Walking through gardens at their

Walking through gardens at their home in Amherst County in the 1830's, Richard and Mary would have looked out to a scene such as this - across the drive and lawn to Old Lexington Turnpike, now Route 714, Tudor Hall Drive, a portion of which runs across the length of this picture.

Richard Newman Eubank 1792 - 1871
Mary Camden Ware 1803 - 1879

by Iris Teta Eubank Wagner
2nd great-granddaughter

Richard Newman Eubank was born December 22, 1792, in Amherst County, Virginia, the ninth child of John and Margaret Newman Eubank who had sold their property near Bowling Green in Caroline County in 1780, and later that year crossed the valley of Virginia to settle at the foot of the great Blue Ridge Range in Amherst County.

John served in the Amherst County Militia in 1781. Richard was likely born on the Eubank farm located on the north side of Tobacco Row Mountain along Horsley's Creek and near the head of Puppies Creek, near the intersection of two main north-south/east-west roads near Ware's Gap, as shown in the 19th Century map below.

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1800's Amherst County, Virginia,
Amherst County, Virginia, showing the City of Lynchburg, James River, Pedlar River, Horsley's Creek, Ware's Gap, Crawford's Gap, Buffalo Springs, Buffalo River, New Glasgow - the areas in Amherst County where Ware, Eubank, and Ellis families lived during the 18th and 19th centuries.

On the 1810 U.S. Census (below) Richard is age seventeen and living with his father and younger brothers Robert, James, Edmund V., and William E. J. and sister Mary, two other females, and five slaves. Margaret "Peggy" Newman Eubank died in 1805, after the birth of her last child.

1810 U. S. Census, Amherst County

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This census shows Mary Camden Ware's father, Capt. James Ware, operated his family home as an inn and tavern.

1820 U.S. Census, Amherst County, Virginia

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James Ware's Inn and Tavern
The inn was a full house on the 1820 census record (above). Seven male children under sixteen years, and thirteen male residents, ages sixteen to forty-five, and one male resident over forty-five. There are three females - the oldest is James' wife, Nancy Garland Pendleton Ware, with daughter Mary Camden Ware, and the youngest daughter Ann.

A few days before Christmas, 1820, Mary and Richard would marry on Richard's birthday, December 22nd. Mary was seventeen and Richard twenty-eight.

The Ware Inn and Tavern was the Ware home, the local social hub, and welcome respite to migrating settlers going west. The intersection at which the inn was located was a major route for early southwest migrations. Waugh's Ferry at the lower left in the map above was a major crossing point for travelers on the James River.

Amherst initiated a petition to establish Waugh's Ferry in 1783. Residents John, George, and Ambrose Eubank were among the petitioners. Waugh's Ferry Farm was on the Amherst side of the James River and Thomas Waugh's home was called Verdant Vale.

Mary Camden Ware was born on October 30, 1803. Richard and Mary were acquainted through the cultural environment of church, family, and neighborhood. Growing up they would have attended church at the Pedlar Chapel, known for many years now as Saint Luke's Episcopal, located at Pedlar Mills. Both their fathers served as vestrymen in the local Lexington Parish.

The Ellis Family of Amherst

The Ellis family has for years been closely associated with Saint Luke's Episcopal. Major Charles Ellis settled his Red Hill plantation along Pedlar River in 1754 and was a frontier officer in the French and Indian War.

Charles' son, Josiah, gave land for the first church building, and was both organizer and benefactor in the development of the church. The present membership of Saint Luke's is again meeting in this historic church.

Richard Eubank's sisters, Ann and Margaret, married sons of Josiah Ellis. "Nancy," Christened Ann Newman Eubank was married first to William Taliaferro, and second to Col. John Ellis, Josiah's eldest son. Their home was nearby Cloverdale plantation, part of Major Ellis's original tract.

Richard's sister, Margaret Newman Eubank married Joshua Shelton Ellis. Their son Robert Newman Ellis, born 1821, was a merchant at Pedlar Mills, and eventually bought Round Top in 1895, which was part of the old plantation. In 1898 Robert bought Red Hill.

Red Hill - built by Richard Shelton Ellis in 1824/25 - listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980. Appreciation is given William Eubank, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, for sharing this photo.

Richard's eldest brother Thomas Newman Eubank married Josiah's daughter, Jane Shelton Ellis.

After Josiah Ellis died, his son Richard Shelton Ellis managed the farm at Red Hill. He also managed Josiah's mercantile businesses and mill at Pedlar Mills.

Thomas Harding Ellis and Edgar Allan Poe
Josiah Ellis and Jane Shelton of Amherst married in the year 1796; they had eleven children. In addition to the children mentioned above, his second eldest son, Charles Ellis, was a partner in the mercantile business, Ellis and Allan of Richmond. Charles Ellis's business partner, John Allan, was the foster parent of author, Edgar Allan Poe. Josiah's son Thomas Harding Ellis and Poe were boyhood friends. As a teen and living in Richmond, Poe spent time in summers and on holidays at Red Hill. Back from a year's stay in England in 1820, John Allan and his wife, and eleven-year-old Poe, lived with the Ellis family for a year. It is the family history and genealogy written by Thomas Harding Ellis in 1849 by which we can identify the family relationships. Josiah's youngest son Powhatan Ellis was educated at Washington Academy in Lexington, Virginia, and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia, and later served as a U.S. Court judge for the district of Mississippi from 1832 to 1836.

     Richard Newman Eubank, Sr. b 1792
                 Amherst County Court Records
Montgomery, orphan of Thomas Montgomery. The Guardian's Bond was posted by Richard S. Ellis, Thomas N. Eubank, William Armistead, and Richard N. Eubank.
     June 18, 1835 - Richard was bondsman, along with his brother Thomas N. Eubank, for their brother William E. J. Eubank, for constable's certification.
   November 19, 1836 - Guardian Bond, Josiah R. Ellis, et al. John Dudley Davis, guardian. Wards, Josiah R. and Charles S. Ellis, orphans of John Ellis, deceased. Bondsmen: Elliott Wortham, R.N. Eubank, Jas. Gilliam.

The James River and Kanawha Canal Company
Richard was among stockholders in the James River and Kanawha Canal Company of Richmond, Virginia. Among stockholders listed in The Richmond Enquirer in the 1830's were Richard N. Eubank, Thomas N. Eubank (Company Commissioner for Amherst County), David S. Garland, William E. J. "Jett" Eubank (Sheriff of Amherst County at the time), William Armistead, Robert W. Carter, John Coleman, Harrison G. Griffin, Henry W. Quarles, George W. Ray, Peter P. Thornton, and William M. Waller (also a Company Commissioner for Amherst).

Tudor Hall - Amherst County, Virginia . . .
home of Richard and Mary Eubank

(below) Richard and Mary's plantation was located here from the early 1820's through 1838. This Eubank plantation was located along Old Lexington Turnpike, the major route in those days running from Amherst Courthouse to Lexington, Virginia. This satellite view
shows the old turnpike, which, on modern maps, as this one on Google, indicates Tudor Hall Drive as route 714. The modern turnpike is route 60. This aerial view shows a modern home with a long drive to it from state route 714. This is the location of the Tudor Hall plantation home. The excavated burrow of the old house cellar was used in preparation for the basement of the new house. Tudor Hall was built by David Shepherd Garland, Mary's great-granduncle who owned extensive acreage along both sides of the Buffalo River.

Mr. Theodore Jennings
The home, Tudor Hall, has been gone for many years. A long-time resident of the Sardis area, the late Theodore Jennings, provided us a field tour of the area in the early 1980's. His ancestral family owned the land and the old house during the mid-19th century more than twenty years after Richard and Mary Eubank had moved to Mississippi. Mr. Jennings' ancestors are buried in the family cemetery on the property. Mr. Jennings was interested in sharing his historical knowledge of the area with us. And we are indeed grateful.

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(above) Old Lexington Turnpike 1860's
Mr. Jennings' ancestors owned the property in the 1860's. The large dot at the creek, just left of the "J" in Jennings, indicates the site of the old home, Tudor Hall. The red double-lined road on the map represents the Old Lexington Turnpike, or now Tudor Hall Drive as shown in the satellite view above. The large dot to the left of the old turnpike is an unidentified residence.

In the early 1900's, Col. William A. Richardson owned the tract, and a surviving member of the Richardson family remembered, as a child, seeing ruins of the old home in the 1980's. The Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission included the site of Tudor Hall in their historic landmarks survey of 1980.

The Eubank-Ware Families Move to Mississippi

The Eubank-Garland Connection
At the time of Eubank ownership, the farm acreage was between 1,500 and 2,000 acres, as documented at the time of purchase by William H. Garland from Richard N. Eubank in 1838.

William H. Garland moved to Mississippi within the next two years. He and Frances Marie Ann Eubank, eldest daughter of Richard and Mary, married in Madison County, Mississippi, in 1840, after the family's move to Mississippi.

William and Frances Ann were first cousins, twice removed. David Shepherd Garland, William's father, was a brother to Frances Maria Anna Garland, who was wife of Reuben Pendleton. Reuben and Frances were parents of Nancy Garland Pendleton, who was wife of Capt. James Ware. Nancy and James were parents of Mary Camden Ware Eubank.

Richard and Mary Eubank were Parents to Eleven Children
Eight children were born at Tudor Hall, in Amherst County, Virginia :
Frances Marie Ann Eubank - Oct. 1, 1821
Selina Jane Eubank - September 2, 1823
Margaret Newman Eubank- April 10, 1825
John James Eubank - May 16, 1827
Mary Dudley Eubank - March 14, 1830
Richard Newman Eubank II - May 27, 1832
Virginia Eubank - March 14, 1834
Cornelia Sale Eubank - April 2, 1836
William Ware Eubank was born in Haywood County, Tennessee, at Brownsville on August 20, 1838, as the family's journey paused for a year.
Ellen Eubank - August 16, 1841
Ada Eubank - Sept. 25, 1845
Ellen and Ada were born at Mallbank, in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.

Haywood County, Tennessee - Hinds County, Mississippi
Richard and Mary spent several months to a year in Haywood County, Tennessee, during 1838/39, before moving into Mississippi, first to Madison County, then to their plantation, Mall Bank, in Hinds County near Jackson.

Capt. James Ware and Nancy Pendleton - children
Mary's brothers, Mansfield, Reuben, and John D. had moved to Haywood County, Tennessee, in the early 1830's. Richard and Mary joined them in Haywood 1838.
Mansfield Ware
Mary Camden Ware (Eubank) Oct. 30, 1803
Reuben Seldon Ware - April 17, 1805
John D. Ware - December 1, 1807
James D. Ware - September 2, 1809
William A. Ware - April 20, 1811
Ann Ware (Peebles) - May 26, 1813
Edward Ware - March 6, 1815
Gustavius Adolphus Ware - Jan. 23, 1817
Garland Pendleton Ware - Jan. 15, 1819
Micajah Pendleton Ware - Jan. 15, 1822
Elizabeth Frances Ware - Jan 9, 1825

The Will of their Grandfather, Edward Ware, is online:

http://www.warefamilies.org/2012/09/edward-ware-will-amherst-co-virginia-1779/

Part Two : Hinds and Rankin Counties, Mississippi

Sources of Proof for the Eubank Narratives

^{1.
Nannie Claiborne Hudson, genealogical knowledge of Amherst families,George Mason Claiborne and Nannie Eubank Claiborne of Amherst County, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1980.

2. Amherst County Will Book 6 , Amherst County Deed Books E,F,G,H,I, T

^3. Caroline County Order Books, the transcribed abstracts of John Frederick Dorman and Ruth and Sam Sparacio.

4. T.E. Campbell, Colonial Caroline.

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6. Warner L. Forsyth, Mosely, Mosly Families, Appendix to Book 1, 2000.

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William F. Boogher, Gleanings of Virginia History, " Newman Family of Virginia," pp237-282.}

^{8.
Mai Eubank Boatwright (descendant of Elias M. Eubank and Elizabeth W. Thompson, who lived in Texas), and Curtis Humphris (descendant of John
Eubank and Catharine Rose of Amherst, Virginia).}

^{9. Amherst County Court Records, Amherst County, Virginia.

10. Family record of Sallie Eubank (Mrs. Tucker Eubank) of Amherst County.

11. Bailey Fulton Davis, The Wills of Amherst County, 1761 - 1865.

12. Thomas H. Ellis, A Memorandum of the Ellis Family, Richmond. Virginia, August 14, 1849.

13. William Hopkins, Caroline County, Virginia, Court Records - Chancery Suits.

14.Alexander Brown's Early-Settlers List, Alexander Brown Papers,Special Collection Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

15. 1783 Tax List, Amherst County, Virginia, rootsweb.com. Commissioner.}

^{18. Amherst County Deed Books, E - I, Amherst County, Virginia.

19. Bishop William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, 1857.

20.
1800 Tax List for Lexington Parish, Amherst County, Virginia, Peter P. Thornton, Commissioner.

21. U.S. Census records, 1810 - 1900, online by
ancestry.com and Genealogy.com.

22. Margaret Jacqueline Moore, A History of Eubank-Ware, Hunter, Allen Families, Jackson, Mississippi, 1979.

23. The Diary of the Rev. Robert Rose, Essex County, Virginia.

24.
David J. Mays, Edmund Pendleton 1721-1803: A Biography, Vols. I and 2.

25. Beverly Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 7 King William, Vol. 14 King and Queen.

26. Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1663-1800.}

^{27.  Marshall Wingfield, A History of Caroline County, Virginia.

28.  Louis des Cognets, English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records.

29.  Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.

30. The Library of Congress, American Memory Collection, Early Virginia Religious Petitions.

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33.
Clark County Historical Society, Clark County Chronicles,
Winchester 1924, Winchester Public Library, Dr. G. F. Doyle.

34.   Hardesty's Historical Encyclopedia.

35.   Lenora Higginbotham Sweeney, Marriage Bonds and Other Records of Amherst County, Virginia, 1763 - 1800.

36. Caroline County, Virginia, Court Records, Probate and other Records from the Court Order and Minute Books, 1781 - 1799.

37.
The Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Manuscript Division, Baylor papers file #2257.}

^{38. Daughters of the American Revolution, Roster of Revolutionary
Ancestors, Vol II, Betti Boatwright McFaul, Margaret Jacqueline Moore, No. 560469 .

39 Virginia Historical Magazine," The Will of John Baylor of New Market," Vol. 24, p.367.

40.
Letter from Ambrose Bullard Eubank, 1859, Melrose, Nacogdoches County, Texas, to his sister Delilah in Amherst County,Virginia.}