Paula's 6th Birthday

 1956

Just days after I came home, my sister turned 6 years old. Once again, Mimi made the cake and Paula was so proud of her new TV pillow. 

Important Source - Robert Haskell Quillen

 

IMPORTANT SOURCE: IRA D. QUILLIN & EDNA VINEYARD

Correspondence with Robert Haskell Quillen

During the early 1990s

Written and documented by Nancy Quillin Long  

Nov. 8, 2020

  

After I exhausted the information that I gathered from B.M “Buster” Quillin concerning Beverly Johnson Quillin, I knew that in order to prove that his father was Ira D. Quillin born in Scott County, Virginia, that I needed a contact in that area.
 
Back in the day, the only way to research was to hit the streets, making visits to courthouses, cemeteries, State record offices, State Archives, etc. Another valuable source was to make contact with older living people in your tree. One of my favored sources for Ira and Edna was a man named Robert Haskell Quillen. (Spelling of Quillin in various ways is accepted/expected among kin).
 
I can’t remember after all of these years what constituted my desire to contact Robert Quillen, but I feel certain it was to obtain cemetery records once I learned there was a Quillin Cemetery near Bristol, TN.  Keep in mind that many branches of the Quillins lived on, near, around Bristol. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundary between the two cities is also the state line, which runs along State Street in their common downtown district. Many Quillins have lived or still live in this area of Virginia since the beginning of our nation.
 
With that said, I proceeded to call a complete stranger about cemetery records.  What I encountered was a family member and friend. He welcomed me and readily took my cause under his wing and went straight to the courthouse and public library to pursue records for me. 
Here’s how we match up on the family tree:
Ira D > Patton Presley > William Isaac “Willie” > Robert Haskell Quillen & Audrey Faye Quillen
Ira D > Beverly Johnson > Paul Bryan > Truman Bryan Quillin > Nancy Quillin Long
 
I wrote Robert a thank you note and he promptly responded with an envelope of xerox copies that he had found at The Scott County Public Library.  I’m attaching said copies. It was through Robert that I learned that Ira D. Quillin fought in the Civil War and that a Mr. Shelley claimed that he died of a fever and his body was covered with his coat and left somewhere in Virginia.  
 
Now many years later, I uncovered a census with an unknown Henry born 1868 living with Edna. A line of Quillins claim him as their ancestor (Henry Clay) under Ira D and Edna. If Ira died during the Civil War that would have been in 1862-1863. Edna remarried in 1870 to Wilson Barker. This Henry is still a mystery to me though it does not affect my lineage through B.J. Quillin.

Ira D Quillin Family Group Sheet

 

Big Sister Plays House

 1956

My Sources for Ira D. Quillin (great-great grandfather)

 
Source Sheet : Ira D. Quillin
Compiled by Nancy Quillin Long
Nov 11, 2020

 

Robert Haskell Quillen. Personal correspondence. Bristol VA. See attached sheets.

Robert H & Barbara J Quillen, 22333 Ivanhoe Rd, Bristol VA 24202. Deceased 15 Jan 2010.

 

1850 United States Federal Census. Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Scott, Virginia; Roll: 975; Page: 428b

 

1860 United States Federal Census. Year: 1860; Census Place: Scott, Virginia; Page: 231; Family History Library Film: 805376

 

Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. (found on Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850)

 

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2679389/ira-quillin-cemetery

This is a new listing 2019. See the attached documents about my family contact, Robert. He is mentioned in this listing.

 

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/619268/I86/william-lawson/individual?_gl=1*vaxz6z*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE2MDM1NDAzNDUuQ1AydmdhT1Z6ZXdDRlRTVXhRSWRtMllPeUE.&_ga=2.174682529.2033392750.1604482940-437862632.1556611828

Long story. But these are excellent genealogist. They gained trust in me and added our Quillins to the Lawson story. Rebecca Lawson married John Quillin, Ira’s dad. Originally, they had Rebecca linked to The Scottish Rebel. One family researcher spent days in Scotland and uncovered actual documents detailing our ‘true’ William Lawson.

 

https://www.newrivernotes.com/neighboring_scott_vital_statistics_death_records.htm

Death notice of Ira’s daughter, Polly Darnell.  Many other family names

 

http://www.reocities.com/heartland/cabin/3843/Relatedfamilies/quillin/d9.htm#c5689

now defunct, was a huge database of Quillin family tree, my family included

An original database called geocities couldn’t make the transition to new technology. Reocities tried to save many of the large databases, now defunct also.

Family Group Sheets for B.J.'s daughter Cathleen "Corintha" Melvina Quillin

Many genealogists confuse Cathleen's situation, and many trees reflect incorrect information. I have FIRSTHAND CORRECT KNOWLEDGE of this daughter from her illegitimate son, B. M. Quillin. He was a loving kind man that was raised by B.J. and Polly Quillin. (see my earlier tribute to B.M.) They are the ones that gave B. M. the Quillin name. Since Cathleen's first two children lived with B.J., many people think they are B.J.'s biological children. Cathleen did later marry a man named Thomas Bagby. Therefore, there are two group sheets for Cathleen. 

Pedigree Chart for my Great Great Grandfather Ira D. Quillin

 I'm a descendant of Ira's son, Beverly Johnson Quillin.