Age (SCG) |
Year |
Date |
Abt |
Place (Wythe, VA unless specified) |
Event |
24 |
1848 |
Jun |
|
Wytheville |
In practice with Dr. Wm. F. Floyd per bill to F. K. Rich |
25 |
1849 |
4-Feb |
|
Wytheville |
James Turk Gleaves, Sr: Let Drs. Floyd & Gleaves have Perry, a slave, for one year. |
25 |
1849 |
5-Sep |
|
Bowling Green |
Married Maria Louisa Crockett (age: 20 yrs) |
25 |
1849 |
1-Jan |
|
Richmond, VA |
John B. Floyd: Governor of Virginia; served in office until 1/16/1852 |
26 |
1850 |
16-Jul |
|
Wytheville |
|
26 |
1850 |
|
Abt |
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Malvina Crockett Gleaves; subject: Coming to visit. (#2350) |
26 |
1850 |
20-Sep |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: Delegate to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Convention |
27 |
1850 |
23-Nov |
|
Wytheville |
Purchased house on Monroe Street from Robert & Joseph Kent for $1500. (Book 18 - 452) |
27 |
1851 |
25-Jan |
|
Wytheville |
Director in bank per letter of James Truck to Col. T. J. Boyd |
28 |
1852 |
1-May |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: Drs. Floyd & Gleaves moved shop to the house opposite the Union Hotel |
29 |
1852 |
12-Nov |
|
Bowling Green |
Birth of son: James Lucian Stuart Gleaves |
29 |
1853 |
7-Mar |
|
Washington, D.C. |
Jefferson Davis: Secretary of War for President Franklin Pierce; served until 3/7/1857 |
29 |
1853 |
20-Aug |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: office location on Main Street in C. J. Noel's Drug Store, opposite Boyd's Hotel |
30 |
1853 |
12-Nov |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: Amputation performed by Dr. R. Crockett & S. C. Gleaves |
30 |
1854 |
24-Jan |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Patrick Ryan; to: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; subject: $2.27 ½ for medical services & interest for 5 years. (#554) |
30 |
1854 |
13-Mar |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Lawrence Gulion & Elizabeth Groseclose; to: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; subject: Note for $25 and the recording of payments. (#2279) |
30 |
1854 |
29-Mar |
|
Wytheville |
Debt: $40. To settle her debt, Sarah Bryant gave one negro slave named Jane, aged about 30 years and some household furniture to SC Gleaves (Box 107) |
30 |
1854 |
|
Abt |
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Major James Turk Gleaves Sr ; subject: Wants father to buy Sarah Percival’s cattle. (#273) |
30 |
1854 |
17-Jul |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War ; subject: Consider his brother, Robert, for an appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
30 |
1854 |
17-Jul |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Fayette McMullen, House of Representatives; subject: Consider his brother, Robert, for an appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
30 |
1854 |
29-Jul |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War ; subject: His brother, Robert, is old enough to attend West Point; the previous appointee was too young to attend. (#2990) |
30 |
1854 |
|
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Malvina Crockett Gleaves; subject: No news from Aunt Margaret, Bob needs to sign West Point letter.. (#282) |
30 |
1854 |
30-Aug |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Fayette McMullen, House of Representatives; to: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War ; subject: Consider Robert Gleaves for an appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
30 |
1854 |
5-Sep |
|
Washington, D.C. |
Letter- from: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War; to: Major James Turk Gleaves Sr ; subject: It is too late to admit a cadet to West Point this year (#2990) |
31 |
1855 |
15-Jan |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Fayette McMullen, House of Representatives ; subject: His brother, Robert, is still a candidate for an appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
31 |
1855 |
20-Feb |
|
Cripple Creek |
Letter- from: Capt. Robert Harvey Gleaves; to: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War ; subject: Acceptance of conditional appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
31 |
1855 |
16-May |
Cripple Creek |
Death of aunt: Nancy Gleaves (age: 63 yrs) In her will, she left her slaves to her nephews. Her nephews purchased and placed her grave stone. |
|
31 |
1855 |
5-Jul |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War ; subject: Another examination for his brother, Robert, for an appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
31 |
1855 |
13-Aug |
|
Bowling Green |
Birth of son: Charles Wythe Gleaves |
32 |
1855 |
5-Dec |
|
|
Marriage of brother George Wythe Gleaves (age:28 yrs) to Isabella Campbell Sanders (age: 28 yrs) |
32 |
1856 |
|
|
Richmond, VA |
Henry A. Wise: Governor of Virginia until 1860; signed death warrant for John Brown |
32 |
1856 |
11-Mar |
|
Cripple Creek |
Letter- from: Capt. Robert Harvey Gleaves; to: Jeff Davis, Secretary of War ; subject: Acceptance of conditional appointment to West Point. (#2990) |
32 |
1856 |
3-May |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves & A. S. Hufford; to: R. Gibboney; subject: Owe $25 & S C Gleaves will pay when due in 1857. (#1423) |
32 |
1856 |
Jul |
Abt |
|
Notebook: from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Capt. Robert Harvey Gleaves ; subject: Directions & precautions to get to West Point. (#2719) |
33 |
1857 |
5-Mar |
|
Washington, D.C. |
John B. Floyd: Secretary of War for President James Buchanan; served until 12-29-1860; he was accused in the press of having sent large stores of government arms to Federal arsenals in the South in the anticipation of the Civil War. |
34 |
1858 |
13-Aug |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: George Wythe Gleaves ; subject: $5 due on balance of note. (#1424) |
34 |
1858 |
Sept |
|
Wytheville |
Law Suit against Sarah Percival for $300 |
35 |
1859 |
20-Jan |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: Director of Farmers Bank of Virginia |
35 |
1859 |
12-Mar |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: purchased Noel & Caldwell drug store; consolidated the same with Dr. Brand's Drug Store making one of the largest establishments of its kind in Southwestern VA; Dr. Brand's room opposite the Farmer's Bank is for rent |
35 |
1859 |
28-Mar |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper letter to the editor: setting the record straight on a disturbance |
35 |
1859 |
2-Jul |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: surgical operation to remove large tumor from a lady's neck |
36 |
1860 |
28-Jan |
|
Wytheville |
Newspaper: Drs. Gleaves & Brand have moved business to the Room formerly occupied by Mr. E. McGavock on Main Street, opposite the Court House; James T Gleaves, Jr law ad |
36 |
1860 |
18-Feb |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: E. S. Martin; to: Major James Turk Gleaves Sr ; subject: Will give his recommendation to the new school; (back of document) list of amounts due from Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves. (#1402) |
36 |
1860 |
9-Apr |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: William Pate ; subject: Bill for medical charges & interest $24.36. (#207) |
36 |
1860 |
27-May |
|
Philadelphia, PA, Wytheville, VA |
Birth of son: Allen Robert Taylor Gleaves |
36 |
1860 |
7-Jun |
|
Wytheville |
|
36 |
1860 |
|
|
Philadelphia, PA |
Occupied Chair of Surgery at University of Pennsylvania; he resigned with Virginia seceded. |
37 |
1861 |
1-Jan |
|
Wytheville |
Letter- from: Dr. Samuel Crockett Gleaves; to: Cox, Auman & Co.; subject: Check for $31.58. (#1451) |