Fourth Generation (Continued)
Family of Charity BANNER (7) & Rev. Jesse BRIGGS Sr.

31. Sarah BRIGGS. Born on 27 Nov 1795 in Stokes Co., NC. Sarah died in Surry Co, NC on 11 Dec 1879, she was 84. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.

13 Nov 1874 - Surry Co.,NC , Will Book #6,page 133 - WILL OF SARAH DOSS:
After my decease my body is to be decently buried without ostentation or unnecessary
expense; my personal expenses and just debts are to be paid;by my executor, My sons--John M Doss, Mathew M Doss--and my daughter Sarah E Jones, wife of William Jones, dec'd, get all my estate-- real, Personal, and mixed. My executor shall sell all real and personal property at public sale to the highest bidder for cash and divide it equally among them. Executor: My friend R T Saunders.
Witnesses: Jesse Briggs and Lemuel P Jones.

10 Sept 1878 - Surry Co.,NC CODICIL TO WILL OF SARAH DOSS:
The $50.00 that my son Mathgw M Doss has received shall be in full of his part of my
estate instead of one-third thereof. All my property and money and whatever that may lawfully belong to me in the State of North Carolina and all of my interest and part in the estate of my
brother Milton Briggs in the State of Iowa, Fremont County, both real and personal, are to be equally divided between John M Doss and Sarah E Jones by my executor.
Witnesses: James K Bradley and
F M Belton. L. P. Jones proved Will of Sarah Doss; Jesse Briggs had lately died in Surry County. Codicil to Wil1 proved by James K Bradley and F M Belton. Probate 5 Jan 1880.


On 20 Sep 1816 [MB] when Sarah was 20, she first married Jesse KERBY, in Stokes Co., NC. Born in Stokes Co., NC(?). Jesse died abt 1819 in Surry Co, NC.

They had one child:
84 i. Charity Banner (1818-1889)

On 11 Aug 1819 when Sarah was 23, she second married Lemuel DOSS, in Stokes Co, NC. Born in 1797 in Stokes Co, NC. Lemuel died in Surry Co, NC on 11 Nov 1862, he was 65. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.

25 Jul 1846 - Surry Co.,NC Deed 10:240:
Lemuel Doss from Hulet Blackburn

"Know all men by these presents that I Hughlett Blackburn of Stokes
County and State of North Carolina for and in consideration of the sum
of eighty dollars to me in hand paid by Lemuel Doss of the County
of Surry and state aforesaid I do this day bargain sell and deliver unto the
said Lemuel Doss his heirs and assigns forever a certain negro girl child
named Mary Jane aged about six months the right and title of which
I forever warrant and defend. In testimony whereof I have set my hand
and seal this 25 day of July 1846. Hulet Blackburn SEAL
Witness: Sarah Lewis jurant
North Carolina} May Term 1859 The execution of the foregoing & within
Surry County } Bill of Sale was duly proven in open court by the
oath of Sarah Lewis a witness thereto and ordered to be registered.
John H. Dobson, Clk
T. V. Hamlin, D. C."


They had the following children:
i. Permilia. Born on 6 Dec 1821 in Surry Co, NC. Permilia died in Surry Co, NC on 15 Jul 1915, she was 93. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.

Permilia married Gideon Edwards McKINNEY. Born on 26 Oct 1809 in Surry Co, NC. Gideon Edwards died in Surry Co, NC on 10 Nov 1891, he was 82. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.
85 ii. Mary "Matilda" (1824-1855)
86 iii. Sarah "Eliza" (1826-1905)
iv. Matthew M.. Born on 16 Nov 1828 in Surry Co, NC.
v. Jesse W.. Born on 16 Nov 1828 in Surry Co, NC. Jesse W. died in Surry Co, NC on 22 Oct 1855, he was 26. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.
vi. John M.. Born on 12 Aug 1832 in Surry Co, NC. John M. died in Surry Co, NC on 3 Sep 1915, he was 83. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.

John M. married Mary M. DOSS. Born on 17 Jan 1859 in Surry Co, NC. Mary M. died in Surry Co, NC on 14 May 1918, she was 59. Buried in Doss-McKinney Cemetery.

32. Rev. Jesse BRIGGS Jr. Born on 25 Nov 1811 in Stokes County, NC. Jesse died in Mount Airy Township, Surry County, NC on 22 Oct 1877, he was 65. Occupation: Farmer, Minister, Constable (1850). Religion: Church of Christ.

15 October 1877 - Surry County, NC, Will of Jesse Briggs
"In the name of God
I Jesse Briggs being sick and weak of body
but of Sound and disposing memory and mind
and understanding concidering the certainty
of death and the uncertainty of the living
to the end that I may be the better prepared
to Leave this world where it shal please
my God to call me hence have now
determined to direct what dispostion shall
be made of my property after my decease
and after concidering the circumstances of
all my heirs at Law in my Judgement
my Estate Should be distributed I do make
publish and declare this to be my Last
Will and testament and my will is
first that after my decease my body shall
be decently buried and my funeral charges
and Just debts shall be paid by my executors
hereafter named and as to the rest of my
property which the Lord has blest me with
shall not be required for the payment
of my debts and funeral charges and
the _________in about this execution of this
my will I Give devise and dispose thereof
as follows to wit I Give and devise to
my beloved wife Lucinda all of my Estate
both Real and personal of which I shal
be possesed of at the time of my decease
to have and to have and use
and benefit during her natural Life
and after her death If my daughter
Manerva Shall be single It is my will
that she shall have two Thirds of
all the property then remaining both the
real and personal and it is my will
that the other Third be Equal divided
between my other Two daughters
Laura and Charity but If my
daughter Manerva Shall Marry before
her Mother's death then she is
only to have an equal portion with the
other two and I do nominate and
appoint my beloved wife Lucinda
and R. T. Sanders my Executors of this
my Last will and testament in
testimony whereof I set my hand and
seal this 15 day of October AD 1877.
Test: R. H. Banner Jesse Briggs [SEAL]
S. H. Sanders"

17 Nov 1877 - Surry Co.,NC Jesse's will probated.

On 18 Mar 1837 [MB] when Jesse was 25, he married Lucinda FLYNT, in Stokes County, NC. Born abt 1815 in Stokes Co., NC. Lucinda died in Surry Co., NC aft 1880, she was 65.

They had the following children:
87 i. Laura E. (1838-)
88 ii. Charity E. (1843-1918)
89 iii. Minerva Virginia "Ginny" (1852-1903)

33. Charity BRIGGS. Born on 18 Oct 1814 in Stokes Co., NC. Charity died in Mount Airy Township, Surry County, NC on 13 Dec 1896, she was 82. Buried in Oakdale Cemetery.

Charity very religious with a deep respect for traditions, remained old fashioned all her life, had a basic caution and economy as well as being very practical. She had an inquiring mind and sought knowledge as evidenced by her subscription to the "Cincinnati Inquirer" all her married life. According to her granddaughter, Emma Prather Gilmer, "she was, as she said, never well. She had what she called dyspepsia - never in bed, but after meals would start taking her medicine. She rarely ever saw a doctor."375

On 22 Oct 1834 when Charity was 20, she married Thomas Franklin PRATHER, in Stokes Co., NC. Born on 9 Aug 1809 in Stokes Co., NC. Thomas Franklin died in Mount Airy, Surry County, NC on 14 Nov 1889, he was 80. Buried in Oakdale Cemetery.

T. F. Prather was a merchant dealing in general merchandise, leather, hides and tobacco. The family moved to Rockford, Surry County, NC, the county seat of Surry, in April 1841 and later to Mt. Airy in 1847/48 where he operated a tobacco factory and general merchandise store.
Just prior to the War Between the States, Franklin moved to Danbury as indicated by a promissory notes with A. H. Joyce in 1861 and John Pepper in 1871. "Branson's Business Directory" of 1867-68 list Prather as a merchant for dry goods, etc in Danbury and a manufacturer with a tannery at Colesville in Northern Stokes County. During the same period he is listed as a partner of the Prather & Banner Tobacco Factory and of a merchandise store in Mount Airy, perhaps in partnership with his oldest son Thomas William. There was a tannery in Winston(Forsyth Co.) and a store in Mocksville(Davie Co.) in partnership with his son John Franklin. They said of him that he always made a sale if he could not get one price he would take another.
His lone effort for public office found Thomas Franklin losing the Stokes County Commission's race in 1870 although he received 600 votes as a Republican. He and Charity moved back to Mount Airy in 1871/2 but returned often to Piedmont Springs and Danbury in the summer to vist friends and children.375

They had the following children:
90 i. Sarah Jane (1835-1897)
91 ii. Thomas William (1838-1896)
iii. Charity Ruth. Born on 25 Jul 1840 in Surry Co., NC. Charity Ruth died in Surry Co., NC on 1 Jun 1864, she was 23.

On 4 Jun 1860 when Charity Ruth was 19, she married Dr. Constantine LaFayette BANNER (71) , son of John BANNER Sr. (26) (21 Mar 1801-29 Aug 1888) & Virginia "Jenny" MOORE (28 Nov 1805-17 Jun 1891), in Surry Co., NC.368 Born on 5 Nov 1830 in Surry Co., NC. Dr. Constantine LaFayette died in Surry Co., NC on 10 Jul 1915, he was 84.

Listed in 1850 Stokes County census listed his profession as medical student.
iv. Emma Louisa. Born on 10 Dec 1842 in Surry Co., NC. Emma Louisa died in Surry Co., NC on 6 Jun 1862, she was 19.
92 v. Ellen Amanda (1845-1896)
vi. John Franklin. Born on 12 Sep 1847 in Surry Co., NC. John Franklin died in Surry Co., NC on 22 Nov 1885, he was 38.

John Franklin married Mary C. SUSSDORFF. Born in 1848 in Surry Co., NC. Mary C. died in Surry Co., NC in 1939, she was 91.
vii. Joseph Wesley. Born on 18 Sep 1850 in Surry Co., NC. Joseph Wesley died in Surry Co., NC on 13 Jan 1905, he was 54.

In 1874 when Joseph Wesley was 23, he married Julia Frances DEBAULT. Born in 1853. Julia Frances died in 1946, she was 93.
93 viii. Jesse Hilliard (1853-1912)
ix. Elisha Milton. Born on 16 Oct 1856 in Surry Co., NC. Elisha Milton died on 9 Sep 1857 in Surry Co., NC.
x. Charles Edgar. Born on 7 May 1860 in Surry Co., NC. Charles Edgar died in Surry Co., NC on 29 Jan 1863, he was 2.

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