She was the daughter of Frost & Snow, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of John Johnson and Eleanor Davis.
She married 22 Dec 1796, Orange Co., VA to Bartlett Cave, son of William Cave and Jeriah Davis.
Bartlett was not listed on the 1810 Orange Co., VA tax list, but neither were he and Jenny enumerated in Surry Co., NC that year. They were definitely still in Virginia in 1809 when their son John was born, but by 1820 they had joined Jenny's family in North Carolina. Bartlett's family went to Green Co., KY, probably about 1812, and Bartlett and Jenny may have left Virginia about the same time.
Jenny's father, Frost & Snow, Jr., died in Surry Co., NC in 1813.
The 1849 book, "FISHER'S RIVER (N.C.) SCENES AND CHARACTERS" by Harden E. Taliaferro (N.Y.: Arno Press, 1977), p. 14, describes the land they settled on:
"Surry County is one of the northwestern counties of North Carolina, and joins Grayson, Carroll, and Patrick counties, Virginia. These scenes are laid in the extreme north-western part of this county. It is a romantic section, and produces a people equally romantic. The highest part of the majestic Blue Ridge, a branch of the great Alleghany, stands in bold view, overlooking the whole country. From its base flow many crystal streams as cold as ice-water can be made in southern cities. Some of them are dignified with the name of "river." Thus there are "Mitchell's River," "Big Fisher's River," and "Little Fisher's River;" and of creeks there are "Stewart's Creek," "Ring's Creek," "Beaver Dam Creek," and so forth. All these streams, with branches and springs constantly pouring into them, after running a short and swift course, precipitate themselves into the pure, clear, and rapid Yadkin. Near the foot of the Blue Ridge, on its spurs and ridges, and on those rivers and creeks, lived the heroes whose wondrous feats and stories are recorded in the following pages."
1820 Federal census, Surry Co., NC, roll 82, p. 411
[Indexed as "Cove". The list is alphabetized; John Cave Sr. and Jr. also listed]
Bartlett Cave
one male age over 45; b. by 1775 - Bartlett
one female age over 45; b. by 1775 - Jenny
two males age 18-25; b. 1795-1802 - Galen & Gaius
one female age 16-25; b. 1795-1804 - ?
one male age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - John S.
one female age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - Alley
one female age under 10; b. 1810-1820 - Charlotte
"Fisher's River," tells the story of how son Alguis missed marrying his first choice for wife when he lost out to his first cousin, Richard "Dick" Snow, son of Frost & Snow Jr.:
Now it came to pass, in the course of human events, that Dick fell in love with Sally Tucker, youngest daughter of William and Molly Tucker, a very respectable family. "Uncle Billy Tucker" being "well off" for that country, and Sally being an admirable girl, Dick had quite a time of it, owing to her many suitors. Algias Cave was Dick's principal opponent, and the struggle was long, hard, and doubtful. Nothing but Dick's energy and perseverance, and "gittin' on the blind side o' the old folks," caused him to succeed. Many a man would have "gi'n it up as a lost ball;" but not so with Dick; "fur," said he, "I nuver gins a thing up as long as there's a pea in the gourd."
By 1830, sons Galen and Alguis were married and out on their own. Were Bartlett and Jenny missed by the enumerator, or had they already started west?
1830 Federal census, Surry Co., NC
Agais Cave, pg 105
Galion Cave, pg 115
About 1833, Galen and Alley, along with their spouses and two brothers-in-law, Warham Easley and John Snow, headed west and eventually settled in 1835 in Jackson Co., MO in the little town of Lone Jack, named for the lone jack tree standing on a small hill. They must have liked what they found and written home, because the next year the rest of the family (except Alguis?) started west and reached Lone Jack in May. Their wagon train included about eighty pioneers, including the family of Charlotte's future family. Bartlett and Jenny started a new farm about a mile east of Lone Jack.
In 1840, they were living next door to son Galen and his family:
1840 census, Jackson Co., MO, p. 83
Bartlett Cave
One male age 70-79 - Bartlett
One female age 60-69 - Jenny
One female age 20-29 - Charlotte
No slaves
May 1849 - Jenny is mentioned as being in good health in a letter by her nephews sent to their father in May of 1849. Bartlett had probably already died by this time.
Lone Jack, MO
Jackson County, May the 7th 1849,
Dear Father,
I once more take liberty of addressing your affections to inform you how we are at present time. The boys both are poorly and have sore legs. They are under the doctor. He says he can cure them and restore them to health again. If he succeeds, I am to give him $40, if not, $20. They are on the mend and I hope they will get well. The rest of the family is well, for which we feel truly thankful. It is the situation of my family that had prevented me from paying you a visit this spring as I had expected. I hope these few lines may reach you and find you well with all the rest of the relations in that country. The relations and friends here are all well at this time and I think the general health of the country is better at this time than it has been for the last three years. We have had a warm spring, winter and spring so far and small grain looks well. We have abundance of produce in this country, but it sells low taking from 2 to 3 cents for lb. corn, 50 to 75 cents for barrel. Cows and calves from $6 to $10. Hemp $3 to $3.50. For cut tobacco, $3 to $4 per 100 lb. Whiskey 25 to 35 cents per gallon by the retail. Coffee 10 cents. Sugar from 7 to 10 cents.
Dear Father, I have written to you on the subject of a mistake I think you have made in regard of a charge of 50 dollars (illegible) now I have received (illegible) answer on the subject and am still at a loss to even conjecture what it could have been for and I have to request again that you give me some satisfaction on the subject. I want nothing but (luster?) and that I hope you will award to me. I understand that there is a chaser at the bottom of your (will?) for money you gave to me on the morning I started. If so, I saw nothing of it. If it is the fact and you know of someone that was present, I would like to know who it was and where and when. I wish you to talk to Calvin Snow about it. The charge exhibited against me is $189.87 + 50.00 = $239.87. If you after satisfying yourself, if you think there is anything more coming to me, you can send it by Thomas D. Smith.
[signed] F.A. Snow
[written at bottom of first letter]
Dear Father, we are all desirous to see you and if you still wish to come to Mo., come ahead, we will gladly receive you and we have plenty of meat and bread. Smith is a steady young man and would be a good traveling companion, and if you do come, we would advise you to come with him. Your sister Jane is well and sends her love and respect to you. Ally is well and hearty and wishes to be remembered. Fiancé is only in tolerable health and wishes to be remembered. Galen Cave is well and Susanna has a child 4 weeks old, a poor weakly child and does not bid far to be as large as its mother, she weighing 260 pounds. There has been several deaths among the children of scarlet fever. Joshua Mays (Days?) lost both his children. Milton W. Easley two, and Warham Easley one. Old Mrs. Easley is as well as could be expected of one of her age. We conclude by subscribing ourselves your affectionate children.
[signed] Lewis Snow, John Snow, Frost & Snow.
So far Jenny hasn't been found on the census taken in 1850, and it's presumed that she died later in 1849 or early 1850.
Children:
1. Galen Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 5 Jan 1828, Surry Co., NC, to Susanna Easley [b. 30 Apr 1805, Surry Co., NC; d. 17 APR 1892, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack cemetery; daughter of William Easley and Sarah Smith]; d. 23 Jun 1851, Lonejack, Jackson Co., MO from cholera during the great epidemic; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
2. Algius "Gaius" Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 1st 30 Jul 1819, Surry Co., NC to Elizabeth Aimfield; m. 2nd Dec 1823, Surry Co., NC to Dorcas Cunningham [b. 1810, NC; d. 1880-1900, Dobson, Surry Co., NC]; he d. 13 Aug 1842, Surry Co., NC.
3. Daughter Cave, b. 1798-1804, Orange Co., VA; she was enumerated age 16-25 on the 1820 census.
4. Allie Elizabeth Cave, b. c. 1803-1806, Orange Co., VA; m. 20 Dec 1820, Surry Co., NC, to James Snow [b. 1796; her 1st cousin, son of Frost & Snow, Jr. and Elizabeth Ballard]; she d. 1880-1900, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery.
5. John S. Cave, b. 18 Sep 1809, Orange Co., VA; m. 6 Sep 1836, Surry Co., NC, to Nancy Hunter [b. 6 Jun 1819, Stokes Co., NC; d. 15 Dec 1905, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO; daughter of John Hunter and Elizabeth Jeans]; he d. 6 Sep 1863, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried in Lone Jack Civil War Massacre (Confederate) Cemetery, Lone Jack.
Along with five other relatives and friends, John was shot without a trial by Union troops after a neighbor turned them in for helping or meeting with Confederate guerrilla Quantrill. He died on his 33rd wedding anniversary and his wife gave birth two months later to their ninth child.
6. Charlotte (Lottie) Cave, b. 6 Oct 1818, Surry Co., NC; m. 29 Sep 1842, Lone Jack, MO, to John Bynum, son of Pomfrey Bynum [b. 17 JUL 1822, Rutherford Co., TN; d. 20 Jun 1897, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery]; she d. 6 Oct 1905; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
7. Mary "Polly" Cave, b. c. 1820, Surry Co., NC; never married; d. by 1836, Surry Co., NC.
She married 22 Dec 1796, Orange Co., VA to Bartlett Cave, son of William Cave and Jeriah Davis.
Bartlett was not listed on the 1810 Orange Co., VA tax list, but neither were he and Jenny enumerated in Surry Co., NC that year. They were definitely still in Virginia in 1809 when their son John was born, but by 1820 they had joined Jenny's family in North Carolina. Bartlett's family went to Green Co., KY, probably about 1812, and Bartlett and Jenny may have left Virginia about the same time.
Jenny's father, Frost & Snow, Jr., died in Surry Co., NC in 1813.
The 1849 book, "FISHER'S RIVER (N.C.) SCENES AND CHARACTERS" by Harden E. Taliaferro (N.Y.: Arno Press, 1977), p. 14, describes the land they settled on:
"Surry County is one of the northwestern counties of North Carolina, and joins Grayson, Carroll, and Patrick counties, Virginia. These scenes are laid in the extreme north-western part of this county. It is a romantic section, and produces a people equally romantic. The highest part of the majestic Blue Ridge, a branch of the great Alleghany, stands in bold view, overlooking the whole country. From its base flow many crystal streams as cold as ice-water can be made in southern cities. Some of them are dignified with the name of "river." Thus there are "Mitchell's River," "Big Fisher's River," and "Little Fisher's River;" and of creeks there are "Stewart's Creek," "Ring's Creek," "Beaver Dam Creek," and so forth. All these streams, with branches and springs constantly pouring into them, after running a short and swift course, precipitate themselves into the pure, clear, and rapid Yadkin. Near the foot of the Blue Ridge, on its spurs and ridges, and on those rivers and creeks, lived the heroes whose wondrous feats and stories are recorded in the following pages."
1820 Federal census, Surry Co., NC, roll 82, p. 411
[Indexed as "Cove". The list is alphabetized; John Cave Sr. and Jr. also listed]
Bartlett Cave
one male age over 45; b. by 1775 - Bartlett
one female age over 45; b. by 1775 - Jenny
two males age 18-25; b. 1795-1802 - Galen & Gaius
one female age 16-25; b. 1795-1804 - ?
one male age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - John S.
one female age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - Alley
one female age under 10; b. 1810-1820 - Charlotte
"Fisher's River," tells the story of how son Alguis missed marrying his first choice for wife when he lost out to his first cousin, Richard "Dick" Snow, son of Frost & Snow Jr.:
Now it came to pass, in the course of human events, that Dick fell in love with Sally Tucker, youngest daughter of William and Molly Tucker, a very respectable family. "Uncle Billy Tucker" being "well off" for that country, and Sally being an admirable girl, Dick had quite a time of it, owing to her many suitors. Algias Cave was Dick's principal opponent, and the struggle was long, hard, and doubtful. Nothing but Dick's energy and perseverance, and "gittin' on the blind side o' the old folks," caused him to succeed. Many a man would have "gi'n it up as a lost ball;" but not so with Dick; "fur," said he, "I nuver gins a thing up as long as there's a pea in the gourd."
By 1830, sons Galen and Alguis were married and out on their own. Were Bartlett and Jenny missed by the enumerator, or had they already started west?
1830 Federal census, Surry Co., NC
Agais Cave, pg 105
Galion Cave, pg 115
About 1833, Galen and Alley, along with their spouses and two brothers-in-law, Warham Easley and John Snow, headed west and eventually settled in 1835 in Jackson Co., MO in the little town of Lone Jack, named for the lone jack tree standing on a small hill. They must have liked what they found and written home, because the next year the rest of the family (except Alguis?) started west and reached Lone Jack in May. Their wagon train included about eighty pioneers, including the family of Charlotte's future family. Bartlett and Jenny started a new farm about a mile east of Lone Jack.
In 1840, they were living next door to son Galen and his family:
1840 census, Jackson Co., MO, p. 83
Bartlett Cave
One male age 70-79 - Bartlett
One female age 60-69 - Jenny
One female age 20-29 - Charlotte
No slaves
May 1849 - Jenny is mentioned as being in good health in a letter by her nephews sent to their father in May of 1849. Bartlett had probably already died by this time.
Lone Jack, MO
Jackson County, May the 7th 1849,
Dear Father,
I once more take liberty of addressing your affections to inform you how we are at present time. The boys both are poorly and have sore legs. They are under the doctor. He says he can cure them and restore them to health again. If he succeeds, I am to give him $40, if not, $20. They are on the mend and I hope they will get well. The rest of the family is well, for which we feel truly thankful. It is the situation of my family that had prevented me from paying you a visit this spring as I had expected. I hope these few lines may reach you and find you well with all the rest of the relations in that country. The relations and friends here are all well at this time and I think the general health of the country is better at this time than it has been for the last three years. We have had a warm spring, winter and spring so far and small grain looks well. We have abundance of produce in this country, but it sells low taking from 2 to 3 cents for lb. corn, 50 to 75 cents for barrel. Cows and calves from $6 to $10. Hemp $3 to $3.50. For cut tobacco, $3 to $4 per 100 lb. Whiskey 25 to 35 cents per gallon by the retail. Coffee 10 cents. Sugar from 7 to 10 cents.
Dear Father, I have written to you on the subject of a mistake I think you have made in regard of a charge of 50 dollars (illegible) now I have received (illegible) answer on the subject and am still at a loss to even conjecture what it could have been for and I have to request again that you give me some satisfaction on the subject. I want nothing but (luster?) and that I hope you will award to me. I understand that there is a chaser at the bottom of your (will?) for money you gave to me on the morning I started. If so, I saw nothing of it. If it is the fact and you know of someone that was present, I would like to know who it was and where and when. I wish you to talk to Calvin Snow about it. The charge exhibited against me is $189.87 + 50.00 = $239.87. If you after satisfying yourself, if you think there is anything more coming to me, you can send it by Thomas D. Smith.
[signed] F.A. Snow
[written at bottom of first letter]
Dear Father, we are all desirous to see you and if you still wish to come to Mo., come ahead, we will gladly receive you and we have plenty of meat and bread. Smith is a steady young man and would be a good traveling companion, and if you do come, we would advise you to come with him. Your sister Jane is well and sends her love and respect to you. Ally is well and hearty and wishes to be remembered. Fiancé is only in tolerable health and wishes to be remembered. Galen Cave is well and Susanna has a child 4 weeks old, a poor weakly child and does not bid far to be as large as its mother, she weighing 260 pounds. There has been several deaths among the children of scarlet fever. Joshua Mays (Days?) lost both his children. Milton W. Easley two, and Warham Easley one. Old Mrs. Easley is as well as could be expected of one of her age. We conclude by subscribing ourselves your affectionate children.
[signed] Lewis Snow, John Snow, Frost & Snow.
So far Jenny hasn't been found on the census taken in 1850, and it's presumed that she died later in 1849 or early 1850.
Children:
1. Galen Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 5 Jan 1828, Surry Co., NC, to Susanna Easley [b. 30 Apr 1805, Surry Co., NC; d. 17 APR 1892, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack cemetery; daughter of William Easley and Sarah Smith]; d. 23 Jun 1851, Lonejack, Jackson Co., MO from cholera during the great epidemic; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
2. Algius "Gaius" Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 1st 30 Jul 1819, Surry Co., NC to Elizabeth Aimfield; m. 2nd Dec 1823, Surry Co., NC to Dorcas Cunningham [b. 1810, NC; d. 1880-1900, Dobson, Surry Co., NC]; he d. 13 Aug 1842, Surry Co., NC.
3. Daughter Cave, b. 1798-1804, Orange Co., VA; she was enumerated age 16-25 on the 1820 census.
4. Allie Elizabeth Cave, b. c. 1803-1806, Orange Co., VA; m. 20 Dec 1820, Surry Co., NC, to James Snow [b. 1796; her 1st cousin, son of Frost & Snow, Jr. and Elizabeth Ballard]; she d. 1880-1900, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery.
5. John S. Cave, b. 18 Sep 1809, Orange Co., VA; m. 6 Sep 1836, Surry Co., NC, to Nancy Hunter [b. 6 Jun 1819, Stokes Co., NC; d. 15 Dec 1905, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO; daughter of John Hunter and Elizabeth Jeans]; he d. 6 Sep 1863, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried in Lone Jack Civil War Massacre (Confederate) Cemetery, Lone Jack.
Along with five other relatives and friends, John was shot without a trial by Union troops after a neighbor turned them in for helping or meeting with Confederate guerrilla Quantrill. He died on his 33rd wedding anniversary and his wife gave birth two months later to their ninth child.
6. Charlotte (Lottie) Cave, b. 6 Oct 1818, Surry Co., NC; m. 29 Sep 1842, Lone Jack, MO, to John Bynum, son of Pomfrey Bynum [b. 17 JUL 1822, Rutherford Co., TN; d. 20 Jun 1897, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery]; she d. 6 Oct 1905; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
7. Mary "Polly" Cave, b. c. 1820, Surry Co., NC; never married; d. by 1836, Surry Co., NC.
She was the daughter of Frost & Snow, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of John Johnson and Eleanor Davis.
She married 22 Dec 1796, Orange Co., VA to Bartlett Cave, son of William Cave and Jeriah Davis.
Bartlett was not listed on the 1810 Orange Co., VA tax list, but neither were he and Jenny enumerated in Surry Co., NC that year. They were definitely still in Virginia in 1809 when their son John was born, but by 1820 they had joined Jenny's family in North Carolina. Bartlett's family went to Green Co., KY, probably about 1812, and Bartlett and Jenny may have left Virginia about the same time.
Jenny's father, Frost & Snow, Jr., died in Surry Co., NC in 1813.
The 1849 book, "FISHER'S RIVER (N.C.) SCENES AND CHARACTERS" by Harden E. Taliaferro (N.Y.: Arno Press, 1977), p. 14, describes the land they settled on:
"Surry County is one of the northwestern counties of North Carolina, and joins Grayson, Carroll, and Patrick counties, Virginia. These scenes are laid in the extreme north-western part of this county. It is a romantic section, and produces a people equally romantic. The highest part of the majestic Blue Ridge, a branch of the great Alleghany, stands in bold view, overlooking the whole country. From its base flow many crystal streams as cold as ice-water can be made in southern cities. Some of them are dignified with the name of "river." Thus there are "Mitchell's River," "Big Fisher's River," and "Little Fisher's River;" and of creeks there are "Stewart's Creek," "Ring's Creek," "Beaver Dam Creek," and so forth. All these streams, with branches and springs constantly pouring into them, after running a short and swift course, precipitate themselves into the pure, clear, and rapid Yadkin. Near the foot of the Blue Ridge, on its spurs and ridges, and on those rivers and creeks, lived the heroes whose wondrous feats and stories are recorded in the following pages."
1820 Federal census, Surry Co., NC, roll 82, p. 411
[Indexed as "Cove". The list is alphabetized; John Cave Sr. and Jr. also listed]
Bartlett Cave
one male age over 45; b. by 1775 - Bartlett
one female age over 45; b. by 1775 - Jenny
two males age 18-25; b. 1795-1802 - Galen & Gaius
one female age 16-25; b. 1795-1804 - ?
one male age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - John S.
one female age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - Alley
one female age under 10; b. 1810-1820 - Charlotte
"Fisher's River," tells the story of how son Alguis missed marrying his first choice for wife when he lost out to his first cousin, Richard "Dick" Snow, son of Frost & Snow Jr.:
Now it came to pass, in the course of human events, that Dick fell in love with Sally Tucker, youngest daughter of William and Molly Tucker, a very respectable family. "Uncle Billy Tucker" being "well off" for that country, and Sally being an admirable girl, Dick had quite a time of it, owing to her many suitors. Algias Cave was Dick's principal opponent, and the struggle was long, hard, and doubtful. Nothing but Dick's energy and perseverance, and "gittin' on the blind side o' the old folks," caused him to succeed. Many a man would have "gi'n it up as a lost ball;" but not so with Dick; "fur," said he, "I nuver gins a thing up as long as there's a pea in the gourd."
By 1830, sons Galen and Alguis were married and out on their own. Were Bartlett and Jenny missed by the enumerator, or had they already started west?
1830 Federal census, Surry Co., NC
Agais Cave, pg 105
Galion Cave, pg 115
About 1833, Galen and Alley, along with their spouses and two brothers-in-law, Warham Easley and John Snow, headed west and eventually settled in 1835 in Jackson Co., MO in the little town of Lone Jack, named for the lone jack tree standing on a small hill. They must have liked what they found and written home, because the next year the rest of the family (except Alguis?) started west and reached Lone Jack in May. Their wagon train included about eighty pioneers, including the family of Charlotte's future family. Bartlett and Jenny started a new farm about a mile east of Lone Jack.
In 1840, they were living next door to son Galen and his family:
1840 census, Jackson Co., MO, p. 83
Bartlett Cave
One male age 70-79 - Bartlett
One female age 60-69 - Jenny
One female age 20-29 - Charlotte
No slaves
May 1849 - Jenny is mentioned as being in good health in a letter by her nephews sent to their father in May of 1849. Bartlett had probably already died by this time.
Lone Jack, MO
Jackson County, May the 7th 1849,
Dear Father,
I once more take liberty of addressing your affections to inform you how we are at present time. The boys both are poorly and have sore legs. They are under the doctor. He says he can cure them and restore them to health again. If he succeeds, I am to give him $40, if not, $20. They are on the mend and I hope they will get well. The rest of the family is well, for which we feel truly thankful. It is the situation of my family that had prevented me from paying you a visit this spring as I had expected. I hope these few lines may reach you and find you well with all the rest of the relations in that country. The relations and friends here are all well at this time and I think the general health of the country is better at this time than it has been for the last three years. We have had a warm spring, winter and spring so far and small grain looks well. We have abundance of produce in this country, but it sells low taking from 2 to 3 cents for lb. corn, 50 to 75 cents for barrel. Cows and calves from $6 to $10. Hemp $3 to $3.50. For cut tobacco, $3 to $4 per 100 lb. Whiskey 25 to 35 cents per gallon by the retail. Coffee 10 cents. Sugar from 7 to 10 cents.
Dear Father, I have written to you on the subject of a mistake I think you have made in regard of a charge of 50 dollars (illegible) now I have received (illegible) answer on the subject and am still at a loss to even conjecture what it could have been for and I have to request again that you give me some satisfaction on the subject. I want nothing but (luster?) and that I hope you will award to me. I understand that there is a chaser at the bottom of your (will?) for money you gave to me on the morning I started. If so, I saw nothing of it. If it is the fact and you know of someone that was present, I would like to know who it was and where and when. I wish you to talk to Calvin Snow about it. The charge exhibited against me is $189.87 + 50.00 = $239.87. If you after satisfying yourself, if you think there is anything more coming to me, you can send it by Thomas D. Smith.
[signed] F.A. Snow
[written at bottom of first letter]
Dear Father, we are all desirous to see you and if you still wish to come to Mo., come ahead, we will gladly receive you and we have plenty of meat and bread. Smith is a steady young man and would be a good traveling companion, and if you do come, we would advise you to come with him. Your sister Jane is well and sends her love and respect to you. Ally is well and hearty and wishes to be remembered. Fiancé is only in tolerable health and wishes to be remembered. Galen Cave is well and Susanna has a child 4 weeks old, a poor weakly child and does not bid far to be as large as its mother, she weighing 260 pounds. There has been several deaths among the children of scarlet fever. Joshua Mays (Days?) lost both his children. Milton W. Easley two, and Warham Easley one. Old Mrs. Easley is as well as could be expected of one of her age. We conclude by subscribing ourselves your affectionate children.
[signed] Lewis Snow, John Snow, Frost & Snow.
So far Jenny hasn't been found on the census taken in 1850, and it's presumed that she died later in 1849 or early 1850.
Children:
1. Galen Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 5 Jan 1828, Surry Co., NC, to Susanna Easley [b. 30 Apr 1805, Surry Co., NC; d. 17 APR 1892, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack cemetery; daughter of William Easley and Sarah Smith]; d. 23 Jun 1851, Lonejack, Jackson Co., MO from cholera during the great epidemic; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
2. Algius "Gaius" Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 1st 30 Jul 1819, Surry Co., NC to Elizabeth Aimfield; m. 2nd Dec 1823, Surry Co., NC to Dorcas Cunningham [b. 1810, NC; d. 1880-1900, Dobson, Surry Co., NC]; he d. 13 Aug 1842, Surry Co., NC.
3. Daughter Cave, b. 1798-1804, Orange Co., VA; she was enumerated age 16-25 on the 1820 census.
4. Allie Elizabeth Cave, b. c. 1803-1806, Orange Co., VA; m. 20 Dec 1820, Surry Co., NC, to James Snow [b. 1796; her 1st cousin, son of Frost & Snow, Jr. and Elizabeth Ballard]; she d. 1880-1900, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery.
5. John S. Cave, b. 18 Sep 1809, Orange Co., VA; m. 6 Sep 1836, Surry Co., NC, to Nancy Hunter [b. 6 Jun 1819, Stokes Co., NC; d. 15 Dec 1905, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO; daughter of John Hunter and Elizabeth Jeans]; he d. 6 Sep 1863, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried in Lone Jack Civil War Massacre (Confederate) Cemetery, Lone Jack.
Along with five other relatives and friends, John was shot without a trial by Union troops after a neighbor turned them in for helping or meeting with Confederate guerrilla Quantrill. He died on his 33rd wedding anniversary and his wife gave birth two months later to their ninth child.
6. Charlotte (Lottie) Cave, b. 6 Oct 1818, Surry Co., NC; m. 29 Sep 1842, Lone Jack, MO, to John Bynum, son of Pomfrey Bynum [b. 17 JUL 1822, Rutherford Co., TN; d. 20 Jun 1897, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery]; she d. 6 Oct 1905; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
7. Mary "Polly" Cave, b. c. 1820, Surry Co., NC; never married; d. by 1836, Surry Co., NC.
She married 22 Dec 1796, Orange Co., VA to Bartlett Cave, son of William Cave and Jeriah Davis.
Bartlett was not listed on the 1810 Orange Co., VA tax list, but neither were he and Jenny enumerated in Surry Co., NC that year. They were definitely still in Virginia in 1809 when their son John was born, but by 1820 they had joined Jenny's family in North Carolina. Bartlett's family went to Green Co., KY, probably about 1812, and Bartlett and Jenny may have left Virginia about the same time.
Jenny's father, Frost & Snow, Jr., died in Surry Co., NC in 1813.
The 1849 book, "FISHER'S RIVER (N.C.) SCENES AND CHARACTERS" by Harden E. Taliaferro (N.Y.: Arno Press, 1977), p. 14, describes the land they settled on:
"Surry County is one of the northwestern counties of North Carolina, and joins Grayson, Carroll, and Patrick counties, Virginia. These scenes are laid in the extreme north-western part of this county. It is a romantic section, and produces a people equally romantic. The highest part of the majestic Blue Ridge, a branch of the great Alleghany, stands in bold view, overlooking the whole country. From its base flow many crystal streams as cold as ice-water can be made in southern cities. Some of them are dignified with the name of "river." Thus there are "Mitchell's River," "Big Fisher's River," and "Little Fisher's River;" and of creeks there are "Stewart's Creek," "Ring's Creek," "Beaver Dam Creek," and so forth. All these streams, with branches and springs constantly pouring into them, after running a short and swift course, precipitate themselves into the pure, clear, and rapid Yadkin. Near the foot of the Blue Ridge, on its spurs and ridges, and on those rivers and creeks, lived the heroes whose wondrous feats and stories are recorded in the following pages."
1820 Federal census, Surry Co., NC, roll 82, p. 411
[Indexed as "Cove". The list is alphabetized; John Cave Sr. and Jr. also listed]
Bartlett Cave
one male age over 45; b. by 1775 - Bartlett
one female age over 45; b. by 1775 - Jenny
two males age 18-25; b. 1795-1802 - Galen & Gaius
one female age 16-25; b. 1795-1804 - ?
one male age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - John S.
one female age 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - Alley
one female age under 10; b. 1810-1820 - Charlotte
"Fisher's River," tells the story of how son Alguis missed marrying his first choice for wife when he lost out to his first cousin, Richard "Dick" Snow, son of Frost & Snow Jr.:
Now it came to pass, in the course of human events, that Dick fell in love with Sally Tucker, youngest daughter of William and Molly Tucker, a very respectable family. "Uncle Billy Tucker" being "well off" for that country, and Sally being an admirable girl, Dick had quite a time of it, owing to her many suitors. Algias Cave was Dick's principal opponent, and the struggle was long, hard, and doubtful. Nothing but Dick's energy and perseverance, and "gittin' on the blind side o' the old folks," caused him to succeed. Many a man would have "gi'n it up as a lost ball;" but not so with Dick; "fur," said he, "I nuver gins a thing up as long as there's a pea in the gourd."
By 1830, sons Galen and Alguis were married and out on their own. Were Bartlett and Jenny missed by the enumerator, or had they already started west?
1830 Federal census, Surry Co., NC
Agais Cave, pg 105
Galion Cave, pg 115
About 1833, Galen and Alley, along with their spouses and two brothers-in-law, Warham Easley and John Snow, headed west and eventually settled in 1835 in Jackson Co., MO in the little town of Lone Jack, named for the lone jack tree standing on a small hill. They must have liked what they found and written home, because the next year the rest of the family (except Alguis?) started west and reached Lone Jack in May. Their wagon train included about eighty pioneers, including the family of Charlotte's future family. Bartlett and Jenny started a new farm about a mile east of Lone Jack.
In 1840, they were living next door to son Galen and his family:
1840 census, Jackson Co., MO, p. 83
Bartlett Cave
One male age 70-79 - Bartlett
One female age 60-69 - Jenny
One female age 20-29 - Charlotte
No slaves
May 1849 - Jenny is mentioned as being in good health in a letter by her nephews sent to their father in May of 1849. Bartlett had probably already died by this time.
Lone Jack, MO
Jackson County, May the 7th 1849,
Dear Father,
I once more take liberty of addressing your affections to inform you how we are at present time. The boys both are poorly and have sore legs. They are under the doctor. He says he can cure them and restore them to health again. If he succeeds, I am to give him $40, if not, $20. They are on the mend and I hope they will get well. The rest of the family is well, for which we feel truly thankful. It is the situation of my family that had prevented me from paying you a visit this spring as I had expected. I hope these few lines may reach you and find you well with all the rest of the relations in that country. The relations and friends here are all well at this time and I think the general health of the country is better at this time than it has been for the last three years. We have had a warm spring, winter and spring so far and small grain looks well. We have abundance of produce in this country, but it sells low taking from 2 to 3 cents for lb. corn, 50 to 75 cents for barrel. Cows and calves from $6 to $10. Hemp $3 to $3.50. For cut tobacco, $3 to $4 per 100 lb. Whiskey 25 to 35 cents per gallon by the retail. Coffee 10 cents. Sugar from 7 to 10 cents.
Dear Father, I have written to you on the subject of a mistake I think you have made in regard of a charge of 50 dollars (illegible) now I have received (illegible) answer on the subject and am still at a loss to even conjecture what it could have been for and I have to request again that you give me some satisfaction on the subject. I want nothing but (luster?) and that I hope you will award to me. I understand that there is a chaser at the bottom of your (will?) for money you gave to me on the morning I started. If so, I saw nothing of it. If it is the fact and you know of someone that was present, I would like to know who it was and where and when. I wish you to talk to Calvin Snow about it. The charge exhibited against me is $189.87 + 50.00 = $239.87. If you after satisfying yourself, if you think there is anything more coming to me, you can send it by Thomas D. Smith.
[signed] F.A. Snow
[written at bottom of first letter]
Dear Father, we are all desirous to see you and if you still wish to come to Mo., come ahead, we will gladly receive you and we have plenty of meat and bread. Smith is a steady young man and would be a good traveling companion, and if you do come, we would advise you to come with him. Your sister Jane is well and sends her love and respect to you. Ally is well and hearty and wishes to be remembered. Fiancé is only in tolerable health and wishes to be remembered. Galen Cave is well and Susanna has a child 4 weeks old, a poor weakly child and does not bid far to be as large as its mother, she weighing 260 pounds. There has been several deaths among the children of scarlet fever. Joshua Mays (Days?) lost both his children. Milton W. Easley two, and Warham Easley one. Old Mrs. Easley is as well as could be expected of one of her age. We conclude by subscribing ourselves your affectionate children.
[signed] Lewis Snow, John Snow, Frost & Snow.
So far Jenny hasn't been found on the census taken in 1850, and it's presumed that she died later in 1849 or early 1850.
Children:
1. Galen Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 5 Jan 1828, Surry Co., NC, to Susanna Easley [b. 30 Apr 1805, Surry Co., NC; d. 17 APR 1892, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack cemetery; daughter of William Easley and Sarah Smith]; d. 23 Jun 1851, Lonejack, Jackson Co., MO from cholera during the great epidemic; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
2. Algius "Gaius" Cave, b. 15 Oct 1800, Orange Co., VA; m. 1st 30 Jul 1819, Surry Co., NC to Elizabeth Aimfield; m. 2nd Dec 1823, Surry Co., NC to Dorcas Cunningham [b. 1810, NC; d. 1880-1900, Dobson, Surry Co., NC]; he d. 13 Aug 1842, Surry Co., NC.
3. Daughter Cave, b. 1798-1804, Orange Co., VA; she was enumerated age 16-25 on the 1820 census.
4. Allie Elizabeth Cave, b. c. 1803-1806, Orange Co., VA; m. 20 Dec 1820, Surry Co., NC, to James Snow [b. 1796; her 1st cousin, son of Frost & Snow, Jr. and Elizabeth Ballard]; she d. 1880-1900, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery.
5. John S. Cave, b. 18 Sep 1809, Orange Co., VA; m. 6 Sep 1836, Surry Co., NC, to Nancy Hunter [b. 6 Jun 1819, Stokes Co., NC; d. 15 Dec 1905, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO; daughter of John Hunter and Elizabeth Jeans]; he d. 6 Sep 1863, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried in Lone Jack Civil War Massacre (Confederate) Cemetery, Lone Jack.
Along with five other relatives and friends, John was shot without a trial by Union troops after a neighbor turned them in for helping or meeting with Confederate guerrilla Quantrill. He died on his 33rd wedding anniversary and his wife gave birth two months later to their ninth child.
6. Charlotte (Lottie) Cave, b. 6 Oct 1818, Surry Co., NC; m. 29 Sep 1842, Lone Jack, MO, to John Bynum, son of Pomfrey Bynum [b. 17 JUL 1822, Rutherford Co., TN; d. 20 Jun 1897, Lone Jack, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lone Jack Cemetery]; she d. 6 Oct 1905; buried Lone Jack cemetery.
7. Mary "Polly" Cave, b. c. 1820, Surry Co., NC; never married; d. by 1836, Surry Co., NC.
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