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Ancestors of Sarahjane, Nancy, Wade, and William Doyle

26. Thomas Aliff, Jr.^321,³²², born Abt. 1820 ^323,³²⁴. He was the son of 52. Thomas Aliff, Sr. and 53. Jane Hunt. He married 27. Nancy Elizabeth.

27. Nancy Elizabeth³²⁵, born Abt. 1813³²⁵.

Notes for Thomas Aliff, Jr.:
1860 Franklin County, Virginia Census - Family # 405
Ayliff - Thomas - age 56 (b. 1804) - farmer - P.P. $50.
Nancy - age 47 (b. 1813)
Nancy A. E. - age 16 (b. 1844)
Thomas - age 14 (b. 1846)
Sarah - age 10 (b. 1850)
Margaret - age 6 (b. 1854)

Notes for Nancy Elizabeth:
Nancy's middle name may have been Elizabeth. According to family tradition, and a letter with no date, she was an Indian.

Children of Thomas Aliff and Nancy are:

		i.		Jane Aliff, married Giles Stewart.
		ii.		James Aliff, born Abt. 1836.
		iii.		Minerva Ann Aliff, born May 1835; married James L. Wood November 25, 1858 in Floyd County, Virginia.

More About James Wood and Minerva Aliff:
Marriage: November 25, 1858, Floyd County, Virginia

13	iv.	Elizabeth Aliff, born Abt. 1837 in Franklin County, Virginia; died Aft. 1890 in Floyd County, Virginia; married Jacob B. Walters April 07, 1859 in Floyd County, Virginia; Brush Creek Church.
	v.	Nancy A. E. Aliff³²⁵, born 1844³²⁵; married P. B. Wilson.
	vi.	Thomas Aliff³²⁵, born 1846³²⁵
	vii.	Sarah Aliff³²⁵, born 1850³²⁵
	viii.	Margaret Aliff³²⁵, born 1854³²⁵

28. Peter R. Poff, Jr. (III)^326,^327,^328,^329,^330,³³¹, born Bet. 1824 - 1826 in Montgomery County, Virginia ^332,^333,³³⁴; died Abt. 1892 in Floyd County, Virginia ^335,³³⁶. He was the son of 56. Peter Poff, Jr (II) and 57. Mary Ann Reed. He married 29. Mary Ann 'Polly' Conner October 24, 1844 in Floyd County, Virginia. By George Kelly ^337,³³⁸.

29. Mary Ann 'Polly' Conner^339,^340,^341,^342,^343,^344,³⁴⁵, born Bet. 1826 - 1827 in Montgomery County, Virginia ^346,^347,^348,^349,³⁵⁰; died Aft. 1890 ^351,^352,³⁵³. She was the daughter of 58. William R. Conner and 59. Mary Elizabeth Poff.

Notes for Peter R. Poff, Jr. (III):
1850 Montgomery Co., VA. Census - family # 1068
Peter Poff , Jr. - age 26 (b. 1824) farmer - b. Va.
Mary - age 24 (b. 1826) b. Va.
Wm. - age 5 (b. 1845) b. Va.
Sarah - age 3 (b. 1847) b. Va.
Jonathan - age 1 (b. 1849) b. Va.

1860 Floyd Co.,Va. Census - family # 1384
Peter R. Poff - age 34 (b. 1826) farmer - b. Va.
Mary - age 33 (b. 1827) b. Va.
William - age 13 (b. 1847) b. Va.
Jonathan - age 10 (b. 1850) b. Va.
Peter A. - age 5 (b. 1855) b. Va.
John F. - age 1 (b. 1859) b. Va.

1870 Floyd Co., Va. Census - family # 139 - page 114
Peter R. Poff - age 45 (b. 1825) b. Va.
Mary A. - age 43 (b. 1827) b. Va.
Peter A. - age 15 (b. 1855) b/ Va.
John Floyd - age 11 (b. 1859) b. Va.
Martha - age 9 (b. 1861) b. Va.
? Flemon Jr? - age 6 (b. 1864) b. Va.
Adina A. - age 3 (b. 1867) b. Va.
Green Tuggle - age 3 months (b. 1870) b. Va. (son)
? , Elizabeth - age 70 (b. 1800) b. Va. (mother-in-law - Elizabeth (Poff) Conner.

1880 Floyd Co., Va. Census - Vol. 12, E.D. 30, Sheet 52, Line 19
Locust Grove District (394d tif)
Peter R. Poff - age 55 (b. 1825) b. Va. - father Va. - mother Va.
Mary A. - wife - age 53 (b. 1827) b. Va. - father, Va. - mother, Va.
John F. - son - age 21 (b. 1859) b. Va.
Martha U. - daughter - age 19 (b. 1861) b. Va.
Fleming J. V. - son - age 15 (b. 1865) b. Va.
Addina A. - daughter - age 12 (b. 1868) b. Va.
Greenville T. - son - age 10 (b. 1870) b. Va.
Conner, Elizabeth - mother-in-law - age 78 (b. 1802) b. Va. - father b. Germany - mother b. Holland (Elizabeth (Poff) Conner)

1890 Floyd County, Virginia Census Locust Grove District
Greenville T. Poff - 20 (b. 1870)
Luzena A. - 1 (b. 1889)
Era L. - 3 mo (b. 1890)
Elizabeth - 60 (b. 1830)
Peter R. - 64 (b. 1826)
Mary A. - 64 (b. 1826)
Almeria? A. - 23 (b. 1867) (This is Addina A. Poff)
Peter A. - 35 (b.1855)
Sarah J. - 36 (b. 1854)
Victoria A. - 12 (b. 1878)
Joseph H. - 21 (b. 1869)
ALL BORN IN VIRGINIA

Will of Peter R. Poff
In the name of God, Amen
I, Peter R. Poff being of sound mind but deble in body do make this my last will and testament. That is to say I desire in the first place that all of my just debts and burial expenses be paid out of my Estate as soon after my decease as may be convenient and in the second place I Will to my son Fleming J. V. Poff my tract of land that I now live on containing Fifty acres under this consideration, that he is to take care of me and his Mother and his Sister during our lives. (Sister named Addina) He also is to let his Mother have anything she wants as long as she lives. He is to have the land that I intended to give to my Daughter for taking good care of her, her lifetime. And at mine and my wife's death that my personal property if any to be sold and equally divided between all of my children except my son John F. Poff. He is to have one Dollar for this reason he has got his part of my estate already. I also desire my two Sons Fleming J. V. Poff and Green C. Poff to be my executors to settle my estate.
In witness whare I Peter R. Poff do set my hand and affix my seal this 6th day of October 1892.

Witness:
Robt. W. Krofaff
W. J. Poff
J. E. Collins

Peter Poff and Mary A. Conner were first cousins.

Civil War Record of Peter R. Poff

Peter R. Poff-- Co. B enl. on 4/6/62- at Richmond VA., paid reentry bounty. Present on 5/1/62. Left sick at Lexington KY. taken POW on 10/13/62 at Lexington, paroled and exchanged on 10/29/62, was at home per 12/31/62 muster. Still absent on 12/31/63 muster roll on furlough. Resident of Floyd Co. age 26. 1850 Montgomery Co. census.

Private, Co. B, 54 Virginia Infantry

March 24, 1862 - Enlisted in Richmond, Virginia for 3 years.

May 1, 1862 - Appears on a Receipt Roll dated May 1, 1862. Bounty paid $50.00.

Oct. 18, 1862 - Captured at Montgomery County, Kentucky on Oct. 18, 1862.

Oct. 24, 1862 - Received at Camp Chase, Ohio on Oct. 24, 1862.

Oct. 27, 1862 - Transferred from Camp Chase, Ohio to Cairo, Illinois, Oct. 27, 1862, for exchange.

Apprears on the Company Muster Roll of Co. B., 54 Infantry for July 9 to Dec. 31, 1863.

More About Peter R. Poff, Jr. (III):
Census: 1850, Montgomery County, Va.
Occupation: Farmer ^354,³⁵⁵

Notes for Mary Ann 'Polly' Conner:
The 1880 Floyd Co. Virginia Census list Elizabeth Conner (Mary's mother), 78 yo mother-in-law, with Peter R. Poff family.[

More About Peter Poff and Mary Conner:
Marriage: October 24, 1844, Floyd County, Virginia. By George Kelly ^356,³⁵⁷

Children of Peter Poff and Mary Conner are:

William R. Poff ^358,^359,³⁶⁰, born 1845 in Montgomery County, Va; married Ellen F. Unknown 1878 in Floyd County, Virginia³⁶⁰.

More About Ellen F. Unknown:
Record Change: April 04, 2002³⁶⁰

More About William Poff and Ellen Unknown:
Marriage: 1878, Floyd County, Virginia³⁶⁰

	ii.	Sarah Poff^360,³⁶¹, born 1847 in Montgomery County, Va.
14	iii.	Jonathan Poff, born March 1850 in Floyd County, Virginia; died June 07, 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia; married (1) Sarah Amanda Priscilla Jane Hale March 15, 1870 in Floyd County, Virginia; married (2) Arrena Or Irene 'Renee' Rierson January 22, 1891 in Floyd County, Virginia.
	iv.	Mary E. Poff ^362,³⁶³, born October 28, 1852 in Floyd County, Virginia³⁶³; died August 28, 1853 in Floyd County, Virginia ^364,³⁶⁵

Notes for Mary E. Poff:
Died as an infant.

Peter Albert Poff ^366,^367,^368,³⁶⁹, born August 1854 in Floyd County, Virginia ^370,^371,^372,³⁷³; died 1915³⁷³; married Sarah Jane Stump January 29, 1874 in Floyd County, Virginia³⁷³; born 1853 in Franklin Co., Virginia³⁷³; died 1932³⁷³.

Notes for Peter Albert Poff:
1880 Floyd Co., Va. Census - Vol. 12, E.D. 29, Sheet 16, Line 46 & 48.
Little River District - Family # 143
Peter Poff - age 26 (b. 1854) b. Va.
Sarah J. - age 25 (b. 1855) b. Va.
Victoria - age 2 (b. 1878) b. Va.
Martha E. Stump - Sister-in-law - age 28 (b. 1852) b. Va.

1900 Floyd Co., Va. Census - Locust Grove District
Peter A. Poff - age 45 - b. Aug. 1854 in Va.
Sarah J. Poff - age 46 - b. 1853 in Va.

More About Peter Albert Poff:
Occupation: Farmer³⁷³

Notes for Sarah Jane Stump:
1880 Floyd County, Virginia Census has Martha E. Stump, sister-in-law of Peter Poff, living with this family.

More About Peter Poff and Sarah Stump:
Marriage: January 29, 1874, Floyd County, Virginia³⁷³

vi.

Samuel J. Poff³⁷³, born August 19, 1856 in Floyd County, Virginia³⁷³; died September 04, 1858 in Floyd County, Virginia³⁷³

Notes for Samuel J. Poff:
Died of thrash.

More About Samuel J. Poff:
Cause of Death: Thrash? ( maybe thrush )

vii.

John Floyd Poff ^374,^375,^376,^377,³⁷⁸, born October 01, 1858 in Floyd County, Virginia ^379,^380,^381,^382,³⁸³; died 1941 in Virginia ^384,³⁸⁵; married Lucia Jane "Lucy" Conner February 16, 1882 in Floyd County, Virginia ^386,³⁸⁷; born January 1857 in Floyd County, Virginia ^388,³⁸⁹; died 1941 in Virginia ^390,³⁹¹.

More About John Floyd Poff:
Burial: Head of the River Cemetery, Floyd Co., Virginia
Occupation: Farmer ^392,³⁹³

More About Lucia Jane "Lucy" Conner:
Burial: Head of the River Cemetery, Floyd Co., Virginia

More About John Poff and Lucia Conner:
Marriage: February 16, 1882, Floyd County, Virginia ^394,³⁹⁵

		viii.		Martha Eunice "Matsey" Poff ³⁹⁶, born March 05, 1861 in Floyd County, Virginia³⁹⁶
		ix.		Fleming Jacob Valentine Poff ^397,^398,^399,⁴⁰⁰, born March 05, 1865 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰⁰; died February 08, 1919 in Floyd County, Virginia ^401,⁴⁰²; married (1) Martha E. Stump May 01, 1884 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰²; born 1855 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰²; died June 28, 1890 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰²; married (2) Mary Frances Lawrence August 21, 1892 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰²; born January 07, 1874 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰²; died June 28, 1942 in Floyd County, Virginia ^403,⁴⁰⁴.

More About Fleming Jacob Valentine Poff:
Burial: Head of the River Cemetery, Floyd Co., Virginia

More About Fleming Poff and Mary Lawrence:
Marriage: August 21, 1892, Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰⁴

		x.		Addina Adeline Poff ^405,^406,⁴⁰⁷, born Abt. 1868 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰⁷; died September 10, 1894 in Floyd County, Virginia⁴⁰⁷
		xi.		Greenville Tuggle "Green" Poff ^408,^409,^410,⁴¹¹, born February 20, 1870 in Floyd County, Virginia ^412,^413,^414,⁴¹⁵; married (1) Victoria Hale in Floyd County, Virginia ⁴¹⁶; married (2) Lizenia A. Hall June 15, 1889 in Floyd County, Virginia^416,⁴¹⁷; born December 1868 in Floyd County, Virginia ^418,⁴¹⁹.

Notes for Greenville Tuggle "Green" Poff:
Greenville's birth records say he was born at Head Little River.

More About Greenville Poff and Lizenia Hall:
Marriage: June 15, 1889, Floyd County, Virginia ^420,⁴²¹

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