Edna Vineyard's Pedigree Chart

 

Small Town America Part 3

 Learning to Accept Responsibility

Growing up during the 1950s and 1960s, had its advantages. Life was much different before all the social media issues. We grew up in the "here and now". We were not influenced by much else accept family values and Christian principles. Under those auspices, we were held accountable for our actions. 

Our projects were our own with no parental involvement, just guidance and supervision. We were shown love and grace within boundaries. We participated in activities that built character: Camp Fire Girls where service to others was emphasized, attending church camp and singing in the church choir and learning handbells, taking piano lessons that created a discipline like I had never experienced. I was left to my own devices. There were no 'helicopter moms' intervening on behalf of every detail in a child's life.  We were dropped off at places to go and do as we pleased, but we were expected to behave appropriately. In a small town, word got around if we didn’t behave. We were expected to complete our homework in a timely fashion and keep our grades up, following the teacher’s instructions and paying the consequences of not doing so. There were no “soccer moms” screaming like banshees on the sidelines. Parents seldom went to games because dads were at work and moms were at home for the children. Only the winning team got a trophy and maybe second and third place got ribbons. Last place losers accepted their loss and went home with ambitions of being better next year. Just because you lost, didn’t make you a loser — it made you a good sport and you didn’t need a trophy for that. Teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. We learned to deal with the disappointment. That, too, is part of life. It taught us to be responsible for ourselves and to learn how to increase our skills and thought processes. This led to a philosophy of being independent and working hard for what you want. 

Sources For Edna (Vineyard) Quillin

 Compiled by Nancy Quillin Long

11 Oct 2023

I’ve had this information for over 30 years.

 
Robert “Bob” Haskell Quillen, interviews
 
1850 United States Federal Census. “Eddy Quillin,” Western District, Scott, Virginia; Roll: M432_975; Page: 428B; Image: . [online: Ancestry.com, 2009]
 
1860 United States Federal Census. “Edna C Quillin,” Scott, Virginia; Roll: ; Page: 231; Image: 239. [online: Ancestry.com, 2009]
 
1870 United States Federal Census. “Edney Quillin,” Fulkerson, Scott, Virginia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .[Ancestry.com, 2009]
 
1880 United States Federal Census. “ Edna Barker,” Fulkerson, Scott, Virginia; Roll: 1389; Family History Film: 1255389; Page: 221C; Enumeration District: 075; Image: .[Ancestry.com 2010]
 
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850. “Ira Quillin & Edna Vineyard,” Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA
 
Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940. “Edna C Quillin & Wilson Barker,” FHL Film Number 337187, Reference ID           337187. [online: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2014]
 
Annette Potter Family Genealogy. Website: https://yeahpot.com/vineyard/george1790.php#top
 
Website: https://www.newrivernotes.com/scott-county-virginia-death-records/ Scott Co. Death Records, Daughter Polly Darnell. Ira D Quillin & Enda Vineyard listed as parents.
 
Birth Record Index from 1853-1896. “B.J. Quillin,” recorded 31 Dec 1858: line 26.
 
RootsWeb links to Lawson Family, Quillin Family, ALL DEFUNCT. ANCESTRY SWALLOWED THEM UP. They have not released the massive amounts of research done by individuals. I made contact with those compiling information and included my research.  This seems unconscionable.

Edna Quillin Becomes Edna Barker Censuses 1870 & 1880

1870

Fulkerson, Scott County, VA

Edna is a single mom.

census taken on 24 September 1870

 1880

Edna Quillin married Wilson Barker on 1 Oct 1870

census taken 14 June 1880

Fulkerson District, Scott County, VA

lines 24 - 30

Ira D and Edna Quillin 1850 & 1860 Census

 1850

Western District, Scott County, Virginia

census taken on 3 September 1850

Line 26

Ira and Edna Quillin are living next door to Ira's mother and father. John and Rebecca (Lawson) Quillin.

Ira and Edna have on daughter. Ira's brother, Thomas and his family, are living nearby. 

1860

Estillville, Scott County, VA

Lines 4-11

Edna and Ira have grown their family. My great-grandfather, Beverly Johnson Quillin was 7 years old. Oliver McNutt age 14 was living with them. This census was taken 1 June 1860. The Civil War would soon affect their family. Ira died in the Civil War probably in Sept 1860. Edna also suffered the loss of her father, George Vineyard, in March 1860.

History of the Area Where the Quillins & Vineyards Settled

Rockbridge County, Virginia was formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt Counties, but virtually all of current Rockbridge falls within what was, in 1737, known as the "Borden Tract", a 92,100-acre expansion of land that was granted to an early land speculator, Benjamin Borden. Since land from the "Beverley Patent" was being acquired by early settlers to the north, many families pushed south (into what is now Rockbridge County) and west (into what is Bath and Highland Counties), to acquire land for their families. Because of this, many of these settlers of early Rockbridge County were the same families that settled earlier in Augusta County, in addition to a throng of additional settlers coming from Ireland, Scotland, Germany.

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Settlers_Locations_and_Arrivals_in_Rockbridge_County%2C_Virginia

Rockbridge County held the first county elections in May 1778. It was named for Natural Bridge, a notable landmark in the southern portion of the county. Rockbridge County was formed during an act of assembly intended to reduce the amount of travel to the nearest courthouse, and to ensure trials were held fairly, and among friends rather than strangers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbridge_County,_Virginia

 

Edna C Vineyard

 Edna Vineyard History Sheet
Recorded by Nancy Quillin Long
9 Oct 2023

Edna was born on 23 Jun 1832 to George Vineyard, Jr. (1793-1860) and Hannah Hart Vineyard (1802-1882). She was the second child of seven. She lived during a time of change for America. Her grandfather, George Vineyard, Sr., was a private in the Continental Line in the Revolution. His grave is marked by the Carter’s Port Chapter of DAR. The young nation began its transformation and experienced many growing pains. Edna lived during a difficult time as the nation grew divided and erupted into a Civil War. These would not have been easy years to experience.

 At the age of 17, Edna married Ira D. Quillin on 18 Oct 1849 in Scott County, Virginia. Their marriage was documented in Dodd, Jordan R., et al. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Jordan Dodd is a reliable source. They married shortly before the 1850 census so in 1850, when all members of the household are listed, Edna is found with Ira Quillin and her first born child, Hanna. They are found in the Western District of Scott County, Virginia living very near Ira's father and mother, John and Rebecca (Lawson) Quillin. Ira's brother, Thomas, lives nearby, as does John's (Ira’s father) brother, Thomas, and his wife. Edna's parents also lived in the area.

The birth of their son and my great-grandfather, Beverly Johnson Quillin, is recorded in The Register of Births in the Charles Addington District of Scott County, Va. Line 26.  B.J. was born on 18 Feb 1850 in Fowlers Branch. Ira and Edna would have 6 children together. Some family trees have a 7^th child, Henry?, which I have never been able to confirm, but my DNA continues to show trees that have Henry listed as their last child born in 1868.

 My problem with that is I had a living relative reference for Edna, Robert “Bob” Haskell Quillen, who lived and maintained the Quillin cemetery in Bristol VA, and he never once mentioned a son named Henry.  I have written a great deal about my correspondence and connection with Bob about information he had on Edna and Ira.

 My second problem with Henry as a child is the fact that Robert “Bob” Haskell Quillin said that “a Mr. Joel Shelley” from the Bristol area had witnessed Ira laying dead on the Battlefield near Manassas during the Civil War and that would have been sometime about 1863 or 1864. Mr. Shelley said that they had to leave Ira’s body on the battlefield, so they covered it with a coat.

 I feel oddly connected to Edna, as if I knew her, because of Bob. He went out to the old family homestead and retrieved Edna’s potbelly stove front and mounted it for me. When Bob and Barbara, his wife, travelled the Hill Country of Texas in the mid-1990s, he presented this gift to me. It makes Edna very ‘real’ since Bob remembers his grandfather, Patton Presley talking about his brother Beverly Johnson Quillin (Edna’s son and my great grandfather). Bob often said that his dad Willie Quillin, son of Patton, also spoke about how much he missed B. J. and how they had wanted B.J to come back as they loved him and missed him. It appeared the B.J. was a family favorite, but Bob said that B.J. never returned.

 Most of Edna’s adult history has been recorded with Ira D Quillin’s history. (refer to Ira D Quillin’s information)

Edna is often referred to as Edna C. Quillin. I have not seen the name for the “C”, but I can speculate that her middle name was most likely Campbell because her grandmother was Mary Campbell (1772-1843) who married George Vineyard, Sr. (1793-1860).

 Edna and Ira are listed in the 1860 census in Estiville, Scott Co. VA, with the following children: Hannah, Polly, Beverly J, Cicero C, Patton P. There is a young boy by the name of Oliver McNutt age 14 living with them. I believe he is the son of Robert M McNutt and Mary. I do not know why Oliver is living with Ira, but Robert McNutt's Obit said that he had been ill for some time. Many times back in that era, family or close friends would kick in to help in times of trouble. Also living nearby are several Hart families. Edna’s mother was Hanna Hart who married George Vineyard Jr.

 Edna and Ira would have lived in a turbulent time with the Civil War erupting. I was told that Ira D. served in the confederate army and that he died during the Civil War of a fever and his body was left somewhere near Manassas, Virginia. I have yet to find any Civil War records of Ira D Quillin.  Because of the above information, I have always listed Ira’s death as somewhere around 1863.

 In 1870, Edna “Edney” is found in the census for Fulkerson, Scott Co. VA. Her estate is fairly substantial with her personal estate value at 500 and her real estate value at 1200. She would have been better situated than some of her neighbors. In her household are listed: Polly A, Beverly J, Cicero C, Patton, and now adding to the family, Ira D Jr 7 years old, and Henry?? 2 years old. I keep wondering if Ira took in Henry because of another family’s complications or if Henry was actually Ira D Sr.’s child.  Therefore, I must assign an alternate death date of Ira as 1868. There are several Hart families living in the area.

 By the end of 1870, Edna has remarried. On 1 October 1870, Edna married Wilson Barker. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 FHL Film Number 337187 Reference ID 337187.

In 1880, Edna and Wilson are found in Fulkerson, Scott Co. VA. Edna now has 2 more sons, Wilson and James by Wilson Barker. Also still living in their household are Edna and Ira’s children; Cicero 25, Patton P 19, Martha 16. Living nearby are members of the Ketron family and the Hart family.

On 4 Feb 1890, Edna’s son Cicero drowned in the Clinch River. This must have been a great heartbreak for Edna. There are no censuses for 1890 so there is a period of time that information about Edna will be difficult to uncover. Edna died before 1900, as I discovered that Wilson Barker remarried on 8 Jan 1900 to Mary McLenon. There is good documentation on the Barker family.

 Edna passed away before 1900, evidenced by the marriage of Wilson Barker to his second wife, Mary Mclenon on 8 Jan 1900 in Scott County, VA.