I’ve been working on my Granny Laura’s side of the family. I’ve updated the index pages for every family name, the most names have been added to:

Cash Index

Donald Index

and the newly created : Matchett Index

I found this little nugget on Ready from 6 Jun 1830. It appears that he put up some collateral to pay off a debt to Samuel M D Reid. John F Caruthers was the holder of the collateral. I think.

He would have been about 31 when this was filed, and the 1830 census does show him living in Rockbridge. He was married for seven years at that point, and had two children Martha Jane Cash and James C Cash.

Not a lot of genealogical data here, but interesting non the less. I’m always interested to see what people owned and how things like knives and forks had actual value back then.

If you are interested in seeing the photocopy of the original drop me a note.

Side note:
Ready M Cash to
Jno F Caruthers for
Saml M D Reid
Executed

Text in deed book:

This Indentured made this twenty sixth day of June in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty. Between Ready M Cash of the first part and John F Caruthers - of the second part and Samuel M D Reid of the third part witnesseth that the said Ready M Cash being justly indebted unto the said Samuel M D Reid in the sum of Twenty nine dollars and seventy two cents by note bearing ?? date with the presents, and honestly desiring to secure this payment thereof doth as well for and in consideration of the premises as of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said John F Caruthers the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge, hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said John F Caruthers, his executors and administrators, the following personal property to wit; two feather beds, bed clothes and bedstead : one walnut bureau, one walnut falling leaf table, and all the other household, and kitchen furniture now owned by him consisting of chairs knives & forks, plates, tc, tc

Clerks office Rockbridge County Court June 28th 1830

Source:

Title
Deed books, 1778-1915 ; general indexes to deeds, 1778-1914, 1947-1975

Authors
Virginia. County Court (Rockbridge County) (Main Author)
Rockbridge County (Virginia). Clerk of County Court (Added Author)

Deeds, Vols. O-P 1824-1828 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 33768 ]

Deed book P, page 3.

These are taken from the book Rockbridge County Virginia Death Record, 1871 - 1896, compiled by Ken Morris& Ruth Morris Blimes, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens Georgia, 2000

I found these when I was at the Family History center in Salt Lake last week.

This is the first time I’ve seen a death date for Mary (Polly) HARTIGAN CASH.

CASH, Polly (w/f) d 29 Aug 1887, Lex, old age, age 87 yr, b RB, rpt’d John Eton, son-in-law

CASH, R. M. (w/f) d 25 Apr 1886, Lex, old age, age 87 yr, laborer, rpt’ John Eton, son-in-law

John EATON married Mary CASH (17 Sep 1873); Mary was the daughter of Mary (Polly) HARTIGAN and Ready M CASH.

Mary and Ready are listed as living with John and Mary Eaton in the 1800 census. This also establishes Mary and Ready’s birthdates, which are wrong in way too many places to count. Specifically, this suggests that Mary was born in 1800 and Ready in 1799.

Here are the rest of the CASH deaths from that book:

page 37

CASH, Effie T. (w/f) d. Jan1894 Longwood, fever, age 19 yr, d/o D.F. & Margaret SAVILLE, b RB, w/o J.F., rpt’d: husband

CASH, Ellen A, (w/f) d. 4 Dec 1891, Fairfield, unkn cause, age 1 mo, d/o Edw C & Lina CASH, b RB, rpt’d : father

CASH, James G (w/m), d 24 Mar 1884 Walk Crk, mumps, age 4mo 24da, s/o Jno W & Elizabeth CASH, b, RB, rpt’d : father

CASH, James G (w/m), d. 25 Apr 1885 Walk Crk, mumps, age 4yr 10da, s/o Jno W & Elizabeth CASH, b RB, rpt’d: father

page 38

CASH, Mattie R. (w/f) d 29 Jun 1886 SoRiv, whooping cough, age 47r, d/o J & Martha CASH, b RB, rpt’d : mother

CASH, Nancy (w/f), d 24 Augu 1888 SoRiv, paralysis, age 66yr, d/o: Henry & P DRAWBOND, b RB, rpt’d: mother

CASH, Nancy L (w/f), d 4 Jul 1883 SoRiv, consumption, age 51yr, d/o Zach & Lucinda CASH, b. Amherst CO, single, rpt’d: mother

CASH, Perly (w/f), d 4 Nov 1881, Bbrg, diarrhea, age 2yr, d/o M.B. & Dela J. CASH, b. RB, rpt’d : father

CASH, Polly (w/f) d 29 Aug 1887, Lex, old age, age 87 yr, b RB, rpt’d John Eton, son-in-law

CASH, R. M. (w/f) d 25 Apr 1886, Lex, old age, age 87 yr, laborer, rpt’ John Eton, son-in-law

CASH, Sallie (w/f) d Oct 1887 SoRiv, consumption, age 6yr, d/o Thom & M.E. CASH, b RB, rpt’d : father

CASH, Sarah (w/f) d 15 May 1892 Lex, dropsy, age 67 yr, w/o John, rpt’d : Jno L Cash, son

CASH, Sorelda J (w/f) d 6 Augu 1893 WalkCrk, typhoidflux, age 42yr, d/o Jno & Mahala Agner, b RB w/o M.B. rpt’d : husband

CASH, Unnamed, (w/f) d 29 Dec 1886 SoRiv, ukn cause, age 1da, d/o: J & Martha CASH, b RB, rpt’d : mother

CASH, Unnamed, (w/m) d d Jun 1893 NatBr, ukn cause, age 23da, s/o W.A. & Martha CASH, b. RB, rpt’d : mother

CASH, Washington (b/m), d 4 Mar 1880 SoRiv, old age, age 82yr, s/oJames & Celia CASH, b RB, farmer, h/o : Sarah, rpt’d : wife

CASH, Willie (w/f), d 17 Dec 1889 Lex, consumption 18yr, d/o: Frank & Fannie CASH, bRB, rpt’d : mother

This is the image of the marriage bond of Charlton Wallace and Martha Jane Cash.

If you are a Cash descendant, notice Ready Cash’s actual signature….that’s a pretty cool genealogy find!

If you would like a bigger copy of this, or have any idea or theories on who this William Wallace is, please contact me. Or if you just want to compare notes on Charlton.

This brick wall will fall some day!

A little over six months ago I was offered a job at Ancestry.com as the product manager for Search. Of course I happily accepted and have loved every day of it. I stop writing on this blog as I try to reconcile my personal searching and my new job. Now that I’ve been there a while and I’ve settled in, and we are at the beginning of new year, it seems like a good time to start back up with my writing on this blog.

My great-great-great grandfather was Charlton Wallace. And he has been my biggest brick wall. I’ve never been able to connect him with any other Wallace. Until yesterday. I spent 9 hours at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, which if you love genealogy is the place for you. I was scanning through a microfilm of Rockbridge Marriage Bonds and found on roll 2025355, the bond for Charlton Wallace and Martha Jane Cash. And low and behold, it had another Wallace on it. (I almost shouted when I found it!)

Transcription:

Know all men by these presents that we Charlton Wallace, William Wallace & Ready Cash are held and firmly bount unot John M Gregory Lieutenant acting Governor of the commonwealth of Virgina in the just and full sum of one hundred and fifty dolloars to which payment will and truly to be made to the said Governor and his successors for the use of the commonwealth, we bind ourselves our heirs escecutors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents. witness our hands and seals this 6th day of June 1842. The condition of the aobve obligation is such that where as a marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Charlton Wallace and Martha Jane Cash daughter of Ready Cash.

Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Teste David Hutcheson(sp?) Do

Charlton x(his mark) Wallace

William x(his mark) Wallace

Ready Cash (actual signature)

This is the first time I’ve seen an actual document that linked Charlton to any other Wallace directly. Scanning through about 50 other of these type of documents, I only saw two that listed another witness that appeared related to the prospective groom. We do know that Charlton was just about 19 when he married Martha Jane, and therefor not of legal age, so I’m guessing that William was his witness.

Now was William his father? His older brother? His uncle? Some unrelated Wallace? We do know on the 1860 census, two households away is a William Wallace that is listed as the same age as Charlton. I feel it is a bit of a stretch to that this is the same William Wallace.

It was also really interesting to see the actual signature of Ready Cash. I’ll get the document scanned in and posted soon.

So the search for who this William Wallace was is on. Sure, it may turn out not to be a relative, but it’s the first lead I’ve come across and it’s pretty darn exciting.

I’m in the process of updating some of my Cash ancestors. You can see the meager index I have for Stephen Cash to what I’ve started.

I’ve filled out much of what I have on Ready Cash. I really wonder if Ready was actually his real name. The last census I have for him shows his name as Redding. Who knows, every where else it is Ready. Strange name to say the least. His year of birth is also a great mystery. Many people list it as being 1807, but given that he was married in 1823, I really doubt this. He would have been 16. Possible, but not probable. I suspect that 1799 is probably much closer to the truth.

I’ve also updated the info I have for Thomas Cash, but it is not completed yet. His children appear to be a mystery as does his first wife Jamina Peachy. I’m hoping if anyone has more information or good theories, they’ll post here.

I hope to update a few more Cash’s over the next few days.