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.

Sunday's Obituary: William F. Purcell

Alexandria Gazette (Va)
26 December 1871

William F. Purcell, well-known in this community, and for upwards of twenty years judge of the Orphans' Court of the District of Columbia, died at his residence in Washington on Friday night. Judge Purcell was a native of Prince William county, Va., from whence he removed to Washington in 1844. In 1846 he was appointed by President Polk as judge of the Orphans' Court to succeed Judge Causine, resigned, and which position he held until 1869, when he was legislated out by act of Congress.

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