genealogy of the Napier Settlers in America (Rainelle, West Virginia: 1968) Persons contributing to this web page are not responsible for the use which its author has made of their information or points of view. All such errors as may be found herein are entirely the fault of the author of this web page. GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES: TABLE OF CONTENTS GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES: HOME This web site is always under construction. For entries preceded by an asterisk (*), further information is forthcoming. Persons wishing to contribute information to this web site, or who wish to make inquiries, may do so by addressing their email to:
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NAPIER <SEALE>
Helen Marr HARVEY (July 1811, Butte County,
Georgia - March 1881, Leon County, Texas: interment,
under the same monument as Mary ["Mollie"] COX
and James F. KENNEDY, at Jackson Cemetery, Leon County,
Texas) [F]: m. Oliver Wiley COX (11 June 1802, Lincoln
County, North Carolina - October 1852, Henry County,
Georgia), 29 July 1830, Henry County, Georgia [See 
