Hi Wilmer, Thank you, thank you. I found several ancestors and allied families on that early list and I doubt I'd have found them any other way. charla in nj Charla Marchione marchpubs@juno.com On Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:34:09 -0400 (EDT) "Wilmer L. Kerns" <wlkerns@intr.net> writes: >Friends on the Old Frederick County subscription list: > >Following up on a topic that I introduced several weeks ago, but could >not >bring closure at that time, I am posting a list of the first settlers >in Old >Frederick County. These were identified from a Fee Book maintained by >the >first clerk of court, Col. James Wood (died in 1759). The list of >settlers >is given below along with the fees assessed in pounds of tobacco, the >medium >of exchange. The date of assessment was 1744, which was one year after >the >courthouse in Winchester was established. > >One version of the Fee Book was published in 1926 by Katherine Glass >Greene >in her book, Winchester, Virginia and its Beginnings, 1743-1814. An >expanded >version of fee-paying settlers named in 1744 is found in Handley >Library, >Archives Division, in Winchester. Both versions are the handwriting of >Wood, >but the different lists were apparently made at different times during >the >year. I have taken the liberty to combine the two lists for 1744. > >I do not believe the compilation below provides a complete account of >the >first families of Old Frederick County. Evidently there were numerous >settlers who had recently arrived, and had not come to the attention >of the >clerk of court. For example, some settlers in Cacapon, South Branch >and >Patterson Creek Valleys who should be on the list are: James Caudy, >George >Parks, John Parks, Richard Arnold, Evan Pugh, Robert Denton, Benjamin >Phipps, Michael Stump, Benjamin Foreman, Job Piersall, Noah Hampton, >the Van >Meters, the Blues, Parkers, Deckers, Enochs, Friends, McBrides, Yorks, >Hietts, Johnsons, George Horner, Benjamin Pritchard, and others. In >fact, >it appears to me that many of the Old Hampshire County settlers >(including >Hardy Co.) are not listed. This suggests one segment of the list below >is >still missing. Regardless of what is missing, the list is valuable for >what >it provides. If anything turns up, I will bring it to your attention. > >There are two John Richardsons named below. One was called "Red" and >the >other "Black." Can anyone explain this? > >On a related topic, Catherine Glass Greene names additional marriage >license >fees collected by. Col. Wood to Governor Gooch: > >Leonard Helms in March 1744 (name of bride not given) >William Mitchell in April 1744 (name of bride not given) > >I'm now able to answer questions that may arise from this posting. > >Wilmer L. Kerns > > > Frederick County, VA >Col. James Wood's Fee Book >Anno Dom 1744 > >Name and # pounds of Tobacco >A >Anderson, Colvert 163 >Ashby, Thomas Jun. 46 >Anderson, John 125 >Armstrong, Thomas 55 >Alford, John 23 >Anderson, Thomas 51 >Armstrong, Robert 78 >Alford, Thomas 310 >Alexander, Zacheus 90 >Ashby, Robert 55 >Anderson, Enoch 81 >Athenson, Michael 23 >Anthony, John 274 > >B >Buckles, Robert 417 >Babb, Phillip 70 >Buchanan, John 196 >Buchanan, Robt 55 >Baley, John 116 >Brown, Thomas 135 >Bowman, George 135 >Black, Robert 10 >Brittan, Samuel 94 >Beller, Peter 50 >Buchanan, Arthur 771 >Bumgardner, John 70 >Bryan, Joseph 25 >Bryan, Morgan & > Joseph 430 >Bryan, Joseph 150 >Byrne, James 20 >Borden, Deborah 130 >Bumgardner, Peter 35 >Burnett, Daniel 412 >Blackburn, Wm 296 >John Bruce 141 >Barrat, John 165 >Breemigen, James 108 >Brattan, Robert 55 >Beesley, James 131 >Blackburn, Esther 131 >Buck, Thomas 194 >Humphrey Bell 150 >Beeson, John 150 >Baker, Isaac 294 >Bryan, Morgan 526 >Buttler, Thomas 33 >Borden, Exrs 30 >Beeson, William 150 >Burkham, Roger 204 >Burk, Charles 309 >Brun (?), Joseph 55 >Black, Patrick 5 >Berwick, Thomas 361 >Bryan, Joseph 35 > >C >Constant, John 35 >Chetwynd Esq 55 >Cathy, James 242 >Carfee, Christopher 173 >Colson, Thomas 306 >Campbell, Hugh 170 >Crafts, Robert 23 >Carrell, Joseph 250 >Calmes, Marquis 221 >Cresap, Thomas 1149 >Caines, John 55 >Chambers, Edmund 30 >Counts, John 10 >Connell, John 166 >Clark, Mary 91 >Cunningham, James > & Robt. 20 >Carrington, Mary 106 >Cunningham, James 305 >Chapman, Nathaniel > & Comp. 55 >Crafts, Robert & > Morris, Saml 5 >Cunningham, Adam 91 >Champ, John 65 >Chester, Thomas 288 >Collins John & > McGuire 35 >Chapman, Nathaniel 1193 >Cassity, Peter 55 >Campbell, Andrew 1053 >Cherry, Thomas 65 >Chainorey, Christopher 65 >Caldwell, Andrew 40 >Colvin, Joseph 150 >Collins, John 620 >Colvin, William 78 >Craigs, David & > Archibald 69 >Cantrell, Zebulon 120 >Cavenaugh, Charles 45 >Curtis, Jonathan 166 >Carter, James 78 >Crouson, John 33 >Carson, John 192 >Carblidges (?), Exrs 46 >Chapman, George 55 >Cotton, Elias 40 >Christman, Jacob 69 > >D >Decredo, William 35 >Demoss, Peter 70 >Duggan, Daniel 55 >Davis, William 308 >Dobbins, William 80 >Donahue, Daniel 160 >Demoss, John & > Catherine 150 >Dunham, Mary 101 >Denny, Walter 216 >Dalton (?), John 35 >Denny, George 101 >Doster, Thomas 171 >Drenning, Walter 55 >Dennis, Samuel 202 >Denton, John 25 >Donahue, Henry 25 >Davis, Robert 150 >Doomes, John 365 >Devinore, Hugh 65 >Dagg (?), John 75 >Demoss, John 155 >Dowland, Henry 392 > >E >Egarter, Christian 78 >End (?), Jos & > Theobald 111 >Evans, John 290 >Ewing, Alexander 120 >Edwards, Joseph 85 >Eastham, Robert 93 >Earle, Samuel 383 >Ewell, Bertrand 80 >Edgalls Exrs 80 > >F >Fink (or Finler), James230 >Funk, Jacob 130 >Ferguson & Miller 48 >Friend, Israel 268 >Ferguson, Hugh 780 >Falconer, Alexr 136 >Fearnley, William 273 >Fitzsimmons, John 401 >Fannin, Thomas 131 >Falkner, Ralph > & Comp 55 >French, John 55 >Fowler, Francis 146 >Frost, John 25 >Fulton, Mary 78 > >G >Galbarth, Frederick 50 >Gregory, Benjamin 15 >Green, Robert 70 >Gregory, John 73 >Grifith, William 1795 >Griffith, Wm 96 >Glenn, James 197 >Gillespie, Patrick 651 >Gill, James 80 >Grigg, Samuel 111 >Gibson, Jacob 15 >Gray, Edmund 106 >Gent, George 150 >Gilliland, Hugh 55 >Gayter, Michall 70 >Green, William 120 > >H >Hood, Rachael 50 >Haines, William 5 >Hollady, Samuel 76 >Harris, Thomas 119 >Hattfield, Joseph 33 >Hoyle, J 279 >Hyte, Jacob 279 >Hoge, James 256 >Harper, Leonard 366 >Hanagin, Charles 25 >Hart, Silas 70 >Hedge, Jonas 25 >Helms, Leonard 65 >Hutchins, Robert 80 >Hager, Jonathan 156 >Hytes, John and > Jacob 449 >Huston, John 70 >Helm, Joseph 155 >Haws, Frederick 134 >Hart, Thomas 301 >Hume, William 113 >Hubelle, Bernard 130 >Hedges, Solomon 170 >Hogg, Lewis 241 >Harrison, Thomas 55 >Hardin Eliza 91 >Hobson, George Jr. 200 >Harrison, Cuthbert 206 >Harroll, John 150 >Hollingsworth, Abrm 85 >Hunt, Roger 80 >Hott, Nimrod 280 >Hopes, John 508 >Hardin, Henry 135 >Hume, George 222 >Hardin, John 940 >Hindman, John 110 >Hyte, John 256 >Hyte, Jost 109 >Humphrey, Ralph 63 >Harris, John 416 >Halling, William 180 > >I, J >Isaacs, Elisha 126 >Isaacs, Samuel Jr. 120 >Ice, Frederick 55 >Johnston, Jacob 45 >James, Richard 60 >Jay, William 15 >Jones, John 160 >Isaacs, Samuel 51 >Jones, Gabriel 44 >Johnson, Mary 89 >Julian, Rene 35 >Jack, Jeremiah 443 > >Johnstone, George 1050 >Jones, Humphrey 101 >Job, Abraham 70 >Jarvis, Thomas 101 > >K >Keith, John 230 >Kelly, William 110 >Kelly, John 25 >Kelly, David 110 >Knott, Peter 85 >Kelly, Terrence 55 >Kenners Exrs 55 >Kellar, Charles 41 > >L >Lilburn, Ann 51 >Lum, Jonas 88 >Low, Thomas Capt 135 >Loftin, William 5 >Lewis, Vincent 55 >Lowrey, Robert 185 >Lum, Mary 150 >Lyon, Humberton 161 >Lowder, Richard 70 >Littler, John 706 >Linwell, John 18 >Largent, John 116 >Linsey, John 60 >Lintner, Samuel 40 >Low, Thomas 276 > >M >Mounts, Joseph 96 >McKever, Darby 5 >McCormack, John 172 >Morgan, Charles 150 >Milbourne, Eliza 110 >Moore, Benjamin 213 >Martin, Thomas 103 >Mitchell, William 1179 >McKee, James 630 >Morgan, Morgan 25 >Moody, ? 55 >McHugh, Nichols >McDowell, John 135 >Miller, William 317 >Mitchell, William & > Comp 125 >Morgan, Charles 5 >Marr, Christopher 15 >Murphey, Darby 38 >Mitchell, John 515 >McCoy, William 80 >Milbourne, John 150 >Myres, William & > Richd 59 >Minor, Stephen 206 >McCracken, James 353 >Mitchell, John 55 >Matthews, Patrick 611 >Morgan, Richard 105 >Maddin, John 145 >McDowell, Mary 50 >Mayberry, Thomas 100 >Mahon, Thomas 106 >Miller, Wiegard 46 >Mercer, Nicholas 80 >McMachan, John 5 >Martin, George 144 >Miller, John 221 >McKay, William > Carolina 106 >McGuire, Thomas 153 >Marlin, Jacob 91 >McHugh, Peter 175 >Morgan, John 55 >McMachen, William 185 > >N >Nation, Christopher 55 >Nichols, John 196 >Neill, Lewis 104 >Neill, John 671 >Neal, Hugh 277 >Newill, James 165 > >O >Osbourne, John 70 >Oneal, Garrot 110 >Ogullian, Neal 130 >Osbourne, Nichols 135 >Ogullion & others 60 >Ogullion & Caldwell 60 >Ogullion, Duncan 315 >Oneal, Daniel 5 >Oneal, John 5 > >P >Pike, Michael 55 >Parrell, Hugh 70 >Poore, Jeremiah 111 >Pearson, Eliza 150 >Paxon, Reuben 150 >Penington, Jacob 133 >Priest, Thomas 55 >Purteat, Ann 61 >Perkins, Isaac 121 >Pickett, William 100 >Phillips, Richard 78 > >Pearson, Eliza 150 >Parrell, Hugh 70 >Pennington, Jacob 133 >Priest, Thomas 55 >Purteat, Ann 61 >Peck, Jacob 137 >Pooh, Charles 85 >Pearson, Abel 194 >Peck, Jacob 137 >Pooke (?) Charles 85 >Perkins & Carter 65 >Peverly, John 5 >Pendergras, Garrot 505 >Peake, Nathaniel 101 >Pusey, Robert 10 >Parker, Hugh 55 >Pugh, Jesse 110 >Potts, David 203 >Posey, Benjamin 567 >Penington, Abraham 55 >Price, Aaron 416 >Parish, George 137 >Perkins, John 190 >Potts, Thomas 70 >Postgate, Thomas 773 >Poulson, Richard 5 >Penington, Isaac 141 >Prittney, (?) Richard 1027 > >Q >Quigley, Patrick 60 >Quin, John 45 > >R >Rennick, Thomas 360 >Ross, William 28 >Ross, George 10 >Ross, Mary 135 >Rouse, William 33 >Ross, James 120 >Robinson, Charles 33 >Rudelle, John 85 >Richardson, John > "Black" 136 >Rogers, Edward 446 >Richey, William 130 >Ryley, Patrick 135 >Roberts, George 120 >Rankins, Barbara 60 >Reid, William 264 >Richardson, Daniel 196 >Rogers, William 55 >Robins, Joseph 61 >Rankins, Hugh 65 >Rogers, Catherine 23 >Rutherford, Benjamin 86 >Ryan, Michael 131 >Roark, Bryan 255 >Rion, John 409 >Robinson, George 75 >Ross, Alexander 80 >Rutledge, James 185 >Richardson, John > "Red" 23 >Rogers & Woolf 43 > >S >Speake, Thomas 55 >Story, John 55 >Shepard, John 122 >Sherril, Adam 281 >Stone, William 25 >Smith, John 766 >Shaw, Michael 195 >Steward, Thomas 55 >Shurley, Walter 65 >Stephens, Lewis 710 >Smith, John the > "Blacksmith" 55 >Seabin , James 55 >Strickler, Abraham 129 >Sheddin, Robert 194 >Smith, Robert 148 >Smith, Jeremiah 205 >Shearer & Davis 53 >Summerford, Jefery 75 >Swearington, Van 190 >Sutton, Joseph 64 >Seltzer, Mathias 182 >Simons, Jonah 289 >Smith, George > Audley 61 >Simons, Jonathan > ye infant 560 >Sheppin, Edward 151 >Shippin, Edward 100 >Scott, Josiah 55 >Seaman, Eliza 5 >Stillwell, Daniel 55 >Shippin, Joseph Jr 119 >Smith, John Jr 96 >Seaman, John 150 > >T >Taylor, Saml 56 >Teague, William 121 >Tradan, John 1499 >Thornbaugh, Walter 196 >Turner, Roger 190 >Thompson, Neil 55 >Thompson's Exrs 150 >Turner, Anthony 220 >Tidwell, William 150 >Teator, George 103 >Thomas, Nathaniel 183 >Thomas, Lewis 80 > >V >Vance, David 155 >Vickers, Elisha 45 >Vanmetre, Isaac & > Henry 100 >Vanmetre, Isaac 43 >Vance, Joseph 150 >Vanderpool, Abraham342 >Vanmetres, Isaac & > Jacob 15 >Victory, Luke 5 > >W >Wistar, Casper 69 >Welton, John 130 >Watkins, Evan 40 >Worthington & > Thomas 20 >Worthington, Jacob 43 >Walker, John 156 >Wilson, John 250 >Westfall, Jacob 80 >Williams, Edward 70 >Walker, Samuel 170 >Wilson, Robert 409 >Worthington & > Matthews 10 >Welch, Edmund 180 >Williams, Vincent 65 >Wanton, John 200 >Winslow, Richard 60 >Worthington, Robt 881 >Wood, John 5 >White, George 211 >Willis's Exrs 110 >Welton, John Jr. 23 >White, John Jr. 90 >Wilson, Thomas 96 >Waugh, James 55 >Worthington & > Others 93 >Welch, James 145 >Waring & son Thos 845 >Waters, Thomas 76 >Wilcox, John 184 >White, Robert 96 >Woodfin, John 80 >Wright, James 150 >Williams, John 65 >Williams, Joseph 260 >Warth, Robert 65 >Williams, William > Revd 496 >Wright, George 168 > >Y >Yates, Abra 177 > >Z >Zimmerman, > Christopher 162 >Zeigler, George 75 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >