Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA bapace2@juno.com
STEPHEN PACE AND ALSEY PACE
Thanks to a wonderful lady in Guilford Co., NC, I have found ABNER PACE'S family. The NC film (C.046 90068) of the Wardens of the Poor for Guilford Co., in 1845-47 shows Abner Pace (b.1821) receiving financial help for the support of his "simple brother" (retarded) DAVID PACE (b.around 1835-36). Also receiving financial help in Guilford Co., NC in this film is ZILPHA PACE, who is probably the ZILPHA HALL who in 1820 Johnston Co., NC, married ALSEY PACE (illegitimate son of STEPHEN PACE and an unnamed Indian lady). In later census records David Pace is shown as "idiotic" (retarded) and lving with his mother, ZILPHA PACE (b.1800 Chatham Co., NC). If Abner and David are brothers, then ZILPHA PACE is the mother of both of them, and also the mother of YOUNG PACE who took ZILPHA and DAVID to Mecklenburg Co., NC with him around 1856-58. The names of the children of YOUNG PACE (Abner, Charles, John, etc.) echo names in the family of ABNER PACE (JOHN FLETCHER PACE, and CHARLES W. PACE, the latter my grandfather from Salisbury, NC).
This information confirms the research of Bruce Howard of the Pace Society of America, whose book was the first to theorize that Alsey Pace (father of my Abner Pace) was an illegitimate son of Stephen Pace and that Alsey Pace had married Zilpha Hall. That places Alsey in the line of Paces going back to Richard I of Jamestown, VA in the 1600s, through JOHN PACE and SARAH BURGE, as Stephen Pace was their son. I believe that STEPHEN PACE was also in Surry Co., Johnston Co., and Chatham Co., at one time or another.
Thank heaven that DAVID PACE was "simple" or retarded because that is the clue that this is the same David Pace who was the son who lived with ZILPHA PACE first in Guilford Co., NC. and then in Mecklenburg Co., NC. At one time they both lived with YOUNG PACE in Mecklenburg Co, NC, establishing that mother-son relationship to both YOUNG and my ABNER PACE. Also going from Guilford Co. to Mecklenburg Co., NC at the same time and living closeby was NEEDHAM PACE.
Thus the line goes: STEPHEN PACE (b.1757-d. after 1804) + Indian woman ALSEY PACE + ZILPHA HALL (m. 1820 Johnston Co., NC) Children: (1) ABNER PACE - B. 1821-22 (d. Rowan Co., NC) m. JULIA ANN REED in 1843 Guilford Co. NC (2) NEEDHAM PACE - B. 1828 m. Mary/Margaret MYERS in Mecklenburg Co. NC (3) YOUNG PACE - B. 1834 (d. Mecklenburg Co. NC) m. NANCY WALLS in Mecklenburg Co. NC (4) DAVID PACE - B. 1835-36 (d. Mecklenburg Co., NC)
There are other apprenticed, "orphan" Paces from Guilford Co., NC who could be the children of the missing ALSEY PACE and ZILPHA HALL PACE: Edy (b.1828)--also in Wardens of the Poor records; Geo. Washington called "Johnson"; Wiseman (b.1825); Absalom (b.1821-22); Lively (b.1831).
I have been told there is an Alsey Pace also in 1850 Johnston Co., NC, who married a Cassandra Dean in 1836. Is this the same Alsey who "divorced"/deserted Zilpha Pace and children? This Alsey Pace in 1850 Johnston Co., NC, is shown as a person of color, going along with the idea that Alsey Pace was one-half Indian. All of the children in Guilford Co., NC are shown as white.
Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA bapace2@juno.com
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:45 AM
Subject: Stephen Pace -- Civil War records
I have just begun to start my search of the Pace side of my family. My first piece of the puzzle has been this document given to me of G-grandfather in regards to his role in the Civil War and his widow's filing for a pension. Also, lists important dates and family members to work from.
Pace, Stephen W. C. 173444
Private, Company E Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry, 100 days, Union Army Volunteers, 1864
Mustered in at Loudon, Tennessee, July 26, 1864 with residencs address of Murphy, N.C.
Died at Maryville, Tennessee, September 22,1864 of typhoid fever.
Claim for pension filed by Dovey Martin Pace of Cherokee County, N.C., (living at Peachtree) who said she married the soldier on September 20, 1851 in Whitfield County, Georgia.
Children: Margaret A. Pace born July 27, 1852
Josephine Februrary 23, 1855
* Elizabeth D. March 28, 1857
Charles A. November 8, 1859
Alexander M. Februrary 21, 1861
James P.L. March 17, 1864
* died August 2, 1874
Affidavits:
J.M. Greer, late Capteain, Company E, 3rd Tenn. Mtd. Infantry, executed a sworn statement in behalf of the widow's claim for pension, on August 24, 1875 before J.A. Green County Clerk of Blount County, Tennessee, at Maryville.
James W. Tatum and Hugh M. Collett of Valleytown, also made a joint affidavit in behalf of Dovey Martin Pace's claim, swering to same before Squire Nathan Green Phillips on June 17, 1875.
Pension: $8 per month to widow from July 27,1864 plus $2 each for the minors under 16 from July 25, 1866, was approved and sent to Knoxville Agency for Paying Pension.
C. H. Ragsdale:
A special agent of the pension bureau, working out of Ashville made inquiry in this case on September 19, 1877, while in Murphy on various fruads in other cases and reported to the Commissioner that Stephen Pace refugeed from Macon County, N.C. to Blount County, Tenn. in 1864 where he joined the Union Army for 100 days.
Date of death of widow not in file.
From: <JPace104@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 9:51 AM
Subject: [PACE-L] Mississippi Paces
I have been able to connect most of the Paces in Mississippi at the time of the 1850 Census. I can't seem to connect Sion Pace b. 1815 in TN and Ruel Pace b. 1817 in TN. They are shown in Tishomingo Co. (Northern border of Ms.and Ala. near Tenn.) living next to known descendants of Edmund Marion Pace. Abner J. Pace b. 1825 in TN is also living next to these families. The only other Pace family in the Tishomingo County at the time was Cornelius Pace who was a descendant of Burwell Pace. Does any one on the list know anything about these families?
Jim Pace Peachtree City, Ga.
Subj: Re: Urbin Pace Date: 98-10-15 12:20:43 EDT From: pelter@calumet.purdue.edu (Michael W. Pelter)
Roy,
Again, no query, but I thought I should pass along my findings. My Ervin is actually Erbin (A misspelling in the Census, can you believe it!!) I got this from Ken Allgood. Any links to John Thomas Pace?
Erbin H. Pace was born abt. 1828 in Todd Co., Ky and died about 1871 in Marshall Co., Ky. He married Mary Angeline Findley (abt. 1833-?) on 9/13/1949 in Marshall Co., Ky.
The only children I have listed for Erbin and Mary Pace are Henry C. Pace (abt. 1864-?) and Elizah A. Pace (abt. 1842-?). The birth date for Elizah is more than likely not correct and I'm trying to double-check what I have.
Erbin H. Pace was one of 14(?) children of John Thomas Pace I (abt. 1805-abt. 1888) and Louisa B. Shelton (abt. 1808-abt. 1866).
Mike
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Subj: Feed back and request for assistance Date: 98-10-04 12:56:16
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From:
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(Terry Fregly)
The piece on Rebecca Pace and Winfreid Aycock was well received and appreciated.
I am trying to solve the riddle of where does Thomas Bradford (wife Sarah ) Fit in the Charles city VA Bradford family . I have located what I believe to be the connection to Thomas Bradford and Mary Hargraves (m in Granville co, 1782) This Thomas and mary are the parents of The Bradford Family of Clarke co AL and several lines that moved to AR in 1870. This family migrated from Wilkes co GA (and Putnam co, Middle GA in about 1815) The connection which I have not yet proved is Thomas and Sarah Bradford are the parents of Thomas (m married Mary Pollly Hargraves) I also believe this family is closely connected with the Aycocks , Lanes and other VA and NC families.
There is a Thomas and Sarah who sell land in Halifax co NC 1768 that I think are the same Thomas and Sarah that die in Hancock co in 1811 ( thomas dies will june 1811)
If any of the Pace folks have info or want to contact me please advise them to do so. REthe ablve family
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Subj: John Pace-Elizabeth Montague Date: 98-09-25 00:05:14 EDT
From: Siriuspace@aol.com
I have seen several sources which show that John Pace, the son of John Pace of Middlesex, married Elizabeth Montague (1699-1723). However, the Chitchat & Misc. section of the Pace Network and the John Pace of Middlesex section show references to the husband of Elizabeth as being William Pace, son of John II. What is the basis for this? The "Pace Society of America Bulletins, Volume 1" shows: "John Pace II and Elizabeth Montague were married on 24 October 1717, as given in the Christ Church Parish Register."
Roy Johnson expressed an interest some time ago in finding info connecting Elizabeth Montague to the royal Montagues of the Magna Carta. There is much information in World Family Tree records which can give a good start:
Elizabeth Montague apparently descends as follows:
William Montague (1670-1713) m Lettice Weeks
Peter Montague b 1666 m. Mary Doodes
Peter Montague b 1603 m Cicely Matthew(s)
Peter Montague b abt 1580 m Eleanore Allen
William Montague b 1530 m Margaret Malthouse
Robert Montague m. Margaret Cotton
(The above is from WFT Vol 2 #3338. This line continues from WFT Vol 2 #3815):
William Montague b abt 1482 m Joan
William De Montague b 1456 m Elizabeth De Mohun
Then there is a gap here of several generations before we get to:
Sir William De Montague (1st Earl of Salisbury) b 1301, m Katherine Grandison b 1304.
William De Montague b 1265 m Elizabeth De Montford b abt 1260
WFT Vol 2 #5373 continues the line with:
Peter De Montford b abt 1240 m Matilde De La Warr
Peter De Montfort b abt 1220 m Alice De Aldithley b abt 1225
Henry Audley (De Aldithley) b 1175 m Bertred Mainwaring b 1197
Amicia De Meschines b 1178 m Ralph Mainwaring b abt 1174
The lineage is further continued at the URL: www.gendex.com/users/Enf_Bry/Enf_Bry/persons.html, as follows:
Hugh De Meschines
Ranulf IV De Guernan
This genealogy continues for another 14 generations to Charlemagne and beyond.
The Pace Society Bulletins make reference to this lineage back to William Montague, the 1st Earl of Salisbury.
All of this is, of course, speculative and perhaps undocumented, but it provides a basis for exploring this lineage.
Gordon W. Pace
Subj: Pace Family Reunion Date: 98-09-17 15:01:45 EDT From: famhist@GTE.net (Michael Matthews)
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Subj: Elizabeth Robinson & Francis Pace (m. 1785, Fluvanna VA)
Date: 98-08-30 23:14:20 EDT From:
rosieb@sprynet.com
Roy, The following may be of interest to you, and to others visiting the Pace Network who are descended from FRANCIS PACE and ELIZABETH ROBINSON. I would be interested in hearing from anyone with information on either ANN, ELIZABETH or JOHN ROBINSON of Fluvanna, or BENJAMIN PACE of Goochland. I believe that my Benjamin Pace (m. Anne/Agness Robinson 1784, Fluvanna) is the son of WILLIAM PACE and HANNAH BOOTEN/BOOTLE of Middlesex/Goochland. If anyone else can offer proof of this (other than the Christ Church register) or has proof of another Benjamin Pace in the Goochland/Fluvanna area of the right age to marry in 1784, I'd love to see what information they have.
Many thanks, Rosanna Bencoach 1817 Seddon Rd, Richmond, VA 23227-4333
Richmond
rosieb@sprynet.com
[Rosie sent some excellent abstracts and analysis of the marriages of Francis Pace and Benjamin Pace. Click here to see these documents.]
Date: 98-07-02 00:00:36 EDT From: gfoster@WAGA.net (Gregory G. Foster)
Hello Roy!
It was with great delight and pleasure that I found your message waiting in my mailbox for me yesterday! Hopefully, things will settle down enough around here and I can actually find the time to just "jump right back into it" (as far as my genealogical research is concerned) and I can get myself back involved again as I once was before........
Recently, my father, my 16 year old neice, and I all took a ride over to the little community of Bailey, Mississippi, which is located just north of the city of Meridian, where we took part in a PACE family reunion. This particular reunion, Roy, is a reunion of the descendants of Napoleon Lafayette PACE, and it is held annually at the home of a gentleman by the name of Charley W. (or "Billy") PACE. In fact, both Billy and his wife, Norma, are BOTH descendants of the PACE family, but at this time, I don't remember just exactly how they're related though!!! There were several people there, and I was fortunate enough to have been able to get around and meet a lot of them... In fact, I ran into one or two people there that I had previously "talked to" via e-mail before and didn't even know it!!! So, that was very exciting... I plan to attend the reunion again next year (good Lord willing) and if I can, I'll try to send you Billy's mailing address and telephone number just in case you would ever like to contact him at any point in time or share any information with him. He has quite a bit of genealogical info on paper, and, he also has a custom built "glassed in" display case which displays many of the early PACE documents and other artifacts that had belonged to Napoleon Lafayette PACE such as his Bible(s), some of his letters, paper-weights, feather pens, and his eyeglasses.... At any rate, it was very interesting. I am looking forward to returning to it again next year....
Good luck and best wishes to you, Roy. You're doing a splendid job on the web site, and I hope that you are able to find enough people to "pitch in" and help you make the Pace Network an even bigger and better success in the future!!!
Your "cousin,"
Greg
Subj: Returned from England today Date: 98-04-13 18:46:29 EDT From: gordpace@eagle.ca (Gord Pace)
I just got in an hour ago from my trip to England. I went to Cannock in Staffordshire and met Jan Anderson's father, Jack Pace and he called his brother, Ron Pace, from Walsall, Staffordshire, and his other daughter and we had quite a nice time. I took two books with Fred Pace of Standoff, Alberta and everyone was really interested but they didn't know of him. They wanted to read the book so I left them Jan's younger sister, Kathryn Jones, did a genealogy project for university credits, not long ago and has the Paces of SHARESHILL, Staffordshire going back to the 1600's The families of Norma Rasp and her sister are in there. LANEY GREEN, SHARESHILL, all those other places, I drove through. Good thing I went the day I did, the next day the roads were flooded and closed. Quite a time in the Midlands with several days of rain. They are going to send me some photocopies, etc., so we will have some interesting work to do. There's so much to tell you but I have to go to work now. Several people over there now have the PaceNetWork on their "Bookmarks" or "Favourites"
Yes, that's interesting to hear of a Pace in Australia. It would look good in your page. His name is Alan, Like my brother in Calgary. I must go now. Talk to you later.
Gord Pace e-mail, gordpace@eagle.ca Ph. 905 355-9942 PO Box 3066 Brighton, Ontario
Subj: Amelia Pace Date: 98-04-05 10:52:44 EDT
From: jackp5@juno.com (Jack Pace)
In a book Some Early Bible Records I found Enock Alldredge b-16, May 1807 d- 22,Nov 1879 M-12, Nov. 1826 to Amelia[ Pace] Alldredge b-24,Jun.1811, d-18 Mar.1864. The Bible owned by Bennett Alldredge, Oneonta Ga. Enock was oldest son of Andrew and Leah Chaney and was born in Bledsoe Co.Tn. was in Ala Legistature for many years 1st. Col. in 48th Ala. Regiment Civil War wonded replaced by son Jesse J. who was also wonded (those yankees must have been sharp shooters) Amelia Pace was dau of John Pace and wife Ziffory who were living in Ky. when Amelia or Permelia was born. John Pace was from Virginia. They had 12 children. The fact she is listed as Amelia might give an indication that her Parents came from that county in Virginia. Got any clues? Jack Pace Wmsburg. Va.
Subj: Paces in Australia Date: 98-03-30 19:08:05 EST From: a.pace@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au (Alan Reginald Pace)
I am Alan Reginald Pace living in Melbourne, Australia. In 1997, there was a Pace family reunion at Donald, a wheat town in the state of Victoria. A grain milling element is evident historically. Our origins seem to go back to Millfield, Northumberland, England. More specifically the village or property of Rosen nearby. Within a mile or so there is Pace Hill which overlooks Flodden Field, the site of perhaps the last battle between the English and the Scots. {I expect that my folk either took part, or more likely, stood on Pace Hill & watched - but don't take that too seriously, It's a bit of Aussie irony!} I lived in Louisville, KY for a year and had no idea that so many Paces lived in nearby states. I'm keen on hearing from other Paces out there. Contact me on this address:- a.pace@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Subj: Negative Contact Date: 98-03-30 15:51:42 EST
From: WCraw4217@aol.com
(William A. Crawford)
I just a few minutes ago tried to contact John Cox, of Washington, DC, about his query on William PACE and Ruth LAMBERT. AOL informed me that he is no longer a member, at least not under that handle! I just thought you might like to know this! I have really enjoyed the site, literally an astounding amount of information on the PACE lineage! Oh! I descend from Ruth Lambert PACE who married William King GEASLIN, had several children in Rutherford Co., TN then moved to Ellis Co., TX. Thanks for maintaining an excellent site!
William A. Crawford 301 S. Brighton Ave. Dallas, TX 75208-5742
Subj: Western KY Paces Date: 98-03-24 19:53:32 EST
From:
kenallgood@hotmail.com
(Kenneth Allgood)
Hello!
If only ALL genealogy web sites were REQUIRED to present their pages in your format. What a wonderful, organized site.
I may be part of the PACE line some people may be looking for. While I don't have any pressing questions I would like to ask your PACE Network, I would like to let you, and everyone else know that WKy PACEs do exist. I'm more interested in helping people right now with more current names and dates. I try to avoid straining my brain on any of the earlier names. So, let's get started.
My name is Kenneth A. ALLGOOD. My address: 1007 Vaughn's Chapel Rd. Calvert City, KY 42029 My email: kenallgood@hotmail.com
Date: 98-02-10 17:24:36 EST From: bhoworko@nrcb.gov.ab.ca (Brenda Howorko)
Roy, the following may be of interest to someone checking out your page and needing some information on these folks.
JAMES WILLIAM PACE m. SARAH ALICE BANNISTER in Center, Saguache Co., Colorado, and immigrated to Canada in 1902.
JAMES WILLIAM PACE was the son of THOMAS ROBERT PACE who came from Kansas to Colorado in 1883, and brother to GERTRUDE who married SCOTT ARMOUR. GERTRUDE and SCOTT were the parents of EDITH AND EUNICE.
Children of JAMES WILLIAM (WILL) PACE and SARAH ALICE (ALICE) PACE: JAMES STANLEY PACE, PERCY LLEWELLYN PACE, DOROTHEA ELIZABETH PACE, AMY ALICE PACE, MAROE PACE. MAROE was born in Calexico(?).
At least three of their children died in infancy and one was named Britamarte/Britamonte. The family moved back to the U.S. around 1914 and WILL and SARAH both died in Susanville California (1955 & 1956). The family lived in Utah as well and I just noticed that both girls died as children in California.
They farmed in south central Alberta (Nanton) and I am having biographies about the families mailed to me.
Date: 98-01-21 23:47:39 EST From: jpmcgee@interpath.com (John McGee)
I stumbled across the site while surfing tonight. My grandfather was John E. Pace, Sr. of Ridgeway, VA. He had written a book of his family tree, along with recollections of his childhood. It is one of my most prized possessions now. The title is "The Trek of the Paces Through Henry County and the Heritage They Left Behind".
I just wanted to say hello. John P. McGee
Subj: John of Middlesex book Date: 98-01-14 13:54:49 EST F
rom:
amoss@sunline.net (Arlina
C. Moss)
Roy, are you aware of the book entitled PIERCE, PACE, HALL, MINTON AND HUIE FAMILIES by Virginia Copeland Jantz, 1985, Waco Printing and Stationary Co.,Waco, TX. This book I saw at the Lloyd House in Alexandria, VA, but understand it is also at the VA Archives and Library in Richmond, VA. It concerns the family of John of Middlesex carrying it to Goochland, Amelia and through Mecklenburg Co., VA to NC. If you have seen it or any of your viewers, I would appreciate the pros and cons of the data. Thanks, Arlina < amoss@sunline.net >
Date: 98-01-05 07:42:53 EST From: Pat48084@aol.com
(Content: Pace Faily Bible, owned by Mrs. Wilhelmina Norris Booth of Northumberland County, VA, 19th century Paces)
Hi, Roy - I received the following information taken from Pace Family Bibles housed at the Mary Ball Washington Museum in Lancaster, Virginia. The genealogist there gave me permission to send this to you with the proviso that you give the information that they are at the Mary Ball Washington Museum. The genealogist is Chuck Johnson and his E Mail address is johnson@crosslink.net.
It would be interesting to know who these people descend from? Any ideas? I am still trying to find the wife of John Pace Sr. of Middlesex County. The marriage records for this part of Lancaster county have been lost or destroyed so that is out. Regards, Pat48084@aol.com
Pace Family Bible
The following information was taken from a bible of Kimber and Sharpless Edition, sterrotyped by E. White, New York. Published and sold by Kimber and Sharpless, 93 Market Place Philadelphia, Penn., 1824. In 1959 the bible was in the possession of Mrs. Wilhelmina Norris Booth, Reedville, Northumberland County. Va. The information was obtained by Mrs. T.C. Peirce, State Chairman, CobbÆs Hall Chapter, D.A.R. and a genealogist at Mary Ball Washington Museum.
George S. Pace and Mary Wake, was married February the 18th, 1808.
George D. Pace and Louisa H. Barrick was married by the Rev. George Northam, December the 13th, 1832.
Married on the Fourth of April, by the Rev. George Notham, Elizabeth E. Pace to Mark. W. Towell of Lancaster, 1832.
William Kemp Pace and Ann E. P. Chowning were married March 12th, 1835, by the Rev. Cyrus Doggett.
Thomas R. Pace and Susan F. Sorrell were married July, 1859 by the Rev. Withers of Lancaster, Va., 27th July.
R.E. Norris and Willie A. Pace was married April 3rd, 1883 by the Rev. Hurbert T. Bacon, M.E.C.
Thos. O. Norris & Lena Mae Davis was married Oct. the 21st, 1907, in Wilmington, N.C. by the Rev. W. L. Rexford.
Richard Edward Norris, Jr., and Nettie Elizabeth Callahan was married at Chester, Queen Ann County, Maryland, on the 8th of Jan., 1910 by the Rev. Y. P. McGoldrick.
Susan Spillman Norris and Franklin Mayfield Booth was married April 16th, 1910, by the Rev. W. L. Ware, M.E. Church, Lancaster County, Va.
Thomas Jennings Boot and Wilhelmina Elizabeth Norris were married Oct. 30, 1919 by the Rev. C.C. Jones, M.E.C.
William Kemp Pace son of George S. Pace and Mary Wake, his wife, was born February the 12th, 1809.
Ann Skypwith Pace, daughter of the above named George and Mary was born the 30th of June 1810.
George Davis Pace was born November the 29th, 1811, son of the above named George & Mary.
Elizabeth Elliott Pace, second daughter of the above named George ande Mary was born April the 4th, 1813.
Benjamiin Saunders Pace, son of the above named George and Mary, was born February the 3rd, 1815.
Robert Wake Pace, son of Geroge and Mary, was born August the 20th, 1816.
Mary Ransome Pace, daughter of George and Mary, was born September the 9th, 1818.
John Row Pace, son of George and Mary, was born January the 19th, 1821.
Louisa Welch Pace, daughter of George and Mary, was born October the 6th, 1822.
Virginia Ann Pace, daughter of George and Mary, was born March the 27th, 1824.
Robert Kemp Pace, 4th son of William Kemp Pace and Ann his wife, was born October 23rd, 1843.
Ann Maria Wake, daughter of Ambrose Wake and Anna his wife was born October 25th, 1815.
Anna Dunlavy Pace, daughter of Benjamin Pace and Sarah his wife, was born February 5th, 1812.
Thomas Robert Pace, son of William K. Pace and Ann his wife, was born March 31st, 1836.
William Hamilton Pace, 2nd son of the above named was born August 11, 1839.
John Oscar Pace, 3rd son of the above named was born August 23rd, 1841.
Benjamin Saunders Pace, son of George S. Pace and Mary his wife, died July the 24th, 1815.
Ann Skypwith Pace, daughter of the above named George and Mary, died August the 19th, 1821.
Mary Ransome Pace, daughter of Geo. S. Pace and mary, his wife, departed this life, September the 30th, in the 16th year of her life.
Olivia Jane Pace, daughter of William Kep Pace and Ann his wife was born Nov. 5th, 1837.
Mary Pace, consort of George S. Pace departed this life Nov. 5th, 1836 in the 56th year of her life.
George S. Pace departed this life Sept. 25th, 1837, in the 63rd year of his life.
Departed thislife on the 25th day of September 1843.
Olivia Jane, only daughter of William Kemp Pace and Ann his wife, in the 5th year of her age.
Departed this life on the 20th day of December, 1843.
William K. Pace in the 35th year of his age departed this life on Sunday, April 1st, 1866.
Ann E. P. Pace consort of Wm. K. Pace, in the 51st year of her age.
Departed this life on 4th December 1867 Robt. K. Pace in the 25th year of his age.
Departed this lfe on the 17th of November 1833, Mrs. Louisa Hasseltine Pace, consort Mr. Geo. D. Pace and daughter of Capt. Robt. Barrick and Sarah D., his wife in the 18th year of her age.
William O. Norris, Sr., the father of Richard E. Norris was born Nov. 22nd 1824. Died Jan. 17th, 1870.
William O. Norris, Jr. the son of Wm. O. Norris, Sr., and brother of Richard E. Norris was born Dec. 15, 1858.
Sarah Spillman Norris departed thislife Dec. 28, 1897, beloved wife of William O. Norris, Sr.
Willie Ann Pace, daughter of Susan F. and Thomas Pace was born Sept. 18th, 1860.
R.E. Norris the son of William O. Norris & Sarah his wife was born Jan. 28, 1857.
Bertha Alice Norris, daughter of R.E. Norris & Willie A. Pace his wife, was born August 19th, 1884. Died October 22nd 1884.
Thomas Opie Norris, the son of R. E. Norris and Willie A. Norris his wife, was born January, Friday, 22nd 1886.
Richard Edward Norris the son of Richard E. Norris and Willie A. his wife, was born Nov. 18th, 1887, Friday
Susan Spillman Norris, the daughter of Richard E. Norris and Willie A. Norris was born 22nd, of March 1890, Saturday.
Anna Elizabeth Norris, the daughter of Richard E. Norris & Willie A. Norris was born Oct. 23rd, 1892, died Dec. 1st, 1892.
Wilhelmiina Elizabeth Norris, daughter of Richard E. Norris & Willie A. Norris his wife, was born Jan. 16th 1902, Thursday.
Edna Pace Boot, the daughter of Thomas Jennings Booth and Wilhelmina E. Booth was born August 13,
Civil War letter written by Ballard Preston Pace, submitted by his son Don Pace of Christiansburg, Virginia--I set up a separate page for it.
Subj: Noble H. Pace Genealogy Date: 98-01-01 15:30:43 EST
E-mail best one
rtaylor@ll.mit.edu; second
best
kidrolyat@aol.com
(Webmaster: in the above the ll is lower case LL, not a 11 (one-one) -- hard to tell)
My name is RICHARD NELSON TAYLOR (5/21/1943, FLUSHING NY), son of ANNABEL (Annie Belle) PACE TAYLOR (11/30/1908, Pace MS); gson of JAMES HENRY RANDOLPH PACE (b. 9/4/1855, Americus, Pike Co. GA ?, d. 12/30/1930, Pace MS) and LENA F. MILLER (b. 3/11/1869, Lyon ? MS, d. 11/30/1909 Pace MS);
ggson of ALFRED PACE (before 1840, likely GA) and MALVINA CULPEPPER. My uncle, NOBLE H. PACE (abt 1908, Tate Co. MS) conducted an extensive trace in the 1950's of the family, but I cannot find the records. Does anyone know if they are available through the Pace Society of America, LDS archives, etc. I am trying to put together a family tree for my daughter, LAURA KATHRYN TAYLOR (3/11/1980). Thanks for any leads you can give me. I hope to have several generations of descendents of JAMES HENRY RANDOLPH PACE available soon.
e-mail - best one rtaylor@ll.mit.edu; second best kidrolyat@aol.com
Snail Mail: : 42 Monument St., Concord, MA 01742-1847; (978)-287-4921
Back in 1993, Bruce Howard was kind enough to come to my assistance in regard to my fourth great grandfather, Stephen Pace, Jr. Now that I've moved back to Georgia, I've continued with my research of this line and have finally proved it to the rather picky satisfaction of the Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century. Perhaps the additional information may be of interest to other Pace researchers.
My hope was to find a will drawn by Stephen Pace that would enumerate his children, but if such a document ever existed, it was destroyed when the Heard County, Georgia courthouse burned in 1894. The Probate Clerk there assures me that they possess no documents that date prior to that conflagration. The truth is that by 1864 (Stephen's probable death date), it is unlikely that he would have had anything left to bequeath other than land, because Southerners were essentially living in poverty by then. If he did make a will, I would assume he left everything to his second wife. His first wife, whatever the dispute over her name, was deceased by 22 March 1826, for on that date he married Delilah ("Delphy") Deckenson in Fayette County, Georgia. I found that marriage record quite by accident in the process of searching for the marriage record of his son John Pace and Jane ("Grincey") McDaniel -- also in Fayette County. The date for this latter event was 7 June 1827. It should be noted that Jane's surname was McDaniel, not McDonald.
I have found the following in the census records:
1830 - both Stephen and John are in Henry County, Georgia (where John's daughter Mary Ann, my second great grandmother, was born in 1828).
1840 - both Stephen and John have moved to Heard County, Georgia.
1850 - both are still living in Heard County (and Mary Ann lists Heard County as her residence when she marries Henry Terrell Noland in SC in June of 1853).
1860 - both are still living in Heard County.
1870 - Stephen is deceased, and his widow Delilah is living in Heard County, actually in the county seat of Franklin (she has undoubtedly lost the Pace land at a tax sale -- this is at the height of Reconstruction in Georgia). John and Jane have moved to Chattooga County, and in their household are Henry Terrell Noland, his wife Mary Ann, and their four children, including my great grandmother, Ada.
Thanks to all who have helped me to finally get this part of the Pace family documented.
Sincerely, Sandra Whittington 1675 Dogwood Trail Douglasville, GA 30134 31 October 1997
Subj: Re: ANOTHER PACE FAMILY MEMBER Date: 97-05-06 14:14:29 EDT From: ccunning@mail.llion.org (CHARLES RICHARD CUNNINGHAM) Reply-to: ccunning@mail.llion.org
To: royjNOSPAM@webster.edu (Remove the NOSPAM)
ROY, I think I knew you were from Neosho, but had not gotten far enough to let you know that my first cousin, John Roy Pace is the Postmaster at Neosho. My mother and his Dad were brother and sister. Throughout the years, he has probably been my closest cousin. Our parents were always close and that is probably what started it. I have a David Lee Pace (uncle Pete) who lived at Anderson Mo, all of his life and his Grandson (Bill Thomas) is the Postmaster at Lanagan, Mo. Uncle Pete is my mothers brother. There were times in my life when I thought Anderson Mo was my summer home.
Back to geneaology, I believe the Pace Society traces my Capt John Pace bn 28 May 1751 (married to Elizabeth Nunn, 10 Sept 1776) as a son of William Pace (married to Susanna West) who was a son of John Pace (married to Elizabeth Montague) who was a son of John Pace (of Middlesex). I believe if all of that is correct, that makes us cousins. HOWEVER, if we knew it all to be correct, that would take the fun out of finding everthing.
One of these days, when youhave time, call me when you pass through Lebanon and we'll have a cup of coffee togather. Of course, we'll have to remember the days when Drury and SMSU were rivals. I am an alumnus of SMS and so are both of my daughters. My youngest is a teacher here in Lebanon. I'm afraid that dates both of us. Good to hear from you. Richard Cunningham
Subj: PACE/PASS Surname Date: 97-10-06 00:50:33 EDT
From: wward@texoma.net
(William Ward) CC: wward@texoma.net
My oral family history suggests that my PASS family may descend from or be related to a line of descendants of John PASS who, along with John STOW, recast the Liberty Bell in Philadelphis in 1751. According to several sources, such as The American Connection page of the Malta website and the US Department of Interior Independence Hall Park, John PASS was supposed to have been a native of Malta who anglicized his Maltese surname when he came to America. This conflicts with another family tradition that John PASS was one of 4 brothers who left Ireland; 1 went to Canada, 2 to the Colonies, and 1 to Malta to apprentice himself in the brass foundry at Valleta, Malta. My search for a person whose family has been chronicled in Malta uncovered a Giovanni PACE, son of Nikola PACE, circa 1660, but I cannot find any other information on him. Have you or any network subscribers encountered such a connection between PACE and PASS in this context? Thanks for any info or opinion. Bill Ward wward@texoma.net
From: gfoster@WAGA.net (Gregory G. Foster)
Hello and Greetings to you...
I trust that this message finds you well. My name is Greg Foster. I am 29 years old, and I am something like either a 10th or 11th great grandson of Richard and Isabella Smythe Pace.
I am very delighted that I have found your page and I am looking forward to the many benefits that its contents may yeild with regard to the Pace Family lineage... My great grandmother was Alice Avarilla Pace. She was a daughter of Alsa Jarvis Pace. (I have a chart that links me all the way back to Richard and Isabella Pace, and I would be thrilled to send it to you if you're interested...) Anyway, I would be interested in exchanging information with you if that is possible...
Take care and may God bless...
Sincerely,
Gregory G. Foster Dallas, Georgia
Subj: Re: TRYING TO LOCATE YOU!! Date: 97-10-02 21:58:11 EDT
From: BetinFL@aol.com (Betty
Morgan)
I just wrote you a long letter pertaining to the books that our Pace Cousins can obtain and also some of the people from the Pace Society I would like to be in contact with you, our mutual cousin Lynn White told me about you and I am so glad to be in touch with you!! After all this time, I am so glad to know that you are on-line, I am 1st Vice President of the Pace Society and our president, Earl Bergin, a very nice Pace Cousin, in fact, asked me to be membership chairman of the Pace Society, so I have been trying to find our Pace cousins. I am descended from Richard Pace IV through his son Capt. Drury Pace of the Revolutionary War and his son William PACE and his son Dredzil Evans Pace who moved to Alabama and his wife Melita Leverett (Pace). etc.,etc. Please be in touch with me. Fondly, your cousin, Betty Morgan (BetinFl@aol.com)
Subj: Greetings... Date: 97-10-02 17:47:54 EDT From: gfoster@WAGA.net (Gregory G. Foster) Reply-to: gfoster@WAGA.net To: royjNOSPAM@webster.edu (Remove the NOSPAM)
Hello and Greetings to you...
I trust that this message finds you well. My name is Greg Foster. I am 29 years old, and I am something like either a 10th or 11th great grandson of Richard and Isabella Smythe Pace.
I am very delighted that I have found your page and I am looking forward to the many benefits that its contents may yeild with regard to the Pace Family lineage... My great grandmother was Alice Avarilla Pace. She was a daughter of Alsa Jarvis Pace. (I have a chart that links me all the way back to Richard and Isabella Pace, and I would be thrilled to send it to you if you're interested...) Anyway, I would be interested in exchanging information with you if that is possible...
Take care and may God bless...
Sincerely,
Gregory G. Foster Dallas, Georgia
PS.
Please accept my deepest and most sincere word of congratulations on a web page very WELL DONE! You have done a splendid job with the project, and I look forward to returning very soon and often... GGF
----Anyone who says nice things like that will get LOTS of cooperation! Please send that lineage so it can be posted. Be aware that some lineages and links back to Richard are questioable. Veryfy EVERYTHING yourself. --Webmster
Subj: Web page... Date: 97-09-16 10:45:12 EDT From: blue-hill-cottage@juno.com (Anne Vestal-Mille) To: royjNOSPAM@webster.edu (Remove the NOSPAM)
Dear Mr. Johnson,
Your Pace web site is a very valuable contribution to researching the Pace Family. Congratulations on doing an excellent job as webmaster.
My Pace lineage comes from John Pace in Middlesex County, down through his descendant Capt, John Pace of Henry Co., VA. I've been doing research off and on for about 20 years on this line. What I would have given to have had this page twenty years ago!
I plan to visit it many times as I am researching all my lines possible back to the Magna Carta Barons. The Middlesex Co. Paces through the Montagues do back to several of them. Hope to find more by using high quality web sites like yours.
Anne Vestal-Miller
Webmaster's comment: Some information about that tracing of Paces through the Montagues to the Magna Carta barons would be a welcome contribution to the page. How about it?
Subj: Family Crest (coat of arms) and how to get started Date: 97-06-29 18:24:48 EDT From: tompace@flash.net (Tom Pace) To: royjNOSPAM@webster.edu (Remove the NOSPAM)
Dear Webmaster Johnson:
As a new subscriber to the internet, I found myself searching the Pace Network page. My name is Thomas Dredzell Pace, III. My family hails from Jackson, MS. After seeing your family crest, I pulled one out of the closet that my mother gave me some time ago. It is remarkably close to the one on your page. The only difference I see is that the boars head is sitting on top of a helmet. The scroll under the shield has the words ANIMOSE CERTAVIT. I always thought that my mother sent off for this crest through some bogus mail order thing that was more interested in money than lineage. Could I have been wrong?
What do I need to do to find out more about my side of the Pace family?
Thanks,
Click here to go to Tom's query on the queries page.
This message from Bruce Howard is well worth reading:
Roy: Sorry to be so long in answering your last. As you can imagine we are completely snowed under with work this time of the year. It started about the middle of April and has just snowballed. I am up to my eyeballs in the bindary department, books everywhere. I am not ungreatful, however. I am very happy that the Lord has blessed me with all I can handle. But, all this work has severally retarded my efforts to get my books published. I have to steal time to work on the Colonial book (that's not the title, of course) if I am not completely worn out from working all day.
To answer everyone's question is not an easy thing to do right now. My hope was to finish it within this year, but we had maybe a month and a half off this time and two weeks of that was spent in Virginia and North Carolina in March and the first week of May we just closed everything down and went out to Texas for about a week, not only to visit our children but to attend my grandson's big Honors Band concert at Lanier High in Austin. You are right about the fact that nothing is ever final in genealogy. There are still a mountain of unanswered questions concerning some of the lines and it never fails, everytime I go somewhere I find missing pieces to the big puzzle and then more questions come up. I'll give you a couple of the latest examples. Remember Mark James of Austin, Texas, and by the way I tried to call him while we were there and he doesn't have a listed phone. I wanted to tell him about the things I found on his William Pace of Sabine County, Texas. It seems old William and family came to the Republic of Mexico in 1826 from Louisiana and he made some petitions for land starting in 1828 then in 1834 and in 1835. He then served with the Texas Army at the Battle of San Jacinto in March 1836. He died in 1838 in Sabine County. His heirs were awarded very large amounts of land.
While digging around in the records at the archives of the General Land Office which is about three blocks from the State Archives, I discovered another William Pace. This William Pace came to Texas around 1831 and settled in old Liberty District, the next district to the west from Sabine, and he was from Virginia. He had a wife and eight children. He filed his petition for a land grant in 1834, just about the time trouble was getting started between the Texans and the Mexican authorities in that region of the Republic. He then dissapears from the records. But, after the war ended and things settled down a little, two Pace children, brother and sister, show up in old Liberty in the same area where William and family had lived about three years earlier. Now most people would think one had nothing to do with the other and might dismiss any connection. But, I happen to know that William and Jane Pace of Petersburg, Va., had nine children born before the year 1820. The second oldest boy never left Virginia, went over into Sussex Co., and married in 1831 and never left that county. All of the rest of the family disappeared from Va. after the year 1822 and the younger children then began to show back up in Petersburg after the year 1836.
The Pace man who shows up in Liberty in 1837-1838 was George Pace and his sister Martha Jane Pace. They were both born in Virginia. I happen to know that William and Jane Pace had a son George born in 1805 in Petersburg, and this George of Texas was born in 1805 in Virginia. This William and Jane Pace of Virginia are the ancestors of Bob Siegfried of Richmond. I haven't told him about what I suspect and what I have found, yet. I don't think he will believe me, because he is convinced that William and Jane died in Petersburg around 1822, and this is based on the fact that are no longer in any records after that date until some of their younger children start showing up in marriage records some years later. Can you picture in your mind what was taking place during that time from what little I have told you? I can.
What this boils down to, is that it changes a few things I have already written about and opens up a whole new area of research. I just can't seem to quit. I guess it's just in my blood and I want to go, and go and keep going. The more I find, the more I want to find. I love research. I absolutely thrive on it.
I'll finish this book in the near future, imperfect as it will be, but may have to put follow up information in articles in the bulletins because I know there is going to be more to come. Oh, well! Best reguards,
Bruce
Subj: Michael Pace of New Jersey Date: 97-06-21
06:55:06 EDT
From: JimP46@aol.com
I have entered my genealogy as best I can gather beginning with Michael Pace of German Valley, New Jersey born 1728 on my web site
http://members.aol.com/jimp46/pacetree.htm
I would appreciate it if you could post this site for me. Thank you for your consideration. I am now working on Michaels brothers and my cousins.
[The following from Bruce Howard regarding Michael Pace]
I have something that you may want to pass along to the person researching Michael Pace of New Jersey that may help, and might defuse some of the misconceptions of the past. When I went on my annual trip to Virginia last year Jack [Pace] and I decided to dig around in Northampton County to see if we could find any further clue on John Pace, whom I contend resided in that county prior to going to Middlesex County to live. We also poked around in Accomack just to cover all the bases. I was working Northampton and Jack was working Accomack, and I came across something rather interesting.
In the Northampton County Order Book No. 2, 1640-1645 ( which is also Wills, Deeds and Court Orders ) is the following entries which I transcribed from the original handwritten record -
Page 326. At a court holden 20 September 1644. A Certificate granted unto Thomas Burdett, Mary Gilbert, Michaell Pace, Sarah Smyth.
Page 326. At a court holden 20 September 1644.
A Certificate granted unto Thomas Burdett, Mary Gilbert, Michaell Pace, Sarah Smyth.
Page 355. An inventory of the goods Cattle Chattles of and belonging untothe estate of Mr William Burdett deceased... (this was a large estate covering 3 folio size pages, near the end was the following note found among his papers)
lbs tobacco
to Michaell Pacey a boy to serve Sixe years at
1100
Recorded Srieno du Minsis Aprillis Ano Dmi 1645
Now, the 1645 date is the date the inventory was recorded. The above note on the young boy Michael Pace was not dated but apparently was a service note he had written out when Michael came into his service and he agreed to pay him eleven hundred pounds tobacco at the end of the six years, which may have already expired and the expence was not paid at the time of his death which caused it to be made a part of the estate as a debt owing. The certificate granted to Michael and others is unclear. However, if his term of service ended prior to the certificate being granted by the court then the chances are very good that this certificate was his passport out of the county and most likely out of the Colony. You see by law you had to apply for a certificate to leave the county of your residence, even if you were only going to another county.
I checked carefully and Michael Pace never appears in any records of those two counties after that, and my feeling is that he left Virginia and made his way into Maryland and on to one of the Northern Provinces, or he paid his own expences and boarded a ship bound up for either New York or New Jersey Province. Those who are interested in this family need to take a close look at the records in each of the provinces above Virginia and keep an eye out for this Michael, who I believe qualifies to be the grandfather of Michael Pace of Morris County, New Jersey.
Several years ago it was advanced by someone that this Pace family was German because they lived at Germantown, or German something, in New Jersey. The information that I have found concerning this family is that they resided in Roxbury Township in Morris County and if there is a Germantown or something like that in that township then so be it, but that doesn't make them German. New Jersey was an English Province and English subjects could live anywhere they wished and I really have my doubts that there was a German anything in existance in that Province at the time of Michaels birth. That, of course, is up to someone else to figure out, but it still will not change the fact that Michael and his brothers were English. I firmly believe that.
Subj: Pace Your Family And Mine Date: 97-06-06 03:24:18 EDT
From: bobwebb@firstnethou.com (Bob Webb)
This may be of interest to folks descended from JOHN and ELIZABETH (JONES) PACE and DEMPSEY and ELIZABETH (RAINWATER) PACE / MARY (YARBROUGH) PACE. Some of you have a copy of the book Pace; Your Family And Mine or the supplement. Since stumbling upon the Pace Network, I've been browsing around the Clayton Library in Houston, and this is some stuff I came up with. Be glad to hear any comments, suggestions or corrections. &endash; Bob Webb
Ulcanush Baptist Church
Ulcanush Baptist Church, located in Clarke County, Alabama, two miles north of Coffeeville, is the oldest church in the state in its original setting. A summary of the minutes was presented in the winter 1978 edition of the Clarke County Historical Society Quarterly. A few excerpts follow: Baptist Church of Ulcanush Mississippi Territory Clarke County Organized 1816
Started with a prayer meeting with the following present: JOHN PACE ELIZABETH PACE William Thornton Nancy Thornton William Stringer Rhoda Allen Michael Miller Joseph Williams
Saturday the 25th day of October 1817 the people constituted a Baptist Church called Ulcanush.
Joseph Williams was afterwards ordained and became pastor of this church. The land for the church was donated by JOHN PACE and his wife, ELIZABETH. They lived about a mile from the church. "Ulcanush", a Choctaw word, was taken from the name of a nearby creek that runs into the Tombigbee River. According to a recent map of the county, there is a "Pace Creek" indicated as a tributary of Ulcanush Creek.
This information has also been presented in "Historical Sketches Of Clarke County, Alabama", by the Clarke County Historical Society and in T.H. Ball's "Glance Into The Great Southeast, or Clarke County And It's Surroundings" 1882, pg. 576. This wasn't presented in "Pace; Your Family And Mine", possibly because it wasn't indexed in Ball's book.
Turner's Fort and The Creek War of 1813 and 1814
This is a piece by Annie Turner in the Clarke County Historical Society Quarterly, Summer, 1980, about Turner's Fort.
(Picture of old corn crib)
This corn crib in West Bend was built in 1933 or 1934 using some split logs from the original Abner Turner home. Some logs came from a second house and crib used by other members of his family. Family history handed down about these logs came from the old Turner Fort that was constructed for area residents' protection during the Creek War of 1813-1814. The old fort stood about 300 yards east of this crib and the first home of Abner Turner stood about the same distance to the north of this building. "The Creek War of 1813 and 1814" by T.H. Ball and H.S. Halbert, first published in 1895, says; "Turner's Fort was some eight miles south and five west (of Fort Easley), in the west bend of the Tombigbee River, near the residence of Abner Turner. This fort was built of split pine logs doubled and contained two or three block-houses. It was held by the citizens of the neighborhood, thirteen men and some boys forming the garrison that expected to protect the women and children. [Two or three miles distant, on the river, was a Choctaw reservation known as Turkey Town, called by the Choctaws "Fakit Chipunta," Little Turkeys.] In this stockade were members of the Turner, Thornton, PACE and other families, early settlers in what became the delightful West Bend neighborhood. " [Here for a time resided Tandy Walker, who is mentioned in the Gaines records, who was "a most experienced and daring backwoodsman;" but in the summer of 1813 he was connected with the affairs of Fort Madison. The inmates of the two forts, Turner's and Easley's, held religious services in their fort life. At Fort Easley, a camp-meeting was held, probably in August, which some from the other stockade attended. The "love feast" on Sunday morning was held outside the fort, but guards were stationed to give warning if any attacking party of Indians appeared.* ] These inmates removed to the safety of Fort St. Stephens after the Fort Mims massacre.
[*Among those attending this meeting from West Bend was Mrs. Martha PACE, known in her later life as Aunt Patsy, born about 1800, then a girl of thirteen, ... who mentioned the incident of the "love feast"...] Ball goes on to say he spent nearly two years with the surviving members of Turner's Fort and their descendants.
I checked out a copy of the Halbert & Ball book on the Creek War. The University of Alabama Press has reprinted it, adding an introduction, notes, bibliography and an index. The bracketed [] passages were included in the original book, which Ms. Turner chose not to include. The book has a map of the area, indicating Turner's and Easley's Forts, Coffeeville, Turkey Town, the Tombigbee River and other points of interest. There were several forts all over the general area; many like the above family stockade, built at the outbreak of the war. The book gives a pretty good idea of the mood of the time and a fair account of the war in that area. Ball tends to go on a bit, but I suppose this was the Victorian way to present things. The anecdotes and details make for some very engaging reading in parts.
Other data relevant to the Creek War;
JOHN PACE served on a jury that included Samuel Mims (of Ft. Mims), 4 September, 1809 (p 61, Residents of Mississippi Territory, Miscellaneous, Book 2A, Strickland & Edwards, 1995)
Also from Strickland & Edwards' Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory, Census, Tax Rolls and Petitions, Book One, 1995: JOHN PACE was a signer of this petition from the Territorial Papers of the U.S., Vol. IV Mississippi Territory, pgs 625-630 by C.E. Carter: "That since the sale of public land by the U.S. government in the year 1811, this area, and especially that part of the Tombigbee, has been the theatre of savage depredations of war. That the settlers have had to continually defend their country thereby keeping them from working to earn the money to pay the payments on their land. They ask for an extension of credit to give them time to earn the money; and that they not have to pay interest on the past due installments." Among the signers of that petition were members of the Turner, Thornton and Easley families and William Stringer, a fellow member of John Pace's church.
And, according to an oral tradition recounted in "Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama", Clarke County Historical Society, DEMPSEY PACE served in the Creek Indian War.
This information about Turner's Fort has also been presented in "Historical Sketches Of Clarke County, Alabama". A lot of Halbert & Ball's book on the Creek War was quoted in Mrs. Dunbar Rowland's "Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812", including the above passage.
Subj: Pace Network Date: 97-06-05 08:49:24 EDT From: flalaska@alaska.net (Judy Cooper) Reply-to: flalaska@alaska.net To: royjNOSPAM@webster.edu (Remove the NOSPAM)
Hi and wow! I accidently stumbled upon your page looking for something else and boy was I surprised. I first became interested in genealogy when I came across a book that belonged to my great grandmother and traced her Alldredge lineage when I was in the 2nd grade. Since then I have been working on my family tree whenever I can, but I have avoided the Paces, mainly because there seems to be so much information out there and I have other lines where there is nothing. I had no idea about the Pace controversies, all of which fall into my line.
Great page!!! Thanks for the info!!!
Judy Cooper
Judy, that's what the Pace Network is for. I have searched the Internet too, and I find postings of family trees with totally unproven links just so the submitter can trace back to Richard Pace. That's completely hokey. The Pace Network stands for proven research. Glad to help. -Webmaster
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