Carter's In Halifax Part 2

ROBERT SCOTT Will "...being in proper health & body...". I lend to my beloved wife Rachel Scott during her natura1 life my land & plantation whereon I now live. To my brother-in-law Henry Burton & his heirs 3 cows & calves. To my cousin David Logan my set of Smiths tools & the land whereon I now live at the death of my sd wife he paying ~ of the valuation of sd land to my cousin John Grimes Scott or if sd John Grimes Scott dies before he comes of age the sd David Logan to pay the above legacy to my cousin Loftin Scott. If sd David Logan should die before he comes of age the above land bequeathed to him to be the property of the above named Henry Burton & the Smiths tools to be given to his sister Catharine Logan. To my beloved wife Rachel Scott & to her heirs all the remainder of my personal estate.
Exr/ wife Rachel Scott with her brother Henry Burton & Theoderick Carter WD 21 June 1781
Signed Robert Scott
Wit: John Carter, Theoderick Carter, Henry Burton, Matthew Parker
WP 19 May 1785 Sec/ Theoderick Carter & Patrick Carnall

WILLIAM TINNIE (also TINNY) Will
"...being indisposed in body...". To my wife's brother, Jesse Poynor, all my saddleing and shoemaking tools & to his heirs & assigns forever. To my wife's sister Winney Poynor one two yr. old cow heifer. To my brother Edward Tinney who is now in defence of his country one sorrel horse and saddle provided he lives & returns home from the service, and if he does not return to remain the property of my wife. To my wife Elizabeth the land & plantation whereon I now live, it being the one third of my father's tract of land he lived on & bequeathed to me (100 ac.), also stock of horses, cattle, sheep, & hoggs, and all the residue & remainder of my personal estate, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Exr: John Poynor, Richard Carter, & Theo. Carter Wit: Jno. Scott, Henry B. Kerby Signed William Tinnie
WD 25 May 1782
WP 17 July 1783
18 September 1783 Further proved & recorded Sec. James LeGrand

ANDREW McCOOL Will "...sick & weak of body...". To my beloved wife Anne her choice of all my horses & mares & also a side saddle. To my brother Adam McCool a horse now in his possesion known by the name of Dunmoore. To Peter Follis a negro by named Dick & a bed & furniture, his choice of all my beds & also two cows & calves at the decease of my wife. I l.end to my beloved wife Anne the land & plantation whereon I now live & also six negroes to wit, Charles, Dick, Bird, Jack, Nann & Dicey, also all my goods & chattles with all. the remainder of my whole estate during her natural. life & at her decease the sd estate be sold & the money arising from thence one half shall be equally divided amongst James Ball. , Joseph McCool & John McCool sons of both of them of Adam McCool & the other half shall be equally divided amongst Andrew Torians children to wit, Thomas Scar, Andrew McCool, Nancy, Sally & Polley & their heirs forever. Exr. John Ragland & Hampton Wade.
WD 4 March 1785 Signed Andrew McCool
Wit: John Perry, Francis Boyed, Adam Winders, Peter Follis
WP 18 August 1785
Sec. Nicholas Hopson, Daniel Carter & James LeGrand
JOHN EASLEY Account of Sales 30 January 1782 Buyers named: Luke Williams. Peter Melone (to Charles Henderson). Benjamin Hudleston. Charles Spradling. William Moore, Thomas Fambrough, David James, John Chappell (by Daniel Parker Bd.). Richard Cox. Peter Wilson (by Bond). Benjamin Donnelly by Richd. Brown, Jr.. William McDaniel, Micajah Sims. John Freeman. Jesse Robertson, Richard Lamkin (Bond with Rd. Carter by Mark Milner). Mark Milner, Samuel Tindall by Jas. Petty &c Bond. Richard Owen (Devil) by Bond, Richard Carter (Tayler) inc.. wt. Petty, -Richd. Brown,., Sr. by Bond. Richard Brown. Jr. (1 roan horse for John Rakestraw). John Spencer. Ben Donnelly by Bond. Charles Henderson by Peter Melone. Thomas Dickson, David Logan. Peter Holt by Daniel Parker Bond. Isaac Ferguson, Isham Farmer included with Petty & Carter &c Bond, John Moore. James Chappell. David Bates, James McCraw. Wm. Walton. Stephen Panky to Wm. Walton. Charles Womack. Jesse Spradling by Daniel Parker Bd.. Mary Powell by her Bond. Alexander Hittson, Joshua Mat thews, David Farmer, John Spencer by Richd. Brown. Jr.. Daniel Parker to Jesse Spradling. John Chappell, Peter Holt by Bond, John Ferguson. Luke Kent. Martin Palmer, John Edmonds (a Holy Bible). Alexander Moore by John Moore's Bond, William Walton by Stephen Pankey. John Hurt Hendrick (leather britches). John Spencer by cash of Richd. Brown. Jr.. Jno. Rakestraw by cash of Richd. Brown. Jr.. John Milom. Joseph Clardy. Martin Palmer. Alexr. Hitson, Nipper Adams. Richd. Carter (Taylor). Daniel Easley. Recorded: 15 May 1783 Test/ Geo. Carrington. CHC

LUKE KENT Will "...being sick & weak...". To my beloved wife Sarah Kent the land & plan- tation whereon I now live for & during her widowhood together with my 2 negroes Jos. & Poll. To my dau. Polley Kent my negro girl Alis & her in- crease to her & her heirs forever. To my son Robert Kent my negro boy Julius do. do. To my son John Kent my negro girl named Rose do. do. To my son Smith Kent my do. boy named Ned do. do. When the oldest of my heirs comes of age my negroes George, Ben & Patt are to be equally divided between all my children. To my son Robert Kent my negro boy Ben do. do. £200 to be raised out of my estate & advans't in land for my son John Kent. Also £200 to be raised out of my estate & advans't in land for my son Smith Kent. My son Robert Kent shall have his choice of my guns & that my tools of al~ sorts be continued together 'till my son Robert Kent comes of age & then be divided between my sons Robert. John & Smith Kent.
Exr/Obadiah Kent. George Wood. & John Ragland WD 1 October 1788 S/Luke Kent Wit/James Hardwick. William Willson, Littleberry (+) Strange, John (B) Boyd WP 28 April 1789. Obadiah Kent granted probate, reserving liberty to the
other Exrs. to join when they think fit. Sec/Theoderick Carter & David Brandon
STEPHEN TOWNES Accounts Current 1783-1789 Caleb Townes, Executor
Among items listed: pd Pricilla Bonner for 1 mo. work, Exps. for tobo., Robt.Sharmon, William Ball for oats, Phillip Day for jumpin an ox, corn at Bibbs, 1 314 yd. black mode for Elsy Townes, Thomas Lipscomb for whiskey, Woody Brooks for rolling tobo., William Carter for rolling tobo., do. Edmund Dixon, do. David Pinn cradle'd oats, James Legrand for season of a mare, taxes, Richard Carter bringing up goods, James Irvine do., James Brooks for rum, William Wood for carpenters work, pd Daniel Carter, James McCraw for Clerks ticketts, William Cotrel rolling tobo., Archibald Murphey, Joseph Haynes, William Turner for cutting an horse, John Irvine, John Payne for saddling, Robert Scott for smith work, William James shoemaking, Wal~ Brown cradling oats, Cornal Guin for a wheat sive, Cun- ningham & Harper for goods, do. William Morris for 24 days work, Sherif
Hopson for taxes, Lewis Cantelow for goods, the fishermen for fish, !lve Oliver for mending a wheel, Bl~ & Barksdale for goods, ferriage tobo. at Powells, do. at Vaughans, do. at Irvines, John Hicks ro1ling tobo. Woody Brooks do., Joseph Haynes for {?), corn & provision for boy return.g from Ptsbg., John Scott for carriage, John Hicks, Bruce & Panne11 for goods, do. John Duke for lime, do. Cunningham & Harper for goods, John Poynor for work, Wi1liam Boyd for hire of a sti1l, Walter Brown for weaving, Henry B. Kerby for smith work, Peter Hitt for coopering, Hopsons Charles for clover seed, Pannil & Bruce for goods, acct. of Peter Hitts, Lewis Cantelow b.lack curants, Exps. to Cumberland ~ Townes, Martha Parkes 3 weeks wash, Noel Waddle mending a ring, William Poyner shoemaking, John Poyner for a womans sadd1e, James Wi11iams powdering tub {sic), do. Coleman Daniels 1 turkey, John Jasper for corn, N. Cunningham for pr. sheep shears, Robert Standfield for 1 comb, John Irvine for tobo. & Roberts crossing his ferry, ferriage pd Bibb, David Powe1 for tobo , Robert Reaves 22 yd. rolls, Thomas Standfield for rum, Nicholas Vaughan ferriage tobo., Thomas Combs for 3 mth. work, William Carter for 2 heifers, Drury Sims 1 cask, William Fletcher for shoemaking, William Watlington for calico, William Morris for braking flax, N. Cunningham sundry goods, William Pinor shoemaking, Lewis Cantelow, William Fletcher mending shoes, John Irvine ferriage tobo, David
Powel tobo., Nicholas Vaughan tobo., Bibb tobo., William Fu1cher cotton wheel, Cantelow for sundry goods, James Brooks salt, David Clark for tax, James Chappell ferriage, Elizabeth Turner weaving, James Williams coopering, William Chappel tobo. Hobsons & Charles fish, Nath. Cunningham sundry goods, Thomas Lipscomb finding provisions from Petersburg for rolers, Irvine Brandon for fish, Thos Combs, Joseph Haynes med. for a wench, pd Carters Abram for bottoming chairs, pd Richard Carter for season of mare, pd Rebeckah Scott for a gun stock, Joseph Atkin for stocking a gun, Hannah Farley for corn, Archibald Campbell for 2 .books, Henry B. Kerby for smiths work, Obediah Kerby for smiths work, James Brooks bringing up goods p. Pet.g, Blow & Barksdale merchants acct., Wi11iam Ham- let for goods, James Williams for tobo., John Irvine ferriage tobo. & rolers ret.g, David Powell ferriage tobo., 2 qts. rum on the road for rolers, William Womack for ferriage tobo., William Chappe11 for 5 yds. cotton, James Coleman 8~ yds plains, James Brooks salt, pd Daniel L. Farley for teaching school for yr. 1787. Total: £280/2/2
To: N. Cunningham & Co. short charge in his acct 27 Dec. 1786, pd John Wi11iams his acct. for taxes, do. County & Parish taxes, pd Clk of Ha1ifax for probate of testators will, Wi11iam Barksdale pt. his acct., my share of crop 1787, my cross cut saw broke at plantation, my exps. as Exr. for 4 yrs., pd Irvine Brandon. 15 Apri1 1789 Bal. as pr. Cr. £53/17/5~
By: Cash rec'd of W. Dodson, corn, tobo., cash rec'd of Thomas Nea1y, do. Henry Black, cash of Carnal, do Wyley, do. Rogers, do. Wi1liams, do. William Carter, do. of Gliden, William Wi1kins, Sr., Drury Simms, Wi11iam Carter, John Vaughan, in pt. of an execution obtained agst. Ca11eway & others, Blow & Barksdale pr. acct., judgment obtained agst. Edward Bryantt my pt. of exps. of tobo., Blow & Barksdale acct, overcharge as an overse~ 1783, error in pd P. Bonner, do. in No.68 {?). do in addition.

THOMAS LAWSON Inventory Among items listed: 9 negroes consisting of 3 men, 3 women, 1 girl, 2 children, 3 horses, 2 work stears, 12 cattle, 7 sheep, 2 sows & piggs, 1600 lbs. pork, 70 barrels corn, 2 feather beds & furniture, desk, pewter dishes, basons, 8 plates do., 2 flat irons, coffee pot, 2 old guns, household goods, plantation tools, part in an old waggon, cross cut saw.
Account of Sales Exclusive of negroes hiring (sic) out &c. . Buyers named: Francis Brandon, William Boyd, Charles Taylor, Elisha Dodson, Francis Lawson, William Scott, Elias Burgess, Alexander Kent, John Cook, Shaderick Hudson, Joseph Kerby, Thomas White, Thomas Brandon, John Lawson, Thomas Carter, William Watkins, John Brandon, William Combs,Elisha Dodson. John Morton. Pressley Dodson, William Dodson, John Owen, Edward Bucy. Lockey Brown. Total: £127/12/0 Amt. of hire on the above mentioned slaves: £54/9/0 S/Theoderick Carter, guardian 25 September 1790
Returned 27 September 1790 by Theoderick Carter, guardian of the orphans.

RICHARD CARTER Inventory & Appraisement 17 July 1787 Among items listed: roan mare, mare & colt, roan mare, sorrel mare, 1 do. Fear Naught, 1 do., blacksmiths tools, plantation tools, coopers tools, old brass, ox cart, yoak of stears, cattle, sheep, hoggs, 5 bee gums, negro fellow Isaac, do. wench Peg, do. girl do., houshold goods, mans saddle, 4 feather beds & furniture, 12 chears, 3 spinning wheels. S/L. Ragland, John Moore, Caleb Dodson, Frances Carter
Returned 20 December 1787 (Total not given)
MICAJAH WATKINS Accounts 17 January 1780-July 1781 Names Mentioned: Cash pd. Martin Baker (for rum), Thomas Dodson, Edwin Garlington, Elijah Witt, Wm. McCraw (for taxes), James Smith, John Echols, Aaron Hardwick, John Brown, a negro belonging to the estate, Agnes Willson, William Douglas, William Walton, Dr. Haynes (for medicins & attendance), Alexander Kent (to repay W. Martin), William Walton, John Dickie, Robert Pamplet, Clk. of Halifax Court, Wm. Shackleford estate, Timothy Burges, John Watkins, Martin Baker (by Robert Kent), Marmaduke Stanfield (in part of his account), James McCraw (for taxes), pd Chapel (for fodder), boarding two children for one year, John Martin (for weaving), making two coats, 2 jackets, 2 shirts, 2 pr. breeches & 2 pr. trousers. To trouble & expence as Executor. Total (old way) £6562/16/3 With Wilmoth Boyd, Extrx. of George Boyd, dec'd, Exr. of Micajah Watkins. By: Cash left at his death, 2 pieces of gold, silver. Names mentioned: Cash rec'd. of James Smith, John Echols, ( ) Hardwick, Dr. Haynes, Daniel Easley, Stephen Easley, John Dickie, Moses Johnson, John Freeman, Sarah Boyd, John Easley, Edwd. Goode, Wm. McCraw, Noel Waddell, Hickson Barksdale, Benj. Pulliam, Michael Ozbrooks, Luke Kent, Mr. Wade, Geo. Jones, Jos. Hopson, Henry Goare, John Whitworth, Frederick Farmer.
Total £6561/16/3 The Accounts Current of George Boyd, Jr., dec'd acting Exr. of Micajah Watkins, dec1d with Wilmoth Boyd, Exrx of sd Geo. Boyd up to & as far as the transactions of sd Geo. Boyd extended & find that by allowing sd Boyd £515/3/6 for his trouble & expence that the accounts stand ballanced.
S/ Isaac Coles, James Coleman Recorded: 21 August 1783

24 STEPHEN TOWNS Will "...being in a low state of health..." I lend to my well beloved wife Lucy Towns during her natural life or widowhood the land & plantation whereon I now live (400 ac.) and the following slaves, Viz. Barney, Tom, Frank, Jacob, Barbery, Betty, Peg, & Vilet for her use & the bringing up & educating my children. To my dear & well beloved children, Viz. Sarah, Levinia & Lucresia with my wife, Lucy Towns, the above mentioned land & slaves. In case wife is now pregnant, sd son or dau. to share an equal part of my estate at the coming of age of my youngest child.
Exr. my brother, Caleb Towns, William Watkins, & wife, Lucy Towns WD 21 April 1783 signed Stephen Towns
Wit: Richardson Owen, Theo. Carter, Dudly Barksdale, Richd. Carter, Thomas Buck
WP 21 August 1783
sec. James Coleman, Geo. Wily, James LeGrand, Richard Carter.


JOHN CARTER Inventory & Appraisement' " Among items listed: 4 negro men, 1 woman & 3 childt£en, 5 horses,: 40 hd
cattle, sheep, hogs, shoats, household goods, plantation tools, gun, 2 saddles, 1 womans do., 1 cart.
Dated: 10 November 1781 Total: 524...10.0
the above estate being appraised in the old way.. Appraisers :Joseph Lumpkin, Benjn. Hopson, CharIes Wall. The above settled
at 500 for l which amounts to ? 262250. Returned : 21 February 1782


John LAWSON, Senior Will...being, :indisposed in body but of perfect mind and memory .." To my e1dest son John Lawson one half of this tract of land whereonon I now live - the lower,part adjoining Richard Kirby's line.Likewise one half the ,tract purchased from,Thomas Hendrick, it being that part joyning to the above half. Also my stallion, saddle & bridle & also a rifle gun. to him & his heirs & assigns: forever. To my son- Thomas Lawson the upper half of said tract whereon I live & the other half of the foresaid Hendricks tract, also a horse named Spider, a saddle, bridle & a rifle gun to him & do. To my son Francis Lawson a certain tract of land on Dan River on the s.s. wheron Jacob Miller is now living with all rents & profits until said:,son be of age. Also another tract which I have petitioned for to be clered out by the estate,sd land is joyning William Watkins & John Lewis's lines. Likewise a horse saddle.& bridle to value Fifteen pounds to him & do. .To my daughter Mary Brandon a. certain tract of land containing 740 ac. whereon Paton Isbel is now living, also a negro girl Fan, a horse named Jack. & two fillies, a sorrel & a dark bay, 3 cows & calves, two of which she has in possession to her & do. To my daughter Elizabeth Irvine a certain tract of land on s.s. Dan River upo'n waters of Winds Creek, 414 ac. purchased of Hugh Kelly, also a negro--gal Amey, one bay mar; which she has in possession, 3 cows, etc. & do.' To my daughter Margaret Lawson a certain tract of land 247 ac. purchased of John Mount, also a negro girl Patt, a mare, saddle & bridle to value Twenty pounds, also 3 cows, etc., a new feather bed & furniture, a good flax wheel to be delivered at age eighteen or marriage & do. I lend to my well beloved wife Prisilla Lawson during :her natural life for her use & bringing up & educating my children the use benefit & labours of the following slaves -Dick, Allen, Tom boy,Sepis, Sarah, Pegg, Moll, Dannel, Dick, Geberil, Tom & Jack, all the plantation of land whereon I now live with all the rest residue & remainder of
my per,s9nal estate. After her decease to be equally divided amongst my, three sons John, Thomas & Francis Lawson & their heirs forever. If either should die before of age their part to be divided between the survivors & in case my daughter Margaret Lawson die before of age or married her part to be equally divided between her surviving brothers. A tract of land joyning line of Richard Kerby, Thomas Hendrick & James Horseley containing 230 ac. to be sold & value added to estate. A parcel of land purchased ,of William Petterson & his wife Mary, it being her right of dowery in a tract purchased by William Watkins of the estate of Benjamin Redmond, dec'd to be sold or rented during said Mary Pettersons life & the profits put into the sd estate. My estate to be lawfully appraised & no more of estate sold than necessary to discharge my debts. Exr: my brother William Lawson, Micajah Watkins, John Brandon & John Irvine WD 14 October 1776 signed John Lawson.Wit: Theo. Carter, Wm. Watkins, WIn. McCraw, Junr., John Shawr(sic) WP 21 February 1782. Presented by John Irvine one of Exr. & proved by two wit. O.R. Liberty granted other Exr. to join in probate. Sec: , James Coleman & ,John Shackleford.

RICHARD KIRBY Will. ., ,
"...being indisposed in body but in perfect mind and memory..."
My beloved wife Sarah Kirby to remain on the plantation whereon I now live without interuption & be allowed a comfortable maintainance during widowhood & in case she remove from sd place I lend to her 100 ac. during her natural life it lying & being in aforesd county on Burches Creek, the upper end of tract I have there, also a feather bed & furniture, it being the said bed
left her by her grandfather, also one good horse & saddle & bridle, a good
cow & calf, a good sow & pigs, 2 ews & lambs, a trunk, & personality. .To my three sons Joseph, Richard & William Kirby my low grounds on Dan by equal division, Viz. Joseph to have the upper end adjoining Lawson's line & Richard to have the lower end joining Boyd's line & William Kirby to have tbe middle part Joseph to have the part out joinipg Bird's line, etc. To my two sons Richard & William Kirby my tract on Burches Creek in Halifax by equal' division Richard the upper half & W~lliam the lower on the Creek. To son Joseph my smiths tools. To son Richard my copper kittle. To son William my large iron pott. The rest of my personal estate to be equally divided between my three sons Joseph, Richard & William Kirby. If either of sd sons die before they come of age 21 yrs: the surviving brothers to divide the land & other bequeathed items. .
Exr: my son Joseph Kirby & my brother Henry B.Kirby., , WD 30 August 1781 signed Richard Kearby Wit: Theo. Carter, Thomas Harrion {sic) , Thomas Lipscomb, William Boyd, Wi1liam Mayes
WP 21 February 1782. Presented ,py .Joseph Kerby .& Henry Baker Kerby Exr. & proved by 3 wit. O.R.
Sec: Mead Anderson & John Anderson .

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF
BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH
FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Many people who were members of this church moved to Halifax-Pittsylvania County.Below are some exerts from these minutes.They were published in the THE GENEALOGICAL RECORD published Quarterly by The Houston Genealogical Forum, Houston, Texas. Volumn VII, Number 3, September 1965. The original notes were in the form of two notebooks owned by Mrs. Klitch Nee Helen Jeffries of Warrenton, Virginia.They were handed down by her father, Charles Edward Jeffries, and his father, Joseph Arthur Jeffries.It is unknown how Mr. Jeffries obtained the copies of the notes or if the original notes are somewhere to be found.Included in the notes is the Baptismal Records of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. A Xerox copy of the file in on record at the Houston Public Library. I have added only the information below that is relevant to Halifax-Pittsylvania County. ( Birch Creek is in Pittsylvania County)
In the lists of Baptisms, dismissals,excommunication etc are obviously added to the original minutes at a later time by the Clerk.
"The church was constitued December 30, 1762 consisting of the ten following members being near Broad Run in Fauquier County in the State of Virginia.
Elizabeth Hayes
Peter CornwellSarah CornwellJoshua DodsonRuth DodsonThomas DodsonElizabeth Dodson
William Stamps DeceasedBetty Bennett
The above Joshua Dodson and Ruth Dodson/Thos Dodson, Elizabeth and Betty Bennett were dismissed to Halifax.
December 4th, 1762
Page 2
Joseph Morrison dismissed to Halifax
Margaret Morrison dismissed to Halifax
John Creel dismissed to Halifax
Rhoda Creel dismissed to Halifax
Elisha Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Sarah Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Ann Edwards dismissed to Halifax
John Whitein dismissed to Halifax
Joseph Dodson/William Davis/John Davis/Lucy Davis/Katherine Rhodes dismissed to Halifax
Michael Owens dismissed to Halifax
April 10th 1763
was added the following members by Baptism
Sarah Leachman dismissed to Halifax
May 7th 1763
was added the following members by Baptism
Timothy Stamps dismissed to Halifax
George Dodson gone to Halifax
Ann Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Elizabeth Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Sarah Ugelby dismissed to Halifax
Mary Wiatt dismissed to Halifax
June 12th 1763
were added the following members by Baptism
Jane Murphy dismissed to Halifax
July 10th 1763
was added the following members by Baptism
Joshua Scurlock gone to Halifax
Margaret Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Katharine Stamps dismissed to Halifax
October 9th, 1793
was added the following members by Baptism
Lazarus Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Alice Dodson dismissed to Halifax
Anne Dodson dismissed to Halifax
May 13, 1764
was added the following members by Baptism
Negro Adam belonging to Thos Dodson dismissed to Halifax
June 9th 1765
were added the following members by Baptism
John Stamps dismissed to Halifax
August 11th 1765
were added the following members by Baptism
Thomas Dodson dismissed to Halifax
September 12th 1767
was added the following member by Baptism
Thomas Heggerson(Haggerson?) dismissed to Halifax
February 13th 1769
dismissed upward of thirty of our members to be constituted into a church at London several of whose names were never entered in this book.Also 20 odd more to be constituted into a church at Halifax/Likewise that branch of our church was constituted into a church in Orange/W. Stamps Ck./
November 11th 1769
The church being met agreed to dismiss Thomas Dodson Jur. and Joshua Scurlock as members under sencure to the church at Birch Creek to be under their care.Monthly meetings to be the Friday before the second Sunday in every month. W. Stamps deceased and Nicholas Ware appointed Clerk 1773.
August 13th 1773
were added the following members by Baptism
Elizabeth Hall dismissed to Halifax
September 12th 1773
were added the following members in Baptism
Mary Heggerson dismissed to Halifax
August 13th 1774
were added by Baptism the following members
James Dennison dismissed to Halifax
On the last page of these minutes is a page of birth records.These may or may not be connected with Pittsylvania County.
APRIL THE 24TH 1763 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WERE RECEIVED INTO THE
CARE OF THE CHURCH / MARY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF PETER CORNWELL/ NANCY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF OBIDD CORNWELL / PLUBY DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOSHUA DODSON
JOSEPH CARTER SON OF WILLIAM CARTER/ JOHN BENNETT SON OF JOHN
BENNETT/
MARY HIGGINS DAUGHTER OF ALEXR. HIGGINS / BETTY DODSON DAUGHTER OFJOSEPH DODSON / JAMES OWINGS SON OF JOSEPH OWINGS.
OCTOBER THE 9TH 1763. THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE
CARE OF THE CHURCH / GEORGE DODSON SON OF LASAROUS DODSON / TOLIVER DODSONSON OF ROLY DODSON / GEORGE STAMPS SON OF TIMOTHY STAMPS / ELISHA DODSON SON OF ELISHA DODSON/ PRESLEY EDWARDS SON OF BENA. EDWARDS / JANE LEE DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN LEE / SALLY LEACHMAN DAUGHTER OF JO. LEACHMAN. /
FEBRUAY 12TH 1764 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / MOLLY CREEL DAUGHTER OF JOHN CREEL / THOMAS DODSON SON OF GEORGE DODSON / FRANCES DODSON DAUGHTER OF GEORGE DODSON/ (PAGE 187)
JUNE 7TH 1764 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS WAS / RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF
THECHURCH / JOHN PICKETT SON OF WM. PICKETT /JOHN WHITE SON OF JOHN WHITE /
JOHN JONES SON OF JAMES JONES/ WILLIAM MURPHY SON OF WM. MURPHY. /
APRIL THE 14TH 1765 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE
CAREOF THE CHURCH / JOHN STAMPS SON OF WM. STAMPS / ANN STAMPS DAUGHTER OF JOHN STAMPS. /
JUNE 9TH 1765 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF
THE CHURCH / ANN DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOR. DODSON./
AUGUS 11TH 1765 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE
OFTHE CHURCH / SALLEY SPENCER DAUGHTER OF JAMES SPENCER / JOEL HIGGINS SON OF ALEXR, HIGGINS. / (SPACE -- ED.)BENNETT DAUGHTER OF JON.BENNETT
/ RHODY DODSON DAUGHTER OF THOS. DODSON / ALCE CREEL DAUGHTER OF
JOHN CREEL./
MAR. THE 10TH 1767 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE
CARE OF THE CHURCH / ELI CORNWELL SON OF OBED CORNWELL BORN 4 MAR. 67/
(PAGE 188) ELIJAH QUISINBERRY SON BORN 22ND OF NOVEMBER'67/ NANCY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF DUOH BORN JULY 18 '67 / HOSIAH MADCALF BORN NOV. 15, 1767 /
JESSE BENNETT BORN 15 NOVR. 1767 / THOSE FIVE REGISTERED IN CARE OF
THE CHURCH 68
MAY THE 9, 1769 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS WAS / RECEIVED INTO THE CARE
OF THE CHURCH / THOMAS HIGGERSON SON OF THOS. HIGGERSON / MOSES
CORNWELLSON OF OBED CORNWELL / BARSHEBA ROGERS DAUGHTER OF HENRY ROGERS/ HENRYHAINES SON ON WM. HAINES/ MOLLY STAMPS DAUGHTER OF WM. STAMPS /SALLYDAVIS DAUGHTER OF JOHN DAVIS /WILLIAM HUNTON SON OF WM. HUNTON. /
APRIL THE 12TH 1772. THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE
CAREOF THE CHURCH / BETTY NASH DAUGHTER OF WM. NASH / RHODY HIGKERSONDAUGHTER OF THOS. HIGKERSON / NANCY WHITE DAUGHTER OF JOHN WHITE.
AUG. 12, 1773 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS WAS / RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF
THECHURCH / CHLOE SMITH DAUGHTER OF CALEB SMITH / BORN NOVR. THE 5TH DAY 1772 / (PAGE 189) JOHN SMITH SON OF JOSEPH AND JEANAH SMITH / BORN DECEMR. 6TH 1772/ WINNEY HICKERSON DAUGHTER OF THO. HICKERSON / WAS BORNDECEMR. 22ND 1773 / MOLLY DRURY DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH DRURY WAS/ BORN
SEPTR THE 20TH 1772. /BETTEY WARE DAUGHTER OF MICL. WARE AND MARTHA /HISWIFE WAS BORN MARCH 22ND 1774 / JOHN MICHELL SON OF JOHN MICHELL WAS BORN / BETTY DRURY DAUGHTER OF JOSEP DRURY / WAS BORN FEBRY. 14TH 1775 /
THOMAS SMITH, SON OF JOSEPH AND LEANAH SMITH / WAS BORN FEBY. 14TH
1775
/ LEWIS SMITH SON OF JOSEPH AND LEANAH SMITH / WAS BORN FEBR. THE
27TH1777./


Mss1B4395a, John Bennett Papers, 1827-1880,
Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia; also Illinois
Description of the Collection
This collection consists of forty-seven items arranged in sections by name of individual and type of document.
Section 1 consists of thirty-seven items, letters, 1835-1871, written to John Bennett ([b. 1805] of Petersburg, Illinois) by Harry A. Bennett (of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, concerning Alfred Ely [1815-1892]; battles of Big Bethel and First Bull Run, Virginia, and Rich Mountain, Virginia [now West Virginia]; and slaves), Alexander Spotswood Boyd ([b. 1819] of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, concerning Philip Henry Sheridan [1831-1888] and William Tecumseh Sherman [1820-1891]; slaves; and Reconstruction), Charles Henry Cabaniss ([b. ca. 1809] of Halifax County, Virginia, concerning William L. Owen [ca. 1809-1881] and Reconstruction), James Barrett Dupuy ([1805-1878] of Richmond, Virginia, concerning Reconstruction; and funds for the relief of sufferers from the collapse of the courtroom floor of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sitting in the Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, 27 April 1870), Eliza Ann (Bennett) Easley ([b. 1804] of Black Walnut, Halifax County, Virginia), Dr. Henry Easley (of Black Walnut, Halifax County, Virginia, concerning Shady Grove, Halifax County, Virginia), William L. Owen (of Black Walnut, Halifax County, Virginia, concerning Reconstruction), Bettie Rainey ([b. ca. 1832] of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia), Philip Rainey ([d. ca. 1850] of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, concerning Alexander Boyd [1773-1836], Mrs. Elizabeth Knox Green [d. 1841], William Henry Harrison [1773-1841], Woodson Puryear [d. 1836], John Tyler [1790-1862], and Elizabeth Watson [d. 1836]; and the election of candidates from Halifax and Mecklenburg counties, Virginia, in 1840 to the Virginia General Assembly), Charles B. Waldo ([d. 1857] also bears letter of Mary Jane (Bennett) Waldo [b. 1812] to Mary Armistead (Boyd) Bennett [b. 1810]), Mary Jane (Bennett) Waldo ([b. 1812] of Mayo, Halifax County, Virginia), and Richard Everard Waldo (of Mayo, Halifax County, Virginia).
Section 2 consists of three items, the will, 1827, of Richard Everard Bennett ([1779-1828] of Halifax County, Virginia); a power of attorney, 1835, of Nancy Eggleston (Bennett) Draper (b. 1808) to John Bennett ([b. 1805] witnessed by Richard Everard Bennett [b. 1807] and Theodore A. Bennett [b. 1814] concerning a slave); and lines of verse.
Section 3 consists of five items, letters, 1840-1880, written by or addressed to Harry A. Bennett, Mrs. Margaret B. Carter (of Halifax County, Virginia), Mrs. Mary Carter (of Petersburg, Illinois), Robert S. Carter, Samuella Carter, T. T. Carter (of Halifax County, Virginia), William Waldo, and William Wilson (of Cedar Grove, Halifax County, Virginia).
Carter's Tavern, Paces vicinity. Carter's Tavern on Halifax County's historic River Road, is a handsomely preserved example of an early southern Virginia ordinary. With most of its original interior fabric intact, the spacious frame building provides a rare picture of the arrangement of a once-common Virginia institution. Of particular significance here is the great quantity of original graining and marbleizing on the woodwork, most of it well preserved and unusually ornate.Licenses issued in 1802 and 1804 indicate that Joseph Dodson, Jr. operated an ordinary here in what was also his residence. The place was acquired in 1807 by Samuel Carter, who enlarged the building by adding the two-story main section. Carter managed the tavern until his death in 1836. The tavern stood derelict for many years until 1972 when Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Edmunds
1794 July 29 Major Brumfield of Halifax Co. bought 100 A. from Wm. Chick of Halifax Co. "Containing a mill seat situated in Halifax being a Brumfield's line thence along the line to a corner hickory thence along a new line to a Spanish oak thence up the creek to the beginning. Wit.: Jasper Pillow, John Carter, Wm. (+) Brumfield Halifax Co., DB 16:282 1794 Wm. Chick of Halifax Co. sold to Major Brumfield of Halifax Co. 100 A. containing a mill lying in Halifax Co. Beginning at a creek on Major Brumfield's line... Witnesses: Joseph Tallow (Pillow), John Carter, Wm. (+) Brumfield Sig. William Chick Halifax Co. DB 16:282
1798 Dec. 15 Wm. Brumfield of Charlotte Co. sold to Wm. Williams, Sen'r of said County 108 A. bounded by Leroy Lambert on the road that leads to the Courthouse, Eli Robey's line-to the main creek and thence up a small branch to Robey's line to Mitchell's line. Wit.: Joe Morton, John (+) Biggs, James Middleton (No dower R) Charlotte Co. DB 8:159 William (+) Brumfield 1798 Dec. 15 Wm. Brumfield, Charlotte Co. sold to John Inge of Charlotte 26 A. in Charlotte, on the Little Roanoke bounded by James Inge, Lambert's line, Robey's line to a branch, thence to the creek and down the creek to Inge's corner. Wm. (+) Brumfield Wit.: Little Joe Morton, John (+) Biggs, James Middleton-No dower R. Charlotte Co. DB 8:160 1798 Dec. Wm. Brumfield of Charlotte sold Eli Robey of Charlotte 42 A. on the waters of the Little Roanoke bounded by James Inge, Lambert's line, Lesley's corner, Lesley's line to William's corner, William's line to Robey's line to Inge's corner. Wit: Little Joe Morton William (+) Brumfield John (+) Biggs, James Middleton No dower R. Rec. 1st Apr. 1799 Charlotte Co. DB 8:160a