Referring to Maynard's great Word document that he has made available to us via the CD of info he has prepared, I have found these additional Poythress listings (and a Flowerdew Hundred listing) in the Charles City County, Virginia Order Book of 1676-1679, and a few minor corrections that I'll try to clarify. My comments will be in square brackets. Spelling here is as it was transcribed by abstractor & compiler Margaret McNeill Ayres, 1968: Order Bk p.173 [I offer just clarification on this one, since the date was given in Maynard's document as "00,00,1676" This page appears in the midst of info from the Jun 1677 Court at Westover] Action of Dr. Geo. Lee plt. and Capt. Fr. Poythress deft. referred to next court. Order Bk p.174 [still the Jun 1677 Court at Westover] The action of Jno. Coggan plt. and Allen Jenkings deft. is dismissed. Peter Field plt. against the estate of Wm. Jenkings, decd, attachment upon a horse by order 16 April last, sd. horse appraised by Jas. Wallis, Jno. Poythress & Roger Reese and valued at 1000 lbs tob. But Jenkings was indebted to Field for 1368 lbs. tob. Judgm. granted unto Field on the horse also for 368 lbs. tob. Order Bk p.191 [13 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] Jno. Finley aged 24 years deposes that about 16th of Sept. 1666 last he was among a group brough[t] to Nevet Wheeler's in Martin Brandon. All put in confinement and urged to join the rebels. Refusing he was continued in confinement longer became ill and was dismissed. Referred to a jury, Mr. Thos. Cocke, foreman: Mr. Jas. Gunn: Mr. Wm. Randolph: Mr. Sampson Ellis: Mr. Tho. Hamlin: Mr. Jno Mayton: Mr. Jno. Poythress: Mr. Rich. Pace: Mr. Thos. Gregory: Mr. Jno. Marshall: Mr. Henry Burton: Mr. Jno. Hamlin. Order Bk p.205 [14 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] Mr. Thos. Blayton as atty. of Mr. Jno. Sadler plt. presents that Henry Preston deft. as for himself and as Extr. of Thos. Stevenson dec'd both have forcibly entered and used a parcel of land of 50 acs. belonging to John Sadler and for 26 years kept him from its possession. Damage asked for 4000 lbs. tob. and restitution of the land. Referred to a Jury: Mr. Wm. Randolph, foreman: Mr. Hen. Burton: Mr. Thos. Hamlin: Mr. Jas. Gunn: Mr. Jno. Hamlin: Mr. Jno. Mayton: Mr. Jno. Poythris: Mr. Henry Blanks: Mr. Thos. Gregory: Mr. Robt. Bolling: Mr. Jno. Marshall: Mr. Wm. Harrison. The Jurors return their verdict. Order Bk p.210 [15 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] Pres. Sept. 15. Coll. Edw. Hill: Maj. Jno. Stith: Mr. Jno. Drayton: Capt. Fran. Poythris Order Bk p.231 [19 Nov 1677 Court at Westover] Upon pet. of Jno. Leigh showing that he came into the county a servant to Capt. Thos. Mallory for the term of 4 years, and having served 2 years longer than by the agreement he being sold by Capt. Mallory to Mr. Jno. Poythris who yet claims a longer time of service. The court having considered a certificate from the Corp. of Virginia produced for 4 years it is ordered that Jno. Leigh remain with Mr. Mallory until the next court when Mr. Poytress & Capt. Mallory may appear & show reason for his longer service; if no reason sd. Leigh to be free. Order Bk pgs. 236: 237: 238 [19 Nov 1677 Court at Westover] Where as at the death of Jno Barker of Flowerdew hundred all the tract of land known as Flowerdew hundred did descend to Sarah then the wife of Richard Taylor, dec'd, and now the wife of Robt. Lucy, and to Elizabeth the wife of Phillip Lymbry, sister and co-heir with the sd. Jno. Barker who since sd. Barker's decease have held the land in co-partnership at incovenience to themselves and detriment of the land. Now the sd. Lucy & wife and the sd. Lymbry & wife do wish the land divided and have appealed to the court by mutual consent. Coll. Robt. Winn & Lt. Coll. Geo. Jordan are empowered by court order dated 3 Apr. 1677, to do so. Jas. Minge, surveyor, has been instructed to lay out the bounds dividing sd. Flowerdew hundred into two equal parts, the north land bordering the James River and Macock's land belonging to Dorothy, wife of Hubbert Farrel; the other being a line of stakes parting the sd. Flowerdew hundred in two parts. The south part is bordered by the east side of James River by Flowerdew hundred Creek, by Macock's and by the above line of stakes. A plan was drawn of the two halves, these 2 plans framed, put into a hat, a child drew them out and gave one showing the north part to the sd. Robt. Lucy & Sarah, his wife, and the south part to Phillip Limbry and Elizabeth, his wife, the parties having agreed to abide by the division & the drawing. 4 April 1673. Wit: Robt. Wynn Thos. Liggon Jas. Minge Thos. Blayton [Correction regarding Order Bk p.287: In the back of the volume of transcriptions by Ayres that I consulted at the DAR Library in Washington, DC, is a 13-page list of "Additions and Corrections" by Frank E. Bradley, Jr. dated May 16, 1971. That list corrects the date which was mis-typed as 1687, to the correct year of 1678. Thus this entry should read as follows:] Order Bk p.287 Court at Westover 15 April 1678 Pres: Coll. Jno. Epps: Maj. Jno. Stith: Mr. Thos. Grandon: Mr. Fra. Poythress: Capt. Dan'l Lewellen. Order Bk p.287 cont'd [15 April 1678 Court at Westover] Admin. is granted Mrs. Eliz. Mallory on the estate of Capt. Thos. Mallory her dec'd husband. Capt. Fra. Poythres, security. Order Bk p.300 [cont'd 3 June 1678 Court at Westover, apparently after a coffee break or lunch, there was a change in the justices present from the ones shown on p.299, which Maynard had listed:] Present: Mr. Thos. Grendon: Maj. Jno. Stith: Coll. Jno. Eppes: Capt. Poythres: Mr. Ber. Sykes: Capt. Dan Lewellin. Order Bk p.320 [15 Aug 1678 Court at Westover] Court adjourns for 1 hour. [and the justices were then joined by Poythress who was not there earlier that day] Present: Coll. Hill: Coll. Clark: Mr. Sikes: Mr. Grendon: Maj. Stith: Capt. Poythress. Order Bk p.340 [4 Dec 1678 Court at Westover] Pres: Coll. Edw. Hill: Mr. Bern Sikes: Mr. Dan'l Clark: Capt. Poythres: Mr. Jno. Stith: Mr. Blayton: Mr. Tho. Grendon: Mr. Batt. [Correction re entry shown by Maynard for p.349 -- the entry he listed re tax collection is actually on p.350. Following was the entry for p.349:] Order Bk p.349 [6 Dec 1678 Court at Westover] [authorized payment] To Maj. Poythres for 2 coroner's fees - 200 Order Bk p.350 [cont'd 6 Dec 1678 Court at Westover] Ord. that Maj. Fra. Poythres collect [taxes] Jordan's Par. with Thomas Blayton & Coll. Jno. Epps security Order Bk p.350 [cont'd 6 Dec 1678 Court at Westover. Here I think this is a listing first of the tax/tithe that Francis owed, perhaps for the collections he made at Jordan's, minus his salary and payment due to him for a cask] Maj. Fra. Poythres, Collector at Jordan's To 93 at 51 1/2 per head --- 4789 for cask & salary ---------- 956 [net after subtracting:] 3833 Order Bk p.374 [minor correction to give date: 3 April 1679 Court at Westover] Maj. Poythress declares that he imprest a cow valued at 450 lbs. tob. from John Hughson for use of soldiers. Certificate granted to the Assembley.

Thanks, Barbara. Good to see some new material. In the one entry was John Finley, the overseer for Captain Allen, of "Bacon's Castle." It was interesting to see John Poythress and Richard Pace on the same jury. Richard Pace was supposedly the father and father-in-law of Richard Pace and Rebecca Poythress. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara P. Neal" <bp_neal@earthlink.net> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: Additions to Charles City Co, VA Poythress listings > Referring to Maynard's great Word document that he has made available to > us via the CD of info he has prepared, I have found these additional > Poythress listings (and a Flowerdew Hundred listing) in the Charles City > County, Virginia Order Book of 1676-1679, and a few minor corrections > that I'll try to clarify. My comments will be in square brackets. > Spelling here is as it was transcribed by abstractor & compiler Margaret > McNeill Ayres, 1968: > > Order Bk p.173 [I offer just clarification on this one, since the date > was given in Maynard's document as "00,00,1676" This page appears in > the midst of info from the Jun 1677 Court at Westover] > Action of Dr. Geo. Lee plt. and Capt. Fr. Poythress deft. referred to > next court. > > Order Bk p.174 [still the Jun 1677 Court at Westover] > The action of Jno. Coggan plt. and Allen Jenkings deft. is dismissed. > Peter Field plt. against the estate of Wm. Jenkings, decd, attachment > upon a horse by order 16 April last, sd. horse appraised by Jas. Wallis, > Jno. Poythress & Roger Reese and valued at 1000 lbs tob. But Jenkings > was indebted to Field for 1368 lbs. tob. Judgm. granted unto Field on > the horse also for 368 lbs. tob. > > Order Bk p.191 [13 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] > Jno. Finley aged 24 years deposes that about 16th of Sept. 1666 last he > was among a group brough[t] to Nevet Wheeler's in Martin Brandon. All > put in confinement and urged to join the rebels. Refusing he was > continued in confinement longer became ill and was dismissed. Referred > to a jury, Mr. Thos. Cocke, foreman: Mr. Jas. Gunn: Mr. Wm. Randolph: > Mr. Sampson Ellis: Mr. Tho. Hamlin: Mr. Jno Mayton: Mr. Jno. > Poythress: Mr. Rich. Pace: Mr. Thos. Gregory: Mr. Jno. Marshall: Mr. > Henry Burton: Mr. Jno. Hamlin. > > Order Bk p.205 [14 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] > Mr. Thos. Blayton as atty. of Mr. Jno. Sadler plt. presents that Henry > Preston deft. as for himself and as Extr. of Thos. Stevenson dec'd both > have forcibly entered and used a parcel of land of 50 acs. belonging to > John Sadler and for 26 years kept him from its possession. Damage asked > for 4000 lbs. tob. and restitution of the land. Referred to a Jury: Mr. > Wm. Randolph, foreman: Mr. Hen. Burton: Mr. Thos. Hamlin: Mr. Jas. > Gunn: Mr. Jno. Hamlin: Mr. Jno. Mayton: Mr. Jno. Poythris: Mr. Henry > Blanks: Mr. Thos. Gregory: Mr. Robt. Bolling: Mr. Jno. Marshall: Mr. > Wm. Harrison. The Jurors return their verdict. > > Order Bk p.210 [15 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] > Pres. Sept. 15. > Coll. Edw. Hill: Maj. Jno. Stith: Mr. Jno. Drayton: Capt. Fran. > Poythris > > Order Bk p.231 [19 Nov 1677 Court at Westover] > Upon pet. of Jno. Leigh showing that he came into the county a servant > to Capt. Thos. Mallory for the term of 4 years, and having served 2 > years longer than by the agreement he being sold by Capt. Mallory to Mr. > Jno. Poythris who yet claims a longer time of service. The court having > considered a certificate from the Corp. of Virginia produced for 4 years > it is ordered that Jno. Leigh remain with Mr. Mallory until the next > court when Mr. Poytress & Capt. Mallory may appear & show reason for his > longer service; if no reason sd. Leigh to be free. > > Order Bk pgs. 236: 237: 238 [19 Nov 1677 Court at Westover] > Where as at the death of Jno Barker of Flowerdew hundred all the tract > of land known as Flowerdew hundred did descend to Sarah then the wife of > Richard Taylor, dec'd, and now the wife of Robt. Lucy, and to Elizabeth > the wife of Phillip Lymbry, sister and co-heir with the sd. Jno. Barker > who since sd. Barker's decease have held the land in co-partnership at > incovenience to themselves and detriment of the land. Now the sd. Lucy & > wife and the sd. Lymbry & wife do wish the land divided and have > appealed to the court by mutual consent. Coll. Robt. Winn & Lt. Coll. > Geo. Jordan are empowered by court order dated 3 Apr. 1677, to do so. > Jas. Minge, surveyor, has been instructed to lay out the bounds dividing > sd. Flowerdew hundred into two equal parts, the north land bordering the > James River and Macock's land belonging to Dorothy, wife of Hubbert > Farrel; the other being a line of stakes parting the sd. Flowerdew > hundred in two parts. The south part is bordered by the east side of > James River by Flowerdew hundred Creek, by Macock's and by the above > line of stakes. A plan was drawn of the two halves, these 2 plans > framed, put into a hat, a child drew them out and gave one showing the > north part to the sd. Robt. Lucy & Sarah, his wife, and the south part > to Phillip Limbry and Elizabeth, his wife, the parties having agreed to > abide by the division & the drawing. 4 April 1673. > Wit: Robt. Wynn > Thos. Liggon > Jas. Minge > Thos. Blayton > > [Correction regarding Order Bk p.287: In the back of the volume of > transcriptions by Ayres that I consulted at the DAR Library in > Washington, DC, is a 13-page list of "Additions and Corrections" by > Frank E. Bradley, Jr. dated May 16, 1971. That list corrects the date > which was mis-typed as 1687, to the correct year of 1678. Thus this > entry should read as follows:] > > Order Bk p.287 > Court at Westover > 15 April 1678 > Pres: Coll. Jno. Epps: Maj. Jno. Stith: Mr. Thos. Grandon: Mr. Fra. > Poythress: Capt. Dan'l Lewellen. > > Order Bk p.287 cont'd [15 April 1678 Court at Westover] > Admin. is granted Mrs. Eliz. Mallory on the estate of Capt. Thos. > Mallory her dec'd husband. Capt. Fra. Poythres, security. > > Order Bk p.300 [cont'd 3 June 1678 Court at Westover, apparently after a > coffee break or lunch, there was a change in the justices present from > the ones shown on p.299, which Maynard had listed:] > Present: Mr. Thos. Grendon: Maj. Jno. Stith: Coll. Jno. Eppes: Capt. > Poythres: Mr. Ber. Sykes: Capt. Dan Lewellin. > > Order Bk p.320 [15 Aug 1678 Court at Westover] > Court adjourns for 1 hour. [and the justices were then joined by > Poythress who was not there earlier that day] > Present: Coll. Hill: Coll. Clark: Mr. Sikes: Mr. Grendon: Maj. > Stith: Capt. Poythress. > > Order Bk p.340 [4 Dec 1678 Court at Westover] > Pres: Coll. Edw. Hill: Mr. Bern Sikes: Mr. Dan'l Clark: Capt. > Poythres: Mr. Jno. Stith: Mr. Blayton: Mr. Tho. Grendon: Mr. Batt. > > [Correction re entry shown by Maynard for p.349 -- the entry he listed > re tax collection is actually on p.350. Following was the entry for > p.349:] > > Order Bk p.349 [6 Dec 1678 Court at Westover] > [authorized payment] To Maj. Poythres for 2 coroner's fees - 200 > > Order Bk p.350 [cont'd 6 Dec 1678 Court at Westover] > Ord. that Maj. Fra. Poythres collect [taxes] Jordan's Par. with Thomas > Blayton & Coll. Jno. Epps security > > Order Bk p.350 [cont'd 6 Dec 1678 Court at Westover. Here I think this > is a listing first of the tax/tithe that Francis owed, perhaps for the > collections he made at Jordan's, minus his salary and payment due to him > for a cask] > Maj. Fra. Poythres, Collector at Jordan's > To 93 at 51 1/2 per head --- 4789 > for cask & salary ---------- 956 > [net after subtracting:] 3833 > > Order Bk p.374 [minor correction to give date: 3 April 1679 Court at > Westover] > Maj. Poythress declares that he imprest a cow valued at 450 lbs. tob. > from John Hughson for use of soldiers. Certificate granted to the > Assembley. > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > >

I received a good question from Mike: Was the date in the following supposed to be "16th of Sept. 1676?" Order Bk p.191 [13 Sep 1677 Court at Westover] Jno. Finley aged 24 years... I re-checked, and also re-checked the "Additions and Corrections" at the end of the volume. The date shown was indeed "13 Sep 1677" In my re-examination, I found the additional entry below on p.286 re Flower dew Hundred that I missed yesterday. This volume contains *no* entries for 1676, though this volume opens with the notation that pages 1-162 (of the original Order Book) are missing. In this volume, the entries run chronologically from beginning with p.163 which was an entry of "3 May 1677, Rec. 16 June 1677" pp.283-284 had been torn away per the transcriber p.285 begins in mid-entry witnessed on and delivered in court on 14 Feb 1677/78 Order Bk p.286 [14 Feb 1677/78 Court; Bpn note: the dashes appear in this volume; my notations are in square brackets below; the parenthetical comment is by Margaret McNeill Ayres, who transcribed and abstracted this volume] Robert Lucy of Flowerde Hundred in County of Charles City & Sarah his wife on one part and Benjamin Harrison of Surry on the other part - - -, the sd. Robt. and Sarah Lucy for the love and affection they bear unto John & Richard Taylor sons of the sd. Lucy for a necessary provision of lands, etc. for sd. Jno. Richard etc. have granted, bargained, [blank space underscored in the transcription here, where the word "conveyed" would usually appear] & sold and do give, etc. unto Benj. Harrison - - - (End of transcription. Were they setting up a trust and the clerk recorded no further? Ed.) p.287 begins the 15 April 1678 Court at Westover, and the book continues in chronological order thru other court dates as shown in yesterday's message