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Sothoron Clifton Bartleson [Male] b. 9 MAR 1939 University Hospital, Baltimore City, MD
Clifton Bartleson Sothoron was born to Lulah (Bartleson) & Warren H. Sothoron of 804 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, on 9 March 1939. Father, 44 years old, was a clerk at Calvert Distillery for 6½ years and was born in Washington, DC. Mother, 39 years old, was a housewife who was born in Fredericksburg, VA. (Birth Certificate # E 92125, Baltimore City, MD) (Per WHS*, birth was at University Hospital)
See mother's Notes for 1940 Federal Census entry.
Will of Bessie B. Haddox of Marshall, FAU. Executor to settle the estate in conjunction with Mrs Golda Pollock. To be buried by her husband in the Haddox burial ground. To sister, Mrs. Nina Wiles of Mila, VA, $500. To cousin Kate Smith, bank stock. To foster daughter Mrs. Virginia Corbin, personalty; also mentions Miss Ramona Lee Corbin & John Brent Corbin. To Warren Haddox Sothoron, Jr. & Clifton Bartleson Sothoron, real estate known as Stony Flats, plus 20 acres on Big Bastard Mountain. Executor: Marshall National Bank. Test: Wm. F. Curtis, P.W. Anderson. Codicil dated 8/25/1950. (Wills L:397, Rappahannock Co., VA, 1950.05.17, Recorded 1950.09.20)
Clifton B. Sothoron, male resident of Maine(sic), was married to Daryl Christine Thompson of Maine(sic) by a Religious celebrant in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV on 11 Sep 1973. (Ancestry.com* - Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005)
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Bruce Henrietta [Female] d. AFT 23 FEB 1828
See husband's Notes for marriage information.
** Legacies - St. Mary's Co., MD
Will of Thomas Attaway Reeder. Sons Richard (eldest), Thomas & William Reeder. Daughter Milly Walker (husband Bennet Walker). Nephews Thomas, John & Robert Dougan Reeder, Benjamin Reeder. Nieces Mary Reeder Lansdale, Susanna Bruce Suit, Susanna Reeder (sister of Henry Reeder), Sarah Bruce Locke (wife of Jesse Locke). Grandchildren Juliet Bond, Elizabeth Attaway Bond, Thomas Bond (children of John Bond).
- Residue divided equally amongst niece Sarah Locke (wife of Jesse Locke), Susanna Suit, Henrietta Cheselly (of Calvert Co.), Henrietta Sothoron, William Bruce, Henry Reeder, James Reeder & Thomas Reeder Stephen; one equal part divided between Richard & Sophia Bond, children of Peregrine Bond; and one equal part divided between son & daughter of Elizabeth & Nathan Thomas of Charles Co.
- Executors George Reeder, Bennet Walker, Jesse Locke & James Cooke. Witnesses: Edw. Mattingly, Peregrine Long, John Hawkins Hayes. (Wills JJ#3:123, 1806.02.27, Proved 1808.08.31)
Will of William Bruce. To sister Henrietta Sothoron all land bought of her husband, Samuel Sothoron in St. Mary's Co., & land adjoining it bought from Henry Anderson; for the use of her & her daughters, Elizabeth R. Sothoron & Kitty Sothoron, during their single lives; after their death or marriage, is devised to her son, William B. Sothoron.
- Sister Sarah Locke; Sarah's daughter Susanna Reeder.
- To Thomas A. R. Suit, land near head of St. Clement's Bay called "Young Man's Adventure,” & "Part of Graves' Choice.”
- Niece Elizabeth R. Sothoron to receive Negroes, furniture & housewares, 1/3 of present crop on the land, & 1/3 of hogs.
- Niece Kitty Sothoron to have Negro Maria, now in her possession.
- Son of John B. Thomas named William Bruce to receive $400 at majority; if not surviving, money to executor.
- Nephew Dr. William B. Locke, executor, to receive residue of estate.
- Witness: Samuel Keech, William L. Edwards, George Chappelear (Reno(4)* :25 {Wills JF#1:64}, 1822.10.24, Proved 1823.03.25)
** Land records - St. Mary's Co., MD
Nathan Thomas & Elizabeth his wife, Jesse Lock, Sarah Lock, Susannah Suite, Samuel & Henrietta Sothoron & William Bruce of St. Mary's Co. deed for £93.15 to Thomas Barber of same County, Westham, 87 acres. (Abstracts TH#25 {StM#1}:505, 1806.05.01, Recorded 1806.06.02)
Indenture made 23 Feb 1828 between Henrietta Sothoron & Thomas Payne, both of St. Mary's Co., MD. For $400 Sothoron conveys Lott No. 6, being part of a tract called Saint John's, containing about 230 acres. Signed by Henrietta Sothoron. Wit: R. Kilgour, James Keach. Certified same date, recorded 19 July 1828. (St. Mary's Co., MD Land Records JH#8:159)
From "A List of Alienations & Transfers in St. Mary's Co. from the Sixth day of June 1786 to the Seventy day of March 1829, folio 311": Henrietta Sothoron, Deed to Thomas Payne For Lot No 6 being part Saint Johns - 230 a. (Chron St. Mary's 30:#10:8, Recorded 1828.02.23)
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Sothoron Samuel [Male] b. BEF 1762 Maryland - d. BEF 1782
Henry G. Sothoron replaced Richard Sothoron as vestryman, the latter becoming warden of the new Church. Pews in the new church were auctioned: Jane, John & Samuel Sothoron bought #8; Henry G. Sothoron & Thomas Bond bought #20; Richard, Samuel & Richard Jr. Sothoron bought #24. (MD Hist Mag 31:28, All Faith Parish, St. Mary's Co., MD, 1769.03.27)
Mentioned by name in father's will of 1782, inferring that he has already died (see father's Notes).
Benjamin Sothoron, orphan of Samuel Sothoron deceased, above the age of fourteen years, comes into court & makes choice of Richard Sothoron (of Richard) for his guardian, who being present in court accepts the same. Richard Carns and James Burroughs securitys. Penalty £500 current money. Bond taken. (Fenwick* {Proc Orphans Court :46}, St. Mary's Co., MD, 1782.03)
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Sothoron Benjamin [Male] b. BET 1761 AND 1768 St. Mary's Co., MD - d. 1812 Charles Co., MD
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Letchworth Ann [Female] b. BEF 1722 Maryland - d. 1793 Maryland
Second additional account of Elizabeth Lawson admx. of John Lawson. Balance due from deceased to Richard Southern who intermarried with Ann Letchworth, one of the daughters and representatives of Thomas Letchworth dec'd whose widow the dec'd afterwards married, paid £2.7.4. (Accts 48:169, St. Mary's Co., 1762)
Husband Richard Sothoron's will of 1782 bequeaths her all Negroes, household furniture & other goods she possessed before their marriage, provided she not claim her widow's third of the estate, nor any part of personal estate. She agreed to the provision. See husband's Notes.
Tax List of 1783 for Charles Co., MD. Anne Sothoron: Land: 187 acres, value 187; Slaves: 13, value 496; Plate: 12 ounces; Livestock: 4 horses, 9 cattle, value 33.1; Other property value: 35.1. Total value 752, Assessment 7.10.5, Ditto in Specie 1.17.1. White inhabitants: 1.
1790 Federal Census (1790.08.02) Charles Co., MD, pg 53. Ann Sothoron:
--Females....1
--Slaves......9
Will of Ann Sothoron. Being old & infirm, leaves to Negro Jane, now living with her and whom she set free in 1790, all land now lived on by Ann, Aquilla King's land containing 25 acres, some livestock & 2 iron pots. To nephew George Burroughs, son of George, all residual of the estate; also made executor. Witness: Alex McPherson, Henry Lyon, Rosel Good. (Wills AK#11:175, Charles Co., 1792.05.14, Proved 1793.08.19)
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Letchworth Thomas [Male] d. BEF 1762
List of Desperate Debt belonging to the estate of John Lawson, returned by Elizabeth Lawson admx. (Inv GSN#1:220, Prince George' Co., MD, Recorded 1762.07.30)
Second additional account of Elizabeth Lawson admx. of John Lawson. Balance due from deceased to Richard Southern who intermarried with Ann Letchworth, one of the daughters and representatives of Thomas Letchworth dec'd whose widow the dec'd afterwards married, paid £2.7.4. (Accts 48:169, St. Mary's Co., 1762)
Robert Whitaker was the third husband of Elizabeth Magruder (daughter of Alexander). Her first husband was Thomas Letchworth and second husband was Edward Truman. Her daugher, Elizabeth Letchworth married Richard Sothoron, son of John and Mary (Johnson) Sothoron. (Reno*)
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Sothoron John Johnson [Male] b. 1698 Maryland - d. 1744 St. Mary's Co., MD
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Sothoron Samuel [Male] b. AFT 1701 Maryland - d. 1768 St. Mary's Co., MD
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Sothoron Levin [Male] b. BEF 1745 Maryland - d. 1799 Charles Co., MD
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Donaldson Elizabeth [Female]
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Sothoron John [Male] b. 1660 England, UK - d. 1712 Charles Co., MD
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Sothoron Lucy Katherine [Female] b. 26 DEC 1928 Washington, Rappahannock Co., VA - d. 14 SEP 2001
See father's Notes for 1930 Federal Census entry, mother's Notes for 1940 entry.
Lucy Catherine Elliott,, SSN 228-38-2848, white female, born 26 Dec 1928 in Flint Hill, R, VA "(Washington, VA)" to George Sothoron & Flora Keyser, died 14 Sept 2001. Name listed as Lucy Catherine Elliott in Dec 1949; as Lucy S. Caudill on 14 Jan 1993; listed later as Lucy Sot Triplett. (Ancestry.com* - Social Security Applications & Claims Index)
Licensed and married in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 1 May 1946 by Edw. N. Hahn, J.P.: Roy F. Elliott 24 year old white, living in Marion, VA; and Sothoron, Lucy S., 18 year old white, living in Winchester, VA. Witnesses: H.P. Tate & B.W. Stallings. (Ancestry.com* - image of Index to Morth Carolina Marriage Records)
William Browning O'Bannon, 27 year old single white male Painter, born at Rixeyville, Culpeper Co., VA to Judson Browning O'Bannon & Ollie Gay Curtis, living at Bixeyville, VA; and Lucy Sothoron Elliott, 26 year old divorced white female Postmaster (married once), born at Flint Hill, Rappahannock Co., VA to George Mortimer Sothoron & Flora Keyser, living at Linden, VA; proposing marriage 23 July 1955 at Colonial Beach, VA, were issued a Marriage License in Warren Co., VA on 21 July 1955. Marriage occurred in Culpeper, VA by Kay Peterson, Baptist Minister, on 22 July 1955. (Image of Certificate of Marriage, Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 20832, Clerk's No 2412)
Lucy Sothoron Elliott & Charles Wood Keyser, Administrators of George Mortimer Sothoron, complainants, give notice of lis pendens, by this memo filed in Clerk's Office of Circuit Court of Rappahannock Co., VA on 14 March 1951. There is pending in Circuit Court a chancery cause, with said Administrators vs. Lyle J. Millan, 518 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD, to compel Millan to convey property described in suit to Lucy Sothoron Elliott; or if court declines, to award judgment in favor of Administrator for money paid by George Mortimer Sothoron to LJM upon purchase property of property, & have property sold to satisfy judgment. Description: all land known as Sothoron Farm, in Wakefield Dist., Rappahannock Co., VA, adjoining lands formerly owned by P.B. Eastham, W.A. Jordan, J.A. Fletcher, W.P. Slaughter & others; & being same land owned by L. Kate Sothoron at the time of her death of 30 Dec 1942; & being same land conveyed by deed to LJM on 18 Sept 1947, recorded 2 Jan 1948 at Deed Book 49:573. Amount sought to be recovered is $22,000. Certified in Warren Co., VA on 18 March 1951, recorded in Rappahannock Co., VA on 18 March 1951. Deeds 54:434, Rappahannock Co., VA)
Margin Note: "It appears that this Memorandum of Lis Pendens has been fully satisfied and released pursuant to order entered by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County on May 21, 1956 in Chancery Order Suit #2125 entitled Lucy Sothoron Elliott, et al, vs Lyle J. Millan - See order of record in Chancery Order Book #10, page 305. Teste: Jas. M. Settle, Clerk.” (Deeds 55:417, Rappahannock Co., VA, 18 March 1951) Signature affixed to this document:
Charles Wood Keyser, Administrator of Estate of George Mortimer Sothoron, & Lucy Sothoron Elliott, for $6,000 paid by Lyle J. Millan, release Millan from actions before Circuit Court of Rappahannock Co., & Law Action No. 313 in Dist. Court for Western Dist. of VA, & Chancery Cause styled Lucy Sothoron Elliott & Charles Wood Keyser, Administrator of Estate of George Mortimer Sothoron v. Lyle J. Millan, being Chancery cause No. 2125, & also pending in U.S. Dist. Court for Western Dist. of VA. Signed & certified 29 Aug 1951, recorded 30 Aug 1951 - Rappahannock Co., VA. (Deeds 56.462, Rappahannock Co., VA)
- For $10 Flora K. Sothoron & Ray Elliott release Lyle J. Millan from any actions. Signed & certified 29 Aug 1951, recorded 30 Aug 1951 - Rappahannock Co., VA. (Deeds 56:463, Rappahannock Co., VA)
Circuit Court of Rappahannock Co.
- LUCY SOTHORON ELLIOTT and CHARLES )
-WOOD KEYSER, Administrator of the Estate )
of George Mortimer Sothoron, Deceased, )
) IN CHANCERY #2125
V. )
) FINAL ORDER
- LYLE J. MILLAN, of 518 Cathedral Street, )
Baltimore, Maryland. )
- Settled and dismissed with prejudice, with release of Memorandum of Lis Pendens filed in Deed Book 55:417. Entered 21 May 1956. (Chancery Orders 10:306, Rappahannock Co., VA)
Per the personal knowledge of the Clerk of the Court, Rappahannock Co., VA, Lucy Katherine had married a Triplett (one of twin men), who had died before she did. The Clerk, who knew her personally, said that she had died a few years earlier, and that she was living in or near Front Royal, VA with another husband. Upon searching some property records she came up with the name Lucy Sothoron Caudill. (Rappahannock Co., VA - 19 March 2008)
Theodore Montgomery Triplett, Jr., 31 year old single white male Self-employed "-Trucks," born at Markham, VA to Theodore Montgomery Triplett, Sr. & Virginia Cable, residing at Markham, VA; and Lucy Catherine Sothoron O'Bannon, 30 year old divorced (twice) white female post-master in Rappahannock Co., VA, born in Washington, VA to George Mortimer Sothoron & Flora Keyser, residing in Linden, VA; proposing to marry 26 March 1959 at Woodstock, VA, were granted a marriage license in Warren Co., VA on 26 March 1959. Marriage was performed by Mark D. Woodward of Luray, VA, appointee of the Circuit Court of Page Co., VA on 26 March 1959. (Certificate of Marriage, Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 7722, Clerk's No. 3038)
Lucy S. Caudill, SSN 228-38-2848
Born 26 Dec 1928
Issued VA (before 1951)
Died 14 Sept 2001
(SSDI*)
The remains of Lucy Caudill, of Linden, VA, were cremated, and the location of the ashes is unknown. Her husband's name was Michael Lynn Caudill, and his current address is unknown. (Personal communication on 5 Apr 2010 with Turner-Roberetshaw Funeral Home, 1200 N. Shenandoah Ave., Front Royal, VA 22630)
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Crosby Thomas [Male] b. ABT 1575 England, UK - d. 1661 Rowley, Essex Co., MA
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Sotheron Jane [Female] b. BEF 1581 England, UK - d. 1662 Rowley, Essex Co., MA
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Sotheron William [Male]
Work in progress.
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Sothoron Valentine [Male] b. BEF 1644 England, UK - d. 1702 Maryland
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Sothoron Mary [Female] b. JUN 1664 Kent Co., MD - d. BEF 6 FEB 1699
Mary born to Valentine Southren, June 1664. (Arch MD 54:187 - Kent Co. Court Proceedings B:75)
Not mentioned in father's will of Feb 1699.
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Sothoron Dorothy [Female] b. 16 FEB 1668 Kent Co., MD - d. BEF 6 FEB 1699
Dorethy Sutherin, daughter born to Vallentyne & Mary Sutherin on 16 February 1668. (Arch MD 54:187 - Kent Co. Court Proceedings B:76)
Not named in husband's will of 6 Feb 1698/9, nor in father's will of 1699.
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Mary [Female] b. BEF 1648 - d. 5 NOV 1669 Kent Co., MD
Dorethy Sutherin, daughter born to Vallentyne & Mary Sutherin on 16 February 1668. (Arch MD 54:187 - Kent Co. Court Proceedings B:76)
Mary Southerne a member of a Kent Co. jury of women, charged with physically examining Hannah Jenkins to determine if she had ever borne a child. She was found never to have had a child. (Arch MD 54:250 - Proceedings of the Co. Courts of Kent, Talbot, Somerset C:154, 1668.10.13)
Under the heading of Burialls, "Mary the wife of Valentine: Sutherin dyed the 5th November 1669.” (Arch MD 54:188 - Kent Co. Court Proceedings B:77 [Also Arch MD 54:268])
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Swift Elizabeth [Female] b. BEF 21 APR 1694Mentioned by name in father's will of 1694 (see his Notes).
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