According to the Family History of Lonnie Elrod, Jr., (lfe01@yahoo.com): The Pace - Mullins Connection (According to the Family History of Lonnie Elrod, Jr., lfe01@yahoo.com): George [Pace] and his father Benjamin [Pace] must have been very close to the Italian vignerons and gardeners at Monticello and Colle farm, as witnessed by these transactions with the Giannini family and, of course, Antonio Mollini.
MARRIAGE: On March 13, 1807, Benjamin (the great-grandfather of William Andrew [Pace]) gave his daughter Amanda "Polly" Pace in marriage to Nicholas Giannini, the son of the immigrant, Antonio Giannini. Benjamin signed with his mark to the consent document as Polly was under the age of twenty-one. Polly's brother George and a Henry Copland signed in their own names as witnesses. George Pace was also a bondsman for this marriage.
Title: The Giannini's Of Virginia
Author: Omer Allan Gianniny, Jr & Robert Lewis Gianniny, III Publication: Third Edition - 1999
Anthony's son, Nicholas GIANNINI, who was called "Cap," was born at Monticello, in Albemarle County, Virginia, on 13 Mar 1807. Anthony and Maria brought with them to Montecello their daughter Catherine who was born about 20 Mar 1771 in Fibbialla dei Ca, Lucca, Italy. She was Christened Maria Caterina GIANNINI on 29 MAR 1771. She dies in Kanawha County, West Virginia on 29 Apr 1863, where her husband William MEEKS died earlier on 30 SEP 1850. On 13 MAR 1807 "Cap" GIANNINI married Polly PACE. Polly was born in 1790 and died between 1850 and 1853 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Together they had ten (10) children all born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Anthony named his sixth child after his older sister Catherine GIANNINI (born in 1821 and died before 1900). She married Hugh David CHISHOLM on 22 SEP 1842 and was the grandmother of Lloyd CHISHOLM.
Title: The Giannini's Of Virginia
Author: Omer Allan Gianniny, Jr & Robert Lewis Gianniny, III Publication: Third Edition - 1999
125. Benjamin Franklin "Ben" GIANNINY
Source: Letter [n.d. but probably late 19970s] to Dorothy [Arundale Gianniny] Barrows, daughter of James Anderson Gianniny and Nellie Arundale.
BIOGRAPHY: Carpenter.
Military Service: Bet. April 1861 - August 1862, 19th Virginia Infantry, Co[mpany] C. (Source: Jordan, Ervin L., Jr. 19th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc. 1987., p. 70).MILITARY_SERVICE: Bet Apr 1861 - Aug 1862, 19th Virginia Infantry, Company C (Source: Jordan, Erwin L., Jr. 19th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Virginia: H.E. Howard, Inc. 1987, p. 70)
OCCUPATION: 1880 Census: Albemarle County, Virginia, p. 189.
FAMILY STORY: According to Greg Burrell, Aunt Louise Yowell told him that Nip Chisholm learned to play the violin from his Uncle Ben Giannini. Nip enjoyed hearing his Uncle Ben play so much that he would take two corn cobs and pretend he was playing. Seeing this, Ben bought a 1/4 size violin and gave it to Nip and began to teach him to play. Ben was an excellent violin player, but eventually he could see that Nip had become a more profecient fiddler than he was. However, Nip would always say, "I can never play better than you, Uncle Ben."
Occupation: Farm overseer
Military Service: Bet. 1861 -- 1865, Virginia 57th Infanger Reg. Co. H.
The Pace - Mullins Connection (According to the Family History of Lonnie Elrod, Jr., lfe01@yahoo.com): George and his father Benjamin must have been very close to the Italian vignerons and gardeners at Monticello and Colle farm, as witnessed by these transactions with the Giannini family and, of course, Antonio Mollini (Anthony Mullins.)
MARRIAGE: A year later, on April 22, 1808, Benjamin's son, George, married the daughter of Anthony Mullins, Margaret, known as Peggy. The witnesses were Francis Gianniny and Nicholas Gianniny [sic]