Ancestors and Relatives of Clinton County, Kentucky:Information about John W. Sr. Mayfield
John W. Sr. Mayfield (b. Abt. 1721, d. date unknown)
Notes for John W. Sr. Mayfield:
[C. L. Mayfield - The following notes seem to be about several, at least two, different John Mayfields. One or more in VA and one or more in SC]
[G.W.Mayfield 1935-2004]
JOHN SERVED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HE SERVED IN THE SC RANGERS IN 1781 & 1782. HE WAS IN THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
LATER HE WAS PROMOTED TO LCOL.
HE WAS KILLED IN DISTRICT 96, SC (DAR. NO.381900+403 &508899 &590747 .+ 270639 ).
ISSUED THE 6th APRIL 1785 TO THE ESTATE OF LT. JOHN MAYFIELD, DECEASED FOR TWENTY NINE POUNDS FIFTEEN SHILLINGS STERLING FOR 119 DAYS DUTY DONE IN 1781 AND 1782.
ACCOUNT AUDITED &c
PRINCIPAL L14..3..2 1/2
INTEREST...... 0..19..9.
JOHN WAS ELECTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SC AND TOOK HIS SEAT ON 1 FEB 1780. HE WAS ALSO A STORE OWNER AND A CONSTABLE AND A CAPT. IN THE MILITIA
JOHN Mayfield JOINED THE LOYALIST AND WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AND KILLED ON THE 20 FEB 1782. HE HELD THE RANK OF A CAPT. IN THE LOYALIST ARMY.
JOHN WAS ASSIGNED 200 ACRES OF LAND FOR FIGHTING IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ON THE 28 JAN. 1784 BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VA RECORDED IN THE VA LAND OFFICE
SIGNED BY
BENJAMIN HARRISON
THOMAS MERRIWETHER
JOHN HAD SEVEN SONS AND THEY ALL WERE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ONE SON WAS KILLED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION JOHN WAS ALSO A SHERIFF OF RUSSELL County, VA
AFTER JOHN WAS MARRIED HE MOVED TO UNION County, , SC AND TOOK A LAND GRANT #13.(FEB. 1768 OF 100 ACRES ON BROAD RIVER IN WHAT WAS THEN A PART OF BERKLEY CO., , SC, now UNION COUNTY..
THIS IS A LETTER FROM THE KING OF ENGLAND, KING GEORGE THE 2ND DATED 1750
GEORGE THE SECOND. BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND. KING, DEFENDER OF THEIR CAUSE.
THESE PRESENT SHALL COME GREETING AND SHALL FOR DIVERS GOOD CAUSES AND CONCERN.
BUT MORE ESPECIALLY FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF TEN SHILLINGS OF GOOD AND LAWFUL MONEY USEFUL TO OUR RECEIVER GENERAL OF OUR RESOURCES IN WHOSE COLONY AND DOMINION OF VA I'VE GRANTED AND CONFIRMED AND BY THESE PRESENT FOR OUR HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS.
DO GIVE, GRANT, AND CONFIRM. JOHN MAYFIELD, ONE CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING NINETY THREE ACRES, LYING AND BEING IN THE ALBEMARLE. ON THE HEADS OF THE BRANCHES OF THE NORTH FORK OF PIONEY RIVER AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS.
BEGINNING AT A HICKORY AND RUNNING THENCE ON TEN LINES NORTH, ELEVEN DEGREES EAST, SEVENTY FOUR ROUNDERS SOUTH. FIFTY NINE DEGREES EAST, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT POLES AT A CHESTNUT OAK NORTH, SEVEN DEGREES EAST, SEVENTY FIVE POLES TO A WHITE OAK NORTH, SEVENTY TWO DEGREES EAST, EIGHTY THREE POLES, THIRTY THREE DEGREES WEST, NINETY EIGHT POLES TO A WHITE OAK SOUTH, FORTY FOUR POLES TO A GUM, TEN DEGREES WEST, FIFTY POLES TO A HICKORY. NORTH ELEVEN DEGREES, WEST SEVENTY DEGREES, EAST FIFTY POLES TO A WHITE OAK. NORTH SEVENTEEN DEGREES, WEST SEVENTY DEERS, NORTH ELEVEN DEGREES, WEST FIFTY DEGREES, BEGINNING WITH ALL WOODS, UNDER-WOODS, SWAMPS, MARSHES, AND UNDERGROUNDS, MEADOW-FEEDINGS.
DUE SHARE OF ALL VEINS, MINES, AND QUARRIES AS WILL BE DISCOVERED OR NOT DISCOVERED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, AND BEING PART OF THE SAID QUANTITY OF NINETY-THREE ACRES OF LAND AND THE RIVER WATERS AND WATER THEREIN CONTAINED.
TOGETHER WITH THE PRIVILEGES OF HUNTING, HAWKING, FISHING, FOWLING AND ALL OTHER COMMODITIES AND WHATEVER THE SAME OR ANY PART OF BELONGING IN ANYWAY.
TO HAVE, HOLD THERE-OF AND ENJOY THE SAID TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND AND ALL OF THE BEFORE GRANTED.
RECEIVING PARCEL THEREOF INTO THE SAID JOHN MAYFIELD, HIS HEIRS AND TO BE HELD FOR US ON OUR BEHALF OF HIS HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS AS OF OUR MANNER OF EAST GREENWICH IN THE COUNTY OF TRENT.
IN FREE AND COMMON USAGE AND NOT IN CAREFREE OR KNIGHT'S SERVICE. YIELDING AND PAYING UNTO US, OUR HEIRS, AND SUCCESSORS. FOR EVERY FIFTY ACRES OF LAND OR PROPORTION OR GREATER QUANTITY THAN FIFTY ACRES, THE FEE RENT OF ONE SHILLING YEARLY,
TO BE UPON THE FEAST OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCH ANGEL. AND ALSO CULTIVATING AND IMPROVING THESE ACRES OR PART OF TRACT ABOVE MENTIONED WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THESE PRESENT.
PROVIDED THREE YEARS OF THE SAID FEE RENT SHALL AT ANY TIME BE IN ARREARS AND UNPAID OR IF JOHN Mayfield OR HIS ASSIGNORS DO NOT WITHIN THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS COMMENCING AFTER THE DATE OF THESE PRESENT.
CULTIVATE THE LAND. THREE ACRES PART OF EVERY FIFTY OF THE TRACT ABOVE MENTIONED THE ESTATE HEREBY GRANTED SHALL CEASE AS WILL BE DETERMINED AND SHALL AND MAY BE LAWFUL TO AND FOR US OUR HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS AS WE THINK FIT.
IN WITNESS WHERE WE HAVE CAUSE THESE OUR LETTERS OF PATENT TO BE MADE.
WITNESS TRUSTY AND WELL BELOVED THOMAS LEE ESQ. PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNCIL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OUR COLONY AND DOMINION AT WILLIAMSBURG,
UNDER THE SEAL OF OUR SAID COLONY. THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE ONE THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY IN THE TWENTY THIRD YEAR OF OUR REIGN. SIGNED
THOMAS LEE
JOHN WAS MURDERED BY THE WHIGS. BY A CAPT. JOHN HOOD. HE WAS SHOT FROM BEHIND THROUGH THE HEAD
More About John W. Sr. Mayfield and Mary Delia Bracken:
Marriage: 1741, VA.
Children of John W. Sr. Mayfield and Mary Delia Bracken are:
- +Stephen Mayfield, b. 1755, Amherst Co., VA, d. August 11, 1834, Overton Co., Tn.
- John W. Jr. Mayfield, d. date unknown.