Small Notebook - Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Part 2

Surry County, VA

Chiarello, Susan. "List of Debts Due to Cabin Point Store, 1 November 1775," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2011, p. 311+. [Auditor's Office 13/30, Loyalist Claims, Series II, Virginia Claims, Folder G1;  Colonial Records Project mf #252 LVA, Richmond.]

Page 311 - Unlike the vast majority of the merchant claims, this list was created between 1 November 1775 and 29th March 1776 when it was sworn to before John Watkins, a justice of the peace for Surry County. The maker of the list, John Stewart, was apparently the factor for the Cabin Point store operated by Mess'rs Dunmore Blackburn & Company, merchants of Glasgow. The list is found among the claims made in 1784, 1788 and 1789 by Robert Gilmour for compensation for losses incurred as a British subject. He states that he was a principal partner in Logan Gilmour & Co. of Norfolk and Logan and Dunmore & Co. and had incurred heavy losses. Heavily in debt in Britain, Gilmour had lost his private fortune and had brought ruin to his other partners. He does not explain why the list was compiled. Although used to support his claim for losses, the list was obviously not compiled for that purpose and indeed appears not to deal with either company with which he notes an involvement.  Perhaps a transfer of ownership occurred between the creation of the list and Gilmour's first claim some eight years later. 

Caing Point Ledger C 

• Col. John Cocke, folio 1, good debt 75.4.0 
• Page 312 - Lemuel Cocke, folio 5, good 102.5.3 3/4

Small Notebook - Magazine of Virginia Genealogy

[Little, Barbara.?] "Augusta County Delinquents 1771, 1772," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2010, pp. -259+ [No, I didn't keep the introduction page . . . ]

• Page 259 - Wm McDowell - Greenbrier - 2
• Sworn to me this 19th November 1772 Sam'l McDowell 
• A List of Supernum[er]aries
• Page 260 - Seath Wilson - 1
• Nenian Cloyd - 1
• Sworn to before me Novbr 19th 1772 Sam'l McDowell
• A List of Thomas Patterson Delinquents for 1772
• John Butler - 1
• Page 262 - Thomas Morgan - 1
• George Robertson - 1
• Peter Sout [could this be Stout?] - 1
• Page 263 - David Wilson - 1
• John Wilson - 1
• John Wilson - 1
• 193 Delinquent allowed
• A List of Thomas Pattersons Supernumerys for 1771
• And'w Wilson - 1

Small Notebook - New England / Virginia

Brooke, Ted, trans. "Buckingham County 1788 Personal Property Tax List, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2017. [Virginia Personal Property Tax List, Buckingham Co., 1783, mf RG48: Auditor of Public Acconts, Library of Virginia, Richmond]

Continued from Volume 55, No. 2, Column headings:

• Date 1788
• Persons Nameds Charged with the Tax
• Names of White Tithes
• [Number of White Tithes]
• Blacks Above 16 [number]
• Blacks Under 16 & Above 12 [number]
• Horses [number]
• Studs
• Rate pr season
• Carriages

Note: No quantities are given for the last three columns: Studs, Rate pr Season and Carriages except in rare cases and are only shown here where they appear in the tax list. It appears that "Names of White Tithes" are given only where different from the name of "Persons names

Ahnentafel #1185 & 1209 - Elizabeth (--?--)

Elizabeth (--?--) 

Born: probably in Virginia ca. 1670

Died Dec. 1757 Essex County, Virginia, her son John paid for 2 coffins out of his father's estate and makes mention of his mother's sickness and burying them.  

Married: Benjamin Beasley by 1695

Buried: Unknown

Records:

1737 - May 16 - Essex County, VA - Deed [the clerk had a thing about using t for c in a lot of words]

This Indenure made this Sixteenth day of May in this year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundred thirty & seven Between Benjamin Beasley of the parish of Saint Ann in the County of Essex & Colony of Virginia of the one part and Mark Boulware of the parish County & Colony aforesd. of the other part. Witnessesth that this sd. Benjamin Beasley for an in Consideration of the sum of one thousand & thirty pounds of tobacco by this said Mark Boulware to the said Bemjamin Beasley in hand paid before the Ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt

Ahnentafel #1184 & 1208 - Benjamin Beasley

Benjamin Beasley

Born: ca. 1670 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia in the area that became Essex County in 1692.

Died: ca. December 1757 Essex County, Virginia

Buried: Unknown

Married: by 1695 Elizabeth (--?--)

Records:

1737 - May 16 - Essex County, VA - Deed [the clerk had a thing about using t for c in a lot of words]

This Indenure made this Sixteenth day of May in this year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundred thirty & seven Between Benjamin Beasley of the parish of Saint Ann in the County of Essex & Colony of Virginia of the one part and Mark Boulware of the parish County & Colony aforesd. of the other part. Witnessesth that this sd. Benjamin Beasley for an in Consideration of the sum of one thousand & thirty pounds of tobacco by this said Mark Boulware to the said Bemjamin Beasley in hand paid before the Ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof the said Benjamin Beasley Doth hereby Conffess and Acknowledge hath by these presents Granted and by theses presents doth grant bargain ask alien Enfeof(?) and confirm unto

Notebooks - Kentucky #7

Brookes-Smith Joan. Index for Old Kentucky Surveys & Grants, no imprint, ca. 1974

It was on 16 June, 1774, when James Harrod and his party of pioneer settlers reached the plateau between the Salt and Kentucky Rivers in the heart of a land that would one day be called Kentucky. Physically exhausted from their long trip down the Ohio and up the Kentucky River and fearful of the ever present danger from roving bands of Indians, they gave no thought to the restless discontent of their counterparts who lived along the Eastern seaboard. Uppermost in their minds was survival.

Acutely aware that they had penetrated deep within enemy territory, they immediately set about laying out Harrod's Town. . . . 

They were followed shortly by Daniel Boone, Benjamin Logan, John Floyd, Simon Kenton and numerous other pioneer leaders. Their greatest enemy, or so they believed was the Indian. They could not have known that Fate was already laying the groundwork that would lead the Eastern seaboard revolutionary and the Western pioneer to a common goal, a goal to establish a permanent home which was destined to erupt into a long and vicious legal war. 

Unfortunately, many of the earliest settlers believing that just to settle the land was all that was necessary for ownership delayed too long the registration of their surveys and claims. Apparently

Notebook - Illinois #7 Part 4

Clay County, Illinois

Scherer, Mary. 1880 Clay County Illinois Census, Olney, IL: Scherer, nd

• map of Clay County showing towns and townships
• columns - household/family, name, age, sex, marital status, relationship to head of household, occupation, birthplace, father's birthplace, mother's birthplace

• 14/14 Compton, Helen E. 37 f widow keeping house IL, IN, IN
• William C. 18 m son, single laborer, IL, TN, IL
• Verlia E. 10 m son single IL, TN, IL
• Ira T. 6 m son single IL, IL, IL
• Colclasure, Peter A. 19 m boarder single laborer IL, IL, IN
• 34/34 Colclasure, William 55 m md farmer IN, KY, KY
• Sarah 30 f wife md keeping house IL, KY, KY
• Mary 10 f dau single IL, IN, IL
• Nancy 9 f dau single IL, IN, IL
• C.H. 3 m son single IL, IN, IL
• 96/96 Cornwell, James K. 35 m md farmer KY, NC, KY
• Amanda J. 22 f wife md keeping house IL, IN, IN

Notebooks - North Carolina # 6, Part 1

Bennett, William, abs. Miscellaneous Records from Land Grant Record Book 9, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society, Aug. 1986.

[Editor's Introduction: The last seventy-five pages of Land Grant Record Book 9 (1735-1745) in the Land Grant Office, Department of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, contain a miscellaneous grouping of wills, letters of administration powers of attorney, bonds, deeds, land inquisitions, depositions, affidavits, and other items. Many of these records concern North Carolina property owned by persons outside the province. Thanks are due Mrs. Martha Paskewich of the Land Grant Office for her assistance in the preparation of this material.]

p. 414 Will of Michael Beezley, of City of New York, Mariner, 12 September 1747. Mother; Mary Humphys, wife of William Humphrys of Baptist Mils in Bristol in Great Brittain - 100 pounds sterling to be paid from Cape Fear in North Carolina out of effects in hands of Richard Quince, Merchant. Friend: James Mills of City of New York, peruke maker - 50 pounds of current money of New York as executor. Helena Mills, daughter of the said James Mills - 10 pounds New York. Wife: Mary Beezley formerly Mary Stathams - remainder. Executors: Wife & Friend James Mills. Witnesses: Edmund Knight, Jonathen Fitch, Lawrence Green.

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McBride, Ransom. List of Taxables for 1762 in Granville, NC, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC:

Notebooks - Kentucky #6, Part 1

Boyle County Genealogical Association. Boyle County, Kentucky, Cemetery Records, 1792-1992, Danville, KY: Boyle County Genealogical Association, 1992

Goodknight Cemetery - This cemetery is located 3 miles north of Perryville, off US 68, near the Mercer County line on Claunch Road. 

 

Confederate Marker with inscription - Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of an unascertained number of Confederate soldiers said to have died while prisoners of war at Goodknight farmhouse, from wounds received at the Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862, whose graves cannot be identified and whose names are unknown.

• Dye, Elizabeth, b. 10 Dec. 1797, d. 5 Oct. 1874 
• Hankla, Infant son of J.H. & M.F. Hankla b. 18 Dec. 1894, d. 18 Dec. 1894
• Weems, Frances M. CSA Company B, 3rd Florida Infantry, b. 16 Jan. 1842, d. 8 Oct. 1862
• Goodknight, Willie L. son of John J. & D.V. Goodknight b. 7 Aug. 1859, d. 13 July 1860
• Goodknight, H.L. stone broken, son of J. & S.C. Goodknight, b. ----, d. ---- 

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Fint, Susan & Anne Lee comp. Repeat After Me, Marriage Bonds 1795-1810 Franklin County, Kentucky, Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1983

• William Lowry and John Pemberton signed the bond June 7, 1802 for the intended

Notebooks - Indiana #6, Part 2

1812 Tax List of Horses in Harrison County, Indiana, The Hoosier Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 4, Dec. 1986, Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society

From the original record in the Harrison County Court House, Corydon, Indiana . . . At this early date, Harrison included parts of what now are Crawford, Floyd, Orange and Washington Counties.

• Colclazer, Jacob - 4
• Crutchfield, George - 3
• Dewalt, Henry - 2
• Edwards, Cassus - 3
• Edwards, Thomas - 2
• Edwards, Thomas - 2
• Edwards Mary - 1
• Edwards, Isaac - 2
• Stout, Daniel - 1
• Tipton, John - 2
• Wilson, Joshua - 1
• Wilson, Samuel - 1
• Wilson, Jassee - 1

Notebook - Kentucky, No. 4, Part 1

Burns, Annie. Records of Marriages, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Washington, DC: no imprint, 1936.

Columns: Groom/Parent, Bride/Parent, Date/Bondsman

• Beasley, Jas (?), Jos (?) - Jarvis, Louisa, 11/14/1843, Jas. Snead
• Black, Wm. D. - Cloyd, Syntha, 4/24/1840 Jesse Cloyd
• Carter?, Cartim? Larkin - Clynn, Virginia, 1/10/1826 Dave, Dove, Wm. 
• Cloyd, Jas. - Hargiss, Eliz. 5/18/1846 Hargiss, Jas.
• Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Eliz. 2/27/1843 Young, Jno. 
• Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Elizabeth 2/4/1843 Young, John
• Dover(?), Jno. - Sullivan, Nancy 9/1/1819 Dove, Jas. 
• Dove, Jno. - Beezley, Jane 3/21/1838 Beezley, Isham - grandparents
• Epperson, Anderson - Coomer, Larky 12/22/1837 Wellins, Harry - Larky may be daughter of William & Susanna (Beasley) Coomer
• Roberts, Jas. - Dove, Nancy 2/12/1830 Dove, John
• Roberts, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John
• Roberds, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John

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Early Bluegrass Marriages: Green County, Kentucky 1793-1810, no imprint

• Davis, Ezekiel - Aby Stout, Jul 25, 1818

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Green County Historical Society. Green County Marriage Records 1793-1836, no imprint, nd

The book is composed of records from several sources: Marriage Books A & B, Marriage Bonds (coded as B in the text) and Consent Papers (coded as C) for

Notebook - Virginia No. 4, Part 1

Crumrine, Boyd. Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.

Minute Book of the Virginia Court Held at Fort Dunmore (Pittsburgh) for the District of West Augusta 1775-1776.

Note: in copying these minutes no portions will be omitted, save certain lists, here and there, containing the names of cases called and unintelligible memoranda concerning them, with nothing identifying the parties, the causes of action, or the localities whence they came.

The formal organization of the court - His Majesties Writ for adjorning the County Court of Augusta from the Town of Staunton to Fort Dunmore, and with a new Commission of the Peace and Dedimus and a Commission of Oyer & Terminer and Dedimus from under the hand of John, Earl of Dunmore, his Majesties Lieutenant & Governor in chief, bearing date the Sixth day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy four, directed to . . . Samuel McDowell, George Moffett . . . Alexander Robertson . . . David Shepherd . . . Gentlemen, being read, & thereupon, pursuant to the said Dedimus, the said George Croghan, John Campbell, John Connolly, John

Ahnentafel #592 & #604 - John Beasley

John Beasley / Beazley

Born: ca. 1695 Essex Co., VA
Died: ca. 1759, St. Anne's Parish, Essex Co., VA

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) ca. 1728

Records:

1704 - St. Anne's Parish Parish was created.  It served Essex County until after 1785 and both Essex and Carolina County when it was formed in 1728 until after 1785.  

1717 - Essex Co. VA - John was defendant in a court case against Paul Macou which was dismissed. 

1733 - Caroline Co., VA - a John Beasley served as road supervisor. 

1745, Nov. 27 - Account Book of William Beverley, 1745:

It is possible that the following is our John Beasley.  He could also possibly be his son John Beasley or an entirely different person.  It is interesting. 

Page 10 – John Beasely – 11/27/1745: to TYR 574; 2/15/1754: to my note on Mr. Mills for £3.11.7 at 14/percent 507; total 1081.  Contra: 2/15/1745 by 1 hhd tob. IB 4 1051; cask 30; total 1081

Tobacco received of Jno. Beasley from Jno. Beasley's plantation came into Roys warehouse with the mark IB, hogshead number 4, 1051 quantity, was shipped by William Beverley on the Mercury to Bristol. [Roy's Warehouse was located akong the Rappahannock River in Caroline County.]

This account book contains the names of 108 tenants, with one instance of two tenants being shown for the same leasehold.  Pages 1-15 include tenants of

Ahnentafel #151 - Susanna Beasley

Susanna Beasley

aka Sukea

Born: ca. 1771 King & Queen Co., VA
Died: before 1850

Buried: unknown

Married: William Coomer ca. 1790 probably in Stokes Co., NC

Records:
1790 - Salisbury District, Stokes Co., NC - census William Coomer household:

• 1 male 16+ William
• 2 females Susanna & ?

1796 - Capt. Cloud's District, Stokes, NC - tax list. Susanna's husband listed, owned no land, reported 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 horses, 0 others

1800 - Stokes Co., NC - census William Coomer household:

• 1 male -10 David

Notebook - North Carolina No. 1

Absher, Mrs. W.O. Stokes County, North Carolina Wills, Vols. I-IV, 1790-1864, no imprint

Page 55. 25 October 1800. Will of Richard Beasley, Planter. September Term 1804. Wife Martha, Estate during lifetime. Son Jeremiah, home plantation to share with his mother. Children: William, Peggy Cooper, Benjamin, Robert, Richard, Molly Faylor (or Taylor), Patty Harrison, James, Sally Nunn, Thomas, Sukea Coomer, 5 shillings each. Executors: Friends and neighbors, namely James Cook and Tyro Riddle. Witnesses: Isaac Pennington, Joseph Pennington, Jurat and Caleb Sumner. Signed Richard (x) Beasley. - grandpa

Page 58. 27 August 1804. Will of William Beasley. December Term 1804. His wife should keep children together and raise them (no names). Witnesses: Tyre Riddle and William (x) Burris. Signed William (x) Beasley.

Page 70. 22 October 1802. Will of James Matthews. June Term 1806. Son Tandy, home tract Townfork 248 acres; also 600 acres bought of Chas. Beasley adjoining above; also 100 acres Blues Creek (late property of John Thompson); also 900+ acres in hands of John Griffith in Virginia; also Negro Dicy and his wife Anaky, Stephen 4 years old and man named Frank . . . To Joseph Hollensworth in trust for his Son, James, 600 acres bought of Charles Beazley including mansion house "Stone Chimneys;" also Negro Silla . . . To Tandy Hollinsworth (infant son of Mary and Joseph), Negro Rachel . . . To Mary Hollinsworth, Negro Rachel's increase. To son Tandy, 900 acres known as The

Research Log - 300 Years Ago

January

4 - Jedidiah Lathrop born in Norwich, Connecticut son of Israel & Mary (Fellows) Lathrop

7 - General Israel Putnam born  

9 - France declares war on Spain 

12 - Rowland Powell md. Mary Tilden in Connecticut

21 - William Beasley will written in Essex County, Virginia

March 

7 - Josiah Rockwell born son of Josiah & Rebecca (Loomis) Rockwell

Notebook - England, Canada, Ireland & Scotland No. 2

Allison, K.J. A History of the County of York, East Riding, Vol. II, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Map of the Wapentake of Dickering includes towns/parishes Lowthorpe, 

In 1086 the East Riding was the only part of Yorkshire which was divided into hundreds. The transformation of hundreds into wapentakes had already been completed in the other two ridings and was in various stages of completion in the rest of the Danelaw. The change took place in the East Riding during the next 80 years and by the 1160s the 18 Domesday hundreds had been formed into 6 wapentakes. Dickering wapentake, first mentioned in 1166, was broadly coextensive with the three Domesday hundreds of Hunthou, Turbar and Burton.

Burton hundred took its name from its principal township of Burton Agnes. It contained in 1086 the remainder of the townships, mostly in the centre and west, which make up Dickering wapentake. These were Binnington, Boythorpe, Burton Agnes, Butterwick, Carnaby, Caythorpe, Ganton, Gransmoor, Haisthorpe, Harpham, Kilham, Langtoft, Lowthorpe, Octon, Potter Brompton, Rudston, Ruston Parva, Swaythorpe, Thornholme, Thorpe, Thwing and Willerby, together with 'Fornetorp' later depopulated. 

The hundreds of Hunthou, Turbar, and Burton were probably grouped around the large manors of Bridlington, Hunmanby and Burton Agnes respectively. . . . Burton Agnes had 3 berewicks and soke in 5 townships in Burton. 

The wapentake remained in the hands of the Crown until at least the mid 17th century. In 1552 and 1567 the office of wapentake bailiff, traceable from c. 1220 was granted for life to successive holders, the second of whom was rewarded out of the issues of this and other wapentakes.

Notebook - North Carolina No. 4

Carpenter, Reva. Anson County North Carolina Abstract of Wills 1750-1880, San Diego, CA: Grasshopper Press, nd

Anson County was formed from Bladen County in 1750 which was 39 years prior to statehood, and the birth of our nation. The first permanent settlement in North Carolina Territory was established in 1653 by settlers coming south from Virginia. It was not until 80 years later that the population reached 14,000 persons. Prior to the revolution North Carolina experienced three great waves of immigrants.  In a matter of a few years came more than 20,000 Highland Scotch immigrants they settled mostly in the southeastern section of the state. Later large groups of Scotch Irish came from Pennsylvania.  Most of them settled in the western section of the state. By the year 1760, there were approximately 15,000 German immigrants in Forsyth and Guilford counties.

Will Book II, 1750-1880

page 47 Wiliam Gurley - probated Oct. session, 1804, wife, Milinder. Sons: James, Willis and William Gurley. Daughters: Eldest Elizabeth Austin, Jean Pool, Sarah Lauhorn (land adj. John Lauhorn), Dorcas and Ferabee. A calf to Charloty Austin and mentions Jaen Pool's three sons - Alexander, William and Nathan Pool. Executors: Willis Gurley and Leonard Musselwhite.  Wit: Richard Austin & William Gurley.

page 49 Jacob Gurley - June 19, 1820, sons: Josiah, Daniel, Nedham, Jesse, William, David and Benjamin Gurley.  Daughters: Susanna Gurley and Unity Whitley.  Grandson Joseph Gurley. Executor: Jesse & William Gurley.  Wit; Richard Austin & Willis Gurley.

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DenBoer, Gordon. North Carolina: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, nd.

Chronology of Anson County

17 Mar 1749/1750 - Anson created from Bladen - includes all of modern Union, Stanly, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland and portions of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph and Robeson

Research Log - Residence Chart

Mom shared this Pedigree Chart with Movement with me yesterday and I've been working to create one for my lines in Excel. 

I ended up splitting it into four charts that cover up to 8 generations which gets me back to the immigrant ancestor and they are huge! Or when resized, so small you can't read them.  Yes, I am technologically challenged!

So here is my attempt at a simpler representation of the Lathrop line.  The "first" residence in the line is the last place the person lived.  

Gen 1- (me) - Kentucky - North Carolina - Kansas - Missouri - Illinois 
Gen. 2 to Gen. 4 Illinois -> Wayne Co. - Lawrence Co. 
Gen. 5 & 6- Illinois - Indiana - Vermont 
Gen. 7 - Canada - Vermont 
Gen. 8 & 9  Connecticut 
Gen. 9 - Connecticut - Massachusetts 
Gen. 9 - Massachusetts 

Ahnentafel #296 & #302- Richard Beasley

Richard Beasley

Born: ca. 1735, St. Ann's Parish, Essex or Caroline County, Virginia
Died: 1804 Francisco, North Carolina

Buried: Beasley Family Graveyard, Francisco, North Carolina

Married: 1754 Martha Cook in Caroline Co., Virginia

Occupation: farmer

Records:

1764 - August 9 - Caroline Co., VA - Andrew Anderson vs. Richard Beasley for trespass, Richard confessed and paid 3 pounds, 19 shillings, 93 farthings.

1765 - Lower Drysdale Parish, Caroline Co., VA - Richard worked road construction