George Hinson

Notes:

George Hinson is listed in will of James Hinson as the first of many children. He is shown in marriage records of Fauquier Co., VA. as having married Susan Ball, the ward of Enoch Smith, on 28 Nov. 1828. Later the census of 1850, Fauquier Co., VA. shows in Ashby's District, Page 236, Dwelling 518, Family 533, George married to Susanah, and her mother Letty Ball, age 80, living in the same household with them, with the children set forth in this family group. George Hinson's occupation is shown as schoolteacher.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keholmes/Johnson/b11.htm#P61

George married Susan Ball on 28 Nov 1825 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Susan (daughter of Edward Ball and Lettice Glending "Lettie" Rosser) was born in 1812 in Fauquier Co, Virginia; died after 1880 in Ashbys, Fauquier Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Ashbys, Fauquier Co, Virginia
• Possessions: 6 Apr 1856, Fauquier Co, Virginia

Notes:

Census:
George Hinson 42
Susanah (Ball) Hinson 38
James Hinson 20
Sarah Hinson 17
Mary J Hinson 16
Susan A Hinson 14
Letty R Hinson 12
George Hinson 9
Nancy P Hinson 7
Charles W Hinson 6
Mildreth F Hinson 1
Letty Ball 80


Possessions:
Letty's will divides portions of her estate, stating:
portion to Erasmus HELM (Executor of her estate) in trust for the sole and separate use of my daughter, Susan Hinson during her life with power to her to dispose of it by will and is she shall make no will, such portion at her death to be equally divided among her children and the descendants of each of them as shall be their deed, but such descendants shall ---------- ---------- ------------.

The same provision was designated to Nancy's brother, Joseph.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 21 Jan 1863, Rappahannock Co, Virginia

Notes:

James Hinton was born about 1785 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was living on 1 March 1823 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
On this date he purchased land on Carter's Run next to Augustine Ball and Dulin's saw mill from John Dulin, Mary's uncle. The deed of conveyance when this land was purchased indicated that John Dulin had purchased the land from George B. Pickett. He was living on 23 January 1835 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.61
On this date James and Mary Hinson purchased 16 acres of land from Charles Kemper in Fauquier County on Carter's Run. In this deed it is shown that James and Mary Hinson were then of Rappahannock County (which had only in 1833 been formed from Culpeper County) James was living on 27 March 1835 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.61
On this date a deed was executed by James and Mary Hinson of Rappahannock County to Thomas Ingram for 107 and 1/4 acres of the same land on Carter's Run. He was living on 25 March 1841 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.53
On this date James and Mary Hinson purchased from William C. and Elizabeth Jane Scott (their daughter) 42 acres of land, lying immediately south of Hinson's Mill adjoining the Hedgman's (Rappahannock) River and George Dulin's (Mary's brother) land. He died in January 1863 in Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. James was buried in January 1863 in Amissville, Rappahannock County, Virginia.


He served in the military War of 1812 in 44th Regiment and 41st Regiment, Virginia, (Branhams and Paynes), Arlington, Virginia.
James Hinson served in the war of 1812 during the period when the British sacked the Capitol and White House. He was stationed at Arlington, Virginia. He received two land warrants for this service, 40 acres and 80 acres. It is not known what disposition he made of these warrants, nor where the land acquired was located.
Order of children as to age was deduced by order in which children were listed in will of James Hinson, supra.

James Hinson served in the 44th Regiment and 41st Regiment, Virginia, (Branhams and Paynes) during the War of 1812 during the period when the British sacked the Capitol and White House. He was stationed at Arlington, Virginia. He received two land warrants for this service, 40 acres and 80 acres. It is not known what disposition he made of these warrants, nor where the land acquired was located.

The 1860 Census shows James Hinson's real estate as being valued at $10,000 and his personal property at $6,725!

Tax lists in 1850 Rappahannock County, shows that James Hinson had on the tax rolls, three tracts of land, 105 1/4, adjacent E. Griffin, 13 1/4 on N. River, and 42 acres adjacent E. Griffin. This was before he had purchased the 64 acres at the trustees sale mentioned under the John G. Hinson notes.

James Hinson at the time of his death was possessed of a considerable estate. Disputes arose between his children who migrated before the Civil War to Missouri and those who stayed in Virginia. Settlement of the disposition of the land in the estate was not settled until many years later. Some of the children were deceased by that time and distribution of the monies realized from the sale went to the grandchildren.

The Hinson property was close around the Hinson's Mill, and on the north side of the Hinson Mill Road on what is now called "Scotia" a beautiful horse farm. According to Circuit Records at the time of his death, he owned 595 acres, 425 being in Rappahannock and 170 in Fauquier Counties, (which was occupied by his oldest son, George,) remarkable fact, considering that he lost his father while very young and was raised solely by his mother, in addition to being bonded out as a servant while still a juvenile. He apparently inherited nothing upon the death of his grandfather, Robert Hinson, in 1803. Possibly his marriage to Mary Dulin helped him get started. For that day and time, taking note of the fact that in the year of his death, 1863, there was a war going on and armies were passing through the Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties, almost at will, it was commendable that his personal property apparently was kept in tact.

Hinson's Mill on the Rappahannock River near Amissville was the site of the crossing of Confederate troops under General Stonewall Jackson en route to the second Battle of Manassas on or about 25 August, 1862. This mill was later destroyed by a flood. Before Bushrod Hinson migrated to Missouri, he was the Miller at the mill, according to the 1850 census of Rappahannock Co.

A deed recorded in Rappahannock County, Book C, p. 511 on 9 March 1840 from John Cropp, et al. to James Hinson, may indicate the second tract of land purchased by James Hinson in Rappahannock County, and will probably be found to be just west of the Henry Grigsby survey.

No deed records have been obtained for the purchase of the mill site, formerly called Briggs or Rector's Mill, and subsequently Hinson's Mill, which, according to the 1850 tax list in Rappahannock County was 13 and 1/4 acres.

On 9 September 1845, he purchased from Henry N and Frances F Grigsby, of Clark County, Virginia, 66 acres of land out of the Henry Grigsby survey, this land being tract No. 4 next to the dower interest of Frances Grigsby, widow. This tract adjoins Hinson's Mill Road.

Bill and Lenora Henson have seen field stones on the property just south of Hinson's Mill, which was apparently that sold by William C. Scott and Elizabeth Jane, which stones are the markers of a very old cemetery. However, it is believed that James Hinson would not have marked graves with field stones, but with marble. At the time of the deaths of the close members of his family, he was a fairly affluent person. [It is possible that the Hinsons were Quakers. This religious group does not believe in ceremony or ritual and none of their members have a tombstone.]

There are many cemeteries in Rappahannock County today which have marble tombstones erected during the period before and after the Civil War. The most likely place for the Hinson cemetery would be the north side of the road on the first farm acquired, and which it appears is on or immediately east of the farm called, "Scotia".

The executors sale on 24 March 1863 disposed of considerable personal property, including three slaves: Lewis, Martha, and Ann. The total proceeds from the sale were $12, 947 of which over $4,000 was for the three slaves. The man and one woman were purchased by Albert R. Singleton, his son-in-law. It is not known whether the dollar denominations were in currency of the Commonwealth of Virginia or The Confederate States of America. It is unlikely that the proceeds were in US currency. In any event, the sum bid for the slaves seems unreasonable in view of the fact that on January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Perhaps the bidders felt it was ineffective as to them. Among the bidders at the executor's sale were James Jeffries, Albert R. Singleton, George Hinson, and Smith Tharp, the husband of Narcissa (Cecy) Hinson. John G. Hinson was by far and above the largest bidder.

It is also questionable whether the sums bid were ever paid or distributed to all of the heirs, especially as about half of them were living away from Virginia and there was a war going on. Obviously, the ravages of war had not yet struck around Amissville.

The land of James Hinson was not sold at the executor's sale. In 1876 a new survey was made of the Hinson land, and division boundaries were outlined on the various tracts to be conveyed to the heirs. In 1887 the records show that Joseph A. Jeffries had purchased previously 27 acres from what was later determined to be his mother's interest and that because of this he was allotted another 43 acres out of a 72 acre tract by the Court. It appears that Joseph A. Jeffries purchased from the estate, previously, 70 or 73 acres, and that in this tract was 27 acres which tract was actually that portion inherited by this mother. No record has been found in the deed records, however, that such a purchase was recorded. This tract most likely was that which was the homestead of James Hinson, and that Mary Margaret Hinson Jeffries, being the oldest daughter, still living in Virginia, would have liked that for her own. At the time of the death of James Hinson, his holdings on the north side of the Hinson's Mill Road ran for about 240 poles or 3/4 of a mile or more from the river. The distance to the river the Amissville-Warrenton road was 2 miles.

In 1876, the Circuit Court Records show that there were 336 acres remaining in the estate in Rappahannock County; that is, 425, less 73, less the Mill tract which had been sold to a John Amiss of approximately 16 acres. By then, according to papers written between 1863 and 1867, it is indicated that Bushrod and Alcinda Hinson Darnell were deceased.

Jim Ball: "Charles is said to have been robbed and murdered in the late 1700s while on a trip "west" to buy a farm. He is not connected directly with the Robert Hinson family of Licking Run in Fauquier though there may be a relationship."

Related to the Millers of Howard Co., Missouri Mary "Polly" DULIN and James [Madison?] "Madi" HINSON were married on 30 December 1806 in Fauquier County, Virginia.63
Polly Dulin, daughter of William and Elizabeth, and James Hinson, Dec. 30, 1806, Edw. Dulin, bondsman.

Actual marriage date was probably a few days later, so might have been Jan 1807

13. Mary "Polly" DULIN14,56,58,64,65 was born in 1788 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She died before 1850 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.

In the Census of 1840, Rappahannock Co., VA the wife of James Hinson is shown living and being between 50 and 60 years of age. In the 1850 census she is not shown. She is shown to be the daughter of William Dulin, Jr. and her mother as Elizabeth Glasscock Dulin, the daughter of Peter Glasscock, Sr. Records of Fauquier Co. and the Glasscock-Glassco Saga by Lawrence Glassco reflect that William Dulin, Sr. obtained a lease of land near Upperville in northern Fauquier Co. in the mid 1700's and that also Peter Glasscock moved into that area in about 1760.

They were apparently in that area a number of years until Peter Glasscock moved to Rowan County, N. C. in about 1782, leaving behind his daughter Elizabeth Glasscock Dulin, the wife of William Dulin, Jr., as well as the other children of his first marriage to a Jane. No other Dulin families are known to have lived in the area of northern Fauquier Co. at that same time, thus the presumption that the mother of Mary Dulin was Elizabeth Glasscock, not Stone. The Jeffries connection with William Dulin being the descendants of William Dulin, Jr. and Elizabeth Stone appears to be accurate, in that it is consistent that they were from the first marriage of William Dulin, Jr. The Glasscock-Glassco Saga also mentions that some of the Dulins moved from Fauquier Co. to Rowan Co., N.C. at the same time as the Glasscocks. The identities of these Dulins are not known now (1993).

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keholmes/Johnson/b11.htm


Will:
He signed a will on 21 January 1863 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.62

p. 265
" . . . [first part missing from copies] him equal subject to this the same limitations provisions and ? as set forth in Item second.

"And lastly I constitute and appoint John G. Hinson and John T Hughes Executors of this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 21st day of January 1863.
in the presence of James Hinson
Alexander Davis
Wm R. Burke
It is also my wish of a majority of my children wish the land on which I reside sold, then my executors shall advertise and sale to the highest Bidder if not to be equally divided.
James Hinson
Witnesses
Alexander Davis
Wm H Burke
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keholmes/Johnson/b11.htm

James married Mary "Polly" Dulin on 30 Dec 1806 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William Dulin, Jr. and Elizabeth Glasscock) was born in 1788 in Fauquier Co, Virginia; died before 1850 in Rappahannock Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Lettice Glending "Lettie" Rosser on 22 Feb 1792 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Lettice (daughter of John* Rosser and Mary* Neavill) was born in 1770 in Fauquier Co, Virginia; died before 6 Jun 1858 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Ashbys, Fauquier Co, Virginia
• Will: 6 Apr 1856, Fauquier Co, Virginia

Notes:

Edward was the son of William Ball and Hannah Smith. Edward died March 15, 1813 in Fort Meigs, Ohio.


Census:
George Hinson 42
Susanah Hinson 38
James Hinson 20
Sarah Hinson 17
Mary J Hinson 16
Susan A Hinson 14
Letty R Hinson 12
George Hinson 9
Nancy P Hinson 7
Charles W Hinson 6
Mildreth F Hinson 1
Letty Ball 80


Will:
Will dated 6 Apr 1856 Will of Letty Ball, wife of Edward Ball, son of William.
I, Letty Ball, of the county of Fauquier, state of Virginia, do make and ordain this as my last will and testament.
First, I bequeath that my body shall be committed to the earth and to be decently intered and my funeral expenses and any debts from me at my death to be first pair.
Secondly, I devise that my land shall be sold and that the purchase money for it and that my slaves shall be divided into six portions. One portion of them I devise and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Bailey, and other portion of them to my sonilliam, Ball, and other portion of them to my son, James Ball and other portions to the children of my daughter, Jane Holder, deceased especially to be divided among them, and other portion to Erasmus HELM in trust for the sole and separate use of my daughter, Susan Hinson during her life with power to her to dispose of it by will and is she shall make no will, such portion at her death to be equally divided among her children and the descendants of each of them as shall be their deed, but such descendants shall ---------- ---------- ------------.One portion to the said Erasmus HELM in trust for the said use of my son, Joseph Ball, and such of his children as may be single and members of his family at my death during the life of the said Joseph, but at his death I bequeath and direct that this portion shall be equally divided among his children and the descendants of any of them who shall them be deceased but such descendants shall ________ ________ _________.
I constitute and appoint Erasmus HELM the executor of this my last will and testament, and dispense with security from him.
In testimony whereof I subscribe my name in his my last will and testament. This 6th day of April, Anno Domini 1856.
LETTY BALL Signed Sealed and delivered by the testor in our presence and at her request, etc. J. W. Morgan Nimrod T. Ashby

NOTE: Family tradition gives the number of Letty Ball's slaves at one time as over 100. These slaves, she freed before the Civil War. Fauquier County Court February 23, 1863.

This paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Letty Ball deceased, was this day produced to the court for probate, and partly proved by the oath of William J Morgan, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto--- and at anotr court held for said county on the 25th day of September 1865.

Notes:

William DULIN Jr.56,58,64,65,78,79,80,81 was born in 1749 in Prince William County, Virginia. He died in February 1819 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
There is some conjecture as to whether William Dulin, Jr. was married to Elizabeth Stone or Elizabeth Glascock. But much evidence shows that they are indeed two separate wives, as there is a large gap between the births of children by the first wife and that of the second. Elizabeth Glascock is listed in Marriages of Some Virginia Residents by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, p. 62. As this marriage took place before August 1783, children after this date are credited to Elizabeth Glascock, those before that date are credited to Elizabeth Stone. A Marriage Entry form of the LDS church submitted by M. C. Cunningham, Rt 5 Box 51c, Gilmer, TX 75644, in 1981 reflects the marriage of William Dulin and Elizabeth Glascock, the daughter of Peter Glascock, as taking place August 1783. He listed as his source, the Fauquier Co. marriage records. However, the author of this text, Dallas A. Johnson, has not been able to verify this information in those marriage records at this time. M. C. Cunningham calls himself the 4th cousin, 7th removed of William Dulin and/or Elizabeth Glascock. The fact that both persons had as their first name Elizabeth adds to the current confusion. The marriage of William Dulin in the IGI was the result of the marriage entry form of M. C. Cunningham. It is noted that both the Glascocks and the Dulins show entries in the IGI from Upperville, Fauquier Co., VA., which is in the extreme northern part of Fauquier Co., about 25 miles north of Amissville, VA.


A lease was executed by George Washington of Fairfax Co. with William Dulin, his wife Elizabeth, and son Lewis, on 15 Mar 1774 which leased to the lessees 120 acres of land in the county of Fauquier on (or at) Lost Mountain called Ashby (or Spring) out of a tract of George Washington containing 3,112 acres; the said 120 acres being formerly leased to a certain Ballinger. This lease was for the last living of William, Elizabeth his wife, or son Lewis. According to the will of George Washington in the schedule of property, he lists Ashby's Bent in Loudoun & Fauquier Counties as being 2,481 acres. A footnote added to a printing of this will states that this land was obtained in part from Bryan Fairfax, and was on the east slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Upperville. It is noted from a map of Fauquier Co. that Lost Mountain is just west of Upperville. The footnote also indicates that this tract actually contained 2,690 acres.

The Deed records of Fauquier Co. on pages 239-241 under date of 26 Aug 1771, show a sale between William Dulin, Jr. of Leeds Parish & Elizabeth, his wife, and Thomas James for 30 Pounds Sterling 125 acres of land beginning on the main tract called Daggs and Thomas Stone's former tenement. This deed is signed William Dulin, Elizabeth Dulin, Witnesses: JOHN MOFFETT, Thomas Nelson, WILLIAM BLACKWELL. Elisabeth GLASSCOCK and William DULIN Jr. were married before August 1783 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keholmes/Johnson/b57.htm#P379

NOTE: ss/ see William Blackwell; married Celia Helm,
d/o Capt Leonard Helm
see John Helm Moffett, (cousin to Celia Helm)

William married Elizabeth Glasscock in Aug 1783 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Glasscock, Sr. and Jane Fischbach) was born between 1751 and 1754 in Loudoun Co, Virginia; died after 1806 in Fauquier Co, Virginia (prob). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the will of Peter Glasscock filed in Rowan County, North Carolina, he shows his daughter as "Elizabeth Dulin", to whom he left one Shilling, this will being dated 24 Oct. 1783. It appears that the assumed date of the marriage of William Dulin and Elizabeth Glasscock in 1783 was derived from the date of this will. It should be noted that this marriage should have been recorded as "before" 1783, not "in" 1783.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keholmes/Johnson/b57.htm#P379

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 22 Apr 2012

Notes:

Research Notes:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pmc122011abcd&id=I4284

this site has that the parents of William Ball, b 1741, were George and Kezziah Hanson Ball. Dates are not consistent, nor is the story of Kezziah and her children. These cannot be the parents of William and the children listed on that site. However a story of George and keziah's family is related there:

story:
George Ball Sr.(b.1720 son of JOHN BALL) who married Kessiah Ann Hanson(parents unknown) who was b. in 1725 (probably in Alexandria,Fairfax Co.Va.) and they came to an area that WAS Russell Co. Va. very early BEFORE 1800 (I think) The area they were in became LEE CO.Va. NOTE: This Kessiah was killed during an Indian attack when her son John was @ 15. Her little son Wm. and little dau. Elizabeth were also killed but her son John hid in a cave. Kessiah and George had 5 surviving kids they were
John(1756)
Wm.(1758)
Elizabeth(1761)
Martha( 1764)
Moses (the 11rd) (b.1768)
George Jr.(born 1770)
These FIVE lids married the 5 kids of Henry Yeary Sr.
Note that in the story "George Ball Indian Attack" the 5 surviving children married the 5 kids of Henry Yeary Sr

---------------
The Balls pertaining to this story are found here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~debyj/My%20Files/Desc%20John%20Ball.html

"There has been speculation that John Ball was a son of Richard Ball, son of Col. William Ball, the grandfather of George Washington. This is shown to be highly unlikely by the article by Christopher Johnston entitled, "A Forgotten
Member of the Ball Family", serialised in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. VII, pp. 440-441 and vol. VIII, pp. 80-83 (1900), reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families, vol. 1, pp. 23-27 (1981). Others have put
forward Richard Ball and Elizabeth Linton as the parents of John Ball. The father of Elizabeth Linton was a Moses Linton of Lower Norfolk Co., VA. Richard Ball and Elizabeth with several Lintons moved to the Fairfax-Stafford county area from Norfolk Co. At this time, there is no known record evidence which links Richard Ball and Elizabeth Linton with John Ball. John Ball's parentage must be considered as unknown."

note: ss/ further, Richard Ball is not son of GW's grandfather, William Ball I. William Ball I had a will and stated he had two sons, William and Joseph. - no Richard.

William married Hannah Smith about 1759 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Smith) was born in 1740 in Richmond Co, or King George Co, Virginia; died after 1785 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Father: Ebenezer Smith b: 26 SEP 1714 in Tauton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Mother: Hannah Gilbert b: 09 FEB 1711 in Tauton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Notes:

source for the kids of this couple here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=pmc122011abcd&id=I4298

This site acknowledges that the dates are conflicted.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 24 Feb 1774, Auburn, Fauquier Co, Virginia
• Property: 21 Jan 1783, Fauquier Co, Virginia; to John Mitchell

Notes:

"The Wigfield & Nelson Families, Chapter XiV, The Rosser Family": John Rosser, a son of Richard and Sarah Rosser, was born ca. 1726, probably at his parents home on Cedar Run, then located in Prince William Co, VA. He was the great grandfather of Ann E. Nelson, who married Thomas Smith Wigfield.
"The year of his birth marked the publication of the first edition of "Gulliver's Trvels" by Jonathon Swift, the British satirist and clergyman. It is considered by many to be the greatest satire in the English language. In the year followg his birth, George II became King of Great Britain and Ireland.
"A special election was held in Jan 1752 in King George Co to fill a vacancy in the House of Burgess created by the dath of the incumbent. The list of those voting, the names of the candidtates, the names of the candidates for whom each voter st his vote and the results of the election are recorded in Deed Book 3, pgs 467-470, King George Co. In that election John Rosser is shown to have voted for Charles Carter, Sr., and Anthony Strother. The polling place was in the Court House, then located near Port Conway. John Rosser must have been a public spirited man to have made the journey from his home on Deep Run (now in Fauquier Co) to Port Conway, a distance of at least 75 miles, in order to cast his vote.
"John Rosser and Mary Neaville, daughter of Capt George Neavill and Mary Gibbs, were married (probably in King George Co, VA) ca 1753. He died in Fauquier Co, VA between 6 April 1783, the date he executed his will, and 23 June 1783, the date e will was admitted to probate. She died in the same county in 1796.
The will of John Rosser, which was recorded in Will Book 1 at pg 742 of Fauquier Co, VA probate records is quoted in full:
April the 6th, 1783, Fauquier. In the name of God, Amen,
I, John Rosser, of the County aforesaid, being sound in memory, but unwell in body, doth make this my last will and testament.
ITEM: I lend my whole estate, both real and persona, to my wife during her life or widowhood, but in case she marries it is then my desire she shall be thirded. After her death, I give to my two sons, Richard and George my lands lying on Rahonnock where my son Richard now lives, to be equally divided, but it is my desire that George shall have the part that has a mill seat on, and in case either of them shall ever offer it for sale that it shall be forfeited and the property vested in the other son;
ITEM: I give to my sons, John and William, my tract6 of land whereon I now live, to be equally divided but it is my desire that William shall have the part whereon the houses (two words illegible) and in case either of them should offer it r sale it is my desier that the other son shall claim his part as the land above.
ITEM: I give to my daughter Nancy, Sarah (a slave).
ITEM: I give to my daughter Sukey, Violet (a slave).
ITEM: I give to my daughter Letty, Winny (a slave).
ITEM: I give to my son Richard, Yambro and Cate (slaves).
ITEM: I give to my son George, Lucy and her son, Jack and Citter: And in case either of my Daughter's negroes should die before my wife, it is then my desire that my son George should give a negro girl to the Daughter who has lost hers.
ITEM: I give to my son John, Ben (a slave).
ITEM: I give to my son William, Jane (a slave).
ITEM: At the death of my wife, I desire that my whole stock then found and furniture shall be sold by my sons and the monies arising from the sale to be eequaly divided between my daughters, Mary and Hannah.
ITEM: It is my desire that my debts be equally paid by my sons.
ITEM: My daughters, Sally & Elizabeth, I have already given their part.
John Rosser (L.S.)
Signed and Sealed in
the presence of us:
Aylett Buckner
George Rosser
Frederick Burditt
James Crockett

The foregoing will was proven by the witnesses and admitted to probate by the Fauquier Co, VA court, 23 Jun 1783.

The Inventory and Appraisement of the personal estate of John Rosser, deceased, was filed in the Fauquier Co, VA, Court, 28, July 1783, where it is recorded in Will Book 1 at p 480. Values are stated in pounds, shillings, and pence. The invory and appraisment is copied in part and follows:
Agreeable to an Order from the Worshipfull Court of Fauquier of June ye 9th, 1783, we the appraisers being first duly sworn, doe value and appraise the estate of John Rosser, Dect., in manner and form as followeth, Viz.
To 1 Negroe man named Ben L 100 0 0
To Negroe woman Lucy 60 0 0
To ditto Winny L60, Joane ditto, 105 0 0
Sarah L45
To 1 Negro Jack L20, to one ditto 45 0 0
Citter L25
To 1 ditto Jane L60, 85 0 0
to 1 ditto Yambo L25
To 1 ditto Cate 25 0 0
To 1 ditto Vilet 35 0 0
Other misc, including 3 cows, a calf, 14 shoats, 2 sows, 26 gease, an old horse & maire, total of Inventory (including omitted items) L504 12 6.


Other-Begin:
Richard and Sarah Chichester, along with Samuel Phariss and John, James (his mark) Surley, witnessed George Neavill's will.
Executors: Wife Mary and sons in law John Rosser, Solomon Jones, James Hathaway, and Ambrose Barnett.

Proved: 27 Jun 1774, by the order of Richard Chichester, Samuel Pharis, and John Shurley. James Hathaway and Ambrose Barnett granted certificate for obt probate.

Will Book 1 page 264-266 Captain George Neavill (Inventory) Appraised by Francis Whiting, Richard Chichester, J Brooke. Returned 24 Oct 1774

Property:
Fauquier Deed:

21 January 1783. B & S. Bet. John Rawser [Rosser] Sr. & John Mitchell & Mary, h.w. and their son John Mitchell .. for love & affection held for John and Mary Mitchell .. doth lend unto them during their nat. life only .. 20 acres .. part of tract whereon he now lives .. fork of Rawser's Branch in the line of the main Patent .. they promise not to sell, or any ways dispose of the above tract .. without his consent .. for future benefit of John Mitchell, Jr., grandson to the sd. John Rawser .. gives to John Mitchell, Jr. the sd. tract after the death of John & Mary Mitchell



.. Signed: John Rosser Wits: George Rosser, John Rosser, Rich

ard Rosser Rec: 26 May 1783, prov. by o. of wits.

NOTE: Fauquier Marriage:MITCHELL, John & Mary Rosser, Dec. 21, 1771 - bdsm: John Rosser (consent)

John* married Mary* Neavill about 1748 in King George Co, Virginia. Mary* (daughter of George* Neavill, Capt and Anna (Hannah)* Burroughs Symes) was born in 1725 in Christ Church, Middlesex Co, Virginia (probably); died in 1796 in Fauquier Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 17 Jul 1783, Fauquier Co, Virginia

Notes:

LDS Ancestral File NQ9-31 gives her year of birth as 1726, as does "The Neville Family" Chapter XV. Quoted from "The Neville Family" starting on p 281:
"Mary Neavill was born ca. 1626/27, probably in Middlesex Co, Virginia, was one of the eight daughters of George Neavill. He had two wives, the first having been Hannah Symes, to whom he was married ca 1725 and who it is thought, was the mother of his daughter Mary. His second wife was Mary Gibbs, but the date of their marriage is not known.
In 'Landmarks of Old Prince William' at p 461 it is stated:
' In 1727 and 1728 there was living in Middlesex one George Neavil, who in the latter year buried there a wife, Hannah. Considering the migration from the lower Rappahannock to the Piedmont at this time it is reasonable to assume that he wahe George Neavil who had a land grant in March 1730/31, on the upper side of Cedar Run adjoining the Carter Kettle Run Tract, and who voted in Prince William in 1741. The location of this land grant, as proved by the subsequent conveyances, is that of the modern village of Auburn. George Nevill's house thus stood at the crossing of the Carolina Road and the Rappahannock branch of the Dumfries Road which lead by Turkey Run Church; and the identification is convincing in the light of the record that on the organization of Fauquier in 1759, one Geoge Nevil was surveyor of the road from his house to Turkey Run Church. There can, then be no reasonable doubt that it was at this house that George William Fairfax and George Washington spent a night in March, 1748, on their journey to the Valley.....
'This old house, probably as old as any now surviving in Fauquier, is still standing, but in ruins, on the green at Auburn. It reveals the foundation of the full length porch which was, as we have seen, the characteristic of the eighteenth cury ordinary. In other respects it is in the strict tradition of improvement construction after the manner of Virginia building, as specified in the act of 1713. It has not been occupied for many years. It looks today more like the palace of the Sleeping Beauty than a caravansary where, for the asking, all the world might have news, ham and eggs and a toddy."
Prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, George Neaville served as a Captain in the Prince William Co., Va., Militia, which accounts for him sometimes being referred to as "Capt. Neaville." Also, there are references to him as "Georgeaville of Auburn."
In the year of Mary Neavill's birth, William parks established a printing press in Annapolis, Md. The year prior to her birth saw the establishment in New York of its first newspaper, the Gazette, published by William Bradford. Also thatr saw the establishment of the first separate church of Colored Baptists at Williamsburg, Va.
Mary Neavill and John Rosser, son of Richard and Sarah Rosser, were married ca 1753, probably in Prince William Co, VA. This couple became the great grandparents of Ann E. Nelson, who married Thomas Smith Wigfield. It follows that all ofs couple's descendants also are descendants of John and Mary Neville Rosser.

Birth:
recorded in Christ church records.


Property:
17 July 1783. B & S. Bet. Mary Rosser, widow of John Rosser, dec'd., Richard Rosser & Judith, h.w. and George Rosser, said Richard and George being sons of the above named John Rosser & Mary Rosser his widow .. And William Allason ..£282.10s. specie .. tract .. on north branch of Rappahannock River, by Patent from the Proprietor's office .. to Richard Rosser ..

7 Feb. 1725 .. 226 acres +/- .. box oak in a Poison Field .. Signed: Mary (X) Rosser, Richard Rosser, Judith Rosser, George Rosser.
Wits: Eppa Timberlake, William Withers, Fred'k (X) Burditt, David Allason, Francis Payne, John Rosser.
Rec: 28 July 1783, prov. by o. of wits.