Return to Henry County, Virginia
Mary Winston Carr Waller, born October 26, 1763 was the daughter of Colonel George Waller and Ann Winston Carr. This means she belongs to the "Springhill" branch of the Waller family originally located in Stafford County, Virginia.
She married Major John Redd about 1783.
source for the following text but not the genealogy.
96 HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA
MAJOR JOHN REDD
Major John Redd was born Oct. 25th, 1756, in Albermale county and came to
this county in
early youth, and from the very first appearance, he became a great actor in
his adopted
county's affairs. Think of a boy reared by a widowed mother in humble
circumstances by
pluck brains and persistency becoming an early defender of his county
against the Indians,
later rising by real merit to the rank of Major and you say immediately
there was an
unusual leader of men; and in after life, as he became next to the richest
man in these
new wilds, you will also admit that he was an emminently successful business
man.
It is true he ran away from his home and mother, but when you recall that he
left poverty
for wealth and renown, you at once pardon his youthful indiscretion.
In his new location he took an humble position on a farm two miles from the
county seat
and worked at the usual labor on a plantation. He evidently gave
satisfaction or else he
would not so soon have been able to buy a home for himself. To this he added
till he
became a great owner of wide acres and attained great power in his
community.
He very early responded to the call to war against the Indians and with
Joseph Martin,
then Col., he made several campaigns against them in Wataugua and Holstein
counties out in
the frontier.
Before long the War of the Revolution against England aroused his patriotism
and he went
again on the firing line, but his doings in this arena are a part of the
history of the
nation and need not be repeated here. He was at Yorktown in that great halo
of glory when
Lord Cornwallis bowed to the right and might of American victory.
He was elected to the legislature of Virginia and voted on every important
question before
that 'body shunning nothing. Here, too, he was a champion of the famous
resolutions of
1798 and 1799.
He married Mary the daughter of Col. George Waller of Henry county. Her
mother's mother,
Elizabeth Winston, was Patrick Henry's cousin. After his marriage he finally
settled in
the Marrowbone valley in Henry county at "Belleview", and reared a
large family
of boys
I think you can have more than usual confidence in the following descendancy chart. The source for it are records of the Daughters of the American Revolution. These ladies, knowing their applications would be scrutinized by a review board tried to be very careful.
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1 John Redd 1755 - 1850
. +Mary Carr Waller 1763 - 1828
........ 2 Martha Redd
............ +William T. Clark
................... 3 William Thomas Clark
....................... +Barbara Freeman
.............................. 4 Annie Clark
.................................. +John Dilleard Spencer
........ 2 Mary Carr Redd
............ +John James Fontaine
................... 3 Madison Redd Fontaine 1824 -
....................... +Elizabeth Gillispie
.............................. 4 Martha Redd Fontaine
.................................. +R.W. Flournoy
................... 3 Mary Fontaine
....................... +James Edward Waller
.............................. 4 John Fontaine Waller
.................................. +Martha Malone
......................................... 5 Mary Alice Waller
............................................. +David Alexander Shepherd
........ 2 Elizabeth M. (Betsy) Redd 1797 - 1832
............ +Peter H. Dillard 1785 - 1867
................... 3 Mary Waller Dillard
....................... +D.H. Spencer
.............................. 4 Margaret Spencer
.................................. +George Hails Janney
.............................. 4 Martha Spencer
.................................. +William Gaston Lee
.............................. 4 Lucy Spencer
.................................. +C.S. Bill
......................................... 5 Elizabeth Spencer Bill
.............................. 4 Mary Spencer
.................................. +Henry Buchanan
................... 3 John Redd Dillard
....................... +Margaret C. Brown
.............................. 4 Mattie Dillard
.................................. +Perry Watson
................... 3 Overton Redd Dillard
....................... +Sallie C. Martin
.............................. 4 Sallie Hughes Dillard
.................................. +Frank B. Gravely
......................................... 5 Anne Dillard Gravely
............................................. +Richard Ivy Smith
.............................. 4 Ann Marshall Dillard
.................................. +Christopher Arrington
......................................... 5 Bessie Dillard Arrington
............................................. +Benjamin Cheatham
................... 3 Martha A. (Dillard) Dillard 1822 -
....................... +Hughes Dillard 1817 - 1901
.............................. 4 Hughes Dillard 1855 -
.................................. +Mattie Wilson 1864 -
......................................... 5 Elizabeth Redd Dillard
................... 3 George Dillard 1828 -
....................... +Fannie V. Penn 1832 - 1878
.............................. 4 Lucy Dillard
.................................. +Frank Johnson Hagood
........ 2 Martha Waller Redd
............ +James Moss Smith
................... 3 James Moss Jr. Smith
....................... +Corinna Smith
.............................. 4 Lizzie Smith
.................................. +Thomas Newton Barbour
.............................. 4 Electa Smith
.................................. +Herbert Grayson Peters
........ 2 James Madison Redd 1802 - 1837
............ +Ruth P. Staples 1801 - 1872
................... 3 Flora Redd 1832 -
....................... +Henry Martin Drewry 1833 -
.............................. 4 Kizziah Drewry
.................................. +John W. Carter
.............................. 4 Amelia Drewry
.................................. +James Palmer Lewis
........ 2 Edmond Redd
............ +Sarah Dandridge Fontaine
................... 3 William Spotswood Redd
....................... +Mary Tayloe Wooton
.............................. 4 Ella Spotswood Redd
.................................. +Richard W. Fischer
........ 2 Anne Redd
............ +Thomas Starling 1779 - 1852
................... 3 Susan Lyne Starling 1804 - 1847
....................... +Daniel Reamey
.............................. 4 Mary Reamey
.................................. +Christopher Y. Thomas
......................................... 5 Lyne Starling Thomas 1859 -
............................................. +Elizabeth Sheffield 1859 -
.................................................... 6 Mary Reamey Thomas
........................................................ +William Few
.............................. 4 Peter Randolph Reamey 1829 - 1891
.................................. +Bettie Keesee
......................................... 5 Martha Reamey
............................................. +Skidmore Marvin Harris
.............................. *2nd Wife of Peter Randolph Reamey:
.................................. +Sarah Jane Walker 1833 - 1866
.............................. 4 Daniel Webster Reamey
.................................. +Bettie Dillard
......................................... 5 Annie Reamey
............................................. +Wilcox Brightwell
......................................... 5 Lyne Reamey
............................................. +Thomas Webb Scott