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 1871 - 1942 (70 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Frank Ross was born 3 Dec 1871, Indiana, USA (son of Byron Ross and Emmazilla "Emma" Walden); died 9 Jun 1942, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 9 Jun 1942, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: Haplogroup L1b1a7: West Africa
- Paternal DNA: Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a1: Northern Europe
- Race: Colored
- Reference Number: 154
- Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Died:
Age: 70
Frank married Rebecca Jane Green 15 Nov 1891, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Edward Green and Mary Jane Stewart) was born 23 Feb 1874, Indiana, USA; died 14 Mar 1968, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Mar 1968, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Troy Oberlin Ross was born 5 Oct 1889, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 10 Jun 1954, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
- Clyde F. Ross was born 13 Feb 1894, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 21 Jan 1983, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 25 Jan 1983, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Marguerite Ross was born 27 Feb 1896, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 19 Feb 1991, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 23 Feb 1991, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Carl Ross was born 26 Apr 1898, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 19 Sep 1961, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Bert Victor Ross was born 14 Dec 1902, Indiana, USA; died 23 Jun 1987, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 27 Jun 1987, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Bertha Vivian Ross was born 14 Dec 1902, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 14 Aug 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Aug 1930, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Nora Waneita Ross was born 13 Oct 1905, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 18 May 1990, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 24 May 1990, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Beulah Mae Ross was born 17 Nov 1907, Nevins, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 18 May 2001, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Cecil Fayetta Ross was born 14 Jul 1908, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 1990, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 12 May 1990, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- James Arthur Ross was born 1 Mar 1915, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 13 Jul 1987, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 16 Jul 1987, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Glen Leon Ross was born 13 Sep 1918, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 9 Feb 2018, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 15 Feb 2018, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. |  Byron Ross was born Abt 1839, Georgia, USA; died 24 Oct 1922, Knox, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Paternal DNA: Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a1: Northern Europe
- Reference Number: 1566
- Residence: 1870, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Notes:
Son of white plantation owner and slave. The female slave was most likely Native American, based upon DNA testing results.
He was told to hide the horses from Union Army by his father (master), where he kept one and escaped slavery and immigrated to Indiana, and changed his name to Ross.
Byron married Emmazilla "Emma" Walden 25 Jan 1866, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Emmazilla (daughter of Winney Walden) was born 1842, Indiana, USA; died 1925. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. |  Emmazilla "Emma" Walden was born 1842, Indiana, USA (daughter of Winney Walden); died 1925. Other Events:
- Maternal DNA: Haplogroup L1b1a7: West Africa
- Race: Colored
- Reference Number: 1565
- Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 5
- Residence: 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 14
- Residence: 1880, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1900, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1910, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Children:
- Albert Ross was born Sep 1859, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 2 Jan 1862, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Sarah Ross was born 1866, Indiana, USA.
- William Orville Ross was born 15 Apr 1867, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 4 Mar 1930, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- 1. Frank Ross was born 3 Dec 1871, Indiana, USA; died 9 Jun 1942, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 9 Jun 1942, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Fred Ross was born 8 Jul 1875, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 28 Aug 1939, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 30 Aug 1939, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Adaline Ross was born Abt 1878, Indiana, USA; died 6 May 1898, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 9 May 1898, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Anna Verona Ross was born 27 Jul 1880, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died May 1940; was buried 1940, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Harry Ross was born 14 Oct 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; died 29 May 1969, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 29 May 1969, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Joseph Ross died 25 Jul 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 7. | Winney Walden was born Abt 1805, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Eaton Walden and Nanny Evans); died 11 Jan 1896, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Jan 1896, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 1856
- Residence: 1850, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 42
- Residence: 1860, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 54
Children:
- William Walden was born Apr 1829, North Carolina, USA; died 1916, Jasper, Illinois, USA.
- Delilah Walden was born Abt 1825, North Carolina, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
- 3. Emmazilla "Emma" Walden was born 1842, Indiana, USA; died 1925.
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Generation: 4
| 14. | Eaton Walden was born 1767, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (son of John Chavis Walden, Jr and Rebecca Ruth Chavers); died 1850, Owen, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Black
- Reference Number: 1857
- Residence: 1790, Warren, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1800, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1840, Washington, Owen, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1850, Washington, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 83
Eaton married Nanny Evans 20 Dec 1788, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. Nanny (daughter of Charles Evans and Susanna Beaumont) was born 1772, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1842, Washington, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 15. | Nanny Evans was born 1772, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (daughter of Charles Evans and Susanna Beaumont); died 1842, Washington, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 1858
- Residence: 1800, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
Children:
- 7. Winney Walden was born Abt 1805, North Carolina, USA; died 11 Jan 1896, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Jan 1896, Roberts Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
- Richard Walden was born 1790, Virginia, USA; died 7 Apr 1842, Owen, Indiana, USA; was buried , Spencer, Owen, Indiana, USA.
- Morgan Walden was born 1798, North Carolina, USA.
- Nancy Walden was born 1801, North Carolina, USA; died 1850.
- Wiley Walden was born 1810, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Jun 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried 17 Jun 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- John Walden was born 1816, North Carolina, USA.
- Elizabeth 'Betsy' Walden was born Abt 1803, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
- Jesse Walden was born 1795, Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 5
| 28. | John Chavis Walden, Jr was born 1742, Surry, Virginia, USA (son of John Chavis Walden and Martha Franklin); died 12 Sep 1829, Chatham, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Notes:
John Chavis2 Walden, born say 1742, was taxable on 125 acres in Dinwiddie County in 1782 [Land Tax List 1782-1814]. He purchased 70 acres in Warren County, North Carolina, on the east side of Causeway Branch adjoining Worrell on 23 April 1782 and purchased 125 acres on the west side of Smith's Creek in Warren County for 40 pounds on 27 February 1783. He sold (signing) the 125 acres for 50 pounds on 1 November 1785 [DB 8:13, 93, 347]. He was taxable on 460 acres and 1 poll in Warren County in 1784 and taxable on 75 acres and no polls in 1786 [Tax List 1781-1801, 81, 119]. He purchased three tracts of land in Mecklenburg County, Virginia: 400 acres joining the Warren County line on 26 December 1785 for 120 pounds; a 1-1/5 acre lot on the south bank of the Roanoke River on the west side of the road leading to Christopher Haskins' ferry, about 400 yards from the ferry on 9 July 1792 for 12 pounds; and 110 acres on the Warren County line and the head branches of Cotton Creek for 55 pounds on 8 January 1795 [DB 6:529; 8:149, 485]. He was taxable on 3 horses and 9 cattle in Mecklenburg County in 1787; taxable on himself and William Kersey in 1788; taxable on himself and slaves Pompey and Tiller in 1790; and on himself and John Walden, Jr., in another list for 1790; on himself, John Walden, and Robert Corn in 1791; on himself and son Jarrell in 1795 and 1796; and taxable on himself, son John and slaves Patty, Milly, Amy, Mary & Hannah in 1805 and 1806 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1805, frames 255, 333, 360, 416, 584, 604, 1095; 1806-28, frame 20]. He was called John C. Walden in August 1793 when the Warren County court ordered the Collector to pay him 67 pounds for building and keeping in repair the bridge across Palmer's Mill Pond, and on 27 August 1793 he was called John Walden of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, when he and John Birchett of Warren County posted a bond for 200 pounds to insure their keeping the bridge in repair for seven years [Warren County Minutes 1793-1800, 15; WB 6:252]. He (signing) and his wife Rebecca sold 400 acres where he was then living in Mecklenburg County on 3 February 1797, sold 60 acres at the head of Cotton Creek on 11 March 1797, and sold 50 acres on the county line to Susanna Mayo on 25 December 1797 with Moses Stewart and Charles Durham as witnesses [DB 9:218, 219, 431-2]. His sons Eaton and John were counted in the 1800 Warren County census [NC:837]. He owned land in Chatham County before May 1785 when he was among the freeholders ordered by the court to work on one of the county roads [Minutes 1781-85, 109b]. On 20 July 1800 he was called John C. Walden of Chatham County when he purchased 172 acres in Randolph County on Brush Creek, and on 27 February 1805 he bought another 170 acres on Flat Creek in Randolph County which he sold to his son William on 1 September 1810 [DB 8:174; 11:110; 12:97]. In the Tuesday, November 1819 session of the Chatham County court, a bond from him and John Farrar for building a bridge and keeping it in repair for seven years was returned, and the court ordered the County Treasurer to pay him 33 dollars for building the bridge across Hughs' Creek on the road leading from Ramsey's Mills on Deep River to Fayetteville. He was head of a Warren County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:837] (perhaps the same John Walden who was head of a Chatham County household of 12 "other free" in 1800), 4 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [NC:747] and 6 "free colored" in Chatham County in 1820 [NC:202]. head of a Chatham County household of 12 "other free" in 1800. He transferred 100 acres to his son Bartley Walden by deed proved in Chatham County court on Tuesday, November 1819 and to (his son-in-law) Wiley Jean by deed proved in Chatham County court on Tuesday, February 1821. His 12 September 1829 Chatham County will, recorded November 1829, mentioned his wife Rebecca and thirteen children to whom he left 514 acres in Chatham and Randolph counties [WB B:170]. The will also mentioned a granddaughter Lucy Scott, probably the Lucy Walden who married Abraham Scott, 22 October 1822 Wake County bond.
John married Rebecca Ruth Chavers. Rebecca (daughter of Henry Chivers and Elender Chavers Chivers) was born 1760, Chatham, North Carolina, USA; died , Chatham, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 29. | Rebecca Ruth Chavers was born 1760, Chatham, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Henry Chivers and Elender Chavers Chivers); died , Chatham, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 14. Eaton Walden was born 1767, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1850, Owen, Indiana, USA.
- Mary Polly Walden was born 1769.
- John Walden was born 1770, Bladen, North Carolina, USA; died 1817, Anson, North Carolina, USA.
- Jarrel Walden was born 1774, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died 5 Mar 1844, Lafayette, Owen, Indiana, USA.
- Robert James Walden was born 1773, Anson, North Carolina, USA.
- Rhoda Walden was born 1778, North Carolina, USA.
- Anna Nancy Walden was born 1778, Moore, North Carolina, USA; died 1860, Moore, North Carolina, USA.
- William Walden was born 1784, Surry, Virginia, USA; died Bef 3 May 1842, Randolph, North Carolina, USA.
- Stephen Walden was born 1787.
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| 31. | Susanna Beaumont was born 1739, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 15. Nanny Evans was born 1772, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1842, Washington, Indiana, USA.
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