Howerton family.

The Howerton family of Halifax County, Va., included Philip Howerton 1793-1879), who was born to William Howerton and Caty Edmonson Howerton of Essex County, Va. In 1817, Philip moved to Halifax County, Va., where he became a tobacco planter and served as the sheriff. On 14 November 1822, he married Elizabeth Cunningham Cabiness (1806-1850), daughter of William Matthew Cabaniss and Susannah Carter Cabaniss, daughter of Theodorick and Judith Carter.

Philip and Elizabeth Howerton lived two miles from the town of Halifax on 3,000-4,000 acres in a house named Oakland. They had five children: Susannah Catharine (1824-1870); William Matthew (1826-1874); Judith Anne (1828-1874); Eliza Jane (1830-1917); and Louisa Dresser (1833-1882).

William Matthew married Adrianna Tucker of Raleigh, N.C., in 1848. They had two children: William Philip (1849-1886) and Harriet Eliza (1853-1927?). Judith Anne married Judge George W. Purkins in 1847. They separated in 1854 and were divorced in 1860. They had one daughter, Eliza Anne Lizzie (1853-1913), who married William Watson Kasey in 1882. In 1853, Eliza Jane married Rufus H. Owen, tobacco planter of South Boston, Halifax County, Va.

From the guide to the Howerton Family Papers (#359), 1817-1901, (Southern Historical Collection)