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The Blackwater Saltworks

Filed Under : Family Stories by Jeff Roberts

May.12,2013

One of the reasons that my ancestors settled in Blackwater, Virginia, was due to the salt lick located near where the Blackwater Post Office is/was located today. This attracted abundant game and provided a source for salt to preserve their meat.

I was searching for other references to it and was pleased to see that Wikipeida had linked to my web site as a source of information for the Blackwater salt lick. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lick.

Blackwater Lick Primitive Baptist Church, also known as “Big Door”, was named after the nearby salt lick when it was organized on September 27, 1847. This church is currently located on Route 604 directly across the street from the old Blackwater School. Here is a helpful website that gives some details: http://www.associationofprimitivebaptists.org/2002proceedings.html.

Here is another reference from the family line for Doswell Rogers at http://www.crossedbrushstudio.com/windowsintoourpast/Vol7/doswellrogers.htm.

Joseph Rogers had an agreement with old William Roberts whereby he acquired an equitable interest to 1/8^th to four tracts of land lying on Blackwater and including in one tract the same interest to the Blackwater saltworks. The legal Title to the last was still in William Roberts name at the time of Joseph Rogers death and the widow, Susannah Rogers who was then m. to James Walling was entitled to one third of one eight of the said land as her dower, Since she wanted to sell these lands the title had to be cleared.

In 1819 and in 1821 Susannah ( Rogers ) Wallen was trying to clear the Title to land in which she had interest as her Dower Right. The case eventually settles out of court for her Dower interest in the land. From what I have here, it appears that William Roberts (brother-in-law of Joseph Rogers ) sold her Dower and she then took it to court. A settlement was reached while the children were still under age.

Deed Book 5 – pages 5, 6, 7 Lee County, Virginia[xlvi]

Joseph Rogers had an agreement with old William Roberts [husband of Catherine Rogers , sister of Joseph] whereby he acquired an equitable interest to 1/8^th to four tracts of land lying on Blackwater and including in one tract the same interest to the Blackwater saltworks. The legal Title to the last was still in William Roberts name at the time of Joseph Rogers death and the widow, Susannah Rogers who was then m. to James Walling was entitled to one third of one eight of the said land as her dower, Since she wanted to sell these lands the title had to be cleared.

However, we find that her children take the case back to Court in 1842. All the parties in the suit are related to one another.

ROGERS LAWSUIT

Chancery Order Book 1 – 1832-1868 – page 90 – Lee County Virginia[xlvii]

At Rules held in the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery, for Lee County, on Monday the 7^th day of November 1842.

Henry Rogers , Edley H. Rogers , William M. Davis and Louisa his wife, formerly Louisa Rogers and Thomas Russell and Lucinda his wife , formerly Lucinda Rogers heirs at Law of Joseph Rogers , deceased.

Complaint against: James Roberts , William Roberts , Thomas Roberts , John Robert s , Jesse Roberts , Emanuel Roberts , George B. Roberts and Jesse Robinett and Susan his wife, heirs of William Roberts, deceased and Emanual Roberts , Elizabeth Roberts and Joseph Roberts , heirs at law of Joseph Roberts, deceased and George Rogers , Commodore Rogers , Mary Rogers and Joseph Rogers , heirs of Elizabeth Rogers , deceased. And Sally Lawson , Peggy Lawson , Susan Lawson and Catherine Lawson , heirs of Mary Lawson , deceased. Defendants

The defendants, James Roberts , William Roberts , George B. Roberts , George Rogers , Commodore Rogers , Mary Rogers , and Joseph Rogers , not having entered their appearance and give security according to the Act of Assembly and the Rules of this Court and it appearing from satisfactory evidence that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth, it is ordered that the Defendants do appear here on the first Monday in February next and answer the bill of the complaints and that a copy of this order be forwith inserted in some public newspaper published in this commonwealth for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Courthouse of this County.

Blackwater German Baptist Church of the Brethren

Filed Under : Family History,Family Stories,Local History by Jeff Roberts

I remember Dad telling me that my great-grandpa, Elbert Roberts, attended a German Baptist Church in Blackwater. The German Baptist were also known as “Dunkers” since they believed in completely immersing a person three times during baptism. They are commonly known as the Church of the Brethren today.

I have tried to find a location for this church in Blackwater, Virginia without success. However, I did find the following reference to it at a very information Church of the Brethren website, http://www.cob-net.org/antietam/dunkers.htm :

“Slavery

What did the Dunkers believe concerning slavery, at the official denominational level? Since the Dunkers or Brethren had migrated from Pennsylvania into a few southern States (Maryland, Virginia) with significant slave populations, the issue of slavery would inevitably confront them denominationally at their Annual Conference. The earliest record of an official mention was in their Annual Conference minutes for 1797, held at Blackwater, Virginia: “It was considered good, and also concluded unanimously, that no brother or sister should have negroes as slaves; and in case a brother or sister had such he or she was to set them free.” [1] This had the effect of barring members from Communion and even disfellowshipping those who persisted in retaining slaves. Again the issue was similarly reflected in the minutes of the 1713 Conference held at Coventry, Pennsylvania.”

This is interesting since my direct ancestors fought for the Union although they were Southerners.

Here is another information web site: http://www.nps.gov/anti/historyculture/who-were-the-dunkers.htm. Apparently, German Baptists played a big part in the battle of Sharpsburg.

German Baptists or Dunkers typically dressed similarly to the Amish and Mennonites. They could be easily identified by their beards with no mustaches. This reminds me of a story that Dad and Grandpa Baker told me when I was a kid. I’m not sure if it was based on a real story or just a joke, but here is how it goes:

A German Baptist was riding a train and noticed that the man sitting across from him kept staring at him. Finally, the man asked him, “Why do you wear your beard that way?”. The German Baptist replied that he was a Dunker. The man responded, “Well, I like to have a drink or two myself. But I still don’t understand why you wear your beard that way.”

I hope that I didn’t offend you. My Dad and Grandpa got tickled when they told that story.

If you have any more information on the German Baptist Church in Blackwater, I would love to hear it. I have found a possible former location on the Blackwater Creek. But I only have GPS coordinates for it.

The 2nd & 3rd ships to land at Plymouth Colony-The Anne & Little James

Filed Under : Family Stories by Jeff Roberts

Nov.15,2012

(Original URL: http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/anne_james16230710.html#Wallen)

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Anne & Little James

Arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts July 10, 1623

The ship Anne arrived the latter part of June, and the Little James a week or ten days later. A number of the passengers were the wives and children of persons already in the Colony. “The ship Anne arrived in Plymouth in July, 1623 accompanied by the Little James, bringing new settlers along with many of the wives and children that had been left behind in Leyden when the Mayflower departed in 1620.” Emigrant Ancestors, John Camden Hotten, 1874

“Built by the Plymouth Adventurers to remain at the Colony___ Burthen: 44 tons” William Peirce, Master Anne Emanuel Althan, Captain Little James John Bridges, Master Little James

Columns represent: Name, Occupation and notes, Last Residence, Place in New Colony they resided

    
 1  Anthony Annable                                     All Saints, Cambridge        Scituate 
 2  Jane Annable               wife
 3  Sarah Annable              daughter
 4  Hannah Annable             daughter listed only as 
                               daughters in Hotten's
 5  Edward Bangs               shipwright               Panfield, Essex              Eastham
 6  Lydia Bangs                wife - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
 7  Jonathan Bangs             son - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
 8  John Bangs                 son - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
 9  Robert Bartlett 
10  Fear Brewster              daughter of Elder Wm. 
                               Brewster 
11  Patience Brewster          daughter of Elder Wm. 
                               Brewster
12* William Bridges                                    London 
13  Mary Buckett               otherwise listed as 
                               Mary Becket
14* Edward Burchere
15* Mrs. Burchere
16  Thomas Clarke
17  Christopher Conant         grocer                   St. Lawrence, London also listed from Holland
18  Hester Cooke               wife of Francis
19  Jane Cooke                 daughter - not listed 
                               in Hotten's
20  Jacob Cooke                son - not listed in 
                               Hotten's
21  Hester Cooke               daughter - not listed 
                               in Hotten's
22  Anthony Dix 
23  John Faunce                                         Purleigh, Essex
24  Manasseh Faunce            Not in Planters
25  Elizabeth Flavell          wife of Thomas Flavell, 
                               who came in the ship 
                               Fortune listed as 
                               "Goodwife" in Hotten's 
26  Edmund Floode
27  Bridget Fuller             ? wife of Samuel Fuller, 
                               the physician on the ship 
                               Mayflower from Leyden
28  Godbert Godbertson         hatmaker                 Leyden - listed as Cuthbert Cuthbertson in Hotten's
29  Sarah Godbertson           wife - not in Hotten's
30  Samuel Godbertson          son -  not in Hotten's
31  Sarah Priest               step-daughter - not 
                               in Hotten's
32  Mary Priest                step-daughter - not 
                               in Hotten's 
33  Timothy Hatherly           feltmaker                St. Olaves, Southward
34  William Heard 
35  Margaret Hickes            wife of Robert Hickes, 
                               who came in the ship 
                               Fortune
36  Hickes children            Samuel and Lydia? - not 
                               listed in Planters
37  Mrs. William Hilton        wife - William had sent 
                               for them before his death 
38  Hilton two children        William and Mary ?
39  Edward Holman                                       Clapham, Co. Surrey?
40* John Jenney                Erected corn mill 1636   Norwich, Norfolk  
41* Sarah Jenney               wife                     Monk Soham, Suffolk
42* Samuel Jenney              son
43* Abigal Jenney              daughter
44* Sarah Jenney               daughter
45  Manasseh Kempton                                    Colchester, Essex
46  Robert Long 
47  Experience Mitchell                                 Duke's Place, London married Jane Cooke daughter of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower 
48* George Morton              b. abt 1580, England 
                               married 1612, Leyden, 
                               Holland to Juliana 
                               Carpenter, June 1624, 
                               Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass
                               merchant Harworth, Co. 
                               Notts - listed in Planters 
                               with wife but no children
49* Juliana Morton	       wife 
50* Nathaniel Morton           became Secretary of the 
                               Colony  
51* Morton 4 other children    John, Ephraim, Patience, 
                               Sarah ?
52  Thomas Morton, Jr.         son of Thomas who came 
                               in the ship Fortune 
53  Ellen Newton 
54  John Oldham
55  Mrs. Oldham                wife - Not in Hotten's
56  Lucretia Oldham            sister - Not in Hotten's 
57  Frances Palmer             wife of William Palmer 
                               who came in the ship 
                               Fortune
58  William Palmer Jr.         son  
59  Christian Penn             not listed in Planters
60  Abraham Pierce             not listed in Planters
61 & 62 Mr. Pierce's two servants. names not indicated
63  Joshua Pratt 
64  James Rand                                           St. George, Southwark
65  Robert Rattliffe           Ratcliff in Planters
66  Mrs. Rattliffe             wife - not listed in Planters
67  Nicholas Snow                                        Hoxton, Co. Middlesex        Eastham 
68  Alice Southworth           widow, later became the 
                               second wife of Governor 
                               Bradford
69  Thomas Southworth          son - not in Hotten's 
70  Francis Sprague                                                                   Duxbury
71  Anna Sprague               wife - not in Hotten's
72  Mercy Sprague              daughter - not in Hotten's
73  Barbara Standish           second wife of Captain 
                               Standish, married after 
                               her arrival 
74  Thomas Tilden                                        Stepney, London
75  Ann ? Tilden               wife - not in Hotten's
76  Tilden child               not in Hotten's
77  Stephen Tracy                                        Yarmouth, Norfolk
78  Tryphosa Tracy             not in Hotten's
79  Tracy child                not in Hotten's
80  Ralph Wallen
81  Joyce Wallen               wife - not in Hotten's
82  Elizabeth Warren           wife of Richard Warren of 
                               Mayflower - no Warren's 
                               on Hotten's list
83  Mary Warren                daughter
84  Elizabeth Warren           daughter
85  Anna Warren                daughter
86  Sarah Warren               daughter
87  Abigail Warren             daughter
 
Transcriber's Notes:
Patience Brewster - 9th gr. grandmother of transcriber
Daughter of William Brewster of Mayflower, wife of Governor
of Plymouth Colony, Thomas Prence.
*Passengers on Little James

Correspondence 11/22/99 passengers #80, 81 WALLEN and #35 HICKES
I am a descendent of Ralph and Joyce Wallen, passengers #80 & 81.  I know 
that they stayed in Plymouth after arriving and that they had a son, 
Thomas Walling before 1630.  I have Ralph's date of death between 
1633-1634 and Joyce's after 9-7-1643.

Thomas Wallen/Walling

Filed Under : Family Stories by Jeff Roberts

In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought that I would share this interesting post about one of my first ancestors in the United States.

(Original URL: http://batteygen.net/getperson.php?personID=I460&tree=1)

Name

Thomas Walling^[1,2,3,4]

Born

1625-1630 [5]

Died

19 Jul 1674

Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, America

[6]

Father

Ralph Wallen, b. Abt 1590, England,,

Mother

Joyce, b. Abt 1595, England,,

Spouse 1

Mary Abbott, b. 13 Dec 1629, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, America

Married

1651

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Children

>	1. Thomas Walling, b. 8 Feb 1667, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
	2. Gershom Walling
	3. Abigail Walling, b. 1677
>	4. James Walling, b. 8 Feb 1669, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, America

Spouse 2

Margaret White

Married

19 Jun 1669

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

[1]

Children

	1. William Walling, b. 20 May 1670
	2. John Walling, b. 20 May 1670
	3. Cornelius Walling, b. 25 Oct 1672

Notes	All of the information in the following account is from Saxbe (see source below). Saxbe provides many additional details and quotations. That Thomas Wallen/Walling was the son of Ralph and Joyce Wallen is somewhat speculative. Saxbe says this is the most likely parentage because Joyce Wallen lived in Barnstable when she remarried after Ralph died, Ralph and Joyce’s daughter Mary lived in Barnstable with her husbands (1) John Ewer and (2) John Jenkins, and no contradictory evidence has been found. Thomas Walling appears in the court records of Plymouth colony in 1650 because he and a few other men stole a boat in Winter Harbor (in present-day Maine) and sailed to Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, along with two women leaving their husbands. Saxbe quotes this record, but I copied it from Neuzil (see source). “The fourth of Aprell, 1650. Tho Wallen, Richard Carle, Gorg Way, Katheren Warner, and Mary Mills were apprehended at Barnstable, in the jurisdiction of New Plym; and on the eight day of Aprell, aforsaid, they being examined before William Bradford, gent, Gouer, Willam Collyar, and Willam Thomas, gent, Assistants, confessed yt they, the said Tho Wallen, Richard Carle, & Gorge Way did healpe away Katheren Warner & Mary Mills, who were run away from theire husbands; and for yt purpose yt Richard Carle aforsaid did steale his fathers boat, which they came away in; it was therefore ordered by the Gouer & Assistants aboue mensioned, taht the aforsaid Gorg Way, Katheren Warner, & Mary Mills should bee sent from constabel to constable to the place from whence they came, wh is a place called Winter Harbor, near Richmans Iland to the eastward; and yt Tho Wallen & Richard Carle aforsaid bee comitted to ward; all which accordingly was forthwith pformed.” Thomas received land August 24, 1650 in Providence Plantations. Then, a letter dated February 22, 1650/51 from Roger Williams to “the town fathers” expresses reservations about Thomas’ character and concern about his imminent marriage to Mary Abbot “one of the Orphanes of our dead friend Dan”. Thomas proved to be a solid citizen in Providence in the 1650s, holding various significant positions (which Saxbe enumerates). However, in 1662 Thomas had left Providence, Mary, and a child, and his land and property were seized for Mary’s sustenance. Thomas returned to Providence by October 1663, and he bought land in 1663, 1664, 1665, and 1666. In October 1664, Thomas was fined 40 shillings for fornication with a woman named Ann Smith. In October 1666, Thomas was found guilty of assault on Robert Colwell and paid a bond of 20 pounds, but he failed to appear in court and forfeited his bond. It turned out that he had run away with Colwell’s wife Margaret White, whom Colwell subsequently divorced. In April 1668, Thomas was a partner in Edward Inman’s purchase of 2000 acres of land from “the Indians” in the area that is now North Smithfield, Rhode Island. In May 1668, George Way (Gorg Way in the Plymouth court record above), and Thomas’ brother in law Daniel Abbott presented Thomas to the court of Providence for fornication with Margaret Colwell. He was sentenced to be “whipt with fifteene stripes in Newport, and a weeke after, the licke punishment in the Towne of providence and to pay Court Fees.” Mary Abbott died in early 1669, and Thomas married Margaret on June 19, 1669. Saxbe appends a short but juicy account of Margaret and her marriage to Daniel Abbott in 1678, four years after Thomas died on July 19 1674. Thomas’ will mentions Margaret, his four children with Mary Abbott, and his three children with Margaret. From Crane: “Thomas Walling (i), the immigrant ancestor of Nelson Walling, late of Millbury, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1630. He came to New England and made his home in the colony of Roger Williams at Providence. He was formally accepted as a townsman, July 28, 1651. He had been there for some months surely, because we find him mentioned in a letter dated January 22, 1651, as the lover of the girl he subsequently married. This letter was written by Roger Williams himself at Narragansett in the town of Providence. “I understand” he wrote ” that one of the orphans of our dead friend, Daniel Abbott, is likely (as she herself told me) to be disposed of in marriage. Tis true that she has now come to some years, but who knows not what need the poor maid hath of your fatherly care, counsel and direction. I would not disparage the young man (for I hear that he hath been laborious)” etc. He desires the town, however, to have some assurance that the young man “will forsake his former courses.” Whatever Williams meant by his courses is not told— probably some religious differences, from the fact that Walling evidently conformed later and was admitted a freeman in 1655. He became a man of prominence. As early as 1657 he was a commissioner and magistrate. In 1660 he was surveyor of highways in Providence. He sold a home share of land January 25, 1657, to Richard Pray, and he drew lot No. 72 in a division of land among the proprietors of Providence, February 19, 1665. He had a law suit with Thomas Olney, Jr., July 27, 1670. He died at Providence, Rhode Island, July 19, 1674. His will was dated July 19, 1674, and proved November 22, 1674, his wife Margaret being executor. He bequeathed his farm to his sons Thomas, John and William Walling; his house to William; other lands to sons James and Cornelius and remembered his daughter Abigail with a trifle. His widow, December 13, 1675, confirmed a deed of fifty acres of land sold by her late husband to Daniel Abbott. Mr. Walling married Mary Abbott, daughter of Daniel and Mary Abbott. Daniel was a friend of Roger Williams and Mary was the orphan mentioned in the letter quoted. Mr. Walling married (second), June 19, 1669, a few months after the death of his first wife, Margaret Colwell, daughter of Robert Colwell [This is apparently and error, as Robert is shown to be her husband in court documents, and she is named “Margaret White”], and . She married (second), December 25, 1678, Daniel Abbott. She died 1717. Children of Thomas and Mary Walling were : Thomas, married, 1695, Sarah Elwell and they had ten children; removed to Cohansey, New Jersey, but some of the family remained and descendants lived at Providence. Gershom, settled in Providence ; apprenticed very young to Nathaniel Mowry January 27, 1667. Abigail, died unmarried 1677. James, see forward. Children of Thomas and Margaret Walling were : William, born May 20, 1670. John, born May 20, 1670, died November II, 1694, unmarried : estate administered by his brother Thomas. Cornelius, born October 25, 1672.”

Sources

[S151] Thomas Walling and His Way with Women, William B. Saxbe Jr., (The American Genealogist, April, 1998, pp.91 – 100.)
[S152] Women in Plymouth Colony, 1633-1668, Anna Neuzil, Go to the Web Page
[S270] Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, Prepared under the Editorial Supervision of Ellery Bicknell Crane, (Vol. II New York, Chicago The Lewis Publishing Company 1907)
[S269] Cookie Crumbs, Gregory Cooke, (Go to the Web Page“>Go to the website)
[S63] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.
[S24] Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930 Rhode Island Vital Records. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000.

Sliding down the teaberry patch

Filed Under : Family Stories by Jeff Roberts

Sep.20,2010

My grandpa Claude Baker grew up along the Clinch River in Kyles Ford, Tennessee. Two of his best friends growing up were Dillard and Rufus Fisher. Being boys, they entertained themselves and tended to get into mischief together.

Teaberry plants

On one of the local ridges was a teaberry patch. The leaves were nice and slick, and the boys liked to slide down the ridge on them. One day, they were doing just that, when Rufus realized that he had to have a bowel movement. He yelled up at his brother Dillard to hold off on sliding down for a minute. He then took care of his business, covered it up with leaves, and yelled up at Dillard to come on down. Dillard slid down and right through Rufus’ little surprise. Rufus took off running as hard as he could, laughing all the way.

Grandpa found out what had happened and burst out laughing too. Especially when he saw Dillard walking down the road with a rock behind his back, yelling, “Come on back Rufus. I’m not mad. I’m not going to hurt you. Come on back.”

1782 Land Taxes Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Filed Under : Family History,Local History by Jeff Roberts

Sep.17,2010

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/1782LandTaxes.htm

Name Acres

Joseph Bayes 350

William Beel 100

William Griggory 60

Clement McDaniel 300

James Caldwell 300

John Watkins 100

Samuel Brooks 125

Henry Blanks 175

Abednigo Tunner 50 Thomas James 100

John Onern 100

John Bayes Senior 96

John Bayes Junior 50

Stephen Coleman 800

Richard Brown 1166

Martha Stewart 400

Isham Farmer 445

John Terrill 400

William Hughes 200

Charles Irby 350

William Claibrook 400

Mary Dudgean 400

Richard Bayne 1000

Thomas Shields 80

Joseph Leak 100

Benjamin Brawner 160

John Wimbish 2556

Beverley Barksdale 324

Robert Mann 300

William Walron 670

Rawley White 460

Ambrose Hailey 225

David Terry 516

James Gray 880

Catherine Walker 800

Martha Lacy 400

Elijah King 434

Benjamin Terry 1000

Amos Thompson 900

Floyd Tanner 372

Reubin White 538

John Shackleford 112

Ambrose Corbin 100

Rubin Payne 1173

William Wright 255

Mark Hardin 200

John Martin 320

Thomas Corbin 130

Joseph Mottley 1512

William Willis 400

Braxton Mabrie 306

Daniel White 259

Joseph Mooreland 250

Webb Kidd 200

Tucker Woodson 400

David Mottley 500

James Tanner 300

Jeremiah Ellington 830

John Yates 100

Joseph Terry 550

Joab Meadows 100

William Terry 200

Enoch Ward Ellington 200

William Ragsdale 270

Lucy Williams 510

Henry McDaniel 200

Lewis Williams 95

Roger Atkinson 5254

Mattox Mayes 480

Joseph Mayes 320

Stephen Terry 202

Colo. Robert Williams 3866

Thomas Stratton 138

John Fox 1100

Abraham Murray 400

Francis Wisdom 485

Mark Shelton 200

William Handey 200

Benjamin Handey 400

James Conway’s Orphans 300

George Handy Senior 60

George Handy Junior 238

Charles Lewis 260

John Lewis 160

Henry Terry Jr 200

Thomas Shaw 200

James Haggard 200

Henry Terry Senior 356

Charles McLaughlin 200

John Fitzgerald 400

James Henry 5600

Gardner Mayes 400

William Hamblin 400

Thomas Hill 400

Samuel Slate 100

Jacob Chainey 720

Joseph Chainey 100

John Creel 260

John Atkinson 150

Nathanial Hughes 100

Hugh Kelly 200

Joseph Terry Senior 150

William Herring 870

John H Hendrick 400

Mathew Tanner 400

John Prestage 400

George Grubbs 200

Thomas Shelton 190

William Shelton 200

Thomas Dodson Senior 280

Nathaniel Gardner 50

Lazarous Dodson 450

Thomas Madding 100

John Farguson 400

Thomas Dodson Jr 150

William Ingrium 400

Mary Hodnett 200

Robert Martin 270

Allen Adams 100

Spencer Shelton 370

Daniel Shelton 400

Crispin Shelton 1070

Gabriel Shelton 415

Abraham Shelton 1352

Charles Lanier Jr 200

Vincent Shelton 356

David Irby 370

Thomas Jones 1266

William Warmock 270

Jeremiah White 908

Elijah Walters 188

William Bennett 200

Creed Tanner 200

John Wilson 192

John Spencer 188

Roberts Walters Senior 722

Robert Walters (son of Robert) 165

William Runnalds 204

Luke Miller 157

Robert Clopton 100

Gidion Shelton 500

Joshua Owen 100

James Diverson 100

Samuel Morris 100

Heath Garner 150

Matt Anderson 130

George Dodson 250

David Dodson 219

Joshua Dodson 150

Moses Hanks 220

Ezekiel Chaney 100

James Watson 100

John Hall 500

John Bennett 180

Thomas Bennett 100

Alexander Lee 100

Joseph Flipping 629

Capt John Walters 200

Jonathan Hill 303

John Walters 200

Robert Walters (Son of Thomas) 200

Chechester Matthews 200

Thomas Walters Senior 775

Joseph Slayton 400

Peter Martin 150

Nimrod Scott 163

William Richardson 76

Daniel Slayton 400

Robert Martin 130

James McMunday 300

Rhoderick McDaniel 100

William Madding 140

Faunious Dodson 100

James Madding 176

James Adams 374

Jonathan Weldons’s Orphans 250

Rubin Watkin’s Orphans 180

Pleasant Shields 230

John Hall Senior 175

Nathaniel Murry 230

William Murray 175

John Scott 175

Jeremiah Stimpson 192

Euramus Stimson 122

Robert Stimpson 123

Daniel Everett 275

George Cook Jr 100

John Waller 710

James Hollaway 97

Absalum Hindrick 295

Joseph Echolls Jr 440

Samuel Prunett 392

Abraham Murick 304

John Stamps 194

Edward Burgass 270

Thomas Wynne 915

William Harrison 249

William Durrott 300

Gabriel Richards 250

Moses Ayres 360

Joshua Handy 314

William Owen 200

Thomas Ayres 161

Colo. John Lanier (Bind) 1140

Cap William Thomas 2649

William Combs 320

John Woody 1000

Benjamin Stratton 375

Charles Payne 62

John Worsham 666

Samuel Jones 200

George Lumkin Jr 150

Nathan Jones 200

Jacob Stillwell 200

Jacob Stillwell Jr 200

George Allen Davis 300

Sythe Gowning 400

William Parr 400

Martain Beard 200

William Travis 109

Charles Wynne 600

Robert Wynne 150

John Wynne 208

Thomas Fearn 375

Robert Payne 200

William Dix 500

John Dix 903

James Dix 200

William Dennison 350

Daniel Worsham 63

Thomas Wilkinson 151

John Haskins 190

John Wier 300

Bezaliel Wier 286

Thomas Pistol 150

Gabriel May 400

James Nelson 100

William Tweddle 200

Robert Glascock 400

William Wilkinson 621

Joseph Jackson 335

Thomas Burgas Jr 400

Orlando Smith 739

John Kirby 350

William Price 600

William Stratton 213

Charles Cates 400

Jacob Farris 320

Charles Lewis Senior 240

Henry Snider 250

Simon Rowland 300

John Bird 200

Henry Mitchell 383

Benjamin Fambrough 70

Edm’d Taylor 195

Martha Clark 200

Peter Irby 800

John Thurston 300

John Shelton 225

Thomas Davis 257

John Cates 200

William Paine 500

Thomas Paine 240

Richard Keezee 300

John Waller 100

Beverley Shelton 396

Armistead Shelton 2457

Mary Wade 200

James Wade 391

Peter Legrand 800

Cain Adams 175

John Adams Senior 513

John Adams Jr 175

John Parks 255

Colo. Robert Wooding 800

John Davis Jr 100

Stephen Yates 50

Nathan Adams 266

George Rowland 100

Thomas Harkins 100

Allen Burton 100

Thomas Doss 370

William Tucker 810

William Pace 800

Newsam Pace 162

John Pace 280

Morrice Hamblett’s Orphans 130

James Parham 265

Mary Buford 235

Moses Childners 90

Thomas Burgass Senr 740

Theophelus Carter 1860

James Lawless Jr 200

John Wright 134

William Cotterall 396

Henry Hardin Senr 520

Henry Hardin Jr 188

Burwell Vadin 388

Thomas Chambers 182

William Summers 307

Peter J Bailey 150

David Tanner 150

Joseph Rogers 596

Ambrose Nelson 136

Ann Fallin 200

William Lynch 2396

Alexander Murray 1000

Samuel Bynum 200

Philip Adams 200

Ignatius N Tennerson 200

Samuel Harris 4890

William Duncan 138

Larkin Dix 165

Robert Lumkin 366

Henry Mickleberry 200

Moses Freeman 100

John Gee 100

James Burton 500

James Burks 318

David Lay Senior 150

Daniel Ragsdale 400

Jacob Whitworth 50

James McDaniel 100

Jasper Billings 100

William Runnalds 200

Thomas Clay 1000

Charles Clay 1000

Charles Smith 1700

Elizabeth McDaniel 400

John May 200

John Asher 120

John Harness’s Orphans 100

Joseph Hamblin 300

John Mullins 100

Josiah Cook 130

John Cook 100

John Long 162

Jasper Tomberlain 290

Mathew Clay 1000

Nathan Asher 500

Priscilla Hall 200

Richard Elliott 162

Starling Cates 677

William Quinn 152

Eliazar Clay 770

William Connar 100

William Munday 50

Francis Rose 100

Richard Ardin 100

Redmond Fallin 75

John Southerland 1252

George Southerland 1763

Hames Gwinn 400

George Homes Gwinn 190

William Astin Senior 318

Peter Wilson 599

William Wilson 1000

Charles Williams 75

Edwin Hammonds 250

John Stone Senr 85

John Stone Jr 130

John Ware 350

William Shelton 278

Sylvester Adams 4450

Jonathan Church 404

Richardson Whiteby 300

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Rich’d Gwin 730

Thomas Smith 2287

John Smith 4048

Hezekiah Smith 930

John McMillion 65

Thomas Drake 90

John Fulton 1140

John Vandegrief 400

Moses Vincent 150

Robert Cullum 100

James Fulton 890

Barnett McCullock 300

James Boaze 734

William Vincent 575

Shadrick Boaz 180

Thomas Boaz 3377

Robert Wooding 240

Edward Atkins 700

Moses Johnson 130

William Roberson 562

Thomas Roberson 470

William Astin 700

James Craine 312

John Poyner 480

William Rickett 185

Henry Cornwell 250

Jesse Carter 1300

John Chattin 492

Zachariah Waller 200

Henry Hall 100

William Jones 400

Phillmon Payne 170

William Parks 170

Edmund Payne 244

William Davis 700

Richard Farthing 300

Joseph Midkiff 296

William Hames 400

Moses Hurt 400

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Joseph Roberts 464

Benjamin Shelton 570

Joel Shelton 200

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Jesse Hodges 380

John Ballinger 950

Edward Burton 245

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William Chick 400

Thomas East 342

John Pemberton 250

John H Patrick 800

Wm Luck 500

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John Craddock 390

James Mitchell 400

Benj. Lankford 400

James Buckley 700

James George 597

William Alford 170

Charles Lynch Adams 500

George Allen 350

Edward Munford 400

John Barrott Jr 50

James Bruice 190

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Thomas Collins 633

John Clements 533

Rich’d Chick 300

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Pleasant Thurman 300

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John Doss 135

Thomas Davis 410

James Dejarnett 100

Joseph Echolls 400

Joshua Abston 292

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Joseph Harris Senr 300

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Benjamin Hendrick 100

Philip Perkins 150

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David Hunt 1204

Nathaniel Hunt 400

Francis Irby 409

John Johnson 300

Samuel Lattamore 185

Thomas Mustein 340

Daniel Morgan 299

Thomas Musteen 570

Blanks Moody 400

James Moore 212

Haynes Morgan 658

Jesse Pattey 223

Edward Pryor 150

Thomas Robinson 200

John Robinson 100

Joel Short 70

Joshua Short 39

Misheck Tanner 1166

Richard Thurman 550

Robert Templeton 100

William Vaughan 300

John Vaughan 392

Thomas Vaughan Jr 396

Thomas Vaughan Senr 170

Odediah Hendrick 400

George Wilcox 168

Owen West 700

Absalum Ramey 170

Nathan Glenn 307

Benjamin Clements Exor 375

Capt. Isaac Clements 746

Thomas Carlton 370

John Short 186

Elizabeth Holden 50

Burwell Vadin 360

Thomas Adams 300

Robert Adams 400

Joseph Prunitt 50

Moses Hutchings 350

Ann Thompson 737

James Burks 218

Basdale Nelson 100

Christopher Hutchings 1022

Samuel Dillard 510

Elijah Parkham 267

Charles Clay 1300

Daniel Ragsdale 600

Joseph Richards 150

Jonas Lawson 600

Leonard Tunstall 700

Sylvanus Stokes 1537

George Hamblin 650

Edward Ware 490

Aaron Hutchings 540

Hezekiah Pigg 1800

Joshua Cantrill 987

Jesse Robinson 1941

James Bleakley 500

James Magabee 200

Jacob Isaac 300

Henry Rollins 410

Jonathan Thomas 250

Samuel Shields 775

James Garner 585

John Bowin 400

William Shields 473

Matthew Sparkes 796

James Young 150

John Harris 100

John Young 120

Shadrick Turner 200

Joseph Shields 651

Gilbert Burnett 96

James Denton 142

John Beggarley 100

Elizabeth Cunningham 100

Henry Burnett 261

Thomas Shields 70

Thomas Cunningham 157

John Shields 150

William Beck 600

Benjamin Crawley 488

Spencer Runnalds 200

Rich’d Tanner 150

John Cox 109

James Cox 437

Zachariah Sneed 150

James Burnett 400

Jacob Riger 210

Joseph Cunningham 916

Shadrack Scare 100

William Booker 100

John Gammon 409

Benjamin White 200

Edward Legg 60

John Owens 308

William Owens 100

Thomas Finley 113

Rich’d Gibson 100

Jiles Gibson 100

Richard Lay 100

Robert Payne 560

James Lyle 96

Thomas Duncan 200

Hal. Dixon 1200

John McLane 300

Samuel Bynum 200

William Barton 300

William Duncan 170

Robert Clements 300

William Thaxton 640

Elizabeth Yates 130

John Yates 270

William Harrison 1644

Nicholas Perkins 927

Constant Perkins 2598

Hardin Perkins 370

William Wodley 246

Jonathan Church 700

Nehemiah Trayham 236

Nathaniel McGufford 200

Robert Crockett 300

Nathan Watson 650

John Norton 140

William Sutton 375

Thomas Sparks 350

Thomas Hill 786

John Still 662

Jacob Norton 300

Nehemiah Norton 300

William Watson 366

Edward Givins 700

George Davis 180

John Davis 192

William Davis 350

George Conn 150

William Mitchell 150

Ignatious Wilson 164

Presley Thornton 150

Elizabeth Conely 40

Zadock Barnett 100

John Brown 134

Joseph Minter 190

Edward Cahall 217

Edward Warren 250

John Briscoe 250

Charles Oakes 221

Miss Clay & Company 4000

James Oakes 221

Joseph Conn 1337

Philip Jenkins 100

Butter Stone Street 150

Ellender Norton 100

William Oakes 75

Samuel Lewis 300

Samuel/Lemuel Smith 632

Daniel Dodson 700

Philip Perkins 300

Thomas Hampton 495

David Harris 100

William Southerland 100

Thomas Stephens 100

Isham Lansford 100

David Stephens 100

Henry Lansford 250

Joseph Harris 200

George Fuller Harris 200

David Scales 300

Mathew Nance 200

Sarah Watkins 223

Robert Bullington 400

Giles Nance 800

Minen Smith 112

William Mitchell 160

Zachariah Grooms 100

James King 200

George Young 200

Capt. Joseph Morton 1053

John Govin 400

John Pigg 900

Benjamin Burnett 440

Thomas Price 400

Rich’d Chamberlan’s Orphans 400

Pyrant Easley 205

Samuel Davis 150

William Short 800

George Prosize 100

Nathaniel Thacker 190

Joseph Thacker 60

George Miers 200

Thomas Wade 200

Thomas Hardy 700

Joshua Welch 230

David Weatherford 100

Wm Hardy’s Orphans 500

Charles Wright 100

Wyth Allen 180

Roger Atkinson 800

William Easley 715

William Parsons 50

Joseph Parsons 120

George Parsons 270

Samuel Parsons 50

William Moore 100

John Medkiff 400

Richard Pigg 40

Majar Willis 200

Major James Johnson 150

Thomas Armstead 1600

Edmund Hodges 750

John Hodges 137

Thomas Hodges 260

George Dyer 50

Abraham Allen 240

Watson Hindy 376

Joel Atkins 110

William Atkins 100

Nathanial Atkins 100

James Atkins 50

Joseph Hundley 250

Luther Hopper 300

John Martin 100

Elizabeth Mayes 50

Richard Atkins 100

William Prosize 300

William Lucas 100

Walter Lamb 800

Jesse Duncan 100

Epapa White 588

John Emmerson 400

Rich’d Prewitt 150

William Pigg 360

Robert Duncan 297

Samuel Emmerson 390

William Devin 731

William Leak’s Orphans 400

William Devin Jr 200

James Biggers 100

John White 349

John Biswell 800

Joseph Austin 702

John Morton 1885

Daniel Johnson 200

Joseph Ballinger 305

Martin Webb 200

Samuel Mosley 100

Arthur Nash 234

Daniel Hankins 7167

Jacob Cooley 270

Joseph Alsup 200

Thomas Johns 555

Thomas Searenton 740

John Stocktone 1546

Jacob Cleaverland 200

Arthur Fuller 105

Zachariah Fallin 200

John Warren 250

Benjamin Benie 500

John Peancey 100

Peter Fields Jefferson 1100

George Jefferson’s Estate 1561

William Matthews 200

John Wooton 130

Wm/Mr Hamblin 320

Abraham Aaron 220

James Brewer 1273

James Mitchell 200

Drury Oliver Estate 492

John Philpot 500

James Roberts 1386

William Roberts 546

Robert Onn 1000

Hugh Runnalds 65

Leonard Delosher 250

Benjamin Sampson 288

George Smith 894

William Nealley 50

Rebecca Mahan 250

Joseph Reynalds 260

Benjamin Duncan 100

Edward Jones 400

Samuel Martin 160

Thomas Read 200

John Ball 280

Samuel Calland 415

John Cheedle 280

James Dunough 400

John Cornwell 100

James Shockley 350

Elijah Watkins 500

Charlton Shockley 250

Harmon Cook 1052

Joseph Walker 100

John Watson 523

Simon Justice 220

William Wright 400

John Junley 302

Charles Rigney 200

William Wright 800

James King 130

John Swinney 100

Alexander Lackey 480

Colo. John Markham 1600

Robert Bruce 247

John Griggory 260

William Dunning 240

John George 1159

John Bailey 400

Samuel Hughes 633

James Lawless 611

John Dyer 333

Aaron McKenny 162

John Cleaver 250

Thomas Finny 260

Thomas Lackey 400

Joseph Maples 257

William Hopwood 400

George Murphy 238

William Goodman 582

Hugh Henry 400

James Taylor 271

William Bucknall 100

Samuel Crain 1200

Noton Dickinson 488

Jeremiah Worsham 338

Josiah Farguson 60

John Duncan 395

Thomas Watson Jr 466

Thomas Watson Senior 200

Humphrey Hendrick 700

John Pond 200

William Maples 163

William Griffith’s Estate 400

Frances More Petty 300

Killian Kreck 150

Thomas Black 498

Benjamin Leprad 430

Alexander Robinson 322

John Kirby 100

William Burdet 120

Robert Cowan 100

Sarah Davis 170

William Irving 150

Michael Gilbert 200

William Justice 266

Peyton Smith 612

Peter Finney 400

Henry Conway 1026

Lodowick Tuggle 600

George Peak 100

Joseph King 185

Thomas Ramey 200

William Young 1232

David Polley 673

William Sheilds 100

William Witcher 100

John Witcher 190

James Witcher 202

William Parker 50

Jeremiah Ward 431

Peyton Wade 50

Daniel Lovell 500

Richard Bennet 256

Thomas Bennett 75

Booker Smith 150

Jesse Keezee 250

James Kann 450

George Herndon 250

David Ross 6792

James Mitchell 546

William Mitchell 400

Bryant Ward Nowling 318

David Dalton 126

Robert Dalton 85

William Thompson 450

John Hensley 100

Abraham Goad 180

George Phillips 150

James Dalton 100

Benjamin Tarrant 645

John Dalton 270

William Bennet 275

Reubin Bennet 274

John Lawson 290

William Ward 1626

John Collin 300

John Wheeler 300

Richard Walden 1030

William Baber 224

Charles Callaway 500

Ralph Smith 898

John Talbot 570

William Smith 150

Nathan Thurman 700

Littleberry Patterson 400

Thomas Tunstall 1142

John Ward 1388

Thomas Barnett 100

Preston Gilbert 250

Thos Tunstall from Rich’d Brown 96

Jeremiah Keesee 450

Sarah Vaughan 149

Roger Atkinson 13000

Jonathan Phillips 400

Nottley Wheate 100

Charles Goad 200

Pattience Dalton 200

Gidion Shelton 170

James Downey 400

Edward Hampton 200

Arthur Keezee 200

Jesse Evins 160

Benjamin Shelton Jr 200

John Williams 200

John Doss 200

William McDuel 200

Jacob Barryer 240

Daniel Bates 200

Ambrose Hunt 120

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James Andrews 300

William Allin Senr 190

William Betterton 434

Henry Brown 210

Major Childres 200

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John Kelly 50

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John Ward Jr 913

Joseph Cook 400

William Vason 300

Joseph West Senior 350

James Magbee 100

William Todd 600

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