. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . marriedOlivia Johnston, of Giles County (he and his wife are bothnow dead), and they had the following children, viz: David J.,who married Elizabeth Sanders; Joseph S., who married MaryHigginbotham; Albert P., who married Nannie Higginbotham;and daughters, Sarah, who married Clinton Barnes; Margaret,who married Colonel Joseph Harrison; Mary, who marriedOscar Barnes, and Ella, who married Dr. J. L. Painter. Thedaughter of Thomas Gillespie, who married James Harrison,was the mother of Colonel Joseph Harrison, now living nearT
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . marriedOlivia Johnston, of Giles County (he and his wife are bothnow dead), and they had the following children, viz: David J.,who married Elizabeth Sanders; Joseph S., who married MaryHigginbotham; Albert P., who married Nannie Higginbotham;and daughters, Sarah, who married Clinton Barnes; Margaret,who married Colonel Joseph Harrison; Mary, who marriedOscar Barnes, and Ella, who married Dr. J. L. Painter. Thedaughter of Thomas Gillespie, who married James Harrison,was the mother of Colonel Joseph Harrison, now living nearTazewell, Virginia. the hales of the new river family is of English origin, descendants of the Halesof Kent. The first American emigrant of the name coming in1632, bore the coat of arms of the Kentish Hales—three broadarrows, feather white on a red field. The traditional story inthe family of these New River Hales is, that the family wasquite numerous in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and thatsome time prior to the beginning of our war for independence. DR. JAMES W. HALEGreat Grandson of Capt. Edward Hale, the Settler. TlIK IT ALES. 407 tliere were in one family of this name seven brothers, all ofwhom joined the American army; a part of them served throughthe war under General Washington in and around Boston, inthe Jerseys and in Pennsylvania; that one of the older brothers,who had a family, drifted south to Virginia some years priorto the beginning of the Revolution, and located in what is nowFranklin County, Virginia; that this settler had a son Edward,who served in the American army in the early period of theRevolution, and later, in 1779, came across the Alleghanies intothe New River Valley, and later married a Miss Patsy Perdueand settled on Wolf Creek. Edward Hale was born about 1750,was a man of rather small stature, fair complexion and blueeyes, was a man of information and intelligence, and became aprominent figure on the border in his day, engaging in the
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