----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:28 AM Subject: [PAGE] PAGE/CHISWELL > I know someone was asking about the CHISWELL/PAGE relationship to Governor > John PAGE. Just looking over some old files and hope this will help. If > someone has more info on the full names of husbands, etc., would appreciate > more info. > Linda > > > CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, pp 250-259 > by Lyman Chalkley > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley > > > Chiswell's Heirs vs. Christian--O. S. 375; N. S. 137--Bill, 16th > November, 1808, by Walter R., Charles L.,. Jno. C., Geo. W. Carter, > Mann and Charles C. Page, Burwell and Elizabeth, his wife; Nelson and > wife, Susannah; Mary H. Robinson, Am. Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis Fox, > Jno. Warner Fox, Margaret Patterson Olivier, Mary Augusta, and Warner > Lewis Olivier; Mary, Elizabeth, John Lewis, Lucy Nelson, being (except > Lucy Nelson) heirs and representatives of Elizabeth Carter, Susanna > Robinson and Mary Lewis, three of the daughters of Jno. Chiswell. Lucy > Nelson is another daughter of Jno. Chiswell. On 30th April, 1754, and > 5th November, 1755, made two surveys in Amherst, but died intestate before > patents issued, leaving the said four daughters, some being then infants > and some married. They have always resided in parts distant from this > land. Certain persons have counter claims, viz: Charles L. Christian, Thos. > Applin, Reuben Gatewood, Frances Gooch, Wm. B. Gooch. Applin and > Christian answer that they bought from Saml. Miggason, who claimed > under patent to William Gatewood in 1771 and patent to Stanhope Evans > in 1780. Miggason has moved to North Carolina. Christian claims under > patent to David Bly in 1782 and to Edmund and Foster Gatewood in 1799. > Entries: John Chiswell, 1,000 acres in Augusta on west side of the Indian > Field Mountain, on branches of New River or Mississippi, lodged in Land > Office, 27th March, 1761. John Chiswell, 848 acres in Albemarle on > Buffaloe Ridge on Lime Kiln Creek and Rocky Run, 29th September, > 1756. Same, 800 acres in Albemarle on Elk Island Creek, 29th > September, 1756. Same, 321 acres in Albemarle on Buffalo River, 29th > September, 1756. John Christian deposes, 23d June, 1815, he bought > his land from Col. Nevil, agent for Margaret and Martha Fry, in 1773. > Entries: 13th January, 1766, by Nathl. Woodroof, 400 acres on Buffalo > River adjoining James Freeland. December, 1767, Wm. Gatewood enters > 400 acres, Buffalo, above the Crooked Falls. 21st March, 1769, James > Brummit enters 400 acres between Fry, Harvies and Wm. Brummit on > Buffalo. Genealogical record of Chiswell's heirs: First daughter, Elizabeth > Carter, children, viz: Walker R., Chas. L., Jno. C., Geo. W. Carter, and > Elizabeth Page, who had children, viz: Mann, Chas. C., Page and Elizabeth > Burwell. Second daughter, Susanna Robinson, had children (by first marriage), > viz: Susanna Nelson, Mary H. Robinson, and (by second marriage) > Ann Lewis. Third daughter, Mary Lewis, had children, viz: John, Warner, > Mary, and Elizabeth Lewis and Eleanor Fox, who had children (by > first marriage), viz: Elizabeth L. and Jno. W. Fox, and (by second marriage) > Margaret P., Mary A., and Warner L. Olivier. Fourth daughter, Lucy > Nelson, wife of Wm. Nelson. Deed, 2d May, 1774, by Wm. Evans, of > Amherst County, to Jas. Thompson, of Amherst, on south branch of Elk > Island Creek, 360 acres. Recorded in Amherst, 2d May, 1774. Deed, 23d > September, 1791, by Samuel Migginson and wife, Elizabeth, of Amherst. > to Thos. Appling, 300 acres on Buffalo River, in Amherst, conveyed to > Saml. by John Upshaw and Ambrose Gatewood; deed made for Gatewood > part by Thos. Penn. Recorded in Amherst, 3d October, 1791. Deed, 26th > August, 1782, by David Blys (Blyes), of Amherst, to Wm. Gatewood, Jr., > in Lexington Parish, Amherst County, 30 acres on Buffalo River. Recorded > in Amherst. Will of William Gatewood. Sons, Reuben, William, > Edmund, Foster; wife, Sarah; daughters, Nancy, Dolly, Judith. No date. > Recorded in Amherst, 1st June, 1789. Deed, 9th March, 1791, by James > Thompson, Senior, to John and James, Jr., Thompson. Parental love and > affection; 360 acres in Amherst on branches of Elk Island Creek; Jno. > Christian's line. Recorded in Amherst, 20th April, 1795. Will of Philip > > 255 > > Gooch. Wife, Frances; children by present wife, son, William B., infant. > Dated 13th July, 1804. Codicil dated 26th May, 1805. Recorded in > Amherst, 21st October, 1805. Deed, 8th May, 1804, by Benj. Philips to > Philip Gooch, his interest in tract on Elk Run, in Amherst, on Buffalo > Ridge, adjoining Jiles Davidson, Geo. Penn, Philip Gooch, Jno. > Higginbotham, 360 acres, conveyed to Philip Gooch and Benj. Philip by James > and Jno. Thompson. Recorded in Amherst, 18th June, 1804. Deed, 20th > July, 1800, by Jno. Thompson and Judith, James Thompson and Elizabeth, > to Philip Gooch and Benj. Philips, 360 acres in Elk Island Creek adjoining > Saml. Bell; granted to Wm. Evans, 14th June, 1773. Recorded 20th July, > 1801. Deed, 27th December, 1806, by William Edmuns and wife, Polly > Ann, of Amherst. to Wm. L. Christian and Charles L. Christian, on Buffalo > River, adjoining Reuben Gatewood, Lindsay Coleman, &c., 146 acres. > Recorded in Amherst, 15th June, 1807. Patent, 14th July, 1780, to Stanhope > Evans, 350 acres, by survey, 1769, in Amherst, on John's Branch, a north > branch of Buffalo River, corner Thos. Evans, James Freeland's line, John > Fry's line. Patent, 1773, to William Evans, 360 acres on branches of Elk > Island Creek, Jno. Christian's line. Patent, 1st June, 1782, to David Bly, > assignee of John Gregory, assignee of William Brummet, 52 acres, by survey > 6th January, 1769, in Amherst, on Buffalo River, corner Fry, Wm. Gatewood. > Patent, 16th February, 1771, to William Gatewood, 130 acres in > Amherst, on Buffalo River, Evans' line. Fry's line. Patent, 28th April > 1806, to heirs of John Chiswell, by survey, 1754. Patent, 21st March, > 1806, to heirs of John Chiswell, by survey, 5th November, 1755. Patent, > 4th April, 1799, to Edmund and Foster Gatewood, legatees of Wm. > Gatewood, 31 acres in Amherst, on Buffalo River. > > > ==== PAGE Mailing List ==== > PAGE list website - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/PAGE.htm >