Notes and References


1. Accomack Co, VA, Birth Register, 1853-1896, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Birth Register, 1853-1896).
2. Ibid.
3. Nancy Elane Killmon
4. Jean Merritt Mihalyka, Gravestone Inscriptions in Northampton County Virginia, VA State Library, Richmond, VA, 1984, (hereafter cited as Northampton Gravestones).
5. Dee Ann Buck, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages(tr), 1853-1922, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1994, (hereafter cited as N'hamp Co Marr(tr) 1853-1922).
6. Northampton Gravestones.
7. N'hamp Co Marr(tr) 1853-1922.
8. Northampton Gravestones.
9. N'hamp Co Marr(tr) 1853-1922.
10. Ibid.
11. Nancy Elane Killmon
12. Nancy Elane Killmon; and Marr?
13. Nancy Elane Killmon
14. Nancy Elane Killmon; and Marr?
15. Nancy Elane Killmon
16. Nancy Elane Killmon; and Marr?
17. Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896).
18. Thorogood O. Kilmon Family Bible, The Holly Bible, The Authorized Edition of the New Testament, A.D. 1611. (Philadelphia: A.J. Holman & Co, 1888); in possession of Annabelle Kilmon Stith (11 Feb 1993), copy in the Virginia State Library & Archives, Acc. No. 34507 (hereafter cited as Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible).
19. Ibid.
20. Mary Frances Carey with Moody K. Miles, III and Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), (hereafter cited as Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA).
21. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA; and Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
22. 1860 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (hereafter cited as 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census).
23. Acc Co Birth Register, 1853-1896.
24. Ibid.
25. Nancy Elane Killmon
26. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
27. Lower Eastern Shore of MD Marriage Records(tr), 1865-1906, Ruth T. Dryden, 1991, (hereafter cited as Lw En Sh Mar Rec (tr), 1865-1906).
28. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
29. Esther 'Esta' Wessells
30. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
31. Ibid.
32. Acc Co Birth Register, 1853-1896.
33. Ibid.
34. Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson , Graven Stones of Lower Accomak County, Virginia (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1987), (hereafter cited as Mihalyka and Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Acc Co, VA).
35. Ibid.
36. Lw En Sh Mar Rec (tr), 1865-1906.
37. Mihalyka and Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Acc Co, VA.
38. Ibid.
39. Ibid.
40. Acc Co Birth Register, 1853-1896.
41. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
42. Ibid.
43. Nancy Elane Killmon; and Marr?
44. Nancy Elane Killmon
45. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
46. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
47. Ibid.
48. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
49. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA; and Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
50. Brother's Obituary
51. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
52. Ibid.
53. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
54. Ibid.
55. Nora Miller Turman, Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia, 1776-1854, Heritage Books, Inc, Bowie, MD, 1994, (hereafter cited as Nora Miller Turman, Acc Co Marriages(tr), 1776-1854).
56. 1850 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (hereafter cited as 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census).
57. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
58. Barry W. Miles and Moody K. Miles, III, comp., Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia, 1854-1895 (Recorded in Licenses and Ministers' Returns) (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), (hereafter cited as Barry & M.K. Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895).
59. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
60. Ibid.
61. Ibid.
62. Barry & M.K. Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895.
63. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
64. Nancy Elane Killmon
65. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
66. Ibid.
67. Barry & M.K. Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895.
68. Ibid.
69. Ibid.
70. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
71. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
72. Mihalyka and Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Acc Co, VA.
73. Ibid.
74. Ibid.
75. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
76. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
77. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
78. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
79. Ibid.
80. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
81. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
82. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
83. Ibid.
84. Ibid.
85. Marr?
86. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
87. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
88. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
89. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
90. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
91. Ibid.
92. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
93. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
94. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
95. Ibid.
96. Ibid.
97. Ibid.
98. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
99. Ibid.
100. Ibid.
101. Nora Miller Turman, Acc Co Marriages(tr), 1776-1854.
102. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
103. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
104. Father's Will
105. Mary Frances Carey, John Bird of Muddy Creek, Photocopied, New Church, VA, 1990, (hereafter cited as John Bird of Muddy Creek).
106. Ibid.
107. Nora Miller Turman and Mary Frances Carey, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Licenses, 1850-1854, Est Shr Pub Lib, Accomac, VA, 1982, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Mar Lic (tr), 1850-1854).
108. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
109. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
110. Peninsula Enterprise, , (hereafter cited as Peninsula Enterprise).
111. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
112. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
113. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
114. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
115. Acc Co Birth Register, 1853-1896.
116. Mihalyka and Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Acc Co, VA.
117. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
118. Brother's Obituary
119. Brother's Obituary
120. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
121. Ibid.
122. Ibid.
123. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
124. Brother's Obituary
125. Brother's Obituary, (hereafter cited as Brother's Obituary).
126. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
127. Ibid.
128. Ibid.
129. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
130. Brother's Obituary.
131. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
132. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
133. Eastern Shore News, , (hereafter cited as Eastern Shore News).
134. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
135. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
136. Son's Marriage
137. 1920 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (hereafter cited as 1920 Acc Co, VA, Census).
138. Acc Co Birth Register, 1853-1896.
139. Ibid.
140. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
141. Mark C. Lewis, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage License Bonds, 1806-1835, Est Shr Pub Lib, Accomac, VA, 1970, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835).
142. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
143. Ibid.
144. Acc Co Mar Lic (tr), 1850-1854.
145. Nancy Elane Killmon
146. Nancy Elane Killmon
147. Accomack Co, VA, Will Book, 1846-1882, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Wills 1846-1882).
148. Jody Powell, 1800, 1810, 1820 Census, Accomack Co, VA, Private Printing, Roanoke, TX, 1991, (hereafter cited as 1800, 1810, 1820 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr)).
149. Jody Powell, 1830 Census, Accomack Co, VA, Private Printing, Roanoke, TX, 1991, (hereafter cited as 1830 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr)).
150. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 7.
151. Thorogood O. Kilmon, Family Bible.
152. 1800, 1810, 1820 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
153. Ibid.
154. Ibid.
155. Mother's Will
156. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
157. Accomack Co, VA, Will Book, 1904-1920, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Wills 1904-1920).
158. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
159. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
160. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
161. Acc Co Wills 1904-1920, p. 44.
162. Nancy Elane Killmon
163. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
164. Ibid.; and Marr?
165. Ibid.
166. Mother's Will
167. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
168. Ibid.
169. Mother's Will
170. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
171. Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Register #1, 1805-1850, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Marriage Register #1, 1805-1850); and Nora Miller Turman and Mary Frances Carey, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage License Bonds, 1847-1850, Est Shr Pub Lib, Accomac, VA, 1981, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1847-1850).
172. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
173. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
174. Mother's Will
175. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
176. VA Death Cert
177. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
178. Nora Miller Turman, Acc Co Marriages(tr), 1776-1854.
179. Census
180. Patricia Ann Scherzinger, 1850 Census, Accomack Co, VA, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1988, (hereafter cited as 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr)).
181. Husband's 2nd Marriage
182. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
183. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
184. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
185. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
186. Ibid.
187. Ibid.
188. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
189. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
190. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
191. Mother's Will
192. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
193. Ibid.
194. Acc Co Mar Lic (tr), 1850-1854.
195. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
196. Ibid.
197. Ibid.
198. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
199. Mother's Will
200. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
201. Ibid.
202. Acc Co Mar Lic (tr), 1850-1854.
203. Father's Rev. War Pension Record
204. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
205. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 238.
206. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
207. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 238.
208. Nancy Elane Killmon
209. Nancy Elane Killmon; and Marr?
210. Nancy Elane Killmon
211. Nancy Elane Killmon
212. In 1850 Census, but not in 1860 Census
213. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835.
214. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr), p46/f951.
215. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
216. Nancy Elane Killmon; and Marr?
217. Father's Will
218. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
219. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 260.
220. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
221. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 260.
222. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
223. Ibid.
224. Ibid.
225. Ibid.
226. Father's Will
227. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
228. Nora Miller Turman, Acc Co Marriages(tr), 1776-1854.
229. Father's Will
230. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
231. Ibid.
232. Ibid.
233. Nora Miller Turman, Acc Co Marriages(tr), 1776-1854.
234. Father's Will
235. E. Thomas Crowson & Susan Crowson Hite, 1860 Census, Accomack Co, VA, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1987, (hereafter cited as 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr)).
236. Mary Frances Carey
237. Worcester Co, MD, Marriage Records, 1795-1865, Jody Powell, Roanoke, TX, 1990, (hereafter cited as Wor Co Mar Rec (tr), 1795-1865).
238. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
239. Father's Will
240. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
241. Barry & M.K. Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895.
242. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
243. Ibid.
244. Ibid.
245. Father's Will
246. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
247. Ibid.
248. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
249. Father's Will
250. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
251. Carey, Miles and Miles, Tombstones of Upper Acc Co, VA.
252. Ibid.
253. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
254. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
255. Father's Will
256. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
257. Ibid.
258. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
259. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
260. Father's Will
261. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
262. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
263. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
264. Ibid.
265. Ibid.
266. Ibid.
267. Ibid.
268. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
269. Wor Co Mar Rec (tr), 1795-1865.
270. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835.
271. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
272. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835.
273. Father's Will, (hereafter cited as Father's Will).
274. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
275. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 195.
276. Father's Will
277. Wor Co Mar Rec (tr), 1795-1865.
278. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
279. Ibid.
280. Ibid.
281. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
282. Ibid.
283. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
284. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
285. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
286. Ibid.
287. Ibid.
288. Nora Miller Turman and Mary Frances Carey, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Licenses, 1853-1858, Est Shr Pub Lib, Accomac, VA, 1988, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Mar Lic (tr), 1853-1858).
289. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
290. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
291. Ibid.
292. Ibid.
293. Ibid.
294. Mihalyka and Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Acc Co, VA.
295. Ibid.
296. Ibid.
297. Acc Co Mar Lic (tr), 1853-1858.
298. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
299. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
300. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
301. Ibid.
302. Acc Co Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896.
303. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
304. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835.
305. Ibid.
306. Joseph Addison 'Jack' Killmon
307. Joseph Addison 'Jack' Killmon
308. Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1796-98, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Wills&c 1796-98).
309. Husband's Will; and Marr?
310. Joseph Addison 'Jack' Killmon
311. Acc Co Wills&c 1796-98, p. 242.
312. Father's Will
313. Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1828-46, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Wills&c 1828-46).
314. Accomack Co, VA, Marriage License Bonds, 1774-1806, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds, 1774-1806).
315. Acc Co Wills&c 1828-46, p. 275.
316. Father's Will
317. Acc Co Orders 1845-1848, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Orders 1845-1848).
318. Father's Will
319. Acc Co Orders 1845-1848, p. 103.
320. Father's Will
321. Father's Will
322. Father's Will
323. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
324. Acc Co Marriage Register #1, 1805-1850.
325. Father's Will
326. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
327. Father's Will
328. Acc Co, VA, Deaths, (hereafter cited as Acc Co, VA, Deaths).
329. Ibid.
330. Nora Miller Turman, Acc Co Marriages(tr), 1776-1854.
331. Father's Will.
332. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
333. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
334. Father's Will
335. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
336. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 365.
337. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds, 1774-1806.
338. Father's Will
339. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
340. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
341. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 365.
342. Father's Will
343. Father's Will
344. Nancy Elane Killmon
345. 1800, 1810, 1820 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
346. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
347. Husband's Will; and Marr?
348. 1800, 1810, 1820 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
349. Ibid.
350. Ibid.
351. Ibid.
352. Father's Will.
353. Ibid.
354. Acc Co Orders 1848-1851, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Orders 1848-1851).
355. Husband's Military Benefits
356. Acc Co Orders 1848-1851, p. 423.
357. Father's Will.
358. Ralph Franklin Young
359. Nancy Elane Killmon
360. Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage License Bonds, 1774-1806, Gen Pub Co, Baltimore, MD, 1978, (hereafter cited as Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1774-1806).
361. Ralph Franklin Young
362. Ralph Franklin Young
363. Ralph Franklin Young
364. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835.
365. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census (tr).
366. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
367. Nancy Elane Killmon
368. Ralph Franklin Young
369. Husband's Military Benefits
370. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
371. Ibid.
372. Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1825-26, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Wills&c 1825-26).
373. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1774-1806.
374. Acc Co Wills&c 1825-26, p. 172.
375. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
376. Ibid.
377. Ibid.
378. Ibid.
379. Ibid.
380. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1774-1806.
381. Gordon Warren Godwin Chesser, The Godwin Ancestry, Widtman Press, Inc., Utica, New York, 1972, (hereafter cited as The Godwin Ancestry).
382. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1774-1806.
383. The Godwin Ancestry.
384. Ibid.
385. Ibid.
386. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1806-1835.
387. John Bird of Muddy Creek.
388. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds (tr), 1774-1806.
389. Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1800-04, , (hereafter cited as Acc Co Wills&c 1800-04).
390. Acc Co Wills&c 1828-46, p. 442.
391. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds, 1774-1806.
392. Acc Co Wills&c 1828-46, p. 442.
393. Father's Will.
394. Ibid.
395. 1850 Acc Co, VA, Census.
396. Father's Will.
397. Ibid.
398. Ibid.
399. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
400. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 638.
401. Father's Will.
402. 1860 Acc Co, VA, Census.
403. Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 638.
404. Father's Will.
405. Mark C. Lewis, Mark C. Lewis Research Files, Eastern Shore Public Library, Accomac, Acc Co, VA, (hereafter cited as Mark C. Lewis Files).
406. Acc Co Marriage Register #1, 1805-1850.
407. Father's Will.
408. Acc Co Mar Lic Bonds, 1774-1806.

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