Sally's
great-great great Grandparents:
Abner Rountree
ca 1765/74 - 1816 | his parents
& 1793 Sarah Spivey | her
parents
& 1799 Ann (Nancy) Riddick ca 1770/74 - ca 1808 | her parents
& 1809 Catherine Piland | her
parents
of Gates County, North Carolina
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
Ann Riddick 30 March 1793 married John
Simons,
Bondsman Micajah Riddick.
Abner Rountree 5 May 1793 married Sarah
Spivey, daughter of Moses.
Abner Rountree 27 Feb, 1799
married Nancy Simons,
Bondsman Micajah Riddick, Jr.
Abner Rountree 8 March 1809 married Catherine Piland.
Account of Sales of Estate of John Simons, dec'd,
exhibited into Court by Ann Simons and Abraham
Riddick- 21 May 1798.
Child of Abner Rountree and Sarah
Spivey:
1. Nancy Rountree ca 1795 -
married Robert Rountree 1770/80 -
Child of John Simons and Ann Riddick:
1. Robert Simons ca 1795 -
married Phiny ---
Children of Abner Rountree and Ann Riddick:
1. Simeon [Simmonds] Rountree ca 1800 - March 1850
married 23 Oct 1823 Elizabeth Parker ca 1800 -
March 1850
Gates Co bondsman Zachera Hays
2. Solomon Rountree 1802 - 1870
married 15 Mar 1827 Amelia Hudgins 1811 - 1882
18 Aug 1794 Deed of Sale of Land Abner Rountree,
Sarah Rountree, his wife, & Priscilla Spivey to ...
Feb 1804 Ordered that Abner Rountree be appointed Guardian to his daughter Nancy Rountree-
security 50 # Wm W Riddick and Jno
Hunter offered themselves.
Gates County, NC, Will Book 2-page 133
Abner Rountree, Oct 18, 1816 Probate-Nov Court 1816
In the name of God Amen. I Abner Rountree of Gates County, State of North Carolina being weak in
body but of disposing mind & memory thank God for the same do make and ordain this my
last will and testament in manner and form following.
Item I give to my daughter Nancy Rountree one negro woman by the name of
Febey to her
& her heirs also all the property now in her possession.
Item I give and bequeath to my youngest son
Solomon Rountree one negro man by the name of Isaac to him and his heirs forever also $125 in cash
Item I give to my son
Solomon Rountree one negro boy by the name of Ruben to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Simons $15 in cash to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Simeon
Rountree 1/2 the tract of land whereon I now
live to him and his heirs forever.
Item My will and desire is that my son in law Robert
Rountree be paid out of my estate for his
services in nursing me when sick & my burying expenses also.
Item I give to Treasy Harrell daughter of Enos
Harrell $8 to be paid out of my estate.
Item My will and desire is that all the remaining part of my property not before given
away including my stock of all kind and my crop of all kinds and my horse to be sold and
the money arising from such sale after paying my just debts be equally divided
between my daughter Nancy Rountree and Simeon
Rountree and Solomon Rountree share and share equally alike to them and their heirs forever.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my friend William
Riddick Esqr and my son in law Robert Rountree my sole Executors to this my last will and Testament.
In witness I have hereunto
set my hand & seal this 18th day of October 1816.
Abner (his X mark) Rountree (seal)
Signed in the presence of John Harrell (Jurat), Abraham (his X mark) Bains (Jurat),
Terese (her
X mark) Harrell
CENSUS GATES CO NC MALES
FEMALES
YEAR HEAD
0-10 10-16 26-45 0-10 10-16 26-45
1800 ABNER ROUNTREE 2
0
1
1
0
2
1810 ABNER ROUNTREE 1
1
1
0
1
1
William [Henry Rountree] had inherited the Plantation House built in 1812
in Sunbury from his father Solomon Rountree. I believe the house was built
by his Grandfather Abner Rountree. When I visited the house in 1955, it was
in very bad repair, but a tenant farmer was living there. It had the date
1812 in the chimney. The porches which used to wrap around the house were
gone and it was not painted. I have a picture of it taken in 1935 when it
was already in bad shape. William had another farm where he lived with his
family at Merchant's Mill which was nearby. I remember that the trees along
the drive to that house were covered with Spanish Moss. - John Macon
brother of Solomon Rountree 1802 - 1870
Simeon
Rountree ca 1800 - 1850 | his
parents
Elizabeth Parker ca 1800 - 1850
| her
parents
of Gates Co NC
Simeon Rountree and Elizabeth
Parker were married 23 Oct 1823 (Gates Co
Marriage Bonds)
Simeon was born ca 1800 the son of Abner
Rountree (died 1816) and his second wife Ann Riddick , widow of John Simons. He lived on the ground his father
Abner bought in 1800. He built a home ca 1830 about 200 yards
east of Abner's log house which stood near the family cemetery. Simeon and
his wife Elizabeth both died in March 1850 of encephalitis. Their house was
inherited by their son Alfred Gatling
Rountree (1826-1907). It is located near Eleanor's
Crossroads and Wiggins Hill. There was also a son named Abner born ca 1836 (listed with his Uncle Solomon Rountree's
family in 1850 Census.)
Simmon Rountree Home
Census: Gates Co NC
1830 Simmons Rountree 1 (6-10) 1 (20-30) females 2 (0-5) 1 (30-40)
1840 Simmons Rountree 1 (0-5) 1 (16-20) 1 (30-40) females 1 (0-5) 2 (10-15) 1 (40-50)
three in agriculture
Children of Simeon Rountree and Elizabeth Parker:
1. Alfred Gatling Rountree 1825 - 16 March 1907
married 15 May 1850 Rebecca Sue (Nancy) Eason
1830 - 4 Nov 1917
Gates Co bondsman Starkey S Park and wit N J Riddick
a. Andrew Lafayette Rountree 10 May 1851 - 7 Jan 1930
at Hall, Gates Co, NC Census 1880
married 16 Jan 1874 Julia F Piland
1854 -
dau of Rubin Piland 1804 -
i. Eugenia Rountree
1875 -
married 13 Dec 1896 W H Taylor 1861 -
ii. Solomon Rountree
1876 -
iii. Jesse Rountree
1878 -
iv. Lizzie Rountree
1880 -
v. Linda J
Rountree 1882 -
married 6 Jan 1898 Elbert R Eure ca 1873 -
vi. William Rountree
1884 - 1964
vii. Sue Rountree
viii. Daisy Rountree
ix. Venie Rountree
x. Walter Rountree
xi. Vivian Rountree
b. Cornelius Franklin [Frank] Rountree 20 Aug
1852 - 2 Jan 1937
married 10 Jan 1878 Martha Harrell
i. Abner
Jackson Rountree
married Malinda Maud Savage
1. Henry Wesley Rountree
married Christine Cross Savage
ancestors of Tom Rountree
c. Lavinia Elizabeth [Lizzie] Rountree 24
Mar 1854 - 7 June 1881
married 14 Dec 1871 William H Lawrence
1844 -
d. George Thomas [Tim] Rountree 20 Jan 1856 - 16 Mar 1930
i. Virgilia Rountree 1877 -
married 6 Jan 1881 Sarah [Sallie] F Brown
1858 -
ii. Mary S Rountree 1886
-
iii. Martha A Rountree
1889 -
iv. George Alfred
Rountree 1892 -
v. Simmons Rountree 1898
-
vi. Charlie Norfleet
Rountree 1900 NC - 1 July 1959 Suffolk VA
"his truck stalled on the railroad tracks, he was under the hood of
his truck, when the train hit the truck."
Charlie Norfleet Rountree 1900 - 1959
married
ca 1920 Eliza Lee Turner 27 June 1901 - 24 Aug 1988 Chesapeake VA
1. Annie Lee Rountree ca 1921 -
Suffolk 2 children
married Byrd George Morris dec.
2. Edward Thomas
[Buddy] Rountree 1923 - Edenton
married Lillian Dougthie 1 child adopted
3. Sallie N Rountree ca 1925 - South Florida
married Raleigh Wilson Pierce 2 children
4. Virgilia Mae Rountree ca 1730 - Suffolk
married Claudus Ray Pierce 3 children
5. Elizabeth Anne Rountree ca 1933 -
4 children
6. Charles Augustus Rountree ca 1936 - Corapeake NC
married 1st Evelyn Lee Jones Pensacola FL
a. Barbara Rountree
b. Charles Norfleet Rountree
c. Robin Rountree
married 2nd Kitty
d. Kimberly Dawn Rountree
e. Pamela Rountree
f. Jeremy Rountree
e. Agnet Rebecca [Nettie] Rountree 2 Apr 1858
- 23 July 1931
married 24 Jan 1886 Demsey W Taylor 1862-
f. Harriet Sue Rountree 26 Oct 1860 - 2 Dec 1936
married 1 Sept 1881 William H Lawrence 1844 2nd wife
g. Mary Virginia Rountree 6 Nov 1862 - 16 Jan 1942
married 24 Mar 1885 James Robert Parker 1836
- 25 Apr 1914 Gates Co 2nd wife
h. John Walter Rountree 20 Oct 1864 - 27 Jan 1937
married 19 Oct 1898 Martha J Riddick 1877-
i. Charles Edward Rountree 10 Feb 1867 - 4 Jan 1900
married 24 Apr 1895 Helen Hobbs
j. Alfred C. Rountree 16 Dec 1870 - 19 Oct 1872
k. Alfred Patrick Rountree Feb 1875 - 25 Aug 1955
married 7 March 1900 Annie Margaret Eure
1874 - 1961
i.
Charlie Walter Rountree
7 Jan 1901 -
married 15 July 1944 Annie Margaret Felton 2 Feb 1910 -
daughter of Walter Jethro Felton and Katherine Harrell
1. Annie Margaret Rountree
ii. Herbert Franklin Rountree 29
Sept 1902 -
iii. Gladys Rebecca Rountree 25 Jan
1905 - 6 Apr 1906
iv. Dilliard Milton Rountree 1909
- 1989
v. Annie Elizabeth Rountree 22
Feb 1915 -
2. daughter born between 1825 & 1830
3. daughter born between 1825 & 1830
4. Abner J. Rountree ca 1836 - Roxobel I
think he was born in Gates Co
Private 4th Cal 59th Co D
- born in Bertie Co - where he resided as farmer &
enlisted at age 27 July 6, 1862 for the war - acct for thru Oct 1864.
married (Bertie Co) 23 Dec 1858 Mary A
Lambertson ca 1831 -
a. Lilly C. Rountree 1860 -
married 20 Nov. 1877 Charles W. Worrell 1855 -
b. Alfred O Rountree 1861 -
married Mary A ca 1856 -
c. Blanny Rountree 1868 - not
on 1880 with parents
5. daughter born between 1835 & 1840
half-sister of Solomon and Simeon Rountree
Nancy
Rountree ca 1795 - ? | her
parents
& Robert Rountree 1780/90 - ?
| his
parents
of Nansemond Co VA
Children of Nancy Rountree and Robert Rountree:
1. daughter born between 1810 & 1820
2. daughter born between 1810 & 1820
3. daughter born between 1810 & 1820
4. son born between 1815 & 1820
5. son born between 1820 & 1825
6. daughter born between 1820 & 1825
7. daughter born between 1825 & 1830
8. Solomon Rountree 1828-Jan 1850
Rountree, Jason, Gates Co., Dec 23rd, 1840; May Ct 1841
- Daughters Martha
and Louisa,
- Simmons Rountree Exr.
Test, Solomon Rountree, Dempsey
Harrell.
NCHGR Vol 2 page 68.
[appears to me to possibly be son of Nancy and Robert Rountree]
Jason Rountree married 16 Nov. 1821 Mary Parker
Gates Co bondsman
Benjamin Eure
VA Census 1820 Nansemond Co
Roundtree Ro. 89 3 - - 2 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - 4 - - - - 1 - - - - 1
*Robt Jr 89a
1 - - - 1 - 3 - - 1 - - 1
Wm
89
3 - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1
VA Census 1830
*Roundtree Robert 240 1 1 1 - - - - 1(50-60) 1 1 - - - 1 (30-40)
"
William 224 1 - 2 1 - - - 1 1 1 - - - 1
1850 Nansemond Co Mortality
Roundtree, Solomon 22 m Jan VA Bowel Inflam m 009 1850
half-brother of Solomon and Simeon Rountree
Robert
Simons ca 1793 - ? | his
parents
& Ascenith [Phiny] ? ca 1792 - 1882 | her
parents
of Gates Co NC
Robert Simons was the son of John Simons and Nancy
Riddick.
Children of Robert Simons and Phiny --- :
1. son born between 1815 & 1820
2. Nancy Simons ca 1820 - born between 1820 & 1825
married bef 1839 George Polson 1805 - April 1850
a. Martha
L. Polson ca 1839 - no further info
b. William Henry Polson ca 1841 -
c. Mary E. Polson 11 July 1842 -
d. Arrena Polson ca 1844 - NFI
e. Olivia Polson ca 1845 -
married John Morris
f. George F. Polson ca 1847 - NFI
g. Sarah J. Polson ca 1850 - NFI
3. daughter born between 1825 & 1830
4. daughter born between 1825 & 1830
5. Robert Simons ca 1831-
married Emma Morris
1830 Simons, Robert 1 (10-15) 1 (30-40) f 2 (0-5) 1 (5-10) 1 (30-40)
e-mail from Cathy Roberts
I'm descended from Nancy and John Simons through their son Robert. His
wife's name (or maybe I should say my ancestress's name, since I don't
know if he was married more than once) was one of those odd names -
Ascenith or Asceneth. She's listed as Theny on one census, and as A.
Sena in her will:
Gates County, NC Wills Book 4
1869-1903
Volume IV by Sanda L. Almasy
Pg. 47 A. Sena Simonds (180-181) to Granddaughter Olivia Polson, son
Robert Simonds. Dated May 6, 1864. Probate Court 12/7/1882 Olivia
Morris, wife of John Morris (formerly Olivia Polson) the legatee.
1850 Federal Census, Gates County, NC
Simons, Robert, 57, blacksmith
Theny, 58
Robert, 15, Laborer
I have that she and Robert had at least 3 children - Nancy, born about
1816 (married George Polson), Robert, born about 1829 (married Emma
Morris) and an unnamed male born between 1815 and 1820.
I'm descended through Nancy and George Polson. They were married before
1839 and George died in April, 1850 - he's in the mortality schedule for
that year:
George Polston Age 45 , Male , Married , Born in NC, Died in April,
Carpenter by trade, Died of Erycipiles, Was sick 12 days.
A foot note by the enumerator: "The large number of Deaths in this
County was owing to the Small Pox and Erysippelass during the Winter of
1849 and 1850.
The children of George and Nancy Simons Polson were:
Martha L. Polson, born about 1839
William Henry Polson, born 1841
Mary E. Polson, born 11 July 1842
Arrena Polson, born about 1844
Olive Polson, born about 1845
George F. Polson, born about 1847
Sarah J. Polson, born about 1850
I have no further information on Martha, Arrena, George or Sarah.
William Henry Polson married Majester Caroline Jones, daughter of Joshua
Jones and Margaret A. Wiggins (this was her second marriage. She
outlived William and married a third time). They were wed 29 November
1870, and he died sometime prior to 1882 (date of her third marriage).
Their children were:
Ada L. Polson, born 10 Feb 1873, married Alonzo Hill, 5 Jan 1893 in
Gates County. They had at least one child, Hallett Hill. I don't
have
death dates for Ada and Alonzo.
George Thomas Polson, born October 1875, married Diana Brinkley. I
don't have their marriage date, or death dates for them. They had 9
children: William, George T., Jr., Irene M., Willard, Arthur Coleman,
Thomas Leroy, Emma, Royal L. and Nitta. I don't have further
information on them.
Other children of William and Majester are Ella W. Polson and Nettie
Polson, but I don't have further information on them.
My ancestress is Mary Elizabeth Polson, born 11 July 1842, died 16
November 1920. She married Edwin Jones on 8 March 1860 in Gates County
(there's another Edwin and Mary Polson in Gates County at the same
time. My couple lived in Hunters Mill, and my Edwin is the younger of
the two men). They had 12 children, and it would be easier to give you
details on them in a separate e-mail (provided you want them, that is).
Olive or Olivia Polson was born about 1845 and died prior to 1900. She
married John Morris on 10 January 1867 in Gates County. There was a
huge difference in their ages - he was born about 1817. I do not know
if he's any relation to Emma Morris, wife of Robert Simons. John and
Olivia moved to Nansemond County, VA and had 11 children, 3 of which
were dead of scarlett fever according to the mortality schedule of the
1880 Federal Census. Their names were: John, George (died 1880),
William T., Alfred, Martha Olivia, Frederick (died 1880), Nancy, Irene
(died 1880), Walter G., John F., and Hattie O.
The only child that I have additional information on is Martha Olivia
Morris, who married Elisha Jasper Howell. Martha was born August 1874
and died November 1954 in Warwick, VA. Elisha died 7 December 1941 in
Newport News, VA. They had 5 children.
Nancy Simons Polson remarried after George died. She married Thomas
Willoughby on 1 December 1853, in Gates County. They had a child, Sarah
A. Willoughby, born 1859.
I don't know what happened with Sarah - I do know that two of the
descendents of Edwin and Mary Jones ended up owning land referred to as
"the Willoughby farm or tract".
In the 1850 Federal Census, there's another woman living with Nancy and
her children - Elizabeth Jones, aged 56. I don't know if she was any
relation to Nancy, or a relative of George Polson, or a servant.
Another Simons related thing is that in the 1870 Federal Census, a John
Simons, aged 19, was working on the farm of John and Olivia Morris, and
the census indicates that he was born in Virginia.
Thanks for making your findings public, and let me know if you'd like
the additional information on the children of Edwin and Mary E. Jones.
Take care,
Cathy Roberts
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