Sargeant Memorial Collection Legacy Genealogy Research Files, 1900-2015 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Margaret Marshall

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Box 5

Folder 1: Constable Family Research, undated

Descendants list and will documents for Thomas Constable.  Family names listed include Butt, Grice, Pearce, Moore, Lattimore, and Caton.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Fairfield, Connecticut, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Folder 2: Conway family history, 1904-1910

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Conway family, beginning with Edwin Conway who emigrated to Virginia in 1640.  Family names listed include Eltonhead, Fleet, Thompson, Thacker, Ball, Catlett, Moore, Spann, Lee, Garlington, Gordon, Heath, Downman, Taliaferro, Taylor, Dowman, Carter, Moncure, Fitzhugh, Hundley, Peyton, Madison, Hack, Eustace, Hite, Ewell, Gaskins, Thornton, Dade, Buckner, Henry, Porter, Daniel, Smith, Tomlin, Stuart, Strother, Barnes, Macon, Slaughter, Howard, Yerby, Glassel, Foushee, Jones, Wallace, Buchanan, Thomas, Sparks, Hempshire, Mann, Davis, Holladay, Hall, Emmanuel, Shields, Atkinson, Rowe, Nicol, Latham, Allen, Bloxton, Harrison and March.  Geographic locations listed include Northampton County, Virginia, Lancaster County, Virginia, Richmond County, Virginia, Essex County, Virginia and King George County, Virginia.

Folder 3: Cooke family research, 1911-1979

Narrative descriptions of members of the Cooke (alternatively spelled Cook) family, beginning with Francis Cooke (born 1582) who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower in 1620. Other family names listed include Mahieu, Warren, Hopkins, Wright, Thompson, Doty, Chilton, Ricket, Cushman, Latham, Pinkham, Sears, Morton, Johnson, Harris, Carver, Howland, Hodges, Marker, Cornwell, Hull, Kilborn, Brainard, Giddings, Hubbard, Rollo, Perkins, Jackson, Norton, Wyllis, Carrier, Ramson, Parmalee, Rogers, Day, Dyer, Elster, Dennis, Wheeler, Wainwright, Gago, Knight, Twifford, Sufford, Pratt, Adams and Harrington.  Geographic locations listed include Leydon, Holland, Kingston, Massachusetts, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Bridgewater, Connecticut, Middletown, Connecticut, Burlington Flats, New York, Provincetown, Massachusetts, East Hampton, Connecticut, Chatham, Connecticut, Hartland, Connecticut, Burlington, New York, Foster, Rhode Island, Boston, Massachusetts, Coventry, Rhode Island, Columbus, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Virgil, New York, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Exeter Township, New York, Surry County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Leesburg, Virginia, Martinsburg, Virginia and Winchester, Virginia.

Folder 4: Corbin family research, 1910-1916

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Corbin family, beginning with Henry Corbin, who emigrated to Virginia. Family names listed include Eltonhead, Lee, Lightfoot, Griffin, Tayloe, Jennings, Wormeley, Lane, Bushrod, Tucker, Needles, Newton, Farley, Beverley, Randolph, Jones, Turbeville, Fauntleroy, Wellford, Calhane, Byrd and Hamilton.  Geographic locations listed include Westmoreland County, Virginia, Northumberland County, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Carolina County, Virginia and Gloucester County, Virginia.

Folder 5: Cornick Family Research, 2010

Descendants lists for Lemuel Cornick and Endymion Cornick of Princess Anne County, Virginia. Alternative spelling includes Carnick and Cornick.  Other family names listed include Keeling, Paynter, McClanahan, Woodhouse, Land, Henley, Tyree, Wilson, Whitehead, Hoggard, Hunter, James, Lewis, Cason, Colley, Harding, Boush, Oliver, Morgan, Fentress, Macon, Bridgers, Henley, Connell, Pearce, Cocke, Wright, Coke, and Powell.  Geographic locations listed include Princess Anne County, Virginia, Norfolk County, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Currituck County, North Carolina, and Nansemond County, Virginia. Written by Truit (Tim) Bonney.

Folder 6: Couper Family Research, undated

Descendants lists in the form of a family tree beginning with William Couper married to Isobel Auchinwals.  Alternative spellings of the last name include Coupar and Couper.  Other family names listed include Nicol, Taylor, Pilmer, Clark, Barlow, Hamilton, Cowling, Doig, Ball, Berry, Nordli, Baldwin, and Bowden.  Geographic locations listed include Langforgan, Scotland, Norfolk, Virginia, Dundee, Scotland, Florence, Italy, Montclair, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Vineland, New Jersey.

Folder 7: Cowand Family Research, undated

Descendants list beginning with Jesse Cowand (born 1787), married to Elizabeth Scholes of New Haven, Connecticut, and died 1852 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.  Other family names listed include Moore, Herrick, Borhaver, Karlson, Price, Jones, Fitchett, Jordy, Dicks, Wolfe, Day, and Wieting.  Geographic locations listed include New Orleans, Louisiana, Canton, Mississippi, White Hall, Michigan, Joplin, Missouri, Norfolk, Virginia, Knotts Island, North Carolina, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Also included are photocopied pages from the Jones Family bible. Submitted by Eloise Jones Cowand.

Folder 8: Cowne Family Research, 1981

Narrative description, descendants lists and pedigree charts for the Cowne family of Virginia, beginning with William Cowne who came to the Virginia Colony in 1733.  Other family names listed include Hill, Smith, Aylett, Quarles, Mallet, Blackburn, Latham, Boteler, Robinson, Hansen, Gough, Tunstall, Camp, Grayson, Monroe, Yancey, Oder, and Reade.  Geographic locations listed include Ugborough Devon, England, Stoke Damerel Parish Devon, England, Exeter Devon, England, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Fauquier County, Virginia, Calverton, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia, Covington, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Salt Lake City, Utah, Carolina County, Virginia, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Culpeper County Virginia, King William County, Virginia, and Roanoke, Virginia. Written by Jonathan Augustine Cowne and Janna Lee Gough Cowne.

Folder 9: Cowper family information, 1935

Letter regarding John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, in 1801, son of Wills Cowper of Nansemond, Virginia.

Folder 10: Cox family research, 2010

Descendants lists for John Cox, Lemuel Sawyer, and James Maxwell.  Family newsletters for Cox-Phillips from December 1980 and March, June, and September 1981.  Other family names listed include Meiggs, Williams, Archer, Morgan, Mansfield, Grimes, Twiddy, Winslow, Audley, Bosomworth, Sterling, Tidrick, Radford, Quesenberry, Marshall, Reece, Turman, and Agnew.  Geographic locations listed include South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina, Norfolk County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Bertie County, North Carolina, Currituck, North Carolina, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Pasquotank, North Carolina, Richmond County, North Carolina, Boston, Massachusetts, Berkley County, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Easton Leavenworth County, Kansas, Indiana, Osage, Kansas, Iowa City, Cedar County, Iowa, Linn, Iowa, Atkinson, Kansas, Loudoun County, Virginia, Floyd County, Virginia, Carroll County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Virginia, St. Mary Township, Illinois, Idaho, and California. Family newsletters written by Mr. Elza B. Cox of Southmont, North Carolina and Mrs. Phyllis G. Phillips of Indian Valley, Virginia.

Folder 11: Cox family history, 1979

Descendants lists, photographs and Bible excerpts for the Cox, Willett and Lamb families.  Other family names listed include Gray, Bell, Ballentine, Cartwright, Staples, Wilson, Bray, Maddrey, Baum, Holt, Gregory, Barclay, Culpepper, Phillips, Llewellyn, Palmer, Gordon, Harbittle, and Beckwith.  Geographic locations listed include Currituck County, North Carolina, Camden County, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, Roxbury, Massachusetts, Salisbury, Connecticut, and Buchanan, Missouri.  Compiled by Lois V. Cox.

Folder 12: Crawford family research, 1905-1916

Newspaper genealogy columns regarding the Crawford family, beginning with John Crawford who emigrated to Virginia in 1643.  Family names listed include McGuire, Maxwell, Barnett, Smith, Jacobs, Anderson, Clarkson, Duke, Hill, Rodes, Yancey, Terry, Miller, Martin, Brown, Vanderbilt, Torrance, Henderson, Gorardine, Burrus, Dudley, Penn, Buss, Davies, Macon, Jones, Bibb, Cocke, Singersfield, Harris, Atwood, Allen, Parker, Rhodes, Flewellen, McDonald, Parsons, Houston, Wittus, Clarke, Coleman, Rawlins, Wright, Arner, Talbot and Bust.  Geographic locations listed include James City County, Virginia, New Kent County, Virginia, Hanover County, Virginia, Amherst County, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia, Georgia, Greene County, Georgia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Louisa County, Virginia, Augusta, Georgia, Cuthbut, Georgia, Nelson County, Virginia, Hampshire, Virginia, Missouri, Boone County, Missouri, Bolivar County, Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri and Loutre Island, Warren County, Missouri.

Folder 13: Creamer Family Research, undated

Descendants list for John (Jonathan) Creamer and Adelia (Dealy) (Videlia) Creamer.  Alternative last name spellings are Cremore, Creemur, Cremur, and Creamer.  Other family names listed include Woodhouse, Harret, Wilcrison, Shermedine, Reed, Ellis, Mason, Dunston, Fisher and Childress.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia, Maryland, Princess Anne County, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, and Accomack County, Virginia.

Folder 14: Creekman Family Research, 1979

Narrative description of the Creekman family, beginning with Edmund Creekman's immigration to the colony of Virginia before 1650.  Alternative spellings of the last name include Crickman, Creekman, Creackman, Creekmore, and Creekmur.  Other family names listed include Wood, Dozier, Wilson, West, and Stelts.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, and Beaufort, South Carolina.  Written by Charles Todd Creekman, Jr.

Folder 15: Crenshaw family research, 1912

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Crenshaw family, beginning with Joseph Croshaw (alternatively spelled Crenshaw) who was granted land in York County in 1649.  Family names listed include Bacon, Rice, Miller, Austin, Crew, Couch, Pretlow and Hopkins.  Geographic locations listed include King William County, Virginia, Amelia County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia and Lunenburg County, Virginia.

Folder 16: Crew family research, undated

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Crew (alternatively spelled Crews) family.  Other family names listed include Cheatham, Wright, Hunt, Breedlove, Hicks, Hester, Aiken, Taylor, Bullock, Minor, High, Longmire, Duty and Hays.  Geographic locations listed include Franklin County, Virginia, Oxford, Virginia, Granville, Virginia, Vance County, North Carolina and Person County, North Carolina.

Folder 17: Crockett Family Research, undated

Pedigree chart beginning with Nancy Jane Crockett Mims (born 1909, died 1990), daughter of Stuart Raper Crockett (born 1879, died 1948) and Maria Langley Ramsey (born 1884, died 1972).  Other family names listed include Howe, Langley, Winstead, Hutchinson, Brown, Kerr, Boyd, Sheperd, Haven, Smith, and Stuart.  Geographic locations listed include Rural Retreat, Virginia, Macon County, North Carolina, Hawkins County, Tennessee, Madisonville, Kentucky, Edgefield, South Carolina, Webster County, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Virginia, Wilmore, Kentucky, Dublin, Virginia, and Americus, Georgia.  Submitted by Maria C. Mims of Edgefield, South Carolina.

Folder 18: Cruser Family Research, 2012

Newspaper clippings, photographs of the family home with captions, photographs of family members and family gravestones beginning with Captain Cornelius Cruser. Family names include Satterwhite, Oliver, Kemp, Ashburn, Hall, Soles, Robbins, and Hendren.  Geographic locations listed include Staten Island, New York, Gloucester County, Virginia, and Norfolk, Virginia. Contributed by Mr. Mike Lewis of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Folder 19: Cuffee Family Research, 1983

Newspaper clipping from the Norfolk Compass, dated July 27/28, 1983 regarding the Cuffee family. Alternative spelling of the last name is Cuffe.  Other family names listed include Moses, Dozier, Cruz, Coefield and Reynolds.  Geographic locations listed include Chesapeake, Virginia, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Westport, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 20: Cunningham family research, 1966

Biographies of descendants of Joseph Cunningham (died between 1765 and 1769), compiled by Mary Carmack Cunningham of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in 1966. Family names listed include Stephens, Garrison, Oliver, Finch, Howard, Roten, Holshouser, Davis, Harrison, Barnett, Reynolds, Cook, Carrier, Carloss, Lauderdale, Godwin, MacDaniel, Jones, Hoover, Lacy, Lipscombe, Haymes, Finkel, Jameson, Lumas, Logan, Kirk, Albough, Neal, Beckerdite, Russell, Aiken, Brewer, Sanders, Fears, Akers, Atteberry, Lee, Cross, Prather, Dial, Doyle, Sauls, Trantham, Bradley, Meredith, Hubbard, Schumacher, Bradfield, Clatworthy, Cater, Brown, Price, Koon, Wommack, Odem, McCarty, Edmiston, Perkins and Sloan.  Geographic locations listed include Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Rowan County, North Carolina, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, Colorado and Missouri.

Folder 21: Cunningham Family Tree, undated

Family tree diagram beginning with Andrew Cunningham, emigrant to Boston, Massachusetts, before 1684.  Other family names listed include Gibson, Roe, Colbert, Burke, Humphrey, Stubbs, Bennett, Scott, Burton, Cook, Cain and Washington.  Geographic locations listed include Boston, Massachusetts, Newberryport, Massachusetts, Norfolk, Virginia, and California. Compiled by Edwin Hervie Cunningham, Junior with assistance from Mrs. C.G. Burton, Mrs. L.W. Davis, Mrs. J.A. Stubbs, and Mr. E. L. Cunningham, Senior.

Folder 22: Curle family research, 1906

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Curle family, beginning with Thomas Curle (born 1640, died 1700) of York County, Virginia.  Family names listed include Meade, Everard, Randolph and Bolling.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, North Carolina, Henrico County, Virginia and Amelia County, Virginia.

Folder 23: Curtis family history, undated

Newspaper genealogy column regarding the Curtis family, beginning with Major Thomas Curtis, who emigrated to Elizabeth City, Virginia in 1624.  Other family names listed include Hafhide, Perrot, Vans, Thornton and King. Geographic locations listed include Gloucester County, Virginia and Middlesex County, Virginia.

Folder 24: Custis family research, 1907-2011

Newspaper genealogy columns and descendants list for the Custis family, beginning with John Custis of Northampton County, Virginia. Family names listed include Parke, Washington, Lee, Michael, Kendall, Whittington, Scarbrough, Robinson, Luke, Wilcox, Yardley, Ryding, Peale, Smart, Thorowgood, Littleton, Bowman, Browne, Hope, Revell, Shield, Stringer and Watson.  Geographic locations listed include Baltimore, Maryland, Accomack County, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia and Northampton County, Virginia.  Descendants list for Edmund (Cliffe) Custis compiled by Bill Wilkins in 2007.

Folder 25: Cutchin Family Research, undated

Narrative family history of the Cutchin family, beginning with Elizabeth Cutchin and her marriage to Henry Hollowell in Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1680. Alternative spellings of the last name include Scutchins and Cutchins.  Other Family names listed include Howell, Best, Driver, Edwards, Whitehurst, Hydrick, Braswell, Whelus, and Gibbs.  Geographic locations listed include Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Edgecomb County, North Carolina, Nansemond County, Virginia, Los Angeles, California, South Lake Tahoe, California and Smithfield, Virginia.  Written by Arthur O. Cutchin of Sacramento, California.