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Samuel W Pascoe

Parents

Father	John Henry Pascoe, IV (b. 1785, d. June 1832)
Mother	Grace Bennett (b. 1770, d. July 1841)

Children with Mary Elizabeth Jackson (b. 7 September 1817, d. 15 September 1889)

Son	James Henry Pascoe+ (b. 15 August 1835, d. 17 March 1916)
Daughter	Mary Catherine Pascoe+ (b. 25 February 1837, d. 10 July 1884)
Daughter	Martha Camilla Pascoe+ (b. 17 September 1838, d. 27 April 1923)
Daughter	Grace Elizabeth Pascoe+ (b. 3 October 1840, d. 21 January 1930)
Daughter	Amanda L Pascoe+ (b. 3 August 1842, d. 6 November 1887)
Daughter	Eliza A Pascoe (b. 26 November 1843, d. 14 May 1903)
Daughter	Jane Harriet Pascoe+ (b. 15 May 1845, d. 2 January 1923)
Daughter	Sarah Agnes Pascoe+ (b. 16 May 1847, d. 2 December 1922)
Daughter	Josephine B Pascoe+ (b. 18 November 1849, d. 1930)
Daughter	Rebecca Angeline Pascoe (b. 30 September 1852, d. 5 April 1887)
Son	Samuel Washington Pascoe+ (b. 8 November 1855, d. 2 December 1937)
Son	John Jackson Pascoe+ (b. 8 November 1855, d. 30 July 1921)
Daughter	Ellen Ciscerine Pascoe (b. 19 August 1858, d. 17 July 1893)
Daughter	Virginia Victoria ("Mourning") Pascoe (b. 15 October 1861, d. 15 July 1862)

Person Exhibits

Pascoe, Samuel W

Biography

Person Source		Samuel W Pascoe had person sources.1
DNA Verified		52 DNA matches through Samuel W Pascoe
ChildParent2,2
Birth	4 March 1810	He was born on 4 March 1810 at PenzanceBG in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, EnglandBGO.1,3
Baptism	20 April 1810	He was baptized on 20 April 1810 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, EnglandBGO.4
Immigration	1826	He immigrated in 1826. THE PASCOE GEORGIA GOLD by Ramona Lee         Shortly after 1860 a wagon train of settlers from Cherokee Co. GA , including the James Henry and Matilda (Bruce) Pascoe family, came to northern Arkansas seeking land and a new life. James Henry and Matilda found 160 acres of land on Promise Land Ridge in Marion Co. and applied for a Patent for it in 1862 under the Homestead Act. When the Civil War broke out, James Henry went back to Georgia, enlisted in the Confederate Army, and fought for the South.        James Henry Pascoe , the son of Samuel and Mary (Jackson) Pascoe, was a short stocky-built man whose ancestors lived in Cornwall, England, and were of Celtic origin. They were farmers and miners and owned shares in the tin mines in Cornwall. Samuel and his brothers, James and John, came to America in 1826. Their brother, Jeremiah, and sisters, Anne, Grace, and Catherine came later.        Samuel Pascoe became the mining superintendent for the Briar Patch Gold Mines at Dahlonega GA and his brother, John, owned and operated the Pascoe Gold Mines on the banks of the Etowah River in Cherokee Co. GA. (These were later incorporated into the Creighton Mines and operated until 1909 when the river bed caved in.) John was using mercury to refine the gold and died of mercury poisoning in 1853. He was engaged to marry an English girl, building a large plantation house with a basement and a breezeway separating the two sections of the house for his new bride.        Samuel was appointed executor of his brother's estate and moved his family to Cherokee Co. after his brother died. He made the mistake of letting his sister, Catherine (Pascoe) Herlick, look over John's papers. She removed the papers, stuffed newspaper back into the envelopes, sealed them with the family seal, and made off with the real papers. The Pascoe Mines and the plantation house remained under Samuel's jurisdiction, but the gold bars and the gold certificates left in the night with Catherine in a hired coach on her way to meet her husband. They later bought a large number of shares in the Georgia Marble Co. at Tate GA. Catherine sent her daughter, Susan Herlick, to a fashionable finishing school in France. When Susan returned to America, she bought a city block townhouse in Philadelphia PA. When she died, she bequeathed all of the fortune to her pet charity.        The plantation house, willed to Samuel, was occupied by him and his family until his death. He made trips to England to bring over sugar plum and apple trees, grape sprouts, and the best blooded sheep and geese. Half of the house was torn away after his death, but the main house and the commissary still remain. The slave cabins, barns, ferry, and mines have all disappeared.        John was buried in the graveyard of the Hightower Baptist Church, but rumors were spread that gold bars were buried with him. Grave Robbers dug into his grave so often that his coffin had to be removed to a secret hiding place in the woods on the plantation.        James Henry Pascoe returned to Marion Co. after the war to raise his family. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and a farmer. His wife, Matilda, died 15 March 1901. He married second 14 Nov 1901 Mary Frances (Birch) McCarver who died 31 Oct 1907.        James Henry was a hardy pioneer. When he was 81 years old, he decided to visit his son, Alfred Pascoe, who lived near Ralph at the Pascoe Mill on Mill Creek. He walked the 10 or 12 miles from his home on Promise Land Ridge to Cotter in time to catch the noon train to Yellville, arriving at about 1:00 He then walked another 5 miles to Alfred's house, arriving just in time for supper.  Source:  http://www.argenweb.net/marion/bramblebush/1996_02.html
Marriage	27 March 1834	He and Mary Elizabeth Jackson were married on 27 March 1834 in Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, United StatesBGO.5,3
1840 Federal Census (fam)	1840	He and Mary Elizabeth Jackson appeared in the 1840 federal census in 1840 at District 792BG in Heard, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Residence	1840	He lived in Heard, Georgia, United StatesBGO, in 1840.6
Anecdote	1860	Pascoe Home Place.
Residence	4 July 1860	He lived in Ophir, Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBGO, on 4 July 1860. Name: Samuel Pascoe, Age: 50, Birth Year: abt 1810, Birth Place: England, Gender: Male, Race: White, Post Office: Ophir, Occupation: Farmer, Personal Estate Value: 4200, Real Estate Value: 8200, Record ID: 7667::10889588, Household Members: Mary Pascoe, M7
Military	circa 1862	He served in the military Confederate Private in Cherokee Legion, Georgia (State Guards) Company C circa 1862 in Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBG.8
Residence	21 August 1867	He lived in Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBG, on 21 August 1867.9
Anecdote	21 August 1867	Signed restoration oath.
Residence	16 June 1870	He lived in Ophir, Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBGO, on 16 June 1870. Name: Samuel Pascoe, Age: 63, Birth Date: abt 1807, Birth Place: England, Gender: Male, Race: White, Post Office: Ophir, Occupation: Farmer, Personal Estate Value: 350, Real Estate Value: 2500, Inferred Spouse: Mary Pascoe, Inferred Children: Eliza A Pasc10
Civil	187111
Residence	10 June 1880	He lived in Ophir, Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBGO, on 10 June 1880. Name: Samuel Pasco, Age: 70, Birth Date: Abt 1810, Birth Place: England, Record ID: 6742::40774117, Race: White, Gender: Male, Relationship: Head, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Mary Pasco, Father's Birth Place: England, Mother's Birth Place: Eng12
Will	4 March 1882	He signed a will on 4 March 1882 in Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBG.
Death	26 March 1887	He died on 26 March 1887 at age 77 in Ball Ground, Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBGO.3
Burial	26 March 1887	He was buried on 26 March 1887 at Old Hightower CemeteryBGO, in Ball Ground, Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBGO.3 Old Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery
Obituary	26 March 1887	His Obituary on 26 March 1887 in Cherokee, Georgia, United StatesBG. From John Carver’s book “Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance Canton, Georgia 1880-1938” published Jasper, Georgia, , 2003. Obituary: April 1, 1887 Samuel Pascoe, of Cross Roads district, this County, was buried near his late home last Monday. He was one of Cherokee's oldest and most respected citizens. He was an Englishman from across the seas and came here many years ago when the gold excitement was so high. He was seventy years or more of age and his wife preceded him to the grave some years ago. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and buried by that fraternity. (Locals; Page 3 Col 1) [See May 6, 1887 Page 3 Col 5] May 6, 1887 Samuel Pascoe was born in Cornwall, England, March 1810; came to Georgia in his sixteenth year; was married in Putnam County, Ga. to Miss Mary Jackson March 27th, 1833, joined the Baptist church in Heard County in 1843 and died March 26, 1887. (Page 3 Col 5) [Tombstone, Hightower Cemetery]

Citations

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12. [S360] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Cross Roads, Cherokee, Georgia; Roll: 140; Page: 243C; Enumeration District: 026