Charles Cromwell Addington (1777 - 1882)

Born 10 Oct 1777 in Culpepper County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Doty) Addington — married 2 Jan 1802 (to 17 Apr 1828) in , Russell, Virginia, USA

Husband of Sarah (Butcher) Addington — married 13 Mar 1840 (to 1868) in Scott, Virginia, United States

Husband of Susannah (Moore) Addington — married 4 Jan 1869 in Scott County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1882 at age 104 in Copper Creek, Scott County, Virginia, United States

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Charles Addington was born in Appalachia, in Virginia.

Biography

Native Virginian (born, married, and died in Virginia)

Charles Cromwell Addington was born on October 10, 1777 in Culpepper, Virginia, USA.^[1]He was a son of William Addington and Margaret Cromwell.

Charles was a boy about eight years old when his father located on the southwest Virginia frontier. Among the immigrant families from North Carolina which settled about Hyter's Gap, was one named Doty; Anna, a daughter of this family, became the wife of Charles on January 2, 1802 and in April of the same year, he located on Clinch River, within the present limits of Scott County, at a place known as the William Gillenwaters farm. This farm that had about ten acres of cleared land; the river bottoms were wet and marshy. During his residence there, the family contracted fever and ague, in consequence of which the location was adjudged unhealthful, and he remover to Copper Creek in the spring of 1805, where he lived until his death in 1882.^[2]

1st Marriage

He married Anna Doty on January 2, 1802. Charles and Anna had 12 children between 1802 and 1828 when Anna passed away (17 April, 1828).

Children

1. Cynthia
2. Joseph P.
3. Charles Cromwell , Jr.
4. William
5. Margaret
6. Joshua L.
7. Jane B. A
8. Anna Doty
9. John L.
10. Elizabeth Anne
11. Huldah Baxter

2nd Marriage

Charles married Sarah Butcher, on March 13, 1840 in Scott, Virginia. Together they had four children between 1840 and 1868. Sarah passed away in 1868.

Children

1. Henry
2. Susannah
3. David Jesse
4. George Washington

3rd Marriage

3. Charles (now 92 years old) then married Susan Moore (who was 31 at the time).

Death

Charles Cromwell Addington death date is listed as January 18, 1882 in the Ancestry sources as imported by Lynch, and as July 18, 1882 in the WikiTree profile created by Marie Mills.

Note

Note: Charles was about 8 years old when his family moved to Russell Co, VA. After they had settled there a few other families from NC followed, one of these families being the Doaty's. In April of 1802 he moved his family down the Clinch River to a place known as Gillenwater farm. At that time there were only about 10 acres cleared on the farm. Most of the bottom land was marsh and thought to be useless but once cleared proved to be valuable. He lived there for 3 years and as they had fever and ague very bad the last year he moved his family to Copper Creek in Scott Co, VA in the spring of 1805.

When he was 100 yrs old his family gave him a centennial dinner it was estimated at that time that he had raised 16 children, and had 107 grandchildren, 443 great grandchildren, and 17 great great grandchildren. His eldest daughter, Cynthia married young and moved west, and her children were not included in the numbers. His dinner was furnished with all of the good things the appetite of a man could desire. The table was about 200 feet long and at least 1000 people partook of its burden.He rode out on a wagon to church and after preaching walked the 1/4 mile back to the table where the party was waiting. ^[3]

Charles was the paternal great-grandfather of Maybelle Carter and maternal second great-grandfather of Helen Carter, Anita Carter and June Carter Cash. He was the maternal third great-grandfather of Carlene Carter, Rosey Nix Adams and John Carter Cash.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2051561183. Source number: 766.000; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BB1. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=7235&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
2. ↑ From Marie Mills
3. ↑ Addington, Hugh M. History of the Family of Addington in the United States and England. Jefferson City, TN: The Overmountain Press.

"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLZ-B24 : accessed 26 October 2022), Charles Eddington, Scott, Virginia, United States

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5N-Y8X : 20 February 2021), Charles Eddington, Scott, Virginia, United States; citing 10

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT2-Y9R : 1 October 2021), Chas Addington, Scott, Virginia, United States; citing p. 294

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR9X-K35 : 29 January 2020), Charles Addington, 1840.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DP-L7Z : 23 December 2020), Charles Addington, Scott, Virginia, United States

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM3-P4S : 18 February 2021), Charles C Addington, 1860.

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR9F-TGJ : 29 January 2020), Charles C Addington, 1869.

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-P48 : 29 May 2021), Charles Addington, 1870.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCR7-PWR : 15 January 2022), Charles Addington, Johnson District, Scott, Virginia, United States

• Addington, Hugh M. History of the Family of Addington in the United States and England. Jefferson City, TN: The Overmountain Press.

• FindAGrave: Charles Cromwell Addington

• Addington, Robert M. History of Scott County, Virginia. Jefferson City, TN: The Overmountain Press.

Additional Information

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