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Family: Lewis Acree / Mary Virginia 'Polly' Cleek (F2012)

• Father | Male Lewis Acree

  
  

  Born	1783	Bedford County, Virginia, USA
  Died	1844	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Married	18 Sep 1822  [1]	Allegheny County, Virginia, USA  [1]
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  Mother | Female Mary Virginia 'Polly' Cleek

  
  

  Born	1802	Bath Co, VA
  Died	1 Aug 1843
  Buried
  Father	Peter Cleek, Sr | F2971 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth McGuffin | F2971 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Frances Acree

  
  

  Born	Abt 1823	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	John Hammack | F9442
  Married	14 Jun 1855	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	John Paxton | F9441
  Married	12 Apr 1860	Roane County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Polly Acree

  
  

  Born	Abt 1827	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Peter C Acree

  
  

  Born	9 Mar 1829	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Jun 1904	Walton District, Roane, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Nancy Paxton | F4523
  Married	20 Jan 1878	Roane County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Charles L Acree

  
  

  Born	1834	West Virginia, USA
  Died	1904
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Elizabeth Acree

  
  

  Born	Abt 1833	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Adam C Acree

  
  

  Born	Abt 1842	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Mahala Hamon | F2011
  Married	30 Jan 1866	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

• Notes

  1820 Bath, VA Lewis Acree 1m 26-45 1830 Mason, VA Lewis Akery 2m 0-5 [Peter & ?] 1m 50-60 1f 0-5 [Polly] 1f 5-10 [Frances] 1f 20-30 1840 Jackson County Lewis Acre 2m 0-5 1m 5-10 [Charles 7] 1m 10-15 [Peter 11] 1m 60-70 1f 0-5 [Elizabeth 7] 2f 10-15 [Frances 17 & Polly 13] 1f 30-40 1850 Jackson, VA # 652-659 Riley Rob 40 M Farmer Va Riley Elizabeth 32 F Va Riley Ann * U Va Riley James 10 M Va Riley Jno 8 M Va Riley Mary 6 F Va Riley William 4 M Va Acre Polly 23 F Va Acre Charles 17 M Farmer Va Elizabeth's sister Mary 'Polly' [died 1843] married Lewis Acree, who died in 1844. These would be their children. 657 664 Riley Willard F 6/12 M Va [with Abram & Margaret Starcher] 1860 Jackson, VA # 206-196 Riley, Robert R, 48, surveyor Elizabeth, 42 James D W, 19 John H, 17 Mary E, 15 William W, 14 Millard F, 10 Peter M, 8 Robert R, jr, 4 Hester A, 1 Acree, Charles L, 27 1870 Mill Creek Dist, Jackson, WV # 236 Riley, Robert R, 58 Elizabeth, 52 Mary E, 26 Peter M, 16 Robert R, jr, 13 Hester J, 11 Ada P, 8 Acree, Charles L F, 38 1880 Census Place: Walton, Roane, West Virginia Page 128A Frances PAXTON Self F W W 57 WV VA VA Gor. T. PAXTON Son M W 19 WV Lyle PAXTON Son M W 17 WV Henry PAXTON Son M W 15 WV Elizabeth ACREE Sister F S W 47 WV "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section, "Heart of Mill Creek". Acree Family Lewis Acree was from Bath County, Virginia. He married Mary Cleek, who was a daughter of Peter Cleek, for whom she named her son Peter. Their children were: Peter C. Acree (mentioned above) was born March 9th, 1829, and died at Walton, in Roane County, in June, 1904. He married Nancy, daughter of John and Mary Vinyard Paxton. They had two sons, George and Adam Acree, who were in the Confederate Army. Charles L. Acree, son of Lewis, was in the Union Army, as was Peter C., the father of the two boys mentioned above. Lewis Acree was born in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1783, and died on Mill Creek in 1844. Mary Cleek Acree was born in Bath County, Virginia, in 1802, and died August 1th, 1843. My informant "Aunt" Hannah Harpold Staats, now deceased, described Mary Acree as one of the "kindest and best women that ever lived". Lewis Acree moved to the section known as Kentuck, in 1845. [must be wrong date if he died in 1844.

  
  

• Sources

  [S848] Charles Acree.