RADFORD MAXEY There is reason to believe that (1) EDWARD MAXEY, the Huguenot refugee who arrived in Virginia, ca 1700, may have been accompanied to Virginia by one or more brothers. The earliest official record in that part of Henrico County, i?? which Manakin Town was established, concerns 400 acres of land received as a grant in 1725 by (1) EDWARD MAXEY. This land was situated in Henrico County i?? 1725 in an area which became Goochland County in 1727-1728, and in 1748-1749, it became Cumberland County. This tract of land became the subject of a court action in March 1750, wherein it appeared that Radford Maxey had a legatare interest in the 400 acres?? A deed executed by Radford Maxey, January 7, 1749-1750, surrendered all right, title and interest to the land to John Radford, for the nominal sum of five shillings. Another document accompanied the deed, by which Radford Maxey surrendered to John Radford a seigniorage receipt to the land. These documents were witnessed by Joseph Bondurant, Richard Epperson, and George Radford, the latter two son-in-law and son of John Radford. These documents were presented to a Court held for Cumberland County, March 6, 1750, and were proved by oaths of the three witnesses, accepted by the Court and ordered recorded. Incorporated in the wording of the deed were the statements that the 400 acres of land was the land granted in 1725 to (1) Edward Maxey, and that the said grant document was in the possession (in 1750) of John Radford. John Radford was the son-in-law of (1) Edward Maxey, having married the latter's daughter, Elizabeth Maxey Barnes, following the death of her husband William Barns in 17 By reason of the foregoing transaction, we accept as fact that Radford Maxey was a member by direct or collateral descent from the Huguenot refugee family of (1) Edward and Susannah Maxey. No record established the name of h?? parents. For the purpose of this record, we considered this immaterial. The following record of the (3) Radford Maxey family was compiled from public records of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas as cited, and from family bibles, letters and correspondence of his descendants. (3) Radford Maxey, b.(???), d. ca 1771, in Halifax County, Virginia. He m. Marie Elizabeth Fuqua, daughter of Wm. Fuqua, Sr., and his wife, Marie Elizabeth Faure, (Ford). Marie Elizabeth Faure was daughter of (1) Pierre Faure and wife, Judith. (Ref: CORW, Hali County, Virginia, and Maxey Family records.) Page 68 According to family records (3) Radford and Mary Elizabeth Maxey were married 1744-45 and went immediately to Lunenburg County, where they settled on the Dan River. He was carried on the Lunenburg County tithe lists in 1750-51-52 and on the Halifax County tax lists until his death in 1771. Halifax County was organized out of Lunenburg County in 1752. He was a Vestryman in 1767-68, in Antrim Parish, Halifax County. (W & M Quarterly, 2nd Ser. Vol. 7, Page 62.) He was a Justice of Halifax County in 1767. (HISTORY OF HALIFAX COUNTY by Wirt Johnson Carrington.) Available genealogical record follows. Sons and daughters of (3) Radford and Elizabeth Maxey were: (Ref: CORW, Halifax County, 1771, Book O, Page 298.) (4) Josiah Maxey (4) John Maxey (4) Edward Maxey (4) William Maxey (4) Susannah Maxey (4) Croshea Maxey (4) Elizabeth Maxey (4) Sally Maxey. Available genealogical family data concerning the descendants of (3) Radford Maxey and his wife, Marie Elizabeth Maxey, is set forth in the following paragraphs. WILLIAM MAXEY Son of (3) RADFORD MAXEY (4) William Maxey, b. 3-11-1759, in Halifax County, Va.,d 5-27-1833, in Monroe County, Ky. Married 9-9-1784, Nancy Williams, b. 10-4-1764, d. 9-12-1850, in Monroe County, Ky. Nancy Williams was the daughter of James Williams and Ann Patillo of Lunenburg County, Va. Ann Patillo was the daughter of James and Mary Patillo of Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Va. (Bristol Parish Register.) (4) William Maxey was a soldier in the American Revolution and took part in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, N.C., on March 15, 1781, and was present at Yorktown six months later at the surrender of the British forces under Cornwallis. He served as a member of the Fourth Regiment, Virginia Militia, under the command of Capt. Anthony Street. (Ref: National Archives, File W-8412.) (4) William Maxey and his wife, Nancy Williams Maxey, had ISSUE: Page 69 (5) Radford Maxey, b. 4-15-1786, in Monroe County, Kentucky; m. 11-15-1812, in Monroe County, Kentucky, Susan Halsell, b. 1791 in South Carolina, d. 6-22-1858 in Kentucky; daughter of Berryman Halsell and Sarah Halsell. ISSUE: (6) Enoch Maxey. (6) Nancy W. Maxey, b. 1-26-1814; d. 3-9-1845. (6) Milton H. Maxey, b. 8-26-1815; d. 2-4-1835. (6) Alfred H. Maxey, b. 8-16-1817, in Monroe Co., Ky.; m. 4-25-1850 in Monroe County, Lucy Ann Garner, b. 2-4-1830, d. 6-26-1905. They were married at Tomkinsville, Ky., at the home of Edward Maxey by Rev. W. Chism. Lucy Ann Garner was the daughter of Curtis M. Garner, b. 10-13-1799, d.(???). and Frances Semple Garner, b. 8-9-1801, d. 8-3-1874. They were married 6-15-1824. Frances Semple Garner, m. (2nd) Edward Maxey. She was the daughter of John Walker Semple and Lucy Semple. (6) Alfred Halsell Maxey practiced medicine in Kentucky until 1873, when he moved his family to McKinney, Collin County, Texas, where he continued his medical career until his death 12-11-1889. He was buried at Sherman, Texas from the home of James Perry Leslie, a son-in-law. Lucy Ann Garner and her sister, Eliza Garner, who married Dr. J. Orville January, were chaperoned in Springfield, Illinois in 1850, by Mary Todd Lincoln. Lucy Ann Garner became engaged in Springfield, but on the morning of the proposed wedding, eloped to Kentucky with Dr. Alfred Halsell Maxey. The Lincoln connection led later to the release of a Confederate soldier relative of Lucy Ann during the War. (6) Dr. Alfred Halsell Maxey and his wife, Lucy Ann Garner Maxey, had ISSUE: (7) Radford Maxey, b. 5-2-1855, d. 5-1-1925; m. 12-20-1885 Susan Shanks and had ISSUE: (8) Lucy Maxey, m. Victor M. Pitts. This union had ISSUE: (9) Mary Jo Pitts. (8) Alfred Halsell Maxey, b. 11-14-1886, a newspaper career man. (8) Fannie Maxey, b. 7-25-1888. (8) Margaret Rice Maxey, b. 8-13-1890, d. 1-1-1964?. (8) Leslie Maxey, b. (???) 1895, d. 1896. (8) Jo Bailey Maxey, m. (1st) James Roger Pinson, and had ISSUE: (9) Roger Maxey Pinson. (9) James Radford Pinson. (8) Jo Bailey Maxey, m. (2nd) (???) Nunnery, and had ISSUE: (9) James Nunnery. (8) Gladys Maxey, m. Leonard Harrell. (8) Jack Maxey. (8) Rice Benton Maxey. (The Alfred Halsell Maxey family record continues on the next page.) Page 70 (7) Mary Jane Maxey, b. 3-9-1851, d. 7-24-1852. (7) James Semple Maxey, b. 1853, d. 1875. (7) Rice Maxey, b. 5-1-1857, in Monroe County, Kentucky, d. 8-10-1951; m. in 1887, Margaret Broyles of Palestine, Texas. Rice Maxey was an attorney-at-law and an active member of the Bar in Grayson, County, Texas. Her served in a judiciary capacity in the courts in Sherman, and was highly respected throughout his long legal career in the legal profession. (7) Rice Maxey and Margaret Broyles had ISSUE: (8) Valentine Maxey, m. (1st) Don Webster and had ISSUE: (9) James Rice Webster. (9) Don Pinkney Webster, d.s.p. A casualty of World War II. (9) Jane Margaret Webster. (9) J. G. Webster. (9) Beulah Webster. (9) Blanche Webster. (8) Valentine Maxey m. (2nd) V. M. Shipp. (7) Alfred Gee Maxey, b. 1-8-1860, d. 5-28-1864. (7) Frances Ellen Maxey, b. 1-10-1862 in Monroe Co., Ky., d. 11-7-1952 in Velasco, Texas; m. in 1884, Sewell Longfellow Brown. ISSUE: (8) Carrie Rice Brown, b. 1881; m. Howard L. Peterson. ISSUE: (9) Hazel Peterson. (8) Perry Brown, b. 8-16-1885; m. Merle Stratton. (8) Gabrielle Brown, b. 3-17-1887; m. James D. Harrison. (8) Floyd S. Brown, b. 7-17-1893; m. Ruth George. (7) Lucetta Maxey, b. 6-1-1864; m. James Perry Leslie in 1883. ISSUE: (8) C. Estelle Leslie, m. Clinton Barry. (8) J. P. Leslie, Jr., d. infancy. (8) Throckmorton Maxey Leslie, b. 3-11-1887; m. Mary Sheppard. (8) Lucile E. Leslie, b. 10-30-1888. (8) William L. Leslie, b. 1892, d. infancy. (8) Margaret Leslie, b. 2-(???)-1894; m. Cecil Cushman. (7) James Perry Leslie was a practicing attorney-at-law and lived in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, where all of his children were born. (7) John Benton Maxey, b. 7-28-1867; m. Elzone Selby, b. 11-30-1875. ISSUE: (8) Margaret Elizabeth Maxey, b. 7-9-1909; m. Virgil Hames. ISSUE: (Virgil Hames d. 7-1-1946.) (9) Helen Ann Hames (8) Benton Rice Maxey, b. 9-3-1915, d. 6-24-1917. (7) John Benton Maxey was a practicing Attorney and Judge. Page 70a (7) Dr. Samuel Bell Maxey, b. 9-2-1869, d. 11-1-1937, at Houston, Texas; m. Eliza (???). (7) (Judge) Leslie Maxey, b. 2-1-1874, d. ca 1930; m. Durel Cullens. ISSUE: (8) Helen Lucy Maxey. (8) Maxey Bess Maxey, d. 1964. (6) Elizabeth Maxey; m. (???) Irvin. (6) Sarah T. Maxey, b. 10-21-1822; m. Jefferson Gee. (6) Mary Jane Maxey, b. 3-21-1825. (6) Rebecca Maxey, b. 8-8-?. (6) Lucetta Maxey, b. 11-11-1832; m. J. P. Thomas. ISSUE: (7) Susan Abigail Thomas, b. 11-10-1852. (7) William Radford Thomas, b. 1-7-1855. (7) Sarah Turner Thomas, b. 6-19-1857. (7) Elizabeth Ellen Thomas, b. 5-25-1859. (7) Clint Gee Thomas, b. 4-29-1864. (7) Alfred Robert Thomas, b. 9-29-1865. (5) John Maxey, b. 12-18-1787 in Virginia, d. 6-22-1851; m. Martha Biggerstaff, b. 10-11-1822, d. 4-17-1862. ISSUE: (6) Elizabeth Maxey, b. in Monroe County, Kentucky, in 1845. (6) Nancy Maxey, b. in Monroe County, Kentucky, in 1848. (6) Robert Maxey, b. in Monroe County, Kentucky, in 1849. (6) Mary Andrews Maxey, b. 12-4-1844, d. 8-20-1910; m. Thomas Lightfoot, b. 7-20-1834, d. 2-12-1895. ISSUE: (7) Martha Maxey Lightfoot, b. 7-4-1884, d. 2-25-1966; m. George W. Morgan, b. 10-14-1875, d. 1-9-1958. (7) Dora Maxey Lightfoot, b. 2-22-1887, d. 8-10-1952. (7) Henry William Lightfoot, b. 1880, d. 1934; d.s.p. (7) Robert Duncan Lightfoot, b. 11-30-1864, d. 1929; m. Martha Gano. They had ISSUE: (8) Lee Gano Lightfoot, b. 1-20-1903; m. Elizabeth Payne Ferguson 11-30-1941. ISSUE: (9) Robert Morgan Lightfoot, b. 3-14-1954 in New York City, where this family continued to live through 1966. (7) Mary Lightfoot. Living in Paris, Texas in 1967, after a lifetime career as teacher and educator. (5) James W. Maxey, b. 4-10-1789, d. 2-24-1856; m. Anna Langdon. ISSUE: (6) Patrick Henry Maxey, b. 1812; m. Minerva Stone. (6) Isabella Maxey, b. 1817. A twin. (6) William Hiter Maxey, b. 1814. (6) Nancy Maxey, b. 1817. A twin. (6) John Paul Langdon Maxey, b. 1815; m.(???). ISSUE: (7) David Alexander Maxey; m. (???). ISSUE: (8) Malcom Ray Maxey; m. (???). ISSUE: (9) Margie Maxey; m. (???) Brown. Page 70b (5) William Maxey, Jr., b. 2-13-1791, d. 10-5-1876, in Monroe County, Ky.; m. 8-12-1813, Elizabeth L. Gee, b. (???), d. 1878. ISSUE: (6) Nimrod M. Maxey, b. 8-30-1815, d. 10-4-1834. (6) Lucy Jane Maxey, b. 11-22-1818. (6) Polly Rice Maxey, b. 10-7-1820, d. 8-7-1893; m. Samuel Biggerstaff, b. 8-11-1824, d. 11-4-1893. ISSUE: (7) J. E. Biggerstaff, b. 10-10-1853, d. 3-23-1912; m. 11-5-1899 Onie Conner, b. 3-2-1867. ISSUE: (8) Martha Blaine Biggerstaff. (6) Radford J. Maxey, b. 2-11-1823, d. 1-1-1855. (6) Nancy W. Maxey, b. 1-17-1825, d. (???). (6) Pennington Gee Maxey, b. 7-28-1827; m. America Biggerstaff. (Ref: 1850 U. S. Census of Monroe Co., Ky.) (See Footnote) (6) Sarah Ann Maxey, b. 8-25-1830. (6) William S. Maxey, b. 3-5-1833. (6) John Edward Maxey, b. (???) 1838. (5) Edward Maxey, b. 9-7-1792, d. 4-15-1850; m. 9-18-1821 Jane Hix, b. 4-24-1806, d. 5-18-1847, in Monroe Co., Ky. Jane Hix was the daughter of Greenberry Hix, who was listed in the 1830 U. S. Census of Monroe Co., Ky. His son, Greenberry Hix, Jr., was listed in the 1850 U. S. Census of Monore County, with his wife, Mathilda, age 28; a son, William Hix, age 9; two daughters M. E. and L. J. Hix, ages 7 and 5 respectively. The union of Edward Maxey and Jane Hix had ISSUE: (6) Greenberry H. Maxey, b. 8-26-1822, in Monroe County, Ky. (6) John Leake Maxey, b. 2-13-1824, " " " (6) William James Maxey, b. 4-13-1826, " " " (6) Mary Elizabeth Maxey, b. 10-3-1828, " " " (6) Elsey D. Maxey, b. 1-26-1831, " " " (6) Rice Maxey, b. 4-17-1836, " " " (6) Lucy Ann Maxey, b. 8-31-1840, " " " (6) Susan Jane Maxey, b. 6-13-1843, " " " (5) Robert C. Maxey, b. 10-2-1796, d. 5-3-1867; m. 2-24-1831, in Monroe County, Ky., Augustine Bugg, b. 12-23-1811, d. 1-1-1897. ISSUE: (6) William Bugg Maxey, b. 5-5-1833 in Monroe County, Ky. (6) John Maxey, b. 1836 " " " (6) Alfred Maxey, b. 1839 " " " (6) Henry Maxey, b. 1841 " " " (6) Martha Maxey, b. 1847 " " " (5) Henry P. Maxey, b. 9-9-1798, d. 2-14-1869 in Grayson Co., Texas. THE FAMILY RECORD OF (4) WILLIAM MAXEY, SON OF (3) RADFORD MAXEY IS CONTINUED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES. (FOOTNOTE) Turn to page 71A for complete record of the family of (6) Pennington Gee Maxey and America Biggerstaff. Page 71 Supplemental data respecting the family of (5) Edward Maxey and Jane Hix. (See page 71, containing a schedule of the children of this couple.) Their fifth child was (6) Elsey D. Maxey, b. 1-26-1831 in Monroe County, Kentucky. The name of his wife is not available. However, in a letter dated April 16, 1968 from Hampton G. Maxey of Celina, Tenn., a descendant of (6) Pennington Gee Maxey (see also page 71), this (6) Elsey D. Maxey became a Doctor of Medicine and had the following sons: (7) Edward Maxey (Known as Ned) who had a son: (8) Fred Maxey, b.(???), d.(???), in Nashville, Tenn. According to the letter of Hampton Gee Maxey, (8) Fred Maxey, in 1930, bought the plantation home in Celina, Tennessee built in 1838 by (3) Varney Andrews. (3) Varney Andrews and Mary Williams Maxey, his wife, lived in this home until 1858, when they disposed of their entire holdings in Tennessee and moved to Grayson County, Texas. For the family record of this couple, see Chapter IV. Additional supplement data respecting the life and family of (6) Pennington Gee Maxey (see page 71) has become available, through the work of (8) Maxine Elmore Maxey Sankey, one of his direct descendants. (6) Pennington Gee Maxey was born in Monroe County, Ky, in the area of the Land Grant received by his Grandfather, (4) William Maxey, a Revolutionary Soldier, for his services in the Virginia Militia. He took part in the battle at Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781. He remained with the army of General Nathaniel Green, which followed, and harassed the British Army and was present at the surrender at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, when the British laid down their arms, while their band played "THE WORLD IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN." (National Archives File W-8412.) The prefix "W" to the Archives file number means that the widow filed a claim for a pension some thirty years after his death. Her husband had refused to do so, always insisting that he did not need the money, and it was improper for him to claim a pension. Had his widow not filed the claim, his Revolutionary War record would never have been available to his descendants. His widow filed the claim upon the insistence of her sons who believed that this war record should be on file somewhere. (6) Pennington Gee Maxey died in 1899 after spending his life on the Maxey land in Monroe County. He was buried beside his father and grandfather in the Cemetery on the family land in Monroe County, which contains the bodies of scores of only members of the Maxey family. (6) Pennington Gee Maxey and his wife, America Biggerstaff, had the following children: (America Biggerstaff Maxey d. 1856.) (7) Bell Maxey, b. 1850; m. William Mayfield in 1875; d. 1899. (7) Mary Maxey (died in infancy). Page 71a (7) Americus Maxey, b. 1856; m. Matilda Shields in 1883; d. 1939. This family lived at Roff, Oklahoma. In 1857 (6) Pennington Gee Maxey m. Emily Margaret Oglesby b. 3-14-1841, d. 8-?-1917. This couple had: (7) John L. Maxey, b. 12-10-1857, d. 1942. Lived in Mo. (7) Nancy Ann (Nan) Maxey, b. 1-30-1860; m. in 1877 Sam Williams; d. 1919. (7) Bennett Colquitt Maxey, b. 10-5-1861. Never married. Taught school in Kentucky and Oklahoma. (7) O. Black Maxey, b. 12-21-1863; m. M. Lou Hampton in 1887; d. 1933. Their home was in Celina, Tennessee, where as an attorney-at-law he was associated with Cordell Hull in various capacities. (8) Hampton Gee Maxey, b. ca 1890, d. 2-10-1970 in Celina, Tenn. His career included that of County Auditor of Jackson County, Tennessee. (8) Tony Maxey, b. ca 1900, d. 1-28-1964. His widow, Kate Maxey resides at Livingston, Tennessee. (7) Lafayette B. Maxey (Fay) b. 3-7-1867; m. in 1884 Ella Little; d. 1948. ISSUE: (8) Ruby Maxey (8) Margaret Maxey (8) Lafayette B. Maxey, Jr. Lives in Berryville, Ark. (7) Mary Maxey, b. 3-13-1868; m. in 1888 Alonzo Richardson; d. 12-16-1959 at Houston, Texas. She lived in Monroe Co., Ky. until after her husband's death, after which she made her home with her children in Houston. ISSUE: (8) Clint Richardson, lived in League City, Texas. (8) B. L. Richardson, lived in Houston, Texas. There were two daughters, but names not available for this record. (7) Angelina Maxey, b. 8-13-1871, d. 9-4-1962 at Thompkinsville, Kentucky; m. in 1895 Joe Spear. This couple ha?? no children. They went to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in the early 1900's; later lived in Carrizo Springs, Texas, where Joe Spear died. His widow returned to Thompkinsville and made her home with her sister, (7) Fannie Bedford. She reared a son of Joe Spear's by a prior marriage. (7) Zou Ella Maxey, b. 12-5-1873, d. 12-23-1964; m. in 1897 Preston Silvey. Their home was at Hastings, Oklahoma. ISSUE: (8) Fred Silvey. Deceased. (8) Walter Silvey; lived at Commanche, Oklahoma. (8) Grace Silvey; no information available. (8) Mertha Silvey; no information available. (8) Merle Silvey; no information available. Page 71b (7) Laura Lee Maxey, b. 3-10-1876, d. 10-31-1902; m. (1st) Elza Williams in 1895. ISSUE: (8) Bessie Williams. No information available, except that she lives with a daughter in New Mexico. (8) Beulah Williams, b. 1900; m. (1st) Jim Smith 10-4-1918. ISSUE: (By this marriage.) (9) James Defeau Smith; m. 4-30-1940 Flora Lee Madsen of Amarillo, Texas. ISSUE: (10) Richard Madsen Smith; (10) Debra Denise Smith; This family lived in Amarillo, Texas. (9) Irwin Lee Smith; m. 3-23-1946 Cassie Mae Butler. ISSUE: (10) Deana Lee Smith; (10) Dennis Ray Smith; (10) Daniel Oran Smith. This family lived at Burkburnett, Texas. (8) Beulah Maxey m. (2nd) 5-18-1923, Clifton O. Wilson. ISSUE: (9) Oran Elsdon Wilson, m. 5-29-1952, Esther Ojiel Calentine. ISSUE: (10) Donna Lee Wilson; (10) Denise Louise Wilson; (10) Douglas Loyd Wilson. This family lived in Shreveport, Louisiana. (9) Marion Lanella Wilson, m. 12-24-1950 R. B. Swinford. ISSUE: (10) Robert Dale Swinford; (10) Dana Gay Swinford; (10) Denise Lee Swinford. This family lived in Randlett, Oklahoma. The (6) Pennington Gee Maxey family is continued from pages 71A and 71B. (7) Laura Lee Maxey, m. (2nd) in 1909, E. A. Horner. ISSUE from this second marriage: (8) Pennington Buck Horner, b. 1910, lives in North Dakota. (8) Zula Pearl Horner, b. 1913, lives in Enid, Oklahoma. (8) Lina Belle Horner, b. 1915, lives in Enid, Oklahoma. (8) Jack Horner, b. 1916. Deceased. (7) Maggie G. Maxey, b. 7-23-1878; m. in 1901 Parrish Richardson, d. 1913. This couple lived in Monroe County, Kentucky. Page 71c (7) Fannie Maxey, b. 8-28-1880; m. in 1904 Hugh Bedford. This couple lived in Thompkinsville, Kentucky. Their home was the "stopping" place and sometimes the "staying" place for every member of the Maxey family, whether down on their luck, or just visiting family and friends. This couple had: (8) Bennett Bedford, lives in Thompkinsville, Kentucky. (7) William Harden Maxey, b. 9-8-1884; d. 5-25-1936; m. Theodosia Elmore, b. 1-21-1883 at Italy, Texas; d. 11-19-1922, buried at Randlett, Oklahoma. Following his death (7) William Harden Maxey, was taken to Monroe County, Ky., and buried in the family cemetery alongside his father (6) Pennington Gee Maxey; his Grandfather (5) William Maxey, Jr., and his Great Grandfather (4) William Maxey, the soldier of the American Revolution. Theodosia Elmore was the daughter of George Washington Elmore. (7) William Harden Maxey and Theodosia Elmore had ISSUE: (8) Annie Marguerite Maxey, b. 6-30-1919; m. Billy Meacham 7-18-1932, later divorced. Lived at Lone Wolf, Okla. (8) Mildred Maxey, b. 6-5-1916; m. 6-5-1954. Lived at Costa Mesa, California. (8) Maxine Elmore Maxey, b. 5-27-1913; m. 7-19-1931, Lawrence Sankey. This couple were living at Amarillo, Texas in 1971. Lawrence Sankey was the Superintendent of Better Freight Handling and Services Department of the Santa Fe Railway Co. Maxine Sankey was retired from a career in the business world with the Phillips Petroleum Company. All data concerning the descendants of (6) Pennington G. Maxey were assembled and supplied by (8) Maxine Maxey Sankey. Page 71d (5) Mary Williams Maxey, b. 7-7-1802 in Monroe County, Ky., d. 7-15-1880 in Grayson County, Texas; m. 9-10-1826 in Monroe County, Ky., (3) Varney Andrews, Jr., who was born 10-7-1794 in Mecklenburg County, Va. With this marriage the Maxey and Andrews families, whose roots were put down in Colonial Virginia, in Henrico County, came together. (4) William Maxey, the father of (5) Mary Williams Maxey, and (2) VARNEY ANDREWS, SR., the father of (3) Varney Andrews, Jr., were born in adjoining counties in Virginia, and both were with the Virginia militia which took part on March 15, 1781, in the Battle of Gilford Courthouse, N. C. between the army of Lord Cornwallis and the forces of General Nathaniel Greene. William Maxey continued with General Greene's forces which harried the British until Cornwallis took refuge at Yorktown, Va., where he was forced to surrender the entire British army on October 19, 1781. On that day, while General George Washington's army and their French Allies looked on, British General Cornwallis' entire army marched out on a level plain at Yorktown and, while their band played "The World Is Upside Down", stacked their arms in unconditional surrender. The surrender was accomplished at two P.M. Lieut. Colonel Tench Tilghman, Aid-de-Camp to General Washington, rode 200 miles with all possible speed to Philadelphia, arriving there at three A.M., October 22, to report the surrender to the Continental Congress. After receiving official dispatches from General Washington, Congress went in a body to the Lutheran Church for services of Thanksgiving. A broadside was printed and distributed to the citizens, authorizing them to "illuminate" their homes and places of business from six o'clock P. M. until nine o'clock P. M. by way of celebration. Decorum and harmony were earnestly recommended, and the people were urged to "discountenance" the least appearance of riot. There appeared to be little feeling of jubilation; instead the sentiment seemed to be reverent thanksgiving that peace had come. The union of (5) Mary Williams Maxey and (3) Varney Andrews, Jr., had ISSUE: (4) William Allen Andrews, b. 9-30-1827. Died in infancy. (4) John Benjamin Andrews, b. 8-29-1828, d. 10-19-1835. (4) Edwin Jones Andrews, b. 1-16-1830, d. 7-17-1900 in Texas. (4) Alvin Rufus Andrews, b. 8-16-1833, d. ca 1905, in Texas. (4) Robert C. Andrews, b. 1-24-1836, d. ca 1917, in Texas. (4) Nancy Williams Andrews, b. 10-7-1836, d. 11-20-1911. (This family record is continued on the next page.) The authority for the Revolutionary War record of William Maxey is National Archives File No. W-8412. The authority for the Revolutionary War record of VARNEY ANDREWS, SR., is National Archives File S-11992. Page 71e (6) Varney Francis Andrews, b. 9-9-1839, d. 3-27-1858. (6) James Radford Andrews, b. 9-23-1841, d. 4-5-1927, in Grayson County, Texas. (6) Mary Elizabeth Andrews, b. 7-23-1843, d. 11-13-1918. (6) Mark Henry Andrews, b. 4-6-1845, d. 4-2-1919, in Grayson County, Texas. (5) Rice Maxey, b. 7-3-1800, in Tomkinsville, Barren County, (this later became Monroe County) Kentucky, d. 1-11-1878 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; m. 10-9-1821, Lucetta Pope Bell, b. 12-14-1794, d. 7-7-1866, Paris, Texas. Lucetta Pope Bell was the daughter of Captain Samuel Bell, a solider of the American Revolution. (VRS) (5) Rice Maxey practiced law in Kentucky until 1857 when he moved to Paris, Texas, and established a law practice which continued until his death in 1878. This marriage had ISSUE: (6) Lucetta Anne Maxey, b. 6-8-1828, d. 12-8-1907; m. Craft Erwin in Clinton County, Kentucky. ISSUE: (7) John Erwin. (6) Mary Susan Maxey, b. 10-15-1846, d. 9-18-1883; m. (???) Gatewood in Clinton County, Kentucky. ISSUE: (7) Rice Maxey Gatewood, killed in battle of Pea Vine Ridge in Arkansas, during War of the States. (7) Susan Mary Gatewood, b. (???), d. (???); m. (1st) James L. Terrell. ISSUE: (8) Eula Terrell. (8) Lena Terrell. (7) Susan Mary Gatewood, married (2nd) W. H. H. Long, b. 4-6-1840, d. 4-25-1871. This marriage had ISSUE: (8) Samuel Bell Maxey Long, b. 8-14-1869, d. 11-9-1948, at Paris, Texas; m. Lala Williams, b.(???), d. 10-1965, at Paris, Texas. (6) Nancy Williams Maxey, b. 1-17-1825; m. James Harrison Graves. They had ISSUE: (7) Ferdinand Eilson Graves, b.(???); m. Betty (???). They had ISSUE: (8) Felix Jefferson Graves, b. (???); m. Mary Ann Finley. (8) William Henry Graves, b. 8-13-1853; d. 10-1-1930; m. 1-27-1877 Elizabeth Tudor, b. 7-19-1862. They had ISSUE: (9) Nancy Elizabeth Graves, b. 7-19-1892; m. 12-24-1908 Ernest L. Bray, b. 11-4-1891. They had ISSUE: (10) William Edward Bray, d. s. p. (10) Ernest Woodrow Bray, b. 12-15-1912; m. Helen L. Norvell, b. (???). (10) Leslie Eugene Bray, b. 3-25-1921. Living in Paris, Texas in 1965. Page 72 (6) William Henry Maxey, b. 10-22-1823, d. 5-6-1847, while on active duty in the U. S. Army at New Orleans, Louisiana. (6) Samuel Bell Maxey, b. 3-30-1825 at Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, d. at Paris, Texas, 8-16-1895; m. 7-19-1853, in Albany, Kentucky, Marilda Cass Denton, b.12-20-1833 at Albany, Kentucky, d. 5-18-1908 at Paris, Texas. This couple had by adoption: Dora Rowell, b. 11-3-1856 in Florida, daughter of Thomas Rowell. She was brought to Paris, Texas by her father when a small child. Her mother died before the move to Paris, or shortly thereafter. Dora Rowell was cared for as a small child by relatives, and finally by (6) Samuel Bell Maxey and his wife, Marilda Maxey, who legally adopted her under the name of Dora Bell Maxey. Dora Bell Maxey, m. Henry W. Lightfood at Paris, Texas. They had ISSUE: Sallie Lee Lightfoot, who was born at Paris about 1884. Her mother, Dora Bell Maxey died at Paris, July 7, 1884. Sallie Lee Lightfoot never married, and came to live with her Grandfather, (6) Samuel Bell Maxey at Paris, and has lived there all her life. Another adoption by (6) Samuel Bell Maxey and his wife, Marilda Maxey, brought to the family (8) Samuel Bell Maxey Long (See Page 72), a grandnephew, who in 1894 brought his bride, Lala Williams Long, into the Maxey home in Paris. This couple continued to occupy the home with Sallie Lee Lightfoot, until his death in 1948, and the death of Lala Long in October, 1965. Volumes in the Dallas, Texas, Public Library titled: "BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, 1774-1927" and "BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF OFFICER AND GRADUATES OF THE U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY" are the authorities for the following sketch of the career of (6) Samuel Bell Maxey. (6) Samuel Bell Maxey entered the United State Military Academy, in 1842, when 17 years of age. After graduation, 1846, from West Point he went as second lieutenant with the 7th Infantry to Mexico. Her served under General Taylor at Monterey, and under General Scott in the siege of of Vera Cruz, and the drive against Mexico City. Upon the capture of Mexico, he was breveted first lieutenant and placed in command of one of five companies, which were chosen as city guard during the occupancy. Maxey resigned from the U. S. Army, September 17, 1849, and entered the practice of law with his father in Kentucky. The Fort Worth Star Telegram, of April 11, 1942, took note of the naming of Camp Maxey, seven miles North of Paris, Texas, and stated: "The naming of Camp Maxey honors a man who was a veteran of two wars and who attained the rank of Major General. In civilian life he served Page 73 two terms in the United States Senate, and had a distinguished career in the practice of law." (6) SAMUEL BELL MAXEY was the grandson of patriots who fought in the War of the American Revolution. His mother was Lucy Pope Bell, daughter of Captain Samuel Bell, a native of Albermarle County, Virginia, and a soldier of the American Revolution. His father was Rice Maxey, a son of William Maxey, born in Halifax County, Virginia, who was a member of the Virginia Militia and took part in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina on March 15, 1781. He was also present at Yorktown at the surrender of the British in October, six months later. The original citation for bravery in action and promotion to First Lieutenant of Samuel Bell Maxey, signed by President Polk, is among the family papers in the Maxey home in Paris. The newspaper article continued: "After returning to the United States, army life palled, and Maxey resigned from the army September 17, 1849. His only brother, a Captain of Kentucky Volunteers, had been killed during the War with Mexico, and his father's wish that he join him in the practice of law prevailed. "He was married on July 19, 1853 to Marilda Cass Denton. The father and son, with their families moved to Paris, Texas, in 1857, and practice?? law together until the outbreak of the war between the states. Samuel Be?? Maxey was elected to the State Senate of Texas in 1861, he resigned to accept military service and his father was elected in his place. "After secession became an accomplished fact, Samuel Bell Maxey, although he had bitterly opposed secession, raised a company for the Confederate Army, numbering about 70 men at the time it was formed May 21, 1861. Maxey was elected Colonel when the Lamar Rifles, as the company wa called, was expanded into a regiment and designated as the Ninth Texas." The article continued with an account of Col. Maxey's Ninth Texas traveling by boat from Shreveport, La., to Memphis, Tennessee, where it joined the forces of General Albert Sidney Johnson, Promoted to Brig. General, Maxey was sent to Chattanooga to reorganize the troop stationed there. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh, and afterward served in a number of engagements in lower Mississippi. The article continued: "General Maxey was transferred in the fall of 1863 to command the Indian Territory. . . With little aid from army headquarters, General Maxey organized and put under arms thousands of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, who were friendly to the Confederacy, but who had been in confusion and were almost destitute. General Maxey directed the Indians in successful operations against the Union forces, capturing vast stores of food and clothing, wagons and military equipment. He also moved soldiers into Arkansas to assist General Sterling Price in blocking the Union advance under Steele. "For his services General Maxey was made a Major General. In the Spring of 1865 he was placed in command of a cavalry division, but with the close of the war, his command was disbanded May 29, 1865. General Maxey returned to Paris and after declining an appointment as District Judge, resumed the practice of law." The return to practice of law was not achieved without an attempt by the Federal authorities then in charge of the State Government to cancel his license to practice. A visit by Maxey to Washington, D. C. and a conference with a former classmate at West Point, General U. S. Grant, restored his right to practice. He was elected to the United Page 73a States Senate January 27, 1874. He was elected to a second term in 1880. The Maxey home at Paris, built in 1866, is a veritable museum, depicting the art of gracious living in the nineteenth century. It has been carefully maintained at great expense by the Long family since the death in 1895 of General Maxey and that in 1908 of Mrs. Maxey. Mrs. Long continued to maintain it, despite the enormous amount of time and energy required to supervise the work of a limited staff. Every effort has been made to leave it practically unchanged from the way the Maxey's left it. Mrs. Samuel Bell Maxey Long wrote us in March, 1960 that: "I married Sam Bell Maxey Long in 1894. He was General Maxey's only nephew and adopted son. He was born in this home and never lived anywhere else. When I married in 1894 my trunk was sent down Church Street to his home and it has been my home ever since. Sallie Lee Lightfoot has also spent most of her life in this dear place - she is the granddaughter of General and Mrs Maxey - the daughter of their adopted daughter, Dora Maxey and Judge Henry W. Lightfoot. Her mother, Dora Maxey Lightfoot died when very young, and Sallie Lee and Sam Bell Maxey Long were brought up as brother and sister. She has never married and we have lived together more than sixty years. My husband died in 1948, and we had no children." Mrs. Long, who was Lala Williams before her marriage, died at Paris in 1965 and Sallie Lee Lightfoot died June 11, 1966. Both were living at the Maxey residence at their deaths. Following receipt of the letter, part of which is quoted above, we received an invitation from Lala Long and Sallie Lee Lightfoot to visit them in the Maxey home. We were received with quiet dignity and gracious hospitality by these two great ladies in an atmosphere reminiscent of another century. A warm friendship developed between the four of us and this visit was followed by many more, continuing until their deaths. To us, their passing closed an era. After a few hours visit with Mrs. Long and Miss Sallie Lee Lightfoot, her lifelong companion, the General's presence seemed to be hovering in the shadows. The house is furnished with fine old walnut and mahogany furniture, and each room contains momentos of some phase of General Maxey's career, in addition to other members of the family. In the enormous entrance hall which extends the length of the house to the kitchen area, are pictures of George and Martha Washington, a sampler made at the Female Academy in Fallatin, Tennessee in 1829, a brass tray and candle snuffer, beautiful tables and book cases including a walnut letter press formerly in the General's office and now filled with letters. These letters, a majority in their original covers, date from early 1800's, and without doubt contain a priceless sum of historical data. A century old spinning wheel and a frame containing Confederate money and other momentos are also items a visitor may note. The library is filled with books, the General's writing desk and chair, a portrait of him over the mantle, and a Spanish sword presented by the Alcalde (Mayor) of Mexico City for the General's successful year of the occupation of that city after the war. An ink well made of stone from the Alamo rests on the desk. The dining room is furnished with beautiful old furniture, silver, crystal and china. The chairs were brought from New Orleans and the table and sideboard with marble top from England. The dining table Page 73b contains the General's tea service. A portrait of Mrs. Long's mother hangs over the sideboard. Mrs. Long showed to us a fabulous set of sterling silver in its original chest, which was a wedding present to her in 1894. Mrs. Long told us that throughout the years, the family had continued to use the Maxey family silver; that her set had never been used. The family room, the only addition to the original structure, connects the main house with the kitchen. In this sunny area is the breakfast-dining area, which has a fireplace with ceramic tile, on which is inscribed in blue lettering: "Each man's hearth is his golden milestone. In his farthest wanderings still he sees it, hears its whispering flames, the answering night wind, as he heard them when he sat with those who were and are not." On one wall are the mounted steer horns which were presented to him by Captain Richard King, the founder of the famous King Ranch in the Gulf Coast area of Texas. The home is surrounded by spacious, well kept grounds. Many of the trees were planted when the home was built. Much significant Texas history orginated with the man who built this home and occupied it for three decades. The home and its contents are worthy of serious consideration by the Texas Historical Society as a historical memorial. It is hoped that the Society and its friends will make the effort necessary to bring this about.