Believed to be daughter of Daniel and Ann Prillaman
Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Betsy Prillaman
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Mar 1808
Marriage Place: Franklin County, Virginia
Spouse: Thomas Helm
FHL Film Number: 31523
Thomas HELMS was sent to live with Jacob and Waltpurgelly Prillaman. They raised Thomas from the age of 7. In 1794 when Thomas turned 21, Jacob gave him a horse, a saddle, a bridle, saddle bags and sent him out on his own to make his way in the world. As he was energetic and industrious he was soon able to purchase a tract of land and build a modest home. By the age of 45, Thomas had bought 1000 acres of land originally owned by Jacob Prillaman Sr. Before long, Thomas Helm became the wealthiest man in Franklin County, Virginia owning around 10,000 acres of land and five plantations all of which he had paid for with cash. He had 13 children from his 4 marriages. (His second marriage was to Elizabeth Prillaman, a grandchild of his foster father Jacob Prillaman, Sr.) When Thomas died in 1854 at the age of 82, he was said to have $9,000 in his pocket. He is buried in the Old Helm cemetary on a hill across from State route 462 (about 2 miles west of Calloway, Va.) along with all four of his wives and his mother.
Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Betsy Prillaman
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Mar 1808
Marriage Place: Franklin County, Virginia
Spouse: Thomas Helm
FHL Film Number: 31523
Thomas HELMS was sent to live with Jacob and Waltpurgelly Prillaman. They raised Thomas from the age of 7. In 1794 when Thomas turned 21, Jacob gave him a horse, a saddle, a bridle, saddle bags and sent him out on his own to make his way in the world. As he was energetic and industrious he was soon able to purchase a tract of land and build a modest home. By the age of 45, Thomas had bought 1000 acres of land originally owned by Jacob Prillaman Sr. Before long, Thomas Helm became the wealthiest man in Franklin County, Virginia owning around 10,000 acres of land and five plantations all of which he had paid for with cash. He had 13 children from his 4 marriages. (His second marriage was to Elizabeth Prillaman, a grandchild of his foster father Jacob Prillaman, Sr.) When Thomas died in 1854 at the age of 82, he was said to have $9,000 in his pocket. He is buried in the Old Helm cemetary on a hill across from State route 462 (about 2 miles west of Calloway, Va.) along with all four of his wives and his mother.
Believed to be daughter of Daniel and Ann Prillaman
Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Betsy Prillaman
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Mar 1808
Marriage Place: Franklin County, Virginia
Spouse: Thomas Helm
FHL Film Number: 31523
Thomas HELMS was sent to live with Jacob and Waltpurgelly Prillaman. They raised Thomas from the age of 7. In 1794 when Thomas turned 21, Jacob gave him a horse, a saddle, a bridle, saddle bags and sent him out on his own to make his way in the world. As he was energetic and industrious he was soon able to purchase a tract of land and build a modest home. By the age of 45, Thomas had bought 1000 acres of land originally owned by Jacob Prillaman Sr. Before long, Thomas Helm became the wealthiest man in Franklin County, Virginia owning around 10,000 acres of land and five plantations all of which he had paid for with cash. He had 13 children from his 4 marriages. (His second marriage was to Elizabeth Prillaman, a grandchild of his foster father Jacob Prillaman, Sr.) When Thomas died in 1854 at the age of 82, he was said to have $9,000 in his pocket. He is buried in the Old Helm cemetary on a hill across from State route 462 (about 2 miles west of Calloway, Va.) along with all four of his wives and his mother.
Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Betsy Prillaman
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Mar 1808
Marriage Place: Franklin County, Virginia
Spouse: Thomas Helm
FHL Film Number: 31523
Thomas HELMS was sent to live with Jacob and Waltpurgelly Prillaman. They raised Thomas from the age of 7. In 1794 when Thomas turned 21, Jacob gave him a horse, a saddle, a bridle, saddle bags and sent him out on his own to make his way in the world. As he was energetic and industrious he was soon able to purchase a tract of land and build a modest home. By the age of 45, Thomas had bought 1000 acres of land originally owned by Jacob Prillaman Sr. Before long, Thomas Helm became the wealthiest man in Franklin County, Virginia owning around 10,000 acres of land and five plantations all of which he had paid for with cash. He had 13 children from his 4 marriages. (His second marriage was to Elizabeth Prillaman, a grandchild of his foster father Jacob Prillaman, Sr.) When Thomas died in 1854 at the age of 82, he was said to have $9,000 in his pocket. He is buried in the Old Helm cemetary on a hill across from State route 462 (about 2 miles west of Calloway, Va.) along with all four of his wives and his mother.
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