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WhitlockThe Whitlock family is of Irish descent and lived in Halifax

County, Virginia, before moving to Patrick County. Henry Wil­burn Whitlock was a farmer in Halifax County; after his death,the widow and children came to Patrick County about 1815 andsettled near the old James Cannaday mill in the northern partof the county. The family of children were, in part: Henry;Zebedee; Riley; Richard; and Thomas.

1.. Henry Whitlock (b. 1805) married Elizabeth, daughterof Jonathan and Polly (Shelor) Graham, the settler, and madehis home in the county of Floyd on Little River, some eightmiles northeast of the present county seat. He was a well-knowncitizen whose family of children were:

1. Jonathan married Elizabeth Gardner;!. their sevenchildren: Leroy C.; Ferdinand; Phillip; Waitman; 'Mary Susan;John, Jr.; and Matilda E.

2. Alvin married Barbara, daughter of Jacob and Mary(Kagey) Strickler; their children were: John; William; Jose­phine; and Sarah.

3. Isaac (b. 1833) married May 4, 1865, Elizabeth (b.July 26, 1839), daug(1ter of Calvin and Nancy (Kenzie) Wick­ham; their children: (a) Virginia.A. (May 2·1,1866-Aug. 1919)m. J. W. West, their children: Henry, Addie, Maud, Kate, Vir­ginia, Fletcher, Norris, Henry and others; (b) Nancy M. (b.Mar. 2, 1868) m. Will Williams, their children: Oscar, Nancy,Elsie, Mattie, Eugenie, and Mary and Joseph (twins) ; (c) NoahB. (b. July 4, 1870) ; (d) Joseph (0. Dec. 22, 1872); (e) DanielT. (b. July 6, 1875); (f) J\Iazura (died in infancy) ; (g) Anna­belle (b. Nov. 27, 1880) ; and (h) Hannah (b. 1878).

4. Mahlon (b. 1835), a well-known stonecutter andfarmer, lives bvo miles southeast of the courthouse on the Can­naday's Gap Road; he married Matilda Sumpter; their childrenwere: Wilburn, Shelburn, Mahlon, Joseph, Elizabeth and Lillian.

5. Elinus Whitlock (1837-1916) married Octavia Spang­ler, daughter of Samuel, and lived ten miles east of the court­house; their chiidren: Lincoln, Isaac, Laura, Rosa, ?\!aggie,

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Grant, Elijah, Augustus, Dove and Catherine.

6. Hyatt Whitlock married Sarah Spangler, daughterof Samuel, and lived five miles northeast of the courthouse; theirchildren: Samucl, Henry, Elinus, Ma1inda and George.

7. George Whitlock married Charlotte, daughter ofMoses Blackwell, and lived near Stonewall schoolhouse in theeast end of the county; their children: William, Mintie, Chris­tian,Otho, Mary, Joseph and Eugenia.

8. Mary Whitlock married Augustus Beamer, and livedin Roanoke, Virginia.

II. Zebedee Whitlock married Celia (b. 1806), daughterof Jonathan Graham, and lived in Floyd County; they were theparents of Asa Whitlock who married Elizabeth Sumpter; theirchildren were: Dennis, Albert, Ataway, Laura, Olivia and Inez.

Ill. Riley Whitlock married Anna Cockram, daughter ofEdward Cockram, Jr.; they had one son, Harden m. AlIa Boyd,daughter of Samuel.

In the Confederate army: Alfred Whitlock, Co. A, 54thVirginia Infantry under Captain Andrew Dickerson, was cap­tured and taken prisoner to Fort Douglas, where he died. InCompany B, 54th Virginia Infantry under Captain JacksonGodbey, '!yere: Isaac, Elinus, Joseph H. and George Whitlock,the latter Iwounded, time and place unknown. George Whitlockserved in Company I, 54th Virginia Infantry, under CaptainBurwell Akers.

The Wickham FamilyThe Wickham family is of English origin. Nathaniel and

Calvin Wickham are descendants of the first settler who settledon the Roanoke River.

1. Nathaniel Wickham married Mary B. (Polly) Shortt,daughter of Reuben and Lydia (Clark) Shortt, and they livedon Little River in Floyd County. He was one of the early car­penters. He built a very fine house for Major Thomas Bankswhich is still standing--over one hundred years old. The chil­dren of Nathaniel were:

1. Corneliuus, educated at the Gannaway School, died

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were: Mabel; George; Fred; Edith and Albert.D. Harvey Goodykoontz (1813-1882) married Elizabeth

Wood, and lived. at Atlanta, Indiana; they had children:1. Joseph T.;2. Columbus;3. David married, first, Martha J. Murry; their eight

children: John H.; Izora B.; Eliza Ellen; James V.; Catherine:Asher; Josephine and Lucinda and, by his second marriage:Newton.

George Beaver, father of Margaret, Mary and Hannah Bea­ver who married three Goodykoontz brothers, fought throughthe American Revolution. The father of George and AbrahamPhlegar was likewise a Revolutionary soldier.

GrahamThe Graham family is of Scots-Irish descent. Jacob Gra­

ham, who married a Miss Terry, came with his family to Amer­ica from North Ireland. At the time of the Revolution theywere living in the colony of Maryland. Three of the sons ofJacob Graham were: Jonathan, Jacob, Jr., and John or "J·:rck."Family tradition is that "Jack" Graham was a soldier in theRevolutionary War.'

The Grahams and Shelors were neighbors in Maryland.Jonathan Graham (b. 1750?) married Mary (Polly) Shelor,daughter of Lawrence Shelor (Lorents Shuler), the emigrantancestor of the Floyd County family of Sh-elors, and they livedfor some years in Maryland. Soon after the close of the war forindependence, three Maryland families, the Grahams, the Shelorsand the Banks, moved to Virginia and settled near each otherin the present county of Floyd. Jonathan Graham and JohnBanks settled on adjoining plantations on the north side of theBlue Ridge M0untains, some six or seven miles due east of thepresent county seat. The Shelors settled about five miles northof the other two families, and about eight miles northeast ofthe county seat on Little River. The old Shelor home and millwere the property in later years of the late William H. Harman .

.Jonathan Graham acquired a large body of land on whichhe later settled most of his sons near the homestead. Jonathan

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and PoIly Graham had seven SO-r1S and five daughters:1. Silas, never married.

II. Lawrence (1804-1902) married Mary Simmons, daugh­ter of William Simmons, and lived in Floyd County. Their chil­dren were: William, Calvin, Joseph, Lafayette, Catherine andAngeline.

III. Alexander (1808-1886) married Lucinda HaIl, daughterof Thomas, of Patrick County, and lived all of his life at the oldJonathan Graham homestead. Their children were: (1) An­drew J., who was captain at the close of the Ci~il War of a com­pany of "Virginia Reserves" under Col. Robert L. Preston. Hewas a progressive farmer, one of the first to adopt the use ofmodern machinery in farming. He married Senora Turner,daughter of Stephen, of Patrick County, and they had the fol­lowing children: Melissa m. Greenville D. Wood, son of Richard;Stephen m. Lillian Phlegar; Bunyan m. Dolli~ Martin; Loula[Lucinda?] m. Samuel Walker; Cleophas m. COLaMitch~ll; Les­ter m. Pearle Yeatts, and Dr. James. m. Carrie Conduff and theyhad a daughter, Ruth. (2) Viola, married David Hall. Theirchildren were: Antonia, Della, Alexander and Amos. (3) Sally,married Rev. Asa D. Shortt (1842-1917), son of Joseph N.Shortt, who was a well-known minister of the Primitive BaptistChurch. They lived neaL the old Jonathan Graham home.Their children ",'ere Albert, Iowa, Lucinda Mary, George, Lydia,Amos, Senora, Cleo and Rena.

IV. Alvin (1810-1882) married Sarah Simmons, daughterof William, and lived in the town of Jacksonville on lower :MainStreet. The home was later the home and propert? of Burdineand Mary Bishop.· Alvin Graham was one of Floyd's best knowncitizens. They had three sons and two daughters: (1) TazewellGraham (1832-188-!) m. Permelia Underwood, daughter of Josh­ua, and they had one son, Walter, who died young, unmarried.Tazewell's widow married Isaac Martin. (2) McDowell Grahammoved to Kentucky and married there. They had a son and adaughter. (3) Erasmus Graham, never married, He ',';as Com­monwealth's Attorney of Floyd County. (4) Demari~ Graham(18·!~-1925), married Dr. "-\sa H. Cannaday, son of .James. ofFranklin County. They were the parents of: Waller, Dr. Char­ks G., Dr. Albert A. (both physicians in Roanoke City), 1\Jinnie

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and Gc-orgr~, D;', 1\88. H. Canni.id'1Y was a prominent physicianof the CappeJ: Hiii section or the county and was a memuer ofthe Legislature of Virginia. (5) Lina Graham married Ben­jamin Dobyns ar:d lived in Carroll County before moving "\Vest.They had a son and a daughter.

V. Perry (b. April 2, 1812 - d. April 2, 1869) married,first, Sarah Reynolds of Patrick County, and lived all of his lifenear the parental homestead. Their children were: Monroe,_Millie, Jane (m. Peter Huff), and Normanda (m. Tazewell ,C.Brammer). PelTY Graham's second wife was Sally Lee andtheir two sons were: William and Caswel1.

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VI. Harrison married Judith Creasy and they lived inWest Virginia. Their children were: Susan, Jonathan, Davidand Winfield.

VII. Jacob married Elizabeth Radford and Jived on PineCreek. Their children: Amos, Joseph, Perry, Octavia, Sarah andMary. Octavia married Elder John C. Hal1. Mary marriedThomas Hall, John's brother.

VIII. l\Iartha, eldest daughter, married John Steph~ns ofNorth Carolina, and moved to Indiana.

IV. Elizabeth married Henry \Vhitlock (b. 1805) andlived on Little River. Their children were: John, Babe [Alvin 7],Mahlon, Isaac, Linus, Hyatt, George, and Mary.

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X. Mary married l\Iahlon Smith and moved to Indiana.

XI. Celia married Zebedee Whitlock and they lived inFloyd Countii They were the parents of Asa Whitlock .

XII. Catherine married George Sowers and had twodaughters: Octavia and Ellen, both of whom lived in Minnesota.

The Gray FamilyWilliam, Joseph and Edward Gray came to America from

England just prior to the American Revolution, according to rec­ords in the CDngressional Library in 'Washington, D. C.

Tradition holds that Edward Gray enlisted as a sailor fromLDndon and when his people learned that he had enlisted just

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