Silas Abner Minter

  General Notes:

The 1860 Federal Census, Henry County, Dyers Store page 44 records Silas Minter, Jr. (34) with wife Abigail (32) and children Eliza (11), Nancy (9), Michael (5), George (3), and Jemima (1).

The 1870 Federal Census, Leatherwood Township, Henry County, VA, Martinsville P.O. page 73B records Silas Minter, Jr (43) (indexed as Lilas Meister at ancestry.com) with wife Abigail (38) (indexed as Abijal Meister at ancestry.com) with children Michael (14), George (14), William (10), Jeremiah (8), Ruth (7), and James E. (1). Silas is listed as a farmer and has real estate valued at $2,000 and personal property at $800.

The 1880 Federal Census for Leatherwood Township, Henry County, VA, Martinsville P.O. page 73B records Silas Minter, Jr (52) with wife Abigail (47) with children William (19), Ruth (16), and James A. (11). Silas is listed as a farmer. Nearby is son Michael E. Minter (26) with his wife Martha J. (26) and children James S. (5), William H. (3), Benj M. (2), and Anna E. (2/12 / March ).


from: http://webpages.charter.net/chamberlayne/minter/mnotes.htm Minters of Henry County by Donald W. Chamberlayne : chamberlayne@charter.net
Silas Abner Minter
In Minters of Henry County <min1.htm>, Silas A. Minter, son of the Reverend Silas F. Minter, was described as a farmer, civil war veteran, husband and father of a large and successful family. Aside from a reference to him by Henry County historian Judith Parks America Hill <sources.htm>, the most substantive addition to our inventory concerning Silas is a set of photographs of the entire family, consisting of one each of Silas and Jane Abigail, taken in the 1890s, and one each of their four sons and their four daughters, each by estimate taken in the early 1900s. These photographs were provided by Bob White of New Mexico, mentioned earlier, and a person to contact <sources.htm> regarding several aspects of Minter family history. Henry County archivist Desmond Kendrick also offered to provide the photos (also in sources). A viewing of these photographs <mn2ph04.htm> is highly recommended.
Regarding the family of Jane Abigail Minter, J. P. A. Hill, writing for publication in 1925, outlined the origins of this line as follows:
"The Eggletons are of English descent. Mike Eggleton was brought to America by his grandparents when he was a small boy. He married a Miss Robertson and two children Jane Abigail, who married Silas Minter, son of the Baptist minister of that name, Polly married E. B. Draper...." The Eggleton (Eggleston) family is one of several lines of primary interest to researcher Donna Loper, a person to contact <sources.htm> regarding them or members of the other surnames of primary interest to her: Harris, Davis, and Hiler. Nothing in her findings to date documents any relationship between the Eggletons (or Egglestons) of her ancestry and Jane Abigail Eggleston.

Silas Abner Minter (Silas Junior), born Oct-25-1826, died Feb-28-1898, in the Leatherwood district of Henry County.
mar. Jane Abigail Eggleston , born Jan-02-1830, Dec-28-1897
Children of Silas (Junior) and Jane Abigail Minter:
3.1 Mary Ann ("Betty") f 1847 1848 lived six months
3.2 Eliza Jane f 1849 1914 mar. John Francis Adkins in 1868, 12 children
3.3 Nancy Elizabeth ("Nannie") f 1851 1939 mar. James Gabriel Winn in 1870, 13 children
3.4 Michael Eggleston m 1854 1921 mar. Martha Jane Winn in 1873, 12 children
3.5 George R. ("Fox Hunter") m 1856 1937 mar. (1) Sarah Permelia "Sallie" Gravely in 1874, 6 or 7 children; (2) Sarah Jane "Sis" Eggleston in 1890, 5 or 6 children
3.6 Jemina Keziah f 1858 1914 mar. William Arnold Thomerson in 1876, 4 children
3.7 William Silas m 1861 1932 mar. Maranda Tazwell Coleman in 1883, 7 children
3.8 Ruth Annie f 1863 1934 mar. John William Stultz in 1883, 8 children
3.9 James Abner m 1869 1918 mar. Eliza Ann Stultz in 1887, 9 children
3.10 Lula Julia f 1872 1872 lived two months

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer (1860).

Silas married Jane Abigail Eggleston circa 1848 in Leatherwood, Henry Co., VA. (Jane Abigail Eggleston was born on 2 Jan 1830 in Henry Co, VA and died on 28 Dec 1897 in Henry Co, VA.)