"a dweller on the path by the hedge"
Hedgpeth / Hudspeth NewsLetter Vol. 1 iss. 7
HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER
(Family Information Exchange)
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VOLUME I Issue #7
Issue #7 HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER APRIL 1975
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INDEX TO HEDGPETH
PENSION FILES
By Ann Theg Brown ................... 65
ANOTHER JEREMIAH DESCENDANT! ............. 66
MISC. CENSUS RECORDS ..................... 66
Cemetery & Bible Records
Mississippi ....................... 67
Misc. HEDGPETHS from Edw. C. Hedgepeth ... 68
EDWARD C. HEDGEPETH lineage .............. 69
Misc. Marriage Records
from Ann Theg Brown .................. 70
LEWIS HEDGPETH
Pittsylvania Co., Va. ............... 71
QUERIES ... who was PLEASANT
HEDGPETH ? .............. 71
THOMAS RILEY HEDGPETH lineage ............ 72
FAMILY ALBUM .. Mystery .................. 73
MARION HEDGPETH
"The Derby Kid" is found! ............ 74
CORRECTIONS .............................. 74
QUERIES .................................. 74
FAMILY ALBUM
LEE HEDGPETH - "The Old Timer" ...... 74
FAMILY LEGENDS & TRADITIONS
Can we identify this Revolutionary
JOHN HEDGEPETH ??? ..... 75
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Many, many thanks are due to all of you out there for your
enthusiasm and the information you have contributed. We have
been picking up one or two new descendants almost every month,
and by placing our publication on the genealogy shelves around
the country surely we shall find some answers for ourselves in
due time. Letters are stacked in my basket .... and I shall
answer them ... please forgiYe the delays. However, hopefully,
you will find your answers in the NEWSLETTER ... for that is
where the information goes first! FN
HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER - I/7 - 65
The following is a prize from Ann Theg Brown .... never before
published or given to anyone. She also has the same information
for Hudspeth.
Ann copied these from the U.S. Archives microfilm in Washington,
D.C. It includes all (other than Hudspeth) that were found
for Rev. War Applications, the War of 1812, Indian Wars
Index 1892-1926 Old War Index 1815-1926, and the General Index
1861-1926. Pensions after 1926 are found with the General
Services Administration in St. Louis. Incidentally, Ann says,
this is the building which had the fire about 1973 where a number
of records were burned. Some CSA records are included.
GENERAL INDEX TO ,.PENSION FILES 1861-1934 - T388 #208
filing date Application # Certif. # State
SAMUEL HEADSPERE widow MALINDA Co. G. 110 USC, Infantry
1886 Nov 27 590074 1002796 Tennessee
1900 Jul 12 723709 221588? widow' s applic.
HOLLAND HEASPETH widow CATHARINE Co. F, 13th Kentucky Inf.
1865 Apr 24 66506 42961 Kentucky
1886 Dec 27 348756 288632 Kentucky widow's
appl.
HEDGEPOTH Isabell Co. c or G., 54th Mass. Inf.
1890 Nov 1 462123 424800 Louisiana
widow's appli.
HEDGEPETH, WILLIAM P (B?) - Rebecca J - Co. C. Indiana Infantry
1863 Apr 20 19255 20059
1887 Sept 6 360434 284716 Indiana
SAMUL B HEDGEPETH minor - Benjamin F Thompson, guardian
Co B, 21 Ky. Infantry
1864 Mar 25 42951 161547
1900 May 7 730235 509851 Kentucky
GEORGE E HEDGEPETH - widow IDA M minor THEODORE M FOELLE, gnd
Co F, 1st US Artillary, Co A & Ks 4th US Artillary;
44th Co US Coast Artillery
1909 Sept 28 927650 696788 Maryland
1910 Apr 4 939380 702366 Virginia
GEORGE A HEDGPETH Co A, l5th US Cavalry ABRAM P HEDGEPETH
next friend
1910 Mar 14 1389255 North Carolina
EMMANUL HEDGPETH LAV ANAH J Co G, 1st Arkansas Cav.
1883 Sept 15 308752 297031
C0LEMAN P HEDGPETH mother POLL Co. B, 21st Ky. Infantry
1878 Oct 17 239760 193475 mother
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filing date Appl. # Cert. # State
ANDREW J HEDGEPETH SARAH M Co. L, 6th Tennessee Cav.
1887 Jan 10 348800 319718 Mo. - widow
RICHARD HEDGEPATH minor gdn. Co. K, 27th USC Inf.
1881 Sept 19 429887 420986 Ohio
1896 Nov 10 643147 459069 Ohio minor
JAMES HEDGEPATH- LYDIA M.
1890 Jul 18 456072 300718 5th USC H.A.
HENRY S. HEDGEPATH - Co. S, 4th USC Inf.
1880 Mar 4 361391 1008175
These are as they appear on the microfilm. Spellings are as shown.
This group does not include any Confederate records. However, the
index does include many names· taken from the CSA records surviving
the sack of Richmond. The U.S. did give pensions to confederates
at one point, so many names are found on those lists. - Ann.
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ANOTHER JEREMIAH of Coryell Co., Texas descendant!
A new subscriber Mrs. J. V. Glover - [street address removed]
writes: - Bryan, Tex.77801
"My gr-grandfather, Jeremiah Walker Hedgpeth came to Coryell Co.,
Texas in the fall of 1860 from Lincoln County, Tenn. His parents
were JEREMIAH HEDGPETH and CHARLOTTA BRODAWAY. They were from
NC to Tenn.!!!!!"
[I do believe that is the first mention of Charlotta's maiden
name that we have ... Betty, Stella and David ... you-all ...
have fun!]
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MISC. CENSUS RECORDS - (submitted by Ann T. Brown)
Georgia - Wilkes County - 1820
RICHARD HEDSPETH - [Ann thinks this is HUDSPETH]
Mississippi - 1820
JESSEE HEDGEPETH - Marion County
CHARLES HUDSPETH - Monroe County [Ann thinks this
could be Charles Hudspeth, son of Giles
Hudspeth- 1796 of Surry Co., NC]
Illinois - 1870 - Menard County = Petersburg PO by John J. Baker
Dpty.Marshal
HUDSPATH, George 54 Ala
Peggie 46 Ala [This is George Hudspeth,
Mathis previously shown in census
(Mat) 27 Ill. as HEDGEPETH. Born 1815
Lucy A. 19 " in Ala., s/o Wm. Giles
John 16 " Hudspeth 1789-1816 ..Ann]
George 7 "
William 4 "
Lane --- ?? 22 " - [Nephew, s/o Hudspeth sister -AB]
HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER - I/7 - 67
Illinois - 1870 Menard County
HEDGEPETH, James 60 Ky [Ann' s note:
Nancy 46 Va. JAMES HUDSPETH 1810
Jackson 19 Ill son of William Giles
Christopher Hudspeth 1789-1916,
11 " brother of the
Newton 9 " preceding GEORGE on
Martha 7 " p.66 of this issue.
Sarah 20 " George b. 1815]
Mary 5 "
Kentucky - Hardin County - 1850 - submitted by Rachael Klemm)
433-R (658-658) CABERNE, Ann (?) 42 farming Tenn.
Redford M 20 farmer Ky.
Sarah F 18 Ky.
John A. M 15 farmer Ky.
Susan (?) F 11 Ky.
F 7 Ky.
Alfred - M 6 Ky.
(Leml. ?) - HEDSPETH, Saml.? M 30 Ky.
(abbreviation- cannot read)
448-R (869-869) HEDSPETH, Hollan- M 30 Ky.
Sarah F 60 Va.
OSBORNE, Charles M 20 Ky.
Mary F 25 Ky.
M 1 Ky.
437- (705-705) LINDER, Oden M 32 Ky.
Ann F 21 Ky·
Wilson M 5 Ky.
Andrew M 3 Ky.
William M 1 Ky.
HUDSPETH, John M 81 Va.
[Rachael's note: Marriage of Ann Hudspeth
to Oden Linder not in Hardin Co. Ky.
Marriage Records - possibly in Hudspeth
file at Historical Society of Ky.]
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CEMETERY & BIBLE RECORDS - Vol. 1 - Mississippi - Georgetown
Cemetery
ALVEN HEDGEPETH Oct 24 1903 - Feb 16 1932
LUCY E CHAPPELL May 6 1880 - Mar 16 1943 (wife of
J.G.Hedgepeth)
J. B. HEDGEPETH May 12 1883 - Dec 14 1945 [from
Ann Brown]
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HEDGEPETHS from Edward C. Hedgepeth of Farmington, Utah
[Submitted by Ann Theg Brown]
North Carolina - Nash Co.
HENRY HEDGEPETH - 72 in 1850 - died (will 1855) m. Mrs. Celia
Hedgepeth, 52 in 1850
children: (ages in 1850)
WILLIAM T. 35 -(m. 25 Mar 1840)- BARBARA CRUMP 32
MARTHA 9; LUCINDA 7; MARY Torl 5; ANN E. 2;
NANCY E. 7/12
M.C. 1818 -
REANA MARY ANN 28 (m. 3 Jan 1861) HENRY BRASWELL
MALVINA 25
HENRY WEBB 22 (m. 16 Feb 1852) NANCY CENSON
Nash Co. - 1860
Ch: Benjamin H. - 6; Mary L. 4; Juliana 10/12
ELIAS GREEN 16 (m 21 May 1857) MARY ANN COBB (20
in 1860)
REBECCA ANN ELIZABETH 16 (m. 14 Sep 1847) JOHN L.B.
WOODWARD (35 in 1850)
ALLEN HEDGEPETH - 63 (all 1850 ages)
Charlotte - 40; ch: SALLY 20; LUCINDA 17; JANE 14;
MAR. (m) 12
HALIDAY HEDGEPETH- 80 (ages in 1850)
(m. 4 Feb 1836 - Franklin Co. NC) MARTHA COLEY
age 69 in 1850
ATHERTON HEDGEPETH - 23 in 1850
(m. 15 Jan 1850 - Nash Co. NC) to ROSANNA PHILLIPS
age 28 in 1850
HENRY HEDGEPETH b, ca 1825 m. 25 Oct 1850 to LUCY J MOSS b. ca 1829
HENRY HEDGEPETH - 48 in 1860; wife, SUSAN - 39 in 1860;
MOURNING - 20 in 1860 (m. 9 Oct 1862 to
Jemima Evans) JOHN 15, MARTHA 9
BENJAMIN HEDGEPETH- 48 in 1850; wife TEMBERANCE 50;
JOSEPH 18 (m. 27 Nov 1866 LOUISA EDWARDS
b. c1845
HENRY 15 (m. 25 Oct 1850 - LUCY J MOSS)
(see note date difference)
NANCY. 15, MARY 11
JOHN 0 HEDGEPETH - 35 in 1860; wife FRANCES L - 30
John A - 10; William A - 7; LEAH 3
FRANCIS HEDGEPETH - 60 in 1860 (m/1 18 Sept 1851 NANCY BRASWELL
m/2 29 Oct 1851 (?) ELIZABETH
DANIEL- 39 in 1860)
LUCY 4; ELIZABETH 3/12
FRANCIS HEDGEPETH - 60 in 1860 - record of 1st m. to Nancy, dau of
John Braswell: LANION 14 Ala; Roxana 11 Ala; William F
18 in 1860; Sarah F. 16 in 1860. (m. George W. Hedgepeth,
son of Jessee, grandson Abraham)
HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER - I/7 - 69
ABRAHAM c1762-1843 - will 28 Ant 1843) m. 15 Sept 1789
Franklin Co. NC to ELIZABETH WEBB b, c1768
ch: HARTY b. c1790 m. Mr. Harrison
MARY b. c1792 m. Mr. Williams
JESSE c1795
ARCHIBALD - c1798
ELIAS 47 in 1850
MARTHA c. 1806
HENRY c. 1815
PENELOPE c. 1800
TAYLOR
JESSE - 55 in 1850 (m 9 Oct 1821 - Franklin Co. NC to PENINA
LAURENCE - 53 in 1860)
ELIZABETH J c1830 (m 3 Jan 1855 to JOSIAH TAYLOR c1834
ch: AMANDA TAYLOR 4 in 1860
Wm. P. TAYLOR - 2; Sally A.D.Taylor 1
FRANCES ANN c1832 (m 6 Nov 1851 FREDERICK SYRUS 28 in
ch: 1860)
Lura Syrus - 6 in 1860; Victoria 2,
Narcissa 2/12 in 1860
GEORGE WASHINGTON - 16 in 1850 m. 14 Nov 1860 to
SARAH F HEDGEPETH - 16 in 1860
LOUIS W. - I5 in 1850 m. 29 Apr 1861 to MARTHA
WARBLETON c1840
FRANCIS T. - 14 in 1850 m. 12 Dec 1859 to ELIZABETH (?
age 17 in 1860
MARTHA HEDGEPETH - 9 in 1850
MARTHA HEDGEPETH - b. c1805 (m 1 Jan 1830 Nash Co. to
STEPHEN DRURY c1805-)
HENRY HEDGEPETH -c1808 (m. 20 Jul 1835 - Nash Co. to
FAITHY STEPHENS c1814-)
TAYLOR HEDGEPETH - c1815-1856 (Mar 20 1856 will - Franklin Co.
N.C. = m. 23 Nov 1840 - Franklin Co
to ELIZA EARLS - 32 in 1850)
ch: JOHN HEDGEPETH - 9 in 1850
PAUL HEDGEPETH - 7; MARY 5; MARK ? in
Franklin Co., NC, 1850
All above records of Nash County, No. Carolina, unless otherwise
stated.
EDWARD C. HEDGEPETH lineage:
b. 4 April 1886 - Marbuary, Ala; m. 24 May 1908 to
JOSIE B HENDERSON - Talladega 12 Oct 1890
son of: NANCY ANN CRAWFORD - Columbiana, Selby Co., Alabama
b. 4 Mar 1867 d. 27 Oct 1950
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Edward C. Hedgepeth Lineage (continued)
son of - NANCY ANN CRAWFORD - dau of MARTHA GILES c1813 Ga -
Chambers Co. Ala and AACHARIAH
FINLEY c1803- s/o GEORGE CRAWFORD
SC c1793- Shelby Co, m. DIDEMA
PORTER Shelby Co. both around 1870-5
son of - JAMES WATTS HEDGEPETH - Kingston Atg Ala 16 Sep 1861-
1899 Dec 3 Haynes Atg, Ala. - m. 4 Dec 1884
to NANCY ANN CRAWFORD
GEORGE WASHINGTON HEDGEPETH born Kingston 1 Oct 1831-
1923 Jan 28 Jeffe Ala. - m.1869 to ELIZABETH
PARKER - Kingston 94 Jan 1832-1901 Sep 17 Atg.
Ala; dau of JANE TEMPLIN c1812-c1886 and
COPELAND J PARKER SC c1803-1882 Nov
Autauga Co., Ala.
ELIAS HEDGEPETH - Cumnock NC c1803-1875-1880 Autauga Ala
m/1 c1825 NANCY BOON And had: GEORGE,
HARRIET WADE H., WILLIAM A.
m/2 ELIZABETH ROGERS
SARAH: ENOCH: MARY A.
m/3
HENRIETTA 1856- ; JIM 1857 - ;
JOSEPHINE 1859; and JEFF 1863
Elias was son of Abraham Hedgepeth and
Elizabeth Webb
[Note:
This lineage from the files of Ann Theg Brown - seems to
link with other data published in the Newsletter - watch
for new findings .... FN]
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Marriage Records: (more from Ann Theg Brown)
North Carolina - Tyron & Lincoln Co. by Curtis Bynum
HEDSPETH, CAROLYN to JOHN BROWN - surety JONAS (x) Brown
by David Crouse, JP wit: Robert Williamson
Isle of Wight Co., Va.
ELISHA HEDGEPETH & CHASTY DUCK 21 Sept 1793, parents
Henry Hedgepeth & Elizabeth; John Duck & Mary
Pittsylvania Co., Va.
HOLLAND HEADSPETH & MARY TATE - 17 Sept 1797 [s/o Lemuel]
NANCY HUEDSPETH & DANIEL HILL - 17 March 1828
sur: Wm. Headspeth
REBECCA HEDSPETH & GEORGE L. DODSON - 21 Nov 1825
dau of Lewis Hedspeth
(continued next page)
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Marriage Records ( continued)
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
WILLIAM HEADSPETH & SUSANNA DODSON - 16 Nov. 1829
dau of John Dodson
NANCY HEDGPETH & EDMOND HOLLOWAY - 13 April 1798
Southampton County, Va.
ZILPHA HEDGEPETH & EXUM LEWIS - 18 Feb 1789
EDITH HEDGEPETH & ELIAS BRADSHAW - 7 Dec. 1795
HENRY HEDGEPETH & TEMPERANCE COUNCIL - 20 Feb 1804
ISAAC HEDGEPETH & SARAH JOHNSON - 21 Jan 1792
sur: Basil Hedgepeth
JAMES HEDGEPETH & JEMIMA HATFIELD - 9 Apr 1789
Halifax County, Va. - by Carrington
PLEASANT G. HEADSPETH & S. P. WILSON - 23 May 1844
PLEASANT HEADSPETH & MARTHA CREWS - 12 Jan 1822
JAMES H. HEDSPETH & N. J. GREEN - 12 Feb. 1835
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With reference to the above marriage records in mind ....
consider the following observations from Rachael Klemm:
LEWIS HEDGPETH, whom I believe to be a son of Lemuel (but
cannot prove) lived near to my HOLLAND HEDGPETH in
Pittsylvania Co., Va. in 1810. I have no idea of who
the wife of Lewis was, but he has three proven children:
WILLIAM - who married Susanna Dodson - 1839 Pitts. Co
NANCY - who m. Daniel Hill, 1828 in Pits. Co.
REBECCA - who m. George L. Dodson - 1825- Pitts. Co
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
QUERIE:
The Will of George Dodsons dated Feb. 17, 1816, in which
he calls himself "Of Richmond, Virginia", appears in Will Bk I
page 85-86, Pittsylvania Co., Va. - where it was probated
Jan 20, 1817.
PLEASANT HEDSPETH was witness ---- who was he????
Dodson-Hedgpeth association is established, but would like
paternity of Pleasant Hedspeth.
Mrs. Rachael Klemm
[street address removed]
Louisville, Ky. 40220
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It is fairly certain that the FAMILY ALBUM photograph #1 in
the last issue of the Newsletter was indeed the REV. THOMAS
RILEY HEDGPETH. Following is his lineage ... some empty spots
which we may be able to fill in later.
X. LEMUEL HEDGEPETH (1750/5 - ?) and wife Lydia [NL p.23]
ch: Holland, Nancy, Bethany, Lewis, James Henry,
Sarah, Lydia
XI. JAMES HENRY HEDGPETH - [1779/85-1842/50) wife: Ruth Jones
ch: (tentative order) Lionel; Matthew; Holland; Joel;
James; Lewis; Mary; Nancy; Betsy; Sarah; Bethana
[NL p. 4]
XII. "Judge" JOEL HEDGPETH- (1810-1875)& wife
Jane Hudspeth Hedgpeth
ch: Minerva; Thomas Riley; Henry Holland; Lewis
Johnson; Joel J.; William Pleasant; "Miss" (died
infancy - no name); Elizabeth Ann
XIII. THOMAS RILEY HEDGPETH b. 24 Apr 1830 in Kentucky
d. 24 Mar 1887 - Rockport, Atchison
Co., Mo. - Bur: Salisbury, Mo.
Married: 2 Feb.. 1850 ( Buchanan Co., Mo.?) to
Eliza Jane Elliott - dau of Willis and
Polly (Vanderpool) Elliott. Eliza Jane b. 11 Jul
1833, Ray County, Mo. - Died 10 Apr. 1917 in
St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Mo.
Children:
XIV. 1. Demitrius "Dee" b. 24 Mar 1852 - Mo. m. Mahala C. Palmer
d. 18 Sept 1870
2. Dr. James Henry b. c1853 - Mo. m. Emma Lyons
d.
3. Calloway "Cal" b. 28 Oct 1855 - Mo
4. Charles Edward b. c1857 - Mo. m. Martha Alice
d. 1932 Hedgpeth (dau
m. 1 July 1879 Henry Holland
& Inda Kenyon
HPTH)
5. Thomas Elliott b. July 1869 - Mo. m. Ella Whitehead
6. Mary Jane b. c1864 1/m. ? Cocklerease
d. July 1958 (1 dau.)
2/m. ? Ash
(2 dau, 1 son)
7. Elizabeth
Van Deventer b. Oct 1881 m. Jacks
[Note very long span between births of last two children...??]
HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER - I/7 - 73
(Thomas Riley HPTH lineage - continued)
XIV - 2. Dr. James Henry Hedgpeth b. 12 Apr 1853
d. 5 Jan 1917
m. Emma Lyons (1857-1931)
Ch: 1 son: PETE HEDGPETH b. 1881
m. Maude Walkup
XIV- 4. Charles Edward Hedgpeth b. 14 Sept 1857
d. 1952
m. Martha Alice Hedgpeth - dau of
Rev. Henry Holland Hedgpeth &
India Ann Kenyon
children:
XV, 1. Thomas Henry Hedgpeth
2. Doyle May Hedgpeth - m. Willets
3. Maurine Elsie HPTH - m. Childs
XV. - PETER HEDGPETH - b. 1 May 1881
son of James Henry & Emma Lyons HPTH
m. Maude Walkup (b.28 Mar 1881)
children:
XVI -1. James Hedgpeth b. 1906 m. Thelma
XVI. JAMES HEDGPETH b. 25 Jan 1906
m. Thelma
children:
XVII. - 1. James Peter Hedgpeth - b. 28 Mar 1936
2. Ann - b. 4 Nov 1938
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THE STILL UNSOLVED (beyond a doubt) MYSTERY of last issue's
Family Album fellows netted us two very interesting comments.
One, from Dr. Joel Hedgpeth: "No. 1 might be Thomas Riley
when young; unmistakably Hedgpeth. as is no.2 but I don't
know who he is. Deep set eyes~ high cheek bones and a
squarish head in profile are some of the marks. Many of
the men had a bad right eye. No. 3 does not belong ...."
Two, from Alice Hall: "No. 3 is surely a Hedgpeth. It
could be Thomas Elliott Hedgpeth! It looks like William
Ernest, son of Thomas Elliott, but it couldn't be because
he wasn't born until 1 Aug 1895....."
There are some Rev. Thomas Riley HPTH descendants out there!
Doesn't anyone recognize Grandpa for sure?
With that hairdo and mustache he might well be the boy
living down the block today!
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MARION HEDGPETH, the Debonaire Bandit - IS FOUND!!!
Thirteen pages of his rather lurid story are typed up and
ready to mail to anyone wishing a copy.... Genealogically,
we can all rest easy .... he never married, though probably
he was a cousin... and he was an only son.
The caption on this story reads: HAVE DERBY - WILL KILL !
Gunslinger, safecracker, stool pigeon,
train bandit, and past master at driving
women wild ......
I'll send a copy to anyone for 50˘ (in stamps) ... it will go
3rd class mail. If you're in a hurry send a self-addressed, stamped
envelope (20˘ postage stamp on the envelope) with your order.
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CORRECTIONS (Please amend your back issues to comply)
p.18 - first line of last paragraph should read "Melvin's great
grandfather"
P.20 - XIII-4 Martha L. married Esaac Emmonds
p.2l - XI-6 SAMUEL Mc HEDGPETH; after md2/, delete last 6 words,
"Mary Basham, etc., and insert (unknown)
p.58 - Wm. Pleasant Hedgpeth was married to Miss Mary Brearley,
not Braley .....
p.60 - From Ntl Gen. Soc. Qrtly. p.184 SAMUEL HEDGPETH, Isle of
Wight County, Va ..... it has been suggested this might
be misreading of LEMUEL by researcher.
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i i.-i4--i--i--i-
QUERIES Has anyone found a MACAAGAR (McCAGAR? - McAGAR ?) or
MCDOWELL in their line? JEREMIAH and CHARLOTTE HEDGPETH
gave these as middle names to two of their children (David
and Samuel) Could Charlotte's maiden' name have been
MACAGAR or McDOWELL?
Mrs. Betty Hedgpeth
[street address removed]
Turlock, Ca. 95380
[Note: see Newsletter this issue p.66 - Charlotta's name
was BRODAWAY (or BROADAWAY) .... Must be some other
explanation for the McDowell & Macagar·]
This section seems to go begging! No harm in asking!
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This month's FAMILY ALBUM features LEE HEDGPETH and his wife SUE.
LEE is mentioned frequently as "The Old Timer" in a little publi-
cation called "AN ARIZONA DESERT-ation" published in Phoenix.
Several stories in the pages of this publication are attributed
AN ARIZONA DESERT-ation
from Desert Sunshine Exposure Tests
C. R. Caryl, Director
7740 N. 15th Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
June 1968 - VOL. XIV, NO. 10
TO OUR CLIENTS AND OTHER FRIENDS: benefit of a common language, Lee and Sue
under-
A romance that began in World War I reached stood each
other, and were married a year later by
a happy milestone on June 7, when Mr. and Mrs. the Mayor.
Robert Lee Hedgpeth celebrated their Golden
Wedding Anniversary. This is how they looked
on It was July 1919 before Lee and his War
that joyous
occasion.
Bride got back to the United States and out of
the Army. Then they headed for the mountains
around Crown King where there were many gold
mining camps and mining days were rather rough.
There could hardly be a greater contrast than be-
tween these mountains of Arizona and Sue's little
French village on the Meuse River.
There follows a story of the early mining
days, this time related to us by Sue.
a picture of Lee & Sue GOOD SAMARITAN SUE
was in this area
"Old Mike" was a famous drunk in a mining
camp about 40 years ago. When he was very much
under the influence, after a trip to his favorite
bootlegger in Prescott, a friend would usually help
him home on his horse. Each step of the way he
groaned like he was dying and if you asked what
was the matter, he just groaned, groaned, groaned.
She felt sorry for him one time and thought
if she could give him some medicine he'd sober up
and quit groaning, but there was nothing in his
cabin but castor oil. Mike refused to take it, of
course, so Sue sat on him and poured almost a pint
of the oil down his throat. His cursing was some-
thing terrific and Sue ran. She and Lee then went
SUE AND LEE
to see friends in Pine Flat, a two-mile walk, and
came back about midnight. Noticing a light in
Those of our readers of long standing
may Mike's cabin, Lee went in to investigate. He came
recognize Lee as the "Old Timer" who has told out
holding his nose, and said to Sue, "Mike is
us many Indian Legends and has related stories of dead." Sue was scared, imagined
herself in jail,
his days when the West was really wild. We pic- and went back in with Lee to see
him. Mike was
tured him in front of a cave in our issue of Feb. sober and
when he saw Sue he cursed a blue
1964.
streak. The oil had worked too well.
Lee's romance began when he was on a pass
from his station on "Suicide Hill" in the
front
WOMEN'S LIB
line trenches in France in 1917. All he did was In Indian
country, Brave walks ahead and
to ask a lady in Vaucouleurs where a soldier could carries-his dignity.
Squaw walks behind and
find some scrambled eggs and potatoes. This
carries everything else.
would be a meal furthest removed from Army
chow and one which could be explained in sign White man walks
behind and carries credit card.
language. The villager sent her daughter out for White
woman wants to be liberated from that?
the eggs and over a delightful meal Lee began his
courting of Miss Susanne Danoux. Even without
HEDGPETH NEWSLETTER - I/7 - 73
to LEE, "The Old Timer" ... and since one of them is on the
same page with his picture, we'll let it suffice for our STORY
TIME section this month.
Lee is a son of HENRY HOLLAND and MARGARET E. CLEARY HEDGPETH.
Henry Holland HPTH b. 1870 was a son of LEWIS JOHNSON HPTH
who founded the first Methodist Church in Phoenix. Lewis
Johnson was a son of "Judge" Joel Hedgpeth and a member of the
1858-9 Wagon Train to California.
So "Old Timer" he certainly was ... in Phoenix. He was born
9 April 1895 and died 29 August 1974 in Phoenix, Maricopa County,
Arizona.
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FAMILY LEGENDS & TRADITIONS (from Miss Nonie Hedgepeth via
Jan. 30, 1956 Ann Brown)
Let me tell you what our grandmother Hedgepeth told us:
"Three brothers, John, Joel, and Peter Osborn were stow-aways
on a British boat coming to America before the Revolutionary War.
They were prominently connected and knew they would be traced, so
they changed their names. John took HEDGEPETH ..... Joel took
HUDSPETH .... and Peter Osborn took HEDGSPETH, he was a small boy.
They landed in Virginia and lived in the woods about two years
before they came out openly. "
I have the will of my great-grandfather, John Hedgepeth, Chester,
South Carolina. The will was probated in Sept. 1854. He was an
old man, having great-grand-children. He had three children:
PETER OSBORN, JANE And RHODA.
My grandfather's name was William and he married Susan Colain of
Chester, S.C. My grandfather was born in 1809. That would make
his grandfather John born somewhere in 1760 or so.
John and sister Rhoda came to Chester~ SC, unmarried but John
married at Chester and the will mentions his wife Rhoda.
Now can we connect all this to the John 'who was killed'. In
your research did you ever see any wills of Hedgepeths? All I
know is the stories our grandmother told us and this will of
John's.
Grandmother said this John, who was killed, he had some sort of
psychic power in that, if he could see an enemy before the enemy
saw him, he could turn himself into some form that wasn't notice-
able. His family of people would urge him to be more careful in
his duties but he thought he was safe from the Tories......."
[This grandmother knew how to charm the children! A little
magic in a bedtime story surely delights them .... but the
background facts bear looking for. FN]
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