JAMES and BANDY which have ties to my family to Becky SMITH'S JAMES/BANDY research. ______________________________________________________________________ RESOURCE reference notes: All events, notes, etc. put into a timeline not by location. i Annals of Southwest Virginia, Vol I, by Preston Lewis Summers.; have book page number of notation. ii Marriage bonds of Bedford Co., VA, 1755-1800........ ( Bedford Co. History ) by E. S. Dennis and J. E. Smith, c 1932, 104 pages. iii Nottoway County, VA: founding and development with biographical sketches. publisher Richmond, Va.; W. M. Brown & Son, printers, 1970, 205 pages. by Cummins, A. B. iv ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. Documents of Marriage Bonds, Records and notes of documents. Copies held by Linda M. Thank. v Portrait and biographical album of Vermilion and Edgar Counties, Illinois : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties : together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1889, 1093 pgs. vi U.S. Census of 1830 vii State of Illinois Archives online Databases viii History of Vermilion County : together with historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources Chicago: H.H. Hill and Co., 1879, 1132 pgs./ page number given. vix U.S. Census of 1880 x U.S. Census of 1870 xi U.S. Census of 1860 xii U.S. Census of 1850 xiii U.S. Census of 1840 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In the Current Beginnings of events, family history and surnames unravel like this: ii Mary CHRISTIAN married David ROGERS, May 18, 1762. Surety Wm. BUMPUS. (note: CHRISTIAN surname falls into the multiple marriages in BANDY links after 1780's) page 58. i James HILL married Pilly BEALE 1772. page 513. (note: see marriage of John Hill to Elizabeth JAMES in 1783, bond of James HILL, marriage records from Rockbridge County). i Alice BANDY married Thomas WILTINGTON. 1779. Jas. Wolf, William Little . page 527. i Frances BANDY married Andrew BOOKER, 1780. page 503 iv piece #1: Rockbridge Court Records. Marriage bond/certification notes for Cathrine/Kathrine JAMES, niece of Thos. HOWELL to John HILL from Rockbridge County for 12th of March 1783. "This is to certify that Katrine James my sister's daughter lives with and is with of age, and I am agreed to her match with John Hill." Witness my hand_________Thos. Howell. James St{ewart? sic, sp??] John McCo{?rum??sic, sp??} iv piece #2. Rockbridge County 14th March 1783. "I do hereby certify that I am satisfied and agree to my son John Hills match with Kathrin James. Witness my hand..........James Hill. iv piece #3. "Know all men by these presents that we John Hill and James LEGGIT are held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth of Virginia in the just sum of Fifty pounds current money to which payment will and truly to be made we bind ourselves and heirs Exer's and Adm'rs jointly and secondly firmly by the presents witnesses and hands and seals this 15th day of March 1783. Whereas there is a marriage firmly intended to be solemnized between the above bound John HILL and Cathrine JAMESthe condition of the obligation is first that if there be no lawful course to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void or else to remain in force." Teste John Hill {seal} James LIGGET {seal} Anderson RICE or REID, Clk (not sure on this man's name ) i page 431 Richard BANDY appointed Constable in Capt. Graham's Company. Sept. 9, 1788. Richard BANDY is replaced by Thomas Lewis as Constable on December 9, 1788. v. Birth of James BANDY in Bedford, Virginia about 1790. Father of William BANDY who migrated to Danville, Vermillion County, Ill. with foster parents, the HOWELL family in 1812. i Richard BANDY married to Nancy LEWELLEN d/o Thoms. LEWELLEN 1791 (page502) i page 446: December 13, 1791, John BEALE is granted a license to keep an ordinary in Pattonsburg. Richard BANDY, December 13, 1791, is appointed Constable in Capt. Mason's Company. i and to Lucy JUSTICE in 1794 (page 526). (see marriage of Nancy BANDY in Bedford 1791 to James NABORS; D/O Richard and Nancy BANDY [nee-Lewellen] ). i Solomon BANDY married Mary BARRITT. 1791. page 502. i James VANOVER married Christina VANOVER. 1791. (note: links to BANDY in next generation, mid west genealogy/ Note the marriage in 1795 in Bedford County marriage records.). page 511. ii Nancy BANDY married to James NABORS. March 12, 1791. George BANDY, Surety. Consent of Richard BANDY, father of Nancy BANDY. page 50 (Note the NEIGHBORS married in Rockbridge 1819} ii Samuel HIBBS married Eve JAMES, October 6,7, 1791. John JAMES, surety. With Consent of Eve's mother, but cannot make ou the name. (perhaps Jonoby). page ii George WEST married Sarah JAMES, November 11, 1791. Daniel JAMES, surety.page 74 ii Daniel JAMES married Elizabeth PRATT, Sept. 24, 1792. John PATE, surety. Consent of John PRATT. page 36. i Martha BANDY married Henry VANOVER in 1794 on page 516. ii Henry VANOVER married Nancy GOIN, August 28, 1795. Isham GOIN and Jeremiah GOIN, sureties. Consent of William GOIN, father of Nancy. (note: history in next generation shows a link with the VANOVER line and the BANDY line in mid west). page 71. ii Isaac JAMES married Polly JAMES, November 24, 1796. David MARTIN, surety. Consent of Daniel and Susannah JAMES, the parents of Polly.[note: these are two cousins}. page 38. i Lucy BANDAY married to George MONICLE 1797. page 524 (could this be a widow named Lucy who married again or a BANDY daughter?) i Elizabeth BEALE married Wm. STEENBERGEN in 1797 page 524. i Marcha BANDY married James CORNELIUS 1797. page 524. i page 478: Thomas BANDY appointed Surveyor of the Highway October 9, 1798 ii Joseph JAMES married Mary McCAN, September 13, 1800, John McCANMN, surety. page 36. iv Jenny COULTON to John JAMES 1800. (Note: I have a Courthouse document of this intended marriage; no return found; the COULTON family had documents of wills from Rockbridge County. If this John JAMES is the same one who recorded note of marriage to Lavina SMITH in Dec. 1802, Jenny CULTON either died in childbirth, died of illness, or left his household. Nothing has ever been located about this Jenny CULTON./l.t.) i Elizabeth BANDY married David JAMES Oct 12, 1801 page 513. i, iv Lavina SMITH married Jno. JAMES 1801. page 513 (Note: ........we have a hand written minister return note on John's marriage from courthouse misc. records dated Dec. 1802.). v Birth of William BANDY, July 22, 1812. Bedford, Virginia. son of James BANDY and Nancy BROWN, who married at the "man's estate" of age in Bedford. They had 2 children and then Mrs. BANDY when William was age 3 in 1815. v Death of Mrs. BANDY, father of William BANDY. 1815. William was taken in by Samuel and Elizabeth HOWELL of Bedford, along with his sibling, as foster-children. The two children removed to Danville, Illinois with The HOWELL family in December of 1823, their father, James, had gone to Tennessee to take care of his own father long since...........he became the owner of slaves and land while in Tennessee. After a time, James BANDY came back with a new wife and found his children removed to Illinois with the HOWELL family. He tried to recover the children when he moved to Illinois in 1833, but by this time the HOWELL family did not want to give the children up. By calculating, the children were already approaching ages between 15 to 20 and already established in making their own livings and way with good occupations. The father died in 1883 at age of ninety-three. iv Marriage license/bond certificates license 1819, Fleming NEIGHBORS to Elizabeth JAMES who was daughter of William B. JAMES. (There is also a Bedford JAMES/NABORS marriage in 1791). v Samuel and Elizabeth HOWELL took the BANDY children and went to Illinois 1823. vi 1830 census shows Elizabeth HOWELL, image 23 of 34, head of household in Vermilion County. Reading.. one male under 5, one male aged 5 and under 10, one aged 40 to 50. Of females there are one under 5, two of 5 to 10, one of 10 to 15, and one aged 30 to 40. a neighbor James HOWELL is same age as the eldest male in Elizabeth's household list. Also found is a Samuel HEWELL. in Vermilion county. .shows it could be spelled HOWELL. image 3 of 34 with 2 pages per total visitations. Reading: 2 males of over 5 and under 10; one male 50 to 60; 1 female 15 to 20. These two households could be two places with both families working places. Mr. Howell and William BANDY had a joint business freighting and merchandising on the rivers, and traveled a lot. Mr. HOWELL likely had older sons also and daughters who were still at home. vii Illinois State Archives Black Hawk War Veterans: 1831 BANDY, REUBEN PVT C DORSEY TAZEWELL CO ODD BANDY, WASHINGTON PVT J PARMER VERMILION CO MOORES BANDY, WILLIAM PVT J PARMER VERMILION CO MOORES v James BANDY went to Illinois in 1833. v. William BANDY mar. Miss Harriet J. MURPHY, Vermilion County, Ill., Oct 16, 1833. Harriet daughter of William Murphy, from Bedford. . Both seemed to have lands in Wisconsin at thiss time and were partners in freighting on the rivers and packing. Wm. and Harriet. had 5 sons and 2 daughters. Harriet died March 1872. and was born in Bedford County and migrated to Illinois in about 1818 with her parents. Children: Samuel J., John W., Bennett E, Emma BANDY. foster child, Bella E. BANDY. (note: the death of Harriet given for 1872 is disproved by the 1880 census/ other children listed). __________________ Linda M. Thank lthank@turboisp.com __________________