My Ancestors-Poff, Kropff, Foster, Loving, Davis, Ledbetter:Information about Peter R. Poff, Sr.
Peter R. Poff, Sr. (b. Abt. 1773, d. September 14, 1830)
Notes for Peter R. Poff, Sr.:
Researched by Wes Poff and given to me (8/1999):
Peter is thought to have been in Augusta Co. in 1792 because his name appears with George Poff on a tax list.In 1800 Peter and George are both listed on the delinquent tax list of Augusta as having gone "to French Broad".This is a river that flows from N.C. to Knoxville, Tenn.In 1798 George Poff Sr. and Jr. are listed but in 1798 and 1800 only one George is listed.It is assumed that George Sr. died about 1798 because his name is missing.
It seems that Peter arrived in Montgomery Co. and purchased a farm on Wilson's Creek.In 1803 he was granted a land deed of 96 more acres.In a few years it seems the family moved near Check, Va. on Little River, still part of Montgomery County.Peter continued adding to his farm.Tax records show he owned a saw mill in 1813 and a grist mill in 1814.When Peter died in 1830 his family divided his 665 acres of land.
Researched byLewis Poff and given me (8/1999):
Source:Will written 9/14/1830 and probated 1/1830, with all children listed.
Source:Named listed in Kinter's Book about his family.
Source:Head of River Ancestors by Erma Conner Sowers page 22 for DOD, buried in unmarked grave.
Source:R. A. Poff states that Peter Poff and frau were recorded as Communicants of the Zion Lutheran Church of Floyd County, in 1819.
More About Peter R. Poff, Sr. and Elizabeth (Picklesteimer) Pickle:
Marriage: 1788, Augusta County, VA.
Children of Peter R. Poff, Sr. and Elizabeth (Picklesteimer) Pickle are:
- +Henry Poff, Sr., b. February 13, 1792, Montgomery Co., VA, d. April 26, 1854, Floyd Co., VA.
- +Katherine Poff, b. 1793, Montgomery Co., VA, d. June 12, 1879, Floyd Co., VA.
- +Esther Poff, b. 1795, Montgomery Co., VA, d. July 06, 1864, Floyd Co., VA.
- +Peter R. Poff, Jr., b. Abt. 1797, Montgomery Co., VA.
- +Michael Poff, b. January 05, 1798, Montgomery Co., VA, d. February 04, 1878, Montgomery Co., VA.
- +Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Poff, b. 1799, Montgomery Co., VA, d. Aft. 1865.
- +John Poff, b. 1802, Montgomery Co., VA, d. Bef. 1850.
- +Charles Lee Poff, b. December 16, 1806, Montgomery Co., VA, d. 1890.
- Samuel Poff, b. 1807, Montgomery Co., VA, d. December 07, 1882.
- +Christenia Poff, b. January 12, 1809, Montgomery Co., VA, d. January 14, 1881, Floyd Co., VA.
- +Anna Poff, b. Abt. 1811, Montgomery Co., VA.
- +Anthony Poff, b. Bet. 1805 - 1806, Montgomery Co., VA, d. August 31, 1865.