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Descendants of James Anderson

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES¹ ANDERSON was born Bef. 1690 in "Callactes" Charles City Co, VA, and died November 20, 1751 in "Arnols" Surry Co, VA. He married MARY JORDAN Bef. 1712 in Prince George Co., VA, daughter of GEORGE JORDAN and MARY BROWNE. She was born Abt. 1690 in Surry Co., VA, and died Abt. 1733 in Surry Co., VA.

Notes for JAMES ANDERSON:
The information below has been copied from the web site of Patrick
Anderson.
The place of his birth is called "The Cattails".

Notes for James Anderson:
James is named in the 1711 will of Thomas Anderson of Prince
George County. The father of
James Anderson of Surry County is established as Thomas by the
examination of the deeds filed in
the six volumes of Prince George's County records from 1713 to 1728.
A caution, that in Prince George County there also resides at
this time a family of James
Anderson with sons Matthew,Jr., William,Jr. and James Anderson and
daughter Elizabeth Ligon.
There is no confirmed relationship although such cannot be dismissed.
There is filed on page 516, a deed of 02/09/1721 from Margaret
Goodrich to Abraham
Odium involving 100 acres in Martins Brandon Parish, Prince George
County, which were lands of
John Jane sold to Thomas Anderson and upon his death lent by will to
widow Mary, then sold by
widow Mary, who married Cornelius Cargill, and eldest son James to Edward
Goodrich by deed on
01/12/1713.
There is filed on page 957, a deed of 02/01/1726 from Cornelius
Cargill to Robert Hunicutt
for 150 acres on the south side of Cattail Swamp on the north side of the
Blackwater and both sides
of Reedy Branch formerly the occupation of Thomas Anderson dec'd and by
James Anderson and
Cornelius Cargill; 105 acres sold by James Anderson to Cornelius Cargill
by deed dated
04/14/1719 and the rest by Charles Anderson his brother by deed dated
03/10/1718.
There is filed on page 292, a deed dated 04/14/1719 from James
Anderson of Surry County
to Cornelius Cargill for 105 acres on Cattail Swamp bounded by a line of
Charles Anderson in
which the wife Mary Anderson relinquishes her dower by separate
affidavit.
Thus, the father of James Anderson of Surry County is Thomas
Anderson of Prince George
County, with wife Mary in 1711. No contemporary birth record is known.
James Anderson's first wife is Mary Jordan. The will of George
Jordan is filed in Surry County
Will Book 7 page 145, dated 05/18/1718 and probated 08/20/1718. He
mentions his wife Mary
and daughter Mary Anderson and legated to her a "large" bible. This Bible
is later mentioned in
James Anderson's will, and apparently goes to Georgia with James's son.
He names his daughter
Mary Anderson, wife of James Anderson in a 1715 deed to her.
His second marriage was to Rebecca Cook. This is established by
examination of Surry
County, Will Book 9, page 248. The will of William Cook dated 05/01/1740
names sons Robin
Cook, James Cook and daughters; Elizabeth who married Thomas Tomlinson,
Rebeccah who
married James Anderson, Sarah who married Henry Mitchell, Mary who
married Wm. Briggs,
Susannah who married Miel Hill, Hannah who married Richard Gary, Amy who
married John
Maclin. The will was probated 11/19/1740.
He is identified as an executor of his father's will in 1711 and
is mentioned in the estate lists of
his brother and sister in 1712. He co-signs deeds with Mary and
Cornelius Cargill of his fathers
land in 1712. On one of those deeds his wife is mentioned as approving
but is Unnamed, however
this apparently shows that James married May Jordan before 1712.
James in 1715 is identified in the deeds associated with his
wife's family (Jordan). James's
father-in-law George Jordan gave his daughter Mary Anderson, land in 1715
along the north side of
the Blackwater swamp. This was located in Surry County. James moved to
this plantation in the
period 1718-1719. In 1730 he added 200 acres adjacent to this land by
purchase from Henry
Thomas and John Avery. This Surry County estate he called "Arnols".
Arnols/Arnolds Creek
formed the eastern boundary of the estate north of the Blackwater. His
father in law referred to this
creek as a spring branch in his deed, without using the name Arnols. It
would appear from the
phrasing of James will that he named the creek. The plantation site,
however, is at the major
crossing point of the Blackwater River east of City Point. It was at
this point that the Berkley
directed explorations of Southwest Virginia crossed the Blackwater in the
1650's. At this point the
Blackwater River has a gravely bottom which would support fording
traffic.
In 1718 James Anderson sells land along Nottoway River to Joshua
Meachum. I have not
traced when he obtained this land since it was likely filed in the Prince
George County records
before 1710 and has been lost. The fact that he held this land is
probably why he acquiesced in the
transfer of his fathers lands to Cornelius Cargill. As on other
occasions he sells lands only to family
members I am suspicious that Joshua Meachum had married his half-sister
Jane Anderson.
In 1723 James patented 100 acres of land in Surry County (now
Sussex) on the south side of
the main Blackwater swamp beginning on the north side of the Pigeon
Swamp. This record is found
in Patents Book 11, 1735-38, page 289, dated 09/05/1723. This was
located only a few miles
south of his and his fathers lands and can be found on the 7½ minute
Geodetic Survey Map
"Disputania South". He sold this land to William Sanders his
brother-in-law in 1726.
In 1733 James acquires the southwest corner of Whetstone creek
and the Little Nottoway
River by purchase from its original patent holder Robert Mitchell. This
deed is filed in Brunswick
County. This Robert Mitchell was the brother-in-law of his second wife'
sister. He was the son of
Henry Mitchell who was a landholder along the Prince George and Surry
County border as was
James.
In 1735 James Anderson patents 150 acres North of the Little
Nottoway River in Prince
Georges County (now Nottoway). This is filed in patents book 16, page 150
dated 08/18/1735.
>From the 1736 tax lists of Amelia County it would appear that James and
his son Thomas, had
moved to Amelia County and were developing lands near the junction of
Whetstone Creek and the
Little Nottoway River.
In 1743 James Anderson, identified as James Anderson,Sr. of Surry
County leases to his sons
Thomas and Jordan those lands along Whetstone Creek and to his son James
the land just east of
them on the North side of the Little Nottoway River. These leases are
filed in Amelia deed book 2.
James' will consigns these lands to the sons in possession of them.
There is a land plat of the
original grants of this area prepared for the Amelia County Historical
Association and is a must for
anyone who wishes to understand the lands of all the Amelia Andersons.
He retains title to the head
lands along Whetstone Creek until 1750, at which time he deeds this land
to his son John.
There are five sons and four daughters known to be issue of James
Anderson. I am confident
that this list is complete. See the book "Genealogy in part, of the
Anderson-Owen-Beall families";
By Grant James Anderson; Richmond Virginia; Whitter & Shepperson
printers, 1909. According
to the family tradition of Grant James Anderson as documented in his
book, the family came to
Southside Virginia about 1733. An unknown father of surname Anderson with
his four sons James,
Thomas, Jourdan, John and daughter Faith. The mother's maiden name was
Jourdan. It is not clear
in the text whether their mother came with them. The tradition states
that he remarried and sired
another son William Anderson and another unnamed daughter who married Mr.
Moss. The
Christian name of the father is easily established by examination of
Amelia County, Virginia deeds
and Surry County Wills. He was James Anderson, of Southwark Parish in
Surry County, Virginia.
My research has shown the immigration story of Grant J. Anderson
to be erroneous. Perhaps
it is reasonable to hypothesize that his story may be attributed to the
travel of the five grandchildren
from Surry County to Amelia County in 1733. This would likely have
involved an overland
expedition which separated them from the comforts of the Surry County
home they had been raised
in and may have left an indelible memory in the teenage children
traveling with their father. Fertile
ground for a family tradition.
I have chosen to assign the daughters of James Anderson to his
first wife. This is because the
Grant Anderson text states Faith was a daughter of the unknown Jordan.
The text further says that
another daughter who married a Moss was the daughter of the second wife.
However as she is
recorded as having a child in 1745 I think it likely she was the daughter
of the first wife. It would
appear that Mary was the oldest child, from the date of birth of her own
children.

Records of James Anderson

James Anderson to Cornelius Cargill
of Surry County
03/07/1712 155 acres
Prince George County Book 1710-1713 page 254 recorded 01/13/1713
bounded by land given by the will of Thomas Anderson, dec'd to his son
Charles Anderson and the
Queen's land; 105 acres was latley surveyed by Capt. Robert Bolling for
said Thomas Anderson,
and by him given to said James, with 50 acres adjoining Capt. Taylor's
cart path.
Wit: Francis West, Will'm Sanders, Charles Anderson
Livery & seizin witnesses by Roger Reess, Michael Rosser, Richard
Whitmore, James Anderson
and wife acknowledged the deed.

James Anderson to Joshua Meachum
of Prince George County of Surry County
07/15/1718 104 acres
Surry County Book 1715-1730 page 127
The said parcell contains one hundred and four acres of land be it more
or less situate lying and
being in Surry County near Nottoway River.

James Anderson to Cornelius Cargill
of Surry County of Prince George County
04/14/1719 105 acres
Prince George County Book 1713-1728 page 292
This Indenture made this Fourteenth Day of April in the year of our Lord
Christ One Thousand
Seven hundred and Nineteen between James Anderson of the County of Surry
of the One part and
Cornelius Cargill of the County of Prince George of the other part.
Witnesseth that the said James
Anderson for divers good causes and considerations him thereunto moving,
but more especially for
and in consideration of the sum of Four pounds current money to him in
hand paid by the said
Cornelius Cargill at and before the ensealing & delivery of these
presents the receipt whereof the
said James Anderson doth hereby acknowledge and thereof doth acquit
release and discharge the
said Cornelius Cargill his heirs, executors, Etc. Hath given, granted,
bargained sold, remised,
released, and for ever quitted claim, and by these presents the said
James Anderson doth for him
self his heirs Excrs Etc.: give, grant, bargain, sell, remise, release,
and for ever quit claim unto the
said Cornelius Cargill and to his heirs for ever to all that seat, tract
or parcell of Land situate Lying
and being on the Cattail Swamp in the County of Prince George containing
One hundred and five
acres of land and bounded Viz: Westwardly on the Land of Charles
Anderson, Easterly Northerly,
and Southerly upon unpatented Lands. To have and to hold the said Lands
and premises with all
the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the said Cornelius Cargill and
to his heirs forever,
together with all houses orchards, gardens, meadows, pastures, fencings,
woods, underwoods,
ways, waters, and watercourses thereon or thereunto belonging, so that
neither the said James
Anderson or his heirs nor any other person or persons whatever claiming
or to claim by from or
under him or them shall not at any time hereafter have any right title
interest claim or demand of or to
the said lands and premises but that the same with every part & parcel;
[? ] of shall be and forever
hereafter [? ] to the only sole proper use & [?] of him the said
Cornelius Cargill and to his heirs for
ever more and lastly the said James Anderson doth hereby further covenant
and agree to with him
the said Cornelius Cargill to defend and warrant the sayl of these
presents by a general warranty
against all and all manner of persons whatever unto the said Cornelius
Cargill and to his heirs for
ever. In Witness whereof the said James Anderson hath hereunto set his
hand and seal the Day and
year first above written
Signed sealed and Delivered
in sight and presence of James Anderson sealed with
red wax
On the back of the above deed was a endorsement in the
following words. Viz:
Memorandum
That Livery and Seizin of the Lands and premises within
mentioned was by the within
named James Anderson made and executed in due form of Law unto the within
named Cornelius
Cargill in sight of
James Anderson
At a Court held at Merchant's Hope for the County of
Prince George on the second
Tuesday in April being the fourteenth Day of the said month Anno Domini,
1719
The above written deed for land (indented and sealed) was in open Court
acknowledged (with the
above endorsement of Livery of Seizin theron) by James Anderson the
subscriber thereunto, to be
his act and deed to Cornelius Cargill named therein, on whole motion the
same by Order of the
Court is truly recorded. And there also appeared in Court Mary the wife
of the said James
Anderson and being first privately examined freely & voluntarily
relinquished to the said Cornelius
Cargill her right of dower in and to the lands in the said deed mentioned
which by Order of the
Court is likewise recorded
teste Wm Hamlin Cl Cur

Anderson, James
09/05/1723 100 acres Surry County
Patents Book 11, 1735-38, page 289
GEORGE [insert] TO ALL[i] KNOW YE that for diverse good causes and
considerations but
more especially for and in consideration of the sum of TEN SHILLINGS of
good and lawful money
for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Tresury in this our
Colony and Dominion of
Virginia. WE HAVE given granted and confirmed and by these presents for
Us our [?] Do give
grant and confirm unto James Anderson of Surry County one certain tract
or parcel of Land
containing one hundred acres lying and being on the South side of the
Main Blackwater Swamp in
the County aforesaid and bounded as followeth, to wit. BEGINNING at a
pine on the North side of
the Pigeon Swamp thence Northeast one hundred and thirty nine poles to a
red oak then North by
East seventy four poles to a pine thence West Northwest fforty one poles
to a pine then South fifty
five degrees West Sixty poles to a pine by the side of a small Branch
then down the various courses
for the run of the said Branch to the Pigeon Swamp aforesaid and down the
various courses of the
run of the said swamp to the beginning WITH ALL[i] To have hold or to be
held [i] yielding and
paying [i] provided [i] In witness [i] witness our Trusty and Well
beloved Hugh Drysdale Esqr. Lieut
Govr. [i] at Williamsburg under the Seal of our said Colony the Fifth Day
of September One
Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Three in the Fourth year of our Reign
Hugh Drysdale

James Anderson to William Sanders
/ /1726 100 acres
Surry County Book 1715-1730 Part 2 page 671-673
Land north of the Pigeon Swamp beginning at the mouth of a branch.

James Anderson from Robert Mitchell
05/15/1733 800 acres Brunswick County
Brunswick County Deed Book 1 page 36-36
Beginning at Samuel Jordans uper corner on the River thence along
Jordans line fore hundred
sixty poles to his corner red oak thence along his line two hundred
seventy two poles to a small red
oak thence west fore hundred sixty five p.s to small red oak thence north
two hundred fifity p.s at a
hickory thence east to a creek and down the sd creek to the River and
down the sd River to the
beginning.

Brunswick County had been formed in 1720, however, due to the
lack of population, record
keeping had not begun until 1732. The boundary between Prince George
County and Brunswick
had been set by the legislature as the Nottoway river, while the southern
border was the boundary
with North Carolina and was not surveyed until 1728. In the year 1732,
the boundary between
Prince George and Brunswick was delineated as the "Little Nottoway" and
later changed to the
"Nottoway River". The above lands were located in the fork between these
branches of the
Nottoway, in the southwest corner of the current Little Nottoway river
and Whetstone Creek, and
would later fall into Amelia County in 1736.

Anderson, James
08/18/1735 150 acres Amelia County
Virginia Patents Book 11, 1735-38 page ?
On the North side of the Little Nottoway River.

James Anderson to James Anderson
12/20/1743 150 acres
Amelia County Book 2 page 17 (old number)
Lands on the North [east] side of the Little Nottoway River
beginning at the river east 180
poles south 160 poles west 180 poles and then up river to the start.
[East bank of the Little
Nottoway where Jordan's road crosses]

James Anderson to Thomas Anderson
12/20/1743 300 acres
Amelia County Book 2 page 20 (old number)
Lands on South [west] side of Little Nottoway river beginning at
Jordans corner on the river
west then south along Jordans line then up Jordan's Little Run to a line
of trees and then northwest to
a spring branch down the branch to Whetstone Creek and down the Creek to
the Little Nottoway
river and then down to river to the start.

James Anderson to Jordan Anderson
12/20/1743 300 acres
Amelia County Book 2 page 19 (old number)
Lands on South [west] side of Little Nottoway river beginning at
a spring branch on Whetstone
Creek, up the branch to then south along Thomas Anderson's line to a line
of trees northwest to the
head line and then north and then east to Whetstone Creek and down the
creek to the beginning.

The 11/20/1751 date of James Anderson death is known from the
entry in the Albemarle
Parish Register, reported by Thomas Bedingfield. There is some conflict
between different abstracts
of the register and I have not had the opportunity to examine the
original.
The will of James Anderson appears in Surry County, Virginia, Will Book
9, page 772. The
inventory of his estate is filed 02/18/1752 and an account by his
"exctriss" Rebecca Anderson is
filed on 07/22/1752.

In the name of God amen January 9th, 1750/1 I James Anderson of the
Parish of Southwark and
the County of Surry being well in body and mind for which I praise
almighty God and do make and
declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following that
is to say first and principally
I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that I give it and my
body to the Earth to be
decently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned and
as touching such
Worldly Estate as it has pleased Almighty God to bless me with in this
life I give and devise of the
same as followeth viz.
Item I give and Devise to my Son Thomas Anderson all my Estate that he
hath now in his
Possession one book called human prudence one other book called the whole
Duty of man and five
pounds current money of Virginia.
Item I give to my Son James Anderson all my Estate he hath now in his
possession and also five
pounds current money of Virginia and after the Decease or Marriage of my
Wife Rebecca one
Negro man called Peter and my large Bible to him and to his heirs for
ever.
Item I give to my Son Jordan Anderson all my Estate he hath now in his
possession also five
pounds current Money of Virginia, one Book called the fountain of Life,
and after the Death or
Marriage of my Wife Rebecca one negro man named Robin to him and his
heirs for ever.
Item I give to my Son John Anderson and to his heirs forever One
certain parcel or tract of Land
lying and being in the County of Amelia joining to Thomas and Jordan
Andersons Land it being the
remainder of a tract of Land given to the said Thomas and Jordan Anderson
containing by
Estimation Two hundred Acres more or less as also fifteen pounds current
money in the lieu of a
Tract of Land the I formerly designed to give to him joining to my Land I
now live on and also five
pounds current money more, and after the death of my Wife Rebecca or
Marriage One negro Boy
named Aaron.
Item I give all my wearing Apparel to be equally divided between my
Sons namely Thomas James
and Jordan and John Anderson.
Item I give my Daughter Mary Eps all the Estate she hath now of mine
in her Possession and five
pounds current money of Virginia.
Item I give to my Daughter Lyddey Averiss Five pounds current Money of
Virginia and all of the
Estate she hath now of mine in her Possession.
Item I give to my Daughter Priscilla five pounds current money of
Virginia and all the Estate she
hath now of mine in her Possession
Item I give to my Daughter Faith five pounds current money and all the
Estate she hath now of
mine in her possession.
Item I give and Devise to my Son William all my Land in Surry County
to him and his heirs for
ever as also one Snuff Box, one Pockett Book, One Gun, called mine, and
after the Death of my
Wife Rebecca one negro women named Kate and her increase one negro boy
named Ned, one Still
and also my Desk.
Item I give to my wife Rebecca and my Son William all my Estate that I
have not Disposed of to
be equally divided between them and it is further my Will and Dessire
that if my Son William
Anderson should die before heirs of age or married that all the Estates
as given to him may be
equally divided between all my children then living.
Item I give to my Wife the use of the following negro's During her
life Viz: Cate and Ned, as also
Still, Gun, and Desk I also give my Wife Rebecca the use of the following
negro's during her life or
widowhood Viz, Peter, Robin and Aaron.
As I have given my Wife the use of all my negro's and the
plantation I live on during her life or
widowhood it is my further my [sic] will and desire that if she should
Marry that then she should
have nothing to do with that tract of Land known by the name of Arnols.
And lastly do appoint Rebecca my Wife whole and sole Executor of
this my last will and
Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
9th day of January 1750/1
Jas: Anderson L.. S..
Signed Sealed published
He. in presence of
Lemuel Cooke
his
John Bishop
mark
his
John Ray
mark
No site for the burial is known. It is likely to be on the site
of the Arnols plantation north of the
Blackwater Swamp near the common boundary of Prince George, Surry and
Sussex Counties. The
other possibility the Southwark Parish Church cemetery which has not been
researched by the
author as of 1995.

An Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of James Anderson Deceased

One large Still @ £20/& a parcel of Beef and Bacon @ £3/ £ 23,,
0,, 0
One old Horse @ 20s/& one mare at £5 and one colt @ £3 9,, 0,, 0
One negro Boy Aaron @ £40 & one Negro man Robin @ £40 80,, 0,, 0
One negro child Ned at £15 and one wench Cate at £35,,10,,0 50,,10,, 0
One Negro man Peter at £16, & Tea Kettle Sugar Box Canisters and Tea pott
16,,14,, 0
Two pair of money scales hone razor and straps 0,,11,, 0
Two Lancetts Pen knife scissars waffers and ink 0,, 4,, 4
One Black Wallnut Desk £4 and 11 old chairs a parcel of axes & hoes
7,, 4,, 0
a parcel of carpenters and coopers tools 1,, 9,, 0
Three saddles two mens and one womens @ 3,, 6,, 0
A parcel of Bridles Houssing and Holkers 0,,14,, 0
6 Wedges 4 Harrow Teeth and some old Iron 0,,18,, 9
a parcel of rope and old traces 6s/ and 10 geese @ 7/6 0,,13,, 6
6 year old cattle at £1,,4,,0.12 Cowes @ 20/ each & 15 young cattle at
15s/ 24,, 9,, 0
11 sheep at 40s/6 fat Hogs at £ & 4 hides in Tan @ 24s/ 8,, 4,, 0
29 Hogs & 6 Piggs @ £6,,11 and a parcel of corn at £22 28,,11,, 0
3 bushels of wheat and eight bushels of Pease 1,, 5,, 0
a parcel of Lime at 5s/ and 4 raw hides at 11s/ 0,,16,, 0
Some upper and sole leather 1,,16,, 0
All his wearing cloaths 6 coats 7 Jackets Breeches Shirts stockings &
shoes 7,,17,, 0
a pair of Horse Teams Buckles Buttons etc. 0,, 5,, 0
a walking cane Shoe thread & a small box 0,, 3,, 0
a parcel of files and a set 1s/6d a parcel of fodder and nubbins
3,, 1,, 6
11 Dishes at 35s/.8 Basons 22s/& 15 Plates @ 18/ 3,,15,, 0
3 Porringers and a pepper box and some old pewter 1,, 2,, 0
a tin bucket and other tin ware 0,, 7,, 0
Butter Potts Muggs etc. 13s/6d and two Bowles Cupps and Saucers 0,,18,, 2
A skimmer and Flesh Forks 0,, 2,, 6
One iron spit at 5s/ and one duck spit at 1s/6d 0,, 6,, 6
9lbs of Tallow at 3s/ a cart and wheels harrow and gear 1,,13,, 0
1 large Copper Kettle 1 Brass Ditto 2 Small Do: 7,, 1,, 6
1 Bace Mettle Skillet at 12/. 0,,12,, 0
5 Iron Potts Hooks and Racks 2 frying pans and Box Iron 1,,17,, 0
3 spinning wheels and 5 pair of cards 0,,15,, 0
1 grindstone at 3s/6d pales a tub & a sifter 0,,17,, 6
19 cyder casks £1,,18,,0 a parcel of old Barrels Hoggsheads baskets etc
4,, 2,, 0
2 Bushels of salt 0,, 3,, 4
24lb of feathers @ 30s/4lb of mean feathers at 6d 1,,12,, 0
5 old combs @ 2/ 56 bottles @ 12s/ and 9 Juggs at 18s 1,,12,, 0
some Pepper Allspice Allum and Ginger 0,, 5,, 0
Some Trupers Arms 2,, 0,, 0
2 Dishes 2 Basons 12 plates and 6 spoons 1,,16,, 0
3 Dozen and 9 Spoons @ 6/6 and 3 Dozn Pipes at 1/ 0,, 7,, 6
5lb of Sugar 2s/6d a parcel of shoemakers tools & lasts etc. 0,,17,, 6
2000 Ten penny nails and some small Ditto 0,,16,, 0
17 Ells of Ozenbriggs @ 17s/ & 4 Ells Ditto @ 3/ 1,, 0,, 0
13 yards of white Linnen 1,, 1,, 8
3½ yards of cotton @ 7s/11 sheets and one blanket @ £3,,16,,0 4,, 3,, 0
some napkins Bagg and tablecloths 0,,19,, 0
3 Wallet 5 Baggs 0,,13,, 0
1 Bed Bed Stead Hide Rug Blanket and pair of Sheets 4,, 0,, 0
1 Bed Ditto with Pillers 6,, 0,, 0
1 Bedstead 0,, 2,, 6
1 Linnen Wheel 12s/ 4 Reap hoocks and a hackal 0,,14,, 0
8 new Hoes at 24s/20lb of wool at 17s/4d 2,, 1,, 4
24lb of itch Cotton 24s/ and 28lb of Flax at 28s/ 2,,12,, 0
one crosscutt Saw at 5s/ and 2 pair of Stilliards @ 10s/ 0,,15,, 0
186lb of cotton @ 3d p/lb and some cotton & Flax thread 3,, 7,, 6
4 sifters at 2s/6d and a case of bottles at 12s/ 0,,14,, 6
2 pair of fire tongs Grid iron and an old cutting knife 0,, 5,, 0
One pewter flaggon and three old candlesticks 0,, 5,, 0
One Bed Bedstead and Covering 4,,10,, 0
One Bed Do 5,,10,, 0
One Bed Do 5,, 0,, 0
6 Chests @ 35s/ and 3 Tables at 20s/ 2,,15,, 0
a parcel of table Kives and Forks 0,, 6,, 0
3 glasses and 4 small bottles etc 0,, 2,, 6
a parcel of old books 1,, 0,, 0
2 pair of shoes 0,, 2,, 6

In obediance to an Order of the Worshipful Court held for Surry County
January the 21st 1752 We
the subscribers being first sworn before Howell Briggs Gentleman one of
his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace of the said County have valued the Estate of James Anderson
deceased as appear by the
Inventory above.
Teste Benja: Baird
Rebecca Anderson Extrice Thos: Bedingfield
Richard Jones
At a Court held for Surry County the 18th day of February 1752
The aforewritten Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of
James Anderson deceased was
returned and by the Court ordered to be recorded.
Exd: Teste
A. Claiborne Clk.

1751 The Estate of James Anderson deceased Dt
To Funeral Expenses £ 3,,15,, 7
To paid the sherif of Surry for Levies, Clks &
Secretaries Fees 422th to Co W/A/ 2,,19,, 0
To paid Do for Quit Rents 500 Acres of Land 0,,12,, 8¼
1752 To paid the appraisers for two days 0,,18,, 0
To paid Doctor Peese 0,, 3,, 6
To paid John Bishop 0,, 3,, 6
_________
£ 8,,12,, 3¼
To Rebecca Anderson Cr
By the personal Estate appraised to £ 205,,10,, 1
By Cash found in the House 56,,13,, 5
By 3 Cropp hhds:Tobo: Wt:3160 lbs at 15/ 23,,14,, 0
By Mr. Peters 2,, 4,, 63/4
By Cash reced of Anthony Atkinson 0,,16,, 7½
By Do reced of John Reddin 0,, 6,, 4
_________
£ 289,, 5,, 0¼
E.E. by Rebecca Anderson Extrice
In obedience to the Worshipful Court of Surry we have examined the above
acct and found it right.
John Hay
John Nicolson

Notes for MARY JORDAN:
Mary was the daughter of George Jordan.
Mary's brother was Colonel George Jordan, Attorney General of Virginia,
1670

Notes for Mary ?:
James Anderson's wife was Mary, surname unknown. As James was
present in Amelia at the
age of 16, it seems possible that this Mary is of an Amelia family. He
is listed in the 06/10/1744 Tax
List of Amelia County as James Anderson and Wife.
Mary's name is established by the deed dated 11/06/1755 and filed
in Amelia County Deed
book 5 on 11/27/1755. The dower signature is that of Mary. We can be
confident that this is
James son of James Anderson of Surry because the land description is that
of the original acreage
leased to him by his father in 1743 along the east side of the Little
Nottoway River. This same
acreage was granted to his father.
Carpenter James Anderson of Christ Church Parish Georgia
(Savannah) named widow Mary
in his 08/24/1764 will.

Ancestors of Anne Eppes

Generation No. 1

1. Anne Eppes, born September 15, 1743 in Albermarle Par., Surry
County, Virginia; died
Bef. 1809 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of 2.
Edward Eppes and 3. Mary
Anderson. She married (1) Thomas Gibbons Abt. 1762 in Sussex, Virginia.
He was the son of
John Gibbons.

Notes for Anne Eppes:
Anne Eppes was the daughter of Edward Eppes and Mary Anderson.
The birth of Anne
Eppes is recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register. She was born on
09/15/1743 and was
christened on 01/08/1743/4 with godparents Richard Avery, Arthur,
Freeman, and Eliza Bell.
Anne married Thomas Gibbons, eldest son of John Gibbons of York
County, Virginia.
Thomas Gibbons is on the DAR Patriot's Roll, a soldier from North
Carolina.
She lived with her husband in Sussex County from 1762 to 1774.
Where they resided
throughout the period of the American Revolution is not known. In 1787
the first court of Hawkins
County, North Carolina (later Tennessee) was held in his home. Here the
family resided until the
death of Thomas Gibbons in 1809.
Anne is not mentioned in the will of her husband, it is therefore
presumed that she predeceased
him.

Bibliography

Francis Epes, His Ancestors and Descendants, Eva Turner Clark, Richard R.
Smith, New York,
1942.

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778,
Transcribed and Edited by
Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial Dames of America
in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 1958.

Broderbund World Family Tree CD-ROM #1 Pedigree 0369

Notes for Thomas Gibbons:
Charles Parish York County, Virginia History and Registers Published by
The
Virginia State Library Board 1932

He was born in York County 10/30/1734, and removed in 1746 with
his family to south of the
Blackwater River in what was at that time Surry County, later Sussex.

Thomas Gibbons will of 1809, in Hawkins County, Tennessee,
divides his estate between his
children; Thomas Gibbons, Nancy Howard, Betsy Chisholm, Edmond Gibbons,
Sally Gillenwater,
and Epps Gibbons, and a child's share to be divided evenly amongst
grandchildren, Nancy Isham,
Garret Fitzgerald, and Elizabeth Babb, children of his daughter Molly
Fitzgerald. Executors
Edmond Gibbons and son-in-law William Howard. Other children that are
given one dollar each
include, Rebecca Bell, John Gibbons, and James Gibbons.

Historical Southern Families, Vol. XVII, Edited by Mrs. John Bennett
Boddie, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1972.

Children of Anne Eppes and Thomas Gibbons are:
i. Mary Gibbons, born December 07, 1762 in
Albemarle, Virginia; died December
26, 1837 in Doyle, White, Tennessee; married William Fitzgerald.

Notes for Mary Gibbons:
information from Ruth Helon England of Sparta, Tennessee
Molly Gibbons was the daughter of Anne Eppes and Thomas Gibbons.
She married William
Fitzgerald. Her husband had died prior to the execution of her fathers
will and he mentions her and
her three children. Because of this I suspect that she may be the Mary
Gibbons of the Albemarle
Parish entry although Molly is usually a nickname for Martha. She was a
resident of Hawkins
County, Tennessee. I am expecting to collect more information on Molly
from Ruth Hinkle
Kicklighter

Notes for William Fitzgerald:
Will dated 14 June 1815 White County Tennessee

ii. Rebecca Gibbons, born November 24, 1765 in Sussex
County, Virginia; died
November 05, 1837 in Knox County, Tennessee; married William H. Bell
November 29, 1782 in
Sullivan County, Tennessee.

Notes for Rebecca Gibbons:
Source:
Broderbund World Family Tree CD-ROM #1 pedigree chart 369

Subj: Anderson Family Tree
Date: 96-06-13 14:33:56 EDT
From: catalano@wiley.csusb.edu (Diana Catalano)
To: PatAnder73@aol.com

I was delighted to receive your letter and attached documents on the
Anderson/Eppes/Gibbons line. I am sorry it took so long for me to
respond
to you. You have my permission to use any or all of the information from
my
family tree that I provided to the Broderbund World Family Tree or the
documentation I am sending you.

I will send to you some of the documentation I have on my line. My Dad's
cousin Joe Bell went to Rusk Co. Texas 15-20 years ago and did a lot of
research on our family. He provided me with copies of several documents
&
articles however they do not all indicate where they were copied from.

I will also send you copies I made from the Family History Center
(Mormons)
and through research at the S.B. City Library.

I have more documentation however it is currently packed up. I will send
it
to you as soon as I can get to the boxes.

I hope this will help you. Please keep me informed if you find anything
additional. You can either e-mail me at: catalano@wiley.csusb.edu or
send
to my home address: Diana Catalano, 3930 Broadmoor Blvd., San
Bernardino,
CA 92404

Thanks again.
Diana Catalano
School of Business & PA - IDS Dept
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
(909)880-5723 Fax (909)880-5449
E-mail: catalano@wiley.csusb.edu

Subj: Belll family
Date: 96-12-23 17:41:34 EST
From: MReigard@aol.com
To: PatAnder73@aol.com
CC: MReigard@aol.com

In my information on William Bell and Rebecca Gibbons - here is brief
info let me know what area
will help you most.....
William H Bell b 10 Feb 1760 Augusta Co Va d 5 Mar 1815 Knox Co TN bur at
Bell;s
campground Cem. He lived in Sullivan Co NC 1782 went to Hawkins Co TN
1782 to Knox Co.
William was the son of John BELL bc 1728 dc 1775 and Mary CLAIBORNE b
1728 d 4 Dec
1825. William m. Rebecca GIBBONS b 24 Nov 1765/4 Sussex Co Va d 5 Nov
1837 at the
home of her dau Nancy CARMICHAEL. Rebecca was the d/o Thomas GIBBONS III
b 30 Nov
1734 York Co Va and Ann EPPS b 15 Sep 1743 Sussex CoVa d 1809 Hawkins Co
TN.
William's will dated 14 Sep 1809 pro. 2 Apr 1815 in Knox Co TN.
William had a bro, Robert,
sister Elizabeth ISHAM wife of Henry Isham of Roane Co TN, sister Sarah
Gibbons of Hawkins Co
TN. Exer to will was Thos. BELL - Robert BELL SR - Joseph LOVE. Witt:
Joseph LOVE and
Archibald BELL & Elizabeth BELL.
Wm & Rebecca children: all chn b Knox Co TN:
1. Thomas Jefferson b 1784/5 Knox Co TN m Eleanor TILLERY
2. Nancy b 1787 m Pumroy CARMICHAEL
3. Archibald b 1790 m 1810 Elizabeth TILLERY
4. Elizabeth b 1793 m 1818 Andrew C COPELAND
5. Mary "Polly" b 1795 m 1818 James D LOVE
6. Robert b 1797 m 1822 Belinda (Malinda) SCOTT
7. Charlotte Gibbons b 1799 m/1 1818 Samuel LOVE Jr. m/2 in Benton Co
AR
James Pierce MILLER
8. John b 1805/6
9. Rebecca b 1809 m 1829James D. MAURY.
10. Edmund Gibbons b 1815 m 1834 Martha CONNER
another source lists: William Gibbons BELL b 1804 instead of Edmund
another source lists: Lavinia b 1809-15 m Aaron COMERS......no other info

I show three people doing research on this family:
Clarence BELL 528West Gramercy Pl San Antonio TX 78212
Clair Bremmer 106 Ord Ferry Stage Chico Ca 95926
Ruth Braswell 306 So. Loving Sherman TX 75090

Not sure of the last two, if still living. However I am in touch with
Clarence pretty often.
I show I have more info in my files on child #1. Thomas Jefferson
and child #6 Robert.
It is always a thrill to give someone another step in their
line....hope you did not have father of
William and this helps you. Also siblings of William. I'll be anxious to
hear from you.

iii. John Gibbons, born March 26, 1767 in Albermarle
Par., Surry, Virginia; died
November 25 in Hawkins, Tennessee; married Sarah Bell Abt. 1790 in
Hawkins, Tennessee.

Notes for John Gibbons:
Cemetery info gives age as 94 yrs 8 months no year of death is given;

Notes for Sarah Bell:
Subj: Belll family
Date: 96-12-23 17:41:34 EST
From: MReigard@aol.com
To: PatAnder73@aol.com
CC: MReigard@aol.com

In my information on William Bell and Rebecca Gibbons - here is brief
info let me know what area
will help you most.....
William H Bell b 10 Feb 1760 Augusta Co Va d 5 Mar 1815 Knox Co TN bur at
Bell;s
campground Cem. He lived in Sullivan Co NC 1782 went to Hawkins Co TN
1782 to Knox Co.
William was the son of John BELL bc 1728 dc 1775 and Mary CLAIBORNE b
1728 d 4 Dec
1825. William m. Rebecca GIBBONS b 24 Nov 1765/4 Sussex Co Va d 5 Nov
1837 at the
home of her dau Nancy CARMICHAEL. Rebecca was the d/o Thomas GIBBONS III
b 30 Nov
1734 York Co Va and Ann EPPS b 15 Sep 1743 Sussex CoVa d 1809 Hawkins Co
TN.
William's will dated 14 Sep 1809 pro. 2 Apr 1815 in Knox Co T. William
had a bro, Robert,
sister Elizabeth ISHAM wife of Henry Isham of Roane Co TN, sister Sarah
Gibbons of Hawkins Co
TN. Exer to will was Thos. BELL - Robert BELL SR - Joseph LOVE. Witt:
Joseph LOVE and
Archibald BELL & Elizabeth BELL.
Wm & Rebecca children: all chn b Knox Co TN:
1. Thomas Jefferson b 1784/5 Knox Co TN m Eleanor TILLERY
2. Nancy b 1787 m Pumroy CARMICHAEL
3. Archibald b 1790 m 1810 Elizabeth TILLERY
4. Elizabeth b 1793 m 1818 Andrew C COPELAND
5. Mary "Polly" b 1795 m 1818 James D LOVE
6. Robert b 1797 m 1822 Belinda (Malinda) SCOTT
7. Charlotte Gibbons b 1799 m/1 1818 Samuel LOVE Jr. m/2 in Benton CoAR
James Pierce MILLER
8. John b 1805/6
9. Rebecca b 1809 m 1829James D. MAURY.
10. Edmund Gibbons b 1815 m 1834 Martha CONNER
another source lists: William Gibbons BELL b 1804 instead of Edmund
another source lists: Lavinia b 1809-15 m Aaron COMERS......no other info

I show three people doing research on this family:
Clarence BELL 528West Gramercy Pl San Antonio TX 78212
Clair Bremmer 106 Ord Ferry Stage Chico Ca 95926
Ruth Braswell 306 So. Loving Sherman TX 75090

Not sure of the last two, if still living. However I am in touch with
Clarence pretty often.
I show I have more info in my files on child #1. Thomas Jefferson
and child #6 Robert.
It is always a thrill to give someone another step in their
line....hope you did not have father of
William and this helps you. Also siblings of William. I'll be anxious to
hear from you.

iv. Thomas Gibbons, born October 20, 1769 in
Albermarle Par., Surry, Virginia; died
1847 in Humphrey County, Tennessee; married (1) Malinda Chisum Bef. 1797
in Tennessee;
married (2) Polly Hill October 27, 1799 in Grainger County, Tennessee;
married (3) Elizabeth
Hampton Abt. 1820.

Notes for Thomas Gibbons:
Subj: Gibbons
Date: 97-07-05 16:41:37 EDT
From: HudsonEKJA
To: PatAnder73

I can provide info on the family of Thomas Gibbons, IV; the son of Thomas
Gibbons and Mary
Eppes.

Ed

Edward K Hudson
2862 N 40th St
Springdale, AR 72762

HudsonEKJA@aol.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Subj: Re: gibbons
Date: 97-07-08 11:18:53 EDT
From: HudsonEKJA
To: PatAnder73

I could send you my file, but it's 14.072 Meg and has 21500 names. It
would take a while and
most of it wouldn't be of interest to you.

Let me know.

I got some new items from the info you sent. All is appreciated. It's
getting harder and harder to
find any thing new. And it's so exasperating to try going downhill. So
many people want you to
send them info on their family, but don't want you to know anything
about them!!! Oh, well. I've
still got quite a lot of items to go through at the Madison and Carroll
Counties Genealogical
libraries. And the Jones Center for Families at Springdale has started a
genealogy center. All those
are in Northwest Arkansas. A relative names Pauline (Devin) Gray has
written a good book about
the Devin, Howell, Nolan, Wade, Yarbrough, Gibbons, Eppes families, but
all the copies she had
printed went fast and she didn't get any more printed. She was going to
update it all, but I don't
believe she will. Getting too old to fool with it. I've been trying to
get her up-to-date info but
haven't been successful.

Ed

Edward K Hudson
2862 N 40th St
Springdale, AR 72762

1-501-756-6293

HudsonEKJA@aol.com

v. Nancy Anne Gibbons, born April 01, 1772 in
Hawkins, Tennessee; died July 11,
1841 in Hawkins, Tennessee; married William Howard Hord.

Notes for Nancy Anne Gibbons:
New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Hawkins County Tennessee;
Hawkins
County Tennessee Wills

Notes for William Howard Hord:
New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Hawkins County Tennessee

vi. Elizabeth Gibbons, born November 12, 1774 in
Hawkins, Tennessee; died 1851;
married James Stewart Chisum January 26, 1794 in Tennessee.
vii. James Gibbons, born 1778 in Hawkins, Tennessee.
viii. Edmond Gibbons, born Abt. 1780 in Hawkins,
Tennessee; married Margaret.
ix. William Gibbons, born Abt. 1783 in Hawkins,
Tennessee; married Agness Smith.
x. Epps Gibbons, born Abt. 1784 in Hawkins County,
Tennessee; died November
15, 1858 in Paris, Texas; married Nancy Calvert Armstrong 1810.

Notes for Epps Gibbons:
Highwassee Purchase abt 1820
Overton County TN abt 1830
Madison County TN abt 1840
Lamar County, Texas abt 1850

Subj: EPPES/GIBBONS Part 2
Date: 97-04-13 22:39:52 EDT
From: mhh777@pacbell.net (Michelle Hilaiel)
Reply-to: mhh777@pacbell.net
To: PatAnder73@aol.com

In re-reading your letter I thought you may not have all Epps & Nancy's
children, so...

1] Sarah Gibbons (b. 1817 d. 1904)
married _______Dilliard
married Feb 17, 1845 James Nance (b June 5, 1812, d 1895)

Their children
1] Elizabeth E. Nance (b. 1846 d ?)
m. James Norwood
2] Paralee Nance (b 1847 d ?)
m. John Phillips
3] Nancy J. Nance (b. 1849
m James Ashford
4] Sarah Nance (b Apr 7,1842, d. June 14, 1934)
m. Gidd Johnson
5] Oden L. Nance (b 1856)
6] Josephine Nance (b. 1857 d 1932
m Charles Hutchens (b 1853 d 1928)

2] Paralee GIBBONS (b. Mar 25, 1819 d Nov 18, 1890)
You probably have more on this one than I do!

3] Susan GIBBONS
m Jean Baptisle Poteet

1] Pembroke Poteet

4] Permelia Jane GIBBONS(prior email)

5] Nancy E. GIBBONS (b c. 1825)
m __________ Van Landingham

1] Tobe Van Landingham
m. Clem Ragsdale
2] Allen Van Landingham

6] Edmond GIBBONS ( b 1827 d 1881)
M (1) May 1, 1861 Carlotta Bassano
M (2) 1866 Helen Julia (Carpenter) Gooch (b Iowa)

1] Edward McAllister GIBBONS
2] Paris GIBBONS
m _________ Roundtree
3] Mary Katherine Gibbons

7] Elizabeth GIBBONS (b d March 23, 1854)
m. Apr 8, 1847 Nelson B. Reed

8] William Thomas GIBBONS
m. Sally GLASS

1] Ella GIBBONS
m. W. T. ROWLAND
2] (Daughter) GIBBONS
3] Jess GIBBONS

9] John Chisholm GIBBONS (b 1834)
m July 6, 1869 Kate Birmingham

I have been basically working on other lines for the past months! I do
have the children of John B. Rodgers and Mary Eppes Tomlinson if you
would like be to forward them!

Again, thank you for your continuing help.

Michelle

xi. Sally Gibbons, born March 09, 1787 in Hawkins,
Tennessee; married William
Gillenwaters Abt. 1806 in Tennessee.

Notes for Sally Gibbons:
Subj: Re: GIBBONS/CHISUM; VA,USA / KY,USA / TX,USA / NM,USA; 1734-1848
Date: 95-11-21 07:25:11 EST
From: warren@cs.pdx.edu (Warren Harrison)
To: patander73@aol.com

The Gillenwater would be Joel Gillenwater, born 1764 in
Amherst Co. Virginia. Joel's Father was Thomas Gillenwater,
his mother Martha (don't know her maiden name). She is listed
as the head of the household in the 1783 and 1785 Amherst Co.
census.

Joel and Sallie Loretta moved to Rogersville TN, where they had a
son William in 1787 (and several others too) who was my GGG-grandfather.
If you're interested in the GILLENWATER line that comes from William
(that leads to me), it was George A. GILLENWATER in 1821, whose
daughter Chassie (1867-1932) married Samuel MOLSBEE (1866-1949)
in 1888. They had a daughter Effie Cornelia, my grandmother.

Let me know if you need more info.

Warren Harrison
(warren@cs.pdx.edu)

Notes for William Gillenwaters:
Will written 25 October 1856 proven January term 1857 Hawkins County
Tennessee

Generation No. 2

2. Edward Eppes, born 1710 in Surry County, Virginia; died 1780
in Sussex County,
Virginia. He was the son of 4. Daniel Eppes and 5. Mary ?. He married
3. Mary Anderson Abt.
1738 in Surry County, Virginia.
3. Mary Anderson, born 1715-1720 in "Arnols", Surry County,
Virginia; died Bef. 1779 in
Sussex County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 6. James Anderson and
7. Mary Jordan.

Notes for Edward Eppes:
Edward Eppes is reputed to be the great-grandson of the original
immigrant Francis Eppes by
way of John and Daniel Eppes. He was born about the time his father
moved to Albermarle Parish
in what is now Sussex County, Virginia. At that time it was Surry
County, Virginia.

Francis Eppes (1597-1655)
John Eppes (1625-1680)
Daniel Eppes (1672-1753)
| Mary
Edward Eppes
Mary (1676-1755)

Edward had six Tithables in Sussex County in 1754

Edward's will dated 06/08/1779 and probated 02/17/1780 a negro to
each of his daughters by
name Sarah Tomlinson, Ann Gibbons, Mary Moss, Susanna Harrison. He gives
to his son James the
estate that he lives on and names son James and son-in-law Henry Moss,Jr.
executors. Witnesses
are Robert Watson, Susanna Moss, Martha Meachum. Sussex County will book
c page 348. The
inventory of the estate is filed 02/25/1780 on page 362.
The birth and christening of the children is recorded in:
"Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778",
Transcribed and Edited by
Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial Dames of America
in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 1958.

Notes for Mary Anderson:
Mary would have been born on her father's Surry County plantation
called "Arnols.
Apparently there was little contact with her brothers later in Amelia as
no oral tradition or
correspondence regarding Mary's family passed to the later generations.
Dates of birth of her children are from the Albemarle Parish
Register. Christening dates are;
Amy 11/20/1739, Sarah not given, Anne 01/08/1744, Mary 08/31/1746, James
04/29/1749,
Winny 10/20/1751, Susanna 11/25/1753, Elizabeth 08/29/1756, Frances
07/29/1759. There is
disagreement in some instance with the work of Eva Turner Clark.
Examination of the original will
be the only way to resolve any errors.

-1782 Tax Roll Sussex County, Virginia
James Eppes 6 white 6 Black
Thomas Tomlinson 5 white 19 black
Henry Moss,Jr. 7 white 12 black

Bibliography
"Frances Epes, His Ancestors and Descendants", by Eva Lee Turner Clark,
Richard and Smith,
New York, 1942.
"Southside Virginia Families, Volume I", by John Bennet Boddie, Pacific
Coast Publishers,
Redwood City, California, 1955.
"Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778",
Transcribed and Edited by
Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial Dames of America
in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 1958.

Children of Edward Eppes and Mary Anderson are:
i. Amy Eppes, born September 19, 1739 in Surry
County, Virginia; died October 26,
1743 in Surry County, Virginia.

Notes for Amy Eppes:
Birth and Death record from

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

ii. Sarah Eppes, born June 17, 1741 in Surry County,
Virginia; died Aft. January 12,
1772 in Sussex County, Virginia; married Thomas Tomlinson 1756 in Sussex
County, Virginia.

Notes for Sarah Eppes:
Her birth and Tomlinson children taken from the Albemarle Parish
Register.

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778,
Transcribed and Edited by
Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial Dames of America
in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 1958.

Descendants provided by:

Mrs. James F. Tomlinson
22 East 71st Street, 3A
New York City 10021

212-472-8074

1 iii. Anne Eppes, born September 15, 1743 in Albermarle
Par., Surry County, Virginia;
died Bef. 1809 in Hawkins County, Tennessee; married Thomas Gibbons Abt.
1762 in Sussex,
Virginia.
iv. Mary Eppes, born July 04, 1746 in Surry County,
Virginia; died April 29, 1785;
married Henry Moss June 06, 1767 in Sussex County, Virginia.

Notes for Mary Eppes:
Birth recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

Notes for Henry Moss:
Revolutionary War Service
2nd Lt, 13 Jan. 1777
1st Lt, 11 July 1777
Cap., 26 May 1781
retired, 1 Jan. 1783

v. James Eppes, born March 11, 1748/49 in Surry
County, Virginia; died 1791 in
Sussex County, Virginia; married Martha Sledge.

Notes for James Eppes:
Birth recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

Will dated 11 Aug. 1789 and proved 3 Feb. 1791 named his wife, sons
Edward, James, and
Thomas Anderson, and daughters Sarah and Mary Anderson. Executors Henry
Moss, David
Bradley, and Martha Epps.

vi. Winifred Eppes, born September 16, 1751 in Surry
County, Virginia; died in
Sussex County, Virginia; married Thomas Whitfield.

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778,
Transcribed and Edited by
Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial Dames of America
in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 1958.

Broderbund Corporation World Family Tree Cd #5, pedigree 680 appears to
be a continuation of
this family.

vii. Susanna Eppes, born September 12, 1753 in Surry
County, Virginia; married
Lemuel Harrison August 07, 1775 in Sussex County, Virginia.

Notes for Susanna Eppes:
Birth recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

Susanna relinquished administration of Lemuel Harrison's estate on 11 Dec
1787. Look for her
remarriage as Susannah Harrison?

viii. Elizabeth Eppes, born June 03, 1756 in Sussex
County, Virginia; died October 14,
1768 in Sussex County, Virginia.

Notes for Elizabeth Eppes:
Birth and Death recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

ix. Frances Eppes, born June 01, 1759 in Sussex
County, Virginia.

Notes for Frances Eppes:
Birth recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

She is not mentioned in her father's will and may have died before 1779
but note that her sister
Winnefred is not mentioned either and is know to have married and had a
family which moved to
TN.

Generation No. 3

4. Daniel Eppes, born Abt. 1672 in Charles City County,
Virginia; died January 06, 1753 in
Surry County, Virginia. He was the son of 8. John Eppes and 9. Mary
Kent. He married 5. Mary
?.
5. Mary ?, born Abt. 1676; died June 13, 1755 in Surry County,
Virginia.

Notes for Daniel Eppes:
Death recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

Daniel's will is in Surry County dated 09/10/1749, probated
01/16/1753. Legatees; wife
Mary, son Edward, daughters Elizabeth Knight and Mary Tatum, grandson
Daniel Tatum.

Notes for Mary ?:
Death recorded in

Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-
1778, Gertrude R. B. Richards, The National Society Colonial
Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958.

Children of Daniel Eppes and Mary ? are:
i. Mary Eppes, married John Tatum.
ii. Daniel Eppes, born 1707; died Bef. January 16,
1733/34 in Surry County, Virginia;
married Mary ? Abt. 1727.

Notes for Daniel Eppes:
contact JessEpps@aol.com a descendant

2 iii. Edward Eppes, born 1710 in Surry County,
Virginia; died 1780 in Sussex County,
Virginia; married Mary Anderson Abt. 1738 in Surry County, Virginia.
iv. Elizabeth Eppes, born 1712 in Surry County,
Virginia; married John Knight 1729.

6. James Anderson, born Bef. 1690 in "The Cattails", Charles
City County, Virginia; died
November 20, 1751 in "Arnols", Surry County, Virginia. He was the son of
12. Thomas Anderson
and 13. Unknown. He married 7. Mary Jordan Bef. 1712 in Prince George
County, Virginia.
7. Mary Jordan, born Abt. 1694 in Surry County, Virginia; died
Abt. 1733 in "Arnols", Surry
County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 14. George Jordan and 15. Mary
Browne.

Notes for James Anderson:
James is named in the 1711 will of Thomas Anderson of Prince
George County. The father of
James Anderson of Surry County is established as Thomas by the
examination of the deeds filed in
the six volumes of Prince George's County records from 1713 to 1728.
A caution, that in Prince George County there also resides at
this time a family of James
Anderson with sons Matthew,Jr., William,Jr. and James Anderson and
daughter Elizabeth Ligon.
There is no confirmed relationship although such cannot be dismissed.
There is filed on page 516, a deed of 02/09/1721 from Margaret
Goodrich to Abraham
Odium involving 100 acres in Martins Brandon Parish, Prince George
County, which were lands of
John Jane sold to Thomas Anderson and upon his death lent by will to
widow Mary, then sold by
widow Mary, who married Cornelius Cargill, and eldest son James to Edward
Goodrich by deed on
01/12/1713.
There is filed on page 957, a deed of 02/01/1726 from Cornelius
Cargill to Robert Hunicutt
for 150 acres on the south side of Cattail Swamp on the north side of the
Blackwater and both sides
of Reedy Branch formerly the occupation of Thomas Anderson dec'd and by
James Anderson and
Cornelius Cargill; 105 acres sold by James Anderson to Cornelius Cargill
by deed dated
04/14/1719 and the rest by Charles Anderson his brother by deed dated
03/10/1718.
There is filed on page 292, a deed dated 04/14/1719 from James
Anderson of Surry County
to Cornelius Cargill for 105 acres on Cattail Swamp bounded by a line of
Charles Anderson in
which the wife Mary Anderson relinquishes her dower by separate
affidavit.
Thus, the father of James Anderson of Surry County is Thomas
Anderson of Prince George
County, with wife Mary in 1711. No contemporary birth record is known.
James Anderson's first wife is Mary Jordan. The will of George
Jordan is filed in Surry County
Will Book 7 page 145, dated 05/18/1718 and probated 08/20/1718. He
mentions his wife Mary
and daughter Mary Anderson and legated to her a "large" bible. This Bible
is later mentioned in
James Anderson's will, and apparently goes to Georgia with James's son.

Children of JAMES ANDERSON and MARY JORDAN are:

2.	i.		MARY² ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1719, "Arnols" Surry Co., VA; d. 1769, Augusta, GA.
	ii.		JAMES ANDERSON, b. 1720, "Arnols" Surry Co., VA; d. 1769, Augusta, GA; m. MARY, Bef. June 10, 1744, Amelia Co. VA; b. Bef. 1728, VA.

Notes for JAMES ANDERSON:
Notes for James Anderson:
James would appear to have been born at his fathers estate
"Arnols" in Surry County, Virginia.
This is located along the north bank of the Blackwater River which forms
the southern boundary of
current Surry county near the triangular intersection of Prince George
County, Surry County, and
Sussex County. No contemporary record is known. Grant James Anderson
gives his birth date as
1720.
James Anderson was a contract builder. His Georgia will dated
08/24/1764 gives his
occupation as carpenter, and states that his sons are to be trained in
the craft of "hous joiner." His
brother Thomas Anderson was a carpenter and contracted to build a bridge
over the Appomattox
River for 70 Pounds in 1745. His father was in possession of a quantity
of Cooper and Carpenters
tools. His brother John continues to reside in Amelia, later Nottoway
County, where he is recorded
by the tax collector as "Carpt."
In 1747 the Albemarle Parish, in Surry County, ordered the
construction of a replacement
chapel for Spring Swamp Chapel. This construction was contracted to
James Anderson of Amelia
County, for £290.

Albemarle Parish Vestry Book
Pages 37-39
Virginia State Library
Richmond, Virginia
At a Vestry for the Parish of Albemarle in the County of Surry on the
20th Day of August 1747 at
the Church on Barlthorp Creek.
...
Ordered That Chris.r Tatum & John Mason Sr. churchwardens do give public
notice by
advertisements at such places in this County & the Counties adjacent as
they shall think proper, that
on Thursday the 15th of October next a Vestry will be held at the Church
on Barlthorp Creek in
order to treat with workman for building & erecting a Church 70 by 26
feet at or near where the
Chapel at Spring Swamp now stands for the [?] of the sd purpose.
...

Albemarle Parish Vestry Book
Pages 41-43
Virginia State Library
Richmond, Virginia
At Vestry held for Albemarle Parish at Nottoway Church the 25th Day of
October 1747.
...
The Vestry having waranted & agreed with James Anderson of Amelia County
for the building of a
Church or Chapel at or near where the Chapel at Spring Swamp now stands,
for which he is to
have £290 Curr.t Money of Virginia, according the Dimensions & manner
following Viz. 69 feet in
length & 26 feet in bredth in the clear: 16 feet pitch under pind 2 feet
high with 1/2 a foot below & 1
1/2 foot above the surface of the ground with good well [?] bricks & air
holes at proper distances, a
strong substantial [?] floor laid with sound well seasoned quartered pine
plank in bredth not above
10 inches, all the pews to be 6 feet wide and 10 feet long , except two
viz. on on each side of the
Communion Table, which are to be 9 by 7 the ally to be 6 feet wide. the
Church is to have two
doors in the South side & one in the West and 4 feet wide and 9 feet high
all to be folding, and the
work quarter round & rais'd panel: the two doors in the South side to be
made fast with bars & iron
hooks, that in the West end with two spring bolts & a nut & strong lock:
all to be hung with suitable
H hinges: the pews to be 4 feet high & close, the front to be quarter
round & raised panel, the
petitioners plain Wainscot: all the pews to be neatly cap'd plank seats
on three sides, the doors to be
of size according to the plan & hung with substantial H hinges, the
Communion Table to be rais'd
two steps above the floor of the Church, and enclosed with rails & neatly
twind ballusters, the door
thereof to hung with substantial hinges, a pulpit with a neat & suitable
canopy & door hung with H
hinges & both that & the two reading pews viz. for the Minister & Clerk
to be the sort of work with
the front of the pews & of dimension according to the plan, rails &
ballusters from the Minister's
reading pew to the pulpit: The length & width of the space for the
Communion Table & number of
steps to ascend to the reading pews & pulpit to be set as mind & directed
by the Minister. The
span of two pews on the North side at the West end of the Church to be
set apart for a Baptistry
with seats all around: A neat twind post erected in the area with handsum
mouldings around the top,
whereon to place the font or bason & a desk adjoining to lay the book on:
two plank seats to be put
up in the Westmost front doorway & one in that of the Eastermost. The
Church to have 6 windows
in the South Side 7 in the North side of sash on & sills in the clear
according to the plan, a large
window in the East end 6 feet wide in the clear & of a proportional
height divided by a part in the
middle a window in the West end above the plate of dimension suitable to
the place: all the
Windows to be glaz'd with good crown glass, the running sashes to be
supported when up with iron
pins made fast to the frame with a leather thong. The Church to be done
up the height of the pews
with ther edge plank plain'd & bonded, to have a comon substantial
roof with a compass edging
the walls & roof to be strengthened with great beams across in number &
size suitable, the walls
above the pews & ceiling to be well plaster'd & whitewashe: The window
frames on the inside &
door cases on both sides to be archistrad: a small window in the back of
the pulpit of size suitable to
the plan, shutters for all the windows of plain wainscot, to be hung with
substantial H hinges & made
fast when open with iron hooks & staples & when shut with an iron spring
bolt, the walls & gable
ends to be done with feather edge plank plain'd & beaded to show not
above 6 inches, with cornish
leaves. The roof to be covered on [?]'d laths with good C[?] heart
shingles in length 90 inches in
thickness 1 inch & in bredth not above 4 inches & nailed with 6d nails
the roof to be hip'd from the
[?] beams, the side & gable end walls to be well [?]'d: the window
shutters on both sides the outside
of the doors & dorr cases, the outside of the window frames & sashes the
Cornish the corner &
Barge Boards all to be well painted with White Lead & oil: a Fraonton or
Pediment over each door
shingled as the roof: White Oak or Light Wood steps at each door mitred
at the corner. A gallery
in the West end of the Church of pitch, dimension & form according to the
plan with a proper stair
pews & close breast or front of wainscot quartered round & raised panel
with archistrad [?] &
Cornish & proper bars, one pew in the fore part on the North side 6 feet
by 11 1/2 with seats rais'd
& sides the back door & ends: on the South side plain wainscot 8 feet by
11 1/2 a passage from the
stairs of 3 feet wide, a passge to the backside of 3 feet wide, 8 seats
on each side four 2 by 11 1/2
feet to rise above one another 9 inches, a partition between each seat 2
feet high above each
respective floor of plain wainscot. The gallery plastered underneath the
whole to be completed &
finished at the proper cost & charges of the sd James Anderson and that
in a neat & workmanklike
manner: by the 15th of June which shall happen in the year 1750. For the
performance whereof the
s'd James Anderson is to give Bond with sufficient surety as soon as may
be, to the Church wardens
of the Sd Parish for the time being. Wm Willie Minr.

Albemarle Parish Vestry Book
Page 66
Virginia State Library
Richmond, Virginia
At Vestry held for Parish of Albemarle in the County of Surry on the 12th
Day of November 1750.
...
The Vestry met in order to take the Spring Swamp Chapel and the said
Chapel being not
compleatly finished the said Vestry thought not yet fit to receive the
said Chapel.
Ordered that the Church wardens pay James Anderson so much money as will
make 232,,12,,08
1/2 up 290 pounds
James Anderson has given this parish liberty to make use of the chapel
that he has built from this day
till such time as he can finish the said Chapel.

Albemarle Parish Vestry Book
Page 92
Virginia State Library
Richmond, Virginia
1749 Albemarle Parish [account sheet]
To cash paid Mr. Anderson viz. order 221,,18,, 8

Albemarle Parish Vestry Book
Page 96
Virginia State Library
Richmond, Virginia
1751 Albemarle Parish [account sheet]
To removing the Spring Swamp old Chappel 2,,--,--

Albemarle Parish Vestry Book
Page 102
Virginia State Library
Richmond, Virginia
1751 Ordered that the churchwardens pay to Ja.s Anderson the sum of
twenty five pounds fice
shillings & six pence out of the money belonging to this Parish.

This chapel was shortly thereafter renamed St. Andrew's Church.
It was located on Spring
Creek, in southern Sussex County, near the current town of Jarratt.

Amelia County, Deed Book 5, page 380.
Edward Eppes, son of Daniel Eppes,Jr., deceased, of the County of
Surry, binds himself to
James Anderson,Jr., of Amelia County, carpenter, to learn his trade for
the term of five years.
04/18/1749. Witnesses John Anderson, Thomas Raines,
Surry County records contain a similar apprenticeship for Daniel Eppes.
Edward and Daniel were
sons of Daniel Eppes the brother of Edwawrd Eppes who was mrried to James
Anderson sister
Mary.

The Virginia lands attributed to James Anderson is a plantation
along the east side of the Little
Nottoway River opposite the mouth of the Whetstone Creek, just at a bend
in the River. This land
was patented by his father in 1735 and leased to him in 1743. He
acquired title in his father's 1751
will and sold the land to Charles Hamlin in 1755. Later he patented a
section of land just to the
northest of this but abandoned it in 1757 when he moved to Georgia.

James Anderson to Charles Hamlin
11/26/1755 150 acres Amelia County, Virginia
Amelia County Deed Book 5 Page 448 and 449
This Indenture made this Twenty sixth day of November in the Year of our
Lord One thousand
seven hundred and fifty five between James Anderson and Mary his wife of
the Parish of Nottoway
and County of Amelia of the one part and Charles Hamlin and of Rawleigh
Parish and County
aforesaid of the other part for and in consideration of the sum of one
hundred pounds current money
of Virginia to him in hand paid by the sd Charles Hamlin the receipt
whereof Sd James Anderson
and Mary his wife doth hereby acknowledge hath given granted bargained
sold aliened conveyed
and confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell alien
convey and confirm unto the
Sd Charles Hamlin his heirs and assigns one certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in the
County aforesaid on the north side of Little Nottoway River containing on
hundred and fifty acres
more or less and the same is bounded as followeth Viz: Beginning at two
Dutch Elms cornerd at the
River thence East fifteen degrees North one hundrd and eighty poles to a
corner gum and poplar in a
small branch thence South one hundred and sixty poles to a corner red
oak. Thence due West one
hundred eighty eight poles to a corner on Little Nottoway River near
below the Bent thence up the
River as it meanders to the beginning . To have and to hold the Sd tract
or parcel of land with all of
its appurtenances to the said Charles Hamlin his heirs and assigns for
ever and the sd James
Anderson and Mary his wife for them selves their heirs directors and
administrators doth further
covenant and agree to and with the sd Charles Hamlin that the the sd
James Anderson will warrant
and for ever defend the above mentioned lands with all its appurtenances
to him the said Charles
Hamlin his heirs and assigns for ever against him the Sd James Anderson
his heirs and assigns from
the claim or claims of any person or persons whatsoever. In witness
whereof the sd James
Anderson and Mary his wife hath hereunto set their hands and affixed
their seals this day and year
above written.
Sealed and Delivered James Anderson \
In presence of her
his Mary Anderson \
Saml Jordan mark
mark
Alexd Erskins
P Mcquaid
her
Phibe Rayns
mark

Memorandum
That quiet and Peaceable possession and seisur of
the within mentioned lands and
premises was given and taken by the within named James Anderson and Mary
his wife to the within
named Charles Hamlin in his own prper person for himself his heirs and
assigns according to the
purposes of the written deed in the presence of us the subscbribers.
James Anderson \
his Mary Anderson \
Saml Jordan
mark
Alexd Erskins
P Mcquaid
her
Phibe Rayns
mark
At a Court held for Amelia County the 27th day of November 1755
This Deed with livery and seisur endorsed from James
Anderson and Mary his wife to
Charles Hamlin was proved by the oaths of Samuel Jordan and Alexander
Erskin and at one other
Court held for the said County the 24th day of June 1756 It was also
proved by the oath of Phebe
Rains the third witness thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Samuel Cobbs CC

These Amelia lands would have straddled Jordan's Road. By 1787
"Hamlin's Tavern", at this
location the earliest tavern in Nottoway County was noted to be in
delapidated condition.
Upon moving to Georgia, James resided in Savannah where he owned
a portion of a lot. His
name also appears as a witness to transactions on Savannah lots for
William Matthews, his son-in-
law, and others.
He files numerous petitions with the colonial government of
Georgia which can be found in the
Georgia Colonial Records. It is possible that he is also the surveyor
James Anderson of those
records.
A short list of his petitions extracted from the Georgia Colonial
Records series of volumes.
02/1756 Petition for 200 acres along the east side of Buck Branch
and Beaver Pond Creek.
rejected.
04/12/1757 James Anderson and Andrew Newland petition for reward and
costs involved in the
capture of escaped felon David Dundass. Taken under advisement.
12/1757 Declaring that he has a wife and 6 children petitions for
200 acres on Briar Creek, 2
miles below Joshua Atkinson. Postponed.
06/1758 same, granted.
05/1760 Declaring that he has a wife, 7 children and 3 slaves and
has resided 3 years in the
Colony petitions for 300 acers on Bowen's Branch bounded by William
Raines and 300 acres on
the south side Walnut Branch between Evan Lewis and Thomas Irwin. Granted
500 acres on
Bowen's Branch.
03/1761 Declaring that he has a wife, 7 children and 2 slaves
petitions for 200 acres on the
Savannah above Point Pleasant adjacent John Davis. postponed.
07/1761 petitions to reactivate 05/1760 land warrant which had
expired before a survey could
be conducted.
04/1762 Petitions that he should be permitted to improve a lot in
Savannah and that he should
be granted lot #9. Rejected.
05/1762 Petitions for 500 acres next Rocky Creek in Hallifax
District and requests an
additional grant for 300 acres adjacent which was granted to William
Raines who has left the colony
2 years ago.
05/21/1762 The Governor signs 500 acre grant to James Anderson.
03/1764 Declaring that he has a wife, 7 children and 4 slaves
petitions for 500 acres north of
Great Ogeechee and east of Spring Creek. Rejected.
04/1764 petitions for 400 acres adjoining his lands which was
William Matthews who left the
colony. Granted.
08/1764 Governor signs grant for 400 acres.
06/1765 petitions for 1 acre lot in Augusta lot #19. Granted.
07/1766 Petitions for lands he settled on Rocky Creek branch of
Buck Head in 1757 plus
resolution of conflict over lands granted Jacob Colson which he was
originally awarded but could
not settle due to conflict with the Indians. granted.
12/1766 James Anderson petitions as deputy surveyor for
extensions of land warrants which
could not be surveyed due to inclement weather.
02/1767 Governor signs grant for 150 acres.
The cattle brand of James Anderson if recorded in Georgia
Colonial "marks and Brands"
Book K on page 39. It was recorded in 1763 and indicates that James
Anderson is a resident of
Savannah.
In 1768 he sells his Savannah lot and moves to his plantation
southwest of Augusta and
purchases lot 19 in the town of Augusta.

James Anderson to Joseph Butler
04/16/1768 lot Savannah, Georgia
Ga. Col. Records Book S page 238
Lot in Savannah originally granted to Ann McIntosh, now wife of
Robert Bailie, sold by Ann to
James Anderson.

His lot in Augusta bordered on that of Lachlan McAvillary a
Georgian of note, whose journal
of that period is contained in the New York City Historical Library, and
would be worthy of
examination for reference to James.
James Anderson's will is dated 08/24/1764, probated on 01/06/1769
and filed in Georgia
Colonial will book A page 296.

In the name of God Amen, the twenty fourth Day of August 1764 I James
Anderson of the Town of
Savannah and Parish of Christ Church Carpenter being in perfect mind and
and memory Thanks be
given unto God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and
knowing that it is appointed
for all men to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament,
that is to say, Principally &
first of all I recommend my soul to God that gave it and my body to the
Earth, to be buried at the
Direction of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general
Resurrection I shall receive the Same
again by the mighty Power of God and as touching such worldly goods
wherewith it has pleased
God to bless me in this Life, I give Remise and dispose of in the manner
and form following; First I
give and bequeath unto Mary my Dearly beloved Wife, her choice of the
Feather beds and furniture
as well as my bay horse called Rock.
Also I give and bequeath unto my son David Anderson three hundred acres
of Land in St. Georges
Parish on Rocky Creek and Ten pounds Sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my Son James Anderson three hundred acres
of Land in St. Georges
Parish on Rocky Creek and ten pounds Sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Willm Anderson three hundred acres
of Land in St Georges
Parish and on Rocky Cree; & ten pounds Sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Anderson ten pounds
Sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Tabitha Anderson ten pounds
Sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Cynthia Anderson ten pounds
Sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Anderson ten pounds
Sterling.
Also it is my will and desire that my daughter Elizabeth Matthews Shall
have the use of what things
she hath of mine in her possession During her matural Life and then
Dispose of them as she please.
Also my will and desire is that all the rest of my Estate both Royal and
Personal be equally divided
between my Dearly beloved wife Mary and my seven children namely, David,
James, Mary,
Tabitha, Cynthia, Ann, and William after my just debts and Financial
Expenses is paid, and that my
wife Mary shall have the liberty to dispose of any part of the Estate as
she pleases to discharge the
debts; and that my wife Mary shall have the use of the rest of the Estate
after my just debts are paid
and pay of [sic] the Legacys as the Children come of age or Marry (but
not bring any charges
against the Children for their bringing up or Raising) that is if She
remain a Widow but if she marry
than the children may (at the age of twelve years) chose of or them
selves and have their parts of the
Estate with them but if they chose to abide with their mother let them
and their part of the Estate
abide together, also it is my will and Desire that she my wife Mary shall
have the use of her choice of
two negroes as long as she remains a widow (without being accountable to
the children for any part
of their all as so long as she remain a widow, but nolong [sic] and
when has it she marry then an
equal division made between her my wife Mary and the seven children
before married (if alive) if any
be ded then an equal division to be made between Mary my wife and the
children then living and if
any of the children Die in their minority their parts of the Estate shall
be equally divided between
them that survive also my will is that if my wife Mary do sell my house
and lott in Savannah (or Shall
chose to rent it out to pay my debts) or for any other purpose as she
shall think convenient and
move to the country than and she shall have the liberty of
settling on that part or portion of
land that shall be my son Williams and there to remain without
during her widowhood or
natural life it is my will and desire that my William be bound out at the
age of fifteen years for the
space or term of five years to any Trade or Occupation as he my son
William choses at the time hw
is to be bound which is at the age of fifteen years. it is also my will
and desire that when the land is
divided that what difference there may be in the quality ot may be made
equal by paying a sum of
money to them that has that part (of lesser Tally) or parts Also it is
my will and desire that my two
sons David and James bee all the assistance they can in maintaining sd
family till they com to the age
of twenty one years and during that same time to be employed by such
persons as they think most
proper to teach and instruct them in the trade of a Carpenter and hous
joiner I also constitute and
appoint my well beloved son David and James Anderson with my dearly
beloved wife Mary my sole
Executors of this my last will & testament and I so hereby utterly revoke
and disanul all and every
other former testament wills legacies and bequests executed by me in any
ways before named willed
and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last
will and testament in witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above
written.

Signed, Sealed, Published, pronounced,
and delivered by the said James Anderson James Anderson s
his last will and testament in presence
of the subscribers
Peter Blythe
Thomas Barwich
Thomas Day
GEORGIA
Before me James Wright Esqr Capt. General
and governor in Chief of his
Majestys said Province and ordinary of the same appears Peter Blyth of
Savannah in the province
aforesaid Carpenter one of the subscribing witnesses to the last
will and testament within
written of James Anderson of the Town of Savannah Carpenter deceased who
being duly sworn on
the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God made oath that he was present and
did see the testator sign
seal publish pronounce and declare the same to be and contain his Last
Will and Testament and that
he was of sound mind and disposing mind & memory to the best of his
knowledge and belief and
that he with Thomas Barwich and Thomas Day subscribed their names as
witnesses to the said will
at the request and in the presence of the sd testator and in each others
presence.
At the same time David Anderson one of
the Executors named in the said will
qualified as such.
Recorded 9 january 1769 given under my hand the 6th january 1769
/s/ Ja.
Wright

Bibliography

Colonial Georgia Genealogical Data 1748-1783, William H. Dumont,
National Genealogical
Society, Special Publication No. 36, Washington D.C., 1971.
Genealogy in part, of the Anderson-Owen-Beall families, by Grant James
Anderson, Whittet &
Shepperson, Richmond, Virginia, 1909.
The Story of Augusta Edward J. Cashin, Richmond County Board of
Education, Augusta, Georgia.

Notes for MARY:
Living in Augusta GA in 1764

Notes for Mary ?:
James Anderson's wife was Mary, surname unknown. As James was
present in Amelia at the
age of 16, it seems possible that this Mary is of an Amelia family. He
is listed in the 06/10/1744 Tax
List of Amelia County as James Anderson and Wife.
Mary's name is established by the deed dated 11/06/1755 and filed
in Amelia County Deed
book 5 on 11/27/1755. The dower signature is that of Mary. We can be
confident that this is
James son of James Anderson of Surry because the land description is that
of the original acreage
leased to him by his father in 1743 along the east side of the Little
Nottoway River. This same
acreage was granted to his father.
Carpenter James Anderson of Christ Church Parish Georgia
(Savannah) named widow Mary
in his 08/24/1764 will.

iii.

THOMAS ANDERSON, b. 1721, "Arnols" Surry Co., VA; d. Bef. 1787, Dinwiddie Co., VA; m. KEHRENHAPPUCK YARBROUGH, Bef. June 10, 1744, Amelia Co. VA; d. Bef. 1756.

Notes for THOMAS ANDERSON:
Notes for Thomas Anderson:
Thomas would have been born on the estate of "Arnols" in Surry
County in 1721 according to
Grant J. Anderson's genealogy. No contemporary record of this has been
found. Arnols was
located in the western corner of current Surry County, Virginia.
Thomas Anderson was an undertaker. This is the 18th century term
for a contract builder.
Thomas was a resident of Amelia County early and subsequently of
Dinwiddie County after its
formation in 1752.
His first land patent is at the age of 18 years along Whetstone
Creek just northwest of his
father's patent along the little Nottoway River. He sells this patent
off in lots of 200 and 54 acres.
He reserved the timber rights to the 200 acre plot. The land deeded to
him by his father in 1743
took up the southwest corner of the intersection of Whetstone Creek and
the Little Nottoway River
in Nottoway Parish of Amelia County. On 09/12/1755 he sells this land to
Thomas Williams. In the
deed he is identified as being of Dinwiddie County. Therefore we can
assume he had removed to
Dinwiddie before this.
Jordan (? his son) sold all of his 1782 (382 and 108 acres)
holdings to John Edmundson in
1787. Perhaps the younger children went with their older brothers out
west. The records of
Dinwiddie County prior to 1833 have almost all been destroyed in a fire.
A surviving survey book
does have a record of an adjustment to one of Thomas's properties. This
is the survey of his ten
acre patent. Perhaps when examined closely it will reveal where he
lived. Little more of the
Thomas Anderson family will be found without special effort by
researchers delving into the
Dinwiddie Counnty past.

Anderson, Thomas
09/22/1739 254 acres Amelia County
Patents Book 18, 1738-39, page 469
North of the Whetstone Creek.
Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 08/15/1740
John Thomas appt. to clear road from Jordan's bridge best way
into Mr. Cock's road, Thomas
& James Anderson, Thomas Taylor, and John Thomas & all other male
tithable to assist.
Jordan's Bridge crosses the Little Nottoway as 602 west of Blackstone.
His brother James' owned
the plantation at the east end of this bridge.
Amelia County Court Order Book 1 records at a Court on 07/16/1740
a deed as follows. No
corresponding record exists in the Amelia Deed Books:

Thomas Anderson from James Anderson
07/16/1740
Unknown land. Witness Samuel Jordan and James Anderson,Jr.

Anderson, Thomas to Thomas Burge
06/17/1741 200 acres Amelia County
Amelia Co., Virginia Deed Book 1, page 222-223
North side Whetstone Creek, bounded in part by Peter Benford's
line and the Long Branch,
being part of a patent by Thomas Anderson. Wit. James Anderson, John
Taylor & Lucy Taylor.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 09/17/1742
Thomas Anderson is given leave to clear road from his own house
into Thomas' Road.

Thomas Anderson from James Anderson
Rebecca
12/20/1743 300 acres Amelia County
Amelia County Deed Book 2 page 39
Lands on South [west] side of Little Nottoway river beginning at
Jordans corner on the river
west then south along Jordans line then up Jordan's Little Run to a line
of trees and then northwest to
a spring branch down the branch to Whetstone Creek and down the Creek to
the Little Nottoway
river and then down to river to the start.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 02/15/1744
Abraham Green & William Booker report that in conjunction with
the Gent. of the Henrico
Court, they have agreed with Thomas Anderson, to build a bridge over the
Appomattox River and
keep it in repair, for 70 pounds.

Amelia County
Will Book 1
Bonds, page 14
140 pounds. Thomas Anderson, with George Currie, Samuel Tarry,
and Clement Read, all of
Amelia County, to Abraham Green and William Booker, Gent., of the same
County, and William
Kennon, Jr. and Benjamin Harris, Gent., of Henrico Co., Va. for Thomas
Anderson to build a
bridge over the Appomattox River at a place called Burtons, 12 feet wide
and double railed, in a
good workmanlike manner, and keep the same in passable repair for seven
years for the
consideration of 70 pounds, 50 pounds whereof to be paid Aug. 17,1745,
and remaining 20 pounds
to be paid Aug. 17, 1746; sec. Aug. 16, 1745.

The area which is now Chesterfield County was Henrico at the time
he was contracted to build
the bridge over the Appomattox. This bridge is probably an early
predecessor of the bridge now
spanning the Appomattox as River Road. I believe it was located a little
southeast of the current
bridge. Just three years before the court had allowed the operation of a
ferry at this point. There
was an early 19th century town on the river near this location which has
now disappeared.
Examination of Henrico Records did not find any data of interest.
Abraham Burton resided at the mouth of Deep Creek as it enters
the Appomattox River. This
is located just south of the Current Bevils Bridge over which River Road
now passes from
southwestern Chesterfield County to Amelia County. Thomas Bevil,
Burton's northern neighbor,
was given the licence for an ordinary and ferry over the Appomattox River
by the Amelia County
Court in 1736. Richard Booker built the ferry boat in 1737 (fee 4 p. for
man and horse; 8 p. for a
cart, 4 p. for a chair to two wheel chaise, free to County Taxpayers).
It is likely that this bridge was burned with Goode's bridge by
Tarleton at the time of the
American Revolution. This Burton was the father of Abraham Burton,
commander of the 3rd.
Virginia Continental who was in command at Waxhaw's, South Carolina when
the massacre
occured which earned Tarleton the sobriet "Bloody" Tarleton. Still later
this location was the
crossing point at which Lee crossed the Appomattox during his retreat
from Richmond.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 12/20/1744
Petition Robert Melone vs. Henry Robertson
Thomas Anderson & James Anderson appt. to view & value work done
by petitioner & make
report.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 02/22/1745
Petition Robert Melone vs. Henry Robertson
For £ 2,,10,,0 due for carpentry work done. Thomas Anderson &
James Anderson appt. to
view & value work & make report. Found work worth £ 2,,7,,6 & Ptf. to
recover amt., plus costs.

Thomas was a friend of George Cabiness of Amelia County and is
mentioned in George's
1744 will and was executor. James Anderson, Thomas' brother, was an
appraisor of the Cabiniss
estate.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 05/17/1745
Petition Thomas Anderson & Matthew Cabiniss, Excr. of George
Cabiniss, vs. William
Hardcastle. Deft. failed to appear; to Ptf. for £ 59,,6,,0 plus costs.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 05/18/1745
Petition Richard Witton vs. Thomas Anderson & Matthew Cabiniss,
Excr. of George Cabiniss,
to Ptf. for £ 0,,40,,4 plus costs.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 07/19/1745
Petition Robert Bolling, Esq. vs. Thomas Anderson & Matthew
Cabiniss, Excr. of George
Cabiniss, failed to appear; to Ptf. for £ 0,,57,,11 plus costs.

Amelia County
Court Orders Book 1
At Court on 02/22/1745
Cate a Negro girl belonging to Thomas Anderson judged age 8.

Amelia County
From the "Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser", Williamsburg, Va.,
1752, we are told:
Amelia County =, ff.
To all Sheriffs, Constables, and other His Majesty's Liege
People, to Whom these
Presents shall come. Greeting
Wheras complaint hath this day been made to me, on of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for
this County, by Thomas Anderson, of the County aforesaid, That he was, on
Sunday the 23rd Day
of August last, robb'd of a Beaver Hat to the Value of 30 Shillings, a
Pair of Leather Breeches, a
Pair of blue-grey Worsted, and a Pair of Yarn Hose, a Common-Prayer Book,
a Razor Strap, a
half-worn down brown Linen Shirt, a Pair of Jack Boots, two Holland Caps,
one Pair of Shoes, and
other Things, and that he has great Reason to suspect one William Roach,
alis Rough, late of this
County, an idle Person, about 23 Years old, short and well-set, with a
simple Look, has a large scar
just above his Forehead, is much addicted to Gaming, had on when he went
away a blue- grey
hald-trimm'd Coat, and a Pair of striped Holland Trousers :
These are therefore in His Majesty's Name, to command and require
all Sheriffs, Constables,
and other His Majesty's Liege Peoples, within this Colony, to make
diligent Search nad Pursuit, by
Way of Hue and Cry, within their several Counties and Precincts, after
the said William Roach, alias
Rough; and him having found, to apprehend and carry before the next
Justice of the Peace, that he
may be dealt with according to Law. Herein fail not.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Amelia, this 17th Day of
September, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Fifty Two, in the Twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord King
GEORGE the Second.
CHARLES IRBY

Thomas and Kerenhappuck to Henry Buford
03/25/1749 54 acres Amelia County
Amelia County Deed Book 3 page 235
adj. Binford's corner on Whetstone Creek, Thomas Burges' line, &
Whetstone Creek. Wit.
Thomas Buford, Benjamin Shelton, Faith Anderson.

Thomas Anderson to Thomas Williams
09/12/1755 acres Amelia County
Amelia County Deed Book 5 page 488

Anderson, Thomas
02/01/1781 10 acres Dinwiddie County
Patents Book D, Volume 2, page 514
Adjacent to John Jones

Amelia County, Virginia Tax Lists
1736
James Anderson
Thomas Anderson
1740
James Anderson
Thomas Anderson
1741 List of Abraham Cocke
James Anderson,Jr. 1
Thomas Anderson 1
1743 James Anderson 2
Thomas Anderson
and Jordan Anderson 3
1744,10 Jun
James Anderson & wife 2
Thomas Anderson & wife 2
Jordan Anderson 1
1747, 10 Jun Below Deep Creek and above the Cellar
Anderson, James,Jr., John Anderson
Thomas Raines & Jack & Cate 5
Anderson, Thomas, Jordan Anderson
Robert Munford, Jack , Amanuel 6
1748, Jun List taken below Deep Creek and Above the Sellar by
Charles Irby
Thomas Anderson, John Nance, Jack, tom,
Manuel, Gideon 6
James Anderson,Jr., John Anderson
Thomas Raines, Jack and Cate 5
1749 Charles Irby's List of Nottoway Parish
Thomas Anderson, Jack, tom,
Manuel, Gideon 5 30
James Anderson,Jr., Thomas Raines,
John Anderson, Edward Eppes
Daniel Eppes, Jack, Cate 7 5
Jordan Anderson, Adam 2 12
1752
Anderson James,Jr., Edward Eppes,
Daniel Eppes and Cate 4x
Anderson Thomas 1x
Anderson Jordan, Adam 2x
[1752 formation of Dinwiddie County places Thomas Anderson in Dinwiddie
County. He no longer
appears in Amelia County tax lists.]
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
1782 Dinwiddie County
Anderson Thomas 382 acres 12/6 238,15,0 ,27,9
108 acres 6 32 6,5

Bibliography

Genealogy in part, of the Anderson-Owen-Beall families, by Grant James
Anderson, Whittet &
Shepperson, Richmond, Virginia, 1909.
Will Book 1, Amelia County, Wills 1735-1761, Bonds 1735-1754, Abstracted
and Compiled by
Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey, Mid- South Publishing Company, 1978.
Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750; by Eliza
Timberlake Davis,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1980.

Notes for Kehrenhappuck Yarbrough:
Grant J. Anderson's genealogy states that Thomas married twice.
The 1744 tax roll of Amelia
County refers to Thomas Anderson and wife. Kehrenhappuck Anderson is
named in the 1749
deed. However, there is no dower signature in the deed of Thomas
Anderson made in 1756.
Perhaps his first wife was dead by then. William Yarbrough names his
daughter Caryinhappuch
Anderson and surviving widow Ellinor in his will probated 12/16/1748 and
filed in Amelia County,
Virginia Will Book 1, page 50. His children include:

1. William Yarbrough / / / >1748
2. Hezekiah Yarbrough / / 06/27/1754Amelia,VA
3. Priscilla Yarbrough / / / >1748
4. Ann Yarbrough / / / >1748
5. Samuel Yarbrough / / / >1748
6. Caryinhapuch Yarbrough / / 1749-1755
7. Moses Yarbrough / / 04/22/1756Amelia,VA
8. Micajah Yarbrough / / / /

iv.

JORDAN ANDERSON, b. May 05, 1723, "Arnols" Surry Co., VA; d. October 20, 1805, Chesterfield Co. VA; m. MARY WATKINS, September 15, 1748, Amelia Co., VA; b. March 22, 1724, VA; d. November 13, 1805, Chesterfield Co., VA.

Notes for JORDAN ANDERSON:
Notes for Jordan Anderson:
The book "Genealogy in part, of the Anderson-Owen-Beall
families". By Grant James
Anderson, (Richmond Va., Whitter & Shepperson printers, 1909), provides
an account of the
descendants of Jordan Anderson as reconstructed from the ancestral
correspondence and recall of
Grant J. Anderson who was a great grandson of Jordan Anderson. At the
time of Publication Grant
J. Anderson was a resident of Westminster, Texas, just north of Dallas,
Texas. In his text G. J.
Anderson refers to Jordan Anderson using the spelling Jourdan Anderson.
This reflects the Virginia
pronunciation of Jordan (Jur-dan). Virginia records however record the
name as Jordan.
No birth record is known. He was probably born on his father's
estate "Arnols" in the West
corner of Surry County, Virginia, north of the Blackwater River.
Jordan Anderson apparently dabbled in land speculation using his
sons to "occupy" the land. It
is difficult to differentiate what portion of these land transaction were
associated with his residences.
However, it would appear that he had three primary residences in his
life.
James, his father leased, then later willed 200 acres at the
southwest intersection of Whetstone
Creek and Little Nottoway River to Jordan Anderson. He begins with the
200 acres at the
southwest intersection of Whetstone Creek and Little Nottoway River. He
and his brother John sell
their lands along Whetstone Creek to Francis Eppes in 1764. This is the
plantation which is later
willed to the next Francis Eppes.
Jordan began early to speculate on lands. In one land "deal" in
1744 he bought 800 acres
along the Little Nottoway River from Edward Thweatt and sold it back to
him for half as much the
following year. Too many deals like that and anyone will go broke.
However, it would appear that
his skill improved immeasurably as he dies a wealthy planter.
Jordan did not limit his land deals to the local county and as
time passed was identified in
Amelia County records as a resident of Cumberland and Chesterfield
Counties. He was involved in
land transactions along the Appomattox River. This lands were probably in
what is now Powhatan
County. He apparently acted as banker for his son's land deals as well.
I have found several
occasions where a son has sold back to his father Jordan,Sr. a piece of
land only to have that piece
resold by the father to another son.
In 1762 he buys 200 acres near Middle Creek (unidentified) in
Chesterfield County, adding
another 200 acres shortly thereafter. I believe that this may be the
Mantua Estate later sold in 1820
by his grandson Thomas. There is a flury of land transactions in the
1780's by Jordan and his sons.
From a study of his property it would appear that he had most of
his money in land at the time
of the revolution and the inflation that occurred at that time. This may
have been the key to his
success. His lands were located just west of the Coal Pits at
Winterpock, which was the farthest
west the the militia were driven during any of the Virginia Military
Operations south of the James.
Therefore his properties avoided any of the damage sustained by those
further east of him.
Jordan's land dealings were extensive and would require an
examination of almost all county
records of Virginia and perhaps Georgia and the Carolina's. His will
refers to a purchase made of
Patrick Henry and wills his lands in Kentucky to his son Thomas.

"Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser", Williamsburg, 1768.
Run away from the subscriber in Chesterfield, about the end of
August last, a middle sized
Negro man named WILL, about 30 years old, of a yellowish complexion, very
much marked on his
face, arms, and breast, his country fashion, speaks very broken, and can
hardly tell his master's
name; had on when he went away a new osnabrugs shirt; Virginia linen
short Trousers, old cotton
jacket, and felt hat, with part of the brim burnt off. He has made three
attempts, as he said, to get to
his country, but was apprehended. All masters of vessels are hereby
forewarned from carrying the
said slave out of the colony. Whoever apprehends him, and brings him to
me, shall have 20 s.
reward, besides what the law allows.
Jordan
Anderson

Jordan Anderson became opposed to slavery as is confirmed by the
details of his will and the
following entry in Chesterfield Deed Book 11 page 639.

Know all men by these presents that I Jordan Anderson of the County of
Chesterfield, seeing such
an inconsistency betwixt our Declaration of Independence Viz. That all
men are equally born free
and our practice in holding a great number of our fellow men in the most
abject slavery especially
those born since that Declaration and also seeing our youths supported
thereby, instead of becoming
useful members of Society in our Commonwealth are rather become a mere
nuisance and scandal
thereto: observing these things I do hereby gradually emancipate and set
free the following persons
Viz. York, Lucy, Rachel, and her increase, Tamy, Jack, George, Felice and
her increase the first
day of January after my wife's and my death. Amica, Miley, & Amy and
their increase as they come
to age, unless that period arrives before our deaths then they shall be
free at the same time the others
above mentioned after our deaths. Frank and Little York to be free at
the same time if of the age of
twenty one years. Frank was born April 25th 1773. Amica September
24,1774. Milley March 12,
1777. Amy November 14,1779. Little York October 23,1782. Moses July
25,1787. Salley
September 8th,1789. The two last to be free at 21 years of age. In
witness whereof I do hereby
relinquish all claim, title, or interest in them for that my heirs or
assigns shall ever have any right, or
title, or claim to or in them after the above stated period for my Heirs
and Assigns forever for the
due Conformance of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal
this seventh day of
April one thousand seven hundred and ninety.

Jordan Anderson seal

At a court held for Chesterfield County April 8th 1790 This
Instrument of writing was
acknowledged by Jordan Anderson a party thereto and ordered to be
recorded.

Teste Thos Watkins C.C.C.
He dies in Chesterfield County. The exact date of death is known
through the obituary of the
Virginia Gazette and General Advertizer 9 November 1805.
Jordan,Sr. and his wife of 57 years, died in Chesterfield Co.,
Va. His obituary refers to him as
Dr. Jordan Anderson and mentions that although he had received no formal
schooling he was trusted
for his healing skills. Several of his sons were apparently also
"doctors".
Jordan Anderson's will is dated 01/01/1805 and probated
12/09/1805. It is filed in
Chesterfield Will Book 6 page 264. It is interesting for the detailed
account of the portion of his
estate to go to each of the Chesterfield sons and for the fact that he
willed each of his slaves to be
freed upon reaching the age of 21.

Chesterfield County, Will Book 6, Page 264
In the name of God Amen, January 1st 1805. I Jordan Anderson, senior of
Chesterfield county
being by the course of nature near my dissolation, but in my reason and
senses do make and declare
this my last will and testament, and do make all my other former wills
void. First and principally I
give my soul to God who gave it, trusting only in the merits of Jesus
Christ for my salvation, who
hath redeemed me from destruction and brought me again unto a lively hope
of the resurrection of
the dead to live under his smiles to all eternity. Glory be to God for
the gift of his dear Son and for
his unspeakable love and unmerited favour and as touching such worldly
estate as God has trusted
me with I give and bequeath as follows.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Edward Anderson and his heirs
forever, five hundred
dollars. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Charles Anderson and his
heirs forever, one
hundred and seventy six acres of land in Prince Edward County that I
bought of my son David
Anderson, a part of the land he the said David bought of Patrick Henry,
which he has given me a
bond of one thousand dollars to make a good and lawful title to any
person as I shall direct by will
or otherwise, but if my son Charles shall chosse to have the one thousand
dollars in stead of the
land, my son David shall pay the said sum of money to Charles and keep
the land aforesaid, also I
give Charles one bed & furniture. Item, I give and bequeath unto my
son John Anderson and his
heirs forever, one stud horse named Juniper now in his possession. Item,
I give and bequeath unto
my son James Anderson and his heirs forever, all the tools I lent to him
in Lunenburg County, I also
give to his children and their heirs forever, all the stock and all the
other property lent to him at the
same time and place now in his possession, and also give them and their
heirs forever, two hundred
and fifty pounds, the sum I leave in my sons Jordan's hands to be paid by
him to the said children as
they shall come to age or marry, and have a right to give a lawful
discharge, I give unto them also
one bed and furniture to be deposited in their mothers hands for them.
Item, I give and bequeath
unto my son David Anderson and heirs [sic] forever, four hundred dollars
and one bed and
furniture. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Jordan Anderson and his
heirs forever, that tract of
land he now lives on, one hundred and fifty acres, and after the death of
my beloved wife (his
mother) the tract of land I now live on, two hundred and fifty acres, on
his paying his brother James'
children their legacies above, but if my son Jordan shall fail to pay the
money as above directed the
said two hundred and fifty acres of land shall be sold to pay the same
money given those children.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Anderson and his heirs
forever, all my right and title
to all lands I have any right and title to in Kentucky, also the land I
had of Captn Hezekiah Rudd,
according to my bargain with said Rudd: as that now he stands in my place
essentially as his own
bargain. I also give him two hundred two hundred dollars.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Nathan Anderson and to his heirs
forever five hundred
dollars, deducting the money and interest he owed me on two bonds, and
also for seven hundred
and fifty two pounds of pork in the year 1791, to be paid for at forty
shillings per hundred havin had
it thirteen years to this date. I also give him the the labour and
raising of my young negroes, namely
Annicas increase, and Tom, and Patt, and Peter, Fillis's children and her
future increase, not to be
moved out of the state or so far as to deprive them of their freedom. It
is further my will and desire
that my son Thomas shall have all the labour and the raising my yound
negroes namely Amey's and
MIlley's increase and Sall, till come to age of twenty one years but not
to move tehm out this state,
or so far as to prevent their freedom, but Matt is excepted now with
Charles. It is further my and
desire that my son Jordan shall have the labour of and the raising of all
Rachel's increase, but not to
move them out of this state or so far as to prevent their freedom. It is
further my will that my son
Jordan shall account for the pork I lent him five hundred and fifty five
pounds, and pay off his bond
to me of Ten pounds on interest, in short, that all my children sha