Data Collected from Virginia including surnames common in the SEE family genealogy.
Accomack County VA - 1704 Rent Roll
First
Name Last Name Acres
Jno CARTER
203
Jno EVANS
200
Sarah
EVINS 150
Alex. HARRISON 400
Arnoll HARRISON 630
Selby HARRISON
50
Edmd JONES 800
Richard JONES 500
Thomas JONES
100
Robert LEWIS 200
William LEWIS 150
William LEWIS 300
Jona OWEN 230
Henry READ 350
Jno READ 200
Francis ROBERTS 200
James SMITH 756
Symon SMITH 200
Thomas SMITH 300
Charles TAYLOR 580
Edward TAYLOR 300
Elias TAYLOR 1500
James TAYLOR 100
Robert TAYLOR 95
Samuell TAYLOR 1232
Thomas TAYLOR 100
William TAYLOR 1400
William TAYLOR
100
A.
Arcade WELBURN 1854
Nathaniel WILLIAMS 64
Mary WRIGHT 200
Francis YOUNG 100
Samll YOUNG 50
William YOUNG 144
Mr.
Hancock LEE dividing Creeks 4050
Henry SMITH at the Southerd 100
MIERS W. FISHER BIBLE
"HOLY BIBLE Towar, J. & D. M. Hogan;
and Hogan & Co., Pittsburgh 1830.
Owned by Stanley F. Scott 4125 Ewell Point, Virginia
Beach, Va., 23455.
Copied by Jean M. Mihalyka in February,
1981."
On the frontispage:
Presented to Mary L. Fisher by her Father Dec 20th 1868
MARRIAGES:
1925 Sept 19 Eleanor Powell and Fred S.
Burford were
married
1938, March 26 William Powell and Maude
Elizabeth
Ecton were married
BIRTHS:
William Powell, December 12, 1895,
Townfields, " "
Eleanora Powell, September 6th, 1900,
Townfields, Nor. Va.
FROM NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS:
George F. Parramore, lawyer, and Miss Linnie
S. Powell,
daughter of Jno. T. Powell of Onancock married at St.
James on Thursday evening (Feb 24th n.d.)
Albemarle County Virginia
Albemarle County Marriages from Nov 15, 1800-
July 20, 1846
performed by Rev. John Gibson of Albemarle
County, Virginia;
contained in the pension case of the above
John Gibson,
Rejected No. 3,996, Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Aaron Bush Mary Meadows Nov 11 1804
Major Dowel Frankey Jones Nov 15 1804
John Pence Polly Smith Jan 11 1807
Major Dowel Elizabeth Martin Apr 28 1807
DEEDS: William H. MARTIN and wife Sally to
John DOLLINS,
1824, Albemarle County, Virginia
Deed from William H. MARTIN and wife Sally to
John DOLLINS; Albemarle County, Virginia;
Deed Book 24; page 432 (1824)
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES - Albemarle
County, VA - 1785
ALBEMARLE COUNTY,VA
Transcribed from a document published by
Government Printing Office 1908.
Transcriber’s Note: Various spelling errors
seem to exist on the original document; for example, “Jerman” was almost
certainly “Jarman,” and “Guayson” was probably a misspelling of “Grayson.” Despite this, I have transcribed the census
as it was writte
in 1908.
Historical Note (on original): The Federal
Census enumeration for Virginia was destroyed when the British burned the
Capitol in Washington in 1812. This Albemarle List of heads of families was
compiled from State census records as of the year 1785.
Charlotte
County Virginia
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Name: |
Eddy Pratt <epratt@bdbc.com> |
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Date: |
2000-04-24 |
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Name of Family Head &
Wife |
John and Rebecca Pratt
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Came to Charlotte Co. from:
County~State~Year |
Orange Co., VA 1748 |
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Moved from Charlotte Co to:
Co~State~Year,or where he died |
Rowan Co., NC 1768 |
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Comments: |
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Name: |
Connie Willis <cnwillis@yahoo.com> |
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Date: |
2000-03-02 |
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Name of Family Head &
Wife |
Thomas Rodgers and
Elizabeth Ann Jane Carr Rodge |
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Came to Charlotte Co. from:
County~State~Year |
unknown but probably 1742
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Moved from Charlotte Co to:
Co~State~Year,or where he died |
Died in Charlotte County,
Virginia |
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Comments: |
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Name: |
JoLee Spears <spearsj@bellsouth.net> |
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Date: |
1999-11-29 |
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Name of Family Head &
Wife |
Thomas & Nancy
(Pourtwood) Roberts |
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Moved from Charlotte Co to:
Co~State~Year,or where he died |
Franklin Co., MO 1831
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Comments: |
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Name: |
B Yoder <BYoder.midsummer@worldnet.att.net> |
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Date: |
1999-11-26 |
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Name of Family Head &
Wife |
Hubbard and Nancy (Jones)
Williams |
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Came to Charlotte Co. from:
County~State~Year |
born 2 Dec 1762 (Lunenburg
county, VA) |
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Moved from Charlotte Co to:
Co~State~Year,or where he died |
moved to KY c 1800 |
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Comments: |
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Name: |
B Yoder <BYoder.midsummer@worldnet.att.net> |
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Date: |
1999-11-26 |
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Name of Family Head &
Wife |
Hubbard and Nancy (Jones)
Williams |
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Came to Charlotte Co. from:
County~State~Year |
born 2 Dec 1762 (Lunenburg
county, VA) |
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Moved from Charlotte Co to:
Co~State~Year,or where he died |
moved to KY c 1800 |
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Comments: |
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Name: |
Ann Mitchell Horne <ahorne@quix.net> |
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Date: |
1999-11-09 |
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Name of Family Head &
Wife |
Joseph and Elizabeth
(Hudson) Wilson |
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Came to Charlotte Co. from:
County~State~Year |
grandfather John, 1758
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Moved from Charlotte Co to:
Co~State~Year,or where he died |
to Prince Edward Co. 1800,
d. GA 1874 |
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Comments: |
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EDWARD ELAM BIBLE RECORDS
Edward Elam was born in Charlotte County, VA
in 1786. He married 1)
Martha Smith and 2) Lettuce Chaffin Wallace,
widow of John Wallace. He
left Charlotte County ca. 1814, may have
spent some time in Rutherford
County, NC, moved on to Tennessee, and died
in Greenville, IL in 1840.
These two pages are posted in hopes they may
stimulate discussion and
research. The Edward Elam Bible is reported
to have been the property
of the late William Bell Elam of Medina,
TN. Thanks to Marilynn
Masten, who provided copies to me and who has
determined that the
current location of the Bible is unknown.
Names and dates are
handwritten in list form on both pages.
Identifying information and
dittos written in the same hand preceed
several of the names. Those
notations are indicated here with brackets. I
have tried to duplicate
this handwritten list as closely as possible.
Two pages reported to have been copied from
the Bible of Edward Elam
(1765-1840) of Charlotte County, VA and
Greenville, IL
PAGE ONE - at the top are the words
"Father's Bible" written in
handwriting which differs from that on the
remainder of the page.
Marriages
Edward Elam & Martha Smith was married Dec. 7, 178_
Edward Elam & Lettuce Wallace were married June 2, 1810
Joel Elam & Sarah Ellen Smith were married July 3, 184_
Joel Elam & Sarah Jane McCormack were married Dec.20, 18_
Births
Edward Elam was born Jan
29, 1765
John Elam Son of Edward & Martha, born Dec 5, 1787
Susana Elam born Dec
18, 1789
Anderson S. Elam born Oct
26,1792
Thomas S. Elam Sep
6, 1794
Edward Elam May
11, 1798
Elizabeth Elam Feb
23.1800
Daniel Elam
April 14, 1802
Sarah Elam
March 5, 1805
[wife of Joel E.] Sarah Jane Elam March 7, 1826
Letuce
[Son of Edward & L.]Peter Elam March 10, 1811
Martha Barksdale Elam May
3, 1815
Joel Elam Dec 9, 1817
(Father's Bible)
[Daughter of Joel & Susana] Martha S.
Elam was born Mar 23, 1818
[Wife of Joel E.] Sarah Ellen Elam Dec 14, 1824
[J.E. daughter] Mary Frances
Elam June 3, 1846
[Sons of Joel E] Charles Edward Elam March 27, 1847
Wiliam Wallace
Elam Oct 5, 1849
Thomas Persaville
Elam July 28, 1851
Deaths
John Elam died June 26, 1806
[Wife of Joel] Susan Elam
Mar 25, 1818
Sarah Elam Feb 15, 1819
[Wife of Edward] Martha Elam
Feb 13, 1810
Letuce Elam July 10, 1830
Edward Elam, Sr March 29, 1840
[Daughter of Joel & Elln] Nancy Frances
Elam July 30,1843
[Wife of Joel
E] Sarah Ellen Elam Oct 4, 1847
Sarah Jane Elam Sep 20, 1852
[Son of Joel & Sarah Ellen] William
Wallace Elam March 9, 1853
Charles Edward Elam ____ 11, 1854
PAGE TWO
Joel Elam Died Sep 3,
1892
[Wife of Joel] Mary L. Elam Mar 2, 1904
[Daughter of J & M] Sarah Ellen
Spradling Feb 12, 1907
[Son in law] W. A. McLain Feb 12, 1912
Ellen M. McLain Dec
Marriages Joel Elam & Nancy L. Clary Feb 16, 1843
Joel Elam & Sarah Ellan Smith July 3,1845
Joel Elam & Sarah J. McCormack Dec 20, 1845
Joel Elam & Mary L. White Aug3, 1853
Thomas P. Elam & Ellen James Nov 27, 1873
R. H. Spradling & Sarah E. Elam Oct 12,1887
John A. Elam & Ada B. Corbin Aug 10,1891
George H. Kuhn & Miriam R. Elam June 26,1902
W. A. McLain & Ellen M. Elam
Aug 6,1902
Births Joel Elam
Born Dec 9, 1817
[Wife of Joel] Mary L. Elam
Feb 2, 1820
Mary Frances Elam June 5, 1846
Charles Edward Elam Nov 27, 1847
William Wallace Elam Oct 5,1849
Thomas Percevil Elam July 28, 1851
Ellen Margaret L. Elam Nov 12, 1854
John Anderson Elam May 1, 1856
Sarah Elizabeth Elam May 4, 1858
Miriam Rebecca Elam April 8, 1863
Family Bible of William Thomas Lee
Transcribed from the original water damaged
bible and submitted by
Donald W. Pearce
<SHADOW.W.P@prodigy.net>
This bible record is placed at the VAGenWeb Archives for Charlotte
County as it
is
believed John and Frances Lee were married in Charlotte County. - JoLee Spears
1. John Lee and Frances, his wife were
married the 23 day of February 1812.
2. Ann E. Lee, daughter of John and Frances
Lee was born January the 5th day of 1813.
3. Frances Jane Lee was born the 5th day of
May 1815.
4. Lucinda R. Lee was born the 21th day of
January 1818.
5. Sarah T. Lee was born the 4th day of March
1820.
6. Mary H. Lee was born the 28th day of May
1822.
7. John H. Lee was born the 14th day of
August 1824.
8. William T. Lee was born September the 18th
1826.
9. Harriet A. Lee was born December 3rd 1831.
PAGE 2
10. William T. Lee and Mary his wife married
the ? day of December 1857
11. John H. Lee the son on William and Mary
Lee was born September the 14th 1860.
12. Frances R. Lee was born May the 10th
1862.
13. William T. Lee was born January the 9th
1865.
14. Robert E. Lee was born January 25th 1867.
15. Joseph T. Lee was born July the 26th
1868.
16. Elizer J. Lee was born March the 23rd
1870.
17. Mary A. Lee was born August the 25th
1871.
18. Susan Alice Lee was born September the
7th 1873.
19. Rufus A. Lee was born February 4th 1875.
20. David Williamson Lee was born February
12th 1877
PAGE 3
21.
Beulah I. Lee was born the 30th day of July 1886.
22. David W. Lee and Beulah I. Lee were
married the 24th of January 1904.
23. Mary Belle Lee was born December the 11th
1904.
24. David W. Lee was born March 10th 1906.
25. Florence May Lee was born April 26th 1907
26. Edith Irene Lee was born March 6th 1909
27. Tommy Morris Lee was born November 28th
1911
28. Nettie Novella Lee was born July 18th
1913.
29. Virginia Mae Lee was born July 17th 1917.
30. Paul Edward Lee was born July 18th 1920.
31. Dorothy Eunice Lee was born March 4th
1923.
32. Byron Ned Lee was born September 13th
1926.
33. Earl Joe Lee was born February 29th 1932.
PAGE 4
34. W. T. Lee died January the 26th 1884.
35. Robert E. Lee was killed by a train
September 12th 1885.
36. Mary A. Lee died February 7th 1890.
37. Florence May Lee the daughter of David W.
Lee and Beulah I. Lee died the 8th
day of July 1909.
38. Paul Edward Lee the son of David W. Lee
and Beulah I. Lee died the 4th day of
December 1920.
39. Beulah I. Lee wife of David W. Lee died
the 9th day of September 1941.
Pettus Bible Record at LVA
Names included: Bass, Crenshaw, Eubanks,
Hundley, Lee, Malone, Pettus,
Roberts, Smithson, Watson
PETTUS FAMILY RECORD
Recorded in the New Testament printed 1838.
From copy on file at LVA
Transcribed from white on black copy - JoLee Gregory Spears
DEATHS
Note: Death Records appear to be in one
handwriting through the entry
of Susan Roberts departed this life July 7th
1847./jgs
John Pettus Senr departed this life April
24th 1799 about 25 minutes
after 9 Oclock in the evening and in the 63rd
year of his age.
Susannah Pettus departd this life March 14th
1821.
Susannah Roberts deptd this life August 30th
1825.
Elizabeth Hundley wife of George Hundley
departed this life September
22nd 1801
John Lee son of Wm & Nancy Lee departed
this life 23rd of September
1801.
George Hundley departed this life January
28th 1807 in the 52nd year
of his age.
Elizabeth the wife of O. Pettus departed this
life 17 of May 1818
about half after 11 Oclock in the evening in
the 35 year of her age.
Nancy W. Roberts departed this life September
1832 in the 32nd year of
her age.
Barbary O. Lee departed this life December
4th 1843 in the 27 year of
her age.
John P. Pettus departed this life June 18th
1844.
Reuben Malone departed this life September
9th 1811.
Lucy Malone wife of Reuben departed this life
6 Augt 1825.
Elenor Malone departed this life 21 July
1832.
Jordan Malone departed this life November
23rd 1832.
Claborne Malone departed this life July 4th
1839.
Susan Roberts departed this life July 7th
1847.
--
[Note: This entry is very faded on copy. It appears to start with
"F," maybe Fanny Pettus. Further on, the name Overton Pettus shows
through, maybe the husband or father of the
deceased.jgs]
Overton Pettus departed this life June 26th
1850 about 10 minutes
after 10 Oclock A.M.? in the 81st year of his
age.
---
The above entry fills the space for
Deaths. The following are written
in margins and on other pages where there was
space. They will be
added to this section./jgs
John O. Pettus was killed in 1862.
Harriet F. Pettus died Nov 8 about 8, Oclock
at night. [If the year is
given, it is off the page copy./jgs]
Capt John Eubanks died September 2nd 1862.
Lucinda P. Pettus departed this life [not
readable/jgs] 187[last digit
off page copy]
George W.? Pettus Departed this life April 19
187[last digit off page
copy]
Elizabeth V. G. Pettus died Aug? 28-1880
Wyatt H. Pettus departed this life Oct 24?
18[2 digits off the page
copy] in the 75 year of his age.
[Copied from birth page/jgs] James H. Pettus
and Martha A. P. Smithson
was married 28th day of November 1849 and she
departed this life 5th
day of March 1857. Martha A. P. Smithson was born 28 day of February
1832.
[Copied from marriage page] Minerva A. Bass
departed this life April
11, 1904.
[Copied from a birth page]
Robert J. Watson Departed this Life May 26,
1862.
Sarah M. Watson departed this life April 25,
1863.
Jesse Watson departed this life May 3rd 1865.
--
BIRTHS
Entries through Elizabeth A. F. Lee was born
November 2nd 1841 appear
to be the same handwriting/jgs
Ann Hundley Daughter of George Hundley and
Elizabeth his wife was born
September 29th 1777.
--
Elizabeth W. Hundley was born July 7th 1783.
Robert Walker Hundley was born January 10th
1788.
Elizabeth F. Crenshaw was born January 17th
1821.
Nancy W. Pettus daughter of Overton Pettus
and Elizabeth his wife was
born September 3d 1800.
Lucinda P. Pettus was born February 8th
1802.
Elizabeth V. G. Pettus was born December 5th
1803.
Wyatt H. Pettus was born August 12th 1805.
George W. Pettus was born May 31st 1809.
Clarissa W. Pettus was born April 14th 1812.
Barbary O. Pettus was born April 10th 1816.
Elizabeth A. F. Lee was born November 2nd
1841.
Harriet F. Eubanks was born April 11th 1816.
Elizabeth S.? Eubanks was born August 30th
1822.
James H. Pettus and Martha A. P. Smithson was
married 28th day of
November 1849 and she departed this life 5th
day of March 1857.
Martha A. P. Smithson was born 28 day of
February 1832.
Martha H. E. Pettus daughter of James and
Martha Pettus was born
February 1st 1851.
[End of first Birth page]
SECOND PAGE OF BIRTHS
P. G. Eubank born Jan. 22 1814 [last digit
not clear on copy/jgs].
--
Elizabeth F. Eubank Born Oct 5th 1818.
John T. Eubank Born Feb. 29th 1836.
Martha A. A. Eubank Born May 31st 1837.
James H. H. Eubank Born May 17th 1838.
Andrew J. Eubank Born July 22nd 1840.
--
William [initial] Eubank Born July 12th 1842.
Phillip G. Eubank Born March 16th 1844.
Marie H. F. Eubank Born Sept 9th 1845.
Ann E. Eubank Born Sept 12th 1847.
Edward D. Eubank Born April 29th 1849.
Allice C. V. Eubank Born May 17th 1850.
John O. Pettus was Born 12th Nov. 1847.
Minerva A. Watson was Born April 4th 1822.
Deaths entered on the Birth page:
Robert J. Watson Departed this Life May 26,
1862.
Sarah M. Watson departed this life April 25,
1863.
Jesse Watson departed this life May 3rd 1865.
MARRIAGES
Overton Pettus and Elizabeth W. Hundley were
married August the 8th
1799-
Overton Pettus and Fanny Malone were married
25th July 1820.
Daniel Crenshaw and Lusinda Pettus were
married October 7th 1819.
Thomas Roberts and Nancy W. Pettus were
married October 18th 1831.
Wyatt H. Pettus and Harriet F.. Eubank were
married January 28th 1836.
David Lee and Barbary O. Pettus were married
January 31st 1839.
George W. Pettus and Elizabeth Eubank were
married 13th January 1841.
Clarissa W. Pettus and John Smithson were
married 8th September 1841.
"John O. Pettus" scratched out
Wyatt H. Pettus and Minerva A. Watson was
married November 15th 1865.
Thomas B. Watson and Josie. B. Watson was
married April the 28, 1879,
Richard E. Bass and Minerva A. Pettus was
married April the 29 - 1891.
Minerva A. Bass departed this life April 11,
1904.
Added to Marriages from another page:
James H. Pettus and Martha A. P. Smithson was
married 28th day of
November 1849 and she departed this life 5th
day of March 1857.
Martha A. P. Smithson was born 28 day of
February 1832.
END
Weatherford Family Bible, Prince Edward
County 1802-1938
Submitted: 30 Nov 1998
Copied from the original in the Archives of
the Library of Virginia,
Accession #26644, by Annette Elam Wetzel who
adds:
Minister. John Weatherford was pastor of Cub Creek
Church in Charlotte County, but died in Pittsylvania County. The
Archives lists this Bible as being from a family in Prince Edward
County.
Mecklenburg County, VA marriage records show a marriage
bond dated September 23, 1829, between John Elam and Susan
M.
Hall; Miles Hall, Surety, John B.
Smith,
Weatherford Family Bible Record, Prince
Edward County 1802-1938.
Page One:
William Weatherford was born July the 19th,
1802 and died Nov. 30,
1896
Elizabeth Weatherford was born the 13th of
July 1807
John Blair Richards Weatherford was born July
the 10th 1829
James Samuel Weatherford was born October the
22nd day on friday
1830
Halearnd Washingting was born the 30th day of
June 1833 on Sunday
Gehue Nelson Weatherford was born 21st of
March 1835
Whitfield Wadkins was born the 4th of June
1837
Martha Ann Hall, Weatherford was born the 3rd
day of October 1838
Roan Elizabeth Weatherford was born June the
17th 1847
Susan Arabella Weatherford was born the Sixth
of March 1844 and died
Apr 3rd 1906
Luiza Allen Weatherford was born the 30th of
July 1846 & died Feby
12th 1938. Buried in Riverview Cemetery,
Richmond, Va.
Page Two
Virginia J. Weatherford was born the first
day of April 1849
My Little Son John Blair Richards Weatherford
departed this Life the
18th of June 1830 at Eleven Months and ten
days
My Little Son James Samuel Weatherford
departed this Life May the
15th 1832
The Revnd John Weatherford departed this Life
February 22nd 1833 in
the ninety Eighth year of his age
My little daughter Virginia Jackson
Weatherford departed this life 6th
of Oct ber 1859 Ten years Five months and
Eight days old Born 1849
Page Three
William {T, Z, or J] Weatherford and
Elizabeth his wife was married
February 20th 1828 By John B. Smith
John Elam and his wife Susan was married
September 24th 1829 By
John B. Smith
[Habarn ?] William Riggins And his Wife was
married the 14 of March in
1854 By Rev. R. Granbery
Albert Harris And Martha his wife was married
the 6 of March in 1856
By R. Granbery
H. W.
Weatherford was married the 5th of July 1865 to Miss Mary F.
Bugg By the Revd W. A. Smith
Page Four
Robert Lee Newman and Anna his wife was
married January 21st in
1897.
John William Newman and Lelia his wife was
married October 13th in
1898.
Wylie Jones Newman and Pattie his wife was
married January the 31 in
1900
Lewis Nelson Newman and Fannie his wife was
married April 24th 1902
By Rev. R. S. Baughan
David Towns Newman and Lillie his wife was
married March 28th in
1903
Heigh Hunt Newman and Essie his wife was
married May 16th in 1903
Clarence Nelson Newman was born May 5th 1906.
Son of Lewis N. and
Fannie
B. Newman
Charlotte Co., VA Marriages - Surname: ClarkBond Date BRIDEGROOM BRIDE FATHER OF BRIDE SURETY OR BOND WEDDING
12-28-1780 Edward Clark Sarah Hight John Hight William Smith
2-13-1796 Jesse Clark Lucy Hatcher Martin Mason
12-18-1831 Micajah Clark Eliza Mason Joseph Mason Abner Mason
Cemetery located at the road's edge on the west side of Rt. 672, 0.1 mile south of Rt. 40 in the
western part of Charlotte County.
This cemetery contains 7 graves with engraved gravestones, including one of a soldier killed in the
War Between The States, 3 graves with only Funeral Home markers showing name of individual,1 grave with only a Funeral Home marker where the card insert showing the individual's name is
missing, and 12 - 18 graves marked only with field stones.
Mrs. Nannie Elizabeth Smith William B. GordonDied January 26, 1942 1911 - 1965
Aged 63 years Powell Funeral Home
Woody's Funeral Home Roxoboro, N.C.
Lucille G. Sizemore 56 VA. INF.
1919 - 1974 C. S. A.
Powell Funeral Home 1825 - 65
The following four graves are enclosed in a low concrete wall with steps up and over.
_______________________________________________________________________John Albert Mason Drucilla T.
Born Wife of J. A. Mason
June 14, 1867 Sept. 23, 1873
Died Jan. 16, 1929
Jan. 14, 1951 In after time we'll
At Rest meet her
Hardiman Family Cemetery
This cemetery is located about two miles over the Charlotte Co line from Campbell Co.
Near Camptown Store, this location years back was known as Abel and it was a Post
Office here. To visit this cemetery from Patrick Henry Highway State Route 40 take right
on Mount Carmel Road State Route 672 go about 150 yards and you will see the
cemetery on right, in very poor condition. Perhaps 100 or more unmark graves. Sure
some people from Campbell Co are buried here. Will list people known to be here inunmarked grave`s . Surveyed by Cecil Marvin Berkley Sr.
1. Maggie C Roach Smith
Born Apr 25 1885- Died Feb 17,1911 has marker
3. Lucille G Sizermore
Born 1919 – Died 1974 Undertaker marker from Powell Funeral Home South Boston Va
5. Nannie Elizabeth Smith
Died Jan I, 1942 – 63 Years Old Undertaker Marker from Woody Funeral Home
Roxboro N C
9. Drucillia T Mason
Born Sep 23, 1873 – Died Jan 16, 1925 has marker Wife of JA Mason
10. John Albert Mason
Born Jun 14, 1867 – Died Jan 11, 1951 has marker
17.Andrew Jack Smith
Born 1873 – Died Apr 7, 1929
NOTES OF THE DAVENPORT-LEE-NORTH FAMILY CEMETERY SITE
Richard Davenport purchased several tracts of land on Cub and Long Creeks in the late
1700’s and is the first person who can be identified as the owner of the property
commonly referred to today as the Old Bagby Place. It is on part of this property that theDavenport-Lee-North family cemetery is located. The Davenports were reported to beamong the earliest families in the Red House area and Richard was one of its most
prominent members serving in the Revolutionary War, as Sheriff of Charlotte County and
in the House of Delegates. County records also mention him owning mills on LongCreek. A very interesting account of his military service exists in an 1832 pension
application.
Richard Davenport’s daughter, Catherine F. Davenport, married Putnam North in 1825.
Richard died on May 7, 1833 and in his will directed that his executors, son Martin W.
Davenport and son-in-law Putnam North, divide and sell the land on Cub and Long
Creeks for the benefit of his heirs. The reason for him selling the land rather than simplygiving parcels to each of his heirs may have been that most of the heirs were living in other
states and that there was no practical way to divide the land between them. The land wasdivided and sold as follows:
Putnam North 544 acres $ 1,500.00 DB 22-183 & DB 23-81
William J. Wheeler 380 acres $ 1,520.00 DB 21-64
Abe North 329 acres $ 822.50 DB 23-80
Martin Hancock 328 acres $ 984.00 DB 21-65
John W. Marshall 156 acres $ 624.00 DB 21-98.
While largely speculative, it is likely that many of the following people would be among
those buried in this cemetery:
While largely speculative, it is likely that many of the following people would be among
those buried in this cemetery:
Locust Grove Cemetery - Charlotte Co., VA
1. Issac Watt Smith Sr 1760 - 1845 was a Revolutionary War Soldier2. Sarah Hancock Smith died1812 wife of Issac W Smith Sr
3. John Douglas Smith born14 Apr 1804 died 18 Mar 1876
4. Frances Harrison Poindexter Smith ÒFrankieÓ born Nov 11, 1811 died 1886 wife
of John D Smith
5. Publius Jones Berkley born Aug 12, 1834 died Jan 4,1915 has C S A - marker
6. Sarah ÒSallyÓ Smith Berkley born 1837 died Aug 12, 1885 wife of P J Berkley
7. Ella Emmit Berkley Moore born 1869 died 1928 wife of Jessie Lee Moore
8.Jessie Lee Moore born 1861 died 1926
From Ella Berkley Bible it was 3 small children buried here under the age of 5
Jessie, Luther, and John
Also Jessie Moore had a sister buried here Aun`t Willie Moore
Perhaps 25 unmarked graves in this cemetery.
Publius
Berkley was overseer at Red Hill for many years.
Claiborne Mason Cemetery
1. Claiborne Mason born ca 1772 died 1839 no marker
2. Elizabeth McDearman Mason "Betsy" born 1789 died Sep 28,1862 no marker
3. Susan Mason born 1828 died 1860 marker
4. Floyd P Mason born ca 1819 died ? no marker
5. James Owen Mason born ca 1835 died ? no marker
6. Thomas Watkins Mason born ca 1813 died Feb 1888 no marker7. Susan S Irvin Mason born 1816 died 1874 no marker
8. Isabelle Mason Tucker born 1839 died Nov 19, 1862 marker
9. Lafayette Hale Mason Sr born 1820 died Sep 1890 no marker
10. Judith M Irvin Mason born 1822 died bef 1890 no marker
11. Joseph Irvin Allen born 1838 died May 1892 no marker C S A
12. Martha Frances Mason Allen "Pat" born 1847 died 1910/1912 no marker
13. Susan Mason born 1853 died bef 1870 no marker
14. Lucy Ann Mason born 1857 died Aug 5, 1886 no marker
15. John Thomas Mason born Apr 1851 died Jul 17, 1929 marker
16. Martha Cordelia Hardiman Mason "Pat" born 1863 died Aug 8, 1935 no marker 17. Enroyal Carr Mason born Oct 6, 1886 died Aug 27, 1887 no marker
18. Olvie Lou Mason born Nov 18, 1896 died Jun 25, 1922 marker WW I Veteran
19. Arel May Mason born may 1899 died Jun 1899 no marker
20. Lonzar Rene Mason born 1902 died 1904 no marker
# 17, 18, 19, and 20 are children of John Thomas and Martha Mason
RUTLEDGE FAMILY CEMETERY
1. BERTA F. WILSON SEPT. 2, 1920 ------------------
2 CLARENCE W. WILSON DEC. 10, 1915 APR. 30, 1975
7. WILLIAM HENRY WILSON JUNE 15, 1892 MAY 18, 1967
8. WILLIE EFFIE WILSON JAN. 9, 1894 APR. 17, 1962
9. GLADYS WILSON MAR. 11, 1927 JULY 7, 1927
10. LUTHER THOMAS WILSON AUG. 20, 1911 JULY 19, 1913
11. TROY EDWARD WILSON FEB. 28, 1930 JAN. 16, 1931
12. INFANT SON OF WILLIAM JAN. 25, 1928
& EFFIE WILSON13. TROY WARREN WILSON FEB. 28, 1960 FEB. 29, 1960
14. ROY WILLIAM WILSON FEB. 28, 1960 MAR. 1, 1960
15. INFANT SON OF WILLIAM (No dates)
& BEATRICE WILSON, JR.
36. TOM ROBERTS (No dates)
38. WILLIAM HENRY MARTIN MAY 19, 1931 JAN. 1, 1996
THE
LYLE FAMILY
One daughter of Capt. John D. Richardson and his wife, Elizabeth Spencer -
Julia, married Matthew Lyle, who moved from Rockbridge County in the old Timber
Ridge Church section to Charlotte County in early manhood, where he and his
wife lived to advanced ages in Charlotte on the County line Road near Briery
Church, of which they were devout members all of their lives. He died in 1891
and his widow a short time afterwards. Of this union, only one son survives,
Mr. William J. Lyle, who lives on the site of the old homestead, one of
Charlotte's most useful and best citizens, who wields an influence for good in
his church and community.
THE
OSBORNE FAMILY
Mr. J. M. B. Osborne a native if Charlotte County and one of the most esteemed
and useful citizens, moved to the Keysville section of the county about 1850,
his father John Osborne, having bought a large estate on Twitty's Creek, about
four miles south of Keysville, on the old Richmond and Danville Rail Road, on
which he built a handsome home. He married Miss Martha E. Hundley, a daughter
of Elisha E. Hundley . . . . . one if the most prominent, and probably the
wealthiest man who ever lived in Charlotte County. He resided there until 1885
when he removed his family to the town of Keysville, where he lived until his
death in June 1893. He was a large property owner a devout and active leader in
the M. E. Church, South. His career was a long, useful and beneficial one. His
widow died in 1903, after a long life, in which she was beloved of all who knew
her. Of this union there were six children who lived to mature manhood and womanhood,
of whom the Hon. Chas A, Osborne, State Purchasing Agent of Richmond, who
maintains his residence at Keysville, is the only survivor; the daughters, Mrs.
R. H. Wilson, Miss Pattie Osborne, Mrs. E. Stanley Jeffress and Mrs. Carl
Beasley, and one son Mr. Patrick Henry Osborne a useful and popular citizen
having died.
Solomon
Harmon Elam married Phoebe Osborne, daughter of Repps Osborne, on October 31,
1782. (Charlotte County Marriage Bonds, Book 1, Page 51)
Page 2 of Jeffress Family Notes IV 'Col. Wm. Calvin J. & his (3rd) wife Sallie Frances Thornton of Halifax Co., Va. had issue (1) Thornton J. b. M. (1) Caroline Perkins of Rochester, N.Y. - 1 child, Caroline. m. (2)
Lora Jackson of Louisburg, N.C. Caroline lst wife died July 29, 1929
(2) Walter Jeffress b. d. 1901 never married
3 Sallie Frances J. b. 166 or 67 d. 1902
m. Morton Wood of Roanoke, Va. left 2 children
(a)McClanahan Wood., Jr. d. unmarried
b Ann Wood (adopted by her aunt, Mrs. . Reynolds) She married & had children
IV Luther Creath Jeffress born Feby 25, 1817 d. Sept. 19, 1849 m. Elizabeth Hudson Wilson
born 1823 d. Feby. 25., 1879 at Keysville, Va. Had a "stroke" & lived 2 days. Their children: (a) Laura C. Jeffress born June 6' 1839 died June 2. 1905 m. Dec. 18, 1856 to her cousin
Nathaniel
Clay Wilson They had 9 children
(C) Wm. Horace Jeffress born 1843 died in hospital at Jacksonville, Florida Nov , 1913
m. his cousin Victoria Hudson Wilson of Baltimore., Md.
She
died summer of 1900 and. is buried in Balto., ,Md. He is buried at Keysville.,
Va. No issue
MARRIAGE AGREEM'T OF BETTIE JEFFRESS AND ISAAC OVERBY
...unreadable...Bettie H. Jeffress the first part, Isaac Overby of the second
part
and Laura C. Wilson wife of Nathaniel C. Wilson, Edward H. Jeffress,
. And
in consideration of her natural affection for her children and in view of her
proposed marriage with the said Overby, the said Bettie H. Jeffress doth
hereby grant unto Laura C. Wilson,
Another civic duty closely allied to
that of "Overseer of the Poor" was the voluntary responsibility of
assisting in settling the estates of their neighbors and acting as guardians to
their orphan children. As was mentioned earlier, when John Sullivant died in
1796 John was one of those who came to the aid of the family. The Sullivants
had been neighbors of the McCargos earlier in Cumberland county, but had moved
to Charlotte county much earlier than John, Owen Sullivant patenting land in the
Reynolds Creek area in 1755. While it is not my purpose to here sort out the
Sullivant family, the family of John & Polly Sullivant seems to have a
special relationship to John McCargo's family. Two of the Sullivant children,
Jerral and Henry, were adults and five Peggy, Woodson, Elizabeth, James and
Amelia were minors. David McCargo became Peggy's guardian until she married
Griffin Dodd in 1803 and John acted as Elizabeth's guardian until she married
Elijah Fulkes in 1806. Woodson and Amelia Sullivant were placed with Allen
Gilliam and John Roberts respectively. Finally John was appointed special
guardian to represent all the minor children in a suit filed in November 1798
to divide and settle the Sullivant estate. In addition to this guardianship, John
acted either appraiser or commissioner in the following action on the dates
indicated:
CENSUS YR: 1850 TERRITORY: VA COUNTY: Charlotte REEL NO: 940 PAGE NO: 15a
REFERENCE: 5 Aug
1850 Geo. J. Roberts, Ass't Marshall
LOUISA
W. ROACH, b. Abt. 1828; m. ARMSTEAD SMITH, Dec 9, 1847, Charlotte County,
Virginia
Page 62 (Several presentments of the Grand Jury are dismissed as follows:)
Against Susanah Jones, for having a bastard child
Page 78 Joseph Curd, Pltf vs Peter Francisco, Def Case This day came the parties by their atty's. Smith Milnor, MumfordDeJarnatte, Dudley Holt, James Johnston, John Smith, Thomas Gaines, Thomas
Vernon, Williams Pride Daniel, Russell Hitchcock, Thomas Smith, Joseph Ward and
Joseph Adkins, the same impanelled and sworn at the last court of Quarter
Sessions, to try the issue joined between the aforesaid parties, being solemnly
called but not appearing, it is ordered that the sheriff summons them to appear
at the next Court of Quarter Sessions to be held the first Monday in August
next, to try the issue between the parties aforesaid.
6 August 1787Page 103 A state of the Levy for the relief and support of the poor in thiscounty for 12 months from the 1st of October next
To Mrs. Jones (Wife of Richard Jones) 7/00/0
Robert Williams & wife 14/00/0
Richard Jones 10/00/0
By 2794 tithables @ 1/6 specie per poll or inspected tobacco in lieu thereof at
two pence per pound, at the option of payee. Total ? 200/11/0.Sackville Brewer, Foreman, William Dabbs, William Johnson, Thomas Smith,
James Fletcher, Thomas Payne, Thomas Pettus, John Richardson, Temple Davis,
Burwell Brown, Robert Armstead, William White, Cutbirth Williamson, William
Marshall, Richard Watkins, Philip King, Cain Jackson, John Phillips, Josiah
LeGrand, Josiah Foster, and James Arnold (A Grand Jury, returned the following
presentment)
Against Jacob Huntsman for profane swearing two oaths since last GrandJury.
Page 128 At a Court of Oyer and Terminer held for Charlotte County, the 5thday of November, in the fifth year of the Commonwealth, and the year of our Lord
God 1787, for the trial of Ned, a Negro man slave belonging to Ann Price, of the
sd county, charged with being guilty of attempting by force to ravish and
carnally know a certain Susannah Carr, of the sd county. The prisoner was led to
the bar in the custody of Mackness Goode, Sheriff of this county, to whose
custody for the cause aforesaid he was before committed. Being arraigned of the
premises, saith he is in no wise guilty thereof, whereupon sundry witnesses were
produced, sworn and examined, as well on behalf of the Commonwealth as on the
prisoner at the bar, and he was fully heard in his own defense. On mature
consideration had by the court, it is their opinion, the sd prisoner is guilty
in manner and form as against him is alleged. Thereupon it is ordered that the
said prisoner for the said offense be castrated and that the Sheriff employ some
able physician to perform the operation. Memorandum: The sd prisoner is value by
the court to ? 80, current money.
Dr Joseph Mathews for castrating and
attending Ned, a criminal .................... 20/14/0
The jury selected to try the case consisted of: Gordon Spenser, WilliamSmith, Philip King, Thomas Payne, Joseph Payne, John Sandefur, Caleb Johnson,
Thomas Williams, Josiah Chafin, William Dabbs, William Price and William
Cheatem.
The most interesting portions are found in the depositions, which areextracted below.)
Lucy Perdue of the State of Georgia, being sworn, saith, a few days afterMajor Lew Jones, and his son Thomas Jones, set off on a journey from Virginia to
Georgia, Major Jones, (then leaving his family in Virginia), she, the deponent,
heard Col. David Stokes say that he, Stokes, had been accused of taking Maj.
Jones' property into his, Stokes, possession, to keep as his own, in order to
defraud Jones' creditors. That it was a shame that he, Stokes, should be so
unjustly censured, when in consideration of the property he, Stokes, had
received of Jones. He, Stokes, had undertaken and assumed to pay Robert
Rakestraw, fifteen thousand pounds of tobacco, being a debt Jones owed the said
Rakestraw for rent of Charlotte Court House. The deponent further saith she
lived nearly twelve months within a quarter of a mile of Col. Stokes, or
thereabouts, and that she had frequent opportunities to hear Col. Stokes in
conversation on the subject say, he had undertaken to pay Rakestraw the
aforesaid quantity of tobacco in behalf of Maj. Jones. The deponent also heard
Col. Stokes say that he, Stokes, had received of Maj. Jones, a negro fellow
named Scipio, which he, Stokes, estimated at the value of twelve thousand pounds
of tobacco, together with other property sufficient in value to discharge the
debt to Rakestraw. (Which said negro fellow and other property had been received
in consideration of the said Stokes undertaking and assuming to pay Rakestraw
the 1500 pounds of tobacco.) She further saith that during her residence in
Virginia, Col. Stokes continued in quiet possession of the said negro fellow.
She saith that as well before as since Maj. Lew Jones moved his family from
Virginia to Georgia, she had heard Col. Stokes say, in consideration of the
property, he, Stokes, had received of Maj. Jones, he, Stokes, considered himself
bound to pay Rakestraw, the said quantity of tobacco.
Susannah Hightower, who appears before us, in Augusta Georgia, at the houseof James Fox, in the town of Augusta, Georgia, being duly sworn on the holy
evangelist of the Almighty God, saith, that sometime in the year 1783, she heard
Col. David Stokes say that he, Stokes, had purchased of Maj. Lew Jones, a young
negro fellow named Scipio, at the price of twelve thousand pounds of tobacco.
Sometimes afterwards, the deponent was at the house of Col. Stokes, when Robert
Rakestraw also was there. After the said Rakestraw and Stokes had, had some
private conversation, Rakestraw took his leave, and Mr. Stokes said that Lew
Jones wanted to get the above negro again. To which Col. Jones replied, it was
very strange that Jones should expect it, for that in consideration of the said
negro and other property which he, Stokes had received of Jones, he Stokes was
bound to pay Robert Rakestraw a large quantity of tobacco, which the said Jones
owed Rakestraw for rent of Charlotte Court House, but the precise quantity the
deponent does not recollect. She saith, that she was at Maj. Lew Jones and saw
the said David Stokes purchase of Maj. Jones, two feather beds, a bay mare, a
yoke of oxen, an ox cart and sundry other articles of household furniture,
amounting, the above negro included by agreement of the said Stokes and Jones,
to the value of thirty thousand pounds of tobacco. In consideration whereof,
Stokes did then and there undertake and assume, impressly to discharge the said
tobacco debt, which Jones owed Rakestraw, for rent of Charlotte Court House.
Joseph Tucker, of the Town of Augusta, of the State of Georgia, at the houseof James Fox in the town of Augusta on oath saith that he, the deponent was at
the house of Dudley(Drury?) Burge, in the said County of Charlotte, where he
heard a very warm altercation between Robert Rakestraw and Maj. Lew Jones, in
which Rakestraw charged Jones with having failed in discharging a judgement
obtained against him, Rakestraw, by Mrs. Mary Read, which he had undertaken to
do, for the rent of Charlotte Court House. Jones then informed Rakestraw that
Col. David Stokes was bound to pay the said debt,and asked Rakestraw, if he,
Rakestraw did not know that he, Jones had put property into the hands of Stokes
for that purpose. To which Rakestraw replied that he believed it, but that Col.
Stokes' property was in Mecklenburg, and his, Rakestraw's, libel, was to be
immediately executed. Mr. Burge then interfered and observed that Col. Stokes
had, in Charlotte Court House, made himself party defendant in Mrs. Read's suit
against Rakestraw, and had as such, confessed judgement for that debt. The
deponent further saith that a few weeks after the above conversation happened,
Col. Stokes came to him, at the deponents house, and the deponent mentioned the
said conversation to Col. Stokes, and the said Stokes said that he had made
himself a party to the suit above mentioned, and that Maj. Lew Jones had left
property in his Stokes hands, towit, a negro fellow and some tobacco bonds,
sufficient to discharge the said debt, which was 15,000 pounds of tobacco. The
deponent further saith, from all he heard Col. Stokes say on the subject, he
understood that he, Stokes considered himself bound to discharge the said debt
and that he, Stokes had received property from Maj. Jones for that purpose. The
Deponent also saith that since then, Rakestraw's negroes were taken in execution
of the said judgement. Further deponent saith not.
Robert Dickerson, at the house of James Fox, in the town of Augusta, in theState of Georgia, on oath saith that he, the deponent lived in the neighborhood
of Col. David Stokes at the time Maj. Lew Jones moved from Virginia to Georgia,
and that it was the prevailing opinion of those who were neighbors to, and who
were acquainted with, the said Stokes, that Jones had left a quantity of
property in Stokes' hands to discharge Jones' debt to the amount of 30,000
pounds of tobacco, and that out of the property, Stokes was to pay 15,000 pounds
of tobacco to Robert Rakestraw, for the rent of Charlotte Court House. The
deponent further saith that he was a member of a special jury in this State,
when the cause between Robert Rakestraw original plaintiff, and Lewis Jones
defendant, was finally determined, and that from the testimony of Joseph Tucker,
in the said suit, which corresponded with the above prevailing opinion, caused
him, the deponent to judge that Jones ought not to pay the debt. Given under our
hands this 13th day of October, 1788.
Testimony of Drury Burge, that the plaintiff, Robert Rakestraw, informedthe deponent that he, Rakestraw, had sued Lew Jones for his debt, in Georgia,
and that one, Joseph Tucker had been sworn, that the defendant, Stokes, had
assumed the said debt to the plaintiff, by which evidence the said plaintiff was
cast in his suit in Georgia. That the plaintiff, Rakestraw said both Jones and
Tucker were dammed rasckals for so doing. But as Tucker had sworn it for Jones,
then he must of course swear it for him, Rakestraw also. That this conversation
was introduced by the deponent's telling Rakestraw that he, the deponent, had
himself sued Jones, upon which Jones denied his handwriting and that this
conversation happened before the institution of this suit. That the deponent
heard Lew Jones say that he had left property on the hands of the defendant, to
pay the debt, or part of it.
1 August 1790Pg 102 James Wright assignee of Zachariah Smith, who wasassignee of Richard Easter vs Dudley Brooke, Jnr &
Dudley Brooke Snr - a suit in debt
It appearing by the sheriff's return that Dudley Brooke Jnr isnot an inhabitant of this county, therefore this suit abates against
him, and that Dudley Brooke Snr, being arrested and not appearing it
is considered by the court that the plaintiff recover against the
defendant Dudley Brooke Snr. and William Clay his security the sum of
?24, current money.
1 December 1790Pg 117 Prudence Roberts, Francis Roberts and BartlettRoberts, orphans of Francis Roberts, dcd, came into court, and being
of lawful age for that purpose, made choice of John Roberts as their
guardian, who is accordingly appointed, also appointed as guardian to
Thomas Roberts, orphan of the sd Francis Roberts, dcd, he giving
security, ...with Thomas Pettus, his security etc.
1 January 1791Pg 123 John Roberts, in his own right, & Prudence, Francis,Bartholomew and Thomas Roberts, by John Roberts,
their Guardian, vs Martha Roberts, widow and Admrx
of Francis Roberts, dcd, and Willaim Hatchett &
Jane, his wife; a suit in Chancery.
This day came the pltfs by their atty, as well as the defendantsin their proper persons, and the defendants confessing the obligations
of the pltfs bill to be true, thereupon the court, by consent of the
pltfs by their atty, as well as the defendants, it is ordered and
decreed that a division of the lands, slaves and personal estates
belonging to Francis Roberts, in the possession of the sd defendant
Martha, as admrx of Francis Roberts, who died intestate, be made and
assigned as well to the pltf as to the sd defendant, agreeable to law,
in a fair and equitable manner, that is to say to the defendant
Martha, as widow of the intestate, one third of the land and slaves
during life, one third of the personal estate as of her own proper
right. The residue of the sd estate, with the advancement made to the
defendant Willaim and Jane, his wife in the lifetime of the intestate,
be brought into hotch pot(?), that partition thereof be made in six
equal parts. One equal part thereof be assigned as well to the pltf,
John Roberts in his own right as each of the pltfs, Prudence, Francis,
Bartholomew and Thomas.
1 August 1791Pg 161 (Here is found the final settlement of the estate of
Francis Roberts showing the distribution to the heirs, and including a
plat of the land divided to the widow and six heirs.)
Pg 197 The County Levy is reported and includes thefollowing:
Reps Osborne for two young wolves......... 300# Tobacco1/17/6
Reps Osborne for 3 young wolves........... 450# Tobacco2/16/3
Philip Osborne 1 old wolf................ 300# Tobacco1/17/6
Pg 235 Information is given and a complaint is made to theCourt that a certain Richard Ross of this county has been guilty of
insulting and abusing James Patillo, Gent. one of the Justices of the
county aforesaid, with abusive and blasphemous language, when in the
execution of his office, with Benjamin Hazelwood and John Sandefur,
under order of this court, acting as Commissioners in directing and
allotting off the dower of Ann Verner...
7 AUGUST 1792
Pg 9 James Smith and Rhoda, his wife: Pltf vs William Smith; Def - In Case This day come the parties in to court in their proper persons, and the defendantrelinquishing his plea, saith that the slander committed by as charged in the plaintiff's
declaration, towit:"That the plaintiff's wife, Rhoda, is a nasty stinking strumpet," was spoken in
heat of passion, and he had no reason or cause for so saying. That he believes the plaintiff's
wife to be virtuous and chaste. Upon which confession, by consent of the plaintiff, this suit is
ordered to be dismissed.
Pg 23 Arthur Roberts, adm'r of Francis Roberts, dec'd; Pltf vs Dudley Brooke, Def - on apetition on a protested order
On hearing arguments made by the Plaintiff's atty, as the defendant in his proper personand testimony of witnesses, it is considered by the court, that the Plaintiff recover against the
def, £ 2, current money, with legal interest from the 4th day of January 1776.
1 OCTOBER 1792
Pg 25 John Roberts, Guardian of Frances, Prudence, Bartlett and Thomas Roberts, orphansof Francis Roberts, dec'd, rendered his account against said orphan's estate.
1 JULY 1793
Pg 100 it appearing to the court, that Stephen Smith, neglected to take care of his son JohnSmith, it is ordered the overseers of the Poor, of the Fourth District, bond out the sd John Smith
to Lyle Dabbs.
3 SEPTEMBER 1793
Pg 123 John Roberts, guardian of Prudence Roberts, orphan of Francis Roberts, came intocourt and produced a certificate in full, of the guardianship from the said Prudence and ordered
to be recorded.
10 APRIL 1794
Pg 176 A court held for trial of Robert Nappes Francis, late of the county of Buckingham, whostands committed to the common jail, charged with suspicion of being guilty of feloniously
robbing the house of John Smith, of this county, on the 24th of November 1793, in the daytime,
in the forenoon of the said day, and stealing and carrying away from the said house, one
shotgun and two pistols & holsters, of the value of £5.
The court finds him guilty and orders him committed to the District jail, to await trial inthe District Court of Prince Edward county.
26 JULY 1794
Pg 211 Both faces of this page are devoted to a court held to examine three men charged withkidnaping two free mulatto children. An extract of the first examination will give the essentials,
since the same material is repeated in the two subsequent examinations.
A court held for examination of Beasley Hart, who stands committed to the common jail,
charged with stealing and feloniously assisting a certain Thomas and James Stewart of the
State of North Carolina, and the county of Parsons, in carrying off two mulatto boys, by the
names of Peter Tancey and Edmund Booker, children of Peggy Howell, a free mulatto, of the
county of Charlotte, on the night of the 20th of June, last past.
The prisoner was fully heard in his defence (sic) by Clement Read, Gent, his attorney. Itis the opinion of the court the prisoner is guilty of the crime charged and he is remanded to the
District Jail to await trial in the district court of Prince Edward.
James Moore, a witness before the court on oath saith, that he, with two others, went in
pursuit of persons who had taken two mulatto children from the house of Peggy Howell, in
Charlotte County. On the night of 18th of July, they apprehended Thomas Stewart at the house
of one, Windows, in Halifax county, from whence they proceeded to Mr. Isaac Coles, a Justice
of the Peace for the said county. As they conducted the said Thomas Stewart to Mr. Coles', he
was interrogated by this deponent about the manner of taking the said mulatto children. The
prisoner responded that on the night of the 20th of June, last past, he, the said Thomas, with a
certain James Stewart, went near to the house where the mulattos lived. James Stewart left the
said Thomas with the horses some distance from the house, while James should go into the
house and bring out the children. James sometimes after returned to him, the said Thomas, and
said (Illegible) . . . They then advance toward the house and met a man standing in the road with
the children, who said his name was John Raven. James Stewart asked the man (John Raven)
if he would sell these negroes. He replied, he would that he owed (James) Stewart something,
that it was all paid to twelve dollars, which (James) Stewart paid him. Raven gave (James)
Stewart a piece of paper, which he called a Bill of Sale, and that he, the said Thomas, put his
name to the paper as a witness, but it was so dark he could not read the paper. He then took
one of the negroes behind him, and James Stewart took the other and carried them to the house
of a certain James Fulkinson on the Holston River, from whence the said James Stewart took
the children with the intention of selling them, with a promise to return to the said Thomas, to
pay him his part of the money. This deponent further saith, a like confession was made in the
presence of Mr. Coles, and that no threats were made use of to extort a confession. Further
deponent saith not.
(Thomas Stewart is next examined and the court finds him guilty of the crime charged and he is
remanded to the District Jail to await trial in the district court. Caleb Hart, late of Halifax County
is examined and the court finds him Not guilty of the crime charged. The following witnesses
were bonded to appear at the District Court in for the trial of Thomas Stewart: Beasley Hart,Thomas Moore, James Moore, Archibald Campbell Taylor, Richard Bouldin, Richard Trayman
and William Stewart, the Court also orders summons be issue to James Sergeant, Richard
Sergeant, Lavina Towers, Benjamin Long, overseers of Stephen Stewart, of Halifax County, aswitnesses for the Commonwealth)
Ordered that the Clerk certify to his Excellency, the Governor that Thomas Moore, Junr, was the
person who apprehended and secured in the jail of this county, Thomas Stewart, who appears
to be an associate with a certain James Stewart of the State of North Carolina, in stealing and
taking away two mulatto children of Peggy Howell, of this county.
Pg 229 On the complaint of Obediah Hendricks, setting forth his ill treatment by MatthewWilliams, his guardian, and praying the liberty of making choice of a new guardian, whereupon it
is ordered the Sheriff summons the said Williams to appear here at the next court, to show why
he ought not be suspended in his guardianship, and why a new one may not be appointed.
25 March, 1796Pg 161 It is ordered that Thomas Williams , John McCargo, Philip Goode and
John Rice . . . appraise the
slaves and personal property of Pricilla May, dec'd. . . etc
4 July 1796Pg 200 John Roberts is appointed guardian to Amy Sullivant, orphan of John Sullivant, dec'd, he giving security,
whereupon he with Francis Barnes, his security . . . etc.
7 August 1797
Doctor Thomas Brough of Halifax, Christopher Robertson,
Peter Robertson, James Smith, John Smith, of Lunenburg County for cock fighting
at John Snead's on Whitsun Monday, last for the sum of £ 6/9/3 by information
of George Watkins
Giles Taylor for selling spirituous liquors without a
license within one month past, by the information of John Watkins & Rubuen
Johnson
Pg 68 John Fowler, Plaintiff, vs Joseph Reynolds, adm'r of Jonathan Williams, dec'd, Tabitha Williams and Thomas Williams, infants under age of 21 years Defendant by Joseph Reynolds, their guardian & William Biggs and Mary his wife, Henry Williams, Susannah Williams, children and representatives of Jonathan Williams, dec'd and Sarah Williams, Defendants - a suit in chancery. (3)
1 January 1798
Pg 124 Ordered that the Overseer of the Poor of the
1st District, bind out Benjamin Oliver, orphan of Benjamin Oliver, to Elias
Jones a carpenter.
RULE JUDGMENTS CONFIRMED AT THE MARCH COURT
Pg 150 Presentments of the Grand Jury of August 1797 against Christopher Robertson, Peter Robertson, James Smith and John Smith, are all dismissed - "as appearing by the sheriff's return, they are not inhabitants of this county."
In separate actions Mantil LeSeure is found guilty of breaking the Sabbath and fined $1.25. John Barnes, James Fuqua, John Cage, John Hayden & William Fuqua, are found guilty of breaking the Sabbath and fined $1.67. William Rowton is fined $3.32 for swearing four oaths.
Pg 237 On the motion of David Dunn, a witness for
Raymond Blankenship, in his suit against William Lee . . . pay him 53 cents for
one day's attendance at court.
2 September 1799
Pg 75 John Roberts, Guardian of Amy Sullivant, orphan of John Sullivant, dec'd, came intocourt and rendered his account against the said orphan's estate, who made oath to same and is
ordered to be recorded.
5 May 1800
Pg 121 An indenture between Thomas Gayle and James Callicott.
20 May 1801
Pg 22 In a court held for Charlotte County the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1799, for examination of Stephen Quisenberry, who stands committed to the common jail of the county, on the suspicion of being guilty of feloniously stealing a mare, the property of Thomas Williams, of the sd county on Wednesday the 29th day of April, of the value of £20.
The sd Stephen Quisenberry was lead to the bar in custody of Francis Scott, Sheriff of sd county to whose custody for the cause aforesaid, he was before committed. Being charged with the facts, saith he is in no wise guilty thereof. Whereupon divers witnesses were produced, sworn and examined, as well on behalf of the Commonwealth as the sd prisoner, and he was fully heard in his defense by Samuel Reid, Gent, his atty. It is consideration thereof it is the opinion of the court here, the prisoner is guilty of the crime for which he stands accused, and that he aught to be tried for the same at the next Prince Edward District Court, and thereupon he is remanded back to jail, and it is commanded the Sheriff, that he convey the sd prisoner to the District jail as soon as may be.
Thomas Williams, a witness for the Commonwealth before the court, saith, on oath, that on Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1801, his overseer informing him one of his work horse, a mare, had been gone the night before. After some days, he suspected the prisoner of taking her, and on inquiring in the neighborhood, he was informed the prisoner had left the neighborhood and had been seen on the road riding such a mare as this deponent's was. This deponent then pursued on the road which he had gone and found his mare at the house of William Quisenberry, father of the prisoner, in the County of Orange, the prisoner being at the house, and claiming the mare as his property, saying he bought her from a man in Kentucky.
Jeremiah Williams, a witness for the Commonwealth before the court, saith, on oath, that he went with his father, Thomas Williams to Orange to get his mare. They found the mare at the house of William Quisenberry. The prisoner claimed the mare was his property, saying he bought her of Kentucky man on the road from Orange. In conversation with the prisoner, he asked the prisoner, how he caught the mare. He said her caught her with fodder, and after getting possession of the mare, he said he stood some time, to consider whether he would carry her off or turn her loose again.
Absolom Sheldon a witness for the Commonwealth before the court, saith, on oath, that the prisoner left his house with his saddle, bridle and clothes in the afternoon of Wednesday the 29th day of April 1801. It is remembered that at this day came Thomas Williams, Jeremiah Williams and Absolom Sheldon before the court and acknowledged themselves indebted to James Monroe, Governor of the Commonwealth in the sum of 350 dollars . . . etc.
6 February 1804
Pg 116 Clement Williams, Stephen Williams, Maggie
Williams, Elijah Williams and Jesse Williams, infant children of Elisha
Williams by his late wife Rebecca, who was the daughter of Jonas M'Kinney, who
sue by their next friend, the sd Elisha Williams, Plaintiffs vs John M'Kinney
son of Jonas M'Kinney, dec'd. Defendant - a suit in chancery.
7 July 1804
Pg 170 In a court held for Charlotte County the 7th day
of November, 1804, for trial of Squire, a Negro man slave, the property of
Arthur Carr, charged with plotting and conspiring to murder Edward Downing,
being then and there on the highway, did on the 24th day of June last past,
strike the sd Edward on the forehead with a stone, with an intent, him the sd
Edward, to murder and kill, and also did feloniously rob the sd Edward, on the
sd highway, of a hair comb of the value of two shillings. Joseph Venable
prosecuting for the Commonwealth and Richard N Venable assigned by the court in
his defense, sundry witnesses were sworn, examined and heard. On consideration
thereof, it is the opinion of the court, that the prisoner is not guilty of the
intention of murdering and robbing the sd Edward, but is guilty of striking him
as is against him charged. Whereupon it is ordered that for the sd offense he
receive thirty lashes at the common whipping post and be discharged.
4 February 1805
Pg 233 Ordered that Reps Osborne, Mack Goode, Francis
Roberts and David McCargo, or any three of them, being first sworn for that
purpose, do appraise in current money, the slaves and personal estate of John
Rice, dec'd, and report the same to the court.
6 January 1806
Pg 108 Ephriam Bouldin, father and natural guardian of
Charles Bedford Bouldin, Plaintiff vs John Spenser, & Drusilla his wife,
John Ferrell & Peggy, his wife, Hillery Moseley,& Nancy, his wife,
James Hamlett & Mary, his wife, who are next of kin to Charles W. Bedford,
dec'd; Defendants - On a motion to receive a nuncupative will.
The defendants being summoned to show cause why the
nuncupative will of Charles W. Bedford, dec'd, ought not to be admitted to
record, this day appeared by their counsels and opposed the validity of the sd
will, suggesting that the words spoken by . . .Charles W. Bedford was not his
nuncupative will. Whereupon sundry witnesses were sworn, examined and heard.
John Roberts, one of the witnesses deposeth (having first released his legacy);
-- about three days after the illness of Charles W. Bedford, he came into the
deponent's piazza, where this deponent, Chastian Roberts and Robert Howell were
setting and laid his head upon the deponent's knee. A few words passed relating
to the testator's health and then he said; addressing himself to John Roberts,
he was very sick, that this is the third time he has been attacked by this
disorder, and he believed he should die -- if he did he would give the deponent
the eighty dollars he owed him for the purchased of a grey mare -- to Chastain
Roberts, forty dollars to buy a mourning ring -- to Robert Howell he gave his
cloths -- to his sister Peggy, he gave fifty dollars to buy her a mourning ring
-- the rest of his estate, both real and personal he gave to his nephew Charles
Bedford Bouldin. Being asked by the deponent if he was in earnest he said he
really was -- that this conversation was in his last illness, seven or eight
days before his death
Question by the defendant's counsel: Did the testator
say "I will give" or "I do give?" Answer -- he is not
positive whether he said I will or I do give.
Question by the Plaintiff's atty: Was the testator at
the time of the speaking the foregoing testamentary words in his perfect senses
or not? Answer -- he was perfectly so.
Question by defense's counsel, "Did not the
testator, about three days before his death, appear to rise out of a sleep, and
ask the doctor if he was in his senses sufficiently to make a will?" --
Dr. Patterson answered and said he was, and that Francis Fitzgerald, who was
present, could write his will - Bedford then said if he made a will it would
look as if he should die, and turned over and appeared to fall into a doze of
sleep.
.....to his nephew, Charles Bedford Bouldin - that
this conversation passed at the period that John and Chastain Roberts have
already stated - Question asked by defendant's attorney - "Did the
Testator appear to be in earnest at the time of speaking the testamentary words
?" Answer "He appeared so when speaking of the legacy to Charles
Bedford Bouldin, but not so in the legacies to the deponent and Chastain
Roberts." - Further question by the defendant's attorney, "Did the
testator appear to be serious on account of his illness ... That the sd Charles
W. Bedford, before and after this conversation, was at time delirious and the
witness says at the time he spake these words he was in his senses. The
testator died on the 18th day of July, 1805.
Chastian Roberts, another witness on oath saith
(having first released his legacy) that Charles W. Bedford came into his
brother John's piazza when this deponent and Robert Howell were setting, and
addressing himself to John Roberts by name, he said "Mr. Roberts, I am
very sick" and believed he should die . . .(7) and the sd Bedford
appeared to be in his senses at that time and was asked by John Roberts if he
was in earnest. He said he was, but it is the opinion of the deponent that the
testator was not in earnest and conceived the conversation on the part of the
company, jocular and on part of the testator's also jocular, so far as respects
the legacy to Howell and this deponent. The legacy to Charles Bedford Bouldin,
he appeared to be in earnest. The testator died on the 18th day of July, 1805.
During the conversation speaking the testamentary words, he laughed twice, once
very loud, when speaking of Howell's and this deponent's legacy. Further
examination of the witnesses and proceedings is continued until tomorrow.
Ordered that the court be adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The parties appeared by their counsels and question
asked the witness Chastian Roberts by the defendant's atty -- Did Charles W.
Bedford call any person present to take notice or bear testimony that the words
he was about to speak, were his will? Answer -- He did not at the time of
speaking, before or after.
Question asked by plaintiff's atty -- Did not the
testator address himself to, when speaking the testamentary wards, to John
Roberts by name? Answer -- He did not as well he recalled it.
Question by the defendant's atty --Were there any
interval of time between his saying "Mr. Roberts, I am sick" and his
laying his head on the knee of John Roberts? Answer -- There was no interval of
time in the conversation, but he proceeded to utter the words immediately.
Further question by the defendant's atty -- Did not
the testator, after speaking the testamentary words, go into his clerk's office
and do business? Answer -- He did not recall that he did.
Question asked John Roberts by the defendant's atty --
Was the testator confined to his room after speaking the testamentary words?
Answer -- He walked about the room and in the piazza, but did not recall that
he ever went out of doors or did business afterwards and that the testator
walked about his room the day he died.
Question also asked by the defendant's atty -- Did the
testator appoint or nominate any person as his executor? Answer -- He did not.
Same question asked Chastain Roberts Answer -- He did
not.
Robert Howell, another witness on oath saith (having first released his legacy) that he heard Charles W. Bedford say . . .(8) the deponent then asked the testator in jest what he would give him. He said in jest all his cloths, all the rest of his estate he gave to his nephew Charles Bedford Bouldin (9)
. . . appeared to be serious on the part of his
illness or the disposition of his estate? Answer -- He appeared to be serious
in making his will.
Further question by the defendant's atty -- Did the
deponent conceive the testator to be serious when speaking the testamentary
words devising to Charles Bedford Bouldin and Peggy Bedford; from the
circumstances that he did not smile then, but smiled before? Answer -- He did.
Question by the plaintiff's atty -- Did not the
testator have any other mark of being in earnest in the disposition of his
estate, as well as that of not smiling? Answer -- He did.
Question of John Roberts by the defendant's atty --
Was not the testator capable of writing his will after speaking the
testamentary words? Answer -- He was.
The parties admit the property in question to be of
the value of 4,000 dollars & upwards and that Charles W. Bedford was taken
sick at John Roberts' and died before returning to his habitation in the county
of Charlotte, and the testator was upwards of 21 years age.
On hearing the testimony of the witnesses, and the
argument of the parties, it is the opinion of the court that the words spoken
by Charles W. Bedford is not his nuncupative will. Thereupon the motion of the
sd Ephriam Bouldin to admit the same to record is over ruled.
2 June 1806
Pg 155 The commission for taking acknowledgment of
Frances Brooke, wife of Zachariah Brooke, annexed to the indenture of Bargain
& Sale between . . . and Matthew Williams on the other part.
Pg 164 Hezikiah McCargo &c Plaintiffs vs Francis
Roberts &c, Defendants - in Chancery filed 5 Nov 1804
Commissioner app't under the interlocutory order made
in this suit made distribution as follows:
Allotted to Mary Magdalene Herndon, relict of the sd
decedent -- 76/6/11 which is the sum paid her in sundry articles and she
relinquishing all other claims to the decedent's estate;
allotted to Young Brezindine & Rittah, his wife --
a negro by the name of Phyllis and also the sum of £ 19/1/9;
allotted to William Herndon -- one negro by the name of
Abraham and also the sum of £19/1/9;
allotted to Francis Roberts & Jane, his wife --
one negro named Isaac and also the sum of £19/1/9
allotted to Hezikiah McCargo & Tabby, his wife --
the sum of sixty pounds in lieu of a negro freed by the court and also the sum
of £19/1/9;
allotted to John Herndon -- one negro named America
and also the sum of £19/1/9;
allotted to Elijah Herndon -- one negro named Africa
and also the sum of £19/1/9;
allotted to Benj. Herndon -- one negro named Phill and
also the sum of £19/1/9;
allotted to Thomas Roberts & Sarah, his wife --
one negro named Jacob and also the sum of £19/1/9
Signed Mack Goode, Reps Osborbne, H. Elam 18 Jan 1806
Pg 165 Young Brezindine, and Rittah, his wife, Francis
Roberts, and Jane, his wife, Hezikiah McCargo, and Tabby, his wife, Thomas
Roberts, and Sarah, his wife; Plaintiffs vs William Herndon, John Herndon,
Elijah Herndon, Benjamin Herndon and Mary Magdalene Herndon; Defendants - In
Chancery
2 August 1806
John Roberts, for retailing spirituous liquors,
contrary to law, on Saturday the 26th of July, last, at the late dwelling house
of Dudley Brooke, by the information of Cryus Johnson and Robert Williams of
our own body.
A claim of Edward Osborne for summons a coroner's jury
315 cents -- for carrying Thomas Petty to jail -14 miles at 10 is 140 cents --
carrying John Pollock to jail -14 miles at 10 cents the mile is 140 cents --
making the whole 210 cents.
Pg 238 On the motion of William Dupree, certificate is
granted him for ltrs of admr of the estate of John Rawlins, dec'd, in due form,
with will annexed ... he with Francis Roberts, John Roberts and David McCargo,
his securities etc ... Elizabeth Rawlins, widow of John Rawlins, by her letter
addressed to this court first relinquished the right to administer the sd
estate.
RULE JUDGMENTS CONFIRMED AUGUST 1807
Pg 59 Francis Roberts, Ex'or of Joseph Herndon, dec'd;
Plaintiff vs Joseph Gregory & Mary Magdalene, his wife, late Mary Magdalene
Herndon Defendants - (4)
9 March 1808
Pg 121 In a court held for Charlotte County the 9th day of March, 1808, for the trial of James Middleton, who stands committed to the common jail of the county, charged . . . being guilty of feloniously stealing and carrying away 45 shillings and 10 pence in cash and other moneys, the property of Peter Mason of the sd county.
The sd James Middleton was lead to the bar . . . Being charged with the facts, saith he is in no wise guilty thereof. Whereupon sundry witnesses were sworn and examined, as well on behalf of the Commonwealth as the sd prisoner, and he was fully heard by counsel in his defense. It is consideration thereof it is the opinion of the Court that the sd prisoner is guilty of the felony for which he stands charged, and that he aught to be tried for the same at the next Prince Edward District Court, to be held in the Court House of the sd county, on the first day of the next court and therefore he is remanded back to jail, and it is commanded the Sheriff, that he convey the sd prisoner to the District jail as soon as may be.
DEPOSITIONS
Anderson Farmer on oath saith: the deponent was at the house of Peter Mason of Charlotte on the first day of the present month of March in the afternoon, that the deponent applied to the sd mason to loan the deponent $5.00 and the sd Mason sent his wife for the money. aFter the money was brought the sd Mason took five dollars and lent it to the deponent. He laid the rest on a window sill behind him. While the sd mason and D& were conversing about the money lent, the deponent saw the prisoner James Middleton put his hand among the silver, take out some and put it in his pocket. He then took a bank note and put that in his pocket and walked immediately out of the door. The next morning the deponent was at the sd Mason's with the prisoner, when he proposed to pay Mason the money that was taken, nine dollars . . .(undecipherable)
Peter Mason: . . .to my wife for the money. When it was brought the deponent took the five dollars and laid the rest on a window behind him. Soon after his wife came into the room and discovered some of the money was missing. The deponent missed a five dollar bank note which was afterwards found in his barn. The prisoner paid the deponent nine dollars the next morning, which was to be returned should the deponent's money be found. At the time the money was taken, no person was in the room but the deponent, Anderson Farmer, the prisoner and a little boy. Anderson Farmer could not have taken the money undiscovered by the deponent, and the little boy was never near it.
Sarah Mason on oath saith: On the first of this month, the deponent was in a room where her husband, Anderson Farmer and the prisoner were. The deponent took up an old pocketbook which contained the money lying behind her husband, and discovered most of the
money was taken out - - a five dollar bank note, a french half-crown , half a french crown, two half dollars were missing to the deponent's knowledge, how much more the deponent knowth not.
2 May 1808
Pg 144? A grand Jury was convened and returned the following indictments:
Stephen Douglas, Thomas Bibb and Armistead Wathington for unlawful gambling at cards at Hugh Wyllie's tavern on the third Sunday in June, 1807, by the information of Daniel Barnes and William Bacon, sworn in open court on a motion by the attorney for the Commonwealth.
An indictment against William Adams, son of John , for attempting to poison Thomas Ford on the 28th of June 1808, by the information of Bernard Todd, Thomas Ford, and William Hannah, a true bill.
The Grand Jury made the following presentment, Towit:
The Grand Jury wishes to present to the court the disagreeable situation of the
body of Charlotte occasioned by the law of Congress laying an embargo on all
american negroes, the policy or impolicy of which, considered in a natural
point of view, we do not undertake to determine, nor do we censure. But the
distress it has already occasioned to number of our virtuous and industrious
fellow citizens, and the still greater distress and ruin which is likely to
follow from a long continuance thereof, especially of creditors should chance
to resort to the law to coerce payments from their honest debtors, without
being compelled by law . . . .(Here the copy becomes undecipherable)
Pg ?? Hugh Wyllie Plaintiff vs Richard Allen Defendant - at law
Came a jury towit: Morris Hammond, Josiah Jackson, Samuel Moon, John Harris, William B. Cook, Thomas Johns, Francis Brooke, William Fowler, Francis Thorton, James Phillips, Hugh Frazier and Joseph Brown.
Pg ?? Commonwealth vs Thomas Bibb - on a presentment of the Grand jury for unlawful gambling at Hugh Wyllie's tavern (2 May 1808)
7 August 1809
Pg 286 Grand Jury 3 indictments
1) John Morgan, son of Robert Morgan: for profane swearing of four oaths at Jesse Johnson's shop on 18th July last - by information of Jesse Johnson & William Beadles
3) John Morgan, son of Robt Morgan: for profane swearing of four oaths on the 20th of May last, at the house of Short Jones by the information of Ebenezer Rennon & David Rice
Lee-Gregory
Bible Record
Mainly: Charlotte, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg
Counties, VA
Copies
of the original pages are on file at The Virginia State Library.
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Edward
Lee was born May the 1st 1779.
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Betsy
Lee was born November the 23rd 1779.
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Tabitha
Elizabeth Lee was born July the 23rd 1838.
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Mary
Ann Elizabeth Stokes Gregory was born Saturday the 12 of May 1838.
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William
Thomas Henderson Gregory was born Monday 4th January 1841.
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Hubert
Wootton, son of Henderson and Caroline Lee Wallace born March 27.
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Ann? Jackson?
Lee was born June? 6
1843.
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William
E. Robertson was born Dec. the 28th 1798.
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Daniel
H. Robertson was born February the 18th 1801.
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John
Lee was born November the 19th 1805.
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Edward
Lee was born March the 1st 1808.
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Samuel
E. Lee was born February the 3rd 1810 .
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Mary
B. Lee was born Dec. the 12th 1812.
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Benjamin
H. Lee was born April the 27th 1816.
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George
H. Lee was born February the 2nd 1818.
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Tabitha
Jane Lee was born January 20, 1822.
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William
H. Robertson was born November 21 1822.
Sarah
Gunn Lee was born August the 16th 1833.
Benjamin
H. Lee died Nov. the 13th 1816.
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Hubert
Wootton Lee departed this life April Monday 19th 1841 at 9 o'clock in
the
morning aged 3 weeks.
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Edward
Lee departed this life of October 29th 1843.
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Betsy Lee departed this life
November 25th 1853
George
H. Lee died on 5 Nov. 1861.
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George
H. Lee Jr. died on 12 July 1865 of
Brain Fever.
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George
H. Lee died at Pig's Point at his post as a good soldier on 5th Nov.
1861 of Congestive Chill
Capt.
Ed Lee departed this life October 28th 1843 aged 64 years 5 months 28
days.
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Mrs.
Elizabeth Lee died on 25th Nov. 1853 aged 74 years and 2 days.
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Edward
Lee and Betsey Lee was married February the 21 1805.
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Samuel
E. Lee and Sarah B. Lee (Gunn) was joined in the holy state of
matrimony
November 14th 1832.
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John
Lee and Martha Lee (Hardy) was married January the 22 1833.
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Edward
Lee and Nancy J. Lee (Wilson) was married December the 11th 1833.
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G.
H. Lee and Caroline Lee (Hardy) were married 8 January 1840.
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA.
DEED BOOK 1 pp. 253-56 ABRAHAM MARTIN TO THOMAS COLLIERThis Indenture made this second day of December One thousand seven hundred and
sixty six between Abraham Martin and Betty his wife of the County of Charlotte
of the one part and Thomas Collier of the County of Hanover of the other part
Witnesseth that the said Abraham Martin & Betty Martin his Wife for and in
Consideration of One hundred and Fourty three pounds current money of Virginia
to them in hand paid by the said Thomas Collier the Receipt whereof the said
Abraham Martin and Betty Martin his wife do hereby these Presents acknowledge
they the said Abraham Martin and Betty his wife have granted bargauned and sold
alined? & confirmed and by these presents do grant Bargain and sell and Confirm
unto the said Thomas Collier his Heirs and Assigns forever one certain tract or
parcel of land lying and being in the County of Charlotte on both sides of the
main branch of Horsepen Creek and Bound [?] followeth to wit Beginning at a
shugar tree on the west side of the said creek, thence a new line north eighty
degrees west two hundred and twelve poles to pointers in the patent line thence
along the patent lines south thirteen degrees west two hundred and fifty poles
to a white oak thence along Mays lines south sixty five degrees east fourty four
poles to a white oak thence south fifty seven degrees east one hundred and two
poles crossing the said creek to a Turkey oak saplin, thence a new line north
[thirty?] degrees twenty poles to a turkey oak in the patent line north thirty
degrees east one hundred and fourty poles to a pine thence north fifty degrees
east one hundred and eighteen poles to Williams Mill Land thence along his line
north thirty poles to a hickory and pine thence north eighty three degrees east
sixteen poles to a beach on Williams Mill Creek thence down the said creek as it
meanders to the mouth crossing the main Horsepen Creek thence up the said creek
as it meanders to the Beginning Including three hundred and sixty seven acres of
land and lays contiguous and joining the land aforesaid and also all trees woods
and commons profits commodities advantages hereditaments ways waters &
appurtenances whatsoever to the said three hundred and sixty seven acres of land
above mentioned belonging or in any way appertaining and also the revertion and
revertions remainder & remainders rents and services of the said land and of
premises of every part & and parcel thereof & all the Estate rite title interest
claim & demand whatsoever of them the said Abraham Martin & Betty Martin his
wife of in and to the said tract or parcel of land above mentioned belonging or
in any way appertaining and also the revertion and revertions remainder and
remainders rents & services of the land & premises and of every part & parcel
thereof & all the estate rite title interest claim and demand whatsoever of them
the said Abraham Martin and Betty Martin his wife of in and to the
said tract or
parcel of three hundred and sixty seven acres of land & premises of every part
thereof - To have and to hold the said land and premises above mentioned and
every part and parcel thereof [?] the said Thomas Collier his heirs and assigns
forever the only proper use and behoof of the said Thomas Collier his heirs and
assigns forever and the said Abraham Martin & Betty his wife for themselves
their heirs and assigns the said tract or parcel of land and premises of every
part thereof against themselves their heirs and against all and every person and
persons whatsoever to the said Thomas Collier his heirs and
assigns forever and
they the said Abraham Martin and Betty Martin his wife for themselves their
heirs and assigns forever by these presents In Witness whereof the said Abraham
Martin and Betty Martin his wife have thereto set their hands and fixed their
seals the day and year above mentioned signed sealed & delivered in presence of
William Martin Abra Martin
Saml. Perrin Betty Martin
Joseph Crenshaw
Memorandum That on the second day of December One thusand seven hundred and
sixty six peaceable and quiet possession was had & taken of the within named
Abraham Martin and Betty Martin his wife of the within granted land & premises
and the same was by them delivered unto the within named Thomas Collier as the
usual symballs of livery of & seizin according to the force form and effect of
the within deed.
In presence of Abraham Martin
William Martin Betty Martin
Joseph Crenshaw Saml. Perrin
The second day of December One thousand seven hundred & sixty six then recieved
of Thomas Collier One hundred fourty three pounds current money of Virginia it
being the consideration money for the land and premises within granted received
and the same was by them delivered unto the within named Thomas Collier as the
usual symballs of livery of & seizin according to the force form and effect of
the within deed.
In presence of Abraham Martin
William Martin Betty Martin
Joseph Crenshaw Saml. Perrin
The second day of December One thousand seven hundred & sixty six then recieved
of Thomas Collier One hundred fourty three pounds current money of Virginia it
being the consideration money for the land and premises within granted received
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA. ABRAHAM MARTIN TO JOHN COLLIER DEED BOOK 1, pp. 401-04This Indenture made this seventh Day of December one thousand seven Hundred and
sixty seven between Abraham Martain [sic] & Betty Martain his wife of the County
of Charlotte of the one Part and John Collier of the County of Lunenburg of the
other Part | Witnesseth that the said Abraham Martain and Betty Martain his
wife for and in Consideration of Virginia to them in Hand paid by the said John
Collier the Receipt whereof the said Abraham Martain & Betty Martain his wife do
hereby these Presents, acknowledge they the said Abraham Martain and Betty
Martain his wife, have granted bargained, sold aliened & Confirmed, and by these
Presentsdo grant bargain sell, alien & confirm unto the said John Collier his
Heirs and assigns forever one Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Lying and being in
the County of Charlotte on the Horsepen Creek and bounded as followeth To Wit Beginning at a White oak on Williams Mill Creek Thence south sixty Four Degrees
East six poles to a White oak in the Patent Line Thence along the same North
Fifty Degrees East Fourty Poles, Thence new lines the same
Course continued?
Twenty Poles to Pointers Thence North Thirty six degrees West one hundred &
sixty five poles to Pointers on the main fork of the Horse Pen Creek, thence
down the said Creek as it meanders to Pointers Thence North Thirty six Degrees
West sixty four Poles to Pointers, Thence South Forty two Degrees West Two
hundred & Twenty Eght Poles to Pointers in Thomas Collier Line Thence on his
Line south Eighty Degrees East one hundred & Forty four Poles to a sugar Tree on
the said Creek Thence down the same as it meanders to the mouth of Williams Mill
Creek Thence up the said Creek as it meanders to the Beginning
Including Two
hundred Acres of Land and now lies Contiguous & Joining the Land aforesaid and
also Trees Woods & underwoods Commons Profits Commodities, Advantages
Hereditaments Ways Wa[?] and appurtanences whatsoever to the aid Two hundred
acres of Land above mentioned belonging or in any wisw appertaining, and also
the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders, Rents and services of the
said Land and Premises and of every part and Parcel thereof and all the Estate,
Title, Interest, Claim and Demand whatsoever of the said Abraham Martain and
Betty Martain his wife of in & to the said Tract or Parcel of Land
above
mentioned belonging or in any Ways appertaining, and also the Reversion &
Reversions, Remainder & Remainders Rents & Services of the Land and Premises and
every Part and Parcel thereof and all the Estate Right Title Interest Claim and
Demand whatsoever of them the said Abraham Martain & Betty Martain his wife in
of & to the said Tract or Parcel of Two hundred Acres of Land and Premises &
every part thereof with the appurtenances unto the said John Collier his heirs &
assigns forever to the only Proper use and behoof of the said John Collier his
heirs and Assigns forever, and the said Abraham Martain & Betty Martain his Wife
for themselves their heirs & assigns the said Tract or Parcel of Two hundred
Acres of Land and Premises & every part thereof against themselves their heirs
etc. and against all and every Person and Persons whatsoever to the said John
Collier his heirs and assigns forever and they the said Abraham Martain & Betty
Martain his wife for themselves their heirs & assigns do warrant and will
forever defend, the Right and Title of the said Land and Premises above
mentioned to the said John Collier his heirs and assigns forever by these
Presents. In Witness whereof the said Abraham Martain and Betty Martain his wife
have set their Hands and affixed their seals the Day & year above written.
Abra. Martain L.S.Betty Martain L.S.
Signed sealed & delivered In presence of [no witnesses]Memorandum That on the seventh Day of December onr thousand seven hundred and sixty seven Peaceable and Quiet Possession was had and Taken of the within named
Abraham Martain and Betty Martain his Wife, of the within granted Land and
Premises and the same was by them Delivered unto the within named John Collier
as the usual symbos of Livery & seizin according to the force Form and Effect of
the within deed
Abraham Martain L.S.
Betty Martain L.S.In Presence of [no witnesses]
Abra. Martain L.S.Betty Martain L.S.
Signed sealed & delivered In presence of [no witnesses]Memorandum That on the seventh Day of December onr thousand seven hundred and sixty seven Peaceable and Quiet Possession was had and Taken of the within named
Abraham Martain and Betty Martain his Wife, of the within granted Land and
Premises and the same was by them Delivered unto the within named John Collier
as the usual symbos of Livery & seizin according to the force Form and Effect of
the within deed
Abraham Martain L.S.
Betty Martain L.S.In Presence of [no witnesses]
1773
DB 3:366; 6 Dec 1773; ack. 6 Dec 1773
Grantor: JOHN LEE of Charlotte.
Grantee: CHARLES SALLARD of Amelia Co.
Acres: 634
For & in consid. of a certain tract of land bought of the above
named CHARLES SALLARD for which I am to give 150 pds as will more
fully appear by bond, one of which was to have been discharged 1
Oct last & the other to be 1 Jun 1774...I do hereby ack., barg...
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the sd CHARLES SALLARD...634 a., one negro man DICK, 3 hd
horses, 7 hd cattle, 60 hd hoggs, household furn. Sig: JOHN
LEE.
DB 4:87; 5 Oct 1778; ack. 5 Oct 1778-250
Grantor: JOHN LEE of Charlotte.
Grantee: JOHN HANES of Lunenburg.
Acres: 250
On head of the ROBERTSON FORK of MIDDLE MAHERRIN RIVER.
Sig: JOHN LEE
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Char. DB 6:91 25 Dec. 1789 between Peter Hamblin of Hallifax to
John Blankenship of Charlotte, 50 pds, 40 a., Bluestone Creek,
Bardins line. Sig: Peter (P) Hamblin. Wit: Henry Robertson,
Joseph (X) Willnut, Sally Blankenship. Ack: 7 June 1790.
DB 6:108; 17 Oct 1790; ack. 6 Dec 1790+50
Grantor: JOHN HAYNES of Charlotte.
Grantee: JOHN LEA of same.
Acres: 50
On MIDDLE FORK of MAHERRIN RIVER bounded by lines of JOHN LEA;
AMBROSE HALEY; GEORGE WALTON & LEVY BLANKENSHIP. Sig: JOHN
HANES
Wit: LANGSTON BACON; MILES BOTTOM; HENRY FORD
(X).
1793
DB 6:263; 31 Aug 1793; ack 1 Feb 1796+72
Grantor: LEVY BLANKENSHIP of Charlotte.
Grantee: JOHN LEE of same.
Acres: 72
In county of Charlotte on branches of GRASSY FORK on both sides
KINGS RD., adj. HENDRICK; DUPREE, HALEY, WALTON, BLANKENSHIP.
Sig: LEVY BLANKENSHIP.
Wit: GEORGE HUNDLEY; BENJAMIN HENDRICK; JNO
BLANKENSHIP
DB 8:235; 27 Nov 1799; ack 7 Apr 1800
Grantor: JOHN LEE SENR of Charlotte.
Grantee: SIMIAN ELLINGTON of same.
Acres: 200
Tract where SIMIAN ELLINGTON NOW LIVES in Charlotte on water of
REESES FORK by EDWARD KEELING's land, CAPT. FRIEND; ELMORE to
beg.
DB 8:236; 27 Nov 1799; ack 7 Apr 1800
Grantor: JOHN LEE SENR of Charlotte.
Grantee: JOSIAH ELLINGTON of Lunenburg.
Acres: 200
On waters of REESES FORK in county of Charlotte by CAP. JO.
FRIEND's land; MOSES EUDALEY; WILLIAM VAUGHAN. Sig: JOHN LEE
Wit: JOHN KNIGHT; NELSON JENNINGS; LEVY BLANKENSHIP.
DB 9:229; 19 Dec 1802; ack. 6 Jun 1803
Grantor: FRANCIS JACKSON & wife ELIZABETH of Charlotte.
Grantee: EDWARD LEE of [blank]
Acres: 98
Beg. at a dead oak...along LEVY BLANKENSHIP's line to KINGS RD,
down sd road small distance...AMBROSE HAILEY's line, thence to
JOSEPH PEARSON's line to EZEKIAH ALMOND's line to CORNELIUS
CRENSHAW's line to beg. Sig: FRANCIS JACKSON, ELIZABETH (X)
JACKSON
Note: Hezekiah Almond, Cornelius Crenshaw & Joseph Pearson were
sons-in-law of John Lee Senior, as shown by the latter's will and
mar.
bonds of daughters
DB 10:125 18 Feb. 1805
HENRY W. OVERBY of Char. to
JOSEPH GREGORY of Char.
280 a.; 308 pd
Adj. THOMAS WILLIAMS, on water of Horsepen Cr., beg at Ray's
pointer in Dudley Brooks line to Hanes white oak, Broughs?,
Brooks corner. Sig: Henry W. Overby
Wit:
Geo Haynes, Wm Collier, Wm Dupree, Claiborne Clements
DB 11:199; 1 Sep 1809; ack. 4 Sep 1809
Grantor: THOMAS ALMOND & ELIZABETH ALMOND his wife of Charlotte.
Grantee: EDWARD LEE of Charlotte
Acres: 130
In Charlotte Co. on head waters of JUNIPER CREEK & beg. on ELISHA
ALMOND's line...THOMAS BRAGG's & JOSEPH CRENSHAW's line, thence
along CRENSHAW's line to corner pine in ELAM's land...to ELISHA
ALMOND's line to
beg. Sig: THOMAS ALMOND; ELIZABETH (X) ALMOND.
Wit: SAML I(?) BAILEY, CHARLES H. PEARSON, CARMEL
NANCE.
DB 12:103; 4 Oct 1811; prov. 2 Mar 1812-DT
606 ® acres
THOMAS LEE & EDWARD LEE of Charlotte of 1st part; JOHN GREGORY of
Meck. Co. of 2nd part & HUGH WYLLIE & WILLIAM DEUPREE of 3rd
part. 606 ® a.:...LEES indebtedness to JOHN GREGORY in sum of 231
pds...on waters of MIDDLE MEHERRIN adj. JOSEPH DEUPREE; JOHN
PETTUS; REPS ELAM; AMBROSE HAILEY.
SIG: EDWD LEE; THOMAS LEE; JOHN GREGORY; WM. DEUPREE.
WIT: DAVID THOMPSON; WILLIAM COLLIER; JOS. DEUPREE, JUNR;
BENJAMIN EVANS; JOHN KNIGHT. Char. Co. DB 12/182 Deed of
Release of instrument DB 12/103, dated 4 Oct 18ll.
WIT: THOMAS WOOD; JOHN EDMUNDSON; JAMES B. BEACH; JOHN
EUBANK.
DB 12:182 6 Jan 1813; ack. 2 May 1813
Grantor: EDWARD ALMOND of Lunenburg.
Grantee: EDWARD LEE of Charlotte.
...for & in consid. of the tract of land "whereon the sd LEE now
resides" to him in hand delivered by deed of bargain of sale
executed by sd EDWARD LEE, THOMAS LEE & others...tract of land
situate lying and being in the county of CHARLOTTE & LUNENBURG
containing 362 a., being the land the sd ALMOND pur. of LEVI
BLANKENSHIP & joining WM. THOMPSON; JOHN PETTUS, CLEMENT R.
JAMESON and others. Sig: Edwd Almond
Wit: THOMAS WOOD, JR; JOHN EDMONDSON, JAMES B. BEACH; WM.
DB 12:184; 6 JAN 1813; ack. 3 May 1813.
Grantor: THOMAS LEE, executor of JOHN LEE dec'd & EDWARD LEE
Grantee: EDWARD ALMOND
Acres: 596
Whereas the said JOHN LEE dec'd by his will duly proved &
recorded in the county court of Charlotte did devise and bequeath
that the lands whereof he died seized should be sold by his
executor aforesaid and whereas the said THOMAS LEE executor of
JOHN LEE did agreeable to the said will sell a certain tract of
land lying and being in the county of Charlotte on the head
waters of MIDDLE MEHERRIN containing 596 acres to the sd EDWARD
LEE, and whereas the said EDWARD LEE by and with the consent of
the said THOMAS hath sold the said land to the said EDWARD ALMOND
for the sum of $1000.00 and also a track of land by deed of this
date conveyed by the said EDWARD ALMOND to the said EDWARD LEE.
Now this indenture ---therefore further witnesseth that for and
in consideration of the provisions the further and for
consideration of the sum of one dollar by the said EDWARD ALMOND
to the said THOS LEE executor of JOHN LEE dec'd in hand paid they
the said THOMAS LEE executor of JOHN LEE dec'd and EDWD LEE have
bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and
sell...all that tract of land the said EDWARD LEE NOW RESIDES
ON., it being the same tract of land whereon the said JOHN LEE
dec'd before & at the time of his death containing 500 & 96
acres.
Sig: THOS (X) LEE [Thomas Lee], Exor of JOHN LEE dec'd; EDWD
LEE.
WIT: THOMAS WOOD, SENR; JOHN EDMONDSON; JAMES B. BEACH.
DB 13:84, 18 May 1814
Benjamin Evans & Betsy his wife of Charlotte, John Knight of
Lunenburg 1st part to
Joseph Gregory 2nd part of Charlotte
120 a.; 37 pd, 14 sh. 2 p.
by Joseph Gregory on S. Maherrin R. by lines of Nicholas Brown
dec'd est., John M? Quil, Lewis Burwell & Wm. Elmore.
Sit: Benjamin Evans, Betsy Evans (X) & John Knight
Wit: Alexander Brown, Doctor Ferguson, Schrimshaw Brown, Branch
Palmore.
DB 14:101; 4 Nov 1817; 4 Nov 1817
Margaret Gregory 1st part, John Roberts 2nd part to
Overton Deupree
194 1/4 s., $1.00
Sell unto John Roberts 1 tract of land on water of Horsepen Cr.
(names John Roberts as security & gds of 2 of her children,
Martha Gregory & Joel Gregory.
Sig: Margaret Gregory, John Roberts, Overton Deupree
DB 14:159; 5 Apr 1817; prov. 5 Apr 1817
Grantor: EDWARD LEE & BETSEY his wife of ___________
Grantee: REUBIN TATUM
Acres: 104
In Charlotte beg. at WOODSON ALMOND, JOSEPH CRENSHAW & ELAM's
tract. Sig: EDWARD LEE; BETSEY LEE
DB 14:160; 5 Apr 1817; ack. 5 Apr 1817
Grantor: EDWARD LEE & BETSEY his wife of ___________
Grantee: REUBIN TATUM
Acres: 10
In Charlotte beg. at JOHN TANKERSLEY; WOODWARD HAILEY; EDWD
ALMOND & AMBROSE HAILEY. Sig: EDWARD LEE; BETSEY LEE
DB 14:171; 30 May 1818; 6 Jul 1818
John Gregory, Nancy Gregory, Reps Elam & Mary his wife, Young
Stokes & Elizabeth his wife, legatees & Margaret Gregory relict
of Joseph Gregory Jr dec'd to
Benjamin Evans
120 a., 120.00
Tract of land pur. of Benjamin Evans by Joseph Gregory dec'd,
Samuel Weatherford's line, B--- Br., down sd br. as it meanders
to Meherrin R. up same to mouth of Black ----.
Sig: John Gregory, Nancy Gregory, Reps J. Elam, Mary Elam, Young
Stokes, Elizabeth Stokes, Margaret Gregory (X).
Wit: Ceaton Haston?, William Brooks, Wm. Deupree.
DB 15:122, 19 Jan 1819; 5 Apl 1819
Francis Roberts & William Deupree Exors of Joseph Herndon dec'd &
also commr app. by Charlotte Court by his will was to be sold to
Hezekiah McCargo all of Charlotte
Both sides Kings Road, partly on both sides Reynolds CR., Joel
Collins, Hillery Goode, John Petty, sd Hezekiah McCargo, the
legatees of John Rawlins Jr? decd & George Cole.
Note: Joel Collins m. 1785 Rhoda Chaffin, d/o Joshua
Hillery Goode m. Sarah Bacon 1805 d/o
Langston.
DB 17:9; Dated 11 Oct 1823; proved 11 Oct 1823
Grantor: Phillip Osborne & Elizabeth Osborne of Charlotte
Grantee: Thomas Gregory of said co. or Archibald H. Roberts?
(My notes are confusing, maybe these are 2 deeds)
Sum 100 dollars
Acres: 74
Wit that the sd Philip Osborne & Eliz O. his wife for the sum of
one dollar pd by the sd Arch. Roberts the receipt whereof the sd
Philip Osborne & Eliz...124 acres by Jno Roberts & Sam'l Elam,
Francis Roberts, L? Beasley & Thomas Gregory
Lines: Jno Roberts, Thomas Gregory
(This
says nothing about a deed of trust)
DB 17:315, 10 Oct 1826
Thomas Gregory & Ednea G. Gregory of Charlotte to
Joseph H. Roberts & John A. Roberts
527 a.
by line of John Roberts on NW; ED ALMOND dec'd on N; on NE by
lands of STEPHEN WEATHERFORD & E. by WM. DEUPREE, on S. by
FRANCIS ROBERTS, SW by ARCHIBALD ROBERTS.
Note: Stephen Weatherford m. 1782 Obedience Fuqua.
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DB 28:222, 27 Feb. 1852, 27 Feb 1852
GEORGE E. GREGORY to
AMBROSE S. LEE
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This
obit of Dalia Wilson, 1951, should be with
the Charlotte County information. The old home place
mentioned is "Grassy Dales", Charlotte County.
Thanks,
- Obituary of DALIA APPOMATTOX WILSON Feb. 1951
Dalia Wilson
Appomattox,
Feb. 2 Dalia Wilson 84, died at her home
Thursday night after an illness of three days. Born
in Appomattox county, she was the daughter of
Nathaniel and Laura Jeffress Wilson.
She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. C. E. Price of
Madisonville and Mrs. Floyd Baldwin of Hampton and one
nephew, Egbert Womack of Bronxville, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday at
4PM by the Rev. J. G. Thompson, Burial will be in the
family cemetery on the home place.
Miss
Laura C. Jeffress was born at “Woodlawn,” Prince
Edward County, Va., June 6, 1839, and married Dec.
18, 1856, to Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, of Charlotte
County, who passed away a number of years ago. The
first few years of their married life they lived near
Bethlehem Church, Prince Edward County, but in 1860
they removed to the old Wilson homestead, near
Concord Church, in Charlotte County, where the
remainder of her life was spent. Soon afterward she
connected herself with Concord Church, and continued
to the day of her death one of its most faithful and
devoted members.
Mrs. Wilson had many noble traits of character. She
was possessed of a strikingly winning personality and
a sweet, sunshiny disposition. She had a good
intellect, a retentive memory, unusual intelligence
and high ideals. All who knew he felt the influence
of her cheerful, earnest piety and her gentle
Christian spirit. She dearly loved her church, and always took the greatest
pleasure in bearing her share of the Master’s work and
encouraging others to loving service in His cause.
During eleven years it has been the writer’s privilege
to be an occasional guest in her delightful Christian
home, where there was always ready a smiling welcome,
and ever found helpful cheer and encouragement to the
ministers of God.
Her life was a blessing to her family and a
benediction to the community in which she lived. A
tender and affectionate mother, a sympathetic friend,
and consecrated Christian, she adorned the doctrine
she professed. In rearing the children God gave her,
she discharged her responsibilities in the fear and
love of God, and was untiring in her efforts to
instruct them in the Bible and catechisms and bring
them up to be Christian men and women. All of them
“rise up and call her blessed.”
On the afternoon of June 2, 1905, her body was laid to
rest
to await the morning of the resurrection, and the
sorrowing children and friends turned away from the
new made grave, but not to sorrow as those who have no
hope, for they have the precious consolation that the
Savior’s promise, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God,” is her heritage. “Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors: and their works do follow them.”
One less in the home on earth, one more in the home in
heaven.
She
was the daughter of Luther Creath Jeffress and
Elizabeth Hudson Wilson. She was the mother of
Elizabeth Blance Wilson
Alice Wilson
Hudson Wilson
Mattie Wilson
Dalia Appomattox Wilson
Willie Wilson
Nora Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Carrie Christian Wilson
She
was buried at the family cemetery at "Grassy
Dales" in Charlotte County, Virginia.
May 21, 1942
Miss
Carrie C. Wilson, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel C. Wilson, of "Grassy Dales." Charlotte
County, died this morning at 5 o'clock in the Virginia
Baptist Hospital. Her mother was the former Laura
Jeffress.
Miss Wilson is survived by a sister, Miss Dalia
Wilson: a brother, William H. Wilson, and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 3 P. M. Friday at the
home. Burial will be in the family cemetery in
Charlotte County. Services will be conducted by the
Rev. Mr. Reevew, D. D. of Pamplin, pastor of Concord
Presbyterian Church
Note
Miss
Dalia Wilson's middle name is Appomattox. Both
Miss Dalia and brother, Willie are buried in the
cemetery at "Grassy Dales." Preceding them in the
cemetery at "Grassy Dales" are: Nathaniel Clay
Wilson, Laura Jeffress Wilson, Robert N. Wilson,
Elizabeth Hamlett Wilson
Roberts, William H.
Dr. Wm. H. Roberts, killed on Wednesday by Wm. W. Johnson, at Liberty, Bedford county, was a resident of Richmond before the war, and served during the war with the Third Howitzers - captured May 10th at Spotsylvania court-house-originally from Charlotte county but for many years worked with Dr. Wm. H. Pleasants of this city.
Richmond
Daily Dispatch Friday, Jan. 13, 1871, p 1, c 6.
Will of Abel Blankenship (Extract)
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 8 Pg 82 - Jan 1, 1838
Wife: Nancy
Daus: Fanny Morton, Mary E
Pigg, Nancy & Lucy Blankenship now living with my wife
Sons: Sam'l F Blankenship, David
M Blankenship, William W Blankenship, Robert C Blankenship, Theodoric
C Blankenship and John P Blankenship
Minor Children: Nancy B
Blankenship and Lucy C Blankenship
Dated 15 Nov 1837
Will of David Blankenship (Extract)
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 5 Pg 198 - Nov 27, 1819
All to wife, Ann, land I live on during her natural life, after her decease , to son Abel Blankenship, residue equally divided between four children, Madelene Pigg, Ella Morton, Mary Dixon, and Cain Blankenship . Cain's share to go to the child that takes care of him after Ann's death .(2)
Wit: Robt Carter; Madison Ragland; Robt C Blankenship; Sam'l Blankenship
Probate: Apr 5, 1824 App of estate $186.44
Account of Sales of the Estate of
Hezekiah Blankenship
Halifax County, Virginia.
Will Book 20 Pg 581 - January Court
1845
The following is an account of the sale of the property of Hezikiah Blankenship, Dec'd, sold by John J. Throckmorton, Exor on the 23rd and 24th days of October 1844
Rainey Jones
1 Cross X saw 3.50
1 Grindstone 2.55
1 Bay mare 40.70 46.75
William Owens
1 Noggin @12 1 sm table @ 25 .37
4 Locks @01 1/2 & 2 toilets @ 08 .23 .60
Nathan Powell
2080 shingles (?) @ 120/thousand 2.50
John Powell
1 small table .25
Hezikiah Smith
2 Dishes .38
Paul Taylor
Half-bushel measure .13
2 old hogsheads .13
5 barrels of corn 11.40 11.66
Joseph Taylor
1 ink pot and inkstand .22
Will of Stephen Huddleston
Halifax County, Virginia.
Will Book 19 Pg 517 - ???
I, Stephen Huddleston, being weak of body, but of sound
and perfect memory, do make and declare this to be my last will and testament
To my beloved wife Peggy Huddleston, the property
whereon I now live together with the following slaves (names), during her
natural life or widowhood.
The remainder of my estate, land and slaves to be
rented yearly, with one-half of the yearly rental to be given to my daughter
Elizabeth Canada for the support of her and her children, and that upon her
death to her children.
The other one-half to be held by my Executor and given
to my daughter Catherine Blankenship, as he the said executor, may see that she
and her children stand in need of subsistence and the comforts of life. That
(is) not to be given her in money, but in the necessities of life, and at her
death to be given to her children. (12)
At the death of Isaiah Canada and Bennett Blankenship,
the land and slaves be divided equally between my daughters Elizabeth Canada
and Catherine Blankenship, or if either of them be dead, to their children.
/s/ Stephen Huddleston
Signed and sealed in our presence
William J. H. Ligon,(13) Martin
Canada, Timothy Childress
Will of Elizabeth Brezindine
Essex County, Virginia.
Will Book 15 Pg 102 - Jun 16, 1794
In the name of God, I Elizabeth Brezindine, of Essex
county, being very sick, but in perfect sense and memory, do make this my last
will and testament in manner and form following:
I give and bequeath to my three daughters, Dianah
Cheney, Mary Bush, and Susannah Broock, all of my clothing, to be
equally divided amongst them three, to they and their heirs forever, whom I
appoint my whole and sole executors. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal this 10th day of March 1786
S\S Elizabeth (Her Mark) Brezindine (15)
Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of
John Bush; Catherine (her mark) Bush
at a court held for Essex county at Trappahannock on
the 16th day of June 1794, the last will and Testament of Elizabeth Brezindine,
was proved by Catherine Bush, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and the
said Catherine made oath that she saw John Bush, the other witness thereto,
sign the same in the presence and at the request of the said Elizabeth
Brezindine, whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.
Estate of David Francis Brizindine (Extract)
Essex County, Virginia.
Will Book 15 Pg 166 - Sep 22, 1795 (16)
To the Executor:
To Thos Brizindine, Exor, his
proved acct 16 17 06
A legacy to Diana Dunn 10 00 00
Reserved in the hands of the Estate
for payment of Clerks fee 10 00
For crying the Estate 07 06
To commissioners on account of sales 04 00
To balance due the Estate 44 06 05
By amount sales of the Estate 77 04 05
in obedience to an order of the worshipful court of
Essex, bearing date of June 16th,1794 and other order dated July 25th 1794, we
the subscribers hereto have settled the account of Thomas Brezindine, dcd, and
find a balance due the estate of 44 pounds,no shillings and 6 pence, which we
have divided among his six children as follows:
Francis Brezindine 07 07 08
Thomas Brezindine 07 07 08
Randolph Brezindine 07 07 08
Armstead Brezindine 07 07 08
Mary Bush 07 07 08
Susana Callicott
07 07 08
Signed: John Evans, Edward Ware, William Newbill, Ben
Johnson
At a court continued and held for Essex county at Trappahannock
on the 22 day of September, 1795, this report of their settlement of Thomas
Brezindine's account of his executorship of Francis Brezindine's estate was
ordered to be recorded
The Estate of Elizabeth Brezindine, to the administrator
Will Book 15, page 166
Essex County, Virginia
In obedience to an order of the worshipful court of Essex county bearing date
of June 16th 1794, and one other order dated July 31st 1794, we the subscribers
hereto have settled the administrators account of Randolph Brezindine, of the
estate of Elizabeth Brezindine,dcd,and find a balance due the estate of 98/7/6,
which we have divided among six of her children as follows:
Francis Brezindine 13 01 03
Thomas Brezindine 13 01 03
Randolph Brezindine 13 01 03
Armstead Brezindine 13 01 03
Mary Bush 13 01 03
Susana Callicott 13 01 03
Signed: John Evans, Edward Ware, William Newbill, Ben
Johnson
At a Court continued and held for Essex county at
Trappahannock on the 22 day of September, 1795, this report of the settlement of
Randolph Brezindine's administration of Elizabeth Brezindine's estate was
ordered to be recorded.(17)
Char Co Court Orders Book 10 Pg 56 Bibby Brooke, by Archer Farley,
his next friend, Demandant vs Thomas Brook & Travis Brooke , orphans of
George Brooke, dec'd, Defendants - on a writ of petition.
This day came the parties by their
attorneys, and the commissioners who were appointed under an order of this
court to make partition and allotment of the land and appurtenances, of the sd
order mentioned, this day made their report in these words: Charlotte County:
agreeable to an order of the court of Charlotte Co, to us directed; we have
proceeded to divide the estate of George Broks (sic), dec'd, among his
children, agreeable to the within statement, and have allotted to each his
division of land in the following manner, towit: To Bibby Brooke, the eldest
son, 91 acres agreeable to platt No. 1 -- to Thomas Brooke, 136 acres agreeable
to platt No. 2 -- to Traverse Brooke, the third son, 108 acres agreeable to
platt No. 3. Given under our hands this 1st day of November 1798 -- Hillary
Moseley, Reps Osborne, Miles Bottom, Commissioners. Therefore it is considered
the partition and assignment of lands with their appurtenances made as well to
the Demandant as to the defendants as aforesaid, as their full right . . . of
the sd 297 acres of land in the Demandant's declaration set forth, to be held
of them, made firm and stable to them, and their heirs and assignees forever,
and it is considered the costs of this suit be equally borne by the parties
interested. 5 Aug 1799
Inventory of the Estate of James Callicot
Charlotte County Va.
Will Book 3 Pg 60 11 Jun 1807
Bonds towit:
John Haines 01/03/8 WM Crenshaw
58/05/9
John Sea balance 02/16/6 do 44/00/0
Joshua Brizindine 14/00/0 Reps
Osborne Carpenter 42/03/6
Reps Osborne Carpenter 9/00/0 William
Duprey 33/09/0
Capt Reps Osborne 45/00/0 Wm
Brezindine 13/10/0
Jas Howsell 45/00/0
Will of William Hubbard Callicott (Transcription)
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book Sep 1?- 35 12 May 1844
Newspaper clipping attached This is to certified the annexed notice was published
for four successive weeks in The Virginia Echo beginning the 10th of Feb 1860 and
ending on the 2nd of March 1860
Printer's fee 4.87 1/2 John Wright
Account of Sale of the Estate of George R. McCargo
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 17 Pg 58 - 2 Dec, 1881
Account of the sale of the personal property of George R. McCargo, dec'd made 2nd Dec 1881.
Lot of spades 3 Sid Roberts .25
lot axes,sheep shears Sid Roberts .15
Iron pot jar &c Sid Roberts .35
Skillet, cake mould &c Sid
Roberts .35
Harrow, Candle stand &c Patrick
Jones .25
9 books J. A. Roberts .20
Walnut table Patrick Jones .50
Estate of George R. McCargo, dec'd - Account current
with Ada L. McCargo Admr'x
1881
Aug 1 Paid Clerk Charlotte County, tax 2.30
ditto Wm A. Smith, Atty's fee 5.00
Will of Hezikiah McCargo
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 11 Pg 59 - Oct 18, 1840
10TH. I give to my son James M[orton] McCargo, four hundred acres of land lying
west of a line beginning at a marked Hickory on the Burnt Church Road, about
eighty yards East of Ingram's gate on said road, running a straight line to
Edward Robert's line for quantity, and the following slaves with their future
increase ( towit);Abram, Jimama, Amy, Jasper and Isaac; one bed & furniture
and one cow & calf, to him and his heirs forever.
Will of John McCargo (Transcription)
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 3 Pg 249 - Jan 4, 1814
10TH My two tracts of land - one
purchased from Henry Portwood and the other of Claiborne Osborne containing by
estimation 305 1/2 acres be equally divided between Little John McCargo and
Hezikiah McCargo
Settlement of the Estate of John
McCargo
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 4 Pg 139 - 4 Aug 1817
Jul 25 Ditto pd Coleman Chaffin 01 00
00 ½
Ditto pd John Roberts 03 14 06
1815
Feb 10 do recv'd of Thomas Roberts 4 15 10
24 do recv'd of
John Roberts 3 01 10
Will of James McCargo (Transcription)
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 8 Pg 285 - Aug 9, 1843
8. All money and bonds due me to be collected and laid
out in land, to be divided as herein directed, and that my friends Hezikiah
McCargo, Thomas Roberts, John Coleman, Richard Russell and William Bacon make
the purchase
12. I direct that Thomas Roberts, John Coleman, Richard
Russell, Hezikiah McCargo,and William Bacon divide my estate as herein directed
without order of court, and that they report to the court, that it may be
recorded.
Signed and sealed this 9th day of August 1843
The will and codicil of James McCargo was produced in
court by Hezikiah McCargo, and proven by the oaths of H.M.L.Goode, H.A.Johnson
and Hezikiah McCargo, subscribing witness thereto. Bonds made by Hezikiah
McCargo and William Bacon, with their securities, John Booth, Charles H.
Robertson, Dancy A.Bacon,Zachariah Bugg, Hillery M.L.Goode, William Elam,
William Chaffin and Thomas Roberts, in the amount of $60,000.00. Will admitted
to probate reserving the liberty of John Booth to join in the probate as he
should see fit.
Account & Sale of the Estate of
Little John McCargo
Charlotte County, Virginia.
Will Book 12 Pg 211 - Aug 3, 1857
John L. Jones(54) 1 Lot of
old iron .25
13 Bushels wheat1.36 17.68
2 Beehives3.80 7.60
Bee hives .55
1 Saddle & Bridle 12.50
Looking glass 1.25
11 Chairs .35 ea 3.80
1 Lot of dishes 2.80
Stake Dish .45
Trundle bed .25
1 Bed blanket 5.50
1 " " 6.25
1 Comfort 3.60
1 " .62
2 Spinning wheels .95
1 Oven & hooks .20
Hammer .20
Phillip Roberts 1 Lot of calico .60
1 craddle &c 1.15
1 Sheep skin .50
Wm Snr P. Roberts 1 Bed & Bedding 19.00
1 Folding table 7.00
Depositions RE: Heirs of Little John McCargo
Halifax County, Virginia.
File Box 29 Ended Chancery Cases - 28 Mar 1860
The following documents will be found in File Box 29 Ended
Chancery Causes, Clerk's Office, Halifax Co., Va.
Newspaper clipping attached This is to certified the annexed notice was published
for four successive weeks in The Virginia Echo beginning the 10th of Feb 1860
and ending on the 2nd of March 1860
Printer's fee 4.87 1/2 John Wright
Inv of Joseph Oscar McCargo (Transcription)
Carroll County, Tennessee
Inv of Estates 1871 - 1881 Pg 188
Recvd of R. Young for cotton 35.95
Lim Co Ala Probate Minute Book
1857-60 p 109
McCargo,Robert | This day came William H. McCargo,
by his attorney
Probate of Will| and filed in Court a petition
accompanied by a [paper?] writing purporting to be the last will and testament
of Robert McCargo, dec'd which is duly filed in this office for probate. Said
petition sets forth that the following heirs at law of said deceased reside
beyond the limits of the State of Alabama. to wit: Ann Crutcher resides in
Mississippi, Julia Harroway, wife of Achilles Harroway resides in Mississippi,
William H. McCargo resides in Mississippi, Elizabeth A Wilburn, wife of Wyche
Wilburn resides in Mississippi, James A Crutcher resides in Arkansas, Rebecca
Powell, wife of William Powell, resides in Arkansas. Children of Eliza
Crutcher, dec'd Francis H. Robinson, Mary Robinson, Susan Robinson, and William
Robinson, all minors and children of Nancy Robinson, dec'd, reside in
Mississippi, Melvina McCargo, Antoinette McCargo, and William McCargo all
minors and children of Robert F. McCargo dec'd reside in Mississippi. It is
ordered by the Court that publication be made in "The Athen's Herald"
a public newspaper printed in the town of Athens in the said country, for three
consecutive weeks requiring said non resident heirs to be and appear before the
Judge of this Court at the Court House in said county on the 4th Monday in
April next and contest and show case if any they can why said writing shall thus
not be [proved?] and admitted to record as and for the last will and testament
of said Robert McCargo, dec'd.
Will of Wm. Thos.
Fred. McCargo (Transcription)
Charlotte County, Va.
Will Book 13 Pg 401 - 1 Dec 1862
At a Court held for Charlotte County
the 6th day of July 1863
The forgoing last will and testament
of Wm. T. F. McCargo was this day produced in Court by H. M. L. Goode the
Executor therein named and the atestator of the witnesses to the said will
being somewhat informal, Joseph H. Roberts and L. P. Bailey being sworn in
court as witnesses depose and saith that they are well acquainted with the
handwriting of the said W. T. F. McCargo and that the whole of the said will
and signature thereto are in his proper handwriting and thereupon the said will
is ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said H. M. L. Goode, the
executor therein named who took the oath of office and together with Wm. A
Smith, John D. Southall, Zac. Bugg, and Hillary C. Moseley, his securities
deemed sufficient by the Court entered into and acknowledged a bond in the
penalty sum of Eighty thousand dollars, conditioned on the due and faithful
discharge of his duties of his said office or trust certificate is granted the
sd H. M. L. Goode for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form.
Teste Wm A. Smith
Will of Tyler Roberts (Transcription)
Lunenburg County, Virginia.
Will Book 15 Pg 3 13 Aug 1896
1. My Aunt Elizabeth all of my real
estate during her natural life and at her death Lee Fawlkes to have all the
land lying on the north side of the Southern Rail Road.
2. I want my two brothers, Robert
McCargo and Peter McCargo to have all my land n the south side said railroad to
be equally divided between them.
3. I give John Wilson my gun and
Charles Wilson my trunk I want my clothes to be equally divided between the
said John & Charles Wilson.
4 I want all my books to go to Robert
McCargo
/s/ Tyler Roberts Wit Z.T Gee E.N Gee
Codicil I hereby appoint Aunt
Elizabeth Hunt as my Executrix
This indenture dated 14 Mar 1787 between Elizabeth Brizendine of South Farnham
Parish in Essex Co and Thomas Brizendine and Randolph Brizendine sons of the
aforesaid for the natural love & affection and more especially for five
shillings sells a parcel of land lying in the County aforesaid adjoining the
lands of Thomas Cox, John Brooch and Francis Brizendine which formerly belonged
to Thomas fits Jerrries, dec'd; father of the sd Elizabeth.
Signed Elizabeth [X] Brizendine
Thomas [X] Cox, Thomas Bush;
Catherine [X] Bush; Franks Bush; John Bush; Mary [X] Bush; Debrah [X] Cheaney.
16. Another authority gives this
reference for Francis Brezindine: Will: Date: 4 Jun 1776, Place: Essex, Va. IGI
ref: Batch #: 7030212, Sheet #: 61, Source Call #: 538655 and for Richard I
(his father) Will: , Date: 4 Jun 1776, Place: Essex, Va. IGI ref: Batch #:
7030212, Sheet #: 61, Source Call #: 538655
17. Essex Co. DEED Book 31 1772-1780 pg 67 at the bottom of the page, badly
tiorn only the beginning lines are readable. All of the principles are from
South Farnhan Parish but no value can be read.
This indenture dated 16 Nov 1782
Francis Brizendine fr William Cheaney & Frankey his wife
Beginning from the top of pg 68-
. . . . a certain parcel of land in
this parish containing 50 acres which fomerly belonged to his father, H.
Cheaney, lying on the other side of the main County road bounded by Francis
Brizendine, John Blankinship &Thomas Cox
Signed William Cheaney Wit: Frankey
[X] Cheaney Thomas Bush John Evans George Newbill
27. 1 December 1806 Char Co CTO Book 15
page 224 David McCargo came into
court and produced credentials of his ordination and being in communion with
the Baptist church and took the oath of allegiance and fidelity to the
Commonwealth and entered into bond with Robert and Thomas Portwood his
securities agreeable to law and on his motion he is hereby authorized to
celebrate the rights( sic) of marriage agreeable to the forms and customs of
the sd church. This did not keep him
from an occasional toddy apparently as note the "still house" which
came to him through his fathers will, which see below.
28. Son of Little John McCargo born 10 Feb 1804.
Unmarried at death
29. Lettice Missouri McCargo to Cornelius D. Gregory [ also Letty McGuire
McCargo] , dau of Little John McCargo who consents; to Cornelius D.Gregory:
surety, David A. McCargo: wit, Patrick H(enry) McCargo: Marr 8 Dec 18 Sam'l G.
Mason M/R Char Co. Va. p78 (J. C. McCargo Family Bible says: Lettice Missouri):
see also "McCargo vs McCargo" Hal Co Min BK 18-43
39. William T. McCargo to Mary Jane Cooksey grand dau
of Hezikiah McCargo who consents and says Mary is over 21; sur Hezikiah D.
McCargo: wit James M. McCargo 21 Dec 1846 marr by Sam'l G. Mason M/R Char Co.
Va. Letter from Kathleen McCargo , widow of Wade McCargo who says that Letty
McCargo was the mother of Mary Jane Cooksey
43. James McCargo vs Barbara Lewellin - the court doth adjudge, order and
decree that John Boothe, Reps Osborne and Hillery Moseley, or any three of
them, with the county surveyor, lay off and assign to the pltf, James McCargo,
9 acres of land whereon the def Barbara Lewellin resides. Further ordered and
decreed that the said Barbara Lewellin execute a deed to the pltf for the said
9 acres when laid off. Jun 6, 1821 Court Orders Bk 23-96
Indenture Barbary Lewellin to James
McCargo was proved by the oaths of three witnesses, Jno Boothe, Jno Roberts,
Thos Brooke. 1 Apr 1822 Deed Book 16-130
44. a Does this set the date of death as Feb 6 or 7
45. Char Co. Court Orders Book 32-37 Court of Oct 7
1844
It being suggested to the court by Thomas Roberts, the
brother of Mrs. Prudence Roberts that the sd Prudence McCargo has become of
unsound mind and being possessed of good estate and incapable of managing the
same. It is ordered that William Bacon, Thomas Garden and Hilllary Moseley,
three of the members . . . or any two of them do . . . examine the sd Prudence
concerning the state of her mind and also to examine witnesses on the same
subject and report the testimony together with their own opinion to the court
and do say . . . whether the sd Prudence to be of sound mind and whether she is
capable of managing her estate or not.
Char Co. Court Orders Book 32-39
Court of Nov 4 1844
The court being informed of the
report of Hiliary Moseley and Thos Garden two of the members the court
appointed to examine into the state of mind of the sd Prudence McCargo that the
sd Prudence McCargo is of unsound mind and incapable of taking care of her
property. It is ordered that John Booth be appointed sole committee of the
person & property of the sd Prudence McCargo and thereupon the sd John C.
Booth together with Thomas Roberts and William P. White, his securities under
the penal sum of $3,000 , , , etc.
47. Frances McCargo, dau of James McCargo
whose consent is implied: to John C(hristopher) Booth: surety Abraham H.
Roberts: Marr 8 Oct 1834 (Dau of James & Prudence McCargo) M/R Char Co. Va.
51. H(arriett) M. McCargo (36) to S(amuel)
W Simmons (37) - 21 Jan 1874; Meck Co, Va; Both single, both born in Meck Co,
Va; Parents, J(ames) & H(arriet) McCargo and H & A C Simmons
54. Mary Magdalene Smith McCargo, dau of Little John
& Elizabeth Williams McCargo to John Lawson Jones born 1807 in Char Co Va.
married in Oxford, Granville Co., NC 27 Dec 1833. The marriage is recorded in
file 4656 W. B. 18 Page 311-326 - Bond by S. H. Harris. : Source - "The
Genealogy of John Lawson Jones" and Granville Co. NC M/R
Will of Abel Blankenship (Extract) 1
Fanny Morton; Mary E Pigg; Sam'l F Blankenship; David M
Blankenship; William W Blankenship; Robert C Blankenship; Theodoric C
Blankenship; John P Blankenship; Nancy B Blankenship; Lucy C Blankenship
Inv of the Estate of Asa Blankenship (Extract 1
Levy Blankinship, administrator
Will of David Blankenship (Extract) 2
Abel Blankenship; Madelene Pigg; Ella Morton; Mary
Dixon; Cain Blankenship; Robt C Blankenship; Sam'l Blankenship
Probate of Robert McCargo, Adm'r appt'd 75
reside beyond the limits of the State of Alabama. to wit: Ann Crutcher resides in Mississippi, Julia Harroway, wife of Achilles Harroway resides in Mississippi, William H. McCargo resides in Mississippi, Elizabeth A Wilburn, wife of Wyche Wilburn resides in Mississippi, James A Crutcher resides in Arkansas, Rebecca Powell, wife of William Powell, resides in Arkansas. Children of Eliza Crutcher, dec'd Francis H. Robinson, Mary Robinson, Susan Robinson, and William Robinson, all minors and children of Nancy Robinson, dec'd, reside in Mississippi, Melvina McCargo, Antoinette McCargo, and William McCargo all minors and children of Robert F. McCargo dec'd reside in Mississippi
Account of Sales of
the Estate of Hezekiah Blankenship
Halifax County, Virginia.
Will Book 20 Pg 581 - January Court
1845
Rainey Jones
1 Cross X saw 3.50
1 Grindstone 2.55
1 Bay mare 40.70 46.75
William Owens
1 Noggin @12 1 sm table @ 25 .37
4 Locks @01 1/2 & 2 toilets @ 08 .23 .60
Nathan Powell
2080 shingles (?) @ 120/thousand 2.50
John Powell
1 small table .25
Hezikiah Smith
2 Dishes .38
Paul Taylor
Half-bushel measure .13
2 old hogsheads .13
5 barrels of corn 11.40 11.66
Joseph Taylor
1 ink pot and inkstand .22
JOHN HUNDLEY RUTLEDGE
Will Book 3, Pg. 178
I, John Hundley Rutledge of the County of Charlotte, State of Virginia, being of
sound and deposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament, in
manner and form as follows: Hereby all wills heretofore made by me.1st. I will that all my just debts be paid. 2nd. That after my just_____ are
paid, I will to my nephew, Willis Henry Rutledge all the estate, both real and
personal of which I may die possessed. Given under my hand and seal on this 11th day of April, 1901.
John H. Rutledge (Seal)
Witness. T. Z. Morgan.
W. J. Fitz.
Richard Fitz.
The Last Will and Testament ofMicajah Clark
Submitted 25 Jul 1999 by Debbie Briggs RONBRIGGS@prodigy.net
Charlotte County, Virginia
Will Book no. 17, pp. 542-543.
Third- I give and devise to my daughter Margaret A. E. Mason to be held during her life, and at
her death to her children, now living, in fee simple, all my land lying on the north side of a line
recently run by me beginning at a marked tree near W.D. Clark’s house running thence a straight
course to a walnut tree on Turnip Creek thence a cross the creek up a ditch or gully to a walnut
tree near a barn, thence up a bottom to a branch, then up the branch to a rock, thence in a
straight course to a marked tree on the main road.
Fourth-I give and devise my land on the south side of the line next above described forming the
land given my daughter Margaret A. E. Mason, including the tenements thereon, the one half to
my daughter Pernetta C. Clark, and the other half to my two grandchildren Yancy and Isora
Bailey.
Seventh-I give and devise to my grandson M.D. Smith the tract of land I bought from Dr. Robert
E. Bouldin supposed to contain sixty or seventy acres bounded as follows: beginning at a ditchon Turnip Creek running thence up the ditch and a branch to W. D. Clarks line, thence to Mrs.
John D. Smith’s line thence along Mrs. Smiths line to the Creek, thence along the creek to the
beginning.
Ninth-All the residue of my estate, real and personal and of every kind and description of which I
shall die seized or possessed or to which I shall be entitled, I give, devise and bequeath to my
children and grandchildren as follows: to my sons Charles J. Clark, John S. Clark and W.D.Clark, one eighth each, to my daughters Pernetta C. Clark, Louisa J. Harvey and Margaret A.
Mason one eighth each, to my grandson M.D. Smith one eight, and one eighth to be equally
divided between my two grandchildren Yancy and Isora Bailey
the above writing was this day signed, published and declared by Micajah Clark as and for his
last will and testament in our presence; and we in his presence at his request and in the presence
of each other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses, this day of Nov. 7th 1885.
William A. Mason
Samuel D. Mason Witness
Agreeably to an order of the County Court of Charlotte to us
directed, we the undersigned commissioners being first sworn for
that purpose, proceeded to settle and adjust the account current
of William Elam committee of Betsey Ann Elam and find a balance
of $1250.78c in the hands of said committee ? Betsey Ann Elam
under our hands this the 25th February 1846 Fran G. Barnes Hez D. McCargo Theod. M. Roberts John Rawlins Thomas GoodeAt a court held for Charlotte County, the 6 day of April 1846,
This account current of Wm Elam Committee of Betsey Ann Elam
reported by the commissioners appointed to settle and adjust the
same and this day returned into court and ordered to be recorded.
Teste Winslow Robinson C.C.
At a court held for Charlotte County the 7th day of August 1848, the
foregoing last will and testament of Samuel Elam dec’d. and the codicil
thereunder written were produced in court by SAMUEL V. ELAM the Executor
therein named and the said will was proved by the oath of BENJAMIN A. ROBERTS
& WILLIAM ELAM two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be
recorded - and the said codicil was proved by the oath of Benjamin A. Roberts
one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and order to be certified.
And at another court held for the same county the 4th day of September 1848
The said will & codicil were again produced in court by the said SAMUEL V.
ELAM the Executor therein named and the said will was further proved by the
oath of Theoderick M. Roberts another subscribing witness thereto & again
ordered to be recorded- and the said codicil was also further proved by the
oath of THOEDERICK M. ROBERTS another subscribing witness thereto & ordered
to be recorded - And on the motion of the said SAMUEL V. ELAM who took oath
and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars conditioned as
the law required so certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of the
said will in due form. Teste WINSLOW ROBINSON CC
Charlotte Co., VA Will of James Lain 1781
Will Book 1 p. 231
My daughter Ann Harris have received her part already and lastly I do
constitute and appoint my loving wife Elizabeth Lain, John Lain and William Lain
to be the Executors of this my last will and testament revoaking all former
wills by me made as witness my hand and seal this sixteenth day of January one
thousand seven hundred and eighty one.
In presence of James [his mark] Lain L.S.
William Roberts,
John Lain
William [his mark] Sansom
Charlotte Co., VA Will of Willoughby Pugh 1786/1790Submitted by John Slayton 10 May 2000
stjohn3.16@netzero.netCharlotte County Will Book 1, page 431,
On Wednesday, 27th of December 1786, "In the Name of God, Amen. I, Willoughby
Pugh of the County of Charlotte, being of perfect health and of sound &
disposing mind, memory, and understanding, but knowing that it is appointed
for all men once to die so therefore make and publish this my last will &
testament in manner & form following, that is to say, I, recommend my soul to
God in full hopes of a glorious resurrection and commission of all my sins
through the merits of my dear redeemer Jesus Christ, my body I commit to the
earth to be a decent burial at the discretion of my executors herein after
named and as touching what worldly estate wherewith it hath please God to
bless me with, I give and bequeath to my son, Young Pugh and his heirs the
tract of land whereon I now live, from Thomas Pugh's line and downward, also
I give and bequeath to my son James Pugh and his heirs, all the remainder
part of my land from Thomas Pugh's line and upward, whereon he now lives,
also I give to my son David Pugh, one black horse, I have already given him,
also my wife and desire is the remainder part of my estate be equally divided
among the rest of my children all but those I have given land to-- And I
constitute, ordain, and appoint Arthur Sladyon and Samuel Pugh, executors of
this my last will, hereby revoking all former will or wills heretofore made
by me and I do constitute this alone to be my last will and testament in
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-seventh day
of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in presence of
James Hanks Willoughby Pugh Seal
Alexander Garden
Nathaniel Barksdale
At a court held for Charlotte County the 5th of April 1790, this last will and
testament of Willoughby Pugh deceased was presented in court and proved by
the oath of Alexander Gardener, one of the witness hereto subscribed, and at
a court for the said county the 5th day of July 1790, the same was further
proved by the oath of Nathaniel Barksdale, a witness hereto subscribed and
ordered to be recorded."
Will of Nathaniel Wilson
I, Nathaniel Wilson of Charlotte County, Virginia, do hereby set forth &
declare this to be my last will & testament hereby making & annulling
any & all wills written by me, viz:
First I will and confirm my Wards Fork estate of land with its
apputenances including nine negroes and the crop stock including nine
negroes to my son Nathaniel C. Wilson to him & his heirs forever.
Secondly I will & bequeath my lower Cub Creek tract of land bought of
William Townes with all its appurtenances including eight negroes now
on
the place the crop stock to my son James H. Wilson & his heirs forever.
Thirdly I leave with my wife Elizabeth Wilson my Goose Creek tract of
land bought of Henry Paulet & Thomas P. Richardson lying on Big Cub
Creek & on which I now reside containing about 700 acres which she is
to
have & to hold during her natural life & widowhood also I lend to her
under the same restrictions one third of my negroes not above
dispersed
& all my household & kitchen furniture plantation tools five chairs
horses sheep the crop of stock.
Fourthly I also leave it as a priviledge for my son Nath. C. Wilson if
he wishes after my death to place the tract of land on which he now
lives upon willed to him to my executors for equal distribution.
Fifthly the balance of my estate lands negroes & all the property to beequally divided between my seven legatees.
Sixthly after the death of my widow my property that I leave to her
including negros household and kitchen furniture crop stock and
everything that may be found in the plantation shall be evenly divided
among my seven legatees.
Seventhly my house and lot in Hopkinsville KY for P.H. Jackson.
Eighthly my request is that my. . . Bob & ? (illegible)Ninthly I appoint my sons Joseph H. Wilson, Nathaniel C. Wilson, James
H. Wilson, P.H. (Patrick Henry) Jackson my executors to carry out my
wishes according to my last will & testament.
Codicil to my last will and testament: It is my wish & devise that the7th item giving to P.H. Jackson a lot & house in Hopkinsville Ky shall
mean that the house & lot in case he____for Elizabeth H. Watt if he does
not leave by that time the house & lot I give to my daughter Elizabeth
H. Watt as witness my hand & seal
Memorandum to my fourth devise____-so that if my son Nathaniel C.
Wilson
shall place the tract on Ward's Fork willed to him by this will & rightof my wife so that portion of land willed to her for her life. . .(?)
witnesseth 6 March 1858
It is my meaning & intention that all the lands which I have not
specifically disposed of which may belong to my estate shall be sold by
my executors and the proceeds equally divided among my several
children.
. . witnesseth. . .6 March 1858
1810 CHARLOTTE COUNTY VIRGINIA CENSUS
1010 VA Charlotte 49 14 FRAZIER Hugh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
1009 VA Charlotte 49 7 GAYLE Robert 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
1007 VA Charlotte 50 16 GAYLE Thomas 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 11
1001 VA Charlotte 53 6 HENDRICK Daniel 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1002 VA Charlotte 53 11 HOWEL Peggy (FN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 (Free Negro)
971 VA Charlotte 68 5 HOWEL Winny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
999 VA Charlotte 54 10 JACKSON Cain 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 22
1000 VA Charlotte 54 16 JACKSON Francis 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
972 VA Charlotte 68 16 JACKSON Isaac (FN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Free Negro
999 VA Charlotte 54 7 JACKSON John (little) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 (little)
999 VA Charlotte 54 6 JACKSON John, Junr. 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
1001 VA Charlotte 53 11 JACKSON Josiah 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 13
999 VA Charlotte 54 14 JACKSON Mary 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
1001 VA Charlotte 53 12 JACKSON Ralph 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
1000 VA Charlotte 54 4 JACKSON Thomas 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 10
999 VA Charlotte 54 8 JONES Cadwallender, Senr. 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1000 VA Charlotte 54 14 JONES Cadwallinder 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18
1001 VA Charlotte 53 16 JONES David 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2
998 VA Charlotte 55 8 JONES David 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2
1000 VA Charlotte 54 8 JONES Dudley 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1001 VA Charlotte 53 15 JONES Godfrey, Senr. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1000 VA Charlotte 54 2 JONES John 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1000 VA Charlotte 54 11 JONES Luellin (ME) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 (ME)
1001 VA Charlotte 53 13 JONES Philip 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
998 VA Charlotte 55 6 JONES Richard 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
998 VA Charlotte 55 7 JONES Robert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1000 VA Charlotte 54 7 JONES Short 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
996 VA Charlotte 56 10 LEE Edward 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
997 VA Charlotte 55 11 LEE John 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
989 VA Charlotte 59 13 LEE Thomas 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
995 VA Charlotte 56 16 MARSHAL Benjamin 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 23
970 VA Charlotte 69 15 MARSHAL Elizabeth 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15
995 VA Charlotte 56 14 MARSHAL John H. 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
992 VA Charlotte 58 17 MASON Charles 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
992 VA Charlotte 58 6 MASON Joseph 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
994 VA Charlotte 57 18 MASON Peter, Senr. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 8
993 VA Charlotte 57 6 MASON Thomas 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
994 VA Charlotte 57 13 MILLER Nicholas 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
992 VA Charlotte 58 2 MOORE Thomas 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
994 VA Charlotte 57 5 MORGAN Dennis D. 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17
995 VA Charlotte 56 7 MORGAN John 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
994 VA Charlotte 57 4 MORGAN John 1 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 31
992 VA Charlotte 58 15 MORGAN Robert 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 4
993 VA Charlotte 57 7 MORGAN Samuel 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
992 VA Charlotte 58 12 MORGAN Terril 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
989 VA Charlotte 59 6 OSBORNE Claiborne 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
989 VA Charlotte 59 7 OSBORNE Daniel 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11
989 VA Charlotte 59 5 OSBORNE James (Est) 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 11 (Estate)
989 VA Charlotte 59 4 OSBORNE Phillip 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 15
984 VA Charlotte 62 3 READ Clement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0