Brushy Mountain Branches
Marlow & Related Families
I have personally talked with many of the residents on the Brushy Mountains and have found them to be most kind and helpful. Some have taken hours of their time showing me around the area, pointing out sites and landmarks that I found mentioned in deeds. To all these kind people, I am eternally grateful. Proud that my ancestors chose this wonderful place to call home. My roots are deeply embedded here and with each visit, feel as though I am coming home.
It has been my pleasure to have trekked along the paths of the Brushy Mountains and walked through forests, fields & homelands, beautiful and peaceful. Along the trails that my ancestors once tred, viewing wildflowers such as jack-in-pulpit, blood root, lady's slipper, etc. On one hike we heard a deer shrieking out it's warning that we were there! Further on down the trail we ran into two large deer that seemed oblivious to our being near.
t is a beautiful area and in 2004 still has many unpaved roads. Much progress has occurred in the past 10 years with land being sold as older family members pass on and
descendants, for one reason or other, do not keep the land. The gentle quietness of this area will soon be lost and forgotten as development encroaches the area. I have been fortunate to see it as it was so many years ago and have tried to preserve as much as possible through photographs.
With 30+ years of experience, we have traveled down many uninhabited mountain sides to discover family homes & cemeteries.
Too often family photos, letters, bibles, etc are thrown away and parts of our history are lost forever. This is my effort at preserving the heritage of my ancestors so others may share knowledge of the MARLOW family history. Information presented here is to help others find a link to their past.
My research spans over 30 years with many hours in front of microfilm machines & books in libraries & courthouses; making phone calls & writing letters; visits to areas viewing homeplaces, churches, cemeteries; interviewing residents and making photos. Most of the work was done before the emergence of online data.
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I have personally talked with many of the residents on the Brushy Mountains and have found them to be most kind and helpful. Some have taken hours of their time showing me around the area, pointing out sites and landmarks that I found mentioned in deeds. To all these kind people, I am eternally grateful. Proud that my ancestors chose this wonderful place to call home. My roots are deeply embedded here and with each visit, feel as though I am coming home.
It has been my pleasure to have trekked along the paths of the Brushy Mountains and walked through forests, fields & homelands, beautiful and peaceful. Along the trails that my ancestors once tred, viewing wildflowers such as jack-in-pulpit, blood root, lady's slipper, etc. On one hike we heard a deer shrieking out it's warning that we were there! Further on down the trail we ran into two large deer that seemed oblivious to our being near.
It is a beautiful area and in 2004 still has many unpaved roads. Much progress has occurred in the past 10 years with land being sold as older family members pass on and descendants, for one reason or other, do not keep the land. The gentle quietness of this area will soon be lost and forgotten as development encroaches the area. I have been fortunate to see it as it was so many years ago and have tried to preserve as much as possible through photographs.
James Marlow Family
Generation I
James Marlow Sr was born about 1762 and died after the 1840 census in Wilkes Co NC. Revolutionary War records list a James Marlow in the Salisbury District of Rowan Co NC, which would have been the area James Marlow Sr was living. View Revolutionary War Pay Voucher
Children of James Marlow Sr and his wife/wives:
Children's names obtained from a preponderance of evidence; not documented.
Census records indicate that he could have been married more than once.
James Marlow Jr b. 1789 d. 1861 m1- Peggy Davis m2- Mary Gilreath
Nancy Marlow b. 1794 d. 1832 married Mark Marlow
Mary Marlow b. 1795 d. 1860 married "Capt" James Marlow
William Marlow b. 1797 d. abt 1875 married Nancy
Lavinia Marlow b. 1798 d. 1862 married Ephraim Cook
Joseph Marlow b. 1806 d. 1871 married Martha Gilreath
Joel Marlow b. 1804 married Sarah Davis
Johnson Marlow b. 1810 m1- Naomi m2- Lucretia Anderson
Lettuce Marlow b. 1811 married Noel Johnston
Generation II
James Marlow Jr (little James Marlow) was born 1789 and died 1861 in Wilkes Co NC. He married 1st: Peggy Davis daughter of Joshua Davis and Martha Harrison. He married 2nd: Polly Gilreath daughter of Alexander Gilreath and Elizabeth Souther.
Children of James Marlow Jr. and Peggy Dav
Paris Marlow b. 1812 d. 1865 married Susan Davis 1834
Anne Marlow b. 1813 d.1859 married James William Mayberry
Asenith Marlow b. 1814 d. Abt 1857 married Randolph Mayberry 1834
Elam Marlow b. 1816 d.1877 married Lavinia Williams
Phineas Marlow b. 1818 d.1864 married Annis Cook 1839
Melissa Marlow b. 1823 d. aft 1870 married Howell Mayberry 1842
Cynthia Marlow b.1824 d. 1908 married Hilliar Marlow 1842
Elizabeth Marlow born Abt 1829
Johnson Marlow was born 1810 Wilkes Co NC and died 1883. He married (1) Naomi Becknell ABT 1833. She was born 1810 NC and died 1853. He married (2) Lucretia Anderson November 11 1855. She was born 1814 NC and died AFT 1860. Lucretia was the dau of Ephraim Anderson and Elizabeth.
Children of Johnson Marlow and Naomi:
(15 children supposedly born to this couple)
Lavinia Marlow b. September 26 1833 d. 1918
Nancy Marlow b. 1836 d. ABT 1857 married Allen Meek May 17 1852
Lucretia Marlow b. February 17 1837 d. December 03 1883 IN m1- Jacob Guard October 15 1856 m2- Phineas McFarlane
Cornelius Marlow b. 1838
Jane Marlow b. 1840 married Allen Meek January 18 1857
Simeon Marlow b. 1841 d. April 20 1862
William B Marlow b. October 01 1842 d. December 02 1927
Vica Ellen Marlow b. 1844
Joel Marlow b. 1845 married Julia Hazelton December 16 1867
Permelia Ann Marlow b. January 26 1847 married Elmus Fleming May 11 1861
Wilford Smith Marlow b. 1849
Margaret Frances Marlow b. June 1850 married John Veach September 19 1869
Benjamin Marlow
Children of Johnson Marlow and Lucretia Anderson:
Mary Marlow b. 1859
Generation III
Lavinia Marlow was born September 26 1833 and died 1918. She married (1) Noah Marlow October 12 1851 son of Joel Marlow and Sarah Davis. [Lavinia and Noah Marlow would have been first cousins] Noah Marlow was born 1830 in Wilkes Co NC. She married (2) Peter Riley March 20 1862. He was born 1828 and died 1906.
Children of Lavinia and Noah Marlow:
1-Mary Marlow b. 1854 married Adoniram McGinnis November 19 1878.
Children of Lavinia and Peter Riley
1. Vashti Riley b. 1861 2. Hannah Riley b. 1865 3. Edwin Riley b. 1866 4. Issac Riley b. 1868 5. Florence Riley b. May 16 1871 d. IL married Henry Thrasher
William B Marlow was born October 01 1842 and died December 02 1927. He married (1) Cynthia M Lamb March 06 1866. She was born 1839 and died March 22 1875. He married (2) Mary Elizabeth Simmons July 28 1878. She was born 1856 and died 1942.
William Marlow served with the Union 36th Regt - enlisted 1860 age 18.
Family History: "For three months after they left Chattanooga there was continual fighting. When they reached Georgia, they tore down his uncle's home and built forts and brushwork in his yard. This was a bitter task for him, for this left his uncle's home devastated and in ruins and they had to return on foot to establish a new home."
Children of William Marlow and Cynthia Lamb
Henry Allen Marlow b. 1868 d. 1925
William Yancey Marlow b. June 25 1867 d. 1929 married Abigail
Children of William Marlow and Mary E Simmons:
Amber Marlow married Charles Baily
Fern Marlow married Soren Jorgensen b. September 30 1902 d. October 1978
George Marlow b. May 13 1879 d. November 1968 married Laura Buckmaster
Frank Marlow b. November 16 1880 d. January 1970 married Effie Secay
Clarence James Marlow b. January 12 1884 d. September 15 1974 married Anna Mary Sloss
Elmer L Marlow b. July 06 1900 d. January 13 1908
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