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Chronological index of all dated events across the family tree.

Pre-1700

Date Event Person(s) Location Source
~1607 Birth Randolph Holt I Prestbury, Cheshire, England WikiTree Holt-1037
~1609 Birth Mary Bayley (unknown) WikiTree Holt-1037
1620-21 Immigration (ship George) Randolph Holt I (age 13, indentured to Dr. John Pott) Jamestown, Virginia Muster of Doctor Potts (1624-25)
1625-03-20 Released from servitude Randolph Holt I Virginia Court order
1626 Birth Elizabeth Hansford York County, Virginia WikiTree Hansford-26
1626 Marriage Randolph Holt I and Mary Bayley Hogg Island, Surry, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1037
~1629 Birth Randall Holt Jr. Hogg Island, Surry Co, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1014
1636-09-18 Land patent: 400 acres at Lower Chippokes Creek Randolph Holt I Surry County, Virginia VA Land Patent Book 1
~1650 Death Randolph Holt I Hogg Island, Surry, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1037
1650 Land patent: 1,022 acres Hog Island ("son and lawful heir") Randall Holt Jr. Surry County, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1014
1655 Justice of York County Col. John Hansford (father of Elizabeth) York County, Virginia WikiTree Hansford-28
1656 House of Burgesses service Randall Holt Jr. Surry County, Virginia Colonial Virginia Register
1663-10 Marriage Randall Holt Jr. and Elizabeth Hansford (Surry County, VA) WikiTree Holt-1014
1666-07-19 Birth William Holt Hogg Island, Surry Co, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1016
1668-12-22 Appointed Justice for Surry County Randall Holt Jr. Surry County, Virginia Surry Co court records
~1671 Birth James Vaughan Sr. (Virginia?) WikiTree Vaughan-638
1676 Execution (Bacon's Rebellion) Col. Thomas Hansford (brother of Elizabeth) Virginia WikiTree; New River Notes
1678-11-17 Birth Rev. James Anderson Scotland DAR supplemental 511175
1679-09-26 Death Randall Holt Jr. Surry County, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1014
1694 Birth Charles Holt Hog Island, Surry Co, Virginia WikiTree Holt-3175
~1699 Marriage William Holt and Elizabeth Seward Isle of Wight County, Virginia WikiTree Holt-1016

1700-1799

Date Event Person(s) Location Source
~1704 Birth James Vaughan (son of James Sr.) (Virginia) WikiTree Vaughan-634
1706-07 Birth Tully Choice Sr. Colony of Virginia WikiTree Choice-3
1708-11-17 Ordained by Irvine Presbytery Rev. James Anderson Scotland Derry Pres Church profile
1709-03-06 Sailed for Virginia Rev. James Anderson Scotland Dobson, Scottish Settlers
1713 Installed as pastor, New Castle Rev. James Anderson New Castle, Delaware WikiTree Anderson-13257
1719 Land patent: 250 acres on Three Creeks James Vaughan Sr. Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick Co deed book
1726-05-18 Death William Holt Lawnes Creek, Surry Co, Virginia FaG #103963005
1726-09-24 Called to Donegal Church Rev. James Anderson Donegal, Pennsylvania LancasterHistory
~1730 Birth Henry Kerby Virginia WikiTree Kerby-540
1732-10 Birth Capt. Reuben Vaughan Sr. (DAR A118329) Brunswick, Virginia DAR GRS A118329
~1734 Birth John Anderson Sr. Pennsylvania DAR supplemental 511175
1735-05-12 Will written and death James Vaughan Sr. Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick Co will (rec. 3 Jul 1735)
1736-06-17 Birth Nathaniel Holt Virginia FamilySearch LVX3-3QB
1736 Land patent: 115 acres on Maherrin River James Vaughan Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick Co land records
1740-07 Death Rev. James Anderson Donegal, Pennsylvania DAR supplemental 511175
1740-04-13 Will written Samuel Judkins III Surry County, Virginia Grant genealogy (Archive.org)
1740-10-15 Will probated Samuel Judkins III Surry County, Virginia Grant genealogy
~1740 Birth Thomas Rogers (unknown) WikiTree Rogers-1235
~1752 Birth John Shortridge (DAR A207508) Fairfax County, Virginia DAR GRS
1752-11-28 Marriage John Anderson Sr. and Sarah Carney (DAR says "Crossey," but multiple compiled VA marriage databases favor "Carney"; see Open Questions #32) Stafford County, Virginia DAR supplemental 511175; VA marriage compilations
1754-11-13 Birth Bailey Anderson (DAR A002346) Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co, Virginia Pension S30826 (sworn)
1755 Birth John David Gibson Laurens County, South Carolina FaG #48443658
1757-10-23 Birth Jesse Kirby (DAR A065510) Henry County, Virginia DAR application 511175
1759-12-29 Birth Drury Holt Sr. Surry Co (Albemarle Parish), Virginia WikiTree Holt-11387
1760-09-23 Birth Sophia Choice Pittsylvania County, Virginia (not Scotland; per Tully Choice will) WikiTree Choice-3; Tully Choice will
1767-10-09 Will written Charles Holt Surry County, Virginia WikiTree Holt-3175
1770-05-23 Birth Jacob Brazelton Guilford County, North Carolina Quaker Monthly Meeting records
1772 Birth Woody Vaughan Mecklenburg, Virginia WikiTree Farrar-1923
1773-04-27 Will probated Charles Holt Surry County, Virginia WikiTree Holt-3175
1775 Cherokee Campaign (Reedy River) Bailey Anderson Ninety Six District, South Carolina Pension S30826
1777-11-02 Will written Tully Choice Sr. Henry County, Virginia Henry Co Will Book 1 pp. 117-118
1778-03-18 Marriage Jesse Kirby and Sophia Choice Henry County, Virginia WikiTree Kirby-1430
1779 Battle of Stono Capt. Reuben Vaughan Sr. South Carolina DAR GRS A118329
1780 Military enlistment, Virginia Militia Jesse Kirby Henry County, Virginia Pension S*W9489
1780-08 Battle of Musgrove's Mill Bailey Anderson Congaree River, South Carolina Pension S30826
1780-11 Battle of Blackstocks Bailey Anderson South Carolina Pension S30826
1781 Siege of Ninety Six (Scout for Gen. Greene) Bailey Anderson Ninety Six, South Carolina Pension S30826
1781-10-18 Death (killed in Revolution) John Anderson Sr. Augusta/Camden, South Carolina DAR supplemental 511175
1785-02-15 Birth Major William Kirby Henry County, Virginia DAR application 511175
1785-03-17 Land grant (military warrant #786, 640 acres) Joseph Abel Copeland Davidson County, Tennessee FamilySearch
1788-06-14 Birth Sarah "Sally" Baugh Farrar Mecklenburg County, Virginia Ancestry
1788 Birth Sarah "Sally" Shortridge (Hopper) Fairfax County, Virginia DAR application #987569
1789-04-04 Birth Lavinia Anderson Warren County, Kentucky DAR supplemental 511175
~1789 Death Henry Kerby Stokes County, North Carolina Will proved 1790
1790 Will proved Henry Kerby Stokes County, North Carolina Absher (1979)
1795-02-02 Marriage Jacob Brazelton and Rachel Armstrong Jefferson County, Tennessee Brazelton Family History
1797 Birth Silas Gibson (unknown) FaG #159635575
1798 Birth Elizabeth Lane (Gibson) (unknown) FaG #159635575
1798-02-15 Marriage Elexius Harris and Susannah Shortridge Fairfax County, Virginia VA marriage records 1607-1800
1799-08-10 Will written Joseph Abel Copeland (Tennessee) FamilySearch

1800-1849

Date Event Person(s) Location Source
3 Apr 1812 Birth George Albert Vaughan Mecklenburg, Virginia FaG #69396081
17 Apr 1817 Birth Minerva Gibson (Vaughan) Tennessee FaG #159635575
30 Apr 1817 Birth James William Harris Montgomery County, Kentucky FaG #155434069
1820 Birth Lucy Ann Jones (Harris) (unknown) FaG #155434069
23 Oct 1824 Birth Eliphaz Holt Hawkins County, Tennessee WikiTree Holt-11387
2 Jan 1828 Birth John Warnke Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany FaG #57776305
1833 Birth Nancy "Nannie" Henry (Harris) (unknown) FaG #155435248
1835 Birth Sophia Kuchenmeister (Warnke) Germany FaG #116101202
21 Jan 1836 Marriage George Albert Vaughan and Minerva Gibson Jackson County, Missouri FaG #159635575
8 Nov 1836 Birth Matilda Caroline Vaughan (Colville) (Missouri?) FaG #122571212
13 Aug 1838 Marriage James William Harris and Lucy Ann Jones Montgomery County, Kentucky FaG #155434069
5 Aug 1839 Birth Joseph Gibson Vaughan Missouri Death cert #12983
~1840 Birth Julia Ann Miller (Holt) Daviess, Indiana WikiTree Holt-11387
1848 Death Lucy Ann Jones Harris (unknown) FaG #155434069

1850-1899

Date Event Person(s) Location Source
~1850 Marriage James William Harris and Nancy Henry Kentucky FaG #155434069
7 Jun 1852 Birth Sarah Bell Harris (Vaughan) Bourbon County, Kentucky FaG #88078577
~1853 Immigration John Warnke New Orleans (from Germany, 8 weeks at sea) FaG #57776305
1857 Birth Amzia Alexander Cowden (Earl's father) (unknown) WikiTree, FaG #210576517
1860 Birth Reeves Edward Loyd (Clara's father) (unknown, possibly MO) FamilySearch KGWN-WZT
1861 Joseph Gibson Vaughan joins Quantrill Joseph Gibson Vaughan Missouri Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
Feb 1862 Battle: Fight at Independence Joseph Gibson Vaughan Independence, MO Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
Aug 1862 Battle: Capture of Independence Joseph Gibson Vaughan Independence, MO Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
Aug 1862 Battle: Lone Jack Fight Joseph Gibson Vaughan Lone Jack, MO Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
21 Aug 1863 Battle: Lawrence Massacre Joseph Gibson Vaughan Lawrence, Kansas Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
27 Sep 1864 Battle: Centralia Massacre Joseph Gibson Vaughan Centralia, MO Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
Jun 1865 Battle: Wakefield Farm (Quantrill mortally wounded) Joseph Gibson Vaughan Wakefield Farm Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
~1865 Birth John William "Will" Holt Indiana Census, Heritage Book
1869 Birth Noah Caswell Holt Indiana WikiTree Holt-14739
1867 Birth John Giles (unknown) FaG #159877974
8 Apr 1868 Birth William John Warnke (Missouri?) FaG #129203425
1868 Death Nancy "Nannie" Henry Harris (unknown) FaG #155435248
1863 Birth Annie Ashby Haines (Clara's mother) (unknown) FamilySearch KG7V-Z4D
15 Nov 1869 Birth Clara Effie Kennedy (Holt) (unknown) Cemetery record
1870 Birth John Henry Eggers Hamburg, Germany Jeff Eggers oral testimony
~1870 Marriage Joseph Gibson Vaughan and Sarah Bell Harris (Jackson County, MO?) FaG #88078489 (1870) / newspaper (1872)
1870 Birth Louise J Jelinek (Warnke) (unknown) FaG #129203398
26 Jul 1876 Birth Hettie Adeline Kirby (Carter/Vaughan) Grain Valley, Jackson County, MO FaG #167217568
1878 Birth Maude Dickenson (Giles) (unknown) FaG #159877974
1880 Death Minerva Gibson Vaughan Jackson County, Missouri FaG #159635575
8 Mar 1889 Death George Albert Vaughan Hill County, Texas FaG #69396081
6 Sep 1886 Marriage Reeves Edward Loyd and Annie Ashby Haines Kansas City, Jackson County, MO FamilySearch
20 Oct 1889 Marriage John William Holt and Clara Effie Kennedy (Cowley County, KS) Heritage Book
1894 Marriage Walter M Vaughan and Hettie Adeline Kirby (Jackson County, MO) FaG #196885645
21 Dec 1897 Death Eliphaz Holt (Cowley County, KS) WikiTree, Wilmot Cemetery
6 Sep 1898 Death John Warnke near Kramer, Nebraska FaG #57776305

1900-1949

Date Event Person(s) Location Source
8 Jul 1869 Birth Frederick Thomas Orrill Pike, Illinois WikiTree Orrill-26
16 Jul 1866 Birth Mary Alvira Woodward (Orrill) (unknown) WikiTree Orrill-24
30 Nov 1896 Birth Alice Ada Orrill (Parsons) Wilmot, Cowley County, KS WikiTree Orrill-28
2 Aug 1898 Birth Price Vinton Orrill Wilmot, Cowley County, KS WikiTree Orrill-27
29 Jul 1900 Birth Sybil Dora Holt (Orrill/Fulghum) Wilmot, Cowley County, KS WikiTree Holt-14739
17 Mar 1900 Birth Clinton Woodward "Jack" Orrill Wilmot, Cowley County, KS WikiTree Orrill-24
31 Jan 1901 Birth Roy Wallace Vaughan (Jackson County, MO) FaG #92374521
~1901 Death Julia Ann Miller Holt (Cowley County, KS) WikiTree
28 Dec 1902 Birth Ira Mollett Giles St. Louis, MO TX death certificate
16 Jul 1901 Birth Earl Mead Cowden El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma FamilySearch L7L5-F1C
1903 Birth Clara Francis Loyd (Cowden) Kansas City, Jackson County, MO FamilySearch LH77-CZK
20 Jan 1903 Birth Frances Blanche Jones (Vaughan) (Missouri?) FaG #92372894
2 Feb 1874 Birth Walter M Vaughan Sibley, Jackson County, MO FaG #196885645
1905 Birth Walter John Eggers Sr. St. Louis, MO Jeff Eggers oral testimony
18 Dec 1906 Birth Adeline G Warnke (Missouri?) FaG #280480045
19 Oct 1914 Death Charles Holliday Cowden (Earl's paternal grandfather) Montgomery County, Arkansas FaG #210576517
17 Oct 1914 Death Walter M Vaughan Buckner, Jackson County, MO FaG #196885645
1915 Death Annie Ashby Haines Loyd (Clara's mother) (Kansas City, MO?) FamilySearch KG7V-Z4D
14 Feb 1915 Death Sarah Bell Harris Vaughan Oak Grove, Jackson County, MO FaG #88078577
24 Apr 1918 Death Joseph Gibson Vaughan Buckner, Jackson County, MO Death cert #12983
1918 Marriage Hettie Adeline Kirby and Charles Henry Carter (Jackson County, MO) FaG #167217568
24 Nov 1920 Marriage Sybil Dora Holt and Clinton Woodward Orrill Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS WikiTree Holt-14739
15 Dec 1918 Marriage Price Vinton Orrill and Edith Blanch Adams Atlanta, Cowley, KS WikiTree Orrill-27
9 Mar 1922 Birth Leo Eugene Orrill (Wichita, KS?) WikiTree Orrill-25
15 Mar 1922 Death Leo Eugene Orrill (age 6 days) Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS WikiTree Orrill-25
20 Nov 1922 Birth Doris Vaughan (Fulghum) Buckner, MO Obituary
19 Feb 1923 Birth "Infant Lloyd" (later Gale Fulghum). Born to Clara Lloyd (maiden name); no father listed. Birth cert File No. 916, Kansas City Dept of Health. Later named Aura Gale Orrill by custodial parents Clinton Orrill and Sybil Holt. General Hospital, Kansas City, MO Birth certificate File No. 916 (2026)
30 Mar 1923 Marriage Clara Francis Loyd and Earl Mead Cowden (39 days after Gale's birth). File No. A-6807. Address: 4608 E. 27th St., KC. Jackson County, Missouri Marriage index
Feb 1929 Death Amzia Alexander Cowden (Earl's father) El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma El Reno Daily Democrat
13 Mar 1926 Death Clinton Woodward "Jack" Orrill (age 25; tar still explosion) Independence / Sugar Creek, MO WikiTree Orrill-24
4 Jun 1926 Death Frederick Thomas Orrill (age 56) Arcadia, Los Angeles County, CA WikiTree Orrill-26
1922 Death Sophia Kuchenmeister Warnke (Crete, NE) FaG #116101202
1927 Marriage Ira Mollett Giles and Ruth Greene (unknown) FaG #159877974
~1929 Marriage Walter John Eggers Sr. and Jean Hyatt (Nettie Emma Smothers) St. Louis, MO Jeff Eggers oral testimony
23 Aug 1930 Birth Walter J Eggers III St. Louis, MO Obituary
1930 Death Jean Hyatt Eggers (childbirth) St. Louis, MO Jeff Eggers oral testimony
Jul 1930 Marriage Ira Mollett Giles and Adeline G Warnke (unknown) FaG #280480045
1930 Death John Giles (unknown) FaG #159877974
1932 Birth Jacqueline Britt (Eggers) (St. Louis, MO?) Family data
1938 Death Reeves Edward Loyd (Clara's father) (Kansas City, MO?) FamilySearch KGWN-WZT
10 Feb 1938 Death John William Holt (Cowley County, KS) Heritage Book, Cemetery
4 Jun 1943 Death William John Warnke (St. Louis County, MO) FaG #129203425
14 Sep 1944 Marriage Gale Fulghum and Doris Vaughan Chicago, IL Doris obituary
29 Nov 1942 Marriage Adeline G Warnke and William Stuart Britt (unknown) FaG #280480045
1946 Death Maude Dickenson Giles (unknown) FaG #159877974
1948 Birth Gary Vaughan Fulghum (Independence, MO?) Obituary
1949 Death Walter John Eggers Sr. St. Louis, MO Jeff Eggers oral testimony
13 May 1949 Marriage Dr. Charles Harold Awalt (son of Edward Awalt) and Ana Maria Amelia Cardenas Jinoco Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City Mexico DF Civil Reg., FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:QG42-Z539
1949 Death Charles Henry Carter (Jackson County, MO) FaG #167217568

1950-Present

Date Event Person(s) Location Source
1951 Marriage Walter J Eggers III and Jacqueline Britt (University of Missouri) Walter III obituary
1953 Birth Teresa "Terri" Eggers (Kansas City area?) Family data
22 Sep 1935 Death Noah Caswell Holt (unknown) WikiTree Holt-14739
12 Feb 1940 Death Dora L. Copeland Holt Jefferson, Tennessee WikiTree Holt-14739
13 Apr 1953 Death Clara Effie Kennedy Holt (Cowley County, KS) Cemetery record
1961 Death Louise J Jelinek Warnke (St. Louis County, MO) FaG #129203398
1961 Death Silas Gibson (unknown) FaG #159635575
13 Feb 1965 Death Hettie Adeline Kirby Carter Buckner, MO FaG #167217568
22 Apr 1965 Affidavit signed Samuel Gibson Vaughan (unknown) Vaughan_Gun_Affidavit_1965
25 Jul 1958 Death Sarah Della Koontz Cowden (Earl's mother) Kansas City, MO WikiTree
15 Jun 1970 Death Ira Mollett Giles San Benito, Cameron County, TX TX death certificate
30 Mar 1974 Death Earl Mead Cowden (51 years to the day after his marriage to Clara) Ordway, Crowley County, CO FamilySearch L7L5-F1C
24 Sep 1977 Death Roy Wallace Vaughan Independence, MO FaG #92374521
1984 Death Clara Francis Loyd Cowden (Gale's biological mother, age ~81) Ordway, Crowley County, CO FamilySearch LH77-CZK
1985 Birth Jordan Britt Fulghum (unknown) Family data
14 Aug 1987 Death Adeline G Warnke Giles Britt (St. Louis County, MO) FaG #280480045
6 May 1997 Death Frances Blanche Jones Vaughan (Independence, MO?) FaG #92372894
2 Oct 2007 Death Gale Fulghum Independence, MO Speaks Chapel obituary
29 Nov 1966 Death Alice Ada Orrill Parsons (age 69) Winfield, Cowley, KS WikiTree Orrill-28
27 May 1989 Death Sybil Dora Holt Fulghum Jackson County, MO WikiTree Holt-14739
26 Dec 1990 Death Price Vinton Orrill (age 92) Blue Springs, MO WikiTree Orrill-27
3 Aug 1950 Death Mary Alvira Woodward Orrill (unknown) WikiTree Orrill-24
6 Aug 2014 Death Doris Vaughan Fulghum (Independence, MO?) Signature Funerals obituary
25 Apr 1998 Death Dr. Charles Harold Awalt (son of Edward Awalt) (San Antonio, TX?) NUMIDENT
13 Nov 1948 Birth Vicki Nan Rudder (daughter of Polly Nan Awalt and William James Rudder; Edward Awalt's granddaughter) Missouri Ancestry profile
18 Mar 1955 Marriage Polly Nan Awalt and Firman Anthony Arth Jackson County, MO Ancestry marriage record
19 Dec 1958 Birth Gregory Allen Arth (son of Polly Nan and Firman Arth; Edward Awalt's grandson) Missouri Ancestry profile
11 Jul 2013 Death Gregory Allen Arth (Edward Awalt's grandson), age 54 Lee's Summit, MO Ancestry profile
27 Nov 2014 Death Polly Nan Awalt Arth (daughter of Edward Awalt), age 85, pulmonary fibrosis Kansas City, MO KC Star obituary, FaG #139359880
2017 Death Vicki Nan Rudder Arth (daughter of Polly Nan Awalt and William Rudder) (Kansas City area?) Firman Arth obituary
28 Dec 2009 Death William James Rudder (Polly Nan Awalt's first partner) Arlington, Tarrant Co, TX Ancestry profile
14 Jun 2017 Death Firman A. Arth, age 88 (husband of Polly Nan Awalt) Lee's Summit Medical Center, MO Firman Arth obituary
2023 Death Walter J Eggers III Overland Park, KS Legacy.com obituary