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Richard Glass

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Anecdote		NATIVE AMERICAN CAMDENS In February of 2001 we received the following email from Joan (Stutsman?) "... My mystery is a Polina Camden. She was the sister of Marble. She married a Richard Glass in Rockbridge, Va Jan. 23, 1817. The mystery is a young girl who was about four years old when they married. Her name was Martha (Patsy). She had Cherokee blood and I am not sure if she was the daughter of Polina or of Richard or someone else. Polina's parents were Benjamin and Elizabeth Wright Camden... If you have information about Polina would you let me know? Thanks, Joan" JMstutsman@aol.com In June of 2001 we received the following email from Jeanne King who is a descendent of Polina's branch of the family, and who provided her family information above: "...There has been some discussion among my cousins about this. There is a good possibility that Polina and her husband "inherited" three little girls instead of the girls being theirs. The girls are on the Census with Polina and her husband. There are some that say the children belong to Polina's husband's brother and his wife, who were killed in the Trail of Tears. The girls are 1/2 Cherokee Indian. After seeing your tree and passing it on, there are no Cherokee in Camden's line, so it is more probably her nieces that they raised. The girls were very young when their parents died. So, they aren't really Camden's, just raised by Camden/Glass. In all of our charts on family tree, we use Camden and Glass because that is A. all we know for sure B. They raised them. In records to the Indian Affairs Board to prove what percentage of Cherokee the girls have, they named Polina as their mother and Camden as her last name, HOWEVER, it is also stated that their Indian name was CAMBERLEN. Is there anyone else that you know of that knows more about Polina Camden? In later census, she and her husband live alone with one daughter,  Francis (I think) who was older and listed as "idiotic" – The other girls were off and married by that time. There is another web site that goes into in detail about the relationship with Camden family. Going from 6 different people, doing independent research, we all keep ending up there. Indian records are scarce and hard to get, with more accurate records that explain the exact parentage of the three little girls. We have copies of letters about Polina and Bible entries and census that tie them all together, but a little link may still be still missing. Jeannie King jaaking@home.com, June 03, 2001 10:34 AM On July 11, 2009, we heard from Jackie Croslin-Flake. Jackie tells us: I was reading on your website regarding Polina Camden (Camlin according to Richard Glass’ war pension and death benefit records and statements from her children) and the relationship to Martha Glass (Who is my GGGGrandmother). It is my understanding via family “stories” that Martha’s father was Richard Glass’ brother. Her parents were killed floating on a cataract that capsized on the Shenandoah river, and her Uncle Richard and his wife Polina raised the three girls and one boy as their own, they were Jackson, Nancy, Martha and Betsy. The family was part of the Cherokee relocation “trail of tears” of the tribe located in the Rock Bridge area of Georgia. I also read that the children were ½ blood Cherokee, and although this is possible as I have no proof to the contrary and conflicting comments from two of the children one says ½ blood the other say 1/4 blood, the photocopy of a painting I have of Martha Glass she leaned heavily towards the native American traits. She was born in Rockbridge Virginia in 1812 and died in 1901 in Collinsville Texas , she was buried at that Patton Cemetery. She (Martha Glass) and James Graham had 11 children according to what I can find. James Lucinda “Cindy” Dardley Richard John Josephine Mary William Martha Amanda Charles NOTE: Dardley Graham it is my understanding that he used the nickname “Dee” and Charles and he might be one and the same person, but I have no proof of this only other people's guess. When she (Martha) died in 1901 she was living with James C. Crosslin and Lucinda “Cindy” Graham, who are my GGGrandparents. From there I have some continued history on the Crosslin / Croslin line of the family. The name changed with James and Lucinda’s son Robert…he dropped an “s” out of the name as he felt it was too long. So one branch of cousins and their generations are Croslin and the rest are Crosslin. If you or anyone else is interested in any of my information or documentation please by all means email me. Jackie Croslin-Flake jflake@npgcable.com JAN. 2012 NOTE FROM ELAINE NALL BAY: My grandmother, Jessie Dee Brown Pilcher used to tell us as kids about her 1/2 Cherokee grandmother (Martha "Patsy" Glass) going outside to sit under a tree to smoke a pipe. I read on the website that Polina Camden who m Richard Glass is Bartley Camden's dau and Benjamin Sr's granddaughter.  And this has been proved by DNA testing? I had always heard the story in my family that Martha "Patsy" Glass was raised by her aunt & uncle after her parents' were killed in a boating accident.  So my questions are: Martha's surname is actually Camden? probably took her uncle's surname? Polinda Camden, Martha's aunt, raised her and her siblings and was sister to Martha's father, Bartley? Is it possible to have "We have copies of letters about Polina and Bible entries and census that tie them all together, but a little link may still be still missing." Just trying to get this all straightened out and verified before I put in on the Pilcher Family Tree on ancestry.com. In June of 2007, Roanna Erin Camden Cann told us she has made a viable connection between the famous "Native Virginian" Indian Princess Pocahontas and Marble Camden's mother Elizabeth Wright. Here's the lineage as she sees it so far: Pocahontas "Rebecca" (1595-1617) married John Rolfe who had one child... Thomas Rolfe, (1615-       ), married Jane Poythress. They had a daughter... Jane Rolfe (1650-1676), married Col. Robert Bolling. They had a son... Col. John Bolling (1675-1729), married Mary Kennon. They had a son... Maj. John Bolling (1700-1757), married Elizabeth Blair. They had a daughter... Elizabeth Bolling (1731-1776), married Benjamin Wright. They had a daughter... Elizabeth Wright (1766-      ), married Benjamin Camden, Sr. And from this union came Marble McPatrick Peter Henry Camden (or his parents) See Roanna's web site at: http://bergerelmore.tribalpages.com (password needed to get into Roanna's site is "marble")1
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Birth	1790	Richard Glass was born in 1790 in Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Military	28 August 1814	He served in the military on 28 August 1814 in Virginia, United StatesBGO.2
Military	19 February 1815	He served in the military on 19 February 1815.2
Marriage	23 January 1817	He and Polina Camden were married on 23 January 1817 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesBGO.3
Residence	1820	He lived in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesBG, in 1820.4
1820 Federal Census (fam)	7 August 1820	He and Polina Camden appeared in the 1820 federal census on 7 August 1820 in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesBG.
1830 Federal Census (fam)	1830	He and Polina Camden appeared in the 1830 federal census in 1830 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Residence	1830	He lived in Rockbridge, Virginia, USABGO, in 1830.5
Residence	1840	He lived in Coffee, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, in 1840.6
Residence	1850	He lived Age: 60 in District 7, Coffee, Tennessee, USABGO, in 1850.7
Residence	1860	He lived Age: 66; Occupation: Shoe Maker; CannotRead: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 100; RealEstateValue: 150 in District 7, Coffee, Tennessee, USABGO, in 1860.8
Residence	1862	He lived in Tennessee, United StatesBGO, in 1862.9
Residence	1870	He lived in District 7, Hillsborough, Coffee, Tennessee, USABGO, in 1870. Age: 76; CannotRead: Y; CannotWrite: Y; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 100; RealEstateValue: 600; Occupation: Shoe Maker10
Residence	1870	He lived in District 7, Hillsborough, Coffee, Tennessee, USABGO, in 1870. Age: 76; CannotRead: Y; CannotWrite: Y; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 100; RealEstateValue: 600; Occupation: Shoe Maker10
Death	1871	He died in 1871 at age ~81 in Jackson, Alabama, United StatesBGO.

Citations

1. [S1076] Camden Family (http://www.heritech.com/soil/genealogy/camden/camden.htm#polina)
2. [S993] Cannon/ Teeter/ Croslin Family Tree, Richard Glass
3. [S553] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
4. [S243] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia; Page: 284A; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 518
5. [S244] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Rockbridge, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 199; Page: 304; Family History Library Film: 0029678
6. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Coffee, Tennessee; Page: 182
7. [S239] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 7, Coffee, Tennessee; Roll: M432_875; Page: 67B; Image: 140
8. [S242] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 7, Coffee, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1245; Page: 96; Family History Library Film: 805245
9. [S252] Ancestry.com, U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
10. [S240] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 7, Coffee, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1520; Page: 81A; Family History Library Film: 553019