Hi again, Here is a follow up letter that was sent to me from Canie who has been very helpful in knocking down my Litton wall. In it is some corrections he made to the original which he did from memory. Semper Fi, Mary Surnames Researched: Hajduk,Welch, Collins, Litton, and Szela Proud member of the Women Marines Association www.womenmarines.org Proud lister at [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 5:05 AM Subject: Re: Litton Mary Ann Merritt, Thank you for your kind words and thanks for the cards you sent to me in hospital.I need to make a slight correction in my last message data to you. The son who came to Botetourt Co. Va.[Stauton] in 1745, he was John Richard Litton b. 4 July 1726 Rockville Maryland and came to Botetourt Co. Va. in 1745 where he Married Sarah Wilcoxen[also of Maryland] they had 15 children one of which was Soloman Caleb Litton Sr b. 1751 Botetourt Co. d. 1843 in Russell Co. Va. Soloman Caleb Litton had 11 children one of which was (Correction) James Harvey Litton Sr b. 18 Aug. 1789 Russell County Va. d. 2 Aug. 1855 Pike Co. Ky. married (1st) 25 Sept 1809 to Rebecca Jane Vanhook b. 29 Feb. 1790 d. 4 July 1822. had 5 children married (2) Mary Elizabeth Elliott b 28 Feb 1810 d 4 July 1834. on 6 June 1826, Rus Co Va. had 5 children. (3) married on 10 Sept. 1835 in Lebanon Russell Co Va. to Mary Elizabeth Wilson b. 5 Aug 1811 Rus Co Va [Elk Garden Va] d. 19 Jan 1870 Logan Co W/Va. They had 3 children: 1.John Thomas Litton b.1 April 1840, Rus Co. Va.[m:Nancy Slater Thompson]D/O John and Sarah Slater. had 4 children 2. Margaret Elizabeth Litton b. 25 DEC 1843, Rus. Co VA, m:30 June 1861 Napoleon B. Slater Logan Co Va. 3.Augustavis William Litton b.31 Aug. 1845 Rus. Co. VA. d. 25 DEC 1880 in W/VA State of W/VA hospital [TB]? Married Elizabeth Taylor,D/O James and Lucretia Williamson Taylor, on 1 March 1867. They had 4 children; 1. James Harvey Litton 3rd b. 1 Feb 1868 [Logan Co. W/VA] d. 1940 Mingo Co W/Va. married Margaret Isabelle Munsey on 12 Nov 1892 Martin Co Kty.She died 1947 in Merimac, Mingo Co W/Va.She was D/O Daniel and Margaret Aldridge Munsey of Martin Co. Kty. had 7 children; A. Daniel b. 20 Aug 1892 B. Ethel b.2 Feb 1895 d. 30 April 1934, W/Va state hospital [TB] m:James Welsh b. 1885 M:30 May 1915 had 6 children[see later] James Welsh b 28 Dec.1885 d. 8 Sept 1958. They had 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls [ see later] C.Edna Etta Litton b. 1896 D.Helen [Allen] Litton b.1898 E.James Harvey Litton 4th b. 30 April1900 D. Clara Litton b. 1 May 1902 m:--------Risk F.Fredrick Franklin Litton b.20 Dec. 1906 d. 1999 age 93 2. Margaret Litton b. 10 March 1870 Logan Co W/Va 3.Augustavis William Litton 2nd. b.30 April 1873 Logan Co W/Va d. 1910 Martin Co Kty (home of remarried mother, Elizabeth Munsey) 4. Alice Marie Litton b.20 Aug 1880 Logan Co W/Va. married James Findley , Martin Co Kty on 16 Aug 1897 Note: 1850 census Pike Co Kty show James Sr birth as 1795-Death cert. show 1791 best source is Father Soloman Litton bible 1789[above] Lib. of Va. and his Daughter Rebecca Jane Litton Monk"s bible [sometimes refered to as His bible] Lib. Va. James Harvey Litton Sr as I mentioned before, sold his saddle and shoemaker shop in Lebanon, where the family lived in the rear of the shop, [ref; deed in Rus Co] and moved to Pike Co. Kty in 1846. Mary, I have all this in a better format which encludes some stories and places named after these Littons in West Virginia etc. I will get all this to you ASAP, Now you have a lot to work with, enjoy Keep in Touch CanieBurns Litton Jr