Individual Details
Theresa Ann "Thurza" Williams
(11 Oct 1808 - 2 Sep 1898)
Events
| Birth | 11 Oct 1808 | Wythe County, Virginia |  | ||
| Residence | 1810 | 1 male 24-44 (Levi), 1 female 16-25 (Susanna), 2 females under 10 (Ludemia and Thurza), 1 slave - Wythe County, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1820 | Evensham aka Wytheville. 1 male 25-44, 1 female 26-44, 1 male under 10, 3 females under 10, 2 females 10-15, 1 male slave 26-44 - Evesham, Wythe, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1830 | 1 male 40-49, 1 female 30-39, 1 male 20-29, 2 females 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 2 females 10-14, 1 male under 5, 2 female 5-9, 1 female under 5, Slaves: 1 female 10-23 and 1 female under 10. Thurza doesn't appear to be in her parent's home. - Wythe County, Virginia | | ||
| Property | 22 Sep 1832 | Philander bought $500.00 worth of land from Stephen Stone and wife Polly. The parcels were located on Elk Creek adjacent to Levi Cornutt's conditional line. - Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1832 | Marion, Smyth, Virginia - Philander C. McCARTER |  | | |
| Residence | 1840 | 3 males under 5 Levi-Van-Andrew, 2 males 10-14 William Jefferson Sage and?, 1 male 30-39 Philander, 1 female under 5 Jane, 1 female 15-19?, 1 female 20-29?, 1 female 30-39 Thurza - Grayson County, Virginia | | ||
| Property | 1850 | Philander and John Sutherland jointly bought a 650 acre tract of land lying in Grayson and Smyth counties on the waters of Fox Creek, Holston River, and Cripple Creek. - Grayson County, Virginia | |||
| Residence | 1850 | Grayson County, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 31 Jul 1850 | Philander 49, Thurza 41, Levi 14, Martin 12, Jane 11, Andrew 10, William 8, Emily 6, Hugh 4, James 2, Sarah 4m. Plus Agricultural Census. - Grayson County, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 5 Jul 1860 | Philander 58, Thurza 50, Andrew 21, William 18, Emily 15, Franklin 14, James 12, Sarah 10, George 8. Agricultural census: Took 100 acres out of cultivation. Value of garden market produce $35 and home manufacture $40 - Grayson County, Virginia | | ||
| Property | 1863 | Philander paid $47.84 in property taxes for their 913 acres on Elk Creek and 473 acres on Iron Mountain. - Grayson County, Virginia | |||
| Property | 23 Feb 1865 | Four months prior to the end of the Civil War, Philander purchased a 450 acre farm on the waters of Little Helton in Ashe County, North Carolina from John H. Whitman. - Ashe County, North Carolina | |||
| Residence | 1870 | Helton, Ashe, North Carolina | | ||
| Property | 10 Jan 1870 | One month before his death, Philander purchased another 40 acre tract of land from John and Celia Whitman in Ashe County, North Carolina. - Ashe County, North Carolina | |||
| Residence | 1880 | Helton, Ashe, North Carolina | | ||
| Residence | 1894 | At age 86 "becoming old and infirm and not able to give it her personal attention as it should be attended to, and all of her said children now being grown and married, in about the year 1895 she went to live with her son L. H. McCarter." Philander Probate - Sugar Grove, Smyth, Virginia | |||
| Death | 2 Sep 1898 | After Philander's death, Thurza continued running the family farm in Ashe County, North Carolina for the next 25 years. In 1894, when she was 85, she sold the farm and went to live with her son Levi in Sugar Grove. - Sugar Grove, Smyth, Virginia | | ||
| Burial | Sugar Grove, Smyth, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Philander C. McCARTER (1802 - 1870) |
| Child | Levi Hickman McCarter (1836 - 1908) |
| Child | Martin Van Buren McCarter (1837 - 1893) |
| Child | Catherine "Jane" McCarter (1838 - 1909) |
| Child | Andrew Cole McCarter (1840 - 1911) |
| Child | William Allen McCarter (1842 - 1914) |
| Child | Emily F. McCarter (1844 - 1903) |
| Child | Hugh Franklin "Frank" McCARTER (1845 - 1926) |
| Child | James Piper McCarter (1848 - 1920) |
| Child | Sarah Caroline McCarter (1850 - 1918) |
| Child | George Croghan McCarter (1851 - 1916) |
| Father | Levi WILLIAMS (1782 - 1867) |
| Mother | Susanna "Sukey" PUGH (1786 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Ludemia "Demy" Williams (1806 - 1879) |
| Sibling | Asenath Williams (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | Franklin Williams (1813 - ) |
| Sibling | Helena Williams (1815 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Eliza" Williams (1817 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Granville H. Williams (1820 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Emeline "Emily" Williams (1822 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann Williams (1824 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Lilburn J. Williams (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Susan Williams (1828 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
On this day Philander took out a marriage bond. They could have been married this day or a few days later.Endnotes
1. , Minnie Hall: Grayson County Historical Society (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 19, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: M432_947; Page: 169B; Image: 27.
3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Helton, Ashe, North Carolina; Roll: 952; Page: 552A; Enumeration District: 018.
4. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Roll: M653_1348; Page: 20; Family History Library Film: 805348.
5. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Helton, Ashe, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1122; Page: 479A; Family History Library Film: 552621.
6. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
7. Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Wythe, Virginia; Roll: 71; Page: 294; Image: 00576; Family History Library Film: 0181431.
8. Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Evensham, Wythe, Virginia; Page: 226; NARA Roll: M33_139; Image: 243.
9. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1830; Census Place: Wythe, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 200; Family History Library Film: 0029679.
10. , Weaver, Jeff, Smyth County, Virginia Marriage Licenses, 1832-1850 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
11. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
12. , Weaver, Jeff, Smyth County, Virginia Marriage Licenses, 1832-1850 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
13. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1840; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia.
14. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 19, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: M432_947; Page: 169B; Image: 27.
15. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 19, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: M432_947; Page: 169B; Image: 27.
16. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Roll: M653_1348; Page: 20; Family History Library Film: 805348.
17. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Helton, Ashe, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1122; Page: 479A; Family History Library Film: 552621.
18. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Helton, Ashe, North Carolina; Roll: 952; Page: 552A; Enumeration District: 018.
19. Grave Marker.
20. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
21. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).