STANLY COUNTY, NC - HOFFMAN - Letter from Agnes Carter about Marshall Family
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Letter written by Agnes Carter (niece of LCH and genealogist in Washington, 
DC) to Elizabeth Hoffman Ragan ( d/o LCH) Dec 3, 1969...Concerning the lineage 
and marriage of John Marshall, father of Henry Clay Marshall who married 
Susanna Hines Tomlinson. 
 
From the Notebook of Lilly Carter Hoffman:
( 1969-1970)
 
Dear Elizabeth ,
 I am convinced we have the right line for our Henry Marshall now. Have no 
records that actually give Henry's name but every other record points that 
way. I went through deeds, tax lists, wills for any county that they were in.
Alexander Marshall born 1676 died 1743, and married Elizabeth Worsham, a 
daughter of Captain John Worsham who died in 1729. Alexander Marshall received 
large grants of land, thousands of acres, in Henrico, Goochland and Cumberland 
Co, Va.  Some of the land was on the northside of the Appomattox River, some 
in the Parish of Southam on Butterwood(?) Creek in Cumberland Co this land 
always to go to the eldest son. Alexander's children were: Alexander died 1771 
- William married 3 times, by his first wife he had four children; Robert 
(died young), Elizabeth, Anne and John born in 1735. By the second wife 6 
girls and one boy to whom he left the land, but after 1775 when William the 
first died, they all broke the will and split the profits. John born in 1735 
was living in Mecklenburg Co, Va. along with several other members of the 
family. He received thousands of pounds, Virginia currency, as we can see 
where the money came from.
He bought and sold land in Mecklenburg, and Rebecca, his wife signed when ever 
she had to sign her dower right away. The last mention is in 1802 when Rebecca 
Marshall of Granville Co., NC relinguished her dower right to 155 acres of 
land bought in December, 1793. Someone went to see her as she could not make 
the trip back to Mecklenburg.
Evidently John was a land Speculator and after a while the money ran out. 
There is no will or anything in either Mecklenburg or Cumberland County. I 
thought he might have gone back there to live 1805 (**note from JPG- He went 
to Orange Co, NC and died there).
Henry Clay who married Lucy Greene had land that bordered on William Marshall 
and when Lucy's husband died in 1763 and no doubt William was also a widower, 
as they married by 1764. It's possible she took some of her children to live 
with her at Marshalls and some were underage and it would be quite natural for 
John and Rebecca (Clay) to fall in love, although he may have been quite a bit 
older. However that isn't unusual. I looked and looked for a marriage record 
but it isn't there. However I am satisfied John and Rebecca Clay married 
probably around 1769 and Rebecca would name one son after her father, Henry 
Clay, and one son John Jr., after his father. Everything points to this fact 
that John Sr. married Rebecca Clay and he was the son of William and grandson 
of Alexander. Hence, all the Va money and desire for land.......
Lucy Green Clay Marshall would not only be John's mother-in-law but also his 
step mother.
 
Note from Jodie Gee:
The proof that John Marshall was married to Rebecca Clay through the Clay 
family
 
Halifax County ,Virginia
Court OrderBook 21,1802-1803
Book 23
p150
May Court 1804
 
Charles Clay, Samuel Clay, Thomas Clay, Samuel Clay Jr., the only child of 
Abia Clay dec'd, Mastin Clay, John Marshall and Rebecca his wife, formerly 
Rebecca Clay; and Thomas Jones; Theodorick Hall and Frances his wife formerly 
Frances Jones; Charles Jones; Rebecca Jones, Sally Jones, Elizabeth Jones and 
Richard West Jones, Children of Richard Jones dec'd and Lucy Jones his wife 
formerly Lucy Clay now also dec'd, by Thomas Jones their next friend and 
Elijah Clay plaintiffs against Henry Clay, executor of Henry Clay deceased....
The Commisioners appoinmted by a decree passed in this Court on the 24 March 
1801 to make sale of three slaves to wit: Joe, Lydy and Eady and other 
property in the bill mentioned and make division of the proceeds of the said 
sale among the respective legatees as in the said decree is directed this day 
made their report in execution thereof as followsto wit: In obedience 
mentioned therin to the following person to wit:
Liddie and Eady to Col. Charles Clay for the sum of L132.19
Joe to Henry Clay for					103.
Sundry Articles of household furniture			 26.
----------------------------------------------------------------------  261.17
From which is deducted L3 for atty fees			  3.
----------------------------------------------------------------------  258.17
 
 
Distribution of the money,etc.............to the above 
 
Submitted by Jodie Gee