Friend of Friends Friday: Certificate of Slaves Imported (Evans)

Certificate of Slaves Imported
Evans from Smith Certificate
PWCo Deed Book Z, pg. 150

Prince Wm. County &ct.

Came before me Jas. Smith one of the Justices of the peace for said County Jesse Evans late of Charles County, Maryland and made oath agreeable to law, that he has moved himself and family from Maryland with an intention to settle and become a citizen of Virginia, and that he has brought with him his negroes not with a design to sell and dispose of them, or in any respect to evade the laws of this State made to prevent the importation of Slaves.  

That his Negroes are, viz.,

Four Men. Wary, Dick, Charles & Lucus

Three Women. Monimia, Fanny, & Charity

Three Children. Boy. Adam, Boy. Lawrence, Girl. Melia.

Also five slaves the property of John Lomax, an Infant for whom the said Evans is Guardian, and who has also removed with him from Maryland to Virginia, viz.

One Wench. Kett, and four Children. Henry, George, Nace & Cloe.

Given under my hand this twenty third day of December 1794.

James Smith

At a Court cont. & held for Prince Wm. County the 8th day of Aug. 1797.

This certificate of slaves imported by Jesse Evans was presented to the Court & ordered to be recorded.

Teste,  John Williams  Cl. Cur.

PWCo Items: Manassas is still pushing ahead... (1871)

Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
12 June 1871

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA. -- Correspondence of the Fairfax News.

Manassas, May 27. -- Manassas is still pushing ahead and is about three times the place it was in 1869. A new Baptist Church is now going up and is nearly completed, in the grove belonging to Mrs. E. E. Johnson. The Presbyterians and Episcopalians intend to build churches during the coming summer. The Episcopalians and Baptists, at present, worship in the new Methodist Episcopal Church.

Several new buildings have gone up during the Spring and Winter, and among them a fine brick freight depot, and we are promised a brick passenger depot during the Summer.

Our public school system is in full blast. We have a Graded school under able teachers, and it is the intention of the Trustees to have a school where any Academical branches can be taught.

At the election Thursday last, this Township voted a 4 1/2 mill tax, and a poll tax, of 50 cts for public schools; every Township in the county carried the tax, except Coles, where it was lost by one vote. In Manassas, where the Trustees asked for the heaviest tax, the tax received the heaviest vote. Anson Bangs, of New York city, who is probably the largest owner of real estate in the county, happened to be in Dumfries at the time of the election, and not only favored the school tax, but offered $100 extra from his private purse.

The somewhat famous "Lewis Robinson suit," brought by a colored man against four of the late officers of the county, appointed under military authority, were tried at the May Circuit Court, and resulted in the discomfiture of Lewis. The suits were nine in number, and were brought for damages to the amount of $17,000, against Messrs. Baldwin and Ketchum, late magistrates, Mr. Herrick, a deputed constable, and Mr. Round, late Commonwealth's Attorney. His Honor Judge Keith instructed the jury that it would be a violation of their oaths to give the slightest weight to political or sectional prejudice, and if he thought any juror would be influenced by such motives, he would send him to jail. These trials have been an expense to the county, and have done nothing for the county but retard immigration and keep out capital.

The crops in this section are looking the finest I have seen for years.

M. J. 

 

Wedding Wednesday: Cecil / Bruch (1917)

Richmond Times Dispatch (Va)
19 April 1917

SOCIETY

A wedding of much interest to society here was that of Miss Marion Russelle Cecil, daughter of Colonel G. R. Cecil, U.S.A., and Mrs. Cecil, to Alfred E. Bruch, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bruch, of Cleveland. The ceremony took place yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents in Washington, with the Rev. C. Ernest Smith, of the St. Thomas's Church, officiating. The wedding was celebrated in the sun-parlor which was decorated in white lilacs, roses and lilies, against a background of palms and Southern smilax, and the bridal party passed to the altar through arches of smilax and white blossoms. A stringed orchestra played the wedding music.

The bride entered with her father, who gave her away. Her wedding dress was of white satin trimmed in chiffon and rose point lace worn by her mother at her wedding, and the skirt was finished with side panels of pearls and iridescent beads. Her long court train was lined with cloth of silver and embroidered in pearls, and her veil of illusion was of tulle edged with rosepoint lace. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley. The bride's only ornament was a brooch of diamonds, the groom's gift.

Miss Nancy Leary Patton, of Richmond, who was the bride's maid of honor and only attendant, wore a French dress of chartreuse Georgette crepe over gold, embroidered in blue and gold beads, with a picture hat to match. Her flowers were Ophelia roses. Edward Bruch, of Cleveland, was best man.

An informal reception followed the ceremony, after which Mr. and Mrs. Bruch left for a honeymoon trip to New York and the West. They will later motor back to their country estate "Ben Lomond," near Manassas.

Sunday's Obituary: Col. Daniel Kincheloe

Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
5 November 1855

Col. Daniel Kincheloe died in Clarksburg, Va., last week, in the 72d year of his age. He was a native of Prince William county. In the war of 1812, he was a captain in the recruiting service, and in after years served nine sessions in the legislature of the State.

Newspaper Tidbit: G. C. Round's "Interesting Two Relics" (1911)

Richmond-Times Dispatch (Va.)
17 December 1911

George C. Round, of Prince William county, has in his possession two interesting relics of the early days of that county. One is the keystone of the first financial institution founded in Prince William county, the Bank of Dumfries, located at old Dumfries, near Quantico. The slab bears the inscription, "William Waite Fecit. 1775." The other relic is a slab from the first courthouse in Prince William county, which was built in 1731 at Dumfries, which was then the county seat.

Friend of Friends Friday: Jim or James Graham (1846)

Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
20 July 1846

$50 REWARD! -- Ran off, on the night of the 16th instant, from the subscriber, living near Buckland, Prince William County, Va., negro man JIM, or JAMES GRAHAM, as he calls himself. Jim is about twenty-one or two years of age, below the middle height, round full face, and stout, inclined to corpulency -- features somewhat contracted, nose inclining upwards. If taken in this County, and secured in jail so that I get him, I will pay twenty-five dollars -- if in other parts of the State, thirty dollars; and out of the State, fifty dollars.

T. M. WASHINGTON

Near Buckland, Prince William County, Va.
jy 20-eotf

Wedding Wednesday: Cochran / Robertson (1916)

Richmond Times Dispatch (Va)
8 June 1916

Wedding at The Plains

Grace Church, The Plains, was the scene of a pretty wedding yesterday evening at 8 o'clock, when Miss Charlotte Newton Cochran, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Cochran, became the bride of Rolfe Robinson [sic; Robertson], of "Carter's Green," Prince William County. The church was decorated with pink roses and smilax and hundreds of candles. Immediately before the ceremony, Mrs. Joel Cochran sang "The Perfect Day."

The bride entered with her father, who gave her away. She wore a white tulle dress over satin, with lace veil caught with orange blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet of white orchids and lilies of the valley. There were eight bridesmaids, who wore charming frocks of pink tulle, and carried bouquets of pink roses.

Miss Catherine Cochran was her sister's maid of honor. She wore a nile-green tulle dress, and carried pale-pink roses. Four little ribbon girls, Elizabeth Skinker, Isabel Cochran, Jeanette Cochran and Cora Lee Cochran, wore white tulle dresses with pink sashes, and carried pink baskets of roses.

Miss Virginia Cochran was flower girl. She wore white organdie and pink sash, and carried old-fashioned pink rosebuds.

The bridesmaids were Misses Wynyard Barker, of Warrenton; Rita Robertson, Delaplane; Mary Foster, Clarissa Fleming and Julia Cochran, The Plains; Mary Stuart Robertson, Staunton; Martha Strother, Markham; and Alise Ruge, of Apalachicola, Fla.

The ushers were James Foster, Baltimore; Harry Lee, The Plaines; Lynne Robertson, Prince William County; Henry Latham, Prince William County; Rodgers Friel, Middleburg; Jack McCarty, Delaplane; Tom Cochran, The Plains, and Leslie Keith, Fairfax County. Holmes Robertson was his brother's best man.

After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran gave a beautiful reception at their handsome home on "The Hill," followed by a dance at the Town Hall. Five hundred guests were entertained during the evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Robertson motored to Washington, en route to Atlantic City and the Thousand Islands. They will be at home in Prince William County after July 1.

Will: Grandison Tansill

Will of Grandison Tansill
PWCo Will Book T, pg. 351
Proved: August 1882

In the name of God Amen; I Grandison S. Tansill of Fauquir, State of Virginia, being perfectly sound in mind and memory, and influenced by no other desire than to do what is just, right and proper; do make this my last Will, and Testament; as followd, to wit. ~~

I do give and bequeath all my effects both real and personal (after paying all my just debts) to my wife Sarah Catharine to dispose of as she may deem fit; and do hereby appoint my wife the said Sarah Catharine the Executrix of this my last will and testament.  Witness my hand and seal this Fifteenth day of January Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Seven.

G. S. Tansill {seal}

Signed and sealed in the presence of 
C. F. Anderson
James Spence

In Prince William County Court August Term 1882

The last will and testament of G. S. Tansill dec.d was this day presented to the Court and the signature thereto fully proven by the oaths of Edmund Burkley and ordered to be recorded.

Teste   L. A. Davis  clk.

Sunday's Obituary: Rhoda S. Smith

Baltimore Sun (Md)
20 October 1907

VIRGINIA OBITUARY

MRS. RHODA S. SMITH
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]

Leesburg, Va., Oct. 19 -- Mrs. Rhoda S. Smith, widow of W. H. Smith, died at her  home at Catharpin, Prince William county, from paralysis, aged 80 years. Four daughters and four sons survive. One of her sons is Jefferson Smith, a prominent merchant of Leesburg, member of the firm of Smith & Titus.

Will: Chapman Copin (1878)

Will of Chapman Copin
PWCo. Will Book T, pg. 209
Proved: 7 June 1880

In the name of God Amen, I CHAPMAN COPIN of Prince William County and State of Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make this to be my last will and testament as follows, viz.

I give and bequeath all of my personal and real estate of whatever manner, kind and discription after the payment of my funeral expenses and all just debts to my wife ANNIE COPIN to hold as a support during her natural life, and at her death to descend to my son CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS and his heirs forever. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son the said CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other and former wills and testaments by me heretofore made. 

I request that the Court in which my son the said CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS may qualify as my said Executor, shall not require him to give any security as such Executor.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of September in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and Seventy eight.

CHAPMAN COPIN  {seal}

Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testator CHAPMAN COPIN, as and for his last will and testament, and in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.

JNO. G. TAYLOR
M. N. LYNN
LEWIS E. JONES

In Prince Wm. County Court June 7th 1880

The last will and testament of CHAPMAN COPIN decd. was this day presented to the Court, and the Signatures thereto ____ proved by the Oaths of JNO. G. TAYLOR and L. E. JONES subscribing witnesses thereto and was ordered to be recorded as the true last Will and Testament of CHAPMAN COPIN decd.  And then upon CHARLES MILTON COPIN alias CHARLES MILTON HOPKINS the Executor named in the said Will qualified as executor of said COPIN in accordance with said will requiring no security in a bond in the penalty of $600, conditioned according to law which bond is ordered to be recorded, certificate is granted the said COPIN alias HOPKINS for obtaining a probate of said will in due form.

Teste,  S. A. DAVIS   Clk.

Newspaper Heraldry: Kincheloe/Neale

Sun (Baltimore, MD)
23 February 1908

Messrs. Editors:

Perhaps the following data, which I recently came across at Fairfax Courthouse, may prove of assistance to "M.," Washington, D.C.  My interest in the Kincheloe family comes from the fact of an intermarriage between one of that name (Elizabeth Kincheloe, daughter of Major Robert Kincheloe) and Lewis Neale, son of George Neale, Sr. At this time these two families were residents of Wood county, West Virginia. What I copied from records at Fairfax was taken from the will of Daniel Kincheloe, dated July 16, 1776, and recorded October 17, 1785, in Book E, page 115. His wife's name was Suckey. To his son John he "gave but 5 shillings, already having his portion." His other children were Daniel, Elizabeth Prince, Nancy Smith, Sarah Wickliffe, Mary, Cornelius, Robert, Nestor, Hector and Jesse. He had land in Prince William county, too.

E.S.N.
Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va.

Friend of Friends Friday: Committed to Jail: Robert Steward

Richmond Enquirer (Va.)
28 May 1824

WAS committed to the jail of Prince William county, on the 20th day of January 1824, a negro man who calls himself ROBERT STEWARD, of very black compexion, about 27 or 28 years of age, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches high, had on when committed a new fur hat, a blue cloth coat, a striped vest and pantaloons. He says that he is free, and came from Petersburg. The owner of the above negro is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.

A. MILLAN, Jailor

March 19.
804--w12w

Will: John Sullivan Sr. (1849)

Will of John Sullivan Sr.
PWCo Will Book P, pg. 413
Proved: 4 June 1849

In the name of God Amen, I JOHN SULLIVAN Sr. of the County of Prince William and State of Virginia, being old in years and weak in body, but of sound mind & disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human live, also being desirous to dispose of all such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with --- I give and bequeath the same in manner following.

    1st. It is my will and desire that my three children to wit CHARLES CRAVEN SULLIVAN, CATHARIN SMOOT and ANN SULLIVAN, shall remain upon my farm during their natural life.

    2nd. That if my son CHARLES C. SULLIVAN should die before his sisters, that his portion of the sd. farm and what personal property he should possess at his death shall be equally divided between his sisters CATHARIN and ANN or their heirs, but should he survive both of them that my executor hereinafter named shall apportion him one third of sd. farm for his maintenance during his natural life and at his death to be disposed of as above stated, and act as his Guardian.

    3d. It is my will and desire that my farm shall belong to my three above named children to them and their heirs forever, reserving the right to my daughters to bequeath the same after the death of their brother. The said farm contains to the best of my recollection one hundred and forty two acres in two lots, it being purchased seperately as appear by reference to the clerks office embrachesing houses orchards & ____.

    4th. I give to my daughter CATHARIN SMOOT one bed, bedstead & furniture, one cow & calf one shot gun, 1 spining wheel & one griddle & walnut chest.

    5th. I give to my daughter ANN one bed, bedstead & furniture, one cow & calf, one sorrel mare & cart one clock, one walnut chest & one pine one walnut folding table, one flese wheel & cupboard.

    6th. I give to my son CHARLES C. SULLIVAN one bed, bedstead & furniture, one b[l]ack walnut chest and all my wearing apparel. 

    7th. I give to my grandson WILLIAM H. SMOOT one bed, bedstead & furniture & one cow.

    8th. I give to MATILDA HARRISON one bed, bedstead & furniture.

    9th. It is my desire that my executor shall divide or give to each of my children, grandchildren & Matilda Harrison the several articles of personal property as above devised to them.

    10th. I desire that the balance of my personal property not herein named be sold by my executor and after paying my burial expenses and just debts, the balance be equally divided by him between my four children CHARLES C., CATHARIN, ANN, & JOHN SULLIVAN JR.

    And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my friend JESSE E. WEEMS executor of this my last will & testament, hereby revokeing all other former wills or testaments by me heretofore made and the County Court of Prince William shall not require security of him my said named executor. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 16th day of December 1848.

JOHN SULLIVAN SENR. {seal}

Signed, Sealed, published & before us for the last will & testament of the above named John Sullivan Senr. 

OBED CORNWELL
SILAS K. CORNWELL
JAMES CORNWELL

In Prince William County Court June 4th 1849

This last will & testament of JOHN SULLIVAN SENR. decd. was presented to the Court, proved by the oaths of OBED CORNWELL, SILAS K. CORNWELL & JAMES CORNWELL, subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded & JESSE E. WEEMS the Executor therein named came into Court & renounced the burthen of the executor thereof. And on the 5th day of June 1849 Administration with the will annexed, on the estate of JOHN SULLIVAN SENR. decd. is granted to JOHN SULLIVAN JR. who came into Court & took the oath prescribed by law & entered into & acknowledged a bond with security according to law.

Teste,   J. WILLIAMS   C.C.