Life History

Notes

• Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
  Caroline Goldsborough
  Gender: Female
  Birth Date: 24 Jul 1820
  Christening Date: 21 Aug 1820
  Christening Place: Great Choptank Parish, Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland
  Father's Name: Charles Goldsborough
  Mother's Name: Sarah
  
  1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Virginia, 27 August, page 760 (scan 378B), Hse #1269, Fam #1254
  Philip P Dandridge 33 M No Occupation $4500 Real Estate b Virginia[b abt 1817]
  Caroline F Dandridge 30 F b Virginia [b abt 1820]
  Nannie S Dandridge 8 F b Maryland [b abt 1842]
  Philip P Dandridge 7 M b Maryland [b abt 1843]
  Sarah G Dandridge 5 F b Virginia [b abt 1845]
  Charles G Dandridge 4 M b Maryland [b abt 1846]
  William F Dandridge 1 M b Virginia [b abt 1849]
  
  From Phililp Dandridge's Memorial on Find a Grave:
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  He first married Caroline Fitzhugh Goldsborough, They were wed on May 16, 1839 in Virginia [Their marriage record says Dorchester County, Maryland]. There were 8 children to this union. After Caroline's death in 1854 Philip would marry again to the lovely Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Daughter of President Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready"
  
  Spouses:
  Mary Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge (1824 - 1909)
  Caroline Fitzhugh Goldsborough Dandridge (1820 - 1854)
  
  Children:
  Philip Pendleton Dandridge (1843 - 1921)
  --  Find A Grave Memorial# 19310750, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19310750
  's Memorial on find a Grave:
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  West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
  Caroline F. Dandridge
  Death 1854 Norborne Parish, Berkeley, West Virginia [Virginia at the time]
  Burial Date 25 Mar 1854, Death Age 34
  Marital Status: Married
  Spouse Name: P.P. Dandridge
  
  Note that the place oif death is reported as Norborne Parish, Berkeley, West Virginia. Berkely was the original county from which came the cuirrent three counties of Morgan, Berkely and Jefferson.
  
  In contrast, I have found that most genealogies report her death in Jefferson, Alexandria County, Virginia.  I found that Jefferson is in Fairfax County, Virginia.  Both these counties were in existence long before her birth and death.  So I cannot explain why they report Jefferson as being in Alexandria County.  But her death record reports she was in Western Virginia (now West Virginia), not in the east near DC, when she died.
  
  This seems to be due to a confusion of Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), with the town of Jefferson in Fairfax County, near Alexandria County.  The 1850 census reports Philip and Caroline in Jefferson County, Virginia.  This is in the section of Virginia that became West Virginia during the Civil War, just below the western edge of Maryland.
  
  Caroline's christening record reports that she was christened in Norborne Parish.  This christening recored is in the records of modern Berkeley County, West Virginia, whose county seat is Martinsburg.  And the place of christening is reporteed as Noirborne Parish, Berkely County, West Virgnia.  Howevr information on the three counties in that area of West Virgnina refer to the Norborne Parish Church (now called St George's Chapel) as located in Jefferson County.  The reconfiguration over the years led to subdividing of the original Anglican (Episcopal)  parish and the counties of the region.
  
  "The Washington Heritage Trail speaks the history of the three counties: Jefferson County, Berkeley County and Morgan County. ... If one visits Jefferson County, the visitors will be thrilled to see Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the Shenandoah Canal, the Morgan’s Grove Park that existed since 1775, the St. George’s Chapel, which was formerly known as Norborne Parish Church, and the Middle Historic District. For overnight stay, the Entler Hotel, which was said as a drill area for troops preparing for war, is accessible."
  --  Washington Heritage Trail, http://www.cityprofile.com/west-virginia/washington-heritage-trail.html
  
  The original area was Berkely County, which was later subdivided with the creation of Jefferson and Morgan Counties.
  
  "The county was created by an act of the House of Burgesses in February 1772 from the northern third of Frederick County (Virginia). At the time of the county's formation it also consisted of the areas that make up the present-day Jefferson and Morgan counties. Most historians believe that the county was named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt (1718-1770), Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770. West Virginia's Blue Book, for example, indicates that Berkeley County was named in his honor. ... On January 8, 1801, Jefferson County was formed out of the county's eastern section. Then, on February 9, 1820, Morgan County was formed out of the county's western section and parts of Hampshire County."
  --  "Berkeley County, West Virginia," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_County,_West_Virginia
  

Sources

• 1. Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Virginia
  • 27 August, page 760 (scan 378B), Hse #1269, Fam #1254
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850
• 5. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973