This is my first time ever placing a message on a mailing list. I have been following the NCBladen group for a few weeks. I confess it makes me feel like I get a little touch of home in every message -- eating at Melvin's in Elizabethtown, Briar Branch Church, etc. I grew up just across the county line from Bladen in lower Cumberland County (Turnbull area). My immediate maternal line includes Edge [grandfather was Leamon Edge from the John Edge, Sr. family) and Faircloth [Lillie Faircloth from Sampson County]. My paternal line is Hall [grandfather was Chester Albert Hall, son of John Q.A. Hall and Julia Catherine Fisher] and West [Flara Mae West, dau. of James Franklin West and Amanda Caroline Cain]. I am hoping for assistance on my great grandfather's line. The family whispers were that John Quincy Adams Hall [b. 12/06/abt. 1841-1847; m. Julia Catherine Fisher 10/12/1871; d. ---------] was a "woodscoat" -- meaning he was illegitimate and supposedly took his mother's maiden name. The only documentation I have thus far says he was the son of Kelly Smith and Janette Hargrove. Smith and Hargrove do not equal Hall. Perhaps the biological father was a Smith, mother was actually a Janette Hall, who later married a Hargrove man? I have found Janette Hall (variation on the spelling) in county records who married a Hargrove, but can not make any connection. Any ideas for one who has just begun trying to connect the dots? Is anyone familiar with the term "woodscoat" for a bastard child? Hers: Hall/Fisher/West/Cain/Edge/Ray/Faircloth His: Hall/Thompson/Jernigan/Hudson Thanks for your consideration. Patsy Hall
Patsy, Welcome to the group. I've always understood the term to be "woods-colt", having its origins when the sire of a colt was unknown due to having been conceived in the woods or any other out-of-sight location. I remember the old folks using the term when I was small & wondering what it meant.....not until much later did I find out. Butch Butler originally of Etown, now in SC. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy Hall" <pahall@gpi.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 11:57 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] HALL > This is my first time ever placing a message on a mailing list. I have > been following the NCBladen group for a few weeks. I confess it makes me > feel like I get a little touch of home in every message -- eating at > Melvin's in Elizabethtown, Briar Branch Church, etc. I grew up just across > the county line from Bladen in lower Cumberland County (Turnbull area). > > My immediate maternal line includes Edge [grandfather was Leamon Edge from > the John Edge, Sr. family) and Faircloth [Lillie Faircloth from Sampson > County]. My paternal line is Hall [grandfather was Chester Albert Hall, > son of John Q.A. Hall and Julia Catherine Fisher] and West [Flara Mae West, > dau. of James Franklin West and Amanda Caroline Cain]. > > I am hoping for assistance on my great grandfather's line. The family > whispers were that John Quincy Adams Hall [b. 12/06/abt. 1841-1847; m. > Julia Catherine Fisher 10/12/1871; d. ---------] was a "woodscoat" -- > meaning he was illegitimate and supposedly took his mother's maiden name. > The only documentation I have thus far says he was the son of Kelly Smith > and Janette Hargrove. Smith and Hargrove do not equal Hall. Perhaps the > biological father was a Smith, mother was actually a Janette Hall, who > later married a Hargrove man? I have found Janette Hall (variation on the > spelling) in county records who married a Hargrove, but can not make any > connection. Any ideas for one who has just begun trying to connect the > dots? Is anyone familiar with the term "woodscoat" for a bastard child? > > Hers: Hall/Fisher/West/Cain/Edge/Ray/Faircloth > His: Hall/Thompson/Jernigan/Hudson > > Thanks for your consideration. > > Patsy Hall > >