There seems to have been some interest lately, at least on the Madison Co., KY rootsweb, in an early settler in that county named Higgason Grubbs. My incomplete research (this man is NOT my ancestor--at least that I know of) indicates he may have lived in Albemarle Co., VA prior to removing to Madison Co., KY. Also, my perusal of the early deeds of Madison Co., KY indicate to me that 1) he either was a land speculator or 2) he was an land agent for someone else--or 3) he was both a speculator and a land agent. The name of Grubbs and his wife Lucy appear many times in the early deeds of Madison Co., KY. Perhaps some of these notes will help anyone interested in Grubbs's activities. As far as I have been able to determine, he had two daughters, but I have no further information on the formation of his family, if any--other than his wife Lucy. Lucy is believed to be (not proved) to be the daughter of James Harris and his wife Mary Harris, the latter the believed to be daughter of Major Robert Harris, who died testate in or around Louisa Co., VA, where his will is recorded. (This relationship may be in error.) This material is repetitious. So be careful. If you use this material, please cite the sources, as all well-qualified genealogists do these days. (Prove it is the watchword!!!! Where did you get that info????) Please share additional information (preferably with sources) and make corrections--on the rootsweb, of course!!! E.W.Wallace A Thomas Grubbs in Albemarle Co. 1775. Refer to Albe. Deeds 1772-1776 (deed of Sarah McWilliams) Deed Book --- , pp. 132-133, dated 21 Nov 1768, Christopher Harris to Thomas Grubbs, both of Albemarle Co. The tract of land was 77 acres on both sides of Moremans River. Fairly exact measurements are given. Witnesses were Mosias Jones, Higgason Grubbs, Tyree Harriss, Robt. Harriss and signed Christopher Harriss Senr Agnes Harris relinquished her dower rights at Albemarle Sept court 1769. (Ruth and Sam Sparacio, DEED ABSTRACTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1768-1770 [McLean, VA: The Antient Press, 1990], p. 69) Brief biography: HIGGASON GRUBBS. A Higgason Grubbs was in Albemarle Co. in 1768 when he was one of the witnesses to a deed (DB 5-132-133) in Albemarle Co. of Christopher Harris to Thomas Grubbs, land on both sides of Moreman's River. We do not know the relationship of the two Grubbs men. (Christopher Harris was an early settler in Madison Co., KY.) Higgason Grubbs was reportedly married to Lucy Harris, but she is believed to be a daughter of James Harris and his wife Mary Harris, the latter related to Christopher Harris. A Higgason Grubbs was an early settler of Madison Co., KY. He was one of the trustees of Boonesborough (see below). He is reported by W. H. Miller in his GENEALOGIES to have given a deposition in [Madison Co.] court E-230: "... In 1780 he and Jesse Coffee camped at the root of the beech tree where we are now tonight when they out buffalo hunting, and made the letters H.G.I.C. and the figures 1780 at that time, also Oc for October, on this beech tree. After the location was made for William Shelton that he came to hunt for this tree and Thomas Shelton and Peter Woods came with me, and found this tree very readily." He is one of the signers of a petition to divide the county of Lincoln [Kentucky, but then Virginia] into three counties, Lincoln, Mercer and Madison. 1786. Granted. Many of the signers of this petition were at Boonesboro, states the compiler. (Katherine Phelps Caperton, "A Partial List of Those at Fort Boonesborough," in THE REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOL. 23, p. 151 [pages renumbered, it seems, from original].) Refer to the biography of William Shelton whose wife was a Lucy Harris, as was Higgason's wife, Lucy Harris. The wife of Robert Rodes, mentioned below, was also a Harris. Madison Co., KY October court 1786: "Ordered that George Boon [sic], Robt Roads [sic], Higgason Grubbs, John Turner or any three of them being first sworn do review the most convenient for a road from Irvine's lick to the mo of Tates Creek and report the same." Grubbs was on the 1787 tax list of Madison Co., then in VA, now in KY. (Schreiner-Yantis & Love, 1787 CENSUS OF VIRGINIA) Littell's Statutes in reference to Boonesborough: "(b) The Trustees [named in the previous section] declined to act and Thomas Kennedy, Aaron Lewis, Robert Rhodes, Green Clay, Archibald Woods, Benjamin Bedford, John Sappington, William Irvine, David Crews and Higgerson [sic] Grubbs were appointed (1787)" V. 3, p. 539." According to the Kentucky Gazette 12 May 1792 (V. V, No. XXXV, Higgason Grubbs was elected Representative from Madison Co., KY May 1792, along with Thomas Clay, John Miller. Electors were William Irvine, Higgarson [sic] Grubbs, Thomas Clay. Elected Sheriff was John Gais/Gats. Christopher Harris, Jun. was elected Coroner. (Karen Maurer Green, THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE 1787-1800; Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983 p. 53) Grubbs was bondsman when his (probable) daughter, Mourning Grubbs married Squire Boone ca. 16 May 1797. Mourning doubtless was named for her ancestress, Mourning Glenn Harris. Squire Boone, one of numerous males bearing this name, probably is the son of George Boone, apparently a neighbor on Tate's Creek in Madison Co. 131-132 Grubbs & wf Lucy sold land in KY in 1810 to Wm Boone The Grubbs family was from Albemarle Co. In Albemarle Co., VA DB 5 1768-1772 p. 37-38 is a deed between William Dabney and Jane his wife to Wm Shelton, land on Mechams River. The deed was made 2 Jun 1768 and was witnessed by Thomas Grubbs, Elizabeth Jones, Chirstopher Harris, Robert Harris, Tyre Harris (the latter two Harrises probably being brothers of Christopher). (Ruth and Sam Sparacio, DEED ABSTRACTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1768-1770 [McLean, VA: 1990], p. 21) (Note: There is some confusion as to the identity of Tyre Harris, given in the 1768 deed above. Christopher Harris had a son named Tyree and also a brother of that name. However, the brother is believed to have been in Orange Co., NC during this time period. He was an early county official in that North Carolina county, the parent of Caswelll Co., NC, where the elder Tyree Harris died testate.) A subsequent deed, same deed book, pp. 132-133, dated 21 Nov 1768, Christopher Harris to Thomas Grubbs, both of Albemarle Co. The tract of land was 77 acres on both sides of Moremans River aka Moorman's River. Fairly exact measurements are given. Witnesses were Mosias Jones, Higgason Grubbs, Tyree Harriss, Robt. Harriss and signed Christopher Harriss Senr Agnes relinquished her dower rights at Albemarle Sept court 1769. (Ibid., p. 69)