Descendants of Elizabeth Craven
Generation No. 1
1. ELIZABETH1 CRAVEN was born 1729 in Charles, Maryland, and died 1809. She married WILLIAM HORTON.
Notes for ELIZABETH CRAVEN:
The Jamestown Society lists Richard Craven as one of its "official"
original colonists. This means arriving between 1607 & approx. 1630.
Child of ELIZABETH CRAVEN and WILLIAM HORTON is:
2. i. SNODEN2 HORTON, b. 1725, VA.
Generation No. 2
2. SNODEN2 HORTON (ELIZABETH1 CRAVEN) was born 1725 in VA.
Child of SNODEN HORTON is:
3. i. PEGGY WHARTON OR3 HORTON, b. 1750, Fauquier, Va; d. Abt. 1787,
VA.
Generation No. 3
3. PEGGY WHARTON OR3 HORTON (SNODEN2, ELIZABETH1 CRAVEN) was born 1750 in Fauquier, Va, and died Abt. 1787 in VA. She married WILLIAM MADDOX, son of THOMAS MADDUX and MARGARET SCHOOLFIELD.
Notes for WILLIAM MADDOX:
Revolutionary War Soldier, Sargeant in Captain Heaberd Smallwood's
Company, Grayson's Regiment, Contimental Troop, comanded by William Grayson.
Child of PEGGY HORTON and WILLIAM MADDOX is:
4. i. CRAVEN4 MADDOX, b. Abt. 1773, Fauquier, Va; d. Aft. 1850, Putnam
Co., TN.
Generation No. 4
4. CRAVEN4 MADDOX (PEGGY WHARTON OR3 HORTON, SNODEN2, ELIZABETH1 CRAVEN) was born Abt. 1773 in Fauquier, Va, and died Aft. 1850 in Putnam Co., TN. He married ELIZABETH DAVIS December 22, 1802 in Fauquier Co., VA, daughter of WILLIAM DAVIS and UNKNOWN.
Notes for CRAVEN MADDOX:
Craven and Betsy Maddux came from Virginia with their large family
in 1835 and located on the Walton Road, at what is now known as the Lee
place near Baxter. Source: A History of Putnam County page 16
ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1831 - 1850
Maddox Craven 1841 45 169.5 Jackson County - commissioner to establish
Putnam County
Putnam County was first established on 2 February 1842 when the Twenty-fourth
General Assembly enacted a measure creating Putnam County from portions
of Jackson, Overton, Fentress, and White Counties. Isaac Buck, Burton Marchbanks,
Henry L. McDaniel, Lawson Clark, Carr Terry, Richard F. Cooke, H. D. Marchbanks,
Craven Maddox, and Elijah Con, all of Jackson County, were named by the
Act to superintend the surveying of the new count
Children of CRAVEN MADDOX and ELIZABETH DAVIS are:
i. MARGARET 'PEGGY'5 MADDUX, b. 1804, Fauquier Co., VA; d. November
01, 1867, Putnam Co. TN; m. WILLIAM SIMON SHANKS, November 15, 1823, Fauquier
Co., VA.
Notes for MARGARET 'PEGGY' MADDUX:
1850 Jackson Co. TN Census
220 Margaret Shanks 45
F
Va.
Harit
16 F
Va.
Craven
14 M
Tenn.
Evalin
12 F
''
William
10 M
''
Catherine
6 F
''
Notes for WILLIAM SIMON SHANKS:
Story handed down through the William Henry Shanks family is "Simon
rocked the babies and sang to them in Dutch."
Simon came to the Tennessee area in 1835 locating near his father-in-law,
Craven Maddux.
1840 Census Jackson Co. TN Dist. 13
Simon Shanks
2 males under 5 1 female under 5
1 male 40-50 3 female 5-10
2 female 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40
1850 Census Jackson Co. Dist 13
Margaret Shanks 45 VA
Harit 16 VA
Craven 14 TN
Evalin 12
William Henry 10
Catherine 6
Margaret Evans 18 VA
1860 Census Putnam Co. D9ist
Margaret Shanks H 55 VA
Catherine H 17 TN
W.H. 20
Nancy J. 21
Josephine M. 1
Robert S.
8/12
ii. ADDISON MADDUX, b. 1810, VA; d. 1880, TN.
iii. MARY JANE MADDUX, b. 1812, VA.
iv. SNOWDEN HORTON MADDUX, b. December 09, 1812, VA; d. April
16, 1875, TN.
v. WILLIAM MADDUX, b. 1813.
vi. THOMAS JEFFERSON MADDUX, b. 1816, VA; d. Aft. 1870, Buffalo
Valley, Putnam Co., TN.
vii. REDMON MADDUX, b. Abt. 1818, VA; d. TN.
viii. SILAS F. MADDUX, b. 1823.
ix. GEORGE MADDUX, b. 1825.
x. FRANCES MADDUX, b. April 18, 1827, VA; d. Aft. 1868, Putnam
Co., TN.
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