John Riley PACK

Male 1869 - 1944  (75 years)


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  • Name John Riley PACK 
    Born 5 Apr 1869  Indian Creek, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, P83 L121"
      Name:John Pack
      Date of Birth: 18 Sep 1869 [birth date different from other records]
      Place: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia
      Parents: Flem and Rebecca J. Pack

      1900 Census gives his DOB as Apr 1871.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation
    • Farmer
    _UID A44893E1DB52414F94D7955608CC444AD50D 
    Died 7 Jul 1944  Cedar Bluff Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia

      Name: John Riley Pack
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Age at Death: 73
      Birth Date: 6 Apr 1871
      Birth Place: Tazewell Co. VA
      Death Date: 7 Jul 1944
      Death Place: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia
      Cause of Death: Pulmonary TB
      Registration Date: 18 Jul 1944
      Father: Flem Pack
      Mother: Jane Burress
      Spouse: Rosa Beavers
      Certificate Number: 1944016704
      Informant: Russell McCann [son-in-law]
    Notes 
    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1870 United States Federal Census
      Name: John Pack
      Age in 1870: 1
      Birth Year: abt 1869
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1870: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male [in household of his father, Fleming Pack]
      Post Office: Knob
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Fleming Pack 35
      Rebecca T Pack 30
      Eliza Pack 14
      Levi Pack 7
      James Pack 9
      William Pack 5
      John Pack 1

      1880 United States Federal Census
      Name: John Pack
      Age: 10
      Birth Year: abt 1870
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1880: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Fleming Pack
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Fleming Pack 40
      Louisa Pack 18
      Levie Pack 16
      William Pack 12
      John Pack 10
      Margret Pack 7

      1900 United States Federal Census
      Name: John Pack
      Age: 29
      Birth Date: Apr 1871
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1900: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Rosa Pack
      Marriage Year: 1890
      Years Married: 10
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Occupation: Farmer
      Household Members:
      John Pack 29
      Rosa Pack 22
      Ellie Pack 8
      Brook Pack 6
      Robert Pack 4
      Mack Pack 2
      Charles S Pack 2 months

      1910 United States Federal Census
      Name: John R Pack
      Age in 1910: 41
      Birth Year: 1869
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1910: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Mollie R Pack
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Occupation: Farmer, general farm
      Household Members:
      John R Pack 41
      Mollie R Pack 33
      Brooks F Pack 17
      Robert W Pack 14
      Charles R Pack 10
      Nannie T Pack 8
      Emory E Pack 5

      1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: John R Pack
      Age: 49
      Birth Year: abt 1871
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Mollie R Pack
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Home owned: Own
      Able to read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes
      Occupation: Farmer, General Farm
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John R Pack 49
      Mollie R Pack 42
      Thelma Pack 19
      Helen M Pack 6
      John Pack 3 years 9 months

      1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: John R Pack
      Gender: Male
      Birth Year: abt 1871
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Race: White
      Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Spouse's Name: May E Pack
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Occupation: Manager, Farm
      Household Members:
      John R Pack 59
      May E Pack 29
      Helen M Pack 16
      John J Pack 13

      1940 United States Federal Census
      Name: J R Pack
      Respondent: Yes
      Age: 68
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Home in 1940: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      House Number: 96
      Farm: Yes
      Inferred Residence in 1935: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
      Residence in 1935: Same House
      Owned home, worth $800
      Education: 2nd grade
      Occupation: Farmer
      Worked 40 weeks in 1939, amount earned is blank
      Household Members:
      J R Pack 68
      Russell McCann 30
      Hellen McCann 23
      Bill McCann 6
      Charles McCann 4
      Mary McCann 1

      ORAL HISTORY

      Lived in home place in Baptist Valley until he died. Daughter Helen and her family took care of him.

      Kept a stable of riding horses. Nancy Whitaker Tate broke her arm as a child when she, Uncle Buddy (John Riley, Jr.), and Theodore Pack, took one of the horses without permission. Theodore lost his balance and pulled Nancy off who then pulled Buddy off. Nancy was afraid to tell what happened and hid until after dark in the once the granaries. One of the boys told where she was, so they found her and took her to the doctor. John R. Pack didn't fuss. Cheryl Tate Duke remembers seeing Ella Pack Whitaker's side saddle in the garage when Cheryl was a teenager.

      Owned land from the home place in Baptist Valley all the way to Pounding Mill.

      Played the banjo well. He would sing the old songs he grew up with.

      Never drove a car, he always rode horseback.

      5 ft 8 in. to 5 ft. 10 in. Very slim, had red hair when he was young. According to Nancy Whitaker Tate, he didn't take anything off of anybody. People knew he has honest and didn't mess with him. Minded his own business. He always wore up in dress clothes. He always had money and sold beautiful riding horses.

      LAND RECORDS

      This Deed, made this 5th day of July in the year of 1913 between J.R. Pack and Rosie Pack his wife of the first part, and William Whitaker of the second part.

      Witnesseth: That in consideration of two hundred and eight dollars cash in hand paid the receipt whereof is here by acknowledged, the said parties of the first part do grant unto the said parties of the second part, all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, lying in Tazewell County, Va. and bounded as follows. To Wit: Beginning at a bunch of Lynn sprouts on the top of a ridge a corner to William Whitaker thense leaving ridge S. 20 - 10 E 528 feet to a stake on end of spur at a wire fence in a line of W.B. Steel and with his line N 61' 30 W 640 5/10 ft to a locust post on said ridge a corner to WB Steel and William Whitaker and with several of Whitakers line and with top of Ridge N. 44' 30 E. 132 9/10 ft. N 37' 30 E. 146 5/10 ft. to a stake 4 ft. north of a marked locust N. 52' 30 E. 145 ft. N 49 E 146 ft to the beginning containing 4 16/100 acres more or less the said Whitaker and the said parties of the first part do covenant that they will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed; that they have the right to convey the said land to the said William Whitaker and the said William Whitaker shall have quiet possession of the said land free from encumbrances; that they will execute such further assurance of the said land as may be requisite; and that they have done no act to encumber the said lands.

      Witness the following signatures and seals:
      J.R. Pack
      Rosa Pack

      State of Virginia County of Tazewell to Wit:

      I, J.H. Beavers, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Tazewell aforesaid, in the state of Virginia, do certify that J.R. Pack and Rosa, his wife, whose names are signed to the within deed bearing date on the 5th day of July 1913 have acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid. Given under my hand this the 26th day of July, 1913 J.H. Beavers, JP

      Virginia: In the Clerks Office of Tazewell Circuit Court, Oct. 18, 1913. This deed was presented and upon the annexed certification of acknowledgement, admitted to record.

      Source:
      Tazewell County Deed Book 75, Page 164

      Date: 5 July 1913

      WILL

      Last Will and Testament of John Riley Pack

      I, John R. Pack of Tazewell County, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me at any time heretofore made.

      First, I do give and bequeath all my money and a One Thousand Dollar Government Bond equally to my four children, namely: Brooks F. Pack, Ellie Whitaker, Thelma Christian, and Helen McCann.

      Second, I do give and bequeath all other personal property found upon my farm at my decease equally to my four children above named. It is my desire that they divide the property in kind if they can come upon an agreement as to how it should be divided, and if they cannot do this, it is to be sold by my executor and the proceeds divided equally.

      Third, I do give, devise and bequeath my two daughters, Ellie Whitaker and Thelma Christian, the lower part of my farm joining Bill Whitaker and starting below the house at a locust post on the edge of the public highway; thence from this post a straight line to the main branch and from there running with the fence as far as it goes, then dividing the spur a straight line to where my land joins the Gillespie heirs. The said devise is in fee simple.

      Fourth, I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Helen McCann, that portion of my farm where the home stands, starting at a small locust thence a straight line to a stake near the center of a point; thence a straight line to a stake in the short crook in the line between my land and the Gillespie heirs. The said devise is in fee simple with the exception of the cemetery. The said cemetery is to be excepted and reserved from any conveyance that might be made of the said land by the said Helen McCann, her heirs, assigns, or personal representative.

      Fifth, I do give, devise and bequeath to my son, Brooks F. Pack, the balance of my farm up to the Duncan Line. The said devise is in fee simple.

      Sixth, I give, devise and bequeath to all of my four children hereinbefore named, a right to use the spring located near my home place with a right of ingress and egress to the said spring.

      Seventh, Although the portions hereinbefore set out and devised to each of my children is a fee simple, none of them shall sell his or her portion to any person other than a brother or sister within a period of five years. After the said period of five years each one of them may sell or transfer to any person they desire.

      Eighth, I do give, devise and bequeath to each of my four children hereinbefore named and mentioned a right of way over the portions granted to all of them. This is, each and every child shall have a right to pass over the portions granted to the others.

      Ninth, I do appoint my son, Brooks F. Pack, as the executor of this my last will and testament; and I do direct that no security be required of the said Brooks F. Pack as executor hereof upon his qualification.

      In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal to this, my last will and testament, which is written without any interlineations of erasures on one side only of two sheets of paper, this the 20th dy of May 1944.

      John R. Pack

      The above signature of the testator was made and the foregoing will was acknowledged to be his last will and testament by the said testator, in the presence of us, three competent witnesses, present at the same time; and we, the said witnesses, do hereunto subscribe the said will on the date last above written, in the presence of the said testator and of each other, at the request of the said testator, who was then of sound mind and over the age of twenty one years.

      J.K. McFarlene
      John W. Buchanan
      Mrs. Ida Buchanan

      Virginia: In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, the 15th day of July 1944

      PROBATE RECORDS

      In Re: Last Will and Testament of John R. Pack, deceased.

      A writing dated the 20th day of May, 1944, purporting to be the last will and testament of John R. Pack was this day produced in said Clerk's Office and offered for probate. It appearing from the evidence introduced that the said John R. Pack died on the 7th day of July, 1944; that at the time of his death he was a resident of Tazewell County, Virginia, and owned personal property and real estate therein.

      Thereupon came John W. Buchanan and Mrs. Ida Buchanan, two of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, who, after being duly sworn, stated that the said writing dated the 20th day of May, 1944, was signed and acknowledged by the said John R. Pack in their presence, and in the presence of J.K. McFarlene, the other subscribing witness thereto, and that they, the said John W. Buchanan, Mrs. Ida Buchanan and J.K. McFarlane, signed their names thereto as subscribing witnesses at the request of the said John R. Pack and in his presence and in the presence of each other, all four being present together at the same time, and that, in their opinion, the said John R. Pack was of sound mind and memory at the time thereof. It therefore appearing that the said writing was properly executed as a will is required to be executed by law, and that the same has been legally proven the said writing is hereby admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of John R. Pack, deceased.

      Thereupon came Brooks F. Pack, who is named in said writing as Executor thereof, and qualified as such Executor by taking and subscribing the oath required by law, and by entering into bond in the penalty of Thirty-five Hundred ($3,500.00) Dollars, without security as set out in said writing.

      Given under my hand this 15th day of July, 1944

      Malve G. Hurt, Deputy Clerk.

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      Virginia - Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell

      Estate of John R. Pack, deceased:

      I, the undersigned, who this day qualified before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, Virginia, on my oath do say that I have diligently made inquiry and that I believe that following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and addresses of the heirs of my decedent, John R. Pack, or of those who would have been his heirs had he died intestate. I do further declare on oath that my name is Brooks F. Pack and my post office address is Cedar Bluff, Virginia.

      List of Heirs:

      Ella P. Whittaker 52 Daughter Cedar Bluff Virginia
      Brooks F. Pack 50 Son Cedar Bluff Virginia
      Thelma Christian 42 Daughter Bluefield West Virginia
      Helen P. McCann 30 Daughter Cedar Bluff Virginia

      Given under my hand this 14th day of July 1944
      Brooks F. Pack, Executor

      Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of July, 1944

      Detail: Last Will and Testament of John Riley Pack

      Date: 15 July 1944
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    Person ID I2817  Master File
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2016 

    Father Fleming (Flem) PACK,   b. Aug 1835, Patrick Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1905, Baptist Valley, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Jane BURRESS,   b. ca 1844, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1880, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Married Abt 1856 
    Family ID F1967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mollie Rosa BEAVERS,   b. 24 Aug 1877, Berwind, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1923, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 3 Jul 1890  McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Ella Mae PACK,   b. 26 Oct 1891, Berwind, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1978, Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Brooks Foster PACK,   b. 1 Aug 1893, Big Creek District, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1945, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     3. Robert PACK,   b. 4 Nov 1895, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1925, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     4. Mack PACK,   b. Oct 1897, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1910, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 12 years)
     5. Charles Roscoe PACK,   b. 18 Mar 1900, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1918, Battle of Meuse-Argonne, Meuse, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     6. Nannie Thelma PACK,   b. 24 Jul 1902, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1957, Wise, Wise Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     7. Emory E. PACK,   b. 13 Jun 1905,   d. 15 Mar 1911, Baptist Valley, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     8. Helen Marie PACK,   b. 5 Jan 1914, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 2003, Parma, Cuyahoga Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     9. John Riley PACK, Jr.,   b. 8 Mar 1917, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1932, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2012 
    Family ID F1962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mae SHREVE,   b. 06 Sep 1901, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1930, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1927  Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: Tazewell County Marriage Register 4 Page 48 and 50

      May 26, 1927 (Not Executed) John R. Pack 56 (Widowed) and Mae Shreve 24 (Single). Both Born Tazewell County, VA. Husband resides: Cedar Bluff. Wife Resides: Raven. Husband Parents: Flem & Rebecca Wife Parents: R.W. and Ella Husband: Farmer

      [Actual Marriage date is found Page 50, 10-12-27]

    Last Modified 25 Jun 2013 
    Family ID F1998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Nancy Whitaker Tate Interview, Cheryl Tate Duke, (11/26/00-current).

    2. [S35] Marriage Book 1, McDowell Co WV, 1865-1886, p. 121.