The 1750 Bird Family IT'S ABOUT TIME Vol. 4
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH NOTES RECORDED WHILE RESEARCHING THE PATERNAL ANCESTORS, DESCENDANTS, AND COLLATERAL LINES, OF DAVID WILLIAM BIRD (1901- ) Including the families of BIRD, BYRD, BIRT, BORDT, CALLAHAN, CURRY, DIEFENBACH, DYER, HULL, HOHL, KEISTER, KIESTER, RIDER, RYDER, RADER, READER, STEUART, STEWART, USHER, WENDEROTH, WINTEROTT
Compiled by: BILL DECOURSEY 1735 - 19th Terrace NW New Brighton, MN 55112 (612)-633-5759
1750 - The first Negro slave known to be in the vicinity of
present Highland County, Virginia was a girl or young
woman purchased for Ann Jane USHER by her guardian about
1750. It is very possible that this slave is the one whom
Mrs Loftus PULLIN (nee USHER) set free by her will in
1805. Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY,
VIRGINIA (1979), p.99, 211.
1750c. Andrew BIRD, Sr. died about 1750 at Smith Creek,
Shenandoah Co., VA. See LDS St. George Temple Record
#20325; DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN COLONIST LINEAGE BOOK ,
(1939).
1750 - Mrs. Betty Jean Clifford wrote in 1975 that a RIDER
family, German in origin, came into the Shenandoah Valley
from Penna. about 1750 under the spelling READER.
1750 - The records of Trinity Lutheran Church of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania show that "Peter Thomas HOHL, a
widower and a miller on the Susquehanna River, and
Susannah Margaretha DIFFENBACH, a single person, have been
published several Sundays, and are joined, in wedlock,
25th of November 1750." Shortly after this marriage,
Peter Thomas HULL, his bride, and his two sons by his
former marriage in Germany, Peter and Francis HULL, took
the trail toward Rockingham County, in the Valley of
Virginia. See Virkus ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY , v.1,p.565; Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.303-305; Wayland, John W.
THE GERMAN ELEMENT OF TH SHENANDOAH VALLEY (1907), p.55;
Smith, Elmer Lewis et.al., THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS OF
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY , pp.46-47; L.D.S. batch #7303909,
serial sheet #28; A ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS OF
THE INDIANA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION v.2,
p.171.
Peter Thomas and Susannah (DIEFFENBACH) HULL had
children: William HULL m. Rebecca BRADFORD; George HULL,
b. Oct. 1757, m. Hannah KEISTER; Mary Magdalene m. Abraham
BURNER; Phoebe Anastasia (1768-1815) m. John YEAGER; David
HULL; John HULL m. Jan HASTINGS; Catherine married Peter
ZICKAFOOSE; Eva C. married George YEAGER; Robert HULL;
Henry HULL m. (1st) Elizabeth KEISTER, m. (2nd) Elizabeth
HAWKINS; Ann Elizabeth m. James Augustine PATTERSON; and
Margaret m. Adam ARBOGAST. A ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY
ANCESTORS OF THE INDIANA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION v.2, p.171; D.A.R. #487582.
1750 - Thomas FITZHUGH and Sarah STUART were married, 19 June
1750, at Stafford Co., Virginia.
1750 - On 28 August 1750, Roger DYER, William DYER, William
STEVENSON, Matthew PATTON and John PATTON, who had
purchased portions of the 1850 acre tract patented to
Robert GREEN on 12 January 1746, "were added to the list
of tithables" in Augusta County, Virginia." This earliest
settlement in that section of the country on the south
branch of the Potomac was known as the "Dyer Settlement."
Sara G. Clark, "The Pattons, A Pioneer Family in
Kentucky," REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY , pp.131-151.
1750 - James STUART patented, in 1750, 300 acres on Stuart's
Creek. The land was sold by Robert STUART, in 1800, to
Richard MATHEWS, and by him, 1802, to Joseph KINCAID.
Oren F. Morton ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.32.
1751 - James STUART was constable in Augusta (later Bath)
County, Virginia in 1751. Oren F. Morton ANNALS OF BATH
COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.54.
1751 - David STEWART was Sheriff of Augusta Co., Virginia, 21
Nov 1751. He married in Wales the widow of John PAUL
(died 1745 in Scotland). David STUART, an adult, was
baptized by Mr. CRAIG, 21 Jan 1747. Col. David STEUART is
said to have lost his life by drowning in the Shenandoah
River. Waddell, ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA ,
pp.366-379,192.
1752 - Philemon BIRD of Middlesex and Richmond County, Va
died, 7 Jan 1752. He married Mary LEE, and had children,
John born, 4 Feb 1739, Joanna, Philemon 1745, Abner 1735,
Damarias 1737, Mary Anne, and Elizabeth. See WILLIAM AND
MARY QUARTERLY , v.7,p191 and V.13,p.131.
1752 - Charles STUART and Frances WASHINGTON were married, 23
February 1752, at Orange County, Virginia. Cecil D.
McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.17,
p.19.
1752 - Peter Thomas HULL and Susanna (DIEFFENBACH) HULL
settled on land bought from Christopher and Ludwig
FRANCISCO, on Cub's Run, Rockingham County, Virginia, on 2
July 1752. This land was part of the Jacob STOVER tracts.
Augusta County Deed Bk.3,pp.129-134; Deed Bk.4, p.406;
RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA , v.III, p.305.
The FRANCISCO family had located in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania with other Germans and Swiss as early as
1709, purchased land from Jacob STOVER in 1738, and later
settled in Bath Co., Virginia.
When Jacob STOVER died in 1740, his property was
disposed of to Jacob CASTLE, Ludowick FRANCISCO, John
BAUMGARDNER and others. (A Catharine DIEFFENBACH married
a BAUMGARTNER and moved to Staunton, Va.)
During the years 1751 and 1752, Jacob STOVER also sold
470 acres of land in Augusta County to Thomas LEWIS,
eldest son of the pioneer, John LEWIS, and brother to Gen.
Andrew and Col. Charles LEWIS. Christopher and Ludwig
FRANCISCUS sold land to Thomas LEWIS, Gabriel JONES, Peter
HULL, Nicholas TROUT, Patrick WILSON, Nicholas NULL,
Valentine PENCE and Maurice POUND. In Feb. 1751, Henry
FRANCISCUS bought of James WOOD, William RUSSELL, and
William GREEN, 310 ages of land on the north and south
forks of the south branch of the Potomac (near present
Moorefield, West Virginia).
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY , v.30,p.181; Smith,
Elmer Lewis et.al., THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS OF THE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY , pp.46-55,passim; John Walter Wayland,
THE GERMAN ELEMENT of the SHENANDOAH VALLEY of VIRGINIA
(1907 - reprinted 1978), pp.54-56.
1752 - Charles STUART and Susanna GRIGSBY were married, 9 Nov.
1752, at King George County, Virginia.
1752 - James STUART and Elizabeth IRBY were married, 29 Nov.
1752, at Brunswick Co., Virginia.
1753 - Part of the tract on the Shenandoah River, purchased by
Peter HULL in 1752, was delivered to Nicholas TROUT on 3
January 1753. Nicholas TROUT was a friend and neighbor of
Peter HULL. Not long after this land transaction between
HULL and TROUT, they were (as it is told) having a
friendly conversation, during which TROUT playfully pulled
a gun from HULL's hand, pulling the muzzle toward him.
According to witnesses and court records, the gun
accidentally discharged, instantly killing TROUT. An
inquest was held, and Peter HULL (an influential person in
the settlement) was found blameless. The gun was found
guilty. From the Original Petitions and Papers filed
in Augusta County Court - 1753 - 54, Part I , we find the
following:
"Inquisition on the body of Nicholas TROUT, 17 July
1753. - Jurors do say that the said Nicholas TROUT, in
simplicity, without malice, playing with Peter HULL and
seizing a gun in said HULL's hands and pulling its' muzzle
towards him 'she' accidentally went off without any act or
knowledge of the said HULL and discharged herself with a
ball and two great shots into ye breast of said TROUT, of
which he died immediately on ye spot, and quit ye gun
wherewith ye same was done was entirely in fault for not
keeping her bounds, but going off without force or
consent." In teste: Peter SCHOLL, Coroner; John
STEVENSON, Ledwick FRANCISCO, John MacMICHEL, James
BRUSTER, Thomas WATS, Thomas CRAWFORD, Patrick MILICAN,
John WILSON, Jacob HARMAN, Niclas NOLL,
Hennery DALY, Jacob NICHOLAS. - Augusta County, Virginia
Court Records, v.I, p.440.
1753 - "Prior to the year 1754, settlers had established
themselves on the South Fork of the Potomac (in present
Pendleton, Co., Virginia). The first settler (though not
permanent) on the river and in the county as well, was
Abraham BURNER, a trader who built a cabin post below
Brandywine across the river from the mouth of Hawse's
Run."
Note: Abraham BURNER, son of the pioneer settler,
married to Mary HULL (1760-1840), daughter of Peter Thomas
HULL.
A. D. Lough, "An account of the Indian Massacre at Fort
Seybert" (Franklin, Virginia Newspaper Article, ca.1920s).
1753 - Frederick KEISTER came from Germany to the South Fork
of the Potomac in Rockingham County, Va. (now Pendleton
Co., Va.) about 1753. Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.325-326,357,360.
1753 - Caspar WINTEROTH and his wife Margaretha WINTEROTT,
sold by deed, "Addition to Wolf Pit", 50 Acres and all
improvements, to John Philip STRIDER, on 7 June 1753.
Annapolis Hall of Records, LGD 1742-1745, pp.270-272;
Carpenter, Vern A., WENDEROTH FAMILIES (1987), p.6.
1753 - William EASTHAM and Frances BIRD were married, (bond)
23 June 1753, at Middlesex Co., Virginia. Cecil D.
McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.8,
p.9.
1753 - In 1753, Valentine SEVIER and his wife, Joanna, sold to
Andrew BIRD, 184 acres of land "Between Limestone Ridge
and Smiths Creek; corner Andrew BIRD's survey, Robert
MILSAP's survey," etc. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY
THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.144-146; Chalkey, v.III,
p.315.
1754 - A different family of BYRD's lived in the area of Bath
Co., VA contemporaneously with our John BIRD who married
Susanna WINTROW. This line of BYRD's may have came from
Cheshire, England. John BYRD, the pioneer, was perhaps
great-grandson to William BYRD, who came to Henrico, 1674
and grandson to the only brother of Col. William BYRD of
Westover (1674-1744), founder of Richmond, Virginia. See
Oren F. Morton's, HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ,
pp.354-355; Wright, Louis B. and Tinling, Marion, THE
GREAT AMERICAN GENTLEMAN (1963).
This other John BYRD purchased from Adam DICKENSON, in
1754, 215 acres of land on Jackson's River and an
adjoining tract of 317 acres to William DEAN. William
DEAN sold his tract, in 1765, to his brother, John DEAN.
John BYRD was constable at Augusta (later Bath) County,
Virginia in 1755.
Col. John DICKENSON (1731-1799), married, ca.1758, to
Martha USHER, daughter of Edward and --?-- (PERRY) USHER.
John DICKENSON was the only son of Adam DICKENSON who, in
1754, sold tracts on the Jackson River to John BYRD and to
William DEAN.
According to Oren F. Morton, "John BYRD, a
brother-in-law to John and William DEAN, was killed by
Indians two years after his purchase on Jackson's River in
1754. Of the wife and six children who were carried away,
John, Jr., is the only one we know to have returned. The
family were trying to escape to Fort Dinwiddie. The son
became so Indianized that it was quite a while before he
could reconcile himself to the ways of his own people. He
was a favorite with the red men, and made at least one
attempt to go back to them. His wife was a HAMILTON.
There were seven children, but Andrew H. BIRD, whose wife
was Elizabeth CAPITO, was the only son to stay in Bath.
He was twice its sheriff. A sister, two years older than
John, Jr., remained with the Indians. Another sister was
Sarah, born in 1743. She does not seem to have been
carried away, and chose John DEAN as guardian." Morton,
Oren F., ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA ,
pp.28,54,190,192. Also Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.354-355.
1754 - Loftus PULLIN (son of Loftus PULLIN?) married Ann Jenny
USHER, daughter of Edward and --?-- (PERRY) USHER. A
petition of 1754 condemns the selling by ordinaries of
large quantities of liquor at extravagant rates, whereby
money is drained out of the country. The signers
expressed their intention of making their own liquor so as
to keep their money in the home neighborhood. Among the
signers of the petition were Joseph BELL and Loftus
PULLEN. Loftus PULLEN patented 321 acres on the
Bullpasture between ESTILL and BODKIN, in 1758. Two years
later, he sold 240 acres to James SHAW. Oren F. Morton
ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.32,52,168.
1755 - British General BRADDOCK led his army to a crushing
defeat against the French and their Indian allies at Fort
Duquesne (present Pittsburgh, PA), in 1755. The entire
frontier was left defenseless and exposed to Indian
depredation. The red warriors, flushed with triumph at
their easy victory against the British proceeded to
assault the frontier with fire and tomahawk.
The area of Bath County, Virginia suffered severely.
"Fort Dickinson and Fort Lewis were both assaulted. In
September 1756, thirteen persons were killed around Fort
Dinwiddie, including John BYRD, James MAYSE, James
MONTGOMERY, George KINKEAD, and Nicholas CARPENTER. At
least two others were wounded; and twenty-eight, mostly
children, were carried away. Among those captured by the
Indians were Mrs. BYRD and six children, Mrs. KINKEAD and
three children, and five children of Joseph CARPENTER.
Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
(1911 - reprinted 1979), pp.74-85; ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA
(International Edition, 1965), v.4, pp.383-384.
1755 - Frederick KEISTER (1730-1814) married, ca.1755, to
Hannah, daughter of Roger and Hannah (BRITTON?) DYER. The
village of Brandywine stands on a part of the original
KEISTER homestead. Cleek, Geo. W., EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA
PIONEERS , pp.350,351,385-387; Morton, Oren F., HISTORY
OF PENDLETON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA , pp.239-241.
1755 - William STEUART (1732c.-1797) married, before 1757, to
Margaret USHER, daughter of Edward USHER. They had
children: James STEUART; Edward STEUART married Mary
CALLAHAN; John STEUART married Hannah HICKLIN; William
STEUART married Virginia GWIN; Usher STEUART; Mary STEUART
married Charles CALLAHAN; and Jane STEUART married James
HICKLIN.
Morton credits William STEUART (1732c.-1797) as being
the earliest teacher in what is now Highland County,
Virginia, "having taught quite regularly from the time of
his arrival about 1755. He appears to have been well
educated, especially in the mathematics. Oren F. Morton,
A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1911, reprinted
1979), p.150.
1755 - A James STEWART served as Captain of the second column
of the Augusta Militia, under Col. John DICKENSON, in
1755. Hennings Statutues.
Among the list of Officers who were present in action
on the banks of the Monongahela River, on 9 July, 1755,
was Captain STEWART of the Virginia troops. Six Hundred
men were killed or wounded. Florence Smith Dickerson's,
THE JAMES STEART FAMILY , p.27.
1755 - On 27 Nov. 1755, the Vestry of Augusta Parish met, and
designated processioners (to report before March 1st next)
as follows: biz., "John HARRISON, Jr., and Daniel SMITH,
in Capt. Daniel HARRISON's company. Thomas MOORE and
David ROBINSON, in Capt. Ephraim LOVE's company, and to
head of Brock's Gap. Matthew PATTON and William DYER, on
South Fork of the Branch of Potowmack, Jacob PETERS and
Henry FRANCISCO, on Mill Creek and Shelton's tract," etc.
J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL
(1935), p.182.
1756 - John BYRD of Jackson's River, Augusta Co., Virginia was
killed by Indians 14 Sept. 1756. His wife and 6 children
were captured and made prisoners.
Mrs. BYRD and her children were captured while fleeing
to Fort Dinwiddie on the lower Jackson's River.
According to Morton, "There is no further account of
the mother and four of the children. The oldest, then a
girl of ten years, is said to have married an Indian. The
only one to return was John BYRD, Jr. who was eight years
old when carried away. When he was returned, now a boy of
sixteen, he was wearing a gold chain fastened to punctures
in his nose and ears. His bravery put him in high favor
with his captors. They had him climb trees to drive bears
out of them, but took care that he was not harmed. The
only time he took fright was when he heard a
gun and knew a bear was making for him. The Indians were
greatly attached to the boy and intended making him a
chief. He made two attempts to return to them, but was
prevented, and became ancestor of the BYRDS of Bath and
Highland Counties." Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1979), pp-81-82; See also:
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE , v.2,pp.399-402; Morton, Oren F.,
ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.82.
1756 - A list of returns in the Augusta Parish Vestry Book,
1756, includes the names of David RALSTON, Valentine
SEVIER, Andrew BIRD, Moses BIRD, John Joseph and Robert
CRAVENS, Thomas MOORE, et.al. J. Houston Harrison,
SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.182; Chalkey,
v.II, pp.442-4.
1757 - James STEWART, son of William and Margaret (USHER)
STEUART, was born, 2 January 1757, in Augusta County
(later Bath Co.), Virginia. See Pension #S6159.
1757 - "In 1757, one of the major atrocities of the Indians
took place at Cartmell's Gap, two miles from the Blue
Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley. The road swung here and
went through Stanton Courthouse." Florence Smith
Dickerson's, THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY , p.27.
In the summer of 1757, James STUART ("probably
brother-in-law to Ralph LAVERTY") and John MOORE were
killed in Indian Attacks on Fort Dinwiddie on the
Cowpasture River. Among the captives who were carried
away in this raid were James STUART, Jr., Mrs. MOORE and
her children. Morton, Oren F., ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY,
VIRGINIA , p.83,200; Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1979), p.81; Lyman C. Draper,
THE PRESTON REGISTER , p.154-157; Florence Smith
Dickerson's, THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY , p.53.
In VIRGINIA WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS (1632-1800)
Torrence -- Virginia State Library, we find James STEWART
absent from Augusta Co., Virginia, after his death in
1757, and again in 1758.
1757 - Roger DYER of Augusta County, Virginia in his will
dated 24 Feb 1757 (proved 21 Mar 1759) mentions his wife
Hanna DYER; sons James DYER (under 21 years of age) and
William DYER, daughters Hanna GESTER (KIESTER), Hester
PATTON, and Sarah HASE; and a Grandson, Roger DYER, son of
William DYER. To his daughter Hanna (DYER) KIESTER he
bequeathed "a certain tract of land lying in Hampshire
County containing 427 acres". Witnesses to the Will of
Roger DYER were William MILLER, Adam RIDER, and William
GIBSON. Will Book 2, page 301; Sara G. Clark, "The
Pattons, A Pioneer Family in Kentucky," REGISTER OF THE
KENTUCKY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY , pp.137-138; Cleek,
Geo. W., EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA PIONEERS , pp.350-352;
1757 - Adam RIDER was a witness to the Will of Roger DYER of
Augusta Co., Virginia on 24 Feb 1757. On 16 May 1759 Adam
RIDER further proved the will and it was probated.
Augusta County Will Book 2, page 301.
1757 - A John BIRD was killed in the Indian Wars in 1757.
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE , v.2,p.402.
This John BIRD had a son John who lived in Bath Co.,
and married a HAMILTON. He was a contemporary of our John
BIRD, but this was a different family. See also: Oren
Morton's ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY , P.190; Oren Morton's
HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY , pp354-355.
1757 - Abraham BIRD (1737-1820) married, 1757, probably in
Shenandoah Co., Virginia, to Rachel ZEIGLER. He served as
Legislator and held the rank of Lieutenant in the
Shenandoah County, Virginia Militia in 1776. He was a
Colonel in 1778. He was a representative of Dunmore
County in the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1776
and represented both Dunmore and Shenandoah counties in
the Virginia House of Delegates for 11 sessions from 1776
to 1796.
Abraham and Rachel (ZEIGLER) BIRD had children:
Magdalene married Reuben ALLEN; Elizabeth m. Thomas JONES;
Catherine m. John THOMAS; Margaret m. Joseph HAWKINS; Mary
m. Reuben MOORE; Andrew BIRD m. Mary HOLKER; Mark BIRD m.
Sarah GORDON; Abraham BIRD m. Catharine FRY; and George
BIRD m. Hannah ALLEN. A ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY
ANCESTORS OF THE INDIANA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION , v.1, p.52; D.A.R. #562622.
1757 - George HULL (1757-1852), son of Peter Thomas and
Susannah Margaret (DIEFENBACH) HULL, was born 15 Oct 1757.
He was a soldier in the American Revolution. See Virkus's
ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY , v.1,p.565,
v.5,p.159, v.7,p.196.
1758 - In 1758 George Washington was "commander-in-chief of
the Virginia troops, consisting of two regiments, one led
by himself and the other by Colonel BYRD." Waddell,
ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1886), p.103.
1758c- Col. John DICKENSON (1731-1799), married, ca.1758, to
Martha USHER, daughter of Edward and --?-- (PERRY) USHER.
John DICKENSON was the only son of Adam DICKENSON. At the
age of 22, John DICKENSON was a captain of horse, and
during the next 25 years he saw very much military service
on the frontier. He was appointed Overseer of roads in
Augusta County in 1754. In 1756, he was appointed a
Justice of Augusta County, but in 1779 he declined further
service. In 1763, he was granted a tavern license. After
being wounded in at least two skirmishes with the Indians,
he was severely wounded in the shoulder at the battle of
Point Pleasant, and for this injury he was granted a
pension of 50 pounds per year. In 1777, with the rank of
colonel, he returned to Point Pleasant at the head of a
regiment of militia.
Colonel DICKENSON was a large holder of real estate,
owning land on the Greenbrier and even in North Carolina.
John and Martha (USHER) DICKENSON had children: Mary
married Samuel SHREWSBURY; Martha married John SHREWSBURY;
Nancy; Adam; Jean; and John. The only grandson in the
male line to finish his days in Bath County was John Usher
Dickenson, who returned about 1850 and was the first
proprietor of the hotel at Millboro. Oren F. Morton
ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.38-39,53,60.
1758 - Roger DYER died 28 Apr 1758 at Fort Seybert. His son,
William DYER, was also killed in the same Indian massacre.
Another son, James and a daughter, were captured by the
Indians. James escaped after two years, and a year later
negotiated the release of his sister. It is not clear
whether there was one or two sisters captured and
released. The "Sarah DYER" who was married to Peter HAWES
at the time of the Indian raid may have been the "Mary
DYER" who later married Robert DAVIS or Mary DYER may have
been a daughter of William DYER and grand-daughter of
Roger DYER.
1758 - Fort Seybert "was in the northern part of the present
county of Highland, then Augusta. There the inhabitants
of the surrounding country had taken shelter from the
Indians. Between thirty and forty persons of both sexes
and all ages were in the enclosure. No Indians having yet
appeared, a youth named James DYER and his sister went
outside one day for some purpose, and had not proceeded
far before they came in view of forty or fifty Shawnees
going toward the fort. Hurrying back to provided for
their own safety and give the alarm, they were overtaken
and captured. The place was incapable of withstanding a
vigorous assault, and the garrison was poorly supplied
with ammunition. Captain SEYBERT, therefore, determined
to surrender, and did so in spite of the opposition of
some of the people. The gate was thrown open, and the
money and other stipulated articles were handed over to
the Indians. Thereupon, one of the most ruthless
tragedies of Indian warfare was perpetrated. The inmates
of the fort were arranged in two rows and nearly all of
them were tomahawked. A few, spared from caprice or some
other cause, were carried off into captivity. Young DYER
was the only captive who ever returned. He was taken to
Logstown, thence to the Muskingum, and thence to
Chilicothe, where he remained a prisoner nearly two years.
Accompanying the Indians to Fort Pitt, he there concealed
himself in a hovel, and after two years more returned."
Waddell, ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1886),
pp.102-103. See also Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
PENDLETON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA , pp.39-51; A. D. Lough,
"An account of the Indian Massacre at Fort Seybert"
(Franklin, Virginia Newspaper Article, ca.1920's); Sara G.
Clark, "The Pattons, A Pioneer Family in Kentucky,"
REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ,
pp.131-151.
Mr. Dale BOWMAN of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a descendant
of Roger DYER visited the site of the Fort Seybert
Massacre in 1986 and was disturbed
that no marker had been placed at the site. With the help
of BOWMAN and other DYER descendants, a bronzed plate was
placed on the wall surrounding the common grave site. It
reads as follows:
Grave site of 17 Victims
of the Fort Seybert Massacre
April 28, 1758
Known Names
Cpt. Jacob Seybert & Wife
Roger Dyer
Wallace Boy
William Dyer
Henry Haus
John Regger & Wife
1758 - James and Sarah DYER were taken captive by the Indians,
28 April 1758, and held in captivity for about three
years. Cleek, Geo. W., EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA PIONEERS ,
p.351; Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF PENDLETON COUNTY, WEST
VIRGINIA , p.89; Wayland, John W., HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.444; J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS
BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.207-
James Samuel CURRY married 6 Oct 1880 to Mollie J.
HARMAN. Mollie HARMAN was the daughter of George and
Susan (SMITH) HARMAN, both born in Pendleton County, West
Va.. "Her great-great-grandfather was Captain Robert
DAVIS, who led the whites in pursuit of the Indians after
the massacre of Fort Sibert. Mary DYER, then twelve years
of age, was among those made captive, and she remained
with the Indians three years. On her return she became
the wife of Captain DAVIS, and she was the
great-great-grandmother of Mrs. James Samuel CURRY."
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA PERSONALS (1884), "Dr. James
Samuel CURRY", p.14.
1758 - Peter HULL and wife, Susanna Margaret, on 13 May 1758,
sold to Charles RUSH, two hundred and ten acres of the
larger tract HULL had purchased of FRANCISCO in 1752. -
Records of Augusta County, VA, v.III, p.351; Deed Book 20,
p.8, Staunton, VA.
1758c. Arnold CUSTER died in Augusta County, Va. ca.1758. He
bought land in the Gap of the North Mountain on Sorando
1754. His son, Conrad CUSTER, age 18, chose Abraham BIRD
as guardian. Conrad CUSTER died ca.1829 in Bourbon Co.,
Kentucky. - Info from Harold T. Smutz, Webster Groves,
Missouri.
1758 - Hannah KEISTER, daughter of Frederick and Hannah (DYER)
KEISTER, was born ca.1758. She married George HULL
(1757-1852), son of Peter Thomas HULL and Margaret Susanna
(DIEFENBACH) HULL.
1758 - On 17 August 1758, Daniel HARRISON and Matthew PATTON
signed Margaret DYER's bond as administratrix of William
DYER. Will Book 2, pp.233,264; J. Houston Harrison,
SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.208.
1758 - William MOORE and Betsey BIRD were married, 21 Aug.
1758, at Norfolk Co., Virginia.
1758 - John CURRY and Jane STRIBLING were married, 20 Sept.
1758, at Stafford County, Virginia.
1759 - Edward STEUART (1759-1844), son of William and Margaret
(USHER) STEUART, was born in February 1759. He married,
1786, to Mary CALLAHAN, daughter of Charles CALLAGHAN.
Pension File #W6170.
1759 - George WILSON sold, in 1759, a 150 acre tract on the
Cowpasture River at Shaw's Fork, to William STEUART. The
same year he sold an adjoining tract to James SHAW. SHAW
sold to James BODKIN, 1766, and BODKIN, in 1794, sold to
James STEUART. Rockingham Co., Virginia Land Records;
SIM's INDEX ; Oren F. Morton ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY,
VIRGINIA , pp.32-33.
"William STEUART, a young Scotchman, had a thrilling
experience in reaching these mountains. Being well
educated, he expected to follow a profession. The ship on
which he took passage was captured by Spanish pirates, and
the crew killed. He was the only passenger and was put on
the South Atlantic shore with no clothing save a piece of
canvas and without his chest full of books. Thence he
drifted northward to the Augusta colony, doing at first
manual labor. His soft hands and intellectual air brought
him a welcome invitation to teach school, and he followed
this calling the rest of his life. But downcast at the
loss of his beloved library, he was content to spend his
days in the frontier wilderness. STEUART settled just
below the mouth of Shaw's Fork. In marrying Margaret
USHER (daughter of Edward USHER) he became brother-in-law
to Loftus PULLIN." Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF HIGHLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.71-72,252,338-340.
1759 - The French were defeated at Fort Duquense (site of
present Pittsburg, Penna.) in 1759. The Indians, now
deprived of French support, paused in their raids in the
Shenandoah Valley.
1759 - "At a Court held for Augusta County, May the 16, 1759:
This last will and testament of Roger DYER dec'd. being
this day further proved by the oath of Adam HIDER
(RIDER?), another of the witnesses thereto, was admitted
to record, and on the motion of Hannah DYER, the
executrix, therein named who made oath according to law
certificate is granted for her for obtaining a probate in
due form; she having with Abraham SMITH & Ephraim LOVER,
her securities, catered into and acknowledged their bond."
Sara G. Clark, "The Pattons, A Pioneer
Family in Kentucky," REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY , pp.139-140.
1759 - "The settlement of Roger DYER's estate in 1759,
recorded at Staunton, Va., shows that in 1757 or 1758 he
furnished Robert SCOTT with provisions. Roger DYER lived
on the South Branch of the Potomac in either present Hardy
or Hampshire County, West Va." VIRGINIA HISTORICAL
MAGAZINE , v.30,p.399.
1759 - Hopewell furnace, on French creek, Berks Co., PA was
built 1759 by William BIRD, for whom 'Birdsboro' was
named. His son, Mark BIRD, succeeded him. Egle, William
Henry, NOTES AND QUERIES , (1893) 4th series, v.I, p.134.
1759 - Anthony LOGAN and Agnes CURRY were married, 9 Dec.
1759, at Goochland Co., Virginia.
1760 - John CRAVENS, son of Robert and Mary (HARRISON) CRAVENS
married sometime between 1758 and 1762, Margaret (HIATT)
DYER, widow of William DYER. On 15 Sept. 1758, Henry
SMITH signed Thomas FULTON's bond as security for Margaret
DYER. Following her marriage to John CRAVENS the latter
assigned the bond to his father Robert. (Augusta County
Judgments, Oct. 1765, Henry SMITH vs. Samuel COWDEN.) In
1762, "John CRAVENS and Margaret his wife, late Margaret
DYER administratrix of William DYER, deceased," brought a
bill of complaint vs. Charles WILSON, regarding payment of
a bond of WILSON to DYER, dated 24 December 1752.
(Augusta Court Judgments A, 1762.) Margaret (HIATT)
DYER-CRAVENS was the daughter of John and Margaret HIATT.
The HIATTS were Quakers, and are said to have come from
the British Isles. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE
LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.261,267,342.
1760c- William RIDER (1730c.-1819) married about 1760. He had
children: William J. RIDER m. 1786 Mary BRISCOE; James
RIDER m. 1798 Sarah CHESTNUT; Richard RIDER m. 1796 Agnes
KILPATRICK; John RIDER m. (1) Susanna CURRY, m. (2) Susan
STOUT; Elizabeth RIDER m. 1798 Adam BIRD; Sarah RIDER m.
1807 Joseph HUTTON; and Thomas RIDER m. 1812 Rebecca
MATHENY.
1760 - In 1760, Anne (LAFFERTY) STEWART, widow of James
STEWART (killed by the Shawnee Indians in 1757), placed
her son, James STEWART (age 17?) under the guardianship of
of Thomas THOMPSON, of Delaware, but THOMPSON later was
himself killed by the redman, and in 1762, young James was
placed under the guardianship of John HAMILTON, by his own
choice, under the court Justices of Augusta County,
Virginia. - Florence Smith Dickerson's, THE JAMES
STEWART FAMILY , p.53.
1761 - On 2 Jan 1761, various settlers in Augusta Co.
presented a "petition for a road from Adam READER's Mines
to Isaac ROBERTSON's from thence to
widow WRIGHT's Mill, from thence to Thomas HARRISON's in
the Great Road to the Court House." Cornelius RUDDELL was
appointed Surveyor of Highways from REEDER's Mines.
Chalkey, Lyman, CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT
IN VIRGINIA , v.I,pp.152,429,489.
Some signers of the above petition were from families
that had resided earlier in Sussex County, Delaware.
Harrison, J. Houston, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL
(1935), pp.7,223-224,passim.
1761 - John STUART purchased, 1761, from Robert AMBERCROMBIE,
320 acres of land on the east side of Jackson's River
above the mouth of Falling Spring Run in the "Lewis Land
Grant" in Bath County, Virginia. He sold this land the
same year to William MANN. Oren F. Morton, ANNALS OF
BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1917 - Reprinted 1978), p.28.
1761 - William STEUART purchased, 1761, from William SPROWL,
168 acres of land on the Cowpasture River. Oren F. Morton
ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.31.
1761 - "James STEWART had married Ann LAFFERTY in Ireland, she
a member of the Irish gentry." Florence Smith
Dickerson's, THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY , p.27.
"The will book of the court, 1761, fo.215, Ann STEWART,
as widow of James STEWART was receiving rental from lands
in Kilcoskan, Dublin Co., Ireland. Perogative Court of
Ireland. Thomas LEACH and James SHIEL -- Witnesses."
HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF VIRGINIA , Vol.21 (1913), p.372.
1761 - The following certificate was recorded, 6 June 1761, in
Liber G, p.20, Frederick County Circuit Court, to wit:
"Provincial Court April term 1753. I hereby certify
that Casparus WINERROTH came into Court and was in due
form Naturalized pursuant to and act of Parliament in that
case made and provided. In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed th seal of the said Court, 27
day of April Anno Domini 1753 - R. Burdis [clerk]."
1761 - Anna Marie Catherine WINTEROTH, b. 1737 married, 23
July 1761, at Frederick, Md. to John Philip JAZOB.
1762 "Know ye: John HAMILTON and Robert STEWART, of Augusta
County, held and firmly bound to Silas HART, William
PRESTON, John POAGE, John ARCHER -- Justices, in the sum
of fifty pounds, as guardians of James STUART, son of
James STUART, deceased." February 1762--Court Record;
Florence Smith Dickerson's, THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY ,
p.53.
1762 - On 14 Apr 1762, Abraham BIRD acquired 235 acres at
Brock's Gap adjoining land owned by Conrod LAMB in
Rockingham Co., VA.
1762 - Frederick KEISTER received his certificate of
naturalization, May 18, 1762. Chalkey, Lyman, RECORDS OF
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA , v.1,p.97.
1762 - Philemon BIRD and Mary LEE were married, 2 November
1762, at Middlesex Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.7, p.3.
1762 - Andrew BIRD, Abraham BIRD, and Benjamin HARRISON
qualified as Captains of the Militia in Augusta County, 18
November 1762. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG
GREY TRAIL (1935), p.298.
1762c- Richard CURRY (1740-1804) and wife Janet settled in
Back Creek Valley in present Highland County, Virginia
before 1782. They had children: Elizabeth M. (1763-1859)
married John SHARP; Susanna married 1785 William ERVINE;
James m. 1786 Mary ERVINE; Andrew; John; Joseph; Mary;
Catharine m. Daniel MATHENY; Jean m. Archibald MATHENY.
Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ,
pp.277-278.
1763 - Simon VOGEL and wife Elizabeth baptized the following
children on 10 Apr 1763, at Trinity Lutheran Church in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Johanne Heinrich, b. 22 Nov
1762; Elizabeth, b.18 Apr 1761, and Christian, b. 4 Feb
1757. It should be noted that BIRD is the English
translation of the German "VOGEL" or "FOGEL". The BIRD
name was probably VOGEL before coming to this country.
Many of the families who later settled in the Shenandoah
Valley and Augusta County, and who were associated with
our BIRD family were earlier members of this Trinity
Lutheran Church. On the same day, 10 Apr 1763, was
baptized Eva, b. Jan 1763, dau. of Johanne Simon JEAGER
and his wife Anna Margaret.
1763 - A tavern license was granted to John DICKENSON, at
Augusta County (later Bath County), Virginia in 1763.
Oren F. Morton ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.51.
(Note: Col. John DICKENSON (1731-1799), married,
ca.1758, to Martha USHER, daughter of Edward and --?--
(PERRY) USHER. John DICKENSON was the only son of Adam
DICKENSON who conveyed tracts of land, in 1754, to John
BYRD and William DEAN.)
1763 - Valentine SEVIRE of Frederick, farmer deeded Land, 18
Apr 1763, to Andrew BYRD, Miller - Deed Book 11, p.218.
1763 - The Pontiac War broke out in June 1763. CORNSTALK, "a
Shawnee chieftain of unusual ability," managed to deal a
heavy blow on the Greenbrier and the settlements to the
southeast. "BOUQUET's victory at Brushy Run near the site
of Pittsburg, brought an early end to the war with
PONTIAC. The Indians were required to give up the
prisoners they had collected during the preceding ten
years. In the number were Mrs.
MAYSE, John BYRD, and doubtless several other persons
belonging to the Bath area." Morton, Oren F., ANNALS OF
BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.84-86.
1763c- Frederick KEISTER served as a soldier in the Colonial Wars
in the Augusta Militia. Boogher, William Fletch,
GLEANINGS OF VIRGINIA HISTORY , p.41; Eckenrode, E.J.,
COLONIAL SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA , p.37 (listed as Frederick
Eister).
1764c- John BYRD, Jr. married Mary Ann HAMILTON, daughter of
William and Alice HAMILTON. The HAMILTON's were Scots,
but came from Co. Tyrone, Ireland, ca. 1745, to New Castle
Co., Delaware, then to Chester, PA., then to Augusta Co.,
locating first in the Calf Pasture, then on the Jackson
River in (now) Bath. Info from Marilyn Schuelszky of Fort
Wayne, Ind. (1979), a HAMILTON descendant. See also
D.A.R. #395267 and #509203.
1764 - "Jammy STEWART is mentioned in a letter of February
1764 at Fort Lookout, with Captain SAYERS, KeGLEY's
Virginia Frontier. James STEWART volunteered to fight the
Indians at an early age, and with his brother Ralph was in
a group of Rangers who overtook and rescued six white
captives from ninety-six Indians. After the Indians were
released, the boys followed them, and surprising them at
night, they killed five Indians." Florence Smith
Dickerson's, THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY , p.53.
1764 - On 9 June 1764, Peter Thomas HULL sold his farm in the
Valley of Virginia, and he and his sons acquired land in
Crab Apple Bottom, the garden spot of what is now Highland
County, Virginia. "Below him were Bernard LANTZ about
this time, Michael ARBOGAST and John GUM in 1766, Palsor
NAIGLEY in 1768, and Peter ZICKAFOOSE in 1772."
"The HULL family was very prominent in the early annals
of Highland County. The pioneer himself was a man of
large means for his day. Peter, his oldest son, increased
the estate, owning a large portion of Crabbottom, his
possessions in 1818 included 16 slaves, 19 horses, 43
cows, and 60 sheep. He was an officer in the Revolution,
a colonel of militia subsequent thereto, and a legislator
also." He was very influential but also domineering.
Major Peter HULL, his son, lived at McDowell, where he was
a heavy landholder." Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.87,223,251,303-305.
1764 - Thomas BEALE married, 10 July 1764, at Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Jane CURRIE of Lancaster County (Penna. or
Virginia?). Cecil D. McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA
MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.4, p.2.
1764 - "Hardesty in his BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY says, that
Captain BYRD who had been employed in 1764 to open a road
from James River to where the town of Abingdon now stands,
probably using Jefferson's map of Virginia engraved in
France in 1755, and on which this river (the Kanawha
River)
did not appear, named it "New River." Rev. Ulysses S. A.
Heavener, GERMAN NEW RIVER SETTLEMENT: VIRGINIA (1976
Reprint), p.3.
1765 - On 20 March 1765, John CRAVENS was appointed guardian
of Roger and John DYER, "infant orphans of William DYER,
deceased." (Order Book 9, p.248.) J. Houston Harrison,
SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.261.
1766 - About 1764, James and Ralph STEWART left Fort Lookout
and went to the New River where they scouted for eighteen
months, seeing only one white man. Upon his return, James
STEWART married, on 20 August 1766, to Miss Isabelle
FOSTER, of Augusta County, Virginia. They had one son,
James STEWART. Florence Smith Dickerson's, THE JAMES
STEWART FAMILY , p.53.
1766 - William MAY and Betty DYER were married (bond), 20
Sept. 1766, at Amelia Co., Virginia.
1767 - James STUART was a resident of the Cowpasture in
Borden's land in 1767. This same year he was on the
militia list of William BOWYER.
1767 - Anna Barbara and Johan Peter WINTEROTH, children of
CASPAR and Margaretha (STREP) WENDEROTH, were confirmed,
by Rev. LANGE, 10 Feb 1767, at the Evangelical Reformed
Church, Frederick, Maryland. Carpenter, Vern A.,
WENDEROTH FAMILIES (1987), p.10-11.
1767 - John BIRD (1729-1819) married, 1767, to Susanna WINTROW
(probably a dau. of Johannes Casper and Anna Margaretha
WENDEROTH of Frederick, Frederick Co., Md.). See Oren F.
Morton, HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA , pp.264-267;
Blackwell, Lyle M., MY FATHERS (1979), pp.55-64;
Carpenter, Vern A., WENDEROTH FAMILIES (1987),
p.10-11,78.
Note: There were two by the name of John BIRD/BYRD who
resided in the vicinity of present Highland Co., Virginia
at about the same time. Although their descendants appear
to have married in to the same families they seem to be
unrelated to each other. There is much confusion in some
of the early records as to which John BIRD the record
pertains. See Blackwell, Lyle M., MY FATHERS (1979),
pp.55-64.
1767 - Among the tithables of Pittsylvania County, VA in 1767,
was Francis BIRD. VIRGINIA MAGAZINE , v.24, p.271. Was
this perhaps John Francis BIRD? Francis was used as a
middle name by many of the descendants of John BIRD
(1729-1819).
1767 - Nicholas CURRY, of Fayette County, Kentucky, in a
deposition, 19 November 1800, in McWILLIAMS vs.
HOLLINGSHEAD, states that his father settled in Augusta
County, Virginia in the fall of 1767. J. Houston
Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.400.
1769 - Mark THORP and Susanna STEWART were married, Nov. 1769,
at King George County, Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.5, p.15.
1769 - Townsend DADE and Jane STUART were married, 11 Dec.
1769, at Stafford Co., Virginia.
1770 - Peter Thomas HOHL (1681-1770), pastor of the Lutheran
church at St. Stephanskirche parish, about ten miles from
Worms, died 15 July 1770. He married Anastasia Maria von
EBRMARK (1690-1763). He was brother to Johannes HOHL, and
uncle of Peter Thomas HULL who arrived at Philadelphia,
PA, 30 May 1741.
1770 - Andrew BIRD and David BELL, as administrators of the
estate of Daniel HARRISON, were sureties on the bond of
Benjamin HARRISON, 25 August 1770. J. Houston Harrison,
SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.213.
1770 - In 1770 the General Assembly of Virginia formed several
new counties and reformed the boundaries of two others.
The new counties formed were Rockingham, Rockbridge, and
Greenbrier. Rockingham was taken wholly from Augusta, and
Rockbridge from both Augusta and Botetourt. Botetourt had
been created in 1769, and was the first county carved from
Augusta. In the act forming these counties, "Benjamin
BYRD's house" is mentioned in the setting of the
boundaries for Rockingham. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS
BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.238.
1770 - John BIRD served in the Militia from 1770-1777. He was
elected a Lieutenant under Lieutenant Col. William
Christian and Lieutenant Col. James Robertson. He fought
in the battle of Kings mountain, Tennessee. A LIST OF
VIRGINIA STATE SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN WHO HAVE RECEIVED
CERTIFICATES FOR THE BALANCE OF THEIR FULL PAY ; D.A.R.
#1-66091; See also WAR FIVE , an unpublished manuscript
in the Virginia State Library. Information from William
H. Shields of Fort Myers, FL (1979).
1770 - Lewis BIRD's will was probated in Frederick County,
Virginia, on 7 Aug 1770. Only a son, John BIRT is listed
by name, though other children are mentioned. The
executor was Jordan Jacob MILLER. The witnesses were
Jacob HOLDMAN and John ROUSE. Lewis BIRD-BIRT's wife's
given name was Hannah. Frederick Co., VA, Will Book #4.
See also VIRGINIA MAGAZINE , v. , p.205; John Walter
Wayland, THE GERMAN ELEMENT of the SHENANDOAH VALLEY of
VIRGINIA (1907 - reprinted 1978), p.218.
1771 - In 1771, James STEWART was deeded 200 acres of land
near Glade Spring Creek, from Blaney MILLS, and 160 acres
of land on a branch of the Roanoke River, granted to
Robert EWING, from James STARRETT. Florence Smith
Dickerson's, THE JAMES STEWART FAMILY , p.54.
1771 - John BEARD purchased 70 acres land on Jennings Branch,
Augusta Co., VA in 1771. book 1, pg. 537.
1771 - "Joseph PEARSE deposition, 8 April 1771. Edward
SAMPSON kept school in the neighborhood of Capt. Andrew
BIRD's and boarded with BIRD, and Thomas MOORE's children
went to him. He (SAMPSON) and BIRD frequently got drunk
together, and had frequent frolics, when BIRD became
violent and threatened to kill everybody." J. Houston
Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935),
p.144-145; Chalkey, v.I, p.366.
1773 - John BYRD and John LEWIS were road Overseers for the
area from the Cowpasture to Warm Springs, 1773. Morton,
Oren F., ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.60.
1773 - John RIDER (1773-1855), son of William RIDER, was born
in 1773.
1774 - From 1764 until 1774, aside from a few incidents, there
was peace between the Indians and the white men in the
Valley of Augusta, but the persistent settlement of
greater numbers of white men resulted in war with the
Indian breaking out in the summer of 1774.
Governor DUNMORE led a force down the Ohio from
Wheeling, while General Andrew LEWIS with the militia of
the Valley reinforced by a few troops from Bedford and
Culpeper, marched down the Great Kanawha, reaching Point
Pleasant in early October 1774.
Companies from the present counties of Bath, Highland
and Pendleton serving under General LEWIS were commanded
by Captains John DICKENSON, Andrew LOCKRIDGE, Samuel
WILSON, and John SKIDMORE.
At Point Pleasant, LEWIS's army became engaged in a
battle with the Indians which, although resulting in great
losses on both sides, resulted in the battle weary Indians
agreeing to a peace that lasted until they were again
stirred up by the British in 1778.
The Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, is now considered
by many to have been the opening battle of the American
Revolution. Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1979), pp.100-106; Patricia Burton,
THE SECOND "COL. CHARLES LEWIS DAY" (1978), passim;
Patricia Burton, VIRGINIA BEGINS TO REMEMBER (1980),
passim.
1774 - On 16 June 1774, some of the leading citizens in the
vicinity of Woodstock, Dunmore Co., Virginia, called a
public meeting which, presided over by Rev. Peter
MUHLENBERG, "adopted spirited and patriotic resolutions."
A committee of safety and correspondence was also
appointed, consisting of Rev. Peter MUHLENBERG, Francis
SLAUGHTER, Abraham BIRD, Tavener BEALE, John TIPTON, and
Abraham BOWMAN. John Walter Wayland, THE GERMAN ELEMENT
of the SHENANDOAH VALLEY of VIRGINIA (1907 - reprinted
1978), p.142,224; John Walter Wayland's "The Germans of
the Valley," THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE , v.X, p.47.
1774 - Captain John STUART was a member of General Andrew
LEWIS's expedition against the Indians in the year 1774,
and at the battle of Point Pleasant, Va. Capt. John
STUART married Agatha, the second dau. of Thomas and Jane
(STROTHER) LEWIS, and widow of Capt. John FROG, who was
killed, 10 Oct 1774, at the battle of Point Pleasant.
Mrs. Stuart was a niece of Gen. Andrew LEWIS, and a
granddaughter of John LEWIS, a native of Donegal Co.,
Ireland "who slew the Irish Lord, settled Augusta Co.,
Va., located the town of Staunton, and furnished five sons
to fight the battles of the American Revolution," and who
died at Bellefonte, Augusta, Feb. 1, 1762, aged 84 years.
Children of Capt. John STUART included: Lewis STUART of
Greenbrier Co., Charles A. STUART, and one daughter, who
became the wife of Col. CROCKET, of Wythe Co., Va.
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER , v.5,p.181; NEW YORK
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOG. RECORD , v.9,p.47; Patricia Burton,
THE SECOND "COL. CHARLES LEWIS DAY" (1978), passim;
Patricia Burton, VIRGINIA BEGINS TO REMEMBER (1980),
passim.
1774 - Col. Abraham BIRD, of Shenandoah, was son of Andrew
BIRD, died 1750, of Augusta Co., Va, and grandson of
Abraham BIRD of Calvert county, Md. Col. BIRD was
colonel of Revolutionary militia, 1778; representative of
Dunmore (present Pocahontas County) in the Virginia House
of Burgesses (1774-1775) and the Virginia constitutional
convention of 1776. He was representative of Dunmore and
Shenandoah in the Virginia House of delegates eleven
sessions in the period 1776-1796. He married Rachel
ZEIGLER. He died in Kentucky. He had: Captain Abraham,
Shenandoah Revolutionary militia Captain; Mark, married
Sarah GORDON; Capt. George; Magdalene; Elizabeth; Mary;
Catherine; Margaret. Wayland, John W., HISTORY OF
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA ., pp.584-585,691-693.
1774 - Peter HOAL received a grant for 90 acres on Shaver's
Run, Augusta Co., Va. in 1774. Bk.1,p.570.
1774 - Peter Thomas HULL furnished supplies during Dunmore's
war in 1774. His claims were verified in the Court of
Augusta Co., Virginia, 18 August 1775. Morton's HISTORY
OF PENDLETON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA , p.393.
1775 - A John BYRD was in Dunmore's War in 1775. See Morton's
ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA .
1775 - Charles CALLAHAN and wife Ann --- lived on Dry River,
Rockingham Co., VA in 1775.
1775 - Among the representatives from the Shenandoah Valley
counties to the House of Burgesses and of the Virginia
Convention were the following:
James PATTON Augusta County 1754-55
Samuel McDOWELL Augusta County 1772-76
Charles LEWIS Augusta County 1773-74
Thomas LEWIS Augusta County 1775-76
Abraham BIRD Dunmore County 1775-76
John TIPTON Dunmore County 1776
John Walter Wayland, THE GERMAN ELEMENT of the
SHENANDOAH VALLEY of VIRGINIA (1907 - reprinted 1978),
p.224.
1776 - The 1966 D.A.R. Patriot Index lists: "John Jacob
WINTERRODE, b. 20 April 1735, d.3 Feb 1797, m. Ann Barbara
---, Pvt. Penna."
1776 - Peter Thomas HULL, Sr. (c.1706-1776), died in February
1776, at Crabbottom, Augusta County (now Highland Co.),
Virginia.
The Will of Peter Thomas HULL was translated from the
German Tongue by John William LEE and recorded, 19 Mar
1776, in Will Book 5, page 407, Augusta County, VA. It
reads as follows:
"In the name of God Amen: The twenty-eighth day of
November, one Thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. I,
Peter Thomas HOHL, of August County and Colony of
Virginia, being sick in body but sound of mind and memory,
thanks be to Almighty God for the same, do make and
declare this my last will and Testament, in manner and
form following, first to my dearly beloved wife, Susannah
Margaret, I give and bequeath the third part of the
estate, after all my just debts are paid and my Eldest son
Peter shall according to my will and desire after my
decease give unto his (step) Mother the third part or
share of the increase of Grain to the land produces and
shall bring the same into the Barn and Thresh it for her.
I likewise bequeath further unto my wife to have choice of
two milk cows and the Pennsylvania Mare also a horse for
her to ride and to work, which horse is to remain upon the
plantation and not to be disposed of, likewise the choice
of two sheep; the division of my land shall be in the
following manner:
"(1st) the land be surveyed from the lower end on the
line up to the Dry Run. (2nd) from the Dry Run up to the
corner tree. (3rd) from the corner tree on up to the
Middle Corner tree on the upper land. (4th) from the
Middle Corner Tree on up to the upper Corner Tree. (5th)
The three of my eldest daughters shall be made equal. I
bequeath unto them after my decease the sum of Twenty
Pounds Current money each, and my youngest daughters shall
also receive, each of them the sum of Twenty pounds
Current Money, as soon as they shall attain their age.
(6th) I also desire that the tree different pieces or
parcels of land, viz., the first at the upper trace, the
second in the (Vanderpool) Gap, third on Jackson's River,
besides an entering, shall be sold at Public Vendue, and
put to the estate. I empower hereby my eldest son, Peter,
to sell and dispose of the same as my executor to this my
last Will and Testament and desire that Susannah Margaret,
my wife and my son Peter
shall educate my younger Children, in a Christian-like
manner, as long as they behave dutiful; otherwise they
shall have power to bind them out with this proviso to pay
them interest on their money from the day they are bound
out." Signed by the mark of Peter HOHL. Witnessed by
Bernard LANTZ, Leonard SIMON, and Peter FLESHER. Will
recorded 19 Mar 1776, Augusta Co., Va. Will Book 5, p.407.
See also: D.A.R. Patriot Index; D.A.R. #436200; A ROSTER
OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS OF THE INDIANA DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION v.2, p.171.
1776 - D.A.R. Revolutionary Patriots include:
Abraham BIRD, b.1755, d.5/3/1821, m. Mary JONES.
Amos BIRD, b.1737, d.6/5/1818, m. Sarah RUDDELL.
Andrew BIRD, b.11/30/1754, d.11/30/1838, m. Ann ----,
Cpt. VA.
Henry BIRD, b.1764, d.9/4/1858, m. Nancy Baldwin, Pvt.
VA. Pension #S.30307, Blwt. 28609-160-55.
John BIRD, bpt.12/13/1743, d.1840, m. Sarah ---.
William BIRD, b.1763, d.1847, m. Martha ----, Pvt. NC
and VA.
1776 - Richard BIRD, birth and resident of King and Queen
County, Va., served in Capt. Nathaniel WELCH's company,
Col. William BRENT's 2nd Regiment. See VIRGINIA
MAGAZINE , v.5,p.352.
1776 - A John BYRD enlisted, 9 Mar 1776, and served as a
private in Capt. Jonathan CLARK's company, Col.
Muhlenberg's Virginia regiment, was at the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown. He was allowed pension on his
application executed, 30 Mar 1819, at which time he was
aged about sixty years. He resided then in Bourbon
County, Kentucky. Sometime before March 1823, the soldier
moved from Kentucky to Fayette County, Indiana where he
died about the year 1829 or 1830. This John BYRD married
in 1780, Elinor ---. Her age in 1823 was given as 57
years. In 1823, the soldier and his wife had only one
child, aged twenty years, living at home with them; the
name of said child was not stated, nor the names of any
other children given. A daughter of the soldier had
married after the family moved to Indiana, date of her
marriage and the name of her husband were not shown;
however, the marriage took place before Oct 1823. In
1840, Elinor BYRD, the soldier's widow was living in
Indiana. National Archives Pension File S35807.
1776 - Adam RADER married, 2 Apr 1776, in Rockingham Co., Va.
to Clara, daughter of Cornelius RUDDELL. It was the 6th
wedding in the Linville Creek Baptist Church. Wayland,
John W., VIRGINIA VALLEY RECORDS
1776 - Colonel Abraham BIRD was in Woodstock, Dunmore Co., VA
in 1776. See Chalkey's CHRONICLES OF SCOTCH-IRISH
SETTLEMENT OF VA. 1745-1800 .
1776 - Even PHILLIPS and Elizabeth DEVER were married, 23
April 1776, at Rockingham County, Virginia. (Note: Two
children of John and Susanna BIRD married DEVERs.) Cecil
D. McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 ,
v.15, p.13..
1776 - David RADER and Ruth HENTON were married, 4 June 1776,
Greenbrier Co., Virginia.
1776 - Adam CURRY was a soldier in the Revolution. Soon
after the war he located in the Back Creek valley in what
is now Highland Co., Va. He supposedly lived to be 105
years old. He was the father of Susan (CURRY) RIDER who
married, 12 Feb 1796, John RIDER (1773-1855).
"One of the best known characters in West Highland,
Virginia was Captain Adam CURRY, a Revolutionary veteran.
One of his grandsons, William CURRY, is a well known
citizen of Pocahontas County. Captain CURRY was a native
of Scotland, and came to America, and resided several
years near Manasses Junction. He was among the first to
enlist in the war of the Revolution, and was chosen
captain of his company, and participated in all the
engagements in which Virginia troops were engaged that
followed MERCER and WASHINGTON. Soon after the war he
gathered up the remnants of his property and moved to
Augusta County, locating in the Back Creek valley on
property now (1901) owned by William CRUMMETT in southwest
Highland. He settled in the woods and raised a large
family of sons and daughters. He was honest in his
dealings, and was held in much esteem for his high sense
of honor and patriotic impulses. It seems almost too
strange to be believed that he would not accept a pension
offered him for his services as a brave and faithful
officer in the Revolutionary struggle. He always declared
that the service was his own reward. Instead of being a
hardship, military service was the greatest pleasure of
his life. He desired no better recompense than the fun he
had, and the pleasure it gave him to see liberty secured
for his invaded country. He was proverbially neat in
dress and polished in his manners. To the close of his
life, he dressed in the colonial style -- knee breeches,
long stockings, and shoes with silver buckles. He
retained his habits of court life as to diet and sleeping
as long as he lived. He died at the age of one hundred
and five years, with but few signs of decrepitude visible.
To the last he was erect as a young grenadier, cheerful in
spirit, and mental faculties active apparently as ever.
His remains are in the Matheny grave yard, near the
Rehobeth Church, in the Back Valley, a few miles from his
home." Price, William T. HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY,
WEST VIRGINIA (1901), pp.311-315.
1776 - William Bryan and Robert Rose in their A HISTORY OF
PIONEER FAMILIES IN MISSOURI , p.324, give an account of
some descendants of Samuel DYER, born in Bristol England;
officer in the American Revolution; settled in Albemarle
county, Va.; and married Celia BRICKLEY.
1777 - Richard BIRD and Mary PAMPLIN were married, 12 June
1777, Middlesex Co., Virginia.
1777 - A list of names of persons who sold land in Rockingham
County, Virginia, from 1777 to 1793 includes the
following:
Charles CALAHAN William CHESTNUT
James DYER Peter CONRAD
William DEVER Edward ERVIN
Nicholas FOGLE Isaac GUM
Thomas HARRISON John JORDAN
John MILLER Cornelius RUDDELL
John Walter Wayland, THE GERMAN ELEMENT of the
SHENANDOAH VALLEY of VIRGINIA (1907 - reprinted 1978),
pp.220-221.
1777 - Reuben RIDER enlisted in 1777 in the 12th Virginia
Regiment commanded by Col. James WOOD and served in Capt.
Jonathan LANGDON's Company. In 1833 while living in
Wilson Co., Tennessee at age 79 years he applied for
pension. He states he was born 15 Dec 1754 in Shenandoah
Co., Virginia. He moved to East Tennessee (then North
Carolina) on the Big Pigeon River about 1780. Reuben
RIDER married, 4 May 1815, to Martha LEACH in Wilson Co.,
Tenn. He died, 29 July 1838. A transcript of bible
records in his pension papers shows children:
Rebecca Ann RIDER born 22 July 1816
Sophia B. RIDER born 18 Jan 1819
Sarah E. RIDER born 1821
Martha H. RIDER born 12 Aug 1822
Amanda J. RIDER born 11 Oct 1824
See National Archives Pension File # W2572, BLWt.
28530-160-55.
1777 - Adam RIDER was a Private in the 11th and 12th Regiment
Virginia Continental Line. He also is listed as militia
man paid at Pittsburg 1775 and one of Morgan's riflemen.
Pension File # S40341.
Anthony RIDER, b. 174?, was Captain of Rockingham
County, Virginia Militia 20 Aug 1777. On 20 August 1777,
a list of the tithables was ordered taken in the various
military companies of Augusta County. Including those
companies enumerated were Anthony RIDER's, Capt. Ralph
STEWART's Capt. Reuben HARRISON's, and Capt. Robert
CRAVEN's. On 25 May 1778, "Anthony RYDER, being appointed
Captain of the Militia took the Oath according to Law."
J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL
(1935), p.298; John Walter Wayland, THE GERMAN ELEMENT of
the SHENANDOAH VALLEY of VIRGINIA (1907 - reprinted
1978), p.136.
Matthias RIDER or RADER and Major Michael RADER served
in the Revolution from Virginia.
John RYDER (1756-1830) served as a Private soldier from
Virginia. He married Elizabeth BRADLEY. See D.A.R.
PATRIOT INDEX ; Pension File #S21947.
1777 - Revolutionary War Pensioners included the following:
STUART, Charles Va. R10148
STUART, Edward Va. W6170, wife Mary
STUART, John Va. S19474
STUART, Charles Pa. S23948
STUART, John Va. R10157
STEWART, Alexander Va. W8763, wife Dorothy
STEWART, Benjamin Va. W6162, wife Dorothy
STEWART, Charles Va. R10149
STEWART, Charles Va. S33736
STEWARD, Christopher Pa. W6169, wife Elizabeth
1778 - James STEWART, son of William and Margaret (USHER)
STEUART, was born, 2 Jan 1757, in then Augusta Co. (Later
Bath Co., Va.). He enlisted as a Private in the Virginia
Militia and served under Captains Andrew LOCKRIDGE, Thomas
HICKLIN, and Peter HULL at Clover Lick Fort, Warwick's
Fort, and the battle at Jamestown. Pension #S6159; Oren
F. Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1911
- reprinted 1979), p.193.
Edward STUART, son of William and Margaret (USHER)
STEUART enlisted in 1778 with the Virginia Troops and
served under Captain Andrew LOCKRIDGE at Vances' Fort,
under Capt. Robert McKERY at Clover Lick, under Capt. John
McCOY near Richmond, as an ensign in Capt. George POAGE's
co., and under Capt. Thomas HICKLIN in Col. Samuel VANCE's
Regiment was at the siege of Yorktown and was one of the
guard that marched the British prisoners to Winchester,
Virginia in 1782. He was allowed pension on his
application of, 8 Jan 1833, while a resident of Bath Co.,
Va. By 1837, he had moved to Harrison Co., Va. He died,
7 Apr 1844, at his residence on Elk Creek, Barbour Co.,
Va. (now West Virginia). He married, 4 Apr. 1786, to Mary
CALLIHAN or CALAGHAN. See Pension File #W6170; Oren F.
Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1911 -
reprinted 1979), p.193.
John STEUART served in Capt. Thos. HICKLIN's company
and received a sword wound in the hand at Yorktown, 1778.
William STEUART was a soldier in the American Revolution.
Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
(1911 - reprinted 1979), p.193.
Note: For information on the Militia units of Augusta
County mentioned in the above pension Papers see VIRGINIA
HISTORICAL MAGAZINE , v.30,p.399.
1778 - Justices commissioned in Rockingham County, 27 April
1778, included James DYER, William McDOWELL, and Anthony
RYDER. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY
TRAIL (1935), pp.238-239.
1778 - James DYER married, before 1778, to Phoebe HARRISON,
eldest daughter of Zebulon and Margaret (CRAVENS)
HARRISON. James DYER was one of the justices of
Rockingham court. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE
LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.362.
1778 - John CRAVENS died, 24 July 1778; and Margaret (HIATT),
widow of William DYER and John CRAVENS, married third,
1782, to Dennis LANAHAN. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS
BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.342.
1778 - Justices, appointed by Patrick HENRY, and commissioned
in Rockingham County, 22 September 1778, included James
DYER, William McDOWELL, Anthony RYDER, Gawen HAMILTON, and
Reuben HARRISON.. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE
LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.238,309,321,362.
1778 - Frederick KEISTER served in the American Revolution and
qualified as a Lieutenant, 28 September 1778. J. T.
McAllister, VIRGINIA IN THE REVOLUTION , p.230; Chalkey,
Lyman, RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA , v.1,p.97,
v.2,p.364; McAllister, VIRGINIA IN THE REVOLUTION ,
p.230; N.S.D.A.R. Natl.#627942 (Mertle DECOURSEY).
1778 - The will of a James DEVOOR (DEAVER) of Yohogania
County, Virginia; dated 14 November 1778, was attested by
Nicholas DEPUE, Tobias DECKER and Daniel DEPUE, Jr.; and
proved March 1779. Beneficiaries were children: Jacob,
Andrew, Henry, John, Sarah PEARSHAL, Samuel; children
under age: David, Moses, Catharine, Francis, James. All
his real estate, except the Ferry ("on Monongahela River,
from his house over the river to the Mouth of Pidgeon
Creek") went to sons David and Moses; however, the court
later allotted one third of the Landed Estate to James
DEVOIR's widow or Relict, Elizabeth DEVOIR. John DEVOIR
was executor of the will.
It is likely that the minor child, James DEVOOR,
mentioned in this will was the James DEVER who married, 10
Sep 1794, at Bath County, Virginia to Catharine BIRD, dau.
of John and Susannah BIRD.
Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA , (1974 Reprint), II, 301,346,395,396, III,
p.327, I, 526,531.
1778 - Islam CHAFFIN and Betsy BIRD were married, (bond) 18
Dec. 1778, at Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
1779 - On 26 Aug 1779, John BORT and wife purchased 23 acres
on the south side of Mill Creek from Henry KELKNER and
Barbara, his wife. On the
same date, John BORT purchased 100 acres on the south side
of Mill Creek from Jacob SHEFFER. (Mill Creek was at the
present site of Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, VA.) -
From Moneka Landreth of DeKalb, Ill. (1981).
This German BORDT/BIRD/BIRD family appears to have
been contemporaries with our John BIRD of Augusta, and
seems to have married in to some of the same families
associated with our BIRD and HULL families.
1779 - The muster roll of Captain Peter HULL's Company, Second
Battalion, Augusta Militia, 1779, includes the names of
privates Adam ARBOGAST, Abraham BURNER, and John YEAGER.
Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ,
p.194.
1780c- George HULL, born 15 Oct 1757, died 1852, married,
about 1780, to Hannah, dau. of Frederick and Hannah (DYER)
KIESTER. He was a Pvt. Spy in the Revolutionary War.
Cleek, Geo. W., EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA PIONEERS ,
pp.385-386; D.A.R. Patriot Index; National Archives
Pension file #S13317.
1780 - On 16 August 1780, there was recorded the vendue bill
of Peter HOLE's estate. Various articles were sold to
Peter HOLE, Paul SUMMERS, Neckless HARPER, William
DUNWIDDY, George HOLE, Henry FLETCHER, Joseph HAM, John
FERIS, William McALLY, Bernard LANCE, Enees HOLE, Elias
PAINTER, George COWGER, Captain PARSONS, Leonard SUMMONS,
Peter SEGERFEET, Mike MANNEN, Widow GREGORY, Roger PATTON,
Leasy HOLE, James and Thomas PARSONS, Conrad LANCE and
Miss HOLE. The estate was settled by Peter HOLE, the
executor, 16 August 1780. - Records, Augusta County, VA,
v.III, p.158; Will Book 6, p.147, Staunton, VA.
1780 - Morton says that John BIRD came from Germany and
settled, ca.1780, at Big Back Creek Valley near Valley
Center. Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY,
VIRGINIA , pp.195, 264-267, 240, 250, 354-355.
1780 - William CURRY (ca.1715-1791) furnished bacon, 16
pounds, to the Patriot forces at Botetourt Co., Virginia,
14 September 1780. A ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS
of the INDIANA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION , v.2,
p.84; D.A.R. #369748.
1780s- From Willard Jillson's OLD KENTUCKY DEEDS AND ENTRIES
:
Lincoln County entries:
Col. Abraham BIRD, Bk.2,p.17, 7-7-1783, Kentucky
River
Moses BIRD Bk.1,p.49, 5-24-1780, Otter
Creek
Jefferson Co. Entries:
Abraham BIRD BK.A,p.376, 8-9-1784
Moses BIRD Bk.A,p.95, 5-24-1783
Military Warrants:
Joshua BIRD Virginia Line 12-21-1784
Thomas BIRD Virginia Line 12-9-1783
Thomas BIRD Virginia Line
Rueben BIRD Virginia Line
Richard BIRD Virginia Line
1780 - James DYER, son of Roger and Hannah (BRITTON??) DYER,
married second, 13 Oct. 1780, to Jane RALSTON, at
Rockingham Co., Virginia. Harry M. Strickler, OLD TENTH
LEGION, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA. MARRIAGES , p.49.
1780 - Thomas BIRD and Margaret TOLBERT were married, 19 Oct.
1780, at Rockingham Co., Virginia. Minister returns at
Rockingham and Greenbrier counties. Cecil D. McDonald,
Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.6, p.4.
1780 - Morton says that William RIDER (1730c.-1819c.) settled
in Big Back Creek Valley near Valley Center about 1780.
He was a neighbor of John BIRD at Back Creek. William
RIDER migrated from Maryland to what is now Highland Co.,
Va. about 1780. He is buried in the Matheny grave yard in
Back Creek Valley. Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF HIGHLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.252,330-331; Rider, Fremont
RIDER/RYDER GENEALOGY (1958).
1781 - Nathaniel MOTHERSHEAD and Ruthey BIRT were married,
1781, at Orange Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.18, p.14.
1781 - Valentine BIRD received from Thomas DENISON, 12 Jan
1781, a patent for 205 acres located on the east branch of
Back Creek called the Valley Branch in present Bath
County, Virginia. This land was deeded, in 1813, to John
BIRD, Sr. Bath County Deed Bk.4, p.373.
1781 - David H. BIRD, son of John and Margaret Susanna
(WINTROW) BIRD, was born, 23 Mar 1781, in Augusta Co., VA.
Ref: LDS Index Card to Idaho Falls Temple Records No.
99979.
1781 - Among the officers serving under Colonels Robert
McCREERY and Sampson MATHEWS at the battle of Green
Spring, near Jamestown, 6 July 1781, were Captains Peter
HULL, David GWIN, Thomas HICKLIN, William KINCAID, John
BROWN, Lieutenant Joseph GWIN, and Ensigns Alexander and
Thomas WRIGHT. Morton, Oren F., ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY,
VIRGINIA , p.96.
1781 - Conrad RADER enlisted at Rockingham (Shenandoah) Co.,
Virginia in Aug 1781, and served two months under Capt.
SHARP, Col. EDMUNDS, and General STEVENs around Yorktown
and Williamsburg. He became a substitute for John MILLER
of Shenandoah, and served two months under Capt. DOWNIE,
Col. NISWONGER, stationed at Winchester barracks. In Jan
1782 he was drafted in the militia from Shenandoah Co.,
Virginia and
served under Capt. WHITE, of Loudoun County, Col.
NISWONGER, of Winchester. The soldier was born near
Bethlehem, Penna. about 1765. His parents removed to
Loudoun Co., Va. when he was 4 years old; resided there 11
years, then went to Shenandoah County. He was granted
pension certificate #12006 in March 1833. - Pension File
S5973.
1781 - Charles STEWART was issued a certificate to 400 acres
of land in Monongalia County, Va. (Later Harrison Co.) on
that branch of the West Fork called Buffalo about 3 miles
from Richard's Fort (near the mouth of Sycamore Creek, six
miles from Clarksburg) to include his settlement of 1771.
William STEWART, assignee to James WORKMAN, 400 acres on
Little Kanawha to include an improvement made in 1776. -
Harrison County Deeds.
1782 - The 1782 Census of Back Creek, Bath Co., Virginia
lists:
Alexander STUART - 8 horses, 23 cattle.
He was a neighbor of John BYRD and William RIDER.
1782 - Frederick KEISTER is listed as furnishing supplies in
an account dated, 29 May 1782. Wayland, John W., HISTORY
OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.101.
1782 - Peter HOAL received grant of 341 acres at Crab Apple
Bottom, Augusta Co., Va. in 1782. Bk.1,p.537.
1782 - Richard Curry, an Irishman, settled about 1782 in Back
Creen Valley near the Bath Line. He was a soldier of the
American Revolution. Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.193,250,277-278.
1782 - The 1782 tax list of Bath County, Virginia, Back Creek
lists John BYRD with 17 horses, 15 cattle. Also listed
was William RIDER with 4 houses, 5 cattle. This William
RIDER migrated from Maryland to what is now Highland Co.,
Virginia about 1780. He died in 1819 and is buried in
Matheny Grave Yard in Back Creek, Virginia.
1782 - Isaac Anglin and Nancy DIER were married, 9 May 1782,
at Rockingham Co., Virginia. Minister returns in both
Rockingham and Greenbrier counties. Cecil D. McDonald,
Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.5, p.1 & v.6,
p.1.
1782 - Alexander BADGER and Margaret BIRD were married, 17
July 1782, at Augusta Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald,
Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.5, p.2.
1782 - John CURRY and Isabella ELLISON were married, 26 Nov.
1782, at Rockingham Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald,
Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.14, p.4.
1782 - The following marriages took place at Pittsylvania Co.,
Virginia:
James DALTON and Agness DYER, 18 April 1782.
John ATKINS and Winney DYER, 26 Oct. 1786.
John DYER, Jr. and Viney MORTON, 9 July 1787.
Nathan DYER and Nancy DALTON, 1788.
Thomas BALL and Elender DYER, 8 March 1791.
Nathan DYER and Mary PAYNE, 15 Feb. 1793.
George BROCK and Amey DYER, 13 Nov. 1795.
William DYER and Nancy WARD, 11 Oct. 1796.
Robert HENRY and Peggy DYER, 22 Feb. 1799.
Cecil D. McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES
1700-1799 .
1783 - Peter HULL, son of George and Hannah (KIESTER) HULL,
was born 11 Jan 1783. He married, 10 Sept. 1816, to
Rachel TALLMAN, and he died, 23 Sept. 1854, at McDowell,
Highland Co., Virginia.
1783 - A record in Richmond, VA shows that John Bird received
certificate #L18914S10D on March 8, 1783, for the balance
of his full pay, agreeable to the act of the General
Assembly, passed in the November 1781 session. The State
Treasurer paid the sum to one William REYNOLDS for BIRD's
account.
1783 - John BIRD paid taxes on land in what is now Greene Co.,
VA in 1783.
1784 - William RIDER married, 16 Jan 1784, to Jane JONES in
Augusta Co., Virginia.
1784 - John YEAGER, Sr., born 5 October 1762, near Lancaster
Co., Penna., died 7 Jan 1833, Pocahantas Co., Virginia,
married, ca.1784, at Crabbottom, Virginia to Phoebe
Anastasia HULL, born 15 April 1768, daughter of Peter
Thomas and Susanna (DIEFFENBACH) HULL. They had children:
Jacob YEAGER (1790-1861), m.1812, Sarah Ann HEDY; Sara Ann
(1793-1882), m. (1st) Ferdinand STALNAKER; Elizabeth
YEAGER married, 23 May 1816, Jacob BIRD, son of Jacob;
John; Andrew YEAGER (1800-1861) married Elizabeth DILLEY;
Phoebe Hull YEAGER married Samuel BRADY; Susanna YEAGER,
m.1828, Moses ARBOGAST; Rachel YEAGER (1808-1872), m.1833,
Henry HARPER; Mary "Polly" YEAGER, m.1828, George M. MAY.
A ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS OF THE INDIANA
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION , v.1, p.675; D.A.R.
#582973.
1784 - Elizabeth HULL (1784c.-1852), dau. of George and Hannah
(KIESTER) HULL, was born in or near Pendleton Co., VA.
She married, 30 Aug 1806, to David BIRD, and died 18 July
1852.
1784 - John BIRT is listed on the census (Alexander Hite's
List) of Shenandoah Co., VA in 1784 with 6 whites in
household. He was a neighbor of Abraham BIRD and Mounce
BIRD. Ref: First Census of the United States - Virginia.
1784 - James MOFFETT married, 29 Dec 1784, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Mary STUART.
1785 - There was a Peter HALLE listed as a tithable in Warren
County, Va. (fork district) in 1785.
1785 - James CURRY and Dennis LANAHAN owned a lot in
Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1785. "Dennis LANAHAN was the
third husband of Margaret, nee HIATT, who married first,
William DYER, and second, John CRAVENS, son of Robert
CRAVENS, Sr." J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG
GREY TRAIL (1935), p.247; From John Walter Wayland's "The
Germans of the Valley," THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE , v.X,
p.45.
1785 - William ERWIN married, 7 July 1785, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Susannah CURRY.
1785 - Benjamin CAFFEE and Margaret DYER were married, 8 Sept.
1785, at Montgomery County, Virginia.
1785 - James BELL married, 15 Sept. 1785, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Margaret CURRY.
1785 - Jesse HARRISON married, 1785, to Sarah CURRY, daughter
of John CURRY. Witness was David ROLSTON. J. Houston
Harrison, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935),
pp.314-317.
1785 - The following marriages took place at Pittsylvania Co.,
Virginia:
Isaac CURRY and Rhoda GRISHAM, 24 March 1785.
Nathan CURRY and Nancy GRISHAM, 9 Dec. 1790.
Israel CURRY and Sally PAYNE, 19 Jan. 1795.
Barth CURRY and Rozana NUCKOLS, 11 Feb. 1796.
Thomas CURREY and Peggy HANKINS, 16 May 1798.
Thomas CURRY and Nancy CRANE, 13 NOv. 1802.
Cecil D. McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES
1700-1799 , v.1.
1786 - William J. RYDER married, 21 Feb 1786, to Mary BRISCO
in Augusta Co., Virginia. Mary BRISCOE was possibly
daughter of Isaac BRISCOE, who had served as Washington's
bodyguard at Yorktown. "The Rev. William J. RYDER is
remembered as a man of high character and sterling
qualities." Oren F. Morton, A HISTORY OF HIGHLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1979), p.224.
1786 - Isaiah SLAVEN married, 22 Feb 1786, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia to Patty STUART.
1786 - Isiah STEWART and Martha STEWART were married, 1786, at
Bath Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr., SOME
VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.14, p.17.
1786 - James CURRY and Mary ERWIN were married, 27 March 1786,
at Augusta County, Virginia.
1786 - Edward STUART (1759-1844), son of William and Margaret
(USHER) STEUART, married 4 Apr 1786, to Mary CALAGHAN,
dau. of Charles CALLAHAN. On the same day, Alexander
WELLS married Margaret CALAGHAN, dau. of Charles. Cecil
D. McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.1
& v.2.
1786 - On 12 Sept. 1786, a Barbara BOID was one of the
sponsors for a dau. born to Jacob ROSCH and wife, Anna in
ZION Church, Hamburg, Shenandoah Co., VA.
1786 - Archibald METHENY and Jean CURRY were married, 13
December 1786, at Frederick Co., Virginia. Cecil D.
McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.17,
p.16.
1787 - William DYER and Frances ASHBY were married, 1787, at
Princess Anne County, Virginia. Henry SHARWOOD and Rhoda
DYER were married, 1787, at Princess Anne County.
1787 - Pendleton County, Virginia was formed from parts of
Rockingham, Augusta and Hardy Counties in 1787.
1787 - George CURRY married, 22 Feb 1787, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Agnes HAMILTON of Rockbridge County.
1787 - James CURRY bought, in 1787, 175 acres on the Bull
Pasture River, from John BLACK, son of Samuel BLACK. Oren
F. Morton ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.32.
1787 - Robert CURRY and Phebe SAMPLE were married, 1787, at
Rockingham Co., Virginia. Bondsman was Jesse HARRISON.
Robert SAMPLE consented; witnesses were Jesse HARRISON and
Moses SAMPLES. Harry M. Strickler, OLD TENTH LEGION,
ROCKINGHAM CO., VA. MARRIAGES , p.43.
1787 - John STEWART, son of William and Margaret (USHER)
STEUART, married, 31 May 1787, in Augusta Co., Va. to
Hannah HICKLIN. He died, 1850, and is buried in
Montgomery County, Missouri. They had children: James;
John (1795-1873) m. Mary STEWART; Edward; Jacob; Miranda;
David; Margaret (1822-1898) md. John SEE; Nancy; and
Jennie.
1787 - James McGLAUGHLIN and Mary STUART were married, 7 June
1787, at Augusta Co., Virginia.
1787 - Alexander BADGER married, 17 Jul 1787, Margaret BIRD in
Augusta Co., VA.
1787 - On 12 Apr 1787, Abraham BIRD acquired 89 acres between
Smith's Creek and Massanutten Mountain in Rockingham Co.,
VA.
1787 - James BIRD and Fanny MASON were married, 3 Sept. 1787,
at Franklin County, Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.25, p.3.
1787 - Peter HOLE received a grant for 97 acres of land on
Riffles Old Road, Augusta County, Virginia in 1787.
Bk.1,p.202.
1788 - Peter HULL, Sr. was appointed Justice of Pendleton
County, Virginia in 1788.
1788 - Peter HULL, in 1788, took a storekeeper's license in
Pendleton Co., Virginia. Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.110.
1788 - A military voucher for Capt. Josiah HARRISON's Company
#9 in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1788 includes:
Andrew BIRD, 1 tithable
Andrew BIRD, Sr., 1 tithable, 4 slaves, 9 horses
David RADER, above 16 "having 1 creature"
Adam RADER, 1 tithable, 3 slaves, 10 horses.
Anthony READER, son John
Mathias READER, son George
1788 - Otho WADE, born 1766, married 1788, to Catherine
CALLAHAN, daughter of Charles CALLAHAN of Augusta Co., Va.
Otho WADE was the son of John WADE (1723-1815) of Highland
Co., Va and Sophia (HOWARD) WADE (1727-1816) of Red Stone,
Md. See: Virkus ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY v. ,p.604.
1788 - James USHER married, 1788, at Augusta County, Virginia,
to Catherine WHITESIDES.
1788 - George WRIGHT married, 18 Mar 1788, to Mary CURRY in
Augusta Co., Virginia.
1788 - On 13 April 1778, a number of inhabitants of
Cowpasture, Calfpasture, Bullpasture, Jackson River, and
Back Creek petitioned the Virginia Assembly for a new
county to be struck off from Augusta. The signers of this
petition included: Robert, William, John, and Andey
LOUGHRIDGE, William GIVEN, George FRANCISCO, Lofty PULLIN,
Lofty PULLIN, Jr., Hugh, John and James HICKLIN, William,
James and Edward STUART, William JORDAN, John BEARD
(BIRD?), et.al. Morton, Oren F., ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY,
VIRGINIA , p.106.
1788 - Robert CURRY and Martha KENEDY were married, 15 April
1788, at Augusta Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.16.
1788 - Hannah, dau. of Heinerich BORT and wife Eva ROSINA was
born 30 May 1788, and baptized 7 Sept. 1788 in the Zion
Church of Hamburg, Shenandoah Co., VA. Sponsors were
Johannes BORT and wife Catharina. - From Mrs. Charles
Landreth of DeKalb, Illinois (1981).
1788 - John McDOWELL and Sarah WITHROW were married, 16 Aug.
1788, at Augusta Co., Virginia.
1788 - Daniel MARTHENA (MATHENY?) and Sarah CURRY were
married, 14 Oct. 1788, at Frederick Co., Virginia. Cecil
D. McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 ,
v.24, p.19.
1788 - James CURRY married, 28 Oct 1788, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Margaret FRANCIS. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.6, p.6.
1788 - The estate of William CHESTNUT was appraised by John
BIRD on 18 Dec 1788, in Augusta County, VA. Will Book
No.VII, p.155,184.
1788 - John McCLUNG married, 12 Nov 1788, to Mary STUART,
daughter of Benjamin STUART, at Augusta Co., Virginia.
1789 - Peter BERT and Hannah SHAFER or SHAVER made marriage
bond in Shenandoah Co., VA, 24 Jan 1789. A letter of
consent is attached by Hannah's father, Jacob SHAFFER, in
which he gives her permission to marry "Petter BIRD." The
official filling of the bond spelled Peter's name,
clearly, as Peter BIRT and his bondsman as John BIRT. Yet
Ashby, in her book on marriage records for Shenandoah
County and the Virginia State Library and Archives have
Peter's and Hannah's bond indexed under BERT. John BIRT
signed with his "x", but Peter wrote his signature in
poorly-formed German Script, spelling it as "BORDT." Miss
Grace SHOWALTER, Librarian and archivist of Menno Simons
Historical Library, Harrisonburg, VA, deciphered Peter's
signature as "BORDT". She had others check the signature.
"All agree he spelled his name "BORDT" and feel as poorly
as he wrote, it was probably the only thing that he could
write, and that he did not write it often." - From Mrs.
Charles Landreth of DeKalb, Ill (1981).
1789 - Robert and John CURRY taxed on 350 acres of land in
1789. List by Ralph LOFTUS, Commissioner. Robert CURRY
signed the petition to build a tobacco warehouse in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. A voucher in Capt. John Herdman's
co. for John & Robert CURRY, 11 horses. In Robert
Harrison's company #5, James CURRY, 1 horse. VIRGINIA
VALLEY RECORDS , p.42,99,102,136,157.
1789 - On 22 June 1789, James CURRY, Benjamin HARRISON, Brewer
REEVES, and Thomas SCOTT, as trustees of the Presbyterian
Church of Harrisonburg, Virginia, were granted liberty by
the Circuit Court of Rockingham to build a house for
public worship. The deed for the lot, on East Market
Street, was made out to the above trustees, 25 September
1792 by Charles McCLAIN. J. Houston Harrison, SETTLERS
BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.321.
1789 - Rockingham Co., Virginia landowners in 1789 include:
David RADER, Michael READER, Anthony READER, Adam READER,
Mathias READER, Abraham BIRD, and Andrew BIRD.
Raymond A. Lee of Athens, Ohio wrote in 1974: "My
G-G-G-Grandfather, Michael RADER was born in Rockingham
County, Virginia. --- Apparently the first of the family
emigrated from Germany (they spelled the name ROEDER)
about 1660. They settled in Lehigh County, Penna., and
later some of them moved to Rockingham county, Va., where
they operated a lead mine. --- I do know that Michael and
at least part of his family came to what is now Greenbrier
County, West Virginia before 1800 along with other RADER
families."
1789 - Charles CALLAHAN purchased, in 1789, from John MILLER
of Rockingham, 220 acres of land on the Bullpasture River,
one mile south of McDowell, Highland Co. (earlier Bath
County), Virginia. Oren F. Morton ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY,
VIRGINIA , p.29.
1789 - John CLARK and Nancy BYRD were married, 17 Aug. 1789,
at Caroline Co., Virginia.
1789 - James BIRD and Sarah HATHCOCK were married, 30 Aug.
1789, at Southampton Co., Virginia.
1789 - Rockingham Co., Virginia landowners in 1789 include:
David RADER, Michael READER, Anthony READER, Adam READER,
Mathias READER, Abraham BIRD, and Andrew BIRD.
1789 - In the Virginia State Legislature Sessions of 1789-95,
Colonel Peter HULL represented the portion of Pendleton
Co. that later was Highland County.
1789 - James MOFFETT and Mary STUART were married, 29 December
1789, at Augusta Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.5, p.10.
1789 - The following marriages were performed in Pittsylvania
Co., Virginia:
Daniel CALLAHAN and Wilmoth RUSSELL, 22 Aug 1787.
Francis SHAW and Nancy STEWART, 8 May 1789.
Philip RUSSELL and Elizabeth STEWART, 6 Jan. 1792.
Richard RUSSELL and Isabel STUART, 1794.
1790 - Census of Strasburg, Lancaster County, Penna. for 1790,
p.145 lists Peter HOLL with 3 white males over 16 and 2
white females.
1790 - The 1790 York County, Penna census lists:
John Jacob WINTERODE
Adam WINDERODE
1790 - Braxton BIRD and Mary PRICE were married, 13 July 1790,
at Middlesex Co., Virginia.
1790 - Edward HALL married, 22 Jul 1790, in Augusta Co. to
Polly STUART.
1790 - Joseph BYRD and Nettie JACKSON were married, 20 Aug.
1790, at Charlotte Co., Virginia.
1790 - Census of Virginia, p.40, Pittsylvania lists John BIRD
with 8 whites in household.
1790 - On 1 September 1790, Balser BUMGARNER of Augusta Co.,
Virginia, buys of Francis ERWIN, atty for Alex. CURRY of
the District of Kentucky, two tracts of land in Augusta
County: one of 40 acres, the other of 130 acres, both on
or near a branch of Naken Creek. John Walter Wayland,
THE GERMAN ELEMENT of the SHENANDOAH VALLEY of VIRGINIA
(1907 - reprinted 1978), p.82.
1790 - The 1790 Census of Virginia lists Ann CURRY, age 53
(presumably a widow). - Info from Mavis SMITH of
Fremont, CA.
1790 - James CURRY, William HERRING, Benjamin HARRISON, Reuben
HARRISON, and William CRAVENS were among the jurors of
Rockingham County, Virginia. J. Houston Harrison,
SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.352.
1790 - James HICKLIN and Jane STUART were married, 28 Dec.
1790, at Augusta Co., Virginia.
1791 - George WOOD married, 20 Jan 1791, in Augusta Co.
(Rockbridge Co.), Virginia, to Jennie CURRY. Cecil D.
McDonald, Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.17,
p.20.
1791 - Abner BIRD and Jane JAMISON were married, 7 March 1791,
at Franklin Co., Virginia.
1791 - Charles CALLAHAN, son of Charles CALLAHAN, married
1791, to Mary STEUART, dau. of William and Margaret
(USHER) STEUART. Morton, Oren F., HISTORY OF HIGHLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA , p.379.
1791 - Clements GRAHAM married, 1791, at Bath County,
Virginia, to Jean USHER, daughter of Robert USHER.
1791 - Gershem CLEMENTS and Jenny USHER were married, 22 April
1791, at Augusta Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.2, p.4 & v.4, p.5.
1791 - Bath County, Virginia was formed out of Augusta County
in 1790. The first session of the county court of Bath
convened 10 May 1791, at the home of the widow of Capt.
John LEWIS. The justices present on the opening day were
John BOLLAR, John DEAN, Johan and William POAGE, Samuel
VANCE and John WILSON. The first attorneys were John
COTTON, James REID and Archibald STUART. Members of the
first grand jury in Bath County were Joseph MAYSE, Samuel
BLACK, Thomas BROCK, John DILLEY, James HAMILTON, James
HUGHART, Owen KELLEY, John LYNCH, John McCLUNG, Samuel
McDONALD, John MONTGOMERY, Joseph RHEA, William RIDER,
Robert STUART, and Stephen WILSON. Morton, Oren F.,
ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.108-109.
1791 - James KEISTER married, 1791, to Malinda GRIM. Oren F.
Morton's HISTORY OF PENDLETON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
(1910).
1791 - Robert CURRY and Sarah YOUNG were married, 22 April
1791, at Augusta County, Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald,
Jr., SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.17, p.6.
1791 - Gerreld SCOTT and Amey DYER were married, 13 June 1791,
at Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
1791 - William GLEN married, 15 June 1791, in Augusta Co.,
Virginia, to Anny CURRY.
1791 - James KINCAID married, (Bond, 26 Aug, Minister's return
30 Aug. 1791), at Bath County, Virginia, to Jean (or Jane)
CURRY, daughter of Robert CURRY. Joseph KINKEAD was
surety; Robert CURRY consented for daughter Jean; Witness
was Joseph KINKEAD; Minister was John MONTGOMERY.
Constance Corley Metheny and Eliza Warwick Wise, BATH
COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS and MINISTERS' RETURNS (1978), p.1.
1791 - James CURRY and Eleanor BRYAN were married, 26 Sept.
1791, at Frederick Co., Virginia. Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.,
SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES 1700-1799 , v.18, p.5.
1791 - Samuel VANCE, Assessor of the First District, Bath
County, Virginia, in 1791, lists the following as among
the Heads of Families: John BYRD (Back Creek), John BYRD
(Jackson's River), Thomas BYRD, Jacob BYRD, Sophia
CHESTNUT (widow), Jacob CLEEK, John DEEVER, Colonel John
DICKENSON, John DILLY, Robert GIVENS, William GIVENS,
Ebram GUM, John GUM, David GWIN, Joseph GWIN, James
HAMILTON, Alexander HAMILTON, Jr., Osborn HAMILTON, Thomas
HICKLIN, Capt. James HICKLIN, John HICKLIN, Ralph
LAFFERTY, John LEWIS, Andrew LEWIS, Margaret LEWIS
(widow), James LOCKRIDGE, William LOCKRIDGE, Jean
LOCKRIDGE (widow), Archibald MATHENY, Luke MATHENY, John
McCALLISTER, William RIDER, Robert STUART, James STUART
(son of Robert), William STUART, Edward STUART, John
STUART, James STUART (constable), and others. Morton,
Oren F., ANNALS OF BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA , pp.118-120.
1791 - Samuel THORNTON married (Bond, 1 Oct, Minister's
return, 15 Oct. 1791), at Bath County, Virginia, to
Elizabeth RIDER. Surety, Peter FLEET; Elizabeth consents
for herself; Witness, William CRAWFORD; Minister was
Chrisotopher CLARK. Constance Corley Metheny and Eliza
Warwick Wise, BATH COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS and MINISTERS'
RETURNS (1978), p.1.
1791 - Henry STUART married, (Bond 13 Dec., Return 19 Dec.
1791), at Bath County, Virginia, to Sarah MOORE. Samuel
McDONALD was surety; Consent by Mary MOORE, Jean MOORE and
Robert STEWART; Witnesses were James STEWART and James
HUGHART; Minister was John MONTGOMERY. Constance Corley
Metheny and Eliza Warwick Wise, BATH COUNTY MARRIAGE
BONDS and MINISTERS' RETURNS (1978), p.2.
1792 - William BIRD and Caziah HINMAN were married, 7 Jan.
1792, at Accomack Co., Virginia.
1792 - Jacob BIRD, son of John and Susanna (WINTROW) BIRD,
married, 10 Feb. 1792, to Margaret WADE, daughter of Otho
WADE. Otho WADE consents for daughter Margaret. Jacob
BIRD died in 1821. Constance Corley Metheny and Eliza
Warwick Wise, BATH COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS and MINISTERS'
R