Thomas Madison

Notes:

Birth:
Sources list several dates in the 1690s

Family/Spouse: Johanna Buckner??. Johanna was born in 1698 in Caroline Co, VA; died on 13 Apr 1758 in Caroline Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; His niece, Catherine Madison, orphan of Humphrey Madison, chose John Madison her guardian

John married Agatha Strother in 1748. Agatha was born in 1728 in King George Co, VA; died in 1822 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Nov 1749, Caroline County, Virginia, USA; Humphrey Madison witness to deed Stone to Bowler. This record is among several for other Madisons, such as Roger and Thomas, and helps support the notion that Humprey was in their family
• Possessions: 3 Aug 1753, Cloverdale, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Sold land says on Buffalo Creek in or about Roanoke, VA (present-day Botetourt County, just north Cloverdale, a suburb of Roanoke)
• Military: 1756, Bath County, Virginia, USA; Ensign in Dickinson's Rangers of the Virgina Militia
• Probate: 15 Dec 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Adam Dickinson gave bound for the adminisration of the estate of Humphrey Madison. Security given by Wallace Estill and Daniel Harrison. [Augusta Co., Va, Will Book 2, page 180]

Notes:

Humphrey Madison's origins are obscure. I know of no contemporaneous documentation of his parents. He is almost always presented as a grandson of President James Madison's great-grandfather, John Madison, Jr (1640-1705). Most online trees and stories list Humphrey as the son of John Madison III and John's first wife Eliza Minor (whose origins appear to be completely undocumented). He is listed as a son of John Madison III's brother Thomas in only a couple of resources that I've found, including the 1903 book Reminisces of Eastern Oregon by Mrs. Elizabeth Lord.

Died:
Died in an attack of Fort Dickinson, where Capt John Dickinson (his brother-in-law) may have been negligent in organizing the defense

Humphrey married Mary Dickinson on 17 Aug 1753 in Augusta Co, VA. Mary (daughter of Adam Dickinson and Catherine Stephenson) was born in 1725 in Augusta Co, VA; died after 1797 in Augusta Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; She chose John Madison as her guardian
• Residence: 1779, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Court appearance establishg that her father, Humphrey, died in service to his country as an Esign in the company of Capt John Dickinson (Catherine's uncle)

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34836924; Very old headstone, mostly faded

Catherine married Robert McClenachan, Jr on 15 May 1770 in Augusta Co, VA. Robert was born on 19 Apr 1747 in Augusta Co, VA; died on 10 Oct 1774 in Point Pleasant, Mason, WV; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married William Poague in 1776 in Augusta Co, VA. William was born in 1754 in Augusta Co, VA; died in 1777 in Augusta Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married William Arbuckle on 30 Oct 1779 in Botetourt Co, VA. William (son of James Arbuckle, Sr and Margaret Thompson) was born on 3 Mar 1752 in Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, VA; died on 21 Mar 1836 in Mason Co, WV; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1800, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Died:
GRid=131172695.

Robert married Sarah (Sally) Abney on 4 Jul 1797 in Augusta Co, VA. Sarah was born in 1769 in Augusta Co, VA; died on 11 Sep 1853 in Barren Co, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Died:
GRid=144264662, with bio. Unknown burial.

John married Lydia Burns on 23 May 1797 in Ste Genevieve Co, MO. Lydia was born in 1774 in Washington Co, PA; died on 1 May 1860 in McBride, Perry, MO; was buried in Ste Genevieve Co, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Joseph McMullen on 30 Aug 1796 in Greenbrier Co, WV. Joseph was born about 1777 in Botetourt Co, VA; died in 1840 in Mason Co, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Named in her father's will

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Harrison Jones. Benjamin died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Colonel Robinson. Colonel died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Grid=42026284; Old thin stone with script inscription. Has a DAR plaque. Marriage date and place. Lists her 14 children

Mary married John Griffith Nelson on 22 May 1807 in Gallia Co, OH. John (son of Richard Nelson and Elizabeth Griffith) was born on 2 Apr 1776 in Mason Co, WV; died on 23 Sep 1817 in Pendleton, Madison, IN; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison Co, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=47944375; Tall obelisk shared with husband. Inscription: "Elizabeth Wife of Saml Alexander Aged 70 Years"

Elizabeth married Samuel Alexander in 1812. Samuel was born on 17 May 1784 in Waynesboro, Augusta, VA; died on 6 Nov 1874 in Mason Co, WV; was buried in Samuel Alexander Cemetery, Mason Co, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34840719, Barely legible stone lying against its base. Reported Inscription: "Kitty B Wife of Jas K Craig Died Oct 10 1859 Aged 66 years 3 Months 5 Days"

Catharine married William Langtry in 1819 in Mason Co, WV. William was born in Virginia; died in 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catharine married James Kennerly Craig in 1826 in Mason Co, WV. James was born on 12 Jul 1794 in Tinkling Springs, Augusta, VA; died on 21 Jun 1854 in Buffalo, Putnam, WV; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34836809; single sentence obit. Head & Shoulders engraved gravestone is barely legible. Inscription: "In Memory of Fanny Died December 1801 Aged 8 years", "Frances, dau. of William and Catherine"

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=88420079; No grave photo. No bio.