Axsom

Some Descendants of Joseph H. Axsom
Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH H.1 AXSOM, SR. was born 1778, and died 1833 in Surry Co., NC1. He married NANCY MAY UNK c. 1803. She was born 02/06/1783 in Surry Co., NC1, and died 12/24/1854 in Surry Co., NC.

More About JOSEPH H. AXSOM, SR.:

Census: 1810, Surry Co., NC1

Named in Tax List 1: 1809, Rowan Co., NC (188 acres)1

Named in Tax List 2: 1812, Surry Co., NC (no acreage)1



Children of JOSEPH AXSOM and NANCY UNK are:

2. i. MARTIN2 AXSOM, b. 06/10/1804; d. 01/02/1873, Surry Co., NC.

ii. SAMUEL DAVID AXSOM, b. 07/30/1805.

3. iii. ANDREW AXSOM, b. 1809, NC; d. 07/1889, Surry Co., NC.

iv. ELIZABETH AXSOM, b. 1811.

v. NELLY AXSOM, b. 1814.

vi. NANCY E. AXSOM, b. 1815.

4. vii. JOSEPH H. AXSOM, JR., b. 1816.

viii. JAMES AXSOM, b. 1820.

ix. ALEXANDER AXSOM, b. 1822.

x. MARY AXSOM, b. 1822.

Generation No. 2

2. MARTIN2 AXSOM (JOSEPH H.1) was born 06/10/1804, and died 01/02/1873 in Surry Co., NC. He married SUSANNAH LUNDY 05/03/1826 in Surry Co., NC2. She was born 12/13/1798, and died 04/10/1879 in Surry Co., NC.

Notes for MARTIN AXSOM:

AXSOM FAMILY CEMETERY, Surry County, NC -

Directions: From Hwy 601 S at Fairview Crossroads, follow NC 268 W for approximately 2 miles. Turn left on SR 1113 (Gilliam Rd. - dead end). Follow the road to an abandoned farmhouse (Old Lee Cockerham Farm). Follow the old road bed in front of the house for approximately 1/4 mile. The cemetery is located in a copse of trees to the right. There are eighteen (18) graves in the cemetery. Eight (8) of those graves have inscribed tombstones. The remaining 10 graves are marked with rocks.

Prepared by Norma Axsom Zanetti - (descendant) June 1998

More About MARTIN AXSOM:

Burial: 1873, Axsom Family Cemetery, Surry Co., NC

Child of MARTIN AXSOM and SUSANNAH LUNDY is:

i. ISAAC LUNDY3 AXSOM, b. 04/11/1823; d. 06/30/1840; Stepchild.

3. ANDREW2 AXSOM (JOSEPH H.1)3 was born 1809 in NC, and died 07/1889 in Surry Co., NC. He married ELIZABETH WELDON3 07/29/1830 in Surry Co., NC4. She was born 1812, and died Bet. 1880 - 1884.

More About ANDREW AXSOM and ELIZABETH WELDON:

Marriage Bondsman: 07/29/1830, David Reavis5

Marriage Witness: 07/29/1830, E. Rutledge5



Children of ANDREW AXSOM and ELIZABETH WELDON are:

i. WILLIAM E.3 AXSOM, b. 05/08/1832; d. 04/01/19056; m. CHARITY L. UNK; b. 10/21/18366; d. 08/02/19006.

Notes for WILLIAM E. AXSOM:

Tombstone lists name as "Axson."

More About WILLIAM E. AXSOM:

Burial: Salem Cemetery, Forsyth Co., NC6

More About CHARITY L. UNK:

Burial: Salem Cemetery, Forsyth Co., NC6

ii. MARY AXSOM, b. c. 1833.

iii. SAMUEL J. AXSOM, b. 1836; m. PHEBE NICHOLSON, 12/19/1857, Surry Co., NC7.

iv. JOSEPH H. AXSOM, b. 1839.

v. LUCY E. AXSOM, b. 1841.

vi. SARAH B. AXSOM, b. 1843.

5. vii. SUSAN JANE AXSOM, b. 03/27/1844, Surry Co., NC; d. 05/08/1921, Surry Co., NC.

viii. MARTIN AXSOM, b. 1845.

ix. MARTHA L. AXSOM, b. 1848.

4. JOSEPH H.2 AXSOM, JR. (JOSEPH H.1) was born 1816.



Child of JOSEPH H. AXSOM, JR. is:

i. ABRAHAM SETLIFF3 AXSOM, b. 10/29/1854; d. 10/11/1856.

More About ABRAHAM SETLIFF AXSOM:

Burial: 1856, Axsom Family Cemetery, Surry Co., NC8,8.



Generation No. 3

5. SUSAN JANE3 AXSOM (ANDREW2, JOSEPH H.1) was born 03/27/1844 in Surry Co., NC, and died 05/08/1921 in Surry Co., NC. She married THOMAS WINSTON CHILDRESS9 08/12/1866 in Surry Co., NC10. He was born 08/30/1832 in Surry Co., NC, and died 08/22/1882.

More About THOMAS CHILDRESS and SUSAN AXSOM:

Marriage Bond: 08/11/1866

Married By: 08/12/1866, Joseph Axsom, Justice of the Peace11



Children of SUSAN AXSOM and THOMAS CHILDRESS are:

i. LILLIE4 CHILDRESS.

ii. JOSEPH ALFRED CHILDRESS, b. c. 1867.

iii. MARTIN PRESTON CHILDRESS, b. 06/09/1869.

iv. ENOS R. CHILDRESS, b. 04/28/1871; d. 08/10/193912.

More About ENOS R. CHILDRESS:

Burial: 1939, Woodland Cemetery, Forsyth Co., NC12

v. THOMAS DOLPHUS FRANCIS CHILDRESS, b. 05/23/1873.

vi. EMMA L. CHILDRESS, b. 04/20/1875.

vii. JANE MALINDA CHILDRESS, b. 06/02/1877; m. UNK BURTON.

6. viii. ALICE ELIZA CHILDRESS, b. 11/01/1879, Marsh Township, Surry Co., NC; d. 04/24/1959, Winston Salem, NC.

ix. L. M. CHILDRESS, b. 07/12/1882.



Generation No. 4

6. ALICE ELIZA4 CHILDRESS (SUSAN JANE3 AXSOM, ANDREW2, JOSEPH H.1) was born 11/01/1879 in Marsh Township, Surry Co., NC13, and died 04/24/1959 in Winston Salem, NC. She married PLEASANT LUTHER STANLEY 06/07/1901, son of PLEASANT STANLEY and RACHEL PHILLIPS. He was born 07/1882 in Marsh Township, Surry Co., NC, and died 12/24/1943 in Winston Salem, NC.

Notes for ALICE ELIZA CHILDRESS:

OBITUARY: Forsyth Co., NC 4/25/1959 --- Mrs. Eliza Childress Stanley 79, of Owen Drive, widow of Pleasant Luther Stanley, died at 7:30pm yesterday at a Winston-Salem hospital. She had been in declining health 3 1/2 years and seriously ill nine weeks. Mrs. Stanley was born Nov. 1, 1879 in Surry County, the daughter of Winston and Jane Axsom Childress. She moved from Surry County to Winston-Salem in 1921. She was a member of College Park Baptist Church. She was married in 1900. Her husband died Dec. 24, 1943. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lillie Williams of Owen Drive, Mrs. C. A. Windsor of 1134 S. Hawthorne Road and Mrs. Ima Wooten of 1415 Salisbury Road; two sons W. A. Stanley of 3223 Freemont Street and A. P. Stanley of 840 Reynolda Rd.; a sister, Mrs. Jane Burton of Elkin; 17 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. The body will be at Wall Glade Hill Chapel pending the completion of funeral plans.

Children of ALICE CHILDRESS and PLEASANT STANLEY are:

i. LILLIE5 STANLEY, b. c. 1906.

ii. WILLIAM ABRAHAM STANLEY, b. 1903; d. 1988.

iii. PEARLIE JANE STANLEY, b. 03/14/1908, Mt. Airy, Surry Co., NC; d. 03/06/1969, Winston-Salem, NC; m. CLARENCE ACY WINDSOR, 07/23/1925; b. 06/25/1907; d. 02/19/1989, Charleston, IL..

More About PEARLIE JANE STANLEY:

Burial: 03/08/1969, Woodland Cemetery, Section 22, Line G, Lot 4, Forsyth Co., NC

More About CLARENCE ACY WINDSOR:

Burial: 1989, Mound Cemetery, Charleston, IL

Military: Sergeant, World War II14

Occupation: Painter

iv. IMA STANLEY, b. c. 1910.

v. ARVIL PLEASANT STANLEY, b. 11/02/1912; d. 03/17/1990; m. BONNIE JEAN NEAL15; b. 1922; d. 1996.



Endnotes

1. Personal communication with Norma Jeanne Axsom Zanetti, Descendant.

2. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD), p. 8, George H. Kimbrough, bondsman.

3. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).

4. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD), 8.

5. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).

6. Donald W. Stanley, Anne E. Sheek, Hazell R. Hartman, Forsyth County NC Cemetery Records, Vol IV, (1973 Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, NC 27103), p. 835.

7. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD), p. 8, Joseph Axsom, bondsman; T. V. Hamlin, witness.

8. Personal communication with Norma Jeanne Axsom Zanetti, Descendant.

9. Personal communication with Elizabeth Lue Windsor.

10. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD), 36, F. A. Axsom, bondsman, marriage performed by Joseph Axsom, Justice of the Peace.

11. Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Surry County North Carolina 1779-1868, (1982 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD), 36.

12. Donald W. Stanley, Anne E. Sheek, Hazell R. Hartman, Forsyth County NC Cemetery Records, Vol. V, (1977 Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, NC 27103), p. 1222.

13. Personal communication with Elizabeth Lue Windsor.

14. Katie Windsor Thomasson, Isaac Windsor (1753-1821) From Maryland to North Carolina - Descendants and Some Related Families, (Unpublished), 56.

15. Newspaper clipping - Family File.

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