The following information was found among the research material of Mary Louise Claunch shortly after her death in 2018:
"I found the following "Colvard Line" in Ann Elizabeth Colvard Claunch's belongings after she died in 1990. I've included the from of the home-made envelope it was in.
'Mrs. John Hamblen' was Humphrey Posey Colvar's sister, Lilah Colvard.
'W.T. Neal,' who wrote the history, was a cousin, I believe.
COLVARD LINE
The Colvard name goes back to at least 531 A. D. The family lived in Bordeaux, France, from where some of them emigrated to Dorchester, England, about 1200 A. D. Four brothers and three sisters cam to Virginia in 1639 from Dorchester. At the time of the emigration to England, other members of the family settled in Ireland. The Dublin Irish Times, Dublin Ireland, printed a number of years ago a history of the Colvard Family which gives the history back to 531 A. D. A tombstone in a cemetery in Prince William County Virginia, bears a date of a Colvard buried sometime in 1600's.
The above information was given to Carrie Neel by H. P. Colvard about 1927.
John Baily Calvert Nicklin's records say that the English name of Calvert was originally Colvard in France.
There are some who believe that our line of Colvards are descendants of the Maryland Calverts, some of who migrated to Prince Williams County, Virginia. One of the Calverts now living in Johnson City, Tenn., stated that at the time of the Revolutionary War, the Calverts were Tories and because of the feelings agains Tories, they left Prince William County, going to different parts of the countyr, and all trace of them was lost. It may be that one of these Calverts named William moved to Wilkes County, N. C. where he changed his name to Colvard, which would be in line with the French spelling. William Colvard, who came from Prince William County, was a Tory, and left there because of the feeling against Tories.
Ruth Virginia Colvard in a letter dated May 3, 1944, stated that a Mr. S. L. Colvard, "not directly connected with us, informed me a few years ago that they had traced their ancestry back to the younger brother of Lord Calvert. I think his name was Leonard Calvert." In a letter dated October 2, 1944, he stated that my "wife and I have done a lot of checking in Virginia at different Court Houses, and we have run across Colvard at many points, we were checking Calverts, Colberts, and Colverts." He stated further that sometimes the name was spelled the three different ways in the same deedd or will. Also, "we have wondered many times if the Colverts, Calverts and Colvards were not the same name."
As quoted under Peyton Colvard, Revered Verdign made the statement that Colvard was originally spelled Calvert. It is not know what his proof was for this statement.
Following the Colvard Line there is given a record of the Calvert Line as complete as Carrie Neal has been able to compile it.
First Generation
Cl. William Colvard was born in Prince William County, Virginia, and married Rachel Berry, who is believed to have also come from the same county. They were both of English descent. They settled and died in Wilkes County, N.C., where he was justice of the peace from 1778 to 1783. (Another source gives the date as 1781. The record of Ruth Colvard show William Colvard's birth year as 1770, and Rachel Berry's as 1772. He obviously was born prior to 1770, probably 1750, to have been a justice in 1778. Also Rachel Berry was probably born piror to 1772).
His plantation of 262 acres was located about fifteen miles northwest of present North Wilkesboro on the highway to Jefferson, now route number 16. The greater part of it is now owned by Charles H. Colvard. Union Baptist Church where the Colvard reunions are held each summer, stands on a part of it.
His will follows:
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"In the name of God Amen: I, William Colvard, of the county of Wilkes and State of North Carolina: Being weak in body, but perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all. I give and recommend my lands into the hands of the Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of Executors, nothing debting. But at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the powers of Almighty God, and as touching such worldly estate; wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life with - I demise and dispose of in the same, in the following manner and form ---
"First, I leave and bequest to my dear beloved wife, Rachel Colvard, as follows, (Viz), My home plantation where I now live, containing 262 1/2 acres of land. Secondly and all the household furniture and plantation tools. Thirdly, four Negroes (viz) Limons, Jim, Lewis and Dalpha. Fouthly, use of the grice mill as long as she lives, and Fifthly, the still that I now own, together with Koons Plantation, all of the aforesaid property to be disposed as she pleases among the children.
"I will and bequest unto my four oldest sons, that is Peyton Colvard, Neil Colvard, William Colvard and Jesse Colvard, one lot in the town of Jefferson in Ashe County, North Carolina, being the northwest corner lot, which I give to them and rated to them at one thousand dollars. Also the saw mill on Reddies River and mill place.
"I will and bequest to my son Wade Colvard, the Tyree Old Field Plantation, also one horse and saddle. I want my aforesaid son William, to have one hundred dollars more than any of the rest of the children.
"I will and bequest to my daughters, Betsy Colvard, Sibby Dichson, Rachel Colvard, Jennie and Anna Colvard, and also my son Montfort Colvard, all to have as much or an equal part with the oldest sons, the balance if any, to be equally divided among the children. I desire my two sons Neal Colvard and William Colvard to be my executors.
"Given under my hand and seal this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord 1824."
Wm. Colvard
Witnesses:
James Fletcher
John Dancy
George Taylor.
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Their children were:
Peyton (Payton), William, Neil, Jesse, Wad, Elizabeth, Sybil (Sibby), Rachel, Jennie, Annd and Montfort.
Second Generation
Children of William Colvard:
Peyton Colvard married Jennie Ray. "Sketches from a history of Western North Carolina from 1730-1914" by John Preston Arthur says of him: "This pioneer was of French extraction, the name having originally been spelt Calvert, according to the Rev. Mr. Verdigans of the Methodist Church, South. Peyton Colvard came to Ashe county after the Revolutionary War. The Colvards of Cherokee and Graham are descendants, as is also Dr. J. W. Colvard of Jefferson, Ashe county."
About the year 1826 Peyton Colvard lived in a log building which stood on the site of the present Jefferson Cash Store of Dr. Testerman, and on the morning of February 19, 1827, the day his daughter Rachel was born, now the wife of Russell Wilber of Texas, a huge mass of rock fell from the top of Netro Mountain and ploughed a deep furrow, still visible, down its dide for a quarter of a mile. The main mass of rock is still visible with a small tree growing in it.
His neice, Rachel Milon Dickson, stated that he was a man of fine appearance, and wore throughout his life the customary dress of the Colonial gentleman, silver buckle shoes, silk stockings, knee length velvet breeches, lace cuffs, etc. He gave to her after her marriage to red "finger marked" water glasses which he purchased while on a trip to Savannah, Ga. Carrie Neel has one of these glasses, and W. Trent Neel the other. His children were:
Mary, William R. , Rachel, Farrow, Neal, Priscilla, Jesse B. and Ellen.
William Colvard, born about 1808, and died about 1888 - 80 years of age, at Tomatlo, N.C., where he resided. One source says there were only three children, the first three named below. Children: Neal, Quincy, Effie ____ (daughter).
Neil Colvard, unmarried, lived ant Tomatlo, Cherokee County, N.C.
James Colvard, born October 7, 1800, and died January 23, 1879. He married first Nancy Merriman and second, Sarah Cooper. He went to Pikeville, Tenn. When his son, H. P. Colvard, was born about 1872, Jesse was about 71 years old. Children by first wife: Wiley Colvard. By second wife, Kamilla, Jennie, Nancy, Anne, Florence, Lilah, W.A. (Guss), A. T. and H. P Colvard.
Wade Colvard, born July 9, 1805, married Phoebe Vannoy. Children: Rufus Winfield, WIley Thomas, William, Peyton Monroe, Thomas J., Charles Cicero, Sallie, Rachel, John, Jesse and James W.
Elizabeth Colvard, married Thornton Kilby of Wilkes County, N.C. Sybil (Sibby) Colvard, born March 21, 1803, in Wilkes County, N.C., and died March __ 1878 in Ashe County. She married John Dickson of Ashe County at the age of sixteen and lived and died there on Buffalo Creek, where their thirteen children were born. See Dickson Line for their descendants.
Rachel Colvard, married James Welborn Kilby of Wilkes County, a brother of Thernton Kilby, and from a family of thirteen brothers. Children: Peyton Phillips, Kamilla.
Jennie Colvard married Owen Merriman from Western North Carolina, probably a brother of Nancy Merriman. Children: Lewis, Wade Anna, Elizabeth (Betsy), Evaline.
Ann Colvard, Mumford Colvard
Third Generation
Children of Peyton Colvard, William, Mary Colvard. Unmarried.
William R. Colvard, married Sallie Reeves. Children, Nellie, Jane, Elizabeth, Rose, Frieland L. and Robert.
Rachel Colvard, married Russell Wilbar and moved to Missouri or Texas. Children: John, Alexander, Peyton, Sallie, Mary and Lou Ellen.
Farror Colvard, born October 12, 1835, died October 21st, 1921. Married Letitia Reeves. Rachel Ellen Dickson Neel, in a letter dated August 27, 1917, when visiting her ancestral home, stated that he had been to see her and that while in his 83rd year, he was in good health with a clear active mind. Children: Cynthia Alice, May Kellen, Jesse R., Charles P., Neil A., Lizzie Clyde, and Sallie H.
Neal Colvard, married Sallie Bowers from Ashe County, N. C. Children: William Thomas, Christopher, and Joseph Wiley.
Priscilla Colvard, youngest daughter of Peyton Colvard, married John A. Baker. They lived in Pocahontas, Va., in 1922.
Jessie B. Colvard.
Ellen Colvard, born January 5, 1832, died Oct. 1, 1892, married David W. Eller, a Confederate soldier, Co. A., 1st N.C.C. Lived at Tract, Tenn. Some of their descendants are prominent citizens of Ashville, N. C.
Children of William Colvard
Neal Colvard, resided at Murphy, N. C.
Quincy Colvard, resided at Alcoa, Tenn.
Effie Colvared, married __ McIver. Child, Wilson.
__Colvard, a daughter who married __ Davidson, and resided near Murphy, N.C.
Children of Jesse Colvard: Wiley Colvard and his wife, Virginia, resided in Pikeville, Tenn., - Children, Gordon, James, William, one daughter Mollie.
Children of Jesse Colvard by Second wife:
Kamilla Colvard, Jennie Colvard, Nancy Colvard, Anne Colvard, Florence Colvard. Lilah Colvard, married John Hamblen. She resides in 1944 at Pikesville, Tenn. He died in 1935. Her father died when she was two years old. She has been for a number of years legal and court stenographer.
W. A. Colvard, unmarried. A. T. Colvard died September 8, 1944, resided at Pikesville, Tenn., - unmarried.
H. P. Colvard, born about 1872, died Sept. 8, 1935, went to Dalton, Ga., when a young man and married Maggie Barrett. He moved later to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he died. In the spring of 1927, he called on Carrie Neel, and stated he was 55 years old, and that his father, Jesse, died when he (H. P.) was seven years old. He was interested in his family history. Carrie Neel said "he and his wife are charming people." Two children: Anna, Joe Barrett.
Children of Wade Colvard, William, Rufus Winfield Colvard, born August August 8, 1832, died __ August 1890, married February 17, 186, Nancy Elvira Rhittington, a descendant of the Ellers-McNeill family. He was for twelve years a member of the board of County Commissioners of Wilkes County, and its Chairman for most of that time. During this period the Southern Railway built a branch road to "within one mile of the county courthouse in Wilkesboro," as specified in the contract with the commission. Thus the station was located to the northeast, across the Yadkin River, and was called Gordon, in honor of the Confederate General Gordon. Later this name has changed to North Wilkesboro. Col. Andrews, for whom the town of Andews, N. C. is named, "ramrodded" the building of the railroad to Gordon. He had a "residence coach: in which he worked, cooked, etc. and slept. When the railroad was completed he came in this coach and served dinner to several local citizens, including Rufus W. Colvard, who was an especial friend. This was in 2890.
Children: Mary Ida, Anna May, Ben Hamilton, Fritz Rufus, Judge, Sallie V. (Jennie), William Edgar.
Wiley Thomas Colvard, born December 23, 1838, married Fannie Severt. No children.
William H.H. Colvard, born Sept. 2, 1841, married first, Martha McGlenmary, and second Nellie Teague. Children: By first wife, Lilly, Annie, Jesse Hampton, Mollie, Fannie, Jennie, Wiley. By second wife: Jessie, Charlie, James, Joseph, Sallie, Dollie, Dewy, Russel, Roxie, Bulsh.
Peyton Monroe Colvard, born July 6, 1844, married Saphhronia Eller, Children: Fred, Phoebe Jane, Carl, Jessie, Annie.
Thomas J. Colvard, born Aug. 9, 1847, married first Mary Ann Whittington, and second, Laura (Whittington) Colvard, widow of Charles Cicero Colvard. Each wife had a daughter by him that died in infancy. Other children: By first wife, Charlie H. and Queen. By second wife: Wiley P.
Charles Cicero Colvard, born January 21, 1849, died about 1878, when 29 years of age, married Laura WHittington. Children: Sally A., Thomas R, and Phoebe.
Sally Colvard, born January 17, 1843, married L. E. Whittington, Children: Julia, Todd, Mary, Hamp and Fowle.
Rachel Colvard, born Jan. 23, 1846, married Ben F. Whittington. Children: Monroe, Octava, Mansford, Sally, Jennie, Spainshour, John Della.
John Colvard died when 12 years old.
Jesse Colvard, died Sept. 11, 1864, at Point Lookout, Md., while a prisoner of war, member of Co. A, First N.C. Cavalry, under General R. E. Lee. Unmarried.
James W. Colvard, died March 31, 1865, near Dinwiddie court house, Va. Member of Co. A, First N. C. Cavalry. WOunded by gunshot and died in a few minutes. A testament he carried in his breast pocket was pierced by the bullet which killed him. Unmarried.
Children of Rachel Colvard - Kilby. William.
Peyton Phillips Kilby married Sarah Ann Marchest who came with her parents, John Marchent and Sarah Phillips, from Wales, England, in 1852, to Polk County, Tenn. Peyton and his wife resided in Ducktown and Lebanon, Tenn., and in Rome, Ga., where they both died. There were four children, the name of only one son being known. John.
Kamilla Kilby died when a young woman.
Children of Jennie Colvard Merriman. William.
Lewis Merriman died of fever in the Civil War.
Wade Merriman.
Ann Merriman married Barnett Idol from Iredell County, N. C. No children.
Elizabeth Merriman married Columbus Kelly from Iredell County, N.C.
Evaline Merriman married Mart Warner and has one child, Lou.
FOURTH GENERATION
Children of William R. Colvard: Peyton and William.
Nellia Colvard married John Koonts. They had several children, most of whom are still living.
Jane Colvard married Dock Vannoy. They had two sons and one daughter.
Elizabeth Colvard married Preston Cambell. They had several children and grand children, some of whom are very prominent in their communities.
Rose Colvard married Gordon Reeves.
Friedland L. Colvard, married first Narcises Dickson, second Malinda Center, and third Addie Bare.
The following article was written by Guyn Gambill, whose grandmother was Uncle Freel's sister:
"I consider it a privilege to have been asked to say a few words in memory of my kinsman and friend, Uncle Frieland L. Colvard. The Minister in charge of the funeral spoke a real truth when he said that each man preached his own funeral in the life that he lived. The large number of sons and daughters, grand children and great grand children, who gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to Uncle Freel were men and women who are leading citizens of their respective communities, and whose lives have been shaped, and will continue to be shaped by his teaching, his life and his beliefs.
Born in the turbulent days before the war between the States, Uncle Freel grew up in the reconstruction period following the war, when money was seldom seen, and good southerners were often denied the necessities of life. A hard worker himself, he brought up his family on the principles of democracy on which the foundation of our nation are based, honesty and hard work. Although he died last month at the age of 88, he kept up lively interest in everything. Those who were here last year will recall that he attended and enjoyed the meeting and renewed old acquaintances. In a short talk here last summer he stated that he did not think that he would live to attend another meeting. His words have come true, but he will live on in the memory of those who knew him. Uncle Freel was a pioneer leader in both chruch and state affairs. He was a primitive Baptist and a democrat, and true to the best principles of both. He was considered a great peacemaker, and served for fifty years as justice of the peace. He was a member of a prominent family and an offspring of a long line of distinguished men and women, numbered among the leaders and builders of the country.
Uncle Freel was a handsome young man, and retained his keen intelligent look, even after rheumatism had bowed his figure. He wass blessed with a happy disposition, and a friendly manner, which caused him to number his friends by the hundreds. He died at the ripe old age of eighter-eight years, with his children taking care of his every need, secure in their love and respect, and secure in his faith of a still better life to come.
Before his death Uncle Freel wrote his own obituary, which carried no self praise but facts."
There were no children by second wife. Children by first wife: Eunice, Myrtle, Donn, Benjamin.
Children of third wife: W. Peyton, Jennie, Friedland L. John and Rachel.
Robert Colvard. He is believed to be still living (1944) in Wyoming or Kaufman, Texas.
Children of Rachel Colvard: Wilber, Peyton, William, John Wilber, deceased.
Alexander Wilber, a banker, living in Gordon, Texas. Peyton Wilber, born Mar. 19, 1855, married Laura Matilda Scyles, resides in Colorado: Children, Arline, Wm. Peyton
Sallie Wilber, Married ___ Grabill from Colorado, Jane Wilber, and Lou Ellen Wilber.
Children of Farrow Colvard: Peyton and William
Cyntha Alice Colvard, Married __ Sheets
Mary Ellen Colvard, married __ Dickson.
Jesse R. Colvard, married first Mollie Dickson, and second Danny Bare.
Charles P. Colvard, married Iran Browder, and resides in Gordon, Texas.
Niel A. Colvard, married Gertrude Hardin, and resides in West Virginia.
Lizzie Clyde Colvard, married __ Cooper.
Children of Neil Colvard: Peyton and William.
Sally P. Colvard, married __ Morrison, and resides in Clyde, Texas.
William Thomas Colvard, died March 27, 1927. He married Rosa Ray, from Ashe County, N.C., daughter of George W. and Mary and Mary Ann Dickson Ray. She died in January 1926. They had four children: Anna, James, Maude S. and Larry.
Christopher C. Colvard, married Jennie Witherspoon, a descendant of the distinguished Witherspoons of history: Children, Fred, Lynch, Helen and Mary.
Joseph Wiley Colvard was a doctor of medicine, married, had two children, Bower and George Todd.
Children of Effie Colvard: William and Wison McIver.
Children of H. P. Colvard" Joseph Barrett Colvard and Anne Elizabeth Colvard.
Anne Elizabeth Colvard, married Charles L. Claunch. They reside at 117 Hilldale Drive in Shepherd Hills Colony of Chattanooga, Tenn., they have three children: Charles L. Jr., Nathan Colvard, and Mary Margaret Claunch.
Joseph Barrett Colvard, married Sumner Dew. They reside at McMinnville, Tenn., one child: Joseph Barrett Colvard. He served in U.S. Navy in World War II.
Mary Ida Colvard married, Thomas R. Colvard. She resides with her daughter Ruth, in Wilkesboro, N.C.
Ben H. Colvard, married Cora Taylor: Children Ben H. Jr., Louise and Mary.
Judge Colvard killed in Train wreck at age 19.
William Edgar Colvard, married Sue Taylor, Children: Rudus and Virginia.
Childen of William H. H. Colvard (Buck) Colvard, Wade and William.
Lilly Colvard, married Joseph Vannoy, deceased. Anna Colvard married Robert Vannoy
Joseph Hampton Colvard, married first, Dora Johnson, and second, Bessie Calloway, children by first wife: Fred, Rufus, by seccond wife: Woodrow, Charles Robert, and Wade.
Mollie Colvard, unmarried.
Fannie Colvard, married George Hopkins, and resides in __ Tenn. They have several sons and daughters, two of them are Hamp Colvard, and Julius.
Jennie Colvard, married __ Alexander, she is deceased. No children.
Wiley Colvard, deceased, Unmarried.
Josie Colvard, Charlie Colvard, James Colvard, Joseph Colvard, Sallie Colvard, Dollie Colvard, Dewery Colvard, Russell Colvard, Roxie Colvard, are all married and live in Caldwell, North Carolina.
Fred Colvard, married __ Children: Robert, Fred Jr., and Mildred.
Children of Thomas J. Colvard; Wade and William.
Charlie H. Colvard died November 1938, married Lizzie Vannoy. He lived on the old William Colvard plantation, and his heirs still own the greater part of it. Children: Quincy, Evan, Sherman, Carl, Howard, Dora and Clara.
Wiley P. Colvard, married Mary Shepherd: Children: Dora W. Charles D., Ruby, Arlene, Mable, Audrey, Carroll Wade.
Children of Charles C. Colvard, Wade and William.
Thomas R. Colvard, died 1932, married Mary Ida Colvard. She resides in North Wilkesboro, Children: Ruth Virginia, Frank and Mamie.
Phoebe Colvard died when 9 years old.
Children of Sallie Colvard Whittington: Wade, William, Julia, Todd, Mary, Hamp, Fowle, Whittington.
Children of Rachel Colvard Whittington: MOnroe, Octava, Mansford, Sallie, Jennie, Spainhour, John, Dollie.
Children of Peyton Colvard PHillips Kilby: Rachel Colvard and William.
John Kilby, born July 9, 1865, at Lebanon Tenn. and became Governor of Alabama, about 1920.
FIFTH GENERATION
Children of Friedland L. Colvard (William R. Peyton: Eunice Colvard, Myrtle, Dana, Bejamine, W. Peyton, resides in Winton, Wash. Jennie. Friedland L. Colvard Jr., Captain in U. S. Army in World War II. John R. Colvard, Rachel Colvard.
Children of Peyton Wilber, (Rachel Colvard) Rachel Colvard) Peyton, William: Arline Wilber, William Peyton Wilber.
Children of William Thomas Colvard (Neal, Peyton William:
Anna Colvard, married LYnch Dent from Jefferson, N.C.
Children: Bruce and Thomas Dent.
James Colvard, married Kate Edminster. They have three daughters.
Maude S. Colvard, married J.G.W. Holloway, a Methodist Minister, and moved to Granite Falls, N.C. in 1935, where they still reside. In 1924 she was secretary to T.C. Bowie, a prominent attorney, at Jefferson N.C.
Larry Colvard, married Myrtle Phillips. Children: Parks Colvard, who is now in the U.S. Army Air Corps, teaching in an army training school in Texas. He has fifty flight missions in North America to his credit.
Hal Colvard, works in a bank at Black Mountain, N.C.
Children of Christopher C. Colvard: Neal, Peyton and William
Fred Colvard, married Zora Williams. He owns and operates a large, prosperous truck farm near Jefferson, in Ashe County, N.C. The American and Pacific Chain Stores purchase his entire crop of vegetables. He developed the Sequoia potato on his farm, and has sold seed potatoes to all parts of the United States, and to several foreign countries. Children: Edith Colvard, married George Koen, she is graduate of Lees-McRae College, Banner, N.C. and of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, specializing in journalism. He is in the U.S. Navy
Ralph Colvard. Anna B. Colvard.
Lunch Colvard, married Mabel Koonts.
Helen Colvard, married __ Badger.
Mary Colvard, single in 1944.
Children of Joseph Wiley Colvard: Bower Colvard is a banker in Cleveland, Ohio, and has three children. George Todd Colvard, married in 1925, Fleda Harrell, of Eure, N.C. In 1937 he resided at Doming, N.M., and was a Major in the National Guard of New Mexico, (Medical Dept.) County Chairman of Luna County Democratic National Committee, Chairman of the Board of Control of Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children (state owned) Vice President of the New Mexico State Medical Society, Member of Dming School Board, Member of Masonic Lodge, Chapter Commandery and Shrine, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from his district. Later he went into the U.S. Army Medical Corps, and was sent to the Phillipine Islands, and was a prisoner by the Japanese when the Islands were taken by them in 1942. In 1937 they had two sons, eight and six years old.
Children of Anne Colvard Claunch (H.P.) Jesse) William.
Charles L. Claunch, Nathan Colvard Claunch, Mary Margaret Claunch.
Children of Ben Hamilton Colvard (Rufs) Winfield, Wad and William.
Ben Hamilton Colvard, Jr. killed July 7 while in U.S. Army service in France, the day after the Invasion. He married Ruth Greer.
Louise Colvard, married Joseph Sprinkle. They reside in Wilmington, N.C.
Mary Lena Colvard, a student at Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Children of William Edgar Colvard, (Rufus WInfield- Wade and William.
Rufus Winfield Colvard II, married Rena Love. Children: William Edgar Colvard. II.
Virginia Colvard, married Dean McMillian: Children Patsy McMillian, Dorothy Dean McMillian
Children of Jesse Hampton Colvard:
Fred Colvard, married __. He works for the International Harvester Company, and resides in W. Va. They have two children.
Rufus Colvard. He is a dealer in antiques and modern furniture at Mooreville, N.C., and owns a large apple and peach orchard, (Sunset Orchards) near North Wilkesboro.
Woodrow, Charles and Wade Colvard.
Children of Fannie (Colvard) Hopkins: Hamp Colvard Hopkins, Rev. He is a prominent Baptist minister at Bessemer, Ala.
Children of Fred Colvard: Robert Colvard resides in Shreveport, La. Fred Colvard, Jr. resides in Shreveport, La. Mildred Colvard, married __ Fisher. They reside in Shreveport La.
Children of Charlie H. Colvard: Quincy Colvard, married __ James. They have three daughters: Evan Colvard, unmarried. Sherman Colvard, married Ruth Tyron. He is a lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Corps. No children.
Frank Colvard, married Sue Vannoy. Child: Franklin Colvard.
Howard Colvard, married Sadie Fowler. He is County Agent for Alexander County, N.C. Daughter Allie Colvard.
Dora Belle Colvard, married Howard Norman. They have two children.
Clara Colvard, married Robert Calloway. He is in the U.S. Army in France (October 1944). They have one daughter.
Children of Wiley P. Colvard: Dean W. Colvard, born at Grassy Creek, Ashe County, N. C., married Martha Lankin of __ Mo. He graduated from Berea College as a B. S. in agriculture in 1935, and immediately became a teacher of agriculture and manager of the college farm at Brevard College. He raised the work of the agriculture department of the college to a high standare. Later he attended the University of Missouri, and then became manager of the North Carolina State Test Farm, which position he still holds, and resides at Swannanon, N. C. Children: Carol Colvard and Linda Colvard.
Charles B. Colvard, unmarried. He is a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, serving in France.
Ruby Colvard, married Granville Warren. They reside in Baltimore, Md., and have two children.
Arlene Colvard, unmarried. She is secretary to the dean of the Law School at Duke University, at Durham, N.C.
Mabel Colvard, married John Barnes. They reside in Detroit, Michigan. -- Audry Colvard and Carol Wade Colvard
Children of Thomas B. Colvard - Charles C. Wad and William.
Ruth Virginia Colvard, unmarried. Since 1924 she has been in the employ of the Meadow Mill Co., manufacturers of agricultureal machinery, and most of the time as secretary to the president. She resides with her mother in North Wilkesboro. She is secretary for the Colvard reunions, and has been exceedingly helpful in furnishing information on the Colvard line. Follwing is an "In Memorium," written and read by her at the Colvard reunion on June 4, 1939.
"Two of our members are absent to-day;
Since last reunion they have slipped away.
God called them, now they are at rest;
It is hard for us, but for them it is best.
The first was Vice President of our organization;
The second was the oldest of the generation.
Both were Colvards in name and nature, and
Were loved by all of this nomenclature.
Their going gives us a feeling of sadness;
But their lives should fill our hearts with gladness.
So we whose privilege it is to share,
The pleasures of a reunion from year to year,
Must ever more hold our banner high,
And by word and deed strengthen the family tie.
And a token of love for Charlie and Uncle Freel,
Let us, the good deeds of their lives,
In memory seal."
Frank Colvard, married. No children
Mamie Colvard, died following an operation, prior to the beginning of her seinor year at college.
SIXTH GENERATION
Information on this generateion is shown under the parents' names in the Fifth Generation.
Information on other Colvards not yet identified with the preceding line, except where indicated, is:
Sketches from a History of Western North Carolina from 1730-1913 by John Preston Arthur and Published by the "Edward Buncombe Chapter of the D.A.R. of Asheville.
Residents of Cherokee County: "Andrew and Jeff Colvard were founders of large and influential families. They were bold and daring frontiersmen and citizens of character and ability." Buck and Neil Colvard lived at Tomatlo.
Graham & Robbinsville: J.J. Colvard, one of the first commissioners of Graham County (formed in 1872). J.J. Colvard was elected chairman. Land of C.A.Colvard considered for county seat. Andrew Colvard lived on Long Hungry Branch, which got its name from the fact that a party of hunters was once detained there by high water till their rations gave out, and they were a long time hungry.
CALVERT LINE.
FIRST GENERATION. John Calvert, lived in England prior to 1550. He had a son: Leonard.
SECOND GENERATION. Leonard Calvert, born 1550, lived in England and had a son George.
THIRD GENERATION.
Sir George Calvert, born 1578, lived in England, was educated at Oxford, was founder of Maryland, and was made the first Lord of Baltimore. He had sons: Cecil, Leonard and George.
FOURTH GENERATION
Children of Sir George Calvert (3). Leonard (2). John (1).
Sir Cecil Calvert, born 1605, lived in England, and was the second Lord Baltimore. He had a son: Charles.
Leonard Calvert, born 1606 in England and died 1647 in Maryland. He was the first Governor of Maryland. He had a son: William.
FIFTH GENERATION
Children of Sir Cecil Calvert: Sir Cecil Calvert, born 1637, was the third Lord Baltimore. His sons were: Benedict Leonard, Cecil and Charles.
Children of Leonard Calvert: George, Leonard, John.
William Calvert, born 1642, died 1682, married Elizabeth Stone. He received land Calverts' Rest, from his uncle Cecil, the second Lord Baltimore. His sons were: Charles, William, George Sr., Richard and Elizabeth.
SIXTH GENERATION
Children of Sir Charles Calvert: Cecil, George, Leonard, John.
Sir Benedict Leonard Calvert, born 1679, was the fourth Lord Baltimore. His sons were: Charles, Benedict Leonard, Edward Henry, Cecilino.
Cecil Calvert was born 1667. He probably died prior to the death of his father, so that the title went to his second son. Charles Calvert was born 1680.
Children of William Calvert: Leonard, George, George and John.
Cecil Calvert, was born 1667.
Charles B. Calvert, born 1662, died 1733, married 1690. He was from Charles County, Maryland, lived for several years in Stafford County, Virginia, but returned to Maryland. His sons were: William, George and Richard.
William Calvert was born 1666.
George Calvert Sr., born 1668, died 1739, married Elizabeth Doyne. He formerly lived in Charles County, Maryland. On January 20, 1724, Lord Fairfax granted George Calvert land on both sides of Powell's Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. When Prince William County was taken out of Stafford in 1730, the land of George Calvert, and his son George were thrown in the new county, where he probably died. His sons were: Charles, John, George Jr., James, William and Thomas.
Elizabeth Calvert married, as his first wife, James Neale, oldest son of Captain James Neale and Ann Gill, from whom he inherited Wolleston Manor, in Charles County, Maryland.
SEVENTH GENERATION
Children of Benedict Leonard Calvert: Charles, Cecil, George, Leonard and John.
Sir Charles Calvert, born 1699, was the first Lord Baltimore. His sons were: Frederick, Benedict and Chalres.
Benedict Leonard Calvert, born 1700; Edward Henry Calvert, born 1701; Cecilino Calvert, born 1702.
Children of Charles B. Calvert, one daughter, William Calvert, Leonard and George, Richard.
Children of George Calvert: William, Leonard, George and John.
John Calvert, born 1690 or 1692 in Maryland, died in 1739 in Prince William County, Va., married 1711, Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Bejamin Harrison, III. He was given land in Prince William County in 1724. His sons were: George, Thomas Burr Cecilius, Willima, Elizabeth and Jacob.
George Calvert, Jr. born 1700 in Stafford County, Va., died 1771, in Prince Williams Co., Va. His sons were George, John, William and Humphrey.
Children of Sir Charles Calvert: Benedict Leonard, Charles, Cecil, George Leonard and John.
Frederick Calvert, born 1732, died 1771. Was the sixth Lord Baltimore. He had only and illegitimate son, Henry Harford, born 1670. After Frederick's death in 1771, George the younger was next heir to the title, but did not claim it.
Benedict Calvert, born 1724. He had a son George.
Children of John Calvert: George Calvert, the younger, born 1712, revolutionary soldier, died 1782 in Culpepper County, Va., where he had moved from Prince William County before the Revolution, married before 1740, Ann Crupper. He was next heir to the title of Lord Baltimore after the death of Frederick Calvert, sixth Lord Baltimore, but he did not claim it. His sons were, John George and Anne.
Obed Calvert, born 1720, died 1806. In May 1776, a petition was sent to the government asking for religious freedom, and among the signers were Obed Calvert, Sr., Obed Calvert, Jr., William Calvert, Jesse Calvert. It is believed Obed Calvert Sr. was this Obed, and that the other Calverts mentioned as signing the petition, were all his sons. It is known that he had a son Jesse.
Jacob Calvert, born 1720. (Jacob is not identified as a son of John in the records with his other children, but is so identified in a record shoring the ancestry of Francis, as follows: Francis, Jacob, John, George, William, Leonard, Sir George.
George Calvert, born 1768. Sons: George, Henry, Charles Benedict.
John Calvert, born 1742, died 1790. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, on the American side. Son: Cecilius.
Francis Calvert, born 1751, in Prince Williams County, Va., died 1803. James Calvert had a son Jessie, born 1793 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland, who went west to practice law.
Children of Humphrey Calvert: George and William
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There is no clue as to which of the above William Calverts might have been the one to marry Rachel Berry, to have changed his name, and to have gone from Prince William County, Virginia, to Wilkes County, N.C. William Colvard was probably born abouth 1750, and if a Calvert, he probably would be the ninth generation above. He had among other children sons, William, Neal, Jesse and Peyton, two of which are Calvert names. He might have been a son of Obed or William, son of Humphrey, or an unidentified son of one of the other members of the Eighth Generation.