. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . ey never married;Elizabeth married Oscar F. Johnston. Nancy Straley, who married Edward Morgan, had four sonsand three daughters; the sons are, Rufus, John, Newton, andJoseph; and the daughters, Martha, who married Mr. Noff-singer; Virginia, who married Richard Gilliam, and Sallie,who died young and unmarried. This Straley people havebeen quiet, law-abiding and unpretentious, never seeking publicposition, always ready and serving their friends, especiallytheir relations. Three of the sons of Jacob Straley and hiswife, Marth
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . ey never married;Elizabeth married Oscar F. Johnston. Nancy Straley, who married Edward Morgan, had four sonsand three daughters; the sons are, Rufus, John, Newton, andJoseph; and the daughters, Martha, who married Mr. Noff-singer; Virginia, who married Richard Gilliam, and Sallie,who died young and unmarried. This Straley people havebeen quiet, law-abiding and unpretentious, never seeking publicposition, always ready and serving their friends, especiallytheir relations. Three of the sons of Jacob Straley and hiswife, Martha French Straley, served in the war of 1812; theywere James, Daniel and John. Our Civil war, 1861-5, producedfrom their ranks some magnificent soldiers, among them Cap-tain Jacob C, son of Daniel, who led, as Captain, a company inthe 17th Virginia regiment of cavalry; he was bold and fierceon the field of battle, and rode boldly into the thickest of theconflict and abreast the storm as if on parade. His couragewas not exceeded by that of any man who ever drew HARRISON W. STRALEYGrandson of Jacob Straley, the Settler. The Wittens of Tazewell. 459 There is presented opposite this page the photograph of Harri-son W. Straley, the great-grandson of the emigrant. THE WITTENS, OF TAZEWELL- This was a Saxon family from Wittensburg, in Prussia, anda part of the family emigrated to America at a very earlyday and located in Maryland, about the time of the first whitesettlements therein. They were neighbors to the Cecils, withwhom they married and intermarried for long years. A fewyears prior to 1771 Thomas Witten, whose wife was a Cecil,and who, with his family, had removed to the neighborhood ofFredericktown, Maryland, came along the Valley of Virginiaand over the Alleghanies, living for a year or two at the largespring on Walkers Creek near what is now known as the Wil-liam Allen farm, and becoming close neighbors of Samuel , who had come from Maryland. The Wittens decide
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