PWCo Items: November 1896

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
21 November 1896

PRINCE WILLIAM NOTES.

Mr. Albert Buckley, an aged and well known citizen of this county, died at his home near Catharpin last Friday.

On Monday last Mrs. A. H. Roseberry was paralyzed while engaged at her sewing machine and is not expected to live.

Miss Ella Mayhugh, aged 16, daughter of Mr. G. W. Mayhugh, residing near Waterfall, died at her home on Monday last of diphtheria.

Mr. John Smith, one of Prince William's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at his home near Antioch Monday evening in the 81st year of his age.

On Thursday five men and three bears arrived in Manassas and proceeded to give a small show on the streets, which was against the law. They were locked up.

Mr. Charles D. Wheat, of California, formerly of Prince William county, and a member of a Company A of the 49th Virginia regiment, died at his home in California, Saturday, September 19, from heart disease.

As an evidence of the growth of Manassas, Mayor Taylor informs us that the number of dwellings and stores completed, or now in progress, reaches a total of 30. This, of course, includes improvements made to dwellings, both in the corporate limits of the town and in the immediate suburbs.  -- Manassas Journal

Will: Sarah Willet

Sarah Willet's Will
PWCo Will Book O, pg. 435
Proved: 1 June 1840

I Sarah Willet of Carrborough, Prince William County Virginia do hereby make my last will and testament in manner & form following that is to say, 1st I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid.

2d. After the payments of all my debts & funeral expenses I give to Rebecca Scott infant child of Mrs. McEwin by her former husband James Scott One Hundred dollars.  

3d. I leave to Joseph Woodes and for and during the term of his natural life all the Lots of land I purchased of Capt. Jno. W. Williams and after his decease I give the same to my two nieces hereafter mentioned to be divided between them and to be enjoyed by them forever.

4th. All the rest of my Estate both real and personal not herein particularly disposed of I desire may be equally divided between my two nieces Ellenor Winson and Catherine King which I give to them and their heirs forever. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 12th day of March in the year of 1839.

Sarah [X her mark] Willet {seal}

Signed sealed published and declared as and for the last will testament of the above named Sarah Willet in the presence of us, 

Ann L. Wheat
Elizabeth Dunnington

At a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for Prince William County the 1st day of June 1840. This last will and testament of Sarah Willet decd was presented to the Court and being proven by the oaths of Ann L. Wheat and Elizabeth Dunnington is ordered to be recorded and administration of the Estate of Sarah Willet decd with the will annexed is granted to Henry Groves, who took the oath of an admor with the will annexed & entered into & acknowledged a bond with security according to Law.

Teste,  J. Williams  C.C.

PWCo Items: 15 August 1870

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
15 August 1870

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. -- The daily attendance of persons at the bush meeting held recently in the grove near Gainesville was between three and five hundred. On last Tuesday 40 converts, varying in age from 12 to 80 years, were immersed.

From the Brentsville Advocate and Manassas Gazette we take the following items.

Mr. Edwin Nelson, of Dumfries Township, met with a painful accident a few days ago, which has disabled him from attending to his business for several days. He was cutting something overhead, when the axe glanced, the edge striking him near the eye, making a severe cut.

The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company have advertised for proposals for the gradation and masonry of a branch of their road, to run from Brook's station to a point near Quantico in this county.

The friends of Dr. R. W. Wheat, late of the county, will be pleased to hear that his health has improved, and that he is building up a fine practice in South San Francisco, having concluded to remain there.

A primary meeting of the Conservative voters of Brentsville Township will be held on Saturday next, for the purpose of appointing ten delegates to attend the count convention.

Mr. O. P. Chappell has removed his saw mill from Sprigg's Ford to Manassas, and is also engaged in puting in a planning mill in connection with his other business.

A meeting for the purpose of choosing delegates to attend the Convention, next September court, will be held at Manassas on Saturday, August 27th.

Charles A. Dunnington, Esq., a native of the county, and late a member of Co. A., 4th Virginia cavalry, C.S.A., expects to leave for California this week.

The picnic given by the Stonewall Base Ball Club, of Manassas, last Saturday, was a most delightful affair, and was attended by the elite of the neighborhood.

Mr. J. F. Andrews has sold 50 acres of his land, in the lower part of the county, to Mr. Schlag of the U.S.A.

Mr. Wallace Hixon is building a neat dwelling at Manassas which he intends occupying himself.

The building of Mr. R. W. Merchant at Manassas is going rapidly forward, and will soon be finished.

Mr. A. S. Davis is building an addition to his tin shop, at Manassas to make room for his increasing business.

H. O. Claughton, Esq., of Alexandria, will address the people of the county on Monday (September court day) at Brentsville.

Wedding Wednesday: May/Wheat (1899)

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

1899 June 22

MAY-WHEAT

[Special to the Baltimore Sun]

FREDERICKSBURG, VA., June 21. -- At the home of Mr. R. B. Merchant, in this city, at 8 o'clock tonight, Mr. J. B. May, of Washington, D.C. and Miss Rachel Wheat, of Dumfries, Prince William county, were married, Rev. J. P. Stump officiating.  Miss Ella Merchant was maid of honor and Mr. George May, brother of the groom, best man.

Deed: Copin to Barnes (1866)

Deed:  Copin to Barnes
PWCo Deed Book 26, pg. 334

This Deed made the seventh day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six between Pamelia A. Copin of the first part and Jane W. Barnes col'd [colored] of the second part, both of the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia. Witnesseth that in consideration of the [sum] of eighteen dollars the said Pamelia A. Copin doth grant unto the said Jane W. Barnes (col) with general warranty, a certain lot or parcel of land situated in the said county, on the north eastern border of the land of the said Pamelia A. Copin, north of a certain branch and adjoining the land of Isaac W. Dans, and containing six acres. The said Pamelia A. Copin warrants that she has the right to convey the said land to the grantee; that she has done no act to encumber the said land, that the Grantee shall have quiet possession of the said land free from all encumbrances and that the said party of the first part will execute such further assurances of the said land as may be requisite.  Witness the following signature and seal

Pamelia A. Copin {seal}


State of Virginia
County of Prince William, to wit

I R. W. Wheat a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid in the state of Virginia do certify that Pamelia A. Copin whose name is signed to the writing above bearing date on the 7th day of Aug. 1866 has acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand the 7th day of August 1866

R. W. Wheat  (j.d.)


In the Clerks Office of Prince William County Court October 12th 1866

This deed from Copin to Barnes with the certificate annexed was received in said office and admitted to record.

Teste M. B. Sinclair  Clerk

Thriller Thursday: Picnic in PWCo Strange Affair

Alexandria Gazette
August 1, 1866

PIC NIC IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY--STRANGE AFFAIR

Stafford County, VA, July 26th, 1866--

There was a Pic Nic at the house of Mr. Sandy Davis, in Prince William county, on last Thursday, 19th inst., the consequences of which, render it worthy of note.  Nearly every participant in the festivities was taken in the evening--some before leaving--some on their way home, and some after their arrival at home, with a severe spell of sickness, the symptoms of which indicated that it proceeded from some noxious ingredient, either in the "substantials" or in the drink.  Doctors Hore, Wheat, Ford, Stone and Leavy, were in great demand, and compelled to travel night and day.  The principal sufferers were the family of Mr. Davis, G. M. Weedon, P. T. Weedon, Charles Nelson, Walter Keys, besides the family of Mr. Mortimer Lynn and many others.  Some of the medical fraternity attributed the morbus to the lemonade, made up in a whiskey barrel; others to the fresh meat, hot weather, and the profusion of delicacies, too prodigally indulged in; some again, speak of criminal intention on the part of some one, but suspicion rests on no particular person.

Wednesday's Child: Davies / Wheat / Weedon

Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) - February 28, 1843 - At Neabsco, Prince William county, Virginia, on Sunday, the 13th instant, in the sixth year of her age, of croup, Virginia, eldest daughter of William and Virginia Davies, of Louisville, Kentucky.

Daily National Intelligencer - November 6, 1844 - On the 18th October last, in Prince William county, Virginia, Richard W., son of Dr. R. W. and Ann L. Wheat, in the 5th year of his age.

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) - September 17, 1853 - DIED, of putrid sore throat, at the residence of her father, Rose Hill, Prince William County, on Wednesday, the 14th instant, Sarah C. E., eldest daughter of F. A. and H. C. Weedon, in the 13th year of her age.  "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away."

Alexandria Gazette - September 20, 1853 - On the 14th instant, at the residence of her father, in Prince William County, Va., Sally C. E., eldest daughter of F. A. Weedon, esq., in the 14th year of her age.  The sweetness and amiability of her disposition, her frank and unaffected manners, the purity and loveliness of her character had endeared to her many friends, who deeply lament that one so young and fair should have been marked by the insatiable Archer.  Btu it is our consolation to know with calm resignation, after an affecting and affectionate leave of relatives and friends, she met her fate in peace, with the assurance of a better life hereafter.  J. T. E.