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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1881 - 1961 (80 years)
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| Name |
Firesheets, Virginia Estelle [1] |
| Birth |
31 Jul 1881 |
Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Virgie |
| Reference Number |
13854 |
| Death |
21 Sep 1961 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [1] |
| Burial |
Gilead Presbyterian Church, Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I13592 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Firesheets, James Chesley, b. 15 Sep 1856, Halifax County, Virginia d. 1892, Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 35 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Simmons, Louisa Jane, b. 18 Feb 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia d. 6 Jul 1947, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 90 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
18 Feb 1880 |
Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| Reference Number |
105253 |
| Family ID |
F5661 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Living |
| Children |
| | 1. Francisco, John Edward, b. 4 Sep 1916, Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Francisco, Unknown, b. 4 Sep 1916, Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 4 Sep 1916, Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F6633 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Virginia Estelle Firesheets (1881-1961)
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Louisa Jane Simmons Firesheets Brandon (1857-1947) and her daughter Virginia Estelle Firesheets (1881-1961).
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Estell Francisco
Home in 1930: Milton, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Daughter-in-law
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
James Brandon 62
Jennie L Brandon 72
Estell Francisco 50
Doris Newton 10
Eunice Newton 9
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The following is from The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 20-21 ("Estelle Community" by Clyde Douglas Willis):
Estelle Community of Caswell County
Named after Virginia (Virgie) Estelle Firesheets [1881-1961], daughter of Chesley [1867-1937] and Jennie [Louisa Jane] Simmons Firesheets [1857-1947], the Post Office at Estelle was organized in 1888 and was located in the store of Chesley Firesheets, on the east side of the Milton-Yanceyville Road about three miles from Milton. Tom Rainey chose the name. The mail was delivered from Milton to each post office by buggy or cart. The Firesheets's store was later moved and made into a dwelling not many yards from the site of the store. Jennie Firesheets and her daughter [Virginia Estelle Firesheets] lived there until their deaths. The dwelling (a cabin) is now owned by Mrs. Clara Blackwell. Dr. Dodson of Milton served the Estelle community for their medical needs. He traveled by buggy in summer and sleigh in winter.
Estelle was made up of a small community of farmers, a general store and blacksmith shop. The selling of tobacco was done in Milton and Danville, Virginia. They usually traveled in groups when selling Danville because it was known that robbers came out of Danville and robbed some of them on their return trip home. Some of the families in the community at the time the post office was organized were: Barker, Brandon, Bryant, Case, Firesheets, Hagerman, Harris, Matlock, Moorefield, Newton, Pass, Rainey, Roberts, Roper, Satterfield, Steggall, Taylor, Thacker and Willis.
Many of the descendants of these families still live in and around the Estelle community and each has memories of stories and experiences they have heard and enjoyed in this small community. So many of the stories were told us by Virgie and Jennie as they whiled away the latter years of their lives, living in the old cabin that once was the Firesheets's store and Post Office. Jennie died July 6, 1947 at age 91 and Virgie died September 21, 1961, age 80. When Virgie died, people in the community said it was the first time any of them could remember a light not burning in this cabin. These two women were both counselors and entertainers for most of us, age forty and older. It is my wish that those of us who have been the recipients of this great heritage will not let it die with us but pass it on to future generations, as it was passed on to us.
Sources: U.S. Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. and from people living in the community.
Author: Clyde Douglas Willis
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"Rick, read your post about Estelle. It was told to me by the lady from which it was named, that they were going to put a Post Office in the area,( because the route was to far out for the mail to be delivered by buggy from Milton.) Some one was sent here to build the Post Office, when it was time to name it, he had the children in the area to line up and tell there names. When she told them her name was Virgie Estelle Firesheets, he told them that would be the name. When it closed, the old Post Office was turned around and she lived in it until she passed away in 1961. It was torn down a few week ago, the Milton Fire Department purchased it for future expansion."
Source: Carolyn Lunsford Post 2 March 2014 Post to the Caswell County Historical Association Facebook Page.
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- Details: Gravestone at Gilead Presbyterian (Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina).
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