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BANKS, JOHN, Frederick Co. 17 Jan. 1775 14 July 1776
To Mary Powell, stock, bed.
To Mary Selby, stock, bed.
To Samuel Bird, £7.
To wife Barbara Banks, all lands, stock, negroes and moveable estate during life then tract "Round Marsh" to Thomas Holland son of Hannah Holland.
After wifes death tracts "Taffy"s Lott. and "Banks Venture" to Mary Selvy daughter of Martha Selvy.
Wit: Leonard Belt; John Beall Magruder; Rebecca Belt. 419 184
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On 29 Mar 1749, indenture recorded between John Banks, planter, and Sarah Hall. Sarah agreed to bind her daughter Elizabeth Hall for 7 yrs to John. John to provide for her needs during this period. (info from Mary Zangs, citing Frederick County, Maryland court proceedings) [see Hall note below] *
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Land surveyed for John Banks on 29 Nov 1752, patented on 10 Apr 1753, adjoining Taffey's Lott. (info from Mary Zangs - exact source not listed. [Taffey's Lot listed in later document below]
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On 20 Mar 1753, John Banks Jr. listed as a grand juror. (info from Mary Zangs citing Frederick County, Maryland court proceedings)
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On 13 Dec 1756, John Banks of Frederick County, Maryland sold Benjamin Ricketts of Prince George Co. for 3 lbs, 10 shilling, a tract called Banks Venture in Frederick Co. on branches of Rock Creek. John's wife Martha gave consent. (info from Mary Zangs, citing Frederick County, Maryland deeds)
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On 19 Jun 1759, Elizabeth Hall, servant of John Banks, brought suit stated she has served her time with John Banks and he has turned her away without anything. The court ordered freedom dues paid to her. (Info from Mary Zangs citing Frederick County, Maryland court proceedings)
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In 1759, John Banks was appointed overseer of road from Flayl Payne's House to Harper's Ferry. (info from Mary Zangs citing Frederick Co. court records)
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On 16 Jul 1761, John Banks, near Harper's Ferry, listed a stray mare on his plantation. (Maryland Gazette)
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In Nov 1763, John Banks listed as a constableof lower part of Antietam Hundred - Antietam Creek to Knoxville, MD. (info from Mary Zangs, citing Frederick County, Maryland court records)
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In Nov 1764, presentment against Maj. James Levinston of Ft. Cumberland for unlawfully imprisoning John Banks, a deputy sheriff of Frederick Co. (info from Mary Zangs, citing Frederick County, Maryland court records)
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In Mar 1766, John Banks Sr. was among those petitioning for governor to call together the assembly to issue paper money to replace tobacco as currency. Tobacco not readily available in western Maryland. (Monocacy and Catoctin: Some Early Settlers of Frederick County, vol I, p 93)
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Death date from will record. [It cannot be ruled out this is a will for his son John.] John Banks's will left stock to Mary Powell according to wife's choosing. He left stock to Mary Selby according to wife's choosing. He left 7 lbs. to Samuel Bird. He left wife Barbara Banks all land, stock negroes, and moveable estate during her life then tract Round Marsh to Thomas Holland, son of Hannah Holland. After wife's death, Taffey's Lott and Banks Venture to Mary Selby, daughter of Mary Selby. Witnesses were Leonard Belt, John Beall Magruder, and Rebecca Belt. (info from Mary Zangs, citing Maryland Colonial Wills, 1634-1777, vol 41, p 184)
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[Note: it may be a coincidence, but Mary E. Banks of Bedford County, Virginia married Matthew Hall. The Bankses of Bedford Co. moved at one time to Adair County, Kentucky. Some of the Banks descended from this Maryland family also were in Adair Co. at one time]
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[Some of these entries may be John's presumed son, John Banks Jr. All the locations listed here seem to be in today's Washington County, MD, which was later created from Frederick Co.]
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1733-1739 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records
Liber T, Page 308
Recorded at request of George Beall, 27 Aug 1735:
George Beall, John Banks and Andrew Tannyhill confess judgesment to Nicholas Hammond for £4.7 and 631# tobacco; 29 Jul 1735; /s/ Turner Wootton, Jos. Chew
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1733-1739 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records
Liber T, Page 357
Recorded at request of John Banks, 23 Feb 1735:
11 Oct 1735; Indenture between Curtis Harding, planter, and John Banks, planter; for £20; tract formerly called The Elizabeth and now The Father's Purchase; on a branch of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac; containing 40 acres; /s/ Curtis Hardee; wit. Thos. Butler, Thomas Cramphin; ack. Curtes Harding
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1759-1763 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber RR [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 12. At the request of Samuel Banks the following Deed was recorded November 27, 1759
Indenture made November 2, 1759; John Banks of Frederick County, Maryland, planter in consideration of 100 pounds sterling money of Great Britain paid by Samuel Banks of PGCo, planter has sold tracts, "The Additon of Quebeck" containing 104 acres; "Elizabeth" lying on the east side of the Eastern Branch containing 40 acres; "Littleworth" binding on "Janefield" lying on the east side of the Western Branch containing 16 acres; "Quebecks Beginnings" containing 35 acres. Signed John Banks, in the presence of John Hepburn, Thomas Chittam and acknowledged before John Hepburn and at the same time Mary Banks w/o John Banks relinquished her right of dower.
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Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 157. Aug 12, 1778 from Thomas Holland of M, to Benjamin Ricketts of M, for 55 £, a tract of land called Round Marsh, bequeathed to me by the will of John Banks, bounded by the north or NW side of Thompsons Spring Branch, which branch falls into Rock Cr, containing and now laid out for about 3 acres in M. Signed - Thomas (X his mark) Holland. Wit - Ger Briscoe*, Richard Thompson*. Recorded Aug 14, 1778.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1707 - 1776 (68 years)