The Andrew Jackson Wallace Family

A reliable source for the birth of Andrew Jackson Wallace has not been found. Family folklore places his birth to have occurred around 1812 in Chesterfield District, SC. The Chesterfield County 1810 Census contains an entry for Betsey Wallace who most likely is the Mother of Andrew.

1810 CENSUS: Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; Page#564, Line#03 Betsey WALLACE Household, 1 Female, age 16 to 25 [Betsey]; 2 Females, age under 10; 2 Males, ages 10-15 and 1 Male, age under 10. 

The next record of Betsey is a local newspaper announcement initiated by her son Eli Wallace on 3 February 1840 -- Whereas, Eli Wallace made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects which were of Elizabeth Wallace. This announcement  shows that Betsey Wallace died before 3 February 1840. 

Four of these 5 children are believed to be known; but, one daughter and the husband/father are still unknown.

Based on Betsey age as reported in the 1810 Census, age 16-25; she was borne between 1785-1794.

Andrew Jackson Wallace first appears in the Chesterfield County 1840 Population Census. He is married and his age is reported to be between 20-29 making his birth to have occurred between 1811- 1820. If these numbers are correct it could be interpretative as Betsey being with Child (Andrew) when the Census were taken in her home. Note: On  25 August 1861, Andrew Jackson Wallace enlisted with Capt. Kelly's Co, Light Artillery (Chesterfield Artillery) to serve in the Civil War. He reported has age as 44 making his birth year to be 1817 instead of the 1812 date that is being passed among on-line trees. 

Clearly, very little interest was place on age and birth dates in early America and the loss of record compounds this problem.

As stated, Andrew Jackson Wallace was married in 1840 and had 2 females in his household; 1 female, age 10 –14 and 1 Female, age 15 to 19. The oldest female, age 15-19 is Mary Ann Graves wife of Andrew Jackson Wallace. Their first borne child, a son, was borne about 1841.  

In 1840, Mary Ann Graves, is also found in the household of her Mother, Mary Graves, b. 1795. She (Mary Ann) was borne about 1825 making her age to be 15 in 1840. The father of Mary Ann Graves is unknown. Andrew Jackson Wallace and Mary Ann Graves were married in 1840. Records prior to the Civil War were destroyed during that war making a record of their marriage impossible to find.

Andrew Jackson Wallace was a farmer as most men were during this era. Mary Ann was a stay at home Mom.  Andrew and Mary owned a tract of land containing 225 acres on Boggy Branch.   

The 1850 Agricultural Census describes his operation thusly: 

Wallace, Jackson, was Owner, Agent, or manager of a farm consisting of 20 improved acres, and 105 unimproved acres. The cash value of the farm was $500, and the value of farming implements and machinery was $50. The livestock consisted of 1 horse(s), 0 Ass(es) and Mule(s), 2 Milch Cow(s), 0 working Oxen, 2 other cattle; 0 Sheep, and 25 Swine, valued at $155. The farm produced 0 bushel(s) of Wheat, 0 bushel(s) Rye. 150 bushel(s) Indian Corn, 0 bushel(s) of Oats, 0 lb(s) of Rice, 0 lb(s) of Tobacco, 0 bale(s) of ginned Cotton of 400 lbs, 0 lb(s) of Wool, 7 bushel(s) of Peas and Beans, 0 bushel(s) Irish potatoes, 0 bushel(s) Sweet potatoes, 0 bushel(s) of Barley, 0 bushel(s) of Buckwheat, and 0 gallon(s) of Wine. The value of the garden produce was not recorded. Also harvested was 10 lb(s) of Butter, 0 lb(s) of Cheese, and 1 ton(s) of Hay.  

On 18 May 1889, Andrew Jackson Wallace deeded a 147-acre tract of land belonging to the heirs of William Wallace to his son, Hampton Wallace for the sum of one hundred dollars. (DB 10:85)

6 March 1872, Andrew Jackson Wallace and his two sons, David and Caleb signed an agreement with S. H. Powers and Company not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars for the said S. H. Powers and Company to supply their need in manure, provisions and family supplies for the current year. Those provisions are to be used by Andrew Jackson and his two sons to cultivate a tract of land rented by the Jackson’s from Thomas E. Powe. (DB 3, Page 704).

Many on line trees and his FindAGrave Memorial shows Andrew dying abt 1888; but, we know from Chesterfield County Deed (DB 10:85) that Andrew Jackson Wallace died after 10 May 1889. And Thanks to a fellow genealogist we now know that he received a Civil War Pension Check on 20 April 1894 making his known DEATH DATE to be AFTER 20 April 1894.  

Chart Courtesy of Dennis Wallace

Andrew Jackson Wallace and Mary Ann Graves had the following children:

i. Andrew Jackson Wallace Jr. was born about 1841 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina

ii. Clement Clermont Wallace was born about 1844 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.  

iii. Henrietta Kelsoe Wallace, born 7 Jul 1846, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Louis J. Gainey; died 21 Jan 1916, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

  iv. David J. Wallace was born on 10 May 1847 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

v. William Caleb Wallace was born on 11 Sep 1848 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

vi. Laura C. Wallace, born abt 1850, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Samuel John Hunter, 1870, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 12 Dec 1929, Kershaw County, South Carolina.

vii. Hampton Henry Wallace, born 12 Sep 1853, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah Anne Ross, abt 1870, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 21 May 1927, Mt. Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

viii. John Duncan "Dock" Wallace, born 12 Oct 1854, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Phallie Jane Plyler, 1891; died 19 Mar 1915.

ix. Harriet Elizabeth Wallace, born 16 Jul 1857, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Robert Daniel Taylor, 1870, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 4 Nov 1913, Carroll County, Mississippi.

x. William Wallace was born about 1858 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.  

Mary Ann (Graves) Wallace died at some point after the 1880 Census was enumerated. No tombstone, obituary, death notice or Family Bible documenting her death has been found. Extant newspapers have been reviewed without success. 

I have one last parting comment. The Father of Betsey Wallace's children are unknown. Her husband and Companion is unknown. One thing is for certain, All the trees on-line with Isham Wallace as her husband are all creative fiction and will not pass the Genealogical Proof Standard.   

Mary Ann (Graves) Wallace and her husband Andrew Jackson Wallace are my 3rd Great Grand Aunt and Uncle.

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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 111B, Line 38, Dwelling 206, Family 206, Household of Jackson WALLACE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.

2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 94B, Line 38, Dwelling 206, Family 206, Household of Jackson WALLACE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653-1217.

3. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Old Store, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #8, Page: 383C; Line 45, Dwelling 138, Family 138, Household of A. J. WALLACE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.

4. Land Deed - Andrew Jackson Wallace and his two sons, David and Caleb signed an agreement with S. H. Powers; 6 March 1872; Deed Book #3; Page(s) 704; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; November 2023.

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed November 2023); Memorial page for Andrew Jackson Wallace; (1812-aft May 1889); Find a Grave memorial # 196825436, Citing Five Forks Church Cemetery; Pageland, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

6. Andrew Jackson Wallace & Mary Ann Graves, (Early 1840), SC Marriages: Married 1840 based on 1840 Census and birth of 1st Child in 1841.; Chesterfield , South Carolina, South Carolina.

7. 1860 Agriculture Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, agriculture census, Chesterfield County, Page 1/443 (Penciled; Line#9, Jackson Wallace; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : on-line November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm AD261 Roll 3.

8. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed November 2023), entry for A. Jackson Wallace, Pvt.; Unit Capt. Kelly's Co, Light Artillery (Chesterfield Artillery); Confederate.

9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed November 2023); Memorial page for Mary Ann Graves Wallace; (1825-unknown); Find a Grave memorial # 202050730, Citing Five Forks Church Cemetery; Pageland, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

10. James C. Pigg, 1850 Federal Agricultural Census for Chesterfield County, South Carolina (Tega Cay, South Carolina: Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1996), page 8.

11. Many thanks to my distant Cousin Dennis W. for information on this family.