I am researching the following families in 18th and early 19th century Amherst Co.:  ISON, LYON, McALEXANDER, THURMOND, BURNETT. Mary C. Smith

1761-1776 Amherst Co: Jonathan Johnston of those who came to Old Amherst Co or became of age between 1761-1776 Notes: 1766 Aug 4: Amherst Co: ADMINISTRATOR'S STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT: ESTATE OF JAMES ISON, DECEASED Administrator: Joseph Ballenger Amherst Co., Va., Will Book 1, pp. 95-96 Date: 4 Aug. 1766 SS The Estate of James Ison Deceased Aug. 4 In Account with Joseph Ballenger CR 1766 Aug. 4 To McPherson £ £ Menzies (?) acct. provd. 5..9..1 1/2 By Jonathan Johnston by Book 0..8..9 Notes: Abraham North on brs of Bollings Cr adj. Jonathan Johnson & an old line March 1767. Ditto adj. his own line and Christopher Clark CPv7 research of Linda Starr Notes: 1775 Jonathan Johnson administrators bond, Reference; Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. An Index of Wills Recorded In Local Courts of Virginia, 1632-1680 and of Administrations of Estates Shown By Inventories of the Estates of Intestates Recorded in Will (and Others) Books of Local Courts 1632-1680: Compiled by Clayton Torrence.The National Society of the Colonial Dames of Virginia: Richmond, Virginia 1930. Copies of documents listed in this INDEX may be obtained (by payment of the regular fee) from the Clerk of Circuit Court of the county in which the document is stated to be on record. 1778 May 5: Jonathan Johnson: Part of Index to Amherst County Wills and Administrations 1761-1800: pg 350 Guradians Bond rec. May 5 1777: pg 349 Guardians Bond Recorded 5 May 1777 : pg 351 Guardians Bond Recorded 5 May 1777: pg 277-278 adm. Bond rec. 6 Mar 1775: Will Bool 1761-1780 on Reel 17: Library of Virginia Systems # 000530806 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary C. Smith<mailto:marycsmth@yahoo.com> To: VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com<mailto:VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: [VAAMHERS] Roll Call: ISON, LYON, McALEXANDER, THURMOND, BURNETT I am researching the following families in 18th and early 19th century Amherst Co.: ISON, LYON, McALEXANDER, THURMOND, BURNETT. Mary C. Smith ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

7 March 1763. Deed Bk A:96. HENRY ROBERTS, Amherst Co. to BENJAMIN MOOR, Amherst Co. for 50 lbs for 384 acs. This land used to belong to MORRICE ROBERTS, deceased. Lines: JOHN LYON, JOHN SORREL, JOHN CRAWFORD, Notes: Henry Roberts Notes: Benjamin Moor Notes: Morrice Roberts Notes: John Lyon Notes: John Crawford 7 May 1764(?) Deed Bk A:200. BENJ. MOORE, Amherst, to JOHN DAWSON, Amherst, 20 lbs for 100 acs, Fork of Cove and Hickory Creek of Rockfish. Lines: JOHN LYON, JOHN SORRELL, JOHN CRAWFORD. 1778-189 Cabell Family Papers Should you wish to quote from or reproduce images of any of the materials, you must write to the Librarian of the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, requesting formal permission to do so. Please note that you do not have to obtain permission if you are quoting fewer than fifty words, or if you are only citing the document. Images made with microfilm-reader printers are for research use only and may not be used for publication without permission. Material 1 reel. Gen. note This collection forms part of the Robert Alonzo Brock Collection at The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller-Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilmed as arranged by The Huntington Library. Summary Papers, 1778-1893, of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Nelson Counties and Richmond, Virginia. Includes accounts, bills of sale, chancery causes, circulars, correspondence, deeds, promissory notes, receipts, and reports. The letters concern family affairs, business dealings, legal, political matters, and current events, including the affairs of the University of Virginia. Also contains information on the hiring out and sale of slaves. Notable correspondents include: George William Bagby, Robert A. Brock, George Craighead Cabell, James Lawrence Cabell, John Jordan Cabell, Joseph Carrington Cabell, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, William Daniel Cabell, George Callaway, John Hartwell Cocke, Richard Kenner Cralle, Chapman Johnson, James Lyons, St. George Tucker, and Thomas Hicks Wynne. Also included is a copy of Samuel Jordan Cabell's address to his constituents, 1800; circular by William H. Cabell; and a monthly return for Corotoman farm, 1856 March. Included are estate papers of Charles Carter and Rebecca C.F. Carter of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia, administered by John Carrington Cabell. These papers include slave values and cost accounts for moving the slaves from Corotoman to Warminster, Nelson County, Virginia. Also included is a paper, "On the evil effects of overtasking the minds of children," written in 1881 by James Lawrence Cabell, President of the State Board of Health, University of Virginia. See http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com/richardsorrells.html States John Sorrell was born abt 1697 died 1783 Children Identifed in the Will; " Wife is Mary Coleman Sorrell: Daughter Katy Howard: Grand Daughter Mary Ann Snead and her two oldest children Francis and John Sneed: Grandson Martin Dawson: Grandsons Thomas and William Dawson: Great Grand Son: John Sorrell Dawson son of my Grandson John Dawson and wife Sally: John Sorrell Dawson brother is Pleasant Dawson when he comes of age, his brother Benjamin Dawson:::: A great Grandson Martin Dawson son of grandson John Dawson and wife Sally: Great grand daughter Susanna Dawson daughter of grand son John Dawson and wife Sally, also another Great grand daughter Mary Dawson. Great grand daughter Pryssilla Dawson, Nancy Dawson, and Betsy Dawson. Peter Lyons is executor of this will. Amherst Co. Will Book 2 page 140. HEADS OF FAMILIES-VIRGINIA, 1785 AMHERST COUNTY William Howard, (Estate of) - 1 3 Lyon, John, dec'd (Estate of) 1 - 1 Amherst Deed Book H:343. 18 Dec. 1797. JNO. S. DAWSON and wife, JANE, to JNO. DAWSON for 80 lbs N side Hicory, part of tract left to JNO. S. by will of JNO. SORRELL, deceased, Amherst Co. Lines: ZACH ROBERTS, grantor, on a ridge near Rock Spring, JNO. DAWSON. Wit: MARTIN DAWSON, JNO. LYON, JNO. BAILEY, JR. Amherst Co. Deed Book H:345. 18 Jan. 1798. JNO. DAWSON and wife, SALLY, to JNO. S. DAWSON (orig. delivered as above) for 40 lbs, 40 acs Cove Creek. Bought by JNO. Of BENJ. MOORE, deceased. Lines: JNO, and JNO. S. DAWSON, Spring Branch of JNO. SORRELL's widow. Wit: MARTIN DAWSON, JNO. LYON, JNO. BAILEY, JR ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary C. Smith<mailto:marycsmth@yahoo.com> To: VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com<mailto:VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: [VAAMHERS] Roll Call: ISON, LYON, McALEXANDER, THURMOND, BURNETT I am researching the following families in 18th and early 19th century Amherst Co.: ISON, LYON, McALEXANDER, THURMOND, BURNETT. Mary C. Smith ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message