Son of William and Mary Eaton Baskervill, William Rust Baskervill served in the House of Delegates for many years and was regarded as being one of the best law-makers Mecklenburg County ever had. On one occasion, wishing to prevent what he thought an obnoxious measure from being enacted by the majority, he got the floor of the house and spoke for six days, until the day of final adjournment, and it is said, he, being so fluent, was never lost for a word throughout that lengthy speech.
He married Sally Dortch in 1824 and they had 2 children, Robert Dortch Baskervill and Virginia "Jennie" Baskervill. They lived at Waverly in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Jennie never married and live with her father, taking care of him in his later years. He lived to be 86.
A family story passed down talks about the Civil War and the effect it had on the family. It was noted in a notebook kept by Armstead G. Boyd that "Sheridan's raiders" had taken property, under his supervision. Some of the items included silver flatware owned by William Rust Baskervill. In later years when sitting down to dinner, the elderly Baskervill would sometimes notice that the silver flatware was not being used and ask why. He would be gently reminded about Sheridan's raiders taking it. With that, his daughter Jennie would quietly leave the table to avoid hearing the language that her father would begin shouting in disgust about the stolen items. In an account book of records Baskervill kept on his farm's daily ins and outs, he made notations in the margins and between the lines: "stolen by Sheridan's highway ment," "stole by Sheridan's cut throats," "a band of men representing themselves to be Sheridan's men." His notes indicate that the raiders came twice, on two different days.
He married Sally Dortch in 1824 and they had 2 children, Robert Dortch Baskervill and Virginia "Jennie" Baskervill. They lived at Waverly in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Jennie never married and live with her father, taking care of him in his later years. He lived to be 86.
A family story passed down talks about the Civil War and the effect it had on the family. It was noted in a notebook kept by Armstead G. Boyd that "Sheridan's raiders" had taken property, under his supervision. Some of the items included silver flatware owned by William Rust Baskervill. In later years when sitting down to dinner, the elderly Baskervill would sometimes notice that the silver flatware was not being used and ask why. He would be gently reminded about Sheridan's raiders taking it. With that, his daughter Jennie would quietly leave the table to avoid hearing the language that her father would begin shouting in disgust about the stolen items. In an account book of records Baskervill kept on his farm's daily ins and outs, he made notations in the margins and between the lines: "stolen by Sheridan's highway ment," "stole by Sheridan's cut throats," "a band of men representing themselves to be Sheridan's men." His notes indicate that the raiders came twice, on two different days.
Son of William and Mary Eaton Baskervill, William Rust Baskervill served in the House of Delegates for many years and was regarded as being one of the best law-makers Mecklenburg County ever had. On one occasion, wishing to prevent what he thought an obnoxious measure from being enacted by the majority, he got the floor of the house and spoke for six days, until the day of final adjournment, and it is said, he, being so fluent, was never lost for a word throughout that lengthy speech.
He married Sally Dortch in 1824 and they had 2 children, Robert Dortch Baskervill and Virginia "Jennie" Baskervill. They lived at Waverly in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Jennie never married and live with her father, taking care of him in his later years. He lived to be 86.
A family story passed down talks about the Civil War and the effect it had on the family. It was noted in a notebook kept by Armstead G. Boyd that "Sheridan's raiders" had taken property, under his supervision. Some of the items included silver flatware owned by William Rust Baskervill. In later years when sitting down to dinner, the elderly Baskervill would sometimes notice that the silver flatware was not being used and ask why. He would be gently reminded about Sheridan's raiders taking it. With that, his daughter Jennie would quietly leave the table to avoid hearing the language that her father would begin shouting in disgust about the stolen items. In an account book of records Baskervill kept on his farm's daily ins and outs, he made notations in the margins and between the lines: "stolen by Sheridan's highway ment," "stole by Sheridan's cut throats," "a band of men representing themselves to be Sheridan's men." His notes indicate that the raiders came twice, on two different days.
He married Sally Dortch in 1824 and they had 2 children, Robert Dortch Baskervill and Virginia "Jennie" Baskervill. They lived at Waverly in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Jennie never married and live with her father, taking care of him in his later years. He lived to be 86.
A family story passed down talks about the Civil War and the effect it had on the family. It was noted in a notebook kept by Armstead G. Boyd that "Sheridan's raiders" had taken property, under his supervision. Some of the items included silver flatware owned by William Rust Baskervill. In later years when sitting down to dinner, the elderly Baskervill would sometimes notice that the silver flatware was not being used and ask why. He would be gently reminded about Sheridan's raiders taking it. With that, his daughter Jennie would quietly leave the table to avoid hearing the language that her father would begin shouting in disgust about the stolen items. In an account book of records Baskervill kept on his farm's daily ins and outs, he made notations in the margins and between the lines: "stolen by Sheridan's highway ment," "stole by Sheridan's cut throats," "a band of men representing themselves to be Sheridan's men." His notes indicate that the raiders came twice, on two different days.
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