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VIRGINIA MAGAZINE
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
Published Quarterly by
THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1900. VOLUN4E VII.
Richmond, Va:
HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY,
No. 707 East Franklin St.
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PUB Lie A TION COMMITTEE.
ARCHER ANDERSON,
C. V. MEREDITH,
E. V. VALENTINE.
E. W. JAMES,
Rev. W. MEADE CLARK.
Editor of the Magazine. WILLIAM G. STANARD.
WM. El. LIS JONES, PRINTER, RICHMOND. VA.
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Table of Contents.
Augusta County, An additional chapter to Waddell's History of io6
Augusta County, Marriage Licenses in, 1749-1773 421
Ball Family, A Forgotten Member of the 440
Book Reviews 105, 218, 333, 445
Carter Papers, Inventory of Hon. Robt. Carter 64
Famham Parish Register, Richmond County, Virginia, Extracts from 52
Genealogy— Foote, 73. 201; Pryor, 75. 206, 325; Payne, 79, 200; Rodes, 82, 203, 324; Withers, 87; Yates, 91, 330, 436; Booker, 95. 209, 322, 429; Coles, loi, 326, 428; Fitzhugh, 196, 317, 425; Farrar, 319, 432; Eskridge, 434; Bassett-Stith, 437; Poythress, 438
Hampden-Sidney College, Trustees of 30
Indians of Southern Virginia in 1650-171 1 327
Jones, John Paul, as a Citizen of Virginia 286
Land Patents, Abstracts of Virginia 69, 190, 296, 423
Lewis, Charles, Will of, 1779 294
Mackie, Will of Josias 358
Martin, Capt. John, The Case of 268
Nicholson, Governor, Papers Relating to the Administration of, and
to the Founding of William and Mary College 153, 275, 386
Notes and Queries 103. 210, 303, 441
Plate, A Service of, 1794 186
Publications Received 223, 335
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Richmond During the War of 1812; The Vigilance Committee;
Letters o! Dr. Thos. Massie 225, 406
Robinson, Christopher, Will of, 1693 17
Sainsbury's Abstracts. By Alexander Brown 187
Vigilance Committee, The; Richmond During the War of 181 2, 225, 406
Virginia Historical Society — Proceedings, i-ix, January number; List of Officers and Members, January number.
Virginia Census, 1624-25 364
Virginia, The New Government for, i62| 38
Virginia in 1624-25 129
Virginia in 1628 258
Virginia in 1629-30 368
Virginia Game and Field Sports, 1739 *72
Virginia Militia in the Revolution 24, 146, 254, 418
Washington, Letters of 175
Yeardley, Sir George, Answer to Capt. Martin 136
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VIRGINIA MAGAZINE
OF
HISTORY AND. BIOGRAPHY.
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
RICHMOND, VA.
VOL. VII— No. 1. JULY. 1809.
Entered at the Postofficc at Richmond, Va., as Second-class Matter.
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PUBLICATION COMMITTEE.
ARCHER ANDERSON, CHAS. V. MEREDITH, E. W. JAMES, E. V. VALENTINE,
Rev. W. MEADE CLARK.
EDITOR OF THE MAGAZINE,
WILLIAM G. STANARD.
CONTENTS.
1. Reminiscenses of Western Virginia 1
2. Will of Christopher Robinson, 1693 17
3. Virginia Militia in the Revolution 24
4. Trustees of Hampden-Sidney College 30
5. The New Government for Virginia, 1624 38
6. Extracts from the Register of Famham Parish,
Richmond County, Va....'. 52
7. Carter Papers 64
8. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents 69
9. Genealogy 73
The Foote, Pryor, Payne, Rodes, Withers, Yates, Booker and Cole Families.
10. Notes and Queries 103
11. Book Reviews 105
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REMINISCENCES OF WESTERN VIRGINIA, I 770- I 790.
By John Redd, Henry county, Va.
(continued.) 26th. I do not reckollect who I obtained the information from respecting the captivity of Colonel Callaway & Boon's daughters ' in Kentucky in July, 1776, but I am satisfied that I obtained the information from reliable authority, for shortly after the affair happened it was noised about on the frontier settlement and all the settlers were extolling Boon to the vary skies for the prowess & bravery which he displayed in recapturing the girls, at the time the girls were captured by the Indians Boon was out a hunt- ing, shortly he left the girls, went out alone to take a short walk and while in the woods they were supprised by a party of In- dians, captured and carried off, the girls believed that they would be followed by their friends, and in order that they might be traced the more easily at vary short intervals they brake the twig, on the bushes. In order to prevent the breaking of the twigs exciting the suspicion of the Indians they complained of being fatigued & generally walked behind. Boon returned home in the evening and with two or three companions started in pursuit early next morning, from the trail of the Indians Sc the sine that the girls left he found but little difficulty in follow-
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ing. the seckond day just before night, Boon arrived in sight of the smoke assending from the fire where the Indians had taken up camp, he vary cautiously creeped up within gun shot of the camp without being seen by Indians, they were busy cooking, the girls were laying down. Boon and his men fired on the In- dians at the same time and rushed on to the camp hooping and hallowing, the Indians were so much frightened that they imme- diately fled, leaving one or two killed, their guns & everything else were left at the camp.
27th. I have frequently heard of Price's settlement but know not where it was made or by whome.
28th. James Robertson' had command of a company in Christian's campane and he was from the watauga Settiement. Seviers company were composed of about 80 men besides the officers. Robinson's company had about the same number.
29th. The fort built on the holston in 1776, was built on the North bank about 200 yards below the upper end of the Island, the place selected for the fort was where the bank of the river was vary high, I suppose some 20 feet, the water some four or five feet deep, the ground enclosed by the fort was about 100 yard square; there was onely three sides enclosed, the bank of the river being almost impregnable. This fort was built simaler to that bilt by Joseph Martain' in Powel's valley, with the excep- tion that the wals had bastions at each corner, the house for the Millitary storse was in the senter of the square and also the storse was in the senter of the square, and also the house for the commander, there were several small springs that broke out of the bank of the river which was used, but the river was our main dependance for water. Colonel Wm. Witcher* had command of the fort with about 200 men dureing the absence of the army.
30th. Anthony Bledsoe * was not connected with the army until Dec, 1776, at which time he took temporary command during Colonel Christian's absence and remained in command until the first of April, 1777. At the time that Col. Bledsoe was elected to the legislature he lived about 30 miles above the long Islans of holston and on the fort Chisel road. I know of no other military service of Anthony Bledsoe.
31st. I think that Maj. Evan Shelby • had command at the fort some two weeks during the temporary absence of Wm. Rus-
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sel. this was the onely connection he had with the army. I know nothing of Dysart,' George Maxwell,® John Anderson,* nor Wm. Buchanan.**
32. When Nathaniel Gist " first came in to Christian he was viewed in a vary suspisious light, he was believed to be a spye, but the prejudice against him soon wore off and Gist became vary popular. I know not what he had been doing with the Indians nor where his residence was.
33th. Rycove fort was about 8 miles from the north fork of the Clinch, situated about a mile from the stream on its west side, there were several fine springs at the fort. It inclosed, about half acre of land. I don*t know whether it was occupied during the Revolution.
34th. I know nothing of the services of Col. John Bowman." 35th. I know nothing of Col. David Robinson. 36th. I have no knowledge of Major Daniel Smith." 37th. the circumstances under which Big Bullet was killed at the long island treaty were these. In June, 1777, while the army was at the Long Island and some 600 Indians had come in for the purpose of making peace, many of the officers were anx- ious to see the Indians have a green corn dance and by way of inducement, told the Indians that if they would have a green com dance, that they, the whites, would give them a dance after the Indians were done, accordingly a large place wa^ cleared out on the Island (where the Indians were encamped oposite the forte), some 200 Indians were engaged in the dance, which lasted some three hours, as soon as the Indians were don, the whites commenced theres & just as we were finishing our dance the report of a gun was heard 60 or 70 yards up the Island from where the dance was held, many of us repared there forth with and on arriving there we saw that Big Bullet was breathing his last. I do not think that he drew more than to or three breaths after we arrived there. He was shot with a rifle, the ball passing through his boddy and just grasing his nee. when Big Bullet was shot he was sitting alone on a seckond bank of the Island near the edge of the water, making a pair of nice beded mock- assons. the gun with which he was shot was found on a small Island which lay in be tween the main Island and the fort, there was no one to whome the murder could be traced, the owner of
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the gun found near where Big Bullet was shot, belonged to a man by the name of King, was absent at the time the murder was committed and had been gone for several days on furlough to visite some of his friends at some of the distant forts, and his gun was left at the fort, whoever committed the murder took King's gun and while the whites were engaged in their dance he crept into the little Isleand (alluded to above) and being protected by the dense growth on the Island, shot his victim and made his escape back to the fort unseen by any one. the commander of the fort offered a reward of 500 pounds to who ever would ferret out and bring to light the author of the deed, the scoundrel who committed the deed had acted so cautiously that he was never brought to justice. some time after the army was dis- banded, it was said a sertain man (his name I have forgotten), who lived on the frontier and had his father and mother killed by the Indians during the war which they waged against the whites on the frontier, he toock an oath that he woulde have re- venge by killing an Indians, he was said to be the one who shot Big Bullet, this was not known when the murder was commited on the long Island or the one who was suspected would have been arrested and brought to justice.
38th. I have no knowledge of Capt. Charles G. Watkins.
39th. I cannot give you any satisfactory account of Capt. Dillard, of Pittsylvania, nor of his lieutenant, Hutchins, sen. John Dillard, formerly of this county (has been dead some three years), he was grandson of Capt. Dillard, of Pittsylvania, sen. John Dillard has a son living at Henry Court hous, Va. (Mr. A. H. Dillard), who I have no doubt would take pleasure In giving you any information in his powr. respecting his Gran father.
40th. Col. Cleveland ** was born and raised in the southern part of Orange, Va., some 6 or 8 miles from the mouth of a north side branch of the Rapidan river, called the blue vein. John Cleaveland, the father of Benj. Cleaveland, lived and died at this place. In my first reckollection the father and mother, as well as grand father & grand Mother of Col. Cleaveland resided at this place; the father of Col. Cleaveland was born & raised on the blue run creek. Col. Cleaveland & John Cleaveland & wife were members of the Baptist Church, was what might be called a good liver but was far from being wealthy, he lived to a
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good old age. Col. Cleaveland*s Grand Father & Grand Mother lived until they were about a hundred years of age, and what is vary remarkable, they both died vary suddenly and within two or three days of each other. Col. Cleaveland had five brothers and three sisters. Benj. was the eldest of the nine children. Gen. Thorn. Sumpter was also born and raised in the uper end of Orange county near the blue ridge. I never new his Father for he died before my reckollection, his mother lived to be quite an old woman, beloved and respected by all who knew her. the father of Gen. Sumpter** was not wealthy though in easy circumstances. I do not know how many Brothers or Sis- ters Gen. Sumpter had. I new his bro. Wm., who was not of much note. I also new one Sister of his who married a man by the name of Lan. General Sumpter I think had onely one son who was sent as Minister or Consul to some foreign Court and there died.
41th. I do not know what detained Col. Boon in North Car- olina in 1778 and '79.
42. I cannot say positively from whom I obtained the Infor- mation respecting the secreted papers found by Campbell in the possession of the Tory whom he hung. I have frequently seen the place where the Tory was hung and heard the sercumstances detailed by persons who lived in the immediate neighbourhood. I cannot say sertainly that I obtained the information from Cam- bell himself, amongst others, altho* I think it more than proba- ble. I was not with Cambell when the affair happened with Parson McCrea '• — the Parson lived and died at his residence in Cumberland.
43th. I do not know wheather Col. Abram Buford " was in General Lewis* campaign, 1774. I think that the Capt. Buford who was killed at Pt. Pleasant battle was a brother of Col. Abram Buford. t
44. Little Carpenter was of fine personal appearance, vary straight, square built, weighed about 145, below the ordinary height, about 55 or 60 years of adg. Oconnistota was about the height of Little Carpenter, with heavy and dul countenance, somewhat corpulent and weighed 180. he did not speak any english, but the traders who could converse with him, said that he was vary dul in point of interlect. I know not what became of him and Little Carpenter after the treaty.
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45th. I have no knowledge of Col. John Carter," Landon Carter/* Parker, Maj. Jacob Womack,** nor John Reed. I was at the Long Islands when the treaty was signed but was not one of the signers.
46th. The Indian cheaf of whome you speake was called the Dragon Canoe, he was said to be vary large and coarse fea- tured Indian fine with interlect and vary strong predjudices.
47th. The Company that I went with to Kentucky in March, 1780, was not a company of militia, but a party of men going out on busyness, for the Commibhions were to meet that Spring at Logan's Station to deside on land claims, & most of the party had land claims which they were anxious to setde. publick no- tice was given sopie time before wee set out that on a certain day in March, a company would set out from the block house for Kentucky, since I have received your letter, I have had reffer- ance to my orriginal manuscript, and find that I saw a company of men set out from the block house (on the north fork of Hol- ston) for Kentucky, in March, 1779 or '80. My grandson who copied it for me, must have made a mistake and I did not ob- serve it in correcting the coppy. Since the date of my last let- ter I have been examining some of my old papers and find that the trip I made to Kentuck, was in March, 1780, and I returned the latter part of May or first of June following, and it was in the latter part of that year that I saw Col. Boon in Richmond. If you would refer to the records of Va. of that date you will perceive that the Legislature met twice a year for several years, and it was during the seckond seshion of the Legislature of the year 1780, that I saw Col. Boon in Richmond.
48th. The trip that you allude to of my haveing made against the Torys at the head of Dan & Arrarat Rivers in the Summer of 1780, was made in consequence of an incursion that Torys had just made in that region of country, they had robed a great many of the Whigs and had killed a gallant Whig in cold blood, Col. [illegible]. 500 men were soon raised & put under the com- mand of Col. [illegible] Penn and sent in pursuit of the Torys, but when we arrived there, the Torys had dispersed, the People on the hed waters of Dan Si Arrarat Rivers were mostly Tory ; they have no regular organized partys among them, they generally met in small parties, robed and murdered and then cleared out.
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Wm. Nickoles was the Leader of the Torys in that county & he had enlisted in the American army, deserted and went to the british, receiving from them a commishion of Col. of horse, after receiving his commishion he returned to the head of Yadkin and [illegible] River, raised a company of light hors and at the head of his Company shot the gallant Capt. Luther [?] dead in his own house.
49th. I know nothing of the personal conflict to which you allude as having taken place at the battle of the Isleands flats of Holston in July, 1776, between an Indian and white man.
50th. You are mistaken in regard to Gen. Martain*s having led a party of men in pursuit of some Indians in the loar part of Powers Valley during the Revolutionary War. I was with Martain during Cristean*s Campane, until peace was made, and the affair you allude to did not happen during that period, and after the peace of July, 1777, Gen. Martain was appointed In- dian agent and served in that cappassity until the close of the Revolutionary War, and during the period he served as Agent you will recollect that peace existed between the Cherokees and whites, the affair to which you allude must have orriginated in the sercumstances of Gen. Martain having gone in pursuit of the Indians who committed the murders on the Holston below the long Island where Col. Christian" was building his fort, this affair was alluded to in my former letter.
51. I know nothing of the Tory's skirmishes to which you allude as haveing taken place at the round Meadows in 1779.
52th. I have seen many of the old King's Mountain men ' and conversed freely with them upon the subject pf that Men\- orable battle, all of these men spoke of Cambell's bearing in that battle in the vary highest strain, and from all I could learn the success of it was as much due to Cambell as any other man. I was personally acquainted with Cambell and his publick character was well known to me, and never heard him accused of cowardess untell many years after his death. I was informed by som of tiie King's Mountain men that while the battle waxed warm some of the officers of the day, seeing that they had the Torys in their pour, determined that they would capture the whole of the enemy, and in order to do this it was agreed that the different Col. should with their commands, occupy certain
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positions so as to cut off the retreat of the enemy, by the time that Cambell occupied the position assigned him, the enemy vary unexpectedly laid down their arms and hoisted a white flag. It may have been that the position assigned to Cambell was farther from the enemy than some of the others, and conse- quently Cambell did not arrive quite as soon as some of the others, admitting this if it be so, it does not prove that the [Kisition he occupied was not as responsible as the others, or that he did not render as effecient servise. I am perfectly satisfied that the rumer to which you allude, of Cambells having skulked away during the battle is a base Callumny.
53th. I do not know of any military servis performed by Col. Donclson ** nor of any land purchased by him of the Indians in Kentucky. My first acquaintance with him was in 1774, at which time he was surveyor for Pitsilvania. he then appeared to be about 50 years of age, rather over the ordinary size of men, slightly inclined to be fleshy.
54th. Col. James Harrod" setded Harrod Station on the head waters of Salt river in Kentucky in ( I think) 1775. Col. .Samuel Newell & his wife was at Martain*s Station in Powel's valley in 1775 or '76 — he spent some time there. 1 know not where he went. I know nothing of Col. McGary," jMaj. Wm. B. Smith," nor of any particular event in the life of Col. Floyd ^ or Col. Wm. Ingles.
55th. I know not what gave name to Clinch River.
56th. I cannot describe the locality of Woodsgap or what gave rise to its name. I never knew that kanawa River was originally called Wood's River.
57th. I know nothing of any Indian treaty that Dr. Walker" held at Fort Chiswell nor of his going to England, he was rather under ordinary size, weighed about 140, round shouldered, his hair (I suppose) was originally black, it was gray when I saw him last in 1786. he was about 75 years of age and died I think in the year 1787 or '88.
58. Col. Benj. Logan** was a representative from Kentucky about the year 1780. I know of no other representative from Kentucky about that time except Boon.
59th. I do not know Indian names of any of the Western rivets.
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6oth. I know nothing of Gen. Spotswood's trip across the blueridge.*
6ith. I know nothing of Tailing's & Howard's trip down the Ohio & Mississippi.
62nd. I do not know what gave name to Guests River nor Walker's mountain or creek.
63rd. I have no knowledge of the road to which you allude as crossing a ridge on the waters of Trading creek. I think that if this road had of been there in 1775 (and it had been the work of man) I would have known something of it. I think it more than probable that the road to which you allude was made by the Buffaloes and other animals which roamed in the valley for thousands of years, in the neighbourhood of all licks with which I have been acquainted there are roads of vary ancient appearance which were made by the animals, and it is sometimes the case that the roads are located with a good deal of judgment when crossing a hill or ridge. I cannot give you the precise locality of Trading Creek. I have no knowledge of the Joseph Martain who prepared the Gazeteeir.
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65th. Eaton's Fort is situated about 7 miles above the long Isleand of Holston on the Fort chiswell road, inclosed about one and half acres of ground, built nearly in a square, the cabins built about 12 to 15 feet apart with Stockades between them.
66th. I do not know of any active service performed by Col. James Callaway* or Maj. Lankford." Col. Callaway died in the county of Bedford, Va. , near the village of Newlondon. he left many children, one of whom (Capt. John Callaway) lives in this county 6 miles North of Martainsville. Maj. Lankford ** repre- sented the county of Pitsylvania, Va., in the Legislature for many years and died in that county.
67th. Col. Archibald Gordon" was Col. of Militia in Pitsyl- vania, Va., in 1774. he was scotch by birth, lived & died with- out marrying, he died in Franklin, near the line of Henry.
68. I was born on the 25th day of October, 1755. In Jan- uary, 1775, when we were on our way to settle Martain' s Station in Powel's valley, in going down Walden's creek near its junc- tion with Powel's river where the hills closed in vary near the creek was discovered the remains of an old hunting camp, and
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in front of the camp the bones of two men were lying bleached, they were said to be the Bones of two men who went out hunt- ing in the fall of 1773, and never returned — their names I have forgotten.
12 miles south of Martain's Station on PoweFs River there was a vary rich piece of bottom land called Rob Camp. In this there was the remains of an old hunting camp from which the land took its name, as it may be of some little interest to you to know the origin of the name, I will give it to you — some five years before Martain*s Station was settled 3 men with 2 horses each and with their traps, guns and other necessary implements for a long hunt, settled down in the bottom above alluded to, built a camp & spent the fall, winter & part of the spring there in hunting, at that period peace existed between the whites & Indians, these hunters were vary successful in killing game and lived in perfect harmony with the Indians [who] frequently visited the hunters and congratulated them upon their success in taking game, this intimacy continued until the Spring at which time the hunters concluded that they had as much fur skins as they could conveniendy carry home, accordingly they commenced packing up and in the morning when they had completed their packing loaded their horses and was in the act of setting out for home with the earnings of their successful hunt, 12 or 15 Indians came up, took possession of their horses, furs, guns and in fact all that the hunters had, and in exhange gave them three of their old guns and told the Hunters that the land that they had been hunting on belonged to the Indians and also the game, that they would spare their lives that time but cautioned them never to returne.
I have answered many of the inquiries propounded by you to me. Many of them I could not answer, I regret very much that I could not give you a satisfactory answer to all of them, yet you may rest perfectly assured that I have done the best that I could for you. When I received your communication of May my health was very feeble and continued so for several months, which is the reason of my not having responde^l to inquiries long before this. I am now happy to inform you that my health has greatly improved and at this time is as good as it has been for many years with the exception of a slight cold. I must now bring
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my long (and I fear in many instances uninteresting) communi- cation to a close by wishing you great success in the undertaking which you have before you.
TO BE CONTINUED.
NOTES.
'On July 7, 1776, Elizabeth and Frances, daughters of Colo- nel Richard Callaway, and Jemima, daughter of Daniel Boone, the first grown, and the other two about fourteen years of age, were captured by five Indians from a canoe in the Kentucky river, within sight of Boonsborough. Their fathers, with a parly of men, pursued and recaptured them next day, unhurt, about thirty miles distant. Among the rescuing party were Samuel Henderson and Captain John Holder, recognized as the lovers of the two Callaway girls. On August 6th of the same year, being the first marriage solemnized in Kentucky, Henderson and Elizabeth Callaway were married. The others were married later.
•General James Robertson, the celebrated pioneer, and one of the founders of Tennessee. He was born in Brunswick county, V^a., June 28, 1742, and died in Chickasaw county, Tennessee, September i, 1814. For his life and services see biographical dictionaries, ** Life and Times of General James Robertson,'* by A. W. Putnam; and ** The Rear Guard of the Revolution,'* by J. R. Gilmore.
'General Joseph Martin, long prominent on the southwest frontiers.
* Colonel William Witcher, of Pittsylvania county, was in ac- tive service as captain of militia from that county in 1776 (J//7/- iia Pay Book). He was ancestor of Vincent Witcher, prominent in public affairs in Virginia, who was grandfather of Colonel Vin- cent A. Witcher, C. S. Cavalry, now of Pittsylvania county.
' Colonel Anthony Bledsoe, doubtless a native of Spotsylvania county, Va., was in command at Fort Patrick Henry, on the southwestern frontier in 1776 and 1777, and warrants for his pay appear in the ** Militia Book," as well as for pay for supplies and wagons furnished the Cherokee Expedition, and the Washington County Militia in 1777. On March 13, 1777, the Governor and
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Council ordered that 400 men should be stationed on the south- west frontier under Colonel Evan Shelby and Major Anthony Bledsoe (^Council Journal^, He had early in his life, as sur- veyor and Indian fighter, become acquainted with the country now the State of Tennessee. He discovered that the extension of the Virginia and North Carolina boundary line westward, would leave the Watauga and Nollichuchy settlements, and Car- ter's Valley, in the latter State. In 1784, he built a fort near Bledsoe's Lick. He was killed by the Creek Indians, July 20, 1788. In 1793, the Indians killed two of his sons.
•Evan Shelby, born in Wales, 1720, died at King's Meadows (now Bristol), Tennessee, December 4, 1794. He came with his father to Maryland in 1735, served in the French and Indian War, from the rank of private to captain, and commanded a company from Washington county, Va., at the battle of Point Pleasant. During the Revolution he was a colonel of Virginia forces, and was afterwards a brigadier-general of militia. He was father of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky.
^ Probably James Dysart, afterwards, Major and Colonel of the Washington County Militia. In a letter written June 3d, 1785, Arthur Campbell speaks of him as one of the best officers in the county ( CaL Va. State Papers). He supported Campbell in the effort made in 1785, to induce the counties of Washington and Montgomery to secede from Virginia and form a new State to be established in the West — a matter in regard to which there is much information in the Calendar of Virginia State Papers.
* Geo. Maxwell represented Sullivan county in the Convention of the State of Franklin, or Frankland in 1785, and in the Ten- nessee Legislature 1787.
• Perhaps the Col. John Anderson, who lived near the Clinch River, and who in 1789 wrote two letters to Col. Arthur Camp- bell from ''The Block House" {CaL Va, State Papers, IV, 618, 632).
*° Collins (^History of Kentucky) states that on a tree near Barren river, Warren county, Ky., was the inscription "Wm. Buchanan, June 14, 1775."
" Nathaniel, son of Christopher Gist of Maryland, is said to have been with his father, and brother, at Braddocks defeat. He was a colonel in the Va. Continental Line, during the Revolution,
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captured at Charleston May 12, 1780, and retired Jan. ist, 1781. He married Judith Gary Bell, daughter of David Bell, of Buck- ingham county, Va., and niece of Archibald Cary of ** Amp- thill'* and had issue i. Henry Cary; 2. Thos. Cecil; 3. Sarah Howard, married U. S. Senator Jesse Bledsoe, of Ky. ; 4. Ann, married Col. Nathaniel Hart, of Ky., a brother of Mrs. Henry Clay; 5. Daughter, married Dr. Boswell, of Lexington, Ky.; 6. Elizabeth V. H., married Francis P. Blair, and was brother of Montgomery Blair; 7. Daughter, married Benjamin Gratz, of Lexington, Ky. Perhaps the reference in the text may be to another Nathaniel Gist.
"Col. John Bowman was a justice of Botetourt county in 1770. In the summer of 1777 the Virginia government sent him to Kentucky with a force of one hundred men, and commissioned him county lieutenant commanding there. In 1779 he led an ex- pedition against the Indiana north of the Ohio, and was defeated, but proved himself on other occasions an active and successful sol- dier. In 1 78 1 he was county lieutenant of Lincoln county, and was a judge of the first court held in Kentucky.
"Col. Daniel Smith was for some time presiding justice of Augusta county. In 1776 he was captain of militia there, and when Rockingham was formed in 1778, he became one of its first justices, and later was appointed colonel of the militia of that county. He was son of Captain John Smith, who was captured by the French and Indians, and long held a prisoner. Col. Daniel Smith married Jane, sister of Col. Benj. Harrison, of Rockingham county. For a notice of the family see W^addeW s Augusta County, page 413, &c.
** Benjamin Cleveland, born on Bull Run, Prince William county, Va., May 26, 1738 (according to Wheeler); subsequently removed to Orange county, where he married Miss Mary Graves, and in 1769 settled in North Carolina. He was a gallant and efficient officer throughout the Revolution, and was one of the commanders at Kings Mountain. He died October, 1806. See Wheeler's Sketches of North Carolina, 416, &c., and Dra- per's Kings Mountain and Its Heroes.
" General Thos. Sumpter, the well known Revolutionary sol- dier, bom in Virginia, 1754, and died in South Carolina, June 1832.
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"•Rev. Christopher McRae, of Southam parish, Cumber- land county, was a Scotchman, and was not supposed to favor the Revolution. Some young men of the county, as a punish- ment for his supposed Tory feeling, took him from his house, whipped him severely and left him naked in the woods. The perpetrators of this outrage were heavily fined. Mr. McRae was a man of much piety and learning, was educated at Edin- burgh, and it is stated, was offered a professorship as soon as he graduated, but declined and came to Virginia, becoming first, the minister of Southwark parish, Surry (where he married in 1778, a daughter of John Harris, of that county), and afterwards of Southam. He died in Powhatan county, Dec. 22, 1808, in his seventv-fifth year. He has many descendants, and one of his sons, Alexander McRae, of Richmond, a distinguished lawyer, was lieutenant-governor of the State.
*^ Abraham Buford, bom in Bedford county, Va. , died in Scott county, Ky., June 29, 1833. He was appointed colonel of the nth Va. Regiment, May 16, 1778, and on May 29, 1780, his command was surprised and massacred by Tarleton at Waxhaw creek. For a notice of him and some of his descendants, see Green s Historic Families of Kentucky,
"Colonel John Carter was in 1772, a member of the commit- tee of thirteen, the governing body of the Watauga settlements; and a member of the North Carolina Convention of 1776, from Washington county; in 1777 was colonel commanding the militia of that county.
*• Landon Carter was member of the Convention of the "State of Franklin," from Sullivan county, August, 1784, and was chosen Secretary of State. In 1785, he was speaker of the first Senate of Franklin.
"In 1772, Jacob Womack was one of the committee of thir- teen, the governing body of the Watauga settlements; was in 1776, a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress from Washington district. He was also a major of militia.
*^ Colonel William Christian, born in Augusta county, in 1743 (says Mr. Waddell, in his Auj^ista County, who is much more apt to be correct than the writer in Appleton' s Cyclopedia of American Biography, who says: "Berkeley county — a county not then formed — in 1732.") He was killed by the Indians,
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April 9, 1786 (not in June, 1782, as stated by Appleton). He was one of the foremost men of the frontier, and his life is so well known that no account of it need be given here. The Calendar of Virj^nia State Papers contains a number of letters from him, and others expressing great grief at his death.
•'Col. John Donelson was a member of the House of Bur- gesses for Pittsylvania, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, and March,
1774. About 1769 he made a treaty with the Indians, by which the western frontiers of Virginia were obtained, and in 1778 was engaged, with Robertson and others, in encouraging emigra- tion to the country now Tennessee. In December, 1779, with his family and a considerable party of emigrants, he left Fort Patrick Henry, on Holston river, and descended by boat to the Big Salt Lick, near the present Nashville, where he settled. His descendants have been prominent in Tennessee, and his daughter Rachel was the wife of Andrew Jackson. Considerable inform- ation in regard to the Donelsons will be found in PartorC s Life of fackson ; see index of that work. Col. Donelson*s diary during his trip to Big Salt Lick has been printed in Putnam' s History of Middle Tennessee^ p. 69-76. See also Donelson and the Piooneers of Middle Tennessee, by Hon. J. M. Bright, Wash- ington, 1880. Letters from him are printed in Vol. Ill, CaL
Virginia State Papers,
"James Harrod, a native of Shenandoah county, Va.. the founder of Harrodsburg, and one of the worthiest pioneers of Kentucky. Accounts of his life and services may be found in many publications. A good epitome is contained in a note in the new edition of Withers' Border Warfare, pp. 190-191.
"Major Hugh McGary, whose rashness and insubordination contributed largely to the defeat at Blue Licks. In 1785 he murdered an Indian chief, who was a prisoner to troops com- manded by CqI. Benj. Logan. He was a famous hunter and Indian fighter, who had come to Kentucky with his family in
1775, and in January, 1781, was appointed one of the first justices for Kentucky, and in July, 1781, commissioned Major of the Lincoln county militia. Though his fatal misconduct at Blue Licks appears to have brought him no punishment, he was court- martialed March 21st, 1787, at Bardstown. Ky., and found guilty of murder in killing the Indian chief, and of insubordination in
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insulting and abusing Lt. Col. Trotter, of Fayette county, who had tried to save the prisoner's life. Sentence was suspended for one year, and it appears that McGary was allowed to resign. {CaL Virginia State Papers, IV, p. 258, &c.)
* Major Wm. B. Smith was one of the party who rescued Jemima Boone and the Callaways in July, 1776.
""Col. John Floyd was born in Virginia about 1750, went to Kentucky as a surveyor in 1775, and *' during the ensuing six years was among the foremost in all that was planned and exe- cuted for the protection of the settlers and the development of the country." On April 12, 1783, he was killed by the Indians. See Collins' History of Kentucky, II, p. 238, &c. He married first, about 1768, Miss Burfoot, of Chesterfield county (and had a daughter, Mourning, who married Colonel John Stuart, of Georgia), and secondly, Jane, daughter of Col. John Buchanan. By the second marriage he had (i) George R. C, a colonel in the war of 181 2, who died in 182 1, and (2) John, born near Louisville, April 24, 1783; removed to Virginia in 1804; M. C. 1817-29; Governor of Virginia, 1829-34, and died August 16, 1837. He was the father of Governor John B. Floyd.
" Dr. Thos. Walker.
" General Benjamin Logan. See, among many other notices of him in various publications, Green^ s Historic Families of Ken- tucky, which contains a sketch of his life and an account of the Logan family.
*The well known expedition of the ** Knights of the Horse- shoe" to the mountains in 1716. See Slaughter's History of St. Mark' s Parish, pp. 83-96.
**Col. James Callaway, of Bedford county; bom December 21, 1736; was son of Col. Wm. Callaway, of Bedford; was frequently in the House of Burgesses, and rendered very efficient service as county lieutenant of Bedford during the Revolution. See Rich- mond Standard, December 25, 1880.
" Benjamin Lankford, member of the House of Burgesses for Pittsylvania, August, 1774, and 1775, and of Conventions of March and December, 1775, and of 1776, and doubtless member of the Legislature in later years.
"Col. Archibald Gordon was also county lieutenant of Halifax.
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WILL OF CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, 1693.
[Christopher Robinson, whose will is here printed from a cer- tified copy in the possession of a descendant, was son of John Robinson, of Cleasby, Yorkshire, England, and brother of John Robinson, Bishop of London. He was born at Cleasby, about 1645, and came to Virginia about 1666, settling at an estate on the Rappahannock, in Middlesex county, which was later called *' Hewick.'* He was a memt>er of the House of Burgesses for Middlesex in 1691, was appointed to the Council in the same year, and Secretary of State in 1692. He married (i) Agatha, daughter of Bertram Obert (who seems to have been the mother of all of his children), and (2) Catharine, widow of Major Rob- ert Beverley. Of his sons, John (i 683-1 749), was President of the Council, and acting Governor, and Christopher, of *'Hew- ick '* (1681-1727), was member of the House of Burgesses. A lengthy note (chiefly derived from the records of Middlesex), on Christopher Robinson and his children, was published in this Magazine, in July, 1898. Those interested in agriculture will note the ** ingine" for drying tobacco, which is mentioned.]
In the Name of God Amen. I, Christopher Robinson, of the County of Middlesex in Virginia, being by God's great Mercy, in perfect Sense and Memory, but considering the frailty of Man nature and vncertainty of the time of my Death, Doe make and ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner and Forme fol- lowing, hereby Revoaking and making Voyde all former wills by me made. And first I bequeath my Soule into the hands of God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken, to be decently buryed at the Discretion of my Exec- uto" hereafter named, hoping for a Joy full Resurection through the great Mercyes of God, and the Merritts of my Blessed Sa- viour Christ Jessus, and for such worldly Goods as it hath pleased God, ferr beyond my deserts to bestow upon me, I dispose of the same in manner following:
Item. My will is that all my just debts that I justly owe to
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any person or persons, and my reasonable funeral Charges be first paid and satisfied.
Item. My will, mind and desire is that all the rest and resi- due of my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever the same be, Except Such Legacies as I may hereafter give and dispose of by this my will, that be remaine and continue intire and undivided, and be Imployed, ordered and managed to and for thejoynt and equall advantage, interest and Profitt of all my Dear children in common and equity.
My Dear sons Christopher, John and Benjamine, and Dear Daughters Ann, Agatha, Elizabeth and Clara Robinson, in such manner as the same are or have usually been ordered and man- aged and Imployed by me, or as shall by my Executo" and Overseers of this my will, hereafter named, seeme to be most for the Common Interest and profitt of my said Dear Children; My desire and meaning being that all or so many of my negroes, slaves or servants as my Executo" shall from time to time think necessary and Convenient, be continued and Imployed upon my severall plantations in Middlesex County afid Essex County, in- tending and making crops of Corn and Tobacco, or and about such other worke and I m ploy men t as may be most profittable and of greatest advantage to my said Deare Children, and to cause soe much as they my s* Execut" or overseers shall think fitt of the Crops of Tobacco to be cutt and Dryed w^** the Ingine I have commonly used and all the said Cropp of Tobacco either Cutt or in the Leafe to sell and dispose of in the Country, or shipp and freight the same or any part thereof and Consigne it from time to time to such Credible person or persons and at such places as the Said Executo" or Overseers of this my will shall think may be most profittable for my said Children, and the pro- duce or Effects of all such Tobaccoes and the profitts of all my said Estate to cause to be secured in Money in good responsible hands, or so much as is reasonable and necessary to be returned to this County in -Goods and necessaries for the decent and ne- cessary Cloathing and accomodating my said Deare Children, and as the same will reasonably afford as also necessary cloathing and working Tooles and other conveniences for my said Negroes and servants, and for the defraying workemen's wages, leavys and all other necessary charges as they shall from time to time
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see fitt and reasonable. My Desire and Meaning being that my said children should be menteyned and Cloathed in decent man- ner and proportionable to there age and p'ssent Circumstances, without Lessening or Impairing my said Estate w*"** I hope by God's blessing and the Frugall and friendly care of my loveing friends that I intrust wi*** the same, will be improved and for there greater Ease therein and better management of the said Estate, my will and desire is that my said Executo" or Overseers of this my will or the greater part of them doe from time to time as they see occasion, Imploy and appoynt Overseers at my several plantations or one or more person or persons to Looke after and manage, and take Ace' of all things Relating thereunto, and to make such agreements and make such allowances in wages or otherwise as they shall see fitt and Convenient, and as they see cause any of the said Negroes and servants, or stock of Cattle, horses or other part of my Estate, and dispose of they think may be most to the advantage of my said Children, and Gener- ally to doe all reasonable and necessary things relating to the p'misies.
Item. I give and bequeath to my said Deare Children, to each of them an Equall part and portion of my said personal Estate (Except the Legacies hereafter mentioned), as alssoe an Equall parte of the Increase and Profitts of the same, to be taken and Received by my said Sonns when they shall attaine to the age of twenty-one Yeares severally, as they come to that age. And to be taken and Received by my said Daughters as they shall attaine the said age of twenty-one years or the day of there Marriage which shall first happen, th^ said equall parts and portions to be delivered severally to my said children by the discresion and consent of the Overseers of this my will or the comon agreement of my said Deare children, and in case any doubt or difference should arise about the same, my earnest desire and charge to all my said Children is that they agree and End the same in a Loveing manner either amongst them selves or by the advice and Derection of the Overseers of this my will or other Indifferent Persons w**out goeing to Law.
Item. I give to my Loveing Sonne John Robinson, Fifty pounds, to be Imployed towards the Keeping him at School in
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England or in defraying the Charge of his comeing to Virginia at the descretion of the Overseers of this my will.
Item, my will and minde is that all the Lands and Planta- tions and Mills I shall dye possessed of shal be used and Im- ployed To and for the Common and Equall profitt and Advantage of all my said Children, and the Servants, slaves and stockes of horses, cattle no" kept and Imployed upon the same at the dis- cression of the Overseers of this my [last will] untill each of my said Children cann and may clame there part or share of my Personall Estate as aforesaid, that the same to be disposed of as is hereafter Mentioned.
Provided that my sonn Christopher soe soone as he attayne to the age of twenty-one yeares, shall be imediately putt in posses- sion of my now dwelling. Plantation and the whole dividend of Land thereunto belonging, to be from thenceforward held and Enjoyed for his own use and behoofe. And that my sonn John shall be alsoe soe soon as he attaines the Age of twenty-one years, possessed of the Plantation and dividends of Lands here- after in this my will goe to him and that from those times my Said sonns Christopher and John shall not have any further shaire or Benefitt w"" the rest of my said children of the remain- der of my Estate Imployed for their Common Interest, But only their due shaire and parts in my Personall Estate as aforesaid.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Loving sonn Christopher Robinson, all that my Plantation and dividend of Land called the Grange, scituatt in Middlesex County, from and after such time as my personall Estate appoynted to be Imployed on that and my other Lands .for the comon Benefit of all my Children, shal be Many divided and delivered to them as they come to age or According to the Intent and Meaning of this my will as is be- fore mentioned to him and the heires of his body lawfully begot- ten, and for want of such heirs, to my son John Robinson, and the heirs of his Body lawfully Begotten, and for want of such heirs, to my Right heirs forever. Provided that my sonn Chris- topher shall refuse to permitt my Dwelling Plantation to be used and Imployed for the Comon Benefitt of all my Children untill he shall attaine to the age of one and Twenty yeares as is before Mentioned, Then the devise and Bequest to him of the said Plantation called the Grange shall cease and determine and be of
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no force, and the Same shall imediateley come to my said sonn John Robinson, under the conditions and limitations aforesaid.
Item. I give and bequeath to my said sonn Christopher Rob- inson and to his heires forever, my water mill at the head of Sunderland Cryke and the third part of a water mill at the head Niemcock Cryke, of which he is to be Possessed when he at- taynes to the Age of twenty-one yeares, untill which time my will is that all my Children shall have Equall shaire in the profitts thereof as aforesaid after all reasonable charges of Reparation, &c.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my Loving sonn John Robin- son, my Plantation and Dividend of Land which was formerly Mr. Richard Parrott's, conteyning about one thousand one hun- dred acres of Land, scituate on Pyanhatanke River in Middle- sex County, of which he is to be possessed at the Age of twenty one yeares & to his heires for Ever.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my sonn Benjamin Robinson, and to his heires for Ever, One thousand, two hundred acres of Land, to be taken out of a dividend of two thousand, two hun- dred acres of Land comonly called Moone's Mount, in Essex County, Purchased by me of Mr. John Curtis and a Dividend of nine hundred Acres by me Lately taken up, adjoyning to the same or out of one of them, the said twelve hundred acres to be Layd of intireley togather either at the Lower end or uper End of the Said Lands and to run the full breth of the same.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughters Ann, Agatha, Elizabeth and Clara, and to their heires for Ever, all the rest and Residue of my said two dividends of Land called Moone's Mount to be Equally divided amongst them, the Eldest succes- sively haveing her first Choice of One forth parte thereof.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Loving Brother, Mr. John Robinson, five pounds sterling to be disposed of at his discretion in Rings to be given to my Friends & Relations for a remem- brance of me.
Item. I give and bequeath to my said Brother John Robin- son five pounds sterling, to be at his discretion distribute amongst the Poore of Cliesby in York shire where I was borne.
Item. I give and bequeath to my true Friend Mr. William Churchhill my best horse and furniture.
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Item. I give and bequeath to my loving [brother] Coll. John Armestead and to my Loving Sister Mrs. Judith Armistead to each of them a Ring of Twenty Shillings Valine for a remem- brance of me.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Loving Friends Capt. Wil- liam Daniel, Mr. Exiwin Thacker and Mr. Paul Thilman, to each of them a Ring of Twenty Shillings Valine.
Item. I g^ve and bequeath to my Executo" hereafter men- tioned ten pounds Sterling to be Bestowed in Rings to be dis- tributed amongst my Friends in Virginia.
Item. I give to my Servant James Merritt a Cow and Calfe.
Item. I make and Ordaine my Loveing Sonns Christopher, John and Benjamin Robinson Executo" of this my last will and Testament, and during their minority I hereby Ordaine and Appoynt my Loving Brother Mr. John Robinson, my loving Brother in Law Coll. John Armistead, my Loving Friends Mr. William Churchhill, Capt. William Daniel, Mr. Edwind Thacker and Mr. Paul Thilman, to take upon them the Execution of this my will for and on the Behalfe of my said Children and accord- ing to their descression to order, dispose of and Imploy my Estate as is herein before mentioned for the best Advantage of my Said Children untill my Said Sonns Christopher and John Shall be of full age and then together w'** my Said Sonns to have the oversight and ordering and management of that parte of my Estate remaining and belonging to my younger Children as afore said, and it is my will, minde and desire that my said Brothers and Freinds whome I alsoe make Overseers of this my will have the Guardianshipp, ordering and dispoosing of all my said Children untill they shall attayne the age of twenty one years or Marry, and I charge all my children that both in their Marriage and other things they take the Advice and observe the directions of my said Friends, and of their Elder Brothers and Sisters after they are of Age, to which purpose I then joyne them Severally w'*' the said Overseers of this my will w*** like power as is hereby given to them.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Loving God Daughter Agatha and Catherine Daniel, Daughters of Cap. William Daniel, one cow and Calfe a piece w^** there Encrease to he delivered to them after my decease.
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Item. I give and bequeath unto Mrs. Alice Nicholls, Wid- dow, one thousand pounds of Tobatco to be paid to her p'sently after my decease, being for the care and trouble she hath taken w'^ me during the time of my Sickness.
Item. I give and bequeath unto Mrs. Martha Lee five pounds being for her care, paines and trouble in the time of my Sick- ness.
Item. I give and bequeath unto Richard Radford, my Over- seer, one young horse now Running at the Grange commonly Called black WUd Catt.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Sett my name and affixed my scale to this my Last Will and Testament Conteyned in two Sheets of Paper under Each page I have subscribed my Name this 27'*^ Day of Jan', 1692-3.
Chr. Robinson. [Seal.] Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of us. Da. Alexander, Jeremy Dawkings, Richard Radford, Tho. Best.
M" That att a Court held for the County of Middlesex the 6'^ day of March, 1692-3. M^ David Alexander and Richard Radford made oath that they see the within named Christopher Robinson, Esq., Signe, Scale and Publish the within written will to be his Last Will and Testament, and that he was then in his perfect sense and memory.
Test, Edwin Thacker, CI. Cur.
M* That att a Court held for the County of Middlesex the third day of Ap. 1693. Jeremy Dawkings made oath that he see the within named Christopher Robinson Esq' Signe, Scale and Declare the within written Will to be his Last Will and Testament and that he was then in perfect Minde and Memory.
Test, Edwin Thacker, CI. Cu'.
Copy test, Will. Churchhill.
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VIRGINIA MIUTIA IN THE REVOLUTION.
[The publication of the ' >tllri^ fe*:<c ' ^ temp-^rarily sus- pended :n order to give plare to a list kinily furnished by Mr. McAllister, of Warm Springs- Va_]
Editor llrgirua J/z^ar/w l;/' Hi::ory and BL'^^rkr :
I herewith hand to you a list of names of soMiers who served in the Re\-olutionar>* War from X^ireinia. The lis: is incomplete. It was made with a \'iew to g^ather the available in.f:>rmation in regard to the militia soldiers from Aug^osra cc'unr>". but in the course of the investigation 1 gathered s-^me data in regard to soldiers from other counties. The rank of the scldier is given where I was able to obtain it. The 03unrles from which they came (other than Augusta • are in most instances noted. WTiere the party was kno\»-n to be a pri\-ate I marked this fact, by put- ting the letter ** P " at the end of his name. Mc»st of these are, I believe, militia men, but some of them are not. With the in- formation at hand I am not able to determine this tact accurately. On the 1 8th of March, ii>iS, Congress p^issed an act making provision for placing upon the pension roll all commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and private sol- diers, and all officers in the hospital and medical start, who served in the war of the revolution. In June. 1S32, Louis Cass. Secre- tary of War, wrote a letter 1 dated June 15. iS32> to Honorable Samuel A. Foote, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions in the senate, in which he says " there are no rolls of the militia in this ^war; department, except those of the State of Newhamp- shire." This was written in reference to the act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832, entitled ** An act supplementary- to an act for the relief of the sur\'iving officers, and soldiers of the revolution," the parties provided for by this act, embraced four gentfral classes, i. The regular troops. 2. The State troops, miiitia, and volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the naval ser- vice. 4. Indian spies. In order to supply the information in regard to their services by which a test could be made, of the
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truth of the statements of the applicants, they were compelled to make sworn statements, naming the officers under whom they served; giving a detail account of their services, including any battles in which they were engaged, and generally such informa- tion as would enable the department to grant the pension. These sworn statements were forwarded to the War Department, and are on file there. The names which I send you are compiled from copies of these statements which are in my possession.
Yours very truly,
• J. T. McAllister. Warm Springs, Va., March 2isiy i8gg.
John Alverman, Private, Culpeper; Captn. Arbuckle, Green- brier; Adam Abrogast, P., Augusta; Capt. Arbuckle, Botetourt; John Allen, P., Botetourt; Augustine Argenbright; Captn. All, Shenandoah; Wm. Armstrong.
Col. Wm. Bowyer; John Bradshaw, Ensign; Captn. Patrick Buchannan; Col. Buckner, of 7th Va. ; Captn. John Burke, Al- bemarle; Captn. Jas. Bamett, Amherst; Ballinger, Amherst; Col. Bland; Col. Barbour; Captn. Ambrose Bohanon, Culpepper; Captn. Thos. Baytop, in 2nd Va. Regt., Gloucester; Captn. George Bill, Hampshire; Captn. Garland Burnley, Orange; Jacob Butte, P., Prince William; Captn. Micheal Bowyer, 12th Va. ; Captn. Burleigh, 3rd Va. ; Col. (or Major) Broadhead; Captn. Bollar, Botetourt; Captn. Thos. Bowyer, Botetourt; Jacob Butte, Botetourt; (Major?) Jos. Bell, Augusta; Lt.-Col. Wm. Bowyer; Wm. Buchannan, Ensign; Lt. Chas. Baskins; Lt. Patrick Buchannan; Captn. Buchannan; Captn. Jas. Bell; Captn. Michael Bedinger; Saml. Bell, Ensign, i6th Va. Line; Captn. Thomas Bell; Majr. Thos. Barlow; Captn. May Button, Albemarle; Captn. Bellefield, Orange; Captn. Jas. Burton, Orange; Captn. Chas. Bruce, Orange; Captn. John Beadles, Orange; Capt. Henrj' Burke, Albemarle.
Col. Richd. Campbell: Captn. Cook, Greenbrier; Jacob Crow, P., Hampshire; Capt. Coursey. Orange; Lt. Neil Cain, Rock- ingham; John Camper, P., Shenandoah; Capt. Chrogue, 8th Va. ; Richd. Cole, P., Augusta; Captn. Cooper, Augusta; Genrl. Wm. Campbell; Captn. Cunningham, Rockingham; Captain John Cook; Lt. John Cartmill; Captn. John Cartmill, Botetourt;
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Lt. Henry Cartmill, Botetourt; Henry Cartmill, Ensign, Bote- tourt; Col. Wra. Campbell, of Militia; General Wm. Campbell; Col. Archibald Campbell; Col. Wm. Christian; Captn. John Cunningham, Augusta; Capt Chas. Cameron, Augusta; Capt. Wm. Christian; Col. Campbell, Rifle Corps; Lt. John Crawford;
Alxr. Crawford, Ensign; Capt. Francis Cowherd, Orange;
Claiborne, Paymaster of Cavalry, Continental; James Chiles, Orange; Captn. Coker, Orange; Captn. Belfield Cave, Orange; Lt. Bellefield Cave; Captn. Cravens, Orange; Major Carey.
Col. Dabney; Captn. DiUard, Amherst; Col. Dickinson; Col. Charles E>abney; Col. J. Dickinson, Augusta; Martin Dilly, P., Augusta; Lt. John Dickey; Col. Daingerfield; Jas. Davis, Au- gusta; Col. Dandridge; Sergt. John Diddle, Augusta; Col. Dick; Col. Chas. Dabney, Hanover; James Daniel; William Davis; Col. Davis, of Militia; John Davis, Orange; Col. Daingerfield, 7th Regt. of Continental Line; Captn. Reuben Daniel, Orange.
Capt. Ewell, (afterwards Majr.) Pr. Wm. ; Saml. Estill (after- wards Col.); Lt. Wallace Estin, or Estill, Botetourt; Lt. Charles Eides, Amherst; Col Edmund.
Lt. Robert Fitzhugh, Culpepper; Col. Febinger; Conrad Flesher, P.; Col. Fields; Captn. Fontaine; Captn. Wm. Finley, Augusta; Christian Fauber, Shenandoah; Wm. Fisher, Orange.
Geo. Green, Botetourt; Lt. John Galloway, Botetourt; Capt. Wm. Grayson, Albemarle; Lt. Wm. Gooch, Albemarle; Lt Nathaniel Garland, Albemarle; Col. Gibson, Virginia State Line; Col. Saml. Griefs; Captn. John Gillison; Captn. John Gwin, Augusta; George Gay, P., Augusta; Wm. Green, P., Augusta; Lt. Joseph Gwin, Augusta; Captn. David Gwin, Augusta; Col. ChurchhillGibbs; James Gay, Ensign; Captn. Givens; Col. Wm. Grayson, i6th Va. Regt., Va. Line; Lt. John Goodell, Orange; Richard Goodell, Orange.
Captn. Benj. Harris, Albemarle; Major Hamilton; Capt. Henry Hill, Culpepper; Captn. Moses Hutton, Hampshire Co.; Andrew Heath, Ensign, Hampshire; Isaac Hawks, Ensign, Hampshire; Col. Benjmn. Harrison, Rockingham; Col. Heath; Col. Hays; Col. Haws, 4th Va. ; Col. Hughhart; Capt. John Henderson, Greenbrier; Capt. Thos. Hicklin, Augusta; Captn. Peter Hull, Augusta; George Hull; Captn. Hall, Botetourt; Captn. Holstein, Botetourt; Captn. Alexr. Handley, Botetourt; John Hewitt,
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Botetourt; Genl. Hand; Captn. Henderson, Augusta; Jonathon Humpreys, Ensign; Col. Haws; Captn. Reuben Hawkins, Albe- marle; Captn. John HoUiday, Spottsylvania; ist. Lt. Zachariah Hendon.
Lt. Isaac Islow, Berkley; Col. James Innis.
Captn. Gabriel Jones, Culpeper; Captn. Zacharaiah Johnson, Augusta; Thomas Joplin, Amherst; Captn. Benj. Johnson, Orange; Thomas Jones, Spottsylvania; James Jones, Orange; Wm. Jamell.
Captn. John Kemp, Culpeper; Wm. Keyser, P., Gloucester; Jacob Knave, P., Hampshire; Captn. Wm. Kincaid, Augusta; George Keller; James Kemp; Lt. Andrew Kincaid; L. Kamey, Ensign.
Captn. Mark Leake, Albemarle; Captn. Laney; Col. Reuben Lindsey; Captn. Lansdale, 2nd Va. ; Captn. Wm. Long, Au- gusta; Jacob Lightner, P., Augusta; Sergt. Jacob Lemon; Captn. Andrew Lockridge, Augusta; Col. Andrew Lewis, Augusta; Captn. Charles Lewis, Augusta; Captn. John Lewis, Augusta; Col. John Lewis, Augusta; Col. Saml. Lewis, Augusta; Col. Saml. Lewis, Botetourt; Captn. Joseph Looney, Botetourt; Captn. Hugh Logan, Botetourt; Col. Lee; Major Patrick Lock- hart; Captn. John Lyle, Augusta; Captn. Francis Long; Major Long; Lt. James Long; Joseph Long, Ensign; Lt. Edward Lu- cas; Lt. William Lucas; Captn. Wm. Little; Major Lomax; Col. Richd. Lindsey, ist. Regiment, Genl. Lawsons Brigade, Albe- marle.
Col. Mallery, Albemarle; Col. Morraw; Captn. Ambrose Madison, Orange; Col. Peter Mugenbird, 8th Va. ; Captn. Geo. Moffett, Augusta; Colo. John Moflfett; Col. Sampson Mathews, Augusta; Wm. Mann, P., Augusta; Captn. Geo. Mathews, Augusta; Captn. John Morrison, Captn. Morrison, Ensign Richard Madison, Col. Geo. Moffett, General Mullenburg, Captn. Wm. Morgan (afterwards made Major), Captn. Chas. Morrow, Col. John Morrow, Col. Merriwether; Captn. Francis Moore, Orange; Col. Mathews, 3rd Va. Regt. Militia; Col. Thos. Mathews; Robt. Mansfield, Albemarle; Majr. Mcllhaney, General Mcintosh; John McGloughlin, P., Rockingham: Captn. Saml. McCutcheon, Augusta; Captn. McBerry, Augusta; Col. John McCreer>'; Capto. John McCoy, Augusta; Col. Mc-
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^>^.r!, or O/i,, Wlv/n. Lt. Coi. Jcf&etb Ne;eil: Capcn. Ne- v.U Sc^^^nd^^h: ^j^j. X^rarnxan enli-ted ^J^ three years*, (n^r,'^^: (lit\j^t\. N>lv>o, Orange; Mi; ^r Neiaoc, 7th Reijt. Con-
i\Uf-r,r;%\ Lint.
(li%\,tt\. Famplin, Amhet^: Lt. Robt. Perdue ?•. Culpepper:
C^\An. Parker; J«^r»^h Payne, En>^?n. of 9th Va.; Captn.
Alxr, Parkfrr, of 8th Va. ; Captn. John Poage: Captn. \Vm. P;itrkk, Aujfusta; Hazel Patrick; CoL Chas. Porterlield, Q. M. f/z-TiI, of \a- State Line; Col. Phillip Pendleton; Ll Thomas Porffr,
('oL fjuarles, Major Quaiies.
firnl. Rii-^sHl, Major John Roberts; Captn. Beverly Roy, Rockinjifham; Captn. Thos. Ransdale, 4th Va. ; Captn. Wni. RoU-rtv>n; C!!aptn. James Robinson, Botetourt; Col. Russell, Captn, Thomas Rankin, Captn. Alxr. Robertson, Major Allen KoU'rtson, C^ptn. Chas. Russell, Wm. Rose, Major Alexr.
RolxTtson, Major Rucker, Col. Richardson; Major
Roberts, Va. Line; Wm. Roach; Absolom Roach, Orange; Phil('mr)n Richards, Orange; Ambrose Richards, Madison; Col. Holt Richardson.
C'aptn. Stuart, Amherst; Captn. Josiah Swearingen, Berkley; Lt. Peter Stubblefield, Culpeper; Captn. Slaughter, Culpeper; Col. .Skillern, Botetourt; Captn. John Scott, Orange; Captn. Wm. Smith, Rockingham; Captn. Daniel Smith, Rockingham; C?ol. Stei)hens; Captn. Smith Snead, of 9th Va. ; Robert Sit- tlington; Captn. Thomas Smith; John Simmons; Wm. Sharp; John Stuart, Augusta; James StUart, Augusta; Ensign Edward Stuart, Augusta; Captn. James Smith, Botetourt; Lt.-Col. Alexr. Scott; Ensign James Steele; Granville Smith; Col. Strieker; Ensign Thomas Swearingen; Ensign Suel; Captn. Stump, of Light Infantry; Lt. Wm. Smith, Amherst; Captn. David Shelton; Col. Alxr. Spottswood, 2nd Va. Rgt. Continen- tal Establishment; John Snow, Orange; Kenneth Southerlin, Albemarle; John Smith, Spotsylvania; Col. Joseph Spencer;
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Captn. John Suit, Orange; Captn. Spencer, Orange; Captn. Joseph Spencer, in 7th Va. Regiment. Orange; Col. Stubble- field; Lt Benj. Smith, Orange.
Col. Toles; Captn. Tucker, Amherst; Col. Taylor; Col. James Taylor; Lt.-Col. Francis Taylor; Col. Taylor, 3rd Va. ; Ensign James Trimble, Augusta; Captn. Tate; Captn. John Tate; Lt. Tosh, Botetourt; Captn. James Trimble, Augusta; John Thomp- son, Augusta; Smith Thompson, Augusta; Lt. Thornberry; Capt. Richd. Taliaferro, Amherst; ist Lt. \Vm. Taylor, Orange; Captn. Francis Taylor; Ensign John Taylor, Orange; Zach. Taylor, Orange; Francis Tackett, Orange; Col. Temple, Orange.
Capt. Vance, Augusta ; Col. Saml. Vance, Augusta ; Lt. Saml. Vance, of Augusta; Captn. Saml. Vance, Augusta; Lt. Wm. Vestil.
Lt. Adam Wallace, 7th Va. ; Captn. Danl. White, Albemarle; Orderly Sergt. Faulton Woodson, Albemarle; Lt. West Wade, Hampshire; Jacob Ware, P., Hampshire; Captn. Adam Wallace, Rockingham; Lt.-Col. Wallace; Captn. Jacob Wrinker, Shen- andoah; Col. James Wood, 12th Va. ; Captn. Saml. Woodson, 9th Va. ; Col. Williams; Ralph Wanless, P., Augusta; John Wilson, P., Augusta; Captn. Jacob Wan^ick, Augusta; Thos. Wright, Ensign, Augusta; Major John Wilson; John Williams, Ensign, Augusta; Captn. Mathews Wilson, Botetourt; Fiatt Wysong, Botetourt; Lt. Andrew Wallace, Botetourt; Lt. Wood, Botetourt; Saml. Walker, Ensign, Botetourt; Major Wm. Wil- son; Col. Willis; Alexr. Williams; Captn. Saml. Wilson; Abra- ham Weitzel, Shenandoah; Major Welch, 2nd Va. Militia; Theophilus Wyatt, Hanover; Richard Wyatt; Lt. (or Ensign) John Wackub; Lt. Jacob Warwick; Lt. Wilson; Lt. Adrian Wincoop; Lt. John Woodruff, Amherst; Capt. Richard Well, Orange; Captn. Warr, Albemarle; Adj. Whitlock, Spottsylvania; Lt. Geo. War, Orange; Lt. (Corporal) Richard White, Orange; Starke Wright, Louisa; Captn. John Waugh, Orange; Jeremiah White. Orange; Lt. Richard White, Orange; Lt. Wm. White, Orange; Captn. Geo. Waugh; Sergt. John Williams, Orange.
Capt. Henry Young.
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Fourth Paper— Contributed by J. B. Henneman.
[concluded.]
185. 1895 (resigned). Col. George Tait, of Norfolk.
186. 1896 . Judge Asa Dickinson Watkins, of Prince
Edward. Class of '78. County judge. Member of House of Delegates. Great-great-grandson of 6, 9, 25; great-grandson of 12, 21, 35; grandson of 54; son of 104; named for 112.
187. 1896 . Judge James Lewis Tredway, of Pittsyl- vania. Class of '74. Member of Senate. County Judge. Kinsman (?) of 90, 132, 148.
188. 1896 . Rev. William Creighton Campbell, D.
D., of Roanoke. Class of '76.
189. 1896 . Joseph Thompson McAllister, of Warm
Springs. Class of ^89.
190. 1897 . Dr. Peter Winston, of Farmville. Class
of '58. Surgeon, C. S. A.
191. 1897 . Walter G. Dunnington, of '* Poplar
Hill,*' Prince Edward. Married to kinswoman of 82, 112, 139.
192. 1897 . Archibald Alexander Campbell, of
Wytheville. Class of '79. Named for 39.
193. 1897 . Hon. Edward Carrington Venable, of
Petersburg, vice Captain Samuel W. Venable (his father). Mem- ber of Congress, 1889. Great-great-grandson of 6, 9, 25; great- grandson of 21, 41; grandson of 74; son of 145; nephew of 168 and of Prof. Charles Scott Venable, of the College (1846- 1855), now of the University of Virginia; kinsman of numerous Vena- able, Carrington, Read, Scott and Watkins, members of Board, from above relationships.
194. 1898 . Cleon Moore, of Charles Town, West
Virginia.
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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.
Page 174. 6. Judge Paul Carrington, the elder, great-grand -
fether of the wives of 95 {not 65), loi as is correctly stated
under 9, page 175.
Page 175. 12. Francis Watkins, great-grandfather of the wives of 156 {not 142) and Prof. L. L. Holladay of the College.
Page 177. 23. Col. William Morton, cousin {not uncle) of 36, as is correctly stated under 36.
Page 178. 35. John B. Scott, great-grandfather of 186 {not 182).
Page 181. 53. Wm. L. Venable, cousin, of 38 {not ^g).
Page 181. 61. Dr. Wm. S. Morton's long term of service has been surpassed by that of the present senior member of the board, Robert C. Anderson. See iii.
Page 182. 64. John P. Wilson, father-in-law of a brother of 166 {not of 166 himself,)
Page 182. 67. Wm. A. Carrington, nephew of 42, 75 {not 72). Correctly stated under 76, 85, loi.
Page 184. 88. Isaac Read was of the ** class of *25,'' and not R. N. Venable, as might appear from the punctuation.
108. (Dr. Wm. H. Patillo.) Add: wife was cousin of 115 and of second wife of 89.
115. (Col. Travis H. Epes.) Add: brother of second wife of 89, cousin of wife of 108.
125. (Dr. Moses D. Hoge.) Add under Rev. Wm. J. Hoge, D. D. Also one of the Directors of Princeton Theological Sem- inary, 1861. Add under Rev. Peyton H. Hoge, D. D. Also Member of Board of Union Theological Seminary.
After 129, same as 89 (Theoderick Pryor.) Add: First wife was cousin of 79, and of President John M. P. Atkinson, of the College ; second wife was sister of 115; and third wife was kins- woman of 98.
Additional Notes to the Statements in the October Number, Vol. VI, Pages 174-184.
4. Caleb Wallace. Caleb Wallace removed from the Charlotte churches to the western part of Virginia, probably about 1779, and there became also a member of the Board of
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Liberty Hall Academy, now Washington and Lee University, in 1782. About this time occurred his further westward removal to Kentucky, of which State he became Supreme Judge. His Life has been written by the Rev. Wm. H. Whitsitt, D. D., in the Filson Club (Kentucky) Publications.
5. Peter Johnston. The trustee's son, Judge Peter John- ston, Jr., was a student in the early sessions of the college, but hurried off to the Revolutionary War, attaching himself to Light Horse Harry Lee's command. Peter Johnson, Jr., was after- wards repeatedly a member of the House of Delegates from Prince Edward, and became later Judge of the General Court. He was the father of General Joseph E. Johnston of the Confed- eracy, the latter being born at the old homestead, ** Longwood," in Prince Edward. See Great Commanders Series: Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, by Robert M. Hughes. ** Longwood " passed into the possession of 74, Nathaniel E. Venable, and 145, 168, and Prof. Chas. S. V^enable, were born there.
6. Judge Paul Carrington, THE ELDER. To the numerous relationships already indicated, add: Uncle of 55; grandfather of the wife of 50 and 126; great-grandfather of 126 and of the wife of 1 12; great-great-grandfather of 142 and of the wife of 151.
10. Thomas Read. Thomas Read was the first clerk of Char- lotte after the county was set oft* from Lunenburg, from 1765 until his death in 18 17. Frederick Johnston in his Memorials of
Virginia Clerks says of the Charlotte courts: '* The county court was held by justices who had no superiors in a State whose chief ornament was her magistracy. The orders are signed by such men as, Clement Carrington (42), Henry A. Watkins (59), William M. Watkins (48), Henry Carrington (75) and James P. Marshall (92), as presiding justices."
11. James Venable. James Venable removed later with his family to Kentucky, following some, perhaps preceding others. His son, 38, Judge Joseph Venable, migrated about 1810 and located in Shelby ville. James Venable and, 27, Joel Watkins were brothers-in-law, they having married sisters of 23, 40. A son-in-law of James Venable was the Rev. William Mahon, tutor in the College about 1 782-1 784. W. Douglass Morton, tutor in the College 1863-4, was a great-grandson of 11, and Dr. Waller
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Morton HoUaday, physician to the College, 1886-1894 (son of Prof. Lewis Littlepage Holladay, 1855-1891), is a great-great- grandson of II.
21, 33i 37, 33. Samuel W. Venable, Abraham B. Ven- ABLE, Richard N. Venable, Joseph Venable. These three sons and a nephew of 9, Nathaniel Venable, were all students at Hampden-Sidney College, saw service in the Revolutionary war, it is said, and then completed their education at Princeton. Be- fore the charter of 1783 no degrees were given at Hampden- Sidney, and for some years after 1783 it was popular for Hampden-Sidney graduates to go to Princeton one additional year, receiving as well their degree from that institution. Hamp- den-Sidney was modelled upon Princeton. All the first teachers in 1775-1776 were Princeton graduates; the first president, Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, class of 1769, and his assistants — Rev. John Blair Smith (his brother), class of 1773; David Wither- spoon (his brother-in-law), class of 1774; Rev. Samuel Doak, class of 1775; Rev. John Springer, class of 1775. [Later tutors from Princeton were Rev. William Mahon, class of 1782; Rev. David Wiley, class of 1788; Rev. William Shields Reid, class of 1802. Very much later were David Comfort, '26; Richard Sterling, '35; Wm. A. Seay, '50.] Also among the first seven- teen trustees named in 1775 five were Princeton men: 2, Rev. John Todd, class of 1749; 13, Rev. David Rice, class of 1761; 3, Rev. Samuel Leake, class of 1764; 4, Rev. Caleb Wallace, class of 1770; 17, James Madison, Jr., class of 1771. Naturally when the Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith returned to Princeton in 1779 to accept the professorship of moral philosophy and later to become president, owing to his strong personality a number of Hampden-Sidney and Virginia students followed him. The very first to do so were the three sons and the nephew of Nathaniel Venable, 9, Smith's warm friend and hearty supporter in Vir- ginia. Of the many Virginians at Princeton in the years follow- ing 1779, those who are known to be Hampden-Sidney students are named — Class of 1780: Samuel W. Venable, 21; Abraham B. Venable, 33. Class of 178;: William Branch Giles (U. S. Senator and Governor of Virginia). Class of 1782: Richard N. Venable, 37. Class of 1783: Joseph Venable, 38. Class of 1787: David Meade, a graduate the year before at Hampden-Sidney.
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Class of 1 791: Henry Callaway, Robert Callaway, graduates of Hampden-Sidney the year before. Class of 1792: George M. Bibb (U. S. Senator, judge of Supreme Court and chancellor in Kentucky, Secretary of the Treasury under President Tyler), and William Morton Watkins, 48, both graduates of Hampden- Sidney the year previous. Class of 1796: Nathaniel Venable. [The Princeton catalogue and S. D. Alexander's Princeton Col- lege During the Eighteenth Centnry declare him a trustee of Hampden-Sidney College. But is not this a confusion with 9, Nathaniel Venable, the elder, trustee in 1775, charter member in 1783, and indeed member until his death in 1804 (?)?] Class of 1 801 : Henry Edward Watkins, 54, who was at all the colleges then in Virginia (at Hampden-Sidney in the Southside, a few miles from his home, at Washington in the Valley, and at Wil- liam and Mary in the Tidewater section), as well as at Princeton. Class of 1814: Henry Carrington, 75 (class of 181 1 at Hampden- Sidney), and John Blair Dabney (writer on public questions). Class of 181 5: Rev. Daniel Baker (missionary in Texas).
Several later members of the Hampden-Sidney boards were Princeton men: 70, Rev. William Shields Reid, D. D., class of 1802; 79, Rev. William Mayo Atkinson, D. D., class of 1814; [Rev. William Jessup Armstrong, D. D., class of 1816, member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1 827-1 836; Hon. Abraham Watkins Venable, member of Congress from North Carolina (also Hampden-Sidney graduate), member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1 831-1844]; 95, David Comfort, class of 1826 (two classmates were Rev. Joseph Addison Alex- ander, D. D., son of 39, and Augustus Lockman Warner, M. D., professor in the Hampden-Sidney Medical College in Rich- mond, 1838); 128, Rev. George Dod Armstrong, D. D., class of '32; 107, Rev. John Leyburn, D. D., class of '33; [Rev. Joseph Mayo Atkinson, D. D., class of '41, member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1866 — also a former student of Hampden-Sidney; Rev. Charles White, D. D., class of '47, pastor of the College Church, and member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1869-1891; Rev. Henry Carrington Alexander, D. D., class of '54, member of board 1 867-1 869, and professor in Union Theological Seminary, 1 869-1 891, and sometime acting professor in Hampden-Sidney College].
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27. Joel Watkins. Member of the House of Delegates, 1 78 1. Grandfather of wife of 156, like 12. Also great-great- grandfather (?) of 162, 163.
36. James Morton. One of the original Members of the Board of the Theological Seminary founded by his son-in-law, Dr. John Holt Rice (51). Another son-in-law the Rev. James Wharey, was the first separate Pastor of the College Church, 1 820- 1 822, this office having been filled hitherto by the Presidents of the College, just as in early Princeton. A son of James Wharey was the Rev. Thomas Wharey, Instructor in the college, 1852-4, and Union Theological Seminary, 1 859-1 860, and Prin- cipal of Prince Edward Academy, 1881-1883 — a Preparatory School to the College, located at the old Court House, Worsham. A daughter of James Wharey was married to the Rev. Halbert G. Hill, D. D., of North Carolina, member of the Board of Union Theological Seminary, from 1872.
37. Richard N. Venable. He lived for a time at what had been his grandfather*s place, ** Slate Hill,'* in Prince Edward, and which is still the home of descendants. Brother-in-law of 71 (they married sisters, daughters of 23). A son-in-law, the Rev. James H. C. Leach, D. D., was member of the Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1 830-1 838, and its Secretary, 1831-1838.
41. Charles Scott. His wife was the neice of 10, and sister of 49, cousin of 42, 46, and consequent relationships. His fether by a second marriage became the step-father of the son's wife.
42, 46. Clement Carrington, Paul Carrington, the YOUNGER. They were both students at the College in its first years, leaving in order to participate in the Revolutionary War. Cousins of 49, 55, of wife of 41, and consequent relationships.
49. Isaac Read. Brother of wife of 41, cousin of 42, 46, uncle of 74, and consequent relationships. Also brother of the Rev. Clement Read, member of Board of the Theological Sem- inary, 1824.
51. Rev. John Holt Rice, D. D. Dr. Rice was tutor in the college, 1 796-1 799, 1 800-1 804, and received the A. M. degree in 1808. He became the Pastor of **Cub Creek" and other churches in Charlotte connected with the early history of the
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College. During this time he was continually engaged in urging and collecting subscriptions towards the Theological Seminary to be at Hampden-Sidney. His removal to Richmond as Pastor did not interrupt these plans, and in 1823-4 he was back in Prince Edward, with the building of the Seminary at last an assured fact, which he located immediately adjoining the College. The first Board of Trustees comprised twelve, of whom ten had some connection with the College: Rev. William S. Reid, D. D., of Lynchburg (No. 70); Rev. Clement Read, of Charlotte, graduate of the College, nephew of 10 and brother of 49 and of the wife of 41 ; Rev. John Blair Hoge, of Richmond, tutor in the College 1808, and son of Dr. Moses Hoge, the elder. President of the College (see 125); Rev. Benjamin Holt Rice, D. D., of Peters- burg, brother of 51, brother-in-law of 39, and later Pastor of the College Church, 1847-1856, dying in his pulpit; Rev. John Kirk- patrick of Cumberland, class of 181 2, married to granddaughter (?) of 9, and thus connected with 21, 33, 37, 38, 53, etc.; Rev. Matthew Lyle, of Prince Edward (44); Col. James Madison, of Prince Edward (66); Moses Tred way, of Prince Edward, kins- man (?) of 90, 132, 148, 187; Maj. James Morton, of Prince Edward (36); and Dr. Wm. S. Morton, of Prince Edward (61). The last two were the father-in-law and the brother-in law respec- tively of Dr. Rice, and his efforts were always strongly seconded by theirs, through the brother. Rev. Benjamin H. Rice, who was married to a sister of Dr. Alexander; Archibald Alexander and John Holt Rice were connected. Rev. John Holt Rice, D. D., was one of the Directors of Princeton Theological Seminary, 1819-1825, and his brother, Rev. Benjamin Holt Rice, D. D., the same, 1 833-1 848. Dr. John H. Rice declined the Presidency of Princeton College in 1823, in order to found the Theological Seminary in Virginia, at Hampden-Sidney, the same year.
54. Henry Edward Watkins. See note under 21 for his Princeton course. In addition to relationships noted, he was father of the wife of Prof Charles Martin, LL. D., of the Col- lege, 1847-1871; in 1856, presiding officer as senior member of the faculty in absence of a president. Brother of wife of 87. Father of Samuel W. Watkins, tutor in the college, 1840. Henry E. Watkins lived at what is popularly known as the ** Watkins' Place," on the road from the college to Farmville.
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Here he seems to have gathered about him, at different times, students of the law, amongst others, Judge Powhatan Ellis, of Mississippi, and the Rev. John Blair Hoge. Treasurer of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1827.
55. William H. Cabell. Nephew of 6, cousin of 42, 46, 75, and consequent relationships.
60. William S. Lacv. He became a clergyman, like his father (47), and one of his brothers. This brother, also named for his father (47), Rev. Drury Lacy, D. D., graduated at the College in 1822, was member of the Board of Union Theological Semi- nary, 1 837-1 864, being twice the president of the board, 1847- 1858, 1861-1863; further, was President of Davidson College, N. C, 1 855-1 861. Another descendant of 47, Rev. William Sterling Lacy, D. D. , is a present member of the Board of Union Theological Seminary. Rev. Wm. Sterling Lacy, D. D., is grandson of 47, and son of Rev. Drury Lacy, D. D. , President of Davidson College, etc.
61. Dr. William S. Morton. Member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1823-1827, 1844-1848. See under 51.
62. James H. Fitzgerald. Member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1 827-1 830.
63. Carter Page. His son, William Nelson Page, besides being professor in the College, was member of the Board of Un- ion Theological Seminary, 1 827-1 834, and its Secretary, 1828- 1830.
70. Rev. William S. Reid. Member of the Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1824, and 1 829-1 834.
71. Henry N. Watkins. Brother-in-law of 37, they hav- ing married sisters, daughters of 23. His son-in-law, the Rev. Elisha Ballantyne, was also principal of a classical school at Prince Edward C. H. (now Worsham), and founded the chapel there. He declined the professorship of languages in the Col- lege in 1846, and later was professor in his alma mater, the University of Ohio, at Athens, and later still, in the University of Indiana. A son, the Rev. William G. Ballantyne, D. D., LL. D., was, until recently. President of Oberlin College, Ohio.
74. Nathaniel E. Venable. Officer in the War of 181 2. Brother of Hon. Abraham Watkins Venable, member of Con- gress from North Carolina, who was member of the Board of
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Union Theological Seminary, 1831-1844. Nephew of 49; cousin of 88, 161, and of wives of 95, loi, and consequent reladon- ships. Brother of wives of 48, 49, 54, 70, and consequent rela- tionships.
79. William Mayo Atkinson. William Mayo Atkinson was the oldest of several brothers connected with the College. Three were students at the College: Bishop Thomas Atkinson, of North Carolina; President John Mayo Pleasants Atkinson, of the College (1857-1883); and Rev. Joseph Mayo Atkinson, member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1866. Wm. M. Atkinson was at first a lawyer, and became a clergyman in 1833, being pastor at Winchester, 1 839-1 846. He was also a member of the Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1827- 1829, 1840-1842. A cousin. Dr. Thomas P. Atkinson, was member of the Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1827- 1828, 1832-1834, and it was the sister of the latter who was the first wife of Rev. Theodorick Pryor, 89.
81. Samuel C. Anderson. Member of Board of Union Theological Seminary, 1832-1841. Kinsman (?) of iii, 118.
82. Asa Dupuy. Officer in the war of 181 2. Presiding Justice of Prince Edward.
84. James Caskie. Member of Board of Union Theologi- cal Seminary, 1 827-1 838.
87. James D. Wood. Treasurer of Board of Union Theo- logical Seminary, 1828-1845; also Treasurer of College Board. Brother-in-law of 54.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT FOR VIRGINIA, 1624.
[Abstract from English Public Records — By W. N. Sainsbury.]
[After the revocation of the charter of the Virginia Company, King James took the government of the colony into his own hands. He continued Wyatt as governor; but appointed a commission to take into consideration a new form of government for Virginia. The colonists were greatly alarmed lest the in- fluence of the much hated Sir Thomas Smythe should prevail
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under the new regime, and there can hardly be a doubt that this would have been the case, and that James would also have with- drawn the right of local legislation; but the death of the King in March, and that of Smythe in September, 1625, with the in- creasing political and religious troubles in England prevented the changes which were so much feared. The appointment of governors and councillors remained immediately in the crown ; but Charles I recognized the House of Burgesses, and the rights of legislation, and especially of self taxation were never seriously interfered with until the period of the Stamp Act.]
Sir Francis Nethersole to Sir Dudley Carleton.
1624, July 3, London.
Sir F. Nethersole to Sir Dudley Carleton :
There is a commission of Privy Councillors and others ap- pointed to advise upon a fit Patent to be given to the Company of Virginia, that they had last being overthrown by a Quo War- ranto, the last day of the term. The reformation intended as I hear, is that there shall be a company for trade but not for gov- ernment of the country which his Maj. will take care (of) by such orders as shall be made by him, by the advice of those Commiss" and of his Privy Council, and this to avoid the faction (which) hath grown in the company, upon that occasion the pop- ulamess of the government having been also otherwise displeas- ing to his Maj. Hears speech also of a great army of 100 men to be sent thither, being esteemed sufficient against the Indians to secure the Inhabitants, without distracting them from their labors as they are now.
(Extract from Domestic Corres,, James /, Vol. 169, No. 14.)
The Royal Commission, 1624.
[This document is printed in full in Rymer*s Foedera, but as this work is practically inaccessible to most of the readers of this Magazine, a very full abstract of this important paper is published here. It may be well to state here that the abstracts made by Mr. Sainsbury for the State of Virginia, are much fuller than those printed in the English Calendar of Colonial State Papers,
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in no instance less than one-third larger, and frequently of con- siberably greater extent.]
1624, July 15, Westminster.
The King's commission to Henry Viscount Mandeville, Lord President of the Council, Wm. Lord Paget, Anthony Lord Chichester, Sir Thos. Edmonds, Sir John Suckling, Sir Geo. Calvert, Sir Edward Conway, Sir Richard Western, Sir Ju- lius Ceasar, Sir Hunphrew May. Sir Saville Hicks, Sir. Thomas Smith, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir Thomas Coventry, Sir Robert Heath, . Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Sir Robert Kiligrew, Sir Charles Montague, Sir Philip Carew, Sir Francis Goston, Sir Thomas Wroth, Sir John Wolsten- holme. Sir Nath. Rich. Sir Samuel Argall, Sir Hump. Hand- ford, Mathew Sutcliff, Dean of Exeter, Francis White, Dean of Carlisle, Thos. Tamshaw, Aldermen Robert Johnson, •Jas. Cambell & Ralph Freeman, Morris Abbott, Nath. But- ler, Geo. Wilmore, Wm. Hackwell, John Mildmay, Philip Germayne, Edward Johnson, Thos. Gibbes, Samuel Wrote, John Porey, Michael Hawes, Edward Palavacine, Robert Bateman, Martin Bond, Thos. Styles, Nich. Leate, Robert Butt, Abrah. Cartwright, Rich. Edwards, John Dyke, An- thony Aldy, Wm. Palmer, Edward Ditchfield, George Mole and Richard Morer.
Whereas at the suit of divers of his Maj. Subjects intending to deduce a colony and make habitation and plantation of sundry people in that part of America commonly called Virginia and other territories in America. The King greatly commending and accepting their desires, did by his letters Patents in the fourth year of his reign [10 April, 1606] grant to divers Knights, Gen- tlemen and others, for the more speedy accomplishment of said Plantation that they should divide themselves into two Colonies called the first and second Colonies, in which said letters Patent his Maj. declared that his Maj.. his heirs and successors, would from time to time ordain and give such further instructions, laws, constitutions and ordinances, for the better rule of the same, and whereas his Maj. did by several Privy Seal letters, give such or- ders, ordinances & constitutions for directing the affairs of said first Colony, and afterwards upon petition of divers adventurers
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& planters of the same, his Maj. did by his letters Pattents in the 17th * year of his reign incorporate divers Noblemen, Knights, gentlemen & others, by the name of Treasurer and Company of adventurers and planters of the City of London for the first Col- ony in Virginia, granting them divers powers, liberties and au- thorities and afterwards by letters Patent in the 9th year of his Maj. reign [12 March, 161 j4] did further grant to said Treasurer & Company and their successors, divers other Islands within the limits of the said letters Patents expressed with other powers and authorities. And whereas his Maj. out of his zeal and affec- tion to the furthering of the said Plantations, having still a watch- ful and careful eye to the same and finding the courses taken for the setling thereof had not taken that good effect which his Maj. intended and so much desired, did by commission lately granted to certain persons of quality and trust, cause the State of said country of Virginia to be examined as well in point of Livelihood as government, and how the great sums of money collected for the good thereof, had been expended, and whereas his Maj. Commis" after much labor sertified that the people sent to in- habit and plant in said Country, were most of them by God's visitation, sickness, famine and massacres by the native savages, dead, and those living, in miserable and lamentable necessity and want, but the country appeared to said Commis" to be fruit- ful and healthful after the people had been some time there, and that if industry were used it would produce many staple and good commodities, tho as yet the sixteen years government now past had yielded few or none, and this neglect they conceived must fall on the governors and company here who had power to direct the plantations there, and that said plantations were of great importance and would as they hoped, remain a lasting monu- ment of his Maj. happy government to all posterity, if the same were prosecuted to those ends for which they were first under- taken and his Maj. instructions given in the beginning of the plantation, for the direction of affairs there by thirteen Council- lors in Virginia and as many here, all nominated by his Maj. had been pursued and not altered into so popular a course & amongst so many hands, much better effects had been produced
♦Clearly a mistake for 7th year [t. e., 23d May, 1609], see below.
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and much contention and confusion avoided. His Maj. entering into mature consideration of the premises, did by advice of his privy council resolve by altering the charters of said company as to points of government found defective, to settle such a course as might best secure the safety of his people there and cause said plantation to flourish, and yet with the preservation of the interest of every planter and adventurer so far forth as their present interests shall not prejudice the public plantations, but because said Treasurer and Company did not submit their charters to be reformed, his Maj. proceedings therein were stayed for a time until upon a Quo Warranto brought and a legal and judicial proceeding therein, the said charters are avoided. His Maj. being resolved to proceed in the course he ever intended for the good of said plantation, and to effect the same by a new charter, but because the points thereof may be many and the nature and consequence of them require advised consideration and deliberation before it be passed and yet the least delay may prove perilous to said plantation. His Majesty for the better pro- gression to effect the same, and reposing assured trust and con- fidence in the understanding and circumspection of those above named, appoints them his Maj. Commis" with power to and six whereof the Lord President, Lord Chichester, Sir Thomas Ed- mondes. Sir John Suckling, Sir George Calvert, Sir Edward Conway, Sir Richard Weston and Sir Julius Ceasar, to be one to take into consideration the State of said Colony and planta- tion as well for the safety of the people there, strength of the place and government to be exercised there, as for the manage- ment of the business here in England, to settle the same by such orders, rules and directions as any such six or more as aforesaid shall find most fit, and give power also to execute according to their discretion, any authorities, privileges, &c., mentioned in said letters patents for said first colony, and to take into their hand, goods, chattels, merchandize and money in the hands of any persons for & concerning the public use said Colony or of said pretented Governor and Company, also to give orders for sending of supply to said Colony out of proceeds of said goods and money, and power to call together the adventurers or plant- ers to confer with them for the advancement or settling of said plantation and appoint committees for the due preparation of
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affairs, also to propose and set down such matters and things as they think most necessary for settlmg and establishing the gov- ermnent of said Colony and concerning the adventurers, planters and inhabitants thereof, and of the trade and all other things whatsoever requisite for the maintenance, increase and continu- ance of said Colony, which may be necessary to be inserted in the new Charter by his Maj. to be made for the good of said plantation and Colony. Declaring that in case of any question or doubt which requires aid from his Maj., he & his privy coun- cil will give such directions as shall be most necessary, also that if any be hereafter willing to raise any joint stock to be sent to said Colony, every such adventurer to have a free voice in the ordering and disposing of the same. Power to take into their custody the seals of the Treasurer, Company and Council of Virginia, and to keep and peruse all Charters Patents grants and instructions heretofore given to said Treasurer & Company & others, concerning said colony, and all books, orders, letters & other writings in whose hands soever the same be, requiring all persons to deliver up same to said Commissioners for their better information ** in this work of" so deep and great import- ance, willing and requiring you to be diligent & attendant at the execution ' * of the same. ' * This commission to continue in force until his Maj. by writing under his signet or privy seal, signify his pleasure to the contrary. Patent Roll, 22 Jan,, Part 1, No. 4.
Lord Mandeville to Sir Edward Conway.
1624, July 16. Lord President Mandevill to Secretary Sir Edward Conway:
Conceives it will not beunpleasing to his Maj. to hear of the proceedings upon the commission for Virginia, which being sealed but yesterday morning, in the afternoon they met at Sir Thomas Smith's house. Finds the gentlemen and merchants very hearty and ready to afford all furtherance to the work. Has sent the brief for the king to peruse. There is sonum necessarium which he sees will give life to all the business, and that must be done at first or all will be at a stand, which is to have a Proclamation go forth to stay importation of Foreign tobacco. This was the suit of the last Parliament and of all the planters heretofore and now
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again as instantly deserved by all those commissioners. Neces- sity of preventing the importation of a great quantity of Spanish tobacco provided at Cadiz and other places, which if allowed would not only drain the kingdom of a great deal of money, but cast back the progress of this plantation for two or three years. The commiss" have it in contemplation how to make retribution to his maj. of any loss in his customs by raising it out of the plantation tobacco. Though fit to certify this ** his maj. making it his own work." i p. (^Colonial Papers y Vol. 3, No. 17.)
Orders by the Commissioners for Virginia.
(Inclosure) 1624, July 16.
Orders set down at a meeting of the commissioners for Vir- ginia. The commission being sealed July /j, 1624. Henry Fotherbye now secretary to the Burmuda company to be clerk to this commission. Thos. Newton to be Beadle. Meeting to be at Sir Thomas Smithes house every Thursday at 2 p. m. All charters, books & writing mentioned in the commission to be brought here in the custody of the clerk for the commiss" use. To take into consideration and report on the present state of the plantation on Thursday next. The committee to have power to send for such persons as can give information therein. Also to take into consideration, the fittest & most speedy course to settle the govern"' there, the supply necessary for the inhabitants and which shall be sent thither, what is fit to be done for defence against the savages, the commodities that can be raised. Notice of this commission to be given at the Exchange & that all repair- ing go to the commiss" to receive directions as went to the com- pany heretofore. The committee next to take into consideration how the plantation now stand, and how it did stand at the bring- ing in of the Quo warranto, and what transactions & grants & by whom have been made since that time. That there is an ab- solute necessity for the present maintaining of the plantation by their Tobacco as the only present means for their subsistence — and the present necessity for restraining the importation of all foreign Tobacco. The Lord President to present the commis- sioners humble desires to his Maj. herein. No ship to go for Virginia (whereof two or three are already in preparation) until
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a resolution be taken for settling the government there, lest the report of the dissolution of the former government might breed a confusion there before the setling of a new — and because these businesses are weighty and require speed, ordered that the com- mittee meet from day to day to make further propositions for the good of the plantation. 3pp. {Colonial Papers , Vol. 3, No. 17, I.)
Sir Robert Heath to Sir Edwd. Conway.
1624, July 31. Solicitor General Sir Robert Heath to Secretary Sir Edward Conway:
The commissioners for Virginia conceive it very necessary for preventing such distractions and confusions in Virginia as might happen by various rumors and reports that commission be sent to some of the principal inhabitants for present government there until his Maj. pleasure be further known. It is conceived this would be of best authority & most for their satisfaction if it be immediately from his Maj. under the great seal of England. Have agreed upon the form enclosed (wanting) for his maj. sig- nature, they also desire his Maj. to bestow upon the colony a last of powder which may not be had elsewhere but out of his Maj. store whereof they stand in great need, i p. ( Colonial Papers, Vol. 3, No. 19.)
Petition of the Governor and Assembly of Virginia TO THE King.
July 3, 1624.
Petition of the Governor, Council and Colony of V^irginia in their General Assembly, to the King: That whereas to their great comfort they have lately under- stood that his Maj. notwithstanding the unjust disparagements of this plantation, hath taken it into his more near and special care. Urged by their duty and experiences, petitioners be- seech that credit may not be given to the late declarations pre- sented to his Maj. concerning the happy but indeed miserable state of the Colony during the first twelve years neither to those malicious imputations which have been laid on the latter, but to be pleased to behold in little the true state of both by their re-
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lations * now presented by the hands of John Puntis, a worthy member of their body, containing nothing but the truth without disaffection or partiality. Their earnest desires to continue the government under which they live, but if his Maj. otherwise determine their prayers solicit his Maj. tender compassion not to suffer his poor subjects to fall into the hands of Sir Thomas Smithe or his confidants who have lately abused his Maj. sacred ears with wrong informations, but graciously to protect them from growing storms engendered by faction, and that they may depend upon no meaner persons than of late they have done, since the action is of such honor & consequence, and in that by the late massacre, continued war, and mean price of tobacco, they are disabled from setting up staple commodities, extirpa- tion of the perfidious savages, much less for fortification against a foreign enemy, they humbly solicit the effort of his Maj. gra- cious intention for their and the Somers Islands, sole importa- tion of Tobacco, beseeching his Maj. to believe that they effect not that contempitable weed as an end, but as a present means whereof they doubt not ere long to give his Maj. a real assur- ance. That they may have a voice in the disposal of that aid of soldiers they have been put in hopes of, since none at that dis- tance can direct so advantageously as their presence and experi- ence. Signed by Sirs Fras. Wyatt,* Fras. West,' & George Yeardly,^ Geo. Sandys,* Roger Smithe,* Ralph Hamor,' Will. Pierce,^ Wm. Tucker,* Jabes Whitaker,' John Pollington,'* Nicholas Martian," Edward Blaney." Isaac Chaplain," Clem't Dilke," John Pott.** Henry Watkins, Rich. Stevens," Nath. Basse, '^ Thomas Harris,*' Rich. Kingssniyll," John Utie,*® Rob- ert Addams, Thomas Marlot, Luke Boys," John Chewe," Nath. Caussey,** Rawley Croshaw," Richard Bigges, Gabriel Holland. (^Colonial Papers, Vol. Ill, No. 21.)
NOTES.
'Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Virginia from November, 162 1, to August 26, 1625, when a new commission was issued to
*The "relation " sent was '*A Briefe Declaration of the Plantation of Virginia duringe the first Twelve Years," &c. Colonial Records of Virginia, Senate Document, 1874.
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him, and he continued in office until the i8th of September, when he received permission to return home, on account of the death of his father. He was again Governor, November, 1639, February, 1641. For Governor Wyatt and notices of the Wyatts of Gloucester, King and Queen, Charles City and Prince George counties, see this Magazine, III, 160, 177-181. The following additions are made to these notes:
It appears from the records of Spotsylvania county, that on August 29, 1745, division was marie of 2,946 acres in Spotsyl- vania, which had been devised by Francis Wyatt, late of Glou- cester county, deceased, to his children, William, Edward, Thomas and Ann Wyatt; the latter of whom had, since her father's death, married John Thruston. (2) Deed, Spotsylva- nia, 1746, from Edward Wyatt, of Gloucester county, conveying his portion of above mentioned lands. (3) Deed, Spotsylvania, 1747, from William Wyatt, mariner, conveying land in Spotsyl- vania left him by his father, Francis Wyatt. (4) Deed, Spot- sylvania, August, 1749, from Thomas Wyatt, of Essex, and Sukey his wife, conveying 667 acres in Spotsylvania, part of land above mentionod. Shortly after making this deed, Thomas Wyatt removed to Spotsylvania. (5) There is in Essex a deed from Thomas Wyatt, of Spotsylvania, and his wife Sukey, daugh- ter of John Edmundson, of Essex. Thomas Wyatt was a jus- tice of Spotsylvania in 1762. There were other Wyatts named in the Spotsylvania records. (6) Thomas Ballard Smith, of Louisa county, made a deed February 5, 1764, to his grand- children, Thomas Ballard Wyatt, Francis Wyatt and John Wyatt, sons of John Wyatt, "of the parish of St. George and County of Caroline.*' (7) Deed, November, 1778, from John Wyatt and Anne his wife, and Thomas Ballard Wiatt and Su- sanna his wife, of Hanover county, conveying, land in Spotsyl- vania. (8) Deed, Spotsylvania, January, 1786, from Thomas Ballard Wyatt and Francis Wyatt, conveying land in Spotsyl- vania left them by their grandfather, Thomas Ballard Smith.
The will and deed books of Caroline county have been de- stroyed; but the order books give a little information. (9) John Wyatt owned land in Caroline in 1732. (10) John Wyatt, gent. was party to a suit in 1750. (11) In 1771 John Wyatt chose Henry Gilbert as guardian, f 12) The will of William Wyatt
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was proved April, 1772. (13) In February, 1778, Richard Wyatt took the oaths as ensign in the CaroHne miHtia. (14) In May, 1778, the will of Henry Wyatt was proved.
It is probable that some of these Wyatts of Caroline were descendants of Richard Wyatt, and Catherine his wife, of King and Queen county, who made a deed in Essex in July, 17 10.
Mr. L. G. Tyler found among some old chancery papers in Williamsburg, depositions by John Wiatt, Jr. , stating that he re- moved in 1767, from Gloucester to Prince William county, and by Conquest Wiatt, that in 1776 he removed from Gloucester to Cumberland county. At the time of making the deposition, Con- quest Wyatt lived in Prince William county, but subsequently removed to the adjoining county of Fauquier, where his will dated September 14, 1806, and proved August 28, 1815, is re- corded. His legatees were his daughter Mary Newman, his daughter Elizabeth Owens (he adds he has been informed she is dead and if this is true the legacy to go to her heirs) ; daughter Elizabeth, wife of James Green, daughter Fanny Lewis, son John, daughter Eleanor Wiatt, wife Lettice.
There is in Prince William a deed October 7, 1774, from Wil- liam Wyatt and Lettice his wife.
Probably a descendant of the Virginia family or families, was Frances Wyatt, born about 1760, who lived in North Carolina, and who had three sons Captain John Wyatt, a soldier in the war of 181 2, Anthony and Douglas Wyatt. These three brothers removed first to Montgomery county, Ky. , and afterwards, about 1 8 16, to Missouri. Information is especially desired in regard to the ancestry of this Francis Wyatt, of North Carolina.
We have a copy of entries in a Wyatt family Bible, apparently from King and Queen county, which will be printed at an early date.
•Francis West, brother of Thos., Lord Delaware, Governor of Virginia, and himself Governor November, 1627, March 5, 1629. See this Magazine, II, 308-309.
'Sir George Yeardley, Deputy Governor, 1616-17, Governor, 16 19, November, 162 1, and April 19, 1626, to his death in Novem- ber, 1627. See this Magazine, I, 84-86; the N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, Jan., 1884 (containing Yeardley 's will) and *' Sir George Yeardley and his Descendants," by T. T. Uj)shur.
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* George Sandys, the poet, Treasurer of Virginia. See this Magazine, I, 90.
* Roger Smith, appointed to the Council, 1621. See this Mag- azine, I, 86.
•Ralph Hamor, appointed to the Council, 1621; author of *' A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia," London, 1615. See this Magazine, I, 86.
'William Pierce or Peirce, afterwards in 1631-44, member of the Council. See this Magazine, I, 147. In the list in Hening, I, 129, his name is printed '* Peeine."
•William Tucker, appointed to the Council, March 4, 1626. See this Magazine, I, 188-190, and 193.
•Jabez Whitaker, probably a brother of Rev. Alexander Whitaker. See this Magazine, II, 78, and Jan., 1894, P- 295.
**John Pollington, was also a member of the first House of Burgesses, 16 19, for the ** City of Henricus." He made a visit to England in 1626.
"Nicholas Martian, member of the House of Burgesses, 1623, 1631, 1632, and 1632-3. See this Magazine, I, 425-426.
*• Edward Blaney, afterwards appointed member of the Coun- cil, March 4, 1626.
"Isaac Chaplin lived at " Chaplins Choice," in the present county of Prince George.
"Clement Dilke; see this Magazine, I, 443.
"John Pott, Governor of Virginia, 1628-29. See this Maga- zine, I, 88-89, 198.
"Richard Stevens, member of the Council, 1629, &c. See this Magazine, I, 82-83.
*' Nathaniel Basse, of ** Basse's Choice," in present Isle of Wight county, also member of the House of Burgesses, 1629. See this Magazine, II, 68; and William & Mary Quarterly, April, 1899.
"Thomas Harris, of Henrico county. For notice of him and some of his descendants, see this Magazine, IV, 248-249; and for fuller account see "A Chart of the Descendants of Captain Thomas Harris," &c., Richmond, 1894.
"Richard Kingsmill, of '* Kingsmill," on James river, near the present Williamsburg. His arms as shown on the tomb of his daughter Elizabeth, who was wife successively of Colonel
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William Tayloe, of the Council, and of President Nathaniel Bacon, were *'Ar. crucilly sa, a chev, ermines betwn. three mill- rinds of the secoTtd, a chief of the third. ' ' See also William & Mary Quarterly, V, 125.
'•John Utie, memberof the Council, 1631, &c. See this Mag- azine, I, 90. He was one of the leaders in the expulsion of Governor Harvey from the Colony. See this Magazine, I, 416- 430. And William & Mary Quarterly , V, 52-57.
** Luke Boys. See this Magazine, IV, 80, and V, 97. He died before 1635, leaving an only child, Hannah.
"John Chew, of Hog Island and York county, frequently a member of the House of Burgesses. See this Magazine, I, 87- 88, 197; II, 347; III, 58, 391-392; V, 341-342. The Chews of Maryland and Pennsylvania were undoubtedly descendants of John Chew, the early burgebs; and no doubt the later Virginia Chews were also, but the writer has seen no documentary proof of the traditional statement that Larkin Chew (the immediate ancestor of the Virginia family, who, as appears from a deed in Essex, was living in King and Queen county in 1703), was a son of Joseph Chew, of Annapolis, who was a son of John, the im- migrant. The latter is shown by the records of York county to have had a son Joseph. Can any one furnish the desired proof?
"Nathaniel Causey came to Virginia in 1607, ^^^ lived at "Causey's Care,'* situated just back of the present Eppes's Island, Charles City county. This is shown by a patent of ad- joining land,
" Rawley Croshaw. See this Magazine, I, 84. In regard to Henry Watkins, Robert Addams, Thomas Marlot, Richard Bigges, and Gabriel Holland, no information is accessible. Sir George Yeardley, Nicholas Martian (an ancestor of George Washington), Thomas Harris, and John Chew are the only members of this early House of Burgesses known to have de- scendants in America, though it is very possible that there may be others.
Earl of Warwick to Secretary Conway.
1624, Aug. 9, Newark, this Monday noon. Robert Earl of Warwick to Secretary Sir Edward Conway:
Has sent back Mr. Pory with the commission desiring Sec.
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Conway to put Mr. Potts name out of it, his Maj. kno>vs the reason, he was the poisoner of the Savages there (in Virginia) and therefore it is very unfit he should be employed by the State in any business. Prays him also to put the King in mind of writing a letter to Mr. Attorney to put in Robert Bing in the Virginia commission according to his Maj. promise, for he can do his Maj. much service therein, and since his Maj. trusts the Earl of Warwick in that business he would be glad to do all he can for the advancement thereof. (^Colonial Papers, Vol. 3, No. 25.)
[Another instance in which that evil genius of Virginia, the Elarl of Warwick, is found aiding and abetting men of bad char- acter in business relating to Virginia. Argall and Butler had before been his protegees, and now he was attempting to force into the Commission for Virginia, a man, whom the Lord Keeper and the Solicitor General declared — in another letter in the Sains- bury abstracts — to be utterly unfit for the position, and who had behaved so offensively to the Earl of Southampton, during the business of the Virginia Company, that the Lords, whose sympathies were not with Southampton, had committed Bing to the Marshalsea prison. The incident is only worthy of record as showing the character of Warwick, and is of value as evidence in view of the fact that Mr. Firth, the writer of the life of War- wick in the Dictionary of National Biography, and Mr. Brown, in the Genesis, give a much more favorable account of Warwick's character than that which has been usually held by English and American writers. It is difficult however, for aay one to examine his connection with the colony of Virginia, and the Virginia Company, without feeling that Clarendon had some reason for saying that Warwick was a man, **than whom one with less virtue could scarcely be found out.'*]
1624, Sept. 15. License to Sir Francis Wvatt, Governor of Virginia, to return to England for his own private business, on the decease of his father. Power to Sir Geo. Yeardley to be Governor in his stead and on his death, John Harvey, or failing him, any one of the Council there, chosen by the Majority. (Docquet, Domestic, James ist. )
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Extracts from the Register of Farnham Parish, Rich- mond county, Virginia.
[The book from which the following entries were taken is now in the county clerk's office at Warsaw, Va. It is evidently a copy from an older record (as there is no sort of chronological order), from a register which had become so dilapidated as to be merely loose pages, which the copyist did not take time to ar- range in order. From the small number of marriages and deaths recorded in the copy, it is probable that part of the original was lost. B = born; M = married; D = died.]
B. B. D. B.
B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B.
B. D. B. D. D. D. D. D. D. D.
Elizabeth, dau. Francis and Sarah Armistead, July 12, 17 16.
John, son of Francis and Sarah Armistead, Francis Armistead,
Wm. Burgess, son Henry and Winifred Armistead,
Ann, dau. Thomas and Ann Beale, Thomas, son Thomas and Ann Beale, Charles, son Thomas and Ann Beale, Ann, dau. Thomas and Elizabeth Beale, Thomas, son Charles and Frances Barber, Charles, son Charles and Frances Barber, Mary, dau. Charles and Frances Barber, Anne, dau. Charles and Frances Barber, Elizabeth, dau. Charles and Frances Bar- ber, William, son Charles and Frances Barber, Mary Ball,
Katharine, dau. John and Mary Benger, Katharine Benger, John Benger, Charles Barber, Charles Barber, Jr., Betty Beckwith, Elizabeth Beale, Thomas Beale, Jr.,
Feb. 26, 17 18. April 4, 17 19.
1775. 1672.
1675.
Nov. 10,
Aug. 10,
Jan. 29,
Oct. 20, 1678
Sept. 3d, 171 1
March 16, 1701
Aug. Ti, 1704
Dec. 26, 1706
Aug. 16, 1709
March 4, 17 11 .
Nov. 17, 1714.
Jan., 1718.
Oct. 10, 1723.
Feb. 5, 1723-4.
Oct. 31st, 1725.
Nov. 27, 1726.
Nov. 24, 1726.
Ap'l 7, 1726.
March 21st, 1727-8.
Oct, 9, 1732.
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B. Walter, son Giles and Elizabeth Cole, . . March 5, 1677.
B. Reuben, son Christopher and Anne Calvert, Nov. 5, 1682.
B. Susanna, dau. Wm. and Anne Colston, Dec. 8, 1686.
B. William, son Wm. and Anne Colston, Aug. ist, 17 13.
B. Traverse, son Charles and Rebecca Colston, Aug. 4, 17 14.
B. Winifred, dau. Newman and Katharine
Brockenbrough, March 21st, 1726.
D. Rebecca Colston. Dec. 29, 1726.
D. Elizabeth Colston, Jan. 18, 1726.
D. Charles Colston, Jan. 25. 1726.
D. Winifred Colston, Jan. 29, 1726.
B. Rawleigh, son Wm. and Million Downman, Apl. 24, 1680.
B. Wilmott, dau. Wm. and Million Downman, Dec. 14, 1681.
B. Million, dau. Wm. and Million Downman, Nov. 21st. 1683.
B. William, son Wm. and Million Downman, Oct. 19, 1685.
B. Robert, son Wm. and Million Downman, Jan. 2d, 1686.
B. Elizabeth, dau. Wm. and Million Downman, Jan. 26, 1688.
B. Traverse, son Will, and MiUion Downman, Nov. 15, 1696.
B. Robert, son Wm. and Anne Downman, May 21st, 1720.
B. James, son Wm. and Anne Downman, July 29, 1722.
B. William, son Wm. and Anne Downman, Feb. 4, 1724-5.
D. Jabez Downman, Ap'l 23d, 1730.
D. Travers Downman, Ap'l 25, 1730.
B. William, son Wm. and Anne Downman, Feb. 14, 1724.
B. Travers, son Wm. and Anne Downman, March 16, 1726.
B. Elizabeth, dau. Wm. and Anne Downman, Aug. 20, 1728.
B. Jabez, son Wm. and Anne Downman, Sept. 30, 1730.
M. Mr. Wm. Jiavenport and Elizabeth Heale, Nov. 26, 1728.
B. William, son Wm. and Elizabeth Davenport, Feb. 6, 1735.
B. Fortunatus, son Wm. and Elizabeth Dav- enport, June 12, 1738.
M. Mr. John Eustace and Alice Corbin Peachey, Oct. 6, 1743.
B. John, son Alexander and Sarah Fleming, March 23d, 1690.
B. Charlotte, dau. James and Mary Foushee, June 5, 1692.
B. Susanna, dau. James and Mary Foushee, Dec. 12, 1695.
B. John, son John and Mary Foushee, Sept. 6, 1697.
B. Alexander, son Alexander and Sarah Flem- ing, Ap'l 17, 1696.
B. Sarah, dau. Alexander and Sarah Fleming, Ap'l 31st, 1698.
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B. William, son Alexander and Sarah Fleming, Dec. 2d, 1706.
B. Charles, son Alexander and Sarah Fleming, Aug. 20, 1708.
B. Elizabeth, dau. Alexander and Sarah Flem- ing, Feb. 18, 1 7 10.
D. Alexander Fleming, May 5, 1720.
B. Elizabeth, dau. John and Elizabeth Foushee, Oct. ist, 1723.
B. Mary, dau. Moore and Margaret Fauntleroy, Feb. 28, 1725.
B. Moore, son Moore and Margaret Fauntleroy, Oct. ist, 1728.
D. Mary Foushee, Oct. 3d, 1724.
B. Jean, dau. Thomas and Anne Glascock, July 10, 1673.
B. Mary and Anne, daus. Gregory and Mary
Glascock, Nov. 10, 1673.
B. Mary, dau. Thomas and Anne Glascock. Jan. 22d, 1690.
B. Frances, dau. Thomas and Anne Glascock, July 14, 1680.
B. Corbin, son of Leroy and Winifred Griffin, April 12, 1679.
B. Winifred, dau. of LeRoy and Winifred Griffin, October, 1682.
B. Thomas, son of LeRoy and Winifred Griffin, Sept. 20, 1684.
B. Standley, son of Francis and Ann Gower, Nov. 17, 1679.
B. Francis, son of Francis and Ann Gower, April 15, 1682.
B. Elizabeth, dau. David and Catharine Gwin, Dec. 31st, 1692.
B. John, son Thomas and Sarah Glascock, Jan. 14, 1699.
B. Gregory, son Thomas and Sarah Glascock, March 10, 1700.
B. Elizabeth, dau. Thomas and Sarah Glas- cock, April 20, 1703.
B. Thomas, son Thomas and Sarah Glascock, April 12, 1705.
B. Francis, son Francis and Easter Gower, Feb. 2d, 1706.
B. LeRoy, son Thomas and Elizabeth Griffin, Jan. 9, 1711.
B. Elizabeth, dau. Thomas and Elizabeth Griffin, Oct. 13, 1714.
B. Frances, dau. Charles and Frances Grimes, Nov. 19, 17 17.
B. Alice, dau. Charles and Frances Grimes, March 24, 1718-9.
B. Katharine, dau. Standley and Sarah Gower, Sept. 24, 1720.
B. Peter, son Thomas and Sarah Glascock, March 13, 17 14.
B. Sarah, dau. Thomas and Elizabeth Griffin, Nov. 7, 17 16.
B. Ann, dau. Thomas and Elizabeth Griffin, Jan. 16, 1718.
B. William, son Gregory and Alice Glascock, May 28, 1730.
B. Jesse, son Gregory and Elizabeth Glascock, May 10, 1730.
B. William, son George and Judith Glascock, Sept. ist, 1734.
B. William, son William and Esther Glascock, July 4, 1733.
D. John Gower, Sept. 26, 1726.
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D. Frances Gower, Jan. 7, 1726.
D. Susanna Go wer, Dec. 11, 1726.
D. Winifred Cower, May 20, 1727.
D. Thomas Glascock, Jan. 8, 1724.
D. Frances Cower, Sept. 10, 1729.
D. Alice Clascock, June 25, 1730.
D. Thomas Criffin, Sept. 9, 1732.
B. Francis, son Francis and Rachel Cower, Dec. 15, 1726.
B. Sarah, dau. Gregory and Alice Clascock, Nov. 5, 1727.
B. William, son William and Esther Clascock, Feb. 20, 1728-9.
B. Ceorge, son Ceorge and Judith Clascock, Jan. 14, 1728.
B. Ann, dau. William and Esther Clascock, Feb. 29, 1730.
B. Gregory, son Gregory and Elizabeth Glas- cock, Jan. 2ist, 1721-2.
B. Traverse son Gregory and Elizabeth Clas- cock, Oct. 1st, 1734.
B. William, son Ceorge and Judith Glascock, Sept. ist, 1734.
B. Thos. B., son LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, Oct. 17, 1735.
M. Gregory Glascock and Elizabeth Elder, Jan. 29, 1 730-1.
B. Betty, dau. LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, March 17, 1736,
B. LeRoy, son LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, Dec. 30, 1738.
B. Corbin, son LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, Nov. 2d, 1741.
B. William, son LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, Jan. 29, 1742.
B. Samuel, son LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, April 20, 1746.
B. Cyrus, son LeRoy and Maryan Criffin, July 16, 1748.
B. George, son William and Esther Glascock, Dec. 20, 1743.
B. Mildred, dau. Ceorge and Judith Glascock, Nov. 4, 1749.
B. Betty, dau. William and Esther Glascock, Dec. 9, 1749.
D. Col. LeRoy Griffin, July 9, 1750.
B. John Tayloe, son LeRoy and Maryan Griffin, Aug. 24, 1750.
D. Million Glascock, Oct. 25, 1750.
B. John, son Wm. and Esther Clascock, Dec. 24, 1751.
B. Susannah, dau. George and Judith Glascock, Nov. 28, 1751.
D. Major George Clascock, Feb. 27, 1753.
B. Milly, dau. William and Esther Glascock, Nov. 24, 1753.
B. Wm. Chichester, son William and Eliza- beth Glascock, July 4, 1754.
B. Judith, dau. Ceorge and Judith Glascock, 1776.
B. George, son George and Judith Glascock, Jan. 10, 1756.
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B.
D. B. B. B.
B. B. B. B. B.
B. B. B. B.
B. M. M. B. D. B.
B.
B.
B.
D. B.
John Glascock,
Wm. Chichester, son Wm. and Elizabeth
Glascock, Thomas, son Thomas and Ann Glascock, Jesse Glascock,
William, son John and Ann Gaskins, Sarah, dau. George and Judith Glascock, Elizabeth Chichester, dau. Richard and
Hannah Glascock,
Richard, son George and Judith Glascock, George, son Peter and Elizabeth Glascock,
May 7, 1756.
Aug. 8, 1756,
Sept. 2ist, 1756,
Ap'l 1st, 1757
June 18, 1758
Oct. 4, 1 76 1
April 27, 1762
Aug. 23d, 1764,
Jan. 26, 1 77 1
Ann Corbin, dau. LeRoy and Alice Griffin, Sept. ist, 1765 Elizabeth, dau. LeRoy and Judith Griffin, Aug. 18, 1773 Washington, son John and Susannah Glas- cock, Aug. 6, 1775 Eleanor, dau. George and Catherine Heal, Nov. 19, 1705 George, son George and Catherine Heal, Jan. 4, 1707 Elizabeth, dau. George and Catherine Heal, March 8, 17 10. Catherine, dau. Dennis and Elizabeth McCarty, Ap*l 16, 1678 Daniel, son of Dennis and Elizabeth McCarty, March 19, 1684, Alvin Mountjoy and Ellen Thornton, May 3, 1728 Billington McCarty and Ann Barber, June 16, 1732 Daniel, son of Bullington and Ann McCarty, Oct. 22, 1733 Daniel, son of Bullington and Ann McCarty, Aug. 6, 1739 Bullington, son of Bullington and Ann Mc- Carty, Oct. 3, 1736 Thaddeus, son of Bullington and Ann Mc- Carty, Ap'l I, 1739. Chas. Barber, son of Billington and Ann
McCarty, Aug. 23, 1741 John, son of Rev'd Wm. and Barbara Mc- Kay, Feb. 13, 1744-5 Fitzhugh, son of Rev'd Wm. and Barbara McKay, Aug. 24, 1753, Ann McCarty, Jan, 7, 1753 Daniel, son of Bullington and Ann Mc- Carty, Aug. 24, 1757.
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B. Thomas, son of Willoughby and Sarah
Newton, Dec. 20, 1723-4
B. Rebecca, dau. of Willoughby and Sarah
Newton, Oct. 6, 1726
B. Elizabeth, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth
Newton, Sept. 30, 1726
B. Winney, dau. of Charles and Winney Mc-
Carty, Sept. 4, 1775
B. Mildred Smith, dau. of Thaddeus and
Mary McCarty, Nov. 21, 1780
M. Thomas Osborne and Frances Smith, Feb. ti, 1726-7
B. Robert, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
Peachey, March 21, 1673
B. Samuel, son of William and Phoebe Peachey, Sep. 4, 1699 B. Alice Corbin, dau. of Samuel and Wini- fred Peachey, May 16, 1726 B. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Katherine
Peachey, Nov. 18, 172 1
B. Ann, dau. of Samuel and Winifred Peachey, Aug. 24, 1738 B. Phoebe, dau. of Samuel and Winifred
Peachey, Dec. 18, 1727
B. William, son of Samuel and Winifred
Peachey, Ap*l 14, 1729
B. Winny Griffin, dau. ol Samuel and Wini- fred Peachey, Feb. 26, 1730. B. Samuel, son of Samuel and Winifred Peachey, Feb. 6, 1732 B. Thos. Griffin, son of Samuel and Winifred
Peachey, Dec. 3, 1734
B. LeRoy, son of Samuel and Winifred Peachey, June 19, 1736. B. Samuel, son of William and Million Peachey, Dec. 16, 1749 B. Winifred, dau. of Samuel Peachey, deceased, Sept. 3d, 1750. D. Captain Samuel Peachey, Oct. 2d, 1750,
B. Elizabeth Griffin, dau. of LeRoy and Betty
Peachey, Oct. 20, 1761
B. Alice, dau. of William and Elizabeth Peachey, July 2, 1752 B. Susanna, dau. of William and Elizabeth
Peachey, Sept. 14, 1764
B. Ann, dau. of William and Elizabeth Peachey, Oct. 15, 1766
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B. Thos. Griffin, son of William and Eliza- beth Peachey, Nov. lo, 1770.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Eliz. Grif- fin Peachey, Dec. 3, 1775.
B. Samuel, son of LeRoy and Betty Peachey, Oct. 12, 1767.
B. LeRoy, son of LeRoy and Betty Peachey, Aug. 21, 1770.
B. Ann, dau. of William and Ann Robinson, Aug. 25, 1679.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Ann Rob- inson, Dec. 4, 1 68 1.
B. Bathana, dau. of William and Ann Rob- inson, Dec. 4, 1683.
B. Frances, dau. of William and Ann Rob- inson, Nov. TO, 1684.
B. Margaret, dau. of Alexander and Judith
Swan, 1680.
M. Alexander Swan and Judith Hinds, Nov. 15, 1678.
B. John, son of William and Ann Tayloe, Feb. 15, 1687.
B. John, son of John and Elizabeth Taverner, March 7, 1682-3.
B. Richard, son of John and Elizabeth Taverner, July 30, 1685.
B. John, son of James and Mary Tarpley, Feb. 21, 1690.
B. James, son of James and Mary Tarpley, May 8, 1692.
B. Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Frances Trav- erse, Oct. 15, 1692.
B. Sarah, dau; of John and Elizabeth Taverner, Jan. 7, 1679,
B. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Tav- erner, March 25, 1681.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Ann Tayloe, July 26, 1686.
B. William, son of William and Ann Tayloe, July 30, 1694.
B. William, son of James and Mary Tarpley, March 16, 1695.
B. John, son of John and Elizabeth Tarplev, July 16, 1695.
B. Frances, dau. of Samuel and Frances Trav- erse, Aug. 20, 1 69 1.
B. Thomas, son of James and Mary Tarpley, Feb. 28, 1697.
B. Mary, dau. of James and Mary Tarpley, Feb. i, 1691.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of James and Mary Tarpley, Feb. i, 1701.
B. John and Betty, children of John and Eliza- beth Tarpley, May 28, 1720.
B. Mary, dau. of William and Mary Tarpley, Dec. 7, 1723.
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B. Edwd. Ripping, son of John and Elizabeth
Tarpley, Apl. 19, 1727.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Tar- pley, March 4, 1728-9.
B. John, son of William and Mary Tarpley, Sept. 29, 1729.
B. James, son of William and Mary Tarpley, Dec. 8, 1731.
B. Thomas, son of James and Mary Tarpley, Oct. 28, 1734.
D. William Thornton, Nov. 14, 1726.
B. Hannah, dau. of William and Mary Tarpley, Jan. 6, 1735.
B. Lucy, dau. of James and Mary Tarpley, Aug. 17, 1736.
B. Betty, dau. of Traverse and Betty Tarpley, July 28, 1738.
B. Sarah, dau. of James and Mary Tarpley, Sept. 13, 1738,
B. John, son of John and Ann Tarpley, Dec. 13, 1738.
B. Mary, dau. of James and Mary Tarpley, Oct. 30, 1740.
B. Winifred, dau. of Traverse and Betty Tar- pley, Nov. I, 1740.
B. Alice, dau. John and Ann Tarpley, Nov. 24, 1742.
B. James, son of James and Mary Tarpley, July 21, 1743.
B. Fanny, dau. of Travers and Betty Tarpley, July 2, 1743.
B. Lucy, dau. of Traverse and Betty Tarpley, Jan. 7, 1745.
B. Betty, dau. of James and Mary Tarpley, Aug. 6, 1746.
B. Saml. Traverse, son of Traverse and Betty
Tarpley, Dec. 15, 1748.
B. Milly, dau. of Traverse and Betty Tarpley, Sept. 28, 1756,
B. Winny, dau. of John and Ann Tarpley, Sept. 16, 1744.
B. Francis, son of John and Ann Tarpley, Aug. 12, 1746.
B. Thomas, son of John and Ann Tarpley, June 3, 1748.
B. Caty, dau. of John and Ann Tarpley, April 3, 1750.
M. Henry Threllkeld and Eleanor Short, July 15, 1728.
B. Mary, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Under- wood, Oct. 20, 1687.
B. Seth, son of Mooto [?] and Ann Underwood, May i, 1729-
B. William, son of Mooto and Ann Underwood, Jan. 6, 1726.
M. John Webb and Mary Sanford, July 14, 1673.
M. Thos. Warring and Alice Underwood, Oct. 5, 1673.
B. James, son of John and Mary Webb, Aug. 9, 1673.
B. Giles, son of John and Mary Webb, Ap'l 15, 1677.
M. Isaac Webb and Mary Bedwell, Ap'l 16, 1678.
B. Isaac, son of John and Mary Webb, Dec. 18, 1681.
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B. William, son of Paul and Bridg;et Wood- bridge, July 14, 1668.
B. John, son of William and Sarah Wood- bridge, Nov. 24, 1706.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Sarah Wood- bridge, July 6, 1709.
B. Sarah, dau. of William and Sarah Wood- bridge, Nov. 18, 1714.
B. Giles, son of Giles and Elizabeth Webb, Aug. 4, 17 14.
B. John Span, son of Giles and Elizabeth Webb, Oct. 9, 1705.
B. Isaac, son of Giles and Elizabeth Webb, Sept. 25, 1705.
B. Betty, dau. of Giles and Elizabeth Webb, Feb. i, 17 11.
B. Mary, dau. of Giles and Elizabeth Webb, Nov. 11, 17 17.
B. Cuthberth, son of Giles and Elizabeth
Webb, March 3d, 17 18-19.
B. William, son of James and Barbara Webb, May 10, 1720.
B. Tabitha, dau. of Giles and Elizabeth Webb, Oct. 9, 1722.
B. Winifred, dau. of Newman and Katherine
Brockenbrough, March 21, 1726.
D. Tabitha Webb, Feb. 9, 1722.
D. William Woodbridge, Nov. 14, 1727.
B. John, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Feb. i, 1737.
M. John Wilcox and Ann Jenings, March 2, 1729-30.
B. Isaac, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Oct. 30, 1739.
B. William, son of John Span and Sarah Webb, May 25, 1742.
D. James Webb, May 10, 1750.
B. Charles, son of Thomas and Ann Barber, Oct. 27, 1731.
B. Tarpley, son of Marmaduke and Elizabeth
Beckwith, Oct. 2, 17 18.
B. Betty, dau. of Marmaduke and Elizabeth
Beckwith, Oct. 15, 1723.
B. Margaret, dau. of Marmaduke and Elizabeth
Beckwith, July 27, 1725.
B. Mary, dau. of Marmaduke and Elizabeth
Beckwith, June 12, 1727.
B. Richard, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Beale, Dec. 19, 1723.
B- Reuben, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Beale, Dec. 19, 1725.
B. William, son of Samuel and Ann Barber, Aug. 27, 1728.
H. Thomas, son of Thomas and Sarah Beale, May 17, 1729.
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B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
D.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B. B. B. B. B.
B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B.
Benjamin, son of John and Rachel Branham, Dec. i, 1728. Spencer Thaddeus, son of John and Rachel
Branham, Ap'l 22, 1729
John, son of Edward and Elizabeth Barrow, Feb. 20, 1729 Joseph, son of Caron and Margaret Branham, Ap'l 27, 1729 Betty, dau, of John and Rachel Branham, Dec. 21, 1730 Thomas, son of Thomas and Ann Barber, Feb. 28, 1729 Samuel, son of Samuel and Ann Barber, Jan. 16, 1 730-1
March 16, 1726-7
Nov. 5, 1727
Nov. 30, 1727
Ap'l 27, 1728
Ap'l 29, 1729.
May 5, 1742
John Branham and Rachel Gower, James Booth and Frances Dale,
Samuel Barber and Ann Foster,
Thomas Beale and Sarah McCarty,
William Beale and Harwar Harwar,
Newman Brockenbrough, Barbara, dau. of Karan and Susan Branham, Ap'l 16, 1753 Charles, son of Samuel and Winifred Barns, Jan. 16, 1739 Merryman,sonof Samuel and Winifred Barns, Sept. 17, 1741 Winny, dau. of Samuel and Winifred Barns, Ap'l 11, 1743 Annot, son of Samuel and Winifred Barns, June 24, 1745 Million, dau. of Samuel and Winifred Barns, Dec. 30, 1747 Samuel, son of Samuel and Winifred Barns, Francis Kenyon, son of Charles and Mary
Barber, Samuel, son of Charles and Ann Barns, Traverse, son of Charles and Ann Barns, Caty, dau. of Charles and Ann Barns, Thaddeus, son of George and Betty Barns, Newman, son of Newman B. and Lucy Butler
Barns, Ap'l 14, 1769
Morton, son of Newman B. and Lucy Butler Barns, 1771 Edward, son of Samuel and Betty Butler, Aug. 27, 1770 Frances, dau. of Charles and Mary Barber, Aug. 6, 1774 John, son of William and Elizabeth Barber, Luce, dau. of William and Betty Barber, Nancy, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Barns, Milly, dau. of Charles and Ellison Barns, Newman, son of Samuel and Betty Barns, Rauleigh, son of William and Elizabeth
Davenport, Sept. 28, 1741.
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B. Lindsay, son of William and Elizabeth
Davenport, Ap*l 22, 1744.
B. Robert Porteus, son of Robert and Eliza- beth Downman, May 6, 1744
B. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth
Davenport, Dec. 27, 1749
B. Mildred, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth
Downman, March 4, 1749
B. Ann, dau. of Traverse and Grace Down- man, Sept. 21, 1748
B. Grace, dau. of Traverse and Grace Down- man, Oct, 4, 1750, and died Oct. 11, 1750.
B. Betty, dau. of James and Lucy Downman, Jan. 10, 1750.
B. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth
Downman, Feb. 21, 1752
B. Rauleigh, son of Robert and Elizabeth
Downman, . March 26, 1752
B. Opie, son of William and Elizabeth Dav- enport, Ap*l 29, 1752
B. Lucy, dau. of James and Lucy Downman, Aug. 30, 1752
B. Rauleigh, son of Robert and Elizabeth
Downman, Sept. 5, 1752
B. Winny, dau. of James and Lucy Downman, Dec. 26, 1753
B. Ann, dau. of James and Lucy Downman, Dec. 9, 1755
D. Elizabeth, wife of Robert Downman, 1756.
B. Fanny, dau. of James and Lucy Downman, Ap*l 18, 1757
D. Margaret Downman, Sept. 20, 1758
B. Rauleigh, son of James and Lucy Down- man, Sept. 20, 1758
B. George, son of Fortunatus and Elizabeth
Davenport, Dec. 7, 1760.
B. William, son of Robert and Elizabeth
Downman, Ap'l 15, 1741
B. Traverse, son of James and Lucy Down- man, Jan. 20, 1760,
B. Priscilla, dau. of James and Lucy Down- man, March 5, 1762
B. Winifred, dau. of Rauleigh and Elizabeth
Downman, Aug. 11, 1767
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William, son of Rauleigh and Elizabeth Downman,
Joseph, son of Fortunatus and Elizabeth Davenport,
Betty Heale, dau. of Fortunatus and Eliz- abeth Davenport,
Rachel, dau. of Fortunatus and Elizabeth Davenport,
John, son of Fortunatus and Elizabeth Davenport,
William Davenport,
Frances Porteus, dau. of Robu and Elizabeth
Ap'l 26, Sept. 7, May 19,
1769
1759 1765 Feb. 27, 1767
Ap'l 23, Aug. 7,
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Jan. 10, 1772
Downman, Richard, son of Rawleigh and Elizabeth
Downman, May 28, 1776
Gilbert Hamilton and Ann Beale, Nov. 4, 1732 William, son of Revd. William and Barbara
McKay, June 16, 1745 Katherine, dau. of Rev. William and Bar- bara McKay, Dec. 13, 1757 Billington, son of Bullington and Eliza Mc-
Carty, March 18, 1759
Thaddeus, son of Bullington and Eliza Mc-
Carty, Sept. i, 1763 Fanny, dau. of Charles and Winny McCarty, Aug. 3, 1765 Elizabeth Downman, dau. of Billington and
Elizabeth McCarty, Nov. 30, 1768
James Hawks, son of James and Ann Webb, Nov. 20, 1750
Amy, dau. of Isaac and Frances Webb, Nov. 20, 1750.
Ann, dau. of Isaac and Frances Webb, Jan. 22, 1753
Priscilla, dau. of Isaac and Frances Webb, June 6, 1754
Giles, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Jan. 25, 1756
Frances, dau. of Isaac and Frances Webb, Feb. 6, 1755
Isaac, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Nov. 15, 1740.
Sarah Webb, Aug. 25, 1754
John Webb, May 3, 1756
Isaac, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Nov. 19, 1758
Giles, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Nov. 9, 1741
James, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, Sept. 11, 1743,
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B. Cuthbert, son of Isaac and Frances Webb, June i, 1745. B. Sarah, dau. of John and Clare Webb, Oct. 20, 1761. B. William Traverse, son of William and Eliz- abeth Peachey, Jan. 7, 1773.
CARTER PAPERS.
An inventory of all the s * * * and personal
PROPERTY OF THE Hon'BLE RoBERT CaRTER OF THE
COUNTY OF Lancaster, Esq., Deceased, taken as di- rected in his last will, vizt.
(Condensed and concluded. )
Old Sary, Old Crabbe, past labor — 26 in all. 52 sheep, one horse, 63 cattle.
I large pott and hooks, 2 old Do., i pestle, 2 wedges, i Tin- pan, 3 Earthware pans, i Grindstone.
Wolf House Quarter, Thomas Wrenn, overseer. Cap- tain, foreman, and ten other negroes; about 30 hogs, 23 .sheep, I horse, 55 cattle, a fowling piece, pott and hooks, a pestle, wed- ges, flock bed and bolster, rug and blankets.
Corotoman Quarter, John Buckles, overseer. Charles, foreman, and 18 other negroes, 35 hogs, 30 sheep, i horse, 55 cattle, pots & hooks, grindstone, wedges, &c.
Hills Quarter, Charles Jones, overseer. Ben, foreman, and 14 other negroes, 60 hogs, 26 sheep, 97 cattle, pot and hooks, pestle, wedges, grindstone, an old musquet, an old sword, &c.
Goods at Hills Quarter formerly belonging to the estate of John Cooke, decased: A square table, a small table, a small oval table, chairs, chests, feather bed, 3 old pewter candlesticks, 2 old pewter tankards, i iron chaffing dish, i brass do., &c.
The Vestry House. For the use of the Church Workman. Criss, a young negro man, cook, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters and pillows, &c.
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Brick House Quarter. Thos. Talken, overseer. Harry, foreman, and 19 other negroes, 63 sheep, 2 horses, 45 hogs, 46 cattle, a grindstone, 156 lbs wool, pot & hooks, &c.
The following household goods in the hall (at Brick House Quarter): bed, rug, blankets, curtains, bedstead, 3 leather chairs, cushions, 4 cane chairs, one old elbow chair, a chest of drawers, 3 silver spoons, 2 silver cups, a funnel, a small cabinet, 2 sets silver buttons with stones in them, 2 pair do. , one silver seal, Mr. Jackson's stamp, &c., table with drawers.
In the Chamber: feather beds, chairs, rugs, &c.
Up stairs: An old Wooden couch, a chest with 125 books in it, chairs, steelyard, cordial cup, one do. with cover, one case of old pistils and holsters.
In the closet under the stairs: brass scales, brass warming pan, Mr. Jackson's old branding iron, 3 pr. brick moulds, &c.
In the kitchen: pewter dishes & plates, bread grater, bell metal skillet, morter & pestle, spits, fire tongs, pot & hooks, pewter mustard pot, saws» pot rack, spit rack, pot, trunk, brass ketde, &c.
Small Mill. John Holmes, miller. Bed, &c., mill pecks, iron crows, handsaw, sledge hammer, small smith's hammer, old spades, old shovels, old grubbing hoes, cold chizzel, &c.
Sundry goods in the Brick House Store, under the care of Captain Thomas Carter: Gartrix, Renting, blew linnen, Patter- bons, Dowlas, brown oz., ticking, fine chince, fine broad falls, fine Devon. Kersey, Shalloon, men's roll, knit hose, short hose, women's wash gloves, men's gloves, blankets, boots, shoes, men's & women's; men's new woodheeled shoes, round red heeled do., spectacles in case, men's felts, men's casters, pr. scales & weights, money scales, thread, cloves, drop shot, mould shot, brass kettles, bell metal skillets, double flint decanters, tape, gunpowder, mohair, tin buttons, other buttons, brads, broad hoes, brass chaffing dishes, brass & iron candlesticks, pad- locks, hasps & staples, pewter basin, lead inkstand, knives and forks, ivory combs, horse combs, sheepshead lines, drum hooks, perch hooks, sifters, lawn searches, i grammer, 2 testaments, chests, trunk, leather chair.
Sundry goods in the Brick House Store, formerly belonging to the Estate of Mrs. Mary Swan, under the care of Captain
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Thomas Carter: Holland sheets, holland pillow case, sheets and pillow cases, towells, cotton table cloth, table cloths, napkins, blankets, a child*s mantle, bed quilt, cradle quilt, counterpins, 5 yards Virginia cloth, 2 fire fans, i old scarfe, i pr. old stays & stomacher, i old quilted waistcoat, i boy's coat & vest, i old pettycoat, old gloves, 2 Bermuda baskets.
A small powdering table, a brass cock, smoothing irons, stock locks, a cooper's howell, 2 cheese presses, i larding spoon, 2 tea tables, 4 old wooden bowls, a wooden ft-uit stand, i pr. old brass snuffers & stand.
A box with pickle bottles, &c, A box with case bottles, A chest with 32 old books, a bread tray & 16 quart bottles, an old picture, &c.
Gibson's Place. Ezericum Crowder, overseer. 6 negroes, 26 hogs, 25 cattle, pot & hooks, &c.
Poplar Neck Quarter. John McGrigor, overseer. Sam, foreman, and five other negroes, 45 hogs, 42 cattle, pot and hooks, &c.
Office Quarter. Alexander Pour, overseer. Sawney, foreman, and 6 other negroes, 1 1 sheep, 24 hogs, 35 cattle, pots, pestle, grubbing hoes, &c.
Great Mill. John McNamanah, miller. 17 hogs, i cow, mill pecks, iron crow, handsaw, clawhammer, handsaw, sledge- hammer, broad ax, grindstone, spades, pot & hooks, leather bed & bolster, &c.
Marratico Quarter. John Webb, overseer. Toney, foreman, and 7 other negroes, one mare, 36 hogs, 42 cattle, pots, &c.
Jones Place, Northumberland co. Thos. Crowder, over- seer. Tom, foreman, and 16 other negroes, 30 sheep, i horse, 88 hogs, 51 cattle, pot, musquet, grubbing hoes, &c.
Blough Point Quarter. Thos. West, overseer. Sam, foreman, and 18 other negroes, 3 horses, 40 sheep, 93 cattle, 81 hogs, &c.
Old Place. Dennis Sullivan, overseer. Michael, foreman, and 7 other negroes, 36 sheep, i mare, 75 hogs, 66 cattle, &c.
Fielding's Place. Robert Hews, overseer. Joe, foreman, and 5 other negroes, 24 sheep, 25 hogs, 33 cattle, &c.
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The following plantations in the countys of Richmond and Westmoreland, under the care of Mr. Simon Sallard, vizt. :
Richmond County,
Brick House Quarter. Simon Sallard, overseer. Ralph, foreman, & 6 other negroes, 3 horses, 9 hogs, 14 catde, an ox cart, yoakes & chaine, &c., and the following household goods: an old scrutorie, 9 old cane chairs, 3 old leather chairs, i old looking glass, i Turkey Work cushion, i small picture, small picture, i leather bed, bolsters, &c., i standing bedstead, &c. In the hall: 2 oval tables, 11 old leather chairs, 4 old chests, scales, angles, linnen wheel, old gun, one very large old gun, &c. In the Chamber closet: i earthenware suUibub pott, i tin candlebox, i tin cullender, &c. In the pantry: i tin watering pott, iron chaffing dish, i pr. sheep shears, &c. In the cham- ber above stairs: 2 bed steads, &c. In the kitchen: i copper still, 25 galls., I large kettle, pewter dishes & tankard, i tin fiower [flour] box, i dripping pan, i flesh fork, &c. In the hall closet: I cart bridle, &c. Loose: 3 old flagg chairs, a spinning wheel, a broken box iron, &c.
Fork Quarter. William Galloway, overseer. Old Jack, foreman, & 15 other negroes, 42 hogs, 54 cattle, &c.
Old Quarter. Wm. Dryas, overseer. Old Oliver, fore- man, & 17 other negroes, 7 horses, 49 hogs, 59 cattle, &c.
GuMFiELDS Quarter. Wm. Dryas, overseer. Jack, fore- man, & 20 other negroes, 3 horses, 35 hogs, 39 cattle, &c.
HiccoRV Thicket. John Sibly, overseer. Tom, foreman, & 24 other negroes, 4 horses, 44 hogs, 44 cattle, &c.
Bridge Quarter. Charles Cambell, overseer. Tom, fore- man, & 8 other negroes, 41 hogs, 30 cattle, &c.
ToTUSKEV Quarter. John Gary, overseer. Ebo George, foreman, & 9 other negroes, 40 hogs, 90 cattle, &c.
HiNSON*s Quarter. Wm. Crane, overseer. Will, fore- man, & II other negroes, 3 horses, 19 hogs, 77 cattle, 19 hogs, &c.
Dickinson's Mill. James Young, miller. 17 hogs, rugs, blankets, flock bed, &c. [as at the other mills.]
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Westmoreland County,
Pantico Quarter. George Bynd, overseer. James, fore- man, and 21 other negroes, 4 horses, 18 hogs, 31 catrie, &c.
Brent's Quarter. Murphy Brand, overseer. Will, fore- man, & 32 other negroes, 49 hogs, 56 cattle, &c.
The other places named in the inventory, are Old Ordinary, James Whaley, overseer; Moon's Place, James Whaley, over- seer; Medcalfe Place, John Orden, overseer; Head of the River, Henry Lawrence, overseer; Coles Point, Thos. Curtis, overseer; The Narroes, Thos. Curtis, overseer; Forrest Quarter, Jeremiah Bryan, overseer; Dilk's Quarter, John Walker, over- seer; the "Place formerly belonging to Mr. Thos. Glascock in Richmond county;" — in Caroline county; Penmond's End, Harry Bell, overseer. And '*The following plantations in the countys of King George, Stafford, Spotsylvania and Prince William, vizt: Falls Quarter, King George county, (servants, Neal Forster till 26 of August to serve; Eleanor Robinson a year to serve, & the negroes here included, 2 sawyers and 4 carpenters); Richland Quarter, John Cole overseer; Park Quarter, Stafford county; James Seben, overseer; Hamstead Quarter, John Hurt, overseer; Poplar Quarter, Wm. Thrail- kild, overseer; Hinson's Quarter, James Peters, overseer; Nor- man's Ford, Spotsylvania county, Roger Oxford, overseer; (Matthew Tool, foreman, 6 months to serve); Mount Quarter, Wm. Johnson, overseer; Red Oak Quarter, Prince Wm. county, Jt3hn Wilcox, overseer; Lodge Quarter, Timothy Dargon, over- seer; **at the plantation belonging to Charles Carter, Esq., called Range Quarter," Wm. White, overseer; "at the planta- tion belonging to the estate of Robert Carter, Jun., Esq., on the Bull Run "; Frying Pan Quarter, Fortunatus Sydnor, overseer; (Wm. Marshall, servant, a year to serve). On these quarters and plantations (exclusive of those separably enumerated) were 315 negroes, 50 horses, 898 head of catde, 835 hogs, and 132 sheep. The character of the furniture and utensils in all of these quarters was so much the same, that the examples already given, show fully the nature of all.
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ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA LAND PATENTS.
Prepared by W. G. Stanard.
(502) Thomas Markham, 300 acres rn the County of Henrico, on Four Mile Creek, and adjoining Bayly's land, and Curies. Due (vizt.) 100 acres in right of his wife Susan, the relict of Robert Greenleafe, to whom (R. G.) it was due as an ancient planter in the time of Sir Thomas Dale; 50 for her own personal adventure, 50 for the personal adventure of the Said Thomas Markham, and 100 for the transportation of two persons, John Foker and Richard Hall. By Harvey, July 11, 1637.
(501) William Farrar, son and heir of William Farrar, late of Henrico, deceased; 2,000 acres at Henrico, bounded on the east by the Glebe land of Varina, and extending westerly to the bottom of the island [i]. If 2,000 acres is not to be found by a survey within these boundaries, the amount required is to be taken on the westerly bounds. Due for the transportation of forty persons (names below). By Harvey, June 11, 1637.
Thomas Williams, Richard Johnson, Jon. Hely, Jon. Fraine, Eustace Downes, Jon. Pead, Edw*d. Fewson. Richard Greete, James Rigby, Jon. Pratt, Elizabeth Foster, Jon. Hares, Henry Gyllam, William Thomas, Jon. Baker, Patrick Robinson, Chris- topher Penkhome, Matthew Warrener, Jon. Smith, William Towers, William Baker, Edward Hooke, May Heynes, John Garner, William Richardson, Jon. Howman, Matthew Brown- ridge. Robert Lewd, Jon. Gibson, Jon. Price, Fr. Posly, James Roberts, Robert Turner, William Dawson, Giles Crump, Richard Ganer. Howell Edmonds, Martin Durrock, Henry Howell, Rob- ert Coleman.
NOTE.
[i] The peninsular in Henrico County nearly surrounded by James River, and now actually made an Island by the Dutch Gap Canal, was long the property of the Farrar family and was
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known as '*Farrar*s Island.** From the Farrar's the estate passed by sale to the Randolphs.
(504) Richard Greete, 300 acres in the County of Henrico, adjoining the land of Thomas Sheppy on Four Mile Creek. Due as follows ( vizt. ) : 250 acres for the transportation of his three wives, and two servants.(names below) and 50 acres in right of Sarah Delohay, wife of Gannigall Delohay, who surrendered his claim for her transportation to the said Richard Greete. By Harvey, July 11, 1637.
Eleanor Greete, Alice Greete, Margaret Thomas, his three wives; John Howell and Richard , (servants) Sarah Delo- hay.
(505) Mary Box, daughter and heir of John Box, 300 acres in the County of Henrico, on Swift Creek, by Appomattuck river, and adjoining the land of Charles Morgan, now in posses- sion of William Hay ward. Due; 100 for the personal adventure of her father, an ancient planter, and 200 for the transportation of her mother, Mary Box, and three servants, Thomas Neale,
Edward Holland and William . By Harvey, July 12,
1637-
(506) Captain Thomas Harris [i], 700 acres in the County of Henrico, called by the name of the Long Field, beginning at a little creek over against the land of Captain Martin and extend- ing westward on the main river, southeast towards "Bremoes Dividend" [2]. Due as follows: 400 acres granted to Edward Gurganey by order of Court Oct. ist, 1617, from the late Treasurer and Company, and bequeathed by Ann, widow of the said Edward Gurganey to the said Thomas Harris by her will dated Feb. 11, 16 19; and 300 acres due for the transportation of six persons [names not given]. Granted by Harvey, May 12, 1637.
notes. [1] Sec- ref<*renc*. page 49 of this number. [2] Brtmo, lung the residence of a branch of the Cocke family.
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(507) Francis Poythers [i], 400 acres in the County of Charles City, lying north upon the land now in possession of said Poythers; and bounded on the east by the land of Captain Woodliffe, and on the west by Baylye's Creek. Due for the transportation of said Francis Poythers, Richard Wells, Jane Lucas, Thos. Thompson, Richard Fermer, Bryan Raycock, Francis Hewes and Richard Whiting. Granted by Harvey, July 13. 1637.
NOTE.
[i] The earlier portion of the following account of the Poythress family is derived chiefly from the memoranda of a descendant, now dead. As he gave but few authorities for his statements this pedigree, as far as relates to the early portion, may be re- garded as tentative. The account is certainly correct as far as relates to the descendants of Joshua and (Peachy) Poy- thress. This has been recently revised by a member of the family. Later, extracts from various records will be given.
Capt. Francis' Poythress came to Virginia about 1633, was burgess for Charles City 1645; commanded against the Indians in the same year; bu gess for Charles City 1647 ^^^ ^^r Northum- berland 1649. He married and had (besides, according
to tradition, a daughter who married Thomas Rolfe)a son Major Francis* Poythress, Justice for Charles City 1677; married Re- becca , and had issue:
1. John,* burgess for Charles City, 1723; married .
2. Francis,* married .
Issue of John * and Poythress:
1. Col. William,* born 1695. died June 18, 1763; vestryman of Bristol Parish, 1726; married Sarah, daughter of Col. Francis Eppes.
2. Col. Peter,* of *' Flower de Hundred," Prince George County; married .
Issue of Col. William * and Sarah (Eppes) Poythress: Richard ' married daughter of Peter Poythress, of * * Flower de Hundred," and had two sons:
1. William,* County Lieutenant of Prince George, 1779; mar- ried .
2. Joshua,* of " Flower de Hundred," married Peachy.
Issue of William * and Poythress: Robert S. Robertson.
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Issue of Joshua * and Peachy Poy thress :
1. Joshua/ married about 1780. Elizabeth Robertson (aunt of Governor Wyndham Robertson) and had Susan Peachy, who married John V. Wilcox, of Petersburg.
2. William,^ married Mary Gilliam.
3. Elizabeth,^ married James Cocke and inherited the Bonac- cord estate, Prince George county.
4. Susan Ann,^ born 1766, died Feb. 19, 1799, and married David Maitland, of Blandford.
Issue of William ^ and Mary Gilliam Poy thress:
1. Joshua,' married Jane Angus.
2. Thomas* Eppes, married Mrs. Harrison.
3. William,* died unmarried.
4. Patrick* Henry, married Elizabeth Eppes. Issue of Joshua* and Jane (Angus) Poythress: Nancy,' married ist, Robert Harrison; 2nd, John Crane. Issue of Patrick Henry* and Elizabeth (Eppes) Poythress:
1. William Peterson, 'born 1810; died 1862; married Charlotte Reed.
2. Mary,* died unmarried.
3. A. H.,* died unmarried.
4. Thos. Eppes,* died unmarried.
Issue of William P.* and Charlotte (Reed) Poythress:
1. Mary P.,'" died in infancy.
2. Patrick ** Henry died unmarried.
3. William P.,** married Louisa C. Mayo.
4. Sarah Reed," unmarried.
5. Walter Eppes, '* married Mary Josephine Brouse; died Sept. 12, 1888.
Issue of William P.'* and Louisa (Mayo) Poythress.
1. Daughter," died in infancy.
2. Charlotte" Reed, unmarried.
Issue of Col. Peter* and Poythress, of "Flower de
Hundred:"
Anne,* born Dec. 13, 1712; died April 9, 1758; only child and heir; married Richard Bland, of "Jordan's Point," Prince George county.
(note to be CONTINUED.)
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GENEALOGY.
THE FOOTE FAMILY.
The following genealogy is derived chiefly from an old register of births, a copy of which was kindly furnished by Mrs. Stuart, of '* Cedar Grove," King George county, Va.; the register of St. Paul's Parish, Staf- ford; a manuscript account of the family, prepared in 1838, by Robert Hord, of "Shady Grove,*' Caroline county, Va., for which I am in- debted to Rev. Arnold H. Hord, Holmesburg, Pa.; and wills, deeds, &c., recorded in Stafford, Prince William, and Fauquier counties, to- gether with a few notes from the records of other counties.
The old register begins: " Richard Foote, son of John Foote, Gent., was bom at Cardenham, in the county of Cornwall, the loth day of Au- gust, An'o 1632. Was married the 19th day of Dec'r, 1657, to his be- loved wife Hester, the daughter of Nicholas Hayward, of London, Gro- cer, who was bom in Alhallows Parish, the 24th day of March, 1639-40."
The Footes were an old family in Comwall. In Burk's Commoners, I, 372, in an account of a branch of the family which settled in Kent, it is stated that "this family [the Footes] possessed large estates in the county of Comwall prior to 1420, but in consequence of a difference of opinion during the War of the Roses, the greater part wa$ left to the younger branch." The arms of the Footes are: Veri, a chevron between 3 martlets^ argent. Crest: A lion' s head erased. Motto: Pendentim.
Samuel Foote, the famous actor and dramatist, was bom in 1720, at Tmro, Comwall. He was the son of Samuel Foote (1679-1754), who entered the Inner Temple, 1697, and who was Mayor of Tmro, and Member Parliament for Tiverton.
Nicholas Hayward, the father of Mrs. Foote, carried on an extensive trade with Virginia. There is recorded in Northumberland county, a power o( attomey, dated July 25, 1652, and another, recorded in the same county, dated October 18, 1655, from Nicholas Hayward, of Lon- don, merchant, to his "servant" [an example of the use of the word with the meaning of employee], Richard Foote, authorizing him to manage said Hayward's business in Virginia, and in case of his death, to Gifford Longe, and if he died, to Ferdinando Fairfax. There is another power of attorney from Hayward, dated September, 1659, and recorded in Northumberland, to Nicholas Spencer, of London, mer- chant, and to Captain Samuel Tilghman, commander of the ship "called the Golden Fortune." In Febmary, 1659, Ferdinando Fairfax, one of Mr. Hayward's agents, made a deposition in Northumberland county, in which he stated his age as 19 years. Nicholas Hayward, the elder, had several children; one Nicholas Hayward, of London, merchant and
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notary public^, who is so often mentioned in the letters of William Fitz- hugh, which have been published in this Magazine; another, name un- known, who came to Virginia and soon died; and a third, Samuel, who also settled in Virginia, and was clerk of Stafford county, and a member of the House of Burgesses. It is probable that Mrs. Martha Hayward, of Stafford county, sister of the immigrants John and Lawrence Wash- ington, whose will was published in the NcUion, November 21, 1892, was the wife of Samuel Hayward. About 1689, Nicholas Hayward, the younger, together with his brother, Richard Foote, Robert Bristow (the last two, merchants, of London), and George Brent, of '* Woodstock," in Virginia, purchased from the proprietors of the Northern Neck, 30,000 acres of land, in the present Prince William county, then in Stafford, which they called Brent Town, or Brenton. Portions of this land long remained in the possession of the descendants of the four purchasers.
There is on record in Prince William, a deed, dated August 31, 1741, from Samuel Hayward, ** His Majesty's Counsul at all the Islands under the Venetian Government in the Levant, now residing in the Island of Zante," conveying to Henry Fitzhugh, of Stafford county, Va., gent., 1,000 acres of the Brent Town tract. As Nicholas Hayward, the elder, was a member of the Grocers Company, it is probable that the records of that company would show his parentage. Richard Foote, the elder, was just twenty years old when he came to Virginia as agent for Nicho- las Hayward, and five years later, he attained what was in old London life the ideal of success and happiness; and which from Dick Whitting- ton to Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Osborne (ancestor of the Dukes of Leeds) and even later, to the time of Hogarth, was the highest reward for the young citizen — married his master's daughter. Nothing more is known of him, except that he appears to have become a successful mer- chant in London.
Richard and Hester (Hayward) Foote had (as shown by the register) the following children :
I. Susannah, was bom the 13th day of August An*o, 1658, and died; 2. Samuel, was born the 25th of January, 1659-60, and died the 27th of March, 1697, and was buried at Windsor; 3. Mar\', was bom the first of October, 1662, and was buried the 19th of May, Anno, 1664, in St. Ben- nett Sherehog Church; 4. John, was bom the 27th of March, 1665, died the 20th of October, 1692, at Jamaica; 5. Richard [the first of the family to settle pennanently in Virginia] was bom the 31st of January, 1666; 6. Elizabeth, was bom the 27th of October, 1668; 7. Mary, was bom the loth of January, 1670, and died October following; 8. Hester, was bom the 8th of December, died the i8th, and was buried the 19th, 1672; 9. George, was born the 22d October, and baptised the 6th of November, 1673; 10. Sarah, was bom the 22d October, 1675, baptised the 23d, and buried at St. Bennett Sherehog Church, 1675; 11. Sarah, was bom the 27th of June, and baptised the 9th of July, 1676; 12. Francis, was born
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the 8th of JanuaOi and baptistrd 23d, 1678, and died the ist April, 1697, and buried the 3d; 13. Henry, was bom the 5th of July, and baptised the 5th day, 1680; 14. Mathias, was bom the 13th of December, 1683, and was baptised the same day; died 20th July, 1683.
•). Richard* Foote, the younger, bom January 31, 1666, came to Vir- ginia towards the end of the 17th century, and settled in Stafford county, where he died, March 21, 1729 {S^. PauPs Register). On September 30, 1701, he was commissioned a justice of Stafford. Owing to the de- struction of the records of that county; but little can be learned concern- ing him. In November, 1702, the County Court ordered tiiat "Mr. Richard Foote " be paid 860 p>ounds of tobacco for powder for pro- claiming the Queen at the same time Nathaniel Pope was paid 400 pounds tobacco for reading the proclamation). His will was dated April 15, 1724, and though it was destroyed, is cited in a deed from Thomas Booth, Jr., of Gloucester, and Richard Foote, of Stafford, Prince William county, September 8, 1734; and in another, dated No- vember, 1762, and recorded in Fauquier, from Richard Foote, of Staf- ford. According to these deeds which do not give his wife's name), Richard* Foote had issue: 15. Richard,* 16. George;' 17. John,* died without issue and unmarried (Mr. Hord's MS. gives this John Foote as ancestor of Hon. H. S. Foote, but the deed made by his brother Rich- ard in 1762, states that he died without issue, and that Richard was his heir); 18. Hester,* married John Grant, of Prince William, gent., and was dead before May 25, 1746, leaving a son William Grant, and a daugh- ter, Ann Grant {Deed, Pr. Wm. co.)\ 19. Elizabeth.
15. Richard* Foote, of Stafford county, was bom (according to a deposition) in 1704. He was a justice of Stafford, 1745, &c., and was alive there in 1762; but the exact date of his death is not known. He
married, August 6, 1726, Katherine [her name is in the St. Paul's
Register, but is illegible in the copy before me], and had issue, so far as the register shows: 20. Sarah,* bom January 29, 1732, doubtless the Sarah Foote, who according to the same register) married November 26, 1750, William Stuart; 21. John,* bom November 30, 1735; 22. Kath- erine,* bom November 24, 1740; 23. [name wom off] son, bom
October 3, 1743.
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THE PRYOR FAMILY.
On account of the destmction of county records, this account of the Pr>'ors must be at present rather a collection of data than a connected and complete account of the family, though it is hoped the publication will elicit information which will enable it to be completed.
The earliest land grant to one of the name is dated in 1689, to *' Mr. Robert Pr>or," for 309 acres at the head of Craney Creek, Ware Parish,
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Gloucester county; 92 acres of which was granted to Thomas Jefferson [who was he?] April i, 1668, and by him deserted, and afterwards granted to Robert Collis, who on April 21, 1689, assigned to Robert Pryor. On October 29, 1693, '* Mr. Robert Pryor" had a grant for 92 acres on Craney Creek, Gloucester. The next grants were much later, one, October 15, 174 1, to Philip Pryor, for 386 acres in Amelia county, between the branches of Great and Little Nottoway rivers, and another to William Pryor, September 5, 1762, for 350 acres in Amherst county, on Pedlar river.
I am indebted to Judge James T. Mitchell, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, for the following copy of an account prepared by his grand- father, James Mitchell, who was born in 1785, and died in 1869:
" Extracts from notes in the Mitchell family Bible, made by James Mitchel from personal recollection and conversations, correspondence, &c., with older members of the family.
"Grandmother's father. Colonel Samuel Pr>or's parents were from England, and had settled in Caroline county, Va. He married a Miss Thornton, whose parents were also from England, and settled in Caro- line, Hanover and Spotsylvania counties. They had ten children, eight sons, and two daughters: William, Samuel, John, Thornton, Robert, Luke, Frank and Joseph; the youngest of the brothers and least of them weighed 220 pounds. Nancy Pryor married Colonel Samuel Wells, judge of the County Court of Amelia county. Molly Pryor was born 15th November, 1730, and married Major William Berry, of Gloucester, Va., who died, leaving two daughters, Nancy and Prudence.
" Nancy Berry married Jonathan Taylor, son of Colonel George Tay- lor.
•'Prudence Berry married Major George Blackburn, and both families removed to Kentucky in 1797. Molly Pryor Berry's second marriage was to James Mitchell. She died in 1804, and James Mitchell, her hus- band, in 1819.
"Their children were: i. Edward, born 1760, died 1837; 2. James, bom 1762, died 1781; 3. Samuel, born 1764, died 1855. Edward Mitchell (1 760- 1 837) married Haley, and had James Mitchell, 1 785-1869, who married Ann George Walton, and had Edward Phillips Mitchell, 1812- 1880, who married Elizabeth Tyndall, and had James T. Mitchell, 1834, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania."
Judge Mitchell states that he has no further account of the Pr>'or fam- ily. It was Colonel Samuel Pryor who married Miss Thornton, and had ten children, one of whom it is stated was bom in 1730. It is a proba- ble supposition that their marriage took place about 1720. And it was highly probable that " Mr. Robert Pryor," of the patents, w^as the father *of this Samuel Pryor.
For the following account of the branch of the family to which Judge
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R. A. Pryor, of New York belongs. I am indebted to a member of the family:
Samuel Pryor, first of the name known, married Prudence Thornton, said by tradition to have been a daughter of William Thornton, of Glou- cester county. ( An old Thornton Bible shows that this William Thorn- ton had a daughter Prudence, bom March 31, 1699.)
As stated above, Nancy, daughter of Colonel Samuel Pryor, married Lawrence Wells or Wills, of Amelia county (son of Matthew Wills and Miss Moore,- his wife, who lived in York [ ? Warwick county] on Mul- bery Island). The son Lawrence, who married Nancy Pryor, removed to Amelia, and had seven sons and four daughters. From the diary of Rev. Theoderick Pryor, 1830, it appears that John Pryor, son of Colonel Samuel, went to the present Nottoway county, married, and had issue: I. Richard; 2. Samuel; 3. Luke; 4. Philip; 5. Mar>'.
Richard Pryor (son of John) married Anne Bland.
Luke Pryor (son of John) emigrated to Alabama. In Virginia, he married Martha Scott, sister to General Wingfield Scott, and was the father of Luke Pryor, United States Senator from Alabama. Luke Pryor (son of fohn) married secondly, Mrs. Lane, of Brunswick county, Va., and Senator Pryor was the eldest son of the second marriage.
Philip Pryor (son of John) settled in Brunswick count>' and married Miss Wilkes.
Mary Pryor (daughter of John) married Alexander Boiling, and died at an advanced age.
Richard Pr>'or (son of John), who married Anne Bland, daughter of Rev. William Bland and Elizabeth Yates, *' had nine children '* (see Dr. Pryor*s diary): William Bland, Mar>' Ann, Richard, Samuel, Elizabeth Yates, Theodorick Bland (others died in childhood), Mary Ann married John Atkinson, son of Roger Atkinson, of Olive Hill. Elizabeth Yates married Benjamin Jones, of Petersburg.
William Bland Pryor married Jane Atkinson, daughter of Roger At- kinson, of Olive Hill, and moved to Mississippi.
Richard Pryor ison-of Richard) married Virginia Boyd, and moved to Arkansas, where he died.
Samuel Pryor ^son of Richard ) married Mary Ann Hamlin, of Amelia county; her mother was Miss Goode. Their son is Colonel W^illiam Pryor, of Lynchburg, married Margaret Walker, descended from Dr. Thomas Walker, of Castle Hill, Albemarle. Their sons Samuel Morris Pryor married Laura McKim. (Their son Samuel Morris Pryor) Gilmer Pryor is another son of William Pryor and M. Walker.
Rev. Theodorick Bland Pryor, D. D., LL. D., was married first to Lucy Atkinson, daughter of Roger Atkinson, of Olive Hill. They had one son and one daughter. Roger and Lucy. Lucy married Robert Mc- Ilwaine, of Petersburg, Va.
Roger Atkinson Pryor, member of Congress from Virginia, colonel
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in Confederate army, judge of Supreme Court of New York, married Sarah Agnes Rice, great-granddaughter of Rev. David Rice, one of the founders of Uampden-Sidney College. Their children, Marie Gordon Pryor married Henr>' Rice, of Charlotte; Theodorick Bland Pryor, first honor man of Princeton University, and scholar of Cambridge Univer- sit>% England, died young. He was prepared for college by Gordon McCabe, of Richmond. His short career was one of unprecedented brilliancy.
Roger Atkinson Pryor, now a lawyer in New York city.
Mary Blair Pryor, married Francis Thomas Walker.
William Rice Pr>or, physician and surgeon in New York city, married Louise Allan, of Richmond, son Hoffman Allan Pr>'or.
Lucy Atkinson Pryor, married Arthur Page Brown.
Francis Bland Pryor, married William de Leftwich Dodge, resides in Paris.
Rev. Theodorick Pryor married, secondly, Frances Epes, by whom Frances, married Thomas Campbell, Nanny, married George Jones. Archibald Campbell Pryor married Ann Augusta Bannister, of Peters- burg. They have sons and daughters, live at Centre Hill, Petersburg.
It is believed that John Pr>or married Ann, a daughter of Richard Bland, of Jordans. It seems to have been almost the universal custom to name the first two sons, respectively, after the father's and mother's fathers. John Pryor's first two sons were named Samuel and Richard.
The descendants of John Pryor have been under the impression he was twice married.
A list of the children (and their marriages' of Richard Bland contains this entry: "3d. Ann Bland — b. 15 Aug., 1735, married Pr>'or."
The following abstracts are from the records of Amelia county:
(i) Will of Samuel Pr>'or, of Amelia, dated February 20, and proved May 27, 1790; legatees: brothers Richard and Philip Pr>'or. [Luke Pr>or, also a legatee, is not described as brother, but he undoubtedly was, as these were sons of John Pryor, as in the account just given.]
(2) Deed, 1761, from Thornton Pr>or, of Amelia. [The son of Col- onel Samuel Pr>'or, as given in the Mitchell account.]
(3) Deed, March 16, 1763, from Thoniton Pr>-or, of Halifax county, X. C, to Samuel Pr>'or, of Goochland county, Va., conveying that por- tion i^( the estate of their father Samuel Pr>'or, deceased, which he be- r|iie,uhed to the said Thornton Pr>'or, and which at the time of making live deed, was in possession of their mother. Prudence Pr>or. [This dtffd also confirms the statements made above.]
(4* Deed, May 18, 1742, from Philip Pr>or, of Hanover county, and Ann his wife, conveying land in Amelia. [His name does not appear in iht? pedigrees given above. Probably a brother of Colonel Samuel Pr>m,]
( 5 1 Will of John Pr>or, dated September 23d and proved October 27.
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1785. Legatees: sons Richard, Luke and Samuel; daughter Elizabeth Timberlake, daughter Mary Boiling; son-in-law John Timberlake; men- tions legacy left by deceased brother Luke Pr>'or. [This was the John Pryor, son of Colonel Samuel Pr>'or.]
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THE PAYNE FAMILY OF GOOCHLAND, &c.
(CONTINUED.)
Colonel John' Payne, of Goochland (son of George* Payne) who died July 28, 1784, was evidently twice married. By the first wife, whose name is not known to me, he had issue: i. John;* 2. Archer;' 3. Rob- ert,* died in 1770 unmarried. Colonel Payne married, secondly, on June 23* 1757. Jane, widow of John Chichester, of Lancaster county, and daughter of Philip Smith, of Northumberland county ( Philip Smith was son of John Smith, of ** Purton," Gloucester county, and his wife Mary, daughter of Augustine VVamer, of ** Warner Hall.'*) The wife of Philip Smith was Mary, daughter of Baldwin Matthews, (see William <5f Mary QuarUrfy, vol. iv) and had issue: 4. Ann,* bom October 7, 1758, mar- ried June 30, 1774. Col. James Gordon, of Lancaster county*; 5. Philip,' bom May 29, 176^, married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel West Dandridge; 6. Jean,* bom April 30, 1762, married September 28, 1780, William Lee, of Northumberland county; 7. Smith,* bom June 18, 1764; 8. George Woodson,* bom Oct. 9, 1767, married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel West Dandridge; 9. Mildred Matthews,* bom April 10, 1769, and died soon after her father; 10. Robert,* bom October 3, 1770; 11. Elizabeth Woodson,* born January 8t 1773, and died before her father.
John* Payne (son of Colonel John) married, January 16, 1762, Mary, daughter of Richard Chichester, of Lanca.ster county, and had issue by this marriage: i. John Chichester,* bom Febmary 5, 1767; 2. Ann Ball, • bom Febmary 16, 1769; 3. Mar>' Chichester,* bom 1770, not named in father*s will; 4. Molly,* bom April 3, 1774, not named in father's will. John* Payne married, secondly, Margaret Jones She may have been a widow, as John Payne, in his will proved in Goochland, in 1795, names his "wife's daughter," Mary Pollock, and his ** wife's son" Roderick. But the parish register gives the birth October 23, 1788, of Roderick, son of John Payne and Margaret Jones, his wife, so in speaking of these two as his wife's children he may have intended to distinguish them from his first wife's children.
Archer* Payne, of "Newmarket," Goochland county, married, about 1769, Martha, daughter of Nat. West Dandridge; and had issue <as shown by the parish register): 1. John Dandridge,* bom November 20, 1770; 2. Ann Spotswood,* bom April 19, 1772; 3. Martha,* bom Nov.
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S. 1773; 4- Archer,* born November 29, 1775; 5. Dorothea Dandridge,* bom July 10, 1777; 6. America,* bom Novembers, 1786.
Josias* Payne (son of George* Payne) b. October 30, 1705, and died in Pittsylvania county, (to which he had removed) in 1785. He married, prior to 1732, Anne or Anna, who is said in all the accounts of the family to have been Anna Fleming. This is probably correct; but the writer has seen no documentary proof of the fact. There may be among the records of Goochland something that gives the desired proof.
The will of Josias • Payne was recorded in Pittsylvania county, and the folio wmg is a copy:
In the name of God Amen, I Josias Payne, of Pittsylvania County be- ing at this time in perfect health, mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following: first, 1 recommend my soul to God hoping for a happy resurrection and my body to the earth to be buried in a christian like manner at the discretion of my Executor hereafter mentioned, and after all my just debts and funeral charges are paid, I give and dispose of my Estate in the following manner, viz:
I give and bequeath to my son William the Negroes he has now in possession, I likewise give to my son William the tract of land whereon he now lives in Fluvana County containing Four hundred acres, u-ith the following Negroes, Long Tom, Squire and Patt.
Item. I confirm the gift formerly made my son Josias of Seven hun- dred acres land in Goochland County on the waters of Beaver dam Creek with the following Negroes, London, Ned and Nice.
Item. I confirm the gift formerly made to my son George of Two hundred acres land on Licking hole Creek as also Two hundred acres on the three chopt road with the following Negroes, Will, Bose and Jude and the fifty pounds I gave him in cash in lieu of a Negro. I confirm the gift made to my son John of Two hundred acres of land on the little Bird Creek as also Four hundred acres in the fork of James River with the following Negroes, Peter, Ned and Bob. I also confirm the gift made to William Heale who married my daughter Susanna, of Three hundred and sixty-five acres of land on the waters of the little Bird Creek with the following Negroes, Phillis and her children and a Negro girl named Tiller.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son Robert Payne all that tract of land in Goochland County on licking hole creek containing Eight hun- dred acres, being the plantation and land whereon I formerly lived. 1 likewise confirm the gift of Negroes I formerly made him which he has now in possession with the following Negroes, Joe, Nan, Lucy and James, with their future increase together with my Still, my household and kitchen fumiture and all the plantation utensils^ to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give to my daughter Agnes Michel the Negroes she rec'd
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of me after her Marriage, with the following negroes, Jane, Mole and her child Hanah, with their future increase.
Item. I give to my daughter Anna Harrison the Negroes she has now in possession with the Negroes following, Tom, Hanah his wife and Ben their son with their future increase.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Anne, the daughter of my son Robert, one Negro girl named Milley with her future increase to her and her heirs forever.
Item. 1 give to my Grandaughter Keturah, daughter of my son Rob- ert, one negro girl named Betty, with her increase to her and her heirs for ever and all the rest of my estate not heretofore given consisting of stock, &c , I desire may be sold and after my debts and funeral charges are paid the money equally divided amongst all my children. I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons William and Robert Payne and my son-in-law William Harrison, Executors of this my last will and testament revoking and disannulling all and every will or wills by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of January-, 1785.
JosiAS Payne, L. S.
Signed, sealed and delivered published declared to be his last
will in presence of James Sanders, Chas. Dixon, Sa. Hopson.
At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 19th day of Decem. 1785. The within last will and testament of J osias Payne, deceased, was proved by the oath of one of the witnesses thereto, &c. [Rest of Probate Cer- tificate omitted.]
Teste: Will Tinstall, C. C.
A Copy Teste: W. B. Shepherd, Clerk. December 9. 1897.
Josias' and Anna Payne had issue: i. William;* 2. Josias;' 3. George;* 4. John;* 5. Susanna* married, June 26, 1771, William Heale, of Lancas- ter county; 6. Robert;* 7. Agnes* married, in 1749, William Michel; 8. Anna* married, November, 1763, William Harrison. (These are all the children named in the will. )
William* Payne son of Josias*), married, March 6, 1753, Mary Barret, of Goochland, and had issue (named in the register): i. Sally,* bom Dec. 9, 1760. In the register is also recorded the birth January 24, 1768, of Susannah, daughter of William Payne, and Mary Thompson his wife, so William • Payne had doubtless married again. He may have had other children.
Josias* Payne, Jr. (son of Josias*) was long a resident of Goochland county, but in 1784, removed to that portion of North Carolina, which is now Tennessee. He married first, August 23, 1753. Elizabeth, daughter of Tarleton Fleming, and secondly, August 19, 1789, at Nash's Lick
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(now Nashville, Teim. ) Mary Barnett, {Davidson County Records^, By the first marriage he had issue: i. Tarleton,* born Feb. 21, 1758; 2. Sally,* bom September 16, 1757; 3. Josias,* born April 25, 1761; 4. Wil- liam,* bom June 1st 1764; 5. Fleming,* bom June 26, 1766; 6. Charles Fleming,* bom January 8, 1768; 7 Elizabeth Chichester.* born Novem- ber 20, 1769. By his second marriage, with Mary Barnett, Josias Payne had a daughter Anne * Payne who married, January 22, 1803, Gideon Pillow, Sr., and was the mother of General Gideon J. Pillow, U. S. A.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
THE RODES FAMILY. [continued.]
While positive proof has not yet been found that John Rodes, who was born in Virginia in 1697, was son of Charles Rodes. who was living in Virginia, and lately married in 1695, yet the presumptive evidence is strong. The tradition in every branch of the family has been that this John Rodes was the son of the immigrant; the name Clifton has so fre- quently appeared both in the English family to which Charles Rodes belonged, and in the Virginia family descended from John; and the fact that John Rodes was born in 1697, in or near what was then New Kent county, makes it hardly doubtful that he was the son of the "Charles Roades," whose daughter Mary's baptism, Febmary 7, 1702-3, is re- corded in the register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent county. The birth of a son ( John) in 1697, and of a daughter (Mary) in 1703, would accord very well with a marriage in 1695. A Clifton Rodes was living in Virginia during the first half of the i8th century, who may have been another son of Charles Rodes. There is on record in York county, a deed dated December 20, 1740, conveying land in York county to Clif- ton Rodes, of Jamas City county. [The James City records are unfort- unately, destroyed.] The will of Clifton Rhodes, of York county (of course the same as of James CityU was proved in York county, July 15, 1745. His legatees were his wife Sarah, his son Francis, and other chil- dren whom he does not name. If all of his children died during their minority, the property was to go to John and Elizabeth, children of Francis Rhodes, and to Clifton Rhodes and his brother, the children of John Rhodes, of Hanover county.
It is highly probable that there are in England wills which will clear up the connection of the families. There may also be something in Maryland, where Francis Rodes is stated to have lived, which would throw light.
I. John ' Rooks, was born in the lower end of the present Hanover county (traditional as to birthplace), November 6, 1697 {Family Bible , and died May 3, 1775. He removed to Louisa county, and in Septem-
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ber, 1765, was appointed a vestryman of Fredericksville Parish. In October of the next year, John Rodes and Mary his wife, of Louisa couny, made a deed to their son Clifton Rodes, of Louisa, conveying land they had bought in 1727. He was also a justice of Albemarle county. The will of John Rodes was dated Februar>' 12, 1774, and proved in Albemarle, October, 1775. He gave his son Charles 382 acres taken from the north end of testator's land; to his (John's) wife Mary, his real and personal estate during her life if she did not marry, and if she did, then to *'be put to her thirds." After her death or marriage, the land he lived on was to be sold and the proceeds divided between his five daughters. All the rest of his estate after his wife's death to be equally divided between his four sons and five daughters; the slaves to be divided as the children should agree, but none to be sold out of the family. Appoints his sons Charles and John executors. The inventory of his personal estate amounted to ;f 1,044. i7- 3» a large property for the time and county.
John* and Mary Rodes had issue: i. Clifton,'^ 2. Charles,^ 3. y<?A«,« 4. Daind}
2. Clifton* Rodes was a private in the Louisa county militia in 1758
{Henin^y ), and was sheriff of Albemarle, 1783-85 (A/demar/e
Records). He removed to Fayette county, Ky. His wife was Sarah, daughter of John and Agnes (Carr) Waller, of Spotsylvania county, Va. [Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, 388-393), and had issue:
6. Agnes,' married Boone; 7. Henrietta,* married Joseph Rog- ers; 8. Daughter,* married James Rogers; 9. Debora,* married in 1784, David Kerr (marriage bond in Albemarle county, November 25th); 10. John,* married Jane Burch. Did he leave descendants? 11. Mary,* married in 1786, Joseph Birch (marriage bond in Albemarle county, No- vember, 26); 12. Waller}
3. Charles* Rodes, settled in Nelson county, Va. We have but meagre accounts of his descendants, but from statements by descend- ants, he married "Amy, sister of General Robert Duke," and had issue; I. Charles,* of Nelson county, who married Jane, daughter of Colonel John Hopkins, and neice of General Samuel Hopkins, of Kentucky; and had a son, James Hopkins * Rodes, who was the father of Charles E. Rodes, of Gallatin, Tennessee, and other sons and daughters. J. T. Rodes, of Fayette ville, Tennessee, and Dr. J. E. Rodes, of Manchester, Tennessee, are also descendants of this branch. James E. Rodes, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, is son of Iverson Twyman Rodes, who was a son of Thomas Rodes, who removed from Nelson county, Va , to Ten- nessee, in 1837. It is hoF>ed that some one will furnish us with a full and correct account of the descendants of Charles * Rodes.
4. John* Rodes, of Albemarle county, was bom November 6, 1729, and died July 15, 1810 {Family Bible). He was a justice of Albemarle county. His will was dated July 6, 1804, and proved August 6, 1810, in
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Albemarle. Legacies; first, to his son Robert, three negroes; second, to his daughter, Henrietta, three negroes; third, to daughter Ann, three negroes; fourth, to son John, three negroes: fifth, to son Clifton, three negroes, and a tract of land on which he (Clifton) now lives; sixth, to son Tyree. three negroes; to daughter Sally Harris, three negroes. All of the land on which he resided, and all adjoining the same which he had purchased, to be sold, and proceeds divided— one third to his daughter Henrietta, one third to Sally Harris, and one third to be put at interest to be divided equally among the children of his daughter Anna.
The rest of his estate to be divided among all of his children, viz : Robert, Henrietta, John, Clifton, Tyree, Sally Harris and Anna. Ann Garth's share to be put at interest and divided among her children when they come of age or marry. John and Clifton Rodes, and B. Brown, executors. John* Rodes married Sarah (bom May 24, 1736, died Jan. 31, 1803) daughter of Major Robert Harris, of Albemarle county (who had been a member of the House of Burgesses for Hanover in 1743-44). They had issue:
15. Mary,' born February 14, 1757; died young; 16. Robert;^ 17. Hen- rietta,' bom May 26, 1761, married Bemice Brown of Albemarle; 18. Ann,* bom July 22, 1763: married, June 17, 1782, John Garth, of Albe- marle, and removed to Paris, Kentucky; 19. John;^ 20. Clifton;^ 21. Tyree;* 22. Doctor Charles,' born Febmary 22, 1774, died unmarried; 23. Sarah Harris,' born July 3, 1777, married September 22, 1808, Mica- jah Woods, of "Holkham," Albemarle county, and died January 25, 1850, leaving a son Dr. John R. Woods, of Albemarle (bom January 15, 1 815, died July 9, 1885) father of Captain Micajah Woods, of Charlottes- ville, &c.
5. David* Rodes, of Albemarle county, bom , died Dec. 29,
1793. He married first. May 13, 1758, Mary (who died April 10.
1 781) and second, on March 27, 1 783, Susannah . (By the second mar- riage there was one child Agnes, born January 11, 1784, died September 13, 1784.) The will of David ' Rodes was dated June 9, 1790, and proved in Albemarle, Febmary, 1794. He wills the lands and negroes derived through his wife Susannah to her; farm called " Pomgranate " to son John; 304 acres to son Matthew, besides 500 acres in Madison county, Ky.; to son Charles, tracts in Nelson county, Ky., on the waters of Green River, in all 1,195 acres; £60 to daughter Mary Douglas; all his children to have equal shares with daughter Elizabeth Goodman, lands excepted; wife Susannah and son Mathew executors. Issue:
24. Mary,' born Dec. 11, 1760, married Douglas; 25. Bettie,' bom
June 20, 1762, died December 27, 1852, married, 1783, Horsley Goodman (marriage bond Albemarle county. May 8); 26. John,' bom Febmary 14, 1764, died August 19, 1823. Did he marry and have issue ? 27. Matthew;* 28. Charles,' born September 15, 1767; 29. Nancy,' bom June 16, 1769, married Delaney; 28. Lucy,' born May 4, 1771; 29. David,'
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born March 9, 1773, died August 24, 1789; 30. Ann,* bom February 20, '775. died September 25, 1852, married May, 1790, in Albemarle county, James Ballard; 3r. Judah,* bom December 15 1776, died Aug:ust, 1784; 32. Patsy,' bom October 23, 1778; 33. Milly,*born September 25, 1780 (a Milly Rodes, doubtless this one, married in Albemarle in July, 1795, William Walden.)
12. Waller* Rodes, of Kentucky, married his cousin Elizabeth Thompson (she married secondly Gabrielt Slaughter, Govemor of Ken- tucky) and had one child. Colonel William * Rodes, of Fayette county, Ky., member of the State Senate 1841-45, who married twice, first, his * cousin Sarah Waller Burch, by whom he had one son Joseph Waller * Rodes, who married Sarah E. Marshall, and left two sons: J. Waller* Rodes, and Dr. William • Rodes, both of Lexington, Ky. Colonel Wil- liam * Rodes married secondly, Margaret Todd, and had one son Levi Todd,* who married Mary Martin.
16. Robert* Rodes, born May 11, 1759, d^^d November 20, 1818; is said to have served as a captain in the Revolutionary War; removed to Madison county. Ky., in 1783, and represented that county in the Con- vention held at Danville in 1787. On the formation of the State he was appointed one of the justices of Madison county, and later was a judge of the Circuit Court. He married, May 30, 1782, Elizabeth (bom Jan- uary 29, 1759, <^*€d January 31, I8o3^ daughter of John Delaney, of Am- herst county, V^a., and had issue:
34. Mar>' Eddins,* bom August 5, 1783, died July 20, 1835, married July 10, 1800, James Estill; 35. Sarah Harris,* born June 7, 1787, died August II, 1856. married April 18, i8fi. Dr. Anthony W. Rollins, of Kentucky, and had a son, James Sydney Rollins, born at Richmond, Ky., April 19, 1812; member of Legislature from Boone county. Mo., 1838, and State Senate, 1868, &c.; Member Congress, 1860-64, Presi- dent of the University of Missiouri; 36. Elizabeth,* born February 20, 1789, died Febmar>', 1857, married December 20, 1807, Wallace Estill; 37. John,* bom January 4, 1792, died November 21, 1814; 38. IVWiam;^ 39. Nancy,* born F'ebruary 3, 1796, died September 15, 1869, married October 15, 18 16, Samuel Stone, of Richmond, Ky., and was mother ot Robert Rodes Stone, of Lexington, Ky., and grandmother of Samuel H. Stone, now State Auditor of Kentucky; 40. Clifton}
19. John* Rodes. of Albemarle county, Va., born June 2, 1766, died March i, 1841 (in which year his will was proved). He married in May, 1793, in Albemarle, Francisca, daughter of Bernard Brown, and had issue: 41. Sidney,* bom Januar>' 27, 1794, died July 23, 1855, married December 13, 181 1, Powhatan Jones (bom October 9, 1792, died Sep- tember 13, 1880), of " Breman," Buckingham county, Va.; 42. Ryland;^ 43. John D.,* married Mrs. Morris, of Albemarle, and died without issue; 44. WUiam;^ 45. Sarah,* married Samuel Woods, of Nelson county, emigrated to Missouri; 46. Tyree;^ i^"]. Virginia,* married W. C.
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Smith, of Nelson county, and died in 1854 or 55; 48. Jacintha,* married, first, j. Smith, of Nelson county, and second, James Harris, of Nelson county; 49. F*annie,* married Garland Brown, of Nelson county, and emigrated to Mississippi, where she died; 50. Lucy Ann,* married, first,
James A. Payne, of Warrenton, Va., and second, Newlands, of
Rolls county, Mo.
20. Clifton' Rodes, bom August 8, 1768, married December i, 1796, Elizabeth, daughter of John Jones, of Albemarle county, and removed to Kentucky, settling according to one account in Barren, and according to another, in Madison county. He had two children, Mar>',* who mar- ried Colonel Murrell, member of Kentucky State Senate, and Elizabeth,* who married, first, Frank Gavin, and second, Watkins.
21. TvREE* Rodes, bom December 24, 1770. died July 17, 1827. He removed in 1807 to Giles county, Tennessee, and settled on an estate, which he named "Clifton Place." He married, April 25, 181 1, of Hal- ifax county, N. C, eldest daughter of Major James Holland, of Halifax county, N. C, who was for eighteen years Member of Congress from that State. They had issue: sr. Sarah Myra,* born October 18, 1812, died March 12, 1865, married, first, John H. Rivers, of Tennessee; sec- ond. Colonel Joseph Trotter; 52. James Holland,* born June i, 1814, died April 19, 1824; 53. Robert;^ 54. Sophia Selina,* born October 26, 818, died October 24, 1829; 55. Tyree,* born July 18, 1821, died July 28, 1858, married Jane Elizabeth Murrill, of Kentucky, and had: (i ) Clifton,^ born September 3, 1852, died June 13, 1877, unmarried; (2) Myra Ophelia,* bom November 7, 1856, died March 7, 1858.
Powhatan and Sidney F.* (Rodes) Jones had issue: (a) Addison, mar- ried and removed to Texas; (b^ Adaline Sidney, bom February 19, 1816, died September 11, 1888, married Colonel Joseph Littlebur>' Car- rington (born October 25, 1810, died January 24, 1890), of "Walnut Hill," Cumberland county, and afterwards of Richmond, Va.; (c) Judith Francisco, married Ayres; (d) John Samuel, removed to Missis- sippi and married; (e) Martha Brown, unmarried; (f) Sarah Elizabeth, married Gilbert Carrington, and removed to Mississippi, where she died; (g) Powhatan Tyree, died in California; (h) Virginia, married, first. Col- onel Scott, of Petersburg, and second, Wilson, of Cumberland
county; ti) Josiah Ryland, married and lived in Kockingham county; (j)
Walter Scott, died in boyhood; ^h) Marj^ Jacintha, married Clarke,
of Goochland county
John H. and Sarah Myra (Rodes) Rivers had issue: (a) William, born June 19, 1831, married in 1857, Martha Julia, daughter of William C. Floumoy, of Pulaski, Tenn., and died in 1882, leaving issue: Floumoy, of Pulaski; Tyree Rodes, lieutenant U. S. A.; John H. (deceased), Wil- liam Cannon, lieutenant U. .S. A.; Myra, and Julian; (b) Cynthia, married
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April 6, 1851, B. F. Carter; (c) Mary Elizabeth, married, first, Creorge Sykes; secondly. Dr. William Batte. Additions and corrections requested.
I.TO BE CONTINUED.]
thp: withers family.
(continued.)
In the two preceding numbers we have presented the only accounts which exist, giving connected accounts of several generations of the family, viz: The entries in the Bible and the account printed in April. These, it would appear, relate to the descendants of James Withers, who is stated to have come to Virginia in 1690. What follows will have to be compiled from wills, deeds and other records, and from information furnished by various persons of the name.
Two papers purporting to be copies of the Bible record have been ex- amined. One gave what was printed on pages 311-313. The other contained a blank where the name *' Koons Withers " appears in the copy which was printed. There is good reason to believe that the Bible en- tries are difficult to read, and that the name rendered " Koons." is "Keene." This Koons Withers, bom 1727-8, should probably be Keene la name pronounced and often written Cain) Withers. It appears from the Stafford records that the inventory of the estate of '* Mr. Cain Withers, deceased " was recorded November, 1756, and that his wife was named Elizabeth. There appears to have been no will. There is also on record in Staflford the application of Elizabeth, widow of " Keen Withers,'* but then wife of Andrew Edwards, for the division of the real estate of William Withers.
Keen (Cain) Withers married Elizabeth Cave, and is shown by the records to have had the following children (perhaps there may have been others): i. John; 2. James; 3. William. There is on record in Fauquier a deed, July 25, 1796, from John Withers (son of Cain VV^ithers) and Eliz- abeth his wife, to his brother James Withers And also another deed, February 4, 1813, from James Withers of Fauquier to his son Jennings Withers, of Stafford county, conveying land in Stafford, which was form- erly given to Cave Withers, brother of said Jennings, and which said James Withers, the father, inherited from his mother Elizabeth Cave, who married Keen Withers. He also mentions in the deed, land which had been sold for the benefit of his (James) son John. James Withers, who made the deed, married in Fauquier in 1775, Chloe Jennings (mar- riage bond dated November 4, 1775) An account of the descendants of James and Chloe (Jennings) Withers has been promised.
It appears from the Bible record that John, son of James Withers and Elizabeth his wife, died October 25, 1794 (aged eighty years). There is
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recorded in Fauquier in 1794 an order for the division of certain lands whereof John Withers, Sr., late of Stafford county, deceased there seized. The said John Withers had made a will by which part of said land was devised to William Withers. The other legatees were to draw for their shares. There seems to be no doubt that the John Withers whose estate is here divided, was the John Withers of the Bible, just referred to. There is in Fauquier a deed dated October 2, 1804, from Enoch K. Withers and Janet his wife, conveying to John Blackwell, Sr., land in Fauquier which was part of a larger tract formerly belonging to John Withers, deceased, of Stafford county, who had devised it to his children, viz: 150 acres to his son William, for life, with remainder to his grandson John; and the residue to his three daughters, named in his will, one of whom, Nancy, had married Nathaniel Smith, and sold her interest to the said Enoch K. Withers. Also in Fauquier, a deed April 25, 1798, from William Withers, of Lincoln county, Ky., to John and Enoch K. Withers, of Fauquier, reciting that the said William Withers had ap- pointed the said John Withers, his attorney, to sell any land he (William) possessed under the will of his father John Withers, of Stafford county, deceased. To the only son of John Withers, of Stafford idied 1794) who can be definitely assigned, was William Withers who lived in Lincoln county, Ky., in 1798.
In regard to the branches of the Withers family in Fauquier county, there is even less evidence on which to base suggestions as to their con- nection with the main stock in Stafford, as given in the Bible record. James Withers, of Fauquier made a will dated January 9, and proved January 20, 1784, in Fauquier. He gives his youngest son George Washington Withers, all of the land the testator lives on, 573 acres, 4 slaves, &c. ; to eldest son James, 2 slaves now in said son's possession; daughter Nanny Duncan, i slave; son John, one slave; granddaughter Bridgett McKay, daughter of Isaac and Bridgett McKay, one slave. Rest of estate between wife Jemima, daughters Hannah Pickett, Nanny Duncan, and Betty Jennings, and sons James, William and John. So this James Withers, of Fauquier, who died in 1784, had issue: i. James; 2. John; 3. William; 4. George Washington; 5. Betty, married Jen- nings; 6. Nanny, married Duncan; 7. Bridget, married Isaac McKay.
An account of some of the descendants of James Withers (1784) is promised. His youngest son George Washington was doubtless bom during or shortly after the Revolution, say about 1780. Therefore this James Withers could hardly have been the James of the Bible record, who was born in 17 17, but was probably the one bom in 1736. He may, however, have been a son of one of the other sons of James and Eliza- beth Withers, with whom the Bible record begins.
Another James Withers died in Fauquier in 179 1. As he had a grand- son bom in 1760, it is probable that he was the James Withers, of the Bible record, who was bom in 17 17. The James who died in 1791, mar-
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ried Elizabeth , and had issue (according to his will dated May 4,
and proved July 25, 1791): i. Thomas; 2. John; 3. Elizabeth; 4. Han- nah; 5. Cain; 6. Lucy; 7. Centhy; 8. William; 9. Sithy; 10. Sally; 11. Patty.
Thomas Withers, the son, made a will which was dated November 5, and proved in Fauquier, December 22, 1794. In it he names his brother William Withers, and the following children: i. John; 2. Enoch (Keene); 3. Matthew Keen; 4. Susanna, married Chinn; 5. Joseph; 6. Wil- liam; 7. Benjamin; 8. Hannah, married Winn; 9. Betty, married
Captain Minor Winn; 10. Mary, married Jordan; 11. Sally, married
West.
William Withers (son of John of 1791) made a will dated November 21, 1803, and proved in Fauquier, January 23, 1804, names the following children: i. James, to whom he gives land in Culpeper, where James lived, and 109 acres adjoining; 2. Spencer, to whom and his wife, he gives certain land with reversion to their children, and also negroes, &c. ; 3. Susanna; 4. Elizabeth, wife of John Withers; 5. Molly, wife of Wm. Withers; 6. Alice, wife of John Ball, Jr.; 7. Agatha, wife of Martin Por- ter; 8. Jesse, to whom he confirms gift of land where Jesse lives, and which had been bequeathed to him (the testator) by his father; 9. Eli- jah; 10. Lewis, to whom he gives the land where testator then lived; and also a legacy to granddaughter Betty, daughter of William Withers. It does not appear whether