Booker Randolph Shorter^{[1, 2]}

1809 - 1863  (53 years)

• Name	Booker Randolph Shorter
  Born	24 Jun 1809	Charlotte Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1863	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried	Shorter Family Cemetery, Sandy River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I7798	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	John Shorter,   b. 1783, Charlotte Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 1856, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Nancy Palmer,   b. 1781, Charlotte Co., Virginia ,   d. 18 Feb 1854, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tabitha Gabrella Hubbard,   b. 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 72 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1829	Sandy River Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
  Children	1. Mary Jane Shorter,   b. 23 Oct 1831, Pittsylvania County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Dec 1893, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 62 years)   2. Frances Ann Shorter,   b. 1830,   d. 1865  (Age 35 years)   3. John Louis Shorter,   b. Abt 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 3 Dec 1894, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 61 years)   4. Thomas J. Shorter,   b. 1835,   d. 1841  (Age 6 years)   5. Joseph Shelton Shorter,   b. 1838, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1894, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 56 years)   6. William Henry Shorter,   b. Abt 1841,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Peter C. Shorter,   b. Abt 1844, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1862  (Age ~ 18 years)   8. Robert Walker Shorter,   b. 17 Jan 1846, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Jan 1916, Warwick County, Virginia  (Age 70 years)   9. Martha E. Shorter,   b. Abt 1848,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Eleanor Z. Shorter,   b. Abt 1851,   d. Yes, date unknown + 11. Catherine Larina Shorter,   b. 15 Mar 1852, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 4 Sep 1879, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 27 years)   12. Leonidas Alonzo Shorter,   b. 17 Apr 1856, Franklin County, Virginia ,   d. 1903, Florida  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Booker Randolph Shorter Booker Randolph Shorter.jpg
  		Home of Booker Randolph Shorter homBookerRandolphShorter.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Poem by Booker Randolph Shorter to his Son (away at war) PoembyBRShorter.jpg

  
  

  Headstones		Shorter Family Marker shorter_family_marker.jpg
  		Headstone Booker Shorter BookerShorter&Gang.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Bible Record Transcribed Reynolds Family Bible: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/bibles/reynolds.txt All family listed on one stone in the Shorter family Cemetery, Sandy River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb. Pittsylvania County, VA - 1861 Poem written by Booker. R. Shorter August 10, 1861 These lines are composed by B. R. Shorter, which you will keep and bring home with you: To my dear John, who is not gone to war, The dearest of all John that I ever saw; May God be your guide through perilous ways, And prolong your life for millions of days. If in contact with the enemy you should happen to meet, Pray the Lord to help you to stand on your feet; And use your weapons with the most acute skill, And the wishes of your Father completely fulfill. Strew the enemy before you as you may have to go, With the help of Asa Wyatt and Mr. Livermore; If they are not enough, call up Billy Core, For some say that he is a good hand to bore. If his fist gives out, let him apply to the racks, And call in his brother Lieutenant John Core; If that will not do, lead again with beams, And hand to your friend James Arthur Eanes. If Mat is standing by, let him call his brother John, And prostrate the enemy like they have Old Mahon; Then if you should say, "upon my soul," We must call upon our friend William B. Cole Then if you should want to make a double file, Remember in your Company your have Mr. Lyle; When if you should wish to gain a free reason, Call for Thompson, Allen, Morgan, Young, and Camson; For Camson is the man many years ago, who slew the Philistines by thousands, you know, For God was on his side because he was right, and that makes me think he will help you to fight. If you should lack weapons, make you a maul, And hand to your friend Crispin N. Hall; If you should not, then be in good plight Hand to your friend, Lewis A. Wright. If you desire to make the enemy slip, Call for George Galloway and his brother, Tip Then if you should be so lucky as to regain Kit Bell I think you can drown them all in the well. There is Joseph Hankins and his brother, Dan, Would be good hands to make lead the van; There is Vincent Swanson and Bone Allens Dump Could take a Yankee by the heels and slap him against a stump. I think your Captain William A. Witcher, Is skillful enough to make a good fisher; If he has the skill to catch and kill men, I hope he will take them ten thousand times ten. There is Oliver Smith I will not leave out, For I think he would be most useful out in the route; And along with the rest take Henry and Joe, Then if you still lack, there are a few more. When this you read my son do remember me, For now I am trying to be in a glee; But trouble has already so weighted me down, That my body is ready almost for the ground But I pray for you to return to your Nancy, Which seems to be of all the greatest of your fancy, And if I knew that would certainly be, I would try to return to merriment and glee. But I do trust and pray to my God above To save the life of him that I do dearly love; And if you return to your wife and children three, Which would animate and enliven your mother and me. So farewell, my dear son, farewell for a while, I hope the Lord will bless you with a sweet smile; And lead you home again through perilous ways, And with your beloved spend millions of days. With these lines of poetry I shortly must close; By saying your acquaintance everyone knows; That your dear hands have done so much for me, That it causes my soul to love and pity thee. Remember now your Father and poor old Mother dear, Who hath cherished and nourished you for many a year; But your years that are past seem as minutes to me, I pray for your future happiness, which I hope you will see. (Transcribed from a Xeroxed copy sent from Dolly Vick, granddaughter of Martha Emma Shorter, who is daughter of Robert Walker Shorter and granddaughter of Booker R. Shorter) [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108772477. Booker Randolph Shorter Birth: 1809 Death: 1863 Spouse: Tabitha Gabriella Hubbard Shorter (1810-1883) Children: Mary Jane Shorter Wells (1831 - 1893) Joseph Shelton Shorter (1839 - 1894) Robert Walker Shorter (1847 - 1916) 1850 CENSUS: Household Gender Age Birthplace Booker R Shorter M 40 Virginia Tabitha Shorter F 38 Virginia Frances Shorter F 20 Virginia Mary Jane Shorter F 18 Virginia John Shorter M 16 Virginia Joseph Shorter M 11 Virginia William Shorter M 9 Virginia Peter Shorter M 6 Virginia Robert Shorter M 3 Virginia Martha Shorter F 2 Virginia