Borden, Duane. Tombstone Inscriptions Woodstock and Vicinity, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Denver, CO: Duane Borden, nd.
This Shenandoah County Poor Farm cemetery, known originally as the Beckford Parish Glebe (church land), was owned by the Beckford Parish of the Church of England. This cemetery is located in the general vicinity of Maurertown, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Take Road No. 650 Southeast off of Road No. 11 between Maurertown and Toms Brook, Virginia, for approximately one mile. The cemetery is on the right of 650, after passing the Keckley and Fisher homes on the left. The original Beckford Parish Glebe was a part of a tract of land granted by Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia, to Abraham Denton on 7 January 1761. George Storm purchased 189 acres of the Denton tract on or about 6 August 1771 from Abraham Denton.
Boyer, Carl. Ship Passenger Lists the South (1538-1825), Newhall, CA: Carl Boyer, 1979.
- William Dorrell on the Truelove, 1624/5
- Thomas Jones on the Bona Nova, 1624/5
- Christopher Cooke on the George, 1621
Clement, Maud. The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Company, 1929.
Footnote - Captain Arthur Hopkins, who settled in the northwestern part of the country, was a son of Dr. Arthur Hopkins of New Kent and Goochland Counties. Dr. Hopkins was born in 1690 and took a degree in medicine from Edinburgh, Scotland; he was justice, sheriff, vestryman and colonel of Goochland. He died in 1765 and by his wife Elizabeth Pettus had issue:
Samuel
John, Captain Arthur of Pittsylvania
james
Lucy, wife of George Robinson of Pittsylvania
Mary, wife of Col. Joseph Cabell
Elizabeth, wife of John Smith of the Pocket
Captain Arthur Hopkins married Judith Jefferson, daughter of Peterfield Jefferson and had issue, among others:
James, who inherited his father's home and had issue:
Reuben, who married successively Frances and Polly Carter, daughters of Jesse Carter of "Oakland"
Judge Arthur Francis born Oct. 18, 1794 in Pittsylvania, graduated in law at Chapel Hill, NC and became the first judge of the Superior Court of Alabama.
Footnote - Six of the Duncan family appeared in Culpeper County in 1722. They were Scotchmen and it is supposed that they came up from Drumfries, a Scotch settlement in Prince William County. About 1750 James Duncan moved from Culpeper down to Pittsylvania and established his home in the southeastern part of the County. Between 1762-68 Benjamin, Charles, William, Thomas, John, Martin, Peter and Ambrose Harrison Duncan were patenting lands in different parts of the County. Benjamin Duncan made his home on Staunton River at the mouth of Blackwater. After the close of the Revolutionary War he moved out to Madison County, Ky., where his will was proven in 1796, naming sons Benjamin Jr., John and Samuel. Here the family multiplied and prospered and among the living descendants of Benjamin Duncan the third (son of Benjamin Duncan Jr.) are Mrs. Josephine Asbury, William McKee Duncan, Mrs. Preston Pope Rogers, Mrs. Charles Ridgeley Lee and her sons Duncan Rogers and Preston Pope Lee, Miss Jennie Duncan, Mrs. W.S. Elkins, Miss Judith Barnard, and Mrs. Cahastine Bradley Smith, Ashby Warren, Mrs. Nellie Duncan Osburne.
Among the descendants of John Duncan another son of Benjamin Duncan, Jr., are Judge John Duncan Goodloe, Mrs. Jane F. Goodloe of Goucher College, Mrs. Brutus Clay, Mr. James Stone and Mrs. Emily Duncan Pike.
Dorman, John. Caroline County, Virginia Order Book, 1759-1763, Part One 1759-1760, Washington, DC: no imprint, 1982.
Feb?. 1759
Ann Taylor, widow, is appointed guardian to John Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor, orphans of James Taylor, Jr. and acknowledged a bond.
Francis Taylor, William Parker, Charles Story and Eusebius Stone, Gent. are appointed to divide the estate of James Taylor, Junr. between the widow and the children.
Feb. 8, 1759
On the petition of Robert Taliaferro, Gent., it's ordered Anthony Thornton, James Taylor Junr., William buckner and Thomas Buckner, Gent. view the road Taliaferro petitioned to have turned by Wm. Alcocke.
It's ordered Phillip Taylor, Willm. Bowler, John Burk and William Norment appraise the estate of Jas. Turner.
1759
Scire facias. William Bowler agt. Mary Buckner &c. By consider of parties all matters in difference are referred to John Taylor, Edmd. Pendleton, Benjamin Hubbard and Robert Gilchrist, Gent., and their award to be made the judgment of this court.
May 10, 1759
William Tyler and Phillip Taylor, Gent. are appointed to take the list of tithes in st. Margaret's Parish the ensuing year.
June 12, 1759
James Taylor and Robert Taliaferro, Gent., took the oaths appointed by Act of Parliament and subscribed the Test, were sworn justices of the peace for this county.
Jan. 10, 1760
Francis Taylor, Chs. Story and Eusebius Stone are appointed to view the road petitioned for by Edmd. Pendleton, Gent., from his mill to Marocosick Creek.
April 10, 1760
Present: Richard Buckner, Edward Dixon, Anthony Thornton, James
May be related to Jane (Taylor?) Maulding
Feb. 8, 1759
It is ordered Thomas Dudley, Charles Beazley Junr., Abraham Martin and Ben. Whitehead appraise the estate of John Hunley.
At a Court held 12 April 1759
Present: Richard Buckner, Robert Gilchrist, John Sutton, William Tyler and William Parker, Gent., justices.
William Tyler, James Jameson, Ben: Robinson Junr., James Taylor Junr., Gent., captains, John Evans, Henry Ware, Charles Story, Saml. Redd, John Miller, Junr., William Parker, Lieut., and Nichs. Long, ensign, took the oaths appointed by Act of Parliament and subscribed the Test, were sworn to their military commissions.
Spring 1759
William Daniel is appointed overseer of the road in the room of [in place of] John Beazley and it is ordered he keep the same [in] repair.
May 11, 1759
Present: Edm. Pendleton, Robert Gilchrist, John Sutton and Phillip Taylor, Gent., justices.
June 12, 1759
Richard Buckner, Benja. Hubbard, Robt. Gilchrist, William Tyler, Philip Taylor, William Parker, Gent., justices.
It is ordered William Tyler, Roger Quarles and William Tandy settle the administration of the estate of Ths. Swiney.
July 10, 1760
Petition. Garrard Davis agt. Francis Taliaferro. Judgment is granted the plaintiff for 192 pounds of tobacco and 15 shillings.
Ordered Garrard Davis pay Francis Stern 75 pounds of tobacco for three days' attendance as an evidence for him against Taliaferro.
June 15, 1759
William Tyler and Robert Taliaferro, Gent., are appointed to agree with workmen to repair South River bridge.
1760
William Tyler, Gent., Chr. Tompkins and Danl. Tomplins are appointed to divide the estate of David Terrell between his widow and children according to his will.
1760
A Grand Inquest being impanelled, Oliver Towles, etc., returned their presentments:
We present William Whitlock, Elizabeth Peay and John Long for not frequenting their parish churches within two months last past.
We present the surveyro of the road for keeping the bridge in repair [sic] between the Church and Court house; the bridge over Polecat out of repair near Burk's; Do over South River near Benja. Woods; the surveyor of the road over Mrs. Taliaferro's Mill for not keeping the road in repair; the survery or the road from Chs. Beasley's that leads by Thomas Pickett's for not keeping the road in repair.
Oliver Towles, foreman.
Green, Raleigh. Genealogical & Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Company, 1971.
Slaughter family:
I. Robert & Francis (--?--) Slaughter
II. Francis md. Anne Lightfoot in 1729
III. Cadwallader md. 1) Miss Ramsdell
IV. Margaret md. Charles Morehead
Vestrymen of St. Mark's
An analysis of the families of the old ministers and vestrymen of St. Mark's yields some curious results. Among their descendants were two Presidents of the United States, viz. Madison and Taylor; a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, viz. P.P. Barbour; several Governors of States, as Barbour of Virginia, and Slaughter, Morehead and Stevenson of Kentucky; several United states Senators as barbour of Virginia, Morehead and Stevenson of Kentucky; members of Congress, P.K. Thompson, Geo. F. Strother, John S. Barbour, John S. Pendleton, Rt. A Thompson, Jas. F. strother, B. Johnson Barbour and Pendletons of Ohio; legislators and judges of circuits in great numbers, among whom Judges Pendleton of South Carolina, of New York and Ohio, Judge Green of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and Judges Field, Shackleford, Williams, &c. These are but a few of the examples of this truth. It is also a curious fact that every Episcopal minister within the bounds of the original St. Mark's at this date, viz. Scott of Gordonsville, Hansbrough, of Orange, Slaughter, Minnegerode and Steptoe of culpeper, is a lineal descendant of the ante-revolution vestrymen, or he married one of their lineal descendants.
Gwathmey, John. Twelve Virginia Counties Where the Western Migration Began, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.
Orange County:
The French contented themselves principally in inciting the Indians to massacre and battling against the English and especially during the era of the great chief Cornstalk there was much bloodshed, open warfare continuing until the treaty in 1763, concluding the French and Indian War. Among a number of names of men from Orange who fought the Indians have been found those of Ambrose Powell, ancestor of General A.P. Hill; James Cowherd; William Bullock; William rogers; Henry Shackleford; James Riddle; Col. William Russell, at one time sheriff of Orange and sent in 1753 as commissioner to the Indians to the region where Pittsburgh now stands; Francis Cowherd, who was at the Battle of Point Pleasant; Hancock Taylor, uncle of President Zachary Taylor, killed by the Indians in Kentucky in 1774.
As was true of perhaps all of the Piedmont counties of Virginia, Orange in the early years maintained a well-organized militia to keep the Indians in subjection. A large number of names of officers in these militia companies, from 1735 to the close of the French and Indian Wars, are preserved. Zachary Taylor, for whom the future president was named, for instance was a lieutenant in 1768 and a captain in 1775.
The freeholders of Orange in 1774 elected the following to the Committee of Safety: James Madison Sr., James Taylor, William Bell, Thomas Barbour, Zachariah Burnley, Rowland Thomas, William Moore, Johnny Scott, James walker, William Pannill, Francis Moore, James Madison, Jr., Lawrence Taliaferro, Thomas Bell and Vivian Daniel. The committee elected James Madison, Sr., as chairman and Francis Taylor as clerk.
Augusta County:
So many of the officers at the Battle of Point Pleasant were from Augusta that those who are known to have served in that engagement should be mentioned.
There was a regiment of Augusta troops under Colonel Charles Lewis, brother of Andrew Lewis and one of Augusta's representatives in the House of Burgesses at the time. The captains were George Mathews, afterward Governor of Georgia; Alexander McClenachan, john Dickinson, John Lewis, son of Col. William Lewis, afterward of the Sweet Springs; Benjamin Harrison, William Paul, Joseph Haynes and Samuel Wilson.
A Botetourt regiment was commanded by Col. William fleming. The captains were Mathew Arbuckle, John Murray, John Lewis, son of the general in command; James Robertson, Robert McClenachan, James Ward and John Stuart.
A regiment from Culpeper was under Col. John Field. There were three independent companies under Col. William Christian, and their captains were Evan Shelby, William Russell and (--?--) Harbert. Also there was an independent company from Bedford under Captain Thomas Buford.
In accordance with Dunmore's order, Lewis broke camp on the 10th and prepared for the march west. The Virginians were attacked by the entire Indian army, made up of the pick of the northern and western confederated tribes. It is hardly appropriate here to go into the details of this highly spectacular battle.
Lewis ordered the Augusta troops to the front, under the command of his younger brother, Col. Charles Lewis. At the very outset of a furious assault on the Augusta force, col. Charles Lewis fell, mortally wounded. The gallant Col. John Field also lost his life. Other officers known to have been killed in the fierce battle which ensued were Captains Morrow, Buford, Wood, Murray, Cardiff, Wilson and Robert McClenachan, and Lieutenants Allen, Goldsby and Dillon.
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe - Governor Alexander Spotswood's expedition to explore and claim the Valley of Virginia for the colony.
Unfortunately, even the names of many of the gentlemen who made the journey have been lost. There were about fifty in the party. Two companies of Rangers consisting each of six men and an officer, and four Meherrin Indians are known to have gone. Most of the members of the cavalcade must have been of the landed gentry, referred to in that day as "gentlemen."
The names on the monument, which was unveiled September 5, 1921 are as follows:
John Fontaine, Robert Beverley, William Robertson, Dr. Robinson, (--?--) Todd, James Taylor, Robert Brooke, George Mason, Captain Smith, Jeremiah Clouder.
Governor Spotswood, who had been a colonel under the Duke of Marlborough and was severely wounded at Blenheim, came to Virginia as Governor in 1710 and the memorable journey over the mountains took place in 1716. He was then living in the stately palace at Williamsburg, which has now been restored, and had a country place near Yorktown, and it is not be wondered that the equipage which he took into the wilderness was as elaborate as circumstances permitted.
John Fontaine, a French Huguenot who had served as an ensign in the English army, accompanied Governor Spotswood on the entire journey and kept a diary. He and the Governor, doubtless with other gentlemen in the party and body servants who accompanied the Governor's coach, set out from Williamsburg on August 20, 1716. They crossed the Pamunkey at the present site of West Point and went from there to Chelsea, the Moore homestead in King William. A little father along, the Governor left his carriage and they proceeded on horseback through King and Queen, Caroline and Spotsylvania, traveling by easy stages, being entertained at the manor-houses and being joined by other members of the party as they proceeded, finally reaching Germanna, in the edge of Orange County on August 24.
This was the rendezvous for other gentlemen and Rangers, and here their horses were shod -- which had not been necessary in the soft sands of tidewater. They started from Germanna on the afternoon of the 29th and camped on Mountain Run. They proceeded to the Rappahannock, which they crossed at Somerville's Ford, thence by the left bank to near Peyton's Ford on the Rapidan. Here they turned south to where Stanardsville now stands, thence to the top of the mountain in Swift Run Gap, where the monument was placed, descended the mountains on the other side and crossed the Shenandoah River about ten miles north of the site of Port Republic.
William Russell, of King and Queen, may have gone. Later he was high sheriff of Orange, and was the father of Col. William Russell, of the Revolution. It is also possible that Bernard Moore, of Chelsea, was of the company. He married Spotswood's elder daughter, Anne Catherine, but apparently he was too young to have made the trip.
It is virtually certain that the James Taylor referred to was James Taylor, the great grandfather of General Zachary Taylor of Orange, who became President of the United States.
William Robertson later lived on Black Walnut Run, in the northeastern section of Orange, and it was at his house in 1734 that the first court for Orange County was held.
Documentary information about the Dr. Robinson mentioned is not available. He apparently was the medical officer accompanying the expedition. In all probability he was the William Robinson who served with George Mason in the House of Burgesses from Stafford in 1720.
Hurt, Frances. An Intimate History of the American Revolution in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Danville, VA: The Womack Press, nd
[Nathaniel Greene] summoned all units in to Guilford Court House. The last of them arrived on February 9. This was Huger, with troops so naked and hard-bit that even [Daniel] Morgan's veterans shook their heads. Colonel Lee's men came in, still dapper but dirty in their green jackets and white leather pants. Then Greene did a rare thing, for him. He called a council of war. Washington called councils incessantly, and Alexander Hamilton likened them to a gaggle of housewives, but Greene almost never. This time he did. The officers assayed what they had: some 2,036 ragged, hungry, shoe-less, shivering troops who had already marched about 150 miles in the bitter cold and rain of January. Of these, a mere 1,426 were seasoned Continentals. The hoped-for re-inforcements had not arrived. Cornwallis was said still to have 3,000 excellent troops, including 300 dragoons and mounted infantry. The Americans had not one penny of money, nor food. They would have to live off the country. Finally, they had lost the magnificent Morgan, too ill to fight.
The war council unanimously concluded not to offer battle. They would try to make it across the river to safety in Halifax County, beef up their men and supplies, and come back to fight. In planning for the retreat, Greene had ordered Colonel Edward Carrington six weeks earlier to round up all the boats he could find on the Dan River and have them at Boyd's and Irwin's ferries. Carrington had done so, and enough boats were waiting on the Dan to transport the army.
A cameo part in this brilliant exploit was played by a 12-year-old Pittsylvania boy, Daniel Coleman.
"At 12 years of age," wrote General Benjamin Cabell in Coleman's obituary in 1860, "he was employed as an express by the military commandant (Nathaniel Terry) at Halifax Old Town (Peytonsburg) to convey General Orders forwarded to him by LaFayette (in Richmond), for the commandant of Pittsylvania (John Wilson), ordering troops to the rendezvous near Irvine's (sic) Ferry for the purpose of aiding General Greene, then actively retreating before the advancing columns of Cornwallis. He delivered the order, the troops marched promptly. Greene crossed the Dan in safety, and Cornwallis, chagrined at his escape, wheeled back and returned into North Carolina."
John Dix's ferry in Pittsylvania was called the Great Ferry, and for good reason, as the records show. No dates are cited in these records, so it is impossible to tie the claim directly to Greene's crossing, but those occasions were the only massive military pushes in the county during the Revolution. In almost two dozen different entries, he asks compensation for carrying 812 men, 126 horses, 84 wagons and 21 cows, plus one boat which was impressed and lost.
Sherwood Toney, who also acted as ferryman for the General Hospital at Berry Hill, asked payment for carrying 252 men, 117 horses and 14 wagons across the Dan. John Wynne requested recompense for the use of "one Negro fellow eight days assisting the baggage wagons and artillery across the Dan." John Owen wanted payment for ferrying 12 men, 13 horses, and eight wagons, whereas Colonel John Lewis asked pay for the use of three canoes and the hire of two Negores for three days. Since colonel Peter Wilson operated a ferry on the Dan, it seems his boats would surely have been used, but no claims are listed.
In 1781 Guilford Court House was some 80 miles from Boyd's and Irwin's ferries, although today's roads cut the distance to 70. Cornwallis, whom Greene had thrown off the track of his army with a decoy action, was back on the track now and closing fast.
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers from Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Dove, William. Sgt.; volunteered Aug. 1777; joined Washington's army; 2nd Tour -- Marine on the "General Washington" to carry dispatches to France, a voyage of 18 days; on return voyage took a British privateer near Cape Henry. 3rd Tour -- March 1780 sailed again on the "General Washington" convoying merchantmen out of Chesapeake en route to Amsterdam; captured large British merchantman, served on crew to bring the ship to Philadelphia; never received a cent of Prize money. 4th Tour -- Corp. in company at Malvern Hill guarding Burwell's warehouse on York.
Pension Application William Dove
He was born in Charles County Maryland 27th November 1758 and moved to Fairfax County Va. when quite young with his parents - that in August 1777 at the time the British landed at the head of Elk River and searched towards Philadelphia (blank) arrived at Fairfax County Va. When he volunteered under Capt. Thomas Pollard (the name of the Lieut. he forgets) Col. Rumby of Alexandria was Commandant of the Regiment and (blank) Seal and Dennis Ramsey were Captains in the same -- the name of his major he forgets -- that in a few days after he volunteered he marched from Alexandria (the place of rendezvous) through Georgetown, Frederick Town Maryland and York Town about the line of Maryland and Pennsylvania to Lancaster in Pennsylvania that there he remained about a week. When an express arrived for the troops to join Genl. Washington at Head Quarters, but on the march he was taken with the small pox and had to delay for a few days, and during his confinement heard the noise of cannon at the Battle of Germantown. After his recovery he rejoined his company at Genl. Washington's Head Quarters and there remained until his three months expired.
In September 1778 he enlisted as a Marine on board the ship called the Genl. Washington at Alexandria which was destined to carry dispatches to France. Francis Speaks Cap't. and Samuel Walker Lieut. of the ship. William Lankford Capt. and William Pearson Lieut. of the Marines, and Doctor William Ramsey Surgeon. The same month he enlisted he sailed and arrived in France in the unusually short passage of eighteen days which was said to be the quickest passage that ever then had been made. They remained at a small town called Painebeau (?) about fifteen miles below Nantes the whole winter. In March they sailed to Brest and joined the French fleet and in April sailed out from Brest in company with about ninety vessels of various nations which were conveyed by the French ships of war out to sea. After getting clear of the coast of France leaving the French ships, the Genl. Washington cruised on the coast of Spain a while and returning home, near Cape henry, fell in with and took a British privateer and brought her into Alexandria the last of June 1799. [1779?]
In March 1780 he enlisted on the same vessel as a Seaman, Samuel Walker, Capt. and (blank) Hogg Lieut. (no marines) and sailed for Amsterdam in Holland convoying some merchant vessels out of the Chesapeake Bay. On this passage the Genl. Washington fell in with and took a large British merchantman -- that he with some more was detailed to take command of the prize and brought her and four prisoners into Philadelphia in July 1780 where she was sold but he never received a cent of the prize money. He then returned home by water to Baltimore and then by land home.
In July 1781 he volunteered under and was appointed Corporal by his old Captain Thomas Pollard, he forgets the name of his Lieut. He marched to the Moblin (Malvern) Hills below Richmond, Va. and his company was there attached to the Command of Col. Merriwether and Major Hardy, thence they marched to a place called Springfield below Williamsburg, Va. and there he was employed with a guard the most of his time in guarding Burwell's large house on York River, which was in sight of the British shipping. His three months then expired and he returned home with his Captain in October (he thinks early) in 1781.
He never received any discharges, having always returned with his officers, and he does not think it was customary with any of his Captains to give discharges . . . He migrated to Pittsylvania County Va. in 1783.
Hunt, David. Lt. (Later Col.), County Militia. At Yorktown under Capt. Charles Williams. Guarded prisoners to Noland's Ferry.
James Hopkins
He was born in 1765. Substituted for James Hopkins Sr., spring 1780, and marched under Capt. Azariah Martin, Lt. William Holt, Ens. Leroy to Hillsboro, NC. There transferred to 4th Virginia militia under Col. Lucas of Genl. Stevens' brigade, and after having some drill were sent on to join the army under gates. From Rugeley's Mill marched at 10 p.m., Aug. 15, to surprise the enemy who, however, marched at the same hour. The armies met in the night, there was a sharp skirmish between the advanced guards, a line was formed and the men stood under arms till daybreak, when there was a shameful defeat. no rendezvous had been designated and the men lost all their baggage, including all clothing but what they had on. Under these circumstances a considerable part of the company went home, but a court of inquiry ordered them back to serve eight months under regular officers. Under Capt. Paulin we marched back to Hillsboro, and there transferred to Capt. Graves of Culpeper, assigned to take command of men from a few other counties who had committed the same offense. Under Genl. Greene the army went into winter quarters on the Cheraw Hills, SC. In February there was a general order releasing the married men belonging to the eight months company, and Capt. Graves returned with the discharged men. Capt. Webb and Lt. Webb took command of those still in the army. Shortly after this, Genl. Morgan defeated Tarleton at Cowpens and had to make a rapid retreat with his prisoners. Genl. Greene marched to cover Morgan's movement, leaving the small eight months company to guard the camp and the mills that were supplying flour and meal. At length Capt. Webb received orders to follow with about 10 wagons loaded with flour and meal and a drove of 400 hogs. We were in the rear of both armies, and had to change our course because of Cornwallis' march. In Mecklenburg we delivered the supplies to a commissary, having safely brought them through a region infested with British and tories. Our time being nearly up, we were permitted to petition Genl. Greene that he discharge us, we being worn out with fatigue and nearly naked. He did so.
Johnston, David. A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory, Huntington, WV: Standard Printing & Publishing Co., 1906.
King, George. King George County Virginia Will Book A-I, 1721-1752 and Miscellaneous Notes, Fredericksburg, VA: no imprint, 1978.
Will of Morgan Darnall
In the Name of God Amen. I Morgan Darnall of the County of King George & Coloney of Virginia, being in perfect health and of a sound memory, yet knowing that all Men is appointed once to die I therefore doe make appoint and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form followeth.
Imprimis: I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife all my Negroes & Goods, Stock, Cattails & Chattails, during the time of her widowhood or her natural life, my Riding horse, Saddle & bridle excepted but after the day of marriage or her decease, It is my desire and will that my Negros shall be divided amongst my Children to each of them one as far as they will allow and if it shall so happen that the Negro Woman shall increase so far as that there shall be each of them one by the time above mentioned or by then the youngest of them comes to be ye age of twenty one, it is my will and desire that the aforesaid mentioned increase of Negros shall be allowed in the aforesaid division the oldest of my sons to make choice first and after him every one of them to make his or her choice according to their birthright and I do give and bequeath ye aforementioned Negros to them and their heirs or heir male forever.
Item: It is my Will & Desire that after the day of marriage or the decease of my wife that the remaining part of my worldly estate be equally divided amongst my children by the discression of two or three men as they shall chuse and after which division the odest of my sons to make choice first and after him every one of them according to birthright and it is my will and desire that every one of htem be contented with such division and not to have the aforementioned estate appraised.
Item: I give and bequeath to my oldest son David Darnall the plantation whereon he now dwells with one hundred and fifty acres of land belonging to the same, It being part of a tract binding on George Whittley and John Smith the said tract containing about 700 acres.
Item: I give to my son Morgan Darnall one hundred and fifty acres of land, It being his choice of the aforesaid tract.
Item: I give to my son John Darnall one hundred and fifty acres of land it being his choice of the aforesaid tract according to his birthright yt after his two oldest brothers.
Item: I give to my son Waugh Darnall the remaining part of the tract.
Item: I give to my son Joseph Darnall two hundred acres of land binding on the Great Marsh.
Item: I give to my son Man Darnall the remaining part of the tract with the plantation whereon I now dwell.
Item: I give to my son William Darnall one thousand pounds of Tobacco to pay for taking up a tract of land. The aforementioned land I do give and bequeath to these my above named children and their heirs or heir male forever.
Item: I give to my son David Darnall my Riding horse, saddle, and bridle above excepted.
Item: My will and desire is if my wife remains a widow that my children shall be with her untill they come to the age of twenty one or the day o fmarriage but if she marries or dies, it is my will and desire they shall be set free to act and do for themselves when they come to the age of sixteen.
And Lastly I constitute appoint and ordain my beloved Wife Executrix and my oldest and beloved son David Darnall Executor to this my Last Will and Testament revoaking all other wills, deeds or gifts made by from or under me, This being my last Will and Testament and true intending meaning. Witness my hand and seale this 23d day of June Anno Dom: 1726.
Morgan His [MD] Mark Darnall
Testatis
Charles Morgan
Timothy Reading
At a Court held for King George County on Friday ye 7th day of October Anno Dom: 1726.
This last Will & Testament of Morgan Darnall, deceased, was presented into Court by Elizabeth Darnall, his Widow & Executrix, who made Oath thereto and the same was proved by the Oaths of Timothy Reading and Charles Morgan and Admitted to Record.
Darnall, Morgan (d.t., 1726). COb #1, p. 330: 7 Oct. 1726 = The will of Morgan Darnall, deceased, was presented for probate by Elizabeth Darnall, his widow and executrix, however, in 1727 she relingquished her right of executorship and requested her dower interest be set apart and this was granted by the Court and her one-third portion assigned to her. COB#1, p. 378, 381; I#1, p. 107-108 (1727). The inventory of the estate of Morgan Darnall, deceased, was recorded 4 November 1726 in I#1, p. 85-7; it was signed 2 November 1726 by Elizabeth [ED (her mark)] Darnall.
Will of Waugh Darnall
This Last Will & Testament of waugh Darnall is; I leave to my son Jeremiah Darnall the Tract of Land on Where I live. That a Tract of Land lying on Ceader Run may be divided between my daughters Anne Darnall and Margaret Darnall and their heirs forever.
I likewise desire that my five Negros with their issue may equally be divided between my Wife and my children.
I likewise desire that my Father & Mother may have an equal Mentenance with my Wife and likewise if my wife should dey [die] that my Father & Mother should have an equal Maintanance with my children under the disposal of Thomas Stone.
Likewise I desire that my Father & Mother with my Wife & Children may live on this plantation.
Likewise I desire that if the Lord be Pleased to call my Wife to him yt Thomas Stone may be Sole Executor over my Children.
Likewise I desire yt all my Goods & Chattells may be equally divided between my Wife & my Children.
This is my Last Will & Testament this Second day of June in the Year of Our Lord God One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty six.
Likewise I desire if Thomas Stone die yt my Children should be brought [up] under the familyl of Bronaugh.
Witnesses present Charles Travers, Timothy [his mark] Sulivan
Waugh Darnall
At a Court held for King George County on Friday ye 7th day of October Anno Dom: 1726.
The last Will & Testament of Waugh Darnall, deceased, was presented into Court by Elizabeth his widow and Executrix who made oath thereo and the same was proved by the oaths of Charles Travers and Thomas Stone and admitted to Record
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[When Waugh Darnall died in i1726 the land he mentions in his will as lying on Cedar Run was in Stafford County, however it fell into Prince William County upon its formation from Stafford County in 1730. Years later the boundaries came into dispute and a copy of the will of Waugh Darnall was certified to Prince William County Court in 1790. It remains of record in Prince William County Land Causes 1789-1793, page 359. A copy was published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 20, page 169.]
Darnall, Waugh (d.t. 1726). COB#1, p. 329: 7 October 1726 = The last will and Testament of Waugh Darnall, deceased, was presented for probate by Elizabeth Darnall, his widow and executrix, and it was ordered to be recorded and his estate appraised. However, the said Waugh Darnall [Darnell] was deceased by 2 September 1726 as on this date Elizabeth Darnall, widow of Waugh Darnall, deceased came into court and relinquished her right of dower in certain land sold by her deceased husband to James Canney [Kenney] on 2 October 1723. A survey of this 300 acres on Muddy Creek by John Savage for Waugh Darnall is noted in a list of 1722 surveys by this surveyor in DB#1, p. 395. [COB#1, p. 325, 329, 349; DB#1, p. 163 (2 October 1723)]. The inventory of the estate of Waugh Darnall, deceased, was recorded 7 April 1727 having been taken 27 February 1726/7 and signed by his widow, Elizabeth Darnall. It is recorded in I#1, p. 98-99.
The will of Henry Calfee was witnessed by John Morehead on Dec. 6, 1728. He swore to it in probate court on May 2, 1729.
Thomas Stribling witnessed the will of William Grant, Sr. on Jan. 24, 1726/7. He swore to it in probate court on February 1, 1733/4.
John Jones wrote a will June 3, 1726 naming his sons John, George, Thomas, James and daughters Mary, Catharine and Sarah.
William Linton will was probated on May 7, 1736.
Benjamin Stribling was the executor of Thomas Evens / Evans' estate May 6, 1737.
Robert Jones wrote a will June 28, 1737 naming his daughters Phillis Smith, Elizabeth Hamet, Mary Connery and son Charles Jones.
John Taliaferro witnessed the will of John Armstrong on Jan. 31, 1750/1 and swore to it in probate court April 5, 1751.
Will of Benjamin Stribling
In the Name of God Amen. I Benjamin Stribling of the County of King George in the Colony of Virginia, being sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory praised be God for the same and knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of this life do make this my last Will & Testament in manner and form following.
Item: I do give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Margaret Stribling all my real and moveable estate whatsoever without any reserve (she paying my debts and funeral charges) during her life if she keeps single.
Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Baxter after her mother's decease all that Plantation where I now dwell to her and her heirs forever, also on Negro named Nan to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I do give to Thomas Baxter two hundred acres of that land belonging to me in the County of Prince William, he to have the first choice to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I do give to John Baxter, Junr. my grandson all the rest and remainder of that land of mine in the County of Prince William to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I do give unto my granddaughter Catherine Bronaugh all that land and plantation of mine in the County of Stafford where Peter Sidebottom now lives to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I do give unto the said Catherine Bronaugh and my grandchildren Mary Baxter and Ann Baxter and Elizabeth Baxter each of them a Negro out of my estte as equal ast he case will allow to them and their heirs forever.
Also I will that after the decease of my wife and all these legacy's being paid of [sic] that what remains of my estate by sold and divided equally among these seven mentioned in this my last Will and Testament my beloved wife Executrix and with her my son in law John baxter and my well beloved friends David Bronough and Joel Berry. I do hereby revoke make void and disanul all and all manner of former wills, legacy's or gifts and do avow this to be my last Will and Testament and hereunto I affix my hand and seal this Eighth day of August Anno. dom. 1750.
Benjamin [his B mark] Stribling
Signed Sealed and published in the Presence of us
Thomas Emmerson.
James Freeman
Elizabeth [her X mark] Cooper
At a Court held for King George County on Friday June the 7th, 1751.
The Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Stribling, Deceased, was presented into Court by Margaret Stribling and David Bronough his Exrs. who made oath thereto and the same was proved by the oaths of Thomas Emmerson and James Freeman and admitted to record.
Copa. Test
Harry Turner, C.C..
Stribling, Benjamin (d.t. 1751). COB#3, p. 7: 7 June 1751 = The last will and Testament of Benjamin Stribling, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Stribling and David Bronough, his executors, and his estate was ordered to be appraised. COB#3, pgs. 24 and 38 indicate that Margaret Stribling, widow, was deceased by 5 September 1751. John Baxter, one of the appointed executors in the last will of Benjamin Stribling, deceased, and his son-in-law, on 7 May 1752 gave bond in the sum of £500 Current Money with John Johnston, his securit [BB#3, p. 121]. An inventory of Benjamin Stribling's estate was recorded 6 February 1752 in I#2, p. 88, and on 5 September 1753 the sales of his personal estate and division thereof was recorded in I#2, pages 115-118. Fiduciary Account Book #3, p. 64, 4 January 1752, records a division of his Negroes belonging to the estate of Benjamin Stribling, deceased, according to his will, viz: Catherine Brownough, Mary Baxter, Ann Baxter and Elizabeth Baxter; they each received one Negro slave. This document was recorded 6 February 1752.
Stribling, John (d.i., 1737). COB#2, p. 108: 6 May 1737 = Administration on the estate of John Stribling, deceased is granted to Ann, his widow, and on the same day she gave bond as his administratrix with Edward Hoyle, her security [BB#2, p. 33b]. his inventory was recorded 5 May 1738 in I#1, page. 244.
Morton, Oren. A History of Highland County Virginia, Monterey, VA: Oren Morton, nd.
Peyton, J. Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA: C.J. Carrier Company, 1972.
Report regarding Mrs. Mary (Draper) Ingle's captivity and escape.
Tyler, Lyon, ed. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. VII, Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson General Printers, 1899.
Marriage Bonds in Middlesex County
1760, November 3, Henry Shepherd and Mary Daniel widow.
Vogt, John & T. William Kethley, Jr. Orange County, Marriages, 1747-1850, Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Company, nd.
Fitzgarrell, Stephen & Catherine Bruce, 14 Nov. 1787; b - William Fitzgarrell, son of James (mother's name very illegible)
Fitzgeral, Easom & Mary Self 28 Jan. 1802; min - George Bingham
Jarrald, Jeremiah & Lucretia Sims, 30 Sep. 1816; wit. Richard M. Chapman, b. James Jarrald, min. George Bingham, 2 Oct. 1816
Jarrell, James & Frances Sims 23 May 1793; b. Zachariah Taylor, min. George Eve, 13 June 1793
Jarrell, James & Sarah Taylor 14 Mar. 1797; min. George Bingham
Jarrell, James & Mary D. Yowell 4 Dec. 1837; wit. Reynolds Chapman b. James P. Sims
Jarrell, Jefferson & Nancy Sims, 11 Mar. 1831; wit P.S. Fry b. James Sims
Jarrell, Reuben & Nancy Stowers 25 Dec. 1826; b. Rice Darnell
Jarrell, Zachariah & Fanny Sims 24 Nov. 1797; wit - John Booten & Sanders Walker b. Sanders Walker, dau. of Wm. & Nancy
Taylor, John & Mary Jarrell, 21 Dec. 1782; wit. James Quinn & John Jarrell b. John Jarrell, dau. of James
Taylor, Zachary & Susanna Gerrell 19 Dec. 1792; b. Joell Cofer
Bruce, Elizabeth & James Williams, 3 Jun. 1795; b. Thos. Farish
Bruce, Mary & Jacob Aheart 21 Sep. 1777, by banns
Fitzgerald, Polly & John Dawson 7 Mar. 1825; wit. Reuben Fitzgerald, P.S. Fry, W.M. Chapman b. Wm. Fitzgerald dau. of William min. J. Goss, 10 Mar. 1825
Fitzgarrell, Sarah & John Turner 29 Jul. 1790; b. ---- Fitzgarrell
Waddell, Jos. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Harrisonburg, VA: C.J. Carrier Company, 1979.
Account of the massacre of Draper's Meadow.
Thomas Ingles, b. Ireland arrived in Pennsylvania as a widower with three sons: William, Matthew and John. In 1744 Thomas and his son William traveled down to southwest Virginia. It is believed that they met the George Draper family who had settled on the James River at Pattonsburg.
This family consisted of George Draper, his wife, and his two children John and Mary. While living at Pattonsburg, George Draper went out hunting and was never heard of again.
Ca. 1748 the Ingles, Drapers and some other families moved south to Draper's Meadow near the present day Blacksburg, VA. William Ingles married Mary Draper in 1750. John Draper married Bettie Robertson in 1754.
In July, 1755 Indians attacked the settlement while the men were away. Bettie (Robertson) Draper ran into the house, picking up her infant and ran out the other side where she was shot in the arm and dropped her baby. She picked up the baby and kept running, but was overtaken. The child's skull was crushed on a log. Col. James Patton killed two Indians with his sword before being gunned down. Other persons killed were Mrs. George Draper and a man named Caspar Barrier. The Indians took weapons and ammunition and set fire to the buildings. They took Henry Leonard, Bettie (Robertson) Draper, Mary (Draper) Ingles and her children Thomas Ingles age 4 and George Ingles age 2 prisoner.
Mary (Draper) Ingles escaped and made her way back to the settlement. Bettie (Robertson) Draper was released six or seven years after the attack. George Ingles died in captivity. Thomas Ingles was redeemed when he was about 17 years of age.
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