THE ARNOLD FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH _____________________________________________________________________________ “Family Trails” from the Unpublished Newsletters 1979-1983 Part Four _____________________________________________________________________________ Volume XII (December 1981) Richard Arendell of Granville County, North Carolina and Some of His Descendants 2 Will of Richard Arrendell 1752 2 Will of James Arnold, 1790 6 Will of Thomas Arendell 1797 8 Will of Bridges Arendell 1798 9 Will of Thomas Arendell 1819 11 Will of Thomas Cole 1816 17 Bibliography of Arendell records 18 John Arnold of Mecklenburg County, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina 23 Isaac Arnold and Anne H. Andrews 27 Joseph D. Arnold and Martha W. Harper 28 Charles R. Edmondson and Ann E. E. Arnold 28 Samuel F. Gill and Emily W. Arnold 29 Gill-Arnold Bible 30 Thomas and Grace Arnold of King George County, Virginia (Cont’d) 33 Thomas Arnold’s Land 35 Isaac Arnold’s Land 38 Weedon Arnold Family 40 Fauquier County, Virginia, Arnolds (John, Humphrey, and James) 42 List of Arnold Documents used in Study 46 Northern Neck Grants 49 (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia Abstracts 50 King George County, Virginia Abstracts 54 Prince William County, Virginia Abstracts 72 Richmond County, Virginia Abstracts 73 Westmoreland County, Virginia Abstracts 76 Strother’s Church locations 78 Volume XII (December 1981) RICHARD ARENDELL OF GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS The Arnold Family Association of the South receives many requests from enquirers asking for assistance on their particular Arnold/Arendall lines. Many of these requests require long hours of searching through our unpublished and published files, assembling the data and writing lengthy letters. This all takes a great deal of time – time that, as volunteers with families, homes, jobs, church and social life, we do not have. With this issue we begin, with the Arendell family, to assemble all members who have joined our Association, into family groups. Each group will be assigned a family number according to the earliest known ancestor. The documents that support each lineage will be either cited from our publications, if already published, or printed with presentation of the family group. All members who have joined will be shown as part of this family group, with their last known addresses. In this manner, members descending from a particular ancestor can contact one another and exchange information. The earliest known ancestor of all members in our Association who have Arendell ancestry is Richard Arendell (the name is spelled variously, but we will use this spelling to avoid confusion), who died in Granville County, North Carolina, before May Court 1762. His will was presented in abstract form in AFAS Vol. VIII, p 86. We give a full transcript now: Granville County, North Carolina Will Index Devisee: Arrendell, Richard From: (86) to Devisor: Children When probated: May Court 1762 Book and Page: Not recorded In the name of God Amen. The eighteenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and fifty Eight I Richard Arrendell of the county of Granville in the Providence of North Carolina planter being Sikley and weak in body, but of perfect mind and Memory, thanks be given unto -2- God, therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my body, and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Sole into the hands of God that Gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial, at ye Discretion of my Executor. Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection shall receive same again by the Almighty Power of God, and as Touching such Wordley Estate where with it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and forme: Item: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son William Arrendell one Shilling Sterling money to him his heirs and assigns forever - - Item: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son John Arrendell one Shilling Sterling money to him his heirs and assigns forever - - Item: I Give and bequeath to my three Daughters Sarah Rebecca and Mary Ten Shillings Virginia money to Each of them by them freely to be possessed and Enjoyed after the decease of my Wife Ellinor - - Item: I give and bequeath to the use of my Well beloved son James Arrendell all my land below Jumping run on the South side Crooked Creek in the sd. County During his Natural Life and after his Decease I Give and bequeath the aforesaid Land unto my Grandson Richard Arrendell the son of James Arrendell after his father’s decease to him his heirs and assigns forever by them freely to be possessed as foresaid - - Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Thomas Arrendell my Plantation Where on I now Dwell on Crooked Creek in the County Afsd. and the Residue of my Lands to him his heirs and assigns forever by him freely to be possessed and Injoyed after the decease of his mother - - Item: I Leave unto the use of my well beloved Wife Ellinor Arrendell all my Estate Goods and Chattels During hur Natural Life and no longer and my Will is that after the death of my said Wife that all my personal Estate Goods and Chattels be Eaqually Divided between my Three sons James, Benjamin and Thomas Arrendell and to be there use and their heirs and assigns forever: And I Do hereby Nominate and appoint my well beloved Wife Ellinor Arrendell my Whole and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannual all and Every other Testaments Wills Legasies and bequest and Executer by me in any ways before Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness Where of I have unto Set my hand and Seal the day and year before Written. -3- Signed, Sealed Published Pronounced his And Declared by the said Richard Richard R Arrendell Arrendell as his Last Will and Testament mark In the presence of us the Subscribers Osborne Jeffreys Patience Jeffreys William Mooney William Mooney Jurat Granville County vs May Court 1762 This Will was proved by the Oath of William Mooney one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of James Arrendell Administration of the Decendents Estate with his Will annexed was granted to him he at the same time entering into Bond with Securities in the Sum of two hundred pounds Procl. money for his just and faithful Administration thereof. Teste Danl. I Weldon C.C. Granville County Unrecorded Will Book 1749-1770, Reel 158 Deed abstracts concerning Richard Arendell will be found in Volume VIII, pp. 83- 85. The above will and deeds establish that Richard Arendell was in Granville County, North Carolina, by, at least 7 May 1756, and that he died before May Court, 1762. He was married to an Eleanor (surname unknown) and named the following as children and grandchildren: William; John; Sarah; Rebecca; Mary; James and his son, Richard; Thomas; and Benjamin. Three of these sons (Benjamin, James and Thomas) are shown in the 8 October 1754 Muster Roll for Granville County, pushing back Arendell residence in the county a year and a half earlier. (AFAS Vol. VIII, p. 30). The children named in Richard Arendell’s will are obviously not given in the order of their birth. However, since James Arendell purchased land from James Fussell 4 July 1751 (AFAS Vol. VIII, p 84), and his son, Richard, was named in old Richard Arendell’s will, it is apparent James was at least twenty-one years old in 1751, and was married and had a son, Richard II by 1758, when his father, Richard I, made his will. That Richard Arendell, the younger, was twenty-one years old on 26 October 1764, is proved by the deed he and his father, James Arendell, made conveying land on Jumping Run on South side Crooked Creek to William Freeman (AFAS Vol. VI, p 32). Following the genealogical rule of thumb of using twenty-five years to a generation, this last deed gives us some idea of James Arendell’s approximate birth. Richard Arendell, the younger, was about twenty-one in 1764, therefore born about 1743; his father about twenty-five years old at young Richard’s birth, so probably born about 1718. Richard Arendell, the elder, about twenty-five years old at James’ birth, so he was probably born about 1683. These dates, as worked out, should not be taken as proof of birthdates. They are merely approximations. Since old Richard Arendell left only one shilling sterling to his sons, William and John, they could have been his older sons, who had already received their share of their father’s estate. -4- The deed of James Arendell and his son, Richard, is given below: Warren County, North Carolina (Bute County was formed in 1764; abolished 1779. Warren County and Franklin County were formed from Bute in 1779.) Deed Book A, p 245 This indenture made this the twenty Sixth day of October in the Year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four Between James Arrendell and Richard Arrendell his son of the County of Bute and province of North Carolina of the one part and William Freeman of the Same County and province of the other part Witnesseth that the said James Arrendell and Richard Arrendell for and in Consideration of the sum of Sixty five Pounds Current money of Virginia to him in hand paid at or before the insealing and delivering hereof the receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged and the said James Arrendell and his son Richard Arrendell, he the said William Freeman doth hereby acquit and Discharge, and he the said James Arrendell, and Rich., his son doth hereby acknowledge Hath given, granted bargained Sold and Delivered unto William Freeman his heirs or assignee forever Certain tract or parcel of Land and Plantation lying in Bute County below Jumping Run on the South side of Crooked Creek Beginning at two red Oaks, then West to a white oak on Jumping Run, thence down the Run to the Creek to a white oak and down the said Creek to a birch and along a line of marked trees to the first Station, containing one hundred Acres of Land and Plantation to the same belonging or any wise appertaining, and all my right and title and to the same the Remainder and remainders rents and profits thereof to have and to hold the said tract of Land and Plantation, with all profits Priviledges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said Land and Plantation Belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said William Freeman his heirs and assigns forever he or they paying quitrencees for the same and the said James Arrendel and Richard Arrendel will warrant secure and Defend the property and Sail of the said Land and premises to him the said William Freeman, or his assigns, during to the end of them the said James Arrendel and Richard Arrendel his Sons Natural Life. In witness whereof we the said James Arrendel and Richard Arrendel hath hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and Year above written within. Signed Sealed and Delivered James (his A mark) Arrendell In presence of David Dodd Richard (his X mark) Arrendell Bridges Freeman Benjamin (his B mark) Arrendell Bute County Ct. October Court 1765 This Deed was proved by the Oath of Bridges Freeman one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto and on Motion it was Ordered to be registered. Test: Ben M’Culloch. C. C. -5- A foregoing Deed from James Arrendell and Richard Arrendell to William Freeman having been proved in Bute Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and ordered to be registered, the same is truly registered this 3d day of September 1766 by Willm: Johnson Pub. Regr. Other deeds that refer to James Arendell and his son, Richard Arendell, appear in Granville, Warren, Wake and Franklin Counties, North Carolina (AFAS Vol. VI, pp 35, 37-38). James Arendell lived and died on Sandy Creek, near land he had acquired in 1751 from James Fussell (supra). We know his wife’s name was Mary (surname unknown) as she signed the deed when she and James Arendell, her husband, conveyed 300 acres to their son, Solomon, 8 May 1775 (AFAS Vol. VI, p 35). Apparently Mary had deceased by 16 April 1790, when James Arendell made his will, given here: Will of James Arnold, 1790 In the name of God Amen. I James Arnold of Franklin County and State of No. Carolina have thought it proper this day to make this my Last Will and Testament in the manner following: I give and bequeath unto my beloved Children Solomon Rebeccah James and Mary four Shillings apiece to be divided amongst them and I hope that they will be Satisfied with the same as I have always done what I could for them. Vizt. I give and bequeath unto the Two youngest sons of Sally Peterson Lewis Peterson and Wyatt Peterson the Land that I formerly lived upon Lying on the No. Side Sandy Creek. If either of these Two Boys Should die before they should come of age I leave the Land to the other boy and if both should die I leave the Sd. Land to Salle Petersons five Girls Frankey Betsey Jinny Patsy and Sally. I wish it to be Sold and the money arising from it to be Equally divided amongst the Above Named Girls - - also I give and Bequeath unto my friend Salla Peterson one Bed and furniture to be hers as long as She may live and then to be divided among her five Girls also I leave the balance of my household goods of every kind to be divided amongst Salla Peterson’s five Girls when either of them marrys I wish for them to have their part I also leave to Salla Peterson’s Girls one Cow and Calf apeace and the ballance of the Cattle if there Shall be any to be Equally divided amongst the Girls. I also leave my Hogs horses and Sheep to be Equally divided amongst Salla Petersons Girls as I have before mentioned. I also leave every thing due to me to be divided amonst the Sd. Salla Petersons girls, I wish my Negro Woman Sarah to be sold and what she sells for to go toward paying my debts also I leave my turning tools and blacksmith tools of every kind to be sold and the money arising from them to go toward paying my Debts. I also leave my Geese Two bea gums the Corn and meat which I have now in possession to Salla Peterson towards Raising her Children and fowls of Every kind. I wish that Phileman Hawkins, Jr. son of John and Baten Duke will be so Obliging as to act as Excr to this my Last Will and testament. -6- Signed Sealed and delivered this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1790 in presence of Solomon Cotter Jurat His Benja. Hawkins Jurat James X Arnold Seal Mark Note that James Arendell’s son, Richard, is not named in this will. Whether this indicates Richard was deceased at the time the will was written or that he had already received his part is not known. James Arendell gave his four remaining children, Solomon, Rebecca, James and Mary a shilling each, stating he hoped that “they will be satisfied with same as I have always done what I could for them.” The Sally Peterson, to whose children James Arendell leaves his real and personal estate, and whom he calls “my friend,” was discussed in AFAS Vol. I, #4, p 158. William Arendell, the first son mentioned in his father’s will (old Richard Arendell) has left scant records in the area where his father died. There is a deed in Warren County (AFAS Vol. VI, p 33) in which he purchased 247 acres on the South side of Reedy Creek, which is in present day Warren County. Edward H. Manley stated William Arnold settled in Dobbs County. (AFAS Vol. 1, #4, p 148). For the index to Arendells in Dobbs County, North Carolina deeds see AFAS Vol. VI, pp. 48-49. Manley informed Mrs. Marian Hammers, who employed him, that William Arendell married Persis Garrett and had a family of seven children: Sarah, married a Sutton; Catherine, married a Knowles; and Persis, married Jack Parrott. He does not name the other four children. The records for John Arendell, second son named in old Richard Arendell’s will are as scarce as his brother, William’s. We have only a deed for him in which he sells to Thomas Arendell 100 acres lying on the South side of Crooked Creek “Being the tract of land bequeathed to James Arendell during his natural life and after his death to his son, Richard, his heirs, etc., by the last will and testament of Richard Arundell, the Elder.” John Arendell gave his residence as Wilkes County, North Carolina, while Thomas Arendell’s residence was stated as Franklin County, North Carolina. Mr. Manley wrote that John Arendell married Mary Bennett, daughter of Reuben Bennett and noted that Reubin Bennett’s will was listed in Old’s “Abstracts of North Carolina Wills,” Warren County. An examination of Old’s work reveals Reuben Bennett’s will 1793, listed on p. 312, in which he names a Mary, surname not given and relationship not stated. Any descendant of John Arendell would be well advised to procure the original will before accepting Mr. Manley’s research. He mistakenly thought the above John Arnold was Marian Hammer’s husband’s ancestor but this proved incorrect as we will see later. We have no known issue for John Arendell. Thomas Arendell was the fourth son to be named in old Richard Arendell’s will. He appeared in the 1754 Militia List along with his brothers, Benjamin and James. On 5 March 1774 Thomas purchased 550 acres from Drury Cade. This land was described as being in Bute County (now Franklin) and lying on both sides of Flat Rock Creek. On 19 March 1778 he received from the -7- state of North Carolina 600 acres on waters of Crooked Creek, for six headrights. On 29 April in the same year, he received a second grant from the state of 200 acres on Crooked Creek “joining my own line … including my own improvement there.” For this last grant he paid 5 pounds per hundred acres (AFAS Vol. VI, p 36). It appears he lived on his 1350 acres until 11 January 1780 when he conveyed 619 acres on Flat Creek in a deed of gift to his “son, Bridges Arendell” (AFAS Vol. VI, p 37). On 18 September in that year he conveyed 640 acres on the waters of Crooked Creek to Thomy Arendell, presumably his son, for 10 pounds (Ibid). It should be remembered that 1780 was midway of the Revolutionary War when inflation was rampant. Thomas Arendell was shown in the 1790 Census of Franklin County, North Carolina, as head of a household with one female, possibly his wife or an unmarried daughter. He owned six slaves. Nearby lived his son, Bridges, whose data showed he had a male other than himself above 16 years of age, one male under 16 years of age and five females. He owned six slaves. Thomas, his other son, was shown as head of a household with four males under 16 years of age and five females. He owned three slaves. Also nearby lived James Arendell, the brother of the elder Thomas. He was shown with a male under 16 years of age and two females (1790 Heads of Family, North Carolina, Franklin County, p 58). On 22 October 1796, Thomas’ brother, John Arendell, sold him that part of their father’s old home place that had been bequeathed by old Richard to his grandson, Richard II. He also had 101 acres of his original land holdings. In his will, which we give herewith, he confirmed his deed of gift of 619 acres plus 100 acres, to his son, Bridges and bequeathed the rest of his real estate to his youngest son, Thomy. He gave handsome bequests to his remaining three children, all daughters: Edie Winston, wife of Isaac; Theny Perry; and Adah Wright. Will of Thomas Arendell, Franklin Co., NC, 1797 In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Arendell of the County of Franklin and State of North Carolina, being Week in body but of parfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it, Coling to mind the mortality of my body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to die I doe make and ordain this last Will and testament that is to Say Principly and first of all, I Recommend my Soul into the hands of God almighty that gave it, and my body I Recommend to the earth to be buried at the discresion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the Jeneral Resirection I shall Receive the Same again as touching such Worley Estate as it hath pleased God almighty to bless me with in this life therefore I give and dispose of the Same in the following manner. Item I give and bequeath unto my Douter Edie Winston all my estate that She has in her possion at this time and one negro boy Named Gorge and my horse named danic and hir mothers bed and furniture and two Cows and Calfs and forty Dollars in money to be possessed by her and hir heirs and assines for ever - - Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Bridges Arendell all of my Estate he has in his possion at this time and part of Two tracts of land Seven Hundred and Twenty Acres Joining his one land -8- and Wm Duns and others and one negro man Dick and one negro man Jack and one negro woman Clow to be possessed by him his heirs and assines for ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thos Arendell all my Estate that he has in his possion at this time and all the Rest of my lands as arn’t Legeteed out and two negro men Jim and Lewis and one Barrell Still and all my barrels and Hogs heads and all my brandy and all my book Accounts and one youck of oxin and Cash to be possesses by him and his heirs and assines forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Sun-in-law Isaac Winston all my Estate he has in his possion at this time and one negro woman named Jenny and two Cows and Calfs and one feather bed and furniture and Forty Dollars in money to be possessed by him and his heirs and assines for ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Thenny Perry all my Estate she has in her possion at this time and one horse named Diamond and my Riding Saddle and bridle and the new bed and furniture and one Hundred Dollars in money to be possessed by his and hir heirs and assines for ever Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Adah Wright all my estate that she has in hir possion at this time and one horse named toping and one womans Saddle and bridle and my feather bed and furniture and one hundred Dollars in money to be possessed by hir and hir heirs and assines for ever And all the rest of my hole Estate to be equally Divided without (text unreadable) between my two Sons Bridges and Thomas, and I do utterly renounce all other forms, will legacies, and bequests this and no other is to be my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 22nd day of May 1797, and I appoint my two Sons Bridges and Thomas my Executors of this my last Will and Testament Test Wm Ferrel Jurat Thos. Arendell Seal Solomon Perry Jurat John Dent Jurat (Note: There was no probate date furnished with this will.) Bridges Arendell died not long after his father; sometime between December 1798, when he made his will, and March Court when his will was probated. Will of Bridges Arendell, Franklin Co., N. C. 1798 In the name of God Amen. I Bridges Arendell of the county of Franklin and State of North -9- Carolina, planter, being weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die, I do make and ordain this my last will and testament. This is to say principally and of all I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried at the discretions of my executors nothing doubting but at the General Ressurection I shall receive the same again as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life. Therefore I give and dispose of the same in the following manner (To Wit) Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth one negroe woman by the name of Tab, one feather bed and furniture, one Sorrel mare, two cows and calves, two ewes and lambs, one sow and pigs, two pewter basons and five pewter plates, to be possesed by her forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Frankey one negroe man named Jack, one horse by the name of Spring, one cart, and yoke of Steers, one feather bed and furniture, three cows and calves, and seven head of sheep, the sow over the creek and her increase, and two pewter basons and six pewter plates to be possessed by her heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Sally, one negroe woman, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves one sow and pigs, two basons, and six pewter plates, to be possesed by her and heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Nancy, one negroe girl named Charity, my bed and furniture, two cows and calves, one sow and pigs, two pewter basons and six pewter plates to be possessed by her and heirs and assigns forever. Item I give unto my beloved daughter Polly one negroe boy named Cook, one feather bed and furniture two cows and calves, two pewter basons and six pewter plates, to be possesed by her and her heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Rowena one negroe boy named King, two cows and calves, two pewter basons, and six pewter plates, to be possesed by her and her heirs and assigns forever. Item I give unto my beloved daughter Elizabeth one negroe girl named China, two cows and calves, two pewter basons, six pewter plates, to be possesed by her and her heirs and assigns forever. Item I give unto my beloved Son Thomas one negroe man named Dick, one negro boy named Gabriel, one horse named Babarrum to be possesed by him and his heirs and assigns forever. And all the rest of my estate which is not will’d away to be equally divided between my seven children after paying off the Legatees. (To Wit) Frankey, Sally, Nancy, Polly, Rowena, -10- Elizabeth, and Thomas. This and no other to be my last Will and Testament, and I do utterly disannual all other forms wills, legacies and bequeaths this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of December 1798, And I do appoint James Bolton and John Williams my executors to this my Last Will and Testament. Signed Sealed in the presence of us William Dunn Jurant Bridges Arendell Seal John (his X mark) Ames Thomas Arendell’s other son, Thomas Arendell, Jr. or “Thomy,” died after 9 February 1819 and left eleven issue which are named in his will” Will of Thomas Arendell, Franklin Co. N. C. 1819 In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Arendell of the county of Franklin and State of North Carolina being weak in body but of Sound mind and memory Thanks be given to God for it, calling to mind the mortality of my body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say, first of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of God Almighty that gave it and my body to be buried at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting at the general resurrection I shall received the Same again; as touching Such worldly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased God almighty to bless me with in this life; therefore I give and dispose of the Same in the following manner. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rachael Arendell: one hundred acres of Land where I now live, with half the orchard; and half my barrells; and half the still; two feather beds and furniture, two cows and calves, two Sows and pigs, the killdren (cauldron) and riding chair and the rone filley by the name of fancey; the bowfat and ale it contains; with all the kitchen utensils, and half my working tools; with all my sheep; with all my utensils of every description that I do not will away hereafter; also my negro man Murfy, my negro woman Beck and her child Doug; my negro woman Fanny; to be possesed by her as long as she lives in this world, and after her death all her property to be disposed of as shall under this Will be devised. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Gillifirrell (Gilli Firrell) all the property that she has in her possesion to be possesed by her and her Heirs forever, her Land being valued at 200 dollars by me Thomas Arendell. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Nancy Ferrils, all the property that she has in her possesion to be possesed by her and her Heirs and assigns forever, her Land Valued at 200 dollars by me Thomas Arendell. Item I give and bequeath to my Son Bridges Arendell all the property that he has in his at this time to be possesed by him and his Heirs and assigns forever; his Land valued at 550 dollars by me Thos Arendell. -11- Item I give and bequeath unto my Son William Arendell all the property that he has in his possesion to be possesed by him and his Heirs and assigns, his Land valued at 550 dollars by me, Thos Arendell. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Partheny Matthews all the property that she has in her possesion to be possesed by her and her Heirs and assigns forever her Land valued at 200 dollars by me Thos Arnedell. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mahaly Ferrill all the property that she has in her possesion to be possesed by her and her Heirs and assigns forever, her land valued at 200 dollars by me Thos Arnedel. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Richard Arendell all the property that he has in his possesion by him and his Heirs and assigns forever; his Land valued at 550 dollars by me Thos Arendell. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Benjamin Arendell all the property that he has in his possesion to be possesed by him and his Heirs and assigns forever, his Land valued at 600 dollars by me Thos Arendell. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Born Arendell all the rest of this tract of Land with his mothers after her death one feather bed and furniture, two Sows and pigs, one cow and calfs one heifer yearling; one dish 6 plates three knives and forks; three chairs; half the barrells and half the still; after his mothers death her part of Barrells and still his allowing 75 dollars for them and 550 dollars for his Land valued by me Thos Arendell, and all the rest of my property that he has in his possesion to be possesed by him and his Heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Thessy Sanders all the property She has in her possesion to be possesed by (her) and her Heirs and assigns forever One negro girl by the name of Barbery vallued at 200 dollars by me Thomas Arendell, also one sow and pigs or 10 dollars, three chairs or 1.50cts, also 8 dollars to make her Saddle a good one, with the rest to be possesed by her and her Heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Matilda Young all the property that She has in her possesion to be possesed by her and her Heirs and assigns forever. Also one negro girl by the name of Cheany valued at 200 Dollars, by me, Thos Arendell – one side Saddle or 14 dollars, one sow and pigs or 10 dollars, three chairs $1.50 to be possesed by her and her Heirs and assigns forever. All the rest of my estate – that is not Willd away. That is to say one negro woman by the name of Milley and one negro boy by the name of Sam and one feather bed and furniture, one Sorrel mare by the name of Wilofly, with two lots of Land that fell to me in the Estate of Francis Perry decd., the Lots of Land after old Mother Perrys death all to be Sold to the highest bidder; at the -12- discretion of my Executors but my request is that the negroes Should be sold in the family; after paying my just debts out of the money arising from the sale, the balance to be divided between my six Daughters, Gilly, Nancy, Partheny, Mahaley, Thessy, and Matilda; but take notice that Sallys part and Parthenys of this Sale to be in the hands of the Executors to give to them as they think they stand in need of it for its not to pay one debt of Alsey Ferrils or Benjamin Matthews, but holy to the use of the said girls and their children; as they stand in need – Take notice after my Wifes death all the property that is left her above that is then consisting the four negroes, and in case of any to be sold at the discretion of my executors out of the money arising from this Sale; after making my six daughters equal with the boys according to the valuation above, then the balance to be equally divided between my eleven children. Gilly, Nancy, Bridges, William Partheny, Mehaley, Richard, Benjamin, Thomas B., Thessy, and Matilday, but Gillys and Parthenys part of this sale to be left in the hands of the Executors to do with as the others above except Alsey and Matthews should die or either of them then the Executors to pay over all the money in their hands to Gilly and Partheny, Take notice also if the Said Gilly and Partheny should die, for the money to be equally divided between their children without paying any debt whatever of their husbands, (text unreadable) Mehaly, Richard, Benjamin, Thomas B., Thessy and Mahalia but Gillys and Parthenys part of this sale to be left in the hands of the Executors to do with as the other above except Alsey and Matthew should die or either of them then the executors to pay over all the money in their hands to Gilly and Partheny. Take notice also if the said Gilly and Partheny should die, for the money to be equally divided between their children without paying any debt whatever of their husbands, and I appoint William Arendell and Thomas B. Arendell my Executors of this Will and I do hope that my Executors will fulfill my request in this Will every job and tittle of the same. My request is that all the money of the two gils Gilly and Partheny to be put out upon interest, for their profit and their children after them except the executors after them, to otherwise to let them have some as they stand in need. This to be my last Will and Testament, and I do revoke and disanul all other Will or Wills, This and no other to be my last Will. Given under my hand and seal this the 9th February 1819. Test Thos Arendell Seal Robt Hicks Robert Freeman, Jurant Joseph Young Jurant Take notice that there is one note on Alsey Ferrils for 70 Dollars if he dies before a division, fling awy the note, if not demand no Interest for the note – Benjamin Matthews 30 Dollars if he dies it fling away if not take no interest but if living they must come in the girls part. Thos Arendell Seal Take notice that I give my grandson Allick Duke Arendell one Sow …that came from Richards old cow given under my hand 9th Feby, 1819. -13- Our former member, Mrs. Jeanette Osteen, Portageville, Missouri, claimed descent from Richard Arendell I, of Granville County, North Carolina, through his son, Thomas Arendell, Sr., of Franklin County, North Carolina; through his son, Bridges Arendell, Sr., of Franklin County, North Carolina; through his daughter, Sarah “Sally” Arendell who married Thomas Broom; through their daughter, Cynthia Broom who married Hardy Worley Tharp. Mrs. Osteen did not send any dates or proof of statements for the Broom-Arendell marriage. Beginning with the Tharp-Broom generation all vital statistics have been supplied. Hardy Tharp’s son, Jesse Joyner Tharp married Sarah Ann Moore; their son, Robert Moore Tharp married Beulah Jane Bledsol; their daughter Jessie Tharp married Arthur Alexander Smith; their daughter, Jeanette Smith married J. W. Osteen. Benjamin Arendell had been in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1754 as he was listed with brothers, James and Thomas, in the Muster Roll in that year. There are ample deeds in Granville, Wake, Warren and Bute Counties, North Carolina, that prove that the Benjamin Arendell with wife, Rebecca, of the above counties, was son of old Richard Arendell and brother of William, James, John and Thomas Arendell. He witnessed deeds of James and Thomas Arendell, known sons of the elder Richard, using his distinctive mark (sideways flat 8). Like his brothers, William and John, he left, probably before the outbreak of the Revolution, the Franklin County, North Carolina, area and with wife, Rebecca, went to the vicinity that was later to be known as Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He died there before 1 October 1784 and his widow, Rebecca, and his eldest son, John, were appointed administrators of his estate (AFAS Vol. II, #2, pp. 123-124). There is direct evidence for three of Benjamin Arendell’s sons: John, Richard, and Bridges Arendell. John is called “eldest son” in his father’s administration papers. Richard and Bridges are called by the widow, Rebecca, “my loving sons” (AFAS Vol. 1, #2, p 69). There is indirect evidence that Reddick Arendell and Benjamin Arendell of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, were her sons as well. There is the proof from residence, i.e., they all lived together in the Northeast corner of Spartanburg County. See their deeds (AFAS Vol. I, #1, pp 19-23; Vol. 1 #2, pp 68-72; Vol. 1 #4, pp. 165-167). They lived in and around the community on the Cherokee and Thickety Creek Waters of the Broad River. Secondly, there is the proof from age. Reddick and Benjamin were of a younger generation than old Benjamin Arendell. Both Benjamin and Reddick Arendell served in the Revolutionary War; their service records were printed in AFAS, Vol. II, #2, pp. 59-61. There is, thirdly, the proof from the similarity of given names. Benjamin died before 6 April 1812 (see his estate Ibid, pp. 72-78) where his heirs are named as Thomas, Charles, Willis, Wiley (nickname for William, I believe), Joel, John, Absolom, Susannah (married to Samuel Elders), Polly (married to Zebedee Slaton). Reddick’s estate was given fully in the same issue, pp. 80-83. His heirs were named as Rebecca (married a Paschall, had one child, and left South Carolina for the “Western country” about 1811); and Nancy (married Joseph Daffron and left the state about 1835-1836). These two sisters were said by deponents to be of the whole blood and products of Reddick’s first marriage. Children of Reddick’s second marriage were Elizabeth (married a Byrum), Margaret (married an Adams), William Arendell, James Arendell, John Arendell, and Mary (married a Rippy). By his third wife, Mrs. Rhoda -14- Gilmore, nee Sarratt, he had children Richard Arendell, Delilah (married a Buchanan), and Delitha (married Morgan). Children of his wife’s first marriage were listed in Reddick’s will, all surnamed Gilmore: Daniel, Anthony, Silas and Mary. Fourthly, there is proof from association: Reddick Arendell was a witness for Major Daniel McClaren who was accused of a misdemeanor on 8 April 1807 (Ibid, p. 94). Daniel McClaran, Nathaniel Robertson and Samuel Sarratt had appraised the estate of old Benjamin Arendell, 19 November 1784. It is felt there is ample indirect evidence to prove both Benjamin and Reddick Arendell as sons of old Benjamin and Rebecca Arendell. John Arendell, eldest son of Benjamin Arendell (died before 1 October 1784) married as his wife, Grace (surname unknown). He left Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and migrated to Logan County, Kentucky, where he settled on Muddy River about 1806. Mrs. Foster B. Hammers, Madisonville, Kentucky, has done a magnificent job of tracing the descendants of John Arendell and his wife, Grace. They are given in her “Family Trails” article (AFAS Vol. VIII, pp 16-22). Through the years Mrs. Hammers has contributed a large number and variety of records that pertain to the Arendells (often listed as Arnolds) which will be given at the end of this article. John Arnold’s issue were (probably not in order of birth): Bennett married Cary Cooper; John, Jr., married Elizabeth (surname unknown); Samuel married (no name); Elizabeth married William Morgan; Micajah (known as “Kader”) married Elizabeth Fleener; Benjamin untraced; David, married Liddy Hargrove; Thomas married Catherine (surname unknown); William untraced; Lott (sometimes listed in records as “Scott”) married Elizabeth Hargrove; Ervin married Rosanna or Rhoda Drake. These eleven children are known. Three other sons’ names are not known; perhaps they died in infancy or had received their portion at marriage and had moved on West. Marian’s husband, Foster B. Hammers, descends from John Arendell, Sr., through his son, Bennett Arendell; through Bennett’s son, Williford; through Williford’s daughter, Nancy who married Jacob Abbott; through their daughter, Lucinda Abbott who married Elias Wickware Hammers; through their son, Ferd Hammers who married Myrtle E. Sumner and had Foster B. Hammers. Mrs. Hammers has stated she does not wish to be contacted on this Arendell line as everything she has by way of documents has been published in our AFAS publications. She has, through the numerous records contributed, shown how these Arendells went on into Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, etc. Mrs. Grant B. Carlin, nee Katheryn L. Arnold, Fairbanks, Alaska, descends from John Arendell, Sr. and his wife, Grace, through their son “Kader” Arendell who married Elizabeth Fleener; through their son, John Granville Arnold who married Barbara E. Hall Barnett; through their son, Santa John Arnold who married Cora Admire; through their son F. Donald Arnold who married Annabelle Pontius, who had Katheryn L. Arnold, our member. -15- Mrs. William M. Martin, nee Helen Louise Burch, Hammond, Indiana, descends from John Arendell, Sr., and wife, Grace, through their son, Nathan Arendell who married Mary “Polly Ann” McLaughlin; through their son, James Cader Arndell who married Martha Ellen Adcock; through their son, James Monroe Arndell who married Mary Elizabeth Steele; through their daughter Elva Ivetta Arndell who married Dennis Taylor Burch and had daughter, Helen Louise Burch, our member. Benjamin Arndell, died 1812, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, has descendants in our AFAS as well. Glenn Martin, Dalton, Georgia, descends through Benjamin’s son, Joel B. Arendell and wife, Elizabeth Dare; through their son, James B. Arendell and wife, Susan Paralee Price; through their daughter, Minnie Susan Price, who married Sherrod Absolom Williams; through their daughter, Mae Williams who married Robert Walker Martin, who had Robert Glenn Martin, our member. Miss Bettye Gertrude Kirkpatrick, Hawthorne, California, descends from Benjamin Arendell, died 1812, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and his wife, Mary Cole (see will of Thomas Cole at end of this article); through their son, Joel Blackwell Arendell, who married (2) Elizabeth Dare (his first wife was Cinderella Anderson, his third wife was Elizabeth Detheridge); through their daughter, Susan Arendell, who married Jeremiah Henry Jackson Williams; through their daughter, Betty Kate Williams, who married Washington “Dick” Lafayette Kirkpatrick; through their son, Jere Williams Kirkpatrick, who married Ellen Gertrude McCampbell, and had Bettye Gertrude Kirkpatrick, our member. Mrs. Frank Arendale’s husband (Huntsville, Alabama) descends from Joel B. Arendell (same ancestor as Bettye Kirkpatrick’s above) and his third wife, Elizabeth Deadrick (Miss Kirkpatrick’s paper say Detheridge) through their son, Richard Anderson Arendall, who married Frances Catherine Washington; through their son, William Frank Arendale, who married Effie Haynes and had William Frank Arendale, Jr., husband of our member, Mrs. Jean Arendale, nee Stepp. The husband of Mrs. Grady Lee Ross, Charlotte, North Carolina, descends from Reddick Arendell through his daughter, Mary “Polly” Arendell, who married Maston Rippy; through their son, Edward Ross Rippy, who married Amanda Quinn; through their daughter, Margaret “Maggie” Rippy, who married John Jacob Shuford; through their daughter, Amanda Ola Shufford, who married Landrum Beatty Ross, who were the parents of Dr. Grady Lee Ross, husband of our member. Mrs. Sam Davis, nee Kate Keasler, descends from Thomas Arendell (born 17 May 1817 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, died 6 October 1864, Pickens County, Alabama). She never sent us the parents of Thomas. -16- Mrs. C. P. Hamby (now deceased), Birmingham, Alabama, descended from Thomas Arendale, born South Carolina, died 1848, Rabun County, Georgia. In “Marriage Index, Book A (1820-1850) Rabun County, Georgia,” transcribed by James M. Edwards and Mrs. Sue W. Grantham, I note two Arendell marriages: p. 124 Joseph Arrendale married Margaret Russell on 11 March 1847. Alfred Blalock, J. I.C., performed the service. p. 126 Thomas Arrendale married Sariah Williams on 1 November 1847. John Keener, J. I. C., performed the service. In the Index to the “1840 Census of Georgia” by Mrs. Barbara Woods and Mrs. Eileen Sheffied, p 284, Rabun County, Charles Arendell and Thomas Arendell are listed. No data is given in this book so their ages are not known. It should be noted that one of Benjamin Arendell’s (died 1812, Spartanburg County, South Carolina) sons was named Charles Arendell. Mr. Larry C. Winterburn, Chicago, Illinois, descends from William Richard Arnold (Arrendale in 1850, Chickasaw County, Mississippi Census) through his daughter, Rebecca Malinda Arendell, who married Jesse Isaac Griffin; through their daughter, Mary Frances Griffin, who married Isaac Robert Harvey; through their daughter, Etta Maude Harvey, who married Frederick Joseph Woolslayer; through their son, Charles Ingram Woolslayer, who married Mamie Beatrice Bissell; through their daughter, Geraldine R. F. Woolslayer, who married Clyde Alonzo Winterburn and had Larry Charles Winterburn, our member. Henceforth this Arendell family and all of its descendants shall be known as Arendell Family Number One. Thanks are due to Mrs. Marian B. Hammers for her comprehensive work on the later Arendells of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, etc., and to Bettye Kirkpatrick for transcribing the original documents presented here. WILL OF THOMAS COLE, Spartanburgh district, South Carolina 1816 (Note some given and surnames were not capitalized in original) In the name of God amen. I Thomas Cole of the State of So. Carolina Spartanburg District being sick in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Decent Christian order at the discreation of my executors And as touching Such worldly state wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life I give demimse and dispose of the Same in the manner and form following - - -17- First I will that all Such Debts dues and demands as I owe in right of conscience to be well and truly Satisyd by my executors hereafter namd. Also I will to my beloved Son Obadiah Cole, all my land – plantation where I now live also I will my Negro woman Ginny and her increase hereafter to him the Sd obadiah Cole the Sd obadiah Cole doth hereby bind himself to take care of and maintain both his father and mother During his and their natural lives also I will to him two cows and Calves and one feather bed – also I will that my Horse Cows hogs farming utenials to be left in the hand of him to Support my family on together with my house hold furniture and in Short every thing is to stay as it is being my own and my beloved wife time only what is made use of to Support upon – and then I will that the remainder of my property to be equally divided amongst the rest of my lawful heirs allonly what I have wild to my Son Obadiah Cole My daughter patsey has recvd as follows which is to be reducted out of her part one horse twenty five dollars one umbrella Seven and a half one trunk Seven dollars and an equal Division is my will only my Son Obadiah is to have what is above will to him and the rest of my heirs is as follows (Vis) Mary Arendale Sarah Fondren grove Cole Susannah Cooper Nancy Guyton Elizabeth Dunberry John Cole Patsey –enady Thomas Cole - - and now I do appoint William Devery Thomas Cole as my worthy executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disannual and revoke and everyother testaments wills legacies bequest and execurors by me in any wise before made confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this twentieth of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Signed Sealed delivered in the presents an of Thomas D. Arendale his Silas Cooper Thomas X Cole Seal James (his X mark) Cooper mark Recorded in Will Book A, p. 80 Fox 7 Package 28 Recorded 19th of April 1816 Wm. Lancaster O.S.D. BIBLIOGRAPHY of Arendell records found in publications of the Arnold Family Association of the South: Quarterlies Volume I Number I pp. 19 – 23 Indirect deeds of Arnolds/Arendells of Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Arendells listed as Arnolds in these records.) -18- pp. 24 – 27 1790 Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, showing Arendells listed as Arnolds, with their allied families. Number 2 pp. 68 – 72 Indirect deeds of Arendells of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. pp. 77 – 80 1800 Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, showing Arendells listed as Arnolds and under various spellings, pp. 110 – 112 Direct deeds of Arnolds/Arendells of Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Arendells listed as Arnolds in these records). p. 112 1810 Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Arnolds/Arendells listed. Number 4 p. 147 Swem’s Index to Arendells in Printed Virginia Genealogies. p. 147 Greer, “Early Virginia Immigrants,” Arendell references. pp. 147 – 148 Mr. Edward H. Manley’s work on early Arendells of North Carolina. CONTAINS ERRORS. pp. 148 – 149 Worth S. Ray’s “Colonial Granville and Its People,” references to Arendells cited as Arundels. pp. 150 – 151 Indices and Abstracts of Arendell deeds in Bute, Wake, and Warren Counties, North Carolina. p. 155 Franklin County, North Carolina, Arendell Marriage Bonds. pp. 155 – 158 Abstracts of Arendell Wills in Franklin County, North Carolina, cited as Arnolds and Arendells. pp. 159 – 163 Indices and Abstracts of Arnold/Arendell deeds in Franklin County, North Carolina. pp. 163 – 165 1790 Census, North Carolina, Arnold/Arendell references, all cited as Arnold. pp. 165 – 167 Direct deeds of Arendells of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Cited under nine different spellings. pp. 167 – 168 1820 Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Arendells all cited as Arnolds. p. 169 Notes from “History of Lumpkin County, Georgia” concerning Arendell family. Notes from “Sketches of Rabun County, Georgia,” concerning Arendell family. p. 173 – 176 Logan County Tax Lists, 1794-1813, Arnolds/Arendells. p. 176 Arendells in Midway Cemetery, Butler County, Kentucky; some are cited as Arnolds. p. 176 Index to Arendell deeds, Butler County, Kentucky. -19- Vol. II Number One pp. 49 – 49 Corrections to Arendell transcriptions in Midway Cemetery, Butler County, Kentucky (See Vol. 1, #4, p 176 above). p. 49 Provo Cemetery, Butler County, Kentucky, tombstones for Readick Arendell family. Number Two pp. 59 – 61 Benjamin Arendell Revolutionary War record. p. 61 Readick Arendell Revolutionary War record. pp. 63 – 66 1790 Census, South Carolina, Arnold/Arendell references. pp. 66 – 68 1830 Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Arnold/ Arendell references. p. 72 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Plat Book, reference to Bridges Arendell. pp. 72 – 78 Benjamin Arendell Estate, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. pp. 80 – 83 Readick Arendell and Rhoda Arendale Estates, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. p. 85 Wiley Arrendale Estate, Spartanburg, South Carolina. pp. 86 – 89 Arendells in Court of Equity files, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. pp. 90 – 94 Arendells in Court of Common Pleas files, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. pp. 94 – 95 Arendells in Court of General Sessions files, Spartanburg County, South Carolina pp. 123 – 124 Benjamin Arendell Estate, cited as Arnold, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Number Three p. 150 Arendells from Georgia, in the War Between the States. p. 157 Arendells in 1832 Cherokee (Gold) Lottery, Georgia. p. 159 Index to Arnolds/Arendells, 1840 Georgia Census. p. 166 Nathan Arendell, Elbert County, Georgia. pp. 171 – 172 Franklin County, Georgia, records of Arendells. pp. 174 – 175 Arendells in 1870-1880 Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia. p. 177 Arendells in Gwinnett County, Goergia marriage records. Number Four p. 259 Arrondall mentioned in Maury County, Tennessee newspaper. -20- Volume III Numbers One and Two pp. 12 – 13 Arundell land grants. pp. 120 – 121 Kentucky land grants to Arendells, cited as Arnold in some instances. Numbers Three and Four pp. 146 – 148 Derivation of surnames, various spellings p. 154 Emigrants to America before 1750. p. 174 Revolutionary soldier and sailor listings. p. 181 Index to American Lineages, Arendells. Volume IV Numbers One and Two pp. 46 – 47 Members joining on Arendell lines. Numbers Three and Four pp. 99, 101 Jeanette Osteen’s papers (incorrect research) Volume V Numbers One – Four p. 19 Pickens County, Alabama Census showing Arendell families. pp. 22 – 25 Arendell military records pp. 36 – 37 Arendell military records Volume VI Annual pp. 9 – 18 Arendells of Chowan County, North Carolina pp. 25 – 26 Arendell military records, Hyde County, North Carolina. pp. 30 – 42 Bute, Franklin, Granville, Wake, Warren Counties, North Carolina Arendells. pp. 48 – 49 Dobbs County, North Carolina, Arendells p. 63 Rutherford County, North Carolina, Arendells. Volume VII Annual pp. 5 – 6 Arendell immigrants to Virginia. p. 8 Colonial Land Grants, Virginia, Arendell. p. 17 Arendell in 1810 Virginia census, Augusta and Amherst Counties. p. 162 – 163 Arendells in Maryland records. p. 167 Arendells in Henrico County, Virginia. -21- Volume VIII Annual pp. 16 – 22 John and Grace Arendell and descendants. pp. 23 – 24 Arendell marriages, Spencer County, Indiana. pp. 24 – 25 Arendell marriages, Warwick County, Indiana. pp. 25 – 47 Arendells in Butler County, Kentucky records (deeds, marriages, births, deaths, tax lists, wills, administrations, census records, 1810-1850). pp. 48 – 65 Arendells in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky records (land surveys, deeds, marriages, births, deaths, tax lists, census records 1810-1850). pp. 82 – 86 Arendells in Granville County, North Carolina records (deeds, marriages, estate records). p. 88 Arendells in Nash County, North Carolina marriages. Volume IX Annual p. 5 Arendells in English records. pp. 7, 9, 20-24, 28 Arendells in military records. pp. 58 – 59 Arendells in Alabama census records, 1830-1850. pp. 68 – 69 Arendells in Georgia census records, 1830-1840. p. 85 Arendell marriages in Franklin County, North Carolina. p. 92 Arendells in 1810 census, South Carolina. p. 93 Arendell in Tennessee Militia. p. 94 Arendell in 1820 census, Tennessee. p. 96 Arendell in 1880 census, Texas. p. 99 Arendell in 1820 census, Virginia. Volume X Annual pp. 9 – 10 Arendell immigrants to Virginia. p. 35 Arendells in Alabama census, 1850 p. 52 Arendell marriage, Hempstead County, Arkansas. pp. 57 – 63 Arendells in early Georgia marriage records. pp. 67-68, 70 Arendells in 1840-1850 Maryland census. p. 86 Arendells in 1850 Texas census. p. 89 Arendell in Texas Confederate Pension List. -22- Volume XI Annual p. 10 Arendell immigrant to Virginia pp. 12 – 13 Arendells in Barbadoes records pp. 14 – 16 Arendell in Indian records. p. 17 Arendells in IGI (formerly CFI) index of Mormon Church. p. 47 Arendell marriages in Lincoln County, Tennessee. pp. 62 – 63 Arendells in Tax Lists, Franklin County, Georgia p. 67 Arendells in Deeds, Franklin County, Georgia. p. 68 Article, Nathan Arendell (Virginia to North Carolina to Georgia), Revolutionary soldier. p. 90 Arendell in 1840 Spencer County, Kentucky, census. p. 104 Arendell in 1820 Hopkins County, Kentucky, census. p. 112 Arendells in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, cemeteries. (Note: All Arendell searchers please take note. It is possible I missed some references, so all issues should be searched page by page for Arendell references, keeping in mind the dozen or more spellings of this name and the fact that Arendells are listed in documents more often than not as Arnolds. No records found in the pages of AFAS publications should be taken as proof on a given lineage. The searcher should send for the original document.) “Records from Rabun County, Georgia, 1820-1939” Presented to Georgia Department of Archives by Miss Lola Lee Daniel, Regent, Pensacola Chapter, DAR, Pensacola, Florida. p. 37 Wm. T. Arrandale married Ary A. Burton, 5 October 1865 by Wm. E. Philyaw, MG John Arnold of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and Orange County, North Carolina (Contributed by Marian Carter Ledgerwood) Some records have recently come to our attention which may be helpful to some of our members. When we combine these records with pieces of information which we already have printed, one family line begins to take shape. In our AFAS Vol. VII, pp 95-96, there is a summary of the family of James Arnold and his wife, Martha. A son of this James (will dated 6 Nov 1775, recorded 13 May 1776, Mecklenburg Co., Va. Will Book 1, p 308) was John Arnold who married (1) a daughter of Isaac and Rebekah Johnson of Mecklenburg County and (2) Susanna (Surname unknown). On page 96 of AFAS Vol. VII, we find the statement, “John and Susanna Arnold sold out in Mecklenburg County in 1805 and moved elsewhere.” We shall show where John went and also we shall show something of John’s son, Isaac, the product of John’s first marriage. -23- In the fall of 1805, John Arnold moved to Wake County, North Carolina, and then to Orange County, North Carolina, as demonstrated by the following deeds. In our AFAS Vol. VI, p 41, we have an abstract of a deed in Wake Co., N. C. (Deed Book T, pp 174-175) in which John Alston, Jr. of Wake Co. sold to John Arnold, Sr. of “Mechlinburg” Co., Va, on 6 Nov 1805, 230 3/4 acres of land in Wake Co. for 230 (pounds)15 (shillings) 0 (pence). Witnesses were Math. Jones, James Kimbrough, Wm. W. Farthing, James Briggs. Recently ordered from Orange Co. N.C. are copies of 5 deeds: 3 involve these same men, John Arnold, Sr., and John Alston, Sr.; 2 involve John Arnold, Jr. Orange Co. N. C. – Deed Book 12, p 119. 24 Sep. 1805 John Alston, Sr. of Wake Co. N.C. to John Arnold, Sr. of “Macklenburg” Co. Va. 186 pounds 5 shillings, 186.25 acres, tract of land lying in Orange Co. beginning at a beech on Eno River, John Alson Sr. corner … Eno River below the Mill … Wit: Allen Wilkins, Fielding Leathers, William W. Farthing. Signed John Alston (Seal) Orange Co., Feb Term 1806. J. Taylor, Test. Orange Co. N.C. – Deed Book 12, p 243. 27 Aug 1806 John Arnold, Sr. of Wake Co. N.C. to John Alston Sr. of Orange Co. 100 pounds, 80 acres bounded (trees, etc). Wit: Wm. W. Farthing, John Arnold, Jr. Signed John Arnold, Sr. (L.S.) Orange Co. Aug. Term 1806. J. Taylor, C.C. Orange Co. N. C. – Deed Book 12, pp. 243-244. 26 Aug 1806 John Alston of Orange Co., N. C. to John Arnold of county and state aforesaid, 100 pounds, 64.5 acres in Orange Co. bounded (trees, etc.) Wit: John Arnold, Jr., Philip Alston. Signed John Alston (L.S.) Orange Co. Aug. Term 1806 J. Taylor, C. C. The 1810 census of Orange County, North Carolina, according to AFAS Vol. VI, p 51, shows, on page 796 of that census, the family of John Arnold who was over 45 years of age, as was his wife. This indicates that John and Susanna were born before 1765. With them were 2 males and a female under 10; 2 males 10-16; and 2 males 16-26. One of the males who was 16-26 was certainly John, Jr., whom we shall discuss further. The other was probably Ira E. Arnold who married Elizabeth Cottrell (bond dated 8 January 1818, signed by John Arnold, witnessed by Joseph A. Woods.) (See Orange Co, N. C. Marriages in AFAS Vol. VI, p 51.) John Arnold, Sr. may have died before 1816 when his son, John Arnold, Jr. and Fielding Leathers sold 203 acres of land which John, Sr., conveyed to John, Jr. and Fielding: -24- Orange Co. N. C. – Deed Book 15, pp 381-2. 10 Mar 1816 John Arnold and Fielding Leathers to Duncan Cameron. $1,015, 203 acre tract in Orange Co on south side of Eno River opposite mouth of Flatt River, said Camerons corner … on the road northwardly and as it meanders to a stone bridge over a wash near the river Eno … to the river below the mill, then down the river … 203 acres being the tract or parcel of land conveyed by John Arnold Sr. to them the said John and Fielding …Wit: Mic(?) A. Tharpe, Thos. D. Bennehan. Signed John Arnold, Junr (seal); Fielding Leathers (seal) Proved by oath of Thomas D Bennehan Mar 8, 1817. Jno Cate(?) C.C. John Arnold, Jr. had married Sarah Murray, bond dated 26 Dec 1815 (see Orange Co. N.C. Marriages in AFAS Vol. VI, p 51). She was the daughter of Walter Murray who signed the bond (witness was J. Taylor). The 1820 census of Orange Co. shows this family on p. 342. John (Jr.) was age 26-45 (therefore born 1775-1794). His wife was age 16-26 (born 1794-1804) and there was a female who was over 45, probably the widowed mother of either John, Jr. or his wife. In their household was a son under 10 and two daughters under 10. In 1821, John and Sarah, his wife, sold their inheritance from Walter Murray: Orange Co. N.C. – Deed Book 20, pp. 26-27. 29 Nov. 1821 John Arnold and Sarah his wife of Orange Co. to William Murray and Eli Murray of Orange Co. $312.50, 58.5 acres, parcel of land lying in said County on Quaker Creek … side of great road … Gum Branch … it being part of a tract of land whereon Walter Murray deceased lived … Wit: George Fosset, Robert Monow and Wm. Norwood, as to Sally Arnold. Signed John (X) Arnold (seal), Sally Arnold (seal) Further information on John and Sarah (or Sallie) Murray Arnold is found in Goodspeed’s “History of Northwest Arkansas,” in the Washington Co. Biographical Appendix, p. 911. This biography was abstracted in AFAS Vol. IV, p 10. From it we learn: John and Sallie (Murray) Arnold were both natives of Virginia; they moved from Virginia to North Carolina; they moved from North Carolina (apparently after 1821) to Cass County, Georgia, where they lived for 6 years; later they moved to Alabama, where the father died in Benton County in the spring of 1849. This last statement created some confusion, for there is not now a Benton Co. Alabama – but we have learned that Benton Co. became Calhoun Co., Alabama, in 1858. This John Arnold, Jr. family has not yet been found in 1830 or 1840 census. The 1840 census of Benton Co. Ala. does not show a John Arnold family, but there are listed the families of James, L. N., Albert and Lewis J. Arnold in that census record. The 1850 census of Benton (Calhoun) County, Alabama, also lists L. N. Arnold, and on page 323 there is the family of Sarah Arnell 35, born in N. C. With her are Lucinda 20 N.C.; James 17, N.C.; R. B. 15, N. C.; G. W. 13, N.C.; Walter 12. N.C. It is difficult to know if this was the -25- Sarah (Murray) Arnold, whose husband had died in that county in the spring of 1849. If this woman was 35 years old, she was born about 1815, which was the year Sarah Murray married John Arnold. Possibly the age was misread, and should be about 55. Also the son, John J. Arnold, who was born about 1833, according to his biography, does not seem to be listed unless he was the James, age 17. Unfortunately, John J. Arnold did not name his brothers and sisters in his biography, nor did he tell anything about where they settled. But, since his parents had married in 1815 and he was born “about 1833,” he would be one of the later children of that marriage. According to his biography, John J. Arnold (son of John Arnold, Jr. and Sarah Murray) went to Phillips County, Arkansas, where he remained 9 months, then to Conway County for 8 or 9 years, to Pulaski County, Ark. and finally “in 1871” to Washington County, Arkansas. Although the biography states he went to Washington Co. in 1871, he was listed in Clear Creek Township of that county in the 1870 census: household #134 – J. J. Arnold 45 N.C.; Annie 33 N.C.; G, E. (fem) 16 Ark; Joseph 11 Ark.; L. L. (fem) 9 Ark.; J. N. (male) 5 Ark. For further information on this family see AFAS Vol. IV, p 10. The other records which have recently come to our attention consist of an article in the Jan-Mar. 1981 “The Virginia Genealogist,” Vol. 25, #1. The record is from an old account book and is a copy of the Arnold-Gill Bible record, as copied by C. A. Arnold. This Bible record concerns the family of Isaac Arnold, who was the son of John Arnold and his first wife, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. (Record to follow) In the discussion of the Mecklenburg Co. Va. Arnolds in AFAS Vol. VII, p 96, it was bought out “John Arnold, son of James Arnold, Senr., and Martha Arnold married (1) a daughter of Isaac and Rebekah Johnson of Mecklenburg County. There is no marriage record, but the will of Isaac Johnson (dated 21 Jan 1815, recorded 19 Aug 1816) names grandsons Isaac and Joseph Arnold. … The daughter of Isaac and Rebekah Johnson (name unknown) who married John Arnold was the only child, and her sons Isaac and Joseph Arnold inherited the land of their grandfather, Isaac Johnson. Rebekah Johnson, widow of Isaac Johnson, married (2) James Briggs (fn) and they moved to Orange County, North Carolina.” (Footnote) Note other mentions of the name James Briggs in Mecklenburg Co. Va.: (1) James Briggs married Polly Arnold 27 Feb. 1794, John Arnold, Sur. (AFAS Vol. VII, p 88) (2) John Arnold and James Briggs to James Wilson, 10 May 1805, Meck. Co., Deed Book 12, p 331 (AFAS Vol. VII, p 94) (3) James Briggs wit. deed of John Alston, Jr. to John Arnold, Sr. 6 Nov 1805, Wake Co. NC. Deed Book T, pp 174-175 (AFAS Vol. VI, p 41 and supra) -26- So, while his father, John Arnold, Sr., and his Grandmother Rebekah Johnson/Briggs moved to Orange Co. N. C., Isaac Arnold remained in Mecklenburg Co., Va. The Family Group Records which follow were structured from information previously printed in our AFAS volumes and from the Bible Record referred to above. Family Group No. 1 Husband’s Full name – ISAAC ARNOLD Birth – 1758 Marriage – 21 May 1795 Death – 7 Jul 1820 His father – John Arnold Mother’s Maiden name – Johnson Wife’s full Maiden name – Anne H. Andrews Birth Death – 10 Jun 1822 Her father – George Andrews Mother’s Maiden name Children’s names: 1. Joseph D. Arnold (b 10 Mar 1798; d 29 Apr 1838) mar. 26 Dec 1820 Martha W. Harper (died 6 Jun 1837) (Mar. Bond 20 Dec 1830); m/3 Mary Bennett 9 Nov 1837 (Mar. Bond 2 Nov 1837) 2. George A. Arnold (b 6 Oct 1799) 3. Elisha Arnold (b 16 Jun 1801) 4. John J. Arnold (b 31 Jan 1803) 5. Isaac M. Arnold (b 18 May 1804) 6. Charles G. Arnold (b 18 May 1806; d 26 Apr 1829) 7. Hartwell Arnold (b 19 May 1808) married 23 Dec 1830 Mary M. Harper in Mecklenburg Co. Va. (Mar. Bond 20 Dec 1830) 8. Elvira A. Arnold (b 6 Mar 1810; d 7 Sept 1832) mar. 21 Dec 1831, Richard Harwell (Mar. Bond 19 Dec 1831 Mecklenburg Co. Va.) 9. Susan E. Arnold (b 12 Mar 1812) 10. Silvanus J. Arnold (b 23 Mar 1815; d 9 Aug 1828) 11. Narcissus M. Arnold (b 29 Jan 1818) Ref: Elliott, “Marriage Records 1765-1810, Mecklenburg Co. Va” p. 10 “The Virginia Genealogist” Jan-Mar, 1981 (Vol. 25, #1, pp. 54-56) AFAS Vol. I, p 177 AFAS Vol. III, p 97 AFAS Vol. VII, p. 85, 87, 88, 96 -27- Family Group No. 2 Husband’s Full name – JOSEPH D. ARNOLD Birth – 10 Mar 1798 Marriage – 26 Dec 1820 (Mar. Bond 18 Dec 1820) Death – 29 Apr 1838 His father – Isaac Arnold Mother’s Maiden Name – Anne H. Andrews Other wives: m/3 Mary Bennett 9 Nov 1837 (Mar. Bond 2 Nov 1837, Meck. Co. Va.) Wife’s full Maiden name – Martha W. Harper Birth Death – 6 June 1837 Her father Mother’s Maiden name Children’s Names: 1. Ann E. E. Arnold (b 23 Sep 1821; d 22 Dec 1891) married 18 Dec 1838 Charles R. Edmondson (Mar. Bond 9 Dec 1839, Meck. Co. Va.) 2. Catherine V. Arnold (b Oct 1823; d 27 Jan 1867) married 3 Mar 1842 John Ellington (Mar. Bond 20 Feb 1842, Meck. Co., Va.) 3. Mary W. Arnold (b 1 Mar 1826; d 10 Dec 1872) married 4 Sep 1847 D. W. Thomas 4. Henry W. Arnold (b 27 Mar 1828) 5. Martha W. Arnold (b 3 Apr 1830; d 18 Sep 1871) married Mr. Whitehead. 6. Charles A. Arnold (b 6 Aug 1832; d ??) married 8 May 1856, Mary Whitehead in Miss. (md/2 Mrs. E. F. Pitchford, 15 Jan 1873, Ala) 7. Emily W. Arnold (b 30 Jul 1834; d ??) married 15 Dec 1853 Samuel F. Gill 8. Richard H. Arnold (b 30 May 1837) Ref: “The Virginia Genealogist” Jan-Mar, 1981, Vol. 25 #1 pp. 54-56 AFAS Vol. VII, p 89 Family Group No. 3 Husband’s Full Name – CHARLES R. EDMONDSON Birth Marriage – 18 Dec 1838 Death His Father – Richard H. Edmondson Mother’s Maiden Name – Angelina Ogburn -28- Wife’s Full Maiden Name – Ann E. E. Arnold Birth – 23 Sep 1821 Death – 22 Dec 1891 Her Father – Joseph D. Arnold Mother’s Maiden Name – Martha W. Harper Children’s Names: 1. Angelina V. F. Edmondson (b 6 Jan 1840) married 31 Dec 1860, Jas. L. Moss 2. Martha Edmondson (b 20 Nov 1841 – rewritten over as 1842) 3. Joseph E. Edmondson (b 27 Oct 1843) 4. Charles R. Edmondson (b 18 Dec 1845) 5. Martha V. E. Edmondson (b 18 Aug 1848) Ref: “The Virginia Genealogist” Jan-Mar, 1981, Vol. 25 #1, pp. 54-56 Family Group No. 4 Husband’s Full Name – SAMUEL F. GILL Birth – 2 Nov 1831 Marriage – 15 Dec 1853 Death His Father Mother’s Maiden Name Wife’s Full Maiden Name – Emily W. Arnold Birth – 30 Jul 1834 Death Her Father – Joseph D. Arnold Mother’s Maiden Name – Martha W. Harper Children’s Names: 1. Rosella A. Gill (b 3 Feb 1855) 2. Wm. F. Gill (b 1 Apr 1857) 3. Martha V. Gill (b 6 Sep 1859) 4. Joseph P. Gill (b 18 Aug 1862) 5. Charles H. Gill (b 22 May 1865) 6. Samuel P. Gill (b 29 Dec 1867) 7. Edwin Arnold Gill (b 22 Jun 1870) 8. Mary E. Gill (b 6 Mar 1873) 9. James R. Gill (b 24 Jan 1874) Ref: “The Virginia Genealogist” Jan-Mar 1981, Vol. 25, #1, pp. 54-56 -29- Gill - Arnold Bible, Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Note: As of 2008 a typed transcript of the Bible is available for review on the web site of the Library of Virginia Manuscript section. There are quite a few discrepancies between the following and the copy at the Library of Virginia. The document from which this was first included in AFAS Vol. XII is no longer available to be checked. I have put the discrepancies in parenthesis.) (The first page of the typed transcript in the Library of Virginia states the following: “Philip (Phillip) Gill Bible “This was an old Bible, but has been lost since sometime after 1892. “However, the following caption is found heading the copy of these records. ‘Old Gill Records in the Bible of Mrs. Henry Thompson, North View, Virginia, copied by C. A. Arnold, a descendant, March 1892’”) The following record is copied into an old account book which in 1957 was in the possession of Mrs. Nell Edmondson of Baskerville, Va. The marriage of Isaac Arnold and Anne Andrews occurred in Mecklenburg County. The bond was dated 16 May 1795 and George Andrews and John Arnold gave consent (Katherine B. Elliott, “Marriage Records 1765-1810, Mecklenburg County, Virginia” South Hill Va. 1963, p. 10). Copied from the original by myself, C. A. Arnold Marriages Isaac Arnold and Ann H. Andrews were married May 21, 1795 Joseph D. Arnold and Martha W. Harper were married Dec 26, 1820 Hartwell Arnold and Mary M. Harper were married Dec 23, 1830 Richard Har(t)well and Elvira A. Arnold were married Dec 21 (23), 1831 Joseph D. (W) Arnold and Mary Bennett, 3rd wife, were married Nov. 9, 1837 C. R. Edmondson and Ann E. (E.) Arnold were married Dec 18, 1838 (1839) John Ellington and Catherine V. Arnold were married Mar 3, 1842 D. W. Thomas and Mary W. Arnold were married Sep 4, 1847 (fn from Va. Library copy – M.B. 9 Sept 1844) Jas. (James) L. Moss and V. F. Edmondson were married Dec 31, 1860 (At this point the handwriting changes to what seems to be the handwriting of Samuel Gill. C. A. Arnold) -30- Sam (Samuel) F. Gill and E. (Emily) W. Arnold were married Dec 15, 1853 C. A. Arnold and Mary Whitehead (“Miss”) (not on Va Library copy) were married May 8, 1856 C. A. Arnold and (“Mrs.”) (not on Va Library copy) E. F. Pitchford (“Ala. 2nd) (not on Va Library copy) were married Jan 15, 1873 Births Isaac and Ann Arnold’s Children (“Isaac born 1758”) (not on Va Library copy) Joseph D. Arnold, born Mar 10, 1798 George A. Arnold, born Oct 6, 1799 Elisha Arnold, born June 16 (18), 1801 John J. Arnold, born Jan 31, 1803 Isaac M. (not on Va Library copy) Arnold, born May 18, 1804 Charles G. Arnold, born May 18 (11) 1806 Hartwell Arnold, born May 19, 1808 Elvira A. (not on Va Library copy) Arnold, born Mar 6, 1810 Susan E. Arnold, born Mar 12, 1812 Silvanus (Sylvenus) J. Arnold, born Mar 23, 1815 Narcissus M. Arnold, born Jan (June) 29, 1818 Births Joseph Arnold and Martha W. Arnold’s Children Ann E. E. Arnold, born Sep 23, 1821 Catherine V. Arnold, born Oct 3, 1823 Mary W. Arnold, born Mar 1, 1826 Henry (Harry) W. Arnold, born Mar 27, 1828 Martha W. Arnold, born Apr 3, 1830 Charles A. Arnold, born Aug 6, 1832 Emily W. Arnold, born Jul 30 (22), 1834 Richard H. Arnold, born May 30, 1837 Births C. (Charles) R. (Richard) and Ann E. E. Edmondson’s Children Angelina V. F. Edmondson, born Jan 6, 1840 Martha Edmondson, born Nov 20, 1841 (“rewritten over as 1842”) (not on Va Library copy) Joseph H. Edmondson, born Oct 27, 1843 Charles R. Edmondson, born Dec 18, 1845 Martha V. E. Edmondson Aug 18, 1848 Samuel F. (Francis) Gill was born Nov 2, 1831 -31- Emily W. Gill, nee Arnold, born Jul 30, 1834 Married Dec 15, 1853 Births Samuel Francis and Emily W. Gill’s Children (“The handwriting of the births changes with this entry of Samuel F. Gill.” ) Rosella A. (Ann) Gill, born Feb 3, 1855 Wm. (William) F. Gill born Apr 1, 1857 Martha V. Gill, born Sep 6, 1859 Joseph P. (Philip) Gill, born Aug 18, 1862 Charles H. Gill, born May 22, 1865 Samuel P. (D) Gill, born Dec 29, 1867 Edwin Arnold Gill, born Jun 22, 1870 Mary E. (Emily) Gill, born Mar 6, 1873 James R. Gill, born Jan 24, 1874 (1876) Deaths Isaac Arnold departed this life July 7, 1820 Ann Arnold, his wife, died June 10 (Aug 9), 1822 Silvanus J. Arnold died Aug 9, 1828 (1822) Charles G. Arnold died Apr 26, 1829 Elvira A. Har(t)well died Sep 7, 1832 Martha W. Arnold died Jun 6, 1837 Joseph D. Arnold died Apr 29, 1838 C. V. Nelson, nee Arnold, died Jan 27, 1867 Mary W. Thomas, nee Arnold, died Dec 10, 1872 Martha W. Whitehead, nee Arnold, died Sep 18, 1871 Ann E. E. Edmondson, nee Arnold, died Dec 22, 1891 (27, 1890) Charles R. Edmondson who married Ann E. E. Arnold was the son of Richard H. Edmondson of Mecklenburg Co., Va., who married Angelina Ogburn 16 Jan 1816. He died testate in Oct 1827 and his widow Angelina subsequently married Willshire Simmons on 2 Mar 1830. Wilshire Simmons and Angelina C. Edmondson, widow and relict of Richard H. Edmondson, entered into a pre-nuptial agreement on 27 Feb 1830 to secure the property of each to their own heirs (Mecklenburg Co., Va., Deed Book 24, p. 112). On 12 Mar 1842 William H. Edmondson sold to Wilshire Simmons and Charles R. Edmondson of Mecklenburg County for $500 all the interest he had in the estate of his mother Angelina -32- Simmons under the will of her father, Charles Ogburn, as well as his interest in the estate of his father, Richard H. Edmondson (Mecklenburg Co., Va., Deed Book 30, p 49). Richard H. Edmondson was deeded a tract of land on the headwaters of Miles Creek by his father, Richard C. Edmondson, on 20 Oct 1817 (Mecklenburg Co., Va., Deed Book 17, p 91). Richard C. Edmondson married Frances Bowers in Mecklenburg County 8 September 1790. Administration of his estate occurred in 1818. By Frances he had only two sons, Richard C., Jr., and Robert Spilsbee Edmondson. Richard Coleman Edmondson married again in 1812 to Elizabeth Featherstone, who had already borne him several children. Charles Ogburn left a will dated 20 Nov 1836 with codicil 24 March 1837, and probated 18 Mar 1839, in which he named among other children his daughter, Angelina Simmons, to whom he gave a tract of land in the fork of Pine Creek. The codicil loaned to his son, Charles H. Ogburn, for the benefit of Angelina Simmons, the land on which she lived; which the testator had purchased from Richard H. Edmondson, and at her death gave the land to her heirs (Mecklenburg Co., Va., Will Book 15, p 31). Ref: “The Virginia Genealogist”, Jan-Mar 1981, Vol. 25 #1, pp. 54-56. Permission was granted by John F. Dorman to use this record in letter dated 22 June 1981. Thomas and Grace Arnold of King George County, Virginia (Cont’d) In Volume XI, a study of the Arnold line of Thomas and Grace Arnold was initiated. At theconclusion of this, the second installment, you will find a listing of the documents (through 1799) of which copies have been obtained and typescripts have been made for study. Abstracts of some of these documents already have been printed, and others are printed in this issue. These are listed in lieu of footnoting items in this article. Several people have kindly assisted in preparation of this study by sharing information and ideas (as well as encouragement). We wish to thank each of you who has contributed, especially Ann (Arnold) Hennings, Hazel (Arnold) MacIvor, Newman Arnold Hall, and Ted. O. Brooke. Origin of Thomas Arnold – It was hoped that, before this installment was written, we might have answers to several important questions about Thomas Arnold, one being his origin. Although we have a bit more information, there still is no indication as to where he was born, his parentage, etc. A study of the three volumes of Nugent’s “Cavaliers and Pioneers” shows the name of Thomas Arnold (various spellings) on four lists of importations. A closer analysis reveals that three of these lists have the same sets of names, including Thomas Arnold – even to being in the same sequence. Without trying to explain the identical lists of names of people imported by three different men, we will merely conclude that the three were actually on Thomas Arnold: -33- 1. Vol. 1, p 429 – Edward Sanders lists Tho. Arnall, 5 Mar 1662 2. Vol. 1, p 484 – John Lewis lists Tho. Arnoll, 22 Nov 1663 3. Vol. 1, p 490 – Tho. Hankes lists Tho. Arncell, 8 Apr 1663 It is doubtful he was the man in whom we are interested, as he would have been only about 13 or 14 years old. However, we will not eliminate him, altogether. It seems probable that the Thomas Arnold, who was imported by James Keyes (Key, Kay) is the man in whom we are interested. According to “Cavaliers and Pioneers”, Vol. II, p 181, James Keyes was granted 2000 acres, (Old) Rappahannock County on N. side and in the freshes of the river, 3 Apr 1678, “beginning near the mouth of Doegs Creek on the north side, to the head of Machowateg bever dam.” One of James Keyes’ neighbors was Henry Berry; among other grants to Henry Berry, there is one which was not completed and had no date (other grants on that page were dated 1677), mentioned that it adjoined Mr. James Key, and also mentioned “to Arnold’s.” This indicates that one Arnold was living in the area of Dogues Run, which is west of Gingoteague Creek, about 1677. It is interesting to note that another Arnold was imported about 10 year earlier, by men who received grants on the north side of the Rappahannock River. This man was Jesper Arnold, who was listed on two identical lists: (1) John Prosser claimed him in 1665; (2) Mihill Hughill and Thomas Short claimed him 26 May 1666 when they received 1000 acres on the north side and in the freshes of the Rappahannock River. The fact that John Prosser claimed Jesper Arnold as an importation is significant for several reasons. One reason is that John Prosser later owned land on the north side of the Rappahannock River, which was mentioned as boundary to the land which Isaac and Thomas Arnold owned on Gingoteague Creek. The other reason, which is rather involved, is that John Prosser had married Martha, the widow of William Goffe, and she was mother of Thomas Goffe, whose daughter married Isaac Arnold about 1707. After Martha Goffe/Prosser died, John Prosser married Margaret (surname unknown). When he wrote his will in 1673, John Prosser mentioned his “son-in-law” (stepsons) Robert and Thomas Goffe. He appointed his wife, Margaret, executrix, to be assisted by James Kay (probably the James Keyes who imported Thomas Arnold). Margaret Prosser, widow of John Prosser, married (2) Capt. Symon Miller. These two are the only references yet found to Jesper Arnold. (Note: December, 2008, Ancestry.com provides the following information. 1. Dorset, England: Parish and Probate Records – Wills and Administrations, 1312-1799. Salisbury Probate Court 12. Wills and Administrations in the Peculiar Court of the Dean of Sarum (Relating to Dorset) 1500-1801. Arnold, Jasper, Sherborne A., 1710 -34- 2. England (General): Parish and Probate Records – Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1649-1654. Arnold, Jasper, batch., died overseas 1653-4 1 62.) Thomas Arnold’s Land – The first land which Thomas Arnold acquired (of which record has been found) was deeded to him in two pieces. In (Old) Rappahannock Co. Deed Book 6, as listed as page 100, there are three consecutive records as follows: 1. On 18 Apr 1679, Adam Wofendale deeded 40 acres to Thomas Arnold “lying on the south side of Gingoteak branch, binding on the line of Simon Miller … 2. On 13 Jan 1679, Symon Miller deeded 20 acres “beginning upon a white oak butting upon Robt. Paines corner tree, and so right across the ridge to Mr. Savage’s line.” … 3. On 24 Jan 1679/80, Simon Miller, Sr., granted power of attorney to Adam Wofendale to act for him in this transaction. No monetary consideration was mentioned in the Wofendale deed; the Symon Miller deed mentioned a “valuable consideration already received by me.” Note these two pieces of land total 60 acres. Ten years later, on 3 Jun 1689, Thomas and Grace Arnold, his wife, sold 50 acres to Henry Going (name also spelled Goring) “beginning at spreading white oak standing on the west side of the main branch of Gingoteage and running west to the line of Prosser and up the side branch to a marked hickory”. It is not known if this 50 acres represents the whole of Thomas Arnold’s land (perhaps reduced, by survey, from the original 40 plus 20 acres), or if Thomas and Grace retained 10 acres for a few years. Also, it has not been learned just how Harry Going disposed of the 50 acres he bought. On 1 Mar 1694/5, Thomas Arnold bought 100 acres from Adam Woffendall, and it appears that this 100 acres encompassed at least part of the original land of Thomas Arnold. Compare and notice the similarity of the following description to the descriptions in the 1679 and 1689 deeds: “beginning at a white oak standing on the west side of a western branch of Jengateague Swamp thence west to the line of Mr. Anthony Savage thence northeast along the said line to the said Jengateague Swamp thence down the said swamp to the first mentioned station.” On 23 Jan 1717, John Doyle received a 226 acre grant of land bordering that of Thomas Arnold. The description mentions lines of neighbors, including “a white oak standing by Thos. Arnold’s cleared land, it being a corner tree to the said Arnold and Jno. Berry, thence crossing the said old field or cleared ground south 71 degrees east 60 poles near the head of a valley thence east 30 poles to a large white oak standing in the swamp it being another corner tree to the sd. Thomas Arnold …” (Isaac Arnold purchased this 226 acres in 1729; further discussion of it will be found in this article.) -35- The Creek – The land which Thomas Arnold owned was on Gingoteague Creek. In deeds and other records, this creek name has many different spellings. It is hoped there are not as many varieties of pronunciation as there are spellings. A look at the creek on the Virginia Highways map emphasizes only that part at the mouth, where it empties into the Rappahannock River. The first inclination is to place the Thomas Arnold home site in that area. However, the land grant to John Doyle in 1717, mentioned above, states that Doyle’s land was located “on the westward head branches of Gingotigue …” The U. S. Department of Interior Geological Survey map, entitled “Port Royal Quadrangle” shows Gingoteague Creek with its two main branches, one on each side of Highway 301, extending well up into the county, almost to Office Hall. There are several small branches entering the western branch, but as yet it has not been determined which of these are the ones mentioned in the various Arnold deeds. The Cleared Ground or Old Field – The Doyle grant and later deeds mention “Thomas Arnold’s cleared ground” or “old field,” and it is apparent the line of his land crosses that field; this conclusion may be erroneous, but it seems the cleared field was perhaps part of the earlier land which was owned by Thomas Arnold, which he sold in 1689. Thomas Arnold’s line, in the land which he bought in 1695, crossed that old field, running just south of east for 60 poles (or rods), and then turned east 30 rods to the white oak, which was Thomas Arnold’s corner tree, standing in the swamp. The “cleared ground” was mentioned in Thomas Arnold’s will of 1726, and in John Arnold’s deed to William Duff in 1732. Evolution of a Road – Another interesting landmark mentioned in Thomas Arnold’s will was “William Harrison’s Path,” which crossed the “old field or cleared ground.” “William Harrison’s Path” was mentioned in John Arnold’s deed to William Duff on 1 Sep 1732. In October 1732, a deed of Isaac Arnold referred to this road as “the church path which leads from Grace Arnold’s plantation to Strother’s Church.” In 1737, Isaac Arnold’s deed of rental to Alexander Adair referred to “the road which leads from William Duff’s to King George Courthouse.” At that time, William Duff owned the 50 acres which he had bought from John Arnold and later sold back to John, but perhaps this deed referred to other Duff land. In 1757, the will of Isaac Arnold mentioned the “road which leads from Duff’s Ordinary to King George Courthouse … with the said road westwardly dividing this land from other of my land.” In 1765, it was simply “the main road,” and in 1772, it was referred to as a road leading from the plantation of William Harrison to the courthouse. By 1799, the road was “an old road formerly leading from Harrison’s plantation to where the old Courthouse stood.” In 1801, there is mention of an old bridge on Jincoteague swamp … running southwest “along the old road leading from Harrison’s land to the old Court House.” We might try to identify some of the places mentioned in the foregoing descriptions. William Harrison’s plantation lay to the east of Thomas Arnold’s; and we have Ann (Arnold) Hennings to thank for sending a copy of an old map dated 1757, which shows the old Courthouse lying just -36- north of the river, in the neck below Dogue Run. Ann Hennings cites a reference for the location of Old King George Courthouse in an article from “The Virginia Magazine” April, 1958, pp. 192-3, which states the old Courthouse was on John Lomax’s plantation, and that the new courthouse was established at its present location after the addition of part of Stafford Co. to King George Co. in 1776. We have yet to establish the location of Strother’s Church, but Strothers owned land west of the Arnolds. Finally, William Duff was the local tailor, and owned various parcels of land, but on which he had his Ordinary (or tavern), we cannot say. So, we find a path which became a road, then a main road, finally an “old road.” We don’t know if the road still is in use or if it has faded into obscurity as roads sometimes do. However, a study of the copies of maps of the area indicate very little change in the main roads over the years. (2008 Note: A wonderful view of this area can be seen in different formats at Mapmart.com. In the Data Store under Products, click on Aerial Photography and “Begin Search.” The whole USA map shows up. Click on Virginia and work your way into the area of King George Co. and Port Royal (Carolina Co.). Keep zooming in and you will see Port Conway on the King George side of the Rappahannock River. To the left of the screen you can change to Satellite version. Between Port Conway and Welcome you will see Gingoteague Creek. The Topo button shows the branches of the creek.) Disposition of Thomas Arnold’s Land – From the records studied thus far, no evidence has been found that Thomas Arnold ever had land other than that which he bought in 1679 and sold in 1689, and then the 100 acres he bought from Adam Woffendall in 1695. When he wrote his will in 1725, Thomas divided this 100 acres into two 50-acre tracts. The tract on the south, where the home was, went to his widow, and after her death was to go to his son, James (who was living on adjoining land which he had bought from Isaac Arnold in 1719). The other 50 acres went to Thomas’ youngest son, John Arnold. James Arnold lived only a couple of years after his father, as his Inventory and Appraisal was dated 5 Apr 1728. His widow was named Sarah, and his “eldest son and heir at law” was Weedon Arnold. It is not known if there were other children, but probably there were, and through some of them could have come to the given name Weedon, to account for those who cannot yet be explained. In 1732, the 50 acres of land where the home was, was called “Grace Arnold’s plantation,” and it can be assumed she was living on it until her death about 1733. In 1743, Weedon sold that 50 acre tract and also the 100 acres which James had bought from Isaac Arnold in 1719. Both of these tracts were sold to Harry Turner. The 50 acre tract to the north of James Arnold, which John Arnold inherited from his father, Thomas, experienced several transactions in less than 15 years. John lived on the land until he rented it in December 1731 to Isaac Johnson, saddler, for the space of 31 years. The Johnsons -37- remained on this land throughout the various changes of ownership, as is stated in the various deeds. Eight months after he rented the land, John Arnold sold this 50 acres to William Duff. At this time, John was a resident of Prince William (later Fauquier) Co., Va.; the deed states that Isaac Johnson resided on this land at that time. In 1744, William Duff sold the same 50 acres back to John Arnold “of Prince William Co., Va.”, and Judith Johnson was the inhabitant (was she the widow of Isaac?). Finally, on 2 Aug 1745, John Arnold sold this 50 acres to Harry Turner. Judith Johnson still resided there. Harry Turner already had bought James Arnold’s 50 acres in 1743 (as mentioned above), so once again the full 100 acres of Thomas Arnold’s former land was under ownership of one person. Isaac Arnold’s Land – The land transactions of Isaac Arnold are a bit more involved than those of Thomas Arnold, because there were three separate tracts over the years, and because of Isaac’s divisions of two of these tracts. These tracts: 1. The Land from Thomas Goff. Thomas Goff settled 40 acres on Isaac Arnold and wife Margaret (who was daughter of Thomas Goff) on 28 Feb 1707 as a marriage settlement. According to the deed, this land was to go to Isaac Arnold, Jr., their son, at the death of Isaac and Margaret. This 40 acres was part of a 105 acre tract which had been granted to Thomas Goffe, dated 19 Mar 1696/7. The original grant mentioned Warasque Creek, and neighbors in 1697 included Thomas Kendall, Mary Gunstocker and John Willis. In 1707, neighbors were Gunstocker, Thomas Goffe, and John Willis. Isaac Arnold and family were living on this land at that time and when John Willis wrote his will in 1715, he mentioned Isaac Arnold as one of his neighbors. From grants listed in “Cavaliers and Pioneers,” Vol. II by Nugent, we find that John Willis received land in Westmoreland County on branches of Appomattox Creek, which empties into the Potomac River. His land adjoined Ned the Indian (Gunstocker), Lt. Col. Jno. Washington, Jno. Foxhall, and Philip Browne in 1669. Other neighbors included the Popes and Butlers, names which occur with frequency in later Arnold instruments. We feel safe in assuming that Thomas Goff’s land, part of which he gave to the Isaac Arnold family, was also in the Appomattox Creek area. Isaac Arnold’s will, dated 15 Sep 1757, left this same land “whereon I formerly did live” to his son, Isaac, Jr. At that time, the neighbors were Joseph Murdock and Moses Pittman. 2. Isaac Arnold’s Grant. Isaac Arnold sold 100 acres to James Arnold on 25 Feb 1719, and in the deed he stated that it was part of a patent of 226 acres which he had received from Thomas Lee, Proprietor of the Northern Neck; record of this patent has not been found, and the date of the patent is not known. This 100 acres -38- of land, on which James Arnold was living in 1719, joined that portion of Thomas Arnold’s land which Thomas Arnold was to will to James after his mother’s (Grace) death, and was one of the two tracts sold by James’ oldest son and heir, Weedon Arnold, in 1743. The description of this 100 acres reads, in part: “on western main branch of Jenguteage Creek … running through a large old field dividing this land from the land of Thomas Arnold … small branch which runneth into the aforesaid creek, thence down the said branch to a line of marked trees belonging to this said land, thence through a glade or plain to the said main branch of Jengutage thence up the said branch to the first station.” Having sold 100 acres, Isaac was left with 126 acres of this tract. On 30 Aug 1727, he gave 60 acres of land to his son, Thomas and Thomas’s wife, Mary, and their son, Humphrey, as a marriage settlement. Thomas and family were living on this 60 acres. The following description indicates this 60 acres came from this particular tract: “line of Robert Elliston in a small branch which leads into the western main branch of Gingoteague and thence down the said branch to the line of Henry Long … land of Isaac Arnold …land of James Arnold …” This would leave Isaac with 66 acres in this tract. 3. The John Doyle Grant. On 23 Jan 1716/7, John Doyle received a patent for 226 acres on the westward head branches of Gingoteague. The description mentions a fork of a branch “being lately made a corner to a patent of land … now in possession of Jon. Gibson, Simon Miller and others … line of Jno. Berry … Thomas Arnold’s cleared ground …” etc. John Doyle died soon after and his will was probated 6 Aug 1718. On 28 Jul 1732, John Doyle, Jr. (of North Carolina) sold this 226 acre tract to Isaac Arnold. Cornelius Reynolds was added to the names of those whose lands were contiguous. Isaac Arnold promptly deeded 100 acres of this land to his son, Isaac Arnold, Jr. and wife, Sarah, and their son, James. Then he deeded 60 acres to his son, Thomas and wife, Mary, and their oldest son, Humphrey. (Humphrey sold this land in 1753 to Thomas Turner.) This left 76 acres for Isaac in this particular tract, besides 50 acres which he rented in 1737, to Alexander Adair, his wife, Eleanor, and their son, Thomas. Disposition of Isaac Arnold’s Land – From this point, it becomes difficult to follow the land, for acreages were not mentioned in several instances. When Isaac Arnold wrote his will in 1757, he bequeathed to his daughter, Dianah Wharton and Samuel Wharton her husband “all that piece or parcel of land whereon they now live.” Although he carefully set out the boundaries of this land, the amount of acreage was not mentioned. After Dianah’s death, the land was to go to Isaac’s wife (Mary Arnold) and her heirs. In his will, Isaac Arnold also bequeathed “unto my well beloved wife Mary Arnold my now dwelling house and -39- plantation together also with all the land I now have or lay any claim unto together also with that other piece or parcel after my daughter’s Diana’s death …” Still no mention of acreage. In a Deed of 1765, Mary Arnold divided all her land into four lots, which she distributed to her four daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Gemima and Susanah (with the exception, of course, of that land on which Diana and Samuel Wharton were living). This division was confirmed in Mary’s will in 1775. Although acreage was not mentioned, the four lots certainly were not equal in size, as is revealed in later deeds when the daughters sold their lots, or the land was passed to heirs. By the provisions of the deed which Mary made in 1765, her daughter, Elizabeth, received the lot on “Maple Branch”; Mary received a lot on the Main Road; Gemima received the lot binding upon Isaac Arnold’s land and the lot Diana Wharton was living on; and Susanah received “the lot I now live on.” The Weedon Arnold Family – Weedon Arnold was “eldest son and heir” of James Arnold and his wife, Sarah. James was, of course, a son of Thomas and Grace Arnold, and discussion has already been made regarding James’ purchase of 100 acres in 1719 from Isaac Arnold, and the fact he was to have inherited 50 acres from his father after the death of his mother, Grace. However, James died in 1728, about 2 years after his father, and 5 years before his mother; therefore, Weedon inherited this land. Nothing is known of Weedon’s birth date, or where he lived after the death of his father in 1728 until he sold the tracts to Harry Turner in 1743. At that time, Weedon was living in Westmoreland County (and Isaac Arnold, Jr. was living on that 100 acre tract which Isaac Arnold, Sr. had sold to James in 1719). On 5 Nov 1752, Weedon was sub sheriff of Westmoreland County; he bought 200 acres from Richard Steel and Catharine, Richard’s wife. At some time Weedon married Ann (surname unknown), and when he wrote his will on 18 Jan 1754, he mentioned two sons, James and John, and an unborn child. Weedon was dead by 27 Aug 1754, when his will was presented for probate. The unborn child, mentioned in his will, may have been born before he died, or perhaps was posthumous. At any rate, it was a little girl and she was named Julia or Justicia. Weedon Arnold apparently did not suffer for want of materials goods for his will mentioned several negro slaves, a mill, two renters on his land, money or bonds, “and as to what Plate I have and what I’ve sent for with the other sent for things.” It appears Weedon’s widow, Ann, couldn’t live in the manner to which she was accustomed, for by 25 June 1768 she was in financial straits. She owed 142 pounds to Andrew Thompson and Co. of Glasgow, and to meet the debt she sold 6 slaves, furniture, dishes, etc. to Archibald Bryce, factor for Andrew Thompson and Co. He was to sell these after 1 Oct to satisfy the debt and to defray the charges which Bryce incurred. (See Westmoreland Co., Va. Deed Book 14, p 555). -40- On 1 Dec 1770, James Arnold, son of Weedon and Ann, wrote his will in King George Co., Va. He left all to his “dear beloved mother,” and after her death “to my loving sister Julia Arnold alias Lovell.” James apparently had no wife or children. “Julia Arnold alias Lovell” was referred to in this manner at least three times. We don’t know if she had married a Lovell, or if she was brought up by the Lovell family and used their name. She married Dr. John Goldsmith on 17 Jan 1788. On 4 Feb 1775, Ann Arnold (of King George Co.), widow of Weedon, was about to marry Jno. Lovell (of King George Co.). She had some slaves (not the same names as the slaves conveyed to Archibald Bryce in 1768) which she wanted to reserve for her own use, and later to go to her daughter, “Justicia.” William Bernard was to hold these slaves in trust, but Ann was to have absolute use of these slaves until the said marriage and after the solemnization, during her natural life. (The idea was to keep them from getting mixed up with Jno. Lovell’s property.) Weedon Arnold had mentioned a son, John Arnold, in his will. There was one John Arnold who died in King George Co., whose Inventory was entered on 6 Oct 1768. Benjamin Johnston was administrator of his estate and Benjamin Johnston, George Johnston and William Boon were appraisers. Nothing is indicated about a widow or children. However, when Daniel White wrote his will, less than 2 years later (dated 14 Jul 1770), he mentioned a daughter, Winney Johnston. Later records show that Winney had been married (1) to an Arnold and had at least one child named Weedon. She married (2) Benjamin Johnston. It seems almost certain that Winney’s husband had been John Arnold, son of Weedon and Ann, and that John Arnold was the one who died in 1768. Some researchers have gotten Ann (the first Weedon’s widow) confused with Winney, wife of Benjamin Johnston, who was mother of the younger Weedon Arnold. A comparison of the chronology will show that these were two different women, of different generations. On Christ day, 1787, the younger Weedon Arnold married Mary Morris, daughter of Charles Morris, in Westmoreland County, Va. Then, on 19 Sep 1789, Benjamin Johnson and wife, Winney, deeded 65 acres in King George Co. to Weedon Arnold (Winney’s son). Less than a year after on 29 Aug 1790, the younger Weedon Arnold died intestate, leaving a widow, Molley (nickname for Mary) and no children. On 2 Sep 1790, Molley, administratrix of Weedon, appointer Younger Johnson her attorney for purpose of collecting debts, etc. On 25 Apr 1791, Benjamin Johnson and his wife, Winney, deeded all of Winney’s right to inheritance from Winney’s son (Weedon Arnold) to Molley (Weedon’s widow). Then, 2 months later on 24 June 1791, Molley Arnold married Samuel Muse. The sold the 65 acres (which had been reduced by survey to 57 acres) to Younger Johnson. Other Weedon Arnolds must fit into this family some place. Perhaps they were descended from James and Sarah by younger son or sons; or perhaps Winney and John Arnold had other sons before John’s death in 1768. One Weedon Arnold appeared on the 1794 tax list (and subsequent records) of Logan Co. Ky. Other Arnolds of Logan Co., Ky. included, in 1808, John Arnold and -41- Younger Arnold. (Note the name of Younger Johnson above, who figured frequently with the King George Co., Va. Arnolds.) The Fauquier Co. Va. Arnolds – There were at least 3 distinct sets of Arnolds, all from the King George Co. family who settled in Fauquier Co., Va. at different times and in different places. The first of these was John Arnold, son of Thomas and Grace, who moved early in 1732 to what was then Prince William Co. and bought land on Tinpot Run. (Fauquier Co. was formed from Prince William Co. in 1758). The second was the family of Humphrey Arnold, oldest son of Isaac’s son, Thomas, who moved to what was then Prince William Co. in 1751. He settled on Turkey Run. The third was James Arnold, son of Isaac Arnold, Jr., who was in the county at least between 1761 and 1771. 1. John Arnold was the youngest son of Thomas and Grace Arnold. We don’t know when John was born, but it doesn’t seem unreasonable to speculate that he might have been born as late as 1695-1700. In November 1731, John was living on the land which he had inherited from his father, Thomas Arnold, in King George co. He rented this 50 acres to Isaac Johnson, a saddler, for 31 years. Five months later, on 10 Apr 1732, John was living in Prince William Co., and sold that 50 acres to William Duff for 50 pounds. Less than a month later, on 4 May 1732, William Duff sold 100 acres to John Arnold for 50 pounds. (It looks like an even exchange.) The land which John Arnold bought was on Tinpot Run in Prince William County and the deed stated it was land “where John Arnold lives.” John Arnold had married Margaret (surname unknown) and when he sold his land in King George co. to William Duff, his wife, Margaret, empowered Isaac Arnold as her attorney to sign the release of dower, etc. In this instrument she called him “my Loving friend and Brother.” Family relationships were expressed in different terms at that time, so it is difficult to know if she meant the term “Brother” literally, or if it meant he was her “brother-in-law.” (In those days, a “brother-in-law” was more likely to mean “step-brother.”) It is interesting to note that Elizabeth, wife of William Duff, refused to sign her dower rights to the land in Prince William Co., in 1732. Provision was made for this, however, in the deed. In Oct 1704 William Duff of King George Co. sold the 50 acres in King George County back to John Arnold (of Prince William Co.) for 50 pounds. William -42- Duff was dead before 5 Sep 1745 (the date of appraisal of his estate), leaving a widow, Elizabeth. About 10 months after buying the land back from William Duff, John Arnold (“of Prince William Co.”) sold the 50 acres to Harry Turner for 20 pounds. John Arnold was listed on the Fauquier Co. Rent Roll of 1770 with 150 acres of land. On 7 Sep 1771 he wrote his will which was not probated until 22 May 1780. Children of John and Margaret Arnold: A. John Arnold Jr., married Letitia (surname unknown). In 1764 he sold to William Settle 50 acres “formerly given by his father,” and moved to Newberry Co., South Carolina, where he died ca. 1798. B. Moses Arnold married Sarah (surname unknown). The deed in 1764, when John, Jr. sold to Wm. Settle, mentions land given by “said John” (Meaning John, Sr.) to son, Moses. In 1771 Moses sold his 50 acres to William Jennings; at that time, Moses was living in Frederick Co. Va. (In AFAS Vol. II, p 10, we find an account of the family of a Moses Arnold who married Sarah Timmons who might fit this Moses.) C. Benjamin Arnold married Elizabeth (surname unknown). In 1789 Benjamin and his wife, Elizabeth, and Margaret, his mother, sold 204 acres on Barrow’s Run to Martin Porter. Barrow’s Run is southwest of Warrenton; there is a Porter’s Mill on this Run. D. Verlinda Arnold, evidently a spinster, was mentioned in her father’s will in 1771 when he gave her 50 acres of land “where she now lives.” When Moses, her brother, sold land on 25 Nov 1771, he mentioned “Lyn Arnold’s fence” - - This must have meant Verlinda’s fence. E. Margaret Arnold also was mentioned in her father’s will as a daughter. We have no further information about her. 2. Humphrey Arnold, oldest son of Thomas (and grandson of Isaac), was born before 30 Aug 1727. On that date, Isaac gave 60 acres to his son, Thomas and and wife Mary and son, Humphrey. Humphrey died before 1 Jan 1790, the date of his inventory in Fauquier Co. His wife was Ann (surname unknown). (AFAS Vol. VII, p 24, says she was Harriet Ann Smith.) Thomas Arnold, father of Humphrey, died before 3 June 1743 (date of his Inventory and Appraisal). On 30 Oct 1753, Humphrey Arnold “of Prince William Co.” sold to Thomas Turner 60 acres “whereon my father Thomas Arnold -43- formerly lived and was given and conveyed to him by his father Isaac Arnold by deed of Gift.” Humphrey Arnold was already living in Prince William Co. on 5 Mar 1751 when William Bunbury, of Stafford Co., Va., sold to him 150 acres in Prince William Co., bounded “at a white oak corner to Col. Lee’s.” Col. Richard Henry Lee, of Westmoreland Co., Va., rented 100 acres near Turkey Run to Humphrey and Anne Arnold and Samuel (Was Samuel the oldest son of Humphrey Arnold as per 1764 rental? He was not named in 1792) on 9 Apr 1764. Then, on 20 May 1772, Col. Richard H. Lee rented to Humphrey and Anne and Benjamin 141 acres on Turkey Run. On the latter date, Col. Richard H. Lee also rented to Isaac, Mary, and George Arnold. Humphrey Arnold was dead by 10 Jul 1792 and his heirs were: A. Isaac Arnold and Mary (Porter), his wife. (See below) B. Benjamin Arnold and Sarah (Sally), his wife. C. George Arnold and Anna, his wife D. Bathsheba Arnold, wife of John West E. Seymour Arnold and Mary (Knowling), his wife F. Jemima Arnold, wife of John Knowling. Isaac Arnold, son of Humphrey and Ann, married Mary Porter (who died Aug 1815), daughter of Samuel Porter, on 23 Oct 1771 in Fauquier Co. Bond for their marriage was furnished by Samuel Arnold (Was Samuel the oldest son of Humphrey Arnold, as per 1764 rental? He was not named in 1792). The following year on 20 May 1772, Col. Richard H. Lee rented 122 acres on Turkey Run to Isaac and Mary, his wife, and George (Was George his brother?) Isaac and his family later moved to Fiery Run, which is located in the western part of Fauquier Co., just west of the town of Hume. Some of the deeds mention Arnold’s Cross Roads, and a recent map of Fauquier Co. shows Arnold’s Cross Roads and “Arnold’s Old Place.” The family operated a mill on Fiery Run. Children of Isaac and Mary (Porter) Arnold: -44- A. Elijah, wife Prudence. (According to Deed Book 18, p 803, no date, Elijah deeded half of mill, etc. to Prudence Jackson, daughter of Col. George Jackson of Ohio “for love,” etc. This must have been his fiancée.) Elijah owned a store as early as 1799. He seems to have kept the family in hot water, financially. (See Fauquier Co. deed abstracts, and also AFAS VII, p 58, for detailing some of Elijah’s financial maneuverings.) B. Humphrey Arnold married Sarah (Sally) Hitch on 9 Nov 1798, Fauquier Co. The Bondsman was Christopher Hitch (her father?). A son, Humphrey Martin Arnold was born 25 Apr 1830 in Culpeper Co., (AFAS Vol. VII, p 24; Vol. XI, pp 87-88) who moved to Ohio and Illinois. C. Samuel Arnold married Becky Hitch, daughter of Christopher Hitch, on 1 Sep 1798, Fauquier Co. They moved to Kentucky after 1807, before 1819. D. Catherine (or Katharine) Arnold married John Healey (or Helleany). E. Charlotte Arnold married Francis Hillary (or Hilliary) 19 Dec 1803 in Fauquier Co. (The marriage in AFAS Vol. I give her name as Catherine; the suit in AFAS Vol. VII, p 24, gives it as Charlotte.) F. Frances Arnold married John Waters (Waller?) 13 Dec 1810, Fauquier Co. G. Enoch Arnold H. Elizabeth Arnold married Alexander Corder. I. Ann (Nancy) Arnold married Gustavis Nolen (or Noland) in the latter part of 1821. J. Sarah (Sally) Arnold married Washington Odem. K. Lewis Arnold died in Oct 1816. He lived on the Magruder farm in Culpeper Co., which Elijah purchased in 1811. (See AFAS Vol. III, p 74; Vol. VII, pp 58-59.) -45- 3. James Arnold, son of Isaac Arnold, Jr. (and another grandson of Isaac) was in Fauquier Co. as early as 1761 when he and his wife, Sarah, sold land to John Farguson, which he (James Arnold) had purchased of John Pownal. In 1762 James Arnold appraised the John Garner estate; in 1776 he appraised the Morgan Darnall, Jr., estate; and in 1767 he appraised the Mary Lee estate. On 9 Mar 1771 a tripartite deed was drawn between James Arnold of Fauquier Co. of the first part (no wife mentioned for him); Sarah Arnold of King George Co., widow, of the second part; and George Arnold of King George Co. of the third part. Sarah Arnold “of the second part” was widow of Isaac Arnold, Jr.; James and George were her sons. By this deed they were selling 100 acres in King George Co. which Isaac Arnold, Sr., had conveyed to Isaac Arnold, Jr. and Sarah his wife, in 1732. This is the last mention of James in Fauquier Co. so he possibly moved on elsewhere. List of Arnold Documents used in Study Date Brief County Book Page 18 Feb 1663 Patent of 650 acres to Martha Goffe Pat.5 314 (Va.St.Lib. Reel 3) 18 Apr 1679 Adam Wofendale to Thomas Arnold, 40 a Old Rapp. DB6 100 13 Jan 1679 Symon Miller to Thomas Arnold, 20 a Old Rapp. DB6 100 24 Jan 1679/80 Symon Miller, Power of Atty to Old Rapp. DB6 100 Adam Woffendall (Va.St.Lib. Reel 5) 28 Feb 1681 Henry Arkell assigned rights to Adam Old Rapp. DB6 341 Woffendall. Wit. Tho. Arnold (Va.St.Lib. Reel 5) 7 May 1684 Thomas Arnold et al to appraise estate Old Rapp. COB1 18-19 of Evan Morgan (Va.St.Lib. Reel 13) 14 Jun 1684 Inv. & App. Evan Morgan’s Estate Old Rapp. DB6 45-46 Thomas Arnold, an appraisor (Va.St.Lib. Reel 5) 5 Mar 1689 Thomas Arnold – in a survey Old Rapp. COB 1686-92 (Va.St.Lib. Reel 13) 153 3 Jun 1689 Thomas and Grace Arnold to Henry Going Old Rapp. DB8 61-62 (Va.St.Lib. Reel 8) 3 Sep 1689 Grace Arnold, Power of Atty, to Old Rapp. DB8 62 Joseph Buckley (Va.St.Lib. Reel 8) 5 Oct 1689 Henry Going vs Adam Woffendall Old Rapp. COB 1686-92 concerning serv. of maid Mary Hockley (Va.St.Lib. Reel 13 147-49 6 Nov 1689 Henry Going to pay Thomas Arnold for Old Rapp. COB 1686-92 being witness (Va.St.Lib. Reel 13) 140-41 3 Jan 1692 John Willis to Thomas Kendall Richmond DB1 97 -46- 14 Jan 1692/3 Simon Miller to Thomas Parke Richmond DB2 2 1 Oct 1694 John Willis to John Willis, Jr. Richmond DB2 81 1 Mar 1694/5 Adam Woffendall to Thomas Arnold Richmond DB2 142-44 19 Mar 1696/7 Grant to Thomas Goffe, 105a N.N.Grants 2 266 (Va.St.Lib. Reel 266) 26 Apr 1701 John Willis to William Willis Richmond DB3 68 28 Feb 1707 Thomas Goffe to Isaac Arnold Richmond DB4 126-27 20 Jan 1714 Charles Willis and wife, Mattilldoe Richmond DB7 21 to William Duff; wit. Isaac Arnold 7 Jun 1715 Will of John Willis Richmond WB3 214-17 23 Jan 1716/7 Grant to John Doyle, 226a N.N.Grants 1713-19 21 Richmond Co. (Va.St.Lib. Reed 289) 28 Nov 1718 Robert Smith to William Duff Richmond DB7 352-54 25 Feb 1719 Isaac Arnold to James Arnold Richmond DB7 491 5 May 1719 Charles Willis to William Duff Richmond DB7 403 Isaac Arnold, wit. 29 Jan 1719 John Underwood and Elizabeth to Richmond DB7 418 Francis Woffendall 27 Dec 1725/6 Will of Thomas Arnold King Geo. WB A1 39 5 Jul 1726 Inv. and Appr. of Thomas Arnold estate King Geo. Inv1 77 1 Mar 1727 Sarah Arnold, Bond, adm. est. of King Geo. DB1 18 James Arnold 18 May 1727 Robert and Mary Finch to Francis King Geo. DB1 443-44 Golden, Thomas Charles, wit. Isaac Arnold 20 Aug 1727 Isaac Arnold to son, Thomas (gift) King Geo. DB1 452-53 5 Apr 1728 James Arnold, Inv. and Appr. King Geo. Inv 43 3 Dec 1731 John Arnold rental to Isaac Johnson King Geo. DB1A 182-83 2 Mar 1732 Isaac Arnold bond, adm. est of Grace King Geo. DB1A 30 Arnold 10 Apr 1732 John Arnold to Wm. Duff King Geo. DB1A 222-24 10 Apr 1732 John Arnold bond (deed to Wm. Duff) King Geo. DB1A 224 10 Apr 1732 Margaret Arnold, Power of Atty. to King Geo. DB1A 224 Isaac Arnold 4 May 1732 William Duff to John Arnold Pr. Wm. Liber A 341-4 4 wit. Isaac Arnold 28 Jul 1732 John Doyle to Isaac Arnold King Geo. DB1A 214-15 1 Sep 1732 John Arnold ack. Release Deed and King Geo. OB 613 bond to Duff 3 Oct 1732 Isaac Arnold, Sr. to Jr. (Gift) King Geo. DB1A 236 3 May 1733 Isaac Arnold, Sr. to Thomas Arnold King Geo. DB1A 259-60 6 May 1733 Inv. and Appr. of est. Grace Arnold King Geo. Inv 158 20 Jun 1734 Duff’s Bond to John Arnold Pr. Wm. Liber A 346 -47- 24 Jan 1737 Isaac Arnold, Sr. to Alexander Adear King Geo. DB2 155-58 and wife Eliner and son Thomas Adare 11 Apr 1743 Weedon Arnold to Harry Turner King Geo. DB2 463-66 3 Jun 1743 Thomas Arnold, Inventory King Geo. Inv 281-82 2 Dec 1743 Wm. Duff, Jr., Inv. of Estate King Geo. Inv 295-97 1 Oct 1744 William Duff to John Arnold King Geo. DB3 20-21 1 Aug 1745 John Arnold to Harry Turner King Geo. DB3 62-65 5 Sep 1745 Wm. Duff, Sr., Inv. of Estate King Geo. DB6 7-10 12 Jul 1746 Wm. Duff, Sr., additional Inv. King Geo. DB6 23 5 Nov 1752 Richard Steel and wife Catherine to Westm. DB11 465-67 Weedon Arnold 30 Oct 1753 Humphrey Arnold to Thomas Turner King Geo. DB4 74-77 18 Jan 1754 Will of Weedon Arnold Westm. D&W12 143 15 Sep 1757 Will of Isaac Arnold King Geo. WB1 89 12 Mar 1764 John Arnold and Lutishea to Wm. Settle Fauq. DB2 102-3 6 Sep 1765 Mary Arnold to daus: Elizabeth, Mary, King Geo. DB4 615-16 Gemima, Susanah 25 Jun 1768 Ann Arnold to Archibald Bryce (debt) Westm. DB14 555 6 Oct 1768 Benjamin Johnston, George Johnston King Geo. Adm. 74-75 and Wm. Boon, bond to adm. est. of John Arnold 14 Jul 1770 Will of Daniel White King Geo. WB1 307-9 1 Dec 1770 Will of James Arnold King Geo. WB1 370 9 Mar 1771 James Arnold of Fauq., Sarah Arnold King Geo. DB5 875-77 of King Geo., to Geo. Arnold of King Geo. 7 Sep 1771 Will of John Arnold (prob. 22 May 1780) Fauq. WB 391 25 Nov 1771 Moses Arnold to Wm. Jennings Fred. DB 430-32 9 Dec 1772 George Arnold and Sarah to Wm. Boon King Geo. DB5 1020-22 4 Feb 1775 Ann Arnold, wid. of Weedon (disp. of slaves) Westm. DB5 1178 4 Mar 1775 Will of Mary Arnold King Geo. WB1 349 3 Mar 1777 Elizabeth Arnold to William Boon King Geo. DB5 1204 7 Mar 1777 John Wren to Eliz. Arnold King Geo. DB5 1213-14 2 Nov 1780 John and Mary Wren to John Clift King Geo. DB6 314-15 27 Feb 1783 Elizabeth Arnold to Aaron Thornley King Geo. DB6 333 25 Dec 1787 Weedon Arnold to Mary Morris Westm. Marr. 22 Feb 1789 Benj. Arnold and wife, Eliz. and Fauq. DB10 218-19 Marg. his mother, to Martin Porter 19 Sep 1789 Benjamin Johnson and ux to Weedon Arnold King Geo DB7 286-87 1 Jan 1790 Humphrey Arnold’s inventory Fauq. Inv 164 2 Sep 1790 Molley Arnold, adm. of Weedon Arnold King Geo. WB7 322-23 25 Sep 1791 Benjamin Johnson and ux to Molley Arnold King Geo. DB7 336-38 1 Dec 1791 Samuel Muse and wife to Younger Johnson King Geo. DB7 356-58 -48- 19 Jan 1797 Susannah Coode to Mima Arnold (gift) King Geo. DB8 98 7 Feb 1799 William Boon, William Arnold and King Geo. DB8 210-11 Jemima Arnold 7 Feb 1799 William Arnold and Jemima to Wm. Boon King Geo. DB8 211-12 Northern Neck Grants Northern Neck Grants, No. 2, 1694-1700 Reel 288, p. 266. 105 acres to Thomas Goffe, dated 19 Mar 1696/7 Margaret Lady Culpeper, Thomas Lord Fairfax, To all ye whereas ye know ye that we for and in consideration of the composition etc. do give and grant unto Thomas Goffe etc. of the County of Richmond etc. bounded as followeth/viz beginning at A marked corner white oak to this land of Thomas Kendall standing in the back line of Mary Gunstocker in the (clivis?) extending thence east by north one hundred and seven poles to a marked red oak corner tree to this land and the land of Mr. John Willis standing in the said Gunstocks line thence north seventy six degrees west ninety poles to a marked white oak upon the east side of the pocoson swamp near the head of Warasque Creek, thence down the meanders of the said Swamp to a marked spanish oak, dividing this land from the land of the said Kendall being on the said Swamp, thence south four and a half degrees west one hundred and thirteen poles to the aforementioned beginning, containing and being now laid out for one hundred and five acres, together etc. Royall mines excepted etc. to have and to hold etc. yielding and paying three shillings yearly, etc. provided etc. dated the nineteenth day of March one thousand six hundred and ninety 6/7. W. F. G. B. Northern Neck Grants, 1713-1719 (Virginia State Library) Reel 289, p 21. John Doyle, 226 acres, Richmond Co. 23 Jan 1716/17 The Rt. Honble. Catherine Lady Fairfax Sole Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia … Whereas Mr. John Doyle of Richmond County upon his Suggestion of a Certain quantity of land belonging to me in the sd. county which is not yet granted did on the Twenty ninth of Sep. One Thousand seven hund. and Thirteen Obtain a Warrt. from my Ofice for laying out the same, and having now returned a survey thereof under the hand of Mr. Wm Thornton Survey … unto the sd. John Doyle Two hund. Twenty and Six acres of land Scituated lying and being in Richmond County - - lying on the westwd. head branches of Gingotique and beginneth at three red Oaks standing in a fork of a branch being lately made a corner to a patent of land formerly granted to Prosser and Chitwood and now in the possession of Jonathan Gibson Simon Miller and Others thence it Extended South forty degrees East crossing a branch Sixteen poles to a Scrubby white Oak in the line of Jno Berry Tence with the same South Twenty degrees East one hund. and Sixty three poles to an other white Oak standing by Thos Arnold’s clear’d ground, it being -49- corner tree to the sd. Arnold and the aforesd. Jno Berry thence crossing the sd. old field or clear’d ground south seventy one degrees East sixty poles near the head of a Valley Thence East thirty poles to a large white Oak standing in a Swamp it being another corner tree to the sd Thos Arnold thence down the swamp South fourteen degrees west Twenty poles South seven degrees East fifty two poles then crossing the sd. Swamp and running south Sixty Eight degrees west twenty poles South eighty four degrees West fifty four poles to a white Oak standing in the line of the aforesd. Prosser and Chitwood thence with the same North and by West Eighteen poles and finally - - north five hund. and twenty poles to the first Station…. C. Jenings (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia, Abstracts (Old) Rappahannock Co., Deed Book 6, p 100 Reel 5, p 263 (Virginia State Library) Be it known unto all men by these presents that I Adam Wolfendale of the County of Rapp. Doe for my Selfe my heirs Execrs Admins or assignes doe aliene, barbaine, Sell and make over unto Thomas Arnold of the said County his heirs Execurs Adminrs or assignes, a parcell of land about forty acres lying on the South side of gingoteak branch, binding on the line of Simon Miller, it being a Devident of Land that was taken up of the said Adam Wofendale and John Phillips and doe warrant the Said Land unto the Said Arnold his heirs or assigness forever, In Witness I have set my hand and Seale this 18th of Aprill 1679 Signed Sealed and Delivd in the Adam Wofendale (Seale) presence of us James Orchard Andrews (A) Foy (Recorded 4 Mar 1679/80) Teste: Edmd Craske, Cl. Cur. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Deed Book 6, p 100 Reel 5, p 263 (Virginia State Library) Know all men by these presents that I Symon Miller of Sittingborne parish in the County of Rapp., have sold and set over unto Thomas Arnold of the same parish and County twenty acres of land, and further I the said Symon Miller doe Confirme and warrant the Sale of the Said land from all persons whatsoever, to the said Thomas Arnold as followeth to him and his heirs forever, be it more or less, it being for a Valuable Consideration already received hand by me Symon Miller beginning upon a white oak butting upon Robt. Paines corner tree, and Soe right across the Ridge to Mr. Savage’s line for him performance whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this 13th Day of January 1679. Signed Sealed and Delivered Simon Miller (Seale) -50- in the presence of Nathaniell Tomlins Adam Wofendale (Recorded 4 Mar 1679/80) Test: Edmd Crasske, Cl. Cur. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Deed Book 6, p 100 Reel 5, p 263 (Virginia State Library) Know all men by these presents that I Simon Miller of the County of Rapp. Doe Constitute and appoint my true and loveing friend, Adam Wofendale, to be my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my Stead to acknowledge a Small parcel of land unto Thomas Arnold of the Same County, and what my Said attorney shall doe in the premises, shall Stand in as full force and virtue as if I mySelfe were personally present As Witness my hand and Seale this 24th of January 1679/80. Signed Sealed and Delivered Simon Miller (Seale) in the presence of us Nathaniell Thomlin Tho: (T.G.) Grimsley (Recorded 4 Mar 1679/80) Teste: Edmd Crasske, Cl. Cur. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Deed Book 6, p 341 Reel 5, p. 341 (Virginia State Library) Know all men by these presents that I Henry Arkell doe assigne all my Right Title and Interest of this within mentioned Conveyance from me my heires Execrs … to Adam Woffendall … As witness my hand and seale this 28th of Feb 1681. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Tho: Arnold (Recorded 2 March 1681) Teste: Edmd Craske, Cl. Cur Know all men by these presents that I Honoria Woffendall wife of Adam Woffendall doe constitute ordaine and appoint Mr. Arthur Spicer to be my lawfull Attorney to acknowledge her thirds of a parcell of land as may appear by Conveyances to Henry Arkill his heirs or assignes for ever. As witness my hand and seal this Present Feb 28th 1681. her Tho: Arnold, Inhelmus Johanes Honoria (H) Woffendall (seal) Mark -51- Know all men by these presents that I John Honnes (Homes?) of Stafford Co., my heirs Execs. adms, and assignes doe assigne this within mentioned to Henry Arkill his Execs., admin., and assignes forever and warrant the said land from me my heirs execs. or assignes forever to him his Heirs execs. adms. And assigns forever. As witness my hand and seale the 2d day of Novem. (year?) Sealed Signed and delivered John (H) Holmes (seal) in ye presence of us Honoria (H) Woffendall Testis William Jones John (his mark) Wodson Know all men by these presents that I Adam Woffendall of the County of Rapp. my heirs Execs. admrs. and assignes doe assign the within mentioned deed to Henry Arkill his heires, execs., admrs., and assignes forever and doe warrant the said land from me my heirs excs … to him his heires … As witness my hand this 1681 William Jones Adam Woffendall Frederick St. Grimshaw her (Recorded 2 Mar 1681) Honoria (H) Woffendall mark Test: Edmd Crasske, Cl. Cur. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Va. Orders (No. 1, 1683-1686) Reel 13, COB 1, pp 18-19. (Virginia State Library) (26) At a Court held for Rappahannock County on the North side of the River the 7th of May Anno Dom. 1684. (27) It is ordered that Mr. Francis Thorne (sic), Wm. Stodder (sic), Thomas Arnold and Adam Woffendall or any three of them meet Togeather at the house of Mr. Evan Morgan sometime between this and the next Court to be held on the North side of the River to Inventory and apprise the Estate of the said Even Morgan upon Oath and Mr. Anthony Savage is hereby desired to meet there at the same time to Administer an oath to the Relict and Executrix of the said Morgan to make a true discovery of the said Estate, and also to the apprisers to make a true and just apprisement of the said Estate. And that they make Return thereof to the next Court in Course to be held north side River. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Va. Records 1677-1687 Reel 5, DB 6, pp. 45-46 (Virginia State Library) An Inventory of the Estate of Evan Morgan as it was apprised this 14th June Anno Domi 1684. (Inventory follows) -52- A Just Inventory of what was brought to our sight of the Estate of Evan Morgan As witness our hands These apprizers Sworne before me to the Francis Thornton appraizmt of this Estate likewise William Strothers the widdow to Evan Morgan before me Thomas Arnold for a discovery of the same. Adam Woffendall Anthony Savage (Recorded 25 day of (?) 1684 Test: Wm. Colston, Cl. Cur. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Va. Orders 1686-1692 Reel 13, COB, p 150(153?) (Virginia State Library) (199) Att a Court held for Rappa. County the 5th day of March Ano Dom 1689. (201) In the difference between Mr. Xpher Robinson Plt. And Mr. Ffran. Taliaferro deft. by an Order of this Court dated the 4th of December last past, a Jury was Impannelled and Sworne to make Report of a Certaine Survay to be had within presence of the Bounds of a Patent granted to Mr. Abraham Mome (Morne/Moone?) for 2500 acres of Land situate in the freshes of Rappa. River and dated the 6th day of 7ber 1654 who not agreeing in their Verdict the Court have further Ordered that Cap. Sm. Moseley with any other Survayor whom the sd. Mr. Taliaferro shall name at next Aprile Court (provided it be not his feed attorney) … in the presence of a Jury to be Impannelled by the High Sheriff of this county as his Deputie and sworne by the sd. Cap. Moseley by Name Mr. Arthur Forbes, Jno Walters, Tho: Parker, Robt Brooke, Anthy Smyth, Wm. G(?)ge, Robt Doleman, James Boughen, James Scott, Jas. Tayler, Wm Johnson, (?) Orchard, (?) Doniphan, Wm. Payne, Jno Birkett, Tho: Arnhold and any Twelve of them, do Survay the sd. Land according to the Espress bounds in the sd. Patent Conteyned … (Old) Rappahannock Co. Va., 1688-1692 Reel 8, Deed Book 8, pp. 61-62 (Virginia State Library) Know all men by these Presents that I Tho. Arnold of the county of Rappa. and Grace my wife have Covenented bargained Sold and made over and by these do Covinent bargain Sell and make over unto Henry Goring of the sd. County a Certaine Parcell of land Situate lying and being in the County above sd. and the north side thereof Containing by Estimation Fifty acres more or less and bounded as followeth (Viz) Beginning at Spreding White oake Standing on the west side of the mane Branch of Gingoteage and Runing West to the line of Prosser and up the sd. branch to a marked Hickory … unto the sd. Henry Going …In Witness whereof we the sd. Thomas and Grace have unto interchangeably sett our hands and Seales this Third day of June in the yeare of our Lord 1689. Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Thomas Arnold (seal) Presents of Grace Arnold (seal) -53- Jos. Rutter Wm. (M) Tayler (Recorded 19 day 7th mo. 1689) Test: Wm. Colston Cl. Cur. Know all men by these Presents that I Grace Arnold wife of Tho. Arnold of St. Marys Parish in Rappa. have appointed my Trusty and well beloved friend Joseph Buckley my True and lawfull attorney to acknowledge in Court in my name my thirds of a Tract of land Sold unto Henry Going according to a Deed of Sale made by my husband and myselfe as Witness my hand this 3rd day of September 1689. Witness present Grace Arnold Jos. Rutter John Boulware (Recorded – no date given) Test: Wm. Colston Cl. Cur. (Old) Rappahannock Co., Va. Orders 1686-92 Reel 11, COB pp 147-149 (Virginia State Library) (192) Att a Court held for Rappa. County the 5th day of 10ber 1689. … Ordered that Charles Tebo by Paid foure days attendance according to act by Adam Woffendall being by him Subpena’d an Evidence in a difference pending between Hen. Goring Plt. and the sd. Woffendall deft. (194) The matter in difference between Henry Goring Plt. and Adam Woffendall deft. concerning the service of Mary Hockley is for Tryall Referred to a Jury who being Impannelled and sworne by Name (names given) Who after Evidence heard went forth and brought in this following Verdict (Wee of the Jury finde for the Plt. and the Servant to be free with Cost of suit) Which verdict this Court have Confirmed and Order that the Deft. Pay all Cost of suit … (Old) Rappahannock Co. Orders 1686-1692 Reel 13, COB pp. 140-141 Att a Court held for Rappa. County the 6th day of Novem: 1689. Ordered that Peter Butler be Payed for five dayes attendance according to act by Henry Goring being by him subpena’d as evidence in his suit vs. Adam Woffendall. Thos: Arnold (Ditto) King George County, VIRGINIA, Abstracts King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1, part 2, pp 443-444 18 May 1727 … Robert Ffinch of Sittenbourn parish, King George Co., Va., planter … to -54- Francis Golden and Thos Charles of Hanover Parish, King George Co., both sailors … 8,000 pounds Good Tobacco … land commonly called and known by name of Tripletts Old field containing 210 acres … in parish of Sittenbourn in King George Co. … next land of Wm. Smart deceased … Wit: Robert Ffinch (Seal) Isaac Arnold her Thos Thatcher Mary (M) Ffinch (Seal) John Fox mark (Recorded 9 (7?) Aug 1727) Copa Test: T. Turner Cl. Cur Know all men by these presents that I Mary Ffinch … wife of Robert Ffinch … relinquish all my Right of Dower and thirds at the Common law … and do impower my loving friend Isaac Arnold for me and in my name to make acknowledgement of this Relinquishment … 18 May 1727. Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Mary (her E mark) Finch Thomas Thatcher John Fox King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1, part 2, pp 452-453 30 Aug 1727 … Isaac Arnold of Hanover parish, King George Co. Va., planter … to Thomas Arnold Son of the sd. Isaac of the aforesd. Parish and County, planter … natural love Good Will, affection that he the sd. Isaac Arnold hath and now beareth to and towards his loving son the sd. Thomas Arnold … Mary his now wife … Settlement by the Way of Marriage for the Settling and Establishing ye premises herein aforementioned and Expressed in the blood and posterity of the sd. Thomas Arnold and Mary his sd. Wife … plantation and parcel of land Whereon the sd. Thomas Arnold now liveth and Inhabiteth together with 60 acres of land … bounded … line of Robert Elliston in a Small branch which leads into the Western main branch of Gingoteague … line of Henry Long dividing this land from land of Isaac Arnold … James Arnold land …after his decease to the use and behoof of Mary Arnold his now wife … after her decease … to Humphry Arnold son of the sd. Thomas and Mary. Witnesses: Ralph Saise (?) Isaac Arnold (Seal) William Harvey (Proven (blank) day of Sep 1727) Cop. Test: T. Turner Cl. Cur. King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1A, 1729-1735, pp 182-183 2 Nov 1731 … John Arnold of King George Co. … to Isaac Johnson of aforesaid county of the other … rent of 530 pounds of Tobacco and the Quitrents to be yearly paid by the Said Johnson to the abovesaid John Arnold … plantation whereon I now live it being part of a parcel of land given to me by my Father Thomas Arnold deceased … for the Space of Thirty one years … Signed Sealed and delivered in the -55- presence of us John Arnold (Seale) Richd Tankersley Henry Long Charles Tankersley (Recorded 3 Dec 1731) Cop: Test: T: Turner Cl. Cur. Bond of John Arnold. Know all men by these presents that I John Arnold of King George County planter am held on and firmly bound unto Isaac Johnson, Sadler of the same county the full sum … 50 pounds Sterling … 2 Nov 1731. The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounded John Arnold … do… perform …the covenant, grants articles … which on his part are to be performed … in a certain lease bearing date with these presents made … Witnesses Richd Tankersley John Arnold (Seale) Henry Long Charles Tankersley At a Court held for King George Co. the 3d day of Dec 1731 This bond from John Arnold to Isaac Johnson was presented into Court by the said Isaac (Johnson ?) and on his motion admitted to record. Cop: Test: T. Turner Cl. Cur. King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1A, pp 222-224 Lease and Release. 10 Apr 1732 … John Arnold of Prince William Co., Va., planter … to William Duff of Hanover Parish in King George Co., Va. … 50 pounds …50 acres … which said land was given by Thomas Arnold father to the said John Arnold late of King George County Dec’d as in and by the Said Thomas Arnold’s last will and Testament … Land in Hanover parish in King George County on Western and Main Branch of Gingoteague … land given by the said Thomas Arnold unto his Son James Arnold crossing the Said Thomas Arnold’s Old Field or Cleared Ground at the place where William Harrison’s path makes into the Same old field continuing the West course to Capt. Joseph Strother Line … Line whereon Isaac Johnson now liveth and Inhabiteth Witnesses: Isaac Arnold John Arnold (Seal) Wm. Sarjant At a Court held for King George County the 1st Sep 1732 … John Arnold acknowledged this his Release unto Wm. Duff … and Isaac Arnold by virtue of a power of attorney under the hand and Seale of Margaret Wife of said John relinquished the right of Dower and thirds at the Common Law of the said Margaret … Admitted to Record Cop. Test: T. Turner Cl. Cur. Arnold to Duff Bond John Arnold of Prince William Co., Va. am holden and by these presents do Stand firmly bound -56- unto William Duff of Hanover Parish in King George Co. … One Hundred pounds Current money of Virginia … 11 Apr 1732. Witnesses: Isaac Arnold John Arnold (Seale) Willm Sarjant … Margaret Arnold the Wife of John Arnold … relinquish all my Right of Dower and thirds at the Common Law … of the within bargained and sold Land and doe hereby make and impower my Loving friend and Brother Isaac Arnold my Attorney for and in my Name to make Acknowledgmt. in King George Co. Court of this my Relinquishment … 11 Aprill 1732. Witnesses: Wm. White her Wilm Sarjant Margaret (X) Arnold (Seal) Mark King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1A, pp 214-215 28 July 1732 … John Doyle of North Carolina … to Isaac Arnold, Sen. of Hanover Parish, King George Co. … 22 pounds 10 shilling … 226 acres granted by the Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia unto John Doyle, Sen. late of the County of Richmond Deceased, Father to this Said John Doyle … Said Grant or pattent for the Same bearing Date the 23 day of January 1716/17 … 3 red oaks standing in a fork of one of the small western branches of Gengoteague Creek being corner to a patent of Land formerly Granted to Prosser and Chettwood … line of John Berry … Thomas Arnold’s Clear’d Ground … Corner tree to the Said Arnold and Berry thence Crossing this Old field or Clear Ground … Cornelius Reyonds line … Witnesses: Thomas Pittman John Doyle (Seal) Thomas Goff John (X) Hawkins John Willis (Recorded 4 Aug 1732) … I John Doyle of North Carolina am holden and … bound unto Isaac Arnold of Hanover Parish in King George Co. … in the Just and full Sum of 45 pounds … 29 July 1732 … The Condition of the above written Obligation is Such that whereas the above bound John Doyle for the Consideration of 22 pounds 10 shillings current money as aforesaid paid to him in hand by the Said Isaac Arnold … hath bargained Sold and Lawfully Conveyed unto the said Isaac Arnold … 226 acres … bearing date 28th and 29th days of July 1732 … Witnesses: Thomas Pittman John Doyle (Seal) Thomas Goff John (X) Hawkins -57- John Willis (Proved in Court 4 Aug 1732) King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1A, p 236 3 Oct 1732 … Isaac Arnold Senr. of Hanover Parish in King George Co. …to Isaac Arnold Junr. Son of the aforesaid Isaac Arnold Senr. of the parish and County aforesaid, planter … Naturall Love Good will and affection toward his said Son Isaac Arnold Junr. and for the better Settling and Establishing the premises herein after mentioned in the Blood and Posterity of the said Isaac Arnold Junr. and Sarah his now Wife … whereon the Said Isaac Arnold Junr. and Sarah his wife now Liveth and Inhabeteth together also with 100 acres of land … Western Branch of Gingoteague Creek … near the Church path which Leads from Grace Arnold plantation to Strothers Church … Line of Marked trees dividing this Land from the Land of the said Isaac Arnold Senr. and from the Land of Grace Arnold … another branch of Gingoteague … to the former Branch mentioned … all which Land being part of a patent Granted by the proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia unto John Doyle Late of the County of Richmond Deceased for 226 acres of Land … unto the Said Isaac Arnold Junr. and Sarah his now Wife … after the Death of the Survivor and Longest Liver of them to the use and behoof of James Arnold, Son of the Said Sarah Arnold to him the said James and his heirs for Ever … Witnesses: Henry (H) Head Isaac Arnold Senr. (Seale) Thomas (Th) Dickerson (Recorded 8 Oct 1732) King George Co., Va., Deed Book 1A, pp 259-260 3 May 1733 … Isaac Arnold Senr. of Hanover Parish in King George Co. …to Thomas Arnold son of the said Isaac Arnold … natural Love (etc.) …Mary his now wife …Land wheron the said Thomas Arnold now liveth …50 acres of Land … for Humphrey Arnold oldest son of the beforenamed Thomas and Mary Arnold … Beginning at the upper Corner of the said Thomas Arnolds plantation in a branch which leads into Gingoteague Creek … line of land formerly belonging to Mr. Jonathan Gibson … land of Mr. Thomas Turner to a finall branch which branch divides this said Land from the land of the said Isaac Arnold Senr … line of Henry Long … to the first mentioned branch … being part of a patent for 226 acres of land granted to John Doye Senr. and sold by John Doyle Junr. to the said Isaac Arnold party to these presents … Witnesses: Thomas Bartlet Isaac Arnold (Seale) James (his I mark) Boddington (Recorded 4 May 1733) -58- King George Co., Va., Deed Book 2, pp 155-158 24 Jan 1737 … Isaac Arnold Senr. of Hanover Parish, King George Co. … to Alexander Adear of the aforesd Parish and County … 500 pounds of good and lawfull Tobacco paid to him the said Isaac his heirs etc. duly and yearly …land whereon the said Alexander hath now possession and hath begun to clear ground containing 50 acres … in Parish of Hanover in King George Co. … fork of a small branch of Gingoteague Creek … corner to land formerly granted to Prosser and Chetwood … land of John Berry Deceased … cleared ground of Thomas Arnold Senr, Dec’d ..land of Isaac Arnold Junr … small run of water on the road side which leads from William Duffs to King George Courthouse … part of a patent of land granted by the Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia unto John Doyle late of the County of Richmond Dec’d for 226 acres of land which bears date of 23 Jan 1716 … to the only sole proper use … of him the said Alexander Adare for and during his natural life and from and after his Decease to the use and behoof of Eliner Adare now wife of the said Alexander for and during the time of her natural Life also, and from and after the Death of her the said Eliner and the survivour and longest liver of them both to the use and behoof of Thomas Adare son of the sd Alexander and Eliner … reserved annual rent of 500 pounds of good and Lawfull Tobacco duly and yearly … on or before 10 December and the first payment to be made on or about the tenth day of December 1739 … and the said Isaac Arnold Senr. hath and doth hereby oblige himself to build upon the sd. Land one Dwelling house of twenty foot in Length and twelve foot in breadth and an inside Chimney and to have the timber for the same where he pleaseth on the sd. Land and the said House to be completed and finished by Christmas day next. Witnesses: John Wren Alexander (AD) Adear (Seale) John Hellier Isaac Arnold Senr. (Seale) Mary Hellier (Recorded 3 Feb 1737 ) Copd. Testt: T. Turner Cl. Cur. … I Alexander Adear of Hanover Parish, King George Co. … do stand firmly bound unto Isaac Arnold Senr of the aforesaid Parish and county … in the Just and full sum of Forty pounds Current money … 24 Jan 1737 …Condition of the above written Obligation … Alexander Adare for the Consideration of 500 pounds of good and Lawful Tobacco to be paid duly and yearly unto the said Isaac Arnold Senr … hath taken of the said Arnold a Lease for 50 acres of Land … which Lease bears even date with these presents and is for the Life of him the sd Alexander and the Life of his now wife Eliner and the Life of his son Thomas … Now if in Case the said Alexander Adare and Eliner his sd wife and Thomas his sd Son … shall pay the said Annual Rent then the above Obligation to be void … Witnesses: John Hellier his John Wren Alexander (AD) Adare Mary Hellier mark (Recorded 3 Feb 1737) Copd. Test. T; Turner Cl. Cur. -59- King George Co., Va., Deed Book 2, pp 463-466 11 April 1743 … Weedon Arnold of Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va. Planter … to Harry Turner of Hanover Parish, King George Co. … 30 pounds … 100 acres being land whereon Isaac Arnold Junr. now lives and was conveyed by Isaac Arnold Senr. to James Arnold (Father to the said Weedon Arnold party of these Presents) by Deed of Lease and Release bearing Date the 24 and 25 days of Feb 1719 and Recorded in the County Court of Richmond … the Other Tract Containing 50 acres … adjoyning to the Aforesd. Tract being Purchased by Thomas Arnold of Adam Wofendale by Deed bearing date the 1st day of March 1694/5 which said Land was by the sd. Thomas Arnold bequeath’d to the said James Arnold to whom the said Weedon Arnold is the Eldest Son and Heir at Law … Witnesses: Thos. Turner Junr. Weedon Arnold (Seale) William Rankins John (X) Rankins (Recorded 6 May 1743) King George Co., Va., Deed Book 3, pp 20-21 1 Oct 1744 … William Duff of Hanover Parish in King George Co., Va. to John Arnold of Hamilton Parish in Prince Willm County, Va. … 50 pounds Current Money of Va. …Land whereon Judith Johnson now liveth … 50 acres … bounded on west side with land of Capt. Joseph Strother and on the South Side with land of Mr. Harry Turner and on the East Side with the Land of William Harrison and is the same Land which was formerly sold by the sd. John Arnold unto the sd. William Duff … Witnesses: his Harry Turner William (WD) Duff (Seale) Richard Frett (Tutt?) mark (Recorded 2 Nov 1744) King George Co., VA, Deed Book 3, pp 62-65 1 Aug 1745 … John Arnold Planter of Hamilton Parish in Prince William Co. … to Harry Turner Gent. of Hanover Parish in King George Co. …20 pounds current money … land whereon Judith Johnson now liveth … 50 acres … in Parish of Hanover in County of King George and is bounded on the West Side with the Land of Capt. Joseph Strother and on the South side with the Land of Mr. Harry Turner party to these presents and on the East side with the Land of Mr. William Harrison and is the same Land which was formerly sold by the sd. John Arnold unto William Duff and by the sd. William Duff Conveyed back again to the sd. John Arnold by Lease and Release bearing date the first and Second days of October 1744 … Witnesses: Daniel Grant John Arnold (Seale) Samuel Hendale Margaret (X) Arnold (Seale) William Longmire -60- At a Court Held for King George Co. on Friday 2 Aug 1743. Then came John Arnold and Margaret his Wife into Court and Acknowledged this Lease unto Harry Turner which on the Motion of the sd. Harry Turner is … Cop. & Test: Harry Turner Cl. Cur. King George Co., Va. Deed Book 4, pp 74-77 31 October 1753 … Humphrey Arnold of Hamilton Parish in Prince William Co … to Thomas Turner the Younger of Hanover Parish and County of King George … 25 pounds Current money of Virginia … land whereon Edward Jones now liveth … 60 acres in Hanover Parish in King George Co. being the Land whereon my Father Thomas Arnold formerly lived and was given and Conveyed to him by his Father Isaac Arnold by deed of Gift bearing date 3 May 1733 … Beginning at the upper corner of the said Thomas Arnolds Plantation in a branch which leads into Gingoteague Creek … line formerly belonging to Mr. Jonathan Gibson … line of Mr. Thomas Turner to a small branch which divides this Land from Land of the said Isaac Arnold Senr. … line of Henry Long … Witnesses: Tho Rogers Humphrey Arnold (Seale) A. Rosse John Taliaferro (Recorded 7 Feb 1754) King George Co. Va., Deed Book 4, pp 615-616 5 Sep 1765 … Mary Arnold of Hanover Parish in King George Co.. … for and in consideration of the Love, Good Will and affection which I have and do bear towards my dear children Elizabeth Arnold, Mary Arnold, Gemima Arnold, and Susanah Arnold of the same Parish and county … give … all my Land lying in the same Parish and County above mentioned, and as my Land is laid off in Lotts, I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Arnold the Lot Binding upon the Maple Branch, and I give to my Daughter Mary Arnold the Lot upon the Main Road, and I give to my daughter Gemima Arnold the Lot Binding upon Isaac Arnold’s Line, with that Lot Samuel Wharton is now living on after the Decease of my Daughter Dinah Wharton, and I give to my Daughter Susanah Arnold the Lot I now live on with all the improvements of which these Presents I have delivered them … Witnesses: William Allan Mary Arnold (Seal) Mary Allan Elizabeth Allan (Recorded 5 Sep 1765) -61- King George Co. Va., Deed Book 5, pp 875-877 9 March 1771 … James Arnold of the County of Fauquier of the first Part … Sarah Arnold of the County of King George Widow of the second part … George Arnold of King George Co. of the third part … Whereas by Indenture bearing Date 3 Oct 1732 Isaac Arnold conveyed to Isaac Arnold Junr. and Sarah his wife 100 acres of Land in King George Co. … whereon the said Isaac Arnold Junr. and Sarah his wife then resided … and after their Deaths to the said James Arnold and his heirs forever … and whereas the said Isaac Arnold Junior having Departed this Life leaving the said Sarah his Widow and the sd. James and Sarah Arnolds having contracted with the said George Arnold for the Disposal of their respective Rights and Titles in and to the said premises … 70 pounds current money by the said George Arnold paid to the said James Arnold … with the Concent of the said Sarah Arnold … beginning at a marked Maple standing in one of the Branches of Gingoteague … another branch of Gingoteague … land of Mary Arnold … containing 100 acres … Witnesses: Robt. Strother James Arnold (Seal) Samuel Wharton Sarah (X) Arnold Robert (X) Harrison Received of George Arnold the sum of 70 pounds current money of Virginia it being the consideration for the land and premises within mentioned. Witness my hand this 9 Mar 1771 Test. Samuel Wharton James Arnold (Proved 3 Apr 1771) King George Co. Va., Deed Book 5, pp. 1020-1022 9 Dec 1772 … George Arnold and Sarah his wife of King George Co. …to William Boon of same County … 200 pounds current money of Virginia … 90 acres in Hanover Parish according to a Survey lately made thereof which said Land was purchased by the said George Arnold and the same was Conveyed to him by one James Arnold and also Sarah Arnold by deed 4 Day of April 1771 … a maple stump standing in a branch of Gingoteague on upper side of the road leading from the plantation of William Harrison to the Courthouse … another branch of Gingoteague joining on land of Baldwin Berry … an old Bridge … branch of Gingoteague at the entrance of Mary Johnstons Lane … 90 acres … Witnesses: J. Skinker George Arnold (Seal) Willm. Thornton Sarah Arnold (Seal) Thoms. Smith Sam. Todd -62- Received this 9th day of Dec 1772 the sum of 200 pounds current money of the above named Wm. Boon the said Sum being the Consideration mentioned in this Deed. Witnesses: J. Skinker Geo. Arnold (Seal) William Thornton Thos. Smith Sam. Todd (Recorded 4 Mar 1773) King George Co. Va., Deed Book 5, p 1178 1 Feb 1775 … Ann Arnold Widow of King George Co. being about to enter into the State of Matrimony with Jno Lovell of the sd. County and being unwilling that the several negroes hereinafter mentioned should vest in him by Virtue thereof Have with the (Privily?) and consent of the sd. Jno Lovell and by these presents do bargain and sell and make over unto William Bernard of the County of Westmoreland his heirs and assigns the Negro Slaves (to Wit) Theophilus James Sarah Hannah and the future increase of the sd. Sarah and Hannah to and for the Several uses and purposes following that is to say to and for the absolute use of me the sd. Ann Arnold until the sd. Marriage shall take effect … and after the Solemnization thereof in trust for the sole use of me the sd. Ann Arnold forward during my Natural life and after my Decease to my Daughter Justitia her heirs and assigns forever … and for no other use Intent or purpose whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of February one thousand seven hundred and Seventy five. Witnesses: William Marshall her William Piper Ann (X) Arnold (Seal) Jno Piper mark King George County, Va., Deed Book 5, p 1204 3 March 1777 … Elizabeth Arnold of King George Co. … to William Boon of the same County … 13 pounds current money … land situate in Hanover Parish and County aforesaid Containing by Estimation about 4 acres, which said lands was given by Mary Arnold deceased to Elizabeth Arnold by Deed of Gift … begins at the Maple Branch in Conways line formerly called Gibsons … north branch of Gingoteague … lands of William Boon purchased of Col. Thomas Turner… Witnesses: Thomas Smith her Phillip Peed Elizabeth (X) Arnold (seal) William Green mark (Recorded 3 April 1777) -63- King George Co. Va., Deed Book 5, pp 1213-1214 7 Mar 1777 … John Wren of King George Co. … to Eliza. (Elizabeth) Arnold of the same County … 16 pounds 10 shillings … land in Hanover Parish and County afs. … 13 acres which said Land fell by heirship to the said John Wren as heir at law to his Brother William Wren … corner hicory tree to Thornley and Strother Running thence along Strothers Line … across Gingoteague Swamp … gully near Thornlies line thence along Thornleys line to the beginning.. Witnesses: Winney (X) Arnold John Wren (Seal) Lettis (X) Callom William Boon Thomas Smith William Green William Shropshire Received this 7th day of March 1777 of Eliza (Elizabeth) Arnold the sum of 16 pounds 10 shillings current money the sd sum being the Consideration mentioned in this Deed. Witnesses: Winney (X) Arnold Lettis (X) Cullom William Boon Thomas Smith William Green William Shropshire (Recorded 7 Feb 1777) King George Co. Va. Deed Book 6, pp 314-315 2 Nov 1780 … John Wren and Mary his wife of King George Co. … to John Clift of Caroline Co. … 10 pounds current money of Virginia …land lying in Parish of Hanover in King George Co. containing 50 acres … adj. lands of Francis Conway, William Boon and the land of the said John Clift, it being the Tract or Dividend of Land that Mary Arnot the Elder purchased of John Wren and Mary his wife for Jemima Arnot now Jemima Clift the wife of the aforesaid John Clift by Deed which Deed has not been lawfully executed … Witnesses: (none listed) John Wren (Seal) her Mary (+) Wren (Seal) mark Received of the above mentioned John Clift ten pounds currt. money it being the Consideration mentioned in the within deed. (Recorded Nov 1780) Test: Jos. Robinson, C. Court -64- King George Co. Va., Deed Book 6, p 333 27 Feb 1783 … Elizabeth Arnold of King George Co. … to Aaron Thornley of same county … 15 pounds current money … parcel of land lying and being in the county of King George … 8 acres which land was purchased by the said Elizabeth Arnold from John Wren and is bounded by the land of the sd. Thornley and the land of Geo. Strother … Witnesses: J. Prentice her Chas. Thornley Elizabeth (X) Arnold (Seal) James Edwards mark King George Co. Va., Deed Book 7, pp 286-287 19 Sep 1789 … Benjamin Johnson and his wife Winney of King George Co. … to Weedon Arnold of same County … 30 pounds cur. money of Virginia … land in Hanover Parish and County aforesaid containing agreeable to a survey thereof lately made by Mr. Younger Johnson 65 acres, one Rood, and twenty five perches … line of Wm. Boon and comes to the Land of Younger Johnson … line of Francis M. Green … Witnesses: (?) Hooe Ben Johnson (Seal) John Pollard her Yr. Johnson Winney (X) Johnson (Seal) mark Received on the day of the date of the within written Deed the sum of 30 pounds … from the within named Weedon Arnold, being the consideration within expressed. Witness my hand and Seal: (?) Hooe Ben Johnson (Seal) John Pollard Yr. Johnson (Marginal note on page 286: Original Deed delivered to W. Arnold’s Admx.) King George Co. Va., Deed Book 7 pp 336-338 25 Apr 1791 … Benjamin Johnson and Winney his wife of King George Co. … to Molley Arnold of Westmoreland Co. … Whereas Weedon Arnold late of the county of King George was in his life time possessed of a Tract or parcel of land … on which he resided containing 65 acres … and being so seized and possessed died intestate on or about the 29th day of August 1790 leaving a widow the said Molley Arnold, and no child or children whereupon one moiety or half of his personal Estate and two thirds of the above said Tract of land descended to the aforesaid Benjamin Johnson in right of his said wife Winney, who is the mother and heir of the said Weedon Arnold dec. … and whereas the said Benjmain Johnson and Winney his wife are -65- willing and desirous that the whole of the estate … formerly the property of the said Weedon Arnold decd. should be vested in … the sd. Molley Arnold his widow and relict as foresaid … the said Benjamin Johnson and Winney his wife have given … unto the said Molley Arnold, all that the aforesaid tract or parcel of land, whereon the said Weedon Arnold decd. formerly lived . Witnesses: Yr. Johnson Benj. Johnson (Seal) Jno Kendall her George Kendall Winney (X) Johnson (Recorded 2 June 1791) mark King George Co. Va., Deed Book 7, pp 356-358 1 Dec 1791 … Samuel Muse and wife Molley of King George Co. … to Younger Johnson of same county … Whereas Weedon Arnold late of the county aforesaid was in his life time seized and possessed by virtue of a deed of conveyance from Benjamin Johnson and Winney his wife bearing date 19 Sep 1789 of a certain tract or parcel of land … on which he resided, 65 acres, but being lately surveyed by Aaron Thornley surveyor of the county aforesaid, is found to contain only 52 acres, and the said Weedon Arnold … died intestate on or about 29 Aug 1790 leaving a Widow the said Molley party to these presents, and no child, whereupon the said land descended to Benjamin Johnson in right of Winney, who is mother and heir of the said Weedon Arnold, deceased subject to the dower of his said widow, and whereas the said Benjamin Johnson and Winney his wife did by deed bearing date the 25th day of April 1791 … convey all their right, title and interest … to the said Molley widow as aforesaid, and the said Molley hath since intermarried with the said Samuel Muse (party to these presents) and they having contracted with the said Younger Johnson for the purchase of the said land and premises, … consideration of the sum of 26 pounds … line of the dower of Mrs. Ann Green, and corner to the land of the said Younger Johnson … line of Frarncis W. Green’s land … land of Thomas Smith … which said land is part of a greater tract of land purchased by the aforesaid Benjamin Johnson of William Green and Betsey his Wife of Culpeper County … Witnesses: Robt T. Dade Samuel Muse (Seal) Will Boon Jun. Molley Muse (Seal) Stephen Bailey (Recorded 1 Dec 1791) King George County Va, Deed Book 8, p 98 19 Jan 1797 … Susannah Coode (wife of Thomas Coode) … to Mima (Jemima) Arnold wife of William Arnold … natural love and affection she beareth unto the sd. Mima Arnold her sister, as also for her better maintenance and support … land lying in King George Co. which Joel Anchorum purchased of William Berry saving and reserving to the sd. Susannah Coode … that part of the sd. tract of land which was cleared by the sd. Joel Anchorum in his life time, adjoining the sd. Susanna’s Mansion tract at a swamp and extending thence to the top of the hill -66- containing 10 acres more or less … Witnesses: John A. Stuart Susannah Coode (Seal) John Arnold Wiley (X) Wilson (Recorded 2 Feb 1797) King George County Va., Deed Book 8, pp 210-211 7 Feb 1799 … William Boon of the first part, William Arnold of the 2nd part and Jemima Arnold wife of the sd. Wm. Arnold of the third part all of King George Co. … 15 pounds … from the sd. William Arnold … land in King George Co. containing by estimation 47 acres and bounded … beginning at an old Bridge on Jincoteague Swamp thence south 55 degrees west to a Stake at an old Gate at the corner of W. Boons land … binding on Col. Jn. Skinkers land … Intersects the main branch of Jincoteague near the mouth of a Branch on the opposite side called Long Branch … And the said William Arnold on his part for and in consideration of the love and affection which he hath for his wife the said Jemima, … give to the said Jemima her heirs and assigns all the said before mentioned tract… Witnesses: (none listed) Will Boon (Seal) (Recorded 7 Feb 1799) Wm. Arnold (Seal) King George Co., Va., Deed Book 8, pp 211-212 7 Feb 1799 … William Arnold and Jemima his wife of King George Co. …to William Boon of same county … 15 pounds … land in Hanover Parish, King George Co., 8 acres which said lands lies South of an old Roade formerly leading from Harisons Plantation to where the old Court House Stood and Joining the land of sd. Wm. Boon which including all the land between Jno. Hipkins land purchased of Fras. Conway and between Saml. Whartons and W. Boons land which includes all the land South of the said Roade belonging to them … Witnesses: (none listed) Wm. Arnold (Seal) her Jemima (X) Arnold (Seal) Mark -67- Recd Feb 1799 sum of 15 pounds curt. money of W. Boon the said Sum being the Consideration mentioned in this deed. Test: Theods Hansford Wm. Arnold (Recorded 7 Feb 1799 … said Jemima being first privily examined by Younger Johnson esqre. and assenting thereto --- ) (2008 Note: Jemima Arnold married (1) John Clift (KG DB 6, p 314, 1780) and (2) William Arnold. She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Arnold (KG DB 4, p 615, 1765) and sister to Susannah Arnold Coode. Jemima and William had one child, John Arnold (Lt. in War of 1812) and are my 4th great grandparents. The parents of William Arnold have yet to be determined. Ann A. Hennings) King George Co. Va., Deed Book 8, pp 383-395 27 June 1801 … William Arnold and Jemimah his wife of King George Co. to Younger Johnson of the same county … 75 pounds … 2 tracts of land, one tract purchased from William Boon by deed bearing date 7 Feb 1799, and bounded as follows beginning at an old bridge on Jincoteague swamp and running thence south 55 degrees west along the old road leading from Harrisons land to the old Court- house, to a stake at an old gate at the corner of William Boon’s land … binding on lands of John Skinker … to main branch of Jincoteague near the mouth of a branch on the opposite side, called long branch … by estimation 47 acres … another tract of land containing by estimation 25 acres being the same land formerly devised by Isaac Arnold to his wife Mary, and by her devised to her daughter Jemima (party to these presents) and bounded agreeable to the Will of said Isaac Arnold decd. as follows: Viz. Beginning at a marked red-oak standing in Capt. Joseph Strother’s line, on or near the road leading from Duff’s Ordinary to King George’s Courthouse, thence with said road westerly dividing this land from the land of William Boon, crossing a branch to the land of John Moor (now William Bernard’s) thence with the line of said Bernard, to 3 red-oaks corner to this land, and the land of Joseph Strother (now John Skinker’s) thence with the said land Skinkers line to the beginning, both of which said tracts of land are situate in the parish of Hanover and County of King George … Witnesses: S. Brown Wm. Arnold (Seal) Horatio Griffin her John Arnold Jemimah (+) Arnold (Seal) William W. Rogers mark (Recorded 2 July 1801 …the said Jemimah being first privily examined by Rice W. Hooe Gent. and assenting there.) Test: Lau. Berry, C. C. -68- King George Co. Va., Deed Book 8, pp 395-397 2 July 1801 … Charles Rogers of the first part, William Arnold of the second part, and Jemimah Arnold wife of the said William of the third part, all of King George Co….Chas. Rogers for sum of 100 pounds Virginia currency …(sells) to William Arnold and Jemimah his wife … land in the County of aforesaid, containing by estimation 107.5 acres … bounded on north and east by lands of Susanna Coode, William Moss, and John Skinker, and the land whereon Ann Clift now resides, and on the South and West by lands of John Tayloe, and the said William Arnold, it being the same land formerly given and granted by William Berry to his daughter, Margaret who intermarried with Christopher Rogers, and which descended to John Rogers, the eldest Son and heir of said Margaret, and which afterwards was devised by the said Jno. Rogers to Charles Rogers, party to these presents … And the said William Arnold … for the love and affection which he hath for his wife the said Jemimah, doth give … to the said Jemimah … all the said before mentioned tract. Witnesses: (none listed) Chs. Rogers (Seal) (Recorded 2 July 1801) King George Co., Va., Deed Book 10, pp 29-31 6 Aug 1812 … Langford Harrison and Elizabeth his wife of King George Co. … to John Arnold of the same County … Langford by the last Will and Testament of Susanna Coode … entitled to a certain tract or parcel of land … and whereas the said Langford hath for a certain consideration herein after named agreed to sell … to the aforesaid John Arnold …$100 … Witnesses: Thomas Magruder Langford Harrison (Seal) Chs. Humphries her Jas. Edwards Sen. Elizabeth (X) Harrison ( Seal) L. J. S. Brown mark (Recorded 5 Nov 1812) King George Co. Va., Deed Book 10, p 123 13 Aug 1813 … Frances Hooe and William H. Hooe of King George Co., Va. to John Arnold of same County … $100 … land in King George Co. main road leading from King George Court house [Current location] to Fredericksburg … line of William Wishart, … line of John Skinker lately deceased … line of Susannah Coode lately deceased … line of said John Arnold … about 20 acres … Witnesses: Samuel Humphries W. H. Hooe (Seal) Jesse Humphries Frances Hooe (Seal) John (X) Humphries (Recorded 4 March 1814) -69- King George Co., Va., Deed Book 10, p 209 1 July 1814 … Mary Wren of King George Co. … to John Arnold of said County … $100 … one undivided fourth part of a certain track or parcel of land lying in the said County of King George and now in the possession of the said party of the second and descended to the said party of the first part jointly with three others from Susannah Coode, late of the said County the said Susannah having died intestate or left a will void in itself as to the said land, and containing in the whole 150 acres … Witnesses: Jas. Edwards Sen. her Enoch Edwards Mary (X) Wren (Seal) John A. Edwards mark At a monthly Court held for King George County the 6th day of Oct 1814 … proved by oaths of James Edwards Sen. and Enoch Edwards two of the subscribing witnesses thereto. And at a Court of quarterly Sessions 2 Mar 1815 proved by oath of John A. Edwards another subscribing witness and together with the said receipt ordered to be recorded. Test: Lau. Berry Clk King George Co., Va., Deed Book 10, p 175 (?) 5 Oct 1814 … Samuel Wharton and Dianah his wife of King George Co. of the first part and John Arnold of King George Co. of second part … $100 … one undivided fourth part of a certain tract or parcel of land lying in the County of King George, and now in the possession of the said party of the second part and descended to the party of the first part jointly with three others from Susannah Coode late of the said County the said Susannah having died intestate or left a will void in itself as to the said land and containing in the whole 150 acres by the same more or less … Witnesses: Jas. Edwards Samuel Wharton (Seal) James Case (?) her William (X) Johnson Dianah (X) Wharton (Seal) mark At a monthly Court held for King George County the 6th day of October 1814 The aforegoing Deed between Samuel Wharton and Dianah his wife of the one part, and John Arnold of the other and the receipt for the consideration money therein endorsed were proved by the oaths of James Edwards, James Case and Wm. Johnson the Subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. The sd. Dianah having been first privily examined by David T. Chevis Gent. and ascenting thereto. Test: Lau. Berry, Clk. -70- King George Co., Va., Administrations, pp 74-75 6 Oct 1768 … Benjamin Johnston and George Johnston and William Boon … bond … Benjamin Johnston Adminr of John Arnold, Deceased … Benja. Johnston (Seal) George Johnston (Seal) (Recorded 6 Oct 1768) Wm. Boon (Seal) King George Co., Va., Will Book 1, pp 307a-309a 14 July 1770 … Daniel White of King George Co., Hanover Parish … I give to my Well Beloved Wife the Room which is called Willises Room during her Life if she should think proper to dwell in it, if not my Desire is that my Estate should build Her an House convenient to the Spring called the Ivey Spring … and further … she shall have what Land she thinks proper to use of that part of my Plantation lying towards Sutton Wroes … and after her Decease to return to my son Daniel White … son William White … daughter Mary White … son George White … son Daniel White the Plantation whereon I now Dwell and also the Plantation which I bought from Strother whereon Joseph Dodd now Dwelleth …parcel of land I purchased from William Hammitt and the Browns to my son John White … daughter Mildred White and Virlinder Balthrope … son in law Thomas Smith and son Augustine White … nine first children (viz) Mary Smith, Augustine White, Sarah Arnold, Winney (fn) Johnson, Samuel White, Daniel White, John White, Mildred White, and Virlinda Balthrope … son Augustine White and son in law Laurance Baulthrope, Ex. Witnesses: Rowley Marders Daniel White (Seal) Francis (X) Willis 4 Oct 1770 The Last Will and Testament of Daniel White deceased was presented into Court and proved by Rowley Marders, and the Executors … refusing to act Administration is granted … unto Thomas Smith … (NOTE: Sarah White was married to George Arnold 9 Nov 1758, King George Co. Winney White was married (1) to an Arnold (probably the John who died 1768), and had a son, Weedon Arnold. She married (2) Benjamin Johnson.) King George Co., Va., Will Book 1, p 370 1 Dec 1770 … James Arnold … last will and testament … I give to my dear beloved mother the use of all my estate real and personal during her natural life and after her death to my loving sister Julia Arnold alias Lovell … appoint Robert Lovel jun. and Mr. James Triplett my Executor… Witnesses: John Martin James Arnold (Seal) -71- Joshua Brown Jno: Lovell (Proved 6 Dec 1770 by oath of John Martin and John Lovell) Test: Jos. Robinson C.K.G.C. King George Co., Va., Will Book 7, pp 322-323 2 Sep 1790 … Molley Arnold, Administratrix of Weedon Arnold decd … appoint Younger Johnson of King George Co. her true and lawful attorney … Witnesses: (?) Hansbrough Senr. Molley Arnold (Seal) Austin Smith C. Smith Charles Robertson At a Court held in King George Co. the 7th day of April 1791 This aforegoing Letter of Attorney from Molley Arnold Admx. of Weedon Arnold, decd. to Younger Johnson being then presented into Court was proved by oaths of two of the Witnesses thereto subscribed and Ordered to be Recorded. Test: Law. Berry, Clk Prince William County, VIRGINIA, Abstracts Prince William Co., Va., Deeds, Liber A, 1731-1732 Reel 1, pp 341-346 Lease and Release 4 May 1732 William Duff of Parish of Hanover in King George County, Va. to John Arnold of Prince William Co., Va. … 50 pounds … plantation whereon the said John Arnold now liveth and inhabiteth … 100 acres … south side of Tinnpott Run being part of a Patent granted to William Duff 25 May 1727 … Sealed and Delivered his in presents of William (WD) Duff (Seal) Isaac Arnold mark Willm Sarjant (Recorded 20 Sep 1732) Prince William Co., Va., Deeds, Liber A, p. 346 Duff’s Bond to Arnold – 20 June 1734 This further agreed upon by the said William Duff that his now wife Elizabeth Duff refusing to assign the said Deeds and to Relinquish her right of Dower to the same 100 acres of Land that 100 Pounds Sterling be and is hereby made over to the Estate of William Duff uns. John Arnold -72- his heirs and to be recovered by the said John Arnold of his heirs in case the said Elizabeth Duff shall at any time or times hereafter claim or demand any right or thirds to the said hundred Acres of Land hereby sold by William Duff to John Arnold. Witness my hand and Seal the day above written. Sealed and Delivered in presence of his Isaac Arnold William (WD) Duff Willm Sarjant mark Richmond County Abstracts Richmond Co., Va. Deed Book 2, pp 142-144 1 March 1694/5 This Indenture made the first Day of March in the year of our Lord 1694/5 and in the 6th year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Between Adam Woffendall of the County of Richmond planter of the one partie and Thomas Arnold of the same County planter of the other Partie. Witnesseth That the said Adam Woffendall for and in Consideration of two thousand pounds of good Tobacco and cask to him in hand paid by the said Thomas Arnold his heirs etc. before the sealing and Delivery of these presents Receipt whereof the said Adam Woffendall doth hereby acknowledge and the said Thomas Arnold his heirs Executors and Administrators forever by these presents Hath given granted … unto the said Thomas Arnold one hundred Acres of Land or thereabouts situate lying and being in the County of Richmond on the North side of Rappahannock River in the Freshes of the said River and bounded as followeth That is to say beginning at a white Oak standing on the west Side of a western Branch of Jengateaque Swamp thence west to the Line of Mr. Anthony Savage thence NorthEast along the said Line to the said Jengateqgue Swamp thence down the Swamp to the first mentioned station…Adam Woffendall and Honoria his Wife …In Witness whereof I the above named Adam Woffendall have hereunto sett my hand and Seal the Day and year first above written. Sign’d seal’d and deliver’d in the presence of Adam Woffendall (Seal) Xpher Edrington Honoria (H) Woffendall James Woffendall (Recorded 20 Nov 1695) Test: Wm. Colston Ct. Cur. Richmond Co., Va., Deed Book 4, pp 126-127 28 Feb 1707 This Indenture made the eight and twentieth day of Febry in the fifth yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Ann …in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and seven Betweene Thomas Goffe of the parish of St. Maryes in the County of Richmond within the Dominion of Virginia planter of the one part and Isaac Arnold of the other parish and County aforesd. within ye dominion of Virginia aforesd. planter of the other part Wittnesseth that the said Thomas Goffe as well for and in Consideration of a Marrage Already had and solemnized between him the said Isaac Arnold party to these presents and Margarett his -73- now wife daughter of the aforesaid Thomas Goffe, and also for the naturall love and affection which the sasid Thomas Goffe now hath and beareth to and towards his said daughter, and for her advancement and Settlement by the way of Marryage and for the settling and Establishing the premises hereinafter mentioned in the blood and posterity of the said Isaac Arnold, and Margaret his said wife as long as it shall please to Continue the Same … all that Messuage or tenement wherein the said Isaac Arnold now liveth and Inhabiteth, together also with forty acres of Land or thereabouts to the Same belonging and appertaining Scituate Lying and being in the Parish of St. Mary’s in the County of Richmond aforesaid, beginning att a Wallnutt being the dividing line between John Willis Junr and the said Thomas Goffe party to these presents. Running thence to a Locus tree dividing the Land between the said John Willis, and the said Thomas Goffe thence to a red oake in Gunstockers Line, thence to a small red oake in Gunstockers line, thence north 4.5 degrees East one hundred fifty eight poles to the first beginning … being part of a patent granted by the agents of the proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia be one hundred and five acres of land or thereabouts to the said Thomas Goffe party to these presents which beares date the Nineteenth day of March 1696 …to the use and behoofe of the said Isaac Arnold for and during the terme of his natural life and from and after his decease to the use and behooft of the said Margaret his now wife as asforesaid for and during the terme of her natural life, and from and after her decease and the death of the survivour and longest liver of them, to the use and behoof of Isaac Arnold Junr. Son of the said Isaac party to these presents and Margarett his said wife…In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have to these presents Interchangeably sett their hands and Seales the day month and yeare first above written. Sealed and delivered in the presence of his John Hoaxfoard Thomas (T) Goffe (Seale) William Duffe (T his marke) mark E. Turberville John Hauxford by Virtue of a power of attorney from Thomas Goffe and Margaret his wife Acknowledge this deed in Richmond County Court ye 7th day of Aprile ano Domo 1708 and by order of the sd. Court of Same is Recorded amongst the records of ye sd County. A. Sherlock (Cl. C.) (A. S. Kerlock?) Richmond Co., Va., Deed Book 7, p 21 20 Jan 1714 … Charles Willis of the Parish of Hanover in County of Richmond, Planter, and Mattilldoe Willis his now wife of the one part and William Duff of the County of Westmoreland and Parish of Washington, Taylor (sic), of the other part … eight thousand pounds of good sound mertionable Leafe Tobacco in Casque … Land commonly known by name of Hackers Ould plantation together with 170 acres of land … lying and being some part in Westmoreland County and the other part in Richmond County … Edward Taylor’s line … land of Joshua Davis -74- deceased to a Branch which leads into Roazers Dam and heads near the plantation of Cathorn Davis … now in occupation and tenure of Stephen Sabastino … being part of a Pattent of fourteen hundred and twenty eight acres of Land formerly granted unto Robert Allexander and John Allexander and Christopher Lund by Sir William Barkley, Knight and late governor of Virginia … Witnesses: Isaac Arnold Charles (backward C mark) Willis Tho: Parker Mattilldoe (X) Willis Richmond Co., Va., Deed Book 7, p 491 25 Feb 1719 … Isaac Arnold of the Parish of Hanover in County of Richmond, Dominion of Virginia to James Arnold of the aforesaid Parish and County (both designated as Planter) for 3,000 pounds of tobacco … 100 acres… plantation and parcel of land whereon the said James Arnold now liveth … being part of a patent for 226 acres of land granted by Thomas Lee, Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia unto Isaac Arnold … Beginning att a marked White Oak standing in the Westerne Maine Branch of Jenguteage Creek being Corner tree to this said Land, Runing thence through a large old field Devideing this Land from the Lane(d) of Thomas Arnold to a Maple tree standing in a small Branch which runeth into the aforesaid Creek, thence down the said Branch to a Line of marked trees belonging to this said Land, thence with the said Line to a marked White Oak, thence through a Glade or Plain to the said maine Branch of Jengutage thence up the said Branch to the first Station … Signed Sealed and Delivered in presents of us Isaac Arnold (Seal) Henry (W) Wood Charles (C) Willis Thomas (X) James Richmond Co., Va., Deed Book 7, p 403 5 May 1719 … Charles Willis of Parish of Hanover in the County of Richmond, planter to William Duff of the Parish and County aforesaid, Taylor (sic) parcell of land whereon Steven Sabastino deceased formerly Lived and Inhabited as a Tenant to the said Charles Willis … 78 acres lying part in Richmond County and some part in Westmoreland County joyning upon the Land of the said William Duff and upon the Land of Joshua Davis near Roazers Dam being all the Land which the sd. Charles Willis now hath … Signed Sealed and Delivered mark in presents of us Charles (top half of a circle) Willis Isaac Arnold Henry (W) Wood Neall McCormick (Recorded 6 May 1719) -75- Richmond Co., Va. Will Book 3, pp 214-217 7 June 1715 … Will of John Willis Senr. of the County of Richmond and Parish of Hanover … unto my Son in Law Thomas James and Mary James his now wife …plantation they now live on … which said Land joyns upon the Land of Mr. John Wormley and upon the Land of Isaac Arnold …unto Mary Cullins …land whereon William Pullin now liveth … joyns upon land of John Combes … by in Case Ye said Mary should Dye without Issue … land to return to my Son Charles Willis … unto my Son Charles Willis the Plantation and Land I now live on and also that Plantation whearon the sd. Charles now Liveth … to my son Charles and Mattilldoe his now wife … to John Willis son of the said Charles … son William, daughter Sewsanah, Mary Gardener … Isaac Arnold and William Willis as Guardians to the said Mary Cullins … son John Willis and Isaac Arnold my Executors … Witnesses: Tho. Parker John (I) Willis (Seal) Augustine Blake Westmoreland County, VIRGINIA, Abstracts Westmoreland Co, Va., Deed Book 11, pp 465-467 5 Nov 1752 … Richard Steel of Washington Parish in Westmoreland County, planter, and Catharine his wife of the one part and Weedon Arnold of the aforesaid Parish and County sub sheriff of the other part … 139 pounds Current money of Virginia … all that piece or parcel of land except the Land out of the same by him sold to Robert Vaulx Gent. whereon he now lives which he the said Richard Steel holds by Devise of his father … including the Land whereon Thomas Claytor as Tenent to the said Steel now lives and binding upon the land of Anthony Peyton, Thomas Shaw, Sarah Taylor and the land commonly called … Higdon’s Forrest … 200 acres … Witnesses: Eliza. Vaulx Richd. Steel (Seal) R. Vaulx B. Weeks John (his N (W?) mark) Massey Received of the within named Weedon Arnold the sum One hundred and Thirty nine Pounds currt. money of Virginia being the Consideration within mentioned. Witnesses: R. Vaulx Richd. Steel B. Weeks John (his W (N?) mark) Massey -76- Memorandum that 27 Nov 1752 peaceable and quiet possession and seizing of … land in this Deed contained delivered by … Richard Steel to … Weedon Arnold in presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed. R. Vaulx B. Weeks Thomas (his T mark) Claytor (Recorded 23 Dec 1752) Test: George Lee C. C. W. Westmoreland Co., Va., Deeds and Wills, Book 12, p 143 18 January 1754 … Weedon Arnold of Westmoreland Co. and Washington Parish … bequeath to my loving wife the use … of these negroes following during her natural life Viz. Ned, Bristow, great Hannah, Great Tom, Silva, little Hannah, and the rest of my negroes to be equally divided between my two children James and John and if my said Wife should prove with child and it should live for my estate to be equally divided between the three, my mill only excepted which I give to my son John and as for my land I leave it to be sold to the highest bidder except Benjamin Weeks will give 150 pounds for it, and Richd. Steele to pay the rent of 1,000 pounds of Tobo. to my executors and long Tom Clators rent to the same … Appoint my good friends Colo. Andrew Monroe, Capt. Robt. Vaulx and M. Lawrence Butler my executors of this my last Will … Witnesses: James Bankhead Weed Arnold Lovell Harrison Michal Nalor Westmoreland Sct: At a Court held for the said County the 27th day of August A. Com. 1754. This last Will and testament of Weedon Arnold deceased was presented into Court by Ann his relict and being proved by the oaths of James Bankhead, Lovell Harrison and Michl. Naylor the Witnesses thereto is admitted to record. Andrew Monroe gent: One of ye Exors thereon nam’d being present and refusing to take upon him the burthen of ye Exn of said Will and alledging that Laurence Butler another of the exors also refused and Robt Vaulx and the other exor being dead on motion of ye said Ann … adm. granted her … (Recorded 3 Sept 1754) Test. George Lee C. C. W. Westmoreland Co., VA., Deed Book 14, pp 555-557 25 June 1769 … Ann Arnold relict of Weedon Arnold of Westmoreland County, Virginia of the one part and Archibald Bryce of the said County of the other part … Ann Arnold for and in consideration of the sum of 144 pounds 10 shillings and 10 pence Virginia Currency, due from the said Ann Arnold to Andrew Thompson and Company merchants in Glasgow for whom the said Archibald Bryce is factor and attorney in fact, and in consideration of the sum of ten shillings, to the said Arnold in hand paid the receipt whereof she the said Arnold acknowledgeth, hath granted, bargained and sold, transferred and confirmed … unto the said Archibald Bryce … -77- six slaves to Wit: Lett, Athalah, Cornelius, (Sen?), Ann, Henne together with the issue of the four female slaves Lett, Athaliah, Ann, Henne also 5 cows, 5 yearlings and 3 calves, 2 feather beds and furniture, 6 leather chairs, 1 desk, 1 table, 3 flag chairs a trunk and chest, 1 dozen and 3 plates 3 dishes, 3 pots 1 iron Kettle, 8 sows, and 18 young hogs … to the end that the said Bryce may at any time after the first day of October 1779 sell and dispose of the said slaves and premises on one months credit to the highest bidder … and to the end that the said Bryce may out of the purchase money or bonds taken for the same retain so much or so many thereof as will be sufficient to discharge the debt and interest due to the said Thompson and Company and also to defray the charges of the said Bryce insurred (incurred?) in the execution of the said trust and thereafter to assign the remaining bonds or money to the said Ann Arnold and the said Ann Arnold bind herself her heirs etc. to the said Archibald Bryce his heirs etc. in the penal sum of one thousand pounds current money of Virginia, to permit the said Archibald Bryce to sell and dispose of the premises and to concur in every thing to give satisfaction to the purchasers … Witness: Danl. Fitzhugh Ann Arnold (Seal) Robt. Lovell, Junr. John Lovell At a Court held for Westmoreland County the 26th day of July 1768 This Indenture was proved by the oaths of Daniel Fitzhugh and John Lovell witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. STROTHER’S CHURCH LOCATIONS “The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography” Vol. 56, No. 3, Jul 1948 “The Colonial Churches of Westmoreland and King George Counties, Virginia: Part II” George Carrington Mason, Historiographer, Diocese of Southern Virginia p. 282 – Map showing both locations of Strother’s Church in King George County. (1685 and 1755) pp. 288-290 “When St. Mary’s Parish north of the Rappahannock River was cut off in 1713 as Hanover Parish, Richmond County, the new parish already had two churches within its borders. This is apparent from the act of assembly creating Hanover Parish, which requires its parishioners to meet at its Lower Church to elect a vestry, for this designation of a lower church proves that the parish must also have had an upper one. These two churches are believed to have been the ones later mentioned in the King George County records as Strother’s Church and Muddy Creek Church, and were still serving as the lower and upper churches of Hanover Parish when it became the upper part of King George County at this county’s formation in 1721. “The existence, if not the identity, of the two buildings is established by the will of Sam Coxe, -78- dated 10th October, 1718, making ‘the parish of the north side of St. Mary’s’ (i.e., Hanover Parish) residuary legatee for lands to be sold ‘for the purpose of buying ornaments and other decent utensils for the two churches that are therein. (Ref. King George County Deeds, 1729-35, I, 451). “Another will of the same period, that of Robert Paine, dated 16th March, 1716/17, and proved three weeks later, leaves ‘to the Church of Hanover Parish one Cushion and Pulpit Cloth [and a Cloth] for the Communion Table and a Piece of Plate to receive the Communion in, and the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer to set in the Church.’ (Ref. Richmond County Wills, III, 304) Since the Lower Church in any colonial parish was regularly the parish church, which was the building usually distinguished as ‘the Church,’ this bequest appears to have been intended for the first Strother’s Church. “This building is known to have stood on the south bank of Strother’s (now Millbanke) Creek, about a mile above Port Conway, on the north shore of the Rappahannock River. A plat made on the 2nd July, 1761, showing the Strother family lands on the south side of Strother’s Creek (Ref. King George County Orders, Judgments, 1751-65, Pt. 4, 940) proves that the old church stood in the fork between the main creek and its lowest branch and was then reached by a county road running parallel with the river. The site is now included in the Millbanke estate of Rear Admiral and Mrs. John J. Ballentine of Yorktown, Virginia, and continued to be used as a burial place, first by white residents and then by colored people, for many years after the old church had disappeared. “Although the exact date of erection of the first Strother’s Church is unknown, it seems probable that it was built not long after the erection of St. Mary’s Parish in 1681, since it is a matter of record that churches were simultaneously constructed on both banks of the Rappahannock for the adjoining parish of Sittingbourne, within a year or two after its formation. “The first Strother’s Church was replaced between 1752 and 1755 by a new building located three miles further east, on the west side of Gingoteague Creek, according to Dr. G. MacLaren Brydon, who adds that its foundations could still be traced in 1916. The new house of worship was also called Strother’s Church and the older building was distinguished from it by the title ‘Strother’s Old Church.’ “This is all apparent from a King George County court order of 6th August, 1752, appointing Colonel Thomas Turner ‘surveyor of the roads from Jingoteague to Strother’s Church’ (Ref. Ibid, Pt. 4, 940) and a subsequent order of 3rd April, 1755, appointing him ‘Surveyor of the Highway from the Old Church to Jingoteague,’ (Ref. Ibid, Pt. 2, p 461) which was evidently the same road as before. Designation of the earlier structure as Strother’s Old Church is established by a highway-surveyor appointment of 10th March, 1770, referring to the building by that name (Ref. King George County Orders, 1766-90, 153) and the post-colonial vestry book of Hanover Parish for 1779-96 makes it clear that its successor was also called Strother’s Church and remained in use by the parish until the close of the vestry record.” -79-