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.