Marriage in IGI, batch #7613502, sheet 65, film #1058435

Dates of birth and death for Andrew and Abigail from Cox-Phillips Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 35, a transcription of entries from the family bible of Tobias C. Phillips and Mary Elizabeth Quesenberry (Andrew's daughter.) This bible is now (1991) in the possession of their granddaughter, Nora Lala Agnes Phillips Spence of Indian Valley, VA. The same dates are also on their gravestones as recorded in Cemetery Records of Carroll County, p. 138. Mary Q. Kell circled the death date for Andrew on my family group chart and "corrected" it to 16 Sep 1891, but she did not cite a source for the correction, so I will stick with 15 Sep.

Civil War Record: Pvt. Co. F, 4th Regiment, VA Reserves.

Cemetery Records of Carroll County, Virginia, p. 138, lists cemetery inscription for Abagail Quesinberry next to her husband Andrew, with full dates of birth & death.

Kelly D. Webb sent me a photocopy of an old letter written by Abigail to her youngest daughter. The text is as follows:

"Carrll County Va July the 8 1894 Dear Daughther iseet my self to let you no that i am well as common truly hopen when thes few lines reaches you they may find you all well and doing well i resiev your kind and welcom leter i was glad to hear that you was all well you wanted to no who was staying with me ace quessinbary and his wife is staing with me now i wod like to sea you all won time more in this life they ant no apells in this p of the county no peaches evary thing got bit wheet tolerable good hear you wanted som won to meet idia at the depot i hant got no won to send to met her i hant got nothenig to send i hardley evary get to sea any of my childearn now times is hard hear not much money no sale for stock hear now i haf to set hear iar lonson nearley all of the old folkes is dedd sam bond his wife old billey hurshe his wife elick silk josep bankes isack huff i will son haf to follow them to the grav i hv no plasur in this life so i well haf to bring my leter to aclose writ son this from your effetionate mother when this you sea remember me tho many a miles apart we bee to Victora pillips and famly goodby"

Abigail lived another 13 years after writing the above letter.

1850 census for Carroll County, Virginia, enumerated 27 Aug, lists as family #363:
Andrew Quesinberry 31 farmer $800, Abigail 30, Isaac 11, Asa R. 9, Oliver 7, Peter 5, Julian (female) 3. All born in VA.

1860 census for Carroll County, Virginia lists this family as:
Quisenberry, Andrew 41, Abagil 40, Oliver 17, Peter 15, Julia A. 12, Mary E. 8, William C. 5, Preston 3, Sarah V. 1, all born in Virginia.

1870 census of Carroll Co., Virginia, Pine Creek district, Hillsville P.O., p. 112, lists as family #114/118:
Quesenberry, A., 52, farmer; Abigal, 50; Mary E., 18; William C., 15; P. J. D., 13; Sarah V., 11; Polly, 23; Harvey, 9; Asa R., 7. All born in Va. (Polly is the widow of Andrew & Abigail’s son Asa who died in the Civil War; the two children after her are their sons.)

1880 census of Carroll Co., Virginia, Pine Creek district, p. 121, lists as family #95/101:
Quesinbery, Andrew, 63, farming; Abbigal, 60; Preston, 22; Bowman, Louisa, 10, servant.