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William Herbert, Cpt (b. 09 Mar 1732/33, d. Aug 1776)
Notes for William Herbert, Cpt:
William and his family resided on "Avon Street in Bristol England" before moving to America. William was listed as a "Smelt Refiner of Silver" on his marriage bond in Bristol England.
William immigrated from England to America in early 1760's .
They first settled in the Dinwidde County of VA and later moved to Augusta County, which is now Wythe County VA.
He was a skilled Welsh ironworker.He was selected by ColonelJohn Chiswell of , a native of Wales to come to America to supervisethe work of the Lead Mines on the New River in western Virginia.William brought with him his son David, his father David, his mother Marthew and his wife Sarah/Sallie Fry. Other Welsh that came with them were Charles and Nancy Duvereaux, John Jenkins and Phillip Duncan. Williamwas well trained in mining and may have been from the great Herbert family of the Welsh border country.
William served with the Virginia Militia and was awarded the commission rank of Captain by the Botetourt County Court on May 8 1770 and took the oath of office. At the same he took the oath as "Justice of Peaceof a Justice of the County Court in Chancery and Justice of Oyer and Terminer".He led the Militiain defending the settlers from the Shawnee Indians 1771 and 1772..
"POPLAR CAMP, AT HILLSDALE, WYTHE COUNTY , VIRGINIA WAS THE HOME OF WILLIAM HERBERT, SR.
Note: Descendents of Cpt. William Herbert, Sr, due to his fine Colonial record,may use this to for membership to the "Colonial Dames".
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William Herbert’s Last Will and Testament
MONTGOMERY CO., VIRGINIA DEEDS AND WILLS BOOK B, 1773-1797.
In the name of God, amen.I, William Herbert, of the County of Fincastle in the Colony of Virginia, being Sick of Body but perfect of mind and memory, do make, constitute and appoint this my last will and Testament in manner and form following, viz, Imprimis, first of all I resign my Soule to God who first gave it to me and my Body to be decently Buried by those whom I appoint Executors of this my last Will and Testament: Next, I do hereby give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarah during her natural life the whole of my Plantation whereon I do now live, commonly known by the name of Poplar Camp.Likewise, four Negroes, Slaves, by the name of Tom and his wife, Jenny, Bailey and his wife little Jude, and the Inglish Mare named Clarey, and a young Roan Mare known by the name of her mare.Next, I do hereby give and Bequeath to my Eldest Son, William, the Plantation lying on the Banks of Reed Island whereon Joseph Barron Jr. is now living, and another Plantation on the said Creek known by the name of James Bottom and another Plantation on a Branch of said Creek known by the name of Reed Island and Spring, likewise another Plantation on the head of the said Creek known by the name of the big Meadows or Tom Reah's Cabin, Likewise another Plantation known by the name of the Round Meadow or Henry Goat's place upon a branch of Wolf Creek in the Glades, Likewise my Inglish Stallion known by the name of Ranter and a Mare known by the name of the Roan Mare, Likewise four Negroes ,viz,Kelly s and his wife, Jude, with their Increase from and after this time, Bristol and his wife Nann with their Increase, and after the death of his mother I do likewise give him Poplar Camp; next I do hereby give and bequeath to my Youngest Son, Thomas, my Plantation known by the name of Bingman Bottom and likewise another Plantation known by the name of Forbuses and another Plantation known by the name of Paxton s Place, likewise another Plantation known by the name of Red Bank Meadows on Meadow Creek, likewise, another Plantation whereon Josiah Hamilton doth now life, if it can be obtained, and likewise three Negroes Prince, Grace and London, being the children of little Jude and what children likewise she may have hereafter, likewise the Young Stallion Colt now at the Inglish mares foot and a young Yearling filley of the said Inglis mare.Next, I do hereby give and Bequeath to my Eldest Daughter, Martha, three Negroes, viz, Anthony, Luke and Dofha and likewise a filley known by the name of the Roan Mare filley and a horse colt known by the name of the young mares colt.Next, I do hereby give and Bequeath to my youngest Daughter, Joanna, three Negroes, viz, Bett, Swansy and young Tom and what children Jenny may have hereafter to be divided Betwixt her and her sister Martha.Likewise the Ballld faced Black mare and her two year old filley And all and every of the rest of my moveable Estate if it shall be found necessary so much shall be Sould out to defray my Just debts and funeral Expenses the Stock at Clinch Excepted, the remainder of my moveable Estate after my debts and funeral Expenses is paid to be divided into three Equal parts, one part for to be given to my wife, the other two parts to be equally divided amongst my four children; my wife to have the use of the whole Stock and Negroes til my children shall separately come of age or marry I d f or to defray the charges of their Schooling, Boarding and Clothing.Nevertheless if my father and mother who are now living with me shall not choose to Live along with my wife as and along with the rest of my or her family I do hereby give them the place over the River for and during their natural lives and four Cows and Calves and two working horses to be taken out of my home stocks and three hundred pound weight of Port Yearly and to have three Ewes and one Ram delivered to them and at their deaths the place to go and their stock to be divided as above;and as for my Stock at Clinch which is to be divided according to articles made and Concluded on for that purpose, next spring shall still if possible be put out, that is all the Shee kind on Share for the benefit of the children and all the He kind to be Sold for the said purpose; likewise, my father and mother to have what Corn@ O@ read shall be sufficient for them for the first year if they shall see,@,cause to live by themselves, and as for what money is now laying and now due to me from a certain Mr. Ogburn, Iron Monger in West Street without Lawfull Gate, Bristol in Old Ingland, as soon as possible it can be got shall be layed out or put to the best Use that shall be thought proper for the use of my two daughters to be given to them as they marry or come of age, and as for my Plantation on Clinch I do also give to my Eldest son, William, and further more I do hereby constitute and appoint John Montgomery Senr. and Walter Crockett both of this County Executors of this my last will and Testament, and I do further more revoak and make void all former will or wills by me made and do hereby make and acknowledge this to be my only last will and Testament.In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty Eight day of May, In the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy-six.
William Herbert
John Jenkins (his mark)Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged by the
John Brummetsaid William Herbert as his last will
Wm. Meddingand Testament in Presence of us
At a court held for Fincastle county Sept. 3, 1776 this will was proved by the oaths of John Jenkins and John Brumet of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded
John Byrd
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PIONEER REMEMBERS LIFE IN THE 1700'S
By LINDA SPIKER /Staff writer for Wytheville, VA "Community".
After an absence of over 200 years, Sarah Herbert(wife of William Herbert Sr.) paid a surprise return visit to Wythe County(VA) Saturday night. She arrived after the evening banquet, which wound up a day of studies at the Family HistoryInstitute at Holiday Inn. "Sarah," played by Mary Kegley, walked cautiously into the room with the aid ofher "snake stick," and feigned amazement at seeing so many people and the kinds of clothes they wore. Participants sat spellbound as "Sarah"told the story ofher life, beginning in England with herhusband William Herbert, a smelter of silver, lead and iron.She told of losing their first child who was buried in a churchyard in Bristol Parish. Sarah told of the day they had a visitor from Virginia in the New World.
Col.John Chiswell had discovered lead while hiding in a cave from Indians. While in the cave, he had scratched. on the ceiling and discovered lead deposits. Chiswell proceeded to form a mining rights partnership with William Byrd
and his son-in-law John Robinson, but since none of them knew much about mining, Chiswell went to England and recruited miners who knewhow to process lead.
Sarah stated that she and William were promised that if they would go to Virginia with him and would stay three years, the mining firm would pay their way back to England.Sarah didn't want to leave her home, but went with her husbandto the lead mines ,looking for the daywhen she could return home. Chiswellagreed to pay for their passage, along with William's father and mother, his brother David Jr., and his sister Mary and her husband.Other English and Welsh miners were recruited and they sailed for Virginia.
Sarah remembered the hard voyage, and how children died en route, and were thrown overboard into the ocean.She told of the arduous ,over land trek from eastern Virginia by wagon through roads rutted with tree stumps, mired with rain and mud, and at other times dust and mosquitoes.
She told of arriving at their log house and 20 acres of land which provided for their few head of cattle. When Indiantrouble arose, it was prohibited for settlers to move into the area, so the handful of mining families were without neighbors for several years
Sarah told how John Robinson had loaned a considerable amount of money to the mining venture from state funds and after his death, the mines were in trouble, Col. Chiswell went to see Robinson and while on the journey he stopped off in a tavern where he got into a brawl with another man and killed him.
She related Chiswell’s plight and how when he found out his best friend would be in charge of his trial , history says Chiswell died by his own hand before the trial date. With two of the three partners dead, and 8,000 pounds owing on the mines, the Herberts could not be sent back home to England. William lost his job at the mines but alone on the frontier, the industrious settlers started a trading post and negotiated to operate a ferry across New River. They eventually opened an ordinary or way station for travelers to stay. After the Indian lands were opened up to settlers, many people came through on the Big Road.
They had several children while in Virginia. William died and Sara remarried. It is not known whether she died at the Lead Mines or went to Kentucky with her second husband, Francis Day.
Sarah also told of James McGavock who ran the trading post at Fort Chiswell ,. and spoke of the Tory uprising and rebellion in the area.
The occasion which drew "Sarah Herbert" back to the Wythe County area was the Sixth Annual Family History Institute Held at the Holiday inn in Wytheville over a hundred participants from 14 states attended the classes held during the day.
They came from North and South Carolina, Ohio, Delaware, Pennsylvania Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Texas and California, as well as many from Virginia.Many were descendants of earlyWythe Countians,one descendingfrom Charles Devereux, one of the Welsh miners who came to work the Lead Mines.
Book sellers from several areas in, southwest Virginia and Tennessee were on hand to sell histories, census reports and records of wills, land patents, Civil War records and other research materials.
Jackie King , vice mayor of Wytheville welcomed the visitors to Wythe County.
The first class , "Pilgrims of the Rhine: Swiss and Germans on the Move" was presented by Beverly Hoch, a Wythe County certified genealogist. The second class was on "What Virginia’s 18th and 19th Century German Church Records Can and Cannot Reveal about your Ancestors." was presented by Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush, Ph.D., from Harrisonburg. Boyd-Rush, is dean of the graduate school and professor of history at James Madison University.Other Instructional sessions during the day included "Nineteenth-Century Newspapers: Little Used Sources for Tracking Down and Getting to Know Your Ancestors By Boyd-Rush : and "What you Always Wanted to Know About Genealogy " by Beverly Repass Hoch and Mary B. Kegley. The evening banquet session , in which Sara Herbert appeared, was "Life at the Lead Mines During Frontier Days, 1763-1783." These classeswere enhanced With handouts from local, state and national libraries and archives, catalogues from historical book companies, and products and information available for research. Further information included maps of migration areas, questions answers on doing research, and becoming acquainted with old handwritings, and what symbols you will find in old court house and church records. Folks left with arms filled with books and other research information, eager to resume their search.
NOTE:This above document taken from the Wytheville Virginia"COMMUNITY"paper dated May 3, 1997 Section B1
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WILLIAM HERBERT, SR
William Herbert (1733-1776) immigrated from England to America sometime in the early 1760's.Colonel John Chiswell, a native of Wales was trying to work the Lead Mines on The New River in Virginia.He took samples of the lead to England and when he returned hehad employed as supervisor of the mines a skilled Welsh ironworker, William Herbert.
William Herbert brought with him to Virginia , his son, David Herbert, his father David Herbert, his mother, Marthew Herbert and his wife Sarah/Sallie Fry Herbert.Other Welsh that came with them were Charles and Nancy Duvereaux, John Jenkins and probably Philip Dutton.Herbert was well trained in mining and may have been from the great Herbert family of the Welsh border country.
Herbert is not only an ordinary and numerous name in Wales but is also the name of a powerful Welsh family who built Powis Castle on the border between Wales and England and exercised great influence in that region.In the English Civil War they were Royalists supporting the Stuarts.When the last Stuart King James II was overthrown the Herberts lost everything.The last scion of the family was named William Herbert.According to family members the William Herbert who bought the Welsh miners to the New River was his descendant.Certainly the New River William was acquisitive, owning twelve New River plantations before he died.
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The following letter was written from William Herbert to William Byrd (One of the financiers ofthe mining operation) concerning the mining operation.
Wilsh Mines, 6th March, 1764
Your favour of the 7 of last month came safe to hand lickwise the Negroes came all safe & well. It will be the greatest plesuer to me to have it in my power to oblidg you in any respect.Moreover, acquainting you of the state of the mine which is a duty incombent on me for which I shall take particular care to acquaint you by every feavorable opportunity.
The account which I gave of the mine is in my opinion such as it desarves that is the aparance of the vain at the surfuis is such as I never had seen before all tho I have seen-, most mines of not in His Majestys Uropean dominions but as your mine is not yeat tryd in depth no man can give you certain accounts--tho at the same time there is all the prospect that we can expect that it will be a good workes in depth.
I am in hopes that we shall make good somers work this somer tho we are badly off in regard to convenience espesialy a good streem of water.The weather is so sever hear in the winter that our people has not bin able to do but little espishally out of door work-- -I have not
bin able to kip the furness in above one fortnit since the coale has bin gon for want of wether to wash the ore.
All the people that lives heearabout are leaving thayer places.Some or gone & others preparing to go & with out any hopes of retourning any more for since they hard of His Majisty late Proclamation concerning the lands upon these water they seem to left without hopes of ever enjoying thayer lands hear any more.Oppon this alarm of our nabours moveing away our people began to be verey angry for tis heear reported that the land is abseluty given out & that whoever stays shall be without protection & all the argument that I had to make use of in preswading our people to stay was till such time as the militia should be cauld in--& if it should be so that they will be cauld in I shall be under the necessity to hiear men to stay or otherways leive the place. But you may depend I do all in my power to prevent our leaving the mine & all the care which is layd upone me shall be faithfully maniged by
Sir your most Obedient humble servant,
Will Herbert
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WilliamHerbert was successful in getting the Welsh to remain on New River is seen when George Loesch arrived on June 4 at the Wachovia store bringing 300 pounds of lead from the mines.This lead produced under primitive conditions while Indians were roaming about and the laborers were in an uproar is indicative of the Welsh miner's skill.The King's Proclamation referred to in the letters was that the land along the New River must be returned to the Cherokee Indians. The English were not to settle any land which did not empty into the Atlantic Ocean.The New River empties into the Mississippi (thus the Gulf of Mexico). In addition to having trouble with the Indians, and his workers, William Herbert was also having trouble with his health.On January 10, 1765 William Herbert visited the Moravians, whose doctor at Bethabara was the nearest to the New River.They reportedMr. Herbert, a superintendent in the mine on New River came to the doctor.He has a swelling over the whole body but as there is no suitable lodging for him for so long a treatment as this would require he was advised to return in the spring when the weather was good".
During these last eleven years of his life William Herbert accomplished a great deal.In addition to his work as supervisor of the lead mine, this unusual English gentleman held several responsible civic postions, operated a ferry across the New River, managed a mill and an ordinary,( at the river near the Shot Tower) and served as a captain of the local militia.He was also a leader in the Presbyterian Church and a member of the second Committee of Safety of Fincastle County VA.When he died at the age 43, his estate revealed that he had been a man of wealth, education, and unusual interests.
All of Herbert's pursuits are interesting and could be stories in themselves, but perhaps the most valuable information regarding the community is found in his militia lists when he was Captain William Herbert.
Herbert presented his captian's commission to the Botetourt County Court on May 8,1770 and took the usual oath of office.At the same time, he also took oath as "Justice of the Peace, of a Justice of the County Court in Chancery & Justice of Oyer & Terminer.On May 10 he was ordered to take the list of tithables on the New Riverand the east side thereof to the line, also on Cripple Creek as high as Hamiltons. Herbert recorded the list for his own militia company in 1771 and 1772.However John Montgomery and James McGavock took the lists of Herbert's company in 1773 and 1774.In 1774 when trouble seemed inevitable on the frontier because of attacks by the Shawnee Indians, Herbert was among the first militia captains to be asked to draft fifty men from his company for service.On Oct. 9, 1774 ,Herbert and his men were at Point Pleasant and engaged in battle with the Shawnee.List of Captain William Herbert's Company, the number of days they served and the amount they were paid is listed in a publication, Soldiers of Fincastle County, 1774 William Herbert, Capt. served 112 days.
Herbert also took the tithables, a colonial type census, from Cripple Creek on the east side of the New River up to Hamilton's store at Dunkard's Bottom.These three list which William Herbert left show that more than 200 men of the 1770's knew him as their leader, neighbor, and captain of the local militia.In addition to his work with the militia, Botetourt County records show that William Herbert had also established a ferry on the New River, later known as Jackson's Ferry, and had been appointed road surveyor from his ferry to the Pittsylvania County.Herbert was now living in a large log house in a bottom at Poplar Camp near the Poplar Camp Furnace.Hanover Presbytery records show that on April 13, 1769 Reverend John Craig reported a church had been organized at Boiling Springs on Lower Reed Creek with 42 families enrolled.William Herbert is listed as one of the elders.
He also solicited funds to help build Princeton University.
Williams Herbert's will, probated September 3, 1776.indicated extensive agricultural holdings; 12 plantations., 18 slaves, 29 horses, 66 cattle and 22 sheep.His affluent lifestyle was revealed by his inventory of velvetbreeches, numerous articles of silver, brass, pewter, copper, queen's china, furniture of cherry, pine and walnut, and a 43-volume library.His estate was rated second largest on the Virginia frontier.
The troublesome times at the beginning of the Revolution and care needed for crops and livestock caused Sarah to marry Francis Day even before her husband's will was probated.Ages of the children ranged from twelve (William, Jr). to three (Thomas), with Martha and Joanne in between.No mention of David who was suppose to have been born before the family came to America has been found.Willam Jr. followed in his father's footsteps.He served nearly four years in the Virginia Revolutionary troops of the Continental Line.In 1786 he married Mary/Polly Humpheries.Martha married Josiah Bell in 1793.Joanne married first a Charlton and second Lawrence Stephens.Thomas who was born in 1773 married Sarah Crockett in 1792.
William Herbert, Jr. was the father of Elijah Herbert who moved to Cherokee (Now Clay)County NC.
Information for the above article was taken from the following sources:
Glimpses of Wythe County, Virginia by Mary B. Kegley
The New River Early Settlement by Patricia Givens Johnson
The Heritage of Wilkes County
FINCASTLE CO. VA
Formed 1772 from Botetourt, discontinued 1777
Montgomery formed 1776-7 from Fincastle, Botetourt, Pulaski
Washington formed 1776-7 from Fincastle, Montgomery
Discontinued 1777
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES before 1923
"Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in VA - Augusta Co., Vol.I, II & III, 1745-1800" by Lyman Chalkley c1912-13
Judgments (Vol.II, pg.74-5)
(No date) Simon Cockrell vs. John Duncan - O.S. 35; N.S. 12 - Bill filed 18th May, 1796. In 1770 William Herbert made a settlement upon waste and unappropriated land on Cubb creek in Washington County, and occupied it until 1776, when his overseer was killed by the Indians, when Rawley Duncan took possession. Herbert died testate in 1776, which was proved 3d September, 1776, in Fincastle County, leaving William Herbert as his heir at law, from whom orator purchased. Rawley Duncan obtained a certificate of settlement in 1773. Rawley Duncan died intestate, leaving John Duncan his only son and heir. Townshend Duncan is now in possession. Benjamin Nicholson deposes in Clarke County, Ky., 16th May, 1798, that in 1775 he knew Rawley Duncan to purchase the tract from James Nalle. Peter Hutchinson deposes in Russel (?) County, 30th June, 1798, that about June, 1775, he was frequently in company with Robert Elson, who told him that the land he lived on was Harbard's and that he and some of his relations that lived at the same place were employed to keep stock. In the same year he heard a dispute between Rawley Duncan and John Duncan's widow about the plantation at the ford of Clinch, where they both lived at that time, and understood that Rawley and his brother John were to go halves in the plantation. William Crunk deposes he lived with the Duncans in the same settlement.
John Fugate (Fugitt) deposed 30th June, 1798, that James McCarthy told him he sold the land to Richard Stanton, and Stauntom [sic] had sold to Harbard. It was the first piece of land McCarthy took up in the county. The land McCarthy's corn right was laid on McCarthy bought of David Cowen. Thomas Fauster deposes in Wythe County that in 1775 he started for Kentucky and stopped at Robert Elsom's house, who lived on Herbert's land. Cap. Alexander Ritchie deposes in Clarke County, Ky., 16th May, 1798, that in 1772 William Herbert brought a stock of cattle to Hays Creek and Robert Elsom came with him to take care of them. Patrick Porter deposes 28th April, 1798, that about 1770-1771 he moved to Clinch and a certain Robert Elsom came about the same time and settled at the head of Hay's Creek. Rachel Haunspale, late a wife to Robert Elsom, deceased, deposes at Herbert's Ferry in Wythe County, 14th July, 1798, that Robert was employed in 1770 to go to Clinch. Robert together with Rachel's father, William Hayes, went to Clinch and settled at a spring. Copy of William Herbert's will dated 28th May, 1776, proved in Fincastle County Court, 3d September, 1776. Certified as of the records of Montgomery County, 24th February, 1796, to wife, Sarah, plantation called Poplar Camp, and slaves; to eldest son, William, plantation on Reed Island, where Joseph Barren, Jr., is now living; to youngest son, Thomas, plantation where Josiah Hamilton lives; to eldest daughter, Martha, to youngest daughter, Joanna. William's father and mother are alive and living with him. Certain moneys due him by a Mr. Ozborn, iron mongers in West Street, without Lawful Gale Bristol in Old England.
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Notes for WILLIAM HERBERT:
On 20 April 1763, William Herbert (Sr.) made an agreement with Col. John Chiswell, on behalf of partners John Robinson & Wm Byre, to proceed to the Colony of Virginia by a vessel provided by Chiswell, from the port of Bristol with his wife and her "maid servant." Beginning on 20 April 1763, Herbert was to serve a seven year term of employment at the rate of L.130 sterling. In addition, Chiswell was to provide him with a "good and convenient dwelling house for his station with convenient out houses for his cattle and twenty acres of good pasture ground." If Herbert "should be minded to quit" and return to Bristol, England, Chiswell agreed to pay for the return of Herbert and his wife and her maid as well as any child or children they might have. This return could take place after a three year period of service and written notice (Deposition of Wm. Herbert, Herbert vs. Ferrell, lawsuit included in Chiswell Judgements, Box 32, May Term 1827, Wythe Co. Circuit Court Clerk's Office.
In the agreement with Chiswell, Herbert indicated he was to act as "manager or conductor" of their "works for smelting and refining ores and metals in the said colony to which art or mystery your orator (Herbert) had been regularly brought up. " The lawsuit also refers to others brought from Bristol to work for Chiswell. They were David Herbert, Sr. (Wm.'s father), David Herbert, Jr. (Wm.'s brother) and John Jenkins (Wm.'s brother-in-law, who married Wm's sister Mary). Also included were Roger Oates, Charles Devereaux and Evan Williams and "sundry others." The men as a group were referred to as the Welsh miners, although they were hired in Bristol, England. The Mendip Hills west of Bristol, coal mines, and other mining activities in and near Bristol apparently brought the miners across the Bristol Channel from Wales.
On 6 March 1764, Herbert wrote to William Byrd, one of the partners at the mines, and the address he used was "The Welsh Mines." Generally the mines were referred to as Chiswell's mines. The letter gave Herbert's opinion of the mines, which he described as "the appearance of the vain of the surfuis is such as I never had seen before all tho I have seen most mines of note in His Majestys Uropean dominions."
In 1767, he purchased his first land from Richard Stanton. This tract was 460 acres at Poplar Camp, a tract granted to John Bingamin in 1753 (Augusta Co. Deed Book 14, p.424) In 1769, Herbert was recommended as a justice of the peace for Augusta Co. In that same year he was listed as a representative of Boiling Springs Presbyterian Congregation, a church located in the vicinity of the boiling spring on the north side of Reed Creek near Graham's Forge (Wilson, Tinkling Spring, p. 171)
When the new County of Botetourt was formed, William was recommended as justice of the peace in 1770 and received the appointment. He presented to the Botetourt County Court, a captain's commission in the military and took the usual oaths at the same time he took the oath as Justice of the Peace, and Justice of the County Court in Chancery and Justice of Oyer and Terminer.
On 10 May 1770, William Herbert, Sr., was ordered to take the list of tithables on the New River and "waters
More About William Herbert, Cpt:
Burial: Unknown, Montgomery County, (Now Wythe Co), VA.
Military service: Dunsmore's War and Rev. War.
Religion: 1769, One of Founders of Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church on Reed Creek.
Residence: 1762, Avon Street, Bristol, Gloucester County, England.
More About William Herbert, Cpt and Sarah Fry:
Marriage: 18 Dec 1758, Bristol, Gloucester County,England.
Marriage Notes for William Herbert, Cpt and Sarah Fry:
Marriage bond states William and Sarah were both from St. Phillip and Jacob Parrish of England.
Children of William Herbert, Cpt and Sarah Fry are:
- +William Herbert, Jr, b. 19 May 1765, New River, Wythe County ,VA, d. 23 Mar 1835, Ashe (Allegeny), County ,NC.