Thomas East died before September 16, 1797 at which time an inventory of his estate was filed.

Thomas East married Obedience, maiden name unknown to the compiler. Obedience East died before April 2, 1805 at which time land which she received from her husband's estate was partitioned.

It seems likely that Thomas East was living on or near Straightstone Creek in 1773 for on February 1 in that year he, with John East, witnessed a deed conveying land in that vicinity from Byrd Prewett to Joseph Smith.

Thomas East was living on Staunton River in Pittsylvania County in 1776. He was a member of Camden parish of the Established Church of England. The parish vestry book under date of February 23 contains record of the appointment of Thomas East and others to procession patented lands.

On September 22, 1781, Thomas East, then of Bedford County, bought of Thomas Dillard of Pittsylvania County a tract of land lying along Staunton River, containing by estimation 342 acres. The price paid was 400 pounds.

Mrs. N. E. Clement (Maude Carter Clement) an experienced genealogist of Chatham, county seat of Pittsylvania, made a report on the East family and related lines in 1924 at the request of the compiler. She wrote: "We see from the foregoing that Thomas, who had been living in Bedford, returning to Pittsylvania." Mrs. Clement added that he was "a man of responsibility at this time, say 30 to 40 years old."

The Virginia state census of 1782 shows that Thomas East had then a family of seven white persons. He also owned three slaves, listed as "blacks." In 1785 the census enumerator found eight white persons in the family of Thomas East. He had on his plantation one dwelling and four other buildings.

Dates and places of the birth of Thomas and Obedience East are unknown to the compiler but it appears probable that the husband was a native of Lunenburg County.

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Thomas East, aged 15 years or more, and less than 21 years, was in Lunenburg in 1756. At the February court of that county he appeared as the orphan of Thomas East, deceased, and chose John East for his guardian. James East and William Robertson became sureties for John East. The residence of the guardian and his sureties was not stated. The relationship of the orphan to John East or to James East was not stated.

Virginia law provides that his guardian may be selected by a minor who has attained age 15 years. If such law then prevailed, Thomas East was born not later than 1741 and not earlier than 1736.

(Facts from the records of Lunenburg County were furnished in 1932 by Mrs. James S. Jones, genealogist of Chatham).

No further record was found concerning Thomas East, deceased parent of the orphan, Thomas. Records of Lunenburg County between 1760 and 1775 are incomplete.

Thomas East on April 4, 1761 purchased 232-½ acres. The land was in that part of Lunenburg which was cut off in 1764 or 1765 to form Charlotte County (Deed book 7, page 4).

The name of Thomas East appeared on the list of tithables in Lunenburg in 1764. He paid taxes on 700 acres. He may have inherited land from his father but no will or administration appears of record. No other land purchase by him is recorded.

Thomas East was a member of the grand jury at the November term of 1765 in Charlotte County (Order book 1, page 102). He was an "intelligent freeholder," which qualification evidently was requisite to grand jury service. In Charlotte County also lived William East, the elder. He executed his will on July 9, 1766 and died before January 5, 1767 when his will was recorded (Will book 1, page 50). Seven children were named in the will. They were: William East, Shadrack East, Richard East, Mary Dickinson, Kesiah East, Sarah East, and Obedience East.

William East, Sr., and William East, Jr., evidently the same Easts named in the foregoing, patented 400 acres of land each in Lunenburg in 1748. This was between Ellis and Buckskin Creeks and appears to have been in that part of Lunenburg cut off in 1752 to form Halifax County. William East, Sr., probably never lived on this patent. Shadrack East was living in Halifax in 1785. It seems likely that William East, Jr., also settled in Halifax although another William East, minor son of John East, was named in his father's will which was filed in Halifax in 1758.

John East patented land in Halifax which was surveyed Aug. 12, 1758. It seems likely that this John East was the guardian of Thomas East, the orphan of Lunenburg County. This tallies with evidence that Thomas East of Charlotte became a resident of Pittsylvania, then of Bedford, and again of Pittsylvania County. When John East, Sr., died he left another minor son, John East, who removed to Pittsylvania County or else lived in that part of Halifax which was cut off in 1767 to form Pittsylvania

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The marriage record of Thomas and Obedience East has not been found and the maiden name of the wife is unknown to the compiler. It is not improbable that she was Obedience East, daughter of William East, Sr., of Charlotte County. Thomas and Obedience East named their first daughter Sarah. Obedience, daughter of William, had a daughter, Sarah.

Thomas East named one son, probably his oldest, Thomas. The name Thomas appears in nearly every generation of each descen-ding branch. The compiler's father was named Thomas and his gfather was named Thomas. Each was the second son of his parents to be named Thomas. The first so named died young. It is evident, therefore, that persistent effort was made to keep the name alive.

On the list of tithables of Henrico County, Virginia, in 1679 was Thomas East, who was born in 1640. Mrs. Glenn W. Gates (Lenna East) of Anderson, Indiana, is a descendant of this Thomas and it is well-settled tradition that Thomas of Henrico emigrated from England. He probably married first Winifred Hudnate Napper, a widow. He appears to have married Dorothy Thomas in 1685.

Thomas East, Sr. and Thomas East, Jr., were both on the rent roll of Henrico County in 1704, the father with 475 acres and the son with 554 acres. Thomas East, Jr., married Ann Perrin in 1695.

Thomas East, the elder, died in Henrico . His will was probated on Jan. 2, 1726. Mentioned were Thomas, Jr., and Edward East, sons, and one daughter, Marvel Alsope, wife of John Robinson.

Thomas, Jr., son of Thomas of Henrico, had three sons, Thomas, John and William East. Thomas of Lunenburg, father of Thomas, the orphan was of suitable age to have been the son of Thomas, Jr., of Henrico County.

Edward East, son of Thomas, Sr., had sons Edward, Isham, Tarl-ton, and Joseph, and daughter Mary. Tarlton East was a colonial militiaman in Lunenburg County in 1758. He entered 400 acres on Buckskin Creek adjoining William East in Halifax County. Joseph East entered 400 acres on Rocky branch of Difficult Creek in Halifax County, 1765.

James East, born August 10, 1753, a Revolutionary War Soldier, probably was a son of Thomas and Winifred East of Goochland County. The ancestry of the soldier has been traced to Thomas who was in Henrico in Goochland County on Oct. 23, 1757. Minis-ters often reported marriages long after they took place, some-times years afterward. It appears that both Thomas I and Thomas III married Winifred, or Winnefred. Mrs. Gates, great-grand-daugh-ter of the soldier, states that he was wounded several times. The family is in possession of a watch which the soldier carried. The watch case bears the imprint of a bullet. James East was pen-sioned on his application dated Dec. 31, 1832 at which time he was living in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He died Oct. 4, 1844

Henrico and other tidewater counties of Virginia furnished many of the early settlers of Lunenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Pittsylvania and other counties nearby. Maude Carter Clement, The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (p. 43), wrote: "In 1745 Brunswick County was divided and all this western country became part of Lunenburg County, and it was from this date that settlement of this section becomes active."

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The plantation of Thomas East, husband of Obedience, appears to have been in the northeasterly part of Pittsylvania County near the point at which Straightstone Creek empties into Staunton river, opposite Campbell County. The conveyance from Thomas Dillard, and wife, Martha (Deed Book No. 6, p. 217), describes the land by metes and bounds, in part as follows: "Beginning at an ash on the river bank and running thence south 42 degrees west crossing 2 branches 280 poles to 2 red oaks, north 43 degrees west 50 poles to a red oak on the river bank and thence down the same as it meanders to the first station."

Camden Parish of the Church of England was co-extensive with the boundaries of Pittsylvania County. Bruce's Institutional History of the 17th Century says the vestry "was composed of the foremost men residing in the parish, whether from point of view of intelli-gence, wealth or social position. As first gentlemen in the county, apart from the prestige they derived from being the principal guardians of the public morals, they were looked up to as the models of all that was most polished and cultured in their respec-tive parishes."

Maude Carter Clement adds that "it was also incumbent upon the vestry to care for the poor, collect taxes and mark the boundaries of land."

The ceremony of marking land boundaries was called "process-ioning," the name coming from the act of the parishioners in going in a procession to see the boundary trees re-cut or marked. The custom came from England and was practiced every four years. The Virginia assembly in 1661 enacted the practice into law and provided that the vestry of each parish should mark trees on boundary lines. Boundaries three times "processioned" were unalterably fixed.

The Colonial Parish Vestry Book has the following entry:

"At a vestry meeting held at Pittsylvania court house Feb. 28, 1776:

"Pursuant to an order of the vestry of Camden Parish bearing date Feb. 23, 1776 for appointing processioners it is ordered that William Colliers, John Vaughan, Stephen Colliers, Thomas East, Jesse Polly, James Doss, do procession the patented lands between Doss' Road on Staunton River. Beginning at James Doss's, thence along Doss's Road to Clement's Road to Hickey's Road, thence down Hickey's Road to Staunton River, and that they return to Vestry by last day of April next ensueing an account of all land they shall procession, & persons present at same and what land they failed to procession and reason of failure."

Thomas East was a Patriot during the War of the Revolution. He renounced allegiance to Great Britain and adhered to the cause of the Colonies. His name is among subscribers to the oath taken by Thomas Dillard and reported to the court of Pittsylvania County. All men above 16 years, including militiamen, were required by act of the Virginia Assembly in 1777 to take the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or leave its borders. No other Easts were on Dilliard's list. Thomas East's sons, therefore, were unborn or under the age of 16. Thomas Dillard was an early settler, a justice of the peace, a captain of militia and an influential citizen.

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The estate of Thomas East, husband of Obedience, was appraised and inventory filed as follows:

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The children and the land apportioned to each were as follows:

Isaac East married Joyce Pemberton in Pittsylvania County. In the marriage record her name is spelled "Joiecy." They were wed in 1799 but the month and the day are not stated in the record. John Jenkins, minister, performed the ceremony.

Thomas East, son of Thomas, was a school teacher and perhaps also a farmer. He lived and died in Virginia. He married Mildred Timberlake in Cambell County, Virginia, in 1795.

Ezekiel East married Elizabeth Worsham in Pittsylvania County, Nov. 8, 1797. She probably was the daughter of Jeremiah Worsham, who lived near Thomas East. Ezekiel removed to North Carolina but returned to Virginia and probably died in Pittsylvania County.

Sally East was married to Richard Hazelwood in Campbell County in December, 1796. She probably died before April, 1805.

William East married Rhoda Clark of Charlotte County. They furnished a marriage bond in Charlotte on Dec. 19, 1800. William on June 17, 1807 sold to Grief and Cloiborne Barksdale two negroes -- one named Fanny, who was in Charlotte County in possession of John Stewart, and a girl named Chany. The consideration was 50 pounds.

Joseph East married Mary (Polly) Bell in Campbell County in 1805. He appears to have lived and died in Pittsylvania County. Joseph died in or about 1859 at age 84-86. His wife died at about the same time at about the same age.

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John and Elizabeth East both appear to have been born after 1786. They were minors at the death of Thomas East in 1797 and still minors in 1807. At the August court of Pittsylvania County in 1807, John and Elizabeth, described as "infant children of Thomas and Obedience East," filed a petition for the division of their parents' estate. John Brown, evidently their guardian, acted for them.

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Notes

This compilation, first typed and distributed to a number of relatives in 1925, gave "Elisha" as the name of the youngest child of Thomas and Obedience East. Subsequent examination of the document recording the apportionment of the land of Thomas East showed that the name was "Elizabeth." Verification was found in the petition of John and Elizabeth East in 1807.

A Campbell County record proves that Thomas East of Bedford County and Thomas East of Pittsylvania County were the same person. On Aug. 1, 1782, Thomas East and wife "of Pittsylvania County" sold to Moore Lumpkin 356 acres on Seneca Creek in Bedford County. (Campbell County clerk's office, Deed Book 1, page 56).

Obedience East was appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas East, deceased, at the July Court in 1797 (Pittsylvania Clerk's office, Judgments, Book 8, page 357)

Richard Hazelwood, husband or widower of Sally East, was appointed administrator of the estate of Obedience East at the August Court of Pittsylvania, 1807 (Judgments, Book 12, page 570).

Inhabitants of Pittsylvania County living on Staunton River transacted considerable business in Campbell County of which Rustburg is the county seat. The distance from Staunton river to Chatham, seat of Pittsylvania County, appears to be greater than to Rustburg. A crossing at Staunton River was known as "East's Ferry."

Calphurnia East, of John East, of Thomas, of Thomas, was married to John A. West in Campbell County in 1847. Removed to Missouri. Samuel Tipton, who married a daughter of Calphurnia, lived in 1932 at Pittsville, Mo.

Thomas East, of Joseph, of Thomas and Obedience, married Elizabeth West, of Joseph West, in Pittsylvania County, Dec. 22, 1828. The officiating minister was the reverd Mr. Angel!

North East married Karenhapuck Payton in Lincoln County, Ky., in 1785. North was one of the ten children of James East who migrated from Virginia to Crab Orchard. William H. East, (street address omitted for privacy), Peoria, Ill., is of this line.

Southy East died in Accomac County, Va., in 1795.

South West, son of George and Mary Jane West, Cuba, Ill., enlisted in the Army at Peoria, Ill., Dec. 7, 1936.

Pittsylvania, the county, and Chatham, the county seat, were named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, British statesman, who vainly advocated a concilliatory attitude toward the American colonies.

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Thomas, son of Thomas and Obedience, in 1805 purchased from the other heirs, their interest in land which Obedience received from the estate of her husband: The record reads as follows:

"This indenture made this 2nd day of April 1805 between the legatees of Obedience East dec'd of Pittsylvania County of the one part and Thomas East of said County: Witnesseth that for and in consideration of (18 pounds) good money of Virginia to them, the said legatees in hand paid, the receipt of which they do acknowledge themselves fully satisfied, have sold unto Thomas East, his heirs and assigns, one certain tract of land containing 100 acres bounded as follows: Beginning at a pine adjoining Ezekiel East's land, thence new lines North 78 (degrees) east 134 poles to oak on William East's lines, west to Dillard's old former lines, now East's, back to Ezekiel and William East's corner hickory."

The heirs signed the instrument in the following order: Ezekiel East, Richard Hazelwood, Isaac East, Joseph East, John East, William East, Elizabeth East. Sally Hazelwood did not sign and it may be supposed that she was dead.

The instrument furnishes the earliest record of the death of Obedience. More than two years elapsed before the appointment of Richard Hazelwood as administrator. The estate of Obedience was appraised in October, 1807.

Obedience East on July 10, 1801 transferred by deed an unknown quantity of land to Ezekiel East, doubtless her son. Since Obedience had 100 acres at death it is probable that Ezekiel bought 14 acres, the mother having received 114 acres from the estate of her husband.

Ezekiel acquired an additional quantity of land under a deed made by Thomas and Mildred East on Oct. 19, 1805. On the same day Joseph and Polly East conveyed land to Thomas East. Presumably these were parcels received by the grantors from the estate of Thomas East.

Joyce Pemberton, who became the wife of Isaac East, was the second of ten children born to William and Rhoda (Luck) Pemberton of Pittsylvania County. Joyce was born January 17, 1780.

(Descendants have to thank Richard H. Luck for preservation of family data. Names of William Pemberton's children, with their dates of birth were written in a memorandum book by Richard Luck who added two lines: "When this you see, remember me / Though many miles apart we be").

William Pemberton, father of Joyce East, was a Revolutionary War Soldier. War Department records indicate that Pemberton, residence not stated, served in Capt. Thomas Merriweather's Company, First Virginia State Regiment under Colonel George Gibson. He enlisted in 1777 for three years. Well-settled family tradition says Pemberton was at the seige of Yorktown and that he had part of one ear shot away by a shell. Pemberton was born in Virginia about 1750 and died in Adams County, Ohio before 1820.

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Rhoda Luck, mother of Joyce Pemberton, was the fifth child of Frances and Sarah Luck. She was married to William Pemberton in or about 1775 and died in Adams County, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1845.

(The compiler is in possession of a piece of linen which was spun and woven by Rhoda Luck Pemberton. The linen was part of the lining of a quilt. It was given to Ninna Arnold by her aunt, India Anne Arnold. Miss Arnold came into possession of the relic through her mother, Katie Luck Pemberton, daughter of Rhoda Luck Pemberton and wife of Josephus Arnold. Miss Ninna Arnold, then of Peebles, Ohio, presented the piece to the compiler in 1925.)

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Francis Luck was a captain of Pittsylvania Militia in the Revolution. Luck and twenty-six other men were nominated as captain by the Committee of Safety on Sept. 27, 1775. The list was returned to court and ordered to be recorded Feb. 27, 1777 (Pittsylvania County Records, Vol. 19, p. 307. See also Carter, The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia, p. 143)

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Isaac East was compelled to dispose of the land he inherited from his father to satisfy a debt. A public record entry dated June 11, 1805 reads as follows:

"Isaac East of Pittsylvania County, in order to secure the payment of his debt to Samuel Panniel (merchant) of Campbell County, for which execution has been issued, Isaac doth hereby grant and sell 36 acres in Pittsylvania County on Staunton River, being part of the land of Thomas East, deceased, which was allotted to Isaac East by commission appointed to divide the lands of said Thomas East, deceased, which said 36 acres of land was lot No. 2 and bounded by the lands of Elizabeth East, Joseph East, and land of Obedience East's entry on land of Thomas East."

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Isaac East removed to Adams County, Ohio, early in the 19th century but the year is unknown to the compiler. He last appears of record in Pittsylvania County in 1805. It is known that he was in Adams County in 1813. William Pemberton went to Ohio in 1808 and it is not unlikely that Isaac East went at the same time.

Isaac East lived one and one-half miles west of Locust Grove, Ohio, on what is now known as the "Old Dunbar farm." He was buried in Locust Grove cemetery on the highway between Peebles and Locust Grove. His gravestone bears this inscription: "Isaac East died Aug. 29, 1830 in the 54th year of his age."

Miss Beatrice Davis, who visited the grave in March, 1925, at the request of the compiler, wrote: "I found Isaac East's grave in Locust Grove cemetery. The grave is well kept and had a good monument. The monument is old and leaning some yet it is in fairly good condition."

Joyce East died in Adams county some time after 1850 for her name appears in the United States census report for that year. Her age then is stated to be 70 years and her place of birth Virginia. Her name was not found in the 1860 census. L. N. Conaway of Peebles, Ohio, born in 1846, told Miss Beatrice Davis that he remembered the funeral of Joyce East and that he was then 11 or 12 years old. This would place her death at 1857 or 1858.

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"Joyce was a lively and congenial woman," wrote Miss Davis in her report. "She had a disease, in those days known as 'wild-fire' and had to have one leg amputated above the knee. Yet she delighted to show the youngsters that she could jump over a log as well as they."

A copy of a tintype picture of Joyce Pemberton East is in possession of this compiler. The original was owned in 1932 by Abigail Tener, (street address omitted for privacy), Sabina, Ohio. In response to an inquiry, Miss Tener wrote: "The kodak print of Joyce Pemberton East taken from an original picture in my possession was, as you say, a tintype. There is no mark whatever on it. When I was a small child and looking through the small album I would ask who certain pictures were and can remember father as speaking of this as 'Granny East.' As you know, Sarah East Tener and Joshua Tener were my grandparents.

Joyce Pemberton East lived for many years with her daughter, Sarah and the latter's husband, Joshua Tener. She was buried in Locust Grove cemetery near her husband but her grave is unmarked.

Isaac East bought land in Adams County and appears to have farmed until he died.

(1) Elizabeth b probably in Pittsylvania County d May 1884 at Bainbridge /?/ Ohio; m James Bennett b 23 Sept 1824 in Adams county Ohio, d 12 July 1817 in same

(2) Catherine m 12 July 1817 in Adams County Ohio Joseph Tarr

(3) Thomas b 1808 d 1809

(4) Nancy m in Adams County Ohio 15 Feb 1819 William Nickols (Nickolas or Nichols)

(5) Sarah Katherine b 3 Sept 1808 d 20 Aug 1858 probably near Locust Grove Ohio; m 29 Dec 1825 in Adams County Joshua Porter Tener b 17 Apr 1800 d 4 Mar 1865
(6) Rhoda m 9 Dec 1824 in Adams County James Cox

(7) Julia Ann b 8 Jan 1811 in Adams County d 8 Jan 1859 buried in Dunn's Chapel /?/ cemetery near Hillsboro Ohio; m 19 Aug 1827 in Adams County James Frost b 13 Jan 1807 d 14 Dec 1876

(8) Thomas b 24 April 1813 near Locust Grove, Ohio d 28 Sept 1864 near Milmine, Ill.; m 17 Nov 1833 /1832?/ in Adams County Priscilla McCracken b 5 May 1817 in Adams County of Henry and Ann (Holman) McCracken, d 18 Sept 1897 (both buried Decatur, (Ill. / cemetery)

(9) William

(10) John Milton b 27 Aug 1817 near Locust Grove Ohio d 2 Oct 1896 at Dunlap, Kansas; m 2 Aug 1842 Drusilla A. King b 3 Aug in Virginia d 2 June 1885

(11) Isaac d aged about 27

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Isaac East (senior) seems to have supplied the names for his sons and Joyce the names for their daughters. All the boys had East names and most of the girls Pemberton family names. Rhoda was the name of the mother of Joyce, and Sarah of her grandmother, Sarah Luck. Nancy was the name of the wife of Joseph Pemberton. Joyce's father named his second daughter Caty (possibly from Caterine LeSeur) but she died young and he named his third daughter Caty Luck Pemberton.

Thomas East, son of Isaac, engaged in farming in Adams County and as such was listed in the census of 1850. A value of $732 was placed on his real estate by the census enumerator. In the autumn of 1851 Thomas East moved to Christian County, Illinois. He lived in Taylorville during the winter and moved in the spring to a farm 2-

1/2 miles west of Taylorville. He later moved to a farm in the northern part of Christian County near the town of Pawnee. He moved some time after 1860 to a farm one mile south and one-quarter mile west of Milmine, Illinois.

Thomas, who also had a large family, appears to have acquired little property although he bought several places when land was cheap. Priscilla, his wife, complained some about moving from Ohio to Illinois. She was the daughter of Henry McCracken b March 22, 1781 in Pennsylvania; died after 1830 in Adams County, Ohio, and Ann (Holman) McCracken, born July 4, 1786 in Pennsylvania; died Sept. 9, 1878 at Clermont, Mo. Her parents had twelve children and a number were "bound out" to other families. Priscilla was "bound" to a family named Cannon. She had seven sons under 21 years old when her husband died but managed to hold her family well together and made special sacrifices to insure her children's education.

The compiler is in possession of the original "Schedule of a Common School" for the Milmine district in the school year which began Oct. 3, 1864, shortly after the death of Thomas East. H. A. Stark was the teacher. Five sons of Priscilla East attended school during the term. Ulrich, 8 years old, and Oscar, 6, started on Oct. 3 and continued until school closed on March 21, 1865. Wheatly, 14, and Frank, 10, entered on Nov. 4. Joseph, 16, began on Dec. 5. Stillman Barber, the compiler's maternal grandfather, was treasurer of the school board. Attending as a pupil was Sarah C. Barber, daughter of Stillman, who became the wife of Wheatly East.

Thomas East was a good carpenter and cabinet-maker and plied this craft to enlarge his income. He made baskets, chairs, handles for tools, and many articles of wood. Oscar N. East, son of Thomas, preserved a large chiffonier which his father made. Thomas East was a Methodist, and quite devout, as also was his wife, Priscilla.

Priscilla East in the late years of her life lived alone in a cottage in Milmine next door to her son, Oscar. The compiler well remembers that when a boy his father directed him to stop on his way home from the village school and carry in for his grandmother a bucket of coal. She frequently rewarded him with a penny for his labor. Wheatly East took his mother half a hog after he had butchered in the autumn of one year, the compiler remembers.

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Thomas and Mildred (Timberlake) East had:

(1) Lorenzo Dow unmarried; died aged about 90 years

(2) Jackson b 1813 died in Virginia; m (1) unknown; m (2) 3 April 1865 Anna Dove.

(3) Leland T/imberlake?/ died in Virginia; m

(4) Thomas C b near Altavista, Va. ab 1809 d 8 April 1871 near Chatham, Va. m 1837 Matilda (Watson) Shackleford

(5) John East d 1838 in Virginia; m Clarisa ___ who d 1883

Joseph and Polly (Bell) East had:

(1) Thomas b 25 Dec 1803 d 2 Oct 1890 near Fincastle, Tenn.; m Elizabeth West of Joseph and Catherine (McAney) West, b 1807 d 8 Dec 1894 in Tennessee

(2) Joseph b 1815 d 1881 in Virginia

(3) Isaac b 1817 removed to Sinking Spring, Ohio and died there, 1894.

(4) Elizabeth Louise m William Bernet 16 Jan 1839 in Pittsylvania County

Nathaniel W. East of Whittles Depot, Va., of John O. East, of Thomas and Elizabeth (West) East, wrote in 1925 that his grandfather, before 1848, removed from Pittsylvania County to Mercer County, Virginia. In 1867 Thomas removed to Fincastle, Tenn., with his wife and nine of his eleven children. Nathaniel W. East forwarded to the compiler a page from his father's Bible containing essential family data.

Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Worsham) East had:

(1) Thomas East b 1802 d 1867 in Virginia, probably on part of his father's plantation; m Parthaenia Lane who is buried in Lane cemetery near Straightstone

(2) Wesley

(3) Agnes unmarried

(4) Obedience m James King

(5) Permelia m Thomas Eason or Eastham

(6) Henry b (twin) about 1817 in Pittsylvania County d April 1866 near Latham, Ohio. Removed in 1855 from Pittsylvania to Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio; removed to Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio in 1856; removed soon to Pike County, Ohio; m Susanna Lay b 14 Oct 1822 d 16 June 1861 buried in Jones Chapple cemetery 5 miles south of Bainbridge, Ohio

(7) Ezekiel b (twin) about 1817 in Pittsylvania d there about 1887

(8) John East

(9) Sarah East

(Source M38, 1947 edition)