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1770-1783 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book B; [Dorothy Ford Wulfeck];
Inventory and Appraisal of Estate of Thomas Smith, decd. Recorded 16 Aug., 1779. Made by James Jett, Cornelius Mershon, John Freeman.
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1770-1783 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book B; [Dorothy Ford Wulfeck];
Lot and Houses of Thomas Smith, decd., divided. Recorded 16 Aug., 1779. Made by N. Pendleton, Edward Watkins, James Slaughter
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Orange County Virginia, Will Book I, pages 23, 24
Will of Augustine Smith of the parish of St Mark's in the county of Orange.
To my son Thomas Smith twenty shillings current money of Virginia he having his full part and share of my estate already.
To my daughter Mary Slaughter twenty shillings current money of Virginia, she having had her full part and share of my estate already.
To my grandson Lawrence Slaughter the mulatto boy George.
To my son Augustine Smith Junr. All that tract of land belonging to my plantation being three hundred sixty six acres surveyed Mr. James Wood surveyor and the remainder of that tract where John Carter liveth being two hundred and fifty acres and all my meat cattle, horses, mares and hogs and all my household goods provided that my said son Augustine Smith Junr. Do acknowledge, levy, and execute good and sufficient deeds to the honorable John Grymes Esqr. In and unto a certain tract or parcel of land containing three hundred thirty acres which Abraham and William Bledsoe made deeds to the said Augustine Smith Junr. For the said land, but if my said son doth refuse and will not acknowledge such deeds then the above gift to be void. Then my executor hereafter named shall sell to any person that will purchase and buy the above said two tracts of land and meat cattle, horses, and mares and hogs to pay the honorable John Grymes Esqr. His debt.
July 20, 1736 the will was presented to court by Robert Slaughter, Gent., who desired leave to administer on the estate. Letters of administration granted Robert Slaughter, Gent. Who gave bond with John Taliaferro and Samuel Ball unto Goodrich Lightfoot, Justice for 1000 pounds, July 20, 1736.
Sources:
-Lewis, Merriwethers, and Their Kin, by Sarah Lewis Anderson, first published 1938, p. 214
-William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jul 1893, p. 3-21
-Genealogy of Virginia Families, 1991 by Genealogy Publishing, Baltimore County, Maryland, vol. V, p. 330
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1737-1738 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 2; [John Frederick Dorman]; Pages 494-98 [493 blank].
23-24 Aug. 1738. Thomas and Augustin Smith, the former of Truro Parish, Prince William County and the latter of St. Mark's Parish, Orange County, to William Roy of St. Mark's Parish. Lease and release; for £6 current money. 100 acres in the great fork of Rappahannock River, part of 350 acres patented by Majr. Augustine Smith and bounded by the lands of Christopher Zimmerman, Mr. James Pollart, Mr. Francis Thornton and John Carder.
Thos. Smith
Agt. Smith
Wit: Thomas Yeates, John Carder, Anne Ball.
24 Aug. 1730. Acknowledged by Thomas and Augustine Smith.
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1747-1751 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 11, Part 1; [Antient Press]; Page 14-15
Know all men .. I, THOMAS SMITH, County of Fairfax .. am bound unto FRANCIS TALIAFERRO, County of Spotsylvania for the sum of £100 .. payment to me truly made .. hand and seal 26 Nov 1747. The condition of the above obligation is that whereas a tract of land .. 802 acres .. formerly in the Parish of St. George's, Spotsylvania County, now in Orange County, was granted Isaac Walter and sold to Thomas Smith and his brother, Augustine Smith Junr., by deed 5 & 6 July 1726 .. Spotsylvania County .. the said Augustine Smith Junr., hath departed this Colony several years passed and it is expected that he is dead without heirs of his body .. in which case the land conveyed to him will fall to Thomas Smith as next heir by blood to the said Augustine Smith. Thomas Smith for sum of £10 .. sold 802 acres .. to Francis Taliaferro. Now if said Augustine Smith or heirs shall eject .. Francis Taliaferro and lawfully recover 1/2 of the above land .. then Thomas Smith shall pay to Francis Taliferro .. sum of £10 . .
Witnesses: Thos. Smith
Alexr. Waugh
John Fennill, W. Taliaferro
Recorded Orange County 25th November 1747.
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1753-1757 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book B; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 474-79.
1 Jan. 1756. John Shackleford of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, planter, to Peter Bowman of same, planter. Lease of 100 acres in the little fork of Rappahannock River, being part of 2000 acres belonging to Shackelford and Robert Freeman ... survey made by Richard Young, surveyor ... in the head of a bottom corner to the lot laid off for Stephen Jett ... a designated line for Richard Nalle ... lots of Thomas Smith and Nalle ... dividing line run by the surveyor between Shackelford and Freeman ... For lives of Peter Boman, Rebecca his wife and their daughter Frances. Annual rent during the life of John Shackelford one ear of Indian corn and after John Shackelford's decease to pay his heirs yearly 530 pounds of tobacco. Bowman shall plant one hundred good apple trees, shall not sell any timber.
Jno. Shackelford
Peter Bowman
19 Aug. 1756. Acknowledged by the said John and by said Peter.
[Two indentures, one signed by each]
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1757-1762 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book C; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 316-17.
3 March 1760, John Shackelford of Culpeper County to William Cuninghame of King George County. Mortgage to secure £120 to be paid before 1 December next. Tract bounded by a branch of Rappahannock called the north or middle and Indian Run whereon I now live on as well as the following persons, vizt. William Eastham, John Ried, Stephen Jett, Thomas Smith, Walter Butler and Michael Sloan.
John Shackelford
Wit: Robt. Gregg, James Mawbray, Alexr. Cuninghame. 18 April 1760. Acknowledged by John
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1762-1765 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book D; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 576-77.
15 Nov. 1764. John Shackelford and Winefred his wife of Culpeper County to Thomas Smith of same. For £20 current money. 100 acres ... in the old line ... on Russell's line ... in the head of a glade ...
John Shackelford
15 Nov. 1764. Acknowledged by John.
18 Oct. 1765. Acknowledged by Winefred. She was first privily examined.
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1765-1769 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book E (Part 2); [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 551-52.
22 July 1768. Thomas Smith and Sarah his wife of Culpeper County to Susanna Elkin of same. For £15 current money. 100 acres in the little fork of Rappahannock River, being a tract purchased by Thomas Smith of John Shackelford ... in Hayward Todd line ... in the head of a glade ...
Thomas Smith
Sarah (X) Smith
22 July 1768. Acknowledged by the parties. Sarah was first privily examined.
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