Rene Laforce Descendants

RENE LAFORCE FAMILY JOURNAL
Submitted by Julie Voyles

Generation One through Six

First Generation

1. RENE1 LAFORCE SR (#1427) was born in Guyenne, France. RENE died 17 Sep 1728 in Franklin Co, VA.
He married SARAH. (SARAH is #1428.) SARAH died 18 Jan 1757 in Goochland, Goochland Co, VA.
Doctor Rene Laforce was in the 1702 Quit Rebellion.

RENE LAFORCE Sr and SARAH had the following family:

2 i. RENE JR2 was born 1723

Second Generation

2. RENE2 LAFORCE JR (RENE1) (#1429) was born in Goochland, Goochland Co, VA 1723. RENE died 1781 at 58 years of age.
He married AGNES MOSEBY 27 Aug 1756. (AGNES MOSEBY is #1430.) AGNES was born 1725. AGNES died before 1774.

RENE LAFORCE Jr and AGNES MOSEBY had the following family:

3 i. MONCIER "MONT"3 was born 21 Feb 1768

Third Generation

3. MONCIER "MONT"3 LAFORCE (RENE2, RENE1) (#1431) was born 21 Feb 1768. MONCIER died 5 Oct 1814 at 46 years of age.
He married CATHERINE 'KATIE' SUTHERLAND in Botetourt Co, VA, 12 Dec 1802. (CATHERINE 'KATIE' SUTHERLAND is #1426.) CATHERINE was born 1785. CATHERINE was the daughter of JAMES SUTHERLAND and SARAH BUCHANAN . CATHERINE died 1 Mar 1869 at 83 years of age.
Per Mead Relations by A. M. Pritchard (page 211 under Charles Kiser): "Monsieur Laforce was a comrade of Abednego Kiser, and he, too, died of disease at Norfolk on 5 Aug 1814."
Spelling "Moncier" per descendant. E. J. Sutherland has his father as Samuel LaForce.
James Sutherland was surety for the marriage bond. Katy and Mont soon came to Russell County, and on 1 Oct 1806, William and Phoebe Foster conveyed 112 acres on the Clinch River to "Monsher" LaForce (DB 4-22). On 2 Feb 1813, Moncier LaForce and Catherine, his wife, conveyed to David Muncey 5-1/2 acres and to James Browning 106-1/2 acres on Sinking Creek (DB 4-552). Moncier LaForce died at Norfolk during the War of 1812. Catherine's application for a pension as allowed by law, records: "John Hamon being duly sworn deposeth that the said Moncier LaForce was under his command as a Captain in the service of the United States in the capacity of a private soldier, detached from the Militia in the County of Russell, and served at Norfolk in the 6th Regiment commanded by Lieut. Colo. Henry E. Coleman, that the said Moncier died of sickness while in the said service as a private on the 5th day of October, 1814, and that the said Catherine together with the children of the said Moncier and Catherine reside in the County of Russell and is yet unmarried. Nancy Yeats a respectable person being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she was present and saw the applicant and deceased joined together in marriage in Botetourt County, Virginia. The said Catherine being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the following are the names and ages of the children of the deceased, to-wit: Nancy about 12 years old - Ataline about 11 years old - Sarah about 10 years old - Elijah about 8 years old - James about 5 years old - & Rachel about 3 years old," (RCOB 5-357; affidavits dated Nov 7 1816). The 1850 Census shows Catherine, age 65, and a John W. LaForce, age 23, living in the home of her son, James LaForce (C-17)"
E. J. Sutherland's Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, SUTHERLAND appendix, B-3, pg 369

MONCIER "MONT" LAFORCE and CATHERINE 'KATIE' SUTHERLAND had the following family:

      4 i. NANCY4 was born 1803
      5 ii. JAMES was born 1812
      6 iii. RACHEL was born circa 1813

Fourth Generation

4. NANCY4 LAFORCE (MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#117) was born 1803.
She married CHARLES KISER. (CHARLES KISER is #94.) CHARLES was born in Russell Co, VA 1796. CHARLES (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER, C-15, pages 347-348) was the son of JOSEPH KEYSER KISER and SUSANNAH "SUKIE" STACY . CHARLES died 5 Jun 1880 at 83 years of age.

NANCY LAFORCE and CHARLES KISER had the following family:

        i. SUSANNA5 (#624) was born 1819. Died young and never married.
      7 ii. SARAH was born 1821
      8 iii. JOSEPH "POKA JOE" was born 1823
      9 iv. MARTIN was born 1825
      10 v. CHANEY was born 1827
      11 vi. CHARLES JR was born 6 May 1829
        vii. JAMES "POKA JIM" (#630) was born 1831. JAMES died 1904 at 73 years of age. He never married. He lived on Dumps Creek, Russell County, Virginia.
      12 viii. MARY "POLLY" was born 1835
        ix. SINDESTA "LINDESTA" (#632) was born 1836. She married CHARLES WYATT. (CHARLES WYATT is #2180.) They lived near Clinchfield. They had no children.
        x. WARREN (#633) was born 1838. WARREN died 1844 at 6 years of age.
        xi. CATHERINE (#634) was born 7 Sep 1841. CATHERINE died 30 Aug 1925 at 83 years of age. She married JAMES LAFORCE Jr in Russell Co, VA, 2 Mar 1868. They were married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER. (JAMES LAFORCE Jr is #1440.)
    JAMES was born 30 Jan 1845. JAMES was the son of JAMES LAFORCE and SUSAN DICIE KISER . JAMES died Dec 1927 at 82 years of age.
    They had no children.
        xii. ELIZABETH (#635) was born 1845. ELIZABETH died 1859 at 14 years of age.
      13 xiii. ELYAH "ELIJAH" was born 1848

5. JAMES4 LAFORCE (MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., SUTHERLAND C-17, page 370' KISER D-4, page 330) (#1432) was born 1812. JAMES died Jan 1891 at 78 years of age.
He married SUSAN DICIE KISER. (SUSAN DICIE KISER is #554.) SUSAN was born in Russell Co, VA 1814. SUSAN (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-4, page 330; SUTHERLAND C-17, page 370) was the daughter of JOSEPH KISER Jr and MARY "POLLY" CHILDERS . SUSAN died 2 Jun 1862 at 47 years of age.

JAMES LAFORCE and SUSAN DICIE KISER had the following family:

      14 i. ELIJAH5 was born 27 Sep 1833
      15 ii. LUCINDA was born 14 May 1835
      16 iii. BETHANY was born 1837
      17 iv. JOSEPH was born 1839
      18 v. MARY P. was born 1840
      19 vi. MARGARET was born 1842
        vii. MONSUER II (#1439) was born 1843. MONSUER died 1861 at 18 years of age.
        viii. JAMES JR (#1440) was born 30 Jan 1845. JAMES died Dec 1927 at 82 years of age. He married CATHERINE KISER in Russell Co, VA, 2 Mar 1868. They were married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER. (CATHERINE KISER is #634.)
    CATHERINE was born 7 Sep 1841. CATHERINE was the daughter of CHARLES KISER and NANCY LAFORCE . CATHERINE died 30 Aug 1925 at 83 years of age.
    They had no children.
      20 ix. WILLIAM WARREN was born 15 Feb 1847
      21 x. JOHN was born 22 Nov 1849
        xi. RACHEL MATILDA (#1443) was born 1851. RACHEL died 20 Jun 1923 at 71 years of age.
        xii. MAHALIA (#1444) was born 13 May 1854.
        xiii. AARON (#1445) was born 1859. AARON died 14 Oct 1914 at 55 years of age. E. J. Sutherland says "According to Malissa Sutherland, August 11, 1939, "Uncle Aaron's wife killed a woman at St. Paul, Virginia, and it took all their fine farm there to pay her out. Heard about Granny Kiser going down to Ohio one summer to see them". As yet we have not discovered who this wife was nor if they had any children. JV
   Note: According to e-mail from Iris Wakeling, he married Martha Kiser but she didn't state whose parents she was from. iris w@efn.org

6. RACHEL4 LAFORCE (MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1530) was born circa 1813. RACHEL died 29 May 1873 at 59 years of age.
She married JONAS RASNAKE. (JONAS RASNAKE is #1528.) JONAS was born 13 Aug 1802. JONAS was the son of JACOB RASNAKE Sr and MARY 'MOLLIE' COUNTS . JONAS died 13 Feb 1879 at 76 years of age.

RACHEL LAFORCE and JONAS RASNAKE had the following family:

      22 i. JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES'5.
      23 ii. CATHERINE 'KATY' was born 24 Apr 1832
      24 iii. ELIJAH LAFORCE was born 9 Jun 1835
      25 iv. JAMES HARVEY was born 13 Jun 1837
      26 v. MARY was born 6 Jun 1839
        vi. MARGARET(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS D-57, page 65) (#13147) was born 14 Mar 1841. MARGARET died about 1927. She married NAPOLEON BONEPARTE "BONE" RASNAKE in Russell Co, VA, 14 Dec 1858. (NAPOLEON BONEPARTE "BONE" RASNAKE is #13146.) NAPOLEON was born 15 Nov 1837. NAPOLEON (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., COUNTS D-26, page 39) was the son of JACOB RASNAKE Sr and MARY 'MOLLIE' COUNTS . NAPOLEON died 24 Dec 1894 at 57 years of age.
      27 vii. MARTHA was born 3 Jan 1843
      28 viii. SARAH was born 25 Dec 1844
      29 ix. NOAH KERNAN "DOCK" was born 25 Oct 1846
      30 x. HENRY CLAY was born 20 Mar 1850

Fifth Generation

7. SARAH5 KISER (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#625) was born 1821.
She married JOHN FRANKLIN. (JOHN FRANKLIN is #6907.) JOHN was born 20 Jun 1820. JOHN was the son of JAMES FRANKLIN and NANCY AMBURGEY . They lived near Carterton.

SARAH KISER and JOHN FRANKLIN had the following family:

        i. NANCY6 (#6911).
        ii. CHARLES (#6913).
        iii. MARTHA (#6914).
        iv. MARY (#6915).
        v. ELIZA (#6910) was born 23 May 1844.
        vi. CUMMINS (#6912) was born 1850.

8. JOSEPH "POKA JOE"5 KISER (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER D-84, page 347) (#626) was born 1823.
He married MARTHA J. "MATTIE" HAMON 2 Sep 1847. (MARTHA J. "MATTIE" HAMON is #1406.) MARTHA (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-8, page 328) was the daughter of JOHN HAMON Jr and MARGARET ELIZABETH "PEGGY" KISER .

JOSEPH "POKA JOE" KISER and MARTHA J. "MATTIE" HAMON had the following family:

        i. JOHN6 (#2151).
        ii. CHARLES (#2153).
        iii. MARY FRANCES (#2154).
        iv. JOSEPH (#2155). He married SARAH SKEEN. (SARAH SKEEN is #8926.)
        v. MARGARET (#2158).
        vi. CATHERINE (#2159).
        vii. JAMES (#2160).
        viii. MELVINA (#2161).
        ix. ROBERT HARLOW (#2162). He died young.
      31 x. LEAH was born Oct 1852
      32 xi. JOSHUA ANDERVILLE was born circa 1858
      33 xii. THOMAS JEFFERSON.

9. MARTIN5 KISER (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#627) was born 1825.
He married POLLY FERRELL. (POLLY FERRELL is #2168.) They lived in Roane County, West Virginia. He served in Captain R. M. Hagar's Confederate Company during the Civil War. Per E. J. Sutherland.

MARTIN KISER and POLLY FERRELL had the following family:

        i. NANCY6 (#6916).
        ii. SARAH (#6917).
        iii. LOUISE (#6918).
        iv. MARTHA (#6919).
        v. ROBERT (#6920).
        vi. JEFFERSON (#6921).
        vii. FULLEN (#6922).

10. CHANEY5 KISER (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#628) was born 1827. CHANEY died 10 Feb 1900 at 72 years of age. Her body was interred Feb 1900 in Russell Co, VA, Colbert Music Cemetery. The Colbert Musick Cemetery is located on Rt. 712, just off Rt. 615, along Alvy Creek.
She married ALVAH MUSICK. (ALVAH MUSICK is #2171.) ALVAH was born 29 Feb 1828. ALVAH was the son of ELEXIOUS MUSICK and LYDIA THOMPSON . ALVAH died 10 Dec 1901 at 73 years of age. His body was interred Dec 1901 in Russell Co, VA, Colbert Music Cemetery. The Colbert Musick Cemetery is located on Rt. 712, just off Rt. 615, along Alvy Creek. They lived on Weavers Creek near Artrip. KISER D86, pg 348

CHANEY KISER and ALVAH MUSICK had the following family:

      34 i. RANSOM6 was born 31 Jul 1850
        ii. SAMUEL (#8927) was born 25 Feb 1852. SAMUEL died 16 Sep 1861 at 9 years of age.
        iii. NOAH (#8928) was born 14 Mar 1854.
      35 iv. EMILY was born 5 Mar 1856
        v. LYDIA A. (#8930) was born 22 Nov 1857. She married GEORGE M. CRABTREE.
    Per Brenda Crabtree West, great granddaughter. (GEORGE M. CRABTREE is #11774.)
        vi. NANCY (#8931) was born 27 Nov 1859. NANCY died 7 Aug 1861 at 1 year of age.
        vii. SINDUSTY (#8932) was born 20 Jan 1862.
        viii. LEONIDAS ESMOND (#8933) was born 13 Aug 1864. LEONIDAS died 10 Aug 1894 at 29 years of age.
      36 ix. COLBERT C. was born 27 May 1866
        x. CHARLES BEECOME (#8934) was born 5 Apr 1868.
        xi. MARGARET (#8935) was born 10 Apr 1872. She married RICHARD 'DICK' SMITH. (RICHARD 'DICK' SMITH is #2105.) RICHARD was born in Russell Co, VA. RICHARD was the son of JAMES M. SMITH and SARAH 'SALLY' ARTRIP . He married UNKNOWN KISER. He was a farmer, teacher and merchant.

11. CHARLES5 KISER JR (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#629) was born 6 May 1829.
He married LUCINDA LAFORCE in Russell Co, VA, 29 Dec 1854. They were married by Minister Andrew A. Kiser. He was 22 and she was 18. (LUCINDA LAFORCE is #1434.)
LUCINDA was born 14 May 1835. LUCINDA was the daughter of JAMES LAFORCE and SUSAN DICIE KISER .

CHARLES KISER Jr and LUCINDA LAFORCE had the following family:

        i. SIMON6 (#2187).
        ii. WINFIELD (#2188).
        iii. POLLY (#2189).
        iv. SARAH (#2190).
        v. JENNIE (#2191).
        vi. DICIE (#2192).

12. MARY "POLLY"5 KISER (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#631) was born 1835.
She married JOSEPH LAFORCE in Russell Co, VA, 16 Feb 1860. They were married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER.
(JOSEPH LAFORCE is #1436.)
JOSEPH was born 1839. JOSEPH was the son of JAMES LAFORCE and SUSAN DICIE KISER . JOSEPH died 1920 at 81 years of age. They lived on a farm at Jonesville, Virginia.

JOSEPH LAFORCE and MARY "POLLY" KISER had the following family:

        i. SARAH6 (#6904).
        ii. JAMES OLIVER GRANT (#6905).
        iii. CHARLES BEACOM (#6906).

13. ELYAH "ELIJAH"5 KISER (NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#636) was born 1848.
He married REBECCA KELLY. (REBECCA KELLY is #2181.) REBECCA was the daughter of MICHAEL KELLY and SIDNEY COUNTS . They lived near Clinchfield, Virginia.

ELYAH "ELIJAH" KISER and REBECCA KELLY had the following family:

        i. VICTORIA6 (#2182).
        ii. PRESCOVA (#2183).
        iii. TAVIS (#2184).
        iv. RONA (#2185).
        v. CORA (#2186).

14. ELIJAH5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1433) was born 27 Sep 1833. ELIJAH died 3 Jul 1925 at 91 years of age.
He married PHOEBE KISER in Russell Co, VA, 8 May 1856. (PHOEBE KISER is #1398.) PHOEBE was born 1839. PHOEBE was the daughter of WARREN KISER and ELIZABETH 'BETSY' SUTHERLAND . PHOEBE died Sep 1913 at 74 years of age. They were married by Minister Andrew A. Kiser. They lived on Sandlick Ridge of Dumps Creek and on the Clinch River about a mile below Carbo. During the Civil War he served in Capt. Dick Hager's Company of Confederates.

ELIJAH LAFORCE and PHOEBE KISER had the following family:

        i. SILAS6 (#2139). SILAS died 1915. He married LEAH LAFORCE. (LEAH LAFORCE is #2163.) LEAH was the daughter of WILLIAM WARREN LAFORCE and SYLVIA LYDIA 'SIBBIE' KISER . They had no children.
        ii. ELIZABETH (#2141). She never married.
      37 iii. SUSAN.
      38 iv. ARABEL.
        v. GARLAN (#2144). GARLAN died before 1924.
      39 vi. JAMES.
        vii. NANCY (#2146). Nancy remained in the home of her parents, near Carbo. She was unmarried in 1924.
        viii. MARGARET (#2140) was born 1 Feb 1857. MARGARET died 1916 at 59 years of age. She never married.

15. LUCINDA5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1434) was born 14 May 1835.
She married CHARLES KISER Jr in Russell Co, VA, 29 Dec 1854. They were married by Minister Andrew A. Kiser. He was 22 and she was 18. (CHARLES KISER Jr is #629.)
CHARLES was born 6 May 1829. CHARLES was the son of CHARLES KISER and NANCY LAFORCE .

CHARLES KISER Jr and LUCINDA LAFORCE had the following family:

        i. SIMON6 (#2187).
        ii. WINFIELD (#2188).
        iii. POLLY (#2189).
        iv. SARAH (#2190).
        v. JENNIE (#2191).
        vi. DICIE (#2192).

16. BETHANY5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1435) was born 1837.
She married SAMUEL KISER in Russell Co, VA, 13 Aug 1857. (SAMUEL KISER is #1397.) SAMUEL was born Dec 1837. SAMUEL was the son of WARREN KISER and ELIZABETH 'BETSY' SUTHERLAND . They were married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER.

BETHANY LAFORCE and SAMUEL KISER had the following family:

i. ELIJAH6 (#6923) was born 1858.
ii. JAMES (#6924) was born 1860.

17. JOSEPH5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1436) was born 1839. JOSEPH died 1920 at 81 years of age.
He married MARY "POLLY" KISER in Russell Co, VA, 16 Feb 1860. They were married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER.
(MARY "POLLY" KISER is #631.)
MARY was born 1835. MARY was the daughter of CHARLES KISER and NANCY LAFORCE . They lived on a farm at Jonesville, Virginia.

JOSEPH LAFORCE and MARY "POLLY" KISER had the following family:

        i. SARAH6 (#6904).
        ii. JAMES OLIVER GRANT (#6905).
        iii. CHARLES BEACOM (#6906).

18. MARY P.5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., SUTHERLAND D-94, page) (#1437) was born 1840.
She married JEPTHA KISER in Russell Co, VA, 12 Jan 1860. He was married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER (JEPTHA KISER is #590.)
JEPTHA was born 1838. JEPTHA (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER D-46, page 340) was the son of EPHRIAM "EPH" KISER and MARY "POLLY" SUTHERLAND . JEPTHA died 1865 at 27 years of age. They lived on a farm near Jahile on Sandy Ridge between Dickenson and Russell Counties, Virginia. He served in the Confederate Army under Captain R. M. Hagar. Jeptha was listed as age 10 in the Russell County, Va. 1850 Census.

MARY P. LAFORCE and JEPTHA KISER had the following family:

      40 i. MARY CATHERINE6.
        ii. DANIEL BOONE (#2113) was born 17 Aug 1860. DANIEL died 10 Jul 1922 at 61 years of age. He never married.
        iii. NOAH BALDWIN (#2114) was born 15 Nov 1862. He married MARGARET SUTHERLAND. (MARGARET SUTHERLAND is #6931.) MARGARET was the daughter of SAM SUTHERLAND and JANE PRESSLEY .
      41 iv. LEAH JANE was born 1863
      42 v. MAHALA was born 1864
        vi. JAMES (#2117) was born 1865. JAMES died Feb 1888 at 22 years of age.

19. MARGARET5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1438) was born 1842.
She married JOHN NEECE 2 Jun 1863. (JOHN NEECE is #7088.) JOHN was born 1842. JOHN was the son of HENRY NEECE and NANCY ERVIN .

MARGARET LAFORCE and JOHN NEECE had the following family:

        i. LILBURN6 (#7091). He lived at Wewanta, Lincoln County, West Virginia in 1931.
        ii. ALBERT (#7092). He lived at Wewanta, Lincoln County, West Virginia in 1931.
        iii. ZACHARY (#7093). He lived at Wewanta, Lincoln County, West Virginia in 1931.
        iv. VAN (#7094). He died before 1931.
        v. FRANK (#7095). He lived in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1931.
        vi. EUSTICE (#7096). He lived in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1931.
        vii. BELLE (#7097).
        viii. VADA (#7099). She never married.
        ix. UNKNOWN (#7101). She married SCOTT GARTNER. (SCOTT GARTNER is #7098.)
        x. LOUISA (#7102). She married CHARLES HOLBROK. (CHARLES HOLBROK is #7100.)
        xi. IDA (#7103). She married twice. She married HUGH TURNER. (HUGH TURNER is #7104.) She married CHARLIE EDWARDS. (CHARLIE EDWARDS is #7105.) Ida married four times, the names of husbands 2 and 3 are unknown.

20. WILLIAM WARREN5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., SUTHERLAND D-98, page 371, KISER E-132, page 338) (#1441) was born 15 Feb 1847. WILLIAM died 10 Dec 1923 at 76 years of age.
He married SYLVIA LYDIA 'SIBBIE' KISER. (SYLVIA LYDIA 'SIBBIE' KISER is #1854.) SYLVIA was born 25 Dec 1849. SYLVIA (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-132. page 338, SUTHERLAND D-98, page 371) was the daughter of HENRY KISER and MARY "POLLY" KISER .

WILLIAM WARREN LAFORCE and SYLVIA LYDIA 'SIBBIE' KISER had the following family:

i. LEAH6 (#2163). She married SILAS LAFORCE. (SILAS LAFORCE is #2139.) SILAS was the son of ELIJAH LAFORCE and PHOEBE KISER . SILAS died 1915. They had no children.
43 ii. SAMUEL J. ELBERT.

21. JOHN5 LAFORCE (JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1442) was born 22 Nov 1849. JOHN died 6 Aug 1938 at 88 years of age.
He married REBECCA SUTHERLAND in Russell Co, VA, 1870. (REBECCA SUTHERLAND is #1548.) REBECCA was born 15 Nov 1853. REBECCA was the daughter of ELIJAH SUTHERLAND and MARY ANNE "POLLY" CHILDERS .

JOHN LAFORCE and REBECCA SUTHERLAND had the following family:

44 i. SIMON P.6 was born 3 Aug 1875

22. JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES'5 RASNICK (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#4402) birth date unknown.
He married MARGARET SMITH. (MARGARET SMITH is #4403.)

JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES' RASNICK and MARGARET SMITH had the following family:

45 i. NANCY6.
46 ii. JAMES HARVEY was born 3 Jul 1842

23. CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1529) was born 24 Apr 1832. CATHERINE died 24 Dec 1910 at 78 years of age.
She married ELIJAH SHELBY COUNTS 23 Nov 1848. (ELIJAH SHELBY COUNTS is #1527.) ELIJAH was born 10 Feb 1828. ELIJAH was the son of JOSHUA COUNTS and MARTHA KISER . ELIJAH died 18 Oct 1907 at 79 years of age. They lived a few years at Cleveland, Va; a year at the home of his sister, Sylvia (d-130); and a year in a hunter’s cabin at the mouth of Josh’s Branch of Lick Creek before erecting a hewn log house about a mile downstream in 1854. This became their permanent home. It is said the neighbors were invited to a house-raising and that the walls of Elijah’s house and those of his brother Noah (D-133), some two miles down stream, were both raised on the same day. The land on which the house was built was conveyed to him by his father in 1873. The same year he also purchased an adjoining tract of 670 acres from Dale Carter which, with his 200 adjoining acres purchased from Warders in 1860, gave him a total of 1270 acres - later surveyed to be in reality 2500 acres. While much of his early life was spent hunting deer, bear, wolves, turkey and other wild game in this wilderness, he and his children also cleared many acres for farming.
As his lick Creek home was located consecutively in three counties, Elijah served as Overseer of the Poor, Russell County, 1852-58; Census Enumerator, Buchanan County, 1860; first Clerk of Sandlick District School Board, 1870; first Overseer of the Poor, Dickenson County. Because of physical disabilities, he was exempted from military service during the Civil War. He tried to remain neutral but suffered some harassment. Being better educated than most of his neighbors, he was persuaded to teach a term or two of school after the war. He donated the hunter’s cabin on Josh’s Branch for the school house.
Church records show Katy transferred her membership by letter from Reeds Valley Baptist Church to Sandlick Primitive Baptist Church in November 1866; was dismissed by letter in 1881. In 1874, Elijah became a member of Reeds Valley Primitive Baptist Church. He later moved his membership to Sulphur Spring Church. Licensed to preach on June 1, 1875, he pastored several churches during his 32 year in the ministry. At the first meeting of the Washington District Primitive Baptist Association after his death, his obituary (written by William B. Sutherland, E-646, son of his sister Sylvia) was ordered published. It stated:
"A firmer man never lived ... Opposed to the introduction of new things amongst the Baptists ... Brother Counts traveled many miles through wet and dry, heat and cold, preaching the glad tidings of great joy, and in his latter days was undoubtedly possessed with brighter views and revelation. He was entertaining and instructive in his conversation. He seemed to be greatly impressed in teaching the practical duties of the church and the discriminating laws of Zion and in unfolding the glorious mysteries of the oracles of God’s Word to the edification of the Saints and the feeding of both the sheep and the lambs. The doctrine ... was not his own, but His who sent him. He sought not to please men, thereby proving to be a servant of God, ever standing firm upon the walls of Zion and preaching salvation by grace through Christ, and that grace given in Christ before the world began. We traveled with him much amongst the churches and to associations and, the more we traveled together, the better we loved him. He was honored and esteemed by all sound Primitive Baptists."
Late in life, Elijah thought more and more about his maternal grandfather, Abednego Kiser, who had died in the service of his country before the age of 30, and was buried at Norfolk. In 1907, Elder Counts decided to travel to Norfolk to see the Jamestown Exposition and to search for the grave of his grandfather. On 6 Oct. 1907, he rode horseback the 20 miles to the nearest railroad station at Cleveland, expecting to take the eastbound train the next morning. He spent the night with relatives, but morning found him too ill to travel. Lingering until the 16th, he quietly passed away near the place of his birth and was buried in his father’s graveyard. For a more complete sketch of the life of Elijah Shelby Counts, see "Some Sandy Basin Characters" by Elihu Jasper Sutherland, pages 67-89. From E. J. Sutherland's Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, COUNTS D131 pg. 221

CATHERINE 'KATY' RASNICK and ELIJAH SHELBY COUNTS had the following family:

        i. MARTHA6 (#1605) was born 1 Sep 1849. MARTHA died 6 Oct 1893 at 44 years of age. She never married, remained at home with her parents.
      47 ii. JONAS WALKER was born 23 Mar 1851
      48 iii. JOSHUA CLARENCE was born 13 Apr 1853
      49 iv. STEPHEN DOUGLAS was born 26 Nov 1855
      50 v. NOAH KERNAN was born 15 Feb 1858
      51 vi. RICHARD LYNCH was born 18 May 1860
      52 vii. RACHEL was born 19 May 1862
      53 viii. MARGARET was born 30 Mar 1864
      54 ix. MARY AMA was born 26 Jul 1866
      55 x. SYLVIA SUTHERLAND was born 14 Oct 1868
      56 xi. GARLAND BRUCE was born 24 Jul 1870
      57 xii. PHOEBE CATHERINE was born 21 Sep 1877

24. ELIJAH LAFORCE5 RASNAKE (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2173) was born 9 Jun 1835. ELIJAH died 19 Jul 1907 at 72 years of age. His body was interred in Artrip, Russell Co, VA.
He married MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING 15 Jan1857. (MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING is #2693.) MARY was born 23 Aug 1839. MARY was the daughter of ELIJAH BREEDING and SUSANNA ARTRIP . MARY died 18 Apr 1905 at 65 years of age. Her body was interred 21 Apr 1905 in Artrip, Russell Co, VA, Breeding Family Cemetery. They lived at the head of Lefthand Fork of Lick Creek; moved near Artrip in 1890. He enlisted in Co. E, 21st Va Cavalry on 28 Mar 1863 for the duration of the Civil War. In october 1864, while with his company in Buchanan County retarding the retreat of General Burbridge from his unsuccessful attach on Saltville, Elijah was captured by the enemy. His captors told him that at the first shot from one of his comrades, he would be shot in retaliation. Soon some shots came from the hills - without hesitation, he plunged down a steep embankment, swam Levisa River and escaped unscathed through a hail of bullets. COUNTS D-54 pg 48-55

ELIJAH LAFORCE RASNAKE and MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING had the following family:

      58 i. SYLVIA6 was born 31 Jan 1858
      59 ii. SUSAN ANNA was born 29 Jan 1859
      60 iii. RACHEL MATILDA was born 23 May 1860
        iv. JAMES 'JEAMS' HARVEY (#3065) was born 24 Oct 1861. JAMES died 10 Nov 1932 at 71 years of age. He never married.
      61 v. ELIHU JACKSON was born 12 Mar 1863
      62 vi. CLEMENT LAIRD VALLANDINGHAM was born 28 Jun 1864
      63 vii. JOSEPH HENRY was born 5 Apr 1866
      64 viii. ELIZABETH FRANCES was born 1 May 1868
      65 ix. MARGARET TENNESSEE was born 19 Apr 1872
      66 x. LOUISA JANE was born 15 Sep 1874
      67 xi. MARY ALICE was born 8 Jul 1881

25. JAMES HARVEY5 RASNICK (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1541) was born 13 Jun 1837. JAMES died 19 Feb 1898 at 60 years of age.
He married MARGARET COUNTS in Russell Co, VA, 2 Nov 1854. (MARGARET COUNTS is #1540.) MARGARET was born 12 Mar 1833. MARGARET was the daughter of JOSHUA COUNTS and MARTHA KISER . MARGARET died 27 Aug 1908 at 75 years of age.

JAMES HARVEY RASNICK and MARGARET COUNTS had the following family:

      68 i. WILLIAM S.6 was born 7 Sep 1855
      69 ii. ELIJAH was born 7 Apr 1857
      70 iii. RACHEL was born 29 Jan 1859
        iv. JOSHUA C. (#1628) was born 28 Mar 1860. He married LYDIA SMITH in Dickenson Co, VA, 30 May 1883. On the marriage record she is listed as age 16. (LYDIA SMITH is #7713.) LYDIA was the daughter of GEORGE W. SMITH and "VINDA" .
        v. JONAS B. (#1629) was born 21 Feb 1862. JONAS died 28 Aug 1895 at 33 years of age.
      71 vi. NOAH WEBSTER was born 1 Jan 1864
      72 vii. EZEKIEL C. was born 28 Mar 1866
      73 viii. MARY "POLLY" "POP" was born 8 Feb 1868
      74 ix. JAMES HENRY was born 8 Feb 1872
        x. NEWTON DOUGLAS (#1634) was born 8 Mar 1874. NEWTON died 19 Nov 1948 at 74 years of age. He married ROSA MALISSA MCCOY. (ROSA MALISSA MCCOY is #7740.) ROSA was the daughter of JOHN MCCOY and NANCY CATHERINE GRIZZLE . They lived near Dante. He was a farmer and orchardist.

26. MARY5 RASNICK (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#4440) was born 6 Jun 1839. MARY died 8 Feb 1901 at 61 years of age.
She married WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRIZZEL circa 1857. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRIZZEL is #4437.) WILLIAM was born 26 Jul 1836. WILLIAM was the son of JESSE GRIZZLE . WILLIAM died 20 Jan 1905 at 68 years of age.

MARY RASNICK and WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRIZZEL had the following family:

75 i. JONAS BUCHANAN6 was born 1 Feb 1859
76 ii. JESSE JEFFERSON was born 5 Aug 1860

27. MARTHA5 RASNAKE (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#7734) was born 3 Jan 1843. MARTHA died 9 Feb 1920 at 77 years of age.
She married JOHN HAMMON GRIZZLE 30 Nov 1860. (JOHN HAMMON GRIZZLE is #7735.) JOHN was born 27 Dec 1837. JOHN was the son of JESSEE GRIZZLE and NANCY FRANKLIN . JOHN died 12 Jun 1913 at 75 years of age. They lived at Dante; moved to Maynardsville, Tennessee. He served in Co. 3., 32st Va. Cav; was a Supervisor, Ervinton District, Dickenson County, Virginia. Both are buried in Braden Cemetery near Maynardsville.

MARTHA RASNAKE and JOHN HAMMON GRIZZLE had the following family:

77 i. NANCY CATHERINE6 was born 16 Oct 1867

28. SARAH5 RASNAKE (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#9648) was born in Clinchfield, Russell Co, VA 25 Dec 1844. SARAH died 6 May 1914 at 69 years of age.
She married WILLIAM HAMON AMBURGEY in Russell Co, VA, 20 Nov 1860. (WILLIAM HAMON AMBURGEY is #9649.) WILLIAM was born 15 May 1840. WILLIAM was the son of JOHN AMBURGEY Jr and AILY GRIZZEL . WILLIAM died 12 Mar 1916 at 75 years of age. They lived on Gravel Lick, where he was a deputy sheriff; they divorced.

SARAH RASNAKE and WILLIAM HAMON AMBURGEY had the following family:

78 i. ELIJAH6 was born 27 Jul 1864

29. NOAH KERNAN "DOCK"5 RASNAKE (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#9704) was born 25 Oct 1846. NOAH died 29 Feb 1932 at 85 years of age.
He married MARGARET KELLY in Russell Co, VA, 15 Dec 1870. (MARGARET KELLY is #9705.) MARGARET was born 18 Apr 1850. MARGARET was the daughter of JOSEPH KELLY and ELIZABETH COUNTS . MARGARET died 13 Dec 1933 at 83 years of age. On 19 Jul 1927, she reminisced to E. J. S.: "I was born at Clinchfield, Russell County, Va ... I remember my grandfather, Joseph counts, moved to Iuka, Missippi, when I was about ten years old ... His, son, Uncle Andy Counts, had gone there when a young man ... Great Grandfather Counts (B-3) wa pretty strict. When Grandpa Joe was nearly twenty-one, they were clearing the bottom at Cleveland, just across the Clinch River ... Grandpa left the house the night before he was free and went out with some boys without asking his father ... The next day Great Grandpa whipped him with a big hickory root. It made Grandpa so mad that he tried to fell a big tree on his father, but it didn't fall right ... He left and went to the Salt Works at Saltville, where he stayed for sometime ... I've heard my grandmother, Sallie (Sarah Long) Counts, tell of living at Sandlick. While there, they often had to beat out meal with a maul and had bear middlin's as thick as a case-knife was long ... They raised enough cattle to buy a farm at Carterton from Truelove Brown. Uncle Bill and mother and Tom and Josh were born at Sandlick. Tom died and was buried there. Mother was the oldest of the family. She couldn't remember seeing Uncle Tom, but she could remember Uncle Josh who died at Carterton after they moved there. Uncle billy Counts' girl, Susie (E-350), was taken by her grandmother Counts, and she died there when she was a great big girl. My grandparents lived at Carterton until they moved South. The farm is in a big river bottom and was later owned by Jack Carter ... Great Grandpa, Billy Long, lived beyond Lebanon. He had a son named James who moved to Alabama and became wealthy - owned 90 slaves. He willed five of them to his sister, Grandma Counts, and nine to his sister, Nancy Kiser, the wife of John Kiser. Grandpa Counts, Uncle Andy Kiser and father went down there after them. While there, Grandpa stopped at Uncle Henry Long's and at Uncle Andy Counts' - they were neighbors. They brought two slave men, Mose and Bert. Mose's wife, Tempy, became Uncle Jeff Jesse's slave. Bert was single. Three others were left at Uncle Andy Counts'. Sally was the mother of Mose and Bert, and Catherine was her daughter. He brought Lewis and his wife, Fanny, and their seven children to Aunt Nancy Kiser. I have their names, Liza and Indiana. Alex was next - now I remember some more of their names - Sam and Sandy, Dock and Harriett. Not long after this the slaves were freed, but they stayed around a long time ... and did well." They lived at Wakenva, Dickenson County, Virginia. He was a large land owner, farmer and merchant.

NOAH KERNAN "DOCK" RASNAKE and MARGARET KELLY had the following family:

79 i. LYDIA ESTELLA6 was born 7 Feb 1880

30. HENRY CLAY5 RASNAKE (RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#8938) was born 20 Mar 1850. HENRY died 11 Mar 1911 at 60 years of age.
He married twice. He married NANCY KELLY in Russell Co, VA, 20 Jan 1871. (NANCY KELLY is #2004.) NANCY was born circa 1847. NANCY was the daughter of MICHAEL KELLY and SIDNEY COUNTS . She married SAMUEL ARTRIP. He married EMILY MUSICK in Russell Co, VA, 29 Jan 1876. (EMILY MUSICK is #8929.) EMILY was born 5 Mar 1856. EMILY was the daughter of ALVAH MUSICK and CHANEY KISER . EMILY died Aug 1927 at 71 years of age.

HENRY CLAY RASNAKE and EMILY MUSICK had the following family:

        i. ROSINA "ROSA"6 (#8943).
        ii. LILLIE ALICE (#8944).
        iii. RICHARD COUNTS (#8945).
        iv. LONA "PHANA B." (#8946). Per E. J. Sutherland, the marriage record shows her name as Phana B., age 19.
        v. ALVA MUSICK (#8947).
        vi. COLBERT (#8948).
        vii. LEONARD (#8949).
        viii. IDA F. (#8950).
        ix. RACHEL (#8951).

Sixth Generation 31. LEAH6 KISER (JOSEPH "POKA JOE"5, NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-303, page 347, E-23, page 330) (#2152) was born in WV Oct 1852. LEAH died 17 Apr 1915 in VA, at 62 years of age.
She married ALLEN KISER. (ALLEN KISER is #1424.) ALLEN was born in Russell Co, VA 31 Jul 1861. ALLEN (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-23, page 330, E-741, page 262) was the son of JAMES S. "BELL CLAPPER JIM" KISER and SUSAN "SUSIE" SUTHERLAND . ALLEN died 27 Mar 1944 in Russell Co, VA, at 82 years of age.

LEAH KISER and ALLEN KISER had the following family:

      80 i. LOLA D.7 was born Feb 1884
        ii. FLETCHER (#6597) was born in Russell Co, VA 30 Apr 1885. FLETCHER died Sep 1959 in Nickelville, Scott Co, VA, at 74 years of age.
      81 iii. MATTIE ELIZABETH was born 22 Feb 1890
      82 iv. MARY EDITH SUTPHIN was born Jun 1891
      83 v. CHARLIE C. was born 18 Sep 1892

32. JOSHUA ANDERVILLE6 KISER (JOSEPH "POKA JOE"5, NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2156) was born circa 1858.
He married twice. He married SUSAN LAFORCE. (SUSAN LAFORCE is #2142.) SUSAN was the daughter of ELIJAH LAFORCE and PHOEBE KISER . SUSAN died circa 1907. He married MARTHA HAMON. (MARTHA HAMON is #2164.)

JOSHUA ANDERVILLE KISER and MARTHA HAMON had the following family:

i. ALLEN VREELAN7 (#2165).

JOSHUA ANDERVILLE KISER and SUSAN LAFORCE had the following family:

        ii. JAMES (#2257).
        iii. TABITHA JANE (#2258).
        iv. EZRA MARTIN (#2259).
        v. WALTER BRUCE (#2260).
        vi. ADA FRANCES (#2261).
        vii. ALMA DOVIE (#2262).
        viii. NOVA DELPHA (#2263).

33. THOMAS JEFFERSON6 KISER (JOSEPH "POKA JOE"5, NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1)(Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-308, page 347) (#2157) birth date unknown.
He married TALITHA SKEEN. (TALITHA SKEEN is #1819.) TALITHA was born 1865. TALITHA (Counts, John, Sutherland, E.J., KISER E-222, page 343) was the daughter of JOSEPH DAYTON SKEEN Sr and MATILDA CASTO .
Information on children provided by Austin Hinkle, e-mail austin10@earthlink.net (a/o 2/21/2000)

THOMAS JEFFERSON KISER and TALITHA SKEEN had the following family:

        i. CORDELIA7 (#13194).
        ii. LEAH ALVERTIA (#13195).
        iii. MARTHA (#13196).
        iv. NETTIE (#13197).
        v. BOYD (#13198).
        vi. THOMAS (#13199).
        vii. OMIE (#13200).
        viii. LAWRENCE (#13201).

34. RANSOM6 MUSICK (CHANEY5 KISER, NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#3060) was born 31 Jul 1850. RANSOM died 21 Jan 1933 at 82 years of age.
He married SYLVIA RASNAKE 28 Feb 1877. (SYLVIA RASNAKE is #3059.) SYLVIA was born 31 Jan 1858. SYLVIA was the daughter of ELIJAH LAFORCE RASNAKE and MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING . SYLVIA died 15 Feb 1907 at 49 years of age.
RANSOM's occupation: teacher & farmer. He resided in Russell Co, VA. He lived on a farm at Cleveland, Russell Co, Va. They lived on a farm at Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia. He was a great reader, especially of the Bible; a school teacher in early life; loved by all who knew him. He was a small man with reddish hair; a fast walker - quick in his work. COUNTS E-212 pg. 50

RANSOM MUSICK and SYLVIA RASNAKE had the following family:

      84 i. WALTER P.7 was born 4 May 1879
      85 ii. OCTAVIA was born 7 Jun 1881
      86 iii. ALLIE M. was born 4 Nov 1881
      87 iv. ELIJAH LAFAYETTE was born 29 Aug 1884
        v. THOMAS GILMER (#3094) was born 2 Oct 1887. THOMAS died 27 Dec 1947 at 60 years of age. He was a farmer, a teacher and an artist (oil paintings); attended Lynchburg and Piedmont Business Colleges; owned one of the first automobiles on Weavers Creek.
        vi. WILLIAM 'WILLIE' ROGER (#3095) was born 22 Nov 1889. WILLIAM died 1 Jun 1913 at 23 years of age. He attended Lynchburg College and taught school.
      88 vii. ELBERT FINNEY was born 27 Feb 1891
      89 viii. ELFIE MAE was born 12 Feb 1898
        ix. C. REED (#3100) was born 8 Feb 1900. C. died 12 Mar 1912 at 12 years of age.

35. EMILY6 MUSICK (CHANEY5 KISER, NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#8929) was born 5 Mar 1856. EMILY died Aug 1927 at 71 years of age.
She married HENRY CLAY RASNAKE in Russell Co, VA, 29 Jan 1876. (HENRY CLAY RASNAKE is #8938.) HENRY was born 20 Mar 1850. HENRY was the son of JONAS RASNAKE and RACHEL LAFORCE . He married NANCY KELLY in Russell Co, VA, 20 Jan 1871. HENRY died 11 Mar 1911 at 60 years of age.

HENRY CLAY RASNAKE and EMILY MUSICK had the following family:

36. COLBERT C.6 MUSICK (CHANEY5 KISER, NANCY4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#3073) was born 27 May 1866. COLBERT died 29 Jan 1940 in Russell Co, VA, at 73 years of age. His body was interred Feb 1940 in Russell Co, VA, Colbert Music Cemetery. The Colbert Musick Cemetery is located on Rt. 712, just off Rt. 615, along Alvy Creek.
He married ELIZABETH FRANCES RASNICK in Dickenson Co, VA, 13 Sep 1889. (ELIZABETH FRANCES RASNICK is #3072.) ELIZABETH was born 1 May 1868. ELIZABETH was the daughter of ELIJAH LAFORCE RASNAKE and MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING . ELIZABETH died 26 Jan 1906 at 37 years of age. He was a farmer and a livestock dealer at Nash's Ford, Russell Co, Va.

COLBERT C. MUSICK and ELIZABETH FRANCES RASNICK had the following family:

      90 i. VADA E.7 was born 11 Sep 1894
        ii. HENRY CLAYTON (#3354) was born 11 Apr 1897. HENRY died Jun 1967 at 70 years of age. He married OLLIE MEADE. (OLLIE MEADE is #3355.) He was a farmer; no children.
      91 iii. RUFUS BURKE was born 22 Feb 1899
      92 iv. FARLEY EDMUND was born 26 Aug 1900
      93 v. CLAUDE SWANSON was born 27 Apr 1902
      94 vi. JOSEPH FERDE was born 16 Dec 1903

37. SUSAN6 LAFORCE (ELIJAH5, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2142) birth date unknown. SUSAN died circa 1907.
She married JOSHUA ANDERVILLE KISER. (JOSHUA ANDERVILLE KISER is #2156.) JOSHUA was born circa 1858. JOSHUA was the son of JOSEPH "POKA JOE" KISER and MARTHA J. "MATTIE" HAMON . He married MARTHA HAMON.

JOSHUA ANDERVILLE KISER and SUSAN LAFORCE had the following family:

        i. JAMES7 (#2257).
        ii. TABITHA JANE (#2258).
        iii. EZRA MARTIN (#2259).
        iv. WALTER BRUCE (#2260).
        v. ADA FRANCES (#2261).
        vi. ALMA DOVIE (#2262).
        vii. NOVA DELPHA (#2263).

38. ARABEL6 LAFORCE (ELIJAH5, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2143) birth date unknown.
She married WILLIAM GRIZZLE. (WILLIAM GRIZZLE is #6925.) WILLIAM was the son of JAMES GRIZZLE . They lived near Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia.

ARABEL LAFORCE and WILLIAM GRIZZLE had the following family:

        i. TOLBY7 (#6927).
        ii. LILLIE (#6928).
        iii. DEWEY (#6929).
        iv. WOODROW (#6930).

39. JAMES6 LAFORCE (ELIJAH5, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2145) birth date unknown.
He married ELIZABETH KISER. (ELIZABETH KISER is #2150.) ELIZABETH was the daughter of JESSE SUTHERLAND KISER and LEANNA KISER .

JAMES LAFORCE and ELIZABETH KISER had the following family:

        i. ESTHER7 (#6586).
        ii. LETTIE (#6587).
        iii. NEVA BONNIE (#6588).
        iv. NELLIE BROWN (#6589).
        v. GORDON BRUCE (#6590).
        vi. GAY (#6591).
        vii. BRADLEY (#6592).

40. MARY CATHERINE6 KISER (MARY P.5 LAFORCE, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#8580) birth date unknown.
She married CHARLES BRUCE SMITH in Russell Co, VA, 31 Dec 1888. (CHARLES BRUCE SMITH is #8578.) CHARLES was born 16 Jan 1869. CHARLES was the son of WILLIAM PATTON KISER and PHOEBE SMITH . They lived on Sandy Ridge near Carrie.

MARY CATHERINE KISER and CHARLES BRUCE SMITH had the following family:

        i. LAWRENCE CAIN7 (#8581). He married CARRIE POWERS. (CARRIE POWERS is #8589.) CARRIE was the daughter of JAMES HARVEY POWERS and CELIA RASNAKE . He was in WW-I.
        ii. WILLIAM PATTON (#10253). He was in WW-I.
        iii. HULET (#10254).
        iv. WALDEN (#10255).
        v. ALTA (#10256).
        vi. SADA (#10257).
        vii. CHLOE (#10258).
        viii. LOLA (#10259).
        ix. ELLEN (#10260).
        x. FLORA (#10261).
        xi. ELIZA JANE (#10262).

41. LEAH JANE6 KISER (MARY P.5 LAFORCE, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2115) was born 1863.
She married STEPHEN RASNAKE Jr. (STEPHEN RASNAKE Jr is #2112.) STEPHEN was the son of STEPHEN RASNAKE and WINNIE ARTRIP .

LEAH JANE KISER and STEPHEN RASNAKE Jr had the following family:

        i. ALFRED7 (#6934).
        ii. STAFFORD (#6935).
        iii. IDA (#6936).
        iv. CASSIE (#6937).
        v. SNODA (#6938).
        vi. ZILPHIA (#6939). She married LUTHER KISER in Russell Co, VA, 13 Sep 1911. (LUTHER KISER is #6940.) LUTHER was the son of FLOYD KISER and MARGARET . She is listed as 25 years of age when she married in 1911, he was listed as 23.
      95 vii. DELLA.
        viii. SADIE (#6954). She married R. W. KISER in Russell Co, VA. (R. W. KISER is #6955.) R. was the son of HENRY KISER and LEAH . He was listed as age 23 when he married in 1909. His parents are listed on the marriage record as being Henry and Leah Kiser. There is a Henry Kiser, son of Ephriam and Mary "Polly" Sutherland who married Leah Duty, but W. R. is not listed among their children. It is probable he is their child, but he is not shown among this Henry's 19 children. She is listed as age 17 when she married in 1909.

42. MAHALA6 KISER (MARY P.5 LAFORCE, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#2116) was born 1864.
She married DOLPHUS KISER. (DOLPHUS KISER is #6958.) DOLPHUS was born circa 1870. DOLPHUS was the son of CHRISTOPHER KISER and MARY POWERS .

MAHALA KISER and DOLPHUS KISER had the following family:

        i. CYNTHIA CATHERINE "KATE"7 (#6961). She married CHARLIE KISER. (CHARLIE KISER is #6966.) CHARLIE was the son of JOHN TIVIS KISER and ELZENIA 'EEN' POWERS .
        ii. VAUDIE GARSON (#6962). He married MALVA ALTA KISER. (MALVA ALTA KISER is #6968.) MALVA was the daughter of JOHN TIVIS KISER and ELZENIA 'EEN' POWERS .
        iii. ELLIS (#6963).
        iv. ASA (#6964).
        v. RUTH (#6965).

43. SAMUEL J. ELBERT6 LAFORCE (WILLIAM WARREN5, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#14025) birth date unknown.

SAMUEL J. ELBERT LAFORCE had the following family:

i. GLENDA7 (#14026).

44. SIMON P.6 LAFORCE (JOHN5, JAMES4, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#7106) was born 3 Aug 1875. SIMON died 6 Feb 1939 at 63 years of age.
He married VICEY BELL SUTHERLAND. (VICEY BELL SUTHERLAND is #7107.) VICEY was born 8 May 1877. VICEY was the daughter of SAMUEL SUTHERLAND and NANCY JANE POWERS . VICEY died 10 May 1957 at 80 years of age.

SIMON P. LAFORCE and VICEY BELL SUTHERLAND had the following family:

i. BEECHER PINA7 (#7196) was born 22 Feb 1907. BEECHER died 27 Dec 1968 at 61 years of age. He married MARTHA BOWMAN 25 Sep 1926. (MARTHA BOWMAN is #7197.) MARTHA was born 14 Nov 1911. MARTHA was the daughter of JOHN HENRY BOWMAN and STELLA MAE MOSIER .

45. NANCY6 RASNAKE (JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#3455) birth date unknown.
She married THOMPSON MUSICK in Russell Co, VA, 5 Oct 1868. (THOMPSON MUSICK is #3454.) THOMPSON was born in Russell Co, VA 5 Oct 1848. THOMPSON was the son of JACOB MUSICK and LAVICA "VICY" BREEDING . He married MARY "POLLY" GRIZZEL 1870. THOMPSON died 22 Mar 1935 at 86 years of age.

NANCY RASNAKE and THOMPSON MUSICK had the following family:

i. ROSSA ALLIE7 (#3481). She married HASKEW COOK. (HASKEW COOK is #3482.)

46. JAMES HARVEY6 RASNAKE (JOHN M. PRESTON 'PRES'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#5682) was born in Cleveland, Russell Co, VA 3 Jul 1842. JAMES died 15 Apr 1929 Scottsville, Albemarle Co, VA, at 86 years of age. His body was interred 1929 in Cleveland, Russell Co, VA.
He married NANCY JANE BREEDING in Dumps Creek, Russell Co, VA, 27 Jan 1863. (NANCY JANE BREEDING is #5681.) NANCY was born in VA 20 Mar 1837. NANCY was the daughter of GEORGE BREEDING and CAROLINE SUTHERLAND . NANCY died 8 Dec 1902 in Cleveland, Russell Co, VA, at 65 years of age. Her body was interred 1902 in Cleveland, Russell Co, VA. He was a farmer and a justice of the peace.

JAMES HARVEY RASNAKE and NANCY JANE BREEDING had the following family:

      96 i. LOUISA CATHERINE7 was born 27 Aug 1864
        ii. ALBERT B. (#5685) was born 9 Jan 1867. ALBERT died 25 Jan 1939 at 72 years of age. He married MARGARET ELIZABETH SMITH 13 Dec 1888. (MARGARET ELIZABETH SMITH is #2129.) MARGARET was born 13 Jan 1871. MARGARET was the daughter of GEORGE WASHINGTON 'SCRIBE' SMITH and VIRGINIA JANE 'JENNIE' ARTRIP .
        iii. FRANKLIN PIERCE (#5687) was born 16 Feb 1869. FRANKLIN died 6 Aug 1931 at 62 years of age. He married ELIZABETH "BESSIE" COOK MUSICK 31 Dec 1890. (ELIZABETH "BESSIE" COOK MUSICK is #5688.)
        iv. LUCRETIA BELL (#5689) was born 26 Jul 1874. LUCRETIA died 27 Sep 1878 at 4 years of age.
        v. MARY ELIZABETH (#5690) was born in Russell Co, VA 8 Jul 1877. She married E. FIELDING WRIGHT 13 Nov 1894. (E. FIELDING WRIGHT is #5691.)

47. JONAS WALKER6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1606) was born 23 Mar 1851. JONAS died 2 Dec 1922 at 71 years of age.
He married twice. He married PRICY JANE EDWARDS in Buchanan Co, VA, 12 Sep 1872. (PRICY JANE EDWARDS is #7558.) PRICY was born 2 Feb 1856. PRICY was the daughter of ANDREW JACKSON EDWARDS and CHRISTINA "LUCRETIA" "CRICK" DEEL . PRICY died 21 Feb 1897 at 41 years of age. He married ELIZABETH ARTRIP. (ELIZABETH ARTRIP is #2081.) ELIZABETH was the daughter of JASPER ARTRIP and MARY SMITH . She married FRANCIS MARION KISER. No children 2nd marriage. He was born at Clinchfield, Russell County; lived at Aily. He was a farmer, business man and teacher, he took the first school census in his community in 1870. He served as deputy sheriff, 1883-85; U S Commissioner, 1885-86; Comissioner of the Revenue, 1899-1903; justice of the peace, 1891-95. COUNTS E-651 pg 223.

JONAS WALKER COUNTS and PRICY JANE EDWARDS had the following family:

        i. ANDREW JACKSON7 (#7560).
        ii. SAMUEL GRAHAM (#7561).
        iii. DAVID D. (#7562).
        iv. CRISSEA CATHERINE (#7564).
        v. NANNIE ETHEL (#7565).
        vi. WILLIAM H. (#7566).
        vii. BENJAMIN HARRISON (#7567).
        viii. ROSA (#7568).
        ix. NOAH WALKER (#7569).
      97 x. ELIJAH LAFORCE was born 11 Jun 1873
      98 xi. MARY "POLLY" ANNE was born 27 Dec 1880
        xii. LILLIE ALAFAIR (#7570) was born 12 Dec 1895. She married WINFIELD SILCOX 2 May 1912. (WINFIELD SILCOX is #7571.) WINFIELD was born Jun 1890. WINFIELD was the son of JOSEPH SILCOX and LAURA BALL . They lived at Nora until 1967; moved into the home of their daughter, Ethel, on Brush Creek near Clintwood, until his death. After Winfield's death Lillie lived with Gertrude and Joseph in Detroit, Michigan, for three years, then returned to Ethel's. Lillie became a member of Dyers Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in 1933, but in 1977 attended Fairview Freewill Baptist Church near Clintwood.

48. JOSHUA CLARENCE6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1607) was born 13 Apr 1853. JOSHUA died 13 Jun 1899 at 46 years of age.
He married MARY "MOLLIE" ANN MCCOY in Dickenson Co, VA, 22 Feb 1883. (MARY "MOLLIE" ANN MCCOY is #7574.) MARY was born 25 Aug 1863. MARY was the daughter of JAMES MCCOY and SUSAN ROBINETTE . MARY died 22 Jan 1936 at 72 years of age. They moved to Clintwood. A teacher, he served as justice of the peace, Buchanan County, 1879-80, justice of the peace, Dickenson County, 1885-87; treasurer, Dickenson County, 1887-91; Clerk, Dickenson County, 1893-99.

JOSHUA CLARENCE COUNTS and MARY "MOLLIE" ANN MCCOY had the following family:

        i. LOUISA7 (#7577).
      99 ii. WALKER JAMES.
        iii. EMMA (#7579).
        iv. SUSAN "SUSIE" CATHERINE (#7580).
        v. RUFUS AYERS (#7581).
        vi. OSCAR HAWKINS (#7582).
        vii. CHARLEY V. (#7583).
      100 viii. WILSON EVANS.

49. STEPHEN DOUGLAS6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1608) was born 26 Nov 1855. STEPHEN died 4 Nov 1938 at 82 years of age.
He married SUSAN ANNA RASNICK in Buchanan Co, VA, 12 Apr 1876. (SUSAN ANNA RASNICK is #3061.) SUSAN was born 29 Jan 1859. SUSAN was the daughter of ELIJAH LAFORCE RASNAKE and MARY 'POLLY' BREEDING . SUSAN died 31 Dec 1938 at 79 years of age. He resided in Middle of the World, near Selton, VA.

STEPHEN DOUGLAS COUNTS and SUSAN ANNA RASNICK had the following family:

      101 i. MARY CATHERINE7 was born 24 Mar 1877
      102 ii. MARTHA A. was born 4 Apr 1878
        iii. MORGAN LIPPS (#3126) was born 31 Aug 1879. MORGAN died 29 Oct 1924 at 45 years of age.
      103 iv. ROSALIA was born 12 Apr 1881
        v. EZEKIEL (#3129) was born 24 Apr 1882. EZEKIEL died 17 Jul 1903 at 21 years of age. He never married.
      104 vi. GROVER CLEVELAND was born 26 Nov 1884
      105 vii. CLEMENT LEE SR was born 20 May 1893
      106 viii. NANCY ELIZABETH was born 17 Jul 1898
      107 ix. EURA was born 11 Nov 1900
      108 x. HENRY S. was born 13 Oct 1905

50. NOAH KERNAN6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1609) was born 15 Feb 1858. NOAH died 16 Nov 1932 at 74 years of age.
He married MARTHA CATHERINE COMPTON in Dickenson Co, VA, 20 Sep 1881. (MARTHA CATHERINE COMPTON is #7585.) MARTHA was born 18 Jul 1865. MARTHA was the daughter of JEREMIAH COMPTON and MARTHA J. MCGHEE . They lived near Aily.

NOAH KERNAN COUNTS and MARTHA CATHERINE COMPTON had the following family:

        i. RACHEL ELIZABETH7 (#7592).
        ii. HENRY LEE (#7594).
        iii. MARY "MOLLIE" ANN (#7595).
        iv. EVERETT CAUDILL (#7596).
        v. EZRA LINKOUS (#7588) was born 25 Jun 1882.
        vi. MARTHA ELLEN (#7589) was born 22 Mar 1884.
        vii. WILLIAM JONAS (#7590) was born 28 Mar 1886.
        viii. JESSIE C. (#7591) was born 31 Aug 1888.
      109 ix. MARGARET 'MAGGIE' AILY was born 18 Feb 1893
      110 x. PRICEY CATHERINE was born 25 Mar 1896
      111 xi. FLETCHER ERVIN was born 18 Sep 1905

51. RICHARD LYNCH6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1610) was born 18 May 1860. RICHARD died 20 Jun 1958 at 98 years of age.
He married EDITH MEADE in Russell Co, VA, 25 Dec 1890. (EDITH MEADE is #7597.) EDITH was born 4 Apr 1871. EDITH was the daughter of HARVEY MEADE and REBECCA . EDITH died 18 Sep 1939 at 68 years of age.

RICHARD LYNCH COUNTS and EDITH MEADE had the following family:

        i. GRADY H.7 (#7600) was born 1 Oct 1891.
        ii. ANNA HESTER (#7601) was born 9 Dec 1893.
        iii. JOSEPH BRYAN (#7602) was born 6 Feb 1896.
        iv. LILLIAN CATHERINE (#7603) was born 4 Mar 1899.
        v. BYRON EDISON (#7604) was born 4 May 1900.
        vi. LULA PEARL (#7605) was born 27 Sep 1902.
        vii. GILVRAY W. (#7606) was born 23 Jan 1905.
        viii. RICHARD "DICK" LYNCH (#7607) was born 19 Nov 1908.
        ix. ARTHUR HAROLD (#7609) was born 19 Nov 1915.
        x. BASIL CLAYTON (#7608) was born 12 Mar 1919.

52. RACHEL6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1611) was born 19 May 1862.
She married CHARLES ANDERSON DEEL 23 Dec 1880. (CHARLES ANDERSON DEEL is #7610.) CHARLES was born 15 Dec 1857. CHARLES was the son of DAVID WIDENER DEEL and MARY "POP" ANNE COLLEY . CHARLES died 5 Feb 1930 at 72 years of age. They lived on Lick Creek near Aily. He was a justice of the peace, Sandlick District, 1908-11, 1920-30.

RACHEL COUNTS and CHARLES ANDERSON DEEL had the following family:

        i. NOAH MORGAN7 (#7611) was born 9 Dec 1882.
        ii. MARY CATHERINE (#7612) was born 19 Dec 1884.
        iii. SARAH (#7613) was born 19 Sep 1886. SARAH died 4 Apr 1887 at less than one year of age.
      112 iv. SYLVIA MELVINA was born 16 Mar 1888
      113 v. ELIJAH was born 3 Feb 1890
        vi. LILLIAN AGNES (#7616) was born 18 Jul 1892. LILLIAN died 3 Sep 1892 at less than one year of age.
        vii. MARTHA EDITH (#7617) was born 12 Aug 1893.
        viii. MISSOURI BELLE (#7618) was born 5 Jan 1896.
        ix. WILLIAM J. BRYAN (#7619) was born 5 Mar 1899.
        x. CHARLES BRUCE (#7620) was born 6 Jul 1901.
        xi. LUCRETIA (#7621) was born 11 Nov 1903.

53. MARGARET6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1612) was born 30 Mar 1864. MARGARET died 24 Feb 1920 at 55 years of age.
She married NOAH COUNTS EDWARDS in Buchanan Co, VA, 5 Dec 1879. (NOAH COUNTS EDWARDS is #7622.) NOAH was born 2 Sep 1861. NOAH was the son of ANDREW JACKSON EDWARDS and CHRISTINA "LUCRETIA" "CRICK" DEEL . He married MARY JANE VIERS in Dickenson Co, VA, 11 Dec 1920. NOAH died 6 Apr 1937 at 75 years of age.

MARGARET COUNTS and NOAH COUNTS EDWARDS had the following family:

        i. MARY "POLLY" ANNE7 (#7626).
      114 ii. BRICE HAMILTON was born 8 Dec 1883
      115 iii. STEPHEN WALKER was born 1886
      116 iv. CHARLES BRUCE was born 10 Oct 1888
        v. RICHARD LEE (#7630) was born circa 1889.
        vi. ETHEL PEARL (#7631) was born 4 Jun 1906.

54. MARY AMA6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1613) was born 26 Jul 1866.
She married twice. She married WILLIAM THOMAS COUNTS. (WILLIAM THOMAS COUNTS is #7632.) They lived at Coeburn.
She married ALBERT 'ABB' L. GRIZZEL in Russell Co, VA, 1 Jan 1914. (ALBERT 'ABB' L. GRIZZEL is #2095.) ALBERT was the son of ELAM GRIZZEL and NANCY JANE ARTRIP . ALBERT died 1951.
According to the Heritage of Russell County, Virginia, Volume II, page 278, He married Mattie Sutherland first, second wife was Mary Counts.

MARY AMA COUNTS and WILLIAM THOMAS COUNTS had the following family:

i. EZRA VALLANDINGHAM7 (#7633). He had 7 children. COUNTS E-658 pg.230

MARY AMA COUNTS and ALBERT 'ABB' L. GRIZZEL had the following family:

        ii. ORVILLE (#9140).
        iii. STACEY (#9141).
        iv. BESSIE (#9142).
        v. HAZEL (#9143).
        vi. PAULINE (#9144).

55. SYLVIA SUTHERLAND6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1614) was born 14 Oct 1868. SYLVIA died 2 Sep 1899 at 30 years of age.
She lived on Lick Creek.

SYLVIA SUTHERLAND COUNTS had the following family:

i. WALKER7 (#7634) was born 12 Jul 1897.

56. GARLAND BRUCE6 COUNTS (CATHERINE 'KATY'5 RASNICK, RACHEL4 LAFORCE, MONCIER "MONT"3, RENE2, RENE1) (#1615) was born 24 Jul 1870. GARLAND died 4 Nov 1957 at 87 years of age.
He married NANCY BELLE EDWARDS in Dickenson Co, VA, 9 Sep 1890.

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