Genealogie Wylie » William??? Wallace [OKkDNA] (1785-1823)

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1. Ancestry.com, via http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26769747/..., 18 juni 2014

   YCGHS June 2004
   JAMES WALLACE (1793-1863) by Richard E. Wallace
   Joseph Wallace (pre 1755-ca 1807) and his wife Jane (pre 1755-p 1810} may have had as many as11 children, six boys and five girls. These numbers come from the York Census tallies for 1790 and 1800. Of the possible sons of Joseph Wallace, three were born before 1790 and three were born 1790-1800. Joseph (1777-1864) and William (ca 1785-ca 1823) were two sons born before 1790, and the subject of this article was among those born after 1790. I'm still working to identify the other sons. Without the aid of a bible record, I may never know who the daughters were. They were all born before 1790.
   Joseph Wallace died in York District without a will about 1807. Although there is an estate file for him, it is far from complete. The file consists of letters of administration and an inventory. There is not a list of buyers at the estate sale, a list of creditors, nor a settlement sheet where heirs might have been named. I suspect some of these papers were lost over the years. The younger Joseph and Jane were appointed administrators. It has taken a good deal of detective work to try to identify some other members of Joseph's immediate family. This work has led me to believe that James was one of his sons.
   Joseph's widow Jane was still living in York District in 1810. She was counted as an age 45+ head of household. The only other person tallied in the home was a 16-26-year-old female. All of the sons had left home, even though some of them were still teenagers. It's possible they had been apprenticed out to learn a trade. That was a common practice in those days.
   The younger Joseph and James Wallace enjoyed a close association over the years. This associated led me to conclude that they were brothers. They lived near each other, and they are both buried in Bethel Cemetery.
   Starting in September 1816, Joseph and James Wallace and Samuel Wright became involved in the disposition of 1088 acres of land on Allison Creek. William Edward Haynes had conveyed this land to them on that date. Blood or marriage may relate all these men.
   In November 1820, Samuel Wright conveyed 648 acres of the Allison Creek land to Joseph and James Wallace. They in turn deeded 440 acres to Samuel Wright. The following month Joseph and James, in separate transactions, equally divided their 648 acres among themselves. Their wives, both named Margaret, relinquished their dower rights. The witnesses to the December transactions were William McCullough and Benjamin Clark. Duncan McCallum and John Jackson had witnessed the November transaction.
   James Wallace served in the War of 1812. His tombstone in Bethel cemetery is inscribed with the remark "He was a soldier of the War of 1812." I don't have the particulars of his military service.
   James married Margaret E. Barnett sometime between 1815 and 1820. She was the daughter of Alexander Barnett, Sr. (1774-1851) and his wife Rachel Adams (1777-1857). Alexander referred to Margaret Wallace as his daughter in his December 1849 will. He willed her a slave named Ben and $50.00. She was also to receive a share of unspecified property. Margaret is also mentioned in her mother's 1850 will that was probated in 1857. The Bametts are buried in Bethel Cemetery.
   In November 1834, James Wallace, Alexander Barnett and three others were directed by the court to appraise the estate of Richard Barnett. The following October
   James Wallace, Joseph Wallace, Alexander Bamett, Sr., William Currence and Lessley Wright were directed to appraise the estate of Moses Bigger.
   We begin to see the size of James Wallace's family from the 1830 York Census. He was recorded on the same page and two lines away from his brother Joseph Wallace. James and Margaret were tallied as 30-40 years old. His household also included a boy and a girl 10-15 years of age, one boy 5-10 and one girt 0-5.
   James and Margaret had at least 11 children and seven of them were still living at home when the census taker called in 1850. That year the family consisted of James (age 57), Margaret (age 51), Jane E. R. (age 30) Margaret (age 24), Henry A. (age 21), Joseph F. (age 19), Martha A. (age 14), John R. H. (age 12), and Samuel W. (age 9). Everyone listed had been bom in York District.
   James and Margaret had a daughter Mary E., who died 25 May 1838 at the age of four years and seven months. She is buried in Bethel Cemetery.
   There is an 1862 York estate file for John R. H. Wallace. With a death in that time period, John, about age 24, could have been a casualty of the Civil War.1 Z. D. Smith administered his estate.
   James Wallace died in York District 18 May 1863. His death was reported in the Yorkville Enquirer, where it was stated that he had been an Elder in Bethel Church for six years. James was buried In Bethel Cemetery. His tombstone reads that at his death he was age 70 years, one month and 21 days. This information yields a date of birth of 27 March 1793. His marker (surname spelled Wallis) also records that he had been a long and efficient member of the Presbyterian Church.
   Margaret E. Wallace survived her husband by 17 years. Information received in a letter from society member Lillian R. Hill dated Dec. 2003 established that Margaret died 18 Nov 1880 in Texas. A number of Wallaces moved there after the Civil War.
   Sources:
   1. First Census of the U.S. (SC-York County), p. 29.
   2. Second Census of the U.S. (SC-York District), p. 960.
   3. York County, SC Estate File for Joseph Wallace— Box 64, #2950.
   4. Third Census of the U.S. (SC-York District), p. 267.
   5. York County, SC Deed Book H-258.
   6. York County, SC Deed Book I-254.
   7. York County , SC Deed Book K-124; K-149.
   8. Bethel Cemetery Record for James Wallis.
   9. Holcomb, York County, SC Will Abstracts (1787-1862), 2002, pp. 203,206,290, 329.
   10. Bethel Cemetery Record for Alexander and Rachel Bamett.
   11. Fifth Census of the U.S. (SC-York District), p. 386.
   12. Seventh Census of the U.S. (SC-York District), p. 301.
   13. Bethel Cemetery Record for Mary E. Wallace.
   14. York County, SC Probate Index-John R. H. Wallace (case 49, #2026)
   15. York County, SC Probate Index— James Wallis (case 49, #2024)
   16. Holcomb, York County. SC Newspapers-Marriages and Death Notices (1823-1865). 1989, p. 96.
   1 Editor's note- John R. H. Wallace is listed in the Confederate Veterans Enrollment Book, compiled by Jo Roberts Owens and Ruth Dfckson Thomas as a member of Co. H. 5"1 SC Vol., Jenkins Inf. Corporal, age 23 when killed at Gaines Mill, Virginia.
   YCGHS, June 2004
   York County [SC] Genealogical and Historical Society
   Editor Louise Pettis

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