Charles Ryland Scott Family
Ancestors and Descendants
Person Page 16
Pleasant Meador
M, b. 5 December 1813, d. 18 October 1879
Parents
| Father | James Lee Meador (b. 1785, d. June 1869) |
| Mother | Frances Anderson (b. 1791, d. 1835) |
Children with Unknown Unknown
| Son | Meador (b. between 1837 and 1840) |
| Son | Thomas Meador (b. 1843, d. 8 April 1862) |
| Son | John D. Meador+ (b. 30 December 1844, d. 13 January 1899) |
| Daughter | Margaret F. Meador+ (b. 1846, d. 18 April 1867) |
| Son | Charles A. Meador (b. 1849) |
Children with Mary Frances ("Fanny") McMurry (b. 14 December 1828, d. 7 December 1898)
| Son | Ward Bryant Meador+ (b. 31 May 1857, d. 25 February 1940) |
| Son | Oscar Woodson Meador+ (b. 10 February 1858, d. 8 November 1942) |
| Daughter | Mary Blanch Meador (b. July 1860) |
| Daughter | Louisa Estella ("Stella") Meador+ (b. 10 September 1862, d. 15 January 1948) |
| Son | Robert H Meador (b. about 1864) |
| Son | Walter G Meador (b. about 1867, d. 13 May 1939) |
| Daughter | Bertha Meador (b. about 1869) |
| Pedigree Chart | |
| Included in charts - lists | Box Pedigree - CRS Charles Ryland Scott Ancestors Descendants of James Francis Anderson b. ca 1726 Descendants of John Shirley b. 1725 Descendants of Jonas Meador, b. 1698 Indented - CRS |
| Relationship | 2nd great-grandfather of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott 6th cousin 3 times removed of Carol Jay Gilstrap 4th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 4th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 4th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 4th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 4th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 4th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
Biography
| ChildParent1,1 | ||
| DNA Verified | 3 DNA matches through Pleasant Meador | |
| Anecdote | Pleasant Meador and his brother Ballard Samuel Meador left their home in Virginia and headed south. They left their father and stepmother on the family plantation near Gravel Hill in Buckingham County, Virginia, where they raised tobacco. They meant to join their cousins in Tennessee.Eventually they settled in Marshall County, in Northeast Mississippi, in the early 1850’s.2 | |
| Person Source | He had person sources.1 | |
| Birth | 5 December 1813 | He was born on 5 December 1813 in Cumberland, Virginia, United StatesBG.1 |
| Marriage | between 1835 and 1839 | He and Unknown Unknown were married between 1835 and 1839.1 |
| 1840 Federal Census | 1840 | He appeared in the 1840 federal census in 1840 in Cumberland, Virginia, United StatesBG. In 1840, census of Cumberland County, PLEASANT is listed with 1 male 20 - 30,1 male under five and 1 female 20-30. He was living next door to his uncle, JOHN ANDERSON. This was possibly the estate of his grandmother CATHERINE ANDERSON, but this avenue has not been explored. PLEASANT left Virginia with his brother in the early 1850’s and settled briefly in Davidson County, Tennessee, near their ANDERSON, MEADOR & ROBINSON relatives.2  |
| Residence | 1850 | In about 1850 he settled in Marshall County, Mississippi, near Holly Springs, where he remained until his death.2 |
| Marriage | 31 July 1855 | He and Mary Frances ("Fanny") McMurry were married on 31 July 1855 in Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi, United StatesBGO.1 |
| Residence | 15 August 1860 | He lived in Hudsonville, Marshall, Mississippi, United StatesBGO, on 15 August 1860. Name: Pleasant Meddows, Age: 48, Birth Year: abt 1812, Birth Place: Virginia, Gender: Male, Race: White, Post Office: Hudsonville, Occupation: Farmer, Personal Estate Value: 5300, Real Estate Value: 4400, Record ID: 7667::38778782, Household Members: Fann3 |
| Will - Recorded | 12 July 1869 | He's will was recorded on 12 July 1869 in Marshall, Mississippi, United StatesBGO. |
| Residence | 26 July 1870 | He lived at Holly SpringsBG in Marshall, Mississippi, United StatesBGO, on 26 July 1870. Name: Pleasant Meador, Age: 59, Birth Date: abt 1811, Birth Place: Virginia, Gender: Male, Race: White, Post Office: Holly Springs, Occupation: Farmer, Personal Estate Value: 859, Real Estate Value: 1362, Inferred Spouse: Fannie Meador, Inferred Children:4  |
| Death | 18 October 1879 | He died on 18 October 1879 at age 65 in Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi, United StatesBGO.1 |
| Last Edited | 5 July 2022 |
Citations
- [S2] Interview with Cleo Meador Scott (2921 Rivermeade Drive, Atlanta, GA 30327-2011), 27 Sep 2004. (.)
- [S5565] Emma Jean Young Clark, "The Meador - Anderson - Perkins Family", Cumberland County Virginia & Its People, Third Supplement, p. 43-49; (http://www.ajlambert.com/anderson/stry_map.pdf); The Cumberland County Historical Society, Inc.
- [S242] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 2 Ranges 1 and 2 West, Marshall, Mississippi; Roll: M653_587; Page: 207; Family History Library Film: 803587
- [S240] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Range 3, Marshall, Mississippi; Roll: M593_740; Page: 598A