Julius Nelson Reynolds

Notes:

Nelson had no children but helped raise eleven. Four from his first marriage and seven from his second marriage. He retired from the Air Force in 1967 and then worked on the same base, doing the same job for another 25 years.

Julius married Mary Gentry Perry in 1956 in South Carolina. Mary was born in Circa 1930. [Group Sheet]

Julius married Peggy Sasser Griffen in 1971. Peggy was born in Circa 1930. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Charlie Wade Reynolds: From 1946 until his death he was a farmer, then a merchant who owned Charlie's Store in Grady, Va. From 1915-1945 (from the age of 27) he lived on the Swanson Place and Charlie Wells' Place.

For a year or two after he was married he and Annie lived on his father's (John Henry Reynolds) farm, which was sold after his death. The cabin was very cold in the winter and in bad shape.

Charlie, Annie, Basil & their baby Edith, Charlie's sisters, Callie & Tabbie and brothers Bogey & Silas then moved to the Swanson Place which was just across the road. Tabbie died from TB while living there. She was in her 20's and was engaged to a man from Danville. She was buried on the Lee Reynolds place near her parents. They stayed there until about 1936. The rest of the children were born while they lived there (7). It was a beautiful place surrounded with Cherry Trees. The children played in the Turkeycock Creek and the woods.

Uncle Allen and Aunt Charlotte lived on the place too. They were an old Black couple who had been slaves when they were children. Annie said that she couldn't have "done it" without Aunt Charlotte. Annie told many stories about Aunt Charlotte and how she helped care for the children. Aunt Charlotte lived in a cabin and cooked over a fireplace and carried water in a churn on top of her head up a hill from the spring. She also made ash bread, so called, because the dough was placed on a flat rock and covered with ashes and placed in the fire where it cooked. You then brushed or cut off the ashes and ate the bread. J. W. Swanson built his house where the cabin had stood (residence in 1930).





Was born in a cabin on John Reynolds Place, Callands, Va

Charlie married Annie Eliza Slaydon on 19 Dec 1914 in Henry Hotel, Martinsville, Virginia U.S.A.. Annie (daughter of James Edward "Ned" Slaydon and Ann Eliza "Aneliza" Price) was born on 16 Jan 1891 in Sandy River, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 27 May 1984 in Danville Memorial Hospital, Danville, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried on 29 May 1984 in County Line Christian Church, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have another story for you. The day John Henry Reynolds, his wife Sally Frances Wells Reynolds and children, Charlie Wade, Mary Ann, Tabitha, Bogie, Silas and Callie were moving from the cabin on John Henry's dads place(Allen Gilmer Reynolds) there wasn't a bridge across Turkeycock creek so they had to lead the horse and wagon across. Mary Ann, the oldest girl was carrying the baby, Callie. She dropped her in the creek. Of course they grabbed her up and got her across. But I heard Aunt Mary Ann and Aunt Callie laughing and talking about it when they were old. Their Dad had bought a farm on Rd. 57 on the left just across the road from the CLCC parsonage (County Line Christian Church). When John Henry died the place had to be sold to pay off debts. Charlie moved the whole family across the road to Swanson place where they share cropped for about 18 years, I think. Then they moved to his Uncle Charlie Well's place in about 1936 and share cropped there until 1946 when he bought Grady store.
E-mail from Sandra June Reynolds (2011)

John married Sallie Frances Wells on 25 Dec 1885 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Sallie (daughter of Matthew Clay Wells and Mary Jane Shorter) was born on 19 Jul 1860 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 10 Sep 1911 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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The following information is also recorded for James. Property: A farm at 57 East, Rd. 979, Axton, Va on 20 March 1902, aged 44, in that he bought from James & Elizabeth Barker.

James married twice. He was married to Aneliza Price and Minnie Boon Gregory.


Died 11:00 p.m. on Labor Day.

James married Ann Eliza "Aneliza" Price on 28 Oct 1880 in Henry County, Virginia. Ann (daughter of Nathaniel Price and Mary Pigg) was born on 03 Jul 1863/64 in Sandy River, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 07 Sep 1904 in Henry County, Va; was buried on 09 Sep 1904 in Slaydon Family Cemetery, Corner 57 E & 979. [Group Sheet]

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They lived on Oswell Hairfield Place in Sandy River until Ned Slaydon bought the farm on 57 East near County Line Christian Church.

Notes:

Sherry Moschler and Michael Reynolds of 1426 Barn Road Callands Virginia submitted the following information to be included in the Heritage Series of Books for Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; this can be seen at the Bassett Historical Society Bassett, Virginia Article # 1095:
" Allen Gilmer Reynolds married Martha Ann Jackson. They lived on Turkeycock Mountain at a place known as "Double Oaks Gap". A foundation on the old homeplace can still be detected there along with large piles of rock - monuments to the backbreaking work involved in clearing the mountain land for farming purposes. Two of their children are buried at Double Oaks Gap. In 1878 they moved off the mountain to the Grady Community.

(Tabitha and Texanna, two of their daughters died, probably of yellow fever during an epidemic just before they returned to Grady; Allen and Martha were parents to eight children, six who reached maturity and produced families of their own.-Mary Frances Eggleston


Name:
Allen Gilmer Reynolds was named by his mother, Sarah Philpott, for her brother, Allen Gilmer Philpott.

Allen married Martha Ann Jackson on 24 May 1843 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Martha (daughter of James Samuel Jackson and Judith Emmerson) was born on 30 Mar 1819 in North Carolina or Virginia; died in 24 Mar 1909 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried in Worlds, Rt. 969, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Martha Ann Jackson, d/o James Samuel and Judith Emmerson Jackson is the niece of Levi Jackson. Levi and his wife Ann Emmerson (sister to Martha's mother, Judith) had no children of their own and reared Judith's children after her death in circa 1828. Martha too, was probably in their household in the 1830 Census which shows one female child age 10-15 along with 6 other children. Levi and Ann had no children. Presumably these children are those of Ann's sister. It is likely that Martha named her eldest son, Levi for her uncle who helped raise her.
At the time of the 1880 Census they were living in Franklin Co., next door to Susan Bryant, proven to be a daughter of James, (sister of Martha Ann) Martha Ann is named for her mother's grandmother, Martha Walker.

Buried:
The 'modern' marker for Allen Gilmer and Martha Ann Jackson Reynolds was installed by Mrs. Ruth Mae Reynolds Marlowe, d/o William Barton "Bart" and Nancy "Nannie" Reynolds. Martha Ann Jackson was Ruth's grandmother.

Martha Ann Jackson is the daughter of James Samuel Jackson and Judith Emmerson. Judith Emmerson is the daughter of John Emmerson. Judith Emmerson DOB of 1787 is from an entry in the LDS IGI. She was deceased by Jan 1833 when James Jackson married a second time and two of her younger children were in the household of her sister and brother-in-law Anne Emmerson Jackson and Levi Jackson.

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1860 Census VA Franklin Co VA SW district
HH 663 661
Allen G Reynolds 42
Martha A 42
Chesley 23
James S 18
William B 12
Tabitha Ann 14
Permelia E 8
Texanna F 7
John H 5
Cephas W 2

Matthew married Mary Jane Shorter on 21 Feb 1853 in Henry County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Booker Randolph Shorter and Tabitha Gabrilla Hubbard) was born in 1831. [Group Sheet]

William married Sarah Thomas "Sallie" Smith before 1851. Sarah was born about 1832; died on 01 Oct 1891. [Group Sheet]

Nathaniel married Mary Pigg. [Group Sheet]