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Henry Cresswell (b. 1723, d. 22 Jul 1776)
Notes for Henry Cresswell:
DAR Patriots
CRESWELL Sr,HenryBirth:PACirca 1720
Service Location:VARank:PS
Spouse:Rebecca X Rank:PS
Death: VACirca22 Jul 1776
Patriot Pensioned:NoWidow Pensioned:No
Children Pensioned:NoHeirs Pensioned:No
Spouse:(1) Rebecca X
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Volume I
COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS AUGUSTA COUNTY.
APRIL AND JUNE, 1746.
Jean McDowell vs. Henry Cresswell.--Petition filed February, 1745-6. Bond dated 8th November, 1744.
Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 3, 1745 - 1800, p.89
Page 389.--19th March, 1765. John Trimble's appraisement (by Jno. Finley, Jno. Trimble, Jas. Sayers), recorded--Two negroes, 2 bound servants; cash due by Henry Cresswell, Chas, Clendenning; to Jno. Price's service under the command of Capt. Wm. Christian, 184 days.
For "The Virginian" Old Washington
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monticue/Buchanan_VA_PA.htm
"Some account of the first settlers of old Washington County, Virginia, would, no doubt, be interesting to many of the readers of the Virginian, and I could tell them something on that subject, if I had the resolution to write it down, but on that point I have some misgivings. I will, however, try.
"Hunters visited the county as early as 1745, but no families came and settled permanently until about 1767 or 1768. In two years from that time many emigrated, so that in 1770 the county was dotted all over with improvements. The first great migration was from Augusta County, but the spirit was immediately caught, and large numbers of families, and, indeed, whole connections, came from Frederick County and the Valley - from the Augusta line to the Potomac - from the upper counties of Maryland and from Pennsylvania. These families were in the county previous to 1772:
Henry Cresswell
THE PHARES FAMILY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, with a few notes on the allied families of Johnson, Gragg, Reynolds, Hill, Wilmoth, Veneman, and others,
by Warren Skidmore
http://www.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V5I2/phares.html
On 19 May 1767 John Faris purchased 400 acres on the southernmost fork of the North River of the Shenandoah for £47 from Henry Cresswell and his wife Rebecca. It is described as being on Stony Lick Branch, commencing from an oak near Stony Lick. There are several Stony Branches in old Augusta County; this one is just north of Grindstone Mountain in what is now the northwestern part of the county. It is about eight miles southwest of his old home at Dayton in adjoining Rockingham County. The deed was witnessed by Elijah McClenahan and John Buchanan.15 Presumably he moved his family to Stony Lick in the same year. What happened to their house and land at Dayton does not appear..........
39. Augusta County Deed Book 14, page 214. 9th December, 1767. William Bell and Rachel to Rev. Charles Cummins, £120, 164 acres, part of 400 acres patented to James Bell, deceased, father of said William, on a branch of Middle River of Shanando near the North Mountain, Samuel Craig's corner. Teste: Samuel Craig, James Bell, Henry Cresswell, James Bell. Delivered: Cumings, December, 1768. [Chalkley's Chronicles, Volume 3, page 464.]
Early Settlers of Washington County, Virginia
The following is an excerpt from the book, "Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families" by Margaret C. Pilcher. Marshall & Bruce Co. Nashville 1911.
Henry Cresswell
"This is quite a long list of members of only one church, and when they came together from both congregations, as sometimes they did, they exhibited a formidable appearance. High up on the South Fork there were scattering settlements of Baptists, and a large portion of the country for twenty miles down from about seven miles of the town of Abingdon, almost the whole population were Germans. Many of them came from Germany to Pennsylvania, thence to what forms Shenandoah and Rockingham, and from there to Holston. Some came to Holston direct from Germany.
"These families were in the county previous to 1772:Henry Cresswell
AUGUSTA COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1745-1769
15517 August 1769, p. 334
The persons appointed to View a road from Buffalo Gap to Staunton having made their report that the same is Convenient It is Ordered that the same be Established & that James Bell and Henry Cresswell be overseers thereof and that the Tithables within three Miles on each side of the road work thereon
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
Family Files that the Historical Society has on hand as of December 14, 2003CRESSWELL
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Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Record
about Henry
Name: Henry CresswellDate: Aug 18, 1772
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: Iseble Stewart's bond as administratrix of James Stewart.
Description: SuretyBook date: WB4-524
More About Henry Cresswell:
Date born 2: 1723292, 293
Died 2: 22 Jul 1776294, 295
Military service: American Revolution - Virginia - Public Service - DAR Patriot.
More About Henry Cresswell and Rebecca R.:
Marriage: 1755, VA.
Children of Henry Cresswell are:
- Andrew Creswell, d. date unknown.
Children of Henry Cresswell and Rebecca R. are:
- +Andrew Creswell, b. 12 Jan 1757, SC, d. 16 Jul 1838, Sevier Co., TN.
- John Creswell, b. 1761, VA, d. date unknown.
- Henry Cresswell, b. Aug 1765, Marshall, TN, d. date unknown.
- Jane Cresswell, b. 1767, VA, d. date unknown.
- Polly Cresswell, d. date unknown.
- +Ann Cresswell, b. Bet. 25 Jul 1768 - 13 Jul 1769, Virginia296, 297, d. 04 Jun 1861, Decatur Co., IA298, 299.
- Andrew Cresswell, b. 12 Jan 1757, SC299, d. 16 Jul 1838, Sevier Co., TN299.