In the beginning, my paternal ancestors came from 2 locations. These places are in the Eastern Shore of Virginia and at Halifax County, North Carolina. This is common as many people from Hampton Roads, Virginia have ancestors or relatives who originated from North Carolina too. To start, my ancestors from North Carolina came from a man named James D. and a woman named Edney D. Both of them were my 4th great grandparents. They had a child named Alfred D. (b. 1828). He married my 3rd great grandmother named Jennie D. (1820-1919). They had children named Alfred D. (b. 1880), Adam D. (b. 1862), James D. (b. 1863), Daniel D. (b. 1868), and Frank Grant D. (1869-1949). I came from Adam D. who was my 2rd great grandfather. Adam D. had over 10 children. He lived in North Carolina. His first wife was Georganna Tillery or my 2nd great grandmother, and they married in 1886. The children of Adam D. and Georganna Tillery were: Carl D. (1886-1968), Arthur Lawrence D. (1889-1944), Ada (Ettie) D. (1890-1960), Penora D. (b. 1895), Mancy D. (1896-1964), Oren D. (b. 1899), Ily D. (b. 1903), and Leatte D. Williams (b. 1897). Adam D. had many children with Nancy Reynolds (1888-1982. Adam and Nancy Reynolds married at August 12, 1908 at Halifax, North Carolina) whose names are: Paul D. (b. 1910), Alphonso D. (1911-1977), Elvin D. (1914-2002), Sarah D. Lee (1917-2013), James D. (1919-2003), Cleveland D. (1921-1921), Joseph D. (1922-2001), Roberta D. (1925-1926), Geneva D. (1927-2016), Emma Eunice D. (1929-1998), and Carrie Bell D. (1931-1979). Adam had children with Mary Eliza Edmunds (b. 1873. They married at 1905 in Halifax, North Carolina) too whose names are Ethel Lee Edmunds (1909-1983), Ernest Edmunds (b. 1910), Mary Selma Edmunds (b. 1911), and Hattie M. Edmonds (b. 1928).
Nancy Reynolds was the last wife of Adam D., and my father said that he saw her before. My father saw Sarah D. Lee before too. Many of my paternal family stayed in Halifax, North Carolina. Other members of my family migrated from Halifax to Charlotte, North Carolina, the Virginian Eastern Shore, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Florida, and other places of America. This started by the early to mid 20th century. My great grandfather was Carl D. (1886-1968). He married Lizzie Trice (1885-1950) on April 15, 1907 at Halifax, North Carolina. Their children are Linwood D. (1907-1971), Annie Mae D. (1910-1984), Ernestine D. Lee (1911-1994), William McKinley D. (b. 1914), James Curtis D. (1915-1992), Esley D. (1917-2001), Thurman Lee D. (1919-1985), Ollie D. (1920-2004), Levi D. Sr. (1923-2015), and Melson D. (b. 1925). Thurman Lee D. was my grandfather, and she married Effie Sarah Bryant on April 10, 1944 at Northampton County, Virginia (at the Eastern Shore). Their children are Minnie, the late Thomas, the late Effie, and my father. My father and my mother conceived me. Effie Sarah Bryant's ancestors came from George (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816) from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. These parents are my 4th great grandparents. It's a well known fact that I'm related to the Upshur family in the Eastern Shore. It started with George and Esther Perkins' daughter named Carolina Perkins (1862-1927).
The 1870 United States Federal Census mentioned that she lived in Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia being 8 years old and born to the parents of George and Esther Perkins. Caroline Perkins was my late 3rd great grandaunt. She married Henry Upshur (1858-1940) on December 29, 1881 at Northampton County, Virginia (at the Eastern Shore). Their children were Henry Upshur (b. 1883), Messina Upshur (b. 1887), Mayfield Upshur (b. 1888), William Thomas Upshur (1894-1923), Roxyanana Upshur (b. 1895), Corinthia Upshur (B. 1897), Renthy Upshur (b. 1897), Winkie Upshur (b. 1898), Elton Upshur (b. 1900), Virginia Upshur Drummond (1903-1993), and Carrie Upshur (b. 1905). My late 1st cousin Virginia Upshur Drummond was born in Wardtown, Virginia on October 18, 1903. She married Gowans Drummond at Franktown, Virginia on March 25, 1923. The couple had many children who are: Virginia Celestine Leonora Drummond (1924-2013), Maurice G. Drummond (b. 1928), Booker Washington Drummond (1930-1999), Rebecca Drummond (b. 1932), and Evelyn Drummond (B. 1936). These children are my 2nd cousins. My 2nd cousin Virginia Celestine Leonora Drummond (1924-2013) was born on February 1, 1924 at Northampton County, Virginia. She married Tom Bedford Rogan on June 2, 1945 at Norfolk, Virginia. Their children are Thomas Leon Rogan (1946-1990) and Clariesa Lenora Rogan (b. 1950). My 3rd cousin Clariesa Lenora Rogan married Floyd Dawn on February 21, 1980 at Fairfax, Virginia. Their children are Tiana Genese Dawson and Kelly Nicole Dawson (who are my 4th cousins).
On Ancestry.com, there is information about me being related to a woman named Asianea Bibb. Asianea Bibb is my 3rd cousin. We are all descendants of Adam D. Asianea Bibb's parents are Clark Kenneth Bibb (b. 1969) and Janine Elise Drake (b. 1970). Clark Kenneth Bibb's father was Columbus Harris (1944-2014). Columbus Harris' nickname was CC. He was born on September 25, 1944 at Scotland Neck, North Carolina and he passed away at September 1, 2014 at New Jersey. His parents are Ethel Lee Edmunds (1909-1983) and Harvey Harris (b. 1908). Columbus Harris was educated at Brawley High School in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. He moved into New Jersey in 1960. He worked for a record company on High Street in Newark, New Jersey. He was married to Joan Ann Davis (1942-2013) at Bedford, Virginia on July 27, 1971. They divorced on October 28, 1991 at Bedford, Virginia. Their four children are Tia Renee Harris (b. 1973), Tiffany Jo Harris Wyatt (b. 1975), Natoya Doreen Harris (b. 1997), and Dawn Shreese Harris (b. 1981). Columbus Harris' other children are Clark Kenneth Bibb (b. 1969), Alisha Harris-Moody, and Beverly Postles-Sanders. Columbus' grandchildren are: Jasmine, Destry, Jihad, Anthony, Christian, Asianea, Terrence, Tianna, Tylik, three great grandchildren, Jerry Jr., Calel, Aniylah, and his goddaughter, Tinesha James. Coluymbus' siblings are: Mattie Mae Harris (1927-2013), Clarence Edward Harris (1932-1984), Joe Henry Harris (1933-1998), Mary Lee Harris (1935-2015), Naomi Esther Harris (1937-2002), Harvey Harris Jr. (1938-1999), Roosevelt Harris (1940-2002), Ethel Marion Harris (1943-2012), Alfred Harris (b. 1956), and James Harris. Columbus' mother was Ethel Lee Edmunds. Her parents were my 2nd great grandfather Adam D. (b. 1862) and Mary Eliza Edmunds (b. 1873). Adam D. married Georgianna Tillery in 1886, then he married Mary Eliza Edmunds on 1905 at Halifax, North Carolina, and he lastly married Nancy Reynolds on August 12, 1908 at Halifax, North Carolina. The late Columbus Harris (or my 1st cousin) joined Cathedral of Faith Baptist Church in East Orange, New Jersey on January 18, 2006. The Rev. Dr. T.H. Rankin, Jr. is the presiding pastor.
There are many distant cousins of mine who share my paternal ancestors of George Perkins I and Esther Perkins. One human being is Melanie Patrice Galloway (b. 1979), and she is my 5th cousin. Her parents are Charles Theodore Galloway Jr. (b. 1956) and Alicia Michelle Galloway. Charles Theodore Galloway Jr. was born on January 1, 1956 at Rockingham, North Carolina. Her parents are Charles Theodore Galloway Sr. and Nannie Lou Hampton (b. 1934). Charles Theodore Galloway Jr. married Alicia Michelle Galloway, and the couple had the following children of: Melanie Patrice Galloway, Charles Theodore Galloway III (b. 1984), Gabrielle Alissa Galloway (b. 1989), and Lateisha Marchelle Galloway. My 3rd cousin Nannie Lou Hampton (b. 1934) married Charles Theodore Galloway Sr. (1931-2003), and their children are Charles Theodore Galloway Jr. (b. 1956), Douglas Anthony Galloway (b. 1961), and Derrick Alan Galloway (b. 1964). Nannie Lou Hampton's parents are Joe Hartice Hampton (1902-2001) and Verglene Casey (1906-1981). My 2nd cousin Verglene Casey (1906-1981) was born on July 13, 1906 at Rockingham, North Carolina. She married Joe Hartice Hampton on December 20, 1926 at Rockingham, North Carolina. Their children are Joseph Samuel Hampton (1927-1990), James Andrew Hampton (1930-2012), Virginia Dare Hampton (b. 1932), Nannie Lou Hampton (b. 1934), Estell Hampton (b. 1938), Malissa Florence Hampton (1940-2005), Hilda Mae Hampton (1942-2016), Samuel Lee Hampton (b. 1945), and Patricia Jacine Hampton (b. 1947). These children are my 3rd cousins. Malissa Florence Hampton married Curtis D. Motty (1936-2015), and their child is Cheryl Denise Mooty Oliver (b. 1969). My 4th cousin Cheryle Denise Mooty Oliver was born on February 19, 1969, and is married to Ernest Lee Oliver Jr. (b. 1970). They have 2 children of: Bryan Oliver and Brent Oliver. Verglene Casey's parents are Sam Casey (1863-1938) and Sophronia Perkins (1870-1926). My 1st cousin Sophronia Perkins was born in Virginia, and her parents are George Perkins III (1847-1932) and Fannie Lou Blackstock (1848-1949). Sophronia Perkins and Sam Casey's children are Nannie Rebecca Casey (1890-1943), Sam Henry Casey (1895-1980), Mary Fannie Artis (1895-1958), Addie Casey (b. 1903), Verglene Casey (1906-1981), Tom Casey (1901-1981), Victoria Casey Hairston (1911-2002), and Dock John Casey (b. 1913). George II's parents are my 4th great grandparents of George Perkins I and Esther Perkins. Their children are: Julia Perkins (b. 1835), Easter Perkins (1840-1910), James Perkins (b. 1841), Emily Perkins (b. 1844), George Perkins II (1847-1932), and Caroline Perkins (1862-1927).
By Timothy
