Notebook - Virginia No. 6, Part 4

Wayland, John. A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1969.

Table of Dates:

• 1670 - August John Lederer explores vicinity of Front Royal
• 1705 - Virginia Assembly encourages trade with Valley Indians
• 1707 - Louis Michelle explores the lower Shenandoah Valley
• 1716 - Spotswood & his knights visit the Valley
• 1720 - Spotsylvania County formed
• 1722 - Michael Wohlfarth goes from Pennsylvania to North Carolina through the Valley
• 1727 - Adam Miller at Massanutten
• 1728 - William Russell & others take up land near Front Royal
• 1729 - beginning of Masanutten Colony
• 1731 - Jost Hite & others settle in the lower Valley
• 1731 - John Fishback & others granted 50,000 acres in limits of present Warren & Page Counties
• 1732 - William Russell granted 20,000 acres in & about the forks of the Shenandoah 

Ahnentafel #856 - (--?--) Durall

(--?--) Durall

Some say Jean Baptiste Durell of southern France who immigrated to New Orleans.

Some say David Durell who married (--?--) Roby.

Born: ca. 1724
Died: between 1784 & 1790

Buried: unknown

Married: Rhoda (--?--) before 1750

Records:
There are two Durells, David & Stephen in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania. It is thought that they may have been the sons of this Durall.

1784 - Duplin Co., North Carolina - Ordered that John Dural in Capt. Whitehead's Company exempted from militia duty.  Men were exempted after age 60.  This could be our man,

Notebooks - Virginia No. 6, Part 3

Drew, Toby. Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. IV Healy - Pryor, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981.

From the Virginia Magazine of History & Biography.

Bannerman, Mrs. Robert. John Morgan of Virginia & Tennessee - John Morgan (2) who was called Squire & Captain, arrived in what is now Sumner County, Tennessee on the Cumberland River, Nov. 2, 1785. To-gether with his two sons John (3) & Charles (3) built Fort Morgan. In the spring of 1787 he was killed by an Indian. (See Governor William Hall's Narrative [Drapers Papers] and Cisco's Historic Sumner County.)  That he was the son of Charles Morgan (1), of that part of Prince William County, which in 1759 was formed into Fauquier County, Virginia, is proved by establishing, from two different sets of records, the identity of two of Charles (1) Morgan's great-grandchildren.

In the will of Charles (1) Morgan, dated 5 Dec. 1758 probated 22 Sep. 1766, (Will Book I, p. 107, Fauquier Co., VA Wills) he named "My beloved wife Anna" and children: Charles (2), Simon (2) William (2), Benjamin (2), James (2), Alice

Ahnentafel #855 - Anne Stribling

Anne Stribling

Born: 1716 St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia
Died: 1793 - I don't have a source for this, may be earlier, see affidavits below

Buried: unknown

Married: Bushrod Doggett, October 6, 1737, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia

Records:
1737 - Oct. 6 - St. Paul's Parish, King George Co., VA - marriage record states that Bushrod was of Brunswick Parish and Anne Stribling of "this" parish meaning St. Paul's Parish. The parish was in Stafford County at the time.  Because of county boundary changes it is now located in King George County.

1765 - Apr. 22 - Culpeper County, VA - Anne is listed as Nanny in a deed of land from Bushrod Doggett to William Morgan.

1770 - Fauquier Co., VA - the family was living here as Bushrod paid taxes here.

Notebook - Virginia No. 6, Part 2

Bushman, Katherine, comp. Supplement to First Marriage Record of Augusta County Virginia 1785-1813, Staunton, VA: Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter DAR, 1978.

Part I - First Marriage Record, Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813 Published 1930, by Colonel Thomas Hughart Chapter, DAR, Staunton, VA - [corrections to original]

• 1789 - 20 July - (instead of May) John Gardner to Rachel Wilson
• 1786 - 22 Feb - Isaiah Slaven to Patty Steward
• 1804 - 26 July - John Kale & Barbara Slusher
• 1805 - 9 Jan. - Abraham Litten & Esther Forsythe
• 1805 - 24 Oct - Jacob Yost & Esther Slusher
• 1805 - 6 May - Jacob Raab & Milly Robinson
• 1806 - 17 Apr - Windle Grove & Jane Bolls
• 1806 - 16 Jan. - Thomas Denney & Polly Hedebough

Back section of book, I don't have the heading for it.

• 1787 - 8 Jan. - William Herring & Hanah Robertson
• 1789 - 30 Jul - John Slaven & Elizabeth Hodge

In Memoriam - Darrell Blakey

Darrell Lee Blakey

Born: October 20, 1951, Highland, IL
Died: April 6, 2020, St. Louis, MO

Married: Debra Shelton, December 9, 2000

Children:
Michael md. Verbal (--?--)
Matthew 
Mark md. Chrissy (--?--)
Jacqueline Tannahill md. Steve Withrow

• Brittney
• Conner
• Benjamin

Nickolas Tannahill

Ahnentafel #854 - Bushrod Doggett

Bushrod Doggett

Born: ca. 1707 probably St. Mary's Parish, Old Rappahannock Co., VA
Died: Nov. 1791 Culpeper Co., VA

Buried: Unknown

Married: Anne Stribling October 6, 1737, Saint Paul's Parish, Stafford Co., VA.  Bushrod is said to have been of Brunswick Parish at the time of the marriage. Sometimes the marriage is listed as having been in King George County which is where the parish is now located. Both are correct.

Parish / County Formation:

The earliest counties in a colony / state tend to be quite large and can be an entire state.  Kentucky was created as Kentucky County, VA and then slowly subdivided as the population increased and eventually it gained commonwealth status on its own in 1792. The same process happened in Virginia where counties were subdivided into Church of England / Anglican parishes.  The Anglican church was the "state church" of Virginia.  These parishes were also subdivided and had boundary changes as new counties were formed that split them or "moved them" into a new county. All citizens paid tithes to the

Notebooks - Virginia No. 6, Part 1

Burns, Annie. Virginia Genealogies & County Records, Vol. 7, Washington, DC: Burns, nd

Census of 1810, List of Persons Residing in Frederick County

• Clark, George
• Cornwall, William
• Crockwell(?), John Jr. 
• Robertson, John 
• Robinson, Andrew
• Robertson, James
• Smith, Patrick Jr.
• Smith, Jabez
• Smith, Bartholomew
• Smith, Michael
• Smith, George H.
• Smith, John - 4
• Smith, Thomas - 2
• Smith, Edy
• Smith, William - 4
• Smith, Edward

Humidification

Back in December  I did a humidification project with some rolled documents.  

Start with an empty box that has a lid - this is a Rubbermaid box - notice the rolled documents on the floor to the right. 

Ahnentafel #853 - Mary Duncan

Mary Duncan

Born: ca. 1700 probably in Virginia
Died: between 1740 and 1751

Buried: unknown

Married:  William Morgan by 1740

Children:
Charles

Notebooks - Ohio No. 5

Bell, Carol. Ohio Lands: Steubenville Land Office, 1800 - 1820, Youngstown, OH: Bell, nd.

Terms of Sale Under Various U.S. Land Acts - Year, Price, Terms & Minimum Purchase

• 1785 - $1/acre - specie, loan-office or debt certificates - 640 acres
• 1795 - $2/acre - one-half down, one-half due in one year - 640 acres
• 1800 - $2/acre - one quarter cash, remainder in three annual installments - 320 acres
• 1804 - $2/acre - one-quarter cash, remainder in three annual installments - 160 acres
• 1820 - $1.25/acre - cash, no credit - 80 acres
• 1830 - land scrip - acceptable in lieu of cash - 80 acres
• 1832 - $1.25/acre - cash - 40 acres

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Dyer, Albion. First Ownership of Ohio Lands, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.

At the end of the war of the American Revolution the Continental Congress came into possession of certain western lands, surrendered by the British Crown to the United States in the treaty signed at Paris on the 3d day of September, 1783. The "crown lands," as they were called, lay back of the heads

Ahnentafel #852 - William Morgan

William Morgan

Born: ca. 1700 Fauquier Co., Virginia
Died: 1797 between August 6 and September 9, Pulaski Co., Kentucky

Buried: unknown

Married: 1) Mary Duncan
2) Elizabeth (--?--), d. after 1800, she may have been a Withers

Records:

1736 - April 30 - Culpeper Co., Virginia deed:

Surv'd. for William Morgan of St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. 178 acres in Great Fork of Rappahannock of branches of Mt. Run; adj. Col. Wm. Beverley, Benja. Roberts, Francis Kirtlet, John Kilgore, Wm. Payton, Dan'l. Huff.  Surv. J. Wood. Is this our William Morgan?

1747 - Aug. 6 - Culpeper Co., Virginia - deed:

George Roberts of Orange, assignee (in 1747) of William Morgan; 6 Aug. 1747 -

Notebooks - North Carolina #5

Haun, Weynette. Johnston County North Carolina Court Minutes, 1759-1766, Book I, Durham, NC: Haun, nd

page 34 - [at the court house of said county on the third Tuesday, July 1760] - The last will & testament of John Gurley dec'd. was admitted to be proved by the oath of Joseph Gurley evidence. At ye same time Nathan Arthur Gurley & Nathan Gurley sones to the testator appeared & qualified as executors. Ordered that ye same be recorded.

On the motion of Mr. Ballard on behalf of the widow of Wm. Gurley dec'd. praying letters of administration of the estate of her said late husband. The same is granted & she accordingly took the oath of an administratrix & tenders Jon. Ballard & Joseph Gurley as her securities who are accepted of, & it is further ordered that the said administratrix be at liberty to sell such part of the said intestates estate as is perishable & as she may judge convenient.

page 40 - at an inferior court of pleas & quarter sessions begun & held for said county on the third Tuesday in Oct. 1760 . . . Mary Gurley administratrix of ye estate of William Gurley dec'd. delivered into court and

Ahnentafel #849 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--)

Born: unknown
Died: by 1768, see deed below

Buried: unknown

Married: John Morehead in Virginia

There is speculation that she was an Armistead or a Norman.  It is also possible that she was a Presley.  

There was a William Presly living in Northumberland County, Virginia between 1652 and 1655. He was a member of the county court and appeared in many lawsuits, served on juries and was the church warden for Chinekahan quarter, aka Chickacoan. 

She may have been a Saunders:

Gen. 1. Ebenezer Saunders md. Elizabeth Presley / Philips

Gen. 2. Elizabeth Saunders d. 1719 md. 1716 Charles Nelms Jr. b. 1694, d. before 1733 

Notebooks - Mom's Families No. 4, Part 4

Cagle, John. The Cagle Family in the South, to 1850, Vol. 1, North Carolina, Little Rock, AR: Cagle, 1983.

The Gurley/Cagle Connection - A second-hand report (dating back to an unidentified Cagle researcher in 1931) has provided the following item, which seems to relate to the Cagles of Montgomery County:

John Gurley married Mary Cagle in North Carolina. His orphan children came to Morgan Co., Alabama about 1825, with their uncle John Cagle. They were Jessie, 1823-1906, married Elizabeth Lowery of Bulox Creek, York Co., SC; Polly married John Brisco; John, d. Hartselle, Alabama, Tillman, the oldest son, stayed in North Carolina.

Regarding the location of John Cagle and his nephews, the Gurley orphans, the writer has been unable to locate any records on them in early Morgan Co., Alabama, nor do they seem to appear in the 1830 Alabama census. However, looking into later Alabama records, it is noteworthy that the Gurleys seem to be living in Marshall Co. (adjoining Morgan Co.) at the time of the 1850 census; the family seems to consist of three teenagers, each of whom was living in a separate household, as though they were orphans;

Ahnentafel #848 - John Morehead

John Morehead

Born: between 1685 and 1690 Northumberland Co., VA
Died: between June 22 & August 8, 1768 in Fauquier Co., VA

Buried: unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) in Virginia

Occupation: Planter

Biography:

John Morehead, who bought the land of Henry Cafly on June 8, 1726, in that part of King George County which four years later, 1730 became Prince William County, covering the great square between the Blue Ridge and the Potomac opposite the present site of Washington, has long been the earliest positively recorded known member of his family.  He was born some time before 1700, probably as early as 1681 or 1682, and his wife's name was Mary. On September 10, 1742, they were living in Hamilton parish of Prince William County, where he was an extensive planter. This was the year that Fairfax County

Notebooks - Mom's Families No. 4, Part 3

Guthrie, Nelson. Genealogy of J.W. Nelson Slavens Guthrie, typescript, nd.

This information is very convoluted and in some instances contradictory to itself.

Generation 1
John Slavin b. 1723 Tyrone Co., Ireland, d. 1788 Highland Co., VA, md. Elizabeth Stuart b. 1726 Scotland, d. 1796 Highland Co., VA.  John was a weaver.  Lived for a time in Pocahontas Co., WV at Meadow Dale.

Generation 2
1. Isaac/Isaiah Slavens b. 1761 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1840 Putnam Co., IN, md. Martha Stuart.  Isaac was a soldier and moved to Kentucky then on to Indiana. - Isaiah Slavens in DAR b. 6/12/1752 Rockingham Co., VA, md. Martha /Patsy Stuart md. 2) Barbara Perkee. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, fought in the battles of Hot Water Springs, Jamestown. He was in the company of Captain KinCade of Colonel Moffet, Captain Thomas Hecklin, Company of Col. Simpson Mathias, Virginia Regiment, 1780.  Isaiah applied for a pension on April 26, 1833, died 1840.  Said to have had 17 children.
2. Comfort b. 11/4/1750
3. John b. 4/10/1760, soldier in American Revolution
4. William b. 6/3/1753 soldier in American Revolution

Ahnentafel #748 - (--?--) Miller

(--?--) Miller may have been Műller

Born: by 1710 Germany, Pennsylvania
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Possibilities:

Generation 1
Rudolf Műller of the Palatinate, Germany, may not have immigrated

Generation 2
1. John Műller b. ca. 1715, Palatinate, Germany, d. 1760 Lancaster Co., PA, emigrated to America in 1752, settled in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, md. Barbara (--?--) - this line doesn't work
2. (--?--) Műller d. before 1767

Generation 3
1a. John b. 1734 Germany, d. before 1785

Notebooks - Mom's Families No. 4, Part 2

Clan Galbraith Association, Information Brochures and Newsletters  

Clan Galbraith Association Library & Archives

1. Galbraith-Culcreuch Association Records
2. Gilbreath-Galbreath-Galbraith Records - compiled by Elmer Gilbreath
3. Galbraith Clan & Their Descendants by Zelphia Koon - records of Alexander & Nancy Agnes (Miller) Galbraith from Northampton, PA to Greene Co., TN
4. Partial Compilation of the Descendants of John & Mary (Coffee) Gilbreath, Sr. - Maury Co., TN
5. My Collection of the Descendants of John Gilbreath Family by Walta Gilbreath Huard - Hugh & Elizabeth (--?--) Gilbreath of Blount Co., TN
6. The Galbraiths or Friendly Britons by Patricia Galbraith D'Arcy - Robert Galbraith (1778-1842) family.
7. Galbreath Family Genealogy by Joseph William Galbreath - David & Sarah (Paxton) Galbreath - Ohio
8. Ancestors & Descendants of Arthur Galbraith (1728-1818) & Mary Sharp by Stephanie Satter
9. Gone to Alabama by Edward Ladd - Baxter & Jane (Tanner) Gilbreath, North Carolina
10. The Galbraith Family by Diana Hiner Galbreath - Joseph & Rebecca (Miller) Gailbraith, Westmoreland Co., PA, Jefferson Co., KY, Jackson Co., TN

Ahnentafel #353 - Judith Tanner

Judith Tanner(?) - backtracking to Generation 9

Born: 1710 Henrico Co., Virginia
Died: 1785 Chesterfield Co., VA

Buried: unknown

Married: 
1) John Mills 
2) Jeffrey Robertson 1735, Henrico Co., VA as his second wife

Records:
The base information for this entry came from my cousin Hank Bond. I'm in the process of trying to prove / disprove it as he did not give me the supporting documentation.

1734/5 - Jan. 5- Henrico Co., VA - Inv. of estate of Mr. Henry Vanderhood taken 5 Jan. 1734/5. Large estate for the period. Signed Jos. Tanner, John Osborne, Wm. Bass. Presented and recorded 2 Feb. 1735/6. 

1736 - Henrico Co., VA - John Nash's Account Book Abstracts, Robinson & Robertson