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.
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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.

Bill of Sale: Peyton to Bullitt (Bay Stone Horse named Jack) (1770)

Peyton to Bullitt Deed of Sale
PWCo. Deed Book R, pg. 193

6 August 1770

Know all men by these presents that I have for the consideration of twenty three pounds eighteen shillings & nine pence half penny to me in hand paid by Cuthbt Bullitt sold & conveyed & by these presents do sell & convey to him the said Cuthbt. one Bay Stone Horse called Jack which said Horse I do hereby warrant & defend to the said Cuth Bullitt his Heirs & Assigns as Witness my hand & Seal this 2nd Day of Jany. 1770.

Henry Peyton {seal}

Sealed & Delivd. before - sold & conveyed interlined before the Execution hereof --

Hugh Brent
John Scott C.

At a Court held for Prince William County the 6th Day of August 1770.

This Bill of Sale from Henry Peyton gent to Cuthbert Bullitt Gent was acknowledged by the said Peyton to be his act & Deed and is admitted to record.

Teste.

John Graham  Cl Cur.

Sunday's Obituary: William H. Brady

Richmond Times Dispatch (Va)
1 March 1926

William H. Brady

WARRENTON, VA., Feb. 28. -- William H. Brady of Markham died after a two week's illness of pleurisy. Mr. Brady was 72 years old, and was a native of Prince William County, but had lived in Fauquier County for more than forty years. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. C. Frazier, of the Baptist Church, at Markham, and burial was in the graveyard of the Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, two brothers, two sisters, H. M. Brady, Rectortown; S. S. Brady, Markham; Mrs. William Wines, Rectortown, and Miss Rebecca Brady, of Markham.

Newspaper Heraldry: Query: Riley/Price (1926)

Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)
10 January 1926

Queries.

78.  RILEY, PRICE.  Wanted: Ancestry of Abraham Riley and his wife Martha (Price) Riley. Abraham died soon after 1788, probably in Prince William county, Virginia. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Had sons James and John who emigrated to Ross county, Ohio, about 1805; names of other children unknown. John traveled down the Ohio river, and all trace of him was lost. James moved with his family to Indiana in 1842 or 1843.

Newspaper Tidbits: Fire!

Baltimore American (Md.)
7 September 1905

FIRE NEAR MANASSAS

Bordon Bros. & Co.'s Stave Factory Destroyed.

[Special to the American.]

Manassas, Va., September 6 -- Bordon Bros. & Co.'s stave factory, near Manassas, was destroyed by fire at 11 o'clock this morning. The fire originated from a spark from the engine, and when first discovered the blaze was no larger than a man's hat. Before the workmen could reach the blaze it caught to a pile of shavings, and within a few minutes was beyond all control.

The factory started business less than a year ago, and gave employment to 12 men and several boys. It has been doing a profitable business and will no doubt be rebuilt. The loss is estimated at from $3,000 to $4,000.

Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
10 October 1874

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY [From the Manassas Gazette] -- While Mrs. M. N. Lynn, of Independent Hill, was filling a lamp from a quart bottle of coal oil on Tuesday of last week, the oil took fire from a lighted candle which stood near by, enveloping the lamp and bottle both in flames, which would have proved a serious accident, had it not been for the presence of mind of Mrs. Lynn, who quickly threw the bottle out of doors, her husband throwing the burning lamp out, not, however, until he tried in vain to extinguish the flames with water. Mrs. Lynn's clothes were set on fire and she was slightly burned about the hands, and a little girl was quite severely burned by coming in contact with the flames as Mr. Lynn was throwing the lamp out of doors.

Richmond Whig (Va.)
27 February 1874

FIRE AT DUMFRIES.--[By Telegraph to the WHIG.] -- Quantico, Prince William county, February 25, 1874. -- A destructdive fire occurred in Dumfries, Monday night, in which the store occupied by Mr. C. W. Cockerell and the dwellings of Mrs. Keys and Mr. Garrison were destroyed.  The fire was caused by the explosion of a kerosene oil lamp, which was being filled with oil while burning.

Alexandria Gazette (Va.)
18 November 1856

On Tuesday night last, the grist mill, belonging to Alex. Finnell, Sr., esq., in Prince William county, took fire, it is supposed, from the stove pipe, and burnt down. Loss about $600. No insurance.

Newspaper Heraldry: Cole/Digges

Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
5 November 1911

We insert the following, Cole and Digges data for the benefit and at the request of a descendant:

Cole.

Colonel William Cole (1), secretary of colony, married, first, Susannah (Crofts?); second, Anne, daughter of Governor Edward Digges; third, Martha, daughter of Colonel John Lear (she married, second, Colonel Lewis Burwell).

William Cole (2), his son, married Mary Roscow, a relative of Colone Burwell.

William Cole (3), his son, married Elizabeth Cocke (2).

William Cole (4), his son, married Susannah Digges, daughter of Major William Digges and Frances Robinson.

William Cole (5), his son, married Mary Frances Alexander, of "Effingham," Prince William county, Va., and had Susannah Digges Cole, who married Judge John Madison Chapman, great-nephew of President James Madison. They had Susie Ashton Chapman, who married Calvin Perkins, and Belle Chapman, who married William Moncure, lawyer, of Memphis, Tenn.

Mary Ella Chapman, who married Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, and had issue, four sons and five daughters.

Emma Chapman, who married Captain R. V. Boykin, of Norfolk, Va., and had two daughters and one son.

Susie Ashton Chapman married Calvin Perkins, and had Blankeney, Belle, Perkins, Ashton Chapman, Louis Allen and William Alexander.

Belle Chapman Perkins married William Moncure, son of Charles F. and Ann (Daniel) Moncure, of Richmond, Va., and had one son and two daughters.

Sallie Alexander Chapman, unmarried, lives in New York.

Ashton Alexander Chapman married Nannie Eaton Gregory, daughter of Colonel Roger Gregory, of Oxford, N.C.; no issue.

Digges.

Sir Dudley -- Lady Mary Kempe.

Governor Edward Digges -- Elizabeth Page (1).

Dudley Digges -- Susannah Cole, daughter of Colonel William and first wife

Hon. Cole Digges -- Elizabeth Power, granddaughter of Rev. Edward Folliot.

Major William Digges - Frances, daughter of Major Anthony Robinson.

Susannah Digges -- William Cole (4)

William Cole (5) -- Mary Frances Alexander, daughter of Gerrard Alexander and wife (cousins) Elizabeth Ashton Alexander

William Cole (6) killed in battle, 1862.

Susannah Digges Cole - Judge John Madison Chapman.

Susie Ashton Chapman -- Calvin Perkins, born in Columbus, Miss., practicing law in Memphis, Tenn. Issue, Blakeney, Belle Moncure, Ashton Chapman, Louis Allen and William Alexander.