Small Notebook - Magazine of Virignia Genealogy, Part 3

Chiarello, Susan. "Hanover County 1763 Quit Rent Roll," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2011, p. 5+. [[Peter Lyons?], Samuel Gist, Hanover County, Virginia, 1763 Rent roll, Folder G.II, British Public Record Office Class A.O. 13/30, Loyalist Claims, Series II-Virginia, British Public Claims, Colonial Records Project, Reel 252, LVA, Richmond.]

Page 5 - . . . Samuel Gist left a considerable estate when he returned to Great Britain during the War. For decades following the war, he petitioned he government for restoration of his considerable fortune. This list was one item found among his many papers. 

Quit rents are fees paid by Virginia landowners to the King of England or to Lord Fairfax if the land fell within his proprietary. Extant quit rent rolls are rare in Virginia, especially outside the Fairfax Proprietary. This roll is among the last of such rolls, since few were collected after 1763 when the Stamp Act was enacted.  For those researching in colonial Hanover or even post Revolutionary War, it might be wise to at least check the papers in Gist's claim for possible memorials from Hanover residents. 

There are several inconsistencies. At the beginning of the roll the unnamed sheriff states that the roll is for 1760; however, there is a column for 1763 which appears to be the year that these quit rents were collected. Also, next to some individuals names are years with acreage next to the years. This appears to be the last year that the quit rents were collected for that person and the

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

Notebook - Virginia #7, Part 3

Kegley, F.B. Kegley's Virginia Frontier, Roanoke, VA: Southwest Virginia Historical Society, 1938.

Early Adventurers on the Roanoke 1740-1760 & the Land They Occupied

May 2, 1745, the first deed conveys from John Buchanan, yeoman to David Cloyd yeoman, from Newcastle County, Pennsylvania, 400 acres, all that tract lying and being in Orange County called Augusta on the west side of the Blue Ridge west of the James River on the head of a branch of Goose Creek. - Orange County Deed Book 10, p. 33

From these early grants we learn that the main river of Roanoke was called Goose Creek, that its north branch now called Tinker Creek was called Buffalo Creek with its lower part designated Smith's Creek, and the south branch of Roanoke as later, called the South Fork of Roanoke. From later land records we learn that Captain George Robinson started the community by settling on a small tract of land, 191 acres, on a branch of Buffalo Creek where William Preston afterward established his home called Greenfield, adjoining the tract at the head of this branch which John Buchanan sold to David Cloyd. The Cloyd land and home place afterwards become the Withrow-Mitchell and Firebaugh place, and the upper part of the branch was called Turkey-cock Creek. 

John Cloyd - In November, 1759, the property of John Cloyd, deceased, was appraised by Edward, Joseph and Bryan McDonald. David Cloyd was appointed guardian for the orphans, John and Mary Cloyd, and the administrator of John's estate. He report of the settlement made in November, 1764,

Notebook - Virginia #7, Part 2

Colonial Wedding in Philly . . . you get the idea

Wulfeck, Dorothy. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Volume I, Surnames A-H, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., nd

Wulfeck, Dorothy. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, Volume II, Surnames I-Z, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., nd

Many of these entries have no location or date. There is a code system which probably refers to a source list that I did not copy. 

• Breeden, Polly md. William Breeden
• Breeden, Seeles md. Thomas Draper - grandparents
• Bushrod, Ann md. Coll. Griffin³ Fauntlerory, not sure what the 3 means
• Bushrod, Aphia (Apphia) md. Col. William³ Fauntleroy
• Bushrod, Aphia (Apphia) (--?--) m. 2) Dr. Henry Whiting
• Bushrod, Hannah md. Col. Vincent Branham, 1st wife
• Bushrod, Hannah md. John Augustine Washington
• Bushrod, John b. 30 Jan. 1663 Gloucester Co.; d. 25 Feb. 1719, tombstone in Westmoreland Co.; son of Richard & Apphia (--?--) md. Hannah Keene, dau. of William & Elizabeth (Rogers) Keene of Northumberland Co. 1V333; 1W(1)91; 7W(1)96; 8W(1)45-6.

Notebook - Virginia #7 - Part 1

Bell, Landon. Charles Parish York County, Virginia History & Registers Births 1648-1789 Deaths 1665-1787, Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library Board, 1932.  Available on Ancestry.

• Morgan, Charles son of William by Ann b. Sep. 25, 1710
• Morgan, Elinor dau. of Thomas by Elinor b. Aug. 24, 1690
• Morgan, Gerrard son of Humphrey & Anne b. Dec. 15, 1762, bapt. Jan. 15, 1763.
• Morgan, John son of William by Ann b. May 24, 1714
• Morgan, Martha dau. of Humphrey & Anne, b. Oct. 15, bapt. Nov. 18, 1764
• Morgan, Mary dau. of John by Ann b. Dec. 8, 1734
• Morgan, Roger son of Thomas by Elinor b. Aug. 2, 1688
• Morgan, Samuel son of Simon by Elizabeth bapt. April 30 [1703] Denbeigh Parish
• Morgan, Sarah dau. of Thomas by Elinor b. March 10, 1684
• Morgan, Thomas son of Thomas by Elinor b. Jan. 1, 1679
• Morgan, Thomas son of John by Ann b. Oct. 25, bapt. Nov. 26, 1732
• Morgan, William son of Thomas by Elizabeth b. Nov. 17, 1677
• Morgan, William son of William by Alice b. July 12, 1690

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First Marriage Record of Augusta County Virginia, 1785-1813, Augusta Co., VA: Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, DAR, 1992. - available on Ancestry.

• Aug. 18, 1785 Samuel Blackburn to Ann Mathews - Rev. Archibald Scott

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

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 - 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 #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 - Kentucky No. 4, Part 4

Browning, D.P. Lewisburg-Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, no imprint, 4/1922

Rev. John Sutton's wife was Ruth Stout, gdau. of Col. Joseph Stout, son of Jonathan Stout, son of Richard & Penelope Stout, first English settler in New Jersey. Jonathan constituted Hopewell Baptist Church, Hopewell, New Jersey. An old progenitor, William Sutton, a Quaker came to America ca. 1836. Ruth Stout was also a descendant of Capt. Jas. Bolen from Hingham, England and first Secretary of Providence, New Jersey.

The Duncans, Brownings & Mauzys came from Culpepper, Virginia. Some of them had been married in Culpepper by Lewis Conneran honored Baptist Preacher and a worthy soldier, who fought alongside their fathers in the American Revolution. 

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Gary, Cordelia. Marriage Records 1797-1850 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Christian County Genealogy Society, 1997.

• Galbraith, Daniel & Mary Galbraith lic. Feb. 28, 1814, md. Mar. 3, 1814 by Ben H. Reeves
• Galbraith, Catherine & Gilbert McMillen lic: Dec. 27, 1813 

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4 Part 3

Cook, Michael & Bettie Cook. Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books A-G, Vol. 1, Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, 1985.

Indenture Dec. 5, 1796, Henry Banks of the city of Richmond, VA to John W. Hunt of Fayette Co., KY; whereas Henry Banks appointed Cuthbert Banks on November 10, 1795 as his attorney in fact (recorded Kentucky Court of Appeals May 14, 1796) to sell and dispose of his lands in Kentucky, now this Indenture witnesses that the said Henry Banks by Cuthbert Banks his attorney in fact, for $2000, conveys to John W. Hunt an undivided moiety of a tract of 2,784 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Bullskin Creek adjoining a 1,000 acre survey

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4, Part 2

Gary, Cordelia. Abstracts of Will Books 1797-1900 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Gray, nd

Will Book C, p. 331 - James Wilson, Will Aug. 9, 1820, probate Sep. 4, 1820, Heirs: widow Rachel, children: William, James, young, John, Winifred, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Eliza. executors: son James, nephews William & Matthew Wilson. Wit: Henry Myers, Zephiniah Lacy, William Barnes

Will Book H, p. 276 - Capt. Thomas Hopkins, verbal statement Oct. 6, 1834, died Oct. 9, 1834, heirs: children John, Benjamin, Anna Jane & Rufus C., widow Sarah. Servants to be set free and sent to Liberia. Wit: Sarah Hopkins, John Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, W.I. Dinwiffie, A. Webber, Anna Jane & Rufus C. Hopkins

Will Book H, p. 344 - Ruth Hopkins, will Aug. 7, 1833, probated Jan. 5, 1835, Executor: brother Thomas, heir: sister Ann Rice, widow of James, land in Virginia left by father John Hopkins, Wit: Edw. Morris, Joseph Williams, John McCarroll

Will Book L, p. 446 - John Galbreath, division of estate April 26, 1843. Heirs:

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 #4, Part 2

Prince William County, Virginia

Adams, Lela, comp. Marriages of Patrick County, Virginia, 1791-1850, Bassett, VA: Adams, 1972

• 1 May 1802 James Dove & Avice Davidson, Surety Richard Davidson
• 1 Sep 1803 Richard Dove & Elisabeth Taylor, Surety Daniel Martindale

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Dorman, John. Essex County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 13 1707-1711, Washington, DC: Dorman, 1963.

4 April 1706. John Morgan received payment from an estate

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Dorman, John, comp. Essex County, Virginia Records 1706-1707; 1717-1719 Washington, DC: Dorman, 1963.

20 Jan. 1717/18. John Taliaferro of St. Mary's Parish, Essex County, to John Taliaferro Junr. son to the aforesaid John, of same. For natural love and affection. Two plantations with 1000 acres on the upper side of Snow Creek in the forke thereof which was formerly given to me by my brother Fra[ncis] Taliaferro late of said parish by deed of gift. Jno. Taliaferro. Wit: Robt. Parker, Jno. Ellitts. 21 Jan. 1717/18 Acknowledged by John Taliaferro

16 Jan. 1717/18 Samuel Ward of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, planter to John

Notebook - Kentucky #3 Part 2

Doss, Brenda. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Circuit Court Orders Book One, 1803-1807, Greenville, KY: Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society, nd.

March Term 1804 - Ambrose Maulding elected to jury, tried and sworn in case Commonwealth vs. Roland Harris & Samuel Worthington

March Term 1804 - Ambrose Maulding, Charles Morgan, John Cornwell elected, tried and sworn in case Thomas Walke vs. Stephen Boren

March Term 1804 - John Mcfarlin, Plff. vs. John Cornwell, Deft. In Covenent. This day came the parties aforesaid by their attornies and the Defendant by the consent of the Plaintiff says he cannot gain say the Plaintiffs action against him for Three hundred and twenty dollars current money besides his costs. It is therefore considered by the Court that the Plaintiff recover against the said Defendant the three hundred and twenty dollars aforesaid confessed aforesaid and also his costs by him about his suit in this behalf expended and the said Defendant in Mercy &c.

March Term 1804 - Charles Morgan, John Cornwell elected to jury, tried and sworn in case George Adams vs. Benjamin Garris

June 25, 1804 - Armstead Morehead sworn to Grand Jury for the body of this Circuit, who after having received their charge retired from the barr to consult &c. and after some time spent therein returned into Court & found the following presentments . . .

Notebook - Kentucky #3 Part 1

Hammers, Marian. Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. I, Madisonville, KY: Hammers, 1976

Map showing cemetery locations

Gish Cemetery

• Jerry Morehead 1949-1962
• Annie S. Morehead 1900-1967
• Hubert Morehead 1900-blank

Shaver Cemetery

• Nannie Lizzie dau. of J.T. & Hannah Morehead 7/3/1879 - 3/19/1880
• Charles N. Morehead 1869-1942
• Maggie E. Morehead 1876-1960

Bethel Church Cemetery

• Bob Durall 9/17/1871 - 5/10/1952
• Florence Durall 8/11/1876 - blank
• J.N. Durall 1844-1912
• A.J. Durall his wife 1846-1915
• Mitchell Durall Co. F 35th Kentucky Inf. no dates
• J.W. Durall Co. H 11th Kentucky Inf no dates

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 2, Part 2

Bean, Theodore. History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884.  missing pages 133-138.

Among the various nationalities that settled Montgomery County the German was an important one, and their descendants at this day within its limits are the most numerous. In less than a year after the landing of William Penn a colony of Germans, chiefly from Creisheim and Creyfelt, arrived in October, 1683, and shortly afterwards founded the village of Germantown. The Proprietary had been among them in their native land, and encouraged them to come. Here liberty of conscience had now been proclaimed, and an exemption from tithes, though neither was tolerated in Great Britain, or even to a very limited extent along the valley of the Rhine where also were the frontier lines of powerful France, and the frequent wars of Germany, the results of which combined were all powerful incentives to emigration to those more peaceably and liberally disposed. To facilitate this a company was organized at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and numerous pamphlets circulated throughout Germany in the language of its people, setting forth the peculiar advantages of the distant colony. Hence it need not be a wonder that the weaker of the persecuted sects were disposed to come first, for not matter however strong the attachments of nativity, the Fatherland presented from their experience in the past no bright or sanguine future. The doctrines of the

Notebook - Virginia #2, Part III

Fothergill, Augusta & John Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966.

The 1790 census records for some Virgina counties were destroyed during the War of 1812.

My [Augusta Fothergill] effort has been to make use of the first personal property tax lists for those counties then extant in order to supply this deficiency.  The lists are not absolutely conclusive since some men did not pay taxes if they were indigent, exempt for physical disabilities or if they held certain political or military offices.  However, in some instances we find taht some of the latter paid on some of their personalty.

Ordinarily it would have seemed wiser to have published the tax payers as they occurred in the original lists but in all but ten of the counties they have already been letter grouped by the enumerators so that any value as to neighbors has been destroyed.

Fayette and Lincoln Counties of the present Kentucky have been included, then being in Virginia, but the lists for Jefferson County having been removed to Kentucky could not be included as I am only using those lists in our [Virginia] state archives.

Notebook - Virginia #2, Part II

Joyner, Peggy. Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpeper, Prince William, Fauquier & Stafford Countyies, 1710-1780, Vol. III, Portsmouth, VA: Joyner, 1985.

1721 - Spotsylvania County created from Essex and parts of King & Queen and King William

1731 - Prince William County created from the northwest portions of Stafford & King George

1733 - Privy Council ordered a commission to determine the actual boundaries set forth in the 1688 charter. Josiah Dickinson in The Fairfax Proprietary explained:

The findings of the commissioners confirmed Lord Fairfax's claim to the land in the fork of Rappahannock, now Culpeper, Madison and Rappahannock counties, and to the land lying between the head spring of the Rapidan and the head spring of the Potomac Rivers.  In other words, it would be better understood to say that the entire boundary was from the mouth of Rappahannock River to the head spring of the Rapidan branch, at the top of the Blue Ridge between Madison and Green Counties, thence a straight line seventy-six and one-half miles to the head spring of Potomac Rier, now the Southwest corner of Maryland, and thence down the Potomac River to the Chesapeake Bay and with the Bay to the beginning.

1734 - Orange County created by the General Assembly, becoming effective January 1, 1735.

1738 - Orange County citizens living west of the Blue Ridge petitioned for county.

1743 - Frederick County formed and first court held.

1745 - Augusta County formed and first court held.

Notebook - Virginia #2, Part 1

Crozier, William. Virginia County Records, Vol. I Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1971

Robertson, Robinson, Maulding, Shepard, Breeden, Beazley, Jones, Minor, Taylor, Taliaferro, Morgan

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Heavener, Ulysses. German New River Settlement: Virginia, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976.

The First Settlement Beyond the Alleghanies - The caption that furnishes the subject for the first chapter of this narration, as above, is not original with the writer, but has been used by other writers and historians as referring to "Draper Meadows" settlement, as well as to be used in reference to the whole settlement of southwest Virginia; but more especially the "Middle New River Settlements."  The purpose of the writer is to give the subject a restricted sense. Not in the spirit of controversy or antagonism, but merely to arrive at conclusion, based upon indubitable facts the writer is put to the necessity of showing that the "German New River Settlement," centering in and around the "Horse shoe bottoms" of New River and the mouths of [Tom's] and Stroubles Creeks and extending from this center has priority claims over "Drapers Meadows" by several years.