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A history of Caroline county, Virginia

from its formation in 1727 to 1924
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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THE REDDS OF "CEDAR VALE."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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THE REDDS OF "CEDAR VALE."

James Redd, m. Miss Eastham, Issue: Samuel Redd, of
"Cedar Vale," Caroline county, Va., b. 1729, m. 1755, Lucy
Rogers, b. 1731. She was the daughter of John Rogers, of King
and Queen county, Va., and Mary Byrd and the aunt of Gen.
George Rogers Clarke and Gens. William and Jonathan Clarke;
also the sister of John and Byrd Rogers, of Albemarle county, Va

Their issue: seven children—

1. Fannie Redd, m. Col. Samuel Temple, of King and Queen
county, Va. Issue: six children: John Temple, m. Mary Latane;
Fannie, m. Rev. Andrew Broaddus, of Caroline county, Va.;
Lucy, m. Timothy Chandler, of Caroline county, Va.; Mr. Hugh
Davis, from Norfolk is descended from them.; Ann, m. Henry
Cocke. There were other sons.

2. William Redd, son of Samuel Redd and Lucy Rogers, of
"Cedar Vale," Caroline county, Va., m. Miss Tyler, of Caroline
county, Va.

(The Moncures, of Ruther Glen, Mr. Clarence Tompkins, of
"Ormesby," Caroline county, Va., and Fitzgerald Tompkins, of
Ind., are their descendants.)

3 Jessie Redd, son of Samuel Redd and Lucy Rogers, of "Cedar
Vale," m Miss Mary Woodson, of Goochland county, Va.

4. Lucy Redd, dau. of Samuel Redd and Lucy Rogers, of
"Cedar Vale," m. John Fitzhugh, of King George county, Va.
Issue:

Judge Dennis Fitzhugh, of Louisville, Ky., m his cousin, the
sister of Gen. George Rogers Clarke; Samuel Temple Fitzhugh,
m. Miss Fitzhugh, from near Baltimore; Lucy Fitzhugh, m. Dr.


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Benjamin Harrison Hall, in 1825, or '30, and lived in Louisville,
Ky.; Phillip Fitzhugh, m. Mary Macon Aylett, of King William
county, Va. He was the father of Maj. Patrick and Dr. Fitzhugh,
Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. John Robinson Redd, of "Cedar Vale."

5. Ann Redd, dau. of Samuel Redd and Lucy Rogers, of
"Cedar Vale," m. Thomas Carr Minor, of "Topping Castle,"
son of Major John Minor and Elizabeth Cosby.

Issue: Eleven children: Judge Henry Minor, m. Frances
Throckmorton Barbour (September 14, 1809, in Petersburg,
Va.); left many descendants.; Ann Redd Minor, m. her cousin,
Dr. William Tompkins Minor, brother of Prof. John B. Minor,
of the University of Virginia. She left issue: Dr. Minor, m.
2d, Miss Washington.

6. Samuel Redd, of "Cedar Vale," b. March 19, 1764, m.
March 2, 1797, Elizabeth Taylor, of Taylorsville, Hanover county,
Va. (the dau. of Edmund Taylor and Ann Day). She was b.
March 31, 1776, d. at "Cedar Vale," November 5, 1858. Issue:
Lucy Anne Redd, b. December 15, 1797, m. February 28, 1822,
Dr. Littleton Goodwin Coleman, son of Harry Coleman of Caroline
county, by his 1st wife, Miss Goodwin.

Edmund, b. November 19, 1799, m. 1825, Sophia Pleasants
Burton—they were the ancestors of Crawford Redd, of Ginter
Park; Mrs. James Redd, of Churchland, Va., and Paul Redd, of
Highland Park and William P. Redd, of Richmond, Va.

Elizabeth Taylor Redd, of "Cedar Vale, m. Williamson
Talley on October 26, 1820, the ancestors of Mary Louisa Talley
who m. her cousin, Edmund Carter Taylor. (He the son of
Walker Taylor, of Taylorsville and Elizabeth Berkeley, of "Edgewood,"
Hanover county, Va.) They left many descendants.

Samuel Redd, of "Cedar Vale," son of Samuel Redd and
Elizabeth Taylor, b. March 10, 1804, m. December 12, 1827,
Cornelia M. McLaughlin, (dau. of John McLaughlin and Mary
Overton Minor, of "Springfield," Caroline county, Va.) d. March
5, 1889. Cornelia McLaughlin, b. December 2, 1810, d. at
"Hybla," Hanover county, Va., April 12, 1889.

Issue: Addison Lewis Redd, of "Hybla," d. 1901, unmarried;
Edmund Taylor Redd, m. 1st Betty Sanford, of
Brunswick county, Va., m. 2d Bertha Southworth. Issue:
Claudia Minor Redd, who has a large school in Lansdown,
Pa.; Mary Taylor Redd, m. Charles Green Fergusson, of N. C.;
Beatrice Redd, m. Mr. Gates, no issue; Dr. John T. Redd (son


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of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin) m. in 1866, Miss
Kate Shields, dau. of Major G. B. Shields, of Natchez, Miss.
Issue: Benoist Shields Redd, of New York City. He m. in 1897
Marie Castegnier, of N. Y. City. Issue: John Redd.

Judge Samuel C. Redd, son of Samuel Redd and Cornelia
McLaughlin, of "Hybla," m. Nannie Carter, of "North River,"
Hanover county, Va., dau. of Mr. Henry Rose Carter and Emma
Coleman, dau. of Henry Coleman and his second wife, Miss
Mason, of Caroline county. Issue:

1. Hill Carter Redd, m. Virginia Campbell, of "Glen Cairn,"
Hanover county, Va., June 26, 1901. Issue: William Hugh Redd
and Emma Coleman Redd.

2. John Champe Redd, (son of Samuel Redd and Ann Carter)
m. Sallie Williams, of Brunswick county, Va. Issue: Champe
Carter, John Hampden and Mary Gordon Redd.

3. Samuel Coleman Redd, m. Minnie Morcatelle, of Arizona,
July, 1914.

Sarah Elizabeth, (dau. of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin)
d. at "Hybla," February 21, 1917.

Clarence Meriwether Redd, son of Samuel Redd and Cornelia
McLaughlin of "Hybla," d. March 21, 1922, unmarried.

Eugene M. Redd, (son of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin,
of "Hybla,") m. Jane Rose Claiborne, of "Geddes,"
Amherst county, Va., dau. of Charles Buller Claiborne and
Sallie Coleman, s. of Mrs. Henry Carter, of "Landora," Caroline
county, Va.

Issue: (a) Sallie Claiborne Redd, m. H. P. Porter, of Albemarle
county, Va; (b) Mary Minor Redd, (dau. of Eugene Redd
and Jane Claiborne), d. in infancy; (c) Eugene M. Redd, (son
of Eugene Redd and Jane Claiborne), m. 1st Miss Shelton, of
Nelson county, Va., m. 2d his cousin, Marie Gantt, October 28,
1916, at "Roseland," Nelson county, Va.; (d) Harry Coleman
Redd, (son of Eugene Redd and Jane Claiborne) of "Bellevette,"
Nelson county, Va., m. Carrie Brent; (e) Cornelia McLaughlin,
(dau. of Eugene and Jane Claiborne Redd, of Nelson county) m.
Joe Edwards; (f) Bessie Overton, (dau. of Eugene Redd and
Jane Claiborne, of Nelson county), m. Harry Massie, of "Roseland";
(g) James Mason Redd (son of Eugene M. Redd and Jane
Rose Claiborne), m. Ethel Tompkins, September, 1923, Arrington,
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Barbara M. Redd, (dau. of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin,
of "Hybla," d. December 8, 1922, unmarried.

Emily H. Redd, (dau. of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin,
of "Hybla,") m. Hill Carter (son of Ann Carter, who
m. Judge Redd). Issue:

Dr. Henry Rose Carter, of Ashland, Va., m. Mary Washington
Pendleton, of Louisa county, Va.; (b) Samuel Redd Carter, (son
of Hill Carter and Emily Redd, of Ashland), m. Bessie Dozier
Lee, of Sumter, S. C., on January 7, 1903; (c) Hill Carter, Jr., m.
Bessie LaDew, of Cumberland, Md.; (d) Clarence Minor Carter,
unmarried; (e) Charles Harrison Carter, m. Catherine Ogie
Skelton, of Richmond, Va.; (f) Shirley Carter, unmarried.

James Cary Redd, (son of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin,
of "Hybla," Hanover county, Va.), m. his cousin,
Jane Taylor Pearce and lived at "Sligo," Hanover county, Va.

Issue: (a) Burnley Redd, m. William E. Tyler, of "Blenheim,"
Caroline county, Va., youngest son of Julia Minor Magruder, of
Albemarle county, Va., and Henry Tyler, of "Blenheim"
(William Tyler is half-brother of Gov. Hoge Tyler, of Virginia);
(b) James Pearce Redd (son of Cary Redd and Jane
Taylor Pearce, of "Sligo,"), m. Miss Sullivan, of Kentucky. No
issue; (c) Hardenia Taylor Redd, (dau. of Cary Redd and Jane
Taylor Pearce, of "Sligo"), m. her cousin, Claude Hunter (son of
Taliaferro Hunter, of Ruther Glen, Caroline county, Va., and
Miss Coleman, of Alabama.)

Loula C. Redd, (dau. of Samuel Redd and Cornelia McLaughlin,
of "Hybla," unmarried.

Charles Overton Redd, (son of Samuel Redd and Cornelia
McLaughlin, of "Hybla," Hanover county, Va.) m. Virginia
Dickinson, of Louisa county, Va., d. in 1890.

Issue: Clarence Overton Redd, of New Jersey.

Emily Harris Redd, (dau. of Samuel Redd and Elizabeth
Taylor, of "Cedar Vale," m. February 11, 1830, Mr. S. Gouldin,
lived in Goochland county.

Sarah Taylor, dau. of Samuel Redd and Elizabeth Taylor, of
"Cedar Vale," d. unmarried.

John Robinson Redd (son of Samuel Redd and Elizabeth
Taylor, of "Cedar Vale"), b. September 7, 1810, m 1st, April 24,
1838, to his cousin, Lucy Aylett Fitzhugh, m. 2d, Ann Hill,
sister of Mr. Lewis Hill, of Richmond, Va.

Issue 1st marriage: Lucy Fitzhugh, m. Jaquelin Holliday,


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Indianapolis, Ind.; their issue: Annie Holliday, m. Harry Burnett;
Jacquelin, m. Florence Baker; Lucy F., m. George Hume.

Issue: 2d marriage: Ann Redd, m. Fitzgerald Tompkins

James Temple Redd, son of Samuel Redd and Elizabeth
Taylor, of "Cedar Vale," m. May 10, 1838, Tomasia Anderson,
dau. of Dr. Thomas Anderson, of "Providence," Caroline county
and Harriet McLaughlin, of Caroline county.

Louisa Redd, dau. of Samuel Redd and Elizabeth Taylor,
of "Cedar Vale," b. December 12, 1817, m. December 5, 1839,
to Dr. Thomas Waring Gouldin.

Mrs. Duncan Holliday, of Ind., Mrs. Alvin Rowe, of Fredericksburg,
Va., and Mr. Rob Goulding, of Caroline county, Va., are
descended from Dr. Gouldin.