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- 1850 Page County Census shows him to be a physician whose real estate is valued at $1,200. It also lists other information which is too indistinct on the photocopies of photocopies in my possession.--LKL
Buried in Milford, later named Overall, and located in the present Page Co., Va.
Annie Virginia Compton writes ca 1954:
"Dr, Zachariah J. Compton was ordained in May or June, 1833 as a minister in the primitive Baptist Church, by Elders Thomas Buck and John Beaty. For more than half a century, Dr Compton served churches of that faith, and also practiced medicine during the same period. He was a man of unusual intelligence and great kindless [sic], and was greatly beloved. His home was at Milford, now Overall, Page Co. Va. He taught school at Brownstown (Brown's Factory) in 1832.
"After Grandfather Compton's death, his Bible, with his family records, came into Uncle Joe's possession (Virginia's father). and then to Virginia. Later when Maude Johnson Walton's older daughter, Madolin Walton Ward, developed much interest in family history, Virginia gave Grandfather's Bible to Madolin. A few years after that, Madolin died unexpectedly early, in Charleston, S.C. where her husband was teaching at the Citadel.
"Madolin left two young sons, and her husband has never remarried. They still have the Bible. Myra and I copied the family records from Grandfather's Bible before Virginia gave it to Madolin.
"The Wards now live in Richmond, where Delaney, Sr. is teaching at St. Christopher's Boys School."
[Verbatim copy of 2 letters of Z.J. Compton to Myra Compton and another historical item by Z.J. Compton
"Milford, Va., 28th., Dec. 1883
"I, your grand-father, Zachariah J. Compton, was born, in the year 1802, Janry, 18th.
"My parents, were, Howard, and Elizabeth Compton. My father, was the son of Zachariah, and Mary Compton, from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, who moved to Virginia.
"My mother's parents, were, James, and Lucy Yates, who moved to Culpepper, Co., now Rappahannock. (March, 29th., 1884,
"Continued [from Dec. 28th., 1883) Both my grandfathers, were in the Revolutionary war, but were strangers to each other. They were also, both of them, at the siege of Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, to Genl. Geo. Washington. They were both, politically, what we call, Democrats.
"I, learn by tradition, of old, and distant relations, that our ancestors, were, from Lord Compton, of England, who settled two of his sons, upon a GRANT of land, obtained from the CROWN of England, in the state of Maryland, from which all the Comptons, in the United States, were sprung, as far as, I know, "By your old grandfather, Z.J. Compton, aged, 83, years, 18th, of January 1884."
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"Jan. 21, 1895
"James and Lucy Yates, came from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, to Culpepper, Co., now Rappahannock. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Howard Compton of Rappk. Co., James Yates was in the Revolutionary war, at the siege of Yorktown. Z.J. Compton."
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"LORD WILLIAM COMPTON,
succeeded his father, as Baron Compton, in 1585 or 1589,--summoned to Parliament, in 1593--escorted Queen Anne from Scotland to England. May to June 1603, made a Knight of the Bath. Jan. 6th., 1605, attended King James to Oxford--was created a Master of Arts, of the University Aug. 30th., 1605,--Lord President of Wales, November 16th., 1617,--Earl of Northampton, Aug. 2, 1618,--Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April, 16th., 1629. Died June 24th 1630, at his lodgings, in the Savoy of London, and was buried at Compton, with his ancestors. He married, Elizabeth, only daughter, of the rich Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of London, and thereby hangs many, and many, a tale. Northampton, Va., was probably named for their son Spencer, second Earl of Northampton, who distinguished himself in the Royal cause during the civil wars, and fell at Hampton Heath, March 19th., 1644.
"Z.J. Compton."
[The following item was copied from a newspaper by the daughter of Z.J. Compton, E.M. Johnson and transcribed by Leora Kneer Taylor]
"COMPTON WIN-YATES,
One of the most beautiful houses in England, is Compton Win-Yates, in Warwickshire, a possession of the Marquis of Northampton. This house was begun, before the year 1520, and time has only added to its beauties. Each succeeding master too, has made many additions to the property, until now, it stands as the most unique example of architecture through out the whole country. it is surrounded by lawns and beautiful gardens, with its own mellow color rising from a bower of verdant green, it presents one of those noble homes of which England may well be proud. The house of Compton, has witnessed many historical scenes of interest, and has sheltered many great persons. Two interesting bed chambers are preserved, in which Henry [VII] and Charles 1st., slept during the civil war in the seventeenth century.
"Compton, was the scene of many engagements, between the Cavaliers, and Parliamentarians, and sustained much injury. of late great care has been taken to restore these injured portions, and make the building as perfect as possible. The house has been in the possession of the Comptons for many years. This family traces its descent in an almost unbroken line from Tur, child son of , a friend of William the Conqueror. William Douglas McLean Compton, Marquis of Northampton, is the present owner. This was copied from a newspaper by a daughter of Dr. Z.J. Compton.
"E.M. Johnson"
Dr. Z. J. Compton -- Source unknown but probably a Virginia newspaper.
"Dr. Z. J. Compton died on Saturday, September 18, 1886, at 8:30 P.M., in Bentonville at the residence of his son Dr, J.B. Compton, aged 85 years and 8 months.
"On Monday, 20th inst., at 2:30 P.M., there was a very large gathering at Bentonville to pay the last tribute of respect to a loving father, faithful preacher of the gospel, good physician, sincere friend, charitable neighbor, and pure Christian. The church was too limited in seating capacity to hold those who attended the funeral services of 'this father in Israel,' which were conducted in a solemn and impressive manner by Dr. C.H. Waters, who took for the text of his excellent and feeling sermon, the 7th and 8th verses of the 4th chapter of II Timothy:
7. 'I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:'
8. 'Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.'
"The lid of the casket, containing the remains of this beloved old gentleman was removed, and those to whom he had preached the unsearchable riches of the gospel and in whose families he had practiced medicine for years, looked upon his benevolent face, calm and cold in death, for the last time, and the tears from all eyes attested the devotion in which he was held.
"A long procession followed the hearse, with the casket, (covered with beautiful floral tributes to one who for fifty years had gone in and about among them) from the church at Bentonville to the family burying-ground at Milford, where his body was tenderly laid to rest by the side of his wife, who departed this life on February 27, 1882.
"The pall-bearers were: A.C. Maddox, Marcus Foster, William Lockhart, Rudolph Updike, J.R. Morrison and Booton [sic.] Updike.
"The following are the surviving children of the deceased: Mrs. Mandley Triplett, Mrs Frances Kibler, J. Booton [sic.] Compton, William A. Compton, Z.T. Compton, Mrs. M.M. Johnson, Dr Jos. B. Compton, Mrs. Lucy Dunahoe and Benj. E. Compton; six having preceded their parents to the grave.
"The greater part of the long life of Dr Compton was spent in the counties of Page and Warren, and the people of each held him in the highest esteem for his ennobling virtues. His thoughts, his feelings, his tastes, his habits, were all of the true mould. He was a fine representative of that high type of men whose punctilious sense of honor, whose freedom from all duplicity, and whose intuitive scorn for meanness in any of its many phases, so distinctly stamped the caste of the best men of the best days of his time.
"When such men die, it is like the falling, at last, of an old oak that has stood for years after the forest around it has been felled, a void is left, a landmark is removed, a golden link in the iron chain of time is broken."
From: History of Primitive Baptist Church (Old School) -- no publisher or date or page number available.
Transmitted to Joshua Eugene Taylor by F.B.C.
"Compton, Elder Z.J., (M.D.), son of Howard and Elizabeth Compton was born near the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Rappahannock County, Va., January 19, 1801. Notwithstanding his lack of opportunity for education by reason of distance from school and necessity of working on the farm from early youth until twenty-one years of age, he spent every moment he could spare studying, and at his maturity was well qualified to engage in teaching school which he did until he was ready for the practice of medicine and the work of the ministry. His entire time as a student at school was about fourteen months, and I daresay that what he accomplished in that short time at school as a student and whilst teaching would put to shame many of our present day college graduates. He was modest and unostentatious but thoroughly posted in what he taught and practiced. He was a man of a sweet disposition, beloved by all who knew him, and if he had an enemy at all he was one who could not bear sound doctrine. The doctrine of the Old Order of Baptists he delighted in and proclaimed it from the pulpit from early youth until near the age of eighty-six. He was not eloquent as a preacher, but a well informed one and spoke with great ease and was truly one that needed not to be ashamed. He administered to the people both as a physician and as a minister whether they paid him or not, and very little money was given him for his long, faithful service in the ministry but he never wavered or faultered [sic.] in duty, because others were neglectful of their duty for it was not for money that he preached, but purely the cause of Christ. At the age of twenty-six years, Dr. Compton married Eliza McKay, daughter of Jeremiah McKay of Page County, Va. From this union fifteen children were born. His wife died some ten years prior to his death, and he lived to be in his eighty-sixth year, and died at Bentonville, Warren County, Va., at the home of his son, Dr. J.B. Compton. He fought the good fight and finished his course with joy."
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1801 - 1886 (85 years)
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