Thirty Fathers in Thirty Days: Joachim Hudson

 

“It is the men from the farms who in the past have taken the lead in every great movement within our country, whether in time of war or in time of peace.” — Theodore Roosevelt, The Farmer and the Businessman (1912)

In the Bristol Parrish Register of Henrico, Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia 1720-1790, is found the following entry:

Joakim  son of Hall and Elizabeth  Hudson born 11th Feb 1733 Bapt (baptized)  10th March.

Amazing.

Joakim, or Joachim, was one of my 5th Great Grandfathers. Back to the middlings, not a recent ancestor like a Great Grandparent, but also not one as far back as 9 or ten generations.

In Stanly County, NC, there are many descendants of a Joshua Hudson, a prolific man who married three times, lived nearly 100 years and fathered 20 over children into his 80's. His unusual life garnered a 'Letter to the Editor" to The Concord Times, a newspaper from the adjoining county of Cabarrus, in 1895, regarding the newly minted community of "Jackdaw", between Norwood and Cottonville.

The Concord Times

Concord, North Carolina • Thu, Jun 13, 1895Page 3

He was intriguing and remarkable, indeed, but has left generations dangling with some of his 'straight from the horse's mouth' information. My non-biological grandmother was descended from this man. I loved her tremendously, but do not carry her genes. She is even pictured in her youth in a massive Hudson Family reunion picture. There were certainly a multitude of them, he began a dynasty, no doubt, but most  have stayed stranded behind him, with  vague tales of his own beginnings commanding an impenetrable brick wall..

Then there was this.

"This is a transcription of a faded copy of a newspaper article, apparently from Stanly County. The clipping bears no date or masthead, but from quotes by "Auntie Jane" Swaringen (Joshua's 20th child of 22 children) the approximate date of publication is estimated to be sometime in 1952.  The article was written by Fred T. Morgan."

 An article written in 1952 by beloved Stanly county and Uwharrie Mountain chronicler Fred Morgan was published in the Stanly News and Press, the local newspaper where Mr. Morgan was employed. The article included an interview with one of Old Joshua's last surviving children, Jane Hudson Swaringen, who revealed that he was not born in Darlington, Sc as the previous article reported. Read on.

"According to her knowledge of the story, her father was born June 1, 1796, somewhere near the NC-Virginia line, between Roanoke Rapids and a place called something like Halifax.  His father, who was an immigrant from a foreign country, is believed to have been named Joshua also.  His mother, who died when he was 10 days old, was a Dutch woman.  At her death, his father gave him to an uncle who raised him upon a plantation.  In his late teens, he evidently became dissatisfied with the life on his uncle's farm and left without any horse, money or material possessions.

He is believed to have lived in Orange County NC for some time before coming on south to Anson County where he married Betsy Smith and settled down to tilling the soil.  Twelve children were born to them, six boys and six girls, as follows:  Jim, Patsy, Nancy, Louis (or Lewis), Sally, Rebecca, Burwell, Elijah, Elizabeth, Arch and Henry (twins), and Cindy."

Facts discovered since 1952 have proven or disproven some of the elderly Jane's memories. His family roots were indeed from Virginia, and his father was indeed named Joshua also. He was raised by an uncle and that uncle was my ancestor, Joachim Hudson. The untruths, or misconceptions include the report that his father was an immigrant from a foreign country. The immigrant ancestor was a number of generations previous to his father. His mother, who remains unknown, could have been Dutch, but more likely of German origin, if that. 

Instead of being a brick wall, the Hudson family, that extends to Old Joshua of Ugly Creek, is one of the remotest family surnames in the family tree. And not by my hand. While my non-biological grandmother descended from Joshua of Ugly Creek, I descend from the uncle-who-raised-him, Joachim. Joachim's daughter, Mary, was the first wife of Rocky River settler, Julius Hill. They had a son, William, who had a son William Matthew, who would move to Cabarrus County and operated a mill on Coddle Creek. Matthew had several beautiful daughters, one named Lottie. Lottie married a Lemmons, and they were the parents of my biological paternal grandmother. The connecting ancestor between the two Joshua Hudsons, Junior and Senior, and my Joachim, was Hall Hudson.

Hall Hudson

Hall Hudson lived circa 1700 to 1778, and was a citizen of Amelia County, Virginia. 

Amelia County, Virginia

He executed his will on March 3, 1778, and it was probated on September 28, 1780, in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County. Peter Hudson was the executor. Heirs named were:

Obedience Hudson, granddaughter, a cow and heifer, a sow with four shoats.

Noe Hudson, grandson, a feather bed and furniture, a cow and calf.

Richard Hudson, the "Great Family Bible".  - Glad it existed!

His other named children, Isaac Hudson, Hall Jr., Joshua, Benjamin, Joakim, Obediah, Elizabeth and Susannah, received only one shilling each, "and no more of my estate".  It appears these children had angered him, going against their father's wished is some manner.

Peter Hudson, the executor, received  a man name "Guy" and "all the rest of my living".

Witnesses were John Grey, Elizabeth Grey, Richard Ward, Robert Hudson, and George Snelling. 

Hall Hudson and his wife, Elizabeth Hampton, were the parents of both Joachim Hudson, and his brother, Joshua Hudson Sr., father of Jackdaw Joshua. They had a brother named Benjamin, who may have been the source of Joshua Seniors' other son, Benjamin, who remained in Anson County.  The children of Hall Hudson were not immigrants, and neither was Hall himself. In fact, his familial roots go back a number of generations in the land that would become America. 

Gentleman Henry Hudson

The lineage begins with an ancestor referred to as "Gentleman" Henry Hudson. Henry was born in 1500 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. He died in December of 1555, of a "malignant fever" and was buried at Saint Dunstan's Church, described as being east of London. Saint Dunstan's is also where another ancestor couple of mine, Richard Pace and wife, Isabella Smythe, were married prior to sailing to Virginia and settling in Jamestown. The church still exists, but is currently impossible to access due to political and immigrant issues occurring in London.

Henry's tombstone declares that he was the father of 8 sons and three daughters. His wife was named Barbara, and they were married in 1525 in St. Editha, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Henry was named in Queen Mary's Charter, on February 6, 1555, as one of several founders of the Muscovy Company, the sponsor of John Sebastian Cabot, (not Jodie and Buffy's butler, either), an explorer of the Americas. Gentleman Henry was an important man. He was an Alderman in London, and was Lord of several Manors, and a wealthy landowner and tradesman. Some of his property had been ceded him by King Henry the Eighth. Despite the noble and aristocratic status, he is best known as the grandfather, of Henry Hudson, the explorer. After his death, his widow remarried to Richard Champion, a Sheriff and Alderman, and then she died in 1568.

Henry Hudson II 

Henry II was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire in 1541. There is a bit of debate in this generation. The most firmly held belief is that Henry II was the father of our ancestor, William. Since there is only 19 years between Henry II and William, some argue that William was instead, his nephew, and the son of Henry II's brother, William, who was born in 1528. It is easy to hold ancestors to modern trend and propriety, and we often forget how young they traditionally married, especially among the upper classes, as life could be short and rife with dangers, (and daggers). Nineteen was certainly not too young for a firstborn child. We'll stick with Henry II, unless proof is found otherwise. 

Junior was also a member of the Muscovy Company, an association of merchant adventurers. He owned land in Stourton, Lincolnshire, and like his father, was an alderman. There are records that he was a member of the Guild of Skinners and Tanners. This group was one of 12 companies that were the privileged guilds that a Lord Mayor could be chosen from. The name of Henry II's wife, and any possible daughters, are unknown, but it is known he had 6 sons. These were William, our line, Henry Hudson III, the Explorer, John, Thomas, Edward and Christopher, all born between 1560 and 1580.

William Hudson

William Hudson, son of Henry II and brother of Henry the Explorer, was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, about 1560. He died around 1630 in the same town. On November 1, 1592, in Tamworth, he married Alice Turner. William and Alice would have five sons. 

• Robert Hudson, born in 1592 in Tamworth, arrived in Virginia in 1622 aboard the ship "James". He was living at Chaplain's Choice in 1623.
• William Hudson, born in 1602 in Tamworth, arrived in Virginia on January 12, 1635, aboard the "Bonaventure". 
• Christopher Hudson, born in 1605 in Tamworth, arrived in Virginia aboard the "Alice" on July 13, 1635.
• Richard Hudson is our Immigrant ancestor. He settled in Accomac, Virginia. More on him later.
• Edward Hudson was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire. It is unknown when he arrived in Virginia but was living at "Ye Neak of Land" on February 16, 1623. He owned 100 acres in Henrico County, on the Southside of the James River, downstream from the falls. 

The place name of "Henrico" was obviously passed down by word of mouth through multiple generations. 

Richard Hudson I

Richard Hudson I was our immigrant ancestor, not Joshua's father but his third Great Grandfather.

Richard was born around 1608 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. He was christened on November 5, 1608 at the Church of England in Tamworth. He arrived in Virginia aboard the "Safety" on August 10, 1635, at close to 30 years old.  He would die in 1657 in Hungars Creek, Accomack County, Virginia, at about 52 years old. His first wife is a mystery. He married the second time to Mary Tilghman Hayes in 1632, and a third time to Barbara Jacobs in 1652, just a few years before his death.

Richard was a Mariner, by trade and became a coastal trader. He settled along Hungars Creek in Accomack County. He apparently left two of his sons in England, the two being Henry and Richard II. He had married Mary Hayes, who was the widow of John Hayes, so her maiden name is unknown. The marriage was beneficial, financially, to Richard. The widow's debts were three times the value of her estate, and there was at least one stepchild, a daughter named Ruth Hayes, that the couple bound out. Traditions were different, and it was not a requirement for our ancestors to be nice people. Richard may have just not wanted her daughter around. Richard was shown to be a Mariner in the transporting records, and had a shipmate named Thomas Streete. He married a third time to Barbara Jacobs. There is also the issue of the mark. 

British families, especially those of higher status, had Coat of Arms, marks and brands, denoting their family and possessions. The Coat of Arms of Gentleman Henry Hudson contained an "argent, semee of fleurs delis gules, a cross engrailed sable." In the Virginia colony, the Richard Hudson marked his livestock with a similar brand, indication that he was using the family crest of his Great Grandfather. There are a few human-interest stories within the old court records of Accomack County, involving Richard for those who care to look. He left a nuncupative will in 1658, and died September 12, 1658, in Northampton County, Virginia. The known children of Richard Hudson I and his three possible wives. The exact mothers of these men are unknown, as well as any sisters.

• Henry Hudson (son of Richard, 'of Maryland')
• Robert Hudson of Onadock Creek, Accomack County, Va.
• Richard Hudson II (our line, see below.
• Edward Hudson of Rappahannock County, Va.
• Nicholas Hudson of Poakomoke hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.
• William Hudson of Hungars Creek, Accomack County, Va.
• John Hudson of Northampton, Accomack County, Va.

Richard Hudson II

The son of Richard I and Mary Tillman (or Tilghman) Hayes Hudson was born in Accomack, Virginia around 1634. He would die on October 25, 1669, in Roxdale, Henrico County, Virginia. He was the first Hudson of this line to be born in America and clearly where Jane Hudson Swaringen had gotten the name Henrico. Her father was not from there, but his ancestors had lived there. Richard married Mary Bowman in 1658. The story goes that the sons had no real relationship with their father, as he was often at sea. He was home enough to have seven sons, however. After his mother died, Richard was placed in the indenture and care of James Bruce, his guardian.  After reaching adulthood, Richard II would follow a wagon train of families relocating westward into Henrico County. He attached himself to the Bowman family who had bought land on the southside of the James River. He was given land, in conjunction with his wife, Mary, a plantation property known as Roxdale, by his father-in-law, Robert Bowman. This property was also referred to in the October 25, 1669, will of Richard Hudson II. In it, he had divided the property between three of his sons, all "infants", or minors, at the time, so somehow, it had been held in trust by the Bowmans until this time. The three were assigned a Thomas Pauldon as a guardian at the time of the will, so how it had passed to the Bowmans is a mystery.

"1 Dec 1688. On that date, Richard, the son and heir of Richard Hudson, deceased, late of Roxdale in Henrico Co, stated that by his father's will of 25 Oct 1669 he and his two brothers, Robert and William Hudson, were devised a plantation at Roxdale then in the possession of Thomas Poland. It was the land which his father Richard Hudson, Sr had been given by his father-in-law Bowman. The land has escheated to the crown and had been granted to the three brothers. For 1600 pounds of tobacco Richard Hudson sold his share to his brother Robert Hudson. The witnesses to the deed were Thomas Cocke and William Cocke, Jr. Mary Hudson, wife of Richard Hudson, relinquished her dower. Three sons of Richard II and Mary Hudson; Richard Hudson III 1660, Henrico Co, VA, Robert Hudson 1662, Henrico Co., VA, William Hudson Aug 1668, Henrico Co., VA."

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The children of Richard Hudson II and Mary Bowman were: 

• Robert Hudson (1662 Henrico - 1733 Chesterfield, Va) Patriarch of the Chesterfield County, VA. Hudsons.
• William Hudson (1667 Henrico - 1701 Hanover County, Va) Patriarch of the Hanover County, VA Hudsons.
• Rebecca Hudson ( 1670 - ?)
• Richard Hudson II or III (1659- Henrico - died 1746, in Amelia County, Va) Married Mary Hall, our line.

Richard Hudson III

Richard, the son of Richard and Mary Bowman Hudson, born 1659, married Mary Hall in 1688. After his father died, he and his brothers, Robert and William, were awarded a guardian in the form of Thomas Pauldin. In a Henrico County Deed, dated December 1, 1688, Richard III confesses that his father had a will dated October 25, 1669 and had given the plantation named Roxdale, given to him by his father-in-law, Robert, divided equally between his three sons, Richard, Robert and William. In saying so, he also reported that the man who had been appointed the guardian of the minor children, Thomas Polan or Poland, was living on the Plantation and had stolen in from the boys. The three sons appear to have won their court battle, as later, Richard is shown selling his shares to his brother Robert for 1600 pounds of tobacco. Afterwards, Richard III went further west  to make his fortune and settled in Amelia County, Virginia. He made his home at Hatcher's Run by 1706. He was the father of the aforementioned Hall Hudson, father of Joachim. The children of Richard Hudson III and Mary Hall were:

• Charles Hudson born about 1677
• Isaac Hudson
• James Hudson
• Richard Hudson born about 1690 - this branch ended up in Texas.
• Hall Hudson born about 1700 and died March 13, 1778
• Thomas Hudson born about 1702.

Hall Hudson

And then we are back to Hall Hudson of Amelia County, Virginia and wife Elizabeth again. The children of Hall and Elizabeth Hampton Hudson were:

• Peter Hudson b about 1720 who married Mary Terrell.
• Isaac Hudson born 17 July 1722 who married Elizabeth Hudson
• Joshua Hudson born 9 June 1727, died in Anson County, NC.
• Benjamin Hudson born 15 January 1728.
• Hall Hudson Jr. born 1732
• Joakim (Joachim) Hudson born February 11 1733, died December 5, 1817 in Darlington County, South Carolina.
• Elizabeth Hall Hudson born 1734. Married Cuthbert Hudson
• Obediah Hudson born 1735, married Rhoda Anderson.
• Richard Hudson born 1737
• Susannah Hudson born 1742, married a Shelton. 

Dates of birth from the Bristol Parish register of Amelia County.

On March 25, 1770, Hall gave a gift of deed to three of his sons; 150 acres to Joshua, 190 acres to Richard, and 190 acres to Obediah. Then over the next three years, the three boys sold pieces of the property off until it was gone.  In 1775, he gave a gift of deed to his sons Hall Jr and Peter, with the provision that if one died, the property would revert solely to the other. 

And now, finally, we are to Joachim Hudson. 

Joachim Hudson

Joachim is a biblical but seldom used name. It may have come to him down his mother's side of the family, as he was the first Joachim in the Hudson line. He was born either in Amelia or Prince George County, Virginia. He relocated to Anson County, North Carolina around 1777, as he bought his first property that year. His property was along Richardson's Creek, near the Hill family that his daughter, Mary would marry into. Joachim had two wives. His first wife, and Mary's mother of Margaretha Elizabetha Martin.  His second wife was Sarah Hickson. She had children by a previous marriage.  It has not been determined for certain if he had children with Sarah or only Margaretha Elizabetha aka Elizabeth.

In a timeline of Joachims life:

1758- 1760 Appears in tax lists in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Probably working as an apprentice.

1760 - Appears as a taxable in Amelia County with his father.

1764- Appears in Granville County, North Carolina.

By 1777- has arrived in Anson County, NC

1777 - September- bought 69 acres on both sides of Richardson Creek from William Brooks.

1778- March- Joachim named in his father, Hall Hudson's will.

1779- January - 100 acres of land on the fork of Bear Branch between Morris Poole and Thomas Gilbert.

1779- January 1, Jacob Thomas entered 100 acres bordering Hudson and his own improvement.

1778- Jan. 13, Joachim Hudson enters 100 acres on the north side of Richardson's Creek and the upper line of his own land. Around the same time, John Culpepper has four entries, another relative.

1790 

Name	Joakin Hutson
Home in 1790 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females	4
Number of Household Members	5

Joachim headed a family of five in the first census of the USA, himself and four females. There was also a Joseph and a William Hudson or Hutson, (it's seen both ways), in the Anson County at this time. I feel Joseph must have been Joshua Sr. There were a couple of Martins near him that may have been related to his wife. 

1783 - October 14, Gov. Alexeander Martin of Hillsborough to Joakim Huidson # 588 ;100-acre Grant on the south side of the Rocky River and the northwest side of Richardsons Creek, crosses Bare Branch.

It began on Hudson's corner pine near his cornfield, to Joachim Hudson. He was expanding his holdings. 

 1783, Oct 14, Gov. Martin to Joakim Hudson Grant 594, another 100 acres in the same area, meeting his own property.

1783- Obediah Hudson enters 300 acres on the southeast of Brown Creek bordering Abram Hill, including a branch running above Joseph White's spring branch and Abram and Samuel Hill's improvement. Obediah was a brother of Joachim.

1787-August 11, Britain Braswell to Joakim Hudson for $30, 100 acres on SW side of the Pee Dee River, on Pelham's fork, begins at Nathaniel Byby's line crosses the fork, Nathan Braswell's and crosses the creek, Witnesses; Thomas and Stephen Lacy and William Benton.

1787-October 1, Nathan Braswell of Richmond county to Joakim Hudson of Anson for $16 NC Money, 100 acres on the SW side of the Pee Dee River on Pellham's fork and crosses the creek. Witnesses Thomas and Stephen Lacy.

1789- September 1, Joakim Hudson to William Hudson (his son) for $30 North Carolina money, 100 acres on both sides of Pelham's fork, begins at post oak on Nathaniel Byby's line, Nathan Braswell's and crosses the creek. Buckner Kimball and Halal Hudson (Hall Hudson) witnesses. Book 2 page 270.

1790 -Jan. 4, James Hudson to Benjamin Cooper for $5,100 acres on the south side of Pee Dee and Richardson's Creek, enters a hollow and crosses a creek. Witnesses: John Warren Jackson, Thomas Shelby & William Hudson

1791- Feb. 28, James Hudson to Benjamin Cooper-100 acres on SW side of Pee Dee and east side of Richardson Creek, crosses Flat Fork and his old line. Witnesses William Hudson, jurat and Tubar Winget. Book 2, page 449. Here we see the sons of Joachim Hudson wheeling and dealing on their own.

1793- April 16, Joachim Hudson enters 100 acres on the north side of Richardson Creek that borders his own.

1387- Joaquim Hudson enters 150 acres adjoining his own land.

1155-Obediah Hudson enters 100 acres on both sides of Thompsons Creek, bordering Major Hohn Jackson's upper line and William Rorey's line.

1794- Oct 18, William Hutson enters 100 acres on the waters of Richardson's Creek bordering his own land. William was a son of Joachim.

1795-April 1, Michael Austin of Anson to Joakim Hudson , 35 acres at a spruce pine on the south side of Richardson's Creek joining Hudson's old line. Witnesses were Josias Wright and Lemuel Holland.

1796- April Land Grant 1342 for 50 acres in Anson on both sides of Richardson Creek adjoining Josiah Wright. 

1797- January, Joachim Hudson sold to William Matheny for 80 pounds, 100 acres on the south side of the Rocky River and on the northwest side of Richardson's Creek, near his own improvements. Witnesses were Solomon Boggan, Obediah Curlee and William Strain.

1797- July 10- gov. Samuel Ashe of Raleigh to Joakim Hudson 50 acres on both side of Richardson's Creek.

1797-July 10, Gov. Samuel Ashe to Joshua Dankens, 200 acres on Rays's fork of Richardson Creek, begins at Joshua Hudson's corner post. Joshua Hudson was Joachim's brother. This was about the time Joshua Jr. was born and why I believe he may have been born in Anson and not Virginia, as the story goes.

1797 - June, another grant on the north side of Richardson's Creek near Wright's line.

1799- Jun 7, Gov. William R. Davis of Raleigh, NC to Joacim Hudson grant #1482 150 acres on Richardson Creek, begins at his own post oak .(Notice his name is spelled various ways.)

 

In the 1800 census, Joakim is head of a household of five people. He and his wife were over 45, there was one male under ten in his household and two young females, one under ten and one ten to 15.

Name	Joakim Hutson
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)	Fayetteville, Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10	1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10	1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1
Number of Household Members Under 16	3
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	5

His brother Joshua Hudson Sr. is definitely in this census, and may be the only one he appears in. 

Joaquim is listed close to Isaac and John Hill in 1800, who were part of Mary's future family.

Name	Joakim Hutson
Residence Date	6 Aug 1810
Residence Place	Anson, North Carolina, USA
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	2

 By 1810, Joachim and his wife are alone in them, both in their 70's by then. Some of the adult children live near them, others have set out for greener pastures south or west. 

1810 - March 5, Indenture by Joachim Hudson to Nathan Hinson for $125 for 100 acres on the southwest side of Richardsons Creek, adjoining Green's branch.

1810- March 15, Indenture by Obediah Curlee to Joakim Hudson for $100 for 100 acres on the northwest side of Richardson's Creek. Witnessed by William Curlee and Nathan Hindson.

1810- June 19, a Deed of Gift, "for the love and affection to my loving son William Hudson of Anson, for love, goodwill & affection gave  all the lands now being on my present lands known by my living on it" . Before he signed he gave William an inventory of it. Witnessed by J. Smith and John High. Signed Joachim Hudson.

1810- November 30, Gov. David Stone to Obediah Curlee a grant on the waters of Richardson's Creek beginning at Joachim Hudson's corner post oak.

1814- Oct. 6, William Hudson of Anson to Spear Moore of Montgomery, 159 acres in two tracts, Spanish oak on the south bank of Richardson's Creek, joins Joakim Hudson's old line, my 100 acres tract, being all the land on that side of the creek "in" Joakim's old tract &100 acres beginning at Jacob Thomas's corner pine on the creek bank. Witnesses William Crittendon and Armiger Lilly.

1816, May 1, James Hill of Anson to William Hudson, same, for $200 100 acres beginning at Hudson's corner dead pine. Witnesses: I Hudson and John Hudson.

1817- March 17, Spear Moor of Anson to Reddick Moor sold three tracts on Richardson's Creek, joining Joatham Hudson's and William Hudson 100 acre tract, being all the land on that side of the creek in said Joathem Hudson's old tract, beginning at Jacob Thomas's corner, sold to Spear Moore by William Hudson.

1819, Mary 15, William Hudson of Anson to Asa Baucom for $200 sold 100 acres on the north side of Richardson's Creek beginning at a Willow Oak at the mouth of Gum branch, joins Hudson. William Baucom and John Hudson witnesses.

There are land records, all the way into the 1830's that mention the lands of Joachim Hudson, often included in the transactions of Spears Moore and his family, William Hudson, and other Hudson family members. These require more inspection and consideration, especially with the Moore's and the Hills. Another post for another day. 

Sometime between 1810 and 1814, Joachim and Sarah, his second wife, picked up and moved to Darlington County, South Carolina, where several of her adult children lived. It doesn't appear that Joachim and Sarah had any children together, and that they had married later in life, past her childbearing years. She had several Hickson children, and her maiden name is unknown.

Joachim Hudson died around 1815. His widow, Sarah, was named the administrator. Despite being around 84 years old, he had not made a will.

What would follow would be a series of court cases and lawsuits carrying on until the 1820's. Some involved the property of Sarah that was to go to her Hickman children, that had been attached, or counted, to debts occurred by Joachim Hudson in his last few years. As he grew older and ill in health, he had sold most of his properties, or dispensed of them to his own children, before his illness set in or his debts began to accumulate. 

Administration of Joachim Hudson's Estate

The signatures on the bottom of the Administration papers were of Sarah Hudson, Elias Hickson and Levi Hickson. I've seen some people transcribe them as Elias and Levi Hudson, instead of Hickson, but these were Sarah's sons by her first marriage.

The South Carolina proceedings seemed to be substantially more formal and exorbitant than those in North Carolina. The details are not genealogically important, more legalese than informative. 

The judges and justices of the procedures were John Sansbury, George King, Gabriel Morris and Henry Hagewood. 

In 1819, it was determined that the remaining property of Joachim Hudson was valued at $356.75.

Then came the suits between Sarah Hudson, admin of Joachim Hudson and Jesse Hudson and his brothers. No daughters were involved in the lawsuits. 

To sum up the above document, certain property of Sarah Hickson Hudson, that had been in her possession at the onset of their marital union, had ended up in the possession of some of Joachim's sons. The sons considered the property, primarily enslaved people, their property, that could not be attached to their father or stepmothers debts. 

"In Equity Between Jesse Hudson et al & Sarah Hudson admin of Joachim Hudson-Defendant.

" to take an accounting the personal estate of Joachim Hudson the intestate & found that he died possessed of goods and chattels to the value of"

"before her manager & whilst she was Sally Hickson conveyed by deeds dated 22 Jany 1812 this negro woman and her then only child & ..future increase as she should afterwards have,,, children by her former husband Hutson to have & to hold the said negro woman and her increase after...

"death of the said Sally Hudson now the defendant. That the intestate died indebted by notes to the amount of fourteen dollars eighty 1/2 cents to his own as count & in addition to this sum the intestate previous w his marriage with the deft."

"joined her in executing the following (illegible) to her children (viz) John Hickson in the sum of three hundred dollars, to Eli Hickson in the sum of three hundred dollars. To Levi Hickson in the sum of three hundred dollars. To Sally Hickson in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars and to Esther Prother in the sum of ninety-five dollars."

"By Wm (William) Brothers (or Prothers) the husband of the aforesaid Esher Bothers husband to due by the deft....whether the intestate took an absolute in the estate in the negro woman Sarah & her children, (which had increased to four after the original document) & whether the said intestate is to be charged with the payment of the said notes of hand aforesaid."

Above, several transfers of property between the Hudson family of Darlington, formerly of Anson.

Other transfers between the Hickson's, their stepbrother.

Sarah filed a petition against the Hudson brothers, Elijah, Jesse, Jacob, William and Reuben in March of 1818. Joachim and Sarah had supposedly made an agreement before his death concerning her children from her Hickson marriage.

" Sarah Hudson Administratrix of Joachim Hudson vs Elijah Hudson, Jesse Hudson, Jacob Hudson, William Hudson and Reuben Hudson. Writ of Subpoena Response."

Above, the bill of complaint

The above from 1820 listed the 'debts due by Joachim Hudson', and they were to Sarah's children and son-in-law in lieu of their wives; Levy Hickson, Samuel Parnell (who married Sally), Eli Hickson, Esther Prother. Esther appears to have been a widow by then. Her husband was William Prother.

"She further says that some time provisions to her intermarriage the said Joachim consents that Sally and her children should settle upon herself during her & afterwards to her children this former a part of the provision which she made for herself est of her property And this defendant says the debts of the said estate are greater than the funds in her hands for the payment of debts and she cannot consent to a division until the debts are paid.."

Below: Grants gotten by Joachim Hudson in Anson County during his lifetime. 

Benjamin Hudson and Joshua Hudson, seen above, were the sons of Joachim's brother, Joshua Sr., who died young. Joachim reportedly took the children of his brother in after his death. William is the son of Joachim. James was a son of Joachim, but not listed in the lawsuit.

The children of Joachim and Elizabeth Martin Hudson were;

•  Elijah Hudson, born about 1769, died in 1843 in Jefferson County, Georgia, buried at he Providence Baptist Church in Avera, Jefferson. Had spent a considerable amount of time in Darlington before moving to Georgia. Married 1st to Unity "Uni" Matthews and had 5 children. Married second to Sarah Fontaine on January 10, 1821, in Jefferson County, Georgia and had two more children. Elijah Hudson opened a post office in his home and founded "Hudsonia" Georgia.
• William Hudson, probably the oldest son as he shows up first in land records and the census. He died in Sumter County, Georgia.
• James Hudson appears to have been the second oldest son, showing up second in the Anson records. 
• Jesse Hudson was born in Anson County, NC and died in Darlington County, SC. He married 1st to Elizabeth Oates and second to Ann Coker. He died in 1845 in Darlington. 
• Jacob Hudson
• Rueben Hudson
• Sarah Hudson born 1778 and died 1866 in Anson County, NC, married John Curlee. 
• Martha Hudson
• Elizabeth Hudson
• Mary Hudson, married Julius Walter Hill, died 1836 in Union County, NC.

The George and Joaquin II attached to Joachim sometimes are actually grandsons.  One suit record states Joachim Hudson died on December 5, 1817.

Livor Mortis

Livor Mortis is the final stage of death. When our spirit exits our earthly ewer, gravity takes over and our blood is free to go hang out with its friends in whatever part of our body it wishes to pool. It's 5 o'clock in John Doe land, and everyone, and everything, is off work. Depending on what angle or position the carcass is in when life leaves it, the difference in lividity patterns can vary.

I descend from the one known child of James O. Mauldin and wife Mary A. Smith Mauldin, to have a large and multitudinous family, Thomas Alexander Mauldin. With the fate of one daughter unknown, and the other passing away as a youthful wife with two small children, and the other sons dying fairly young of various diseases, accidents or war, their children left behind small families, or none at all, with, of course, the one exception. 

Relying on the Mauldin family book, 'Ye Mauldins" by distant cousin, Ervin Mauldin, which I had gifted to my mother long ago, several of those descendants seem to have been like these last, gasping pools of blood, dispersing into opaqueness and sempiternal obscurity. 

One sibling of my Thomas Alexander Mauldin, whose little clutch fell into the previous elucidation, was Archibald Claiborne Mauldin, the oldest of his younger siblings. 

Like Tom, Archie was probably born in either Chatham or Montgomery County, North Carolina, on June 18, 1827, according to an old Family Bible.. James O. Mauldin had arrived in West Pee Dee, Montgomery County, NC by 1830, as he appears in the census then, his family growing like a crop of  opportunistic weeds.

Name	James Malden
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	West Side Pee Dee River, Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5	1 Archibald Claiborn Mauldin
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9	1 Thomas Alexander Mauldin
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14	1 John Wesley Mauldin
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39	1 James O. Mauldin
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5	1 Mary Ellen Mauldin
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49	1 Mrs. Mauldin (Mary?)
Free White Persons - Under 20	4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	6

James received a grant on Jacobs Creek, a tributary to the Pee Dee River, in 1840.  The Mauldin's were yeoman farmers, family and hired hands were their laborers. They did not and would not own slaves, or a great deal of land, either. They lived a godly life as humble subsistence farmers, as far as I can tell. 

The Mauldin's were said to be members of  Randles Church, and located south of Albemarle, the county seat of Stanly County. 

In August of 1847,  Archibald Mauldin received his own Grant. Found at the Stanly County Register of deeds in Book 2, Page 61 and also at NC Land Grants. For $5.00 for every 100 acres granted by the treasury, A. C. Mauldin was granted 45 acres on the Waters of Jacobs Creek adjoining James Mauldin, his father, and others. It was entered the 10th day of February 1846. Archibald would have been about 19. He may have gotten married about this time in his young life. 

A second deed involving Archibald Mauldin is an Indenture dated July 17, 1849, and found in Book 4, page 104 in the Stanly County Register of Deeds.  Thomas A. Mauldin sells to his brother, A. C. Mauldin, for $50.00 in hand, for a tract of land belonging to the estate of James Mauldin, their father, which was Thomas's ninth part share of the inheritance. 

The next deed involving Archibald will be when his widow, Mary, sells the land she inherited from Archibald's decease to J. R. Ivey, found in Book 4 Page 433, of the Stanly County Register of Deeds. 

Archibald had married Mary Allen, also seen as Polly, about 1846-1848. Polly was the daughter of Joseph Allen (1804-1877), son of George W. Allen and Jane Snuggs, and Oney Florence Shankle Allen, (1804-1840), daughter of the Rev. George Shankle, Sr. Polly Allen Mauldin was born on August 12, 1826. 

Name	Mary Mauldin
Gender	Female
Race	White
Residence Age	23
Birth Date	abt 1827
Birthplace	North Carolina
Residence Date	1850
Home in 1850	Freemans, Stanly, North Carolina, USA
Line Number	5
Dwelling Number	124
Family Number	125
Inferred Spouse	Archibald Mauldin
Inferred Child	Joseph Mauldin

Household members

Name	Age
Archibald Mauldin	24
Mary Mauldin	23
Joseph Mauldin	0

By 1850, we see the image of a young family, Archibald, age 24 and Mary, 23, having given birth to their first child, Joseph. The date was August 1, 1850, and Joseph was one month old. A. C. and Mary were living amongst family. They resided in Freeman's District, in household 125. In Household 126, following them, was his mother, Mary, and his younger, unmarried siblings; James Jr. 19, Mary 21, Benjamin 17, Eliza 15, Parham 12, and Franklin 8. James O. Mauldin had left a young family. Below his mother was neighbor, Henry Shankle. In the household prior to his own, Number 124, was his oldest brother, John Mauldin, with his wife, Sarah and children; Mary E. 9, Martha 7, James H., 5, William P. 1 and Lucy Carter, Sarah's sister, was living with them.

In the Stanly County Court Minute Document in the February 1857 Session, we discover that A C Mauldin has passed away. There must have been a lingering death, an illness or injury,  that prompted the thirty year old man in the prime of his young life to write a Will. 

"The last will + testament of A. C. Mauldin was proven in open court and offered for probate and the execution thereof was duly proved on the paths of John R Ivey + Henry Shankle the subscribing witnesses thereto.....will an codicil thereto was admitted to probate whereupon Parham Mauldin the Executor therein named was duly sworn. "

These names will be seen again.

The Will of Archibald Claiborne Mauldin was dated January 16, 1857.

"I bequeath into my wife Mary and children all of my land except 20 acres joining old tract, I give to brother Parham Maulden to attend unto my business. The tract of land what Thomas Maulden now lives on when he pays my wife for said tract of land then Mary Maulden my wife is to make said T Maulden a right to said land. 

I bequeath unto Mary and children all of my stock hogs, cattle, horses, wagon, farming tools household kitchen furniture.

As long as my wife Mary Maulden holds my name she is to have control over all the said property, if she should marry the said property is to be equally divided between my three children. "

The Will was signed A.C. Maulden and witnessed by John R. Ivey and H. Shankle.

He then would add a codicil, a month later, dated February 3, 1857. He had included his youngest brother, Dowd Franklin Mauldin. 

"I bequeath to Franklin Mauldin thirteen 3/4 acres of land joining the part of land that falls to his share."

Again, Henry Shankle stood witness and AC Mauldin signed. Mary Mauldin would keep his name until the end of her life. She was widowed at age 31. Their three children were Joseph I Mauldin, born in 1850, Lucy Ellen, born in 1852, and James Archibald, born in 1856. Mary had been left with a 7 year old, a 5 year old, and an infant. 

Name	Mary Maulden
Age	34
Birth Year	Abt 1826
Gender	Female
Race	White
Home in 1860	Stanly, North Carolina
Post Office	Albemarle
Dwelling Number	228
Family Number	228
Inferred Child	Joseph I Maulden; Ellen Maulden

Household members

Name	Age
Mary Maulden	34
Joseph I Maulden	10
Ellen Maulden	8
Archy Maulden	3

1860

In  the 1860 census, taken June 13, by J. M. McCorkle, Mary is listed as a 34 year old widow, with no occupation and no value, in either real estate, or her personal estate. A.C.'s estate may still have been in limbo. Her most immediate neighbors were farmer John Carriker, a widower, with adult and teenaged children living with him, and a worker named Joseph Morton, and his wife. Below her was farmer and Methodist Minister, L. A. Whitlock. Also near was Baptist Minister, Rev. William Solomon, who had also lived near them in 1850, so they appear to have still been living upon the fields above Jacob's Creek.

On the 12th day of September, 1860, Mary sold to J. R. Ivey, for $1.00 in hand, all of her life estate, or interest in the estate of her deceased husband, A. C. Mauldin; 'lying on the waters of Jacobs Creek adjoining the lands of James Maulden deceased, F. A. Laton and others, containing 200 acres more or less." She also named off her livestock, crops and various implements, then named the debts she owed, that she wished J.R. Ivey to pay off for her, in exchange for all she owed, including notes to neighbor, Henry Shankle, and her brother, Asbury Allen.

In his will and in the census, the name Mauldin was spelled Maulden, with an 'e'. Today, our branch of the family spell it with an "i".

1870

Name	Mary Maulden
Age in 1870	39
Birth Date	abt 1831
Birthplace	North Carolina
Dwelling Number	201
Home in 1870	Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Race	White
Gender	Female
Post Office	Albemarle
Occupation	At Home
Inferred Children	Joseph Maulden; Ellen Maulden

Household members

Name	Age
Henry Shankle	59
Lena Shankle	56
Calvin Shankle	27
Jane Shankle	24
Stanhope Shankle
Joseph Shankle	22
Ettie Shankle	12
Mary Maulden	39
Joseph Maulden	20
Ellen Maulden	17

In the 1870 census, the first after that ungodly war, and its aftermath of poverty, and devastation, to the much of the region, and, including Stanly County, Mary Mauldin is found living with her former, kindly neighbor, Henry Shankle. With her are her two oldest children, Joseph I. Maulden, 20, and Lucy Ellen, 17. They were all probably aiding in running the Shankle farm. Prior to this, another estate file for Archibald Mauldin exists, with his administrator, and brother, Parham Mauldin, suing the children, while still just children, for their share of their father's estate, together and individually. He requested the money to pay off the debts that a young man starting out, like Archibald, had accumulated. Living near Mary was Sarah Mauldin, her sister-in-law, also a widow. This was Sarah Ross Mauldin, widow of James O. Mauldin Jr., and her four children.

There was one child missing, the youngest, Archibald II. 

Name	Archd Maulden
Age in 1870	13
Birth Date	abt 1857
Birthplace	North Carolina
Dwelling Number	129
Home in 1870	Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Race	White
Gender	Male
Post Office	Albemarle
Occupation	At Home
Cannot Read	Yes
Cannot Write	Yes

Household members

Name	Age
E M Smith	36
Mary Smith	32
Julia Smith	8
Daniel Smith	6
Charles Smith	4
David Smith	2
Celina Smith	8/12
Archd Maulden	13

Archie, as he was called as a boy, was found in the household of E M. Smith, working as a farm hand. The young, but populous, family had small children, so help in the fields was needed, I'm sure. Mary seems to have survived with her family, and from the labor of her children. 

By 1880, Mary 'Polly' Ross Mauldin was within her middle years, which came considerably earlier in those days.

Mary and her two younger children were now boarding with the James C. Bunn family. Polly is 50, and her profession is keeping house. The age of her daughter, Ellen, is given as 25, though she was a few years older in truth. She was probably trying to appear younger. Girls did that in those days. Also boarding with them were two of Mary's unmarried sisters, Martha  Allen, 45, and Nancy Allen , age 40. Following their names is that of "Archy" Mauldin, whose age is given as 30, although he was younger than Ellen, and his occupation as "works on farm".

The missing child, now a grown man, was Joseph I Mauldin. I've told a bit of his story before. On January 24, 2014, a decade ago, I penned this post, "The Irrepressible Nealie Shepherd", about the life of the wife of Joseph I Mauldin. The post can be accessed here.

On November 19, 1887, Marion Hudson, of all people, applied for the marriage license of "40-year-old" Joseph I. Mauldin, who was actually 37 son of Archie and Mary Mauldin, and Lundy C. Shepherd, daughter of Edward and Francis Shepherd, aged 18, but actually 15. OH MARION! The wedding took place at 5 pm, "in the road between M(arion) Hudson and John Mills".  Witnesses were H. H. Russell, Joe Russell and Marion Hudson. 

I have also posted, more than once, concerning my "Uncle Marion". Once, I had put him under the heading of "Bad guys of Stanly County", or "Sunday Black sheep". Nancy Caroline Hudson was my Grandmother's Grandmother. Not my grandmother who was born a Mauldin, but one of my other two Grandmothers. This was my non-biological Grandmother, and my Grandmother just as much. She told me the tales of her younger days. She had no other grandchild to tell them to. Marion Hudson was Caroline's only brother. The four children were orphaned young and bad things befell them. Marion actually fathered a child with his Aunt, named Polly. Given, Polly was his father's half-sister. They shared a father, but had different mothers, and Marion, her nephew, was older than she, but they still had a child together. Marion obviously had a close relationship with Joseph I Mauldin. He applied for the marriage license and was a witness to the nuptials.

On June 10, 1891, Nealie would give birth to her only child, son Patterson. By 1900, she was widowed and living in Richmond County, where Marion Hudson was living with his wife and children. Nealie and Patterson were living there when her grandfather, Marcus Princeton Carter's will was probated in 1895. The date of death for Joseph I. Mauldin is unknown. Before the 1900 census, or that's what we've been led to believe and what was reported by his wife, Nealie. He may have gotten wanderlust and moved westward.

Name	Nealie Maulden
Age	25
Birth Date	Jun 1874
Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Home in 1900	Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina
Sheet Number	7
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	102
Family Number	106
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Mother: number of living children	1
Mother: How many children	1
Can Read	Y
Can Write	N
Can Speak English	Y
House Owned or Rented	Rent
Farm or House	H
Neighbors	View others on page
Household Members	Household Members Name Age Nealie Maulden 25 Patterson Maulden 11

In the 1900 census, as well as the 1910, Lundy Cornelia Shepherd Mauldin and her son, Patterson, are living in the town of Rockingham, Richmond County. She becomes the housekeeper for a much older man named Lewis Dawkins and eventually married him. Nealie was a shrewd businessman and a survivor. With Dawkins money, she tapped into the 20th century trend of urbanization and citification, and broke her husband's farm, situated near town and an industrial area, and sold small housing lots to mill workers and other folks switching from farm work to city living. Lundy went from being an orphan at 11, surviving on the streets and off the charity of neighbors, with her older brother, to becoming a developer, and creating housing developments.

Patterson Mauldin would remain Patterson Mauldin until 1910.

When he married his first wife, Ally Floyd, on January 18, 1911, he gave his name as Patterson Shepherd, his mother's maiden name, and gave his parents as Henry and Nealie Shepherd, Henry being a nonexistent person.

Patterson would prove, in the beginning, to be as fickle as his biological father. Allie was a Stanly County girl, daughter of Daniel Floyd and Nancy Wallace, her father from Rocky River Springs and he mother from Anson County. That marriage lasted a little over a year. These were the years when divorces began becoming more popular, and some folks ignored the legal process altogether. 

By the time Patterson married the second time, two years later on December 3, 1913, to Flossie Jane Richardson, he had proudly taken on the name of his biological father - Marion Morrison Hudson and became Marion Patterson Hudson.

 Flossie was the daughter of Edward Franklin Richardson and wife, Louella Mauldin Richardson. Louella, daughter of my ancestor Thomas Alexander Mauldin, was the first cousin of Joseph I Mauldin, Patterson's non-biological father and Nealie's first husband. 

This marriage was even shorter than the one to Allie Floyd. 

Patterson and Flossie had married on December 3. That same month and same year, Flossie would marry Walter Stancil Cole on December 22, 1913. In a matter of weeks, Flossie had had married Patterson, had the marriage anulled, and married Walter. Maybe she was the fickle one. Maybe she discovered that Patterson was actually 'illegitimate', born out of an act of adultry, which was a shameful thing in those days, to the child of such an act. Flossie would tire of Walter, as well, but they would have five children. She would marry a third time to Millard Philmore Hathcock about 1923, just after her fifth child, Ruby was born and over 30 years before Walter passed away. She and Millard would have 7 children together, one the year after Ruby was born. It was a close race. 

Patterson would also marry a third time, and this one would stick. 

A year after Flossie had their marriage anulled, Patterson married Lou Ellen , or Louella Harrington, on January 11, 1914. Lou Ellen was the daughter of  Tom and Minnie Harrington. She and Patterson would be married for life and he gave his parents names as Marion Hudson and Nealie Dawkins, his mothers married name. Patterson and Lou Ellen would have 6 children, all Hudsons, which was their proper biological bloodline:Lewis Thomas, Allen Patterson, John Calvin, Marion Morrison Hudson II, Mary Cornelia and William Augustus aka "Gus". 

As for Marion Morrison Hudson the first, he had been married to his wife, Margaret Rummage, the entire time. They had seven children. Three were born before Marion had James Franklin Hudson by his Aunt Polly in 1881. Three more were born between the birth of James Franklin and when he had Patterson by Nealie Shepherd Mauldin. The last child by his legal wife, Alfred,  came two years after  Patterson. 

Marion Patterson Mauldin Shepherd Hudson, the only son of Joseph I Mauldin, and listed as such in the Mauldin family book, was not a Mauldin at all. He passed away in 1966.

Mary Allen Mauldin died in 1898. The death date of her only daughter, Lucy Ellen is unknown, although some report it as 1909. I investigated that report, as she is also reported to have been buried at Randalls United Methodist Church, arguably one of the oldest congregations in the County, now known as Randalls By the River, after the recent UMC controversy and division. I believe they have mixed up Lucy Ellen Mauldin with Ellen Frances Mauldin who married William McKinley Honeycutt. She was born in 1856 and died in 1909. As neither Ellen nor Mary are to be found in the 1900 census, I believe they were both deceased by 1900. According to family members, Ellen, and possibly Mary, are both buried in Randalls ancient cemetery, but that the graves may have been unmarked. Mary's younger sisters, who were living with her in 1880, do have impressive surviving markers in the Randalls Cemetery, Martha having passed away on May 14, 1911, and Nancy on February 20, 1910.

But there is another possibility concerning Mary Allen Mauldin. 

So, Joseph I Mauldin's one child was not his biological child and passed the name 'Hudson' down to his descendants, not Mauldin. Lucy Ellen never married. So that left one child to carry on the name and as far as the Mauldin book was concerned, he moved away and his fate lost to eternity, or at least to the Stanly County Mauldin hive. But that turns out to be not entirely true. Thanks to DNA, Archie Mauldin is no longer lost. 

According to "Ye Mauldins", James Archibald Mauldin had married a woman named Catherine A. born in September of 1860, and had two children, William O. Mauldin born November 1881 and a daughter, Lilly, born in December of 1883. This information appears to have come from some census record, which I was unable to connect to him in anyway. The information may have came from the family of Ervin 'Sampy; Mauldin and Rose Ann Hill. They claimed he raised James Alexander Mauldin, who would move to Rowan County.

This was an entirely inaccurate observance. While he may have raised James Alexander, there was no Catherine and those were not his children. Perhaps the author had found an entirely different James A. Mauldin.

The last record of Archie Mauldin in Stanly County was in the 1880 census, where he was living with his mother, sister and matronly maiden aunts, and working on the Bunn family farm. Afterwards, in that great 20 year missing block of time, he disappears.

The key to unlocking the mystery of Archie Mauldin was a newspaper clipping. According to 'The Enterprise', a defunct Stanly County newspaper, in the July 1914, 1910 edition, Archie Maulden and daughter, "Miss Bessie", were in town visiting friends and family. Ostensibly, there would have only been cousins, yet possibly lots of old freinds and neighbors. Perhaps Archie had just wanted to show his daughter his old stomping grounds. Advantageously, the news blurb had left a solid clue to help uncover the path of Archie Mauldin. "Of Memphis, Tennessee", they had reported. Now we knew where Archie had relocated. 

So with those two clues in hand, Memphis, Tennessee and a daughter named 'Bessie', I trudged on in search of Archie. For awhile, he remained elusive. There was not the perfect shoe that fit flawlessly.

Time after time, I kept running into this one guy. In nearly every way, he was a compeer to Archie. He was the exact same age, born in North Carolina in the census records, had the last name of Mauldin, lived in Memphis, Tennessee and had an age appropriate daughter named "Bessie". The one thing that did not fit was his first name. He went by the initials "A. C.", not "J. A." and when the "A" was written out, it became "Arthur", not "Archie". So, I disregarded him. Then I discovered that his camouflage was imperfect. There were instances of 'Arthur' being referred to as 'Archie'. I took a more meticulous look at Arthur C. Mauldin and the shoe fit. He has descendants, and those descendants share DNA with me and my mega-Mauldin genetics. 

James Archibald Mauldin had reinvented himself as a furniture salesman named Arthur C. Mauldin. Having figured that out, I was able to track him, and his steps. Arthur C. Mauldin was from Stanly County, North Carolina, but who knows what stories he told and why he told them. 

Shortly after that 1880 census, Archie had grown tired of farm work and made his way to Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. 

Marshall County had been a popular destination in prior decades for travelers and wanderers from the North Carolina piedmont, the biggerst surge being in the 1820's and 1830's. Perhaps he had made contact with relatives or friends from that place, who'd come home for a visit, and young Archie returned with them. 

In Missississippi, he met the Bloodworths. Elisha William Bloodworth was born in Wilson, Tennessee. He was a Wheelwright, and as a young man, relocated to Marshall County, Mississippi. On January 4, 1843, in Shelby County, Tennessee, Elisha Bloodworth had married none other than his cousin, Elizabeth Horne Bloodworth. 

Elisha was the son of William D. Bloodworth, Jr. and his wife, Francis Cole. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jesse Deloach Bloodworth and his wife, Narcissa Gibson. William D. Bloodworth, Jr. and Jesse Deloach Bloodworth were the sons of William D. Bloodworth, Sr. and wife, Millicient 'Millie' Deloach. 

In 1850 Elisha Bloodworth was a Wheelwright.

In 1860 Elisha Bloodworth was a Mechanic.

In 1870 Elisha Bloodworth was a Undertaker, and was still an Undertaker in 1880.

About 1880-1881 Archibald Mauldin had changed his name to Arthur C. Mauldin, who had not existed before this year. 

The Bloodworths had brought nine children into the world. 

1843 Narcissa Mary Caroline

1845 Jesse Deloach II

1847 Frances Elizabeth

1848 William Wilson

1851 Johnny Bird

1853 Elisha Benjamin

1854 Thomas Walton

1857 Sarah Jane Josephine

1859 Martha Homazell

On February 10, 1881, A. C. Mauldin married the Bloodworths youngest daughter, Martha Homazell.

Name	Mattie Bloodworth
Spouse	A. C. Moulden
Marriage Date	10 Feb 1881
County	Marshall

With Martha Homazell, Archie aka Arthur, had 4, perhaps 5 children.

Earnestine Orleana Mauldin (1881 -1954) Married Marion Bemass Fonda.7 children.

Edgar Oliver Mauldin (1883-1953) Married Georgia Lee Biggert. No children

Mamie Olivette Etta Mauldin (1885-1974) Married Raleigh Thomas Moore, 2 daughters. Married John McCullough  Hooks. 1 stepson.

There may have been an infant who passed named Maurice.

Arthur Fisher Mauldin was born on September 9, 1887. 

Martha Homazell Bloodworth Mauldin died on September 27, 1887, just a few weeks after his birth.

The baby died on May 31, 1888. He was 8 months old.

Name	A. C. Maulden
Spouse	Josie Bloodworth
Marriage Date	13 Oct 1888
County	Marshall

On October 13, 1888, A. C. Mauldin married  Sarah Josephine Bloodworth, known as 'Josie', the next to the youngest Bloodworth sister, and Martha'a older sister.

A. C. and Josie would have one child together;

Elizabeth Lois Mauldin (1889 -1956) Known as Bessie, who would arrive in Norwood with her father in 1914, where everyone called him "Archie". Bessie would marry A. Quitman Quinn and have three children; Elizabeth North, Sarah Jane, and one son, whom she named Archibald Mauldin Quinn.

A. C. Mauldin had moved from Mississippi to Memphis, in Shelby County, Tennessee, before the birth of Bessie.

Name	Arthur Maulddin
Age	44
Birth Date	Oct 1856
Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Home in 1900	Memphis Ward 15, Shelby, Tennessee
Ward of City	15th
Street	Antie Avenue
House Number	1
Sheet Number	6
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	110
Family Number	131
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Sallie Maulddin
Marriage Year	1888
Years Married	12
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Occupation	Shipping Clerk
Months Not Employed	0
Can Read	Y
Can Write	Y
Can Speak English	N
House Owned or Rented	Own
Farm or House	H
Neighbors	View others on page

Household members

Name	Age
Arthur Maulddin	44
Sallie Maulddin	42
Ernestine Maulddin	17
Edgar O Maulddin	16
Mamie O Maulddin	15
Elizabeth Maulddin	9

In 1900, the family is livng in the town of Memphis, amongst a bourgeois group of attorneys, merchants, and other professionals. Forty-four year old Arthur is a Shipping Clerk and all of the living children are still at home. They've been married 12 years and Sarah Josephine, seen as "Sallie" here, was the mother of 1 child with 1 living. All of the children were in school except 17 year old Earnestine.

Name	Arthur C Mauldon
Age in 1910	53
Birth Date	1857
Birthplace	North Carolina
Home in 1910	Memphis Ward 15, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Sheet Number	2b
Street	Ryle
House Number	1261
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina
Native Tongue	English
Occupation	Salesman
Industry	Retail Furniture
Employer, Employee or Other	Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented	Own
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Farm or House	House
Able to read	Y
Able to Write	Y
Enumeration District Number	0210
Years Married	21
Out of Work	N
Number of Weeks Out of Work	0
Enumerated Year	1910
Neighbors	View others on page

Household members

Name	Age
Arthur C Mauldon	53
Sarah J Mauldon	52
Elizabeth L Mauldon	20

1910 finds Bessie as the only child still at home. A. C. is a Salesman for a Furniture Company, and they seem to have moved to a much more modest area of town. Their neighborhood is more blue-collar and craftsman oriented and a more diverse mix, with some from other states and others, immigrants, from other countries.

Name	A C Mauldin
Age	63
Birth Year	abt 1857
Birthplace	North Carolina
Home in 1920	Memphis Ward 31, Shelby, Tennessee
Street	Nelson Ave
House Number	1413
Residence Date	1920
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Josephine Mauldin
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina
Able to Speak English	Yes
Occupation	Salesman
Industry	Furniture Retail
Employment Field	Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
Neighbors	View others on page

Household members

Name	Age
A C Mauldin	63
Josephine Mauldin	62

1920 finds the couple in their 60's and no other changes.

Name	Arthur C Maulden
Birth Year	abt 1857
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age in 1930	73
Birthplace	North Carolina
Marital Status	Married
Relation to Head of House	Head
Home in 1930	Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Map of Home	Memphis,Shelby,Tennessee
Street Address	Nelson a,
Ward of City	31
Block	1575
House Number	1613
Dwelling Number	227
Family Number	280
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Value	7000
Radio Set	No
Lives on Farm	No
Age at First Marriage	23
Attended School	No
Able to Read and Write	Yes
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina
Occupation	Salesman
Industry	Retail Furniture
Class of Worker	Wage or salary worker
Employment	Yes
Neighbors	View others on page

Household members

Name	Age
Arthur C Maulden	73
Sarah J Maulden	72

The same with 1930. The septuagenarian couple are still living in the same place and at 73, the hardy Arthur is still selling furniture.

The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee • Fri, Jan 6, 1933Page 11

James Archibald/ Arthur C. Mauldin, the only child of Archibald Clabourne Mauldin and Mary Allen Mauldin to leave descendants, passed away at age 76, still devotedly employed as a Furniture Salesman. The newspaper report had several things as incorrect, he was not born in Charleston, every census stated North Carolina,and Josephine was never a Nash.

He was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis. His death certificate gave cause of death as heart failure. The informant on his death certificate was his wife, Josephine. His parents names were listeted as Arthur C Mauldin and Mary Allen, both of North Carolina. His physician had attened him for 30 years and he had been a Furniture salesman for the Armstornong Furniture Company for longer than that. A. C. was the last pooling collection of blood in Achibald Clabornes bloodline.

Josie would join him at Forest Hills in 1942. She spent her last years with their daughter, Bessie.

He must have really disliked the name Archibald.