The Valentine Family and associated lines

Jane ?⁽¹⁾ was born in 1814.

She was married to William Valentine.⁽¹⁾ Children were: William Lewis Valentine .

Sarah B. Fincher⁽¹⁾

She was married to William Henry Harrison on 15 Nov 1836 in Campbell, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Mary Ann Harrison.

James D. Gray⁽¹⁾ was born in 1808.⁽¹⁾ He died in 1858 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ in 1850 census - occupation listed as "Tailor"

He was married to Martha W. McArthur in 1835.⁽¹⁾ Children were: William Henry C. Gray.

William Henry C. Gray⁽¹⁾ was born in 1844 in DeKalb, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ He died on 12 Nov 1889 in DeKalb, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ He was buried on 14 Nov 1889 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ This branch of the Gray Family evidently originated in Scotland as is indicated in various family traditions. The exact location cannot be determined because the earliest known ancestor was born on board a ship in 1808, however his son, William Henry C. Gray always stated that his father was from Scotland and he was extremely proud to be of Scottich origin. Old William never was reconciled to his daughter, Annie's marriage to Benjamin Valentine because he suspected that Benjamin was English and not Scottish descent. This came about because Benjamin had heard stories that his father, William Lewis Valentine had been born in England. William had kept his New York birthplace a secret because he was in the Confederate Army.

William Henry C. Gray was a member of the 3rd Georgia Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America. He enlisted in 1860 at the age of 16. In the 1880 census of Atlanta, Ga. he was listed as a "Gas Fitter" and "Plumber" living at 78 Terry Street. He died at his mother's home on Fair and Martin Streets after a prolonged illness of Septicaemia, on Tuesday, November 12, 1889, at the age of 45

He died in same house that he was born in. Along with Him his sister Izora, nephew, Arthur Mabin, and great-grandson Virgil F. Valentine were born there. Parents: James D. Gray and Martha W. McArthur.

He was married to Easter J. Hicks in 1864.⁽¹⁾

Mary Ann Harrison⁽¹⁾ was born in Jan 1837 in Georgia.⁽¹⁾ She died on 28 Oct 1907 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ She was buried in Smyrna, Cobb, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Mary Ann (Harrison) Valentine, after traveling throughout the South with her infant son searching for information concerning the whereabouts of her husband, returned to Atlanta in the late 1870's where she remained for the rest of her life. She died October 28, 1907 in Atlanta and is buried in the Bethel Churchyard near a place called Ragsdale Crossing in Smyrna, Cobb County, Ga.

Know as Ragsdale Crossing in 1907, near Smyrna, Cobb County, Ga. Is on lot with her sister, Sarah Harrison Keheley on the Keheley lot. Parents: William Henry Harrison and Sarah B. Fincher.

She was married to William Lewis Valentine in 1864 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Married during summer

William Henry Harrison⁽¹⁾ was born in 1804.⁽¹⁾ from Clayton County, Ga. Practically nothing is know of the Harrison Family in Georgia, therefore most of the following was compiled from Census records, Estate records and some family records. The family apparently settled in Clayton County, Georgia in the early 1800's but was evidently up-rooted by the War Between the States. No record has been located on the earliest Harriosn ancestor, William H. Harrison after 1860. Where he and his wife Sarah died and when is unknown at this time (1985).

about 1804 according to census records in what is now Alabama. It is not know who his parents were.

He was married to Sarah B. Fincher on 15 Nov 1836 in Campbell, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Mary Ann Harrison.

Easter J. Hicks⁽¹⁾ was born on 17 Dec 1845 in Monroe, Tennessee.⁽¹⁾ She died on 5 Sep 1898 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Parents: Robert W. Hicks and Mary Ann Reagin.

She was married to William Henry C. Gray in 1864.⁽¹⁾

Isaac Hicks⁽¹⁾ was born in 1790.⁽¹⁾ He died in 1849 in Tennessee.⁽¹⁾

He was married to Sarah Long Walker on 27 Oct 1812 in Blount, Tennessee.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Robert W. Hicks.

Robert W. Hicks⁽¹⁾ Parents: Isaac Hicks and Sarah Long Walker.

Children were: Easter J. Hicks.

Martha W. McArthur⁽¹⁾ was born in Sep 1819 in South Carolina.⁽¹⁾ She died on 10 Jun 1905 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ She was buried on 11 Jun 1905 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾

She was married to James D. Gray in 1835.⁽¹⁾ Children were: William Henry C. Gray.

Mary Ann Reagin⁽¹⁾ was born on 30 Dec 1819 in Monroe, Tennessee.⁽¹⁾ She died about 1886 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ 1880 census of Fulton County, GA says that her parents were born in South Carolina

Children were: Easter J. Hicks.

William Valentine⁽¹⁾ (photo) was born in 1812.⁽¹⁾ He died before 1860 in Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Name was originally Balentine He and his wife came to America about 1834 and settled first in New York where their first two children were born. They moved about 1840 to Canda where the next three children were born, and finally about 1849 to Greene County, Ga. where the last child was born and where they were listed on the 1850 census. William's occupation on the census was listed as "weaver".

He was married to Jane ?.⁽¹⁾ Children were: William Lewis Valentine .

William Lewis Valentine⁽¹⁾ was born in 1836 in New York.⁽¹⁾ He died in Mar 1865 in City Point (Hopewell), Prince George, Virginia.⁽¹⁾ He was buried in City Point.⁽¹⁾ The only one of the children of William and Jane to be traced was the oldest, William Lewis Valentine, born in New York about 1836 and died during the Civil War in 1865. A note in Franklin Garrett's "Atlanta and Environs" indicates that William Lewis Valentine was in Atlanta in 1855, however, he was not with his widowed mother in Campbell County in 1860 and he has not been located in the 1860 census. His movements beginning in 1862, however are fairly easy to trace since on August 17, 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army in Savannah, Georgia. The Confederate records list him variously as Lewis Volentine and Lewis Valentine, the first spelling undoubtedly brought about by his English or Scottish accent. The records on file at the Georgia Department of Archives and History show that William was ill and in the hospital in 1862. Evidently this was a serious illness because in November he was listed as being on a "sick furlough". He was a patient at French's Division Hospital, Lauderdale, Mississippi, July 10, 1863.

William Lewis Valentine was married sometime in the summer of 1864 near Atlanta to Mary Ann Harrison of Clayton County, daughter of William Henry Harrison and Sarah B. Fincher. On July 23, 1864, shortly after his marriage, William Lewis Valentine was captured in Clayton County by the Union forces of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and the 16th Army Coups and was sent to the Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky via Nashville, Tennessee. From Louisville, he was transferred to the Military Prison at Camp Chase, Ohio where he was received August 2, 1864. William became ill in prison (probably with disentary) and on March 4, 1865 he appeared on a list of sick and wounded prisoners who were to be paroled and transferred to City Point, (now Hopewell) Virginia to be exchanged. From this point the record becomes obscure. Fragmentary records indicate that the prisoners did arrive at City Point but that William Lewis Valentine died shortly after and is buried in a mass grave. Definite proof of this cannot be determined but all evidence seems to confirm this to be the true facts. William's widow, who by this time had a small son born in the Spring of 1865, was never notified of her husband's death and for the remaining 42 years of her life she never believed that he was dead and would someday return to here and the son he had never seen.

Confederate Record of William Lewis Valentine

(Cards on file in the Confederate Records section, Georgia Department of Archives and History list him variously as "Lewis Voluntine" and "Lewis Valentine".)

Enrolled as a Private in Co. C, First Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters, on August 17, 1862 at Savannah, Georgia by Captain W. H. Ross for a period of three years.

October, 1862: - Card indicates "Sick in Hospital at Camp."

November 1862: - On Sick Furlough. (He evidently went home.)

February, 1863: - "Present" (at roll call)

April, 1863: - "Present"

July, 1863: - "Patient and French's Division Hospitaly, Lauderdale, Mississippi."

December 13, 1863:- "Present"

July & August, 1864: - "Absent - In the hands of the enemy"

From the Prisoner of War record - Camp Chase, Ohio:

"Lewis Valentine" appears on the roll of Prisoners of War captured by the 16th Army Corps under Major General William Tecumseh Sherman near Atlanta, Georgia, July 23, 1864. He was sent to the Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky via Nashville, Tennessee.

July 31, 1864: Ordered sent to Camp Chase, Ohio from Louisville, Ky.

August 2, 1864: Received at Camp Chase, Ohio, Military Prison.

March 4, 1865: Listed as sick and transferred to City Point, Virginia, for exchange.

From Exchange Records, City Point, Virginia:

Record indicates "died before being exchanged". Not listed on record of prisoners exchanged in March or April, 1865. No death or burial record was located. There are many unmarked and mass graves in the Confederate Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, near the old prison camp at City Point (now Hopewell). William Lewis Valentine probably died very shortly after arriving at City Point, possibly the same day.

The only other record located of William Lewis Valentine was a photograph from the papers of his widow, Mary Ann (Harrison) Valentine, which was taken in Atlanta, Georgia in the summer of 1864, probably shortly before their marriage. He is wearing a Confederate dress uniform in the photograph.

died in Union prison camp at City Point, Va.

exact gravesite is unknown Parents: William Valentine and Jane ?.

He was married to Mary Ann Harrison in 1864 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.⁽¹⁾ Married during summer

Sarah Long Walker⁽¹⁾ was born in 1793 in North Carolina.⁽¹⁾ she was still living in 1850 Census

She was married to Isaac Hicks on 27 Oct 1812 in Blount, Tennessee.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Robert W. Hicks.

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