Nancy Buford Wale was born October 14, 1773 in Virginia and was the daughter of John Thomas & Anna watts Buford. When Nancy Buford was just 3years old when her father Thomas Buford was killed at point Pleasant one of the precursor battles of the Revolutionary war. He is buried there at point Pleasant in the magazine with all the other men who were killed in this battle. Nancy's mother remarried to a Mr. Scott, thus her name was: Anna Watts Buford Scott. ---- The attached photo was found in the estate of Louise Hook--descendent of Martin and Nancy Buford Wale, descending through their son Hopkins Otey Wale. This Hopkins Otey Wale was obviously named for His mother's first cousin's wife's paternal grandmother!! This extended in-law being Mary Otey Hopkins, who died 1815 back in Bedford County Virginia. So Nancy Buford Wale must've really liked her first cousin's wife's grandmother!! So much so to name one of her sons after this extended in-law. Although there's not conclusive evidence, The log cabin on the left is probably Martin and Nancy Buford Wale's log house built circa 1804. It was reportedly 20 feet X 20 feet in dimension. The Wale Family house reportedly burned down in a 1917 accidental house fire. The frame house on the right was probably added much later than 1804. Even as late as 2000 there were still bricks lying around at the original location of the Wale home. And these bricks were probably from the chimney of the log home. I was told by a local man in about 2000 that whe he had hunted back there some 25 years before they were still logs lying around that were rotting away, they having been from the old Wale log cabin.-â€" The copy of the photograph was found in the Louis Hook estate, 1999. It is probably Nancy Wale, but not conclusive. If this was indeed her and copied from a burnt daguerreotype then it would've been taken on the Wale farm, between 1842 and 1852-the year Nancy died. The Wale family attended the ‘freedom church' congregation which was in the local community, and still exists today in 2016. â€"The parents of her husband, James Martin wale, are: Thomas and Margaret Stamp Wale, of Virginia. The Wales migrated across three counties: Culpeper, Bedford, and Botetourt counties of Virginia. This line of Buford has a branch that descends back to the Lee Family of "Cobbs Hall."
Nancy Buford Wale was born October 14, 1773 in Virginia and was the daughter of John Thomas & Anna watts Buford. When Nancy Buford was just 3years old when her father Thomas Buford was killed at point Pleasant one of the precursor battles of the Revolutionary war. He is buried there at point Pleasant in the magazine with all the other men who were killed in this battle. Nancy's mother remarried to a Mr. Scott, thus her name was: Anna Watts Buford Scott. ---- The attached photo was found in the estate of Louise Hook--descendent of Martin and Nancy Buford Wale, descending through their son Hopkins Otey Wale. This Hopkins Otey Wale was obviously named for His mother's first cousin's wife's paternal grandmother!! This extended in-law being Mary Otey Hopkins, who died 1815 back in Bedford County Virginia. So Nancy Buford Wale must've really liked her first cousin's wife's grandmother!! So much so to name one of her sons after this extended in-law. Although there's not conclusive evidence, The log cabin on the left is probably Martin and Nancy Buford Wale's log house built circa 1804. It was reportedly 20 feet X 20 feet in dimension. The Wale Family house reportedly burned down in a 1917 accidental house fire. The frame house on the right was probably added much later than 1804. Even as late as 2000 there were still bricks lying around at the original location of the Wale home. And these bricks were probably from the chimney of the log home. I was told by a local man in about 2000 that whe he had hunted back there some 25 years before they were still logs lying around that were rotting away, they having been from the old Wale log cabin.-â€" The copy of the photograph was found in the Louis Hook estate, 1999. It is probably Nancy Wale, but not conclusive. If this was indeed her and copied from a burnt daguerreotype then it would've been taken on the Wale farm, between 1842 and 1852-the year Nancy died. The Wale family attended the ‘freedom church' congregation which was in the local community, and still exists today in 2016. â€"The parents of her husband, James Martin wale, are: Thomas and Margaret Stamp Wale, of Virginia. The Wales migrated across three counties: Culpeper, Bedford, and Botetourt counties of Virginia. This line of Buford has a branch that descends back to the Lee Family of "Cobbs Hall."
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Wife of James Martin Wale, has a Fieldstone marking her grave alongside her husband.
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