1880 Census, Beaver Island, Stokes County, NC., pg.403B:
William B. Carter, 65, farmer, widower NC VA NC
Mary G. Carter, dau, 39
Sallie Carter, dau, 37
Mary Gallaway, sister-in-law, 65, NC Scotland VA
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There was another Mary Spraggins Gallaway who was born 16 Dec 1772 in Rose Hill, Rockingham County, N.C. and died 25 Feb 1852 in Rockingham County, N.C.
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"MON VUE"
There were a number of old homes built by the Gallaway family. One of the best known was Mon Vue,
(French for "My View"). This old brick house sat on a wooded eminence facing the driveway and the river. There was a small fron porch and also a side porch. One entered a long wide hall where there was often dancing in the old days. In the living room and dining room there were silk
brocade curtains as well as valuable old furniture.
Of the five upstairs rooms, one was a family living room. In the four bed rooms, the tester beds were so high that each required a step ladder. Curtains around the
bed were low, so that when they were drawn the occupant of the bed was entirely concealed.
The father of this family was Thomas Spraggins Gallaway. His daughters were Sallie, Lucinda, and Laura. As their mother died when the children were young, Miss Sallie was never married but became a second mother to her brothers and sisters, to nieces and nephews, and then to great nieces Eda and Mildred Cunningham. Lucinda married Dr. A. B. Johns of Leaksville; Laura married Colonel John Cunningham who lived near Milton.
The three sons, John, Tom and Sank all fought for the Confederacy and all became Colonels.
They had fighting blood, for their great-grandfather Charles Gallaway fought for the Pretender, who was his cousin, and after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1743, Charles Gallaway decided that "discretion was the better part of valor".
He came with his family to North Carolina, settling in Rockingham County. His son, Bob, became clerk of superior court and was known as "honest old Bob."
The garden at Mon Vue contained a great number of box bordered beds. There were roses, The York and the Lancaster, crimson holly which is seldom seen now, Persian lilies, violets and of course Iris and spring flowering shrubs and bulbs.
"Mon Vue" was burned some years ago.
It is said that tenants found honey between the walls and tried to smoke out the bees and thus set the house on fire.
William B. Carter, 65, farmer, widower NC VA NC
Mary G. Carter, dau, 39
Sallie Carter, dau, 37
Mary Gallaway, sister-in-law, 65, NC Scotland VA
===
There was another Mary Spraggins Gallaway who was born 16 Dec 1772 in Rose Hill, Rockingham County, N.C. and died 25 Feb 1852 in Rockingham County, N.C.
===
"MON VUE"
There were a number of old homes built by the Gallaway family. One of the best known was Mon Vue,
(French for "My View"). This old brick house sat on a wooded eminence facing the driveway and the river. There was a small fron porch and also a side porch. One entered a long wide hall where there was often dancing in the old days. In the living room and dining room there were silk
brocade curtains as well as valuable old furniture.
Of the five upstairs rooms, one was a family living room. In the four bed rooms, the tester beds were so high that each required a step ladder. Curtains around the
bed were low, so that when they were drawn the occupant of the bed was entirely concealed.
The father of this family was Thomas Spraggins Gallaway. His daughters were Sallie, Lucinda, and Laura. As their mother died when the children were young, Miss Sallie was never married but became a second mother to her brothers and sisters, to nieces and nephews, and then to great nieces Eda and Mildred Cunningham. Lucinda married Dr. A. B. Johns of Leaksville; Laura married Colonel John Cunningham who lived near Milton.
The three sons, John, Tom and Sank all fought for the Confederacy and all became Colonels.
They had fighting blood, for their great-grandfather Charles Gallaway fought for the Pretender, who was his cousin, and after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1743, Charles Gallaway decided that "discretion was the better part of valor".
He came with his family to North Carolina, settling in Rockingham County. His son, Bob, became clerk of superior court and was known as "honest old Bob."
The garden at Mon Vue contained a great number of box bordered beds. There were roses, The York and the Lancaster, crimson holly which is seldom seen now, Persian lilies, violets and of course Iris and spring flowering shrubs and bulbs.
"Mon Vue" was burned some years ago.
It is said that tenants found honey between the walls and tried to smoke out the bees and thus set the house on fire.
1880 Census, Beaver Island, Stokes County, NC., pg.403B:
William B. Carter, 65, farmer, widower NC VA NC
Mary G. Carter, dau, 39
Sallie Carter, dau, 37
Mary Gallaway, sister-in-law, 65, NC Scotland VA
===
There was another Mary Spraggins Gallaway who was born 16 Dec 1772 in Rose Hill, Rockingham County, N.C. and died 25 Feb 1852 in Rockingham County, N.C.
===
"MON VUE"
There were a number of old homes built by the Gallaway family. One of the best known was Mon Vue,
(French for "My View"). This old brick house sat on a wooded eminence facing the driveway and the river. There was a small fron porch and also a side porch. One entered a long wide hall where there was often dancing in the old days. In the living room and dining room there were silk
brocade curtains as well as valuable old furniture.
Of the five upstairs rooms, one was a family living room. In the four bed rooms, the tester beds were so high that each required a step ladder. Curtains around the
bed were low, so that when they were drawn the occupant of the bed was entirely concealed.
The father of this family was Thomas Spraggins Gallaway. His daughters were Sallie, Lucinda, and Laura. As their mother died when the children were young, Miss Sallie was never married but became a second mother to her brothers and sisters, to nieces and nephews, and then to great nieces Eda and Mildred Cunningham. Lucinda married Dr. A. B. Johns of Leaksville; Laura married Colonel John Cunningham who lived near Milton.
The three sons, John, Tom and Sank all fought for the Confederacy and all became Colonels.
They had fighting blood, for their great-grandfather Charles Gallaway fought for the Pretender, who was his cousin, and after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1743, Charles Gallaway decided that "discretion was the better part of valor".
He came with his family to North Carolina, settling in Rockingham County. His son, Bob, became clerk of superior court and was known as "honest old Bob."
The garden at Mon Vue contained a great number of box bordered beds. There were roses, The York and the Lancaster, crimson holly which is seldom seen now, Persian lilies, violets and of course Iris and spring flowering shrubs and bulbs.
"Mon Vue" was burned some years ago.
It is said that tenants found honey between the walls and tried to smoke out the bees and thus set the house on fire.
William B. Carter, 65, farmer, widower NC VA NC
Mary G. Carter, dau, 39
Sallie Carter, dau, 37
Mary Gallaway, sister-in-law, 65, NC Scotland VA
===
There was another Mary Spraggins Gallaway who was born 16 Dec 1772 in Rose Hill, Rockingham County, N.C. and died 25 Feb 1852 in Rockingham County, N.C.
===
"MON VUE"
There were a number of old homes built by the Gallaway family. One of the best known was Mon Vue,
(French for "My View"). This old brick house sat on a wooded eminence facing the driveway and the river. There was a small fron porch and also a side porch. One entered a long wide hall where there was often dancing in the old days. In the living room and dining room there were silk
brocade curtains as well as valuable old furniture.
Of the five upstairs rooms, one was a family living room. In the four bed rooms, the tester beds were so high that each required a step ladder. Curtains around the
bed were low, so that when they were drawn the occupant of the bed was entirely concealed.
The father of this family was Thomas Spraggins Gallaway. His daughters were Sallie, Lucinda, and Laura. As their mother died when the children were young, Miss Sallie was never married but became a second mother to her brothers and sisters, to nieces and nephews, and then to great nieces Eda and Mildred Cunningham. Lucinda married Dr. A. B. Johns of Leaksville; Laura married Colonel John Cunningham who lived near Milton.
The three sons, John, Tom and Sank all fought for the Confederacy and all became Colonels.
They had fighting blood, for their great-grandfather Charles Gallaway fought for the Pretender, who was his cousin, and after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1743, Charles Gallaway decided that "discretion was the better part of valor".
He came with his family to North Carolina, settling in Rockingham County. His son, Bob, became clerk of superior court and was known as "honest old Bob."
The garden at Mon Vue contained a great number of box bordered beds. There were roses, The York and the Lancaster, crimson holly which is seldom seen now, Persian lilies, violets and of course Iris and spring flowering shrubs and bulbs.
"Mon Vue" was burned some years ago.
It is said that tenants found honey between the walls and tried to smoke out the bees and thus set the house on fire.
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