DRINKARD Family Genealogy

 

 

 

The earliest known Drinkard ancestor was in America in 1675. This webpage quotes directly from the book “The Drinkards in the United States – Their History and Genealogy” written in 1946 by Charles Arthur Drinkard. In his book he states that “the Drinkards have been pioneers in many states, helping to subdue the wilderness and lay the foundation for our present highly developed industry and culture, and they have taken an honorable part in each step of that progress.” …………
Charles goes on to say “Generally speaking, the Drinkards are average in size, blue-eyed, fair complexioned, industrious, frugal, law-abiding, patriotic and religious. Since coming to America, the Drinkards have, in the main, lived close to the soil. Predominantly they have been, and still are, farmers and stockmen. However, they are represented in almost every line of business, profession, and occupation. They have supplied the Protestant churches with many preachers and the schools with numerous teachers. Their sons have helped fight every war, beginning with the Revolution and on down to, and including, World War II…….

As a class, the Drinkards have taken their religion and citizenship seriously. They have been a people of strong convictions and not easily changed once they made a decision; a people with exceptional physical and moral courage. I am proud of my Drinkard ancestors and am pleased to believe that I am related by blood to so many fine people…..”

 

 

Founding the Drinkard Family in the United States

“The story of the Drinkards in the United States begins with a tradition about three brothers coming to this country long before the Revolution. Some say they came from Scotland. Others believe they were from England. I found no documentary proof regarding the three-brother story, but there is considerable evidence that it is, in the main true.
My great grandfather William Drinkard, a native of Virginia born in 1773 and died in Missouri in 1853, knew the story and could name each of the brothers and all links in his family ancestral chain leading back to them. In fact, he claimed his great-great grandfather was one of them. He was, perhaps 15 years of age, or older, when his great-grandfather William Drinkard died, and likely heard him tell the story of his father and his two uncles coming to this country.

A number of family groups, living in widely separated parts of the country, each not knowing of the existence of the others until recently, know the story of the three brothers and claim to be descendents of them. I have been unable to find any Drinkards in this country, who knew much about their ancestors, who did not trace their line back to one, William Drinkard of Virginia, who married Mary Thompson about 1730. This was William Drinkard, my great grandfather’s great-grandfather. Therefore, I conclude that the story about the three brothers is true, and that it is quite probable that all the Drinkards now in the United States are related, having a common ancestor in the aforementioned William Drinkard who married Mary Thompson. Some of the Drinkards now living in this country may be descendants of George Drinkard, a brother of William, but I have found no evidence to support such a conclusion.

My study of the traditions and the history of the Drinkards leads me to believe that the name is Scotch, and regardless of whether our ancestors came from England o Scotland, we are of Scotch descent. The Drinkards both mentally and physically have many of the Scotch characteristics. This is true after inter-marrying with other nationalities for several generations.

In 1897 I met a man in Bastrop County, Texas, who was born in Scotland and lived there until he was thirty years of age. This man told me my name is Scotch; that he knew a number of Drinkard families in Scotland, and that I resemble them. The same year my uncle, G. W. Drinkard, met a young Scotchman, then recently from the Old Country, who told him he knew several Drinkard families in Scotland and that they were Scotch.

It was in 1914, that I last talked with my father about my Drinkard ancestors. He was then 76 years of age. He had named his Drinkard ancestors for me many times when I was a small boy, going back as far along the lines as he could, but I wanted him to refresh my memory. It is now 1942; 28 years since I last heard the story. As I now recall his words, the ancestral line ran as follows:

Stephen Drinkard, Jr., my father, born July 13, 1838; Son of
Stephen Drinkard, Sr., born in Kentucky in 1812, died in Missouri in 1838; Son of
William Drinkard, born in Virginia in 1773, died in Missouri in 1853; Son of
Francis Drinkard, Jr., born in Virginia about 1752; Son of
Francis Drinkard, Sr., born in Virginia about 1731; Son of
William Drinkard, born in Virginia about 1705; Son of
George Drinkard, born in Scotland about 1650, and came to America about 1675 or perhaps a few years later.

I will now relate the tradition about the three Drinkard brothers who came to this country, as it was told to me by my father who was born in 1838, and who lived most of the first fifteen years of his life with his grandfather William Drinkard.”

 

 

The Tradition

Probably one hundred years before the Revolution, three young Scotch brothers came to this country from Scotland and settled in one of the New England colonies. (Father was not sure but believed they settled in either Rhode Island or Maryland.) It was before religious freedom got a secure footing in the colonies and religious persecution was common in the colony where they located. One of the three brothers, George, was a Baptist preacher and the colonial officials, believing that doctrine heretical, had preacher Drinkard thrown into jail. Being a hardheaded Scotchman, he refused to let the State interfere with his religion, and had his brothers congregate at the jail and he preached to them through the prison bars. If I showed stubbornness when a boy, my father would sometimes say to me, “You come by it honestly”, and then relate to me the story of my ancestor being too stubborn to stop preaching even when thrown in jail for preaching.
Later, as the story goes, the Drinkards migrated to Virginia, and father was of the belief that religious persecution had something to do with the move to Virginia. He did not know if all the Drinkards moved to Virginia, only that his ancestors did. Father also knew the story, related by Dr. A. W. Drinkard, Jr., about one of the three brothers who came from Scotland being killed in a battle with the Indians.

If this story told by my father regarding his ancestors is true, the two brothers, William and George Drinkard, named as the founders of the Drinkards in Virginia by A. W. Drinkard, Jr., were sons of the George Drinkard, who, tradition says, came to America about 1675.

Regardless of whether the three Drinkard brothers, tradition tells about, settled first in Virginia or some other colony, or whether William and George Drinkard, whose names were first to appear in the Virginia Records, were or were not two of the three brothers, we must concede that Virginia is the mother state of the Drinkards now living in many parts of the United States. The sons and daughters of the Virginia Drinkards for nearly 200 years have been migrating to the South and West, blazing new trails and helping to conquer a wilderness that eventually was carved into many states. I have been unable to find any Drinkards who know their ancestral lineage that did not come down through Virginia.

Therefore, this story logically begins with the history of the Virginia members of our family. We are indeed fortunate in having a terse sketch, freighted with factual data gathered from recorded documents, written by a Virginian, Dr. A. W. Drinkard, Jr., of Blacksburg, Virginia. Over a period of some twenty years he has made a study of the history and genealogy of the Virginia Drinkards, gathering traditions from the factual data from documents recorded in some twenty Virginia Counties. His splendid contributions follows:”

 

 

The Drinkard Family in Virginia
By A. W. Drinkard, Jr., Blacksburg, Virginia

Tradition

 

 

My father told me that three Drinkard brothers came to Virginia from England long ago; that these three brothers went as soldiers to some war (father said it was the Revolutionary War, but I am sure that these brothers arrived here many years before the Revolution), that only two of them survived the war, and that these two founded the family. I have gotten this tradition in substantially the same form from two other branches of the family, and I am convinced that it is true in general. I surmise that the two surviving brothers were William Drinkard (who was the Doorkeeper of the Virginia House of Burgesses; 177201778) and George Drinkard (whose daughter Delila Martin married William Hawkins on December 8, 1772, in Amelia County, Virginia.)

 

 

William Drinkard of Charles City County

I do not have documentary proof that his wife was Mary Drinkard, but I make the inference from the evidence at hand. Mary Drinkard made a will in Charles City County, Virginia, on August 14, 1771, which was probated on November 6, 1771, in which she mentioned her son William Rollerson Drinkard; her daughters, Elizabeth Brewer and Mary Prewett, and her granddaughters, Mollie Thompson and Ellen Thompson. She appointed her sons William Rollerson Drinkard and William Thompson as executors of her estate. It is evident that she was married to Thompson before she married Drinkard. From all available records, I conclude that William Drinkard and Mary Drinkard had the following children:
Francis Drinkard
William Rollerson Drinkard
John Drinkard

Francis Drinkard and his wife Ann were in Amelia County from 1755 to 1769 inclusive, and in Prince Edward County after 1769 where in 1785 Francis was enumerated as head of a family of eight.

William Rollerson Drinkard of Charles City County, who was married to Mrs. Polly Cocke Wilcox.

John Drinkard and his wife Ann were in Amelia County in 1759 to 1780, and in Halifax County after 1780, where in 1782 John was enumerated as head of a family of ten whites and five slaves.

(There were also Thompson children in the family and probably Drinkard daughters.)”

 

 

This ends the quotes from the Drinkard book. If you have additional information regarding the content of this book, please contact me. The book is currently out of print, and I have included the contents of a portion of the book here in order to assist other Drinkard researchers in their quest to find information about their Drinkard ancestors.

I am descended from William Drinkard and Mary Thompson of Virginia. I have done research on the Drinkard family. I travel to Williamsburg, Virginia often, and have done research on William and his son William Rollerson Drinkard. William Rollerson Drinkard owned a tavern on Duke of Gloucester Street in what is now the historic part of Colonial Williamsburg – the Living History Museum. William’s tavern was located in the old Anderson two story white frame house, across from the post office. That home currently is not used as a public building within Colonial Williamsburg. However, the Anderson blacksmith shop is open to the ticket holders.
 
Both William Drinkard Sr. and Jr. were doorkeepers for the House of Burgesses. My research found that they would have been paid 20 pounds sterling for each session, which was a lot of money for those times. They would also have received a uniform to wear. I have no idea what that uniform would have looked like.
I have copies of the Virginia Gazette Newspaper that have articles on William Drinkard. I also have a copy of the document that shows that William Rollerson Drinkard opened a tavern in the Anderson House.

 

When Word Press has the capability, I will add images of these documents to this webpage.

Below is an outline descendant chart showing 5 generations down from William Drinkard Sr. and Mary Thompson:

                               

 

    1          William Drinkard     b: Abt. 1705 in Probably England            d: Aft. 1778 in Charles City County, VA

..      +Mary Thompson    b: Abt. 1706 in Charles City County, Virginia  m: 1730 in VA d: 14 Aug 1771 in Charles City County, Virginia

…..   2      John Sr. Drinkard    b: 1730 in Lunenberg County, Virginia            d: Aft. 17 Jun 1784 in Halifax County, VA

………               +Ann Wilkerson      b: in Amelia County, VA m: Abt. 1750 in Prince Edward County, Virginia     d: Aft. 17 Jun 1785 in Halifax County, VA

………….   3      John Drinkard Jr.     b: in Halifax Co., VA              

………….   3      Elizabeth Drinkard   b: Abt. 1780           

……………..               +Phillip Hawkins     b: Abt. 1775    m: 03 Aug 1802 in Halifax Co., Virginia 

………….   3      Katheren Drinkard                   d: 1797

……………..               +Joel Mullins           m: 26 Nov 1792 in Halifax Co., Virginia

………….   3      Leturah Drinkard                    

………….   3      William Drinkard     b: Abt. 1764 in Halifax Co., VA             

……………..               +Nancy Stanley                       

………………..    4      Mary Catherine Drinkard b: in South Carolina        

……………………                +William M. Sutherland                  

………….   3      Archibald Drinkard  b: 1760 in Amelia Co., VA              d: 1848 in Appotomax Co., VA

……………..               +Edith Hawkins               m: 21 Sep 1802 in Halifax Co., VA d: Bef. 1817

………….           *2nd Wife of Archibald Drinkard:                  

……………..               +Judith Pendleton    b: 1785 in Appomattox Co., VA      m: 1818 in Buckingham Co., CA (now Appomattox Co.)        d: Apr 1876 in Campbell Co., VA

………………..    4      William Drinkard     b: 1826 in Appomattox Co., VA              d: 30 Aug 1914 in Appomattox Co., VA

……………………                +Mary Jane Moore   b: Abt. 1836 in Campbell Co., VA   m: Abt. 1846   d: 17 Jan 1889 in Appomattox Co., VA

……………………….    5      Virginia Willis Drinkard   b: 20 Sep 1863 in Appomattox Co., VA          d: 09 May 1937 in Appomattox Co., VA

…………………………..                +Chesley Melvin Stratton b: 13 Aug 1858 in Appomattox Co., VA  m: 18 Dec 1886       d: 05 Jul 1937 in Buckingham Co., VA

………………..    4      David Drinkard        b: 1825            d: 1897

……………………                +Nancy Jane Thomas                      

……………………….    5      Edward “Glover” Drinkard                      d: Abt. 1930

…………………………..                +Rosa Cardwell                       

……………………….    5      Charles William Drinkard                       

……………………….    5      James Matthew Drinkard                

……………………….    5      Annie Elizabeth Drinkard                       

…………………………..                +William Edward Inge                    

……………………….    5      Eliza Francis Drinkard                    

……………………….    5      John “Letcher” Drinkard                 

……………………….    5      Laura Drinkard                       

……………………….    5      Booker Henderson Drinkard                   

………………..    4      John Drinkard                 

………………..    4      James Drinkard                       

………………..    4      Elizabeth Drinkard                  

………….   3      James Drinkard        b: 1770 in Buckingham Co., VA              d: 1862 in Wilson Co., TN

……………..               +Dicey Owen           m: 19 Oct 1797 in Halifax Co., Virginia  

………….   3      Francis Sr. Drinkard        b: Bet. 1760 – 1765 in Amelia County, VA              d: Feb 1841 in Halifax County, VA

……………..               +Martha Fleming      b: Abt. 1770 in prob Halifax County, VA        m: 25 Jul 1791 in Prince Edward County, VA d: Bef. 01 Oct 1833 in prob Halifax County, VA

………………..    4      John S. Drinkard      b: 08 Apr 1809 in Prince Edward County, Virginia          d: Bef. 16 Nov 1839 in Probably Callaway Co., MO

……………………                +Nancy Tatum b: Bet. 1804 – 1806 in Virginia        m: 13 Nov 1827 in Charlotte County, VA        d: 03 Mar 1874 in Calloway County, MO

……………………….    5      Benjamin Jarman Drinkard      b: 24 May 1837 in Callaway County, MO                d: 04 Oct 1883 in Callaway County, MO

…………………………..                +Mary Jane Hughes b: 14 Mar 1835 in VA or MO  m: 29 Mar 1855       d: 04 Apr 1921 in Cedar City, Callaway County, MO

……………………….    5      James Drinkard                       

……………………….    5      Emeline Drinkard                   

……………………….    5      Martha Drinkard                     

…………………………..                +Edward Watkins                   

……………………….    5      John N. Drinkard                    

……………………….    5      William Francis Drinkard                

……………………….    5      Samuel B. Drinkard                

………………..    4      Nancy Drinkard                      

……………………                +Osborne Meadows                

………………..    4      Beverly C. Drinkard                 d: Bef. Jan 1845

……………………                +Hilda Fleming                m: 06 Aug 1834 in Halifax Co., Virginia 

………………..    4      Martha Elizabeth Drinkard                      

……………………                +Holcomb Bailey                    

……………………….    5      Francis Bailey                 

……………………….    5      Martha Bailey                 

……………………….    5      Mary Bailey                    

……………………….    5      James Bailey                   

……………………….    5      Henry Bailey                   

………………..    4      Francis Jr. Drinkard b: 22 Feb 1800 in Halifax County, VA            d: 1827

……………………                +Rebekah Cunningham    b: 14 Jul 1800  m: 13 Sep 1821 in Prince Edward Co., VA      d: 30 Aug 1907

……………………….    5      Martha Jane Drinkard      b: 20 Jun 1822        

…………………………..                +Edward Watkins            m: 06 Feb 1839      

……………………….    5      John Newton Drinkard     b: 20 Jan 1824         d: 28 Apr 1865 in Point Lookout, Maryland

…………………………..                +Amanda Jane Elnora Gilliam  b: 21 Oct 1827 in Sept 6, 1885        m: 04 Jul 1849 in Prince Edward County, VA

……………………….    5      Nannie F. Drinkard  b: 28 Nov 1825              

……………………….    5      William Francis Drinkard b: Aft. 22 Nov 1825 in Prince Edward Co., VA               d: 1898

…………………………..                +Mary Jane Ellerson        b: 1831    m: 07 Jun 1850        d: 07 Jun 1950

……………………….    5      Samuel Branch Drinkard  b: 1827           

………………..    4      Branch Robertson Drinkard     b: 14 Jun 1813 in Prince Edward Co., VA               d: 29 Feb 1888 in Graves Co., KY

……………………                +Tabitha Elizabeth Baynham                  

………………..            *2nd Wife of Branch Robertson Drinkard:                     

……………………                +Tabitha Elizabeth Baynham           m: 23 Dec 1833 in Halifax Co., Virginia 

……………………….    5      Eddie Bascom Drinkard                  

……………………….    5      Viola Drinkard                

…………………………..                +Robert Henley                       

………….           *2nd Wife of Francis Sr. Drinkard:                 

……………..               +Mary (Polly) Roland              m: 06 Dec 1833 in Charlotte Co., VA      d: Aft. 1841

…..   2      Francis Drinkard      b: Abt. 1731 in Charles City County, VA         d: Abt. 1751 in Prob. Prince Edward Co., VA

………               +Ann Stanley   b: Abt. Mar 1731/32 in Dinwiddle County, Virginia        m: Abt. 1751 in Prince Edward County, Virginia     d: in Virginia

………….   3      Archibald Drinkard                 

………….   3      William Drinkard                    

………….   3      Francis Jr. Drinkard b: Abt. 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia          d: Bef. 1817 in Prob.  Madison County, KY

……………..               +Lucretia Maxey                      d: 1837

………….           *2nd Wife of Francis Jr. Drinkard:                 

……………..               +Mrs. Eliza Clark                    

………….           *3rd Wife of Francis Jr. Drinkard:                  

……………..               +Nancy McDowell   b: Abt. 1752    m: Abt. 1772 in VA, NC  d: in Kentucky

………………..    4      Nancy Drinkard                      

……………………                +William Thompson        b: 22 Jun 1767 in Bedford Co., VA m: 18 May 1790 in Madison Co., KY     

……………………….    5      Jane Thompson                      

…………………………..                +James Lingo           m: in Campbell Co., KY  

……………………….    5      William Thompson                 

…………………………..                +Nancy Petty           m: 21 Sep 1819      

……………………….    5      Nancy Thompson                   

…………………………..                +Robert Ware           m: 1812 in Campbell Co., KY 

……………………….    5      Cynthia Thompson                 

…………………………..                +Fergus German              m: 1825  

……………………….    5      Lucinda Thompson                

…………………………..                +William Beagle               m: 1831  

……………………….    5      Mary Thompson                     

…………………………..                +Thomas Beagle                     

……………………….    5      ? Thompson                   

……………………….    5      ? Thompson                   

……………………….    5      ? Thompson                   

……………………….    5      Sarah Thompson                    

…………………………..                +Benjamin Morre             m: 1830 in Pendleton Co., KY

……………………….    5      ? Thompson                   

……………………….    5      Keturah Thompson  b: 1813 in Campbell Co., KY           d: 09 Jun 1885 in Howell Co., MO

…………………………..                +Robert William Shaw             m: 14 Jun 1832 in Campbell Co., KY     

………………..    4      William Drinkard     b: 1773 in VA          d: 1853 in MO

……………………                +Sarah “Sally” Finnel       b: Abt. 1775 in Virginia   m: 15 Nov 1792 in Madison Co., KY      d: Aft. 1840

……………………….    5      Francis (Frank) Drinkard b: Abt. 1793 in Kentucky                d: 20 Aug 1825

…………………………..                +Susannah Finnell   b: Abt. 1797    m: 04 Oct 1815 in Garrard Co., KY

……………………….    5      John Drinkard  b: Abt. 1795 in Madison Co., Kentucky          d: Abt. 1840

……………………….    5      William Drinkard, Jr.       b: 1797 in Madison Co., Kentucky          d: 1840 in Garrard Co., Ky

…………………………..                +Nancy Jane Finnell b: 1805 in Garrard Co., Kentucky    m: 02 Aug 1824 in Garrard Co., KY        d: 18 Apr 1878 in Macon Co, Missouri

……………………….    5      James Ervin Drinkard      b: Abt. 1800 in Kentucky                d: Bef. 11 Jan 1844

…………………………..                +Ann McHargue                     

……………………….    5      Killis Drinkard b: Abt. 1802 in Garrard Co., Ky              d: 1826 in Missouri

……………………….    5      Patsy Drinkard b: Abt. 1804 in Garrard Co., Ky              d: Abt. 1826

……………………….    5      George W. Drinkard b: Abt. 1806 in Garrard Co., Ky              d: in Grundy Co., MO

…………………………..                +Juliann “July” B. Finnell        b: 31 Jul 1830 in Boone Co., KY     m: 08 Apr 1847 in Boone Co., KY 

……………………….    5      Harrison Drinkard   b: Abt. 1808 in Kentucky                d: Abt. 1850 in Missouri

……………………….    5      Stephen Drinkard     b: 1812 in KY          d: Mar 1838 in MO

…………………………..                +Minerva Elizabeth “Mary” Collett  b: 1816            d: 1853

………………..    4      Tabitha Stanley Drinkard b: Abt. 1775 in Halifax County, VA                d: 07 Jan 1841 in Madison/Ohio County, Kentucky

……………………                +Samuel Arbuckle   b: 1775 in Prince Edward Co., VA   m: 02 Jan 1794 in Madison County, Kentucky        d: Bef. 1821 in Ohio/Garrard County, KY

……………………….    5      Stanley Arbuckle     b: 04 May 1798 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, KY           d: 29 Jul 1846 in Livingston Co., Missouri

…………………………..                +Clarissa “Clara” Dockery       b: 04 Feb 1802        m: 10 Jan 1820 in Garrard County, KY   d: 21 Feb 1879

……………………….    5      Francis Arbuckle     b: 1801 in Garrard Co., KY             d: 1833 in Indiana

…………………………..                +Elizabeth Sebastian        b: in Garrard County, Kentucky       m: 27 Oct 1823 in Garrard Co., KY d: 1833 in Indiana

……………………….    5      Drinkard Arbuckle   b: 07 May 1803 in Kentucky           d: 14 May 1863 in Butler Co., Kentucky

…………………………..                +Lucretia Maxey                      d: Abt. 1839

……………………….            *2nd Wife of Drinkard Arbuckle:                   

…………………………..                +Eliza James    b: 08 Sep 1809 in KY      m: 17 Jun 1841 in Butler Co., Kentucky  d: 08 Jan 1866 in Butler Co., Kentucky

……………………….    5      Martha “Patsy” Arbuckle b: Dec 1812 in Garrard County, KY                d: 15 Sep 1846 in Butler County, KY

…………………………..                +Arthur Warren       b: 28 Oct 1810 in Buckeye, Garrard County, KY     m: 19 Dec 1831 in Garrard County  d: 14 Jul 1895 in Warren’s Mill, Butler County, KY

……………………….    5      Logan Arbuckle       b: 1815            d: 1895

……………………….    5      Mary “Polly” Arbuckle    b: 1818            d: 1846

………………..    4      Abner “Dick” Drinkard    b: Abt. 1775 in Virginia           d: Abt. 1840 in Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri

………….   3      John Drinkard  b: Abt. 1770 in Amelia, Dinwiddle, or P.E. Co. VA         d: Bet. 1794 – 1796

……………..               +Obesence Childress       b: Abt. 1770 in VA  m: 18 Nov 1790 in Prince Edward Co., VA     d: Aft. 1840 in Lincoln Co., TN ?

………………..    4      William Chalmers Drinkard     b: Abt. 1791 in Prince Edward Co., VA           d: 25 Oct 1829 in Lincoln Co., TN

……………………                +Jane Tatum    b: 14 Dec 1803 in North Carolina    m: 06 Mar 1823 in Lincoln Co., TN        d: 10 Sep 1878 in Gadsden, Crockett Co., TN

……………………….    5      Eliza L. Drinkard     b: 1824 in Lincoln Co., TN             

……………………….    5      Harriet Drinkard      b: 1825 in Lincoln Co., TN             

……………………….    5      Francis Perry Drinkard    b: 26 Apr 1827 in Lincoln Co., TN         

……………………….    5      Helen M. Drinkard   b: 1829            d: 1900 in Crockett Co., TN

…………………………..                +Albion P. Davis             m: 02 Apr 1846 in Lincoln Co., TN

………………..    4      Francis Drinkard      b: Abt. 1793           

………………..    4      Mourning Drinkard  b: Abt. 1795           

……………………                +John Elliott    b: Abt. 1788    m: 25 Jan 1816 in Williamson Co., TN   

…..   2      William Rollerson Drinkard     b: Abt. 1750 in England ?                d: 16 May 1805 in Williamsburg, Charles City Co., Virginia

………               +Mary Polly Cocke Willcox     b: 02 Nov 1762 in Charles City Co., VA  m: Bef. 1776 in Charles City Co., Virginia       d: 17 Sep 1846

………….   3      Betsy Drinkard                       

………….   3      Mary Polly Cocke Drinkard                    

……………..               +George W. Stainback                     

………………..    4      Rebecca E. Stainback                      

………….   3      Agnes F. Drinkard                  

……………..               +Phillip Coatney              m: Jan 1799 in Williamsburg, VA   

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………………..    4      ? Coatney                

………….   3      Nancy Drinkard                      

……………..               +? Allen                  

………….   3      William H. Drinkard                       

……………..               +Frances E. Pace              m: 07 Oct 1841 in Albermarle County, VA     

………………..    4      Texana Drinkard      b: 1844 in Albemarle County          

……………………                +P. H. Robertson                    

………………..    4      William H. (Jr.) Drinkard b: 1847 in Bedford County, VA               d: 1915

……………………                +Virginia Engart               m: 21 Feb 1872 in Botetourt County, VA       

……………………….    5      Rossie M. Drinkard b: 1875           

…………………………..                +Berkeley Paine               m: 16 Oct 1894       

……………………….    5      James A. Drinkard   b: 1877            d: 1933

…………………………..                +Lottie Berry                  

……………………….    5      Albert A. Drinkard   b: 1884           

………….   3      George Drinkard                     

………….   3      Joseph Drinkard                     

………….   3      David Drinkard                       

……………..               +Susannah C. Kendrick           m: 11 Jan 1810 in Henrico County, VA  

………………..    4      George H. Drinkard b: 1822           

……………………                +Sarah J. Crews                      

………………..    4      Lemira Drinkard      b: 1825           

……………………                +Kaleb W. Watts                     

………………..    4      Mildred Drinkard     b: 1833 in Albemarle County          

……………………                +Philip Peters                  

………………..    4      Martha A. Drinkard b: 1840 in Albemarle County          

……………………                +Martin W. Painter                  

………….   3      Beverly Drinkard     b: 17 Jan 1793 in Charles City County, VA             d: 01 Dec 1875 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA

……………..               +Elizabeth Ann Firth Cosby     b: Abt. 1791 in VA  m: 01 Feb 1817 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA ?        d: 27 Nov 1864 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA

………………..    4      William Rollerson Drinkard     b: 01 Mar 1818               

……………………                +Mary Frances Martin             m: 15 Dec 1841      

………………..    4      Mary Susan Drinkard      b: 13 Sep 1820                d: 21 Mar 1824

………………..    4      Elizabeth Leigh Drinkard b: 22 Jul 1823          d: 20 May 1909

……………………                +Nathaniel Cole Harrison         m: 28 Feb 1843      

………………..    4      Charles Beverly Drinkard        b: 23 Feb 1826 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., VA           d: 10 Oct 1912 in Childress, TX

……………………                +Zoradia Ann Bruce        b: Abt. 1841 in Mississippi     m: 10 May 1860 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas  d: 05 Apr 1878 in Lamar Co., Texas

……………………….    5      Thomas Beverly Drinkard       b: 01 Jan 1865 in Lamar Co., Texas                d: 10 Jul 1946 in Childress, TX

…………………………..                +Elizabeth Gillie Ballard  b: 16 Sep 1873 in Coryell Co., TX   m: 17 Jun 1888 in Concho Co., TX d: 02 Oct 1961 in Eden, Concho Co., TX

………………..    4      Spotswood Drinkard        b: 16 Dec 1828                d: 09 Oct 1862

………………..    4      John Bragg Drinkard        b: 17 Nov 1831               d: 12 Aug 1869

……………………                +Louisa Winston                    

………………..    4      Virginia Ann Drinkard     b: 06 Oct 1833         d: 17 Feb 1897 in Danville

………………..    4      Thomas Edward Drinkard       b: 1836            d: 1903

………………..    4      Henry Harrison Drinkard b: 1840            d: 1878

………….           *2nd Wife of Beverly Drinkard:                     

……………..               +Jane Ellyson          m: 02 Nov 1865 in Petersburg, VA 

………….   3      Mary B. Drinkard                   

……………..               +? Harwood                    

 

My direct line down from William Drinkard, Sr., is below:

1 William Drinkard b: Abt. 1705 in Probably England d: Aft. 1778 in Charles City Co., VA

..+Mary Thompson b: Abt. 1706 in Charles City Co., Virginia m: 1730 in VA d: 14 Aug 1771 in Charles City Co., Virginia

….2 Francis Drinkard b: Abt. 1731 in Charles City Co., VA d: Abt. 1751 in Prob. Prince Edward Co., VA

……+Ann Stanley b: Abt. Mar 1731/32 in Dinwiddle County, Virginia m: Abt. 1751 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia d: in Virginia

……3 Francis Jr. Drinkard b: Abt. 1752 in Amelia Co., Virginia d: Bef. 1817 in Prob. Madison Co., KY

……+Nancy McDowell b: Abt. 1752 m: Abt. 1772 in VA, NC d: in Kentucky

……….4 Tabitha Stanley Drinkard * b: Abt. 1775 in Halifax Co., VA d: 07 Jan 1841 in Madison/Ohio Co., Kentucky

…………+Samuel Arbuckle b: 1775 in Prince Edward Co., VA m: 02 Jan 1794 in Madison Co., KY d: Bef. 1821 in Ohio/Garrard Co., KY

…………..5 Martha “Patsy” Arbuckle b: Dec 1812 in Garrard Co, KY d: 15 Sep 1846 in Butler Co., KY

…………….+Arthur Warren b: 28 Oct 1810 in Buckeye, Garrard Co., KY m: 19 Dec 1831 in Garrard Co., KY d: 14 Jul 1895 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., KY

……………….6 Samuel Francis Warren b: 07 Aug 1834 in Garrard or Butler Co., KY d: 09 Dec 1911 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., KY

………………..+Evelyn Hobdy b: 28 Jan 1846 in Ohio Co., KY m: 04 Feb 1863 in Corning, Clay Co., AR d: 16 Apr 1938 in McHenry, Ohio Co. KY

………………….7 Alexander Arthur Warren b: 16 Apr 1868 in Butler Co., KY d: 15 Nov 1947 in Jacksonville, IL

……………………+Martha A. Short b: Abt. 20 Feb 1874 in Missouri m: 02 Jan 1894 in Greene Co., IL d: 04 Feb 1899 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., Kentucky

……………………… 8 Catherine Evelyn Warren b: 12 Jan 1895 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., Kentucky d: 07 Oct 1983 in St. Louis, MO

………………………….+Ora Ezrah Hatfield b: 08 Dec 1897 in Elsberry, Lincoln Co., Missouri m: 10 Apr 1917 in Alton, Madison Co., IL d: 14 Mar 1944 in San Francisco, CA

…………………………….. 9 Edsel Arthur Hatfield b: 02 Jan 1919 in East Alton, Madison Co., IL d: 05 Jul 2007 in St. Louis City, Missouri

……………………………….+Jessie Louise Whitelaw b: 19 Apr 1921 in St. Louis, MO m: 10 Oct 1942 in Camp Robinson, Pulaski Co., Arkansas d: 26 Feb 1991 in St. Louis Co., MO

………………………………….10 Elaine Marie Hatfield ME  

 

*Some say my Tabitha Stanley Drinkard was not a Drinkard at all, and that she was adopted by Francis Drinkard and his wife Nancy. Nobody has been able to find concrete proof of that fact. So I may, in fact, not have a DRINKARD ancestor at all. But until I find out more info, she is my connection to the Drinkard family.
There is also a DRINKARD mailing list for the sharing and discussion of information regarding the DRINKARD surname in any place and any time. The mailing address for posting is:
DRINKARD-L@rootsweb.com To subscribe to the list, send the words “subscribe” (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to DRINKARD-L-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) and DRINKARD-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).

 

I will be adding more information to this webpage.

Elaine Powell

Orlando, Florida

Email me at Elaine64@aol.com

 

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