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     Strother Jefferson McGinnis was born on 14 December 1807 at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; Aged 43 in 1850 census and POB=Kentucky
DAR App #315355 cites McGinnis Bible Record: "Strother Jefferson McGinnis was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, December, the 14th day, in the year 1807."^6,1,7,8 He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie, daughter of Thomas W. Massie Jr. and Nancy Lee, on 28 September 1828 at Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA,
; DAR App #315355 cites McGinnis Bible Record: "Strother J. McGinis and Betsy L. Massie were married by the Rev. John Brown, in Franklin County, Kentucky, Sunday, September the 28th, 1828." However, the same DAR App also cites: Frankling County, Ky., Marriages - compiled by Mrs. A. W. Burn: "Strother J. McGinnis & Elizabeth L. Massie -- 9-26-1828 ---- A. A. Miller, Bondsman; Nancy Griffen, - Guardian."^9,8,10,11,4
Strother Jefferson McGinnis died on 14 May 1853 at Warren Co., Missouri, USA, at age 45; DAR App #315355 cites Tombstone Inscriptions from Wright City, Warren County, Missouri, Cemetery ---- copied by Mrs. Annie Chambers Williams, Wright City, Mo. --- 1938: "Strother J. McGinnis/ Died/ May 14, 1853/ Aged/ 45 yrs, 5 months."^12,13,8
Strother Jefferson McGinnis was buried after 14 May 1853 at Wright City Cemetery, Wright City, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Dec. 14, 1807, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
Death:      May 14, 1853, Warren County, Missouri, USA

He was the son of William W. & Elizabeth Lillard McGinnis.
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I Strother J. McGinnis of the county of Warren and state of Missouri do hereby make publish and declare this as my last will and testament in the following words, viz,

First - I declare after my decease all of my just debts be paid

Second - I direct after the payment of my debts all of my remaining property both personal and real shall be the absolute property of my wife (Betsy L. McGinnis) during her natural life or during her widowhood, subject to the management of my hereinafter named Executors; and in the event of her marriage, then said property shall be subject to the control of the county court of this county to be disposed of according to law and the provisions of this will; if my family should remain in this country.

And lastly I constitute my sons Dickson D. McGinnis and Thomas M. McGinnis my Executors to execute this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former will that I may have made. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and cause my seal to be affixed this 13th of May A. D. 1853.

Signed, sealed and delivered in person and of us who at his request have signed our name as witness to the same.

Sandy Pratt
John Welch

Strother J. McGinnis - By request of him I have signed his name. S. Pratt

State of Missouri
County of Warren

Before the undersigned clerk of the county court within and for said county appeared Sandy Pratt one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and testament of Strother J. McGinnis, deceased who being duly sworn according to law disposes and says that he signed the name of Strother J. McGinnis to the foregoing will by request of said McGinnis that he the said Strother McGinnis acknowledged the same as and for his last will by having his name signed thereto and he declared the same as his last will that he the said Sandy Pratt signed his name as a witness in the presence of and by request of said testator and in presence of John Welch and that at the time of signing the same the said Strother J. McGinnis was of sound and disposing memory.

Sandy Pratt

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 2 June 1853 in witness whereof I Thomas J. Marshall clerk of the country court of Warren county hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this day last above.

Thomas J. Marshall
Clerk
State of Missouri
County of Warren

Before the undersigned clerk of the county court within and for said county appeared John Welch one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will of Strother J. McGinnis, deceased, who being duly sworn on his oath declared that the name of Strother J. McGinnis was signed to said will by his request and in the presence of the subscribing witnesses who by his request and in his presence signed the same as witnesses, and that the said Strother J. McGinnis was at the time of signing the same of sound and disposing mind and memory.

John Welch

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 8th June 1853.

Thomas J. Marshall
Clerk

In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of court at office this date above last written.

Thomas J. Marshall
Clerk

Recorded 20th June 1853

T. J. Marshall
Clerk
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Family links:
Parents:
William W. McGinnis (1782 - 1842)
Elizabeth Lillard McGinnis (1789 - ____)

Spouse:
Elizabeth Lee Massie McGinnis (1808 - 1881)*

Children:
Dickson Dedman McGinnis (1829 - 1908)*
Thomas Massie McGinnis (1831 - 1907)*
William Hardin McGinnis (1837 - 1897)*
Elizabeth Lee McGinnis Nogle (1840 - 1918)*
Oscar Glover McGinnis (1844 - 1863)*
Charles Taylor McGinnis (1846 - 1924)*
California C. McGinnis Brown (1848 - 1886)*
Strother Stephen McGinnis (1852 - 1945)*

Siblings:
Strother Jefferson McGinnis (1807 - 1853)
John Lillard McGinnis (1810 - 1876)*
Agnes E. Chiles McGinnis Day (1825 - 1847)*
Erasmus D McGinnis (1827 - 1872)*

Burial:
Wright City Cemetery
Wright City
Warren County
Missouri, USA

Created by: Ed Bartolacci
Record added: Oct 25, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 22451076.¹⁴
     GAV-3.

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: fought in Black Hawk War, moved to MO in 1830
His tombstone has the following: Died May 14, 1853. Aged 45 years 5 months. The stone had a Mason emblem on it.

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The following information was sent to me in July 1997 by Gary D. Duke of Freeman, MO. He researched the McGinnis family for 15 years beginning in 1982. He is a descendant of William W. Jr.


Strother J. McGinnis had done fairly well in Missouri. Strother had married Elizabeth McAfey (Massie) in Franklin County, Kentucky, on 9-26-1828. They had nine children whom they named: Thomas, Mary, William H., Elizabeth, Laura, Cseo (a boy), Charles Taylor, California (a girl), and Strother Jr. Strother Sr. moved his family to Warren County, Missouri, in 1848 and Strother Sr. died there in 1854. Elizabeth continued living in Warren with her children until sometime after 1870 when she died.

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Strother J. McGinness' will was probate entry number 254 in Warren Co., MO. It lists his wife Betsy L. McGinness, sons Dickson and Thomas M. Mcginness, executors. It was signed May 12, 1853 and was probated on June 2, 1853. Witnesses were Sandy Pratt and John Welch. . Sec; Presley Oaks, Milton Pratt, Thomas M. McGinness. Exec; Dickson D. McGinness.

* * * * *.^15,1,16 Strother Jefferson McGinnis was also known as Strether McGinnis A Codocil to John Lillard's will mentions "...the children of my daughter, Elizabeth McGinnis, dec.... To wit: Strether [sic] J. McGinnis, Thomas McGinnis, Harding McGinnis, Sarah Ann McGinnis, late Saunders, dec."³ He was a mentioned with Capt. John Lillard Sr.; DAR App #315355 filed by Katherine Elizabeth MCGINNIS PIEPER 7 Oct. 1939. cites: Lillard Genealogy (pp. 181, 182, 191-20, 221) and NSDAR Lineages #136814 and #137125. DAR Application No. 315355 (Katherine Elizabeth McGinnis Pieper), filed Oct. 12th, 1939, descendant of Captain John Lillard. - References for Military Record: 8th Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library, page 270. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution", by John H. Gwathmey.⁸

Strother Jefferson McGinnis and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie appeared in the census of 1830 at Southern Division, Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA;
Not sure if this is my Strother McGinnis or not. He would have been 23 at this time, which matches and would have been married 2 years. His wife Eliz. Massie would would have been about 22 at the time, though the census only shows 1 white female aged 15-19. His first son, Dickson, would have ben about 1 at the time, which matches the one free white male under 5.
p. 145, Line 26
     Name: Strother McGennis
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Southern Division, Franklin, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Dickson 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Strother 1807
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-15] Elizabeth (Massie) 1808
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹⁷

Strother Jefferson McGinnis and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie appeared in the census of 1840 at Peno, Pike Co., Missouri, USA;
Strother is next Hardin McGinnis.
p. 71, line 14
     Name:     Strother J Mcginniss [1741] Ref #3131
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Peno, Pike, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2 [aft 1835] William 1826, Henry 1838
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Thomas 1831
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Dickson 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Strother 1807
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Mary Ann 1833
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Elizabeth 1808
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     5
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     8.¹⁸

Strother Jefferson McGinnis and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie appeared in the census of 13 September 1850 at District 19, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; p. 58-A, Lines 21-30, Dwelling 1169, Family 1169
     21 Strother McGinnis 43 [1807] M -- Farmer -- Kentucky
     22 Elizabeth McGinnis 42 [1808] F -- -- -- Kentucky
     23 Thomas McGinnis 19 [1831] M -- Farmer -- Missouri
     24 Mary McGinnis 15 [1835] F -- -- -- Missouri
     25 William McGinnis 13 [1837] M -- -- -- Missouri
     26 Elizabeth McGinnis 10 [1840] F -- -- -- Missouri
     27 Laura F. McGinnis 8 [1842] F -- -- -- Missouri
     28 Oskar G. McGinnis 6 [1844] M -- -- -- Missouri
     29 Taylor McGinnis 4 [1846] M -- -- -- Missouri
     30 California McGinnis 2 [1848] F -- -- -- Missouri.¹⁹

Strother Jefferson McGinnis left a will on 13 May 1853 at Wright City, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;      "I Strother J. McGinnis of the county of Warren and state of Missouri do hereby make publish and declare this as my last will and testament in the following words, viz,
     "First - I declare after my decease all of my just debts be paid
     "Second - I direct after the payment of my debts all of my remaining property both personal and real shall be the absolute property of my wife (Betsy L. McGinnis) during her natural life or during her widowhood, subject to the management of my hereinafter named Executors; and in the event of her marriage, then said property shall be subject to the control of the county court of this county to be disposed of according to law and the provisions of this will; if my family should remain in this country.
     "And lastly I constitute my sons Dickson D. McGinnis and Thomas M. McGinnis my Executors to execute this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former will that I may have made. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and cause my seal to be affixed this 13th of May A. D. 1853.
Signed, sealed and delivered in person and of us who at his request have signed our name as witness to the same.
Strother J. McGinnis - By request of him I have signed his name. S. Pratt

State of Missouri
County of Warren
     "Before the undersigned clerk of the county court within and for said county appeared Sandy Pratt one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and testament of Strother J. McGinnis, deceased who being duly sworn according to law disposes and says that he signed the name of Strother J. McGinnis to the foregoing will by request of said McGinnis that he the said Strother McGinnis acknowledged the same as and for his last will by having his name signed thereto and he declared the same as his last will that he the said Sandy Pratt signed his name as a witness in the presence of and by request of said testator and in presence of John Welch and that at the time of signing the same the said Strother J. McGinnis was of sound and disposing memory.
Sandy Pratt
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 2 June 1853 in witness whereof I Thomas J. Marshall clerk of the country court of Warren county hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this day last above.
Thomas J. Marshall
     "Before the undersigned clerk of the county court within and for said county appeared John Welch one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will of Strother J. McGinnis, deceased, who being duly sworn on his oath declared that the name of Strother J. McGinnis was signed to said will by his request and in the presence of the subscribing witnesses who by his request and in his presence signed the same as witnesses, and that the said Strother J. McGinnis was at the time of signing the same of sound and disposing mind and memory.
John Welch
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 8th June 1853.
Thomas J. Marshall
Clerk
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of court at office this date above last written.
Thomas J. Marshall
Clerk
Recorded 20th June 1853
T. J. Marshall
Clerk."²⁰

     Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie was buried at Wright City Cemetery, Wright City, Warren Co., Missouri, USA. She was born on 28 November 1808 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; Aged 42 in 1850 census and POB=Kentucky
DAR App #315355 cites McGinnis Bible Record: "Betsy L.(ee) Massie was born the 28th day of November, 1808, in Mercer County, Kentucky."^2,3,1,4,5 She married Strother Jefferson McGinnis, son of William W. McGinnis and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard, on 28 September 1828 at Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA,
; DAR App #315355 cites McGinnis Bible Record: "Strother J. McGinis and Betsy L. Massie were married by the Rev. John Brown, in Franklin County, Kentucky, Sunday, September the 28th, 1828." However, the same DAR App also cites: Frankling County, Ky., Marriages - compiled by Mrs. A. W. Burn: "Strother J. McGinnis & Elizabeth L. Massie -- 9-26-1828 ---- A. A. Miller, Bondsman; Nancy Griffen, - Guardian."^6,4,3,1,5
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie died on 29 January 1881 at Audrain Co., Missouri, USA, at age 72; DAR App #315355 cites Tombstone Inscriptions from Wright City, Warren County, Missouri, Cemetery ---- copied by Mrs. Annie Chambers Williams, Wright City, Mo. --- 1938: "Elizabeth L./Wife of/ Strother J. McGinnis/ Died/ Jan. 29, 1881/ Aged/ 72 yrs, 2 months, 1 day."^7,1,4,5
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie was buried after 29 January 1881 at Wright City, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Nov. 28, 1808
Mercer County
Kentucky, USA
Death:      Jan. 29, 1881
Audrain County
Missouri, USA

She was married to Strother Jefferson McGinnis on Sept. 26, 1828 in Franklin Co., KY

She was the daughter of Thomas W. Massie, Jr., and Nancy Lee.



Family links:
Spouse:
Strother Jefferson McGinnis (1807 - 1853)

Children:
Dickson Dedman McGinnis (1829 - 1908)*
Thomas Massie McGinnis (1831 - 1907)*
William Hardin McGinnis (1837 - 1897)*
Elizabeth Lee McGinnis Nogle (1840 - 1918)*
Oscar Glover McGinnis (1844 - 1863)*
Charles Taylor McGinnis (1846 - 1924)*
California C. McGinnis Brown (1848 - 1886)*
Strother Stephen McGinnis (1852 - 1945)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Wright City Cemetery
Wright City
Warren County
Missouri, USA

Created by: Ed Bartolacci
Record added: Oct 25, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 22451157.¹
     GAV-3.

; Her tombstone had the following on it: Elizabeth L. wife of Strother McGinnis. Died Jan. 29, 1881 aged 72 years 2 months 1 day.

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The following was sent to me by Marilyn McGinnis Davis on March 22, 1998:

Another reference is made to a Stephen Massie, who might have been a brother
to Elizabeth Massie. I came to that same conclusion. He evidently came to
Texas with Taylor, Strother S. and their families. He is buried in the
McGinnis plot in College Mound Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.


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In a letter to Francis Kamp McGinnis from Ephraim Stout Lillard of Washington D.C. dated 1938 he stated Elizabeth Lee Massie was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee and that she was the daughter of Thomas Massie and Nancy Lee (Berry) Massie, and that she was the sister of Stephen Massie.

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie and Strother Jefferson McGinnis appeared in the census of 1830 at Southern Division, Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA;
Not sure if this is my Strother McGinnis or not. He would have been 23 at this time, which matches and would have been married 2 years. His wife Eliz. Massie would would have been about 22 at the time, though the census only shows 1 white female aged 15-19. His first son, Dickson, would have ben about 1 at the time, which matches the one free white male under 5.
p. 145, Line 26
     Name: Strother McGennis
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Southern Division, Franklin, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Dickson 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Strother 1807
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-15] Elizabeth (Massie) 1808
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹²

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie and Strother Jefferson McGinnis appeared in the census of 1840 at Peno, Pike Co., Missouri, USA;
Strother is next Hardin McGinnis.
p. 71, line 14
     Name:     Strother J Mcginniss [1741] Ref #3131
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Peno, Pike, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2 [aft 1835] William 1826, Henry 1838
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Thomas 1831
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Dickson 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Strother 1807
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Mary Ann 1833
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Elizabeth 1808
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     5
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     8.¹³

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie and Strother Jefferson McGinnis appeared in the census of 13 September 1850 at District 19, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; p. 58-A, Lines 21-30, Dwelling 1169, Family 1169
     21 Strother McGinnis 43 [1807] M -- Farmer -- Kentucky
     22 Elizabeth McGinnis 42 [1808] F -- -- -- Kentucky
     23 Thomas McGinnis 19 [1831] M -- Farmer -- Missouri
     24 Mary McGinnis 15 [1835] F -- -- -- Missouri
     25 William McGinnis 13 [1837] M -- -- -- Missouri
     26 Elizabeth McGinnis 10 [1840] F -- -- -- Missouri
     27 Laura F. McGinnis 8 [1842] F -- -- -- Missouri
     28 Oskar G. McGinnis 6 [1844] M -- -- -- Missouri
     29 Taylor McGinnis 4 [1846] M -- -- -- Missouri
     30 California McGinnis 2 [1848] F -- -- -- Missouri.¹⁴

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie appeared in the census of 24 July 1860 at Hickory Grove Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; p. 227, lines 7-14, Dwelling 676, Family 670

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie appeared in the census of 15 June 1870 at Gasconade Township, Laclede Co., Missouri, USA;
This is not Elizabeth (MASSIE) MCGINNIS. The two Elizabeths are In the household of Benjiman STEARNS. I thought that this was Mary Elizabeth with her grandmother Elizabeth Lee MASSIE MCGINNIS. However, further research on the McGinnis Family Tree on Ancestry.com indicates that the older Elizabeth was Mahala (MCGINNIS) STEARNS' mother. They are next door to a James M. and Nancy Ann MCGINNIS household. James M. is apparently the brother of Mahala and a son of Elizabeth. The younger Elizabeth, may be a niece of Mahala (granddaughter of the older Elizabeth).
p. 2-A, Lines 31-32, Dwelling 22; Family 22
     28 STEARNS, Benjamin 38 [1832 M W Farmer $265 KY Cannot Read Cannot Write
     29 " , Mahala 38 [1832] F W Keeping House IL
     30 YOUNG, George 14 [1856] M W Works on farm KY Attended school
     31 MCGINNIS, Elizabeth 12 [1858] F W MO Attended school
     32 " , Elizabeth 68 [1802] F W KY Cannot write.^16,17

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie appeared in the census of 21 July 1870 at Hickory Grove Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
Is this a different Betsey? She seems too young to be Elizabeth (MASSIE) MCGINNIS, but the children seem to match her three youngest, and "Captain" MASSEY may be her brother Strother, who was a riverboat captain. However, Elizabeth and her brother Strother were apparently born in Kentucky, not in Virginia as is indicated in the census enumberation.
p. 757-A, Lines 11-15, Dwelling 133; Family 117
     11 MCGINNEYS, Betsey 47 [1823??] F W Keeping house $2400 $1000 VA
     12 " , Taylor 22 [1848] M W Farmer MO
     13 " , Strater 18 [1852] M W At home MO
     14 " , Karoline 21 [1849] F W At home MO
     15 MESSEY Captain 62 [1808] M W Ret Farmer $700 VA.¹⁸

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee Massie was listed as a resident in Andrew Hurley Brown and California C. "Callie" McGinnis's household in the census report between 25 June 1880 and 26 June 1880 at Cuivre Township, Audrain Co., Missouri, USA;
p. 26D, Lines 38-41, Dwelling 474; Family 481
     38 BROWN, Hearly W M 27 [1853] Married Farmer MO KY MO
     39 " , Callie W F 30 [1850] wife Married Keeping house MO KY KY
     40 MCGINES, Eliza W F 71 [1809] mother-in-law widow at home KY KY KY
     41 " , Strother W M 27 [1853] Bro law Single farmer MO KY KY.¹⁹

     Nancy Lee married (?) Berry.¹
Nancy Lee was born circa 1780.³ She married Thomas W. Massie Jr., son of Thomas W. Massie Sr. and Susanna Holland, in 1806
; Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Thomas Massie
     Gender:     Male
     Spouse Name:     Nancy Lee Berry
     Marriage
     Year:     1806
     Number Pages:     1
     Source Citation: Source number: 24.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: VAU
     Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.¹
     GAV-4.

; Recorded by McGinnis as Mrs. Nancy Lee Berry. Berry former husband?⁴

     Susanna Holland was born in 1726 at Goochland Co., Virginia, USA.² She married Thomas W. Massie Sr., son of Charles Massie and Ann Macon, on 14 September 1747 at Goochland Co, Virginia, USA,
; Her 1st husband. Security, Henry Martin.
per WFT 15-0437: 1747, Sep 14 Marriage: Thomas Massie to Susanna Holland; sec. Henry Martin; witn., H. Wood - Goochland Co., VA. From William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 99.

Ancestry.com - Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850
     Name:     Thomas Massie
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     14 Sep 1747
     Marriage Place:     Goochland, Virginia
     Spouse Name:     Susanna Holland
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, indexer. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.^3,4 Susanna Holland married William Perkins on 23 February 1756 at Goochland Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 2nd husband.
Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
     Name:     Susanna [Mrs] Massie
     Gender:     Female
     Spouse Name:     William Perkins
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     23 Feb 1756
     County:     Gooc
     State:     Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850
     Name:     Susannah Massie
     Gender:     Female
     Marriage Date:     23 Feb 1756
     Marriage Place:     Goochland, Virginia
     Spouse Name:     William Perkins
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, indexer. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.^5,6,7
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In Michael Holland's will dated 10 October 1746 at Goochland Co., Virginia, USA, Susanna Holland was named as an heir; "His will dated October 10, 1746 is recorded in the Clerks Office, Goochland County Virginia. Goochland Co., Va. D. B 5, pg. 22 2
     "Michael Holland, being in perfect health and Memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
     "Item: I give devise and bequeath unto my Wife Judith Holland and to her heirs forever eight hundred acres of land whereon Timothy Odenale now lives in Louisa County. I also give unto my said wife during her Natural life eight hundred acres of land on Lickinghole Creek with two plantations thereon and the use of the stock of cattle and hoggs and all my household goods for her own support and not to sell, as also the use benefit and profit of the labor of the six following negroes Frank, Pompy, Will, Nan, Dennis & Noell which negroes after her decease I will direct and appoint to be sold by my Executors and the money equally divided between the children of my son John when they arrive at age or married.
     "I give devise and bequeath to my son John Holland and to his heirs forever after the said Judith my wifes decease the aforesaid eight hundred acres of land on Lickinghole Creek with the two plantations thereon and the stocks of cattle and hoggs likewise a negro named Hager and her three children and Daniell.
     "Item: I give devise and bequeath unto my son Michael Holland and to his heirs forever four hundred acres of land lying in Louisa County which I bought of Craddock and fifty pounds Current money to be paid eighteen months after my death.
     "Item: I give and bequeath unto my son in law Pouncy Anderson and to his heirs forever four hundred acres land on Lickinghole Creek which he now has in his possession also five hundred acres land adjacent thereto two hundred acres I bought of Wm. Owen and the land lying between Owens and Potters being one hundred and fifty six acres and as much more joyning Owens as will make up the five hundred acres, also I give my said son in law two negro?s which he now has in possession Thom. and David likewise I give him Hampshire and his wife called Judith and their two children Venus and Roger.
     "Item: I give devise and bequeath unto my son Richard Holland and to his heirs forever a plantation lying in Louisa County which I bought of Ambrose Smith also a plantation called Merediths Branch in Henrico County wheron he now lives containing five hundred acres land and four hundred fifty acres land I promised to give him joyning thereto where Wm Web formerly lived, I also give him the following negroes, Harry, Mann, Robin, Sarah and two of her children and a negro boy called Jenny and fifty pounds Current money to be paid eighteen months after my death.
     "Item: I give devise and bequeath to my son George Holland and to his heirs forever Seven hundred acres land in Louisa County which I bought of Capt. Davis one hundred acres land which I bought of Douglas and in five hundred acres land I promised by said son on Lickinghole, I give him four hundred acres land joyning the land I bought of Douglas, I also give him my said son the following slaves Mingo, Lucy and their two children, Betty and Dilley and a negro girl called Delph and Jack and his wife called Ped, Likewise two feather beds and furniture and all the other household goods which is on the said plantation whereon he now lives, likewise twenty head cattle and two horses named Spark and Jack and one half the hoggs on the said plantation and two breeding mares. All the above mentioned articles land, slaves, stock and household goods and all other appurtenances here in mentioned I give to my son George in consideration of a promise given from under my hand to Mr. Wm. Ford which obliges me to give my said son six hundred pounds current; money it being on account of him marrying Mr. Wm. Ford?s daughter wherein the said Wm Ford obliges himself to give his daughter Sarah Ford two hundred pounds Current? money.
     "Item; I give devise and bequeath to my son in law Henry Martin five hundred and twenty-two acres of land on Lickinghole joyning the said Martins own land, likewise I give to my said son in law fifty acres land lying in Hanover County on the right side the road going down the county and about half mile below the plantation whereon I lived, likewise the following slaves viz: Cook, Sue, Sarah and Thier child named Sue, Likewise a girl called Sue and a fellow named Bristoll the five fore mentioned slaves now in his possession, likewise I give to my said son in law fifty pounds current? money to be paid eighteen months after my Death.
     "Item: I give devise and bequeath to my daughters, Anne, Susanna and Marcy to each of them four hundred pounds current? money two hundred pounds to be paid when of age or married and two hundred pounds to be paid two years after and if either of them shall dye before they are of age or married then their or her part or parts of such money to be equally divided between the children of my sons Michael and Richard Holland. I likewise give to my daughter Anne a negro girl named Nan to my Daughter Susanna a negro girl named Patt, to my daughter Mercy a negro girl named Lucy.
     "Item: All the rest of my lands negroes and personal estate not before mentioned I will direct and appoint to be sold by my Executors Henry Martin, Pouncy Anderson, Richard Holland and the money to be applyed towards the payment of my debts and legacies and maintaining my daughters Anne, Susanna and Marcy the residue (when all the land negroes and personal estate shall be sold I give to be equally divided among my sons John, Michael, Richard, George and my daughters Eliz. Anderson and Judith Martin.
     "Item: The next profits of my estate between my death and the sale thereof I will and direct shall be applyed to the uses aforesaid and also my household goods after the death of my wife. I will and direct that my estate be not brought to any appraisement.
     "Item: I appoint Henry Martin, Pouncy Anderson and Richard Holland Guardians to my three daughters Anne, Susanna and Marcy. Item: I give to my grandson Jno. Holland son of Jno. Holland five Hundreds acres land in Orange County which I bought of Jno. Bryant.
     "Item: I also constitute and appoint my son in law Henry Martin my son in law Pouncy Anderson and my son Richard Holland to be executors to this my last will and testament and do hereby revoke all former wills by me made.
     "In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 10th day of October 1746. Signed, sealed, and delivered Mich. Holland SEAL to be his land will in presence of John Martin, John Parrish, John Sandland.
     "At Court held for Goochland County March 17, 1746. This will was proved by the oaths of the witnesses hereto to be the last Will and Testament of Michael Holland deceased and it was thereupon ordered to be recorded.
     "Teste: Henry Wood Clerk Cur Recorded in Deed & Will Book #5 page
#222,223,224 Note: date of writing and date of proven - one has to be wrong - a sizeable problem arises here. jgh.⁸
Susanna Holland is mentioned in the will of Thomas W. Massie Sr. on 22 May 1755 at Goochland Co, Virginia, USA; Will of Thomas Massie of St. James Northam Parish. Dated May 22, 1755. Names wife Susannah, daus. Mary & Judith, & sons David & Thomas; brothers David & Charles; "Uncle Thomas Massie" who left him 500 acres.⁹

     William W. McGinnis was born circa 1782 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; per Find A Grave: "Some records have his birth year as 1784."^5,6,7 He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard, daughter of Capt. John Lillard Jr. and Aggah (Agnes) Chiles, on 23 February 1807 at Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA,
; per document submitted SAR APP #315355: "So the marriage you were seeking was of Elizabeth Lillard (Called Betsy) to William McGinnis, on Feb. 23, 1807. Attest Daniel Weisiger. Bondsman: John Lillard (her father). Recorded in Franklin Co., KY, Court Records at Frankfort, Ky." This letter is signed by Ephraim Stout Lillard (compiler of Lillard Genealogy). The same DAR App also cites: Frankling County, Ky., Marriages - compiled by Mrs. A. W. Burn: "William McGinnis & Betsy Lillard - 2-23-1807 - John Lillard."^{8,1,9,10,11,12}
William W. McGinnis died in 1842 at Pike Co., Missouri, USA.⁶
William W. McGinnis was buried in 1842 at Burial location unknown ; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      1782, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
     Death:      1842, Pike County, Missouri, USA
     Some records have his birth year as 1784
     William fought in the War of 1812 along with his brothers Thomas and John and they all served under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.
     The following information was sent to me in July 1997 by Gary D. Duke of Freeman, MO. He researched the McGinnis family for 15 years beginning in 1982. He is a descendant of William W. Jr.
     I have visited Franklin and Anderson Counties and I found they consist almost entirely of steep hillsides. The major crop, then and now, is tobacco, which can be grown in small plots. William and Betsy lived in that portion of Franklin County which was split off in 1827 to create Anderson County. In 1835 they made a major move west to Pike County, Missouri.
     Pike County abuts the Mississippi River north of present St Louis. Lincoln County is just to the south and Montgomery County is just to the west. William's sister Mary had married his first cousin Samuel and they lived in Lincoln before Samuel died. Mary then lived only a few miles west into Montgomery. William's other first cousin Greenberry lived in Lincoln County when William moved to Pike. There were also several nephews and a couple of distant cousins living in the same general area.
     William W. was 51 years old when he moved his family to Missouri. Though I assume he lived adequately in Pike County, records suggest that he did not prosper. He lived on a 5 1/2 acre plot in southwestern Pike and owned and farmed another 18 1/2 acres Ony a short distance away. By 1840, he was in poor health and owed money to many creditors who were pushing him for payment. Perhaps because he was in poor health, or perhaps just to get the creditors off his back, on 10-3-1840, William W. decided to sell all his possessions for $1 to his son Strother. In fairness to William, it appears the reason for this action was probably poor health because in the deed of transfer, he instructed Strother to dispose of the possessions for the best value and then to pay off William's debts as best possible. This deed of sale amounts to a Will so I will describe it fully.
     William W. McGinnis assigned all his land and possessions to his son Strother J. McGinnis with instructions that Strother is to do whatever necessary to pay off William's creditors. The reason given is that William is "indebted to many persons which I cannot pay". The deed mentions land owned by William as being 18 1/2 acres located between McDonald, Smith, Hough and Brown and another 5 1/2 acres between Watts & Brown "being where I now reside". Personal property mentioned is: 2 bay horses, 1 black cow, 1 red cow, 12 head of hogs, 6 beds & bedding, 6 bedsteads, 3 tables, 1 clock, 1 press, 12 chairs, 1 carry, 2 shovel plows, and "my crop of corn & tobacco grown upon the two farms above specified and upon the farm rented from Jesse Hughes by W. W. McGinnis and myself". (note this deed identifies William W. and another W. W. McGinnis who is co-renting land from Hughes. This other W. W. is his son) The deed also directs Strother to "first of all" pay debts on which Strother has co-signed as security for Strother's brothers William and Hardin. Then Strother is next to pay debts on which Strother has co-signed as security for William W. Lastly, Strother is to pay any other debts "generally".
     Strother did as he was instructed. On 8-2-1841, Strother sold the 18 1/2 acres for $200. At that time William W. was still living in Pike, but on 4-1-1842, Strother sold the land where William W. had been living, the 5 1/2 acres with house for $206.58. There is no further mention of William W. or Betsy so I assume they had died in Pike before April, 1842. I do note that the sale of the 5 1/2 acres did not include "l5 feet square in the southeastern corner". This sounds like a burial plot where William W. and Betsy are probably buried.
     After the death of William W. McGinnis Sr. and his wife in Pike County, their children began to move away from Pike.
     Family links: Spouse: Elizabeth Lillard McGinnis (1789 - ____)*
     Children:
      Strother Jefferson McGinnis (1807 - 1853)*
      John Lillard McGinnis (1810 - 1876)*
      Agnes E. Chiles McGinnis Day (1825 - 1847)*
      Erasmus D McGinnis (1827 - 1872)*
     Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial
     Created by: Ed Bartolacci
     Record added: Sep 03, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 58132167.⁶
      ; from Ancestry"
     William Woodrow McGinnis, Sr. was born in 1782 and died in 1842. On 23 Feb 1807, he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Lillard (1789-1837). He fought in the War of 1812 along with his brothers Thomas and John and they all served under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. William and Betsy lived in that portion of Franklin County which was split off in 1827 to create Anderson County. In 1835 they made a major move west to Pike County, Missouri. Pike County abuts the Mississippi River north of present St Louis. Lincoln County is just to the south and Montgomery County is just to the west. William's sister Mary (6B4) and her husband Samuel (5C) lived in Lincoln County, MO. After Samuel died, Mary moved a few miles west into Montgomery County, MO. William's cousin, Greenbury (4), lived in Lincoln County, MO. There were also several nephews and a couple of distant cousins living in the same general area.
     William and Betsy lived on a 5 1/2 acre plot in southwestern Pike County, MO located between Watts & Brown and owned and farmed another 18 1/2 acres a short distance away located between McDonald, Smith, Hough and Brown. By 1840, he was in poor health and owed money to many creditors who were pushing him for payment. On 3 Oct 1840, William sold all of his possessions for $1 to his son, Strother. He instructed Strother to dispose of the possessions for the best value and then to pay off William's debts as best possible. Personal property mentioned is: 2 bay horses, 1 black cow, 1 red cow, 12 head of hogs, 6 beds & bedding, 6 bedsteads, 3 tables, 1 clock, 1 press, 12 chairs, 1 carry, 2 shovel plows, and "my crop of corn & tobacco grown upon the two farms above specified and upon the farm rented from Jesse Hughes by W. W. McGinnis (his son) and myself". The deed directs Strother to "first of all" pay debts on which Strother has co-signed as security for Strother's brothers William and Hardin. Then Strother is next to pay debts on which Strother has co-signed as security for William W. Lastly, Strother is to pay any other debts "generally." On 2 Aug 1841, Strother sold the 18 1/2 acres for $200. At that time William was still living in Pike County. On 1 Apr 1842, Strother sold the 5 1/2 acres with house where William had been living, for $206.58. There is no further mention of William or Betsy so it is assumed that they had died before April 1842. The sale of the 5 1/2 acres did not include "15 feet square in the southeastern corner." This is most likely a burial plot where William and Betsy are buried.
     William and Betsy had the following children:
      a. Strother Jefferson McGinnis (1807-1853)
      b. Hardin McGinnis (1809-?)
      c. John Lillard McGinnis (1810-1876)
      d. Thomas P McGinnis (1811-1870)
      e. Sarah Ann McGinnis (1815-1842)
      f. William Woodrow McGinnis, Jr. (1819-1883)
      g. Mary E McGinnis (1821-?)
      h. Martha E McGinnis (1825-?)
      i. Agnes E Chiles McGinnis (1825-1847)
      j. Erasmus D McGinnis (1827-1872.)¹³ GAV-4.

; In the 1840 KY Census Index the following are listed in Mercer Co. No TWP L
     McGinnis William (married Martha Lillard on Feb. 19, 1795)
     William
     Hezekiah (married Betsy Smith on Dec 13, 1794)
     James
     Jefferson (married Elizabeth B. May on Sep. 26, 1824)
     Jesse
     John (married Sally Riley on Jul. 13, 1815)
     Nancy
     Samuel Jr. (married Polly Nichols on Aug. 7, 1820)
The Following were listed in the 1830 KY Census Index for Mercer Co.
     McGinnis Greenberry D. (married Sally Laws Feb. 28, 1805) (married Nancy Martin on Nov. 3, 1828)
     J.
     Jas
     Jesse (Married Agnes Hix Aug. 19, 1801)
     Mary
     Nancy
     Samuel (married Polly Lillard on Nov. 30, 1793) Daughter of John Lillard
     Thomas (married Ann Mosby on June 15, 1809)
     Washington (married Lucy Cox on Mar. 19, 1829)
     William.¹⁴

Reference: Supporting documentation regarding McGinnis descent from John Lillard.¹¹

Reference: Lillard [1991, p. 868] lists 10 children:
     Agnes
     Strether [sic]
     Thomas
     Hardin
     Sarah Ann
     John L.
     William W.
     Mary E.
     Erasmus D.
     Martha E.¹⁵

William W. McGinnis and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard appeared in the census of 1810 at Franklin, Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 144, line 1
     Name:     Wm McGinnis
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Numbers of Slaves:     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     1
     Number of Household Members:     4.¹⁶

William W. McGinnis began military service circa 1812 at War of 1812, Kentucky, USA,      per Lillard [1991, p. 867]: "...later a veteran of the American Army during the War of 1812"
     per Kate McGinnis Pieper: fought in War of 1812
     William fought in the War of 1812 along with his brothers Thomas and John and they all served under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.^1,17 He was Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812
per Find A Grave: "William fought in the War of 1812 along with his brothers Thomas and John and they all served under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans." on 8 January 1815 at New Orleans, Orleans Co., Louisiana, USA.

William W. McGinnis appeared in the census of 1830 at Shaker, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; [I believe this is the same William McGinnis, as he is in Sharker Twp, along with several other McGinnis families, but I'm not certain. The children don't appear to match. GA Vaut]
p. 326, line 21
     Name:     Wm McGinnis
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Shaker, Mercer, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2 [1821-25] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] William 1789
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     2 [aft 1835] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Unknown?
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     4
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     7.^18,19

William W. McGinnis lived after 1830 at Johnson Co., Indiana, USA; per Lillard [1991, p. 867]: "...sometime after 1830 they moved from Anderson County, Kentucky, to Johnson County, Indiana."¹

William W. McGinnis immigrated between 1833 and 1834 to Franklin Co., Missouri, USA.⁶

     Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard was born in 1789 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA.³ She married William W. McGinnis, son of Thomas T. McGinnis and Nancy Tenly, on 23 February 1807 at Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA,
; per document submitted SAR APP #315355: "So the marriage you were seeking was of Elizabeth Lillard (Called Betsy) to William McGinnis, on Feb. 23, 1807. Attest Daniel Weisiger. Bondsman: John Lillard (her father). Recorded in Franklin Co., KY, Court Records at Frankfort, Ky." This letter is signed by Ephraim Stout Lillard (compiler of Lillard Genealogy). The same DAR App also cites: Frankling County, Ky., Marriages - compiled by Mrs. A. W. Burn: "William McGinnis & Betsy Lillard - 2-23-1807 - John Lillard."^5,1,6,3,2,4
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard died between 1837 and 1842 at Pike Co., Missouri, USA.³
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard was buried in 1842 at Burial location unknown ; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      1789, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
     Death:      unknown, Pike County, Missouri, USA
     She died between 1837 and 1843.
     She was the daughter of John Lillard Jr. and Agnes Chiles Lillard.
     She married William W. McGinnis on Feb. 23, 1807 at Franklin County, KY. They were the parents of Strother Jefferson, Agnes, Hardin, John Lillard, Thomas P., Sarah Ann, William W. Jr., Mary E., Martha E., Agnes E. Chiles and Erasmus D.
     See her husband's bio for additional information.
     Family links: Spouse: William W. McGinnis (1782 - 1842)
     Children:
      Strother Jefferson McGinnis (1807 - 1853)*
      John Lillard McGinnis (1810 - 1876)*
      Agnes E. Chiles McGinnis Day (1825 - 1847)*
      Erasmus D McGinnis (1827 - 1872)*
     Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial
     Created by: Ed Bartolacci
     Record added: Sep 03, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 58132598.³
     Reference: Supporting documentation regarding McGinnis descent from John Lillard.²

Reference: Lillard [1991, p. 868] lists 10 children:
     Agnes
     Strether [sic]
     Thomas
     Hardin
     Sarah Ann
     John L.
     William W.
     Mary E.
     Erasmus D.
     Martha E.⁷ GAV-4.

; She may also been know as Sally.⁸ She was a mentioned with Capt. John Lillard Sr.; DAR App #315355 filed by Katherine Elizabeth MCGINNIS PIEPER 7 Oct. 1939. cites: Lillard Genealogy (pp. 181, 182, 191-20, 221) and NSDAR Lineages #136814 and #137125. DAR Application No. 315355 (Katherine Elizabeth McGinnis Pieper), filed Oct. 12th, 1939, descendant of Captain John Lillard. - References for Military Record: 8th Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library, page 270. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution", by John H. Gwathmey.²

Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard and William W. McGinnis appeared in the census of 1810 at Franklin, Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 144, line 1
     Name:     Wm McGinnis
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Numbers of Slaves:     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     1
     Number of Household Members:     4.⁹
In Capt. John Lillard Jr.'s will dated 6 December 1837 at Anderson Co., Kentucky, USA, Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard was named as an heir;      The will of John Lillard, Jr., was probated in the Anderson County Court on June 12, 1843 and provides:
     The Will of John Lillard, Jr.
     In the name of God, amen, I John Lillard Senr of the county of Anderson and the state of Kentucky, being now diseased in body but of sound mind and memory, and calling to mind the mortality of human life, do make, constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in the following form, letters and figures.
     ITEM 1 I will that my body after my death be interred by my executors, hereafter to be named, in decent Christian burial.
     ITEM 2 That after my death all my just debts be paid.
     ITEM 3 I bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth McGinnis, one Negro woman named Dorkas together with so much in money as will make the sum of twelve hundred dollars including what she has already received which now stands charged to her in my book of accounts, to her and her heirs forever.
     ITEM 4 I bequeath to the heirs of my daughter, Susannah Collins, items charged to her in book of accounts to be equally divided amongst them, of which their mother had possession of during her life, hereby ratifying and confirming the same unto the said heirs forever.
ITEM 5 I bequeath unto my grandchildren, Clement Lillard, Frances Lillard (now Frances Butts) and Elizabeth Lillard (now Elizabeth Walker) children of my son John Lillard, deceased, all the items charged to their deceased father in my book account, together with one equal portion at my death of the balance of my estate not otherwise bequeathed, with my other children, to be equally divided amongst them.
     ITEM 6 I bequeath to my son, Christopher Lillard, and his heirs forever, all that now stands charged to him in my account book.
     ITEM 7 I bequeath to the heirs of my son, Garland Lillard, dec., to be equally divided amongst them, or their survivors, the items charged to their dec. father in my account book, hereby ratifying and confirming the same, to them and their heirs forever. Also I give unto the said heirs to be equally divided amongst them, all that tract of land lying in Anderson County on which their father resided at the time of his death, and which I purchased of Christopher Lillard, the deed of which is recorded in the Clerk's office of the Anderson County court. Also, another piece of five acres adjoining it, together with all the articles that I purchased under ex. (or?) at sheriff's sales as property sold of their dec. father, the memorandum of which is recorded in the clerks office aforesaid. Also I give them an equal portion of my estate with my other children, when the balance of it not included in this will shall be finally disposed of after deducting from the amount already charged to their dec. father the sum of eight hundred dollars money I paid the bank at Lexington and other advancements made their dec. father.
     ITEM 8 I give to my grandsons Erastus and John Mclane, sons of my daughter Sarah Mclane, dec., or the survivors of them one hundred and sixty acres of land lying in the state of Missouri known in the entry thereof as N. E. Section No. 30 in township No. 62 north of the N. Base line Range, N. E. - wise of the 5th principal meridian. Also the further sum of two hundred dollars to John Mclane and one hundred dollars to Erastus Mclane, the said Erastus having traded off one hundred dollars of his equal portion of $200.00 with his brother John to his uncle, Thomas J. Lillard, for the purchase of a horse from him the said $100.00 to be paid the said Thomas in money which
shall constitute their entire portion of all my estate that might be coming to them, and should they each die leaving no issue of their body, then the above legacy to return to my estate.
     ITEM 9 I give to my son, Thomas J. Lillard, and his heirs forever a sum of money that shall make him equal including what is charged him in my account book with my son Christopher Lillard.
     ITEM 10 I give to my grandchildren, John and Ellender Dawson, children of my daughter, Agnes Dawson, dec., or the survivors of them one Negro woman named Malinda and her increase together with $200.00 to each of them or the survivors of them which shall be their entire portion of all my estate, but should they die having no children the said legacy to revert again to my estate.
     ITEM 11 I give to my son, James C. Lillard, and his heirs forever all that is charged to him in my book of accounts, provided it does not excel the amount charged to my son, Christopher Lillard, and if it does the overpart be deducted therefrom.
     ITEM 12 I wish my grandson, John Whittington, son of my daughter, Martha Lillard (late Martha Whittington, deceased) all that is charged to his dec. mother. Also in addition, at my death, one-third part as much as will be coming to my other children provided he lives to the year of twenty-one, but if he dies he is not to inherit it.
     ITEM 13 I give to my son, David M. Lillard, and his heirs forever the sum of two thousand dollars after deducting therefrom the amount charged to him in my book of accounts.
     ITEM 14 The remaining part of my estate not here named in my will nor in my account book as charged to my children I wish sold by my executors and the proceeds arising therefrom to be equally divided amongst my surviving children and heirs, except my grandchildren Erastus and John Mclane, John and Ellender Dawson, and John Whittington whose portions are already assigned them by this will. That my executors sell the estate on a credit of twelve months and that my Negros, Patta, Martha, George, and Emily and the balance of them be purchased by someone of my heirs that they be retained in the family of my children.
     ITEM 15 I will to my two little grandchildren, Agnes McGinnis, daughter of Elizabeth McGinnis, and Elizabeth Ann Lillard, daughter of Christopher Lillard, fifty dollars each in consequence of their great likeness as I conceived of their dec. grandmother Agnes Lillard, my beloved wife, provided they live till after my death.
     ITEM 16 I wish my executors, heirs, and all herein contained or concerned distinctly to understand that I have charged in my book of accounts, and so far as it goes, found a part of this will and testament which is here enclosed with the same, and is designed as directions to my executors to lead and guide them in the distribution of my estate.
     ITEM 17 I wish my family burying ground (if I do not have it posted and railed with cedar posts or enclosed with a stone wall during my life) my executors to have it done after my death and the expense thereof together with my other funeral expenses to be paid out of my estate.
     ITEM 18 I appoint my sons Christopher Lillard and Thomas J. Lillard or the survivors of them who may qualify as the executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others heretofore made by me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
     John Lillard.
     In the presence of: Jordan H. Walker
     John O'Dell /s/ John Lillard
     John Fidler
     CODOCIL: I bequeath to the children of my daughter, Elizabeth McGinnis, dec., the property in this will bequeathed to her. To wit:
Strether J. McGinnis, Thomas McGinnis, Hardin McGinnis, Sarah Ann McGinnis, late Saunders, dec., if she left any child or children, (if not, then her portion is to be equally divided amongst her surviving brothers and sisters, except her brother John L. McGinnis to whom I bequeath five dollars as his full portion of my estate) William W. McGinnis, Mary E. McGinnis, Agnes E. McGinnis, Ereamus D. McGinnis, and Martha E. McGinnis and their heirs forever. My granddaughter Ellender Dawson being now dead her portion two hundred dollars given her in this will, I bequeath to be divided equally among my heirs. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of August, 1842.
     John Lillard
     In the presence of:     Tarlton Railey
     Jordan Walker
     C.     H. Fenwick
     CODICIL:     In reference to Elizabeth Walker mentioned in item 5, I do hereby disnnul all that I have there directed to be given her and her heirs forever. In witness whereof I have this 14th day of Feb., 1842, set my hand and seal.
     John Lillard
     In the presence of:     Jordan H. Walker
     C.     H. Fenwick
     On December 13, 1842, John Lillard, Jr., wrote additional directions to his Executor in the form of an additional will. The additional Will was not probated at the same time as the original will, but was recorded on July 12, 1844 and provides as follows:183
     Having made a deed to my son, C. Lillard and Thomas J. Lillard to land on which I now live, containing by survey 287 1/2 acres for the purpose of selling the same for the best price they can obtain and appropriating the proceeds in the following manner to wit:
     To my grandsons John L. Dawson and John MClane $200.00 each, to Erastus MClane $100.00, to Thomas J. Lillard $100.00 as per my will, to my grandson John L. Whittington 200.00 and a note of hand his father executed to me for 100.00 and interest thereon, to my granddaughters Ann Elizabeth Lillard, daughter of my son C. Lillard, $50.00, to my granddaughter Agnes McGinnis $50.00, to James C. Lillard $244.27, to Thomas J. Lillard $95.00 being the amount they advanced to John C. Lillard and William L. Butts, heirs of my son John Lillard, Jr., dec., John Whittington' s legacy is not to be paid him until he arrives at the age of 21 years. To my son, C. Lillard, $100.00 being the amount he advanced to Thos. J. Lillard out of his own money with 6 per cent thereon until paid. The balance to be equally divided between the heirs of my two dec. daughters, Elizabeth McGinnis and Susannah Collins' children, except John L. McGinnis he having rec'd his part. Should the land sell for more than $10.00 per acre all over that sum to be equally divided [words omitted in original] three sons Christopher, Thos. J., and D. M. Lillard after paying my sons C. Lillard and Thos. J. Lillard all expenses they bear and 5 per ct. on all money they may pay as above directed. Given under my hand this 13th day of Dec. 1842.
     John Lillard
     Test: (Jn. H. Carter
     (D.     M. Lillard
     State of Kentucky, Anderson County
     I, Jordan H. Walker, clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid, do certify that at the county court held at the courthouse in Lawrenceburg on Monday the 12th day of June, 1843, this writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Lillard, deceased, together with the codicils hereto annexed and an account book forming part of the same was produced in court and sworn by the oaths of Jordan H. Walker, John O'Dell, John Fidler, and C. H. Fenwick, subscribing witnesses thereto annexed to be the act and deed of the said John Lillard, deceased, whereupon the said writing, codicils, and account book foresaid were ordered by the court to be recorded which is done accordingly.
     Given under     my hand this 23rd day of June, 1843. Jordan H. Walker.¹⁰

     Thomas T. McGinnis was born on 19 December 1743 at Southern Penn. or Western Maryland, USA.^1,3 He married Nancy Tenly, daughter of Thomas Tennelly and Eleanor (?), on 19 October 1777 at Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, USA.^1,5,3
Thomas T. McGinnis married Anne (?) on 15 June 1809 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA,
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Mercer Co. KY Early Marriage Bonds:

Thomas McGinnis and Anne Mosby (widow of David Mosby), June 15, 1809
Bondsman, Thomas T. McGinnis

Note: Thomas McGinnis, son of John McGinnis Sr. and Margaret, died sometime after Dec. 30, 1824 and sometime Feb. of 1825 (will in possession). Married to Nancy. Children were Elinor "Ally" McGinnis Noe, Polly McGinnis Ament, and Nancy McGinnis Fife. (Only children mentioned in will of Thomas. Your Thomas was likely Thomas McGinnis of Cane Run area, while many of the McGinnis clan were of Quirk's. Run.
Shari in SC.^6,7,1
Thomas T. McGinnis died on 22 April 1832 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 88.¹
Thomas T. McGinnis was buried after 22 April 1832 at Lander-Walden Cemetery, Burgin, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Dec. 19, 1743, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:      Apr. 22, 1832

Thomas was born in Southern Pennsylvania on Dec. 19, 1743, the son of Thomas McGinnis. He married Nancy Tenly on Oct. 19, 1777 in Frederick County, MD. They were the parents of Thomas T., William W., Mary(married Green Nichols), John, Nancy (married Jarvis Hawkins), Erasmus Gill, and Elizabeth C. (married Atterson Walden) His wife died around 1805 and he married second to Anne Mosby on June 15, 1809 in Mercer County, KY. After his 2nd wife died Thomas lived his final years with his daughter Elizabeth Walden. Courtesy Ed Bartolacci

Family links:
Children:
John McGinnis (1790 - 1858)*
Nancy A McGinnis Hawkins (1795 - 1874)*
Elizabeth C. McGinnis Walden (1802 - 1857)*

Burial: Lander-Walden Cemetery, Burgin, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA

Created by: David Lander
Record added: Nov 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 44240424.⁸
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     Greg,
     I have many documents on the McGinnis family (land abstracts, few marriage pages, etc). I have will of John McGinnis (d. May 1818), will of John (d. 1814), and will of Thomas McGinnis (m. Nancy Tenly). My gr-gr grandparents were William McGinnis and Rachel Odell McGinnis. William was first m. to Martha "Patsy" McGinnis, d/o Jesse and Agnes Hicks McGinnis.
     If you need some info, I am happy to share. I can't guarantee I have what you are looking for, but I do have a lot. You can e-mail me at my home address.⁹ GAV-5.

; per McGinnis email [2018]: " From the website you sent me, it appears that your ancestor Thomas T. McGinnis was a son of Thomas McGinnis and Polly Ann Patterson. For what it is worth, several records I have seen only list four brothers, John, James, William, and Neal. So, I am a bit confused...and maybe you have better knowledge than I have. I wonder if two families might have been conflated into one and the children commingled."¹⁰

;      from DAR Application 213649: I recently obtained a copy of a DAR application which lists a Thomas MCGINNIS "of Pennsylvania" as the Revolutionary War ancestor. The application is No. 213649, submitted by Mrs. Edith H. MCGINNIS Hainline of Mt. Sterling, KY on April 9th, 1925. These older applications are not considered all that trustworthy as the standard of proof required back then wasn't very rigorous.
     I'm looking for a Thomas MCGINNIS with a son William. My William was born abt 1782, probably in VA and married Elizabeth LILLARD on 23 Feb 1807 in Franklin Co., KY. The age of this Thomas is right, but I'm not sure if he's the right one or not.
     I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might have more information on this Thomas MCGINNIS (with a son named William).
     Here is the essence of the application: [Quote] I Edith H. McGinnis Hainline being of the age of eighteen years and upwards, hereby apply for membership in the Society by right of lineal descent in the following line from Thomas MCGINNIS who ws born in Pennsylvania on the 19th day of Dec., 1743 and died in (near Harrods Station) Kentucky on the ___ day of ___, 1848 (sic). His place of residence during the Revolution was Washington Co., PA.
     I was born in Williams town County of Grant, State of Kentucky.
     1. I am the daughter of John F. MCGINNIS born 1829 died 1899 and his wife Mary A. HILL born 1840 died 1922 married 1869.
     2. The said John F. MCGINNIS was the son of William J. MCGINNIS born 1806 died 1871 and his wife Prescilla F. WILSON born 1808 died 1885 married 1827.
     3. The said William J. MCGINNIS was the son of Thomas T. MCGINNIS born 1778 died 1848 and his wife Elizabeth JOHNSTON born 1782 died 1846 or 7 married 1804.
     4. The said Thomas T. MCGINNIS was the son of Thomas MCGINNIS born 1743 died 1788 and his wife Nancy TENLY born 1-14-1759 died 1799 married 1775 in or near Philadelphia.
     Children (of Thomas T. and Nancy):
      Names      Dates of Birth      To Whom Married
     Thomas T. MCGINNIS     1778          Elizabeth JOHNSTON
     John               ---          ---
     William               ---          ---
     Erasmus Gill          ---          Mary YOUNG
     Elizabeth          ---          ---
     Mary               ---          ---
     Nancy               ---          Jarvis HAWKINS [end Quote]
     There is a footnote added, apparently at a later date, indicating that the earliest Thomas MCGINNIS "emigrated to Mercer Co., KY in 1778/9 (Magennis Gen. p. 215)".
     [Quote] Thomas MCGINNIS was a private in Capt. Andrew Swearingen's Company of Militia belonging to Col. David Williamson's
Battalion 2nd Class. See PA Archives 6th Series, Vol. II, page 122.
     (references cited)
     "Perrin's History of Kentucky published in 1887 by F. A. Baltey (sp?) & Co. Louisville, KY and Chicago, ILL. Origin and History of the McGinnis Family by John F. McGinnis, Williamsport, PA, Heller Bros. Printing House, 1891, page 215, 217."¹¹

;      My grandfather Thos McGinnis came to Ky from Maryland about the year 1779 and went into fort near Harrodsburg, Ky he had many battles with the Indians - He obtained land in Mercer Co a few years later and settled upon it.
     After his 2nd wife died Thomas lived his final years with his daughter Elizabeth and it is believed that Thomas is buried in Walden Cemetery which is located on the Guilford Waggoner Farm, Burgin Road, Burgin, Ky, east of Harrodsburg.
     Thomas McGinnis was a private in Captain Andrew Swearingen's Company of Militia belonging to Col. David Williamson'sBattalion 2nd Class.¹²

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: from Northern Ireland
     per Sandy Clunies (CompuServe 73477,3124) 14 Jan., 1995, "DAR Index lists a Thomas MCGINNIS: b. 12-19-1743 PA, d. 1848 KY, m. Nancy TENLY, Pvt. PA." (There is no indication that this is the same Thomas McGinnis.)
After his 2nd wife died Thomas lived his final years with his daughter Elizabeth and it is believed that Thomas is buried in Walden Cemetery which is located on Waggoner Farm, Burgin Road, east of Harrodsburg.^13,6

Thomas T. McGinnis immigrated between 1778 and 1779 to Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; per Meginness [1891:215]: "The four brothers emigrated to Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1778 or 1779, and settled at harrod's Station, now Harrodsburg."³ John McGinnis Sr. immigrated between 1778 and 1779 to Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; "The four bothers emigrated to Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1778 or 1779, and settled at Harrd's Station, now Harrodburg."¹⁴

Thomas T. McGinnis began military service circa 1784 at Revolutionary War, Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA, A class Role of Captain Andrew Swearingen company of Militia Belongong to Colonel David Williamson Battallion (c.) 3rd Battalion
2nd Class (Pvt.) Thos. McGinnis.¹⁵

Thomas T. McGinnis began military service between 10 July 1794 and 21 October 1794 at Kentucky, USA, Private, Conn's Battalion (Mounted), Kentucky volunteers
Ancestry.com - U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811
     Name: Thomas McGinnis
     State or Territory: Kentucky
     Military Unit: Conn´s Battalion, Mounted Volunteers
     Service Year: 1794
     Source Citation - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811; Record Group: 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984; Series Number: M905; Roll Number: 11
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811. NARA microfilm publication M905, 32 rolls. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984, Record Group 94. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.¹⁶

Thomas T. McGinnis appeared in the census of 1800 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; 1800 KY Tax List shows two listings for Thomas McGinnis's in Mercer Co.
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801
Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801
     Name: Thomas McGinnis
     Residence County: Mercer
     Residence Year: 1800
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
     Original data: Clift, G. Glenn. Second Census of Kentucky, 1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.¹⁷

Thomas T. McGinnis appeared in the census of 1810 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 322, line 11
     Name:     Thomas McGinnis
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Mercer, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Erasmus 1799
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] John 1790
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Thomas 1743
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] Elizabeth 1802
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Nancy 1795
     Numbers of Slaves:     7
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     3
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     1
     Number of Household Members:     12.¹⁸

Thomas T. McGinnis and Anne (?) appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 102, line 21
     Name:     Thomas Mcginnis
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Mercer, Kentucky
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Erasmus 1799
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1776]Thomas 1743
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Elizabeth 1802
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1776] Anne (Mosby) ?
     Slaves - Females - Under 14:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     5
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     5.¹⁹

Thomas T. McGinnis and Anne (?) appeared in the census of 1830 at Shaker, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 314, line 3
     Name:     Tho McGinnis
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Shaker, Mercer, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89:     1 [1741-50] Thomas 1743
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-15] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79:     1 [1751-59] Anne (Mosby) ?
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     6
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:     2
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     3
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     2
     Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total Slaves:     15
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     18.²⁰

     Capt. John Lillard Jr. was born on 16 August 1760 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2,5,6 He married Aggah (Agnes) Chiles, daughter of Capt. John Chiles Sr. and Elizabeth Garland, on 4 May 1786 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA,
;      Eakin [1983:54] says "on 4 Dec 1786 John Chiles, Jr. was a witness to his sister, Aggah Chiles' marriage to his brother-in-law John Lillard.". Eakin [1983:63] says "Married 4 May 1786" which agrees with Lillard [1991:823].
     Supoplemental documentation w/DAR App #315355 says "The register of marriages in Mercer Co., KY, gives the marriage of Agnes (Agah) Chiles to John Lillard, Jr. as may 4, 1786...however, I have since examined the original bond and it says Dec. 4, 1786 and gies her as "daughter of John Chiles; ;bondsman was john Chiles Jr., (who in March 1785 had married Elizabeth Lillard, sister of John Lillard, Jr.) (Letter from Ephraim Stouth Lillard, compiler of the Lillard Genealogy, to Mr. and mrs. F. K. McGinnis, Dallas Texas, F. K. McGinnis is brother to Mrs. Pieper (author of DAR Application #315355.)^1,7,8,5,6
Capt. John Lillard Jr. died on 7 May 1842 at Lawrenceburg, Anderson Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 81.^9,2,5,6
Capt. John Lillard Jr. was buried after 7 May 1842 at old Lillard graveyard north of Harrodsburg on the Wallace Wilkinson farm, Harrodsburg, Anderson Co., Kentucky, USA.¹⁰
     GAV-5.

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper.

; Lillard [1991, pp. 824-826] "It has been stated that John Lillard, Jr., and his brother Ephraim Lillard, I, were the outstanding fighters of Anderson County (then Franklin County). In those days they had meetings of the military forces in each county. The one in Anderson County took place on one of the Salt River bottoms. While to all intents and purposes it was a meeting for military training, in fact it was a meeting in which the consumption of liquor and fist fights predominated. After these fights it was the rule for the victor to thumb out the eye of his victim. It is sufficient to say that John and Ephraim Lillard had perfect eyesight up until the time of their deaths.175

John Lillard and his brother Ephraim Lillard apparently had several disagreements among themselves and with other family members. Both were members of the Salt River Baptist Church in Franklin County. In those days the church was a forum for the judgment of personal conduct and members were often appointed to decide matters dealing with complaints brought by one member against another. In October, 1801, "having trouble over their father's estate," thirteen members were appointed to reconcile the two men. They found against John Lillard, "but from his acknowledgement & marks of repentance [he] is acquitted." They made no findings against "Ephraim Lillard who said he never refused to let John see the papers." In November, John Lillard was excluded from the Church for "using harsh letters, leaving in an abrupt manner."
Agnes Lillard was charged by Ephraim Lillard with excess drinking in April, 1803, but the charge was reconsidered and found unsupported when heard by the Church in June. Later, in August, 1803, Ephraim Lillard was excluded from the congregation. Brethren Garvey and Jacob Elliston complained in May, 1806, about Agnes Lillard for going to a dance. However, she apparently continued in good standing because in June the clerk noted in the minute book that "Sister Lillard gives satisfaction."177

John Lillard, Jr., was restored to the fellowship in June, 1809. In July, 1811, Jacob Elliston charged John Lillard reported a falsehood, but the minutes note that the Church believed it was thru mistake and was satisfied. However, when Lillard and Elliston subsequently charged each other in November, 1811, the Church found that John Lillard, Jr., was "no more one of us" and was apparently excluded.178

Both John and Ephraim Lillard were apparently restored to the fellowship because the list of members at the March, 1812, meeting includes Christopher Lillard, John Lillard, Agnes Lillard, Thomas Lillard, Garland Lillard, Lillard's Dick, Lillard's Lavina [slaves], Leodicia Lillard, Ephraim Lillard, Lillard's Lucretia [slave], Pegga Lillard, Martha Lillard and Susan Lillard.179

A story told about John Lillard by Christopher Marion Lillard to Marion W. Ripy of New York, was as follows:180

John Lillard's home on Salt River was located on a hog-back, to the north and to the south were springs. The cattle and salves used the spring to the south while the northern spring was used by the white people of the house. Someone poisoned the southward spring so John Lillard went to a soothsayer to find out about it. My grandfather in telling me about this, walked up the hillside. He said that John Lillard was told by the soothsayer that if he would go on a
certain night to this pair of bars at eleven o'clock, two men would climb over the bars and they were the people who had poisoned the spring. Just before we got to the place where the bars then were, my grandfather told me they went to the bars on the night named and he indicated by pointing, and said: 'they were buried there.' It is sufficient to say that no more cattle or slaves were lost."¹¹ He was a mentioned with Capt. John Lillard Sr.; DAR App #315355 filed by Katherine Elizabeth MCGINNIS PIEPER 7 Oct. 1939. cites: Lillard Genealogy (pp. 181, 182, 191-20, 221) and NSDAR Lineages #136814 and #137125. DAR Application No. 315355 (Katherine Elizabeth McGinnis Pieper), filed Oct. 12th, 1939, descendant of Captain John Lillard. - References for Military Record: 8th Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library, page 270. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution", by John H. Gwathmey.⁵
In Capt. John Lillard Sr.'s will dated 24 February 1800 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA, Capt. John Lillard Jr. was named as an heir; Capt. John Lillard died testate and his Will, along with the Codicils to it and related account books, constitute a lengthy account of his wealth and various family relationships. His Will provides ('Will of John Lillard," February 24, 1800, (recorded Aug., 1801) Mercer County, KY, Will Book 2, pp. 260-262, Office of the County Court Clerk, Harrodsburg, KY.):
     IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the Twenty fourth day of February, in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred, I, John Lillard of Mercer County and State of Kentucky being of perfect and sound Mind and Memory thanks be to God for the same and knowing it is appointed of all Men once to Die, do hereby make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Devise and dispose of the same in the manner & form following-
     IMPRIMIS, it is my Will that in the first place all of my Just Debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied. -
     ITEM. I Give and Bequeath unto my loving wife Ann, all the whole of the property she was possessed of when I married her, also all the property that is left to her by her Father by Will or otherways, to have and to hold the same to Her, her Heirs and Assigns for Ever. The property above mentioned is to include the Household Furniture and Slaves she had when I married her, as well as the whole of what may be got of that her Father left wither it be cash, Land, Slaves or any other Property, after paying my Executors hereinafter named all and so much money as I may have expended in Law or otherways in securing the same, and further it [word omitted] my will that my said Wife Ann shall have and keep full free & peaceable Possession and the benefits & profits therefrom arising of all that part of the Tract of Land whereon I now live, Viz, Lying on the Eastern part of my Tract and to Include the Houses the Dividing line, to be along the lane as it now stands to the end from John Chiles' and thence to make the left hand fence the line to the end of my land Joining Jesse Shy, and that during her life or Widowhood if she chooses so long to live on the same, but at either of the periods of her Marriage or Removal it shall revert to my Estate and be disposed of by my Executors as herein after directed. I also give to my said Wife one Roan Mare & Sorrel Horse which came of a Roan Mare she was possessed of when I married her.
     ITEM. It is my Will and I do order that the Land whereon I now live shall be sold within one Year after my decease by my Executors herein after named, Except the part I have already reserved for the use of my Wife as aforesaid, and a Credit of one Year to be given the Purchaser or Purchasers, on their giving Bond with Sufficient and Approved Security to my Executors, and at the same time shall be Sold by my said Executors, all and Singular my slaves, Household Furniture, Stock, Farming Utensils and in short all my Property of every kind I Die possessed of, which is not herein before Given or Granted, And the money arising from the Sales of the same to be Equally Divided amongst my children on the mannaer following, To wit: Nancy Lillard, Daughter of my son Thomas Lillard, which he had by his first wife and In his Stead, Elisabeth Chiles, John Lillard, Anna Pulliam, Mary McGinnis, Susanna Jones, Joseph Lillard, Ephraim Lillard, James Lillard, Patsey McGinnis, Daniel Lillard and David Lillard, so that each shall be equal, and one have as much as another. Agreeable to what they have Received Respectively, which is to be Settled according to the Accounts in a Book herewith left and inclosed, which bears date on the front Page the Twenty Second day of August, one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety one, and wherein is Stated the different Accounts of my said Children respectfully beginning with folio or page one to Twelve both included, And I do order that my Executors do pay the several Sums which may be due the several Legatees agreeable to the Settlement of each as is before described, so that each may have an equal share at a final Settlement and that as soon as Collected for the Sales Aforesaid, and that not to exceed one Year from the time limited for said Sales. And whereas I have given my son James one Hundred & Eight Acres of Land which is now, or a part thereof- in Law now if my said son James should be evicted off the Land or part thereof It is my will & I do order that he be made equal with the rest of the Legatees by making up what may be lost as aforesaid.
     ITEM. I likewise do hereby Constitute make and Ordain John Lillard, Joseph Lillard, Ephraim Lillard and Thomas Freeman my Executors of this my last Will & Testament and I do hereby disallow, revoke and disannul all former Wills, Testaments and Executors at any time before this named Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and allowing this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal the day and Year above written.
     John Lillard (seal)
     Signed Sealed and Declared by the said John Lillard to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us...     )
     (signed)     Joseph Willis
     Jonathan Jenkins
     Able Jinkins.¹² He witnessed the marriage of William W. McGinnis and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lillard on 23 February 1807 at Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA; per document submitted SAR APP #315355: "So the marriage you were seeking was of Elizabeth Lillard (Called Betsy) to William McGinnis, on Feb. 23, 1807. Attest Daniel Weisiger. Bondsman: John Lillard (her father). Recorded in Franklin Co., KY, Court Records at Frankfort, Ky." This letter is signed by Ephraim Stout Lillard (compiler of Lillard Genealogy). The same DAR App also cites: Frankling County, Ky., Marriages - compiled by Mrs. A. W. Burn: "William McGinnis & Betsy Lillard - 2-23-1807 - John Lillard."^{13,14,15,16,5,17}

Capt. John Lillard Jr. and Aggah (Agnes) Chiles appeared in the census of 1810 at Franklin, Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 140, line 4
     Name:     John Lillard
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Numbers of Slaves:     12
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     6
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     20.¹⁸

Capt. John Lillard Jr. appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Lawrenceburg, Franklin Co. (now Anderson Co.), Kentucky, USA; p. 138, line 8
     Name:     Jno Lillard [Geo Lillard]
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Lawrenceburg, Franklin, Kentucky
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 14:     1
     Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25:     3
     Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 14:     3
     Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:     1
     Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     5
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     4
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Slaves:     10
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     17.¹⁹

Capt. John Lillard Jr. appeared in the census of 1830 at Anderson Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 96, line 23
     Name:     John Lillard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Anderson, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     5
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     3
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     3
     Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total Slaves:     14
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     18.²⁰

Capt. John Lillard Jr. left a will on 6 December 1837 at Anderson Co., Kentucky, USA;      The will of John Lillard, Jr., was probated in the Anderson County Court on June 12, 1843 and provides:
     The Will of John Lillard, Jr.
     In the name of God, amen, I John Lillard Senr of the county of Anderson and the state of Kentucky, being now diseased in body but of sound mind and memory, and calling to mind the mortality of human life, do make, constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in the following form, letters and figures.
     ITEM 1 I will that my body after my death be interred by my executors, hereafter to be named, in decent Christian burial.
     ITEM 2 That after my death all my just debts be paid.
     ITEM 3 I bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth McGinnis, one Negro woman named Dorkas together with so much in money as will make the sum of twelve hundred dollars including what she has already received which now stands charged to her in my book of accounts, to her and her heirs forever.
     ITEM 4 I bequeath to the heirs of my daughter, Susannah Collins, items charged to her in book of accounts to be equally divided amongst them, of which their mother had possession of during her life, hereby ratifying and confirming the same unto the said heirs forever.
ITEM 5 I bequeath unto my grandchildren, Clement Lillard, Frances Lillard (now Frances Butts) and Elizabeth Lillard (now Elizabeth Walker) children of my son John Lillard, deceased, all the items charged to their deceased father in my book account, together with one equal portion at my death of the balance of my estate not otherwise bequeathed, with my other children, to be equally divided amongst them.
     ITEM 6 I bequeath to my son, Christopher Lillard, and his heirs forever, all that now stands charged to him in my account book.
     ITEM 7 I bequeath to the heirs of my son, Garland Lillard, dec., to be equally divided amongst them, or their survivors, the items charged to their dec. father in my account book, hereby ratifying and confirming the same, to them and their heirs forever. Also I give unto the said heirs to be equally divided amongst them, all that tract of land lying in Anderson County on which their father resided at the time of his death, and which I purchased of Christopher Lillard, the deed of which is recorded in the Clerk's office of the Anderson County court. Also, another piece of five acres adjoining it, together with all the articles that I purchased under ex. (or?) at sheriff's sales as property sold of their dec. father, the memorandum of which is recorded in the clerks office aforesaid. Also I give them an equal portion of my estate with my other children, when the balance of it not included in this will shall be finally disposed of after deducting from the amount already charged to their dec. father the sum of eight hundred dollars money I paid the bank at Lexington and other advancements made their dec. father.
     ITEM 8 I give to my grandsons Erastus and John Mclane, sons of my daughter Sarah Mclane, dec., or the survivors of them one hundred and sixty acres of land lying in the state of Missouri known in the entry thereof as N. E. Section No. 30 in township No. 62 north of the N. Base line Range, N. E. - wise of the 5th principal meridian. Also the further sum of two hundred dollars to John Mclane and one hundred dollars to Erastus Mclane, the said Erastus having traded off one hundred dollars of his equal portion of $200.00 with his brother John to his uncle, Thomas J. Lillard, for the purchase of a horse from him the said $100.00 to be paid the said Thomas in money which
shall constitute their entire portion of all my estate that might be coming to them, and should they each die leaving no issue of their body, then the above legacy to return to my estate.
     ITEM 9 I give to my son, Thomas J. Lillard, and his heirs forever a sum of money that shall make him equal including what is charged him in my account book with my son Christopher Lillard.
     ITEM 10 I give to my grandchildren, John and Ellender Dawson, children of my daughter, Agnes Dawson, dec., or the survivors of them one Negro woman named Malinda and her increase together with $200.00 to each of them or the survivors of them which shall be their entire portion of all my estate, but should they die having no children the said legacy to revert again to my estate.
     ITEM 11 I give to my son, James C. Lillard, and his heirs forever all that is charged to him in my book of accounts, provided it does not excel the amount charged to my son, Christopher Lillard, and if it does the overpart be deducted therefrom.
     ITEM 12 I wish my grandson, John Whittington, son of my daughter, Martha Lillard (late Martha Whittington, deceased) all that is charged to his dec. mother. Also in addition, at my death, one-third part as much as will be coming to my other children provided he lives to the year of twenty-one, but if he dies he is not to inherit it.
     ITEM 13 I give to my son, David M. Lillard, and his heirs forever the sum of two thousand dollars after deducting therefrom the amount charged to him in my book of accounts.
     ITEM 14 The remaining part of my estate not here named in my will nor in my account book as charged to my children I wish sold by my executors and the proceeds arising therefrom to be equally divided amongst my surviving children and heirs, except my grandchildren Erastus and John Mclane, John and Ellender Dawson, and John Whittington whose portions are already assigned them by this will. That my executors sell the estate on a credit of twelve months and that my Negros, Patta, Martha, George, and Emily and the balance of them be purchased by someone of my heirs that they be retained in the family of my children.
     ITEM 15 I will to my two little grandchildren, Agnes McGinnis, daughter of Elizabeth McGinnis, and Elizabeth Ann Lillard, daughter of Christopher Lillard, fifty dollars each in consequence of their great likeness as I conceived of their dec. grandmother Agnes Lillard, my beloved wife, provided they live till after my death.
     ITEM 16 I wish my executors, heirs, and all herein contained or concerned distinctly to understand that I have charged in my book of accounts, and so far as it goes, found a part of this will and testament which is here enclosed with the same, and is designed as directions to my executors to lead and guide them in the distribution of my estate.
     ITEM 17 I wish my family burying ground (if I do not have it posted and railed with cedar posts or enclosed with a stone wall during my life) my executors to have it done after my death and the expense thereof together with my other funeral expenses to be paid out of my estate.
     ITEM 18 I appoint my sons Christopher Lillard and Thomas J. Lillard or the survivors of them who may qualify as the executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others heretofore made by me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
     John Lillard.
     In the presence of: Jordan H. Walker
     John O'Dell /s/ John Lillard
     John Fidler
     CODOCIL: I bequeath to the children of my daughter, Elizabeth McGinnis, dec., the property in this will bequeathed to her. To wit:
Strether J. McGinnis, Thomas McGinnis, Hardin McGinnis, Sarah Ann McGinnis, late Saunders, dec., if she left any child or children, (if not, then her portion is to be equally divided amongst her surviving brothers and sisters, except her brother John L. McGinnis to whom I bequeath five dollars as his full portion of my estate) William W. McGinnis, Mary E. McGinnis, Agnes E. McGinnis, Ereamus D. McGinnis, and Martha E. McGinnis and their heirs forever. My granddaughter Ellender Dawson being now dead her portion two hundred dollars given her in this will, I bequeath to be divided equally among my heirs. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of August, 1842.
     John Lillard
     In the presence of:     Tarlton Railey
     Jordan Walker
     C.     H. Fenwick
     CODICIL:     In reference to Elizabeth Walker mentioned in item 5, I do hereby disnnul all that I have there directed to be given her and her heirs forever. In witness whereof I have this 14th day of Feb., 1842, set my hand and seal.
     John Lillard
     In the presence of:     Jordan H. Walker
     C.     H. Fenwick
     On December 13, 1842, John Lillard, Jr., wrote additional directions to his Executor in the form of an additional will. The additional Will was not probated at the same time as the original will, but was recorded on July 12, 1844 and provides as follows:183
     Having made a deed to my son, C. Lillard and Thomas J. Lillard to land on which I now live, containing by survey 287 1/2 acres for the purpose of selling the same for the best price they can obtain and appropriating the proceeds in the following manner to wit:
     To my grandsons John L. Dawson and John MClane $200.00 each, to Erastus MClane $100.00, to Thomas J. Lillard $100.00 as per my will, to my grandson John L. Whittington 200.00 and a note of hand his father executed to me for 100.00 and interest thereon, to my granddaughters Ann Elizabeth Lillard, daughter of my son C. Lillard, $50.00, to my granddaughter Agnes McGinnis $50.00, to James C. Lillard $244.27, to Thomas J. Lillard $95.00 being the amount they advanced to John C. Lillard and William L. Butts, heirs of my son John Lillard, Jr., dec., John Whittington' s legacy is not to be paid him until he arrives at the age of 21 years. To my son, C. Lillard, $100.00 being the amount he advanced to Thos. J. Lillard out of his own money with 6 per cent thereon until paid. The balance to be equally divided between the heirs of my two dec. daughters, Elizabeth McGinnis and Susannah Collins' children, except John L. McGinnis he having rec'd his part. Should the land sell for more than $10.00 per acre all over that sum to be equally divided [words omitted in original] three sons Christopher, Thos. J., and D. M. Lillard after paying my sons C. Lillard and Thos. J. Lillard all expenses they bear and 5 per ct. on all money they may pay as above directed. Given under my hand this 13th day of Dec. 1842.
     John Lillard
     Test: (Jn. H. Carter
     (D.     M. Lillard
     State of Kentucky, Anderson County
     I, Jordan H. Walker, clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid, do certify that at the county court held at the courthouse in Lawrenceburg on Monday the 12th day of June, 1843, this writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Lillard, deceased, together with the codicils hereto annexed and an account book forming part of the same was produced in court and sworn by the oaths of Jordan H. Walker, John O'Dell, John Fidler, and C. H. Fenwick, subscribing witnesses thereto annexed to be the act and deed of the said John Lillard, deceased, whereupon the said writing, codicils, and account book foresaid were ordered by the court to be recorded which is done accordingly.
     Given under     my hand this 23rd day of June, 1843. Jordan H. Walker.²¹


Capt. John Lillard Jr. appeared in the census of 1840 at Anderson Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 100, line 23
     Name:     John Lillard
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Anderson, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     2
     Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     2
     Total Slaves:     7
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     9.²²

     Aggah (Agnes) Chiles was born in 1765 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA.^3,4,5 She married Capt. John Lillard Jr., son of Capt. John Lillard Sr. and Susannah Ball, on 4 May 1786 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA,
;      Eakin [1983:54] says "on 4 Dec 1786 John Chiles, Jr. was a witness to his sister, Aggah Chiles' marriage to his brother-in-law John Lillard.". Eakin [1983:63] says "Married 4 May 1786" which agrees with Lillard [1991:823].
     Supoplemental documentation w/DAR App #315355 says "The register of marriages in Mercer Co., KY, gives the marriage of Agnes (Agah) Chiles to John Lillard, Jr. as may 4, 1786...however, I have since examined the original bond and it says Dec. 4, 1786 and gies her as "daughter of John Chiles; ;bondsman was john Chiles Jr., (who in March 1785 had married Elizabeth Lillard, sister of John Lillard, Jr.) (Letter from Ephraim Stouth Lillard, compiler of the Lillard Genealogy, to Mr. and mrs. F. K. McGinnis, Dallas Texas, F. K. McGinnis is brother to Mrs. Pieper (author of DAR Application #315355.)^6,4,7,5,8
Aggah (Agnes) Chiles died in 1837 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA.^3,4,5
      ; per Lillard [1991, p. 824]: "This is the family for which Chiles Street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, was named."⁹ GAV-5.

; date from "Walter Chiles of Jamestown", and Joanne Chiles Eakin - 18 Oct. 1992.

Aggah (Agnes) Chiles and Capt. John Lillard Jr. appeared in the census of 1810 at Franklin, Franklin Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 140, line 4
     Name:     John Lillard
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Franklin, Franklin, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Numbers of Slaves:     12
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     6
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     20.¹⁰
In Capt. John Chiles Sr.'s will dated 4 January 1813 at Jessamine Co., Kentucky, USA, Aggah (Agnes) Chiles was named as an heir.^2,11

     Capt. John Chiles Sr. was born on 27 January 1730 at Halifax, Bedford Co., Virginia, USA; Eakin [1983:31] says born c. 1730.^3,4,5 He married Elizabeth Garland, daughter of David L. Garland and Mary Cheadle, in 1760
; Eakin [1983:31] does not give Elizabeth's surname.^5,6,3
Capt. John Chiles Sr. died in June 1813 at Jessamine Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 83.⁷
     GAV-8.

; per Lillard [1991, p. 823]: "John Chiles was a neighbor of Capt. John Lillard, who resided on an adjoining farm."⁸

Reference: Lineage outlined in DAR Application #895319.⁹

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: moved to Kentucky
per "Walter Chiles of Jamestown", pp. 31-44
per Joanne Chile Eakin, 18 Oct. 1992

per Sandy Clunies (CompuServe 73477,3124], 14 Jan, 1995: listed in DAR Index as: "John CHILES, b. ----; d. 6--1813 KY, m. Elizabeth [--], Capt. VA"

per DAR Application 593283 (filed 14 May 1994): Amber Louise Toole Ahmann, descendant of John CHILES: John Chiles, born 27 Jan 1730 at Bedford Co., Virginia, was sworn in as Captain, Bedford County Militia, on 24 Nov. 1778 and resigned the 24 Sept. 1781. Reference: McAllisters "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War", p. 185. (Chiles Section 254 Bedford County). His will was dated 4 Jan. 1813 - in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Rec'd Mil. grant of land in KY - "Kentucky Land Grants", Vol. 1, Jilson, p. 288.
Capt. John Chiles Sr. is mentioned in the will of Henry Chiles Jr. on 27 June 1746 at Amelia Co., Virginia, USA;
Per Davis [1989:227]: "Henry and Anne had children: Henry, Johm Paul, Anne, Susannah and Elizabeth Chiles. Their names appered in the above order in Henry's will written June 27, 1746."¹ Capt. John Chiles Sr. is mentioned in the Land Transaction of Paul Chiles Sr. in 1751; per Eakin [1983:31]: "[John] was a witness for his brother Paul's land transaction in 1751, so he must have been of legal age at that time."³
In Henry Chiles's will dated 9 October 1757 at Bedford Co., Virginia, USA, Capt. John Chiles Sr. was named as an heir; Eakin says will dated 27 Nov 1758. Transcription of will included as supplemental document with DAR App #568312 has date "Ninth day of October One Thousand seven Hundred and Fiftie sever", 9 Oct 1757. DAR App #568312 cites Deed Book 1, page 166 (Bedford Co.)^1,10
In Paul Chiles Sr.'s will dated 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Capt. John Chiles Sr. was named as executor; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
====
     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.¹¹

Capt. John Chiles Sr. began military service between 24 November 1778 and 24 September 1781 at Revolutionary War, Vedford Co., Virginia, USA, per Eakin [1983:35]: "According to McAllister's Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War on page 185 (Chiles section 254 Beford Co.) John Chiles was sworn in as Captain, Bedford Co. Va. Militia on 24 Nov 1778 and resigned 24 Sept 1781."^12,13,14

Capt. John Chiles Sr. appeared in the census of 1779 at Bedford Co., Virginia, USA; Ancestry.com - John Chiles in the Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
     Name: John Chiles
     State: VA
     County: Bedford County
     Township: No Township Listed
     Year: 1779
     Record Type: Rent Role
     Page: NPN
     Database: VA Early Census Index
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

; per Eakin [1983:38]: "Mercer Co. Deed Book 2, p. 245. John Chiles of Mercer County for 20 pounds sells to Elijah Gates of Mercer County 1 negro slave name Jenne with all the future increase of the said slave to said Gates forever. Date, 31 Jan 1794."¹⁵

Capt. John Chiles Sr. and Elizabeth Garland appeared in the census of 1810 at Jessamine Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 60, line 26
     Name:     John Chiles
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Jessamine, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Numbers of Slaves:     6
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     9.¹⁶

Capt. John Chiles Sr. left a will on 4 January 1813 at Jessamine Co., Kentucky, USA.^3,10

     Capt. John Lillard Sr. was born on 3 November 1737 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA; per Lillard [1991:II:759:fn97] "His date of birth may have appeared as 1735 on an earlier grave marker of Capt. John Lillard in the Lillard Cemetery located on the Wallace Wilkinson Farm, Mercer County, Kentucky, because the date appears in transcriptions of cemetery markers prepared by the Harrodsburg Historical Society. However, the current DAR grave marker shows no birthdate and the origin of the 1735 date is unknown and no other eveidence establishing the birthdate of John Lillard it known to exist. Stout Lillard reported his birthdate as November 3, 1737, a date which also is of uncertain origin, see, Lillard, p. 181.^2,1,3 He married Susannah Ball, daughter of Captain Samuel Ball and Ann Catherine Tayloe, on 22 December 1758 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
;      per Lillard [1991:I:34:fn1]: "Stout Lilard's undocumented statement of ... the purported marriage of Susannah Ball to Capt. John Lillard, ahve been the subject of continuing controversy amont family members and genealogist for the sixty-three years since publication of Lillard in 1928."
     per Lillard [1991:II:759]: "Stout Lillard stated that Captain John Lillard married first on December 22, 1758, to Susanna Ball (b. 1738; d. 1782), youngest daughter of samuel and Anne (Taylor) Ball of Culpeper County, Virginia. Although it is clear from a number of deeds recorded in Culpeper County, Virginia, that Susannah was the given name of the wife of John Lillard, no competent evidence exists to prove that her surname was Ball and Stout Lillard cited none in his work. Uncorroborated family tradition remains the only source for the proposition."
     GA Vaut: Though this marriage, complete with date and place, has been repeated in numerous DAR publications and is shown on the home page of the Lillard Chapter of the Kentucky DAR, none of these citations carry any references to a source for the information.^{4,1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11} Capt. John Lillard Sr. married Anne Moore, daughter of Col. Francis Moore, in 1792
; his 2nd wife; her 2nd husband.^12,1
Capt. John Lillard Sr. died on 30 May 1801 at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 63.^13,4,14,1
Capt. John Lillard Sr. was buried after 30 May 1801 at old Joseph Lillard farm on Salt River, near Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; from Ancestry - Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
     Name: John Lillard
     Cemetery: McGee farm
     Location: Mercer Co KY 52
     Source Citation: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 3; Serial: 11670; Volume: 3.
     Source Information: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.


from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      Nov. 3, 1737, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
     Death:      May 30, 1801, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
     Revolutionary Soldier
     Family links: Children: David Lillard (1782 - 1861)*
     Burial: Lillard Family Graveyard, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: Yvonne~~~
     Record added: Aug 16, 2008
     Find A Grave Memorial# 29068384.^14,15,16,17
     GAV-6.

Reference: from Lillard [1991], pp 764ff: During the Revolutionary War, John Lillard served as a captain commanding a company of Virginia militia. He is known to have served during 1776 and 1777, received payments in 1778 and possibly served in other years of the War. (Auditor of Public Accounts, Militia & Contingent Account Book 1776-1778, Revolutionary War Volume 23, contains the following entry, "June 22, 1778, Lillarard, Capt, John for Culpeper Militia 2/8/2 [meaning payment of 2 pounds, eight shillings and 2 pence]." Microfilm Miscellaneous Reel 986, page 674, VSL&A.) In September, 1780, John Lillard supplied forty-one and one-half bushells of Rye and in December, 1781, furnished two hundred and fifty pounds of beef for use by the American Army in support of the Revolution. (Revolutionary War Public Service Claims, Court Booklets and Lists, Culpeper County, VA, Court Booklet I, pages 33 and 20 (Certificates of John Lillard, John Strother, assignee); Microfilm Positive Reel 1, VSL&A.) It is a tradition in the family that at the beginning of the Revolutionary War George Washington requested Captain John Lillard to form his own company of Virginia Militia for service, and permitted him to select his own men. This Captain John Lillard did, accepting as eligibles in his company only those men who were such expert marksmen that they could shoot out the eye of a squirrel.
     Captain Lillard commanded a company of draftees from Culpeper County who began service for a term of three months in February, 1776. The Virginia militiamen from Culpeper spent this tour of duty at Albemarle Barracks. (Anthony Jenkins, Pension No. S. 16426, U. S. Revolutionary War Service, claim dated Sept. 3, 1832, as abstracted in Mrs. Carl W. McGhee, Historical Records of Harrodsburg (Mercer County) formerly known as Old Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky (no pub., no date), Vol. II, PartI, pp. 64-65.)
     According to the account of one member of Captain Lillard's command, Lillard and his men were present at the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1777. (Owen Campbell Pension No. W.6620, U.S. Revolutionary War Service, claim dated Sept. 18, 1832, as abstracted in John Frederick Dorman, Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, (Washington, D.C., 1971) Volume 15, pp. 22-23.) Owen Campbell recalled that in the fall of 1777 the company had formed at the courthouse at Culpeper and marched to Pennsylvania to join Washington's Army shortly before the battle was fought. He stated Captain Lillard' s company served as part of the guard to the baggage train during the battle. The command marched to Chestnut Hill north of Philadelphia after the battle and remained there until discharged. Campbell served about three months according to his statement. A hint of the hardship and poor supply of the army is supplied by Campbell's observation that the weather was very cold when he crossed the Susquehanna River returning home and that many of the soldiers were without shoes.
     Another, and somewhat contradictory, account of the campaign is provided by John Bradley who served under John Lillard, also apparently in the fall of 1777. (John Bradley, Pension No. S 1792, U.S. Revolutionary War Service, Claim dated October 9, 1832, as abstracted in John Frederick Dorman, Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, (Washington,D.C., 1964), Volume 9, pp. 49-50.) Bradley remembered the officers of the company as Capt. John Lillard, Lieut. Richard Haney and Ensign James Kirtley. The company, attached to the regiment of Col. Pendleton and Major William Roberts marched from Culpeper to Fredericktown, Maryland and then to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They then marched, "[T]oward Philadelphia, above which they joined Washington's army while Gen. Howe [the British commander, Gen. William Howe] had possession of it [presumably meaning Philadelphia]. He noted that Col. Crafford then commanded the regiment and Pendleton served as Lieutenant Colonel. Bradley, and presumably the command, returned home when Washington's army went into winter quarters having served more than three months.
     How do the latter two accounts of service by Capt. Lillard's command correlate to versions of Washington's campaign around Philadelphia presented by noted historians? The fall, 1777, campaign began when the British commander, General William Howe, disembarked his army from ships in Chesapeake Bay after a sea voyage from New York. (James Thomas Flexner, George Washington in the American Revolution (1775-1783), (Boston, Mass. and Toronto, Canada: Little Brown & Company, fifth printing 1967), pp. 219-226.) He intended to take Philadelphia, the capital of the new nation. The first battle commenced at Chad's Ford on Brandywine Creek with Washington spreading his army to cover the north side of various fords up and down the stream. Washington anticipated the British would occupy the Continental Army by a show of strength opposite the Americans on the south side of Chad's Ford. The main British force would then attempt to trap the Continental Army by making a flanking maneuver crossing one of the upstream fords and marching quickly to the American rear.
     To counter this strategy, Washington intended to cross the creek, defeat the British decoy force, and then turn on the main flanking force of the British Army. However, despite his precautions in posting units in numerous positions at the fords and elsewhere, faulty intelligence failed to warn Washington of the crossing upstream of the British flanking force and the British nearly succeeded in surrounding the Americans. This dashed Washington's plan to cross the stream. He had no option but to organize a hasty retreat to avoid being trapped by the British flanking force.
     The Battle of Brandywine was considered a defeat for the Continental Army and the Americans retired to Chester, Pennsylvania. Although protecting the capital at Philadelphia was important, Washington felt the top priority was to preserve his army and not risk its destruction defending the capital. The army retired for several days rest toward Warwick Furnace in the Pennsylvania foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in an area of extensive Quaker settlements. The British, whose primary objective was destruction of the Continental Army, followed rather than occupy the capital. After a few days Washington moved closer to Philadelphia and maneuvered along the Schuylkill River to position himself for an attack on the enemy rear should they cross the river to occupy Philadelphia. However, a British force under Lord Cornwallis slipped by him and occupied the capital on October 1, 1777.
     Although Cornwallis had occupied Philadelphia, the main British force under General Howe camped at Germantown, Pennsylvania to the north of the capital. Washington learned that the British at Germantown had not fortified their positions and decided to attempt a surprise attack. The attack commenced in the pre-dawn hours of October 4, 1777, with the result that the surprised British were driven back through the town to their camp. Although a British counterattack left the enemy in possession of the field and Philadelphia, the engagement at Germantown was considered an American victory. After the Battle of Germantown, and subsequent action in support of the hopeless defense of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer on the Delaware River approaches to Philadelphia, Washington's Army went into winter quarters near the capital, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in December, 1777.
     Were Captain Lillard and his command present at the Battle of Brandywine, or the Battle of Germantown, or both engagements? Interestingly, the accounts of both Campbell and Bradley can be interpreted to mean Captain Lillard's company joined Washington's Army shortly before a battle. Campbell stated it was Brandywine. Bradley's account related that he joined Washington's army above Philadelphia after the British had taken the city. Since the city was taken on October 1, then Bradley's account could place the command joining the army in time for the engagement at Germantown which was fought on October 4. Curiously, Bradley's account does not mention any engagements at all.
     Without further evidence as to the whereabouts and operations of John Lillard's command, the two accounts cannot be reconciled. (Although the author has not had the opportunity to do so, perhaps review of pension applications of other soldiers attached to Cot. Pendleton's regiment might yield important information. Also, a review of the order of battle and the positions of the various militia regiments at both Brandywine and Germantown might reveal the presence (or absence) of Pendleton's or Crafford's command to which, according to John Bradley, John Lillard's company was attached.) It is difficult to discount Owen Campbell's specific recollection of the Battle of Brandywine, although it is possible the engagement in which he remembered participating was actually Germantown. Further, given the extensive operations of this campaign to prevent the capture of the capital, the shortage of troops under Washington's command and his heavy reliance on militia forces, it is unlikely that John Bradley saw absolutely no action during his months service ending with Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge. It is, however, probable that the memories for detail of both men were dimmed by the passage of approximately fifty-five (55) years during the period from 1777 until 1832 when their statements were made.
     Following the Revolution, John Lillard moved from Culpeper County, Virginia, across the mountains to the Lincoln District in the western regions of Virginia, in the area which would later become the state of Kentucky. The preparations for the move are evidenced by the conveyance to others of the lands John Lillard and Susannah owned in Culpeper County. On Sept. 20, 1782, John Lillard and Susannah his wife conveyed by deed to George Gray, 163 acres on Hazel River in Culpeper County, Virginia, for £54. In another deed, John Lillard and Susanna his wife conveyed to Colonel William Champ for £150 one hundred and fifty acres in Culpeper County "whereon the said John Lillard now lives which he hath sold and confirmed to Colonel William Champ." Both of these instruments were witnessed by John Slaughter, Henry Hill, Benjamin Lillard and Robert Slaughter.
     Captain John Lillard and his family probably ended their journey at Fort Harrod, in the Lincoln District of Virginia (which is now Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky). He had apparently acquired rights to all or a portion of several treasury warrants for land in Kentucky and he proceeded to enter upon the land and have it surveyed.
     For rights to land in Kentucky it was necessary for the claimants to obtain their patents from Virginia, and their rights were of three kinds, namely, those which arose from military service, from settlement and pre-emption, or from warrants from the treasury. The military rights were held by officers or as their representatives as a reward for services performed in the French and Indian or the Revolutionary War. The settlement and pre-emption rights arose from occupation of the land. Every man who before 1778 had remained in
Kentucky one year, or raised a crop of corn, was allowed to claim of four hundred acres at the price of two pounds, and a preemption adjoining it of one thousand acres for two hundred pounds.'24 Every man who had only built a cabin, or made any improvements by himself or others was entitled to a preemption of 1000 acres where such improvement was made.
     In March, 1780, the settlement and preemption rights ceased and treasury warrants were afterwards issued, authorizing their possessor to locate the quantity of land mentioned in them wherever it could be found vacant in Virginia. Treasury warrants were obtained by purchase from the treasury of the Commonwealth of Virginia and, after issuance, all or part of the warrant was frequently assigned to another person in return for a payment of money or other consideration.
     Once the holder, or assignee of a holder, of a treasury warrant had located available land, an entry or notation of this was made in the land office. There was usually one land office in each county and the person making the entry took out a copy of the location. The claimant then had to obtain a survey of the claimed land. The surveyor's plat and certificate of such survey had to be returned to the land office within three months after the survey was made where it was recorded.
     A copy of the record had to be taken out in twelve months after the return of the survey and delivered to the assistant register of the land office in Kentucky. After filing in the state land office the record remained on file for six months, that prior claimants of the same land might have time and opportunity to enter a caveat, and prove their better right. If no caveat was entered in that time, the surveyor's plat and certificate were sent to the land office at Richmond, Virginia, and three months more were allowed to have the patent or deed to the claimed land returned to the claimant naming him as the owner.
     It appears that John Lillard did not obtain his land based upon a grant for military service or pursuant to preemption as a settler, but rather as the assignee of all or part of various treasury warrants originally granted to others. It is presumed that he bought these rights from the original holders of the warrants. Once he arrived in what was then Lincoln County, Virginia (now Mercer County, Kentucky) he located land along the Salt River, had it surveyed and obtained deeds to the land described in the surveys. The deed for the firs of these parcels to be surveyed recites the name of the original holder and date of issuance of the warrant, the fact that John Lillard is an assignee of the original holder, and the date of the survey made at the request of John Lillard after his entry upon the land:125
Patrick Henry, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:     KNOW YE that by virtue and in consideration of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 1191 issued the 2nd day of March, 1782, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto John Lillard a certain Tract or Parcel OF LAND, containing Five hundred acres, by survey, bearing date the 25th day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four lying and being in the county of Lincoln on the West side of Salt River adjoining Arnolds survey of four hundred and fifty-eight acres on the Westwardly side and a survey made for the heirs of Thomas Grant on the North and bounded as followeth to wit-Beginning at a dogwood and two white oak trees corner to the said Heirs and with their line North twenty poles to a sugar dogwood and black oak tree corner to Arnold and with his line North twenty-five degrees West two hundred and twenty-eight poles crossing a branch to three white oaks thence West three hundred and thirty-six poles crossing the dividing ridge of Chaplains fork and Salt River to a poplar mulberry and walnut tree near a drain thence South two hundred and twenty poles crossing a branch to a walnut sugar and cherry tree near a large branch thence east two hundred and eighty-six poles crossing two branches and the dividing ridge passing the heirs' corner four hundred and twenty-eight poles to the Beginning, with its' appurtenances to Have and TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances to the said John Lillard and his heirs forever.
     In Witness WHEREOF the said Patrick Henry, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the 14th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, and of the Commonwealth the Eleventh.
     (signed) P. Henry. (seal)
     A copy attest Robt. L. Greene, Auditor
     ("Deed from Commonwealth of Virginia to John Lillard", Kentucky State Land Office, Bk. 10, p. 254, as quoted in, Lillard, p.187-188.)
In addition to these lands, on June 26, 1787, Ann Lindsey sold to John Lillard, Sr., 400 acres in Mercer County for L120 current money of Virginia.127 Ann Lindsey was the widow of Joseph Lindsey who was killed in the battle of Blue Licks. She afterwards married James McGinty, and is the same Ann McGinty mentioned in Collins' History of Kentucky as a woman of great energy and self-reliance, who brought the first spinning wheel to Kentucky, and made the first linen (from lint of nettles) and the first linsey (from nettle lint and buffalo wool) made in Kentucky. She is buried in the cemetery beside old Fort Harrod, at Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
     Susannah Lillard, wife of Captain John, died either in childbirth or shortly afterward, when their youngest child David Lillard was born on November 18, 1782. Whether this was enroute to Kentucky from Virginia or whether it was shortly after their arrival at Harrodsburg is not known.
     Marion W. Ripy of New York, told the following story which had been handed down through the family about Captain John Lillard:
     After he had located in Kentucky one of his brothers, a preacher in Virginia, came out to visit him. It was in the fall of the year and the night he arrived one of Captain John Lillard's slaves, a young colored girl, was stolen or kidnapped by the Indians. More with the idea of protecting the members of his household than to recover the negro girl, John Lillard and his preacher brother got their guns and started to make a circle around the house. This circle was enlarged each time. Finally, feeling that they were safe, the preacher brother told John that they had better bend their knees in thanksgiving to the Lord. Whereupon Captain John Lillard replied "That's very fine, but you'd a damn-sight better keep your eyes open." (The preacher brother referred to herein was probably William Lillard. See, the record of William Lillard, in the chapter on William Lillard.)
     Captain John Lillard married a second time to Mrs. Anne (Moore) Thomas, widow of Capt. Robert Thomas, who had eleven children. Anne Moore Thomas was the daughter of Colonel Francis Moore, of Orange County, Virginia, who was a Colonial officer commissioned under King George of England. Anne Moore Thomas Lillard was a sister of Sarah Moore Spencer, wife of Joseph Spencer, also a Colonel of Orange County, Virginia. Capt. Robert Thomas and Anne Moore were married in Orange County, Va., on April 9, 1757. Another of her sisters, Mary Moore married William Price. Her brothers were Reuben, Francis and Bernard Moore.
     Church minutes reveal that John Lillard was an early member of the "Baptist Church of Christ on Salt River in Franklin County, constituted (on the Philadelphia Confession of Faith with its exceptions) on the third day of February, 1798... " The Rules of Decorum adopted by the church included resolutions that: no member would be received into the Church without a unanimous vote; a majority of the church could exclude a member; any member believing in a general redemption from hell (if they cannot be reclaimed) would be excluded; any member "suffering their children to go to the dancing school while under their tuition" shall be excluded; and any member "who shall attach himself to the Masonic Lodge," shall be excluded. Among the numerous members in the year 1798 were John Lillard, Senr., John Lillard, Jr. and his wife Agnes Lillard, Lillard's Pat (a slave) and Christopher Lillard. (The identity of Christopher Lillard is not clear. He could not be the son of Capt. John Lillard, for Lt. Christopher Lillard died in 1794. Further, Gen. Christopher Lillard, son of John Lillard, Jr., was born in 1795 and was only three years old at this time.)
     Capt. John Lillard died May 30, 1801, and was buried on the old Joseph Lillard farm on Salt River. This property was for many years owned by the late Col. John "Jack" McGee, a descendant of Capt. John Lillard. It is now known as Wilkinson Farm and is owned by Governor Wallace Wilkinson, current Governor of Kentucky. Although the only grave marker now standing it the DAR marker for Capt. Lillard, the cemetery is also the last resting place of several other pioneer Lillards whose grave markers have disappeared. Other burials are evidenced by the statement of Stout Lillard that Capt. John Lillard's grave was ' at an unknown age bove the others, a little apart from rest…" Mercer County cemetery records compiled in the 1950's by the Harrodsburg Historical Society show additional markers which are not visible today."⁵

;      per Sandy Clunies (CompuServe 73477,3124] 14 Jan, 1995, listed in DAR Index as: "John LILLARD Sr., b. 11-3-1737 VA, d. 5-30-1801 KY, m. 1) Susanna BALL, e) Anne Morre THOMAS, Capt. VA."
     DAR Application No. 751812 (Mary Kathryn Hoover Walker), filed Jan 28, 1993, descendant of Capt. John LILLARD Sr.: Captain John Lillard founded his own company under the direction of Gen. Washington and became Captain. It was known as Culpeper Co. Minutemen ("Virginia Militia, p. 286, Sec. M of Lillard family of Colonial Virginia). Also found in 8th annual report of the Library board of VA State Library page 270 and is attested by records in State Capital at Richmond, VA. Land grant for Revolutionary service is recorded in book #10, page 254, state capital, Frankfort, KY. Land Office Treasury Warrant page 909 "History of Kentucky" Edition #1191, Morris Co. Pub. 1887.^18,2

Reference: DAR App #315355 filed by Katherine Elizabeth MCGINNIS PIEPER 7 Oct. 1939. cites: Lillard Genealogy (pp. 181, 182, 191-20, 221) and NSDAR Lineages #136814 and #137125. DAR Application No. 315355 (Katherine Elizabeth McGinnis Pieper), filed Oct. 12th, 1939, descendant of Captain John Lillard. - References for Military Record: 8th Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library, page 270. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution", by John H. Gwathmey.¹
; Record #1 - From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Banjamin Lillard
     Birth Date:     1701
     SAR Membership:     74660
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     28 Mar 1952
     Father:     John Lillard
     Mother:     Mildred Jones
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.¹⁹
Capt. John Lillard Sr. and Susannah Ball were mentioned in a land transaction on 19 May 1763 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Lillard [1991:II:759:fn99] cites this deed as evidence that John Lillard's first wife was named Susannah: Deed of Sale from John Lillard "and Susannah his wife," May 191763 (recorded May 19, 1763), Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia, Deed Book, pp. 225-228, Office of the County Clerk, Culpeper, Virginia, as quoted in its entirety in Lillard, pp. 183-184.²⁰

Capt. John Lillard Sr. began military service between 1775 and 1785      During the Revolutionary War, John Lillard served as a captain commanding a company of Virginia militia. He is known to have served during 1776 and 1777, received payments in 1778 and possibly served in other years of the War. (Auditor of Public Accounts, Militia & Contingent Account Book 1776-1778, Revolutionary War Volume 23, contains the following entry, "June 22, 1778, Lillarard, Capt, John for Culpeper Militia 2/8/2 [meaning payment of 2 pounds, eight shillings and 2 pence]." Microfilm Miscellaneous Reel 986, page 674, VSL&A.) In September, 1780, John Lillard supplied forty-one and one-half bushells of Rye and in December, 1781, furnished two hundred and fifty pounds of beef for use by the American Army in support of the Revolution. (Revolutionary War Public Service Claims, Court Booklets and Lists, Culpeper County, VA, Court Booklet I, pages 33 and 20 (Certificates of John Lillard, John Strother, assignee); Microfilm Positive Reel 1, VSL&A.) It is a tradition in the family that at the beginning of the Revolutionary War George Washington requested Captain John Lillard to form his own company of Virginia Militia for service, and permitted him to select his own men. This Captain John Lillard did, accepting as eligibles in his company only those men who were such expert marksmen that they could shoot out the eye of a squirrel.
     Captain Lillard commanded a company of draftees from Culpeper County who began service for a term of three months in February, 1776. The Virginia militiamen from Culpeper spent this tour of duty at Albemarle Barracks. (Anthony Jenkins, Pension No. S. 16426, U. S. Revolutionary War Service, claim dated Sept. 3, 1832, as abstracted in Mrs. Carl W. McGhee, Historical Records of Harrodsburg (Mercer County) formerly known as Old Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky (no pub., no date), Vol. II, PartI, pp. 64-65.)
     According to the account of one member of Captain Lillard's command, Lillard and his men were present at the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1777. (Owen Campbell Pension No. W.6620, U.S. Revolutionary War Service, claim dated Sept. 18, 1832, as abstracted in John Frederick Dorman, Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, (Washington, D.C., 1971) Volume 15, pp. 22-23.) Owen Campbell recalled that in the fall of 1777 the company had formed at the courthouse at Culpeper and marched to Pennsylvania to join Washington's Army shortly before the battle was fought. He stated Captain Lillard' s company served as part of the guard to the baggage train during the battle. The command marched to Chestnut Hill north of Philadelphia after the battle and remained there until discharged. Campbell served about three months according to his statement. A hint of the hardship and poor supply of the army is supplied by Campbell's observation that the weather was very cold when he crossed the Susquehanna River returning home and that many of the soldiers were without shoes.
     Another, and somewhat contradictory, account of the campaign is provided by John Bradley who served under John Lillard, also apparently in the fall of 1777. (John Bradley, Pension No. S 1792, U.S. Revolutionary War Service, Claim dated October 9, 1832, as abstracted in John Frederick Dorman, Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, (Washington,D.C., 1964), Volume 9, pp. 49-50.) Bradley remembered the officers of the company as Capt. John Lillard, Lieut. Richard Haney and Ensign James Kirtley. The company, attached to the regiment of Col. Pendleton and Major William Roberts marched from Culpeper to Fredericktown, Maryland and then to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They then marched, "[T]oward Philadelphia, above which they joined Washington's army while Gen. Howe [the British commander, Gen. William Howe] had possession of it [presumably meaning Philadelphia]. He noted that Col. Crafford then commanded the regiment and Pendleton served as Lieutenant Colonel. Bradley, and presumably the command, returned home when Washington's army went into winter quarters having served more than three months.
     How do the latter two accounts of service by Capt. Lillard's command correlate to versions of Washington's campaign around Philadelphia presented by noted historians? The fall, 1777, campaign began when the British commander, General William Howe, disembarked his army from ships in Chesapeake Bay after a sea voyage from New York. (James Thomas Flexner, George Washington in the American Revolution (1775-1783), (Boston, Mass. and Toronto, Canada: Little Brown & Company, fifth printing 1967), pp. 219-226.) He intended to take Philadelphia, the capital of the new nation. The first battle commenced at Chad's Ford on Brandywine Creek with Washington spreading his army to cover the north side of various fords up and down the stream. Washington anticipated the British would occupy the Continental Army by a show of strength opposite the Americans on the south side of Chad's Ford. The main British force would then attempt to trap the Continental Army by making a flanking maneuver crossing one of the upstream fords and marching quickly to the American rear.
     To counter this strategy, Washington intended to cross the creek, defeat the British decoy force, and then turn on the main flanking force of the British Army. However, despite his precautions in posting units in numerous positions at the fords and elsewhere, faulty intelligence failed to warn Washington of the crossing upstream of the British flanking force and the British nearly succeeded in surrounding the Americans. This dashed Washington's plan to cross the stream. He had no option but to organize a hasty retreat to avoid being trapped by the British flanking force.
     The Battle of Brandywine was considered a defeat for the Continental Army and the Americans retired to Chester, Pennsylvania. Although protecting the capital at Philadelphia was important, Washington felt the top priority was to preserve his army and not risk its destruction defending the capital. The army retired for several days rest toward Warwick Furnace in the Pennsylvania foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in an area of extensive Quaker settlements. The British, whose primary objective was destruction of the Continental Army, followed rather than occupy the capital. After a few days Washington moved closer to Philadelphia and maneuvered along the Schuylkill River to position himself for an attack on the enemy rear should they cross the river to occupy Philadelphia. However, a British force under Lord Cornwallis slipped by him and occupied the capital on October 1, 1777.
     Although Cornwallis had occupied Philadelphia, the main British force under General Howe camped at Germantown, Pennsylvania to the north of the capital. Washington learned that the British at Germantown had not fortified their positions and decided to attempt a surprise attack. The attack commenced in the pre-dawn hours of October 4, 1777, with the result that the surprised British were driven back through the town to their camp. Although a British counterattack left the enemy in possession of the field and Philadelphia, the engagement at Germantown was considered an American victory. After the Battle of Germantown, and subsequent action in support of the hopeless defense of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer on the Delaware River approaches to Philadelphia, Washington's Army went into winter quarters near the capital, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in December, 1777.
     Were Captain Lillard and his command present at the Battle of Brandywine, or the Battle of Germantown, or both engagements? Interestingly, the accounts of both Campbell and Bradley can be interpreted to mean Captain Lillard's company joined Washington's Army shortly before a battle. Campbell stated it was Brandywine. Bradley's account related that he joined Washington's army above Philadelphia after the British had taken the city. Since the city was taken on October 1, then Bradley's account could place the command joining the army in time for the engagement at Germantown which was fought on October 4. Curiously, Bradley's account does not mention any engagements at all.
     Without further evidence as to the whereabouts and operations of John Lillard's command, the two accounts cannot be reconciled. (Although the author has not had the opportunity to do so, perhaps review of pension applications of other soldiers attached to Cot. Pendleton's regiment might yield important information. Also, a review of the order of battle and the positions of the various militia regiments at both Brandywine and Germantown might reveal the presence (or absence) of Pendleton's or Crafford's command to which, according to John Bradley, John Lillard's company was attached.) It is difficult to discount Owen Campbell's specific recollection of the Battle of Brandywine, although it is possible the engagement in which he remembered participating was actually Germantown. Further, given the extensive operations of this campaign to prevent the capture of the capital, the shortage of troops under Washington's command and his heavy reliance on militia forces, it is unlikely that John Bradley saw absolutely no action during his months service ending with Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge. It is, however, probable that the memories for detail of both men were dimmed by the passage of approximately fifty-five (55) years during the period from 1777 until 1832 when their statements were made.²¹

Capt. John Lillard Sr. began military service circa 1778 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA, Captain of Militia Company.
     SAR Application #69726 cites DAR Applications: Witherspoon #96785; Felix #115368; Cassell #159944; Coleman #159945; Sarah Newton Dickson #432409 - verified by #430089 and SAR Apps 49577, 79540.^{22,23,1,6,7,8,9}

; Following the Revolution, John Lillard moved from Culpeper County, Virginia, across the mountains to the Lincoln District in the western regions of Virginia, in the area which would later become the state of Kentucky. The preparations for the move are evidenced by the conveyance to others of the lands John Lillard and Susannah owned in Culpeper County. On Sept. 20, 1782, John Lillard and Susannah his wife conveyed by deed to George Gray, 163 acres on Hazel River in Culpeper County, Virginia, for £54. In another deed, John Lillard and Susanna his wife conveyed to Colonel William Champ for £150 one hundred and fifty acres in Culpeper County "whereon the said John Lillard now lives which he hath sold and confirmed to Colonel William Champ." Both of these instruments were witnessed by John Slaughter, Henry Hill, Benjamin Lillard and Robert Slaughter.

Captain John Lillard and his family probably ended their journey at Fort Harrod, in the Lincoln District of Virginia (which is now Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky). He had apparently acquired rights to all or a portion of several treasury warrants for land in Kentucky and he proceeded to enter upon the land and have it surveyed.

For rights to land in Kentucky it was necessary for the claimants to obtain their patents from Virginia, and their rights were of three kinds, namely, those which arose from military service, from settlement and pre-emption, or from warrants from the treasury. The military rights were held by officers or as their representatives as a reward for services performed in the French and Indian or the Revolutionary War. The settlement and pre-emption rights arose from occupation of the land. Every man who before 1778 had remained in
Kentucky one year, or raised a crop of corn, was allowed to claim of four hundred acres at the price of two pounds, and a preemption adjoining it of one thousand acres for two hundred pounds.'24 Every man who had only built a cabin, or made any improvements by himself or others was entitled to a preemption of 1000 acres where such improvement was made.

In March, 1780, the settlement and preemption rights ceased and treasury warrants were afterwards issued, authorizing their possessor to locate the quantity of land mentioned in them wherever it could be found vacant in Virginia. Treasury warrants were obtained by purchase from the treasury of the Commonwealth of Virginia and, after issuance, all or part of the warrant was frequently assigned to another person in return for a payment of money or other consideration.

Once the holder, or assignee of a holder, of a treasury warrant had located available land, an entry or notation of this was made in the land office. There was usually one land office in each county and the person making the entry took out a copy of the location. The claimant then had to obtain a survey of the claimed land. The surveyor's plat and certificate of such survey had to be returned to the land office within three months after the survey was made where it was recorded.

A copy of the record had to be taken out in twelve months after the return of the survey and delivered to the assistant register of the land office in Kentucky. After filing in the state land office the record remained on file for six months, that prior claimants of the same land might have time and opportunity to enter a caveat, and prove their better right. If no caveat was entered in that time, the surveyor's plat and certificate were sent to the land office at Richmond, Virginia, and three months more were allowed to have the patent or deed to the claimed land returned to the claimant naming him as the owner.

It appears that John Lillard did not obtain his land based upon a grant for military service or pursuant to preemption as a settler, but rather as the assignee of all or part of various treasury warrants originally granted to others. It is presumed that he bought these rights from the original holders of the warrants. Once he arrived in what was then Lincoln County, Virginia (now Mercer County, Kentucky) he located land along the Salt River, had it surveyed and obtained deeds to the land described in the surveys. The deed for the firs of these parcels to be surveyed recites the name of the original holder and date of issuance of the warrant, the fact that John Lillard is an assignee of the original holder, and the date of the survey made at the request of John Lillard after his entry upon the land:125

Patrick Henry, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME
GREETING:     KNOW YE that by virtue and in consideration of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 1191 issued the 2nd day of March, 1782, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto John Lillard a certain Tract or Parcel OF LAND, containing Five hundred acres, by survey, bearing date the 25th day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four lying and being in the county of Lincoln on the West side of Salt River adjoining Arnolds survey of four hundred and fifty-eight acres on the Westwardly side and a survey made for the heirs of Thomas Grant on the North and bounded as followeth to wit-Beginning at a dogwood and two white oak trees corner to the said Heirs and with their line North twenty poles to a sugar dogwood and black oak tree corner to Arnold and with his line North twenty-five degrees West two hundred and twenty-eight poles crossing a branch to three white oaks thence West three hundred and thirty-six poles crossing the dividing ridge of Chaplains fork and Salt River to a poplar mulberry and walnut tree near a drain thence South two hundred and twenty poles crossing a branch to a walnut sugar and cherry tree near a large branch thence east two hundred and eighty-six poles crossing two branches and the dividing ridge passing the heirs' corner four hundred and twenty-eight poles to the Beginning, with its' appurtenances to Have and TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances to the said John Lillard and his heirs forever.

In Witness WHEREOF the said Patrick Henry, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the 14th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, and of the Commonwealth the Eleventh.
(signed) P. Henry.
(seal)
A copy attest Robt. L. Greene, Auditor
("Deed from Commonwealth of Virginia to John Lillard", Kentucky State Land Office, Bk. 10, p. 254, as quoted in, Lillard, p.187-188.)²¹

; In addition to these lands, on June 26, 1787, Ann Lindsey sold to John Lillard, Sr., 400 acres in Mercer County for L120 current money of Virginia.127 Ann Lindsey was the widow of Joseph Lindsey who was killed in the battle of Blue Licks. She afterwards married James McGinty, and is the same Ann McGinty mentioned in Collins' History of Kentucky as a woman of great energy and self-reliance, who brought the first spinning wheel to Kentucky, and made the first linen (from lint of nettles) and the first linsey (from nettle lint and buffalo wool) made in Kentucky. She is buried in the cemetery beside old Fort Harrod, at Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

Susannah Lillard, wife of Captain John, died either in childbirth or shortly afterward, when their youngest child David Lillard was born on November 18, 1782. Whether this was enroute to Kentucky from Virginia or whether it was shortly after their arrival at Harrodsburg is not known.

Marion W. Ripy of New York, told the following story which had been handed down through the family about Captain John Lillard:

After he had located in Kentucky one of his brothers, a preacher in Virginia, came out to visit him. It was in the fall of the year and the night he arrived one of Captain John Lillard's slaves, a young colored girl, was stolen or kidnapped by the Indians. More with the idea of protecting the members of his household than to recover the negro girl, John Lillard and his preacher brother got their guns and started to make a circle around the house. This circle was enlarged each time. Finally, feeling that they were safe, the preacher brother told John that they had better bend their knees in thanksgiving to the Lord. Whereupon Captain John Lillard replied "That's very fine, but you'd a damn-sight better keep your eyes open." (The preacher brother referred to herein was probably William Lillard. See, the record of William Lillard, in the chapter on William Lillard.)

Captain John Lillard married a second time to Mrs. Anne (Moore) Thomas, widow of Capt. Robert Thomas, who had eleven children. Anne Moore Thomas was the daughter of Colonel Francis Moore, of Orange County, Virginia, who was a Colonial officer commissioned under King George of England. Anne Moore Thomas Lillard was a sister of Sarah Moore Spencer, wife of Joseph Spencer, also a Colonel of Orange County, Virginia. Capt. Robert Thomas and Anne Moore were married in Orange County, Va., on April 9, 1757. Another of her sisters, Mary Moore married William Price. Her brothers were Reuben, Francis and Bernard Moore.

Church minutes reveal that John Lillard was an early member of the "Baptist Church of Christ on Salt River in Franklin County, constituted (on the Philadelphia Confession of Faith with its exceptions) on the third day of February, 1798... " The Rules of Decorum adopted by the church included resolutions that: no member would be received into the Church without a unanimous vote; a majority of the church could exclude a member; any member believing in a general redemption from hell (if they cannot be reclaimed) would be excluded; any member "suffering their children to go to the dancing school while under their tuition" shall be excluded; and any member "who shall attach himself to the Masonic Lodge," shall be excluded. Among the numerous members in the year 1798 were John Lillard, Senr., John Lillard, Jr. and his wife Agnes Lillard, Lillard's Pat (a slave) and Christopher Lillard. (The identity of Christopher Lillard is not clear. He could not be the son of Capt. John Lillard, for Lt. Christopher Lillard died in 1794. Further, Gen. Christopher Lillard, son of John Lillard, Jr., was born in 1795 and was only three years old at this time.)

Capt. John Lillard died May 30, 1801, and was buried on the old Joseph Lillard farm on Salt River. This property was for many years owned by the late Col. John "Jack" McGee, a descendant of Capt. John Lillard. It is now known as Wilkinson Farm and is owned by Governor Wallace Wilkinson, current Governor of Kentucky. Although the only grave marker now standing it the DAR marker for Capt. Lillard, the cemetery is also the last resting place of several other pioneer Lillards whose grave markers have disappeared. Other burials are evidenced by the statement of Stout Lillard that Capt. John Lillard's grave was ' at an unknown age bove the others, a little apart from rest…" Mercer County cemetery records compiled in the 1950's by the Harrodsburg Historical Society show additional markers which are not visible today."²¹

Capt. John Lillard Sr. left a will on 24 February 1800 at Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA; Capt. John Lillard died testate and his Will, along with the Codicils to it and related account books, constitute a lengthy account of his wealth and various family relationships. His Will provides ('Will of John Lillard," February 24, 1800, (recorded Aug., 1801) Mercer County, KY, Will Book 2, pp. 260-262, Office of the County Court Clerk, Harrodsburg, KY.):
     IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the Twenty fourth day of February, in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred, I, John Lillard of Mercer County and State of Kentucky being of perfect and sound Mind and Memory thanks be to God for the same and knowing it is appointed of all Men once to Die, do hereby make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Devise and dispose of the same in the manner & form following-
     IMPRIMIS, it is my Will that in the first place all of my Just Debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied. -
     ITEM. I Give and Bequeath unto my loving wife Ann, all the whole of the property she was possessed of when I married her, also all the property that is left to her by her Father by Will or otherways, to have and to hold the same to Her, her Heirs and Assigns for Ever. The property above mentioned is to include the Household Furniture and Slaves she had when I married her, as well as the whole of what may be got of that her Father left wither it be cash, Land, Slaves or any other Property, after paying my Executors hereinafter named all and so much money as I may have expended in Law or otherways in securing the same, and further it [word omitted] my will that my said Wife Ann shall have and keep full free & peaceable Possession and the benefits & profits therefrom arising of all that part of the Tract of Land whereon I now live, Viz, Lying on the Eastern part of my Tract and to Include the Houses the Dividing line, to be along the lane as it now stands to the end from John Chiles' and thence to make the left hand fence the line to the end of my land Joining Jesse Shy, and that during her life or Widowhood if she chooses so long to live on the same, but at either of the periods of her Marriage or Removal it shall revert to my Estate and be disposed of by my Executors as herein after directed. I also give to my said Wife one Roan Mare & Sorrel Horse which came of a Roan Mare she was possessed of when I married her.
     ITEM. It is my Will and I do order that the Land whereon I now live shall be sold within one Year after my decease by my Executors herein after named, Except the part I have already reserved for the use of my Wife as aforesaid, and a Credit of one Year to be given the Purchaser or Purchasers, on their giving Bond with Sufficient and Approved Security to my Executors, and at the same time shall be Sold by my said Executors, all and Singular my slaves, Household Furniture, Stock, Farming Utensils and in short all my Property of every kind I Die possessed of, which is not herein before Given or Granted, And the money arising from the Sales of the same to be Equally Divided amongst my children on the mannaer following, To wit: Nancy Lillard, Daughter of my son Thomas Lillard, which he had by his first wife and In his Stead, Elisabeth Chiles, John Lillard, Anna Pulliam, Mary McGinnis, Susanna Jones, Joseph Lillard, Ephraim Lillard, James Lillard, Patsey McGinnis, Daniel Lillard and David Lillard, so that each shall be equal, and one have as much as another. Agreeable to what they have Received Respectively, which is to be Settled according to the Accounts in a Book herewith left and inclosed, which bears date on the front Page the Twenty Second day of August, one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety one, and wherein is Stated the different Accounts of my said Children respectfully beginning with folio or page one to Twelve both included, And I do order that my Executors do pay the several Sums which may be due the several Legatees agreeable to the Settlement of each as is before described, so that each may have an equal share at a final Settlement and that as soon as Collected for the Sales Aforesaid, and that not to exceed one Year from the time limited for said Sales. And whereas I have given my son James one Hundred & Eight Acres of Land which is now, or a part thereof- in Law now if my said son James should be evicted off the Land or part thereof It is my will & I do order that he be made equal with the rest of the Legatees by making up what may be lost as aforesaid.
     ITEM. I likewise do hereby Constitute make and Ordain John Lillard, Joseph Lillard, Ephraim Lillard and Thomas Freeman my Executors of this my last Will & Testament and I do hereby disallow, revoke and disannul all former Wills, Testaments and Executors at any time before this named Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and allowing this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal the day and Year above written.
     John Lillard (seal)
     Signed Sealed and Declared by the said John Lillard to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us...     )
     (signed)     Joseph Willis
     Jonathan Jenkins
     Able Jinkins.²⁴

     Susannah Ball was born in November 1738 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA.^2,3,4,1 She married Capt. John Lillard Sr., son of Benjamin Lillard and Elizabeth Lightfoot, on 22 December 1758 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
;      per Lillard [1991:I:34:fn1]: "Stout Lilard's undocumented statement of ... the purported marriage of Susannah Ball to Capt. John Lillard, ahve been the subject of continuing controversy amont family members and genealogist for the sixty-three years since publication of Lillard in 1928."
     per Lillard [1991:II:759]: "Stout Lillard stated that Captain John Lillard married first on December 22, 1758, to Susanna Ball (b. 1738; d. 1782), youngest daughter of samuel and Anne (Taylor) Ball of Culpeper County, Virginia. Although it is clear from a number of deeds recorded in Culpeper County, Virginia, that Susannah was the given name of the wife of John Lillard, no competent evidence exists to prove that her surname was Ball and Stout Lillard cited none in his work. Uncorroborated family tradition remains the only source for the proposition."
     GA Vaut: Though this marriage, complete with date and place, has been repeated in numerous DAR publications and is shown on the home page of the Lillard Chapter of the Kentucky DAR, none of these citations carry any references to a source for the information.^{2,4,5,6,7,8,1,9,10}
Susannah Ball died on 18 November 1782 at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, USA.^11,4,1
     GAV-6.

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: cousin of George Washington??
; Record #1 - From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Banjamin Lillard
     Birth Date:     1701
     SAR Membership:     74660
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     28 Mar 1952
     Father:     John Lillard
     Mother:     Mildred Jones
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.¹²
Susannah Ball and Capt. John Lillard Sr. were mentioned in a land transaction on 19 May 1763 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Lillard [1991:II:759:fn99] cites this deed as evidence that John Lillard's first wife was named Susannah: Deed of Sale from John Lillard "and Susannah his wife," May 191763 (recorded May 19, 1763), Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia, Deed Book, pp. 225-228, Office of the County Clerk, Culpeper, Virginia, as quoted in its entirety in Lillard, pp. 183-184.¹³

     Captain Samuel Ball was born on 26 September 1686 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA; per "Ball Families of Virginia's Northern Neck: An Outline", compiled by Margaret Lester Hill for Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, Inc., 1990, p. 43: twin of David.^2,3 He married Ann Catherine Tayloe, daughter of Col. William Tayloe and Anne Corbin, on 25 November 1717 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.^4,5,6,7

Captain Samuel Ball died between 16 August 1751 and 22 November 1751 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA;      per Terri J. Adams (GEnie T.ADAMS20) 94/4/1: "Will dated 16 Aug. 1751, probated 22 Nov. 1751, Will Book A, page 60. He is mentioned in his brother, David's, will in Lancaster Co., VA in 1732.
     Hill [1990:43] gives same dates and cites Culpeper Co., VA, Will Bk A:60-61.^8,9

His estate was probated on 22 November 1751 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
; ]Hill [1990:43] cites Culpeper Co., VA, Will Bk A:60-61.⁶
     GAV-7.

; per Jess BALL, 18 Dec. 1992: Samuel was the 6th child.^2,4,10,6 He was listed as a beneficiary in Margaret/Mary Williamson's will on 9 September 1702 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA;
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     "Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800;
BALL, Margaret, widow. Will. 6 Feb. 1697. Rec. 9 Sept. 1702. Sons: William, James, Joseph, George, Richard, David and Samuel Ball. Dau. Margaret; sister Mary Rosier. Extrs. Sons William and Richard. Wits. Edward Cox and Mary Green. W.B. 10, T. 53."¹¹

Captain Samuel Ball left a will on 16 August 1751 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA; ]Hill [1990:43] cites Culpeper Co., VA, Will Bk A:60-61.⁶

     Ann Catherine Tayloe was born before 1694 at Richmond City, Virginia, USA.¹ She married Captain Samuel Ball, son of Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. and Margaret/Mary Williamson, on 25 November 1717 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.^5,6,2,1

Ann Catherine Tayloe died after 1752 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     GAV-7.

.^7,2

     Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. was born on 2 June 1641 at England; info from Jess Ball (GEnie J.BALL2). Moeller [1994] gives birth date as "1/2/1641". Hill [1990:1] says 2 June 1641.^4,5,6 He married Martha Haynie, daughter of John Haynie and Jane Morris, in 1661 at Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA.⁷
Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. married Margaret Downman, daughter of Rawleigh Downman, circa 1664 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
;      Descendants of William Ball of Virginia (p. 2) says she was his 3rd wife, but his wife, Margaret WILLIAMSON out lived him so Margaret WILLIAMSON must have been his last (3rd?) wife and (--) HARRIS and Margaret DOWNMAN must have been earlier.
     Find A Grave memorial, (uoting COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America, BALL FAMILY, page 31): "It is not positively known that Capt. Ball married thrice, but it is positively known that he married Margaret Downman, and the other marriages have the authority of long accepted tradition."
     Tyler [1915:I:178] says she was his 1st wife, Miss Harris was 2nd and Margaret Downman 3rd in 1675.
     Wikitree: "Margaret Downman[11][12][13][14][15] est. 1664 in Lancaster County, Virginia, daughter of Rawleigh Downman. She was born Est. 1645 in Morattico, Lancaster County, Virginia, and died est. 1720 in Lancaster County, VA, USA." Wikitree cites:
      [11] Harold E. Ball, From Saddlebags to Satellites, The Story of Shadrach D Ball, (Ball Printing Service, PO Boxs 63, Uniontown, KS, USA; Copyright 1990), page 5.
      [12] Stella Picket Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families Who Settled in the       Colonies prior to the Revolution, (Baltimore, MD: Southern Book Co., 1958.), page 31.
      [13] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Volume I -, II, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY 1915), page 178.
      [14] Robert "Bob" Duerigen, Duerigen Family Records, (Mar 2001).
      [15] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, AFN - Ancestral File Number, (FamilySearch(tm) v4.19, (c) 1999-2012 by Intellectual Reserve Inc.), ZS22-JV.^8,9,10,11 Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. married (?) Harris circa 11 November 1672 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; His 2nd wife
     Descendants of William Ball of Virginia (p. 2) says she was his 2nd wife, but his wife, Margaret WILLIAMSON out lived him so Margaret WILLIAMSON must have been his last (3rd?) wife and (--) HARRIS and Margaret DOWNMAN must have been earlier.
     Tyler [1915:I:178] says she was his 1st wife, Miss Harris was 2nd and Margaret Downman 3rd in 1675.
     from Wikitree: ""Miss" Harris [16][17][18][19][20] est. 11 Nov 1672 in Lancaster County, Virginia. She was born est. 1643 in earliest record, Bay View, Northumberland County, Virginia, and died before 26 Mar 1673 (when William married third)." Wikitree cites:
      [16] Earl L. W. Heck, Colonel William Ball of Virginia, The Great-Grandfather of Washington, (Sydney Wm. Dutton, 103 Newgate Street, London, E.C.1.MCMXXVII).
      [17] Stella Picket Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families Who Settled in the Colonies prior to the Revolution, (Baltimore, MD: Southern Book Co., 1958.), page 31.
      [18] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I -, II, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY 1915), pages 177 and 178.
      [19] Robert "Bob" Duerigen, Duerigen Family Records, (Mar 2001).
      [20] Paul Harper, Harper Family Records, (1998.)^8,10 Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. married Margaret/Mary Williamson, daughter of Dr. James Williamson and Anne Underwood, before 20 January 1673 at Rappahannock Co., Virginia, USA,
;
     "Married by 20 Feb. 1673" per "Ball Families of Virginia's Northern Neck: An Outline", compiled by Margaret Lester Hill for Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, Inc., 1990, p. 1.
     Descendants of William Ball of Virginia (p. 2) says that Margaret WILLIAMSON was his 1st wife, but she outlived him.
     Tyler [1915:I:178] says she was his 1st wife, Miss Harris was 2nd and Margaret Downman 3rd in 1675.
     "Early Colonial Settlers..." says m. 20 Feb 1672/3 in Lancaster Co.^{12,13,14,8,10,15}
Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. died on 30 September 1694 at Millenbeck, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA, at age 53; Hill [1990:1] cites: Lancaster Co., VA Will Book 8:45-47 & Orders 3C:150, 14 Nov 1694"
from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Jun. 2, 1641, Berkshire, England
     Death:      Sep. 30, 1694, Millenbeck, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
     CAPT. WILLIAM BALL, Jr., (8--2), of St. Mary's Parish, Lancaster Co., Va., b. June 2, 1641, in England; d. Sept. 30, 1694, in Virginia; made will Sept. 28, 1694; probated Nov. 4, 1694; m. (first) Mary or Margaret Williamson, dau. of James Williamson, of Rappahannock Co., Va; (second) Miss Harris, of Bay View, Northumberland Co., Va; (third) Margaret Downman, dau. of Rawleigh Downman. (It is not positively known that Capt. Ball married thrice, but it is positively known that he married Margaret Downman, and the other marriages have the authority of long accepted tradition.) Issue:
     9-1. WILLIAM, b. 1676, m. Hannah Beale
     9-2. Richard, Capt., of Lancaster Co., Va., b. 1677; d. 1726; will probated Feb. 3, 1726; m. 1700, Sarah Young, d. 1742; will dated Aug. 6, 1742; probated Sept. 10, 1742.
     9-3. JAMES, b. 1678;
     9-4. Joseph, Capt., of Coan, Northumberland Co., Va., b. 1680; d. 1721; will dated Oct. 19, 1720; probated Sept. 15, 1721; m. Mary Spencer, dau. of Col. Nicholas Spencer, of Northumberland Co., Va., who served as a Burgess, 1666, and was appointed Indian Commissioner, 1676; Secretary of the Colony, and of the King's Council, 1681; and President of the Council from 1683 to 1684, and had issue.
     9-5. George, Capt., of Wicomico, Northumberland Co., Va., d.1746; will dated April 14, 1746, probated June 9, 1746; served as Justice and member of the County Court, 1729, 1731 and 1741; and as HighSheriff, 1743; m. (first) Miss Hayhie; (second) Grace Waddy, and had issue.
     9-6. Samuel (twin), of St. Markes Parish, Culpeper Co., Va., b. Sept.26, 1686; d. 1751; was one of the first Vestrymen of St. Mark's, 1731; m. Nov. 25, 1717, Ann Tayloe, and had issue.
     9-7. David (twin), b. Sept. 26, 1686; d. Dec. 14, 1732; m. (first) Mary-; (second) May 29, 1727, Ellen Heale, dau. of George Heale, of Lancaster Co., Va; his wid. m. (second) Dec. 20, 1736, Moore Fauntleroy.
     9-8. Stretchley, d. young.
     9-9. Margaret, d. 1758; will dated Sept. 13, 1758; m. 1715 Rawleigh Downman, son of Rawleigh and (Travers) Downman, of Lancaster Co., Va., and had issue.
     COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America, BALL FAMILY, page 31.
     Family links: Parents:
      William Ball (1615 - 1680)
      Hannah Atherold Ball (1615 - 1695)
     Children:
      Richard Ball (1675 - 1726)*
      James Ball (1678 - 1754)*
      George Ball (1683 - 1746)*
      David Ball (1686 - 1732)*
      Samuel Ball (1686 - 1751)*
      Margaret Ball Downman (1694 - 1758)*
     Siblings:
      William Ball (1641 - 1694)
      Joseph Ball (1649 - 1711)*
      Hannah Ball Fox (1650 - 1709)*
     Burial: Unknown
     Maintained by: Pamkf
     Originally Created by: P Fazzini
     Record added: Jun 23, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 54020087.^4,16,9
Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. was buried after 30 September 1694 at Bay View, Millenbeck, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA; will probate on 4 Nov. 1694 in Lancaster Co., VA - per A. (Nettie) Towler GEnie message Feb. 2, 1994.

His estate was probated on 4 November 1694 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.¹⁰

     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     "Father: William Ball IV b: 1615 in London, England
Mother: Hannah Atherold b: 1618 in London, England
     "SOURCE: The Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter, pg. 102
"In 1662, WILLIAM UNDERWOOD gave to his nieces Margaret and Mary Williamson a tract of 882 acres patented by him in 1658. Children of James and Anne Williamson; Margaret married prior to March 1671 Capt. William Ball, Jr. of Lancaster and Mary married prior to March 1673 John Rosier, Gent. of Westmoreland.
     "James Hughes 2005-07-06 19:39:53 - The Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter , Page 102
Mar. 7, 1671, William Moseley delivered to Mr. Wm. Ball, Jr., Mr. James Williamson's patent for 1,800 acres of land dated 22 May, 1651, and the Underwood patent to Margaret and Mary Williamson for 882 acres, dated March 11, 1662. March 20, 1673, Capt. Wm. Ball, Gent., and Margaret his wife, a daughter and co-heir of Mr. James Williamson, and Anthony Bridges of Westmoreland, attorney for John Rosier, Gent., of Westmoreland, and Mary his wife, daughter and co-heir of James Williamson, sold to Charles Dacres, Clerke (Minister) of Westmoreland, 450 acres, part of a patent for 1,800 acres granted to Mr. James Williamson, dec'd, etc. They guaranteed title against themselves and the heirs of William Williamson, also dec'd.
     "Spouse: Anne Underwood- (Abt 1653- ) Marr: , Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Mrs. Harris- (Abt 1653- ) Marr: , Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Margaret Downman- (Abt 1653- ) Marr: , Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Margaret Williamson- (Abt 1652- ) Marr: 1672, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
     "Contributed by: James Hughes
URL: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HALE/2002-01/1010686806
URL title: HALE-L Archives
Note:
· On 13 March 1671/72 in Lancaster County, Virginia:Commission of Administration according to Act upon the estate of Mary Hale, Widd: (deced), is granted unto George Hale, her Sonne, hee giveing securtiy according to Act. Mr. Will: Ball Junr. and Mr. Tho: Marshall are rdered to apprize the said estate & sworne in Cort., to whom is joyned Thomas Martyn & Nicholas George who are to be sworne by the said Mr. Ball Junr. An inventorie thereof to be exhibited to the next Cort. Dne: Therryott & Robt. Pritchett, Security.
     "Contributed by: James Hughes
A Geanealogy of the Glassell Family , Page 53
Note: 3. CAPTAIN WILLIAM2 BALL, JR. (William1), b. England, June 2, 1641; d. Lancaster county, Virginia., Sep. 30, 1694; will dat. Sep. 28, 1694; pro. Nov. 4, 1694.(*)
He m. (I.) it is said, MISS WILLIAMSON, probably Margaret or Mary, dau. of James Williamson, of Rappahannock county, Virginia. (II.) MISS HARRIS, of "Bay View," Northumberland county, Virginia. (III.) cir. 1675, MARGARET DOWNMAN, dau. of Rawleigh Downman. (BALL 14, note.)
     "It is not certainly known that Capt. Ball was thrice married; but it is impossible to ignore traditions that have any shadow of support. His marriage with Margaret Downman is beyond doubt. The other marriages have the authority of long accepted tradition. The letter of Col. James Ball (p. 31) and a number of the Ball charts give the name of the first wife as "Williamson." This Col. James was the great-grandson of Capt. William, and is entitled to some credit in the matter. However, I find no proof of the marriage of Capt. Ball with Miss Williamson, but the name Williamson is continued in the family of his sons--William 6, Richard 7, and of William 25, George 26, Williamson 105, &c., all direct descendants of Capt. Wm. Ball, supra. The tradition receives further coloring from an original deed still in the possession of the Downman family, descendants of this William. The deed, dated Nov. 2, 1675, recites that Major William Underwood, of Rapp'k County, Virginia., dec'd, gave to Margaret and Mary Williamson, daughters of Mr. James Williamson, of same county, dec'd, a tract of land in the freshes of Rapp'k River,
     "(*) In the name of God Amen. I Capt Wm Ball of the Parish of St Mary's White Chappell in the County of Lancaster in Virginia being sick and weak in body but of sound and Perfect memory Praised be ye Almighty God for the same and considering the frailty of this life being but a blast I doe make this my Last will and Testament in manner and form Following hereby Revoking and making Void all other will or Wills Formerly by me made sealed or Published. First I give my soule to God that gave it me and Commit my body to the Earth to be buried in decent order at the Discreation of my Executors hereafter named In hope and true confidence that I shall have a joyful Resurrection at the Last day through the merrits of my most dear and Precious Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ. I give unto my Dr. wife all and every part of this two hundred seven acres of Land whereon I now Live with all the housing and appurtenances thereunto belonging and also my mill hereon standing during her Natural life and also full Power to plant make and manure for her own use a Plantation if she Please on every other Parcel of Land hereafter by me hereby given and my Will is that she bring up my dear Children untill they be sixteen years of age in Writeing Reading &c and that then they be under the tuition of my sons William and Richard, and that whenever the said mill be out of repaire my will is that my said sons William Ball and Richard Ball give their assistance to mend repaire or new build her and that they be paid for their paines as the mill earnes it. I give unto my said sons William Ball and Richard Ball all my Tract of Land Lyeing in this Neck next to Richard Cundiffs being about nine hundred and Fifty acres to be Equally divided between them Provided they aquit all their right which they or either of them may Possibly have of in and to that Divident of Land in Richmond County next above perpetua Creek being about one thousand acres on which my Quarter Plantation now is unto their two brothers Joseph Ball and George Ball then I doe give unto my said sons William Ball and Richard Ball to them and their heirs forever all and every part of the above said Nine hundred and fifty acres of Land Lying in this neck next Richard Cundiffs as aforesaid but if my said two sons William Ball and Richard Ball molest their two said Brothers Joseph Ball and George Ball in their Quiet Possession at any time or times hereafter either them or their heirs in the said one thousand acres of Land at Perpetua Creek where my Quarter now is that I then do hereby give my said two sons Joseph Ball and George Ball and their heirs all and every part and Parcel of that nine Hundred and Fifty acres before hereby given unto my said two sons Wiliam Ball and Richard Ball as aforesaid. I give unto my two sons Joseph Ball and George Ball to them and their heirs all and every part and parcell of that Devident of Land in Richmond whereon my quarter now is near the head of Perpetua Creek to be Equally Divided between them. I give unto my four sons (viz) James Ball, David Ball, Stretchley Ball and Samuel Ball to them and their heirs forever all and every part of my uper Divident of Land being sixteen hundred Acres more or Less Lying in north side thereof.
     "The widow of Major William Underwood, being in 1675 Elizbeth Combe, wife of Archdale Combe, of Rapp'k County, claimed her dower or third part of said tract. This third part, for a valuable consideration, the said Archdale Combe and Elizabeth Combe, his wife, conveyed to Capt. William Ball, of Lanc'r County, on the day above stated, the deed being recorded the following day, Nov. 3, 1675. Witnessed by Edward Crosk, Clerk Rapp'k County, and Philip Pendleton. Archdale and Elizabeth Combe signed the deed, affixing to each signature a seal in wax, which may be the crest of Williamson or Combe, i. e., "a pelican feeding her young." Motto, encircling the crest, "Sic bis quos diligo." The family of Norris, Scotland, have this crest with the moto, "Sic his qui diligunt." William Underwood was Burgess for Lanc'r Co. 1652, and Dr. Robert Williamson for Isle of Wight Co. 1663. Henry Williamson, Justice Rapp'k Co. 1680.
     "James Hughes 2006-10-01 12:16:15
(*) "In the name of god Amen. I William Ball of ye County of Lancastr in Rapp being Praised be god in good & pfect health both of Body and minde doe make and Ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (vis) Imp'et 1 bequeath my Soule to god Almighty my maker and Creator in full Assurance of ye pardon and Remission of all my sins Through ye death & meritts of Jesus Christ my only Savior and Redeemer and my body to ye Earth from Whence it Came to be Decently Intered and for my Worldly Estate my Just Debts and funerall Rights first is Charged I give and Dispose as foll: Item I give and Devise my Land and Plantation Whereon I Lived Expresst in two pattents Containing five hundred & forty Acres to my Sone William Ball and his heirs forever never ye les it is my Will and Pleasure yt my Loving Wife Hannah Ball be and Remaine in full possession thereof together wth all householde goods and Servants both Christians and Negrowes wth ye * * * of Cattle of all kinds Excepting What is pticularly bequeathed out of it wch never ye less is not to be Delivered till ye * * * of her rights for and During her natural Life pvided she soe long Remained A Widdow and therefore it is my Will and pleasure that what shall remain in her possession be Inventoryed and Vallued by her Selfe and my two Sons Between them them selves to go (together) and if She Should Marry againe She may then Enjoy on * * her pporconable parte according to Law. Item, for ye Other part of my Estate Consisting Cheifly in Marchantdiseing goods and Debts it is my will and pleasure ye same alsoe be Inventoried and Vallued as before and that she my s'd Wife Likewise Enjoy one third part thereof and that ye Remainder togeather wth what shall be Over and Above her third part of houschold goods servants and Cattle of all Kinds & not hereby pticularly bequeathed bee Soone After ye termination of her Right hereby lymitted Devided into five parts three Whereof I give and Bequeath to my Son William Ball & his heirs forever and ye Other two parts to my Son Joseph Ball & his heirs forever their part of Marchantdizeing goods & Debts to be forthwth Delivered.
Item, I give and Devise my land in ye freshes of Rappk Cont'g by pattent 1600 Acres to my two Sons William and Joseph and to each of there heires forever to be equally Divided between them wthout any Advantage of Survlvorshipp if either of them should decese before Demission. Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son William and his heires my two Negroes Called Tame and Katie his Wife and to my son Joseph and his heires my Negro Tony and Dinah his wife, the Negro Girle Bess and ye negro boy James to my wife to Dispose of between my two sons or their Children, and noe other Wise When her Rights shall Determine Either by Death or Marryage. Item I give unto my two Sons William and Joseph Whatsoever Either of them stands Indepted to me upon Acco in my book. Item, I give unto my Daughter Hannah now ye Wife of Capt David ffox only five shillings Sterling Which is an Overplus both of her portion and Deserts. Item I hereby nominate and Appointe my two sons William and Joseph Executors of this my Last Will and testament to act together in all things in ye Ordering and Disposing of ye Estate According to the true Intent and meaning thereof by a due pformance of ye Severall Exceptions pvisoes and Limitations therein Contained hereby Renouncing all former Wills and Deeclare this to be my last Will and testament by Witnessing the same wh my hand Seale this fifth day of Octr 1680 and in the two and thirtieth year of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles ye Second.
WILLIAM BALL [L.] Sealed and Delivered in psence of us Thomas Everest, John Mottby, per signo Probat fuit humoi Testmt in Cur Com Lancast Decimo die Novembris Ao Domi 1680 pr Saemt Thomas Everest et John Mottby Jur in Cur. Test John Stretchly Clk. True copy test. Jno. Stretchly.
Source: A Geanealogy of the Glassell Family, Page, 50, 51
     "James Hughes 2006-09-26 14:40:14
Hugh KINSEY http://dgmweb dot net/genealogy/FGS/K/KinseyHugh-MargaretJohns.shtml
     "Beverly Fleet. 1988. "Lancaster County Record Book No. 2, 1654-1666." Pp. 99-168 in Virginia Colonial Abstracts. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publ. County, Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-187). On : p. 129 p.185. Henry Clarke of Wicocomoco in the County of Northumberland in Virginia acknowledges receipt from Isaac Foxcroft, mercht., several bills of sale and accounts... [These bills and accounts are enumerated, but are of no genealogical interest.]Signed Hen Clarke. Wit: Willm Ball, Hugh Kinsey. Recorded 27th April 1659.
p. 138 p.229. John Fish Citizen and fletcher of London, gives power of atty to Edmons Farow of London, mariner, to collect debts from Hugh Kinsey of Rapa. in Virginia, planter, and from others. Dated 18th Sept. 1660. Signed John Fish. Wit: Rich Donley, John Fisher, John Neenee, Will Bayley, Anth Cheeke. Recorded 12th March 1661/2.
p. 139 p.237. 21st May 1662. Hugh Kinsey of Lanc., planter, mortagages to John Fish of London, Fletcher, plantation "whereon the sd Hugh Kinsey now liveth," 500 acres for 33 pounds six shillings to be paid 20th Jan. next. Signed Hugh Kinsey. Wit: Miles Riley, Edward Dale. Recognit 9 July 1662. Rec 1 Aug. 1662.
p. 154 p.322. Hugh Kinsey sells John ffish of London, ffletcher, 500 acres for L 33.6.8 Sterl. to be paid 25th of Jan. following. Dated 24th May 1662. Signed Hugh Kinsey. Wit: Myles Ryley, Edward Dale. Rec. 1st Aug. 1662 [sic].
[The transcriber wrote "sic" for the recording date because this record was sandwiched between records recorded in 1665.]
p.323. John ffish citizen and ffletcher of London. "whereas my attorney Edmond ffaroe of Wapping in the County of Middx marriner and Will Neasum of Virginia planter did by authority by me granted sell to Will Capell citizen and cooper of London one plantation situate in Lancashire in the sd County of Virginia wch was mortgaged and forfeited unto me by one Hugh Kensey of Virga afsd planter" Dated 29th Jun 1663. Signed Jo Fish. Wit: Robt Casby, Hen Clerke, Sam Griffin. Rec. 1st Aug. 1665.
     "John Hall Pleasants. 1916-21. "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, numerous articles, which were republished in 1981 as pp. 226-546 in Vol. III of Genealogies of Virginia Families by Genealogical Publ. County, Baltimore, MD (issued 1996 as Broderbund CD-162). p. 245 The record of the establishment of this little colony, stretched along the north shore of the Patapsco and made up of various members of the Gorsuch family, would appear to begin with an entry in the Maryland Land Office records which reads "July 16, 1659, Warrants granted the undersigned conditionally that they enter Rights and seat their land between this and the 25th of March next: Thomas Powell 700 acres; Walter Kickinson 600 acres; Robert Gorsuch 300 acres; Richard Gorsuch 300 acres; Howell Powell 300 acres; William Ball 500 acres; William Clapman jur. [sic jnr.] 500 acres; Richard Ball 500 acres; Thos. Humphry 600 acres; Hugh Kensey 400 acres" (Md. Patents Vol. IV, fol. 54).
     "Most of these names occur soon after in the Quaker records of the province, so that is seems quite probable that they were a little group of Quaker colonists who had come up from Virginia to take up the recently opened lands on the Patapsco in Baltimore County, which appears to have been erected into a county this same year. The Gorsuches, Powells, Claphams, Dickensons, Balls, Kinseys (Kenseys) and Humphreys are known to have come from Lancaster County, while the Todds, who came a year or two later, were from Gloucester. That the conditions in regard to entering their rights and seating their lands were complied with by the warrantees is shown by the subsequent entries in the records of the Land Office of certificates of survey and, finally, by the issuance of patents to all whose names appear in the warrant of 1659. July 28, 1659, a tract of 500 acres called "Gorsuch" was surveyed for Robert Gorsuch, planter, on the north side of the Patapsco river "respecting" (i.e., opposite) the land of Hugh Kensey on the south side of the river (Md. Patents, Vol. IV, fol. 228)...
p. 246 ...Charles Gorsuch, August 3, 1661, had surveyed for him "Whetstone Point," 50 acres comprising that part of the present city of Baltimore now occupied in part by Fort McHenry... William Ball and Richard Ball, each of whom received warrants for 500 acres of land under the warrant of 1659 and became settlers on the Patapsco, have been shown by Dr. Christopher Johnston to be the sons of Colonel William Ball of Lancaster County, the progenitor of the distinguished Virginia family of that name (Virginia Mag. Vol. VII p. 440 and Vol. VIII p. 80)*. Hugh Kinsey and Thomas Humphrey have been shown by Mr. Miles White, in his Ancestry of Johns Hopkins, to have also come from Lancaster County (Publications Southern Historical Association, Vols. IV, p. 395 and V, p. 360)...
...many if not all of these first actual settlers [those named in the Warrant of 1659] were probably a group of friends who came up together from Lancaster County and that the probable motive of their migration was religious persecution, as most of them are known to have been Quakers, and it was at this time that Virginia began to put into full effect the various repressive measures against the numerous recent converts to this sect in order to drive them out of that colony.
     "*Genealogies of Virginia Families (Genealogical Publishing County, Inc., 1981), Vol. I, 23-27.
p. 387 ...He [Charles Gorsuch] probably became a convert to Quakerism before leaving Virginia and was one of the group who removed from there to the Patapsco in 1659 to avoid religious persecution... There are a few chance references to him in several early wills. Hugh Kinsey [Kensey] of Anne Arundel County in his will dated May 2nd, 1667, leaves his sac cup to Charles Gorsuch and his heirs (Annap. Test. Proc. 2: 188)...
     "Contributed by: James Hughes
A Geanealogy of the Glassell Family , Page 54
Note: Richmond County above Mr James Harrisons to be equally divided Between them. I give unto my dear Daughter Margaret Ball to her and her heirs forever all that and every part and parcell of that Devident whereon my mother Lives at the mouth of Corratomon being about three hundred acres and fifty Acres more to bee laid out of my ajoyning Devident next to the plantation that James Wood Lives on only reserving to my dear one third part of all the sider made thereon clear of all charge making and cask. I give to my said son William Ball a man servt named Luke Dickson and a negro man named Robin and a negro woman named Dyner and my silver Tumbler and a Punch cup at mother's when she is dead. I give to my son Richard Ball a man servt called Thomas Alderton and a negro woman called Dadoe and a Silver Mustard pott. I give to my dear wife three negroes called Sambo, Tom and Mary and three English or white servants at my Quarter in Richmond County Called Robin * * * James Canady and Sarah and a Silver salt siller, Tankard and Drinking Cup of Silver and which of my Cups she shall make Choice of. I give unto my son William all the residue of my Cups after my dear wife hath made her choice of one. I give to my son James Ball Two slaves called Dominy and Kate and a boy and a girle. I give to my son Joseph a Girle slave called Nany. I give to my son George Ball a boy slave called Jack. I give to my son David Ball a girle slave called Poll. I give to my Daughter Margaret Ball two slave Girls called Hannah and Betty thats at mothers. I give unto my son StretchleyBall a Girle slave called Sarah. I give unto my son Samuell Ball a Girle slave called Doll. The rest of my white servants and slaves not before hereby given-being Cox Scotch, Tom, Betty and her molatto Child, three negro women called Doll and Betty and Bess at Mothers. I give unto my three eldest sons viz William Ball Richard Ball and James Ball in Consideration that they be at the charge of bringing up and maintaining their three youngest Brothers. I give and Bequeath unto my said sons William and Richard Ball two sixths parts of all the rest of my estate not hereby before given Desiring them to take all the care they can of their dear Mother. And the residue of all my Estate whereon had found or being not before hereby given I give to be equally Devided between my dear children here named James, Joseph, David, George, Margaret, Stretchley and Samuel after their mothers Decease but my will is that my dear wife have the use of it all During her Natural Life. I doe make and ordaine my son William Ball and my son Richard Ball the Executrs of this my Last will and Testament and my Loving Brother Capt David Fox and my Loving ffriends Mr George Heale and Mr Edwin Conway the overseers of this my Last will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale this 28th day of September Ao 1694. William Ball, [Seale] Signed Sealed and Published In Presence of Abraham Taylor, George Hinch, Edwin Conway. Probat fuit &c Quarto Die No bris Ao Domi 1694, pr Sacrament Abraham Taylor &c &c Test John Stretchley
Cop: Test Thos Edwards C L C
     "URL: http://www5.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/texis/find/search30/?query=early+v irginia+immigrants++ball&db=online&areas=10&head=online&booknum=&category= &words=early+virginia+immigrants&first=&last=ball&cmd=context&id=37c21b001 b#hit1
URL title: Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623 -1666 , Page 19
Note:
Ball, Tho., 1654, by Capt. John West, Esq., Gloucester Co.
Ball, James, 1654, by John Drayton, Westmoreland Co.
Ball, John, 1655, by Wm. Botham, Westmoreland Co.
Ball, Eliza, 1651, by Richard Smith, Northampton Co.
Ball, John, 1653, by Tho. Harmanson, Northampton Co.
Ball, Wm., 1653, by Robert Brasseur, Nansemond Co.
Ball, Wm., 1653, by Robert Brasseur, Nansemond Co.
Ball, Richard, 1651, by Mr. Richard Lawson, (???) Co.
Ball, Tho., 1650, by Edward Walker, Northumberland Co.
Ball, John, 1643, by Mr. Moore Fantleroy, Upper Norfolk Co.
Ball, John, 1652, by Mr. Peter Knight, Gloucester Co.
Ball, Michael, 1638, by John Jackson and Eliza Wingswill, James City Co.
Ball, Richard, 1638, by Humphry Tabb, Elizabeth City Co.
     "LANCASTER COUNTY DEEDS & WILLS 1661-1666; Antient Press; Page 365
Lancaster County Court 14th of March 1665/66
- Certificate accordinge to Acte is granted unto Major WILLIAM BALL for the
transportacon of hym selfe & WILLIAM, his Sonne, HANNAH BALL SENR., HANNAH BALL JUNR. MARY JONES. MARTHA JONES. RANDOLPHE GW ILL. JOS: HASLEDOWNE, JOS, FOSTER, RALPHE GATH, GEORGE COONTZ, YARRETT WILLIAMS, HEN: SCHOLLER, WILL; HIGGINS, EDWARD VAGG, JAMES CROSSE, PETER EVERSHAM, ACKARY OGDIN (?), CHS. ( ?) LAINE, ( ) KATHERYNE into this Countrey
     "1670-1674 Lancaster County Order Book; Antient Press: pg 202
Lancaster County Court 13th of September 1671
- Mr. WILL BALL JUNR., is appointed Surveyour for ye Highwayes for ye yere ensueinge & his boundes are to bee from ye CHURCH to ye hither side of the Runn in DEEPE BOTTOME, & from ye CHURCH to ye MILL of DAVYD FOX & for ye doeing whereof all ye inhabitants from the late plantacon of Mr. JOHN EDWARDS (deced) & ye plantacons of RICHD: MERRYMAN & JOHN BERREY & soe upwards to ye further extent of his p:cincts are ordered to bee lyeable to ye sde. Worke accordinge to Acte. JOHN MOTTs plantacon included in this p:cinct
     "1682-1686 Lancaster County Order Book 2; : pg 115
Lancaster county Court 11th of April 1683
- According to the Order of his Excellencie, Capt. WILLIAM BALL was this day sworn HIGH SHERIFFE of the County. Mr. JOSEPH BALL and Mr. THOMAS MARSHALL in Court became security for the saide WM: BALL
- The Oath of UNDERSHERIFFE for this County was this day administered to Mr. RICHARD MARSHALL
     "1721-1735 King George County Deed Book 1, Part 1, (Antient Press); pp. 79
Indenture 27/28th July 1722 between DAVID BALL of County of Lancaster Gent. and JAMES BALL Gent, of same .. for Sixty ffive pounds of Sterling Money .. deeds of Lease and Release for 200 acres situate in the ffreshes of Rappahannock River in the Northward side thereof and was given to DAVID BALL by the last Will of his ffather WILLIAM BALL .. all the land devised unto DAVID as by his said ffather
Presence Geo. Murdock,
__Henry Hill__ David Ball
ffryday the ffifth day of October 1722 .. Deeds of Lease and Release recorded."¹⁵ GAV-8.

;      per Jess Ball 18 Dec. 1992: "It is not positive that Wm. had 3 wives, but it is positive that he m. Margert (sic) Downman."
     per A.TOWLER1 [Annette D. Towler - Nettie] Sept. 10, 1993: "Haydn's VA Genealogies....is so bad for resources, we are all wondering where he got the information. I have gotten mine from several resources, and are documented. Mary Sue Ball Wilson (a double cousin of mine) did a lot of research and so did Ethlayne E. Carter and the both have come up with the same information."
     per Donald J. Tucker (CompuServe] 21 June 1995: "Mary Ball Washington (GW's mother) was the daughter of Joseph Ball and his second wife Mary Montague Johnson, a widow. This Joseph was the son of William Ball and Hannah Atherall, the founder of the VA line. Joseph's male line ended with his son Joseph. All the Ball surname lines that continued forward were from the elder Joseph's brother, William."
     per "Ball Families of Virginia's Northern Neck: An Outline", compiled by Margaret Lester Hill for Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, Inc., 1990, p.1:
     "He was a Captain of militia, a Chief Justice, and a Burgess [Nina Tracy Mann, "Millenbeck, p. 7]. Children: William, Richard, James, Joseph, George, Samuel, David, Stretchley, Margaret."
     per Moeller [1994]:
     Born in England, he inherited Millenbeck. Captain Ball took an active part in the public affairs of Virginia. In 1687 he was appointed to lay off the boundary between Lancaster and Northumberland Counties. He was a Justice in 1680 and at various times from 1682-1688 he was a Burgiss from Lancaster County. (Heck - 1928)
     per Hauk, "Descendants of William Ball of Virginia", p. 2:
     William Ball Jr. (1.William1 ) b. 2 Jun 1641, England, Occupation: Justice & Burgess, m. (1) cir __ ___ 1662, Margaret Williamson, b. cir __ ___ 1644, (daughter of James Williamson and Anne Underwood) d. __ ___ 1709, estate probated 9 Feb 1709, Lancaster County, Virginia, m. (2) _____ Harris, m. (3) Margaret Downman. William died 30 Sep 1694, Lancaster County, Virginia, estate probated 4 Nov 1694, Lancaster County, Virginia. It is not clear which of William's wives was the mother of his children.
                    Children by Margaret Williamson:
     +     7.     i     William Ball III. b. __ ___ 1676.
     +     8.     ii     Richard Ball b. __ ___ 1677.
     +     9.     iii     James Ball b. __ ___ 1678.
     +     10.     iv     Joseph Ball b. __ ___ 1680.
     +     11.     v     George Ball b. __ ___ 1683.
           12.     vi     David Ball b. 26 Sep 1686, Virginia, m. 24 May 1727, Ellen Heale, b. 9 Nov 1705, (daughter of George Heale and Katherine Chinn). David died 14 Dec 1732. d.s.p.
           13.     vii     Stretchley Ball.
     +     14.     viii     Margaret Ball.
     +     15.     ix     Samuel Ball b. 26 Sep 1686.“.^14,17

; Possibly first or 2nd wife wife of Capt. Wm. Ball (1641-1694.)⁸ Col. William (II) Ball immigrated before 1653 to Virginia, USA;
Per Hill [1990:1]: "William was in Virginia by 1653, when he witenssed a deed between Henry Fleet and John Sharpe [Lancaster Co., VA, Deeds, etc., 1652-1657, 1:132]."
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     "LANCASTER COUNTY DEEDS & WILLS 1661-1666; Antient Press; Page 365
Lancaster County Court 14th of March 1665/66
- Certificate accordinge to Acte is granted unto Major WILLIAM BALL for the transportacon of hym selfe & WILLIAM, his Sonne, HANNAH BALL SENR., HANNAH BALL JUNR. MARY JONES. MARTHA JONES. RANDOLPHE GW ILL. JOS: HASLEDOWNE, JOS, FOSTER, RALPHE GATH, GEORGE COONTZ, YARRETT WILLIAMS, HEN: SCHOLLER, WILL; HIGGINS, EDWARD VAGG, JAMES CROSSE, PETER EVERSHAM, ACKARY OGDIN (?), CHS. ( ?) LAINE, ( ) KATHERYNE into this Countrey."¹² Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. was      per Hill [1990:1] "He was a Captain of militia, a Chief Justice, and a Burgess [Mann, p. 71]"
     per Tyler [1915:I:178]: "He was burgess from Lancaster county in the sessions of Sept. 17, 1688, Oct. 3, 1570, sept. 21, 1674, in the assemblies of 1677, 1682, 1685-86 and 1688, and in the sessions of April 1, 1692. between 1668 and 1692 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.^12,10

Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 1, Part II - 1662-1664; Antient Press; pg 241
I WILLIAM BALL do hereby appoint JOHN HULL my lawful' Attorney to ask & receave all sums of tobacco that are anywayes due unto me either by specialty or any other way whatsoever from any person granting my sd Attorney full power to arrest sue and implead and to act in all matters concerning the premises as I myself might do if I were present allowing what my sd Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises In Witness I have sett my hand and seale this 11 day of September 1662
in presence of WILLIAM BALL JUNR WILLIAM BALL JOHN WALTON
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 4, Part II - 1670-1672; Antient Press: pg 264
KNOW ALL MEN by these pnts that I ANTHONY BRIDGES Attorney of my Son in Law JOHN ROSIER doe hereby constitute and appoint my well beloved friend one Capt JNO. HULL of Rappa Gent my lawfull Attorney to act and doe in the Sales of land in Coprtnership between Mr. WM. BALL JUNIOR and my aforesd Son JOHN ROSIER giving unto my said Attorney as ample power as any instrumt. in Law made or to be made might doe holding firms and stable all that my said Attorney shall lawfully doe in the prmises Wittness my hand and seale this 30th of 8br 1671
lin pace of us GEORGE SOUTHERN ANTHONY BRIDGES JOHN ROSIER
Recordatr, in Cour Rappa xth die 9bris 1671
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 5, Part I - 1672-1674; Antient Press: pg 93-95
TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall or may come Whereas WILLIAM BALL who INTERMARRIED with MARGARET WILLIAMSON and JOHN ROZIER who INTERMARRIED with MARY WILLIAMSON by Virtue of the Will of Coll. WILL. UNDERWOOD late of Rappa. County deceased who did give and bequeath unto the said MARGARET AND MARY WILLIAMSON Eight hundred Eighty two acres of land as p Will appears and also confirmed by Pattent unto the said MARGARETT and MARY WILLIAMSON bearing date the Eleventh day of March 1662 may more fully appeare and for so much as the sd Land is in joynt Teanned as Intermarrying aforesaid and they not willing the bounds thereof to be laid out at present do agree as well for themselves as also for our heirs and assigns that the said WILLIAM BALL as Intermarrying as aforesaid shall not claime any right or interest by way of Survivership or his heirs or assignes as also JOHN ROSIER who Intermarrying MARY WILKINSON shall not by himself his heirs or assignes claim any right or interest by way of Suvivorship but in case at any time when it shall happen that the said Land shall be devided or any part of the land aforesd shall fall into any other bounds by Priority of Pattant in a former Grant whereby either party aforementioned or either of their heirs shall happen to lose any part of his moyety by such former Grant then the other shall freely readily and willingly surrender to him the halfe quantitie of what shall be soe by any former grant taken away from the said Devident and in case of the Refusal of either partie soe to do when reasonably required that then it shall be lawful! for the other partie grieved or his heirs to take a Survevaire and lay out the same by the deviding line out of the refusers part and he so refusing shall and doth hereby confirme himself and his heirs to consent thereto and to pay halfe the charge of the abovesaid clauses and agreements as aforesaid we have hereunto sett our hands and seals this 11th of November 1672 Regis Car 2nd 24 in presence of WILLIAM MOSELEY, WILLIAM BALL JOHN HULL JOHN ROSIER
Recognit in Cur Com Rappa quinto die March 1672/3
WE the Within named WILLIAM BALL JUNIOR and JOHN ROSIER doe each of us desire that the within written agreement be recorded in Rappa. County and doe hereby impower and authorize Lieut. Collo. JOHN HULL to acknowledge the same in the same Court in our names and behalfes Witness our hands this day and yeare within written
Test WILLIAM MOSELEY, WILLIAM BALL JUNIOR
ROBERT NURSE JOHN ROSIER
Recordatr xx die March 1672
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 5, Part I - 1672-1674; Antient Press: page 141-144
THIS INDENTURE made the sixth and twentieth day of March in the five and twentieth yeare of the Reign of our most Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second 1673 Between Capt. WILLIAM BALL of the County of LANCASTER in Rappa. River in Virginia Gent and MARGARET his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs of JAMES WILLIAMSON late of the County of Rappa. in RAPPA. RIVER aforesaid Gent decd and ANTHONY BRIDGES of the County of WESTMORELAND Gent, for and in the behalfe of JOHN ROSIER of the aforesaid County of WESTMORELAND Gent. and MARY his Wife another Daughter and Coheir of the said JAMES WILLIAMSON on the one part and CHARLES DACRIS of the aforesaid County of WESTMORELAND Clerke on the other part Witnesseth that the said WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife and the said ANTHONY BRIDGES for and in the behalfe of them the said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife for and in consideration of the just quantity of Twenty thousand pounds of sound well conditioned merchantable tobacco and cask in hand paid to them by the said CHARLES DACRES before the ensealing hereof they the said WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife and the sd ANTHONY BRIDGES for and in the behalfe of the said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife do hereby acknowledge and thereof & of every part and parcell thereof do hereby discharge the said CHARLES DACRES his heirs and administrators and every of them by these presents have granted unto the said CHARLES DACRES all that Plantation whereof the said JAMES WILLIAMSON died seized together withal! houses edifices orchards gardens fen ces and encloses thereunto belonging with all proffitts wtsoever likewise belonging thereunto in as large manner and form as are exprest in the original Patent of the said Land and by the rents services and provisoes in the Originall expressed and confirmed wch said premises doth containe together by estimation four hundred and fifty acres of land and is part of a Pattent of Eighteene hundred acres of land formerly granted to the aforesaid JAMES WILLIAMSON all wch premises being in the aforesaid County of Rappa. & were lately in the occupation of Lt. Coll. JOHN HULL and now in the tenure and occupation of ROGER WILLIAMS or of his assigns and also all writings Pattents and Instruments whatsoever touching the said premises To have and to hold the said Plantation wth every of the appurtenances unto the said CHARLES DACRES his heirs and assignes forever and the said WILLIAM BALL & MARGARET his Wife and the said ANTHONY BRIDGES for and in behalfe of the aforesaid JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife doe hereby grant with the said CHARLES DACRES his heirs and assigns in manner following (that is to say) that they notwithstanding any act done to the contrary standeth lawfully seized in the demesne of fee simple in their own Right without any condition or other Limitation of use and that (they) have full power and lawful' authority to sell every part and parcell thereof and every part and parcell thereof shall continueunto the said CHARLES DACRES his heirs and assigns forever discharged from all other former charges and incumbrances whatsoever done by them the said WILLIAM BALL & MARGRET his Wife ANTHONY BRIDGES for and in behalfe of the said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife or by the aforesaid JAMES WILLIAM(son) deceased or by WILLIAM WILLIAMSON his Sonne (likewise deceased) or any other clayming under them and further (they) shall at all times hereafter the space of five years next ensuing date hereof at the reasonable request costs and charges in the Law of the sd CHARLES DACRES and his heirs make any & every such further lawfull acts & things whatsoever for the further assuring and conveying the before bargained premises unto CHARLES DACRES his heirs and assigns forever and do further promise wthin three months next after the date hereof either by themselves or their attorneys thereunto lawfully authorized to acknowledge this present Indenture in the Court of Rappa. aforesaid. In Witness whereof the parties first above named have sett their hands and seals the day and year first above written
Sealed and delivered by the above named WILLIAM BALL JUNR
MARGARET BALL and delivered by me JOHN
ROSIER to DOCTOR CHARLES DACRES in the
presence of us ANTHONY BRIDGES, WILL: POTTS
Recognit in Cu Com Rappa pr WM. BALL x9 die 6bris 1673
Test EDMD. CRASK Cl Cur
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 5, Part I - 1672-1674; Antient Press: page 145-150
THIS INDENTURE made the seven and Twentieth day of March in the five and Twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second 1673 Betweene CHARLES DACRES of the County of WESTMORELAND in Virginia Clerk of the one part and Capt. WILLIAM BALL of the County of LANCASTER in RAPPA RIVER in Virga. Gent and MAGARET his Wife and JOHN ROSIER of the County of WESTMORLAND in Virginia Gent, and MARY his Wife of the other part Witnesseth that hee the said CHARLES DACRES for the just quantity of Twenty thousand pounds of sound well conditioned merchantable tobacco and cask paid hath granted sold and confirmed unto the said WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife and JOHN ROSIER and Mary his Wife all that Plantation whereof JAMES WILLIAMSON died seized together with all houses orchards gardens fences enclosures belonging in as large manner as are expressed in the Originall Pattent of the said land wch said Plantation doth containe four hundred and fifty acres of land and is part of a Pattent of Eighteene hundred acres of land formerly granted to JAMES WILLIAMSON of the County of Rappa, Gent, (deceased) being in the County of Rappahannock and lately in occupation of Lt. Coll, JOHN HULL and now in the occupation of ROGER WILLIAMS or his assignes and lately sold by the said Capt. WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife and ANTHONY BRIDGES on behalfe of JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife unto the said CHARLES DACRES to have and to hold the said plantation and premises and said CHARLES DACRES doth hereby promise at the time of the delivery of these presents standeth lawfully seized as of fee simple in his own right of every part and parcell of the premises and hath full right to grant and conveigh the same and further the said CHARLES DACRES and his heirs will from time to time hereafter within the space of five years next ensuing the date hereof at the reasonable request costs and charges in the Law acknowledge whatsoever for the further and more better assuring and setling and conveying of the bargained premises unto said WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife and JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife their heirs and assigns forever PROVIDED Always upon this condition nevertheless that if the said CHARLES DACRES his heirs and assigns shall truly pay unto them or any of them the just quantitie of Twenty thousand pounds of sound well conditioned bright tobacco with cask wth out any manner of trash or ground leaves in manner following that is to say to the said WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife the just quantity of Five thousand pounds according to the quality before mentioned upon the tenth day of October next ensuing wth convenience in the County of Rappa. and to the sd JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife the just quantity of Five thousand pounds of like tobacco wth Cask at the day last before mentioned wth convenience in the County of WESTMORELAND also if said CHARLES DACRES his assigns paie unto them the just quantity of Five thousand pounds of tobacco wth cask upon the tenth day of October wch shall be in the year 1674 and to said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife the just quantity upon the tenth day of October 1674 being in full the before mentioned twenty thousand pounds of Tobacco and Cask that then and thenceforth this present Indenture declared utterly void and lastly that said CHARLES DACRES cloth for himself his heirs grant if he shall faile in the payment that then from thenceforth it shall be lawfull for (them) and every of them into the said Plantation & premises to reenter and to have againe anything herein mentioned to the contrary. In Witness whereof the parties have sett their hands and seals the day and year first above written
in presence of JOSEPH CHIPP, CHARLES DACRES
SAMUEL BLOOMFIELD
Recognit in Cu Com Rappa 19 die 9bris 1673
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 5, Part II - 1674-1676; Antient Press: pg 199-203
THIS INDENTURE made the six and twentieth day of February in the yeare of our Lord according to the computation of the Church of England 1672/3 Betweene WILLIAM BALL the Younger of the County of Rappa (marked out) LANCASTER in the Collony of Virginia and MARGARET his Wife and JOHN ROSIER of the County of WESTMORELAND in the Collony aforesaid and MARY his Wife wch MARGARETT and MARY were Daughters and Coheirs of JAMES WILLIAMSON deceased of the one party and THOMAS KIRTON Gentleman of the County of Rappa of the other part. Whereas Sr. WILLIAM BERKELEY Knt. Governer of Virginia wth consent of Council of State did grant unto MARGARET and MARY WILLIAMSON Coheirs to JAMES WILLIAMSON three hundred and fifty acres of land being on RAPPA RIVER and lying thirty nine miles up the North side of the said River as by Pattent under the seals of this Collony bearing date the first day of May One thousand Six hundred Sixty and five amongst other things doth more at large appear Now These Presents Witnesseth that the said WILLIAM BALL and MARGARET his Wife and the said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife for Ten thousand eight hundred pounds of tobaccoe to them or some of them in hand paide and by these presents granted unto the said THOMAS KIRTON his heirs and assigns forever all that said three hundred and fifty acres of land on the North side of RAPPA RIVER and beginning at a marked white Oake standing on the West side of the mouth of a Creeke & soe running for tenth North East nigh unto the said Creeke unto a marked red Oake including the said quantity of commonly knowne by the name of JACKMANS FOLLY withall and singular its rights and appurtenances together with all houses edifices buildings meadows feeding pastures woods fowling fishings waies easements and appurtenances whatsoever to the said lands or to any parte of them belonging as also all the Estate rights of them the said WILLIAM BALL & MARGARET his Wife and the said JOHN ROSIER & MARY his Wife and all evidences whatsoever touching the premises to have and to hold the said lands and all other premises with every of their Rights unto THOMAS KIRTON his heirs and assigns forever and for themselves and all persons whatsoever lawfully claiming under them shall warrant & defend that it is concluded and agreed betweene the parties that sd THOMAS KIRTON his heirs and assigns may forever enjoy all the before granted premises and kept harmless from all manner of encumbrances In Witness whereof the said (Parties) have hereunto sett their hands and wales the day and year written signed sealed & delivered
Witnesses at signing of JOHN ROSIER JOHN ROSIER
JOHN WASHINGTON, JOHN LORD MARY ROSIER
Signed by the within named MARY ROSIER according to the contents above recited in the presence of JOHN WASHINGTON, JOHN LORD
Signed before THOMAS NOPP, WILLIAM BALL
WILLIAM BARNES, CHARLES STEWART MARGARET BALL
Rappa. County May 7th 1674
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 5, Part II - 1674-1676; Antient Press: pg 284
Nover Int, Presents me JOHN ROSIER of County of WESTMORELAND Gent. and WILL BALL JR. of LANCASTER COUNTY primo die May 1674 Whereas the above bound JOHN ROSIER and MARY his now Wife have by Indenture under their hands and Seals bearing even date with these presents and made between the said JOHN ROSIER and his said Wife on the one parties and the above WILLIAM BALL on the other partie for consideration therein mentioned and expressed granted and sold unto the said WILLIAM BALL his heirs and assigns forever the moyety or one halfe parte of a Pattent containing Eight hundred Eighty and Two acres of land lying in the County of Rappa as by the said before mentioned recited Indenture relacon being thereunto had may more full appear Now the Condicon of this Present obligation is such that if the said WILLIAM BALL his heirs or assigns shall and may at all times hereafter have and enjoy the said moyety of land and premises with their and every of their appurtenances according to the tenor and contents of the aforemenconed recited Indenture and also if at any time it shall so fall out and happen that any parte ofthe said Eight hundred Eighty and two acres of land shall be taken away by a just and lawful! Survey then if the said JOHN ROSIER his heirs and administrators or any of them shall make such just and Legall satisfaction unto the said WILLIAM BALL his heirs and assigns or any of them for the moyety or one halfe parte of soe much of the said Land as shall be taken away as aforesaid Proportionably according to purchase for the sd land pd to him by the said WILLIAM BALL that then and from thence forth this present obligation to be voyd and of none effect or else to remaine and be in full force and virtue
in presence of ANTHONY BRIDGES, JOHN ROSIER JOHN BRUTON MARY ROSIER
Recordatr x5 die May 1675
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 5, Part II - 1674-1676; Antient Press: pg 285-287
THIS INDENTURE made the first day of May 1674 Ano Qr. Between JOHN ROSIER of the County of WESTMORELAND in Virga. Gent. and MARY his now Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs of JAMES WILLIAMSON late of the County of Rappa in Virginia aforesaid Gent deced on the one partie and Capt. WILLIAM BALL of the County of LANCASTER in Virginia Gent in the other partie Witnesseth that the said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife as well for good and valuable consideracon in hand paid them by the said WILLIAM BALL before the ensealing and Delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof the said JOHN and MARY do hereby acknowledge and thereof and of every part and parcell thereof doe hereby acquit and discharge the said WILLIAM BALL his heirs and every of them as also for divers other good causes thereunto moving have granted sold and confirmed and doe by these presents for themselves & either of them their and either of their heirs and assigns give sell and confirme unto the said WILLIAM BALL the moiety or one halfe of a Pattent of land containing Eight hundred Eighty and two acres & is sett and being in the County of Rappa aforesaid between some of the head branches of POPETICK CREEKS and the head branches of Mr. POPES CREEKE (beginning at a white Oake nigh unto RAPPA PATH and extends itself NW by it thence N. to a red Oake at the head of the lands of SILVESTER THATCHER and THOMAS WHITELOCK thence NE by E a Mile thence S. by E. butting upon the land of THOMAS WRIGHT thence SW a Mile to the place where it first began) together with all houses orchards gardens fences and Enclosures thereunto belonging or with the same now used & occupied wch said 882 acres of land was formerly granted by Pattent to Mr. WILLIAM UNDERWOOD of the said Countie of Rappa deced and by his Last Will and Testament given and bequeathed unto MARGARET and MARY WILLIAMSON Daughters to the aforesaid JAMES WILLIAMSON & Nee ce to the said UNDERWOOD & by Pattent dated at JAMES CITY May the 11th ano (62) granted to the aforesaid MARGARET & MARY as by before mentioned recited Patents and Will relacon being thereunto had may more fully appeare together with all writings pattents & minuments whatsoever touching or concerning the premises only any part or parcell thereof wch may be (without Suite in Law) To have and to hold the said moiety or one halfe of the said land aforemenconed with all and every of its appurtenances unto the said WILLIAM BALL his heirs & assigns forever to the sole use of said WILLIAM BALL his heirs and assigns forever in as large & ample manner as are expressed in the Pattent for the said Land and the said JOHN ROSIER and MARY his Wife doe further for themselves & either of them & the heirs & assigns of them or either of them grant with said WILLIAM BALL his heirs and assigns and every of them that he the sd WILLIAM may from time to time and at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly occupie and enjoy the land and prmises hereby granted & sold without the molestacon or disturbance of any persons whatsoever clayming under them the said JOHN & MARY either of them or the heirs of them or either of them & alsoe from time to time hereafter within the space of five years next ensuing the date hereof at the reasonable request cost and charges in the Law of the said WILLIAM BALL & his heirs make further conveyance of the premises granted as
he his or their Councell learned in the Law shall require and Lastly the said JOHN and MARY doth further covenant and grant to make a legal Recognian of this Indenture in the Court of Rappa according to act In Witness whereof the parties first above named have set their hands & seals dated the day and year first above written
In presnece of ANTHONY BRIDGES JOHN ROSIER
JOHN BRETON MARY ROSIER
Recognit in Cu Com Rappa 5 die May 1675
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 7, Part II - 1686-1688; Antient Press: pg 284-285
TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come I WILLIAM BALL of the County of Rappa. Plantr., and ANN my Wife send Greeting. Now Know yee that I the said WILLIAM BALL and ANN my Wife for divers good causes and valuable consideration us thereunto moving especially for one Roan Mare and one Cow and Calf in hand received have bargained and sold unto GEORGE KESSELL of the sd County One hundred Seventy and five acres of land being upon the Swamps of Mr. SAMLL. PONYES CREEK and the GREAT SWAMP called or knowne by the name of THOMAS WILLIAMS SWAMP in the County aforesd which sd One hundred seventy and five acres of land is the moyety of a tract of three hundred and fifty acres of land formerly by Pattent unto the sd WM. BALL and JOHN PRICE of the sd County the sd moyety of One hundred seventy and five acres of land here sold in the uppermost moyety beginning upon a branch knowne by the name of the CABBIN BRANCH and so running over the Great Swamp called THO: WILLIAMS his Swamp reference being had to the Pattent may appeare To have and to hold the sd Land and premisses unto the sd GEORGE KESSELL and his heires for ever with all the profius and appertenances belonging in as ample manner as the sd WM. BALL held it by Pattent without the hindrance of the sd WM. BALL or ANN my Wife or any other persons whatsoever and further it is agreed between the said parties and the sd WILLIAM BALL and ANN his Wife do agree with the said GEORGE KESSELL to Warrant and defend the said land from claimes of any part thereunto and give unto the sd GEORGE KESSEL upon reasonable request further assurance of the sd land under penalty forfiture of Five thousand pniindc of Tobb: and caske by virtue of these presents In Testamony wee have sett our hands and seales this 26th day of November 1686
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
HENRY BROWNE WM BALL
DAVID BROWNE ANNE BALL her marke
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa 7 die 10bris 1686 et record 18th die
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 7, Part II - 1686-1688; Antient Press: pg 285-286
TO ALL TO WHOM &c. I FRANCIS HOWARD, Baron of Effingham his Maties Lieut. Governer of Virginia send Greeting. Whereas &c. Now know yee &c. accordingly give and grant unto WM. BALL and JOHN PRICE Two hundred and ninty acres of land in Rappa. County and bounded as followeth (vizt) Beginning at the Eastermost corner white Oake of FRANCIS BROWNE and running E. S. E. to a line of THOMAS HARPER to a corner red Oake, thence S. W. to a Spanish Oake, thence West to a small corner Hickory, thence N. N.E. stooping white Oake, thence W: a point So: to a white Oake, thence N.E. to the abovesd small Hickory, thence S. S. W. from the abovesd Spanish Oake to a great Poplar, thence S. W. to a Hickory, thence W. to NIMCOCK INDIAN ROAD, thence N. E. to a leaning red Oake, thence N. to the abovesd small Hickory the sd land being due &c. To have and to hold &c. Provided &c. Given under my hand and the seale of the Colony this 22d day of October 1684
Recordr. Teste NICHO. SPENCER EFFINGHAM
TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come, wee WILLIAM BALL and JOHN PRICE. of the County of Rappa. Planters, send Greeting. Know yee that wee the sd
WILLIAM BALL and JOHN PRICE for divers good causes us thereunto moving especially for One Cow and Calfe and One Cow Calfe in hand received do by these presents assigne
and turns over unto WM. CLEATON of the sd County, Planter, all our right and demand of
the Tract of Land mentioned in the within Pattent To have and to hold the sd Tract or
Dividend of Land unto WILLIAM CLEATON and his heires forever without hindrance of
us WM. BALL and JOHN PRICE or any other persons claiming any right under us Wee
the sd WM. BALL and JOHN PRICE do promise that ANN BALL the Wife of the sd WM. at
the request of sd WM. CLEATON together with ourselves acknowledge her right in the
Premisses in the Court of Rappa: In Testimonie whereof wee the sd WM. BALL and JOHN
PRICE have sett our hands and seales this 31st day of May 1686
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us
THO: WHEELER, WM. BALL
THO: CRIPTS JOHN PRICE
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa 1 die 10bris 1686 et record 18th die
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6 page 20
Major William Ball, 240 acres on North side of Rappa River upon David Fox, land of Grimes, a creek dividingthis and land of Thomas Harwood, Granded unto Edward Grimes, 21 May 1651, deserted and now granted 30 Sept 1667 pg 67, Trans of 5 persons.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 7; Pg 251
MR. WM. BALL & MR. JOHN PRICE, 350 acs., Rappa. Co., 22 Dec 1682, p. 224. Adj. lands of Mr. Thomas Edmondson, Williamson & Hudson, dec'd; beg. at George Turner & Richard Jones, dec'd; to Thomas Williams, &c. Trans. of 7 pers: John Drapton, Ann Allen, Eliz. Baxter, Wm. Perrey, Sam. Baggot, Wm. Hartwell, Peter Wood.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 7; Pg 262
JOHN PRICE & WILLIAM BALL, 1000 acs., Rappa. Co., towards head of Piscataway Cr., 16 Apr. 1683, p. 287. Beg. at Thomas Harper, by a small island, by the maine br; to Col. Goodrich; by an Indian path; over the Moyry Br., &c. Trans. of 20 pers: James Whettam, Jane Griffin, Danll. Neech Jon. Watford, Jon. Poor, James Man. Wm. Cock, Jon. Gibson, Wm. Young, Susan Haynes, Tho. Buck, Morgan Watkins, Eliz, Wastcoat, Jon. Harris, Robt. Edge, James Orland, Tho. Orrell, Richd. Butler, Richd. Bulkly, Hugh Young.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 7; Pg 283
WILLIAM BALL & JOHN PRICE, 290 acs., Rappa. Co., 21 Oct. 1684, p. 410. Adj. Francis Brown, Thomas Harper, & Nimcock Indian Road. Trans. of 6 pers: Robt. Porter, Thomas Clayton, John Johnson, Eliz. Simpson, Humphry Rooks, Rich. Scott." on 5 October 1680.¹⁸
In Col. William (II) Ball's will dated 5 October 1680 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA, Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. was named as executor;
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     "James Hughes 2006-10-01 12:16:15
     "In the name of god Amen. I William Ball of ye County of Lancastr in Rapp being Praised be god in good & pfect health both of Body and minde doe make and Ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (vis) Imp'et I bequeath my Soule to god Almighty my maker and Creator in full Assurance of ye pardon and Remission of all my sins Through ye death & meritts of Jesus Christ my only Savior and Redeemer and my body to ye Earth from Whence it Came to be Decently Intered and for my Worldly Estate my Just Debts and funerall Rights first is Charged I give and Dispose as foll: Item I give and Devise my Land and Plantation Whereon I Lived Expresst in two pattents Containing five hundred & forty Acres to my Sone William Ball and his heirs forever never ye les it is my Will and Pleasure yt my Loving Wife Hannah Ball be and Remaine in full possession thereof together wth all householde goods and Servants both Christians and Negrowes wth ye * * * of Cattle of all kinds Excepting What is pticularly bequeathed out of it wch never ye less is not to be Delivered till ye * * * of her rights for and During her natural Life pvided she soe long Remained A Widdow and therefore it is my Will and pleasure that what shall remain in her possession be Inventoryed and Vallued by her Selfe and my two Sons Between them them selves to go (together) and if She Should Marry againe She may then Enjoy on * * her pporconable parte according to Law. Item, for ye Other part of my Estate Consisting Cheifly in Marchantdiseing goods and Debts it is my will and pleasure ye same alsoe be Inventoried and Vallued as before and that she my s'd Wife Likewise Enjoy one third part thereof and that ye Remainder togeather wth what shall be Over and Above her third part of houschold goods servants and Cattle of all Kinds & not hereby pticularly bequeathed bee Soone After ye termination of her Right hereby lymitted Devided into five parts three Whereof I give and Bequeath to my Son William Ball & his heirs forever and ye Other two parts to my Son Joseph Ball & his heirs forever their part of Marchantdizeing goods & Debts to be forthwth Delivered. Item, I give and Devise my land in ye freshes of Rappk Cont'g by pattent 1600 Acres to my two Sons William and Joseph and to each of there heires forever to be equally Divided between them wthout any Advantage of Survlvorshipp if either of them should decese before Demission. Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son William and his heires my two Negroes Called Tame and Katie his Wife and to my son Joseph and his heires my Negro Tony and Dinah his wife, the Negro Girle Bess and ye negro boy James to my wife to Dispose of between my two sons or their Children, and noe other Wise When her Rights shall Determine Either by Death or Marryage. Item I give unto my two Sons William and Joseph Whatsoever Either of them stands Indepted to me upon Acco in my book. Item, I give unto my Daughter Hannah now ye Wife of Capt David ffox only five shillings Sterling Which is an Overplus both of her portion and Deserts. Item I hereby nominate and Appointe my two sons William and Joseph Executors of this my Last Will and testament to act together in all things in ye Ordering and Disposing of ye Estate According to the true Intent and meaning thereof by a due pformance of ye Severall Exceptions pvisoes and Limitations therein Contained hereby Renouncing all former Wills and Deeclare this to be my last Will and testament by Witnessing the same wh my hand Seale this fifth day of Octr 1680 and in the two and thirtieth year of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles ye Second.
     "WILLIAM BALL [L.] Sealed and Delivered in psence of us Thomas Everest, John Mottby, per signo Probat fuit humoi Testmt in Cur Com Lancast Decimo die Novembris Ao Domi 1680 pr Saemt Thomas Everest et John Mottby Jur in Cur. Test John Stretchly Clk. True copy test. Jno. Stretchly.
     "Source: A Geanealogy of the Glassell Family, Page, 50, 51
     "Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800;
BALL, William. Will. 5 Oct 1680. Rec. 11 Nov. 1680.
To son Wm. Ball, my plantation, 2 patents of 540 acres.
Wife Hannah; son Joseph Ball Patent of 1600 acres in Rappa. Co.,
Dau. Hannah, wife of Capt. David Fox only 5 shillings sterling, which is an overpayment both of her portion and deserts. Extrs. Sons William and Joseph. Wits. Thos. Everest, Jno. Mottly. W.B. 5, p . 70."¹⁹

Capt. William (III) Ball Jr. left a will on 28 September 1694 at St. Mary's White Chapel Parish, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA;
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     "Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800;
BALL, Capt. William, of Parish St. Mary's White Chapel. 28 Sep. 1694. Rec. 16 Nov. 1694
Wife (name not given), three eldest sons: William, Richard and James Ball; Sons: Joseph, George, David, Stretchly and Samuel Ball. Dau. Margaret Ball. Extrs. sons William and Richard, and brother Capt. David, Fox,
Mr. Geo. Haile. Wits. Abraham Taylor, George Finch, Edwin Conway. W.B. 8, p. 45.

From Wikitree:
Last Will & Testament (punctuation added for clarity) - Dated: 28 Sep 1694, probated 4 Nov 1694, recorded 16 Nov 1694:
     In the name of God. Amen. I Capt. William Ball of the parish of St. Mary's White Chapel in the County of Lancaster in Virginia being sick & weak in body but sound & Perfect memory Praised be ye Almighty God for the same & considering the frailty of this life being but a blast I doe make this my Last Will and testament in manner and form Following hereby revoking and making Void all other Will or Wills formerly by me made sealed or published.
First I give my soule to God that gave it me & commit my body to the Earth to be buried in decent order at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named in hope and true confidence that I shall have a joyful Resurrection at the Last day thru the merits of my most dear & Precious redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ.
     I give unto my Dr. wife all and every part of this 270 acres of Land whereon I now Live with all the housing & appurtances thereunto belonging and also my mill hereon standing during her Natural life and also full Power to plant, make and manure for her own use a Plantation if she pleae on every other Parcel of Land hereafter by me hereby given & my will is that she bring up my dear Children until they be 16 yrs. of age in Writing, Reading & c. and that they be under the tuition of my sons William and Richard, and that whenever the said mill be out of repair my will is that my said sons William Ball & Richard Ball give their assistan to mend repaire or new build her and that they be paid for their paines as the mill earns it.
I give unto my said sons William Ball & Richard Ball all my Tract lyeing in this Neck next to Richard Cundiff's being about 950 acr to be equally divided between them provided they acquit all their right which they or either of them may possibly have of any and to that Divident of Land in Richmond County next above Perpetua Creek being about 1,000 acres on which my Quarter Plantation now is unto their two brothers Joseph Ball & Geirge Ball then I do give unto my said sons William Ball and Richard Ball to them and their heirs forever all and every part of the above said 950 avres of Land Lying in this Neck next to Richard Cundiffs as aforesaid b said two sons William Ball & Richard Ball molest their two brothers Joseph Ball & George Ball in their Quiet Possession at any time hereafter either them or their heirs in the said 1,000 acres of Land at Perpetua Creek where my Quarter now is that I then do here give said two sons Joseph Ball & George Ball and their heirs all and every part & Parcel of that 950 acres before hereby given un two sons William Ball & Richard Ball as aforesaid.
     I give unto my two sons Joseph Ball & George Ball to them and their heirs all and every part & parcel of that Divident of Land in Richmond County whereon my Quarter now is near the head of Perpetua Creek to be Equally divided between them.I give unto my der Daughter Margaret Ball and to her and her heirs forever all that and every part & Parcel of tht Divident whereon my mother Lives at the mouth of Corratomon being about 350 acres more to bee laid out of my ajoyning Divident next to the Plantation that James Wood lives on only reserving to my dear _____ one third part of all the sider made thereon clear of all charge making & cask.
     I give to my said son William Ball a man serv't named Luke Dickson and a nergo man named Robin, and a negro woman named Dyner and my Silver Tumbler and a Punch cup at mother's when she is dead.
     I give to my son Richard Ball a man serv't called Thomas Alderton and a negro woman called Dadoe and a Silver Mustard Pott.
     I give to my dear wife' 3 negroes called Sambo, Tom & Mary and 3 Englis or white servants at my Quarter in Richmond County called Robin ____ James Canady & Sarah and a Silver salt siller, Tankard & Drinking Cup of Silver and which of my Cups she shall make Choice of.
     I give unto my son William all the residue of my cups after my dear wife hath her choice of one.
     I give to my son James Ball two slaves called Dominy & Kate and a boy and a girle.
     I give to my son David Ball a girle slave called Poll.
     I give to my daughter Margaret Ball two salve girls called Hanah & Betty thats at mother's.
     I give unto my son Stretchley Ball a Girl Slave called Saran.
     I give unto my son Samuel Ball a girl slave called Doll. The rest of my white servants and slaves not before hereby given, being Co Scotch, Tom, Betty & her mulatto child, 3 negro women Called Doll & Betty & Bess at mother's.
     I give unto my three eldest sons, viz., William Ball, Richard Ball and James Ball in consideration that they be at the charge of bringi up and maintaining their three youngest brothers.
     I give and Bequeath unto my said sons William & Richard Ball 2/6s part of all the rest of my estate not hereby before given Desiring them to take all the care they can of their dear mother.
And the residue of all my estate whereon had, found or being not before given I give to be equally Devided between my dear children here named, James, Joseph, David, George, Margaret, Stretchley & Samuel after their mother's decease but my will is that my dear wife have the use of it all During her Natural Life.
     I doe make & Ordaine my son William Ball and my son Richard Ball the Executors of this my last Will and testament and my loving Brother Captain David Fox and my loving friends Mr. George Heale & Mr. Edwin Conway the overseers of this my last will and testament.
In Witness Whereof I have hereonto set my hand & seale this 28th day of Sept. A 1694.
     Capt. William Ball
     Slaves Associated with William Ball:
      The following were named in his 1694 will:
          negro man named Robin (to son William)
          negro woman named Dyner to son William
          negro woman named Dadoe to son Richard Ball
          Sambo, to my dear wife
          Tom to my dear wife
          Mary t my dear wife
          Dominy toon James Ball
          Kate to son james Ball
          a boy to son James Ball
          a girle to son James
          Nany to son Joseph
          boy called Jack to son George
          slave girle Poll to son David
          slave girl Hannah "that's at mothers" to dau Margaret
          slave girle Betty 'that's not at mothers' to dau Margaret
          a girls slave Sarah to son Stretchley
          a girl called Doll to son Samuel
     rest of my white servants and slaves:
          Cox Scotch
          Tom & Betty and their mollatto child [sic]
          3 negro women: Dall (@ mothers)
          Betty (@ mothers
          Bess (@ mothers.^10,20,15

     Margaret Downman was born circa 1645 at Morattico, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.^3,4,2 She married Capt. William (III) Ball Jr., son of Col. William (II) Ball and Hannah Atherold, circa 1664 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
;      Descendants of William Ball of Virginia (p. 2) says she was his 3rd wife, but his wife, Margaret WILLIAMSON out lived him so Margaret WILLIAMSON must have been his last (3rd?) wife and (--) HARRIS and Margaret DOWNMAN must have been earlier.
     Find A Grave memorial, (uoting COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America, BALL FAMILY, page 31): "It is not positively known that Capt. Ball married thrice, but it is positively known that he married Margaret Downman, and the other marriages have the authority of long accepted tradition."
     Tyler [1915:I:178] says she was his 1st wife, Miss Harris was 2nd and Margaret Downman 3rd in 1675.
     Wikitree: "Margaret Downman[11][12][13][14][15] est. 1664 in Lancaster County, Virginia, daughter of Rawleigh Downman. She was born Est. 1645 in Morattico, Lancaster County, Virginia, and died est. 1720 in Lancaster County, VA, USA." Wikitree cites:
      [11] Harold E. Ball, From Saddlebags to Satellites, The Story of Shadrach D Ball, (Ball Printing Service, PO Boxs 63, Uniontown, KS, USA; Copyright 1990), page 5.
      [12] Stella Picket Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families Who Settled in the       Colonies prior to the Revolution, (Baltimore, MD: Southern Book Co., 1958.), page 31.
      [13] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Volume I -, II, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY 1915), page 178.
      [14] Robert "Bob" Duerigen, Duerigen Family Records, (Mar 2001).
      [15] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, AFN - Ancestral File Number, (FamilySearch(tm) v4.19, (c) 1999-2012 by Intellectual Reserve Inc.), ZS22-JV.^5,6,7,4
Margaret Downman died before 9 September 1702 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.²
      ; Possibly first or 2nd wife wife of Capt. Wm. Ball (1641-1694.)⁵

     Henry Chiles Jr. was born on 13 November 1698 at St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia, USA; Eakin [1983:18] says b c. 1697.^4,5 He married Anne (Anna ) Harrelson, daughter of Paul Harrelson Sr. and RebeccaRebekkah Burgess, before 1718
;
Per Davis [1989:227] Anne's father's will was written in 1718 and he named his daughter, Anne Chiles.^5,6
Henry Chiles Jr. died after 27 June 1746 at Amelia Co., Virginia, USA; Date of will.⁵
     GAV-7.

; per Joanne Chiles Eakin, 18 Oct. 1992, and "Walter Chiles of Jamestown", pp. 18-21.

per Patricia H. Cassedy, 21 July 1993: owned 3,094 acres at death

I have two conflicting dates of birth from Patricia Cassedy (1690) and WFT 8-2843 (1698). The 1698 date fits better with his siblings.

Henry Chiles Jr. left a will on 27 June 1746 at Amelia Co., Virginia, USA;
Per Davis [1989:227]: "Henry and Anne had children: Henry, Johm Paul, Anne, Susannah and Elizabeth Chiles. Their names appered in the above order in Henry's will written June 27, 1746."⁵

     Paul Chiles Sr. was born in 1718 at St. Peter's Parish, Kent Co., Virginia, USA.³ He married Anne Horsley, daughter of Robert Horsley and Frances Bassett,
; As evidence of the surname of Paul Childs' wife Anne, Tune cites Cavanagh [2014:36] as: "...we find the issue of Robert Horsley and Frances Bassett to be:
3.1 Robert Horsley born ca. 1700, apparently never married.
3.2 William Horsley born ca. 1704 (see next)
3.3 John Horsley born ca. 1706, New Kent Co., VA; untraced.
3.4 Elizabeth Horsley born ca. 1708, New Kent Co., VA
3.5 Ann Horsley born ca. 1710, New Kent Co., married ca. 1740 Paul Chiles, Issue:
3.5.1 Henry Chiles
3.5.2 Rowland Horsley Chiles
3.5.3 Paul Childes Jr.
3.5.4 Elizabeth Childes
3.5.5 Frances Chiles
3.6 Mary Horsley born ca. 1712 New Kent Co.
3.7 Rowland Horsley born ca. 1714 Hanover Co., VA; inherited his father’s lands there; married Susannah Via; and died 1787 Albemarle Co., VA."^3,4
Paul Chiles Sr. died on 19 March 1776 at Clays Mill, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.⁵
Paul Chiles Sr. was buried after 19 March 1776 at Paul Chiles Plantation River View Cemetery, Clays Mill, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      1718, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
     Death:      Mar. 19, 1776, Clays Mill, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
     Paul Chiles married Anna Rowland 1753 in Amelia Co., VA., S/O Henry Chiles Jr. & Ann Harrelson, Paul is my 5th great granduncle
     Family links: Parents:
      Henry Chiles (1698 - 1746)
      Anna Harrelson Chiles (1699 - 1761)
     Spouse: Anna Rowland Chiles (1736 - 1776)
     Siblings:
      Paul Chiles (1710 - 1761)*
      Paul Chiles (1718 - 1776)
      John Chiles (1730 - 1813)*
     Burial: Paul Chiles Planatation River View Cemetery, Clays Mill, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
     Created by: Michael L. Ramsey
     Record added: Apr 28, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 109663480.⁵
     Reference: per Joanne Chiles Eakin, 18 Oct. 1992, and "Walter Chiles of Jamestown", pp. 18, 22-25.^6,7

; Gloria Tune (email 6 Sep 2017 and RootsWeb page) presents evidence that Paul Chiles's wife's surname was Horsley, not Rowland (as Eakin posited)
From Tune's email:
     [quote]According to "A history of Henry County, Virginia: with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families", page 253, "John Rowland, a brother of Michael and Baldwin, married Elizabeth Hampton in 1728" & had these children: Benjamin, b. 1720; John b. 1730 & Andrew b. 1731.
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. A history of Henry County, Virginia : with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of h [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
     Original data: Hill, Judith Parks America.. A history of Henry County, Virginia : with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families. unknown: unknown, 1925.
     HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILL BOOK 1, ABSTRACTS; 1779-1799, P. 37-39 - JOHN ROWLAND
     The will of John Rowland of Henry County, Virginia dated 05 July 1780 mentions brother Michael & his son William; brother George; John Palfree; wife Mary; Obedience Ryan, wife of Philip Ryan; George Rowland Jr. & Will Rowland, sons of Gilbert Rowland; Garland Akin; Joshua & Sarah Bowls; John Wells; Mary Isham, wife of James Isham; Executors, William Tunstall, Haynes Morgan, Peter Saunders and Josiah Carter; Patrick Henry, John Fountain, John Salmon to settle with executors; Witness: Baldwin Rowland, Henry Barsdill, John Salmon. Probate 29 September 1780 by William Tunstall and Peter Saunders who gave bond with John Fountain & George Hairston.
     Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henry/wills/willbk01.txt
     Note there was no mention of a daughter Anne or anyone in his will by the Chiles surname.
From Tune's RootsWeb page:
     COLONIAL CHESAPEAKE FAMILIES: British Origins and Descendants, Volume 2, By Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, Xlibris Corporation, May 2, 2014
Winner of the Maryland Historical Society's 2014 Sumner A. Parker Prize for the best genealogical work concerning Maryland families.
     Horsley Lineage, page 35
     Will of Robert Horsley of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover, County, Virginia made in Goochland County, Virginia.
     Goochland County, Virginia, Will Book, pages 57-58
     05 February 1734; 03 May 1734
     Abstract: Names sons Rowland Horsley, William Horsley, Robert Horsley, John Horsley; daughters Elizabeth Horsely, Ann Horsley (200 acres on Little Bird Creek), Mary Horsley; nephew William Moore; wife Frances; daughter-in-law Frances Houl (Herd)
     Wife Frances and son Rowland Executors
     Witness: Jane Crumpton, Ealso Woods, John Ryan
     21 January 1735, Goochland County, Virginia Book 2, page 58, Appraisement of Robert Horsley's Estate, value 31 pounds by Wm. Cabell, Arthur Hopkins, Jonas Lawson, and Samuel Burk.
     page 36
     Ann Horsley born ca. 1710, New Kent County, married ca. 1740 Paul Chiles
     Issue: Henry Chiles, Rowland Horsley Chiles, Paul Chiles Jr., Elizabeth Chiles, Frances Chiles
     Source: https://books.google.com.^8,9,3,10
Paul Chiles Sr. is mentioned in the will of Henry Chiles Jr. on 27 June 1746 at Amelia Co., Virginia, USA;
Per Davis [1989:227]: "Henry and Anne had children: Henry, Johm Paul, Anne, Susannah and Elizabeth Chiles. Their names appered in the above order in Henry's will written June 27, 1746."¹
Paul Chiles Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction in 1751
Memo: per Eakin [1983:31]: "[John] was a witness for his brother Paul's land transaction in 1751, so he must have been of legal age at that time."¹¹
Paul Chiles Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 1 January 1761 at Russell Parish, Bedford Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Transcription by Gloria J. Tune from copy of original - 03 October 2017
Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 1, pp. 487-488
     01 January 1761
     This Indenture made this first day of January in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and sixty one and in the thirty first year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the second by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King defender of the faith of c.
     Between Paul Chiles of the county of Halifax in the colony of Virginia, Gentleman of the one part and William Dudley of the parish of Russell in the county of Bedford in the colony and dominion aforesaid, Planter of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Paul Chiles for and in consideration of the sum of sixty two pounds current money to him the said Pauld Chiles on hand paid by the said William Dudley at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he the said Paul Chiles doth hereby acknowledge and thereof doth aquit, exonerate and discharge his heirs, executors and administrators hath given, granted, bargained and sold and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain and sell unto the said William Dudley his heirs and asigns forever one tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Russell parish in the county of Bedford county aforesaid commonly called and known by the name of Horsleys Mountain and the said tract or parcel of land containing by estimation three hundred and eighty eight acres be the same more of less together with all houses, out houses, gardens, fences, orchards, trees, woods, underwoods, ways, waters, water courses, hereditaments, commodities and appertenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining to the same unto the said William Dudley, his heirs and assigns and the rerversion and reversions, remainder and remainders yearly and other rents and profits of the said profitsses and of every part and parcel thereof. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land and all and singular the premises herein mentioned or intended to be bargained and sold with their and every of their appertenances unto the said William Dudley, his heirs, executors and administrators forever which said tract or parcel of land and premises now are in actual posession of the said William Dudley.
     In witness thereof the said Paul Chiles hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year above written.
     S/ Paul Chiles L.L.
     Sealed and delivered in presence of William Henson, Wm. Alford, Silvater Alford, Anne Henson
     January the first 1761 Then received of the within named William Dudley the sum of sixty two pounds current money being the consideration money for the within bargained premises I say received by
     S/ Paul Chiles (L.L.)¹²

Paul Chiles Sr. left a will on 2 September 1761 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA; Will of Paul Chiles, Halifax County, Virginia, Transcription by Gloria J. Tune 27 March 2015
     Halifax County Will Book O, 1753-1772, pages 129-131
     02 September 1761
     In the name of God Amen. I Paul Chiles of Halifax County being in good health, sense and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
     Item - I lend my loving wife Anne Chiles all my land where I now dwell during her life, then after her decease I give to my son Henry Chiles one hundred and forty acres at the upper end where I now live. Also one hundred and eighty four acres of land lying on Buttun(sic) Town Creek in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Polly, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Paul Chiles four hundred acres of land lying on the white marsh in Bedford County, also four hundred acres of land upon Frying Pan Creek in Halifax County, also seven hundred acres of upon both sides of Widgen Creek in the aforesaid County, also two negroes and one boy named Will and one girl named Frankie, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my son Rowland Chiles, not yet baptised, the remainder part of the land I now live on after my wife's decease, also one hundred and ten acres at the mouth of Buttun(sic) Town Creek, also seventy acres on Sycamore Creek in Halifax County, also a negro boy named Mat, also a negro boy named Essex, all to him and his heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Chiles one tract of land containing seven hundred and twenty eight acres lying on both sides of Smiths River in Halifax County, also one negro woman named Lucy, all to her and her heirs forever.
     Item - I give to my daughter Frances Chiles two hundred acres of land lying on the Mayo River, also four hundred acres of land joining the same not yet cleared out of the office in Halifax County, also one hundred and thirty acres on the other fork of the Mayo and four hundred acres joining it but not yet cleared out of the office, to be cleared with my Estate, also one negro woman named Marion and one negro boy named Ned, all to her and her heirs forever.
     My further will and desire is that if either of my forementioned children should die without heirs that their part may be equally divided among the rest that is living. My desire is that all my personal estate may be sold at puclick sale giving six months credit.
     I give and bequeath my loving wife Anne sixty pounds to be at her disposal if my personal estate do not pay all my just debts, my desire is that my negro man Charles may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro woman Hanner may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Jack may be sold and if that money do not discharge that my negro man Daniel may be sold. If my debts can be discharged without any or all of them, I lend the remaining ones to my loving wife Anne Chiles during her life, afterward to be sold and the money to be equally divided among all my children. I also lend to my loving wife Anne Chiles my negro man Tome during her life , afterwards I give him to my son Henry Chiles to him and his heirs forever.
     My back land unmentioned to be sold and the money to be equally divided amongst all my children and do order that my Executor make a proper right to the land that I have sold and deliver my loving wife Anne Chiles, John Chiles and Capt. John Ward my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills or legacies heretofore made, In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this second day of September 1761.
     (signed) Paul Chiles (seal)
     In the presence of
          William Cadwell
          R. Robinson Hunt
     his William W Glass mark
= = = = =
At a Court held for Halifax County the 19th day of March 1761/62
     This will was presented in Court by Ann Chiles, John Chiles and John Ward, Executrix and Executors of therein appointed who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oath of the sworn witnesses so subscribed was ordered to be recorded and certificate granted the said Executrix and Executors for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form, they having with Clement Read and Paul Carrington their securities entered into and acknowledged Bond according to Law.
     By the Court Robert Munford, Clk
     *****Note that Executor John Ward was the brother-in law of Paul Chiles & John Chiles, the other Executor.
Abstracts of the will, probate & estate accounts located in this book.....
     Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 0, 1752-1773, pages 16-17, by Marian Dodson Chiarito
     page 16
     16 May 1761
     124 Paul Chiles Inventory & Appraisement
     Among items listed: negro man Tom, woman Lucy, boy Ned, girl Frank, man Daniel, boy Essex, ditto will, ditto Watt, woman Patt, man Charles, ditto Jack, dryed beef & bacon, 1 soril mare branded IB(with a horizontal line going through the middle of the "I"), sorrel horse branded MC, horses & cattle, household goods, books, hand bellows, plantation tools, money scales, nutmeg grater, 1 fishing saine
     Appraisers: Thomas Dillard, Jr., Benjamin Clements, William
     Returned 16 May 1761 Total: 497.17.0
     page 29
     20 July 1764
     186 Paul Chiles Accounts Current
     Names: Pd. William Owens, Uriah Cameron, Paul Carrington bal. Buchanans Judt., Clemt. Reade by Bond, James Lyle, ditto, John Talbot ditto, David George, William Spurlock, Charles Spurlock, William Owen, Jr., Shadrack Turner, Jno. Denny, Edmd. Pendleton atto. fee vs Paine, Paul Carrington Sharpes Judt., Jos. Ashworth, Webs(to) Gilbert, Alexr. Caldwell, Hugh Challis, Wm. Dudley, Robert Routledge, Mrs. Chiles part of her portion, Acquilla Gilbert, Thomas Dillard, Jonathan Jennings, Moses Harris, Benja. Lank(for) Bumpass Judt., Clerk of Bedford, George Yates,
Wm. Owen for laying 3 negro wenches, William Dudley, William McCoy atto. fee vs Thompson, Paul Carrington Boumans Judt., William Stamps, Benja. Lankford, Jer. Earley, Crocket for smiths work, John Ward, Cox for carriage of tobo., interest on Bond to Lyle from 14 April 1760 til 22 June 1764, David Walker, John Martin, George Yates, John Wood, Richare Lee, John Chiles, Ann Chiles, John Wood, John Ward.
     Total: 666.3.6
     By John Hanby for a negro sold him, balance of : 204.8.1 due the Exrs.
     Dated: 20 July 1764
     Signed: Tho. Dillard, Jr., Jno. Donelson
     Returned: 20 July 1764
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     page 37
     21 May 1767
     222 Paul Chiles
     Accounts Current
     Capt. John Ward, Exr.
     To 4510 lbs tobacco, negroes Matt, Lucy, Tom, Daniel & Essex, the hire of 3 negroes 2 years.
     By William Madlock his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back Surveys 68 days, John Thompson, Exr., John Woodson, Mrs. Munfords fees, Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton for boarding & schooling two children, Mrs. Ann Chiles her Bond, Expenses going to Wms.burg, Joseph Whitehead, sail of negro Tom, Kendirck for services, Alex.r Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyle for Bumpass, John Bryand.
     Dated: 21 May 1767
     Signed: Thomas Dillare, Jr., Ben Lankford
     Returned: 21 May 1767.³

     Anne (Anna ) Harrelson was born in 1699 at New Kent Co., Virginia, USA; per Patricia H. Cassedy (21 July 1993): 1690-1700.^2,3 She married Henry Chiles Jr., son of Henry Chiles Sr. and Unknown (?), before 1718
;
Per Davis [1989:227] Anne's father's will was written in 1718 and he named his daughter, Anne Chiles.^4,5
Anne (Anna ) Harrelson died in 1758 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA; Eakin [1983:20] says "Ann Harrelson Chiles was living in Halifax County in 1758. At this she could have been living with one of her children (Paul, John or Ann) but more than likely with her son Paul as she was buried in his graveyard."⁶
     GAV-7.

.⁷
In Paul Harrelson Sr.'s will dated 18 August 1718 at St. Pauls Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia, USA, Anne (Anna ) Harrelson was named as an heir; per Eakin [1883, p. 22]: "I Paul Harrelson of St. Pauls Parish, New Kent County in perfect memory appoint this my last will and testament. I give my soul unto the hands of almighty God and commit my body to the Ground to be buried in a Christian burial at the direction of my Executors. I give to my beloved son Peter Harrelson 240 acres on the south side of Crumps Creek being the same on which he now liveth; to my aforesaid son Peter Harrelson a negro man named Tony; to my well beloved son Paul Harrelson the plantation whereon I now dwell with all the land and appurtenances belonging to the same; to my said son Paul a negro lad named Goliah and a negro girl named Betty and a feather bed and furniture; to my Grand daughter Rebekkah Sims a negro girl named Perthenia; to my well beloved daughter Anne Chiles a negro boy named Dinnis, a feather bed and furniture; to my well beloved daughter Judith Harrelson a negro girl named Kate also a feather bed and furniture; I give the remaining part of my Estate real or personal to be equally divided among my wife and all my children of her begotten. I appoint my well beloved wife Rebekkah Harrelson and my son Peter Harralson executrix and executor. 18 August 1718 Paul Harralson
Wit: John Snead, John Meaks (Meeks), John Snead Jr.¹
In Henry Chiles's will dated 9 October 1757 at Bedford Co., Virginia, USA, Anne (Anna ) Harrelson was named as an heir; Eakin says will dated 27 Nov 1758. Transcription of will included as supplemental document with DAR App #568312 has date "Ninth day of October One Thousand seven Hundred and Fiftie sever", 9 Oct 1757. DAR App #568312 cites Deed Book 1, page 166 (Bedford Co.)^4,8

     Paul Harrelson Sr. was born circa 1669 at Denmark.² He married RebeccaRebekkah Burgess circa 1690 at Prob. Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.¹

Paul Harrelson Sr. died in 1734 at St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.³

His estate was probated on 5 April 1734 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA,
; per Eakin [1883, p. 22]: "5 April 1734 proved by oath of John Meeks who made oath he saw John Sneed and John Snead Jurn. witness the same. Paul Harralson son of said Deceased taking oath appointed was granted him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the said decedents Estate.
Administrators Bond. We Paul Harrelson and Henry Chiles are firmly bound unto Nicholas Meriwether, Gent. first Justice in Commission of the Peace for said County of Hanover in the som of 200 pounds sterling.
5 April 1734. Condition: if above bound Paul Harrelson Administrator of Paul Harrelson deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all goods, chattels and credits of said deceased and do truly deliver all legacies contained in said testament then this bond to be void.
Paul Harralson Henry Chiles
from Hanover Count, Virginia Court Records 1733-1735, pp 46-47.¹
     GAV-8.

; originally noted per Kate McGinnis Pieper.
also by Blake Kirk, Dec. 11, 1992 (CIS 76646,2427) citing "...records in the LDS library."

per Patricia H. Cassedy (21 Jul 1993): may have emigrated through Holland? as early as 1679. "Possible sister Elizabeth. He 1st mentioned 3 Dec. 1692 owning 225 acres on Crimps Creek. Added to 135 acres already owned. Petitioned for Naturalization 23/3/1702. Will 1718, probate 5/4/1734. Mentions Rebecca & children"

per WFT 14-2613: "From Haralson-Harrelson Family History by Danny K. Harrelson

Paul Haralson- He is believed to have emigrated to Virginia from
Dedmark through Holland possibly as early as 1679 at which tome as Eliza
Harralson married Franxes Dodson on February 5 in the county of
Middlesex. ONe story handed down through the years is that htey arrived
at the port of Urbanna in Middlesex in the state of Virginia in the
1670's. The Elizabeth could have been a sister to Paul. About 1680's a
nem era of immigration started which untill that time had been
monopolized by the English and Dutch. A vast tite of settlers consisting
mostly of foreign Protestant origin, started to settle the middle and
southern colonies. It was in this wave of settlers that we believe our
Paul arrived. The first mention of in the Americas appears 3 December
1692. On that date he owned 225 acres on Crumps Creek which he had
purchased from George and Ann Marr prior to the date. In addition to th
is he owned another 135 acres. In the legislative journals of the
Council of Colonial Virginia, Volume One, page 367,in the proseedings of
Tuesday, March 23, 1702, Paul Harrelson petitioned for his
naturalization. Paul paid rent roll on 360 acres lying in the Parrish of
St. Peters and St. Paul's in 1702. Paul made a will on 1718 which was
proved April 5, 1734 and mentions his wife Pebekkah Burgess. The English
Church was by law, the church of Virginia, Maryland and the Carolina's.
Paul and family attended church at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Hanover
county, Virginia. The foundation of the original church still can be
found in the woods a short distance to the west of Hanover, Virigina.
The original church was abandoned for a larger churc further weat of
Hanover onthe 1720's which still stands and is now the "Slash" Christian
church. The presont St. Paul's Episicopal church was not constructed
until after Paul's death." Paul Harrelson Sr. was also known as Paul Harralson.¹

Paul Harrelson Sr. left a will on 18 August 1718 at St. Pauls Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia, USA; per Eakin [1883, p. 22]: "I Paul Harrelson of St. Pauls Parish, New Kent County in perfect memory appoint this my last will and testament. I give my soul unto the hands of almighty God and commit my body to the Ground to be buried in a Christian burial at the direction of my Executors. I give to my beloved son Peter Harrelson 240 acres on the south side of Crumps Creek being the same on which he now liveth; to my aforesaid son Peter Harrelson a negro man named Tony; to my well beloved son Paul Harrelson the plantation whereon I now dwell with all the land and appurtenances belonging to the same; to my said son Paul a negro lad named Goliah and a negro girl named Betty and a feather bed and furniture; to my Grand daughter Rebekkah Sims a negro girl named Perthenia; to my well beloved daughter Anne Chiles a negro boy named Dinnis, a feather bed and furniture; to my well beloved daughter Judith Harrelson a negro girl named Kate also a feather bed and furniture; I give the remaining part of my Estate real or personal to be equally divided among my wife and all my children of her begotten. I appoint my well beloved wife Rebekkah Harrelson and my son Peter Harralson executrix and executor. 18 August 1718 Paul Harralson
Wit: John Snead, John Meaks (Meeks), John Snead Jr.¹

     Benjamin Lillard was born in 1700 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA; Heinrich gives birth date as 1701 (Heinrich Family History.)¹ He married Elizabeth Lightfoot in 1724 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
; Record #1 From Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Benjamin Lillard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Place:     VA
     Birth Year:     1701
     Spouse Name:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Marriage Year:     1724
     Marriage State:     VA
     Number Pages:     1
Source Citation: Source number: 2496.003; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Record #2 From Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Benjamin Lillard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Place:     VA
     Birth Year:     1700
     Spouse Name:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Marriage Year:     1724
     Number Pages:     1
Source Citation Source number: 36.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: VAU
Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.^2,3,4
Benjamin Lillard died in 1781 at James River, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA; Heinrich gives place of death as James River, Isle of Wight, VA (Heinrich Family History.)¹
     GAV-7.

; Record #1 - From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Banjamin Lillard
     Birth Date:     1701
     SAR Membership:     74660
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     28 Mar 1952
     Father:     John Lillard
     Mother:     Mildred Jones
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.⁵

; NB: per Lillard (1991, p. 11): "Extensive research has not produced any reference in the extant records to a Benjamin Lillard who married Elizabeth Lightfoot. This lineage is apparently based entirely upon family traditions as related by Lillards of earlier generations. But these statements of tradition are not direct evidence because the declarants did not have personal knowledge of the events and relationships they described." I am still searching for the parents of Elizabeth.
     Several family trees on Ancestry.com (e.g., Karen's Family Tree) show this Elizabeth who m. Benjamin Lillard. Based on such sources, I had assigned this Elizabeth as the dau. of John Lightfoot, Esq. and his wife Elizabeth Phillips. According to William/Morton (2007:34] This John and Elizabeth did have a daughter named Elizabeth, but she married a John Turner. The Elizabeth (b. ca 1701 d. ) who m. Benjamin lived too late to be a daughter of John and Elizabeth. The daughter named Elizabeth of John and Elizabeth was b. bef 1648 (when her father died): more than 50 years before the birth of the Elizabeth who m. Benjamin Lillard
     Some of the Ancestry family trees cite the Colonial Famililes of the USA, 1607-1775 database with pages from MacKenzie & Rhodes (copies of the images of the pages cited are attached). MacKenzie & Rhodes show the following lineage (in ahnentafel form):
     however, later research (e.g., Richardson [2013] shows several errors in the MacKenzie & Rhodes ascent, the most important of which is that there is a generation missing between Col John Lightfoot (c1650-1707) and John Lightfoot, Esq. (1598-1648). Another error in the MacKenzie & Rhodes line is that Rev. Richard Lightfoot (c1562-1625) m. Jane ASKE (not Jane Jones).
The corrected line with the corrected generations highlighted is:
Many (more than 100) Ancestry family trees assign Elizabeth as a daughter of William/John Lightfoot and an Elizabeth Phillips. Some of these show the John and Elizabeth I list above. Others show this William/John as the son of Philip Lightfoot (1643-1708) and Alice Corbin 1660-1713). I am so far unable to confirm that Philip and Alice had a son named William (or John).
Conclusion: I have chosen to show no parents for Elizabeth for the moment. GA Vaut.^{6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13}
; From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Thomas Lillard
     Birth Date:     1726
     Death Date:     22 Nov 1814
     SAR Membership:     49577
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     3 Jan 1930
     Father:     Benjamin Lillard
     Mother:     Elizabeth Lillard
     Spouse:     Anne Lillard
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.¹⁴
In Henry Drinker Jr.'s will dated 28 March 1809 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Benjamin Lillard was named as an heir; This may be a Quaker style date. The will reads "...the twenty eighth day of the third month in ... one thousand eigth hundred & eight."
Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
Record
Source

     Elizabeth Lightfoot was born in 1701 at Richmond, Warsaw Co., Virginia, USA; per Leigh Ann Stiehl 6-Oct-1995.¹ She married Benjamin Lillard, son of Jean (John) Lillard and Mildred Jones, in 1724 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA,
; Record #1 From Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Benjamin Lillard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Place:     VA
     Birth Year:     1701
     Spouse Name:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Marriage Year:     1724
     Marriage State:     VA
     Number Pages:     1
Source Citation: Source number: 2496.003; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Record #2 From Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Benjamin Lillard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Place:     VA
     Birth Year:     1700
     Spouse Name:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Marriage Year:     1724
     Number Pages:     1
Source Citation Source number: 36.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: VAU
Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.^2,3,4
     GAV-7. Elizabeth Lightfoot was Research Issues From Ancestry.com: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
     Name:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Gender:     Female
     Baptism Date:     13 Feb 1704
     Baptism Place:     Shillington,Bedford,England
     Father:     William Lightfoot
     Mother:     Elizabeth
     FHL Film Number:     599349
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Source: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9841&h=114865576&ssrc=pt&tid=63919102&pid=300047432409&usePUB=true


From Ancestry.com: Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
     Name:     John Lightfoot
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Phillips
     Page Number:     461
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
     Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
Source: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61175&h=67110&ssrc=pt&tid=88672941&pid=332084429146&usePUB=true.^5,6

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: cousin of Robert E. Lee??⁷

; NB: per Lillard (1991, p. 11): "Extensive research has not produced any reference in the extant records to a Benjamin Lillard who married Elizabeth Lightfoot. This lineage is apparently based entirely upon family traditions as related by Lillards of earlier generations. But these statements of tradition are not direct evidence because the declarants did not have personal knowledge of the events and relationships they described." I am still searching for the parents of Elizabeth.
     Several family trees on Ancestry.com (e.g., Karen's Family Tree) show this Elizabeth who m. Benjamin Lillard. Based on such sources, I had assigned this Elizabeth as the dau. of John Lightfoot, Esq. and his wife Elizabeth Phillips. According to William/Morton (2007:34] This John and Elizabeth did have a daughter named Elizabeth, but she married a John Turner. The Elizabeth (b. ca 1701 d. ) who m. Benjamin lived too late to be a daughter of John and Elizabeth. The daughter named Elizabeth of John and Elizabeth was b. bef 1648 (when her father died): more than 50 years before the birth of the Elizabeth who m. Benjamin Lillard
     Some of the Ancestry family trees cite the Colonial Famililes of the USA, 1607-1775 database with pages from MacKenzie & Rhodes (copies of the images of the pages cited are attached). MacKenzie & Rhodes show the following lineage (in ahnentafel form):
     however, later research (e.g., Richardson [2013] shows several errors in the MacKenzie & Rhodes ascent, the most important of which is that there is a generation missing between Col John Lightfoot (c1650-1707) and John Lightfoot, Esq. (1598-1648). Another error in the MacKenzie & Rhodes line is that Rev. Richard Lightfoot (c1562-1625) m. Jane ASKE (not Jane Jones).
The corrected line with the corrected generations highlighted is:
Many (more than 100) Ancestry family trees assign Elizabeth as a daughter of William/John Lightfoot and an Elizabeth Phillips. Some of these show the John and Elizabeth I list above. Others show this William/John as the son of Philip Lightfoot (1643-1708) and Alice Corbin 1660-1713). I am so far unable to confirm that Philip and Alice had a son named William (or John).
Conclusion: I have chosen to show no parents for Elizabeth for the moment. GA Vaut.^{8,9,10,6,11,12,13,14}
; From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Thomas Lillard
     Birth Date:     1726
     Death Date:     22 Nov 1814
     SAR Membership:     49577
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     3 Jan 1930
     Father:     Benjamin Lillard
     Mother:     Elizabeth Lillard
     Spouse:     Anne Lillard
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.¹⁵

     John Lightfoot Esq. married Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Francis Philips Esq. and Olive Sawyer.⁷
John Lightfoot Esq. was born before 9 April 1598 at St. Lawrence Pountney Parish, London, City of London, Greater London, England.^8,9 He was baptized on 9 April 1598 at St. Lawrence Pountney Parish, London, City of London, Greater London, England.⁶ He married Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Francis Philips Esq. and Olive Sawyer, on 16 January 1625/26 at St. Andrews, Undershaft, London, City of London, Greater London, England.^8,6

John Lightfoot Esq. died in 1648 at co. Middlesex, England.^8,10

His estate was probated on 24 March 1648/49 at London, City of London, Greater London, England.^11,6

     He was Barrister at Law of Gray's Inn at Gray's Inn, London, City of London, Greater London, England.¹²

; John was a barrister at law. He matriculated at Lincoln College at the age of
seventeen, and was later a student of Gray's Inn, where he studied law. He was
an extensive landholder, and left a considerable amount of property.⁸
John Lightfoot Esq. was educated on 5 May 1615; Matriculated Lincoln College, Oxford.⁵ He was listed as a beneficiary in Rev. Richard Lightfoot's will on 6 December 1625 at Probate Division, Her Matjesty's High Court of Justice, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.¹³

John Lightfoot Esq. left a will on 1 January 1647/48; per Williams/Morton [2007:35] citing Tyler Quarterly", William and Mary College, V.2, p. 90, the will is recorded in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in book Fairfax 32 (Somerset House, London).


From Ancestry.com: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
     Name:     Johanis Lightfoote [John Lightfoote]
     Residence:     Grays, Middlesex, England
     Probate Date:     24 Mar 1648
     Death Year:     Abt 1648
     Source Citation: The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 207
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1. The National Archives, Kew, England.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England.^14,6,15
In Jane Aske's will dated 20 December 1649 at Stoke Bruerne, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England, John Lightfoot Esq. was named as an heir.¹⁶

     Jean (John) Lillard was born in 1667; per Henry M. Early FGS, born ca 1668 "near Nantes, France."¹ He was born in 1668 at Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France.² He married Mildred Jones in 1699
; Heinrich gives marriage date as 1700 (Heinrich Family History.)¹ Jean (John) Lillard married Martha M. Littlejohn in 1721.

Jean (John) Lillard died on 20 February 1733/34 at Prince William Co., Virginia, USA; Date is from Heinrich Family History
Place is from Heinrich Family History and Ralph Lillard.^1,2
     ; Record #1 - From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Banjamin Lillard
     Birth Date:     1701
     SAR Membership:     74660
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     28 Mar 1952
     Father:     John Lillard
     Mother:     Mildred Jones
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.³ GAV-8.

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: Huguenot, came from France and settle in VA.

per Ralph E. LILLARD - first Lillard in America.

     Mildred Jones was born in 1670.¹ She married Jean (John) Lillard, son of Moise Lillard (1st) and Lillie BalesBalssa, in 1699
; Heinrich gives marriage date as 1700 (Heinrich Family History.)²
Mildred Jones died in 1719 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA; Heinrich gives death date as 1720 and place as VA (Heinrich Family History.)²
     ; Record #1 - From Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
     Name:     Banjamin Lillard
     Birth Date:     1701
     SAR Membership:     74660
     Role:     Ancestor
     Application Date:     28 Mar 1952
     Father:     John Lillard
     Mother:     Mildred Jones
     Spouse:     Elizabeth Lightfoot
     Children:     John Lillard
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
     National Society, Sons of the American Revolution.³ GAV-8.

; per Kate McGinnis Pieper: cousin of President Monroe??

     John Henry Roberts was born on 17 March 1867 at Rusk, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; per Death Certificate: Aged 61 years at death
per Death Notice: "John H. Roberts was born Mar. 17, 1867, at Cherokee, Texas." His parents were living in Rusk in the 1860 census and were buried there.^5,6,7 He married Emma V. Franklin, daughter of Jesse Sanford Franklin and Nancy Elizabeth Green, on 19 April 1890 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA,
; per 1900 census (1 June 1900): married 10 years.^8,6,2,9 John Henry Roberts married Amelia Reames circa 10 March 1928 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, USA.⁶

John Henry Roberts died on 4 August 1928 at Lindsay, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA, at age 61; From the Lindsay News (front page) Friday, August 10, 1928:
ROBERTS SLAYS WIFE, SELF - Despondent Over Marital Relations - Formerly Lived at Lindsay
John H. Roberts, aged 61, day watchman for Morris & Co. packing plant at Oklahoma city, shot Mrs. Amelia Reames Roberts, 35 yers old, at 914 1/2 West Sixth street Saturday morning, Aug. 4, 1928, and then turned the gun on himself and took his own live.

Roberts and Mrs. Reames were married about five months ago but had been separated for about a week. He went to her apartment Saturday to try to settle their difficulties, failing in which he turned a .32 automatic pistol on his wife and shot her three times. He then discharged the other two bullets into his own body.

Death must have occured almost instantly in both cases, as neither the man nor the woman was alive when persons living in the house ran upstairs and battered their way into the room.

Mrs. Roberts is survived by a son, Milburn, 18 years old, and two daughters, Murl, 17 years old, and Bussie Lee 6 years old. Mrs roberts body was taken charge of by relatives and sent to Coalgate for interment.

The body of Roberts was brought to Lindsay where a funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Christian chruch, conducted by Reb. V. L. Graves. The interment was in Green Hill cemetery.

John H. Roberts was born Mar. 17, 1867, at Cherokee, Texas. He was married the first time in 1889 to Miss Emma Franklin, who died Oct. 1902. There were born to this died in infancy. The surviving ones are Mrs. R. D. Pratt, Mrs. G. M. DeVaughn and F. W. Roberts, all of Lindsay and T. S. Roberts of Sunset Texas. All these were present at the last sad rites. Deceased was a member of the Christian church.

The deceased moved to the Happy Hollow community southeast of Lindsay in 1906, and lived there several years. He moved from the vicinity of Lindsay in 1910.¹⁰
John Henry Roberts was buried on 5 August 1928 at Green Hill Cemetery, Lindsay, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth: 1867
     Death: 1928
     Family Members
     Children
      Myrtle Lee Roberts Pratt 1890–1987
      Bessie Lorene Roberts DeVaughan 1897–1983
      Foye W Roberts 1900–1983
     Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA
     Plot: Section 7, Row 11
     Created by: DLT
     Record added: Apr 27, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 68990854.¹¹

His estate was probated on 10 August 1928 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Oklahoma, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008

Record ID     9077::1770008
Record Page     Link
Image Page     Open
Name     J H Roberts
Residence Date     Abt 1928
Residence Place     Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Will Date     10 August 1928
Probate Date     10 August 1928
Probate Place     Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
Inferred Death Date     1928
Inferred Death Place     Oklahoma, USA
Case Number     8234
Item Description     Case File 8232-8255, 1928
Others Listed     Relationship
J H Roberts     
J. S. Roberts     Son
Myrtle Pratt     Daughter
Bessie Devaughn     Daughter
F. W. Roberts     Son

Source Citation: Probate Case Files, 1890-1928; Probate Index, 1890-1928; Author: Oklahoma. District Court (Oklahoma County); Probate Place: Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Oklahoma, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.¹²
     GAV-1.

; "Modern Brotherhood of Am." Lindsay, Lodge #1546, received of J. H. Roberts sum of one dollar, 1910"
OK Death Certificate: Packing House Watchman; Cause of Death - Gunshot wound, self inflicted.^13,14
;
DNA Match with "L.W." of 1st cousin 1x removed - Managed by andrea wells: 1st–2nd Cousin, Shared DNA: 534 cM across 24 segments - https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/00fcc278-0002-0000-0000-000000000000, descended from John Henry ROBERTS [1768].¹⁵ He was listed as a beneficiary in Elijah Josiah Roberts's will on 28 December 1868;
Crawford [2009:95] "Com. Estate of Elijah J. Roberts who died 11-12-1868, with his wife, F. L. Roberts, Adm. Bond 12-28-1868. Left 5 minors that were not named."
     Huttash [2012:140]: "Roberts, Elijah J. decased. G2 107. December 1868. Frances L. Roberts, surviving wife, appointed administrator of community estate."^16,17,18

John Henry Roberts appeared on the census of 22 September 1870 in the household of Luticia Frances Higginbotham at Precinct 5, Rusk Co., Texas, USA; This may be Frances Luticia Higginbotham ROBERTS and her three youngest children, plus her sister Julia, but most of the ages are wrong
p. 485B, Lines: 21-25, Dwelling 301: Family 313
     21 ROBERTS, Frances 25 [1845] F W Keeping House $400 AL
     22 " , Julia 19 [1851] F W ?? AL
     23 " , Nannie 10 [1860] F W at home TX
     24 " , Lum 8 M w at home TX
     25 " , John 6 [1864] at home TX.¹⁹

John Henry Roberts appeared in the census of 23 June 1880 at Precinct 1, Kaufman Co., Texas, USA; John Roberts as orphan in household of John T. Wilson:
p. 57D (40), lines 45-49, Dwelling 354; Family 357
     45 WILSON, John T W M 29 [1851] Married Farmer TX GA GA
     46 " , Mary E W F 26 [1854] Wife Married Keeping House TX KY KY
     47 " , C Roy W M 2 [1878] Son Single At home TX TX
     48 " , Joshua S. W M 23 [1857] Brother Single Works on Farm TX GA TX
     49 ROBERTS, John W M 15 [1865] Orphan Single Works on Farm TX -- -- (no places of birth for parents.)²⁰ He was Ancestry.com - Texas, U.S., Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875-1945

Record ID     2143::257010
Record Page     Link
Image Page     Open
Name     John Roberts
Birth Year     abt 1868
Birth Place     Texas
Record Date     19 June 1883
Place of Residence     Willom City
Prison Location     Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA
Age     15
Convict Number     1314
Reg. No.     1314
Name     John Roberts
Age     15
Height     5/4
Weight     112
Complexion     Fair
Eyes     Blue
Hair     Brown
Makrs on Person     Scar on left hip
Marital Relations     No
Use of Tobacco     No
Habits     Temp
Education     Lim
Occupation     Farmer
Nativity     Texas
Time of Conviction     1883 May 23
Offense     Horse Theft
Term of Imprisonment     5 yrs
County     Mason
Residence     William City
Money     No
When Received     1883 June 19
Expiration of Sentence     May 23, 1888
Remarks     Pardoned February 16, 1884

Source Citation: Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Convict Record Ledgers; Convict Number Range: 0001-4622; Volume Number: 1998/038-148
Source InformationL Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data:
-- Conduct Registers, vols. 1998/038-177–1998/038-236. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.
-- Convict Registers, vols. 1998/038-138–1998/038-176. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas. on 23 May 1883 at Texas State Penitentiary, Rusk, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA.²¹

John Henry Roberts and Emma V. Franklin appeared in the census of 1 June 1900 at Precinct 2, Navarro Co., Texas, USA; p. 1-B, Lines 84-88, Dwelling 16, Family 16
     84 ROBERTS, John H. Head W M DOB March 1864 36 Married 10yrs TX AL AL Farmer
     85 " , Emma Wife W F DOB Feb 1873 27 Married 10yrs 5 4 TX TX TX
     86 " , Myrtle Dau W F Dec 1889 10 Single TX TX TX
     87 " , Jesse S. Son W M Aug 1893 6 Single TX TX TX
     88 " , Bessie L. Dau W F Sept 1897 2 Single TX TX TX.²²

John Henry Roberts lived between 1906 and 1910 at Happy Hollow, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA.⁶

John Henry Roberts appeared in the census of 24 May 1910 at Mangan Township, Comanche Co., Oklahoma, USA; (Note: Mangan is about 1 mile N of Faxon OK)
p. 38A, Lines 6-10, Dwelling 434; Family 438
     6 ROBERTS, John H Head M W 44 [1866] Divorced TX -- -- Farmer general farm
     7 " , Jessie S Son M W 16 [1894] Single TX TX -- laborer home farm
     8 " , Bessie L dau F W 12 [1898] Single TX TX --
     9 " , Foye W son M W 10 [1900] S TX TX --
     10 TUCKER, Henry A M W 24 [1886] Single AR AR MO laborer working out.²³

; "The Lindsay News", August 10, 1928, front page: "Roberts Slays Wife, Self - Despondent Over Marital Relations - Formerly Lived at Lindsay"

"... John H. Roberts was born Mar. 17, 1867, at Cherokee, Texas. He was married the first time, in 1889 to Miss Emma Franklin, who died Oct. 1902. There were born to this died in infancy. [sic non sequitur] The surviving ones are Mrs. R. D. Pratt, Mrs. G. M. deVaughn and F. W. Roberts, all of Lindsay and T. S. Roberts of Sunset, Texas. All these were present at the last sad rites. Deceased was a member of the Christian church."

per Lorene PRATT VAUT - Emma may have died in childbirth.⁶

;
Evidence for paternity of John Henry: I am now convinced that the preponderance of the evidence I have found supports the conclusion that John Henry ROBERTS (JHR, ca 1867-1928) is the youngest child of Elijah Josiah ROBERTS (EJR, 1823-1868) and his SECOND wife Luticia Frances HIGGINBOTHAM (LFH, 1836-1877). The evidence supporting this conclusion is as follows:

     1.     JHR and EJR were both in Cherokee Co., TX around the time of JHR's birth (ca 1867). JHR claimed to have been born in Cherokee Co., TX (per his children who informed his death certificate and obituary). EJR and his family were in the 1860 federal census for Shady Grove, Cherokee Co. TX.
     2.     The probate record for EJR's estate mentions "5 minor children" (unnamed) when recorded on 28 December 1868. Only four minor children of EJR living in Dec 1868 have been otherwise identified, leaving the possibility that JHR was the fifth minor child (another child, Elijah Columby, died as an infant in 1864):
          a.     Margaret Caroline - aged 17 (b Nov 1851)
          b.     Susan Clarissa "Sudie" - aged 14 (b Oct 1854)
          c.     Elizabeth Jo - aged 7 (b Feb 1861)
          d.     Nancy Janervery - aged 6 (b Oct 1862)
     3.     EJR's widow, "Elizabeth Roberts" appears in the 1870 census (Rusk Co., TX), with her sister, Julia, and three minor children in her household, though there are discrepancies between the 1870 census DOBs and those from other sources:
     p. 485B, Lines: 21-25, Dwelling 301: Family 313
          21 ROBERTS, Frances 25 [1845] F W Keeping House $400 AL
          22 " , Julia 19 [1851] F W ?? AL
          23 " , Nannie 10 [1860] F W at home TX
          24 " , Lum 8 M w at home TX
          25 " , John 6 [1864] at home TX
     4.     A John Roberts (DOB 1865) appears in the household of a John T Wilson as a "orphan" farm worker in the 1870 census of Kaufman Co., TX. Coincidentally, the apparent location of the Wilson household is not far from the home of Emma Franklin, who JHR married in 1890
     5.     In the 1900 Census (Navarro Co., TX), JHR gives his parent's birthplaces both as AL. LFH was in fact born in AL, however EJH was born in TN. Since JHR's father EJR died in 1868 when JHR was between 1 and 4 years old, it is not unusual that he got his father's home state wrong.
     6. And Most Importantly: Because of the uncertainty of John Henry Roberts' parentage, a cousin and I have been trying to use DNA analysis to draw some conclusion as to which ROBERTS clan he might have descended from. We have three DNA samples on FTDNA and have accumulated a few matches to other likely links to the line of Elizah Josiah Roberts and his ancestors, the man I currently presume to be John Henry's father, but nother conclusive. I've here attached a chart showing some of that research. More recently (2 Feb 2019) Ancestry has published a DNA result that shows the link between the DNA samples of my mother and myself with the earlier Roberts of Elijah and the HIGGINBOTHAM line of his wife, Luticia. Graphics of these DNA analysis results are attached. I now feel that the link between and Elijah and Luticia (HIGGINBOTHAM) ROBERTS as the parents of John Henry ROBERTS is confirmed.

The only contrary evidence that I have found against this conclusion has to do with inconsistencies in the various records for JHR's DOB. However, I believe that the lack of consistency between the various records actually weakens the strength of these facts as contradictory evidence and that the Ancestry DNA matches confirm the link of John Henry to Elijah and Luticia as his prents.

The few contradicions are:
     1.     JHR's 1928 obituary gives his date of birth (DOB) as March 17, 1867.
     2.     EJR's other youngest child was born 21 Aug 1864 according to cemetery records, which if correct, precludes a 1860 DOB for JHR unless they were twins (for which there is no evidence).
     3.     The 1870 census (Rusk Co., TX, dated 22 Sep 1870) gives his age as 6 implying a DOB of ca 1864.
     4.     The 1880 census (Kaufman Co., TX, dated 23 June 1880) gives his age as 15 implying a DOB of ca 1865.
     5.     The 1900 census (Navarro Co., TX) gives his DOB as "March 1864".
     6.     The 1910 census (Comanche Co., TX, dated 24 May, 1910) gives his age as 44 implying a DOB of ca 1866.
G Vaut, March 6, 2019.^{22,6,5,20,24,25,23,26}

     Emma V. Franklin was born in February 1873 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.^2,3,4 She married John Henry Roberts, son of Elijah Josiah Roberts and Luticia Frances Higginbotham, on 19 April 1890 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA,
; per 1900 census (1 June 1900): married 10 years.^5,6,7,8
Emma V. Franklin died in October 1902 at Texas, USA, at age 29.^9,6
     GAV-1.

Emma V. Franklin appeared on the census of 17 June 1880 in the household of Jesse Sanford Franklin and Nancy Elizabeth Green at Precinct 6, Kaufman Co., Texas, USA;
p.188-D, Lines 27-32, Dwelling 298; Family 299
     27 FRANKLIN, Jesse W M 36 [1844] Married Farming MS NC NC
     28 " , Nancy W F 26 [1854] Wife Married Keeping House MS -?- TN
     29 " , Willie W M 9 [1871] son Single at home TX MS MS
     30 " , Emma W F 8 [1872] Dau Single at home TX MS MS
     31 " , Maggie W F 6 [1874] Dau Single at home TX MS MS
     32 " , Lula W F 3 [1877] Dau Single at home TX MS MS.¹⁰

Emma V. Franklin and John Henry Roberts appeared in the census of 1 June 1900 at Precinct 2, Navarro Co., Texas, USA; p. 1-B, Lines 84-88, Dwelling 16, Family 16
     84 ROBERTS, John H. Head W M DOB March 1864 36 Married 10yrs TX AL AL Farmer
     85 " , Emma Wife W F DOB Feb 1873 27 Married 10yrs 5 4 TX TX TX
     86 " , Myrtle Dau W F Dec 1889 10 Single TX TX TX
     87 " , Jesse S. Son W M Aug 1893 6 Single TX TX TX
     88 " , Bessie L. Dau W F Sept 1897 2 Single TX TX TX.¹¹