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Martha Ellen Sisson

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Birth:	Sep 2, 1855 in Roanoke Co, VA
Death:	Nov 10, 1945 in Floyd Co, VA
Burial:	in Wilson Cemetery, Floyd Co, VA
Gender:	F

Father:	View Family Sheet James Madison Sisson born Oct 4, 1831 in Botetourt Co, VA
Mother:	Elizabeth Jane Coon born Mar 7, 1834
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Family #1:	View Family Sheet John Lemuel Boone
Marriage:	Feb 8, 1877 in Floyd Co, VA

Notes:	This Deed made and entered into this 13th day of May 1914, between Martha E. Boone, widow of John L. Boone, deceased. Bertha J. Whitenack and W. R. Whitenack, her husband, Nellie A. Hall and J. H. Hall her husband, and Alma M. Poff and H. H. Poff her husband parties of the first part and E. S. Boone party of the second part: Witnesseth, that whereas John L. Boone departed this life intestate on the 2nd day of July, 1913 and left surviving him Martha E. Boone his widow, and the following children, E. S. Boone, Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall and Alma M. Poff his heirs at law. And whereas John L. Boone was a son of Andrew Boone who departed this life intestate on the 4th day of September, 1886, owned a small tract of land in the county of Floyd Virginia, and left surviving him 14 heirs at law, and the said John L. Boone inherited one fourthteenth interest in the lands of the said Andrew Boone deceased, and there was a division of the lands of which Andrew Boone died, seized and possessed and 7-1/2 acres was alloted to John L. Boone and he was put in the possession of the same, and was in possession of the same at the time of his death, but no deed was ever made to the said John L. Boone for said land by his brothers and sisters, and the said 7-1/2 acres is herein after described. And whereas by certain considerations herein after mentioned the parties of the first part have sold to the party of the second part the lands which John L. Boone owned at the time of his death, and the considerations is as follows: E. S. Boone is to take care of and support Martha E. Boone at his home as a member of his family, except that the said Martha E. Boone is to be liable for her own Doctor Bills, and her estate at her death is to be liable for her funeral expenses, and if she should not own any estate at the time of her death then the Doctor Bills and Funeral expenses are to be borne equally by E. S. Boone, Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall and Alma M. Poff. And it is further agreed between E. S. Boone and Martha E. Boone that Martha E. Boone is to keep the same number of stock that she now owns, if she so desires, or the number of stock that she and E. S. Boone agrees upon. The said E. S. Boone is to pay to Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall, and Alma M. Poff Five Hundred Dollars each, which is to be paid and to be paid as follows: One Hundred Dollars cash in hand paid to each of them, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by them. One Hundred Dollars to be paid to each of them on the 1st day of March, 1915, and One Hundred and Thirty three Dollars and Thirty three and one third cents, to be paid to each of them on the 1st day of March, 1918, both of which said defered payments bear interest from the first day of March, 1914. and One Hundred and Sixty Six Dollars and Sixty six and two thirds cents to each of them at the death of Martha E. Boone. Bonds dated the 1st day of March, 1914 have been executed by the said E. S. Boone to each of them for the defered payments, and the first two mentioned bonds to each of them bear interest from the 1st day of March 1914, and the last mentioned bond does not bear any interest until the death of Martha E. Boone when the same becomes due and payable. Now therefore in consideration of the premises the parties of the first part grant, sell and convey to the party of the second part with general warranty of title, all there (sic) right title and interest in a certain tract or parcel of land in Floyd County Virginia on waters of Flat Run Creek adjoining the lands of Henry McNiel, James Pugh, D. S. Lucas and others, consisting of two tracts, and being the lands that John L. Boone owned at the time of his death. The first tract contains 73 acres and is known as the Home tract. Second tract contains 7-1/2 acres and is known as the Andrew Boone land, and in addition to conveying the 7-1/2 acres the parties of the first part grant sell, and convey all their right, title and interest that they might own, that they inherited from their father J. L. Boone in the lands of his father Andrew Boone to E. S. Boone. The first tract containing 73 acres is Bounded as Follows: Beginning at a locust near the creek comer to James Pugh's land and with the same S. 1-3/4 E. 33-1/3 poles to a chestnut stump and sprouts from stump, S.75-1 /2 W. 16 poles to an oak stump and pointers S. 44-1/2 W. 7 poles to a stake, S.52-1/2, W.19 poles to red oak stumps. S.9, W. 15 poles to a white oak comer to Daniel Lucas's land, and with the same S.84-1/2, E 32-1/2 poles to a chestnut near the creek, S.71, E.40 poles (Xing a road and the creek) to a large pine stump, S.45, E.4-1/4 poles to a double chestnut, N.47-1/2, E.42 poles (Xing a branch to a stake,) N. 34, E. 17-3/4 poles to a gum, S.73-1/2, E.39-1/2 poles to poplar stump on a ndge comer to L. L. Boone's land and with the same down a ridge, N,41-1/2, W.20-1/2 poles to a chestnut stump, N.I 7, W.22 poles to a stake, N.57, W.I 7 poles to a stake, N.33, W.10 poles to a stake, N.3, W.I 8-1/2 poles to a gum stump, N.66, W.36 poles to a locust on a ledge of rock on the bank of the creek, N.22, W.8 poles to a stake by the creek, N.58, E 11 poles to a stake by a road, N.30, W.I 2 poles to stake in a hollow comer to the Andrew Boone land and with the same S.81-1/2, W.55 poles to a stake N.44, W.8-3/4 poles to a pine on a ridge comer to James Pugh's land and with the same S.8-1/2, W.21-1/2 poles to a Chinapin in a hollow S.I 1-1/2, E.26-1/2 poles to a poplar on the bank of the creek S.65, E.18 poles (Xing the creek and a road) to the Beginning. The second tract containing 7-1/2 acres the Andrew Boone land and is bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in the Hollow Comer to John L. Boone land thence new line up hollow N.I 5, W.10 poles to a post, N.7-1/4, W.8 poles to a stake N.12, W.9-3/4 poles to a pine on a ridge comer to Henry McNiel's land and with the same and a ridge S.51, W.I 3 poles to a chestnut S.66, W.I 1-3/4 poles to a red oak "West" 8-1/2 poles to a white oak S 77 W 27-1/3 poles to a chestnut oak, S.I 6, E.9-3/4 poles to a pine comer to John L. Boone land and with the same S.44, E.8-3/4 poles to a stake N.81-1/2, E.55 poles to the Beginning. A lien is retained on the land herein conveyed by Martha E. Boone for the faithful performance by E. S. Boone as to his contract with her. And a lien is retained on the land conveyed in this deed by Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall and Alma M. Pofffor the unpaid purchase money due them. Witness the following signatures and seals, the day and year above written. Martha E. Boone (her mark) Bertha J. Whitenack W. R. Whitenack Nellie A. Hall J. H. Hall AlmaM.Poff H. H. Poff Virginia, Floyd county to-wit: I, S. H. Aldridge, a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, do certify that Martha E. Boone, Bertha J. Whitenack, and W. R. Whitenack her husband, Nellie A Hall and J. H. Hall her husband, and Alma M. Poff and H. H. Poff her husband whose names are signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 13th day of May 1914 have acknowledged the same before me, in my county aforesaid. Given under by hand, this 14 Day of May 1914. S. H. Aldridge, J.P. Recorded in D.B. #43 page 18. Tax 1.50, Fee 1.25, Corn. 1.00 for a total of $3.75, paid June 22, 1917 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martha lived until 1945, 32 years after her husband John died. Elbert and his wife Kate lived about 1/4 mile up the road from Charlie and Odessa Boone's home. Virginia Boone Metzler (Charlie's daughter) said Kate and her mother-in-law Martha did not get along very well so nearly every morning, Martha, known as Aunt Sis, would put on a clean apron and bonnet and walk down to Charlie and Odessa's and spend the day. She sat in a rocking chair and told Civil War stories to any in the family who would listen to her. Virginia said she seemed to be the favorite of Aunt Sis as she always listened to her stories despite her often slipping behind her and tying her apron strings to the rungs in the back of the rocking chair. Virginia also said everytime you asked Aunt Sis how she was, she would say "I feel okay but my head is just a roaring." She did suffer from dizziness and several years before her death, she fell over the bannisters from the 2nd to the 1 st floor and thereafter was bedfast. Aunt Sis gave Virginia a picture of herself which Virginia let me copy for the family albums. Virginia and her husband Henry Oliver Metzler bought the home and land from Elbert Boone after he and his wife moved to Radford to be near their daughter, Vera Mundy. They had planned to use it as a place to visit in the summer months but this never worked out so it was looked after by a series of caretakers. In 1999, Virginia sold the home and land. The new owners are in the process of extensive renovations. The deed copied above was from a copy now in the possession of Melvin Lee Simmons and his wife Mary Elizabeth "Minnie" Boone Simmons who bought the Charlie and Odessa Boone homeplace in 1963. This copy of the deed was given to them many years ago by Charlie's son Walter Leslie "Jake" Boone who told Lee to hold onto it as it might come in handy someday. When the new owners of the Elbert Boone property had to have a survey done, they were told it would cost $7,000.00. Lee loaned them this copy of the deed which was accepted as satisfactory by the Clerk of Court in Floyd County, saving them this additional expense.

Notes:

This Deed made and entered into this 13th day of May 1914, between Martha E. Boone,
widow of John L. Boone, deceased. Bertha J. Whitenack and W. R. Whitenack, her husband,
Nellie A. Hall and J. H. Hall her husband, and Alma M. Poff and H. H. Poff her husband parties
of the first part and E. S. Boone party of the second part: Witnesseth, that whereas John L.
Boone departed this life intestate on the 2nd day of July, 1913 and left surviving him Martha E.
Boone his widow, and the following children, E. S. Boone, Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall
and Alma M. Poff his heirs at law.

And whereas John L. Boone was a son of Andrew Boone who departed this life intestate on
the 4th day of September, 1886, owned a small tract of land in the county of Floyd Virginia,
and left surviving him 14 heirs at law, and the said John L. Boone inherited one fourthteenth
interest in the lands of the said Andrew Boone deceased, and there was a division of the lands
of which Andrew Boone died, seized and possessed and 7-1/2 acres was alloted to John L.
Boone and he was put in the possession of the same, and was in possession of the same at the
time of his death, but no deed was ever made to the said John L. Boone for said land by his
brothers and sisters, and the said 7-1/2 acres is herein after described.

And whereas by certain considerations herein after mentioned the parties of the first part have
sold to the party of the second part the lands which John L. Boone owned at the time of his
death, and the considerations is as follows:

E. S. Boone is to take care of and support Martha E. Boone at his home as a member of his
family, except that the said Martha E. Boone is to be liable for her own Doctor Bills, and her
estate at her death is to be liable for her funeral expenses, and if she should not own any estate
at the time of her death then the Doctor Bills and Funeral expenses are to be borne equally by
E. S. Boone, Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall and Alma M. Poff.

And it is further agreed between E. S. Boone and Martha E. Boone that Martha E. Boone is to
keep the same number of stock that she now owns, if she so desires, or the number of stock
that she and E. S. Boone agrees upon.

The said E. S. Boone is to pay to Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall, and Alma M. Poff Five
Hundred Dollars each, which is to be paid and to be paid as follows: One Hundred Dollars
cash in hand paid to each of them, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by them. One
Hundred Dollars to be paid to each of them on the 1st day of March, 1915, and One Hundred
and Thirty three Dollars and Thirty three and one third cents, to be paid to each of them on the
1st day of March, 1918, both of which said defered payments bear interest from the first day of
March, 1914. and One Hundred and Sixty Six Dollars and Sixty six and two thirds cents to
each of them at the death of Martha E. Boone. Bonds dated the 1st day of March, 1914 have
been executed by the said E. S. Boone to each of them for the defered payments, and the first
two mentioned bonds to each of them bear interest from the 1st day of March 1914, and the
last mentioned bond does not bear any interest until the death of Martha E. Boone when the
same becomes due and payable.

Now therefore in consideration of the premises the parties of the first part grant, sell and
convey to the party of the second part with general warranty of title, all there (sic) right title
and interest in a certain tract or parcel of land in Floyd County Virginia on waters of Flat Run
Creek adjoining the lands of Henry McNiel, James Pugh, D. S. Lucas and others, consisting of
two tracts, and being the lands that John L. Boone owned at the time of his death. The first
tract contains 73 acres and is known as the Home tract. Second tract contains 7-1/2 acres and
is known as the Andrew Boone land, and in addition to conveying the 7-1/2 acres the parties of
the first part grant sell, and convey all their right, title and interest that they might own, that
they inherited from their father J. L. Boone in the lands of his father Andrew Boone to E. S.
Boone.

The first tract containing 73 acres is Bounded as Follows:

Beginning at a locust near the creek comer to James Pugh's land and with the same S. 1-3/4 E.
33-1/3 poles to a chestnut stump and sprouts from stump, S.75-1 /2 W. 16 poles to an oak
stump and pointers S. 44-1/2 W. 7 poles to a stake, S.52-1/2, W.19 poles to red oak stumps.
S.9, W. 15 poles to a white oak comer to Daniel Lucas's land, and with the same S.84-1/2, E
32-1/2 poles to a chestnut near the creek, S.71, E.40 poles (Xing a road and the creek) to a
large pine stump, S.45, E.4-1/4 poles to a double chestnut, N.47-1/2, E.42 poles (Xing a
branch to a stake,) N. 34, E. 17-3/4 poles to a gum, S.73-1/2, E.39-1/2 poles to poplar stump
on a ndge comer to L. L. Boone's land and with the same down a ridge, N,41-1/2, W.20-1/2
poles to a chestnut stump, N.I 7, W.22 poles to a stake, N.57, W.I 7 poles to a stake, N.33,
W.10 poles to a stake, N.3, W.I 8-1/2 poles to a gum stump, N.66, W.36 poles to a locust on a
ledge of rock on the bank of the creek, N.22, W.8 poles to a stake by the creek, N.58, E 11
poles to a stake by a road, N.30, W.I 2 poles to stake in a hollow comer to the Andrew Boone
land and with the same S.81-1/2, W.55 poles to a stake N.44, W.8-3/4 poles to a pine on a
ridge comer to James Pugh's land and with the same S.8-1/2, W.21-1/2 poles to a Chinapin in a
hollow S.I 1-1/2, E.26-1/2 poles to a poplar on the bank of the creek S.65, E.18 poles (Xing
the creek and a road) to the Beginning.

The second tract containing 7-1/2 acres the Andrew Boone land and is bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake in the Hollow Comer to John L. Boone land thence new line up hollow
N.I 5, W.10 poles to a post, N.7-1/4, W.8 poles to a stake N.12, W.9-3/4 poles to a pine on a
ridge comer to Henry McNiel's land and with the same and a ridge S.51, W.I 3 poles to a
chestnut S.66, W.I 1-3/4 poles to a red oak "West" 8-1/2 poles to a white oak S 77 W 27-1/3
poles to a chestnut oak, S.I 6, E.9-3/4 poles to a pine comer to John L. Boone land and with
the same S.44, E.8-3/4 poles to a stake N.81-1/2, E.55 poles to the Beginning.

A lien is retained on the land herein conveyed by Martha E. Boone for the faithful performance
by E. S. Boone as to his contract with her. And a lien is retained on the land conveyed in this
deed by Bertha J. Whitenack, Nellie A. Hall and Alma M. Pofffor the unpaid purchase money
due them.

Witness the following signatures and seals, the day and year above written.

Martha E. Boone (her mark)
Bertha J. Whitenack
W. R. Whitenack
Nellie A. Hall
J. H. Hall
AlmaM.Poff
H. H. Poff

Virginia, Floyd county to-wit:

I, S. H. Aldridge, a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, do certify that
Martha E. Boone, Bertha J. Whitenack, and W. R. Whitenack her husband, Nellie A Hall and
J. H. Hall her husband, and Alma M. Poff and H. H. Poff her husband whose names are signed
to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date on the 13th day of May 1914 have acknowledged
the same before me, in my county aforesaid.

Given under by hand, this 14 Day of May 1914.
S. H. Aldridge, J.P.
Recorded in D.B. #43 page 18. Tax 1.50, Fee 1.25, Corn. 1.00 for a total of $3.75, paid June
22, 1917

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Martha lived until 1945, 32 years after her husband John died. Elbert and his wife Kate
lived about 1/4 mile up the road from Charlie and Odessa Boone's home. Virginia Boone
Metzler (Charlie's daughter) said Kate and her mother-in-law Martha did not get along very
well so nearly every morning, Martha, known as Aunt Sis, would put on a clean apron and
bonnet and walk down to Charlie and Odessa's and spend the day. She sat in a rocking chair
and told Civil War stories to any in the family who would listen to her. Virginia said she
seemed to be the favorite of Aunt Sis as she always listened to her stories despite her often
slipping behind her and tying her apron strings to the rungs in the back of the rocking chair.
Virginia also said everytime you asked Aunt Sis how she was, she would say "I feel okay but
my head is just a roaring." She did suffer from dizziness and several years before her death, she
fell over the bannisters from the 2nd to the 1 st floor and thereafter was bedfast. Aunt Sis gave
Virginia a picture of herself which Virginia let me copy for the family albums.

Virginia and her husband Henry Oliver Metzler bought the home and land from Elbert
Boone after he and his wife moved to Radford to be near their daughter, Vera Mundy. They
had planned to use it as a place to visit in the summer months but this never worked out so it
was looked after by a series of caretakers. In 1999, Virginia sold the home and land. The new
owners are in the process of extensive renovations.

The deed copied above was from a copy now in the possession of Melvin Lee Simmons and
his wife Mary Elizabeth "Minnie" Boone Simmons who bought the Charlie and Odessa Boone
homeplace in 1963. This copy of the deed was given to them many years ago by Charlie's son
Walter Leslie "Jake" Boone who told Lee to hold onto it as it might come in handy someday.
When the new owners of the Elbert Boone property had to have a survey done, they were told
it would cost $7,000.00. Lee loaned them this copy of the deed which was accepted as
satisfactory by the Clerk of Court in Floyd County, saving them this additional expense.