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COL Travis Harris Epes

Birth	:	Oct 1808 Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	10 Jan 1877 Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Falkland, Nottoway County, USA
Description	:	Born at Old Place, Nottoway Co, Va Marriage 1 Elizabeth Branch Jones b: 14 SEP 1813 in "Falkland" d:6nov1875 Nottoway County,VA Married: 28 JAN 1829 Children: Branch Jones b: 13 AUG 1832 m Lula May Doyle 1886 Travis Edwin b: 8 JUL 1834 m Anna Maria Fitzgerald 1860 Martha Wilmuth b: 29 JUL 1846 m John Segar Hardaway 1866 John Freeman b:5may1830 d:12sep1846 Julia Matthews B:16 mar1836 D:1may1845 Theodore Almonte b:19apr1838 d:4apr1856 Hamlin Harris b:19jan1840 d:9mar1899 Frances Elizabeth b;21mar1842 d:25jun1874 (lightning) m Richard Southern Shreve (death from lightning) Peter Batte b12aug1844 d:7dec1928 m Ulalia Scott John matthews b:29nov1848 d:15feb1927 m Laura French Watkins Lee b:14dec1850 d:15nov1928 Mary Jones b:6aug1852 d:3apr1934 m Dr Daniel Hardaway... Read More	Born at Old Place, Nottoway Co, Va Marriage 1 Elizabeth Branch Jones b: 14 SEP 1813 in "Falkland" d:6nov1875 Nottoway County,VA Married: 28 JAN 1829 Children: Branch Jones b: 13 AUG 1832 m Lula May Doyle 1886 Travis Edwin b: 8 JUL 1834 m Anna Maria Fitzgerald 1860 Martha Wilmuth b: 29 JUL 1846 m John Segar Hardaway 1866 John Freeman b:5may1830 d:12sep1846 Julia Matthews B:16 mar1836 D:1may1845 Theodore Almonte b:19apr1838 d:4apr1856 Hamlin Harris b:19jan1840 d:9mar1899 Frances Elizabeth b;21mar1842 d:25jun1874 (lightning) m Richard Southern Shreve (death from lightning) Peter Batte b12aug1844 d:7dec1928 m Ulalia Scott John matthews b:29nov1848 d:15feb1927 m Laura French Watkins Lee b:14dec1850 d:15nov1928 Mary Jones b:6aug1852 d:3apr1934 m Dr Daniel Hardaway 1868 At Nottoway Court House, on April 7, 1861, took place that memorable meeting, called to decide on secession. The sentiment was overwhelmingly f or secession, Colonel Travis Epes of Fancy Hill standing almost alone against such a move. Colonel Epes, who always wore a tall beaver hat and Prince Albert coat, was a striking figure as he arose to address the meeting. Said Colonel Epes: "You do not know what you are doing in voting f or secession. You cannnot compete with the Federal Government; they will send an army here, despoil your homes, and free your slaves. Every ab le-bodied man before me will have to go into the army and try to repel t he invaders. I have five sons who will have to go. Should Virginia secede, I will give everything I possess to her cause, but I am opposed to secession." He was howled down in derision and his brother, Thomas Freeman Epes, took him severely to task for his speech.

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COL Travis Harris Epes's memorial is located at: Falkland, Nottoway County, USA.
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COL Travis Harris Epes death on 10 Jan 1877 in Nottoway County, Virginia, USA