Posted 7/24/13 on the MAPP Family Facebook Group

Last night marked the return of the show “Who Do You Think You Are” on the TLC cable channel.  The person featured was Kelly Clarkson and through her research she found that her great (3X) grandfather was a Union Soldier in the Civil War. 

http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are

Well, we too have our very own Civil War hero by the name of Appy MAPP.  Like Kelly Clarkson’s ancestor, Appy MAPP was wounded in battle.  Here is a little information concerning his service and the USCT Regiment he served.  Pass this along to your children so they can proudly participate in their history class when the Civil War discussion is presented.

Appins Mapp is listed in our Civil War Soldiers & Sailors book: Mapp, Appins (Appinus) alias Napp, Happy. Black. Union. Enlisted 1863 in 2nd US Colored Cavalry Co. I. Wounded in foot. Discharged 1865. In Grangeville in 1890 Union Veterans Census. Service Record not found.

2nd Regiment Cavalry

http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uncolcav.htm#2ndcav

Organized at Fort Monroe, Va., December 22, 1863. Attached to Fort Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Unattached Williamsburg, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to August, 1864. Unattached 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. Unattached 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and Dept. of Texas, to February, 1866.

SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Monroe, Portsmouth and Williamsburg, Va., until May, 1864. Demonstration on Portsmouth March 4-5. Action near Suffolk March 10. Reconnaissance from Portsmouth to the Blackwater April 13-15. Butler's operations on the south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5. Swift Creek May 8-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 10-16. Actions at Drury's Bluff May 10-13-14-15 and 16. Near Drury's Bluff May 20. Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred until June 13. Point of Rocks June 10. Richmond Campaign June 13-July 31. Baylor's Farm June 15. Assaults on Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to February 18, 1865. Duty before Petersburg until July, 1864. Moved to Deep Bottom July 25. Action at Deep Bottom July 27-28. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Actions at Deep Bottom September 2 and 6. Chaffin's Farm September 29-30. Darbytown Road October 7. Battle of Fair Oaks, Darbytown Road October 27-28. Near Richmond October 28-29. Duty in trenches north of James River until February, 1865. Ordered to Norfolk February 18. Duty in District of Eastern Virginia at Norfolk, Suffolk, etc., until May. Ordered to City Point, Va.; thence sailed for Texas June 10. Duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas until February, 1866. Mustered out February 12, 1866.

Who is Appy MAPP?

This is a posting for my MAPP Family Group on Facebook.

Who is Appy MAPP?

For many of us on this group page, we are related through the recent bloodline of Appy MAPP.  For others, we have a common European connection through John MAPP I (circa 1625 in England and died February 1671 in Northampton County, VA). John MAPP I was the great grandfather of Littleton MAPP, Sr. who was born in Northampton County, VA and died in Georgia. Littleton MAPP, Sr. also had connections (land) to North Carolina and South Carolina.

One of my goals concerning the MAPP Family genealogy is to do further research about Appy MAPP.  What I know at this time is the following documented facts;

1.    DOB: June 01, 1842 in Accomack County, VA
2.    Died: November 01, 1916
3.    Married Mary Susan HARMON on August 04, 1892 in Accomack County, VA.  It looks like they had 10 to 15 Children throughout their marriage(s).
4.    Severed in the Civil War - 1863 Virginia, United States of America Private, Co. I 2nd Colored Cavalry.
5.    From 1870 to his death he lived in the Pungoteague Magisterial District of Accomack County, VA.  This also known as Saint Georges Parrish.
6.    His death certificate states that he was the son of Appie PARRAMORE and Leah MAPP.  It also states that he was buried in the Red Hill Church cemetery on November 02, 1916 by the undertaker W. E. REID and Company from Keller, VA.  His death was reported by Edward MAPP who lived in Wachapreague, VA.  NOTE: Keller and Wachapreague are towns in Accomack County, VA.
7.    Appy MAPP had several aliases or misspelling of his name.  His first name was recorded as “Happy”, “Appie” or “Appe”.  In his pension file, he was listed as Appy Mapp alias “Happy NAPP”.

By far this is the most information that I have found on any one person as long as I have been involved with genealogy.  With that said, I still have many questions than answers concerning Appy MAPP.

1.    Who was his father Appie PARRAMORE?  I find little information concerning him or his wife Leah MAPP. 
2.    Was Appy MAPP a runaway slave that joined the Union Army to fight in the Civil War?  I have searched the Registers of Free Negroes for Northampton and Accomack counties and have not found an Appy MAPP.  I did find several other men with the first name Appy, but no last names of MAPP or PARRAMORE.  On the flip side, I have not any documents listing an Appy or any variation of that name as slave inventory, engaged in legal proceedings, etc.
3.    What was the relationship between Edward MAPP and Appy MAPP?  Edward was the informant listed on Appy’s death certificate.
4.    What was the relationship between Appy and his wife Mary Susan HARMON?  They both married late in life, but the children look like they are theirs together.  Mary also seems to have been married to a Peter Taylor.
5.    What was the connection between the Black and White MAPP’s?  How are we connected to Littleton MAPP, Sr. slaves and/or family?

I hope to find the answers to these questions and develop a framework for a book. 

Appy MAPP’s Whereabouts

1863 Civil War

Virginia, United States of America Private, Co. I 2nd Colored Cavalry

1870 Census – Saint Georges Parish, Accomack CO, VA

George S. Mears - 26 - W - Farmer

Mary Anna Mears - 23 - W - Keeping House

VA Mears - 1 - W

Thomas White - 12 - B - Domestic Servant

Soyo (?) Jubilee - 11 - M - Domestic Servant

Molinaa (?) Mears - 21 - B - Domestic Servant

Appie Mapp - 28 - B - Farm Laborer

Mary Mapp - 25 - M - Farm Laborer

Luke Mapp - 2 - M

Eliza Mapp - 5 - M

1880 Census - Pungoteague Magisterial Dist. 8

1890 Veteran Census Index

Mapp, Appias                                      Pungoliaguo District

Napp, Happy                                       Pungoliaguo District

Looks like a duplicate entry with two different spellings of his name.  According to the Pension File, Happy Napp was an alias. Why would he have an alias?

1900 Census – Pungoteague Magisterial Dist. 13

South Boundary line commences at the mouth of Pungoteague Creek, continuing up said Creek to a point known as The Ware House, thence from said point along the County road to Bobtown, thence to Keller, thence turning S.W. along…

1910 Census - Pungoteague Magisterial Dist 15

Excludes Belle Haven town and Wachapreggue town, beginning at line north go as far south as the north side of Nandua Creek, then taking a by-road coming out in the main county road to the L J Hyslop lot, then following main county road to Pear Tree and then turning at the J R Sturgis farm and follow road to Painter, thence follow RR to point of beginning…

What is in a name?

Part 1

I will never forget the day I found out that my grandfather had an additional birth name.  I thought his formal name was EDWIN DOUGLAS DRIVER and his nickname was “BUBBA”.  I later found in the 1910 census someone by the name of HOBBED D. DRIVER who was the same age as my grandfather.  I was puzzled as to who this new person was.  Was he another brother that died young or was there a complete misspelling of my grandfather’s name?  This puzzle was solved when I had a chance to visit my grandfather’s brother and my Godfather, ELIJAH MORRIS DRIVER (also known as “BUSTER”).  I informed UNCLE BUSTER that I have been engaged in genealogy and found a person by the name of Hobbed.  He smiled and said that the name was actually HOBART and it was my grandfather.  My grandfather dropped the name and went by the remaining EDWIN DOUGLAS.

Over the years I tried to make since of family names and their origin.  I will be making several more postings concerning the DRIVER names, but I first want to finish my story about my grandfather’s name.

When I found out his first name was HOBART, I tried to find other older family members with that first or last name.  There were none, but I did notice that HOBART was similar to ROBERT.  Census takers were notorious for misspelling people’s names.  Often after a long day/week of going from house to house (by horse or cart and down long dusty roads), the census taker was exhausted and made mistakes.  If my grandfather’s first name was ROBERT that would have made plenty of sense.  After all I had found 15 other ROBERT DRIVER in our family from the 18^th and 19^th centuries.  That assumption was too easy and debunked by my uncle BUSTER when he informed me that the name was indeed HOBART.  So I had to go back to the drawing board and do some more research about the name.  I found that when my grandfather was born and named, the name HOBART was becoming popular and peaked in use in 1901.  I now understand where the name came from, but I am still curious as to why his parents did not follow the standard naming convention of the day.  If they had followed this convention, my grandfather (1^st oldest son) would have been named after his paternal grandfather, ADDISON DRIVER.  After all my uncle BUSTER (2^nd son) was named in accordance to the standard naming convention.  He was named after his maternal grandfather ELIJAH MORRIS.

Early Naming Conventions in the 18th and 19th Century

Child: - - Named for:

1st son: - - father's father

2nd son: - - mother's father

3rd son: - - father

4th son: - - father's oldest brother

5th son: - - father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother

1st daughter: - - mother's mother

2nd daughter: - - father's mother

3rd daughter: - - mother

4th daughter: - - mother's oldest sister

More to come…….

MAPP FAMILY COMMON ANCESTRY (EUROPEAN BLOOD LINE)

I think I have found some potential links to the MAPP’s from VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, TEXAS AND EDMONTON, ALBERTO CANADA. 

The common thread leads back to EASTERN SHORE, VA.  Littleton was born circa 1735 at NORTHAMPTON Co, VA. He had a son by the name of Col. John MAPP who served in the Revolutionary War.  Col MAPP relocated to SPARTANBURG, SC where he married Mary “Molly” WHITE.  They had 3 sons and a daughter.

SC/GA/AL CONNECTIONS

 (http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p553.htm#i55212)

John was born circa 1785 at SPARTANBURG, SC. He married Sarah 'Sally' BROTHERS on 25 April 1830 at PUTNAM Co, GA.1 John died after 1860 at CAMPBELL CO, GA. John MAPP was shown in the 1850 & 1860 census for CAMPBELL CO, GA

Burwell was born circa 1787 at SPARTANBURG, SC. He married Martha 'Patsy' Morre HUCKABY on 30 June 1807 at HANCOCK CO, GA.1 In 1809 he moved to LAWRENCE CO, AL.

Littleton was born in 1796 at GEORGIA. He married Lucretia MCGIBONEY, daughter of William MCGIBONEY and Nancy CONE, on 23 July 1818 at GREENE Co, GA.1 Littleton died on 26 October 1839 at GEORGIA. Littleton and Lucretia had 10 children.  Some owned slaves.

OBSERVATION:  It is interesting that in the 1870 Census (first census after the Civil War), Lucretia (Widow living alone) is living among the Black MAPP’s and some other Caucasian MAPP’s.  Practically next door (farm) neighbors. 

TX/KS/OK/CANADA CONNECTIONS

(http://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208162337/http://www.albertasource.ca/blackpioneers/people/MAPP.html)

Thomas MAPP, the oldest of 10 siblings, was born in GEORGIA in 1884 and moved with his family to Wilikie, OKLAHOMA, where he worked on his father’s corn farm.

When Thomas married Misouri BROOKS in 1906, he left his family to start one of his own: Thomas and Misouri left for their new home in KANSAS, where they had three children: Veola, Genieva, and Ferris. In 1912, the family relocated temporarily to EDMONTON, where Thomas worked on construction for the Macdonald Hotel. Although they did not stay long in Edmonton, Thomas and Misouri had yet another child there, a daughter they named Eva, before moving out to a homestead in AMBER VALLEY later that same year.

Thomas was the son of Lorenzo MAPP who was born in TALIAFERRO, GA (same geographical area as the MAPPS from GREENE County) and lived in SMITH, TX (1900 Census).

CONCLUSION: I would encourage anyone from these blood lines to have a DNA (Genealogy) test.  This is really the only way to trace the MAPP line back to EUROPE.  Also, there are more comprehensive test to identify your genetic makeup.  I took several of these test years ago and my makeup is

Africa (West African) – Yoruba - 62.08%

Middle East - Palestinian, Adygei, Druze, Iranian, Jewish - 11.03%

Europe - Orcadian, Finnish, Russian - 26.89%