Died Nov. 7, 1685, buried in St. Margaret's, Westminster. By first marriage:

V. Edward Womack, born March 12, 1653, died in Suffolk, England, September 8, 1723. Married

VI. Ashby or Abraham Womack, born August 15, 1683. Died in Virginia, February 4, 1756. Came from England to Virginia 1716. Married

VII. Richard Womack, born in England, December 7, 1710. Lived in Prince Edward County, Virginia; moved to Hancock County, Georgia, 1765. Died there July 23, 1785. Married

VIII. Jesse Womack, born in Virginia 1739, died in
Madison County, Georgia, 1815. Lived in Burke,
Hancock and Madison counties. Married, 1st,
Dorothy Prior, and, 2nd, in Georgia about 1778,
Phebe
Was a Lieutenant in the Revo-

lution. By 1st marriage:

IX. John Womack, born in Georgia, December 25, 1776. Married in Georgia about 1797, Frances Coleman. Moved to Alabama 1800. Lived in Washington County, Alabama. Died at his home there "Womack Hill" July 29, 1848. His widow died in Texas 1852.

X. Aurelia Womack, born February 19, 1804, in Washington Co., Ala. Married Sept. 23, 1827, Isaac Baker. Moved to Texas 1843. Lived in Grimes County at "The Cedars" near Plantersville. Died in Galveston, Texas, February 7, 1881.

XI. Jack Baker, born January 9, 1834, ín Washington Co., Ala. Married in Grimes Co., Texas, January 25, 1859, Cordelia Henrietta Albert Forrester. Lived at "The Cedars," Grimes Co. Died there, January 4, 1887.

XII. Searcy Baker, born November 11, 1861. Married in Grimes Co., November 21, 1883, Lida Jane Gibbs. Lives in Houston, Texas.

XII. Mattie, married Edwin Napier Stephenson.

XIII. Jean Stephenson.

APPENDIX I.

EXTRACTS FROM DIARIES.

1888

May 5. My uncle James Robertson killed at battle of Williamsburg, 1862.

June 29. Attended singing class at Ward's Chapel. Spent the night with Haney Tunstall.

June 30. Wrote to C. E. Redd in the interest of Ward's Chapel Musical Club, offering $25.00 and expenses for his services.

July 1. Attended Ward's Chapel Sunday School and gave a talk on the Bible.

Aug. 6. Edgar Williams and I at "Old Homestead" (Mrs. Burk's) for supper.

Sept. 3. Dined with Dr. "Red" and Beverley at Mr. Shore's ("Cedar Grove").

Sep. 30. Ward's Chapel to hear Dr. [Theodorick] Pryor. Oct. 4. Left Richmond at 11:05 for Charlottesville; called upon Prof. Thornton about four o'clock, P. M. and matriculated a little later. Call from my Beta Theta Pi friends in the evening. Oct. 5. Attended Mr. Minor's134 class for the first time, spent a short time with him at the office. With the Beta's at no. 7 Carr's Hill at 5 o'clock, P. M. Adjourned over till 8:30 P. M. Saturday. Cold enough to freeze the horns off a billygoat.

Nov. 6. Presidential election. No disturbance. Carried a man named Ribble down from the University in a carriage at full speed and got to the polls a few minutes too late. Sat up at the Court House until something past midnight figuring the returns. When I left everybody seemed satisfied with the reports from N. Y. I felt very apprehensive lest Cleveland be defeated. Mr. Barbour telegraphed Maj. Mason from Richmond about 12 o'clock, "Virginia is safe."

Nov. 7. All the N. Y. papers concede Harrison's election except The Times, published this morning about one thirty.

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Richmond Dispatch concedes Republican victory. Telegram Wednesday night from W. W. Scott that Cleveland carried N. Y. by 1000 majority.

Nov. 8. Not till 12:45 today did I give up all hope of Democracy. Left Charlottesville for Richmond tonight at eight o'clock.

Nov. 12. Returned to Charlottesville.

Nov. 25. My twenty-first birthday; spent the forenoon with Roy revising the Beta Theta Pi catalogue at East Lawn, University of Virginia.

1894

July 9. Lunenburg Court. Judge Perry and I cleared Betty Forrest, charged with poisoning spring.

July 31. At Joe Leath's. Attended the Republican Convention at Burkeville, which nominated R. T. Thorpe for Congress. Visited Mr. Williams on business at "Ingleside" after supper.

Aug. 4. Drove to "Scotland" to see Willie Scott on business. Haney Tunstall drove me to "Bellefield" to see Mrs. [C. C.] Chambliss.

Aug. 18. Woodland. Pretty sick; temperature 103°. Start for Richmond. Go to Old Dominion Hospital and engage Dr. Geo. Ben Johnston's services.

Sep. 11. Taken sick four weeks ago today with typhoid fever at Judge Perry's in Lunenburg. Put on my clothes and walked about the room to-day for the first time.

Sep. 25. Nottoway. Went to "Mountain Hall" and spent the night: Colonel Jeffress talked Tennyson before supper and all the literati after.

Oct. 1. Rose at five, joined the dogs in Dr. Royall's pines, Leon, Hunter, Edgar Williams and I; jumped fox in Willie Scott's, ran him through Childress's and after tough ride caught in pines on left of road leading to Jetersville.

Nov. 6. At Crewe (general election); voted for W. R. McKenney (for Congress). Crewe gave him 161 majority out of 273 votes.

Nov. 12. Leon and Hunter killed deer at Dr. Southall's. Ran by Harper's Hill (Byney's Hill).

Dec. 18. Dinner at "Scotland"; went to Dr. Smithey's and Thos. H. Booker's that evening. Got tangled in J. C. Bragg's and Henry Verser's pines at dark. Cold and windy.

1895

April 10. fress very ill.

Spent the night at "Mountain Hall." Col. Jef

April 20. Mass meetings in Nottoway to elect delegates to the convention to nominate county officers. I attend at Court House.

April 27. Democratic Convention at Court House. I received nomination for Commonwealth's Attorney, getting 15 out of 19 delegates, T. H. Vaughan, R. M. Hurt. E. McDaniel and Benj. Irby declining to make my nomination unanimous. Dr. J. W. Bryant presided over the convention and Saml. N. Williams nominated me.

May 12. Pass day at Mr. J. F. Epes's. Call on Mr. Freeman Epes, Sr., in the evening at his old place. He looks every inch the patriarch, the last of his race.

May 19. Represent Anna R. Graves before the coroner's jury at Crewe tried for infanticide. One of the most horrible days, if not the very most, I ever passed in my life. Go to Blackstone and pass the night with Capt. A. B. Jones.

May 23. At crewe; election day. Sit up till 2:30 for the returns. Satisfied of my election.

May 24. Returns give me every precinct in the county. May 25. Go to Court House. Attend Canvassing Board. My official majority 369.

June 1. Start to De Ferney's with Fanny and Lois horseback. Spend night with Dr. Southall at "Selma."

June 3. At "New London," Jim Motley's; picnic Farmer's Pond evening.

June 6. Nottoway Court. Qualified as Attorney for the Commonwealth. Rode back with Sam Burke and Peter Leneave.

July 1. Drove with Dick Miller to "Grape Lawn" in Prince Edward; first time I had been on that road since my father carried me to Prince Edward Court House to school (Prince Edward Academy) in 1881.

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July 4. Nottoway Court. Prosecuted first criminal as Commonwealth's Attorney-Edwards Scruggs, a negro. him to penitentiary 5 years for burglary.

Aug. 1. Nottoway Court. Thornton Jeffress and I drive from "Mountain Hall" to Court House. I sold "Mountain Hall," the home of Dr. James Jones, 373 acres, for $1800, house and tenements.

Aug. 10. A telegram summoning me to Col. Jeffress at Chase City. Found him much changed for the worse and I about despair of his recovery.

Aug. 21. Col. Jeffress died 10:20 tonight. I was alone with him when he began to sink.

Aug. 22. Col. Jeffress buried at "Mountain Hall," Rev. Messrs. Theodore Epes and Gale officiating. T. H. Vaughan,

G. W. Leath, J. R. Leath, Samuel Burke, Leon and myself, pallbearers. The service began at 10:30 A. M.

Aug. 27. W. H. Verser and I attend School Board at Burkeville. I get Board to build darkey school below the Ordinary, at Henry Forster's (colored).

ney.

Sep. 7. Forty dollars my fees this court as Com. Attor

Sep. 18. Got up at four to go after fox in Kies. Jumped at Toby Robertson's and lost at Kies' (Hamm's) stable. Sep. 19. Went to Amelia to see Judge Hundley. Played marbles at Jennings Ordinary with Buck Ellett, Haney Tunstall and Ned Harper.

Oct. 1. Nottoway Circuit Court. Meade Haskins and I lost case, Clay versus Matthews. He made a good speech. I did not.

Oct. 5. General Hundley and I argued Nottoway County versus Crewe, Judge Mann on other side. I did only tolerably well, I thought. Judge Hundley said I did "handsomely."

Oct. 27. Drury Calhoun buried at Ward's Chapel; services by Rev. Geo. Abbitt135 of the Episcopal church.

Dec. 24. All of us and Thornton Jeffress go to "Glenmore" to "egg-nog." Mr. Horner's 68th anniversary.

1896

April 14. Attend Confederate Memorial meeting at Court House, the Camp of Confederate Veterans.

May 9. At Burkeville and Crewe. Dr. J. W. Bryant and I elected delegates to the State Democratic Convention at Staunton. I for free silver and Dr. Bryant for gold.

June 4. At Staunton. Democratic Convention. Jas. F. and Sidney P. Epes, James Mann and C. E. Downs and I attend from Nottoway-all for free silver at sixteen to one. John W. Daniel was the great leader of the Convention. His word was simply law; monarchy affords no higher examples of despotism than the power possessed by this man in a free assembly of 2000 Virginians. I was elected alternate from the 4th District to Chicago Convention.

June 17. At home. Dr. Sydnor and Sterling Boisseau here in the evening.

June 20. Mrs. C. C. Chambliss dies today at Valley Shore's in lower end of Nottoway.

June 21. Fanny, Leon and I go to Mrs. Chambliss's burial today at "Bellefield" the tomb of her ancestors. Rev. T. P. Epes held the burial services. Hot as Mexico.

June 27. I brought the Confederate battle flag for the Reunion in Richmond to "Woodland" this afternoon-the flag of

135 George C. Abbitt, Rector, St. Mark's Church, Richmond, Va.